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NOTICE

[Special Commission Meetings on July 8, 2025.]

THE, THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY, SAN CITY COMMISSION, JULY 8TH, UH, ONE FIVE, FIVE THIRTY ONE.

CALL HERE AND DO HAVE FORM.

UH, I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG HE AGREED FOR, WHICH IT STANDS NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR, THAT WE SEE TEXAS ON THE STATE UNDER GOD HAVE MUCH, MUCH TO PRAY FOR TONIGHT.

AND TO, TO PLEAD WITH THE FIRST.

WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE UNTO DE FOR ALL THAT LL DOES FOR US, FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN.

FOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN TOWN WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE SEEING HERE AND PRAY, WE MAY DO THINGS THAT WISE AND PROVEN FASHION.

WE PARTICULARLY PRAY, THOUGH, FOR OUR VICTIMS IN, IN VILLE AREA TONIGHT, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM, PEACE, BE WITH THEM AND COMFORT THEM, HELP 'EM UNDERSTAND.

WE ALSO PRAY FOR EL FAMILY, BUT A GROUP THAT HER FATHER HAVING PASSED, PRAY FOR HER FAMILY AS WELL.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD TONIGHT TO DISCUSS, TO TRY TO FURTHER OUR WORK HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

PLEASE HELP US TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND OPENLY, AND TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE OUR ISSUES AND MOVE FORWARD.

WE GRANTEDLY CONTINUE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

YEAH, WE'RE DOING GOOD.

EVENING DIRECTOR, MR. MR. EAGLE.

YOU LOOK DIFFERENT ON DR.

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OH, .

IT'S A, UM, WELL, GOOD EVENING.

UM, THIS, THIS IS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, UM, IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR, OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, KIND OF AN INTRODUCTION SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THEY CAN COMMENT ON.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT GOING AFTER A $750,000 GRANT TO TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE AND, UH, IS THEIR, UH, RECREATION GRANTS NON-URBAN OUTDOOR LOCAL PARK GRANT.

UH, WHAT DID YOU SAY? IT QUICKLY THAT IT HOLDS TOGETHER.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING THE, UH, THE SAN PETLAND, UH, A PARK SYSTEM IS, IS JUST THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST PARK.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE KIND OF PARK.

UM, IT'S, IT'S BEING ABLE TO, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF YOUR BUSINESS.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T HAVE IS, UH, A NATURE PARK.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARK TO, TO BECOME THAT.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ALREADY, UH, FROM SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

UM, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, UH, OF, UH, POSITIVE ENERGY FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UH, THIS ARTICLE.

UM, LET'S SEE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO, UM, YOU'VE GOT A, UH, A PARCEL LAND IS ALMOST 200 ACRES.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS

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, OH, THERE IT IS.

OKAY.

BACK.

OKAY.

SO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT HERE BELONGS TO THE CITY.

UM, THIS IS WHERE OUR PROJECT IS, RIGHT IN THIS AREA.

UH, SINCE, UH, 2012, THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH THE, UH, TEXAS WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE AND THE AURORA COLORADO WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP.

AND YOU'VE GOTTEN FOUR GRANTS FOR THIS ALREADY SINCE 2012.

UM, I BELIEVE THE TCEQ GRANT IN 2012 WAS, UH, ALMOST $200,000.

AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, THE, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE HAS GIVEN YOU THREE GRANTS FOR A TOTAL OF, UH, 500,000.

AND WITH THAT, UM, YOU'VE GOT A PIPELINE THAT TAKES TREATED CLEAN EFFLUENT FROM THE WOODS WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO THE, UH, TO THE POLISHING PONDS HERE, THESE 14 PONDS.

SO WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UH, EVEN DURING A DROUGHT, YOU'VE GOT AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF WATER FOR BIRDS, FISH, OR, UM, ALL THE OTHER WILDLIFE THAT'S OUT THERE.

OKAY, ALLIGATOR.

YEAH.

UM, SO THIS, THIS GRANT WILL BE FOR, UH, $750,000, UH, WITH A $750,000 CITY MASH.

AND THE MASH WILL BE COMPRISED OF FUNDS, LABOR, AND EQUIPMENT, UM, SO SOME, SOME FUNDS, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF, UH, IN KIND VALUE.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE, THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE PROPERTY IS THIS 40 ACRES RIGHT HERE.

AND THE PROJECT IS REALLY GOING TO TAKE PLACE JUST ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING SOME BRIDGES AND TRAILS, UH, A RESTROOM, A AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION PAVILION.

IT'S A PARKING AREA.

UM, THE PARKING AREA WILL BE, UH, PERMEABLE SO THAT IF THERE IS ANY CAR THAT DRIP OIL, THE OIL WILL DRIP DOWN INTO THE SOIL AND THE MICROBES WILL, WILL, UM, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENHANCING THE HABITAT, ADDING WILDLIFE FRIENDLY LIGHTS.

UH, THEY WOULD BE AMBER LIGHTS, SOLAR POWERED DOWN FACING, AND, UH, UH, THEY'D BE DOWN.

SO, UM, UH, THEY'LL BE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND BOTTLE LIFE FRIENDLY BENCHES, TRASH CANS, UM, BIKE RACK, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO FAR WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE, POSITIVE, UM, UH, FEEDBACK ON THIS.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME JUST EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING INTO THIS.

AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INPUT, UH, THIS EVENING, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT AS WELL.

UM, THESE ARE ACTUALLY PICTURES I TOOK OUT AT YOUR SAN DIEGO WETLANDS.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS PLACE FOR, UH, FOR BIRDS, FOR WILDLIFE.

UM, AND I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR YOU TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC.

DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE ONE.

WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A HIKING BIKE TRAIL? OH, ACTUALLY, MY TRAIL WILL BE GOING THROUGH EVEN KNOW THE EXACT AREA, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THAT DOESN'T REALLY MESH TOO WELL WITH, YOU KNOW, BURGERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF PROPERTY UP THERE, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TRAILS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE UP WITH, WITH ADA AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, BUT I THINK OUR OWN I AND BIKE TRAIL WOULD BE PRETTY, PRETTY INTERESTING.

I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A FEW GROUPS.

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

SO, UH, RIGHT HERE IS THE DRAINAGE, UH, IT BELONGS TO, OR, UH, IT'S A DRAINAGE DITCH FROM THE, UH, CAMERON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.

AND THE CAR CAR TRAIL HAS A PLANNED TRAIL ALONG THIS DITCH UP TO THIS POINT.

SO THERE WILL BE WONDERFUL TYPE OF BIKE ACCESS TO HERE.

AND IF, UH, AT THE OTHER END OF THIS, IT MEETS UP WITH YOUR MASSAGE TRAILER, MASSAGE AREA.

UM, AND

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WE'VE MET WITH, WITH DRAINAGE DISTRICT THREE, THEY ARE LOOKING AT, UM, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THIS AREA HERE.

SO THE, UH, THE TRAIL COULDN'T EVENTUALLY END UP ALL THE WAY UP THE ROAD, COLORADO, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE CASE.

YES, SURE.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO THE WETLANDS, THERE'S THE BRIDGE THAT WAS, UM, NOT REALLY SAFE TO GO THROUGH.

WE HAD ACOMB THERE.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THAT? OR HAS IT BEEN FIXED? WELL, ACTUALLY IT BELONGED TO THE COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, IT BELONGED TO THE COUNTY, BUT, UH, WE DID TALK TO THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, I THINK WE WERE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THAT.

