Nov 21, 2023 Commission Meetings

I RECEIVED MY C-F-E-C-F-E-A CERTIFICATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND EVENTS ASSOCIATION, AND I'M NOW A CERTIFIED FESTIVAL AND EVENTS ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATE.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, I HAVE LEARNED FROM SOME OF THE TOP PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY.

I'M EXCITED TO INCORPORATE MY NEWFOUND KNOWLEDGE INTO OUR EVENTS AND WILL USE IT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEM AND TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

MY GOAL IS TO CREATE AWARD-WINNING EVENTS FOR THE CITY.

I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION I'VE, I'VE RECEIVED FROM ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE ASSISTED THAT, THAT HAVE ASSISTED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR EVENTS.

THE GUIDANCE FROM MY DIRECTOR, CITY LEADERS AND COLLEAGUES HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MY JOURNEY.

MY PASSION FOR OUR EVENTS AND MY COMMUNI AND MY COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY IS PARAMOUNT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH AND MY ROLE AS CITY SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.

UM, GREAT, GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

GOOD.

SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER ON, ON, ON OUR BEHALF.

MY BEHALF.

THANK YOU, NIKKI.

SHE'S NOT HERE, IS SHE? UM, NO, I DON'T.

WE'LL CATCH HER LATER, .

I GUESS THAT'S ALL WE HAD.

AND I GUESS WRITE HER UP THEN.

SHE'S NOT HERE.

, I GUESS SHE, I GUESS SHE'S AT AN EVENT.

AND WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THEN TAP HER IN THE BACK.

GO AHEAD.

UH, ONE OTHER THING.

WE HAVE THE, UM, ANNUAL CASTILIAN ROSES EXHIBITION WILL OPEN AT THE SAN BENITO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH.

UH, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS MONTH.

UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL THESE EVENTS OR MORE AND MORE, VISIT, UH, WWW CITY OF SAN BENITO.COM

[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).]

MAYOR.

UH, RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.

MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, ANN ENGEL.

UM, COMMISSIONER, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PACKET RIGHT THERE ON THE, UH, FRONT AND SUN.

DID ANYONE TEST THIS MIC? GOOD.

MY NAME IS ANN ENGEL, AND I AM A WINTER TEXAN.

I RESIDE AT 1400 Z LOCK.

I'M IN SAN BENITO.

UH, FIRST I APOLOGIZE IF MY MOVEMENTS ARE A LITTLE DISTRACTING.

I HAVE PARKINSON'S IN THE, THE, UH, ADRENALINE DOESN'T KEEP, OR IT'S MORE THAN MY MEDICATION.

SO SOMETIMES IT .

IT'S A LITTLE DISTRACTING, BUT, UH, NO, IT'S OKAY, MAN.

I'M A PROUD WINTER TEXAN.

SO, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL SHUFFLEBOARD COMPETITION THAT WE WERE AWARDED, AND WE WILL BE HOSTING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN OUR PARK NEXT OCTOBER 27TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST.

UM,

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I'VE SPENT 11 SEASONS AT FUN AND SUN.

FIRST YEAR WE RENTED RIGHT NEXT DOOR, NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE GOOGLED WHERE TO PLAY SHUFFLEBOARD.

IT'S 300 FEET THAT WAY.

SO WE TOOK OUR LITTLE STICKS AND WALKED UP THE ROAD AND WENT INTO FUN AND SUN.

AND, UH, THE REST IS HISTORY WE WANTED IN THERE.

AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH MY GOSH.

THERE'S FRESH MEAT.

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

, UM, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAS A VERY LARGE SHUFFLEBOARD COMMUNITY.

THE TEXAS SHUFFLEBOARD ASSOCIATION HOLDS A TOURNAMENT EVERY WEEK, NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.

UM, WE HOLD TWO NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS IN OUR PARK REGULARLY.

THESE TOURNAMENTS DRAW AROUND 150 PARTICIPANTS EVERY WEEK.

UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE COMPETED AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR SHUFFLEBOARD ON TEAM CANADA IN 2016.

IN BRAZIL, WE PLACED 12 AND 13TH 2018 IN AUSTRIA.

HE PLACED FOURTH AND I PLACED 12TH, 2022 IN CANADA.

WE BOTH WITHDREW WITH COVID AND 23 IN ST.

PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

LAST MONTH HE PLACED 20 AND I PLACED 24TH.

VERY TOUGH FLORIDA PEOPLE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE KNOW THE GAME IN 2019.

WE PETITIONED THE INTERNATIONAL SHUFFLE BOARD ASSOCIATION TO HOLD THE TOURNAMENT IN OUR PARK.

IT WAS CANCELED DUE TO COVID.

WE PETITIONED AGAIN IN AUGUST 22, AND WE WERE AWARDED.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING OF 150 PARTICIPANTS, PLAYERS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS TO ATTEND FROM AUSTRIA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, AND THE US.

THEN WE'LL TAKE, UH, TIME TO SEE THE SITES EITHER SIDE OF THAT WEEK LONG PERIOD.

WE HAVE OPENING CEREMONIES WITH A PARADE OF NATIONS, A MEET AND GREET RECEPTION, TOURNAMENT PLAY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

THEY HAVE SOME FREE TIME IN THE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAYS ARE BANQUET.

SO ECONOMICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ACCOMMODATING 235 ROOM NIGHTS AT $45,600.

TRANSPORTATION WAS QUOTED AT 9,000.

CATERING.

LUNCHES WERE BUDGETED FOR 15.

RECEPTIONISTS WERE BUDGETED FOR 12 THREE RESTAURANT DINNERS BUDGETED AT 15,000, SO DIRECTLY NORTH OF 97,000.

UM, I'LL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS.

, WRAP IT UP, UH, DIRECTLY NORTH OF 97,000 IS WHAT WE'LL BE SPENDING ON THIS TOURNAMENT IN THE AREA.

