[1. Welcome. ]
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NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION IS AUGUST 15TH, 2023.
SORRY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG IN TEXAS.
AND, UH, NUMBER THREE IS, UH, INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
NUMBER THREE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OVER WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD WON INDIVIDUAL.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY IN HUMILITY AND FAITH.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN US AND THE MANY BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH.
SHOW US THE WAY AND FILL US WITH WISDOM.
BLESS OUR MINDS TO REMEMBER AND EMBRACE THE HOPE, JOY, AND PEACE WE HAVE IN YOU.
[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest. ]
FOUR, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST ANYBODY HAS FOR COMMUNITY INTEREST.UH, MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT AND TO CONTINUE TO THANK OUR EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DENSITY CITY EMPLOYEES OUT THERE IN THE HEAT AND DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES AND STUFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO THEM HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
ANYBODY ELSE? I DO WANNA BRING UP, UH, I KNOW WE HAD THE ONE WEEKEND, WE HAD THE, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE WITH GIVING OUT SOME BACKPACKS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T, I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MR. GILMAN ON THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, UH, THAT, UH, THEY REACHED OUT AND WERE GIVING UP SOME BACKPACKS TO THE KIDS.
UH, THE ICE MONKEY ALSO DID THE SAME THING, UH, PD WAS THERE, UH, FIRE AND, UH, OTHER PEOPLE.
SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THE COMPANIES AND THE, UH, THE BUSINESS THAT, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR, OUR KIDS.
SO, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANNA THANK THEM.
I KNOW I'M MISSING A LOT, BUT, UH, IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD RIGHT NOW, AND I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY FOR THIS.
SO, PLEASE, UH, I WILL RECOGNIZE 'EM LATER ON.
I KNOW THAT ALL THE BUSINESS HAVE, UH, OPENED UP IN SANTO ALSO.
AND, UH, I'LL GET THEIR NAMES AND, UH, TO RECOGNIZE 'EM, ALSO TO GIVE THANK HIM FOR COMING THIS WAY ALSO.
UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING, THEN I'LL GO WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER
[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes). ]
FIVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, YES.
MR. CAMARILLO, HONOR, MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE HAVEN IN LATO.
SUNSHINE HAVEN IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES COMPASSIONATE, COMPASSIONATE END OF LIFE CARE IN A HOME-LIKE SETTING TO THOSE THAT HAVE A TERMINAL ILLNESS.
A REGISTERED NURSE BY THE NAME OF LOUIS DEL CASTILLO DEVELOPED SUNSHINE HAVEN.
SHE CREATED A PLAN TO CREATE THIS SPECIAL CARE FACILITY THAT WOULD PROVIDE QUALITY, END OF LIFE CARE, FREE OF COSTS TO THE PATIENTS AND TO THE, AND TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
AS A NURSE, SHE KNEW THAT THE URGENT NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY, OUR FACILITY HAS SERVED THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR OVER 24 YEARS, AND THAT COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE C D B AND C C D B G, THE C D B G PROGRAM.
UH, FROM HERE, FROM SAN SAN BENITO, ON BEHALF OF MS. ELIZABETH RAMIREZ, OUR AND OUR PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR ORGANIZATION EACH AND EVERY DAY.
OUR WONDERFUL STAFF TAKES CARE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.
OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE BEST PATIENT CARE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME THEY WILL BE THERE WITH US.
WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR COMPASSION DISPLAY TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TOUR OUR FACILITY, WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE MORE ABOUT OUR SERVICES, UH, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US.
OUR NUMBER IS 9 5 6 3 5 0 8 4 0 0, UH, WHERE THEY CAN LOG ONTO OUR, WE, OUR WEBSITE, SUNSHINE HAVEN, DON INC, SUNSHINE HAVEN INC.ORG.
AGAIN, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET YOUR SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 23 SO THAT SUNSHINE MOND CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND APPLY CARE
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SERVICES TO THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED.ANYBODY ELSE? UM, YES, MAYOR, MS. UH, MARTA MARTINEZ, MARTINEZ.
MY NAME IS MARTHA MARTINEZ AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S CENTER, BETTER KNOWN AS MONICA AND MAGGIE'S HOUSE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 25 YEARS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A HOME HERE IN SAN BENITO, MAGGIE'S HOUSE.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE MOVED TEMPORARILY TO HARLINGEN, BUT WE STILL UTILIZE THE FACILITY HERE IN, IN SAN BENITO.
UM, TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST, UM, FOR Y'ALL TO RECONSIDER THE FUNDING FOR THE CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER'S OUTREACH PROGRAM.
THROUGH OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE VICTIMS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN BENITO THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND THAT ARE AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING.
SO OUR AGENCY HAS, WHEN WE DO THAT, OUR AGENCY HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE, UH, REFERRALS FOR FORENSIC INTERVIEWS.
WE PROVIDE AN INTERVIEW IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT BY A TRAINED, UH, FORENSIC INTERVIEWER, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO MOST ALL THE HOMES ARE SET UP LIKE HOMES.
AND SO WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROVIDING FUNDING THROUGH US FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
AND SO YOUR PART OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US IS TO ASSIST IN HELPING WITH OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS FISCAL YEAR, YOU AWARDED US 12,309, AND WE WERE ABLE UP TO NOW BEING ABLE TO SERVE 2,504 RESIDENTS OF SAN BENITO.
SO WE ARE HERE, WE ARE PRESENT, LIKE I MENTIONED LAST TIME, WE DID NOW GET AN M O U WITH THE SCHOOL OF SAN BENITO.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO ALL THE SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL TO TEACHING THEM ABOUT SAFETY, ABOUT CYBER BULLYING, ABOUT, UM, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE REQUESTING THIS YEAR, 15,000, BUT WE WILL BE FINE.
LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, IF YOU JUST GIVE US THE SAME AMOUNT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WELL WITH THAT, UH, WE DO GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN BENITO.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PAST SUPPORT, BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE COMMODITY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE CAN'T BE WITHOUT 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE OUR FUTURE LEADERS, JUST LIKE YOU ALL.
AND SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PAST SUPPORT.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, LACEY AMRIS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS LACEY AMRIS, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AT CASA OF CAMERON AND WILLY COUNTY, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
WHEN MS. MARTINEZ, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WAS HERE LAST, SHE SHARED SOME STA STATISTICS WITH YOU ON OUR MISSION.
TONIGHT, I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ONE CASE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ENLIGHTEN YOU ABOUT THE WORK WE DO AT CASA.
IN 2017, EIGHT YEAR OLD, DEBBIE WAS REMOVED FROM HER MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S HOME DUE TO PHYSICAL ABUSE.
JUST FIVE MONTHS EARLIER, DEBBIE HAD BEEN PERMANENTLY PLACED WITH HER GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, ALONG WITH HER SIBLINGS.
DEBBIE ENTERED THE WORLD WITH DRUGS IN HER SYSTEM, AND SPENT THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF HER LIFE WITH A MOTHER WHO HAD SERIOUS SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WAS SEVERELY NEGLECTED.
HER MOTHER'S RIGHTS WERE EVENTUALLY TERMINATED ONCE IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, FOSTER CARE, SHE HAD A TOTAL OF 13 PLACEMENT CHANGES IN FIVE YEARS SHE SPENT IN FOSTER CARE.
THIS INCLUDES EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY SHELTERS, PLACEMENTS, PROSPECTIVE ADOPTED PLACEMENTS, AND A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
IN THOSE FIVE YEARS, SHE HAD MANY PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF HER LIFE.
