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[CALL TO ORDER:]
THOSE OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY SANTO AND CITY COMMISSION, AND THE, UH, SEMI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD PREPARATION, UH, IT'S APRIL 16TH, 2024.RUTH, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, MAYOR.
PRESENT, MAYOR, PRESIDENT PEDRO GARVAN.
COMMISSIONER DEBRA MORALE PRESENT.
OKAY, WE ON THE CITY SIDE, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
MR. IC UH, PRESIDENT, UH, SALINAS.
UM, PRESIDENT ALEX SALINAS, PRESIDENT MR. MORALES, BOARD MEMBER.
MR. JOHN FLORES, BOARD MEMBER PRESENT.
MR. EDDIE ABREGO, BOARD MEMBER PRESENT.
MR. JOSHUA GONZALEZ, BOARD MEMBER.
AND MS. ANA YEZ, BOARD MEMBER PRESENT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG AND THE INVOCATION.
I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE ISSUE UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER TAKES A FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS ONE C UNDER GOD.
LORD, AS WE MEET THIS EVENING, WE SEEK INSPIRATION FROM YOUR BOUNDLESS WISDOM.
FILL OUR HEARTS WITH HOPE AND HARMONY, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, HELP GUIDE OUR DISCUSSIONS TO INSPIRE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS WE SERVE.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, MARKET DAYS ON HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET.
IS THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM FOR VENDOR INFORMATION, YOU CAN CALL 9 5 6 4 5 6 4 0 1 2.
SECONDLY, EL SALVADOR DETO IS THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE A BC EVENT CENTER.
COME EXPERIENCE THE TASTE OF THE OSAKA CITY.
CALL THE SANTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT 9 5 6 6 2 6 2 5 5 9.
FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY 4TH GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS MONDAY, APRIL 22ND AND RUNS THROUGH APRIL 30TH.
FOR POLLING PLACE INFO, VISIT CITY OF SAN BENITO.COM.
ANY OTHER, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT Y'ALL LIKE TO MAKE? NO, WE DON'T.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, ON SATURDAY, THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HAD THE SEMIAL TRASH PATCH ON THE CITY SIDE.
UM, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE HAD THE SIX LARGE TRASH BINS THAT WERE FILLED UP.
UM, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS OF SANTO, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
UM, NOW THAT THE CITY'S PROVIDING THAT KIND OF SERVICE TO YOU ALL, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE.
BRING YOUR TRASH, BRING ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THEIR CITY.
UH, THEY DID, UH, ALSO A COUPLE OF STUFF ON THERE.
UM, OUR CITY, OUR CITY WORKERS ALSO WERE THERE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT DID COME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP, UH, MAYBE TOWARDS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND, UM, PLEASE, CITIZENS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
LET'S KEEP OUR CITY, UM, CLEANED UP.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ONE IS GONNA BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I'M JUST GONNA JUMP INTO IT 'CAUSE I'M LIMITED ON TIME AND I, I'M, I'M, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
I'M GOING A LITTLE OFF SCRIPT HERE BECAUSE I SAID SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GONNA COMMEND PUBLIC WORKS.
MR. GARCIA, WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU BACK? YES.
SUPER FANTASTIC FOR PAVING PROJECTS.
I'M SORRY, I, I, I LOOKED AWAY.
PAVING PROJECT, PAVING PROJECTS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW TO GO THROUGH IT, BECAUSE IN THE INTERIM, WHEN I SUBMITTED THAT, I DECIDED I, I WANNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
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THAT, UH, MR. MORTIS WERE HERE.WOULD YOU PASS THAT ON TO HIM? WILL DO THAT.
MIKE TRAVIS SAID AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT, UH, BECAUSE HE WAS THERE AND HE SAW ME AND WE TALKED AND THIS AND THAT, BUT THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS THE TEXAS FEST HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEXAS EVENT THING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WHEN THE DUST SETTLES, IT'S NOT GONNA BE SO GOOD ECONOMICALLY.
SO I'M SO, UH, HAPPY THAT WE'RE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, UH, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL HERE KIND OF THING.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW THEY'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST IN SANTO, AND I KNOW THEY HAD IT IN, UH, AND NOW IN, IN HARLINGEN.
BUT, AND, AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE JUST IN THE INTERIM FROM THIS WEEKEND AND, AND I JUST BECAME A, WHERE'S THE CLOCK? OH, THERE I AM.
OH, I GOT A MINUTE AND A HALF.
LAST WEDNESDAY, ONLY BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE DOES THIS AND HE THOUGHT I MIGHT BE INTERESTED, INVITED ME TO GO TO A PRACTICE THING OVER AT HARLAN AND AT THE BASEBALL FIELD.
AND I SAID, YEAH, SURE, I'LL SIGN UP.
YOU KNOW, I RAISED MY HAND KIND OF THING.
AND THEN THERE I WAS, I WAS REENACTING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME TRAINING AND STUFF, EVERYTHING WITH BLACK POWDER AND EVERYTHING.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, BUT, UH, I WAS REALLY SADDENED TO SEE THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, DIDN'T WORK SO WELL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS I SAY THAT, 'CAUSE IT CLOSED UP EARLY ON SUNDAY, BECAUSE I WENT BACK LATER TO LISTEN TO SOME BANDS AND STUFF, UNAWARE THAT WHATEVER WAS GOING ON.
BUT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, MIKE TRAVIS ON 1695 RUSSELL LANE, I THINK WE, UH, SHOULD BE LOOKING AT STUFF LIKE THIS WITH THE HOG WADDLE.
I WAS NOT PERSONALLY THERE BECAUSE I WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
LIKE, I WAS NOT FOR THE TRASH BASS.
I WOULD'VE BEEN HERE, BUT I WAS DOING, I WAS OTHERWISE INVOLVED.
SO WHERE AM I? OH, 22 SECONDS.
I WAS AWAY FROM MANY MONTHS FROM OCTOBER INTO JANUARY, BUT WHEN I CAME BACK IN JANUARY, I SAW THAT BOWIE WAS PAVED.
AND I DRIVE IT ALMOST EVERY DAY.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO ME.
NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE THE, UH,
UH, AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY, THE ONE THROUGH 14? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I KNOW THIS SOUND LIKE MAYBE A FEW MINUTES, BUT 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, AND NINE.
I KNOW I'M OUTTA ORDER, BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS ORDER.
WHOEVER CAME UP WITH IT AND STUFF, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE JUST WENT BACK THE WAY IT WAS.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I HAVE, UH, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS CONSENT ITEMS? I WOULD HAVE TO DISAGREE.
I WOULD GO WITH 1, 2, 9, 11 AND 14.
I WANT DO, BECAUSE I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM EIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA DIFFERENTIATE WHICH ONES 10.
SO WE HAVE 6, 7, 10, 12, AND 13.
1, 2, 9, 11, 14 IS WHAT I HAD MARKED FOR MYSELF.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF KNOW.
OKAY, BUT WE CAN STILL DO IT, OR YOU ASKED EIGHT, RIGHT? I, YEAH, HE, I DID.
SO, YEAH, JUST 6, 7, 10, 12, AND 13.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THOUGH, UM, 13 AND 10 ON THE NON-CONSENT.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.
SO YOU WANNA TAKE IT OUT SO I COULD SEE HOW MR. TRAVIS SEE THE CONFUSION ON DOING IT THIS WAY?
