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[Special Commission Meetings on May 4, 2023]
THE SPECIAL MEETING, THE CITY.WE DO, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND NUMBER THREE, ALSO FOR THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN SILENT.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL UNDER TEXAS LIFE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL
LET US PRAY, LORD, INTO YOUR MOST HOLY PRESENCE.
WE NOW COME CALM OUR ANXIOUS SPIRITS.
REMOVE THE DISTRACTIONS THAT KEEP US FROM YOU, AND BREAK DOWN THE WALLS OF SEPARATION THAT WE HAVE BUILT TO KEEP YOU FROM OUR HEART.
AND HEARTS LEAD US IN JOY AND CELEBRATION OF THE ONLY REALITY WORTH KNOWING THAT YOU LOVE US AS WE ARE.
FREE US FOR JOYFUL OBEDIENCE TO YOUR CLAIM AND CALL ON OUR LIVES THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY.
OKAY, I ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF A COMMUNITY ITEM COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THE, UH, THE FOOD BANK OF THE RGV HAD, UH, HAD DISTRIBUTED SOME, UM, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THIS MORNING AT THE, UH, FAIRGROUNDS FROM NINE TO 11.
UH, RAMON, WHERE'S MR. RAMON? THERE HE IS.
THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP EVERYTHING.
UH, I JUST GOT THE OVER 350, UH, FAMILIES WERE, WERE GIVEN SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME DONATIONS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALSO THE, UH, SEMINARY ROTARY ALSO THAT WOULD HELPED OUT.
THEY VOLUNTEERED TO HELP OUT THERE.
SO, UM, IT WAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK THEM PUBLICLY.
THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.
ANYTHING, ANY OTHER? NO, I'M OKAY.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT.
RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE.
AND, UH, I'M ADDRESSING ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE ON THE AGENDA, UH, WHICH IS A REZONING, UH, REQUEST GOING ON THERE.
UH, FORGIVE ME FOR READING THIS VERBATIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I WANT TO SHARE AND GET OUT AND I'LL STAY IN THE, WE OPPOSE THE PROPOSED REZONING OF BLOCK 1 29 LOTS, 14, 11, 6, AND THREE FROM AGRICULTURE OPEN AREA TO BOTH SF DASH ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND COMMERCIAL.
WE OPPOSE THIS FOR REZONING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, INCREASED FLOODING RISK IN THE AREA.
SAN BENITO ALREADY HAS A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROGRAM, A FLOODING PROBLEM WITH HEAVY RAINS, WHETHER IT IS A RAINSTORM OR HURRICANE WITH THE AREA AROUND WILLIAMS ROAD AND BUSINESS SEVEN SEVEN ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, IT IS ASSUMED THERE WILL BE FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FLOODING PROBLEM.
WE DO NOT WANT INCREASED FLOODING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
NUMBER TWO, INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, WHICH IS ALREADY CONGESTED MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY AS A RESULT OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY, THE IDEA SCHOOL, AND NOT TO MENTION TRAFFIC TO, TO AND FROM THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS.
IN ADDITION, MUCH OF THE TRAFFIC ON RUSSELL LANE ALREADY ZOOMS THROUGH WELL OVER THE POSTED 30 MILES PER HOUR.
IN ADDITION, RUSSELL LANE IS IMPASSABLE AT LEAST TWICE A DAY BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION AT THE IDEA SCHOOL.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL WORSEN THIS PROBLEM.
NUMBER THREE, INCREASED RISK OF TRESPASSING AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
A LOT OF THE AREA THERE THAT BUTTS UP TO THIS PROPOSED ZONING IS OPEN, UH, WITH TREES AND STUFF.
IT WILL BE INVITING FOR PEOPLE TO TRESPASS AND DO NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
NUMBER FOUR, IT REMOVES LAND PERMANENTLY FROM AGRICULTURE.
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UM, FARMLAND IN TEXAS IS AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF ALL THE STATES IN THE UNITED STATES OF LOSING LAND TO AS A RESULT OF URBAN SPRAWL.THE ACRES IN QUESTION HERE ARE CURRENTLY IN CULTIVATION.
THEY ARE NOT ACRES ABANDONED AND OVERGROWN WITH RANDOM VEGETATION.
AND SAN BENITO WAS DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS AS A REGION, AS A AGRICULTURAL REGION WITH A NEARLY YEAR-ROUND GROWING SEASON.
FOUND ONLY IN A FEW OTHER GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
NUMBER FIVE, ALL OF THIS IS GONNA LEAD TO A DEC DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF, OF A, A DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEREFORE, WE, UH, OPPOSE THIS REZONING ALSO IN A REMAINING SECONDS.
MAY I SUBMIT THREE ADDITIONAL LETTERS FOR THE RECORD TO THE COMMISSION? YEAH.
AS LONG AS, UH, THE SECRETARY GETS ONE TOO.
AND, UH, I SEE MY TIME, TIME EXPIRED, SIR.
IT IS THE SAME LETTER, BUT IT'S BY DIFFERENT RESIDENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'M SPEAKING BASICALLY, UH, PROXY FOR THEM, WHATEVER REASON THEY GOTCHA.
AND THESE THREE, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER THREE, I'M SORRY, THE TOTAL, UH, SIX.
AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.
ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MR. SANTANA ANAYA.
