Feb 20, 2024 Commission Meetings

[CALL TO ORDER]

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NOTICE IS A REGULAR MEETING OF CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION FEBRUARY 20, 20, 24.

TIME IS, UH, 5 32.

MS. MCGINNIS, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

UM, MAYOR PRESENT, MAYOR PEDRO ALVAN.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER .

HERE, COMMISSIONER DEBORAH MORALES.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER CAROLINE SANCHEZ.

PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLS TO THE US FLAG AND THE, UM, INVOCATION.

I PLEDGE THE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OR AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY.

JUSTICE FOR ALL, EVERYONE.

FLAG.

FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE SAYING, UNDER GOD, WHILE AN INDIVIDUAL, LET US PRAY.

ALMIGHTY GOD, AS WE ENTER THE EASTER SEASON, MAY WE CARRY YOUR LOVE AND REDEMPTION INTO OUR HEARTS.

GUIDE US IN LIVING OUT THE EASTER MESSAGE OF RENEWAL AND SHARING YOUR LIGHT WITH THE WORLD.

AND MAY YOUR LIGHT GUIDE OUR DAYS AND YOUR SPIRIT BRING US PEACE.

IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, MR. P.

THE, UM,

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THE FIRST ONE BEING THAT MARKET DAYS ON HISTORICAL ROBERTSON STREET WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM A FOOD DISTRIBUTION WILL BE HELD FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH AT THE SANTO FAIRGROUNDS.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RESIDE IN SANTO TO 10.

THE THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE MAKE YOUR MARK YOUR YOUR CALENDARS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH FOR CITY HALL FOR ALL FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT KENNEDY PARK PAVILION.

NUMBER FOUR, WE ARE UNDER STAGE TWO MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, WE ASK ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND ABIDE BY THE RULES TO CONSERVE WATER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OR ORDINANCE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE@WWW.CITY OF SANTO.COM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PARTTIME.

COMMISSIONER, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.

OKAY.

UM, MAYOR, UM, EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED.

MIGHT WANNA MENTION AS WELL, OKAY.

EARLY VOTING.

PLEASE GO OUT THE VOTE, PLEASE.

OKAY.

UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO.

SIRAM.

NOBODY.

OKAY.

NEXT PRESENTATION

[PRESENTATION(S)]

MS. STEPHANIE? YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE SANANDA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

UM, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2023.

ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, YOU WERE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 22, 1 50 8,811.

AS OF LAST YEAR, DURING THE SAME MONTH OF 20 MILLION SIX HUNDRED NINETEEN FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, THAT, UH, A TOTAL FROM BALANCE LAST YEAR FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE HAVE 18 485,435, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 17,280,080.

TOTAL INFORMED BALANCE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2023 OF 20 2058.

UM, 810 20, I'M SORRY, 22 MILLION 50 58, 810 AS OF LAST YEAR OF 20,000,006, 19,513.

FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE HAVE OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

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YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE 6,967,396.

COMPARISON OF, UH, DURING THE SAME TIME IN DECEMBER OF 2022, WE HAD, UH, TOTAL REVENUES OF A MILLION HUNDRED 26,492.

PAGE NUMBER FIVE, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR EXPENDITURES, UM, REPORT TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 2023.

WE HAVE A MINIMUM 341,942 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF A MINIMUM 48,930.

YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL, UH, WE ARE REVENUE OVER EXPENSES OF 3 MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FOUR FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT, MEANT TO ACTUALLY ARE FOUR 7,742 REVENUES OVER EXPENSES AS OF COMPARE OF LAST YEAR WHERE WE WERE UNDER, UM, REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 22,437.

PAGE NUMBER SIX, AND I THINK I MADE ALMOST EVERYONE AWARE, THERE'S A TYPE ONE, THE TOP BOTTOM ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE SHOULD SAY DECEMBER.

IT'S A SEPTEMBER.

WE'LL, WE'LL FIX IT.

AND THEN WE'RE WE PLACE IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED.

OKAY.

ALSO ON THE YEAR, BECAUSE WE USE, UH, AN INCORRECT TEMPLATE.

THE AMOUNTS, BY THE WAY, ARE CORRECT.

SO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 2023, IT WAS, WE COLLECTED SALES TAX OF 698,000 SIXTY SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT WITH 11 CENTS, 25% GOES TO THE EDC AND 75% STATES WITH THE CITY.

ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, YOU WILL FIND THE ALLOCATION HISTORICAL SUMMARY STRAIGHT FROM THE CONTROLLER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE.

COMMISSIONER, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

NO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

THANKS STEPHANIE.

UH, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, IF, UH, YES SIR, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO, UM, I KNOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED LAST WEEK, LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.

OKAY.

GOT THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, UPDATE ON THE, ON THEIR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO THE STREET REHABILITATION MAINTENANCE, UH, TO BE PRESENTED TO Y'ALL FORMALLY BY A**L AND BY RAMO.

AND YOU SHOULD HAVE COPIES.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO, TEMP COMMISSIONERS, CIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

FOR THE RECORD.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS, UH, AN UPDATE ON, UH, OUR STREET, UH, MAIN REHABILITATION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UH, CURRENTLY WE ARE ON OUR LIST.

WE ARE THIS ONE, THE, THE ONE THAT WE WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU.

UH, LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WE, UH, IN PROGRESS WAS, UH, SOUTH BOWIE.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, COMMERCE STREET, AND I BELIEVE, UH, WE ARE STARTING TO DO, UH, CURB REMOVAL ON COKE STREET AS WELL.

UM, SO FAR WE'VE COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY, I BELIEVE IT WAS 42, UH, CITY BLOCKS UP TO THE, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY ON, ON PACE TO FINISH ALL 92 BLOCKS THAT WERE ON THE APPROVED LIST THAT, UH, WAS APPROVED LAST APRIL.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF THESE STREETS, UH, THAT ARE LEFT ARE SMALLER, UH, STREETS, UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, UH, ON THE LIST RIGHT THERE, YOST IS PROBABLY OUR LONGEST.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ASSESSING IT.

