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[Special Commission Meetings on December 5, 2024.]
SECOND ONE, THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION DECEMBER 5TH, 2024.UM, I KNOW WE HAVE ROLL CALL, BUT, UH, AS I CAN SEE, UH, MAYOR TIM BAN IS NOT HERE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US AND, UH, AND TEXAS FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER GOMAN.
MAYOR PRO TEAM IS HERE, BUT WE HAVE A QUORUM.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER A TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE DURING THIS SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT TAKES PLACE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BY OUR STAFF, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND PRAY THAT BLESSINGS TO BE UPON THEM.
WE HAVE PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAY HAVE NEEDS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE THEY WITHOUT FAMILY OR WITHOUT OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAY, MAY FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT AND LIFT AND CARE FOR THEM.
PRAY FOR THY GUIDANCE TONIGHT TO THY SPIRIT, TO HELP US TO MAKE APPROPRIATE AND CORRECT DECISIONS, TO HELP TO TAKE, MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
WE SEEK TH GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.
ALWAYS WE WORSHIP THEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
OKAY, WE GOT THE PROCLAMATION.
SO WE GOT THE PROCLAMATION FOR TO APPRECIATE THE DR.
AND RAMOS AND MR. MIGUEL JIMENEZ.
AND, UH, ALSO A PROCLAMATION FOR, UH, MR. ROBERT RASKIN AND MS. JEAN RASKIN.
THANK YOU MAYOR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND APPRECIATION OF DR.
RA RAMOS AND MR. MIGUEL JIMENEZ AIO, A PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS THE, THE SAN BENITO COMMUNITY EXTENDS ITS MOST PROFOUND APPRECIATION AND HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS LEADERS OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND FRIENDS OF THE SAN BENITO PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS. YES.
YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT LASTING IMPACT, AND WE ARE PROFOUNDLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
BOTH OF YOU HAVE ENRICHED COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS, BINDING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND SELFLESSNESS AS YOUR DEDICATION TO LIFELONG LEARNING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT HAS TOUCHED INDIVIDUALS IN WAYS WORDS CAN SCARCELY CAPTURE.
AND WHEREAS A GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTORS, YOU HAVE DONE MORE THAN TEACH LESSONS, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS, YOU HAVE HELPED INDIVIDUALS OVERCOME LIFE'S MOST CHALLENGING OBSTACLES, GUIDING THEM TOWARD DREAMS THEY ONCE THOUGHT UNATTAINABLE, UNATTAINABLE, THE STUDENTS WHOSE LIVES YOU SHAPED NOW HOLD THE TOOLS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE, A FUTURE MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR PATIENTS BELIEF IN THEIR POTENTIAL AND TIRELESS DEDICATION.
THE PERSONAL STORIES OF GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION THAT HAVE EMERGED FROM YOUR CLASSES STAND AS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR INFLUENCE AND THE STRENGTH OF YOUR CHARACTER.
AND WHEREAS YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANITA LIBRARY HAVE BEEN EQUALLY TRANSFORMATIVE THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION, EACH OF YOU HAS STRENGTHENED THE LIBRARY'S ROLE AS A VIBRANT HUB FOR LITERACY, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
YOUR EFFORTS IN CHAMPIONING, CHAMPIONING FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES, ORGANIZING CULTURAL EVENTS, AND ADVOCATING FOR LIBRARY ENHANCEMENTS HAVE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF ALL WHO VISIT, WHERE, WHETHER COORDINATING LITERACY PROGRAMS, ORGANIZING SUPPLY DRIVES, OR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT UNITE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE HEART OF A SPACE WHERE KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY THRIVE.
YOUR BELIEF IN LIBRARIES HAS TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY CENTERS IS REFLECTED IN EVERY PROJECT YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN.
ENRIQUE RAMOS, EVEN AFTER RETIRING AT 80 YEARS OF AGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, BROWNSVILLE CONTINUES TO LEAVE AN UNEDIBLE MARK ON THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, AT 92 YEARS OLD, HER DEDICATION TO EDUCATION AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT REMAINS AS STRONG AS EVER PROVING THAT PASSION FOR TEACHING KNOWS NO AGE.
WITH A PHD IN COMPARATIVE CULTURE, DR. RAMOS HAS SPENT DECADES NOT ONLY IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO NURTURING
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SELF-CONFIDENCE AND RESILIENCE IN HER STUDENTS.HER COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING LEARNERS TO RECOGNIZE HER, THEIR POTENTIAL HAS HAD A PROFOUND AND LASTING EFFECT HELPING THEM SUCCEED.
LONG AFTER COMPLETING HER COURSES, DR. RAMOS JOURNEY STANDS AS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THE LIFE-CHANGING IMPACT OF EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP.
AND WHEREAS MR. MIGUEL JIMENEZ, A RETIRED MATH EDUCATOR FROM SANTO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY, HAS CREATED A LASTING LEGACY.
THROUGH HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, MR. JIMENEZ'S INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND HIS TIME AS A TEACHER.
THROUGH HIS VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE SANTO PUBLIC LIBRARY, HE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE INVALUABLE GUIDANCE TO THOSE STRIVING TO EARN THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT.
HIS DEDICATION TO FOSTERING PERSEVERANCE AND HOPE SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE PROFOUND, PROFOUND IMPACT EDUCATORS CAN HAVE ON THEIR COMMUNITIES.
