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OKAY.[CALL TO ORDER]
A REGULAR MEETING OF CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION MAY, 2020, UH, 2020, THE 20TH.ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US, FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDED FOR THE VOCATION BY COMMISSIONER UH, GOODMAN.
I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY OF JUSTICE, HONOR, IT TAKES A FLAG.
I PLEDGES TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE COMMISSIONER, OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE AS A COMMUNITY THIS EVENING AS LEADERS THAT ARE STRIVING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN.
WE PRAY THAT LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND KINDNESS AND GOODNESS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, AND THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT WE MIGHT SEE THE BEST IN EVERYONE AND SEEK TO HELP EACH OTHER.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM THIS NIGHT AS WE EVALUATE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE WISE IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, THAT THEY MIGHT BE, UM, BOTH DEAL WITH ISSUES CURRENTLY AND LONG TERM THAT WE MIGHT ESTABLISH, AGAIN, A COMMUNITY THAT IS WORTHY OF THY NAME AND OF THY PRESENCE AND, AND GOODNESS.
AND, AND, AND WE PRAY FOR THY HELP AND, AND SEEING THESE THINGS THROUGH IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
[ANNOUNCEMENT(S)]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.NOBODY, MAYOR CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY DUE TO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
WELL, WE GET PAID THE SAME AS ALWAYS.
WHAT ELSE? SO, NO, NO OTHER COMMENTS.
I GUESS IT'S GONNA BE A VERY GOOD DAY MEETING.
[PRESENTATION(S)]
PRESENTATIONS, STEPHANIE.STEPHANIE SARANDOS, DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD THIS AFTERNOON.
I'M BRINGING TO YOU THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FINANCIALS FROM JANUARY TO MARCH OF 2025.
ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, YOU WILL FIND A BALANCE SHEET FOR THE MONTH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UH, FEBRUARY, MARCH.
SO, TOTAL ASSETS COLLECTED AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2025.
WE HAVE 20,279,214 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF THE MONTH OF MARCH.
UH, BUT OF 2024, WE HAVE 20,419,842 WITH THE TOTAL LIABILITIES, UH, FOR THE SAME MONTH OF 2,737,000 WITH 15 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 2,000,702.
UH, WITH 217 TOTAL FUND BALANCE, 18,542,000, UM, 299 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME MONTH OF 17 MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE.
ON PAGE NUMBER FOUR, WE'LL FIND OR REVENUE AND EXPENSE REPORT.
UH, TOTAL REVENUES FOR THIS QUARTER, WE HAVE 4 MILLION SIXTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT COMPARED TO LAST QUARTER OF 3,443,650.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, WE HAVE COLLECTED 11,554,930 OF REVENUES FOLLOW, FOLLOWED BY THAT.
WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURE REPORT.
ON THIS REPORT, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE LAST, UM, YEAR, QUARTER WITHIN THE SAME TIMEFRAME AND THIS YEAR.
SO ON LAST YEAR, WE WERE, UH, REVENUE UNDER EXPENSES OF 869,536.
THIS YEAR WE'RE REVENUE UNDER EXPENSES OF A MILLION 111,416.
OVERALL, FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, WE'RE STILL REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 2,657,900.
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SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FURTHER QUARTER, UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE, IN THE GREEN NUMBERS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, YEAR TO THE ACTUAL.AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN PER DEPARTMENT OF HOW MUCH LAST QUARTER THEY EXPANDED, HOW MUCH THIS QUARTER THEY EXPAND.
FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE HAVE THE SALES TAX COMPAR, UH, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
AND THIS ONE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT, HOW MUCH WE COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF US OF, UH, MARCH OF 2025.
THIS ONE, I GLADLY CAN ANNOUNCE THAT WE DID INCREASE OUR PERCENTAGE ON SALES TAX.
I KNOW WE WERE DOING A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE FALLING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THE LAST TWO MONTHS, BUT ON THIS ONE WE ARE, UH, FIVE POINT 14% HIGHER.
SO WE COLLECTED 711,248 WITH 33 CENTS, WHICH THAT 15, I'M SORRY, 25% GOES TO THE EDC.
AND THEN 75 STAYS WITH THE CITY.
SO YOU COULD SEE IT THERE ON THE BOTTOM PART, THE COMPARISON OF LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR, YEAR, UM, IT MIGHT NOT BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, BUT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS, WE WEREN'T COLLECTING AS MUCH.
I'M THINKING IT JUST HAD TO DO WITH THE WAY THEY WERE, UM, PRESENTING.
THEY WERE NOT, UM, I GUESS ACKNOWLEDGING.
AND THEY JUST PAID EVERYTHING AT ONCE ALTOGETHER IN MARCH AT GOES, UH, WITHIN THE SAME HAND OF LIKE, THE REVENUE GETS REPORTED TWO MONTHS BEHIND.
SO WE GOT EVERYTHING AT A CHUNK.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT.
WE WERE SEEING AT THAT ON OUR LAST MEETING TOO.
THIS, YOU COULD SEE THE HISTORICAL SUMMARY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ON THE, ON THE RED.
SO YOU DO SEE A PEAK UP TO WHERE WE'RE AT.
I KNOW WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE WAY WE DID, UM, LAST YEAR WITHIN THE SAME TIME, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S GOING UP AGAIN.
ANY QUESTIONS, STEPHANIE? WE'RE HALF FIVE.
I I WENT THROUGH A BUNCH OF THE OTHER PAGES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I DON'T SEE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY BUDGET CHANGES.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET? UM, SO, UM, WE DID HAVE SOME, SO BEING HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, NO, I DO NOT SEE ANY INCREASES.
UH, HOWEVER, WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS.
EVERYTHING STAYED WITHIN THEIR BUDGET.
BUT LET, LET'S SAY THERE WERE OFFICE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEEDED TO BUY ON UNFORESEEN THINGS.
A CHAIR GOT BROKEN AND THEN THEY NEEDED RESOURCES THAT DIDN'T BUDGET FOR, THEY TRANSFERRED FROM ANOTHER ACCOUNT ITEM, BUT NOT INCREASING THEIR OVERALL, UH, BUDGET.
UH, WE DID IT BACK IN AT THE BEGINNING OF, UM, MARCH.
SO THAT WAS DONE ALREADY AND NOBODY WAS ALLOWED TO INCREASE THEIR BUDGET.
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION ON, I NOTICED ONE DEPARTMENT, TWO DEPART, ONE DEPARTMENT OVER, OVER BUDGET THAT TYPICALLY HAS TO, DOES THAT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OVER BUDGET? AS OF THE MONTH THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, BUT NOT OVER BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY DEPARTMENT IS OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THERE IS ONE THAT IT'S OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT'S THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE LACKING FUNDS.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING, I GUESS.
SO TYPICALLY IF A DEPARTMENT'S GONNA GO OVER ONE, 100% USE OF FUNDS, DOES IT HAVE TO COME BACK? IT'LL HAVE HAVE TO COME BACK TO COMMISSION FOR TO COME APPROVAL.
IT'LL COME BACK AND THEN YOU CAN APPROVE THE INCREASE.
UM, BUT I CAN GET MY SPREADSHEET SO I COULD SEE IT.
'CAUSE AS OF WHEN I WAS AWARE, IT W THEY WEREN'T, UM, OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THEY MIGHT BE OVER THE PERCENTAGE THAT THEY HAD TO BE IN.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE HALF A YEAR, SO THEY SHOULD BE AT 50%.
SO THEY, OVER THE 50% THAT COULD BE, BUT OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE EXPENSE A WHOLE YEAR WORTH.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
MAYBE THE, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER MIGHT BE OFF AND JUST TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAR OUT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.
OH, IT'S PAGE NUMBER 17 ON THE, ON THE, MORE ON THE, THE BIGGER PACKET.
I, AND THEN THE OTHER NUMBER THAT'S DOING PRETTY WELL IS I DO SEE $3,000.
UM, IF YOU SEE IT'S AN UNENCUMBERED BALANCE, THAT MEANS THAT THAT PURCHASE WASN'T APPROVED YET.
SO IT SITS THERE BECAUSE IT'S AN OUTSTANDING PO I WOULD NEED TO GET WHERE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND SEE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE OR WHAT THEY DID NOT WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED.
SO, UM, IT IS A TWO POINT 11%, BUT THE PURCHASE HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
'CAUSE IT SITS ON UNDERCOVER BALANCE.
SO WE HAVEN'T DISPERSED THOSE MONEY.
SO WHENEVER I RUN MY REPORT, IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT THERE WERE BALANCE, BECAUSE THAT HASN'T HIT.
SO I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT WITH MS. ALIDA.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE, SHE'S NOT HERE.
AND THEN MAKE SURE, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE
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IS THAT THAT DEPARTMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE, UM, LIKE THE WELCOME CENTER, VISITOR CENTER VISIT, VISITOR CENTER, UM, PARTIAL OF THEIR EXPENSES.IT'S, AND THEN THE OTHER PARTIAL, UM, UH, MOTO PAYS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT IS REVENUE.
WE GOT MORE INTEREST THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NONE.
YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION? I, I HAVE ONE MORE MS STAFF.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRIDGE A LITTLE BIT.
AND DOES THAT MONEY, IS IT COMING IN QUARTERLY OR IS IT COMING IN ANNUALLY? QUARTERLY.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO SEND REMINDERS WHEN WE DON'T SEE IT, THAT IT'S COMING IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO LAST YEAR I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GAVE US LIKE QUARTER, FIRST QUARTER, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE OTHER THREE.
SO YEAH, WE DO HAVE TO, SO THAT'S A LOSS OF INTEREST, RIGHT? TIME.