YOU HAVE TO COME OVER HERE, SIR.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SANTANA ANAYA, AND I LIVE 1241 RIO AND THE STREET SANTO.
I'M HERE CONCERNING THE, THE OSA DIVISION.
THEY HAVEN'T FIXED NOT EVEN A STREET YET.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, WE STILL GOT MONEY OR WE DON'T GOT MONEY.
BUT THE MAIN STREET IS THE RIO GLEN STREET.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOL.
IT'S PRETTY BAD, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
I ALREADY HEARD ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, THEY WERE GOING TO REPAINT THE, THE STREET THEY HAVE ON FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND THEY PITCH IT UP THREE TIMES.
AND, AND EVERY TRUCK THAT PASSED THROUGH MY HOUSE, GO POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, EVERY CAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY CHANCE AS SOON, IF YOU CAN, TO PAYMENT THE STREETS AT LEAST ONE OR TWO, THREE OR FOUR, WHATEVER YOU CAN IF YOU GOT MONEY.
BUT ALL THE STREET IS PRETTY BAD TOO.
BUT THE MAIN STREET, THE BUSES FOR THE SCHOOL IS A RIO GRANDE STREET.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MESS UP A CAR THERE, YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT, YOU CAN MESS UP A CAR.
I, THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAVE THE QUEEN THAT THEY'RE GONNA START THAT ARE MOST DIVISION.
'CAUSE THEY ALREADY STARTED LA
BUT, UH, MOST OF DIVISION, THEY HAVEN'T DONE A STREET YET.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IN THREE MONTHS, MORE NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING YET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
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OKAY.ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022.
REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? YOU GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AND DISPLAY PROPOSAL FOR LIBERTY FIREWORKS, UH, FOR 2023, UH, AKA FEST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, STAFF IS EXCITED TO BE PLANNING RASAKA FEST.
ONE OF OUR MOST ANTICIPATED EVENTS.
THE EVENT WHICH CELEBRATES OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE AND CELEBRATES THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA.
FEATURES, LIVE MUSIC VENDORS AND FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THE EVENT.
A FIREWORKS DISPLAY OVERLOOKING THE SCENIC RASAKA.
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS FOR PROFESSIONAL, FOR A PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY, 13 TO 14 MINUTES LONG.
THE DISPLAY WOULD INCLUDE AN OPENING, A FEATURE PRESENTATION, AND A GRAND FINALE THAT IS ASSURED TO CREATE LASTING MEMORIES FOR OUR VISITORS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, LAST YEAR'S, UH, FIREWORK DISPLAY, WAS IT ABOUT THE SAME TIME OR WAS IT 17 MINUTES? NO, SIR, IT WAS THE SAME.
YEAH, THE PRICE I RECOGNIZED, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, LOCAL BUSINESS THAT CAN DO THIS FIREWORKS? I DID REACH OUT TO, UM, SOME TWO FROM THE VALLEY.
ONE I DID NOT GET, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS ONE BOOKED AND TWO PRICIER.
I THINK IT WAS THE LOCAL ONE THAT DIDN'T RESPOND RIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD LUCK WITH THAT ONE.
UH, BUT, UM, LET ME ASK YOU WHAT, WHAT DIFFERENTIATES THIS PARTICULAR, UH, DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS FROM SAN ANTONIO? FROM ANYBODY ELSE? I KNOW YOU WERE DOING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AT ONE TIME, OR SOMEONE RIGHT? WE DID REACH OUT TO ONE FROM SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.
AND IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T HAD LUCK FROM THE LOCAL VENDOR.
I, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, MAYBE, UH, RESTRICT SOMETHING RESTRICTIVE OR SOME SOMETHING? UH, COMMISSIONER IT WAS THE, THE, THE CERTIFICATION OR THE LICENSING FOR THE FIREWORKS THAT HE HAD TO GET IT AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT.
SO WHEN HE'S DONE IT IN THE PAST, HE WOULD HAVE TO SUBCONTRACT IT OUT.
SO WE WERE CONTRACTED WITH HIM, BUT HE WAS IN HIRING SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO UNLESS HE'S PAID FOR THOSE LICENSES, I, I KNOW.
SO IT'S HIS LICENSE AND ISSUE THEN THAT PREVENTS, IT'S THE, YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AGAIN, UM, WHETHER WE STAY RIGHT ABOVE THE CANOPY OF THE TREES, BUT IF WE GO FURTHER, THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS NO, 'CAUSE IT'S TOO FAR, AND THEN IT CAN BE CARRIED BY THE WINDS.
AND PRETTY MUCH WE ARE RUNNING, I CAN'T RECALL THE WINDS.
DO YOU RECALL? UH, UM, 15? NOT TOO SURE.
AND LAST YEAR WE WENT FROM ABOUT 16.
WE WERE RIGHT AT IT TO ABOUT 13 WHEN WE SET 'EM OFF.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A VERY SMALL WINDOW.
SO, SO, SO THIS ADVERTISEMENT FOR, FOR THE VENDORS WERE SENT OUT THROUGH THE MAIL.
HOW ELSE WAS IT DONE? UM, WE CONTACT THEM.
OH, YOU CONTACTED THEM? MM-HMM.