MR. JIMENEZ LEGACY REFLECTS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND SERVICE, INSPIRING OTHERS TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. AND WHEREAS BEYOND YOUR MEASURABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, IT IS COMPASSION, RESPECT, AND CARE.
EACH OF YOU SHOW TO EVERYONE YOU ENCOUNTER HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON ALL OF US.
BOTH YOU ARE SHINING EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE THE HUMILITY AND GRACE.
THANK YOU DR. RAMOS AND MR. JIMENEZ FOR EMBODYING THE VERY BEST OF SELFLESS SERVICE.
YOUR EFFORTS ARE BEACON OF HOPE, INSPIRATION, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
YOUR 12 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO THE ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY HAVE NOT GOTTEN UNNOTICED, AND YOUR LEGACY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
NOW, THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED ITO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
DO HEREBY DECLARE DECEMBER 5TH, 2024, DR.
ENR
IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT, UH, CITIZENS AMONG US.
AND I CALL THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS.
I HEREBY SET MY HAND ON THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF A LORD 2024.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, OLLIE, BECAUSE LIBRARY, VERY OFTEN, EVERY DAY ALMOST, IT HAS BECOME THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE LIKE MR. I ESTEEM WHO ALWAYS IS THERE AND ALL OF OUR TRAINED, UH, PEOPLE THAT WILL ALWAYS HELP US.
HE'S THERE AND HE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO BRING BOOKS, LIKE ALL THE, UH, CLASSIC THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD READ IF YOU WANT TO BE EDUCATED.
I WAS TOLD THAT BY A LIBRARIAN AND I DIDN'T.
SO I THINK SO STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WHERE IS MY OTHER FRIEND? THANK YOU.
OKAY, SECOND, UH, PROCLAMATION COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND
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APPRECIATION OF MR. ROBERT RASKIN AND MS. JEAN RASKIN.EIGHT YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE, CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS WITH PROFOUND ADMIRATION AND SINCERE GRATITUDE, THE ENTIRE SAN BENITO COMMUNITY EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST THANKS TO YOU BOTH FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL YEARS OF SERVICE AS VOLUNTEER ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS.
YOUR DEDICATION, COMPASSION, AND TIREDNESS COMMITMENT HAVE PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF MANY AND EMBODIED THE VERY ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
AND WHEREAS OVER THE YEARS, YOUR PASSION FOR TEACHING AND UNWAVERING BELIEF AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EDUCATION HAVE BEEN EVIDENT TO ALL WHO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU WEEK AFTER WEEK.
YOU HAVE SELFISHLY INVESTED YOUR TIME, ENERGY, AND EXPERTISE TO HELP NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS, EMPOWERING THEM WITH INCREASED CONFIDENCE, NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY FULLY.
THE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS YOU HAVE CULTIVATED WITH EACH STUDENT REFLECT YOUR DEEP EMPATHY, PATIENCE, AND GENUINE CARE FOR THEIR SUCCESS AND WELLBEING.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT YOUR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE, YOU HAVE HELPED INDIVIDUALS OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS, FOSTERING A MORE INCLUSIVE UNDERSTANDING AND UNITED COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE BEEN MORE THAN EDUCATORS.
YOU HAVE BEEN MENTORS, ADVOCATES, AND ROLE MODELS GUIDING YOUR STUDENTS, NOT ONLY IN MASTERING ENGLISH, BUT ALSO IN BUILDING RESILIENCE, SELF-ASSURANCE, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING.
THE INSPIRING STORIES OF SUCCESS, COURAGE, AND PERSEVERANCE.
FROM THOSE YOU HAVE MENTORED STAND AS A TESTAMENT TO THE PROFOUND AND LASTING IMPACT YOU HAVE MADE.
AND WHEREAS YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, THE COUNTLESS HOURS YOU HAVE DEVOTED TO LESSON PLANNING, TAILORING INSTRUCTION TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF EACH LEARNER, AND FOSTERING AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT AND CULTURE APPRECIATION, HAVE SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM.
YOUR WORK HAS ENRICHED THE LIVES OF YOUR STUDENTS AND STRENGTHENED THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, PROMOTING VALUES OF EMPATHY, EQUITY, AND, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
AS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN BENITO PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR OUR MISSION AND GOALS.
AND WHEREAS MR. ROBERT RASKIN, A RETIRED PHYSICIST WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PHYSICS, AND MRS. JEAN RASKIN, A MASTER TEACHER SPECIALIZING IN MONTESSORI STUDIES AND EDUCATION HAVE EXEMPLIFIED SERVICES.
TRUE MEANING YOUR EXPERTISE, ED, DEDICATION, AND KINDNESS HAVE MADE AN AN INABLE MARK ON THIS COMMUNITY.
WORDS CANNOT FULLY CONVEY OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE DEEPLY RECOGNIZED AND CHERISHED BY EVERYONE YOU HAVE TOUCHED.
AND WHEREAS YOUR LEGACY AS ESL INSTRUCTOR WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND GUIDE THOSE WHO FOLLOW YOU IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
THE SEED YOU HAVE PLANTED IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF YOUR STUDENTS WILL DOUBTLY CONTINUE TO GROW, PAVING THE WAY TO IT FOR A BRIGHTER AND MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR ALL.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.