I MEAN, IT, IT IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT OF AMOUNT OF AN AMOUNT.
IF, IF I HAD TO BE REALLY, UM, MY DAD CALLS ME FOR HIS CHECK THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH.
HE DOESN'T LET ME FORGET WE, WE CALL THEM, BUT I GUESS IT'S THE BRIDGE.
AND THEY, THEY TAKE THEIR, THEIR SWEET TIME.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS WE GOTTA LOOK INTO TO MAKE SURE.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T PAY IT.
AND WE DO SEND THEM REMINDERS EVERY QUARTER WHEN THEY'RE DUE.
IT'S DOING DO YOU, DOES IT HAVE THE YEAR TO DATE HOW IT'S DOING HERE? MM.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD REVENUE STREAM.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE OWN 25% OF THE LOSO BRIDGE.
IT'S ON THE ONE THAT'S POSTED ON THE, ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
BECAUSE HERE IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S AS OTHER REVENUES.
SO IT WOULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY THE ACCOUNT NUMBER.
I CAN GIVE YOU THAT, OR YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
WE PUT THE BIGGER BOOKLET THAT YEAH.
DISCLOSE EACH ACCOUNT, LIKE ITEM BY ITEM.
WE, MAYOR AND I HAVE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT.
UM, SO AGAIN, STEPHANIE SANANDO, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
NOW I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING TO YOU THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DID, THE EXPENSES ON, THIS IS WHAT WE FOCUS ON.
AND, UH, THE MAJOR THINGS THAT EACH DEPARTMENT, UH, DID.
I'M GONNA GO REALLY FAST 'CAUSE IT'S A LONG PRESENTATION AND I HAVE TO TOUCH BASE ON EACH DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M JUST GONNA SHOW IT TO YOU.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR YOU ALL TO, TO LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ADDRESS 'EM.
UM, SO CITY ADMINISTRATION, UM, GROUNDBREAKING.
UM, SOME ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE GRANTS WITH CBG.
SOME APPLIED GRANTS WE HAVE DONE.
I'LL JUST MENTION SOME KEY ONES.
APPLIED FOR A BORDER STONE GRANT FOR A, UM, OPERATION LONE STAR GRANT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE BEGINNING TO DO ANOTHER ONE HERE.
MS. MS. ANA IS STARTING TO REDO THE VALLEY BAPTIST GRANT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS QUARTER HAS BEEN WORKED ON.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME OTHER ONES, BUT THOSE WERE LAST QUARTER.
SO WE'RE JUST DOING, UM, FOR THIS QUARTER.
AND THEN THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE, THE QUARTER, UM, OR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU COULD SEE THERE, UM, HOW MANY NEW HIRES, TERMINATIONS, HOW MANY EVENTS, AND HOW MANY EVENTS FOR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
UM, FOLLOWED BY THAT, THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, HOW THEIR, UH, TRAFFIC IS, HOW MANY LIBRARY VISITS, PROGRAMS, UH, NEW CARDS ISSUED, HOW MANY, UH, PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS WE HAD HAD AT THE MUSEUM.
UM, ON THE ENGINEERING PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
HOW MANY SUBDIVISIONS WE'VE REVIEWED, HOW MANY, UM, UM, I'M SORRY.
WE'VE HAD HOW MANY, UM, INSPECTIONS WE CONDUCTED, ALL OF THAT.
AVAILABLE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERMIT.
UH, HOW MANY NOTICES WE'VE SET WE SENT, AND, UM, HOW MANY THANK YOUS WE'VE SENT, HOW MANY LEGAL BUILDINGS WE HAD HAD.
IT'S THE SAME THING OVER HERE.
WE'RE ADDING HOW MANY FEES WERE COLLECTED FROM OUR COURT ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND HOW ARE, HAVE THEY BEEN DOING IT THROUGHOUT THE FIRST THREE QUAR? UH, THE LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, THIS QUARTER.
AND THEN THE, THE QUARTER WE'RE IN LAST QUARTER AND THE QUARTER WE'RE IN BUILDINGS.
UM, UH, NEW, NEW THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THEY BUILD THE FREDDY FENDER MEMORIAL PERGOLA, UH, THAT IN FEBRUARY THEY PAINTED A HAVEN PARK BLUE.
UM, YOU'RE KILLING MY CITY MANAGER REPORTS, MAN.
SO, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION PONY BASEBALL CAME ON BOARD.
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SALUTE QUINTA PROGRAMS. I KNOW SOMEBODY RECENTLY CAME AND DID AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS? THEY GIVE US A BRIEF, UM, SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
OKAY, I'LL, I'LL, UM, STORM WATER.
UH, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL, HOW MANY COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS HAVE THEY DONE? UH, INLET INSPECTIONS, MEETINGS AND TRAININGS THEY'VE ATTENDED TO IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS ONE, UH, WE, WE SPLIT IT IN.
HOW TYPE OF CITATIONS AR ARRANGEMENTS, UH, MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY WARRANTS.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY WAS COLLECTED? UM, THIS QUARTER, I, I, I BELIEVE WE DID SO GOOD COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO.
SO THAT'S GREAT FOR THIS QUARTER.
HOW MANY YOU, YOU, YOU SEE IT THERE? I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO NAME THOSE.
UM, AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HOW MANY, UM, THE RESPONSE TIME, THE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS QUARTER.
COMPARISON BETWEEN, AGAIN, LAST YEAR'S FOURTH QUARTER, UH, FIRST QUARTER AND THE SECOND QUARTER.
THAT WAY WE HAVE MORE OF A GRAPH OF STATISTICAL, WHAT MR. GOODMAN WAS, UM, ASKING US FOR HOW MANY MONEY WE COLLECTED FROM A FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, UM, FROM LAST TO THIS VERSUS YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT IT'S NONE.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE MARSHAL BACK THEN.
SO NOW THAT WE DO, THAT'S RAISING A LITTLE BIT, A LOT.
UM, WATER DEPARTMENT, HOW SEW BACKUPS WE ASSISTED HOW MANY, UH, REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION THE GUYS DID FOR THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE QUARTER.
AND, UM, OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS.
HOW MANY NEW ACCOUNTS COMPARED TO LAST? THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
UM, WHAT IS IT THAT IT'S INCREASING? WHAT IS IT THAT IS DECREASING? UM, HOW MANY, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE MULTI-UNITS, BUT A COMMERCIAL, IT'S GOING A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
THESE ARE THE, THE WATER ACCOUNTS.
AND I, I APPRECIATE EVERY MANAGER THAT PROVIDED ME THEIR SUPPORT TO GET THIS PRESENTATION GOING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
STEPHANIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
THERE'S A, AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE OUT THERE IN, IN BUSINESS AND IN LIFE, REALLY, THAT WHEN THINGS GET MEASURED, THEY IMPROVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR MEASURING THESE.
'CAUSE WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS AND I'M JUST DELIGHTED TO SEE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, A FEW, A FEW YEARS BACK, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE A TRAFFIC DIVISION.
AND THIS, THIS MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.
AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE OUT TICKETS LEFT AND RIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITATIONS AND THE WARNINGS, THE WARNINGS ARE ALMOST DOUBLE THE CITATION.
SO IT'S MAINLY JUST AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY POLICING.
POLICE CHIEF BEREA AND CAPTAIN CORTES AND TEAM FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND NOT REALLY JUST THROWING THEM THE BOOK.
SO WHAT IS COMPLIANCE? COMPLIANCE? I'LL KEEP THE SPEED DOWN.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
YOU, HUH? YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SPEEDING.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, WE GOT THE NEXT PRESENTATIONS, UH, FROM COSTCO AND ASSOCIATES.
SO I HAVE MR. ALBEA, HE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COSTCO'S AND ASSOCIATES.
HE'LL BE CONDUCTING THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL, I'LL BE MORE THAN WELCOME ALSO, TOO, TO ASSIST YOU WITH IT.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MY NAME IS ALFRED VERA.
I AM THE MANAGING CPA WITH COSTCO'S AND ASSOCIATES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US AGAIN AS YOUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
UH, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, STEPHANIE IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR HELP, UH, IT WOULD MAKE THE, OUR JOB A LOT, A LOT MORE DIFFICULT, AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIRED DEADLINE FOR YOUR GFOA SUBMISSION TO GET THE REPORT ON ON TIME.
SO, SO THANK YOU TO, TO THEM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR HAVING US.
UM, IN, IN THE PACKET THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED, THERE IS A, A SUMMARY.
I, I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT CONTAINS SOME, UH, SOME, SOME INFORMATION, SOME BRIEF ITEMS THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
AND OF COURSE THE MANAGEMENT COMMENTS AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE AS WELL.
WHAT I WILL DO, I WILL GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH, THROUGH THE
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REPORT BRIEFLY.I KNOW YOU ALL HAD ENOUGH WITH NUMBERS.
AND, UM, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU, UH, A FEW POINTS ON, ON THE REPORT.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE, I'LL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL.
ON PAGE 16 OF THE REPORT, PAGE 16 CONTAINS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, WHAT WE DO, WE COME INTO AN ENTITY, WE REVIEW THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND WE TEST SAMPLES FROM THE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE BEING DONE.
WHAT WE THEN DO IS WE REVIEW IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND OF COURSE WE REVIEW THE FINANCIALS AND THEN WE FORM AN OPINION.
THE OPINION IS THAT WE PROVIDE REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY STATED AND FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS.
AND THE BEST POSSIBLE OPINION THAT YOU CAN GET IS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON EARNING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AGAIN NOW.
THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE HERE BY THE FINANCE GROUP, BY THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND OF YOU ALL AS A, AS A COMMISSION, UH, HAVING OVERSIGHT AS WELL.
