Apr 01, 2025 Commission Meetings

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HE'S READY.

[CALL TO ORDER]

I KNOW NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION APRIL 1ST, 2025.

TIME IS, UH, 5 32.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.

UM, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAGS IN TEXAS.

FLAG, AND PLEASE REMAIN SILENT FOR THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH A LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR A TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE JUST TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE EVENTS OF THIS LAST WEEK.

AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT LIVES HAVE BEEN SPARED, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE DISASTERS CAN HAPPEN AND THAT THERE'S MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

WE PRAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE EFFORTS BY THE INDIVIDUALS AND BY OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE DONE.

WE PRAY BLESSINGS UPON THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH SO FAR, AND WE TURN TO THE ALWAYS AND RECOGNIZE THE AS GOD.

AND WE PRAY THAT THOU WILL CONTINUE TO HELP US.

WE, WE PRAY, HUMBLING THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

[ANNOUNCEMENT(S)]

COMMISSIONER, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? GOT A BIKE RACE ON SATURDAY.

THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS A BIKE RACE COMING UP.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? I, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER NAVARRO NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT JOB HE DID.

OKAY.

AND, AND RAISING SOME FUNDS THIS LAST WEEKEND.

UM, YEAH.

THIS PAST SUNDAY, JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, HEROES CAME OUT ON SUNDAY.

LITTLE EVENT THAT WE TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND THIS GREAT TEAM THAT FRED'S PUT TOGETHER SHOW THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.

THESE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP ON A SUNDAY DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH, LEFT THEIR FAMILY AT HOME.

THEY SHOWED UP WITH THEIR FAMILY.

IT'S JUST REMARKABLE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE DURING THAT STORM FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DON'T NEED TO BE CALLED ON, THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.

I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT IN, UH, CLOSE TO, GAVE OUT CLOSE TO A THOUSAND PLATES, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, ANYBODY THAT NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I KNOW WE DID.

WE HAD THE EDC COMING OUT.

UH, MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF EDC CAME OUT, HELPED US OUT.

SOME OF THE CITY, UH, WORKERS ALSO.

I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, UH, ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO TO HELP OUT THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS, THIS EVENT THAT WE HAD ON THURSDAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S WAY BEYOND WHAT WE HAD, WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

AND SINCE.

I KNOW IN 1991, THAT WAS ALMOST A 17 INCHES RAIN ALSO, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, CANALS NOW, OKAY? UM, PEOPLE THINK THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T DOING MUCH, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE I SAID, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO? IT WAS SO MUCH WATER OUT THERE.

SEVEN, UH, HYDROGEN HAD ABOUT 22, 24 INCHES OF RAIN.

SANTO HAD THE 17, 18 INCHES OF RAIN, UM, DRAINAGE CANALS THAT WE HAD.

AND OURS, OUR MAIN ONE IS OUT THERE IN 7 32.

I MONITORED, MONITORED THAT CANAL MYSELF SO MUCH, SO MANY TIMES THE WATER WAS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.

AND THAT'S ALMOST LIKE 13, 14, 15 FEET DEEP CITIZENS.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT, WE GOT HAMMERED LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE, BUT THINKING THAT, THAT WE WEREN'T DOING MUCH, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO WAIT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS UNDERWATER.

OKAY? OUR ROADS ARE ALSO DRAINAGE CANALS IN THE SENSE BECAUSE THEY HOLD THE WATER AND THEY MOVE THE WATER, OKAY? SO, ROADS ARE CANALS FOR US.

UNDERSTAND THAT THE HAREN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.

I MEAN, A LOT MORE.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BY THEM, THEY HAD TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOK AT THE, WHAT, WHAT THEY HAD.

AND THEY COULD NOT OPEN A LOT OF, UH, THEIR, UM, THE, THEIR, UH, DRAINAGE DOORS,

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SO THEY HAD TO WAIT.

A LOT OF THOSE, UH, THINGS, UH, A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS HAD TO WAIT.

SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DID AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

OKAY? UH, COMMISSIONERS WERE OUT THERE.

I WAS OUT THERE ON FRIDAY, FRIDAY MORNING AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING PUSHING PEOPLE OUT THAT WERE IN THE FLOODWAYS.

YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS OUT THERE.

PEOPLE THAT, UH, GET HAMMERING ME THAT I WASN'T NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

I WAS OUT THERE PUSHING PEOPLE, TAKING PEOPLE HOME.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, THAT'S WHERE I WAS.

UM, UNDERSTAND THAT AGAIN, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

AND JUST, UH, BY THE SECOND, THIRD, SECOND DAY, MOST OF THE, THE, UH, UH, THE WATER HAD REC RESIDED FROM, UH, SUBDIVISIONS, UH, FROM STREETS.

UM, THE FLOODING ON THE, THE, UH, FRONTAGE, IT WAS HARD.

'CAUSE I MEAN, IT, IT BLOCKED A LOT OF AREAS, BUT WE DID AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

HOW DO YOU PUMP SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY FLOODED? WHERE DO YOU PUMP IT WHEN IT'S ALREADY FLOODED? AGAIN, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN OUT THERE.

OKAY? WE, WE'RE STILL DOING IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

I REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR OF HAREN ALSO.

I TELL HER, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, WE'RE HERE TO GO HELP YOU.

AND THEN SHE, VICE VERSA, TOLD US, ALSO, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.

WHAT DO YOU NEED? I SAID, LOOK, WE JUST WAIT.

JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT WAS, UH, DEVASTATING.

