* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] NOTICE OF THE SPEC, UH, SPECIAL [San Benito Special Council on July 11, 2023] MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION JULY 11TH, 2023. THE TIME IS 5 33, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US, FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDARD FOR, UH, NUMBER THREE FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DE FAA PLEDGE. I PLEDGE YOU TO JUST INCLUDE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER TEXAS. FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE . LET US PRAY. LORD, OUR GOD, STRENGTHEN US. IN ALL THAT COMES FROM YOU AND IS ETERNAL, ALL THAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT AND GENUINE, WE ENTRUST OURSELVES TO YOUR HANDS. STAY WITH US SO THAT WE MAY RECEIVE YOUR CALLING FOR OUR LIVES. STAY WITH US SO THAT IN ALL OUR WORK AND ACTIVITY, WE MAY BE AWARE OF YOUR GUIDING SPIRIT AND WORK IN OUR HEARTS. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. NO OFFENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PAA. UM, ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, ITEM OF COMMITTEE INTEREST. YES, MAYOR, I HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS IF I MAY PLEASE. THE, UH, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A, UH, THE FIRST OF OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS WILL BE, UH, THIS THURSDAY, JULY 13TH AT THE ROCK, AKA VTA PAVILION OUT AT 41 AKA VISTA. WE, UM, WE WILL BE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT THERE, UM, BUT EVERYONE, OF COURSE, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY IS INVITED. SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT, WE WILL HAVE SOME OTHERS. NOT FULLY ANNOUNCED YET, BUT I'M MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE ON THURSDAY, JULY, OBVIOUSLY ON, UH, SATURDAY, JULY 22ND. SAME DAY AS MARKET DAYS. BY THE WAY. UH, AT THE EDC BUILDING, WE WILL ALSO HAVE AT 9:00 AM A, UM, UH, A, A TOWN HALL TYPE MEETING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, AT THAT TIME ALSO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE EDC IS DOING, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, ENTREPRENEUR AID PROGRAMS THROUGH THE RGV SYSTEM THAT ARE THERE AND AVAILABLE, AND TO HEAR COMMUNITY INTEREST AS WELL. THAT'S ON 22ND OF JULY ON THE, UH, 27TH OF JULY, THURSDAY. UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING BEGINNING AT FIVE 30. AGAIN, WE WANT INVITE ALL CITIZENS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT WORD OUT. PLEASE TELL OTHERS, LET OTHERS KNOW THAT WE'LL BE THERE. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR, FROM OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND FROM OUR, OUR CITIZENS. SO THOSE ARE THE FIRST SET OF ITEMS. UM, MAYOR, I'VE, I'VE GIVEN THE, UM, UH, THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER, COULD I JUST STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT? YOU SAID ON THE EDC, AT THE EDC BUILDING, YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING A OPEN HOUSE, A OPEN TOWN HALL MEETING, TOWN HALL MEETING, TOWN HALL MEETING, AND EDC IS AWARE OF THIS? YEAH, I TALKED TO ROMERO ABOUT IT. OKAY. AND THE BOARD AGREED TO HAVE IT, UH, THE BOARD DID NOT BOARD IT. I DON'T KNOW. IT IS THAT OKAY. WE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD. IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH, IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH THEIR, THEIR BOARD. OKAY. WELL, MY APOLOGIES IF I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE BOARD, BUT, UH, I'M CERTAINLY SCRATCH THAT ONE THEN OFF THE LIST UNTIL I GET APPROVAL FROM THEIR BOARD TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT AT THAT BUILDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MAYOR ON THE, UM, WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, I, I PINNED A LETTER AND, AND YOU MAY HAVE IT IN FRONT. DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I, I PINNED A LETTER, KIND OF AN OPEN LETTER TO THE, UM, UH, SANTO CITY EMPLOYEES FROM, FROM THE, AND THEN I TITLED IT FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. I'M WELCOME TO, I WOULD ASK THAT WE CONSIDER SENDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I'VE GIVEN THE CHANGES THAT, THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SEEN AND THEIR STAFF ARE SEEN IN THE, IN THE, IN THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY HEAR FROM US IN SOME SORT OF FORMAL WAY. AND SO I'M PROPOSING THIS, UH, JUST TO BE A LETTER. IT SAYS, IT SAYS, CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. WHILE CHANGE MAY BE A PAINFUL PROCESS, WE ARE SEEKING CHANGE WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND. PROVIDE BETTER COMMUNITY SERVICES TO CITIZENS. OPEN OUR ARMS TO COMMUNITY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, REPAIR AND REPLACE OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDE BETTER PAY AND BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IMPROVE THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SAN BENITO. THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE OBJECTIVES THE CITY COMMISSION SEEKS TO ACCOMPLISH. THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE A TOP PRIORITY IN OUR SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER. [00:05:01] MR. SOTELO, GIVE SERVING AS OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER UNDERSTANDS THESE OBJECTIVES. WELL, HAVING MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT, WE WOULD ASK THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS BEAR WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE CHANGES. REMEMBERING THAT CHANGE TAKES TIME. EACH OF YOU IS IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. PLEASE REMEMBER THE CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH THOSE CONCERNS SHOULD COME TO US TO PUT THEM IN WRITING, AS ALWAYS, A GOOD PRACTICE. SO THINGS, SO THINGS DO NOT GET MISUNDERSTOOD. WE WILL SOON BE RELEASING MORE INFORMATION ON OUR COLLECTIVE VISION FOR SAN BENITO, AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. AND I WOULD SIMPLY PASS IT ON TO YOU GUYS AND, UM, AND SUGGEST PERHAPS THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT SO THAT WE REASSURE ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT, THAT, UH, GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING AND, AND WHAT, AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE DOING TOGETHER. SO I HAVE THAT THERE. I I, IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, I, I LIKE THE IDEA, THE CONCEPT OF IT. I JUST LIKE THAT IF WE COULD HAVE COLLECTIVELY DONE TOGETHER AND PUT IN OUR INPUT AS WELL WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING THIS. OKAY. I MEAN, 'CAUSE I MEAN, IT'S SIGNED FOR OUR NAME AS WELL. EXCELLENT. NOT JUST ONE