UH, THAT ONE'S ABOUT 21, UH, CITY BLOCKS THAT WE'D HAVE TO, TO COMPLETE ON THAT.

BUT ONCE THAT ONE, UH, WILL KNOCK OUT A, A BIG PORTION OF WHAT WE GOT LEFT FOR THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR, A LOT OF THESE OTHER ONES, UH, LIKE OUR CARLOS STREET, UH, FRANKLIN LAIA, LAREDO STREET, THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN THE SAME VICINITY OF EACH OTHER.

SO THOSE WILL GET KNOCKED OUT, UH, AT A ONE TIME.

UH, ONCE WE GET IN THERE, I DO HAVE SOME, UH, WATER LINES THAT I WILL BE REPLACING IN THE AREA.

SO I'VE, I'VE KIND OF HELD OFF ON THAT.

UM, WE'RE REPLACING THE ORDER TO GET THOSE WATER LINES, UH, START ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE CAST IRON LINES THAT WE HAVE THERE.

SO, UM, START REPLACING IT WITH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE AND THEN REDO THE STREET.

UM, THAT WAY WE CAN AVOID DOING DOUBLE THE WORK.

UM, GOOD.

SO IS I'M AVAILABLE FOR, THIS IS WHAT'S YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO BE DONE THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS ISN'T IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT IT NUMBERED.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

UH, THESE WERE JUST IN, UH, ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

OKAY.

UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, ONCE WE, UH, I BELIEVE ON THIS ONE, WE STARTED OFF WITH LIKE CYANA STREET AND THAT ONE, WE DID START RIGHT BEFORE, SINCE IT WAS APPROVED

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OH.

UH, SO WE KNOCKED OUT, UH, THOSE STREETS.

UM, AND THEN WE TRY TO KIND OF, IF WE'RE WITHIN THAT AREA AND WE SEE THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, UH, I HAVE ABOUT EIGHT BLOCKS THAT I'M GONNA KNOCK OUT, AND I HAVE ANOTHER STREET JUST, YOU KNOW, PERPENDICULAR PARALLEL TO THAT ONE THAT'S TWO BLOCKS, I'LL KNOCK OUT THOSE TWO STREETS.

THAT WAY I CAN CONCENTRATE IN THAT AREA FOR, UH, AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME VERSUS JUMPING AROUND AND, AND GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, MOVING AROUND EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT.

ONCE WE HAVE IT IN THE AREA, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, FASTER PROCESS.

SO, WOULD IT BE TRUE TO SAY THAT IF A RESIDENT ASKS, WHEN IS MY STREET, IF THEY SEE THEIR STREET ON THIS LIST, WHEN IS MY STREET GONNA GET FIXED? WHAT KIND OF ANSWER COULD WE REPLY WITH? UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY, UH, AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON TO TRY KIND OF AT LEAST GIVE THEM, UH, A TIMELINE.

NOT AN EXACT DATE, BUT HEY, UH, ARE WE GONNA BE IN THERE WITHIN, HOPEFULLY BY MAY? SO IF I CAN SAY MAY OF 2024, THEN THAT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE THEM, UH, THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

RIGHT NOW, WE, UH, KIND OF, AND ALSO WEATHER PERMITTING, UM, DECEMBER, BEGINNING OF JANUARY KIND OF SLOWED US DOWN WITH WEATHER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THOSE WERE, UH, A LITTLE BIT THAT, LIKE I SAID, SLOWED US DOWN.

IF NOT, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE AHEAD OF THIS.

BUT I THINK, UH, ONCE I START KNOCKING OUT THE REST OF THE SMALLER STREETS, I THINK I'LL LEAVE HIM.

BY THE TIME I'M ABLE TO PRESENT MAYBE THE NEXT ROUND OF, OF STREETS, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY BE FULLY COMPLETE WITH THIS ONE.

UH, EXCLUDING, UH, YOS, CONSIDERING IT'S A LONG STRETCH, I KNOW I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SHALON, HEY, UH, WHEN CAN WE DO IT? UM, I WAS PLANNING ON DOING IT ALSO, MAYBE DURING THE SUMMER.

LIKE I SAID, UH, THAT SECTION OF YOS COMES OFF OF EIGHTH STREET.

UM, THERE'S A SCHOOL THERE, SO THEY USE THAT AS ONE OF THEIR MAJOR, UH, THOROUGHFARES TO GET OUT TOWARDS SAM HOUSTON.

AND THEN THEY KIND OF DISPERSE FROM THERE.

SO KIND OF SHUTTING IT DOWN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WOULD KIND OF, UH, DISRUPT FLOW.

UM, BUT IF WE HAVE TO DO DETOURS FOR THE MEANTIME, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE ADDRESSING ONE OF THEIR MAJOR STREETS, THEN I, I THINK IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'M STILL GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH.

DO.

AND ALSO, ONE LAST QUESTION.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL FIND ON OUR WEBSITE? UM, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I AM GONNA BE WORKING ON.

I WANT TO GET WITH, UH, JOANNA.

I KNOW SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, OUR PLANNER, UH, OR OUR GIS MAPPER.

ENRIQUE, I KNOW SHE'S, UH, CREATING HIS SOFTWARE.

UM, WE DID SEE, UH, A, A PROGRAM, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS EDINBURG THAT HAD IMPLEMENTED IT ON THEIR WEBSITE, WHICH IS KIND OF MORE AN INTERACTIVE TYPE DEAL WHERE, HEY, UM, COULD I SHOW, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY, WHICH STREETS WE'VE KNOCKED OUT? UM, WE CAN KIND OF MAYBE DO LIKE A DROPBOX.

THESE ARE IDEAS THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET IN WITH HER.