AGAIN, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

UM, THERE WAS A, A SIGN WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO ME, A DECLARATION OF DISASTER.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN SIGNED.

I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNOR, ALL WE WAITING FOR THE, UH, THE PRESIDENT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, DO THE SAME THING.

SO WE CAN GET THAT, THAT, UH, THAT THE DECLARATION ON IT.

SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW.

UM, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TODAY.

I SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.

UM, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS THAT WE, YOU LEARN THE INS AND OUTS.

UM, YOU DON'T HEAR IT OUT ON THE STREETS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU, FOR YOURSELF, SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO COME, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS INCIDENT WE JUST HAD, BUT CONTINUE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS.

WE WELCOME IT.

WE WANT IT, WE ENCOURAGE IT.

SO, THANK YOU.

I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD A QUICK COMMENT TO THIS AND, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE, THERE IS PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND.

I DON'T WANT ANY BLAME.

I, I WAS FOR, I JUST, LIKE I SAY, I WAS OUT OF TOWN WELL AND JUST GOT BACK INTO TOWN SUNDAY LAKE, BUT, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND.

AND, AND, BUT BLAME DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING.

BLAME DOES NOT ARRIVE AT SOLUTIONS.

WHAT WE NEED ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR SITUATION IS NOT UNLIKE MANY OTHER OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ALSO IN SITUATIONS.

AND THIS IS A HUNDRED ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT.

SO, YEAH, IT GIVES US A GREAT INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE, AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS, AND I REMEMBER THE 91 INCIDENT AS WELL.

AND SO, PLEASE WORK WITH US.

DON'T WORK AGAINST US.

TRY TO WORK WITH US IN HELPING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. AND WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE PEOPLE KIND OF GOING AT EACH OTHER.

WE NEED AND BLAMING SOMEBODY FOR THIS.

WHAT WE NEED IS FOR YOU TO COME IN AND SAY, YEAH, OKAY.

I'VE GOT THIS PROBLEM HERE.

GREAT.

LET'S, LET'S COME IN AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT LET'S NOT GET ANGRY AND SAY, WELL, WHERE'S MINE? OR WHERE'S MINE? I MEAN, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TERRITORY TO COVER.

WE'VE GOT RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING EVERYWHERE THAT THEY CAN, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

SO WE APOLOGIZE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE PROBLEMS, BUT HELP US TO FIX IT.

DON'T JUST TRY TO TELL US WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? JUST A FEW THINGS, MAYOR.

UM, TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THIS COMMISSION, UH, PREVIOUSLY HAD IS WORKING WITH RGV, UH, U-T-R-G-V-A STUDY FOR FLOOD MITIGATION.

AND THEY WERE HERE, WHAT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, LETTING US, GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THAT STUDY, WHICH YIELDED NO RESULTS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RAIN.

NOW THERE'S RAIN.

SO THIS COMMISSION HAS PUT MONEY INTO THAT STUDY WITH U-T-R-G-V PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS TO MONITOR LEVELS IN OUR DRAINAGE CANALS.

UM, AND BASICALLY LETS US KNOW HOW FAST WATER FLOWS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD STUDY THAT WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THOSE RESULTS, UM, HERE SHORTLY FROM U-T-R-G-V.

AND SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR BEING, UH, ALL STAFF THAT WAS WORKING ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT,

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I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WORKED THROUGH SUNDAY.

UH, BUT THEY CAME BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY, WHICH WAS CESA CHAVEZ DAY, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN A HOLIDAY FOR MOST STAFF.

BUT THE STAFF CAME BACK TO CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH MONDAY.

SO THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

YEP.

AND RUTH .

UM, AND THERE IS A PETITION GOING AROUND.

I'M GONNA ASK THIS COMMISSION TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME SORT OF PROCLAMATION.

IT'S A CREATION OF THE RGB FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

IT'S ORGANIZED BY A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS ADVOCATES FOR FLOOD MITIGATION.

AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE STATE LEGISLATION TO TRY TO GET SOME LEGISLATION FOR IT.

SO IT'S A CREATION OF THE RGB FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

I'VE SHARED IT ON MY PAGE.

I'M GONNA ASK THE COMMISSION TO SEE, TO REVIEW IT AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POST, UH, UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE CITY OF SAN BERNARD.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

OTHER CITY, OTHER CITIES ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.

'CAUSE THIS IS JUST, THIS ISN'T A, A CITY ISSUE.

THIS IS A, A REGIONAL ISSUE.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

UH, ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IS, UH, WE HAVE THE RABIES VACCINATION VACCINATION CLINIC HOSTED BY THE CITY OF SANTO, PARTNER WITH THE, UH, PAW AND CLAUSE, UH, VETERINARY CLINIC.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 2025 FROM 10 TO 12, UM, 9 25 WEST STINGER.

UM, ANY INFORMATION, ANY OTHER INFORMATION? THAT'S, UH, THERE'S A CONTACT NUMBER.

9 5 6 6 5 8 85 15.

ANYTHING ELSE? GO AHEAD.

IF I COULD, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THERE, THERE'S SOME HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, SHARE WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, WITH YOU ALL.

AND ALSO, UM, GIVE YOU ALL NOTICE OF WHAT, UH, STAFF AND I ARE DOING.

I THINK, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE SHARE THAT, THAT INFORMATION, NOT ONLY WITH YOU ALL, BUT ALSO WITH THE TAXPAYERS.

SO, UM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE EVENT WAS, WAS CATASTROPHIC.

WE, WE REALIZE THAT, UM, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, ALL MY STAFF FOR BEING HERE.

