* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] READY. GREAT. OKAY. AND LET'S [1. Welcome. ] GET STARTED THEN. NOTICE A REGULAR MEETING OF CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION, AUGUST 1ST, 2023. THE TIME IS, UH, 5 34. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, FOR THE INVOCATION OTHER REPUBLIC, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE UNEARTH ALL TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE AND BLESSINGS OVER OUR LIVES. THANK YOU THAT YOUR FAVOR HAS NO END, BUT LASTS OUR ENTIRE LIFETIME. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE SO THAT WE MIGHT WALK FULLY IN YOUR BLESSING AND GOODNESS TODAY. WE ASK THAT YOUR FACE SHINE UPON US AND THAT YOU OPEN THE RIGHT DOORS FOR OUR LIVES AND PROTECT US FROM THOSE WE NEED TO WALK AWAY FROM. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY, [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, ITEMS OF COMMITTEE INTEREST. ANYBODY, COMMISSIONERS, ANYBODY FOR, UH, ANY NON SWEATS? YEAH, MAYOR, WE, WE HAVE, UM, A, UH, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING ON THURSDAY AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AT 5 30, 5 30, IS THAT RIGHT? I THINK FIVE 30. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THERE TO, UH, INTERACT WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND TELL US ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIVES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP. AND WE'LL ASK YOU THE SAME THING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US. SO, THURSDAY NIGHT, OKAY? YES. ANYBODY ELSE? NONE. OUR N F L FLAG FOOTBALL IS STILL DOING SIGNUPS. UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY HARD FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE. THEY CAN'T GET OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND STUFF, SO MORE WE CAN SPREAD THE WORD, UM, TO HAVE KIDS COME IN. THEY HAVE ALL LEVELS. UM, AND IT IS UNDER THE N F L LEAGUE, BUT IT RUNS THROUGH THE CITY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY LITTLE CHILDREN THAT ARE WANTING TO PLAY, PLEASE HAVE THEM COME BY THE CITY TO SIGN UP. COMMISSIONER, WOULD THAT BE UNDER PROXIMATE RECS? YES. SO, OKAY. ALSO, MAYOR, UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF, UM, OF OUR, UM, LIKE ICE MONKEY, FOR INSTANCE, IS DOING A SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY. I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST 12TH THAT THEY'LL BE DOING THAT. UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP OUT, GET IN TOUCH WITH ICE MONKEY, OR EVEN IF YOU NEED HELP WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES, THEY'LL BE GIVING OUT SCHOOL SUPPLIES. AND ALSO IF YOU WANNA LOOK ON FACEBOOK AS WELL, THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING THE COMMUNITY WITH GIVING OUT SCHOOL SUPPLIES AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? NONE. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON. [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes). ] UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC IN, UH, COMMENTS. RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, YES. MAYOR, MS. DORA MARTINEZ. OKAY, MS. MARTINEZ. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DORA MARTINEZ. UH, ADDRESS 1740 BOCA CHICA BOULEVARD, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS DORA MARTINEZ. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CASA OF CAMERON AND WILLESEE COUNTIES. CASA APPLIED FOR C D B G FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324. AND THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND YOU WILL DECIDE HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED. BEFORE YOU FINALIZE THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU MORE ABOUT CASA. WE SERVE CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS FOSTER CARE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. WE DO THIS BY APPOINTING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO REPRESENT THEIR BEST INTEREST. VOLUNTEERS VISIT CHILDREN MONTHLY AND COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE CASE SUCH AS PARENTS, C P S, TEACHERS, RELATIVES, AND THERAPISTS. AND BASED ON THEIR FINDINGS, THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE JUDGE. THESE CHILDREN SPEND A MINIMUM OF A YEAR IN THE SYSTEM, BUT MANY TIMES, MUCH LONGER UNTIL A SAFE HOME IS AVAILABLE. CASA IS OFTEN THE ONE CONSISTENT PERSON INVOLVED IN THAT CHILD'S LIFE. THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE SERVED A TOTAL OF 62 CHILDREN FROM SAN BENITO. THE OUTCOMES INCLUDE NINE OF THESE CHILDREN WERE REUNIFIED, SEVEN CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED, [00:05:02] AND, UH, SIX CHILDREN. CUSTODY WAS GRANTED TO A RELATIVE. ALL OF THESE CHILDREN HAD A CASA VOLUNTEER APPOINTED TO REPRESENT THEM. THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE GRANTED $12,309, AND WE HAVE APPLIED FOR 20,000 FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THE FUNDING WE APPLIED FOR IS TO FUND FOR A PORTION OF ONE VOLUNTEER SUPERVISOR WHO WORKS SAN BENITO CASES. WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF FULL COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. OUR ANNUAL AUDITS ARE CLEAR OF ANY FINDINGS. OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEWS WITH ALL FUNDERS AND STATE MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS ALL REFLECT THAT WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU TO AT LEAST INCLUDE A PORTION OF THE REC RECOMMENDED FUNDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE, UM, MARTHA MARTINEZ FROM THE CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. OKAY, MS. MARTINEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I STAND BEFORE YOU HERE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, BETTER KNOWN AS MONICA'S AND MAGGIE'S HOUSE. UM, WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU. ALSO, WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FOR C B T FUNDING TO ASSIST US WITH OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM. YOU ALL HAVE SERVICED US FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, AND IN THOSE PAST SEVEN YEARS, EVERY YEAR OUR NUMBERS GO UP BECAUSE WE GO INTO THE SCHOOLS, WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AT DIFFERENT AFFAIRS LIKE THE ONES THE BACK TO SCHOOL. WE ARE HERE. EVERY CHILD THAT COMES TO OUR CENTER, WE SAY WE ARE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THEM TO START THE HEALING. THESE ARE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED, HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSED, OR HAVE BEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKED. NOW THAT WE HAVE, THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS ALSO SURROUNDED OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DO HAVE OUR PERMANENT HOME IN SAN BENITO. WE RECENTLY MOVED TO HARLINGEN AS A TEMPORARY, UM, SOLUTION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING NEEDS REPAIRS, BUT WE DO SERVICE AS THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF, OF SAN BENITO. UM, WE ALSO JUST RECENTLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SIGNED AN M O U WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GO INTO ALL THE SCHOOLS. WE SERVICE CHILDREN BETWEEN THIRD AND 12TH GRADE. WE GO IN THERE AND TALK ABOUT, UM, SAFETY, UH, CYBER BULLYING, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. SO I'M HERE REQUESTING THAT YOU REALLY CONSIDER US. LAST YEAR, UM, WE, WE, YOU PROVIDED US 12,000, UH, ALSO DOLLARS. AND THIS YEAR WE HAD ASKED FOR 15. BUT EVEN IF WE WERE TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT, IT'LL STILL KEEP THAT ONE ADVOCATE THAT WE HAVE THE SERVICES, THE WHOLE CAMERON COUNTY. UM, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF ALSO HIRING A SECOND PERSON SO THAT SHE CAN ALSO MAINTAIN MOST OF HER TIME IN THIS LOWER PART OF CAMERON COUNTY. SO I DO REQUEST THAT YOU REALLY CONSIDER AND LOOK AT OUR APPLICATION. AND THIS FUNDING, LIKE I SAID, IS GONNA BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE HELP A CHILD AND WE START THE HEALING, WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY CAN BE PRODUCTIVE IN SCHOOL. THEY CAN, UH, EXCEL TO WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE. SO WHEN A CHILD CANNOT BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM, THEN IT HINDERS THEM. AND WE KNOW THAT THE CYCLE CONTINUES. WE HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 25 YEARS, AND I STARTED AS THEIR FIRST FORENSIC INTERVIEWER, AND NOW I'M BACK AS THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO I SEE THIS AS A, A REAL, A NEED THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? RUTH? UH, MAYOR. WE HAVE A, UM, THREE MORE, UH, UM, FORMS. HOWEVER, ALL OF THEM ARE FROM CASA CAMERON WILL SEE COUNTY, AND, UH, THE FORM DOES SPECIFY IF, UH, SPEAKING FOR AN ORGANIZATION, THEY SHOULD APPOINT SOMEONE. BUT, UH, MS. DORA MARTINEZ ALREADY SPOKE FOR CASA. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO THAT, UH, WHERE'S THE OTHER ONES? UM, MARK, STEVES MAUREEN. OKAY. UM, R AND AMAD. I CANNOT MAKE OUT HIS LAST NAME. FLO. FLORE FLORES. OKAY. FLORES. OKAY. SO THEY'RE ALL FROM CASA ALSO, BUT FROM A DIFFERENT, UH, REGION? ALL THE SAME. OKAY. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. OKAY. SO, UM, WE THINK THAT THERE'S, I MEAN, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO ADD, IS IT OKAY THAT MISS, WHAT WAS THE LADY'S NAME? I'M SORRY. THE [00:10:01] LADY THAT SPOKE ON BEHALF OF CASA DORA MARTINEZ. IF, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO ADD, I GUESS, UH, THE COMMISSION I SERVED, ARE YOU OKAY WITH IT? I CAN ADD JUST ONE. OKAY. WE MORE, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR GUERRA, AND THE CITY COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARK STEVENS. I AM THE, THE TREASURER FOR CASA AND CAMERON. MELISSA COUNTY, AS DORA MARTINEZ HAS SPECIFIED THAT, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE, UH, A PERMANENT HOME FOR, FOR THESE, FOR THESE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, DUE TO ABUSE, ABUSE AND, AND OR NEGLECT. AND LIKE MONICA'S HOUSE, WE WE'RE HERE TO SERVICE THE CHILDREN. UH, ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE, WE DID ASK FOR AN INCREASE, BUT EVEN IF, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER APPLICATION TO GO BACK TO THE INITIAL FUNDING OF THE 12,000, THAT WOULD AT LEAST HELP US CONTINUE AND TO, TO FUND THESE, TO VOLUNTEER SUPERVISOR AND TO HELP THESE CHILDREN, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE 62 CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE TO, IF WE DON'T, WE, WE HAVE TO FIND MEANS TO, TO SUPPORT THOSE 62 CHILDREN. SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ADD. UH, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THIS ATTENTION. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. I KNOW, UH, BEING A FINANCE PERSON, MONEY, MONEY CAN BE ONLY STRETCHED SO FAR. BUT, UH, I ASK THAT YOU, UH, UH, PLEASE CONSIDER OUR APPLICATION AND ANY FUNDING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOUR OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WITH? NO, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. [6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the December 6, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.] ITEM NUMBER SIX. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION? NO. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION, MAYOR? YES. UM, ON THIS ONE THOUGH, I, I NOTICED THAT, UM, ON COMMISSIONER'S PRESENT, THEY LEFT OFF COMMISSIONER CAROLYN SANCHEZ. YES. OKAY. UH, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CORRECTION ON THIS ONE. UM, I THINK WE HAD IT ON OUR YEAH, BUT IT ISN'T PRESENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE HER NAME ON HERE. OH, OKAY. THEN WE'LL COVER, THAT'S THE ONE THAT, THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, OKAY. YEAH, ON THERE WAS A, I WANNA SAY A TYPO, UH, ON THE SEPARATE PRO WE HAVE, UH, NOVEMBER, AT THE NOVEMBER, 2022. BUT, UH, ACTUALLY IT'S, UH, DECEMBER 6TH, 2022. AND, UH, NOT PRESENT ON THE MISTAKE WAS, UH, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SANTO WAS NOT HERE, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER ALBAN. SO THAT'S THE, UH, THE CORRECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. SHE WAS PRESENT. HUH? SHE WAS PRESENT. SHE WAS PRESENT. YOU WEREN'T, OKAY. SO THAT, THAT'S A CORRECTION. SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN FRONT, THAT'S THE CORRECTION ON IT. DECEMBER 6TH, 2022. AND THEN NOT, NOT PRESENT IS MR. UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, PLACE THREE, UH, GALVAN. OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. I ABSTAIN. OKAY. SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION REMAIN. MOTION REMAINS YES. TO APPROVE MINUTES. OKAY. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. AND, UH, ONE ABSTAIN. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WITH THE, WITH THE CORRECTIONS. CORRECTIONS. OKAY. YES, WITH THE CORRECTIONS ON THERE. SO ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ABSTAIN. [7. Consideration and possible action on EDC Executive Directors Contract.] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. AND THIS IS BY MR. RAMIRO ALMAN. UH, UM, RO E D C, EXECUTIVE . GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. RAMIRO ELMAN, UH, FOR THE E D C. AND, UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS, IS AN UPDATE TO MY CONTRACT. SO ESSENTIALLY THE UPDATES REFLECT, UM, A, UM, AN EVALUATION THAT WAS DONE IN MY SIX MONTH PERIOD AS PER THE CONTRACT. AND SO ESSENTIALLY THE CONTRACT CLEANS UP, YOU KNOW, UM, TO REFLECT I R A RETIREMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A FIXED NUMBER THERE WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY STANDARDS, 3%. UH, ALSO WITH INSURANCE, THERE WAS ANOTHER FIXED NUMBER THERE. UM, AND, AND THESE NUMBERS COME FROM A PREVIOUS CONTRACT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE DOESN'T TEND TO GO DOWN, TENDS TO GOES UP, ESPECIALLY AFTER A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. AND SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY THIS, THIS, UM, THIS CONTRACT, THIS UPDATES IS A RESULT OF THE EVALUATION. AND WE NEEDED TO DO SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS PRIOR. AND SO IN FEBRUARY 16TH, THE E D C APPROVED THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS REFLECTING THIS. AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT TO COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 28TH, AND THAT, THAT'S WHEN THE, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED IT. AND SO THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE E D C BOARD RIGHT AFTER THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND THEN THEY APPROVED THE CONTRACT REFLECTING THE UPDATES. AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST HERE ONCE AGAIN, UH, TO, TO RATIFY, I GUESS, OR PROVE THE CONTRACT UPDATES FROM THAT. AND I KNOW SOME [00:15:01] OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS ALREADY THREE TIMES. UM, APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMISSION, BOTH THE AGENDA AND THE CONTRACTS, OR THE BUDGET AND THE CONTRACTS. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? ANY QUESTIONS? MR. ALIMAN? I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, YOU PRESENTED THIS CONTRACT LAST YEAR, BUT ON THE, ON THE SALARY IT SAID 83,000, AND NOW IT SAYS A SALARY OF 103,000. WAS THERE, WAS THERE A TYPO ON THAT? LAST YEAR'S? THERE MUST HAVE BEEN. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN. I NEVER, I HAVEN'T REP, UH, PRESENTED MY CONTRACT TO YOU. IT WAS THE PREVIOUS BOARD PRESIDENT INITIALLY, BUT NO CONTRACT I'VE EVER SEEN. 83. THAT WAS A, AGAIN, PREVIOUS NUMBERS FROM ANOTHER, ANOTHER. RIGHT. THAT WAS RIGHT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOUR TIME. UM, THIS CONTRACT, UH, HAS SOME VERBIAGE IN THE, UM, IN THE, IN THE AGREEMENT SIMILAR TO THE CITY MANAGERS, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT. WAS THIS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT OR YOU MADE SOME EDITS THERE? SO, SO THIS ARE UPDATES TO THAT ORIGINAL CONTRACT. OKAY. WHO MADE THOSE EDITS? WELL, IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE BOARD AND THE ATTORNEY, DR. DRAFTED THE CONTRACT. SO THAT ATTORNEY USED TO BE THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH USED TO WORK WITH OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER. BUT SOME OF THE VERBIAGE IN THERE I WASN'T VERY COMFORTABLE WITH. OKAY. 