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OKAY.NO, YOU WANT 10? NOW THIS IS WHAT I HAVE.
ONE, TWO, WE'RE GONNA, YOU SAID KEEP EIGHT.
UH, NINE, 11, AND 14 AS CONSENT ITEMS. NON-CONSENT.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, AND 13.
SO WE, WE ARE OKAY TO CONSENT? ONE YES.
SIX, SEVEN, NOT SIX, NOT SIX OR SEVEN, OR NOT SIX OR SEVEN.
WHAT? LET'S JUST TAKE 'EM ALL UP.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE.
[1. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the September 5, 2023 City of San Benito Regular City Commission Meeting and the September 26, 2023 City of San Benito Special City Commission Meeting.]
I TOLD MY DAUGHTER I'D BE HOME FAST.WE WILL, I'LL READ FAST, I PROMISE.
MAYOR, UH, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I GOT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[2. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2557-A, an ordinance repealing ordinance number 2557 of the City of San Benito, adopting the 2024 Edition International Codes, by the International Code Council, Inc., to include the International Building Code, International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings, International Fire Code, International Wildland Urban Interface Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Private Sewage Disposal Code, International Existing Building Code, International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, International Property Maintenance Code, ICC Performance Code for Building and Facilities, International Green Construction Code, and adopting the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 Life Safety Code, including the Annex Chapters, and adopting the 2023 Edition of the National Electric Code (NFPA 70), including the Annex Chapters.]
NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE.ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 57 DASH A IN ORDINANCE OF REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 57 OF CITY OF SAN BENITO ADOPTING A 2024 EDITION INTERNATIONAL CODES.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL CONGRATULATE JOANNA, UH, FOR, TO SEEING THAT WE GET THIS DONE AND WE BRING THIS UP TO UP CURRENT, MORE CURRENT TO GET OUR BUILDING CODES CURRENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON ANY EXISTING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE? UM, WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED INTO THAT AND, UH, IT'S NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE 2021.
THOSE WERE OUR TWO OPTIONS TO MOVE TO.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO GIVING A THREE MONTH GRACE PERIOD TO THE BUILDERS.
SO WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING, LETTING THEM KNOW, UM, INFORMING THEM THAT THIS CHANGE IS COMING.
THE OTHER REASON FOR MAKING THIS PUBLIC TOO, IS JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE ARE INDEED UPDATING OUR BUILDING CODES AND THAT THAT'S BEGINNING TO TAKE PLACE.
SO, MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT OTHER, UM, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE FOLLOWING THIS CODE.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, WE WERE ON THE 2015.
WE WERE BEHIND FOR OUR ISO INSPECTION.
SO I NEEDED TO GET US UP INTO COMPLIANCE.
THE ONLY THING IS 2021 WAS NOT A GOOD YEAR FOR CODES, AND I CAN'T JUMP TO THE 18 BECAUSE THAT WOULD STILL MAKE US OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
SO BASICALLY THE ONLY OPTION WE ALL HAVE AS THE CITY, RIGHT AS CITIES RIGHT NOW IS 2024.
SO WITHIN THIS NEXT YEAR, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PROBABLY MOVING TO THE 2020 FOURS.
I'M JUST HAVING TO DO IT BEFORE EVERYBODY SO THAT WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WE'RE FINALLY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
SO WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
AND JUST AS A NOTE, ADD A NOTE TO THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WEBSITE AND OUR, YOU KNOW, AS MANY PLACES AS WE HAVE, UH, CHANNELS FOR, UH, FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT GRACE PERIOD.
[3. Consideration and possible action to approve a Material and/or Service Agreement-Contract with M & M Lawn Service for Code Compliance Abatement for Lawn Mowing RFP#2024-02-001.]
NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MA UH, MATERIAL AND SERVICE AGREEMENT.CONTRACT WITH M AND M LAWN SERVICE FOR CODE COMPLIANCE ABATEMENT FOR LAWN MOWING.
RFP NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 0 1.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WHAT THIS IS, IS WE WENT OUT FOR LAWN SERVICES SO WE COULD HAVE THESE FOLKS IN THE STABLE FOR WHEATY LOTS.
SO WE DON'T, WE CANNOT GO INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH, UH, CITY FORCES.
AGAIN, WONDERFUL TO SEE IT DONE, TO SEE US OUT THERE TO DO THAT.
UH, I THINK THAT WE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE.
MY ONLY CONCERN, AGAIN, IS THAT WE JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW, KINDA LIKE, HOW IS THAT GONNA BE ADMINISTERED? WHAT'S GONNA BE THE PROCESS? FIRST, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND WE HAVE, UM, STARTED FOLLOWING IT.
WE SEND LETTERS, UM, AND NOTIFYING THE PERSON THAT THEIR PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN WE SEND A FOLLOW UP LETTER.
AND AFTER THAT, WE CAN CUT IT AS LONG AS IT'S OVER, UM, I BELIEVE 24 INCHES.
WILL THIS BE LOTS EMPTY, LOTS, PRIMARILY EMPTY LOTS.
WE CAN EVEN, UM, CUT RESIDENCE LOTS THAT ARE LIVING THERE, AS LONG AS WE GIVE THEM THE PROPER NOTIFICATION.
BUT MOST OF THEM ARE EMPTY LOTS AND, UH, MOST OF THEM DECEASED, OR THEY'RE OWNED BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVE OUTTA STATE.
UM, ABANDONED HOMES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND YOU'LL BE FILING, I GUESS, UH, MECHANIC
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LIENS, LIENS ON, ON THE YES.WE, WE WILL BE FILING LIENS ON, ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT EVEN IN THE AREA.
THEY DON'T, I MEAN, WE'VE CONTACTED THEM AND THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT MOVE, TAKING, MAKING THAT MOVE TO DO THAT.
IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD, UH, ISSUES WITH LIENS NOT HAVING A MAXIMUM COST AND, UH, MOWING LIENS.
AND A $200 SIMPLE MOWING LIEN HAS TURNED INTO A $12,000 MOWING LIEN.
UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING? WELL, THAT WE HAVE A COST, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND MOW THE PROPERTY.
IF WE'RE CONSTANTLY OUT THERE EVERY TWO WEEKS MOWING THIS
AND I KNOW IT'S SQUARE FOOTAGE BASED, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE HERE WHERE THERE WAS A 20 YEAR MOWING LIEN THAT IS NOW $12,000 AND THEY CAN'T SELL THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THAT EXUBERANT FEE.
THAT'S LIKE GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET.
HOW MANY TIMES WAS IT MOWED IN 20 YEARS? NO, NO.
IT WOULD, IT, LET'S SAY IT WAS MOWED THREE TIMES, BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A CAP ON THE INTEREST, IT JUST KEPT ON GOING FOREVER.
AND THAT'S A PROBLEM I WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT.
THEY WERE CHARGING AN INTEREST.
THE INTEREST ON THE CITY CAME OUT TO LIKE 7% OR 8% THEN OF A SUDDEN THEN COMPOUNDED TO ALMOST 12, 12% LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THE, THE, YOU KNOW, TO COLLECT AND THE PEOPLE JUST COST VALUE OF MONEY IN 20 YEARS.
WE NOT, OH, IT WENT UP TO ALMOST 50, $60,000, SIR.
WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, OKAY, THIS IS MY FI MY FEE, BUT IT HAS TO STOP SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT? I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANY OF THAT HIGH MYSELF, BUT WE JUST LIKE A SPEEDING TICKET.