ALL THE FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEERED, ALL THE FOLKS THAT, UM, CAME IN THE STANDBY CREWS, POLICE, YOU KNOW, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SUCH.

UM, BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, NOBODY, NOBODY WAS PREPARED FOR THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE CHIEF A WEEK BEFORE, UH, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, EVERYBODY THAT WAS GIVEN THE GIVING, THE, UM, THE, THE PROGNOSTIC, WHAT THEY WERE, PROGNOS PROGNOSTICATING WAS THREE TO FOUR INCHES.

OKAY? ONLY PROBLEM IS, UH, AS THE CHIEF SAID, THE, THE PERFECT STORM WAS, WAS THAT IT, UH, THE, THE WEATHER WAS JUST RIGHT, THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND IT JUST NEVER STOPPED.

UH, WE GOT 18 AND A HALF, I DON'T KNOW, 20 INCHES OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, AGAIN, WE KIND OF BEAT THAT ONE TO DEATH.

BUT YOU CAN'T DESIGN A SYSTEM TO TAKE CARE OF THAT KIND OF WATER.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT IT DID DRAIN.

HOWEVER, THE AFTERMATH IS KIND OF THE BIG ISSUE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST.

WE'RE DOING THE CLEANUPS.

WE'VE GOT, UH, COLLECTION SITE, UH, ON, UH, AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO START PICKUPS.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR BRUSH AND DEBRIS, WE'RE ASKING THAT THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE THEIR DEBRIS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH THE COUNTY'S, UH, THE COUNTY'S, UH, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO AGREE TO.

WE'RE ALSO HAVING A MEETING TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

WE'RE INVITING, UH, AS MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED, FAITH BASED, THAT'S A HARD ONE TO SAY.

FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, SCHOOLS REACHED OUT TO SOUTH TEXAS, ISD, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO IDEA AND TO, UM, TO SAN MANINO, ISD.

THERE IS A-T-D-I-A MOBILE APP, AND WE'RE ASKING ALL THE RESIDENTS TO HELP US GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO T DM, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AID, TO APPLY FOR FLOOD MITIGATION, WHATEVER ELSE THAT EITHER THE STATE OR THE FEDS.

HOPEFULLY THEY HAVEN'T, THEY HAVEN'T DECLARED IT YET.

BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THERE.

UH, THE MORE DOCUMENTATION, THE BETTER.

UH, WE, WE'VE GOT THAT T UH, TDMI STEP MOBILE APP ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH THESE GROUPS TOMORROW SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US ACTUALLY AT A GRASSROOTS LEVEL, GET THE WORD OUT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ROTARY FOLKS, UH, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND, AND, AND WHOEVER ELSE WE CAN GET HERE, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

THE DATA THAT WE SUBMIT IS GOING TO, TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION TO GET, UH, HELP, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY.

AND THIS WILL BE DIRECT STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER COMES THROUGH TD OR,

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SO WE'LL BE HAVING THAT HERE TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

Y'ALL ARE INVITED TO JOIN US.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, INFORMATION IS POWER.

WE HAVE TO GET THIS, UH, TO THESE FOLKS.

UH, MORE, THE MORE PHOTO EVIDENCE YOU HAVE AND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLYING WITH THE, WITH THE I STAT APP IS WHAT'S GONNA REALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVE US, MOVE THAT NEEDLE FORWARD.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO OUR PART.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING BETTER.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS, I GOT TO TALK TO A LOT OF FOLKS ON SUNDAY, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER NAVARRO'S EVENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK ALL MY STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERED.

I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LONG DAY, BUT I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY NEEDED HELP.

AND, UH, IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO GIVE BACK A LITTLE BIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT LITTLE WE COULD DO.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES FEEDING THEM IS, IS PROBABLY THE FIRST PRIORITY.

SO, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.

I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND, BUT, UH, THE GOOD LORD GAVE US WATER.

WE ASKED FOR IT, AND WE GOT IT, UH, MORE SO THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT.

SO, UM, MOVING FORWARD IS GONNA BE OUR TESTAMENT TO HOW WE ACTUALLY GET GRADED FOR THIS.

SO I THINK, UH, IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA COME OUT OF THIS REALLY WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? NONE.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PUBLIC.

S RUTH, YOU PUT THIS, YEAH, YOU WANNA COME UP AND DO THE OH, DO THE .

I MEAN, I ALREADY TOOK CARE OF IT, SO, YEAH.

, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN SEE THE SLIDESHOW.

SO CAN WE PUT IT DOWN? THIS IS, UH, JUST KIND OF A, FOR THE RECORD, UH, POLICE CHIEF MARIA PERERA.

THIS IS KIND OF JUST TO GO OVER WHAT THE COMMISSION ALREADY COVERED, AS WELL AS THE, THE CITY MANAGER.

UM, SO THURSDAY, WE GOT SOME RAIN.

FRIDAY, WE GOT SOME RAIN.

UH, WE GOT A LITTLE MORE THAN WE EXPECTED.

UH, INITIALLY WE HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON MONDAY ADVISING THAT WE WERE GONNA GET, UH, WIDESPREAD RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

UH, THEY NEVER SAID IT WAS GONNA BE 18 TO 20 INCHES.

THEY SAID IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT ONE TO TWO, AND THEN AT THE MOST, MAYBE FIVE TO SEVEN.

SO AT THAT TIME, SENT AN EMAIL TO A CITY ADMINISTRATION OF WELLS PUBLIC WORKS.

HEY, LET'S START CLEANING OUT STORM DRAINS.