YOUR IMPACT IS IMMEASURABLE AND YOUR LEGACY
NOW, THEREFORE, BE A PROCLAIM I
IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE, UH, SUCH A GREAT, UH, CITIZENS AMONG US.
AND I CALL THIS, THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS.
I, IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE, UH, HERE ON TO SIT MY HAND ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF, UH, DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD, 2024.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THEY CAME HERE.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO, UH, I'LL DO MY BEST TO, UH, PRESENT IT TO 'EM.
OKAY? LEMME GET THIS OUT HERE.
THE LIGHTING OF THE LIGHTS IS NOT ON, IT'S NOT HERE.
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HEAR YOU? THUMBS UP IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE IN THE FABULOUS, SUPER FANTASTIC CITY OF SAN BENITO, THE AKA CITY IN THE GOOD SENSE, NOT AS SOME WOULD DISPARAGE.
ITS IN A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.
AND I, I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1989.
THEY'RE GONNA FIND MY DEAD BONES OVER THERE AT 1695 RUSSELL LANE WITH ALL THE VULTURES FLYING OVER, UH, CONCERNED CITIZEN, TAXPAYER AND VOTER.
AND I VOTED FOR ALL OF YOU, BY THE WAY.
UH, COUPLE THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT, BUT NOT TO BE A CONSPIRACY KIND OF GUY OR WHATEVER, BUT I KIND OF, SORT OF THINK THAT GEORGE SOROS IS MAYBE IN THE, THE MONEY TRAIL SOMEWHERE THROUGH, UH, CAROLYN SANCHEZ AND, UH, MR. JOSEPHO AND OTHERS THAT I HAVE YET TO UNCOVER.
AND, UH, MR. UH, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
I'M SORRY, I'M JUMPING AROUND HERE.
NEPOTISM, SO THAT ALL THE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT NEPOTISM AND MR. MORALES, WHERE ARE YOU? YOU, YOU, YOU STAND FOR THE, THE PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THAT, AND I GOT TWO, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME HERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT THAT THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE WAS AT THE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE BACK IN MARCH, UH, FACEBOOKING, UH, I'M SORRY, FACE BOOKING US, RIGHT? YOU WERE DOING LIVE RIGHT THERE.
ANYWAY, I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
UH, BUT MR. UH, SAND EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, I'M TOTALLY 12 THUMBS UP RIGHT THERE.
AND WE TALKED, UH, PRIVATELY AND STUFF.
AND WHAT I WANNA SAY HERE ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTROVERSY, I DON'T KNOW, LACK OF A BETTER WORD, ABOUT WHETHER YOU LIVE HERE OR YOU DON'T LIVE HERE.
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THE CITY CAN AMEND THE CHARTER, AND EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT CONTROVERSY ABOUT, OH, TRYING TO SNEAK IT THROUGH.
NO, YOU PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER, IT WAS PUBLIC RECORD.
AND TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? READ THE SANTO NOOSE.
OH, BY THE WAY, THE LIBRARY, I LOVE THE LIBRARY.
GO TO THE LIBRARY IF YOU CAN'T SUBSCRIBE TO IT LIKE I DO.
THERE'S ONLY 2,500 PEOPLE IN SAN BENITO THAT SUBSCRIBE.
AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE POPULATION? 26.
AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I PRAY THE LORD'S BLESSINGS UPON US ONE AND ALL.
RUTH, NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I KNOW WE MISSED OUT ON, ON THIS.
UH, UM, I KNOW FOR TOMORROW, ON THE, UH, DECEMBER 6TH FROM SIX TO NINE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, SOMEBODY OLD CHRISTMAS AT AKA THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
UM, GARA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING, SAY ANYTHING TO IT? SURE.
WE JUST WANNA INVITE, YOU CAN DO IT FROM THERE, I THINK.
SO, DENA GARZA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, TOMORROW NIGHT FROM SIX TO NINE, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR, UM, I GUESS IT'S 84TH ANNUAL AS WELL AS THE PARADE, UH, TREE LIGHTING, UH, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, AND WE'LL BE HAVING MUSIC, HIGH SKATING RINK AND SANTA CLAUS, AS WELL AS OTHER CHARACTERS AND FOOD.
AND WE'LL BE HAVING CHOIRS AND, UM, LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS COMING OUT THERE AND PERFORMING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO, AND THE NEXT SATURDAY WE'LL HAVE THE PARADE HERE.
THAT ONE'S THE 84TH ANNUAL PARADE, SO, YEP.
AND THE, UH, WHO'S GONNA BE THE, THE ONE GRAND MARSHALL? WHO? THE GRAND MARSHALL, THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE PARADE WILL BE THE SAN BENITO BELLS? I BELIEVE SO.
SANTO BELLS, I THINK THE, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE START OF IT.
50 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY STARTED.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE SOMEONE IN THERE.
YOU SAID 50 YEARS OLD
AND WILL THEY BE PERFORMING? NO, THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM, PERFORM JUDGING.
YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA BE JUDGING THAT I KNOW OF.
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GONNA BE OUT OF HAND ON THIS ONE.BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, MR. ILLA, WHICH IS ALSO THE, UH, THE MAYOR MACALLAN.
AND, UH, ON THE SEVENTH ALSO THIS SATURDAY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR, UH, THEIR PARADE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE 24 HOURS LONG AS IT, SO I KNOW WE CAN COMPETE ON IT, BUT SIR, HAVE DONE EVERY, EVERYBODY'S INVITED AND GO EARLY 'CAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS WORK.