I DON'T THINK IT JUST KEEPS GOING UP FOREVER.
NOT TO EXCEED SIMPLE VERBIAGE LIKE THAT WILL PREVENT THESE CRAZY ISSUES WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, IS THERE A CLAUSE FOR INTEREST ON PENALTIES ON? SO I ONLY SAW THE FLAT RATE THAT WE'RE CHARGING, BUT I DIDN'T CHECK THE INTEREST.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT TOPIC, RIGHT? BUT LET'S JUST, THIS IS FINE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT ALSO.
NO, WHERE WE HAVE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE NEED TO COME BACK AND PUT IT ON THERE.
AND MAYOR, MY CONCERNS IS I WOULD'VE LIKED MORE INFORMATION ON EACH OF THESE COMPANIES.
I MEAN, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE? WHO'S LIABLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS? SO ALL THAT INFORMATION THOUGH, I WOULD'VE LIKED HERE TO, TO MAKE THIS DECISION.
UM, JUST NOT BASED OFF OF A RECOMMENDATION.
ALTHOUGH, UM, THE M AND M IS LESS OF THE THREE OF THE THREE, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA GET, SORRY.
STEPHANIE STARTED ON THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UM, FOR A COMPANY TO BE ACTUALLY APPROVED TO BID OUT FOR US.
WE DID ALL THE EVALUATION PROCESS, WHICH IS THAT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE'D PUT INTO THE BID PACKET.
SO I GUESS IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR Y'ALL'S PACKET, BUT, UM, THIS COMPANIES NEEDED TO HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE, UH, A W NINE, UM, 1295.
THEY NEED TO SUBMIT ALL THE FORMS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY EVEN TO, FOR US TO LOOK AT THEIR NUMBERS, BASICALLY.
SO IT DID, DID GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT VERY WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN? SECOND? SECOND.
UH, WE'LL BE DOING THE RFP FOR, UH, DEMOLITION AS WELL.
THAT THAT'S GONNA BE COMING SOON.
[4. Consideration and possible action to ratify a Subrecipient Agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, General Land Office Contract Number 23-160-030-E547.]
NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY.I KNOW NOBODY LIKES THAT ONE, BUT THIS CASE, IT'S GOOD.
RATIFY A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION PROGRAM WITH GLO GENERAL LAND OFFICE CONTRACT NUMBER 23 DASH 16 OH DASH ZERO THREE OH DASH E 5 4 7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.
AND MAYOR, THE REASON I WANTED TO PULL THIS ONE OUT IS I WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, US JUST PASSING IT AND NOT INFORMING 'EM WHAT IT IS.
THEY HAVE NO CLUE OR EVEN KNOW THAT, HEY, THAT, UH, MR. SANDOVAL CAME IN AND DID THE JOB.
SO, MR. SANDOVAL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS? CERTAINLY IT'S A GRANT WITH A GLO, UH, TO UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, UH, ORDINANCES, AND ANY OTHER, UH, ANY, ANY OF OTHER, OTHER PLANS THAT MAY NEED UPDATING.
AND, UH, AND THE ONLY STIPULATION IS THAT WE INCLUDE, UH, WE INCLUDE THE, UH, STUDY FOR RESILIENCY.
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WORDS, UH, AFTER STORMS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT BUILT INTO THOSE PLANS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT IS REALLY, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY GOOD PLANNING.SO, UH, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THE MONEY FOR IT.
WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, AGAIN, OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES, AND WE SHOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO GET, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU BACK.
WE HAD TO FOLLOW GOV, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL PROCUREMENT FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE A FIRM THAT WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING TO Y'ALL AT OUR NEXT MEETING, SO WE CAN GET STARTED ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
AND CAN YOU JUST SAY THAT AMOUNT AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME? $250,000? I THINK WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN INTERVIEWED ME, I TOLD HIM THAT I COULD GET Y'ALL A QUARTER OF A MILLION BUCKS IN SIX MONTHS, AND I THINK I MADE THE CUT.
'CAUSE SUNDAY'S THE 21ST, AND THAT'LL BE BE MY SIX MONTHS.
SO, JUST WANTED TO, AND AGAIN, THERE IS NO MATCH ON THAT, BY THE WAY.
THERE'S A LOT TO BE, I THINK
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS TOO.
MY QUESTION, THOUGH, OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW IS, WHEN DO WE START? WE HAD TO FOLLOW PROCUREMENT, UH, FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND SUCH.
UH, WE DID GET THOSE IN YESTERDAY.
UH, SO WE BRING 'EM TO YOU ON THE MAY 6TH MEETING, AND WE'LL GET STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT.
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY PLAN MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IN CASE OF NATURAL DISASTERS, IT PUTS US IN THE FRONT OF THE LINE WITH FEMA AND OTHER, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO, TO BE ABLE TO DEAL THAT.
SO THIS, THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[5. Consideration and possible action to approve an agreement with Mundo and Associates to provide professional services for the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone.]
ITEM FIVE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE AGREEMENT WITH MUNDO AND ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE, UH, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.STEPHANIE AAND, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THIS IS A YEARLY, UM, AGREEMENT THAT WE DO WITH MUNDO AND ASSOCIATES.
THEY COME AND THEY DO THE RESEARCH AND TABULATE THE APPRAISE, UM, TIERS VALUES.
THEN THEY CALCULATE THE INCREMENTS, AND THEN THEY REVIEW OUR COMPREHENSIVE, UH, FINANCIALS.
AND THEN THEY GIVE US A REPORT.
A REPORT, WHICH NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
SO THIS IS PRETTY, WE DO IT EVERY YEAR.
THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS ARE WE CURRENT WITH THIS? BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THIS ON PREVIOUS AGENDAS, BUT WE ARE CURRENT.
THIS IS THE ONE FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IS HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE TURS IS ON PROPERTY.
CORRECT? UH, WE DON'T OWN IT CURRENTLY.
THE TUR TURS ONE IS, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS TURS ONE.
THIS IS TURS ONE, NOT THE EPICENTER.
THE PREVIOUS OTHER, YEAH, PREVIOUS ONE, ONE BEING, WHICH, I'M SORRY.
AND WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT.
THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAPITALIZED ON PULLING MONEY OUT OF THERE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES AND ADDRESSES ENCOMPASSED IN THIS ZONE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR, IT'S VERY, VERY EXTENSIVE.
CITY EMPLOYEE TWO DO THIS REPORT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKET TWO IS LIKE 40 ACRES.
TURS ONE IS LIKE THE WHOLE CITY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS BY ANY CHANCE? I WOULD NEED TO, TO GO BACK AND EVERYBODY, BUT I CAN GET TO, LAST TIME IT WAS LIKE $1.2 MILLION.
SO WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER THERE FROM MONIES THAT DIDN'T GET USED BY ENTITIES SUCH AS HEB, WE, WE'LL GET REMITTED TO THE CITY FOR USE OF ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS.
WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT WITHIN THAT ZONE.
AND THE BENEFIT IS THAT THE TUR ZONE IS ENDED.
NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE TURS BOARD FOR ACCEPTANCE.
IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACCEPTANCE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENED ON THOSE, UH, LOTS IN FRONT OF HEB, WOULD THE TURS APPLY TO THAT? IF IT'S IN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S ON THE TUR? WELL, IT'S ALREADY END.
IT'S ALREADY COMING TO AN END.