'CAUSE WE KNOW FOUR INCHES OF RAIN, THREE INCHES OF RAIN, SANTO AT WITHIN AN HOUR.

IT'S, IT'S GONNA CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF FLOODING.

UH, BUT WE NEVER IMAGINED IT WAS GONNA BE 18 TO 20 INCHES.

UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, I GOT THE, THE, THE REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

UH, WHEN THEY PUT OUT THE ALERTS, UH, SOME OF THE MODELS HAD THIS NEAR CORPUS, AND SO THEY, THEY PUT THEM AT A LEVEL THREE, AT A FOUR, UH, RISK FOR, UH, HEAVY RAINFALL.

THEY PUT US AT A ONE, ANOTHER MODEL HAD IT BETWEEN KENNEDY COUNTY AND VICTORIA, THE SAME THING.

AND THAT MODEL PREDICTED ONLY SEVEN TO 10 INCHES AND ONE TO TWO FOR US.

WE ENDED UP, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, 18 TO 20 INCHES.

SO IT CAUGHT EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE THAT WHEN IT CAME IN, IT CAME IN AND IT CAME IN FAST.

IT DIDN'T STOP, UH, ALL NIGHT, UH, THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

SO, UH, WE GOT HIT, EVERYBODY GOT HIT PRETTY BAD.

IF YOU COULD, YOU LOOK, IT'S, IT WASN'T JUST A, A LOCALIZED HERE IN SAN BENITO, IT WAS VALLEY WIDE.

IT, IT, IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I MEAN, FIRE WAS OUT THERE ALL NIGHT.

I KNOW CHIEF WAS OUT THERE WITH HIS STAFF AND, UH, THEY, THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE, UH, 16, UH, UH, 60 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED OUT OF HOMES AND CARS.

UH, AT THAT TIME, DURING, AROUND ABOUT 11, 11 30, UH, PEOPLE STARTED NEEDING SHELTER.

SO, UH, I WORKED WITH, UH, MR. AVILA, UH, ELOY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE A EP BUILDING AS AN EMERGENCY AND HOUSE PEOPLE INSIDE THE A EP BUILDING UNTIL MORNING CAME AND WE COULD MOVE 'EM TO, UH, AN ESTABLISHED SHELTER, WHICH AT FIRST WE THINK IT WAS GONNA BE BROWNSVILLE.

AND IT ENDED UP, UH, BEING IN HARLINGEN.

UH, SO, BUT BY THE TIME THAT WE WERE GONNA TRANSPORT EVERYBODY TO HARLINGEN, EVERYBODY KIND OF WENT HOME.

UH, AFTER THAT.

THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO OVER THERE, SO THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR HOMES.

AND, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION THAT NIGHT AND THE DECISION WAS MADE, HEY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S HOUSE 'EM.

AT THE EEP BUILDING, THERE WAS A LOT OF WATER IN THE, IN THEIR HOMES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A CITY FROM OUR DRONE FOOTAGE.

UH, IT'S THAT, IT RIGHT THERE IS MATT'S CASH AND CARRY ON THE RIGHT.

UM, AND ON THE LEFT ALSO, THAT'S A BROADWAY SUBDIVISION.

THAT'S UNDERWATER, RIGHT? ALL THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S A EP.

UM, I THINK, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE.

SAM HOUSTON.

SO YOU GOT A LOT OF WATER.

THAT'S, UH, SAM HOUSTON IN FRONTAGE, RIGHT THERE.

SO FIRE HAD, UH, SEVEN RESCUE CREWS OUT THERE.

I DUNNO, CHIEF, YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SO, RESCUE OPERATIONS STARTED AT, UM,

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UH, THEY WENT ON TO LIKE ABOUT, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

UH, AROUND THAT TIME, UH, THE STATION ON, UM, SAM HOUSTON.

WE GOT A LOT OF WATER.

THE GUYS HAD, THE CREW HAD GONE BACK TO, UH, UH, RESTOCK, YOU KNOW, GET A LITTLE BIT OF REST, GET SOMETHING TO DRINK, SOMETHING TO EAT.

UM, AFTER THAT, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THE WATER WAS SO HIGH.

HOWEVER, OUR VEHICLES WERE SAFE.

THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER GOT FLOODED.

WE NEVER BROKE DOWN OR ANYTHING ON OUR VEHICLES.

THE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO RESCUES.

UH, THE FIRE ENGINES WEREN'T.

UM, WE DID HAVE A, UH, STRUCTURE FIRE AT ABOUT, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON, ON FRIDAY MORNING.

UH, SO WHILE WE WERE DOING RESCUES, WE DID HAVE A TRUCK OUT THERE FOR ABOUT, UH, FIVE HOURS.

UH, IT, IT WAS HARD TO GET TO, UM, TOOK THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THERE BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE WATER.

UM, WE DID CALL HARLINGEN AND THEY DID HELP US OUT.

AND, UM, FRIDAY WE CONTINUED WITH THE RESCUES MO BY THIS, BY THIS TIME, MOST OF 'EM WERE OUT OF VEHICLES.

THURSDAY NIGHT WAS OUT OF HOMES.

UH, WE TOOK PRIORITY OVER THOSE.

AND THEN, UH, LITTLE BY LITTLE WE STARTED DOING THE, THE VEHICLES.

AND, UH, LUCKILY THE, I MEAN, ONCE THE WATER RECEDED, WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.

UM, FRIDAY WE HAD VERY FEW, UH, I MEAN, SORRY, SUNDAY, WE HAD VERY FEW, UH, SATURDAY WE WERE OUT, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUT SOME FOLKS WITH THEIR ANIMALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, AND THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WELCOME.