INPUT. VERY GOOD, BUT I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I LIKE THE IDEA. IT'S JUST, I WOULD LIKE IT TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. VERY GOOD. IT WAS JUST A DRAFT. THAT WAS ALL IT WAS, WAS AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, AN INTRODUCTION TO THAT ISSUE, INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT UP AS AN AGENDA ITEM, JUST TO OPEN IT FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT. THE OTHER, THE OTHER, I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. I PROMISE I'LL BE QUIET. I'LL BE DONE AFTER THIS. OKAY. I'VE GOT TWO. THE, UM, UH, I HAVE LOCATED, UM, THAT THEY SOME COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT THE CITY DID BACK IN 2016. UM, AND THERE ARE, THEY ARE, UM, THIS INITIAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS, IS 162 PAGES LONG. IT ALSO, THE OTHER, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS INCLUDED, UM, UM, A DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN, A, UM, UM, A, A MOBILITY PLAN, A PARKS AND REC PLAN. SO THERE'S SOME OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WITH IT, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD RIGHT NOW, JUST SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO LOOK AT THESE, BEGIN TO UPDATE THESE, BEGIN TO INCORPORATE THESE, AND ALSO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE, ARE, UH, HAVE THIS, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US HAVE A, A WORKSHOP ON THIS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AS I'VE PERUSED THROUGH THIS, BUT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME MORE STUDY, AND I JUST WOULD, WOULD LOVE FOR US TO, UH, COME TOGETHER AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THAT AT SOME SORT OF, UH, IN SOME SORT OF TIME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE, THE CITY COMMISSION COMMENCE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE RECYCLE FEST. THANK YOU ALL FOR H AND ERROR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DID FOR THE CITY. THANK ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL THE CITIZENS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS ALSO THAT CAME AND, UH, SUPPORTED US. UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS A GOOD AND SUCCESSFUL, UH, EVENT FOR US. AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PARKS, REC AND PD FIRE, EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, THE CITY WILL HOST A FOOD DISTRIBUTION FROM 9:00 AM TO, UH, 11 WHILE SUPPLIED LAST ON THURSDAY, JULY 20TH AT SEVEN OH FAIRGROUNDS 5 5 1, UH, CESAR GONZALEZ PARKWAY SANTO. AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE DO WORK WITH THEM AND, UH, THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICE FOR, FOR OUR PEOPLE. SO FROM NINE TO 11 ON JULY, UH, YOU KNOW, ON JULY THE 20TH. SO ANYBODY THAT, UH, IS IN NEED, WE'RE THERE TO HELP AND, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, UH, SERVICE THE PEOPLE, GIVE THE PEOPLE, UH, SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE. AND, UH, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US OUT AND WE HELP UP THE PEOPLE IN THIS. UH, AGAIN, SO THAT'S GONNA BE JULY THE 20TH. AND THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONERS. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON JULY 15TH, UM, FROM, UH, IN THE MORNING, THE 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM THE MARKET DAYS, THE HISTORICAL MARKET DAYS ON ROBERTSON STREET WILL BE HAVING THEIR, THEIR MONTHLY MARKET DAYS EVENT. SO IF THE COMMUNITY COULD JUST GO OUT AND SHOW SOME SUPPORT THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO THREE, THAT WAS IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? YES. ALSO, UM, THE TEXAS JUNTO MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, 19TH ANNUAL INDUCTION AWARDS WILL ALSO BE THAT SATURDAY, JULY 15TH. UM, IT STARTS A DOORS OPEN AT 5:00 PM DINNER FROM SIX TO SEVEN CEREMONY, SEVEN TO EIGHT 30. ADMISSION IS $35. SO [00:10:01] LET'S GO AND SUPPORT THEM. THEY DO A LOT OF AWESOME WORK, AND, UM, JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON AN AMAZING JOB THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. YES, THEY HAVE. OKAY. OTHER NUMBER FIVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE, UM, EDDIE LES LO LOA LOA, LOA, EDDIE LOA. OKAY. YES. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND PLEASE FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS, UH, EDDIE LOA, AND I LIVE AT 2 48 CHARLES BARBARA ROAD, LOT 11 BLOCK ONE. I PURCHASED A PROPERTY, UH, BACK ON THREE YEARS AGO, AND I HAD, I HAD ACCESS TO THE EASEMENT BACK THEN. I NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE, TO THE EASEMENT. I USED TO GO TO THE, UH, FRONT AND SON WITH A GATED CODE THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. AND I, I NEED DESPERATELY NEED ACCESS TO THE EASEMENT, SO I COULD HAVE, UH, SOME BACK, UH, BACK OF MY PROPERTY WORK DONE ON IT SO I COULD LEVEL AND HAVE, HAVE SOME DIRT, UH, LEVEL THE BACK, BACK OF MY PROPERTY SO I COULD NO WATER, NO LONGER GO INTO MY, UNDERNEATH MY HOUSE. OKAY. OKAY. THERE, THERE'S A PLOTTED ALLEY BEHIND, OR TWO, TWO HOUSES DOWN TO MY RIGHT, AND IT'S, IT'S BLOCKED OFF. I, I, I CAN'T USE IT. AND I HAVE, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. SO I, I WOULD REALLY, UH, ADVISE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE ADMITTED INTO THE NEXT AGENDA SO I CAN PRESENT THE DOCUMENTATION. YES, SIR. MR. , UH, LET ME ASK OUR STAFF TO MEET WITH THE GENTLEMAN. YES. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OR IN THE OTHER ROOM. MAYBE WE CAN ADDRESS THIS, THIS ISSUE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THAT MUCH DELAY. OKAY, MR. LOA, WAS THAT IT? YES, SIR. THAT'S IT. OKAY. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MAYOR. WE DO. OKAY. IT'S GONNA BE MR. PAUL RESENDEZ. UH, MR. RESENDEZ? YES, SIR. UH, I'M, PAUL JUST SAID THIS, I USED TO OWN THAT PROPERTY WE WAS TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. I HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH FINDING AND SON, UH, I USED TO GO IN AND OUT THE SAME WAY EDDIE DID. AND ONE DAY, THIS JUST STARTED, UH, MORNING IT UP, AND I CONFRONTED THE, ONE OF THE WORKERS THERE. I FORGOT HIS NAME. I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HE GOES, I WAS TOLD BY MANAGEMENT TO BLOCK THIS. I SAID, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET IN AND OUTTA MY PROPERTY. THERE'S VERY FEW, UH, THERE'S A VERY, UH, MINIMUM OF SPACE THAT IF I COULD DRIVE TO THE SIDE OF MY PROPERTY, MY HOUSE, I COULDN'T DO THAT. SO I, I, HE STOPPED DOING THAT AND REMOVED IT. I SAID, YOU HAVE TO STOP DOING THAT, BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT, UH, THE MANAGEMENT DECIDED NOT TO LET ME GO THROUGH THERE ANYMORE, THEY, THEY GO AHEAD AND STOP BOARDING IT. AND I HAD ACCESS TO IT. AND THAT'S WHY I TOLD EDDIE, MR. LAW, WHEN HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE ACCESS THROUGH FINDING AND SON, SUPPOSEDLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS DECIDED MANY YEARS AGO THAT FUN AND SUN BLOCKED IT OFF AND PAVED THE ALLEY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGREEMENT THEY HAD FROM WITH, UH, MY NEIGHBORS THERE. BUT AS FAR AS I, I DIDN'T WANT NONE OF THAT. I WAS A NEW OWNER THERE, AND I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANTED THE ALLEY BACK AND ACCESS TO THE ALLEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SIX. UM, SO MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I GOT TO INSTALL. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER UH, GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. OH, I'M SORRY. YES. PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AND, UH, WELL, IT WAS JOANNA, SO JOANNA, MS. JOANNA'S OVER THERE, OPEN IT UP. WELL, I NEED FOR HER TO PRESENT IT. THEN SHE CAN MS. JOANNA ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. YES. UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING. UM, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BERNARD NEWS ON JUNE 16TH, 2023, [00:15:02] AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. UM, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. OKAY, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD TO OPEN IT UP, UH, ON THE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING, THE TIME IS, UH, 5 48. SO IF ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC NEED TO, UH, MAKE A COMMENT ON IT ON THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, NONE. OKAY. AND, UH, CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS, UH, 5 48. ALSO. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MS. JOANNA, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED A AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE, AND THE DEVELOPER IS MOVING THE ORIGINAL LOT LINE ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET NORTH. UM, THE REPL COM, UH, COMPLIES WITH ALL CITY ORDINANCES AND STATUTES. UH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS A REPL. I TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND BASICALLY HE PURCHASED A LITTLE BIT MORE LAND FROM HIS MOTHER. HE, THEY OWN LOTS, ONE AND TWO, BUT BECAUSE HE HAS SIBLINGS, HE WANTS IT TO BE LEGALLY DOCUMENTED, AND HE WANTS HIS PROPER, UH, LOT LINES. SO HE'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT HE HAS A COMPLETE LOT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, BY MAYOR TIM, UH, GALVAN. SECOND. SECOND BY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. UH, MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAY? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER NINE, JOANNA. AGAIN. UM, SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE. NUMBER 2 2 5 2 H TO REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 37, UH, BALL BLANCO DRIVE, BEING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 19 BALL BLANCO GARDENS. AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP AND RECORDS IN VOLUME 14, PAGE 58, MAP RECORDS OF CA CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND AMENDING AMENDED IN VOLUME 16, PAGE 33, MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, UH, TEXAS FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY TO SF TWO, DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JUNE 15TH, 2023 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REZONE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY TO SF TWO DUPLEX. UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE OTHER DUPLEXES IN THE AREA, UH, ABOUT FOUR OF THEM. UH, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS FOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE ONLY, THE ONLY COMMENT I GOT IS, IS THERE A, SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT REZONING SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE ALREADY DUPLEXED? SO WE, WHAT WE COULD DO IS, AS A CITY, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND SEND OUT LETTERS, UM, SAYING THAT POTENTIALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO REZONE THE AREA, AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE RESIDENTS TO COME IN AND GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK. IT IS POSSIBLE. AND, UM, IT, IT WOULDN'T HURT THE AREA. OKAY. UH, YEAH. IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL, UH, DIFFICULTY IN YOUR MIND FOR NOT DOING THAT? I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE RESIDENCE. SOME MAY NOT WANT TO REZONE FOR WHATEVER REASON, EVEN THOUGH THE DUPLEXES ALREADY EXIST. CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT THAT WE WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL WE ACTUALLY, MAYBE WE COULD, UM, HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT GO OUT AND ASK, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET AHOLD OF SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS AND ASK THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. AND IF THERE'S A MAJORITY THAT SAY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO THIS, THEN WE COULD GO THAT ROUTE. I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF SPOT ZONING. I, I, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, THE ONLY THING IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS AREA ALREADY HAS MULTIFAMILY. IT'S JUST THAT THEY WERE PRIOR TO THE ZONING BEING REDONE. UM, SO THIS ONE, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO COMPLIANCE. I DO THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO TRY TO REZONE THE AREA, BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR OF 'EM THAT I KNOW OF. THERE MAY BE SOME MORE. UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO. JUST FOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE, UH, PERSON, THE APPLICANT IS A PERSON ON THIS BOARD RIGHT HERE, MR. P CAVAN. CORRECT. [00:20:01] SO, MOTION TO APPROVE. I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE, UH, DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. OKAY. ALTHOUGH I FOLLOWED ALL THE PROPER, PROPER PROTOCOLS THAT A, UM, A NORMAL CITIZEN WOULD AND APPLIED FOR A PERMIT, PAID FOR MY PERMIT, AND WENT THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND WENT THROUGH CITY. BUT I'M RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE. OKAY. SO WE GOT THE MAYORAL TIM GALVAN CUS HIMSELF FROM THIS, UH, VOTE. UH, SO I DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY MAYORAL TIM, EXCUSE ME. BY, BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO THINK AHEAD. THAT'S WHY . OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 10. YOU GET THE MR. UH, INTERIM MANAGER IS THE MR. SO