Mar 19, 2024 Commission Meetings

COMMISSIONER TOM GOODMAN.

THOSE ARE THE JOINT, UH, MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION AND THE 70 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IT'S MARCH THE 19TH, 2024.

THE TIME IS, UH, 5 31.

AND, UH, WE'RE AT THE, UH, UH, THE IDC UH, MEETING HALL, WHICH IS AT, UH, 7 0 1 NORTH MOON STREET.

AND LIKE, DO YOU CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER? RUTH, UH, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR, UM, MAYOR RICARD GURA.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO.

PEDRO ALVAN.

PRESENT.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER DEBORAH MORALES.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER CAROLINE SANCHEZ.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND, UH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US LINE IN TEXAS.

FLAG BE INCREASING.

MR. DAVID, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FROM THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ONE? NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER ONE SEAT.

UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.

LET US PRAY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR EASTER, WE ASK THAT THE RENEWAL OF LIFE, WHICH THE SEASON CELEBRATES, BRINGS US ALL NEW BLESSINGS OF LOVE, HOPE, PEACE, GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

MAY YOUR EVERLASTING LOVE FILL OUR HEARTS WITH JOY AS WE REJOICE IN CHRIST YOUR SON WHO HAS RISEN.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, MR. PABLO.

WANTED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE EC BOARD AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A FORM.

OH, YES.

I'M SORRY.

UM, SO WHO'S GONNA BE YOU GONNA BE TAKING THE, THIS WOULD BE, LET'S SEE, THEY HAVE NO OFFICERS, SO THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE MR. .

SO LET IT, UH, BE ON RECORD THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ON THE EDC.

THAT'S CORRECT.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS ]

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, WE GOT THE ON, I DON'T KNOW WHEN.

UH, JOIN US WITH THAT WEEKEND.

UH, UH, THE, UH, THIS WEEKEND FOR 2024 LINERS ARE LITTLE JOE IN THE FAMI ON FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND, AND AB SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD.

UH, GENERAL MISSION IS FREE.

VAP.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AND ON EBR.COM AND ELEMENT TWO IS, UH, MARK ZO CALENDARS FOR APRIL 13.

TRESPASS WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 AM TO NOON AT THE CITY SERVICE CENTER.

KEEP, UH, HELP KEEP SOME BONITO AND BRING YOUR TRASH AS NUMBER THREE WILL BE.

UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT, THAT THE CITY OFFICER WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, MARCH OF 29 THROUGH MARCH, UH, THROUGH MAY, APRIL 1ST, IN OBSERVANCE OF A GOOD FRIDAY.

AND, UH, SINCE THE CHILD DAY, NO MORE BUSINESS HOURS, HOURS WILL RESUME ON TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND.

AND WE HAVE, UH, MS. TONY CREAM.

SORRY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, EBC DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME'S TONY CRANE AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UH, MY PURPOSE HERE IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE HOSTING ITS SECOND ANNUAL VOTO.

THAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT THE A BC EVENT CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 9 22 EAST ST.

FRANK.

UH, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING OUR EVENT BY PARTICIPATING AS VENDOR OR BEING AS AN EVENT SPONSOR.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPONSORSHIPS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

IF NOT, I WILL GET SOME TO YOU.

THERE ARE THREE, THERE ARE THREE SPONSORSHIPS.

THE LATINO SPONSORSHIP IS A THOUSAND.

THE SANTO SPONSORSHIP IS 500, AND THE BO SPONSORSHIP IS TWO 50.

ANYWAY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

UH, LET'S SEE.

THERE'LL BE FOOD FROM THE DIFFERENT VENDORS AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE VENDORS FROM, FROM SANTO, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF

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FOOD.

IT'LL BE DECORATED.

THERE'LL BE MUSIC.

UH, THERE'LL BE PRIZES FOR THE BEST, UH, DECORATIONS FOR THE BEST FOOD AND BEST.

SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST US WITH THIS, PLEASE DO SO.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT US AT THE CHAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALSO WANT TO BRING UP, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SITED, BUT UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD THE, UH, THE BIKE TOUR.

IT WAS AN AWESOME, I MEAN, WE HAD TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE.

UM, AND THE, UH, CHAMBER DID AN AWESOME JOB ON IT ALSO.

UM, I'M GLAD THAT THEY HAD THE, UM, I GUESS THE, UH, I DUNNO WHAT YOU CALL IT.

THE, I WANNA SAY THE BALLOON THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET AND IT HAD, IT WAS, IT HAD A BANNER ON IT THAT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD ON IT.

WE ALSO HAD THE, THE LIBRARY ALSO.

AND, UH, WHERE'S ? DID HE, NO, HE'S NOT HERE.

WELL, THE LIBRARY ALSO, UM, WHICH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ALSO HAD THE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE EASTER EGG, AND THAT WAS GOOD.

THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS IN THERE.

UH, WE HAD MARKET DAYS ALSO.

SO, UM, I'M JUST ASKING THAT, UH, Y'ALL PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THE, UH, OUR LOCAL BUSINESS BY COMING TO THIS EVENT THAT WE HAVE.

UM, MR DO I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING TO BRING UP? NOTHING.

GUESS WE'LL GO INTO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THEN I

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

WE HAVE, UH, MR. MIKE TRAVIS.

MR. TRAVIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

ONE AND ALL.

UH, I'M, I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO IT 'CAUSE I'M LIMITED ON TIME HERE.

WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, UM, NUMBER ITEM, ITEM AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER THREE.

START WITH THAT ONE.

THE RESOLUTION, UH, WITH WATER TREATY WITH MEXICO.

I WAS GONNA ASK, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ON THERE.

I'M SORRY THEY DIDN'T POINT .

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ON THERE BECAUSE I WAS GONNA RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT AND, UH, ENCOURAGE AND, UH, PETITION THE CITY GOVERNMENTS TO DO WHATEVER, UH, YOU GUYS CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, PUT PRESSURE UP THE CHAIN TO GET MEXICO.

'CAUSE IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

OKAY? Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THE SUGAR MILL, RIGHT? CLOSED MAY REASON IT CLOSED, NOT ADEQUATE WATER KIND OF STUFF.

SO YOU LOST JOBS, YOU LOST YOUR ECONOMIC STUFF.

NOT HERE, BUT OVER THERE.

BUT YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

AND MY NEIGHBOR AND MY FRIEND, MR. LARRY D. DRAKE IS ALL OVER THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

ANYWAY, I'M GONNA MOVE ON.

I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME.

UH, NEXT THING, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, FROM BACK ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST NOVEMBER MEETING, COMMISSION MEETING THE ALIAS LOZANO, DBA AS CAMEL TO TOWING SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR DENYING THAT.

AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THIS NAME.

I, I, I JUST, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M STILL LIMPED ON TIME, BUT THANK YOU.

AND I ALSO APPLAUD PLANNING ZONING DEPARTMENT FOR, UM, DENYING THAT ALSO.

BUT THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO SAY THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO REITERATE, TO REEMPHASIZE THE LINE 17 COMMUNITY, ALSO KNOWN AS RUSSELL LANE, AND THAT INCLUDES HUNTER'S RIDGE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, HUNTER'S CROSSING AND THE SOUTHERN COMFORT DIVISION AND THE NEWLY, WHAT WAS THAT RUSSELL RANCH THING? OUR VIBE IS WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT QUIET RESIDENTIAL AREA.

NO INDUSTRIAL, NO COMMERCIAL, NO.

ANY OF THAT.

AND MY READING, I'M MY AMATEUR OF THE TEXAS CODE FROM MUNICIPALITIES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS AUTHORITY TO KIND OF DIRECT THAT.

AND I REFER BACK TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING.

I THINK IT WAS, UM, UM, MAYOR PRO TAM THAT, UM, YOU BROUGHT UP, UH, THAT, UM, WELL, I HAD A LOSS OF THOUGHT THERE HAD A BIDEN MOMENT.

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE POLITICAL THERE.

I'M SORRY I RETRACTED THAT, UH, KIND OF STUFF.

BUT, OH, I REMEMBER ON THE 7 32, I'M SORRY, 7 32, UH, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL PART.

DOES EVERYBODY REMEMBER THAT? BACK IN NOVEMBER? OKAY.

AND THE, THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT PART OF SEVEN YEAR WAS GONNA GROW IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO I'M SAYING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US LINE 17 THAT WAY TO THE SCHOOL AND STUFF TO, UH, THREE MINUTES ARE OVER.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, MR. TRAVIS.

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GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING RATHER.

MY NAME IS, NO, MY ADDRESS IS 2 7 3 3 4 EARLY ROAD SANTO, TEXAS 7 8 5 8 6.

FOR THE RECORD, UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE CONCERNING GIVEN THAT, JUST LIKE I PREDICTED WHEN I CAME TO SPEAK TO YOU LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, I SAID, I DON'T LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE NEWS AND THE NEWSPAPER.