UM, WOULDN'T THE MONEY CAN BE USED DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DECIDE.
BUT IS HB WILLING TO PUT SOMETHING BLOCKING THEIR FACE OF THEIR BUILDING? I DON'T KNOW.
YOU GET A BASE VALUE, LET'S SAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND THEN THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS NOW A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WHATEVER THE INCREASE IN APPRAISED VALUE IS WE GET, WE BASICALLY GET REMITTED THOSE TAXES BACK TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY REBATES US THOSE TAX PORTIONS SO THAT WE CAN USE FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES.
BUT HEB OWNS THAT PROPERTY UP FRONT? YES.
AND THEY USED IT TO BUILD THE LIFT STATION THAT IS THERE NEARBY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT NECESSARY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALE MORALES.
IS IT BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a CAT D150 GC Diesel Generator for the San Benito Annex Building Number 2.]
CONSIDERATION[00:25:01]
POSSIBLE ACTION OF TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF A CAT D ONE 50 GC DIESEL GENERATOR FOR THE SAN BENITO ANNEX BUILDING.NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THIS BUILDING HERE.
THIS IS, UH, A DIESEL GENERATOR TO REPLACE THE ANTIQUATED ONE THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
THIS BUILDING IS HURRICANE PROOF AND IT WILL BE, UH, BECOME OUR, UM, OUR EOC WHEN AND IF WE DO HAVE A DISASTER OF ANY TYPE.
SO WE DO NEED 24 HOUR ENERGY AND, UH, POWER SUPPLIES.
SO BE USING ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS.
IT QUALIFIES AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THANK, UH, AL WAS, I CAN'T EVEN SAY YOUR LAST NAME.
JUST BIG AL BIG AL BIG AL FOR WORK.
DONE ON THIS MOTION TO APPROVE.
WELL, I, I HAVE A QUESTION NOW.
DID WE GET QUOTES FROM ELSEWHERE? YES, MA'AM.
AND THIS IS, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT SHOWING IN OUR PACKET.
IT'S, IT WAS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
IT WAS, UH, IT'S, UH, FROM TE SO IT'S A TEXAS, UH, BUYER.
WE DIDN'T NEED TO GO OUT FOR SOLICITATIONS.
'CAUSE IT'S STRAIGHT FROM, I THINK IT'S TESS.
NO, 'CAUSE I WAS READING THE EMAIL AND IT JUST STATED SINCE IT WAS OVER 50,000, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT FOR OTHER BIDS.
WELL, WE, WE DID, WE, THE, THE ACTUAL, IT WAS BASICALLY A, A, A, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACTED AMOUNT.
UH, SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY CONSIDERED AUTOMATICALLY LOW BID.
BUT HOW, IN SPITE OF THAT, UH, AL DID GET OTHER PRICES OF TEXAS.
SO HE WAS A LITTLE, HE DID A LITTLE EXTRA WORK.
DO I HAVE MOTION THIS? MOTION.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, MORALE MORALE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[7. Consideration and possible action to approve a Master Open-End Vehicle Lease Agreement with Commercial Vehicle Leasing, LLC, dba D&M Leasing, for the leasing of fleet vehicles for several City departments.]
NUMBER SEVEN IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A MASTER OPEN-END, OPEN-END VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT AND COM WITH COMMERCIAL LEASING, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LEASING, L-L-C-D-B-A-D-N-M, LEASING FOR THE LEASING OF FLEET VEHICLES FOR SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, THIS IS JUST APPROVAL OF THE LEASE, UH, VEHICLE.
WE'RE NOT BUYING ANY, ANY, ANY AUTOS RIGHT AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT THIS PUTS THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN AND IF WE DO BUY THE VEHICLES, WHICH GONNA COME SOONER THAN LATER.
AND HOW MANY VEHICLES, UH, CHIEF'S GONNA START WITH 10 AND THEN START A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
START ROTATING THEM OUT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THEN STAFFORD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[8. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute the annual Workforce Solutions Cameron Worksite Agreement for Subsidized Work-Based Training for individuals seeking to gain practical work experience.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZED, UH, MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN ANNUAL WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS CAMERON WORK SITE AGREEMENT FOR SUBSIDIZED WORK-BASED TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO GAIN PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE.AGAIN, THIS IS STANDARD AGREEMENT WITH CAMERON WORKFORCE.
IT PROVIDES, UH, EMPLOYEES OR PO POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES HERE WITH THE CITY OF PHA AND GIVES, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, CITY OF SAN BENITO.
OH, A LITTLE BIT OF, HEY MAN, I HAVE PTSD.
UH, BUT IT, IT'LL PROVIDE US WITH, UH, ACTUAL, UH, EMPLOYEES TO TRAIN AND POSSIBLY HIRE.
SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? WELL, I, IF I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES? YES, SIR.
WELL, THEY'LL GET THE TRAINING HERE.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WORK HERE.
EVENTUALLY THEY CAN GET TRAINING AND, UH, YEAH, I EVENTUALLY MOVE ON.
THIS JUST SOUNDS SO MUCH LIKE AN EDC PROJECT WHEN YOU START DEVELOPING WORKFORCE.
THEN I JUST WONDERED WHY IT'S CITY RELATED.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MOST POSITIONS AVAILABLE AND THE MOST AVAILABILITY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES TO, OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES TO TRAIN.
BUT WE ARE WORKING SOMETHING WITH CAMERON WORKFORCE.
NOW I'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU'ALL THROUGH THE EDC, BY THE WAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN? SECOND.
MORALE, MORALE, RECUSING YOURSELF.
[9. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute The American Association of Retired Persons Senior Community Service Employment Program Agreement for participants to receive training and work experience.]
NINE.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RETIRED PERSONS SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY OUR HR DIRECTOR, UH, CHRISTINE.
AND IT'S, UH, BASICALLY THE SAME AGREEMENT, EXCEPT NOW IT'S WITH A A RP.
SO THIS IS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
AGAIN, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD GET EXPERIENCE
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HERE AT THE CITY, UM, AND THEN POSSIBLY STAY WITH US.IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT?
UM, SO THIS, UM, A RP IS ALSO, IT HELPS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THE, THE OLDER INDIVIDUALS, UM, ARE RETIRED.
SO THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO LOOK FOR, UM, TO KEEP THAT GAIN EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH THE CITY.
SO IF, IF APPROVED, THEN WE WILL BE ACCEPTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A TRAINING.
WE ALSO HAVE MR. JOSE MENDEZ, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE A RP.
SO IF YOU, ANY QUESTIONS MISSED HERE? OKAY.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMERS? WE CAN HAVE 'EM JUST TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
I, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT OTHER APPLICABILITY IT CAN HAVE TO OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I'M THE ASSISTANT PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE A RP FOUNDATION CE PROGRAM.
UH, MY PROGRAM, WE, UH, ASSIST INDIVIDUALS 55 AND OLDER THAT ARE, UH, LOOKING FOR WORK, BUT HAVING DIFFICULTIES FINDING UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE PUT 'EM IN OUR PROGRAM AND WE PAY 'EM 7 25 FOR UP TO 18 HOURS PER WEEK AS, UH, WE GET FUNDED THROUGH A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD APPLY TO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY? YES, SIR.
UH, THEY, UH, MUST BE UNEMPLOYED AND WE DO HAVE EARNINGS, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, UM, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING DO WE, WE ARE YOU DOING TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS? OR WHAT CAN WE DO EVEN HERE? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY PROPERLY.
