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[CALL TO ORDER]
AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY, UM, CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION, UH, AUGUST 5TH, UM, 2025.UM, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ALL PRESENT.
[PRESENTATION(S) (Part 1 of 2)]
I WANNA DEVIATE FROM THE AGENDA THAT I HAVE.I'D LIKE TO GO INTO THE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL, WELL, WE HAVE VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A LADY THAT HAS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO GIVE YES, YES.
SO WE DON'T WANNA GIVE HER, YOU KNOW, HAVE HER HERE SITTING TOO LONG, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK TOO MUCH ON IT.
SO, AND WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP OF KIDS, UM, ADULTS FROM THE BOXING, AND, UH, WELL, WHAT THEY HAVE, I WISH I COULD HAVE ONE OF THEM.
YEAH, I DON'T, MAYBE YOU CAN DONATE ONE, DON'T MIND.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT FIRST WITH THIS, UH, THIS VERY SPECIAL LADY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE GO INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
SO, RIGHT NOW, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, MORALES, UH, THE PRESENTATION PLEASE FOR, UH, YEAH.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF MS. PAULA CUEVAS CAMACHO 100 BIRTHDAY, A CENTURY OF LOVE AND SERVICE, CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS PAULA CUEVA CAMACHO WAS BORN ON JUNE 29TH, 1925, IN THE SMALL TOWN OF CATOS, TEXAS, JUST SOUTH OF SAN BENITO, TO RIO AND ANGELITA CUEVAS.
AND WHEREAS PAULA CUEVAS CAMACHO AT THE AGE OF 17, SHE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
VENTURA CAMACHO, BEGINNING A BEAUTIFUL AND ENDURING LOVE STORY THAT SPANS 70 YEARS UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 2004.
TOGETHER, PAULA AND VENTURO CAMACHO RAISED 12 CHILDREN.
ESTHER CAMACHO, GARZA FE, CAMACHO, ROSA, CAMACHO LOPEZ, RAUL CAMACHO, ANGEL CAMACHO, JOSE LUIS CAMACHO, JESUS CAMACHO, EL VITA CAMACHO, MIME VENT CAMACHO, JR.
ROBERT ROBERTO CAMACHO, RUBEN CAMACHO, AND GLORIA CAMACHO RODRIGUEZ.
AND WHEREAS PAULA EVA CAMACHO DEDICATED HER LIFE TO NURTURING HER FAMILY, RUNNING A DEVOTED STAY AT HOME, UH, REMAINING A DEVOTED STAY AT HOME MOTHER AND WIFE, WHILE ALSO PREPARING DAILY MEALS FOR HER HUSBAND'S GROUP OF FIELD WORKERS, PROVIDING HEARTY, NOURISHING MEALS WITH SIMPLE STAPLES SUCH AS RICE, BEANS, POTATOES, AND EGGS.
THE CAMACHO FAMILY WORKED THE FIELDS NOT ONLY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, BUT ALSO TRAVELED TO CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, AND IDAHO AS MIGRANT WORKERS.
DURING THE SUMMERS, THEY ALWAYS RETURN TO SANTO IN TIME FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, ENSURING THE CHILDREN WERE PREPARED AND CLOTHED FOR THEIR EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS PAOLA CUEVAS CAMACHO, IN ADDITION TO RAISING HER OWN 12 CHILDREN, MRS. CAMACHO OPENED HER HOME AND HEART TO SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS FROM MEXICO, OFFERING THEM A BETTER LIFE.
THOUGH THE YEARS THROUGH THE YEARS, HER LEGACY HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, SHE IS THE PROUD MATRIARCH OF A LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
SUNDAYS AT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S HOUSE WAS THE HEART OF FAMILY LIFE, AND HER LOVE CONTINUES TO UNITE GENERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS PAULA CUVE CAMACHO AT A HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE WITH HER OLDEST CHILD IS 79, HER YOUNGEST AT 57 CONTINUES TO CALL THEM HER BABIES AND REMAINS DEVOTE TO EACH OF THEM.
HER STRAIGHT, HER WISDOM AND BOUNDLESS LOVE HAVE BEEN FOUNDATION UPON WHICH HER FAMILY HAS FLOURISHED.