SO WE COMMUNICATE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO HOPEFULLY WITH, WITH DRAINAGE, WE, WE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.

THEY'RE HIGH ENOUGH THE DRAIN DISTRICT THREE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP, FIX THAT BRIDGE.

BUT THE CONNECTION OF THE GUY, CHARLES, REALLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

IF FOR CONNECTIVITY REASONS, IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR PLAN OVER HERE AS WELL.

WHAT ABOUT THE PLANS FOR THE, IT'S NOT IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER? NO, THE, UH, THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF IT.

YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

UM, THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE ARE TWO PARCELS, AND THEY'RE VERY LONG PARCELS.

THEY'RE, UH, 40 ACRES TOTAL.

AND THE, UH, THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT.

SO THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS, THIS GRANT, NOT PART OF THIS GRANT PROJECT, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE PARK THERE.

UH, THE, UH, THE ANIMALS WILL GET A LITTLE MORE PUBLICITY AND THEY GET ADOPTED.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

IS THAT THE ONLY ONE? THIS ONE, THE, UH, AUTOMATION.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, EXCEPTIONAL RECOGNITION OF MS. ANISA HELGUERA IN HONOR OF HER FORTITUDE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE CITY OF SAN BERNARD, TEXAS.

WHEREAS ANISA HELGUERA WAS BORN TO BARFA RA AND ADRIANA RA AND HARING IN TEXAS.

SHE HAS TWO BROTHERS, FRANCISCO AND DANIEL AND HIS SISTER RA.

AND WHEREAS ANISA MICHELA BEGAN HER ACADEMIC JOURNEY IN SAN BENITO CONSOLIDATED INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ATTENDING FRANK ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND PROBABLY GRADUATING FROM SANTO HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2009 DURING HER SCHOOL YEARS ACTIVITY, PARTICIPATING IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS, COMPETING IN BOEING AND TRACK EVENTS, SHOWCASING HER DEDICATION AND TEAM SPIRIT WHILE ATTENDING BERTHA CVAA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT THE SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WHEREAS LISA MICHELLE G ON FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS HAS BEEN A DEVOTED VOLUNTEER IN ALTAR SERVER AT BOTH ST.

JOSEPH AND QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC CHURCHES.

SHE HAS SERVED AS A CONTINUING CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TEACHER ASSISTANT FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN CLASSES FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, AND HAS PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE ANNUAL CHURCHES, UH, CUTTING CAR, MISS CAR, MISS FAITHFULLY HELPING AT THE FUNNEL CAKE STAND WHERE I WOULD BE EACH YEAR.

AND WHEREAS ANISA, MICHELLE GTA HAS A HUGE HEART FOR COUNTRY MUSIC WITH A DEEP LOVE FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS CODY JOHNSON, JASON LDE, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD.

SHE ALSO ENJOYS SHOPPING AT TARGET AND DOLLAR TREE, FINDING JOY IN THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF LIFE.

AND WHEREAS ALISA RA KNOWN FOR HER RADIUS SMILE AND KIND SPIRIT EMBODIES THE WARMTH, GENEROSITY, AND RESILIENCE OF THE SANTO COMMUNITY.

HER GRACE AND PERSEVERANCE ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO KNOW HER.

AND WHEREAS ALISA RA AS EXHIBITED REMARKABLE STRENGTH, WORK ETHIC, RESILIENCE, AND PASSION FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SHE SERVED A TRUE ROLE REGARDLESS OF HER ONGOING ILLNESS.

SHE'S LIKE AN ANGEL AND MUCH LOVED BY HER FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.

HER FAMILY TRULY APPRECIATES THE HEALING PRAYERS, KIND, THOUGHTS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

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FOR THE BEST YEARS.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I PROFANE.

WE CITY THAT SOME HERE HEREBY RECOGNIZING AND COMMEND MS. UH, MICHELLE RA FOR HER UN WAIVING THE DETERMINATION, HER PARTIAL HARD AND DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IN HER MEMORY, I HEREBY DECLARE JUNE 20, MICHELLE IN THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS IN WITNESS ROAD, I HAVE HERE SAID MY, MY HAND, AND TO CROSS SEAL THE SAID CITY OF SANTO VIA FIXED ON THE 25TH DATE OF JUNE AND THE DAY OF LORD 2025.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE LOVES TO BATTLE WITH CANCER, SHE LOVES TO BATTLE WITH CANCER.

AND, UM, IT IS, WE, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY DID IT.

MICHELLE HAS ALREADY WAS ALREADY DONE AND GIVEN TO HER, SO WE JUST NEEDED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW HER, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, WHAT SHE WAS AND WHAT SHE DID.

AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HONOR HER FOR THIS WITH THIS, UH, PARKING MISSIONARY.

UH, IT WAS PRESENT TO HER PARENTS AND, UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL.

MISSION ALSO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HONESTLY.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS, UH, THE MIRACLE WAS A COUSIN.

SO BEING, I DIDN'T, NO RELATION.

OKAY.

SHE HAD NO RELATIONSHIP ME, BUT, UM, SHE WAS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, VERBAL WITHIN THE BOX SO I CAN JUST, UH, TO ALL THE FAMILY.

AND THAT, UH, ISSUE WAS IN PEACE.

OKAY.

UM, COMMISSIONER, THE DISCIPLINE ONE.

YEAH.

WELL, COMMISSIONER GONNA READ THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE STATE OF TEXAS RESOLUTION WHERE THE CITY OF IS HOLDING ITS INAUGURAL ROSA BAR COOKOFF ON JULY 5TH, 2025.

AND WHERE A SANCTIONED BY CHAMPIONS BARBECUE ALLIANCE, AS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COOK-OFFS, THIS MUCH ANTICIPATED EVENT ATTRACTS PALATE SHELLS FROM ACROSS TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THIS, THESE ACCOMPLISHED PITMASTER PUT THEIR SKILLS TO THE TEST AS THEY LEAD TO PRODUCE THE TASTIEST INCREASE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND WHEREAS TEXANS ARE NOTED FOR THEIR LOVE FOR BARBECUE, AND THE CITY OF SANTO VERSATA BEST BARBECUE COOKOFF IS SURE TO OFFER EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE THE CHANCE TO ENJOY GOOD FOOD AND GOOD TIMES WHILE CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THIS INAUGURAL CITY OF SANTO BARBECUE, COOKOFF BE COM RATED.

AND THAT THE ORGANIZ ORGANIZE, OH, SORRY, SORRY.

ORGANIZERS, ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPANTS BE EXTENDED SINCERE BEST WISHES FOR A FUN AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

AND THIS IS SIGNED BY JANE WIL LOPEZ, STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 37.

SO THIS, THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US AND, UH, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL THE CITIZENS THAT, UH, SAMANTHA AND THE STRONG, THEY HIT YOU.

UH, SECOND FIST.

IT WAS AWESOME.

WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE, EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.

UM, I, THEY, I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME.

SO, UM, THAT'S MOVE FORWARD AND SOME MORE TO THE CITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF, EVERYBODY WHO WORKED SO HARD, THE BLOOD OFF.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

YOU GUYS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

NIXON'S GONNA BE, UH, SEE THE RANGERS, OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

SORRY.

YES.

UH, A I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO SPEAK IN OPEN COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER WHERE SHE STATES ADVISE RED TO TO ATTEND AND SPEAK OUT WHILE THE OTHER COMMISSIONER TELLS ME THAT I COULD BE COMING DOWN HERE.

