Feb 06, 2024 Commission Meetings

AND, UH, ANY PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, BRING ME TRASH, BRING ANYTHING THAT, THAT YOU CAN.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE TRASH BINS.

UH, YES, SIR.

WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TRASH BINS, A LARGE TRASH BINS THERE.

ANYBODY WANTED TO BRING IN SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THEY WANT, THEY WANT THROW OUT, THAT'S THE TIME TO DO.

UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE ON THURSDAY.

NEXT ONE IS, UH, THE NEXT MARKET DAY WILL BE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AT 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM UH, FOR VENDOR INFORMATION CONTACT 9 5 6 4 5 6 4 0 1 2.

AND COMMISSIONERS, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? YES, MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF FRIDAYS AND WEEKENDS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CRUISE IN DOWN SAM HOUSTON THAT WE ARE BRINGING BACK FROM THE, THE OLD DAYS , UM, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE GONE TO SEVERAL OF THEM.

FOR THE MOST PART, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT IT'S NOT OUT THERE FOR RACING OR ANY HORSEPLAY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE JUST WANNA HAVE A GOOD TIME.

YOU SEE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CARS OUT THERE AND WHATNOT.

UM, JUST LET, LET'S JUST KEEP IT GOING, BUT IN A SAFE MANNER.

YES, COMMISSIONER, AND, AND IT HAS BEEN, UH, A GREAT, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, UM, THEY'RE VERY GLAD THAT, UH, WE BROUGHT IT BACK.

AND, UH, BUT PLEASE, THE SAFETY OF IT HAS TO DO THE NUMBER ONE MM-HMM.

, UM, ANY INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, UM, ON THE PEOPLE? WE'LL TAKE IT AWAY.

I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING IT, SO PLEASE GO OUT THERE, SHOW YOU YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BIG PRIZE THAT YOU HAVE, BUT, UH, DO WITH SAFETY.

IS THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALRIGHT.

NEXT ONE

[PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes)]

UH, RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MS. SANDRA, UH, TOMSON.

MS. THOMASON, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

GOOD EVENING.

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS SANDRA TOMLINSON.

I REPRESENT THE SAMUEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I'M HERE TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO THE DEDICATION AND UNVEILING OF THE NEWEST TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

HIS, UH, UH, STATE MARKER AWARDED TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, THE JOE CALANDRA COLORED SCHOOL, HISTORICAL MARKER, 1921.

THE DEDICATION AND UNVEILING WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH.

MANY OF YOU ARE AT THE FREDDY FENDER HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION THIS LAST APRIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BY THE WAY, JUST SO YOU CAN KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, WE WILL BE DEDICATING THE OLYMPIAN BOBBY MORROW HISTORICAL MARKER IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

SO, SAN BENITO IS HOME TO MANY, MANY HISTORICAL MARKERS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US THIS NEXT, UH, NOT THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON IT TOO.

YES, RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, MA'AM.

THAT'S IT.

ONE'S GONNA BE PRESENTATION OF, UH, FINANCIAL CITY FINANCIALS.

AND, UM, THEN, UM, NEXT

[PRESENTATION(S)]

I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE TO JUST ADMIT STEPHANIE.

HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

STEPHANIE SANANDA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

UM, PRESENTING TODAY, THE FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2023.

AGAIN, WE'RE CATCHING UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, HANG OUT WITH US.

WE'RE, WE'LL GET THERE.

UM, SO ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, YOU WOULD SEE OUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSETS OF 22,648,000 WITH 25 AS COMPARED OF LAST YEAR, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2012, 21 MILLION 182,000 133.

MOVING FORWARD TO PAGE NUMBER TWO.

NUMBER THREE, FOR TOTAL LIABILITIES OF 4,334,944, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 3,879,615.

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE, AS MENTIONED, 22,648 WITH 25 AS COMPARE OF LAST YEAR OF 21,000 A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE.

PAGE NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE, OR REVENUE AS AN EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE REPORT FOR THE MONTH.

SO IN THE FIRST COLUMN, YOU WOULD SEE THE MONTH TO DAY.

AS OF LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WAS 2,302,918.

COMPARED TO THIS YEAR OF 1,000,600 9,248, YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL WE'RE COLLECTED REVENUES OF 5,217,712, FOLLOWED BY DATA CONTINUATION OF THE SAME REPORT.

BUT THIS IS THE, THE EXPENDITURE REPORT, TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, ACTUAL, AND THE SECOND COLUMN OF 1,000,060 FOUR, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE YEAR TO THE ACTUAL OF 2 MILLION A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX REVENUES OVER EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH ACTUAL, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 544,385 YEAR TO THE ACTUAL REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 3,036,786.

ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE, YOU WILL SEE YOUR SALES TAX, SALES TAX COLLECTED IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OF 2023.

UM, I'M SORRY, SALES TAX COLLECTED FOR SEPTEMBER.

IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

UM, WE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF 647,206 WITH 25 CENTS.

25% GOES TO EDC, 75% STAYS WITH THE CITY.

IF YOU LOOK IN THAT PAGE ON THE FIR FIRST COLUMN ON THE VERY BOTTOM, THAT'S, THAT'LL BE THE YEAR TO DATE.

SO, YEAR TO DATE FOR 2223, TOTAL AMOUNTED, 7,265,042 WITH 42 CENTS.

AND THEN RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO IT, YOU WILL SEE THE ALLOCATION, HISTORICAL SUMMARY.

IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE YEAR FOR THEM RUNS DIFFERENT.

JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1ST, US JUNE, OCTOBER TO BRU, OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LEMME KNOW.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NONE.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

GONNA BE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS FROM, UH, ONE THROUGH 19, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING, UH, THAT Y'ALL WANT TO DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY? IF NOT, IT'S GONNA BE CONSENT THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, PULL ITEMS NUMBER THREE, EIGHT AND 14.

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ON NUMBER 14, I WAS GONNA USE THAT.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT ONE, UH, TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, UH, TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER 14.

THAT'S GONNA BE FOR THE BASEBALL, UH, YOUTH SPORTS.

I'M SORRY.

SO I SECOND THE MOTION.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 14 TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE GOT THE, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER THING? HOLD ON.

THREE AND EIGHT.

YOU GOT MY THREE AND EIGHT? YEAH.

THREE AND EIGHT.

BUT I'M ASKING, UH, ANYMORE.

YOU WANT THAT ONE OUT ON THE CONSENT? YES.

FOR DISCUSSION? YES.

TO DISCUSS? MM-HMM.

ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT.

SO ITEMS NUMBER THREE, NUMBER EIGHT, AND NUMBER 10 WILL BE.

AND THEN, AND, AND 13, I'M SORRY.

MAYOR 13 AS WELL.

I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON 13.

13.

WHAT THE, OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA BE NUMBER 3, 8, 10, 13 WILL BE OUT OF ON THE, UH, CONSENT.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ALL THE OTHER ONES TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS JUST LISTED BY THE MAYOR.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I GOT A SECOND.

UM, THE FIRST MOTION IS GONNA BE BYER, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS GONNA BE, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

SO LET'S TAKE IT, UH, THE WAY IT IS.

UM, MAYOR, I, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I GUESS THIS IS FOR MR. SANDOVAL.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE CHANGING THE MEETINGS ON HOW WE'RE DOING THEM ALL COMBINED.

I HAD JUST HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN WHEN WE DO THAT.

'CAUSE I'VE HAD QUESTIONS ASKED TO ME WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

UM, I KNOW IT SHORTENS THE MEETINGS AND WHATNOT, BUT THEN THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY.

WE DON'T HEAR WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS ON EACH ITEM.

CAN YOU CLARIFY? I GUESS SO THE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED OR WHY WE DO IT THIS WAY? CERTAINLY THESE ITEMS THAT WE PUT ON CONSENT ARE JUST NORMAL AND, AND ROUTINE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO, UH, DISCUSS ON PROCUREMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE KEEP OUT.

UH, AND, AND IT'S STANDARD PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, AROUND OTHER CITIES.

IT'S NOT REALLY A, IT'S NOT REALLY A, A PLOY TO GET AROUND TRANSPARENCY.

IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES THEM NOT NECESSARILY MAKE THE MEETING GO FASTER.

BUT IT JUST, UH, ALLOWS THE STAFF TO GET THROUGH AND, AND DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.

UH, THE ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ARE EITHER AFFECT THE BUDGET OR AFFECT STAFFING OR AFFECT PROCUREMENT.

JUST A CONCERN.

SOMEONE HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS ON THAT, JUST THAT WAY.

YOU CLARIFIED ON WHY IT'S, WE'RE DOING THE PROCESS THIS WAY DIFFERENTLY, WHAT THERE WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING.

AND, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THAT.

AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS I, I WILL WORK WITH RUTH AND, UH, BE A LITTLE MORE SELECTIVE WHAT WE INCLUDE IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE ROUTINE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, AND THE REST WILL LEAVE OUT.

I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THAT THOUGH.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PULL OUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT.

WHAT, WHAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR CONSTITUENT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT, ARE THEY ABLE TO THEN SPEAK OR THEY JUST HAVE TO GO WITH IT? UH, THAT'S, IF, IF THEY HAVE AN, I MEAN, IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION, THEY CAN ADDRESS IT TO ME.

I MEAN, I, I, I CAN ANSWER IT.

UH, AND IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP, I THINK, UH, ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT OUT.

ONCE IT GETS TO THAT VOTING PART.