AND WHEREAS PAULA CUEVA CAMACHO IS A WOMAN OF REMARKABLE RESILIENCE, SACRIFICING FAITH, SHE'S CHERISHED AS A QUEEN BY HER FAMILY, AND ADMIRED BY ALL THAT WHO KNOW HER.
HER LIFE STORY IS ONE OF EXTRAORDINARY LOVE SERVICE AND OVERING DEDICATION TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE PROCLAIM, I RICARDO GU RAMIR OF THE CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, YOU'LL HEREBY PROCLAIM, DECLARE AUGUST THE FIFTH, 2025, AS PAULA CUEVA CAMACHO DAY IN THE HONOR OF THEIR CENTURY LONG LEGACY OF LOVE, STRENGTH, AND SERVICE.
IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE MS. CAMACHO CONTRIBUTION AND LASTING IMPACT ON, UH, SHE HAS MADE, UH, ON OUR COMMUNITY.
I CALL THIS OBSERVERS TO THE INTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITIES OF METO, TEXAS.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CALL, UH, CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY SUBMIT TO BE AFFIXED ON THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, THE YEAR OF THE LORD, 2025.
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DO Y'ALL WANNA MAYBE GIVE YOU, DON'T MIND, WE'D LIKE TO SING.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MRS. CAMACHO.
CAN WE GET A RIGHT HERE? 1, 2, 1, 1, 2.
NOW, UH, WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR NORMAL AGENDA ITEM.
SO, OR NO, WE, WE WILL DO, WE NEED TO GET HER OUTTA THE WAY FIRST.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAG.
AND, AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY, JUSTICE, ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
AND IN COMMISSIONER, OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE'RE INDEED GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING.
AND TWO, HAVE CELEBRATED THE CENTENNIAL BIRTH OF ONE OF OUR CITIZENS.
AND FOR THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR TONIGHT.
AND AS WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AS WE SEE THAT WE CAN PUT EVENTS TOGETHER AND ACTIVITIES, AND, AND REALLY COME TOGETHER TO STRIVE TO WORK TOGETHER, WE PRAY THAT THAT WILL BE WITH US, THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AND, AND REMAIN TOGETHER.
AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE LOOK AT WILL BE CLEAR AND OPEN AND ALL MAY BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE SEEK TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND, AND, AND GUIDANCE ALWAYS FROM THE PLEASE BE WITH ALL OF US.
WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
DO THE, UM, WE DO, WE NEED TO, WE NEED THE HUNDRED ANNIVERSARY OF PEN.
WELL, WE CAN DO THAT ONE RIGHT NOW.
YOU WANNA READ THE PROCLAMATION? YEAH.
[PROCLAMATION(S)]
GO AHEAD.DO THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY, 10TH ANNIVERSARY, CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN AUGUST, 2025.
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AND WHEREAS KNOWN FOR ITS BROAD RANGE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, AFFORDABLE TUITION AND SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS AN AWARD-WINNING INSTITUTION THAT HAS CONVEYED MORE THAN 60,000 DEGREES SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS IN 2015.AND WHEREAS SUFFICIENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST DESK, FIRST DECADE OF OPERATION INCLUDE ADDING 42 NEW BACHELORS MA, MASTER'S, DOCTORAL AND SCIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS, AND AN AND AN INCREASE IN RESEARCH EXPENDITURES OF OVER SIX, OVER OVER NEARLY 600% ONGOING STUDENT SUCCESS IS REFLECTED IN THE UNIVERSITY'S RECORD BREAKING ENROLLMENT, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION RATES.
AND WHEREAS THIS EXEMPLARY INSTITUTION MADE HISTORIC STRIDES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION WHEN IT OPENED THE ONLY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN SOUTH TEXAS IN 2016, AND HAS SINCE EXPANDED QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN THE REGION WITH 25 CLINICAL CARE SITES THROUGHOUT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
AND WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY OPENED THE STATE'S FIRST SCHOOL OF PODIATRY MEDICINE IN 2022, AND WILL FURTHER EXPAND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE OPENING OF THE REGENT'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ACADEMIC CANCER AND SURGERY CENTER IN 2025, AND THE STATE'S SECOND SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY IN 2027.