ON THIS, THIS IS A, A COMMON, UH, REQUEST FROM, FROM, UH, CITIES TO GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGHT, UH, ANY RATE INCREASE BY UTILITY COMPANIES. UH, THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO HIRE, UH, LEGAL COUNCIL OR, AND ANY EXPENSES THAT THE CITY INCURS RELATED TO, TO WHAT, UH, WHAT IT DOES TO, TO, UM, OPPOSE OR APPROVE THIS, THIS, UH, REQUEST, UH, WILL BE, UH, REIMBURSED BY THE COMPANY. SO IT'LL BE COMING, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THIS THAT CITIES GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHO'S GONNA BE, UH, HIRED TO, TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THIS ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO, TO CHARGE THE, UH, ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TO, TO THE COMPANIES. SO, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT, UH, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS AS THERE'S PRETTY MUCH A STANDARD RESOLUTION. EVERY, PRETTY MUCH EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE FOLLOWS THE SAME FIRM. OKAY. UH, FROM AUSTIN THAT DOES THIS. OKAY. SO NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS. DO I HAVE A, A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR, I MEAN, GOT AGAIN. WOW. OKAY. BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND. I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. I GUESS IT'S THE HEAT PEOPLE. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT THINKING STRAIGHT. TRY AND KEEP COOL. I'VE BEEN CALLED WORSE MAYOR. THANK YOU. I KNOW . OKAY, I GOT YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 11. UH, WE GOT THE MR. AL GARCIA ON THIS, SIR MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEMP COMMISSIONERS, ANI GARCIA AND INTERIM REPUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM OF CONSIDERATION IS PAYMENT TO SOUTHERN TRENCHES SOLUTIONS, INC. AS, UH, RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT OF $143,749 AND 57 CENTS. UH, THIS PAYMENT IS, UH, THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE ALAMEDA LIFT STATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND WHEN THE STARTING, NO, UH, THIS IS THE FINAL PAYMENT. OH, THE FINAL PAYMENT. ON, ON, YEAH, ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. OKAY. YES. SO IT'S, UH, ALREADY FINISHED WITH IT? YES, PRETTY MUCH. UH, WE DID A FINAL WALKTHROUGH ALREADY, UH, WITH CITY STAFF AND, AND, UH, OUR OPERATORS. UH, WE CALLED OUT ANY, UH, SMALL, UH, DETAILS. BASICALLY THE MINOR ONES THAT NEED TO JUST GET, UH, ADJUSTED. UH, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. UM, I BELIEVE THE LIFT STATION'S ALREADY BEEN IN OPERATION FOR OVER A MONTH ALREADY. UH, NO ISSUES. EVERYTHING'S RUNNING ACCORDINGLY. IT LOOKS GOOD OUT THERE. THANK, DO WE, UH, CONTROL THE ORDER? THE SMELL? YES. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ENCLOSED NOW. UH, EVERYTHING IS, UH, THOSE WERE, UH, SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS. UH, WELL, UH, SORRY, THAT'S THE EL CAMINO LIFT STATION. UH, THAT ONE WE WENT TOP MOUNT, BUT IT WAS ENCLOSED WITH A, UH, WHAT THEY CALL LIKE A COFFIN COVER, UH, AND FOR THAT STRUCTURE. SO EVERYTHING'S ENCLOSED. UM, AND IT'S GOT ODOR CONTROL AND ALL, ALL. GREAT. SO THE PEOPLE CAN GO OUT THERE AND SIT DOWN OUTSIDE. YES. BACKYARD? YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT ONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MORALES. SECOND. SECOND MAYOR. SECOND BY MAYOR TIM GARVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. AYE. I'M SORRY GUYS. I'M SORRY, BUT, OH MY GOD, DON'T BLAME YOU. OKAY. AT NUMBER 12, UH, MR. DAVID FAA? YES. GOOD EVENING. THE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE APPOINT OR [00:25:01] REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE VETERAN'S ADVISORY BOARD. THE CURRENT PLACE THAT'S STILL OPEN IS PLACE ONE WHOSE, UH, TERM EXPIRED ON MAY 31ST. THAT WOULD BE ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID. APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE, UM, UH, I HAVE, UH, FOR YOUR PROPOSAL TONIGHT, MR. AAN CORTEZ AS THE, HE'S OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW AS PROPOSED, REALIZE MR. UH, WHO'S BEEN IN THAT POSITION. OH, MARTIN SES. YEAH, MARTIN SES HAS BEEN THERE. WE APPRECIATE HIS, HIS GREAT WORK AS WELL. BUT, UH, I'M RECOMMENDING MR. AAN CORTEZ, WHO ONCE REMINDED ME THAT, THAT, THAT HE WAS NOT, WAS NOT A MARINE. THAT HE IS A MARINE. SO, SO I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND HIM FOR THAT, FOR THAT POSITION. OKAY. THEN, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. AAN? A SECOND FOR MR. AAN CORTEZ MOTION? I GOT A, I SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. WELCOME ABOARD, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. OKAY. OKAY. ITEM 13. AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD, AND IT'S GONNA BE FOR PLACE ONE AND PLACE FOUR. AND MR. DAVID FAO? NO. OKAY. MR. CAPTAIN CORTES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MICHAEL CORTES, POLICE CAPTAIN SEM POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO THE LIAISON TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. THE TERMS FOR THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARDS, PLACES ONE AND FOUR, UH, RECENTLY EXPIRED ON JUNE 30TH, 2023. AND NOMINATIONS TO FILL THESE POSITIONS WERE EACH TABLE AT THE LAST MEETING. UH, TODAY'S STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT NOMINATIONS TO REMOVE, APPOINT OR REAPPOINT NUMBERS TO PLACES ONE IN FOUR BE MADE. OKAY. THAT BECOMES ME AGAIN, MAYOR. SO I'LL SPEAK UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. TAKING ME A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT I, UH, ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS IS MR. MARIO CERVANTES. MARIO'S BEEN, UH, A LIFELONG RESIDENT, SANTO AS WELL, AND, UH, HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER CAPACITIES, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, OTHER THINGS. AND WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE. I RECOMMEND HIM TO BE, UH, IN THAT PLACE ON THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NONE. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A SECOND ON, UH, MR. MARIO SERANTES? SECOND MAYOR? I GOT A MAYOR. UH, GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. . MOTION PASSES. SO, ITEM NUMBER FOR PLACE FOUR, WHICH IS, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SHE'S NOT HERE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TABLE THAT ONE. YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD MET? LAST TIME WAS, UH, ACTUALLY THE END OF 2022. AND SINCE THAT TIME, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. AND WE HAD SEVERAL VACANCIES. UM, AND REALLY THERE, THERE HASN'T BEEN REALLY ANY NEW BUSINESS, UH, TO DISCUSS. SO, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH THE, THE NEW NOMINATIONS THAT WE, WE'VE HAD RECENTLY, WE'LL BE MEETING HERE VERY SOON. I, I SEE THAT, UH, STOPLIGHTS ARE GOING UP ON, UH, BUSINESS 77 RIGHT NOW. SEVEN. YES. I SAW THAT. FLASHING LIGHTS. I SAW THAT ON THE WAY OVER HERE. THAT'S, UH, TDOT, UM, UH, MANAGED, UH, ROADWAY STATE HIGHWAY. UH, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S JUST, UH, YELLOW AND RED. FLASHING LIGHTS. YES, SIR. YEAH. WELL, GREAT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC AND SAFETY. I'LL, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A CONCERN THAT I GOT JUST RECENTLY AS WELL FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AND CAPTAIN, UH, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES OUT THERE. UH, I ALREADY TOLD THE PEOPLE IS THAT, UH, TO DIRECT IT TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD. OKAY. SO I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING OUT TO, TO REACH OUT TO YOU. DEFINITELY. YES, SIR. OKAY. WE ALSO NEED TO GET WITH, UM, THE UPDATED LEGISLATION, BECAUSE NOW I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE REQUIRING, UM, TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR A SIMPLE STOP SIGN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT MAKES THINGS REALLY HARD IF YOU WANT TO PUT A STOP SIGN OR SPEED BUMP OR ANY TYPE OF LIGHTS. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO REVIEW THAT. YES. UPDATE MR. I UNDERSTAND. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GONNA SECOND THAT MOTION TO TABLE THAT APPOINTMENT FOR POLICE FOUR. OH, YES, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY, SO I GOT THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. MORE MORALE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 13, PLEASE. FOUR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I'M CLEAN DOWN. OKAY. OKAY. ITEM 14. UM, MAYOR. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, 14 AND 15 EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND, UH, LET ME DO 16. NOW BEFORE WE GO INTO, DO YOU AGREE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SIR? CAN ACTUALLY, MAYOR NUMBER 14, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT [00:30:01] DUTIES AND THAT IS NOT AN EXCEPTION TO, TO OPEN MEETINGS. OKAY? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE, BUT ABOUT DUTIES OF, OF VIA INTERIM CITY MANAGER. SO IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER TO GO INTO A SESSION NOW, TO THE COMMISSION AT LEGAL QUESTIONS OF ME REGARDING THIS ITEM, THEN WE CAN GO UNDER, UH, 5 4 1 0 71. BUT FOR THOSE LEGAL QUESTIONS, FOR LEGAL QUESTIONS ON THIS. OKAY. WELL, WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, THE PROPOSED CONTRACT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS PROPOSED AND THAT I ENTERED INTO THAT, THAT'S NOT IN THE AGENDA. OKAY. BUT IT REQUIRE, IT, IT DOES ADDRESS THE DUTIES OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER. WAS IT NOT THE OTHER RESCUE, THOUGH? UH, CURRENTLY THE WAY MR. ELLO STANDS, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, NOT AN EMPLOYEE. AND AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR LIKE MYSELF, COULD NOT BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. 'CAUSE I WAS NOT, THE, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAD WHEN I ACCEPTED THIS POSITION, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A CITY EMPLOYEE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS WITHOUT, UH, BENEFIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR REQUIRE ME TO HAVE INSURANCE AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUFF. UH, THE ADDITIONALLY, THE, THE CONTRACT OF THE ATTORNEY PROPOSALS PREVENTS ME FROM REMOVING OR APPOINTED EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS NOT PART OF, UH, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. UH, IT RESTRICTS WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT AND WHAT I CAN DO. UH, IT IS NOT A CITY MANAGER'S, UH, POSITION THAT WHAT HE'S PROPOSING, IT'S A CONSULTANT POSITION. THAT'S NOT, WAS MY, THAT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I TOOK THIS POSITION. ALL I HAVE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY. I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GO UNDER 5 5 1 0 7 1 IF YOU ALL WISH TO. OKAY. AND Y'ALL MAY WANT TO TAKE UP THE OTHERS BEFORE. OKAY. SO I DON'T, 14. WE'RE GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA SKIP RIGHT NOW AND COME BACK TO IT. SO ITEM NUMBER, SO WE'RE GONNA GO OUT TO ITEM NUMBER 15 THEN. 1515. SO THIS WAS, OKAY. AND THIS IS WHAT THE, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS, UH, UH, TO GET THE RF QS OR THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WAS, UH, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. DOES I, I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. OKAY. IN REGARDS TO THIS, THE, UH, ARE WE SUGGESTING THEN THAT BY PUTTING THESE QUALIFICATIONS TOGETHER, WE'RE READY TO SEND SOMETHING OUT? ARE WE SENDING SOMETHING OUT AS WITH THAT? MM-HMM. THAT IS UP TO THE COMMISSION. OKAY. BE BECAUSE I, I STILL WOULD, WOULD SAY THAT THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT CAREFULLY BEFORE WE START DOING THAT. UH, JUST TO HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS HERE IS, IS FINE. AND TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS. BUT I THINK THE PROCESS BECOMES CRITICAL. 'CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE START TO PUT OUT THE RFQ AND, AND WE START GETTING APPLICATIONS IN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW ARE WE TREATED? HOW ARE THEY VETTED? WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR ACTUALLY THEN PUTTING SOME A PERSON LIKE THAT INTO PLACE? UM, HOW MANY INTERVIEWS ARE THEY GONNA GO THROUGH? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT BECOMES THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE ARE MAKING THIS SELECTION? 'CAUSE I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE WE JUST START PUTTING OUT RF QS AS WELL. IT HAS BEEN MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE USE A, A, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UM, UM, UH, OR HEAD HUNTER, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL 'EM, UM, TO, TO LOOK THIS POSITION. BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, THIS BECOMES THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THIS BOARD WILL MAKE. AND I WANT TO BRING EVERY RESOURCE TO BEAR TO DO IT BECAUSE THE, I I JUST, THAT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT REALLY ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD HAS GONE THROUGH BEFORE. AND SO, EVEN, UM, UM, MR. MADRID, WHO I RESPECT VERY MUCH, HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HIRING SOMEBODY AT THIS LEVEL. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, OF, UH, BY, WITH BENEFITS OVER $200,000 A YEAR. AND I THINK THAT IN, IN ORDER TO, TO PUT A PERSON LIKE THAT INTO POSITION, WE NEED TO BRING ALL THE RESOURCES AND ALL THE PROFESSIONALISM WE CAN INTO THAT PROCESS. AND I JUST, I, I JUST DON'T SEE ANY PROCESS WITH THIS AT THIS POINT. UM, AND IN OUR PACKET THOUGH, WE DO HAVE A CITY MANAGER JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WE DO HAVE THAT'S ON FILE THAT WAS GIVEN TO US TO GO BY. UM, I DON'T KNOW, IN THE PAST, MAYBE MOSES, YOU COULD HELP US WITH THIS. HOW DO WE, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS TO HA UM, HIRE MR. DELAROSA? UM, THE PROCESS WAS IN, IN-HOUSE, THEY DID NOT USE A RECRUITING FIRM. THEY ADVERTISED, UH, THROUGH THE DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WE HAVE, LIKE TEXAS, TML, MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. MM-HMM. AND THE NEWSPAPER, UM, THE, UM, [00:35:01] APPLICANTS APPLIED, THEY WERE SELECTED. THEY WENT THROUGH A INTERVIEW PROCESS AND THE COMMISSION MADE THE FINAL DECISION ON THAT. SO BASICALLY THERE'S TWO OPTIONS. AND THAT'S FREE. YEAH. AT NO ADDITIONAL COST THROUGH THE TYPICAL PROCESS. MM-HMM. THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE DO WITH THE OTHER EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT THE DIFFERENCES THAT NOW, UH, THE COMMISSION IS INVOLVED IN THAT. SO WE COULD TURN AROUND AND PRESENT TO YOU EVERY APPLICATION THAT IS SUBMITTED, AND THEN WE CAN FILTER THROUGH THEM, MAKE A FEW, UH, SELECTIONS TO INTERVIEW. WE CAN HAVE TWO, THREE, WHATEVER INTERVIEWS ARE NEEDED TO, TO DO THAT. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, YOU, YOU CAST YOUR VOTE AND, UH, YOU APPOINT THE, THE PERSON. OKAY. THE OTHER OPTION IS, OF COURSE, TO GO WITH A RECRUITING AGENCY THAT, UH, WOULD OFFER MORE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, BUT IT, IT IS AT A COST. AND THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, WE, UM, WANTED TO GET GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMISSION AND IT WAS TABLED BASICALLY TO MM-HMM. TO THIS MEETING. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU WANT TO TABLE THAT OR IF YOU'RE READY TO MAKE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'LL BE A CONSENSUS BETWEEN ALL OF YOU TO, UH, PROVIDE TO US GUIDANCE. 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT THIS PERSON MIGHT BE AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT A BIGGER CITY, AND THEY MAY ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE A 30 DAY NOTICE. AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE TWO TO FOUR WEEKS FOR US TO ALLOW THEM TO, UM, BE MADE AWARE OF OUR OPEN POSITION AND THEY WILL START APPLYING. AND THEN I WOULD SCHEDULE THE INTERVIEWS, GET 'EM TO COME, TO MAKE TIME TO COME, OR WE COULD DO THE FIRST INTERVIEWS VIA ZOOM. AND THEN ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO THE FINAL SELECTION, HAVE 'EM COME IN PERSON. UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE OPTIONS. SO IF IT'S UP TO YOU, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE, UM, TAKING TIME TO MEDITATE UPON THIS AND, AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AMONGST YOURSELF, AND THEN COME THE NEXT MEETING AND, AND MAKE A DECISION, OR IF YOU WANNA START MAKING A MOTION RIGHT NOW, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU. MR. MADRID, IS THIS, UM, RFQ OR, UM, I GUESS JOB DESCRIPTION OF CITY MANAGER FROM THE CITY HANDBOOK? THIS JOB DESCRIPTION WAS COMPILED FROM THE TEXAS CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH THE WHAT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. SO THIS IS NEW BY YOURSELF? YES, SIR. THIS IS TOGETHER WELL, WITH THE HELP OF THOSE TEMPLATES, I PUT IT TOGETHER AND I ADDED SOMETHING FOR THE, THAT IS UNIQUE TO OUR ORGANIZATION, AND THAT IS THE, UH, UTILITIES THAT NOT EVERY CITY HAS A WATER AND WASTEWATER, UH, RIGHT. OPERATION. THEY USE, UH, NEIGHBORING CITIES. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE TO GO OFF OF. NOT THAT I WOULD APPROVE. OKAY. WELL THIS IS NICE. YEAH, PROBLEM, PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS. UM, IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM, I THINK, SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT, AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSION HAS EXPRESSED BEFORE. UM, DID WE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT HEADHUNTER WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH OR THIS RECRUITING AGENCY FOR RECRUITING AGENCY? WE ALSO, WAS THERE ANY, WAS THERE ANY IN MIND WE WOULD REQUEST FOR, UM, RQS FOR THEM, A PROPOSAL FROM THEM? THERE'S MANY AVAILABLE, THERE'S OVER DOZEN AVAILABLE. I, I'M COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, STARTING THE PROCESS. RF, QS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE TO, I AGREE. THEY HAVE TO, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, A 30 DAY NOTICE. THIS IS GONNA TAKE A WHILE. WE'RE GONNA GET, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY APPLICATIONS. I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN EIGHT. UH, BUT HOW MANY APPLICATIONS FOR THE LAST GO AROUND? WELL, I MAY TELL YOU THAT, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME GOOD CANDIDATES THAT APPLIED FOR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION. AND IT IS ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPER. I HAD SOMEBODY CALL ME FROM AUSTIN THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO DO IT FOR CLOSER TO THE $20,000 RANGE. BUT IT'S A FIRM THAT'S VERY SMALL. THEY ACTUALLY DO OTHER KIND OF SERVICES, MORE LIKE OUR, OUR TEST FOR FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN. OKAY. BUT THEY SAID, WE, WE ARE AWARE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. WE'D LIKE TO THROW IN, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR SERVICES. THEY SEND ME A BROCHURE. I SAID, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA PUBLICIZE WHAT DECISION, UH, THE COMMISSION TAKES. I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER IS GOOD, AND IT'S A STARTING POINT. MM-HMM. . IF WE GET, IF I FEEL LIKE WE GET TO A POINT FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, IF I GET, WE GET TO A POINT, LIKE IT'S SHAKY GROUND, AND I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN GET A GRASP ON THIS HIRING PROCESS, THEN SURE, I WOULD PASS IT ON TO SOMEBODY. BUT FOR NOW, WE GOTTA GET STARTED. I, I, I CAN'T KEEP, KEEP PUTTING THIS OFF. AND ALSO, DO WE, WE DO INTERVIEWS ON, ON SATURDAYS AS WELL. WE CAN, OKAY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WE COULD DO IT AFTER FIVE AS WELL. I, MY TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN, YOU KNOW, CHANGING IT UP SO THAT THIS, THE BEST CANDIDATE CAN, UM, COME THROUGH FOR AN INTERVIEW. MM-HMM. , I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ATTITUDE