SO EVERYBODY WAS CONTACTED INDIVIDUALLY? MM-HMM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
NIKKI MURRAY, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT TO APPROVE THE ARTWORK LOAN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, DANVILLE, UH, CHADBURN EXHIBIT, THE RECENT WORK LOAN, UH, FROM MAY 11TH THROUGH AUGUST THE FOURTH, 2023 AT THE SAN BERNARD CULTURAL ARTS HERITAGE MUSEUM.
MAYOR PROTE AND COMMISSIONERS, A GARCIA CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR.
FOR THE RECORD, THE SAN BERNARD CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH REGIONAL ARTISTS TO BRING QUALITY PROGRAMMING TO THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
I REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE LOAN AGREEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITION.
RECENT WORKS IS A COLORFUL EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY NATURE SAN ANTONIO ARTIST DANVILLE CHADBURN IS PRIMARILY A SCULPTOR IN CLAY AND WOOD, BUT WORKS IN A RANGE OF MATERIALS.
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EXHIBITION BRIDGES ECOLOGY AND ART IN IT IS IN DIALOGUE WITH, UH, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY'S BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.RECENT WORKS IS PROPOSED TO RUN FROM MAY 18TH TO JULY 29TH.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES.
OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING ENABLES US TO PROMOTE EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH VIDEOS, PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND VIRTUAL TOURS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING IN-PERSON ACCESS GUIDED TOURS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY MAYORAL TIM.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
ITEM NINE, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH C AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2252 TO REZONING THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, 2.54 ACRES OF TRACK OF LINE OUT OF LOT THREE IN BLOCK 1 29 70 OH LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISIONS IN ATOS GRANT CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
UH, ACCORDING TO THE MAP, OR PLA THEREOF, RECORDING VOLUME ONE.
CURRENT COUNTY TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTION BUSINESS.
AND, UH, FROM APPLICANT, UH, MR. RP CRANE AND, UH, MS. MONICA RODRIGUEZ PEREZ.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS MONICA RODRIGUEZ, PLANNER FOR THE CITY.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.
A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH COMMERCIAL LOTS OFF OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS ROAD ARE BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES THIS 2.54 ACRE TRUCK TO BE REZONED TO C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS REVIEW AND DECISION ON THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? SO, HOW ARE WE DOING ON, UH, AS FAR AS THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME IN AND WAS SAYING ABOUT THE, THE TRAFFIC, THE, UH, THE FLOODING, UM, HOW IS THAT GONNA, YOU KNOW, BY APPROVING THIS, HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THERE AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION REVIEW FOR, UM, FOR THE ITEMS THAT HE WAS, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT? MM-HMM.
DOES THAT, UH, ON RUSSELL LANE ALSO, WAS THAT THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, IS THAT ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ALSO, MAYOR? NO, IT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED.
AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCESS FROM THE SUBDIVISION ONTO RUSSELL THE SUB.
SO IT'S JUST THE, THIS IS FRONT TEAM WILLIAMS ROAD.
UM, THIS SECTION OF WILLIAMS ROAD IS A TDOT ROAD.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON NOW.
PLUS, UH, THIS CITY COMMISSION HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT, CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY TO MAKE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THERE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR FROM BUSINESS 77 ALL THE WAY UP TO SAN JOSE.
SO A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS ON WILLIAMS, NORTH WILLIAMS, OR AT LEAST THAT SECTION OF OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD, ARE GOING TO BE MITIGATED WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE, THE DEVELOPMENT, THE WATER RUNOFF WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION HAS TO BE MITIGATED THROUGH OUR STORM WATER ORDINANCE BEFORE IT CAN EVER REACH THE CHANNEL ALONG THAT ROADWAY.
SO THE, THE IMPACT WOULD BE IS DO THEY NEED A DECELERATION LANE OR NOT? IS IT MEETING CERTAIN TRANS, UH, TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS? AND SO IT IS SELF-CONTAINED.
NOW YOU CAN PASS ORDINANCES THAT LOOKS AT THE NEAREST INTERSECTIONS, BUT THAT IS MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND THAT IS MUCH MORE COSTLY ON DEVELOPMENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD BE ON WILLIAMS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT RUSSELL LANE INTERSECTION AND BUSINESS 77 AND TAKE ALL OF THOSE KIND OF MITIGATING FACTORS IN.
AND IT DRIVES A WHOLE, IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF, OF, UH, GETTING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE QUITE THERE YET TO BE MAKING THOSE KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND OUR ORDINANCE DOESN'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT CURRENTLY.
REMEMBER THIS TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ORDINANCE IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD IT IN, IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, MAYBE 18 MONTHS.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY MAYOR POT VIA FRANCO.
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ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH D AFTER THE SECOND FINAL READING, AMENDING ORDINANCE 22 52 3 REZO PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH WILLIAM NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 36 POINT 55 ACRES OF TRACK OF LAND COMPROMISED OF 10 ACRES OF LOT, 14, 10 ACRES OF LOT, UH, 1110 ACRES OF LOT SIX AND 6.55 ACRES FROM LOT THREE.
UH, LAND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION ION, UH, DE CARITAS GRANT, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, ACCORDING TO THE MAP AND PLA THEREOF IN VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS.
SINGLE FAMILY ONE, UH, MR. APPLICANT, UH, MR. RANDALL P CRANE AND MS. UH, MONICA RODRIGUEZ PEREZ.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO RESUME FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURE OPEN SPACE.