AND WHEREAS IN TWO 2021, THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION EXECUTED A STUDENT FUND FUND REFUND THAT WOULD ENHANCE CAMPUS LIFE BY A DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION TEAM IN OTHER PROGRAMS. AND IN FALL OF 2025, THE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL KICK OFF ITS INAUGURAL SEASON, ESTABLISH THE FIRST DIVISION ONE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY AND IN THE REGION, AND IS WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAS EARNED NATIONAL CLAIM FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO VALUE SOCIAL MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND HAS BEEN RANKED THE NUMBER ONE UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS IN 2023 AND 2024 BY WASHINGTON MONDAY MAGAZINE AND THE NUMBER ONE BEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS FOR VALUE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
THE SCHOOL HAS FURTHER GAINED RECOGNITION AS COMMUNITY ENGAGED UNIVERSITY BY THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION.
NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED I RIC GU CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS CALL UPON ALL THE CITIZENS TO ADE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EXTEND TO ITS LEADERS, FACULTY AND STAFF.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A DECADE OF, UH, SUCCESS AND BEST WISHES ON FOR THE FUTURE.
AND BE IT TO FURTHER PROCLAIM THAT AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THIS PROCLAMATION BE PREPARED FOR THE UNIVERSITY AS A EXPRESSION OF HIGH REGARD BY THE CITY OF SANTO, UH, AND WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON TO SEND MY HAND ON THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, THE YEAR, LORD, 2025.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO RECEIVE THIS? YES.
UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR ADOPTING THE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING, UH, UTRG B'S 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
MY NAME IS RUBEN OBEL, AND I'M DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AT U-T-R-G-B.
AND IT HAS BEEN OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE RGV ON BEHALF OF OUR FOUNDING PRESIDENT, DR. GUY BAILEY, AND ALL OF US AT U-T-R-G-V.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SUPPORT FOR THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITY.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS, BUT WHAT AN AMAZING 10 YEARS IT'S BEEN.
U-T-R-G-V STRETCHES OVER 120 MILES AND HAS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, FROM SOUTH POWDER ISLAND TO RIO GRANDE CITY, INCLUDING HERE IN SAN BENITO.
AT THE TIME WHEN ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING AT MANY UNIVERSITIES, WE'VE GROWN U-T-R-G-V TO OVER 34,000 STUDENTS.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE GRADUATED OVER 60,000 STUDENTS.
THINK ABOUT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND FOR OUR WORKFORCE, ECONOMY AND ECONOMY.
IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS, WE'VE ADDED OVER 45 NEW DEGREE PLA DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THE BACHELOR, GRADUATE, DOCTORAL, AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS.
YOU ALL SPOKE ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS AND ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK WE'VE DOING ACROSS CAMERON COUNTY.
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE, THE VATAS WILL KICK OFF ITS DIVISION ONE COLLEGE PROGRAM ON AUGUST THE 30TH IN EDINBURGH.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SOME OF THE GAMES AND JOIN US AS WE RALLY THE VALLEY.
AS EXCITED AS WE ARE ABOUT FOOTBALL, WE'RE MOST PROUD THAT U-T-R-G-V HAS BEEN RANKED NUMBER ONE.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER MUCH HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST DECADE, BUT NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT, WITHOUT STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP,
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IT'S OKAY.[ANNOUNCEMENT(S)]
THE ANNOUNCEMENT.UH, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT MR. IMMANUEL RODRIGUEZ.
LISTEN, YOU GUYS NEED A CADDY OR SOMETHING TO CARRY ALL THOSE
RYAN, GAVIN ANGEL, JIMMY S UH,
WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE, FOR OUR KIDS.
LOOK AT, NO, AND AGAIN, UH, THIS IS THE MR. RKI, HE'S, UH, ONE OF OUR CITY WORKERS.
AND, UH, WELL, THAT'S THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SANTO.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO PROMOTE IT MORE AND TELL THE PEOPLE THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.