I LIKE TO LOOK UP THE AGENDA ITEMS AND THE MEETING MINUTES.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE STILL BEHIND.

SO COME TO FIND OUT, SURE ENOUGH, THAT THAT POST EXPLODED.

AND I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE'S NOT MORE PEOPLE HERE.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY TO CONTRARY BELIEF.

CAROL LYNN DOES NOT ASK ME TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF.

SHE'S PROBABLY PRETTY EMBARRASSED THAT I'M HERE.

BUT THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON THE TRUST OF SAN BENITO AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE.

THE HARLAN, GEN EDC, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES THERE, AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE AFTER BOSWELL AND MR. GARZA STEPPED DOWN.

THIS IS MORE OF, UM, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? THE CLIMATE OF THE CITY.

AND WHEN THE CLIMATE OF THE CITY IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED, OR THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF, OR RESPECTABLE COMMUNI, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE NOT BEING LISTENED TO, THE PUBLIC NOTICES.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU, YOUR VOTE IS GONNA GO ON THE RECORD, AND WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE IT UNTIL DECEMBER.

HOPEFULLY THE MINUTES WILL CATCH UP.

BUT IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO DIMINISH THE YEARS OF SERVICE, VOLUNTEER YEARS OF SERVICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A MOTHER WITH THREE YOUNG CHILDREN.

I MEAN, I HAD TO KICK MY LITTLE ONE OUT.

HE COULDN'T KEEP QUIET.

SO, CAROL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT, I THINK THAT YOU VOTED ON EVERY AGENDA ITEM WITH INTEGRITY.

SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU SPEAK UP, BUT I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.

NO.

GOING TO CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY? UM, I'LL LET YOU, UH, TAKE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, TAKING OUT OF THE, UH, CONTENT ON IT, UH, OF THE, UH, CONSENT.

SO WE'RE

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) ]

AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER ATTORNEY.

OKAY? Y'ALL CAN VOTE ON THE OTHER IF Y'ALL WANT TO JUST TO PROCEED AND THEN , OR IT'S UP TO YOU ALL.

WE RECORDING THOSE FOR EXECUTIVE? NO, WHICH, YES.

15 DOESN'T GO TO EXECUTIVE.

I WAS THINK FIVE DOES EITHER.

WELL, NEITHER DOES FIVE.

IT'S ON ME AND I DON'T WANT IT IN THE EXECUTIVES.

SO THEN ANYBODY, ANY, ANYONE.

I MEAN, ANY OTHER, UH, NUMBERS, WE NEED TO GO TO PUBLIC HEARINGS FIRST BECAUSE SOME OF THE ITEMS RELATED TO THE, TO THOSE ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I CAN, NUMBER EIGHT, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO WE GO INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, THEN Y'ALL, YOU WANT TAKE ACTION ON WHATEVER WE HAVE ALREADY, THAT WAY WE CAN GET RID OF, SO WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON HEARING ONE THROUGH 15TH.

15 THROUGH 15 MINUS 5, 10, 15, I 15.

ALRIGHT, WELL MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS. EXCEPTION ACCEPTING ITEMS NUMBER FIVE AND 15.

OKAY, DO I HAVE, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

I THINK THE EIGHT AND NINE HAVE TO BE OUT TO, 'CAUSE THAT STILL PENDING PUBLIC HEARING.

MM-HMM, .

IN NINE.

SO WE'RE TAKING OUT, I WOULD SAY THERE'S THREE OF THEM ACTUALLY PULL 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, AND 15.

5, 6, 7, UM, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, AND 11 AND 17.

SO UP TO 15 THEN.

MOTION TO TAKE, UH, 5, 6, 7, 8,

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UH, 13, 14, AND 15 OUT.

AND, UH, I WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

WAS IT 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 2.

AND COMMISSIONER GOODMAN WITHDRAWS THIS MOTION FOR THE CONSENT.

SO THEN WE'LL TAKE, UH, ITEM NUMBER.

DID SOMEONE WANT TO PULL THAT ONE? YES.

YEAH, THAT WAS PULLED OUT.

BUT THE, THE ONES THAT ARE REMAINING FROM THE CONSENT, YOU SAID EIGHT AND NINE? YES, THOSE, YEAH.

UH, 89 ARE, ARE IN THE CONSENT WITH THOSE EIGHT.

THEY'RE PART OF PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY'RE PART OF, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.

SO EIGHT, NINE ARE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THEY GOT EIGHT, NINE.

SO IT SHOULD BE 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, AND 12.

10, 11 AND 12.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THOSE? 11 IS ALSO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.

I KNOW YOU SAID ED, C, BUT SOMEONE SAID IT WAS PART OF THE EDC, BUT 11 IS A REZONE PUBLIC.

OH, NO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 0 8, 9 AND 11 ARE PART OF, UH, VARIANCES OR REQUESTS FOR REZONE.

THOSE HAVE TO GO TO PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.

SO IT SHOULD BE 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, AND 12.

LET'S PICK AT THE ONE RIGHT DOWN THEN.

AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? THOSE NUMBERS.

MOTION, GO AHEAD.

UH, MOTION BY, UH, EZ.

ANY NA MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, SO

[5. Discussion and action on Resolution Number 2024-0319-003(R), a resolution declaring the position of Carol Lynn Sanchez, Commissioner, Place 4, vacant, abandoned, and unqualified to hold office in the City of San Benito. ]

UH, AND IN TEXAS YOU HAVE A RESIGN TO RUN AS A COMM, AS A SETTING COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU DECIDE TO RUN FOR ANOTHER OFFICE, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION.

ONCE YOU RESIGN, THERE HAS TO BE A SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN 120 DAYS TO FILL THE VACANCY UNDER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

WHOEVER RESIGNS UNDER THERE CAN BE A HOLDOVER UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE IS DULY ELECTED.

I BELIEVE IT'S ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONSTITUTION.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ AS SHE RAN FOR AN OFFICE AND THE RESIDENCE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.

GENERALLY, IF YOU VACATE, LIKE I SAID, YOUR HOLDOVER, HOWEVER, IN THE POSITION OF, IN THIS SITUATION, THE ADDRESS IN THE OTHER DISTRICT IS OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION OR OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN BENITO, WHICH MAKES THE QUALIFICATIONS OR FORFEITS THE OFFICE BECAUSE THE QUALIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER ARE NO LONGER THERE.

YOU, YOU EITHER LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE OR LIVE IN SAN BENITO.

WHEN YOU PUT THE ADDRESS OF THE DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF SAN BENITO.

IT'S A STATE OF MIND.

IF THAT'S YOUR RESIDENCE AND YOU NO LONGER QUALIFY TO HOLD OFFICE IN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, GENERALLY THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT CAN KEEP YOU FROM, FROM HOLDING OFFICE.

ONE, IF YOU'RE A CONVICTED FELON, AND NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

UH, NUMBER TWO, IF IT'S A RECALL OR IF YOU DON'T QUALIFY.

ONCE THE ADDRESS WAS CHANGED TO ANOTHER ADDRESS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, THE QUALIFICATIONS NO LONGER EXISTED TO HOLD OFFICE FOR THE CITY.

SO THERE'S PROVISIONS IN THE STATE THAT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZES THE MOVING DURING OFFICE.

OUR CHARTER JUST RECOGNIZES WHAT IT TAKES FOR YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

QUALIFICATIONS.

THE QUALIFICATIONS, YES.

QUALIFICATIONS ARE 12 MONTHS HERE IN TEXAS, SIX MONTHS LIVING IN THE CITY, AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR TAXES PAID EVERYTHING UP FRONT.

I QUALIFIED FOR EVERYTHING.

I WAS ELECTED BY MY PEOPLE, AND I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE.

NOW, THE CHARTER YOU'RE REFERRING TO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROVISION OF ME MOVING, BUT IT ALSO STATES THAT YOU HAVE TO RESIDE DURING YOUR TENURE HERE AS A CITY.

THE KEY ISSUE IS WHERE IS THE RESIDE THAT THAT'S UPON.

AND ONCE THE RESIDENCE IS NO LONGER IN SAN BENITO, A PERSON LIVING IN ORIGIN IN VILLE OUTSIDE OF SAN BENITO CANNOT GOVERN IN SANTO AND INSIDE .

CURRENTLY, THE EDC BYLAWS THAT ARE UP FOR, UM,

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REVISION HERE STATE THAT IF ANY OF THE EDC BOARD MEMBERS WERE TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, IMMEDIATELY FORFEIT THEIR SEAT.

AND I HOPE YOU GUYS YEAH, THAT'S NOT IN OUR CHARTER.

THAT'S EC I'M NOT, I I KNOW UNDERSTAND OUR, BUT WE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT, THEY, THEY LOOK UP TO US.

