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[CALL TO ORDER]
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING FOR, UH, NEW YEAR'S 19, UH, 2024.
UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY AGAIN.
UM, NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY, UH, OF SUMMIT, THE CITY COMMISSION, JANUARY 16TH, 2024.
THE TIME IS 5 31 IN THE ANNEX BUILDING.
AND, UM, LIKE TO, LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN SILENT FOR THE INVOCATION.
I PLEDGE THE ENCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHERE WE STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY TO JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER A TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE THE ANCE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EVERYONE HERE SAFELY.
AS WE BRAVE THE COLD WEATHER, WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO COLLABORATE AND MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.
MAY THIS MEETING BE A SPACE OF INSPIRATION AND COLLABORATION WHERE DIVERSE IDEAS CAN FLOURISH AND LEAD OUR WONDERFUL CITY TOWARD CONTINUED SUCCESS.
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UH, ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, COMMUNITY INTEREST TO MAKE SURE.DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY UPCOMING, UH, INTEREST FOR THE CITY? NONE.
WELL, UM, MARKET DAYS ON ROBERT, UH, ROBERTSON STREET.
UH, IT IS ON THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 20TH FROM, UH, 10:00 AM TO, UH, 3:00 PM AND, UH, FOR VENDOR INFORMATION CONTACT 9 5 6 4 5 6 4 0 1 2.
JANUARY 25TH, UH, FROM FOUR TO SEVEN AT THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE LOCATED AT 1201 NORTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD.
I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD.
COME OUT AND MEET THE ELECTORAL OFFICIALS, UH, CITY ME CITY ADMINISTRATION, AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE, ANY OF THOSE OTHER ONES ON THE SCHEDULE? BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY SCHEDULE AHEAD.
NN NOT YET, BUT WE WILL GET 'EM TO YOU HERE BEFORE THE END OF THE BEFORE, BEFORE THIS FIRST ONE.
AND AGAIN, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, ON THE SAM HOUSTON SOUTH SAM HOUSTON.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY ALL, ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, UH, CITY OFFICIALS, UM, AND CITY, UH, ADMINISTRATION WILL BE THERE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? WE'RE THERE.
NOW'S THE TIME TO COME AND TALK TO US, MEET, UH, OUR SENIOR MANAGER AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND, UM, ANY CONCERNS WE'RE THERE? OKAY.
MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD, UM, OVER OUR BREAK, WE DID LOSE A PILLAR TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, JUST KEEP HIS FAMILY IN OUR PRAYER.
UM, HE WAS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THIS COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE GOD BLESS THEM.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, UM, UM, MR. SALINAS, WHERE ARE YOU AT? I KNOW THAT, UH, WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT, UH, YOU LOST YOUR MOM ALSO.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, SORRY THAT WE COULDN'T BE THERE.
YOU COULD HAVE CALLED US, PLEASE LEAST, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes) ]
FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MAYOR.SO FROM HERE WE GO TO, WELL, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WELL, YOU COULD DO PRESENTATION FIRST ON THE WHAT, NUMBER ONE
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PRESENTATION.THERE'S A FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE SANANDA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THIS EVENING, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THE FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2023, OR TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2023.
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AS COMPARED OF LAST YEAR, 2022 21,280,218.ON PAGE NUMBER THREE OF, BY THE WAY, I'M READING THE FINANCIAL REPORT PRESENTATION ON THE ATTACHMENTS.
SO ON PAGE THREE, OUR TOTAL LIABILITIES OF 5,524,518 AS COMPARED OF LAST YEAR, 5,228,457, TOTAL LIABILITIES AND PHONE BALANCE OF 23,289,558 AS COMPARE OF LAST YEAR, OCTOBER, 2022, 21,280,218.
MOVING FORWARD TO OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT, TOTAL REVENUES MONTH.
TODAY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE 3,000,600, 608,464, AS COMPARED OF THE MONTH TODAY OF 2022, 2,775,000 194.
YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL, IT'S THE SAME AS THE MONTH 'CAUSE IT'S HER FRIEND'S FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR.
