Jun 04, 2024 Commission Meetings

YOU IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CANNOT COMMENT.

YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR COMPANY IF YOU LIKE.

SO WE'RE A CAR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.

WE'VE BEEN, UM, WORKING, UH, SINCE 2014, I BELIEVE.

AND, UH, WE, I AM THE ONE THAT PREPARED THE BID ON, UH, BEHALF OF THE COMPANY.

WE HAVE, UH, CUSTOMERS GO RANGING FROM THE THREE COUNTY STAR, CAMERON AND ADALGO, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE RANGE OF NINE TO A THOUSAND END USERS AND INCLUDING SERVERS AND COMPUTERS.

WE'RE, WE'RE LICENSED TO DO SECURITY AND, AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. AND, UH, UP UPON LOOKING AT YOUR BID, UM, IT SAYS, UH, TO WORK ON THE PHONES, LAPTOPS, AND WORKSTATIONS.

AND I AM READING OFF THE RFP RIGHT NOW, UH, AND OTHER SOFTWARE, HARDWARE RELATED ACTIVITIES SEEMS WITHIN OUR WHEELHOUSE BECAUSE WE ARE LOCAL AND WE CAN ATTEND TO THESE IN PERSON AS, UH, NOT ALL PROBLEMS CAN BE ATTENDED TO REMOTELY.

UH, WE, LIKE I STATED, UH, WE DO HAVE SIX IGNITIONS GOING TO EIGHT, AND WE HAVE A FRONT OFFICE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL, UM, ALL OF THE NUANCES IN THE ACCOUNTING ARE CORRECT.

AND, UM, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE IT.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, SIR.

WE HAVE, UH, MIKE, TRAVIS, MR. TRAVIS, THANK YOU.

THE LORD'S BLESSINGS.

UH, ONE AND ALL.

UH, MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE, SAN BENITO, TEXAS.

I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT IN THERE.

UH, FIRST I WANNA GIVE A COUPLE SHOUT OUTS.

I DIDN'T WRITE ON THE FORM, BUT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING KEEP US, UH, THE MOWING AROUND ON THE, WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU BACK THERE? YES.

FAIR CITY, SAN BENITO, WHICH I HAVE LIVED HERE.

PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS, MOWING AROUND, UH, AND KEEPING US NEAT AND STUFF.

AND ALSO TODAY I SAW A VERY NICE LITTLE MINI EXCAVATOR TRACK MINI, UH, THING, WHICH, UH, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.

I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAKES BETTER WORKING.

AND THEN ALSO COMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION.

'CAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PRETTY BRAND NEW.

AND I THINK I SAW IT EARLIER, NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEMS AND STUFF THERE.

BUT ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING, UH, RUSSELL LANE, VERY QUIET AND, UH, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

OKAY, NOW I WANT TO GET ONTO, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND FINAL READING ON, UH, FM 5 0 9 FROM AGRICULTURE OPEN TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

UH, I SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING.

I OPPOSED IT.

AND I'M GONNA REITERATE, UH, OUR OPPOSITION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I REALIZE I DO NOT LIVE WITHIN THE SUPER FANTASTIC 200 FOOT RADIUS ZONE, BUT I DO LIVE IN THAT PART OF TOWN, AND NOT BECAUSE I LIVE IN THAT PART OF TOWN.

BUT, UH, FIRST I WOULD SAY IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT WAS MENTIONED, ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, I FEEL THAT THIS DOES NOT FIT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE.

CURRENT LAND USE IS AGRICULTURE OPEN AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.

AND NOT ONLY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, BUT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ON A NICE PLOT.

UH, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, I, I NOTICED A WHILE BACK, UH, THERE WAS A BID FOR A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE, UH, COMMISSION, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROGRESS IS ON THAT.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO ME, BUT I AM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND, UH, TO SEE WHAT THAT COMES BACK AND YIELDS FOR US.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER, THE WATER ISSUE, OF COURSE, IS VERY, UH, IMPORTANT.

UH, WE CAN'T JUST FABRICATE WATER, UH, KIND OF STUFF.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, I'M DOING MY BEST TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME AND SAY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT OUR FAIR, OUR

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I WASN'T BORN AND RAISED, BUT SINCE 1989, I LOVE IT.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD THAT I WOULD PREFER TO LIVE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME AND THE LORD'S BLESSINGS UPON YOU, ONE AND ALL.

OKAY, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS,

THANK YOU, RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MAYOR.

WE HAVE, UH, MARIO GONZALEZ, MS. GONZALEZ, UH, MAJOR COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS MARIO GONZALEZ.

I'M AN IT CONSULTANT FOR VALLEY IT SOLUTIONS, AND I'VE STARTED THE CITY FOR OVER, OVER 10 YEARS.

IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND FOR YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY VALLEY IT SOLUTIONS.

WE CELEBRATE 15 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.

WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THE TRUST YOU HAVE PLACED IN US TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF SAN MANTO.

OVER THE PAST DECADE AND A HALF, OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR CITY HAS BEEN UNWAVERING IN A TIME WHERE HEADLINES OFTEN HIGHLIGHT ATTACKS OF HACKING IN, IN RANSOMWARE IN ING CITIES.

WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT THAT SANTO HAS REMAINED FREEDOM FROM SUCH CRISIS.

THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE ROBOT SECURITY MEASURES AND DILIGENT OVERSIGHT WE HAVE MAINTAINED TO SAFEGUARD THE DATA AND SYSTEMS. ONE OF OUR MOST REWARDING ACHIEVEMENTS HAS BEEN SECURING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY FOR THE SANTO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THIS FUNDING HAS ENHANCED THE LIBRARY'S RESOURCES AND SERVICES BENEFITING COMPLEX RESIDENTS.

OUR INVOLVEMENT DOESN'T STOP AT SECURING GRANTS.

WE HELPING YOUR, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE STEADFAST PARTNERS THROUGH MANY DISASTERS, HURRICANES, FLOODS, AND OTHER EMERGENCIES, ENSURING THAT CRITICAL OPERATIONS CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TESTED US ALL IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS.

JET THROUGH IT ALL.

ED SOLUTIONS REMAIN BY YOUR SIDE, ADAPTING AND INNOVATING TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY SERVICES CONTINUE TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY.

OUR TEAM DONATED EQUIPMENT AND COUNTLESS HOURS OF OUR TIME TO GUARANTEE THAT SOMEBODY NEED TO REMAIN SAFE, SECURE, AND FULLY OPERATIONAL.

MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR FACES TO US HAVING WORKED TOGETHER FOR OVER A DECADE.

WE KNOW EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, EVERY ACCESS DOOR, EVERY BARRIER CABLE, EVERY FACILITY INSIDE AND OUT, AND ALL THE INTRICACIES THAT KEEPS SANTOS TECHNOLOGY RUNNING SEAMLESSLY.

THIS TE KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTION ARE THE BETTER OVER EFFECTIVE SERVICE.

THROUGH THIS 15 YEARS, ONE THING HAS REMAINED CONSTANT.

OUR COMMITMENT TO FAIR AND PREDICTABLE PRICING.

WE HAVE NEVER RAISED OUR PRICE.

AND OUR LATEST PROPOSAL REFLECTS OUR PROMISE TO KEEP OUR SERVICES AFFORDABLE WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON QUALITY.

SOLUTIONS IS A RELIABLE PARTNER THAT WOULD NOT BURDEN THE CITY WITHOUT UNEXPECTED COSTS.

AS WE LOOK FOR THE FUTURE, WE ARE PLEASED TO CONTINUE OUR LEGACY OF EXCELLENT SECURITY, SECURITY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

THANK YOU SO MANY FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOU.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE YOUR TRUSTED TECHNOLOGY PARTNER, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF SHARED SUCCESS AND GROWTH.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SORRY, THIS THING'S TALL PEOPLE.

I'M JUST HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY, OH, MY NAME'S GARZA, AND I'M HERE WITH MARIO MARI PALOMO.

AND WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CDBG.

AND, UH, JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE PUBLISHED OUR NOTICE OF FUNDS AVAILABILITY LAST WEEK, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING HERE ON THURSDAY AT FIVE 30.

SO WE'RE ON OUR WAY WITH OUR ACTION PLAN AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[PRESENTATION(S)]

WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, PRESENTATIONS OF THE SAN DINO MONTHLY FINANCIALS PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2024.

HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONER SIA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

FOR THE RECORD.

I HAD ASKED YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO DISREGARD THE FIRST PATIENT.

HE HAS A TYPO ON THE DATE.

JUST, UM, SO EVERYBODY CAN KNOW.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS AND CHANGE IT SO WE CAN PLACE IT ON THE WEBSITE AS THIS ONCE IT'S, IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED BY COMMISSION.

SO ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR BALANCE SHEET AS OF APRIL 30TH, 2024, WITH, OR TOTAL ASSETS OF 19,950,465 OF APRIL 30TH, 2023 OF 18,000,901 WITH 77.

MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE, UH, UH, LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE.

TOTAL LIABILITIES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

YOU HAVE 2 MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO.

COMPARE OF LAST YEAR OF 2 MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR

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FOR A TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE FOR THE MONTH TO DATE, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL OF NINE AND MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE.

I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M KIND OF A LITTLE SICK, BUT IF MY VOICE SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT OFF.

UM, ON PAGE NUMBER FOUR, YOU'LL FIND OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

SO OUR TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE MONTH TO DATE OF APRIL, WE HAVE 898,000 WITH 94 YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL, WE HAVE 11 MILLION NINE HUNDRED, THREE HUNDRED OH NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY COMPARED TO LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR, DURING THE SAME MONTH OF 821,458.

THE FOLLOWING PAGE, YOU WOULD SEE THE TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH, MONTH.

THAT THE ACTUAL, FOR THIS MONTH OF APRIL, WE HAVE A MILLION HUNDRED AND 61,996.