AND I KNOW SHE'S WORKING ON THAT TO KIND OF UPGRADE AND, AND, AND GET HIM WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE THAT WAY WHEN I DO COME TO HIM TO PRESENT THESE TYPE OF SMALLER PROJECTS.

BUT IN TURN, LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO VIEW, HEY, OUT OF, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 139 MILES OF ROADS UP TO THIS POINT SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED THIS, UH, STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN 2017.

HOW MANY HAVE WE DONE? AND THAT'S INFORMATION THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE TOO.

SO, UM, YES, CURRENTLY WORKING ON THOSE AS WELL, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

MR. GARCIA.

YES, MA'AM.

ARE YOU, UH, RUNNING INTO ANY, UH, UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE CREATING CHALLENGES FOR YOU? UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, MY, NOTHING, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

LIKE I SAID, OVER ON, UH, UH, LAREDO, UH, LA GLORIA FRANKLIN, UH, UH, STREET, I DID RUN INTO THE, HEY, I NEED TO REPLACE THOSE WATER LINES.

UM, I DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, DO AN OVERLAY AND THEN HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CUT THROUGH THE ROAD OR, AND THEN DO DOUBLE THE WORK.

SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE NOT.

AND I, UH, AND THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN THE VICINITY, EACH OTHER, THOSE FOUR STREETS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1, 2, 4, AND THEN, SO FOUR BLOCKS.

UM, THEY'RE, UH, HOW THEY'RE CONFIGURED.

UM, SO I'M KIND OF HOLDING OFF ON THOSE.

SO THEN OUR WATER DEPARTMENT CAN GET IN THERE, REPLACE THE WATER LINES, UH, DO TAPS EVERYTHING, AND THEN KIND OF ELIMINATE, UH, THOSE OLD LINES THERE.

BUT, UH, SOME CURB AND GUTTER, UM, THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT, ON THE SURFACE IT LOOKS OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THE FOUNDATION, WE WE'RE JUST KIND OF PULLING IT TO KIND OF MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, SO IT'S NOT MORE LOOKS LIKE PATCHWORK, I GUESS, IN A SENSE.

SO WE WILL REPLACE CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT, UM, NORMALLY IN THE PAST THEY HADN'T.

UM, SO I KIND OF GIVE 'EM THE INSTRUC TO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE, YOU KNOW, 15 FEET OF CURB THAT, AH, COULD HAVE WE REPLACED IT OR NOT, LET'S JUST REPLACE IT RIGHT NOW.

THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES, UH, WITH DRAINAGE ANY IN THE AREA.

SO, UH, SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. JOHNNY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, AT ONE POINT WE WERE BUYING ENOUGH EQUIPMENT FOR TWO TEAMS TO BE GOING AT ONCE MM-HMM.

, IS THAT STILL IN DISCUSSION? YES.

UM, WE HAVE OUR TWO, UH, FAVORS.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE UTILIZING, UTILIZING ONE.

UM, NORMALLY IT, IT KIND OF

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UM, HENCE WHY, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE'LL PROBABLY BE FINISHED WITH THIS LIST HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR EVEN ENDS.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO PULL OFF, UH, ONE, UH, ONE TEAM TO START PREPPING AND, AND WORKING ON, UH, THE STREET THAT WE'RE, UH, POTENTIALLY GONNA PAVE.

SO, UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY, HEY, CAN WE GET, STRETCH 'EM OUT? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES, HEY, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE OFF A ROAD FOR, LIKE I SAID, TOO LONG AN ESTHETIC.

SO THEN WE'LL PULL, UH, THE CREWS TOGETHER TO KIND OF, UH, EXPEDITE THAT.

SO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER? UH, THAT'S ONE, ONE THING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AS WELL.

UH, I DID RECEIVE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, APPLICATIONS THROUGH FROM HR, SO I'M GONNA, UH, BEEN ACTIVELY REVIEWING 'EM TO DO, I THINK WE HIRED ONE MORE ON OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE PAST WEEK.

SO I'M LOOKING TO HIRE A COUPLE MORE.

OKAY.

AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO, UM, TO GET THE, THE CITY MANAGER ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, LIKE A, YOU GUYS WERE IN, UH, IN BUOY? MM-HMM.

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OKAY.

YOU HAD BOLLINGER RIGHT THERE.

IT WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS.

I MEAN, THAT'S, UH, THE MA MAJOR DUR AIRFARE.

YES.

AND IT'S IN DESPERATELY TWO BLOCKS.

YOU GUYS WERE RIGHT THERE FROM SAM HOUSTON TO, UH, BUOY.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WERE JUST RIGHT THERE.

AND, UH, SO, UM, I KNOW THEY, I KNOW, I THINK, UH, I THINK IT WAS DONE THAT ONE WAS KNOCKED OUT A PORTION OF IT OVER TOWARDS LIKE CROSS CHURCH.

YEAH.

HE WENT, YEAH, YOU JUST WENT THE, YOU KNOW, BY LIKE, MAYBE 50 FEET OUT INTO, UH, THE, UH, UH, BOLLINGER.

OKAY.

BUT, UH, THE, ONCE YOU GET THE INTO SAM HOUSTON, I MEAN, YOU GOT A LOT OF POTHOLES ON THERE, A LOT OF DILAPIDATION, STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CINEMA, YOU KNOW, THAT, HEY, YOU'RE THERE TWO BLOCKS.

COME ON, LET'S GET IT DONE.

YOU KNOW? I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, IT MIGHT NOT BE ON THE, ON THE LIST.

MM-HMM.

, BUT IT, IT'S THOROUGHFARE.

WHY NOT? OKAY.

WHY CAN'T WE GET IT DONE? I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MY HEAD'S UP TO YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, I DO MY BEST TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, GO OUT THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE PUSHING A LOT MORE ON YOU GUYS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT, MAYOR.