WELL, WILL THEY KNOW BY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THEY JUST COMMENTED AND MISSED THEIR POINT AND THEN WE JUST BREEZE THROUGH EVERYTHING? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

'CAUSE I'M THINKING IF THEY, WELL, UNLESS THEY, UNLESS THEY HAD RIGHT NOW AND WE ONLY HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEN WE MOVE ON TO THIS AND WE GO THROUGH ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS AND NOW THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

OH, SO AT PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT OUR ASSUMPTION IS, IS THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD READ IT AHEAD OF TIME AND HAVE THAT QUESTION AHEAD.

WELL, THEY COULD BECAUSE WE, WE LIST THE, WE LIST THE AGENDA ONLINE AND WE POST IT.

SO, UM,

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THAT'S THE PART, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER FOR US BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE GET THE AGENDA, WE GET EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE AGENDA.

SURE.

SO IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY, OH, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.

'CAUSE I HAVE THE MAP, I HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF ME, SO I'VE ALREADY REVIEWED THAT.

BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

RIGHT.

UM, THE, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHERE THEY CALL US.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE ACCESSIBLE.

I MEAN, I'M ACCESSIBLE TO, TO ANYBODY.

AND MY, MY NUMBER'S THERE, YOU CAN CALL ME.

AND SO I GET TO, I HAVE SOME PEOPLE'S INTERPRETATION KNOW.

WELL, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE, YOU KNOW, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT, UH, THE THING IS THAT WE ARE HERE, OKAY.

WE'RE HERE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE.

UH, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, CALL US.

YOU KNOW, CALL ANY ONE OF US.

AND SAME, SAME THING GOES FOR ME.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

ANY OF THE STAFF.

I MEAN, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, COMMISSIONER, WE NEVER REALLY HAD THAT PROBLEM BEFORE.

I MEAN, SINCE I'VE DONE IT, MOST OF THE TIME, THE STAFF, IF, IF THEY DO HAVE A QUESTION, THEY CATCH YOU AFTERWARDS, I REALIZED THAT IT MAY BE TOO LATE BY THAT TIME 'CAUSE YOU VOTED ON IT.

BUT, UM, ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, THE, THE, THE VOTERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO YOU ALL.

AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.

BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING A LITTLE HOMEWORK BEFORE THEY COME, THEY CAN ALSO ASK AND REQUEST TO SEE SOME OF THE DETAILS AS WE SEE IT AS WELL.

CAN THEY NOT, CAN THEY? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

OH, ABSOLUTE.

THEY CAN'T BEFORE THE MEETING.

THEY CAN GET RUTH AND ASK HER WHAT WE HAVE.

YEP, YEP.

YEAH, I MEAN, THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IS, IS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT, FOR EITHER NON AGENDA ITEMS, AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON THERE THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME TIME LIMITS, BUT IF THEY WANT A MORE DETAILED AGENDA, I THINK IT STATES THAT.

UM, THAT WHERE THEY CAN GET WITH RUTH AND GET ABSOLUTELY A DETAILED AGENDA.

THEY JUST HAVE TO FILL OUT OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[3. Consideration and possible action to approve the Second Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-J to request to rezone a property located at 1620 South 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-1 “Commercial Restricted Business”. Applicant: Cesar Anguiano.]

ITEM NUMBER THREE.

WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, I HAD TO FILL OUT OPEN RECORDS.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS FROM THE LAST MEETING.

THE ONLY THING WAS THAT THE LAST MEETING, THAT WAS THE FIRST READING.

SO WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO TAKE ACTION.

AND THEN THIS MEETING IS ACTUALLY WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ACTION.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MONICA DID LET ME KNOW THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT THAT AREA AND POSSIBLY DO A CITY, UM, REZONING.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND LOOK AT THAT SECTION OF THE, OF THE STREET, BECAUSE IT, IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE COMMERCIAL.

UM, ACTUALLY, WE, UH, IF I COULD, MAYOR, GO AHEAD.

WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE LAND USE MAP.

UH, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTED.

BUT I THINK WE LOOK AT, WE NEED TO LOOK, THE CITY'S CHANGING AND, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE LAND USE MAP.

AND I THINK IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE IT'S BEEN UPDATED.

SO WE NEED TO YES, WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT.

IT'S GOTTA BE A LIVING DOCUMENT.

THEY'RE A RECOMMENDATION BOARD.

GOOD.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, BY THE WAY.

UM, YES.

UH, IT DOES NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.

OTHERWISE, WHEN WE LOOK AT JUST APPROVING THIS, WE LOOK LIKE IT, IT'S SPOT ZONING AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA AVOID AS WELL.

SO BY TAKING A LOOK AT IT OVERALL HOLISTICALLY, I MEAN, THAT'S MUCH BETTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

WE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT PRETTY SOON, AT LEAST THIS SECTION, SINCE WE KNOW THAT THE SECTION IS ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS CURRENTLY.

SO WOULD IT BE BETTER TO THEN, UH, I, I PERSONALLY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE DONE IS ACTUALLY DENY THIS ONE AT THIS POINT AND, UH, LET THAT PRESSURE BE ON YOU GUYS TO, UH, GET THAT WHOLE THING CHANGED.