SO YOU SAID WE HAD A LOT OF VEHICLES, UH, STRANDED.

UH, THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE FOR US TO, TO, UH, GET SOME OUT WITH A, WITH THE RECORDS.

I THINK WE, WE GOT A TOTAL OF MAYBE 20 VEHICLES OUT THAT PEOPLE THAT CALLED US AND ASKED US, UH, FOR HELP.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T IMMUNE TO IT EITHER.

WE GOT ABOUT, I THINK WE HAVE THREE POLICE CARS IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW.

SO, UH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT FOR US.

SO, SO WHAT YOU, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE RECOVERY PHASE.

LIKE I SAID, UH, FRIDAY WAS BAD.

MOST OF THE CITY WAS UNDERWATER.

MAJORITY OF THE CITY WAS UNDERWATER.

UH, THE SOUTH MCCULLOUGH AREA, UM, SCHAFER AREA, ALL THE WAY TO WAYLAND ROAD, UH, HUNTER'S CROSSING, ALL THE, ALL THOSE AREAS WERE UNDERWATER ALL DAY FRIDAY.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED BLOCKING OFF AS MANY ROADS AS WE CAN.

WE JUST COULDN'T GET EVERYBODY TO STOP GOING DOWN THE ROADS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, HEY, STAY OFF THE ROAD.

WE HAVE ELECTRICITY.

STAY HOME.

YOU KNOW, UNTIL ALL THIS STUFF BLOWS OVER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND AND, UH, SO WE WERE TRYING TO BLOCK OFF THE ROADS.

WE PUT BARRICADES, WE'D COME BACK 10 MINUTES LATER, BARRICADES WERE MOVED AND CARS WERE GOING THROUGH.

SO, UM, WE, WE COULDN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE.

WE TRIED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG THING THAT WE WANNA STRESS TO EVERYBODY.

IF IT'S FLOODED, JUST STAY HOME.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU ELECTRICITY, STAY HOME.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR ANYBODY TO BE OUT AT THAT TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PUSHING THE I STAT.

UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU HAD DAMAGE IN YOUR HOME AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY YOUR HOME, NOT SHED NOT, UH, FENCE, IT'S ANYTHING IN YOUR HOME, UH, LOG ONTO THAT.

UH, I STAT, IT'S A GIS, IT'LL DROP THE PIN RIGHT AT YOUR HOUSE.

YOU PUT IN YOUR INFORMATION AND YOU TAKE PHOTOS OF ALL THE FLOOD DAMAGE, UH, ANY DAMAGE YOU RECEIVED, IF, IF IF WATER, IF YOU HAD A ROOF LEAKING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

TAKE GOOD PHOTOS OF IT, DOCUMENT ALL THAT.

THIS IS GONNA HELP US GET RESOURCES DOWN HERE TO THE AREA.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY DOES IT.

I WAS AT THE TRASH COLLECTION AND A LADY PULLED UP WITH, UH, UH, THREE.

SHE SHOWED UP AT FIRST WITH ONE TRAILER, AND THEN SHE SHOWED UP AGAIN WITH, I MEAN, ALL HER FURNITURE.

AND I STOPPED HER AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, HEY, DID, DID YOU DO THE I STAT? SHE SAID, YES, I REPORTED TO MY INSURANCE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

I FORGOT THAT PART.

REPORT TO YOUR INSURANCE FIRST IF YOU HAVE IT.

AND THEN, AND SHE SAID, YES, I DID.

THE I STAT.

ALSO, LIKE I SAID, VERY IMPORTANT, THAT'S HOW WE GET RESOURCES OUT HERE FOR US AS A MUNICIPALITY.

WE DO THE P STAT, WHICH WE'VE HAD CREWS, UH, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CREWS ALREADY GOING OUT LOOKING AT THE CITY STREETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE CAN DO THE P STAT AND WE CAN REPORT ANY DAMAGE DONE TO OUR CITY FACILITIES, OUR ROADWAYS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THAT.

CHIEF, CAN I GET YOU JUST, JUST FOR A SECOND? YES, SIR.

JUST SO THAT IT'S REAL CLEAR TO EVERYBODY WHAT THE I STAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT QR CODE MEANS.

THAT MEANS GET ON THAT, GET ON THAT THING, GO TO QR, GO TO THE THAT, AND IT TAKES YOU TO A, A WEBSITE WHERE YOU THEN CAN DROP A PEN ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED AND WITH AND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PEN, YOU UPLOAD PHOTOS AND INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY.

IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

OKAY.

THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE REAL CLEAR TO EVERYBODY SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND, AND ENTER THAT INFORMATION.

AND, AND I WOULD, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, PLEASE SEE THE CHIEF ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION THAT BECOME REAL CRITICAL COME IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK FOUR CHIEF, ALSO RENTERS.

MM-HMM .

THEY DO THE SAME THING.

I BELIEVE.

SO, UH, RENTERS ALSO.

YES.

SO, MM-HMM .

NOW ALSO, WHEN MAKE IT CLEAR TOO, 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE ABOUT IMMIGRATION WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS, IT DOESN'T ASK YOU ANY OF THAT.

OKAY.

REPORT IT.

WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ASKING ANY OF THAT.

WE, WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS THE DAMAGE, THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE DOWN HERE FROM THIS EVENT, THAT THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE TO, UH, TO TEE THEM.

SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN GET THE RESOURCES WE NEED DOWN HERE, AND WE DO NEED RESOURCES.