SO THAT IS GOOD JOB AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
NOW, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THERE TO BE ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS OR SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WE WOULD NOT FIND? YES, BECAUSE WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT TEST A HUNDRED PERCENT AND IT'S A LIMITED SCOPE.
BUT FROM THE SAMPLES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED OR THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE REQUESTED, WE CAN FORM THAT, THAT OPINION AND PROVIDE THAT REASONABLE ASSURANCE.
OF COURSE, THERE'S IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF FRAUD.
THAT IS A LOT HARDER TO DETECT BECAUSE THERE CAN ALWAYS BE COLLUSION AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER TO, TO RESPOND, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INSTANCES OF, OF THAT.
PAGE 19 CONTAINS THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MDNA CONTAINS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, UH, COMPARED INFORMATION TO THE PRIOR YEAR AND INFORMATION RELATED TO, TO DEBT.
AND THEN ON PAGE 35, PAGE 35 CONTAINS THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
FOR THIS EVENING, I WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, IN THEIR GENERAL FUND HAD $18,883,000 IN TOTAL ASSETS.
AND 16,366,000 IN TOTAL FUND BALANCES.
OF THOSE TOTAL FUND BALANCES, UH, IN THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND, 11,860,000 IS UNASSIGNED.
THIS IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE RENE DAY FUND.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN USE FOR ONE SHOT ITEMS. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE IT FOR ANYTHING THAT WILL KEEP ONGOING, SUCH AS SALARIES OR INCREASES, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY YOU WILL DEPLETE, DEPLETE IT.
BUT I WILL COME BACK TO THIS NUMBER IN A BIT WHEN I GO OVER THE DAYS OF OPERATION.
TWO PAGES OVER ON PAGE 37, YOU HAVE THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES.
FUND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
AGAIN, I'M GOING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
CITY OF SAN BENITO HAD TOTAL REVENUES OF 16,614,000 TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 16,285,000 FOR A NET CHANGE AND, AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES OF 19,000 FOR A NET INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF $348,000.
NOW, IF WE TAKE YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND WE DIVIDE THAT BY 365, YOU GET $44,618.
THAT IS WHAT, ON AVERAGE IT IS COSTING THE CITY TO OPEN ITS DOORS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
NOW, IF WE TAKE YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 11,860,000, AND WE DIVIDE BY THIS 44,618, YOU GET 266 DAYS.
MEANING IF THE CITY WOULD HAVE NO MORE MONEY COMING IN FOR ANY REASON, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE FOR ABOUT 266 DAYS.
WE NORMALLY RECOMMEND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 90 DAYS.
SO HAVING MORE THAN THAT IS, IS GOOD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON MAINTAINING THAT HEALTHY DAYS OF OPERATION.
UH, COSTCO AND ASSOCIATES FIRM AUDITS MANY MUNICIPALITIES AND ENTITIES.
WHAT IS THE TYPICAL, WHAT IS THE, WHERE ARE WE AT IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AT 266
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DAYS OF OPERATION? IT'S, IT'S COMPARABLE.YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE BARELY AT THAT 60, 60 DAY MARK.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT, UH, MOST OF 'EM ARE, ARE AT A GOOD HEALTHY RATE.
SO YOU ALL ARE ARE YOU'RE UP THERE.
SO WE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY IN THE PIGGY BANK.
UH, THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD, I WAS READY TO EXPENSE IT, NO.
AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY DON'T USE IT FOR RAISES.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PLACES THEY SAY THEY, THEY KNOW I DON'T SPEND IT.
A A LOT OF PLACES WILL SAY, OH YEAH, LET'S GIVE RAISES, BUT NO, NO.
YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT JUST IN CASE.
'CAUSE THE THING ABOUT RAINY DAYS, IT WILL RAIN
DOCTOR, I'M GONNA PUT YOU IN THE, IN THE CORNER DOC, COME ON.
ON PAGE 44, YOU HAVE THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING, UH, ACCOUNTING POLICIES, UH, CAPITAL ASSETS, LONG-TERM DEBT, AND OF COURSE THE, THE PENSION, BOTH THE PENSION FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE, FOR THE FIREMENS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS I WILL TOUCH ON ARE GONNA BE TOWARDS THE VERY BACK ON PAGE BEGINNING ON PAGE 1 28, PAGE 1 28, CONTENDS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND THIS IS IN RELATION TO GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
THIS IS, IT'S NOT AN OPINION, BUT THIS IS A REPORT BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE TESTED FOR THE INTERNAL CONTROLS.
THERE ARE NO FINDINGS OR ANYTHING, UH, ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AS WELL.
AND TWO PAGES OVER ON PAGE ONE 30 IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM AND INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE, TO THE SINGLE AUDIT FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AGAIN, CITY OF SAN BENITO HAS EARNED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AS WELL.
AYE, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I DID NOTICE THAT WE HAD ONE ERROR THAT WAS ADJUSTED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, UH, AUDIT ON THE, ON THE FEDERAL RIGHT? ON THE, ON THE GENERAL FUND.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS FOR THE, I GO AHEAD.
SO $600,000 ERROR THOUGH, WASN'T IT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NO, I BELIEVE, WELL, THERE, THERE WERE, THERE WAS ONE ERROR THAT GOT CORRECTED FOR THE FEDERAL GRANTS, WHICH IS WHAT HE JUST WENT OVER.
UM, THE PREVIOUS, UM, CITY, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, UM, DID NOT SUBMIT ON TIME.
AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT FOR ME TO GET THE CREDENTIALS TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT.
SO I SUBMIT A MONTH AFTER UNTIL I GOT APPROVED TO BE IN CHARGE OF, AND THIS WAS FOR THE ARPA GRANT.
AND ONCE I DID THAT, THAT, THAT ERROR GOT CORRECTED THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE 600 THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S THE EDA GRANT THAT WE HAD BACK THEN THAT IT, WE WERE STILL HOPING AND EXPECTING TO GET THE FUND BACK FUNDS BACK FROM A GRANT THAT WE HAD APPLIED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, WE FINALLY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GETTING IT BACK.
'CAUSE IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING NEGATIVE BALANCE ON OUR BOOKS SAYING WE WERE GONNA COLLECT THE MONEY THAT WE NEVER DID.
BUT THAT WAS LIKE, I DUNNO, 2009 MAYBE.
AND THIS YEAR WE FINALLY CORRECTED A LITTLE BIT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE THERE PENDING AND WERE GIVING US A NEGATIVE BALANCE.
THAT'S WHAT THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THE EDA GRANT? YEAH.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE NEED A MOTION? NO, JUST TO ACCEPT PRESENT.
THE PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE.
SO, SO WE DO NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDIT.
GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
COMMISSIONERS, APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, BEARING WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MR. AUDITOR.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, MAYOR.
COMMISSIONERS, UM, THIS IS A NEW ADDITION TO THE AGENDA.
I'LL BE GIVING Y'ALL, UH, BIWEEKLY REPORTS HERE.
UM, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AND WE LIKE TO SHARE 'EM WITH THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL ARE PRIVY TO THIS AND WE TALK AND Y'ALL KNOW, BUT IT'S NICE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND HAD A GOOD VISIT WITH COMMISSIONER MORALES YESTERDAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SEEMED, UH, PRETTY INTERESTED IN US PROCEEDING WITH THIS.
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UM, WITH THAT, UH, I'LL, I'LL START OFF.UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, MAYOR, STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 12TH AT FIVE 30.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATING THROUGH VIDEOS AND A Q AND A SESSION WILL BE INCLUDED.
IT'LL BE AT THE CULTURAL ARTS MUSEUM AT FIVE 30.
AND WILL WE, WE WILL BE SERVING DINNER.
WE'RE GONNA BE SERVING SOME FOOD.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE, UH, LIGHT FOOD DISTRIBUTED.
UH, BUT, BUT THE POINT IS, WE WANNA MAKE, THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE, UH, HERE WITH US, UH, AS A GROUP.
AND, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
HE CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND TELL Y'ALL WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A NICE EVENT.
WE WILL HAVE, UH, YOU'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, CONTINUING THAT PROCESS.
DEANNA AND THE STAFF ARE WORKING ON THAT.
AND, UH, ALIDA IS HELPING A LOT.
SO AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD EVENT AND IT'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AT THE CITY, WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND, UH, WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, DID GET A CALL FROM TDOT, UM, REX COSTLEY FROM TXDOT AT THE AREA OFFICE.
I TOOK THE STAFF OUT THERE ON WILLIAMS ROAD, WHICH IS FM 1846.
THERE WAS SOME FLOODING OUT THERE THAT, UH, DIDN'T QUITE SUBSIDE.
SO COME TO FIND OUT INTERSECTIONS OF 1846 AND RUSSELL LANE AND ODIN ROAD.
UH, BOTH HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME DRAINAGE STRUCTURES THAT ARE, UM, WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE PUT IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY, UH, THE, THE STRUCTURES ON ODIN ROAD, UH, LOOK LIKE.
AND I GUESS FROM WHAT TXDOT HAS FOUND THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH THOUGH, THOSE STRUCTURES ARE OURS.
THEY BELONG TO THE CITY, NOT THE, NOT THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, SOME OF IT IS PIPED, SOME OF IT IS OPEN CHANNEL.
THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT TIE INTO, UM, THE DRAIN DITCHES.
AND, UH, A LOT OF THAT, A LOT OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS EITHER CLOGGED UP WITH, UH, SILT FROM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DRAINS IN THE FIELDS.
UH, AND SOME OF THEM ARE DISCONNECTED.