SO COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH DURING LAST YEAR, WE HAVE 951,000 129 YEAR.

TO THE ACTUAL TOTAL EXPENSE OF, WE HAVE 1,000,900 98,000 WITH 49, THAT PUTS US ON REVENUES UNDER EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL OF 263,902.

WHEREAS COMPARED TO THE YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE AT REVENUE OVER EXPENSES OF 2,311,000 WITH 90, FOLLOWED BY THAT.

ON PAGE NUMBER SIX, YOU WILL SEE OUR SALES STACK COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, AGAIN, TWO MONTHS BEHIND.

UM, AS PER THE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE WE READ, DID COLLECT FOR THE MONTH, UH, 676,451 WITH 81 YOU, YOU WILL SEE OR LITTLE GRAPH OF ON THE BOTTOM.

AGAIN, WHENEVER WE GET TO BE AT OUR OTHER BUILDING WITH THE SCREEN, WE COULD SEE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT, UM, IT DID INCREASE 1.6% FROM LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME MONTH.

UM, FROM THAT 25% GOES TO REC AND THEN 75% STAYS WITH US.

YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE FOLLOWING PAGE, ALONG WITH A COMPARISON FROM STRAIGHT FROM THE CONTROLLER'S WEBSITE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

MS. YOURS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

NO.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

THANK YOU, MS. STEPH, IS THAT IT? YOU WANNA GO WITH THE, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT? YES.

MATURE WITHIN, UM, EVERY MONTH.

PERIOD.

ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2024.

SO, UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU, IT'S THE INVESTMENT REPORT.

WE, WE PLACE THIS EVERY QUARTER.

WE ALSO HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, THIS IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE LAST QUARTER AND THIS QUARTER.

ON PAGE NUMBER ONE, YOU WOULD SEE OUR QUARTERLY INTEREST INCOME AND THE YEAR TO DATE INTEREST INCOME EARN.

SO ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU SEE THE, OUR QUARTERLY INTEREST INCOME ENDING UP ON MARCH 31ST, 2024, UH, WAS 644.

UM, THOUSAND 536 YEAR TODAY, WHICH THAT'LL BE TWO QUARTERS, UM, 1,000,300 11,804.

PAGE NUMBER TWO, YOU WILL SEE THE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW.

GO AHEAD, MS. STEPHANIE.

WHAT, WHAT'S, UM, I'M SURE YOU HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER, UM, CITIES.

WHAT IS A, A GOOD AVERAGE, UH, REVENUE RATE OF RETURN? HERE? WE'RE AT 5.59%.

SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE NUMBER THREE, IT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING FROM EACH, UH, BANK.

WE HAVE OUR MONEY IN.

SO, UH, 5.69, ACTUALLY FROM TRB FIVE POINT 50 FROM SOUTHWEST, UH, 5.46 FROM VERITEX TEXT POOL, FIVE POINT 32 EAST WING, EAST WEST BANK CITIES, FIVE POINT 23.

UH, AGAIN, EVERY TIME WE DECIDE TO MOVE, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR INVESTMENTS, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD, WE LOOK INTO IT AND WE GET WITH OUR, OUR CONSULTANTS, THEY RUN, UM, A MARKET AND THEN THEY, THEY ASK FOR SALUTATION.

AND WHAT ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR US BASED ON THAT, THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S UP TO, UM, MYSELF AND ALSO, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT TO SEE WHAT IT'S THE MOST LAB OPTION FOR THE CITY.

IF YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, EAST WEST BANK, IT WAS A YEAR, UM, COMPROMISED.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WELL THE MARKET WAS GONNA BE OR IF IT WAS GONNA FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT MORE DRASTICALLY.

WE, WE WANTED TO ASSURE THAT AT LEAST FOR A YEAR, WE KEEP THE GOOD FIVE POINT 23.

THEN IN DECEMBER WE'LL BE MOVING THOSE MONIES OUT.

IT IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE.

UH, UH, GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT'S BETWEEN OVER FIVE POINT 30, I WOULD SAY TO UP TO 5.69 70, THAT I WOULD THINK MOST BANKS ARE GETTING.

IT IS QUITE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU PUT A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT I, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE, I SEE THAT SOME, UH, SOME MATURED IN APRIL, UH, ON APRIL 1ST.

THAT'S THE MATURITY DATE? YES.

UM, WHAT PAGE? YOU'RE SEEN IT.

OH, IT STATES WITH THE SAME.

SO THAT'S, UH, IF YOU SEE THOSE ARE MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS

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SO AS LONG AS WE DON'T PUT IT INTO A CITY, IF WE DON'T MOVE IT, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE EARNING THAT INTEREST.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS.

UNLESS IT'S A MONTH TO MONTH, THAT ONE, IT'S NOT LOCKED.

LIKE IF YOU SEE ON EAST WEST THE MATURITY DATE, IT'S UNTIL DECEMBER.

SO THIS ONE, IT'LL MATURE IN APRIL BECAUSE THIS IS THE REPORT FOR MARCH.

SO THEN IF FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THEY CONTINUE HAVING THE SAME RATE.

AND THAT'S OUR OPERATIONAL MONEY TOO.

SO, OKAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE MONEY SITTING THERE.

NOT EARNING.

NO, NO.

THAT'S WHAT IT, THAT'S WHAT IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE.

BUT IT EARNS EVERY MONTH.

SO THESE MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS, THEY'RE NOT A CD.

SO WE CAN MOVE THE MONEY AS WE PLEASE EVERY MONTH.

'CAUSE WE USE, USE IT FOR OPERATIONS.

SO EVERY MONTH THE MATURITY, LIKE IF I WAS TO RUN THIS REPORT FOR APRIL, THE MATURITY DAY IS GONNA BE MAY.

IF I WAS TO RUN IT FOR MAY, IT WAS GONNA BE JUNE.

'CAUSE IT'S IN A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS.

SOUNDS GOOD.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT LOCKED.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, TOMORROW.

SO, AND VALLEYVIEW CONSULTING IS OUR INVESTMENT.

DO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THEIR RATES.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO COME SINCE WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS ON THE PANEL, THAT IF THEY COULD COME AND SPEAK TO US.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

THEN WE CAN REVIEW, REVIEW THOSE RATES AGAIN.

I COULD SCHEDULE THAT SO THEY CAN COME MAYBE FOR THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT.

THEY COULD PRESENT THE REPORT AND ALSO, UM, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES SO YOU CAN, UH, HAVE ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'LL BE GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

NONE STEP.

FREDDY FENDER'S BIRTHDAY.

WE'RE GOING TO, UH, THE REGULAR AGENDA OF MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, BUT ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE GO FORWARD.

IT'S KIND OF AN IMPORTANT DAY TODAY.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT TODAY IS? JUNE 4TH.

YOUR BIRTHDAY? JUNE 4TH.

OH YES.

JUNE 4TH, 1937.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FREDDY FENDER.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANNA SING HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY OR NOT, BUT HAPPY.

I'D BE WILLING TO LEAD IT IF YOU'D LIKE, BECAUSE HE IS .

YOU SEE THE SONG INSTEAD? UH, MY MUSICAL TALENT DIED WITH MY UNCLE, BUT, UH, I GIVE IT A SHOT.

YOU CAN ON THE STAGE WITH LITTLE JOE THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.

NOT, I DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB, .

THANK GOD LITTLE JOE CARRIED ME, BUT I JUST WANTED HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FREDDY FENDER.

AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

OKAY, WE'LL GO ON TO CONSENT.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

15.

UM, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS TO DISCUSS? OTHERWISE WE CAN VOTE ON, WE HAD TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 11.

SO MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE ABSOLUTELY.

FOR SURE.

ITEM NUMBER 11.

AND, UH, SO ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 11.

DO ANYBODY ELSE? I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, ITEM THREE, 11 AND 13.

, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, SO, MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OTHER ITEMS BE BESIDES ITEMS. MINE, ITEMS NUMBER 3, 3 11, AND 13.

SURE.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, AND 15.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

UH, NOVARRO.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER, THE OTHER ONE'S.

THAT'S CORRECT.

TAKE IT AS ONE AT A TIME.

ITEM NUMBER THREE,

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

FRED.

OKAY, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, WE WILL LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH Q DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 2024.

REQUESTING A REZONE OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON FM 5 0 9, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 4.64 ACRES OUTTA LOT NINE BLOCK 1 34.

UH, THE, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE, UH, ERIC SOLI.

AND IT'S GOING FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL JOANNA COMMISSIONERS.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE.

THE SEWER IS ABOUT THE, WELL, THE LIFT STATION THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY TIE INTO IS ABOUT 4,000 FEET AWAY, UH, WITH NO RIGHT OF WAY, UM, IN THE AREA.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE PARCELS ALL ALONG

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THE WAY.

AND, UM, THE WATER LINE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, UM, ON OJEDA.

SO ACROSS THE STREET ON OJEDA.

UM, THEY DO HAVE AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE AND THERE IS A FIRE HYDRANT IN THAT CORNER.

SO WATER IS, UM, EASY TO EXTEND.

UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK FAR AS ZONING GOES, THEY ARE ON A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.

THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, IN THE FUTURE, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH TRAFFIC FOR TRUCKS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL OR DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S MORE HOMES, THEN YOU WOULD LOOK AT POSSIBLY HAVING COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA OR INDUSTRIAL IF WE DON'T GET A LOT OF HOMES.

IS SEPTIC A POSSIBILITY THERE? SEPTIC IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

UM, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES ACCORDING TO ORDINANCE.

YEAH, IT'S TOO FAR.

AND, UM, THAT IS AN OPTION FOR THEM.

NOT ONLY THAT SEPTIC IS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY, UH, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INSTALLING IT.

SOME HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH LARGER SEPTIC TANKS, LIKE THEY WOULD PROBABLY NEED.