WE DO HAVE FLYERS AND WE DO ATTEND JOB FAIRS, UH, TO PROMOTE OUR, OUR, OUR PROGRAM.
UH, MY PRO I COVER THE WHOLE CAMERON COUNTY.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THAT, UH, COVERS OG COUNTY.
WE DO HAVE, UH, ADVERTISEMENTS.
SO WE, UH, WE LOOK FOR, UH, MOST OF IT'S NON-PROFIT OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT, THAT WE LOOK FOR, UH, TO PARTNER UP TO US AND OUR, UH, PARTICIPANTS.
IF I'M AN EMPLOYER, WHAT'S THE THING FOR ME TO DO? UH, IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYER, YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND WE CAN LOOK AT OUR, AT, AT OUR LIST OF, UH, PARTICIPANTS, SEE IF ANYBODY HAD MEETS THE, THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE'LL, UH, UH, REFER THEM TO, UH, TO YOUR COMPANY.
WE ALSO, IN, IN THIS PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAVE THIS, UH, WHAT DO WE CALL, UH, OJE ON THE JOB? UH, EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT.
WE, UH, OFFER THE EMPLOYER, UH, TWO WEEKS OF, UH, PAID.
UH, SO THEY CAN TRY OUT THE, THE, THE PARTICIPANT IF IN AFTER THE TWO WEEKS YOU SAY, OKAY, THIS, THEY'RE WORKING OUT, WE, UH, DO THE DOCUMENTATION.
SO YOU ALL CAN HIRE THE, THE EMPLOYER CAN HIRE THE, THAT, THAT PARTICIPANT.
I WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION SOMEWHERE IN OUR, OUR, UH, EDC PACKETS OR OTHERS.
EVEN COME JOIN US FOR OUR CITY FOR ALL THAT WE DO EVERY MONTH.
MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU MAY WANNA INTO DOING.
WE'LL, WE'LL FOR GET ALL THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN ATTEND.
CHRISTINA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
AND WELCOME ABOARD MS. CIO AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? MOTION.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[10. Consideration and possible action to approve a Fireworks Display Contract with Killer V Fireworks And Pyrotechnics, LLC, for the professional fireworks display during the 2024 ResacaFest on July 6, 2024.]
10, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED.FIRE FIREWORKS DISPLAY CONTRACT WITH KILLER V, FIREWORKS AND PYROTECHNICS LLC FOR A PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY DURING 2024 AKA FEST ON JULY 6TH, 2024.
GOOD AFTERNOON, NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU IS A CONTRACT WITH KILLER V FIREWORKS OR A FIREWORKS DISPLAY DURING RASKA FEST.
KILLER V WILL FURNISH A PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPH SHOW LASTING 12 TO 13 MINUTES.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? MS. NIKKI? WHEN, UM, I GOOGLED THEM, THEIR WEBSITE CAME OUT TEMPORARY CLOSED AND, YOU KNOW, SO I, I WAS KIND OF SKEPTICAL ABOUT IT.
MM-HMM,
ONE THAT'S ON THE, THE CONTRACT ITSELF, ONE THAT'S ON THE, UM, NOT REALLY THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, SO I MEAN, I LOOKED FURTHER.
I MEAN, THEY DO DO BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, MERCEDES AND STUFF.
BUT $14,000, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
DID WE OTHER GET OTHER PRICES ANYWHERE? MR. G'S? THAT USUALLY DOES IT, YOU KNOW, LOCAL MR. G HASN'T DONE IT.
UH, WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM AND WE REACH OUT TO THEM EVERY YEAR AND WE NEVER, WE NEVER GET ANY, ANY KIND OF QUOTES OR PROPOSALS FROM THEM.
BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM THIS YEAR
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AND THEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AS WELL.AND DID THEY, WHO DID YOU USE IN THE PAST BEFORE MR. G'S? IT'S LIBERTY FIREWORKS OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
AND THIS ONE WAS, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND.
THEY DID, UH, THE ONES OUT OF THE ONES OUT OF SAN ANTONIO? THEY DID.
UM, THEY DID, BUT THIS ONE IS, YOU KNOW, CAME IN.
WHAT WAS THEIR QUOTE? AT A BETTER, WHAT WAS THEIR QUOTE? NIKKI, FOR THIS SAME SERVICE FOR SAN ANTONIO.
DOES THAT WORK FOR, FOR THE, BELIEVE IT'S 12 TO 13 OR 13 TO 14.
IS THAT WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR FROM THE OTHER COMPANY IN SAN ANTONIO? 'CAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT I'VE SEEN IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MINUTE.
IT DOES, IT DOES, IT DID CHARGE A LITTLE BIT MORE ONCE IT WAS CHOREOGRAPHED, BUT YEAH, IT IS, UM, A CHOREOGRAPHED ONE IS 16 FIVE FOR 14 TO 15 MINUTES.
IT'LL GO LIKE IT'LL, UH, MATCH THE MUSIC.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN SECOND.
[11. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 8 to Ferguson Service Systems, Inc., as recommended by Hanson Professional Services, Inc., pertaining to the Stenger Surge Tank Lift Station Improvements Project in the amount of $49,336.66.]
11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED PAYMENT NUMBER EIGHT TO FERGUSON SERVICES SYSTEMS, INC.AS RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PERTAINING TO THE INGER SEARCH TANK LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,336 AND 66 CENTS.
MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, JUAN GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT, UH, FOR THE STINGER LIFT STATION OVER AT OUR SERVICE SHOP.
UH, THE, THIS PAYOUT, UH, COVERS A PORTION OF OUR, UH, 10 FOOT DIAMETER, UH, FIBERGLASS.
WELL, THE 120, UH, INCH DIAMETER DUREX TANK.
SO, UH, THEY USUALLY CHARGE US IN PHASES.
THEY DON'T JUST CHARGE US A LUMP SUM CONSIDERING, UH, THE 120, UH, DIAMETER DURAMAX, UH, STORAGE PIPE.
SO THEY'LL DO IT IN PHASES AND IN DIFFERENT, UH, PAY APPS.
SO THAT'S JUST COVERING A PORTION OF IT.
AND THIS ONE IS APPROXIMATELY 49,000 THAT THEY ARE A REQUESTING PAYMENT.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M SEEING MORE PRETTY PICTURES THIS TIME.
IT'S MORE EXTERIOR, LIKE I SAID, UH, LAST TIME.
IT'S JUST, UH, JUST SO WE SEE IT OURSELVES FROM OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN CONNECTING, BRINGING UP THAT LIFT STATION UP TO, UH, NORMAL OPERATIONS.
BUT, UH, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE TIME MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received for RFP #2024-03-001 for fourteen fleet vehicles from Boswell Elliff Ford.]
IS CONSIDERATION.POSSIBLE ACTION OF APPROVED BIDS RECEIVED FOR RFP NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH THREE DASH ZERO ONE FOR 14 FLEET VEHICLES FROM BOSWELL AIF FORD.
AND THESE WOULD BE, UH, FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
WE WENT OUT FOR, UH, BIDS, UH, FOR OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE OR FOR OUR FLEET VEHICLES.
UH, WE, UH, CURRENTLY ARE IN A BIND WITH, WITH THOSE VEHICLES, UM, CONSIDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AS WELL.
