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[CALL TO ORDER]
OF THE CITY, UH, SUMMIT, THE CITY COMMISSION, JANUARY 21ST, 2025.UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY FROM A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR THIS YEAR.
SO, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
WE, WE GOT SOME STUFF GOING ON THERE.
SO, UM, UH, THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS GONNA BE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN SILENT FOR, UH, INVITATION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, AMAN.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE INCHING UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG, APPLIED JUDGE TI TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO MEET TOGETHER HERE IN THIS FREE NATION, THIS FREE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN A FASHION THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MOVE US TOGETHER AND FORWARD IN A COMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT FIND UNITY AND LOVE AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER.
AND PUT A PUT ASIDE OUR PETTY DIFFERENCES AND OUR EGOS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE THINK AND, AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND COME TO THE BEST DECISIONS WE ARE GRATEFUL TO, TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WE PRAY THAT THOU BLESS US AND IN OUR EFFORTS, THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL INDEED GROW AND GO FORWARD, AND THERE'LL BE, CONTINUE TO BE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.
AND THAT GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL.
PRAYER, BLESSING UPON OUR COUNTRY, OUR, OUR, THAT WE AGAIN, TOO MIGHT BE UNITED AND COME TOGETHER FOR THE, THE BENEFIT OF ALL WE PRAY UNTO THEE, CONTINUALLY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
[PROCLAMATION(S)]
TIME IS GONNA BE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS RECOGNITION, UH, FOR SENATOR, UM, MORGAN LA MATTIA, DISTRICT 27, LEADERSHIP, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE.DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO ACCEPT IT? YOU KNOW, NO SIR.
WE JUST DO WE READ IT? YOU WANNA READ IT? I MEAN, I DON'T SAY READ IT.
COMMISSIONER OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, APPRECIATION OF THE HONORABLE SENATOR MORGAN LAIA, EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP, CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS, WHERE SENATOR MORGAN LAIA HAS SERVED THE PEOPLE OF SENATE DISTRICT 27 WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION, REPRESENTING B SAN PATRIZIO, CLAYBURN KENNEDY, WILLIS C CAMERON, AND PORTS OASIS AND HIDA COUNTIES.
AS A FIRST FEMALE SENATOR OF THIS DISTRICT, SENATOR LAIA EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND HER LAW DEGREE FROM ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.
UPON RETURNING TO TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, SHE WORKED AS AN ASSOCIATE'S ATTORNEY AT ATLAS HALL AND RODRIGUEZ, LLP.
LATER SHE TRANSITIONED INTO DATA ANALYTICS FOR HER FAMILY BUSINESS, L AND F DISTRIBUTORS, WHERE SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS IN-HOUSE COUNSEL.
DURING HER TENURE AT L AND F DISTRIBUTORS, SHE SPEARHEADED THE REVAMPING OF THE COMPANY'S HEALTHCARE PLAN FOR OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES, AND EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSED SUPPLY CHAIN AND SAFELY EQUIP AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AND WHEREAS SENATOR LAMANTIA HAS DEMONSTRATED A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO HER COMMUNITY THROUGH HER SERVICE ON THE BOARDS OF THE STARS SCHOLARSHIP FUND, THE GLADYS PORTER ZOO AND THE MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS HISTORY, SHE HAS DILIGENTLY CONTRIBUTED AS A MEMBER TO THE DISTINGUISHED STATE SENATE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NOMINATIONS, STATE AFFAIRS, HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM PREPAREDNESS, RECOVERY, RECOVERY AND ELECTRICITY, AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES PARTICIPATING IN OVER 600 COMMITTEE BILLS AND ADVOCATING TIRELESSLY FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE COASTAL BEND.
AND WHEREAS IN HER FIRST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SENATOR LAIA PASSED 31 BILLS INTO LAW, CO-AUTHORED 99 BILLS, 54 OF WHICH BECAME LAW AND MAINTAIN A FLAWLESS VOTING RECORD OF A HUNDRED PERCENT CASTING 4,002 4,002 VOTES ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
HER LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS HAVE SPANNED CRITICAL ISSUES INCLUDING EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, BORDER SECURITY, FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
AND WHEREAS SENATOR MANIA COOPERATIVE APPROACH WITH THE STATE AGENCIES ACROSS PARTY LINES EXEMPLIFIES HER COMMITMENT TO GOOD FAITH, GOVERNANCE, AND WELLBEING OF ALL TEXANS.
SENATOR LA MANIA, SECURE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR SENATE DISTRICT 27, INCLUDING 15 MILLION FOR
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TWO FOR THE IWO JIMA MONUMENT AND MUSEUM.12 MILLION FOR THE, FOR THE U-T-G-R-G-V SCHOOL OF PEDIATRIC MEDICINE, 5 MILLION FOR THE WEST AIRPORT HANGAR EXPANSION, 4.5 MILLION FOR PARKS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
AND WHERE SENATOR LAIA LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, EARN HER RECOGNITION FOR INTEGRITY, ANCE, AND DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED THAT I, RICARDO ROMERO CITY, SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, TO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND, UH, SENATOR MORGAN LAIA FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SENATE, UH, DISTRICT 27.
HER EDUCATION OR DEDICATION, I'M SORRY, HER DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, TIRELESS, UH, SERVICE, HAVE MADE THE, UH, LASTING IMP IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE.
SHE, UH, PROBABLY REPRESENTS IN THE WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND ON 21ST DAY OF JANUARY IN A YEAR OLD LORD 2025.
SO CURRENTLY, YES, WE'LL PRESENT HER TO, UH, THE PROCLAMATION TO HER.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ONE IS GONNA BE ANNOUNCEMENT.COMMISSIONER, YOU WANT SAY THAT, READ IT.
CITY OF SAN MANTO, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS MASTER GARDENERS, TEXAS A AND M, AGRI LIFE EXTENSION, AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, UH, CHAPTER OF TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST WILL HOST A WETLANDS RESTORATION COMMUNITY EVENT ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025 FROM 10:00 AM TO 12 NOON.
UH, COMMISSIONER, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YEAH, TOMORROW IT'S SUPPOSED TO GET WARMER.
SO GOING BACK, PLEASE BE ALL Y'ALL BE, BE CAREFUL, MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, I KNOW I WENT, I KNOW YOU HAD WENT AS WELL TO THE MARKET DAYS THIS PAST WEEKEND.
UM, SHE HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.
I WANNA JUST THANK IRIS AND EVERYBODY THAT HELPS CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THAT EVENT SUCCESS.
UM, I DID SPEAK TO, UM, LUIS GONZALEZ, WHICH IS NOW THEIR, THEIR PR PERSON FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE MORE INVOLVED WITH MARKET DAYS, WHICH WILL GET THEIR STUDENTS INVOLVED.
AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE STUDENTS, YOU HAVE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS IN THE REST OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, DO A SHOUT OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR GETTING INVOLVED WITH US AS WELL, UM, AND TO MS. IRIS AND MARKET DAYS AS WELL.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENTS? RUTH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY? YES, MA'AM.SO EDDIE LOA, 2 48 CHARLES BARBARA ROAD, SANTO, TEXAS.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO SEE IF WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE PLOTTED EASEMENT BEHIND MY PROPERTY, ADJACENT TO FUN AND SON.
UH, WE ALREADY WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, RECOMMENDING TO OPEN THE EASEMENT ON NOVEMBER 19 COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING THE EASEMENT.
COMMISSIONER GOODMAN RECOMMENDED TO TABLE THE ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION.
I'M, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN MY AREA, REQUESTING THAT THE EASEMENT BE OPEN AND DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING BEFORE IT WAS TABLED.
I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE RESIDENTS WANT THE EASEMENT TO BE OPEN.
I HAVE BEEN CON IN CONTACT WITH THE
SO I'M ASKING TO SEE WHAT THE RESOLUTION, YOU GUYS, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, SO WE COULD PROCEED FROM THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE WORKING WITH MR. MIKE? TRAVIS? MR. TRAVIS.
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GOOD EVENING.MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE IN THE SUPERFAN TABULA CITY OF SAN BENITO.
I'VE LIVED SINCE 1989 AND SINCE 1994 ON RUSSELL LANE.
UH, I PRAY THE LORD'S BLESSINGS UPON US, ONE AND ALL.
I WOULD ASK A THUMBS UP IF EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME OKAY, PLEASE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT, I DON'T KNOW, TOO LOUD, NOT LOUD ENOUGH.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I WANNA JUMP INTO 'EM.
SHOUT OUTS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, THE GOOD WORKS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO DETAILS, BUT I WILL MENTION THAT I SAW THE, UH, MINI EXCAVATOR IN ACTION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MORE OR LESS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS MY TAX DOLLARS WELL SPENT.
I COULD DIG A LOT OF CACTUS WITH THAT.
