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[Special Commission Meeting & Budget Workshop on July 12, 2022.]
NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING IN BUDGET.WORKSHOP OF CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION IS TUESDAY, JULY 12TH, 2022.
AND I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID FABIO.
I PLEAD ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER THE LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL THE TEXAS FLY.
PRAY WITH ME, GOD OF JUSTICE, AND MERCY.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY.
HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION.
HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL.
HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINT.
REMIND US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY.
GUIDE US TO BE THE LEADERS YOUR PEOPLE NEED.
FINALLY, FATHER, RENEW US WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HELPING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WORTHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON.
WE ASK THIS AS YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE.
OKAY, ADAM, FOUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING? I JUST HAVE ONE.
I I, MY ANNOUNCEMENT, REALLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HELD LAST FRIDAY.
IT WAS THE RGV, UH, FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION.
AND LEMME TELL YOU, THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE AND SO MUCH NEED.
UH, I WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE THAT WENT OUT THERE TO ASSIST, ESPECIALLY THE ROTARY CLUB WAS OUT THERE, UH, FROM NINE TO ABOUT 1130.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT CAME THROUGH, BUT IT WAS QUITE A BIT.
I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN WAS THERE TOO.
AND, UH, LET ME TELL YOU, WE WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW OFTEN WE CAN DO THIS IN SAN BENITO TO HELP FEED OUR FOLKS.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT MARKET DAYS ON ROBERTSON STREET.
IT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM THERE'LL BE LIVE MUSIC AND VENDORS OUT THERE.
THEY TYPICALLY HAVE BEEN DOING IT, UM, IN THE MORNINGS.
AND THIS ONE WILL BE THEIR FIRST EVENING EVENT WILL BE MUCH COOLER FROM FIVE TO NINE ON ROBERTSON STREET THIS SATURDAY.
ANY OTHER WORDS? UH, COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.
MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MR. SIKH DURAN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I, UH, SIGNED IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTOOD RIGHT.
I ACTUALLY WANNA SPEAK WITH THE, UH, REGARD TO THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE ON THE AGENDA.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF.
IF YOU ALL, UH, WHENEVER YOU GET TO THAT POINT, I CAN COME BACK AND, AND SPEAK PUBLIC HEARING.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING.
YEAH, IT'S NOT RIGHT NOW, IT'S APPROPRIATE.
IT'S NOT, UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, UH, ZEKE DURAN OR DURAN, AND I RESIDE AT, UH, UH, 1 7 7 NORTH LAKE U STREET.
THAT'S THE OFFICIAL US POSTMASTER ADDRESS.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, SPEAK ON, UH, UH, ONE ITEM IN PARTICULAR.
UM, ONE OF MY, UH, NEIGHBORS IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON TWO ITEMS REGARDING THE, THE ANNEXATION
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ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA.ITEM EIGHT OR NINE, I BELIEVE.
UH, IF I'M, UH, IN ERROR, JUST CORRECT ME, PLEASE.
UM, SO, UM, MY, MY, MY CONCERN BECAUSE, UH, AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE, IN ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER MEETINGS, UH, DATED, I BELIEVE WAS, UH, JUNE THE SEVENTH, UH, AT THAT POINT, I, I BROUGHT IN A PHOTO, A PICTURE, AN ENLARGED A PICTURE THAT I SUBMITTED THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, POTENTIAL FLOODING IN OUR SUBDIVISION SHORES SUBDIVISION.
UM, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND, UM, IF I'M GONNA HAVE THREE MINUTES, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA COVER.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY SPEAK ON PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS, RATHER DIRECTLY RELATING TO THE, YEAH, WELL, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT JUSTICE TO THE ISSUE.
I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, IN, IN SAN BENITO FOR 35 YEARS, AND FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO TURN AROUND AND GIVE ME ONLY THREE MINUTES THAT THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
SO IF, IF, IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE, THEN I, I, I'LL STOP SPEAKING AND SUBMIT TO YOU THE WHATEVER WRITTEN MATERIAL I HAVE IN WRITING.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL DON'T WANNA, UH, RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM US AS, UH, RESIDENTS, AS, UH, CITIZENS OF SAN BONITO, IF THAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE.
MAYBE, MAYBE I SHOULD PLACE MY COMMENTS IN FACEBOOK OR THE NEWSPAPER, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE STARTING OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT.
THREE MINUTES IS, IS NOT, I ONLY HAVE 45 SECONDS NOW, SO, UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED AT YOU ALL.
WHY IS IT THE LAST TIME YOU GAVE ME MORE THAN THREE MINUTES? AND THIS TIME, YOU'RE ONLY GIVING ME THREE MINUTES.
DON'T ANSWER ALL AT ONE TIME, SIR.
I I TOLD YOU, I TOLD YOU, NOT HAVE I TOLD YOU THAT I DIDN'T WANNA UP SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE SPECIFICALLY, AND THREE MINUTES IS NOT GONNA DO JUSTICE AT ALL FOR ME.
SO, UM, TY, TYPICALLY WE CAN'T ANSWER ANY, UH, QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY DURING A PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND YOU ONLY ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.
THAT'S THE WAY THE BYLAWS WERE SET.
NOW, THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ABLE TO TALK, BECAUSE THAT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT WAS OPEN FOR HOWEVER LONG POSSIBLE, UM, THAT TIME IS UP THIS TIME AROUND.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE LAW READS.
NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN TO HEARING THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
I DON'T KNOW, MR. SASI, IF YOU HAVE, UM, AN OPINION ON THAT OR HOW THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FEELS THAT THAT'S NOT MY DECISION, THAT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION.
SO THEN I'M OKAY WITH, UM, EXTENDING THEIR TIME AND HOWEVER LONG THEY WANNA SPEAK, IT'S UP TO YOU.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WANT TO GIVE 'EM? IS THIS GONNA BE TO EVERYBODY? I MEAN, WE NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE WE NEED TO SET A PREFERENCE.
I MEAN, WE JUST CAN'T, UH, GIVE HIM 10 MINUTES AND THEN EVERYBODY, MR. DURAN, HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU NEED, UH, MR. COMMISSIONER? I NEED AT LEAST, UH, 10 MINUTES.
I'M NOT GONNA ABUSE YOUR TIME, BELIEVE ME.
AS LONG AS, UH, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON AS LONG AS THERE, THERE'S NOT THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE AND ONE PERSON OF THE SAME.
WE HAVE ANOTHER, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, WE HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN COMING UP.
SO, AS I WAS SAYING, THE, UH, UH, JUNE THE SEVENTH, UH, MEETING HERE, I, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, SUBMIT TO YOU ALL, UH, A PHOTO OF THE, UH, FLOODING ISSUE AT, AT AKA SHORE SUBDIVISION.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAPPENS, IT'S, IT'S RE IT'S RE REPEATED ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST, UH, 15, UH, YEARS OR SO.
AND WHEN IT DOES GET, UH, CLOSE TO THE, WELL, THE, THE FLOODING, UH, THE, THE LEVEL OF THE WATER ON THE STREET GOES ABOVE THE, THE CURB AND INTO THE YARDS.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AND, AND AS THE WATER IS SUBSIDING, WE HAVE THE MANHOLES FLOATING.
THERE'S A MANHOLE RIGHT ACROSS MY HOUSE, UH, UH, AND, AND DAVID GARZA, JUDGE GARZA'S HOUSE, WHICH IS ACROSS MY HOUSE.
AND THAT MANHOLE ACTUALLY, UH, FLOATS TO THE PAVEMENT.
AND, AND SO I, I AM COMING TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND, AND HOPING THAT YOU ALL CAN, CAN, UH, LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL BY THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S DEVELOPING NEW, WANTING TO DEVELOP NEW SUBDIVISION BEHIND OUR SUBDIVISION.
THAT, UH, THAT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH PLANNING IN PLACE TO, UH, TO ASSURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CONCERN IS LOOKED AT BY THE COMMISSION,
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BY THE CITY'S, UH, ZONING AND PLANNING AND ZONING OR LAW, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT CAREFULLY AND, AND, AND METICULOUSLY TO AVOID FUTURE, UH, FLOODING ISSUES IN OUR SUBDIVISION.NOW, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS HERE IS THE, UH, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO MODIFY ITS SUBDIVISION BLUEPRINTS IF NECESSARY, AND TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED, UH, TO DESIGNATE SUCH LOTS AS A LAND AREA THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR RETENTION OR WATER RETENTION, WATER BASINS, AND THAT, THAT MAY BE NECESSARY IN THAT NEW SUBDIVISION.
TWO, TO ASSIST IN THE DRAINAGE OF THE ENTIRE AREA, THE NEW SUBDIVISION AREA, AS WELL AS SHOR'S SUBDIVISION AREA.
UM, THIS WILL REQUIRE, I BELIEVE, THAT THE CITY, OR RATHER, THE DEVELOPER, MAY HAVE TO COORDINATE AND WORK WITH THE, UH, DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, UH, TERMED IRRIGATION DISTRICT ONE OF THE TWO.
IT WILL REQUIRE COORDINATING AND, AND PLANNING WITH SUCH DISTRICT TO, TO PUT IN PLACE THE PLANNING NECESSARY THAT WILL MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FLOODING FROM, FROM ADDITIONAL HOMES BEING BUILT IN ADJACENT TO THE SECOND SHORES BOULEVARD.
BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND, THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING TO BUILD 40 TO 41 NEW HOMES IN THAT AREA, OR EVENTUALLY THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE.
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE WATER RUNOFFS FROM NEW STREETS THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT IN THE NEW SUBDIVISION AND FROM OUR EXISTING STREETS IN AKA SHORES SUBDIVISION.
SO, I WOULD, I'M EMPHASIZING IN THIS ITEM, BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, IT, IT, IT HITS ME TO HEART THAT IN THE 35 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN UCK SHORES, I'VE BEEN A FAITHFUL AND A LOYAL TAXPAYER TO THE CITY, INCLUDING THE COUNTY, UM, AND ALL THE OTHER, UH, DISTRICTS, TECH TAXING DISTRICTS, ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED.
AND I HAVE NOT DEFAULTED ONCE, AND I'M A PRETTY RESPONSIBLE PERSON, NOT TO PUT MYSELF ON A PEDESTAL, BUT I'M A PRETTY RESPONSIBLE PERSON.
I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED WITH, WITH US BY YOU AS A COMMISSION AND THE CITY ENTITIES TO MONITOR, TO, UH, GIVE US AN INSURANCE THAT, THAT THE POTENTIAL FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL HOME BUILDING, UM, IS GOING TO BE MINIMIZED.
I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING FOR THE FLOODING TO BE ELIMINATED, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT BELIEVE ME, WE ALL REMEMBER BACK IN 1991 AND 92, WE WERE UNDERWATER THE WHOLE CITY.
AND, AND, AND SO IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY ENTITIES TO ASSURE AND THE OFFICIALS LIKE YOURSELVES TO ASSURE AND HELP THE COMMUNITY, PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND REQUIRE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO BE CON, TO BE, UH, ADHERING TO CITY ORDINANCES AND BUILDING OR ORDINANCES, AND INCLUDING DRAINAGE, WHICH IS THE ISSUE AT HAND THAT I'M, THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT.
SO, I, I CANNOT UNDER, I CANNOT OVEREMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR COLLABORATION, COORDINATION, FOR MONITORING, FOR, UH, FOR, FOR SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE BLUEPRINTS.
THEY MAY BE, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE PUBLIC INFORMATION.
BUT IF, IF YOU COULD HELP US BY TELLING US AND SAYING, HEY, RESIDENTS OF ROSA SHORES, THESE ARE THE BLUEPRINTS OF THE PROPOSED NEW SUBDIVISION, THE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY CONCERNS, FEEL FREE TO COME IN AND VOICE YOUR CONCERNS TO THE PROPER, UH, CITY ENTITIES THAT WILL WORK WITH US AS RESIDENTS, AS COMMUNITY.
SO, PLEASE TAKE THESE COMMENTS AND WORK WITH US AS, AS, AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE WORKED WITH A DEVELOPER, AND I'VE SEEN YOUR, YOUR INTEREST, I'VE SEEN YOUR, YOUR, UH, EAGERNESS AND WILLINGNESS TO, TO ALLOW THE GENTLEMAN HERE WITH, UH, REPRESENTING THE, UH, THE ENGINEER AND THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVES.
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SEEN YOU, YOU'RE EAGER TO WORK WITH THEM, BE EAGER TO WORK WITH US.WE, WE HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE IMPROVED THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN, WHEN I'M DRIVING TO HOME AND, AND I SEE LITTER ON THE STREETS OF HER SECOND SHORES, I, I STOP MY CAR AND I GET DOWN AND I TAKE THE LITTER OR THE, THE, THE, THE TRASH, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND I PUT IT IN MY CAR, AND I GO BACK TO MY HOME AND I DUMP IT IN THE DUMPSTER.
THAT THAT'S HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT SAN BENITO.
THAT'S HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I ASK YOU TO HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE, TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUT THIS COMMUNITY EVEN AT A HIGHER, UH, UH, QUALITY THAT IT CAN HAVE WITH ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME HERE.
I'D RATHER, I'D RATHER BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND TO THE SUBDIVISION.
AND, AND I BELIEVE I SPEAK IN BEHALF OF MANY AKA SHO RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED, UH, JUNE THE SEVENTH, OR WHENEVER IT WAS, WE WERE ABOUT 60, 65 INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED THE PETITION.
I BELIEVE I SPEAK IN THEIR BEHALF AS WELL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL 60 CAN SPEAK HERE, BUT, UH, NOBODY ELECTED ME.
NO, BUT, BUT I FEEL I HAVE TO STEP UP AND, AND, AND BE A VOICE.
AND, AND, UM, I WANNA COME BACK AND TOUCH BASE ON SOME POINTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CRUCIAL TO THE, TO THE ISSUE.
I WANT TO COME BACK AND I WANT TO, AND I WANNA WORK WITH THE, UH, MANAGEMENT OR THE BOARD OF THE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, UH, DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.
I WANT TO, I WANNA WORK WITH THEM.
I'M HERE TO STAY IN SAN BENITO, AND I WANNA MAKE SAN BENITO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING SAN BENITO THE BEST TOWN IN THE VALLEY.
RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.
OKAY, MAYOR, I THOUGHT THERE WERE GONNA BE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING, SO THE BEST TIME TO RESOLVE IT IS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'VE AGREED ON 10 MINUTES, THAT'S MAXIMUM BY ORDINANCE.
YOU CAN AGREE TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S NOT MORE THAN THREE SPEAKERS ON THE SAME TOPIC, CORRECT? UH, WE, WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
SO IF, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE NOW DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S, OKAY.
AGAIN, I BROUGHT ANOTHER, YOU'LL HAVE IT IN.
ITEM SPOKE ON ITEM NUMBER THREE AND SPOKE ITEM NUMBER THREE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE EXTRA TIME.
AND IT'S BASICALLY, THIS TIME IS NOT A PETITION.
YOU CAN SIGN BACK YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
I'M AT 1 1 9 LAKEVIEW, UH, STREET NORTH.
AND, UH, MR. ZEKE DURAN SPOKE ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH DEALT WITH, UH, DRAINAGE AND FLOODING.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE SAME ITEM WE SPOKE OF THE, THE LAST TIME IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHICH WAS A DEAD END AREA.
AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT, UH, OUR SUBDIVISION BE ALLOCATED AS A DEAD END AREA AS ITS OWN SUBDIVISION WITH ENTRY AND EXIT.
ONLY ONE WAY REASON FOR THAT, OF COURSE, IS QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE ALL DO A LOT OF, UH, BIKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO SAKA TRAILS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO OTHER LOCATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE CONFINED, SO TO SPEAK, TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE, THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WE WANT TO PREVENT THE FURTHER DETERIORATION OF OUR STREETS, AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THE DEVELOPERS GONNA COME IN, DEVELOP AND GO, WE LIVE HERE, AND WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THE DEAD END.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SAME QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHER AVENUES POSSIBLY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND HOPEFULLY DEVELOP THAT, UH, THAT PROPERTY.
WE WANT PROGRESS, BUT NOT AT DETERIORATION AND, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, PREVIOUSLY ALSO, IS THE LIFT STATION.
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IS TO MAYBE LOOK AT A, I HAVE A, UH, INDEPENDENT ENGINEER, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT IS FEASIBLE TO UPGRADE AND TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO.BUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, IF I'M TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING, IT'S GONNA BE THE PRETTIEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO THE CITY AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO DO ALL THESE THINGS, BUT THEN THEY LEAVE.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE STAYING, AND WE WILL BE THE ONES WITH THE PROBLEMS IF THESE 41 LOTS ARE OVERLOADING THIS LIFT STATION.
AND WHEN MR. DURAN TALKS ABOUT THE FLOOD OF 91, I RE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THE FLOOD OF, UH, MAY 25TH, 2005.
ON THAT DAY, WE FLOODED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
I HAD FOUR INCHES OF WATER INSIDE MY HOME THE WHOLE SUMMER.
MY BOYS AND MY FAMILY SLEPT ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE ALL OUR CARPETING TORN OUT.
WE HAD TO HAVE OUR SHEET ROCK FOUR FEET UP, TAKEN CARE OF.
ALL THIS FLOODING SITUATION IS REAL.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT I'M BRINGING UP IS REAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT ONCE MORE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE LIVE HERE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE.
I VOLUNTEERED OVER 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF SAN BONITO, DOING WHAT I COULD TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY.
I ASKED FOR YOU TO DO THE SAME, BETTER OUR COMMUNITY BY DOING A DEAD END AT THE END OF THE ROAD.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE.
I TURNED IN A PUBLIC COMMENT FORM.
SO ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 15TH, 2022, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE? MOTION? MOTION.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER UH, GARCIA.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
AND COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ ABSTAINS.
SO ANY NAS? SO IT'S, UH, FOUR FOUR YAYS, ONE ABSTAIN.
ADAM MERCER, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 0 7 0 5 DASH 0 0 7 R, THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS, DIRECTING THE CITY DIRECTOR OF FINANCES SERVICE TO CALCULATE THE WATER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF THE CITY IN THE MANNER APPROVED BY THE, UH, SPECIAL TAXING UNIT AND PROVIDED EFFECT FOR THE, UH, FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE APPROVED.