SO JUST GETTING THEM UP TO DATE ON THOSE, UH, UH, THOSE VEHICLES SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO ASSESS ANY EMERGENCIES OR, YOU KNOW, UH, REPAIRS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.
SOMETIMES IT IS, UH, DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE GET, UH, GET OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF THERE SAFELY.
UM, SO WE ARE REQUESTING TO PURCHASE, UH, 14 VEHICLES.
UH, WE DID GO, GO OUT FOR BID.
WE RECEIVED, UH, FIVE BIDDERS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR BID TABULATION.
UH, UH, BOSWELL DID COME IN, UH, AS THE LOWEST BIDDER ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, UH, THE PARTICULAR VEHICLES THAT WE WERE REQUESTING.
I DID ADD NOTES THERE ON THE SIDE AS WELL.
UM, IT WOULD JUST BE, UH, DETERMINED BA BASED ON WHEN WE WOULD GET 'EM, OUR POS IF APPROVED.
UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND WHAT, WHAT KIND OF VEHICLES ARE WE REQUESTING? UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, A COUPLE OF THREE FOR F TWO 50, UH, SUPER CABS.
UH, THOSE ARE TO HAUL AROUND EQUIPMENT.
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UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY HAULING AROUND, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT WITH, UH, NOT THE PROPER VEHICLES, WHICH THEN COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ISSUES.AND, UM, THAT'S OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE AND, AND OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, WE ARE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN OUR STREET.
SO, UM, GETTING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO HAUL AROUND, UH, UH, THOSE VEHICLES TO HAUL AROUND THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, ALL, ALL THAT.
AND THEN WE ARE, UH, ASKING FOR, UH, CREW CABS AS WELL, UM, TO, LIKE I SAID, GET 'EM UP TO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SOMETIMES, UH, TWO, THREE, UH, EMPLOYEES TO A VEHICLE, WHICH ALSO COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, CAUSE YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, MM-HMM.
UM, OUR GUYS TRY TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN AND, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO DOUBLE, DOUBLE ROUNDS JUST TO GET THEM TO A JOB SITE WHEN WE COULD BE POTENTIALLY BE THERE IN AND OUT ONE 50 TRUCKS, CORRECT? YES.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEEN THE PICTURES
NOT OF THE, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THE ONES THAT WE WERE REQUESTING.
WELL, WELL, ANYWAY, ANY OTHER QUESTION PRACTICES AROUND THE CITY WITH A ONE 50 PICKUP TRUCKS AND THAT'S, IT'S NOT SAFE.
ALL ANOTHER LITTLE SMALL TRUCK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO, NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAYOR GALVAN SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, THESE WERE GOOD BIDS.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON LOWERING THE PRICE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW WELL ABA NEGOTIATES THAT PART OF IT.
AND, UH, WE MAY BE USING THOSE, THAT, THOSE PRICES FOR A FEW MORE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE PURCHASING FOR SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE KEPT THE MONEY HERE IN SAN BENITO, SO EXACTLY.
[13. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received for RFP #2024-03-002 for the purchase of two compact excavators from Romeo Equipment Co.]
ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDER CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION OF APPROVE BIDS RECEIVED FOR RFP NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH THREE DASH ZERO TWO FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO COMPACT EXCAVATORS FROM MCO EQUIPMENT COMPANY, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, FOR THE RECORD ON YOU, WE GOT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.UH, ON THIS ITEM OF FOR DISCUSSION, WE DID ALSO GO OUT FOR BIDS, UH, TRY TO RECEIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BEST, UH, PRICE, UH, FOR THE CITY.
UM, WE DID GET, UH, SIX BIDS FOR THE, THE SPECIFIC, UH, EXCAVATORS.
UH, WE DID ADD SPECIFIC, UH, SPECS THAT WE WERE REQUIRING.
UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, CONSIDERING OUR, A LOT OF OUR UTILITIES ARE IN, UH, ALLEYWAYS, UM, CAN'T BE PUTTING BACK OS UH, THEY DON'T FIT.
UM, SO WE NEEDED THESE COMPACT EXCAVATORS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THESE REPAIRS AND KEEP OPERATIONS FLUID.
UM, OUR LOWEST BIDDER DID COME IN, UH, ROMCOM EQUIPMENT, UH, OUT OF MERCEDES.
UM, THEY CAME IN AT A BIT OF, UH, 4, 7 9.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING A FOUR YEAR, 4,000 HOUR WARRANTY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE MINI EXCAVATOR THAT THE CITY PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS AGO.
AND WE'RE ABOUT, UH, AT 3,900, UH, HOURS IN A 12 YEAR SPAN, WHICH THAT NOR THAT WOULD PUT US ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 330 HOURS A YEAR, 20 HOURS OR 28 HOURS, UH, A MONTH.
UM, NOW WHAT COMES FIRST, RIGHT? UH, THE HOURS OR THE YEARS? UH, EVERY OTHER, UH, VENDOR CAME IN AT APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS OR 2000 HOURS.
UM, THEY CAME IN AS THE LOWEST BIDDER.
AND, UH, THEY ARE GIVING US A BETTER, UH, WARRANTY PERIOD.
UH, WE COULD ADD, UH, EXTRA WARRANTIES THAT WITH THAT COMES, UH, A BIGGER, UH, PRICE TAG ON THESE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ADDED COST.
UM, HOW MANY HOURS DID YOU SAY THE 12 YEAR MACHINE HAD? UH, 39 55.
AND THIS WAS PURCHASED BACK, UH, FROM THE RECORDS THAT WE HAVE BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2012.
UM, WHICH, IF WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT PRICE, I THINK WE BOUGHT IT FOR 28,500.
IT IS A SMALLER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE 12 YEARS OUT FROM THAT.
SO INFLATION, ALL THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND, AND THE, THE SIZE OF IT, UM, ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PRICE.
UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BIGGER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
UM, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD WE CAME IN, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SPECS FROM EVERY VENDOR HERE.
UM, SO ONCE WE DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR, WITH OUR TEAM, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION FOR US.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMENDED TO GO WITH THEM.
SO I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED IF I LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT, I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE HOURS.
'CAUSE WE'LL NEVER HIT THOSE HOURS IF YOU, IF IT TOOK YOU 12 YEARS AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU 24 YEARS TO HIT THOSE HOURS.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS THE TIME.
SO DO I WANT TO GO WITH A TWO YEAR OR FOUR YEAR? I THINK OF FOUR YEARS.
AND, AND IS IT GENERAL WARRANTY OR DOES THAT WARRANTY GO DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I GUESS, UM, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL.
WELL, IT ALL, IT'S COVERED INCLUSIVE, YES.
UM, THE THING WITH THESE, UH, WITH THESE UNITS, THEY'RE, UH, THE MAIN CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY IT'S A HYDRAULICALLY POWERED, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
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SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS, UM, POINTS OF FAILURE THINGS.AND THOSE ARE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR STUFF THAT HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE EVENTUALLY.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A SERVICE JOB HERE IN MERCEDES THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO EVEN SEND A SERVICE TECH IF WE CAN'T, UH, PHYSICALLY TAKE THE EQUIPMENT TO THEM.
THEY'LL SEND SOMEBODY TO US AND, AND ASSIST US IN THAT MANNER.
UH, THE DIESEL ENGINE IS ALSO, UH, IT'S NOT VERY PROPRIETARY, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, TO THAT ONE, UH, VENDOR.