IT WAS, IT WAS A

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WHAT'S OUR THRESHOLD? COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE THRESHOLD? I THINK FOR CAMERON COUNTY WAS 1.9 MILLION, I THINK FOR THE REGION WAS WHAT, 55 52? SOME.

IT'S ISN'T, IT'S IN THE FIFTIES, BUT FOR CAMERON COUNTY IS 1.9, WHICH I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA MEET.

THERE'S A LOT OF, OH YEAH.

RESIDENCES ALL OVER.

SO HERE'S KIND OF THE GUIDANCE.

LIKE YOU SAID, TAKE MULTIPLE PHOTOS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

MAKE SURE YOUR PHOTOS AREN'T BLURRY OR OBSCURED.

DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ADDRESSES AS WELL AS A LOCATION PIN ON THE, ON THE IN SURVEY MAP, SORRY.

UM, THERE'S A VIDEO OUT THERE.

WE PUT IT ON OUR FACEBOOK.

I KNOW THE CITY'S ALSO SHARED IT ON THEIR FACEBOOK.

IT'S, IT'S REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEEM.

SHE TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

IF YOU NEED IT IN SPANISH, IT'S AVAILABLE IN SPANISH ALSO.

AND SHE, THEY, THEY HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE ON HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH FLOOD DAMAGE AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THE RESIDENCES.

SO THIS IS ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

UH, DEBRIS, IT'S A BIG, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA START TAKING OUT THINGS OUTTA THEIR HOMES.

UH, WHAT WE ASK IS TO SEPARATE THE DEBRIS.

EVERYTHING THE WAY IT IS HERE.

UH, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDS, WASTE HAS TO GO IN ONE PILE, ELECTRONIC WASTE, ANOTHER PILE, APPLIANCES AND WHITE GOODS.

EVERYTHING'S GOTTA BE SEPARATED.

AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY WORKING WITH REPUBLIC TO, WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS, REPUBLIC WILL GO BY AND PICK IT UP.

THEY'LL WAY IT, STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE NEED THAT TO BE REIMBURSED IF, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE MEET THE THRESHOLD TO GET THESE FUNDS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PUSH THIS OUT ALSO, WHICH WE'RE GONNA DO TOMORROW FOR, WE'LL, WE'LL STRESS THAT ALSO.

AND, UH, I THINK IT'S ALREADY ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, .

SO THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

LIKE I SAID, UH, THIS EVENT WAS BIGGER THAN, THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS.

UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN FOCUS AT THAT TIME AND FIRE'S MAIN FOCUS WAS, WAS SAVING.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS SAFE, MAKE SURE NOBODY LOST THEIR LIFE.

AND I THINK WE, WE DID THAT.

UH, AND DAMAGES TO HOMES, UH, YOU KNOW, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE, BUT, UM, THAT CAN BE REPLACED.

SO, BUT I, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT WORK CHIEF.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

THANK YOU CHIEF IN SPIRIT ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

OKAY.

UM, PUBLIC, THE COMMENTS.

OH, CHIEFS, I'M SORRY.

CORRECT CHIEFS, BOTH OF Y'ALL.

CITY ATTORNEY JLO VOS, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING AS CITY ATTORNEY.

JLO, MACALLAN, TEXAS.

ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I, I HEARD YOU ALL TALK ABOUT A, WE, THERE'S, THERE'S FAULT IN EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I DISAGREE.

THERE WAS PREDICTED FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.

WE GOT, AND MCKELLAN, WE GOT ABOUT 12 INCHES.

IN THE PAST DECADE, WE'VE SPENT OVER 50 SOMETHING MILLION IN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT Y'ALL WERE GOING THROUGH HERE, A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE WE GOT TO INCHES.

BUT LOOK, WHATEVER HAPPENED HERE THAT IT'S CALLED AN ACT OF GOD.

YOU ALL COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREPARED.

NOBODY WAS PREPARED.

LOOK AT HARLINGEN, LOOK AT, UH, SAN JUAN, ALAMO, DONNA.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU WOULD'VE DONE.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT, AND THE OTHER THING, WE ARE AT 134 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

YOU ALL ARE AT 31.

WHERE DOES THE WATER FLOW? WE HAVE TO HOLD A LOT OF THE WATER IN ALGO COUNTY.

AND A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS GET MAD BECAUSE IT'S FULL, BECAUSE STARTING TO FLOOD OVER SOMETIMES.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE RELEASE IT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ARLINGTON? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO WILLIS? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO SAN BENITO? WELL, IMAGINE IF IT HAD BEEN, IF WE HAD, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO, AND WE, AND WE WILL.

I SEE, UH, THE MAYOR OF ARLINGTON.

I SEE YOUR FACE, THE FRUSTRATION.

I SAW YOUR, YOUR FACE.

AND I, WHEN I TALKED TO YOU, MAYOR, I HEARD THE FRUSTRATION IN YOUR VOICE.

AND I REMEMBER I TOLD YOU, MAYOR, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE.

COMMISSIONERS.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE.

NOBODY.

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

FOUR INCHES PREDICTED.

AND 20 SOMETHING HERE, IT'S CALLED AN ACT OF GOD.

IT'S CALLED A DISASTER, BUT IT'S NOT.

NOW WHAT DO WE DO? IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP, GETTING TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER.

I SEE THE PRIDE IN YOUR PEOPLE WORKING OUT THERE, TRYING TO FEED PEOPLE.

ALL THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO NOW.

