[00:00:01]
YES, SIR.[1. Welcome. ]
NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION JUNE 6TH, 2023.THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE 30, LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG AND THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVIDK.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE THE ONE STATE, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.
FILL US WITH YOUR GRACE AS WE MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT EVERYTHING WE DO, ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IS FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF YOU AND THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.
[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest. ]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST COMMISSIONERS.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? GO AHEAD, SIR.
ANYTHING, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS, UH, JOIN US FOR THE BLOOD DRIVE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH AT THE ONE, UH, ONE O'CLOCK TO FOUR O'CLOCK PMK COMMUNITY BUILDING ON TWO 10 EAST HAYWOOD.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A REGISTRATION FOR A 2023 YOUTH, UH, NFL FLAG FOOTBALL.
VISIT THE SEMIAL PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
NEXT ONE IS, UH, THE EST IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR FOOD FUN, FIREWORKS AND LIVE MUSIC ON SATURDAY, JULY 1ST AT, UM, HAVEN PARK MEMORIAL.
UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, GO TO, UH, WWW.THESTATESANTO.COM.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THE VILLE, UH, CHADBURN ART EX EXHIBITION IS, UH, CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE SEMINAR CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, LOCATED AT TWO 50 EAST HAYWOOD STREET.
THE MUSEUM IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, DON'T FORGET THE SPLASH PAD.
THE FIRST RESPONDENT PARK IS OPEN DAILY FROM NINE TO 8:00 PM AND THAT'S IT ANYMORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE LADY HOUNDS.
ON A TREMENDOUS SEASON THAT THEY HAD.
UM, THEY, THEY REPRESENTED SAN BENITO WELL, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND THEIR PARENTS AND THE STAFF AS WELL.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HERE, MR. SASI.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS WAY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR, UH, BEING WITH US RIGHT NOW FOR THIS, UH, UH, CITY MEETING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANYTHING? NONE.
[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).]
LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT.RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
UH, IF, IF, UH, IF I MAY, I LIKE TO TAKE A, A MOMENT, JUST LET GO A BRIEF MOMENT TO, UH, REMEMBER TODAY ON THIS DAY, 1944, UH, THE SACRIFICE MEN AND WOMEN DID ON D-DAY.
UH, JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THEM, UH, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 'EM TO YOUR ATTENTION, SIR.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, UH, I'M A VETERAN.
UH, ISSUES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
[00:05:01]
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY.FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS.
AND MR. MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, JUST BY SPEAKING WITH YOU, UH, THE SAN, THE CITY OF SANTO AND ITS RESIDENTS DID A, A GREAT, MADE A GREAT CHOICE.
I'M A MARINE CORPS VETERAN AND OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE GALLERY PHOTO STUDIO HERE IN DOWNTOWN SAN NITO, UH, LOCATED AT TWO 16 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON AT, UH, AT IT'S AT, UH, VIA DE MARIOSA.
UH, FORMERLY THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE OLD, UH, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION, UH, BUILDING.
SO, I WELCOME ANYBODY, ALL OF YOU TO COME BY, SAY HI, UH, UH, VISIT THE PLACE.
UH, BUT THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS, UH, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE, THE PREVIOUS AND NEW COMMISSIONERS AND, AND MR. MAYOR, UM, TO REVIEW, REVISIT, UH, THE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCES HERE IN SAN NITO.
UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING ISSUE.
AND FOR, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HAVE YET TO FIND A REASON WHY, UM, THE ORDINANCE WAS A, AS IT'S WRITTEN, UM, IT'S, TO MY UNDERSTANDING THE WAY I READ IT, IS THAT ONLY IT'S, UH, FOOD TRUCKS ARE ONLY WELCOMED DURING, UH, CITY SPONSORED EVENTS AND THROUGH THE EXPLICIT, UH, REVIEW OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, RIGHT.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, AS A STANDS, UH, AS MUCH AS, UM, MY LOCATION AT, AT, AT OUR PARKING LOT IN OUR AREA, AS WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING ON A, UH, FOOD VENDOR, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE ONE, LIKE ONE TWO DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK, UH, TO FURTHER ENRICH OUR CLIENTELE AND PROMOTE MORE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS FROM THE AREA, IT'S JUST NOT FINANCIALLY VIABLE, UM, FOR US TO TAKE IT ON TO CREATE A SPECIAL EVENT EVERY WEEKEND AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PAY THOSE FEES.
UM, I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY REVISIT THE ORDINANCE, UH, TALK TO THE DOWNTOWN, UH, OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND SEE WHERE, WHERE THERE COULD BE A, UM, KIND OF MEATY MEAT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, WE'RE NOT A, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR FREE REIGN, BUT WE ARE ASKING TO, UH, TO ALLOW THAT.
AND IT HOPES THAT IT WOULD REVITALIZE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN, UH, CITY OF SANTO AREA.
UH, AND I THINK THAT IS MY TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE AND ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE HERE IN THE, UH, ALSO IN THE MEETING.
I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, WE JUST HAD THE VETERANS DAY AND, UM, SO LIKE SAID, UH, UH, YEAH, WELL, MEMORIAL DAY AND, UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, ALSO WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? UH, YES MA'AM.
UH, I ECHO MR. HEAD, UH, COMMENTS.
MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE HERE IN THE FABULOUS SAN BONITO, UH, MR. HEAD COMMENTS ABOUT REMEMBERING, UH, D-DAY KIND OF THING, AND I AL ECHO HIS COMMENTS, ALSO, WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS.
AND THEN, UH, I JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE LADY GREYHOUNDS.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND STUFF.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT MY 2 CENT IS WORTH ANYTHING, BUT I VOTE TO, UH, CLOSE THE STREET SO THEY CAN DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO DO.
AND THEN ON ITEM NUMBER 17, UH, THE STREET OVERLAY PROJECTS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT TO WHOMEVER IS THERE, UH, ABOUT MAYBE BOY STREET OVER THERE FROM STINGER TO, UM, BUSINESS 77, RIGHT BY THE POST OFFICE, BECAUSE IT GOES RIGHT BY THE POST OFFICE.
IT'S A, IT'S, THAT STREET HAS BEEN VERY, UM, BAD REPAIR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, UH, KIND OF STUFF.
SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE PLANS KIND OF, UH, SITUATION.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR KEEPING OUR, UH, WHERE ARE YOU? THERE YOU ARE, UH, OUR, UH, STUFF OVER THERE, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, SPEED HUMPER THING WITH THE LITTLE POLES RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE HAD SOME ISSUES, PEOPLE RUNNING INTO 'EM AND STUFF, UH, KNOCKING 'EM OVER, BUT NORMA OVER THERE HELPED ME OUT AND STUFF.
AND THEN ALSO SHOUT OUT TO PD.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON RUSSELL LANE THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS AND STUFF, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE ONES THAT, UH, MY PHONE HAD STATIC AND DIALED NINE ONE ONE, THEY CAME TO CHECK IT OUT.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT OTHER ISSUES, I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS, BUT, UH, SAM HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN VERY,
[00:10:01]
UH, UH, HELPING US KEEP THINGS IN ORDER OVER THERE ON RUSSELL LANE.UH, AND THEN I THINK THAT WAS, UH, SO MUCH ALL I WANTED TO SAY, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the September 20, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.]
NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 20, 20, 22, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE NO MOTION TO APPROVE? GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN, SECOND.
SECOND IN BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[7. Consideration and possible action to ratify the road closure of Sam Houston Boulevard for a parade by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Lady Hounds Softball Team and submission of any related application process documents to the Texas Department of Transportation to include Resolution Number 2023-0606-001(R).]
OKAY, IT, NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO VERIFY THE ROAD CLOSURE OF SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD, UH, FOR THE PARADE OF 70, UH, CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, LADY HOUNDS SOFTBALL TEAM AND SUBMISSION FOR ANY RELATED, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS DOCUMENTED, UH, TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCLUDE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 0 6 0 6 DASH ZERO ONE R.AND, UH, POLICE CAPTAIN, UH, MR. MICHAEL CORTES, PRESENT THIS, ADAM.
MAYOR PROAM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
MICHAEL CORTEZ, POLICE CAPTAIN FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 31ST, 2023.
UH, LAST WEEK, OFFICIALS FROM THE SAN C I S D CONTACTED US REGARDING A PARADE THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE.
THIS THURSDAY, THE 8TH OF JUNE, DOWN IN SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD.
UH, THIS PARADE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS YEAR'S LADY HOUND SOFTBALL TEAM, WHO MADE IT TO THE U I L STATE TOURNAMENT IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
IN ORDER TO CONDUCT, UH, THE PARADE ON SAM HOUSTON, WHICH IS A STATE RIGHT OF WAY, A RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING THE PURPOSE FOR THE EVENT SIGNED BY THE MAYOR WITH THE BOARD'S DECISION, AND A ROAD CLOSURE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED BY TEXT DOT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
TEXDOT RECOMMENDS A 10 DAY LEAD TIME FROM THE DATE OF AN EVENT TO PROCESS THESE REQUESTS IN A TIMELY MANNER, UH, SO THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY TIME CONSTRAINTS.
MAYOR GTA SIGNED THIS RESOLUTION, UH, AND ROAD CLOSURE APPLICATION LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY, JUNE THE FIRST.
UH, TODAY'S STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT RATIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION BE SIGNED, UH, OR THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION SIGNED BY MAYOR GTA BE MADE TO REFLECT THE BOARD'S MAJORITY DECISION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION BY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES ELDER IN FAVOR? AYE.
[8. Discussion and possible action to authorize City staff to proceed with seeking a headline entertainment act for the South Texas Music Festival with the conditions set by the City Commission.]
OKAY, ANNA, NUMBER EIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION.POSSIBLE ACTION TO, UH, AUTHORIZE CITY STAFF TO PROCEED IN SEEKING THE HEADLINES.
ENTERTAINMENT, UH, ACT FOR THE SOUTH, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL, EXCUSE ME, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH THE CONDITION SET BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, OSAKA FEST, AS WELL AS SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE FALL.
OUR EVENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
THEY ALSO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PRIDE, ALL WHILE PROMOTING TOURISM TO THE AREA.
AND ESTABLISHING SAN BONITO AS A MUSIC DESTINATION BEFORE YOU IS A LIST OF BANDS THAT THE CITY HAS PREVI PREVIOUSLY HOSTED.
EACH GROUP IS CAREFULLY SELECTED BASED ON AVAILABILITY, DEMANDS, AND CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN SEARCHING FOR AND SELECTING OUR NEXT HEADLINE, HEADLINER.
BASED ON THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONDITIONS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTION? IS THERE ANY, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS SELECTION PROCESS? WE DO TAKE SURVEYS AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
UH, WE HAVE SURVEYS THAT WHERE WE ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC THEY, THEY PREFER.
AND SO WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WE DO HAVE AN INFORMATION BOOTH AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN FILL OUT A PAPER SURVEY OR THEY CAN ALSO SCAN A QR CODE.
SO IN THAT, WE DO OFFER THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE DO GET SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND MAKE SOME OF THE DECISIONS.
YEAH, I, I'M JUST, I'M NOT EXPERT IN THIS STUFF, SO YOU'RE ASKING ME TO MAKE DECISIONS.
I REALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT, SO MM-HMM.
WE HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, FOR EXAMPLE.
IS THERE ANY COORDINATION WITH THEM IN TERMS OF THESE KIND OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITY EVENTS? I DON'T THINK SO.
IT USED TO BE A SPECIALTY MATCH COURSE, CORRECT? I HAVE A SPECIAL, THERE'S A, THERE'S JUST A SPECIAL EVENT STAFF.
[00:15:01]
OUR STAFF TO DO ALL WORK.WHY DO WE KNOW? WHY WAS THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS BEFORE MY COMMISSION.
UH, EXCUSE ME, ACTUALLY WAS ON THE SPECIAL EVENT.
COMMISSIONER GIBNER, THIS THING'S FALLING STUFF HOLDING UP THE, UM, IT USED TO BE A FIVE MEMBER BOARD.
UH, IT WAS KIND OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND NEVER RECOGNIZED BY ORDINANCE, BUT, UM, IT GOT DOWN TO WHERE ONLY ONE MAYOR AND TWO MEMBERS WERE MAKING THAT.
THEN IT GOT DOWN TO TWO, TWO PEOPLE.
SO WHEN WE STARTED PUTTING ON THESE PROGRAMS WITH THE DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME IT WOULD MOVE TO CITY, UH, STAFF.
WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH ACTUALLY MUSIC BACKGROUND AND THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
SO, BUT THE STAFF IS ACTUALLY INQUIRING FROM THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION THIS EVENING.
AND, AND THE MAYORS HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH ME ABOUT SOME OF THESE COSTS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH.
SO SOME OF THESE THINGS IS WE NEED TO SET, UM, SOME TYPE OF PARAMETERS THAT STAFF WILL OPERATE WITHIN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR INPUT.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, SOME OF THESE, UH, ACTS HAVE GOTTEN VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF, IF THEY SAY, WE WANT THIS BAND, AND THIS BAND IS 50,000, AND IT COMES BEFORE YOU, AND YOU SAY NO, WHETHER YOU HAVEN'T SET THE PARAMETERS, WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY THAT YOU'RE WANTING STAFF TO WORK ON? AT WHAT DOLLAR A MONTH DO YOU WANT FOR A HEADLINER? THEN THAT'LL KIND OF TELL US WHAT THE OTHER BANDS ARE GONNA BE, UM, AND, AND SO FORTH.
I MEAN, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVANO SENT US SOME EMAILS REGARDING SOME OF THE MUSIC ACTION.
I THINK ONE OF THE WORDS SHE SAID, IT'S GOTTA BE SUSTAINABLE.
WELL, THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE BEER CELLS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TO TRY, TRY TO GENERATE THESE, THESE, UH, REVENUE STREAMS TO OFFSET THE, THE, NOT ONLY THE BANDS, BUT THE PRODUCTION, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE STAGE, UH, THE COVER ON THE STAGE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF, UH, THAT KIND OF FUNDING.
SO WE, WE WORK HARD AT GATHERING SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES TO HELP FUND THAT, INCLUDING OUR SANTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND, AND OTHER CITIES WILL SPEND A PURCHASE BETWEEN A HUNDRED TO $200,000 ON THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.
SO IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF, BUT WE'RE SPENDING, BUT WHAT DOES SAM TO WANT TO DO? AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT IS THE NEW COMMISSION WANTING TO DIRECT US? IN WHAT DIRECTION? SO WE UNDERSTAND THOSE PARAMETERS.
THEY'VE PROVIDED YOU A LIST OF WHAT WE'VE PRAYED IN THE PAST.
DO YOU WANNA STAY IN THAT SAME BALLPARK OR DO YOU WANNA SET THOSE PARAMETERS? UH, AND AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE MAYOR'S MADE MANY COMMENTS IN THE PAST.
AND I BROUGHT THIS UP, UH, TO MANNY, BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S GUN, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE DID GET, UH, YOU KNOW, LA MAFIA AND THERE WAS, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE WAS A LOT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WAS FULL.
BUT IN A SENSE, UH, HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO PAY? YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD COME TO, UH, OUR SCENE MANAGER AND SAY, I SAID, LOOK, THERE'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE A CAP SOMEWHERE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I MEAN, IF WE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE CAN GO UP TO A HUNDRED, $200,000.
WHY, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S, TO ME, IS A ENTERTAINMENT, IS ENTERTAINMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE, THE GROUPS THAT COME IN.
BUT AGAIN, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE WILLING TO SPEND? AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T, WE DON'T EVEN BREAK EVEN.
SO THAT'S WHY, LIKE I SAID, UH, IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? ENOUGH, IT'S ENOUGH PENNY AND, UH, PUT IT IN THE AGENDA AND, UH, LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE, LET THE COMMISSION DECIDE ALSO.
BUT TO ME, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH, SO MUCH MONEY THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE, THE BANKS LOCAL ALSO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND GET OUR LOCAL, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ANOTHER FREIGHT OFFENDER WILL COME OUT OF HERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GET, UH, SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR CITY, WE GET THE CITY BOYS, I THINK WHAT THEY CALL 'EM THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW? AND I ALWAYS GO AFTER 'EM AND SAY, HEY, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA PERFORM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, SO IN A SENSE, WE HAVE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF, UH, CAP OKAY.
AND I DON'T WANT IT GETTING OFF HAND.
AND TO ME, PEOPLE WANT TO COME AGAINST ME ON THAT.
BUT THE THING IS, WE NEED A CAP TO STAY LOCAL ALSO.
AND FROM THERE ON, LIKE I SAID, COMMISSIONERS, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
AND WHAT Y'ALL DECIDE ALSO, BUT, UH, TO ME IS LET'S, UH, KEEP IT HERE LOCAL AND, UH, STAY WITHIN OUR, OUR OUR WITHIN OUR REACH.
OKAY? AND, UH, REMEMBER WE PUT SO MUCH MONEY.
WE ALSO, ON THE, ON THE STAFF ALSO, THEY'RE OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES TO 2, 2, 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF WORK ON THERE.
OKAY? SO THE, THAT'S WHERE THE COST ALSO COMES IN.
SO WE, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE TAKE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF EVERYTHING.
EVERY SINGLE THING IS OUT THERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, UH, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND, UH, I WANT TO, I WANNA BRING IT DOWN.
[00:20:01]
IT HERE LOCAL.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT'S MY DECISION.
AND, UM, YOU ALL GIMME YOUR, YOUR INPUT.
MAYOR, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THAT APPROACH.
I WANNA THROW IN SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT IT.
CUZ WHAT WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH HERE IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SANTO.
WE'RE DEALING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND THE, AND THE VIBRANCY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THIS AND IT, AND IT, IT, IT'S BOTHERS ME A GREAT DEAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE AND OTHER STUFF.
UM, SO ESPECIALLY EVENTS BOARD, I SAT ON IT FOR TWO YEARS.
AND ONE THING THAT I WILL TAKE OUT OF THAT IS IT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR A CITIZEN TO TAKE ON.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS PLAN THE EVENTS FROM BEGINNING TO END.
AND WE WOULD BE THAT STAFF THAT WAS THERE FROM SIX IN THE MORNING AND WE WOULDN'T BE LEAVING PAST MIDNIGHT WITH CITY STAFF TRYING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT.
WE'RE THERE WITH OUR KIDS, WITH OUR FAMILY, TRYING TO VOLUNTEER, PUT UP STUFF.
SO IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S WAY ABOVE ANY CITIZEN'S PAY GRADE TO BE DOING.
SECONDLY, THEY, WE ACTUALLY HAD NO, WE HAD A SEPARATE BUDGET AS FOR OUR EVENTS AT THAT TIME.
SO I THINK WE PURCHASED, THAT'S WHEN WE PURCHASED THE STAGE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND DON'T REALLY USE BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD OUTLOOK ON WHAT THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS FOR THE CITY.
IT WAS JUST OUR LITTLE TINY EVENTS.
AND BACK THEN WE HAD JUST LOCAL.
WE NEVER REALLY HAD MUCH TO WORK WITH, TO BE HONEST.
UM, THE FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS WE ACTUALLY FINALLY MADE AFTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'D BEEN SAVING.
UM, IT WAS DURING MY SECOND YEAR IS THE ONLY ACCOMPLISHMENT WE GOT OUT OF THE BOARD.
UM, BECAUSE WE STAYED SO LITTLE, WE NEVER HAD ANY PROFITS TO SHOW FOR IT.
NO, I, I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT, IT SHOULD NOT FALL UPON.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, I THINK, BUT THAT'S WHY IT DISBANDED CUZ IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NO ONE, BUT, BUT A COMMITTEE LIKE THAT TO BE AN ADVISORY BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SAY, LET'S DO THIS.
AND STILL, CUZ YES, WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY AS WE TALK ABOUT, I MEAN, HOTEL TAX CAN BE USED FOR THIS.
EDC FUNDS CAN TAX BE USED OR THE CITY CAN JUST DESIGNATE THINGS FOR ACTIVITIES.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE HEARD ABOUT FOOD TRUCK, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO BE ABLE TO, TO FIND WAYS TO CREATE THE, THE SYNERGY AND THE, AND AGAIN, THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN TOWN.
AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT CONNECTION BEFORE.
LET'S MAKE IT, AND THAT'S THE HARD PART.
WE HAVE OUR A D C THAT CAN HELP US WITH CERTAIN THINGS.
WE HAVE HOTEL MOTEL THAT CAN HELP US WITH CERTAIN THINGS.
AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO INTEGRATE EVERYTHING TO WORK TOGETHER.
I I LIKE TO SAY, UM, I AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
I THINK IF WE GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, CAROL, SOMETIMES IT IS A LOT FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS.
BUT I THINK IF WE INCORPORATE IT WITH YOU GUYS TO HELP WITH IDEAS AND LIKE YOU SAID, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HELP, UM, I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE I KNOW EDC HELPS, UM, SIT ON THAT BOARD.
UM, YOU HAVE OTHER ONES TOO THAT WE WANNA HAVE OTHER BOARDS THAT ARE INACTIVE RIGHT NOW, BECOME ACTIVE.
AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY THAT IS WILLING TO COME OUT THERE AND HELP.
LET'S, LET'S MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO COME OUT AND HELP AND HAVE THEIR INPUT IN THAT.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S GONNA BE FOR A DIFFERENT, UH, TOPIC IS, THAT'S A WHOLE NEW COMMITTEE IS WHAT WE GOT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
MAYOR, WHAT, WHAT CAP DID YOU WANNA STOP AT? WELL, JUST LIKE I SAID, UH, TO ME IT'S A, IT IS A DUCK CAP IS, YOU KNOW, WE SAY BETWEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5,000, UH, TWO TO 5,000 OR THE SECOND ONE, FIVE TO 10.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT IT GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.
I DUNNO HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S LONG AS WE CAN KEEP SOME OF IT LOCAL.
I PUSH FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF TO SAY BUY LOCAL, STAY LOCAL, SUPPORT LOCAL.
AND YET WE'RE GETTING BANNED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'VE ALSO LIKED AND WANTED TO CONSIDER AFTER THIS LAST EVENT WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS GREAT THAT WE FINALLY PARTNERED WITH, UM, THE CARNIVAL.
SO WE HAD THEM THERE FOR OVER A WEEK.
SO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO CONSIDER IS ON SATURDAY HAVE THAT BIG LOCAL, THE BIG BAND THAT OF COURSE PEOPLE PAY TO COME IN AND THEN SUNDAY GIVE ALL OUR LOCAL BANDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND NOT CHARGE FOR THAT.
THAT WAY THEY CAN GET THE EXPOSURE AND WE CAN GET MORE CITIZENS OUT HERE FOR FREE.
WE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LEARNING A LOT FROM THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT, THAT TOUR WERE OUT THERE AND THEN WE SAW MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE ON SUNDAY.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, WE CAN HAVE MORE MUSIC STILL GOING ON TODAY.
AND IT IS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HAVING TWO DAY FESTIVALS WHERE ONE, IT IS FREE, IT IS A FREE EVENT.
AND WHERE WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BRING IN,
[00:25:01]
UM, GIVE LOCALS AN OPPORTUNITY.BUT WE DO ALSO ON ALL OF OUR EVENTS, WE DO HAVE LOCAL BANDS LIKE OSAKA FEST, WE'LL HAVE, UM, CASSANDRA CASTILLO AS WELL AS THE CITY, LOS CITY BOYS.
UM, SO WE DO ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE A LOCAL BAND TO GIVE THEM THAT EXPOSURE.
AND I JUST, I DID WANT CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, FOR THE HEADLINER.
WERE YOU REFERRING TO THE HEADLINER TO BE LOCAL AS WELL? OR JUST SOME OF THE OPENING ACTS? EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S, SO ARE WE GOING BACK JUST TO CONFIRM,
AND WE FINALLY GOT THAT NOTORIETY AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING BIG CROWDS IN AND WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR, FOR SO MANY YEARS.
ARE WE JUST STOPPING THAT COMPLETELY? AND NOW JUST GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF LOCAL AND THAT'S IT.
WHAT I, UH, WHAT I SAW, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE MOST RECENT EVENT IS WAS 6,000 PEOPLE.
WAS IT 6,000 PEOPLE ON TOP? MM-HMM.
TEXAS MUSIC WAS, I'M SORRY, IT WAS THE HOG WATER.
UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS WITH SIGNAL.
THAT WAS A PRETTY, UH, PRICEY BAND.
AND THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS SUSTAINABLE FOR THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK WE WERE, WE UNDERCHARGE AT $5.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A QU YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE EVENT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE EVENT.
CUZ IF PEOPLE START ASKING WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THESE EVENTS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT PE PEOPLE HAVE EVENTS LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEY HAVE EVENTS LIKE THIS CUZ THEY MAKE MONEY, BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE MONEY AND IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT.
SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS DO YOU CHARGE, YOU KNOW, $5 PRE-SALE, $10 AT THE DOOR BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC AT THE DOOR WAS INSANE.
SO DOES THAT LEVERAGE OUT SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC? DOES IT, DO YOU CHARGE FOR PARKING INSTEAD? AND THOSE ARE THINGS, I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO CHARGE FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? CUZ IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT.
BUT THAT'S HOW MERCEDES STARTED ON DIRT FLOORS.
AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO PAVE THEIR PARKING LOT AND NOW THEY CHARGE YOU FOR EVERYTHING THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY A $20 TURKEY LEG, GO FOR IT.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO BE SUSTAINABLE.
IT NEEDS TO BE SUSTAINABLE AND THAT IF IT'S SUSTAINABLE, THEN YOU CAN HAVE THESE CRAZY AWESOME BANDS THAT CAROL LOVES.
AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF THOSE BANKS ARE, WE'RE GOOD.
THE EVENTS DEFINITELY ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE DO TRY TO KEEP OUR PRICES LOW.
WE HAVE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, CHARGED UP TO $10 AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING BIGGER, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, MERCEDES STARTED LOW AT SOME POINT AND THEN EVENTUALLY BUILT THEIR WAY UP.
AND LIKE MS. SANCHEZ SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING LEARNING TO THAT POINT TO WHERE WE CAN BECAUSE WE ARE BEING RECOGNIZED.
YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BANDS THAT CALL US THAT THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO US TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VENDORS THAT ARE CALLING US CONSTANTLY THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA BE PART OF THE EVENTS AND STUFF.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT SAM BENITO AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, GET TO.
AND AND HAVING A PRE-SALE ALLOWS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S NOT, HEY THEY WERE FIVE BUCKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO FOR YOU TO TELL ME THEY'RE $10 AND IT'S TOO CRAZY OF A PRICES.
THEY WERE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY.
THEY WERE LABEL AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL.
UM, BUT HAVING THOSE, WE HAVE FOUR EVENTS FOR THE YEAR.
AND I THINK HOG WATO IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE OUR SIGNATURE EVENT.
WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS OSAKA FEST.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, I GUESS, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED? IT SEEMED LIKE HOG WADO WAS THE BIGGEST DRAW.
RIGHT? AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CARNIVAL.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS.
BOWIE STREET, YOU HAVE PEOPLE ATTENDING YOUR EVENT AND THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN BOWIE STREET AND THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH IT CUZ IT'S SO CROWDED.
THERE'S SPOT HOLES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW 'EM TO YOUR EVENT AND YOU HAVE YOUR EDC THERE AND YOUR POST OFFICE.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE GOTTA LOOK AT.
BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT.
YOU HAVE THE FLYER, I THINK YOU PRESENTED IT TO THE OLD COMMISSION, RIGHT? THE THREE MUSIC EVENTS.
IT'S UH, AND YOU PRESENTED IT AT THE TEXAS, UM, REST AREAS NOW.
RIGHT? THEY'RE BEING PROMOTED THERE.
THE LITERATURE IS AT THE TEXAS TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND I SENT YOU SOME INFO ABOUT TML HAVING A WEBSITE TO PUT UNDER TOWN TOWN CITY MAGAZINE.
NO, I SENT IT TO MAGGIE SAID EMAIL REACH OUT TO YOU.
IT'S WHERE YOU CAN JUST POST WHAT EVENT YOU'RE HAVING.
IT'S A BRIEF DESCRIPTION MM-HMM.
AND IT GOES IN A MAGAZINE THAT GOES TO EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE WERE PROMOTED IN TEXAS HIGHWAYS TOO WITH OSAKA FEST.
JUST DEPENDS WHAT, WHAT EVENT WE WANT TO BE OUR MAJOR DRAW.
WELL, NIKKI, WHAT, UH, YOU SENT US, IS THAT, UH, MORE OR LESS WHAT THE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?
[00:30:01]
THE LIST WITH THE YES.UM, OF STUFF THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED STUFF THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST JUST TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE POPULAR BANDS ARE A BIT PRICIER, BUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A MEDIUM AND THEN OF COURSE PRODUCTION IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
I THINK SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BIG OR GO HOME ON EVERY SINGLE EVENT.
SO HOG WATER, THE CONCERT COUNTRY MUSIC.
SORRY GUYS, IF Y'ALL COUNTRY MUSIC MAN,
NOW THE REASON HOG WADDLE DID SO WELL THIS LAST TIME IS CUZ WE HAD AT THE HANO BAND AND A WELL KNOWN YEAH.
DID YOU ENJOY THE CARNIVAL MORE THAN AGAIN? YEAH.
SO WE HAD THE CARNIVAL AND, UM, A WELL-KNOWN BAND.
SO THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT IN SO MUCH.
UM, I THINK IF WE FOCUS ON MAYBE HOG GUDDLE THEN BEING OUR SIGNATURE EVENT OR OKAY.
SOUTH TEXAS FESTIVAL, I LIKED IT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE BAND.
SO COULD, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION TOO? MAYBE TALK TO THE
AND THEN IT PROVIDES PRO PROMOTION FOR THEIR MUSEUM.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN USE HOT MONEY FOR THE EVENTS.
THE HOT MONEY IS THE WHOLE OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS.
LIKE MR. GOODMAN WAS SAYING, OUR COMMISSIONER GOODMAN MM-HMM.
BUT THOSE ARE JUST ALL OPTIONS.
THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE MARKETING ASPECT TO THIS THAT, THAT I THINK WE CAN DO TO BEGIN TO REVITALIZE AND LET THE, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BE VIEWED AS SOMETHING MUCH MORE THAN, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT FRED FENDER, WE'VE GOT THE, THE
SO WE NEED TO TAKE THIS IN A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH INSTEAD OF JUST AN EVENT BY EVENT APPROACH.
WELL, THIS ONE, SO, UH, THE SALT TEXAS, UH, THIS ONE, THE EVENT COMING UP FOR US, HOW DOES THAT, UH, IN THE PAST, HOW DOES THAT, UH, COMPARE TO EVERYTHING ELSE? WHAT'S THE, UH, UM, HOW'S IT, UH, THE TURNOUT? TURNOUT HOW WE HAD A MAFIA LAST YEAR, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE HAD GORO AND LOS PAS.
AND, UM, I THINK THOUGH THAT EVENT REALLY DID WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAD STARTED TO GET US RECOGNIZED AND THEN AND ELEVATE.
THOSE ARE, IT'S HELPED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE OKAY.
YOU KNOW, MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF IT.
SO JUST ABOUT EVERY EVENT IS, UH, HAS GOTTEN US ON THE MAPS MORE OR LESS.
DEFINITELY SOUTH TEXAS AND HOG WADDLE SOUTH TEXAS AND HOG WA MM-HMM.
SO THIS ONE THAT'S COMING UP, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO GET SOMEBODY THAT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BRING IN THE, THE PEOPLE.
SOMEONE THAT LIKE A RECOGNIZABLE NAME.
IF BROWNSVILLE COULDN'T DO IT, I THINK WE CAN BRING UP ETT.
REALLY?
WHAT MAKE A SUGGESTION RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, WE NEED TO, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST DIRECT.
HOW ABOUT SHE GIVES US OPTIONS THIS NEXT TIME? YEAH.
DIRECT CITY STAFF TO START STARTING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND TALK.
I WOULD SUGGEST TALKING TO THE KTA MUSEUM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, AT LEAST FOR THOSE LOCAL ACTS.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST SENDING HER OUT THERE, BUT BLINDLY WE'RE NOT GIVING HER ANY DIRECTION.
UM, NIKKI KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DOING.
SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB FOR, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME YOU NEED TO.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO, UM, SECURE SOMEONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
FIRST IN THE FALL, WE DO HAVE A SELECTED DATE, SEPTEMBER 23RD.
BUT THIS ONE WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS ONE FIRST.
THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT THE OSAKA FEST.
SO WE STILL GOT THE, BUT WE DO NEED TO, YOU KNOW, START NEGOTIATING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN YEAH.
BECAUSE BEFORE THEY GET BOOKED, THEY'LL GO, THEY'LL LEAVE.
SO WHAT DID WE SPEND LAST YEAR ON THE HEAD? WE HAD LA MAFIA LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS AT, UM, THAT BRACKET DOWN AT THE BOTTOM,
WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME? DID WE HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AS A RESULT OF THAT? YEAH.
UM, I HAVE SENT IT TO THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, JUST CAME ON BOARD, BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT FORWARDED TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
[00:35:01]
WE DID HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE THE ATTENDANCE WAS A LITTLE, LIKE, IT WAS OVER 3000, MAYBE ABOUT 3,500.UM, JUST FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER, WAS THE WEATHER A FACTOR? WERE THERE ANY OTHER FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? WE DID HAVE RAIN EARLY ON.
UM, BUT THE COMMUNITY DID END UP SHOWING UP.
IT DIDN'T, IT WAS, WE GOT LUCKY THAT IT WAS EARLY AND THEN THEY CAME TOWARDS THE END OF, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE END OF THE NIGHT.
AND WE DID GET A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT ONE.
YOU KNOW, IT, THEY CATERED TO AN OLDER, TO THE OLDER AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE.
I SAW A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I TOOK MY MOM, I TOOK MY TIAA SO IT WAS LIKE A REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, FAMILY EVENT THAT WAS MULTI-GENERATIONAL.
AND, AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYORS PUT A GREAT THING HERE, BUT I WANNA BE ABLE TO HONOR THAT.
BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION HERE TO REALLY BASE THE DECISION BASED ON, UM, MAKE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHETHER THE, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHAT CROWD ARE WE TRYING TO GO AFTER? YEAH.
THERE'S JUST ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS IN DETERMINE.
WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND SHARE IT WITH YOU AND, UM, MS. MORALE IS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE THE SALES TAX DOLLARS DURING THAT MONTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING, UH, MS. SIANO IS, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS IS THE, UH, WE HAVE NEVER TABULATED OKAY.
THE MAN HOURS OF THE EMPLOYEES.
POLICE, FIRE EMPLOYEES, UH, THE MAYOR SAID WE'RE THERE FROM EARLY TO TO LATE AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR ABOUT A WEEK OUT.
AND, AND, AND, AND COMMISSIONER GALVAN AS, AS WE'VE ALSO HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS, UH, IT IS NOT HISTORICAL.
IN, IN EVERY CITY COMMISSION GOES, IT IS A QUALITY OF LIFE.
JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE RAISED THE ALCOHOL TO $10 AND THAT WAS THE WORST.
THAT IS NOT THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE SERVING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA TELL YOU.
I WAS LIKE, I KNOW THERE'S SINGLE MOMS. I COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD THE $5 TICKET.
I LITERALLY PAID FOR HER TICKET.
AND THAT WAS MINDBLOWING TO ME.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I, IN THAT SENSE, WE TELL YOU IF, IF IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS OFFSET BY THE SPONSORSHIPS, WE BREAK EVEN SPONSORSHIPS WITH THE, WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT ACTS AND WITH THE, WITH THE ALCOHOL SALES, WHETHER IT'S BEER ONE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
BUT WE DO NOT BREAK EVEN WHEN WE INCLUDE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEE TIME.
AND THE REASON BEING IS WE DON'T GENERATE THOSE KIND OF REPORTS BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET, JUST LIKE A HURRICANE AS IT IS IN OUR BUDGET.
WE'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE GONNA BE IF WE HAVE THOSE TYPE OF EMERGENCIES.
SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO IT JUST DEPENDS.
WE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THESE, THESE STAGE, THE ONE WE HAVE, IT'S TOO SMALL, DOESN'T HAVE A COVER.
UH, WE HAVE A MAKESHIFT COVER THAT VIOLATES SOCIAL, WHICH IS WHY WE STOPPED USING IT DURING OSAKA FEST.
SO THERE, SO REALLY IT WAS NEVER DETERMINED WHETHER IT WAS ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL, IS DOES THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM THE ACTIVITY? AND ARE WE PROVIDING, UH, AN OUTLET FOR THOSE CITIZENS THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO THOSE SAN ANTONIO CORPUS OR EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, DOGGO COUNTY TOO.
THE ARENAS OVER THERE, THEY STAY LOCAL AND THAT TENDS TO BE, EVEN OUR HOTEL STAYS AREN'T UP.
SO, UH, THEREFORE, I MEAN, HOTEL MINIS, YOU GOTTA KIND OF HAVE A RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS.
IF YOU DON'T, IT DOESN'T MEET IT.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO WE COVER IT THROUGH GENERAL FUND.
IT IS HOW WE, THE CITY COMMISSION THAT WE GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF WE WANNA GO AND, AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE STAFF MAYOR, THAT IF WE DID A FIVE TO $10,000, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, AT NOT CHARGING DURING IT DURING BEER HOUSE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE FROM THE MANAGEMENT SIDE.
WE, WE WERE, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ PLACED IN A BAND, MR. SCIENCE PLACED IN A BAD, HE HELPED TEACHES ACCORDION.
UH, UH, HE, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ WAS CHANNEL FIVE PRODUCER.
WE HAVE ADA, UH, GARCIA THAT KNOWS MARKETING FROM UTR.
UH, THEY PUT THESE PACKAGES TOGETHER AND WE HAVE GROOMED MR. RONALDO TO HANDLE THIS, BUT SHE HAS ALL OF THESE RESOURCES THAT ARE PART OF THE SET PLUS OUR MEDIA PRODUCTION, THE SAME FOLKS THAT TOOK YOUR PHOTOS.
WE PUT, WE, WE'VE LEARNED TO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
AND WE STARTED THIS BACK IN 2017 WHEN WE HAD THIS MUSEUM, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, UH, THE CULTURAL AND HERITAGE MUSEUM.
THE REASON BEING IS WE HAD A MUSEUM WITH NO LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN ON HOW TO FUND IT.
SO WE STARTED COMING UP, HOW DO WE BECOME A DESTINATION CITY, MAKE OURSELVES MORE RECOGNIZABLE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND GET OUR NAME OUT THERE.
MY ONLY CONCERN THERE IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DRAW THAT THOSE NAMES ANYMORE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN, THAT IS A DECISION YOU'LL MAKE IN ECONOMICALLY OR FOR WHATEVER REASON.
BUT, BUT IT IS, BUT, UH, WE'VE NEVER CALCULATED THAT BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S, IT'S SO BUILT INTO OUR HISTORICAL BUDGETING
[00:40:01]
PROCESS OF OUR EMPLOYEE YEAH.WELL, I, AND I HATE TO KEEP BEATING THIS THING.
I REALLY DO, BUT I THINK IT BECOMES IMPORTANT IN THE LONG TERM.
UM, I'M, I ASK MYSELF TIMES FROM WHY ARE WE EVEN IN THE INVENT EVENT BUSINESS? I MEAN, THERE ARE EVENT PROMOTERS OUT THERE THAT CAN BE CONTRACTED AND, AND BROUGHT IN AND SUPPORTED OR HELPED, OR WHO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF ALL THE TIME.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT AT ALL.
UH, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE WE EVENTUALLY WANT TO GO WITH US.
AND WE DID UTILIZE A PRODUCTION COMPANY, AN EVENT PLANNER, AND IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS, WE RECOGNIZED THAT IT COST US SO MUCH THAT WE COULD TRAIN OUR OWN STAFF TO, TO DO THE SAME KIND OF WORK.
IT, IT WAS, IT, THERE IS A PERCENTAGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20% ABOVE ALL EXPENSES THAT THEY GET.
AND THAT IS JUST TO MANAGE IT.