IT'S DONE YEARLY AS WE LOOK AT PREPARING OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, APPOINTED THE DESIGNEE FOR THE CITY MANAGERS, THE, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
SO WE NAME IT BY POSITION, AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE DOWN ON SECTION TWO, UH, BELOW THE TWO, WHEREAS THE UC, SECTION TWO.
SO I RECOMMEND, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 0 2 DASH ZERO SIX DASH, UH, 2 0 2 2 Z AFTER SECOND.
AND FINAL READING REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 5.8595 ACRES BEING PART OF, OF AND OUT OF LOTS.
5, 6, 9, AND 10 BLOCK 85 AIO SEMIAL, LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED UNDER VOLUME ONE PAGE 25 OF THE MAP RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND, UH, THE APPLICANT IS MR. IS, UH, SILICON, UH, TECHNOLOGIST, LLC, AND MR. ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ PRESENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT THE NEXT ITEM.
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UH, THE ITEM, UM, IN THIS CASE, THE ORDINANCE, UH, 26 0 2 DASH 6 20 22 Z, UH, WAS APPROVED AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD BY THE PLAINTIFF'S ZONING COMMISSION, UH, JUNE 26, UH, JUNE 29, SORRY, OF 2022.I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
MR. HERNANDEZ, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE SLIDE WITH THE SIDE, UH, THAT SHOWS THE PROPERTY SO OUR GUESTS CAN SEE IT, AND IT'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, LITTLE RED, SO CHECK HIS PLEA.
RUTH, CAN YOU CHANGE IT RIGHT THERE? OKAY.
IF THAT'S NOT WORKING, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GET YOU TO DO IT.
SO AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE MAP, UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING, UH, FIVE ACRE TRACT, AND THERE'S AN ALSO AN EXISTING, UH, 20.33, UH, ACRE TRACK.
UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, THE 5.89 ACRES IS BEING ANNEXED AND IS LATER GONNA BE REZONED, UH, TO SF ONE TO MEET CITY ORDINANCES AND BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE PROPOSED, UH, HOMES THERE.
SO MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN SEE SHORE DRIVE THERE WHERE IT COMES UP TO THE RED AND, UH, YELLOW LINE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT YELLOW AREA THAT SAYS IT'S GOT A BOX OR A CLOUD LAND BEING ANNEX.
SO THAT'S THE, OF THE LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED, UM, BEING CONSIDERED, UH, IN THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PROPERTY TO, TO THE WEST OF IT, UH, IT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, IT'S, I, IF I RECALL, ITS ZONE AGRICULTURE CURRENTLY OPEN SPACE AND PROPOSED TO BE.
SO THEN YOU'LL SEE TO THE WEST OF THAT, UH, OCK SHORES, AND THAT'S THE, THE ROADS THAT LEAD THROUGH THE, THE, THE SUBDIVISION, UH, MORE WESTERLY.
AND, UH, THERE'S LIKE THREE CONNECTION POINTS THAT COME OUT ONTO LUT STREET.
SO THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S BEING, UH, ANNEXED.
YOU, YOU DO SEE EARLY ROAD, EARLY ROAD IS, UH, UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE, UH, THE CAMERON COUNTY.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, NOT THE DRAIN DISTRICT, BUT IT, IT ENDS JUST ABOUT TO THE, UH, FIRST DRIVEWAY THAT GOES IN A EAST, WEST DIRECTION WHERE THE RED LINE IS AT.
SO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES THAT SOMEWHERE UP THERE, UH, WHEN IT GETS OFF OF THIS, UH, THIS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT OWNS THAT SECTION, AND YOU GET INTO THE COUNTY SECTION OF LEY ROAD, UH, IT, IT'S PROPOSED THAT THEY TIE IN INTO THAT AREA.
SO IT IS, UH, IT IS A LITTLE OVER 40 LOTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, WITH THE LAND THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CITY LIMITS IN THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, FIVE AND A HALF ACRES, UH, TO BE ANNEXED.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR ME? IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT'S ON THIS? INDICATE, RUTH, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST SO I CAN SEE IT.
YOU CAN TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON.
AND, WE'LL, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, BASED OFF OF THE ORDINANCE, IS IT ORDINANCE OR STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES THE 200 FEET REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION TO RESIDENTS? YES.
IT'S A STATE LAW AND IT'S 200 FEET.
SO, AND HOW MANY HOMES WERE SENT TO NOTIFICATION ON, UM, AKA SHORES AND HOW MANY WERE SENT ON SOUTHERN COMFORT? SOUTHERN COMFORT IS THE, DO YOU RECALL HOW MANY OF THERE WERE THEY CALLED THE NEW AKA SHORES? YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS ABOUT, UH, 14 OF 'EM, AND, UH, THERE WAS TWO ON, UH, THE WEST PART OF AKA SHORES, AND THE OTHER ONES WERE FOR ALL THE ONES THAT WERE WITHIN 200 FEET WERE MAILED OUT.
SO THERE WAS ABOUT 14 OF 'EM, MAINLY IN OLD AKA SHORES.
SO A MAJORITY OF THE NOTIFICATIONS WENT OUT, UM, TO THE, WHAT'S CONSIDERED RASAKA SHORES SES.
SO SOUTHERN COMFORT, ONLY TWO HOMES WERE GIVEN NOTIFICATION BASED OFF OF STATE LAW.
RIGHT, BASED ON THE DISTANCE YEAH.
USING THE, THE 200 FEET APPRAISAL DISTRICT INFORMATION.
BECAUSE WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING FROM THAT SUBDIVISION.
AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT WASN'T TO GIVE THEM NOTIFICATION ONLY TO PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER DID OCCUR, CORRECT? IT WAS PUBLISHED ALREADY.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? COMMISSIONERS?
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OKAY.MANY, UM, I KNOW IT'S A ANNEXATION ONLY.
UM, DID THEY MEET THE STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY, UH, LAWS ORDINANCE FOR THESE ANNEXATION HERE? THIS, UH, THIS DEVELOPERS? YES, SIR.
BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION, WE REVIEW THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE, WE REVIEWED THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, AND THIS ONE, IT'S A VOLUNTARY, UH, ANNEXATION.
SO YOU PROVIDE A, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, A SERVICE PLAN FOR THE AREA.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE POLICE FIRE, IT'S THERE.
OUR CERTIFICATE AREA FOR WATER AND SEWER, WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T WATER, IT'S, IT COULD BE EAST IN THIS AREA.
IT COULD BE HONDA WATER SUPPLY.
I, IF I RECALL, WHEN I SEE ALL OF THIS, IT'S ALL OF OURS.
SO, UH, ALL THOSE ITEMS WERE ADDRESSED BY THE ANNEXATION.
SO STATE IT FOLLOWS STATE STATUTES FOR ANNEXATION.
THE CITY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CITY? WELL, WELL, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IT'S COUNTY, IT'S NOT.
BUT I THINK THE, THE QUESTION YOU WERE TRYING TO IS CAN WE STOP IT EARLIER? AND THE POINT IS, IS, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS OR IN THE COUNTY.
AND CURRENTLY TODAY, UH, THE INTENT IS TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC ROADWAYS.
SO THE, UH, IF THEY DON'T ANNEX, UH, THEY CAN BUILD TO THE SAME, THEY CAN BUILD IN THE COUNTY, BUT IT WOULD BE TO THEIR LOWER STANDARD.
IT WOULD STILL BE, WELL, SOME LOWER STANDARDS, BUT MOST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BECAUSE THEY'RE WITHIN OUR MILE, ONE MILE E-T-J-E-T-J.
AND THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, SO THEY WOULD HAVE IT.
SO, QUITE HONESTLY, UH, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE R AND I COUNTED THOSE LOTS.
THERE'S ABOUT 84 LOTS, THE ORIGINAL SAC SHORES OKAY.
AND I'VE BEEN IN CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 35 YEARS, AND IT'S ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS ALREADY A SECONDARY INGRESS EGRESS REQUIREMENT.
THE MOMENT YOU HIT 30 HOMES, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH LIBERTY ESTATES.
SO THERE'S 84 HOMES WITH ONE INGRESS EGRESS, AND THAT ROAD WAS NOT STU OUT.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE PUNCHED THROUGH IT.
IT'S NOT A CULDESAC, IT'S NOT A DEAD END.
IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A LOT THERE.
AND THEN I LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENT WAS WHEN IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT TODAY AS CITY MANAGEMENT, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT AS PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS, IT'S, IT'S WITHIN AN AREA THAT COULD BE, UH, DEVELOPED WITHOUT THE CITY'S PERMISSION OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, AS LONG AS IT MEETS OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
IS, IS THERE, IS THE CITY A, UH, BASED ON THE ANNEXATION, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT UTILITIES.
IS THERE ANY, UM, UTILITIES ON THE PROPERTY THAT ARE WE GONNA INHERIT? WERE THEY ON SEPTIC, I BELIEVE? NO, THEY'RE PROPOSING WATER AND SEWER.
WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA INHERIT AN OLD WATER LINE IF WE ANNEX.
THERE'S NOT AN OLD WATER LINE GOING THROUGH THERE, IS THERE? NO, THIS IS THE ONLY THING THEY WERE ON, I THINK WAS SEPTIC.
I THINK THERE'S ONE HOUSE THAT I SAW OUT THERE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WON'T, YOU WON'T SEE THE PLAT AND WE WON'T SEE CONSTRUCTION PLANS UNTIL SOMETIME WHEN THE FINAL PLAT IS, IS BEING SUBMITTED.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 84 LOTS AND, AND THE OTHER, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT'S HOR WEST OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT SOUTHERN COMFORT, UH, THE POINT IS, IS THERE'S NO ONSITE DETENTION.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAVE TO MEET THE MOST STRICTEST DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE IMPOSED ON ANY DEVELOPER, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, UH, RUSSELL RANCH PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS EVEN STRICTER THAN THAT.
SO, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS, UH, AND IT WILL HAVE DETENTION.
WE, UH, I STATED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING OR AT SOME PRIOR MEETING, THAT, UH, WE WILL, UH, LOOK AT THE LIFT STATION AND, UH, IT'S A NEW SUBDIVISION.
UH, IT, IT'S ALL UNDEVELOPED LAND.
SO SIDEWALKS WILL GO IN CURBS AND GUTTERS WILL GO IN, DRAINAGE WILL BE HANDLED, SOME DETENTION FACILITIES SOMEWHERE BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE DRAIN, WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT THE OTHER, THE EXISTINGS ARE.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHEN SOMEBODY'S BEEN HERE MANY YEARS, UH, THEY'RE VESTED.
UH, THERE'S NO, WE'RE NOT ASKING THAT THEY HANDLE THOSE STORM WATERS.
WE WILL HANDLE THOSE STORM WATERS THROUGH THE CITY OR IN, IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
UH, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RULES, AND WE HAVE OUR RULES.
THEY TAKE CARE OF THE DRAINAGE CHANNELS, WE TAKE CARE OF THE LOCAL WATERS UNTIL IT GETS TO THOSE CHANNELS.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, AND AGAIN, THE ANNEXATION DECISION IS STRICTLY YOURS, BUT CAN, CAN IT BE BUILT WITHOUT A BEING ANNEX? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
SO IN REGARDS TO THEIR CONCERN, UH, OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OR WHAT WE'RE GONNA IMPOSE IS, IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE.
IT WOULD BE MORE THAN THEY'VE HAD.
AND IT'S THE MOST STRICTEST, BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT DECADES OF,
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AND EVEN THEN WE LOOKED AT STANDARDS AROUND US.UH, WE WEREN'T MEETING THE COUNTIES, UM, AGAIN, FOR WHATEVER THE REASON, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE MEETING AND EXCEEDING, AND IN SOME AREAS, OR EVEN OUR CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS IS LARGER NOW.
IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE DETENTION THAT'S GONNA CAPTURE ALL OF THIS WATERS.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF THE PIPE'S TOO SMALL, YOU CAN'T GET IT INTO THE INLETS.
THE SMALL DRAINS DOWN A SMALL PIPE INTO A BIG POND.
WE'VE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE PIPES, AND WE DID THAT BY ORDINANCE AND INTENTIONALLY TO TRY TO REMOVE WATER FASTER.
SO THAT, THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED.
GO, UH, I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED, UH, UH, SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, THE CONCERNS, NOT JUST FROM AK SHORES, BUT ACROSS THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE, PROPER DRAINAGE, UH, STORM WATER RETENTION.
AND I, I THINK PRETTY MUCH WE'RE IN LINE WITH, UH, THE STRICT, UH, RESTRICTIONS THAT WE DO IMPOSE.
AND THAT'S TO PROTECT EVERYONE FROM FLOODING.
UH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT'S COME THROUGH, AND IT IS A CHALLENGE.
SOMETIMES WE FACE, UH, IMPORTANT DECISIONS LIKE THIS ONE TODAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULDN'T JEOPARDIZE, UH, YOUR, UH, WELLBEING, YOUR, UH, ENHANCEMENT OF LIFE, A QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN SAN BONITO.
BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, CONSIDERING WE HAVEN'T GROWN IN, IN MANY YEARS, AND RIGHT NOW, UH, YEAH, WE ARE PRIME FOR GROWTH, UH, RESIDENTIAL SPECIFICALLY, AND WE'RE FACING, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT YES, THEY'RE COMING IN WITH THEIR PLANS, BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET THROUGH WITH THEIR PLANS.
THEY'RE GONNA GET THROUGH WITH COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION TO DO THE BEST THING THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, AND, AND I KNOW MR. LAROSA, WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LIBERTY ESTATES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RUSSELL RANCH, AND YES, UH, WE ARE APPROACHED WITH DIFFERENT, UH, UH, SITUATIONS THAT, UH, STILL WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM THE FACT THAT WE WILL PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM ANY FLOODING OR IMPROPER DRAINAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
MR. ENRIQUE, I DON'T SEE ON THE ANNEXATION REQUEST, IT SAYS LOTS.
THAT'S THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR THE ANNEXATION.
IT'S FOUR LOTS OUTTA THAT BLOCK.
I THOUGHT I SAW BLOCK, UH, LOT 85.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
WE CAN, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, LIKE MANNY WAS SAYING, MR. OSA PLANNING AND ZONING WILL HAVE TO RE REVIEW THE PLAT, THE SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS AND ANO AND A FUTURE DATE.
AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER PO PUBLIC HEARING TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS ON THE STANDARDS OF A NEW SUBDIVISION.
ON THE PLAT, THEY'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING TO PUT THEIR INPUT ON WHAT A, WHAT THE, THE STANDARDS THEY WOULD LIKE ON A PLA YES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS OR ANYTHING.
IF ANYTHING, THEY'LL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO COME.
IT'S GONNA HAVE A, THEY CAN SUBMIT A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND A FINAL PLAT CONCURRENTLY.
UM, THE P IS THAT GONNA ALLOW FOR ANOTHER CONVERSATION? I, I DON'T RECALL THE ACTUAL, UH, THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING FOR, NOT FOR THE PLAT.
FOR FINAL PLATS OR SUBDIVISIONS.
THE, THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME? YES, SIR.
THE, UH, AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UH, WHEN THEY GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF, UH, IT'S THE TECHNICAL STAFF, ENGINEERS AND OTHER CONSULTANTS THAT WE UTILIZE THAT MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE, THE BOARD, THE, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS AREN'T, UH, REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WE DON'T SHOW CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
WE FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE INDUSTRY STANDARDS, CONSTRUCTION PLANS, ENGINEERING PLANS, AND SO FORTH.
SO THE READING ON NUMBER EIGHT IS VOLUNTARY IN EX EXHIBITION.
IT'S JUST THE ACCUSATION? YES.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION.
YOU DID MOTION TO PASS? YEAH, I GOT A MOTION BY,
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I DON'T, ON THE CAMERON COUNTY WEBSITE, IT SAYS LOTS FIVE AND SIX.SO ARE WE GOING BASED OFF OF THE, THE CAD OR THE SURVEY THAT THE, UH, SILICON VALLEY TURNED IN? WE HAVE MEET AND BOUNDS, AND THEY SUBMITTED A SURVEY AS WELL.
AND CAMERON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, I WOULD'VE TO CHECK.
IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE PARCEL, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE INACCURATE.
THE INFORMATION IS INACCURATE, BUT WE BASE IT OFF THE MEETS AND BOUNDS AND THE SURVEY, SO WE'RE OKAY.
BASING IT OFF OF THAT? YES, SIR.
THE, THE MEETS AND BOUNCES IS THE LEGAL INSTRUMENT 'CAUSE IT'S CERTIFIED.
AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT SAYS, DON'T DEPEND ON OUR INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE ACCURATE.
THAT'S GONNA, SO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS NEVER CURRENT, UH, DEEDS, WARRANTIES THAT CAN TAKE MONTHS OR SOMETIME FOR THEM TO GET RECORDED.
IT IS THAT SURVEY, THE INSTRUMENT THAT, THAT'S RELIED UPON.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, VOLUNTARY.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 0 3 DASH SIX DASH 0 2 2 0 22 Z.
SECOND, IF I DON'T READ TO THE PROPERTY, LOCATED ON THE INTERSECTION OF EC SHORES AND EARLY ROAD BEARING, A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 20.33 ACRES BEING PART OF LOT EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 OF LOT 85 IN 70 OLD LAND AND WATER SUBDIVISIONS ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF.
RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE 25 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, TEXAS FROM A OH, AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF DASH ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE APPLICANT, UH, MR. ROLANDO GONZALEZ AND MR. UH, RAUL, A GONZALEZ AND ENRIQUE, UM, HERNANDEZ, I'M SORRY.
ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ WITH THE PLAN DEPARTMENT TO REPRESENT, UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEM AS WELL WAS, UH, APPROVED AT THE SPECIAL, UH, P AND Z MEETING, UH, JUNE 29TH.
