* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] THERE [1. Welcome.] IS A REGULAR MEETING AT THE CITY OF CITY COMMISSION. IT'S, UH, DECEMBER 6TH, 2022 AT FIVE 30. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS, UH, AGAIN, 5 31. WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND ITEM NUMBER TWO AND, UH, THREE. UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PLEDGE OF ALLEGION TO US, FLAG IN TEXAS. FLAG. AND IT NUMBER THREE IS INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID FAB. I PLEDGE OF STATES IN AMERICA UNDER TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE TEXAS ONCE A UNDER GOD, ONE INVISIBLE. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS COME HERE TODAY. YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELLBEING OF YOUR PEOPLE AND THIS CITY. WE THANK YOU, MOST OF ALL, LOVING FATHER FOR BEING HERE IN OUR MIDST. MAKE YOUR PRESENCE FELT AND HELP GUIDE US. WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. PAVLO. [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] OKAY. COMMUNITY INTEREST. UH, IT NUMBER FOUR, UH, CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT REPRESENTS THE FOURTH ANNUAL, UH, CUSTODIAN ROSES IN DECEMBER EXHIBITION. THE OPENING, UH, RECEPTION FOR THIS YEAR'S SHOWCASE IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER SEC, UH, EIGHTH FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE CULTURE CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, LOCATED 2 58 HAYWOOD. AND ON, UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UM, JOIN US AT THE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH FOR THE 80TH ANNUAL, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE. UH, FIFTH KICKED OFF AT SIX 6:00 PM ON SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD, BEGINNING IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL. AND, UH, I HAVE A LETTER FROM MR. JACK AUN THAT, UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO BE READ TO US, TO THE COMMISSION. HE SAID, UH, DEAR UH, MR. DEL ROSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR VERY MUCH THAT WOULD, UH, FOR THAT WONDERFUL LETTER FOR SUPPORT OF OUR 15TH ANNUAL TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. WITH, UH, YOU HAVE THIS, UH, UH, SECTION READ TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSIONS AT THE NEXT, UH, CITY HALL MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE, OF THECA, THE TEXAS HERITAGE AND INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION, I, JACK AU WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND ALL THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY SECRETARY FOR ALL THE PAST SUPPORT OF OUR EVENT THAT HONORS OUR TEXAS HEROES AND REMEMBERS OUR, OUR FORGOTTEN TEJAS, UM, HEROES WHO FOUGHT AND DIED SIDE BY SIDE FOR OUR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANKS MR. DELOSA WONDERFULLY, UH, LETTER FOR SUPPORT. THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN MY APPLICATION FOR A GRANT FROM, UH, HUMANITIES TEXAS. LETTERS OF THE SUPPORT SHOWS. OUR EVENT HAS WIDE AND DEEP COMMITMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHEN, UH, HUMANITIES, HUMANITIES, TEXAS NOTIFIED ME OF THE AMOUNT AWARDED AT OUR 15TH ANNUAL EVENT. I WAS PERSONALLY, UH, APPEARED BEFORE THE CITY LEADERS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, VIA TEXAS AND, UH, UH, VIVA SANTO J HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1969. AND COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I WANT, I WANT TO THANK ALSO THE, UH, THE ROTARY CLUB OF SOTO. THEY PUT IN THE, UH, THEIR SECOND, UH, FESTIVITY THERE AT THE CALANDRA PARK, AND I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD SUCCESS. KIDS HAD FUN. UM, WE HAD A LOT OF KIDS IN THERE. UM, I HAD FUN ALSO. UM, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT CENTER WAS TOO SKINNY. OKAY. THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO THE ATTENTION AND SAID, WHY IS HE TOO SKINNY? UM, SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I SAID, WELL, I THINK THE, THE, I HEARD THE SENATE TELL THEM THAT, UH, HE WAS IN A DIET, SO HE WAS NOT VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. OKAY. THE KID. OKAY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THE ROARY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY FOR PARTICIPATING [00:05:01] AND OUR LIGHTING THIS PAST WEEK. YES. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. EVERY SINGLE LIGHT BULB, EVERY SINGLE ITEM Y'ALL PUT OUT THERE, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. GO, GO, SIR. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR SAN BENITO GREYHOUNDS FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL SEASON THIS YEAR. UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERY YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM IN THE PLAYOFFS, THEY WIN. AS FAR AS THE THIRD ROUND, THEY CAME BACK WINNERS ANYWAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMANDER? NO MORE? NO. [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).] OKAY. AT NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. MS. SANDRA TOMSON. MS. TOMSON? YES. YOU HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SANDRA TUMLINSON. I REPRESENT THE FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM OF SANTO, WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS COMPRISED OF THREE GROUPS, TEXAS KAHU HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, THE SANTO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND THE FENDER MUSEUM. THIS UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION HOLDS THE 5 0 1 C THREE NON-PROFIT STATUS FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP, ALLOWING THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO RELINQUISH ITS SEPARATE NON-PROFIT STATUS WHEN THE CITY CLOSED THE MUSEUM AND SIMPLY DO BUSINESS AS FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM, SAVING MUCH PAPERWORK, TIME, AND MONEY FOR A DEFENDER GROUP, SURRENDERED ITS NON-PROFIT STATUS OVER 10 YEARS AGO. THIS UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION IS THE ONE THE CITY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS IN ITS ATTEMPT TO FORM A LEASE AGREEMENT WHEN THE CITY MANAGER URGED RAY ABLA MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, TO UNITE THE THREE GROUPS INTO ONE, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO WORK WITH. RAY GOT THE FRIENDS NONPROFIT STATUS SO ALL THREE OF US COULD USE THE SAME NON-PROFIT NUMBER IF DESIRED. FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUMS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS COMMISSION FOR PROVIDING A HOME AT THE RECENTLY RENOVATED AZTEC BUILDING FOR THE HOUTA GROUP, THE SAN METO HISTORY MUSEUM, THE OLDEST AND LARGEST OF THE THREE MUSEUMS, FEATURING AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF FREDDIE FENDER ARTIFACTS APPROVED BY THE WORTH. THE FAMILY, FREDDIE'S FAMILY REMAINS CLOSED IN ITS TEMPORARY LOCATION AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, AWAITING SIMILAR RENOVATION OFFERS BY THE CITY. WE HOPE WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IN HOPES THAT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND, AND LIZ, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, WILL BE PASSING OUT SOME INFORMATION FOR Y'ALL. LIZ, START WITH THEM. THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IN HOPES THAT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR FACILITIES AGREEMENT FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS BUILDING IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LONG OVERDUE COMMITMENT BY THE UNITED STATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION GRANT, REQUIRING OUR OCCUPANCY, SPECIFICALLY NAMING ALL THE GROUPS, AND MAKING THE BUILDING THE HOME OF THE SANTO HISTORY MUSEUM FEATURING FREDDIE FENDER IN 2018, BY INVITATION OF THE CITY, OUR GROUPS AND MEMBERS HELD THE SHOVELS THAT BROKE GROUND FOR THAT BUILDING, WHICH WAS BUILT BY THIS GRANT AND SECURED BY OUR NAMES, TEXAS, TEXAS GO MUSIC AND HALL OF FAME, SAN BENITO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FREDDIE FENDER, AND THE NASO MARTINEZ ASSOCIATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE AWAIT YOUR VOTE. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND PEACE ON EARTH. THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS. THANK YOU. OKAY, RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, YES, MARY, MISS, UH, CARRIE VALENCIA. VALENCIA, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. HELLO AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. I'M CARRIE VALENCIA. I LIVE AT 6 0 8 SOUTH BOWIE HERE IN SANTO. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TIME THAT YOU ALL SPEND AWAY FROM YOUR HOMES AND YOUR FAMILY TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. BUT I DO HAVE, UH, SOME CONCERNS. LAST WEEK, A MAN THAT JUST MOVED INTO OUR TOWN ABOUT 20 DAYS AGO SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR AND HE ASKED, WHAT IS REPLAT? HOW DO I REPLAT AND WHY IS THE CITY TELLING ME TO REPLAT? NOW, I DON'T MIND HELPING PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN, BUT I HOPE WHAT I'VE JUST SAID HAS BROUGHT TWO CONCERNS IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR MIND. AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY WILL BE OBVIOUS TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY COME TO YOUR MIND. FIRST, IF WE HAVE A MORATORIUM [00:10:01] AND OR EXEMPTION PROCESS, WHY WOULD A STRANGER COME TO MY HOUSE AND ASK ME WHY HE'S BEING REQUIRED TO REPLAT, WHICH IS INFORMATION HE GOT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL? THE SECOND CONCERN I HAVE IS WHY A NEW CITIZEN TO OUR TOWN WOULD COME TO CITY HALL FOR HELP AND LEAVE WITH MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY SHOWED UP WITH. SO I HOPE THAT THOSE TWO THINGS CAME TO YOUR MIND THE SAME WAY THAT THEY CAME TO MIND INSTANTLY. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO EXPAND A LITTLE FURTHER BY TELLING YOU NOT JUST A COMPLAINT OR WHATEVER, BUT, UM, WHAT IT IS THAT I AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO WANT FROM CITY HALL. WE WANT IT TO BE A RESOURCE THAT FACILITATES PROGRESS. AND THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE THING TO UNDERSTAND. TO FACILITATE MEANS TO GUIDE, TO HELP TO, YOU KNOW, FUNCTION, TO HELP OTHER THINGS TO FUNCTION. WE WANT IT TO BE A PLACE TO GET ANSWERS AND HELP. AND WE BELIEVE THAT CITY HALL AND ITS WORKERS ARE RESOURCES THAT THE CITIZENS ARE ENTITLED TO UTILIZE. UH, IT'S NOT A PRIVILEGE, IT'S A RIGHT THAT WE HAVE. AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE CITY HALL TO BE THE PLACE WE COME TO, TO HELP MAKE OUR DREAMS LIVING IN SANTO COME TRUE, RATHER THAN NEEDING TO MOVE SOME OTHER PLACE THAT WOULD BE MORE WELCOMING TO US. UM, SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE, UM, IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION TOGETHER. THANK YOU ALL. YES, THANK YOU, RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? NOBODY, NO MORE. THAT'S IT. OKAY. OKAY. [6. Presentation of the Cascos & Associates, P.C., Fiscal Year 2021- 2022, representation letter pertaining to the City of San Benito, the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, lnc., and the San Benito Firemen Relief & Retirement Fund.] NUMBER SIX, PRESENTATION OF COSTCO ASSOCIATES PC PHYSICAL YEAR 2021 WITH 2022 REPRESENTATION. UH, LETTER PERTAIN TO THE CITY OF SANTO, CITY OF SEMI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND, UH, SEMI FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, RELIEF AND RETIREMENT FUND. AND STEPHANIE? YES. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR, PROTON COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE SAT THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UH, THIS AFTERNOON I'M PRESENTING TO YOU ITEM NUMBER SIX, COSTCO AND ASSOCIATE AUDITED ENGAGEMENT. REPRESENTATION LETTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 20 22, UH, PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THE SANTO FIREMAN RELIEF AND RETIREMENT, UH, FUND. IN YOUR EXHIBITS, UH, YOU WILL FIND THE ACTUAL REPRESENTATION LETTER, UH, FOR ALL ENTITIES MENTIONED. UM, THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM. IT'S JUST A CONFIRMATION OF UNDERSTANDING ALL THE SERVICES THAT THE AUDIT FIRM WILL PROVIDE, UM, TO US IN THE UPCOMING AUDIT FOR THE YEAR. IT JUST SENT 2021 AND 2022, SO EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, WE, WE HAVEN'T STARTED. THE AUDIT IS, THIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION, THE LETTER, UM, STATING THAT WE'RE GONNA START THE AUDIT WITH THEM. WHEN DO YOU START? OH, IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN JANUARY. JANUARY? YES. AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? IT'S USUALLY ABOUT A MONTH OF, THEY DO PLANNING, SOME IT IN HOUSE, SOME THEY DO FROM THE OFFICE, BUT, UM, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO MONTHS MORE OR LESS. CAUSE THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT IT BY MARCH. OKAY. YEAH. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS AUDIT? UH, WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, SPECIFICALLY AUDITING, UM, CASH. UH, I THINK AT ONE POINT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, AUDITS THAT, UH, PERTAIN TO CASH HANDLING. UH, I KNOW DEPARTMENTS, UH, MOST DEPARTMENTS HAVE THEIR CASH, UH, ACCESS TO CASH OR OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WE HAVE, THE AUDITORS HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP ANY ADDITIONAL AUDITS THAT THEY'RE GONNA CONDUCT. THAT'S UHHUH, THAT'S INTERNAL, RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S, BUT HAS THAT TAKEN PLACE THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR? UM, YOU MEAN THROUGH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT? YES. YEAH. NO, WE, WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK TO ALL THE ACCOUNTS AND TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HANDLED IN CATCH WITH, WITH AP, WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE A BRIDGE. AND IS THAT PART OF THE AUDIT THAT COSTCOS WILL BE CONDUCTING? DOES HE LOOK INTO ANY YEAH, THEY, THEY DO ALL KIND OF TESTING. THEY, THEY SAMPLE AP RECEDING MORE CASH, UH, INVESTMENTS, FIXED ASSETS. THEY, THEY DO A COMPLETE SAMPLE OF THE PROCESS. WE DO. AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL PERCENTAGE THE INTERNAL TO YOU, BUT IS TAKING PLACE. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDITOR. RIGHT. WE, WE DON'T, BUT WE DO HAVE INTERNAL PROCESS AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I'M SORRY, ACCORDING TO CASH HANDLING PROCEDURES AND YES, CORRECT. AND OKAY. AND BALANCES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS OF APPROVING WHO CAN MOVE MONIES OUT OF WHERE AND WHO CAN APPROVE PURCHASES. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO THE AUDIT WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH IN JANUARY. IN [00:15:01] JANUARY. THE SCHEDULES, I BELIEVE, UH, JANUARY 12TH, IF NOTHING CHANGES WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S, THAT'S THE DAY THAT'S SET UP OVER, OVER AN EMAIL WE RECEIVED FROM THE AUDITORS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. AND [7. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to H.E.B Grocery Company, L.P. In the amount of $69,953.72 for Fiscal Year 2021 in accordance with the Economic Development Agreement dated July 15, 2010.] MOVE FORWARD. OUT NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT TO HEB GROCERY COMPANY, THE LP IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,953 AND 72 CENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. DATE, UH, JULY 15TH, 2010. AND AGAIN, MR. STEPHANIE? YES. HI AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. STEPHANIE SU, I'M THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. UM, WHAT THIS IS, IS FOR PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I'M PRESENTING TO YOU, UM, EITHER NUMBER SEVEN, THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO HEB GROCERY COMPANY LP, AND THE AMOUNT OF 69,953 WITH 72 CENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2021 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR CHAPTER THREE 80. WE ENTER IN AN AGREEMENT BACK IN 2010, JULY 15. UM, YOU MIGHT FIND THE AGREEMENT IN YOUR EXHIBITS ALONG WITH A SCHEDULE TO SUPPORT FOR PAYMENT. THIS IS A YEAR BUDGET ITEM AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WHEN'S THE LAST, UH, PAYMENT ON THIS LAST YEAR OR WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN IT ENDS? WHEN IT ENDS? WHEN DO WE FINISH PAYING THIS OFF? IT WAS 10 YEARS, SO I'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION. WHEN WOULD THAT END? I KNOW WE ARE CLOSE. WE'RE CLOSE EITHER TO THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR. WE'RE WITHIN TWO YEARS. I THINK MR. BILL'S GOT THE ANSWER. YOU CAN STEP UP. MAYOR. MAYOR MAY PRETEND COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD. FRED BELL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THE TURS ACTUALLY WILL EXPIRE. SO I WAS ACTUALLY JUST REVIEWING IT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023. SO THERE'LL BE ONE MORE PAYMENT OUT OF THE NEXT ACCOUNT, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO RECONCILE AND, UH, HAVE TO SETTLE WHAT'S, UH, LEFT IN THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. BUT THOSE ALL BE RECONCILED AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TURS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. RE? THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSION? NO. I GOT A MOTION BY MARI. SECOND. SECOND TAKE YOU BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [8. Consideration and possible action to approve an appointment to the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Board of Director’s Place 4, with term expiring May 31, 2023.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF A SEMI, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BOARD DIRECTORS OF PLACE FOUR WITH THE TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2023. AND MR. DEL MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ HAS A NOMINATION TO MAKE FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE. UH, THIS IS TO FILL THE, UH, THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT MR. MAVA HELD, AND YOU'VE ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS, UH, TO COMMISSION. SANCHEZ? YES. MY MOTION IS TO APPOINT MR. ALEX SALINAS. HE DID TURN IN A APPLICATION WITH THE CITY. OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO HE LIVES HERE. HE HAS ALL CURRENT ABOUT LIVING HERE. NCES LIMITS AND EVERYTHING. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, UH, UH, MS. SANCHEZ, AND THEN A SECOND BY MARI. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND NAS. MOTION PASSES TO APPROVE MR. ALEX SALINAS ADC. BOARD [9. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointments or reappointments members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown:] IT NINE. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE PLACE OF STARTING, UH, TERM STARTING, UH, EXPIRING AS SHOWN PLACE. FOUR. APPOINT NEW APPOINTING TERM. 20. UH, JUNE 1ST, 2022 TO MAY 31ST, 2024. AND ITEM NUMBER NINE B, PLACE FIVE. NEW APPOINTEE OR REAPPOINTMENT. UH, JUNE 1ST, 2022 TO MAY 31ST, 2024. AND MS. JOANNA CENTER. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PROTE, AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOANNA MALDONADO. I AM THE PLANNING, UH, MANAGER. THE FOLLOWING, UH, TERMS FOR THE CORRESPONDING PLACES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. UH, PLACE FOUR, I BELIEVE IS VACANT. AND PLACE FIVE. UM, WE HAVE JUAN GARCIA. YES. OKAY. PLACE FOUR MISSES. YOU HEARD ANYBODY? UM, I DIDN'T HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR MINE, SO I DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. SO DO WE MOVE TO TABLE THIS? YES. OKAY. I HAVE MOTION TO TABLE. OKAY. SECOND BY MARI FRANCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? [00:20:01] MOTION PASSES ON NINE A TO TABLE. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER NINE B. I GOT THE MR. JUAN GARCIA. HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE TERMS ALREADY. UH, I REACHED OUT TO HIM AND HE SAID, UH, THAT, UH, HE'S WILLING TO COME BACK AND, UH, SERVE THE TERM. UM, HE IS AND DOES LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF SANTO. SO I RECOMMEND, UH, MR. JUAN GARCIA FOR THAT. UM, UH, MY PLACE, PLACE FIVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. AND WE GOT MR. PO FOR NINE B [10. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of 466 South McCullough Street, having a legal description of: Being a Re-Plat of Land consisting of 0.28 acres being all of the North Thirty-Six feet (36) of Lot Eight (8) and all of Lot Nine (9), Block Seven (7), Palm Grove Addition, to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 8, Page 76, Map Record of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Francisco Javier Puebla.] AT NUMBER 10 PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING REPLAY AT THE 4 66 SOUTH MCCULLOUGH STREET, HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING A REPLANT OF LAND CONSISTING OF TWO EIGHT ACRES BEING OF NORTH 36 FEET OF LOT EIGHT AND ALL OF LOT NINE BLOCK SEVEN. OKAY. PALM GROVE. ADDITION TO SEMI CITY SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP AND PLA, THERE ARE RECORDING VOLUME EIGHT, PAGE 76, MAP RECORD OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, APPLICANT OF FRANCISCO J PUEBLA AND IS, AND WE GOT THE MISS JOANNA REPRESENTING THE CENTER. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2022. AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. NO OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REQUEST WAS RECEIVED. UM, OKAY. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE, THIS IS, UH, A NEW CONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT TWO LOTS. IT'S ONE AND A PIECE OF AN EXISTING LOT. SO THAT IS THE REASON THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO REPLANT. AND THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS BECAUSE, UM, TEXAS LOCAL REQUIRES THAT IF IT'S A REPLAT WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAT WE DO HAVE TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT THEY'RE NOT TWO LOTS. IT'S ONE AND A PORTION OF AN EXISTING LOT. SO THEY JUST BOUGHT A PIECE OF ANOTHER LOT. THEY WANNA COMBINE IT TO MAKE A WHOLE LOT. OKAY. SO WHAT'S, UH, ON OUTLINE ON THE, ON THE YELLOW? THAT'S WHAT THE, THEY BOUGHT? YES. WELL, OUR, UM, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S LINES ARE NOT ALWAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE. I THINK IT'S SHIFTED OVER A LITTLE. UM, IT'S NOT INCLUDING THAT HOUSE. THE PORTION OF THE HOUSE. IT'S RIGHT AFTER IT. YES. SO IF YOU SHIFT IT OVER, UM, IT'S RIGHT AFTER THAT LITTLE STORAGE UNIT IN THE BACK AND RIGHT BEFORE THE, WHERE THE HOUSE STARTS. YES. THE APPRAISAL SHIRT. SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S NOT ACCURATE. YEAH, BECAUSE THE WAY I'M SEEING THE LINES ON ALL THE OTHER ONES, AND IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING IS ENCROACHING EVERYBODY ELSE'S. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S, I KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY AND, AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, THEY SAY, WELL, MY PROPERTY IS HALF MY HOUSE AND THE OTHER, MY NEIGHBOR HAS THE OTHER HALF OF THE HOUSE, SO I KNOW. I GOT YOU. I JUST, I JUST NEED, SORRY, THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YES. NO, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ISN'T ALWAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE, BUT, UM, WE TRY TO WORK WITH WHAT THEY, THEY GIVE US. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO ITEM NUMBER 10 A AND, UH, I'LL OPEN UP TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS, UH, 5 54. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY YES OR NO? YES. CAN, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN COME THIS WAY? CAN YOU, THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE, UH, WE NEED FOR YOU TO, TO BE ON, UH, ON RECORDS IF IT'S POSSIBLE. AND, HI, MY NAME. CAN YOU GIVE HER, IS THAT BETTER? YES. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALMA, UH, AND WITH MY HUSBAND GULU AND MY SON ELO. UH, WE LIVE AT FOUR 90 SOUTH MCCULLOUGH HERE IN SANTO. OKAY. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE, UH, CITY, UH, INVITING US OVER. WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT LETTER. OUR QUESTION IS, WHY IS THE ACREAGE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS? AND [00:25:01] THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT DISTRICT HAS 2 9 61. THE LETTER HAS 0.28 DIFFERENCE. THAT'S ZERO, THAT'S 0.0 1 61 ACRES. WHO DOES THIS BELONG TO? THAT'S FIRST QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL. WILL THIS BE ABLE TO BE THE COMMERCIAL, LIKE WORK ON CARS AT HOME IN THAT AREA? CAN HE HAVE A BUSINESS THERE AS TO WHAT, UM, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WANTED? MAYBE DO THERE, UH, HAVE LIKE A, A BUSINESS IN HIS PROPERTY, WORK ON CARS IN THE BACKYARD? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I CAN ANSWER THAT. GO AHEAD. UH, NO, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE ZONING. CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, THAT WAY CAN BE RECORDED, PLEASE. WITH THE ZONING THAT IS IN THAT AREA, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE PERMITS, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND CODE ENFORCEMENT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT START ANY BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THAT FIRST QUESTION? FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, THEY ARE REPLA. SO THEY GET NEW SURVEYS AND, UM, IF IT WAS OFF IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WAS, WAS MISSING, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE REPLA, UH, TO FIX THOSE ERRORS OR THE CORRECTED ONES. SO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR RECORD IS WHAT THE SURVEYOR GAVE US, UH, DURING THE RE SUBDIVIDING. SO THE SURVEYORS GAVE YOU A 0.28. YES. WE GO BY THE, BY THE, UH, SURVEY THAT WAS GIVEN FOR US. AND I GO BY WHAT WAS REGISTERED AT THE CAMERON COUNTY APPRAISALS DISTRICT. IT'S BEEN NOTARIZED BY THE DISTRICT BECAUSE MY HOUSE WAS JUST RECENTLY, WE JUST BOUGHT THIS HOME, UH, GOING ON THREE YEARS AGO. AND OURS GOT, UH, NOTARIZED AND REGISTERED WITH CAMERON CON APPRAISALS DISTRICT, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC RECORD FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SHOWING THIS ACREAGE. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION IS IF THIS ACREAGE IS NOT INCLUDING THE PARCELS THAT THEY BOUGHT, SO THAT'S, BUT WHO, WHO OWNS THAT 1 61? THEY DO. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMBINING IT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GOING. BUT AT THAT SIX, ONE THAT'S GONNA LAND RIGHT ON TOP OF MY HOUSE IS, YOU CAN TELL FROM THE PICTURE THAT YOU SENT FOR THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE SURVEYOR, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE, IT SHOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THAT PRACTICALLY GOING OVER MY DRIVEWAY AND INTO MY HOME, LIKE RIGHT, RIGHT BY MY DOORWAY. AND THAT GOES RIGHT OVER MY WHOLE GARAGE. IF YOU, IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THE, IT'S STILL IN PROCESS. WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK WHAT THE SURVEYOR GAVE US. BUT HE IS A SURVEYOR. THAT IS HIS LICENSE. UM, WE JUST HAVE TO LET HIM KNOW. LOOK, THERE MAY BE A DISCREPANCY. CAN YOU PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THIS? I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, THIS MAP, YOU, YOU SHOW US WHO SUBMITTED THAT TO YOU? THAT'S THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BUT OKAY. DO THEY REALIZE THAT THERE'S A LINE GOING RIGHT THROUGH? I BELIEVE THIS HAPPENS IN A LOT OF CITIES. IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE. IT'S JUST A MORE OR LESS, UM, CAN WE ADDRESS THAT WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT? OBVIOUSLY IT'S CAUSING CONFUSION. WE CAN TRY. UH, BUT EVERY CITY AND EVERY PLACE THAT I'VE WORKED, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS PRETTY, BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WRONG. YES, YES. YOU KNOW, UM, I, I DON'T, I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S TELLING US TODAY. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THAT YEAH. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S LIKE GOING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY HOUSE. YES, CORRECT. YEAH. THE ILLUSTRATION TO THE BEDROOM. CORRECT. UH, AND I REGISTERED MY HOUSE JUST RECENTLY. WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE. WE JUST MOVED INTO SAN BERNARD OURSELVES. WERE NEW AND OUR HOUSE IS REGISTERED AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. OUR HOUSE WAS, WAS ALSO SURVEYED BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THE VA. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PINS AND NEEDLES WITH THE VA AND IT WAS REGISTERED CORRECTLY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO WONDER WHO'S THIS 0.161 GONNA BELONG TO? OKAY. I THINK WE NEED TO BETTER, UH, TO MAYBE CLARIFY THIS, UH, TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UH, FOR FURTHER APPROVAL. OKAY. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS IT CORRECT THAT THE DOCUMENTATION BY THE SURVEYORS, THE DOCUMENTATION BY THE SURVEYOR SIGNED THAT HE IS STATING THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT IN A REPLANTING, IN A REPLANTING PROCESS PROCESS, THEN YOU GET A NEW DOCUMENT. RIGHT. THAT THAT'S GONNA, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY, UH, RECEIVED. UM, SO THAT'S THE MEETS AND BOUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING BY. AND THE MEASUREMENTS, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE THAT WE USE BECAUSE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS IT, BUT IT'S, IS IT REGISTERED AT THE END OF THE DAY? I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'LL, WITH, IT'S NOT REGISTERED, IT'S JUST FOR VISUAL PURPOSES, BUT IT IS CONFUSING FOR THE PUBLIC. IT IS. UM, BUT AS FAR AS ON PAPER MEANS IN BOUNDS, WE CAN HAVE, UH, THE SURVEYOR DOUBLE CHECK. UM, OKAY. OKAY. IT [00:30:01] SHOULD, THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT. BUT WE CAN HAVE HER DOUBLE CHECK, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GONNA GET WITH MS TO ENCROACH WHEN ENCROACHING IN THOSE AREAS. SO YES, WE CAN, WE CAN GET WITH, WE CAN, I CAN CHECK HER, WE CAN CHECK HER SURVEY AND, AND COMPARE THE TWO. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. GO HARD FOR HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO JAVIER PUEBLA. I STAND HERE IN TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING AND HOPE TO ACHIEVE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LAND CONSISTING OF TWO POINT ACRES OF 36 FEET OF LAW EIGHT AND ALL OF BLOCK SEVEN PALM GROVE. ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO. THIS REPLANT WILL ALLOW ME TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE A HOUSE THAT I PURCHASED IN THE SENDER OF MY LAND, UM, TO DO SO, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD, UM, NEED THIS EXCEPTION TO BE APPROVED AS A LOCAL OF THIS CITY AND A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY. I ASK THAT YOU, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER MY REQUEST AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS MY DREAM TO BE A HOMEOWNER, WHICH WOULD BE FULFILLED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS REPLANT. AND, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND, UH, RESPOND TO THE, UM, ALLEGATIONS OF THE, UM, ISSUES WITH THE IMAGE IN THE PICTURE. UH, SO THAT'S CLEARLY WRONG. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU, YOU SEE THAT LINE, THAT HIGH HIGHLIGHTED LINE AND LIKE ALMOST HALFWAY ON THE HOUSE AND THEN HALFWAY ON THAT, UH, LITTLE SHED THAT'S IN THE BACK. UM, THAT'S JUST THE DIGITAL ERROR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICAL STUFF, I MEAN, DIGITAL IMAGES ARE NOT EXACTLY CORRECT. IT'S CLEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. UM, SO I FOUND THAT TO BE VERY UNPROFESSIONAL BY THE SURVEYORS. UM, AND IT'S JUST DELAYING THE PROCESS FOR ME. SO IT'S CLEARLY FRUSTRATING FOR ME. BUT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND, UH, REVIEW IT ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, YOU GO AND VISUALIZE IT YOURSELF, YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL THE MARKS ARE IN EACH CORNER, AND THAT THERE ARE NO WAY OF ANY OTHER NEIGHBORS OR OTHER PROPERTIES SURROUNDING, SURROUNDING THE AREA. SO, UM, THE SURVEYORS DID THEIR JOB PROPERLY. THEY DID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY. IT'S JUST THAT, UM, THE IMAGE IS CREATING SOME TYPE OF CONFUSION. AND, UM, OF COURSE, THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A COMMERCIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY. I CLEARLY, I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND AND I'M CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA, SO IT'S ONLY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. I'M A UPS WORKER. UM, I'M 22 YEARS OLD, AND I JUST WANTED TO LIVE WITH MY FAMILY AND THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR. AND, UH, VERY GOOD. OKAY. SO, YEAH. UM, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE APPROVED TODAY BECAUSE, UM, I, I CURRENTLY LIVE WITH MY PARENTS, SO IT'S CREATING A LOT OF LIKE, TROUBLE AT HOME. AND, UM, I REALLY JUST, I HAVE A, I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD, FIVE MONTH AND A THREE YEAR OLD THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE IN SOON INTO OUR HOME, OUR NEW HOME. AND, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF, OF STRUGGLES, UH, OF COURSE TRYING TO DEAL WITH, UM, THE REPLANT AND, UH, THE SURVEY COMP SURVEY COMPANY THAT I'M WORKING WITH. AND, UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO RUSH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BRING PEACE, UH, TO MY MIND TO GET THIS APPROVED SO THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO MY HOME. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY STILL IN OPEN PUBLIC? ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. UM, I'LL CLOSE IT THEN. UH, WE'LL GO INTO THE, UH, THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO FROM THE PUBLIC, THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS. THEN, UH, IT'S, UH, 6 0 4 AND, UH, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING . [11. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of 466 South McCullough Street, having a legal description of: Being a Re-Plat of Land consisting of 0.28 acres being all of the North Thirty-Six feet (36) of Lot Eight (8) and all of Lot Nine (9), Block Seven (7), Palm Grove Addition, to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 8, Page 76, Map Record of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Francisco Javier Puebla.] AND ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION ATION TO RELIGHT AT THE 4 66 SOUTH OF MCCULLOUGH STREET. HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A REPLANT OF LAND CONSISTING OF TWO EIGHT ACRES, BARRING ALL OF, UH, NORTH 36 STREET AND LOT EIGHT AND ALL OF LOT NINE, BLOCK SEVEN, UH, POGO ADDITION OF CITY NEW SANTO, CHEMICAL COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP AND PLA, THE RECORDING VOLUMES EIGHT PAGE 76. UH, MY RECORDS OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, UH, FRANCISCO PU AND MISS, UH, JOANNA PRESI CENTER. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY, AND THE DEVELOPER IS COMBINING THE NORTH 36 FEET OF LOT EIGHT AND ALL OF LOT NINE INTO ONE LOT TO PLACE A FRAME RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE CENTER OF THE LOT. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY, UH, 72 FEET AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH MEETS THE TWO, THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. [00:35:01] THE REPACK, UM, COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUTES. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CITY'S RECOMMENDATION? UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. UH, SO WHAT ABOUT THE, THE 0.8? THAT 0.1 TO THAT IS PROBABLY THOSE 36 FEET OF LOT EIGHT. AND IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE, IF YOU LOOK IT UP IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE, JUST THE LOT NINE, AND IT'S GONNA GIVE YOU THE TOTAL FOR ONLY LOT NINE. HE BOUGHT A PORTION OF ANOTHER LOT. THOSE NEED TO BE COMBINED. THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE THAT. THEY ONLY HAVE LOT NINE OR ONLY THAT PORT, THAT SMALL PORTION. THAT'S WHY WE ARE REPLANT, COMBINING AND REPLANTING TO MAKE IT THE FULL TO AVOID ISSUES. EXACTLY. CORRECT. CORRECT. WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE LOT RIGHT NOW? DO YOU KNOW? CURRENTLY SHOULD BE 50 BY ONE. SO LOT NINE I BELIEVE IS 50 BY ONE 40, AND THEN THE PORTION OF LOT EIGHT IS 36 BY ONE 40. SO TOTAL, IT'S GOING TO BE 86 BY ONE 40. MAYOR, IF YOU'RE DOING THE MATH, UH, IT'S 86 FEET BY 140 FEET IS 12,040 SQUARE FEET. SO IF YOU, IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY 43,560, WHICH IS THE NUMBER SQUARE FEET IN ONE ACRE, THAT COMES OUT TO 0.2764 ACRES. SO THE, THE DIAGRAM THAT THE SURVEYOR IS PROVIDING YOU TO 0.28 ACRES IS ACCURATE FOR THOSE DIMENSIONS FOR ONE 40 BY 86. I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHERE THE HOUSE IS AT OR ANY OTHER STRUCTURES. THOSE DIMENSIONS FOR THAT SURVEY ARE ACCURATE BASED ON THOSE DIMENSIONS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LOT NINE IS 50 BY ONE 40, AND A PORTION OF LOT EIGHT IS 36 BY ONE 40, WHICH AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S AFTER THE REPLYING. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA YES, SIR. THAT'S WHY THERE'S RECLINING REQUIREMENTS TO, TO FIX THESE KIND OF ISSUES. SO IT IS THE SURVEYOR'S LICENSE THAT'S AT STATE CARE. UH, BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU, THERE'S NO REASON FOR STAFF NOT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT IT'S ACCURATE. OKAY. SO AS LONG, AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING REFLECTS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LEGALLY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY MIRACLE TIMOTHY FRANCO SECOND. I STILL, I STILL HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. UM, I UNDERSTAND WE HAD A HEARING FOR IT AND, AND THOSE ISSUES WERE BROUGHT, BROUGHT TO US TODAY. UM, IN THE FUTURE, I DON'T WANT NECESSARILY WANNA SEE, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT'S INCORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. I I, I REALLY DON'T, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT CONFUSED ME, CONFUSED PROBABLY EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE. RIGHT. OKAY. AND, UH, I I, I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR IT UP AND PUT SOMETHING UP THERE THAT, UH, ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATES WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING. OKAY. WHICH, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. UH, MR. DEL ROSA, I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, CLEARS UP A LOT THAT THAT DOES. THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION THAT, THAT I BELIEVE WE NEEDED. UM, WE CAN USE A DIFFERENT MAP. WE JUST WON'T USE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS USING. THANK YOU. WE MANIPULATE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL HAVE ALL THE LOT LINES. WE MAY JUST SHOW WHERE THE PROPERTY IS, UM, UH, BECAUSE WE'LL GENERATE OUR OWN GOOGLE MAPS, DO OUR OWN OVERLAY, BECAUSE EVERY APPRAISAL DISTRICT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS HAS THIS LANGUAGE SOMEWHERE AT THE FRONT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE ACCURATE. RIGHT. AND THE REASON BEING IS YOU BUY LAND TODAY, AND IT MAY BE SIX MONTHS BEFORE IT GETS INPUTTED IN THE, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORDS. THEY ARE NOT THE OFFICIAL MANAGERS OF RECORDS COUNTY. AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE APPROVING SOMETHING FROM A LICENSED SURVEYOR, THEN THAT'S WHAT I WANT SEE. YEAH. FOR, FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES, WE'LL CREATE OUR, MY SUGGESTION TO THE STAFF IS GONNA BE THAT WE CREATE OUR OWN MAPS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S MAPS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, MAYOR? YEP. OKAY. SO I GOT IT FIRST BY, UH, MAYOR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAS MOTION PASSES MR. FRANCISCO. I HOPE, UH, WELCOME TO SANTO. OKAY. [12. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located at Yost Road, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 15.00 acre tract of land out of the West 20.0 acres of the Southeast One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of Block 26, 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: Edgar Longoria.] OKAY. HONOR NUMBER 12, PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE, UH, INPUT REGARDING A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED YOS ROAD BEAR. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION [00:40:01] OF BEARING A 15 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF, UH, WEST, UH, 20 ACRES OF THE SOUTHEAST, ONE QUARTER SE ONE QUARTER OF BLOCK, 26 OF 70 LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION AS RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS. CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO, AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND, UH, MR. APPLICANT. UH, APPLICANT IS GONNA BE IGAR LONGORIA. AND, UH, MISS JOY, A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BERNARD NEWS ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2022, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING. UM, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED ANYTHING TO US, BUT THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY WANT TO TRY TO DO A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. MANY WE'RE LOSING THE LAND. MANY. I SEE IT. OKAY, GO ON. UM, THE TIME IS, UH, SIX 11 AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY REQUEST TO TALK? NONE? YES, SIR. COME ON IN. HELLO. UH, MY NAME'S EDGAR LONGORIA. I LIVE HERE IN SANTO THREE 80, SAN PATRICIO. UM, I'M ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT'S TRYING TO DO THIS PROPERTY HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A NEW SUBDIVISION. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, MAKE MORE HOMES, MORE, MORE, UH, LOCATIONS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO LIVE AROUND HERE. UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, SO I MEAN, I LOVE SAN, UH, UH, I DID, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS WORKING IN, UH, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, SO I KIND OF KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. UM, THIS IS THE FIRST ACT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THAT WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START, UM, DEVELOPMENT ON IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, STATE THAT FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN PUBLIC? NOBODY. OKAY. THEN, UH, MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THIS, BUT I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN YOU NEED TO HAVE IS MAYOR. I, I SEE THE DETENTION POND. WE'VE ALWAYS, UH, THAT OLD PIT THAT WAS UTILIZED FOR THE, PARDON ME? IT'S KNOWN AS A PINK LAKE. YEAH, PINK LAKE. REALLY? OKAY. IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S PINK. THE ONE WE HAD THE ALLIGATORS IN THERE TOO. YEAH. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS RESIDENTIAL. UH, I SEE ONE INGRESS. THAT'S A, HOW MANY ACRES IS THIS? THERE'S TWO, SIR. TWO ACRES? NO, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE ENTRIES. WE LOOKED AT IT. SO THERE'S THREE ENTRANCES? MM-HMM. . OKAY. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE, DOES THIS, IS IT ON THE, IS IT ALONG THE ALAMO IN THAT AREA? YES. SO, SO THERE ARE, SO THERE'S LOTS IN THERE THAT ARE GONNA PROVIDE ACCESS? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEY HAVE ONE I WISH DOES THIS THING RIGHT HERE. OKAY, GOOD. THIS ONE GIVES ANOTHER ONE, AND THEN THERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT FROM THIS PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY. AND THEN THEY HAVE, SO THERE'S, SO THERE'S ADEQUATE INGRESS. EGRESS, YES. AND, UH, THEN WE'LL LOOK, SEE WHO THE OWNERS ARE TO THE, UH, TO THE EAST TO SEE IF WE CAN'T LOOK AT THAT FOR REGIONAL DETENTION. OKAY. THIS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE? YEAH, THAT AREA. HE'S ALREADY COMING IN, WHICH WE NEED TO TALK TO HIM. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSION. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNEW EXACTLY HOW THE INGRE AND INGRESS IS GONNA BE FOR SUBDIVISION. WE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE A FLAG SHAPE BLOCK LIKE THAT. YEP. I SAW IT TOO. AND I SAID, OKAY, LET ME SEE. I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD, UH, MENTION IT, SO, WHICH IS GREAT. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER NORTH SHORE. NO, NO. WE WENT ADEQUATE INGRE ANDRES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES, FIREFIGHTING, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, SO, OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE PUBLIC? YES. YOU'RE STILL AT OPEN PUBLIC, YOU STILL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. THE TIME IS, UH, SIX 15 AND CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. [13. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2617-12-2022(Z) to Rezone a property located on Yost Road, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 15.00 acre tract of land out of the West 20.0 acres of the Southeast One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of Block 26, 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: Edgar Longoria.] ADAM 13. FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 26 17 12 20 22 Z TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON S ROAD. BE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEAR. A 15, UM, ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF WEST 20 ACRES OF, UH, SOUTHWEST. ONE QUARTER SE QUARTER BLOCK, 26 HILL LAND AND WATER COMPANY. SUBDIVISION IS RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX. MAP [00:45:01] RECORDS. CRIMINAL COUNTY TEXAS FROM AO, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY, ONE AFRICAN AGAR LONGORIA, AND MR. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY. UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTING CONTINUOUS TO GENERAL RESIDENTIAL USE. THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES AN, REQUIRES AN SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ZONE TO COMPLY WITH ALL TO COMPLY WITH CITY RE, UH, ORDINANCES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY, IT'S ON YOUR READING. OKAY. NO ACTION. FIRST READING. YES. FIRST READING. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. [14. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-12- 001(R) authorizing the Chief of Police or his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Local Border Security Program (LBSP) Grant Number 3150907 that the Office of the Governor, Homeland Security Grants Division, issues for the period of performance beginning September 1, 2022 and ending August 31, 2023.] AT NUMBER 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 12 ONE R AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO OR HIS THIS ME TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS ACCEPTANCE FOR LOCAL BORDER SECURITY PROGRAM, LB S P GRANT NUMBER 31 5 907, THAT THE OFFICER OF THE GOVERNOR HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS DIVISION ISSUES FOR THE PERIOD AND PERFORMANCE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022, ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2023. AND CHIEF, UH, . GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MAYOR PROT AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, FOR THE RECORD, POLICE CHIEF BEA, THE ADAM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO PROVE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THIS YEAR'S, UH, LOCAL BOARD SECURITY GRANT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO SUSTAIN INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND ENHANCE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROLS TO FACILITATE DIRECTED ACTIONS TO DETER AND INTERD CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THIS GRANT PROVIDES $15,000 IN OVERTIME FUNDS THAT ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL LAW. LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ANY SECOND? SECOND. GOT A SECOND. BYER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. [15. Consideration and possible action to approve the Mayor to enter into agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation as part of the Texas Traffic Safety Grant for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program - Impaired Driving Mobilization for the period of December 13, 2022 to September 7, 2023.] 15 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AS PART OF THE TEXAS SAFETY GRANT WAS SELECTIVE, UH, TREASURER TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PRO PROGRAM INSPIRED, UH, DRIVING MOTOR MOBILIZATION FOR THE, UH, PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023. AND POLICE CHIEF PER THE PROVIDED INFORMATION IS FOR THE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, IMPAIRED DRIVING MOBILIZATION. THIS GRAB PROVIDES OVERTIME FUNDS TO INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROLS DURING SELECTED HOLIDAYS, PLACING PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON D, INCREASING D IRS, AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ALCOHOL RELATED TRAFFIC CRASHES DURING PEAK HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, TO, JUST SO THAT THE COMMISSIONER IS AWARE OF THIS, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU SENT CORRECT. WAS BLURRED MM-HMM. , CAN YOU READ IT? YEAH. ON THE GRANT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? OH, ON THE, ON THE, IT, IT JUST DETAILS IT, THE AREAS OF OPERATION, THE WAVES, LIKE, UH, THERE'S A CHRISTMAS WAVE, NEW YEAR'S WAVE, SPRING BREAK, INDEPENDENCE AND, UH, LABOR DAY, PRETTY MUCH THE MAJOR HOLIDAYS, UH, WHERE, UH, DWIS ARE ON THE RISE. AND, UH, REASON FOR THAT, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE TRIED PRINTING PAGE BY PAGE, MAKING SURE, CAUSE IT CONDENSED IT, SO WE TRIED PRINTING, UH, PAGE BY PAGE, AND IT JUST WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T WORK OUT FOR US. UH, WE EMAILED IT, UH, AND WE'RE WAITING ON FOR A RESPONSE. I CAN EMAIL YOU THE PDF AND IT IS COMPLETE. UH, SO YOU GUYS CAN VIEW IT. IF, IF, UH, THAT WOULD HELP. I'M OKAY WITH IT. I MEAN, IT'S, THAT'S, IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM THE ONES WE VOTED ON BEFORE? NO, WE, WE, THIS AREA, NOT JUST, JUST THE AMOUNT. I THINK WE RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT LESS THIS YEAR. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU GOT A MOTION BY, WE GOT A MOTION BY FRANCO. SECOND BY BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. AND IN NAS, MOTION PASSES [16. Consideration and possible action to approve the agreement between United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration and the San Benito Police Department to provide support to the local Brownsville Task Force.] IT. NUMBER 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND EMAL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL BROWNSVILLE TASK FORCE. AND 2% PERCENT DECIDED THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR AN OFFICER FROM THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE BROWNSVILLE TASK FORCE ALONGSIDE THE AGENTS TO ASSIST IN THE DISRUPTION OF ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFICKING IN OUR AREA. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ONE DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO THIS TASK FORCE, THIS AGREEMENT, IF SIGNED, WILL BE EFFECTIVE TILL, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH. UH, TWO TH 2026. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO IS, IS IT ALWAYS THE SAME OFFICER OR DO YOU ROLL ESTATE OFFICERS OR? [00:50:01] IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN TWO OFFICERS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN THREE. UH, WE KEEP HIM THERE. THE CURRENT OFFICER WE HAVE IS DOING VERY WELL OVER THERE. UH, SO, UH, HE'S BEEN THERE FOR, FOR A FEW YEARS ALREADY. AND, UH, HE, HE REPLACED ANOTHER OFFICER THAT WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS ALSO. SO, IS, IS THAT SPECIAL TRAINING? WHAT'S THAT? DOES IT REQUIRE SPECIAL TRAINING? OKAY. IS THERE SOME SPECIAL TRAINING THAT HE NEEDS? WELL, UH, OR THAT HE HAS, AND THAT'S WHY HE HAS THAT POSITION. WE LOOK FOR CERTAIN, UH, UH, SKILLS AND, AND QUALITIES BEFORE WE SEND HIM OVER THERE, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SENDING, UH, ONE OF OUR BEST TO REPRESENT THE CITY. AND, UH, AS FAR AS WHEN HE GETS OVER THERE, OF COURSE HE'S GOTTA LEARN THEIR PROCEDURES. UH, A LOT OF IT'S WITH THE FEDERAL LAW, SO, UH, HE GETS, I'M SURE HE GETS A TRAINING THERE AND, UH, BUT, UM, YEAH, USUALLY THEY'LL FTO OUT. THEY'RE KIND OF A FIELD TRAINING, UH, PHASE YES. . OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DID HAVE ONE. UM, SO YOU'RE TAKING ONE OF OUR MEN HERE TO PROVIDE A, A SUPPORT SERVICE, CORRECT. TO THE TASK FORCE? MM-HMM. , CAN WE AFFORD THAT? UH, YES. UH, RIGHT NOW, HIM BEING OVER THERE, WE'VE, UH, IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE PURCHASED EQUIPMENT WITH, UH, THE FUNDS WE RECEIVE AS, AS FAR AS THE ASSET FORFEITURE AGREEMENT. UH, WE'VE PURCHASED, UH, DASH CAM SYSTEMS, UH, WHICH WAS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE PURCHASED A NEW CAD RMS SYSTEM, WHICH IS OVER ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE FORFEITURE FUNDS COMING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT BEHOOVES US TO, TO PARTICIPATE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE A PIECE OF THE PIE. CORRECT? I RECOMMEND IT, SIR. YES, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR HERE. THAT WORKS. ? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I GOT A MOTION BY SANCHEZ SECOND, TAKEN BY MAYOR TIM FRANCO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. [17. Consideration and possible action to approve the addendum to the State Plan of Operation agreement between the San Benito Police Department and the State of Texas.] ADAM 17 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ADDENDUM TO THE STATE THAT APPLIED FOR, UH, OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN SEMI, UH, SEMI POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND CHIEF PER THIS ADDENDUM, AMENDS THE EXISTING STATE PLAN OF OPERATIONS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE SANO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE ADDENDA IMPLEMENTS REQUIREMENTS FOUND WITH RESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER 1474. SECTION 12 SIGNED ON MAY 25TH, 2022. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE AGENCY NEEDS TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY AND LOCAL COMMUNITY OF ITS INTENT TO REQUEST CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL RESOURCES. CURRENTLY, THE PROPERTY IN OUR POSSESSION THAT IS LISTED, UH, AS CONTROLLED PROPERTY IS THE ARMORED VEHICLE. WE DO NOT HAVE PLANS TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO WHAT I YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT TANK. UM, RIGHT NOW, WE, WE FIXED BRAKE CHAMBERS ON IT. WE, WE FIXED THE ALTERNATOR. UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. UH, AS FAR AS IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT OR NOT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD DO WELL ON THE NEW ROADS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE FIXED. SO YEAH, PLEASE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT, UH, YEAH, WE HAVE TO, FOR THE PRAIRIE MINE, YOU, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND CAN THEY JUST TAKE IT WHENEVER THEY, UM, WE ACTUALLY, UH, GOT NOTIFICATION THAT THEY ARE GONNA COME INSPECT, UH, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE FROM, UH, THAT AGENCY. SO, UH, YES. AND THEY, WE'VE HAD INSPECTIONS IN THE PAST BEFORE TOO. WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE. WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY . ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. [18. Consideration and possible action to negotiate a headliner for the 2023 Hog Waddle Concert at the San Benito Fairgrounds.] L NUMBER 18, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO NEGOTIATE A HEADLINER FOR THE 2023 HOG WA CONCERT FOR THE SEMI FAIRGROUNDS AND MISS, UH, NICKI . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NICK SORANO PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER FOR THE RECORD, STAFF IS PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING HOG WA CONCERT AND IS TAKING THE FIRST STEPS NECESSARY TO SECURE A HEADLINING PERFORMANCE. WE ARE LOOKING AT GROUPS THAT CAN CONNECT WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHILE DRAWING IN OUTSIDE VISITORS. WE WILL CONSIDER THEIR AVAILABILITY, RELEVANCE, AND FEES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. COMMISS SHARES. ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY YET? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME IN MIND. IS THERE SOME TYPE OF, UH, WHAT IS THIS, UH, COUNTRY ONLY OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT EVERY, IT'S GONNA BE A MIX OUT THERE, UHHUH. IT IS GOING TO BE A MIX COUNTRY. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVING SOME COUNTRY OPENERS AND THEN HAVING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR THE HEADLINE. GREAT. OKAY. GET A MOTION BY MARI TEN SECOND BY COMMISSION. GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NIKKI. [00:55:05] ADAM, [19. Consideration and possible action to amend Section 4 of Ordinance 2464-B governing the San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery to provide a comprehensive schedule of fees, other fees and policies] 19, CONSERVATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND SECTION FOUR, ORDINANCE 24 64 DASH B GOVERNING MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OF FEES, OTHER FEES, AND, UH, POLICIES. AND MR. RAMONA, UH, FOR THE RECORD, RODRIGUEZ PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SANTO. UH, K MAYOR, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 24 64 C GOVERNING THE SEMIAL MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY TO PROVIDE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OF FEES, UH, AND CLARIFICATION OF POLICIES IN YOUR POCKET. YOU'LL FIND, UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL ADJUST FEES TO THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF GRAVES AND CLARIFY, UH, CERTAIN POLICIES. THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THE PAST? UH, UH, THE OLD FEES OF THE OPENING CLOSING? THE, UH, THEY WERE FOUR. UH, THE CITY PAYS $500 FOR THE OPENING AND CLOSING. AND WHAT WAS THE COST FOR THE, UH, THE PEOPLE? THE, THE, THE, THE OPENING COST IS, IS 500, UH, TWO 50 FOR, FOR, FOR EARNS AND, UH, AND INFANT. OKAY. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WHO PAYS FOR THE OPENING CLOSING? THE, THE CUSTOMER PAYS FOR THAT. OKAY. UHHUH. SO WHAT WAS THE OLD, UH, FEE ON IT? WELL, WE, WE CHARGED THE CUSTOMERS FOR 50. OKAY. BUT, UH, THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY CHARGES AT 500. SO TAXPAYERS ARE SUBSIDIZING $50 FOR THAT COST. SO THE CITY SUBSIDIZING $50? YES, SIR. OUT OF EVERY SINGLE OPENING OR CLOSING? YES, SIR. OKAY. MAYOR, WE TAKE IT OUT OF THE PLOT SALE. YEAH. SO IF YOU'LL SEE THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PREPARED, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AND THEN BELOW TO THE AMENDED, THE AMENDED WERE SHOW WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THE AREAS THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE INCREASED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE ONE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, PAGE ONE AND TWO, YOU DON'T SEE ANY HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THE, YOU'LL SEE THERE WHERE THE PLOT CELLS ARE, THE OPENING BURIAL, CLOSINGS, AND WHAT THE POLICIES AS IS TODAY. WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO, ADMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING, AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO, ANYTHING YOU SEE THERE IN PAGE THREE AND FOUR, ANYTHING IN YELLOW OR SOME OF THE CLARIFICATIONS, LIKE OVERSIZED PLOTS OR NOT? UNFORTUNATELY, PLOTS ARE FOUR BY NINE. IF SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES A LARGER AREA, THE WAY THE GRID IS FOR THE CEMETERY, YOU, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO BUY ANOTHER PLOT. SO THIS CLARIFIES THAT. THAT'S BEEN OUR POLICY FOREVER. NOW'S JUST ARTICULATED IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOWS THERE, UM, AND THEN FOR, UH, THE OTHER, THE, THE BUSINESS CHECKS IS THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE THAT, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING BECAUSE OUR LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES, UM, ESPECIALLY TODAY, WHILE TIMES ARE DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS, THEY HAVE POLICIES, THEY SIGN THE POLICIES OVER TO THE FUNERAL HOME. THE FUNERAL HOMES WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE FOR US TO TAKE A CHECK. UM, THE POLICY IN, IN THE PAST, WELL, IT'S WHEN WE TOOK CHECKS, THEY BOUNCED, AND IT'S HARD TO GO AFTER, UH, BUSINESSES OR TEMPORARY CHECKS. SO, UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN CAMERON COUNTY, WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN RAYMONDVILLE ALL AROUND CAMERON COUNTY. UM, UH, HAR I THINK WE DISCUSSED THAT WE HAD ONE OUT OF WILLACY. WE'VE NOT SEEN FROM HILDA. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE A, YOU'RE HOME THAT'S ESTABLISHED WITH A PHYSICAL LOCATION IN CAMERON COUNTY, UH, AND YOU'RE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE REGULATORY AGENCIES, WHICH IS EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE CITY. UH, THE COUNTY PROVIDES INDIGENT, UH, FUNDS, AND THE CITY REGULATES THE CEMETERY. IF YOU'RE IN GOOD STANDING AND YOU, YOU'RE NOT GIVING US A TEMPORARY CHECK AND YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING A THIRD PARTY CHECK, IN OTHER WORDS, HERE'S THE CHECK. SOMEBODY SIGN THAT OVER, WE'LL SIGN IT OVER TO YOU. NO, IT'S GOTTA BE YOUR CHECK FROM YOUR FUNERAL HOME. UH, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE IT. AND THAT, THAT KIND OF HELPS SPEED UP SOME OF THIS. SO, UH, RATHER THAN HAVE THE FUNERAL HOME, HAVE TO GO GET A CASHIER'S CHECK, UM, THERE ARE AT NEED, AND THEN THERE'S PRE, UH, PEOPLE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO BUY BURIAL PLOTS. BUT, UH, IF, IF IT'S NEEDED AT THAT TIME, THEN ALL EVERYTHING'S PAID UP FRONT, JUST LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE. SO THIS JUST HELPS OUR LOCAL CAMERON COUNTY FUNERAL HOMES THAT WE ACCEPT THEIR BUSINESS CHECKS, IF IT FALLS UNDER THIS. AND THEN, UM, WHAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, THE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL OPENING CLOSING, AND, AND THERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, FOUR BY 9, 6 50. THE OVERSIZE IS EIGHT 50, UH, INFANTS, 300 URNS AND DOUBLE URNS ARE 300. THOSE ARE PRICINGS THAT WE GET FROM ONE OF OUR VENDORS. AND THERE ARE TWO IN THE AREA. YEAH. UM, SO, UH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE, WERE WILLING [01:00:01] TO WORK OUT WITH US. IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE LEAVING IT, WHAT IT IS, IT'S, YOU CAN LEAVE THE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SET IT. THIS IS WHY IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE YES, SIR. SUBSIDY OF $50 MM-HMM. , IS THAT, UH, BASED ON NEED OR IS THAT FOR EVERYBODY? NO, THE ORDINANCE SAYS, UH, WHAT WE CHARGE IS FOUR 50, AND THAT'S THE ORDINANCE. RIGHT. WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE VENDOR THEIR FEE, THEIR FEE IS $500. SO WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED, MAYBE IT WAS FOUR 50 AND IT WAS, THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME. BUT MY THING IS THE SUBSIDY OF $50, IS THAT APPLY TO EVERYBODY? YEAH, EVERYBODY'S, WELL THEN WHY HAVE A SUBSIDY? I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT IS THE SUBSIDY FOR? THAT WAS A PREVIOUS CITY COMMISSION. THEY SAID, WE'RE GONNA SIT AT THIS AND THEY CAN COME OUTTA THE PLOT HOUSE. I MEAN, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WHY JUST SET A PRICE, UH, EFFECTIVE? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS. WHY ARE YOU TAKING MONEY FROM SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COLLECTED AND THEN TURN IT BACK TO EVERYBODY AS A SUBSIDY? I CAN UNDERSTAND A SUBSIDY IF IT WAS FOR SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED IT SURE. BECAUSE OF, UH, THE INABILITY TO PAY BECAUSE OF INCOME AND RESOURCES. BUT IF WE'RE SUBSIDIZING EVERYBODY, THEN ONCE THE USE OF SUBSIDY ONCE JUST SET A FLAT RATE. AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED AND MAYBE THE VENDOR RAISED THE PRICE AND THE AUDIENCE WAS NEVER ADJUSTED. SO NOW THAT THE PRICES ARE GOING UP AGAIN, WE NEED TO ADJUST IT SO THAT OUR, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THIS. YEAH. DON'T MIND HAVING A SUBSIDY, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S USED, UH, TO OFFSET THE COST OF A NEED, A PERSON IN NEED. YES, SIR. UM, AND AS I UNDERSTAND, NOT EVERYBODY THAT WANTS A BURIAL AT, AT OUR PARK IS A NEED. THEY, THEY MAY WANNA PAY YOU THE FULL PRICE. WHO KNOWS. THEY DO. BUT I I, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SUBSIDY, I'D LIKE THERE TO BE SOME TYPE OF, UH, REASON WHY WE HAVE A SUBSIDY, NOT THAT IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY. IN FACT, I'D RATHER HAVE A FLAT FEE IF WE'RE GONNA DO, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS PROPOSING TO OUR FLAT FEE COMMISSIONER, I DON'T RECALL IF YOU WERE HERE, I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ AND COMMISSIONER, UH, MARI, TIM FRANCO, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT INDIGENTS AND, AND SLIDING AND THOSE. BUT COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS YOU, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO START ASKING FOR VERY PERSONAL FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE IF YOU QUALIFY. AND THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE TIME DECIDED THAT, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE WANTED TO GET INTO, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. YEAH. SO OUR PRICING, IF YOU KNOW THE OTHER, OTHER CEMETERIES IN THE AREA, WE ARE MUCH LESS THAN THOSE. AND WHICH IS KIND OF WHY IT STAYS AT THAT, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTRUSIVE IN PEOPLE'S FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. BUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR A SUBSIDY OF A FLAT RATE. YEAH. MM-HMM. . BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DETERMINED THEN. AND IT'S WHAT WE DID. SO IT IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU NOW SINCE YEAH. I JUST DON'T SEE THE POINT IN, UM, TAKING BURIAL PLOT FUNDS AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND GIVING EVERYBODY A $50 SUBSIDY, JUST TURNING THE MONEY OVER. BUT, UH, I'D RATHER HAVE A FLAT RATE INSTEAD. UH, I THINK THAT THAT PROBABLY BE, UH, BE MORE SENSIBLE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES. YEAH. IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THIS, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, IF YOU PROPOSE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BEFORE THE, THE NEXT TIME WE PRESENT IT FOR THE SECOND READING, TODAY'S JUST FIRST IT'S UH, UH, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE, UM, UH, MR. UH, RODRIGUEZ AND I HAVE WORKED ON THIS. WE PRESENTED, WE SENT IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR, AND WHAT I DID IS I MADE SURE THAT YOU COULD SEE BOTH IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT WAY FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. IT, IT SHOWS WHAT WAS EXISTING, HOW WE CHANGED IT. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS, THIS PATTERN. OKAY. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. AND MOVE ON. THANK YOU. AT NUMBER 20, [20. Consideration and possible action to re-allocate remaining funds from Year 47 Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 to General Park Improvements. a) General Administration - $36,758.39 b) CASA of Cameron & Willacy Counties - $37.84] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REALLY ALLOCATE THE REMAINING FUNDS OF, UH, YEAR 47, FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22, TO GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UM, AND MR. S PRESENT THIS OUT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MARTIN SIGN, CBG COORDINATOR. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF AVAILABLE FUNDS AND REQUEST TO REALLOCATE AVAILABLE REMAINING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 TO GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS. LAST WEEK, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET TO DISCUSS HIS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REMAINING FUNDS OF THIS YEAR. THROUGH A CONSENSUS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT ALL REMAINING FUNDS BE REALLOCATED TO GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE OUR TWO PENDING PARK PROJECTS. $34,568,000 AND 8 CENTS REMAINING FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. AND $37 AND 84 CENTS REMAINING FROM CASA FOR A TOTAL OF $34,605 REMAINING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. 2022. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE, THE, WHAT WAS [01:05:01] THE TOTAL ON THAT? THE TOTAL, ACTUALLY IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE AGENDA. WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, THE, UH, SIX, CORRECT? CORRECT. THE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE THAT WE USE, I D I S, UH, NEEDED TO DO ITS FINAL, UH, RUN THROUGH. SO THE TOTAL IS GONNA BE $34,605 AND 92 CENTS. OKAY. THAT'S GONNA BE ACCURATE, CORRECT. 34,605 AND 92 CENTS. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSION GARCIA SECOND. OKAY. UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPROVE COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, SIR. NUMBER 21, [21. Discussion and update on street rehabilitation projects.] UH, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON STREET REHABILITATION AND MR. UH, GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS, AN GARCIA INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CAPTAIN IMPROVEMENTS COORDINATOR. UH, AS OF THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, UH, UPON, UH, FOR THE STREETS THAT WERE PROPOSED AND APPROVED BY CITY COMMISSION, UH, BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED 12 OFF OF THE 20 ON THE LIST. UH, TWO ARE, UH, CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AND WE ARE PENDING SIX STREETS. UH, THE TWO IN PROGRESS. WE WERE, UH, FIXING OUR, UH, UH, MANHOLE ISSUES THAT WE HAD. THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. UH, WE'RE JUST LETTING, UH, THE SETTLING OF THE, THE, UH, BACKFILL THAT WE DID ON THOSE MANHOLES. AND, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY GONNA BE, UH, WORKING ON THOSE STREETS, UH, TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. SO WE DON'T HAVE ON THOSE ROADS. UH, THE SIX PENDING ARE JUST, UH, MATTER OF, UH, WEATHER PERMITTING. WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, GOOD WEATHER THIS PAST MONTH IN NOVEMBER. UM, AND WE ARE WORKING ON SOME CURBING GUTTER ON SOME STREETS, PARTICULARLY, UH, POWER STREETS. AND IN ORDER TO START DOING THAT OVERLAY, UH, WE NEED TO CORRECT THOSE ISSUES, UH, BEFOREHAND, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT THE JAN STREET THAT HAD THE DEEP, UH, THOSE, UH, MANHOLES? YES. HOW WAS IT? UH, THEY WERE ALREADY COLLAPSING, SO IT TOOK A, A LITTLE BIT. WELL, WE, WE GOT 'EM RESOLVED WITHIN, UH, TWO DAYS. ONCE WE STARTED EXCAVATING, UH, THE MANHOLES WERE PRETTY MUCH COLLAPSING IN. SO IT WAS, UH, TEDIOUS WORK FOR, FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO KIND OF REMOVE ALL THAT. UH, IT WAS, UH, A SLOW PROCESS, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, RESOLVE THE ISSUE. AND, UH, THOSE MANHOLES HAVE BEEN IN PLACE. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST LETTING THAT BACK FILL, SETTLE, UM, SO WE CAN, UH, PROPERLY ADDRESS IT AND THEN START DOING THE OVERLAY ON THOSE STREETS. OKAY. AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE NEXT ONES IN LINE SO WE CAN ADDRESS 'EM AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REMAINING ONES THAT ARE PENDING. OKAY. SO WE GOT THE SIX OF 'EM THAT'S PENDING RIGHT NOW? THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR. OKAY. COMMISS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. ITEM [22. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Approval Request Form Number 1 from Hanson Professional Services, Inc., for the El Camino Lift Station Improvements RFP #2022-001-0201, requesting an extension of the completion date.] NUMBER 22. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER APPROVED REQUEST, UH, FORM NUMBER ONE FROM, UH, HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, INC. WITH A EL CAMINO LIFT STATION. UH, IMPROVEMENTS RFP 20 22 0 1 DASH 0 2 0 1, REQUESTING AN EXTENSION FOR THE, UH, COMPLETION DATE. AND MR. GARCIA, ADAM MAYOR. MAYOR ROTE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. GARCIA, UH, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. UH, THE REQUEST, UH, RECEIVED BY HAN PROFESSIONALS WAS A REQUEST, UH, BY THE CONTRACTOR TO EXTEND THE DAYS, UH, BASED ON MATERIALS, UH, SUPPLIERS, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET CERTAIN MATERIALS. WE WERE WAITING ON THE PUMPS. UH, THE PUMPS THAT, UH, WERE, UH, SUGGESTED FOR THAT LIFT STATION WERE, UH, SUBMERSIBLE FLIGHT PUMPS. UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THEM, UH, WHEN THEY PUT IN THE, UH, THE REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE ORDER FOR TO ASK FOR THE EXTENSION, WE WERE STILL PENDING THE PUMPS. I BELIEVE WE JUST RECEIVED THEM, UH, WITHIN THE PAST WEEK. SO MOVING FORWARD, BUT THEY ARE STILL GONNA REQUEST, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY NEEDED THOSE DAYS IN ORDER FOR, TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT, UH, THE, THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DATE? HOW MANY DAYS WERE THEY, DID THEY NEED, THEY REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF 140 DAYS. OKAY. 140 DAYS. YES. AND THE COMPLETION DATE SHOULD, UH, BE COMING UP TO APRIL 4TH, 2023. OKAY. SO THIS IS DUE TO LACK OF MATERIALS. YES. ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM THE CONTRACTOR IS IN THE EXHIBITS AS WELL, UH, STATING THAT THEY NEEDED. SO THERE'S NO MATERIALS AROUND HERE, [01:10:01] UH, JUST IN GENERAL. YEAH. UH, I KNOW WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE LINE, UH, THE COATING THAT WE'RE GONNA USE FOR, TO DO THE INNER LINING ON, UH, ON THE SEARCH TANK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE ARE, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES, LIKE I SAID, AND THEN THE PUMPS, WE COULDN'T START ON THE NEW LIFT STATION IN ORDER, UH, WITHOUT HAVING THE NEW ONES ON HAND. SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES AS WELL. BUT, UH, NOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THEM, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WHERE DOES THAT PUT US? WITH TCQ? YEAH. LET, LET ME, UH, LET ME ADDRESS, UH, THE MAYOR PRO ATTEMPTS QUESTION ABOUT TCQ. WE HAVE A MARCH, 2023 DEADLINE. MM-HMM. . OKAY. UM, AND WE DID ASK THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HANSEN, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, WHICH IS THE ENGINEERS ON THE THESE PRO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, TO RESPOND TO THE SUPPLY QUESTIONS. SO IT IS OUR POSITION THAT BECAUSE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A SUPPLY ISSUE. AND IT IS, IT'S NOT JUST IN SANITA, IT'S NOT JUST IN TEXAS. WE'RE TALKING ACROSS THE WORLD. OKAY. HE JUST MENTIONED SUBMERSIBLE FLIGHTS. FLIGHTS IS A TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS UTILIZED IN THE WASTEWATER. THEY COME FROM SWEDEN, THEY'RE MADE THERE, PUT TOGETHER HERE. THESE, SOME OF THESE SUPPLIES, UH, WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO, THOSE MEMBRANES COME FROM AUSTRALIA, RIGHT? REMEMBER THESE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT, SO THESE THINGS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT'S VERY GLOBAL, THE WAY WE OPERATE, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD. SO THIS SUPPLY CHAIN IS NOW AFFECTED US. SO, UM, THE ANSWER IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET AN EXTENSION BECAUSE THESE ARE VIABLE CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS INDUSTRY IS FACING. I WAS JUST IN AUSTIN AT A WATER MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. THIS IS NOT, AND OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, PEOPLE LIKE US WATER SERVICES, CARLOS RUBENSTEIN, FORMER WATER MASTER, FORMER TCQ COMMISSIONER, THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE, THAT REPRESENT YOU WORK FOR THE CITY, OUR CONSULTANTS, THE GUIDING US THROUGH THIS. WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS, THERE ARE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO WATER AND SEWER EQUIPMENT AND GETTING THESE THINGS COMPLETED. SO I, UH, THE ANSWER IS, WE HAVE A DEADLINE COMING HERE APPROACHING. WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE MAKE A REQUEST, HOW EARLY CAN WE MAKE THE REQUESTS? I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE'VE ISSUED, WE HAVE THE LAST TWO CONTRACTS THAT WE WILL HAVE ISSUED FROM THE LAST TWO, UH, LIFT STATIONS, RE, LANDRUM, AND THE CITY YARD. YES. THOSE ARE, THOSE WILL BE EXECUTED DURING THIS MONTH. YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THEM. THEY, THEY'VE GONE TO FINANCE, THEY'VE GONE TO CITY ATTORNEY. THEY HANDS IN HAND, THEY'LL GET SIGNATURES, THEY'LL BE EXECUTED. SO THE ANSWER IS, COMMISSIONER, NOW THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED ALL THE LIFT STATIONS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MANHOLES THAT WE'VE REPAIRED. SO ALL THE LIFT STATIONS, INCLUDING THE O THAT IT WAS NOT ON IT, ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH DEADLINES. THERE'S NO REASON FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT TCQ IS NOT GONNA SAY THAT THE CITY HASN'T MET THE INTENTION. WE'VE, YOU'VE, WE'VE ACTIVE IN IT. YOU'VE, YOU'VE ISSUED DEBT AFTER THE DAY CAME, WE GOT A P YOU KNOW, THE AM THE FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS. SO YOU HAVE PLACED THE CITY IN A GOOD POSITION FOR THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS. SO IT IS MY INTENT THAT IN JANUARY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AGAIN, LIKE I DID WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN 2019 OF THE TCQ, TO AGAIN, GO BEFORE THEM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MET OUR COMMITMENTS BASED ON C WAR IN EUROPE, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, RIGHT. ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT WE'VE ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING, AND WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD TO MEET OUR OBLIGATION. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE STARTING NOW. SO I THINK YOU ARE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION. YES. SO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR, YOU FROM THE HANSEN? YES. SHE'S ANXIOUS TO TELL US. HI, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, BAR VEGA, PROJECT MANAGER FOR HANS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. UM, AND, UH, WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CONTRACTOR IS EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THIS PROJECT. 27 OF THOSE 97 DAYS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR THIS PROJECT ARE FOR RAIN DAYS. UH, SO THAT BY THAT, BY THE AGREEMENT POSSIBILITY, IT COULD BE SENT, UH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM, THEY ARE VERIFIED RAIN DAYS. THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN DAYS ARE FOR THE DELAYS OF THE PUMPS. AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEM. THEY HAVE PROVIDED US A, UH, REVISED SCHEDULE, WHICH, UH, PUTS THEM, UH, TO END THE PROJECT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. SO, UH, TECHNICALLY THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE FULL AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. BUT YEAH, IF YOU WANTED TO ASK ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR ANY IN GENERAL, NOT SPECIFIC, BUT IN GENERAL ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN, WHAT, WHAT SHE HAS SEEN, BECAUSE THAT IS HER WHEELHOUSE. YES. OKAY. AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FOLLOWING ITEM. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME, UH, YOU [01:15:01] KNOW, UH, TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUES. UH, EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT I HAVE HAS SEEN DELAYS. UH, NOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE, UH, VERY, UM, SPOILED BEFORE WHERE WE COULD BE LIKE LOWS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GRAB ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS. AND NOW, UH, WE ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, COLLAPSING GLOBALLY. AND, UH, THAT TIME IS BEING HANDED DOWN FROM THE MANUFACTURERS TO THE SUPPLIERS AND TO THE PROJECT. SO IT'S HAPPENING, UH, THROUGHOUT EVERY PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON. HOW DO YOU SEE LANDRUM AND, UH, CITY YARD AND CITY YARD? UM, THOSE ARE PROBABLY ALSO GONNA BE, UH, CAUSING DELAYS. I JUST GOT WORD ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE MANUFACTURERS FOR, UH, MANHOLES, WHICH LANDRUM IS GONNA HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OF THEM. UH, THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN A MAJOR PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S GONNA BRING THAT DOWN TO, I BELIEVE, ONE PRODUCTION FACILITY. AND WE'RE SEEING DELAYS OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN SOME PROJECTS JUST FOR MANHOLES. OKAY. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT'S, UH, TCQ THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED. MAYOR COMMISSION, YOU HAVE A, YOU, YOU HAVE HAD AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TCQ HARLINGEN OFFICE. WE'VE HAD AN EXCELLENT WITH THE AUSTIN OFFICE. A LOT OF THE AUSTIN REPRESENTATIVES ARE FROM THE VALLEY. I'VE MET 'EM. SO AS THE, YOU KNOW, AS MS. VEGA HAS INDICATED, EVERY ENGINEER THAT WE'VE GOT THAT WE'VE WORKING IN EVERY, EVERYWHERE ELSE, WE'RE ALL SEEING THIS. YEAH. IT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT WE WOULDN'T GET AN EXTENSION. NO. AND THAT'S, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT, THAT TCQ COMES SAY, WELL, YOU WERE GIVEN 10 YEARS TO FINISH UP SIX. OKAY. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU WITH THIS. SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M PUSHING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, ON RECORD THAT, UH, YOU AS A PROFESSIONAL ARE TELLING US THAT THERE'S A COMPANY THAT'S MIGHT BE SHUTTING DOWN. SO NOW IT'S GONNA BE MORE A BURDEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND IT'S GONNA DELAY IT A LOT MORE. WE HOPE IT'S LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY MORE. BUT WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WE GOT TWO THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, TWO STATIONS. WOULD YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE WILLING TO MAYBE PARTAKE IN THE ACTUAL MEETING WITH T C Q? OR AT LEAST PROVIDE SOMETHING OF, OF SUBSTANCE TO, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID MM-HMM. . OKAY. TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT. YES. OKAY. MARK. UM, GIVEN THE FACT, HER STATEMENT TONIGHT, UM, AND OF COURSE T C Q, IS THERE SOMETHING THERE THAT WE NEED TO DO OR PREPARE FOR, UH, IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS? UH, MAYBE SOME TYPE OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW, DOCUMENTATION OR SOMETHING SECURE, UH, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THAT'S THE ADVICE SHE'S GIVEN US. THAT'S THE STATEMENT SHE'S MAKING TODAY. I DON'T WANNA END UP IN MARCH OR APRIL OR IN MONTHS TO COME. AND WE'RE, WE'RE TURNED AWAY, YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE OF, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS, UH, LEGALLY, SO CUZ THE VIOLATIONS VIOLATION AND, AND, AND, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, HAD OUR SHARE WITH THEM. I JUST DON'T WANNA BE, UH, TOTALLY SURPRISED BY SOMETHING. YEAH. COMMISSIONER, I THINK WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND EXECUTIVE, I THINK WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I THINK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THROUGH A PROCESS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT UP WITH YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANOTHER TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT A, GOT A MOTION BY MARI FRANCO. SECOND, SIR. TAKEN BY COMMISSION GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PROCESS? I WAS ADDING NUMBER TWO. ITEM [23. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Approval Request Form Number 3 from Hanson Professional Services, Inc., for the Alameda Lift Station Improvements RFP #2022-002-0501 for a change in materials and a request to extend the completion date.] NUMBER 23, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL. APPROVAL REQUEST FORM NUMBER THREE FROM HANSON PROBATION SERVICE, INC. FOR THE ALAMEDA, THE LIFT STATION, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, RFP NUMBER 20 22 2 0 5 0 1, WHERE IT CHANGE IMMATERIALS AND REQUEST, UH, TO EXTEND, UH, TO EXTEND THE COMPLETION DATE. AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, MAYOR ROTE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD ON GARCIA INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, THE REQUEST, UH, UH, APPROVAL, UH, FORMED, UH, BROUGHT ON BY HAN PROFESSIONALS IS BEING REQUESTED BY ALSO THE CONTRACTOR. UM, THE CHANGE IN MATERIALS IS PERTAINING TO THE PERIMETER FENCING. UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO DO A [01:20:01] WOODEN, UH, CEDAR FENCE. UM, UPON CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STAFF, WE DID RECOMMEND, UH, TO DO A CHAIN LINK FENCE, UH, WITH, UH, THE PERIMETER. OBVIOUSLY. WE WOULD ALSO BE, UH, INSTALLING, DEPENDING ON THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE, UH, TO MEET TCQ REQUIREMENTS, WE WOULD DO BOB WIRING. UH, I BELIEVE A SIX FOOT FENCE REQUIRES THREE STRAINS OF BARB BORROWING ON TOP. IF WE GO HIGHER, THEN IT WOULD BE ONE, UH, THAT WOULD BE PERTAINING TO ALSO THE COST AS WELL. UH, THAT'S WHERE WE MADE THAT CHANGE. UH, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY'RE ALSO, UH, REQUESTING THE EXTENSION ON THE DATE. UM, THERE IS, UH, A FORM IN YOUR EXHIBITS WHERE THE MANUFACTURER DID A REQUEST, UH, AN EXTENSION FOR, UH, OF 20 WEEKS BASED ON THE DELAY OF RECEIVING THE HATCH FOR THAT, UH, IT'S DELAYED BY 17 WEEKS. AND THAT IS IN YOUR EXHIBITS AS WELL, UH, SUBMITTED BY THE, BY THE MANUFACTURER? UM, AVAILABLE FOR, FOR LACK OF MATERIALS. AGAINS MATERIALS? YES. OKAY. UH, WHY CHAINING FENCE? UH, JUST DURABILITY PURPOSES. UH, I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE THE MET AND GAS CLOSE BY WHEN THAT DETERIORATED, WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, CHAIN LINK FENCE WOULD LONG, WOULD HAVE A LONGER, UH, LIFESPAN THAN DOING A WOODEN FENCE. UM, WE ARE GONNA BE COVERING IT, DOING SLITS, UH, STILL FOR THE IS, SO PEOPLE CAN'T LOOK INTO IT AND, AND KIND OF KEEP IT OUT OF THE PUBLIC'S EYE AS WELL. UM, LIKE I SAID, AND WE WILL, UH, MEET ALL OF, UH, TCE Q'S REQUIREMENTS ON HEIGHTS AND, UH, SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. UM, THE COST IS, IT, IT'LL JUST, THERE IS NO CHANGE IN, IN COST FOR, FOR THAT. IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT WAS FROM THE ORIGINAL, UH, PROPOSED, UH, FENCE THAT, THAT WAS PROPOSED ON THE BEGINNING. MAYOR, YOU MIGHT WANNA INC CARVE FROM, UH, THE ENGINEER, MS. VEGA, UH, ABOUT HOW MUCH ODOR, ONCE THIS REHABILITATION IS COMPLETED FOR THE AUTOMATED STATION, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT KIND OF EFFECTS IT'S GONNA HAVE TO THE NEIGHBORING RESIDES. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS THAT, UH, I MEAN, THAT ODOR AFFECTS A LOT OF OUR CITY. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN DRIVE WITH CERTAIN AREAS WHERE YOU, YOU SMELL IT, YOU SMELL THE ME AND GAZE ON IT. SO, UH, MA'AM, UH, YOU GONNA HELP US OUT TO TRY TO LIMIT THE ORDER? UH, YES. SO, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO AVOID THE ODOR IS, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHICH IS UPGRADING THE PUMPS SO THAT YOU HAVE, UH, LESS, UH, SEWAGE THAT STAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, SEPTIC WITHIN THE LIFT STATION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, UH, THAT HATCH THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, CONTAINING, UH, THE GASES WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER METHODS THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE, TO THE LIFT LIFT STATION, BUT IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COST. OKAY. BUT WOULD THE FENCING HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THAT? I MEAN, I SEE THE GAS IS GOING UP AND BEYOND. THE, THE FENCING REALLY DOESN'T, UH, DO MUCH FOR, FOR THE GASES. UH, YOU KNOW, THE FENCING IS A TCQ REQUIREMENT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. AND, UH, THE MATERIALS ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, EITHER AESTHETICS OR PREFERENCE FROM THE OWNER. OKAY. I KNOW I'M OFF THIS ONE, BUT, UH, CAN WE LOOK INTO THE HEB LATION PLEASE? BECAUSE, UH, THE SMELL IS BAD. UH, JUST EXCEPT THE YES, SIR. YEAH, YEAH. WE CAN HANDLE THE, WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GOTTA DO. YEAH, I KNOW. UH, AND THE OTHER CONCERN WAS THE LANDRUM, UH, THE LANDRUM, WHICH IS RIGHT, YES. NEXT DOOR TO A SKULL. IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT, UH, THAT LIFT STATION FOR NEXT ODOR CONTROL FOR ODOR AS WELL, WHICH IS NEXT TO, UH, CAFETERIA FOR THE KIDS. YES. SO ON THAT ONE, WE ARE ALSO ADDING A, UH, CHOPPER PUMP FOR, FOR THAT LIFT STATION, WHICH IS GONNA GET RID OF A LOT OF THE GREASE AND, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THROWN INTO THE LIFT STATION THAT EITHER, UH, CLOGS OR, UH, MAKES THE LIFT STATION STAY STAGNANT. SO, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE UPGRADED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ALSO ADDING A SEARCH, AN ADDITIONAL SEARCH TANK THAT'S GONNA GIVE, UH, BETTER TIMING, UH, FOR THE SEWAGE TO FLOW AND, UH, IN ADDITION INCREASED CAPACITY. OKAY. COMMISS, ANY QUESTIONS? SO, ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND, OVERALL, ALL THE STATIONS ODOR ARE TRYING TO BE LOOKED AT, THE ODOR, YOU KNOW, UH, THESE ARE THE, THE STANDARD WASTE THAT WE, UH, DEAL WITH THE ODOR. IF THE ODOR IS EXCESSIVE AND THERE'S, UH, THERE'S OTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN ADD, UH, TO, OR, OR, UH, COMPONENTS TO THE LIFT STATION THAT [01:25:01] CAN BE ADDED. BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS I CAN SAY. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, IT HAS TO DO WITH US, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, THOSE THINGS ARE NOT UNDER CONTRACT. NO, IT WON'T BE BECAUSE, UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE LIKE CHEMICALS, COMMISSIONER MM-HMM. , YOU START ADDING CHEMICALS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE, THEN YOU'RE RUNNING ADDITIONAL CALLS. SO THE BEST THING IS TO REHABILITATE 'EM, GET 'EM WORKING WHERE THINGS AREN'T GOING SEPTIC. RIGHT. IF YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR NEAR SCHOOLS, THEN YOU WANT TO TAKE ADDITIONAL MEASURES. BUT I MEAN, BUT YOU DON'T PUT EVERYTHING IN AT THE START. YOU KIND OF WORK UP FROM IT. YEAH. NEED TO TURN OFF THE FIRE, THEN WORRY ABOUT THE SMOKE. YES. YOU, YOU WANNA FIX, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO HER COMMISSIONER. GOT IT. YEAH. BUT NONETHELESS, THOSE YES. NO, BUT WE, THAT SMOKE'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH. AND, AND I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR'S TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN, WE, YOU DRIVE SOME OF THESE AREAS AND IT'S NOT JUST LOCAL, I MEAN IT IS BLOCKS AWAY. YEAH. SO, AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THROUGH THIS REHABILITATION OF, OF LIST STATIONS AND COLLECTION. COLLECTION LINES. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, DO I HAVE MOTION? DO I WILL, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. I GOT A, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SET, TAKEN BY, UH, MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES. IS IT 24 [24. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Hanson Professional Services Inc., pertaining to the engineering, design and bidding phase services for the El Camino lift station in the total amount of $26,050.00.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR HAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. INK PERTAIN TO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND BIDDING FACE SERVICE FOR THE EL CAMINO LIFT STATION. TOTAL THE AMOUNT OF $26,050. AND MR. GARCIA PRESENT, MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, MISSIONERS GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THE ITEM OF FOR DISCUSSION IS POSSIBLE PAYMENT TO HAS PROFESSIONALS PERTAINING TO, UH, UH, 70% COMPLETION, UH, PAYMENT TO FOR ENGINEERING AND, UH, DESIGN, UH, PHASE AS WELL AS A 100% COMPLETION ON THE BIDDING PHASE FOR THE EL CAMINO LIFT STATION. UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR TIM. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES MOTION PROCESS? AYE. THANKS SIR. IT 25 [25. Consideration and possible action to approve the Tenth Supplement to Order 2020-04, regarding the extension of the Governor's Disaster Declaration (COVID-19).] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE. 10TH SUPPLEMENT TO ORDER 20 20 20 24 REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF GOVERNOR'S DISASTER DECLARATION COL 19. AND, UH, MS. CHRISTINA SANCHEZ. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO AND COMMISSIONERS. CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSISTANT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. FOR THE RECORD, BEFORE YOU HAVE THE 10 SUPPLEMENTAL TO ORDER 2020 DASH ZERO FOUR, THIS ORDER WOULD REPLACE THE NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL TO ORDER 2020 DASH ZERO FOUR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, THE GOVERNOR RENEWED THE STATE DISASTER DECLARATION IN RELATION TO COVID 19. WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH COVID 19 AND RELATED ISSUES. SO WE ARE ASKING TO CONTINUE THIS ORDER UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2023, JUNE 20. IF THE PRESIDENTIAL OR STATE ORDERS ARE GIVEN THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A NEED FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY, OUR ORDER WOULD FOLLOW WHATEVER THEIR ORDERS ARE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WISH THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. YOU GOT A MOTION BY FRANCO. SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMERCIAL GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. AND BEFORE WE GO INTO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, [Additional Item] UM, I GONNA GIVE TIME TO ONE MORE LAST TIME TO THE, UH, THE MUSEUM GROUP IF THEY HAVE THE LAST THING BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ANY QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS? NO. YES. I'M SORRY. I DID NOT HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. OKAY. I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER CHANCE, I MEAN, AS FAR AS YOU WANT. MAKE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS FAR AS THE MUSEUM? WELL, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT, UM, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR THE KTO, UM, HALL OF FAME, UH, AND THE KTO HALL OF FAME WITH THE HISTORY MUSEUM OR PART OF AN UMBRELLA. AND WE REALLY SEE IT VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY TO HAVE. ACTUALLY THE CITY IS ONE OF THE FEW VERY CLOSE TO BROWNSVILLE AND MCALLEN BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE, IT HAS SEVERAL MUSEUMS, IT HAS A BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM, IT HAS A KTO MUSEUM, AND IT HAS A HISTORY MUSEUM. AND WE HAVE IN, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE WE FAMILY [01:30:01] TO EXPAND THE FRED DEFENDER SECTION INTO THE HISTORY MUSEUM. SO THESE ARE THREE ENTITIES THAT ARE A BIG DRAW FOR THE CITY. UH, THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM HAS A HOME NOW KOTO HAS A HOME AND HISTORY IS STILL HOMELESS. WE HAVE WORK WITH MR. DEL ROSA. HE HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN ARRANGING FOR US TO OPEN IN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, BUT IT'S STILL NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THAT MUSEUM. SO WE ARE, MANY OF US STILL REMEMBER HOW THAT BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED AND STILL BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GO INTO THE NEW, UH, BUILDING. I REMEMBER BEING IN THIS COMMISSION MEETING WHEN ACTUALLY THE ARCHITECTS SHOWED THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A, AN ACCORDION BECAUSE THE KOTO MUSEUM WAS GOING TO BE IN THERE. SO WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER MOVING US INTO THAT NEW BUILDING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING THAT YOUR PREDECESSORS PROMISED US THAT WE WERE THERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING. WE HAVE NUMEROUS ARTICLES IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT SAID WE WERE GOING IN THERE, AND THEN WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT IN THERE. AND WE VERY MUCH NEED A HOME FOR THE HISTORY MUSEUM. WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION TO FIND A WAY, WHATEVER THE OBSTACLES ARE, TO TRY TO GET INTO THAT, UH, TO TRY TO GET INTO THAT, UH, THAT BUILDING. IT'S A PLUS FOR THE CITY. IT DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORY MUSEUM RIGHT NOW, AND IT NEEDS A HISTORY MUSEUM. SO I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT CONSIDERATION AND MOVING US INTO THAT BUILDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. UH, AT [26. Executive Session:] NUMBER 26, LOOK AT THE SESSION CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 2 0.1071 TO DISCUSS THE PRIVILEGE OF COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. UH, ITEM NUMBER 26 B IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL, PERSONNEL MATTERS, DELIVERING THE ROUTINE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 7 0 3 AND WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MARK. GOOD. OKAY. THE TIME IS, UH, 8 38. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. ADAM 27, DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PROCEDURE TO PROCEED. UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, REVISION OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY CHARTER PURSUANT TO A TEXT, UH, CITY CHARTER, UH, ARTICLE NINE, SECTION 9.01 PROPOSAL, UH, FOR THE AMENDMENT. DO I HAVE A, A MOTION? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NO ACTION. RIGHT? OKAY. SO WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE NO ACTION TO THAT ONE. AT NUMBER 28, UH, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE, PROPOSE, UH, ORDINANCE CHANGES THE DATES OF THE CITY OF SANTO GENERAL ELECTION FROM THE MONTH OF MAY TO THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. AND THAT ONE WE HAVE THE NO ACTION AT 29. [29. Discussion and possible action to direct the City Attorney to prepare a Facility Use Agreement pertaining to the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum.] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A FACILITY USE AGREE, PERTAIN TO THE CITY, UH, ASEM CULTURE, HERITAGE MUSEUM, AND, UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT ONE? NO. ACTION MAYOR. UH, I DO PROPOSE, UH, OR SUGGEST THAT, UH, YOU ENTER INTO DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM GROUP AND COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN VOTE ON. WELL, I KNOW YOU ALL GAVE IT TO ME TO MAKE THIS ACTION, BUT, UH, AND I BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION THAT, UH, THEY WANTED AN ANSWER. OKAY. AND I SAID, UH, WHAT THE ANSWER IS, UH, THEY BROUGHT IT AND THEY SAID THAT I NEEDED TO, UH, MAKE THAT AGREEMENT TO COME WITH YOU ALL AND MEET, SO NO ACTION WAS GONNA BE TAKEN OTHER THAN I HAD TO GO COME MEET WITH Y'ALL. I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. OKAY? BUT, UH, NOBODY WANTED TO DO, UH, UH, MAKE THAT, UH, FURTHER ACTION OF, OF THE DIRECTION THAT Y'ALL WANTED. SO MAYOR, I CAN'T VOTE ON, THERE'S NOTHING TO VOTE ON. THERE'S NO CONTRACT, THERE'S NO ISSUE, [01:35:01] THERE'S NO NOTHING. BRING ME A PROPOSAL. SO I DUNNO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. THAT WAS NEVER THE DISCUSSION. THERE'S NO FACILITIES AGREEMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WAS SHOWN TO US. SO I DUNNO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. WE DID AGREE FOR YOU TO MEET WITH THEM SO WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO VOTE ON. WE'RE LITERALLY VOTING ON NOTHING. THERE'S, I, IT ALLS MY, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL, UM, THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL WANT. NO. ACTION. YES. WERE WE PRESENTED WITH A USE AGREEMENT? WELL, MAYOR, I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO DRAFT A FACILITY USER AGREEMENT OR LEASE, BUT I NEED TO, WHAT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT THE TERMS ARE THAT THE COMMISSION IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MUSEUM. AND, AND, AND LET, LET ME JUST GO THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY WITH IT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT AN ALL OR NOTHING DEAL, RIGHT? FIRST OF ALL, IN TERMS OF USE, UH, IS THIS GONNA BE EXCLUSIVE USE? IS THIS GONNA BE SHARED WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENT? IS THIS GONNA BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER NONPROFIT? UH, WHAT IS THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT? IS IT GONNA BE A ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, THREE YEAR TERM? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT'S WHO'S GONNA PAY THE TAXES ONCE THE MUSEUM TAKES OVER THE PROPERTY? IF THEY TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY AT LAUREN, PROPERTY TAXES WOULD BE OWED. IT WOULDN'T BE USED BY THE A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. SO WHO IS GONNA, WHO WOULD BE PAY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THOSE TAXES? WOULD THE MUSEUM BE WILLING TO PAY THOSE TAXES? OR WOULD THE MUSEUM WANT THE CITY TO PAY THOSE TAXES? WHICH IT CAN'T DO? UM, WE, WE HAVE ANOTHER THING IN TERMS OF, UH, THERE'S A NOTE. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY PAYING, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD CLARIFY ME, WHAT IS THE PAYMENT ON THE NOTE? UH, THAT WHAT, I MEAN, THERE'S A PAYMENT THAT THE CITY MAKES ON THE NOTE. WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THAT NOTE? IF THE'S GONNA HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THAT PROPERTY? UM, AND, AND FINALLY, ELECTRICITY AND UTILITIES AND MAINTENANCE. WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? SO I, I, I THINK THE, I THINK THE ISSUE IS THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW. AND, AND I THINK THE REASON THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE TAKING NO ACTION IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY DON'T KNOW. AND, AND HASN'T BEEN EXPLAINED TO US AT ALL WHAT AGREEMENT, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED TERMS OF, OF AN AGREEMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST THAT A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MEET, MEET WITH THE MUSEUM AT THE MAYOR, MEET WITH THE MUSEUM IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MEET WITH THEM AND COME BACK TO US WITH WE'RE WILLING TO WORK. DO YOU HAVE A YES, GO AHEAD MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CANNOT VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CANNOT VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BEFORE YOU. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEKING SIMPLY IS PERHAPS YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO FIND A WAY TO BRING THE HISTORY MUSEUM INTO THAT BUILDING. AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY TO FIND ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS PUT BEFORE YOU. CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS EITHER. LET'S WORK TOGETHER, FIND THOSE ANSWERS. BUT LET'S START WITH THE PREMISE THAT YOU WANT TO FIND A WAY TO PUT US IN THERE NOW, SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. WE ALREADY MET WITH YOU, MR. A GARCIA AND CAROL, AND WE PRESENTED TO YOU A DRAFT OF A PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS AND THAT WE UPDATED AFTER HAVING DONE SOME RESEARCH WITH SURROUNDING MUSEUMS. WE MET WITH YOU. WE GAVE YOU THAT PROPOSAL AND WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING. SO I, I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME OR HOURS SUBMITTING ANOTHER PROPOSAL IF THERE'S NO INTENT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT. SO I GUESS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I JUST WANNA HEAR FROM YOU TO SAY THAT YOU WANNA FIND A WAY TO PLACE US IN THAT MUSEUM. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE WE START NEGOTIATING AND IF THERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT COME UP THAT WE JUST CANNOT FIND AN ANSWER AND IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU OR THE MUSEUM OR THE CITY FOR THAT MATTER, NOT YOU INDIVIDUALLY, WELL THEN IT WON'T WORK. BUT LET'S, IN GOOD FAITH COME TO THE TABLE WANTING TO FIND AN ANSWER. BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA EVEN, WHY WASTE YOUR TIME IN MIND IF WE, IF YOU HAVE NO INTENT. WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR HOW MANY YEARS, MR. DEL ROSA FROM THE TIME HE ARRIVED. WE, WE HAVE HAD A PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE DONE WHAT, HOW MANY 14 ITERATIONS OF THAT PROPOSAL. CAUSE EVERY TIME WE SUBMITTED IT, IT WAS, WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT ABOUT THIS? SO WITH ALL YOUR RESPECT, JUST LET US KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF EVEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PUT US IN THAT MUSEUM. UH, DR [01:40:01] IF YOU RECALL THE, UH, CONVERSATION WE DID HAVE AT THAT TIME? YES. IT WAS NEVER THE IDEA THAT TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THAT BUILDING. I WENT IN THERE WITH THE INTENT OF, UH, YES, OF COURSE YOU TOLD ME THAT. YES. AND IT STANDS TILL TODAY. IT'S, IT STILL SANDS. OKAY. BUT WE DO HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME DETAILS. SURE. AND, AND YOU'VE HEARD OUR, OUR COUNCIL YEAH. UH, MENTION SOME OF THESE, UH, IMPORTANT FACTORS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO I, I, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, UH, MAYOR, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MEET OR EVEN I'LL MEET WITH YOU IF, IF YOU WANT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, WELL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE, BUT, BUT WELL WE, I'LL MEET WITH YOU. BUT I'LL SEE, HERE'S THE THING. UH, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, THEY WEREN'T ADDRESSED. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS 'EM AT SOME POINT. POINT. YES. OKAY. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. WE DEFINITELY ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, SOMEHOW COMING TO TERMS WITH YOUR GROUP SO THAT YOU CAN BE IN COEXISTENCE IN OUR BUILDING. YES. BECAUSE AS CITY COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE FI RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL ASSETS, BUILDINGS, AND FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF SAN BERNARD. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M SURE THE ADMINISTRATIONS BEFORE YOU, WHO PREPARED THAT GRANT? THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK IT WAS A WHIM. I'M SURE THAT THE ATTORNEY AT THAT TIME GAVE THEM THE, THE SAME ADVICE. SO IF THEIR VISION WAS THAT THAT BUILDING WAS GOING TO HOUSE THE MUSEUMS, WHICH AT THAT TIME WERE SEVERAL, IF THAT WAS THEIR VISION, I'M SURE THEY DIDN'T WRITE THAT GRANT WITHOUT GETTING SOME ADVICE. SO THEY HAD SOME SENSE OF AN ANSWER AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS. WELL THEY OBVIOUSLY, THEY DIDN'T, UH, LOOK AT THE ANSWERS OR COME UP WITH THE ANSWERS FOR THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TODAY. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS AND DEFINITELY HAVE TO I UNDERSTAND. BUT THEY INTENDED TO ADDRESS THEM AND WE TO ADDRESS THEM TODAY. I MEAN THE, LISTEN, JUST SIT WITH US AND WORK WITH US. BUT OF COURSE WITH THE INTENTION THAT YOU WANT TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE, MOVE US IN THERE, NOT FIND A WAY TO NOT KEEP US. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FROM CASE. OKAY. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THANK YOU FOR THEN WE NEED TO MOVE ON THIS QUICKLY IS ALL I CAN SAY CUZ WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH YOU, OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? NONE. OKAY. ADJOURNMENT, UH, 8 48. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I GOT THE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN. THE TIME IS 8 48. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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