SO I ATTORNEY LUKE AND NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD.

OKAY, SIR.

SORRY, MR. I COMING HERE TO SPEAK UNTIL I HAVE MINISTER.

YEP.

I'M COMING HERE TO SPEAK UNTIL I TURN BLUE, BUT NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU SAID SO MANY CHANCES TO SPEAK.

OKAY.

AND HOPING SOMETHING MIGHT CHANGE.

I FIND MYSELF

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REPEATING THE SAME CONCERN JUST WITH MORE URGENCY.

AND YET, NO.

IF I WAS SITTING IN YOUR SEAT WITH YOUR POWER PLATFORM AND RESPONSIBILITY, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHAT'S WRONG, AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO FIX THE SITUATION.

AFTER BRINGING UP THE FACTS AND PROPER LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT REALLY LOOK INTO IT, NEPOTISM MEANS FAVORITISM.

BASED ON KING STREET, THERE WAS A SITUATION THAT A DAUGHTER OF A PERSON WHO NOW ELECTED OFFICIAL STATE COMMISSIONER, WAS WANTING TO BUILD OVER AN EXISTING EASEMENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED.

WELL, ONCE HER FATHER GOT VOTED INTO THE CITY COMMISSIONER, SHE WAS GRANTED TO BUILD OVER THE EASEMENT RESIDENCE IN SANTO.

DO YOU CONSIDER THIS PERSON TO BE A GOOD MAN? MY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE I'M NOT ASKING FOR FAVOR.

SO, SPECIAL BEVERAGES, MY, AGAIN, MY EASEMENT IS PLOTTED IN THE HAMMER COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AND IT'S DOCUMENTED, BUT YOU GUYS CHOOSE NOT TO OPEN IT.

IT'S THE FACTS.

ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR YOU GUYS.

DO THE RIGHT THING.

IT'S THE RIGHT THING.

THAT'S IT.

EVERYBODY MISSED? THAT'S IT.

NO, SIR.

NOW WE TURN MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU GOT A FEW REPORTS FOR Y'ALL.

UH, AGAIN, ON, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, UH, MYSELF, I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO WISH THE FAMILY OF, OF MS. RUTH MC GUINNESS AND, AND HER SI BROTHER AND SISTERS, UM, IN OUR, SINCE CIRCUM CONDOLENCES ON THE LOSS FATHER.

AND AGAIN, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM US, WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT.

UM, ALSO WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY AGAIN.

I APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN STEALING MY THUNDER ON THE AKA FEST.

BUT, UH, THAT'S OKAY.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

IT WAS, UH, WE HAD TO MOVE IT LAST MINUTE.

UH, THE STAFF AND, AND EVERYBODY PUT TOGETHER, UM, PROBABLY THE BEST EVENT IN SAN BERNARD'S HISTORY, CREATED THE PUBLIC.

UM, IT WAS LITERALLY, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE FOLKS COMMENTED TO ME FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT WAS HERE, SAID, THIS ACTUALLY REMINDS ME OF A GOOD, UH, BIG CITY, YOU KNOW, BLOCK PARTY.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BIG CITY PART, BUT THE BLOCK PARTY WAS PRETTY ACCURATE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT.

UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE COOKOFF AND ANA WAS SPEARHEADING THAT, WAS ABLE TO GET THESE FOLKS DOWN HERE.

'CAUSE SHE'S GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH 'EM.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE REALLY, REALLY COMPLIMENTARY ABOUT THAT, THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPETE AND, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVED THE CITY.

THEY LOVED, UH, THE ACTUAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, TO COME HERE.

AND, UH, I THINK, I THINK WE'VE GOT THEM FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR US.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.

I WANNA THANK YOU ALL, UH, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR GIVING US THAT, UH, THE TRUST AND THE AUTHORITY TO, TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR CITIZENS.

I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES AS, UH, AS WE SEE SOME, AS WE SEE EVEN, EVEN TONIGHT, UH, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB.

A LOT OF TIMES.

YOU TRY TO DO THE BEST THING YOU CAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, DISAPPOINT SOME PEOPLE.

NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE ON BOARD.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S OUR LOT IN LIFE.

AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE, THE CITIZENS THE BEST WAY WE CAN BE GOOD STEWARDS.

AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL, UH, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY FATHERS, UH, AND MOTHERS, UH, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE DO.

UM, SO RECENTLY WE, WE HAD AN OPTION, AND I KNOW THAT'VE BEEN PUSHING THE STAFF FOR, WELL, SINCE I GOT HERE TO, TO, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER ALL OUR SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AND OUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S NOT BEING USED.

AND, UH, CHIEF GOT IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND, AND, AND WE, WE GOT, UH, GOT QUITE A BIT OF, IT

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GOT, WE GOT RID OF QUITE A BIT OF IT.

UM, THE AUCTION PROCEEDS WERE, UH, APPROXIMATELY $142,000.

UH, WE HAD GOT CHARGED A, A FEE, AND I THINK WE'RE NETTING CLOSE TO 130,000.

SO THERE'S STILL A FEW CHECKS COMING IN, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THAT.

'CAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MONEY THAT'S GOING BACK INTO THE COFFERS, UH, FOR US TO DO WHAT WE DO.

AND CHIEF, YEAH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK.

AND WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS STAGNANT AND JUST SITTING THERE AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REPURPOSE IT.

SO, UH, AGAIN, GOOD, GOOD JOB STAFF.

UH, LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK EDWARD ENRIQUE TOOK IT OVER, UH, WHILE A FEW MONTHS BACK.

ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT NOW, BUT, UH, TIME FLIES, EDWARD.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN I BROUGHT HIM ON BOARD WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, UH, THE DILAPIDATED HOMES, UH, CARE PREMISE PROBLEMS, WE LOTS.

AND, UH, TO DATE, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL SOME OF THE NEW STATS.

UM, SO FAR WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST, UH, WELL, THIS YEAR ACTUALLY, UH, SIX EIGHT DEMOLITIONS.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THE ADDRESSES BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA STEP ON ANYBODY.

BUT, UH, SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT EIGHT OF 'EM HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED AFTER THE VIOLATIONS WERE SENT, AND ALL THE NOTICES WERE, UH, WERE, WERE DELIVERED PROPERLY.

UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, ANOTHER ONE SLATED FOR DEMOLITION THIS MONTH.

THAT'S THE NINTH ONE.

AND, UH, TWO MORE PENDING PROCESSING THROUGH THE STANDARDS, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.

SO, UH, ALL IN ALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT 11 HERE BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER.

SO THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DILAPIDATED HOMES, A LOT OF CARE APPRENTICE ISSUES, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CLEAN THE CITY UP AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA RE, WE'RE GONNA REDO SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I THINK A LOT OF THESE FOLKS, WHEN THEY SEE THAT HAPPEN, THEY GET, THEY GET A LITTLE MORE PRIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT SOME, SOME BETTER HOMES IN, IN, IN PLACE OF THESE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOLKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CAN GET, UH, CAN GET A BETTER FEELING OF PRIDE.

AND, UH, USUALLY THAT'S WHAT WORKS.

SO, I WANTED TO THANK EDWARD, YOUR STAFF, ENRIQUE AND MONICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS PART, THIS IS PART OF MY WISHLIST GIVING TO ME BY THE COUNCIL WHEN Y'ALL HIRED ME.