AND CERTAINLY WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE, I WILL SUPPORT THE, THE, THE REST OF THE GROUP. I STILL WILL HOLD TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE MAKING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS. AND THAT REALLY, THE EXTRA EXPERTISE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, JUST IN THE VETTING AND THE [00:40:01] COMMUNICATING PROCESS BECOMES CRITICAL. I, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT. AND, UH, UH, CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH. OKAY. WELL, MR. UH, I APPRECIATE ALSO, UH, EVERYBODY'S COMMENT, BUT, UH, WE DO NEED TO GO OUT. MM-HMM. , I MEAN, THE, THE TIME IS GETTING SHORT, SHORTER BY THE MINUTE. SO, UM, UM, I THINK WE NEED, WE NEED TO GO FOR AT LEAST WITH, UH, DO WE AGREE WITH THE TCQ UH, TEAM? I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, GO AHEAD, PROCEED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE HERE AND PUT OUT RF QS WITH TML. AND, UH, MR. GINO SOTELO HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOME ORGAN ORGANIZ INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE WAS GONNA PUT THE INFORMATION ON. IT'S A MAYOR. I SECOND THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, SO WE HAVE THE MOTION. SO WE GET A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? NAY. OKAY. WE GOT ONE NAY BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. UH, MOTION PASSES. UH, LET, LET ME JUST REITERATE AGAIN TOO. YEAH. MY, MY NAY HERE, AND I, I WANNA SAY THIS, THIS BECOMES IMPORTANT IN US TRYING TO BECOME A UNIFIED BOARD HERE, IS I, I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S DECISIONS, AND ONCE WE'VE MADE A COLLECTIVE DECISION, I WILL BE 100% BEHIND IT AND SUPPORT IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT FOR LISTENING, LISTENING TO ME ON THIS. BUT I, I WILL SUPPORT IT. SO JUST LET LET YOU KNOW THAT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER IS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, UH, WE WE'RE GOING THIS ROUTE AND, UH, WE FEEL THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T FIND, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CANDIDATE ON IT. WE'LL GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, DO IT AGAIN. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A B PLAN. SO YES, WHENEVER, OKAY. THE BOARD IS ALREADY OUT THERE. I'VE GOTTEN SOME CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ASKING IN POSITION. SO YOU HAVE GOTTEN, UH, CALLS? YES. OKAY. QUESTION. CAN I ASK QUESTION? ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT OPEN. IT'S NOT OPEN, IS IT? YEAH. I'M SORRY, SIR. YEAH. UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THOUGH, IS THE ACTUAL PROCESS THAT WE'RE GONNA GO BY HERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 1, 2, 3, A RE IF RESUME COMES IN, WHAT HAPPENS? I'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 16. UM, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH IS STILL, UH, YES. THIS IS A NEW ITEM THAT I HAVE THAT I WANNA PLACE WITH THE AGENDA FOR, FOR EVERY MEETING. I WANT TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, PARTICULARLY THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE STARTING IN, IN FINALIZING, UH, I STARTED DOING WHAT I SAID I WAS GONNA DO FROM VERY BEGINNING, TRYING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE WORKED WITH. UH, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE CAMPBELL COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE A LAWSUIT. THE IRRIGATION, THE DRAIN DISTRICT HAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY. SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, MEETING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE AGREED TO DROP THE LAWSUIT PROVIDED WE DO ONE THING. AND THAT IS, PUT THERE NAME ON THE, ON THE PLAS THAT, THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTRY CITY. I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A WISE THING. THEY USED TO DO IT FOR SOME REASON, THE CITY STOP. UM, BUT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE, THE FINAL DECISION ON WHAT GOES INTO THEIR SYSTEM. SO IT'S ONLY, IT'S ONLY JUST FAIR THAT WE ALLOW THEM TO LOOK AT OUR PLAS AND DRAIN, UH, UH, PLANS. UH, I RECEIVED A, A LETTER FOR DEAN ASKING THAT WE DO THAT, BUT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LETTER THAT I ASKED FOR TO, TO, TO THEIR AGREEMENT TO DROP THE LAWSUIT. THEY HAVE PROMISES TO DO THAT. SO, LET'S SEE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSE TOGETHER. THEY HAVE OFFERED TO HELP US WITH OUR LINE REPLACEMENT WATER LINE REPLACEMENT. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO REPLACE SOME OF OUR WATER LINES. WOULD THEY BE REPRESENTED AT OUR TOWN HALL AT VISTA? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WHEN IS THIS TAKING PLACE? I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SIGNING OF THE, THE PLOTS AND EVERYTHING. SOON AS SOON WE GET SOME PLOTS, WE PUT THEIR NAME ON THERE. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY, UH, LATELY, SO. OKAY. UM, I ALSO MET WITH THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND, UH, ASSURED THEM THAT THE CITY'S WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM, UH, HEAD AND GLOVE TO, TO, UH, AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS CONCERNED, UH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A, A, A PLAN THAT THEY WANT US TO HELP THEM ON, AND THAT IS TO CREATE A FOOD COURT , UH, FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS CAN COME IN AND, AND SET UP AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO I PROMISE WE WOULD HELP THEM ANY WAY WE COULD, PROVIDED IT DIDN'T COST US ANYTHING. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER [00:45:01] ALREADY, TRYING TO FIND SITES AND, UH, DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, THE COUNCIL CAN AGREE ON THE CHAMBER. WE, WE HAD AN ORDINANCE IN THE WORKS, WOULDN'T IT? THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON JOANNA PLANNING AND ZONING HAD HAD THAT DISCUSSION. YES, COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY, UM, ON OUR NEXT PNZ MEETING ON THE 27TH, WE WILL BE PRESENTING A FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE, A FOOD TRUCK PARK ORDINANCE, AND A LATE NIGHT HOURS ORDINANCE, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE. UM, SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING, I HAVE, UH, TOLD SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND HAVE AQUA, UH, BEEN ASKING ABOUT THOSE ORDINANCES. I HAVE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT MEETING. SO THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU ALL KNOW OF ANYBODY, SPREAD THE WORD. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I ALSO MET WITH THE, UM, EDC DIRECTOR, UH, AND WE'RE HAVING LUNCH TOMORROW. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT THEY, THEY'RE CONSIDERING. UH, AGAIN, I ASSURED THEM THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY. UH, OUR GOAL IS THE SAME AS THEIRS. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION BECAUSE AS YOU WELL KNOW, UH, THE, THE, THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION, THE INDUSTRIAL PARK IS A TERRIBLE SHAPE. THERE'S A, UH, DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHO IT BELONGS TO. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THAT STREET. AND THEN SEE, WE, ALL, THREE OF US, ALL THREE INDUSTRIES COULD WORK TOGETHER TO, TO FIX THAT STREET TO THE FOUNDATION AND EDC AND THE CITY. SO YOU'LL BE HEARING BACK FROM US ON, ON THAT, HOPEFULLY PRETTY SOON. UM, I HAD A, A THREE HOUR MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONER, UH, GAZA. UM, HE HAS A LOT OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT HE THINKS HE CAN, UH, DO IN INSIDE THE CITY. SO WE'VE MEETING AGAIN, UH, TO GIVE HIM A LIST OF THINGS THAT THE COUNTY CAN DO FOR THE CITY. UH, HE, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO, TO HELP US IN ANY WAY HE COULD. UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING, AS YOU COULD IMAGINE. TOOK THREE HOURS VISIT WITH HIM. I LISTED FOR TWO AND A HALF, AND THEN I TALKED FOR 30 MINUTES . BUT, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD FRIEND THERE IN, IN, IN THE COUNTY. OKAY. I ALSO MET WITH A GROUP OF CITIZENS REGARDING THE ANIMAL CONTROL PROGRAM. UH, THERE WERE, UH, THERE WERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN OUR CREATING, UH, UH, SPAY, NEUTER CLINIC, UH, PROGRAM. AND TO BUILD AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND TO ADDRESS THE, THE ANIMAL POPULATION IN THE CITY. I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY CAREER THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT ANIMALS. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP THAT WAS NOT DEMANDING. UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY, VERY, VERY WELL BEHAVED, I'M GONNA USE THAT WORD IN MAKING THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS KNOWN. ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE'S ABOUT FOUR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, FOUR OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. SO I ASKED THEM TO GET TOGETHER, UH, SO WE CAN LISTEN TO ONE GROUP RATHER THAN A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE. SO DON'T WE TRY TO DO THAT. UM, I ALSO MET YESTERDAY, AND I PUT IT ON THIS LIST 'CAUSE IT WAS, VIRGINIA WAS ALREADY OUT WITH THE, UM, UH, MARKET DAYS. PEOPLE, AGAIN, VERY, VERY GOOD MEETING. UH, UH, THEY REALLY DIDN'T ASK FOR MUCH, UH, JUST OUR SUPPORT, UH, SIMPLE THINGS THAT THEY ESCORT SO 'EM COULD DO, LIKE HANG IN A BANNER ON THE, THE STREET, THE MARKET DAY COMES AROUND. AND THAT WE WOULD ALSO SWEEP THE STREET THE DAY BEFORE THE, THE, THE MARKET DAY, UH, BEGIN. AND ALSO THAT WE WERE CLEAN. THE ALLEYS, UH, WE THAT, SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER. I ASKED, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UH, MARTIN SCIENCE TO WORK WITH THEM. 'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THE SAME THING, TO SEE, UM, UH, THE STREET BECOME A, A, THE TRACTION SHOWCASE IF I SAY THAT. UH, SO I THINK WE WOULD BE WORKING VERY, VERY WELL WITH THEM. AND AGAIN, THEY WERE NOT DEMANDING. THEY WERE VERY GOOD ABOUT, UH, LISTENING TO OUR IDEAS AND, AND MAKING SUGGESTIONS. SO I THINK WE DO PRETTY GOOD WITH THOSE PEOPLE. UH, I ONLY HAVE OTHER MEETINGS ON OUR ORGANIZATIONS. UH, I'M GONNA TRY TO SPEAK TO THE ROTARY CLUB [00:50:01] AND ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO, UH, I'LL BE TALKING TO OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, UH, AND, UH, I, I ALSO, THROUGH THE MUSEUMS AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MANAGING THE MUSEUM. UM, VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE. UH, WE HAVE STAFF PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT ARE AMAZING. PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND, AND THEY'RE JUST, UH, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT, UH, MAKING SOME OF, INTO A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO SEE. AND I THINK WE'LL DO THAT WITH A NEW BUILDING THAT WE HAVE AT THE MUSEUM. UM, THE, THE, UM, A STACK OF BUILDING'S, A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. UH, I ONLY WISH WE HADN'T CLOSE UP THE INSIDE BECAUSE THERE'S BEAUTIFUL COLUMNS BEHIND THE WALLS THAT WE COULD HAVE EXPOSE AND MAKING. MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE'LL HAVE SOME FUNDS TO PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. UH, BUT, UH, I THINK, I THINK THINGS ARE GOING, GOING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR. IS THERE ANY, ANY GROUPS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO, TO TALK TO? WE LIKE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S WONDERFUL. MR. SOTELO. I MET ACTUALLY WITH THE SAME GROUP THAT YOU MET WITH FOR THE, UM, ANIMAL SHELTER, ANIMAL CONTROL. AND THEY ARE A GOOD BUNCH. THEY REALLY ARE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, THEY ARE SOME OF THEM HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL, APPLAUD THEM ON WHAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. A LOT OF STUFF COMES OUTTA THEIR OWN POCKET. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. HOPEFULLY THE CITY COULD WORK WITH THEM TO ACCOMMODATE FOR SOME OF THEIR, THEIR WISHLISTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE. 'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WEREN'T DEMANDING. MM-HMM. , ALL I HEARD WAS CONCERNS FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE SAFETY OF OUR PUBLIC AS WELL. SO, UM, I COMMEND YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THEM AND MAKING YOUR TIME AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND I COMMEND THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH NOTHING IN RETURN. SO THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. ELLO. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US. SO, UM, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 14, 214 14. OKAY. AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 1 0 7 1, IN MY OPINION, THE ITEM WE DISCUSS IS PROPER FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF LEGAL. OKAY. SO THE TIME IS, UH, 6 25 AND WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. THE TIME IS, UH, 7 0 9. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND, UM, ITEM NUMBER 14, NO ACTION TAKEN. ITEM NUMBER 17, WE HAVE ADJOURNMENT AND, UH, NO FURTHER, UH, BUSINESS. SO I MOVE THIS TO ADJOURN THIS, UH, THIS MEETING AND TIME IS 7 0 9. ALSO MEETING ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.