BUT ONE CONSISTENT PERSON WAS HER.
CASA CASA WAS THERE TO ENSURE HER NEEDS WERE BEING MET, ALL WHILE SEARCHING FOR A PERMANENT HOME FOR DEBBIE AND HER SIBLINGS.
DEBBIE AND HER SIBLINGS WERE EVENTUALLY ADOPTED BY A FAMILY OUTSIDE THE, THE VALLEY.
DEBBIE SHARED WITH HER CASA THAT SHE KNOWS HER NEW FAMILY LOVES HER.
SHE SMILES NOW AND SAID THAT THE BEST PART OF IT IS THAT SHE IS TOGETHER WITH HER SIBLINGS.
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YOU FOR RECONSIDERING FUNDING FOR CASA.WITH THESE FUNDS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE CHILDREN SS IN SAN MANTO.
LIKE DEBBIE, IT IS UP TO YOU TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the December 13, 2022 Special City Commission Meeting and the December 20, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.]
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX.UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
DO I HAVE MOTION? UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE, UH, MINUTES OF THE MEETING? OKAY.
UH, WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
SO, UM, MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ABSTAIN.
I THOUGHT I HAD TURNED EVERYTHING OFF.
[7. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat, having a legal description of: being 0.23 Acre of Land out of Lot 17, Block 1, Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, According to the Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 1, Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: U. R. Homes Texas, LLC.]
AND THIS IS, UH, FOR MS. JOYNERAND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAD NO, NO ONE COME FORWARD FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SO, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE TIME IS, UH, 5 46, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC FOR OR AGAINST NONE.
TIME IS, UH, 5 46 CLOSING THE, UH, THE FLOOR ON THIS.
[8. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of Lot 17, Block 1, Russell Ranch Subdivision, having a legal description of: being 0.23 Acre of Land out of Lot 17, Block 1, Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, According to the Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 1, Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: U. R. Homes Texas, LLC.]
EIGHT.AND WE GOT THE MS. JOANNA, I'LL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED P UH, P D D PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND THE DEVELOPER IS MOVING THE ORIGINAL LOT LINES IN THE REAR DUE TO WIDENING OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[9. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-Plat, having a legal description of: Tract 1: being 0.30 acre of land compromised of Lots 18 and 19, Block 3, Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Tract II: being 0.34 Acre of Land Compromised of Lots 57 and 58, Block 1 Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map thereof recorded in Volume 1 Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: U. R. Homes Texas, LLC.]
NINE, PUBLIC HEARING.UM, WE HAVE, UH, MS. JOANNA LL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BERNARDINO NEWS ON JULY 28TH, 2023.
AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS.
WE HAD NO ONE FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SO ITEM NUMBER NINE, AND I'LL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANYBODY FOR OR AGAINST ON THIS ITEM.
UH, THE TIME IS 5 47, CLOSING THE, THE FLOOR ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 10.
[10. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of Lots 18 and 19, Block 3, and Lots 57 and 58, Block 1, Russell Ranch Subdivision, having a legal description of: Tract 1: being 0.30 Acre of Land Compromised of Lots 18 and 19 Block 3, Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according tot he map thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Tract II: being 0.34 Acre of Land Compromised of Lots 57 and 58, Block 1 Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map thereof recorded in Volume 1 Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: U. R. Homes, LLC.]
AND WE HAVE, UH, MR. JOANNA, I PRESENT THIS ITEM.UH, THIS ONE IS THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE JUST MOVING LOT LINES, UH, BECAUSE OF AN A E P EASEMENT.
WAS THE, UH, WAS THE EASEMENT NOT THERE BEFORE OR IS THIS A RECENT EASEMENT, OR? THE EASEMENT CAME IN AFTER, ONCE THEY STARTED PUTTING IN THE ELECTRICAL, I BELIEVE.
WELL, WE GOT A, WE HAD A DISCREPANCY.
MR. FLOOD, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE YOU.
I, I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS MAKING SURE THAT WE GO AFTER THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
WE DO 'EM RIGHT, AND DON'T MISS STUFF.
SO THE WAY THAT THE EASEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, THEY HAD, UM, ROOM FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT AND NO GROUND EASEMENT.
THEY CAME IN AFTER THE FACT AND WANTED TO CLAIM A 40 FOOT EASEMENT ON OUR SIDE.
SO WE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM TO PROVIDE FOR THAT.
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IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK DOWN THE, THE ROAD, THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT HOMES THAT ARE 15 FEET OFF THE CENTER LINE OF THE LINES THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE HOMEOWNERS DOWN THERE.BUT, UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO A, A CLAIM BY A E P, UH, AFTER WE HAD BUILT HOMES.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR WALL THAT'S ALREADY THERE? THAT'S MO WE MOVED IT BACK TO ACCOMMODATE THE EASEMENT.
SO, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ALLOWING FOR THAT EASEMENT THEN.
THEY HAVEN'T PAID US YET, BUT
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMAN SECOND.
[11. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat, having a legal description of: being 0.33 Acre of Land Compromised of Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas. According to the Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 1, Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: U. R. Homes Texas, LLC.]
11.AND AGAIN, MS. UH, JOANNA MUL.
A PUBLIC, UH, HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE 70 NEWS ON JULY 28TH, 2023.
AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WE HAD NO ONE FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
AND, UH, IT'S FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE 50, AND I'LL OPEN UP FOR THE FLOOR FOR ANY COMMENTS.
AND I'LL CLOSE IT, THE FIVE 50 AND I'LL CLOSING IN THE, THE FLOOR ON THIS.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 Russell Ranch Subdivision, having a legal description of: being 0.33 Acre of Land Compromised of Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Russell Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, According to the Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 1, Page 4398 and 4389, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: U. R. Homes Texas, LLC.]
MS. DELAL, UH, SAME SITUATION, SAME PROP, UH, SAME SUBDIVISION.UH, THEY NEEDED TO MOVE THE LOT LINES ABOUT 10 FEET SOUTH.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? HOW MANY MORE LOTS ARE YOU GONNA LOSE MR. FLOOD? I, I DON'T PERCEIVE SEEING, LOSING ANY MORE THAN THAT.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[13. Second and Final 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.]
AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, MS. MANONA AGAIN, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023.AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE LATE HOURS AND THE ALCOHOL.
BASICALLY, WE ARE JUST PRESENTING THIS ONE BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED TO MEET T C Q STANDARDS.
COMMISSIONER'S, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, IT'S, I'M SORRY.
IT'S A SECOND FINAL HEARING, SO SORRY.
DO I HAVE MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[14. Second and Final 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.]
SECOND.OKAY, MS. AL? UH, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE FOOD TRUCK PARK ORDINANCE, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023.
AND HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? LEMME TURN THIS THING OFF.
AND ON MY, WERE THERE ANY CHANGES, UH, TO THE LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS? NOT THE LAST TIME.
THE ONLY CHANGES WE MADE WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING TO THE FIRST READING.
AND THEN FROM THE FIRST READING TO THIS READING, WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES.
I ASSUME, THOUGH, IN THE FUTURE, AS WE GET GOOD WITH THIS, WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME MORE CHANGES, THOUGH, I'M ASSUMING.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[15. Second and Final 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.]
SECOND AND FINAL READING.UH, THIS IS THE SECOND FINAL READING.
UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED FOOD, UH, JUST FOOD TRUCKS TO OUR ORDINANCE, UH, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JULY 27TH, 2023, AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UH, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST ORDINANCE, AND THAT WAS FOR A FOOD TRUCK PARK, BUT WE HAD NOTHING FOR ACTUAL FOOD TRUCKS ON THEIR OWN.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL KEEP MAKING THE MOTIONS IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[16. Consideration and possible action to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TDPES) Stormwater Task Force Partnership, Inc.]
UH, AGAIN, MS. MANDEL.NOW, UH, THIS IS THE MAN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT HELD, UH, THROUGH THE STORMWATER TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE
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US WITH A FIVE YEAR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED BY T T C E Q IN ORDER TO OBTAIN OUR MS FOUR PERMIT.SO EVERY FIVE YEARS WE PAY FOR THIS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE STORMWATER TASK FORCE.
I BELIEVE THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, THIS TIME IT'S GOING TO BE 8,000.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE CERTAIN PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED THROUGH T C E Q THAT WE HAVE TO OBTAIN EVERY YEAR.
UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS, UH, THE STORMWATER TASK FORCE PUTS TOGETHER, UM, A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
IT'S INVOLVE, IT INVOLVES ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES.
AND WE GET TOGETHER AND WE START MAKING ARRANGEMENTS AND, UH, PUT TOGETHER THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUR PERMIT.
IF WE DON'T DO IT, THEN WE CAN'T GET OUR PERMIT.
SO WHEN IT STARTS TALKING ABOUT PROVIDE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING ALLOWING STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TO PREPARE OFFICIAL MUNICIPAL DOCUMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE, HOW DO, WHY IS THIS? WELL, WE, IS IT AN EDUCATIONAL THING AS WELL? YOU'RE LOOKING? UM, I'M LOOKING.
SO I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 1 0 2 A, WHAT I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, THEY USUALLY HAVE, UH, OUTREACH STUFF.
ANYTHING THAT THEY DO, THEY USUALLY PROVIDE, UM, OUTREACH FOR US.
IF WE REACH OUT AND ASK THEM, UM, THEY'LL COME AND THEY'LL EDUCATE THE PUBLIC WITH US OR HELP US.
WE JUST IN THE PAST HADN'T UTILIZED IT YET.
UM, I KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO START ASKING THEM.
AND WE ACTUALLY DID ASK THEM FOR, UM, SOME HELP WITH SOME PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY SENT VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN OUT A DITCH FOR US BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET TO IT.
AND I THINK THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT COULDN'T GET TO THAT AREA.
UM, SO THEY DO PROVIDE OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT'S THROUGH THE TASK FORCE.
UM, THIS IN ITSELF, UH, I BELIEVE MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE, UH, STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US CREATE THIS PLAN, UH, DURING THE PROCESS.
SO THERE ARE DELIVERABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
I MEAN, WE, WE CAN EXPECT SOME SORT OF REPORT OR, YES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE US ATTENDING AS WELL.
UM, WE ALL HAVE TO ATTEND IN BIG GROUP MEETINGS.
AND TO CREATE THIS, THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WHO WOULD BE THE DESIGNATED CITY PERSON TO DEAL WITH THIS? IT'S USUALLY ME.
SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S, UH, IT IS NEEDED.
AND IT, UH, IT HELPS US OUT ALSO.
UM, WITHOUT IT, WE CAN'T GET OUR PERMITS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE IN VIOLATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER EZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[17. Consideration and possible action to approve the final payment to the Research, Applied Technology, Education, and Service (RATES) D.B.A Rates/RGV.]
17.UH, AGAIN, MS. MANONA, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAME THING, BUT THIS IS OUR YEARLY PAYMENT.
TWO RATES, UM, EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH YEAR.
WE HAD A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WAS DONE IN JULY 16TH, 2019.
AND EVERY YEAR WE PAY 11,446 TO BE A PART OF, UH, RATES.
THEY PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, UH, CLASSES TO US.
THEY PROB WE PROBABLY MEET AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH, UH, EITHER VIA ZOOM OR ONCE OR TWICE IN PERSON, JUST DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
UM, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE US, LIKE I SAID, WITH EDUCATIONAL STUFF, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY'LL COME AND THEY'LL HELP US WITH OUTREACH PROGRAMS. WE JUST HADN'T UTILIZED IT YET.
UH, I'VE REACHED OUT AND, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO START HELPING US.
LIKE I KNEW IT WAS TOO LATE FOR SAKA FEST.
BUT ANYTIME WE HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THAT, THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND LIKE, THEIR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COME AND EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, HOW EDUCATION STORMWATER WORKS.
I NOTICED IN THE AGREEMENT, I MEAN THERE, I GUESS YOU'RE THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE AGAIN HERE, CORRECT? OH, BOY.
UM, AND IT SAYS THAT THERE WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF A QUARTERLY REPORT.
SO ALONG WITH EDUCATION, UM, THEY ALSO COME
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IN AND THEY CHECK OUR FILING PAPERWORK.THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE, THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.
THAT WAY IF WE GET AUDITED BY TC, UH, T C Q, WE DON'T GET FINED.
AND IF THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY COULD COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, WE HAD AN ISSUE, UH, WE WANNA CITE YOU.
THEY STEP IN AND THEY START PREPARING THE PAPERWORK FOR US, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET FINED FROM T C Q.
SO THEIR INTENT IS TO HELP TO KEEP US COMPLIANT WITH T C Q? CORRECT.
ASIDE FROM LIKE THE EDUCATION AND RIGHT.
UH, THE DIFFERENT, UM, GRANTS THAT THEY TRY TO HELP US WITH, STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE RATES IS IN THE NAME, DOES THAT, DO WE THEN DEAL? ARE WE, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? RATES, R G V, UH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH, APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND SERVICES.
SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SETTING ANY RATES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION? A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MULAH.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[18. Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 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.]
18.AND WE HAVE, UH, POLICE CHIEF, UH, MARIO PURSU.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MA PADEA.
FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES 24 96 A.
THIS AMENDED ORDINANCE WILL ESTABLISH RATES FOR THE MAXIMUM FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR NON-CONSENT TOWS.
PRIOR TO THIS, EACH RECORD SERVICE SET THEIR OWN FEE SCHEDULE, AND WE DISCOVERED SOME RECORD COMPANIES WERE CHARGING SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER RATES FOR THEIR TOW SERVICES.
THESE SET FEES SHOULD MAKE RECORD FEES MORE CONSISTENT FROM EACH RECORD ON OUR CURRENT ROTATION LIST.
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSED REG REGULATIONS DOES ALLOW LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES TO ESTABLISH SET FEES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND, UH, LOOKING OUT FOR OUR PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SOME ABUSE OF THIS IN THE PAST.
I KNOW THAT, UH, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE LIKE THE, UH, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? YES.
UH, SOME OF 'EM DO CARRY OR DO USE.
WHAT, WHAT YOU PRESENT TO US, RIGHT? YES.
WE LISTED, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE WINCHING, UH, YOU KNOW, DEBRIS REMOVAL, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO LISTED A SECTION ON THE BOTTOM THAT STATES IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL LABOR, ALL IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS ITEMIZED AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS.
UH, SO THEY COULD JUSTIFY WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, LIKE A SEMI-TRUCK.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO UNDER YES, SIR.
AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS IT'S SEPARATE.
AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT, WHAT THE, WHAT THEY, WHAT WE WANT FROM THEM.
SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
[19. Consideration and possible action to approve the San Benito Police Department 16th Annual National Night Out event to be held October 2, 2023 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Heavin Memorial Park.]