UM, SO IT'S NOT, NOT A POSSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE.

WHAT HAPPENS, I MEAN, THIS IS A COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE QUESTION, BUT IT'S, UH, ONE IN MY MIND IS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PEOPLE.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS, IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS, IT IS.

UM, SO IT WILL STAY AGRICULTURAL AND THEN WE WILL JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF LAND, POSSIBLY HERE OR HARLAN OR BROWNSVILLE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS.

CAN WE GET THE, UH, THE OWNER OR THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, COMPANY? UH, YOU CAN, THEY ARE HERE.

WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE.

MAYOR, DEVELOPER.

DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY.

SO I KNOW LAST TIME THEY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, BUT UM, THEY DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS TIME AROUND.

HI AL, UH, ALI, THE DEVELOPER.

I'M THE OWNER.

ALI.

SO, UH, MR. UH, SO YOU'VE HEARD THE, UH, THE, THE COMMENTS, SOME OF THE COMMENTS, SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO OR HOW YOU GONNA DO IT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE, THE PEOPLE HAVE? SO AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA ADD ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC TO THE AREA.

WE'RE GONNA DO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.

IT'S MULTIFAMILY PERSONA GUIDELINES, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX PER SE.

IT'S GONNA BE A FACILITY WITH PEOPLE OF OLDER AGE WHO STRUGGLE TO LIVE DAY TO DAY.

UH, AND THEY HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION.

IT'LL BE THEIR HOUSE THERE.

OUR MAIN INTEREST WILL BE FROM THE STATE, HIGHWAY, PA ROAD.

WE DO HAVE AN EXIT AND THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE OF ENGINEERING TO GO OUT, EXIT THROUGH OJEDA.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD MAYBE BE ADDRESSED WITH THE CITY AS WE GO ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS.

I KNOW THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT SEPTIC.

LIKE I MENTIONED, EVERYBODY IN THE AREA THERE HAS SEPTIC, INCLUDING THE IDEA IS PUBLIC SCHOOL, WHICH IS WAY BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

THIS FACILITY IS ONLY GONNA HOUSE 16 PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO LIVE DAY TO DAY.

OH.

CREATE AN AVERAGE OF, I THINK 28 JOBS, ALL OF 'EM MAKING OVER $18 AN HOUR.

GOING UP TO, UH, TWO NURSES.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY MAKE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THERE.

SO YOU SAY YOU'RE ONLY HOUSING 16 PEOPLE? MM-HMM.

, YES.

PER FACILITY.

PER FACILITY, YES, SIR.

PER FACILITY.

AND WE'RE ONLY BUILDING ONE RIGHT NOW.

YES, SIR.

WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL BUILD OUT? UH, MAX OF FOUR, FOUR FACILITIES? YES, SIR.

UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S IN A PERFECT LOCATION FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THEY MENTIONED RESIDENTIAL, BUT IN THE OJEDA, UH, SORRY, IN THE, IN THE EXPRESS.

BUT YOU HAVE THE RESTAURANT CABO RIGHT THERE.

IF YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD, YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE OLD, UH, VALLEY CODE STORAGE.

YOU HAVE ALL THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, YOU HAVE THE PORT OF HAR ENGINE.

SO IT'S REALLY AN INDUSTRIAL KIND OF COMMERCIAL LEANING AREA THAT COULD GO THERE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS AND WE WANNA WORK WITH WHOEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

IF, IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE HAVE A, OBVIOUSLY A SECOND LOCATION THAT WE REALLY DO NOT WANT TO GO TO.

WE REALLY WANT TO BE HERE.

IT FITS OUR NEEDS VERY WELL.

UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE, IF WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN FARMING, WE WILL NOT PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND.

SO THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE MORE ON THE, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 1, 5, 1 9? YES, EXACTLY.

AND, AND REALLY THERE WON'T BE MUCH TRAFFIC.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL STAY AT THIS FACILITY, THEY USUALLY HAVE

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NO ONE.

UH, SO IT'D JUST BE PROBABLY, IT'S, I SAID 25 PEOPLE MAXIMUM DURING THE DAY 10 STAFF.

SO LET'S SAY 10 CARS, IT'S GONNA BE EFFECT THEY LEAVE AND THEN ANOTHER 10 CARS COME TO REPLACE FOR THE NEXT SHIFT AND ANOTHER 10 CARS.

SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I COULD ADDRESS IS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10 CARS PROBABLY AT 7:00 AM OR LIKE 6:00 AM DEPENDING ON THE CHA.

UH, SHIFT CHANGE THREE AND PROBABLY NINE, BUT THAT'S ALL WILL BE AFFECT TRAFFIC.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE SEPTIC WILL BE SAFE AS AN ENGINEER THAT WILL BE APPROVED.

THE, THE PLANS AND OBVIOUSLY ALSO REVIEW BY YOUR CITY.

WE'LL APPROVE THE SEPTIC, IF ANY CONTAMINATION WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE LIKE ANY OTHER SEPTIC IN THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

UM, I CAN'T DO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

UM, THERE WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE ROAD, WE REALLY DO NOT USE OJEDA ROAD.

WE REALLY WOULDN'T BE USING IT.

UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

IS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTION.

UH, SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, THE BINGO PARTIES GETTING LOUD AND NOISY? ? NO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DESIGN.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUTSIDE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA, IT'S FIVE ACRES, RIGHT? UH, SO I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA, AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT BEHIND US.

THERE'S ANOTHER LIKE 10 ACRES THERE, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE, THERE'S LIKE FOUR HOUSES IN THE, IN THAT AREA.

UH, MAYBE FIVE.

UM, AND IT'S, HONESTLY, THEY'RE IN THE BACK.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN NEXT TO US IS ALSO ANOTHER FARM FIELD.

IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA SEE AND IT'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW FACILITY.

I KNOW THERE WAS A MENTION OF LONNA.

NONE OF THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME, UH, PLANS THAT WE ALREADY SIGNED.

AND WE ALREADY, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE DON'T WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT'S, WE ALREADY INVESTED, INVESTED ABOUT $45,000 IN THIS LAND BETWEEN THE SOIL STUDY, THE, UH, THE, THE SUBDIVISION PLAT, THE ENGINEERING, WE DID THE SOIL TESTING, WE DID ALL OF IT.

YOU KNOW, THE, WE PRETTY MUCH, WE WENT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO THE, WE CAME TO TALK TO THE CITY TO GET, KIND OF, GET AN APPETITE OF THE CITY WOULD, AT LEAST SONY WISE, IT WOULD FIT THE NEED.

AND OBVIOUSLY THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GO HERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T FORESEE ANY ISSUES THAT IS NOT BEYOND WITHIN THE CITY SCOPE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT THE LAND UNDER OPTION, PUT $5,000 DOWN.

WE, WE DID ALL THIS TO KIND OF GET HERE AND HOPEFULLY PASS IT.

UH, JOANNA PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED.

UH, UM, SHE DOESN'T, I MEAN, SHE SAID THAT IS SHE NO, YEAH, YES, YES.

WRONG.

JOANNA .

THANK, IS THERE, IS THERE DRAINAGE ON J OELA? UH, THERE? WELL, YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS THERE.

WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T.

EXACTLY.

WE AS STAFF, WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE AND ALL THAT.

UM, WE'VE DONE THE MINIMAL RESEARCH OF HOW FAR THE SEWER IS, HOW FAR THE WATER IS.

BUT CURRENTLY, I DON'T KNOW, UH, EXACTLY WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST LIKE SEED DITCHES.

AND THEN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH PROPER DRAINAGE AT THE TIME OF THE SUBDIVISION.

AND THEN GET APPROVAL PROBABLY FROM TECH STOCK, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

SO EVERYTHING STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UM, THEY STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY ALL THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS AND, AND ALL THAT.

MAYBE TEXDOT PUTS A LIGHT THERE AND MAKE IT SAFER.

A REAL LIGHT.

I DON'T LIKE THOSE BLINKING LIGHTS.

THEY'RE TOO DANGEROUS.

WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN ASK TEXDOT ABOUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP, WE CAN SEE WHAT EXACTLY THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT ROAD .

AND I MEAN, IT IS THEIR ROAD, SO, BUT WE CAN'T ASK THEM.

UM, IS THERE ANY, THERE'S WATER DOWN, JAM, OELA.

IS THERE ANY FIRE HYDRANTS? YES, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE IN THE CORNER WHERE THE INTERSECTION HE HAS.

OH, HE HAS THE PLA.

SO YES, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE RIGHT IN THE CORNER, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE DOWN THE ROAD.

OH, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO ON SIDE FROM EDGE TO EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S, THERE'S THREE, I DON'T SEE IT.

SO THERE'S ONE ON, ON THE FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY ON J OA.

SO, SO THERE'S TWO ON MY PROPERTY AND THERE'S ONE ON THE, ON THE CORNER OF A LINE ACROSS THE STREET.

OH, I SEE IT.

ARE THEY GONNA MEET CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE? WELL, WE'D HAVE, WELL, IF THEY'RE ON, IF THEY'RE A FIRE, THEY HAVE TO BE ON A SIX INCH LINE OR MORE.

SO THEY SHOULD BE GOOD.

I KNOW, I, I KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE THAT ALL THE TIME.

, WHAT WE WILL HAVE, WE'VE SEEN 'EM ON TWO INCH LINES AND THEN HOW DID IT GET THERE? YEAH.

CHIEF WILL TELL YOU, RIGHT? NOT ANYMORE.

NO, BUT WE, WE, LIKE I SAID, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THAT'S AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND VERIFY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO SPRINKLE IT.

NO, I THINK I HAVE TO SPRINKLE.

IT'S AN EIGHT INCH LINE.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPRINKLERS.

IT FORCES DEVELOPERS TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, MAYBE EXTEND A LITTLE BIT OF THE WATER, SO NOT CROSSES THE ROAD.