UM, I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION, UH, AND I THINK I HAD PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS.

UH, SOMETIMES WE, HEY, 550 TONS, I END UP USING FOUR 440 IN ONE CERTAIN ROAD.

AND SO I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN EXTRA 10 TONS THERE, AND THEN I START CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THEM INSTEAD OF, HEY, WELL WE DIDN'T USE IT.

UM, WELL THEN I'M JUST GONNA CLOSE OUT THE PO AND WE'RE DONE THERE.

NO, UH, WE'LL CONSOLIDATE ALL THOSE POS.

HEY, IF I CAN GET AN EXTRA, YOU KNOW, 75 TONS THAT I CONSOLIDATED FROM EXTRA PROJECTS THAT WE WERE DOING AROUND, AND THEN KNOCK OUT A ROAD LIKE BALLINGER, WHICH WE JUST HAVE TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH MATERIAL WE NEED, UH, I'LL DO THAT.

SO I'VE SLOWLY BEEN DOING THAT ON, ON CERTAIN ROADS.

SO, UM, YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO, YOU KNOW, GO WITH TROUBLE THREE BLOCKS, 10 BLOCKS AWAY.

I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA.

WE JUST, JUST, RIGHT THERE.

IT'S POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE.

I THINK LAST FISCAL YEAR YOU DID 80, 80 SOMETHING BLOCKS.

YES.

AND THEN IT 84, I BELIEVE.

SO THAT THOSE ARE TYPE OF NUMBERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PORTRAY TO THE PUBLIC.

RIGHT? YOU DID 84 LAST YEAR AND THEN YOU SET YOUR OWN EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF 92 THIS YEAR.

MM-HMM.

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SO YOU SET THE BAR A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, YOU HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT TO WORK WITH, UM, AND THAT'S YOUR GOAL THAT YOU SET.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU HITTING IT.

AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET US KNOW.

SO THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE BAR A LITTLE HIGHER FOR YOURSELF.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT.

COMMISSIONER.

OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, NONE.

THANKS YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I WAS, RAMON IS NOT HERE TODAY.

OKAY.

UH, CALLED IN SICK.

SO, UM, YOU'VE GOT THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE PARKS.

SOME OF THIS STUFF I CAN, I CAN SPEAK TO.

I KNOW THAT, UH, ON GANT, UH, THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE, THE PAVILION STRUCTURE NEEDS TO GO UP WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME COST ESTIMATES ALREADY KNOW WE'RE, UH, HE WAS GONNA TRY TO DO IT WITH HIS STAFF IN-HOUSE, BUT, UH, JUST IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

UH, I THINK THEY'VE JUST GOT TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITH THE RAINS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTRACT IT OUT.

WE GOT A, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COST ESTIMATES ALREADY FROM SOME, SOME OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS, AND WE'RE GONNA PUSH THAT.

WE DO HAVE THAT PAVILION STRUCTURE ON HAND.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED.

UM, OH, NEVER GETS DONE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA GET TO IT.

UH, SO WE'VE GOT SOME COST ESTIMATES ON THE SLAB FOR THAT, AND ALSO SOME OTHER MINOR ITEMS AT THAT PARK.

I KNOW THAT, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS PENDING WAS LANDRUM PARK FOR THE RESTROOMS. WE DO HAVE A, A LAYOUT FOR THAT AND, UH, COST ESTIMATE FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO I'VE,

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UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING TO COMPLY WITH CDBG AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

BUT, UH, BUT WE, WE'VE GOT COST ESTIMATES AND A LAYOUT, SO THAT'S GOOD.

BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE COST ESTIMATES OF THE LAST TIME I ASKED, I DON'T KNOW, FOR MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR NOW.

I KEPT HEARING THAT IT'S ON THE WAY AND IT'S TWO WEEKS AWAY AND IT'S TWO WEEKS AWAY AND IT'S ALREADY ORDERED AND IT'S ALREADY COMING FOR WHICH ONE? COMMISSIONER FOR GAN.

PARDON? GAN GAN, UM, AGAIN, I'M, ALL I KNOW IS THAT THEY ORDERED, THEY ORDERED THE, THE ACTUAL PAVILION STRUCTURE.

IT'S, THEY BOUGHT IT FROM MUELLER.

IT'S SITTING AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE, UH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

UM, AND, UH, I, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH ALL THIS COMMISSIONER, BUT I'M GONNA PUT IT IN THE GROUND.

I'LL GET IT UP.

OKAY.

ARE WE STILL HAVING A LOT OF VANDALISM ON THE, ON THE PARKS? A LITTLE BIT.

MAYOR.

WE'VE HAD SOME, I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE BY THE, BY THE, UH, REPORT.

THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A FEW THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A CONSTANT THING.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE HAVE TO ROLL WITH IT.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, SOME OF THAT STUFF IS JUST VANDALISM AND SOME OF IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TEAR.

YEAH.

I THINK LANDRUM PARK WAS, UM, SOME MONIES WERE ALLOCATED FROM THE CDPG BACK IN 2018.

AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE A STRUCTURE THERE.

WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I'VE ASKED, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ HAS ASKED, EVERYBODY KEEPS ASKING, AND WE KEEP ALLOCATING MONEY SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY, BUT WE JUST, THERE'S MON THERE'S MONEY THERE.

RIGHT.

WE GOTTA JUST GET IT DONE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ALLOCATE AND THEN IT DOESN'T GET DONE.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, A RESTROOM WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THERE AND, AND THIS IS NOT AGAINST YOU, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU JUST GOT HERE, UH, LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.

UH, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE WHAT'S THE, AND THAT, I THOUGHT WE HAD STARTED THIS PROCESS AND THEN IT BACKTRACK.

BUT TO HAVE SOMEONE COORDINATING PROJECT COORDINATOR, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS, THESE ARE THE DEADLINES, THESE ARE THE COSTS.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP THAT ARE STILL PENDING.

