* 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. [1. Welcome.] [00:00:05] OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COMMISSION CITY SANTO. IT'S MARCH, UH, 21ST, 2023. IT'S, UH, TIME IS, UH, FIVE 30. WE HAVE A QUORUM LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. AND, UM, NOW HONOR NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID FAB FLAG, THE UNITED STATES NATION, TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS ONE DAY UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE MEET THIS EVENING, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL SEASON OF SPRING. DURING THIS TIME OF RENEWAL, WE ASK YOU FOR A FRESH BEGINNING. IN EACH OF OUR HEARTS, PLEASE ALLOW EACH OF US TO BLOOM IN YOUR WORD JUST AS SPRING BLOOM'S ETERNAL. HELP US TO BE WITNESSES WHEREVER THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND FOLLOWERS OF YOUR WORD EVERY DAY. WE PRAY IN YOUR NAME, AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. FA. OKAY, UM, [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest] ITEM FOUR ITEMS FOR COMMUNITY INTEREST. UM, LET ME READ THIS AND THEN, UH, I'LL OPEN UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, JOIN THE CITY, UH, CITY OF SANTO ON SATURDAY AT ARD. TICKETS ARE JUST $5 AT THE GATES, OR GET THEM EARLY AT THE SEMIO PUBLIC LIBRARY. GATES OPEN AT 4:00 PM WITH LIVE MUSIC STARTING AT THE 4 45. COMMISSIONERS. DO HAVE ANYTHING I'M TRYING TO GET. UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, THE UH, AT THE . YES. DO YOU HAVE THAT? IT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY ALSO. AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING LIKE AN EASTER EGG HUNT. AND ALSO THEY'LL BE READING, I WAS ASKED TO GO READ TO THE KIDS. SO YES, IT IS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH. THE TIME IS 8:30 AM TO 10:00 AM THERE IS A $3 DONATION THAT IS BEING ASKED. UM, THEY'LL GET THEIR PICTURE WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, AS WELL AS DONUTS, DRINKS, GAMES, AND LOTS OF FUN FOR THE CHILDREN OF BAR COMMUNITY. YES. SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NOTHING? NOPE. OKAY. I WASN'T THROUGH ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE A MEETING BEFORE APRIL 1ST. UM, BUT THE FRIENDS, UH, THE LIGHT SANTO LIBRARIES HAVING ONE APRIL 1ST FROM 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM THAT ALSO WILL HAVE POPCORN GAMES AND PRIZES WITH PHOTOS, UM, ALSO WITH THE EASTER BUNNY. OKAY. ANY OTHER ONES? WHAT'S IT? THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY, UH, [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).] MOVING ON TO ADAM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MS. YVONNE GENTRY. MS. GENTRY, I HAVE A HANDOUT FAN BEFORE. YES. YES. IT'S GOTTA BE TO EVERYBODY. EVERYONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS MAYOR. YES, SIR. UH, MY NAME IS YVONNE GENTRY. I'M HERE TO, UH, DISCUSS THE CITY ORDINANCE FOR, UM, THE CITY OF SAN BONITO. EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO PUT ON MY GLASSES. THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICE I WAS READING IN THE ORDINANCE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, WORDING CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT PERTAINS TO THE RESTRICTIONS OF PEOPLE KEEPING THEIR OWN TRASH ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. UH, I UNFORTUNATELY AM EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE WITH A NEIGHBOR PUTTING THEIR TRASH ON MY PROPERTY. UM, SO I WENT OUT, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAID, I EDUCATED MYSELF ON THE ORDINANCE. UH, I WA ALSO WENT ACROSS TO THE CITY OF HARTON, AND I PROVIDED YOU A COPY OF THEIR SPECIFIC ORDINANCE WHERE IT DOES PERTAIN TO WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY LINES. UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT [00:05:01] IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER REVIEWING THE CURRENT POLICY AND, OR EXCUSE ME, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AND SEE IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, UM, ADDING THE WORDING FOR, UM, PROHIBITING OTHERS FROM UTILIZING THEIR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, STAYING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, RUTH, ANYBODY? NO, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S IT. OKAY. UM, [6. Presentation of the State of the Region by the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization.] OKAY. ADAM, NUMBER SIX, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE STATE, THE, UH, STATE OF THE REGION BY THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY METROPOLITAN PLANNING DIVISION, UH, ORGANIZATION. AND, UH, MR. LUIS, UH, DIAZ FROM THE RGB M P O SAID YES. WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSION. UM, LUIS DIAZ WITH THE RG V M P O ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT. UM, THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRODUCED, THE INFORMATION WITHIN, ACTUALLY WAS PRODUCED BY STAFF. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE PRODUCED THIS DOCUMENT, SO WE'RE LOOKING IN THE FUTURE TO PRODUCE IT AGAIN. SO, WITHIN THE DOCUMENT, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S VARIOUS STATISTICS, YOU KNOW, IN RELATION TO, IT'S ALL IN ROADWAYS, TRANSIT, BIKE, AND PEDESTRIAN AIRPORTS, SEAPORTS AND WATERWAYS, LAND PORT OF ENTRIES, AND EVEN SPACE TRAVEL THROUGH SPACEX. UM, WE'RE JUST HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN HERE WILL BE A USEFUL TOOL FOR ALL OF THE, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN THE REGION. SO WE ARE MAKING OUR ROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION TO PRESENT THIS. AND ALSO WHAT WAS SHARED WAS A LITTLE RACK CARD RIGHT HERE. SO THIS HAS, UM, A COUPLE OF THE ACRONYMS FOR THE NPO. YOU SEE THE NPO, THAT TIP, WHICH IS OUR FOUR FOUR YEAR DOCUMENT AND OUR 10 YEAR DOCUMENT, OUR 25 YEAR DOCUMENT. AND IF YOU FLIP IT OVER, YOU ACTUALLY SEE A, A QUICK, UM, DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE. SO IT'S HOPEFUL THAT IT'S, UM, USEFUL INFORMATION FOR YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU TODAY. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I COULD TAKE 'EM AT THIS TIME. UH, MR. DIAZ, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS. YES, SIR. DEFINITELY. BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE ACRONYM IN HERE. YES. THERE'S A BUNCH. , WE GO TO MEETINGS, UH, TIP AND THEN, UH, UTP. AND I SAID, WHAT THE HECK IS THE TIP? THE BOTTOM RIGHT HERE. LIKE, OKAY. I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I'M, I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER EVERYTHING. AND THIS IS A GOOD, UH, QUICK, UH, UM, CHEAT NOTE. DEFINITELY YESS GREATS. DEFINITELY HANDY. YES, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. YES. OH, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, MR. CANNON, THE, UH, DIRECTOR IS NOT, UH, WITH US RIGHT NOW. YES. HE'S IN AUSTIN. YEAH. HE HAD A LOSS IN THE FAMILY, BUT HE SHOULD BE BACK NEXT WEEK. PRAISE SIR. FOR YOUR, FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. SO, APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS WAY. YES, SIR. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. NO. AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OVER OVER HERE TO SANGO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. OKAY. [7. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the August 16, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.] IT NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ON AUGUST 16, THE 2022 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, [8. Consideration and possible action on the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant award to Body Fuel Fitness in the amount of $5,000.00.] ADAM, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ON THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, UH, PROGRAM, RENT SUBSIDY GRANT AWARDED TO BODY FUEL FITNESS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000. AND, UH, MISS. OKAY, , I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. YES. YES. UH, OKAY, SIR. UH, MR. RAMIRO? YEAH, YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME FOR RIGHT NOW. SORRY. OKAY. UH, BUT, UH, NO, I JUST, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. UM, AS, UH, AS I, I'VE, MOST OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET MS. UH, LANDRUM HERE. SHE'S THE NEWEST EMPLOYEE AT THE EDC. I WANT TO INTRODUCE HER. AND SO SHE'S THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING MANAGER, RIGHT? SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PART IS HER, UH, MANAGING THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THE RED SUBSIDIES, THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THOSE GRANTS. SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE HER TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S JULIA LANDRUM. I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING MANAGER FOR SAMUEL EDC. TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING BODY FUEL FITNESS, UM, FOR THE RENT SUBSIDY GRANT. UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PACKET, EVERYTHING [00:10:01] THROUGH IT, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE EDC BOARD ON MARCH 9TH. THEY MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDED ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY, INCLUDING THE BUSINESS PLAN. UM, AND IT DOES, THEY DID RENT MULTIPLE UNITS FOR THE SPACE NEEDED FOR THEIR FACILITY. UM, BUT THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE FULL AMOUNT, 5,000. OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS 85,000 FOR THE RENT SUBSIDY. SO MINUS OF 5,000, WE WOULD HAVE 80,000 REMAINING FOR FUTURE USE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTION? UM, DO YOU HAVE THEIR LOCATION? THEY ARE, YES. I HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS. AND THEY'RE OFF THE EXPRESSWAY. SAN JUANITO. IT'S A NEW LOCATION. RIGHT. AND IT IS 30 74 7 EAST EXPRESSWAY, 83, SAM BERNARD, TEXAS 78 5 86. OKAY. I JUST ASKED YOU. I KNOW WHERE IT IS. I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAD SO MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. SO, YES. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ANY QUESTION. UM, THE REQUIREMENT IS THEY SHALL REMAIN IN OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR AN ENTIRE SIX MONTHS. AND WHAT ABOUT THE LEASE? UH, ARE THEY REQUIRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, UH, OF DURATION FOR THE LEASE? YES. THE REQUIREMENT IS AT LEAST A TWO YEAR LEASE, WHICH IS WHAT HE HAS. AND THEN AGAIN, FOR THE SIX MONTHS, HE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR, UH, TO REMAIN OPEN FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME DURING THE WEEK. AND HE MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . OKAY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. SO IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. DO DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION TO BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. JULIA, WHO? JULIA, DID YOU HELP THEM WITH THE PLAN, THEIR BUSINESS PLAN? UM, NO. THEY PROVIDED IT ON THEIR OWN AND OKAY. IT WAS THE MOST WELL WRITTEN PLAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN A WHILE. YES. SO MAYBE WE NEED TO GET WITH WHOEVER THEY GOT WITH TO HELP SOME MORE BUS PERSPECTIVE BUSINESSES. CAUSE IT WAS VERY, IT WAS VERY THOROUGH. UTR GV, UH, ENTREPRENEURIAL SERVICES ALSO. NO, YOU'RE GONNA BE TALKING. YOU BEING, I'M SO SORRY ON THE MIC. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY. I WAS JUST THINKING CUZ IT WAS THE MOST THOROUGH PLAN I'VE SEEN. YES. AND THAT WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, BY OUR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. AND, UM, I WILL FIND OUT, AND I DO KNOW THAT UTRGV ENTREPRENEURS, UH, SERVICES THAT'S GOOD, ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. I'M GLAD. AND ON OUR WEBSITE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME ON BOARD. OKAY, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, IT, [9. Consideration and possible action to ratify the application submittal of the federal Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Community Project Funding request and related resolution pertaining to the water and wastewater improvements, one million gallon water storage tank, and a SCADA monitoring system for the Water and Wastewater Systems.] NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL OF THE, UH, FISCAL FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATION OF COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUND FUNDING REQUEST AND RELATED, UH, RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THE WATER AND, UH, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS, 1 MILLION GALLONS WATER STORAGE TANK. AND THE, UH, SCOTT, S C A D A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE WATER AND THE WATER SAFETY SYSTEM. AND MR. DEL MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVED THE RAT, OR AT LEAST RATIFY THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED. THE DEADLINE WAS LAST FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH. SO IT IS A FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS, UH, CONGRESSMAN VICE, UH, GONZALEZ'S OFFICE, UH, PROVIDED US INFORMATION AT LEAST THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GO THROUGH A FEDERAL APPROPRIATION. BUT THE DEADLINE PERIOD WAS A VERY SHORT PERIOD. SO, UM, AMBU TECH ENGINEERING WAS THE GRANT WRITER ON THIS. UH, AND THEY, UH, UH, HELPED US PUT THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER. AND IF YOU APPROVE THE APPLICATION, THEN WE'LL PRESENT A, A MANAGEMENT, UH, AGREEMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING. UH, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, THE, THE SUMMARY OF THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT OR THE, A NEW 1 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK TO GO AT WATER AT THE LOCATION WHERE WATER PLANT TWO IS ON TURNER ROAD. AND IT WOULD REPLACE THE 750,000 GALLON ELEVATED STORAGE TANK ON OSCAR WILLIAMS BEHIND FIRE STATION. NUMBER TWO, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, WE'VE HAD, UH, WE HAVE SOME METAL FATIGUE. UH, IT'S STARTING TO REQUIRE MORE MAINTENANCE, BUT THE, UH, THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION LINES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY THAT TRAVERSES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS WATER TANK MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS. SO, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S, UH, IN OUR BEST INTEREST THAT THAT ELEVATED SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, UH, BE DONE AWAY WITH. AND THAT THIS NEW 1 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK WHERE WE PRODUCE WATER AND PUT IT INTO THIS, INTO THE, THE SYSTEM THROUGH A 16 INCH TRANSMISSION LIGHT, IS BEST SUITED, AT LEAST FOR NOW, AT WATER PLANT TWO. SO, AND THAT WILL, UH, CERTAINLY HELP US WITH, UH, HAVING ENOUGH, [00:15:01] UH, WATER IN OUR RESERVOIR FOR ONE FULL DAYS OF CONSUMPTION. ANY, DOES THIS PUT US IN ANY CONFLICT WITH US? WATERWORKS? NO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, US WATERWORKS IS OUR UTILITY MANAGER. SO THEREFORE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS MOVES FORWARD, UM, YOU'RE CONTRACTING THEM FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND KIND OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, NOT FOR ENGINEERING. THEY ARE AN ENGINEERING FIRM, AND BY AGREEMENT, THEY, ONE OF THEIR SUBS IS AMIO TECH. SO IN OTHER WORDS, UH, US WATER, UH, DID NOT PROVIDE THE GRANT WRITING SERVICES. IT WAS DONE BY, BY AMIO TECH. SO, OKAY. SO, UH, THE WATER TANK AT THE, UH, OSCAR WILLIAMS HAS TO BE, UH, TORN DOWN. WELL, AND, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS LOOK TO TRY TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S LOCATION. UH, IT'S RI UH, I MEAN, DIRECTLY BELOW THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TALKING 50 FEET OR A HUNDRED FEET. I MEAN, IT'S A VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE HOUSED THERE. AND THEY SLEEP ON THE SECOND FLOOR MM-HMM. . RIGHT. SO ANYTHING COMING OFF THAT TOWER THAT WILL LAND ON THEM OKAY. OR HAS THAT POTENTIAL, LET ME JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY. AND I REMEMBER THAT THE, UH, I THINK THERE WAS, UH, ONE OF THE HATCH ON TOP OF THE, UH, WATER TOWER WAS, UH, UH, FLEW OFF OR FELL OFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES, SIR. JUST SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. AS RECENT AS, UH, IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, WE HAD A HATCHWAY COME OFF THE TOP. WE'VE HAD A, UH, AS YOU GO UP, AS YOU CLIMB UP THE EXTERIOR LADDER, THERE'S A BARRIER, ANOTHER HATCHWAY, BUT IT'S A MANWAY, UH, THAT ALSO CAME OFF. THESE ARE PROBABLY TWO BY TWOS, WEIGH ABOUT 25, 35 POUNDS, AND AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 90 TO A HUNDRED FEET, DEPENDING IF IT'S THE BOTTOM SIDE OR THE TOP SIDE OF THE TANK. MM-HMM. , IT'S, UH, ONE FELL, UH, RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE TANK, AND THE OTHER FELL AT THE, IN THE CURB GUTTER AREA OF THE, OF THIS OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD RIGHT AWAY. I MEAN, IF YOU COULD IMAGINE IT FALLING ON A VEHICLE OR FALLING ON TOP. SO IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN THERE. IT, WE BELIEVE IT'S MET SHELF LIFE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION. IT'S LOCATION, IT'S HEIGHT. IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO WORK AT WHEN YOU CANNOT DRAPE IT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FREIGHT DEFENDER TOWER, UH, ALONG THE EXPRESSWAY HAS A LOT OF ROOM TO WORK AROUND. NO POWER LINES. YOU CAN CUT CRANES, YOU CAN DRAPE IT. UM, WHENEVER YOU HAVE HIGH WINDS, YOU CAN DROP THE DRAPE MUCH QUICKER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA DO SOME POINT REPAIRS, SOME PAINTING THAT, THAT ONE PROBABLY HAS LEAD PAINTS ON IT. SO IT'S EXTRA CARE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 2004 TANK THAT WENT UP WHERE THE FREDDIE FENDER IMAGE IS UP ON WHAT IT'S COMPOSITION, BUT IT, IT'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN BETTER SHAPE. WE'VE GOT FOOTAGE OF THIS, UH, FROM OUR DRONES, WE'VE TAKEN FOOTAGE OF. I CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? YES. BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER. UM, SO THIS IS TO REPLACE THE WILLIAMS ROAD TOWER, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO WHY WOULD WE WANT TO KEEP IT IF IT POSES SO MANY, UH, PROBLEMS INCLUDING, UH, HAZARDS? I'M NOT PROPOSING TO KEEP IT. THE, THE MARRIAGE QUESTION WAS CAN WE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY. IT'D JUST BE VERY EXPENSIVE. YEAH. BUT IF WE'RE GETTING INTO THIS, I, I WOULD FEEL WE BETTER DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND I'M HOPING THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE CITY COMMISSION. OKAY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS LONG AS WE'RE OPEN TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT WE'RE, UH, OUR FINAL PLAN WILL BE. YEAH. UH, SO IS THIS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN, UH, UH, ANOTHER TOWER? OH, ELEVATED ARE MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN THIS. THIS IS, UH, IT, IT'S A MATTER OF FACT THE PIPING, THE STRUCTURE, EVERYTHING'S HERE. NOW. WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION, UM, WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR OF GET, OF GETTING A, UH, RELOCATING THAT CURRENT FIRE STATION TO ANOTHER PLACE. AND ALSO THE WATER TOWER, IT'S ANOTHER PLACE, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELEVATED TOWER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE AS MUCH ELECTRICITY TO RUN THE PUMPS BECAUSE THE WEIGHT OF WATER AT THAT ELEVATION CREATES PRESSURE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS WILL COST YOU MORE ON ELECTRICITY BECAUSE YOU, WE UTILIZE HIGH PRESSURE PUMPS TO MAINTAIN SYSTEM PRESSURE. SO, UH, BUT GROUND SOURCE TANKS ARE, ARE LESS EXPENSIVE AS ELEVATED. AND SO DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, AND I WOULD BELIEVE THAT AS SOON AS, UH, UH, WE START DOING THESE WATER AUDITS AND WE, WE BASE OUR, OUR CURRENT WATER CONSUMPTION BASED ON CENSUS DATA, WELL, IF THE BELIEF IS THAT OUR CENSUS DATA IS INCORRECT AND THAT WE HAVE A HIGHER, LARGER POPULATION, AND WE START LOOKING AT THOSE, WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE WATER ANYWAY. SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP TOWARD MEETING THOSE WATER NEEDS [00:20:01] OF THE FUTURE. SO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S UNDERGROUND OR WHETHER IT'S THIS TOWER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT. UH, I, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION. I BELIEVE SO. IT IS, SIR. OKAY. UM, YEAH. OH, THANK YOU. I SEE THAT THE, UH, THE AREA, I THINK ON FIGURE ONE THAT, UH, YOU PUT ON THERE, UM, THE AREA, I MEAN, LIKE THE SQUARE AREA, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, WATER TANK, THE GROUND STORAGE WATER TANK, IS THAT GONNA BE A LITTLE SUSTAINED OR BE ABLE TO PUSH A LOT MORE FURTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? NO, IT'S NOT. YEAH. THE, UH, THE, WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE PUMPS AT BOTH, UH, WATER PLANT AND WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO. SO IT'S NOT THE DISTANCE, IT'S, IT'S THE PUMPS ALREADY THERE. I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S WHEN YOU HAVE A LINE BREAK AND IT'S FURTHER, MORE TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO YOU GET CLOSER TO 5 0 9. THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERCONNECT, WE HAVE A SERVICE METER TO BUY WATER FROM THE CITY OF HAREN. WE WANNA STAY ABOVE 20 PSI, UH, 20 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH. BUT WE REALLY WANNA STAY ABOVE 30 PSI BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE QUESTIONED WHETHER WE'RE MEETING RESIDUALS AND WHETHER THE WATER CAN POTENTIALLY BE CONTAMINATED. SO WHEN YOU'RE THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SYSTEM, SO, UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PUMPS, WE DON'T HAVE THE HIGH PRESSURES. WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO STORED ON THAT FAR. BUT AS WE GET MORE DEVELOPMENT, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FURTHER NORTH ON OR NORTHWEST ON BUSINESS 77 TOWARD 5 0 9, CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING YOU THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, FIVE 19 OR THE FIVE, THE SAN JOSE ROAD HAS BEEN CONNECTED ALREADY TO, UH, 5 0 9. SO, UH, I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGERS, UH, ATTENTION THAT, UH, WE NEED TO START LOOKING THAT WAY AS FAR AS PUTTING, UH, LEAST A WATER TANK GOING THAT WAY, ELEVATED WATER TANK, SO WE CAN START, UH, UH, BE ABLE TO GROW. IF NOT, THERE'S OTHER CITIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOOKING AT IT AND, UH, THEY WANT THAT AREA. AND SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND, UH, AND START THE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, UH, MORE, UH, ELEVATED TANKS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE. SO, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD ONE QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE SCADA SYSTEM. WAS I READING CORRECTLY THAT IT WAS FOR A FINITE PERIOD, FIVE YEARS? IS THAT WHAT THE INSTALLATION OF THE SCADA SYSTEM AND IT WAS ONLY COVERING SOME LIFT STATIONS? IS THAT BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT WAS WORKING ON THE NEW PLANT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SCADA SYSTEM, RIGHT? YEAH, WE, YEAH, WE WERE TRYING TO BE REASONABLE, TRYING TO WORK WITHIN CERTAIN GUIDELINES OF WHAT WE THINK IT'S ACHIEVABLE. PLUS ALSO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATION'S GONNA BE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE CAN MATCH OUR, WHATEVER THAT MATCHING MAY OR MAY NOT BE. IT MAY BE TOTALLY FUNDED. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S LINES AT. AND AGAIN, USING THE BASES THAT WE CAN, UH, REPLACE IT, IT, IT GIVES US MORE POINTS. THIS ALL, THIS IS BASED ON A POINT SYSTEM AND THE SCADA SYSTEM. WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE, UH, THE MORE, UH, THE ONES, UH, THE LIFT STATIONS AND THE WATER PLANTS, SOME OF THE MORE CRITICAL THAN OTHERS. WE HAVE THE ROSE LIFT STATION, WE HAVE THE CITY YARD, SOME THAT HAVE MULTIPLE LINES COMING IN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS AN OVERALL PLAN. UH, AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS LIKE US, UH, WATER, AND, AND MAYBE DAVID SINA IS THEIR SOUTH TEXAS REGIONAL MANAGERS HERE? UH, UH, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE GRANT WRITERS IS, SOMEBODY DOES BROUGHT IT TO US. AMIO TECH, WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR PARTNERS. UH, BUT THE, THIS IS NOT VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPLICATION WE SUBMITTED, AND THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ TRYING TO HELP US THROUGH THE TEXAS THROUGH THAT. IT'S A LOAN FORGIVENESS. IF WE QUALIFY BASED ON THE POINTS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR 50% LOAN FORGIVENESS OR SOME AMOUNT. BUT THAT WAS TO ADDRESS THE WATER LINES ALONG THE COMMERCIAL, UH, AREA FROM BUSINESS 77, FROM 5 0 9 TO FIVE 10 FM 5 0 9 FM FIVE 10, UH, BOTH SIDES, IT'S THREE. IT'S ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILES IN TOTAL. IT'S ABOUT SEVEN MILES, SEVEN LINEAR MILES OF APPROXIMATELY 12 INCH OR WHATEVER. IT'S DETERMINED WHEN IT'S DESIGNED UNDER THE WATER MODELING. OKAY. SO, UH, WE'RE, SO, UM, AS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS DIRECTED STAFF, WE LOOK AT THESE VARIOUS GRANTS. SO, AND SOME OF IT IS THE LEVERAGING. HOW MUCH OF IT CAN WE GET THROUGH AN APPROPRIATION? DO WE QUALIFY FOR THE POINTS? IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE OUTLINE WHAT'S CRITICAL AND THEN WHY WE NEED IT, THEN WE MAY DO WELL ON THOSE POINTS. AND WE'LL, AND IF IT'S AWARDED, THEN WE'LL FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, COMMISSIONER TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, UH, THERE WAS STAFF THAT MET WITH THE ENGINEERS, UH, THE PRINCIPALS FROM AMBU TECH AND SOME OF THE SENIOR STAFF ALONG WITH OUR ENGINEER, OUR STAFF. THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS CRITICAL. THEY LOOKED AT THE VALUES OF WHAT, AND THEN AGAIN, SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAVE CONNECTIONS AT, WITH THE FEDERAL, UH, WITH THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE TO KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT THE [00:25:01] RULES ARE AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY THINK IS ACHIEVABLE. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH, THAT'S CASE. CUZ I WAS LOOKING AT THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD REPORT, 37% WATER LOSS. AND I REMEMBER FROM OUR DISCUSSION FROM, UH, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE WATER STUDY THAT AN AVERAGE SHOULD BE ABOUT 15%. SO SHOWING A 30 PER 37% WATER LOSS HOPEFULLY DRAWS THE ATTENTION OF THE GRANT. APPROVERS. . YEAH. AND THIS, WE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN FOR A LARGE RETURN. AND MOST OF THE WATER BREAKS, OR NOT MOST, BUT MANY, MANY OF OUR WATER BREAKS ARE IN BUSINESSES, IN THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, WHICH JUST HAS LARGE DIAMETER PIPES. SO, UM, TO TRY, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO HAVE A METER REPLACEMENT. THE METERS ARE 95% ACCURATE. SOME ARE BETTER THAN THAT. IF IT'S LESS THAN 90, WE REPLACE THEM. BUT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RE REPLACE METERS TO PENALIZE THE CONSUMER, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL. OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE'S THE PROBLEM, YOUR WATER LOSS ARE THESE LARGE DIAMETER LINES MAIN CORRIDORS WHERE WE LOSE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER EVERY YEAR. RIGHT. TWO TIMES A YEAR WHEN IT'S, WHEN THE GROUND GETS VERY HARD BECAUSE IT'S FROZEN OVER OR WHEN IT GETS VERY DRY. RIGHT. AND, AND YOU SEE THAT OUR CREWS ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TRYING TO RESOLVE THESE. SO THE SCADA SYSTEMS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US WHETHER SANITARY SEWER, WHETHER WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE BREAKERS IN, IN OUR WATER, UH, SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, BOTH THE, THE, THE POTABLE WATER THAT WE CONSUME OR THE, OR THE, UH, THE, THE SANITARY SEWER WATER. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, THROUGH SOME TYPE OF, UH, UH, TELEPHONE SYSTEM. CELLULAR, WHEN AN ALARM GOES OFF, YOU'RE GETTING HIGH WATERS, YOU'RE CONSUMING WATERS, FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH. WE HAD, UH, SOMETHING, A HIGH PRESSURE PUMP GO OFF AT WATER PLANT, UH, ONE, AND WE GET READINGS THAT THE MCDONALD'S ON BUSINESS WAS GETTING LOW WATER PRESSURE. WE HAD TO GO LOOK FOR IT. WE FOUND OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A CIRCUIT ON THAT. THAT SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE WATER PLANT TOO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DROP IN PRESSURE. IT'S NOT OURS. I MEAN, YOU START SEEING THIS THING WITHIN 15 MINUTES OR SO, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LEAK ONLY TO REALIZE THAT A HIGH PRESSURE PUMP WENT OUT, WHICH IS, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR LATER THAT I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY REPAIRED IT. WE'RE GONNA REPAIR, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT THE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE SPEND MANY VALUABLE HOURS ON A LOT OF STAFF TIME TRYING TO MAINTAIN THIS WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. SO THESE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING THROUGH APPLICATION ARE TO TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, THOSE, UH, COMPONENTS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE SO WE CAN GET THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT WITHOUT HITTING EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T THROW EVERYTHING IN. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [10. Consideration and possible action to ratify the application submittal of the federal Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Community Project Funding request and related resolution pertaining to the Playground and Trail Improvements at Stookey Park.] ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION PASS BY ACTION TO RATIFY THE APPLICATIONS MIDDLE OF THE FEDERAL, UH, FISCAL YEAR TO 2034. UH, APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY, UH, PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST AND RELATED RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THE PLAYGROUND AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE STOKE PARK AND MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, REQUEST TO RATIFY AND APPLICATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A TITLE I SHOULD HAVE READ THIS. UM, FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY FUNDING REQUESTS. UM, THE ONE WE JUST SUBMITTED WAS FOR WATER, UH, AND WESTWATER IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS FOR STICKY PARK. UM, WE BELIEVE THAT STICKY PARK HAS NEEDED SOME ATTENTION FOR SOME TIME. AND SO OF Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE CONCENTRATED SO MUCH ON FIRST RESPONDERS PARK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO SHIFT FOCUS TO PAY IT MORE ATTENTION TO ITS STICKY PARK NEEDS. UH, IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST REGIONAL PARKS. IT GETS AS MANY AS 800 CHILDREN FOR BASEBALL LEAGUE. IS IT HIGHER THAN THAT? YEAH. SO, UM, WE KNOW BY THE PARKING THAT, THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING IN THE AREA. THE PARKING LOT THAT WE HAVE IS FAIRLY, UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET, UH, FUNDING FOR REHABILITATION OF PARKS. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT GENERALLY WORKED. BUT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND WITH RUBBER MATING THAT'S MORE ADA COMPLIANCE. AND WE'RE ALL SCHOOL, UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING A ONE LINEAR MILE, 12 FOOT WIDE WALKWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED AROUND THAT PARK, DEPENDING ON THE COST. I MEAN, THE, THE PLAYGROUND IS ROUGHLY 200,000. THE, THE BALANCE IS, IS THE WALKING TRAIL ALONG WITH THE, UH, WATERING STATIONS AND, AND SO FORTH, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO, UM, IT'S 721,000. WE THOUGHT THAT, [00:30:01] UH, AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS THROUGH THE PLAYGROUNDS BECAUSE THESE PARKS ARE, ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S AN AMENITY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO, UM, WE THOUGHT WE PUT IN SOMETHING, UH, BASED ON THIS, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, UH, APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION IN ALLOCATION. YOU SAW WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO EACH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE SO MANY, UH, UH, APPROPRIATIONS OUT OF THIS FUNDING. SO MANY. UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UH, A GOOD GRANT TO APPLY FOR. BUT THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, WHEN WE DO A BLACKTOP, UM, TRAILS, THEY START TO CRACK AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REHABILITATE 'EM. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW, I THINK, AT OSAKA HAVEN TRAIL. I THINK SOME CDBG MONEY WAS USED TO REHABILITATE THAT. OR WAS IT STREET MONEY? WE, WE USED THE STREET MONIES FOR THOSE. STREET MONEY WAS USED TO REHABILITATE THOSE TRAILS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE FOR STREETS. SO I, WHEN I WAS IN AUSTIN RECENTLY, I NOTICED THAT THEIR TRAILS ARE USUALLY CONCRETE, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE COSTLY, BUT THE COST IS PROBABLY COMPARABLE NOW. OR, UM, IS IT DECOMPOSED GRANITE IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, THE REALLY SMALL FINITE LITTLE ROCKS. UM, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS. I KNOW THEY HAVE TO MEET ADA REQUIREMENT, BUT IF THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET A COST COMPARISON WHEN WE GET THERE. BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO KEEP DOING THIS, REDOING THIS BLACKTOP THING OVER AND OVER. IF YOU GO TO THE TRAIL NOW, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EDS BUCKLING AND THEN CRACKING AND FALLING OVER. SOME OF OUR CREW USES THAT AS A ROAD THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE TRUCKS, I DON'T THINK. UM, SO I, I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT UP AND PUT THAT OUT THERE. YEAH. AND, UH, AND WHEN THE PLANTS COME IN, WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I THINK YOU WANT WHATEVER IS GOOD FOR THE ANKLES AND WALKING, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT TEXTURES THAT CAN BE, UH, HAD FOR THAT. UM, GRANTED, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST REQUIRE MORE MAINTENANCE. THE ASPHALT, UH, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE DO THAT. SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, UH, WHATEVER THE DECIS, UH, NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE THERE. WE DIDN'T DESIGN IT, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. WE, WE, WE PUT SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER. IF THAT ONE MILE HAS TO BE REDUCED TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE TO MEET THIS ADDITIONAL COST AND WHATEVER, IT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYBODY USED TO THINK THAT YOU, YOU CAN RUN, UH, ON CERTAIN TERRAINS. WELL, IT'S BAD FOR YOUR BACK. IT'S BAD FOR YOUR ANKLES. RIGHT? SO, W WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE BELIEVE IT'S WELL, BUT 12 FEET WIDE, I WAS A A LITTLE SURPRISED. IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT WIDER THAN I ANTICIPATED. YEAH. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THESE, THESE WERE FAIRLY ROUGH NUMBERS. AND IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, WHEN I ASKED FOR AUTHORIZATION, WE HAD FIVE, SIX, AND WE HAD EIGHT DAYS TO TRY TO GET ENGINEERS TO, TO, AND STAFF TO FORMULATE THIS IN. SO WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE APPLICATION PACKET FOR YOU WITH SOME CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND SOME OF IT, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE STAFF LEARNED THIS WHEN THEY ATTENDED THE TML CONFERENCE ALONG WITH YOU LAST SEPTEMBER. SO, UH, THEY BROUGHT SOME OF THOSE IDEAS AND WE'VE HAD 'EM HOW TO IMPROVE OUR PARK SYSTEMS AND, AND OTHER SYSTEMS. OKAY. LET'S GO FOR IT. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. UH, GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARRAN. SECOND, SECOND, AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. [11. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-B, amending Ordinance 2252 and sections of the Code of Ordinances that pertain to Conditional Use Permits, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 14, Section 14.2 and Section 14.05 (B) and (F), pertaining to 'Conditional Use Permit', Chapter 15, Section 15.04 (A) Zoning Board of Adjustments, and Chapter 16 to add Section 16.05, and Repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date.] OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH SPEED AMENDING ORDINANCE 2252, AND SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE THAT PERTAIN TO THE, UH, CONDITIONAL US PERMIT, UH, PERMITS AND CODIFIED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 14, SECTION, UH, 14.2 AND SECTION 14.05 B AND F PERTAINED TO THE CONDITIONAL, UH, USE PERMITS. UH, CHAPTER 15 SECTION, UH, 15.054, A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. AND, UH, CHAPTER 16 TO ADD, UH, SECTION 1605 AND REP PLEAING REPEATING ANY OTHER ORDINANCE ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE WITH TO, AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANTOS AND PRO, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND MS. JOANNA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, JOANNA MALANO, PLANNING MANAGER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS TO TAKE ANY CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THE CITY COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL. UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND, CURRENTLY OUR SPECIAL, OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS GO TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THAT IS A QUADRI JUDICIAL BOARD. AND ANYTHING THAT IS DONE AT WITH THAT BOARD GETS RECORDED THE COURTHOUSE AND IT BECOMES PERMANENT. UM, [00:35:01] WHEN YOU HAVE SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR, UM, CURRENTLY, I THINK WE DO SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR CHURCHES OR, UH, URBAN STRATEGIES. YES. NOW, IF WE TAKE THAT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, THAT PROPERTY PERMANENTLY HAS THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT RECORDED AT THE COURTHOUSE. SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO WHERE IT GOES TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO YOU WANT TO GET RID OF, I MEAN, BYPASS THE, UH, WE'RE JUST MOVING IT FROM THE ZONING BOARD TO THE PLANNING FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD NOT BE HANDLING, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMITS. OKAY. OKAY. CAN IT JUST GO AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY. SO, OKAY. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS THEN REDIRECTING FROM THE, UH, UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. CORRECT. AND IT'S COMING BEFORE THE COMMISSION. YES. AND THAT WILL KEEP IT FROM GOING, GOING TO BE RECORDED AT A COURT. IS THAT WHAT YEAH, SO ZBA HANDLES THINGS LIKE, UH, SETBACKS. UM, IF YOU'RE ENCROACHING INTO YOUR SETBACK, THEN WE, YOU KNOW, THEY GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO ENCROACH TWO FEET, AND THEN WE RECORD THAT AT THE COURTHOUSE AND IT'S PERMANENTLY, UH, TAGGED TO THAT PROPERTY TILL, AND SO IF IT COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION, THEN IT JUST STAYS HERE. RIGHT. IT'S IN-HOUSE, IT'S DONE THROUGH THE CITY. IT'S APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION. AT ANY TIME, WE COULD, UM, REVISIT THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT AGAIN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, GO THROUGH LEGAL PROCEDURES TO GET THAT UNRECORDED. WELL, GOOD MOVE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MARK? UM, I WAS LOOKING TO APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. YOU PERSONALLY? YES. I HAVE A, AS A CITIZEN, HAVE A RIGHT TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY. BUT SHOULD I RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS? YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE, YEAH. OKAY. ACCUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE THEN. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO WE HAVE, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AS SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? YES. OH, I'M SORRY. YES. YES. FIRST READING. GOOD. TELL ME SOMETHING. . I WAS SO ANXIOUS TO SAY. OKAY. LET'S GET A GO IN THIS. GO. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S THE FIRST READING, SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. [12. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Pro Community Development Suite Software payable to Tyler Technologies not to exceed the amount of $34,295.00.] UH, ADAM 12 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING. B RRP PROVO COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT SUITE, SOFTWARE PAYABLE TO, UH, PRIVATE TECHNOLOGIES NOT TO EXCEED IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,295. AND MISS THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING. E R P PRO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUITE WILL HELP STREAMLINE AND TRACK PERMITTING MANAGEMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES FROM SUBMISSION AND STORAGE TO INSPECTIONS AND APPROVAL. IT WILL ALSO, UM, AUTOMATE AND INSURE, AUTOMATE THE INSURANCE AND TRACKING OF VARIOUS LICENSES HELD BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND, UH, CREATION AND RENEWAL TO, UH, REPORTING. SO CURRENTLY WE USE INCODE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE EXTENDED MODULE THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEEDS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE ARE CURRENTLY USING EMAIL TO TRACK, UH, COMPLAINTS OR EXCEL. AND THERE'S A HARD, UM, WE HAVE A HARD TIME WITH LIKE, FOLLOW UPS. WE HAVE TO USE THE CALENDAR TO REMIND OURSELVES TO GO OUT. UM, IT GETS VERY, UM, CONGESTED ON OUR CALENDARS FOR THIS NEW SOFTWARE. EVERYTHING WILL BE INPUTTED INTO ENCODE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INPUT PICTURES OF THE VIOLATIONS. UM, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT WILL GIVE THEM TIMELINES AND ALERTS THAT THIS IS STILL PENDING. UM, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO RUN REPORTS TO SHOW US, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY HOW MANY JUNK VEHICLES HAVE WE ADDRESSED THIS MONTH? UM, HOW MANY CASES ARE CURRENTLY OPEN, HOW MANY WERE CLOSED, WHY THEY WERE, UM, OPENED WHEN THEY WERE CLOSED. IT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CREATE, UM, A REPORT FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT GO BEFORE THE JUDGE. THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TO SEND TO COURT, IT CREATES AN ACTUAL REPORT [00:40:01] FOR THEM. WE JUST HAVE TO PRINT IT OUT AND SEND IT. UM, FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, SAME THING. WE, FOR INSPECTIONS, WE USE OUR CALENDAR. EVERYTHING IS ON OUR CALENDAR. WE HAVE TO SHARE CALENDARS WITHIN THE STAFF. UM, IT'S HARD TO ASSIGN ITEMS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. UM, LICENSES THAT ARE BEING HELD BY CONTRACTORS, SOMETIMES THEY EXPIRE. WE DON'T GET NOTIFICATION. WE HAVE TO, IT'S HARD TO GO IN THERE AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS, YOU TYPE IT IN. IF ONE LETTER IS OFF, OR YOU'RE, YOU DID A CAPITAL LETTER AND THE PERSON TYPING IT IN DIDN'T DO IT THE EXACT SAME WAY YOU DID, WE CAN'T FIND IT. UM, THAT WILL ALL CHANGE WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM. IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THE INSPECTORS. THE INSPECTORS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS OUT IN THE FIELD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED. I'M GONNA STOP YOU RIGHT THERE. CAN YOU GO BACK ON? SURE. YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING JUST RIGHT BEFORE THIS ABOUT TRACKING OR UNABLE TO FIND, UH, A PERMIT OR, YES. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAVE TO DATE. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I MEAN, WELL, IN THE SYSTEM WE STILL HAVE OUR PAPER FILES. RIGHT? OKAY. UM, BUT IN THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD. THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS VERY PICKY ABOUT HOW YOU ACTUALLY PUT IT IN. OH, OKAY. SO IF YOU THEN IT'S NOT EXACT. IF IT'S NOT EXACT, GONNA TO FIND IT FOR YOU. YES. SO CALENDAR PRETTY MUCH. IT'S NOT A MATTRESS. YEAH. SO THAT'S THE WAY INCODE IS WORKING RIGHT NOW. WE, IN ORDER TO SEARCH IT, YOU, WE'VE TOLD EVERYBODY JUST USE ALL CAPS, BUT THEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, STREETS IF YOU PUTS ST AND NOT THE FULL STREET, YOU KNOW, NOBODY CAN FIND IT BECAUSE THEY'RE USING. SO IT, IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. YES. SO THEN OUR STAFF HAS TO LEAVE THE DESK AND GO LOOK FOR THE ACTUAL FILE. UH, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS WOULD STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS. YOU CAN SEARCH IT HOWEVER YOU WANT. YOU CAN SEARCH BY NAME, YOU CAN SEARCH BY ADDRESS. YOU CAN SEARCH BY CONTRACTOR. YOU CAN SEARCH, UM, PRETTY MUCH ANYWAY. UM, AND IT WILL POP UP. IS IT FOR THE WHOLE, THE CITY? UH, THIS IS ONLY FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. OH, YOU KIDDING? ? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO I DID ASK, BECAUSE N CODE IS, I THINK, UH, CONNECTED TO THE WHOLE CITY. SO I DID MEET WITH IT. UM, IT WILL CONNECT WITH WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING AND WHEN THEY DO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY INTERRUPTIONS TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO I MADE SURE AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT IN CASE THERE WAS, WE COULD PREPARE FOR IT, BUT THEY SAID THERE WOULDN'T BE. UM, SO ENCODE IS GONNA BE PHASED OUT. NO, NO, NO. WE ARE STILL USING ENCODE. YOU'RE STILL USING, UH, WE'RE JUST GETTING THE MODULE THAT PERTAINS TO DEVELOPMENT. UH, PLANNING. IT'S CREATED FOUR. PLANNING, UM, IT HAS THREE PARTS. OKAY. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT, LICENSING, AND PERMITTING. OKAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH THIS BEFORE. SO, OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE GONNA GET TRAINED ON THE MO LIKE USE OF THE MODULE. YES. YOU GET SOMETHING NEW AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THAT. SO IN ALWAYS YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THAT. YES. I DON'T WANT TO USE IT. IT'S NEW IN THE QUOTE. AND, UM, ACTUALLY MY PERMITTING PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE DEMO. UH, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED. THEY WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IN THE QUOTE, THEY ALLOCATED THEIR MINIMUM, WHAT THEY THINK, UM, THEY WOULD CHARGE FOR, UH, OR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR, UM, TRAINING. THEY SAID THAT WE MIGHT NOT USE IT ALL, AND IF WE DON'T, THEN THEY WON'T BILL US. BUT, UM, THEY SAID THAT'S USUALLY THE MINIMUM. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JORDAN. ADAM, [13. Consideration and possible action to approve the 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to municipal telecommunications right-of-way access line rates.] 13 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVAL OF 2023. CONSUMER, UH, PRICING INDEX, CPI ADJUSTMENT TO MUNICIPAL, UH, MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RIGHT AWAY. UM, ACCESS, UH, LINE RATES. AND, UH, MR. DELK, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONER OF TEXAS HAS GIVEN US NOTICE THAT IF YOU WISH TO, UM, HAVE THE MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT OF ACC RIGHT OF WAY ACCESS LINES, UM, INCREASE, WHICH MEANS, UH, ANY COMMUNICATIONS AS [00:45:01] THE RIGHT OF WAYS WHERE THERE'S AERIAL OR UNDERGROUND. UM, THERE, UH, ANYBODY THAT UTILIZES THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE FOR THOSE SERVICES FOR THE, FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCIDENT. SO THAT INCREASE BASED ON THE CPI IS 4.2883%. OKAY. SO THAT GOES ON A BILL. SO, UM, EVEN YOUR CELLULAR, UH, SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CELLULAR, THERE ARE LINES IN OUR RIGHT OF WAYS. SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WAY IT USED TO WORK THERE, UH, UH, EVERYBODY THAT HAD ANY TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE CITY USED TO PAY THE CITY FRANCHISE FEES SIMILAR TO WHAT PL SERVICES PAYS. OKAY? THE STATE OF TEXAS TOOK A LOT OF THAT AWAY. AND THEY GET THEIR, THEIR AUTHORIZATION THROUGH, UM, LEGAL STATUTES, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 83 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. OKAY? AND THEN TO EVEN REFERENCE THE HOUSE BILL 1777, OKAY? THE, UM, IF YOU TAKE NO ACTION, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC INCREASE. IF YOU DECIDE, NO, WE DON'T WANT THE INCREASE, UH, ON THE CONSUMERS, THEN WE NOTIFY THEM. WE FILL OUT THE BACKUP FORM, MAYOR SIGNS IT AND WE MAIL IT OFF. SO, UM, EVERY YEAR WHEN I PRESENT THIS, UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN ALLOWING IT. SO IT'S HOW THE CITIES GENERATE THOSE, THOSE REVENUE FEES FOR ALL OF THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE, UH, HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR MUNICIPAL RIGHT OF WAYS, RIGHT? SO THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS RIGHT OF WAYS. WE'VE GOT RIGHT OF WAYS. WE'VE ALSO GOT RIGHTS IN THERE. SO, UH, WHEN COMPANIES COME THROUGH, THEY GET PERMITS FROM US. UH, AND, UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN THEY WERE DOWN BY FREDDIE FENDER, HOW MANY TIMES THEY HIT THE WATER LINES, WE'RE OUT THERE FIXING THEM, RIGHT? AND WE CAN NEVER COLLECT BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY . SO, YEAH. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT JUST IGNORE YOU AND, AND IT'S NOT WORTH THE SUIT FOR US. SO, BUT, UH, UH, BUT I KNOW YOU SEEM WORK IN RIGHT OF WAYS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THIS IS HOW WE COLLECT THAT, THAT, UH, REVENUE STREAM. IT IS YOUR DECISION. I IF YOU READ THE LETTER DOWN, WHICH, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CITY DOES NOT RESPOND BY APRIL 30TH, YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY WILL BE LATER ON IN THIS YEAR. UM, IT'S INTERESTING THAT I SELL IT. CAUSE I DON'T EVER REMEMBER SEEING THAT IN THE PAST. AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SEEING THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO US AGAIN. UM, IT'LL BE INTERESTING WHETHER THEY DO OR HOW THEY NOTIFY US, CUZ IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. YEAH. SO I THINK THEY'LL JUST PROBABLY ADDED ON. YEAH. SO, OKAY, SO WHAT UTILITIES ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, ANY, IT'S A, IT'S MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RIGHT AWAY. SO ANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS RIGHT AWAY, ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REGULATED. AND THAT BILL, THAT VERY SPECIFIC, UH, CHAPTER, UH, 2 83, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SPELLS OUT WHO QUALIFIES. THERE'S DEFINITIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF LEGISLATION, BUT YOU GET TO GET SOME OF THE REVENUE STREAM THAT COMES OFF OF THOSE. OKAY? SO WE'LL GET SOME, AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR CELLULAR BILL, YOU LOOK AT YOUR PHONE BILLS, YOU'LL SEE THESE FEES, UH, YOUR SPECTRUM RIDE, UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO THEY'RE ADDED ALL UP IN THERE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT GIVES IN THERE. OKAY. WHAT IS THE, I SEE RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL RATE AND THEN, UH, A POINT TO POINT RATE. WHAT'S POINT TO POINT? YOU KNOW, UM, I WISH I COULD ANSWER THAT INTELLIGENT, BUT I, I DUNNO WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT THESE ARE THESE LITTLE, THESE LITTLE NOMINAL FEES THAT I'M SEEING HERE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT POP UP ON YOUR BILL AND THEY SAY CITY TAX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. BECAUSE YOU APPROVE BY NOT TAKING ACTION, OR YOU DO? YES, SIR. SO, OKAY. YEAH, WE DON'T TAX SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE, AGAIN, THESE ARE REPLACEMENT TO THE OLD FRANCHISE FEES. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. ACTION. DO YOU WANT NO ACTION ON THIS? YEAH, NO ACTION. OKAY. YOU'VE HEARD IT, YOU, IF YOU TAKE NO ACTION, THAT MEANS WE, YEAH. OKAY. SO WE TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 13, THEN IT, IT'LL DEFAULT TO THE AUTOMATIC INCREASE, THE 4.2. YEAH. 4.2883%. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. OKAY. [14. Consideration and possible action to approve a request by the San Benito Historical Society-Friends of the Museum to host an event dedicating a historical marker to Freddy Fender at 143 Freddy Fender Lane on April 15, 2023:] OKAY. ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF SANTO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM, UH, TO HOST AN EVENT THAT DEDICATED A HISTORICAL MARKER TO PRE DEFENDER AT THE 1 43 PRE DEFENDER LANE ON APRIL 15TH, 2023. UH, 14 A IS AUTHORIZED OF CLOSURE OF THE 100 BLOCK OF FREIGHT DEFENDER LANE FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM 14 B AUTHORIZED GUEST TO PARK AS THEIR VEHICLES ON THE VACANT CITY OWNED LOT LOCATED THE 1 0 3 FREIGHT DEFENDER LANE AND CHIEF, UH, . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MA PAD. FOR THE RECORD, THE SAM MELE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS REQUESTING A ROAD CLOSURE OF THE 100 BLOCK OF FREDDIE FENDER LANE FOR THE TEXAS HISTORICAL [00:50:01] MARKER DEDICATION CEREMONY TO THE LATE FREDDIE FENDER. THE MARKER WE PLACE AT 1 43 FRED FREDDIE FENDER LANE. AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SET UP CHAIRS ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE FOR THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE REQUESTING PERMISSION TO PARK VEHICLES ON A CITY OWNED VACANT LOT AT 1 0 3 FREDDIE FENDER LANE. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS SUBMITTED FOR PERMITS AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WHO HAVE AGREED TO, TO PROVIDE SECURITY DURING THE CEREMONY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I SAW THAT WE FIXED A LITTLE PART OF THE ROAD THERE ON STINGER MM-HMM. IN FRONT OF THE, THE FEED STORE. YES. CAN WE FIX WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE SITTING ? IT'S NOT THAT MUCH FURTHER DOWN. YEAH. AND YEAH, THE ANSWER IS YES. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE AT. SO I HAVE TO LOOK AT, I DON'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, I IT'S REALLY LIKE, MAYBE YEAH, A HOUSE OVER. OH, OKAY. RIGHT. BETWEEN COMMERCE AND PERKINS. THAT'S THE AREA. I THINK THEY'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE GONNA PLACE CHAIRS ON THE STREET, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , YOU DRIVEN DOWN, THIS IS OSAKA DRIVE OR NO, NO, THIS IS FREDDIE FENDER. FREDDIE FENDER, RIGHT AFTER THE, THE FEED STORE. THAT WHOLE, THAT WAS THE WORST AREA. OH, THAT FURTHER DOWN AS, YEAH, IT'S NOT AS BAD. I MEAN, FRONT OF THAT FEED STORE WAS REALLY BAD. SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN THEY ARE AND, AND STUFF THAT MY AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO THE CONS, UH, THE CONSTABLE IS GOOD ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SECURITY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE OFFICERS THERE. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT KENNEDY PARK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. I THINK OUR BIGGEST CONCERN, UH, IS GONNA BE RESTROOMS. UH, WE ARE BEING TOLD IN THE APPLICATION SAYS 50 50 PEOPLE. CORRECT, SIR. RIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE 50. QUITE HONESTLY. I'M GONNA, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE MUCH, MANY MORE THAN 50. SO PART OF THE CONDITION THAT WE'RE PLACING ON IT, AND REMEMBER, THESE ARE EVENTS. THE CITY HAS NO SAY IN IT OTHER THAN YOU'VE APPROVED THE ROAD CLOSURE. UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, PLENTY LOGISTICS OR ANYTHING, BUT OUR CONCERN IS THE BATHROOMS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHEN THE THIKA HAD AN EVENT AND DIDN'T HAVE BATHROOMS, AND THE CITY WAS CRITICIZED. AND WHEN IT'S NOT OUR EVENT, UH, WE ARE ISSUING A PERMIT TO AN APPLICANT THAT'S MADE, THAT'S COME BEFORE YOU. BUT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE ADA AND TWO REGULAR BATHROOMS FOR INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE PERIOD THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE. THERE'S NO, NO REAL PLACE TO, TO UTILIZE FACILITIES. AND IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, EVEN IN THE ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVEN PARKS A LONG WAY AROUND, UH, THE ROAD'S GONNA BE CLOSED. UM, UH, AND IF YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS, JUST LEAVE IT UP TO THEM. WE, THAT WAS OUR ONLY CONCERN. AND, AND WE WERE GONNA PUT A NOTE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ON THE PERMIT ENTRANCE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THREE BATHROOMS. ONE ADA, A COMPLIANT, AND TWO REGULAR BATHROOMS THAT ARE ALL UNISEX. UH, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR CROWD'S GOING TO EXCEED 50 AND, AND FOR THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND NOW THEY ARE GONNA GO TO, UH, FROM THAT SITE TO THEIR MUSEUM SITE AT THE CITY'S COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THERE, WE, WE, WE'VE MADE PLANS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY NEED TO USE THE AUDITORIUM AND BATHROOM. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF MANNING THAT AREA TO KIND OF MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR FACILITY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO HANDLE THE, IF IT'S REALLY 50 BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SHARING THIS INFORMATION. I JUST THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF FOLKS. THAT'S OUR CONCERN. UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA MONITOR WITH OUR OWN PATROL. BUT THE CONSTABLE WILL BE THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE. MM-HMM. , UH, THAT, UH, I WAS TOLD BY THE PARKS DIRECTOR THAT THE, THAT THE LAW MAY HOLD NOT MORE THAN 2020 CARS. MM-HMM. . THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S A SMALL LOT. OKAY. SO, SO, I MEAN, THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS. I MEAN, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE PERMIT. IF THEY, IF THEY DO IT FINE, IF NOT, IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THEY'D BE ON THE PERMIT. IT'S, IT'S UP TO THEM. BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN TO US. UH, YEAH, MANNY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PORTABLE PARTIES. NO, SIR. WE RENT THEM. OKAY. YOU RENT THEM? YES, SIR. IT'S IT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR EVENTS, WE, WE RENT THEM AND WE GET 'EM OUT. SO, OKAY. HOW LONG HAS THAT ACTUALLY BEEN? THEY PUT ON THEIR, THEIR PLANS 9:00 AM TO 10 JUST TO SET UP. AND THEN IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR. THEY SCHEDULE IT FROM, UH, 10 11 AND THEN ANOTHER HOUR TO BREAK DOWN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA TAKE THAT LONG, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY PUT ON THEIR, UH, PLAN THAT THEY SUBMITTED. OKAY. BUT YEAH, THAT'S A TWO HOUR PERIOD. IT'S USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES. IT'S AN OLDER CROWD. THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR CONCERN. AND, UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I'M LETTING YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE, ON THE PERMIT. IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO, FOR THEM. THEY, THEY'VE CONCERNED OURS WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING PEOPLE, PARKING ON A ROADWAY, I MEAN, UH, PEOPLE SITTING ON, YOU KNOW, CHAIRS AND CLOSING THE ROADS AND MAKING IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE THAT NOBODY TRIES TO DRIVE [00:55:01] THROUGH THERE. IS THAT GONNA BE, UH, LIKE A ONE WAY OR WHERE TO MAKE THE, TRY TO KEEP IT A ONE WAY? YEAH. THE, THE ROAD IS A ONE WAY. YES, SIR. NO WAY. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE CARS COMING, COMING AND GOING. THAT'S WHY I, IT, IT'S, IT CONNECTS TO AOSA DRIVE, RIGHT? YEAH. IT, WE WE'RE WISE OFF, NOT WISE OFF, YEAH. AOSA DRIVE. I CONSIDER IT ALL FOR SOCK DRIVE BECAUSE IT'S ALL NEXT TO THEIR SOCKET, BUT, OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. I MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY, SIR, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVAN SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY, [15. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment for the emergency purchase of a two-hundred horsepower motor for the high service pump at the Water Treatment Plant Number 2 in the total amount of $21,168.00.] NUMBER 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE PAYMENT, UH, FOR THE EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF 202. YEAH, 200, UH, HORSEPOWER MOTOR WITH A HIGHEST SERVICE PUMP AT THE, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANT. NUMBER TWO IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $21,168. AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. UH, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR RATIFYING, UH, IS A PURCHASE OF A HIGH SERVICE, UH, 200 HORSEPOWER MOTOR. UM, CURRENTLY WE, UH, NEEDED REPAIRS TO BE DONE ON THE CURRENT MOTOR THAT IS, UH, IN OPERATION. UM, ONCE I WAS, UH, TOLD ABOUT THE SITUATION, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A BACKUP SERVICE, UH, MOTOR FOR THAT PUMP. IT IS THE ONE OVER AT TURNER. UM, THE CURRENT, UH, MOTOR OR PUMP THAT'S ON, ON THERE, UH, NEEDER REPAIR, UH, NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR BEARINGS, SEALS, UM, PRICE RANGE WAS TO REPLACE IT OR AT LEAST PURCHASE A NEW ONE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE READILY AVAILABLE FOR AN EMERGENCY PURPOSE. UH, CONSIDERING WE ARE GONNA BE MAKING, IT KIND OF CORRELATES WITH, UH, OUR UNDERGROUND, UH, STORAGE TANK THAT WE DID SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THAT WOULD BE SERVICING THAT FOR THAT LOCATION AS WELL IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN NO PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. UM, WE DO HAVE SMALLER PUMPS, UH, AVAILABLE TO RUN IF NEED BE. BUT THAT HIGH SERVICE PUMP, UH, JUST FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, SO WE DID, UH, WENT AHEAD AND MADE THAT PURCHASE. UH, WE'RE GONNA REBUILD THE, THE CURRENT ONE AND HAVE IT ON STANDBY FOR EMERGENCY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. SO THIS IS FOR A WHOLE NEW TONGUE STORY. THIS IS FOR A NEW PUMP, NOT REPAIRS OR BOTH? IT, IT'S A REPLACEMENT MOTOR FOR THE PUMP. FOR THE PUMP, YES. UH, FOR THE CURRENT ONE, THE, THE CURRENT MOTOR NEEDED, UH, SOME UPKEEP. UM, IT WAS, UH, ONCE WE DISCUSSED IT, UH, AND STAFF, WE RECOMMENDED, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE, WE CAN MAKE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW ONE. THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, REBUILD THE, THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN HAVE THAT ONE ON STANDBY JUST FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, UH, IN CASE, UH, NEED TO BE. HOW MANY MORE PUMPS DO, DO WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY? HIGH SERVICE? WELL, THOSE ARE MAINLY LOCATED AT, AT, AT OUR FACILITIES, THE HIGH SERVICE RESPONSE, WHICH REDISTRIBUTE THE WATER THAT WE'RE PRODUCING. SO IT'S ONLY UNDER, YEAH, AT THE PLANT. PLANT. ONE PLANT, UH, PLANT ONE, PLANT TWO. THAT IS CORRECT. SO HOW MANY ARE THERE? UH, AT PLANT, UH, TWO, WE HAVE THE 200 HORSEPOWER, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO MORE, UH, APPROXIMATELY, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE A HUNDRED HORSEPOWER. UH, AND THEN OVER AT STINGER WE HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR ALSO HIGH SERVICE PUMPS, WHICH WE, UH, CURRENTLY ONLY, UH, WE DO LEAVE ONE UP IN OPERATION, UM, CONSIDERING WE ARE PUMPING FROM, UH, TURNER PLANT OVER TO STINGER, AND THAT'S HOW WE REDISTRIBUTE, UH, THE, THE WATER THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR SYSTEM. WE USE THE FREDDY FENDER TOWER ALSO TO HELP, UH, WITH GRAVITY AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THE SYSTEM. UM, FOR, LIKE I SAID, FOR WHATEVER REASON WE, THAT PUMP WERE TO GO DOWN, UM, WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME DUE TO EVENTUALLY THE STORAGE TANK WOULD, UH, WOULD BE DEPLETED. BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP, UH, SYSTEM PRESSURE SO WE DON'T FALL BELOW THE 35 AND THE EVENTUALLY 20, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE UH, PUMPS AT THAT CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SYSTEM PRESSURE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER [16. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to HCE pertaining to Civil Engineering Design Phase Services for the Alamo Street Lift Station in the total amount of $11,100.00.] 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR H C E PERTAINING TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING, UH, DESIGN PHASE, UH, SERVICE AT THE ALAMO, UH, STREET LIFT STATION IN TOTAL AMOUNT, $11,100. AND MR. GARCIA MAYOR COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DIS UH, DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO HCE FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN PHASES. THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 30% COMPLETE ON THOSE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? [01:00:10] I WAS, UM, SINCE I LIVE CLOSE BY THERE, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE, UH, UM, ON THE BUILDING SIDE. YES. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST ROW ON THE VERY TOP. IT'S LOOSE AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS WHEN YOU ALL TOOK OFF THE, UH, THE ROOF OF IT. YES. UM, THERE'S A, THE, I THINK THE, THE FIRST ROW OF THE BLOCKS ARE, THEY APPEAR TO BE LOOSE AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN EITHER GET RID OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY IT DOESN'T CAUSE, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM ON SOMEBODY, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST GET RID OF WE, IF WE'RE GONNA BE MAINTAINING IT, CAN WE JUST GET RID OF THE, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF IT? UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO. I KNOW OUR COLLECTION SUPERVISOR, UH, ACTUALLY WE, WE HAD A CONVERSATION THIS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON IN REGARDS TO DEMOING SOME OF THE EXISTING LIFT STATIONS THAT NEED ATTENTION. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN BRING UP TO AND WE CAN DISCUSS AS A STAFF AND, AND IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT, UH, BEFORE I KNOW IT IS GONNA GET DEMOED REGARDLESS, UM, UPON CONSTRUCTION, UH, ONCE THAT STARTS. UH, BUT CONSIDERING WE'RE STILL IN THE, IN THE PRELIM PHASES OF, OF GETTING IT BIDED OUT AND EVERYTHING. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, I'LL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY. DEFINITELY. YEAH. AND WE'VE DONE THAT ALREADY AT SOME OTHER LIFT STATIONS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY REMOVED THE CM U BLOCKING, UH, THE CMU STRUCTURE AROUND LIFT STATIONS, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED 'EM, QUITE HONESTLY. IT, IT, THEY CAN JUST HAVE A, UH, A COVER. YEAH. SO, UM, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE BEEN INSIDE, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN, BUT I'VE BEEN INSIDE THAT WE CAN REMOVE, UH, TAKE THAT BUILDING DOWN. IT'S ALREADY, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL. SO IF IT'S UNSAFE, UH, AND WE DO THAT IN-HOUSE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T CONTRACT THAT OUT, SO, OKAY. IT'S JUST GETTING THE, UH, GETTING THAT CREW THAT ACTUALLY DOES THAT, UH, IN THERE. YEAH, IT IS. LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS DRIVING BY AND I SAW IT. UH, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, UH, WE JUST NEED TO GET THE WHAT, THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE, THE WORKERS, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THEY DON'T GET HURT. SO AGREE. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. I KNOW THERE'S OTHER ONES. THERE'S OTHER ONES I'VE GONE THROUGH. I, WE HAVE ABOUT 42 42 S I'VE GOT, YES, SIR. SOME OF 'EM, NOT ALL OF 'EM, BUT SOME OF THEM, SO THEY NEED ATTENTION ANYWAY. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? NO. ANY NAYS. MOTION PASSES. [17. Consideration and possible action to approve the Change Order Approval Request Form Number 2 from Hanson Professional Services, Inc., for the El Camion Number 1 Lift Station Improvements, RFP #2022-001-0201.] 17. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL REQUEST FORM NUMBER TWO FOR FROM HENSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INC. FOR THE EL CAMINO. UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS. R FP UH, NUMBER 2 0 22 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 2 0 1. AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORK RECORD FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, CHANGE ORDER OF APPROVAL, UH, PRESENTED BY HANSON, UH, FOR THE EL CAMINO LIFT STATION, UH, PERTAINS TO, UH, THE EXTENSION THAT THEY'RE ACCIDENT FOR IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS. UM, THERE WERE, UH, THE MANUFACTURER DID PROVIDE, UH, DOCUMENTATION, UH, SUPPORTING THE DELAYS IN, UH, CERTAIN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TIE THE, THE INTERFACES ON THE PANELS TO THE PUMPS TO BE ABLE TO SET PARAMETERS AND ALL THAT. UH, SO WE ARE WAITING ON THOSE, UH, ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO GET IN. UH, SO THEY DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSION FOR THAT. UH, IN TURN, IT WOULD COME TO ASK ALSO FOR, UH, RAIN DAYS AS WELL. UH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN APPROXIMATE, UH, COMPLETION DATE OF MAY 30TH FOR THAT LIFT STATION. UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND YOU APPROVE FOR THIS? YES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY. AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL? YEAH. MATERIAL. WE GOT THE MAJORITY OF THE EQUIPMENT IN. THERE'S JUST CERTAIN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS THAT TIE IN TO BE ABLE TO SET PARAMETERS FOR PUMPS, UH, DIFFERENT RELAY STUFF LIKE THAT TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT OPERATIONAL. OKAY. MAYOR, THE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO PROVIDE, UH, PROOF TO THE PROJECT MANAGER, WHICH IS ALSO THE ENGINEERING, THE DESIGN ENGINEERS, WHICH IS HANSEN ENGINEERING. MM-HMM. OR HANSEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. OKAY. SO, UH, BASED ON THAT PROOF, THEN, UH, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS MADE. OKAY. IF THEY DON'T PROVIDE IT, OR IF THEY DON'T KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, A CONTRACTOR WILL USE ONE VENDOR BECAUSE IT GETS A BETTER PRICE AND USE ANOTHER VENDOR. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. OKAY. GET THE MATERIALS IN AND KEEP MOVING ON. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY. YES, SIR. NO, YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ABOUT MOVING ON BECAUSE, UH, SOMETIMES, FOR INSTANCE, I WAS RIGHT THERE EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING, THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON IT. IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THERE. UH, AND THEN THEY WORK AT NIGHT, AND THEN I GET COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD [01:05:01] WORK OUT SOMETHING WITH 'EM, BUT, UH, THERE'S, UH, NO NEED TO WORK OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF, IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS URGENT, OKAY. WHILE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP. AND ANOTHER ONE IS, LIKE I SAID, I JUST DROVE BY THERE TODAY. NOBODY WAS WORKING ON IT. SO WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THAT AS WELL. UNDERSTOOD, TOO. PUT IT TOGETHER SO IT CAN WORK OUT NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TOO. AGREED. AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHY THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE US THAT. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE REASONING IS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T USING THE BATHROOM AT NIGHT AND THEY NEED TO CONTROL THE FLOWS. UH, IF NOT, THEN YOU'VE GOT A, THE ADDITIONAL COST IS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM. YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE THAT SEWAGE TO HOLDING TANK SOMEWHERE ELSE SO YOU CAN WORK. SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE DOING IT. I KNEW THEY HAD TO DO IT. MM-HMM. , I DIDN'T KNOW HOW NOISY THEY ARE, BUT THEY GOTTA PLUG THE LINE. SO THERE IS AN OPTION THOUGH, RIGHT? OH, YEAH. YEAH. AND WITH MONEY, THERE ALWAYS THIS, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOU'VE GOTTA, YOU'VE GOTTA BYPASS IT AND HOLD THE SEWAGE SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU GOTTA PUMP IT BACK TO IT IS BACK INTO IT, BECAUSE IF NOT, IF YOU TRANSPORT IT OUT, THEN YOU'VE GOT TCQ HAZARDOUS WASTE, UH, YOU'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH. AND THOSE CALLS GET, SO IT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THE ENGINEERS KNEW. I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T DESIGN IT, BUT I KNOW WHAT THEY GOTTA DO TO STOP THE FLOW OF WATER OR STOP THE FLOW OF SEWAGE IS WHAT THEY'RE STOPPING. SO, OKAY. WELL, BUT, BUT THE MAIN 30TH DATE IS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING OR WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, RIGHT? YEAH. YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE MOST OF THE WORK. UH, YES. I BELIEVE THE, THE MAIN THING WAS INSTALLING THE, THE NEW WET. WELL, UM, THEY WERE HAVING THE, AS I TOLD YOU GUYS LAST TIME, THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE WATER TABLE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SET FOUNDATIONS FOR RECEIVING MANHOLES. HENCE WHERE THE BYPASS COMES INTO PLAY, THEY INSTALLED THE RECEIVING MANHOLE. NOW, IN ORDER TO GET IT TO OUR FORCE MAIN, THAT'S WHERE THE BYPASS, UH, IS HAPPENING. UM, SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SET THAT, THAT NEW WET, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY GOTTA, UH, MITIGATE THE, THAT WATER THAT'S COMING IN, UH, SEATING IF THERE'S A GROUND. SO LONGER BYPASS TIMES CALLS FOR AN EXTENSION. SO, AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, NOT HAVING THE, THE MATERIALS, THE MATERIALS AS WELL. SO, OKAY. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT A MOTION. BRAD. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SECOND. SECOND COMMISSIONER, UH, GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? OCEAN PASSES. ITEM [18. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to U.S. Water Services Corporation for Task Order Number 2002 pertaining to the completion of Phase 1 Concentration Time Study in the total amount of $14,940.00] NUMBER 18, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, PAYMENT FOR US WATER SERVICE, UH, CORPORATION FOR TASK WATER NUMBER, UH, 2 0 2 PERTAINING TO THE COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE CONCENTRATION, UH, UH, TIME STUDY IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF, UH, $14,940. AND MR. GARCIA PRESENTS MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS RECORD. FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM OF HER DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO US WATER SERVICE CORPORATION, UH, FOR TASK ORDER 2 0 0 2, UH, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 14,940. UH, THIS, UH, PERTAINS TO PHASE ONE OF THE CONCENTRATION STUDY TIME THAT WAS DONE ON BOTH, UH, ON PLANT NUMBER ONE. UH, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD ALREADY PROVIDED A, UH, DONE A CT STUDY FOR, UH, PLANT NUMBER TWO. UH, SO THE PHASE ONE WAS, UH, BASED ON DOING THAT STUDY ON PLANT NUMBER ONE, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. EXCUSE ME. DID WE GET THE, DID WE GET THE STUDY? IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED AND IT'S BEING REVIEWED. OH, BY STAFF? NO, BY, UH, T C Q. OH, OKAY. BUT DID WE GET IT? I DON'T THINK I'VE NO, NO, YOU HAVEN'T, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. BUT YEAH, WE JUST GOTTA GET IT FROM THE ENGINEERS, GET IT TO US AND STUFF, BUT THEY SUBMIT IT AUTOMATICALLY BECAUSE THEY PUT THEIR SEAL ON IT, AND IT'S PART OF THE STUDY. SO THE, UH, UH, THE, THE STUDY, UH, FOR, UH, CONCENTRATION TIME STUDY FOR PLANT TWO WAS ACTUALLY DONE EARLY ON WHEN, OH, UM, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, YOU AND I BOTH WENT TO HOUSTON. WE, WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE FINAL STAGES OF THE RESTART OF WATER PLANT TWO. UH, WE NEEDED THAT STUDY WATER PLANT ONE WHEN WE FILLED IN SOME BASINS BACK IN, WHEN THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED TO FILL INTO THE BASINS BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2016, UH, THERE WAS NO CT STUDY DONE AT THE TIME. T C Q DIDN'T REQUEST THAT THE ENGINEER DIDN'T PROPOSE IT. SO IT WASN'T UNTIL ABOUT 2019 WHEN I WENT TO, MET WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TCQ, SAYS, HEY, YOU'RE, YOU NEED A CT STUDY FOR PLANT ONE? WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE SS O I GIVE US SOME TIME, WE'LL ADDRESS IT. AND AS WE GET, YOU KNOW, PLANT TWO GOING AND EVERYTHING. SO, UH, THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU, UH, PHASE ONE, WE HAD, UH, THE, THE PHASE ONE OF THIS CT STUDY IS FOR PLANT TWO. WE'LL GET THAT REPORT. THERE'S ADDITIONAL PHASES, THE, AND MR. SALINAS, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS PHASE TWO OF THE CT [01:10:01] STUDY. WE HAVE TWO PLANTS, CT STUDY FOR EACH PLANT. BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T TELL US IS, WELL, THE, UH, IN TC Q'S MINE, THEY THINK THAT ONLY ONE PLANT RUNS ONE DAY, NOT TWO PLANTS, RIGHT? THERE'S TWO PERMITS. THEY GO, WELL, YOU'RE SHUTTING IT DOWN. WE DON'T SHUT BOTH PLANTS DOWN. WE NEVER, WE GEAR, YOU KNOW, WE GAUGE IT BACK, BUT WE DON'T SHUT IT DOWN. SO THE NEXT PHASE, AND MR. SUS CAN GO MUCH MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT. BUT IN, IN SUMMARY, IT IS THE NEXT PHASE IS US PROVING TO T C Q THAT WE HAVE TWO PLANTS. THESE STUDIES ARE GOING TO BE MERGED. THERE'S MODELING FOR IT. AND IT SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE RUNNING PLANT TWO AS A PRIMARY PLANT. ONE IS THE, THE SUPPLEMENTAL PLANT, BUT WE LOSE, UH, PLANT. UH, ONE HAS TWO SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY. MM-HMM. PLANT ONE ON TURNER ONLY HAS ONE SOURCE GENERATOR GOES OUT, ELECTRICITY GOES OUT. WE'RE STUCK WITH THE 90 YEAR OLD PLANTS. SO THE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS HAVE, ARE VERY FINICKY FOR US. THE NEXT STAGE IS GONNA BE TO PROVE THE TQ THAT BOTH PLANTS CAN OPERATE. AND THAT WATER PLANT ONE EITHER DOES OR DOES NOT GENERATE ENOUGH WATER FOR A FULL DAY'S OPERATION, BUT PLANT TWO IS THERE. AND IT, AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE TO GO WRONG FOR US TO BE IN JEOPARDY. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, 15 YEARS AGO WAS TO SHUT WATER PLANT WENT DOWN. SINCE I'VE COME ON BOARD, THAT IS NOT THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS NOW CONNECTED, AND WE'VE LEARNED THE WAY IT'S CONNECTED, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. YOU ARE, YOU HAVE WATER PLANT ONE FOR A VERY LONG TIME UNTIL THAT PLANT IS REPLACED BECAUSE THE WAY THE PIPING STRUCTURE AND MAIN TRANSMISSION LINES ARE SET UP. SO, UM, SO I WANTED TO TABLE THAT CONCENTRATION TIME, HOW LONG WE HOLD IN, HOW, AND, UM, AND I THINK I SENT YOU AN EMAIL WITH, UH, DEBT DEFINITION TRYING TO EXPLAIN CTS, UH, STUDIES. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IF NOT, NOPE. ANY, SO THIS IS THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR PHASE ONE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, AGAIN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [19. Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order Number SB-002-0323 from U.S. Water Services Corporation in the total amount of $123,065.00.] EM NUMBER 19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE TEST ORDER NUMBER SB DASH 0 0 2 DASH 0 3 3 2 3 FROM US WATER SERVICE CORPORATION IN A TOTAL MONTH OF $123,065. MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION, UH, IS PRECISELY WHAT MR. LASO WAS JUST EXPLAINING. UM, WE HAVE TWO WATER PLANTS. WE'VE DONE CT STUDIES ON BOTH WATER PLANTS. NOW WE'RE MERGING THEM, UH, CONSIDERING WHEN WE DO SHUT DOWN PLANT NUMBER ONE, UH, TURNER PLANT NUMBER, OR SHUT DOWN PLANT NUMBER ONE FOR THE EVENING. IT'S NOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. WE ARE STILL FEEDING WATER FROM PLANT NUMBER TWO OVER TO STINGER PLANT, WHICH THEN THAT'S WHERE THE MODEL NEEDS TO BE CREATED TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THAT. HEY, WE DO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR WATER, UM, FOR CONCENTRATION TIMES BASED ON NOW WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, SOURCES COMING INTO ONE GROUND STORAGE TANK. UM MM-HMM. , THIS WOULD BE PHASE UH, TWO FOR, FOR THIS, UH, TASK ORDER. SO, AND MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, IF MR. SALINAS WILL STEP TO THE PODIUM, TO THE LECTERN, UM, IT WAS THIS GENTLEMAN THAT ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO THE CT STUDIES FOR BOTH. AND, UH, DAVID, DAVID SALINA HAS RECOMMENDED THAT, THAT BY DOING THIS, THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE TO REACTIVATE THE THREE BASINS WE FILLED IN. THEY MAY NOT BE IN NEED. SO THEREFORE, WE WERE, WE HAD BUDGETED ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO REPURPOSE THOSE BASINS. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE THE CONCRETE, RE-PIPE IT AND PUT IT BACK INTO SERVICE. BUT THAT WAS THE CONCEPT THAT IT WOULD OPERATE BY ITSELF FULLY. WELL, THAT'S NOT THE BELIEF SYSTEM ANYMORE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE BELIEVING. THAT'S NOT OUR BASE THINKING ANYMORE. UH, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS DAVID AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO LET'S, LET'S HAVE YOUR STAFF LOOK AT IT. UH, AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE ON STAFF ENGINEERS, UH, THE, THEIR FIRM. AND WE THINK SAME THING, WHETHER IT'S LIFT STATIONS OR THIS, OR WE DISCUSSED IT, AND I'LL LET, UH, MR. SALINAS TAKE OVER DAVIS SALINAS, THE US WATER. UH, TO ADD TO THAT, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. IT WASN'T JUST ME. UH, THERE'S SEVERAL ON A TEAM. THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS FOR Y'ALL. UH, BUT THE CT STUDY, THE REASON YOU DIDN'T GET A COPY, IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY TCQ YET. SO IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. THEY STILL HAVE TO REVIEW IT IN THAT FINAL PAYMENT THAT HE JUST SAID IS NOT A FINAL PAYMENT. THERE'S STILL MONEY LEFT IN THERE IN CASE THERE'S MORE NEGOTIATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE WITH TCQ ON THAT CT STUDY. IN FACT, PART OF PHASE TWO IS FOR US TO WORK WITH THEM ON THE CT STUDY FOR, FOR THE TURNER PLANT, UH, PLANT NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE THAT WAS SUBMITTED BACK IN 2020 [01:15:01] AND TCQ STILL HASN'T APPROVED IT YET. SO WE WANT TO FIND OUT WITH THEM WHAT THE ISSUE IS. DO WE NEED TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO IT? WHY HASN'T BEEN APPROVED? WE'RE ASSUMING IT'S BECAUSE OF COVID AND IT'S SITTING UNDER SOMEBODY'S DESK AND A PILE UNDERNEATH, AND THEY JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT. CUZ A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME STILL FOR T C Q. SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, THE, THE NEXT, THIS ITEM, WHAT'S GONNA DO IS GONNA DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO OPERATE YOUR FACILITIES SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER INCIDENT LIKE THE ONE THEY WERE MENTIONING THE OTHER DAY, THAT THERE WAS POWER FAILURE OVER AT, AT, UH, PLANT NUMBER ONE. AND THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH PRESSURE. SO, UH, ON TOP OF THE, THE CT STUDY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR PLANT TWO AND PLANT ONE, THERE'LL BE A THIRD CT STUDY THAT WE'RE GONNA REVIEW BECAUSE THE WATER'S BEING PUMPED DIRECTLY OVER TO, TO STANDER. WELL, THAT WATER'S NOW BEING BLENDED WITH A DIFFERENT WATER SOURCE. UH, YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. SO WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S ADDITIONAL TREATMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THAT WATER AND THE RECEIVING. WELL, THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE, IN THE GROUND STORAGE TANK. UH, WHICH AT THE BEGINNING, UH, WE WEREN'T AWARE. IN FACT, IT WAS, UM, MR. YOUR ENGINEER OVER THERE THAT ADVISED US THAT THERE WAS A DIRECT LINE STRAIGHT OVER THERE THAT WASN'T ACCOUNTED FOR. SO THAT CHANGES THE WATER QUALITY. SO THAT'S WHY THE PHASE TWO IS, IS REALLY CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHEMICAL CONTACT TIME IS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER TREATMENT IS BEING DONE, UM, BASED ON THE STUDIES WE BELIEVE IT IS. BUT WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM AND MAKE SURE THAT THE OPERATION OF YOUR FACILITY IS DONE AT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE FOR Y'ALL. NO, MANNY, UH, WELL, WHAT WAS THE, THE, THE PURPOSE THAT THE, THEY, UH, UH, THEY COVERED UP THOSE, UH, BICEP, UH, BA UH, WHAT WAS THE BASINS? THE, UM, THEY HAD DEGRADATED SO MUCH TO THE POINT THAT THE, THE CAST IRON PIPES THAT WERE UNDERNEATH WE'RE STARTING TO LEAK AND SO FORTH. SO, UM, UH, AND IF YOU WALK THROUGH THE PLANT, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF OLD PIPES. MM-HMM. AND THINGS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, RUN. UM, IT WOULD'VE TAKEN, UH, TAKING, AND AGAIN, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM AN ENGINEER AT THE TIME THAT YOU DON'T NEED