OKAY? AND ESPECIALLY HERE, SOME OF THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE LIFE STRAIGHT, LIFE STRAIGHTENED OUT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING LOT OF TROUBLE, DEDICATION, KEEP EM, LOT OF TROUBLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP AND, AND KNOW US TO, UH, TELL MANU TO COME HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS HERE IN SANTO THAT LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, ANTE.
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YEAH.OVER HERE, GUYS, ON THIS SIDE.
I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T GET TIRED BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S MORE, THERE'S MORE OF THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, THESE ARE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND, UH, WE'RE STILL CELEBRATING THE AMAZING SHOW, THE MIDLAND, THE GROUP MIDLAND THAT WE HAD, UH, LAST WEEK.
UH, WHAT A RECORD BREAKING, UH, NIGHT PAST FRIDAY, AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT CONTINUES THIS WEEK BEYOND AT THE, UH, AT THE CITY FAIRGROUNDS AND, AND, UH, AROUND THE TOWN.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, FRED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, AND ROY, I DON'T KNOW.
HE, HE BETTER, HE'S EARNED IT, BUT, UH, NOT THAT MUCH.
SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE COMING OUT ALSO AND MAKING THIS ALSO A VERY EXCITING AND, UH, TREMENDOUS RECORD BREAKING THAT WE HAD.
UH, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING ALONG THE VALLEY.
I THINK WE HAD ALSO PEOPLE FROM HOUSTON THAT RESERVED A LOT OF TICKETS TO COME THIS WAY, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR DOING THAT.
UM, SO LET'S, UH, CONTINUE IT TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, UH, JOIN US AT THE FAMILY, UH, FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT FEATURING MOANA AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AT, UH, EIGHT 30.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE STILL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE, KIDS THAT, UH, STILL COME IN AND, UH, UH, IT'S A MOVIE NIGHT.
AND, UH, IT'S FAMILY ALSO ORIENTED.
SO, UH, COMING OVER FOR NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, UH, AUGUST THE 13TH, WE'LL BE SHOWING, UH, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
AND THAT'LL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ALSO AT EIGHT 30.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING OVER PLEASE, UM, ON SATURDAY, AUGUST AT NIGHT.
DON'T MISS A FANTASTIC, UH, CONCERT, UH, STARTING AT 6:00 PM WITH, UH, MADEA VICTORIA.
WHERE'D YOU GET THIS NAME, PLEASE?
UH, CLOSE OUT THEN, UH, GARY, UH, TO CLOSE OUT THE, WITH GARY ALLEN ON STAGE AT 9 45.
BE SURE TO GET THERE THERE EARLY AND GET THE RESERVE YOUR GOOD SPOT.
UH, PLUS THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS AND 9 25.
REMEMBER, KIDS ARE, UH, 12, UH, GET THERE, GETTING FREE.
ON AUGUST 8TH, THE SEMIAL POLICE DEPARTMENT HOLDS THEIR BACK TO TO SCHOOL BATCH.
THEY'RE STARTING AT NINE O'CLOCK AT SEMIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THIS IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ALSO, THAT DAY, THE LIBRARY WILL ALSO HOST A MEMORY, UH, MEMORY, CAFE, CAFE OR JUST COFFEE.
CAFE AT THE 10:30 AM FOR THOSE, UH, WITH, UH, MEMORY LOSS AND THEIR FAMILIES FEATURING, UH, ACTIVITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, CAMERON COUNTY.
UH, ALSO, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR COMEDIAN STEVE TINO.
THAT TAKES A STAGE ON AUGUST THE 16.
UM, I HOPE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN ALSO COMES IN TOO, UM, FLUFFY.
ANYBODY LIKES FLUFFY, A COMEDIAN? UH, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T MET THIS GENTLEMAN.
THIS IS VERY, UH, THIS IS ALSO A FUNNY, UH, COMMITTEE SHOW, UH, FOR EV UH, EVERYONE.
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE 70, UH, 70 FAIRGROUNDS.COM.
UH, ALSO, UH, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE, THE MARKERS OF MEMORY, UH, TRACE IN THE SO OF SOUTH TEXAS EXHIBIT, UH, EXHIBITION, UH, HAPPENING NOW THROUGH AUGUST
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THE 24TH OF SEMIAL CULTURE, UH, HERITAGE MUSEUM.STOP BY AND EXPERIENCE THIS, UH, SPECIAL CASE, UH, LATER.