AND, UH, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB ON THIS, SO CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE, MAYOR? I, I'D LIKE TO SAY A SHADOW TO OUR PUBLIC CREW.
I SEEN THEM SWITCHING THINGS AROUND.
I HAVE TO SAY, A WOMAN HAS AN EYE FOR DECORATING, BUT I'VE SEEN ALL THEM MEN OUT THERE DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS.
WELL, I STOPPED BY TO SAY THANK YOU AND YOU'RE MAKING OUR COMMUNITY LOOK REALLY FESTIVE FOR EVERYBODY.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
UM, I KNOW, UH, THANKSGIVING WAS THIS PAST THURSDAY.
UH, WE HAD SOME OF THE CREWS OUT THERE IN OUR CITY THAT HAD THE COUPLE OF WATER BREAKS.
AND, UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE CREW, THEY LEFT AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON THANKSGIVING, NEVER WENT HOME OKAY.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR US, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE WATER CREW, MR. LARA, UH, MAN LLOYD, EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP THE CITY GOING.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS FOR US, YOU KNOW? I KNOW, I KNOW THAT WORKER WAS IN THE DOGHOUSE.
THAT HE DIDN'T GO, GO BACK, BUT, UH, I TALKED TO HIM ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY AFTERWARDS, HE GOES, UH, SHE HAD TO GET OVER IT.
SO I SAID, WELL, I'M GLAD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE, I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE ANY, UH, MARRIAGES FOR THIS, BUT THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW WE GOT THE, WE GOT THINGS TO GO FORWARD, CONSENT AGENDAS.
WE HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER CONSENT AGENDA ONE THROUGH 17.
IS THERE ANYTHING, COMMISSIONER, THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDAS? IF NOT, THEN, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOTION, I MEAN, LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION, MOTION, MAYOR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 12 AND 17, PLEASE.
MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE REMAINING ITEMS EXCEPT 12 AND 17.
WE GONNA PULL SOME OUT FOR EXECUTIVE? NO, THAT WAS ON THE, THAT'S ON THE RECORD.
SO JUST, UH, 12 AND 17 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO OTHER, SO ALL THE OTHER ONES WILL BE BE SECOND.
SO WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO WITH, UH, NUMBER 12, CORRECT.
ITEM AND NUMBER 12 IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, TO APPROVE A SEWER LINE REHABILITATION PROJECT, PIPE BURSTING.
AND THAT IS FOR RENO, WORKS IN THE AMOUNT OF 128,400 1292.
THAT'S GONNA BE FOR MR. LLOYD.
YOU GONNA DO IT OR TAPING? WELL, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE TOO.
WE'VE HAD, UH, DO YOU DON'T MIND? YES.
WE'VE HAD, UH, AGAIN, SOME OF OUR INHERITED PROBLEMS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS A SEWER LINE THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH A HOME.
THAT SEWER LINE HAS BEEN, UH, PROBLEMATIC FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE HAD THE, UH, RESIDENT COME AND VISIT US.
UH, SHE DOES HAVE SEWER BACKING UP INTO HER HOUSE EVERY TIME THERE'S A, UH, RAIN EVENT WHEN THERE IS ONE, UH, STAFF AND I AND LOY, UH, JB AND SOME OF HIS STAFF WENT OUT THERE.
UH, WE ARE, UH, WE'RE, THIS IS TO ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM.
WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A SEWER LINE AND AN ILL PLACED LOCATION.
UH, WE'RE HAVING A REHAB THAT, SO WE CAN HAVE MORE CAPACITY.
WE HAVE SOME MANHOLES AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT NEED TO BE REDONE, BUT ALL THIS IS TO JUST ALLEVIATE, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT RESIDENTS ISSUE WITH, UH, SEW BACKING UP INTO HER HOME.
AND, UH, SHE DID COME TO VISIT ME PERSONALLY, AND SHE WAS VERY POLITE, VERY UNDERSTANDING, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF, WE, WE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS.
THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND IT'S, UH, SOME OF IT, AGAIN, IS INHERITED.
SOME OF IT IS A MAINTENANCE, A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER THE SPECS AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I SEE IT'S COMING OUT OF ARPA FUNDS TOO, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I BELIEVE SO, YES.
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YES, THAT'S CORRECT.MY, MY QUESTION HERE, FRED, IS I SEE THE DIFFERENCE ON THE TWO PEOPLE THAT SENT IN THEIR, TWO COMPANIES SENT IN THEIR, UM, QUOTES, THEIR BIDS, AND THEY'RE BOTH ON BY BOARDS.
UM, BUT I'M NOTICING HOW ONE WAS ITEMIZED AND THE OTHER ONE WASN'T TO COME UP WITH THESE FIGURES.
AND IT CONCERNS ME WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I SEE ONE THAT PUT THEIR TIME AND EFFORT IN ONE AND THE OTHER ONE KIND OF DIDN'T DO THAT.
UM, SO I, I JUST, IT RAISES QUESTIONS THAT WOULD THERE BE ANYTHING COMING LATER, YOU KNOW, TO THE COST OF IT SINCE IT'S NOT ON THERE.
AND FOR THAT, I KNOW THERE'S A $256 DIFFERENCE RANGE.
AND, AND FOR THAT REASON, I DON'T LIKE ANYTHING COMING OUT LATER ON HIDDEN, LIKE OVER 30,000 THAT WE DID LAST TIME.