SOME YEARS AGO, MY GRASS CAUGHT ON FIRE, OKAY? I LIVE OVER BY THE, THE WILLIAMS ROAD STATION.
I DROVE IN MY TRUCK OVER THERE.
THEY BROUGHT THE BRUSH TRUCK, THEY PUT IT OUT.
THEY HAD EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED ON THAT TRUCK.
THEY DID NOT NEED TO CONNECT TO ANY HYDRANTS OR ANYTHING.
SO SHOUT OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOME YEARS AGO.
OF COURSE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR MAINTAINING A PRESENCE AND KEEPING US SAFE IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THE DETAILS ON THOSE, BUT I WILL SAY IN SHORT, AS A SUMMARY, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO THAT I HAVE TALKED TO IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY HAS BEEN PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS, FRIENDLY, AND HELPFUL.
MR. MAYOR, MR. PRO, TEM COMMISSIONERS, MR. CITY MANAGER, MISS CITY SECRETARY, UH, I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND, UH, THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE ON OUR BEHALF.
AND, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, UH, I SUPPORT YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW SOME OF OUR CITIZENS ARE NOT SO HAPPY, BUT I SUPPORT YOU, UM, TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, 'CAUSE I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME, I SUPPORT YOU ON THE VARCO DEAL.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET IN THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M LOOKING INTO IT MYSELF, DOING MY OWN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM KIND OF THING.
AND, UH, I WOULD SAY ANYTIME DOSOFINO IS ASKING YOU FOR AN INTERVIEW, PLEASE JUST SAY NO COMMENT AND WALK AWAY AND JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE.
HE'S A HIT MAN WITH AN AGENDA AND HE'S PAID.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
ANYBODY ELSE? RU NO, THAT'S IT.
[Items 1. & 2.]
I GOT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS RIGHT, ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS, UH, REZONING OF 31.18 ACRES.
AND THE APPLICANT, THEY'RE GOING FROM, UM, AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
THE APPLICANT IS MAGO DEVELOPMENT, LLC, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR 31.18 ACRES, UH, FOR THE SAME, FOR THE SAME, UH, DEVELOPER.
AND THEN PUBLIC HEARING ON NUMBER THREE WOULD BE, UM, LET'S SEE.
IT'S A REZONING OF A PROPERTY ON LOT 16 CUNNINGHAM SUBDIVISION.
AND THE APPLICANT IS ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM, VRAN, STONE, SPRING INVESTMENTS, LLC.
UH, WE CAN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE AND TWO SINCE THEY'RE THE SAME.
OKAY, ANY, I, ANYBODY FOR OR AGAINST THESE ITEMS AT THIS POINT? OKAY, THE TIME IS, UH, 5 51 AND WE'RE OPENING IT UP.
ANYBODY WANTS TO COME IN FOR AGAINST ITEMS ONE AND TWO ONCE, TWICE?
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NO, I'M GOOD.CLOSING, UH, ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO, TIME IS, UH, 5 51.
WE'LL HAVE THE, WE'LL OPEN THE
[3. Public Hearing on a request to rezone a property located bearing a Legal Description of: Lot 16, Cunningham Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas according to the map recorded in Volume 1, Page 43, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 “Single Family One” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Abraham Villagran – Stonespring Investments, LLC.]
PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.AND THAT IS THE, UH, REZONING.
AND THAT'S, UH, STONE SPRING INVESTMENTS.
ANYBODY ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOUR AGAINST, FOUR AGAINST ONCE? TWICE? NOPE.
CLOSING ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
CONSENT AGENDAS.WE HAVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 17 AND CONSENT.
UM, WE CAN TAKE THOSE UP AT THIS TIME.
THE ONLY THING IS I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE OUT 17, UM, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I'M SORRY, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, THAT WAS MISPLACED.
THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN CONSENT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT OUT IF, IF THE BOARD WOULD INDULGE ME.
AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO TAKE ANY OTHER ITEMS OUT, WE CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME.
UH, ONE AND ONE AND TWO, PLEASE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE ONE AND TWO OUTTA CONSENT AND 17 FOR NOW.
AND IF WE COULD MOVE SEVEN AND 16 TO EXECUTIVE COUNSEL.
ANY OTHER ONES? I'M SORRY, MARY.
UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO PULL ONE AND TWO? YEAH, SO, OKAY.
OKAY, SO, SO OUT OF CONSENT, WE IS GONNA BE, UH, 1, 2, 7, AND 16 ARE GONNA BE AN EXECUTIVE AND 17.
DO, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT OR THE OTHER ONES? MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
SIX EIGHT THROUGH SIX THROUGH 15 THROUGH 15.
I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
OKAY, WE'LL TAKE, UH, ITEMS NUMBER ONE, OBJECT.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET A SPACE HEATER FOR YOU.
[1. Consideration and possible action to approve the Preliminary Plat of Country Woods Estates, being 13.24 acres out of the Northwest One-Half of the Northwest OneQuarter of Block 31 San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, Concepcion De Carricitos Grant in Cameron County, Texas Applicant: J. E. K. Properties.]
AND AS NUMBER ONE OKAY, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION OF PRE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF COUNTRY WOODS.STATES BEING 13.24 ACRES OUT OF NORTHWEST, ONE HALF OF NORTHWEST ONE QUARTER BLOCK, 31 SAN BERNARDINO LAND WATER COMPANY, SUBDIVISION COS GRANT IN CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
JOANNA, WHAT'S UP WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE? UM, FROM PNZ? YEAH, THEY APPROVED IT.
WHAT IT SAYS PENDING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING.
AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF SUBJECTS BECAUSE THEY STILL NEED TO FIX THOSE THINGS.
WE JUST TOOK IT TO PRELIMINARY WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY WERE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WORK ON THOSE.
HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS BEEN DONE? NO.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S WITH CONDITIONS.
BUT I'M ALWAYS HESITANT TO PROVE THINGS, PROVE THINGS UNTIL THEY'RE ACTUALLY DONE.
THEY CAN'T GET TO CONSTRUCTION AND THEY CAN'T GO TO FINAL.
UM, AND THEY CAN'T DEFINITELY GET RECORDED UNTIL WE PRESENT TO YOU THE FINAL PLAT.
SO PRELIMINARY HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH CONDITIONS, BUT HERE THEY WOULD DELAY THE PROJECT UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE, UM, WHEN THERE WAS KIND OF NO NEED FOR IT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE PRELIMINARY STAGES BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE IN CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT IN HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION, THEN IT HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD THAT IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT READY AND TO RECORD AND YOU ALL FINALIZE IT AS FINAL APPROVAL.
THIS IS PRELIMINARY PLAT FIRST STAGES.
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OKAY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NO.
SO YOU'RE APPROVING ALL THE PHASES, CONS AS THE LAYOUT.
SO THEY'VE BROUGHT THE LAYOUT, WE KNOW THAT IT WILL WORK THAT WAY.
SO THEN DURING THE, DURING THE PHASES, THEY WILL COME BEFORE US FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE PHASE ONE FOR FINAL APPROVAL ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE AND READY TO GO.
AND THEN THEY'LL SUBMIT TO US FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO.
AND THEN ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, ALL THE FEES HAVE BEEN PAID, EVERYTHING'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
IT'LL COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS JUST THE MASTER PLAN, CORRECT? ON TWO.
I FEEL BETTER FOR, FOR NUMBER ONE, I KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, RIGHT? HE'S HAD A, A SUBMITTAL BEFORE.
UM, HIS SITUATION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UH, FOR A LONG TIME HE HAD A, NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT A, UM, PROJECT MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGER.
UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE THE DELAYS WERE AT.
SO AS FAR AS HIS NEW ENGINEER, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND SUBMITTAL.
HOW DO WE GET TO A POINT? I'M WONDERING, THIS IS TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR OF PROVIDING THEM SOMEONE A RESOURCE IN THE CITY, LIKE THE GO-TO PERSON.
RIGHT? THE SAME INDIVIDUAL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TALK TO ONE AND THEN YOU TALK TO ANOTHER, AND THEN ONE GETS LET GO OR WHATEVER, AND THEN IT, OKAY, WE HAVE TO START OVER.
SO HOW CAN WE STREAMLINE IT? I'M, I'M WONDERING, THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO ASK.
SO I, SOME, SOME DEVELOPERS ARE INEXPERIENCED, BUT WE NEED GROWTH TO SUSTAIN, HAVE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THAT.
UM, EVERYTHING COMES THROUGH PLANNING.
UM, WE'VE MADE IT TO WHERE I'VE ADVISED THE STAFF, LIKE ENGINEERING AND UTILITIES, UH, TO MAKE SURE AND CHECK EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME AROUND, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
SO THIS IS ALSO A GOOD REASON WHY I AM BRINGING IT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR PRELIMINARY WITH THESE CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS ARE BEING PRESENTED IN OPEN, IN AN OPEN MEETING.