RIGHT? AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING THE EXAMPLE FOR THEM.

AND IT ALSO STATES THAT IN SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS, UM, IS IT SAD THAT THE BOARD HAS BETTER RULES THAN THE CITY? BUT OUR, OUR CITY, OUR CITY CHARTER DOES STATE THAT DURING YOUR TENURE AS A COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE TO RESIDE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

AND IT DOESN'T SAY THAT ANYTIME.

NO ELIGIBILITY TO RUN OUT IT RIGHT HERE.

SO WE'RE NOT YOUR RIGHT TO CANDIDACY IS YOUR RIGHT TO CANDIDACY.

I CAN'T ARGUE THAT THIS IS A RIGHT TO HOLD A POSITION TO CONTINUE HOLDING A POSITION.

NOW, THEY ALL HAD A RIGHT TO AN APPOINTMENT, BUT AT THE VERY END OF THE CHARTER CANDID, THERE IS A RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.

RIGHT? EVERYBODY HAS A FOURTH AMENDMENT, RIGHT? SO WHY IS THIS EVEN AN AGENDA ITEM IF YOU WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN? NO, IT'S MY TURN TO TALK.

IF YOU WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN, THEN WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IS FILED IT IN COURT IN A DISTRICT COURT.

THAT'S WHAT ANY COMPETENT ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE DONE.

IS FILE THIS IN DISTRICT COURT.

NO, THE AND HAVE ME VACATE THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE.

YOU ALL CANNOT REMOVE HER.

SHE FORFEITED THE POSITION WHEN SHE CHANGED HER ADDRESS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

SO IT IS NOT Y'ALL DOING IT.

HOW DID I FORFEIT IT? I HAVE RUN WITH INTENT TO IT.

CAROL.

WHAT IS THE CAROL, WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? RIGHT NOW? 3 0 1 EAST NEW HAMPSHIRE IN CARLETON FOR LONG, TEXAS, UH, SINCE MY HUSBAND DIED AND HAD TO MOVE AND FIND SUITABLE LIVING.

SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

UM, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT YOU SERVED YOUR, YOUR TIME DILIGENTLY HERE AND YOU'VE HELPED THE CITY GROW AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADMIRATION.

BUT THE CHARTER STILL SPEAKS THAT ONCE YOU MOVE OUT OF THE CITY LIMIT, THIS IS THE SAME CHARTER THAT, SO I GAVE YOU YOUR TIME.

RIGHT? SEPARATE.

SO RESPECTFULLY, YOU SHOULD GIMME MY TIME.

RIGHT? THANK YOU.

OKAY, CONTINUE.

SAY THE SAME.

SO THE CHARTER STATES THAT ONCE YOU MOVE OUT OF THE DISTRICT, YOU NO LONGER QUALIFY.

IT'S NOT US, IT'S THE CHARTER.

SO IF ONE OF THEM MOVE, THEY HAVE TO BE DISQUALIFIED AS WELL.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE SO MUCH NEWS MEDIA ATTENTION ON THIS.

UM, GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS SAID THINGS ABOUT IT.

OTHER VOTING MUNICIPALITIES HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS.

IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT US.

IT'S THE CHARTER.

IT'S THE WAY IT READS.

EXACTLY.

IT'S THE ELECTION CODE ACTUALLY IS WHAT GOVERNS THE BODY.

SO WHY WASN'T THIS BROUGHT UP IN DECEMBER? CAROL? I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT FACTS ARE PRESENTED TO ME.

I'M NOT GONNA FALL.

I I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, THAT PEOPLE TELL ME I FOLLOWED THIS PERSON TO THEIR HOUSE AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

I SAID, I DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THE FACTS THAT I HAVE IS THAT TE ETHICS COMMISSION CAME UP IS THAT YOU LIVE IN HARLINGEN.

THAT'S A FACT THAT I HAVE.

THAT'S IT.

I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND.

SORRY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN.

I'M SORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT, THAT DOES HAVE NOT HAVE A FACTOR IN HERE.

EXCEPT THAT ONE PAPER THAT SAYS YOU DON'T LIVE IN SANTO AGAIN.

YOU STILL HAVE TO GO AND GIVE A HEARING.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT DISREGARDING THAT.

BUT IT SAYS THAT THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS AFTERWARDS THAT YOU CAN FILE FOR AND IT CAN GO THROUGH JUDICIAL REVIEW.

WHY, WHY APPEAL IS WHAT THE CHARTER WEEKS LEFT IS WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS.

WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES IN SAN BENITO AND THE FACT THAT YOU TAKE THE LAST THREE WEEKS LEFT THAT I HAVE OF THIS TO NOW MAKE AN ISSUE IS RIDICULOUS.

SO MAYBE, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE A JOKE TO ALL OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE NEVER JUST DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

YOU COULD HAVE JUST PROBABLY, LET ME FINISH THREE WEEKS.

THAT'S IT.

THREE WEEKS.

YOU COULD HAVE TOLD I'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR THIS OFFICE SINCE DECEMBER.

I AM NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION.

YOU COULD'VE TOLD HER, I DO NOT WANT THIS POSITION.

I AM DONE.

I AM NOT CONTINUING.

BUT YOU ALL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF US.

WE ARE NOT GONNA BE IN THE NEWS.

WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

WE'RE GONNA BE IN BLOGS FOR THREE WEEKS.

THREE WEEKS.

LOOK HOW YOU MAKE SANTO LOOK.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I'M NOT SEEKING REELECTION.

'CAUSE I WILL NOT SIT ON A BOARD THAT TAKES TIME AND SPENDS TAX DOLLARS ON SITUATIONS LIKE THIS FOR THREE WEEKS.

YOU SAID YOU LIVED THERE FOR A YEAR.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY FOR UP TO YOU TO COME FORWARD.

NOT ON US.

IT WASN'T, I DIDN'T SAY A YEAR.

YOU SAID A YEAR.

DID YOU NOT SAY SINCE HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS LIVING UP TO OUR OBLIGATION THAT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR YOU VOTED FOR US TO LIVE UP TO THAT OBLIGATION.

SO IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT YOU JUST, YOU LIVE AT THIS ADDRESS.

AM I NOT? I HAD THE INTENTION TO MOVE.

I MADE IT PUBLIC.

I PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER.

IT WASN'T A SECRET AT THAT TIME THOUGH, YOU SHOULD HAVE GRACIOUSLY CAME AND SAID, I'M GONNA BE MOVING.

UM, WHAT ARE THE PROCEDURES THAT I HAVE TO TAKE? IF YOU WEREN'T SEEKING REELECTION, YOU FELT TO DO THAT.

YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON COMMISSION ON THE MAYOR THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG WHEN

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AND THAT'S, UH, ENTRUSTING OUR CITY CHARTER THAT GOVERNS US TO DO WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

IF WE JUST TURN A BLIND EYE TO YOU, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

THERE'S INTEGRITY THAT'S IN THIS SEAT.

AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I DIDN'T DO THAT? YOU DON'T THINK I'M SMART ENOUGH TO GO AND SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL ON THIS? I, I'M, I HOPE HE DID WELL, CAROL DID.

DID YOU EVER BRING IT TO HER ATTENTION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU WERE, DID YOU WERE ON THE RUN? YOU JUST SAID THE GOVERNOR KNEW ABOUT IT? NO.

OH, SORRY.

HE SAID THE GOVERNOR KNEW.

WHAT I WAS STATING IS THAT THESE ISSUES HAVE COME FROM A FACT IN THE PAST WITH THE ELECTION CODE AND ISSUES ABOUT WHERE YOUR PLACE OF DOMICILE OR RESIDENCE IS.

THAT'S THE ISSUE.

AND YOU STATED JUST NOW, NOT ME, THAT YOU LIVE THERE.

I WAS GOING BASED OFF A OVER THERE.

I BASED, I'M PAYING TAX INFORMATION HERE IN DOTO AND I HAVE A SECOND RESIDENCE JUST LIKE MANY OTHERS DO.

IF YOU WANNA GO DOWN, I HAVE ADDRESSES OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO OTHER, SO I'M JUST GOING BASED OFF WHAT THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION HAS RIGHT.

ON YOUR FORM.

THAT'S A FACTUAL PIECE OF I'M GOING ON THE CHARTER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE BASING ON.

A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT SOMEONE TURNED IN.

THAT'S ALL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN IT IN IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.

NO.

IT WAS TURNED OVER TO COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO.

UH, LEGAL.

DO WE, DO WE VOTE THIS? DO WE? UH, IT IS UP TO THE COMMISSION.

THE COMMISSION IS THE JUDGE OF THIS, OF THIS MATTER.

UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ HAS A RIGHT TO REQUEST.

