May 21, 2024 Commission Meetings

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[CALL TO ORDER]

NOW, IS THERE A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION? MAY 21ST, 2024.

UH, TIME IS, UH, 5 31.

WE'RE IN THE ANNEX BUILDING, AND, UM, WE'RE GOING, UH, RUTH, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

MAYOR RICARDO GURA.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO.

PEDRO ALVAN.

COMMISSIONER TOM GOODMAN.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER DEBRA MORALES.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER JOSE DAMARA.

PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

HONOR TWO IS GONNA BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US, FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG AND THE INVOCATION.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES MURDER AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL UNDER I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL.

LET US PRAY.

RIGHTEOUS.

FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING, WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE PRESENT, OUR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR CITY, GOVERNMENT, AND ALL OUR RESIDENTS.

WE ARE CONNECTED BY FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND FAITH.

SO WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

MAY WE ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AND LOVE THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT WE HOLD, SACRED AND HOLY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

YES.

READ

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

SURE.

UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE? THE CITY OF SAN MANTO CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT INVITES YOU TO THE OPENING OF THE OF DO SOUTH 2024 FROM FIVE 30 TO 8:30 PM AT 2 0 5 EAST HAYWOOD STREET IN SAN MANTO.

GREAT WORK CULTURAL ARTS IS CONTINUING TO DO ON MAY 27TH.

NEXT MONDAY MORNING, THE CITY AND VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD INVITES YOU TO A MEMORIAL, UH, SPECIAL CEREMONY AT 9:00 AM AT VETERANS MEMORIAL WAR MEMORIAL, LOCATED AT 1 51 EAST ROSEN STREET IN SAN BENITO.

THE CITY OF SANTO WILL BE HOLDING A SANDBAG DISTRIBUTION JUNE 1ST FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT THE CITY SERVICE CENTER, LOCATED AT 9 25 WEST STINGER MUST SHOW PROOF OF RE RESIDENCY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE.

HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

IT'S COMING.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND, UM, COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, UM, MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I GUESS SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS STREETS DEPARTMENT.

THEY ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB ON DOING OUR STREETS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS EXTREME HEAT.

SO IF YOU PASS BY ONE OF THEM, HEY, GIVE THEM A THUMBS UP, A HONK.

LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU.

YES, THEY ARE.

THEY'VE BEEN AN AMAZING, UH, CREW FOR THE NOW COMMISSIONERS.

ANYMORE.

NONE.

RUTH PUBLIC COMMENT?

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MR. TRAVIS, GOOD EVENING.

THE LORD'S BLESSINGS UPON YOU.

ONE AND ALL.

UH, MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE.

I, AND, UM, I'M GONNA GET RIGHT INTO IT 'CAUSE I'M LIMITED ON TIME.

UH, AND THESE ARE NOT IN ANY ORDER OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE, UH, MR. SANDAL, I JUST WANNA SAY WHAT I'VE SEEN BOTH PUBLICLY.

I MEAN, HERE SEEING YOU AND ALSO ON THE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE AND STUFF, UH, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BASED ON WHAT I CAN SEE.

AND I THINK THAT THE COMMISSION MAKING DECISIONS TO, UM, FOR, TO CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIP HERE.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY, AS A CITIZEN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TOGETHER WITH YOU AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.

I THINK I TALKED TO SARAH EARLIER ON IF SHE TALKED TO YOU TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, SIR.

AND CITY COMMISSION ONE AND ALL.

UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.

IN MY STEAD, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO DO THAT, BUT I'M A LITTLE OLDER AND I WANNA SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

AND Y'ALL LOOK LIKE YOU'RE YOUNGER FOLKS AND STUFF, BUT THANK YOU.

I'M, I'M OLDER THAN YOU.

COME ON NOW.

OH, OKAY.

.

OKAY.

IT'S A CHALLENGE.

THAT'S A CHALLENGE, UH, ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, MR. NAVARRO,

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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, AND STUFF, AND ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MIKE TRAVIS.

THANK YOU.

UH, PUBLIC WORKS, MS. MORALES, TO EXTEND ON YOUR SENTIMENTS.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR MOWING THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THANK YOU FOR CLEANING THE DRAINS AFTER WE HAD THESE, UH, RECENT, UH, RAINS AND STUFF, UH, TO BE PROACTIVE SO WE DON'T HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS. OKAY.

POLICE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PATROLLING AND DOING EVERYTHING YOU DO AND, UH, KEEPING US, UH, QUIET AND SAFE ON RUSSELL LANE AND THE REST OF CITY OF SAN BENITO.

AND, UM, ANYBODY HERE FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY? NO.

I WOULD ASK IF THEY COULD GO OVER THERE ON GOW STREET AND MOW THE RIGHT OF WAY, PLEASE.

AND THEN THE, UH, JULY FEST.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OFFICIAL NAME.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

AND I WILL VOLUNTEER MR. GOODMAN.

I WILL VOLUNTEER AND YOU HAVE MY NUMBER AND EVERYTHING ON THERE.

AND THEN, UH, BOWIE STREETS.

I STILL DIDN'T GET TO BOWIE STREETS, BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE, BOWIE STREET PAVING, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT 12 THUMBS UP.

THANK YOU.

AND EVERYBODY I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT BOWIE STREET, PARTICULARLY OVER BY THE POST OFFICE, WHICH I GO TO ALMOST EVERY DAY KIND OF STUFF.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO ME, LISTEN TO ME, AND HAVE A BLESSED EVENING.

WHY, IN ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MR. D DO, UH, WAYNE, UH, DELINO.

MR. WAYNE EVENING MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS WAYNE DINO.