UM, IT'S A REZONE OF THE 20 POINT 33 ACRES, UH, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE FINAL PLAT WITH, UH, THE 40 PLUS LOTS THAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO DEVELOP.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
ITEM RETURN CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 0 4 DASH SIX DASH 2022 Z AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING, UH, REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INTERSECTION OF SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD AND PENNSYLVANIA, UH, AVENUE BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, A TRACK CONTAINING OF FIVE POINT 16 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE BLOCK.
40 ASSEMBLY OLD LAND AND WATERS COMPANY SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS.
AND, UH, MR. CAPROS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, LLC AND MR. ENRIQUE EZ.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS PROTE, ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UH, IS ALSO, UH, THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR CAMP'S DEVELOPMENT.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON MAY 13TH, 2022, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, LOCATION.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM THIS SITE OF TOWN WERE NOTIFIED WITHIN 200 FEET RADIO ON THIS ONE? UH, I, I CAN, I WOULD'VE TO GET BACK TO AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT THERE WAS AT LEAST 30 BECAUSE SINCE, UH, IT'S CLOSE TO, UH, LIBERTY ESTATE, YES.
I HAD TO SEND OUT THE NOTICES TO ALL THE HOMES THERE.
AND ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO IT IS JUST FARMLAND.
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SO IT WAS JUST TWO PROPERTIES THERE.SO 90% OF 'EM WERE FROM LIBERTY STATES.
I WAS LIKE, WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT FROM ONE SUBDIVISION AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE PERSON SHOW UP.
ANY OPPOSITION ON ANY OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS? NO.
OH, WELL, THIS IS WRITE OFF SAM HOUSTON.
IS IT, UH, WHAT, UH, SOUTH OF, UH, LIBERTY ESTATE.
SOUTH OF LIBERTY ESTATE? YES, SIR.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, YES.
IT'S IN THE INTERSECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SAM HOUSTON, SOUTH OF THE DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION DITCH.
AND THAT'S BEFORE GETTING TO THE LA FUENTE ELEMENTARY.
YEAH, YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW BOX.
THE YELLOW BOX HAS A, A RED LINE THAT GOES, UH, BOTH HORIZONTAL AND LATERAL.
THIS IS THIS, UH, THIS ACREAGE HERE.
AND SOME OF IT IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, UH, A STRIP OF SAM HOUSTON ON BOTH SIDES THAT'S ALREADY ANNEXED.
SO, UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO ANNEX THAT AND, AND MERGE IT WITH THE, THE REST OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THAT WILL ALSO BE A PROPOSED, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CORRECT? ABOUT 40 LOTS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? YES, SIR.
DO I HAVE MOTION MR. TO APPROVE MOTION? A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR VILLA FRANCO.
AND, UH, SECOND BY CHEMISTRY GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION.
UM, FIRST READ OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20, UH, 26 0 5 DASH SEVEN DASH 22 2 Z TO REZONE, A PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER INTERSECTION OF SAN HOUSTON BOULEVARD IN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, OF VARYING A TRACK CONTAINING 15 ACRES OF TRACK OF LAND BLOCK, UH, 40 OF THE SAN DIEGO LAND OF WATER COMPANIES SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE.
CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND APPLICANT MR. CAMP'S DEVELOPMENT, LLC AND MR. ENRIQUE, UH, HERNANDEZ PRESENT THIS ADAM.
ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, PUBLIC, UH, HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON MARCH 13TH, 2020 SECOND, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES A PROPOSED USE OF AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION USE.
A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE ZONE TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COMMISSION HELD, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 7TH, 2022, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
OKAY, MAYOR COMMERS ONE CORRECTION, UH, YOU SAID MARCH 13TH IS MAY 13TH, 2022 WHEN THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED.
MAY 13TH, THEN AGAIN, NO OPPOSITION.
GOT A MOTION BY ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I GOT A, UM, MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR TIM VI FRANCO SECOND BY, OH, I'M SORRY.
ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2022 DASH 2023 DRAFT, UH, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG FUNDING.
AND MR. MARTIN SIGNS PRESENT THIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
MARTIN SIGNS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OF THE YEAR 48, WHICH COVERS THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
THAT AMOUNT, $213,632 IS FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENT DEBT PAYMENT.
39,996 IS FOR THE RECA TRAIL PROPERTY PAYMENT AND 72,638, WHICH EQUALS 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION LEAVING THE BALANCE
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OF 36,927 AVAILABLE FOR, AVAILABLE FOR SUB-RECIPIENTS WHO REQUEST FUNDING.THIS YEAR, THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTED FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS ARE CASA, WHICH REQUESTED 20,000 MAGGIE'S HOUSE, WHICH REQUESTED 8,000 IN SUNSHINE HAVEN, WHICH REQUESTED 15,000.
UPON REVIEW OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS, ALL THE SUB RECIPIENTS MET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
AFTER DISCUSSION WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 36,927 BE DIVIDED EVENLY ACROSS THE THREE SUBRECIPIENTS WHO REQUESTED FUNDING THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT EACH ORGANIZATION WOULD RECEIVE WOULD EQUAL 12,309.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT WAS THE LAST, UH, NONPROFIT SUNSHINE HAVEN? THEY'RE, THEY'RE A FIRST TIME SUB RECIPIENT.
THEY'RE LOCATED, THEY'RE FROM SAN BETO.
THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE, UM, UH, A POPULATION FROM SAN BETO, I BELIEVE THAT THEIR OFFICE OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTY.
BUT THEY, THEY PROVIDE HOSPICE CARE AT HOME AND THEY PROVIDE IT TO RESIDENTS.
SOME OF OUR CITIZENS THAT DESIRE TO, THEY DO INCLUDE OUR CITIZENS, UH, AT, AT THE TIME OF NEED.
UM, DID YOU GET NUMBERS OR ANYTHING? UH, DID THEY PRESENT ANYTHING TO YOU? YES.
AND THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS WAS VETTED, WAS REVIEWED, AND THEY ALL HAVE, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT THEY ASSIST.
THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, QUALIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO SUBMIT, TO BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSEMENT.
AND COMMISSIONER, THOSE NUMBERS WERE LOW.
AND WHEN WE REVIEWED THEM AND THE REQUEST WAS TO, UH, OR AT LEAST THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE, THE BOARD OR OUR COMMITTEE, IS TO MAKE IT EVEN ACROSS WITH EVERYBODY.
BUT, UH, THE CONCERN WAS, WELL IF, IF THE NUMBER'S GONNA BE LOW, THEN ARE THEY GONNA GET THE MONIES AND NOT TREAT, NOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT NEED THIS HOSPICE CARE OR THIS TYPE OF SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
THEY ONLY QUALIFY WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE INFORMATION AND IF THEY DON'T REACH IT, THERE MAY BE FUNDS THAT THEY NEVER GET TO UTILIZE BECAUSE THEY DON'T OH, OKAY.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR SERVICES OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS ONLY WITH, AND NOT RETJ.
YOU GOTTA BE IN THE CITY OF LIMITS TO GET THAT CREDIT.
AND OF COURSE, UH, UH, ALONG THE WAY COMES OUTREACH TO ENSURE THAT OUR FOLKS, UM, KNOW ABOUT THIS, UH, ASSISTANCE AT THE TIME OF NEED.
AND ALL THREE ORGANIZATIONS DO OUTREACH WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
AND LEMME SAY, I THINK THAT YOU COULD BE A CITIZEN IN GETTING SERVICES OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTY, WHEREVER THIS FACILITY IS.
THAT, AND THAT WOULD QUALIFY 'CAUSE IT'S STILL ONE OF OUR CITIZENS.
THEY CHOOSE TO GET THIS CARE AT A FACILITY INSTEAD OF, UH, AT HOME.
SO IT MAY, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE, BUT WELL, I'M FAMILIAR, I'VE HEARD OF IT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS ENSURE THAT OF COURSE OUR, OUR CITIZENS HERE, UH, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UH, TYPE OF SERVICE AT THE TIME THAT THEY NEED IT, THEY CAN USE, UTILIZE THAT.
IF SOMEBODY'S GOING INTO HOSPICE, YES.
I'M SURE IT WILL BE GREAT HELP TO THEM.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEAR A HOSPICE BEING A NONPROFIT.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THESE GUYS, THESE, THIS GROUP COMES BEFORE US.
IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDING, CDBG FOR THESE TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, NEEDS.
SO, UH, AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE VEING PROCESS COMMISSIONER OR MAYOR TIM.
SO IT, IT, IT, IT PASSED MUSTERED WITH US, AT LEAST FROM THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO US.
SO HOW MUCH WAS IT, HOW MUCH WAS LEFT? 36,000.
SO IT'S EQUALLY CHAIRED BY, BY THE THREE? CORRECT.
SO A TOTAL OF 12,309 TO EACH ONE.
MR. SZ, WHEN WAS THE, UH, THE, THIS DRAFT PREPARED OR WHEN DID THE APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN? THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS OPEN, IT HAS A REQUIREMENT, APRIL THROUGH MAY.
IT WAS A REQUIREMENT TO BE PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT WAS POSTED AND, UH, APPLICATIONS WERE DUE DURING, UH, THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY.
DID THE COMMISSION GET NOTIFICATION THAT THE APPLICATION WAS OPEN? I, BECAUSE I REMEMBER ASKING MR. BELL SPECIFICALLY WHENEVER IT WAS READY, UH, IF I COULD GET NOTICE AND I NEVER GOT NOTICE, AND THEN NOW WE'RE HERE.
SO TO ME, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH INPUT ON WHAT THE DRAFT PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE.
OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T CHOOSE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT I COULD LET SOME LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT HAD BEEN ASKING ABOUT IT, THE APPLICATION'S OPEN.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT FULLY AWARE AND MAYBE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, UM, THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY ISSUE.
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COULD CHECK THE RECORDS WOULD'VE AND SEE WHAT, UH, WAS FORWARDED.I IT WAS FORWARDED TO I, I, I COULD CHECK THE RECORDS TOO.
BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK BACK FOR THE EMAIL.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY ASKING, LET ME KNOW WHEN THE APPLICATION OPENS, LET ME KNOW AND THEN WE'RE HERE.
UM, ALSO, I LOOKED INTO THE PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES AND IT, FROM THE, THE DRAFT PLAN, IT SAYS TWO CITIZENS WILL MOST LIKELY BE BENEFITED ON WHICH, UH, PART WAS THAT ON THE SUN? UH, PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES.
THAT'S, UM, IS THAT THE SAME THING AS SUNSHINE HAVEN? IT'S ON PAGE 21.
IT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE IMPACTED.
NOW I CAN TAKE DOWN THE, THE, THE QUESTION AND THEN, UH, GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
SO, SO WHEN THEY SAY PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, THEY'LL PROVIDE, TYPICALLY YOU'RE ON A, MAYBE A SHORT TIMEFRAME TO LIVE MAYBE SIX MONTHS HOSPICE CARE.
WE LIVE IN A, IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS ALREADY BELOW THE AVERAGE MEDIA INCOME, MOST OF THOSE FOLKS WILL QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE OR MEDICAID AND ALREADY, ALREADY WILL QUALIFY FOR THIS TYPE OF CARE THROUGH THAT FUNDING.
SO THAT I, I'M ALL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE CARE, RIGHT? DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT MOST OF THOSE CITIZENS WILL ALREADY QUALIFY THROUGH OTHER MEANS, MEDICARE, MEDICAID.
UM, I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE THESE FUNDS BE USED FOR, UM, PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
OR IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOME TYPE OF A LOW INCOME BENEFIT, COULD WE WORK IN AGREEMENT WITH CAMERON COUNTY? THEY HAVE THE INDIGENT PROGRAM.
IF YOU MAKE UNDER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU QUALIFY, UM, FOR THREE FREE MEDICATIONS PER MONTH.
YOU KNOW, COULD WE WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH CAMERON COUNTY? I THINK IT'S VALLEY BAPTIST, THAT HELPS SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM WHERE SOME OF THOSE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF IT AND GET SOME FUNDING THROUGH HERE THAT WE, WE KIND OF BENEFIT THEM THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GET CLINICAL SERVICES FOR FREE AND THEN THEY GET THREE MEDICATIONS PER MONTH FREE VERSUS JUST TWO RESIDENTS ACCORDING TO THIS GETTING PALLIATIVE CARE, WHICH MOST OF THEM ALREADY.
THE, THE ONLY THING, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, IT SAYS TO, BUT WOULD THEY REFUSE SERVICE TO OTHERS? UH, AND BECAUSE NOT NECESSARILY, UH, THERE'S FOLKS OUT THERE THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID.
YOU KNOW, UH, IN FACT, UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UH, WHERE THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE MEDICAID QMB AND THERE'S NO OTHER HELP.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD, BUT WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, AND, AND YOU HAVE A GOOD POINT, COMMISSIONER GALVAN, IS IT LIMITED TO TWO OR IS IT JUST SAYING THAT THAT MONEY COULD COVER TWO, UH, CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO, BUT THERE WOULD BE OPEN FOR AS MANY AS AS AS NECESSARY.
THEY'RE OPEN TO MORE RESIDENTS NOW.
THAT IS WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT IF WE DO THIS, THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM OUT THERE TO ASSIST THEM IN CASE THEY NEED IT AT, AT THE TIME OF THEIR NEED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY, UH, MORE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE, EVERY TIME THEY SUBMIT A, A REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST, WE ALSO HAVE TO, UH, SCREEN EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SUBMITTED AND SEE HOW MANY RESIDENTS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE.
ONLY TWO CAN QUALIFY WITH THE MONEY THAT ARE IN.
MANNY, CAN WE USE SOME OF THIS MONEY FOR THE PARKS FOR OUR CITIES? YOU CAN MAYOR, UM, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT? HE'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH? OKAY.
AND BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SIR, I KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FOR THIS BECAUSE, UH, I HAD GONE TO A
ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS AND, AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S IN NEED.
BUT SANTOS ALSO IN NEED OUR PARKS, WE STILL HAVE A PARK THAT, THE LAND PARK THAT DOESN'T HAVE RESTROOMS OKAY.
AND WE'RE TRYING, WE GOT THE GAN GAN, UH, PARK OVER THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED UP.
WELL, WELL LOOK AT THE, OUR FIRST RESPONDER PARK THERE.
RESTROOMS, THEY GOT VANDALIZED WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY FOR THAT.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR RESTROOMS EVERYWHERE.
OUR CABOOSE, YOU KNOW, ALSO, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND GIVING TO, UH, THE NON-PROFITS.
I WISH I, YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE MORE, BUT RIGHT NOW OUR CITY IS ALSO IN DIRE NEED
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TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE.SO WITH THAT IN MIND, SIR, HAVE IT.
MAYOR PROAM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
FRED, BE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
UH, UH, FIRST THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, THAT REQUEST CAME IN AFTER THE CURRENT APPLICATION PERIOD WAS ALREADY POSTED, PUBLISHED, AND RECEIVED.
NEXT, WE WON'T START RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING.
THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, MARCH.
IT'LL GO OUT FOR PUBLICATION AND WE WILL RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS FEBRUARY, MARCH, THAT IS THE YEAR THAT IS CORRECT.
IT DOESN'T DEVIATE THROUGH THE YEAR.
IT IS A CERTAIN TIME EVERY YEAR WE'RE NOTIFIED IF WE PUBLISH A NOFA NOTICE OF FINANCIAL AVAILABILITY.
APPLICATIONS ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO APPLY.
THERE WAS SOME REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE CURRENT APPLICATION THAT WAS, UH, UH, UH, ADDED BASED ON DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGEMENT.
WE RECEIVED APPLICATIONS AND WENT THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS.
THREE NON-PROFITS, UH, SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.
WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMUNITY, WHICH EACH OF Y'ALL HAVE AN APPOINTEE.
THE WORDS FROM THAT COMMITTEE WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR, VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.
THEY SAID, IT IS OUR OFFICIAL UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION THAT THESE FUNDS BE DIVIDED EVENLY AMONGST THESE NONPROFITS.
WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PARKS.
WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, WHAT YOU MAY NOTICE FROM LAST YEAR, WE HAVE, THERE'S ABOUT $30,000 LESS IN THE OVERALL AWARD ON THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE GO BASED ON WHAT? AND THE MONIES THAT THE, THE CITY GRACIOUSLY LOVES TO UTILIZE TOWARDS OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY ON TOWARDS OUR PARK PERMIT.
WE HAVE CURRENT PROJECTS UNDER DESIGN AND ENGINEER, UH, FOR, FOR THE F*G RESTROOMS. AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, UH, THE LANDRUM LANDRUM RESTROOMS ARE THE F*G PAVILION, SORRY.
AND THE, THE RESTROOMS AT, UH, AT LANDRUM, MR. RODRIGUEZ IS WORKING ON WITH OUR ENGINEERS, OUR ENGINEERING FIRMS, TO TRY TO GET THE ACTUAL DESIGN AND THE COST ESTIMATES.
WE SHOULD KNOCK OUT F WE, WE KNOW THAT HE KNOW THAT THE CONCRETE IS ALREADY GONE.
BUT THE PROCESS WAS VERY OPEN, TRANSPARENT.
WE HAD NO INCOME OUT AND REPORT, UH, AND REQUEST ANY OTHER GUIDANCE OR ANY OTHER OPTIONS.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THERE WAS NOT ONLY IN-PERSON MEETINGS, THERE WAS EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS.
WE HAD EVEN FOLLOW UP, EVEN AS IS RECENTLY, THIS LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WHEN THIS COMMUNITY, THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS REINSTATED.
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS Y'ALL MADE IT VERY CLEAR, IS WE TALKED TO YOUR APPOINTEES AND WE BRING BACK TO YOU WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN USED FOR PARKS THAT'S IN THERE.
THAT COMMISSIONER, I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER, UH, IN FRONT OF ME.
AND WE'RE GONNA COMMISSIONER, LET ME ASK THAT.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SOME OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS MM-HMM.
YOU EARMARKED IT VERY SPECIFICALLY.
WHEN YOU SAID 20,000, I CAN RECALL THE COMMISSIONER THAT THIS GOES TO LANDRUM 20,000 FOR A BATHROOM WHEN THE BATHROOMS EVEN BACK THEN WERE 60,000.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH 60,000.
YOU ARE, YOU'RE HANDCUFFING US WHEN YOU SAY WE WANT IT TO GO TO THIS PARK, WHEN YOU SAY PUT IT IN PARKS AND THEN LET US DECIDE THROUGH A PRIORITY.