SO, UH, WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THIS, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL, UH, WERE UP TO DATE ON THAT.

AND THEN LASTLY, I, I KNOW I SAID LAST, BUT THIS IS REALLY LAST, UH, OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES IS GONNA KICK OFF THIS FRIDAY.

SO YOU GOT CLAY WALKER COMING ON FRIDAY, AND WAS PAULO'S ON SATURDAY.

SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU ALL LIKE MORE, BUT, UH, TRY TO GIVE THE CITIZENS A LITTLE BIT OF A VARIETY.

WE'VE GOT COUNTRY, WE'VE GOT, UM, SPANISH, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME COMEDIANS.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SUMMER WHERE, UH, STAFF IS OUT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.

MARIO ANGEL, UH, EVEN MYSELF, WE'RE GOING TO, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES, WE'RE DISTRIBUTING TICKETS FOR, UH, FOR THEM TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS, BUT ALSO TO PROMOTE OUR, OUR SERIES.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND WE'RE MAKING CONTACT WITH THESE BUSINESSES.

AND, UH, ALL OF 'EM HAVE BEEN SUPER RECEPTIVE, SUPER HAPPY, AND SUPER, UH, REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, UH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF GOOD PUBLIC, A LOT OF GOOD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY FROM, AGAIN, OUR OWN, OUR OWN BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO, UH, THIS IS GONNA TOUCH ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT, ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE CITIZENS, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE HOTEL MOTEL FOLKS.

UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A BIG SPINOFF ON THIS AND, AND THE MULTIPLIERS ARE GONNA SHOW.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, THE BEGINNING OF, OF WHAT'S GONNA BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE HERE AT SAN BENITO.

MAKE US THE, UH, LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL IN SOUTH TEXAS.

WE GOT A FEW ITEMS ON LATER ON SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

OUTSTANDING.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS, SIR? NONE.

GREAT.

THAT WAS GOOD.

OKAY.

PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, , WE'RE GOING TO SKIP NUMBER ONE BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE GONNA, THERE WAS A SCHEDULING ISSUE AND, UH, MR. BRINKMAN WASN'T HERE TODAY, WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.

COULDN BE THE NEXT WEEK.

UH, SO WE'LL SKIP NUMBER ONE.

WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND THAT'S THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK RAMP CBG 50, FIRST YEAR PROPOSED ONE YEAR ANNUAL ACTION

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FACT.

AND THIS IS THE SECOND TO THE PUBLIC? YES, SIR.

UM, CAN WE DO BOTH OF THEM? OKAY.

YEAH, WE CAN DO ITEM THREE IS, WE CAN DO TWO AND THREE, UH, THREE AS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING GRANT APPLICATION, BE SUBMITTED, CITY 70, DIEGO, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

NONURBAN, OUTDOOR RECREATION, LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM.

WHAT'S THE ACRONYM ON THAT? BIG? PROBABLY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 70 WOODLAND AS A PARK.

AND ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON FOOT THINGS OR WEAPONS.

AND THIS IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL EARLIER.

UH, AND, UH, WE CAN OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 1 WHEN WE'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, ANYBODY FOUR AGAINST 20? UH, ANY OF THESE TWO ITEMS? TWO OR 3, 4, 8.

GREAT.

OKAY.

AND, UH, TIME IS, UH, 6 0 2 AND CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE ON TO CONSENT.

YES.

ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX, UH, CONSENT.

WE CAN TAKE THEM ALL AT ONE AT ONE TIME.

OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ANY OUT FOR DISCUSSION? WE CAN DO THAT.

WE CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

UH, ANYBODY TAKING ANYTHING OUT? NO.

OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE ALL ITEMS? ONE SIX ON CONSENT.

MOTION.

MOTION THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER NAVARRO? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? A.

ANY A MOTION PASSES ON THE CONSENT ITEMS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ITEM ONE IS FIRST READING, READING ORDINANCES NUMBER 2 6 3 1 DASH SEVEN DASH 2025 TO APPROVE THE ABANDONED VACATE AND CONVERT OF A 15 FOOT WIDE ALLEY INTO A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT INTO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY IS ST.

BENEDICT CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE DIOCESE OF BROWNSVILLE FOR ST.

TERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH LOCATED AT 1500 CONE STREET.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS ST.

THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH.

ST.

BENEDICT CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND THE DIOCESE OF ST.

BROWNSVILLE, THAT'S JUST THE FIRST STREET.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER? IT'S A UTILITY EASTMAN, A QUESTIONNAIRE.

IT IS, IT'S A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT.

YOU'RE CONVERTING AN ALLEY TO UTILITIES.

IS THIS WHERE THE WATER LINE WHERE WE WERE REPAIRING THE WATER LINE? THERE'S A SEWER LINE.

SEWER LINE.

A SEWER LINE.

IS THAT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS? WELL, WELL, THE PART OF IT, AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS, IS THAT, UH, THERE'S SOME OTHER UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THE ALLEY.

THERE'S A TELEPHONE POLE, AT LEAST ONE THAT I KNOW OF.

UH, WE'VE GOT OUR, WE'VE GOT OUR SEWER LINE IN THERE, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.

ST.

TERESA HAS GOT, UH, I GUESS IT'S LIKE A, LIKE A SHADE STRUCTURE OR SOMETHING AT THE END OF IT.

SO THEY, THEY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY BUILT OVER IT.

UM, SO WE'RE NOT USING IT AS AN ALLEY.

IT CAN'T BE USED AS AN ALLEY.

AND WE'D LIKE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, CONVEY IT BACK TO 'EM SO THEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE EVERYTHING, UH, CONGRUENT WITH WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY USING IT AS.

UH, BUT ALSO, UH, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR, OUR UTILITIES IN PLACE AND, AND ADD IF WE NEED, IF WE NEED TO.

THERE'S NOT ANY UTILITIES UNDER THE BUILDING, IS THERE? NO, SIR.

IT'S NOT A BUILDING.

IT'S A, IT'S LIKE A, A WATCH.

IT'S A, OH, OKAY.

I SEE.

RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

AND THEN THERE'S A, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OR TWO TELEPHONE POLES IN THERE.

TWO THAT, SO UNUSUAL.

WE ABANDONED IT AND SOMETHING, THE UTILITIES, BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THEIR PARKING LOT, IT WAS RESPONSIBLE.

IT'S NOT UNDER THEIR PARKING LOT.

THE PLAT SHOWS IT'S JUST GREEN GAS.

SO IT'S ON THE LAWN ON, ON THIS AREA, NOT THIS WAY.

RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT THERE.

SO IF WHERE SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THE UTILITIES, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO WORK ON THEM IF WE'RE GONNA ABANDON THIS AREA ALLEY? WELL, WE'RE ABANDONING THE ALLEY AND TURNING IT INTO THE EASEMENT.

SO YES, THE REASON FOR EASEMENT.

OH, OKAY.

GIVE THE CITY PERMIT ACCESS

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TO THAT.

NO MORE BUILDING ON IT.

YOU, SIR.

FULLY DO WITH THEIR OWN RISK.

TRUE.

TRUE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S JUST THE FIRST READING.

ITEM TWO IS, UH, CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDED INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAN DIEGO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC.

AND THE CITY OF SANTO, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS A, AN INTERLOCAL THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, WITH THE EDC.

THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE EDC BOARD AND, AND APPROVED.

HOWEVER, UM, THERE WAS ONE CLAUSE IN THERE, AND I GUESS I'D HAVE TO DEFER LEGAL.