A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES AN SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE ZONE TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS REVIEW AND DECISION ON THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO AGAIN, ALL THAT, THE FLOODING, ALL THE CONCERNS ARE BEING, BEING CONCERNED, CORRECT? WHAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT THE FLOODING AND EVERYTHING, WE HAVE A, WILL THIS EXTENSION HAVE ANY ACCESS TO RUSSELL LANE OR IS IT STILL GONNA IT'S OFF OF WILLIAMS AS WELL.
SO NOTHING'S GOING THAT WAY? NO.
AT THIS TIME THIS IS JUST FOR REZONING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ALL THE OTHER ISSUES WERE DISCUSSING WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SUB REVIEW PROCESS.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S OKAY.
I KNOW I'M GETTING OFF HAND, BUT IT'S ALRIGHT.
JUST WANNA LET THE PEOPLE KNOW ON THAT.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PROVIA FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
OKAY, ITEM FOUR 11, I'M SORRY.
ITEM CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
ORDINANCE 2252 DASH E AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2252 TO REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED ON 1775 WEST BUSINESS.
BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 10 ACRES OF LAND BEARING ALL LOT 14 BLOCK, UH, 1 26, 7 OLD LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION, KE COUNTY, TEXAS.
GOING TO THE MAP AND PLATE THEOF RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS.
CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM, UH, A OH AGRICULTURE TO OPEN SPACE TO SEE ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS APPLICANT, K UH, STORAGE OF SANTO AND MS. UH, MONICA EZ.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO SEE ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.
THE FUTURE LANIUS MAP INDICATES A SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTINUOUS TO COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.
AN EXISTING BUSINESS HAS BEEN OPERATING A STORAGE BUSINESS SINCE THE YEAR 2000.
TO CONTINUE OPERATION, THIS PROPERTY WILL NEED TO BE REZONED TO C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS REVIEW AND DECISION ON THIS ITEM.
SO THAT ONE THE FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT, UH, TO C, EXCUSE ME, GDJ ENGINEER FOR INVOICE, UH, NUMBER 2023 DASH ZERO SIX PERTAINING TO THE STINGER ROAD.
THE PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ON THE 2023 RAISE.
UH, GRANT, UH, PREPARATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $36,709.
AND, UH, MS. MONICA EZ PERCENTAGE CENTER CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.
UM, IT'S FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR PREPARATION OF A FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER THIS INVOICE IS 36,709 TO BE PAID FROM THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS ACCOUNT.
THIS ITEM IS A CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS CITY COMMISSION MEETING WHOSE INVOICE ON AMOUNT WAS INCORRECT.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT BEFORE YOU AGAIN TO RECTIFY.
WHAT WAS THE, UH, PREVIOUS ACCOUNT? I MEAN, THE AMOUNT, THE PREVIOUS ONE, THE INVOICE NUMBER WAS INCORRECT.
AND THE AMOUNT FOR THAT ONE WAS 88,225.
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TO APPROVE.I GET A MOTION BY AMERAL TEAM, UH, VI FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER UH, SANCHEZ.
ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER SIX TO CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO.
COMMITMENT TO A NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE ONE PROJECT PER AGREEMENT.
UH, NUMBER 2022 DASH FIVE DASH FOUR A IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,245 AND 56 CENTS.
AND MS. UH, MONICA RODRIGUEZ CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.
THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE WILLIAMS ROAD PROJECT.
THIS WAS APPROVED IN MAY 10TH, 2022.
REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED TO BE USED WITH UNASSIGNED RESERVE FUNDS.
THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS 1.2 MILLION.
THE CITY OF SA BENITO IS BUDGETED TO PAY HALF OF THAT AMOUNT EXCEPT WHAT PAYMENT? 13.
SO OURS IS, OURS IS 13 245 8 6 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PAYMENT, YEAH, THE CITY'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HALF OF THE 1.2 MILLION, BUT FOR THIS IS 13,013.
OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION POSITIVE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER EIGHT TO CAMERON COUNTY MOBILITY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAIN TO SAN SANTO COMMITMENT TO SOUTH UH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE TWO PROJECT, UH, FOR AGREEMENT NUMBER 22 0 2 3 DASH FIVE FIVE DASH FOUR A IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,060 AND 46 CENTS.
AND, UH, MS. RODRIGUEZ, PER CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.
THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY RELATING TO WILLIAMS ROAD PROJECT.
THIS WAS APPROVED AT THE MAY 10TH, 2022 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED TO BE USED WITH UNASSIGNED RESERVE FUNDS.
THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS 1.2 MILLION AND CITY OF SAN BONITOS BUDGETED TO PAY HALF OF THAT AMOUNT AS WELL.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY MAYOR
ITEM NUMBER 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF ZONING.
WERE THE PLACES, UH, TERMS EXPIRED IN AS SHOWN PLACE? FOUR.
APPOINTING EXPIRES ON MAY 31ST.
MS. MONICA RODRIGUEZ PRESENT, SETTLE THE FOLLOWING TERM FOR THE CORRESPONDING PLACE IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO COMPLY WITH STAGGERED TERMS. PLACE FOR APPOINTING TERMS EXPIRES MAY 31ST, 2023.
AND THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY? UM, YES.