SO THEY'RE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO PUT CAMERAS IN THOSE SYSTEMS, FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE DISCONNECTS ARE, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND, AND, UH, REALISTICALLY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO IN THERE, THEY'RE GONNA CLEAN SOME OF IT.
WE'RE GONNA CLEAN, SOME OF, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD JOINT VENTURE PROJECT.
SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY, UH, KEEP SOME OF THOSE AREAS FROM FLOODING IN, IN, UH, WITH FUTURE RAIN EVENTS.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE TDO FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
THEY DID GO OUT THERE AND, UH, THEY WERE ADDRESSING SOME OF THEIR AREAS THAT WERE FLOODING.
AND, UH, A LOT OF THAT OVERLAPS WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE CITY AS WELL.
SO, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, STINGER ROAD UPDATE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHILE I HAD WRECKS OUT THERE, WE DID GET A, I DID GET AN UPDATE.
SO IT'S LOOKING LIKE A LETTING FOR AUGUST, 2025 OF THIS YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE FOR PHASE ONE, OBVIOUSLY WITH A PROJECT START DATE ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER OF 2025, WHICH IS LATER ON THIS YEAR.
SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING THIS.
THEY'VE GOT A, THEY'RE UP AGAINST A DEADLINE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY TOO.
SO AGAIN, THAT LETTING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST, AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN NOVEMBER.
SO, UH, IF ANYTHING CHANGES, I'LL MAKE SURE AND LET YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THAT'S KIND OF TIED INTO OUR, UH, OUR STREETS UPDATE.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
WE'RE PAVING A LOT OF STREETS AROUND THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE USING CITY CREWS, SO WE'RE SAVING, UH, QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, UH, FROM, FROM THE, UH, WELL, INSTEAD OF CONTRACTING IT OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR KPIS, LOOKING AT THIS BACK FROM 23 THROUGH THE END OF 24, AND THEN 24 AND 25.
UM, JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL WENT TO THE TML.
WELL, Y'ALL WENT TO THE TML CONFERENCE LAST, UH, LAST WEEK.
AND YOU KNOW, THE USUAL STANDARD IS MILES OF ROAD PAVED.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, WELL, ONE AND A HALF FISCAL YEARS, UH, WE'RE RIGHT AT 6.6 MILES OF, OF ROAD PAVED, OR 131.5 BLOCKS.
NOW YOU HAVE TO ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, CITY STAFF HAS ALSO PAVED ALL THE PARKING LOTS AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND STAYING, AND, UH, AND, AND, AND THE PARK, UH, AT STOOKEY, WE DID THE FITNESS COURT PAD, WHICH WE POURED OURSELVES.
WE ALL WENT TO THAT GROUNDBREAKING.
WE ALSO POURED THE PAD FOR THE FALL AGAINST SHADE STRUCTURE.
THAT WAS DONE BY STAFF AS WELL.
AND THESE ARE ALL THE SAME GUYS.
OKAY? SO I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
UH, THEY ALSO PAVED THE PD PARKING LOT.
AND, UH, MOST RECENTLY WAS, UH, KENNEDY PARKING
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SPACES.IF YOU LOOK ON, UH, FREDDIE FENDER DRIVE, WE, UM, WE PUT IN HEAD END PARKING.
IT WAS A REAL NARROW STREET, UH, VERY, VERY, UH, OVERUSED.
UH, I THINK YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTS THERE, PLUS PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE PARK.
SO THE HEAD END PARKING THERE MADE A LOT OF SENSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, WHEN YOU PUT, WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND YOU GOT GOOD STAFF AND, AND, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK, UH, THINGS, YOU KNOW, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
THEY'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRIPED.
SO THAT'S GONNA ADD A, A LOT OF EXTRA PARKING FOR THAT AREA.
SO, UH, WE'VE ALSO PAVED LA SUBDIVISION.
UH, A LOT OF THOSE STREETS WERE IN VERY, VERY, I MEAN, THEY WERE IN REALLY, REALLY BAD SHAPE.
THEY WERE IN A LOT OF YEARS OF, OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
SO WE, WE FINISHED MOST OF THE, UH, THE, THE LONGER THOROUGH AFFAIRS IN MOSA FROM MOSA.
WE'RE GONNA JUMP TO FREDDIE FENDER LANE TO KIND OF COMPLIMENT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
UH, AND THERE, AND I'M GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS FREDDIE FENDER LANE NEEDS TO BE REPAID BECAUSE JUNE 4TH IS FREDDIE FENDER'S BIRTHDAY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT STREET PAVED.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS HOUSE THERE AND, AND, AND THAT NATIONAL MAR I MEAN, UH, STATE MARKER THERE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THAT TRAVERSABLE AND LOOKING GOOD.
UH, FROM THERE WE'RE, UH, OF COURSE THE, THERE'S A LITTLE STRIP AT THE PD THAT WANTS, THE CHIEF CALLED ME THIS MORNING.
SO HE WAS, UH, HE, IT'S, IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO JUMP TO THAT, TO FINISH THAT LITTLE PIECE OF THE PARKING LOT THAT'S LEFT.
AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO OSA AND START PAVING ALL THE SIDE STREETS.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THE MAIN, THE MAIN STREETS THAT ARE LONGER, THOSE NEEDED A LOT OF REPAIR, BUT A LOT OF SIDE STREETS DO TOO.
SO WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO THAT.
WE DO HAVE TWO CREWS WORKING ON THAT.
UH, PLUS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAVING OTHER STREETS AS, AS THIS IS HAPPENING AS WELL.
SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE STAFF.
ELOY, UH, ALL YOUR GUYS, UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, YOU SEE THESE FOLKS OUT THERE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYERS DON'T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES DON'T DO THIS.
A LOT OF CITIES JUST CONTRACT IT OUT, PAY RETAIL AND MOVE ON.
AND WHATEVER YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHAT YOU DO.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND, AND IN TURN, USE THAT MONEY TO PAY MORE STREETS.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE.
IT'S NOT, SOME CITIES DO IT, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE, THAT THE TAXPAYERS KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING IT HERE.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
SO, UH, THE STAFF HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS THE FIRST ONES THAT GET OUT THERE AND TRY TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND AGAIN, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS STATE HIGHWAYS, SO WE CAN'T TOUCH IT.
SOME OF THAT STUFF IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH, HIGH TRAFFIC, SO WE HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT, UH, OR THEY'RE JUST TOO FAR GONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT FOR IT, UH, BECAUSE OF JUST THE SHEER WORK.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO IT.
SO WE'RE GOING INTO THE BUDGET YEAR, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA START, UH, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UP OUR GAME A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PAVING EQUIPMENT.
SO ANYWAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW THAT, AND THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IM, IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, SO TIED INTO FREDDIE FENDER'S BIRTHDAY, UH, ALSO WE WENT, THE, THE CITY, THE EDC FUNDED A PERGOLA AT THE FREDDIE FENDER, UH, GRAVE SITE AT THE MEMORIAL.
SO WE'RE PLANNING A, UM, ALIDA AND HER ALIDA AND HER FOLKS ARE PLANNING FOR US A, UH, AN UNVEILING OF THE, UH, OF THE PERGOLA.
AND IT'S GONNA BE ON JUNE 4TH AT 9 45.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE, THE FINAL, THE FINAL VERSIONS OF THE INVITE.
BUT AGAIN, ALL THIS TIES BACK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, NOT ONLY AT THE PARKS, BUT ALSO WITH HIS, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE GREW UP.
BUT ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET 30, 40,000 VISITORS TO HIS GRAVE SITE EVERY YEAR.
IT GOES, IT SPIKES IN JUNE, AND IT SPIKES IN OCTOBER, JUNE IS HIS BIRTHDAY.
SO, UH, THESE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE CITY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THAT AND, UH, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE, UH, THESE FOLKS ARE HERE AND, AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE CITY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP 'EM AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT SO THEY CAN, UH, ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE AND MAYBE SPEND A LITTLE MONEY HERE.
I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN I GOT HERE AND I INTERVIEWED WITH YOU ALL.
I TOLD Y'ALL THAT I WAS REALLY BIG ON GRANTS AND TOLD YOU I PROMISED YOU $250,000 RIGHT OFF THE BAT, AND WE GOT IT.
SO WITH THROUGH GLO, UM, SINCE THEN, WE'VE APPLIED FOR A LITTLE OVER SEVEN $1.7 MILLION IN GRANTS.
THIS IS THROUGH STAFF, OUR OWN, OUR OWN PEOPLE.
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NOT CONTRACTING THIS THING OUT.WE'RE NOT PAYING A CONSULTANT.
SO, UH, OUT OF THAT, WE'VE GOTTEN APPROXIMATELY 875,000 IN GRANTS FOR THE CITY.
UH, AND WE'VE GOT THREE PENDING.
SO, UH, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO EARN OUR KEEP, AND WE WANT OUR TAXPAYERS TO KNOW THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO, UM, TO HELP FUND WHAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED HERE AT THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A, A PENDING GRANT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER WITH, UH, THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
AND THAT WAS 150,000 FOR A, FOR A WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WATER TOWERS NEEDING TO BE REDONE.
WATER PLANT, WASTEWATER PLANT ARE DUE FOR UPGRADES.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST THAT.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, REQUIRES IT TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WITH THAT PLAN IS WHAT WE USE TO GO AND GET MONEY WITHOUT THAT PLAN, WHETHER IT'S A PARKS MASTER PLAN, WHETHER IT'S A WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
UH, THE FUNDING AGENCIES IN THIS CASE FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, T-W-D-B-U, UH, U-S-E-P-A, ANYBODY LIKE THAT, OR EVEN ASKING FOR ALLOCATIONS FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS, THEY ALL WANNA SEE A PLAN.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT AND, AND HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
USUALLY THERE ARE 20 YEAR OUTLOOKS, UH, WITH FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BRING TO THE, THE TABLE.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL START THAT PROCESS WITH THE NAD BANK AND GET A, GET A FIRM ON BOARD SO THAT WE CAN, UH, WE CAN GET IT COMPLETED AND START LOOKING FOR MONEY.