UM, THERE'S A PAYMENT FOR SERVICES THAT THE EDC PAYS THE CITY FOR ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND, UM, PAYROLL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, AT THE MEETING, UH, AN AMOUNT WAS APPROVED LOWER THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, UH, RIGHT NOW BY EDC.

BY EDC.

HOWEVER, UH, I'VE HAD SOME, SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EDC BOARD AND THEY'RE, THEY'VE RECONSIDERED THAT LOWER AMOUNT.

SO COULD WE APPROVE THIS SUBJECT TO, I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY, UH, SUBJECT TO, UH, THE, THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW? OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THE EDC BOARD? SO IF THE AMOUNT IS LOWER ON THE AGREEMENT IS PRESENTED BEFORE THE COUNCIL NOW YES.

UM, THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE SET NUMBER THAT LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY IS 20,000.

UM, THEN THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE SENT BACK TO THE EDC, AND THEY WILL THEN HAVE TO RECONSIDER SINCE THAT AGREEMENT HAS CHANGED.

BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, YOU GUYS JUST PASS IT TO THE NUMBER YOU GUYS WOULD WANNA SEE ON THERE.

WHAT DO, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT NUMBER? 54,000.

54,000.

UH, I THINK THE BOARD APPROVED 18,000.

RIGHT? UH, STEPHANIE, YOU GOT ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? EXACTLY.

SHE WANTS HER MONEY.

I CAN ASK, WHAT ARE THE COSTS ARE YOUR DEPARTMENT, STEPHANIE? SEVEN DIRECTOR RECORD.

SO WITH THOSE 54,000, THE CITY PROVIDES TO THE DC WHOLE ACCOUNTING TEAM, WHOLE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THEY GET PROCUREMENT, THEY GET, UM, AUDITING, UM, SERVICES.

WE DO THE AUDIT.

THEY'RE ACT, WE USE IT AS A COORDINATE UNIT.

UM, WE DO, THEY'RE PAYING REAL AS WELL.

SO 18,000 DOESN'T FAIRLY FOR A SMALL AMOUNT.

'CAUSE NOT EVEN ONE ACCOUNTANT WILL BE, WHO WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO SU LIKE, SUBSTANTIALLY PAID AN ACCOUNTANT 18,000 TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY DOES FOR THE A C.

SO I WOULD SAY ON THE AUDIT SIDE, UM, IF THE CITY IS CONDUCTING AUDITS FOR THE EDC, I WILL SAY THE INDUSTRY NORM FOR A STANDALONE 12 MONTH AUDIT, UM, A GOOD ONE IS AROUND 36,000.

RIGHT? UH, SO 18,000 TO INCLUDE PAYROLL AND TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, IS PRETTY LOW.

IT IS NOT.

OKAY.

WELL, IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME MORE WORK DONE AT THE EDC AND NOT SO MUCH NECESSARY BECAUSE OF STAFF OVER THERE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PICK UP SOME OF THAT EXTRA VOTE.

IS THAT NOT THE CASE IN TERMS OF WRITING CHECKS OR DOING ANY KIND OF COUNTY WORK AT THE A DC ITSELF? I WAS NOT MENTIONED THAT, BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE IT IN AN AGREEMENT WHERE MY DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING THAT? AND, AND IF MY DEPARTMENT, THE CITY'S OVERALL, BECAUSE IT DOES ADD SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO THE EMPLOYEES.

SO IT, IT'S RECOMMENDED, RIGHT? THAT EITHER ONE ENTITY DO IT ALL RIGHT.

AND NOT VICE VERSA, BECAUSE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL GET BLURRED, RIGHT.

AND FINGERS WILL START TO GET POINTED RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

AND THEN STEPHANIE'S EXAMPLE HERE IS, WELL, HEY, I WAS GONNA DO THIS AND I KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE THE CITY AND, AND NO VICE VERSA.

UH, SINCE DELINEATE THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

ALRIGHT, THEN, THEN MY QUESTION I GUESS IS THAT STEPHANIE, IS 54 THE RIGHT AMOUNT? WELL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OF THOSE STAFF GETS PAID FROM THE EDC FUNDS.

THIS IS JUST A REVENUE SEARCH FOR THE CITY FROM CONDUCTING THOSE ACCOUNTING SERVICES.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD WHAT THEY DECIDE.

I'M SORRY, UP TO YOU ALL COMMISSIONERS, WHAT YOU, YOU THINK IT'S WORTH IT? I MEAN, 54,000 IT'S BEEN SET, UH, FOR THAT AMOUNT AND THAT COULD, I MEAN, IF EVERYBODY AGREES TO IT, IT'S FINE.

I MEAN, I COULD SEE IT BEING HIGHER.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE IT BEING HIGHER.

COURSE WE KNOW YOU, BUT, UM, IT, IT SEEMS THERE

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NOT MAYBE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YEARS, MAYBE BECOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR, UM, MORE LIKE ADDING ANOTHER PERSON TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO JUST AT THE A, B, C AND THEN JUST SO LIKE OFFSET THAT SALARY.

THERE'S MANY OPTIONS WE CAN DO, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE ACCOUNTING, JUST ACCOUNTING SERVICES WE'RE DOING.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S A REVENUE SOURCE TO THE CITY.

IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IMPACTS THE WHOLE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHY 18,000 IS TRIBUTED.

OKAY.

WHAT ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT POLICY? DOES THE EDC FOLLOW? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY FOLLOW THE CITY STANDARD.

YEAH.

ADOPT THE PROCUREMENT.

UM, DO THEY HAVE TO ADOPT? SO I GUESS WAS, WE KIND OF HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MAYOR PROTE.

BUT LET'S JUST SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WERE GONNA PROCURE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE GONNA BUY WIDGETS, RIGHT? AND THE WIDGETS WERE 51,000 OR 50,000 PLUS A PENNY, RIGHT? THEY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO STATE PROCUREMENT LAWS, WHETHER THEY ADOPT POLICY OR NOT.

RIGHT? SO REALLY AND TRULY THE SUGGESTION HERE MOVING FORWARD IS THAT IN THE FUTURE, UM, THEY ARE SEPARATE AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ACCOUNTING, YOU KNOW, CPA AUDITORS, WHETHER, I MEAN, IT IS A BIG COST.

I NOTICED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S NODDING, BUT IT IS A BIG COST, BUT IT'S JUST CLEANER IN THE LONG RUN, UM, THAT THEY KIND OF BE RAN AS SEPARATE AND WHICH IN, IN FACT, THEY KIND ARE.

AND YOU FIND THAT'S WHY, UH, THE CITIES CAN ALWAYS BE AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF, UH, RESTRICTIONS THAN THE STATE LAW, BUT JUST NOT LOWER.

SO THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS HIGHER LEVELS OF RESTRICTIONS, LIKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO GO, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO REQUEST, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT APPROVAL OR HOW MANY QUOTES WE HAVE.

THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT THE STATE, UM, HAS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE CAN ALWAYS GO HIRING RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE CANNOT GO LOWER.

SO TO ADD TO THAT, WE SAID, UH, THE EDC BY NOT HAVING ONE SET AND ADOPTED THERE BY THE STATE LAW.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE HELPED THEM IN THE PROCUREMENT SITE.