SO, I HOPE I HAD SOME OF MY RESIDENTS OVER THERE ATTACK ME BECAUSE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE WAS SOME WATER ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND WE GET HIT, AND I SUPPOSE YOU PROBABLY WILL TOO, BUT I, I ASK YOU TO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

WHATEVER INSULTS.

'CAUSE YOU WILL GET INSULTS, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY TELL YOU, BECAUSE I'M TELLING Y'ALL, THERE'S NOTHING YOU ALL COULD HAVE DONE.

BUT I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING NOW.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.

THANK YOUR

[00:30:02]

ANYBODY ELSE? UH, MR. MIKE TRAVIS.

MR. TRAVIS.

MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE SINCE 1994 AND SINCE 1989 ON EAST STINGER STREET IN THE FABULOUS, SUPER FANTASTIC CITY.

AS SAN BENITO, I, I LOVE LIVING HERE.

IT WORKS FOR ME, YOUNG MAN.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF.

THIS, YES, NOT TO OVERWORK THE PROVERBIAL DEAD HORSE, BUT YES, IT WAS, UH, EVEN THE, THE YOUNG LADY ON CHANNEL 23, KIRK, UH, ADMITTED ON AIR THAT IT TOTALLY CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE.

ALL OF THEM, THE EXPERTS, EVERYBODY.

BUT IT GETS BACK TO, UH, TRY TO BE AS BEST PREPARED AS WE CAN.

AND, UH, NOW THAT IT HAPPENED, WE WORK TOGETHER.

WE BUILD BACK, WE BUILD BACK BETTER, HOPEFULLY.

AND, UH, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBDIVISIONS AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THE DRAINAGE ISSUE IS SOMETHING I HAVE BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY, BUT NOT TO COMPLAIN.

OKAY? I WANNA GIVE, I'M, I'M GONNA MOVE ON.

LIMITED ON TIME.

SHOUT OUTS, NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.

HOUSING AUTHORITY, PUBLIC WORKS, OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

BUT IN GENERAL ALSO, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, YOU CITY COMMISSION, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM, COMMISSION MEMBERS, COMMISSIONERS, MR. CITY MANAGER, MISS CITY SECRETARY, AND ALL THE OTHER ACCOMPANYING, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.

UH, WELL, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR, YOU'RE UNPAID.

SO I THANK YOU DOUBLY TRIPLY FOR YOUR SERVICE, BUT ALSO PAID EMPLOYEES TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

'CAUSE EVERYWHERE I GO, EVERYBODY'S PROFESSIONAL AND THEY'RE VERY COURTEOUS AND, AND, UH, VERY HELPFUL.

UM, I SUPPORT YOU.

I SAID IT BEFORE.

I SUPPORT YOU.

YOU ARE MY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I TAKE OFFENSE TO ANY INSULTS FROM OUTSIDE MEDIA, PAID, UH, CONSULTING OUTFITS.

I TAKE IT PERSONALLY.

UH, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY AS FAR AS THE AGENDA, I KNOW I'M JUMPING, UH, THE DECLARATION TO DISASTER AND THE EMERGENCY, UH, EXPENDITURES ON THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, CONSIDERATION ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

UH, I'M SURE IT'S ALL GONNA PASS, BUT MY VOTE, MY 2 CENTS, WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH IS YES.

AND THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER THE CITY HAS DONE, AND I SUPPORT YOU AGAIN.

AND THE VARCO ISSUE WITH THE, UH, AKA, UH, VILLAGE.

AND AS I RE SAID THE LAST TIME, I'M HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY LEGAL FUND, WHICH FIGHTS AGAINST THATS, AND THEN I HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT OVER, UH, IHOP.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT IHOP.

THEY CAN GO OUT OF BUSINESS FOR ALL I CARE.

AND, UH, THE OLYMPIC TRAINING THING, THAT'S A SCAM.

AND I KNOW FROM BACK IN 2006, I WAS INVOLVED WITH IT IN HARLINGEN BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK ABOUT IT? I'D BE HAPPY.

THANK YOU.

MY TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THE LORD BLESS US AND KEEP US ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, MARY ANN SANTOS.

SANTOS, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, UH, FOR HAVING US OVER HERE.

UH, MY NAME IS MARYANNE SANTOS, AND I AM, UH, WITH LAS BRI'S SUBDIVISION HERE IN HARLINGEN.

AND, UH, I CAME IN FOR THE CONCERN, OF COURSE, OF THE FLOODING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I NEVER HEARD ABOUT YOU ALL DOING ALL THOSE STUFFS.

AND PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING WHICH WE INCLUDE.

I'M INCLUDED, EVERYBODY'S INCLUDED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT OUTSIDE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO NOW WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE, BUT OUR CONCERN IS HOW CAN WE PREVENT IT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS? HOW CAN YOU HELP US, THE PEOPLE AROUND IN SAN BENITO THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE CAUGHT UNAWARE? WHAT'S REALLY, IS THE FORECAST GIVING US WRONG INFORMATION? WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT THAT AND

[00:35:01]

WHERE WE AT? I CAME FROM HARLINGEN.

I JUST MOVED HERE A YEAR AGO.

SO I WAS THERE IN HARDEN SINCE 1996.

AND I MOVED HERE IN SAN BENITO JUST LAST TWO YEARS AGO.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IN HERE.

SO I EXPERIENCED THAT FLOOD, BUT I NOTICE EVERY TIME IT RAINS THERE IS IN THE CORNER AND NEEDS SOMETHING, MAYBE AN OPENING IN HIS HOUSE OVER THERE WITH MR. EMILIO, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ON THE OPENING TO OPEN THE DRAINS OUT TO THE DITCH.