AND I SAY, I HATE TO SEE THINGS PENDING AND I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING.

YOU CAN'T.

BUT IF THERE'S NOT A SPREADSHEET OR A TIMELINE THAT JUST HOLDS ALL THESE PROJECTS, AND IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO VISUALIZE.

YEAH.

'CAUSE THOSE TWO ARE UNDER CDBG FUNDS, WHICH WILL COME UP TO A DEADLINE.

THEY WILL.

AND I DON'T WANNA RETURN THAT MONEY.

SO IT'S EITHER WE FIND OUT OR REALLOCATE SOME MONIES TO GET THE PROJECTS DONE.

BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE COST ESTIMATES THAT FINALLY CAME IN.

GOT 'EM.

WE'RE READY.

WE'RE READY TO GO.

THEY'RE, UH, I PUSHED IT.

WE CAN GET IT DONE.

UH, MR. SANDOVAL, BASICALLY THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO ACCOUNTABILITY.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I SEE THAT IN KENNEDY PARK AS WELL.

AND FIRST RESPONDERS PARK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY, BUILDING AN EXCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

ARE WE LOOKING AT AADA A AS WELL? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF OUR PARKS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, EQUIPPED FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING A PLAYGROUND.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, ALSO ON OUR CEMETERY, UM, THAT A CEMETERY IS YOUR LAST REST IN PLACE OF YOUR LOVED ONES AND YOU DRIVE BY THEM.

I'M GONNA BE QUITE HONEST.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

THE GROUNDS ARE HORRIBLE.

IT'S NOT KEPT LIKE IT SHOULD BE.

IT'S A PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY.

IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT.

THE GRASS NEEDS TO BE CUT, THE GRASS NEEDS TO BE GREEN.

UM, IT'S JUST SOME, YOU GO THERE TO, YOU KNOW, MEMORIALIZE YOUR LOVED ONE, AND YET THEY COME TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S JUST UNSATISFACTORY IN MY, MY PART, I'D SAY.

UM, SO IF WE COULD WORK ON THAT, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

FOR THE ASSISTANCE THAT DO HAVE LOVED ONES THAT ARE BURIED THERE.

I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT UP.

'CAUSE UH, I'VE, WHAT I'VE SUGGESTED IN THE PAST IS MAYBE HAVING TEAMS, RIGHT? THIS TEAM HANDLES THIS ZONE AND THIS TEAM HANDLES THIS ZONE, ZONE 1, 2, 3, 4, AND WHEREVER IT MAY BE.

AND YOU'RE THERE FOR A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF TIME, WHETHER IT BE SIX MONTHS OR THE YEAR.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE TEAMS WILL SWITCH.

AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE COMPETITIONS BETWEEN THESE TEAMS. SO YOU HAVE FIVE TEAMS OF PARKS AND REC AND YOU KNOW, WHO WINS THE MOST BEAUTIFIED SEC ZONE AND WHO DID THE BEST IN THEIR ZONE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THEM COMPETING WITHIN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S A LITTLE MINI GAME FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.

MM-HMM.

UM, NO, I, ANYBODY COMPETING WITH LOGOS.

WELL, NO PLOT OVER COMPETING IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE COMPETING TO SHOW THAT WHAT THEY'RE WORTH OF THEIR WORK.

RIGHT.

SO NOW I AM ACCOUNTABLE TO WHO'S ACTUALLY WORKING IN THAT ZONE VERSUS THERE'S 50 PARKS GUYS AND THEY'RE ALL THERE AT ONCE.

I MEAN, I'M CUTTING SEVERAL YARDS BY MYSELF.

SO HOW MANY DO YOU NEED? 50? DO YOU NEED 50 TO CUT ONE AREA? DO YOU NEED FOUR? DO YOU NEED TWO? I LIVE BY THE PARK, SO I SEE SOME ACTIVITY.

LONG LUNCHES.

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SO THINGS LIKE THAT.

I HAVE CAMERAS IN THE BACK.

I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE .

IT'S ALL ABOUT KPIS AND IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRACKING THOSE KPIS AND JUST AN FYI, UM, I KNOW COMMISSIONER MORALE HAS BROUGHT UP THE DISABILITY ACCESS.

THAT WAS SOMETHING I HAD BROUGHT UP.

AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MONEY ALLOCATED FROM THE FUNDING FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS PART TO HAVE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR THEM.

AND IT WAS NEVER PUT IN, BUT THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED WHEN I MADE THE REQUEST.

SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL SWING, UM, AS WELL AS ONE OTHER PARK.

I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE DEVICE ITSELF, BUT TWO THINGS WERE VOTED ON AND ALLOCATED TO BE PUT IN THAT PARK, AND IT WAS NEVER DONE AS WELL.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE TO-DO LIST AND WE'LL GET TO 'EM.

AND THAT WAS EVEN BEFORE I'M ON, IT WAS WITH ART, I THINK REACTIVATING THAT PARKS AND REC BOARD WHEN YOU READ ON THEIR ACTUAL DUTIES.

MM-HMM.

THEY HAVEN'T MET IN A LONG TIME, BUT THEIR ACTUAL DUTIES ARE TO ACTUAL DEVELOP, DEVELOP A PLAN, A PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE COMMISSION AND BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION AND SEE IF WE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT, UM, TO ENACT.

BUT IT ALLOWS 'EM TO GO THROUGH AN ANNUAL OVERVIEW PROCESS.

UH, A MASTER PLAN, A PARKS AND REC.

UH, NO, SOMETHING SMALLER SCALE.

YEAH.

SOMETHING JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE WANT TO DO? THE LAST THING THEY HAD, UH, APPROVED WERE SOME, A SET OF SWINGS, I THINK AT THE SAKA HAVEN TRAIL.

OKAY.

THAT'S COOL.

COURT.

WE NEED BASKETBALL COURTS.

YES.