UH, I CAN DO A TRO, I CAN DO A HEARING, I CAN DO EVERYTHING, BUT I'M NOT GONNA WASTE AGAIN, TAXPAYER'S MONEY ON SOMETHING SO RIDICULOUS.

SO RIDICULOUS AND PETTY.

THAT MAKES US LOOK LIKE A JOKE.

IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND I'M NOT GONNA DO IT IT AGAIN.

I'M NOT SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS LIKE A JOKE.

SERIOUSLY.

OKAY, FINE.

THEN, UH, WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA STEP DOWN OR ARE YOU, UH, I'M NOT STEPPING DOWN.

IF YOU WANT REMOVE ME, YOU CAN REMOVE ME.

YOU ALL CAN TAKE A VOTE.

IT'S A RESOLUTION.

SHE HAS A A RIGHT TO REQUEST.

I HAVE AFTER.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, UM, IS IT THE REMOVE OR WHAT IS IT? I'LL TAKE THE, NO, YOU CAN'T REMOVE ME.

YOU HAVE TO VOTE.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION ONCE THE CANDIDATE FILED A FOR CANDIDATE C IN A DIFFERENT CITY.

A MOTION THAT'S, I MEAN, AS FAR AS, YOU CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.

CAN'T EVEN, I DON'T EVEN LOSE MY POSITION.

IF YOU ACTUALLY READ THE LAW, I WOULDN'T EVEN LOSE MY POSITION UNTIL SOMEONE ACTUALLY TAKES MY POSITION AND SITS HERE.

I WILL STILL BE THE OFFICE HOLDER UNTIL SOMEONE TAKES MY POSITION.

AND THERE, THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE JUST AGREE.

UH, IF SHE WAS OVER, I HAVE A STATE CODE IF YOU WANT.

THERE WAS A HOLD OVER, UH, BECAUSE OF VACANCY.

BUT WHEN YOU MOVE OUT, THAT'S A FORFEITURE.

SO THAT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S LIKE HAVING, LIKE I SAID, HAVING SOMEBODY FROM ARLINGTON GOVERNING AND SOMEBODY TO HAVING SOMEBODY FROM MACALLAN GOVERNING FROM, OR SOMEONE THAT LIVES OUTTA CITY LIMITS RUNNING THE CITY.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

IS THIS THE SAME CHARTER THAT APPLIES THAT ALSO SAYS THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS? YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO ARE YOU PREPARING TO MOVE HERE? UH, IT DOESN'T SOON AS I GET MY CONTRACT, AS SOON AS I GET MY CONTRACT MOVE.

BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO POSITIONS IN THE CITY, TWO POSITIONS IN WHERE? SO THE, THE COMMISSION CAN GO TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OR NOT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS? I HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BASED ON OUR CITY CHARTER.

I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALE SECOND.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS MISS, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ CAN REQUEST A, OH, I, NO SIR.

IT IS NOT EVEN WORTH THE TIME.

THAT'S WHERE WE DIFFER.

I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO IN MY TIME.

I ACTUALLY HELP MY COMMUNITY.

I SPEND TIME WITH MY COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

I'M GONNA GO COACH THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND HELP CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I DON'T SPEND TIME GOING AROUND TRYING TO SEE HOW I CAN GET OTHER PEOPLE DOWN, HOW TO MAKE OUR CITY LOOK BAD.

I'M WORKING HARD TO MAKE OUR CITY LOOK BETTER AND BE UP HERE WHERE IT SHOULD BE AND NOT CONTINUE TO GET DRAGGED DOWN.

LOOK STUPID FROM .

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I WISH YOU WILL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN AMAZING, COMPLETELY AMAZING.

AND Y'ALL DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.

AND I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR LEAVING Y'ALL TO THIS SITUATION.

I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY GOT FULL INSURANCE BENEFITS AND YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

AVERAGE MINIMUM WAGE IS INCREASED.

THINK'S PRETTY GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND FULL MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND VISION.

NEXT ITEM IS GONNA BE ITEM NUMBER SIX.

UH, MAYOR, COULD WE DEVIATE FROM THAT UNTIL WE, UH, GO AHEAD.

WE TAKE IT TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT TO THE EDC BOARD.

GO TO THE ITEMS THAT REQUIRE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

FIRST, AND IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, WE CAN

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HAVE THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

GET GUYS OUT THE WAY.

YES, SIR.

WE COME BACK.

I CAN OPEN UP FOR EDC AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND RAT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE GOT.

GO VAC RECEIPT.

UM, SHOULD SAY ANYTHING.

WE CAN GO TO, UH, WE CAN GO TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND IT'S CONSIDERATION OF PUBLISH ACTION TO, UH, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE OR REQUEST FOR CP COMMISSION.

[8. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a Conditional Use Permit to consent the placement of a Portable Building at a property located at 767 E Business 77, zoned C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”, bearing a Legal Description of: Grajales Estates being a replat in Evans Subdivision, consisting of 0.24 acres of land, being all of Lot Four (4) and the West One-Half (1/2) of Lot Five (5), Block Twelve (12), of the Evans Subdivision, according to map of plat thereof recorded in Volume 13, Page 4, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Neftali Grajales. ]

USE PERMIT TO, TO CONSENT TO PLACEMENT OF A PORTABLE BUILDING.

THAT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 6 7 EAST BUSINESS.

SEVEN SEVEN.

AND IT'S ZONED C TWO.

UM, IT'S A COMMERCIAL LOCATION.

WE HAD THE PLANNING ZONING VOTE FOR IT.

UH, AND WE HAVE NO, UM, ISSUES WITH THE RESIDENTS.

NOBODY HAS REACHED OUT THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.

IT'S COMMERCIAL LOCATION AND THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO PUT A STORAGE UNIT.

HOWEVER, THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IF YOU WANT A STORAGE UNIT, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

WHAT ITEM JOHNNA? I'M SORRY.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

NUMBER EIGHT.

IT DOES REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'D LIKE TO DEVIATE FROM THAT AND OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING SO WE CAN APPROVE THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

SO IT'S THE SAME DATE.

7 6 7 EAST BUSINESS, 77 STAFFS, REPRIMANDING APPROVAL.

UH, AND WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? THE TIME, TIME.

THE 6 0 2 AND THEN OPEN UP TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

I THINK, I THINK I, UH, OMITTED THAT LAST TIME.

UM, I VOTE FOR IT.

UH, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT CHANGING THE CODE OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE MAKE THIS LESS CUMBERSOME.

ANYBODY ELSE? YEP.

ANYBODY ELSE WITH THIS? NO.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

TIME IS, UH, 6 0 3.

YEP.

SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, STAFF OF APPROVAL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I AGREE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT.

THE SECOND.

WE'RE GONNA DO ITEM NINE AS WELL.

SECOND BY MEMBER GAVAN.

[9. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a Conditional Use Permit to consent Pre-Fabricated Building Manufacturing at a property located on Nixon Rd, zoned SF-1 “Single Family One”, bearing a Legal Description of: Lots Two (2) and Three (3), Block One (1), Nixon Road Subdivision, Cameron County Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 869-A, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas; save and except a 0.402 acre tract out of Lot Two (2). Applicant: Richard Guerra. ]

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT APPROVE A REQUEST FOR CUP MISUSED FOR TO CONSENT A PREFABRICATED BUILDING, MANUFACTURING AT A PROPERTY LOCATED ON NIXON ROADS ON SF ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE.

UH, AND THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT TOO, AS WELL.

SO WE'D OPEN UP THAT PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER NINE? THE PUBLIC HEARING'S OPEN.

THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 4 FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DI THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, DULY NOTED.

UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

SO MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE.

ITEM NINE.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'RE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KUMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

NUMBER 11, UH, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM

[11. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-K-03-2024, a request to rezone a property located Williams Road, bearing a Legal Description of: being 0.460 of an acre (20,057 sq. ft.) out of block 124, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, map records, Cameron County, from MH “Mobile Home” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Ochoa Capital. ]

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2K DASH OH THREE DASH 2 2 2 2 4.

REQUESTED REZO PROPERTY LOCATED ON WILLIAMS ROAD, DESCRIPTION.

UH, AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE FOR THAT SAME ITEM THAT OPEN UP, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT.

THAT TIME IS A 6 0 5 FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM AND ITEM ONLY.

NONE.

NO, NO COMMENTS.

CLOSE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT IS A 6 0 5.

AGAIN, CLOSING, NO ACTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO DEVIATE FROM THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT, MAYOR, AND PUT ON MY EDC DIRECTOR'S HAT POSSIBLE.

THAT'S OKAY.

AND, UH, WE STILL ITEM NUMBER 15.

OH, OKAY.

WOULD YOU'D LIKE TO DO 15? OKAY.

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UM, AND WE GOT, ACTUALLY, WE GOT 13, 14, AND 15 IF YOU'ALL WANT, START WITH THAT.