SO WE CAN'T CONVINCE THE GERMANS OR THE JAPANESE, BUT 50% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AMERICANS AND CANADIANS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DRAWING THEM INTO SAN BENITO AND TO FUN AND SUN AND HELP OUT.

SO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

MAYOR, MS. UH, LINDA GONZALEZ.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE.

ANYBODY ELSE? TWO MORE.

TWO MORE? OKAY.

YES, PLEASE.

WE NEED, UH, DIANA SANCHEZ SANCHEZ WHEN I START THIS.

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ANYBODY ELSE? UM, YES.

MS. GONZALEZ, MS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND LINDA .

MAY I APPROACH AND GIVE YOU THESE COPIES? SURE.

KIND OF GOTTEN NOTHING FROM MY CATHOLIC CHURCH, UNFORTUNATELY.

UM, I'M HERE TO, UM, THIS, I'M LINDA GONZALEZ, 4 6 4 L VITA STREET, SAN BENITO.

BEEN HERE TOO LONG.

ALL MY LIFE MAINLY.

UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, HAD SHARED SOMETHING WITH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, WE WANT SOME OF US, UH, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, BEEN INTERESTED IN THE SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS OR PROGRAM.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES SAID, HEY, THERE'S GOTTA BE A PLACE IN TEXAS THAT HAS SOMETHING.

SOME WERE, WE'VE GOT SIMILARITIES AS, AS A CITY.

AND I FOUND THE CITY OF NETHERLAND.

AND ACTUALLY IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE THE, UH, CITY MANAGER IS FROM THE VALLEY.

HE WAS EDUCATED AT NOW U-T-R-G-V, AND HE WAS A CITY MANAGER IN MISSION.

SO HE ACTUALLY, CHRISTOPHER DUKE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THE SPAY AND NEUTER.

I LOOKED AT, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE BEGINNING IS PART OF THEIR PROGRAM, BUT THE BACKSIDE IS, I KIND OF LOOKED AT THEIR BUDGET AND WANTED TO SEE THE SIMILARITIES BE SOME BETWEEN SAN BENITO AND, UH, THE CITY OF NETHERLAND.

AND IT WAS KIND OF SIMILAR.

OF COURSE, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY.

THEY HAVE LISTED THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS THEY'RE, UM, SPENT ON, UM, I THINK ANIMAL CONTROL THERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PRETTY LARGE, THE BUDGET.

AND, UH, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE ASKED FOR A FOIA AND IT WAS VERY MINIMAL FOR SAN BENITO.

UH, I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE CITY, NOT JUST FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE, BUT FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T, AS NEIGHBORS ARE AGAINST EACH OTHER.

'CAUSE YOU'LL SEE SOME LADIES FEEDING THE CATS AND SOME LADIES AGAINST THAT BECAUSE THEY COME AROUND, THEY HAVE BABIES AND WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THEM.

SO I'M HOPING THAT, UH, WITH THE HELP OF CITIZENS, SUCH AS IT SAYS IN OUR CHART THAT WE ARE ON TOP AND WE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT YOU ALL SERVE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING IN, IN A SENSE OF THAT YOU'RE BELOW US, BUT TOGETHER, WE WORK TOGETHER.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESOURCES SUCH AS, I KNOW WE HAVE THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.

I HAVEN'T APPROACHED THEM, UH, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET STARTED.

THE COMMUNITY INTERESTS LIKE A, UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED? A PANTRY, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BUDGETS AND IT'S GONE THROUGH THE ROOF AS FAR AS ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, FOOD.

SO MAYBE AS A COMMUNITY WE CAN COME TOGETHER.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO APPROACH THE CHURCHES AND I'VE

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BUT I THINK I SPOKE TO A GENTLEMAN AT MARKET DAYS AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO SOME, SOME EPISCOPAL OR SOME CHURCH HERE IN SAN BENITO THAT MAYBE I COULD GO IN, OR SOME OF US COULD GO IN AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DONATING? WE COULD GET WITH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.

THEY'RE WILLING TO HAVE IT THERE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE CARE OF ACTUALLY ISSUING OUT.

THE OTHER THING WOULD BE, UM, THE MARQUEE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, LADIES IN MY GROUP SAYING, CAN WE USE THAT MARQUEE FOR THINGS THAT COULD BENEFIT MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, LIKE THIS THING ABOUT THE, UM, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? THE, UM, THE, UH, VACCINATIONS.

I HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS THAT WASN'T IN MY GROUP THAT SAID, HEY, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

'CAUSE IT WAS LIKE, KIND OF LIKE REAL SHORT NOTICE.

UH, I HAD HEARD THAT COUNTY HAD TO TURN AWAY PEOPLE, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE COME FROM OTHER COUNTIES.

SO MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT COULD HELP MAYBE GET THESE NOTIFICATIONS OUT SOONER.

AGAIN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY TAKES VOLUNTEERS, BUT I'M POSSIBLY RETIRING, SO I'LL, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE A VOLUNTEER .

SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS TO BE SEPARATELY FROM THE OTHER TOPIC.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP VICKY FROM VICKY'S RESTAURANT IN THEIR PRAYER, IN HER, IN THEIR PRAYERS.

SHE JUST RECENTLY LOST HER DAUGHTER, JOSIE RODRIGUEZ.

THEY DO HAVE A SERVICE GOING ON TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE THE BURIAL AS WELL.

SO JUST KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS, PLEASE.

YES, THANK YOU.

YES, WE DO.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS THE, UM, LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT.

[6. Presentation of the Cascos & Associates, P.C. Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Representation Letter pertaining to the City of San Benito, the Economic Development Corporation, Inc., and the San Benito Firemen Relief and Retirement Fund.]

CORRECT.