'CAUSE IT GOT US INTO TROUBLE THIS LAST TIME AROUND. UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT OUR ATTORNEY CAN LOOK AT THAT CONTRACT AS WELL AND CLEAR THE VERBIAGE SO THAT THE CITY'S PROTECTED AS WELL? UM, I MEAN, THAT'S A CITY COMMISSION DECISION, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO PROLONG THE PROCESS DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR PAY, IT DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR PAY. NO, I'M JUST SAYING IT, IT, IT PROLONGS THE PROCESS. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, WHAT, HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE, UH, I MEAN, NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE JOB FOR, WHAT, SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS NOW? YES. EIGHT, EIGHT MONTHS. WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE ARE THE, UH, WHAT'S OUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT'S OUR PROSPECT? WHAT'S, HOW WAS IT, WHAT, WHAT LOOKS GOOD FOR THE CITY AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED AND FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS IS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL, THAT, THAT TYPE OF, UH, INDUSTRY HERE. AND, UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH OUR DIRECT ACCESS TO 5 1 9, WHICH IS OVERWEIGHT OVER OVERWEIGHT, OVERSIZED CORRIDOR, TODOS BRIDGE. WE, UH, JUST RECENTLY, UH, SIGNED AN M O U WITH MATAMOROS, AND WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER TO BRING BUSINESSES TO SANTO AND TO THE AREAS SURROUNDING THE BRIDGE. UH, SO I THINK MANUFACTURING IS A, IS A, IS A POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET, THAT WE HAVEN'T REACHED YET. AND I THINK, UH, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THAT. OF COURSE. UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE. WE'VE GOT ESSENTIALLY TWO EXPRESSWAYS, WE HAVE 77 AND WE HAVE INTERSTATE 69. AND, UM, AND THOSE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW. THERE'S, THERE'S PROJECTS ON BOTH AREAS. SO, SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, RETAIL IS THERE, BUT I THINK WHERE WE CAN SEE SOME REAL DIFFERENCE REALLY MOVE THAT NEEDLE IS IN MANUFACTURING WE ARE. UM, UM, WHAT KIND OF, UM, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT HERE TO KIND OF MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE AS A COMMUNITY? SURE. SO, UH, I THINK THE, THE MAIN, UH, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR THAT WE CAN FIND IS INCOME. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MEDIUM INCOME, YOU KNOW, WHEN IF WE RAISE THAT, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN OF COURSE EVERYBODY RETAIL AND, AND EVERYBODY ELSE PROSPERS BECAUSE OF THAT. SO THAT'S ONE. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS ANOTHER ONE. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE CAN TALK TO. UH, BUILDING PERMITS IS ANOTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY BUILDING PERMITS, WHAT'S THE VALUE OF THOSE PERMITS? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE TIME PERIOD OF THEM BEING APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE LOOK AT. OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY SALES TAX, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT MEASURES THE, THE HEALTHY OF THE HEALTH OF, UH, ANY COMMUNITY. ARE PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY? ARE THEY NOT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY SAVING THAT KIND? YEAH, WE, WE GOT A LOT OF OPEN STOREFRONTS AND, AND, AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO FOCUS ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY GOING HERE, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO. YEAH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, ON THE NEXT BUDGET IS TO APPROVE, UM, UH, AN INTERIOR, UM, UPGRADE FOR THESE DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT, THAT NEED SOME HELP. MR. ALIMAN, IN ALL DUE RESPECT, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT TO WHAT THE ITEM IS, IS, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT WE'RE GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I, I JUST, IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE VALIDITY OF THE PERSON IN THE CONTRACT IS ALL I WAS THINKING. AND, AND I LOVE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. [00:20:01] I CAN SHOW YOU HERE ALL NIGHT, SO I APOLOGIZE, . YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M, I'M BEING, I'M BEING TOLD THANK YOU. . . I GOT DRAGGED INTO IT TOO. THAT WAS, I WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING, BUT YEAH. MAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? I'M GONNA, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. I WANT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CONTRACT. UM, OKAY. I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AS WELL, IN BOTH IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BOTH PARTIES. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT, IT'S A SIMILAR CONTRACT TO WHAT OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER HAD. I DIDN'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE ONE-SIDED. OKAY. I SECOND AND THAT, THAT'S OUR PREVIOUS CITY ATTORNEY, SO I KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM. OKAY, SO, SO WE GOT A MOTION TO, UH, GOODBYE, UH, MAYOR GALVAN TO TABLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE, DECIDE. OKAY, SO I GIVE YOU THE, [8. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request for a variance to complete the interior sidewalk until the lots are sold, for a proposed subdivision bearing a Legal Description of: Being a tract, out of lots Three (3) and Four (4), El Camino Real Resubdivision, a subdivision in the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, as shown according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 3393, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, Being the Same as Described in an Instrument Number 2021-52365, Official Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ochoa Capital LLC.] OKAY, ADAM ATE. UM, AND THIS IS, UH, PRESENTED BY JOANNE MANAL, UH, PLANNING DIRECT, UH, MANAGER. UM, OKAY, MA'AM. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO A VARIANCE, UM, TO COMPLETE THE INTERIOR SIDEWALKS AT THE TIME OF SALE. SO, A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON JULY 14TH, 2023, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED, UH, COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THIS, UM, VARIANCE. OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, THE WAY IT READS IS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS TO INSTALL THE INTERIOR SIDEWALKS AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR SIDEWALKS. UM, ONCE THE INTERIOR SIDEWALKS ARE INSTALLED, THEN COMES THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONTRACTORS START, UH, DOING CONSTRUCTION, A LOT OF TIMES THE SIDEWALKS GET BROKEN AND THEY'RE ALREADY OURS. SO ONCE THEY'RE BROKEN, IT'S OUR JOB TO MAINTAIN THEM. UM, IT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO KEEP MAKING THESE DEVELOPERS DO THE INTERIOR SIDEWALKS, WHEN IN REALITY IT'S HURTING US BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIX IT. I AGREE. SO, SO WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND, UM, STAFF TOOK THIS BEFORE P AND Z AND WE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, THOUGH. YEAH. WELL, UM, YES, I KNOW I'M GETTING AHEAD OF IT BECAUSE I CAN DO THAT ON THE NEXT ONE. WANNA MAKE ONE . OKAY. UM, SO THAT'S COMING FOR US. OKAY. THEN, UH, IT'S AN OPEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO LET ME OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE. IT'S, UH, 5 56 AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF THE TIME FOR OR AGAINST MAYOR. I WANTED TO PO POINT OUT SOMETHING TO SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, PREVIOUSLY THE, THE SIDEWALKS WERE DONE RIGHT BEFORE OCCUPANCY PERMIT WAS DELIVERED TO THE OCCUPANT. AND THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT WELL BECAUSE SOME HO HOMES OPENED UP WITHOUT A SIDEWALK STILL. SO WE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE IN BROADWAY ESTATES IN THE FIRST PHASE. THAT WAS BEFORE JOANNA'S TIME TO, UM, AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, LET'S JUST MAKE 'EM DO ALL THE SIDEWALKS FIRST. THAT WAY WE WON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. WELL, NOW IF YOU GO INTO BROADWAY ESTATES WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING THOSE HOUSES, THEY'VE CRACKED ALL THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND THEY'RE SHIFTING, AND YOU HAVE THEM REDOING THEM, AND NOW IT LOOKS DISPROPORTIONAL AND UNEVEN. SO I THINK THIS, THIS IS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION TO, TO DO IT AFTER THE HOUSE IS DONE, AFTER BIG TRUCKS ARE DRIVING OVER THEM AND DESTROYING THEM. YEAH, IT'S GONNA FALL BACK ON US. OKAY. AND JUST LOOKS CLEANER TOO. OKAY. SO WE'RE STILL IN PUBLIC OPEN, PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY ELSE? NONE. THEN, UH, I'LL CLOSE IT. 5 57. UH, CLOSE CLOSING, PUBLIC HEARING. [9. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a variance to complete the interior sidewalk until the lots are sold, for a proposed subdivision bearing a Legal Description of: being a tract, out of lots Three (3) and Four (4), El Camino Real Resubdivision, a subdivision in the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, as shown according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 3393, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, being the same as described in an Instrument Number 2021-52365, Official Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ochoa Capital LLC.] OKAY, ITEM NUMBER NINE AGAIN, UH, BY MR. AL. NOW, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023 TO REVIEW THIS ITEM AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY INSTALL RAMPS AND LANDINGS DURING THE SUBDIVISION PHASE. SO THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I EVER SAW WHEN THIS HAPPENED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN AND DOING THE SIDEWALKS, IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE A D A RAMPS AND THE LANDINGS, FOR SOME REASON, WHEN YOU GET DIFFERENT, UM, PEOPLE TO DO IT, IT ENDS UP NOT BEING UNIFORMED, OR YOU'LL HAVE A STOP SIGN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK. DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. AND YOU THINK THEY WOULD ASK SOMEBODY, BUT THEY DON'T. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, [00:25:01] OR THE, THE P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO NOT PUT ANY OF THE SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY DO WANT THEM TO PUT THE A D A RAMPS AND LANDINGS. THAT WAY THE PROPERTY OWNER JUST COMES IN AND FINISHES OUT OR CONNECTS, AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO CONNECT AND HOW TO KEEP GOING. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE CURB AND GUTTER AS FAR AS TRUCKS DRIVING OVER THAT? UM, SO THEY, WHEN THEY GET THEIR PERMIT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THE CURB, UM, IN ORDER TO PUT THE DRIVEWAY. SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL USE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE DRIVEWAY TO COME IN AND OUT. OKAY. I, I ASKED THAT QUESTION TOO. IN THE RUSSELL RANCH SUBDIVISION, AND I, THERE WAS A HUGE TRUCK ON THE CURB. I SAID, YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THAT CURVE. AND HE SAYS, NO, ACTUALLY NOTHING WILL BREAK THAT CURVE. WELL, NOT NOTHING, BUT HE SAYS, THOSE ARE BUILT TO A HIGHER P SS I THAN THE SIDE ACTUAL SIDEWALKS. I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED. BUT THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION. BUT IF THEY'RE BUILT TO THE STANDARD THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE, THAT'S WHAT WE, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO TROUBLE . RIGHT. AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE GETTING ONTO OUR CURBS. UM, IT JUST, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO CRACK OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT. SO THE P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE FOR THE VARIANCE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PUTTING IN THE, THE RAMPS RAMPS CORRECT. TO, FOR THEM, FOR THE DEVELOPER TO, TO STILL INSTALL THE RAMPS AND LANDINGS. THAT WAY THE, THE PERSON WHO BUYS THE LOT JUST HAS TO COME IN AND PUT THE SIDEWALK. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SO I GOT A MOTION BY COM. COMMISSIONER GOODMAN SECOND BY MAYOR GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, [10. Consideration and possible action to approve a Preliminary and Final Plat of Resaca Haven Subdivision, bearing a Legal Description of: being a tract, out of Lots Three (3) and Four (4), El Camino Real Resubdivision, a Subdivision in the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, as shown according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 3393, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, being the same as described in an Instrument Number 2021- 52365, Official Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ochoa Capital LLC.] ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, AGAIN, BY JOANNA , UH, PLANNING AND ZONING CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023 TO REVIEW THIS ITEM AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. UM, THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY THE SUBDIVISION THAT'S REQUESTING THE VARIANCE. THEY ARE COMING BEFORE YOU FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL. IT'S CALLED SAKA HAVEN. THEY HAVE 15 LOTS, UM, 15 LOTS OF RESIDENTIAL. SIX ARE SINGLE FAMILY AND EIGHT ARE MULTIFAMILY WITH ONE DETENTION. UH, LOT WATER AND SEWER IS, UH, PROVIDED BY CITY OF SAN BENITO. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FIRST PART? UM, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT, SINGLE FAMILY. LOTS. THERE'S GONNA BE 15. AND YOU SAID MULTI-FAMILY. OH, I'M SORRY. THERE'S 15 LOTS TOTAL. SIX RESIDENTIAL, EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY. UM, ONE MUL, ONE DETENTION. NO, YEAH, YOU'RE, SORRY. 15 RESIDENTIAL, SIX SINGLE FAMILY AND EIGHT MULTIFAMILY. IT'S GONNA BE A MIXTURE. LEMME MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY. THE ZONING COMMERCIAL IS COMMERCIAL THERE, RIGHT? YES. SO IT'S 15 LOTS TOTAL. SIX, UM, SIX RESIDENTIAL. EIGHT EIGHT. EIGHT MULTIFAMILY. 15 RESIDENTIAL SIX. NO, NO, THERE'S 15 TOTAL LOTS. 15 RESIDENTIAL, SIX SINGLE FAMILY AND EIGHT MULTIFAMILY WITH ONE LOT BEING FOR DETENTION. AND THIS IS, UH, THE, UH, LOCATION IS BEHIND THE, UM, UH, THE CAR WASH? YES. YES. I BELIEVE SO. YES. YES. OKAY. YES. I BELIEVE THIS WAS PLOTTED AT ONE TIME, UH, VERY DIFFERENTLY. AND THEY CAME IN AND THEY JUST DECIDED TO REDO THE WHOLE THING. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE JOHN. SORRY. THEY'RE GONNA BREAK THIS UP INTO TWO. IT'S GONNA BE A MIXED USE AREA. THERE'S GONNA BE, WHERE ARE THE SINGLE FAMILY GONNA LIE IN THE PLA IN THE BACK END OF THE PROPERTY? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S CUL-DE-SAC, RIGHT? YES. YEAH, IT REALLY MAKES SENSE. THAT'S BACK. UH, THEY GOT THE, THE VIEW LOTS BACK THERE ON THE WATERFRONT. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO GET TO YOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOME. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHICH SLOTS ARE SINGLE FAMILY. HOLD ON. LET ME SEE IF IT'LL SAY ON THE PLA YOU CAN'T SEE IT. I DUNNO. OKAY. NO, I WOULD HAVE TO, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK. YEAH, YOU CAN'T SEE. WE CAN'T SEE IT. NO. CAN'T SEE HOW WHAT IT IS. BUT ANYWAY. OKAY. SO WHAT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE RE PLAT FINAL PLAT. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN SECOND. [00:30:02] ANYBODY FOR SECOND? IF IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, THE LAND USE MAP AND THE PLANNING MAPS? UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. SECOND BY MEMBER P GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. [11. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request for a Conditional Use Permit to consent a Group Home at a property located at 1111 La Palma, on an existing Home zoned SF-1 'Single Family One', bearing a Legal Description of: All of Lot 1, All of Lot 2, and All of Lot 3, of Block 4, Colonia La Palma Addition Number Two (2), City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, According to Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas Applicant: Cesar Anguiano.] NUMBER 11 AGAIN. UH, MS. JOANNA . UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A GROUP HOME. OKAY. THEN, UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP. UH, LET ME OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 4. OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. NOBODY, I DO WANNA GIVE Y'ALL SOME INFORMATION ON THIS. UM, WE DID PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND WHEN IT CAME TO THE P N Z MEETING, WE DID PROVIDE, UH, MORE INFORMATION. THEY ARE CALLING IT A GROUP HOME. UM, HOWEVER, FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM PD, THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING. UM, THEY HAVE ONE OF MY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH A RESIDENT WHO LIVES THERE, UH, SEEMED TO BE AN OLDER LADY. UM, SHE HAPPENED TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO TAKES CARE OF THEM THERE. FROM WHAT I KNOW OF A GROUP HOME THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE, YOU CANNOT HAVE SOMEBODY GIVING CARE. UM, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO MANAGE THEIR OWN THINGS. THEY DON'T HAVE MEDICAL CONDITIONS. AND IF THEY DO, IT'S ALL ON THEIR OWN. IT'S BASICALLY JUST GROUP LIVING. UM, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WHERE, UM, WE HAD RESIDENTS COME IN AND SPEAK ON THIS SAYING THAT THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS WALKING THE STREETS TRYING TO GET INTO ANOTHER HOME. HE SOUNDED, UM, LIKE HE WAS LOST AND THAT THEY'RE WITHHOLDING HIS MEDICATION AND HE WAS ASKING FOR WATER. UM, WE HAD TWO PEOPLE SPEAK ON THAT. UH, I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE HAD PD PICK UP, UH, A PERSON WHO LIVED THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE LOST. UM, SO WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF ISSUES COMING FROM THIS RESIDENCE. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING PD HAS REPORTED IT. SO THE CITY IS DOING, UH, WHAT THEY CAN. UM, AND THEY DID COME IN TO TALK TO US AND THEY DID WANT TO APPLY FOR THIS, UH, SPECIALIST PERMIT. BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, UM, P N Z'S NOT RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. OKAY. OKAY. UM, LEMME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE. UH, TIME IS 6 0 6 AND THE CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION? JUST THAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDED DENIAL. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. A GROUP HOME CAN BE ANY, ANY FORM OF, CAN IT BE AN A L F UM, HALFWAY HOUSE? IT CAN BE ANYTHING. IS THIS A, IS THIS A, SO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS A BANK TERM IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE AT ALL. AND THERE, I THINK THERE IS A FORM OF A TE GROUP HOME WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER, BUT IT'S MORE OF THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN BIGGER CITIES WHERE THEY RENT OUT ROOMS AND IT'S A GROUP LIVING TYPE OF, OF THING. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS MORE OF THEY HAVE A CARETAKER WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING THEM MEDICATION. THEY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO COOKS FOR THEM. UM, IT'S MORE OF A FACILITY, OR THEY'RE A NURSING HOME. THEY'RE PROVIDING CARE. UM, AND THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE STATE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE PAPERWORK. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THIS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. MO MOTION TO, YEAH. WELL, IT, YEAH, IT'S NO ACCIDENT RIGHT NOW. IT'S, UH, IT, WE GOT THE INFORMATION ON THIS. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER, UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS. YES. THIS ONE IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO THIS ONE DOES REQUIRE ACTION. YEAH. YEAH. 12 MOTION DID NOT, NOT DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. YEAH. OKAY. BUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, THERE'S NO, IT'S PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US RIGHT NOW, YOU, THE INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL GAVE US. OKAY. DID WE OPEN IT FOR YES, WE DID. WE OPENED IT AND CLOSED IT ALREADY. [12. Consideration and possible action to approve a Conditional Use Permit to consent a Group Home at a property located at 1111 La Palma, on an existing home zoned SF-1 "Single Family One", bearing a Legal Description of: All of Lot 1 All of Lot 2, and All of Lot 3, of Block 4, Colonia La Palma Addition Number Two (2), City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas Applicant: Cesar Anguiano.] SO ITEM NUMBER [00:35:01] 12, AGAIN, JOANNA . AND SHE ALREADY GAVE US THE INFORMATION. AND NOW ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW I DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN TO DENY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES TO DENY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO DENY. ITEM NUMBER 12, ITEM [13. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding the adoption of Ordinance Number 2385-D, amending Ordinance 2385-C requiring all vendors, being Holiday, Non-Profit, Event, Produce, General Product, Mobile Food, Street Peddler, Door to Door Salesman and Special Events to apply for a vendor permit for operation within the corporate limits of the City of San Benito, Adopting Mobile Food Trucks, repealing all ordinances in conflict therewith and providing for an effective date and publication.] 13, AGAIN, BY MR. ALDO. NOW, UH, THIS ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING. A, A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BERNARDIN NEWS ON JULY 14TH, 2023 FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE, UH, NUMBER 2 3 8 5, UH, DASH D. OKAY. AND, UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. SIX. THE TIME IS 6 0 9. ANY COMMENTS? ANYTHING FROM THE AUDIENCE? NONE. OKAY. THEN THE TIME, I'LL CLOSE IT, THE CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 9, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM [14. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2385-D amending Ordinance 2385-C requiring all vendors, being Holiday, Non-Profit, Event, Produce, General Product, Mobile Food, Street Peddler, Door to Door Salesman and Special Events to apply for a vendor permit for operation within the corporate limits of the City of San Benito, Adopting Mobile Food Trucks, repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith and providing for an effective date and publication.] NUMBER 14, AGAIN BY MS. JOANNA . THIS IS THE FIRST READING, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023. AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR FOOD TRUCKS, MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS. WE CURRENTLY HAD AN ORDINANCE, BUT IT DESCRIBED MORE OF A, UH, MOBILE TRUCK, KIND OF LIKE AN ICE CREAM TRUCK. UM, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR ACTUAL FOOD TRUCKS. UM, THIS IS NOT THE PARK, THIS IS JUST THE TRUCK. AND, UH, WE KIND OF CHANGED THE DEFINITION IN THE ORDINANCE AND WE WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED TO MEET ITS OWN REGULATIONS AND OWN THINGS THAT, UM, WE SAW FIT FOR AN ACTUAL FOOD TRUCK. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE GET PAST THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WAS THERE. NO, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S JUST THE FIRST MEETING, BUT FIRST MEETING. YEAH. UH, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO THIS IS DIRECTING IT TOWARDS, I GUESS, FOOD TRUCKS. I KNOW, I SEE. IT GOES A LITTLE IN DEPTH FROM DOOR TO DOOR SALES. I MEAN, IS THIS AFFECTING LIKE OUR GIRL SCOUTS OR SO, SO THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, UM, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE THERE, WERE NOT TOUCHED. WE ONLY TOUCHED AND ADDED THE FOOD TRUCK PORTION 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. AND THIS ORDINANCE DID TALK ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, THE MOBILE TRUCK, MORE LIKE A ICE CREAM TRUCK THAT YOU DRIVE AROUND. UM, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE AN ACTUAL FOOD TRUCK. SO WE JUST TOOK THAT DEFINITION, CHANGED IT, AND, UM, ADDED A SECTION FOR FOOD TRUCKS AT THE VERY END. SO WHATEVER WAS THERE HAVING TO DO WITH, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS AND ALL THAT, NONE OF THAT WAS CHANGED. UH, WE LEFT IT THE SAME. JOANNE, I'M LOOKING AT, I'M SORRY. YOU DONE CAROL? YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT PARAGRAPH SIX. UH, NO VENDING WILL BE ALLOWED FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VACANT LOT OR VACANT BUSINESS OR ANY STREET. RIGHT. SIDEWALK OR EXCEPTION. UH, CITY SPONSOR. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE VACANT LOT. SO LET'S SAY THAT I, I HAVE A, UH, BUSINESS AND THERE'S A VACANT LOT NEXT DOOR TO ME. I CAN'T USE THAT VACANT LOT WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE OWNER. SO IF IT'S A COMMERCIAL, HE'S OWNED PROPERTY. YES. SO WE SAY VACANT LOT AS FAR AS, UM, THERE'S NO OWNERSHIP, THERE'S NO BUILDING, THERE'S NO RESTROOMS TO BE USED. THEN WE CAN'T LET YOU PUT YOUR FOOD TRUCK ON THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE RESTROOMS FOR YOUR CLIENT. UM, IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING RIGHT NEXT DOOR, YOU CAN PARK THE TRUCK THERE, YOU AND THEY CAN UTILIZE. AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE DOWNTOWN. THERE IS NO WAY TO PARK ON THE STREET IF YOU HAVE A VACANT LOT. YES, YOU CAN PARK IT THERE WHILE YOU GET PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER NEXT DOOR, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND USE IT. BUT SO A STRICT INTERPRETATION OF SAYING VACANT LOT, IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. RIGHT. AND WE CAN CHANGE, CHANGE IT A LITTLE TO WHERE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF THE PROPERTY, IF THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR IS OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER, THEN WE CAN ALLOW IT. OUR MAIN CONCERN IS WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ENDING UP IN COMPLETELY VACANT LOTS WITH NOTHING AROUND IT. AND, UM, NO RESTROOMS, NO FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE TRYING TO GO EAT. UNDERSTOOD. MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT DURATION. WHAT, [00:40:01] UH, WHAT'S THE INTENT THERE? SO, SINCE THIS IS JUST A FOOD TRUCK, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS AT ONE LOCATION. UM, YOU HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION AND YOU HAVE TO GO AND COME. YOU CANNOT LEAVE YOUR FOOD TRUCK OVERNIGHT. UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS INTENDED FOR. THIS IS FOR, YOU KNOW, I WANNA GO DURING LUNCH OR AFTER HOURS OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNINGS, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU SELL. UM, NOT, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH MYSELF THERE AT ONE LOCATION AND NEVER MOVE. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THIS. THIS ALSO LIMITS THE NUMBER OF PERMITS PER YEAR. YES. YES. SO, AND THAT'S FOUR. IT'S OUTLINED AS FOUR IN HERE? CORRECT. SO IF I OWN A, IF I OWN A BUSINESS, I CAN ONLY FOUR TIMES A YEAR PERMIT A FOOD TRUCK TO BE THERE. YES. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE HAVE IT FOR, I BELIEVE, UM, THE VENDORS AND THE SALES. UM, THAT'S THE SAME FOR THEM. UH, WHENEVER THEY NEED, LIKE, UH, HOLIDAY STUFF OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIMITED TO HOW MANY, UM, A BUSINESS CAN HAVE. MR. GOODMAN SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT. UM, I THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE SETTING UP LITERALLY EVERY WEEKEND. SO AT O'REILLY'S THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS A CHURCH MAYBE. BUT EVERY WEEKEND THEY WOULD SET UP AND SELL AND SELL AND SELL. SO THE BUSINESSES AROUND WERE COMPLAINING FOR THE FACT THAT OF COURSE THEY PAY NO TAXES, PAY, YOU KNOW, NOTHING. BUT THEY GET FULL SALES EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND. SO IT KIND OF PRETTY MUCH ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A BUSINESS, BUT IT WASN'T A BUSINESS. UM, 'CAUSE IT WAS SKIRTING THE LINE OF WHAT THE RULES WERE. SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME. UM, AND THEY LIMITED IT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I WOULDN'T, WE CAN'T, WE JUST, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A HEALTH INSPECTION, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND WE WILL MONITOR. THEY, THEY HAVE TO GIVE US, AND IT, IT SAYS THEY'RE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE. IT HAS, THEY HAVE TO GIVE US DAYS, TIMES, HOURS OF OPERATION. THEY CAN'T, IF, IF THEY WANNA OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS, JUST MAKE 'EM PAY LIKE A BUSINESS. WELL, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR PERMITS, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS LONG AS THEY OWN THE LAND. WELL THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAT IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A FOOD TRUCK PARK. NOW IS THAT GONNA BE ON COMMERCIAL SITE? IT'S NOT GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? CORRECT. NOTHING, NONE OF THIS CAN BE IN, IN RESIDENTIAL. BUT I DO WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THEY RIGHT. I DON'T WANT NO RESIDENTIAL THERE. NO. UM, I KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THE COTTAGE LAW MAYOR , IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO, TO HAVE A LOT THAT'S COMMERCIAL AND YOU WANNA START PUTTING FOOD TRUCKS THERE, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE OF THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. UM, WHERE YOU BECOME A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. THIS IS MORE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO, A PERFECT EXAMPLE, I WENT AND VISITED ONE OF THE SHOPS DOWN ON, UH, SAM HOUSTON. THEY DO BAKED GOODS. THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A SECONDARY SMALL LOCATION JUST TO DO COFFEE. NOTHING BIG, NOTHING MAJOR. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THEIR BUSINESS HERE AND THEY LOVE IT, BUT THEY WANT SOMETHING ELSE. THIS FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET A FOOD TRUCK AND GO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS SOMEWHERE ELSE. A LOT OF TIMES SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, UM, I KNOW I TALKED TO IRIS FROM MARKET DAYS, SHE SAID THAT SOME OF THOSE FOOD TRUCKS THAT WERE COMING IN EVERY WEEKEND, UM, EVENTUALLY BECAME ACTUAL BUSINESS OWNERS. SO IT'S A STARTING POINT FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO OUT AND PAVE PARKING AND RENT A BUILDING. AND THE, THE COST OF STARTING SOMETHING CAN BE VERY HIGH. THIS IS A STARTING POINT FOR SOMEBODY WHO, WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING. IS MY COMPUTER SHUT DOWN, BUT FROM WHAT I READ LAST NIGHT AND THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT, THERE WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE YES. FOR A SIX MONTH TIMEFRAME. WAS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. DOES, IS THAT FEE IN LINE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS? YES. IT SEEMS KIND OF CHEAP. NO, IT IS. WE, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT WAY OVER AND WE'RE NOT WAY UNDER. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE ARE ONE OF THE LAST CITIES TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE. SO WE NEED TO TRY TO ATTRACT, UM, SOME OF THESE FOOD TRUCKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND MAYOR, WHATEVER Y'ALL PASS, I CAN ASSURE [00:45:01] YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REVISIT AGAIN. I'M SURE WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS HEADACHE ALREADY. . OKAY. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S ONLY WRITTEN. OKAY. NO MORE. OKAY. THERE'S MORE. [15. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding the adoption of Ordinance Number 2252-I, amending Ordinance Number 2252, and any other ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 4, Business regulations to add Section 4.12 pertaining to 'Food Truck Parks' and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date and publication.] ITEM NUMBER 15, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. MR. , UM, A, A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER ON JULY 14TH, 2023 FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 2 5, 2 I. THIS ONE IS, THIS IS THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR FOOD TRUCK PARKS. SO WE HAVE BEEN TURNING PEOPLE AWAY. UM, I WANNA SAY SINCE I GOT HERE IN NOVEMBER, I'VE PROBABLY SPOKE TO ABOUT FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS ASKING, CAN I DO A FOOD TRUCK PARK? CURRENTLY YOU CANNOT. WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE. I HAVE NOTHING TO GO BY. UM, AND I TOLD THEM ALL THE SAME THING. GIMME SOME TIME, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND WE'LL CREATE AN ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS. THIS IS YOUR DEVELOPER. THIS IS YOUR PERSON WHO COMES IN AND NEEDS TO SUBDIVIDE OR EXTEND UTILITIES OR PAVE THE PARKING LOT FOR THESE FOOD TRUCKS. UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR. WE DID LOOK AT OTHER AREAS, UM, TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE KIND OF DOING. I DID TAKE SOME THINGS OUT, LIKE I THINK HARLINGEN IS ASKING THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS PARKS PROVIDE, UM, SECURITY CAMERAS. TO ME THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IF I'M NOT ASKING A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE SECURITY CAMERAS, WHY AM I GONNA ASK A FOOD TRUCK PARK? UH, THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. UM, THEY ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED TO ASK FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UH, SO THERE ARE STIPULATIONS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THEM DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND THE AREA. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME FOOD TRUCK PARKS ARE REQUIRED, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE LATE HOURS TO APPLY FOR. OR THE BOARD MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE LIKE THE IDEA, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE OPEN LATE. PROVIDE TWO SECURITY GUARDS FROM 10 TO TWO IN THE MORNING OR ONE IN THE MORNING, DEPENDING ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION. AND IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED THAT. SO THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO, UH, A CONDITIONAL OR SPECIAL USE PERMIT. OKAY. YOU STILL IN THE HEARING PORTION OF THIS? NO, WE HAVEN'T OPENED IT UP YET, SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THEN? UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN IT UP. THE TIME IS 6 21. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, ANY PUBLIC HEARING. NONE. OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE IT. TIME IS, UH, 6 21, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. [16. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-I, amending Ordinance Number 2252, and any other ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 4, Business Regulations to add Section 4.12 Pertaining to 'Food Truck Parks' and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date and publication.] AND ITEM NUMBER 16 AGAIN, MS. MANONA, UH, ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023. AND THEY DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST READING OKAY. WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT, WHAT WAS DECIDED ABOUT THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE FOOD TRUCK PARKS? UH, ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES? UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND ALLOWED THEM ON, ON, UH, ALL THOROUGHFARES. WE DIDN'T PUT ANY LIMITATIONS, SO THERE GONNA BE ANY COMMERCIAL. SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO NOT ALLOW THEM ON THE EXPRESSWAY, SAM HOUSTON OR BUSINESS 77, BUT THE PLANNING ZONING BOARD FELT THAT WE SHOULDN'T RESTRICT THEM. I ALREADY HAVE A RESTRICTION OF, I BELIEVE, 300 FEET. SO IF ONE FOOD TRUCK PARK OPENS UP, ANOTHER ONE CAN'T OPEN UP WITHIN A 300 FEET. SO THEY SAID, LET'S REMOVE THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND, AND JUST LEAVE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAM HOUSTON WILL BE OPEN FOR THAT. IT WILL, THE IT WILL BE ALLOWED. WHAT, WHAT LOCATION? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE PROPERTY OWNER AND, AND WHAT, I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO BE, THEY HAVE TO ALSO MEET THE, THE EXPECTATIONS LIKE PARKING. RIGHT. UM, HOW MANY TRUCKS? TRASH PICKUP. SO IF THE LOT IS TOO SMALL, THEN THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, I GUESS WHAT WE CAN DO IS, UH, JUST TRY IT OUT AND THEN, UH, WE CAN START THE LIMITING. I DON'T SEE SAM HOUSTON BEING, UH, THAT'S A SMALL BUSINESS. SEVEN. SEVEN. I'M OKAY WITH IT. UM, YOU KNOW, 5 0 9, I'M OKAY WITH IT. SAM HOUSTON, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO, TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. SO, BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN TRY IT. YEAH, I NOTICED THERE'S OTHER ISSUES TOO. I MEAN, YOU PUT OR NO NOISE ORDINANCES AND OTHER THINGS HAVE TO BE ADHERED [00:50:01] TO, YOU KNOW? YEAH. ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF. SO I, YEAH, I LET 'EM TRY WHERE THEY CAN, WHERE THEY MAY BRING IT FORWARD AND GIVE IT A SHOT. THEY STILL HAVE TO PRESENT EVERYTHING TO US AND THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. GOT IT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, ANY ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, ITEM 16? UH, JUST ONE MORE. UM, INSURANCE FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS THEY HAVE. UM, WELL, OKAY. SO AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL LOCATION THAT FOR THE FOOD TRUCK ITSELF, I BELIEVE WHEN THEY COME IN, WE ASK FOR THEIR SALES TAX. THE, UM, FOR EVENTS WE USUALLY ASK FOR THE INSURANCE. I THINK WE'LL ASK FOR ALL OF THAT THE SAME WAY WE ALWAYS DO. BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER ITSELF IS PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO GET INSURANCE BECAUSE, UM, IT IS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. IT'S ONLY THE FIRST READING. OKAY. [17. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding the adoption of Ordinance Number 2111, amending Ordinance Number 2111 and sections of the Code of Ordinances that pertain to business, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 4.02.034, Hours of Sale, repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date and publication.] 17. WELL, YOU'VE BEEN BUSY. UH, NUMBER 17 AGAIN, UH, MS. JOANNA , UH, PUBLIC HEARING. A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN SAN BERNARD NEWS ON JULY 14TH, 2023 FOR AN ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO. UH, 1 1 1 DASH A. UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ORDINANCE FOR ALCOHOL. UM, I KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO, UH, UPDATE THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE THERE WAS CERTAIN THINGS THAT THERE, IT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED IN A LONG TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOURS, UH, ON SUNDAY BEFORE SUNDAY, YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL. THE STATE NOW ALLOWS IT FROM A CERTAIN TIME TO A CERTAIN TIME. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED THAT. I BELIEVE WE ALSO UPDATED, UH, THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. UM, AND THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE READS ABOUT, UH, RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTY AS OPPOSED TO, I THINK IT WAS ASKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD NEVER GET. UH, I KNOW RUTH HAD SOME THINGS ON HERE ALSO THAT SHE WANTED UPDATED. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT. THEY WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED NOW TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE BARS WHO JUST OPEN UP IN COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO, IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THESE BARS. UM, IF PDS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH, TWICE A MONTH, AND WE CANNOT REVOKE THEIR PERMIT, WE CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. IT KEEPS THEM, UH, AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THEIR PERMIT TO NOT SELL ALCOHOL. UM, SO IT KIND OF GIVES THE, THE CITY A SECURITY BLANKET, ESPECIALLY FOR PD. 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO GO OUT TO THESE LOCATIONS. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEEDED. ALSO, DOES THIS BECOME RETROACTIVE THEN IF PASSED? SO PREVIOUSLY, IF THEY ARE OPEN AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, THEY'RE FINE. IF THEY MAKE ANY CHANGES OR THEY CLOSE AND THEN THEY REOPEN, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF TIMES, LET'S JUST SAY A BAR CLOSES DOWN AND PD WAS OUT THERE A LOT. WHEN WE TELL THEM, HEY, THIS BAR'S COMING IN FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CAN YOU GET US THE INFORMATION? UM, THEY'LL LET US KNOW, HEY, LET THEM LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS, AND WE HAD THESE MANY INCIDENTS. AND IT'S OUR TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THESE BUSINESSES TO KEEP OPERATING THE WAY THEY ARE. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, THEY'RE SELLING ALCOHOL. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTROL WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, THEN THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, UH, I NEED TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC. YOU GOT THE, THE PEOPLE WHO GOT ALL THE INFORMATION NOW. SO, UM, THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, ON, ON ITEM NUMBER 17. SO, UH, TIME IS 6 28 AND I'LL, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. NOBODY. THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 28, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NUMBER [18. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2111-A, amending Ordinance Number 2111 and sections of the Code of Ordinances that pertain to business, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 4.02.034, Hours of Sale repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date and publication.] 18, UH, THIS'S GONNA BE YOUR FIRST READING. AND AGAIN, UH, MS. JOANNA , UH, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 1 1 A, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023, AND RECOMMENDED APP APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. FIRST READING. [00:55:01] FIRST READING. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT CONSTITUTES A BUSINESS THAT WOULD CLOSE DOWN AND HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? UH, SOMETIMES A LOT OF TIMES A NAME CHANGE. OKAY. OR OWN OWNERSHIP. THEY SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE. AND, UH, THE NEXT PERSON WANTS TO OPEN AND THAT'LL HAVE TO DO A LOT WITH THEIR LICENSE TO SELL. A LOT OF TIMES, YES. SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES, UM, WITH T A B C AND THEY WANNA CHANGE THE NAME AND CLEAN SLATES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS IF THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH LIKE, PD. WE HAVE RECORDS OF WHO THE OWNER IS NOW WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, WHO'S OPERATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA KNOW THAT IT'S THE SAME OWNERS, JUST A DIFFERENT NAME OR DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON LINE 18? ITEM NUMBER 18. NONE. OKAY. IT'S ONLY YOUR FIRST READING. [19. First Reading of Ordinance 2496-A amending Ordinance Number 2496, and any other amending ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 4, Section 4.10.006, pertaining to "Maximum fees to be charged for non-consent tows" and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date. ] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 19. FIRST READING AGAIN. UH, THIS IS GONNA BE BY CHIEF, UH, PERILLA. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MARIO PERELLA. FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A FIRST READING TO AMEND ORDINANCE 24 96 IN REGARDS TO MAXIMUM RECORD FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR NON-CONSENT TOS. PRIOR TO THIS SUGGESTED, UH, AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 24 96 STATED THAT TOW SHALL BE AMOUNT RE MOUNT REGULATED AND MONITORED BY THE STATE. THIS LED TO INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE AMOUNT EACH WRECKER ON OUR ROTATION LIST CHARGED PER TOW. I PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME FIGURES IN YOUR PACKETS THAT I HOPE WILL CHANGE THIS MOVING FORWARD. I BROKE DOWN THE AMOUNT PER TOW FOR LIGHT DUTY, MEDIUM DUTY, AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSE AND REGULATIONS DOES STATE THAT CITIES MAY ESTABLISH FEES FOR NON-CONSENT TOES OR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TOES. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE PROPOSED RECORD FEES I PROVIDED. OKAY. CHIEF, UH, WHAT WAS THE, THE MEDIUM, WHAT WAS IT? THE MEDIUM TOW HEAVY TOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THE, THE DIFFERENCE, SIR? YEAH. IT'S GONNA BE THE WEIGHT IN THE VEHICLE. OKAY. SO IF YOU HAVE, UH, LIGHT DUTY, 10,000 POUNDS OR LESS, UH, MEDIUM, 10,001 POUNDS TO 24,999 AND HEAVY DUTY, ANYTHING OVER 25,000 POUNDS OR MORE. SO, OKAY. WHEN, SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE HEAVY DUTY, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME PRICE IS IT? RIGHT. EACH THE, IT COULD GO FROM FOUR 50 TO 19 PER RESPONSE. THE THING IS, UH, WE EACH, UH, EACH TOW ON THOSE CAN DIFFER BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE ONE THAT'S JUST A TRACTOR. YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S A TRACTOR TRAILER, YOU HAVE ONE THAT, THAT, THAT FLIPPED OVER ON THE EXPRESSWAY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. YEAH. AND YOU, YOU NEED A COUPLE OF RECORDS TO FLIP THAT THING BACK AND GET IT OFF THE ROAD. PLUS YOU NEED ALL THE CLEANUP. SO, UH, THIS ESTABLISHES A RESPONSE ON, ON SITUATIONS, UH, WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IM PROPERLY PARKED OR BROKEN OR DISABLED AND THE ROADWAY OR A, A COLLISION WHERE WE MOVE OUT. THIS WILL ESTABLISH THAT ANY, I I, I DID PUT, UH, AN, UH, SOME WORDING ON THE BOTTOM. IT SAYS ALL ADDITIONAL LABOR FEES NOT LISTED ABOVE SHALL BE LISTED IN ITEMIZED RECEIPT PROVIDED TO THE OWNER OPERATOR OF THE TOW VEHICLE. IF POSSIBLE, PHOTOGRAPHS SHOULD BE TAKEN OF ANY ADDITIONAL LABOR CONDUCTED. SO, LIKE I SAID, EACH TOW DIFFERS. UH, THESE ARE MAINLY FOR THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, UH, IMPROPERLY PARKED, UH, DISABLED IN TRAFFIC DUE TO A TRAFFIC, A, UH, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I, I CAN'T PUT LIST EVERY SINGLE ONE ON HERE TODAY, WE HAD ONE, A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WE RECOVERED. IT'S A TRUCK WITH A TRAILER, UH, FLAT BE TRAILER LOADED. UH, ONE WRECKER COULDN'T TAKE IT OUT. WE HAD TO CALL ANOTHER WRECKER AND THEY HAVE TO BRING MORE RESOURCES. SO OF COURSE THAT COST IS GONNA BE MORE. RIGHT. AS LONG AS THE, I MEAN, AS LONG AS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, UH, THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'RE SPECIAL MM-HMM. SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO LITTLE, SMALL TRUCKS CAN OVERTURN A SEMI MM-HMM. THAT'S OVERTURNED ON, ON THE EXPRESSWAY. SO THAT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE AMOUNT THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUESTING. MM-HMM. , UH, MAYBE WHAT'S, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, A SMALL TRUCK, A, UM, A TRUCK, A CAR, I CAN UNDERSTAND THESE, UH, THE RATES MM-HMM. , BUT ONCE YOU GO INTO A SPECIAL, A SPECIALIZED, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPECIALIZED VEHICLES ARE. MM-HMM. , THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, UH, UM, IT'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO GET THOSE, UH, UH, LARGE SEMI TOWING, YOU KNOW, UH, VEHICLES, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. MM-HMM. . AND, UM, SO, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND, AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ITEMIZE IT AND BRING IT TO US, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN YOU, I'M OKAY WITH IT, JUST THE SMALLER VEHICLES. THAT'S WHY I HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, UH, YOU KNOW, DISAGREEMENT. YEAH. AND, AND, BUT, UH, I'M OKAY. I DID MEET ITEMIZE. YEAH. DID HE MEET WITH EACH WRECK COMPANY PRIOR TO, UH, BRINGING THIS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF 'EM SAID EACH, UH, A REGULAR TOW ON, ON A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, UH, WHETHER THE, YOU KNOW, THE FENDER GETS BENTED [01:00:01] TO THE WHEEL, VE A VEHICLE CAN BE MOVED, USUALLY RUNS ABOUT TWO 50. SO THEY WERE CONCERNED 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T ITEMIZE IT, BUT I SHOWED 'EM, I SAID, WELL, 1 75 PLUS 50, YOU'RE ALREADY AT 2 25 PLUS THETO. THE, THE STORAGE PER DAY IS 21. YOU'RE ALREADY AT TWO 50. SO IT'S JUST NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF ITEMIZE IT TO SHOW, UH, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CHARGE WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY CHARGING FOR. YEAH. SO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, SOMETIMES ONE PERSON IN A TOW, ON A TOW TRUCK CANNOT HANDLE, YOU KNOW, CANNOT, UH, DO EVERYTHING IN THERE. SO MAYBE TWO LABORERS IN THERE ON THE TOW VEHICLE ITEMIZE IT, YOU KNOW, ITEMIZE THE TWO LABORERS IN THERE. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE, THE, THE VEHICLE AND THE TWO PERSONS BEING THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. EVERYTHING PRICES HAVE GONE UP. UM, LIKE I WAS TELLING THE GENTLEMAN, UM, DIESEL HAS GONE UP LIKE CRAZY. I KNOW BECAUSE I USE IT, YOU KNOW. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY THE FIRST READING JUST TO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST TO UNDERSTAND, UH, COMMISSIONERS WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME SPECIALIZED VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM WHAT, WHAT, UH, WITH, UH, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I, I JUST, WE JUST NEED 'EM TO STAY IN LINE WITH THE STATE, THE STATE MAXIMUM, THE STATE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THEY'RE NOT FALLING OUT OF THAT SCOPE. THE STATE REGULATES THIS FIELD, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE CITY'S STAYING IN LINE WITH THAT. AND WERE WE BEING FAIR TO THE CITIZENS? MM-HMM. , UH, 'CAUSE WE SAW SOME UNFAIRNESS, UM, PREVIOUSLY, BUT HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY, UH, I GUESS VOUCHERS, WHAT DO WE CALL 'EM? ADMINISTRATIVE. ARE YOU GONNA BE ALLOWING HOW MANY TOW COMPANIES YOU'RE GONNA BE ALLOWING IN THE CITY? THAT'S, I DON'T WANT A HUNDRED TO POP UP. YEAH. NEXT WEEK. AND THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS. SEE. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T INCLUDE PRIVATE PROPERTY TOWS, UH, IN HERE. AND I CAN INCLUDE THAT ALSO. 'CAUSE WE CAN REGULATE THAT. UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO DO. AND THEN I CAN ALSO, UH, PUT IN THERE THE AMOUNT OF RECORDS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR AND I'M CONTENT WITH FOUR. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC WHERE WE NEED 10 OR 15. RIGHT. UH, OR, AND THERE'S MORE COMING BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE ALREADY CALLING ME. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO PUT A, YOU KNOW, CAP ON IT. THEY, THEY NEED TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED, UH, VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, IF ONE FALL, IF ONE DECISIVE FALLOUT AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE CITY THAT WANTS TO COME IN, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT. BUT, UH, AS OF NOW, I THINK I'M FINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND I CAN PUT THAT INTO THIS ORDINANCE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. OKAY. I THINK TOO, SIR. AND, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, I MEAN, WE CAN LEAVE IT OUT TO THE PD. I MEAN, WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT OUT TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE MM-HMM. , I MEAN, THE PERSON THAT'S EVADING THE WRIST DRIVES ALL THE WAY IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE PROPERTY. CAN YOU GO IN THERE? YES. OKAY. UH, WE CAN ALSO, OR POSSIBLY WE CAN ALSO LET THEM, IF THE VEHICLE'S THERE AT THEIR HOUSE, WE CAN ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO STAY, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, UH, LIKE THEY MADE A MISTAKE. UH, OKAY. YOU KNOW, BUT, AND THEY HAVE TO OWN UP TO THAT MISTAKE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THE OFFICER CHOOSES, HEY, I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS VEHICLE HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY. AND WE COULD DO THAT ALSO. OKAY, GREAT. AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ON THAT, GREAT. MM-HMM. . OKAY. AND DO YOU, I GUESS MY WORRY IS DO THEY REPORT TO YOU WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING, OR DO YOU KIND OF GET A LOOK AT IT? OR IS THERE STILL SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO CHARGE WHAT THEY WANT AND YOU GUYS NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT? WE, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS AREN'T GONNA KNOW, YEAH, THIS ORDINANCE WAS IN PLACE, OR THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO THIS. AND YEAH, THEY'LL STILL BE, WE USUALLY DON'T CHECK ON EVERY, UH, TO LIKE ASK TO SEND US A RECEIPT ON EVERYONE. BUT IF WE DO HAVE A COMPLAINT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT FALLING IN LINE WITH THIS. WE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF SAYING, HEY, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE, WE'RE EITHER GONNA, YOU KNOW, WARN YOU, DOCUMENT IT, SAY, HEY, WE'VE ALREADY WARNED THIS COMPANY. UH, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT ONE WE CAN TAKE 'EM OFF ROTATION AND ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME ABOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA WAIT. UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK TO THE RECORD COMPANIES. UH, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE A PARTNERSHIP. WE GOTTA CLEAR THE ROADS WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, CORRECT? YES. WE ALL, WE JUST WANNA WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE ALSO WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITIZENS TOO. OKAY. SO I WOULD JUST PROVIDE THEM THIS ORDINANCE. IF THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE APPLYING, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE ADMINISTRATION FEE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THAT CHANGED. THAT CHANGED. IT WENT UP A LITTLE BIT. UH, THE ADMINISTRATION FEE I KEPT, UH, ABOUT THE SAME, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. UH, SO I, I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS FAIR. UM, UH, BUT I KEPT THAT, I KEPT THAT THE SAME. LET ME ASK, JOANNA, WHAT DO YOU CHARGE A BUSINESS? A, A NORMAL BUSINESS, A RESTAURANT TO BE OPEN EVERY YEAR. WHAT'S THE BUSINESS FEE, IF YOU KNOW? I BELIEVE IT'S $75. OKAY. SO WE'RE CHARGING WHAT, 200 BUCKS? IT'S THE, THE REASON THESE PERMITS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE IS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN THEY WERE DOING MAITA. MM-HMM. THOSE PERMITS WERE 10 GRAND. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THREE IN THE CITY, OR A LIQUOR LICENSE. THEY'RE SO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A LIMIT. THERE'S A LIMIT. AND WHEN THERE'S A LIMIT, THERE'S A, THERE'S MORE OF A DEMAND FOR IT. MM-HMM. . AND WE DON'T LIMIT RESTAURANT TIERS, BUT WE LIMIT HOW MANY [01:05:01] OF THESE TOWING COMPANIES BECAUSE IT IS A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. YES. UM, YOU CHARGE WHAT YOU WANT. JUST HAND THEM THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES MM-HMM. SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE NEED TO BE, SO THAT, WHERE EVERYONE'S IN COMPLIANCE AND, AND BEING FAIR TO THE CITIZENS. OKAY. WILL DO. THANK YOU, CHIEF. YES, SIR. WELL, WE HAVE TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE AND THOSE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE NOT CHEAP. MM-HMM. EXACTLY. NOT, UH, FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO, $3,000, THEY'RE UP THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE FAIR WITH, UH, NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE HERE PROVIDING, BUT ALSO TO THE CITIZENS AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, UH, WITH YOU GUYS ALSO. SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? IT'S ONLY A READING. IT'S ONLY A FIRST READING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. [20. Consideration and possible action to approve changing the Code Enforcement Officer position title to Plans Examiner Technician.] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 20. UM, MISS JOANNA YOU BACK. THIS IS MY LAST TIME. I PROMISE. . OKAY. TODAY. . OKAY, MA'AM. MS. JOANNA, PERSON ON ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION. TITLE TO PLANS EXAMINER TECHNICIAN. CURRENTLY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IS BUDGETED FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION. I AM REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE TITLE AND DUTIES. WE ARE, UH, WE ARE IN NEED OF A PLANS EXAMINER POSITION TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WORK FROM OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR. I HAVE REQUESTED THIS POSITION FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE DUE TO THE INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT. UM, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST BUDGET MEETING HOW I COULD QUICKLY TRY TO FIX WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. UM, I KNOW THE QUESTION MIGHT BE, WHY AM I NOT GETTING A, WHY AM I NOT TRYING TO GET ANOTHER BUILDING INSPECTOR? THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS I'VE BEEN CALLING PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW. I'VE CALLED SOMEBODY FROM BROWNSVILLE. I'VE CALLED SOMEBODY FROM WESTCO. I'VE CALLED SOMEBODY FROM EDINBURG, AND I GET THE SAME RESPONSE MONTHS. THE BUILDING INSPECTORS WITH EXPERIENCE ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL READY TO RETIRE. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, UM, THEN THEY'RE GETTING PAID A LOT MORE THAN NORMAL. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHERE THEY PAY A LOT OF MONEY. SO THEY ARE VERY HARD TO FIND RIGHT NOW. EXTREMELY HARD. SO THE QUICKEST THING I CAN DO BEFORE THE BUDGET IN OCTOBER IS CHANGE THE TITLE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. BECAUSE I CURRENTLY HAVE THAT POSITION, IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT MY BUDGET. MY BUDGET ISN'T GONNA INCREASE IN ANY WAY. I'M GONNA USE THE FUNDS FOR THAT POSITION TO HIRE A PLANS EXAMINER. UM, MY MORE THAN LIKELY, INTERNALLY, I ALREADY HAVE A PERMITTING TECH WHO HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND OF HOW PERMITS WORK AND PLANS AND WHAT SHOULD BE COMING IN WITH THESE PLANS. SO INITIALLY IT MAY BE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, IT MAY BE A PROMOTION FOR THAT PERSON. AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THE PLANNING, UH, INTAKE OF THE PERMITS. UM, THIS IS WHAT I CAN PROVIDE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. UH, MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOANNA. OKAY. ITEM 21, [21. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Ambiotec Civil Engineering Group, Inc. pertaining to the Preliminary Engineering Design Phase for the proposed Water Scada System to be implemented to five ground storage tanks, one elevated storage tank and Water Treatment Plant Number 2 in the amount of $10,284.00.] UH, BY MR. GARCIA, MAYOR. MAYOR, PROTO COMMISSIONERS. EVA GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO AMIO TECH, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING GROUP, PERTAINING TO THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN PHASE FOR PROPOSED WATER SCADA SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO FIVE GROUND STORAGE WA UH, STORAGE TANKS, ONE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, AND, UH, ALSO AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. NUMBER TWO, CAN YOU JUST GIMME, A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THIS, UH, THIS IS THE, WHAT'S THE STATE APPROPRIATE? YEAH, THIS IS THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE SET ASIDE BY, UH, CONGRESSMAN OF VICENTE GONZALEZ. UH, APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION WERE SET ASIDE FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO IN ORDER TO UPGRADE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. UM, FOLLOWING THIS ITEM WILL BE THE MILLION GALLON, UH, STORAGE TANK THAT, THAT'S, UH, UH, CURRENTLY WE'VE DONE SURVEYING, UH, UH, WHICH IS AMIO TECH ENGINEERING. UM, SO THEY'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A, UH, SCADA SYSTEM IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE ACCESS AT ALL TIMES TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR, UH, EVERY SINGLE STORAGE TANK THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY. RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY, [01:10:01] UH, DO HAVE MONITORING, UH, UH, MONITORING TECHNIQUE THAT WE USE, WHICH IS YOUR PHYSICAL GAUGE AT THE ACTUAL LOCATION. SO, IF ONE OF OUR OPERATORS, UH, IS LOSING PRESSURE AT ONE OF OUR TOWERS, FREDDY FENDER OR OSCAR WILLIAMS, THEY'D PHYSICALLY HAVE TO COME TO THE LOCATION AND ACTUALLY CHECK THE GAUGE TO SEE, HEY, WHAT ARE WE, SO WE CAN MAINTAIN, UH, PROPER DISTRIBUTION PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. UM, THIS, UH, SCADA SYSTEM WILL NOW CONNECT, UH, EVERYTHING TOGETHER, UH, VIA RADIO SIGNAL. SO, AND THEN IT'LL GET PINGED BACK OVER TO OUR WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO, UH, THAT WAY OUR OPERATOR WILL HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO ALL THAT DATA AT, AT THAT EXACT, UH, REAL TIME. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL THAT WAY. OH, NEGATIVE. NO MORE NEGATIVE. OKAY. SO THAT GIVES US SOONER INDICATION OF LEAKS. THAT'LL GIVE, YEAH, THAT'LL GIVE HIM, UH, WE CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A, UH, FROM TURNER PLANT NUMBER TWO, UH, OVER, OBVIOUSLY ON TURNER. UM, WE DO HAVE COMMUNICATION, UH, TO THE STINGER PLANT. SO WHENEVER STINGER, UH, STARTS DROPPING IN PRESSURE, OUR, UH, OPERATOR CAN CATCH THAT. AND THEN IN TURN, HE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY, WHETHER, UM, OUR DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR CALLED HIM AND SAID, HEY, WE, WE HAVE A PRETTY, UH, LARGE BREAK. WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INCREASE OUR, OUR, OUR HIGH, UH, OR PUMPS TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT PRESSURE. SO, UH, HE CAN VIEW THAT. BUT IT'S JUST THAT ONE CENTRAL LOCATION. THE REST OF THE, UH, STORAGE, ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS DO NOT HAVE THAT. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PHYSICAL GAUGE. SO THIS AND THE NEXT ITEM ARE ESSENTIALLY TO, TO BE WHAT WE CALL SHOVEL READY FOR. THAT IS CORRECT. AND, UH, HENCE WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING PAYMENT TO, UH, AMIO TECH. UH, 'CAUSE THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE SHOVEL READY BY OCTOBER 1ST WHEN THOSE APPROPRIATIONS CAN BE RELEASED TO US. SO WE WANT TO HAVE 'EM SHOVEL READY. SO AS SOON AS, UH, THOSE THAT MONEY IS BEING RELEASED, WE CAN, UH, COMMENCE WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON. AND WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME? UM, FOR BOTH PROJECTS. I, UH, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE YET, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. ONCE I SPEAK WITH THE FIRM, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, I THINK, I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE HAVE A YEAR TO A YEAR. YEAH. ONE YEAR TO SPEND THAT, UH, THAT MONEY. SO HENCE WHY WE NEED TO HAVE IT SHOVEL READY AND WE DON'T DO IT. WHAT HAPPENS? DO IT. YEAH. WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T FINISH IT WITHIN A YEAR. THAT'S, UH, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT ONE ON. WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD, WELL, I CAN REMEMBER WE HAVE TO PAY IT BACK. OKAY. YES. SO THAT MEANS THAT, UH, WE BE READY FOR IT AND WE BETTER FINISH IT WITHIN A YEAR. AND, UH, IN ORDER TO GET ALL, I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ON SITE, UH, I THINK MAYBE WITHIN THE PAST, UH, TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, THEY WERE OUT AT OUR LOCATION TAKING, UH, UH, SAMPLES, UH, WHERE THE NEW GROUND STORAGE TANK, AND TAKING ANY DATA OFF OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE DO HAVE, JUST TO VERIFY THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A SCADA SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY AT OUR TURNER PLANT. UH, BUT IT'S JUST CENTRALLY LOCATED AT THAT PLANT, WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE GROUND STORAGE TANK, THE MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANK THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND, AND THEN IT FALLS IN LINE WITH, UH, EVERY, IT COMMUNICATES WITH ALL THE OTHER PUMPS THAT WE HAVE THERE. UM, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND HAVE, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT VISUAL OF EVERY OTHER LOCATION. SO, MR. MR. , YOU SAID FIVE GRO GROUND STORAGE TANKS. THERE'S ONE AT THE TURNER PLANT AND THERE'S THREE AT THE STINGER PLANT. 1, 2, 2 AT THE STINGER PLANT. THAT'S THREE. YES. AND THEN DOES THIS INCLUDE THE NEW ONE? WELL, THE, THERE, UH, THE ELEVATED ONE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. IT SAYS FIVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS AND ONE ELEVATED, BUT WE HAVE TWO ELEVATED. YES, WE DO HAVE TWO ELEVATED. HENCE WHY WE RECOM, WE RE UH, WE ASKED FOR THE MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANK. 'CAUSE EVENTUALLY THE, THE PLAN WAS, UH, TO DECOMMISSION THE WILLIAMS, UM, CONSIDERING THE, THE LOCATION THAT IT'S IN OSCAR WILLIAMS. UM, AND YEAH, AND THE MAINTENANCE THAT, UH, THAT STORAGE TANK, UH, CALLS FOR, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE THAN OUR FREDDIE FENDER. AND THEN ALSO, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THEIR SURVEYS. WE ARE REQUIRED, OR THE CITY MANAGERS REQUIRED TO, TO TURN IN A WATER CONSERVATION PLANT TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD EVERY FIVE YEARS. I WENT DOWN A RABBIT HOLE LAST NIGHT LOOKING AT THIS STUFF. AND CRUZ HOGAN HAS ALREADY SOME OF THESE PLANS FROM WHEN THEY'VE DEVELOPED THE TURNER PLANT. ARE THEY NOT ABLE JUST TO USE SOME OF THOSE PLANS? UM, THE, THE, SEEMS LIKE THE GROUNDWORK'S ALREADY DOING BECAUSE THEY WERE IN PREPARATION TO PUT ANOTHER WATER TANK. YES. AND ANOTHER, YES. I THINK, UH, INITIALLY WHEN THEY FIRST DESIGNED THE TURNER PLANT, THERE WAS A PROPOSED SECONDARY FOR EXPANSION PURPOSES. RIGHT. SO THOSE PLANS ARE ALREADY THERE. YES. YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE. UM, WE HAVE THE ORIGINALS, UH, PLANS. UH, SOME OF THE, AS-BUILTS WERE MISPLACED. UH, WE HAD, WE DID HAVE A HARD TIME LOCATING CERTAIN, UH, DRAWINGS, UH, WHICH KIND OF PROLONGED A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE PROCESS. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION TO THE, TO THE FIRM SO THEY COULD, UH, [01:15:01] DO THE DESIGNS FOR US. I'LL SEND YOU GUYS WHAT I HAVE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE. UH, PETE, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE TALKING OR REFERRING TO THE, UM, PLANS FOR WHAT? THERE'S ALREADY PLANS. THERE'S PLANS HERE FROM AMIO TECH. THEY DID SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY AT THE TURNER PLANT TO PUT IN A 1 MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANK. BUT CHRIS HOGAN ALREADY HAD THAT IN PLACE. YOU TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22, THE NEXT 1, 21 21, OR AM I TOO, NO, I MIGHT BE SCROLLING TOO FAR. YEAH, I THINK, UH, WELL, THE FIRST ONE, THE FIRST ONE'S A SCADA 21 IS SCADA. SO THAT'S WHICH THEY'RE BOTH, THEY, THEY BOTH COME INTO PLAY FOR THE SAME APPROPRIATIONS. THEY'RE JUST SEPARATE PAYMENTS FOR THE SCADA SYSTEM. AND THEN THE MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANKS IS A SEPARATE PAYMENT FOR, FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN. IT'S, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLANS, THERE WAS TWO ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS. SO I WAS CONFUSED AS WHY WE'RE ONLY GONNA MONITOR ONE. BUT NOW HE JUST FILLED ME IN THAT WE MIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT DECOMMISSION THE ONE OFFICER WILLIAMS, POSSIBLY. YES. WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE STAFF THINKS IS BEST MOTION TO APPROVE. UH, ITEM 21. HOLD ON. UM, I HAD ALREADY TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN. I TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN, THE GUY WHO FELL DOWN FROM, UH, THE OSCAR WILLIAMS. HE LIVED OKAY. HE LIVED, AND I TALKED TO HIM, AND HE'S THE ONE WHO TOLD ME THAT, UH, THAT, UH, A VERY STRONG, IT'S A VERY STRONG, UH, WATER TANK. OKAY. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO IT. YEAH, WE CAN, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS THE, THE REASON THEY PROPOSED IT WAS, UH, EVENTUALLY TO DO AWAY WITH LIKE THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE, OF THAT STORAGE TANK. UM, I KNOW WE JUST HAD LIGHTS AND STUFF STILL REPAIRED AND, AND, AND REPLACED, UH, RECENTLY. SO IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE AND IN OPERATION. OKAY. SO, UH, THAT'S, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING OFF THE, THE SUBJECT, BUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 21 HAS HAD TO DO WITH THE, UH, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CDIA SYSTEM AT $10,284. SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 21? OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [22. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Ambiotec Civil Engineering Group, Inc. pertaining to the preliminary engineering design, final design plans and specification and surveying services for the proposed Onemillion-gallon surface ground storage tank at water treatment plant No.2 in the amount of $158,472.20.] NOW 22. NOW YOU CAN GO AT IT. ITEM NUMBER 22. UH, MR. GARCIA, AS I STATED, UH, THIS IS THE, THE SAME, UH, IS JUST, THEY WERE SEPARATED. THIS IS THE, UH, PRELIMINARY DESIGN. UH, THEY DID, UH, THE SURVEYING SERVICES, THAT'S AT A HUNDRED PERCENT. UH, PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS 60%. UM, WE, WE DID RECEIVE THOSE ARE THE, UH, THE DRAWINGS THAT YOU DO HAVE AS YOUR EXHIBITS. UM, AND THEN THE FINAL, UH, DESIGN PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. WELL, THEY'RE AT 60% THAT THEY HAVE SENT US OVER. SO, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. PETE, YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS WHERE THEY HAD WE ALREADY HAD PLANS IN SOME PLACE? YES. CRUZ HOGAN HAS A, HAD A SURVEY ALREADY DONE OF THIS AND THE WASTE PLANT WHEN THEY CAME IN AND DID SOME WORK. I MEAN, HE WAS THE ENGINEER FOR, YEAH, I, I THINK ON THE PLANS THAT I, WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN IT AND, UH, REVIEW AND WE LOOKED AT 'EM OR, UH, MYSELF AND OUR ENGINEER. AND, UH, IF THIS IS AN EXACT, THERE WAS A PROPOSED, IF THIS IS AN EXACT COPY OF THAT ONE, I'M NOT PAYING FOR IT. ? NO. UM, THE, THE MAIN DESIGN IS FOR THE ACTUAL, UH, THE, THE STORAGE TANK. 'CAUSE THAT WASN'T, UH, IN THE PLANS ORIGINALLY. IT WAS JUST, UH, A SITE LOCATION WAS CHOSEN FOR YEAH, I THINK HE GAVE TWO OPTIONS ABOVE. WE COULD CHOOSE ON THE LOCATION. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A HURRY ON DRAWING. NOT EXACTLY SPECIFICATIONS, BUT THE, YEAH, LEMME TRY TO GET INTO THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. SO WHAT, UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22. MOTION. MOTION YOU SECOND. AGAIN, AGAIN. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. MORALE, MORALE. A SECOND. THANK YOU. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER [23. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to U.S. Water Service Corporation pertaining to Phase 1 Scope for environmental compliance audit in the amount of $14,196.50.] 23. MR. GARCIA. LETTER UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS, UH, ACTION AND APPROVED PAYMENT TO US WATER SERVICE CORPORATION PERTAINING TO PHASE ONE SCOPE OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMPLIANCE AUDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF 14,196. UM, THIS WAS AUDIT THAT, UH, US WATER CONDUCTED FOR THE CITY. UM, THE REQUESTING PAYMENT, THE AUDIT IS APPROXIMATELY 98 90 8% COMPLETE. UM, I BELIEVE YOU AS A COMMISSION HAVE RECEIVED THAT FOR YOUR REVIEW. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AND MR. SALINAS IS HERE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL, YOU SAY WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT AUDIT. YEAH. UH, MR. SALINAS, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR IS DAVID SALINAS, REGIONAL MANAGER FOR US WATER FOR THE RECORD, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES [01:20:01] AND NO. AND THE REASON WHY THIS CONTRACT WAS DONE THROUGH THE FORMER ATTORNEY AS A ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, JUST IN CASE ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE FOUND DURING THE AUDIT WERE OF THE NATURE THAT DID NOT WANT TO BE DISCLOSED TO OR BECOME A AUTOMATIC VIOLATION FOR THE CITY PUBLIC AS A TC CREW BOARD. THE REPORT WAS TURNED INTO MR. SASSI BACK ON DECEMBER. WE NEVER GOT COMMENTS AT, RIGHT BEFORE MR. SASI WAS LEAVING. HE ASKED US TO SUBMIT THE INVOICE. WE DID SUBMIT THE INVOICE. THE MR. AL IS RIGHT. THE MOR THE REPORT IS PARTIALLY COMPLETE BASED TO THE POINT THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE IT BASED ON COMMENTS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE BACK. SO THOSE COMMENTS, WE PARTIALLY GOT SOME, WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IT. IN FACT, I ALREADY TALKED TO MS. RUTH AND MENTIONED TO THE MAYOR AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AND MR. VOS, THAT WE STILL NEED TO GET TOGETHER TO PRESENT THAT REPORT TO Y'ALL. THAT'S WHY THIS INVOICE IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE IT IS AN ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. OKAY? AND IF WE DO IT IN OPEN SESSION, IT BECOMES A MATTER OF OPEN RECORD. SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE CAN REVIEW IT. OKAY. GO OVER THE REPORT. IT IS A VERY LENGTHY REPORT. SO THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION AFTER THAT IS TO DO A WORKSHOP IF POSSIBLE, LIKE THAT. WE CAN HAVE A LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THE ITEMS AND LIKE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DISCLOSED OUT IN OPEN SESSION THAT WON'T PUT THE CITY IN CHARGE. CORRECT. OKAY. SO YOU'VE BEEN WAITING TO GET PAID SINCE DECEMBER? PRETTY MUCH. OKAY. YES. HOPEFULLY. MOTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT. YES. UH, RUTH, THIS WILL BE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES. FOR THE NEXT TIME. THAT'S WHAT, AUGUST PLAN? AUGUST 15TH. YES. LET'S TABLE THE PAYMENT TOO, THEN. . NO, AND THAT'S FINE. YOU GUYS WANNA TABLE THE PAYMENT? THAT'S, THAT'S FINE WITH US. WE'RE OKAY. WE ARE, WE, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE AT THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, AND WE CAN WAIT. WE WAITED THIS LONG. I KIND OF FEEL BAD. IT'S OUR FAULT. IT'S NOT MY FAULT. I'LL TABLE IT. OKAY. WELL, WE GOT THE TWO MOTIONS. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN. SO, DO I HAVE A SECOND? IF THERE'S NO SECOND, THEN IT'LL DIE. THEN, UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SECOND, UH, MOTION. OKAY. ANYBODY FOR A SECOND? NO. OKAY, THEN THE MOTION DIES, SIR. THEN, UH, ITEM NUMBER, I MEAN THE SECOND MOTION FOR BY COMM, UH, MAYOR PRO. TIM GALANTE TO TABLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON TABLE? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAY? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 23. THANK YOU, MR. SALINAS. WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. COME ON, MAYOR. PAROLE. SO HIM DOWN. OKAY. [24. Consideration and possible action to approve an agreement with RCX Sports, LLC for the license to the MLS Go Youth Soccer Program.] ADAM? 24. UH, MR. RAMON. OKAY. I'M SORRY. . I, I AM MR. RAMON. I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT THEY GAVE ME. OKAY. I'M SORRY. , MA'AM. ADAM, 24. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. AMANDA LATA PARKS AND RECREATION BEFORE YOU IS IN AGREEMENT WITH R C X SPORTS FOR THE USE OF THEIR M L SS GO YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM. SIMILAR TO THE N F L FLAG YOUTH PROGRAM. M L S GO IS MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER'S RECREATIONAL YOUTH PROGRAM. AND IF APPROVED, WE'LL BE THE ONLY LEAGUE SOUTH OF DALLAS WHERE PLAYERS CAN WEAR OFFICIAL M L S GEAR. DALLAS BEING THE ONLY OTHER CITY IN TEXAS WITH THIS LICENSE, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PRESENTED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY WHILE AT THE N F L FLAG SUMMIT LAST MONTH. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMERS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AWESOME. UM, WOULD THIS ALLOW US TO DO ANY SORT OF, I KNOW LIKE SOMETIMES THEY HAVE SPORTS CAMPS AND STUFF THAT THIS PARTICULARLY WOULDN'T, BUT WE COULD DO SOMETHING AROUND IT. YES. OKAY. WHERE'S THIS GONNA BE HELD AT? UH, AT EITHER FIRST RESPONDERS COMMUNITY PARK OR, UM, STOOKEY PARK, WHEREVER WE SEE FIT. OKAY. CAN IT BE BOTH? IT COULD BE BOTH. OKAY. IS THIS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY REGISTRATION FEES? YES, IT IS SELF-SUSTAINING. OKAY. I'LL MOTION. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SECOND. SECOND. SAME BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, AMANDA. I'M SORRY. [01:25:01] OKAY. [25. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint or re-appoint members to the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC).] ITEM NUMBER 25. OKAY. YES, CAPTAIN CORTEZ. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. I DON'T WANT GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PROAM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MICHAEL CORTEZ, POLICE CAPTAIN FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT LAYS ONTO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD, THE TERM FOR THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. PLACE NUMBER FOUR ORIGINALLY EXPIRED ON JUNE 30TH, 2022. TODAY'S STAFF IS JUST, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT NOMINATION BE MADE TO REMOVE, APPOINT, OR REAPPOINT A MEMBER OF THE, TO THE POLICE FORCE SPOT. OKAY. POLICE FORCE IS, UH, COMMISSIONER SANTOS. SORRY, CAPTAIN. DON'T KILL ME. UM, HAVE WE HAD ANY APPLICATIONS FOR THE BOARD? WELL, WE'VE HAD, UM, JUST THE NOMINEES THAT HAVE COME FROM THE COMMISSION, AND THEN I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM AS FAR AS PEOPLE, UH, APPROACHING ME OR ANYBODY ELSE, I, I'M NOT AWARE OF. OKAY. UM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY, I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T RUN IN POLITICAL CIRCLES, SO MY FRIENDS AREN'T EAGER TO JUMP ON ANY BOARDS OR DO ANY OF THIS. UM, SO I RELY ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN HERE FROM INTERESTED CITIZENS. UM, IF WE COULD TABLE THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, UM, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, I WOULD BE OKAY. REALLY OPEN TO THAT. SURE. YEAH. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, IF YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA GO LOOK FOR APPLICANTS OR IS IT OKAY IF I JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND FOR, FOR YOU? YEAH. 'CAUSE WE HAD OPENED IT UP AND ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO BRING IN APPLICATIONS, BUT OKAY. I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY LIMITED. NO PROBLEM. YEAH, WE, WE HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING ON, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CHANCE TO TRY TO ASK ANYBODY THERE WHO'S WILLING TO SERVE, SO. OKAY. PERFECT. WE'LL DO THAT THEN. SURE. YEAH, WE CAN PROMOTE IT THEN. OKAY. SORRY, CAPTAIN. SO HAS THE BOARD MET AT ALL, CHIEF? WELL, UM, CURRENTLY WE STILL, WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UH, WAITING FOR THEIR OATH OF OFFICE, SO I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT BY THIS WEEK. SO IF, IF WE TRIED TO MEET NOW, WE DON'T, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET A FORM COURT. SO, UM, THEY'RE SCHEDULED TOMORROW TO COME IN TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATIONS. OKAY. HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND GET 'EM, UM, SWORN IN. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK. WE HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL TO YOU. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, UH, ARE YOU MOTION TO TABLE TO TABLE? OKAY. SO I SECOND. OKAY. SO I'LL GET THE FIRST AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 25. AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [26. Consideration and possible action to approve the Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and authorize the mayor to sign the corresponding application for Federal Assistance. ] 26. UH, MR. MARTINS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PROTO AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MARTIN SIGN, C D B G COORDINATOR. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A FINAL REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR YEAR 49, WHICH COVERS THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. THE TOTAL AWARD IS $333,510. OF THAT AMOUNT, $207,746 IS ALLOCATED FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENT DEBT PAYMENT, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE FINAL ONE. AND $66,702, WHICH EQUALS TO 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION LEAVING A BALANCE OF $59,062 AVAILABLE TO ALLOCATE PER DISCRETION THIS YEAR. FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTED FUNDING, THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE CASA MAG'S, HOUSE, SUNSHINE HAVEN, AND AMIGOS DELVAL, WHICH SERVE AS DISADVANTAGED ABUSE AND NEGLECTED CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO. UPON, UPON REVIEW OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS, ALL THE SUBRECIPIENTS MET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $59,062 BE USED BY THE CITY FOR PARK EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE CITY. PARKS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE C D C A C RECOMMENDATION AND FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE CORRESPONDING APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THERE'S MONEY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE HERE, OR, OR DOES, THERE'S NO MONEY GOING TO THEM. WE HAVE $59,062 AVAILABLE AFTER, UH, THE ALLOCATIONS THAT OUR PREVIOUS DEBTS AND WHATNOT FOR, UH, THAT'S AWARDED BY HUD. SO FROM THOSE $59,062, UH, UPON THE, THE COMMISSION'S DISCRETION, YOU DECIDE WHETHER IT'S GONNA GO TO PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IF THEY GET, UH, A PERCENTAGE AS THEY HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, OR WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS. SO WHAT DID THE BOARD RECOMMEND THE OTHER DAY? THEY RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, IT BE USED FOR PARK EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE CITY PARKS, ALL OF THE REMAINING FUNDS. CORRECT. [01:30:04] BUT DECISIONS ULTIMATELY UP TO YOU. IT BELONGS TO US. UM, I THINK, LIKE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, WHAT I HAD BROUGHT THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS COMMISSIONERS IS THAT, UH, UM, I DON'T MIND, YOU KNOW, GIVING UP TO THE, THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UM, NONPROFITS, BUT I KEPT TELLING THE COMMISSION THE, THE, UH, THE C B G COMMISSIONERS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SAID, LOOK, SOME ETO NEEDS TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF IT. AND I'M NOT SAYING TAKE ALL OF THIS FOR THE PARKS BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS. THERE'S SO LACKING SO MUCH BEHIND. AND, UH, SO WHAT I I'VE BEEN ASKING WAS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND GIVING UP TO THE, UH, NON-PROFITS, BUT WE DO, SOTO NEEDS TO HAVE AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF IT TO STAY HERE SO WE CAN FINISH UP OUR PARKS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED, AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S UP TO YOU AS FAR AS WHAT THE, WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, I DON'T MIND GIVING OUT, YOU KNOW, TO SOME AT THE WATER STATION. THEY ARE, THEY ARE IN NEED, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THE CITIZENS OF SANTO ALSO, WE NEED THE, A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON PARKS. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I'LL LEAVE UP TO YOU GUYS. ANY, ANYTHING ON THERE? I GUESS I GOT A QUESTION MORE FOR RAMON. SINCE THE PARKS, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A DEPARTMENT, UM, TO GET MORE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, GRANTS OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATIONS TO HELP US WITH OUR PARKS, BESIDES US MESSING WITH C D B G? UH, FOR THE RECORD, I'M RODRIGUEZ PARKS, THE RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY SAN JUANITO. UH, MA'AM, I KNOW WE HAVE A FUND, UH, FUND 44, WHICH IS, UH, WHERE GRANTS, UH, WERE TAKEN, UH, A WHILE BACK. AND THAT MONEY IS, UH, EARMARKED FOR PARKS. WE HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE. UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE TOUCHED ANY OF THAT. UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. WE'VE ALSO GONE OUT FOR GRANTS, UH, WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. UH, THEY'VE FUNDED THE, UH, THEM AND, UH, VALLEY BAPTIST LEGACY FOUNDATION. THEY FUNDED THE BUILDING OF, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS PARK. THEY COVERED THE ENTIRETY OF THAT. UH, OUR IN KIND WAS, UH, LABOR. SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR, RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING FOR GRANTS FOR ALL-INCLUSIVE, UH, UH, PLAYGROUND. SO WE WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR FUNDS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? HEY, COMMISSIONER. AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MEMBERS OF, UH, UH, THE NONPROFITS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, YES OR NO? WE HAVE, UH, YOU BROUGHT IT IT TO US, CASA, MAGGIE AND AMIGOS ALSO. OKAY. AGAIN, UH, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE BOARD ON THE, UH, C D B G, YOU KNOW, THEY ADVISED US, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, EVERYTHING WAS GONNA GO TO THE PARKS. UM, WHAT DO Y'ALL RECOMMEND? WELL, I, I WANNA SUPPORT OUR, OUR CITIZENS WHO COME IN AND SPEND THEIR TIME ON THESE ISSUES. AND I MEAN, IF THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THEIR DECISION TO DO A LOT OF THIS STUFF, AND I WANNA SUPPORT THAT. AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, I FEEL KIND OF BAD NOT GIVING THE SUPPORT TO THE, UH, OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL. SO I KNOW THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, YOUR RIGHTS ARE, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, HEARTBREAKING THAT THE HOPE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL GOOD. AND, UH, THEY ALL SERVICE ALSO SANTO. AND, UH, SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, IF WE GIVE, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE, UH, IN ORDER TO SUBMIT BY THE AUGUST 15 DEADLINE FOR, UH, HUD MONEY, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, TONIGHT. YES. WE, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION. MR. SZ? YES, SIR. IS THIS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? IS THAT WHEN ALL THE MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE? CORRECT. THE DEBT, THE DEBT WOULD BE PAID OFF. CORRECT. THIS IS GONNA BE THE FINAL PAYMENT, JUST SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THAT ONE. RIGHT. 380,000, 20 24, 20 25. WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, TO WORK WITH THOSE 200,000 AVAILABLE PLUS WHATEVER. THERE'S SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AT OUR LOCAL PARKS, AND WE KEEP PUTTING 'EM OFF, PUTTING 'EM OFF YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE WE WE'RE TRYING TO SCRAPE UP PENNIES. UM, UH, I'M IN LINE WITH WHAT THE C D B G COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS, UM, AND WE CAN REEVALUATE THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN THERE'S MORE MONIES TO BE ALLOCATED. UM, SO I'M ON A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE C D B G UH, COMMITTEE. OKAY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYORAL TIM IVAN TO, UH, UM, FOR THIS TO KEEP, UH, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE, UH, C D B G. DO I HAVE A SECOND? [01:35:03] NO. THE C D B G COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT ALL MONEY STAYING FOR GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, ANY, ANY LEFTOVER FUNDS. WOW. OKAY. SO MOTION. SO THAT WAS MY MOTION. OKAY. AGAIN, A SECOND ONE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IF NOT, IT DIES. WELL, WE'LL GO BACK. LEMME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. THE, UH, WERE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DID THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE MON THESE MONIES TO THESE, THESE, UH, NON-PROFITS, WERE THEY, DID THEY SPECIFICALLY TURN THAT DOWN, OR DID THEY KNOW THAT? CORRECT. SOME OF THESE, UH, MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH SOME, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE INVOLVED IN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. ALRIGHT, WELL, I'LL, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. SO I GOT A FIRST AND SECOND. I SECOND BY, UH, MARY, I MEAN, MAYOR GOODMAN , COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. SO WE GOT THE FOUR AYES AND ONE AYY MOTION PASSES. [27. 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.] ITEM NUMBER 27. UH, AND IT'S, UH, MISS NIKKI SERRANO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER. FOR THE RECORD, BEFORE YOU ARE SEVERAL LINEUP OPTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL. CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS TO SECURE A HEADLINE BAND AS WELL AS SUPPORTING ACTS BASED ON THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT DUE TO DEMAND ARTISTS MAY NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE OR MAY BE AT A DIFFERENT RATE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THANKS TO OUR YEAR-ROUND CONTRIBUTORS, WE ALREADY HAVE OVER $20,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS, WHICH HELPS US TO COVER THE COST OF OUR FESTIVALS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHERE, WHERE DID THESE FUNDS COME FROM FOR THE EVENTS? FOR THE EVENTS, ASIDE FROM LIKE THE SPONSORSHIPS, RIGHT? YEAH, WE DO HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET, IN THE PARKS BUDGET. WE DO HAVE, UM, AN ITEM UNDER RECREATION FOR SPECIAL, UH, CITY EVENTS. OKAY. I, I WOULD, UM, COMING FROM SOME EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY OUT HERE, NAMELY THE ISLAND, UM, A LOT OF THE EVENTS AND SO ON ARE INTENDED, AND I KNOW THIS WHEN I WAS IN THE MUSEUM THE OTHER NIGHT, THAT THE, THE QUESTIONS ARE, ARE ASKED OF, ARE YOU SPENDING THE NIGHT? RIGHT? SO HEADS IN BEDS REALLY BECOMES THE MISSION OF, OF, UM, YOUR, PARTICULARLY YOUR HOTEL, HOTEL VENUE TAX RIGHT THERE. AND I MEAN, WE HAVE A, A GOOD SIZABLE FUND IN THERE. AND REALLY TO CHANGE THE THINKING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO TOWARDS TOURISM AND TRYING TO ATTRACT OTHER PEOPLE TO COME, I, I WOULD BEGIN TO LOOK AT USING FUNDS FROM A DIFFERENT ENTITY INSTEAD OF JUST PARKS AND REC, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, FACILITATE THESE KINDS OF EVENTS AND MAKE IT A, A, UH, A MISSION OF THE EVENT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN TO STAY IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. YES, THAT IS ONE OF OUR GOALS, OF COURSE, TO ATTRACT OUTSIDE VISITORS. AND LIKE YOU DID MENTION, YOU KNOW, HEADS AND BEDS ON OUR SURVEYS, WE DO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL, JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET FROM SOME FEEDBACK AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GAUGE, YOU KNOW, WHO IS COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. IT IS SOME, A GOAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS. AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT OUTLETS ON HOW TO GET, YOU KNOW, MORE SPONSORSHIPS, GRANTS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, HOTEL MOTEL. AND WE DO ACTIVELY PROMOTE HOTEL MOTELS. UH, WE DO HAVE THE CITY EVENTS BROCHURES, WHICH WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED TO THE TEXAS TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTERS THAT PROMOTE THE EVENTS. AND IT HAS OUR HOTEL INFORMATION, UM, OUT IN THE BACK. SO WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED OVER A THOUSAND OF THOSE ACROSS THE STATE AT DIFFERENT, UM, LOCATIONS. AND WE RECENTLY HAD AN AD, AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE JUNTO MUSEUM. UM, THEIR, THEIR EVENT. THEIR THEIR EVENT. WE DID HAVE AN AD THERE PROMOTING THE HOTELS AS WELL. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE OVERALL GOALS. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMITTEE IS THAT IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL WHEN IT'S JUST A ONE DAY EVENT. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT, TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT, GET BETTER ARTISTS AND STUFF SO THAT WE CAN ATTRACT OUTSIDE VISITORS. AND IT IS GREAT THAT WE DO HAVE THE MUSEUM. I KNOW LAST YEAR DURING, UM, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL, THEY HAD A, THE JUNTO IN MY BACKYARD EVENT. SO WHEN I WAS PROMOTING ON RADIO AND STUFF, I INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THEM HERE FOR A FEW DAYS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, COME VISIT OUR MUSEUM ON FRIDAY AND THEN STICK AROUND SATURDAY FOR THE EVENT. SO THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND, BUT THERE WHOLE NEEDS TO BE A WHOLE LOT MORE DISCUSSION. AND, AND I THINK I'M NOW ON THAT HOTEL [01:40:01] OCCUPANCY BOARD RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVEN'T MET, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE REBRAND OUR COMMUNITY, HOW WE LOOK TO ATTRACT OTHER PEOPLE TO PROMOTE THINGS. AND IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON FOR SURE. AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE THERE, AND IN MY OPINION, TO BE SPENT MM-HMM. TO, UH, ATTRACT PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO IMPROVE OUR BRAND. MM-HMM. . SO I, I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PERHAPS, UH, MOVING SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES FROM PARKS AND REC INTO THE HOTEL TAX FROM THE HOTEL TAX FUND SO THAT WE CAN, AND MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ALTOGETHER. OKAY. I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EMPHASIZE TOO THOUGH, WHY AREN'T WE LOOKING FOR THE, OUR BIGGER SPONSORS, OUR HEBS, OUR WALMARTS, TO HELP OUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WE HAVE IN THE PAST, IT IS JUST DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE AREN'T, WE, WE AREN'T A 5 0 1 C THREE, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY REQUIRE. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED IN THE PAST AND THEN IT'S JUST YOU AGAIN, RODRIGUEZ, UH, P RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, ONE OF THE REASONS, MA'AM WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO, TO THAT POINT IS YOU, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED OURSELVES YET, IT TAKES TIME FOR THEM TO, TO SAY, OKAY, YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR FOUR YEARS, 10 YEARS, YOU'RE CREDIBLE. UH, CHARTER DAYS, UH, BORDERFEST, ALL THESE FESTIVALS HAVE CONSISTENCY. AND THAT'S ONE THING WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN YET. HOW WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR WHAT, UH, FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE'RE STARTING TO ATTRACT THAT, THE ATTENTION OF THOSE BIG, UH, SPONSORS. BUT WE HAVE TO BREAK THAT CUSP. AND ONCE WE GET TO A POINT, THEY'LL BE COMING TO US. AND AT WHAT POINT WILL THAT BE THOUGH, IN YOUR EYES? SO AT WHAT POINT WILL THAT BE? WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. UH, I THINK IN, IN A YEAR OR TWO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO START DEALING WITH, WITH HEBS, WITH THE WALMARTS OF THE WORLD AND GET A TITLE SPONSOR THAT WOULD ACTUALLY COVER MOST OF THE COST, IF NOT ALL THE COST FOR THESE EVENTS. PETE? YES. COMMISSIONER. THAT WOULD HELP A LOT. PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR US. . OKAY. UM, I'M SORRY, JUST TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TALK. HE MENTIONED WALMART AND H E B. WE ARE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. UM, WALMART DID SPONSOR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EVENT AT FEST, THE HOT DOG EATING CONTEST AND THE, UH, THE PIE EATING CONTEST FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN THE ROW. SO, SO WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO, TO OUR EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. UH, BEFORE US, WE HAVE FOUR OPTIONS. OKAY. UH, ARE YOU REQUESTING FOR US TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE OPTIONS OR JUST KIND OF LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE, UM, AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR? WHAT YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH? UM, DO NOTE AT THE TOP, SOME OF THEM DO SAY COVER CHARGE, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON, UM, THE CALIBER OF THE, BASED ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A LOWER CALIBER, WE DON'T GET THAT MUCH FEEDBACK AT AN, AT AN ENTRY FEE OPTION. ONE OPTION, YEAH. WHICH ARE THE OPTION ONE, OPTION TWO. IT'S A BIG JUMP. UH, I THINK. UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE UP THERE TOO. YOU ALSO HAVE TO, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, I KNOW WE DO GO THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND SOMETIMES THE CONTRACTS ARE A LITTLE, THEY REQUIRE SOME, SOME TIME. OKAY. COMMS, WE NEED A, WE NEED A DECISION. I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE REVENUES AND MINUS THE EXPENSE REPORT. THE P AND L I GUESS FOR THESE PREVIOUS YEARS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A FREE EVENT, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COVER CHARGE AND STILL PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. I, I'M LOOKING AT OPTION THREE OR FOUR, A FREE EVENT. I LIKE TWO, BUT DO WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS? THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS SIMILAR. WAS IT SIMILAR? MAYBE ABOUT IN THE 20, UH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THAT SAME RANGE. WE WERE DEBATING BETWEEN SIGNAL WELLO. MM-HMM. , I THINK, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, WHICH ONE WAS, BUT I THINK IT DOES FALL IN THAT CATEGORY. WHICH ONE WERE THE ONES THAT, UH, WERE A BIG HIT FOR US THAT YOU REMEMBER? LA MAFIAA, LA MAFIA. LA LA SIGNAL. I THINK IT ALL KIND OF STARTED WITH ELIDA. SHE WAS THE KICKOFF AND THEN IT WENT UP FROM THERE. YEAH. SO LA MAFIA WAS NEXT. MM-HMM. AND LA MAFIA SIGNAL. REALLY? YEAH. MM-HMM. PUT US OVER. OKAY. WHAT EVENTS WERE THOSE? SIGNAL AND MAFIA. YOU SOUTH TEXAS, LA SOUTH TEXAS. AND SIGNAL WAS [01:45:01] HOG. WATTLE. BUT THE, YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE, WAS IT THE COVER CHARGE ON THOSE? DID YOU PROVIDE A P AND L FOR THOSE? YES. YES. A REVENUE EXPENSE. NOT FOR SOUTH TEXAS LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS LA MAFIA. I DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. DO WE MAKE MONEY? DO YOU REMEMBER? I CAN CHECK TO SEE, SEE WHAT THE, PROBABLY NOT WE HAVE. I, I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T PROFITED WITH ANY OF THE EVENTS. UM, IF YOU WANT, IF, IF WE WANT TO DO A FOR PROFIT, I MEAN A COVER CHARGE ONE, I'M JUST, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND AGAIN A PRE TICKET SALE AT A MORE EXPENSIVE RATE AND THEN AT THE DOOR SALE AT A CHEAPER RATE. MM-HMM. , IT PREVENT, PREVENTS THE HERDS AT THE DOOR AND IT GIVES EVERYONE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU BUY IT EARLY, YOU GET IT CHEAPER. IF YOU BUY AT THE DOOR, YOU'RE GONNA PAY MORE. RIGHT. AND AT LEAST IT GIVES US AN IDEA. OKAY. WHAT TO PREPARE FOR. I JUST BROKE A SECOND COMPUTER. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. I DON'T, I JUST HAVE TO YOU. THE EVENTS ARE GOOD, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT MAKE MONEY JUST PUTTING ON EVENTS. MM-HMM. . UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE JUNTO RUNS TWO OR THREE DAY EVENT, RIGHT. IN LOS AND NOW IT'S IN LOS FRESNOS. AND THEY HAVE LIKE 10 BANDS A DAY. MM-HMM. , THEY'RE NOT DOING IT EVERY YEAR. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOSING MONEY. MM-HMM. , . SO, AND, AND THESE BIG COMPANIES WILL BE WILLING TO, UM, SUPPORT THE CAUSE. YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION. I'M NOT SAYING WHO JUST FILL OUT AN APPLICATION. . WELL, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS, AND I WANNA, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA GIVE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, A PRESENTATION OR WE WANNA GIVE TO THE PEOPLE BACK. OKAY. BUT AGAIN, UH, I DON'T WANNA BREAK THE BANK ON WHAT WE GOT. I MEAN, WE DO, UM, FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE DO HA STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE. AND LIKE WE SAID, WE DO HAVE SPONSORSHIPS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SPONSORSHIPS. WE ALSO, OF COURSE, GET REVENUES FROM THE VENDORS. WE GET REVENUES FROM ANY BEER, FROM BEER SALES, IF THERE'S ANY TICKET SALES, THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO NOW CAN WE MAKE A MOTION FOR HER TO, UH, TO CONTINUE SEEING, I MEAN TO CONTINUE WHAT THE, WHAT DO YOU, DO YOU WANT IT TO DO HAVE A COVER CHARGE OR FREE EVENT? IS THIS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR? SOUTH TEXAS MUSICFEST? NO, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD MUSIC EVENT. THIS IS THE LAST ONE, CORRECT? WE DO STILL, YEAH. WHAT ARE WE, YEAH. SO WHAT DOES YOUR BUDGET LOOK LIKE? ? I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S, WE STILL HAVE OVER 50% OF THE BUDGET AVAILABLE. OKAY. AND WE HAVE PARKS LOOKING LIKE . OH BOY. AND WE JUST TOOK MONEY AWAY FROM NON-PROFITS. NIKKI? YEAH. I'M GONNA PRETEND YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT. SO I LIKE $10. SHE SAID HALF THE BUDGET, HALF THE NO PARKS AND REC AND MAINTENANCE HAVE THE THIRD LARGEST BUDGET IN THE CITY. UM, WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA DO? COVER CHARGE? WE DO, WE USUALLY DO COVER CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT. WE DO. AND AGAIN, IT KIND OF DEPENDS WHAT, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, IT DEPENDS ON THE ARTIST. YOU, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY, WHAT DID, HOW MANY DID WE HAVE A 10 LAST TIME? 'CAUSE I FELT LIKE YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CONTAIN IT, IT'S NOT A PARTY. THE CUSTODY FOR WHICH VENUE? THE PARK OR SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FEST IS USUALLY AT THE E D C, UH, RIGHT OVER THERE AT THE PARK. THE AP BUILDING, I WANNA SAY IT'S SIX OR 8,000. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. 8,000. WOW. AND WE DO ALWAYS, UM, WE REACH OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US THAT NUMBER ON CAPACITY. AND IF IT'S A TICKETED EVENT, WE MAKE SURE TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT AMOUNT SO THAT WE DON'T GO OVER CAPACITY. ARE WE? NO. SO SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT JUST THE EVENT IN ITSELF. AND MAYBE WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF RIDES FOR THE KIDS OR I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK WHAT MADE HOG WADDLE SO BIG ALONGSIDE OF COURSE, THE FACT THAT IT SEEMED NO WAS THE ADDED WE HAD CORRECT THE ANIMAL. YEAH. AND I DON'T, WELL WE'RE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO BIG. UM, WE DO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDED ATTRACTIONS, OF COURSE OUR ADDED ATTRACTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY ATTRACT BUNCH, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE . WE DID HAVE THE RIDES, WE DID HAVE THE CONTESTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE DO ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE A KIDS AREA SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THE FAMILIES CAN COME OUT AND THEY CAN ENJOY AN ACTIVITY AS WELL. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED, LOOKED AT. SINCE WE CAN'T HAVE A CARNIVAL FOR THIS EVENT, THERE ARE OTHER ATTRACTIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. SO THE CAR SHOW I THINK WAS GOOD. AND I THINK THE FIREWORKS ARE LIKE THE HUGE YEAH. THE HUGEST ATTRACTION OF ALL. UM, [01:50:01] WELL NOW I'M JUST GETTING INTO DETAILS. SO LET'S SAY LIKE THE RAMALA ESTIMATE OF 50,000, IS THAT HIM? NO, I'M NOT DOING THAT. IS THAT HIM OR IS THAT INCLUDING ALL THE STAGE AND EVERYTHING? THAT WOULD JUST BE THAT ALONE. AND THAT IS OKAY. NO, I DON'T, NO, NOT DO THAT. YEAH. THE PRODUCTION, YOU KNOW THAT, THAT ONE KIND OF IS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND. AT WHAT POINT DO WE BUY OUR OWN STAGE? THAT'S UP TO YOU BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING $20,000 FOR PRODUCTION. RIGHT. UM, YEAH, THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL. WE DID KIND OF START AND WE HAVE A, A WRECKER SERVICE THAT HAS TRUCKS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE. JUST SAYING WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE, UH, THESE EVENTS, WE, THAT IS A, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO A STAGE. WHEN DO YOU NEED TO AVOID? WHEN DO YOU NEED TO ANSWER? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TODAY. OKAY. TODAY FINISH. I MEAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPTION HERE. SO CAN WE JUST GIVE HER THE DIRECTION? OKAY. YOU WANNA MAKE A, OKAY, I'LL TAKE TWO THEN. SOMEBODY MAKE THE MOTION SO WE CAN, UH, MOTION TOO. OKAY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO HER THE INFORMATION, THE TWO THAT YOU WANT. YOU'RE IN CHARGE, WELL IN CHARGE OF THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NO, NO, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT PUT IT IN PUBLIC. I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU, I'LL HAVE BAD BUDDY ON THAT STAGE. DON . WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN, WE'RE GONNA NEED OPTION FIVE, . OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA LIMIT TO TWO, UH, TWO OPTIONS. OKAY? WE DO HAVE ABOUT LESS THAN A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN SECURE, DO THE NEGOTIATIONS. WE'LL BE TALKING THAT, TALKING TO YOU, YOU KNOW, OPTION TWO IS GOOD, BUT I KNOW LAST TIME WILL WAS WE CAN FAR MORE REASONABLE. YEAH. AND LA WAS GOOD. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE AROUND THE SAME. WE CAN ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE HERE. DEFINITELY. WHAT IS THAT? I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DRAWING. WHAT IS THE GENRE OF THAT MUSIC? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY TO ASK, BUT WHAT'S THE GENRE? ? IS IT COUNTRY? I'M SORRY, I'M NOT A IT'S MUSIC. NO, NO, NO. WHAT'S THE GENRE? BECAUSE I THINK JUNTO OR THAT TYPE OF MUSIC RELATES BETTER WITH THE COMMUNITY. NO, THIS YOU DON'T KNOW. TELL EVERYBODY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. OKAY. IT IS THE HANNO, RIGHT? TWO. TWO OPTIONS. TWO OPTIONS. THE EVENT. I MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH OPTION TWO. OPTION TWO. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO I GET A SECOND BY, UM, I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. I GOT OPTION TWO. OKAY. AS PER COMMISSIONER MORALES SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, PLEASE BRING 'EM BACK AS SOON AS YOU GO. NO, WE HAVE DEFINITELY, LIKE I SAID, IT DOES, WE DO STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE. CORRECT. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'LL JUST LOOK SOMETHING IN THAT, IN THAT, MA. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM [28. Consideration and possible action to approve payment number four to Axon Enterprise Inc. for the Taser X26Ps per the five-year Purchase Agreement in the total amount of $13,158.00] NUMBER 28, UH, CHIEF PER OKAY FOR THE RECORD, CHIEF, UH, PEREA ON JULY 7TH, 2020, THE CITY COMMISSIONER APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF 43 TASER X 26 PS. ON A FIVE YEAR LEASE TO OWN AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENT CALLED FOR US TO PAY AN INITIAL PAYMENT OF $16,608, FOLLOWED BY FOUR PAYMENTS OF $13,158. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH PAYMENT OF THAT AGREEMENT. THE PAYMENT WILL BE MADE FROM OUR ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WHEN I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I WANT ONE . OKAY. I WANNA MOVE MY SEAT. YEAH, . OKAY. MOTION COMMISSIONER. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR GALVAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. UM, GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 29 [29. First Public Hearing on the Proposed Ad Valorem Property Tax Rate for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024.] AND, UH, YES. BY STEPHANIE. YES. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR, PROTON COMMISSIONERS. STEPHANIE SANANDA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM, TODAY IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AT ALARM PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2324. UH, THE TAX RATE, IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. UM, AND IT'S JUST THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. IT WAS A 0.7 0.7 0 8 1 2 5 7 0 8 2 5. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. UH, AND NUMBER 30, NO OPEN. WE NEED TO OPEN FOR THE, OH, PUBLIC. SORRY. SEE, YOU GOT ME ALL RILED UP ALREADY. OKAY. SO, UH, PUBLIC, UH, IS GONNA BE, UH, OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS, UH, 7 28. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC? NO. AND, UH, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS 7 28. [01:55:01] OKAY. [30. Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024.] ITEM NUMBER 30. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. AGAIN. STEPHANIE ERIA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM, ITEM NUMBER 30. IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW FOR THE BUDGET. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS 2324, AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. AND I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS, UH, 7 27 29. NOBODY. OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 7 29. I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMEND FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON BEING SO TIMELY ON THIS. WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY FAR AHEAD, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW IT'S A LOT. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THIS, UH, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, EIGHTY SEVEN PAGE BOOK, I KIND OF GET OVERWHELMED AND CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE. AND, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 7 29 AND, UH, WE'RE ADJOURNED. OH, MAN. COULD BE A LITTLE SOFTER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.