I RUN AN INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA FIRM IN HOUSTON, AND I CALLED, UH, COME TODAY BECAUSE I CAME EARLIER TODAY TO LOOK AT CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORDS FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.

I WAS DENIED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, AND DESPITE TELLING YOUR, I GUESS, PR GUY, THAT CITY MANAGER WOULDN'T COME OUT, AND THE CITY SECRETARY, I GUESS, DIDN'T WANNA COME OUT, UM, THAT THERE'S AN ELECTION CODE IN THE STATE, AND I, I SUGGEST THAT SOMEBODY READ IT BECAUSE SECTION 2 5 4 0 4 0 2 MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RECORDS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS.

UH, YOUR PR GUY TOLD ME THAT THE CITY HAD FILED A REQUEST FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LOOK AT IT.

THE REALITY IS THAT LAW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORDS.

IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STATUTE.

AND THE PERSON WHO REQUESTED THAT OPINION IS SOME LAWYER FOR THE EDC, NOT A LAWYER FOR THE CITY.

SO AT THIS MOMENT, THE CITY SECRETARY IS IN WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THE STATUTE.

WE'VE ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL RECORDS AND WE'VE GOTTEN NONE OF THEM.

UM, IN FACT, SHE DOESN'T RETURN OUR CALLS, AND I'M SURE SHE'S REAL IMPORTANT AND REAL BUSY.

BUT, UH, TOMORROW I'VE AUTHORIZED OUR ATTORNEYS AND OUR STAFF TO FILE A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT WITH THE CAMERON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

WE'RE GONNA GET THESE RECORDS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND IF I HAVE TO SUE THE CITY TO GET THEM, I WILL.

BUT IT WOULD BE A DAMN SHAME IF YOUR TAXPAYERS HAD TO PAY THE FREIGHT FOR SOMETHING AS STUPID AS THIS.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE JOURNALISM INVESTIGATIVE BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS, EVEN IN THE MOST CORRUPT TOWNS.

THEY KNOW THAT CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORDS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS.

SO IF I DON'T GET 'EM TOMORROW MORNING, THEN I GUESS WE'RE GONNA GO TO WAR.

JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL GO.

NEXT ONE IS GONNA

[PRESENTATION(S)]

WE'RE JUST GOING BY LIST.

SO FRED GOT OUR KNOW ABOUT THIS.

SORRY, PRESENTATION.

WE GOT A PRESENTATION ON THERE BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NO, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RATES HERE, BUT YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT'S OKAY.

RATES DIDN'T MEAN TO WAKE YOU UP.

SORRY.

OH, HI.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UH, MY NAME IS IVAN SANTOS.

I WORK AS A RESEARCH ENGINEER FOR RATES.

RATES IS A NON-FOR-PROFIT COMPANY THAT WORKS HERE IN THE VALLEY DOING HYDROLOGIC, UH, FLOOD MODELING AND ALSO WATER QUALITY RESEARCH, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

UH, SO THE MAIN GOAL OF ME BEING HERE WAS TO ASK YOU GUYS THE, THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

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UH, I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK MS. MALONA ON HER TEAM.

WE HAD WORKED TOGETHER IN THE PAST, UH, JUST AS A, AS A BACKGROUND, UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE FUNDED, WE WERE FUNDED BY TWDV, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD THROUGH THE FIF CAT CATEGORY ONE PROJECT TO RUN FLOOD MODELING IN 20 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE VALLEY.

ONE OF THOSE WAS THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.

WE MODELED THE PORTION IN SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD AND Y STREET, UH, THANKS TO THE DATA THAT MS. MALDONADO SHARED WITH US.

AND THEN WE WENT TO OUT TO THE CITY, OUT TO THE FIELD.

UH, WE HAVE A COMPLETE CATALOG OF THAT AREA WITH THE LOCATION OF EACH INLET, THE ELEVATION OF THE INLETS, THE DIMENSIONS, UH, HOW WIDE, HOW LENGTH THE PIPES, HOW LENGTH THEY ARE, THE, THE DIMENSIONS OF THOSE.

AND ALSO, UH, THE OUTFALLS.

WE ALSO MAPPED THOSE AREAS.

SO THEN WE MODELED THOSE AND WE, WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE THESE FLOOD, UH, MAPS THAT, THAT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE COULDN'T PRESENT MY PRESENTATION .

UH, BUT THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THAT, THAT INFORMATION.

SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL.

UH, HOPEFULLY I CAN LEAVE MY BUSINESS CARD AND WHOEVER IS INTERESTED COUNCIL.

OH, OKAY.

UH, WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

UM, WELL, IF, IF YOU SCROLL THROUGH IT, YOU WILL SEE LIKE PART OF WHAT WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST THE LAST YEAR, UH, SOME OF THE MAPS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR THESE 20 CITIES.

UM, AND, AND YEAH, WELL, THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY THE, THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

SO IT WOULD BE REALLY, UM, NICE IF, IF SOMEONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ME, UH, WHERE THEY HAD EXPERIENCED FLOODING.

THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEKING, LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THOSE AGENCIES WANTS, LIKE, HERE FROM THE LOCALS, NOT JUST FROM, FROM FROM US.

LIKE PEOPLE, REGULAR PEOPLE.

SO IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN ? I, I'M NOT HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

IS I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HERE, UM, TO TELL ME WHERE THEY HAD EXPERIENCED FLOODING, LIKE THE STREETS, UH, THE AREA, UH, ANY ADDRESS, UH, DATES.

I THINK WE CAN GET YOU THAT.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PREPARED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME TO DO IT, BUT I'D LOVE TO GET WITH THE STAFF AND, AND, AND GET YOUR INFORMATION.