UM, FOR THAT REASON, I, I MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH SOUTHERN TRENCH LIST BECAUSE IT GAVE US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ON OUR WEBSITE TO DO THESE BIDS.
UM, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, THE OTHER ONE, HAVE THEY DONE THIS TYPE OF WORK BEFORE? WELL, WELL, I, I DEFER TO STAFF ON THAT.
'CAUSE UH, ONE THING I DO WANT TO TELL YOU, COMMISSIONER, IS THAT, UH, WHEN WE, THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WAY THAT WE, THAT WE BID OUT PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BY BOARD ISSUE, SO WE'VE GOT SOME LATITUDE THERE MM-HMM
BUT BOTH RENOWORKS AND, UH, SOUTHERN TRENCHES VISITED THE SITE.
IT VISITED WITH OUR STAFF, WALKED THE PROJECT.
AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
UH, SO I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE ITEMIZATION VERSUS WHAT THE PRICE SHOULD BE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING UNFORESEEN IS SOMETHING UNFORESEEN, BUT I MEAN, UH, I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE THE ISSUE O ONLY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE STAFF DID A REAL GOOD JOB OF WALKING BOTH CONTRACTORS THROUGH.
I GUESS, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD GO TO ELOY, THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, HAVE THEY DONE THIS TYPE OF WORK BEFORE? YES, THEY HAVE.
AND IF THEY HAVE, WHERE DID THEY SUBCONTRACT? DID THEY DO IT THEMSELVES? ARE THEY PRESENT? ARE WE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THEM? ATTORNEY? ARE WE ABLE TO HEAR FROM, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE WAS LOW BID, GETTING THE, THEN YOU GET INTO THE ISSUE OF, UH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET WITHIN 5% IF IT'S LOCAL COMPANY.
CERTAIN, WELL, WE CAN, WE, WE CAN ALSO GO OFF THE BASIS OF, WE, WE'VE DONE WORK WITH CERTAIN ISTS BEFORE AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF.
VERSUS IT, IT GETS A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE AT VERY INDIVIDUAL
REGARDLESS OF ANDREA
IT'S JUST ON THE, ON HOW THE BIDS WERE PUT OUT, THE INFORMATION.
SO IF I'M LOOKING AT A BID, I WANNA SEE APPLES TO APPLES, NOT APPLES TO ORANGES, YOU KNOW, AND THEM GIVING THE INFORMATION THAT THE OTHER COMPANY GAVE WAS LIMITED VERSUS THIS ONE.
AND I JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH GOING WHAT I SEE ON PAPER.
SO WHAT IS THE, THE PROCUREMENT POLICY RECOMMEND WHENEVER IT COMES TO ITEMIZATION? I KNOW IT'S ON BY BOARD, SO I DON'T THINK THEY NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO ITEMIZATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT, YEAH, SO THE, THE LAW SAYS WITHIN A PERCENTAGE, RIGHT? IT'S LOCAL COMPANY.
AND WHAT JUSTIFIES A LOCAL COMPANY? CITY LIMITS.
AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS ALSO A VERBIAGE ABOUT THE WORK, THE LEVEL OF QUALITY OF WORK THAT WE CAN CHOOSE TO GO WITH ANO SECONDARY BID IF WE BELIEVE THAT USUALLY YOU HAVE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE BID, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT CAN PROJECT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ISSUES, IT'D BE A LITTLE D UNDERSTAND.
IF YOU GET A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, THEN IT'D BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE MORE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE LOW BID BECAUSE IT'S THE LOW BID JUST 'CAUSE IT'S WARD UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT YOU HAVE NO TRUST IN OR I LIKE TO TAKE THIS ONE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR A LEGAL REVIEW.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE IT TO EXECUTIVE.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17.UM, IN LIGHT OF THAT, I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE ITEM 17 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS POINT, I, ALL THE ITEMS ARE DONE THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S LEGAL ISSUES FROM REAL ESTATE TO, TO CONTRACT IN MY CORRECT.
DISCUSS ALL PROPER PROJECT SENTENCE 12, 17 AND ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
TIME IS, UH, 6 53 AND BE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BRETT, SIR, MAYOR, UH, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED OUT OF CONSENT AND IT'S ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO IMPROVE A SEWER LINE REHABILITATION PIPE BURSTING PROJECT, UH, BIDS FROM RENAL WORKS IN THE AMOUNT OF 128,412 AND 92 CENTS.
OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? WELL, MAYOR, BEFORE WE MAKE THAT MOTION, THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THEM.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS IN THERE.
WHAT IS THAT? HELLO? GOOD EVENING.
I'M THE VP OF SOUTHERN TRACKING SOLUTIONS.
UH, WE, SINCE WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THERE'S NO BYPASS THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THE DURATION OF THE ACTUAL PULLING OF THE PIPE GOES PRETTY QUICK.
IT'LL HAPPEN BETWEEN THE DISTANCE, BETWEEN AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS.
THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED A BYPASS IN SITUATION LIKE THIS.
I DUNNO IF THE BOARD HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR.
THE LINEAR FEET, WHERE DID YOU GUYS GET THE NUMBER FROM? FIELD MEASURED FROM ON MAN TO MAN ON, ON THE TWO LOCATIONS.