JUST, UH, ACTION ON THE LETTER ENGAGEMENT FOR THE, UH, FISCAL FISCAL YEAR AUDIT 2223, UH, BY COSTCOS AND ASSOCIATES AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

SO STEPHANIE, SHE'S GOING TO, I MEAN, DO YOU WANT HER, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TO, TO HIRE HIM TO DO THE AUDIT.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO I NEED HIM? IT'S JUST AN ACTION ITEM.

SO WE'RE GOING FORWARD, UM, OKAY.

YES, .

ALRIGHT.

UH, NO ACTION ON THAT.

AND ITEM 7, 8, 9, 10, AND 11 PERTAIN TO THE SAN BENITO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE ENTITY.

SO TO MS. LANDRUM, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY, UH, JULIE LANDRUM, SAM,

[7. Discussion and possible action on amending the bylaws of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation.]

EDC TODAY.

UM, FIRST OFF, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE ARE PRESENTING AMENDED BYLAWS FOR THE SAMUEL EDC.

UM, THERE ARE NOTES IN THE DOCUMENT, UM, REMOVING OVERSIGHT SERVICES BY THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS STARTED BACK IN MAY 25TH, 2023, THE BOARD ROLE TO, UM, TERMINATE OUR CONTRACT FOR CEO SERVICES.

SO WE PROVIDED THE 30 DAY NOTICE ON JULY 20TH.

WE REVIEWED, UH, AND DISCUSSED WHAT SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS MIGHT BE.

AND THEN ON THE EIGHTH IS WHEN WE, UM, AT THE BOARD, I'M SORRY, WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED THESE CHANGES.

SO TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING IT TO CONFIRM AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES.

UM, I WOULD, I WANNA MAKE A, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY TO APPROVE.

AND, UH, I ALSO WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES.

WELL, I FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES ON THE, THE BYLAWS.

AND, UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS.

SO WE'VE GOT TWO MOTIONS.

SO WE, WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

DO I HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS? NO, SECOND.

SO THE MOTION TO TABLE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I GUESS TO TABLE THIS.

DO I HAVE A SECOND TO TABLE THIS? SECOND.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.

[8. Discussion and possible action on Small Business Investment Program Amendments.]

SANTO TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AVAILABLE FUNDING.

SO MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

WE ARE PRESENTING BOTH OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. THEY FALL UNDER, OR TWO PROGRAMS FALL UNDER THIS.

OUR S OUR RENT SUBSIDY GRANT, AS WELL AS OUR COMMERCIAL, UM, FACADE IMPROVEMENT.

THE CHANGES ARE TO ACCEPT LOCAL FRANCHISEES STILL EXCLUDING NATIONAL, UH, FRANCHISES.

AND, UM, STILL ADHERING TO A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK.

WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM OUR EIGHT APPLICANTS FROM OUR RENT SUBSIDY GRANT.

AND WHAT ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE TO OUR PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR APPLICANTS AND BUSINESSES IN

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SO THAT WAS ONE ITEM.

AND THE OTHER ITEM WAS, UH, DEPENDING ON THEIR BUSINESS, THEY HAVE CERTAIN PEAK HOURS.

SO WE, INSTEAD OF HAVING SPECIFIED HOURS OF OPERATION, WE MOVED TO HAVE IT A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK.

AND THEN JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, HOW MUCH THAT ALLOCATED BUDGET IS, AS WELL AS, UH, AT THE TIME OF APPROVALS.

SO, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUTLINED, BUT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I SEE THAT THE, UH, THE OTHER AMENDMENT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, A FRANCHISE FRANCHISEE.

, UH, NATIONAL CHAIN TYPE OF FRANCHISE THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE ALSO.

CORRECT.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, PROVIDE US ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTATION AND MEET REQUIREMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

AND IT WOULD STILL BE A BOARD DECISION AT THAT TIME.

AND THERE'S A CAP ON A REVENUE THAT THEY CAN MAKE TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS.

RIGHT.

THERE IS A CAP ON REVENUE.

THERE IS A CAP ON HOW MUCH FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

IT'S 5,000 OVER THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.

AND IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT WAY.

IT'S TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO SMALL BUSINESSES, CORRECT? YES.

AND JUST, IT JUST OPENS UP THE POOL A LITTLE BIT FOR LOCAL FRANCHISEES.

, I LIKE IT.

UH, MOTION.

THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION ON MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR GALVAN.

SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALE MORALES.

[9. Discussion and possible action on removing and/or appointing a board member to Place 6 of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.]

MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE.

WE HAVE TWO CURRENT PLACEMENTS OPEN.

BOTH ARE AT LARGE.

SO BOTH ITEMS NINE AND 10 ARE ADDRESSING THOSE.

WE HAVE PLACE SIX FIRST AND THEN PLACE SEVEN.

AND, UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE AT, IN AN OUTLAW, BOTH AT LARGE ITEMS. OKAY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO PUT THE ANA ON PLACE.

AND WE HAVE A NEXT ONE, NUMBER SEVEN.

[10. Discussion and possible action on removing and/or appointing a board member to Place 7 of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors]

THAT WAS FOR PLACE SIX.

I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT TO PLACE NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, MR. JOHN FLORES, JR.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES OR JOHN FLORES.

YEAH, MY CONCERN, UM, I, I HAPPEN TO KNOW ANA, SO THAT WAS FINE.

BUT THE REST OF THE APPLICATIONS HERE, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, UH, CONCERNING THEIR AN EDC APPOINTMENT.

UM, I MEAN, IF I'M HAVE A PLACE ON A BOARD, I ALWAYS TALK TO MY, ANY CANDIDATE I WOULD PRESENT.

SO I WOULD KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO THEY ARE.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, PARTICULARLY SINCE THEY'RE AT LARGE.

EXCEPT I HAPPEN TO KNOW ANA.

BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

JUAN FLORES JR.

SO I WOULD, HE'S ACTUALLY OUT IN THE RIGHT HERE.