THEM. YOU'RE GONNA DECOMMISSION THE PLANT. OKAY. RIGHT. SO IN 2016 OR EARLY 2016, I HADN'T BEEN HERE BUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD. SO WE, THE COMMISSION, I CONVINCED THE CITY COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, LET'S STOP EVERYTHING UNTIL WE, LET'S GET THE WATER PLANT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA NEED THIS PLANT. AND THAT HAS BECOME A REALITY. I THINK MORE AND MORE TIME HAS PASSED IT. IT IS. SO, UH, SO IT WAS, UH, LET'S, LET'S, UH, CAP OFF EVERYTHING AND LET'S PUT A CONCRETE CAP AND I MEAN, IT IS PROBABLY A 10 INCH CONCRETE CAP ON TOP OF THAT THING. YES. IT'S ABOUT EIGHT INCHES THICK. THEY FILLED 'EM UP WITH SAND ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, AND THEN THEY PUT AN EIGHT INCH COVER OF CONCRETE ON TOP. NOW YOU SAID THAT THE, WE DON'T, IT'S NOT RE IT'S RECOMMENDED ENOUGH TO USE ANYMORE. IT, IT'S NOT NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT CAPACITY THAT YOUR PLANT IS RATED FOR. THERE'S NO REASON TO INVEST MORE MONEY IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS NOT REQUIRED. YOU'RE CURRENTLY MEETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT PLANT IN THE CURRENT, UH, UH, CONDITION THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. SO, OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN YOU ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR, BECAUSE YOU'RE LIMITED TO, TO WHAT YOU CAN PUSH THROUGH THE PIPING SYSTEM. YEAH. OKAY. THAT OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT, UH, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, DIG THEM UP AND START REUSING THEM AGAIN. BUT THAT WAS A COUPLE AGO. WELL, AND THAT WAS THE DIRECTION TCU WAS SAYING SAYS, HEY, UH, WHEN YOU FILLED THEM IN, YOU, UH, YOU LOST CAPACITY. RIGHT. AND OUR POSITION WAS, WELL, WE SENT YOU PLANS AND YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YOU APPROVED OUR PLANS. SO THE, IT WAS A BA YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH. YOU KNOW, HE SAID, SHE SAID SO, BUT WE HAD THE PLANS THERE. SO OUR POSITION WAS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS AND MOVE ON. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. UH, IT'S AN ACTION. AND DO I, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA? SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, SECOND. COMMISSIONER GARRAN. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SAL. OKAY. [20. Consideration and possible action to approve an agreement with Mundo and Associates, Inc. for the TIRZ 230308-A (2021) Report.] ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE APPROVE THE, UH, AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNO AND ASSOCIATES INC. FOR, UH, UH, 23 0 3 8 80, UH, 2021 REPORT. AND, UH, MS. ROSA, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ELI ROSAS, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UM, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MUNDO AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE 2021, UH, JURORS REPORT. SO IF YOU CAN SEE, YOU DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THERE. [01:20:01] AND THIS ONE IS FOR THE 2021 REPORTING. SO THIS IS, THIS WAS FOR LAST YEAR. THE REPORT WAS DONE, THE MAYOR SIGNED IT ON JULY 11TH, 2022. IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COMPTROLLER. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE IT, GIVE A LITTLE BACKEND. IT WAS SUBMITTED. UM, BUT WE JUST RECEIVED, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEVER GOT, UM, I GUESS, UH, VERIFIED OR, UM, SO WE NOW NEED TO RESUBMIT IT. SO, UM, WE'RE, WE WERE TOLD BY THE COMPTROLLER THAT IT WAS JUST BEST TO, UM, HIRE A PROFESSIONAL, UM, TO REDO IT. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO JUST ALLOW THIS AND REDO IT. SO NOW WE HAVE TO REDO THE 2021, WHICH WE SUBMITTED, AND THE 2022 ON THE ITEM 21. SO DOES THE PROFESSIONAL ALSO SUBMIT, THE PROFESSIONAL ALSO SUBMITS? SO BASICALLY DID THE SAME THING WE DID. WE SUBMITTED IT JULY 11TH WHEN THE MAYOR SIGNED OFF ON IT. SO THIS IS JUST A REPEAT PROCESS THEN IT JU CORRECT. WOW. YES. SO, UM, YES. SO HOW YOU'RE PAYING THE PROFESSIONAL TO SUBMIT SOMETHING YOU ALREADY SUBMITTED? YES. I'M READING OUT THE AGREEMENT. RIGHT? $5,000. IT IS $5,000. UM, SO LAST YEAR IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS, AND WE WERE TOLD BY SENIOR ANALYST IN, UM, THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER OFFICE THAT IT WAS VERY EASY TO DO. IT WAS NOT VERY EASY TO DO . IT WAS VERY CUMBERSOME TO DO. UM, BUT WE STILL DID IT. UM, AND AT THIS TIME WE'RE JUST SAYING WE SUBMITTED IT JULY 11TH. OUR FIRST DAY WORKING HERE, I THINK WAS JUNE SOMETHING. AND THEN MS. SAR STARTED ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AFTER ME. UM, WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THE REPORT AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DO. AGAIN, FIRST TIME WORKING AT A MUNICIPALITY, UM, SUBMITTED IT ON TIME. WELL, WHEN WE STARTED, UM, SO WE HAVE THE REPORT, THE MAYOR SUBMITTED IT OR SIGNED IT JULY 11TH. WE SENT IT OFF. UM, AT THIS TIME WHEN WE GOT THE EMAIL SAYING, HEY, THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED, BUT IT WASN'T, I GUESS, VERIFIED. UM, THEN THE COMPTROLLER, THE SENIOR ANALYST SAYS, WELL, IT'S BETTER IF YOU HIRE A PROFESSIONAL. AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID LAST TIME. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. UM, SO WHAT, WHAT THEY PREFER IT'S, UH, SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY, OR IS, IS THAT THE WAY IT'S RECEIVED? UH, WE DID SUBMIT IT ELECTRONICALLY. IS PENALTY PENALTY, UH, INCURRED AT THIS TIME? UM, WHEN WE HIRED, WHEN WE TALKED TO MUNO AND ASSOCIATES, THEY DID NOT SAY THERE WAS A PENALTY. THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST US WITH THAT. WELL, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMP COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. NO, NO, NO, NO. CORRECT. UM, BUT THEY DID ADVISE, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND GET A, A PROFESSIONAL TO DO IT. AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT LAST YEAR. UM, AND THEN WE WOULD'VE AVOIDED THIS HEADACHE. SO NOW WE'RE JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THIS AGREEMENT WITH MUNO AND ASSOCIATES TO DO THIS CHARGE REPORTING. SO THIS IS FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY DONE. WHAT ABOUT THE UPCOMING, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? SO THIS ONE WAS LAST YEAR. WE ALREADY COMPLETED IT. WE SUBMITTED IT JULY 11TH, 2022. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE. THIS IS GONNA COST US $5,000 ON THE NEXT ITEM, UM, LAST YEAR. YEAH. SO, YEAH, LET, LET ME SUMMARIZE WHAT IT IS. MERIT COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHEN THE STAFF REQUESTED THAT THEY COULD DO IT IN-HOUSE, I, I ALWAYS HAVE SOME DOUBTS. THERE'S A REASON WE DO AUDITS. THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE IT HELPS CHECK OUR WORK. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO I, I [01:25:01] REALLY PREFER THAT WE UTILIZE SOMEBODY THAT IS, THAT HAS THIS WHEELHOUSE. MUNDEN ASSOCIATES, THIS GENTLEMAN ACTUALLY TEACHES CLASSES FOR TML ON THIS. I WOULD PREFER THAT WE SEND OUR DATA, LET HIM LOOK AT IT BECAUSE HE'S GOT THOSE CREDENTIALS. HE'S GOT THAT REPUTATION. UH, THERE'S ONE COMPANY, UH, OUT OF, UH, AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION. MUNOS AND ASSOCIATES IS OUT OF ROCKWALL COUNTY, WHICH IS UP, UH, NORTHEAST DALLAS, THE OTHER'S OUT OF BROWNSVILLE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE BROWNSVILLE PERSON, UH, AND I'M SURE HE DOES A GOOD JOB, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE GENDER IS, BUT, UH, DOESN'T TEACH FOR TML. THIS PERSON DOES. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THE FEE STRUCTURE WAS THE, THE SAME FROM WHAT I RECALL. UH, HE KNOWS HE KNOWS OUR PRODUCT. SO THERE WAS, WE WERE TRYING TO DO A SAVINGS. SOMETIMES $5,000 FOR SAVINGS ISN'T, ISN'T REALLY A SAVINGS WHEN WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THIS. SO THE RECOMMENDATION, LET'S FIX WHAT WE GOT LAST YEAR'S, LET'S FIX NEXT YEAR'S. BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THIS TURS, UH, WHICH IS THE TAX INCREMENTAL REINVESTMENT ZONE IMPORTANT TO US, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP AND AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT PERTAINING, AND THIS CHARGE ACTUALLY INVOLVES THE HEB STORE ON BUSINESS 77. WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF THIS ONCE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS VERY SIMILAR TO AN AUDIT, SOMEBODY'S LOOKED AT, IT'S VERIFY THESE NUMBERS, KNOWS THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE PROBABLY HAS, UH, COLLEAGUES THAT CAN GET THIS THING CORRECTED AND THROUGH THE PROCESS MUCH FASTER THAN WE CAN. AND THAT WAY WHEN WE COME TO THE CLOSURE AND WE HAVE TO DIVIDE OUR MONIES BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S ACTUALLY A CONSULTANT THAT WORKS FOR YOU THAT CAN VERIFY THESE NUMBERS OUTSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION. OKAY. SO YEAH, I'M RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS, THIS ITEM. OKAY. SO THERE WAS NOTHING OUT OF COMPLIANCE THEN. IT WAS JUST THAT DATE WE SUBMITTED DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE REPORT. SO THAT REPORT IS DUE, UM, EARLY IN THE SPRING. UM, WE CAME IN IN JUNE. WE SUBMITTED IT IN JULY. STILL THERE. OKAY. THIS IS TURS NUMBER ONE, RIGHT? YES. YES, IT IS. THIS IS NOT THE EPICENTER CHURCH. NO, SIR. IT IS NOT. OKAY. UM, DIDN'T MUNO DO THIS FOR US THE LAST TIME WHEN I FIRST CAME DID TWO YEARS AGO? YES. THE FIRST YES SIR, IT DID. OH, OKAY. I MEAN, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY WE HAD 'EM ON BOARD. WELL, YEAH, BUT IT WAS TRICKY. AND AGAIN, I WAS CONVINCED THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT LAST YEAR. AND, AND, UH, ISN'T IT JUST TWO NUMBERS, LIKE NO SIR. IT'S A BASE VALUE, CAPTURED VALUE. DO THE DIFFERENCE? NO, IT'S MORE COMPLICATED. I WON'T LOOK AT IT. I WON'T TRY TO DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. , PLEASE DON'T FIVE. OKAY. PLEASE. YEAH. AND WE'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT THESE REPORTS TO CAMERON COUNTY ANYWAY, SO THEY'VE GOT IT. THEY DON'T QUESTION IT, BUT AGAIN, IT, IT IS BETTER. LET'S GET IT. CHECK AND COMMISSIONER, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, WE HADN'T DONE IT LIKE IN TWO YEARS FROM WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD BY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. I DON'T RECALL EVER THERE BEING A PENALTY. YOU KNOW, THE STATE, AGAIN, THIS IS THE STATE OF TEXAS WORKING WITH, WITH A, A CREATION OF THE STATE, THE CITY. IT ISN'T TO PENALIZE THIS, IT'S GET YOUR PAPERWORK IN, MAKE SURE IT RUNS, IT LOOKS RIGHT BECAUSE THESE, THERE'S A REPORTING REQUIREMENT WITH THESE. OKAY? SO, AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE SUBMITTAL DATE TO NOW IS SEVEN MONTHS. BUT AGAIN, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY, AND I'VE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF CORRESPONDENCE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. I, UH, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I SEE THIS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT DONE RIGHT. AND I WOULD PREFER A CONSULTANT. OKAY. OKAY. SO NEED TO ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSION GARCIA. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [21. Consideration and possible action to approve an agreement with Mundo and Associates, Inc. for the TIRZ 230308-A (2022) Report.] SO ADAM, MAYOR 21, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH MUNO ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE JURORS. UH, 23 0 3 0 8 DASH A, UH, 2022 REPORT. AGAIN, MS. UH, OKAY. THIS IS JUST WHAT WE, UH, PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT, BUT THIS IS FOR THE 2022 YEAR. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARRAN. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSION. GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY KNEES? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY, SO EX WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO TO 24. MAYOR. OKAY. GO TO ITEM NUMBER 24. ADJO. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIAS SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN. THE TIME IS SEVEN O'CLOCK. WOW. AND WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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