SO THE SPECS ARE PROVIDED, UH, BY THE STAFF? YES, ON SITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
OKAY, THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION? WHAT DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR? MAYOR? I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH SOUTHERN TRENCH LIST BASED ON THE INFORMATION GIVEN, UH, AT THIS MOMENT, WHICH IS A HIGHER BID.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, BUT JUST PERTAINING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN, UM, AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THEIR, UM, QUOTE.
SO YOU GOT A MOTION FOR, UH, FOR SOUTHERN TRENCH.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES TO TAKE, UH, SOUTHERN TRENCHES TO ACCEPT A BID FOR SOUTHERN TRENCHES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SO WHENEVER WE NEED TO GO BACK TO, UH, ON THIS, MAKE ANOTHER MOTION, ANOTHER MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH A, WITH A RENO WORKS WITH A, WITH A BID THAT WE HAVE SECOND.
OKAY, SO I MADE A BID, I MEAN, I MADE A MOTION, SO I GOT SECOND BY MAYOR.
MAYOR, CAN I HAVE, IS RENO WORKS HERE? NOPE.
OH, I WANTED, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THEM.
WE CAN FORWARD IT THROUGH STAFF IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MEAN, DO I GOT A MOTION? SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO MOTION PASSES FOR, UH, RENAL WORKS.
ITEM 1717, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED TASK ORDER SHOOT.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS THING OUT.
UH, TASK ORDER CSB DASH 0 0 4 DASH 1224.
FOR BRACKISH WATER WELL PRODUCTION STUDY WITH AM TECH CIVIL ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.
UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
MOVE TO ITEM ITEM ONE OF, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
WE'VE GOT THREE ITEMS. THEY'RE,
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UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DE ANNEXATIONS.UH, WE EXPLAINED THAT STATE STA STATE LAW HAS CHANGED, UH, ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS TO DE ANNEX FROM OUR EX EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OR ETJ.
SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT TO Y'ALL, UH, IN FOR FULL DISCLOSURE AND FOR TRANSPARENCY, THESE DO NOT REQUIRE A VOTE.
THEY'RE JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
IT'S A, UH, DE ANNEXATION OF THREE DIFFERENT TRACKS.
AND, UM, WE CAN, UH, I CAN JUST READ THE DESCRIPTION FOR Y'ALL.
UM, SOME NORTH 40 ACRES OF THE SOUTH 80.
YOU DON'T NEED A DESCRIPTION? ANYTHING? JUST, YEAH, JUST NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
SO THE ITEMS ARE, ARE JUST TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE FULLY TRANSPARENT AND THAT YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THAT IS IN FULFILLMENT OF STATE LAW.
POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE CAMERON APPRAISAL DISTRICT ITEM.
ITEM A IS NOMINATE ONE CANDIDATE OF FOR EACH OF THE FIVE OPEN POSITIONS FROM THE OFFICIAL BALLOT.
ITEM B IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 1 9 0 0 4 R.
OKAY, SO DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO NOMINATE THE, I KNOW WE NOMINATE THE, UH, J JESSICA AND, UH, MR. MATTERS.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH HIM, RIGHT? NO.
WELL, I'M MAKING A MOTION TO, UH, KEEP, UH, JUDGE JESSICA FOR US, YOU KNOW, ON THIS.
AND I HOPE, UH, WE CAN GONZALEZ JESSICA GON JESSICA EZ GONZALEZ.
OKAY, SO I SECOND, SO I GOT A FIRST AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
YOU GOT NO VOTES? LET'S DO, YOU SAID NAY.
COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN FOR NAY.
SO THAT'S FOR A AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE 70 VOTES, CORRECT? YES.
SO THAT APPROVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER OR IS THAT ALL ENCOMPASSING? THAT SHOULD BE, THEY'RE ALL GOOD.
RESOLUTION IS, IS APPROVED THEN, OH, WE DO NEED A VOTE.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
SO WE'LL GO TO SUBSECTION B AND THAT'S APPROVAL.
THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 4 1 1 1 9 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH, I MEAN R IN FULFILLMENT OF THE, UH, OF THE VOTE FOR JUDGE GONZALEZ.
YOU ENTERTAIN THOSE, UH, THAT MOTION AT THIS POINT.
SO I, I NEED A MOTION FOR FOUR B.
MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALE.
OKAY, GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
AND THAT'S, UM, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF INTERIM DEPOSITORY CONTRACT.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE WORD FROM TEXAS REGIONAL BANK.
SO IT'D BE A SIX MONTH, UH, INTERIM DEPOSITORY CONTRACT TO KEEP US, UH, FUNCTIONING AND, UH, KEEP US WITHIN OUR, OUR REGULATORY GUIDELINES.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT PROJECT WOULD, WELL, THE PERIOD STARTS IN SEPTEMBER.
IT WOULD GIVE STAFF OPPORTUNE TIME TO, UH, GO BACK OUT FOR BIDS AND, AND REVISIT THE, UH, THE PERMANENT CONTRACT.
AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF EXTENDING THE CONTRACT FOR SIX MONTHS WITH TEXAS REGIONAL BANK AS RECOMMENDED ALSO BY OUR CFO STEPHANIE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GUTMAN.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS CONSIDERATION.
POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE TERMINATING A CONSULTING CONTRACT WITH VALLEYVIEW CONSULTING.
UH, THIS DOES REQUIRE 30 DAY NOTICE, UH, MAYOR COMMISSION STAFFS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS CONSIDERATION.