NOW I DO.

I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS THAT I CAN REMEMBER, UH, WE'VE BEEN TABLE THIS FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MONTHS ON IT.

AND, UH, THEY NEED A FULL BOARD.

THE DC NEEDS A FULL BOARD.

I'M, I'M ALL FOR THAT.

NO PROBLEM.

I JUST, YEAH.

I JUST, WE HADN'T HAD ANY NAMES BEFORE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

SORRY ABOUT MY, AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO CAME FORWARD.

UH, WE PUT OUT VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATIONS AND WE, WE HAD RESPONSE.

SO THAT WAS GREAT, UH, TO SEE FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

GLAD GLAD YOU MADE THAT NOTE.

OKAY, SO I GOT THE JOHN FLORIDA FOR PLACE SEVEN.

WHO? I HAVE A SECOND.

I DON'T SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.

[11. Consideration and possible action to accept the resignation of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Executive Director effective November 27, 2023.]

OH, AND THE LAST ONE IS TO, UM, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF SAMUEL EDC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 27.

2023.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION TO ACCEPT? WELL, I'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

I MEAN, TO ME IT IS, UH, I KNOW IT SAYS, UH, EXPECT NOVEMBER 27TH TO ME, IS WE CAN ACCEPT IT.

CAN COUNSEL, CAN WE, UH, ACCEPT IT IMMEDIATELY? CAN WE USE THIS TO, UH, THAT IS, YEAH.

THAT, THAT WAS THE END OF THE 30 DAY PERIOD FROM THE TIME, UH, SUBMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, THE PER THE CONTRACT.

HOWEVER, WE, UH, YOU GOT A HOLIDAY ON A WEEKEND, AND THIS IS MONDAY.

SO REALLY,

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THE EDC WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS, AND THEN IT'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND MONDAY'S THE 27TH, WHICH WILL BE THE END OF THE TERM.

SO, OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING OUR OFFICES AT FIVE O'CLOCK WHEN WE SHOULD BE NOT LEAVING EARLY, JUST FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ANYBODY.

SO IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A CONCERN OF THE BOARD AND OF AT LEAST ME, I'M ASSUMING THE MAYOR AS WELL.

'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS ON THAT.

SO Y'ALL WANT TO ACCEPT IT TO 27? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

OKAY, THEN, UH, PRETTY MUCH THERE.

THEN, UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, MOTION TO, UH, GOODMAN.

COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

[12. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the April 18, 2023 City of San Benito Regular City Commission Meeting.]

YOU.

ITEM 12 CONSIDERATION ON THE MINUTES OF APRIL 18TH, 2023 OF OUR REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ANY NAYS?

[13. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute a Funding Approval Agreement between the City of San Benito and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.]

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM 13 IS THE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THE CDBG FUNDING AGREEMENT, UH, FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE GOT MARTIN SIGNS UP HERE.

AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.

MARTIN SCIENCE COMMUNITY GRANT AND PROGRAMS COORDINATOR.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, HAD HUD HAS APPROVED THIS YEAR'S GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $333,510 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE AWARD, THE GRANT AGREEMENT MUST BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND SENT BACK TO HUD STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MRS. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO.

IS THIS AMOUNT CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR? YES, SIR.

IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? UH, IT CHANGES ON, UH, DIFFERENT FACTORS.

UH, UH, NOW WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? VALUE, UH, LAST YEAR WAS 363,000.

THIS YEAR IT'S A 333,000.

WHY DID WE, WHY ARE WE GETTING LESS MONEY EVERY YEAR IF WE JUST CAME OUT ON THE PAPER AS THE POOREST CITY IN THE NATION? DID YOU SEE THAT ARTICLE? IT JUST DEPENDS ON A, UH, THAT JUST, THAT JUST DISTURBS ME.

LIKE HARLINGEN GETS MORE FUNDING THAN WE DO.

BUT WHERE'S THE POOREST CITY IN THE NATION? MM-HMM.

, RIGHT? IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE, UH, CENSUS NUMBERS AS WELL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT GOES INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU GET THE AWARD.

ARE WE ABLE TO FIGHT 'EM ON IT? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? LIKE SAY, HEY, CAN WE GET THE SAME MONEY THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR? IT'S JUST BROKEN DOWN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

SO EVERY CITY THAT'S, UH, AN ENTITLEMENT CITY GETS A CERTAIN AWARD.

AND IT'S BASED ON DIFFERENT FACTORS, DIFFERENT, UH, SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY, HOW MANY RESIDENTS YOU HAVE.

IT IS JUST, I THINK OUR NUMBER OF RESIDENTS HAVE STAYED THE SAME.

IF ANYTHING, THE VALUE OF OUR DOLLAR'S GONE DOWN.

RIGHT.

YOU'D THINK WE WOULD NEED MORE FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMPLETE IN THE PARKS OR WHEREVER THIS MONEY CAN BE USED.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING OR BE BROUGHT UP TO HUD.

UM, INVITE 'EM DOWN.

WE CAN HAVE A CHAT AND WE CAN SHOW 'EM WHAT WE HAVE.

YOU GO .

IS THERE A DEADLINE ON THIS? ON ACCEPTING THE AWARD? ON, ON, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS SET IN STONE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

CORRECT.

UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, A FEW MONTHS BACK, UH, I THINK DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, YOU APPROVED, UH, MY SUBMISSION TO HUD FOR THE, UH, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS THE GRANT.

IN ORDER TO GET THIS, AND NOW WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS, WE JUST NEED A, A SIGN OFF ON IT.

SO THERE'S NO MORE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATIONS AT THIS POINT.

IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? YES.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, IF I COULD, UM, FOR THE CDBG AWARD, THE ANSWER IS NO MORE ROOM.

RIGHT? YOU'RE RIGHT.