ON PAGE NUMBER FIVE, YOU WILL HAVE OUR EXPENSES.
OUR EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH, ACTUAL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, IT'S 1 MILLION 116,062, WITH COMPARE OF LAST YEAR, DURING OCTOBER OF 1,000,088, 315,000 REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 1,000,600 86,879 FOR LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR OF 2,492,401 YEAR.
TODAY WILL BE THE SAME BECAUSE WE WE'RE STILL ON THE FIRST MONTH.
ON PAGE NUMBER SIX, YOU'LL HAVE, OR SALES TAX, THIS IS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
OR ON ALLOCATION, HISTORICAL SUMMARY FOR THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
UM, TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED, 580,410.
AND THAT'LL BE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE IT'S AGAIN, OUR FIRST MONTH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LEMME KNOW HOW DOES THAT DECEMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR? TO LAST DECEMBER, DECEMBER 22.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN, WHENEVER I PRESENT THE FINANCIALS FOR DECEMBER, I'LL HALF THAT COMPARISON ON THIS ONE.
'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE IN OCTOBER, 2022.
OCTOBER NUMBERS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
IT'S FOR THE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SALES TAX? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT, IT IS ON YOUR FINANCIALS.
ON THE FULL BOOKLET, ON THE VERY LAST PAGES, IT IS THE SALES TAX IN THE MORE EXTENSIVE WAY.
THIS IS JUST THE MONTHLY ONE, OR, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE AROUND THE LAST FIVE TO SIX PAGES OF IT.
YOU WILL SEE THIS REPORT BREAK DOWN FOR A WHOLE PAGE AND IT'LL GIVE YOU A COMPARISON, YEARLY COMPARISON.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ARE, IS IT, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT OC THE END OF OCTOBER NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT TYPICALLY GONNA BE LIKE A, A 60 DAY LAG? I GUESS WE ARE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING AT THE MONTH, SO ARE THEY, SO YEAH.
UH, SO ALWAYS TWO MONTHS BEHIND.
THAT'S WHAT KIND OF LIKE PUTS US BEHIND A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE WHOLE YEAR AND IT PUTS US A LITTLE BIT BACK BECAUSE OF SALES TAX FOR THEM TO BE WITHIN.
THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA, IT'S THREE MONTHS BEFORE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO TWO FINANCIAL PRESENTATIONS WITHIN THE MONTH SO WE CAN CATCH UP.
MAYOR, IF WE COULD GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL HAVE TO DEVIATE FROM THE AGENDA AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
[1. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to rezone a property located at 1620 S Sam Houston Boulevard, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 0.39 acre tract out of a called 0.54 acre tract as described in a deed recorded in Document Number 28232, of the Deed Records of Cameron County, Texas, and being out of Lot Eighteen (18), of the Cunningham Subdivision of Block 35, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 43. of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from SF-1 ''Single Family One" to C-l •'Commercial Restricted Business". Applicant: Cesar Anguiano ]
HEARINGS.UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, MAYOR, YOU WANNA DO IT OR YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? GO AHEAD, SIR.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT INPUT REGARDING A REQUEST TO REONE A PROPERTY LOCATED IN 1620 SOUTH SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY? AIR GUNS? WE'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN.
UM, I HAVE THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THE, THIS BUSINESS IS GONNA BE.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IT, IT Y'ALL ARE OPENING IT UP TO? DUE TO THE FACT THAT YEARS AGO, THE BU THE BUILDING THAT THEY JUST TORE
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DOWN CONSTANTLY USED OUR PROPERTY AS OUR PARKING LOT.SO I'M CONCERNED THAT IT MAY BE TOO SMALL FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T, DON'T REALLY HAVE AN IDEA.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE SOME SORT OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
THE, THE, THE ON A QUARTER, THE TIRE SHOP.
AND THEY ARE TO COMPLY WITH A PARKING ORDINANCE AS WELL ON A QUARTER OF AN ACRE.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT OVER A QUARTER OF AN ACRE, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, SIR, COULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF? OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, I, UH, OWN THAT, THAT TRACK OF LAND AND 24 ACRES.