AND THAT IS NOT EVEN THEIR TIME.
WELL, I, I SEE THESE THINGS OFTEN ON THE ISLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, AND THEY WORK AND THEY DO.
SO WHAT THEY, THEY CAN BE DONE.
WELL, UM, SO WHAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSSION, YOUR HONOR, MAKE ANY DISCUSSION? NO.
SO IT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK TO US.
IT WAS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BECAUSE IF WE NEEDED TO THEN, BUT THE PARAMETER COUNT OF WHAT I HEARD WAS 7,500.
WE'RE GONNA SPEAK TO THE
AND THAT'LL GIVE US AN IDEA, BUT WE NEED TO START HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
YOU KNOW, SO IT WASN'T A CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION IF YOU DETERMINE THAT.
BUT JUST HEARING BASED ON THE COMMENTS, IT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA.
BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO STAY BELOW THE 7,500 CAP THAT WE'VE HEARD TO HAVE AN I AT LEAST CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME, SOME BANDS.
AND, AND YOU CAN, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RGV AREA AND WE USED, I CANNOT REMEMBER THAT COUNTRY, WESTERN YOUNG LADY OUTTA MCALLEN.
SO FAR WE CAN'T, WE COULDN'T EVEN BRING HER ANYMORE.
NOW SHE'S SO POPULAR, WE CAN'T AFFORD HER.
THE DEMAND DEFINITELY DOES CHANGE FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT.
SO, UH, SO I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BANDS, SAN BENITO, CAMERON COUNTY MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND WE DO, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME BANDS THAT START AT OUT HERE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER HERE.
THEY, THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME BACK.
UH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CHARLIE CROCKETT.
I THINK HE'S UPWARDS OF 50,000 OR SO NOW.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
OKAY, SO, SO WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS.
ANY DIRECTION, UM, WE COULD TO PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS.
AND WE'LL MAKE A DECISION OPTIONS OF THE BANDS.
SEE WHAT, WHERE THE DIFFERENT RANGES AND STUFF I, WHAT YOU CAN GET.
IF YOU LIKE
WE'LL VOTE FOR THE CHEAPER ONE.
[9. Consideration and possible action to approve the amended Service Agreement between the City of San Benito and the San Benito Economic Development Corporation.]
NUMBER NINE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE, THE AMENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SEMIO, UH, CITY OF SANTO, AND THE SEMINOLE ECONOMIC, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COMMISSION.
UM, BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE AGREEMENT, I WANTED TO FIRST CONGRATULATE COMMISSIONER MORALES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW CAPACITY.
UM, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND WE'VE, I FEEL LIKE, UM, WE CAN MOVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALONG NOW AND CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL.
SO, UM, BEFORE YOU, YOU, UM, WE HAVE A, UM, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNT, UM, ACCOUNTING AND MANAGERIAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.
THE SAN BERNARDINO EDC, BY THE WAY, I'M LAMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAN BERNARD, D C FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A SERVICE AGREEMENT, ACCOUNTING AND MANAGERIAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SANTO.
UH, WE, THE EFFECTIVE DATE WAS JULY 1ST, 2021.
AND, UH, THE, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT RUNS FROM JULY 1ST, 2022 TO 2020 3RD OF JUNE 30TH.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY AROUND THE CORNER.
RIGHT? AND SO UNDER THE CONTRACT, WE HAVE A, A 30 DAY OUT, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR MOST CONTRACTS, BUT ESSENTIALLY IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S, IT'S TWO PARTS, RIGHT? IT'S, UH, THE FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL PORTION AND THEN THE OVERSIGHT PORTION.
SO THE FINANCIAL PORTION IS ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY CHECKS AND BALANCES.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RECONCILE THE CREDIT CARD, WE NEED TO SIGN CHECKS FOR OUR EVERYDAY OPERATIONS.
THAT'S, UH, ONE ITEM ALSO ON THE SECOND ITEM IS THE MANAGERIAL SERVICES FOR THE U S D A LOAN, UH, RE RE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ALSO.
SO THAT, SO THEY, THEY, UH, MANAGE THAT FOR US AS WELL AS THE DATA PROCESSING, ESSENTIALLY ALL THE DATA INPUT, ALL OF THE RECORD KEEPING.
AND, UH, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MS. MS, UH, STEPHANIE.
BUT, UM, SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR,
[00:45:01]
FOR US.THAT'S WHY WHAT WE USE, WE DON'T WRITE OUR OWN CHECKS.
ALL THE, EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE.
THE OTHER PORTION OF THE, OF THE CONTRACT, OR OF THE SERVICE AGREEMENT, UM, IS INVOLVES THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SLASH MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND, UM, THAT GENERAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES.
AND THAT IS AT A YEARLY RATE OF, UH, 45,000.
SO DURING THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE SANO EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MAY 25TH, THE BOARD UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, UH, TO PROVIDE A NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF THE CURRENT SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SANO.
THEY ALSO, THE EDC BOARD ALSO PROVIDED DIRECTION TO NEGOTIATE A NEW CON SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE BOARD, THE WISHES OF THE BOARD WERE TO SIMPLY KEEP THE FINANCIAL FINANCIALS IN PLACE AND REMOVE THE, UM, CEO MANAGEMENT SERVICES PORTION OF IT.
THAT IS THE DRAFT AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HEAR.
AND, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS ITEM.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU FULLY STAFFED AS EDC NOW? UM, AT THIS POINT WE ARE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE WOULD NEED ONE MORE, EVENTUALLY, ONE MORE STAFF TO DO.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE DATA ANALYTICS, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, HOW DID THE, THE PERMITTING, THE, THE PERMITTING, THE, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS, THE VALUE OF THE PERMITS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ANALYZE THAT TO LOOK AT TRENDS GOING UPWARDS.
UM, THE, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT DATA, YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES MONTH TO MONTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, POVERTY RATES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DATA THAT WE NEED TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO SHOW THESE DEVELOPERS AS TO WHY THEY NEED TO COME HERE.
YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LOOKING AT KPIS ASSOCIATED WITH EDC, DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND, UH, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY KIND OF ANALYTICS OR KPI KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT, THAT WE HAVE SEEN OR WE CAN VIEW FROM WHAT'S GOING ON? UM, YES.
SO, SO, UH, WE, OUR JOB IS TO, UH, KEEP ON TOP OF THE TRENDS THAT ARE GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, SO, SO, UH, TOGETHER WITH FINANCE, WE KEEP TRACK OF THE SALES TAX, YOU KNOW, HOW THE SALES TAX GOING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY STAFF AT THE, AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
WE TALK ABOUT PERMITS, YOU KNOW, UH, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, BUT WE ALWAYS, WE ALSO HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE WAGES? YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL TYPES OF KPIS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO STAFF SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, AT THAT POINT.
I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, OF COURSE, AND TRYING TO BRING IN DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS ALWAYS WANNA LOOK AT NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND HOW DOES IT, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE, IN MY OPINION.
AND EVEN SPENDING THE DOLLARS AND CENTS THERE TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE AND, AND BE OUT THERE WITH DO THAT.
SO I'M, I'M, I, I, I COMMEND YOU FOR ADC FOR TAKING THIS ACTION.
I MEAN, THERE'S BRIDGE, BRIDGE TRAFFIC, THERE'S, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DATA TRAFFIC COUNTS, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DATA THAT'S, THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET BETTER ANALYTICS ON MR. ALEMAN.
I'VE SEEN SOME CD EDCS AND, AND HI REGION, UH, BRING A BROKER ON BOARD, AND THE BROKER MANAGES THEIR PROPERTIES AND PROVIDES THEM ALL OF THIS DATA FREE OF CHARGE UNLESS A SALE IS MADE WITH THE LAND PURCHASE OF, OF THE EDCS PROPERTY.
SO ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE A FREE EMPLOYEE AT HAND SO THAT YOU CAN USE FOR THESE ANALYTICS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE LOOKED INTO? UH, YEAH.
BUT HOW, HOW DO WE CHOOSE THAT, THAT THAT BROKER, RIGHT? OUR, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE CHOOSE ONE OVER THE OTHER OF, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME SERVICE? YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE WORK WITH ALL BROKERS, WE WORK WITH ALL REAL ESTATE AGENTS, WE WORK WITH ALL DEVELOPERS.
UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO SINGLE ANYONE OUT OVER ANOTHER ONE CUZ THEY'RE ALL GOOD, IN MY OPINION.
WELL, UM, I CAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, BE A REALTOR.
WELL, I WORK, I WORK WITH EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, SO, UM, I REMEMBER THE DAYS EARLY ON WHILE GETTING ANALYTICAL DATA IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING DECISIONS, WHERE TO GO, HOW MUCH THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF DEALING WITH WAS DIFFICULT TO GET.
YOU'D HAVE TO CALL TECH DOT, YOU'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET ON CENSUS SITES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND, AND NOW, YEAH, IT BECOMES MUCH EASIER TO DO AND BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.
UH, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF OF INCENTIVE PACKAGES AND INFORMATION WE NEED TO HAVE READILY AVAILABLE FOR EVERY SITE THAT'S OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO BE DEVELOPED ON RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, RIGHT? THE DATA'S OUT THERE, WE JUST GOTTA PUT IT TOGETHER AND MAKE IT SO WHERE THAT, THAT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE SO SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TELL 'EM, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
AND I GUESS, UM, GETTING BACK TO THE AGREEMENT MM-HMM.
UM, WE BASICALLY PAY HIM ONE SALARY, RIGHT? OF A DIRECT OF A FINANCE.
[00:50:01]
CORRECT.WHAT'S THE EDC BUDGET? LAST BUDGET APPROVED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF, ONE AND A HALF MILLION.
SO THIS IS 5% OF THAT, RIGHT? 50,000.
I CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE MY CALCULATOR ON ME, BUT, UH, IT'S, UH, 10%, IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE.
IT'S A SMALL PERCENT, 50 THOUSANDS, 5%.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN SOMEONE MANAGES YOUR OWN FINANCIAL ACCOUNT, UM, OR IRA.
SO THE TRADITION IS LESS THAN 1% IS ACCEPTABLE AND SOMEONE'S CHARGING YOU OVER 1%.
AND YOU'VE EVEN SEEN THESE RATES GOING DOWN TO HALF A PERCENT.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF THEY'RE MANAGING A MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, THEN WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HALF A PERCENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
I, I THINK THIS IS VERY REASONABLE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S, WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, THEY DO, THEY, THEY HELP WITH OUR AUDITS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT IN ITSELF IS A, IS ANOTHER COST, RIGHT? AND, UM, AND THEN JUST THE OTHER, THE U S D A REVOLVING LOAN DEAL.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WHOLE NOTHER ASPECT.
THE DATA, THE DATA ENTRY, THE DATA, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, HEY, I NEED, I NEED THE INFORMATION FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THEY, THEY GET US THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS, I THINK IT'S RE I THINK IT'S REASONABLE ON MY END, UM, FOR FINANCIALS, IF WE GO OUT FOR AN RFQ FOR ACCOUNTING SERVICES, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'LL BE HIGHER THAN THIS.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT'LL BE HIGHER THAN THIS.
AND THIS IS JUST FROM MY, YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE IN 17 YEARS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S, THIS IS A VERY REASONABLE NUMBER, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO FOR US.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE WILL OF COMMISSION.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGREEMENT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN TO AMEND? YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ARE YOU JUST REMOVING THE CEO SERVICES, THE CITY OF OVERSIGHT, CITY MANAGER OVERSIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
HIS SALARY SAYS SALARY, SO IT'S JUST GONNA COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL BUDGET NOW.
SO IT'S EITHER THINK WITH YOUR EDC HAT OR THINK AS A COMMISSIONER NOW, OR YOU GONNA PAY IT.
I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU GET MINE? OKAY.
SO I GOT A MOTION, UH, TO, UH, TO STAY THE, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, THE INVENTED SERVICE AGREEMENT BY MR. KUMAN.
THEN, THEN WE HAVE A, UH, NOTE, AYE SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER GOODMAN'S.
SO FIRST AND SECOND, UH, ONLY IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY NAYS, WHICH IS, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, UH, VOTE AYE.
[10. Discussion and possible action on removing, appointing and/or reappointing members of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.]
OKAY.10 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE APPOINTING AND OR REPOINT REAPPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE SEMIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MR. RAMIRO ALEMAN, AGAIN, LAMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SANTO EDC.
UM, SO, UH, UH, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKET A LIST OF DIRECTORS, A LISTING.
AND SO PLACES ONE THROUGH FOUR JUST, UH, JUST EXPIRED LESS IN MAY AT THE END OF MAY.
SO THEY NEED TO EITHER BE REAPPOINTED OR REPLACED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE OTHERS THERE.
UM, MAYOR, THAT APPOINTMENT DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THERE WAS A PLACE ONE SAME THING NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, CITY COMMISSIONER AT LARGE, AGAIN EXPIRES NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO, TO START WITH THE FIRST THAT ARE, THAT NEED TO BE, THAT HAVE EXPIRED ONE THROUGH FOUR.
I, I WOULD NOMINATE, UH, SAM BOSWELL FOR PLACE ONE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR SAM.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, PLACE TWO, UM, JOSE EL MORALES.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY FOR JOSE MORALES ON PLACE TWO.
[00:55:01]
AYE.COMMISSIONER GALVAN, UH, HAD AN APPOINTMENT, BUT I'M REALIZING THEY SIT EXACTLY ON THE CITY, UH, UH, E T J AND CITY LIMITS.
AND I, I THINK THAT THEY DON'T FALL UNDER THE REQUIREMENT.
THEY HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THEY CAN HAVE ONE FOOT IN AND ONE FOOT OUT, OR THAT DOESN'T WORK.
THE ADDRESS HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY, IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S USUALLY IN EITHER IN ONE OR THE OTHER.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TABLE MY, MY APPOINTMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SO WITH THAT TABLE, THAT MEANS THAT THIS, THAT IT'S STILL, THE, THE CURRENT MEMBER IS STILL ON UNTIL THEY'RE REPLACED.
SO, MS. UH, DAVID MORALES IS STILL, COMMISSIONER MORALES IS STILL IN THERE FOR PLACE.
IT'S JUST A HOLDOVER, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPLACED.
SO SHE'LL STAY ON THERE UNDER REPLACED UNTIL, I GUESS NEXT, WE'LL TALK NEXT, NEXT MEETING.
I'LL PUT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING.
AND ITEM NUMBER, UH, PLACE? PLACE? FOUR.
I GOT, UH, PETE, IT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, GALVAN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MOTION TO TABLE.
I GET A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
IF WE WANTED TO PUT SOME REID AT LARGE, CAN WE DO SO NOW? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE PAUL RESENDEZ FOR THE CITY AT LARGE.
THE, UH, COMMISSIONER FOR, FOR PHASE FLOOR FOUR CAN MAKE THE NOMINATION FOR, UH, PLACE FOUR, BUT THERE'S TWO AT LARGE POSITIONS THAT ARE CORRECT.
SO, WELL, LET'S, UH, AND I'LL, YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME.
NO, I MEAN, LET'S, UH, LET'S GO INTO ITEM THERE, UH, FOR PLACE FOUR.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
UM, I RENOMINATE ALEJANDRO SALINAS, JUNIOR EDUCATED WORKS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OKAY, SO I GOT A MOTION FOR ALEJANDRO SALINAS.
UM, SHE'S STILL THERE, UM, TILL NEXT YEAR, 2020, SO I'M GONNA LEAVE HIM THERE.
SO ON MY LIST, IT HAS NUMBER ONE BACK UP AGAIN.
SO, ARE THERE TWO AT LARGE AS THE IN? YES.
TWO AT LARGE, BUT THEY ALL EXPIRE.
REMEMBER THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSION GETS ONE.
OKAY, SO THEN THIS IS TOO THAT LARGE.
THIS IS IN THAT LARGE THEN, OKAY.
WHICH IS, UH, PLACE SIX AND SEVEN.
AND THIS, UH, MR. GOMEZ, UH, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR PLAY? SIX? NO, I'D LIKE TO, HE TWO, HE'S STILL TO 2,400.
THEY'RE AT LARGE, BUT THEY'RE AT LARGE.
AND, UH, I NOMINATE, UH, CLAUDIA LOPEZ.
SHE'S A RN NURSE, LIKE TO NOMINATE HER.
SO THAT, THAT JUST, SO HAS THE TERM EXPLAINED? IT DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT.
THEN, THEN YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE VOTER AND REMOVAL.
AND THEN MAKE THE REAPPOINTMENT.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FOR MR. VAN GOMEZ ON PLACE SIX, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE, UH, MR. BEN GOMEZ FROM PLACE SIX.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO REMOVE MR. GOMEZ NOW TO PLACE.
UH, I HAVE, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO THEY WERE JUST FILLING OUT THIS TERM, OR THEY'RE STARTING A NEW TERM? NO, THEY, WELL, THEY'LL BE STARTING A NEW TERM.
BECAUSE THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR A NEW TERM.
IT'S NOT FOR THE, NO, UH, MARK.
THE, THE, THERE'S STILL A TERM.
THERE'S FEEL, THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
SO THEY'RE FILLING AN UNEXPIRED TERM.
WELL, IF THE, IF THE APPOINT, IF THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR A NEW TERM THAT YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DO THAT.
YEAH, BUT IT'LL, IT'LL CHANGE THE STAGGER.
JUST KEEP IT THE WAY THE TERM IS RIGHT
[01:00:01]
NOW.YOU CAN SO MAKE YOU MAKE THE APPOINTMENT TO KEEP THE STAGGER.
YOU CAN MAKE THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE, UH, FOR TO FILL, TO FILL IN THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
AND THEN IF YOU CHOOSE TO RE APPOINT, YOU CAN.
SO I GET THE, UH, MOTION BY MYSELF.
AND THEN, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN TO PLACE, UH, CLAUDIA LOPEZ.
AND WE HAVE US THE, UH, WE'RE STILL HAVING IN PLACE.
YOU GOT A GOOD MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES SECOND.
I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AVAN.
MOTION PASSES TO REMOVE, UH, MR. COS.
NOW, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, REPLACE? UH, YES, I HAVE, UH, PAUL RESENDEZ.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I'LL SECOND.
[11. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2252-F, after the Second and Final Reading, to rezone a property located on La Palma Boulevard, Bearing a Legal Description of: 0.262 acre of land consisting of all of Lot Number 1, Save and Except the East 10 feet, of the Stolts Subdivision as recorded in Cabinet 1, Slot 1404-B of the Cameron County Map Records, Cameron County, Texas, From SF-1 'Single Family One' to SF-2 'Duplex, Residential'. Applicant: Sandra E. Aguilar & Juan Aguilar, Jr.]
OKAY, YOU GOT A NUMBER 11 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT TO THE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH F.SECOND AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT LA PALM BOULEVARD.
BEAR A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 2 62 ACRES OF LINE, CONSISTENT OF ALL, OF LOT, UH, NUMBER ONE, SAVING EXCEPT THE EAST, UH, 10 FEET AT THE STOLES OF DIVISION AS RECORDED IN CABINET.
ONE SLOT, UH, 1404 DASH B CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, UM, RECORDS CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO SF TWO, DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL APPLICANT, UH, SANDRA E UH, AGUILAR AND JUAN AGUILAR JR.
AND MR. UH, JOANNA, SORRY, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS JOANNA MALVO, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY TO SF TWO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE PROPOSED LAND USE CLARIFICATION AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
A DUPLEX UNIT IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES AN SF TWO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL ZONE TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING.
DID SEE THIS ON APRIL 27TH, 2023, AND DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LUMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSION.
I'M SORRY, I FORGOT ABOUT YOU.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2252-G, after the Second and Final Reading, amending Ordinance 2252 and sections of the Code of Ordinances that pertain to Businesses, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 4, to add Section 4.01 Requirements, Permit Fees, Expirations and Renewals for Business repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date.]
OKAY.ITEM 12, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 G AFTER THE SECOND FINAL READING, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252.