UH, BUT, UM, TALKING TO, UH, THE CONGRESSMAN'S STAFF, UH, EARMARKS ARE COMING UP.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAKE UP WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF AND SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, UH, CONTRIBUTION FROM CDBG THIS YEAR.

AND WE'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND SEE IF MAYBE THERE'S SOME EARMARKS THAT WE COULD SUPPLEMENT THAT SHORTAGE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMING YEAR.

GOOD PLAN.

BILL, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

AND I'LL, I'LL SEAT TO THAT.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

THEN I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

[14. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2023-011-001 in regards to Fiscal Year 2023-2024 road construction materials. ]

YOU TI THANK YOU, SIR.

ITEM 14 IS, UM, APPROVAL OF BIDS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 2023 DASH 0 1 1 0 0 1.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THESE ARE STANDARD, UH, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, UH, THAT WE UTILIZE ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ASPHALT.

PRETTY CONSTANT THROUGHOUT.

I THINK THEY WERE HERE ON THE, ON THE BID OPENING.

SO, AND ASPHALT PRICES WERE ASPHALT? UH, I BELIEVE THEY STAYED ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME.

I THINK MAYBE GONE UP A COUPLE CENTS FROM LAST YEAR'S.

I THINK, UH, DELIVERY IS 90.

LAST YEAR IT WAS 89, 50, I BELIEVE.

SO, UH, THEY, THEY STAYED

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HOW MUCH OF THE MATERIAL THAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR DID WE ACTUALLY USE, I CAN GET YOU A NUMBER ON THAT.

UM, I KNOW WE PAVED QUITE A BIT IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

UM, BUT I CAN GET YOU A NUMBER, UH, BASED ON, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT.

IT'S A PAY AS A, WE PAY AND OBTAIN AS WE GO.

THIS IS JUST TO SET THE RATES FOR THE YEAR.

RIGHT.

THAT WAY OUR STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GOING OUT.

EVERY, WE DON'T BUY IN BULK BECAUSE THAT STUFF GETS BAD.

AND THE WEATHER AND STUFF.

WE, WE PAY AND, AND WE RECEIVE AS WE GO.

LIKE, WELL, THE, THE HOT MAKES THAT WE DO THE OVERLAYS.

IT'S BASED ON PROJECTS.

SO UNTIL WE GET PREPPED, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE BUOY PREPPED.

UM, AND IT ALSO IS DEPENDENT ON WEATHER AND, AND ANY OTHER FACTORS THAT ARISE.

BUT, UM, AS SOON AS WE GET, GET THE STREET PREPPED AND WE SEE A GOOD, UH, WEEK THAT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GOOD WEATHER, UH, WE'LL MAKE THE REQUEST AND, AND WE GO FROM THERE.

WE JUST, THIS IS JUST TO LOCK OUR RATES IN.

I KNOW IT'S CHEAPER IF WE TAKE, IF WE USE OUR OWN TRUCK, BUT IS IT EVEN WORTH IT? UH, IN THIS OCCASION, I DID PUT IT IN AS, UH, NORMALLY THEY WOULD JUST DO DELIVERY.

UM, I DID PUT IT IN FOR ALSO PICKUP FOR SMALLER PROJECTS, UM, HERE AND THERE THAT HEY, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE ME A WEEK TO PREP HALF A BLOCK.

NOW DO I NEED TO ADDRESS IT? YES.

DO I HAVE SOME, UH, LEFTOVER MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER ONE THAT I CAN UTILIZE THAT PO AND KIND OF, UH, CLOSE THAT ONE OUT SOMETIMES? HEY, UH, WE WERE QUOTED FOR, UH, 42 TONS AND I ENDED UP USING 40 TONS.

UM, SO THOSE, THOSE EXTRA TWO TONS, WE CAN VOID THAT PO BUT IT WAS ALREADY, IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGETS MEANS.

SO IF I CAN ADDRESS A QUARTER OF A BLOCK THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'LL MAKE THAT CALL AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE IT.

SO THAT'S WHY I ADDED AS PICKUP AS WELL FOR THIS YEAR.

SOUNDS GOOD.

MY PRIMARY CONCERN WAS JUST SIMPLY IF, IF WE'RE, IF WE DIDN'T USE A LOT OF MATERIAL, DID WE GET A WORSE, A LESSER, NOT A GOOD A PRICE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T USING MATERIALS, BUT NO, IT'S A LOCKED IN PRICE FOR THE YEAR.

SO WHATEVER THEY BID US AND WHATEVER THEY, THEY GAVE US, THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOCKED IN UNTIL WE BID IT OUT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN THE PROJECTS.

I MEAN, GOING OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN 'CAUSE RIGHT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE.

IT CAN'T BE THE PRICES.

IT'LL BE HIGHER, LOWER.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD RATES.

AND THE OTHER, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REALLY CLOSE BY WHERE, WHO WE'RE USING.

WHO'S THIS BID GOING OUT? DO WE GET MATERIALS FRONT UP IN BROWNSVILLE, RIGHT? NO, THEY'RE, WELL, I THINK THE PLANT THAT WE GET IT OUT IS OUT.

RESO, RESO, THAT'S IT.

THEY DO HAVE ONE, BUT YOU SOMETIMES, MOST OF THE TIME TEXDOT TAKES UP, UH, THEY GOT A LOT MORE PROJECTS HERE IN YEAH, WE COMPETE WITH OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AND THERE'S SOME ALL THE WAY IN CORPUS AND THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

BOB.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

[15. Consideration and possible action to approve the bids received for the Pennsylvania Avenue gravity sewer line relocation in the total amount of $48,916.00.]

A NAYS.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM 15 IS, UH, BIDS RECEIVED FOR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE GRAVITY SEWER LINE, AND THE AMOUNT OF 48,916.

UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

YOU WANNA DO, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ONE.