TERMINATE THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR CONTRACT WITH TRB CAPITAL MARKETS, DBA OSA INVESTMENT BANKERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
OKAY, YOU GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN? SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION OF APPOINTMENT.
FINANCIAL ADVISOR CITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN MANTO AND AUTHORIZING SHOULD BE MAYOR, IT SAYS CITY MANAGER.
SO WE'LL DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT SHOULD BE MAYOR TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH SAME STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, UH,
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THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH HILLTOP.ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I NEED TO MOTION AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER GOIN WITH THE, WITH THE APPROVED, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UH, SECOND.
NO, BUT, UH, WITH THE, THE APPROVAL OF, UH, OF THE MAN MAYOR, OF COURSE ON THE EXECUTIVES.
CHANGE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR? YES.
SO FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
YES, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE WORD I WANTED.
UH, I GOT COMMISSIONER GOODMAN SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
OKAY, AND THEN WE'VE GOT ONE LAST ITEM AND THAT IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVING BIDS RECEIVED ON THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, IT SAYS, FOLLOWING PROPERTY, I GUESS, UH, STRUCK OFF TO CAMERON COUNTY FOR ITSELF AND OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS FROM A TAX RELEASE SALE CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, UH, DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY.
SO, UH, WE CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE RESALE PROCESS, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE PACKETS AND THE TWO BRICKELL PROPERTIES AS FAR AS THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
SO THE WAY A TAX RESELL WORKS IS WE USUALLY WILL MOVE FORWARD AND, AND BY STATUTE WE DO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD BY OPERATING AT A TAX SALE AT THE VERY FIRST STEP.
NOW AT THE TAX SALE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO START THE BIDDING AT THE LESSER OF TWO THINGS.
EITHER THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OR WHAT IS DUE IN TAXES AND COSTS.
WE HOLD WHAT IS, UH, NOW VERY CUSTOMARY, UH, THROUGH AN ONLINE AUCTION PROCESS.
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY SINCE COVID STARTED TO START THAT ONLINE PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SUCH AN INFLUX OF BIDDERS COMING IN AND WE'RE SEEING MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE TAX SALE.
NOW, WE, UH, OFFER THESE PROPERTIES AT THIS TAX SALE AND IF THE MINIMUM BID IS NOT MET, UM, THEN THE PROPERTIES ARE THEN STRUCK OFF TO THE TAXING JURISDICTIONS WHO ALL HOLD AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, SCENARIO, YOU'VE GOT TWO PROPERTIES WHERE CAMERON COUNTY, CITY OF SANTO AND SAN BENITO, ISD ALL HOLD AN INTEREST.
SO THOSE PROPERTIES ARE THEN STRUCK OFF INTO THE OWNERSHIP OF THOSE THREE TAXING ENTITIES AND THEY ARE BASICALLY REMOVED FROM ANY TAX LIABILITY OFF OF THE TAX RULE BECAUSE SANTO ISD, CITY OF SANTO AND CAMERON COUNTY NOW HOLD OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE GETTING THESE PROPERTIES BACK ONTO THE TAX ROLL SO THAT THERE IS TAX LIABILITY BEING INCURRED ON THEM ONE AND TWO.
SO THAT YOU GET AN OWNER WHO, WHO COMES IN AND POSSIBLY MAINTAINS THESE PROPERTIES AND DOES SOMETHING WITH THEM BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THE CITY OF SAMO REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR THESE PROPERTIES TO BE USED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
WHAT WE DO IS WE HOLD A TAX RESALE.
NOW AT THE TAX RESALE WE ARE RE WE, WE, UM, START THE BIDDING USUALLY AT WHAT WAS THE INITIAL BID AMOUNT AT THE TAX SALE.
IF AT THAT POINT WE DO NOT GET ANY BIDS, THEN WE OPEN UP THE BIDDING AND WE UH, USUALLY WILL START AT HALF OF WHAT WAS INITIALLY OWED.
WE'VE GOTTEN PRETTY LUCKY AT THESE TAX RESALES THAT SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY WILL GET, UH, PRETTY HIGH OFFERS ON THEM.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE ALL PROPERTIES THAT WERE ALL PREVIOUSLY OFFERED AND NO BIDS AT ALL WERE RECEIVED AND THAT'S WHY THEY WENT INTO A TAX RESELL.
NOW WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL IS A PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT I BELIEVE OUTLINES, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE FEEL IS PERTINENT AS FAR AS QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY ASK REGARDING THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU'LL SEE THE PROPERTY WHERE IT IS LOCATED, WE'VE ALSO, UM, UH, INCLUDED A PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY, A MAP OF TO WHERE IT IS LOCATED, UM, THE INITIAL TAX SALE DATE, THEN THE RESALE DATE, AND WHAT CITY OF SANTO WILL RECEIVE SHOULD THEY ACCEPT THE OFFER THAT WAS MADE.
UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE EACH TAXING ENTITY AND BRING THE OFFER TO YOU ALL BECAUSE IT IS LESS THAN WHAT WAS INITIALLY OWED TO THE CITY.
IN ORDER FOR THE SALE TO GO THROUGH AND THE BID TO BE, UM, ACCEPTED, EACH ENTITY WOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THE OFFER MADE TO THEM.
CITY OF SANTO WILL RECEIVE IF THEY ACCEPT THESE OFFERS, THE PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OWED TO THEM BASED ON THE JUDGMENT,
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THE INITIAL JUDGMENT AMOUNT.SO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION HERE.