AND THE SECTIONS OF COURT OF, UH, ORDINANCE MAY PERTAIN TO BUSINESS AND CODIFIED IN THE COURT OF ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER FOUR, TO ADD SECTION 4.01 REQUIREMENTS, PERMITS, FEES, EXPIRATIONS, RENEWALS FOR BUSINESS, REPEATING ANY OTHER ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT THERE WITH, AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANTO AND PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS TO REQUIRE ALL PERSONS OPERATING A BUSINESS TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT AND REGISTER WITH THE CITY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE DID NOT HAVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DO'S AND DON'TS AND HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS PERMIT.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE UPDATING THIS ORDINANCE.
SO IN THE PAST, UM, YOU WEREN'T GETTING, WE HAD A FEE SCHEDULE.
UH, IT TELLS US WHAT TO CHARGE, BUT IT WASN'T, UH, VERY EXACT ON HOW THE PROCESS WAS AND WHAT WE COULD AND COULDN'T DO.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT WEREN'T COMING IN AND CORRECT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT WEREN'T COMING IN.
AND KEEPING THEM IN EVERY YEAR HELPS THEM ALSO, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING INSPECTED EVERY YEAR, SOMETIMES YOU LET THINGS GO.
THE BUILDINGS START TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'D WAIT FOR YEARS TO FIX EVERY LITTLE THING, IT STARTS TO ADD UP.
[01:05:01]
THERE EVERY YEAR TO INSPECT, WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS ARE NOT, UM, BEING OVERLOOKED.COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I COULD ADD TO THAT, JOHN.
I HAD A BUSINESS SAY THAT YOU GUYS CAME OUT, THEY WERE BEHIND ON THE RENEWAL, AND THEY WERE A LITTLE SHOCKED WITH THE RENEWAL FEE.
BUT IN THE END RESULT WAS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CHECK THEIR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, THEIR SECURITY LIGHTS, GENERATORS, WHATNOT, AND ALL OF THAT WAS FUNCTIONING, WHICH COULD BE A HUGE LIABILITY FOR A BUSINESS.
SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY WENT THROUGH THIS RENEWAL PROCESS.
SO THIS WILL HAVE SOME MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE BUSINESSES.
SO IS THE SOFTWARE IN PLACE YET? UM, ACTUALLY THE SOFTWARE HAS ALREADY BEEN INS, UH, INSTALLED.
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS YET, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING WITH IT TO GRANT US ACCESS, BUT WE'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND GOODMAN, AND, UH, SECOND BY MIRACLE, TIM GALVAN.
[13. Consideration and possible action to approve a payment to Research, Applied Technology, Education, and Service, (RATES) D.B.A. Rates/RGV in the amount of $11,446.00 as per the Memorandum of Understanding #R-RGVTF-2019-0007. ]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT FOR, TO RESEARCH, APPLY THE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE RATES DBA RATES RGV IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $11,446, AS PER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE NUMBER R DASH R GV DASH TF DASH, UH, TWO 19 DASH 0 0 7.AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, COMMENCED ON APRIL 18TH, 2019, AND IS EFFECTIVE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE CALENDAR YEARS.
UM, I'M SORRY, EXACTLY FIVE CALENDAR YEARS AND WILL TERMINATE ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
THE CITY IS PAYING RATES RGB AND ANNUAL, UH, TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTION OF 11,446, AS STATED IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UM, I WENT AHEAD AND ATTACHED THE CONTRACT IN THERE.
IT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, BACK IN 2019.
UM, THIS IS JUST THE, ACTUALLY IT'S THE FIFTH PAYMENT.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE BACK AND FORTH WITH RATES TO RENEW THE NEW CONTRACT, AND THAT YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THAT IN THE NEXT, UH, MONTH OR SO.
SO WHAT IS THIS FOR? IN THE SENSE OF, SO IN RATES, UH, HELPS US WITH OUR STORM WATER, UH, PERMITS.
UM, IF WE HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH T C Q HAVING TO DO WITH STORM WATER, THEY GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN.
THEY MAKE SURE THAT OUR PAPERWORK IS COMPLETELY, UH, UP TO DATE, THINGS OF THAT, THAT NATURE.
JOAN, I WAS READING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TASK FORCE.
WHO IS THAT? WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, CURRENTLY IT IS, UH, CLEO, AND I BELIEVE IT USED TO BE BERNARD.
UH, BUT WITH THE NEW CONTRACT COMING UP, WE WILL BE PUTTING NEW REPRESENTATIVES IN PLACE.
AND HOW OFTEN THEY THEY MEET? WE ARE, IS IT A VOTING POSITION OR, SO THEY DO MEET QUITE OFTEN.
UM, IT'S USUALLY, SOMETIMES WE JUST HAD THE STORM WATER CONFERENCE, UH, AT THE ISLAND.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK FOR A MONTH.
AND, UH, BESIDES PRIOR TO THAT, IT'S ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.
DOES IT GO, DO IT GO ON VIRTUAL OR DOES THE PLACE WE DO VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON.
IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS AND THE, UH, TEXAS LEGISLATION REGARDING FLOODING ISSUES HERE IN THE VALLEY? YES, SIR.
AND IT WAS, UH, USED TO BE PART OF THE, UH, TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY IN KINGSVILLE, AND IT WAS MOVED DOWN TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS R UH, RGV.
IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT IT IS, UNLESS THE CITY HAS ITS OWN PROGRAM FOR ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTIFICATIONS AND WORKING TOWARD THAT END, UM, IT, IT, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOON, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE COMING OUT WITH ALL THE, THE, THE NEW LEGISLATION.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE WORKSHOPS TELLING US EXACTLY HOW TO COMPLY.
SOME WILL BE SEPTEMBER 1ST, STUFF LIKE THIS.
IT'S MORE LIKE JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE NEW COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE.
SO, UM, UH, CLEO LAGUARDIA IS A CERTIFIED FLOOD PLANNING MANAGER.
NOW HE'S A CERTIFIED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SO HE DOES A LOT OF THAT UNDER THAT LICENSING, BUT RECENTLY ATTAINED THAT CERTIFICATION.
SO IT IS, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE YET.
AND THERE IS SO MUCH LEGISLATION.
SO THIS AGREEMENT WILL EXPIRE ABOUT THE TIME WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE GOING ON.
AND THIS IS MORE THE EDUCATIONAL
[01:10:01]
PART IN THAT ASPECT, THAT THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN-HOUSE, BUT THE NEW LEGISLATION MAY, MAY REQUIRE MORE PER, YOU KNOW, MORE PERMANENT.IN OTHER WORDS,
AND THAT MAY CHANGE THE RATE NEXT YEAR.
WHAT THIS GROUP IS GONNA DO FOR US, AND MOST OF THESE, UH, ON THIS RATES GROUP, AND THEY'VE BEEN BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THEIR PES, MOST OF 'EM HAVE THEIR DOCTORATES, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN, UH, OF THE PROGRAMS AND CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THESE STATE, THESE INSTITUTIONS.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GUNMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[14. Consideration and possible action to approve Queen City Daiquiris as a vendor for Market Days on Historic Robertson Street starting on June 17, 2023, and continuing through December 31, 2023]
14, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.UH, QUINCY CITY DE AQUARIUS AS A VENDOR FOR MARKET DAYS ON THE HISTORICAL ROBERTSON, UH, STREET STARTING JUNE 17TH, 2023 THROUGH, UH, UH, CONTINUED THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
MS. JOANNA QUEENS CITY DAIQUIRIS HAS SUBMITTED A, UH, VENDOR APPLICATION FOR MARKET DAYS ON HISTORIC ROBERT STREET.
THE TEXAS ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMMISSION REQUIRES THEM TO APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY EVENT, UH, APPROVAL PERMIT.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS A LETTER AUTHORIZED FROM THE CITY.
UM, SO RECENTLY THEY CAME IN WANTING TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND GET A PERMIT TO SET UP AT MARKET DAYS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT, UH, TEXAS ALCOHOL BEVERAGE REQUIRES THEM TO GET AN EVENT PERMIT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO, OR THEY WANT TO ATTEND EVERY MARKET DAYS.
WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT THE DATES FROM JANUARY 17TH THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, UM, JUST SO THAT THEY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE COMING EVERY MONTH BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO RENEW A PERMIT AND GET A LETTER FOR, UH, T A B C.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SIDE QUESTION, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHERE ARE WE WITH THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE SO THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO JUST, NOT JUST DRINKS, BUT OTHER FOOD ITEMS MORE EASILY THERE.
SO THE FOOD TRUCK PERMIT IS, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT 95% READY TO GO.
I WAS REVIEWING IT TODAY, AND THERE'S JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT IN REFERENCE TO HELP, UM, DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A REQUEST AND I THOUGHT WE DID HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR ORDINANCE FOR, UM, AND OF COURSE THIS WOULD BE UP TO YOU ALL, THERE'S A SECTION IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT A MOBILE.
UM, IT'S NOT A MO THEY DON'T USE THE WORD MOBILE VENDOR.
THERE IS ONE FOR A MOBILE VENDOR, BUT THEY USE ANOTHER, UH, LANGUAGE.
AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR A FOOD TRUCK, BUT NOWHERE IN THE ORDINANCE DID ITS STATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.
SO WE WANNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE AND BRING IT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UM, FAIRLY QUICKLY ON MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING LIKE HARLINGEN HAS AND OTHER CITIES HAVE WHERE, NOT A FOOD TRUCK PARK, BUT THEY WOULD OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR A FOOD TRUCK THREE DAYS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T STAY OVERNIGHT.
IT HAS TO GO AND CALM, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN, UM, VENDORS WERE LOOKING FOR.
SO WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE IT BEFORE P AND Z FAIRLY QUICKLY.
YES, I BELIEVE THAT, RIGHT? THE INDIVIDUAL FOOD TRUCK PERMIT VERSUS WORRYING ABOUT A WHOLE PARK BECOMES MUCH MORE FEAS REASONABLE.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE THE FOOD TRUCK PARK, UH, PERMIT READY, BUT WE WANT TO BRING IT AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS AND THE ALCOHOL, BECAUSE THEY TEND TO GO, UH, TOGETHER.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER ONE FOR JUST ONE OR TWO DAYS, UM, THAT ONE OR TWO DAY PERMIT AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND THAT ONE WILL BE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
IT'S JUST ADDING IT CUZ IT ALREADY HAS THE DESCRIPTION.
I JUST NEED TO GIVE IT SOME RULES.
SO I CAN TELL ROBERT BACK THERE THAT IN HIS PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'RE ALREADY ADDRESSING THE ISSUE THAT HE'S ASKING FOR.
UH, JOANNA, SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING THE ALCOHOL, THERE IS AN ORDINANCE CONSUMPTION IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, UM, BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AT THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, JUST LIKE IN FREDERICKSBURG, WHERE THEY ALLOW ALCOHOL ON THE SIDEWALKS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THERE'S A ORDINANCE, I'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU CONSUMPTION IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND IT DOES MENTION SAM HOUSTON, ROBERTSON STREET, SOME OF THOSE STREETS.
SOME PEOPLE MAY KNOW IN THE NINETIES, MAYBE THAT AREA.
[01:15:01]
THE PARTY? CENTRALUM, SO WE MIGHT WANNA REVISIT THAT AND SEE IF IT'S STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCEQ AND SEE IF WE CAN REVISIT IT.
REVISIT, SEE IF THIS KIND OF GOES WITH THIS.
OPEN CONTAINER LAWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO APPROVE, UH, QUEEN CITY DERS, RIGHT? YES.
I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR GALVAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
[15. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint or reappoint members to the Planning & Zoning Commission for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: a) Place 1- Current Term June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024 b) Place 2-Current Term June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024 c) Place 3-New Appointee or Reappoint June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024 d) Place 4-Current Term June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024 e) Place 5-Current Term June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE QUESTION TO REMOVE A APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WILL THE PLACE IN TERMS STATED IN, UH, AN EXPIRATION THAT'S SHOWN? UM, DO WE HAVE, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE, THEY'RE ALL UP TO DATE RIGHT NOW.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT, UH, LIKE TO ADD, REMOVE, REMOVE, ADD IN THERE TO THE PLANNING ZONING? UH, YES, MA'AM.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE NAME? OKAY.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING.
IF NOT MISTAKEN, HE, SO WE WOULD'VE TO REMOVE HIM.
SO HE'S THERE WOULD BE, IT'S FINE.
I WANNA GO AHEAD AND, AND HE'S REMOVE OH, YOU'RE GONNA REMOVE, SO, OKAY.
SO YOU MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE FIRST, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE, UH, MR. LOPEZ BECAUSE HE'S, HE IS, UH, HAS A TERM 2020.
AFFIRM IS STILL, HIS EXPIRATION DATE IS 2024.
SO WE NEED TO MOTION TO REMOVE HIM.
YEAH, I, I WOULD SECOND HER MOTION.
THE GENTLEMAN SERVES ON MANY BOARDS OUT THERE AND, AND I, YOU PROBABLY COULD USE A LITTLE RELIEF.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES TO REMOVE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO REMOVE, UH, MR. LOPEZ ON PLACE TWO.
SO NOW DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY.
YES, I WILL, UH, APPOINT, UH, JOSE EL MORALES.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MAYOR.
WE GOT FOUR YAYS AND ONE NAME.
CAN WE JUST MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMEONE NOT SENDING ON SO MANY BOARDS? YEAH, I, YEAH, I THAT'S TWO BOARDS.
I WAS UNAWARE OF THE, THE NOMINATION.
DO WE GOT TWO BOARDS ON THERE? ANYBODY ELSE? DO WE HAVE ANY ON THE OTHER BOARDS? I, WE ACTUALLY NEED, UH, SOMEBODY FOR PLACE THREE AND PLACE FOUR, UH, JUST TO CORRECT WHAT'S ON HERE.
WE HAVE 31ST OF THIS LAST MONTH.
SO WE HAVE ON THE PAPER IT'S 2024 EXPIRATION, BUT THE TRUE DATE IS 2023 OR 2023.
SO ON PLACE THREE, UM, WE'RE HAVE RAMOS, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, TABLE THIS ONE.
FOR PLACE THREE ON THE PLANNING ZONING, A MOTION TO, UH, TO TABLE PLACE THREE OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
SO I GOT THE MARI GALVAN TO TABLE PLACE THREE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSE TO TABLE PLACE THREE.
I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A QUICK COMMENT.
UM, I THINK ON THESE BOARDS, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE THAT ARE INFORMED, THAT ARE AWARE OF THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND PLANNING AND ZONING.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INCIDENTS OR MISREPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S VERBIAGE IS WHAT AND WHAT VERBIAGE ISN'T.
UM, I KNOW MR. WALLACE HAS SAT ON THIS BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO IT DOES KNOW, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, OKAY.
UM, SO MR. GOODMAN, YOU GONNA STAY IN THERE FOR LET'S PLACE, UH, LET'S PLACE FIVE.
I MEAN, MY PLACE, USE IT ON MY PLACE, MR. GOODMAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE.
NOT ANYTHING AGAINST YOU OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I JUST DON'T LIKE PEOPLE TO SIT.
[01:20:01]
ON THE COMMISSION NOW, I WOULD LIKE, THAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING OVERSIGHT, NOT HAVING YOUR DIPPING IN INTO POPSICLES AT THE SAME TIME.SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THANK YOU.
I HAVE ENOUGH TO DO
IN ADDITION TO THAT THOUGH, CAROL AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO SOON IS I WANT FOR US AS A, AS A, UH, COMMISSION TO HAVE SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T BEGIN TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND MORE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE WILLING TO SERVE ON THESE TYPES OF COMMITTEES AND, AND GET THE, GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO AND INVOLVED IN THEIR, IN THE COMMUNITY.
CUZ I AGREE, WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER REPRESENTATION FROM, FROM, FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
HOMEROOM CITY, AND WE NEED TO ACT LIKE IT.
SO, SO ON MINE, I WOULD TABLE IT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A NOMINATION YET.
UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. GIBBONS STAYING ON IT.
SO PLACE FOR, UH, SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, THE TABLE.
WE STILL GET TO HEAR FROM JOANNA, THOUGH.
UM, WHAT ARE WE ASKING? WELL, OKAY.
YOU STILL HAVE, UH, MISS, UH, LOS SANTOS? DO YOU WANT STILL KEEP HER? I MEAN, YEAH, I STILL, I HAVE NO, NO CHANGE THEN.
DID WE GET PLACE FIVE? PLACE FIVE.
I BELIEVE THE MAYOR SAID HE WAS GONNA, HE'S STILL, UH, 20, 24.
ITEM 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT AND REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE PLACE.
TERMS STARTED AND EXPERIMENT AS SHOWN.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, PLACED THREE ON, LET'S SEE.
HOW ABOUT WE GO DOWN THE LIST? YEAH.
LET'S DO, UH, PLACE ONE FIRST.
UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE OTHER APPOINTED CANNOT BE REMOVED UNLESS YOU HAVE A HEARING.
JOANNA, WHEN THE PLANNINGS ONLY, NO, FROM ZBA, THAT'S WHY I ONLY PLACED, UH, PUT PLACE THREE AND PLACE FOUR BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE EXPIRING.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU CAN VOTE.
THEY'RE ALREADY IN A HOLDOVER SO THEY CAN BE REMOVED SINCE THEIR TERM, THEIR INITIAL TERMS ARE ALREADY EXPIRED.
SO YOU GUYS, UH, FOR PLACE ONE, WE CAN, YOU CAN, THERE'S NO HEARING WAIT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION, UNLESS YOU GO THROUGH THE SHOW CALLS AND HAVE A HEARING PROCESS OF REMOVE POSITIONS ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THEY WERE JUST THREE, THEY WERE WRITTEN HERE.
[16. Consideration and possible action to appoint or reappoint members to the Zoning Board of Adjustments for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: a) Place 3-New Appointee or Reappoint June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023 (One-Year Term) b) Place 4-New Appointee or Reappoint June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023 (One-Year Term)]
JUST THREE AND FOUR.SO THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO MINE.
I MOTION TO, UH, RENOMINATE, UH, MR. NOE GALVAN.
I THINK HE SERVED OVER 15 YEARS ON THESE BOARDS AND HE STILL HAS THE VERY FIRST BOOK THEY GAVE HIM.
AND I HOPE THAT THE NEWCOMERS GET SOME SIMILAR TYPE OF BOOK TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF THESE BOARDS.
CUZ THERE'S A LOT TO KNOW ABOUT THESE BOARDS RESPONSIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO RENOMINATE, UH, MR. NOR GALVAN? I SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
I HAD JUST APPOINTED MS. LIA AND NADINE MONTE AND I MOTION TO REAPPOINT HER.
UM, SHE GOT HER BACHELOR'S FROM ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY MASTER'S HERE AT A U T R GV.
SHE'S A LICENSED, UM, COUNSELOR.
SHE'S VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYTHING.
SHE'S PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR LEAGUE.
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN SAY GOOD ABOUT A PERSON IS HER.
MS. JOHANNA, DID SHE GET THE BOOK?
[01:25:02]
UM, ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN, UH, GIVING THE BOARDS, UH, HANDOUTS, EXPLAINING, UH, JUST CERTAIN LITTLE THINGS ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD DOES.YEAH, SHE'S BEEN HANDING OUT SOME GREAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF B AND Z AND THEN BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION, SO, VERY GOOD.
[17. Discussion and update on the City of San Benito proposed street overlay projects.]
UM, ITEM NUMBER 17, UH, DISCUSS AN UPDATE.THE CITY OF SANTO, PROPOSED STREET OVERLAY PROJECTS AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, AN GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COORDINATOR.
UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, OVERLAY, UH, STREET PROJECTS THAT WE GOT GOING ON.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN YOUR EXHIBITS, UH, THESE STREETS WERE, UH, CHOSEN FROM, UH, AN APPROVED LIST.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM 2017.
THESE WERE, UH, STREETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS, UH, NEEDING, UH, REHABILITATION.
UH, THEY ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
UH, WE MADE A DECISION, UH, COLLECTIVELY AS A STAFF.
UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATOR, ALONG WITH OUR STREET SUPERVISOR.
UH, WE'LL BE STARTING WITH ACTUALLY WITH, UH, PCI STREET.
UH, AND THAT JUST MAKES SENSE LOGISTICALLY.
UH, SCHOOL JUST WENT OUT, UH, LESS TRAFFIC.