SO, ALONG THE LINES OF UTILITIES, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO JUST BLEND IN HERE.
BUT IT, IT WASN'T BY, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T BY, UH, DESIGN, BUT IT'S TURNING OUT PRETTY GOOD.
WE, UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
AGAIN, THE STAFF TRYING TO, TO WORK WITH ME AND, AND YOU ALL TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES.
SO WHEN WE HAD OUR RAIN EVENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A LOT OF WATER, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE MAINTAINING OUR SYSTEM, OUR STORM SEWER? UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT TXDOT FINDING A LOT OF THESE, UM, DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, IF NOT MOSTLY, IF ALMOST FULLY, UH, FULL OF, YOU KNOW, FULL OF DIRT, THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TRANSPORT ANY WATER.
UH, ALL OF THAT IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
AGAIN, WE NEED TO KEEP THESE LINES CLEAN.
WE NEED TO CLEAN, WE NEED TO KEEP 'EM MAINTAINED.
UM, AND YOU ALSO, DURING THAT PROCESS, FIND OUT WHERE YOUR, WHERE YOUR BREAKS ARE.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED TO SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEDICATING A FULL-TIME TEAM OF EMPLOYEES TO JUST WORK ON STORM WATER.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BIGGER CITIES HAVE THAT LUXURY.
WE REALLY DON'T, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF BUDGETS.
BUT WE LOOKED WITH, WE LOOKED WITHIN AND WE HAD A VACUUM TRUCK THAT, UH, WAS NO LONGER BEING USED.
UM, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, IT WAS USED FOR SEWER WORK.
UH, THE STAFF, UH, LOOKED AT IT.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN, THE CHASSIS'S REALLY GOOD, ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES, 21,000 MILES.
BUT, UM, EVERYWHERE WE WENT, WHERE, EVERYWHERE WE TOOK IT, WE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE BIG NO.
IN FACT, WHEN WE BOUGHT THE NEW VACU VECTOR TRUCK, UH, OR SEWER CLEANER, I'M SORRY, VECTOR'S, A PROPRIETARY NAME, THE NEW SEWER, THE NEW SEWER CLEANING TRUCK, UH, I EVEN ASKED THEM TO SEE IF WE COULD USE THE CHASSIS AND, AND MOUNT A NEW, A NEW, UH, VACUUM UNIT ON IT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR ANSWER WAS, WELL, IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN WHAT A NEW UNIT WOULD COST JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE RETROFITTING THAT WAS GONNA BE NECESSARY.
SO, UH, LO AND BEHOLD, STAFF, UH, PULLED A, PULLED A RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT HERE AND, AND GOT THIS VACUUM TRUCK, UH, REFURBISHED.
SO WE, UH, WE'VE GOT THAT TRUCK WORKING.
IT NEEDS A LITTLE, IT, I'M JUST GONNA BE UPFRONT WITH Y'ALL.
SO I HOPE Y'ALL DON'T MIND THAT.
I KNOW THAT RED IS KIND OF NOT THE RIGHT COLOR HERE, BUT WE WILL GET IT WRAPPED AS SOON AS WE CAN.
THE BODY OF IT IS RED, THE CHASSIS WHITE.
UM, BUT IT'S, UH, THE VACUUM TRUCK THAT WE HAD HERE, THE, THE STAFF GOT IT RUNNING FOR JUST A LITTLE UNDER $50,000.
IT'S 48,000 AND SOME CHANGE, BUT THAT'S, WE HAD LOOKED AT A THREE YARD UNIT.
WE LOOKED AT A THREE YARD UNIT FOR ABOUT 375,000.
SO THIS IS TWICE, THREE TIMES THAT SIZE.
SO IF YOU JUST DO SIMPLE MATH, 'CAUSE I LIKE TO DO THINGS SIMPLY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FIVE, $600,000.
I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU JUST DO 500,000 STAFF, YOU KNOW, SAVED US 450 GRAND, UH, WITH A, WITH A UNIT THAT CAN BE DEDICATED STRICTLY FOR STORM SEWER TO KEEP OUR, OUR STORM DRAINS AND ALL OUR, YOU KNOW, STORM APP
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APPEARANCES CLEAN, AND IT CAN BE AS A BACKUP FOR OUR, FOR OUR SEWER, UH, SEWER UNIT AS WELL, VICE VERSA.BUT, UM, IT'S, AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM, FROM WITHIN.
THIS IS US TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND TRYING TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS MONEY AND BE GOOD STEWARDS.
SO, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE STAFF THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, FOLKS.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE.
SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT.
THANKS ELOI, JB APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW THE LAST TIME I DIDN'T THANK ELOI AND HE GOT A LITTLE UPSET.
I, I, I GAVE ALL THE CREDIT TO JB, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A, A TEAM EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, ME AND ALL THESE FOLKS, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST A, A TESTAMENT TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WORK AS A TEAM.
I HAVE A NAME FOR THE TRUCK, BIG ELOY
IF A, IF HR APPROVES, WE COULD TRY IT OUT.
WE WERE, WE WERE KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS MADER, BUT, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE EITHER NOW OR ANY OTHER TIME.
I, I, I, AS USUAL HAVE A COMMENT.
I'M SORRY, BUT I, I GOTTA TELL YOU FOLKS, THIS IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND WATCH WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT WITH THINGS HAPPENING.
WE SAW A GREAT AUDIT THAT COME THROUGH HERE.
WE'VE SEEN, UH, UH, A GREAT REPORT FROM OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER WHO'S ORGANIZING AND DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS.
AND WE SEE THAT THE CITY STAFF IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER VERY WELL AND WORKING VERY HARD.
AND I JUST, I AM SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I'M JUST, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR FRED.
MY MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN LEADING THIS TEAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PROFESSORS? NONE.
UM, I USUALLY BE, I'M, I'M USUALLY THE ONE THAT BEING HERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO PRIME ME OUT OF HERE.
BUT, UH, BEING HERE, WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE, WORKING WITH THE STAFF, UM, GETTING THINGS DONE, OKAY.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE.
UM, CALLING, YOU KNOW, ELOY LARA, EVERY SINGLE AT THREE, FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M OUT THERE, UH, CRUISING THE STREETS AND EVERYTHING, I HAD TO SEE A WATER BREAK CALLING HIM, HEY, UH, WE HAVE NIAGARA FALLS OVER HERE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S MY JOKE BETWEEN ME AND HIM.
BUT, UH, UH, THERE'S OTHERS, YOU KNOW, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE, THE CITY MOVING.
AND, UH, PEOPLE WE WANT TO GET, WE WANT TO BRING UP SOME MANTO.
WE WANNA BRING HIM UP, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, BRUSH, THERE'S A LOT OF LUMBER THAT'S JUST BEING THROWN OUT THERE.
AND WE WANT TO CLEAN UP SOTO AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
THIS IS THE PEOPLE, THESE ARE THE STAFF THAT'S DOING IT.
UM, I KNOW WE NEED THE HELP FROM THE PUBLIC ALSO.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE WAS A SLOGAN BACK THEN THAT WE HAD
UM, IT'S, WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK.
IT'S GONNA COST US, COST US IN A SENSE THAT MORE WORK.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE STAFF, BUT WE'LL ALSO NEED THE, THE HELP FROM THE PUBLIC.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE, ALL THIS WORKERS, UH, PD, FIRE, EVERYBODY GOING, ENFORCEMENT, FIRE MARSHAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, STEPHANIE, I, I CALL HER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND, UH, YEAH, NOW WE'LL CALL YOU MORE, BUT, UH, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I WANT, I NEED TO KNOW.
AND BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC IS ASKING, SO, UM, MS. DIANE, I KNOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING MORE FOR YOU.
AND, UM, FRED NEEDS A LOT OF HELP BECAUSE HE IS NOT A ONE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, HE'S PULLED ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I KNOW BECAUSE I DO IT ALSO TO HIM.
OKAY? BUT, UM, LET'S GET THIS, UH, SANTO MOVING.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, LET'S CLEAN IT UP AND LET'S PART OF OUR CITY.
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OKAY.THEN WE GO TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. ALRIGHT.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I FORGOT ONE ITEM.
AND, AND IT IS KIND OF IMPORTANT.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A, UM, THE, THE OLD WORD WAS NOT AS, UH, PUBLICLY, I GUESS, UH, POLITICALLY CORRECT.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UM, WORK ON OUR, ON OUR WATER SYSTEM.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO A FREE CHLORINE CONVERSION.
IT USED TO BE CALLED A CHLORINE BURN.
SO THAT'S NOT QUITE, IT DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE SAME CONNOTATION, BUT BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RELEASING, UH, FREE CHLORINE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, RID OUR, IN OUR, OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE OF SOME OF THE BACTERIAL GROWTH THAT, THAT IT NATURALLY OCCURS, UH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, YOU GET BACTERIAL, YOU KNOW, BACTERIA THAT ARE RESISTANT, SOME OF THE CHLORINE.
AND, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE TO FREQUENTLY PURGE THE SYSTEM.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE STARTING IN, UH, THE 26TH OF MAY.
WE'VE ALREADY COORDINATED THROUGH TCEQ.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE SOME ELEVATED LEVELS OF CHLORINE SMELL IN THE WATER.
IT'S GONNA BE PERFECTLY SAFE TO DRINK.