I MOVED TO APPOINT MS. LIA, UM, SANCHEZ ONTO THE POSITION SHE HAS HER BACHELOR OF ARTS AND SOCIOLOGY, A MASTER'S OF EDUCATION.
SHE'S CURRENTLY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR.
SHE HAS SERVED ON BOARD FOR HARLINGEN.
UM, SHE WAS THE JUNIOR LEAGUE PRESIDENT.
I THINK SHE'D BE AN AMAZING ADDITION TO ONE OF OUR BOARDS.
SHE LIVES IN THE ETJ, BUT IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW.
WE ACTUALLY LOOKED UP THE STATE LAW ON THIS.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE PERSON LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THIS PERSON DOES NOT LIVE IN HARLINGEN.
LIVES OFF OF, UH, WELL, THE, THE ADDRESSES ON THE APPLICATION THAT WE'VE ATTACHED, BECAUSE WITHIN THE MILE OF THIS, WITHIN MILE EJ EJ, WE VERIFIED THAT.
SO SHE IS COMPLYING WITH THE ORDERS.
I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
END UPDATE ON CITY SANTO OVERLAYING, UH, REHABILITATION
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PROJECTS.AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS
THE LETTER UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE STREET OVERLAY PROJECTS, UH, AS YOU HAVE IN YOUR EXHIBITS.
UH, THESE WERE THE STREETS THAT ARE APPROVED LAST APRIL, APPROXIMATELY OUT OF THOSE 20 STREETS THAT WERE, WERE APPROVED, UH, WE ARE PENDING ONLY THREE STREETS CURRENTLY.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, FINISHING UP, UH, WEST HAYWARD, UH, HAYWOOD AND, UH, EAST HAYWOOD.
UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE SETBACKS WITH, UH, MATERIALS, UH, WITH THE PLANT GOING DOWN, UH, AND RECEIVING MATERIALS.
SO THAT'S, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH, UH, PLANT MANAGERS AND STUFF.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, REALLOCATING CERTAIN MATERIAL TO TDO AND, UH, TO THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, WE DO REACH OUT TO THEM, UH, A DAY, DAY AND A HALF, UH, WEATHER PERMITTING.
SO, SO WE CAN, UH, RECEIVE THAT MATERIAL IN, UH, YOU KNOW, ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, SO WHEN THEY DO RE UH, DIRECT THE, THAT MATERIAL, IT KIND OF SLOWS US DOWN.
UM, I WAS HOPING WE'D BE DONE WITH HAYWOOD BY NOW.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT OUT.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'D JUST BE PENDING MILAM AND, UH, SOUTH AUSTIN STREET.
SO THE, THE NEW LIST, I'M GONNA BE PROVIDING THAT NEW LIST HERE, UH, FOR THE NEXT, UH, MEETING WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING.
I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN HERE MM-HMM.
DID, UH, UH, HAVE, UH, SOME CONCERNS ON, ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, AT, UH, AT NUMEROUS STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, MY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATOR.
WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, ADDRESSING, UM, LIKE I STATED BEFORE, UH, I SEE IF WE'RE GONNA BE IN AN AREA, UM, I'D RATHER ADDRESS, UH, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STREETS, NOT JUST ONE.
THAT WAY IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE JUST KIND OF DOING, UH, MORE OR LESS LIKE PATCH WORK.
WE DO ONE AND THEN JUMP KIND OF START, UH, UH, TACKLING, UH, MORE AREAS AT ONCE.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE A LIST, UH, READY.
UH, WE WANT TO ADD A COUPLE MORE.
UM, SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP TO OUR ATTENTION, UH, ARE, ARE GOOD STRETCHES.
SO THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE WITH MI MR. LAROSA IN REGARDS TO POSSIBLY MAYBE CONTRACTING SOME OF THOSE OUT, UH, TO KIND OF EXPEDITE THAT.
BUT THEN ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, STILL, UH, BE, UH, FLUID AND DOING OUR OWN, UH, KEEPING OUR CREWS ACTIVE, UH, AND HAVING THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF KNOCK OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S, OH, SORRY, MR. GO AHEAD.
I KNOW YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD BROUGHT UP DOING SPECIAL PROJECTS.
I KNOW RIO GRANDE, THAT'S A WHOLE BIG ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO TACKLE.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT A SIMPLE OVERLAY THAT WE CAN DO LIKE THE REST OF THE STREETS BECAUSE OF THE UNDERGROUND AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
SO I WAS WONDERING, ARE WE STILL GONNA PROCEED WITH MAYBE HAVING SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTRACTED OUT LIKE THAT? SO MAYBE RO GRANITE CAN FINALLY BE ADDRESSED, OR, YES, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, UH, ONCE WE PICK A, A LIST OF STREETS AND WE'LL GO AND ASSESS IT AND, AND INVESTIGATE, OKAY, WHAT IS IT, UH, THAT THIS STREET, UH, REALLY NEEDS? DOES IT NEED CURB GUTTER? UM, DOES IT NEED, UH, DO WE NEED TO ZIPPER THE WHOLE THING? AND, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THOSE ARE, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE AND, UH, WE'LL RECOMMEND TO, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NEED TO CONTRACT THIS ONE OUT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE PROBLEMATIC, WE'RE STILL, UH, ATTACKING, YOU KNOW, STILL RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
BUT, UH, I KNOW YOST WAS ONE OF THE STREETS THAT'S ON OUR LIST.