I THINK THE IMPORTANCE IS THAT WHENEVER YOU DO EXPAND TO THE EXTERIOR PARTS WITHIN YOUR SID LIMITS AND GROWTH WISE, UM,

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IT MAY BE MAKE IT EASIER.

I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY THERE, RIGHT.

BUT IT, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPER.

AND THEN IT GOES ALONG WITH OUR PLAN OF DEVELOPING OUR CITY FROM WITHIN OUT.

UM, IF YOU NEVER ALLOW POTENTIAL GROWTH TO HAPPEN IN THOSE PERIMETER AREAS OF THE CITY, AND WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET TO WHERE WE THINK WE WANT TO BE.

UM, I, I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW AND YEAH, THE OTHER HOMES ARE KIND OF FAR BACK.

IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A REAL NICE COMMUNITY FOR 65 AND OLDER EVERY DAY.

YOU HAVE THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TURNING 65 AND OLDER EVERY DAY.

AND I SEE THAT 'CAUSE I'M IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, UM, AND THEY'VE DONE THAT.

I SEE CUSTOMERS THAT COME IN THAT DON'T HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS AT ALL.

AND I WONDER WHO'S DRIVING 'EM TO WORK WITH ALZHEIMER'S, UM, DIABETES COMING ALL THE WAY TO SEE ME WITH A CO DIABETIC COMA.

IT'S LIKE, HOW DID YOU GET HERE? AND WHY ARE YOU HERE TO SEE ME? A PHARMACIST AND NOT THE HOSPITAL.

OUR A LF LICENSE GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE ALZHEIMER'S CERTIFIED AS WELL.

THAT'S FY SO KIND OF GOES WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ONE, ONE OTHER COMMENT.

'CAUSE I DID MEET WITH THE DEVELOPERS AFTER THE LAST MEETING AND JUST A COUPLE OF, I GUESS, ADDITIONS TO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME ISSUES BROUGHT UP BY SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.

AND I I KNOW Y'ALL TAKE THOSE VERY SERIOUSLY, AS DO I.

UH, BUT WE'VE GOT A A A STATE ROAD, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE, EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE RENEWED, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH TXDOT IN OUR AREA OFFICE, UH, TDOT RUNS THEIR OWN SHOW.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY, THEY GAUGE LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS BY FATALITIES.

THAT'S JUST A FACT.

UH, NOT OUR RULES, THEIR RULES.

UM, AS FAR AS OJEDA GOES, THAT ROAD, I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, WHAT I SPOKE TO THE DEVELOPERS ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO IMPROVE THAT ROAD? WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS TO EXPAND IT.

I KNOW THEY MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A VERY NARROW ROAD.

IT WASN'T VERY WELL MAINTAINED.

IF AT LEAST ALONG THE PERIMETER FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR CORNER BACK TO 5 0 9 OR BACK TO THE STATE HIGHWAY, THEY COULD IMPROVE THAT ROADWAY.

IT IMPROVES THAT WHOLE AREA FOR THESE FOLKS COMING BACK OUT TO THE STATE HIGHWAY.

UH, IT ALSO SERVES THEM AS THEY, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GROW.

UH, 'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE USING THAT ENTRANCE AS MUCH AS THEY SAY, I MEAN IT, IT'LL IMPROVE THE AREA.

SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE THINGS.

AND THEN AS FAR AS SEPTIC TANKS GOES, THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY, UH, WITH THAT TYPE OF SIZE OF PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT FITS.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS, I MEAN, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RENDERINGS AND SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS, THESE ARE GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL TYPE BUILDINGS.

UH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE INSTITUTIONAL.

THEY'RE GONNA BLEND IN WITH THE AREA.

UH, IF YOU GO TO ANY OTHER CITY, YOU SEE THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES ALONG THE EXPRESSWAY, ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND EVEN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT, UH, THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CRE, YOU KNOW, JOB CREATOR.

IT'S GONNA BOOST THE ECONOMY AND IT'S A MUCH NEEDED, UH, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, I MEAN, AFTER I SPOKE TO THEM, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SHARED THAT WITH YOU ALL, THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE.

THEY ARE WILLING TO LOOK AT ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE AREA SO THAT EVERYBODY, UH, CAN BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT'S BEING PUT IN.

SO IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF, OF A CAMELOT TYPE OF THING WHERE THERE'S INDEPENDENT HOUSES, KIND OF, IT WOULD BE SO CAMELOT'S MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING, RIGHT? SO THAT'S NOT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, THAT'S A LOWER GRADE, UH, RESIDENCE.

IT WOULD BE MORE, UH, IT'LL BE LIKE, UH, A HOUSE, LIKE KIND OF BARN STYLE KIND OF GO WITH WHAT BACK THERE? UH, LARGE.

AND UH, WE HAVE 16, UH, UH, WE'LL HAVE 16 ROOMS. AND IN THOSE ROOMS YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL ROOMS WITH INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY A NURSE THERE 24 7.

AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, NURSING ASSISTANTS AND ALL THAT.

THERE.

THERE'LL BE A RATIO KIND OF LIKE, SO FOR THE LEVEL OF CARE, I BELIEVE IT'LL BE LIKE TWO TO ONE FOR EVERY TWO PATIENTS.

THERE'S ONE, UH, ONE STAFF PRESENT.

UH, AND THAT'S NOT, NOT A, THAT'S NOT EVEN A PERSONAL POLICY.

THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THE BILLING SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDING.

SO, UH, WE'LL BE RUNNING A PRETTY PRETTY STAFF HEAVY FACILITY.

CAN YOU MENTION VISITATION ALSO? OH, VISITATION.

VISITATION IS ALSO, UH, OBVIOUSLY OPEN, BUT IT'LL BE SCHEDULED.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE WILL GO AHEAD AND BE COMING ALL THE TIME.

IT'LL BE SCHEDULED AND OBVIOUSLY LIKE, HEY, YOU WANNA SEE YOUR PARENTS? WELL, AN, UH, AN HOUR NOTICE.

SO WE GO AHEAD AND ACCOMMODATE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME AND SEE THEM.

AND THEY'RE ONE AT A TIME.

YEAH, IT'S ONE AT A TIME.

SO, SO THAT ALSO KIND OF LIMITED THE TRAFFIC ALSO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE FACILITIES ARE

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VERY EXPENSIVE TO, TO GET UP AND RUNNING.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO ANY TYPE OF STATE LICENSE, YOU OPERATE FOR FREE FOR LIKE NINE MONTHS AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A FACILITY LICENSE, THREE MONTHS, YOU HAVE YOUR BILLING NUMBER, THREE MONTHS, AND YOU HAVE YOUR HMO CONTRACT TO GET PAID ANOTHER THREE MONTHS.

SO FOR NINE MONTHS, REALLY, WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING THESE PEOPLE OUT OF OUR POCKETS AND THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE LIVING THERE FOR FREE.

HONESTLY, FOR THE FIRST, HOPEFULLY WE COULD DO IT IN SIX, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU PLAN FOR THE WORST NINE MONTHS.

AND, UH, ONCE WE GET THAT GOING AND LICENSE, WE DO HOPE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE OVER AND START BUILDING MORE.

AND OBVIOUSLY ALONG WITH THE FOUR OTHER SITES, WE DO PLAN TO DO A COMMON AREA FOR THEM TO HAVE LIKE A LITTLE PARK TYPE OF THING RIGHT.

FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND BE NOT JUST IN A BACKYARD TYPE OF APPROACH, BUT THAT WOULD BE UNDER FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS WE GO ON.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN AND PLANS AND ALL OF THAT.

AS, AS WHAT'S YOUR TIMEFRAME HERE? UH, OUR TIMEFRAME IS ACTUALLY PRETTY QUICK.

UH, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AS IF THIS IS APPROVED.

I HAVEN'T PURCHASED A PROPERTY.

I HAVE FAR, I HAVE PUT THE EARNEST MONEY.

I THINK THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY, THOUGH, IT'LL BE PRETTY QUICK A MONTH.

UH, CITY PERMITTING AND REVIEWING OF HER PLANS WILL PROBABLY BE, UH, PROBABLY BE ANOTHER MONTH, RIGHT? WITH CITY REVIEW.

MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN COMPLIANCE TWO WEEKS WITH JOANNA.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

WELL, I HOPE SO.

I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.

TWO WEEKS WITH JOANNA FOR THE SUBDIVISION, AND THEN TWO WEEKS FOR THE PERMITTING OF A, OF THE BUILDING.

AND WE WANT TO GET STARTED OUT AWAY.

ACTUALLY, I, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, IF I GET APPROVED TODAY, THREE MONTHS ON THE ROAD, WE HOPE TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE WITH US.

NO, NO, NO.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU GUYS.

MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE REZONING.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND, SECOND MAYOR.

HEARING, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS AT THE LAST MEETING.

IT WAS TWO PUBLIC HEARING WE WERE TOLD.

THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW.

NO, IT'S ONE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, THE SECOND AND FINAL READING THE SECOND.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OUR, OUR, OUR PAGE TO YOU.

SURE.

COME ON UP.

UM, MAYOR, YOU GOTTA RETRACT THE MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO? YES, DO YOU WANNA, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL RETRACT THE MOTION.

MAYOR MEMBER STATE COMMISSION, GNO.

SO 9 7 98 JM OJE ROAD HERE IN SANTO.

AT THE LAST MEETING WE ASKED YOU TO DO, TO APPROVE WHAT THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION HAD DONE.

AND THAT WAS TO REJECT THIS REQUEST.

UM, THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION VOTED AGAINST IT, AND WE WERE PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.

AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE SAME FACTORS THAT THEY DID AND ALSO REJECT THIS REQUEST.

NOW, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT SANTO DOES VERY, VERY POOR PLANNING.

AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT WATER AND WASTEWATER ALLIANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT DOES NOT MEET STANDARDS.

YOU GOT SEWER LINES, MAYOR, YOU'VE SEEN THEM THAT ARE SHALLOW, THAT YOU CANNOT CONNECT ANOTHER MR. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE NEED TO STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE.

I AM, THAT'S, I'M GETTING TO THE POINT THAT, UH, THIS WILL ONLY CONTINUE THAT THAT PUT PLAN.

YOU GOT A SEWER LINE THAT YOU GOTTA BRING FROM GREAT DISTANCE.

CONTRARY TO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID, SEPTIC TANKS ARE NOT STANDARD.

UH, IF YOU CONTINUE HAVING SEPTIC TANKS IN YOUR CITY, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO CATCH UP.

YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A CITY THAT HAS GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.

NOW, LET'S LOOK AT, AT SOMETHING WE NEED AND LET'S PLAN FOR A, A, A FUTURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN, CAN APPRECIATE.

UH, YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE SEWER LINE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE WATER LINE IS OUT THERE.

I KNOW THAT YOU GOT FIRE PROTECTION.

SO YOU GOTTA HAVE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT EIGHT INCH WATER LINE, UH, TO, TO HAVE A SUBDIVISION OF THIS NATURE TO, AND TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, YOU NEED AT LEAST 12 INCH LINE GOING OUT THERE.

UM, YOU SEE THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A 10 INCH LINE, I BELIEVE FOR, FOR, UH, THE SERVICE SUBDIVISION.

AND YOU HAVE NOT ALWAYS ABIDE BY THAT.

YOU HAVE AREAS IN THE CITY THAT DO NOT HAVE A 10 INCH WATERLINE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE DEVELOPED OR CANNOT BE DEVELOPED.

YOU'VE GOT A DEVELOPMENT OUT ON SAME HOUSTON THAT'S STILL ON HOLD BECAUSE THE CITY APPROVED, UH, UH, AN EIGHT INCH LINE AND THEY WANTED THEM TO GO BACK AND REPLACE IT WITH A 10 INCH LINE IS REQUIRED.

AND THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL NEVER TAKE PLACE ON AN EIGHT INCH LINE.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS LOOK AT YOUR CITY, NOT JUST AT, AT WHAT THIS INDIVIDUALS WILL BRING IN, UH, NEW JOBS, UH, REVENUE, ET CETERA, BUT LOOK AT YOUR CITY.

WHAT'S HAPPENING TO, TO THE CITY.

LET'S GROW THE CITY PROPERLY.

DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH THE

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MEDIOCRITY.

YOU KNOW, LOOK, LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND I THINK WE'RE CAN DO THAT A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN, THAN PUT OUT THERE WITH SEPTIC TANKS AND, AND, AND, UH, SMALL WATER LINES.

SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN'T DO ADDITIONAL GROWTH.

YOU'RE BUTTONING UP AGAINST ISRAEL UNDER WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.

SO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMPETITION FROM THAT.

YOU ALSO, ACROSS THE STREET FROM HARTON WHO HAS ADEQUATE, UH, UH, FACILITIES, UTILITIES, SOMEBODY DOES NOT.

AND HE LOOKS AT ME LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH, WITH, UH, UH, NOT EVEN THE MINIMUM.

YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE ASKING, WELL, WE'LL ASK THE DEVELOPER TO, TO IMPROVE THE ENTRANCE THERE AT OELA.

UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK HIM.

LOOK AT YOUR SUBDIVISION CO UH, CODE.

THE SUBDIVISION REQUIRES THAT YOU MAKE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY THAT, THAT AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT.

YOU GOT A 12 INCH STREET OUT THERE IN THAT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED BY THE CITY AS IT PROMISED WHEN NOT THERE WAS ANNEXED.

AND, AND THEN TO GO, WELL, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THE THE DEVELOPER TO DO WHAT HE WANTS THERE.

IF HE WANTS TO IMPROVE IT, FINE.

IF HE DOESN'T, THAT'S FINE.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES CONSTANTLY GOING OUT THERE, MR. SOTE, APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS.

BUT, UM, WE CAN'T CONTINUE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS THERE'S COM UH, THERE ARE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FROM THE COMMISSION, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTION.

I THOUGHT THE MAYOR WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.

MAYOR.

WELL, SIR, I MEAN IT'S, I MEAN, UH, ALL THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN IT TO US, SO, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, AND I THINK THAT, THAT KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY ON, SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO ASK HIM, MR. VILO, HE CAN, HE CAN DIRECT US.

RUTH, CAN YOU PUT HIM ON THE, THE SPEAKER? YEAH.

PUT, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? YES.

UH, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO UNLESS IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC HAS NO RIGHT TO SPEAK UNLESS THEY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY DIDN'T.

AND, UH, IT'S NOT PUBLIC COMMON SYSTEM ANYMORE.

SO THIS IS UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DO WHAT THEY DESIRE.

BUT AS FAR AS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, IT'S NO LONGER NECESSARY OR REALLY, UH, UH, SHOULD BE DONE ANYMORE.

MR. MR. VILLALOBOS, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMISSION HAS TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS? BECAUSE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED THIS DOWN.

DID THEY VOTE IT DOWN? OKAY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? OKAY.

UBER DRIVER.

OH, OH, YOU CAN'T BE IN HERE.

SO YEAH, YOU OUT REAL QUICK AND YOU'LL NEED TO TURN AROUND.

GO OUT THAT WAY.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? YEAH, WHAT, WHAT PER WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMISSION HAS TO OVERRIDE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS? MAJORITY? I THINK IT'S THE MAJORITY, RIGHT? WELL, MAJORITY IS THREE FIFTHS, BUT I THINK IT HAS TO BE FOUR FIFTHS.

WELL, IT DEPENDS WHAT HAPPENED.

UH, IF WHETHER DEFENSE STATUTORY, WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY I'M ANOTHER AREA.

BUT WHETHER A QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE HAS TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY, I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION, CORRECT? CORRECT.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

DO WE, DO WE, OKAY.

IF THERE'S A SUPER MAJORITY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

NOW THE ISSUE'S GONNA BE THIS, WHAT, WHAT THE COMMISSION IS THAT'S ABSENT.

THE WHAT? I'M SORRY.

SHE GOT GOT CUT OFF RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO, WHETHER A SUPER MAJORITY IS REQUIRED.

AND WE NEED TO ASK, UH, WHOEVER THERE'S IN PLANNING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHENEVER THERE'S AN ISSUE LIKE THIS, YOU WANNA HAVE THE WHOLE STEADY COMMISSION.

AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE MISSING ONE.

SO THIS, THIS MIGHT BE DEPENDS ON, UH, IS, IS A PLANNING PERSON THERE.

WE DO NEED TO, IS THE SUPER MAJORITY REQUIRED? 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T REVIEW IT.

IT'S FOUR OUT OF FIVE.

IF A SUPER MAJORITY IS REQUIRED, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO A VOTE.

UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE MISSING ONE.

SO A SUPER MAJORITY WOULD BE, UH, OKAY, WE HAVE FIVE, FOUR OUT.

FIVE, FOUR OUT OF FIVE.

SO HOW MANY WOULD, WOULD WE NEED? FOUR OR FIVE.

FOUR OR FIVE.

SO THIS IS THE ISSUE.

IF ONE PERSON RIGHT NOW VOTES AGAINST IT IS NOT GONNA PASS.

CORRECT? YES.

AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES YOU'D WANT, WANT A TABLE JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE IT GIVES IT AT LEAST A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PASS.

SO IT DEPENDS WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL DECIDE, OKAY? OKAY.

BUT YOU UNDERSTAND IF IT'S FOUR, IT HAS TO BE FOUR, OTHERWISE IT FAILS.

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WELL, MAYOR, I WOULD SUGGEST TAKING THE VOTE AND THEN JUST DECIDE FROM THERE.

YEP.

IF YOU ALL WANNA PROCEED, Y'ALL WANNA PROCEED? MAY A MOTION TO PROCEED? YEAH, A MOTION.

MOTION TO PROCEED.

SO I GET A MOTION AND, UM, OKAY.

DO I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAY? SO MOTION PASSES TO PROCEED.

SO NOW DO I HAVE A, A MOTION FOR THIS? AND WE ALREADY STARTED A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE REZONING.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.

MOTION TO PRO, UH, UH, TO REZONE AS, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER

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FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

SO, UM, WE, UH, DECIDED TO GO OUT FOR BIDS FOR, OR IT SERVICES JUST BECAUSE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUT.

UH, WE WERE INTO, UH, BUSINESS WITH VALLEY IT SOLUTIONS AS MENTIONED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE WERE WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AND WE MAKE SOLICITATIONS TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE MARKET OUT THERE.

UM, AND WE DID RECEIVE, UM, ONE, SIX OUT OF TWO OF THEM WERE DISQUALIFIED 'CAUSE THE PACKET WAS INCOMPLETE.

AND I DID ATTACH THIS TO YOUR SUMMARY, WHEREAS THE GREEN ONE, IT'S THE, THE LOWEST BIDDER AND THE RED ONE, IT'S THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

ALSO, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU WILL SEE THEIR INFORMATION ADDRESSES AND WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

UM, STAFF, IT'S RECOMMENDING ISADOR SOLUTIONS JUST BECAUSE IF YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE, IT'S BY DEFAULT THEY'RE THE LOWEST BIDDER.

STEPHANIE, IS THIS A MONTHLY CHARGE? IT'S A MONTHLY CHARGE.

AND IT'S A TWO YEAR REQUEST.

TWO YEAR AGREEMENT.

SO WE WILL BE WITH THEM TWO YEAR AGREEMENTS AND OF COURSE, AS ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS, 30 DATE NOTICE WE GET TO.