I GET, UH, CALLS ON, ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO, UH, WENT AHEAD AND, UH, MADE THAT CALL TO, TO START ADDRESSING, UH, THOSE, UH, THAT STREET IN GENERAL.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL START ADDRESSING, UH, CERTAIN AREAS.
UH, IF WE'RE IN, UH, IN A, IN AN AREA THAT, UH, UH, WE SEE THAT, HEY, THERE'S TWO, THREE STREETS THAT AREN'T ON OUR LIST, WE'RE GONNA START ADDRESSING THEM, UH, UH, AS A COLLECTIVE, UH, PROJECT.
NOT JUST, HEY, ADDRESS THIS ONE FOUR BLOCK STREET.
UH, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS.
UH, IF WE KIND OF DO ONE STREET AND THEN, UH, HEAD OVER ACROSS TOWN TO JUST DO A, UH, IF WE CAN START ADDRESSING THEM, UH, PAVE ONE, OVERLAY IT, START PREPPING, AND THEN SO ON AND SO FORTH.
KIND OF KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FLUID.
SO, UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW I'M GONNA BE THROWING MORE AT IT AT YOU AGAIN.
UM, WHILE YOU'RE IN THE AREA THAT YOU'RE REPAVING, CAN YOU LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS? YES.
CAUSE UH, I MEAN, WE, I'M BEING HAMMERED.
WE'RE BEING HAMMERED AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS.
I MEAN, THE SIDEWALKS ARE BACK UNEVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.
SO WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PAVING, IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN, UH, LEVEL 'EM OFF OR REPLACE 'EM, I DON'T, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE, WHAT, UH, WE CAN COME UP WITH.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A HEADS UP IF IT'S, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE THERE, TRY SO WE CAN CLEAN IT UP.
YEAH, AND WE'VE, I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR PUBLIC, UH, WORKS COORDINATOR IN REGARDS TO IT.
UM, WE DO GO IN THERE AND WE TYPICALLY, WHEN WE GO IN THERE AND START LOOKING AT THE STREET, WE START LOOKING OBVIOUSLY AT THE CURB AND GUTTER.
UH, WE DON'T JUST GO DO AN OVERLAY ON IT.
UH, WE DO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CHECK IF, IF THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO, UH, IF IT CALLS FOR AN OVERLAY.
NOW IF IT CALLS FOR, UH, MORE REHABILITATION, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL MAKE THAT CALL AND, UH, WE'LL ADDRESS IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT UP TO MANAGEMENT AND, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT CALL WHETHER WE NEED A, I KNOW, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE, UH, NUMBER 20 ON YOUR LIST IS, UH, YOS ROAD.
UH, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 21 BLOCKS.
THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC DAR, UH, ROAD, UH, SCHOOL GOES BY THERE.
SO WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ONE.
UM, THAT WOULD TAKE OUR, OUR, OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM DOING MORE RESIDENTIAL ROADS.
SO I'M GONNA BE LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY GETTING THAT ONE MAYBE CONTRACTED OUT, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE GETTING THAT DONE, UH, AT A QUICKER, UH, PACE.
THAT WAY WHEN, UH, IF WE CAN DO IT DURING THE SUMMER, EVEN BETTER, UH, LESS TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WAY WHEN SCHOOL RAMPS UP, THEN UH, WE CAN BE IN AND OUT OF THERE.
AND THEN OUR, UH, OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT CAN, UH, CONCENTRATE ON MORE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, MS. JOHNNY, BEN, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE AND I'M GONNA BRING IT UP AGAIN CUZ WE HAVE A, A FRESH COMMISSION OF A MORE OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO THE STREET PROGRAM.
UH, ONE THAT WILL HAVE A CRITERIA SET IN PLACE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC VOLUME.
IF THERE'S ONLY ONE INLET TO THE SUBDIVISION, IT'S THE ONLY STREET, THEN OF COURSE IT WOULD TAKE PRIORITY.
OR IS IT CLOSE TO A BUSINESS OR TO SCHOOL ZONE AREA? I WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE.
I'VE SEEN OTHER CITIES HAVE THIS OBJECTIVE CRITERIA VERSUS THAT ONE, THAT ONE TO GET RID OF THE MENTALITY OFK.
THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS JUMPED THE LINE CUZ OF THIS AND THAT, AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE OBJECTIVE APPROACH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST.
I AGREE WITH THAT, UH, SIR, AND THAT I TRY, I TEND TO LOOK AT IT IN THAT, IN THAT ASPECT.
UH, UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T LIVE INTEGRITY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS MY JOB TO KIND OF, SO I HEAD OUT THERE, I ACTUALLY DO MY ROUNDS AND, AND, AND HEAD OUT TO THE STREETS AND KIND
[01:30:01]
OF TAKE THOSE INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION.UH, WHAT, WHAT MAKES SENSE? UH, LIKE I SAID, LOGISTICALLY, LIKE, CAN I GET INTO THIS STREET OR VERSUS THIS STREET, UH, I BELIEVE THERE WERE, UH, WE WERE GONNA DO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, LAREDO STREET.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK, MAYBE DO FRANKLIN, UH, THE, IT'S FRANKLIN LAIA AND I BELIEVE IT'S CARLOS, CARLOS STREET, CARLOS, WHICH IS THREE BLOCKS.
SO THEY WEREN'T ON A, UH, THEY WEREN'T THERE.
NOW, IF I'M GONNA DO TWO BLOCKS OF LAREDO, UM, NOW I FIXED THAT ROAD AND THE EXIT POINTS ARE NOT FIXED.
WELL NOW I'M GONNA BE GETTING CALLED BECAUSE, HEY, YOU DIDN'T FIX THESE TWO ROADS.
SO, UH, JUST MOVING FORWARD, IT'S KIND OF BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF, HEY, REACTIVE, AND NOW WE'RE GETTING CALLS AND WHY DIDN'T WE FIX THIS STREET? SO IF WE'RE THERE IN THE AREA, WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS IT.
UM, AND, AND TRYING TO EXPEDITE, UH, TRYING TO KNOCK OUT AS MANY OF THESE STREETS AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL BE, UH, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH, UH, THE VENDOR, THE, WHERE WE PURCHASED OUR, UH, DOUBLE DRUM ROLLER FROM, UH, DOGGETT.
SO, UH, WE SHOULD BE GETTING IT HERE SOON, WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, MONTH OR SO, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, FULLY EQUIPPED WITH OUR NEW BROACH BROOM.
UH, WE JUST GOT OUR, OUR, UH, HEAVY, UH, DECK TRAILER.
WE GOT IT ACTUALLY HERE, LOCAL FROM, UH, GOOD GUY TRAILERS.
SO NOW WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF MANEUVER AROUND THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EASILY WITH, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO LOAD EVERYTHING ONTO OUR, OUR SEMI AND THEN HAULING IT OFF, HAVING THE GUYS HAVING TO COME IN AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THESE LOCATIONS BEFORE TRAFFIC PICKS UP.
SO, UH, GETTING THE EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT THEY NEED, UH, WAS ESSENTIAL TO, TO KIND OF EXPEDITE THESE PROJECTS.
I, I SHARE CONCERNS WITH COMMISSIONER GALVAN AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING GONE THROUGH AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN, ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT ISSUES I HEAR IS STREETS MM-HMM.
UH, AND SO TO HAVE THIS LIST IS, IS FINE AND GOOD, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
BUT THERE'S A A HUNDRED THINGS THAT COME TO MIND HERE, BECAUSE THE QUESTION I GET IS, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FIX MY STREET? MM-HMM.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ANSWER CURRENTLY FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO GET, SO I'M TALKING A LARGER PROGRAM HERE, FIND A WAY TO GET TO AN ANSWER LIKE THAT.
AND I REALIZE IT'S AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED ISSUE TO TRY TO DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT'S OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW? WHEN IS OUR BUDGET? HOW, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S, EVEN IF I GIVE A PERSON AN ANSWER THAT SAYS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THAT'S AN ANSWER.
HOW DO WE GET TO THAT POINT? HOW DO WE GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW, RATIONAL PLAN TO, TO BEING ABLE TO, TO FIX STREETS? CAN WE GO AFTER A, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE A PLAN, I REALIZE THAT, BUT THEN WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT I, I, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR VIEW SOMETIMES IS TOO, TOO NARROW IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS HERE PRETTY QUICK.
AND HOW MUCH MORE MONEY ARE WE GONNA SPEND TOWARDS IT, AND DO WE HAVE IT? AND ARE WE SPENDING MONEY? WE, YOU KNOW, I THERE'S JUST A TON OF QUESTIONS YES.
SO DO WE HAVE A EVALUATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW WHEN WE START LOOKING AT STREETS IN TERMS OF A CRITERIA THAT MOVES THIS ONE UP? A LIST OF GETTING DONE VERSUS DOWN THE LIST OF GETTING DONE? WELL, AND THAT, THE, THAT WAS ALONG MY POINTS OF, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY I GO OUT THERE, I ADDRESS IT, AND THEN I, I, UH, TAKE IN, UH, MY STAFF'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHY, WHY THIS STREET? WHY VERSUS THIS STREET? HEY, IS IT, UH, WELL IT'S THE END OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC PR OKAY, THEN WE'RE GONNA KNOCK THAT OUT AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL START ADDRESSING AND LOOK IN THE AREA.
JUST BECAUSE WE WERE ON THIS STREET, WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS ONE? UH, YOU KNOW, ONE ADJACENT TO IT PARALLEL OR, YOU KNOW, PERPENDICULAR TO IT IF IT'S, UH, A CONNECTING, UH, STREET.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I'M STARTING TO LOOK INTO.
THESE, UH, STREETS THAT WERE CHOSEN WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, THEY WERE BACK IN 2017.
SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT 'EM AND GOING, UH, BASED OFF OF ALL RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE ARE OUT THERE.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT IT LOGISTICALLY, LIKE AS YOU SAY, WE MIGHT NEED TO START LOOKING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH OF WHICH ONE TAKES PRIORITY OVER OVER ANOTHER.
CUZ I DO GET THE CALLS, UH, AS WELL, HEY, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FIX MY STREET? AND, AND, UM, MY ANSWER IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOUR STREET ON THE LIST.
IT'S JUST A MATTER WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
HENCE WHY I SAID, HEY, YOS IS A LONG STRETCH.
I MIGHT START LOOKING INTO CONTRACTING.
I KNOW, UH, THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR, UH, THEY DID RAISE THE, THE, FOR THE STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT.
WE DID GO UP ON, UH, ON THAT BUDGET.
SO I WANT TO START TAPPING INTO THAT.
UH, I KNOW WE JUST FINISHED OFF, UH, NORTH MILAM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, EIGHT BLOCKS.
WE DID IT IN APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF DAYS NOW, GIVEN THE, THE, THE, THE, THE WEATHER PERMITTING AND ALL THAT.
SO, UH, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS, OKAY, WE DID EIGHT BLOCKS, WE CAN DO 16, WE CAN DO 32.
SO NOW I'M THINKING, WHY ARE WE ONLY KNOCKING OUT 90 BLOCKS IN A YEAR? UM, NOW THAT MEANS I'D HAVE TO PUSH THE GUYS A LITTLE BIT.
I'M NOT ASKING, HEY, THIS IS THE MAX THAT WE CAN DO NOW, CAN NOW LET'S BE REASONABLE.
HOW MANY CAN WE DO? CAN WE DO 50% MORE INSTEAD OF 90? CAN WE DO ONE 30?
[01:35:01]
SURE.UM, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF NOW, HEY, WE GOT THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE WE'RE NOT RELYING ON, UH, VENDORS, UH, YOU KNOW, RENTALS.
HEY, WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR YOU.
SO I THINK ONCE WE GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON ONE, I THINK THAT'S GONNA KIND OF EXPEDITE US AND, AND START KNOCKING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
UM, JUST TO FEED BACK OFF, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, UM, I THINK THOUGH HAVING A CRITERIA IN PLACE MM-HMM.
I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT.
THE COMMUNITY DOES COME AND ASK WHEN IS MY STREET GONNA BE FIXED? BUT YET YOU GO OUT THERE AND SAY, YOU GO, I VISUAL WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
GO OUT THERE AND, AND, UH, DETERMINE THAT THIS ONE'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER.
UM, BUT IF WE HAD SOMETHING IN PLACE TO HELP US WITH THAT, TO GET BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW THIS IS THE CRITERIA.
BECAUSE YOU COULD GO OUT THERE AND SAY, THIS STREET IS BAD, BUT YET ANOTHER STREET IS JUST AS BAD BECAUSE THIS PERSON'S DRIVING THROUGH IT ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF CRITERIA WE COULD PUT IN PLACE TO HELP YOU, HELP US MM-HMM.
AND MAYBE GET SOME COMMUNITY INPUT TOO.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE COMMUNITY THOUGH, SO IN MY STREET IS THIS AND THAT, BUT GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING.
I CAN LOOK INTO MAYBE, UH, GENERATING SOME TYPE OF POINT SYSTEM, UH, BASED ON LOCATION, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A SCHOOL, UH, LOCAL COMMERCIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND, AND GO THAT ROUTE AND MAYBE START DOING POINT SYSTEM BASED ON THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I I WORRY ABOUT THIS COMMISSION IS, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR DOES, MAYOR TAKES A LOT OF, GETS A LOT OF STUFF PUSHED ON HIS SHOULDERS AND THEY, EVERYBODY EXPECTS HIM TO RESPOND.
I'M ONE OF THESE GUYS THAT I'M GONNA PUT IT BACK AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S GET, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR STREET, THAT'S GREAT, BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO BE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S STREETS AS WELL.
SO WHY DON'T WE PUT YOU ON A TASK FORCE AND YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THESE CRITERIA AND THEN BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US FORMED TASK FORCE RELATED TO THESE THINGS AND SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES AMONGST THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND I REALIZE WE'VE HAD DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE EVEN TO FILL COMMITTEES.
AND SO I'M ASKING FOR A LOT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A LOT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON TURNER ROAD.
OH, ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT.
I HAVE NO RELATIVES THERE BECAUSE THIS IS A WINTER TEXAN PARK.
UH, BUT THEY'VE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AND THE LADY IS NOW MY GRANDMOTHER.
BUT, UM, THE, I DID VISIT THE ROAD AND THE SAME THING.
SOMEONE ASK SOMEONE ASK ABOUT A ROAD, I DRIVE IT AND SOME ROADS ARE IN WAY BETTER CONDITION THAN OTHERS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE WILL TELL ME THAT THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR 50 YEARS AND I DRIVE ON THE ROAD, I'M LIKE, NO.
SO THAT'S WHY AN OBJECTIVE CRITERIA IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO TELL YOU WHY NO
AND THE TAR, THE PAINTING WITH THE TAR, THEY DO THAT TO KIND OF PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ROAD SO THAT WATER DOESN'T SEEP IN.
DO WE, DO WE PARTAKE IN ANY OF THAT? DO WE HAVE THAT? WE'LL DO PAT.
UM, BUT IT, SOME OF THE ROADS, LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE ALREADY, THEY'RE ALREADY WAY BEYOND.
BUT SOME OF, THERE'S SOME ROADS THAT DON'T NEED FULL OVERLAY OVERLAY OR FULLY REDONE.
THEY JUST NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, THAT'S ALL IT IS.
BUT TURNER ROAD, IT FALLS OFF.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT, IF IT'S A NIGHT OR THERE'S, OR THERE'S WATER, YOU'LL FALL OFF THE EDGE.
I WOULD HATE FOR SOMEONE,
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A BUS AND ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THERE.
ZK ROAD TOO IS A CORRIDOR TO THE, TO THAT AREA.
AND YOU'VE SEEN KAZI LOCK, RIGHT? YES.
THOSE ARE JUST AN OBJECTIVE CRITERIA WOULD HELP US.
I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, THE ZAC ROAD.
BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE FUNDING CENTER THAT'S COMING, THAT THE NATIONAL SHELTER BOARD THAT'S COMING.
SO, AND I ALREADY TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ON IT.
I KNOW THAT POLICE HERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE BOUGHT IT.
AND, UH, ME AND, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATOR, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE, UH, CUZ WE ALSO LOOKED INTO, I BELIEVE NIXON ROAD, CUZ IT ATTACHES RIGHT THERE TO ZOX.
SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
I KNOW IT'S NOT ON OUR LIST, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE GET DONE AND, AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, IF WE'RE ALREADY GONNA BE ON NIXON AND WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, IF IT, IF IT HELPS OUT THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ALREADY IN THE AREA AND WE CAN KNOCK OUT AS AS MUCH AS WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, UH, ONCE WE GET OUR, OUR FULLY STAFFED EQUIPMENT AND, AND IF WE CAN GET GOING, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO START KNOCKING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THESE RESIDENTIAL ROADS
[01:40:01]
IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS LIST.IS THE WORK STILL GONNA GO ON THESE LISTS? THIS LIST WAS ALREADY NO ACTION.
THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE ON, ON THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I'M GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO EXPAND THEM AND COME INTO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, I'LL LOOK INTO, UH, AND SEE IF I CAN DRAFT UP SOME TYPE OF, UH, POINT SYSTEM AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN AT LEAST ADDRESS IT AND GIVE, UH, RESIDENTS AT LEAST SOME CONCRETE ANSWER OF, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS.
WELL, WE COME UP WITH POINT SYSTEM, THEN WE CAN COME INTO A, A RATING SYSTEM THAT SAYS, OKAY, YEAH, THIS, THIS MEETS THIS CRITERIA AND WE'RE, THIS WOULD BE ABOVE THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THIS REASON.
BUT THEN IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT EVERY STREET IN TOWN, OH YEAH, THAT'S THOUGHT THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG TASK.
BUT THEN WE PUT IT UP ON A WEBSITE AND THEN I GO TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, SAY, WHEN'S MY STREET GONNA BE DONE? SAY, WELL, IT'S IN ORDER AFTER THIS ONE.
YOU HAVE A SECOND PAVER, RIGHT? YES.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S UP WITH ELLEN? UH, WELL THAT'S, UH, ACTUALLY A DISCUSSION THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE WITH, UH, WITH OUR STAFF TO SEE IF MAYBE, UH, IT WAS MORE, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF STAFFING WISE, HEY, CAN WE DO TWO, TWO CREWS DOING, UH, DOUBLE PA, UH, TO DO, GET BOTH PAVERS ON, ON THE, ON THE ROAD? UM, WE DID LOSE A COUPLE EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE KIND OF RESTAFFING THEM UP.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE ONE, SO THE WAY THAT, THAT WE KIND OF GOTTA GO ON IS, UH, UH, PREP ONE STREET START, UH, WE PREP WITH THAT ONE, START DOING THE OVERLAY AND THEN START WITH THE NEXT ONE.
HEY, THIS IS THE NEXT ONE IN LINE, WE'LL START PREPPING.
SO WE KIND OF SPLIT UP THE CREWS DOING THAT.
AND THEN WE GOT A CREW ALSO DOING THE CURB AND GUTTER IF IT NEEDS.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, BIG ISSUES AS WELL.
UH, WE GET IN THERE TO DO AN OVERLAY, BUT THEN THE CURB GUTTER IS KIND OF, UH, TORN UP.
SO, UH, THAT HAS TO GET ADDRESSED FIRST BEFORE WE HA ACTUALLY CAN JUST DO THE OVERLAY.
AND THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT, YOU GOTTA FORM THE, THE CURB AND GUTTER AND ALL THAT.
SO, UM, TRYING TO GET 'EM, SO, UH, ACTUALLY WE DID HAVE A, A COUPLE MORE INTERVIEWS THIS PAST WEEK.
I BELIEVE I DID 14 INTERVIEWS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE GETTING A COUPLE MORE, UH, EMPLOYEES IN THAT DEPARTMENT AS WELL, UM, TO, TO BETTER UTILIZE THEM.
AND MAYBE GET TWO, TWO CREWS OUT ON THE, ON THE STREETS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
SO IT'S ON THE, UH, DISCUSSION IT NUMBER
[18. Discussion and update on the City of San Benito's Lift Station Rehabilitation Projects. ]
18, DISCUSSING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY SANTO LIFT STATION REHABILITATION PROJECTS TO MR. GARCIA, MAYOR.MAYOR PROTON COMMISSIONERS, AN GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THE ITEM OF HER DISCUSSION IS, UH, JUST AN UPDATE ON, UH, OUR ONGOING, UH, LIFT STATION PROJECTS.
UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, UH, THE FIRST ONE ON YOUR LIST IS EL CAMINO.
YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN, UH, THE RUNNING BUDGET OF WHAT THE CITY'S PAID OUT, UH, TOWARDS, UH, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN COSTS.
UH, AS WELL AS, UH, FOR THE, ON THE CONTRACTING SIDE FOR, FOR THE BUILD OUT.
UH, AND THAT FLOWS WITH EVERY E EACH LIFT STATION THAT WE GOT.
WE HAVE EL CAMINO, UH, ALA LANDRUM, UH, IS IN, UH, PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASES RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS OUR STINGER SEARCH TANK OVER AT OUR CITY SHOP.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ALAMO LIFT STATION, WHICH WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HERE SHORTLY AS WELL.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UH, WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT SOME DELAYS.
WHAT, ON, ON THE OTHER, WHAT WERE THOSE ONES THAT WERE, WE HAD THE USE DELAYS ON, UH, THE DELAY ON, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALAMEDA WAS, UH, JUST, UH, INSTALLING A NEW, UH, SERVICE POLE.
UM, THE ONE THAT THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED TO, UH, CONNECT TO, UH, WAS KIND OF DETERIORATING.
SO, UH, AEP SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA INSTALL NEW POLE.
WE HAD A KI UH, THE STORMS WEATHER.
UH, SO AEP GOT KIND OF PULLED IN THAT DIRECTION AND WE GOT KIND OF LEFT ON THE, ON THE BACK END UNTIL, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME AND INSTALL THAT POLE.
THEY WERE ALREADY, UH, THEY INSTALLED IT.
WE'RE ALREADY RUNNING ON, UH, ON THE, THE LIFT STATION IS, IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL ALREADY.
WE'RE JUST AESTHETIC STUFF, UH, DRIVEWAY, UH, LEADING UP TO, UH, SO THERE'S NO MORE DATE EXTENSIONS ON ANYTHING AS FAR AS RIGHT NOW? NO, SIR.
DO YOU THINK, DO WE THINK WE'RE COM WE'LL MEET THE DATES ON WHAT YOU'VE I BELIEVE SO.
AS FAR, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM, UH, OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, YES, WE SHOULD MEET 'EM THO THOSE EXTENSIONS WERE, UH, SUFFICIENT.
UM, AND THAT GOES FOR ALAMEDA, LIKE I SAID, IT'S MORE TOUCHUPS, EL CAMINO AS WELL.
UM, UH, THAT LIFT STATION IS THE ONE NEXT TO SONIC.
UM, THAT ONE'S FULLY OPERATIONAL AS WELL.
WE BROUGHT, UH, THEY BROUGHT IT ONLINE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN FULLY FUNCTIONAL, NO ISSUES.
UH, JUST MORE, UH, EXTERIOR AESTHETIC LOOKS, FENCE, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
PAINTING AND, AND, UH, REGRADING AND DOING, UH, PUTTING SONIC'S, UH, GRASS BACK UP AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE IT, HOW IT WAS BEFORE.
[01:45:01]
UH, LANDRUM, LIKE I SAID, THAT ONE IS, UH, IN THE, UH, PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASES.UH, WE'RE STILL GETTING SOME MIDDLES FROM, UH, THE CONTRACTOR.
UH, LANDRUM, UH, THE, THE AWARD WENT OVER TO, UH, CORONA CONSTRUCTION FROM HERE, FROM SANTO.
UH, SO THEY'RE IN THERE SUBMITTAL PHASES.
I KNOW, UH, WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UH, HANSEN PROFESSIONALS, WHICH IS OUR PROJECT MANAGERS ON, ON, UH, UH, 1, 2, 3 OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, THEY SAW AN, AN INCREASE IN, UH, IN SUBMITTALS FROM THEM, UH, FOR MATERIALS, UH, EQUIPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? MR. I GUESS THE NEXT, UH, I HAD ASKED FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM AND I THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS USEFUL INFORMATION.
IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO HAVE AND IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HAVE.
UM, I GUESS THE NEXT QUESTION IS TO, TO STEPHANIE.
I KNOW THERE WAS A BOND THAT WAS PULLED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, SO WE KIND OF NEED TO SEE, ARE WE GONNA HIT THAT MARK WITH THE BOND MONIES? IS IT ENOUGH MONEY? UM, I DON'T, IS THAT CORRECT, MR. LAROZA? RIGHT THERE IS YES, COMMISSIONER.
UM, BUT PART OF THE TASK THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WE'RE DOING NOW IN, IN THIS LIFT STATION THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS LATER, UH, THIS EVENING ABOUT THE ALAMO LIFT STATION, UM, IF THAT LIFT STATION, IF WE WOULD'VE TACKLED IT PROBABLY MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, WOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT HALF A MILLION.
IT, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE, UH, CITY YARD WAS EXPENSIVE AT ABOUT 1.1 OR 1.2 MILLION.
SO, UH, THESE PRICES HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO, UH, MR. GARCIA AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE STAND WITH THE 2019 BOND, WHICH IS ENGINEERING IN THE 2020.
IT WAS ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AND PURCHASE OF LAND.
LA LAMEDA IS ON, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE HORSESHOE, UH, COLORADO STREET, COLORADO STREET.
UM, AND, UH, SO, UM, SO WE'RE RECONCILING ALL OF THOSE.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED HERE AT THE, UH, COMING UP AT THE JUNE 27TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, UH, WHERE WE START THAT PHASE AND START TELLING WHERE WE ARE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS.
UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY, UH, THAT WE'RE STILL WITHIN, UH, THE $8 MILLION THAT WE ISSUED OR CITY COMMISSION ISSUED MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR.
SO, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND SO WE CAN START THE NEXT PHASE.
PLUS, UH, WE STILL HAVE THE A R P FUNDS AND THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE ON PROJECTS AND, AND, UH, GETTING, GETTING BIDDERS IS DIFFICULT.
PRICES ARE STILL VERY HIGH AND YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH LABORS.
UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS IS, UM, US WATERWORKS, UM, WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF OUR SYSTEM.
UM, DID, WAS THAT EVER PRESENTED TO US? NO, SIR.
UH, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.
UH, OR SO, UH, WE'VE SEEN A DRAFT, UH, THEY'RE DOING THE FINAL TOUCHES.
UH, REMEMBER SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS, UH, HELD OFF UNTIL, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING TO RELEASE THAT TO T C Q.
UM, SO WE'VE SEEN THE DRAFT, I THINK THAT IS AT 98%.
UM, AND, AND, UH, SO IT'LL BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
SO I, I WOULD ANTICIPATE IN, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING BY WITHIN 30 DAYS IS COMPLETE.
CUZ I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID SALINAS.
I GOT AN INVOICE I THINK OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND SO I SENT IT TO, UH,
I SAID, OKAY, WHERE'S THE, HE GOES, OH, THE OFFICE SENT THAT HOLD OFF ON IT.
I SENT, UH, MM-HMM
CUZ I THOUGHT MAYBE HE, HE SEEN IT.
UH, SO WE KNOW IT'S COMING IN.
THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR SEALS IN.
AND SO, SO YOU'LL GET THAT AGAIN, YOU'LL GET THAT IN, UM, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE, UH, WHAT IT IS.
WE WILL REVIEW IT WITH YOU AND THEN IT'LL BECOME A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
AND THEN THE, UH, T C E Q EXTENSION.
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? WELL, SOMETIMES DON'T USE JUST GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? UH, SO IN FEBRUARY, UH, WE SENT A LETTER TO T C Q AT, UH, REQUESTING A SIX MONTH EXTENSION FROM THE MARCH, 2023 DEADLINE.
WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING, WE'VE NOT HEARD EA OR NAY, BUT T CQ IS VERY FAR BEHIND, UH, ON A LOT OF THEIR, UH, HEARINGS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD, UH, NOT ONLY DID WE DELIVER A LETTER TO T C Q, A**L, I THINK YOU AND FRED DELIVERED IT TO THE, UH, TCQ, UH, HARLINGEN OFFICE AND THE HARLINGEN OFFICE ALONG WITH THE REGIONAL OFFICE OUTTA LAREDO, WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH US.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S ANY GONNA BE A PROBLEM, ONLY BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE FACING THE SAME ISSUES THAT
[01:50:01]
EVERY OTHER WATER AND SEWER, YOU KNOW, PROVIDER IS AROUND THE STATE MEET, TRYING TO MEET THESE DEADLINES WITH THESE SUPPLY ISSUES AND DEADLINES AND NOT ENOUGH ENGINEERS, NOT ENOUGH WORKFORCE, AND NOT ENOUGH SUPPLIES.IF I MAY ADD, ADD, UH, I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UH, THE INVESTIGATOR THAT CAME AND DID, UH, OUR ASSESSMENT.
UH, SHE RANDOMLY CHOOSES THREE LIFT STATIONS.
UM, SO GIVEN HER AN UPDATE, UH, SHE DID CHOOSE ONE.
UH, I THINK I'D LET YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, IN THE, UH, PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT, UM, YOU APPROVED A, UH, A PACKAGE, A PUMP PACKAGE FOR ONE OF THE LIFT STATIONS THAT WAS HIT.
SO, UH, FOUNDATION HAS BEEN LAID ON THAT ONE, THAT ONE WAS DONE IN-HOUSE BY, UH, ON, BY OUR CREW.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE LIFT STATIONS THAT I'M GONNA START PINPOINTING AND LOOKING AT, HEY, WHICH ONES CAN WE DO IN-HOUSE? UM, I KNOW, AND I GET ON, I TALKED THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLECTION SUPERVISOR CUZ HE DOES HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MONEY BUDGETED AND IT IS LIKE, HEY, CAN WE NEED TO SPEND IT? IT'S THERE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO IT IN-HOUSE OR IF WE NEED A CONTRACTOR.
UM, BUT SO FAR WE, WE, WE SHOULD BE KNOCKING 'EM OUT.
BUT I HAVE TOUCHED BASE WITH THEM JUST TO KEEP, UH, T C Q INFORMED OF, UH, ON THOSE UH, HITS THAT WE DID GET.
UM, UH, AND AS MR. LAROZA SAYS, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED BACK, UH, WITH US IN, IN REGARDS TO THE, THE EXTENSION, BUT THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE.
[19. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 7 to Ferguson Service Systems, Inc., as recommended by Hanson Professional Services, Inc., pertaining to the El Camino Number 1 Lift Station Improvements project in the amount of $70,153.68.]
19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.UH, PAYMENT NUMBER SEVEN FOR, UH, CHIEF FERGUSON SERVICES.
UH, SYSTEM INCORPORATED IS RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INC.
PERTAINING TO THE EL CAMINO NUMBER ONE LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,153 68 CENTS.
AND MR. GARCIA PRESENT, MAYOR, MAYOR PROTON COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA UH, INTERIM PUBLIC COURT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO, UH, FERGUSON SYSTEMS, UH, FE, FERGUSON SERVICE SYSTEM, INCS, UH, AS RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONALS.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF, UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, FROM, UH, THE PREVIOUS, UH, EXCEL SPREADSHEET FOR, UH, FOR THE LAND OR FOR THE EL CAMINO LIFT STATION.
THAT WOULD APPROXIMATELY PUT US A PAYMENT OF 70,000 WOULD PUT US APPROXIMATELY AT, UH, ONE, UH, ONE 60 MARK, UH, TO END THAT, TO CLOSE OUT THAT PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS ROUTINE, UH, PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[20. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received for the Alamo Lift Station Rehabilitation Project to the lowest bidder.]
AT NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE BID.RECEIVE, UH, FOR THE ALAMO LIFT STATION REHABILITATION, THE PROJECT TO THE LOWEST BIDDER, MR. GARCIA PRESENTING THIS, UH, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO SAN GARCIA INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS APPROVAL OF THE TWO BIDS RECEIVED FOR, UH, THE ALAMO LIFT STATION.
UH, WE HAD TWO BIDDERS, CORNET CONSTRUCTION, UH, COMPANY, AND MORE.
WILL, UH, I BELIEVE CORNET CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, LOCALLY, UH, HERE FROM SAN JUANITO.
THEY ARE HANDLING OUR LANDRUM LIFT STATION, UH, AND MORE WILL, I BELIEVE THEY WERE, UH, BASED OUT OF, UH, MISSION.
THEY BOTH CAME IN AT APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILLION, UH, WITH THE DIFFERENCE OF A ROUGHLY $26,000 CORN NET CONSTRUCTION COMING IN AS THE LOWEST BIDDER, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON, ON THIS BID.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THESE THE GUYS THAT ARE BEHIND ON THE OTHER PROJECT? WELL, THEY'RE IN THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION, UH, DOING SOME MIDDLES FOR, FOR THE LANDRUM LIFT STATION.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS IN YOUR MIND THAT, IS THERE A, UM, DEADLINE FOR THIS PROJECT? THE WORK DAYS? I BELIEVE IT WAS, I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK INTO IT AND I'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER OF, OF WHAT THE EXPECTED, UH, COMPLETION FOR, FOR THIS LIST.
I, I REALLY DON'T, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHEN MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DO THINGS ON TIME ACCORDING TO I AGREE, SIR.
AND THIS GOES ALONG THE LINES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND TYPE AGAIN.
UM, SO, UM, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THEY UNDERSTAND AND ARE ABLE TO GET THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED? UH, AS FAR AS WE WE'RE CONCERNED, THEY'VE LET US KNOW THAT HEY, UH, SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN COMING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE RAPIDLY HERE IN THE LAST, UH, COUPLE MONTHS.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY, THEY HAD A COUPLE ISSUES, UH, AT THE BEGINNING WITH CERTAIN, UH, SPECIFIC MATERIALS AND CERTAIN, UH, UH, MANHOLES OR, OR SURGE TANKS THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED INTO THESE DESIGNS.
UH, THOSE ARE MORE CUSTOM DESIGNED.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT THE LEAD TIMES ON THOSE WERE.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THIS LIFT STATION, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
[01:55:01]
AND, UH, WE WILL BE BUILDING OUT A WHOLE NEW LIFT STATION.UH, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR CONSTRUCTION WHILE WE STILL HAVE OPERATIONS ON OUR CURRENT ONE.
AND THEN JUST TO DO A QUICK BYPASS, UH, SEVER AND THEN TIE INTO THE NEW ONE.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, ANY DELAYS, UH, THAT WOULD JUST COME DOWN TO, UH, SUPPLY, UH, AND WEATHER.
THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT ONE'S A GIVEN ONE, MR. JOHNNY.
BUT, UH, WHY WOULD ONE CHOOSE TO RE, UM, BUILD A COMPLETELY NEW ONE VERSUS REHABBING? UM, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH INTEGRITY AFTER A CERTAIN LIFESPAN? UH, IS IT THE WALLS? IS IT ON THAT LIFT STATION? UH, THAT'S THE ALAMO LIFT STATION.
UH, I BELIEVE ON THAT ONE WE'RE GOING, UH, MORE CAPACITY AS WELL.
UM, AND DOING THAT WOULD, UH, WE'D BE ON A BYPASS
THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UH, PUMP OUT THERE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE DIESEL RUNNING IT, A STAFF MEMBER AT ALL TIMES.
AND THAT'S, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A TICKING IT IS JUST THEY'RE TAKING MONEY.
SO, UM, AVOIDING THAT, WE BUILD OUT, WE HAVE THE AREA.
SO, UM, WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS CHOSEN TO, TO BE REHABILITATED, THEY MADE THAT DECISION TO GO AHEAD AND DO A CONSTRUCTION RIGHT BEHIND, UH, AND, UH, THE EXISTING LIFT STATION, AND THEN JUST DEMO THE, THE EXISTING, UH, AND THEN CONSTRUCT THE NEW ONE, AND THEN JUST CONNECT TO THE, TO THE NEW ONE.
AND THAT ALLEVIATES HAVING TO DO ANY TIME, UH, BYPASSING AND EXTRA COSTS.
SO, BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT THE, UH, THE BUILDING WAS, UH, COLLAPSING.
AND I THINK THEY, UH, THE GUYS WENT OUT THERE AND ADDRESSED CERTAIN LITTLE AREAS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE, LIKE I SAID, UM, THAT'S ONE OF OUR, ACTUALLY, I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR UTILITIES COORDINATOR.
UM, OUR WATER, UH, BREAKS HAVE KIND OF BEEN, UH, WE'VE KIND OF GOT HIM UNDER CONTROL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, SO ONE OF THE, HIS NEXT, UH, TASKS THAT HE WANTS TO TACKLE IS, UH, START DOING OUR, OUR SEWER AND, AND START ADDRESSING THOSE, ESPECIALLY OUR LIFT STATIONS.
UM, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE ONES THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO START REPLACING PUMPS OR KENNETH LAKE OR PADILLA, UH, THO THOSE ARE LIFT STATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND, UH, IN-HOUSE, WE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THOSE.
UM, BUT NOW, HEY, WHAT PUMPS DO WE HAVE? VERSUS, HEY, UH, IN THE PAST IT'S KIND OF BEEN, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIX IT IN THIS MANNER, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ISSUE WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S NOT A, A, A PERMANENT FIX, THAT'S A TEMPORARY FIX, WHICH THEN THAT HAS A EXPIRATION ON IT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ADDRESSING IT AGAIN.
SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD IS KIND OF ADDRESSING IT CORRECTLY.
AND THEN START DOING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE VERSUS, UH, DOING REHABILITATION ON THESE LIFT STATIONS, WHICH, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT I'M ALSO KIND OF GETTING, UH, WANT START MOVING OUR DEPARTMENTS IN THAT DIRECTION TO START DOING MORE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE VERSUS, HEY, NOW WE HAVE A BIG ISSUE AND NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, THAT IF WE START IN THAT DIRECTION, I THINK IT'LL KIND OF ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE GOT MOVING FORWARD.
AND YOU'VE DONE REALLY GOOD ABOUT PRESENTING ALL THAT TO US BEFOREHAND.
I THINK WE'VE HAD ABOUT THREE MEETINGS ON THIS LIFT STATION ALONE BEFORE WE MADE THIS DECISION.
SO WE WERE WELL INFORMED ON WHAT, HOW WE WERE MOVING FORWARD AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[21. Consideration and possible action to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of San Benito and the City of Brownsville, acting by and through their respective governing bodies, is the City of San Benito Police Department and the City of Brownsville Police Department for use of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to enhance efforts to combat, link, and solve violent crimes involving firearms.]
21 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY SANTO AND THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE ACTING BY AND THROUGH THEIR SE, RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENT BODIES.IT'S A CITY OF SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE USE OF NATIONAL, UM, INTEGRATED, UH, BALLISTIC, UH, INFORMATION NETWORK.
UH, B I N NIBIN, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UH, TO ENFORCE, UH, TO ENHANCE, UH, EFFORTS TO COMBAT LINK AND, UH, SOLVE VIOLENT CRIMES, UH, REVOLVE AS THE INVOLVING FIREARMS AND POLICE CHIEF
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR TIM, AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MAK.
FOR THE RECORD, THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WILL PROVIDE THE SEMIAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ACCESS TO THE NIBIN SYSTEM THAT IS HOUSED AT THE BROWNSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MO OUTLINES THE GUIDELINES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CURRENTLY, WE DO, WE DO HAVE TWO OFFICERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THE ATFS TRAINING ON THE USE OF THE NIVAN SYSTEM.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISS COMMISSIONERS? JUST ENHANCING SKILLS.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? YES, SIR.
[02:00:01]
NOTHING.SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER? UH, MORALES.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of emergency vehicle equipment for the San Benito Police Department to include installation from CAP Fleet in the total amount of $14,919.00.]
OKAY.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE SEMIAL, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION FROM C P A FLEET IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,919.