[13. Consideration and possible action to approve the one-year renewal of the Facility Use Agreement between the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum and the City of San Benito. ]

UH, ITEM 13 IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR RENEWAL FACILITY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS COCO MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM AND THE CITY OF SAN BE ITEM 13.

GO AHEAD.

UH, QUESTION A LEADER.

UH, HELLO.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR PORT AND, UM, UH, CITY COMMISSIONERS AND EBC, UM, ALIDA GARCIA, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR FOR, UH, THE RECORD.

THE SAN BERNARD CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I'M REQUESTING YOUR CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE FACILITY.

USE AGREEMENT OF THE AZTECA BUILDING LOCATED AT 4 0 2 WEST ROBERTSON STREET, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BETO AND THE TEXAS HUM, UH, HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, WHICH PRESENT HERE TODAY.

UM, THE, THIS MUSEUM IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB IN KEEPING THIS GENRE OF MUSIC RELEVANT AND SHOWCASING REG REGULAR MUSIC EVENTS AND TEACHING THE HISTORY OF HUM MUSIC TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN BERNARDINO AND THE VISITORS ALIKE.

UH, THEIR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS.

YES, IT IS.

UH, WE WORKED ON THIS FAIR.

IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO GET THE, UH, TO GET THE, UH, THE CONTRACTS APPROVED.

WE'VE BEEN KIND OF, KIND OF GOING MONTH TO MONTH ON THIS, AND STAFF AND, AND STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND WORKED WITH THE, UH, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE, UH, MUSEUM.

AND, AND EVERYBODY CAME TO AGREEMENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE ALL TRUED UP, SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

IS THERE ANY, UH, CONSIDERATION OR ACTION TO EXPAND THE USE OF THE BUILDING IN WHAT WAY? COMMISSIONER? THERE'S MULTIPLE FLOORS THERE.

YOU HAVE THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE ON ON, ON OUR END AT THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S NOT PART OF THE AGREEMENT.

UH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME A DA ACCESSIBILITY, SOME POSSIBLE ELEVATORS AND A LOT OF WORK.

SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PREPARED AT THIS POINT TO DO ANY SECONDARY OR THIRD, UH, FLOOR USAGE AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER 13.

YEAH, YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

13 AND NUMBER 13? YES.

[14. Consideration and possible action to approve the annual renewal payment to Versaterm Public Safety US, Inc., for the San Benito Police Department's body camera service in the total amount of $13,440.00. ]

ITEM 14, CONSIDER CONSIDERATIONS.

I ACTION.

APPROVE THE ANNUAL RENEWAL PAYMENT TO VERSATILE PUBLIC SAFETY.

US FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BODY CAMERA SERVICE.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,440 AND 0 CENTS.

CHIEF, CHIEF, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AMERI PRO TEMP COMMISSIONERS, EEC BOARD MEMBERS.

UH, THIS ITEM IS THE ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR OUR BODY CAM SERVICE.

UH, WE'VE SWITCHED BACK IN MARCH TO VISUAL LABS, WHICH SHORTEN VERSA TERMS. SO, UH, THE SYSTEM IS A LOT BETTER.

UM, BETTER TECHNOLOGY ALL AROUND.

SO I'M ASKING, UH, TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL PAYMENT TO CONTINUE TO USE THEIR SERVICE.

MR. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO.

MOTION TO APPROVE CHIEF.

SORRY.

UH, WHEN WE FIRST APPROVED THIS, THE MAIN CONCERN WAS ABOUT DATA STORAGE.

IF THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE, AND, UM, I THINK AFTER A CERTAIN LIMIT, IT, IT GETS DELETED OR IT STAYS ON FOR SO LONG.

CAN YOU, IS THAT, IS THE, IS THE DATA ENOUGH? PRETTY MUCH.

STORAGE LIMITS.

WE HAVE 1500 HOURS OF RECORDING, 1500 HOURS OF AUDIO RECORDING, EIGHT HOURS OF LIVE STREAMING, AND 3000 PHOTOS THAT WE CAN TAKE PER MONTH.

AND, UH, WHAT WE DO, WE SET A RETENTION SCHEDULE.

SO IF IT'S JUST A BASIC INTERACTION WITH THE, WITH THE CITIZEN, THE BODY CAM OF COURSE COMES ON.

BUT IF THERE'S NO EVIDENTIARY VALUE TO IT, THE RETENTION PERIOD IS SET TO 180 DAYS.

SO IF AN OFFICER MAKES A TRAFFIC STOP AND HE, HE GIVES A CITATION, THAT RETENTION PERIOD STAYS FOR ONE YEAR.

AND THEN MISDEMEANOR CRIMES, THREE YEARS, FELONIES FIVE YEARS, AND THEN MORE SERIOUS CRIMES STAY INDEFINITE.

SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO PUSHING THAT 1500 A MONTH.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

MOTION.

I GOT A MOTION BY TO APPROVE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER MORALE.

ITEM 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.

BY .

AVER, AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAY MOTION PROCESS? THANK YOU.

THANK CHIEF

[15. Consideration and possible action to approve the 2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to municipal telecommunications right-of-way access line rates.]

APPROVE THE 2024 CPI, UH, ADJUSTMENT TO MR. PATEL COM RIGHT OF WAY ACCESS LINE RATES.

THIS IS, UH, KIND OF A STANDARD ISSUE THING.

I KNOW, UH, I DID TALK TO THE AP REP.

HE GOT STUCK IN CORPUS.

HE WAS GONNA COME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.

BUT, UM, IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS, THIS IS A STANDARD, YOU KNOW, CPI INDEX ADJUSTMENT, UM, IT'S NORMAL.

EVERY CITY GOES THROUGH IT.

JUST BE CPI STANDARD INCREASE ANYWAY.

IT'S, I UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE TOOK NO ACTION ON IT WOULD

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THAT IS CORRECT, BUT WE TAKE NO, MY MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS APPROVE THE VOTE TO TAKE NO ACTION.

THAT WILL BE OUR OFFICIAL OR TAKE NO ACTION.

OR TAKE NO ACTION.

TAKE NO ACTION.

I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT IT, HOW IT WORK.

TAKE NO ACTION.

NUMBER 15, DIRECTION.

ITEM NUMBER 17 IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION PROVING THE SAN EDC AMENDED BYLAWS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.

ALRIGHT.

WE'LL OPEN UP THE, UH, A DC BOARD, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UH, MEETING.

AND, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE A FORUM, SO WE'LL CALL, WE'LL CALL THAT MEETING TO ORDER.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

UM,

[17. Consideration and possible action approving the San Benito EDC amended Bylaws. (Part 1 of 2)]

AND I GUESS FOR LATER ACTION BY THE COUNCIL.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE, UH, UPON CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ALSO THE C ATTORNEY.

UH, SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT, UH, BUT WE DID WAS WORK ON THE BYLAWS AND, AND WE TRIED TO TRIM 'EM DOWN TO, UH, THE BARE STATUTORY MINIMUM, JUST WHAT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE.

THAT THERE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE IN THERE THAT, UH, SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE.

AND IF THERE'S NOTHING SUPERFLUOUS IN THERE, IT'S JUST BASICALLY, UH, MIRRORS THE STATE.

AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS JUST TALKING TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

AND, UH, THEY'D BE IN, THEY'D BE IN FAVOR OF IT.

I, I WOULD ALSO ASK THE BOARD TO, UM, TO APPROVE A SIM TO PROVE IT SIMILARLY, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS CLEANS EVERYTHING UP.

IT FOLLOWS A STATE STATUTE, IT'S BEING RECOMMENDED BY OUR, UH, BY OUR A DC ATTORNEY.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTE.

AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WON.

ON PAGE SEVEN OF 17 ON, UH, AND TO INDEPENDENT.

WELL, I, I'D LIKE TO START WITH C COMMITTING OUR NEW ATTORNEY.

YOU'VE ALSO OBVIOUSLY DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

UH, I I I LOVE THAT YOU PUT IT ALL IN ITS ORDER BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF, KIND OF WISH WISHY WASIER, UH, THE OTHER WAY.

UM, I I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION ON TERMINAL OF OFFICE TO THE BOARD COMMISSION THAT, UH, THE TERMINAL OFFICE YEARS, FOR TWO YEARS, YOU GUYS WORKED VERY HARD TO FIND US BOARD MEMBERS, AS WE SAY, WE'RE GOING AND WE'RE EVOLVING.

SO I'D LIKE FOR THE COMMISSION AND THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY RUNNING THE TERM AS COMMISSION'S TERM OR THREE YEAR TERM BECAUSE YOU PLACE SOMEBODY ON, YOU WANT STAY THERE FOR YOUR THREE YEAR TENURE.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT JUST TO, JUST TO BE FAIR TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND BE FAIR TO Y ALL, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY LATER ON.