SO EVERYTHING WAS, UH, THROUGH AS FAR AS THE PROCUREMENT, AS FAR AS DOING DONE RIGHT? YEAH.

THERE WERE SEAL BIDS, UH, RECEIVED SEAL BIDS AND THERE BY THE, BY ALL PARTIES.

HOW MUCH, UM, HANDS-ON WORK DO YOU NEED FROM IT PEOPLE? WE DO NEED IT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

I BELIEVE MR. ISADOR IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

MR. VINNO, MR. VINNO, I, I'M SORRY.

ISADOR TECHNOLOGIST IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

MR. TREVINO COULD ASK, UM, ANSWER SOME OTHER OF YOUR QUESTIONS STRAIGHT FROM FOR IT.

YEAH, I CAN GO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO? HELLO, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME'S RICHIE VINNO, CEO, FOUNDER OF VISITOR TECH SOLUTIONS GROUP.

MCALLEN, TEXAS 2204 NORTH EIGHTH STREET.

BUT I DO CONSULTING ALL OVER TEXAS.

BUT, UH, I LIVE IN MACALLAN AND, UH, I TRULY BELIEVE, WELL, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M OLD SCHOOL.

I STARTED MY COMPANY IN 1997 IN MCALLEN FROM, UH, SOUTH PADRE TO ZAPATA, SAN YSIDRO AREA.

BUT, UM, I, I HEARD SOME OTHER COLLEAGUES SAYING ABOUT, UH, REMOTE.

I STARTED REMOTE BACK IN 2000.

BUT AS I SAID, I'M OLD SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE YOU GOTTA BE HANDS ON.

YOU GOTTA BE ON SITE TO HELP, UH, YOUR CUSTOMERS.

AND I TRULY BELIEVE, I'M CONFIDENT I CAN HELP THE CITY OF SANTO.

UH, I LIVE IN SAO IN MCALLEN, BUT I HAVE ADDRESSES WITH MY COMPANIES.

BUT, UM, I, I THINK I CAN JUST, I STARTED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO HELPING THE CITY SAN BENITO AND ALREADY I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF YOUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SMART COM AND THE CITY HAS BEEN PAYING FOR SOME PR CIRCUITS, WHICH IS LIKE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED IN OVER A YEAR.

AND I WANT TO HELP, I CALL IT ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.

I KNOW I CAN HELP YOU GUYS SAVE MONEY AND HELP THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS.

IS THE, UH, IT WORLD THAT COMPETITIVE NOW? I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD FROM THREE DIFFERENT APPARENTLY, SO I JUST FIND THAT INTERESTING.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE.

OH, YES SIR.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH, UH, LIKE SPAM.

I KNOW TECHS AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT, THAT'S BEEN, I'VE BEEN GETTING SPAM.

AND ALSO, UH, I WAS HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

THERE'S SOME DELETED FILES THAT THE CITY COULD NOT RETRIEVE.

I TRIED TO HELP YOU GUYS, SO I DON'T, I'M NOT CONFIDENT IN YOUR CURRENT IT OR YOUR CURRENT BACKUP SYSTEMS. OKAY.

YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT, THAT THE, THOSE FILES.

WHAT IS, UM, WHAT IS YOUR,

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I'M SORRY.

UM, WE DIDN'T GET, I DIDN'T GET A FULL PACKET, SO I DIDN'T HAVE A WORKUP OF EVERYBODY.

I JUST GOT THE BID TABULATION.

SO THAT'S ONE AREA OF CONCERN FOR ME ON THIS TOPIC.

THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO REVIEW IT.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BACKGROUND.

AS THEY MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPANY.

OH, I SEE RO TECH SOLUTIONS.

THIS IS YOURSELF IS THE DOOR.

I TRIED TO LOOK IT UP AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

HOW LONG HAS THE COMPANY BEEN IN BUSINESS? WELL, ISADOR STARTED IN 2018, BUT I ALSO OWN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

WHICH IS IT? RGV, IT RO GRAND VALLEY.COM BACK IN 1997 IN MCALLEN.

AND DO YOU STILL, UH, YOU SAID YOU LIVE HERE? YES.

IN MCALLEN? YES.

SO WHAT'S HARBOR HEIGHTS ADDRESS? HARPER HEIGHTS.

HARBOR HEIGHTS.

I SEE HERE.

OH, IT'S, IT'S HARPER HEIGHTS.

THAT'S WHERE MY FAMILY'S AT.

MY, MY WIFE AND KIDS.

BUT I LIVE IN MCALLEN AND WE ALSO LIVED IN NORTH IN HOUSTON IN CYPRUS.

SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT I WOULD, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME, I GUESS SOME FAULTS IN OUR SYSTEM, BUT I, I LIKE TO LOOK, WHEN I LOOK AT THE BIDS, I LIKE TO, I TRUST EVERYBODY THAT MADE THE BIDS AND YOU'RE GONNA OF COURSE GO WITH THE LOWEST BID, BUT I LIKE TO LOOK UP THE BACKGROUND OF ALL THE COMPANIES.

SURE.

WHAT, WHAT WERE THE RF WHAT WAS THE RFP TURNED IN? I DIDN'T GET TO SEE ANY OF THAT FOR THE COMPANIES, SO THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO MAKE.

SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, THE WHOLE PACKET? I WANNA SEE YEAH.

WHOLE PACKET.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF SCANNING.

I, I DID.

THAT'S ONE THING.

MAYBE THEY HAVE AN IT SOLUTION.

THAT'S ONE THING.

AND WHEN WE DO THE TABULATION, WE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN I'M PREPARED FOR QUESTIONS.

SO FOR, WE DID REQUEST FOR REFERENCES, WE CALL IT REFERENCES, EVERYBODY IS TO LIST, UM, THREE REFERENCES FROM THEIR, THEIR BUSINESSES.

ONE OF THE THREE REFERENCES, UM, THE THREE REFERENCES LISTED BY ESSO, GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY WHERE SMART COM, SMITH SECURITY, AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

UH, HE SERVED FOR 20 AND 20 AND FIVE YEARS.

SO AS FAR AS, UM, YEARS OF SERVICING EACH COMPANY, UM, MR. UM, VINNO.

VINNO, HE WAS THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR MORE YEARS THAN COMPARED TO THE OTHER, UM, TWO BIDDERS AS THEY WERE THE LOWEST BIDDER AS WELL.

THEY WERE THE ONE THAT WERE SERVING THE SAME COMPANIES FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

SO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO REVIEWING THIS, IT'S MYSELF, PROCUREMENT, MYSELF, THE PROCUREMENT AGENT.

AND THEN AFTER THAT IT GOES TO CITY MANAGEMENT.

WE REVIEW THEM, WE MAKE A CALL AND THAT'S WHAT WE PROVIDE AND WE ASK FOR STAFF RECOMMENDS.

SO THIS IS WHAT THIS IS.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS ONE FOR BEING THE MOST LIABLE OPTION AFTER US GOING OVER THE BID PROCUREMENT.

'CAUSE WE DID REQUEST FOR, UM, INSURANCE POLICIES, UM, AGAIN, REFERENCES, LISTING OF STAFF, UM, HOW MANY IN PSYCH, UH, ACTUALLY BUSINESSES IN PLACE.

THEY HAVE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY GO TO, UH, 1299.

SO WE DO ASK FOR A LOT OF PAPERWORK.

UM, FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, MAYBE WE WILL TRY TO INCLUDE LIKE THE FRONT PAGE, WHAT IT TELLS YOU, LIKE THE SPECIFICS.

BUT I'LL TRY TO AVOID ALL THE REST OF PAPERWORK 'CAUSE IT IS KIND OF LENGTHY.

YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE, THERE'S A BASE FEE PER MONTH.

BUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER FEES? THERE'S ALWAYS OTHER FEES FOR OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED.

SO WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, UH, IT SERVICES, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE EVERY SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE WITH THEM.

THE MONTHLY RATE THAT THEY GAVE US, IT AS PER THE BID, IT WAS REQUESTED.

IT SERVICE AS FAR AS LIKE PROVIDING MAINTENANCE TO OUR SERVICE, HELP, HELPING US, UM, WIRE, UH, OR EQUIPMENT.

EVERYTHING THAT OR CURRENT IT PROVIDER DOES EVERY, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE.

EV EVERYBODY THAT BID IT OUT NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF US AND ALL LOOKING AT WHAT, JUST WHAT WE WERE PROVIDING.

I AGREE WITH MAYOR TIM, WHAT, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE PROVIDED HERE, I, I ASSUME THAT YOU ONLY MADE THE DECISION BASED ON LOWEST BID AND WHEN INDEED THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER.

CORRECT.

IT'S LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID.

WHAT'S THAT? LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID.

RESPONSIVE BID.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YEARS OF SERVICE.

I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT GOES ELSE INTO THAT EVALUATION PROCESS? SO, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, I, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT, BUT I HAVE IT AND THAT AND THAT'S GREAT.

BUT YOU UNDERSTAND THE WHAT TO, WHAT'S PART OF THAT EVALUATION PROCESS BESIDES DOLLARS? OKAY.

UH, THE OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY.

'CAUSE WE'VE, I DIDN'T GO BACK TO LIKE THE LIFT STATION THING.

WE WENT WITH THE LOWEST DOLLARS AND ENDED IT AND THEY SAID, OH, WE'LL GET IT DONE IN THREE MONTHS.

IT TOOK 'EM A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

SO IF YOU LOOK, I MEAN, EVERYONE'S GONNA GIVE ME THEIR BEST AND, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE BID TABULATION, IT TELLS YOU HOW THEY, HOW THEY FILL OUT THE PROPOSAL FORM.

SO IF IT HAS A CHECK MARK MEANS THAT IT MEET THE STANDARDS,

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THEY NEED TO PROVIDE US WITH A SUMMARY OF THEIR COMPANY.