UH, THIS IS SEWER, UH, GRAVITY, SEWER LINE RELOCATION ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

UH, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE IS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME, UH, UPGRADES ON THAT CHANNEL.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING, UH, LARGER CULVERTS.

OUR SEWER LINE AND CASING HAPPENS TO CROSS RIGHT IN, IN FRONT OF WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING THE NEW CULVERTS.

SO THAT KIND OF SLOWS DOWN FLOW.

SO TO ELIMINATE THAT, WE CAN GET PROPER, UH, TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING OUT IN, UH, LIBERTY ESTATES AS WELL.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE SCOPE OF THEIR, UH, PROJECT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO WIDEN THE CH UH, THAT DRAINAGE DITCH AS WELL AS WIDENING THE, THE CULVERTS.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BASICALLY TO PUT IT IN, UH, TO UNDERSTANDING, UH, 24 INCH PIPE.

AND THEN THE DISCHARGE IS, UH, HALF THAT SIZE.

SO THEN WE HAVE A BOTTLENECK THERE.

SO THEY'RE GONNA ADDRESS THAT BOTTLENECK.

AND THEN WE GOTTA REMOVE THE, OUR SEWER LINE.

WE WERE GONNA DO, TRY TO DO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

UM, THEIR SCOPE OF WORK, WE KIND OF, UH, WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE ENGINEER, SO WE KIND OF SCOPED IT OUT OURSELVES.

UM, WE DID A PRE-BID, UH, WITH THREE CONTRACTORS DIVIDED THEM.

UH, THE, THE BID THAT WE RECEIVED WAS, UH, FOR THAT AMOUNT FOR THE 48 9.

UM, SO IT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL ALLEVIATE, UH, LIKE I SAID, FLOODING IN THE AREA.

WE GOT SOME HORRIFIC PHOTOS FROM THAT SUBDIVISION FROM LIBERTY ESTATES.

SO WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

I THINK WHAT ENDED UP HAPPEN THERE IS ALSO A TREE BLOCKING THE ENTIRE CULVERT.

AN ENTIRE TREE, WHICH IS UNREAL.

YEAH, NO, WE'VE BLOCKED THAT AREA.

AND THAT, THAT, THAT BOTTLENECK IS, IS, UH, THE PROBLEMATIC AREA THAT WE'VE ALL, UH, UH, KIND OF CAME TO CONCLUSION THAT THAT'S NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

BUT THIS IS GOOD.

WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THE PROJECT? I CAN GET YOUR TIME.

UH, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS THE ONE THAT'S, UH, HANDLING THAT, UH, THAT SIDE.

WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM.

UM, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SCOPING OUT.

THEY'VE, THEY'RE NOT JUST, THEIR THING IS THEY'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THAT.

THEY, THEY WANNA LOOK FARTHER DOWN THE LINE DOWNSTREAM IT.

HOW IS THAT BY, IF I MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT HERE, HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT ME DOWN THE LINE? SO THEY'RE KIND OF, THEIR SCOPE IS A LITTLE BIT WIDER.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO, UH, TO GET THE PROJECT GOING.

BUT WE AT LEAST WANT TO REMOVE OUR, OUR SEWER LINE OUTTA THE WAY.

SO WHEN THEIR PROJECT COMES, UH, TO FRUITION, THEN, UH, WE'LL BE OUTTA THEIR WAY AND EVERYTHING CAN KIND

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OF FLOW.

AND, AND DO WE HAVE A STARTING DATE FOR THIS PRO? AS SOON AS WE GET, UH, APPROVAL FROM, FROM YOU GUYS, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTACT THE, THE CONTRACTOR, UH, AND PROBABLY TOMORROW.

AND THEN, UH, CONSIDERING, UH, HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WE'LL PROBABLY GET 'EM OUT HERE MONDAY MORNING.

FIRST THING, WE'LL HEAD OUT THERE, ME AND, UH, MR. MORALES, OUR ENGINEER, AND, UH, KIND OF LET 'EM KNOW, HEY, THESE ARE OUR, UH, OUR CONSTRAINTS AND THIS IS WHAT WE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH.

HENCE, GIVEN THEY ALREADY WENT OUT THERE AND FOR OUR PRE-BID, BUT OKAY.

THEY GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, BUT WE'LL BE, UH, CLOSELY WATCHING 'EM.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, OTHER UTILITIES IN THE AREA.

SO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR I MOTION BY MAYOR GALVAN.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.

SECOND BY MAYOR.

ANY NAYS? MOTION

[16. 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.]

PASSES.

AND ITEM 16 IS THE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ITEM 16 IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO US WATER SERVICE CORPORATION, UH, PERTAINING TO PHASE ONE SCOPE, WHICH WAS PRESENTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

AND THIS IS JUST TO, UH, RELEASE THE FUNDS.

AND 14,000 1 96.

HOLD THEM PLEASE.

I, UH, I NEED TO UNT IT.

? YES.

FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

A MOTION TO UNT SECOND.

OH, AND WELL, IT'S ALREADY HERE.

SO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KUMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

MORALE, MORALE.

THANK.

[17. Consideration and possible action to sign the loan agreements for the exhibition “Castilian Roses in December” to be displayed at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum located at 250 East Heywood Street.]

THANKS.

ITEM 17 IS THE, UH, AGREEMENT.

I'M SORRY.

YOU GOT IT? GOT IT, DAVID.

LOAN .

CONGRATULATIONS.

DAVID , UH, LOAN AGREEMENTS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF CASTILLIAN ROSES IN DECEMBER.

UM, MENTIONED THAT EARLIER AS A, AN UPCOMING EVENT, AND IT'S GONNA BE DISPLAYED AT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM.

SO, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.

UH, ALEIDA GARCIA, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR.

UM, THE SAN BETO CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS TO BRING QUALITY PROGRAMMING THAT HIGHLIGHTS AND PRESERVES LOCAL, UH, AND, UH, LOCAL AND FOLKLORE, UH, TO THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

I'M REQUESTING A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE LOAN AGREEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITION.