OKAY? DO NOT FORGET TO FOLLOW US ON THE, UH, CITY SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATE.
UH, UH, WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU, UH, ENJOY EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITH ALL THIS.
AGAIN, UM, I WANNA TAKE THANK THE STAFF THAT HAVE HELPED US SO MUCH OUT THERE.
UH, EDC, UM, MARIO ANGEL, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE, UH, SELLING THE TICKETS, UH, THAT WE GOT ROY AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AND HELPING US MAKE THIS, UH, SANTO, UM, MAKE HISTORY.
AND, UM, PLEASE, LET'S KEEP IT GOING.
UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY A BETTER, UH, PLACE FOR YOU ALL.
OKAY? AND THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE FOR INTENTION, SO THANK YOU ALL I HAVE ON THAT ONE.
UM, REAL QUICK, CAN I ADD SOMETHING? SURE.
SO, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, JUST ONE MORE THING TO ADD TO, UH, MOVIE NIGHT.
AUGUST 6TH AGAIN, AS YOU SAID, IS MOANA.
UH, THAT'S TOMORROW, A WEEK FROM TOMORROW WILL BE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGONS.
SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE ANY DRAGONS THAT NEED, YOU KNOW, TRAINING, I GUESS, BRING THEM.
BUT, UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE A SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY AT THAT SAME, THAT SAME EVENT.
SO, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE, WHAT WE, WHAT WE DID WAS WORK WITH ROY AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTION GUYS, SABAS, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE DOING SECURITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THEY'VE DONATE, THEY'RE DONATING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING 'EM AWAY AT THAT MOVIE NIGHT.
SO PLEASE JOIN US, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, SO WE CAN, SO WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY GET STOCKED UP AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO, TO THE COMMUNITY FROM OUR, FROM OUR CONTRACTORS.
SO, UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MADE THAT NOTE.
UH, ALSO, ANOTHER QUICK CHANGE TO, UH, THE EVENT ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS, UM, GARY ALLEN AND ALL THE, UH, ASSORTED OPENERS.
UH, A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THAT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE BRING YOUR CHAIRS.
MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.
BRING YOUR FOLDING CHAIRS OR THE STUFF YOU TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE CAMPING OR GOING TO THE BEACH, THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER.
A LOT OF FOLKS ALREADY KNOW THAT.
WANNA MAKE SURE WE SHARE THAT.
ALSO, UH, JUST KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW BOTTLES ANYMORE.
NOBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR LIQUOR, SO I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING A BOTTLE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED, UH, THIS SATURDAY.
SO, UH, JUST A FEW CHANGES THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER EVENTS COMING, BUT I'LL, I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW.
UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MENTION THOSE IN MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
UH, YOU'RE INVITED TO WORK PRODUCT.
IS THAT THE ONE OH, NO, DO IT.
WE'VE GOT A GROUNDBREAKING THIS THURSDAY.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE ON, UH, O OFF OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD.
IT'S AT 10:00 AM AGAIN, THIS IS A NEW SUBDIVISION COMING INTO TOWN.
UH, IT'S CALLED VETERANS CROSSING.
AND, UH, WE'RE DOING THE GROUNDBREAKING THERE.
IT'S, UH, MAGO DEVELOPMENT AND SOME REALTY FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH HIM.
AGAIN, HE'S A, HE'S A LOCAL DEVELOPER AND A LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT HAS CHOSEN TO STAY IN SAN BENITO AND INVEST IN SAN BENITO.
HE'S BECOME A GOOD FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY AND A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS.
SO WANNA MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT HIM AND, UH, WISH HIM WELL ON HIS ENDEAVORS, OF COURSE.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WHAT'S NEXT? THAT'S IT.RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MR. MIKE TRAVIS.
MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE.
GREETINGS ONE AND ALL, UM, RETIRED EDUCATOR RESIDENTS, SAN BENITO SINCE AUGUST OF 1989, SINCE JULY OF 1994 AT 1695.