IF THAT IT'S, IT ALSO HAS A CHECK MARK.

THAT MEANS THAT THEY DID, WELL WHENEVER WE REVIEWED IT, GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE, THEY ALSO HAD IT REFERENCES.

IF YOU SEE ALL OF THE COMPANIES ARE QUALIFIED, IT HAD IT, THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY WE GO AND CHECK MARK, YOU QUALIFY, YOU QUALIFY, YOU QUALIFY.

AND THEN IT ALL GOES, TAKES IT DOWN ALL THE WAY TO LIKE, WHICH ONE IT WAS LOWER BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS GOOD AT THEIR OTHER STUFF, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT, BUT THIS ONLY TELLS ME THAT IT WAS INCLUDED.

IT DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT THE RESULTS OF THOSE ARE.

I SEE WHAT I SEE THAT YOU WANT LIKE A FROM ZERO TO ONE, HOW GOOD WERE THE REFERENCE AND FROM ZERO TO ONE? YEAH, WE CAN NOT, NOT SPECIFICS, JUST WHATEVER YOU LOOKED AT.

I JUST WANT IT THERE FOR REFERENCE.

'CAUSE I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE COMPANY AND I COULDN'T FIND THEM ONLINE.

AND MOST LLCS HAVE TO BE REGISTERED.

SO, I MEAN, IS IT A DIFFERENT NAME MAYBE? NO, IT'S A, IT'S ISADOR TECH SOLUTIONS GROUP.

LC, THE 1299.

AND, AND HIT IT.

YOU FILE IT ONLINE AND THEN, AND IT TOLD YOU HOW LONG OF, UH, THE L C'S BEEN IN BUSINESS OR? WELL, THAT, THAT, WHENEVER WE MAKE THE DECISION, THEN IT GOES AND WE, WE REVIEW THAT IF, AS LONG AS THEY SUBMIT THE FORM THAT THEY, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME.

IF THIS GETS TABLED TONIGHT, THE BIDS HAVE TO GO OUT AGAIN.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO, 'CAUSE WE WOULDN'T SOLICIT MORE BIDS.

SO LIKE WE, THESE WERE CLOSED, THESE ARE OPEN BEDS, THESE ARE CLOSED BITS, CLOSED BITS, THEY WERE SEALED, THEY WERE SEAL BEDS, SEALED BITS.

SO CAN CAN WE STILL HOLD ON IT AND UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TABLE AND THEN BRING IT BACK.

UH, I MEAN THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE IS, AND MAYOR I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

NO, WHAT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, BY, ACCORDING TO THE PROCUREMENT AND ALL THE STUFF IN THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE RIGHT? MM-HMM.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE INFORMATION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE ASKING.

NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, SO CAN WE VOTE ON IT PENDING THE INFORMATION THAT'S, COULD YOU SUBJECT TO WHAT, WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST MAYOR AND COMMISSION IS, UH, IF Y'ALL WOULD BE AMENABLE TO IT TO VOTE ON IT.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.

IT'S GOT A 30 DAY OUT.

UH, I REALIZE WHAT THE MAYOR PRO AND, AND WHAT COMMISSIONER GOODMAN ARE LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF MA SIZED, UH, SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE, I GUESS THE, THE REQUIREMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY MET UP.

WE CAN GET YOU THAT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WALK A FINE LINE BETWEEN GETTING YOU ALL TOTALLY ENGULFED THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND NOT, SO, I MEAN, WE DEFER TO YOU ALL, UH, TO TELL US HOW MUCH Y'ALL WANT TO KNOW.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, SERVICE THAT WE PROCURE.

UH, WE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

STEPHANIE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND HER FOLKS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

IN FACT, SOMETIMES SHE, UH, SHE DOES TOO GOOD OF A JOB.

BUT THE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY.

SHE, SHE DOES DO HER HOMEWORK AND SO DOES HER PROCUREMENT FOLKS, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST Y'ALL VOTE ON IT, WE COULD GET YOU ALL THE MATRIX AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO WE DON'T SLOW THIS THING DOWN.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE THAT 30 DAY OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FRED.

AGAIN.

UH, UH, TO ME, I, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE LOWEST DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALWAYS THE BEST FOR SURE.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LOW BID.

AND SO I I THAT'S, AND, AND WE DID TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

TRUST ME, I TO MAYOR PRO TEMS, UH, POINT I, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS HAMSTRINGS YOU INTO GOING WITH THE LOWEST BID.

THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DO, UH, COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND ONCE WE, ONCE WE PICK THAT PERSON OR PICK THAT GROUP OR THAT SERVICE, WE CAN COME BACK AND NEGOTIATE THE FINER POINTS OF IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE LOW BID.

TRUST ME.

NO.

ALRIGHT.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, UH, THE BID AS PRESENTED FROM , UH, TECH SOLUTION GROUP PENDING ANY OTHER, UH, INFORMATION, NO INFORMATION THAT WE NOTICE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

I DUNNO HOW ELSE TO SAY THAT.

GOOD ENOUGH.

13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY AN AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL CARPETS.

SO I GOT A COM.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMAN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

DO ONE A.

OKAY, SO WE GOT THE MOTION PASSES.

WE GOT THE THREE THREE A ONE A THANK YOU BY COMMISSIONER, UH, BY MAYOR TIM.

COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER

[13. Consideration and possible action to ratify an agreement with International Carpets II for the San Benito Municipal Building Flooring Installation.]

TWO FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL BUILDING FLOORING INSTALLATION.

UM, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS FLOORING INSTALLED, SO TECHNICALLY IT CAN STILL BE APPROVED.

WE, WE

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TRY TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE THE BUILDING READY TO GO.

WE'VE GOT THE HYGIENIST COMING IN TOMORROW AND WE'RE GONNA GET, UH, WE GOT POWER TO THE, TO THE MACHINE.

AND THE ONLY THING LACKING IS THE FLOORING.

IS IT WHAT? THE FLOORING, OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S, WE REMOVED THE CARPET, SO YES, IT WAS CONTAMINATED.

SO WE GOT RID OF THAT.

SO WHAT KIND OF, UH, FLOORING'S GONNA BE, UM, TILE.

IT'S GONNA BE, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE TILE.

TILE.

OKAY, GREAT.

I SEE COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU WANTED THIS ONE.

YEAH, I SEE VINYL PLANKS.

YEAH, VINYL.

VINYL PLANKS.

SO I'VE REDONE MY HOME A FEW TIMES.

SO I LIKE TO LOOK AT NUMBERS.

I LIKE TO LOOK AT SQUARE FOOTAGE.

I'M GONNA MULTIPLY THAT FACTOR BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, COST THE LABOR.

AND WHEN I SEE CRAZY QUOTES FROM ONE SPECTRUM TO ANOTHER, IT FREAKS ME OUT AND MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON.

AND IT'S NOT US NECESSARILY, IT'S JUST EVERYONE STILL WANTS TO GIVE THESE COVID PANDEMIC PRICES.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO THE CONSUMER, ESPECIALLY.

THEY THINK, OH, WE'RE THE CITY AND WE HAVE BIG BAGS OF MONEY.

THEY NEED TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

SECONDLY, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT AND THAT IT'S DONE IN A UNIQUENESS.

THAT IT'S NOT GONNA JUST LOOK LIKE A SECOND GENERATION FLOOR.

I WANT IT TO BE PRESERVE THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF THE BUILDING.

UM, IS MOSAIC TILE, WOULD THAT BE NICE IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ENTRANCES? I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY, BUT I WANT PEOPLE COMING IN, I WANT THEM TO SAY, WHOA, LIKE THIS WAS DONE.

I DON'T WANNA REDO THIS.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT GO INTO PLAY.

UM, THE COMFORTABILITY OF IT THERE, THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS.

UH, AND I LIKE TO, WHEN YOU GO PICK OUT A TILE OR CARPET OR ANYTHING, YOU GO TO THE STORE JUST LIKE A CAR.

YOU LIKE TO DRIVE IT, YOU LIKE TO STEP ON IT, YOU LIKE TO WALK ON IT.

I LIKE TO SEE THE WAY THE LIGHT HITS OFF THE FLOORING.

THAT'S JUST ME.

I LIKE TO WALK ON IT BAREFOOT.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE WALKING BAREFOOT CITY HALL JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS JUST, BUT THERE, IT'S OKAY.

I I I'M KIND OF, SOMETIMES MY ME METICULOUS METICULOUSNESS CAN GET THE BEST OF ME.

SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND GO IN THERE AND BE LIKE, WE CHOSE THIS.

WHY? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO WHO CHOSE IT.

AND I TRUST THE JUDGMENT, BUT STILL, I LIKE TO SEE LIKE OPTIONS.

I JUST SEE PRICES, NOT A FLOORING EXPERT.

DEANNA GARZA AGAIN.

BUT, UM, WE DID HAVE ALL THREE COMPANIES GO AND TOUR THE AREA.

WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WANTED TO RESPECT THE, THE COLOR SCHEME THAT WE EXIST, WE THAT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING IN THE AREAS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE RE FLOORING.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SEAMLESS.

AS FAR AS THE COLOR CHOICE AND PATTERNS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

SO, UM, AND THIS COMPANY WILL RESPECT THAT.

AND, UM, THERE'S, THEY SHOULD BE STARTING VERY, VERY SOON AND, UH, SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN TWO WEEKS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT CONTAMINATED CARPET OUT AND ALL THAT STUFF TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WHAT AREAS OF THE CARPET? I CAN'T REMEMBER.

IT'S BEEN SO LONG.

IT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, I BELIEVE RUTH'S OFFICE.

I UH, I THINK THE, AND THEN THE SECOND FLOOR AS WELL.

AND ALSO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'M SORRY.

AND THE DS AND THE DS.

ALL OF THAT WAS CONTAMINATED.