19 AGAIN, UH, BY CHIEF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ENHANCES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.IT PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING POLICE AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE UNDER POSITIVE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS WILL BE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 16TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UH, GREAT WORK CHIEF, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP ENHANCE THIS? UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, OUR, UH, SUPPORT, UH, SERVICE OFFICER, OFFICER LARA.
THIS, UH, HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, SO HE'S GOT EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH SQUARED AWAY.
WE WE'RE RESERVING THE, THE RIDES AND WE GOT VENDORS ALREADY COMING IN AND SIGNING UP.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN, JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT.
I GUESS WE, WE'LL BE ADVERTISING IT TOO.
WE'RE GONNA, ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED, WE'LL START, UH, ADVERTISING A LOT MORE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[20. Consideration and possible action to approve a Concession Agreement with the 80's Bar and Grill, LLC., to provide alcoholic beverage sales at the 2023 South Texas Music Festival.]
MS. NIKKI.NIKKI, YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM IS TO SECURE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BY EIGHTIES BAR AND GRILL.
APPROVAL OF THE ITEM WILL ALLOW EIGHTIES BAR AND GRILL TO PROVIDE ADULT BEVERAGES AT THE SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL.
THEY WILL ABIDE BY T A B C REGULATIONS AND OBTAIN THE PERMITS NEEDED FROM THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I'M NOT SURE.
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COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[21. Consideration and possible action to approve an Exhibit Loan Agreement for the exhibition of 'Going Across/Al Otro Lado' by Javier Dagustinovis at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum from August 19, 2023 to October 27, 2023.]
UM, OKAY.THE, UH, EXHIBIT, UH, GARCIA, I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.
UM, ALI GARCIA, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE SAN BENITO CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH LOCAL CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING PRO QUALITY PROGRAMMING TO THE SANTO COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
I REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE LOAN AGREEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITION.
UM, THE ADO, OR GOING ACROSS LOAN IS PROPOSED TO RUN FROM AUGUST 19TH TO OCTOBER 28TH.
THE MUSEUM EXHIBITION SHOWCASES THE WORK OF MEXICAN ARTISTS S FOR THIS EXHIBITION.
WE ARE ONCE AGAIN PARTNERING WITH THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN BROWNSVILLE TO COMMEMORATE THE 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE US AND MEXICO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
HIS WORK ENGAGES WITH THE US AND MEXICO BORDER, AND CELEBRATES OUR MULTICULTURAL REGION.
WE WILL CONTINUE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES.
OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING ENABLES US TO PROMOTE EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WITH VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND VIRTUAL TOURS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING IN-PERSON ACCESS TO THE EXHIBITION AND GUIDED.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, BUT I LOVE IT.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
SO, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Vactor 2100i Truck via Buy Board Contract Number 601-19 in the total amount of $496,313.00.]
MAYOR 22.UH, NEEVA GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS THE PURCHASE OF A VECTOR, UH, 2100 I TRUCK, UH, VIA BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER, UH, 6 0 1 DASH ONE NINE, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $496,313.
UM, THE REASON BEHIND, UH, THE, THIS, UH, PURCHASE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IS, UH, WE ARE, UH, REHABILITATION A LOT OF OUR LIFT STATIONS.
UM, MY PAST EXPERIENCE IN, UH, BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN, UH, SYSTEMS OPERATION READY, UH, IS DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, UH, DO THAT, UH, MAINTAIN.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY SPENT, UH, QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON REHABILITATING THESE LIFT STATIONS.
NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO MAINTAIN THEM AND, UH, ACTUALLY EXTEND THEIR LIFETIME, UH, THEN, UH, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
AND, AND THEN THAT, UH, ASPECT.
UM, SO THE PURCHASE OF THIS WILL, UH, HELP KEEP, UH, LIFT STATIONS OPERATIONAL AT ALL TIMES.
AND, UH, HELP WITH THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THAT THE, THESE, UH, SYSTEMS DO TAKE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WHY NEW ONE? WHY NOT AN OLD ONE? WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR OLD, UH, VECTOR TRUCK.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS OLD.
UH, WE JUST RECENTLY RAN INTO AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE BLOWERS.
UH, UH, IT'S PART OF, IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO THE VECTOR TRUCK, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE ACTUAL VACUUM SUCTION THAT, THAT, THAT IT PERFORMS. UM, IN ORDER TO REHAB THAT ONE, UH, I DID GET, UH, QUOTES FOR IT.
UH, JUST TO REPLACE THAT, THAT COMPONENT ALONE WAS, UH, APPROXIMATELY $80,000.
UM, PUTTING $80,000 INTO A, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S 10 YEARS OLD DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
UM, WE HAVEN'T PURCHASED A NEW ONE.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING INTO PURCHASING SOMETHING SIMILAR.
UH, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, DIFFERENT, UH, ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WE CAN ADD TO IT.
WE WERE LOOKING ALSO INTO BUYING A, UH, HYDRO EXCAVATOR, WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO, UM, PERFORM DIFFERENT, UH, JOBS.
UM, SOMETIMES WE, WE HAVE A WATER BREAK OR, UH, A SEWER BACKUP.
WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO THE SOURCE OF, HEY, WHAT IS IT WE DO DO, UH, OUR LOCATES.
UM, WE CAN'T START DIGGING UNTIL THEY COME AND LOCATE ALL THOSE UTILITIES.
UM, WE CAN HAND DIG, BUT SOMETIMES, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IS FOUR OR FIVE, SIX FEET DEEP IN THE GROUND BY THE TIME WE GET TO IT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, LOCATORS GET THERE.
THIS, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTED INTO IT WHERE WE CAN HYDRO EXCAVATE AND ACTUALLY GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT FASTER WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT ON UTILITY LOCATES.
WE'LL STILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, UH, BEING THAT, HEY, THAT'S THE NORMAL STANDARD INDUSTRY STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
UM, BUT THIS WILL ALSO HELP UTILIZE, UH, WE'LL U PUT THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALSO TO USE.
UM, ARE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
BUT THEY'RE ALL IMPLEMENTED ON THE SAME, ON THE SAME PIECE OF, UH, A TRUCK ON THE SAME EQUIPMENT? THEY'RE ON THE SAME, THEY'RE ON, YES.
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'EM SEPARATELY.UM, ONCE WE, UH, TALKED TO THE VENDOR, ACTUALLY, OUR, OUR, THE SALES REP FOR KINLOCK IS HERE.
UM, ONCE I, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THAT, HE KIND OF LET US KNOW, HEY, THESE ARE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT YOU CAN ADD.
UH, IT'S BASED ON WHAT, UH, THE CITY NEEDS.
UM, SO ONCE WE STARTED LOOKING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, UH, IT, IT MADE SENSE TO US TO INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE, UH, FEATURES INTO, INTO THIS, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
UH, LIKE I SAID, IT ALSO, IT HELPS EXPEDITE, UH, CURRENT, UH, UH, BREAKS AND, UH, WORK ORDERS THAT WE HAVE ON TOP OF MAINTAINING OUR LIFT STATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN REHABBING.
WHERE'S, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? THAT'S IT.
UH, FOR THIS ONE, WE ARE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THE ARPA FUNDS.
UH, THE ARPA FUNDS WERE, UH, DESIGNATED FOR WHITE, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER AND WASTE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, SO WE LOOK AT IT AS, UH, INCORPORATED INTO OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WE NEED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THIS VECTOR TRUCK IN ORDER TO KEEP 'EM OPERATIONAL.