NO, IT EITHER WAY, WE WE'RE ALREADY, IF YOU'RE ALREADY DENIED, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT.

IT'S JUST, JUST APPROVING THE SECOND READING, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? CORRECT.

APPRO? YES.

APPROVE OR DENY WHATEVER YOU ALL FEEL THAT YOU WANNA DO.

UM, AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND MAIL OUTS TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND WITHIN TWO A HUNDRED FEET, WE'LL HAVE THE PNZ LOOK AT IT.

AND THEN IT'LL COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, TWICE.

SO YOU, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU NEED NOW? WHY IS IT, WHY IS IT HERE? IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING DENIED IT? NO.

PLANNING, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, UM, A BOARD THAT MAKES DECISIONS.

WE CAN OVERRIDE THEM WITH, I THINK, FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO FOUR OUT OF FIVE WOULD'VE TO VOTE APPROVAL FOR THIS? YES.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS THEN FOR A SECOND.

READING.

WE'RE, YES.

WE'RE APPROVING THE SECOND READING, BUT WE'RE DENYING THE DENIAL STILL STANDS.

THE DENIAL STILL STANDS.

NO.

YOU ACTUALLY, THIS IS WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

YEAH, THE MOTION.

THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MOTION ON THE FIRST ONE.

UH, IT WAS JUST FOR A READ.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT, THAT COUNTS.

I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY APPROVAL OF THIS PERMIT.

I GOT A MOTION BACK.

COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

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NAYS.

MOTION PASSES TO DENY.

BUT AGAIN, TO THE PERSON MAKING THE PERMIT, UH, ASKING FOR THE PERMIT, WE WANT TO STILL ACCOMMODATE YOU AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK AND GET IT DONE.

SO THANK YOU.

WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT, COMMISSIONER.

[8. Consideration and possible action to approve a Service Agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for continued health awareness community activities for fiscal year 2024.]

NOW, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.

UH, TO APPROVE SERVICE AGREEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, RAMO RODRIGUEZ, UH, PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UT HEALTH.

WE ARE ON OUR 14TH YEAR.

UH, THEY GIVE US $60,000 A YEAR TO PROMOTE, UH, HEALTH AWARENESS, UH, ZUMBA CLASSES, ALL KINDS OF EXERCISES THAT, UH, A LOT OF OUR, UH, CITIZENS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OTHERWISE.

UH, YEAH.

I, I ASKED FOR THIS MOTION TO BE PULLED TO, TO, SO WE COULD TALK THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED.

I, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, RAMON.

WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE WITH THIS? MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE AS MUCH PUBLICITY MM-HMM, TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE YES.

AS CAN BE DONE.

AND, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE BUSY AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS COULD BE DONE TO PROMOTE THIS, THIS, UH, UM, PROGRAM.

UM, I'M CERTAINLY KNOW WE NEED IT.

SO YEAH.

OUR HEALTH AWARENESS, UH, UH, COORDINATOR, SHE'S VERY ACTIVE ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SHE'S CONSTANTLY POSTING PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, UH, ON, UH, OUR STUDENT CLASSES.

WE HAVE TO, UP TO 40, 50 LADIES THAT GO OUT OUT THERE AND EXERCISE IN THE MORNINGS ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER.

SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT HERE.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE LAST YEAR? DO YOU KNOW? UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE? I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY, SIR, BUT I CAN GET 'EM FOR YOU.

I, I WOULD LOVE TO JUST KIND OF SEE HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THE PROGRAM YEAR OVER YEAR.

SURE.

ACTUALLY, UH, UH, UT ESTABLISHED A METRICS FOR US.

WE HAVE TO REACH A CERTAIN METRIC.

OTHERWISE WE WON'T NOT GET THE MONEY.

I SAW THAT.

GOT 175 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU GOTTA HAVE MM-HMM.

SO, YEAH.

THAT'S, THAT'S, I, I JUST, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

GREAT THING TO DO.

I JUST WANT TO SEE IT PROMOTED.

IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY WELL PROMOTED ON FACEBOOK.

'CAUSE I FOLLOW THEIR PAGE, BUT OTHERWISE, UH, NOT REALLY.

UM, ENT, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND THEN I, I'VE GONE TO SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SHE'S USUALLY PRESENT THERE.

I ALWAYS THINK SHE, SHE'S VERY ACTIVE UP.

SHE'LL BE LIKE AT THE SCHOOLS OR, MM-HMM.

UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR AND SHE'S OUT THERE.

SO THAT'S, AND THAT'S ON A SATURDAY EARLY MORNING.

SO THAT'S GOOD FOR HER.

DOES THIS ONE REQUIRE MOTION? YES.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

BEFORE YOU DO THE MOTION, UH, DO WE HAVE HER ON THE, UH, UH, CITY WEBPAGE? YES.

UH, YES, SIR.