THE, MY FAMILY DOES, I DON'T, I'M SORRY, BUT, UH, YEARS AGO THAT, THAT THE SHOP THAT THEY JUST TORE DOWN, THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ON OUR PROPERTY THE WHOLE TIME.
AND, UH, WE NEVER REALLY COMPLAINED.
BUT NOW IT'S MORE OF A CONCERN 'CAUSE WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY EVENTUALLY.
AND MY CONCERN IS EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, PARKING WISE.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA ALLOW THERE? WELL, THEY'D HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISION RULES AND COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION RULES AND, UM, IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR RULES AS FAR AS A TIRE SHOP? UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TIRE SHOPS.
IT VARI IT VARIES ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, SO ONCE THEY SEND THAT PLANS TO US, THEN WE'LL LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S REQUIRED AT THAT TIME.
THE, UM, THE, THE ISSUE BEING THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, I PLAN ON HAVING A SUBDIVISION EVENTUALLY IN THAT AREA ALSO.
AND I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME, THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT HE TRIED TO MAKE HIS COMMERCIAL AND OPEN A BUSINESS AND THEY DENIED IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN, WHEN I WASN'T, I WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE AT LAST, THE LAST MEETING I WAS OUTTA TOWN.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN IS ON THE, I I IMAGINE THAT THE SITE THAT Y'ALL, THAT Y'ALL SERVED, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S IN THE YELLOW HERE IS THE FULL HALF AN ACRE.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE FRONT PART OF IT, JUST THE FRONT PART TO USE AS A COMMERCIAL.
THEY HAVE A FUNDS, THEY DON'T, IT'S STILL ONGOING.
WELL, I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE, BUT IN THE THING IT SAYS THAT IT'S ON A FIVE POINT SOMETHING ACRE TRACK, AND THEY'RE ONLY GONNA USE 3.9 ACRES OF IT.
THEY'RE GONNA USE, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE ALMOST FOUR-TENTHS VERSUS FIVE TENTHS.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A 10TH OF AN ACRE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE EITHER BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE OR MAYBE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S A 10TH OF A AN ACRE.
WILL THERE BE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY CARS THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE LOT AT THE TIME? OR BECAUSE OF, UH, I KNOW ON, UM, THE CLINIC THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE, I HAD STRICT, UH, POLICIES ON HOW MANY CARS COULD BE ON THE LOT AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND, AND, UH, AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THANK YOU FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.
WHEN IT WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING THE BOARD, WHAT WERE THEIR CONCERNS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SO THIS ONE, UM, THEY DENIED IT, UM, IN FEAR THAT IT'S GONNA BE SPOT ZONING AND IT, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT WHEN THE ITEMS COMES UP IN A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS REMEMBERING.
IS THAT BUILDING'S NO LONGER THERE? CORRECT.
IT WAS EMPTY, IT WAS DEMOED RECENTLY.
I DIDN'T DRIVE BY AND SHOW US THE BUILDING.
UM, THE, FOR REFERENCE, WE, WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE IF A BUSINESS CAN OPEN OR NOT.
EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO BUSINESS AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO MEET, UM, CODE REGULATIONS AND WHATEVER THE CODE IS AT THE TIME.
SO THEY'RE REFERENCING WHATEVER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE ACTUAL BUSINESS IS.
THAT'S HOW DETERMINES HOW MANY PARKING LOTS YOU CAN HAVE.
AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON ORDINANCE.
AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MEET ALL SORTS OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
AND IF IT EVEN FITS THE SPEC FOR THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, THEY SHOW THAT THAT WHOLE AREA IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESIDENTIAL.
SO IT MAY NOT EVEN BE, UH, A VIABLE PROJECT.
CONSIDERING IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND NOT COMMERCIAL.
SO TO, TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.
CLOSE THE TIME IS, UM, WHAT TIME IS IT? UH, 5 46.