HOWEVER, UM, THAT PROCESS IS NECESSARY TO PURGE, TO PURGE THE SYSTEM AND, AND GIVE US A BETTER, A BETTER FUNCTIONING SYSTEM.
AND ALSO, UM, HELP US WITH OUR CHLORINE RESIDUALS GOING FORWARD ONCE WE GO BACK TO OUR NORMAL CHLORINATION PROCESS.
SO WE'LL BE GOING OUT WITH THE PUBLIC NOTICE ON THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ALL THAT.
AGAIN, WE WERE WAITING FOR FINAL APPROVAL FROM TCEQ.
SO WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN, JUST AN ONGOING EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WATER SYSTEM'S SAFE, THAT IT'S, UH, THAT IT, THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE AND THAT ALSO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COMPLY WITH TCEQ REGS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE REGULATORY STUFF OF THIS IS, IS WHAT KEEPS US, UM, IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
SO, UH, I'D FORGOTTEN TO, TO ADD THAT ON THERE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WE'LL BE GOING OUT ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING THING FOR A MONTH.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE FLUSHING OUT THE, THE, UH, WATER HYDRANTS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY STAYS IN THE SYSTEM.
IT'S WASHED THROUGH THE SYSTEM, OKAY? YEP.
WE WILL BE FLUSHING, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE PROCESS, OKAY? YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO KEEP THE CHLORINE IN THE SYSTEM AS LONG AS YOU CAN SO THAT YOU CAN GET RID OF, YOU KNOW, THE BACTERIAL GROWTH.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
SO WE CAN GO ON TO, UH, CONSENT.WE'VE GOT ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12 ON CONSENT.
UM, YOU TAKE THESE ITEMS ALL AT ONCE, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE ANY FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE CAN AT THIS POINT.
ANY CONFESSION? ANYBODY WANNA TAKE? UH, ANYTHING OUT? NO.
WANT THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH NUMBER FOUR.
SO TAKING OUT, UH, FOUR AND 12, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT TO JETTA.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH TRAIL EXCLUDING FOUR AND 12, EXCLUDING FOUR AND 12.
OKAY, SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[4. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2025-0520-002(R), to adopt the City of San Benito Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2025-2035.]
FOUR.ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.
APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 2 0 2 5 DASH 5 2 0 0 2 R TO ADOPT THE CITY OF SANTO PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN 2025.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? ELO, AVIO PARKS AND RECS AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS INTERIM.
UM, WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT, PATTY, THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESENTATION ON THE MASTER PARK.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, YOU ALL HAD GREAT, GREAT INPUT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS SURPRISED AT IS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT FOCUS FOR WHAT YOU WANTED IN THE PARKS, AND IT ALL FIT TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY.
UM, YOU DID HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAP AS WELL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
UM, I'VE LOVED WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.
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I'VE LOVED WORKING WITH THE STAFF.UM, AND THE PUBLIC REALLY HELPED US OUT A LOT.
WE GOT, UM, 238 RESPONDENTS, UH, FOR OUR ONLINE PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO YOUR STAFF, THEY, THEY WERE OUT THERE REALLY PUSHING THAT TO GET, TO GET TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL GO IT THROUGH IT.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, UM, IN A SHORT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND IT WAS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR PARK STAFF.
UM, I TOOK PICTURES OF, UH, HAVEN PARK AND, UM, BEFORE WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, THEY'D ALREADY PAINTED ALL THE BUILDINGS
SO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WHOLE CITY IS, IS REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO WE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER, UM, TO, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE SPECIFICATIONS.
UM, IT INCLUDES THE PURPOSE, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED ALL OF THE, UH, THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WE, WE DID WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE BIRD WATCHERS, UM, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, MANY OTHERS.
UM, AN INVENTORY OF YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, YOUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PRIORITIES AND THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON EVERYTH, EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, BEFORE THAT.
YOU HAVE 12 PARKS AND A REALLY COOL TRAIL.
UM, AND, UM, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PARKLAND FOR YOUR POPULATION, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
UM, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALSO GOT A PLAN FOR PARKS FOR WINTER, TEXANS FOR VISITORS, UH, TOURISTS.
UM, AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANNA SEE, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
AND EVERYBODY HAD SOME GREAT, UH, GREAT SUGGESTIONS.
SO WE CAME UP WITH, BASED ON ALL OF THAT INPUT, WE CAME UP WITH OUTDOOR PRIORITIES, INDOOR PRIORITIES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITIES.
AND BASED ON THESE, UM, THE CITY CAN GO AFTER GRANTS.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE PREPARING TO, UH, TO, UH, SUBMIT A GRANT TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, FOR PARKS.
UM, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THESE ARE, THESE ARE PICTURES OF SOME OF YOUR PARKS.
UM, YOU'VE GOT CULTURAL PARKS, YOU'VE GOT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, YOU'VE GOT SPORTS PARKS, UM, UH, NATURE PARKS.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PARK SYSTEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER.
WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH AND TO BE ABLE TO SET US UP FOR APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS.
AND, AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST CRITICAL.
AND AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
UM, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION STARTS TO BECOME MORE FOR THE STAFF THAN IT DOES FOR YOU PERHAPS, BUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE KEEP THIS FROM BEING SHELVED? WELL, I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
WELL, WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, WHAT YOUR STAFF HAS DONE IS ACTUALLY PUT ALL OF THE DEEDS TO YOUR PARKS IN THE BACK OF THIS.
UM, WE PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE THAT ARE THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REFERENCE.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS ON THE SHELF.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE USED AS A REFERENCE MATERIAL.
AND, UH, AND WE DID THAT PURPOSEFULLY.
DO WE HAVE, UM, HAVE WE MADE ANY KIND OF ASSIGNMENTS YET? I KNOW, DEANNA, YOU'VE BEEN FRONT AND CENTER ON ALL OF THIS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND, BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE MANY, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO, AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUING TO GO OUT AND, AND LOOK FOR THE GRANTS AND TAKE THE INFORMATION HERE AND BRING US BACK UPDATES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND, AND, UH, SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING AND TO BASICALLY OUTLINE THAT, TAKE THAT LIST OF PRIORITIES AND SAY, OKAY, THIS ONE'S THE ONE WE'RE GOING AFTER.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, IS THAT THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD PLANS AND THE PLANS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S NOT GONNA SIT ON OUR SHELF.
THIS IS OUR GAME PLAN FOR THE FUTURE SAN BENITO.
AND, UM, US AS ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF, AND AS YOU ALL WERE, WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND WE WANT TO RESPECT THEIR, THEIR WISHES AND WHAT THEY'RE
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LOOKING FOR.AND, UM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GRANT, YOU NEED A PLAN.
AND SO THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING DONE.
SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF PATTY AND STAFF, UM, HELPING GETTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND SO, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR GAME PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FAR AS OUR GREEN SPACES ARE CONCERNED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE, BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN PLACE, BUT WE HAVE PLANS FOR, FOR MUCH MORE BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER AS MANY FREE AND OPEN SPACES THAT, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN GET TOGETHER.
AND SO, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, OF COURSE, IS THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO BUDGET SEASON MM-HMM
AND THAT WE PULL OUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN AND START TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, SO THAT WE KEEP THIS MOVING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
ARE, DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION OR AM I MAKING MOTION? OR DOES SOMEBODY ELSE GONNA MAKE MOTION? I, I'LL BE QUIET.
ANY MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY, OKAY.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER UH, NAVARRO.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve a Booking Agreement with Empowerment Endeavors, LLC, for artists rescheduled for ResacaFest 2025.]
12.ITEM NUMBER 12 IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.
PROVE A BOOKING AGREEMENT WITH EMPOWERMENT ENDEAVORS.
LLC FOR ARTISTS RESCHEDULE FOR RECO FEST 2025.
YOU PRESENTED ELOY, HIS ROY PRESENTED THE EVENTS.
NO, ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S ELOY.
HE SEEMS TO BE THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
CAN YOU HE'S IN THE, CAN YOU GET THE, TAKING A QUICK BREAK? COMMERCIAL CAN GET THE ELOY BATHROOM.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME STEP IN FOR MR. ELOY BEFORE HE, UH, WENT OUTSIDE.
ALL GUYS KNOWS WHAT'S DOING, WHAT HE'S DOING.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS AKA FEST, BUT OH, OKAY.
GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE HYGIENIC.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, THE AKA FEST 2025 EMPOWERMENT ENDEAVORS FOR, UH, THE RESCHEDULING RE, UH, FEST.
THEY'RE RE RESCHEDULED FOR FEST.
WELL, CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD HERE.
WHAT, AS FAR AS WHAT IS IT AT YOUR, THAT CONCERNS ARE, UH, ABOUT AIST AS FAR AS, UM, WHERE WERE WE AT? WHERE WE HEADING? WELL, LET, LET ME JUMP IN.
UH, SO EMPOWERMENT ENDEAVORS WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, AGENT FOR HOG WADDLE.
WE HAD, UH, OUR OP OUR OPPORTUNITY ON HOG WADDLE, YOU KNOW, OUR WINDOW CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
UH, A FEW FEW OF THESE ARTISTS WERE ABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO RE RESCHEDULE THEM FOR AKA FEST FOR A NOMINAL FEE.
THIS NOMINAL FEE IS GONNA COVER THAT RESCHEDULING.
UH, WE HAD, UH, A LITTLE INCIDENT WITH ONE OF THE BANDS.
REVOKED, SO WE HAD TO YEAH, THAT SIGN OF THE TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
SO, UH, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REINSTATE, REINSTATING THOSE VISAS.