IT'S OUT THERE.

YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN? SECOND.

SECOND BY MAYOR TIM GALVAN.

ANY NAY? MOTION PASSES.

ARE THEY THE ONES THAT, UM, THAT WERE IN THE PARADE? YES, SIR.

ACTUALLY, THEY, ONE OF THE PARADE, UH, YOU HAD ABOUT, UH, 30, 40 DAYS OUT THERE, THE ZOOMBA, NANCY.

THAT'S SOME, THAT'S SOME GOOD PR.

NOW WE GOT THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, SHOULD I FIND IT? CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE EQUIPMENT RENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FROM BLG MANAGEMENT, LLC FOR PRODUCTION SERVICES, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO.

UH,

[10. Consideration and possible action to ratify the Equipment Rental/Professional Services Contract from BLG Management, LLC, for production services at the 2024 Hog Waddle Concert. ]

SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.

FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE CONTRACT WITH BLG MANAGEMENT.

BLG WILL PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL MUSIC PRODUCTION SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE TWO DAYS DURING THE HOG LOT CONCERT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THAT THE PERSON WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS? MAYBE WE'VE HAD OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE USED THEM FOR A FEW OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.

PAGE ONE.

HAVE WE EVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

NONE? NO.

THEY ACTUALLY GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, IF THEY SEE THAT SOMETHING'S NOT UP TO PAR, THEY DO GIVE US THOSE KINDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY WORK REALLY WELL WITH US.

THEY'RE MAINLY DOING THE STAGE PRODUCTION, STAGE LIGHTING AND SOUND.

WANNA STORE IT? YEAH, EXACTLY.

DO YOU THINK OVER MISS NIKKI, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT DO YOU THINK IF WE CONTINUE HOSTING EVENTS LIKE THIS, WHAT DO WE, UH, THREE SOLID ONES EVERY YEAR AND THEN A FEW SMALL ONES IN BETWEEN, DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S BE MORE FEASIBLE TO JUST HAVE OUR OWN MM-HMM.

TRAILER SET UP INSTEAD SET ASIDE TO BUY ONE? BECAUSE I SAW THEIR SETUP, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A TRAILER THAT THEY CAN TRANSPORT ANYWHERE, HAVE THE TRAILER.

UM, IT WOULD BE COSTLY, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COST UPFRONT VERSUS THE RENTAL COST, UM, OVER THE YEARS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ONLY THING WITH THAT IS MAINTENANCE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND ANY KIND OF, LIKE, LIABILITIES.

BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO OURSELVES.

A SMALLER STAGE.

MAYBE NOT SOMETHING AS LARGE AS WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT, UM, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO THAT.

I, I DON'T OPPOSE.

WHAT DO YOU WANNA STORE ? WHERE DO WE

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HAVE THE NEWBUILDING, HOW ABOUT OUTSIDE? CAN WE STORE IT OUTSIDE? COME ON ELSE.

SO THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER.

WE GOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT OUT THERE THAT HAS NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A CANOPY, THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING, YOU KNOW, BENTO, A SMALLER STAGE WOULD BE A SMALLER, LIKE MOBILE STAGE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THE SOCCER FEST OR ANY OTHER POPUP EVENTS THAT COME UP.

ANY FOOD COURTS, ANYTHING.

CITY HALL FOR ALL.

IF WE NEED ANY KIND OF STAGE LIKE THAT, UH, SMALLER MOBILE STAGE IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO ALSO RENT OUT SMALLER MOBILE STAGE.

WHEN I WAS ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS BOARD, WE PURCHASED ONE.

DO YOU KNOW WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT? I KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES HAVE A STAGE THAT THEY DO HAVE TO BUILD AND IT TAKES ABOUT 10 GUYS LIKE FOUR HOURS TO DO IT.

AND IT'S USUALLY IN THE HEAT.

SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE STREET AND STUFF.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE, THE LIABILITY THING BECOMES WITH THE BIGGER STAGE.

IS OUR STAFF EVEN KNOWLEDGEABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER? I'M JUST CURIOUS.

OH, YEAH.

TRAINING.

THESE GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO EVERYTHING .

I THINK SO.

I COULDN'T PUT IT UP, BUT I'M SURE THESE GUYS CAN DO IT.

COMMISSIONER CHRIS FOX.

NICE AND WAKELY MAYOR.

I'M SORRY.

YES, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, THE, THE, THE MORE MOBILE STAGES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, THEY'RE A LOT MORE MODULAR AND THEY'RE WAY EASIER TO SET UP.

, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE TRANSPORTED.

I, I'VE DEALT WITH A COUPLE OF THEM.

AND, UH, THE BIG THING IS JUST THE STORAGE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY, THEY LITERALLY POP UP PRETTY QUICK.

HAS THIS ALREADY BEEN PAID? NO MA'AM.

NO.

BECAUSE I SEE RATIFY, RIGHT? YES, I DO.

