* 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. [00:00:02] OKAY. [1. Welcome.] UM, NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO, UM, COMMISSION JANUARY 17TH, 2020 3, 5 31. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY IN. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING FROM, FOR 2023. AND, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ALSO. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, OKAY? AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG. AND NUMBER THREE, IN VOCATION. SO PLEASE STAY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES REPUBLIC NATION WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS ONE DAY. GOD, LORD, LET US PRAY. ETERNAL GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS US IN THIS MEETING AND GUIDE US, LORD, MAKE YOUR PRESENCE SHINE ON US AND BE GRACIOUS TO US. BETTER ACTIONS IN THIS MEETING. BE VALUABLE THROUGH YOU TO BUILD UP AND IDENTIFY OUR GREAT CITY. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR HEALING HAND TOUCH THOSE YOU NEED TONIGHT. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. OKAY, THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ. OKAY. UM, IS THE PEOPLE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO KNOW, UH, TWO OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT HERE. ONE OF 'EM, HIS MOM IS SICK. UM, SO APPRAISER TO HIM AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ ALSO, SHE'S BEEN SICK. SO APPRAISER FOR HER, HER ALSO, UM, ITEM NUMBER [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] FOUR, UM, ITEMS OF COMMITTEE INTEREST. ANYBODY HAVE, UH, ANY ITEMS, COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING TO DO AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER? NONE. OKAY. OKAY, IT [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).] NUMBER FIVE. UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. NONE. OKAY. ITEM [6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the June 21, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting, the July 5, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting, and the July 12, 2022 Special City Commission Meeting and Budget Workshop.] NUMBER SIX. UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JUNE 21, UM, IN 2022, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING, UM, THE JULY 5TH, 2022, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING, AND THE JULY 12TH, 2022 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND BUDGET WORKSHOP. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [7. Consideration and possible action to approve the Contract for Election Services with Cameron County for the May 6, 2023 General Election.] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT OF ELECT, UH, ELECTION SERVICE WITH CAMERON COUNTY FOR THE MAY 6TH, 2023, GENERAL ELECTION. AND, UH, MISS THE SECRETARY, UH, RUTH MCGINNIS, PRESENT. ADAM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MARION COMMISSIONERS. UH, RUTH MCGINNIS, CITY SECRETARY FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP, UP, UM, ON MAY THE SIXTH, 2023. AND, UH, THIS IS THE CONTRACT PROVIDED BY CAMERON COUNTY FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS? D DOES THIS CHANGE, UM, EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS OR THE QUANTITY OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS? I DIDN'T GET THAT CLEARLY HERE. UM, NO, SIR. IT'S STILL GONNA BE AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE EARLY VOTING ONLY ONE LOCATION. YES. AND THEN, UH, ELECTION DAY THREE LOCATIONS. UH, IT'S GONNA BE SEVERAL. AND THEY'RE TENTATIVE. UH, SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING WILL BE AS WELL. YES. DOES THIS, DOES THIS, UH, AGREEMENT INCLUDE TIMES OR NOT YET? NOT YET. OKAY. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S LESS POLLING LOCATIONS THAN PREVIOUS. IS THAT, OR NO? IS IT THE SAME AMOUNT OF POLLING LOCATIONS? AT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH SHOWS THE ORDER OF THE ELECTION, IT SHOWS, UM, THE LOCATIONS. OKAY. UM, HANG. OKAY. SO NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, JUST A CONTRACT, UH, TO, UH, UH, FOR THE, UH, MAY, MAY 6TH ELECTION. IT'S THAT MOVE. OKAY. I GOT A, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER [00:05:01] GARCIA. SECOND. SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, [8. Consideration and possible action to approve Order 2023-0506 pertaining to the City of San Benito May 6, 2023 General Election to elect a Mayor, a Commissioner to Place 1, and a Commissioner to Place 2.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDER. UH, 2023 DASH 0 5 0 6 PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF S MAY 6TH, 2023, GENERAL ELECTION TO ELECT A MAYOR, A COMMISSIONER, PLACE ONE AND A COMMISSIONER, PLACE TWO. AND, UH, SECRETARY, UH, RUTH MCGINN FOR . RUTH MCGINNIS. UH, CITY SECRETARY. UH, FOR THE RECORD, UM, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR THE CITY TO CALL THE ORDER OF THE ELECTION FOR THE MAY 6TH, 2023 GENERAL ELECTION. AND THE TIMES ARE TENTATIVE ON THE, ON THE FORM ITSELF. SO, OKAY. NOW WE HAVE THE, UH, THE SITES, UH, THE, UH, THE PLACES. YES, SIR. OKAY. HOW DO, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT CHOOSING SITES? ARE THEY, IS IT BASED OFF OF THE, WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHOSE? SHOULD WE KIND OF, HOW DO SITES GET CHOSEN? IS IT WHERE THEY SAW THE HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT, OR WHAT'S EASIEST FOR THE, WHAT ELSE? THE CAMERON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, UM, GOES ABOUT AND, UM, GETS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GETS WITH US ALSO TO GO, GO AHEAD AND REQUEST THE BUILDINGS. WHEN YOU SAY GETS, GETS WITH US, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH ENTITY THAT GETS TO PICK THE SITES? I'M NOT AWARE, BUT I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU. OKAY. SO THEN THIS IS PROBABLY COMING FROM WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUGGESTED, AND NOW IT'S IN OUR COURT. ACTUALLY, IT'S COMING FROM REMI GARZA, THE COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR. OKAY. HE'S THE ONE THAT PROVIDES ALL THIS INFORMATION TO US. SO THEN WE WOULD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOR THE CITY CHOSE THESE SPECIFIC SITES. THIS IS JUST WHAT REMY GARZA IS SUGGESTING. UH, YES. AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. IT'S IN ACCORDANCE TO WHAT'S CLOSEST TO THE CITIZENS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GO VOTE. WHAT, WELL, WHAT IN HAVING MORE LOCATIONS CLOSER TO WHERE THEY LIVE, BE EASIER? WELL, I THINK IT'S DESIGNATED BY THE, UH, PRECINCTS. UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES, UH, WITHIN THE PRECINCT. SO, UH, IN SOME, UH, AREAS, THEY DO COMBINE THE PRECINCTS TO ONE LOCATION. UH, IF YOU LOOKED CLOSELY, UH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, 70 FIRE STATION, THAT'S PRECINCT 18 22 79. YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, WHICH IS 21, PART OF 44, PART OF 49, 50, 57, 1 0 1, AND YOU STILL HAVE OTHERS DOWN HERE, UH, PRECINCT 40. IT'S JUST ONE, ONE PRECINCT, ONE LOCATION. SO THEY LOOK TO SEE WHAT AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, ARE, ARE CLOSER TO THAT CERTAIN PLACE. AND A LOT OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED LOCATIONS FOR, FOR DECADES. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, WOULD, UM, WE, MAYBE WE CAN STUDY FOR, UH, ANOTHER TIME, UH, IN THE FUTURE IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED TO ESTABLISH A DIFFERENT LOCATION. BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, FOR MANY YEARS AS FAR AS, UH, SAN BENITO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, MAYBE, WHO KNOWS, WE MAY BE, UH, LOOKING AT OTHER PRECINCTS, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, FOR, FOR PROMOTING. SO, YEAH. BUT RIGHT NOW, PRETTY MUCH, I, I BELIEVE, UH, THE, UH, ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR PRESENTS US TO US, UH, AS BASED ON, UH, WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE PRECINCTS AND THE LOCATIONS THAT, UH, HE WAS ABLE TO PROBABLY NEGOTIATE FOR, FOR, BECAUSE HE ALSO HAS TO LOOK TO ENSURE THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE THE, THE PROPER STAFFING, UH, UH, THAT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UH, EARLY VOTING PART, BUT ALSO FOR THE DAY OF THE ELECTION. SO I THINK WHAT THE, A LOT OF IT, UH, THE, UM, UH, SITUATION IS ALSO, UH, HAVING THE, UH, UH, HOW DO YOU CALL THE, UH, THE PEOPLE THERE TO WORK THE WORK, WORK THE, THE POLES. OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF 'EM AND, UM, AND THEY HAVE SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHORTHANDED AND THEY HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND. SO I'M THINKING THAT THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER, UH, REASON WHY, THE REASON I ASK IS CUZ ON THE SITE LOCATIONS, TYPICALLY FRANK ROBERTS AND ED DOWNS IS USUALLY THE HIGHER VOTER TURNOUT, LO POLLING LOCATIONS FROM MY EXPERIENCE. OKAY. AND I DON'T SEE THEM LISTED AS A SITE. AND IF THEY'RE ONE OF YOUR HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT AREAS, WHY DID WE NOT HAVE THEM OPEN AGAIN? SO THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, HOW DOES REMY GO THROUGH [00:10:01] THIS? BUT I GUESS I'LL GET WITH MR. GARZA IF IT GOES BY NUMBERS OR SUGGESTIONS OR AVAILABILITY. IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF FACTORS, BUT I KNOW THOSE ARE TWO THE LARGEST USUALLY WHERE YOU GET THE LARGER NUMBERS. BUT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD. THERE'S SEVERAL HERE. SEVEN OF 'EM. WE CAN ALWAYS ANALYZE IT LATER. OKAY. ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE IS TO GET A LARGER POLLING LOCATION, WHICH IS WITH BETTER, WITH BETTER PARKING. I'VE, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THE AAP BUILDING THAT THE CITY OWNS. THE OLD A P BUILDING BY THE, BY THE PARK. I THINK IT'D BE A NICE, IT'S A BIGGER BUILDING. THERE'S PARKING. SPECIFIC PARKING. THE REASON I MENTIONED IS CUZ I SAW A CITIZEN ONCE WALK INTO THE POLLING STATION AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AND HE TRIPPED ON THE SIDEWALK. IT WAS VERY UNEVEN SURFACE. HE STOPPED GOING TO THE POLLING STATION, WENT BACK TO HIS CAR. SO THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. BUT THIS IS GOOD FOR NOW. WE CAN MOVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR NOW. OKAY. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, ZON. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. AND NUMBER [9. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of 192 Florencia Street, having a legal description of; Being a Re-plat in Colonia La Palma Number 2, consisting of 0.11 acres of land, being all of Lots Twenty-Four (24) and Twenty- Five (25), Block Nine (9), Colonia La Palma Number 2, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map of plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Eluteria and Denia Torres.] NINE, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING A REPLANT OF, UH, 1 92 OF FLOREA STREET. HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BURYING A REPLANT, UH, IN COLONIAL LAMA. NUMBER TWO, CONSISTENT OF POINT 11 ACRES OF LAND BEARING THE LOT, BURYING ALL OF LOT 24 AND 25 BLOCK NINE. COLONIAL LA PALM NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE REP, UH, MAP APPLI, UH, RECORDED IN VOLUME SEVEN, PAGE 38, MAP RECORDS. CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND, UH, AND TORRES, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT. AND, UH, MS. UH, JOANNA MAL, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S JOANNA MALDINADO. I'M THE PLANNING MANAGER. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2022. AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. NO ABSTENTION TO THE PRO, UH, TO THE PROPOSED REQUEST WAS RECEIVED. UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A REPLAT OF TWO LOTS. OKAY. THIS IS GONNA BE A, UM, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ALSO, RIGHT? CORRECT, YES. OKAY. THEN, UH, LET'S OPEN UP TO THE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 5 44 AND I'LL OPEN UP TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WISH TO TALK? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO. NO. OKAY. OKAY. DID YOU TALK TO THEM? YES, I DID. OKAY. UH, WHAT'S THEIR RESPONSE? UM, BASICALLY THEY WERE FINE WITH REPLAT. UM, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS GONNA BE NONCONFORMING AND THEY HAD JUST MOVED THEIR HOME IN. SO THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE. SO THOSE TWO LOTS ARE EMPTY? UH, NO, CURRENTLY THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED THEIR HOME IN, WE DID NOT, UH, HOLD THEM BACK FROM DOING SO. AND THEY'VE ALREADY COLLECTED, I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY CONNECTED TO, UH, SEWER AND WATER, BUT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. WHEN DID THEY MOVE THAT HOME? IN? UH, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO THEY MOVE IT WITHOUT CITY APPROVAL? NO, THEY, THEY GOT THEIR PERMITS. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. NO, COMMISSIONER, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD THAT IF YOU'RE MOVING SOMETHING, THEY'RE EITHER ACQUIRING IT, THEY NEED TO GET IT MOVED OFF OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, THEY NEED TO PLACE IT SOMEBODY, THE POINT IS THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM GETTING A RELO MOVING A MOVING PERMIT, BUT YOU GOTTA COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS. IT'S SOME LATER DATE LIKE ELECTRICITY, WATER, PLATTING, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO, AND IF NOT, THEN YOU'VE GOT A HOUSE ON BLOCKS THAT JUST SITS THERE AND, AND THAT, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIMELINE ON WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE TO COMPLY, WHEN THEY CAN GET THE, THE REST OF THE SERVICES. IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASKED TO MOVE IT IN, UM, AND THEY OWN THE PROPERTIES. BUT YOU CAN'T GET, YOU CAN'T GET SERVICES. SO THAT'S BEEN A NORMAL PRACTICE, AT LEAST WELL BEFORE I CAME HERE. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT WAS THE TIMEFRAME WE GAVE THEM TO REPLAT? UH, I DON'T KNOW AT THE TIME WHAT THEY TOLD PROBABLY IN AGREEMENT DRAWN UP. NO SIR. THIS ONE WAS PRIOR TO ME. NO, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AGREEMENT WAS BROUGHT UP UNTIL YOU WANT UTILITIES MOVING SOMETHING IN. IT DOESN'T GET YOU UTILITIES. IT'S WHEN YOU WANT UTILITIES THAT WE, WHEN WE WOULD MAKE AN A A SOME TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT, AN AFFIDAVIT THAT YOU'RE GONNA COMPLY. AND THAT'S WHY WE RELIEVE OR RELEASE THE PERMIT TO CONNECT UTILITIES, WHETHER IT'S OUR UTILITIES, WATER, SEWER, OR [00:15:01] ELECTRICITY. WE WANT TO KNOW. AND EVEN AAPS GOT CERTAIN RULES ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOTTA INSPECT BEFORE THEY'LL RELEASE ELECTRICITY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO ALREADY HAD UTILITIES ON OR AT THE TIME, CUZ AT THE TIME I'M CONFUSED. SO AT THE TIME THEY ASKED FOR UTILITIES IS WHEN WE REQUESTED THE REPLAT. SO THEY HAVE WATER AND SEWER AT THIS TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE LIGHT YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ISSUED A FINAL ON THE HOME, AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT. RIGHT. SO IF I GO BY, NO ONE'S LIVING THERE. UH, THEY SHOULDN'T BE. OH. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF AAP HAS RELEASED LIGHT. OKAY. UM, THEY'VE THAT'S FINE. UNFORTUNATELY KNOWN TO DO THAT OCCASIONALLY. THIS IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO STILL REVISIT THE WHOLE TWO LOTS THING. I JUST THINK IT'S UN I THINK IT'S AN UNNECESSARY COST FOR THE HOMEOWNER. IT'S TWO LOTS AND OTHER CITIES LET YOU LIVE, BUILD ON TWO LOTS. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE A HOUSE ON TWO LOTS AND THERE WAS NO ISSUE AND I DON'T HAVE TO REPLAT IT. IT IS A NONCONFORMING LOT. I UNDERSTAND. BUT THE UNDUE BURDEN AND WE, I DON'T WANT TO BE, WELL YOU DIDN'T SAY IT WAS SAN BENITO. SO YOU REMEMBER THE LAST EXAMPLE WHEN THE PERSON WENT TO THE BANK AND THEN THE BANK TOLD 'EM, YEAH, WELL YOU CAN BUILD ON TWO LOTS AND THEN THEY COME HERE AND THEN THE BANK SAYS, OH WELL YOU DIDN'T SAY IT WAS IN SAN BENITO. YOU SEE HOW THAT REOCCURRING THEME ALWAYS HAPPENS? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T LIKE. YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THE BANK GAVE THEM A, A LOAN BECAUSE THEY KNEW YOU COULD BUILD ON TWO LOTS AND THEY'VE DONE IT IN OTHER CITIES MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE BANK HAS OPENED AND CLOSED HUNDREDS OF DEALS I'M SURE. AND THEN THEY RUN ACROSS US AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WELL YOU DIDN'T SAY IT WAS SAN BENITO. AND I, I WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I WANT TO HELP THEM. I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT DIFFICULT. IS THAT TWO LOTS? IT'S JUST FOUR PERIMETERS. IS THERE? I THINK WITH THESE WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THEM AND WE NEED, I I I'M ACTUALLY PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER TO EXPLAIN THESE BECAUSE IT IS A NON-CONFORMING LOT. ONCE THEY PUT THE HOUSE ON THE LOT LINE AND YES, IT CAN CAUSE ISSUES FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE FUTURE OR FOR WHOEVER BUYS THE PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE. BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY THAT IT, IT'S LIKE SAN BONITO. UM, IF IT'S NONCONFORMING, THAT MEANS THAT IN THE FUTURE THINGS CAN CHANGE, REGULATIONS CAN CHANGE AND IT WON'T NECESSARILY PROTECT THEM. YEAH. SO WHAT'S UH, BUT THAT'S WHY REGULATIONS CHANGE. THERE'S A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE, BUT WHAT'S THE LOT SIZES OF THESE TWO LOTS? UH, THIS ONE IS I BELIEVE 60 FEET. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE 30 FEET EACH. YES, 30 FEET EACH LOT. SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 60 NOW. SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING. SO ONE INDIVIDUAL LOT WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING. CUZ THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN SALMON JUANITO ELIGIBLE FOR A HOME IS YEAH, 50 50 BY 1 25. THIS IS A 30 FOOT WIDE LOT. SO THAT JUST ONE LOT BY ITSELF IS NONCONFORMING. CORRECT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PUTTING 'EM TO GET, SO THEY COULDN'T PUT A HOUSE ON JUST ONE LOT THAT A SUBDIVISION THAT THEY COULDN'T. SO IF THEY PUT A HOME ON ONE OF THESE LOTS, UM, THEY WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULD BE A CONFORMING LOT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLATTED AND SUBDIVIDED. IT'S AN EXISTING LEGAL LOT. UH, PUTTING IT ON THE LOT LINE. UH, YOU'RE COMP YOU'RE CREATING A NONCONFORMITY THAT, LIKE I SAID, COULD CAUSE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT WOULD, BUT IT COULD. SO IT MEETS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. IT DOESN'T GO OVER AN EASEMENT, A UTILITY EASEMENT, GAS LINE EASEMENT, WATER LINE EASEMENT, SEWER EASEMENT. NO, IT'S JUST PUTTING A HOUSE AND TWO LOT TWO LINES. IT'S BASICALLY THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN, IT GET, IT PUTS IT IN A GRAY AREA. IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR TO CHANGE OR TO MAKE IT EASIER? THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL. BUT IS THERE OPPORTUNITY? I MEAN I KNOW IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. WE WOULD, WE WOULD'VE TO PRESENT IT TO Y'ALL AND, AND YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. COMMISSIONER? I THINK THE ANSWER YES SIR. I THINK COMMISSIONER IS AND MAYOR, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT FIRST? UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU MENTIONED HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU USE A BANK AS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, OH WELL IT'S SAN BENITO, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT SAN BENITO. SO HOW DO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES [00:20:01] AROUND HERE, UH, I WANNA SAY GET AWAY WITH IT . BECAUSE HERE WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT UH, OUR RESIDENTS, UH, CONFORM FOR THEIR OWN SAKE FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT? BUT YET OTHER UH, COMMUNITIES ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. IS IT SOMETHING THAT PAY NOW OR PAY LATER? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE, UH, IF THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, THEN WHAT'S HOLDING US FROM DOING IT OTHER THAN, UH, OF COURSE IT WON'T BE CONFORMING ANYMORE. SO, SO I HAVE, I HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED IN THE OTHER CITIES AND I DID CALL, YOU KNOW, MY OLD DIRECTOR FROM HAR AND I SAID I KNOW THE ANSWER, UH, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN WRITING THAT SAYS THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD OVER LOT LINES? AND HE SAID, NO, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST BEEN A COMMON PRACTICE AMONG SOME DIRECTORS AND THEN THEY PASS IT DOWN. UH, IN HIS CASE, AS OF A CO UH, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO HARLAN AND DID NOT ALLOW YOU TO BUILD OVER LOT LINES, THEY SWITCHED DIRECTORS. THIS DIRECTOR FEELS THAT IT'S OKAY. SO NOW THEY'RE ALLOWING THEM TO BUILD OVER LOT LINES. UM, IT'S A VERY GRAY AREA AND YOU COULD INTERPRET IT AS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR SETBACKS AND THOSE SETBACKS SAY FROM LOT LINE, FROM THE LOT LINE. TECHNICALLY YOU'RE PUTTING THE HOUSE OVER THOSE SIDE SETBACKS, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER MAY MENTIONED THAT IF THEY PUT A HOUSE ON A 30, UH, A LOT, UH, 30 WIDTH, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR SETBACKS, CORRECT. RIGHT. SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE A ? YES. BUT, BUT SET HOUSE ALLS ACTUALLY HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND THEY'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE OR GOTTEN WIDER. IT STILL HAS TO BE LIKE FIVE OR 10. WELL, THEY GOT IN A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. SO YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THERE ARE A FOOT TWO FEET AWAY AND NOW THE SETBACKS ARE FIVE, 10 FEET. SO IF YOU MAKE SOMEONE REDRAW, IMAGINE YOU MADE SOMEONE REDRAW AND NOW THEIR HOUSE FALLS INTO A SETBACK OR THEIR SHED FALLS INTO A SETBACK BECAUSE YOU MADE 'EM REDRAW TO THE STANDARDS TODAY. THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY. ESPECIALLY IN THE WELL, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD SOMETHING NEW. NO, NO EXISTING. SO WE ARE NOT DOING EXISTING ANYMORE. I'M GLAD AS LONG AS THE HOME HAS BEEN THERE. RIGHT. BUT TO BE CLEAR, IT'S ONLY UP UNTIL 1986. CORRECT. SO YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM, A LARGE PROBLEM. UM, WHEN, AND I KNOW CUZ MY DAD'S