WELL, THERE'S A LOT WE CAN USE.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT, AND THERE'S MONEY.

AGAIN, WE NEED JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRACK ALL THIS.

MM-HMM.

ALL I CAN LOOK BACK IS IN MINUTES, BUT I LIKE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY.

I MEAN A, A PROJECT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

RIGHT.

WHO'S, WHO'S THE COORDINATOR FOR IT? WHERE ARE WE AT? WHAT'S THE DEADLINE? WHAT'S THE BUDGET? BECAUSE IF NOT, THESE PROJECTS GET ALLOCATED AND THEY GO ON FOR YEARS, AS WE NOTICED WITH LAND PARK.

THREE YEARS, SIX YEARS FOR LANDRUM PARK.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO, I'LL SEE TO IT THAT WE ATTACH A BUDGET TO THIS AND A TIMELINE FOR SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT BEEN PENDING FOR A WALK COMMISSION.

WELL, THOSE, YEAH, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED.

I KNOW THE GAN WAS WHAT, 2016 CDBG FUNDS THAT WERE LEFT OVER.

YEAH.

UM, OKAY.

WELL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET WITH, UH, WITH STAFF AND WE'LL COME BACK AND, UH, BRING YOU AN UPDATED REPORT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THE

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10 REQUEST.

UH, EIGHT, NINE, AND 10.

THERE YOU GO.

NINE AND 10.

FAIR ENOUGH.

TAKE UP EIGHT, NINE, AND 10.

YES.

ANY OTHER ONES? SEVEN.

SEVEN.

SEVEN.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER ONES? UH, TWO AND THREE.

Y'ALL WANNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CENTER? WE HAVE THE RIGHT, YEAH.

TRANSPARENCY.

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

SO WE, WE GOT THE ONE, SO WE GOT 1, 4, 5, AND SIX AS A CONSENT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR 1, 4, 5, AND SIX.

MOTION.

SECOND.

WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, MORALE MORALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

UH, CAROL IN NACE.

MOTION PASSES ON 1, 4, 5, AND SIX.

THIS IS A CONSENT.

OKAY.

I'M, TAKE IT, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SURE.

[2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Second Reading of Ordinance Number 2409-H-B, an ordinance amending Ordinance 2409-H-A, Section 13.006, Deposits and Fees, and adopting amended Deposits and Fees in the San Benito Code of Ordinances, setting forth other provisions related thereto.]

APPROVE THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 4 0 9 DASH H DASH B ORDINANCE AMENDING.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 0 9 HA, SECTION 1306.

UM, MS. STEPHANIE, CAN YOU JUST BASICALLY CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? SURE.

UM, S HER HERNANDEZ FOR THE RECORD FINANCE DIRECTOR.

SO WE ARE UPDATING A CRISIS AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT WITH YOU ALL.

I KNOW, UH, I KNOW I PROVIDED YOU THE HIGHLIGHTED ONE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CHANGING IS THE WHAT? A METER FEES.

WE WERE NOT BREAKING EVEN.

WE WERE HAVING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OUR METERS HAVE INCREASED THEIR PRICE.

AND WE WERE CHARGING CITIZENS $50.

AND NOW WE'RE CHANGING THE AMOUNTS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE METER.

AND THAT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE.

SO IF YOU SEE YOUR ORDINANCE LIKE THIS, THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION THAT SAYS REPLACING WIDTH.

SO THIS IS WHAT IS CHANGING.

UM, THAT'S ON D THAT'S THE FOUR THINGS THAT CHANGED THERE.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC BECAUSE THERE WERE THINGS THAT ARE, THEY'VE ALREADY KNOW.

THE CITIZENS ALREADY ARE AWARE, BUT IT'S NOT LESS THAN THE ORDINANCE.

SO THE DIFFERENCE PRICES BETWEEN INSIDE CITY LIMITS, OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, LIMITS.

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SO EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THOSE SITUATIONS, BUT IT WAS NEVER LISTED THERE.

ANOTHER THING THAT CHANGED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE, ON LETTER A, UH, WHICH CHANGED THE TRAVEL TRAVELING TEMPORARY WATER METER FEE.

UM, WE LOOK AROUND OTHER CITIES AND WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING, AND WE'VE NOTICED THAT OUR PRICES WERE, WE KINDA LOW, WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS ONE, AT LEAST NOT THIS SECTION OF IT SINCE I BELIEVE 2014.

LET ME SEE, I WANNA GIVE YOU WRONG DATES.

2015, 10 21, 2015.

SO WE UPDATED THOSE PRICES AS WELL.

UH, WE CHANGED THE DAILY RENTAL FEE.

WE CHANGED THE METER FEE.

THE DEPOSIT STAY THE SAME 'CAUSE IT WAS, IT'S, WE GIVE IT BACK WHENEVER THEY DO THE, THEY RETURN THE METER.

BUT THE DAILY FEE, THAT'S WHERE WE UPGRADE A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE CHANGE, AND IT'S MAINLY THE, YES, THE PRICES, BUT ALSO THE UNDERSTANDING OF OR TAPPING FEES.

WE WERE, WE CHANGED THE WORDING FOR IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.

AND THAT'S ON LETTER E.

IT WAS PRETTY BROAD AND WE JUST WANTED TO BRING MISUNDERSTANDINGS.

SO ON LETTER E WE CHANGED THE DESCRIPTION OF IT AND WE ALSO ADDED OR REQUESTS WHAT WE NEED FOR CITIZENS TO DO.

UM, AND WE HAVE IT IN OUR ORDINANCE, NOT ONLY IN OUR, UM, APPLICATIONS OR WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT INSIDE OF ORDINANCE, UM, FOLLOWED BY THAT ON.

SO ON THAT ONE WE ADDED ONE AND TWO, WE CHANGED THE WORDING OF ONE AND TWO, BUT WE ALSO ADDED THREE AND FOUR, WHICH IS WHAT WE, I BELIEVE WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST, THE SHUT UP VALVE, THE CUTOFF VALVE TO BE, UH, BY THE METER.