UM, AND WE DO NEED TO UTILIZE, UH, THO THOSE FUNDS, UH, HERE SHORTLY, WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF.
SO WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THIS VEHICLE THAT WOULD, I CAN BRING UP MR. MR. RAFFA.
HE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH DETAIL ON, ON THESE TYPES OF, UH, EQUIPMENT.
THE REASON FOR THAT QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, IS IF WE START PLANNING ON THE FACT THAT IT'S GONNA LAST SO LONG, WE START SAVING SOME MONEY BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IT WON'T BE SUCH A HIT TO US, BUT THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW, UH, AND HE'LL PROBABLY TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ON, ON IT.
IT'S, UH, THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT THEY DO, UH, PROVIDE TO THE CITIES AND FOR TRADE-INS AND, AND, UH, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RETURN ON IT AFTER A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF, WELL, WE CAN BUY A USED ONE NEXT TIME.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MY NAME ISEL CASTILLO FOR KLOCK EQUIPMENT FOR THE RECORD.
SO THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR THESE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THEY LAST ABOUT 10 YEARS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THESE, THESE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ALSO ON THE MAINTENANCE.
WELL, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
WHAT KIND OF MAINTENANCE TRAINING IS THERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? OR WHAT KIND OF MAINTENANCE GOES ALONG WITH IT? KIND OF WARRANTIES? UH, SO DURING DELIVERY, THERE IS TRAINING.
UH, ALONG WITH THAT, WE DO OFFER FREE TRAINING FOR THE LIFE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S TURNOVER OR, YOU KNOW, WE JUST REFRESHER TRAINING.
SO THAT IS OFFERED THROUGH US BY ME, UH, TRAINING BY ME.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION? OH, UH, AS FAR AS TRADE-INS, WE DO HAVE TRADE-IN AVAILABILITY.
SO I JUST NEED TO GET INFORMATION ON THE EQUIPMENT, TRADE IN, WOULD THE TRADE-IN BE POSSIBLE FOR THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT'S REACHED THE 10 YEAR LIMIT? OR, UH, WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
UH, I NEED TO TAKE PICTURES, GET INFORMATION REGARDING THE MILES, THE HOURS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SEE WHAT KIND OF CONDITION THE EQUIPMENT'S IN.
SO I MEAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IS THERE A TRADE-IN VALUE WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, AFTER THE 80,000 AT 10 YEARS, IT'S KIND OF SLIM.
NO, BUT, BUT I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER, I THINK, UH, A**L HAD TOLD ME THAT, UH, YOU CAN USE THAT, UH, THE OLD TRUCK.
IT STILL HAS A, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL USEFUL, THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN USE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THE, THE THING THAT'S FAILING ON THE CURRENT TRUCK THAT WE HAVE IS ON THE, ON THE SUCTION SIDE, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AS A WATER TRUCK AND STILL UTILIZE OUR JETTER.
UM, WHICH WE DO UTILIZE ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, NOW WE, IF WE CAN REPURPOSE IT TO, I KNOW, UH, MAYBE START USING IT FOR STORM DRAIN CLEANINGS AND, AND FLUSHING OUT THINGS LIKE THAT OF THAT NATURE AND STILL PUT IT TO WORK.
'CAUSE IT'S STILL, UH, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT HAS ROUGHLY AROUND 21,000 MILES ON IT.
SO MILES AREN'T THAT, IT'S JUST THE, THE COMPONENTS, UH, UH, ATTACHED TO ON THE, ON THE SEWER SIDE, GASES, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT CORRODES AND EATS AWAY AT CERTAIN COMPONENTS, WHICH THEN WE CAN START SEEING, HEY, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED ON A MORE, ON A, ON A NEED BASIS AS THEY COME UP.
BUT ON AS FAR AS THE WATER SIDE, THE TANK, EVERYTHING STILL WORKS PUMPED.
SO WE'RE STILL ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR IF WE NEED TO.
UM, IN MY OPINION, IF WE NEEDED TO GET RID OF IT, IT WAS PROBABLY MAYBE SEVERAL YEARS BACK AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME IN RETURN.
UM, LIKE HE, MR. CASTILLO SAID IF WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO POSSIBLY SEEING IF, IF WE DO GET SOMETHING IN RETURN.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS GETTING WHAT WE THINK WE COULD GET, IS THAT THE USAGE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? PROBABLY OUT WAY, WHATEVER.
SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO STILL UTILIZE IT FOR, FOR, UH, LIKE I SAID, STORM DRAIN CLEANINGS OF THAT NATURE AND, AND UTILIZE IT VECTOR TRUCK AND JUST KEEP IT ON OUR WASTEWATER.
THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A SILLY QUESTION, BUT WHAT WOULD THE TRUCK COST 10 YEARS AGO,
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I CAN'T SEE FOR 10 YEARS.UH, BUT FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, THESE UNITS WERE RUNNING ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR, CLOSE TO FOUR, A LITTLE BIT UNDER FOUR.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN THAT MUCH OF AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE THEN.
UH, RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FEW INCREASES SINCE COVID, FOR SOME REASON IT'S BEEN REALLY AFFECTING SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO WE'VE BEEN NOTICING, UH, DRAMATIC INCREASE IN PRICE, UH, THESE FEW, COUPLE YEARS MAINTENANCE, THAT'S GONNA ALWAYS BE THE CASE.
SO WE DO OFFER A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
SO THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOCAL TECH BASED OUT OF THE EDINBURGH.
SO FOR, REGARDING MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS, WE'RE PRETTY QUICK TO RESPOND.
WELL, THIS IS A SERVICE, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IS THIS A SERVICE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT OR A SERVICE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY INTO PURCHASE, PAY INTO? SO RIGHT NOW THE TRUCK DOES HAVE WARRANTY.
UH, THERE ARE COMPONENTS THAT DO CARRY A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WATER PUMP, THE WATER TANKS, AND THE DEBRIS BODY.
SO, UH, THOSE DO CARRY A LITTLE BIT LONGER WARRANTY.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, FOR THAT ONE YEAR, WELL, I GUESS FOR THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK, IT'S ON, ON THE CITY.
BUT, UH, DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, REPAIRS ARE ON US AND AFTER THAT WE COME TO YOU AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, THE ISSUE IS.
OH, BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU'LL DO A GOOD JOB, UH, AS FAR AS FINDING, FINDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF PLAN YOU HAVE FOR HIM.
COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MAYOR.
UH, MR. GARCIA, HAVE WE EVER CONSIDERED, UM, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS JUST BY THE BUY BOARD, DOING BIDS, GOING OUT FOR BIDS? I MEAN, 'CAUSE THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT.
UM, FOR THIS TYPE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE NOT READILY AVAILABLE.
SO THEY'RE ON A, HEY, UH, AS PER REQUESTED FOR WHOEVER NEEDS TO PURCHASE THESE MM-HMM.
UM, THIS, UH, THEY'RE LIKE HE SAID, THEY, THEY HAVE A LOCAL TECH HERE.
THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
UM, GIVEN THAT THEY WERE ON A BUYBOARD, KIND OF EXPEDITE OUR PROCESS TO, UH, TO GET THE QUOTES, UH, AND VIA BUYBOARD, UH, HENCE WHAT THEY'RE, THOSE, UH, THE BUYBOARD IS, IS SET THERE FOR CITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO, THEY'VE DONE THEIR VETTING.