SO WHENEVER, UH, WE SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FOLLOWING THE TEXAS CODE, THAT'S WHAT WE MENTIONED TO THEM, HEY, THIS IS THE, THE PROCESS THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE BECAUSE IT'S FOLLOWING.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S PART OF WHERE I SAID THEY'RE NOT ONLY GET THE ACCOUNT SERVICES, BUT THEY ALSO GET THE WHOLE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE PROCUREMENT TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, THIS IS THE RIGHT PROCESS.

YOU NEED TO PROVIDE US A RESOLUTION.

YOU NEED TO PROVIDE US THIS AND THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST AN ACCOUNTANT THAT IS PROCESSING EVERYTHING, UM, THAT THEY, THAT THEY DO.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ALSO FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO DO THEIR AUDIT AS WELL, BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH US.

SO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

UM, I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE JUST RECEIVED, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP IT AT THE 54,000 I SECOND.

OKAY.

BILL WOULD, UH, WE HAVE TO, UM, WE'RE VOTING FOR THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE, UH, PDC, UH, AGREEMENT PLUS TO KEEP IT AT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, IS THAT THE, THE MOTION WE WE'RE SAYING? YES.

OKAY.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CHANGE IN THE AGREEMENT IS THE AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.

18,000.

SO MR. MORALE, MORALE'S MOTION IS TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO I GOT A MOTION.

I GOT A MOTION.

MORALE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A AND NAY.

ANY NAY? AND MOTION PASSES? NO NAYS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

UM, ITEM THREE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION PROOF CORPORATE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 5 DASH SEVEN THREE.

BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARD, SAN BERNARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.

AUTHORIZING ENTERTAINMENT AND RELATED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAN BERNARD SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.

AGAIN, MAYOR, THIS WAS TAKEN AIR COMMISSIONS TAKEN TO THE, UH, EDC BOARD.

WE DID HAVE MR. GARCIA AND, UH, MR. PALONE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO, UH, USE HOTEL MOTEL TAX MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE HOTEL MOTEL BOARD AT A RECENT MEETING.

AND, UH, STEPHANIE NEEDS THAT SO SHE CAN START APPROVING SOME OF OUR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.

THAT'S, OH, THAT'S THE SECOND ONE, YES.

OH, I'M SORRY.

OKAY, COOL.

YEAH, THIS IS THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, SPENDING THE MONEY TO GO OUT AND DO ALL OF THIS FUN STUFF.

OH,

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OKAY.

WELL, AND SO, UM, WELL THAT'S INCLUDED TOO BY THE YEAH, WE'RE INCLUDING THE HUNDRED IN THERE.

OKAY, A SECOND.

ROY, YOU WANNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, IF YOU MAY.

YES.

BELOW MAYOR INDUSTRIES, UH, RIGHTWARD, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR, OUR OUR GATE PLAN SET TO TICKETMASTER.

TICKETMASTER IS, UH, IS OUR, WE HAVE ONE LINK TO SELL ALL THE TICKETS.

AND, UH, AS FAR AS RIGHT NOW, I CAN GIVE YOU AN AMOUNT OF HOW MANY TICKETS THAT HAVE BEEN FOR EACH SHOW.

SO FOR THIS WEEKEND, FOR THE CLAY WALKER, WE HAVE 574.

AND FOR THE OMI WE HAVE, UH, A LITTLE BIT LESS, IT'S 1 0 1, BUT, UH, THAT KIND OF, UH, GENRE OF MUSIC, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING MASTER, UH, FOLLOWERS.

USUALLY IN GAME SHOW WE LIKE TO DO MORE OF A WALKUPS.

SO, UH, OUR MARKETING PLAN HAS BEEN SET A HUNDRED PERCENT FULL FORCE STARTING THIS MONDAY DUE TO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES ALREADY HAVING SOME FESTIVAL, OTHER CONTRACTS IN THE AREA.

SO NOW THAT WE'RE ALL THOSE SHOWS ARE OUT THE WAY, WE'RE FULL FORCE IN ALL MARKETING PLAN THAT WE HAVE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH SPONSORSHIPS TODAY? WE HAVE, UH, LANDED TITLE SPONSOR, MR. ATTORNEY.

WE PICKED UP 30 K, UH, WITH HIM TODAY.

AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER ONES PENDING BUT NOT CONFIRMED, UH, WITH THE INK .

SO YEAH, SO WE'RE DOING, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, HEADING SPONSORS, BUT REVENUE SOURCE COME IN, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA GO WITH, UH, WE HAVE SOME TICKET SALE ON ONLINE.

WE HAVE PRE BOX, UH, CONFIRMED PRE BOX IS A, IT'S A TAKEOUT CONSIGNMENT THAT THEY PAY YOU WITH EITHER, UH, A CHECK OR, OR A CASH APP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IT'LL BE IN THE AUDIT REPORT FOR TICKETMASTER.

SO ALL THAT WOULD BE A LINE ITEM.

EVERY TICKETMASTER REPORT, UH, I'LL GIVE A REPORT TO YOU AND THE, THE BOARD, THE C BOARD MEMBERS.

BUT REVENUE SOURCE IS GONNA BE, UM, CONCESSION SALES, WHICH IS A 70 30 70, SAME AT THE EDC UH, VENDORS.

AND AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 35 VENDORS ALREADY CONFIRMED, UM, VICINITY FEE.

THAT'S A VICINITY FEE THAT'S GONNA STATE WITH THE DC, UH, IN THE EDC ACCOUNTS AND BOARD, WISHING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THE EDC.

BUT RIGHT NOW, FOR EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE HAVE IT SET UP $6 FOR EVERY TICKET SOLD.

$6 WILL STAY IN THE FEE ACCOUNT AND SPONSORSHIPS.

IS THAT THE SAME? I'M SORRY.

IS THAT THE SAME FOR GENERAL ADMISSION VERSUS VIP? SAME.

OKAY.

ANY TICKETS SOLD IS $6 CITY.

LIKE WE NEED MORE ACCOUNTING WORK.

C ALREADY .

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

STEPHANIE , UM, I, I'M EXCITED TO SEE US FINALLY TO GET TO THIS POINT.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND, AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE IS, I MEAN, I HOPE WE HAVE SOME GOOD FOLLOW UP SESSIONS FROM THE SOCCER FEST AND WHAT WE DID RIGHT? WHAT WE DID WRONG, WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS, HOW DO WE DO BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND, AND WE'VE GOT A, A LONG ROAD OF HOPE IN TERMS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THIS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND THE, AND THE VENUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING TOGETHER OUT THERE.

BUT I, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND WANT US ALWAYS TO HAVE GOOD OPEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE REALITIES OF WHERE WE ARE ON ALL OF THAT STUFF.

SOCIAL CHILDREN, WE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

UH, BUT OF COURSE THE GENRES, UH, ALWAYS TEND TO, TO, TO OPEN THE , PEOPLE WALKING UP THE DOOR AT 17TH.

SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I, I JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE FROM ABOUT NINE 30 UNTIL IT ENDED, UM, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND DID SOME JUDGING THERE AND I SAT THERE AT THE BENCH OUTSIDE THERE AT THE AKA AND I WATCHED EVERYBODY BASICALLY HANDS ON DECK.

AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT.

UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT, BECAUSE WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT THE TEAMWORK AND THE EFFORT IN OUR PAST, AKA AND THIS TIME I SEEN EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

EVERYBODY OUT THERE WAS DOING WHAT THEY HAD TO DOING.