NO, WE, WE, WE'VE GOT THE MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MARK IT THAT WAY.
HOW IT'S BEEN, HOW IT'S BEEN EARMARKED.
CAN CAN WE BRING THAT BACK UP SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT EARMARKED FOR PARTS? IT'S A PUBLICATION.
IF, IF YOU DO, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS FOR THE APPLICABLE AWARD.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT WITH THE 36,000? NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE RESERVES WAITING FOR THAT? NO.
ANY, ANY PREVIOUSLY, UH, YEAR THAT WAS, WHETHER IT BE FOR A SPECIFIC PARK PROJECT UHHUH, OR FOR OVERALL GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO ANY DEVIATION OR MODIFICATION, IT REQUIRES PUBLICATION AND TWO HEARINGS AND PRESENTATION.
AND A SUBSTANTIAL, IF I'M MISTAKEN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE ARE MARKED FOR PARKS IN GENERAL.
NO, SOME HAVE NO LATTER YEARS.
BUT THERE'S SOME MIN, BUT, BUT THERE'S SOME THAT WERE VERY SPECIFIC AND IT'S IN THERE AND WERE LIKE THIS.
SO, UH, THERE'S TWO, RIGHT? YES.
THE ONE WAS THE, THE 2017 FUNDS, WHICH WAS THE, UH, PAVILION, THE VALLEY WE HAD EXTRA.
MOVING FORWARD, THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY EARMARK THAT MONEY FOR.
AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND WHAT WE'VE EVEN DECIDED, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR UNASSIGNED RESERVE FUNDS TO FINISH THESE
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PROJECTS OUT JUST SO WE CAN GET 'EM OFF THE TABLE.BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET IN THEM WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, THEN WE'RE PENALIZED AND WE COULD LOSE THEM SEVEN YEARS.
SO, MANNY, UH, UH, LOOK, UH, ABOVE PARKS AND RESTROOMS AND SO ON, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER MONIES OUT THERE THAT WE HAVEN'T USED YET.
ISN'T THERE BOND MONEY FROM OTHER YES, SIR.
AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
AND YOU HAVE A NEW COORDINATOR? SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT THIS, UH, CDBG ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE I, I, I'M REALLY A STRONG ADVOCATE OF IT BECAUSE, WELL, I SERVED ON THAT BOARD MYSELF, UH, YEARS BACK.
BUT HERE'S THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, IS THAT WE ASKED SOMEONE TO HELP US IN OUR COMMUNITY HOW TO SPEND THIS, UH, 30 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND WE CAN FIND WAYS TO FIX PARKS.
SO I WANNA STICK TO THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION MADE BY OUR ADVISORY BOARD.
SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, UH, BUT ALSO, WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT AFTERWARDS.
AND I'VE GOT A MOTION RIGHT NOW ON THE TABLE ALREADY.
UM, THE MONEY IS NOT GIVEN TO THE ORGANIZATION UNTIL THEY SUBMIT A REIMBURSEMENT FORM FOR THE SERVICES.
IF THEY DON'T USE ALL THE FUNDS, MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, MR. DELO SAYS THAT IT'LL, WE, THE, THE CITY WILL RETAIN THE FUNDS AND CAN CHOOSE TO REALLOCATE IT.
THEY HAVEN'T UNTIL WHEN TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
I KNOW THE SEVEN YEARS IS SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT THE, THE FUNDS CAN BE REA ALLOCATED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
EVERYTHING GETS RECONCILED, JUST LIKE THE GENERAL LEDGERS AND EVERYTHING.
ONCE WE HAVE THE FINAL ACCOUNTING AND THE RECONCILIATION, WHATEVER IS STILL AVAILABLE, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND WE'LL TAKE, UH, LOOK FOR GUIDANCE FROM Y'ALL, HOW THE RULES ARE WRITTEN.
IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE FUNDS, YOU CAN REALLOCATE THEM, REISSUE THEM TO ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED NONPROFITS OF THAT CURRENT YEAR.
BUT IF YOU WANNA CREATE A NEW ACT, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS AN ACTIVITY, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT TO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO PUBLICATIONS.
AND IT WOULD START THAT PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
BUT WE CAN'T PUT IT IN PARKS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AN OPEN PROJECT OF OURS.
NOT ON THE CURRENT YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CURRENT ACTIVITY AS FAR AS THE ONLY THE REALLOCATION, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE HAVE IT AS A PROJECT IMPROVEMENT, A PARK IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? YES.
SO THAT'S WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH IT.
AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WE UNDERSTAND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, UH, IN HOUSE, THAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE HOW THE ADVISORY BODY WORKED AND, AND FOR THE NEXT, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND TWO MORE THEREAFTER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN 40,000.
BUT THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S NOT MUCH.
IN THREE YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN WE HIT THE 2025, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 400,000.
AT THAT POINT, WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN GIVE THIS MUCH OUT TO NONPROFITS, ANY SOCIAL PROGRAMS, BUT A BALANCE SHOULD BE GOING TO PAY FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WEATHER.
AND, AND WE'VE GOTTA SPEND IT FAIRLY QUICKLY SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME THING WE HAD WITH HUD AND GET AUDITED.
WHATEVER IT IS, WE GOTTA SPEND IT VERY QUICKLY.
WE'LL HAVE PROJECTS BECAUSE IN THREE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE OUT OF THE WOODS WHEN IT COMES TO WATER, SEWER STREETS.
AND AT THAT TIME, IT'S, WE CAN SPEND IT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
WE CAN PUT THAT PLAN TOGETHER.
YOU'VE GOT SEVEN YEARS, BUT WE CAN SPEND IT.
AND AT THAT POINT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE ADVISORY BODY SHOULD HAVE ALL 400,000.
AND THEY PROBABLY WON'T BECAUSE I SAT, LIKE I SAID, I SAT ON THAT BOARD AND WE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR PARKS AT THE TIME, FOR THE SPLASH PAD FOR SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, OUR CITY NEEDED.
BUT IF THIS BOARD IS JUST TAKING OFF, UH, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PLAN.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'LL WORK FOR US.
UM, OF COURSE, I HAD MY QUESTIONS ON THE THIRD ALLOCATION, BUT YOU ANSWERED THEM.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA ENSURE IS THAT OUR FOLKS ARE NOT GONNA BE LEFT OUT JUST BECAUSE IT ONLY PAYS FOR SERVICES FOR TWO.
SO, UM, I'LL STICK WITH MY MOTION.
WHERE, WHERE IS IT? THE, THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION FOR 2022? 2023.
IT, THAT'S WHY, UH, IT'S A DRAFT.
IT, WE PRETTY MUCH BRING IT UP HERE TO YOU AND THE COMMISSION DECIDES.
SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DRAFT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEN WE STILL NEED TO PRESENT IT ONCE AGAIN AT, UH, SO IT'S NOT FINAL
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FI.YOU WOULD PRESENT IT ONE MORE TIME.
AND THIS HAS TO ALL BE SENT TO HUD BY OCTOBER, RIGHT? BY AUGUST TO AUGUST.
I REMEMBER LAST TIME WE WERE PRESSED FOR TIME, RIGHT? CORRECT.
'CAUSE I NEVER SAW THAT BREAKDOWN.
UM, CAN YOU MENTION IT AGAIN? THE BREAKDOWN? DO YOU HAVE IT THERE? YES.
SO, OR IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE A COPY.
SO I COULD HAVE, 'CAUSE I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS THIS LAST YEAR'S, THIS PROPOSED DRAFT HERE.
SO THE, THE COMPLETE, UH, ACTION PLAN HAS, UH, THE PREVIOUS END CURRENT, BUT, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR, 213,632 IS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT WAS STREET IMPROVEMENT DEBT PAYMENT THAT WE HAVE 39,996 FOR THE SA PATROL PAYMENT.
72,638 IS A 20%, UH, FOR GENERAL ADMIN.
SO THAT LEAVES, UH, 36,927 MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
HE'LL, UM, UH, CODIFY THIS INTO AN EMAIL AND SEND IT OUT TO YOU TOMORROW.
AND NO CHANGE WAS MADE TO ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S 20% OF THE TOTAL, OF THE TOTAL, UH, AWARD.
THAT'S THE MAX THAT WE CAN USE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
NO, A SECOND BY MAYOR POT FRANCO.
ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND 2021.
UH, ANNUAL BUDGET, UH, FOR CREATING, FOR THE CREATION AND FUNDING OF A NEW POSITION TO BE TITLED ASSISTANT GRANT COORDINATOR PERTAINING TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, UH, GRANT.
AND, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, MANAGER, UH, FRED BELL, PRESENT THIS.
MAYOR PROAM AND COMMISSIONS AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
FRED BELL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ON AVERAGE, A HUNDRED TOWARDS THE CITY, THREE TO 400,000 A YEAR FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS YOU'VE JUST BEEN ADVISED OF THE CURRENT, UH, NEXT, UH, AWARD YEAR IS 3 6 360 3,193.
THE CDBG DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS ONE COORDINATOR WHOSE JOB IS TO IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR THE PROGRAM FOR COMPLIANCE.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF TURNOVER.
A NEW PERSON STARTS, LEARNS THE PROGRAM, AND EITHER GETS RECRUITED BY ANOTHER CITY, OR, UH, DECIDES THAT IT'S JUST NOT THE POSITION THAT'S FOR THEM.
WHEN A COORDINATOR LEAVES, THE PROCESS HAS TO BE REPEAT REPEATED BY RECRUITING, HIRING, AND TRAINING.
WE HAVE THE TIMELINES THAT WE MUST MEET IN ORDER TO CREATE DEPTH WITHIN THE CDBG DEPARTMENT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE CREATION OF THE ASSISTANT COORDINATOR OF THE CDBG PROGRAM AND CREATING THIS POSITION.
IT WILL PROVIDE DEPTH WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONSISTENT COMPLIANCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULAT REGULATIONS PERMITS UP TO 20% OF THE ANNUAL.
THAT CAN BE USED TOWARDS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CDBG PROGRAM.
ADMINISTRATION INCLUDES STAFF SALARIES AND BENEFITS SUPPLIES, AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE UTILIZED BY THE, BY THE APPLICATION OF THE PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, $72,638 AND 60 CENTS IS THE 20% WHICH CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE GRANT BASED ON CURRENT SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
ABOUT 14% OF THAT 20%, OR JUST UNDER $50,000 IS ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
BY ADDING AN ACCORD, AN ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, THE, THE ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, A PERCENTAGE OF THAT SALARY WILL BE PAID FOR OUT OF THESE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE NEED TO CREATE DEBT AS WE HAVE, WHENEVER WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS COORDINATORS LEAVE OUR ORGANIZATION.
IF IT'S ESPECIALLY DURING CRUNCH TIME, WE'RE HAVING TO PULL, UH, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM MR. SCIENCE, HE'S BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, DUAL DUTY.
HE'S BEEN WORKING AND FILLING THAT POSITION.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT PART OF THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THAT 20%, WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM, IT VARIES DEPENDING ANYWHERE FROM 11 TO $16,000 EVERY YEAR, WHICH ISN'T, ISN'T MUCH, BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T FALL BEHIND.
AND WE DON'T HAVE HUD SENDING THEIR AUDITORS
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DOWN TO GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AGAIN.SO THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SO THE POSITION IS FOR, UH, AND ELECT THE FIRST PART OF IT, COMMUNITY GRANTS AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR, BECAUSE YOUR CDBG, UH, GRANT.
WELL, THAT'S UNDERSTOOD FOR THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER.
AND THEN AGAIN, WELL, WE'LL TALK MORE LATER, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL GRANTS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF GRANTING ARE YOU GONNA BE LOOKING F OR THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LOOKING FOR? WELL, THE, THE, THE RULES ARE VERY SPECIFIC ON THE CDBG FUNDING.
SINCE THE, THIS SALARY, UH, LIKE THE CURRENT COORDINATOR RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PAID, UH, IT'S A 95 5 90 5% OF THE COORDINATOR'S SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE PAID FOR OUT OF THIS GRANT.
YOU CAN ONLY USE THESE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE CDBG PROGRAM.
THE REASON WE HAVE THAT 95 5 IS 5% OF THE SALARIES PAID OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND.
WE USE THAT 5% IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHENEVER WE'VE NEEDED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH LIKE COVERAGE WITH OUR PHONES, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT.
THE HOPE IS THAT IF, IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE, AGAIN, PART OF THE CDBG FUNDS MINIMAL AMOUNT, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT SALARY WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND AGAIN, THAT POSITION COULD BE UTILIZED NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE CDBG WITHIN THOSE PERCENTAGE PARAMETERS, BUT ALSO WE CAN UTILIZE THAT.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING TO, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AN ASSISTANT NO.
SO YOU'RE GONNA USE A MINIMAL, UM, COST THAT FOR CDBG TO STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES COMPLIANCE, AND THEN THE REST, YOU'RE GONNA USE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, AND SO THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LOOKING FOR AS MANY OTHER GRANTS AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.
IT IT CREATES THAT, IT DEFINITELY CREATES THAT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSIONER AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT SO DEEMS TO BE THE, THE WISHES OF THE COMMISSION.
YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK OUR, OUR, OUR CITY HAS BEEN NEEDING, UH, SOMEONE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE APPROACH IN FINDING, UH, FOUNDATION GRANTS OR ANY TYPE OF GRANTS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY, OUR LIBRARY, OUR MUSEUMS, OUR PARKS.
LET ME, UH, THERE, THERE GOES ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE GRANT WRITERS.
OKAY, THAT'S THE GRANT WRITERS FOR WELL, NOW, YEAH.
LET ME, I THINK, UH, BEFORE THIS GETS ANY MORE CONFUSED, THIS IS NOT A NEW POSITION.
THIS IS AN ALLOCATION OF SOME FUNDING.
WE MAY CREATE A NEW POSITION WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET PREPARATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, CREATED ANOTHER ASSISTANT.
IF IT'S SOMEBODY, HERE'S WHAT WE DID.
THE LAST FOUR EMPLOYEES WE HAD BEFORE THEM, WE'VE GOT THE MORE PERMANENT.
RIGHT NOW, THE ONE, MS UH, JESSICA RAMIREZ CAME ON ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO.
THE FOUR PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES, THE LAST TWO WENT WERE RECRUITED AWAY TO BROWNSVILLE.
AND THE TWO PRIOR TO THAT WERE RECRUITED BY HARLINGEN.
ONE BY ONE OF OUR FORMER CDBG PERSONS.
THE DIRECTOR OVER THERE THAT TOOK THE TWO.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN LOSING THEM.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT GOING OUT FOR GRANTS RIGHT NOW.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT MAINTAINING THE 300, UH, THIS 400,000 THAT WE'RE GETTING.
AND WHEN I DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THESE HUD RULES THAT I'M SENDING MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OVER.
SO FOR TODAY, MAYOR, YOU COME AND SEE ME ALMOST EVERY DAY.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE HIM OVER THERE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, BUT I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE, AND I'M SURE SHE'LL STAY WITH US, AND WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE, THE COMPENSATION IS FAIR.
I, IF YOU COMMISSIONER ALBA, WE GOTTA KEEP 'EM.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE WERE IN SUCH A CRUNCH TO TO, TO STAY WITH THESE RULES.
AND I HEAR EVERYONE OF YOU, BUT WE ALSO, WE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE HUD RULES THAT, UH, PART PART OF IT IS THAT WE HAVE A FULL-TIME PERSON THERE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PAIR OF EYES THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANYTHING.
SHOULD, SHOULD MRS. LEAVE PURSUE OTHER GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES, WE WILL FILL ANOTHER PERSON.
IF WE WERE LOOKING TO FILL SOMEBODY AT THE FIRE STATION, WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL SOMEBODY TO HELP, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP AS AN ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY TO HELP MS. MCGINNIS.
NO ONE PERSON STAYS IN ONE POSITION THAT WE DON'T UTILIZE 'EM IN OTHER AREAS.
SO THE, THE CREATION RIGHT NOW IS TO CREATE THAT POSITION SO WE CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO OFFSET SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE'VE GOT THAT WE JUST, WE STAY WITHIN THE ALLOCATED AMOUNTS.
AND UNTIL WE KNOW THAT, WE FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON.
AND WE ARE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ONBOARDING A, THE, THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT COORDINATOR, PROJECT MANAGER.
WE HAVE, UH, THE RESIDUAL OF, UH, THE 9,000,004,
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UH, 3.9 MILLION THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR WATER AND SEWER.SO I'VE GOTTA MOVE ALMOST $6.1 MILLION IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD.
I GOT AN UPDATE TODAY, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN WE GET THERE.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT UNASSIGNED FUNDS.
SO THE LEVERAGING, WE CAN GO OUT FOR PARKS FUND FOR THESE PARK GRANTS AND OTHER TYPES OF GRANTS.
AND SOMETIMES WE UTILIZE, LIKE GRANT WORKS.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HELPING US WITH FLOODING.
THEY HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT THEY CAN HELP US.
BUT UNTIL WE, UH, BUT RIGHT NOW IT ISN'T.
WE'RE GONNA GET SOMEBODY, AND LET'S GO FOR THE GRANTS RIGHT NOW, IS STAYING ABOVE WATER, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE CDBG FUNDS.
THAT WE DON'T GET AUDITED AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO I, SO I DIDN'T WANNA, I I DON'T WANNA CONFUSE IT THE TIME I'M NOT CONFUSED BECAUSE I KNOW COMPLIANCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU HAVE TO SEND THE MONEY BACK.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF WE DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND THAT IS TO ENHANCE IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR LIBRARY, UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF HELP OUT THERE FOR IT.
AND WE NEED TO REACH THOSE, UH, FOUNDATIONS OR, OR THOSE, UH, FOLKS OUT THERE THAT CAN, UH, PROVIDE THE GRANTS TO US.
OUR MUSEUM, UH, COULD PROBABLY USE, UH, HELP OUT THERE TOO.
UH, THERE'S, UH, MANY THINGS HERE IN TOWN THAT WE COULD UTILIZE A GRANT WRITER FOR.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR NEED TO COMPLY WITH CDBG.