AND POLICE CHIEF
UH, POLICE CHIEF, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE SHIPMENT OF THREE UNMARKED FORD EXPLORERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO PURCHASE THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO OUTFIT THESE VEHICLES.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLES HAVE LIGHTS AND SIRENS, THAT IT CREATES A HIGH LEVEL OF VISIBILITY, WHICH MAKES IT SAFER FOR OFFICERS AND OTHER MOTORISTS WHEN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THE PURCHASE WILL BE FROM CAT FLEET UPFITTERS, A BY BOARD VENDOR STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IS, IS THIS ALL OF THE, UH, HIDDEN FLASHING LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS LOVE TO FLASH? YES, SIR.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK, THOUGH.
UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY? UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ACCIDENTS MM-HMM.
WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY NOW? UM, TO COMBAT THAT? UH, I'VE ASSIGNED, UH, TRAINING BEFORE ON, UH, UH, PURSUIT, DRIVING, EVOC COURSES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, THE OFFICERS DO A MONTHLY, THIS MONTH I'VE ASSIGNED FOUR HOURS, UH, DISTRACTED DRIVING, UH, AND, UH, VARIOUS OTHER COURSES ON DRIVING.
UH, WHAT I'M SEEING THOUGH, IS THAT THESE ACCIDENTS AREN'T COMING FROM RESPONSE FOR SERVICES.
THEY'RE NOT COMING FROM, UH, RESPONDING TO CALL EMERGENCY CALLS.
IT'S ROUTINE NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WEST DRIVING.
SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, WITH, WITH EVERY ACCIDENT COMES AN INVESTIGATION AND COMES CORRECTIVE MEASURES.
UH, IT, IT, THAT'S JUST, UH, THE, IT COMES WITH A JOB IF, IF THAT HAPPENS.
BUT, UH, THE MOST WE'RE DOING IS, IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS, THIS MONTH, THEY'RE DOING FOUR HOURS OF TRAINING, AND IT'S, IT WON'T STOP FROM THERE.
IT, IT, WE, IF ADDITIONAL TRAINING COMES OUT, UH, WE'LL ISSUE IT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY USING A POLICE ONE ACADEMY, WHICH IS A ONLINE, ONLINE PLATFORM FOR TRAINING.
AND, UH, IT DOES GIVE US TCO CREDIT AS WELL.
SO ALL THIS, UH, ALL THIS, UH, UH, AMOUNT COMES DIRECTLY FROM YOUR BUDGET, CORRECT, SIR? IT'S, UH, IT COMES FROM THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT, UH, ACCOUNT, AND IT, IT, IT IS, UH, THE MONEY IS IN THERE.
SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE CD OR ANYTHING? WELL, IT, IT COMES OUT OF JUST THE, THE BUDGET FOR WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE PD FOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT.
FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE EQUIPMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[23. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint or re-appoint members to the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC). a) Place 1- Appointee Term Expires June 30, 2023 b) Place 2- Appointee Term Expires June 30, 2023 c) Place 3- Appointee Term Expires June 30, 2025 d) Place 4- Appointee Term Expires June 30, 2025 e) Place 5- Appointee Term Expires June 30, 2023]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE APPOINT REAPPOINT, THE MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE TS, B A C, UM, AND CAPTAIN, UH, MICHAEL CORTES.MAYOR PROAM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
MICHAEL CORTES, POLICE CAPTAIN FOR THE, UH, SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO THE LIAISON TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD IS COMPRISED OF FIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE APPOINTED BY EACH COMMISSIONER, UH, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER BOARDS, UH, PLACE WITH THE MAYOR, HOLDING APPOINTMENT RIGHTS FOR THE FIFTH, UH, PLACE AND ABOVE.
EACH MEMBER SERVES A THREE YEAR TERM AND WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SEMINATED POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION REGARDING, UH, TRAFFIC RELATED MATTERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS THEY RELATE TO THE VARIOUS SEMIAL ROADWAY SYSTEMS TODAY.
UH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY EITHER REMOVE, APPOINT, OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO EACH PLACE WITHIN THE ADVISORY BOARD.
DO MOST OF THE BOARDS AT THE, THE, THAT, ARE, THEY'RE IN HERE RIGHT NOW? ARE THEY, ARE THEY RESPONDING? ARE THEY COMING IN? ARE THEY MEETING? THEY, THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART, MAN.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY ITEMS OUT FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, HAVEN'T MET, UH, HAVEN'T MET RECENTLY.
HOWEVER, UH, THE FIRST TWO, UH, PLACES ONE AND TWO ARE SET TO EXPIRE, UH, PRETTY SOON, UH, JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER GOVAN, UH, MARY PROTO.
AND THEN, UH, YEAH, MY, THE FOURTH SPOT WAS JUST TO CARRY OVER.
UH, WE HAD NOT FILLED THAT SPOT, UH, SINCE, UH, JULY OF, OF LAST YEAR IS WHEN IT ORIGINALLY EXPIRED.
AND, AND THEN FIVE HAS BEEN VACANT, UH, FOR SOME TIME.
WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO FILL IT, BUT JUST HAVE NOT HAD A, A CANDIDATE THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED.
[02:05:01]
JUST, JUST KIDDING AROUND WITH YOU.LET'S TAKE, UH, ONE AT A TIME.
UH, PLACE ONE, UH, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT.
REQUEST THAT WE TABLE UNTIL I CAN GET HIM MOTIONED IN THERE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR TIM GALVAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT ADRIAN CONSTABLE ADRIAN GONZALEZ.
SO WE GOT A MOTION BY, UH, BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MORALES TO, UH, APPOINT CONSTABLE ADRIAN GONZALEZ.
AND ADAM, PLACE FIVE, WHICH IS MINE.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, I REACHED OUT TO, HE WASN'T TOO, HE HASN'T RESPONDED.
SO I'LL STILL BE LOOKING AGAIN.
THERE'S ANYBODY THAT, UH, THAT LIKE TO DO THIS.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, FOR PLACE FIVE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE PLACE BY FIRE.
A LOT OF THESE BOARDS, MANNY, THIS MAY BE FOR YOU.
IT STATES IN THE EJ, WHICH IS ONE MILE, BUT I KNOW THAT THE EJ HAS CHANGED.
IS IT, IS IT NOW FIVE MILES? NO, SIR.
IT CHANGES BASED OFF OF POPULATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO APPLY BASED OFF CENSUS NUMBERS.
WELL, THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS OF COMING UP WITH THAT POPULATION, BUT WE USE THE CENSUS DATA.
MARK KNOWS HOW TO CALCULATE IT CUZ HE DID IT FOR A NEIGHBORING TOWN.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT TO PROTECT OUR, UH, EJ, BUT ALSO IT, IT, IT ALLOWS MORE POOL OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE WILLING TO JOIN THESE BOARDS.
IS IT A STATE LAW OR IS IT JUST AN ORDINANCE THING? UH, THING, THE FORMULATION OF THE BTJ IS A SET IN STATE LAW.
AS FAR AS THE, THE APPOINTMENT, UH, PER ORDINANCE, IT SAYS WITHIN THE EJ.
I'VE, I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EJ IS ONE MILE, TWO MILES, LIKE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
JOANNA HERE WE HAVE UP TO HOW FAR FIVE MILES I THINK IS WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
AND THAT IS INCORRECT BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER REFERENCE IN THE ORDINANCE TO ONE MILE.
IT IS ONE MILE BASED ON POPULATION.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M GETTING CONFUSED.
THAT'S WHY WE SEE DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
SO WHAT IS IT? SO IT'S ONE MILE? YES SIR.
CAN'T WE GO BEYOND THAT FOR THIS, FOR THE NON QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARDS OR THE, NOT THE EDC.
YOU'VE GOT ONE MILE YOU CAN NO ADVISORY FOR ADVISORY.
AS FAR AS STATUTE ADVISORY BOARDS, WE CAN, AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT A STATUTE THAT APPLIES TO IT.
BECAUSE WE'RE ENFORCING ALL THESE, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON THESE PEOPLE IN THE EJ, THEY SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO POTENTIALLY SIT ON THE BOARD IF THEY LIVE IN THOSE AREAS, RIGHT? UM, YES, SIR.
THAT IS SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
EM, NUMBER 24, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REAPPOINT THE MEMBER TO PLACE THREE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND CITY MANAGER.
MANUEL, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU STILL HAVE SOME MORE POSITIONS? YES.
SO THAT ONE EXPIRED, UH, JULY THE FIRST, UM, LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS, UH, NUMBER THREE STILL IN THE CURRENT TERM WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED.
BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERY, ALL EACH, UH, PLACE WAS LOOKED AT.
UH, WHERE WE AT PLACE? 30 TRAFFIC SAFETY? FOUR.
LET'S, OKAY, SO WHERE WE AT? I LOST PLACE THREE.
CAROL WENT AHEAD AND MOTION, UH, TO TABLE.
AND I WENT AHEAD AND SECOND IT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A VOTE.
[02:10:01]
SO, UM, PLACE FOUR.SO WE GOT THE MOTION TO THE TABLE AS, UH, BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO THELAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO THE TABLE.
AND NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GONNA N THREE.
IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT? MM-HMM.
UH, ACCORDING TO MARI PRO, TIM GALVAN.
YOU TABLED OVER? UH, I, WE TABLED IT.
SO WE GOT A MOTION IN SECOND, RUTH.
DID YOU GET THAT ONE? THANK YOU.
I'LL PLACE TABLE, RIGHT? YEAH.
[24. Consideration and possible action to reappoint a member to Place 3 of the Civil Service Commission.]
MM-HMM.WE'RE THERE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REAPPOINT OR PLACE A MEMBER TO PLACE THREE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND CITY MANAGER, MANUEL MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
THE, UH, THE PERSON FILLING THIS LOUISE GONZALEZ, THAT PART AT THE END OF MAY.
SO I NOMINATE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. LUIS GONZALEZ.
I BELIEVE I, UH, WE DID, WE PROVIDED THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION BACK DATED JUNE OF 2019 WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON BOARD.
HE, UH, I'VE SEEN HIM RECENTLY OUT AND ABOUT.
HE'S STILL EMPLOYED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM.
SO, UM, AND WE PROVIDED YOU THE, THE, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
UM, BUT THREE IS UP FOR, UH, FOR ACTION.
AND THEN WE PROVIDED THE SECTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE STATUTES WERE, UH, IT'S APPLICABLE.
IT IS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, UH, IT, IT IS STATUTORY.
SO INSTEAD OF A STATUTORY TWO YEAR TERM, IT IS A STATUTORY THREE YEAR TERM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1 43.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO KEEP, UM, MR. LUIS GONZALEZ? I MOTION? NO.
I GOT THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY MAYOR, PUT, UH, GALVAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO KEEP, UH, MR. LEE GONZALEZ, CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
[25. Consideration and possible action to appoint members to the Hotel Tax Advisory Committee: a) Mayor or City Commission Member b) Citizen of the City of San Benito]
IT, NUMBER 25, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE HOT TAX, UH, ADVISORY COMMISSION COMMITTEE AND CITY MANAGER MANUEL DE LA MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.THE, UH, HOTEL TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS, UM, CREATED AS PART OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE GOT BACK DURING THE 86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2019.
THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE UP THAT NEED TO BE, UM, THAT WE NEED APPOINTEES.
UH, FORMER COMMISSIONER, UH, REN FRANCO FILLED THE COMMISSION PORTION, AND ONE OF THEM, WE CAN HAVE A MAYOR OR A COMMISSIONER ON THERE SINCE, UM, UH, HE'S NO LONGER A CITY COMMISSIONER.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CITIZEN THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE NAMED TO THE BOARD.
THE ORDINANCE NUMBER, WHICH IS 25 56, IS ATTACHED IT CR IT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT, UM, CREATES THIS ADVISORY BOARD WITH, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS AND WHO'S ON IT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M ON IT BY POSITION.
TWO REPRESENTATIVES IS A HOTEL INDUSTRY, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE SAN PATEL AND HENRY BACA ON THERE.
SO, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S, UH, SO THAT MAKES UP THREE.
AND THEN THERE'S A, UH, A MEMBER OF THE, UH, CITY COMMISSION AND A MEMBER OF THE, OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC CITIZEN.
SO, UM, I DID ASK THE APPOINTEES ON THE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOTEL IF THEY HAD ANYBODY ELSE.
ANOTHER, BECAUSE MOST OF THESE HOTEL OPERATORS LIVE IN TOWN.
UM, THEY, I, I DON'T THINK THEY FOUND, I FOUND THE VOLUNTEERS, SO, OKAY.
FOR THE, UH, COMMISSION DO, UM, SINCE, UH, MR. FRANCO, COMMISSIONER X, UH, COMMISSIONER VILLA FRANCO, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS A COMMISSION? YOU GOT TWO.
WE GOT, UH, TWO COMMISSIONERS RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEIR NAMES IN THERE.
SO WE GOT, UH, I GUESS WE'LL GO BY VOTES OR ANYBODY WANTS TO, WELL, LET ME JUST PLEAD MY CASE HERE REAL QUICK.
I MEAN, I DO THIS ON THE ISLAND.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOTEL TAX.
UM, I'VE SIT ON THE CVB BOARD DOWN ON THE ISLAND AS WELL RIGHT NOW.
[02:15:01]
UM, REAL QUICK QUESTION.WHO IS THE CITIZEN BEF THE SITTING ON THE BOARD BEFORE? IT JUST SAYS VACANT.
CRUZ HAS BEEN GONE FOR FOUR YEARS AT LEAST.
IS HE, THERE'S ALSO A FORM TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE HOTEL, UM, OCCUPANCY TAX COMMITTEE.
IS THAT FORM STILL AVAILABLE AND APPLICABLE? APPLICABLE FOR THE HOTEL ADVISORY? UM, FOR THE HOT MONEY.
IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, IT'S THE SAME FORM THAT TEXAS HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION UTILIZES, WHICH IS THE SAME FORM WE U UTILIZE.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PRE-APPLICATION FOR FUNDING.
AND THEN YOU PROVIDE A, A POST REPORT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT GET FUNDED.
SO, UH, THE APPLICATION, UM, COMES TO THE COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION 40 TO THE CITY COMMISSION, SYDNEY COMMISSION, WHICH IT UP OR VOTES IT DOWN.
AND THEN THERE'S A THEN THE EVENT HELD, THEN A POST APPLICATION, UH, THE RESULTS OF THOSE FUNDS.
WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE HOTEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS THEIR, WHAT IS THEIR TASK? WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY CHARGED WITH DOING? UH, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY MEET ABOUT, UH, QUARTERLY, SOMETIMES AS OFTEN AS EVERY OTHER MONTH DEPENDING.
UH, WE DISCUSS THE LEGISLATION, WE TALK, DISCUSS EVENTS.
WE PUT OUT, UH, UH, THE CARDS AT THE HOTELS, CONSERVE WATER.
WE, UH, UH, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR SITS IN THAT MEETING.
SO THAT'S OUR PROJECT, UH, PLANNER.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PROMOTE AT ANY EVENT, OUR HOTELS, UH, OUR FIVE HOTELS, UH, TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC HEADS AND BEDS IS GENERALLY THE, THE MANDATE OF THE SIR COMMITTEES.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR DOLLARS COME FROM.
SO WE GOT, UH, TWO THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, SERVE IN HERE.
I VOTE FOR COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SO WE GOT, SO WE GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ FOR COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MAYOR.
OKAY, SO WE GOT, UH, THREE YE AND I GUESS TWO NAMES.
SO, UH, MR. GOODMAN, YOU TAKE IT
OKAY, SO WE GOT THE FOR THAT NOW FOR THE CITIZEN.
SO WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR THE CITIZENS.
WELL, WE NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY FOR CITIZEN.
UH, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS INTENDED THAT WE GIVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE, LIKE YOU SAID, WITHIN THAT ONE MILE.
WELL, YEAH, IT'S, LET ME SEE WHAT IF I CAN SEE IT HERE.
WOULD ANYBODY FROM THE, THE AUDIENCE? WELL, CUZ AT THIS I WOULD LIKE TO PUT TONY CRANE IF POSSIBLE.
SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THIS CITY.
IT, IT JUST STATES THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PRIMARY LEGAL RESIDENCE IN THE CITY.
SAW A COUPLE HANDS GO UP BACK THERE AS WELL.
YEAH, WE GOT TWO HANDS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
UH, MR. ALBAN AND MR. SANCHEZ? RODRIGUEZ.
IT SAYS, IT DOES, IT SAYS APPOINTEES MUST HAVE THEIR PRIMARY LEGAL RESIDENCE WITHIN THE CITY OF LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN JUANITO AND HAVE RESIDED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS.
WELL, IN THAT CASE THEN I WOULD SAY GILBERT GALVAN
SO, UH, YOU GUYS BOTH LIVE INSIDE CITY LIMITS? I DON'T.
OH, OH, YOU DON'T? I'LL, OKAY, SIR.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU STILL CONSIDER THAT? YES.
SO WE GOT THE MR. RODRIGUEZ FROM THE AUDIENCE AND, UH, WE, THE ONE MOTION, MOTION TO MOTION FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ.
SECOND MAY 2ND, UH, IT IS GONNA BE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[26. Consideration and possible action to appoint, re-appoint, or remove members of the San Benito Parks and Recreation Board. a) Place 1 - Term period June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2023 b) Place 2 - Term period June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2023 c) Place 3 - Term period June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024 d) Place 4 - Term period June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024 e) Place 5 - Term period June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2023]
OKAY, IT, NUMBER 26, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT A REAPPOINT, THE, OR REMOVE MEMBERS[02:20:01]
PAO PARKS AND RICKS, UH, BOARD.UM, SO MR. RAM RODRIGUEZ PCE CENTER.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, MAYOR EM, UH, RAM RODRIGUEZ.
PARK, RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SANTO.
FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PARKS AND, UH, RECREATION PROGRAMS. UH, PLACES ONE, TWO, AND FIVE, UH, HAVE EXPIRED AND I ONLY NEED TO BE REAPPOINTED REMOVED.
UH, AND, UH, OR, UH, APPOINTED.
UM, I'VE REQUESTED TABLE RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT PREPARED TO PUT FORTH THE NAME.
SO FOR PLACE ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, REQUESTED TWO TABLE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT, UM, LUIS GONZALEZ, JR GONZALEZ.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR LUIS GONZALEZ.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR PLACE TWO.
I STILL WANT, UH, MR. STEVEN GARCIA.
MAKE A MOTION FOR, TO KEEP, UH, UH, MR. STEVEN GARCIA ON THERE.
[27. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint, or reappoint members to the Veterans Advisory Board for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: a) Place 1 - Appointee term expired May 31, 2023 b) Place 2 - Appointee term expires May 31, 2023 c) Place 3 - Appointee term expires May 31, 2024 d) Place 4 - Appointee term expires May 31, 2024 e) Place 5 (Mayor) - Appointee term expired May 31, 2023]
OKAYK, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD.FOR THE PLACE OR END TERMS, STARTING AN EXPERIMENT AS SHOWN.
UM, MR. DAVID F. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS DA FOR THE RECORD.
DAVID FILA, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR AND, UH, LIAISON TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD IS ENGAGED IN, UH, SEVERAL NOTEWORTHY EVENTS, INCLUDING HELPING TO PLAN THE MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES AS ALSO AS WELL AS ALSO, UH, THE BUY A BRICK PROGRAM TO BUY, UH, COMMEMORATIVE PAVERS OUT AT, UH, VETERANS WAR MEMORIAL.
UH, CURRENTLY THREE OF THE FIVE PLACES HAVE EXPIRED.
SO, UH, WE'RE ASKING TO EITHER REMOVE, APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THOSE SPOTS.
I HAVE NO APPOINTMENT AT THIS TIME.
SO, UH, FOR PLACE ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, REQUESTED TWO TABLE.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UM, MR. ROBERT HERRERA SITS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO, MR. ROBERT HERRERA, YOU BEAT ME TO IT.
SO WE GOT THE MR. ROBERT IREA, UH, FOR PLACE TWO.
AND THEN SECOND BY MAYOR PAUL, TIM, UH, GALVAN.
UM, ON THE JOE CASTILLO, IT'S TELLING ME THAT, UH, HE'S SPORADIC ON THAT ONE.
UH, ANY VETERANS ON THE, ON THE AUDIENCE WE WOULD
[02:25:01]
LIKE TO SERVE OR WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE ANYBODY? ANYBODY THERE GOT ONE? I CAN, I CAN.SO I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR PLACE BY RICARDO PEREZ FOR AS, UH, AN ADVISOR AS THE VETERAN VETERAN ADVISOR BOARD.