I, I BELIEVE IT'S APPROXIMATELY 21 BLOCKS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING ROUGHLY 20, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 80 TO A HUNDRED BLOCKS.
UM, SO DOING A 21 BLOCK STRETCH WOULD BASICALLY PUT US AT, YOU KNOW, 25% OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO.
SO IF WE CAN CONTRACT THAT OUT AND STILL GET IT KNOCKED OUT, BUT YET STILL BE TACKLING, UH, SMALLER RESIDENTIAL STREETS, UH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, AN, UH, A DIRECTION THAT, THAT WE WANT TO TAKE MOVING FORWARD.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY, MY QUESTION.
IN, IN, IN REFERENCE TO OSA, THERE IS ABOUT THREE, FOUR STREETS.
THERE HAVE FIVE OR SIX BLOCKS ON THE WAY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE ONES ACROSS.
BUT WHERE DO WE STAND OR WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT ONE? WHAT, WHAT DO WE KNOW THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE BEFORE WE START PAVING THOSE STREETS? PAVING? WE'RE IT'S ALREADY, UH, NOTED OR NO? UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE THOSE, THOSE STREETS WE'D HAVE TO GET, UH, WE WILL, AND WE'LL ADDRESS IT WITH OUR, OUR CITY ENGINEER IF WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND MAYBE DO CORE SAMPLES JUST TO GET, UH, THE SUBGRADE, SEE WHAT, UH, UH, WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT QUALITY OF OF SUBGRADE WE HAVE THERE.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, SIMPLE OVERLAY WON'T, WON'T FIX THAT.
'CAUSE THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE THOSE ISSUES REOCCURRING.
UM, AND IT WON'T BE WE'LL, YEAH.
SO, UM, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
THAT'S SOME, THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T, MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T ADDED PREVIOUS, UH, TO MAYBE GET A BETTER LOOK AT IT.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT WE HAVE UNDER THE STREETS NOW, IF IT COMES OUT THAT WE CAN DO AN OVERLAY, WE'LL WE'LL GO THAT ROUTE.
UM, BUT ADDRESSING THE UNDERLAYING ISSUES, 'CAUSE THEN THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A REOCCURRING THING IF WE JUST DO A SIMPLE OVERLAY ON THOSE, BUT ADDRESSING
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IT CORRECTLY.THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK.
AND WE HAD TRIED TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE.
I LITERALLY TOOK ABOUT HALF OUR BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR.
BECAUSE IT FALLS THE UNDERLINE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO HANDLE STORM WATER.
IF YOU OVERLAY ASPHALT AND BUILD ON TOP OF IT, AND YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE WATER, YOU'RE GONNA DAM IT UP ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES, WHICH WE WILL WORSEN THE CONDITIONS YEP.
IF WE GO SUBSURFACE, WE'LL HAVE TO GO ABOUT TWO FEET DOWN, BUILD 12 INCHES, SO IT'LL STILL DRAIN TO THE ROAD, BUT THEN THE ROAD BECOMES A CHANNEL.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER OFF THE ROADWAY ACTUALLY GOES TO WHERE WE NEED IT TO GO TO.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN AN OVERLAY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE CLAY PIPES, THE CLAY PIPE RING.
WELL, I THINK THAT'LL TAKE ANOTHER
AND THAT'S MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BUT AT LEAST WE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH R GRANDE.
UH, WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ALAMO.
YOU KNOW, THE ALAMO, THE MAIN ONES THAT GO WITHIN THERE.
WELL CERTAINLY WE'VE BEEN DOING QUICK FIXES THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY.
BUT ONE, ONE I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT WAS POWER STREET.
UH, ON THE LIST IT SAYS SEVEN BLOCKS FROM, UM, BONUM TO MCCULLOUGH.
CAN YOU EX I MEAN, I, I JUST DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE.
I, UH, THERE'S SEVEN BLOCKS FROM, UM, MCCULLOUGH FROM BONUM TO MCCULLOUGH.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF POWERS? UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH IT? I MEAN, I DROVE BY THERE AND IT'S TORE UP.
I ACTUALLY, I, I DID GET A, A, A CON A CALLED OUT A, A RESIDENT DID, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR OR 500 BLOCK OR ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS IT OR NOT? ONCE I SAW POWERS, I'M LIKE, UH, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, WELL, SEE, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY CONCERN.
BUT IF, IF YOU GO BACK THERE AND LOOK AT, UH, POWERS FROM BONUM TO MCCULLOCH'S, UH, BONUM, AND, UH, YOU KEEP GOING, WHAT IS IT? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE MILAM.
HOW MANY BLOCKS FROM BOTTOM TO MCCULLOUGH? I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE SEVEN BLOCKS THAT, THAT WERE INITIALLY PROPOSED HERE INITIALLY.
SO WE DIDN'T COMPLETE 100% BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY, SEE, I, I BELIEVE BONHAM OR, UH, POWERS WAS INTENDED FOR THOSE BLOCKS TO BE INCLUDED IN THERE.
AND THAT'S SOME, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY IF WE WERE GONNA BE ADDRESSING A CERTAIN STREET, I, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE DO THE WHOLE.
BUT ON THE REPORT IT SHOWS 100%.