WE CAN GET IT TO YOU.

OKAY.

UH, AND WE DO, WE DO A CITY HALL FOR ALL EVERY MONTH.

SO WE'RE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'LL BE, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THAT, UH, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US BY THE WAY.

OH, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND, UH, THAT'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT, AT ITS MOST YEAH.

DISTILLED POINT.

YOU CAN BE OUT THERE WITH US TALKING TO THESE FOLKS AND YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO ASK 'EM, BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT DATA FOR YOU AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UH, IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE IS LIKE A SMALL SURVEY THERE THAT, UH, YOU GUYS CAN, UH, WELL, WE'LL PUT IT OUT ON, ON OUR, WE'LL PUT IT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND, UH, OKAY.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WE'LL START TALKING TO THE CITIZENS A LITTLE BIT.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU WANT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SO WE CAN GET THESE FOLKS TO KIND OF GIVE US SOME OF THEIR STORIES AND EXACTLY.

YEAH.

AND IF YOU'RE GONNA GET US SOME, SOME FUNDING, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD FOR THAT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THIS, THIS DATA IS IMPORTANT.

WE MAKE IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SO EVERYONE CAN GO VISIT THE WEBSITE, DOWNLOAD THESE MODELS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S LIKE COMPLEX DATA, BUT IT'S OUT THERE.

SO ANYONE NEEDS, YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, PETE? I JUST SEE A LINK, UM, PRONE TO FLOOD AREAS DETECTION.

YOU WANT US TO KIND OF USE THAT LINK AND WOULD YOU LIKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO USE IT TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE CONCERN? YES.

ESSENTIALLY.

YES.

UH, OKAY.

UH, THEY CAN USE THE PRESENTATION.

THERE'S, UH, THE LINK, THE SURVEY ITSELF IS IN THE PRESENTATION, OR THEY CAN USE THE LINK, UH, AS OKAY, AS IT'S MORE CONVENIENT.

I CAN GET ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM HIM AND THEN WE CAN, UM, OFFER IT TO THE PUBLIC.

O OKAY.

I'M, I'M STILL CONFUSED ON REALLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

I'M SORRY.

I THINK THEY JUST WANT MORE, UM, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ON WHAT THEIR, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE'S, HE HAS TALKED TO THE STAFF AND WE HAVE TOLD THEM, LOOK, THESE ARE OUR AREAS OF CONCERN.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE FLOODING AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE FLOODING.

BUT I THINK THEY WANT, THEY WANT MORE, UH, MORE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

OKAY.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR IS GONE THROUGH THE MANHOLES AND FIGURED OUT WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING CLEAR FLOW FROM.

SO CURRENTLY THEY'VE INSTALLED, UM, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? UH, THE PH STATION MONITORING STATION.

SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MONITOR, UM, WATER LEVELS, WATER LEVELS WHEN IT RAINS.

OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A TON OF RAIN UHHUH, SO, AND THEY WERE JUST INSTALLED OF THIS LAST YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH, THIS

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SO, UM, OF COURSE WE ARE HOPING FOR RAIN, RIGHT? SO WE CAN GET MORE DATA.

BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE PROACTIVELY TO TRY TO HELP SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR DRAINAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WERE THOSE THE, THE THREE? UM, YES, THEY WERE.

OKAY.

THE THREE DEVICES.

GOTCHA.

THESE ARE JUST THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR US TO TRY TO GO OUT FOR GRANTS FOR DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HELP US WHY WE NEED THESE GRANTS.

LIKE, UH, WE LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE THE SCIENTIFIC SURE.

JUST GO MORE TO THE MIC PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

UH, WE LIKE TO SAY THAT, THAT WE ARE THE SCIENTIFIC MUSCLE OF THE STORM WATER TASK FORCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

UH, YOU GUYS PARTICIPATE WITH US IN THE ACTIVELY IN THIS, UH, IN THIS, UH, STORM WATER TASK FORCE.

AND SO THAT BASICALLY GUARANTEES OR HELPS THE CITY TO ASK FOR FUNDING BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AGAINST JUST GOING OUT THERE AND STATING THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM, WHICH ALSO HAS SOME BENEFITS.

BUT OF COURSE, HAVING THAT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS.

AND IT'S FREE.

WE DON'T CHARGE THE CITY FOR THIS.

AND WE WORK WITH FUNDING FROM, UH, STATE AGENCIES.

SO THIS IS WORK THAT WE PUT FOR FREE FOR THE CITY AND FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

BUT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY WITH YOU TO PLACE THE DEVICES THOUGH, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

YEAH.

AND, AND ACTUALLY, YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU GUYS, UH, PURCHASE THREE THREE RTHS STATIONS, UH, WHICH MEASURE WATER LEVELS IN REAL TIME.

THIS DATA IS ALSO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

ANYONE CAN GO THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, REVIEW THIS DATA AND SEE IN REAL TIME WHERE THE WATER IS.

SO IS THE, IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA WHERE THOSE DEVICES MIGHT BE BETTER INSTALLED.

UH, WE WORKED WITH, WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY WHICH AREAS WERE BETTER, UH, BASED ON UPSTREAM AREAS, UH, AND ALSO LIKE, UH, PERMITTING PLACES.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES LAND IS OWNED BY, BY, UH, WHAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE DRAIN, THE DRAINAGE ISSUE.

DRAIN STREETS OR PUBLIC OR JUST SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO WE HAVE TO ALSO BE STRATEGIC IN THE PLACEMENT OF THESE DEVICES BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTA GET PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ACTUALLY PUT THE DEVICE IN THERE.

UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.

UM, WE DID WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY ON PICKING LOCATIONS THAT WOULD HELP US, UM, TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF OUR FLOODING ISSUES.

BUT THEY DO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH, UM, THE STORMWATER DIVISION.

SO IT'S RATES AND, AND STORM WATER.

UM, THEY'RE NOT TOGETHER, BUT THEY DO WORK TOGETHER.

WHILE I CAN'T TECHNICALLY ASK RIGHT NOW, IS THIS RELATED TO AN AGENDA ITEM LATER ON FOR EQUIPMENT WE'RE PURCHASING? NO, IT'S NOT.

OKAY.

TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION.

THEY WANTED TO COME AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GET FAMILIAR AND ASK THESE QUESTIONS.

BUT I THINK THAT THE BOSS IS RIGHT.

UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THEM AT A, UM, CITY HALL.

CITY HALL FOR ALL AND MAYBE EVEN A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT OUTREACH PROGRAM.

SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST, YEAH.

SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR THAT.

SHOW US HOW TO LOG ON, SHOW 'EM HOW TO USE THE SURVEY.

CORRECT.

UM, SHOW US SOME OF THE DATA YOU ACQUIRED ALREADY.

YEAH.

UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE LIKE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THE SAME DEVICE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

WE ARE INSTALLING MORE THAN 60 IN THE WHOLE AREA.

SO IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MODEL NOT JUST SAN BENITO, NOT JUST A PARTICULAR CITIES, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO MODEL THE ENTIRE VALLEY AND BE ABLE TO TAKE STRATEGIC DECISIONS FOR, FOR FLOODING.

NOT JUST THINKING ON THE CITY, BUT REGIONALLY.

SO YOU GUYS ARE NOW PART OF A BIGGER PROJECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE ALL PART OF IT.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS ARE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO, THAT IT MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

YES.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM, WE'LL TAKE ONE EACH, EACH ONE AT A TIME.

SO, YEAH, LET ME, LET ME READ ONE AND THEN WE'LL, WE WILL OPEN UP THE HEARING THERE REAL QUICK.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ON ORDINANCE

[1. Public Hearing and First Reading on Ordinance Number 2252-Q-05-2024, requesting to rezone a property located on FM 509 bearing a Legal Description of: 4.64 Acres out of Lot 9, Block 134, San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, according to map recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to MF "Multi-Family Residential". Applicant: Eric Solis.]

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, FROM AO AGRICULTURE OPEN SPACE TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THE APPLICANT IS ERIC SISE.

UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL OPEN THAT UP.

ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE FOR, FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?

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DO ANYBODY WE'LL OPEN UP, IT'S, UH, 5 51 AND WE'RE IN PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL OPEN UP TO ANYBODY ON ITEM NUMBER ONE YES.

AGAINST AFTER OR FOUR, EITHER OR AGAINST, OR AGAINST, AGAINST WHATEVER.

JUST TELL US WHAT IT IS.

COME ON DOWN.

NO, SIR.

MAYOR, I, MEMBER THE STATE COMMISSIONER.

I HAVE, I HAVE AN ALLERGY, SO FORGIVE ME FOR I'M HERE FIRST OF ALL.

MY NAME IS G.

SO I LIVE 7 98 GM O ROAD HERE IN SAN MANTO.

AND I'M HERE TO, TO ASK YOU TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION THAT VOTED TO DENY THIS REQUEST.

UH, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE THINK IT SHOULD BE DENIED.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A, IT'S A SUBDIVISION THAT DOES NOT HAVE SEWER SERVICES.

THE CLOSEST CONNECTION WOULD BE OVER 77 AND, UH, 5 0 9, UH, NOT EVEN AT THIS SCHOOL, HAS CITY SEWAGE, UH, SERVICES.

UH, THE AREA WAS ANNEXED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THE CITY NEVER LIVED OUT TO ITS OBLIGATION, BUT PROVIDING CITY SERVICES TO THE AREA, INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN RUSSELL LANE, INCLUDING PEOPLE ON MY STREET, UH, JIM RO.

SO I THINK IT IS, IT IS, AND THE CITY'S INTEREST IS NOT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PROPERTY OR CITY SERVICES.

AND I WONDER IF BY SELLING PROPERTY IN THAT AREA, IF IT DOESN'T FALL INTO THE STATE'S COLONIAL LAW, IT SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT DEVELOP PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER, UH, SERVICES PROVIDED, UH, SOMETHING YOUR ATTORNEY SHOULD, SHOULD LOOK AT.

UH, THE THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS, IS, UH, THE STREETS THAT OUT THERE, UH, MY STREET JO HEATHER ROAD IS A, IS ONLY A 12 FOOT WIDE, UH, OLD COUNTY ROAD THAT HAS A LOT OF POTHOLES IN IT.

LIKE MOST STREETS IN SANTO.

AND I, AND I, I KNOW THAT ONCE A DEVELOPER GOES THROUGH THERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE USED TO THE SIDE STREETS TO GO IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE.

UH, BUT THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE ARE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. 5 0 9 IS A STATE HIGHWAY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, UH, PRIMARILY RELATED TO TO AGRICULTURE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

HOWEVER, THINGS DEVELOP OUT THERE.

THE PORT OF, OF HARLINGEN, UH, THE SCHOOL, THERE'S TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS GOING IN IN HARTON RIGHT ACROSS THE, THE 5 0 9 ACROSS FROM US.

UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE BEING DEVELOPED ON, ON TREASURE HILLS BOULEVARD, THAT ALSO A BUTTS 5 0 9, AND YOU TRAVELED ACROSS, YOU HIT MY STREET, UH, JAM O HEATHER ROAD.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE FEEDING INTO 5 0 9, CREATING A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

THE MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE ARE THE BIG, UH, UH, TANKER TRUCKS COMING IN FROM MEXICO THAT ARE CONSTANTLY GOING IN AND OUT OF THE PORT, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN SOME FATALITIES OUT THERE.

YOU'VE GOT A TRAFFIC JAM AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, RUSSELL LANE AND, UH, 5 0 9 HANEY ON HANEY ROAD.

ON THE HOR SIDE.

THERE'S TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS GOING IN, ALSO FEEDING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INTO 5 0 9.

UM, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A, A, AN ISSUE RIGHT THERE AT IDEA SCHOOL.

RUSSELL LANE IS AT RESIDENTIAL STREET.

UH, I THINK, UH, IT'S A TWO LANE STREET, I THINK 24 FEET ACROSS.

IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO CARRY THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC HE'S CARRYING NOW, UH, OPEN THE CITY, NOT NOT THIS COMMISSION FOR THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION ALLOWED IDEA SCHOOL TO GO IN THERE WITHOUT ANY PLANNING.

UH, YOU, YOU ARE NOW FACED WITH THAT PROBLEM.

UH, HOWARD DEPARTMENT HAD TO GO IN AND PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUSSELL LANE AND 5 0 9 AND ALSO AT, AT, UH, OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD AND 5 0 9.

UH, THEY'RE GOING HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING, UH, FURTHER UP IF, IF THIS PROPERTY ZONE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP THE WAY IT IS PLANNED.

UH, SO I ASK YOU TO, TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT FACT THAT, THAT WE WANT DEVELOP, DEVELOPING TO PROSPER.

THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THIS TIME.

UH, YOU HAVE NO SEWER OUT THERE, AND AS I SAID, THE CLOSEST PLACE IS OVER IN 77TH.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO RUN A LINE OVER TO THIS PROPERTY, BUT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE BY THE CITY SOONER OR LATER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF VACANT LAND ON 5 0 9.

THAT IS SOONER OR LATER IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE UTILITIES, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TO DEVELOP IT.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS I DO THAT IN PREVIOUS ANNEXATIONS, UH, THE CITY DID NOT ABIDE BY THE, THE LAW AND DIDN'T PROVIDE ALL THE CITY

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YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PROPERTY INSIDE THE CITY ALREADY THAT IT'S, THAT WAS ANNEXED, BUT DOES NOT HAVE SEWER PRIMARILY, OR, OR PROPER STREETS.

TO ALLOW ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT TO CON TO TO TAKE PLACE, I THINK IS IS, IS REALLY A, A TERRIBLE THING FOR THE CITY OF SUMMIT TO DO.

I'VE TALKED TO, TO ALL OF YOU BE BEFORE ON HOW YOU WANT THE CITY TO GROW.

AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THE PROBLEMS OF THE PAST DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SAKE OF DEVELOPMENT.

THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

YOU DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN.

SO THIS IS NOT FALL INTO THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT THAT, THAT YOU REZONE PROPERTY THAT MEETS THE MASTER PLAN, BUT THERE'S MUCH UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HIRE A COMPANY TO COME IN AND, AND HELP YOU DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN.

UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING.

IT'S JUST NEEDED.

UH, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU KNEW THOSE BEFORE YOU RAN FOR OFFICE, BUT I THINK YOU WERE SHOCKED ONCE YOU GOT INTO THE OFFICE REALIZED HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH ATE THE NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO AGAIN, WE ASK YOU TO FOLLOW THE, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND, AND, UH, REJECT THIS REQUEST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE FOR ALL THE FOUR MENTIONED, UH, REASONS I ALSO OPPOSE THE REZONING.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS YVETTE V.

NICE.

UM, I THINK I SENT EVERYBODY AN EMAIL YESTERDAY REGARDING UM, J OJALA ROAD, BUT I JUST WANNA REITERATE AND REPEAT, KIND OF PIGGY OFF, PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT MR. CAMINO, MY NEIGHBOR SAID, AND, AND JUST REALLY BECAUSE I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON IT AND I DID KIND OF LOOK INTO ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON J ON FM 5 0 9.

SO I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT WHAT IS ON MY EMAIL, UM, IN CASE YOU GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT, UM, SO, UM, IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, J OJEDA ROAD OR FM 5 0 9 HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A HEAVY TRAFFIC FM FARM ROAD CONNECTING THE LOS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE TO HAREN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND CAR ENGINE AIRPORT.

WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE 1.5 MILE STRETCH OF 5 0 9 FM 5 0 9 NORTHBOUND FROM BUSINESS 77 TO SAN JOSE ROAD, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC DUE TO INCREASED SUBDIVISIONS BEING BUILT, ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS INTERSECTING 5 0 9 ADDED ADD ADDED ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES SPECIALTY BUILDINGS, ADDED ASSISTED LIVING AND HOUSING OFF OF HANE DRIVE.

ACCORDING TO A TEXAS CIS QUERY FROM 2020 TO TODAY, AND I DID THAT STUDY, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, I PULLED IT OFFLINE.

THERE HAVE BEEN AN ESTIMATED 24 CRASHES CONTAINING 51 UNITS AND 65 PEOPLE FROM THE ONE MILE STRETCH OF FM 5 0 9, FROM BUSINESS 77 TO J MOHE ROAD, 21 OF THESE 21 OF WHICH THESE ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE BETWEEN HANE DRIVE AND JM OJEDA ROAD.

SO OUT OF THOSE 24 21, WERE IN THAT LITTLE SHORT STRETCH OF ROAD.