UM, AND WITHIN 18 INCHES OF THE WATER METER.

UM, ALSO THAT IF YOU MAKE ANY TAP THAT IT'S LARGER THAN A 12 INCH, THEN YOU WOULDN'T REQUIRE A PERMIT AND YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF SANTO STANDARDS.

SO YOU NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE YOU DO THAT TYPE OF TAPPING.

WE ALSO ADDED ON A SERVICE CONNECTION OF AN EXISTING WATER TAB.

AS, AS I SAID, WE ARE LOOKING AROUND, WE WERE NOT CHARGING FOR THAT.

UM, SO EV EVERY OTHER CITY DOES IT.

MOST OF CITY DO THAT.

WE WERE NOT CHARGING OR WE WERE JUST NOT CHARGING THIS.

UM, WE INCREASE THAT FEE ALSO FOR THE WATER TAP AND FOR THE SEWER TAP.

CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT IN EXISTS? WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE OLDER, UH, HOMES LIKE THAT, YOU CANNOT SEE WHERE THE TAP WAS.

IN FACT, THERE WAS A TAP.

SO WE END UP SENDING A CREW AND KIND OF LIKE REDOING THE WHOLE TAP SITUATION AGAIN.

LIKE A LOCATE, NOT A, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY LOCATE, BUT THEY HAVE TO LIKE, DIG IN THE WHOLE THING.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE EXISTENCE OF, AT SOME POINT IN THE 1990S OR EVEN BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS A HOME THERE.

SO THEY END UP LOOK DOING A NEW TAP 'CAUSE IT WAS DAMAGED OR ANY, OR IF WE'RE GONNA SEND OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND IT USUALLY TAKES MORE THAN ONE TO BE THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME LOOKING FOR THE TAP.

THAT, THAT'S WHEN IT CREATES A COST.

THAT NECESSARILY MEANS THAT EVERY, IF YOU'RE A TENANT AND THEN YOU MOVE, YOU ARE GONNA PAY FOR THAT.

'CAUSE THERE IS A TAP THERE, BUT IT'S, UM, IF YOU'RE, THERE IS NEVER AN ACCOUNT FOR IT.

BUT THEN YOU SEE THE TAP THERE.

SO THERE'S SOME, UM, WE NEED TO SEND SOMEBODY TO INSPECT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT TAP IS FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO HAVE THE SERVICES.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THERE IS A TAP THERE, THEN WE'LL JUST ALLOCATE THAT SMALL FEE FOR, UM, SERVICE CONNECTION, EXISTING TAP.

WHAT, UH, CITIES DID YOU USE FOR REFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TAP FEES? LET ME GET MY, I'M SORRY.

YES.

UH, THE REASON I ASK IS 'CAUSE I, I QUICKLY JUST LOOKED AT INTO HARGENS, UH, TAP FEES AND I SAW AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT FOR LIKE THEIR 10 INCH LINE COMPARED TO US.

AND I'M WONDERING, ARE WE, ARE WE STILL UNDER SHOOTING IT OR DID THEY MAKE A DIGITAL, UH, GRAMMATICAL ERROR OVER THERE ON THAT END? SO WE DID 1, 2, 3, 4, WE DID FIVE COMPARISONS BETWEEN HARINGTON, MERCEDES, EDINBURG, WEST LOCAL AND LOS RENOS.

IT WAS A TEAMWORK CITY MANAGER, UM, MS. JOANNA PLANNING AND MR. .

UM, I DID PUT IT TOGETHER FOR THEM TO SEE.

THERE'S SOME PLACES THAT CHARGE FOR AN EXISTING TAPPING FEE.

REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE HOME OR IF YOU ARE A, YOU ARE JUST RENTING THE HOUSE.

THERE'S NO SPECIFIC, LIKE THIS IS THE WAY EVERYBODY DOES IT.

WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, HARLINGEN FOR AN EXISTING TAPING FEE.

IF IT'S A COMPLETELY HOME AND THERE'S, THERE'S A TAP, YOU CLEARLY SEE A TAP.

THEY'RE CHARGING

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BUT IF YOU AREN'T GONNA MAKE AN EXTRA TAP, THEY CHARGE $400.

AND THEN MERCEDES, THEY HAVE $900.

SO WE KINDA LIKE STAY WITH THE CITIES THAT ARE ABOUT OUR AVERAGE SET AND LOOK AROUND AND THEN JUST SAW WHAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US.

'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIKE, AND YES, THERE'S SOME CITIES THAT ARE CHARGING WAY UP THERE.

RIGHT? UH, BUT WE, WE SIT TOGETHER AND WE, I SEE WHAT IS, I SEE ALSO ON THE, SORRY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES.

BUT ON PAGE 64 OR THE NEW WATER TAP, YOU PUT FEE, YOU PUT THE FEE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, 10 INCH SUBDIVISION AND THEN THERE'S A TWO THAT PRICE THAT BASICALLY TELLING THE, UH, DEVELOPER THAT THAT PRICE CAN CHANGE.

THAT'S NOT A SET PRICE.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED IN COMPARISON TO ORANGE, IT WAS LIKE 330 GRAND.

I'M LIKE, WOW.

IT'S WHICH PAGE? UH, PAGE 64.

OH, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE COMPLETE ORDER.

I JUST PRINT OUT THE REPLACING, UM, THE REPLACING ONE.

THE SIGNATURE PAGE.

MM-HMM.

.

YEAH.

THE SIGNATURE.

THE SIGNATURE PAGE.

THE LAST ONE WHERE IT SAYS ESTIMATED FEE FILE.

ENC CODE SHALL BE BASED ON ACTUAL CAUSAL MATERIALS.

AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

THE NEW WATER TAP.