WE HAD TO GET RID OF ALL THAT STUFF.

OKAY'S OFFICE.

THIS PRICE IS GONNA BE ALL INCLUSIVE FOR, I GUESS LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TAKE OUT CARPET, THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU NEED A QUARTER ROUND FOR THE EDGING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA, THE HEIGHT, UM, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE DOORS AND THE ROOMS. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I DON'T, I BELIEVE IT IS THE CARPET'S ALREADY BEEN REMOVED.

OH IT HAS.

SO THEY HAD A, THEY HAD A FREE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

SO GOOD.

WE WOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY EXTRA COSTS 'CAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE BIDDING ON.

UM, I GUESS THE MOISTURE TEST, I SAW THAT.

THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO DO.

YOU CAN GO TO HOME DEPOT AND DO THAT YOURSELF.

I'M SURE SOMEONE FROM OUR TEAM CAN DO THAT.

YOU CAN ALSO JUST GRAB A PIECE OF DUCT TAPE AND PUT IT ON THE FLOOR.

WELL WE, WE HAVE OUR, OUR HYGIENIST COMING IN TOMORROW TO GIVE IT THE FINAL BLESSING AND WE'LL INCLUDE THAT ON HIS CHECKLIST.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE A THING WITH FLORIAN.

IT TOOK ME FOREVER.

, DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF IT? IT'S LIKE ME WITH PAINT COLORS.

UH, I DON'T HAVE IT ON ME.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT I CAN'T EMAIL THAT OUT TO YOU.

I, I WOULD LIKE PICTURES.

JUST 'CAUSE THIS IS OUR, THIS IS LIKE THE MAIN BUILDING HERE OF THE CITY.

I DON'T WANNA JUST GO IN AND BE LIKE, THIS LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T, I'M GONNA MOTION THE TABLE.

SO, SO I DON'T GO ANY FURTHER .

SO I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES.

I WANNA SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LENGTH OF THE TILE.

I SEE SEVEN BY 72.

THAT PLAYS A FACTOR.

THE ANGLE IT'S GONNA BE PUT IN.

THE ONLY THING IS IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PROLONGING AND EVERYTHING GOING BACK OVER THERE.

IT'S UP TO, YOU KNOW, WELL, COMMISSIONER AND MEPO.

THE,

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UH, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND AND, AND THE AUDIENCE CAN UNDERSTAND ALSO.

UM, I KNOW OUR CITY SECRETARY RIGHT HERE, RUTH, SHE PICKED IT.

NO, SHE PICKED IT.

SHE DIDN'T.

HAS ANYBODY, HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT THE TILE? IT'S YES.

DID YOU LIKE IT? IT WAS NICE.

I MEAN, IT, I'M NOT, LIKE I SAID, I'M, IT'S A VINYL PLANK, SO IT COMES WITH, UM, RUBBER EYES ON THE BOTTOM FOR CUSHION.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA PUT A PREF FLOORING.

UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARY IF IT ALREADY COMES ON THE PLANK.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT WITH, UH, IT'S NOT ON THE ESTIMATE.

A HUNDRED PERCENT.

UH, WELL ASSURANCE.

WELL, AND MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOLD, TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT WAS THE SAME THING, JUST RESPECTING THE, THE BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING AS IT SITS TODAY, IF YOU RECALL, THESE ARE, THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE TRAFFICKED BY THE PUBLIC.

SO, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A REASON FOR US TO BE CHINI OR, OR NOT PICK SOMETHING GOOD.

UH, WE TRIED TO MIRROR, WE, WE ACTUALLY ENTERTAINED WOOD FLOORING, UH, ACTUALLY TO MIRROR WHAT WAS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, THE PLANKS THAT THEY HAD OR, OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE OLD SCHOOL STUFF THAT WAS IN THERE.

UM, AND IT WAS ALMOST COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO IT IN THAT SPOT.

SO WE WANTED TO MIRROR AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO BLEND IN WITH WHAT WAS THERE.

UH, THE WOOD FLOORING IS BEAUTIFUL, SO, UM, I MEAN, YEAH, WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA HOLD UP THE PROJECT ANYMORE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WOOD.

WELL, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BLEND IN WITH THE WOOD.

WE DON'T WANT TO OH, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? YES, SIR.

WE WERE GONNA TRY TO COMPLIMENT WHAT WAS THERE.

SO IT'S IN AN AREA THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY GONNA SEE THAT.

THAT'S TRUE.

I'M REALIZING THAT.

WELL, AND I MEAN, I, I SHOULD BE INVOLVED TOO, BECAUSE IT'S MY OFFICE.

YEP.

FFY.

I, THOSE OF YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER GALVAN IS A, IS A PHARMACIST AND I AM REALLY GLAD THAT HE'S AS PICKY AS HE IS WHEN IT COMES TO DISPENSING MEDICINES.

SO THERE YOU GO.

I'M GONNA CHANGE MY PRESCRIPTIONS TO HEB IN SAN BENITO .

NO, AND TO FINISH WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THE ROOT, YOU KNOW, BEING OUR SECRETARY AND BEING THE RECORD KEEPER ALSO OF THE CITY, SHE HAS A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET, UH, WHAT WE, WE WE NEED.

BECAUSE SHE'S EITHER HAS TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY CAN GIVE, UH, TAKE HER OVER THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S OFF LIMITS THAT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING IS STILL OFF THE LIMITS.

AND, UM, SO A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT SHE HAS, SHE HAS IT OVER THERE.

IT'S, IT JUST HIT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

WHEN I ASK HER ONE THING AND IT'S GO WITH ME.

I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION WITH ME, SO.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MIRACLE TEAM, I UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S AN AWESOME BUILDING.

PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE COME IN AND SAID, LOOK, IT'S, IT'S HISTORICAL, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE COMING FROM.

UH, BUT UH, I DON'T NEED IT TO BE ANOTHER TWO MORE MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET IN THERE AND GET THE, A LOT OF OUR RECORDS BACK IN THERE.

UH, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SAY, UM, COULD WE PENDING HIS APPROVAL, CAN HE SEE IT? ALL OF Y'ALL'S APPROVAL? I MEAN, I'D BE WILLING TO SHOW IT TO EVERYBODY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH IT.

TO ME, I'M, I'M ENTRUSTING YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANIES THAT CAME IN ARE LOOKING, THEY'RE THE PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE TRYING TO BLEND IT INTO WHAT WE HAVE ALSO OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.

YOU KNOW, I'M, TO ME IT'S, UH, THAT'S IT.

YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH IT, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION.

I'M HOPING THAT WHAT IT IS.

SO, UM, ME, LIKE I SAID, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PENDING YOUR APPROVAL THAT WAY WE CAN WAIT SUBJECT TO, YEAH, MAYOR, I LOOKED IT UP.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

HAS SOME GOOD THICKNESS, RUTH, SO IT'LL BE GOOD FOR YOUR FEET.

UM, SHE'S ON HER FEET ALL DAY.

THAT'S WHY WORKING HARD.

I'LL, I'M GONNA RESEND MY MOTION.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

STILL, STILL GOING.

SHOW YOU ALL THE PICTURES.

? YES, PLEASE.

UH, GRANT.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL WE HAD.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM

[1. First Reading of Ordinance 2622-06-24, an ordinance of the City of San Benito pertaining to Ethics, Rules of Conduct, City Operations, and Nepotism.]

INTO CONSIDERATION.

THAT IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE.

AND THAT IS THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 22 0 6 DASH 24, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, PERTAINING TO ETHICS, RULES OF CONDUCT, CITY OPERATIONS AND NEPOTISM.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS STILL WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE.

IT'S JUST THE FIRST READING.

WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO Y'ALL AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT HE'S, HE'S ACTUALLY, I STILL, I GUESS HE'S STILL THERE.

STILL THERE.

UH, WE'RE WE'RE, IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT WASN'T QUITE READY.

SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO GET THE FIRST READING OUT OF THE WAY.

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UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, HE'S AVAILABLE.

HOW DO WE HAVE A FIRST READING WHEN WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A WRITTEN ORDINANCE? I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT CAN YOU PUT HIM ON THE SPEAKER PLEASE? I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON SPEAKER.

NO, PUT HIM.

YEAH, COME ON.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.

WELL, THIS IS THE ISSUE ON THIS ONE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE STATE STATUTES THAT REGULATE, UH, BOTH NEPOTISM, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

HOWEVER, LOOKING AT THE CITY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS SO WE, WE CAN DO A FIRST REASON OR NOT AFRAID HAS IT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER Y'ALL HAVE IT AVAILABLE OR NOT, BUT RIGHT NOW IT WAS BARE BONES.

'CAUSE I STILL NEEDED TO TALK AND FIND OUT WHETHER YOU WANNA MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE OR NOT THAN THE STATE STATUTE.

THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS GONNA BE THE PROCUREMENT, BUT I TALKED TO FRED ABOUT DOING THE PROCUREMENT SEPARATELY SINCE YOU ALREADY HAVE POLICIES.

AND THEN BASED ON THIS MEETING, I REALLY THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD EVEN HAVE A WORKSHOP ON PROCUREMENT SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND OUR RIGHTS, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, OUR DUTIES, UH, ARE, WHAT OUR LIMITS ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT.

UH, SO THE, IT, IT IS UP TO YOU ALL.

FRED HAS IT, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT TO THE NEXT TIME.

BUT I DO, INITIALLY WE HAD SUGGESTION AND THAT'S WHY THE, THE ORDINANCE WAS TITLED INCLUDING PROCUREMENT, BUT PROCUREMENT SETTING IT ASIDE.

AND HONESTLY, I SAY WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ON PROCUREMENT ITSELF AND LOOK AT THE POLICIES WE HAVE.

AND I REALLY SUGGEST PROBABLY AMENDING AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCUREMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

ALL FOR THAT.