UM, SO WE TRY TO EXPEDITE THAT.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THEIR BUYBOARD, UH, QUOTE.
UM, WE CAN GET OTHER QUOTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
'CAUSE THIS IS SUCH A, THIS IS ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
I MEAN, TO, FOR THE CITY TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S USING THE, UH, FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE COVID THING.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE OUR OPTIONS.
INSTEAD OF JUST HANDING ME ONE HERE, THIS IS THE ONE WE WE WANNA GET.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE JUST TO FOCUS JUST ON ONE ROGER THAT.
WELL, THEN IF WE MISS, IF WE WE'RE GONNA MISS THE, THE DEADLINE I HAVE.
IF WE LOSE THIS, IF WE DON'T BUY IT, WE LOSE IT.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS, IS THERE OTHER COMPANIES OR OTHER CITIES? WE ALSO HAD THE ISSUE WITH OUR PD YEAH.
VEHICLE THAT WEREN'T AVAILABLE.
IS THAT SOMETHING, TRUST ME, I'M ONE ABOUT RQS.
I HATE WHEN PEOPLE JUST GO SINGLE OUT AND HIRE WHO THEY WANT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA MISS AN OPPORTUNITY OR PUT OURSELVES IN A WORSE POSITION.
IT'S GONNA COME BACK AND BE HIGHER PRICE.
SO, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, THE NEW BUDGET'S COMING.
SO RIGHT NOW, CITIES ARE PUTTING IN THEIR ORDERS FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
SO IT IS AS A FIRST COME PERSONAL BASIS.
SO THE LONGER WE WAIT ON THIS EQUIPMENT, THE FURTHER PUSHED OUT IT GETS.
WHAT'S DELIVERY RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW, I THINK FOR THESE UNITS, WE'RE LOOKING AT SHY OF A YEAR.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING A YEAR FROM NOW BEFORE WE CAN GET THIS ONE.
THE PRICE GONNA GO UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
UH, IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TODAY, IT DOESN'T GO UP.
BUT IF WE DECIDE TOMORROW IT DOES.
WELL, AS LONG AS THE QUOTAS IS, UH, VALID.
THE QUOTE'S VALID UNTIL THE, HOW LONG IS IT VALID FOR? FOR 30 DAYS.
SO 30 DAYS UNTIL, I THINK 30 DAYS.
IT'S UTILIZE SOME OF THEM 30 DAYS.
UH, SO, SO WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT DO? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAYBE GET OTHER PRICES AS WELL, NOT JUST THIS ONE.
CAN I ASK YOU, MR. GARCIA, WHY YOU PICKED THIS ONE? THEY WERE ONE OF THE ONLY VENDORS THAT COME IN.
I BY BOARD IS SOMETHING THAT IS STATE CERTIFIED.
IT'S AN AMAZING TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
UM, DID YOU MAKE COMPARISONS ALREADY ON YOUR OWN TIME? WE LOOKED INTO OTHER ONES.
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DFA FROM KEN LOCK IS ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY STOPPED BY AND KIND OF WALKED US THROUGH THE PROCESS.THEY BROUGHT EVEN ONE JUST TO, TO DEMO IT FOR US.
UM, ONCE WE LOOKED AT ALL THE OPTIONS, UM, HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, PUT IT TOGETHER AND PUT DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE WILL NEED, UH, LIKE THE, THE HYDRO EXCAVATOR ON TOP OF THE VECTOR TRUCK, UM, WE DECIDED TO KIND OF GO THIS ROUTE, UM, THAT IT WOULD SERVE, UH, DIFFERENT PURPOSES AS WELL.
UM, AND HENCE WHY WE, WE ENDED UP CHOOSING TO GO THIS ROUTE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN, UH, I COULD GO OUT AGAIN AND, AND, UH, LOOK FOR MORE, UH, FOR MORE QUOTES, UM, AND IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD CHOOSE.
CAN YOU DO SOME, UH, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US A COURT BEFORE THE 30 DAYS? UH, YES.
SO BEFORE, SO THAT, THAT WE WON'T LOSE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT, DENNIS.
I KNOW IT'S A SHOCK TO THEM, BUT MR. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE PLANNED ON SINCE WE GOT OUR ARPA FUNDS.
I MEAN, THIS WAS ONE OF THE GOALS WE LOOKED FORWARD TO.
WE'VE, SO, I MEAN, THE PRICE ISN'T SHOCKING TO US.
WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT DAN, AND THINK, I THINK WE HAD INITIALLY WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WAS, UH, THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN I, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, AND IT WAS ROUGHLY AROUND THE SAME PRICE RANGE.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS ONE THAT, UH, CAME IN.
UM, I THINK IT'S THIS 1 0 3 90? NO, I THINK IT WAS, UH, LIKE SIX.
THERE WAS ONE THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
AND IT, AND IT'S ALSO DEPENDENT ON WHAT TYPE OF CHASSIS? UM, OKAY.
BECAUSE THAT THE, IF YOU GO SINGLE AXLE, DOUBLE AXLE, UH, THAT KIND OF GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY ON THE YARDAGE, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
I BELIEVE THIS ONE'S A 10 YARD, SO IT'S, THIS ONE'S A SINGLE AXLE.
UM, SO IT'S NOT, IF WE WANTED TO GO BIGGER, WE COULD GO BIGGER, MORE MONEY.
UM, BUT FOR THE SIZE THAT WE GOT, AND CONSIDERING WE DO HAVE 36 LIFT STATIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.
AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE A VECTOR TRUCK.
SO OUTSOURCING IT HAS ALSO BEEN KIND OF, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, UH, IN, ON A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE TO, OKAY, WHEN CAN I RENT IT OUT AND HOW LONG CAN I UTILIZE IT FOR THE TIME THAT I DO HAVE AND WHICH LIFT STATIONS I NEED TO ADDRESS? UM, AND CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE DOING REHAB ON CERTAIN LIFT STATIONS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE DEADLINE SPECIFICALLY ON THESE LIFT STATIONS.
SO, SO HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN, UH, UH, RENTING OUT THE, THIS EQUIPMENT? WE'VE RENTED OUT A VECTOR TRUCK, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN TWICE, UM, TO, I THINK WE HAD, UH, A BREAK ON 77, RIGHT.
WHICH WAS CAUSING A BACKUP ON LUT OVER ON COMFORT, UH, COMFORT LANE.
UM, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND, UH, UH, RENTED OUT ONE THERE SO WE CAN PUMP DOWN THE LIFT STATION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY ONCE WE PUMP IT DOWN, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, TAKE IT TO OUR OWN WASTEWATER PLANT AND, AND DUMP OVER THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE FOLLOW ALL PROTOCOLS, TAKE TESTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HARMING OUR OWN PLANT, GIVEN IT'S OUR OWN SYSTEM.
BUT WE STILL GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
BUT, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, TO RENT OUT THOSE.
AND WE, WE HAVE DONE IN THE, UH, HERE IN THIS SHORT.
SO CAN YOU GIVE US SOMETHING FOR, UH, AN NEXT, UH, CITY MEETING? YES, I CAN GET YOU SOME.
I'M NOTICING ON THE PROPOSAL NOTES.
THE PRICES QUOTED HEREIN OUR FIRM UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE FOURTH.
OUR NEXT CITY MEETING IS SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH.
I'M KIND OF, I'M KIND OF OFF THE MIND THAT I, I'M KIND OF A MIND.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND I, I AGREE WITH THE, THE, THE SHOPPING AND TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH MONEY.