UH, CASTILLIAN ROSES IN DECEMBER IS OUR ANNUAL STAPLE AT THE SAN BERNARDINO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM.

THIS FIFTH ITERATION WILL ALSO COINCIDE WITH OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR MUSEUM, UH, OPENING ITS DOORS.

THE EXHIBITION WILL SHOWCASE A SURVEY OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ARTISTS WHO HAVE CREATIVE AND INTERPRETIVE WORKS.

BASED ON THE STORY OF LA LUPE, ALLEGEDLY GOES, DATES BACK TO DECEMBER 12TH, UH, 1531 CASTILIAN ROSES IS PROPOSED TO BE ON DISPLAY FROM NOVEMBER 30TH TO JANUARY 19TH.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EXHIBITIONS.

AND WE PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL AND, UM, ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN-PERSON TOURS.

SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET UP.

AND MY QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MARKET AND GET PUBLIC THERE? YEAH.

SO, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, I, I HAVE A PO READY AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME POSTERS AND WE'RE GONNA PLACE THOSE AROUND, UH, THE CITY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE BILLBOARD AND WE HAVE THE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE THAT, THE WALKING TRAIL RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE THAT, THAT, YEAH.

SO WE, WE TRY AND, AND KIND OF PLACE THOSE OUT THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOCIAL MEDIA.

CAN WE GET SOME PRESS RELEASES? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ONCE Y'ALL APPROVE IT, WE GET THAT GOING AND, AND WE LET THE MEDIA KNOW.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF AN EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE IT SO THAT MAYBE WE GET A LITTLE NEWSWORTHY OUT OF IT AS WELL? RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, SO YEAH.

WE'LL, WE'LL DO A, AN OPENING RECEPTION AND THEN, UM, SO MAYBE WE ALSO LIKE TO DO SOME PROGRAMMING DURING OUR EXHIBITS, LIKE EITHER ARTIST TALKS OR MAYBE WE HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, DIFFERENT LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS THAT THAT'LL DO, LIKE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL CREATE SOMETHING.

THEY'LL DO ARTIST WORKSHOPS WHERE WE, WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY AND SO THEY CAN ALSO LEARN, UM, HOW TO CREATE SOME PIECES.

SO WE CAN, WE OFFER THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMMING AS WELL.

I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

LATER, SIR.

[18. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase to replace the fire pump of Tank 01 by Siddons Emergency Group for the total amount of $15,658.49.]

UH, MAYOR PROAM COMMISSIONERS.

ITEM 18, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.

TO PURCHASE THE FIRE PUMP FOR TANK NUMBER ONE, SIT-INS EMERGENCY GROUP FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 15,000 658 49.

AND CHIEF IS HERE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

UH, SO THIS IS JUST PRETTY MUCH A REPLACEMENT ON THE FIRE PUMP ON OUR TANKER.

UH, FORTUNATELY, IT'S, UH, OVER 15 YEARS OLD.

UH, AND AS SOON AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU START PUTTING WATER IN THAT PUMP, IT STARTS, MOTHER NATURE STARTS DETERIORATING.

SO IT'S NEEDS, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

I'M MORE THAN 15 AND I STILL WORK.

COMMISSIONER,

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COMMISSIONER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT PUMPS HERE.

COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, A LITTLE BREVITY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS? NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MORALE.

SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? A.

[19. Consideration and possible action to approve the donation of one surplus 1995 Freightliner Fire Engine (VIN#: 1FV6JLCB7TL881857) and one surplus 2003 Ford Expedition Command Unit (VIN#:1FMPU16L73LB79565) to the Cuidad de Valle Hermoso Fire Department in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico.]

UH, ITEM NUMBER 19 IS THE, UM, DECLARATION OF SURPLUS ON A COUPLE OF VEHICLES, UH, THAT BELONGED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TO APPROVE THE DONATION OF THEM TO SUSO FIRE DEPARTMENT IN VASO TAM LIPPE, MEXICO.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, FIRE TRUCK HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

UH, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT OUT AT THE NEWMAN BUILDING AND BACK AT THE FIRE STATION, AND IT'S READY TO GO.

UM, IT IS, IT DOES RUN A LITTLE BIT, UH, ENOUGH FOR THEM TO, UH, BE ABLE TO DO SOME MINOR REPAIRS ON IT.

THE PUMP WORKS REALLY GOOD, BUT, UM, IT, IT'LL, IT'LL HELP 'EM OUT.

IT, IT WILL, I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE OTHER, UM, EXPEDITION, IT'S SMALLER VEHICLE THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY USE FOR SOME SORT OF RESCUE.

BUT BOTH VEHICLES, THEIR MOTORS WEREN'T REALLY GOOD.

UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE 'EM REALLY GOOD.

THE BODY'S NOT GOOD.

IS THAT A HORN ON THE FRONT THERE? THAT LONG TUBE THING? THAT'S THE HORN.

YEAH, THAT'S AN ANTIQUE MAN.

YOU OUGHT TO KEEP THAT THING .

NO, IT ACTUALLY IS.

, CAN WE SHOW YOU? DON'T WANNA, YOU DON'T WANNA STARTLING IT.

, I NEED IT.

NEXT TIME.

YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE THE TIRES OFF.

THAT'S AN ANTIQUE NEED.

COME ON.

SO SAM, SORRY.

WE DO KIND OF RUNS YEAH.

KIND OF RUNS.

SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE GOT THE MATTERS THAT ARE GOT OVER HERE ON THE BACKSIDE THAT, UH, HAS BEEN, SIR, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THEY ARE A SISTER CITY, CORRECT? YES, THEY ARE.

OKAY, I JUST UNDER THAT FOR THIS, FOR THE RECORD? YEAH.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

YES, YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I MAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES SECOND.