SO THE NEXT SET OF, UH, UH, COMMENTS, I CAN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
NOW CONSTRUCTION IS DIFFERENT AND FINAL IS A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME.
RIGHT? BUT AS FAR AS THE PLAT AND THE LAYOUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I'M PRESENTING IT TO YOU WITH THESE COMMENTS.
I CAN'T ASK FOR MORE, OR I SHOULD SAY THE STAFF CANNOT ASK FOR MORE.
I I, I HAVE A CONCERN, UM, APPROVING THIS WITH SO MANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHEN YOU'RE TELLING ME THOUGH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, AFTER THEY DO DO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SET FORTH, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO US ANYWAY AT THE VERY END, ONCE EVERYTHING IS SO DOES THIS HALT ANYTHING IN THEIR PROGRESS? NO, ACTUALLY, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS RIGHT NOW, YES.
SO THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON WE, I'M STARTING TO DO THIS BECAUSE EVERY CITY DOES THIS.
THEY SUBMIT WITH THE PRELIMINARY COMMENTS AND A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT PERSON NEEDS TO FIX.
WE HAD LITERALLY BEEN WAITING TILL THEY FIXED ALL THE COMMENTS AND THEN PRESENTING IT TO YOU ALL.
UM, THAT A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE LAWS AND THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE INTERPRETED.
UM, THE SHOT CLOCK 30 DAYS, DOES IT HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, APPROVED? DOES IT HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT DENIED? SO THAT'S WHAT CHANGED A LOT OF, UM, THE WAY Y'ALL SAW THINGS.
BUT A LOT OF CITIES ARE DOING IT THIS WAY, PRESENT IT, IT'S ALSO A WAY FOR US TO MOVE IT FORWARD WITHOUT HOLDING IT BACK.
AND IT GIVES THE STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE LESS OF THAT.
WELL, I WANT THIS, AND THEN I WANT THAT.
AND THIS CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY IN WRITING.
NOW, LIFE SAFETY, I WON'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.
UM, IF WE NEED IT, WE NEED IT, BUT IT KIND OF HOLDS US A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.
IT, IT'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND, UH, YEAH, BECAUSE YES, WE WANNA MOVE PEOPLE FORWARD, BUT IF WE HAVE IT IN HERE AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE GOTTA DO, THEN YES, YOU AS A, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU AS A STAFF ARE NOT GOING BACK TO THEM AND SAYING, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS AND WHAT ABOUT THIS? CORRECT.
IT'S ALL THERE CLEAR TO BEGIN WITH.
I KEEP HEARING, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, FROM PEOPLE FROM CONSTRUCTION, ALSO,
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UH, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY COME TO THE CITY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WELL, I WANT THE FIVE THINGS.THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GIVE 'EM AND THEY SAY, WELL, I STILL NEED THIS ONES OVER HERE.
AND IT JUST KEEPS ADDING MORE AND MORE TO IT.
SO, IN A SENSE, SO THIS IS WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE, AND THE DEVELOPERS ALSO.
WE ALSO TRIED, BEFORE WE SUBMIT IT TO YOU ALL, WE ALSO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, ITEMS. BUT SOMETIMES, IN THIS CASE, THIS MAN'S BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE.
UM, PREVIOUS ENGINEERS, OF COURSE, NOW HE'S GOT A NEW ENGINEER.
SO WE'RE TAKING IT SO THAT HE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
CAN I MAKE A MO CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH ITEMS SAME TIME? CAN I? YEAH.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MASTER PLAN.
UH, NUMBER TWO, LET'S DO INDIVIDUAL.
THEN, UH, LET'S DO INDIVIDUAL THEN.
UH, CAN COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE A MOTION THEN? YEAH.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MAYOR.
UH, SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR GAVAN.
[2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Master Plan of San Sebastian Subdivision, being a 47.350 acre tract of land out of Lots 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 & 16 Block 129 San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision Volume 1, Page 6, Cameron County Map Records, San Benito, Texas. Applicant: Fabian Contreras.]
I, I READ SOMETHING ABOUT THE FENCING.THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
UM, IS IT THE
I'VE SEEN IN SUBDIVISIONS EVERYWHERE, UM, EVEN UP NORTH WHERE THEY'LL LEAVE EASTMANS SUCH AS UTILITY LINE, EASTMANS OPEN.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PAVED, UH, OR FENCED IN.
SO IS THAT, IS THIS A RESTRICTION WE'RE PUTTING ON DEVELOPER THAT HE NEEDS TO FENCE IN UTILITY LINES? WE ARE NOT, UM, I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING IT THEMSELVES, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE THE EASEMENT OPEN, I BELIEVE.
THEY, THEY'RE MAKING A RESTRICTION WHERE THEY CANNOT FENCE THAT EASEMENT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO COMING FROM A EP BECAUSE THAT LAND IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY A EP, THAT EASEMENT.
SO SOMETIMES WE'LL USE IT FOR DETENTION PONDS OR FOR, UH, WALKING TRAILS.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR DETENTION PONDS.
BUT A EP HAS GIVEN THEM SOME REALLY STRICT GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
UM, WHICH WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN THE EMAIL THREADS WITH A EP.
THEY HAVE APPROVED THIS LAYOUT, AND THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE FINALLY DID APPROVE, UM, THIS FINAL LAYOUT.
UM, THERE WAS A, SOME BEFORE THAT THEY WERE NOT APPROVING, SO WE HADN'T BROUGHT IT BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND THEY, I THINK THEY HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN UTILIZE IT FOR.
'CAUSE AT FIRST THEY WANTED TO DO PARKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THAT IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO USE IT AS PARKS, THEY CAN BUILD THEIR OWN PARKS AND THEN NOT HAVE TO PAY PARK LAND FEES.
IT'D BE A LOWER COST TO THE DEVELOPER OR OWNERS? WELL, IN THIS CASE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S OWNED BY A EP, THE CITY, WE WON'T ACCEPT IT.
I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SMALLER SCALE THINKING IN THE VALLEY.
THAT'S, I'M SORRY I HAD TO SAY IT, BUT, UM, 'CAUSE I SEE ALL SORTS OF STUFF UP NORTH, I GUESS.
'CAUSE IT'S A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF LAND IS WHAT THEY SAY.
WELL, A EP SAID IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, SOME BAD INCIDENTS, UH, WITH, I GUESS A POND AND SOME CHILDREN AND ELECTRICAL LINES.
SO THIS IS, AND I THINK THIS WAS VERY RECENT BECAUSE BEFORE A EP REALLY DIDN'T GIVE US A REAL HARD TIME.
UM, THEY'VE SAID THEY WERE FINE WITH DETENTION PONDS, THEY WERE FINE WITH OTHER THINGS, BUT I WANNA SAY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED AND VERY PERSISTENT ON THINGS THAT THEY WANT WILL NOT ALLOW IN THEIR EASEMENTS.
SO, UH, RUSSELL RANCH, WE HAD DONE A, AN EXPANSION OF THE DRAINAGE CANAL THERE.
IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE, USE MORE LAND FOR HOMES VERSUS DETENTION PONDS? NO.
THEY'RE STILL PUTTING IN THEIR DETENTION PONDS.
SO, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IN LIEU OF THE DETENTION PONDS, THEY CAN JUST EXPAND THE CANAL RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'S OWNED BY IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR ENGINEER TOOK THAT PATH.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WASN'T NECESSARY.
I THINK, UH, WHAT DEVELOPERS WERE FINDING THAT IT WAS PROBABLY EASIER OR LESS EXPENSIVE TO JUST EXPAND ON WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE VERSUS ADDING THEIR OWN.
SOME ENGINEERS WILL TAKE THAT PATH AND SOME WILL NOT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THEIR DESIGN.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[17. Consideration and possible action to approve the City of San Benito and Real Time Crime Center Interlocal Cooperative Agreement.]
GO.AND THAT IS THE, UH, IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF SANTO AND REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IN A LOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA, MYSELF, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOLKS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALL HAVE A VESTED INTEREST.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, HARDEN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE WORLD TODAY.
WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED.
WE'RE TRYING TO UPGRADE OUR CAMERA SYSTEM, OUR PROXIMITY KEY AND, AND, AND ACCESS SYSTEM, UH, TO PROTECT OUR, TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, TO PROTECT OUR, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO OUR STUDENTS.
AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH, WITH, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL IN, IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S MR. MIKE GARCIA.
UH, MIKE'S HERE TODAY TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE STRUCTURE OF THIS COULD LOOK LIKE, HOW IT COULD START, AND HOW WE COULD BE, HOW WE COULD BE, WE COULD BE THE ACTUAL BEGINNINGS OF WHAT COULD PROBABLY BECOME, UH, SOMETHING THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OTHER CITIES, OTHER AREAS WOULD HAVE, WOULD WANT TO EMULATE.
UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.
IT FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, CITYWIDE.
IT, IT, IT TOUCHES PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S, IT, IT JUST MAKES US MORE EFFICIENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING.
SO WE JUST NEED TO BE PREPARED AND BE IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE CAN APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING.
UH, BUT HAVING A PLAN AND PUTTING THIS PROCESS TOGETHER, UH, AND ALLOWING IT TO BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BUILT ON FOUNDATIONALLY AND, AND, AND WORK OUR WAY UP, I THINK GIVES US THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT MR. MIKE GARCIA FROM HID.
AND, UH, WHAT THE CITY MANAGER TALKS ABOUT HERE IS EVERY COMMUNITY, RIGHT? EVERY CITY, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT I TRAVELED AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
BASICALLY, WHAT I FIND IS WHEN A CITY AND A SCHOOL GET TOGETHER, WONDERFUL THINGS CAN HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER AS HE SPEAKS ABOUT, RIGHT? SO, FIRST I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD YOU.
UH, AND SO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR FOR, FOR EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE TRY TO PUSH UNDER THE RUG AND HIDE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN HERE.
THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE IN TALKING TO CITY MANAGER SAN VAL, YOU ARE POSITIONED TO TAKE CONTROL, RIGHT? AND POSITIONED AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER CONCEPT IS DONE, NOT ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT THE SAME WAY YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT, RIGHT? ONE BITE AT A TIME, RIGHT? SO IT STARTS WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY AND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED AND, AND JAIL CAMERAS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, WITH GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, AND AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE COMES THE NEED TO SECURE IT, RIGHT? SO MOST DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE FORCED TO DO IT WITH, UH, MANDATES AND REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU VALUE WHAT YOU HAVE BUILT AND WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO, WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING TODAY, THINK ABOUT A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR THE CHIEF FOR HIS PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND THAT FORCE MULTIPLIER IS TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE, PROCESS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKE THIS WORK.
SECURITY IS PEOPLE, SECURITY IS YOU, AND THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS.
IT'S THE CHIEF AND HIS PEOPLE.
IT'S HIS ABILITY TO, WHEN SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S IN A PARK WITH THE WATER SUPPLY IN THE JAIL, THE COURTS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, I CAN GO ON, YOU KNOW, HIGH CRIME AREAS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, SPORTING EVENTS, UH, RURAL AREAS, DUMPING THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, RIGHT? IT'S A LOT OF THINGS.
WHAT THIS WILL DO, WHAT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER WILL DO, IS IT'LL ALLOW YOU TO TAKE COMMAND, CONTAIN CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS OF YOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR YOUR CITY, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR SCHOOL, RIGHT? AND THEN WHAT DOES IT DO AS AN OPEN ARCHITECTURE, FLEXIBLE, SCALABLE PLATFORM, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN
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A WHOLE LOT, BUT WHEN IT'S HAPPENING, IT REALLY DOES, BECAUSE NOW YOUR SCHOOL IS OPEN SO THAT CHIEFS CRUISERS CAN PULL UP AND VISUAL, HAVE VISUALIZATION INTO THE SCHOOL AS AN EVENT IS HAPPENING.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS HIS OFFICERS LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND ARE NOW PROTECTED BECAUSE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE INSIDE THE SCHOOL, THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IT'S THINK LEGOS, THINK LIKE A LEGO SET, RIGHT? YOUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, WHICH IS RUN BY THE CITY, WILL BE YOUR LEGO PLATFORM.
EVERYTHING THAT THE SCHOOL BUYS THAT YOU BUY, THAT YOU PURCHASE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY WILL ALL CLIP INTO THIS LEGO SET AND FIT PERFECTLY.
IF YOUR RISK FROM YOUR RISK ASSESSMENT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE HAVING A CITY COMMISSIONER'S MEETING EVERY X TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, UH, NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE IS A CENTER THAT FEEDS THE HOMELESS AND CLOSE THE HOMELESS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A RISK BECAUSE THIS MIGHT, RIGHT? ALL OF THAT TOGETHER CAN BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
YOUR CAMERAS CAN DO THE WORK FOR YOU.
YOU PUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THAT CAMERA.
WHEN IT SEES SOMEONE WITH A WEAPON BRANDISHED WALKING TOWARDS THIS AREA, IT WILL LOCK THE BUILDING DOWN.
IT WILL ALERT EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO BE ALERTED.
AND ALL OF THIS WILL BE PRACTICED SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
IF SOMEBODY IS DOING SOMETHING, IF SOMEBODY DOES, IF THERE IS A THREAT OUT THERE AND THE CHIEF RECEIVES THAT THREAT OVER A PHONE CALL OR OVER SOME KIND OF A EMAIL OR SOMETHING, THE THREAT IS ADDRESSED.
AND IF IT COMES UP AS A REAL THREAT, NOW IT'S A RISK.
AND THE RISK OF THIS AND THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY IS AT THAT POINT, PUT INTO THAT REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE WATCHING, AND THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
IF THERE'S AN ANOMALY, IF SOMETHING IS OUT OF, UM, I GUESS OUT OF SCOPE, THEN IT'LL HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO THE FIRST THING IS MAKING SURE THAT THIS, THIS IS IN PLACE, AND IT IS THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY SCHOOL BEING STATE TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER COHESIVELY.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS YOUR CHIEF, AND IF THEY HAVE A CHIEF, THEIR CHIEF, IF NOT THEIR SAFETY COMMITTEE ARE WORKING TOGETHER COHESIVELY TO SAY, HEY, LET'S PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, WHICH IS A SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL.
AND THIS WILL INCLUDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, EMS, IN, IN CASE, WORST CASE SCENARIO, RIGHT? THIS WILL INCLUDE, UM, SCHOOL DRILLS FOR ACTIVE SHOOTERS, SCHOOL DRILLS FOR THE TEACHERS.
EVERYBODY'S GONNA KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND DO IT ON PURPOSE.
THAT WAY THE SCHOOL ISN'T PURCHASING AND IMPLEMENTING PRODUCTS AND, AND HIRING PEOPLE IN A STOVEPIPE.
THEY'RE HIRING THEM COHESIVELY.
AND, AND IN A UNIFIED FASHION WITH THE CITY.
IT, IT MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND WHEN SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, GOD FORBID, AS IT DID NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE IN UVALDE, IT'S NOT A GOAT ROPING, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
IT'S CALCULATED, IT'S PRACTICED.
AND THE COMMAND CONTROL CONTAIN AND COMMUNICATION WILL DO THINGS LIKE THIS.
CHIEF, WE HAVE VISUALIZATION ON THE, ON THE SHOOTER AND THE PERPETRATOR.
THEY'RE COMING INTO THE SCHOOL, AND THIS IS WHERE THE, THIS IS THE DOOR THEY WENT INTO, AND ALL YOUR DOORS ARE NUMBERED.
IT WILL TELL THEM, COME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING THROUGH DOOR NUMBER THREE, TAKE A RIGHT, GO TO DOOR NUMBER 16.
THAT IS WHERE THE CHILD IS CHOKING ON A GUM DROP.
THE MATH TEACHER IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK, OR THERE IS A ACTIVE SHOOTER THAT HAS HOSTAGES IN THAT SCHOOL ROOM.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE PINPOINT ACCURATE.
THEY ALLOW YOU TO DO THINGS ON PURPOSE.
YOU PRACTICE, YOU MAKE ALL OF THIS WORK COHESIVELY.
AND IT'S THE SCHOOL PLUS THE CITY.
THE CITY I HAVE FOUND, I'M DOING NEW YORK CITY RIGHT NOW, THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS, 50,000 OFFICERS, 1300 SCHOOLS, THEY'RE USING THEIR MOBILE PHONES AND THEIR WATCHES TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T SECONDS COUNT.
ALL OF THEM HAVE SILENT PANIC ALARM TECHNOLOGIES, ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND ALL OF THE, UH, STAFF.
AND WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT IS, IN TEXAS, IT'S MANDATED.
IT WAS MANDATED, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT IS NOW THEY SEE SOMETHING.
IT USED TO BE SAY SOMETHING, BUT NOW IT'S PRESS THAT BUTTON ONE TIME FOR A ALTERCATION, TWO TIMES FOR A FIGHT, AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN FOR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
WHAT DOES THAT DO? DELIVERS THE PINPOINT ACCURACY TO THE CHIEF AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING.
AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO GO STRAIGHT TO WHERE THAT, UH, THAT EVENT IS HAPPENING.