SO WE HAD TO FIND A, UH, REPLACEMENT GROUP.
AND AGAIN, TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, ROY IS HELPING WITH THE BANDS.
THE FEST IS A PARKS PROJECT, SO IT'S A PARKS EVENT.
SO THAT'S WHY, UH, ELO IS HERE AND, AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT JUST WORKED OUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESCHEDULE.
UH, THE DATES WORKED OUT, EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, FELL INTO PLACE AGAIN, OTHER THAN THE VISAS BEING REVOKED, UH, FOR THAT ONE BAND.
UH, BUT, BUT THE REST ARE, ARE STILL IN PLACE.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SALVAGE WHAT WE, WHAT WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE ON, YOU KNOW, AT THE HOG WADDLE.
AND AGAIN, DO THE AKA FEST AND, AND DO IT, DO IT JUSTICE.
DO WE HAVE A DATE? UH, IT'S JULY 5TH FEST, CORRECT? JULY 5TH, YES.
UH,
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S REPLACING THE SCENE.
IS, SO IS THIS COMING OUT OF PARK BUDGET OR, UM, THE EVENTS BUDGET? IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE MIXTURE OF, OF BOTH.
ON THIS ONE, WE HAVE, UH, WE, WE SPLIT, WE HAVEN'T, UH,
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WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUR GREEN LIGHT YET FROM OUR CFO.IT'S EITHER GONNA COME OUT, IT, IT'S MAYBE A SPLIT FROM PARKS AND FROM, UH, THE EDC BUDGET, BECAUSE EDC HAS EVENTS FOR THAT.
AND IF Y'ALL RECALL, EDC AND THE CITY PARTNERED UP FOR THIS EVENT FOR HOG WATTLE.
SO THAT SAME SPLIT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR THIS ONE.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE, WE HAVEN'T SET UP YET, 'CAUSE UM, WE NEED TO SEE ON THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE NOT USED FOR, UH, HOK WATER THAT THE EDC HAD.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONDENSE EVERYTHING, BUT IT WON'T COME EVERYTHING FROM PARKS.
UM, THEY DID TAKE THE LEAD ON THE HOG G**O, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, UH, THE WAY WE WANTED.
AND THERE WERE SOME EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH, SO IT'LL BE REALLY HARD FOR THEIR BUDGET TO TAKE THE COMPLETE HIT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A SPLIT UP WITH THE EDC AND WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, PARK CITY EVENTS DEPARTMENT.
AND WE, AND WE'RE ALSO KIND OF IN A BAD SPOT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A, A CLAIM PENDING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AS WELL.
IS THERE, I HATE THIS, UH, THESE AGREEMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ILLEGALS LOOKED AT IT, WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY HALF UP FRONT.
PAY THE OTHER HALF ONCE THEY PERFORM, AND THEN NO GUARANTEE IF THEY'LL COME BACK ON A RAIN CHECK.
I MEAN, IS THIS A STANDARD ACROSS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHEN THEY WORK WITH COMPANY ARTISTS LIKE THIS? YES.
CAN WE, AS CITIES UNITE AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HIRE YOU ANYMORE IF YOU PULL STUNTS LIKE THIS? WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THE WAY IT USUALLY WORKS.
JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY, I'M NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT OR CASH VALUE.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T LIKE THAT FACT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO JUST, SO, WELL, IF IT RAINED, I'M ONTO THE NEXT SHOW.
SO WE WOULD NORMALLY DO A DEPOSIT FEE AND THEN WE'LL PAY THE REST OF THE MONEY ONCE THEY PERFORMED.
SO I WILL KEEP US LIKE, OKAY, WE PAY YOU THE DEPOSIT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PERFORM IN ORDER FOR US TO ISSUE YOU YOUR CHECK OR YOUR WIRE.
HOWEVER, THIS TIME, BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME THEY'RE ASKING, THIS SPANS THAT WE'RE CHOOSING, THEY'RE ASKING TO GET EVERYTHING UP FRONT BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME OR, AND BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
AND I BELIEVE THE AMOUNT IT'S LESS THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING EVERYTHING UP FRONT.
BUT THIS 40,000 THOUGH, IS FOR RESCHEDULING FEE.
IS THAT WHAT THAT'S FOR? YES, YES.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY WE NEED TO PAY THAT
WHAT'S THAT? WHY WE NEED TO PAY THAT? WE NEED TO PAY THAT RESCHEDULING.
IT'S AGAIN, IF WE HAVE THEM BOOKED ALREADY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY THESE BANDS WORK, I MEAN, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS STANDARD.
I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A LITTLE, THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL.
SO, UH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE FOLKS AT, AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THEIR CONTRACTS.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE DID HAVE 'EM REVIEWED BY SEVERAL ATTORNEYS THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE I SAID, OUR ONLY PROTECTION IS, I MEAN, WE CAN ASK FOR IT.
WE CAN ASK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, A ZERO ZERO SUBSIDY, RESCHEDULE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA AGREE TO IT.
I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A, IT'S A SELLER'S MARKET IN THIS CASE.
AND, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT THAT ADVANTAGE.
IF WE WANNA PLAY IN THIS WORLD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.
BUT WE CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE RISKS BY A MORE ROBUST AND BETTER PUT TOGETHER INSURANCE POLICY.
UH, WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR THE SUMMER GOING FORWARD.
UH, WE WILL PRESENT THIS TO THE EDC AND, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE CITY.
UH, BUT WE GOT A BIG SUMMER PLAN FOR EVENTS.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER INSURANCE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE THAT ARE GONNA PROTECT US, UH, IN A, YOU KNOW, A LOT, A LOT MORE, UH, A LOT MORE IN A, IN A BETTER, YOU KNOW, IN A BETTER SPOT, UH, THAN WHEN WE ARE NOW.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, UM, AS FAR AS THE RESCHEDULING FEE, I MEAN, COMPARED TO WHAT THEY NORMALLY CHARGE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT LESS, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE OUT COMPLETELY.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
I IS THIS RESCHEDULING FEE THOUGH, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT NOTICE? NO, MA'AM.
OR THIS IS JUST FEE, MA'AM? NO, MA'AM.
NO, IT'S BECAUSE WE AGREED TO THAT.
IF THEY, IF WE WANTED TO USE THEM AND FOR FUSS, THAT WAS GONNA BE THE FEE.
GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD, WHEN WE HAD THE HOG WADDLE, UH, CANCELLATION.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS AGREED ON UPON BACK THEN.
SO THIS IS, UH, TO THE PROMOTER TO BRING BACK THESE TWO BANDS.
SO WE HAVE IS NOW OFF THE TABLE.
I BELIEVE SO, UNLESS WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH
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YEAH.YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS TO, UH, TO CHANGE THIS IN THE FUTURE, AND I, I KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, WHERE I WANT TO GO WITH THIS IS THAT WE CREATE A VENUE HERE, UH, THAT PEOPLE, THAT ARTISTS WANT TO COME TO MM-HMM
AND, AND WE ACTUALLY THEN BUILD UP THAT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO COME HERE.
AND THEN WE, THEN WE GAIN A LITTLE MORE LEVERAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, COMMISSIONER, AND WE, WE WILL GET THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN I, I'D LIKE TO RE REVIEW THIS.
MAYOR MOORE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL COUNSEL, ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE I MEAN, WE CAN SURE.
I JUST LIKE TO DISCUSS IT WITH LEGAL.
CAN, UH, WE'LL TABLE THIS AND I MEAN, NOT TABLE, BUT MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU CAN TAKE IT TO EXECUTIVE, LIKE, OKAY.
MOVE THIS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[1. Discussion and possible action regarding current and potential appointments of Municipal Court Judges.]
ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.AND THAT'S, UH, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING, UH, CURRENT AND POTENTIAL APPOINTMENTS OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO DEFER TO, WELL DEFER TO LEGAL ON THIS.
THERE'S A CONTRACTUAL ISSUE WITH THIS, AND I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF WE COULD.
SO YOU WANNA MOVE THIS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ALSO? YES, SIR.
[2. First Reading of Ordinance 2103-009-06-2025(Z), amending ordinance numbers 2103, 2103-1, 2103-2, 2103-4, 2103-5, 2103-6, 2103-007-08-2024, 2103-008-02-2025, Subdivision Regulations "Guarantees and Performance" and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith.]
WE'LL GO ON TO THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2103 DASH NINE DASH 6 20 25 Z AMENDING ORDINANCES, NUMBERS 21 0 3, 21 0 3, 1 21 0 3, 2 21 0 3, 4, 21 0 3, 5 6 7 8, AND 20 24, 21 0 3 0, 0 8 0 2 20 25.SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, GUARANTEES, AND PERFORMANCE IN REPEALING.
ANY OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT? THEREWITH, COME ON.
AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF IS HERE.
AND WHAT, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK.
I'M SORRY, ENRIQUE, YOU DON'T GET AWAY THAT QUICKLY.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE? WHAT DID WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THESE CHANGES? ALRIGHT, FOR THE RECORD, ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YEAH, THE MAIN THING HERE WAS WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY, UH, IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTING.
SO THE DEVELOPER CAN ALLOW TO CONSTRUCT AND THEN THE CITY WILL INTAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCEPT IT, AND THEN THEY PROVIDE THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY, OR IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTION, THEY COULD PUT A PERFORMANCE BOND OR A DEPOSIT IN THE BANK.
AND SO THEY CAN RECORD THE LOTS AND SELL, WHICH, WHAT'S THEY WANNA DO AT THE END, RIGHT? SO THE WAY IT WAS, UH, APPROVED LAST YEAR, UH, THE OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE, PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND DEPOSIT IN THE BANK ARE BOTH IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IS, UH, BASICALLY JUST THE WARRANTY.