UM, THIS ROADWAY HAS BECOME A MAJOR TRAFFIC HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE ADDITION OF LANES, WIDENING OF THE SHOULDERS AND MORE TRAFFIC SIGNALS BEFORE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL REZONING TAKES PLACE.

IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING FROM MAY 16TH, IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY OF SANTO HAS NOT UPDATED ITS MASTER PLAN, BUT ARE IN THE WORKS OF UPDATING IT LIKE MR. SO SAYS, I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BEFORE WE CAN DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING BIG.

UM, IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED ON THAT MEETING THAT THERE'S NO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN SAN BENITO OR ON THE NORTHERN PART OF, OR ON THE NORTHERN PART OF SAN MANTO.

AND IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL YET.

UM, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S FOUR ALREADY, FOUR FAIRLY NEW ASSISTED LIVING LOCATIONS IN HARLINGEN WITH LESS THAN A THREE MILE RADIUS AND CLOSER TO VALLEY BAPTIST THAN JAM MODA ROADES.

UM, BEING THAT THIS IS IN AGRICULTURAL LAND, THERE IS NO NEARBY CITY SEWER FOR A DEVELOPER TO TAP INTO AT A REASONABLE COST, WHICH WILL RESULT IN MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH SEPTIC TANKS.

UM, SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE POOR INFRASTRUCTURE IF YOU ASK ME BEING BUILT.

UM, SOMETIME AROUND 1995, SAN BENITO WAS ANNEXED, UM, ANDREA MODA ROAD.

AT THAT TIME WE WERE PROMISED CITY, CITY SEWER, ALONG WITH CITY WATER, WE ONLY GOT WATER.

AND TO THIS DAY,

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JIM MODA ROAD HAS NO CITY SEWER.

UM, BEING A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SANTO, I'M PROUD TO CALL IT MY HOMETOWN.

AND I'M ALL FOR THE GROWTH AND ADDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT IS DONE RIGHT, THOROUGHLY PLANNED OUT, KEEPING IN MIND THE RESIDENTS AND SAFETY OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR CITIZENS OF SANTO TO HAVE AN ASSISTED LIVING NURSING FACILITY, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN.

BUT I AM AGAINST AND WILL NOT SUPPORT A PROJECT.

STOP ALLOWING DEVELOPERS WITH UNREPUTABLE WORKMANSHIP TO DEVALUE OUR COMMUNITY BY ADDING TO THE COLONIAL WAY OF DEVELOPMENT JUST TO MAKE A QUICK PROFIT.

THE CITIZENS OF SAN MANITO DESERVE DEVELOPMENT DONE RIGHT WITH CORRECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND CODES IN PLACE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? ANYBODY ELSE? ONCE, TWICE.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Public Hearing and First Reading on Ordinance Number 2252-R-05-2024, requesting to rezone a property located on 2734 E. Expressway 83, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 1.86 acres tract of land more or less, situated in the County of Cameron, Texas, said 1.86 acres tract being out of Block 15, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision Recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business". Applicant: Ivan Garcia P.E., R.P.L.S.]

REQUESTING TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON 27 34 EAST EXPRESSWAY 83.

UM, THAT WOULD GO FROM AO AGRICULTURAL LOCAL SPACE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.

AND THE APPLICANT IS IVAN GARCIA, P-E-R-P-L-S.

SO YOU CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MAYOR YES.

OPENING PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, 6 0 2.

ANYBODY AGAINST FOR OR AGAINST ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR ITEM TWO AND ITEM TWO ONE TWICE.

OKAY, GO.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, SIR.

[3. Public Hearing and First Reading on Ordinance Number 2252-S-05-2024, requesting to Rezone a property located at Expressway 83, bearing a Legal Description of: Lot Twenty-One (21), Ebony Heights Subdivision, in Cameron County, Texas, according to map recorded in Volume 5, at Page 45, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas from AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business". Applicant: Juan David Valles.]

REQUESTING A REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT EXPRESSWAY 83.

UM, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 21 EBONY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, UH, THIS WOULD GO FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO C TWO COM C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.

THE APPLICANT IS JUAN DAVID BAEZ.

YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THERE.

OKAY, WE'RE OPENING UP, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE.

TIME IS, UH, 6 0 3.

ANYBODY AGAINST FOUR? FOUR FOUR OR FOUR FOUR AGAINST? WELL, WE CAN GO WITH AGAINST WITH FOUR.

IT'S JUST WE ALREADY KNOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS RUB NOBEL.

I REPRESENT, UH, UH, MR. JD VAL AND THIS REQUEST, HE'S THE APPLICANT AND NOT A COURTESY TO THE COMMISSION.

AND WE WANTED TO COME BY AND BE A RESOURCES TO RESOURCE TO YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, MY NAME IS JUAN AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU LIKE, ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMERS, WE WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, WE REALLY CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH.

YEAH, WE'LL JUST ANYBODY AGAINST NOW ITEM NUMBER THREE.

ANYBODY AGAINST ON ONCE? TWICE.

OKAY, SIR.

ITEM FOUR, SIR.

ITEM NUMBER

[4. Public Hearing to operate a restaurant with alcohol at a property located at 2680 West Business 77, at an existing building zoned C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business", bearing a Legal Description of: a tract of land 240 feet by 650 feet out of Lot Sixteen (16), Block One Hundred Forty-Seven (147) San Benito Land and Water Company's Subdivision Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Gabriel Colmenero.]

PUBLIC HEARING, I MEAN, YEAH, PUBLIC HEARING OPERATED RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL AT A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 80 WEST BUSINESS 77 AT AN EXISTING BUILDING ZONE.

C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.

UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS GABRIEL CO MINERO.

OKAY.

ANYBODY FOR OR AGAINST ITEM NUMBER FOUR? IS THIS THE ONE THAT THE OLD, UH, LIKE A FISH PLACE IN THE CORNER? OKAY.

FIST MAY FIST MAYAS? YEAH.

OKAY.

FIST.

OKAY.

YOU FOUR AGAINST FOUR.

FOUR.

YEAH.

OKAY.

ONE, FOUR.

YEAH.

YEP.

OKAY.

ONCE, TWICE.

NEXT ONE, SIR.

NUMBER FIVE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[5. Public Hearing to operate a Church at a property located at 490 Hidalgo Street at an existing building zoned SF-1 "Single Family One", bearing a Legal Description of Lot Number Eleven (11), Block Number Two (2), Carmen Addition to the City of San Benito, Texas, according to Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 5. of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Jose Corral.]

OPERATE AT CHURCH AT A PROPERTY LOCATED AT FOUR 90 D**O STREET IN AN EXISTING BUILDING ZONED SF ONE.

SINGLE FAMILY ONE.

UH, THAT IS THE APPLICANT.

JOSE RAD.

OKAY.

UH, WE'LL OPEN UP ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 5.

ANYBODY FOUR OR AGAINST MA'AM? SO, JOSE.

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MM-HMM.

HANDICAPS.

OKAY.

ANYBODY AGAINST ITEM NUMBER FIVE? FOUR AGAINST? NONE.

OKAY.

TIME IS, UH, 6 0 7.

WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

MAYOR COMMISSION.

UH, GOING TO THE CONSENT

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

UM, ANY ITEMS THAT, UH, Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THIS? OKAY.

COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, MAYOR, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT WAS JUST A, A HEARING, IT WASN'T A VOTE.

OKAY.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA REVISIT.

OKAY, LET ME, LET ME GO BACK.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME SPANISH PEOPLE, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, ON THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT IS, IT IS WHAT IT SAYS.

OKAY.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THE ADAMS THAT WERE THERE, THAT WERE THERE, THEY'RE ONLY THERE PLACED THERE.

OKAY.

SO IT'S FOR OR AGAINST, IT'S ONLY PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TWO HEARINGS BEFORE WE CAN EITHER SAY YAY OR NAY.

OKAY? SO THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING, OKAY? SO WE DON'T VOTE, THERE'S NO VOTING ON IT ON YET, OKAY? SO WE STILL HAVE THE SECOND HEARING, AND THESE ITEMS ARE GONNA COME BACK AGAIN.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU SAY, NO, UH, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHY.

AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY WE ALL HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS REQUIRED.

AND, UH, SO, AND THEN ON THE SECOND HEARING, THAT'S WHEN WE VOTE YAY OR, OKAY.

SO JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP ON WHAT IS THIS, UH, RA IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE HEARINGS.

YEP.

AND IT'S GOOD.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS WE JUST, IF PASSES OUR MIND, WE DON'T KNOW.

WE JUST, WE WANT THE GROWTH.

BUT, UH, LIKE, UH, THE OTHER GENTLEMAN SAID, DOES THE, UM, MR. ELLO, WE CANNOT HAVE GROWTH IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL, OKAY? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO, TO, UH, SUPPLY WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE NEED TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE PUBLIC, TO OUR CITIZENS, AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST.

I KNOW IT TAKES, IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I WISH WE CAN TELL YOU, HEY, WE HAVE A MONEY TREE AND WE JUST GO TAKE IT OFF AND JUST MAYBE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, MAYBE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH.

BUT YET WE NEED TO START AND WE DO OUR BLESSED, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR DARNEST TO DO THAT.

OKAY? THIS COMMISSION, THAT'S WHAT WE, YOU ALL VOTED FOR US AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO MOVE SOMEBODY TO FORD, OKAY? AND HEAR YOU OUT AT THE SAME TIME.

PART OF THE MAS PART OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE UNDERTAKING HERE VERY SOON IS, IS, UH, WE'LL REQUIRE PUBLIC INPUT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALSO GONNA WANT YOUR INPUT IN TERMS OF PREPARING THAT MASTER PLAN, THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT IN BEING HERE AND, AND CONTRIBUTING INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, NEED YOUR INPUT AS WE WORK TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

YES.

AND I THINK MAYOR, THE ONE WORD COULD PROBABLY SUM IT UP IS TRANSPARENCY.

YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OKAY.

UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE, UH, ITEMS FROM ONE THROUGH 17.

COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WANNA DISCUSS

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OKAY.

FIVE.

OKAY.

5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9 FOR THE CORRECTION ON THE ADDRESS.

AND THEN 10 16 AND 17.

10 16 AND 17 MM-HMM, .

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? NONE.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL BE TAKING OUT THE 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, AND 17.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE? UH, OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA BE 1, 2, 3.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 4 1 4 11 THROUGH 15.

11, 11 THROUGH 15.

SECOND.

OKAY, SO I GOT A COMMIT, UH, GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BY AM MAYOR TIM GWAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, TAKE ONE AT TIME.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[5. Consideration and possible action to approve the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-L-05-2024, requesting to Rezone a property located at 248 Charles Barber Road, bearing a Legal Description of Lot Eleven (11), Block One (1), Owens Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to map thereof recorded on Map 17, Page 13, Map Records of Cameron, County, Texas from SF-1 "Single Family One" to C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business". Applicant: Eduardo Loa.]

MAYOR, GO WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

CONSIDERATION A POSSIBLE BY, SHOULD APPROVE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 DASH L DASH 5 24.