OKAY, SO WE GOT THE FOUR YE AND ONE NAY.
[28. Consideration and possible action to direct the City Attorney to prepare a resolution (a policy) for adoption by the San Benito City Commission establishing: a) Rules of Etiquette, and b) Business Attire Dress Code Policy]
OKAY.UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO, UH, PREPARE A RESOLUTION AND POLICY OR ADOPTION TO THE CITY OF COMMISSION FOR ESTABLISHING, UM, UH, A RULES OF ETIQUETTE AND, UH, AND B, BUSINESS ATTIRE ADDRESS POLICY AND CODE POLICY.
AND, UH, YES, I REQUEST THIS, I REQUESTED THIS ITEM.
I REQUESTED THIS ITEM JUST TO, UM, TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE IN TUNE WITH THE PUBLIC AND KNOW SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, CELL PHONES, YOU KNOW, GOING OFF, UH, TICKS AND ALL THIS STUFF ON EARTH.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I WANTED TO BRING UP TO OUR COMMISSION.
THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE ATTENTIVE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SEEING US.
SOMETIMES WE DO GET PHONE CALLS AND ALL I SAID TELL YOU WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY TEXTING? ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS, HEY, BRING IT UP TO THE, EACH ONE OF THE, EACH ONE OF US.
SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP ON THERE.
UM, TO ME START MAKING THE POLICY TWICE SO WE CAN MAKE A POLICY FOR THAT.
SO, UM, DOES ANYBODY AGREE OR, YES.
UM, I LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL, MAYOR.
I THINK WE GO TO THESE FUNCTIONS, CONVENTIONS OUT TO AUSTIN, DIFFERENT CITIES, AND WE SEE, UM, OTHER REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR CITIES AND, UM, THEY GO IN BLAZERS, JACKETS, TIES, SCARS, WHAT HAVE YOU.
I THINK WE'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO REPRESENT OUR CITY.
WELL, THEY'RE DEPENDING ON THIS TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK DRESS CODE AND, UM, ETIQUETTE, RULES OF ETIQUETTE, IT SHOULD BE IN PLACE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T BEFORE, UM, BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE BEING ON THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THAT SHORT MEETING, I DID GET PHONE CALLS.
WHY ARE THEY ON THEIR PHONE? WHY ARE THEY NOT LOOKING AHEAD? WELL, THEY'RE LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS NEW TO ME AND I JUST THINK THAT PUTTING THIS IN PLACE WOULD HAVE US REPRESENTED, REPRESENTING OUR CITY.
WELL, SO I I COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO SITS THERE WATCHING PEOPLE ON THEIR PHONE.
BUT EITHER WAY, UM, THESE MEETINGS RUN EXTENSIVELY LONG.
WE GET THESE AGENDAS A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO RESEARCH WHAT WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF TO OUR ADMINISTRATION SO WE CAN COME IN HERE WITH A WELL INFORMED DECISION AND NOT JUST BE HERE TALKING AND TALKING AND TALKING FOR HOW LONG ALREADY.
YEAH, SOME OF US DO GET BORED CUZ WE SIT HERE CUZ WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
AND SOME OF US ARE SINGLE MOTHERS WHO HAVE OUR KIDS IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
SO IF I HAVE A TEXT OR I HAVE A CALL, I'M GONNA ANSWER IT AND NO ORDINANCE IS GONNA STOP THAT.
WELL, COMMISSIONER, I I'M SORRY THAT YOU FEEL THAT WAY, THAT YOU FEEL THAT YOU GET BORED ON CONCERNS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS THAT YOU CAN SEND AND SAY OVER AND OVER.
IT'S SIMPLE ISSUES THAT KEEP COMING UP OVER.
WELL, YOU KNEW WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR WHEN YOU RAN FOR A COMMISSIONER.
I THOUGHT I WAS COMING INTO AN INFORMED BOARD THAT KNEW HOW TO PREPARE AND BE PROFESSIONAL AND KNOW HOW TO CARRY THEMSELVES AND RUN THROUGH A MEETING.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE GOING, UH, TRY TO SEE WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS ALSO.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE HAVE A CONSERVATION, YOU KNOW, SO ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE AN ACTION, I WANT YOU TO APPROVE THIS AND TO GET THIS.
SO TO TRY SO WE CAN GET SOME LITTLE RULES SET UP, UH, FOR, FOR US AND THE PUBLIC ALSO.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THE FOUR AND ONE NAY, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET, UM, SOME RULES ON THIS, ON IT, OTHER PEOPLE.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL OF THE CITY
[02:30:01]
ATTORNEY.SO I THINK MAY, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE THIS TO THE END OF AF AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, RIGHT? WE MOVE TO, IT SHOULDN'T BE BEFORE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT YOUR, AT YOUR PLEASURE.
I WASN'T INTENDING AND WALKING OUT AND LEAVING YOU WITHOUT LEGAL COUNSEL.
SO WE MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THIS AS THE ITEM TO AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION COME BACK.
SO, UH, DO I HAVE, DO I, DO WE HAVE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE AGENDA ITEM? EXCUSE? DO WE HAVE TO VOTE TO MOVE THE AGENDA ITEM? UH, THE, THE, THE MAYORS CHAIRMAN CAN MOVE IT, BUT YEAH.
IF YOU, IF YOU, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, THAT'S OKAY TO DO.
[30. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended April 30, 2023.]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 30, PRESENTATION OF CITY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2023.
STEPHANIE SA, INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR.
FOR THE RECORD, IT LOOKS KINDA DARK.
THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER.
SO FINANCIAL REPORTS PRESENTED FOR THE MONTH, UH, APRIL, 2023.
FIRST WE HAVE OUR BALANCE SHEET, UM, AS OF APRIL 30TH, 2023.
UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT WE ADDED AS PER, UM, COMMISSIONER'S REQUEST THE MONTH OF APRIL, BUT FOR LAST YEAR 2022.
SO WE HAVE TOTAL AS IS OF 18 MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETEEN TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE COMPARED TO APRIL OF 2022 OF 17000000.5 FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
I THOUGHT, UM, DID THE RATES GET BETTER WITH VARI TAX? I THOUGHT T R B HAD THE BEST RATES LAST TIME WE SAW.
UM, I DID INCLUDE THE RATES THAT WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, SO, OKAY.
I'LL, I'LL TOUCH BASE ON THAT.
FOLLOW BY THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL LIABILITIES OF 2.3 MILLION COMPARED TO LA ZERO OF 2.7 TOTAL FUND BALANCE.
WE HAVE, UH, 16000000.6 COMPARED TO 14000000.8 AS OF APRIL 23RD OF LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 18.9 COMPARED TO LAST APRIL 22ND OF 17.5 MILLION.
FOLLOWED BY THAT WE DO HAVE OUR REVENUE AND EXPEND AND EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE.
WE ALSO ADDED THE MONTH TO DATE AND FOR THE YEAR 2022 COMPARED TO THE MONTH TO DATE FOR 2023.
AND OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS PRESENTED THE YEAR TO DATE TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE LAST YEAR.
UH, FOR THIS YEAR WE HAVE 821,458 FOR A YEAR TOTAL OF 10000000.5 TOTAL OF EXPENDITURES.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN APRIL OF 20 22, 20 23 AND THE YEAR TO DATE.
UM, ON APRIL, 2022, WE WERE UNDER, UM, I'M SORRY, OVER EXPENDITURES OF 3 80, 300 80,309 COMPARED TO THIS YEAR WHERE WE'RE ONLY 1 29, UH, YEAR, TODAY WE'RE AT REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2.2 MILLION.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS, UH, PAYROLL VERSUS OTHER EXPENSES? IT'LL BE PERSONAL AND CIVIL SERVICES.
IT'S, IT'S SPLITTED BY DEPARTMENT.
SO ALL THE EXPENSES INCLUDE EACH, UM, INCLUDING PAYROLL.
THERE WAS, AT ONE POINT I THINK MS. OSA WAS PRESENTING, OR MAYBE RIGHT BEFORE BELINDA LEFT, UM, SHE WAS PRESENTING PAY.
WHAT PERCENTAGE WAS PAYROLL? NOT, YOU MIGHT HAVE IT ON SOME PREVIOUS.
UM, WE PROVIDED TO YOU, ASIDE FROM THE PRESENTATION THROUGH AGENDA, WE PROVIDE YOU THE COMPLETE REPORT.
[02:35:01]
JUST A PRESENTATION PORTION OF IT.AND THE LAST PAGES, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 20 PAGES.
THE LAST THREE OR FOUR PAGES INCLUDES US PERCENTAGE WISE AND EXACTLY HOW MUCH EACH DEPARTMENT IT'S GETTING FOR PAYROLL PER MONTH.
SO YOU WERE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN YOUR DOCUMENTS PROVIDED AND I THINK, UH, A SALARY.
THE MAYOR HAD REQUESTED A SALARY, A REVIEW OF EVERY DEPARTMENT AND THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US AND IT HAD THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE ON THE VERY BOTTOM.
IT'S, IT'S PROVIDED, IT'S, IT'S UM, THE ATTACHMENT.
YEAH, I COULD INCLUDE THAT IF, IF YOU WANT FOR IN CASE YOU NEED IT.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE SALES TAX RECEIPT FOR MARCH.
UM, THIS ONE, IT'S, UM, SO MY KNOW SPLITTED BETWEEN EDC AND THE CITY, UM, AGAIN, THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR THE CITY OF SANTO WILL BE, MAY, UM, I'M SORRY, WILL BE MARCH AND THE TEXAS CONTROLLER WILL BE MADE BECAUSE OF THE TWO MONTH GAP WE RECEIVED, UH, 669,361 SPLIT AT 25% TO EDC AND 75% TO THE CITY.
UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU WOULD SEE THE, THE ACTUAL SHOT OF WHATEVER, IT'S ON THE TEXAS CONTROLLER WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN MATCH THOSE OUT FOLLOWED BY THAT AS PER YOUR REQUEST AS WELL.
THOSE ARE THE INTEREST ON THE BACK, ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE? YES.
WAS THERE A TYPO? I DON'T THINK IT HAS.
UM, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, CORRECT.
CITY SANTO FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22.
WHERE ARE YOU SEEING THAT? THAT'S PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE VERY LAST LINE.
IT'S PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT.
DID OH, IT, IT, IT, IT PROBABLY IS A TYPO.
IT GIVES US THE DIFFERENCE SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE GROWING OR NOT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE US LAST YEAR SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
YEAH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S INCLUDING BOTH.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
UM, THAT GETS UPDATED EVERY MONTH, SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'LL, I'LL, I CAN PROVIDE THAT THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
THANK YOU THOUGH FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
AND THAT'S, AS YOU REQUESTED, THOSE ARE THE BANKS.
WE'RE DOING BUSINESS AS OF APRIL, 2023.
UM, THOSE ARE THE INTEREST RATE AS OF APRIL, 2023.
SO FOR TEXAS REGIONAL BANK, WE HAVE A 5.6% OPERATING ACCOUNT AND MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT FOR PROSPERITY BANK, WE HAVE A 3.04% SOUTHSIDE BANK, WE HAVE 4.96 BAR TEXT, 4.94 TPO, FOUR POINT 79.
UM, FOR PROSPERITY BANK, WE'VE ALREADY, UM, HAD A CONVERSATION AND A MEETING WITH OR, UM, BALI YOUTH CONSULTANTS AND WE'VE ALREADY WORKING INTO THE PAPERWORK TO MOVE THAT MONEY OUT OF THERE AND COLLECT MORE INTEREST NOW WITH EASTWEST BANK THAT THEY'RE OFFERING US, UM, I BELIEVE, GIVE ME A SECOND.
YEAH, IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON THE, THE TERM OF THE CD.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.
HOW WELL IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH VALLEY VIEW? HOW OFTEN DO THEY REACH OUT TO YOU ABOUT THE MOVEMENT OF THESE MONIES? BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR INVESTMENT ADVISORS.
AND THEY KIND OF SHOULD HELP US.
DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT COMING UP IN 3, 6, 9 MONTHS? LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN PUT YOU.
AND THEY DO REACH OUT TO US WHENEVER WE'RE GETTING SOME CD GETTING CLOSE TO MATURE.
THEY ASK US, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO GO FOR SOLICITATIONS? AND THEN WE'LL OPEN, WE'LL OPEN THAT FOR THE BANKS TO SEND THEIR, THEIR RATES AS OF RIGHT NOW BASED ON WHAT OUR REQUEST IS.
AND THEN VALERIE WON'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO US, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE SUGGEST AND THEN IT'S OUR CALL TO MAKE, UM, TO DECIDE YES, IF WE'RE GONNA GO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS USUALLY THE HIGHEST ONE IN, IN INTEREST.
UM, SHE WAS HERE ACTUALLY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
UM, AND SHE'S AVAILABLE BY PHONE OR REPRESENTATIVE WITH, HER NAME IS EMILY SHAW.
UM, SHE'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL, UM, ESPECIALLY TO ME NOW THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF LIKE ACTUALLY, UM, BEING IN THIS POSITION.
UM, WE'VE, WE ARE IN CONSTANT, UM, CONTACT.
WELL ONE THING I, UH, CAUTIONED, UH, THE PREVIOUS FINANCE DIRECTOR WAS CDS, UH, MATURING ON A WEEKEND.
AND THE BANKS WILL INTENTIONALLY DO THIS TO KIND OF GET YOU IN THIS TWO
[02:40:01]
DAY LIMBO AND THEN YOU'RE LOSING MONEY.SO JUST, UH, I WOULD JUST CAUTION YOU TO JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
I'M SURE THE INVESTMENT ADVISOR DOES, AND BILL ENDED UP FOLLOWING UP AND SHARING THAT WE WERE STILL COLLECTING INTEREST FOR THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL DAYS SO THAT BEFORE WE COULD ROLL IT OVER ANY TIME WHEN THAT MONEY'S NOT IN A CD, IT'S, IT'S A LOSS OF REVENUE.
SHE RECOMMENDED FOR US NOT TO DO IT ANY, ANY DAY AFTER THURSDAY.
THEY DO IT UNTIL THOSE CHANGES, UM, BEFORE THURSDAY.
THAT THAT'S WHAT OR CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDED AND FOR THAT PURPOSE SPECIFICALLY.
SO THAT'S GETTING MOVING TO MONDAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
[31. Executive Session: a) Consultation with City Attorney pursuant to Texas Government Code §552.107(1) to discuss privileged communication protected by the attorneyclient privilege. b) Consultation with City Attorney pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071(1)(A) to receive legal advice regarding wrecker services Ordinance Number 2496. c) Deliberation pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.087(2), to deliberate incentives or business prospect that City seeks to locate within City (RGV Epicenter Project) and to consult with legal counsel pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071(2) on related issues. d) Consultation with City Attorney pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071(1)(A) to receive legal advice on pending litigation, Cause No. 2023-DCL-02152. e) Pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.074 to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee, the City Manager. f) Pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.074 to deliberate the appointmen of a public officer, an interim City Attorney, or a City Attorney]
AND NUMBER 31 EXECUTIVE SESSION.A CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, 5 52 0.1071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
31
ON UNRELATED ISSUES, ADD NUMBER 31 D, CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 1 0 7 1 A UH, 0 7 1 1 A TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON PENDING LITIGATIONS COSTS, UH, NUMBER 2 23 DASH D C DASH 0 2 1 52.
AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER 31 E PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINED OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC SERVANT OR EMPLOYEE, THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 31 F PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 0 1 0.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC SERVANT, I, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC OFFICER AND INTERN, CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY, CITY ATTORNEY.
AND THE TIME IS, UH, EIGHT 13.
WE'RE WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MAYOR, WE'RE WE'RE STAYING IN THIS ROOM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING BEHIND.
WELL, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, BUT UH, WE'RE BACK FROM AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[32. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in Executive Session.]
ITEM NUMBER 32, IT SAYS, A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO ITEM NUMBER 31 A, NO ACTION ITEM NUMBER 31 B, NO ACTION ITEM NUMBER 31 C.
UM, COMMISSIONER MORS, I THINK YOU HAD THAT ONE PAPER.
WELL, MARK, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT HE SAID? OKAY.
OH, DO YOU HAVE IT? DO YOU HAVE IT? BUT I THINK IT WAS, UH, YOU WERE GONNA INVITE, UH, MR. DAVID MILES, UH, TO MEET WITH THE CITY COMMISSION.
THERE'S A MOTION TO INVITE MR. MILES TO SPECIAL MEETING AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
MAYOR SECOND BY AM MARI GALVAN.
AND ITEM ONE, NUMBER 31 E MARK.
UH, YES, I, I THINK THE MOTION WAS TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAW THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY MANAGER FOR TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE, UH, SEVERANCE BENEFITS TO BE PAID AS PER THE CONTRACT.
AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WAS GOING TO AGREE TO WORK UP TO 60 DAYS, UH, TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? MAYOR? I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR 10, UH, GALVAN.
[02:45:01]
UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, FOUR, EIGHT AND ONE NAY.
OKAY, UH, WE'RE MOVING, GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER
[29. Acceptance of the resignation of the City Attorney.]
2029, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.UM, ACTUALLY WOULD YOU F FIRST NO.
NO, WE GOTTA DO NUMBER 29 FIRST THOUGH.
AND, UH, HE SAID THAT, UH, HE WOULD STAY 30.
I MEAN, DO WE ACCEPT, UH, THE RESIGNATION WITH THE 30 DAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR HIM? UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT RESIGNATION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, I BEFORE THE SECOND.
CAN WE AMEND THAT TO SAY, UH, UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER ATTORNEY IN PLACE TO CONTINUE YOUR SERVICES? I'M OKAY.
BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, MAYOR PUT, UH, NAVON.
ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES TO ACCEPT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S, UH, MARK'S, UH, RESIGNATION.
AND THEN WE DID NOT GET INTO F WHERE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.
ONE F UH, ITEM NUMBER 31 F PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC, UH, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY MOTION ON THAT ONE TABLE THAT WELL, MAYOR? UM, I'VE INQUIRED WITH, UM, OTHER OFFICIALS AND NAMES THAT COME UP, UM, BEING HONEST AND COMPONENT, UH, COMPETENT IN THE FIELD.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DO AN INTERN RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND IT'S JAVIER VILLALOBOS ATTORNEY.
WHO IS HE? HE IS THE MAYOR RIGHT NOW.
HE'S A MAYOR OF I BELIEVE, MCALLEN.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT ONE.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? FOR MROS? I'LL SECOND IT.
OKAY, SO WE GOT THE COMMISSIONER
SO WE GOT THE THREE YE AND TWO NAYS, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER, WHEN IS THIS CITY ATTORNEY SUPPOSED TO START? UM, HE GET STARTED WHENEVER WE'D LIKE HIM TO.
WELL, WE HAVE A SEPARATION AGREEMENT WITH MR. SASI FOR 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE TO MEET THAT, THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING TO, SO YOU'RE SAYING TO START THE DATE OF JULY 3RD? WELL, WE CAN EITHER ON THE 30 DAYS WE CAN EITHER ACCEPT THE 30 DAYS OR WAIVER THE 30 DAYS.
I MEAN, UM, YOU WANNA KEEP THE 30 DAYS OR YOU WANNA WAIVER THE 30 DAYS AND YOU CAN START ANY TIME HE WANTS.
WELL IS THIS A, IS THIS INTERIM OR PERMANENT? NO, IT'S INTERIM NOT PERMANENT.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, TO, UH, WAIVER THE 30 DAYS OR ANY OTHER DAYS THAT, UH, THAT YOU CAN COME IN? I HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR TO WAIVE THOSE 30 DAYS.
SO THREE YE TWO NINE TO WAIVER.
SO NOW CAN WE HAVE THIS AS UH, UM, SO NOW WE GO BACK TO, UM, ITEM 31 F MM-HMM.
SO WE DO MOTION FOR, UH, JAVIER VILLA.
LOKS VILLA IS, UH, INTERN CITY ATTORNEY.
YOU GOT THE THREE YAYS AND TWO NAYS.
[02:50:02]
TIME IS, UH, 1201.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OH, PLEASE.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES, 30 FOR 40.