YOU ALREADY HAVE HIM FOR YOUR TERM.

AND IF YOU'RE TO WIN ANOTHER TERM, YOU CAN ELECT TO KEEP 'EM THERE OR REPLACE 'EM.

AND OF COURSE YOU'LL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REPLACE US ANYTIME YOU WANT.

BUT I, I WOULD SAY THAT WE COINCIDE TO RUN WITH COMMISSION.

I, I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER THAT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT.

AND ALSO ON, UH, PAGE THREE OF SEVEN, NUMBER THREE ON THE TOP SERVE OR HAVE SERVED IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S TOO BROAD BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE STATEMENTS ABOVE, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS, BUSINESS INCLINED FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEMS. OR COULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF DIRECTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUSINESS? BECAUSE THIS IS A BUSINESS AND IT'S A BIG BUSINESS AND WE NEED TO LURE IN BIG BUSINESS.

SO, AND OF COURSE IT'S A JOB STIPULATION ANYWAY, COMMISSIONER.

'CAUSE YOU GUYS VOTE WHO YOU WANT IN.

BUT I'D LIKE THAT WORK, PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS CAPACITY, MAYBE THAT BUSINESS PUT IN THERE.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THAT, TO BE PUT IN THERE.

ALSO, I, IF I MAY, I THINK THE, THE PHRASE IT'S USING IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY SERVES IT'S, UH, WHAT IT NEEDS TO, TO REPRESENT.

UH, I KNOW YOU WANT A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, BUT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS, UH, BACKGROUND TO HAVE SOME POSITIVE INPUT INTO THE PROJECT PROGRESSION OF THE EDC.

I AGREE.

THAT'S WHY I SAID THIS.

COMMISSIONS OPENLY DECIDE WHO THEY GO HERE.

I MEAN, I JUST LIKE TO JUST REFINE IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS TALKED TO YOUR CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAPACITY THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE OR SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.

WE AS A BOARD MEMBER JUST ACCEPT WHAT COMMISSION WE WORK WITH EACH OTHER FOR THE BETTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT I JUST THINK YOU NEED TO BE CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

KIND OF COINCIDE WITH THE ONES ABOVE IT.

SO I'M SAYING, AND ALSO, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO COMMEND OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR NEW ATTORNEY ON PUTTING THE GOVERNMENT CODES IN.

THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASY POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ANYBODY LOOKING AT THIS.

IT MAKES IT EASY FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO REFER BACK TO A CODE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR OBLIGATION, WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO IN A PARTICULAR POSITION.

SO I LOVE THAT PUT IN THERE.

IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERY PARTY HERE WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH IT.

UH, NEXT PAGE,

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AND NOW HERE WE HAVE A SPECIAL CASE.

I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSURANCES AND SO FORTH.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR CITY MANAGER AND NOW OUR A DC DIRECTOR, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DOUBLE COVERAGE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT KIND OF INSURANCES FOR BOTH ENTITIES.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD SHARE THE COST, UH, MAYOR WITH INSURANCE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

DON'T WANT TO KIND OF DOUBLE COVER THE SAME PERSON, YOU KNOW, WITH TWO DIFFERENT INSURANCE.

BUT WE HAVE INSURANCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

DO YOU GOT INSURANCE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES? SO I'D LIKE TO NOT SEE A DOUBLE COVERAGE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING.

I WELL, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANNA MAYBE CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT AND BECAUSE THIS IS A, THIS IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I FEEL THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THERE.

AND, UM, I THINK ON THAT ONE, UH, UH, THE CITY'S TAKING THE INSURANCE ON THIS.

THANK YOU GUYS.

AND WORK MEMBER MORALES.

UH, YES SIR.

THE, THE, THE AGREEMENT I HAVE WITH THE, WITH THE EDC, UH, IT ACTUALLY CALLS THAT OUT.

SO, OKAY.

I DON'T THINK, LIKE, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE THREE YEAR TERM, WHATEVER THE BOARD'S WISHES ARE AND THE COUNCIL, THAT'S, BUT YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE READ THINGS AND THEN THEY RUN WITH IT.

WE KIND OF JUST SHOWED IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CLEAR WAS A RECORD THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

I THINK THE PERCEPTION EXACTLY.

ALL OBJECTIONS ARE DIFFERENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFY.

VERIFYING, I THINK THE PAPER STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING BENEFITS FROM THE EDC.

I'VE HEARD IT OUT THERE.

IF YOU READ THE PAPER AND YOU DON'T DO YOUR RESEARCH, THEN YOU'RE GONNA BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

BUT CURRENTLY IT'S ONLY GETTING BENEFITS FROM THE CITY.

FROM THE CITY.

IF ANYBODY GOES TO THE MINISTRY, THEY KNOW YOU'RE NOT AND IT'S NOT DOUBLE, IT'S NOT DOUBLE VACATION.

SO THE STAFF KNOW YOU LOST THAT ON THAT ONE, FRED.

THAT'S FINE.

I WILL TAKE ONE FOR THE T.

CAN I ADDRESS, UH, THE TERM LI UH, WAS THERE TERM LIMITS PRE, PREVIOUSLY PRETTY EASY.

THEY WERE TWO YEARS THE WAY IT'S TWO YEAR TERM.

BUT ARE THERE TERM LIMITS? NO.

UH, STATUTORILY.

YOU CAN ONLY BE REAPPOINTED TWICE.

WAS THAT IN HERE, THE TERM LIMIT OF TWO YEAR, TWO, FOUR YEARS TOTAL? IT'S NOT IT THIS HOW LONG YOUR TERM IS OF TWO YEARS, I'D LIKE TO SAY.

SO IT NEEDS TO STATE THAT.

NO, IT, IT COULD IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT.

SURE.

UH, NOW IT DOES NOT LIMIT THE TERM LIMIT.

THE TERM LIMIT IS UP TO YOU ALL WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.

OH, OKAY.

IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEBODY COULD SIT HERE FOR, IF YOU CHANGE IT TO THREE FOR 12 YEARS.

THREE YEARS.

SIX YEARS.

THAT'S THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS, CAN WE PUT A TERM LIMIT ON HOW LONG YOU CAN SIT HERE? YEAH.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.

UM, I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A STATE STATUTE SAYING THAT YOU CAN ONLY BE A DIRECTOR FOR SO LONG.

YOU CAN ONLY GET REAPPOINTED TWICE.

NOW, THE TERM LIMIT IS NOT IN THE STATUTE.

IT'S PER BYLAWS.

NO, AND IT'S NOT IN OUR BYLAWS CURRENTLY.

NO.

IN THIS NO REVISED.

NO SIR.

IT'S NOT, I, I'VE TALKED ABOUT TERM LIMITS BEFORE AND IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO GO ON AND COLLUDE THAT.

UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR, AT THIS, I MEAN, THEY TALKED ABOUT IT IN, UH, BUDGET CAPACITIES, BUT I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL AND AT THE EDC LEVEL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COMPLETELY NECESSARY.

'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY HARD TO FIND SOMEONE TO, I AGREE.

SERVE IN THOSE TYPE OF POSITIONS.

LIKE SETTING TERM LIMITS ON PARKS AND REC BOARD MEMBERS.

THAT DIFFICULT, YOU WON'T FIND ANYBODY TO SERVE AFTER A WHILE.

WE'RE SUCH A SMALL TOWN, BUT I'M STILL CONSIDERING IT.

OTHER AVENUES REGARD WITH RESPECT TO COMMISSIONER.

I I AGREE WHAT YOU SAID.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND YOU RIGHT.

ASSEMBLE THE RIGHT TEAM.

AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE A MEETING TIME.

SO THAT, DOES THAT NEED TO BE ATTACHED OF LIMITATION HERE, THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY GOOD WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP THERE.

IF YOU KEEP ON WINNING AND YOU'RE WORKING WELL WITH THIS PARTICULAR WOOD REVIEW, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP 'EM THERE.

BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE 'EM AT ANY TIME YOU WANT.

SO DOES THIS BOARD REALLY NEED TO BE GOVERNED WITH HOW LONG THEY CAN SERVE? BECAUSE THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU GUYS ANYWAY, YOU KNOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS A JOB'S DISCRETION.

WELL, LIKEWISE.

I DON'T, I, TO ME THOUGH, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE, THE LENGTH OF THE TERM IS MEANINGLESS BECAUSE WE CAN REMOVE PEOPLE IN ANY TIME.

EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHAT I I AGREE WITH YOU MR. GOODMAN.

COMMISSIONER LUMAN.

YEAH, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I, I WOULD JUST LIKE IT TO COINCIDE WITH YOUR C AND ALSO GOES FOR YOUR TERM, EVERY BOARD FOR YOU.

I THINK THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION ABOUT PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AS WELL, IS THAT IF THE COMMISSION DOESN'T FEEL LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL'S OF PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, THEY CAN VOTE DOWN AN APPOINTMENT.