UM, ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT THREE MORE, SORRY.
[2. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a restaurant with alcohol at a property located at 500 S Sam Houston Boulevard, at an existing building zoned C-l "Commercial Restricted Business", bearing a Legal Description of: Lots One (1), Two (2). and NE 25' of Lot (3). Block Two (2), Heywood Addition to The City of San Benito. Cameron County, Texas. according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 2. Page 27. Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Jose Rodolfo Monsivaiz. ]
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USE PERMIT TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL AT A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 500 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD AT AN EXISTING BUILDING, ZONED C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.UH, OPEN, UH, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
THE TIME IS, UH, 5 46 AND WE'LL OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYBODY? ANYBODY FOR THIS OR, OR AGAINST THIS ITEM OR, OR AGAINST? NO.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TIME IS, UH, 5 47.
ITEM THREE, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT
[3. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Replat of 2255 La Palma Boulevard. having a legal description of: Being a Replat in Stolts Subdivision, Consisting of 0.60 acres of land, Being all of Lots One (1). and Lot Two (2), of the Stolts Subdivision. Cameron County, Texas, According to the Map of Plat Thereof Recorded in Cabinet 1, Lot 1404-B, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: George Elizondo ]
INPUT REGARDING A REPL OF 2255 LA PALMA BOULEVARD BAR, HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEING A REPL IN STOT SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF 0.60 ACRES OF LAND.AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW.
AND THE TIME IS, WHAT TIME IS IT, MAYOR? 5 47.
DOES ANYBODY HERE, UH, HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR FOR AGAINST ITEM THREE? NOBODY.
ANYBODY, NONE OR AGAINST, FOR OR AGAINST? NO, SIR.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE ON PUBLIC, UH, HEARING.
[4. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Replat of 491 Line 17 Road, having a legal description of: Being a Replat in Rose Surburban Subdivision, Consisting of 1.77 acres of land, being all of Lot One (1), Lot Two (2) and Lot Three (3), of the Rose Surburban Subdivision, According to the Map of Plat Thereof Recorded in Volume 2, Page 217, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Larry & Rosa Borel ]
HEARING IS SOLICIT INPUT REGARDING A REPL OF 4 91 LINE 17 ROAD, UH, HAVING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION, A REPL AND ROW SUB SUB SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF 1.77 ACRES OF LAND.UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PUBLIC HEARING TIME? IS 5 48? ANYBODY? NO.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IT IS STILL 5 48.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) ]
CONSENT AGENDA.ANYBODY, ANY, UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER? MAYOR, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY OF THESE OUT TO DISCUSS, UM, INDIVIDUALLY, WE CAN, IF NOT, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE WHAT WE CAN.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE FROM ITEM, UH, NUMBER ONE THROUGH ONE THROUGH 21.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE US PULL OUT.
UM, SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES AND TOO MANY THINGS.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC CARRYING ON? THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER.
UH, THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER.
YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD PULL THAT ONE.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CONCERNS ME RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, FROM ONE TO 21, ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL BE PULLED OUT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO WE'LL HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE OTHER ITEMS. YEP.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? AS BY COMMISSIONER FIRST IS, UH, BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND THROUGH WHAT NUMBER? MAYOR FROM ONE THROUGH, UH, TO 21.
UM, 19 AND 20 ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSED.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE EDC DIRECTORS.
ALRIGHT, THEN I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR THOSE BEING PULLED.
NUMBER SIX, NUMBER 19, AND NUMBER 20.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER.
A MOTION SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM GARVAN.
OKAY, GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX SIX.
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 DASH J DASH ZERO ONE DASH 16 DASH 2 2 4 Z.
TO REQUEST A REZONE, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1620 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD, THE BATIAN ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS ITEM DUE TO SPOT
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ZONING.THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONE FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE A TIRE SHOP.
TO DO SO, THE ZONING HAS TO BE C ONE, C TWO LI LIGHT INDUSTRY OR PDD TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
THIS PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND THE CURRENT OWNER WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR COMMERCIAL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? YEAH.