AFTER WE ACCEPT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WANT IT WARRANTIED FOR A FULL YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING ON HERE.
'CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, THAT'S A SHIELD FROM THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE DEVELOPER.
UH, AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BUILD, RIGHT? SO THAT'S LIKE A, A WARRANTY TO THE DEVELOPER.
SO THAT WAS ALSO ON THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SIDE.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CHANGE THAT SO IT MAKES SENSE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, LET'S SAY THE DEVELOPER, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO DEPOSIT A BANK, LET'S SAY THE DEVELOPING COSTS $2 MILLION.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, DEPOSIT $2 MILLION FOR A YEAR.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANY DEVELOPER WANTS TO HAVE A HOLD THAT MONEY FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
SO THE ONLY THING WE WANT IS JUST THAT IT'S WARRANTY FREE OF DEFECTS FOR A YEAR.
AND, AND THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD, YOU KNOW, AMONGST CITIES.
SO I MEAN, UH, WE JUST WANT TO, WE WANT CONGRUENCY WITH OTHER CITIES.
MOST DEVELOPERS ARE USED TO THAT.
AND THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY, IF ANYTHING'S GONNA FAIL, WHETHER THEY'RE CROSSING SEWER LINES, WATER LINES, PAVING, DRAINAGE, WHATEVER, USUALLY YOU'LL KNOW, WE'LL SHAKE IT LOOSE IN ONE YEAR AND THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND, AND, AND FIX IT AT THEIR COST.
AND WE'RE JUST PROTECTING THE CITY AND PROTECTING THE DEVELOPER, BUT ALSO THE TAXPAYER THAT'S BUYING THERE TOO.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THIS THING LINED UP.
SO WE ARE MARRYING TWO CITIES HERE IN THE RGB AND IT STATES THE SAME
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THING AS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT HERE.[3. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AH-06-2025, amending Ordinance Number 2252, and any other amending ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 5, Section 5.06 pertaining to "Building Yard Setbacks".]
SO ON THIS ONE, WE'RE JUST, UH, DOING SOME HOUSEKEEPING AS, UH, RESIDENTS CALL AND THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT THEIR SETBACKS ARE FOR AGRICULTURE USE.
WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THERE, SO WE'RE ADDING THAT ON THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, 25 FOOT SETBACK ON THE FRONT, FIVE ON THE SIDES, 15 IN THE REAR RECORD, AGRICULTURAL, AND THEN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
THAT ONE'S NOT ON THERE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE JUST DOING SOME HOUSE COOPING AND ADDING THAT TO THE ORDINANCE.
SO MY CHICKEN COOP CAN'T GO WITHIN 15 FEET OF MY BACK LINE.
WELL, THE CHICKEN COOP IS IN THE ALLOWED OH, OKAY.
YEAH, IT HAS TO HAVE A NAME THOUGH.
YOU MUST HAVE NOT DRIVEN DOWN THE HARIN OR LAINA
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON, UH, NUMBER THREE? NONE.
[4. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2573-C-06-2025 amending Ordinance Numbers 2573-A-08-2024 and 2573-B-10-2024, to revise and update the Fire Department fee schedule.]
FOUR FOUR.FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 7 3 DASH C DASH ZERO SIX DASH 2025.
ORDINANCE NUMBERS 25 73 A OH EIGHT DASH 2024 AND 25 73 DASH B DASH 10 20 24 TO REVISE AND UPDATE FIRE DEPARTMENT FEE SCHEDULE, SIR.
QUESTIONS, UH, GEORGE, MARTHA, FIRE MARSHAL.
SO THESE, WHERE ARE THEY? THERE'S, UH, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FEES THAT ARE BEING ADDED.
ONE'S FOR THE, UH, WATER TAP FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE.
UH, THESE WOULD BE, UH, THEY'RE A LITTLE, UH, SIMILAR BUT REDUCED, UH, STRICTLY FOR THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS. AND THEN THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
THAT ONE'S FOR WHEN WE GO BACK, LIKE, LET'S SAY THE BUILDING OR THE BUSINESS ADDS A SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND THEY NEED TO INCREASE THEIR OCCUPANT LOAD.
WE'D GIVE THEM A, A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THEN THE, THE BYOB, THIS ONE'S JUST FOR THEIR, UH, PERMIT.
THE REGULATIONS WOULD BE THROUGH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
[5. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to Renoworks, LLC for emergency repair of a collapsed brick manhole at 1172 North Austin Street in the amount of $21,700.00.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT TO RENO WORKS.LLC FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR COLLAPSED BRICK MANHOLE 1172 NORTH AUSTIN STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,700.
AGAIN, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THESE ARE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND STAFF DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE, SO I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
JB WE HAD TWO THAT WE APPROVED LAST TIME, RIGHT? THIS IS THE THIRD.
HOW MANY MORE BRICK MANHOLES DO WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO FIX? NOT TWO MORE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR'S COMMISSIONER JOSE, FOR THE RECORD.
UH, WE HAVE PLENTY OF BRICK MANHOLES IN SANTO.
WELL, YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY AND THERE'S MORE TO COME.
UH, DEPENDING ON HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ON, ON WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, IF WE HAVE THAT MANY, THE RAIN EVENTS, IT, IT'S ALL DIFFERENT.
IF WE HAVE THAT, MANY OF 'EM IS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO IN-HOUSE CONTEND FOR.
WE, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, UH, I HAVE MANHOLES THAT I'VE ALREADY PURCHASED THROUGH THE ARPA.
UH, WE JUST GOTTA LOOK FOR FUNDS TO GET CONTRACTORS OUT HERE AND START REDOING BRICK, BRICK MANHOLES.
THE BRICK MANHOLES GET EATEN BY THE GASES.
MANHOLES THAT ARE MADE OUTTA FIBERGLASS LASTS LONGER.
UH, IT'S THE GASES HERE IN SALMON IN THE LOWER VALLEYS, UH, HIGHER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE DUE TO WE'RE A FLAT LAND.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET RID OF THOSE GASES.
THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND GETTING AHEAD OF IT.
YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER? UH, GOODMAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES? NOPE.
[1. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint, or reappoint members to the Traffic and Safety Advisory Board for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: a) Place 3 - Term June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028 b) Place 4 - Term June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028]
BOARD APPOINTMENT.UM, CONSIDERATION ACTION, REMOVE POINT REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD
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FOR THE PLACES IN TERMS STARTING EXPIRING AS SHOWN PLEASE.THREE AND FOUR, STARTING JUNE 30TH.
END, UH, 2025, ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2028.
MAYOR, PROTO COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
MICHAEL CORTEZ, POLICE CAPTAIN FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M ALSO THE LIAISON TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD.
THE TERMS FOR POLICE IS THREE AND FOUR ARE EXPIRING AT THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR.
UM, TODAY WE'RE JUST ASKING STAFF TO, UH, REMOVE APPOINT, REAPPOINT, UH, THE MEMBERS TO PLACE THREE AND FOUR.
UH, PLACE THREE, WHICH IS MY APPOINTMENT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
UH, SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO TO TABLE PLACE FOUR ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISORY.
AND I GET A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, MA'AM.SO WE'LL BE TAKING THE ITEMS ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
1, 2, 3, 4, I MEAN, 1, 2, 3 PLUS IT WAS, UH, 12 12, 12.
WE'RE EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME IS, UH, 8 55.
WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL
[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
TAKE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 FROM THE CONSENT MOTION TO MOTION TO PROVE ITEM NUMBER 12.I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
THE, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
UM, ON THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, INDIVIDUAL CONSENT, UH, UH, NUMBER ONE WAS IT WAS TAKEN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? NO ACTION.
UM, THE ITEMS FOR, UH, ON THE CONSENT ATTORNEY FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE CASES TERMIN, EDC AND THE DEBACLE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE OUT IN POSSIBLE ELECTION.
SO THERE WAS NOTHING, UH, FOR NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO.
WELL, WAIT, NUMBER ONE, I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT WAS THE ONE FOR, FOR LAMBER, RIGHT? LAMB? YES.
LAMBER, DID YOU ALREADY APPROVE THAT ONE? NO, YOU NEED TO APPROVE IT.
YOU NEED TO APPROVE THAT ONE FIRST.
UH, APPROVE THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I'VE GOT A, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
WE WOULD ALSO APPROVAL FOR NUMBER TWO.
AND THAT ONE'S ALSO JUST AN APPROVAL.
I DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, UH, AND THAT'S APPROVING THE RESOLUTION OF THE BIDS FOR THE RESALE OF THE PROPERTY.
APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE, THE RESALE.
FOR THE BIDS FOR THE RESALE OF PROPERTY.
'CAUSE REMEMBER, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT.
OH, WE'RE, WE'RE ON NUMBER TWO.
OH, SO NUMBER, SO NUMBER TWO IS NOT TIED TO NUMBER ONE? NO, NO, IT IS, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING FORWARD WITH IT.
YEAH, I'M SORRY YOU WEREN'T THERE.
YEAH, YOU, YOU LOOKING AT THE WRONG THEN? NO, NO ACTION FOR THAT.
AND THEN FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, MAYOR, ALSO NO ACTION.
IS IT SAYING ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY, SO IF WE'RE BIDDING ON IT, DOES THAT, DOES THAT STILL HOLD TRUE? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THE BID THAT CAME IN.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WE DIDN'T.
SO NO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE IT 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA ACCEPT IT.
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NO ACTION FOR NUMBER TWO.SO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THERE'S ALSO NO ACTION FOR NUMBER THREE.
NOW WE GOT THE, UH, YOU GOT THE, UH, POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NO.