SO DOES IT NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC? ONCE WE START DOING, LIKE, CHANGING IT BEYOND THE STATE STATUTES, THAT'S WHEN IT GETS VERY HAIRY.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT GO BACK AND FORTH MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT JUST BECOMES CHAOS

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FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

AND ALONG, ALONG THE SAME LINES, WHAT YOU SAID, GOING BEYOND THE STATE STATUTE, THERE WAS AN ADDITION THAT I MADE THAT WENT BEYOND THE STATE STATUTE ON PAGE THREE AND IT'S SUBSECTION C AT THE TOP.

I ADDED THAT BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD AND THE MAYOR HAS RECOMMENDED AS FAR AS CONFIDENTIALITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S GIVEN IN CLOSED SESSION AND SOMETIMES DURING NEGOTIATIONS.

AND IT WAS IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE MAYOR AND SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE A QUALIFICATION STATEMENT THAT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS ARE TO MAINTAIN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENTIALITY.

SO WE ADDED, WE ADDED THAT IN THERE.

APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

AND, UH, IT IS TRUE.

LIKE I SAID, UH, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, UH, CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT THE WILL, UH, MR. ON THE, ON THE, BOTH THE CITY AND THE EDC AND THERE WAS SOME, UH, PROJECTS THAT WERE COMING IN THAT, UH, THAT IT WAS DRAINING IN.

AND IT WAS KIND OF, IT, IT HAD TO BE VERY, WE HAD TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL AS FAR AS WHAT WE MENTIONED OR HOW WE APPROACHED IT.

ALSO BECAUSE IT WAS SO DELICATE THAT, THAT WE COULD EITHER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOSE IT AND IT WOULD PROSPER.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE COMING, IF I CAN SAY DAMNIT, IT IS COMING TO AND THAT GENTLEMAN, MR. UH, , UH, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIM, UH, THEY'RE COMING TO SANTO, THEY'RE LOOKING AT , AND NOW WE'RE BECOMING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE CAN SAY, AND I'M PROUD OF IT.

I'M PROUD OF WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMISSION'S DOING AND, UH, WITH THE EC ALSO.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I SAID CERTAIN PROJECTS HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CONFIDENTIAL AND YOU KNOW, IT AND, UH, ANY, ANY WORK GOT OUT, WE COULD LOSE IT.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT, LIKE I SAID, EVENTUALLY, UH, I'LL LET THE, THE, WHEN IT IS TIME, IT IS GONNA BE BROUGHT UP TO THE, TO THE LIGHT AND YOU ALL GONNA BE VERY, VERY AND PROUD OF IT.

SO DEFINITELY KEEPS US, DEFINITELY KEEPS US COMPETITIVE.

I COMPLETELY AGREE, MA BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, WITH OUR MUD, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WITH OUR MOUTH CLOSED AT ONCE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CANNOT, AND WE BROUGHT IT UP AND WE DON'T, AND I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS, YOU, THIS DOES NOT GET OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE ONCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT, THEY KNOW WE LOST IN THE PAST.

WE LOST COMPANIES THAT, THAT IN BECAUSE SOMEBODY OPENED THEIR MOUTH.

AND UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA HAVE THAT THIS TIME.

I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD DEFINITION THAT, UH, THAT'S GOING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO COME, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, REPRIMAND YOU.

HELL WE'LL DO IT.

I'LL DO IT.

I DON'T CARE.

BUT IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE IN MOVING SOMEBODY INTO MAKING IT A WELL KNOWN CITY, WHAT WE HAVE.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UH, THAT'S IT ALSO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WANNA SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, TABLE THIS JUST SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU MIGHT NEED TO ADD SOME MORE STUFF IN THERE.

I'M NOT SURE.

UH, I DON'T HAVE THE OLD ONE SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

UH, WITH THE NEW ONE.

I'M SURE THAT THE CHANGES THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE SAID, THAT'S ALL YOU'VE MADE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS OR AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE WHITE OR ADD, UM, EITHER REMOVE OR ADD OR WHATEVER.

I, I AGREE.

I AGREE 100% WITH MRS. GIANNIS.

I, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE CHANGE THAT BEEN HERE AND COLOR.

NO WORDS IN IT IS A STATE ABOUT COMMISSION APPROVAL ON ANY OF IT.

WHAT'S BEEN REMOVED AND WOULD'VE BEEN ADDED IN TWO DIFFERENT COLOR CODE SO THAT WE CAN COVER IT.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEN I CAME IN AN HOUR EARLY GUYS JUST TO TRY TO COMPARE.

BUT HE'S DONE.

OUR ATTORNEY'S DONE A GREAT JOB REARRANGING IN THE FASHION IT SHOULD BE.

BUT SINCE THE BAG ROOM WAS SOCIAL SECURITY, THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND THE INFORMATION TO MATCH, TO SEE THE ACTUAL CHANGES.

SO I AGREE THAT MAYBE THIS SHOULD, NEEDS TO BE TABLED.

BUT RIGHT NOW FOR FURTHER CONSIDER COLOR CODE TO CHANGE THE WHIPPING AT IT AND DIFFERENT, JUST EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

EVEN COMMISSION, JUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M COMPLETELY FOR THAT, BUT JUST REMEMBER THE REASON IT WAS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLE REVISIONS.

SO DON'T, DON'T GET TOO NO, NO, NO.

DON'T GET TEACHER READY.

TEACHER READY.

CRAZY.

PART OF IT IS, PART OF IT IS THE CLARIFICATION.

PART OF IT IS CLARIFYING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE FINE TUNING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE THERE'S NO MISLEADING OR MISUNDERSTOOD OR, UH, WE THINK, OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO THAT, THAT'S MY REASON FOR LOOKING AT IT.

I, WE, I HADN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW IT FROM WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, BUT IN REVIEWING THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED, UH, OR MODIFIED OR, YOU KNOW, JUST MAYBE WORDED, MAYBE WORDED DIFFERENTLY.

ALSO, I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.

I, I KNOW, UM, UPON READING IT, UM, NOTICING THAT

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ALRIGHT.

AND THAT'S, UH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 'CAUSE THAT'S A STRATEGIC AREA.

IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, UH, THAT YOU ONLY NEED, UH, SOME GUIDANCE ON, WE CAN MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH, THAT WAS, I, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BEFORE WE TABLE IT OR DECIDE TO WAIT ON THIS, UM, WE, WE COULD GO IN.

I, I PREFER WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE CAN GO THROUGH SOME OF THE FINER POINTS WITH AS A, AS A BOARD AND AS A CITY COMMISSION.

'CAUSE I THINK AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF LOSING SIGHT OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT HERE WAS.

THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO KEEP IT AS CLEAN AND AS, AS AS SIMPLISTIC TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.

I RECOMMEND WE GO INTO THE SECTION.

PERFECT.

CAN WE DO THAT? CAN WE DO AFTER WE FINISH THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? SURE.

CAN WE COME BACK? YEAH, THERE'S THREE MORE LEFT FOR A EC AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND, I MEAN THERE MAY BE ONE THAT Y'ALL WANT DISCUSS, BUT SO WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON FROM 17.

UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL TAKE THAT UP IN EXECUTIVE SESSION I

[18. Consideration and possible action on the Small Business Investment Program-Commercial Facade Grant award to Reach for the Sky Bakeshop in the amount of $1,275. ]

18 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT.

AWARD TO REACH FOR THE SKY BAKE SHOP INDIAN AMOUNT OF $1,275.

UM, MY QUESTION TO TO IS DID THEY MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS? I WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR CONTRACT.

OH, YOU HAVE? NO, NO, SIR.

I, I HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR CONTRACT AND I'M, I'M, I KNOW YOU GUYS DO.

I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

HAVE THEY? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN, THEY DO.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ASK.

AND, AND HE'S, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE OWNER IS KIND OF GONNA, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MOVE SO STAFF, STAFF MOVES STILL APPROVE.

YES, SIR.

AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALREADY ARE PUTTING THEIR SIGN UP.

I JUST SAW IT YESTERDAY OR SOMETHING.

THEY ALREADY HAD A FIGHT TRYING TO PUT IT UP.

HE'S TRYING TO GET A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

I KNOW.

BUT YOU KNOW, I, I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

YEP.

OKAY, PERFECT.

ALL IN FAVOR? A ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? ANY NAS? YEP.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER 19 CONSIDERATION.

CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? SO, SURE.

SINCE THAT'S A BUDGETARY ITEM AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE EDC, UH, THE EDC, THE BUDGET FOR THAT GRANT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO US NO.

TWO WEEKS LATER AND THEN DELAY THIS, UH, BUSINESS OWNER ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

SO THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR BUSINESSES.

SAY IT IS ALREADY A BUDGETARY ITEM.