IF YOU GO DOWN TO TENANT SUBDIVISION, THERE'S A, A PRICE AND THEN A IN PARENTHESES A NUMBER TWO.

AND I THINK IT'S REFERRING TO ESTIMATED FEE.

YES.

UH, SO THAT AS PER, UM, OUR DIRECTORS AND MYSELF, WE DECIDED THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH US FIRST DOING THAT.

IF IT'S A NEW, THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE APPLICATION AND THEN THEY'LL NEED TO, THEY'LL NEED TO GET WITH US FIRST AND WE LET THEM NOT SET.

SO TELL THEM IT'S NOT A SET PRICE.

YES.

SO IF EVERYTHING TURNS OUT RIGHT AND THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL, THEN THAT'LL BE THAT SET FEE.

BUT IF ANYTHING, IT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY, THEN WE'LL REFER OURSELF TO ONE AND TWO.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT SPECIFIC TAP.

AND CITY STAFF WILL DECIDE MAINLY DIRECTORS, PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT.

YES.

THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH.

'CAUSE YOU COULD, YOU HIT EASILY COME UP SHORTCHANGE ON SOME OF THESE TAPS IT LOOKS LIKE.

YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NO.

NONE.

MOTION TO APP APPROVE.

SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 4 0 9 HB.

OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANTOS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[3. Consideration and possible action to ratify Ordinance 2376-002 amending Ordinance 2376-1, and any other amending ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 13, Utilities Ordinance 13.09 Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan to amend sections in this ordinance and to remove section 10 Additional System Information.]

OKAY, JOANNA EVENING, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

SO THIS ORDINANCE, UH, CAME ABOUT BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE ARE IN A SEVERE DROUGHT SITUATION.

AND, UM, I THINK THE IRRIGATION DIS DISTRICT TOLD US THAT PUSH WATER HAS NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE LAST A HUNDRED YEARS.

SO WE HAD WORDING IN THERE FOR PUSH WATER, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE, UM, A LOT OF EXPLANATION TO GO BY.

SO WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO CHANGE SOME OF THE WORDING TO ADD IT IN THERE.

UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CLERICAL ERRORS ON THIS ONE, SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME INFORMATION THAT JUST WAS NOT NEEDED.

UM, NUMBER OF TAPS IN THE CITY, NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE CHANGE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

UH, THERE'S NO REASON TO PUT IT IN ORDINANCE.

UM, SO WE JUST, WE HAD TO CLEAN IT UP AND IT'S A NEW SITUATION.

UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.

NOW, JOANNE, THE REASON I I REQUESTED IT FOR YOU TO COME AND TALK ABOUT IS JUST MORE OF A CLARIFICATION TO THE CITIZENS.

UH, I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UM, MISCONCEPTIONS OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

THAT WE AS COMMISSION OR AS CITY MANAGER JUST SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

THERE ARE WHAT, UM, THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UH, TEXAS COMMISSION ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IRRIGATION DISTRICT TWO ARE, WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THEY HAVE BASICALLY LIKE ORDERED US TO DO.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM BECAUSE, UM, THE DROUGHT IS, IS HAPPENING.

WE ARE IN IT.

UM, UH, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS FOR TO FARMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, FARM THE COST THAT THEY OCCURRED.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START FILLING IN FOR THAT.

SO THIS IS WHERE CLEANING THIS ORDINANCE UP TO FIT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.

LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS NEVER REALLY

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SO WE KIND OF WENT IN THERE AND TRIED TO FIX IT UP.

AND YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, BUT JOANNA, IT'S RAINING.

COME ON, .

NOT ENOUGH.

NOT ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH.

JUST SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND.

IT'S THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT RAINS, PEOPLE THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE NOT.

OKAY.

WE HAVE UP TO WHAT THE, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, DAMS, WHAT WE HAVE WITH DAM THAT, UH, WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS ONLY OF WATER.

THAT'S IT FOR DRINKING WATER.

SO IN A SENSE, THAT'S WHY THIS HAS GOTTA BE, I MEAN, WE, THE VALLEY HAS TO BE UNIT EACH OTHER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IMPLEMENT THIS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, UH, ORDINANCE AND, UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK TOGETHER AND NOT JUST THROW THE WATER, YOU KNOW, OR IRRIGATE US.

WE WANT TO, OR WE NEED TO.

BUT THE THING IS THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED THAT IF WE DON'T GET A, A GOOD HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM OVER THERE, THEN HONESTLY WE, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS A DRINK OF WATER.

SO THEN WHAT? WELL, JUST BECAUSE IT RAINS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE WE'RE OUT OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE HOOK THE WOODS.

YEAH.

IT'S NOT OKAY.

THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING IN.

SO PEOPLE THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST DOING IT FOR THE HECK OF IT.

WE'RE NOT.

UH, THERE'S ONLY JUST A, A STAGE TWO AS WE GET MORE INTO THE MONTHS OF THE COMING THIS, THIS YEAR.

UM, I DON'T SAY, BUT, UH, WE, I MEAN, EVERY SINGLE, THE WHOLE VALLEY'S GONNA HAVE TO GO TO STAGE TWO, STAGE THREE, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE, THE OUTCOME IS.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

OKAY? SO THIS IS WHERE THIS IS AT.

SO WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE BE CAREFUL HOW USE THE WATER RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST BE CAREFUL.

OKAY? JUST, UH, AND, UH, LET'S GO FORWARD AND, UH, TRY TO SEE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, GET SOMETHING ELSE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE HORIZON THAT WE GET, UH, GOOD RAIN OVER THERE ON THAT, UH, ON THAT SIDE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY, UH, NEWS MEDIA AROUND, I THINK A GOOD, UH, STORY WOULD BE TO SHOW ABOUT HOW, WHERE FALCON DOWN IS.

I MEAN, THE WATER THERE IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLY LOW.

MM-HMM.

.

AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.