* 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. [00:00:01] THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO [1. Welcome. ] CITY COMMISSION DECEMBER, 2022. IT'S FIVE 30. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AND THE TIME IS FIVE 30. AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US, FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG. AND PLEASE REMAIN SETTING FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID FAB PLEDGE, UNITED STATES JUSTICE FLAG PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INVISIBLE. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, MAY OUR CHRISTMAS SEASON BE A TIME OF RECONCILIATION AND PEACE. MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US. MAY HIS PEACE SURROUND US. MAY OUR CHRISTMAS BE A TIME OF HEALING, GIVING, AND SHARING. MAY YOUR SPIRIT BE WITH US AS WE SHARE AND CARE IN JESUS'S BLESSED BIRTH. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK. OKAY, [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest. ] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, ADAMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. UH, COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING? NO, NO. YEAH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. YEAH, JUST WANT TO, UM, OF COURSE, LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER CHANGE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. UH, THE CITY OF SAN BONITO, UH, WILL BE OPENING UP A WARMUP CENTER HERE, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, UH, TO, IN PREPARATION SO THAT PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE SHELTER OR NEED TO COME TO A SHELTER TO STAY, TO KEEP WARM. AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME TO OUR, IT'LL BE THURSDAY. IT'S GONNA OPEN, IT'S GONNA BE OPEN THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 AM HERE AT THE SAN BENITO COMMUNITY CENTER ON TWO 10 EAST HAYWOOD STREET. SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS SHELTER DURING THAT TIME TO KEEP WARM, PLEASE LET 'EM KNOW. UH, IF, UH, THEY, UH, ARE UNABLE TO GET THERE, UH, TELL 'EM TO CALL. UM, PROBABLY ANY OF US. UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER ALSO, UH, UH, MR. BELKEN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, ALSO FOR OUR CITIZENS, IF THEY CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE NOT, IF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF WE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED, BUT THEN SOMEBODY NEEDS IT, CALL US. WE'LL OPEN IT. P IT'S FOUR DAYS. IF WE DON'T GET ANYBODY THERE, WE'RE GONNA CALL THE CLOSE. THEY CAN CALL THE, UH, THE PD POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES. OKAY. AND THAT'S, THEY CAN GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY CAN WAIT THERE. IT'S WARM TILL WE GET THE FACILITY OPEN. SHOULD WE LOSE POWER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MOVE HIM INTO THE CITY HALL BUILDING AND INTO THE ANNEX. SO IF YOU, IF YOU'LL GIVE MR. BELL A COUPLE OF MINUTES, HE'LL KIND OF YES. WALKED EVERYBODY THROUGH ALL OF THE, UH, SCENARIOS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. MR. BELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT NOW? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR PATAM AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND PREPARATION FOR THE FREEZING WEATHER, UH, THAT'S GONNA ARRIVE IN OUR CITY LATER THIS WEEK. THE CITY IS OPENING THE WARMING CENTER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED TO ATTENDEE HAYWARD HAYWOOD STREET. UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THURSDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK. AND THE, THE, THE KIND OF THE TIMELINE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 6:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 AM EVERY, EVERY DAY, THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NOW, OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO POSSIBLY CHANGE DEPENDING ON HOW THE WEATHER'S GONNA TREAT US. IF THE WEATHER IS, YOU KNOW, IS GETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, TOO COLD EARLY, WE'LL HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO RUN LONGER DURING THE DAY. AND IF BY SOME CHANCE, UH, MOTHER NATURE DECIDES TO HANG AROUND FOR A FEW EXTRA DAYS, WE'RE GONNA ACCOMMODATE, WE'RE GONNA CREATE THE, UH, UH, ENVIRONMENT. WHAT WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO IS FOR THOSE WHO DO COME, BRING YOUR OWN PILLOWS AND BLANKETS, BRING YOUR MEDICATIONS, BRING YOUR FOOD AND WATER AND YOUR OWN TOILETRIES. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ASSETS FILLED. WE WILL HAVE A, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, LIMITED NUMBER OF COTS AVAILABLE. SO, BUT IN ANTICIPATION OF, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COTS FOR PEOPLE WHO COME, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO BRING SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETHING LIKE, YO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THOSE YOGA MAT OR SOME TYPE OF MAT, SOME TYPE OF PADDING THAT THEY CAN, UH, PLACE UNDER THEIR, THEIR BLANKETS. UH, ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL THING THAT SAYS SERVICE ANIMALS WITH PROPER CERTIFICATIONS WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE CENTER. WE WILL JUST BE REQUIRED TO, UH, UH, TO VERIFY THOSE CERTIFICATIONS. WE WILL A ASK THAT EVERYONE WHO DOES, UH, COME TO OUR CENTER TO SIGN IN. SO THAT WAY WE AT LEAST HAVE AN IDEA WHO IS, WHO IS, UH, STAYING IN OUR BUILDING. BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE WILL [00:05:01] HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE. AND AS MR. DEL ROSA SAID IN THE EVENT THAT IF WE HAVE A LAW WHEN NO ONE IS COMING, IF SOMEONE NEEDS SHELTER, REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE, UH, STAFF REACTIVATE IT AND OPEN IT BACK UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BILL. UM, I WANNA BRING ALSO, UH, WE'RE CHEAP. COME ON, SIR. DON'T HEIGHT. TALK TO US, SIR. UH, THIS SATURDAY. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO, TIM COMMISSIONERS, UH, THIS SATURDAY WE DID HAVE OUR, UH, ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE. UH, IT WAS A SUCCESS. WE GAVE AROUND, UH, AWAY AROUND 500 TO 600 TOYS. UH, THE WEATHER COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, BUT, UH, PEOPLE STILL CAME OUT. UH, WE HAD BLUE SANTA OUT THERE. WE HAD THE KIDS TAKE PICTURES WITH 'EM. UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. UH, AND, UH, WE DO DO HAVE SOME TOYS LEFT OVER, WHICH WE'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE AT OTHER EVENTS, UH, THAT ARE COMING UP THIS WEEK. UH, SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO BRIEF YOU ALL AND THEN, SO IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I GOTTA ALSO, UH, GIVE Y'ALL, I MEAN, CAN WE SAY IT, UH, THE, THE GENTLEMAN AT, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, SEVEN 11 OR THE STRIPES? I WOULD HOLD OFF. I'LL ANSWER. YES, SIR. YOU WOULD? OKAY. YEAH, I WILL. THANK, SIR. AND I'LL WAIT. I, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS AT, YOU KNOW, JOB WELL DONE. OKAY. BUT WE'LL WAIT. OKAY. OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THEN, UH, ADD ON NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. JUNE 7TH, 2022, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR, NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. OH, I'M SORRY. YEP. [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).] OKAY, I, NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR. WE HAVE, UH, MS. LINDA BSS. I'M SORRY. YES. HOW ON IN? HI, I'M LINDA BS. THIS IS EDITH EZ. HELLO, I'M EDITH THOMAS. UH, WE WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CITY OF SANTOS. UH, WE WERE TALKING TO THE, SPEAKING WITH THE OFFICERS, THE ANIMAL CONTROL. WE HAVE, OF COURSE, PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, PETS THAT DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEM. THEY RUN AROUND. AND, UH, THE PUBLIC ALSO, MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM TO SPAY AND NURE THEM. SO THE POPULATION, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT BACKPEDALING, YOU KNOW, UP THE STREAM AND TRYING TO KEEP THE ANIMALS. AND ALSO, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, I DON'T THINK THE, THE, JUST LIKE THIS TOY DRIVE AND SUCH, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET, UM, THE CITY TO OPEN UP TO PERHAPS EDUCATE THE PUBLIC MORE IN A MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUB, UH, PUBLIC, I GUESS, FORMAT TO THAT. THERE COULD BE MAYBE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS. UM, EDITH WAS TALKING ABOUT GRANTS YOU WANNA MENTION? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING IS FOR SPAY AND NEUTERING AND IMMUNIZATION. WHAT IS THE BUDGET FOR THAT? AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CREATE A LARGE BUDGET FOR THAT SO WE CAN HAVE LESS PETS. UM, IF ALL THE PETS WERE S SPADE AND NEUTERED NOW IN 15 YEARS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PETS. SO I THINK WE, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO SPAN NEUTERING. WE CAN DIMINISH THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW WITH SO MANY PUPPIES ARE JUST BEING DOGS LOOSE AND SICK, AND, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BE EUTHANIZED, OR, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST SUFFERING. I KNOW, I KNOW THERE WAS A, SOMEBODY TOOK A BOX OF PUPPIES AND LEFT IT IN FRONT OF WALMART. I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST EVERYWHERE. IN FACT, I HAVE TO CARRY A BAG OF DOG FOOD IN MY CAR, SO WHENEVER I SEE 'EM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I COULD AT LEAST GIVE THEM FOOD AND WATER. IT'S JUST, JUST REALLY OUT OF CONTROL. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRES IT. IS, IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN DO THAT REQUIRES SPAY AND NEUTER? BUT I, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED A LARGE BUDGET TO PROVIDE FREE SPAY AND NEUTERING TO OUR CITIZENS AND MAKE A BIG INVESTMENT EARLY AND IN TIME. WE'LL HAVE LESS, UH, PETS THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. UM, OVER THE YEARS, MY FAMILY HAS SEEN, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT SHE'S SAYING. I MEAN, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS AND SUCH, THEY JUST LET THEIR PETS RUN AROUND AND CAUSE DAMAGE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT, I KNOW THE ANIMALS, IT'S THE OWNERS. SO THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS. UM, LIKE SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE LITTERS, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL. OF COURSE. YEAH. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY CAN. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW IS TAKING OVER THAT. BUT, UM, I KNOW JDO, UH, HE'S BEEN A ONE MAN SHOW FOR MANY YEARS, I THINK. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DONATE THE PUBLIC IF [00:10:01] THEY'RE MADE AWARE, MAYBE THEY'LL CARE MORE. MAYBE THEY'LL TELL THEIR NEIGHBOR, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO THAT. OR PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LET'S WORK TOGETHER. LET'S GET 'EM TO SOME CLINIC. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOW YOU SEE THE TIMER? ? I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, DID YOU PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE YES, YEAH. TO THE POLICEMAN ON THIS? YOU DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO ANYBODY FOR YES. UM, ALVA RODRIGUEZ. MR. RODRIGUEZ, SORRY. THIS MAY BE NO COMMENT. OH. OH, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE, MA'AM? NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. NO MORE. OKAY. I'M CLOSE. OKAY. NOW, [6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the June 7, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting ] ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION PASS BY ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ON JUNE 7TH, 2022. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION. MY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. [7. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-1220- 001 (R) appointing a primary member and an alternate member, and any proxies to the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board. ] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT TO APPROVE. UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 22 DASH ONE. UH, 1220 DASH ZERO ONE R APPOINT EIGHT. A PRIMARY, PRIMARY, PRIMARY MEMBER, AND AN ULTIMATE MEMBER. AND ANY PRACTICE TO THE RIO GANDHI METROPOLITAN, UH, PLANNING, UH, ORGANIZATION, POLICY BOARD. AND MR. DEL DEL MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE, UH, PERTAINS TO THE RGV MPO BOARD. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE HAVE A SEAT ON THAT BOARD. UH, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE PRIMARY, AND I SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE. UH, AND IT WAS LIKE THAT SINCE THE CREATION OF THE, UH, THIS, UH, MERGER OF THE THREE MPOS IN THE VALLEY. SO IN THE PROXIES, UH, THEY'RE LISTED, CONTINUE TO SHOW, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER CAROLYN SANCHEZ AND DR. PETE GALVAN IS THE COMMISSIONER ON IT. SO WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES. YOU DID THE SAME RESOLUTION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. WE WERE JUST CONTACTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO, UH, PROVIDED A NEW ONE FOR, FOR THE NEW UPCOMING, UH, GUESS CALENDAR YEAR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT FISCAL YEAR THEY'RE ON. SO, UH, WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES. YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THOSE CHANGES NOW, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE. UH, BUT AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THE, UH, MPU, UM, THERE'S ONLY TWO CITIES, UH, HAREN AND SANTO THAT ALLOW THEIR, THE CITY MANAGERS SERVICE ON THE BOARD. SO, AND THE MAYOR'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN, UH, WHEN HE'S NOT AVAILABLE, I CERTAINLY GO IN HIS PLACE. SO, YES. ANY, UH, ANY CHANGES TO THAT OR THE, UH, IF NOT THE PROXIES, THAT, IF NOT THE STATUTORY RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE APPROVED. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY MARITO, UH, FRANCO. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, [8. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2617-12- 2022(Z), after the Second and Final Reading, to Re-zone 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. ] IT, NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 17 DASH 12 DASH 2220 AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN GIL ROAD, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BURYING A 15 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF WEST, UH, 20 ACRES OF, OF LAND SOUTHWEST, ONE QUARTER SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A BLOCK 26, AND THE SEMIAL LAND AND WATER, UH, COMPANY SUB DIVISION AS RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS. UH, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE AN APPLICANT. EDGAR AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOANNA MAL. I'M THE PLANNING MANAGER. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE GENERAL RESIDENTIAL USE. A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES AN SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ZONE TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY. OKAY. AND THIS ONE DOES HAVE A SECOND, UH, UH, EGRESS, RIGHT? YES. INTEREST. OKAY. SORRY. NO, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT. UH, ARE YOU REFERRING THE GUYS TO BE THE, UH, STREETS COMING IN FOR YES. AND FIFTH. SO THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS [00:15:01] ALONG, UH, YOST, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THIS ACCESS, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE HERE, AND THERE IS ACTUALLY AN EASEMENT THAT'S BEEN RECORDED RIGHT HERE. SO TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE ABOUT THREE OPTIONS, FOUR OPTIONS, RIGHT OFF OF YOST. AND THEN THE OTHER THREE, THE, THE ANTICIPATION HERE IS THAT THEY'RE REZONING TO SET UP FOR A SUBDIVISION? YES. OKAY. THEY HAVEN'T, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE PROCESS IN THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE ZONING FIRST. RIGHT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIMOTHY FRANCO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GAVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. NUMBER [9. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of 585 West Robertson Street, having a Legal Description of: Being a Re-Plat in San Benito Original Townsite, consisting of 0.16 acres of land out of all of Lot Four (4) and the West 10.33 feet of Lot Three (3), Block (8), San Benito Original Townsite, Cameron County, Texas, according to Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 5, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Alvaro Rodriguez, Jr.] NINE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REPLAT ON 5 85, UH, WEST ROBERTSON STREET. HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A REPLAT IN SEMI ORDINANCE TOWN, TOWN SITE CONSI CONSISTENT OF, UH, POINT 16 ACRES OF LINE OUT OF LOT FOUR. AND, UH, WEST 10.33 FEET OF LOT THREE BLOCK EIGHT ORIGINAL TOWN SITE, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP AND OR PLA THEREOF, RECORDING VOLUME TWO, PAGE FIVE MAP RECORDS. CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, ARO RODRIGUEZ JR. AND MS. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C1, COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS, AND THE DEVELOPER IS COMBINING LOTS FOUR AND THE WEST 10 POINT 33 FEET OF LOT THREE INTO ONE LOT TO BUILD A NEW RESIDENCE. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH MEETS THE 2015, UM, INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. THE REPLAT COMBINES WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCE AND STATE STATUTE. UM, THIS ONE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO BUILD A RESIDENTIAL HOME. AND BECAUSE THE LOT, UM, IS ACTUALLY NOT A COMPLETE LOT, IT ALSO A, HAS A PORTION OF ANOTHER LOT. THEY HAD TO COMBINE IT TO MAKE IT A ONE LEGAL LOT. OKAY. DO YOU WANT SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? RECOMMENDATION, WHAT'S THE LOT WIDTH? THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL AND THE LOT WIDTH ON THIS ONE WILL END UP BEING 49.33 FEET. DOES IT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIRED REGULATION? UM, NOT, NO. HOWEVER, UM, THIS LOT SITS IN BETWEEN ALREADY EXISTING LOTS, UH, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT THEY'RE GIVING US. HOWEVER, THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SETBACKS. OKAY. THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT? YES. HOW MUCH ROOM DOES THAT LEAVE TO THE, THE, I ASSUME THEY OWN THEIR CORNER LOT TO NO, NO, THEY DON'T. NO, THAT'S RIGHT. BUT YOU SAID THEY TOOK THEIR, INCLUDING SOME OF THAT LOT. CORRECT. SO, SO THE LOT FROM THAT PERSON AT ONE TIME. UM, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT THE CORNER LOT, IT'S THE LOT OFF TO THE OTHER SIDE, SO, OH, OKAY. THIS IS THE LOT THAT THEY'RE TAKING A PORTION FROM AND THEY'RE TAKING ABOUT 10 FEET. I THINK THE MINIMUM NOW IS 50 BY ONE 20. IS IT, IT'S 50 BY 1 25. YES. SO IT'S NOT SHORT BY VERY MUCH. OKAY. WELL, THEY CAN GET, THEY CAN, I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT THERE. THOSE, THOSE LOTS. IT'S OLDER SUBDIVISION. YES. IT'S 49.33, SO THAT'S FINE. IT'S OKAY. I'LL GET YOU APPROVED. SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY MARI FRANCO, BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, [10. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of a property located on Diana Street, approximately 45 feet from the intersection with Morelos Street, having a Legal Description of: Being a Replat in Francisca Addition consisting of 0.19 acres of land out of Lots Six (6) and Seven (7), Block Two (2), Francisca Addition, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 47-A, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Estefania Rivera ] ANNA, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO, TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING THE REPO ON PROPERLY LOCATED ON DEANNA STREET, UH, APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MORALE STREET, HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A REPLANT IN THE FRANCISCO ADDITION, CONSISTENT OF 19 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF LOT SIX AND SEVEN BLOCK TWO FRANCISCO ADDITION. AND IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANITA COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLA THEREOF, ACCORDING IN VOLUME ONE PAGE, PAGE 47 8, MAP RECORDS, COUNTY TEXAS APPLICANT, UH, UH, EST RIVERA. AND, UH, PRESENT THIS ITEM IS, [00:20:01] UH, MS. JOANNA MAN. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BONITA NEWS ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2022. AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. NO OBSTA, UH, NO ONE ABSTAINED TO THIS REQUEST. UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. OKAY, THEN, UH, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY. AND THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE 50. AND, UH, IT'S OPEN NOW TO PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK, SAY ANYTHING? NOPE. DID YOU SAY THERE IS NO OPPOSITION TO, THERE IS NO OPPOSITION. OH, OKAY. UH, YES. SO, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. UH, YOU NEED TO COME OVER HERE AND PLEASE, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. OH, OKAY. MY NAME IS STEFANI RIVERA. UH, MY ADDRESS IS, UM, SORRY. MY NAME IS STEFANI RIVERA. UH, MY ADDRESS IS ONE 10 WEST TAYLOR STREET IN, I RESIDE IN HARDEN. UM, IT'S HARDEN, TEXAS 78 5 50. UM, AND I AM THE APPLICANT. UM, WE'RE JUST BASICALLY JUST WANTING TO REPLAT, UM, TO BUILD, UM, A HOME FOR OUR, FOR US, FOR OUR CHILDREN. OKAY. LOOK AT YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. MR. PUBLIC? IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? NO, IT'S A VACANT LOT. THE ORDINANCE IS NOT SET UP FOR US TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH LOTS. NOT FOR TWO VACANT LOTS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE LOTS UP INTO COMPLIANCE IN BUILDING OVER A LOT. LINE WOULD CREATE, UM, A NON-CONFORMING LOT. SO BACK IN THE DAY, UH, IT, IT WAS, UM, MY, MY PARENTS' GRANDPARENTS, THEY BUILT ON TWO LOTS, RIGHT? IT, I THINK IT, IT ADDS CONVENIENCE AND IT LEAVES A LITTLE MONEY IN THE POCKET TO THE CITIZEN WHERE I'VE, I'VE CALLED NEIGHBORING CITIES AND YOU'RE, YOU ARE ABLE TO BUY TWO LOTS AND BUILD ON THE CENTER OF TWO LOTS. SO THAT PUTS US AT A DISADVANTAGE. IF THIS RESIDENT WERE TO FIND OUT, NOW THEY KNOW, RIGHT? WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY THIS FEE? BECAUSE THIS, IS THIS A, IS THIS A, WHAT TYPE OF PLAT IS IT? THIS WOULD BE A REPLAT. SO NO, UM, MINOR PLATS? NO, NOT WHEN YOU'RE NOT, WHEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLATTED AND YOU HAVE TO REPLAT THE, IT'S KIND OF, THERE'D BE A CHEAPER OPTION HERE, I THINK, RIGHT? OR NO? WELL, IN THIS CASE, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE ENGINEERING FEES ARE, ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANY EXTRA UTILITIES. CAN I ASK THE APPLICANT WHAT THE COST WAS FOR THE REPLAT? NOT THE CITY, NOT THE, NOT YOUR PERMIT COST, BUT WHAT YOU PAID THE ENGINEER. DO YOU MIND SHARING THAT? AS OF NOW, UH, WE, WE JUST BARELY STARTED THE PURCHASE. UM, SO AS OF NOW, WE JUST BARELY STARTED THE, UH, PROCESS OF GETTING THIS, UM, LAND. UM, AND LIKE WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO US, THEY TOLD US, UM, WE BOUGHT THE TWO LOTS TOGETHER AND THEY TOLD US WE, WE COULD BUILD IN THE MIDDLE. UM, WE CAME TO THE CITY AND WE FOUND OUT WE COULDN'T. SO THAT WAS A VERY BIG INCONVENIENCE AND WE HAD ALREADY SIGNED OFF THE PAPERWORK AND STUFF. UM, SO THEY AGREED TO BASICALLY PAY BECAUSE THEY MISINFORMED US. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THIS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, I GUESS GET THE PERMITS AND, UH, TRY TO START OFF LIKE WHAT WE PLAN ON BUILDING LIKE A, A HOME. YOU SAID YOU'RE THE PERSON AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PLA THE REPLANT. YES. CUZ WE, UH, BASICALLY GOT IT LIKE OFF OF A BANK. UM, OKAY. THEY WERE FINANCING IT. SO THE BANK FINANCED IT KNOWING THAT YOU BOUGHT TWO LOTS? YES. UH, SO THEY SOLD THE TWO LOTS TO US, UM, TOGETHER FOR THE PRICE THAT THEY GAVE US. AND THEN, UM, WE ASKED THEM IF WE COULD, CUZ WE KNEW THAT, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN MEASUREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM MM-HMM. , UM, AND THEY TOLD US THAT WE, THAT WE COULD BUILD IN THE MIDDLE, THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. AND THEN WE, WE CAME HERE TO THE [00:25:01] CITY TO TRY TO GET OUR PERMITS AND STUFF, AND THEY TOLD US THAT, UM, THAT WE COULDN'T BUILD IN THE MIDDLE, UM, THAT WE HAD TO GET A REPLAT. SO WE LET THEM KNOW. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, FOR THE REPLAT CUZ THEY MISINFORMED US. IT'S A GOOD BANK. I'M SORRY? IT'S A GOOD BANK. YES. . YEAH. IS IT? WE JUST WANNA MAKE A SALE. THAT'S IT. AS LONG AS THE COSTS ARE NOT INCURRED ON YOU BY, BUT I THINK I, I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. THANK YOU. BUT FOR THE COMMISSION, I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OR WE LOOKED AT. I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT LET'S SAY SHE DID HAVE TO PUT THIS OUT OF POCKET, THAT'S EXTRA MONEY THAT THEY CAN USE FOR LANDSCAPING OR CURB OR SIDEWALK. YEAH. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT YOUR BANK, UM, DID TO YOU AND IS NOW MAKING UP FOR IT. OKAY. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT I UNDERSTAND. AND IF, UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THIS IS A CONFORMITY ISSUE. YEAH. YOU'RE WRONG. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THIS BECAUSE YOU MUST COMPLY OR CONFORM TO CORRECT. CORRECT. SO SHE CAN BUILD A HOME ON EACH SEPARATE LOT BECAUSE IT ALREADY IS SUBDIVIDED AND IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. AND IT WAS DONE PREVIOUS TO HER PURCHASING. SO SHE DID COM SHE DID BUY TWO LOTS THAT YOU CAN BUILD ON. UM, BUT OUR ORDINANCE DAYS, YOU CAN'T PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE LOT LINE. UM, YOU HAVE TO CREATE ONE LEGAL LOT. WHEN DID THAT NON-CONFORMING, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT ORDINANCE CAME INTO PLAY? UH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, IS THAT THE SAME ONE THAT'S BEEN IN DISCUSSION? UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 1985, OR IS THAT DIFFERENT? ONE? I WANNA SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS CHANGED WAS DISCUSSING EXISTING HOMES, AND IF THEY SAT OVER THE LOT LINE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REPLAT, BUT WE'VE DONE AWAY WITH THAT. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT LEGAL ASPECT OF THE TWO DIFFERENT ORDINANCES. I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT, I WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO COME INTO TOWN. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY WERE MISGUIDED BY A REALTOR OR A TITLE COMPANY OR WHOEVER IT WAS. BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN BUILD ON TWO LOTS IN ALMOST EVERY CITY THAT I'VE, THAT I'M AWARE OF, I'LL SAY WHO I'VE CALLED EDINBURGH, BROWNSVILLE, AND HARLINGEN, YOU CAN BUILD ON TWO LOTS. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. UM, SO I WOULD HATE TO CONTINUE INCONVENIENCING SOMEONE. SHE JUST SAID THAT SHE LIVES IN HARLINGEN. SHE'S COMING THIS WAY AND IT'S NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS YOU, JOANNA. DON'T GET IT WRONG. RIGHT. AND SHE'S COMING FROM HARDING AND WANTS TO MOVE TO SANTO. I WOULD WANT TO HELP THESE CITIZENS MAKE AN EASIER DECISION TO COME THIS WAY TO SANTO AND SHOW 'EM HOW WE CAN HELP THEM. SO I HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OPENS THE EYES. AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LATER. WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, ORDINANCES AS, AS, UH, THE COMMISSION DIRECTS US TO. OKAY. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? NONE, THEN I'LL CLOSE. UH, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS 5 58 AND PUBLIC HEARING. CLOSED [11. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of a property located on Diana Street, approximately 45 feet from the intersection with Morelos Street, having a Legal Description of: Being a Re-plat in Francisca Addition consisting of 0.19 acres of land out of Lots Six (6) and Seven (7), Block Two (2), Francisca Addition, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 47-A, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Estefania Rivera ] NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RELO, UH, PROPERLY LOCATED ON DOWN STREET APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET FROM THE INSECTION ON MORALE STREET, HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BEARING A RELO ON FRANCISCO ADDITION. CONSISTENT, UH, POINT 19 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF, UH, LOT SIX AND SEVEN. BLOCK TWO. FRANCISCO ADDITION IS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SEMIAL, UH, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, A ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLA OF, UH, RECORDING VOLUME. ONE PAGE, UH, 47 A MAP RECORDS CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, APPLICANT, UH, EST RIVERA AND MS. UH, AJO. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE DEVELOPER IS COMBINING LOT SIX AND SEVEN INTO ONE LOT TO BUILD A NEW RESIDENCE. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH MEETS THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. THE REPLAT, UH, COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUTES. OKAY, I CAN WE GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE? YES. I SEE MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF HOMES HERE ON TWO LOTS. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. BUT I ENCOURAGE, UM, I I WANT THESE PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING FOR IT. GREAT. BUT OKAY. MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. YEAH. THIS IS A, THIS [00:30:01] IS ONE OF THE OLD OLDIES EXISTING. IT WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF REGULAR THAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE DOOR. NOT SO MUCH A REGULAR, IT HAPPENED THE WAY IT WAS. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALRAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. UH, AND I STILL WANT TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, WHAT'S I, I GUESS WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS WE'RE ALL STRIVING TO DO WHAT'S BEST IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, UH, OUR RESIDENTS AND OF COURSE OUR NEW RESIDENTS. UH, OF COURSE WE WELCOME ANYBODY TO, WANTS TO COME AND LIVE WITH US HERE IN SAN BONITO. WE WANT TO ENHANCE THEIR LIVING TOO, YOU KNOW. BUT I GUESS WHAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING ME IS, UM, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT, I DON'T WANNA SAY FEASIBLE TO, TO THE COMMUNITY, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, WELCOMING NEW RESIDENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY, DEFINITELY WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT AND FIX IT, BUT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA BE NON-COMPLIANT OR CONFORMING. SO I, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, WE STUDIED THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND CONTINUE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO FIND A MEDIUM SOMEWHERE. OKAY. UM, LIKE I SAID IN THIS CASE, AND LIKE COMMISSIONER GOVAN POINTED OUT, MR. COMMISSIONER RIA FRANCO. YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT, UH, THEY WENT BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE OVERLOOKED THAT AND WE'LL PAY FOR IT. BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. CORRECT. OKAY. SO IF WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL SEE. OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN. SECOND BY MARI CAN BEK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION SHALL PASSES [12. Consideration and possible action to accept the verbal resignation of Mr. Juan Garcia from the City of San Benito Zoning Board of Adjustments, Place 5. ] CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO, UH, TO ACCEPT THE VERBAL ALLY. MR. JUAN GARCIA FROM THE CITY OF SANTO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PLACE FIVE AND MRNA, UH, UH, VERBAL RESIGNATION, WASI FROM ONE GAR GARCIA ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. MR. GARCIA WAS REAPPOINTED TO PLACE FIVE AT THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 6TH, UH, 2022. OKAY. AND THAT'S MY, UH, THAT'S MY APPOINTEE. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT HIS, UH, VERBAL RESIGNATION. SECOND. OKAY. AND, UH, UM, MOTION BY YOUR SECOND BY MAYOR FRANCO. ALL IN FAVOR? I? NO. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO ACCEPT HIS, UH, RESIGNATION VERBALLY. MAYOR, [13. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointments or re-appointments of members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the places and terms expiring as shown: ] ON THIS NEXT ITEM, CAN WE TABLE, UH, PLACE FOUR. OKAY. UH, LET ME READ IT AND THEN, UH, OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS, UH, OR REAPPOINTMENTS THE MEMBERS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, FOR THE PLACES IN THE EXPIRED TERM AS SHOWN. PLACE FOUR, UH, POINTEE, UH, TERM EXPIRES. MAY 31ST, UH, 2023. AND THAT'S BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. AND, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS? MOTION TO TABLE FOUR. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO, UH, FRANCO. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR TO TABLE PLACE FOUR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO TABLE PLACE FOUR. OKAY. UH, PLACE FIVE. UH, POINT E EXPIRES ON MAY 31ST, 2024. AND, UH, MY APPOINTEE, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, APPOINT MR. TOM GOODMAN FOR THIS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, MR. TOM GOODMAN FOR, UH, PLACE FIVE ON THE, UH, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION. AND, UH, I GET A SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER LAVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR MR. TOM GOODMAN. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. OKAY. UH, [14. Consideration and possible action to approve a Service Agreement with The Shop for the Historic Robertson Street Market Days event starting January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024. ] ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH A SHOP FOR THE HISTORIC, UH, ROBERTSON, UH, STREET MARKET DAYS EVENT STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH, UH, DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. AND MS. JOANNA. OKAY. SO IT'S FOR A WHOLE YEAR. UM, THE EVENT WILL BE HELD ON EVERY THURSDAY OR EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FROM SEVEN TO FOUR. OF COURSE, THERE'S LIVE MUSIC FOOD VENDORS. UM, IT'S THE HISTORICAL ROBINS, UH, ROBERTSON STREET MARKET DAY. [00:35:01] UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW ON THIS ONE IS THAT WE HAVE EXTENDED IT TO TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF ONE YEAR. THAT'S WHAT I, AND ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, WE WOULD LIKE THAT YOU ALL APPROVE, PROVIDED THAT THE APPLICANT'S INSURANCE POLICY IS MAINTAINED CURRENT AT ALL TIMES. UM, AND WE'RE ONLY DOING THIS BECAUSE THE APPLICANT PURCHASED HER INSURANCE, UH, I WANNA SAY AROUND JUNE, AND THEY APPROVE IT, BUT FOR A YEAR, AND THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW HER TO CHANGE THE DATES. SO WITH THE APPROVAL CONTINGENT ON THE INSURANCE, WE CAN CONTINUE HELPING HER, UH, WITH HER, UM, MARKET DAY EVENTS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, TAKEN BY, UH, MAYOR FRANCO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? YES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. [15. Consideration and possible action to approve the Artwork Loan Agreement for Habitar Tierras Fronterizas (Living Along the Border) loan beginning January 9 - April 28, 2023 at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum to commemorate Women's History Month.] OKAY. ADAM, 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ARTWORK, LOAN AGREEMENT FORAR, UH, FROM , UH, LIVING ALONG THE BORDER, UH, BEGINNING JANUARY 9TH TO APRIL 28TH, UH, 2023, UH, AT THE SEMIAL CULTURE HERITAGE MUSEUM TO COMMENCE WOMEN'S, UH, HERITAGE MONTH AND MS. A GARCIA. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, AND CITY COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS ADA GARCIA, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE SAM, THE SAN BERNARDINO CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH LOCAL CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING QUALITY PROGRAMMING TO THE SANTO COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. I AM REQUESTING A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE LOAN AGREEMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITION, OR LIVING ALONG THE BORDER IS PROPOSED, UH, TO RUN FROM FEBRUARY THE 16TH TO APRIL 21ST. THE MUSEUM SH UH, EXHIBITION SHOWCASES A DIVERSITY OF TELE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE OUR BORDER SISTER CITIES. UH, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM OF IN MATMOS, MEXICO, AND THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN BROWNSVILLE TO BRING, UM, SAN BENITO, THIS WOMEN'S EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES. AND OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING ENABLES US TO PROMOTE EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WITH VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND VIRTUAL TOURS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING IN-PERSON ACCESS AND GUIDED TOURS. THANK YOU. OKAY, RICHARD, ANY ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU SAY THOSE DATES AGAIN PLEASE? UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY 16TH TO APRIL 21ST. UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THE EXHIBIT RUN, BUT, UM, OUR LOAN AGREEMENT WILL BEGIN JANUARY 9TH TO APRIL 28TH, 2023. 2023. YES. DOES THIS COME INTO CONFLICT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DISCUSSION OF, OF, UH, REARRANGING WHO'S IN, IN THE MUSEUM? I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THAT THE LAST, PER THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, WERE YOU PRESENT? WERE YOU PRESENT? OKAY. WERE YOU PRESENT LAST? NO, NO, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WAS. BUT THIS IS FOR A TOPIC FOR THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA, BECAUSE MOST OF THE EXCHANGE, EXCHANGE WAS, WAS BETWEEN THOSE TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. I COULD FILL YOU IN. SO THE MAYOR AND REINI WERE DECIDING AT THE LAST MEETING, DISCUSSING ABOUT HAVING ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO SIT WITH THE, UH, FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM OR THE HISTORY GROUP MM-HMM. , AND SEE IF THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT TO FIT IN THE MUSEUM. OKAY. SO IF THEY DO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, IS THIS GONNA BE AN ISSUE? UM, WELL, LIKE, DOES THAT NO AND ARE, LET'S SAY THEY COME INTO AGREEMENT, IS THIS A ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO KICK SOMEONE OUT? LIKE YOU, YOU SEE WHERE I'M AT? LIKE, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, BECOME A PROBLEM. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WORK ON THE PROGRAMMING, UH, AS THOSE CHANGES, UH, OCCUR MM-HMM. , SO, OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AS FAR AS I KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT I TALKED TO ONE OTHER PERSON WAS THAT, UH, THEY WANTED TO LET THE, THE HOLIDAYS PASS BY THE TIME WE CAN GO BACK AND TALK TO HIM. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. SO, OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, THE LAST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IN COMMUNICATION THAT, UH, THAT I HAD LATER ALSO. YES. COULD YOU START GIVING US A REPORT, LIKE, WHENEVER AN EXHIBIT COMES THROUGH OF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT COME IN? ABSOLUTELY. SAL, WE CAN JUST HAVE SOME DATA ON LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE, I GUESS, WHAT'S DRAWING IN THE [00:40:01] CITIZENS? RIGHT? RIGHT. AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM OR THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS, AS FAR AS WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AND IF THEY'RE REPEAT, UH, VISITORS. OKAY. COOL. APPRECIATE IT. MAYBE YOU DONE LOT. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU. AND, AND, UH, I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING ALL THIS, UH, TO US. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, REVITALIZING THE CULTURE IN SAN MADERO. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S MY PLEASURE. . OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD HAVE A MOTION. EXCUSE ME. NO, BUT I HAVE, IS IT A MOTION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GET A MOTION BY . SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSION GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. [16. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance 2464-B after the Second and Final Reading amending Section 4 governing the San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery to provide a comprehensive schedule of fees, other fees and policies. ] MAYOR, ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16. THERE'S NO REASON AT THE TABLE TAKE ANY ACTION. WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU SKIPPED THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE'LL BRING IT BACK ON JANUARY THE THIRD. UH, I, UH, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ TODAY, SO THERE'S, UH, UH, SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON. SO, UH, NO ACTIONS NEEDED. UH, IF WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. OKAY. [17. Consideration and possible action to approve a two-year agreement with T-Mobile Connecting Heroes Program for the San Benito Police Department's cellular and data plans. ] UH, ITEM 16, ITEM NUMBER 17, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT. THE TMOBILE CONNECTIONS, UH, HEROES PROGRAM FOR THE SEMIAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, DATE OF PRO, UH, PLANS AND CHIEF MARIO, MAD. SORRY, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PROAM, COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MARIO, FOR THE RECORD. IN YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOU HAVE TWO PRICE CODES FROM T-MOBILE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S IPAD AND CELL PHONE SERVICE. CURRENTLY WE UTILIZE VERIZON WIRE WIRELESS AS OUR SERVICE PROVIDER. HOWEVER, I'VE RECENTLY MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM T-MOBILE WHO OFFERED US EQUIPMENT UPGRADES AND A AND A DISCOUNTED RATE FOR OUR IPADS. WE CURRENTLY PAY 37 99 A MONTH PER DEVICE FOR DATA SERVICE. T-MOBILE HAS OFFERED TO UPGRADE OUR IPADS AT NO CHARGE, OR REDUCE THAT COST TO 2169 PER DEVICE. THAT EQUALS OUT TO A SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $9,388 AND 80 CENTS FOR THE LENGTH OF THE TWO YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S CELL PHONE, THE APPROXIMATE AVERAGE PRICE FOR THE SERVICE FOR EACH CELL PHONE IS $48 AND 26 CENTS PER MONTH. T-MOBILE HAS OFFERS OFFERED TO REPLACE ALL CURRENT PHONES WITH A NEW IPHONE 13 S AND LOWER OUR MONTHLY BILL TO 32 50 PER MONTH. THAT EQUALS OUT TO A SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $5,295 AND 36 CENTS FOR THE LENGTH OF THE TWO YEAR CONTRACT. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE ADDED TO THE T-MOBILE CONNECTING HEROES PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD GIVE US PRIORITY ACCESS TO THE NETWORK IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALSO AVAILABLE IS, UH, MR. GILBERT COEZ FROM T-MOBILE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM. OKAY. LET'S COMMISSIONERS ANY THE QUESTIONS. I, I JUST WANNA SAY, CHIEF, I THINK LAST TIME IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP WE TALKED ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO SAVE MONEY. AND I COMMEND YOU FOR PROTECTING THE CITY AND AT THE SAME TIME FINDING WAYS TO CUT COSTS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. AND HOPEFULLY THIS PROVIDES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE ANOTHER OFFICER, RIGHT? CUZ YOU JUST FOUND SOME COST SAVINGS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. MM-HMM. . GOOD JOB CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, WE APPRECIATE ALSO MR. T-MOBILE, UH, MR. CONEZ FOR, UH, FOR DOING THAT ALSO BRINGING THIS TO US. THANK YOU. MOTION. . OKAY, I GOT MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR FRANCO. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. [18. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Application Number 3 to Ferguson Service Systems, Inc., as recommended by Hanson Professional Services, Inc., pertaining to the El Camino Number 1 Lift Station Improvements in the amount of $40,661.05. ] OKAY, ADAM 18, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT. UH, APPLICATION NUMBER THREE TO, UH, FERGUSON, THE SERVICE, UH, SYSTEM INC. AS RE, UH, RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PERTAINING TO EL CAMINO LIFT STATION, UH, IMPROVEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,661 AND 5 CENTS. AND MR. GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA INTERIM INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO FERGUSON, UH, SERVICE SYSTEMS, UH, ON BEHALF OF, UH, HANSON PROFESSIONALS ENGINEERING SERVICE, UH, PROFESSIONALS HANDING, UH, HANDLING THE PROJECT. UH, THE PAYMENT IS FOR 40,661 AND 5 CENTS PERTAINING TO MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAD BEEN STORING. UH, THE, IT'S, UH, THIS INCLUDES THE PUMPS THAT WE HAD, UH, WERE, UH, THE LEAD TIMES. WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEM ALONG WITH, UH, CONTROL PANELS AND EVERYTHING. SO, UH, WE CAN START PROCESS ON, ON THAT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO WITH THIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO START? YES. WELL, WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS. WE'RE ABOUT, UH, PROJECT IS ABOUT 35 TO 40%, UH, UH, STARTED ALREADY. OKAY. UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THOSE MATERIALS TO GET IN. UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE AND START THE, UH, REHABILITATION PROCESS ON THE LIFT STATION, WE NEEDED THE PUMPS IN ORDER, SO WE DIDN'T WANNA BYPASS IT FOR TOO LONG. RIGHT. SO, UH, THE PUMPS ARE IN, WE'RE GONNA START ON THE MANHOLE, UH, KNEW WET WELL, ALL THAT, AND DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING, UH, UH, THE OLD, UH, LIFT STATION AND DECOMMISSION IT INTO, UH, SEARCH TANK, SO, OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? [00:45:01] DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO, YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND BY, UH, . ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS MOTION PRESS. OKAY. [19. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Broce Broom RCT-350 from Nueces Power Equipment via BuyBoard Catalog Contract Number 685-22 in the total amount of $74,603.51. ] ITEM NUMBER 19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION. TO APPROVE A PURCHASE OF A A BRO BROOM RRC T UH, THREE 15 FROM THE POWER EQUIPMENT VIA BY BOARD CATALOG CONTRACT NUMBER, UH, 6 85 DASH 2222 ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, $74,603 AND 51 CENTS. MR. GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS RECORD FOR THE RECORD. ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS THE BROACH BROOM R OR RRC T THREE 50. UH, THE PURCHASE OF THIS EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW US TO GO AWAY WITH HAVING TO DO RENTALS. RIGHT NOW, WE APPROXIMATELY SPEND $2,000, UH, ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS A YEAR IN ORDER TO PREP, UH, CLEAN UP THE STREETS AFTER WE ARE DONE PAVING. UM, THE ONE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HA UH, WE RENT OUT FROM, UH, DE HOUSE RENTALS, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER MODEL. UH, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO SET A SCHEDULE ON OUR, UH, WE GET TO DICTATE THAT. SO WITH THE, THE PURCHASE OF THIS EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS FLUID AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND I SAW, UH, WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT, UH, I THINK YOU, YOU LOOKED AT ANOTHER COMPANY. YEAH, WE HAD LOOKED INTO IT, AND I KNOW YOU, UH, YOU AND MR. IVAN HAD RECOMMENDED IF WE COULD GO, UH, LOCAL. WE WERE ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH MR. ROBERT, UH, ZO. AND, UH, HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH, UH, WITH THE EXACT MODEL THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR ANYWAYS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO STAY HERE LOCAL. UM, HE WAS ABLE TO ALSO PROVIDE A, UH, DELIVERY DATE, WHICH, UH, IT'S STATED ON THERE ON THE QUOTE. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF JANUARY TO RECEIVE THIS EQUIPMENT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, QUICKER, UH, TURNAROUND ON IT. WAS THERE A COST SAVING, UH, BASED ON GOING BY BOARD? YES. WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE 10% ON IT. THAT'S GOOD. YES. AND ALSO THE TIME, I THINK BECAUSE, UH, I THINK IT WAS SIX MONTHS, BUT, UH, YES, MAJORITY OF THEM. LAST ONE WAS SIX MONTHS OUT. YES. AND SOME OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT I'D HAVE SPOKEN TO, UH, PREVIOUS ONES, UH, LEAD TIMES ARE STARTING TO KIND OF MOVE A LITTLE BIT FORWARD. UM, I KNOW I HAD MENTIONED, UH, ON ONE OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT WAS SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. WE'RE LOOKING HOPEFULLY, UH, ONE TO TWO MONTHS EARLIER ON THAT TOO. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO START RECEIVING THOSE HERE SHORTLY. THIS EQUIPMENT HERE AT THE INDUSTRIAL PARK? YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. WHAT I DIDN'T CATCH, UH, YOU SAID WHAT? IT WAS OUR RENTAL RATE, UH, APPROXIMATELY ANYWHERE. UH, IT'S, IT, WE NORMALLY RENT IT OUT FOR THE FULL MONTH JUST SO WE CAN START PREPPING, UM, INSTEAD OF RENTING IT ON A BIWEEKLY OR, OR ON A DAILY BASIS, OBVIOUSLY THOSE RATES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IF WE OBVIOUSLY RENT IT OUT FOR A WHOLE MONTH. AND THAT APPROXIMATELY COMES OUT TO ABOUT $1,900, IS WHERE IT'S COMING OUT TO ON A MONTHLY BASIS. OKAY. THIS IS A NEW MACHINE I'M SEEING. ARE WE PAYING CASH OR FINANCING? THIS ONE WOULD BE PAYING FOR IT FULLY FULL. AND THEN IS YOUR GONNA BE, ASSUME THERE'S A WARRANTY? YES. AND IT'LL BE A MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, TAKE IT IN FOR ANY REPAIRS, UH, THERE AT HERE LOCALLY AS WELL. SO, SO DID I HEAR THAT IT'S COMMITTED THE UNASSIGNED RESERVES? YES. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, PROBABLY ABOUT MIDYEAR. WE WILL HAVE, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BUDGETS. YES. UH, YOU'VE BOUGHT A STREET SWEEPER, YOU'VE BOUGHT QUITE A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. SO WE'LL NEED TO AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR RESERVES AND, AND EVERYTHING. SO EVERY ACCOUNT, SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT. AND, UH, AND PLUS WHAT COST SAVINGS WE, WE'VE GOT. AND SO WE, WE DID SAY THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT CERTAIN PERSONNEL MEDIA, RIGHT? WE, WE GREET ONE POLICE OFFICER, ONE FIREFIGHTER ON FEBRUARY THE FIRST. AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD SEE WHETHER THE DEPARTMENTS NEEDED AND, AND CONTINUE BECAUSE, UH, THE WORKLOAD CONTINUES TO, TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE FOR ALL OF OUR STAFFS, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNNY. BUT WHERE DID, WHERE ARE YOU PLAN TO, UM, SECURE THESE, UH, THESE, UH, THESE, UH, WHAT ARE THESE THINGS CALLED THESE, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT? WHERE ARE YOU GONNA, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA STORE THEM? BECAUSE WE, I KNOW WE HAD A STREET SWEEPER BEFORE MM-HMM. , I REMEMBER SEEING ONE WHEN I WAS LIKE 12. YES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. THAT ONE IS A, A A, A LARGER, UH, WE STILL HAVE IT. NO, THAT ONE, UH, THE STREET SWEEPER IS OBVIOUSLY LARGER THAN THIS, UH, UH, SWEEPER. UM, THIS ONE IS, UH, BASED TO, WE USE IT FOR PREPPING AND AFTER, FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION, THE OTHER STREET SWEEPERS TO CLEAN GUTTERS, UM, FOR THIS ONE, AND LIKE THE ROLLER, THOSE ARE SMALLER EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE, UH, A SPACE THERE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, OBVIOUSLY THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT. UM, WE ARE SETTING A, A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE ON HEY, CLEANING IT. UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE USE IT, UH, ONE DAY OR IF WE USE IT FOR A WHOLE [00:50:01] STRAIGHT WEEK, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA START ADDRESSING THOSE. THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, PROLONG THE LONGEVITY OF THIS EQUIPMENT. SO, YEAH. UM, WE ARE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, UH, FOR HOUSING PURPOSES. AND, AND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN PROTECT OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR ASSETS. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS, TURN ON A WEEDED OR YOU'VE LEFT SITTING IN FOR A MONTH. YES. YOU BREAK IT, RIGHT? YES. SO I APPRECIATE IT, MR. THANKS FOR YES. SO COMMISSIONER KAON, YOU MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE. YOU'VE BOUGHT A, YOU'VE BOUGHT A STREET SWEEPER, THREE FIRETRUCKS, MULTIPLE POLICE CARS, AND THEY'RE ALL EXPOSED TO THESE ELEMENTS, RIGHT? WE, WE'VE NOT MADE ANY STRIDES TO GET THESE THINGS UNDERCOVER. AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT STEP. IF NOT THE SHELF LEVEL OF THIS EQUIPMENT. THIS VERY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT WON'T LAST YOU FIVE TO 10 YEARS, NOT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE SAME NOTE? UH, OF COURSE YOU BROUGHT UP THE, UH, POLICE VEHICLES. UH, I THINK WE'VE TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT THAT. MM-HMM. , UH, AND I THINK HE HAS ROOM SPACE THERE THAT HE NEEDS TO, OF COURSE, UH, MOVE THE THINGS, THINGS OUT OF THERE AND THEN START WORKING ON THAT AT THE SAME TIME. IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO BEGIN THE SAME PROCESS AS TO, UH, CLEAN OUT AN AREA AND WHAT STRUCTURES OR WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, PREVENT ANY TYPE OF DETERIORATION BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER ELEMENTS. AGREE, SIR. YEAH. AND WE STARTED THE PROCESS ON THAT. SO WE, WE DO HAVE THAT LEAD TIME BEFORE WE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT ARRIVES. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING INTO THOSE. AND IN TEMPORARY, ARE YOU GONNA BE COVERING THIS EQUIPMENT OR HOW WELL WE HAVE SPACE, UH, RIGHT NOW ON OUR MAIN, LIKE I SAID, OUR ROLLER, UH, FOR THE MEANTIME UNTIL WE ADDRESS IT PERMANENTLY, UM, WE HAVE ROOM IN, IN THE MAIN SHOP THAT WE CAN, UH, STORE IT. UM, THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE. IT IS JUST MAKING ROOM FOR IT. UM, SO WE ARE ADDRESSING ANY, UH, EXTRA MATERIAL STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR SOME OF IT, IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A WHILE NOW. IF WE CAN REMOVE IT AND IF WE, IF THAT CAN BE EXPOSED, IF IT'S OLD PIPING, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT CAN, UH, CAN HANDLE THE ELEMENTS OUTSIDE, THEN SO BE IT. BUT THE EQUIPMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT AND, AND WE CAN KEEP 'EM COVERED, SO. OKAY. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? COME ON. WE GOT A MOTION BY MARICO. SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, JIM. [20. Consideration and possible action to authorize the mayor to sign the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Award Year 48 Subrecipient Agreements for the following awardees: ] AT NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G AWARD, UH, YEAR 48, UH, SUB RECIPIENT, UH, AGREEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING, UH, UH, AWARD. D UH, 28 IS, UH, COURT APPOINTED, UH, SPECIAL ADVOCATES, UH, CASAA FOR THE CAMERON COUNTY WILSON, UH, COUNTIES, UH, 20 B CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE, C UH, CENTER, MAGGIE'S HOUSE, AND 20 C, UH, SUNSHINE HEAVEN INCORPORATION. AND, UH, MR. MARTIN SCIENCE PRESENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR PROTE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MARTIN SIGN, C P G COORDINATOR ON JULY 12TH, 2022, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED AND AWARDED C BG FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 IN THE AMOUNT OF 12,309 TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCACY ADVOCATE, CASA CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY, MAGGIE'S HOUSE AND SUNSHINE HAVEN'S, INC. FOR THESE SUB RECIPIENTS TO REQUEST THE FUNDS, EACH SUB GRANT AGREEMENT MUST BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN EACH OF THE AGREEMENTS TO BEGIN THIS PER OF THE FUNDS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, I'M SORRY. UM, WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT AGAIN? THE AMOUNT FOR EACH ONE? 12 12,000 309 12. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, I GOOD. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY MARI VIA FRANCO. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOUR LOT. THE MONEY ITEM [21. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 1 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for North Williams Road, (Phase 1) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-05l0-4(A), in the amount of $15,265.31.] 21, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, PAYMENT, UH, NUMBER ONE TO KERA COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY. UH, UM, AUTHORIZATION PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO, COMMITMENT TO NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD PLACE ONE PROJECT, UH, PER AGREEMENT, UH, NUMBER 2 22 DASH FIVE 10 DASH FOUR A IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,265 AND 31 CENTS. AND MS. ROSA, THIS IS THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY. THIS IS THE NORTH WILLIAMS PHASE ONE. THE AMOUNT IS 4 15 2 65 31. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? DO [00:55:01] I HAVE A MOTION? THE MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GORAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER [22. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 2 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for South Williams Road (Phase 11) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-0510-3, in the amount of $34,545.25. ] 22, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER TWO TO KERA COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY. A AUTHOR AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE SEMIAL COMMITMENT ON SOUTH WILLIAM ROAD, PHASE TWO PROJECT AS AGREEMENT, UH, NUMBER 2022 DASH 5 1 10 DASH THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF 34,530 $45 AND 25 CENTS. AND MS. JOSEPH FOR THIS IS THE SOUTH WILLIAMS PHASE TWO. THIS IS PAYMENT NUMBER TWO FOR 34,545. 25. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO, YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND. SECOND BY MARI FRANCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 23, [23. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended September 30,2022. ] PRESENTATION OF THE CITY. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022. AND MS. ROSA, THESE ARE THE FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2022. WE HAVE THE BALANCE SHEET. TOTAL ASSETS ARE 16,000 139, 224. SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021. WE HAVE 14 2 61, 1 0 4. SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, WE ARE UP FROM LAST YEAR. THE FOLLOWING PAGE, WE HAVE OUR LIABILITIES, 25 62, 7 32 LAST YEAR, SEPTEMBER, 2021, WE'RE AT 2 4 85 0 11. TOTAL FEM BALANCE FOR THIS YEAR IS 13 5 76 4 93. LAST YEAR WAS 11 7 76 93. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE FOR THIS YEAR. 16, 1 39, 224. SEPTEMBER, 2021, 14,000 261, 1 0 4. MISS MR. ROJAS? YES. ON THE, UH, UNASSIGNED FUNDS. MM-HMM. ON THE FIRST SLIDE. MM-HMM. , DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ARPA FUNDS ALREADY? THIS IS JUST UP TO SEPTEMBER, 2022. BUT WE SHOULD, NO COMMISSIONER, THE ARPA FUNDS ARE NOT IN THE UNASSIGNED RESERVES. THOSE ARE IN THEIR OWN, UM, THEIR OWN LINE ITEM. YES, SIR. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE, PAGE BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER, SORRY. SORRY. ON THAT FIRST PAGE, UM, YOU DID SAY THAT WE'RE UP, UM, ABLY FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. RIGHT. AND WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? WHAT, WHICH PAGE ARE YOU ON? SORRY. ON THE FIRST PAGE TOTAL, YOU SAID WE'RE AT 16 1 1 39 2 24. OKAY. UH, BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO, UM, SEE WHERE THE DIFFERENCE, UH, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THAT? UM, UM, YES. JUST OUR UN IF YOU LOOK ON OUR UNASSIGNED FUNDS. OH, OKAY. SO WE'VE INCREASED THERE. AND ON OUR ASSIGNED ALSO, THAT'S INCREASED. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE HAS INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. SO THERE'S A BIG JUMP THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I, SURE. YEAH. ANYWAY, SO OUR NEXT PAGE, UM, REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND FUND BALANCE. OUR TOTAL REVENUES ARE 11 48, 6 0 2 FOR THIS YEAR, FOR THE MONTH TO DATE ACTUAL. AND THEIR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS 14 998. 9 98. OKAY. PAGE FIVE. WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH TO DATE IS 13 48, 2 32. AND OUR YEAR TO DATE IS 13 1 98 598. SO OUR REVENUES THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN OUR FUND BALANCE IS 1800 FOR 800. AND HERE'S OUR SALES TAX FOR SEPTEMBER, 2022 IS 4 26 8 96. I KNOW THEIR NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE SMALL, BUT I CAN SEE THAT ON YOUR LEFT SIDE. AND THIS IS A NEW, UH, PAGE WE PUT IN. UM, SO THIS IS A FIVE PAGE, UM, JUST OVERVIEW THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA START PUTTING [01:00:01] IN. SO, UM, YOU CAN JUST SEE IT. SO, UM, IF YOU CAN JUST SEE OVER THE YEARS, UM, WE'VE INCREASED, OUR TOTAL REVENUES IS 14,000 998, 9 98, JUST THE WAY I SPECIFIED EARLIER. SO THAT HAS INCREASED OVER THE YEARS, BUT ALSO OUR EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED JUST THE WAY THEY DO. SO IF YOU CAN SEE, JUST THAT 1803 99 IS THE FUN BALANCE THAT WE WILL BE EXPECTED TO PUT IN. OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE OUR CLOSING OF THE BOOKS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO FOR OUR YEAR END. OKAY. OKAY. AND THAT IS IT. OKAY. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. MM-HMM. . OKAY. UM, ADAM, NUMBER 24, EXECUTIVE STATION, CONSULTED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, 5 5 2 0.1071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. AND THE TIME IS, UH, SIX. IF, IF I MAY, BEFORE WE GO, UH, THE, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU. THIS WAS THERE IN CASE YOU WANTED TO BE BRIEFED ON ANYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND IF NOT, WE ARE PREPARED TO CALL IT A NIGHT COMMISSIONERS, HAVE ANYTHING? NOT AT THIS TIME. NOTHING. AND THERE'S NO REASON THEN, MS. FAR. OKAY. BEFORE I EVEN CLOSE THIS OFF, UH, I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY, ALL CITY PEOPLE, EVERYTHING, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPENING YEAR. UH, THIS WILL BE THE LAST CITY MEETING THAT WE HAVE. AND, UM, COMMISSIONERS, YOU ALL HAVE THE FLOORS. YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ALSO, BEFORE WE CALL IT A DATE NIGHT? ANYBODY? NO. OKAY. AGAIN? YES, COURT. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. UH, AND OF COURSE, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR. PROSPEROUS 2023 FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE HERE IN SAN BONITO. EVERYONE EVERYWHERE. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD, UH, THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THIS COMING YEAR. UH, I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO IMPROVE THINGS HERE IN SANTO. SO, UH, BY, BY THAT, UM, LIKE I SAID, I WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? NONE OKAY WITH THAT THEN? UH, I GOT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT. , I'LL SICKEN IT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? OKAY. MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN. THE TIME IS 6 33 AND WE ADJOURNED. * 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.