NOT GO OVER HERE AND LOOK FOR A, UH, KEY AT THE KNOX BOX AND WONDER IF IT'S THE RIGHT KEY WONDER, UH,
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WHERE THE KEY IS.BECAUSE NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU PRESS THAT PANIC, SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO GOING BACK, REAL TIME, CRIME CENTER PUTS A CITY IN CONTROL.
ALL OF THESE THINGS YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, YOU COULD STILL CONTINUE TO DO 'EM, THE HARDENING OF THE GLASS, THE ACCESS CONTROL, THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE.
BUT THIS MAKES 'EM WORK ALL TOGETHER.
AND NOW WITH THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, IT MAKES 'EM WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
SO NOW, WHATEVER THE SCHOOL CAN SEE AND EXPERIENCE, AND, UM, ON THE EMERGENCY SIDE, SO CAN THE CITY SEE AND RESPOND IN REAL TIME WITH PINPOINT ACCURACY? AND MORE THAN THAT, YOU'RE NOT JUST SAVING LIVES FROM THE SCHOOL, YOU'RE SAVING THE, THE LIVES OF YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND YOUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A SCHOOL SHOOTING, GOD FORBID, FIRST RESPONDERS WILL GO IN, THEY WILL NOT, THEIR, THEIR WORRY IS NOT TO PROVIDE AID TO THESE PEOPLE.
SO THEY'RE GOING IN AND THEY'RE WALKING OVER SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN SHOT.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE PRACTICING THIS AND YOU, AND YOU'RE IN, IN A REAL SITUATION OF ACTIVE SHOOTER, IT'S THE LAST THING YOU THINK OF, RIGHT? OKAY.
NOW, YOU TRY TO, YOU TRY TO DO THAT WITH A SOCIAL WORKER IN THE ROOM OR A NURSE, AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WHY? WHY DO YOU DO THAT? WELL, THEY THINK DIFFERENTLY.
THEY HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, UH, FIELDS OF VIEW.
SO WHEN THEY'RE GOING IN THERE TO STOP THE KILLING, YOUR CAMERAS NOW ACT AS THE GUIDE FOR THEM TO GO IN SAFELY, RIGHT? AND IT SAYS, LOOK, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE IN HERE.
WE'VE REVIEWED THE VIDEO FOOTAGE FOR EIGHT HOURS.
NOBODY ELSE IS IN THERE EXCEPT THAT ONE SHOOTER.
SO YOU CAN GO IN, YOU CLEAR THAT ROOM, AND NOW EMS CAN COME IN RIGHT AWAY AND PROVIDE AND RENDER AID IN GEORGIA, WHICH I JUST CAME BACK FROM THE ACTIVE SHOOTER IN GEORGIA.
WE DID A POST, UH, POST INCIDENT, UH, ON THAT.
THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE SHOT IN THAT SCHOOL.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE KILLED INSTANTLY.
THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE WOUNDED.
MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, OF THOSE NINE PEOPLE, HOW MANY SURVIVED? I SAID, ALL OF THEM.
OUT OF THOSE NINE PEOPLE IN THE PAST, WITHOUT THE SILENT PANIC ALARM TECHNOLOGY, WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO RESPOND IN SECONDS AND SAVE LIVES, NINE OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD HAVE DIED.
BECAUSE IN THE PAST, THEY, YOU DON'T GET KILLED BY THE SHOT BEING VITAL OR IN, IN, IN A VITAL AREA.
THEY BLED OUT, THEY WOULD BLEED OUT, AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
EVERYTHING WAS ONE BIG QUESTION MARK.
ASK THE CHIEF, ASK THE SCHOOL, ASK THE PRINCIPAL, ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT, ASK.
IT'S A GOAT ROPING, RIGHT? THEY HAD NO COMMAND, CONTAIN CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS.
NOW YOU DO WITH THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.
I I, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS HERE.
THE, THE, UM, I GOT A LITTLE GRAPHIC THERE FOR US, I'M AFRAID.
BUT YEAH, THE, UM, IT IS, UM, AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A, UH, KIND OF A FUTURISTIC TYPE OF, UH, SYSTEM THAT WE WATCH IN THE MOVIES WHERE EVERY, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF SCREENS AND WE'RE WATCHING ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
I MEAN, ARE, ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT? NO, SIR.
UH, SO IS THIS JUST THEN COMPUTER GENERATED AND SOME AI IS WATCHING ALL OF THIS? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? NO, SIR.
NOT UNLESS YOU WANT IT TO, AND UNLESS THE RISK ASSESSMENT.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BASICALLY, IT IS ACCESS CONTROL.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME, A MAN WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR RIGHT THERE AND WALKED STRAIGHT UP TO THAT LADY RIGHT THERE WITH NO CONTROL.
AND THE LADY TURNED AROUND 'CAUSE SHE GO LOOKING AT 'EM.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ACCESS, ACCESS TO THE DOORS WITH THE ABILITY FOR JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IN THAT CAN GO IN.
SO THE OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT, ONLY THE ACCOUNTANT AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCES CFO CAN GO.
OKAY, SO THE, THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER LOOKS LIKE WHAT? REALTIME CRIME CENTER MANAGES ALL OF THOSE DOORS IN THE CITY.
IT ALSO MANAGES ALL THE CAMERAS IN THE CITY AND ALL THE ALARMS IN THE CITY.
THEY ALL COME AND HOME, RUN BACK INTO THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.
AND WHAT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER PROVIDES IS COMMAND CONTAIN CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT IF A DOOR IS PROPPED OPEN RIGHT HERE, AND WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING AND IT'S NOT, AND IT'S A CLOSED MEETING AND NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVITED OR SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, THEN THE DOOR IS PROPPED OPEN.
IT WILL TELL THEM IN REAL TIME THAT THAT DOOR IS A RISK.
I, I CAN SEE THE BENEFITS OF ALL OF THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY AND A LOT OF HARDWARE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO GO TO GET FROM A TO A TO Z MM-HMM
SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? SO IT'S CRAWL, WALK, RUN, THE CRAWL IS YOU WANNA PROVIDE ACCESS CONTROL, BECAUSE ACCESS CONTROL IS A PLATFORM THAT STABILIZES EVERYTHING.
IT IS THE, AND IF I SAID AGAIN, THINK LEGOS, IT IS THE PLATFORM
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THAT EVERYTHING LIES UPON.WHY IF YOU HAVE VISUALIZATION INTO THIS BUILDING AND SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, I CAN TELL WHAT IT IS.
IS IT A DOG, IS IT A CAT OR IS IT A PERSON TRYING TO COME IN THAT FRONT DOOR? OKAY, SO YOU'LL USE THE EXISTING, WHATEVER EXISTING CAMERAS AND FACILITIES YOU'VE GOT AND THEN ADD TO IT AS, AS, AS A, LIKE THE LEGO SAID.
WHY SANTO? NOW YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG CITIES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, OR A LITTLE CITY.
WHY? HERE I WAS INTRODUCED TO YOUR CITY MANAGER AT A CONFERENCE FOR THE TML, UH, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED AMOU, ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
THE FOUNDER OF AMOU IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIEND'S FATHER, WHO WAS THE MAYOR OF PEARSALL.
THIS GENTLEMAN, UM, IS A LOBBYIST FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN AUSTIN.
HE AND YOUR CITY MANAGER ARE FRIENDS.
SO I WAS PART OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEM.
YUVAL CAME UP, THAT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO OR WHEN YUVAL HAD, RIGHT AFTER VAL HAPPENED.
I WAS IN WASHINGTON DC GIVING A PRES, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE SECURITY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AT THE TIME.
I GOT ON A PLANE, WENT TO U VALDI.
IT WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING I HAD EVER SEEN, EVER CAME BACK, WENT TO AMMO, AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION.
HIS CONVERSATION WAS, HEY, IF, IF I EVER RUN A CITY, WHENEVER I GET TO RUN A CITY AGAIN, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS RIGHT HERE DOES NOT HAPPEN.
I WANNA DO EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND OUR COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION.
THANK YOU, FRED, FOR THE ABSOLUTELY SIR.
HOW DOES THIS GET FUNDED? THERE'S, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS OUT THERE.
SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, IF YOU BLESS THIS AND, AND, AND, AND ALLOW US TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, I AM PART OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE PARTNER ALLIANCE FOR SAFER SCHOOLS, UH, BASED OUT OF WASHINGTON DC WE FIND FUNDING FOR YOU.
WE WILL BE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
WE WILL DELIVER FUNDING VEHICLES TO HIM, UH, AND HIS STAFF AND HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THOSE, RIGHT? THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
THE SCHOOL WILL ASSIST ALSO, THERE'S, THERE'S MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL, NOT ONLY AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND IN SOME CASES, IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO JOIN IN, WE CAN ADD THAT TOO.