UH, IF NOT, UH, WELL, UH, WE'LL END UP IN A WORLD OF HURT.
BUT, UH, STILL, UH, IT'S JUST ABOUT ME UNDERSTANDING THAT YES, WE WILL MAXIMIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'M NOT, UH, SAYING THAT, UH, NO.
UH, I MEAN, UH, GROWING, UH, A CITY IS TOUGH AND WE NEED HELP.
WE ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ANYWAY.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE FROM, UH, MR. BELT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS? THE LAST YEAR'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS? HERE I HAVE THE BUDGET.
THE, IT WAS, UH, THE TOTAL ADMINISTRATION COST FOR YEAR 46, WHICH WAS, UH, 2020.
2021 WAS SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX DOLLARS.
AND YOU'RE READING THAT FROM WHERE? ON THE AGENDA? ON THE PDF? FROM, FROM THE FINANCE.
THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO, THE ANNUAL REPORTS, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO OVER TODAY.
AND I HAVE 54,000 THAT'S GONNA BE FOR THIS NEXT, THAT'S, NO, THAT'S, UM, I'M LOOKING AT PREVIOUS YEARS TOO HERE.
SO WHERE, WHERE'S THE DIFFERENCE? IS IT FUNDING ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL? BECAUSE I REMEMBER ONE TIME IT WAS, UH, FUNDING A PORTION OF YOUR SALARY.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE? BECAUSE YOU WERE AN ASSISTANT TO THE, OR THE GROUP? NO, MINE'S.
MINE'S NOW BEEN MOVED OVER TO, UH, WATER TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WHERE'S THE, THE DIFFERENCE, DID YOU SAY 54,000? THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP SHOWS.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, MERIT COMMISSIONERS.
IT SAYS ACTUAL, ACTUAL, OH, THAT'S IT.
SO MY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS I DON'T WANT TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF CDBG.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED, BUT, UM, THE PERSONNEL WE HAVE THERE, IS SHE HERE TODAY? Y WHAT I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO, COMMISSIONER, IS YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SALARY AND BENEFITS.
SHE, SHE'S GOT, SHE'S GOT TWO WEEKS ON THE JOB.
SHE'S 54, I BELIEVE 50 FOR THOUSAND TO SEE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS SALARY AND BENEFITS.
NOT THE REST OF THE AUDITING, THE ACCOUNTING, THE REST OF THE OTHER FEES.
THE CONTRACTED SERVICES, UH, THE UH, UH, LET'S SEE THE EXPENSES AS FAR AS, UH, EQUIPMENT.
'CAUSE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, WHAT ARE WE BUYING? WHAT EQUIPMENT? I'M, I'M LOOKING, THERE'S, I, THERE'S FIVE, FOUR LINE ITEMS TO ADD MORE ADMINISTRATION TO A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS FOUR LINE ITEMS TO BUDGET FOR.
WE ALREADY HAD A, THE COORDINATOR AND THEN THEY WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF YOU AT ONE POINT.
AND YOU LEARN SOME OF THAT, THAT WAS ALREADY HELPFUL.
RIGHT? DID WE HAVE TO, SHOULD WE START, EVERY TIME WE ASK SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA, DO
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WE START COMPENSATING THEM? RIGHT? A LITTLE EXTRA.'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, MAYBE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA COME BACK AND THEY'RE GONNA WANT ALL THOSE EXTRA PAYS THAT WE TOOK AWAY FROM THEM.
HEY, HEY, I'M DOING THIS EXTRA, THIS EXTRA THIS.
RIGHT? SO BEING A MULTI-SKILLED EMPLOYEE, MAYBE YOU PICK UP ANOTHER CERTIFICATION, HEY, I WANT TO HELP IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
YOU ADD A FEW DOLLARS TO THEIR PAYROLL, BUT A WHOLE DIFFERENT CATEGORY OF SALARY.
TO ME, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM PARKS OR PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION DECIDED ON.
RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT'S JUST MY TAKE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE ADMINISTRATIVE.
I THINK YOU'RE LIMITED CAP TO 20%.
UM, IF WE'RE GONNA INCREASE ANOTHER 20, 30,000 TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE 20, 30,000.
I HEARD V FRANCO WANTED TO FIX.
I THINK WE TRYING TO PREVENT TURNOVER.
IS THAT THE IDEA BEHIND ALL THIS? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO, SO THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, IN CASE SOMEONE LEAVES, WE WANNA HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TRAINED.
SO IF WE WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE, UM, CITY MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? WHAT IF CITY MANAGEMENT LEAVES OR IS LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES? SHOULD WE HIRE AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER? OKAY, COMMISSIONER.
UM, ONE, I THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE.
AND TWO, UH, NO, NO, IT'S JUST RESPONSIBLE COMMISSIONER.
THIS IS, UH, I'M SPEAKING AT THIS TIME.
IT'S INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND WE HAVE DEATH IN EVERY ORGANIZATION.
WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH CLERICAL STAFF.
I LIKE TO STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.
IT'S ONLY AN IDEA WHETHER WE HAVE, SO HERE'S THE THING.
IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT, I'M STILL GOING ASSIGN SOME PERSONNEL FROM SOME DEPARTMENT TO VIEW THOSE EYES, BECAUSE I CANNOT NOT HAVE SOMEBODY THERE.
SO THEY'RE, NOW YOU'RE UTILIZING THE TAXPAYERS FUNDS GENERAL FUND TO KEEP AN EYE.
AND WHEN CDBG FUNDS, WHEN I COULD UTILIZE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS, I'M JUST TRYING TO DO SOME COST SAVINGS.
UH, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT ME TO START COST SAVINGS MEASURES, THE MARYLAND COMMISSIONERS, GIMME THAT AND I'LL START DOING THOSE COST SAVING MEASURES.
SO, WELL, IF IT'S CAPPED AT 20%, EXPAND EVERYTHING.
20% OF YOUR ALLOCATION GOES TO ADMINISTRATION.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING.
LET'S SPEND THE 20% ON ADMINISTRATION.
AND THEN YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM THE PARKS, THE PALLIATIVE CARE.
YOU GUYS JUST SAID YOU WANTED TO FIX SOME PARKS.
DO WE REALLY NEED MORE ADMINISTRATIVE HELP FOR FOUR LINE ITEMS? NO, SIR.
THERE'S FOUR LINE ITEMS IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING SHE'S GONNA, HE OR SHE'S GONNA BE DOING.
IT'S JUST SO THE, TO HELP COMPENSATE FOR THAT.
HE JUST SAID THE PREVIOUS YEAR HAD A HIGHER BUDGETED AMOUNT.
AND WHO WAS THERE BEFORE MS. UH, THEY'RE ASKING YOU FOR DEBT.
SHE WAS, THEY'RE ASKING, SHE WAS ABLE TO DO IT FOR 20 YEARS, RIGHT? I'M NOT, NO SIR.
NOBODY'S THERE LAST THAT LONG.
AND YOU'RE UNDER YOUR MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
SHE HADN'T, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
THE, I BELIEVE THE, UH, FORMER EMPLOYEE REFERRING TO, WHILE SHE HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS, SHE WAS NOT IN CDBG FOR 20 YEARS.
SHE WAS AWARE SHE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM FINANCE BECAUSE THE CDBG COORDINATOR QUIT.
I'D RATHER, I, I'D RATHER SPEND THE WHATEVER, 20% TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE TO AVOID PAYING BACK IN FULL AMOUNT.
IT'S BETTER FOR US TO SPEND THE GRANT MONEY THAN IT IS THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
THIS PURPOSE, IF THAT, WE'RE STILL GONNA GIVE IT AWAY.
I'LL MAKE A APPROVED, GONNA UTILIZE 30% AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
WHATEVER THAT 20% IS ALLOCATED AND 30%, AND THEY SAY THEY'RE SPENDING 50% OF THE TIME, THEY'RE BEING STILL OFFSET.
BUT WE CAN USE THEM IN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE'RE JUST USING A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS.
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE NOT TO APPROVE IT, THAT'S OKAY.
AS THE CITY MANAGER, I WILL HAVE IT COVERED BY SOMEBODY ELSE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
WELL, YEAH, BUT SEE, IT'S CDBG MONEY AND WE CAN USE IT THAT WAY.
AND, AND IT'S APPROPRIATED THAT WAY AND IT'LL PREVENT US FROM STAYING COMPLIANT.
THAT'S THE, THE, THE, I MEAN, THAT'S THE BIGGEST FACTOR.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY BACK MONEY.
MR. BILL, HOW MANY YEARS WAS THE PREVIOUS CDBG COORDINATOR IN THAT POSITION? IN THAT ROLE? I BELIEVE SHE WAS IN THAT POSITION FOR JUST OVER TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS.
WITH A SALARY OF 47, 51 AND NOW 54.
AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST TO $72,000 TAKEN AWAY FROM THE SOLE PUR PURPOSE OF CDBG IS FOR, UH, LOW INCOME USE BENEFIT OF THE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
NOT TO CONTINUE TO BOOST ADMINISTRATION WITH PROPER ADMINISTRATION.
WAS THERE ANY ISSUES DURING THOSE TWO AND A HALF YEARS? THREE YEARS? MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO, UH, PERSONNEL ISSUES.
COMMISSIONER? UH, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UM, BY MAYOR
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SECOND.SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
AS APPROVED BY, BY, UH, STAFF.
ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
2022 DASH 0 7 12 DASH ZERO 14 R.
A RESOLUTION OF A CITY SANTO AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION.
KE COUNTY BLOCK GRANT, DISASTER RECOVERY.
APPLICATION OF THE TEXAS LAND GRANT OFFICE FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION UNDER CDBG DASH DR.
2018 SOUTH TEXAS FLOOD, UH, RECOVERY FUNDS.
AND MR. FRED, UH, BELL PRESENT CENTER AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
FRED BELL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UH, AS YOU MAY RECALL, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GRANT WORKS IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR TWO GRANTS OUT OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS FLOODING AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
GRANT WORKS AND AMIO TECH GROUP HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ASSESSING THE SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE GLO TO REQUEST AN AWARD OF FUNDS OUTTA THE 2018 SOUTH TEXAS FLOODS.
RECOVERY FUNDING, IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR TO THE GLOA RESOLUTION MUST BE PASSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
A COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION IS IN YOUR PACKETS.
THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED TO, UH, PURCHASE GENERATORS FOR SEVERAL OF THE CITY'S LIFT STATIONS.
AND, UH, UH, INSTALLED AT, UH, VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISS SOURCE, MR. BELL? THERE IS A, UH, JUST ONE QUESTION.
THERE WAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE CONTRIBUTING FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF UP TO 10,000 IN CASH ARE COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF SANTO TOWARD APPLICATION ACTIVITIES.
AND IF WE ARE, IF WE ARE AWARDED, AND THAT WOULD COME FROM THE, THE GRANT, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT AN UPFRONT COST.
SO THEY CAN START THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
SO FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, WE'RE ONLY GONNA GIVE THEM UP TO $10,000.
IS THAT WHAT THAT'S SAYING HERE? CORRECT.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ENGINEERING.
THAT IS THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
JUST THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
UH, REMEMBER, THE CITY WOULD, THE CITY WOULD, THAT'S THE CITY'S MATCH.
IF WE WERE TO BE AWARDED A MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THE REMAINING WOULD COVER THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND, AND, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION OR, OR THE PROJECT.
I REMEMBER APPROVING THE, THE CONTRACT FOR GRANT WORKS TO GET STARTED.
WAS THERE A SET PERCENTAGE OF THE GRANT OR THAT COMES AFTER THE GRANT IS APPROVED AND THAT THE GRANT WILL TELL US WHAT THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE WE CAN USE IT, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE, THE GRANT UP TO 10,000.
IF WE WERE TO GET UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM AWARD PER GRANT.
THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE 10,000.
IF WE WERE AWARDED 500,000, WE WOULD BE 5,000.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PROAM, UH, YOU MOTION FOR THIS? OKAY.
I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM VI FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022 DASH 0 7 12 DASH 0 1 15 R.
THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF SANTO AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, DISASTER RECOVERY.
APPLICATION TO THE, UH, TEXAS LAND GRANT OFFICE FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION UNDER THE CDBG DASH DR.
2019 DISASTER RECOVERY FRONTS.
AND MR. FRED, BE PRESENT THIS CENTER AGAIN, FRED.
BE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UH, GRANT WORKS AND AMIO TECH ARE WORKING ON ASSESSING, UH, THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE GLO TO REQUEST AWARD OF FUNDS OUT OF THE 2019 DISASTERS.
RECOVERY FUNDING IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE GLO RESOLUTION MUST BE PASSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION IS IN YOUR PACKET.
THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE RECENT FLOODING OF THE, THE SOUTH BUOY AREA.
FUNDS THAT CAN BE USED CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE LAND AND TO INCREASE CAPACITY WITHIN THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM WITHIN THAT AREA.
UH, AS OF LATE, UH, AMIO TECH HAS HAD, UH, STAFF OUT THERE CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT SURVEY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE MOTION? OKAY.
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BY MAYOR, UH, PROTE V FRANCO.SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
ITEM NUMBER 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF SANTO CITIZENS PARTICIPATION PLAN FOR THE, UH, TEXAS GENERAL LAND GRANT, THE CLO COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, BLOCK GRANT, DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM, CDBG DASH DR.
AND MR. FRED BELL PRESENTING CENTER.
AGAIN, FRED BELL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UH, NOW THAT YOU'VE PASSED THE TWO PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO THE GLO GRANTS, THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS TO ADOPT THE CITIZEN PARTICI PARTICIPATION PLAN, WHICH PROVIDES DETAILS THE PUBLIC CAN FOLLOW IN ORDER TO SUBMIT ANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS AND OR GRIEVANCES REGARDING THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE C-D-B-G-D-R PROGRAM PROJECTS, THE CPP ALSO PROVIDES DETAILS ON THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES PERTAINING TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS IF REQUIRED, AND PUBLIC HEARING PROVISIONS IF REQUIRED, AS THE GRANT APPLICATION AND REWARD PROCESS PROCEEDS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU GOT A MOTION BY? OKAY.
UM, IS ANY OF THE STAFF TRAINED IN THE CANINE HANDLING ALREADY, OR OFFICER CORTES IS HERE, OR MAYBE HE KNOWS? SHOULD I ADDRESS IT TO HIM OR ADAM
SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR FRANCO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER 17, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A POLICE CANINE FROM THE CHICAGO CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SAN DIEGO.
IT IS, UH,
SAM COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
MICHAEL CORTEZ, CAPTAIN OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE AGENDA ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE REQUEST TO ACCEPT THE DONATION FOR POLICE, UH, CANINE GREG FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LAST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY.
LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED BY HUBERT NET, WHO IS A LOCAL CANINE TRAINER AND DISTRIBUTOR.
UH, HE WAS INQUIRING IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING GREG FROM CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. NETTY INFORMED US THAT HE WAS CONTACTED BY KIM STEIN OF THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ASKING IF WE WANTED THE CANINE.
UH, HE ACCEPTED, BUT HE WAS TOLD THAT CHICAGO PD REQUESTED THAT THE CANINE BE, UH, OR THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, TAKE POSSESSION OF THE DOG, UH, TO PUT HIM TO USE.
UH, MR THOUGHT OF OUR DEPARTMENT SINCE HE KNEW THAT OUR CURRENT CANINE CHEWY IS, UH, NEARING RETIREMENT, HE PLACED, UH, CHIEF PERE IN CONTACT WITH LIEUTENANT THOMAS BEASLEY AND OFFICER MIKE VALENTINE OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICER VALENTINE EXPLAINED THAT GREG WAS AN EXCELLENT DOG AND THAT HE WORKED WITH HIM FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.
HE ADVISED THAT GREG LIVED WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY, BUT HE HAD ACCIDENTALLY BIT HIS BROTHER WHO WAS VISITING THE HOME OR HIS HOME.
HE ADVISED THAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS A NOBIT POLICY.
THIS IS CHICAGO PD, SO THEY HAD TO PLACE HIM OUT OF SERVICE.
UH, HE ALSO ADVISED THAT GREG WAS NOT AGGRESSIVE AND EVEN PROVIDED US PICTURES OF GREG, UH, PLAYING WITH CHILDREN.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THOSE, THOSE PHOTOS IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, GREG IS CURRENTLY CERTIFIED IN DETECTION AND, UH, PATROL FUNCTIONS, DRUG DRUG DETECTION AND PATROL FUNCTIONS.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED FROM VON LIT KENNELS IN MARCH OF 2019.
UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE ACCEPT THE DONATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
MAKE SURE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
HOW OLD IS GREG? GREG IS, UH, FOUR YEARS OLD, ALMOST FIVE.
UH, POLICE CANINES USUALLY WORK FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, UH, 10 YEAR WORK LIFE.
UH, SO WE'RE GETTING HIM, UH, FIVE YEARS IN.
OUR CURRENT DOG IS, UH, 12 YEARS OLD.
WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US, WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US, THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY EXPERIENCED A AND IS, UH, CURRENTLY A CANINE HANDLER.
WE, WE DO HAVE A DETECTIVE WHO'S ASSIGNED, UH, WHO IS OUR ASSIGNED CANINE HANDLER, UM, HIM, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CHIEF PORE, WHO IS A FORMER CANINE HANDLER AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, UH, WE HAVE, UH, GONE OUT AND, AND ASSESSED A GROUP OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE INTERESTED IN, IN MAYBE TAKING UP, UH, THE NEW POSITION OR THE POSITION OF, OF, OF GREG IF HE SO BE ACCEPTED.
UM, AND WE, WE HAD THE ASSESSMENT AND WE HAD A, A GREAT CANDIDATE WHO, WHO, UH, STOOD OUT ABOVE THE REST AND WHO WE, UH, ARE, ARE GOING TO APPOINT TO HIM, UH, IF THE, THE DONATION IS ACCEPTED.
AND HE WILL SPEND ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME TRAINING, UH, WITH THE DOG, BONDING WITH THE DOG, AND GETTING MORE FAMILIAR WITH HIM, UH,
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BEFORE HE'S PUT OUT ONTO THE STREET.IS HE GONNA BE LIMITED TO SANTO? UM, THE DOG WILL, WILL BE UTILIZED HERE, UH, PRIMARILY.
UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, WITHIN OTHER AREAS WHERE THE DOG CAN WORK, UH, UH, SUCH AS AIRPORTS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO HE WILL NOT BE LIMITED HERE ONLY, UH, NO.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION? NO, MY, MY CONCERN IS JUST, UH, UH, THE ONE BITE INCIDENT THEY HAD WAS, UH, DO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, OR WHAT TYPE OF LIABILITY OR, UM, ARE WE ACCEPTING ON? I DON'T, COMMISSIONER, I APPRECIATE THE DONATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
I, I DON'T PERSONALLY COMMISSIONER, IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S BEEN CHIEF BE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, THE, UH, THE HANDLERS FROM CHICAGO PD, WHO HE WAS PREVIOUSLY WITH.
UM, THEY DESCRIBE HIM AS, AS A VERY FRIENDLY DOG.
UH, IT WAS VERY UNCHARACTERISTIC OF, OF HIM TO, TO, UH, HAVE BITTEN SOMEBODY.
UH, THAT WAS, WAS THIS, WAS THIS AN AGGRESSIVE, UH, LET ME ANSWER THAT, OR HOW WAS THAT? BECAUSE YEAH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHIEF PE SPOKE WITH ME BEFORE WE EVER ENTERTAINED, UH, HAVE EVEN PRESENTED IT TO YOU.
I WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY, WHAT THE POLICY WAS IN CHICAGO.
IN CHICAGO, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ANIMAL.
SO APPARENTLY THE BROTHER, UH, WENT TO THIS OFFICER'S HOME, HUGGED THE DOG, THE DOG NIPPED HIM IN THE EAR ENOUGH TO BREAK THE SKIN.
AND THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC REPORT.
THEY'RE TRAINED FOR WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED FOR.
THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY SOME TYPE OF A, HE'S A DUAL PURPOSE DOG, SO HE'S A NARCOTIC DETECTOR AND PATROL, IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR, TRULY, YOU'VE SEEN THE MUZZLE ON THE ANIMAL.
CHICAGO, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS NOW HAS A NO CHASE POLICY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES IN, IN, IN DIFFERENT, IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
THEY NO LONGER DO THIS TYPE OF, THEY ALLOW THESE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES.
THEY DON'T CHASE, THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF THINGS.
IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE, UH, IT'S NOT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HERE YET.
SO IT IS OUR POSITION BASED ON WHAT WE DO.
AND YEAH, WE SOMETIMES JOIN TASK FORCE.
REMEMBER THOSE ASSET FORFEITURES THAT WE GET, THOSE OTHER MONIES ARE BECAUSE OUR POLICE GET INVOLVED WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND WE TRACK DOWN BAD PEOPLE, AND SOMETIMES WE NEED THEM TO USE THESE ANIMALS.
SO, UH, WE DO BENEFIT FROM IT.
UH, IT WASN'T GONNA BE ASSIGNED TO ANY ONE PERSON.
THEY WERE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS POOL OF CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED.
AND WE ARE, AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT MOST OF US HAVE, HAVE HAD ANIMALS, AND WE KNOW DOGS.
WE'RE PAIRING THE RIGHT ANIMAL WITH THE RIGHT PERSON.
AND WE ARE NOT, AFTER HAVING DISCUSSED THIS WITH CHI PETTY AT LENGTH BEFORE I EVEN ALLOW THIS THING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU, OR WE COMFORTABLE.
AND APPARENTLY IT COMES FROM ONE OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED, REPUTABLE CANINE UH, FACILITIES.
IT'S 51% BELL BELGIUM, 49% GERMAN SHEPHERD.
I MEAN, THAT'S HOW MUCH I KNOW ABOUT THIS DOG ALREADY.
SO CITY MANAGEMENT AND, AND POLICE COMMAND MAN, UH, THE COMMAND STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH ACCEPT THIS ACCEPTANCE SHOULD YOU, UH, APPROVE THIS.
WELL, AND THE REASON I ASKED ABOUT HOW WAS IT AGGRESSIVE OR NOT, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WE ALL HAVE DOGS AND WE ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE OUR ANIMALS DAILY, AND SOMETIMES THEY REALLY GET EXCITED.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT MY, FOR MY FOREHEAD, I PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING WHERE I GOT BIT, UH, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, IT WASN'T AGGRESSIVE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BITE.
WAS IT AGGRESSIVE? WAS IT NOT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, THEY ALL GOT EXCITED AND, AND, YEAH.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING INTO SOMETHING WHERE WE END UP LIABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, BUT IF THE PD FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, THE ADOPTION, AND OF COURSE, UH, WITH THE CANINE HANDLING COMES A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW, YOU KNOW, HEARTBREAKING.
IT IS TO HEAR THAT THE DOG'S LEFT IN A CAR OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS.
SO, UH, MAKE SURE YOUR VETTING, UH, SYSTEM IS WELL, WELL PERFORMED.
BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THE ANIMAL? DOES IT STAY ON THE, ON SANTO PREMISE, OR CAN IT GO HOME WITH THE INDIVIDUAL? UH, DOES IT HAVE, I'M SURE THERE'S A POLICY, A CANINE POLICY.
SO THIS PARTICULAR DOG, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME PLANS TO RENOVATE OUR CURRENT, UH, KENNELS THAT WE HAVE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DOG WOULD STAY, UH, AT THE, AT THE POLICE STATION.
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THEN, UM, WHEN THAT OFFICER IS OFF, IS THERE A SECONDARY OFFICER THAT CAN USE THE ANIMAL? AND THEN WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, FEEDING AND CLEANING THE KENNEL OF THE ANIMAL? YEAH.SO, SO THERE, THERE IS A, A CANINE SUPERVISOR WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE ACTUAL CANINE, UH, DETECTIVE OR CANINE OFFICER.
SO IF THAT OFFICER WERE TO LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT FOR A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF TIME, SAY OUT FOR TRAINING OR FOR WHATEVER OTHER REASON, UM, THERE HAS TO BE ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH THE, UH, SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE AND, UH, FOR THE DOG, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
HE'S AN, I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN ANIMAL, BUT HE'S COMING ON BOARD IF HE COMES ON BOARD AS AN EMPLOYEE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY.
AND YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT A RENOVATION OF THE KENNEL, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.
'CAUSE I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM ANIMAL.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO VIA FRANCO, SECOND BY GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER 18, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE.
A BID FOR THE REPAIR STREET, UH, LIGHTS LOCATED ON INTERSECTION, UH, HIGHWAY, UH, 69 INTERSTATE, I'M SORRY, LOCATED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 69 FROM, UH, FM 509 TO, UH, FM 7 32 TO AUSTIN TRAFFIC, UH, SINGLE CON, UH, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC, INC.
IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $57,390.
AND MR. OSCAR GARCIA, PER GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OSCAR, OSCAR GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY 26, UH, 2022, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, THE CITY RECEIVED NOTICE FROM T OUT THAT APPROXIMATELY 38 LIGHTING FIXTURES WERE OUTTA SERVICE ON HIGHWAY, ON INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN, UH, UH, FM 5 0 9 AND FM 7 32.
SO, UH, STAFF, UH, AFTER MEETING OUT THERE, UH, WITH TEXT OUT ON LOCATION, STAFF REQUESTED QUOTES FROM FOUR COMPANIES, AUSTIN TRAFFIC TRAPPED TECHS, THE LEVI COMPANY, AND VACA UNDERGROUND UTILITIES FOR THE REPAIR OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
38 ON INTERSTATE 69 FROM FM 5 0 9 TO FM 7 32.
TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED BY TXDOT, ONLY THREE QUOTES WERE RECEIVED.
AUSTIN TRAFFIC QUOTE WOULD COVER COMPLETE REPLACEMENT FOR ALL THE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT IF NEEDED.
UH, THAT WOULD ONLY BE CHARGED FOR THE ACTUAL REPLACEMENT.
UH, QUOTE QUOTE, COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN WHAT THEY QUOTED.
TRAFFIC TECHS AND LEVI COMPANY, UH, QUOTED ONLY FOR THE TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE SYSTEM.
AFTER THEY WOULD IDENTIFY THE ISSUES, THEN A SECOND QUOTE WOULD, WOULD FOLLOW.
UH, UH, THE OTHER COMPANY, VACA UNDERGROUND UTILITIES DIDN'T SUBMIT ANYTHING.
UH, STAFF IS, IS, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT THE, THE BID FOR THE REPAIR OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS LOCATED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 69 FROM FM 5 0 9 TO FM 7 32 BE AWARDED TO AUSTIN TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $57,390.
DOES THAT INCLUDE ALSO ON THE, UH, FRONTAGE? IT INCLUDES THOSE AND, AND HE'S, UH, AFTER MEETING WITH TEXT OUT OUT THERE STAFF, I WASN'T HERE WHEN THEY MET WITH HIM, BUT, UH, STAFF SAID IT MIGHT BE OVER 40.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, UNDERPASS? UH, I'M NOT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SIR.
'CAUSE THERE MANY, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, 7 32 MCCULL MCCULLAH AND, AND MARY, THAT WAS THE, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE UNTIL WE HAD READ THE CONTRACT.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE ILLUMINATION OF, OF, OF THE FREEWAY, WHICH IS WHAT IT READS.
AND I SENT YOU A COPY OF THAT.
AND ALSO THE LETTER, RIGHT? SO THIS WAS SIGNED SOME 20 YEARS AGO, BUT, UH, NOT ONLY ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE LED LIGHTS ALONG THE EXPRESS EIGHT, THEY WERE INSTALLED ABOUT 2017 MM-HMM.
SO MAYOR, THAT GOES THE ANSWER THAT IT INCLUDES THE UNDERNEATH OF THE OVERPASS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY'RE HERE THAT IF NOT THAT THEY ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT'S GOTTA GET ADDRESSED ANYWAY.
SO, UH, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD EXCLUDE THE UNDERPASS.
BUT AGAIN, UH, THIS, ALL COMPANIES WERE TOLD TO GO FROM 5 0 9 TO ABOUT 7 32 FRONTAGE ROADS AND IN THE FREEWAY.
SO I, I WOULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD LEAVE THE UNDERPASSES OUT.
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME, AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE MAXIMUM NUMBER, UH, THE MAXIMUM COST, KNOWING THAT.
AND THEY SAW THE SAME LETTER TEXT OUT, IDENTIFIED ABOUT SO MANY.
SO THEY LOOK AT IT AND HISTORICALLY, UH, THEY KNOW HOW THESE THINGS WORK.
AND THEY'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT, THE INSURANCE, AND THE TRAFFIC.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THAT IN, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS.
WOULD THIS BE WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE ON THE, THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR NIGHT WITH YOU? IT WOULD BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND WE WOULD HAVE STAFF THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OKAY.
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TO COMPARE APPLES TO THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE TRAFFIC IS.AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, BOTH, THE, BOTH THE INTER, UH, INTERSTATE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT ON IT.
SO THIS AGREEMENT, UH, WELL, IT, IT'S WHAT, IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH TDOT WITH EVERY COMMUNITY OUT THERE ALONG INTERSTATE, UH, 69.
SOME HAVE SOME VARIATIONS TO THAT AGREEMENT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, GENERALLY WHEN YOU'RE 50,000 OR OVER IN POPULATION, YOU AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME A LOT OF THE, THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
SO HOW DID IT OCCUR? SO SOMEWHERE, SOME ALONG SOMEBODY SWEET TALK, TEXT OUT SWEET TALK TO CITY AND WE'VE ACCEPTED IT.
SO 'CAUSE THAT IS NOT THE NORM, COMMISSIONER.
IT'S NOT 20 YEARS OLD WE'RE STUCK OR IT HAPPENED WELL BEFORE, YOU KNOW ANYBODY HERES.
'CAUSE IT MAKES ME WONDER, UH, WHO, UH, WHO PAYS FOR THE, ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 100, UH, AND, UH, EVERY CITY, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE'RE OVER 50,000 AND THERE'S OTHER, THEY WORK OUT DEAL, UH, STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WITH YEAH.
YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN THEY UPGRADED THE LIGHTS, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS WERE IN 2016 WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, THE COMMISSION, THE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AT THE TIME BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION.
MAYOR CELESTE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE, WITH THE MPO.
UH, ABOUT 2017, UH, THE WORK STARTED, UH, IT STARTED AT THE FAR WEST END, HILDAGO COUNTY, FAR WEST END, AND THEN IT CAME ACROSS.
AND SO WE WERE THE LAST ONES TO GET ON BOARD.
OR AT LEAST WE KNOW WHO DID THE WORK.
UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE RESPONSIBLE, NOBODY GIVES YOU A SET OF PLANS.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE ANY PLANS, I MEAN, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY WITH TDOT.
I WOULD THINK TDOT WOULD ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING.
THIS AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BACK IN AUGUST 28TH, 2001, TWO.
UM, I'M, I'M ASSUMING I HEAR THAT THE COMPANY DOES SUBMIT IT, SOME TYPE OF INSURANCE LIABILITY, THE, UH, LIABILITY AND THE TRAFFIC PLAN AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND THE LIABILITY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE USUALLY REQUEST FROM CONTRACTORS.
THEY, THEY DID THE, THE LIGHTS, UH, HERE RECENTLY AT STINGER, UH, AND FREDDIE FENDER, THEY'VE ALSO REPAIRED THE OLD LIGHTS AT STINGER AND MCCULLOUGH.
THEN WHEN THEY GO FLASHING, WHEN WE CAN'T FIND PARTS, UH, SOME OF THESE COMPANIES, LIKE THIS ONES, THEY HAVE THESE OLD, THEY HAVE ALL THE OLD SIGNALIZATION AND THEY CAN GET SOME OF THESE OLD SYSTEMS. BUT OURS, WERE GETTING SO OLD AND BECAUSE THE WEATHER DEGRADATES THEM, THAT DEGRADATES THE CIRCUIT BOARDS AND WIRING, SOMETIMES WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME UPGRADES.
SO THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THIS COMPANY.
WE'VE DEALT WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND WE GET THEIR INSURANCE COVERAGE.
UM, WARRANTY ON THE WORK AND THEN ALSO THE OFF-DUTY OFFICER.
ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE OUR OFFICERS? WELL, THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED TO OUR OFFICERS.
I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OFF-DUTY WORK, EXTRA COMPENSATION, AND, AND WE'LL ASK, UH, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THAT, WHATEVER THAT SECURITY IS, WHETHER THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY OR THEY HIRE SOMEBODY LOCAL, UH, THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS NEGOTIABLE.
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, AND WHETHER WE WANT TO PUT A POLICE, HERE'S THE THING.
IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH, UM, WITH THEM, WITH THE CITY, UH, POLICE, ANYTIME WE HAVE A CONTRACT, A POLICE OFFICER, NON, UH, OFF DUTY, IS IT A REQUIREMENT THAT OUR OFFICERS GET FIRST DIBS TO THE OPPORTUNITY? I DON'T KNOW THAT.
NO, THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE WARRANTY, WAS THERE ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY ON THE WORK? I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU.
USUALLY THE WARRANTY IS ONLY ON THE EQUIPMENT GOING OUT.
AND IT'S USUALLY NOT VERY LONG.
IT'S USUALLY 90 DAYS, NOT EVEN A YEAR.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THEY DON'T, AND THEN THE LABOR'S, THE LABOR
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY THEY, EVERYBODY JUST DEFAULT TO WHAT THOSE INDUSTRIES.
DO WE USE THEM FOR INSIDE THE CITY ALSO? MENTS? PARDON ME? DO WE USE THEM FOR INSIDE SETTLEMENTS? WE'VE USED, UH, TWO OF THE THREE THAT ARE HERE.
BUT, UH, ALL, UH, THIS AUSTIN, UH, GROUP, IT'S JUST A NAME.
THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NATIONAL COMPANIES.
BUT THEY, UH, WE USE THEM PRIMARILY.
THEY SEEM TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIVE.
THEIR, THEIR PRICING IS REASONABLE.
SO AP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR LIGHTING.
THIS IS NOT AN A EP ISSUE? NO, SIR.
AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE, THIS IS TECH AND I KNOW TECH TEXT OUT OR ANYTHING.
I GOT, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR POT VILLA FRANCO.
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MOTION PASSES.NUMBER 19, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO NEGOTIATE A HEADLINER FOR THE 2022 SOUTH TEXAS.
UH, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC, FIRST OF ALL, AT THE HAVEN PARK MEMORIAL.
OKAY, MS. NICKI SERANO PRESENTING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECT PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING EVERYONE, VISITORS, VENDORS, SPONSORS, STAFF, THE COMMISSION AND CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND CON AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF RASAKA FEST 2022.
WE STRIVE TO CONTINUE THE EXCITEMENT AND BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM FROM RASAKA FEST AS WE PREPARE FOR OUR NEXT MAJOR MUSIC EVENT, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL.
I HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU A LIST OF POSSIBLE HEADLINERS FOR THE EVENT AND REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS TO SECURE A HEADLINER FOR SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER, THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS TO, UH, APPROVE THE NEGOTIATIONS, NOT THE ACTUAL LIST, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND YOU MENTIONED HERE, UM, EXCUSE ME, NOT TO EXCEED 40,000.
FOR THE, THAT'S FOR THE HEADLINER.
THAT IS NOT ANY ADDITIONAL COST OR ANYTHING.
THEY MASS OH, JUST FOR THE BAND, THE MUSIC.
AND ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS FOR THIS OR, I MEAN, YES, WE ARE.
WE ALSO OFFSET THE COST WITH REGISTRATION, UH, VENDOR REGISTRATION FEES, AND OF COURSE THE, UM, ENTRANCE, NO SPONSORSHIPS, NOT THE VENDOR REGISTRATION FEES.
BUT SPONSORSHIPS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN EVENT THAT'S JUST THE HEADLINE IS GONNA COST YOU $40,000.
THAT IF, IF THE THING IS, WE STILL DO HAVE TO GO INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS, SO THEY CAN EITHER ACCEPT THAT OFFER OR REJECT THE OFFER.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A BUDGET IMPACT OF 40,000, RIGHT.