BUT I'M, I'M ALSO NOT CERTAIN THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT WE'VE DONE ENOUGH AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA SAVE MUCH BY SPENDING MUCH MORE TIME TRYING TO LOOK INTO THIS AND GO AFTER IT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S MY FEELING.
BUT I JUST, WE GOTTA MOVE TOO.
AND I THINK WHEN, WHEN, UH, WE FIRST, UH, I THINK WE HAD OUR, OUR WORKSHOP MEETING LAST YEAR.
WE, WE WERE DIRECTED TO, HEY, UH, LET'S GET A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN GOING.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST THE, UH, A PICTURE OF, HEY, HEY, WHAT IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED THAT WE SEE IS VITAL, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR? UH, AND IT WAS ON THE WISHLIST.
AND THIS ONE WAS ONE OF, UH, OF THE HELD OFF A AS MUCH AS WE COULD, WE DID PURCHASE A LOT OF, UH, STREETS EQUIPMENT.
'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO GET GOING ON, UM, ONCE WE MADE THOSE PURCHASES.
UH, AND THEN RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN PROLONGING IT.
BUT THEN ONCE THE, OUR VECTOR TRUCK, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE WENT OUT, AND THEN I GOT THAT, UH, THE PROPOSAL FOR, FOR REHAB ON THAT AT $80,000.
IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME TO PUMP ANY MORE MONEY.
SO, UM, WE HAD ALREADY DONE A WALKTHROUGH AND THEY HAD SHOWN US THEIR, UH, THEIR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY BROUGHT.
UM, SO I DECIDED TO TOUCH BASE AGAIN WITH MR. DFA JUST TO, UH, WALK THROUGH AND SEE, HEY, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED THAT MAKES SENSE FOR US, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, HENCE WHY I ENDED UP GOING WITH, WITH HIS PROPOSAL.
AND MR. GARCIA, HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN SITTING ON THIS FOR? THIS ONE? YES.
UH, THIS ONE I RECEIVED IT LAST FRIDAY OR TWO WEEKS AGO.
NO, BUT I MEAN THIS, THIS VEHICLE THAT WE WANNA PURCHASE, I MEAN, AS I
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HEARD COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SAYING THAT WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME, THAT THE PRICE WAS GONNA BE THIS HIGH.HOW LONG HAVE WE KNOWN ABOUT THIS THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN SITTING ON IT? IT SEEMS LIKE, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST GENERATED THAT.
UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OR THE OUTLOOK.
I THINK WE DID A 20 YEAR PLAN.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THE MAIN PURCHASES THAT WE WERE DOING WERE, UH, STREET EQUIPMENTS.
UH, SO WE MADE THOSE PURCHASES.
I THINK WE STARTED OFF WITH, UH, THE BROACH ROOM, AND THEN WE DID THE ROLLER.
UM, WE DID THE TIMCO SWEEPER AS WELL.
UM, GIVEN THOSE WERE DIFFERENT, UH, FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY CAME FROM.
UH, BUT THIS ONE, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS ON OUR FISCAL YEAR FOR, FOR, UH, 20 22, 20 23, UH, TO MAKE THE PURCHASE.
WE, WE CONTACTED, UH, KINLOCK.
UM, AT THAT TIME, OUR CURRENT, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS WORKING, UH, ONCE IT WENT DOWN AND THEN WE KIND OF, HEY, IT'S GONNA BE 80, $85,000.
THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE NOW WE DO NEED TO MAKE THE PURCHASE.
UH, 'CAUSE RENTING OUT IS JUST GONNA BE MORE, UH, COSTLY, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, BUT THANK YOU FOR MOVING ON THIS, I KNOW YOU'RE FAIRLY NEW TO THE DIRECTOR POSITION.
THIS WASN'T EVEN YOUR JOB AND YOU JUMPED ON IT QUICKLY AND GOT IT DONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS OR DO I WHAT MOTION DO YOU ALL WANT? UH, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
OKAY, SO WE GOT THE COMMISSIONER MORALES NAY.
[23. Discussion and action to reconsider and ratify the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan for the Community Block Grant (CDBG) funding and authorize the mayor to sign the corresponding application for Federal Assistance.]
UH, MR. MARTINEZ SIGNS.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
THIS AGENDA ITEM IS THE 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 30, 20, 24.
OF THAT AMOUNT, 207,746 IS ALLOCATED FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENT DEBT PAYMENT.
AND $66,702, WHICH EQUALS TO 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION LEAVING A BALANCE OF $59,062 AVAILABLE TO ALLOCATE DISCRETION.
THIS YEAR, FOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTED FUNDING THE ORGANIZATION ARE CASA MAGGIE'S HOUSE, SUNSHINE HAVEN, AND AMIGO VAL, WHICH SERVICE DISADVANTAGED ABUSE AND NEGLECTED CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO.
LAST YEAR, THREE OF THE REFERENCED ORGANIZATIONS WERE AWARDED $12,309 EACH.
UPON REVIEW OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS, ALL THE SUB-RECIPIENTS 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 IS A 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND A DECISION ON HOW TO ALLOCATE THE REMAINING $59,062.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DID THEY CONSIDER ANY SORT OF DISBURSEMENT OR I GUESS ADVISE US ON HOW TO PROVIDE OR MAYBE SPLIT IT TO THE NONPROFITS? OR WAS IT JUST STRICTLY IT WAS STRICTLY PARTS.
SO THEY NEVER, DID THEY CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE OR NO, IT WAS, UH, RATHER THAN THE NON-PROFITS, JUST TO THE, THE PARKS.
UM, HOW MANY, UH, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS? WE HAVE FOUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEY ALL MET THE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ALL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.
AND IS THE CITY IN IT ALSO? WE COULD BE.
IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE PLAN TO, UH, ALLOCATE THE FUNDS, YOU CAN SPLIT IT UP INTO FIVE.
SO WE GOT THE, I'M JUST GOING BY THE WAY, UH, ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE GOT THE HAVEN, SUNSHINE HAVEN, UH, MONICA'S HOUSE, GAA, AND WHO ELSE AMIGOS, AMI AND THEN YOU GOT CITY.
LIKE I SAID, COMMISSIONER, I STILL, LIKE I SAID, UH, I DON'T MIND GIVING THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, I JUST WANT THE, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY TO BE IN IT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND WE NEED TO HURRY UP AND FINISH.
SO I DON'T MIND, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION TO ME? IT IS LIKE A SUGGESTION IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, 12? WELL, FIRST MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
I WANT TO, UM, I KNOW WE BROUGHT THIS UP, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD.
AND I ASKED AMIR IF WE COULD BRING IT BACK UP FOR RECONSIDERATION.
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UM, 'CAUSE THESE NONPROFITS DO A LOT FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR YOUTH, FOR ADULTS.AND I, I DO HAVE TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ WHEN SHE VOTED THE LAST TIME, WHEN SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT VOTED TO, UM, VOTED, UH, TO GIVE TO THE NONPROFITS.
SO I, I HAVE TO SAY, I HAD COME IN ON THAT AND AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT, RECONSIDERING THAT WE NEED TO GIVE TO THESE NONPROFITS.
UM, I KNOW MAYOR, YOU WANT SOME FOR THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WILL BE LEFT AFTER GIVING TO THESE.
BUT, UM, LIKE FOR PARKS, I JUST REALLY BELIEVE THAT OUR PARKS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE SUSTAINING THEMSELVES.