SO THERE IS FUNDING THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN TAPPING RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, WE HAVE THE FINGER ON THE, WE HAVE OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THAT, UH, AT THE PARTNER ALLIANCE AND ZERO NOW.
SO, SO ESSENTIALLY SOFTWARE'S ALREADY DONE ALL OF THE, THE, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY'S THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ADDING THE HARDWARE AND, AND LOCKING IT IN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
WE BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND AND WE START BY SAYING, HEY, WE'VE ASSESSED THE RISK WE'VE GOT WITH THE CHIEF, WE'VE GOT WITH, YOU KNOW, SO, AND WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A RISK ASSESSMENT.
THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IF SOMETHING, GOD FORBID WERE TO HAPPEN.
SO YES, IT'S CRAWL, WALK, RUN THE CRAWL IS, ASSESS THE RISK, START PUTTING THE PIECES IN PLACE, STARTING WITH ACCESS CONTROL, VIDEO AND ALARMS, AND THEN MAKE IT TO WHERE WE CAN COMMAND AND CONTROL EVERYTHING CITYWIDE.
MR. GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THE BOARD COMMISSION KNOWS THAT I SIT ON THAT SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SAN BENITO, CISD.
ALONG WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS, CHIEF PARE AND STUFF.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY HAS IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND ARE EAGER TO GET WITH THE CITY AS WELL THAT I'VE TALKED TO CHIEF PARE ABOUT TO DO.
UM, AND WE KNOW THERE IS FUNDING.
I KNOW CHIEF AS I CAN, WE NOT JUST HAVE ONE DISTRICT HERE, BUT WE HAVE TWO OTHER DISTRICTS.
THAT FIRST THING I DID WAS COMING ON AS COMMISSIONER WAS ONE OF MY PRIORITIES THAT, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY WON HAPPEN HERE.
UM, SO I DID REACH OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I WAS PUT ON THAT SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH SAN BENITO, CID, UM, I WENT OUT TO I IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
MR. LOPEZ GOT WITH HIM, UM, WHAT THEIR PROTOCOL IS, AND ALSO WITH YOUR SOUTH TEXAS, WHICH THEY JUST RECENTLY DID A SWEARING, UH, WITH THEIR CHIEF CORTEZ AS WELL, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR THESE SCHOOLS.
UM, ALSO I GOT WITH CHIEF AND I TALKED TO FRED BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW OUR SAFETY HERE AS A MUNICIPALITY FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
UM, SO I KNOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THINGS, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, IF YOU CAME HERE TO THE CITY, DID YOU REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? DID THEY ALREADY TURN YOU DOWN? NO, NO.
I'VE NEVER TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHATEVER THEY'VE INVESTED IN CLIPS LIKE ALLEGO, AGAIN, RIGHT INTO YOUR REALTIME CRIME CENTER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEM.
IF THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS, VIDEO AND ALARMS, ANYTHING ELSE.
IF THEY ARE WORKING WITH AI, INTRUSION, WEAPONS DETECTION, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BUYING, UH, THOSE TYPES OF DIFFERENT INTELLIGENT VIDEOS, IT CLIPS INTO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AS A REALTIME CRIME CENTER.
SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE NOT GOING OVER THERE AND SAYING, HEY, BUY THIS.
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ANYTHING.I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL.
I'M JUST SELLING YOU ON A CONCEPT.
A CONCEPT THAT WORKS AROUND THE NATION.
RIGHT? AND AS, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM SAID EARLIER, MANY TIMES WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF, OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK CITY, IN DETROIT, IN CHICAGO, WHICH I GO TO ALL THE TIME, AND I'M WORKING WITH THEM ON A MAJOR SCALE, I COME OVER HERE.
MY COUSIN IS A COMMISSIONER THERE.
MY MY OTHER COUSIN JUST PASSED AWAY.
HE WAS THE CITY MANAGER, EL GARCIA.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS STARTS, I WANNA START HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BRAIN TRUST, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THERE'S HARDWARE INVOLVED, UH, HARDWARE INVOLVED, BUT THERE'S ALSO HARDWARE INVOLVED, RIGHT? CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA PUT HARDWARE EVERYWHERE AND, AND INVEST IN ALL THIS STUFF.
IT HAS TO BE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CARE.
HELP PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE WAY THIS IS GONNA BE PUT TOGETHER AS A REALTIME CRIME CENTER.
THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTER IS GONNA SAY, IDEA, COME HERE, WE'RE GONNA CLIP YOU IN AND WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU.
WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE THIS REAL TIME CRIME CENTER WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
IT'S NOT JUST IDEA, IT'S IDEA IN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO FIRST RESPONDERS SECONDS.
WHY? BECAUSE THE SITE PANIC ALARM TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU HAVE NOW HOME RUNS BACK INTO MY RTCC.
I'M JUST TALKING JUST FROM THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
BUT OUR EDC AND THAT BUILDING NEXT TO THE EDC IS GONNA BE WHERE THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IS POSITIONED.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISPATCH AS NEEDED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, WHETHER IT'S A HURRICANE, AN ACT OF GOD, OR A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
GOD FORBID IF I MAY INTERJECT, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING.
HOW MUCH IS THIS NOT GONNA COST US? I I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GONNA COST, NOT GONNA COST YOU ANYTHING.
I'M SAYING YOU JUST, I'M SAYING I DON'T SELL ANYTHING.
RIGHT? SO HOW MUCH IS IT NOT GONNA COST US? AND MY QUESTION? WELL, I I HAVE NO CLUE.
AND IF I TOLD YOU THE NUMBER, I'D BE LYING.
WELL, LET, LET ME INTERJECT A LITTLE BIT THERE, MIKE.
BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS, COMMISSIONER, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING A JOINT MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE, UH, YOU ALL AS A GOVERNING BODY WE'RE EXPOSED TO THIS BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S REAL CLEAR.
WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS, OKAY? WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA FIGURE, WELL, WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
WE'VE GOT CAMERAS, WE'VE GOT PROXIMITY, UH, AND, AND, AND ACCESS CONTROL.
WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS AROUND THE CITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO UP THAT A LITTLE BIT, TRYING TO GET CAMERAS AT THE PARKS, TRYING TO DO CAMERAS THAT ARE, UH, MOBILE FREE, LEGAL, DUMPING, EVERYTHING ELSE.
ALL THIS DOES IS CREATE A PLATFORM AND A CONTROLLED SCENARIO FOR ALL OF THAT.
NOW, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO JUMP ON, WELL, THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT REMEMBER, ALL THIS IS JUST A FOUNDATION THAT YOU JUST KEEP BUILDING ON.
AND HE USES THE, HE USES THE EXAMPLE OF LEGO BLOCKS, BUT IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
UH, BUT, BUT THE KEY HERE, AND THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THAT WE'RE DOING IT ALREADY.
AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THE, TO THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, NOT JUST SAN BERNARDINO, ISD, BUT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, KEY STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE COUNTY, LIKE, UH, OTHER FOLKS.
'CAUSE THERE'S COUNTY BUILDINGS HERE AS WELL.
HOW CAN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE ACHIEVE THE SAFETY AND THE LEVEL OF SECURITY, NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT AND OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO, I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE DO, WHAT WE COULD BE DOING AT THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, UH, LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT WOULD PASSIVELY BE READING LICENSE PLATES OF CARS THAT ARE PARKED AT, AT THE AKA AT THE AKA TRAILS OR AT STOOKEY PARK.
ANYBODY COMES UP THAT'S A SEX OFFENDER THAT HAS A, UH, UH, OPEN WARRANT THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY WANTED IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE REAL CRIME CENTER, OR AT THAT POINT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY COULD GO AND, AND, AND INTERVENE AT THAT, AT THAT, AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
THESE ARE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ANYWAY.
UM, GOT A COUPLE OF CALLS THIS WEEK ON SOME FOLKS THAT ARE, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING AND JUST HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.
BUT, UH, SOME, SOME CALLS WITH SOME FOLKS THAT, UH, HAVE, THEY HAVE GRANTS AVAILABLE.
THEY HAVE, UH, FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THINGS.
UH, THINGS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AI IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MYSTIFIED ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S REALLY TOO SURE OF IT.
BUT CAMERAS ARE CAMERAS AND THE BEST CAMERAS WE CAN GET AND THE BEST LIGHTING WE CAN GET AND THE BEST CONTROL WE CAN GET, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ANYWAY.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO OUR CITIZENS.
BUT IF WE COULD USE IT AND PUT IT ON A, WE COULD PUT IT IN A PLATFORM THAT WE COULD LAYER INTO AND PARTNER UP WITH ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PARTNER UP WITH US.
I'M NOT SAYING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL, THEY MAY NOT.