WHAT CITY OF SANTO WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AND NOW WHAT THEY WILL RECEIVE IF THEY WERE TO ACCEPT THIS OFFER.
HOW LONG ARE THEY ON THE BID BOARD? HOW LONG? SO EACH, SO THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES.
SO THE FIRST PROPERTY WAS OFFERED FOR SALE ON JUNE 4TH, 2024, AND THEN WE TOOK IT TO A RESALE ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
THE SECOND PROPERTY, WELL THE INITIAL TAX SALE WAS ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2020, AND THEN IT WAS TAKEN TO A RESALE ON NOVEMBER, 2021 AND NOVEMBER, 2023.
ON EACH OF THOSE DATES, NO OFFERS WERE RECEIVED.
HOW LONG DO YOU LEAVE THE BID UP AFTER IT'S, IT'S, UH, SO WE WILL LEAVE THE BID UP UNTIL WE RECEIVE AN OFFER.
AND THEN FROM THERE, USUALLY IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OFFERS THAT COME IN, WE, WE ALWAYS GO ONLY BRING THE HIGHEST OFFER THAT IS MADE.
SO, SO THESE RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'RE BELOW, ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY BIDS YOU'VE RECEIVED? THAT'S CORRECT.
THESE ARE THE HIGHEST OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THESE PROPERTIES.
WE DO GO THROUGH AN ONLINE AUCTION SYSTEM SIMILAR TO OUR TAX SALE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT USUALLY THE, UH, NOT USUALLY THE TAX SALE IS, UM, PUBLICIZED THREE TIMES, THREE SUNDAYS LEADING UP TO THE DATE OF THE SALE.
AND WITH THE RESALE IT IS ALSO PUBLICIZED THREE, THREE SUNDAYS LEADING UP TO THE RESALE.
WHAT PAPER IS IT PUBLICIZED IN IN THAT VALLEY MORNING STAR HAULING? THAT ONE HAS MORE SUBSCRIBERS.
I JUST WANNA TELL THE, THE COMMISSION AND MAYBE THE, UH, OUR CITY INSPECTORS ALSO THAT ONCE THIS GETS, UH, SOLD, I DON'T, I EXPECT THIS, UH, THIS TIES TO BE CLEANED, UH, MAINTAINED AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIFT LIKE THAT, UH, FOR ANOTHER 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, I MEAN, I'M GONNA BE ON IT TO START CHANGING A LOT OF STUFF ON HER.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HOPE THAT NEW OWNERS COME IN AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY.
I JUST HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THIS MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA KEEP IT THERE.
I HAD A QUESTION, IF I MAY, ON THE SECOND PROPERTY ON LOT FOUR HOLLANDSWORTH SUBDIVISION, IF THE CITY WERE TO HAVE INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, IS THAT POSSIBLE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE MEANS OF GOING THROUGH THAT ROUTE? YES.
SO, SO THERE, I MEAN, IF THE CITY WERE INTERESTED IN IT, YES.
UM, DEFINITELY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT.
I, I KNOW THERE'S UH, I BELIEVE A PREVIOUS PROPERTY THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED SOME, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO THROUGH, THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
THE REASON I ASK MAYOR IS BECAUSE ONE OF 'EM IS CLOSE TO THE STINGER PLANT, WHICH WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO.
WE NEED TO EXPAND, WE NEED, WE NEED TO, OKAY.
YOU KNOW, SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY IS ALREADY UNSAFE BEING SO CLOSE TO THE STINGER PLANT.
UM, SO IF WE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD HAVE TO DENY THIS BID.
SO WHAT I WOULD AND TALK IS, ARE YOU WANTING SPECIFICALLY JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE PROPERTY OR BOTH PROPERTIES? JUST THE HOLSWORTH SUBDIVISION.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE OTHER OFFER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS.
THESE ARE THE HIGHEST OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT.
SO IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO ACCEPT THE BID SO THAT IT CAN MOVE FORWARD AND SOMEONE IS MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY AND IT GETS PUT BACK ONTO THE TAX ROLL FOR THE TAX LIABILITY.
YOU MAY WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE, UH, AND ACCEPT THE OFFER ON THE FIRST PROPERTY AND THEN TABLE THE SECOND PROPERTY SO THAT YOU CAN FURTHER LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN RATHER THAN JUST DENYING THE OFFER AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MAYOR, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST TAX SALE AND TO TABLE THE LOT FOUR HOLLANDSWORTH SUBDIVISION.
OKAY, WELL WE GOTTA GO INDIVIDUALLY, RIGHT? NO, YOU CAN.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY MEPO TIM TO, UH, ACCEPT THE, THE BID ON THE FIRST ONE AND TABLE THE SECOND, THE SECOND, UH, UH, PROPERTY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND A SECOND BY MEPO.
TIM, I BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES.
OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION.
OH, YOU GOTTA APPROVE YOUR RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO.
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DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION, IMPROVING THE BIDS RECEIVED ON A TAX RESALE CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY.I GUESS IT'LL BE IN FULFILLMENT OF THE VOTE.
SO RESOLUTION WITH AMENDMENT WITH AMENDMENTS.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? UM, MOTION MAYOR, UH, TO APPROVE WITH ANY AMENDMENTS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS ITEM.
AND, UH, SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE COMMERS? NO.
SEE THE LIGHTING OF THE, UH, TREE.