WO OKAY, ITEM 20, DISCUSSION.

GOOD LUCK, SIR.

THANK, THANK YOU CHIEF.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

VERY NICE.

[20. Discussion and possible action on matters pertaining to the Camero Appraisal District:]

POSSIBLE ACTION ON, UH, CAMERON COUNTY.

CAMERON APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, CANDIDATE, I GUESS WHOEVER, I GUESS THEIR APPRAISAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

UM, SO WE NEED TO CAST THE, UH, THE VOTING BALLOT AND THEN APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

SO THAT'S TWO PARTS TO IT.

UM, THERE'S, OKAY.

CASTING THE VOTING BALLOT.

I'M SEEING HERE THAT THERE'S ONE PERSON HERE, ONE PERSON, ALAN UNA.

IS THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S AGREEING TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION? YEAH, THAT'S, UM, RUTH, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? SO , I, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, THIS IS DONE YEARLY.

AND, UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WENT AHEAD AND SENT OVER THE CASTING BALLOT FOR THE COMMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER, UM, ATTORNEY ALAN UNA.

AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR CASTING VOTE.

UM, AND THEN, UM, APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT GOES WITH IT AS WELL.

DO IT CAME FROM THEM, UM, DIRECTLY CAME FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

YEAH, IT CAME FROM A CHIEF APPRAISAL OF, UH, RICHARD MOLINA.

WHAT IS THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE POSITION? I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY? OONA IS, UH, THE, UH, PROSECUTOR FOR THE CITY AS WELL, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ATTORNEY IN THAT SEAT? NO.

NO.

IT CAN BE ANYBODY ELSE.

HE'S FROM HIDALGO, ISN'T HE? NO, HE'S FROM CAMERON COUNTY.

OH, HE IS? YES.

THE ONLY REASON THAT, UH, I TRIED THE, THE, WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, I, I THINK THE 2018 AS A COMMISSIONER, UH, WE TRIED TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO I DON'T SEE IF WE CAN JUST KEEP HIM, KEEP HIM THERE BECAUSE, UH, IF NOT, HE GOES BACK INTO LIKE A, LIKE A LIST AND WE'LL LOSE HIM.

WELL, AND, AND I MEAN THAT'S, I DON'T, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

SO WE'LL LOSE THE REPRESENTATION.

SO, UH, I MOTION TO, UH, KEEP, UH, MR. UNA LIKE, UH, THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, IS HE GONNA KEEP OUR TAXES LOW? UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT.

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BUT, UH, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, BUT THE, THE DISCUSSION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS YES, WE WANT SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT US AND THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF APPRAISED VALUES AND SO ON.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER WE GET THAT KIND OF REPRESENTATION FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL OR NOT.

BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.

NO, I JUST KNOW HE IS THE CITY PROSECUTOR.

UH, BUT LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT HE IS REPRESENTING US WELL.

'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE IN POSITIONS RIGHT.

AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

MAYOR'S BEEN GOING TO ALL THE MEETINGS.

, NOT THOSE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MEETINGS, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT.

APPRAISAL VALUE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITIZENS' TAXES AREN'T GOING UP.

AND PLEASE THOSE CITIZENS, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SIT THE SOME OF THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, PEER VALUE, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.

IT'S DOWN THE STREET.

DON'T YOU GO TO THEIR OFFICE? IT'S THEM.

SO TALK TO THEM.

DON'T COME ACCUSING US.

SO MOTION IN A SECOND.

SO I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE.

UM, IN NAY MOTION PASSES MAYOR COMMISSION.

WHAT I WILL DO IS, UH, CONTACT MR. UNA AND HAVE HIM, UH, COME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SO THAT WE CAN OKAY.

HAVE, UH, HAVE A LITTLE SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND, UH, LET HIM KNOW HOW Y'ALL FEEL.

SO DO THAT.

PUT SECOND DECISION OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN YEAH, YEAH.

HAVE YOU MET A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR 30 YEARS? PRICES I'M INTERESTED IN.

AND HAVING HAD ENOUGH WORK WITH THESE GUYS, IT BECOMES IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME YES, SIR.

REPRESENTATION.

YES, SIR.

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT SOON AS WE CAN.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A SIGNATORY AUTHORITY FOR ME.

, UH, FOR THE SAN BETO ACCOUNTS, IT'S, SO DO WE HAVE STANDARD WE HAVE TO TAKE, UH, UH, MR. SANDAL, WE HAVE TO TAKE, UH, WE DID, UH, A 28TH.

WE NEED TO DO, OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU ALL VOTED WELL.

YEAH, I GUESS YOU GOTTA TAKE 'EM INDIVIDUALLY.

INDIVIDUAL, OR CAN THEY JUST APPROVE BOTH? YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU COULD DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE A AND B.

SO IT WAS A, UH, A MOTION TO GET THE A AND B ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 20 RESOLUTION.

SO, YEP.

I KNOW WE HAD, SO CAN WE JUST DO A AND B AT THE SAME TIME, PLEASE? MM-HMM, SECOND.

OKAY, SO I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

[21. Consideration and possible action to approve signatory authority to Fred R. Sandoval, City Manager, to all City of San Benito accounts.]

ITEM 21, CONSIDERATION IN ACTION TO APPROVE SIGNATORY AUTHORITY TO FRED, A SANDAL, CITY MANAGER.

UH, MAYOR STANDARD, WE NEED TO CHANGE OVER CORRECT THE PRE FROM MY PREDECESSORS.

SO, STEPHANIE, IS HE OKAY? CAN WE LET HIM DO THAT? YES.

STEPHANIE APPROVES, ACTUALLY I DID I PRESS MY, OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

UH, ITEM 22 IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[22. Executive Session:]

WE STAY HERE, WE'RE GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE WE'RE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

5 5 2 0.1071.