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I THINK IT'S UP TO US AND IT'S INCUMBENT ON US AS A, AS THE CITY, BECAUSE AGAIN, I USE THIS EXAMPLE ALL THE TIME.THEIR TAXPAYERS ARE OUR TAXPAYERS.
THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN ARE OUR CHILDREN.
AND OUR, THEIR VOTERS ARE OUR VOTERS.
SO WHY NOT MAKE THAT EFFORT AND, AND AT LEAST GIVE THEM THIS TOOL AND THIS PROGRAM THAT THEY COULD VERY EASILY JUMP ON BOARD WITH US ON.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH A MAYOR WHEN I GOT HERE WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LA AND I, YOU TOLD ME, HE SAID, THE LAST THING I WANT IS ANOTHER.
SO I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THAT AS ONE OF MY BIG TO-DOS.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S GONNA COST MONEY, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY IT ALL AT ONE TIME.
AND NOT ALL OF IT'S GONNA COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE KEY POINTS THAT YOU HIT ON.
'CAUSE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY IN OUR SCHOOL IS A, IS A MAIN THING TO US.
NOT JUST ME, BUT I KNOW TO ALL OF US, OF COURSE.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU COME HERE AND YOU PUT, YOU KNOW, CITY ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WHEN I JUST DON'T SEE EVERYTHING LAID OUT HERE FOR US.
YOU WANT US TO PROVE SOMETHING WHERE WE DON'T HAVE NO NUMBERS ON, WHICH I CAN'T CONSCIOUSLY, AS THE VOTERS, LIKE YOU SAY, THAT PUT US HERE TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT FINAL NUMBERS.
WELL, WE WERE GONNA, SORRY, WE WERE GONNA DO THIS AS, AS JUST A PRESENTATION, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING, UM, WHAT, WHAT I'M ASKING Y'ALL TO APPROVE IS THE CONCEPT TO PUT IT INTO AN INTERLOCAL.
UH, THE INTERLOCAL DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY KIND OF FUNDING.
THE INTERLOCAL, ALL THE INTERLOCAL DOES IS TELL US AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT INTERLOCAL THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER, THE FUNDING AND THE CONTRACTUAL CO THE CONTRACTUAL SIDE COMES LATER.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR INDIVIDUAL.
DO WE HAVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT READY? IT'S, I MEAN, FOR US TO SEE, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A, AN, IT'S JUST A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER.
TO, TO PUT IT, TO PUT IT TO USE.
I RECOMMEND GETTING, I UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY ASPECT.
UM, I THINK I COULD GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE A REALLY NICE WATER PLANT HERE THAT HAD TO GET SHUT DOWN WITHIN A FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
NOW, IF WE DO THAT HERE AND WE PUT ALL THIS MONEY INTO IT, 'CAUSE TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE'S ALWAYS CHANGING FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, I'LL NEED THE LATEST, GREATEST SOFTWARE.
JUST LIKE CHIEF MADE US BUY A NEW FINGERPRINT SCANNER JUST EARLIER.
WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE TO UPGRADE IT.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE STAFF AND THE RESOURCES TO MANAGE THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM.
AND, AND THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
I NEED YOU TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, GET TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT ASSESSMENT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN YOU BRING THAT TO US, RIGHT? YEAH.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER A WORKING GROUP? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I USUALLY DO IN MOST CASES, IS A WORKSHOP THAT SAYS, HEY, TAKE ALL THESE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, TAKE ALL THESE THOUGHTS.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T FEAR THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT I HAVE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW IS 30 YEARS OLD.
SO PROVIDING, IT'S IT'S FOUNDATIONAL SECURITY.
IT'S NOT AI PROVIDING, SOME OF IT'S NOT ANYTHING EASY OF THOSE RESOURCE REFERENCES TOO.
SO IF YOU HAVE REEF REFERENCE 1, 2, 3 THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE AND YOU'VE ALREADY LAID OUT, AND THE PLAN WORKS FOR THEM, AND I'M SURE THESE, THESE ARE IN BIGGER CITIES, RIGHT? DETROIT, CHICAGO, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER.
I I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT HERE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A HIGH CRIME RATE.
LIKE THEY, LIKE, LIKE THOSE BIGGER CITIES DO PER CAPITA.
YOU, YOU DO HAVE ONE THING THAT I NOTICED STATISTICALLY, RIGHT? LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY DATA, UH, STATISTICIAN PROFESSOR MAY ARREST IN PEACE TOLD ME.
STATS ARE VERY FUNNY, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL DIE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, ONE MURDER, RIGHT? AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR SOMEONE BREAKS INTO AN ELDERLY WOMAN'S HOME AND SHE SUITS 'EM IN THE BACK AND SHE GETS CHARGED FOR MURDER.
YOUR MURDER RATE JUST WENT UP A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
BUT IS THAT A TRUE STAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT JUST AS A STAT? THAT'S A STAT.
BUT LOOK AT INTO THE NUMBER AND I LOOK AT HER FAMILY.
HER FAMILY'S GONNA HATE THAT FACT THAT SHE GOT SHOT.
OUR PROXIMITY TO THE BORDER IS A HUGE THREAT.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT STATISTICS AND THINGS ALL DAY, BUT I WORK ON RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE ACTIVE THREATS THAT ARE APPROACHING US.
RIGHT? AND WHEN THESE SCHOOLS ARE FACING BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS FROM THEIR ACTUAL SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE COMING IN AND SHOOTING UP THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH INSTABILITY IS, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THREATS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT RISKS THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WORKING HERE.
A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER WOULD ALLOW YOU TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A THREAT OF, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE SOMETHING UP.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BRINGING THIS, THEY'RE BRINGING THAT, WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU'RE ABLE TO PREPARE AND GET AHEAD OF THE THREAT.
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IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, YOU MINIMIZE LOSS OF LIFE.AND, AND, AND CITY MANAGER SANDAL SAID SOMETHING THAT'S REAL TRUE.
IT'S, IT'S HAPPENING ANYWAY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, HERE IN THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, YOU HAVE ACCESS CONTROL.
IT'S JUST ANTIQUATED AND DOESN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OF UNIFYING THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
HERE YOU HAVE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO READ THE LICENSE PLATE OF ANY CAR OUT THERE.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY CAUGHT THE, UH, SHOOTER ON THE GOLF COURSE THAT WAS TRYING TO, UH, SHOOT IT.
NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP, RIGHT? THEY STITCHED HIS LICENSE PLATE.
WHEN HE LEFT THIS AREA, THIS ONE CAMERA TALKED TO THIS ONE CAMERA, THE POLICE OFFICERS COMMUNICATED TOGETHER AND THEY CAUGHT THE GUY LEAVING TOWN BECAUSE THAT REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, AND IF YOU LOOK IT UP, YOU'LL FIND IT WAS FLORIDA'S REALTIME CRIME CENTER THAT CAUGHT THAT INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S SAFETY IN NUMBERS, IT'S COHESIVENESS.
IT'S WORKING TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY FIGHT CRIME, BUT ALSO PREVENT CRIME.
SO IT'S JUST A CONCEPT AS CITY MANAGER SAN SAID, BUT A WORKSHOP, A WORKING GROUP BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE SCHOOL WITH THE CITY DRIVING IT AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT FINDING FUNDS FOR THIS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HIRING RESOURCES FOR THIS, BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE, PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY'S LAST.
EVERYBODY THINKS, HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, WE HAVE TO BUY ALL THIS SOFTWARE AND BUY ALL THESE THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE YOUR EXISTING INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PEOPLE AND THE PROCESSES IN PLACE.
AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY COMES AND WRAPS AROUND THOSE.
AND THE TRAINING COMMISSION, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU AND I INVITED Y'ALL BEFORE IN THE PAST, THERE ARE MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS.
WE JUST RECENTLY, ABOUT MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO, DID A WORKSHOP, NOT ONLY A WORKSHOP, BUT THEY DID A REENACTMENT AS WELL.
UM, OF CASES, SCENARIOS, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION LIKE THIS.
I INVITE Y'ALL TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COME TO ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
THEY SHOULD BE HAVING ANOTHER ONE PRETTY SOON AS WELL.
UM, NEXT MONTH OR MAY, MAY NEXT MONTH, UM, BEFORE MAKING A DECISIVE DECISION ON THIS ONE, NOT, UH, COMPLETE INFORMATION IN, IN FRONT OF US.
WELL, I, I THINK THIS IS, UH, VERY WORTHWHILE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO US.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.
[1. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AB-01-2025, a Voluntary Annexation of: Being 31.18 acres of land out of Block 136, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, and Volume 1, Page 25, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Mago Development, LLC.]
FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.THESE ARE IN FULFILLMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO, UH, BE THE FIRST READING OF ORDERS NUMBER 2 5 2 2 2 5 2 DASH AB DASH OH ONE DASH 2 25.
VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 31.18 ACRES.
AGAIN, THAT WAS, UH, MAGO DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THAT WAS IN YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UM, STAFF WOULD ENTERTAIN A, A MOTION AT THIS POINT.
UH, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS.
NO, IT'S, IT'S A FIRST READING.
[2. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AC-01-2025, a request to rezone a property located bearing a Legal Description of: bearing a legal description of: Being 31.18 acres of land out of Block 136, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, and Volume 1, Page 25, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from AO “Agriculture and Open Space” to SF-1 “Single Family One”. Applicant: Mago Development, LLC.]
NUMBER TWO.WORDED NUMBER 2252 DASH AC DASH OH ONE DASH 2025.
AND IT'S THE SAME DEVELOPER MAGO DEVELOPMENT.
[3. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AD-01-2025 a request to rezone a property located bearing a Legal Description of: Lot 16, Cunningham Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas according to the map recorded in Volume 1, Page 43, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 “Single Family One” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Abraham Villagran – Stonespring Investments, LLC. ]
FIRST READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.AND THAT'S, UH, ITEM 2 25, 2 DASH AD DASH OH ONE DASH 2025.
AND THAT'S A REZONING OF, UM, OF PROPERTY HERE.
AND IT'S ALSO, UH, APPLICANT IS AT ABRAHAM VRAN AND STONE SPRINGS.
STONE SPRING INVESTMENTS, LLC.
THOSE WERE IN FULFILLMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY, ANYONE? NO.
[1. Consideration and possible action to appoint members to the Building Standards and Renewal Board.]
GO BOARD APPOINTMENTS.ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPOINTING BOARD MEMBERS TO THESE BUILDING STANDARDS AND RENEWAL BOARD.
UH, WHERE WANNA COME UP? HAS THAT BOARD MET? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'RE TRYING TO, WE TRYING TO GET THEM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TOGETHER SO THAT WAY WE CAN DO A STATE YOUR NAME.
OH, ED RODRIGUEZ, DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BOARD TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD HOMES THAT ARE ABANDONED HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.
AND WE NEED A BOARD TO PUT TOGETHER BY YOU GUYS, THE COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEMP, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MEET AND VOTE ON THAT ON EACH.
WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUALS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON THAT BOARD? UH, JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO BE
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A, UH, EXPERIENCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD, AT LEAST ONE YEAR.AND THE OTHER FOUR, 'CAUSE YOU NEED FIVE, YOU'RE THE FOUR, UM, CITIZEN OF SAN CITY OF SANTO.
FOUR CAN BE CITIZENS FOR THE CITY OF SANTO AND ONE HAS TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION, UH, EXPERIENCES.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING WHAT? NO, FOR LIKE A DILAPIDATED, SUBSTANDARD HOMES THAT ARE ABANDONED HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN, WHICH WE HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL NOW.
WASN'T THAT ORDINANCE CHANGED THOUGH? THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ALL ONE CONSTRUCTION? IT COULD BE ALL RESIDENTS.
NO, THE, THE ORDINANCE HASN'T CHANGED.
THE, THE STATEMENT SAYS ONE HAS TO BE A CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE YEAR.
SO WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING IS THEY'LL, YOU'LL BE BRINGING A PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THEM AND, AND ASKING THEM TO APPROVE, DEMOLISHING IT.
AND THE BOARD WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, WHY CAN'T THE COMMISSION JUST DO THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT, I HAD ASKED WHY THAT HAD GONE AWAY, AND I THINK SOME OF 'EM WERE REPETITIVE AND THEY FELT THAT, WELL, THAT'S THE COMMISSION ALREADY.
LIKE WE UPDATED THE, UM, WHAT IS IT? INTERNATIONAL CODE OF, OF ORDINANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODES, I GUESS OF MM-HMM
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BUILDING STANDARDS WORD.
SO CAN'T WE JUST DO THIS ON OUR OWN? WELL, I'M JUST GOING WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATE DOES WELL, THE ORDINANCE.
IS IT STATE LAW REQUIREMENT? YES, SIR.
I GUESS YOU WANNA GET INVOLVED.
THE CITY MADE ME TEAR IT DOWN.
YEAH, THAT'S ON RECORD, RIGHT, SIR? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
NOW THE CONTRACTOR, WHAT OTHER QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BE ON THIS BOARD? ALL THEY NEED IS TO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AS A CONTRACTOR FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR.
THAT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS THAT WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
I, I HAVE NO RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE TABLE IT SO I CAN LOOK FOR SOMEBODY.
TABLE TABLE MY PLACE TOO AS WELL.
FIRST WE DO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WANT THAT, THAT THE, THAT BOARD, RIGHT? FIRST IT'S UP TO, I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A BOARD.
YEAH, I THINK BUILDINGS MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, SO I THINK THAT WE, WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED A BOARD.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE BOARD AND THEN, UH, UH, SINCE THE BOARD MEMBERS WE NEED TO TABLE, WE CAN TABLE THAT.
THIS ORDINANCE IS 25 YEARS OLD TOO.
I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN LOOK AT TO UPDATE IT.
UH, PRETTY MUCH NONE, NOT ALLOWED IS UPDATED.
OKAY, SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
OKAY, SO, UH, MOTION PASSES TO TABLE THIS.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET THIS THING GOING.
[2. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint, or reappoint members to the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee (CDCAC)]
NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERATION.POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS.
THAT'S WHAT, JUST WANT TO TABLE OUR APPOINTEES.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO, UH, APPROVE THE BOARD AND THEN WE CAN TABLE THE MEMBERS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, MOST, MOST OF 'EM YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TABLE MY POSITIONS.
WE LING THE APPOINTEES BOARD MEMBER.
SUGGESTED I, I WOULD SUGGEST UPDATING THE ORDINANCE, BRINGING IT BACK AND THEN WE CAN PUT SOME BOARD MEMBERS ON THERE.
THAT'S WHY I SAID IT WASN'T TO.
BUT THAT'S JUST TO APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS.
BUT THE MEMBER FOR THE COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE IN.
SO WE JUST WANT TO TABLE EACH OF OUR POSITION UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEBODY.
I JUST NEED, I NEED A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WAS AND, AND I GOT THAT NOW, SO I'LL GO
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FIND SOMEBODY.WE'LL, THE BOARD IS IS THERE, THE BOARD IS GONNA BE THERE.
SO WE DO HAVE AN INACTIVE BOARD ON THIS.
SO THE MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO TABLE ALL APPOINTEES, UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE THERE.
BUT THERE'S JUST A, YOU'RE JUST A POINT.
YOU'RE NOT APPOINTED DOING THAT OR NEXT TIME DONE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE BOARD.
UM, WHO'S, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WHO'S LACKING? UH, HOW MANY? I MEAN, DEANNA GARZA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
AND WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT WERE A POSITION THAT WAS TABLED THE LAST TIME THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS MISS ANA'S POSITION FOR PLACE ONE.
UH, WE HAVE MR. NUNEZ, WHO'S EXPIRED ON JULY 31ST OF LAST YEAR.
WHAT PLACE? WHICH IS PLACE? THREE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, PLACE FOUR, MR. AYA, UM, WHO EXPIRED JULY OF LAST YEAR AS WELL.
I'M, I'M SHOWING PLACE ONE AS ANA, CORRECT? SHE, HER HERS WAS TABLED.
THE LAST TIME WE, WE BROUGHT THIS UP LAST YEAR.
I WOULD NOMINATE HER TO CONTINUE IN THAT POSITION.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR ES FOR PLACE? ONE SECOND.
MR. NUNEZ, WHICH IS THINK MAYOR
UH, MOTION TO CONTINUE WITH ROGELIO NUNEZ.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. NUNEZ? SECOND.
UH, BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.
I'D LIKE TO APPOINT, UH, ESTHER RIVERA HERNANDEZ, PLEASE.
SO DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
UM, NOW WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, JOHN, ANYTHING ELSE? I HOPE NO.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, FOR ITEMS ONE AND TWO.UH, TIME IS UH, 6 49 AND UH, WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONER.
[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
IS, UH, EIGHT 12.AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL GO ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND THAT'S CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.
RATIFY EMPOWERMENT ENDEAVORS, LLC BOOKING AGREEMENT FOR THE 2025 HOG AUTO CONCERT EVENT.
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST SERVICES STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO I MOTION TO APPROVE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ITEM NUMBER 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION PROVEN OR LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, SANTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.
PERTAINING TO THE 2025 HOG WADDLE EVENT.
AGAIN, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
ON THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, UH, POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ONE AND TWO.
COUNSEL, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE THAT WE CAN VOTE FOR? NO MOTIONS.
AND THE TIME IS, UH, EIGHT 13.