I SEE THE ISSUE THAT, UH, THE PLANNING ZONING HAS RAISED IN TERMS OF IT BEING ITS SPOT ZONING BECAUSE OF IT'S, IT'S REALLY IS SURROUNDED A LOT BY THE OTHERS.
HOWEVER, I ALSO SEE THE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ZONING ALONG THE BOULEVARD THERE, UM, ALONG SAM HOUSTON THERE FOR POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO I, I WOULD, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IS THAT WE DENY THIS RIGHT NOW AND LOOK AT GET PLANNING AND ZONING TO LOOK AT CREATING A CORRIDOR THERE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE VALUES AND BE ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THAT STREET TO BEGIN TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, COMMISSIONER MAYOR, IF I COULD.
UH, YOU KNOW, MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED THE LAND USE PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME THE THE LAND USE PLAN WAS UPDATED, BUT I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT, SO WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL AND WE COULD TAKE THAT UP AT THAT TIME.
THAT WAY WE HAVE SOMETHING, UH, SOMETHING TO, TO BASE OURSELVES ON WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
NOT JUST WITH THIS, BUT WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER KEY THOROUGHFARES AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMEN BRINGING IT FORWARD, WANTING TO DO THAT.
AND ALONG THAT BOULEVARD YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE JUST, WE JUST NEED TO CATCH UP TO IT.
SO MY MOTION IS TO DENY THE APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE DEFENDANT AT THIS TIME.
SO I GOT A, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOLDMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES TO DENY.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO DENY.
ITEM NUMBER 19, IF WE COULD, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS', UH, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON REMOVING AND OR APPOINTING A BOARD MEMBER TO PLACE ONE OF THE SAN BENITO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSION.
UM, AGAIN, YES, WE HAVE PLACED ONE UNDER, LIKE YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, UM, YOUR, UH, APPOINTED POSITION.
WE, UM, I, I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
MY LAST APPOINTMENT WAS NOT AS HAS MOVED ON.
AND, AND SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO LOOK AT.
SO I, I REACHED OUT TO MY OPPONENT DURING THE LAST ELECTION, WHICH WAS EDDIE ABRIGO MM-HMM.
AND I THOUGHT HE, YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT WELL OF HIM AND HE'S A GOOD MAN AND, AND I WANTED TO SEE, HE OBVIOUSLY HAS INTEREST IN BEING INVOLVED.
AND SO I REACHED OUT TO HIM EVEN THOUGH PERHAPS NOT THE MOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND, THE SCHOOL TEACHER COACH, BUT, UH, UH, IN ADMINISTRATION OVER THERE.
BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO GET HIM STARTED, UH, INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
SO THEREFORE, I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT, THAT, UH, EDDIE RIGO, UM, BE PLACED IN POSITION ONE OF THE EDC FOR NOW.
WELL, I, I JUST, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERNS.
UM, HE'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT BACKGROUND, OTHER THAN I BELIEVE, UM, VOLUNTEERING FOR A LITTLE LEAGUE COUNCIL.
DOES HE HAVE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION, MR. GOODMAN.
UM, IN FINDING SOMEBODY, I MEAN, I, I, I JUST THINK MAYBE, UM, WE SHOULD GO DOWN, MAYBE SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD THAT THESE BUSINESSES AND GET, YOU KNOW, APPROACH SOME OF THEM BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WOULD BE QUALIFIED, UM, TO BE IN THAT SEAT OF EDC BECAUSE THEY ARE, HAVE THE ETHNICS OF THE BUSINESS WORLD.
UM, AND I THINK WOULD PROBABLY BRING MORE TO THE TABLE.
THOSE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT, THAT I HAVE.
I, UH, MY, MY FEELING IS VERY MUCH THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE EDC AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EDC, I MEAN, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL PART OF REORGANIZING SOME OF THAT AS WELL RIGHT NOW.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EDC HAVE A CLEAR VISION ABOUT WHERE IT'S GONNA GO AND WHAT IT'S DOING.