NOT TO EXCEED THE, SO THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE WANT TO TAKE MONEY FROM YOUR BUDGET.
NO MONEY IS, IS THAT NOT RIGHT? OR HOW, HOW, TELL ME MORE.
LET ME WALK THEM, WALK YOU THROUGH THIS.
THE, UH, WE HOPE TO SOLICIT SPONSORS TO HELP OFFSET THESE COSTS ONCE WE HAVE A HEADLINER CHOSEN.
WE, WE'VE, WE ARE, WE'RE, OUR PREFERENCE IS LA MAFIA.
THERE'S TWO OTHERS THAT ARE ON HERE.
SO, UM, THE PRODUCTION DEPENDS ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IS, AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE ACTUALLY MUSICIANS AND UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY.
SO, BUT ONCE WE START THE NEGOTIATIONS, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE BUYING A CAR.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS, BUT WE START SOME, SOMETHING LESS THAT'S REASONABLE.
BUT IF NOT, THEY MAY HOLD FIRM OR THEY MAY JUST REJECT THE OFFER COMPLETELY.
AND THEN THEY TELL YOU, WELL, WE DON'T WANT YOUR, UH, WE DON'T WANT YOUR, YOUR, UH, STAGE WITHOUT A COVER.
WE WANT A COVER, WE WANT SCREENS.
SO WE'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT CERTAIN BANDS ASK, AND THEN WE, WE WORKED AT IT.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE EDC, UH, MADE A, A SIZABLE CONTRIBUTION SPONSORING, UH, THE BANDS THAT WE HAD FOR, UH, THE HOG WATTLE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT HOTEL MONIES, IT'S IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE, THE IDEA IS THAT ONCE WE START THIS PROCESS AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, UH, MS. ANA WILL GO BEFORE THEM AND SEE WHETHER THE INTEREST IN SPONSORING ALONG WITH OTHERS.
THIS IS, UH, IT'S GONNA BE LATE SEPTEMBER, OR IT COULD BE EARLY OCTOBER.
WE WANNA GET OUT OF THE, UH, BEFORE IT GETS TOO COLD, BUT GET OUT OF THE, THE SUMMER MONTHS, HOT MONTHS.
SO, UH, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE, UH, I, I'M CONCERNED THAT, UH, WE, IF WE DON'T GET THE SPONSORSHIPS, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT TAKING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
OH, AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPOSURE IS.
AND I'M, UH, I'M, I'M NOT WILLING TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU COME BACK AND YOU'VE SECURED SPONSORSHIPS, WELL, I'M ALL FOR IT.
THEY DON'T WANT MR. SASSY'S CONTRACT.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE TYPE OF, UH, UH, ENTERTAINERS, ARTISTS, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN CONTRACTS.
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WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A LITTLE BIT, AND IT'S KIND OF A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ATTITUDE.THEY'RE THE ENTERTAINERS, THEY'RE THE SUPERSTARS.
SO WE WILL REVIEW IT TO SEE IF AT LEAST WE'RE PROTECTED TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN BE PROTECTED.
AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
BUT WE'RE GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR EXPOSURE IS.
THE SOONER WE GET SOMEBODY, SO THEY'RE, THEY WILL START ON THIS, HOPEFULLY NOT, UH, AT THE AUGUST 2ND MEETING, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO WE CAN CLOSE THIS UP AND WE'LL START HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FORMER SPONSORS TO SEE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO WANNA SPONSOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WE WE'RE NOT HERE TO COMMIT THEM 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA VOTE.
BUT, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR, YOUR EXPOSURE'S GONNA BE AT THE END AND WHETHER WE'VE GOT THE FUNDS AND, AND WE DO.
WELL, I KNOW THE COMMUNITIES HAVE ENTERTAINED, UH, THE ONE YOU HAVE UP ON TOP FOR 40 GRAND AND, AND THE ONE AFTER THAT.
WE, WE HAVE TREMENDOUS NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, IF WE CAN WORK WITH SPONSORSHIPS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BRING THIS KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT TO SAN BONITO, AND I'M SURE THE FOLKS WILL LOVE IT.
SO WE'RE NOT DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE, IS PROVIDE, UH, ONE, GET RECOGNIZED, CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, THAT THE CITY IS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IS BY BECOMING A DESTINATION.
WE'VE GOT BANDS, WE GOT THIS, THEY COME HERE.
SO THERE ARE THESE OTHER REVENUE STREAMS THAT ARE GENERATED, NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WON'T DIRECTLY SEE THEM, BUT INDIRECTLY THEY'RE HERE.
AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS.
THEY CAN'T GO TO THE LARGER CITIES OR SEE SOME OF THESE, THAT THEY SEE IT FOR SOMETHING FAIRLY REASONABLE, DECENT PRICE TO GO IN.
AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST, THIS IS THE $5 JUST TO OFFSET SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR COSTS.
I THINK THESE LARGER NAMES WILL ALSO BRING IN THE LARGER SPONSORS.
I THINK THE, THE SOONER WE GET THE NAME OUT AND THE LARGER CROWDS, WE'VE, THE LARGER CROWDS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR VIP ALSO FOR SOME OF THOSE CORPORATE SPONSORS.
UM, I THINK WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, NIKKI AND HER STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB ON SECURING THOSE SPONSORSHIPS IN PREVIOUS EVENTS.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THAT.
UM, JUST MY QUESTION FROM MARK.
I, I AM DISTANTLY RELATED TO ONE OF THE HEADLINERS.
DO I HAVE TO, I'M OKAY WITH HAVING A HEADLINER FOR THE EVENT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE, UH, AN ISSUE.
I, I WANNA VOTE ON A HEADLINER, BUT I'M NOT, I CAN'T VOTE SPECIFICALLY ON ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN.
YOU, YOU CAN RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE, FROM THE, OKAY.
SO I'LL JUST MAKE THAT DISCLOSURE.
UH, MY GRANDMA'S DISTANTLY RELATED TO BA POLITO,
I'M JUST, WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, HE GOES OVER TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE.
I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST, UH, IT, IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IF YOU CAN GET US A DISCOUNT, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP
I HAVE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BRING HIM ANYWAYS.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, BURST A BUBBLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT USING OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, TO FUND MOST OF THIS.
I KNOW IT TAKES, YES, SOME OF OUR MONIES, UH, OUR MARKETING MONIES, BECAUSE IT DOES BRING PEOPLE TO SANTO AND OF COURSE, UH, OUR OWN FOLKS, WELL, THEY LOVE ALL THIS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, BOBBY POLITO, WHICH I HADN'T HEARD OF IN A WHILE, BUT, UH, UM, ANYWAY, UH, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT
THAT WE DON'T END UP WITHOUT SPONSORSHIPS AND THEN WE GET STUCK FOOT IN THE BILL FOR TAKING OUR GENERAL FUND INTO THAT.
REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHO WE SELECT, WE DO ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THOSE SPONSORSHIPS.
AND OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKET IS ALREADY AVAILABLE, AND IT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WE'LL START, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SIMILAR CAMPAIGN LIKE WE DID FOR HOG WADDLE.
WE DID HAVE A BUNCH OF, UM, A LOT OF STAFF WAS INVOLVED.
A LOT OF THE DIRECTORS HELPED OUT.
AND WE HAD A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, UM, SPONSORSHIP CAMPAIGN.
AND THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE HAVEN HAVEN PARK.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHAINING FENCE TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT.
BECAUSE IT'LL BE A, IN, UH, A FEE COLLECTED FOR, FOR ENTRY.
SO WHEN DO WE, WHEN DO WE GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE, LIKE A FOLLOW UP OR SOMETHING ON THIS? SAY, IF WE DO APPROVE THIS, WE'RE HOPING FOR AUGUST 2ND TO CONTRACT.
HAVE THEY HAD CONTRACT IN HAND? WE HAVE TO GIVE 'EM THE, THE, THEY'LL BE WORKING VERY HARD.
I MEAN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, TWO MEETINGS FROM NOW? THREE SOMETHING, OR JUST GET AN IDEA? YEAH.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE DUE ON THE 19TH COMMISSIONER.
I BELIEVE THAT BY AUGUST 2ND, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHO WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND.
WE, WE WILL HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR SPONSORS AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE A, A, A HARD DECISION ON WHEN WE PRESENT IT TO A, A RECOMMENDATION.
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MAKE THAT DECISION.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, AUTHORIZE THIS TO PROCEED AUTHORIZE, UM, CITY STAFF TO NEGOTIATE THE HEADLINER FOR 2022 SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL AT THE HAVEN PARK.
I GOT THE MOTION BY MAYOR POT FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ANY, ANY OTHER? I I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE MAYOR.
SO COMMISSIONER GALVAN WILL BE REUSING HIMSELF FROM, UH, THE, FROM THIS VOTE.
SO WE GOT THE FOUR WHO SECOND? IT'S CRUZ SECOND.
AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER GARVAN ABSTAIN OR RECLUSE HIMSELF.
IF I MAY, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, ITEM NUMBER 20 AND 21, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, WE'LL MOVE IT AFTER 23.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND RESOLVE 22 AND 23.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S GETTING LATE IN THE HOUR.
THIS IS A VERY PRELIMINARY, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE WHERE I'M GOING.
SO MAYOR WILL, UM, WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE JUST COMPLETED 19, WE'LL GO TO 22 FIRST, THEN 23.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, ONCE WE'RE DONE, WE'LL EXCUSE STAFF AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER 20.
SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM, REMEMBER 22, DISCUSSION ABOUT 2021.
UH,
OKAY? NOW, MR. BELL'S GONNA HAND YOU OUT SOMETHING FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, THIS WILL LEAD IN, INTO, UH, NUMBER 22, THE DISCUSSION OF THE 2021
OKAY, THE CURRENT TAX RATE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S, UH, THANK YOU.
0.7 2 8 1 2 5 PER HUNDRED DOLLARS OF VALUATION.
SO ROUGHLY STATED, IT'S UH, SUNDAY, 2.80 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
WHAT WE JUST HANDED OUT WAS A VERY PRELIMINARY, UM, APPRAISAL VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DATED JUNE 30TH, 2022.
RECEIVED IN ITS OFFICE OUR FIRST WEEK OF JULY.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION HERE.
IT'S GOT THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS CORRECT, WHICH IS THIRD LINE FROM THE BOTTOM.
SO, BUT RIGHT ABOVE IT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE TAXABLE VALUE FOR LAST YEAR, $847,000,311, AND, UH, EIGHT 47,000,003 $11,704 THIS YEAR.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $57.9 MILLION IN VALUATION.
BUT NOTICE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT 6.84, OKAY, STATE LAW, YOU JUST APPROVED THE DESIGNATION.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T EXCEED THE 8%, WE WON'T HAVE TO REDUCE TAXES.
I'M NOT ENCOURAGING THAT WE REDUCE TAXES.
WHY YOUR ROADWAYS ARE PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
YOUR AGING VEHICLES ARE PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUND, UM, STAFF INCREASES.
IF YOU'RE PROPOSING TO TRY TO RETAIN TALENTED STAFF WITH COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.
YOU CAN'T REDUCE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT BARELY MEAN IT.
SO I THINK YOU'RE GONNA STAY ALONG TO 7% MY RECOMMENDATION THAT I'M WORKING THOSE NUMBERS ACCORDINGLY.
SO, BUT YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, JUST LIKE THE PAGE SAYS.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT CITY MANAGER KNOWS AND HE'S NOT SHARING.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN GO LOOK ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.
FRONT PAGE, OKAY? NOTHING SECRET ABOUT THIS.
NEWS REPORTERS, CITIZENS THAT ARE INTERESTED, GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT'S THERE.
OKAY? SO, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M GETTING THESE NUMBERS FROM.
SO I HAVE BEEN, UM, RUTH, IF YOU'LL START SETTING UP THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT MS. MSRA PROVIDED YOU.
DID YOU PROVIDE MS. GURA? I HAVEN'T, BUT I CAN EMAIL IT TO HER.
BUT, UH, WE ARE, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, BEFORE I GET INTO PRELIMINARY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, BUDGET, WATER AND SEWER PLANTS, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MS. GUERRA, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS, OSCAR GARCIA AND SOME OF MY SENIOR STAFF.
YOUR, UH, YOUR COST PER CHEMICALS GOING UP CONSIDERABLY,
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FUEL PRICES, HIGH CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF BATISTA, CHIEF, UH, UH, RE ALL OF THOSE FACTORS.AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE COMING OUT OF THIS IN THE NEXT YEAR.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE'RE IN IT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS.
SO WE ARE FORECASTING, WE'RE, UH, IN, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, AT THE LAST MONTH, A WEEK AGO FROM NEXT WEEK WHEN WE PROVIDED YOU THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, UH, UH, OUR FINANCE STAFF DID FIND AN ANOMALY IN THE SALES TAX.
THAT WAS AN ERROR MADE BY PREVIOUS FINANCE STAFF.
OKAY? SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
WE WON'T GET A CERTIFIED TAX ROLL UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.
OKAY? SO, UM, TO ADDRESS NUMBER 20, UH, THIS, UH, NUMBER 22 MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, IT'S A DISCUSSION.
WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE MORE ON IT WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO TRY TO REDUCE IT SOME, UH, BUT I THINK THAT ONCE YOU START SEEING ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE NOT PUTTING TOGETHER A CIP THAT ONLY HANDLES WATER AND SEWER ISSUES BASED ON THE BONDS THAT WE'VE ISSUED OR THE HOPES OF THE UNASSIGNED RESERVES.
AND WE COME TO YOU AND GO, OKAY, WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THIS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP THOSE UNASSIGNED RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE FUTURE GRANTS.
SO, UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE TAX RATE, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP SESSION, WHICH IS NUMBER 23.
SO LEMME JUST, LEMME JUST READ IT.
UH, NUMBER 23, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE, PHYSICAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WE'LL, UH, YOU'LL START SEEING, UM, EVERY ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS THAT YOU SEE, EITHER BEHIND ME OR, UH, PART OF THE STAFF ARE WORKING ON SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING WANTS, WE'RE DISCUSSING NEEDS, AND THEN NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED.
OKAY? I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU THAT WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THAT.
WE HEAR YOU, I HEAR YOU EVERY DAY.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PRIORITIZING BASED ON COST AND WHAT OUR BUDGET CAN SUSTAIN AND HOW WE DO CERTAIN THINGS.
SO THAT IS BEING DONE AT THE CITY MANAGEMENT LEVEL, ALONG WITH FINANCE STAFF AND, AND SENIOR, UM, STAFF THAT WE'VE GOT LOOKING AT THESE.
SO, UM, I'VE GOT A, UH, A SMALL PRESENTATION HERE THAT IS A COUPLE OF PAGES.
AND WE DID WAIT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 SLIDES.
EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED, GIVE YOU ABOUT 10 SLIDES, OKAY? MAXIMUM ONE, I WANNA OVERWHELM YOU.
AND TWO, I DON'T WANT YOU QUITTING ON US.
THIS IS GONNA BE A TOUGH YEAR FOR US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BALANCE THIS BUDGET WITH THE NEEDS THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY THAT WE NEED.
OKAY? AGAIN, MY JOB IS TO KEEP 'EM WITH KEEP, UH, AND I HEARD COMMISSIONER GOTMAN EARLIER, WE DON'T JUST PAY PEOPLE TO KEEP 'EM, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE A TASK AND THEN PAY YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT IF YOU RECALL, WE, WE WERE LOSING SOME EMPLOYEES, AND I'VE HEARD SOME OF Y'ALL COME SIT IN MY OFFICE, WE'RE LOSING THEM.
I'VE ALSO HEARD ALL THESE SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT KEEPING THEM RIGHT.
THERE ARE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP AND THAT SOME WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE 'EM OUR BLESSING AND WE WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WISH 'EM THE BEST AT THEIR NEXT OPPORTUNITY.
OKAY? WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD EMPLOYEES, WE GOT SOME BAD APPLES.
HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES, HOW WE DO BUSINESS.
IT'S A, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAME FOR US.
SO YOU'VE APPROVED THE HIRING OF CERTAIN FOLKS.
THAT GIVES US SOME DEPTH IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ARE HOLDING EVERY ONE OF THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
SO, UH, I CAN SEND YOU THIS TOMORROW IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST SO THAT YOU SEE IT AND AS WE START BUILDING, BUT, UH, YOU WILL PROBABLY GET, WE'LL HAVE MORE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS.
UM, THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE'LL, PROBABLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE AUGUST 2ND, SO THAT'LL BE ABOUT THE AUGUST 9TH.
AND I THINK RUTH, YOU'LL CONFIRM THE, THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE STARTED SETTING THAT CALENDAR.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NICE SIT DOWN, BRING YOUR CUSHION.
'CAUSE THESE CHAIRS DO NOT WORK VERY WELL NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN SITTING IN 'EM FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
REMEMBER, MY RULE OF THUMB IS TWO HOURS.
WE START AT FIVE 30 SHARPLY TWO HOURS LATER BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I DELIVER IT VERY QUICKLY.
AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS NOT ROCKET SIGNS, RIGHT? IT, IT ISN'T.
THE BIGGEST THING YOU'RE GONNA SEE, AGAIN, IT'S THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE NEED TO MOVE THOSE 6.1 MILLION OF, UH, OF THE A RP FUNDS.
WE HAVE OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S STARTED.
I'VE GOT THE CARES FUNDING WORKSHEET.
WE'VE EXPENSED $537,700 OUT OF THE 1.3 MILLION.
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WE WILL BE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDED PURCHASES.AGAIN, THIS NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CIP 'CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW WE'VE BEEN HANDLING THIS.
SOMEBODY GOES TO, ONE OF MY DEPARTMENTS SAYS, HEY, WE NEED THIS.
I DON'T HAVE A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR THIS.
AND EVEN THIS NEEDS TO FIT INTO THE MATRIX OF THE OVERALL, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE, FIRE, AND PUBLIC WORKS, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT POLICIES.
WHAT ARE THE AGE OF THE VEHICLES? THERE'S A REASON I HAVEN'T BOUGHT ANY TRUCKS.
NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.