SO IF I WERE TO NEED TO GET, UH, SECOND OPINIONS ON GETTING IT FIXED, I COULD GO TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENDORS AND THEY'D BE ABLE TO ASSIST.
WHAT MAKE THOUGH, UM, H EACH OF THESE THAT, UM, SENT IN THEIR QUOTE MACHINE, WHICH KIND ARE THEY FOR EACH OF THEM? UM, THE ONE ROM ONE IS A YANMAR, UH, EXCAVATOR, UM, DID MY RESEARCH ON THAT ONE TOO.
THEY ARE, ARE, THEY'RE FAIRLY NEW AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE ALSO VERY, UH, STRONG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
THE, FROM OPERATORS THAT I SPOKE TO.
UM, I HAD VENDORS ALSO, UH, OTHER VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY PUT, UH, QUOTES ON, UH, SPEAK HIGHLY OF THEM AS WELL.
UM, THAT, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE DISAPPOINTED IN 'EM.
SO I AM STILL GONNA HAVE, UH, OUR OPERATOR STILL GO GET A DEMO ON 'EM AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
UH, AND AS FOR THE OTHER ONES THAT SENT, UH, THE OTHER ONES, UH, UNITED RENTALS, I BELIEVE IT WAS, THEY ALSO PUT IN A, A BID FOR, UH, TAG GCI.
UH, LF WAS A KUBOTA, UH, BOBCAT.
IT'S BOBCAT, UH, THEIR BRAND, UH, NOES WAS A TAG.
GCI, AND THEN DOGGY, UH, WAS J UH, JOHN DEERE.
WELL, MAYOR, I, I LIKE TO KEEP IT LOCAL.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING WITH THIS OTHER ROM CODE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT WITH, IN, UH, OASIS POWER EQUIPMENT.
UH, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OF HIGHER BID, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, NOT ALL THE TIME THAT, I MEAN THE MACHINES ARE DIFFERENT.
I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THEY WERE ALL THE SAME THAN THE PRICES, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT MACHINES AND WHAT THEIR CAPABILITY MAY BE.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSION BEFORE ON THIS.
UM, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CAPABLE OF NEW ISIS POWER EQUIPMENT.
SO I DID, DID REACH OUT, UH, THE VENDOR DID REACH OUT 'CAUSE I DID, UH, ASK HIM, HEY, UH, WHAT WOULD BE NORMALLY THEY'D, UH, THEY'D DO A DIFFERENT, UH, WARRANTY.
SO IF WE WANTED TO APPLY A FOUR YEAR, 4,000 HOUR WARRANTY, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, $5,200 TO ADD THAT WARRANTY.
SO THEN IN A SENSE, I WOULD PUT THAT UNIT AT APPROXIMATELY 55, ALMOST 56,000.
UH, JUST TO, FOR, FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.
SO COMMISSIONER, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING THAT SAME THING.
I ALWAYS TRY TO SEE WHO THE LOCAL BIDDER IS FIRST.
AND I'VE LOOKED INTO THE STATUTE EARLY ON IN MY TENURE HERE WITH THE COMMISSION.
THEY ALLOW YOU TO GO WITH THE LOCAL BIDDER IF IT'S WITHIN, IF IT'S REAL PROPERTY AND IT'S WITHIN 3%.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS NOT WITHIN 3%.
IT'S A, IT'S A MORE OF A MARGIN.
SO THEN THAT WOULD PUT US AT SOME RISK THERE.
UM, WITH OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY, THAT'S A STATE STATUTE AND PROCUREMENT POLICY.
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
IT'S, UH, 3% IS $1,400 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 47 9 VERSUS 50,479.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD APPLY HERE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE LOWEST BIDDER MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO THESE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, NO.
SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
COMMISSIONER MORALES MOTION PASSES.
[14. 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.]
ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM.COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT AWARD TO REACH FOR THE SKY BAKE SHOP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,275.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, APPROVED BY THE, UH, BOARD, THE EDC BOARD AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR TIM GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
ALL I WOULD SAY TO THE EDC IF WE COULD WORK ON THE EDC DIRECTOR SINCE IT'S HERE, IF WE COULD LOOK AT, UM, STREAMLINING THAT APPLICATION.
LIKE I KNOW THESE PEOPLE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND TAX RETURNS.
LIKE THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME TO KNOW.
WE ALREADY BROUGHT IT UP TO THE DETENTION, SIR.
AND I KNOW IT'S NONE OF Y'ALL'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THIS GRANT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE APPLICANT.
WELL, I THINK THEY COULD JUST REDACT THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU ARE GONNA NEED, THEIR FINANCIALS AND WHATNOT.
SO I THINK MAYBE WE JUST, I KNOW, I KNOW THEY BLURRED
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OUT SOME OF THE SOCIAL SECURITIES, SO IF WE COULD JUST REDACT IT, THAT'D PROBABLY BE GOOD PROCESS.SO AS FAR AS THE CITY BE STREAMLINED, THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR SURE.
'CAUSE WE'RE LOOKING EITHER THAT OR WE'LL HAVE TO, WELL, THAT HAS TO BE MOVED FORWARD TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PART, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING OUT INFORMATION OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM, ABOUT THEIR INFORMATION.
AND THAT SHOULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T MIND SEEING TAX RETURNS AND ALL THAT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, AND WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION RATHER THAN
SO AS FAR AS THE CITY SIDE, WE'RE ALREADY FINISHED.
[1. Consideration and Possible Action on the Regular Scheduled EDC Board of Directors Meeting Minutes for February 15, 2024.]
PRESIDENT SALINAS OR EDC, ALL EDC MEETING.WE HAVE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE REGULAR SCHEDULE, EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS, MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024.
ANY DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION.
MOTION BY MS. GIANNIS? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY MR. THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANYBODY? THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
ALRIGHT, WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
[3. Consideration and action, if any, on nominations and election of officer positions for the board of directors.]
CHAIRMAN? YES.I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA AND GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AND NOMINATE AND ELECT OFFICERS.
IT'LL MAKE, UH, IT'LL STREAMLINE THINGS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
LET ME JUST MOVE UP HERE TO MY CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.
IF ANY ON NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF OFFICER POSITIONS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THIS TIME.
DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR POSITIONS? I, I, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME INTERSECT ON THAT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE BOARD CURRENTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TWO THAT NEED TO BE NOMINATED AND SO FORTH, UH, OR TERMINATED TO THE BOARD.
AND I FEEL THAT ISSUE IF THESE POSITIONS, THEY NEED TO BE, UH, PROBABLY INTERIM POSITIONS UNTIL WE GET A COMPLETE BOARD, HOPEFULLY IN MAY.
AND WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER OR WHOMEVER THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE.
AND, AND AT THAT TIME, EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL THE POSITIONS WOULD BE HOPEFULLY FILLED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
SO, AND, AND THEN I THINK A COUPLE OF US, I THINK THREE OF US ARE READY FOR OUR POSITIONS TO GET EXPIRED THIS NEXT MONTH, UM, THIS COMING MONTH.
SO IF ANYTHING, IF WE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'D BE AN INTERIM POSITION FOR NOW SO THAT WE CAN FORMALLY GET THINGS DONE, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMITTEE WITH OUR, WITHIN OUR COMMITTEE.
OR DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? I BRU DO WE NEED, I THINKING THERE, THERE'S NOTHING PROHIBITING YOU OUT FROM PUTTING A, A RESTRICTION ON IT AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK UP.