I MEAN, IT'S, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS AND SOME, SOME OBJECTIVES THERE, BUT, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS WE JUST APPROVED IN THE AGENDA WAS A, WAS A, UH, PLACER AI CONTRACT.
AND I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ANALYTICS THEY COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE DEALING AND
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HOW WE CAN USE THAT.BECAUSE THAT CAN BE USED IN, IN, NOT ONLY IN EDC BUT CHAMBER, BUT, BUT, UH, EVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOTEL MOTEL TAX AND EXPENDITURES AND THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THERE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT DATA COULD, BECOMES IMPORTANT FOR.
SO I THINK THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DETERMINE, IN MY MIND, WHAT IT IS THAT BECOME THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EDC AND HOW THE, HOW WE WANT THEM TO GO ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING THAT.
I REALIZE A LOT OF THAT EXPERIENCE IS NOT THERE, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN BE MOVED INTO POSITIONS AS WELL.
BUT I THINK SOMEBODY THAT'S COMMUNITY MINDED, UH, BECOMES IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO, UH, TO HELP US OUT, TO BE ABLE TO SET THOSE OBJECTIVES.
AND THOSE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT, IT HAS, IT'S, I WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S COMMUNITY MINDED.
WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH AND, AND GET A GOOD CONCEPT.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR EDDIE TO GET HIS FEET WET AND IN IT.
AND IF WE MOVE HIM LATER ON TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE OR OTHER PLACES, SO BE IT.
AS SOON AS WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EDC WE WANT THEM TO ACCOMPLISH.
HE'S EDUCATED, HE KNOWS THE DIRECTION HE WANTS TO GO IN, AND HE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO OUR CITY.
UM, MANY OF OUR BOARDS HAVE LACKED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE BACKGROUND, UM, NECESSARY TO SIT ON THESE BOARDS AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR CITIES.
UM, I THINK HE WOULD BE GREAT.
MY CONCERN IS, IS IT'S A BUSINESS, JUST LIKE THE CITY.
EDC IS A BUSINESS, YOU JUST DON'T HIRE ANYBODY FOR A PARTICULAR POSITION.
BUT WE'VE DONE THAT'RE THE BOARDS IF THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE CHANGE MAKING CHANGES TO BOARDS QUALIFIED AT ALL FOR THAT REASON.
WELL, I, I LOOK AT THE DIVERSE NATURE OF WHAT WE HAVE UP EVEN RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
AND, AND IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T, A, A LAWYER PHARMACIST,
BUT REMEMBER THAT THE, THAT THERE ARE QUALIFICATIONS ON THE EDC.
AND, AND JUST EVERYONE WHO SIT ON, AND I KNOW THAT MR. GUZMAN, THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT THAT UP, UH, SO MUCH IN, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HAVING QUALIFICATIONS ON HER, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, IN CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN POSITIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GONNA BE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, THEN WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE, THE BYLAWS, YOU KNOW, OF EDC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OPEN UP TO EVERYBODY OR ANYBODY IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT.
I THINK THE, IF NOT, THEN WE NEED TO HOLD WHAT, UH, WE HAVE ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE, UH, UH, THE BYLAWS ON IT.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYOR, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BYLAWS BEFORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, UH, BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER C UH, EDCS, YOU SEE CEO NAMES AND THEIR TITLE, OR MANAGERS OR OWNERS OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES.
AND I'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT COMING UP, UM, BUT I'VE TAKEN A WALK DOWNTOWN AND I'M THINKING, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOME MORE OF THESE BUSINESS OWNERS ON THE, ON THESE SPECIFIC BOARDS? SO WE DID, AND WE RAN 'EM OFF.
WE HAD SOME OF THE GREATEST BUSINESSMEN IN OUR CITY, SO LET'S, LET'S BRING THEM BACK.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA LOOK AT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE BYLAWS GO, IT DOES SHOW, IT DOES SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUALIFICATIONS.