REQUESTING A REZONE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 48 CHARLES BARBER ROAD BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 11 BLOCK ONE.

OWEN SUBDIVISION, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF RECORDED ON MAP 17, PAGE 13 MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS APPLICANT AT WA LAW.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS THE ONE THOUGH THAT WE HAD WHERE THIS IS SPOT ZONING, CORRECT? JOANNA? YES MA'AM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND THEY WANT COMMERCIAL.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ERS? THERE'S A, YOU STATED SOMETHING THOUGH ABOUT AN ADDRESS, A WRONG ADDRESS ON NUMBER NINE? NO.

OH, NUMBER NINE.

THAT JUST CORRECTION ON NUMBER NINE.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, JUST TO COMMENT, WE APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN'S DESIRE TO HAVE A BUSINESS, BUT WE JUST NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR CITIZENS AND BE CONSIDERATE OF THOSE THINGS THERE.

SO SPOT ZONING IS NOT A GOOD PRACTICE WE WANT TO GET INTO.

OKAY, DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO DO NINE.

WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY? THANK YOU JOANNA.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY I SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION TO DENY ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY MAYOR GALVAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO DENY ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

I STAY UP HERE.

ITEM NUMBER.

OKAY, MAYOR COMMISSIONER.

[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance 2252-M-05-2024, to approve a request to Rezone a property located on the corner of U.S. Business 77 and Williams Road, bearing a Legal Description of Being 29.26 Acres Tract of Land out of 65.37 Acres of Land consisting of that portion of Lot Twelve (12) lying North of the South right of way line of U.S. Highway 77. and all Lot Thirteen (13) lying North of U.S. Highway 77, out of Block One Hundred Twenty-Five (125), and all of Block One Hundred and Thirty (130), of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from AO "Agriculture and Open Space"/C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business" to C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business". Applicant: Elias Sandoval.]

SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH M DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 2024 TO APPROVE REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF US BUSINESS 77 AND WILLIAMS ROAD.

UM, THAT IS GOING TO GO FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL BEN GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS AND THE APPLICANT IS ALIYA.

.

AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, NO RELATION.

.

OKAY, JOANNA, IT'S, UH, SO ALL THE, UH, THE OUTSIDE, UH, LIKE ON THE, BY THE STREET SIDE, THAT'S GONNA BE ZONED.

SO IT, IT ALREADY IS ZONED.

UM, AT THE TIME WHEN THEY DID THE ZONING, THEY PROBABLY JUST WANTED THE FRONTAGE PORTION OF IT.

I, UM, BUT THE BACK END BELONGS TO THAT, UM, LOT, SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO, TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT UP INTO COMPLIANCE AND REZONE IT TO WHAT IS IN THE FRONT.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE JUST BASICALLY, UM, BRINGING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.

OKAY.

SO BRING IT TO COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.

SECOND, SECOND, AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

UM, NAVARRO.

ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,

[7. Consideration and possible action to approve the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-N-05-2024, To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located on the corner of US Business 77 and Williams Road, bearing a Legal Description of: Being 35.05 Acres Tract of Land out of 65.37 Acres of Land consisting of that portion of Lot Twelve (12) lying North of the South right of way line of U.S. Highway 77, and all of Lot Thirteen (13) lying North of U.S. Highway 77. out of block One Hundred Twenty-Five (125), and all of Block One Hundred and Thirty (130), of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from AO "Agriculture and Open Space"/C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business" to SF-1 "Single Family One". Applicant: Elias Sandoval. ]

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 DASH N DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 2024 TO SOLICIT INPUT REGARDING A REQUEST TO REASON ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF BUSINESS 77 AND WILLIAMS ROAD.

UH, 35 ACRES OUT OF 65.37 ACRES.

THIS IS, UM, GOING FROM, AGAIN, AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE AO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS TO SINGLE FAMILY ONE SF ONE

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OKAY.

COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE INSIDE TRACK OF WHAT WE JUST DID FROM AN OUTSIDE TRACK.

SO, UM, THE OUTSIDE TRACK WILL BE COMMERCIAL AND THEN THE INSIDE TRACK WILL BE RESIDENTIAL IF EVERYTHING GOES, GETS PROOF.

MAKES SENSE.

OKAY.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.

MOTION BY AMER GALVAN.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION

[8. Consideration and possible action to approve the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-O-05-2024. requesting to Rezone a property located on Stookey Road, bearing a Legal Description of Lot Number Eight (8) Parque Vista, City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 "Single Family One" to SF-2 "Duplex, Residential". Applicant: Rudy Ochoa.]

UM, THAT WOULD BE GOING FROM SINGLE FAMILY SF ONE TO SF TWO, DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS RUDY.

OKAY.

UH, JOANNA, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NONE.

THIS ONE IS FOR A DUPLEX, CORRECT? CORRECT.

YES.

SO IT IS STILL A FORM OF SINGLE FAMILY.

I THINK THAT'S WHY, UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.

PLUS WE HAD THE APPLICANT THERE AT THE TIME TO SPEAK AND HE SAID THAT HE IS A RETIRED VETERAN AND HE'S LOOKING TO SETTLE DOWN.

HOWEVER, UM, HE WANTS TO BUILD TWO DUPLEXES TO HAVE ONE AND THEN TO RENT ONE.

SO HE'S GONNA LIVE IN ONE AND THEN HE WOULD BE RENTING ANOTHER.

AND THEN HE ASSUMED THAT THIS AREA WAS ALREADY DUPLEX.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE MULTIFAMILY ACROSS THE STREET AND WE DO HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE TWO OR THREE OTHER ONES ON THIS STREET, UH, STUCKEY AND LASS, SBY PARK ROAD.