UM, THEY NEEDED TO, THEY NEEDED APPROVAL EARLY ON, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO IT, BUT IT WASN'T ABLE TO GET SIGNED IN TIME.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE FOR APPROVAL.

I KNOW THIS IS OFF THE TOPIC, BUT DO WE HAVE MU THE, UM, ARTISTS LINED UP ALREADY? WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS FOR THE ARTISTS BECAUSE THAT HAS TO COME TO US AND WE'RE A MONTH AWAY.

RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND THEY, NO, I KNOW.

I'VE, I FEEL THE PRESSURE.

I CAN'T, I'VE BEEN FEELING THE PRESSURE.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT ME UP THERE SINGING THAT UP.

OH, WE GOTTA FIND SOMEBODY .

A SHOT.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP TOO, AS WHERE, UH, MAYOR PRO.

'CAUSE MY CONCERN TOO IS THAT, UM, IT'S AROUND THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SPONSORSHIPS TOO.

I KNOW I SPOKE ABOUT IT LAST YEAR THAT IT'S KEY OF GETTING THEM ON TIME, YOU KNOW, A TIMELY MANNER.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND START LOOKING AT THESE HEBS THAT I HAVE ALREADY, MA'AM.

TEXAS REGIONAL BANK.

YOUR LINEBERG, YOUR REPUBLIC, ALL THEM THAT WE DON'T SEEK OUT.

WE NEED TO START SEEKING.

NO, DEFINITELY.

WE, I'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE APPLICATION THE REQUEST TO HEB THANK YOU.

BACK IN JANUARY.

SO, UM, IT'S PENDING THE REVIEW AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT, THANK YOU.

WHAT THEY SAY? YES, MA'AM.

MM-HMM, .

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

NUMBER 13 IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE MLS GO CONCERT.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, UH, THIS IS JUST TO APPROVE, NOT TO RATIFY.

JUST WANNA MAKE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

ITEM

[13. Consideration and possible action to ratify the MLS Go soccer team uniforms order for the 2024 Winter season in the total amount of $12,885.37 to RCX Sports, LLC.]

I MEAN, SOCCER TEAM UNIFORMS, UH, FOR 2024.

WINTER SEASON.

MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, AMANDA LATA, RECREATION COORDINATOR FOR THE RECORD.

UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE RATIFICATION OF THE UNIFORM PURCHASE FOR EM S GO SOCCER WINTER SEASON.

I, I JUST WANNA SAY, I, I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY MORNING AND I WAS A LITTLE LATE GETTING OUT.

HI.

STILL YOU, PETE WAS OUT THERE TOO.

WE WERE OUT THERE TOGETHER.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WAS LOTS OF KIDS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AMANDA, I GOTTA CONGRATULATE YOU AND, AND ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

IT WAS, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE RAINY, RAINY AND WET AND A LITTLE MUDDY IN SOME PLACES.

THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF.

SO TELL US HOW MANY, TELL US HOW YOU FEEL THE PROGRAM IS GOING SO FAR.

I, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC SO FAR.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S HICCUPS HERE AND THERE WITH SCHEDULING AND MULTI-SPORT CHILDREN, BUT IT'S, IT'S FANTASTIC SO FAR.

HOW FAR AWAY DO WE HAVE? IT'S OVER DOUBLED.

THEIR, THEIR REGISTRATION.

WE, WE, UM, OVER DOUBLED OUR REGISTRATIONS THAN LAST YEAR.

AND ANY YEAR WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE, UM, OVER 300 CHILDREN.

GREAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

AMANDA? I'M SORRY, AMANDA? YES.

ON THE UNIFORMS. SO IS THIS COMING OUT OF THEIR REGISTRATION FEE? HOW DOES THIS WORK? THIS 12,000? YES.

YOU TELL US HOW THAT WORKS.

THE SEASON, SO THAT MAKES MORE REVENUE.

SO WE CHARGE THE, THE UNIFORMS ARE 35 PER KIT.

WE CHARGE $45 TO ALSO COVER THE SHIPPING COSTS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

SO WE BROUGHT IN, IN REGISTRATIONS 14,500 AND WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING 12,800.

SO WE DEFINITELY PASS THROUGH HAVE, YES.

I, I TRIED TO COVER THE COST OF WHAT I'M EXPECTED BECAUSE I SEEN SHIPPING WAS LIKE 800 AND WHAT, $75? YES.

AND THAT IS PRETTY STANDARD.

UM, WHEN WE PURCHASE FROM RCX, WHO WE DO ARE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE FROM THROUGH THIS MLS GO AGREEMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE CONCESSIONS THROUGHOUT

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UM, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CONCESSIONS, WE DON'T TYPICALLY, UM, PROFIT OFF OF THEM.

SO WE'VE INVITED VENDORS.

SO WE HAD CHICK-FIL-A OUT THERE.

WE HAD ELMONTE HERE FROM SAN BETO OUT THERE.