FOR SEVEN BLOCKS WAS PROPOSED.
BUT I SUGGEST WE GO BACK THERE AND FINISH THAT.
BECAUSE ON THE LIST, I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE THE LIST SAYS 100% COMPLETE, THAT THOSE SEVEN BLOCKS WERE DONE, THEY'RE NOT DONE.
WE NEED TO GO BACK, UH, FOR THOSE, HOW MANY BLOCKS IS THAT? IS IT TWO OR THREE THAT ARE TWO? THE, THE 500, UH, 400 AND 500 BLOCKS.
AND THAT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT A YEAR AGO, COMMISSIONER.
'CAUSE PRIOR TO THIS CURRENT GOVERNANCE MM-HMM.
AND THOSE ROADS WERE NOT CHOSEN BY STAFF.
THOSE, THEY WERE CHOSEN BY THE ELECTED BODY.
AND THEY SAID, GO FROM THIS BLOCK TO THIS BLOCK BASED ON THE WORST CONDITIONS.
IT MAY BE 12 BLOCKS, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN FOUR BLOCKS IN THE CENTER BECAUSE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE STREETS OVER IN, UM, LAINA.
WE CAME BACK AND, AND ADDRESSED THOSE.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THIS REPORT'S ALREADY TELLING ME THAT IT'S 100% COMPLETE FOR SEVEN BLOCKS.
WHAT WAS APPROVED, WHAT WAS APPROVED, WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE LIST.
AND IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC, THE SEVEN BLOCKS.
AND SO HOW DID, UH, 400, 500 BLOCKS, UH, AND THAT, AND LIKE, LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO MY ATTENTION RIGHT NOW, LITERALLY MAYBE AN HOUR BEFORE, IF, UH, YOU GO DRIVE BY THERE, MANNY.
WE NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED ALREADY HERE ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT.
SO IF YOU ALL CAN GO BACK OVER THERE AND YEAH.
SO THEY KIND OF CAUGHT ME COMPETED ALSO.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, UH, 400, 500 BLOCKS, HOW WOULD THE, IF WE WERE, WE HAD IT ON THE LIST, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO AVOID.
HEY, WHY DO WE DO IT TO A CERTAIN POINT? WHY DON'T WE DO THE, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS ON THE LIST TO BEGIN WITH.
IF YOU CAN RESEARCH THAT AND ENSURE THAT, UH, YEAH, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER V PULLED THE SAME THING UP.
HE SAYS, YOU LEFT THE BLOCK OFF OR SOMETHING.
I SAID, NO, I SAID WHEN THEY'RE THERE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO BLOCKS, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT IF THEY, IF THEY CAN FINISH IT, FINISH IT OUT, THEN.
SO REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WE HAD, LET'S NOT GO BACK.
IF WE'RE THERE AND IT WASN'T IDENTIFIED, WE HAD THAT ONE BLOCK AT TIME, RIGHT? IT WAS ONE BLOCK.
AND THAT WHAT PROMPTED THE DISCUSSION? WELL, THAT WASN'T, BUT SEE, THAT WASN'T ON THE ORIGINAL LIST AND WE BROUGHT
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IT BACK.THIS IS, UH, HERE, IT'S, WHEN WE HAD THAT ISSUE, THAT'S WHAT WE ADDRESSED, RIGHT? IT WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
WE WOULD, I THINK WE'VE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION ON BRAVO STREET, UH, ABOUT MAYBE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO YEAH, LET'S GET AWAY FROM THAT.
IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROJECT, UH, 100% COMPLETE, LET'S ENSURE THAT IT'S COMPLETE, UH, INCLUDING THOSE TWO BLOCKS.
AND I KNOW SOME OF THEM WERE, I, I KNOW I I WANNA SAY IT'S AUSTIN AND POWERS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE REHAB ON THE LIFT STATION.
SO OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS ALONG, IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DO AN OVERLAY AND SPEND MONEY ON IT, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AND HAVE TO TEAR UP THE STREET AGAIN TO DIG UP THE YEAH, I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, I THOUGHT THAT WHEN I SAW THE, THE FOUR, UH, 400, 500 BLOCK, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO AND, AND INVESTIGATE THAT IF THAT'S PART OF THE STREET THAT MAYBE WE LEFT OFF BASED OFF OF THAT.
MAYBE FOR THAT REASON, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO GO BACK.
WE HAD A STREET THAT WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND TEAR UP THIS WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED OUR WEEKLY MEETING.
WIND STREET, UH, OUR SEWER LINE RUNS, UH, DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE, THE CENTER OF THE, THE ROAD.
UH, RESIDENT CAME IN, THEY NEED A, A SEWER CONNECTION.
SO NOW WE GOTTA KIND OF DO AN OPEN CUT ON THE ROAD.
AND THAT SEWER LINE'S RIGHT IN, RIGHT IN THE CENTER, THAT CENTER.
IT'S, WE HAVE TO, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT, UM, TRYING TO AVOID THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS.
UH, BUT I'LL LOOK INTO THAT ONE, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL BE WAITING FOR THE LIST.