THE EDC IS ONE THAT'S STATE STATUTE DRIVEN, BUT WE HAVE SPECIFIC BYLAWS BY THE CITY, AND ONE OF 'EM IS IN PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.
SO WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? MM-HMM.
SO DOES HE MEET THE QUALIFICATION AS PROFESSIONAL? HE DOES.
IS HE A PROFESSIONAL IN BUSINESS? PROBABLY NOT.
UM, BUT IF HE WANTS TO LEARN, I THINK WE GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND MAYBE HAS SOME INSIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAS.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT HE HAS TO OFFER.
I THINK AS WE RAISE THE, UH, THE LEVEL OF, OF WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING FROM THE EDC, AND IF WE NEED TO FIND, WE NEED DIFFERENT EXPERTISE ON THAT BOARD AT THAT TIME, I, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T BE BEYOND SAYING, EDDIE, HOW ABOUT WE PUT YOU OVER HERE AND MOVE YOU OVER TO THIS? I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT BEYOND ANY OF THAT FOR ANY OF OUR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEM.
IF IT'S THERE, THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE GREATER GOOD, WE'LL DO THAT.
AND SO, BUT RIGHT NOW, TO ME, JUST GET YOUR FEET WET.
WELL, AS LONG AS, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, THIS, KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO.
AND COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ THAT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY RAN ANYBODY OFF.
NOBODY TOLD, HEY, GET OUTTA HERE OR ANYTHING.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY STEPPED DOWN ON HIMSELF ALSO.
THEY, THEY MADE THE STATEMENT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THEIR OPINION ALSO.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SERVE OR NOT.
THAT IS THEIR OPINION OF WHY THEY LEFT.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SERVE OR NOT.
SO Y'ALL THE TIME, I MEAN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GOOD.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE, WE HAVE MR. GUTMAN,
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OR MY MOTION REMAINS A SECOND WAS FROM CAROL.FOR GOODMAN, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN ON THIS, AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CA UH, SANCHEZ.
OR GOT, UM, CONSIDERATION? NO, ACTUALLY IT'S, IT'S NUMBER 20.
DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON REMOVING AND OR APPOINTING A BOARD MEMBER TO PLACE THREE AT SAN BENITO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, AND THIS IS, UM, MAYOR PROTE.
UH, SO DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS, THERE WAS SOME APPLICANTS.
UM, ONE OF THE REMAINING APPLICANTS IS MARIA GALVAN.
AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IN CONFLICT TO NOMINATE HER.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS IN APPOINTED POSITION AND IT'S, THEY'RE NOT HELD TO THE CERTAIN ETHICAL STANDARDS AS THE COMMISSION.
I LOOKED AT THE LAW REGARDING IT, IT WOULD BE OKAY.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS DOWNTOWN.
I WOULD LIKE THEM, ONE OF THEM TO SIT ON THE BOARD IN MY POSITION BECAUSE I WANNA GET THEIR INPUT.
THEY'RE ALWAYS STATING, WHY CAN'T I DO THIS? WHY CAN'T I DO THAT? WELL, COME ON OVER TO THE EDC AND FIND OUT WHY.
SO I WANT ONE OF THEM TO SIT ON THE BOARD.
I'VE TALKED TO A FEW, SO MAYBE YOU WANNA TALK TO YOUR B YOUR BOARD MEMBERS OR YOUR BUSINESSES, AND YOU WANNA SEE WHO'S OUT THERE.
BUT I HAVE A FEW NAMES IN THE HAT RIGHT NOW FROM DOWNTOWN, JUST WAITING ON THE RESPONSE.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MEPO TIM GARVAN TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 22ND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 20.
THAT'S THE, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.
WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT
[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
THIS TIME.[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
THE TIME IS, UH, I GOT THE 6 46.WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND, UM, ANY POSSIBLE ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO DO I HAVE A, A MOTION AS DISCUSSED, UH, FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? MOTION NEEDED? UH, WE MO MOTION TO APPROVE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UM, MAYOR
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ADJOURN AND TIME IS, UH, 6 46.