THEY MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, AND THAT, THAT GENTLEMAN, THAT FAMILY HAS DEFINED THE SKYLINE OF SANTO, I THINK WITH HIS BRIGHT KNEE ON LIGHT.

I HOPE IT DOESN'T WAKE UP ANY NEIGHBORS.

BUT, UM, I APPLAUD HIS FAMILY FOR TAKING A HUGE RISK AND COMING FROM AUSTIN AND SETTING ROOTS BACK AND TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, MAKING A BUSINESS HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG RISK AND LOOKING AT THEIR NUMBERS.

I'M SO PROUD OF THEM AND THEY'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

SO IF YOU WANT SOME, THEY GOT GREAT BREAK.

BREAK IF YOU WANT SOME.

I WAS GONNA SAY ST.

PATRICK DAY ITEMS, BUT THAT PAST, RIGHT? YEAH.

ARE THEY HERE? EASTER ITEMS? UH, GO AHEAD AND VISIT THEM.

THEY'RE A NICE NORMAL BUSINESS.

I'M ASKING.

THEY'RE BAKING HERE.

THEY'RE BAKING BAKERY.

THEY ALSO HAVE GREAT COFFEE, GREAT TEA, GREAT OTHER STUFF TOO.

SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD BAKERY.

I'VE BEEN VISITING THAT BAKERY FOR OVER TWO YEARS ALREADY.

THEY'RE AWESOME.

I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM.

AWESOME.

AND THAT WAS A COMPLETE PACKAGE, WHAT I SAW.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS FILLED OUT COMPLETELY.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, THE INCOMPLETE STUFF.

I, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY PRESENT IT VERY, VERY ELOQUENTLY.

THEY'RE THEIR INFORMATION AND, AND THEIR TAXES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT THEY DID WITHIN A YEAR AND WHAT THEY DID ON THE SECOND YEAR.

SO THEY'RE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB AND THEY'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

WE'RE PROUD OF 'EM AND HELP.

GO ONTO ITEM NUMBER 19, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION OF APPROVED SPONSORSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO THE CS HOG WATER EVENT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.

AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND TO REMIND FOLKS THAT U-T-R-G-V LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING HELPS BUSINESSES WITH DEVELOPING BUSINESS PLANS, PLANS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING TO GRANTS LIKE THIS.

ABSOLUTELY.

JUST FOR REFERENCE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

MOTION PASSES WILL

[19. Discussion and possible action to approve a sponsorship in the amount of $20,000 to the City of San Benito Hogwaddle event. ]

THIS IS A BUDGETED ITEM.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WAS PUT IN PLACE.

I, I GOTTA SAY THANK YOU, MR. , FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SUCH LAST MINUTE.

AND I WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD SINCE YOU WENT ON AND BEYOND YOUR DUTY TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

YOU DIDN'T ONLY JUST USE A BUDGET, YOU USED A BUDGET FOR A TWO DAY EVENT VERSUS A ONE DAY EVENT.

AND I WANNA APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING THAT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

YOU'RE NEW TO YOUR POSITION, YOU WERE EVEN NEWER TO DDC AND YOU PULLED THIS TOGETHER.

WE DIDN'T JUST PUT ANY NAMES TOGETHER.

WE GOT LITTLE JOE COMING.

THAT'S A BIG THING.

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WE GOT GONNA BE IN OUR BACKYARD.

THAT'S ANOTHER BIG THING.

AND WITH THE SAME BUDGET WE USED IN THE PAST YEARS, YOU, YOU PERFORMED A TWO DAY EVENT.

SO I APPLAUD YOU.

I, AND I WANT OUR PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA MOVE THE BALL AND NOT JUST HOLD IT IN THEIR HAND.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

ITEM NUMBER 20, DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION.

UH, BOARD MEMBER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BUT AGAIN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I MEAN, I DIDN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF.

WE GOT GREAT STAFF AND, UH, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA, WE'RE EXPANDING THE FRANCHISE.

SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HELPED ME PUT THIS THING TOGETHER BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T DO IT BY MYSELF.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY ONE PART OF IT.

SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS.

JUST AS A COMMENT HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE OF USING HOTEL TAX FUNDS FOR EVENTS AS WELL, PARTICULARLY MOST DAY EVENTS LIKE THIS.

OH, WE'LL TAKE THAT.

MAJOR .

THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

FOR SURE.

IN FACT, WE'LL PUT THAT ITEM.

NEXT AGENDA.

NO, THAT MONEY'S FOR AN EPICENTER.

ITEM NUMBER 19 IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS.

[20. Discussion and possible action to terminate the contract with U.S. Lawn for landscaping services of the San Benito EDC properties. ]

TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH US LAW FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES, PROPERTIES, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.

I KNOW THAT, UH, ONE OF YOU ALL WANTED THIS ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE OUR EFFORTS.

WE'VE GOT STAFF HERE ALREADY.

MOWING DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR, UM, EDC TO BE PAYING AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR, EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY DESERVES TO MAKE A BUCK.

UH, BUT WE DO HAVE CITY STAFF FOR THAT.

AND, UH, AGAIN, FROM THE CITY MANAGER HAD AND SAY THAT I, I CAN GET THE STAFF HERE TO GET IT DONE.

THEY'RE ALREADY HERE AND IT WILL SAVE US A FEW BUCKS SO WE CAN DO SOME OTHER THINGS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT APPLAUD MR. FOR PICKING UP THE BOND, RUNNING WITH IT.

OUR PASS ADMINISTRATOR CHARGE TO, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO GO.

CONTRACT CHARGE AMOUNT WAS CHEAPER.

THE SUBCONTRACT, JUST FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, THAT'S THE LEADERSHIP THAT SUBJECT TO ME.

AND I APPLAUD YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE REINER.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH .

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT WILL BE A 30 DAY NOTICE.

WE HAVE A 30 DAY OUT, SO WE'RE GONNA START THE PROCESS.

SO HE STILL GONNA SEE HIM AROUND HERE AND IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO GET THAT PLACEHOLDER ON THE GROUND.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSION, WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

YOU GUYS, YOU WEAR TWO DIFFERENTS TOO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY.

SO ALL FAVOR, COMMISSIONER, WHATEVER I GONNA SAY.

NOW, ALL IN FAVOR? OH, I'M SORRY.

ALL AYES.

ANY NAYES MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR A I'M A LITTLE RUSTY ON THE TAKE THE VOTE.

SO WE CAN NOW WE CAN CLOSE THE EDC MEETING, OR I'M SORRY, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE EDC.

APPRECIATE YOU PICKING ME UP THERE.

UM,

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

AND THEN I GUESS WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR YES.

UH, CITY COUNCIL ON, ON THE CITY SIDE THIS TIME IS, UH, 6 34 AND ALSO FOR THE A DC.

SO WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE TIME IS, UH, 7 26.

UH, CITY COMMISSION AND A D CS ARE BACK IN FRONT OF POSITION ON THE

[17. Consideration and possible action approving the San Benito EDC amended Bylaws. (Part 2 of 2)]

YES SIR.

WE'LL GO WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17 ON THE EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA ITEMS. AND THAT'S A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE.

ACTION.

SAN BERNARD C, VISIT MY LAW AS A STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING.

I MAKE A MOTION THE TABLE UNTIL, UH, SECOND.

SO, SO MOVED BY, UH, BOARD.

SECOND BY, YES.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

NO, WE'RE ALL GOOD.

SO JUST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS.

YES, OUR PRESIDENT.

YES SIR.

ALRIGHT, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO THE RECORD, MAYOR.

AND THEN, UM, BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WOULD RECOMMEND RESCINDING AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RE SIR.

I'LL SECOND.

WELL, TECHNICALLY IS, YEAH.

SECOND BY JOSH.

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SIR, I MADE A MOTION.

SO MOTION PASSES TO OH YEAH.

DONE.

DONE CORRECT SIR.

RECOMMEND TABLING MOTION TABLE.

UH, YOU HAVE IT ADJOURNED.

SO ED C'S DONE.

WE ADJOURN? NO,

[6. Consideration and possible action on Resolution 2024-0319-004(R) approving the amended Bylaws of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc. ]

NO, NO.

WELL, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION 2 0 2 4 0 3 1 9 0 0 4, APPROVING THE AMENDED BYLAWS BY SANTO MOTION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ON ITEM SECOND CITY.

AND THEN,

[7. Consideration and possible action approving an Interlocal Agreement between the City of San Benito and the San Benito Economic Development Corporation. ]

UH, WE DIDN'T TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, EITHER.

MAYOR, COMMISSION CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVING AN DURABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTO AND THE SAN BERNARDINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AND THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO WE'RE BRING IT TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

YEAH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

SECOND BY MAYOR .

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TAKE, UH, PROCEED.

THAT IS, THAT IS IT MAYOR? BOARD MEMBERS.