UM, AND THEY IN, THEY COME IN AND THEY FEED PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALSO FEED OUR STAFF THAT'S OUT THERE FOR FREE.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, JUST TO COMMENT INTO THIS, THE, UM, WHEN I SEE THAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION AND I SEE THE FACILITY WE HAVE OUT THERE, I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, OKAY, WE COULD PROBABLY DO A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

AND I IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT MONEY TO DO THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SHOVEL READY PROJECT AT THIS POINT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO TRY TO ENVISION OR GET SOME SORT OF A CONCEPT OR IDEAS OR ANY TYPE OF ENGINEERING PUT TOGETHER FOR AN EN AN EN AN ENHANCED, UH, FACILITY, SPORTS FACILITY OUT THERE.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GO AFTER THAT.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

OF COURSE.

YOU'RE WORKING, MAN.

YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.

WELL, NO, I MEAN, THE MAYOR TOOK ME OUT THERE AND IT, IT'S A GREAT FACILITY AND WELL, I'M SERIOUS.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL.

IT'S NOT A GREAT FACILITY.

IT'S A GOOD FACILITY, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT GREAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH, DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION.

SAY, YEAH.

WHAT'S THAT? DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT.

HOW DID I SAY IT? WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN.

WE'LL MAKE IT BETTER.

OH, WHOA.

COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, EVERYBODY.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT MORE BETTER.

HOW'S THAT? UH, THE THING ABOUT IT IS THIS, WE HAVE A UNIQUE, A UNIQUE SITUATION IN SAN BENITO.

WE, WE HAVE MORE PARK SPACE THAN WE HAVE DEVELOPED PARK SPACE, THE GREEN AREAS AND OTHER CITIES.

PEOPLE ARE DYING TO GET THOSE.

AND WE'RE HAVING, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

WE'VE GOT 'EM, WE'VE JUST GOTTA FILL 'EM IN.

SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME.

I SHARED THIS WITH THE MAYOR AND I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I'VE ALREADY HAVE, UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO RAMON ABOUT IT.

WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS FOR SOME OF THE EXISTING PARKS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE JUST SMALLER PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER, WE'RE ALREADY IN THE WORKS, UM, ALREADY PRE-FUNDED, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, MAINTENANCE TYPE STUFF.

THE REAL THING IS, I'M SORRY, THE CANOPY.

YEAH, MY CANOPY.

THE CANOPY IS GOING UP.

IT'S GONNA GO UP.

I PROMISE YOU THAT.

I, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY AT STOKE PARK IS HUGE AND I COULD SEE THAT BEING A TOP OF THE LINE SPORTS COMPLEX AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

AND THERE IS SOME MONEY FOR THAT.

PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

, UH, EVEN, UH, EVEN HOTEL MOTEL.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE CAN DO THERE.

SPORTS, TOURISM IS TOURISM.

IT'S HUGE.

IT'S THE BIGGEST THING EVER.

IT REALLY IS.

AND WE'VE GOT IT.

AND WE'VE GOT THE LAND.

IT'S JUST NEEDS TO BE REDEVELOPED AND RECONFIGURED.

WE'LL GET IT DONE.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANT.

YES SIR.

THAT'S SIR, IT'S ON THE LIST TO GROW IT.

I KNOW WE HAVE THE PONY LEAGUE NEXT ON THE AGENDA, BUT LAST YEAR THEY HOLD IT.

ONE OF OUR FIRST REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS DOWN HERE.

AND YOU CAN ONLY GO UP FROM THERE.

I MEAN, I'VE TRAVELED WITH MY KID AND WE GO UP THERE.

WE HAVE TO SPEND ON HOTEL, WE HAVE TO SPEND ON FOOD.

WE HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY FORGOT UP THERE.

WE, I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS FOR THAT.

IT'S A HUGE MULTIPLIER OPPORTUNITY.

HUGE.

MOTION TO, UH, I I HAVE A COMMENT FOR AMANDA.

SORRY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING THERE.

I WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

UM, THE COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE THOUGH IS THAT THE CONCESSIONS, I DID SEE CHICK-FIL-A THERE, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL EATERIES.

I WENT DOWN TO, I THINK PAPA CITO SMOKEHOUSE.

THEY, THEY'RE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH BREAKFAST, SO THEY CUT OUT THEIR SPECIALTY BRIS BISCUITS.

AND IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TRY 'EM, THAT'S YOUR YOUR FAULT.

NOW THEY'RE OFF THE MENU AND I'M VERY UPSET.

BUT NOW THEY HAVE BREAKFAST TACOS.

BUT IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM, IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING.

ASK.

I, I DON'T, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THEM, BUT ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, TRY THEM FIRST.

HEY, CAN YOU USE OUR CONCESSIONS AND CAN WE COME UP WITH SOME SORT, SORT OF AGREEMENT WHERE YES, THEY'RE EARNING SOME REVENUE AND THEY'RE ALSO FEEDING OUR KIDS AND THEY'RE SHOWING THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS A LOCAL PLACE TO EAT HERE.