I HAD DE AND I HAD THE EDC OFFICE NOT EVEN SITTING DOWN SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE EDC WAS DOING RIGHT, LOOKING OUT THE DOOR, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY WAS WORKING AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME.

THE, SO THEY'LL THINK THAT THINGS DON'T GO UNNOTICED 'CAUSE THEY DO.

YOU HAD ELOY OUT THERE WITH HIS CREW.

WE MAKE THE DECISIONS HERE, BUT YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT IT.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT SHOWED TEAMWORK ON, ON THIS ONE.

WHEN IT CAME TO EDCI, I VOTED NO ON IT BECAUSE TO ME IT'S ALWAYS A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE HAD TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR TAXPAYERS.

I'M GONNA SAY WE FINALLY HAVE TURNED A PAGE.

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I WANNA SAY I SEE THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES, OUR STAFF ENJOYING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, LAUGHING, TALKING, COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER, DANCING.

UM, AND YOU MOVE THE NEEDLE AND SAY, AND AND THAT'S WHY COME, I, I WORE THIS SHIRT TODAY, THIS SHIRT I LOVE SB IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS, I CAME IN WITH AN OPEN MIND AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT OPEN MIND.

I DON'T THINK WE ARE THERE JUST YET BECAUSE STILL THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS STILL CONCERNING TO ME.

'CAUSE I THINK WE COULD USE IT ELSEWHERE.

BUT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, ROY, FRED, YOU AS WELL, MAKING LAST MINUTE DECISIONS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SUCCESS AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

UM, FOR THAT, I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM IT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REPORTS FROM THREE YEARS BACK, FIVE YEARS BACK MAYBE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

I, I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO MY HAT'S OFF TO EVERYBODY.

THAT WAS A PART OF IT.

THANK YOU.

AND DID THAT SAY, TOLD YOU IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME WORKING WITH PD, WITH FIRE AND ALL HIS STAFF.

I MEAN, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, THE GE AND IT WAS AWESOME.

AND SAFETY IS ALWAYS KEY TO EVERYTHING.

SO TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYBODY THAT HELPED OUT, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME.

BUT YES, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CORPORATE RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE CITY SANTO AND THE EDC.

OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

COMMISSIONER FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? NONE ABSTAINED.

MAYOR.

OKAY, SO NO NAS ABSTAIN.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERATION.

POSSIBLE ACTION TO IMPROVE MARKETING PROPOSAL FOR THE SAN VITO SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND EVENT SERIES.

UH, GOT AHEAD MYSELF EARLIER.

APOLOGIZE, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE MARKETING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

UH, STEPHANIE NEEDS THIS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, I CAN ADDRESS THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT, FRED, IF THAT'S ALRIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I'M, SINCE I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE AND, AND I AM, I'M ON THE SIMILAR COMMITTEE DOWN ON SOUTH POVERTY ISLAND, UM, THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU BOARD THAT, THAT OVERSEES SPECIAL EVENTS.

WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF HOTEL MOTEL TAX, WHICH EXCEED, UM, WHAT WE BRING IN FOR THE CITY.

THERE IS, UH, OVER $12 MILLION A YEAR JUST IN, IN TAXES DOWN THERE.

SO PUT RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPENDING BOTH FUNDS AND HANDLING THOSE FUNDS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME ISSUES.

WE ACTUALLY GOT OUR BUDDY, UH, MR. INVESTIGATOR MENTION HIS NAME DOWN ON THE ISLAND .

BUT, UH, IT, IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE THE FUNDS THAT WE CAN USE FROM A HOTEL MOTEL.

IT'S ABOUT HEADS AND BEDS.

IT'S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE AND, AND BRING PEOPLE INTO TOWN AND PUT 'EM IN, INTO THE HOTEL.

A HOTEL TAX HERE IN TOWN IS 15, 15 AND HALF, 15% RIGHT NOW.

UH, IS WHAT IT IS.

THAT'S WHAT A PERSON PAYS WHEN THEY COME INTO A HOTEL HERE.

THEY PAY 15%, THEY PAY 17% ON THE ISLAND TAXES.

I WISH I HAD A 17% BOTTOM LINE BEFORE I EVEN STARTED DOING ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT TEXAS WE, WE PAY DOWN THERE.

UH, AND WE DO THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS TO COME IN AS WELL.

AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO START.

I THINK THERE'S A LONG WAY THAT WE NEED TO GO IN TERMS OF, OF STRUCTURING AND SETTING UP, UM, OUR, OUR MARKETING ARM HERE IN TOWN, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES OR THAT CONCERT VENUE ALTOGETHER AND HOW WE MARKET IT.

UM, AGAIN, I'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT AND HOW WE ORGANIZE THAT AND SET THAT UP AND WHAT THE ENTITY IS AND SO ON.

IT, UH, WE'VE GOTTA LOOK HARD AT THAT AND, AND SEE HOW WE CONTINUE TO RUN THAT VENUE.

WAS GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS AND SOME GREAT STUFF, BUT, UH, IT'S, UM, WE, WE IT'S A GREAT TIME.

IT'S THE FUNDS ARE THERE, UM, AND WE NEED TO USE 'EM BECAUSE WE NEED TO BRING HEADS AND BEDS.

OKAY.

CAN YOU ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY EXPOSURE? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE REVENUE OF THAT FUND ANNUALLY? RIGHT NOW? ABOUT 40,000.

I THINK THERE'S ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF MILLION IN THAT FUND RIGHT NOW.

IT'S BEEN SITTING EVERY YEAR GOING, OKAY, AWESOME.

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WITH THAT MONEY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE ROY CAN STEP BACK UP HERE.

UM, I KNOW FRED MENTIONED IN HIS REPORT THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GIVING OUT TICKETS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP PROMOTE THEM.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING WHAT HE PUT THEM BOOMERANGS.

MAYBE WE COULD GET OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, GIVE US SHIRTS AND STUFF TO YOU.

WE WE'RE A SELF BILLBOARD, WHICH YOU COULD SEE ANYBODY WEARS.

EITHER THAT WE'RE A SELF BILLBOARD WHO, OTHER THAN TO US TO PROMOTE OURSELF.

IF WE COULD DO THINGS WITH MAYBE OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR BAKERIES, YOU KNOW, GET SHIRTS TO GET OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO WEAR WANTS, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE MARKETING OF, OF OUR CITY, NOT JUST THE CONCERT ITSELF.

I SEE.

YES, DEFINITELY.

WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE, WE COULD ADD RESTAURANTS TO TO, TO OUR SCREEN.

WE'RE GONNA GIVE SURE.

GIVEAWAYS.

UM, LIKE TOTALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CROSS PROMOTING WITH ALL THE RESTAURANTS, NOT ONLY WITH THE TICKETS, BUT ALSO WE CAN ALWAYS ADD ADVERTISING MATERIAL FROM THE CITY.

UM, I KNOW THIS WEEKEND, JUST THIS WEEKEND, THERE'S 22 ROOMS WERE BOOKED, UH, JUST FOR THE, FOR THE CITY AT HOME, JUST THIS WEEKEND.

SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE, IT IS TWO DAY EVENTS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF STAFF, UH, THAT'LL BE WORKING THE EVENTS, STAYING AT OUR LOCAL ALTOS.

I GONNA BEEN ALREADY DEALING TWO HOTEL RENTAL THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

THEY'VE GIVEN US SOME GREAT RATES AND, UH, I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A REPORT OR THEY, I'LL BE ABLE TO GET A REPORT FROM THEM IN REGARDS TO HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, ROOMS ARE RIGHT THERE FOR THE REPORTS AND KPIS.