UM, SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THESE NONPROFITS.
AND THEN IF THEY'D LIKE TO SAY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT, THEN, UH, TO THE CITY, TO, I'M SORRY, THEN TO THE CITY.
BUT, UM, I JUST THINK THESE NONPROFITS, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
UM, I'M ALL FOR COMPROMISING MAYOR, IF THERE'S AN IDEA YOU HAVE, BUT I DO THINK THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, I MYSELF DID TWO YEARS OF NON-PROFIT WORK AND I WAS AN ATTORNEY AD LITEM FOR THE CHILDREN.
SO THE WORK YOU ALL DO IS BE BEYOND AMAZING.
UM, THE IMPACT YOU HAVE ON THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES AND THE CHILDREN OF SANTO IS JUST TREMENDOUS.
UM, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS A CASA VOLUNTEER.
SHE ACTUALLY SITS ON TWO OF OUR BOARD.
I MEAN, THE STORY SHE HAS WITH HER CHILDREN, I MEAN, THEY CAN'T EVEN HAVE
YOU DO AMAZING WITH OUR CHILDREN, AND I REALLY DO THINK YOU DESERVE OUR SUPPORT.
UM, WELL, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, 12,000 FOR EACH OF, FOR EACH OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
THEN WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER WOULD BE FOR THE CITY.
MY ONLY COMMENT, UM, IS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND WE EMPOWER.
SO THAT WOULD BE 11 FOR US OR, YEAH, WELL, WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, 12,000 EACH AND THEN, UH, WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER FOR THE CITY.
MY, MY ONLY COMMENT IS, IS THAT WE, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER A, A, UH, A C B G C C B D G BOARD, YES WE DID.
WE DID HAVE, AND, AND WE GET THEM THE AUTHORITY TO AND ASK FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY.
I WANNA HONOR WHAT IT IS THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.
WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, IS THAT THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE LOOKING FOR THESE FUNDS GO SPEAK TO THAT BOARD PRIOR TO COMING HERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE KIND OF THAT CONFLICT GOING ON.
SO I WANT ANY OF THEM NOW SERVING ON THAT BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY, WE, WE DO SUPPORT THEM AND ARE SORRY THAT THEY DID NOT GET TO SEE THESE PRESENTATIONS FROM THESE GREAT PEOPLE DOING THESE THINGS.
AND ALSO FOR THEM TO GET A GOOD OUTLOOK ON OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I'LL BE HONEST, AFTER WE VOTED ON THE C D B G AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT WE HAD A PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE NIKKI STATED THAT NOT EVEN HALF OF OUR PARKS AND RECS, UM, BUDGET WAS EVEN USED.
SO HERE WE ARE PUTTING MORE INTO IT WHEN IT HASN'T BEEN USED.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD EITHER.
SO THEY NEED A FULL WELL OUTLOOK ON THEN WE NEED TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE OUR OUR PARKS AND RECS, BECAUSE THE THING IS, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB AND THERE'S MONEY'S IN THERE, I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL, GAN HASN'T BEEN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF TARGET, OH MY GOD.
I KNOW THAT IS THE, OKAY, SO THAT THORN USED, GOT THE LANDRUM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE RESTROOMS AND LANDRUM, YOU STILL GOT THE OTHER LITTLE SMALL PARKS OVER HERE AT THE, ON, ON STINGER THAT HASN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START, UH, LOOKING INTO IT.
AND, AND AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS MONIES THAT WE NEED TO HOLD OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES ALSO ACCOUNTABLE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND.
UM, 12 EACH AND THEN WHATEVER LOOKED OVER TO THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU.
UH, Y'ALL GIMME A RECOMMENDATION.
ALSO, I, I LIKE TO SAY TO THE NONPROFITS AS WELL, THE ONES THAT CAME TODAY AND THE ONES THAT CAME TO THE LAST MEETING, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, THE WORK Y'ALL DO.
I HAVE VOLUNTEERED IN THE SCHOOLS FOR 25 YEARS AND I SEE WHAT Y'ALL DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THESE KIDS.
SO, UM, I APPLAUD YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS TO BE TREMENDOUS ON YOU.
UM, I APPLAUD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL FOR WHICH I DO FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AGAIN, UM, I JUST, I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T DO THIS THE FIRST TIME, BUT WE WE'RE HERE TO RECTIFY THAT.
SO, UH, UH, DO I HAVE, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS INTO A MOTION, TOVI AND WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER FOR THE CITY.
GET A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
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MOTION PASSES.UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, WHO WAS THE FIRST MOTION? UH, I HAD, I MADE THE, I MADE THE MOTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
UH, MS. MCINNIS, WE SKIPPED 24 SIR? NO, 24.
I WROTE EVERYTHING ON THE BOTTOM AND I JUST SKIPPED IT.
[24. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint or re-appoint members to the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC). a) Place 4- Appointee, Term Expired June 30, 2022.]
MICHAEL CORTEZ, POLICE CAPTAIN SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT LIAISON TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD.
UH, THE TERM FOR THE SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD PLACED FOUR AGAIN ORIGINALLY EXPIRED, UH, ON JUNE THE 30TH, 2022.
TODAY'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THAT NOMINATION TO REMOVE A POINT OR REAPPOINT A NUMBER TO A MEMBER TO PLACE FOUR BE MADE.
AND THAT'S COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? YES, THAT IS MY MOTION.
UM, SINCE THE LAST, I THINK LIKE THREE MEETINGS, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED.
SO I REACHED OUT TO MR. RIOS, UM, SINCE HE'S BEEN HOLDING THE POSITION, UM, AS A CARRYOVER AND HE AGREED.
SO I NOMINATE TO KEEP MR. JULIANS ON THE POSITION.
I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
NOW, NUMBER, DID WE PICK UP ANY, UH, I'M SORRY.
CAN WE HAVE A COUNCIL? THE HALL MEETING.
DID WE PICK UP ANY APPLICATIONS? DID ANYBODY SUBMIT ANY, UH, COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS? ARE YOU I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY.
I KNOW SOME WERE PICKED UP AND SOME WERE WERE SAYING, BUT I, THAT, UH, THEY WEREN'T TURNED IN.
THEY WANTED TO, BUT NONE HAVE TURNED 'EM IN.
[25. Consideration and possible action to cancel the October 3, 2023 Regular City Commission Meeting for Elected Officials and Administration to attend the 2023 Texas Municipal League Annual Conference.]
25, MS. MCGINNIS.GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, UM, TO RECEIVE, UM, A DIRECTIVE FROM THE CITY COMMISSIONER WHETHER TO RESCHEDULE OR CANCEL THE MEETING, UM, TO OCTOBER THE 10TH TO A SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING BEING, WE NEED TO, UH, CANCEL THE OCTOBER 3RD DUE TO ATTENDING THE T M L CONFERENCE.
DO WE NEED THE, WHEN WE GET TO THAT, UH, AFTERWARDS WE COME AT, UH, WE FIND OUT IF WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING? YES, SIR.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CANCEL OCTOBER 3RD? UH, CITY, REGULAR CITY MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL JUST GO AT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT DAY, WE NEED TO MAKE A SPECIAL MEETING WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES TO CANCEL OCTOBER 3RD, THE REGULAR CITY MEETING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL, I'LL SECOND IT.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO CANCEL OCTOBER 3RD, REGULAR CITY MEETING.
AND ITEM 26? I DON'T THINK NOBODY HAS ANYTHING.
AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ADJOURN.