BUT JUST SO WE CAN HAVE SIGNATURE CARDS DONE, WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THE BYLAWS GET APPROVED, THEY CAN BE EXECUTED.
I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST IT NEEDS A, A PRESIDENT AND A TREASURER AND THE, THE PRESIDENT CANNOT HOLD BOTH.
SO YOU NEED AT LEAST A TREASURER.
I I WAS STATING BECAUSE I KNOW THE ELECTION RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT'S GONNA BE ONE INDIVIDUAL.
YOU JUST, YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO DELAY.
LIKE THE GRANT WE JUST APPROVED, YOU DON'T WANT A DELAY.
SO YOU NEED AT LEAST AN INTERIM TREASURER, I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AT THE VERY LEAST YOU NEED AN INTERIM TREASURER.
I THINK THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE BYLAW.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY IN EFFECT CURRENTLY.
SO ONLY PRESIDENT, THERE'S TWO VACANT.
MR. PELA IS VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY SLASH TREASURER.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM, UH, LEGAL THAT WE, WE COULD HAVE AN INTERIM.
SO DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR AT LEAST, I GUESS WE COULD DO THE SECRETARY TREASURER JUST SO WE COULD BE IN COMPLIANCE.
IS THERE A NOMINATION FROM THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY?
YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATIONS? ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
MS. JANNI IS OUR NEW SECRETARY SLASH TREASURER.
I DO HAVE, UH, AND MR. BURNETT, I DO HAVE MR. GONZALEZ WHO HAS TEXTED ME.
HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT HE'S INTERESTED IN BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE.
IS ARE WE ABLE TO, SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. UH, JOSH GONZALEZ AS VICE PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, JOE MORALES AS VICE PRESIDENT.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO FIRST, MR. PER, HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT HERE.
WELL, I, MR. I KNOW MR. UH, GONZALEZ IS INTERESTED.
MR. MORALES, HE IS INTERESTED AS WELL.
SO HOW DO WE DO IT? MR. PER, YOU HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS.
IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO, TO MOVE FOR EITHER ONE AND SEE HOW THE VOTES TURN OUT.
SO WE'LL VOTE FIRST FOR MR. GONZALEZ, CORRECT? SINCE WE NOT, NO.
SO IS THERE SECOND FOR MR. GONZALEZ? SECOND.
ALL THOSE AGAINST TWO
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THERE.SO NOW THERE IS A MOTION FOR MR. MORALES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IS THERE A SECOND FOR MR. MORALES? SECOND BY MS. JANNI? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
BUT AS LONG AS WE GOT THE SECRETARY TREASURER, WE'LL BE OKAY.
BUT MR. FOR THE MEANTIME, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN I THINK AT THAT POINT WHEN WE HAVE THE NEW BOARD MM-HMM,
ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? AS LONG AS THE PRESIDENT'S AVAILABLE TO SIGN DOCUMENTS WHEN NEEDED, THEN WE DON'T NEED A VICE PRESIDENT ANYTIME SOON.
I HAVE MADE MY MYSELF AVAILABLE.
I USUALLY COME AND SEE MS. MCGINNIS USUALLY DURING LUNCHTIME.
GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RIGHT, MR. PER, ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER GO TO EXECUTIVE FIVE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OH, THERE'LL BE SO WE COULD ALREADY ADJOURN FOR YOU.
[4. Consideration and action, if any, authorizing the issuance and execution of bank signature cards for all corporate accounts.]
NUMBER FOUR.SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION, IF ANY, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND EXEC EXECUTION OF BANK SIGNATURE CARDS FOR ALL CORPORATE ACCOUNTS.
IS THIS AN ITEM FOR YOU, MR. SANDAL, THAT YOU COULD EXPLAIN MORE? OR, OR LEMME LOOK IT OVER IT OR MISS TO ME.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YES.
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SO ON THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW, I, I'M, I'M SORRY, I KIND OF, KIND OF LOST ME.
WOULD, WOULD THIS, UM, SECRETARY OF SLASH TREASURER GONNA BE AN INTERIM POSITION OR IT'S, UH, IT'S SET FOR NOW BECAUSE WHAT THIS IS, IS WE'RE GONNA ADD THE SIGNATURE TO THE BANK ENDING TO ASK FOR FORMS AND THEN SUBMIT IT TO THE SYSTEM.
IT TAKES ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW IF I WOULD MOVE FORWARD AND ASK FOR YOUR DRIVER LICENSE AND ALL THAT, OR, UM, OR WE CAN TABLE THIS AS WELL.
GIMME, THIS IS WHY, EXACTLY WHY I WAS SAYING WHAT I WAS SAYING.
WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THEIR, THEIR TERMS ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE NEXT MONTH, AND I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
SO, AND WHO? MAYOR REASSIGNS ME AGAIN.
YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON HERE.
PUBLIC
WHO CURRENTLY HAS AUTHORITY TO SIGN, UH, THE PRESIDENT, MYSELF, ME, AS A BACKUP.
I USUALLY DON'T SIGN ON ANYTHING, BUT THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T, HE'S ALWAYS MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE.
UM, IT'S USUALLY THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OR TREASURER, UM, LISTED THERE.
SO WE USUALLY HAVE TWO SIGNATURES.
OUR BANK IS ADVISED TO ALLOW IT WITH ONE SIGNATURE, WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT.
UM, I'LL JUST SAY TO JUST, UM, TABLE IT FOR NOW.
WE VOTE ON THAT, MR. PELLE OR WE JUST, ANY ACTION? YOU CAN JUST, NO ACTION.
WELL, YES, NO ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION.UM, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 29 7, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A JOINT, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH, UH, SOMEBODY AT EDC.
AND, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, AGAIN, 6 29.
WE'RE ADJOURNED TO, UH, VOTING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[1. Discussion and possible action on the amended bylaws of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc.]
WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION EDC.THE FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AMENDED BYLAWS OF THE SANTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.
DO DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BYLAWS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND MOTION SECOND BY MR. FLORES.
[2. Consideration and action, if any, on Performance Agreement and Ground Lease Agreement with Extension Option with Varco Real Estate San Benito LLC.]
CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.IF ANY ON PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH EXTENSION OPTION WITH VARCO REAL ESTATE.
IS THERE A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION TO SEEK LEGAL? YEAH, WELL, WE'RE ASKING IS THAT WE BE, UH, THAT STAFF AND LEGAL BE DIRECTED AND AUTHORIZED TO MOVE FORWARD AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY MR. ARRIGO? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL THOSE AGAINST MOTION PASSES.
IT IS 7 38 A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOTION TO ADJOURN.
[2. Consideration and possible action to approve the amended bylaws of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc.]
IS, UH, 7 46.WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO ON THE BYLAWS EDC BYLAWS, IT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE.
APPROVE THE AMENDED BYLAWS OF THE SAN BETO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE JUDGE MOTION.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
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SECOND.SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM GALVAN.
[2. Consideration and possible action on Performance Agreement and Ground Lease Agreement with Extension Option with Varco Real Estate San Benito LLC.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH EXTENSION OPTION WITH BAR REAL ESTATE, SAN BENITO, LLC.ITEM NUMBER THREE, MOTION TO APPROVE AS DISCUSSED, AS DISCUSSED IN EXHIBIT EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MA'AM.
SO AUTHORIZED COUNSEL TO DISCUSS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I GOT A, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TRUMAN.
SO, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 7 47.