THEY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE HERE LOCALLY, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE BECAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE A PLAN THAT TELLS US HOW WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE VEHICLES, WHAT AGE AND ARE WE PROPERLY MAINTAINING 'EM.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE NEW DIRECTORS, THEIR EYES ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S A REBIRTH.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEEING WHAT WE'VE GOT AND THEY GO, OKAY, WE CAN FIX THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT EVERY ONE OF MY NEW STAFF MEMBERS WORKING WITH MY EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BEST PLAN AND BEST BUDGET.
OKAY? SO, UM, AGAIN, WORKSHEETS THAT I'M GETTING, UH, WERE, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF AND, UH, I, I CANNOT STRESS TO YOU HOW MUCH WE NEEDED SOME OF THESE, THESE MOOSE WE MADE WHEN IT CAME TO STAFFING.
WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH INDEED AND SOME OTHER, AND JUST INDEED, WE GOT LIKE 80 APPLICANTS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE ARE APPLYING, RIGHT? SO SOMETHING'S CHANGED IN THE WORKFORCE.
PEOPLE AREN'T RESIGNING AS MUCH, AND NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO COME BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
SO WE'RE GETTING THAT RESOLVED.
UM, UH, ALSO, UH, AND I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD HAVE DATED YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BUDGET BOOK IS PRELIMINARY HANGING OPERATING.
SO WE PROVIDED IT TO THE MEDIA.
THEY'VE MADE IT AN OPEN RETRO REQUEST.
AND IF NOT IT, IT'LL BE, BUT IT IS VERY PRELIMINARY.
I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN THE PAST.
SOME OF YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR AND I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS IS LIKE THE FIFTH OR SIXTH TIME.
THESE NUMBERS, WHATEVER THE, THE ACTUALS ARE FOR THE PAST ARE ACCURATE.
UM, MS. ROSAS, OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, HAS NOT HAD TIME TO MEET WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS.
AND THOSE DIRECTORS HAVE NOT ALL HAD TIME TO MEET WITH ME TELLING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OKAY? THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
THERE ARE SOME MOVEMENTS WITHIN PLANNING.
THERE'S SOME MOVEMENTS WITHIN PARKS, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, FOR EXAMPLE.
I MAY SEPARATE THE DEPARTMENT INTO DIVISIONS BECAUSE THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT PARKS ONLY DOES PARKS WHEN THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PARKS, ALL THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
ALL THE JANITORIAL SERVICES, THE CEMETERIES, THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, IT STARTS TO ADD UP.
BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND ASSETS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM PARKS AND REC.
THERE SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FOLKS WITH DIFFERENT SKILL SETS AND THE RIGHT FOLKS IN THOSE PLACES.
NOT DISPARAGING ANY ONE OF MY STAFF.
BUT AS WE GROW, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE RIGHT PLACES.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE BY SEPARATING CERTAIN DIVISIONS.
SO WE'VE MADE CHANGES IN THE PLANNING, UH, THE PLANNING ZONING DEPARTMENT, AND REALLY WHAT IT DOES, A PLAN, A TRUE PLAIN ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS THE PLANNING ZONING STAFF, IT'S GOT THE BUILDING INSPECTORS, IT'S GOT CO COMPLIANCE, OKAY? THEY WORK WITH UTILITIES.
SOMETIMES THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GIS EXPERIENCE OR THERE'S ENGINEERS IN THERE.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, WE USE OUR, WE UTILIZE OUR ENGINEER BOTH IN UTILITIES AND IN PLANNING.
ANIMAL CONTROL HAS BEEN MOVED.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED YEARS AGO OUT OF PLANNING, MOVED OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE'S ATTACKS BY, UH, ANIMALS AGAINST PEOPLE OR OTHER ANIMALS.
THAT CIVILIAN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER NEEDS TO BE ASSIGNED THERE.
SO WE MADE THAT AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT MUCH MORE CLEAR IN OUR BUDGET.
AND THOSE, THOSE MOVE MOVEMENTS OR THOSE RESTRUCTURINGS HAVE, HAVE ALREADY TOOK PLACE A YEAR AGO.
WE JUST NEED TO CODIFY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, AND IT WAS DONE DURING, WITH YOUR APPROVAL DURING THE LAST BUDGET PROCESS, WE MADE THOSE CHANGES.
NOW WE JUST NEED TO CATCH UP WITH HOW WE, WE DOCUMENT THESE EXPENSES AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, WE CAN GO PAGE BY PAGE.
IT IS MY, MY RIGHT, MY RECOMMENDATION IS LATE IN THE HOUR.
AND THE INTENT WAS NOT TO WALK YOU THROUGH.
THE INTENT WAS TO GET YOU THESE, UH, WE CAN, UH, I WILL PROBABLY PUT AN ITEM ON FOR THE 19TH IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THIS SAME BOOKLET, YOU'LL HAVE IT.
AND I WANNA START ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.
IF YOU SEE IT BEFORE THEN, DO US A FAVOR.
UNLESS IT'S A CHRISTMAS GIFT OR MY BIRTHDAY, I DON'T LIKE SURPRISES.
GIVE US TIME TO RESEARCH IT OR GIVE IT TO US THAT NIGHT AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
OKAY? IT, IT'S NOT A GOTCHA, IT'S, IT'S A TEAM.
GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY ADDRESS IT.
UH, BUT WE WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET
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THAT WE'VE HAD EVER BECAUSE WE, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FUNDS THAT WE GOTTA GO THROUGH AND WE WANT IT TIMELY.SO, UM, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'M WILLING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, I, I HAD THESE PAGES NUMBERED FOR CONVENIENCE.
IF YOU'LL SEND EMAILS, SAYS ON PAGE 17, I HAVE THIS QUESTION AND I'M GONNA GO, COMMISSIONER, MAYOR, I RECEIVED IT.
LEMME SEND IT TO MS. ROSA BECAUSE SHE IS THAT EXPERT IN THAT AREA.
I'M GONNA SEND IT TO RAMON RODRIGUEZ.
HE'S THE EXPERT IN PARKS, RIGHT? I'M GONNA SEND IT TO THAT PERSON.
AND IF THEY DON'T RESPOND TO YOU, THEY'RE GONNA RESPOND TO THE GROUP.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA ASK THAT ALSO.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND NO MORE THAN THREE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
TWO IS PREFERABLE, THREE IS MAX, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A FIRST READING AND A SECOND.
THERE IS PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, OKAY? BUT WHEN WE START THESE DISCUSSIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT, WE GET 'EM OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN WE GET INTO THE BUSINESS.
OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A QUESTION.
IT'S JUST I AGREE 100% WITH YOU THAT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH, BUT IT'S GONNA GET TOUGH.
WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT SEPARATING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND, AND I KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT, UM, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, MS. ROSAS AND YOU ALSO, I THINK, UM, OUR NEW ENGINEER ALSO.
IF YOU'LL STAND UP, MSRA, IF YOU'LL STAND UP TO THE FRONT.
NOW, UH, AND THE REASON I I I, AND I'M PICKING ON YOU, I JUST, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS, UH, AT SOME POINT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, I, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, UH, ACCORDING TO MANNY, YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
AND, AND OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS IN THE BACK AS WELL.
BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, I, I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA, OUR SERVICES ARE GONNA INCREASE BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA INCREASE.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW HOMES, UH, REBUILT HOMES.
UH, I SEE NEW HOMES POPPING UP IN OLD, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I I I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG AND IF WE NEED TO SEPARATE CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS, OR ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS, UTILITIES, FINANCE, OVERSEEING WATER METER INSTALLATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I WANT YOUR EXPERIENCE AS TO HOW BETTER HANDLE THIS TYPE OF, UH, I I WANNA SAY THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, GOOD, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE THAT'S SATISFYING TO OUR RESIDENTS.
OKAY? AND THAT'S THE, UH, OF COURSE, UH, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UH, I'VE, I'VE BROUGHT UP, UM, WHY CAN'T WE CREATE OUR WATER SYSTEM SEPARATE FROM, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SEPARATE FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND, AND AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S TOUGH.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE CREATE THE MINDSET WHICH IS READY FOR GROWTH.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS DESTINED FOR A LOT OF GROWTH.
LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE WE HAD HERE FOR ONE SUBDIVISION, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY MORE IN THE FUTURE.
YES, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING THROUGH GROWTH.
AND, UM, I KNOW RIGHT NOW MY ROLE IS, LIKE YOU SAID, UM, THE PRI THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THAT STAFF ARE ABLE TO GO INTO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY ROLE RIGHT NOW IS I, I AM THE COORDINATOR BETWEEN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT? WITH MY ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING A BIT OF DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND KIND OF HANDLING SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, AS WELL AS KIND OF GETTING TO KNOW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE GROUND, AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW, I, I MYSELF AM BEING THE BRIDGE AND I KNOW THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE KIND OF HAVING EMPLOYEES TO DO THE SAME AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, I'M AVAILABLE FOR, FOR QUESTIONS, MAN.
HOW SHORT ARE WE? HOW MANY, HOW MANY STAFF ARE WE, ARE WE LACKING? HOW MANY? UH, MA MAINLY IT'S THE, UH, UH, THE, THE LABORERS.
UH, UH, SATURDAY MORNING, UH, COMMERCIAL GARCIA, BY THE TIME YOU REACHED OUT TO ME, WE ALREADY HAD TWO OTHER PREVIOUS LEADS.
I MET WITH THE STAFF MONDAY MORNING, MS. GUERRA, MS UH, UH, OSCAR GARCIA, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND THEN SOME OF THE SENIORS, HIS SENIOR LEADS AND WATER PLANTS, SEWER PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS, COLLECTIONS, THOSE THAT TEAM, BY MONDAY MORNING, 9:00 AM WE ALREADY HAD SIX LEAKS WORKING.
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RIOS REACHED OUT TO ME.WHAT TIME DID I SEND YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT, OR A TEXT MESSAGE? ABOUT EIGHT 30 LAST NIGHT.
MCDONALD'S WAS HAVING LOW WATER PRESSURE.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF WATER LEAK.
IT'S BECAUSE CONSUMPTION BY OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE COULD TELL THAT THE PLANTS, WE CALLED IN THE CHIEF OPERATOR TO GO TO THE WATER PLANTS, FIND OUT WHY ARE WE LOSING PRESSURE.
BUT JULIAN TEXT ME AND SAY, HEY, HE SAYS, CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE'S A LEAK? I SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE IF IT IS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S GONNA GET FIXED.
THE REASON I CALLED YOU RIGHT AWAY, THE REASON I CALLED YOU RIGHT AWAY WAS BECAUSE THE WATER WAS, UM, I WANNA SAY GUSHING.
NO, AND WE WANTED, THAT WAS URGENT, BUT, BUT WE ARE GETTING BOMBARDED WITH WATER LEAKS EVERY DAY.
AND, AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE DAYS THAT I KNOW ON ANY GIVEN DAY, SOMEBODY GOES, UH, ONE OF YOU WILL CALL.
DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT A WATER LEAK? NO.
THEY GO IN, WE HAVE A VERY, UH, WE HAVE A NETWORK, A HOW THOSE A RESULT, I DO REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEN THEY GO, OH YEAH, NO, WE'RE WORKING IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
AND PLUS ONE OF THE COMPLIMENTS THAT, AND I'LL GIVE MR. RIOS, UH, KUDOS FOR THIS.
HE COMPLIMENTED DAVID, UH, FAVI LOVE FOR PUTTING THOSE WATER LEAKS ON FACEBOOK.
THAT REACHES OUT TO A LOT OF FOLKS.
'CAUSE THAT TELLS 'EM WE'RE IN THAT AREA.
AND, AND I SAID, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE.
HE SAID, WELL, IT'S LOW CONVERSATION TODAY WAS 'CAUSE I, I SAW THAT THEY, WE CALLED THE, THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATOR CALLED OUT THE WATER PLANT OPERATOR THIS MORNING.
HE SAYS, IT'S WATER CONSUMPTION.
AS LONG AS IT, IT'S NOT GUSHING STRAIGHT TO THE EXACTLY.
SO NO, WE WANNA KNOW FROM YOU TO SEND THE MESSAGES.
BUT, BUT, UH, WHETHER IT'S MS. EDRA OR MS. ROSAS BEHIND ME, UH, AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTEN PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE NEW INDIVIDUALS HERE RECENTLY.
THE MAYOR, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEWHERE UPWARDS OF 200.
COVID HAS BEEN HORRIFIC ON OUR STAFF.
EVEN THOUGH WE, I BELIEVE WE PAY FAIRLY WELL COMPARABLE IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THERE'S NO THERE, UH, UH, THEY'RE NOT PAYING, THEY'RE NOT GETTING BENEFITS AND STUFF.
I CAN'T COMPETE WITH SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S HOW I CAN GO WORK FOR $14 A YEAR.
I, I STOPPED TRYING TO, I STOPPED TRYING TO COMPETE.
UM, YEAH, WE USED INDEED THE OTHER ONE THAT'S A SOURCE OF, UH, EMPLOYMENT SOURCE.
WE WEREN'T, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE TYPICAL ON OUR WEBSITE FACEBOOK, WE WEREN'T GETTING THE TALENT, THE PULL THAT WE NEEDED WITH SOME EXPERIENCE.
SO ANYTIME WE BRING ON SOMEBODY, WE'RE ONBOARDING, IT WAS TAKING NOT DAYS OR WEEKS.
IT WAS TAKING MONTHS, HALF A YEAR BEFORE THEY KNEW.
NOW WE'RE BRINGING, WE'RE BEING ABLE TO BRING FOLKS THAT HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT.
SO WE, UH, WE'RE, SO THE OUTREACH IS GOING THROUGH WORKFORCE? UH, YES.
WE ALSO PUT ON THE TEXAS WORKFORCE SITES.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, MS. ROSAS, UH, INFORMED ME WHAT YESTERDAY, TODAY THAT WE HAVE A, AN, UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL HIM? NOT AN INTERN.
HE'S A, HE'S AN, HE'S PAID FOR, HE'S GOT A, HE'S GOT A UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND THE WORKFORCE HAS A, A PLACEMENT.
SO WE LOST A, WE LOSE AN EMPLOYEE THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY, AND WE REPLACED THEM WITH A PERSON THAT'S GETTING PAID FOR BY THE WORKFORCE FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, 13 WEEKS.
AND HE'S GOT AN UNDERGRADUATE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO RETAIN HIM AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OR WHERE HE'LL FIT INTO OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE'S A COST SAVINGS THERE.
IT IS THE COST SAVINGS ON EVERYTHING WE DO IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND WITH EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE.
GIMME THE GROUND STORAGE TANK COMMITTEE.
THE GROUND STORAGE TANK WATER TANKS.
WE DO NEED, AND HERE'S THE THING, PERFECT SEGUE.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A-T-C-E-Q INSPECTION TOMORROW.
ON OUR WATER SYSTEM, THEY'VE ASKED FROM FINANCE, IF YOU, YOU SAW THE EMAIL, THEY ASKED FOR ALL OF THESE RECORDS.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR HOW MANY MASTER METERS AND HOW MANY APARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OUR POPULATION.
RIGHT? THEY'RE ASKING, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH WATER? AND GUESS WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ADDRESSING IT.
WE'LL CONVINCE TCEQ THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT.
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OUR POSITION.UH, QUICK QUESTION ON THE BUDGET.
UH, IN THE PAST, I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE RECEIVED A PACKET WITH, UH, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES PER DEPARTMENT WITH PAY? THAT WILL COME IN THE FINAL PACKET.
IT'LL PROBABLY COME SOMEWHERE IN THERE BECAUSE, UH, YOU'LL, AS YOU'RE SEEING THE BUDGET, YOU'RE GONNA SEE POSITIONS.
I, I JUST SEE SALARIES HERE, LIKE GENERALLY, BUT, UH, IT WAS MORE SPECIFIC, UH, FIVE EMPLOYEES.
'CAUSE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES PER DEPARTMENT.
I LIKE TO SEE THAT VISUAL TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE DEPARTMENT, YOU'LL SEE THE DETAILS.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THERE WAS ACTUALLY DETAILS IN POSITIONS AND, AND YOU'LL SEE A PAY RANGE, RIGHT? GENERALLY WE HIRE SOMEBODY AT THE LOW END OF THE PAY RANGE.
IF THEY'VE GOT ANY EXPERIENCE, THEY MID, IF THEY REALLY NEED OR SOMETHING WE NEED, THEY GO TO THE HIGH BASED ON EXPERIENCE.
IT JUST DEPENDS WHERE THEY'RE AT.
AND THEN IF WE CAN, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MY, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RAISES PREVIOUSLY, UH, LAST, LAST BUDGET CYCLE, I ASKED IF WE COULD LOOK AT A TIERED RA.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING THE RAISES THIS YEAR, BUT IF WE ARE, IF THAT'S IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, CAN WE LOOK AT A TIERED RESPONSE WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER END MAYBE GETS A 1% AND THEN THE LOWER END PERSONNEL, LIKE THE LABORERS GET A HIGHER THREE TO 5%.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS MORE FAIR.
AND THEN ALSO IF, UM, IF AN INDIVIDUAL GETS A DISCRETIONARY RAISE, DOES THAT, ARE THEY, DO THEY STILL QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3%? YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE FAIR IN THAT ASPECT.
AND THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PART OF A POLICY.
SO UNTIL I GET DIRECTION FROM A POLICY, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE NOW ENCROACHING INTO MY PART OF THE, MY FUNCTIONS, WHICH IS YOU SET THE BUDGET, WE SET THE RANGE, AND I WORK WITHIN THOSE.
AND IT IS MY JOB TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES.
SO IF YOU WANT A POLICY, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DISCUSS AS A COLLECTIVE BODY, MAKE A DECISION, AND THEN GIVE THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.
SO I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO FOLLOW, BUT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, MY JOB IS TO RUN THIS ORGANIZATION THE BEST WAY.
OKAY THEN, UH, IS THAT IT, 23? IS THAT, YEP.
THEN, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, 5 5 2 0.107.
THAT ONE TO DISCUSS, UH, PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION, UH, PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY, UH, ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
AND THE TIME IS 8 0 3 AND WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 21, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ON EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28 AND NO ACTION TAKEN.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
THE TIME IS, UH, 9 32 AND WE'RE ADJOURNED.