AND I KNOW YOU CLEAN UP THE DITCH OVER THERE IN THE BACK MAYBE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT WIDER OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT YOU ALL KNOW BETTER THAN US.

AND, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

AND THAT'S WHAT I, I CAME IN HERE FOR, TO SPEAK FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE, THE LES BRI SUBDIVISION RESIDENTS.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.

THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

[1. Public Hearing on a request for a Conditional Use Permit to place a Storage Building greater than 200 square feet at a property located at 29935 Zillock Road, zoned SF-1 “Single Family One” bearing a Legal Description of: Lot Five (5), Zillock Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 940-A of the map records Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Isabel Castillo.]

MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE GOT, UM, ONE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S A, UH, REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERIMETER, COP PLACE, A STORAGE BUILDING GREATER THAN 200 SQUARE FEET ON A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 99 35 ZUCK ROAD ZONE SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE, UM, THE APPLICANT, ISABEL CASTILLO.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT.

WE CAN OPEN THAT UP.

MAYOR.

YEAH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 9.

WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY NEGATIVE ON THIS OR ANY COMMENTS AT ALL? ANY NEGATIVES ON, ON THIS? UH, COMMENT PLEASE.

TIME IS 6 0 9.

ANYBODY AGAINST IT? UH, ONCE.

TWICE.

OKAY.

DO IT.

TIME IS, UH, 6 0 9.

AND, UH, CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE ANY TO DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY, WE CAN AT THIS POINT, AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER SAN, YOU WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE AS A CONSENT OR DO WE TAKE ANYTHING ELSE? NOBODY.

OKAY.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ONE AND TWO IF I CAN.

OKAY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR, UH, REQUESTING ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TAKE ONE AND TWO.

SO WE GO BACK TO A MOTION TO APPROVE 3, 4, 5, AND SIX, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY MAYORAL TIM GALVAN.

IT'S, UH, FOR 3, 4, 5, AND SIX.

AND THIS CONSENT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR ONE FOR 3, 4, 5, AND SIX.

OKAY.

[1. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a Conditional Use Permit to place a Storage Building greater than 200 square feet at a property located at 29935 Zillock Road, zoned SF-1 “Single Family One” bearing a Legal Description of: Lot Five (5), Zillock Ranch Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 940-A of the map records Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Isabel Castillo.]

THAT'S A CONSIDERATION.

PUBLIC POSSIBLE ACTION REQUEST A-A-C-U-P FOR A STORAGE BUILDING.

UH, SAME LOCATION AND THE APPLICANT IS ISABEL CASTILLO.

OKAY.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS MONICA RODRIGUEZ.

I'M A PLANNER HERE WITH THE CITY.

I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM FOR YOU.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONDITION USE PERMIT TO PLACE A STORAGE BUILDING, UH, GREATER THAN 200 SQUARE FEET.

IT'S ACTUALLY 240 SQUARE FEET.

UH, THE NON-USE CHART REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THEREFORE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

MY QUESTION IS THAT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED ANNUALLY? NO.

TYPICALLY NO.

IF AN ISSUE COMES UP, THEN WE CAN REVOKE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED.

OKAY.

UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS ALLOWS UP, UP TO A 200 SQUARE FOOT, UH, UH, STORAGE UNIT.

RIGHT.

WITHOUT A PERMIT.

BUT THE CITY OF SAN MANTO REQUIRES A PERMIT.

IT REQUIRE, YEAH.

CORRECT.

AND THEN THE WINDSTORM CERTIFICATION DOESN'T COME FROM THE CITY OF SAN MANTO LIKE MOST PEOPLE THINK IT COMES BECAUSE WE'RE A COASTAL COMMUNITY.

IT COMES FROM CAMERON COUNTY REQUIREMENTS.

CORRECT.

UM, OKAY.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA PUT STORAGES STORAGE UNITS.

MM-HMM .

[00:40:01]

I WAS THINKING JUST A SIMPLE VARIANCE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

IT'S NOT GONNA COME UP EVERY YEAR.

NO.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND.

SECOND MAYOR.

SECOND BY MAYOR GALVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM

[2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Preliminary Plat of Vila Dolce Subdivision, being a 12.088-acre tract of land being out of Block 37, San Benito Land and Water company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume I, Page 6, map records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Stonespring Investments, LLC.]

UM, THE APPLICANT IS STONE SPRING INVESTMENTS.

LLC CE SUBDIVISION IS A PROPOSED 12 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE ONE MILE ETJ OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.

THIS SUBDIVISION WILL CONNECT TO EXISTING CITY OF SANTO WATER AND THE LOTS WILL HAVE SEPTIC TANKS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL TWO FIRE HYDRANTS.

THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUTES.

I SEE THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PERMIT.

CORRECT? UM, WHY? I, I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO STREAMLINE AND NOT JUST COME WITH PRELIMINARY, BUT FINAL PLATS.

WE DO PRELIMINARY AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION THAT WAY.

IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE FINAL.

OKAY.

SO IT CAN GET RECORDED AFTER.

OKAY.

ARE WE STILL REVIEWING PLATS THROUGH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT? THEY THEY ARE REVIEWING THEM, YES.

CORRECT.

YES.

THEY SIGN OFF ON THEM.

AND THEN THIS IS IN OUR ETJ.

DID THEY HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT BEING ANNEXED? NO, THEY DID NOT.

ARE THEY GONNA COMPLY WITH CURB AND GUTTER REQUIREMENTS OR IS IT GONNA BE OPEN? WE DON'T KNOW YET.