ITEM NUMBER 17, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE, UH, PORTABLE WATER LINE CROSSING THE MAIN, UH, CANAL BETWEEN SAN DIEGO SANTO AND THE CAMERON COUNTY IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS JUAN GARCIA, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM OF FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION IS, UH, TO APPROVE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY SAN BENITO AND THE, UH, CAMERON COUNTY IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
UH, THIS PERTAINS TO THE POTABLE WATER, UH, LINE CROSSING ACROSS THE SAKA.
UH, IT'S AN AGREEMENT, UH, IRRIGATION DISTRICT ALLOWING US TO DO THE BORE UNDERNEATH, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE REPAIRS NECESSARY FOR, FOR THAT WATER LINE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WHEN, UH, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA START? WELL, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL PRESENT THE CONTRACT NOW, AS SOON AS WE GET THIS UNTIL THIS IS SIGNED.
WE WILL NOT GET AUTHORIZATIONS TO PROCEED.
SO THERE WAS SOMETHING, THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL PRESENT THE CONTRACT TO YOU FOR THE CONTRACTOR, BUT THAT HAS, THIS IS THE WAY WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS JUST A ONE TIME FEE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ANNUAL FEE, SO, YEAH.
YES, I THINK THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE, IT WAS NOT ON US.
IT WAS NOT ON US THAT WE ARE HOLDING THIS THING UP.
UH, BUT WE NEED TO GET IT DONE.
UH, DO I HAVE MOTION? NO, YOU HAVE ONE MOTION.
I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR PROVIA FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
WELL, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
ITEM ING CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR US WATER, UH, CORPORATION, CCA WATER, UM, LINE IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROJECT TASK ORDER NUMBER SB DASH 0 0 2 DASH 0 9 22 IN THE MONTH OF $21,140 AND SEVEN 6 CENTS.
SO MAYOR COMMISSIONERS EVA GARCIA, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS RECORD FOR THE RECORD.
THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO US WATER SERVICE CORPORATION FOR THIS, UH, THE ROSASCO, UH, WATERLINE CROSSING AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $21,140 AND 76 CENTS.
UH, THIS PAYMENT PERTAINS TO, UH, THEY CONDUCTED THE PRELIMINARY, UH, ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION PREPARED, UH, CONSTRUCTION PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND THEY ALSO PREPARED THE BID DOCUMENTS, UH, UH, EVALUATED THE BIDS AND MADE, UH, THE CONTRACT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, FOR THIS, UH, TASK ORDER AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ITEM TEENTH PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SANTO OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023.
AND STEPHANIE? OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA GO SAY
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YOUR NAME, LAST NAME.I'LL BE PRESENTING FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2023.
IT, YOU WANNA TURN THE SIDE? MM-HMM,
TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2023.
WE HAVE 19,361,773 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 18 MILLION.
18000000.1, IT'S GETTING BRIGHTER.
TOTAL LIABILITY IS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE 2,320,716 WITH A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF 17,017 MILLION 33 57, WITH A TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 19000000.3 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 18000000.1 HALF.
OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES REPORT TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE MONTH.
WE HAVE 1,000,030 8 404 0 YEAR TO DATE, WE HAD 8,459,000, 40 TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH.
WE HAVE 1,000,300 EIGHTY SIX TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE, UM, EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUE OF 173,423.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL WE ARE REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2000000.7.
NEXT YOU WILL SEE THE SALES TAX THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 529,000 140.
YOU WILL SEE RIGHT TO THE RIGHT.
YOU WILL SEE, UH, THE ALLOCATION, HISTORICAL SUMMARY STRAIGHT FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER WEBSITE.
OF COURSE, UH, 75% IS PROPORTION FOR SANTO.
THE OTHER 25 WILL GO TO EDC 396,855.
YEAH, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE BALANCE SHEET? SURE.
WHICH ON THE RECEIVABLES, UM, PROPERTY TAX SEEM TO BE ON PAR, UH, SALES TAX? WELL, UM, OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND SALES TAX SOMETIMES THEY DON'T COME IN IN TIME.
BUT THEN THE OTHER, UH, WAS IT 10 MILLION VERSUS, UH, EIGHT FIVE? SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE SEEING, WHAT'S THE OTHER, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE COLLECTING? MORE RECEIVABLES, RIGHT.
UM, SOMETIMES ONE POINT SOMETHING OR 1.6 MILLION.
LET ME, I'M GONNA PULL OUT, YOU HAVE A FOLLOWING PAGE, THE REPORT.
I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
TRYING TO FIND AND PRINT OUT THE WHOLE REPORT.
YEAH, I'M SORRY I DID NOT PRINT OUT THE WHOLE REPORT, BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION YOU NEED TO.
OF COURSE, YOU PROBABLY WON'T EXPECT A QUESTION LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY
IT'S GOOD TO BRING OUT QUESTIONS LIKE THAT SO WE CAN YEAH, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, AS LONG AS WE ARE ON PAUSE ON TARGET, UH, KIND OF SIMILAR, BUT OF COURSE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, IT'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING AS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT IS IT THAT'S, YEAH.
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YOU THAT INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS? NONE.
YOU ENTERED NUMBER 20, EXECUTIVE DECISION, CONSULTED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 2 0.1071 TO DISCUSS PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION PROTECTED, UH, BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT.
UH, MAYOR, IF I CAN INTERRUPT.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY HAS NO ITEMS, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THEN WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON.
OKAY, THEN, UH, ITEM 21, NO ACTION.
WE, WE DIDN'T GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.