YOU'RE TALKING MY VENUE RIGHT THERE.

SO I, UH, I, AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY YOU NEED TO REPORT IT IS HOW MANY, HOW MANY ROOM.

NICE.

THIS STUFF.

BRING IN THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ADVERTISE OUR CITY AND ADVERTISE OUR BUSINESSES NEEDLE.

WE MAKE SOME REVENUE TO OFFSET THE COST, BUT ALSO BRING MORE TRAFFIC INTO THEM.

THAT'S THE WHOLE BASIC, AND I'M PRETTY SURE IF YOU GET WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES, THEY COULD COME UP WITH A SHIRT OF THEIR OWN AND HEY, GIVE 'EM TO YOU TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES.

MAYBE COME UP WITH SOMETHING, A NICE GIMMICK OR SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING TO HELP PROMOTE THEMSELVES AS WELL.

YES, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR TO PROMOTE OUR CITY.

WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SENT TO THESE GUYS EARLIER, I THOUGHT SOME OF THESE FONDEST, YOU GUYS REMEMBER SANDWICH BOARDS? KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.

SOMEBODY WALKS AROUND WITH THE BOARD ON THE FRONT AND BACK AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE, THE EVENTS WITH SANDWICH BOARDS ON .

I'D BE, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE QR CODE THAT BASICALLY SAYS ONE QR CODE SAYS LOCAL RESTAURANTS HERE, ANOTHER QR CODE SAYS AFTER PARTY AND THE QR CODE SAYS, YOU KNOW, HOTELS, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS.

HUGE.

THE OTHER ONE SAYS FUTURE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S, THERE'S, I THINK WE GOTTA BE INNOVATIVE.

WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH THAT.

YEAH.

SO LIKE AFTER A SOCCER FEST, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS, SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE NOT AWARE RIGHT? AFTERWARDS PEOPLE WERE SO HUNGRY OR STILL GOING WATER BURGERS OPEN.

BUT SOME OF THE OTHER RESTAURANTS LIKE LAVATA AND LEO ILLA WERE CLOSED.

UM, I MADE MY WAY TO KAKAS EVENTUALLY, BUT LETTING THEM, LETTING THEM KNOW TO LIKE THESE PLACES WILL BE OPEN AFTER THIS EVENT.

SO TO KEEP FUNNELING THAT, THAT MONEY, I'LL WORK WITH THE EC AND MARIO TO MAKE SURE WE GET REACH OUT TO ALL.

YES, BECAUSE I KNOW ACTUALLY JUST PUT OUT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN NOW ON FRIDAYS AND THE EVENINGS AS WELL.

NOW.

YES, WE GOT WITH THEM.

AND ALSO WE, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU GUYS WITH REPORT.

WHICH ONE WILL BE OPEN SO WE COULD HAVE CHECK.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU ROY.

COMMISSIONER MORALE.

HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER YOUR FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY NAY MOTION PASSES I FIVE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE RATIFICATION OF CAR DOCKS INDUSTRIES, LLC TO SERVE AS VENDOR FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE SAN DIEGO CONCERT SERIES EVENTS.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, HE IS A CONTRACTOR WITH THE EDC.

UH, HE DID GET THE TADC LICENSE, UH, THROUGH HIS, THROUGH HIS COMPANY.

UH, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE TO CLOSE TO US AS WE CAN.

UH, INSTEAD OF EDC GETTING THE LICENSE AND EVERYBODY HAVING TO GIVE UP ALL THEIR INFORMATION, THIS IS A LOT MORE CLEANER.

UM, MR. MR. UH, GARCIA'S ALREADY, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, A CONTRACTOR.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO SELL BEER, SO I'D, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE A DC BOARD.

OKAY? I I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT EDC WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ONLY USED IN SAN MANTO, SO I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION THAT THAT QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.

THAT CORRECT? FRED? IT'S ONLY GONNA BE UTILIZED HERE IN SAN MANTO.

1501 , RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.

DO I

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HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION? SECOND.

I SECOND.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAY? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM ITEM SIX IS CONSIDERS A POSSIBLE ACTUAL RATIFY EMERGENCY PURCHASE.

REPLACE A HEAD WORKS UNIT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN, AND IT WAS TO VULCAN ENTRIES, VULCAN INDUSTRIES, INC.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,273 AND 79 6 AMERICAN COMMISSIONER.

THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY ITEM, UH, HAD THE WATER PLANT WE DIDN'T WANT BE SWIMMING IN IT SO STAFF WOULD COMMEND APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE I MOTION FOR SECOND, SECOND.

SECOND IN FAVOR? ANY MOTION BOARD EQUIPMENTS? ITEM ONE.

CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE A POINT OF REPOINT MEMBERS TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE PLACE IN TERMS STARTING AND EXPIRING AS SHOWN PLACE.

THREE TERMS. JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028.

UH, AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REPRESENT THE CITIZEN THAT I RECOMMENDED TO COMMISSIONER GALVAN TO BE PLACED ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD.

I HAVE BEEN DULY APPOINTED AS HIS AGENT.

SO, UH, MY TRAVIS VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE BOARD AND MAYOR GALVAN GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO PUT HIM ON BOARD.

SO I THINK HE'S BEING VERY ACTIVE.

SO WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA NOMINATE, MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MR. MICHAEL TRAVIS.

UH, THE, THE TERM HAS EXPIRED.

JUST WANNA SAY, MR. LARRY DRAKE HAS SERVED FOR YEARS, UH, DECADES ON MULTIPLE BOARDS AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR AND I TOUCHED BASE WITH HIM.

UM, HE'S FOCUSING ON HIS HEALTH AND WHAT HE HAS, UH, GOING ON THERE PERSONALLY.

SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR HIS COMMITMENT.

HE WAS, HE WANTED TO CONTINUE SERVING, BUT HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT HE HAD A COMRADE, A FRIEND, A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS WILLING TO SERVE ACTIVELY.

MR. MIKE TRAVIS.

SECOND.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR FOR MIKE TRAVIS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAY? MOTION PASSES.

GOOD.

I TWO CONSIDER A POSSIBLE NATIONAL EMPLOY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PLACE IN TERMS SHOWN BELOW TO FULFILL AN EXPIRED TERM.

PLACE TWO TERM IS FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023 TO JULY 31ST, 2026.

UH, AND I, I GUESS THERE'S A TYPO ON THERE.

SHOULD BE AN UNEXPIRED TERM.

APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE AT THIS TIME.

JESSICA SUE CAMACHO.

UM, THIS PERSON YOU MAY KNOW IF YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE HAS A COMPANY WHERE IF YOU'RE DRINKING AND DRIVING, THEY COME AND PICK YOU UP SO YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE, UM, PUTTING ANYBODY IN HARM'S WAY.

SO SHE'S GONNA BE MY NOMINATION.

OKAY.

PUT ON A SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAMES? MOTION GLASSES.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. ENRIQUE BACK THERE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

A JACKET REPRESENTING YOUR DEPARTMENT, SIR.

YOU LIKE HE SITS ON A DESK.

THE OTHER ONES WORK OUTSIDE.

OKAY.

SO IT'S ALL GOOD, .

IT'S ALL GOOD.

OKAY.

SO DON'T TAKE IT FROM THE MAYOR.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, UH, TIME IS 6 35.

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