DEFINITELY.

I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP THEM.

FOR FOOTBALL, WE, WE POSTED OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING VENDORS TO, TO COME AND SELL DURING FOOTBALL SEASON.

THAT DIDN'T GET AS MUCH RESPONSE.

AND THIS SEASON I REACHED OUT TO A FEW SAN BENITO BUSINESSES TO OUT, I THINK YOU REACHING OUT HELPS A LOT.

BECAUSE HONESTLY, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE CITY FACEBOOK PAGE AT ALL.

UNTIL I STARTED RUNNING.

NOW I'M A FOLLOWER OF IT.

RIGHT.

BUT YOU PEOPLE DON'T, I'M SORRY TO SAY IT THIS WAY, BUT PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

UNLESS THEY START GETTING, UNLESS THEY HAVE KIDS INVOLVED OR THEY HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST.

BUT WE NEED TO BE THE ONES REACHING OUT.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE CITY HALL FOR ALL TOWN HALL EVENT COMING UP.

BUT WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR ARM

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TO THE CITIZENS.

SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

THIS IS WHAT WE PROVIDE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT AGAIN, THAT YOU'RE TRYING THAT I'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO PAPA CTOS.

WE HAD REACHED OUT TO BLANC TO A FEW OTHERS TO SEE TO GET THEM OUT THERE.

BUT PATOS, I, I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL FOR SURE.

WHY NOT? YEAH.

THEY, THEY WEREN'T OPPOSED TO IT AND THEY SAID THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

I'LL CALL THE, I APPRECIATE IT.

OF COURSE.

THE ONLY REASON WE'RE ASKING ALL THIS, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, YOU DID BRING, BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UH, THERE'S OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO COME IN AND EVEN THERE AT THE, AT THE PARK, THEY'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT AND TAKE HIM AWAY FROM SANTO.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S UN IT'S UN SPORTSMAN.

COME ON.

ANY C THAT COMES OVER HERE AND SENDS THEIR, THEIR TEENS TO COME AND TRY TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM HERE, FROM SOMEBODY TO COME ON.

YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT, UH, THAT SAID THAT UN SPORTSMAN.

BUT ANYWAY, AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW I GOT THERE LATE, BUT, UH, WHAT I SAW WAS, WAS GOOD AND AWESOME.

SO WITH ALL IN MIND, WE, WELL, ONE MORE THING, MAYOR.

ONE MORE.

I'M SORRY.

IT HAS TO BE ON THE AGENDA.

PLEASE.

I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE AGENDA.

PLEASE.

WELL, IT SOMEWHAT .

UM, IF WE COULD, UM, I CONCUR WITH MAYOR PRO TEM GALVAN.

IF WE COULD MAYBE GET SPONSORSHIPS FROM OUR LOCAL ONES THAT WE COULD PUT BANNERS OUT THERE TOO.

THAT HELP THEM AS WELL.

I MEAN, TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE, BASICALLY.

TO HELP OUR LOCAL.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE STRUGGLING OUT THERE.

SO THAT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TOO.

PLEASE.

DEFINITELY.

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

MORE MORALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

THE BOARD APPOINTMENT? YES.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

SO THE ONLY ONE THAT IS LEFT IS ITEM 14 TO GO AND INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YOU WANNA DO

[1. Discussion and possible action on removing and/or appointing a board member to Place 3 of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors]

GO SESSION.

NO, WE NEED TO DO, YES.

CAN WE DO ITEM ON BOARD APPOINTMENTS? ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON REMOVING OR APPOINTING A BOARD MEMBER TO PLACE THREE OF SANTO EDC, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

PLACE.

THREE.

MAYOR PROTE, PLACE THREE.

MAYOR PROTE.

DRUM ROLL.

UH, I'M GONNA TABLE THIS TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I NEED TO GET SOME LEGAL ADVICE FIRST.

TOMORROW ON THE BOARD APPOINTMENT NUMBER ONE.

SO WE JUST DON'T TAKE ANY ACTION.

WE'LL JUST OKAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TABLE IT.

YEAH, WE, THERE'S NO ACTION FOR NOW.

AND, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, SIR.

YES,

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SIR.

GO INTO, UH, WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, THE TIME IS, UH, SIX 10 AND WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE ARE NO PECANS ON MY CHAIR.

THE TIME IS, UH, SIX 15.

WE'LL GET BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION

[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]

DO I HAVE MOTION? WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY TAKING ANY ACTION.

COMMISSIONER, MAYOR, PORT TIM.

NO ACTION.

NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.

ON THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DISCUSSED, DO I HAVE A MOTION AS, UH, TO PROCEED AS, UH, DISCUSSING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, MORALE, MORALE.

SECOND BY MAYOR PURIM.

UH, MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 14.