HOUSE WAS BILLED IN OH EIGHT AND HE SITS ON TWO LOTS, RIGHT? SO HE'S GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM. AND I, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A, UH, I KNOW YOU'VE SAID YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING AT IT. I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION I WANT, I WANT CLARITY ON THIS. UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SAD FOR ME HERE THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE DIRECTOR IS. UH, WHEREVER THEY'RE GET DOING IT DIFFERENTLY FROM US. UH, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, UH, FROM THE GET-GO. OKAY? UH, SO, SO LIKE YOU SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEST FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. UH, I I WOULD HATE TO LET 'EM DO SOMETHING AND YEARS FROM NOW, WELL, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT CONFORMING AND YOU'RE HAVING ALL THESE ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, BUT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT YOU TO SEE, UH, WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT CLEARER FOR US TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION WHEN IT COMES TO RE PLATTING. UM, YOU DO NEED TO REPLAT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MM-HMM. , UH, STATE LAW SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A COM, UH, A COMPLETE LOT AND THEN YOU TAKE A PORTION OF A SEPARATE LOT, STATE LAW DOES SAY IT'S NOT AN OPTION YOU HAVE TO REPLAT. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO TWO ALREADY PLATTED LOTS, IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, I I THINK THAT'S ONLY IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANOTHER STRUCTURE TO THAT SMALLER LOT BECAUSE THAT LOT IS THEN NON-CONFORMING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S SMALLER THAN WHAT IS APPROVED BY THE CITY. NO, BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER A LEGAL LOT. SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BY SIZE OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN? IT WAS A SUBDIVISION AT ONE TIME AND NOW YOU CREATED AN UN LIKE AN UN SUBDIVIDED PARCEL. SO IF YOU WANNA BUILD OR YOU WANNA ADD ONTO YOUR HOME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO CREATE ONE LEGAL LOT AND THAT ONE, THAT ONE IS NOT. SO THAT, THAT'S AN INTERPRETATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I KNOW YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT TWO DIRECTORS HAVING DIFFERENT OPINIONS, RIGHT? SO THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION TOO, AND YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO, TO SET YOUR PATH HERE. AND I, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE REST, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS JUST EASIER FOR A NEW RESIDENT TO COME IN, RIGHT? AND WE SAW A RESIDENT LAST MEETING COME FROM HEART ENGINE, BOUGHT TWO LOTS, WANTED TO BUILD IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS , IT'S THEY, YOU KNOW, OR THAT ONE PERSON THAT WANTED TO ADD AN ADDITION, AN EXTRA RESTROOM [00:25:01] AND YOU TELL 'EM NO BECAUSE THEY'RE ON TWO LOTS. YOU'RE GONNA PREVENT THEM FROM MAKING A $20,000 UPGRADE. SO WE NEED THE TAX REVENUE, WE CAN PUT IT IN WRITING, BUT I HAVE TO PRESENT IT AND YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT ROUTE WE WANNA TAKE. YEAH. CORRECT. I WOULD LIKE JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM. AND IT'S LESS WORK FOR YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP REVIEWING LOT LINES IN THAT CASE THAN THE CITY SHOULD. IT'S FEASIBLE. AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. PARTICULARLY THE CITY SITS ON NINE LOTS HERE, RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE TO THAT NATURE MM-HMM. ON THIS, THIS PARCEL. WE NEVER HAD TO REPLAT. THERE'S USUALLY, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A, FOR GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT EXCEPTION YES. DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY MA'AM. ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT, WE WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY. YEAH. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GROWING A LOT MORE FASTER THAN WE ARE AND, UH, I COULD SEE IT, PEOPLE HAVE TO SEE IT AND UH, THEY ADVERTISE IT, COME ON OVER, WE'LL HELP YOU. AND, UH, WE NEED TO BE MORE OF THE SAME THING. THE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION. IT ACTUALLY STATES THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT NEED A SUBMIT ANOTHER REPLAT. IF THEY WERE TO SELL TWO PARCELS, TWO LOTS AND, AND SOMEONE WANTED TO BUILD ON ONE, IT SAYS THAT THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE TO SUBMIT ANOTHER PLAT. I THINK IF, IF YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION CUZ IT READS DIFFERENTLY THAN A RESIDENTIAL. SOMEONE JUST LIKE THIS IN THIS CASE. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE IT EASIER. I KNOW YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB CUZ YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE AND YOU'RE IN THE GRAY AREA, BUT I DON'T LIKE TO GET IN THE GRAY AREAS, . I UNDERSTAND. YES. YEAH, IT'S MESSY. OKAY, WE'RE STILL IN THE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. UH, AGAIN, ANYBODY ELSE? NONE THEN, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT. THE TIME IS 5 58 AND, UH, CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. LETTER [10. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of 192 Florencia Street, having a legal description of; Being a Re-plat in Colonia La Palma No. 2, consisting of 0.11 acres of land, being all of Lots Twenty-Four (24) and Twenty- Five (25), Block Nine (9), Colonia La Palma Number 2, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map of plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Eluteria & Denia Torres.] NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REPLAT OF, UH, 180 2 FLOREN STREET. HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A REPLAT IN COLONIAL LAMA. UH, NUMBER TWO CONSIST OF, UH, POINT 11 ACRES OF LAND BEARING A LOT VARYING ALL OF LOTS. 24 AND 25 BLOCK NINE. COLONIAL LA LAMA NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF PLA THEREOF, UH, RECORDING VOLUME SEVEN, PAGE 38 MAP RECORDS. CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, APPLICANT, UH, AND, UH, TORRES. AND AGAIN, UH, MS. JONA MAL, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2022. AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. NO OBSESSION OBS TO THE PRO, UH, PROPOSED REQUEST WAS RECEIVED. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, WHEN WE SEND OUT THOSE LETTERS, ARE THEY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH? OR IS THERE, OR WHAT'S THE LAW REQUIREMENT? IS THE BETTER? WELL, ENGLISH. ENGLISH ONLY, YES. BECAUSE I, I HAD A RESIDENT SHOW ME A LETTER AND IT SAID BASICALLY LIKE THIS, THERE'S 200 FEET OUT AND IT SAID THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING HERE. THE GUY THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO BUY HIS PROPERTY. WE GET THOSE PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME. IT'S VERY, I MEAN, IN PHARMACY WE BUILT THINGS TO A SEVENTH GRADE READING LEVEL AND IT'S GONE DOWN TO A SIXTH GRADE READING LEVEL. RIGHT? SO I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS HERE, BUT MAYBE ENGLISH AND SPANISH. I KNOW WE HAVE TO MEET THE BARE MINIMUM, BUT WE GOTTA HELP 'EM MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. UM, BUT WE DO GET THOSE PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE DO EXPLAIN TO THEM EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO THINK THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO THEIR PROPERTY AND WE JUST EXPLAIN THAT IS NOT THEIR PROPERTY. IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY THAT IS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED OR, YOU KNOW. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? THANK YOU. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. NUMBER 11, [11. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of 799 Alamo Street, having a legal description of; Being a Re-plat in Hermosa Addition, consisting of 0.11 acres of land, being all of Lots Three (3) and Four (4), Block Two (2), of the Hermosa Addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map of plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 36, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Rosario Rivas.] PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING THE REPLAT ON 7 99. UH, ALAMO STREET, HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A REPLAT IN THE MOOSA. UH, ADDITION CONSISTS OF POINT 11 ACRES OF LAND BURNED ALL OF LOTS THREE AND FOUR BLOCK TWO OF THE OSA ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO COUNTY, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO MAP A PLA ZERO RECORDING VOLUME SEVEN, PAGE 36 MAP RECORDS, KIM COUNTY, TEXAS AND, UH, APPLICANT, UH, ROSARI. AND, UH, MS. UH, JOANNA, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE [00:30:01] SAN BERNARDINO NEWS ON DECEMBER 23RD. UH, 2022. A PUBLIC, UH, HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. NO ABS TO THIS PROPOSED REQUEST WAS RECEIVED. OKAY. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, UH, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. SO THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 1. NOW I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? NO. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO. NOPE. I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS APPLICANT. UM, THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE, THROUGH THE PROCESS THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, IT SAYS, WHAT DO I HAVE NOBODY THEN THE TIME IS 6 0 2 AND I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. HONOR NUMBER 12, [12. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of 799 Alamo Street, having a legal description of; Being a Re-plat in Hermosa Addition, consisting of 0.11 acres of land, being all of Lots Three (3) and Four (4), Block Two (2), of the Hermosa Addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map of plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 36, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Rosario Rivas. ] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REPLANT, UH, 7 89 ALAMO STREET. HAVING LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BARRING A REPLAT IN MOST, UH, ADDITION CONSISTS OF POINT 11 ACRES TO LAND BURNED ALL OF LOT THREE AND FOUR, BLOCK TWO OF THE OSA ADDITION, UH, TO THE CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS. UH, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF PLA, ROAD RECORDING VOLUME SEVEN, PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS. CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND, UH, APPLICANT. ROSARI. AND AGAIN, UH, MS. JOANNA, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SF ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND THE DEVELOPER IS COMBINING LOTS THREE AND FOUR INTO ONE LOT TO COMBINE, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. THE REPLAT COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUE. IS IS IS THE HOME VACANT CURRENTLY? THERE IS NO HOME. IT'S JUST LAND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT, IS THAT THE RIGHT ONE? THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE AT THAT ONE. SORRY. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S A BUILDING. NO, NO, IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. OH, OKAY. OLD, OLD GOOGLE IMAGE. YES. SO THEY WANT TO PUT A HOUSE ON TWO LOTS. CORRECT. AND THEY HAD TO TAKE THIS STEP TO BUILD THE HOUSE. IF THEY DECIDED TO BUILD ON JUST ONE LOT, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO ON AN, IT'S AN OLD SUBDIVISION. IT WAS A THREE IF THEY WANTED TO. YES. IT'S 25 BY A HUNDRED, RIGHT? YES, BUT IT'S ALREADY SUBDIVIDED SO IT WOULD BE FINE. BUT IT'S NOT THE STANDARDS TODAY. BUT IT WOULD BE ALLOWED. YES, CUZ IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUB-DIVIDED. BUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IT'S WAY TOO SMALL TO PUT A HOUSE ON JUST 25 FEET. COURSE BUTS BEEN, WE WE DO DO IT. WE DID IT IN THE PAST AND THEY STILL DO DO IT. AND THE SETBACK LINES WERE A LOT SMALLER IN THE PAST, WHICH ALLOWED YOU TO DO IT, BUT NOW YOU NEED MUCH LARGER LOTS. WELL, WE STILL HAVE RESIDENTS THAT COME IN AND PUT HOMES ON THESE SMALL LOTS. WHAT WHAT'S FUNNY IS THAT LOT SIZES TRADITIONALLY ARE GETTING SMALLER BECAUSE TOWNS WANT POPULATION DENSITY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT TOWNS LIKE AUSTIN, THEY'LL LET YOU BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE IN YOUR BACKYARD, NOT JUST AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, AN ADDITIONAL HOME BECAUSE THEY WANT PEOPLE TO AIRBNB OR THEY WANT YOU, THEY WANT THAT TAX VALUE AND THEY WANT THE PEOPLE TO LIVE TOGETHER. WALKABILITY, BIKEABILITY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALLOWING THAT. AND HERE WE'RE STILL LIKE, WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT IT. , THE STATE CAPITOL SAYS IT'S COOL, BUT NOT HERE. THIS'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. THAT'S NOT YES, IT'S JOANNA. IS THERE A HOUSE THERE? IT'S AN OLD HOUSE, I GUESS FROM WHAT THEY TOLD ME. NO, NOT ANYMORE. I'M NOT, NOT UNLESS THEY TOOK IT OUT, UH, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BUT, UH, I LIVED THERE. I PASSED THROUGH. THERE IT IS. YES. SO THEY ARE WE MAKING THEM? OH, I'M SORRY. THIS IS THE WRONG ONE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. UH, THE HOME IS ACTUALLY EXISTING AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. YES. WHAT YEAR? TO KEEP. UM, IT'S VERY OLD BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? SO THEN YES, NO, THEY, THEY DID CHECK ON THIS ONE. IT'S BEFORE THE GRANDFATHER DATE. UM, THE ONLY THING IS THAT THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY DIDN'T WANNA HAVE ANY PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. SO THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REPLANT AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. UH, BECAUSE I DID TELL THEM THERE'S NO NEED TO DO IT. UM, IT IS UP TO YOU IF YOU WANNA TO DO THE PROCESS. AND THEY WERE INSISTENT ON GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE THE PHONE NUMBERS OF THESE APPLICANTS? SURE. THE LAST TWO MORE LIKE TALK TO, OKAY. BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER THAT HOUSE WAS, UH, MOVED THERE. IT WAS AN OLD HOUSE. YES, THEY REMODELED IT. OKAY. THEY REMODELED IT. I KNOW. I'M TELLING YOU, THEY REMODELED IT AND, UH, LOOKS NICER THAN WHAT IT WAS THE PAST. BUT, UH, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, YEAH, UH, IT'S [00:35:01] BEEN VACANT FOR. I MEAN, NOBODY, YEAH, NO, I DID TALK TO THE MAN AND HE'S ACTUALLY COMING IN FOR HIS, ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS. UM, HE'S HELPING HER DO THE REPLAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA, THEY DIDN'T WANNA STOP THE PROCESS. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. SO IS THERE A REQUEST? YES. WE INITIALLY HAD TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD TO REPLAT. UM, WE HAD INITIALLY TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD TO REPLAT AND THEN WE TOLD THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEW ORDINANCE CAME IN, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. AND THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY ISSUES. THEY ALREADY PAID HALF TO RIOS USUALLY TAKES A DOWN PAYMENT. SO I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WERE LIKE, LET'S JUST KEEP GOING WITH IT. WE ALREADY PAID HALF. OH, I DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE COST THAT I DID ASK? DID YOU PAY MAKE YOU PAY A DEPOSIT OR HALF UP UPFRONT? THAT'S WHY YEAH, I DIDN'T ASK IF THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS. I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S SOMETHING I NEED. I, I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP THESE. COME ON. YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS, MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO. THE COMMISSIONERS, THEY WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN. THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROJECT. , THIS IS CHILD'S PLAY. JOANNA, YOU'RE MUCH SMARTER. YOU HAVE YOUR CAPABILITIES ARE, YOU CAN DO MUCH MORE LOOKING AT RE PLATS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, THE PEOPLE WANTED TO GO THROUGH. YES. THAT THAT'S MY, AND THAT'S MY ISSUE IS I WANNA ENSURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, I WANNA SAY MAKING, FORCING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS, UM, IN, IN A SENSE THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA, UH, DO IT BECAUSE OTHER CITIES DO IT. WE'RE GONNA DO IT BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HELP 'EM IN THE LONG RUN. OKAY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES OR IS IT SOMETHING, HOW, HOW DID THIS ARRIVE TO THAT? THEY, THEY'RE NOT EVEN HERE TODAY. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAD ORIGINALLY TOLD THEM THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLAT, BUT THEN THE NEW ORDINANCE, UH, CAME THROUGH. SO I CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM, LOOK, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH. UM, YOUR HOUSE HAS BEEN THERE, UH, PRIOR TO X DATE AND IT QUALIFIES TO NOT HAVE TO REPLAT, BUT THEY STILL WANNA MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE THAT IT IS A NONCONFORMING LOT AND THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HINDER THEM IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. MOTION. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND. THANK YOU. I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ITEM [13. Consideration and possible action to approve and adopt Ordinance Number 2464-C, after the Second and Final Reading of an ordinance of the City of San Benito, Texas amending Ordinance Number 2464-B, Section 4, governing the San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery, providing a comprehensive schedule of fees and other fees and policies as stipulated and repealing all other ordinances in conflict herewith.] 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20, UH, 24 64 DASH C AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS, UH, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 64 B SECTION FOUR, GOVERNING THE CITY, UH, OF SANTO MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, SCHEDULE OF FEES AND OTHER FEES AND POLICIES AS, UH, STIPULATED AND REPEATING ALL OTHER ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT THERE. AND, AND MR. UH, RODRIGUEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD. RAMON RODRIGUEZ, PARKS ASION, DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SANTO MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL RATING OF ORDINANCE 24 64 C, ADJUSTING THE OPENING AND CLOSING RATES AT THE SUMMIT OF MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? RAMON, WAS THERE, WAS THERE A CEMETERY COMMITTEE AT ONE POINT? UH, NOT THAT MORE SIR. NO, NO, NO. OKAY. I KNOW THIS WAS A, THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING ONE, UH, YEAH, I KNOW. I'VE JUST SEEN OTHER TOWNS HAVE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY BENEFIT TO IT. I LOOK INTO THAT, SIR. IT'S CUZ I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS ABOUT THE CEMETERY MM-HMM. . SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW 'EM THAN TO PUT 'EM ON THE BOARD. I'LL LOOK AT THE, WHAT ALL THE CITIES ARE DOING. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS FOR LOOKING AT THIS. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY CO COMMISSION GARCIA? SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM 14, [14. Consideration and possible action to ratify the artist contract with BLG Management, LLC, for a headline band at the 2023 Hog Waddle Concert on Saturday, March 25, 2023.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE ARTIST, UH, CONTRACT WITH, UH, B LG MANAGEMENT L L L C FOR A, UH, HEADLINE BAN AT THE, UH, 2023 HOG WATER CONCERT IN SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2023. [00:40:02] AND, UH, MS. NIKKI SERRANO. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER. FOR THE RECORD, AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO THE COMMISSION EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR REVIEW OF THE ARTIST CONTRACT WITH BLG MANAGEMENT FOR A HEADLAND BAN FOR THE UPCOMING EVENT. SINCE THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE CONTRACT, CONTRACT WAS APPROVED AND SIGNED. THIS ITEM IS TO RATIFY THE SIGNED DOCUMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ARE YOU GONNA SING ? MAYBE. CAN WE JUST, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY, [15. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Global Productions, LLP, for music production services at the 2023 Hog Waddle Concert.] ITEM 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO GLOBAL PRODUCTION L L P FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION SERVICE AT THE, UH, 2023 HAWK WATER CONCERT AND MS. UH, NIKKI SERRANO, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER. FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION AS TO SECURE PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION SERVICES BY GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS. L L P SERVICES INCLUDE AUDIO, LIGHTING, STAGE AND VIDEO. GLOBAL HAS PROVI PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED SERVICES AT SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THEY ARE THE PREFERRED AND REQUESTED VENDOR BY THE HOG WADDLE. HEADLINE BAND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY. MOTION. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GARVAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. AND ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NIKKI. ADAM, [16. Consideration and possible action to approve staffing changes to the San Benito Police Department Communication Specialist positions and wages for certain non-uniform Police Department personnel.] NUMBER 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, STAFFING, UH, CHANGES TO THE CITY OF SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST, UH, POSITION AND WAGES FOR, UH, CERTAIN NON-UNIFORM POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND CHIEF . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PROTE, COMMISSIONER, POLICE CHIEF. MIGHT FOR THE RECORD, THE DEPARTMENT IS BUDGETED FOR SEVEN COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST POSITIONS I'M REQUESTING. WE USE BUDGETED FUNDS FROM ONE OF THESE VACANT COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST POSITIONS TO INCREASE THE ALREADY RATE FOR OUR NON-SWORN PERSONNEL. I BELIEVE BY DOING THIS, IT'LL ALLOW ME TO RETAIN THE CURRENT PERSONNEL AND MAKE US COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS, TWO THAT ARE FULLY TRAINED AND TWO THAT ARE STILL IN THE TRAINING PHASE. WE HAVE BEEN USING OUR RECORD SUPERVISOR, RECORDS CLERK AND A POLICE OFFICER TO SUPPLEMENT FOR OUR PERSONNEL SHORTAGE. IF APPROVED, THIS WILL NOT INCREASE THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL BUDGET. IT WOULD SIMPLY ALLOW THE DISPERSAL BUDGETED FUNDS TO OTHER PERSONNEL FROM A VACANT POSITION. I INCLUDE IN YOUR PACKET SOME OF THE HOURLY SOUR, UH, SALARIES PAID BY OTHER CITIES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WHEN I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMISSION. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION NOW I GET A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. ADD NUMBER 17, CONSIDERATION [17. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment or re-appointment of individuals to Place 4 and Place 5 of the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC).] POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL AND PLACE FOUR. AND PLACE FIVE ON THE, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, T S B A C. AND, UH, PLACE FOUR APPOINTEE EXPIRES, UH, JUNE 30, 25 AND PLACE FIVE. APPOINTEE, UH, TERMS EXPIRED 30 23. AND, UH, CHIEF PAD, I'M SORRY. YES, THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARDS COM COMPROMISE OF FIVE MEMBERS WHO IN ACCORDANCE TO CITY ORDINANCE 25 25 ARE ELECTED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF EACH RE RESPECT PLACE ON A ROTATING BASIS. EACH MEMBER SERVES A THREE YEAR TOURNAMENT, WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SAMUEL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION REGARDING TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES IN THE CITY. MR. HOLAND DIOS PREVIOUSLY HELD THE PLACE FOUR SPOT OF WHICH THE TERM HAS NOW EXPIRED AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2022. PLACE FIVE DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2022. 2023. BUT IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT. SO STAFF IS RECON RECOMMENDING APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF EXPIRED PLACE. FOUR. AND OF VACANT PLACE FIVE. AND I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ IS, UH, YES. PLACE FOUR. SO, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TABLE THAT ONE. AND, UH, I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO SOME PERSON AND THEY DID NOT REACH OUT BACK. THEY DID NOT, UH, COMMUNICATE OR CALL ME BACK. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO TABLE THIS TO, UM, UH, AGAIN. SO, MOTION PLACE FOUR. UH, MOTION TO TABLE PLACE FOUR AND FIVE ON THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 17, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LAVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. AND, UH, ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE PLACE FOUR AND PLACE FIVE ON THE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT AN [18. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment for the emergency repairs to the Oscar Williams Water Tower vent to Veolia Utility Service Co., Inc., in the total amount of $10,528.00] [00:45:01] ER TEAM CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO VERIFY PAYMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE OSCAR WILLIAMS WATER TOWER VENT TO, UH, VIOLA, UH, UTILITY SERVICE COMPANY, INC. IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 10,005 $28. AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ANYONE? GARCIA PUBLIC WORKS RECORD FOR THE RECORD. THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS A REPLACEMENT OF A STEEL VENT ON TOP OF THE OSCAR WILLIAMS WATER TOWER. THE COMPLETE, UH, APPLICABLE SURFACE, UH, PREPARATION NEEDED TO INSTALL. THE NEW, UH, VENT WAS CONDUCTED AND A NEW 24 INCH ALUMINUM, UH, REGULATORY COMPLIANT VENT WAS INSTALLED, UH, ON THE OSCAR WILLIAM TOWER. UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WAS IT RUSTED OUT OR, UH, IT WAS AN OLDER VENT THAT WAS THERE, AND WHEN WE HAD THE HIGH WINDS ABOUT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, UHHUH , UM, IT KIND OF CAUGHT WIND AND, AND IT, IT SHEARED OFF. SO WE HAD IT ALL, UH, RE WELDED AND, UH, INSTALLED A NEW VENT ON TOP OF THE TOWER. SO HOW BIG AND HOW HEAVY WAS THAT THING? IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT FOUR FEET DIAMETER, SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE, UH, VENT THAT, THAT RIPPED OFF OF THE TOWER. CAN WE START LOOKING INTO THE, UH, I THINK IT'S, ESPECIALLY THAT ONE, I KNOW IT'S AGING MANY, UM, LUCKILY THAT, UH, NOBODY GOT HURT OR KILLED MM-HMM. , CAN WE, UM, YOU KNOW, TRY SO WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, INSPECT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THIS, UH, UH, HIGHWAYS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERY THREE MONTHS OR FOUR. I MEAN, I DON'T WHAT WHAT YOU THINK, BUT, UH, OR WHAT WE'LL LOOK AT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, UH, WHEN THE INSPECTIONS OCCUR. I MEAN, THEY GENERALLY INSPECT THE INSIDE AND AS THEY GO UP IT, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INSPECTION, BUT IT'S, WE WE'RE STARTING TO, WE DON'T SEE IT OFTEN, BUT WE SEE IT EVERY OTHER YEAR. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD CORRECT. A PIECE OF METAL COME OFF AND IT DROPS 125 FEET. RIGHT. THIS THING WOULD LANDED ON THE ROADWAY. THE FIREFIGHTERS PULLED THAT OUTTA THE ROADWAY OFF TO THE SIDE. WE'VE HAD OTHERS FALL. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, UH, IF THIS THING WAS TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF, UH, THROUGH THE FIRE STATION, IT'LL IPEL THEM OR A CAR. HMM. OR, OR A VEHICLE. YES. IT'S NOT GONNA STOP. THIS THING WILL IPEL ANYTHING IT HITS. OKAY. YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, OF COURSE SAFETY COMES FIRST IN, IN EVERYTHING WE DO. AND, UH, FOR MANY YEARS I'VE WONDERED WHY DOES THAT, WHY DO WE HAVE AN EXISTING, EXISTING WATER TOWER ON WILLIAMS ROAD SO CLOSE TO THE ROADWAY, SO IT'S TIME TO START THINKING MAYBE ELSEWHERE OR SOMETHING. UH, OF COURSE IT'LL MITIGATE THIS SITUATION FROM, UH, MAYBE NEXT TIME IT'LL FALL ON TOP OF A, A CAR OR A PERSON WALKING. SO, UM, BUT YEAH. UM, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT INSPECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNPREDICTABLE WHEN THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT THE WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING, UH, SO STRONG, SO YES SIR. IT'S PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN. YES, SIR. I, I ASSURE YOU. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MAYBE WE CAN START LOOKING FOR, UH, NEW LOCATION AND ULTIMATE SOLUTION YEP. TO THIS. YEAH. I DOUBT YOU CAN REALLY REHAB THAT WHERE IT SAID, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH POWER LINES THAT USED TO NOT BE THERE WHEN THE WATER TOWER WENT IN DECADES AGO. NOW THERE ARE, IT'S UNSAFE TO WORK IN THAT AREA. YOU CAN'T REALLY REMOVE IT. YOU CAN'T PUT CRANE SENSOR. IT WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, OTHER THAN MAINTAIN IT WHEN IT'S READY TO BE DECOMMISSIONED, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CUT IN PLACE, LOWERED AND REMOVED BECAUSE, UH, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH FROM THERE. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT NOW THEY LY CROSS THAT PROPERTY. IT'S VERY SIMPLE, MAN. HE IMPLO IT. YES, SIR. JUST KIDDING. NO, NO. IT'LL BECOME A PRIORITY. IT'S GETTING CONCERNING FIRST US. YEAH. OKAY. YES SIR. YEAH, WE'RE JUST TRY SO WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DIS INSPECT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE OUTSIDE ALSO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. UM, DO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LAVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES. AYE. THANK YOU SIR. NUMBER [19. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 2 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for North Williams Road, (Phase I) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-05lO-4(A), in the amount of $23,360.63] 19, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT. UH, NUMBER TWO, TO, UH, KERA COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAIN TO THE CITY OF SANTO COMMITMENT FOR NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE ONE PROJECT PER AGREEMENT. UH, NUMBER 2022 DASH 0 5 10 DASH FOUR A IN THE AMOUNT, UH, 2020 $3,316 AND 63 CENTS. AND, UH, MS. ROSA, GOOD EVENING. ELI ROSA AS FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UH, PAYMENT NUMBER TWO IS FOR 23,000 360 63. THIS IS FOR THE NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE ONE. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. MOTION. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER [00:50:01] GALVAN TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [20. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 3 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for North Williams Road, (Phase I) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-05lO-4(A), in the amount of $19,563.04.] ERROR NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER THREE TO KERA COUNTY MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO. COMMITMENT TO NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD PHASE ONE PROJECT PER AGREEMENT. UH, NUMBER 2022 DASH ZERO FIVE TEN FOUR A IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,563 AND ZERO AND 4 CENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE SAME, UH, PROJECT, BUT THIS IS PAYMENT NUMBER THREE FOR THE NORTH WILLIAMS, UH, ROAD PHASE ONE AMOUNT, 19,000 5 63 0 4. OKAY. UH, MANY. HOW FAR? DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR WE ARE ON THAT? NO MA'AM. IF WE, IF NOT, WE'LL ASK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON THE TWO PROJECTS AND WHERE WE ARE. BECAUSE YOU DID APPROVE A CERTAIN CAP, RIGHT? YOU WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'VE ENCUMBERED? I, I GET IT. YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU BY EMAIL. OKAY. GIVE US A COUPLE OF DAYS. OKAY. THEN, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ADAM 21 [21. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 3 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for South Williams Road, (Phase II) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-0510 in the amount of $22,628.81.] BECAUSE ONE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER THREE TO KERA COUNTY. WOW. OKAY. 1, 2, 3. UM, KERA COUNTY, UH, REGIONAL MOBILITY PERTAINED TO THE CITY OF SANTO, COMMITMENT TO THE SOUTH, UH, WILLIAMS ROAD PHASE TWO PROJECT, UH, PER AGREEMENT, UH, 2022 DASH 510 IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,628 AND 20 AND 81 CENTS. THIS IS FOR SOUTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE TWO, PAYMENT NUMBER THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF 22,000 628 81. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMERCIAL GARCIA, SECOND BY CO COMMISSIONER GARVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM 22, [22. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 4 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for South Williams Road (Phase II) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-0510-3, in the amount of $5,084.47.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER FOUR TO CAMERON COUNTY MOBILITY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO. COMMITMENT TO FOUR SOUTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE TWO PROJECT PER AGREEMENT. NUMBER 2022 DASH FIVE 10 DASH THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,084 AND 48 7 CENTS. AND MS. JOSEPH PRESENT. OKAY. AND THIS IS THE LAST, UH, PAYMENT FOR THIS MEETING. UH, PAYMENT NUMBER FOUR FOR SOUTH WILLIAMS ROAD PHASE TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 5,000 84 47. WELL, I HOPE IT'S THE LAST PAYMENT TOO. NO, IT'S NOT . WE CAN GET YOU A PERCENTAGE OF THE COMPLETION FOR BOTH OF 'EM. YEAH. OKAY. SEE WHERE WE'RE THEY'RE AT? YES, DEFINITELY. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [23. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended October 31, 2022.] 23 PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SANTO FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 2022. MS. ROSAK. OKAY, HERE WE GO. THIS IS OCTOBER 31ST, 2022. THIS IS OUR FIRST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO WE HAVE, UM, OUR TOTAL ASSETS ARE 21 3 55 6 87. OUR LIABILITIES ARE 60 92 316. OUR FUN BALANCE IS 15 2 63 3 71 TOTAL, TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE 21 3 55 6 87. REVENUES FOR THE MONTH ARE 27 70 27 70 5,194. AS YOU'LL SEE, OUR YEAR TO DATE IS THE SAME AMOUNT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST MONTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. AND OUR MONTH TO UH, DATE IS, UM, 1 0 88 3 15. AND OUR, UM, AMOUNT GOT CUT OFF. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, OUR REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES IS 1 MILLION 6 86 8 79. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S NOT ON [00:55:01] THERE, BUT, UM, OKAY. OUR REVENUES WAS 2 MILLION 7 75, UM, 1 94 FROM THE PREVIOUS PAGE AND OUR EXPENDITURES WAS A MILLION 0 88 3 15. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT IT'S NOT ON THERE, BUT THAT WAS THE NUMBER ON THERE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE. SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE, WE HAVE THE SALES TAX FROM SEPTEMBER, 2022. SO WE HAVE, UM, 5 77, 1 50 0 5. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. YES, SIR. THAT'S THE LATEST REPORTING FOR, UH, THE SALES TAX. YES. YES. SORRY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? WHERE'S THE MONEY? ? THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. UM, ADAM 24 [24. Executive Session] EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, 24 8, CONSULTED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 52 0.01071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION, UH, PROTECTED BY, UH, ATTORNEY CLIENT, UH, PRIVILEGE. AND ITEM NUMBER 24, EXECUTIVE SESSION B IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL, PERSONNEL MATTERS DELIVERING THE, THE, UH, ROUTINE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. AND THE TIME IS, UH, 5 28, NO, I'M SORRY, 6 28. 6 28. AND WE'RE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES SIR. COMMISSION? YES. READY? THE TIME IS, UH, 6 53. WE'RE BACK FROM AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND, UH, ADAM, [25. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in Executive Session. ] NUMBER 25, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON, ON THE ITEM ABOUT 24 A. DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT'S DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALRAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 24 B. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT? MOTION TO TABLE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 24 B. UM, ANY NAYS? OKAY. MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 24 B. OKAY. ITEM 26. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ADJOURN? MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALRAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN. THE TIME IS, UH, 6 54 AND WE'RE 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.