RUSSELL LANE, RESIDENT TAXPAYER AND A VOTER AND CONCERNED CITIZEN.
UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS, UH, LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I HAVE TO GO BACK, UH, TO THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE 2020 PLAN.
UM, AND WHAT PROMPTED THIS KIND OF WAS MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAD MADE A COMMENT, SOME MEETINGS BACK, I THINK IT WAS IN, UH, RELATION
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TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT, COMING UP BEHIND A NEW STRIPES THAT'S GOING ON A CORNER OF WILLIAMS ROAD AND, UM, BUSINESS 77.AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO THE TUNE OF, UH, WIDENING RUSSELL LANE.
AND YOU SAID THAT, BUT IT PERKED MY INTEREST BECAUSE THE 2020 PLAN WAS TO WIDEN RUSSELL LANE, THE LATE 19, UH, NINETIES, AROUND 98.
I, I CAN'T, UH, I TRIED TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH IT, BUT IT'S, I COULDN'T FIND IT.
UM, BUT THE HARLINGEN AND THE SANTO METROPOLITAN, OR METROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, MPO, I'LL SAY MPO MOVING FORWARD, HAD A BRILLIANT PLAN.
THE, A PERCEIVED PROBLEM WAS INCREASED CONGESTION ON BUSINESS 77, UH, HARLINGEN THROUGH SAN BENITO AND POINTS BROWNSVILLE DIRECTION.
OKAY? SO THE SOLUTION WAS A HALF A MILE AWAY TO CREATE, TO CHANGE A NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS LINE 17 ROAD, WHICH IS WHAT THAT IS.
RUSSELL LANE HA DRIVE OVER IN HARLINGEN, IT'S LINE 17 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, UH, SAM HOUSTON OVER THERE BY THE CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OVER THERE, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIVE 10.
THE, IT WAS TO MAKE THAT A THOROUGHFARE, FIVE LANE THOROUGHFARE WITH A POSTED 45 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT FROM ED CAREY TO FM FIVE 10.
SO ANYWAY, LATE NINETIES, BECAME AWARE OF IT, WENT TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS AND STUFF, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO, NOT TO PROCLAIM MYSELF MORE BOLDLY THAN I SHOULD, BUT, UH, I WENT LITERALLY UP AND DOWN THE STREET FROM ED CAREY TO FM FIVE 10 WITH A MAP ON A PHONE BOARD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND 99.9% OF THEM DIDN'T, WEREN'T AWARE OF ANYTHING UNTIL I TOLD THEM, AGAIN, NOT TO ESTEEM MYSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN IT SHOULD.
SO IT WENT, THERE WERE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THERE WERE HEARINGS HERE IN, UM, SANTO, THERE WERE HEARINGS IN HARLINGEN, UH, HARLINGEN PEOPLE TRIED TO PUSH IT AS A TEXAS DOT TDOT PROJECT.
IT WASN'T, IT WAS A LOCAL, IT WAS A LOCALLY ORIGINATED PROGRAM.
TXDOT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MET SPECIFICATIONS.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, MAYBE I CAN TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT WHAT THAT WIDENING COMMENT WAS ALL ABOUT.
[PRESENTATION(S) (Part 2 of 2)]
OKAY, NOW WE GET THE PRESENTATIONS AND IT'S GONNA BE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF MS. DEANNA, WHO'S GOT, WHO'S GOT IT.WE GOT, WE GOT THE PRESENTATION, WE GOT SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE CITY OF SAN BENITO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IF Y'ALL RECALL, BACK IN OCTOBER OF 23 WHEN Y'ALL, WHEN Y'ALL HIRED ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DISCUSS WAS, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE CITY DIDN'T REALLY GET A LOT OF GRANTS, UH, PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION FOR WHATEVER REASON, EITHER DIDN'T BELIEVE IN 'EM, DIDN'T LIKE 'EM, OR DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HOOPS TO GET 'EM, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PROMISED YOU WAS THAT I WOULD, I WOULD TRY EVERYTHING, UH, USE ALL MY EXPERIENCE AND THE STAFF TO, TO GET AS MANY GRANTS FOR THE CITY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE FIRST ONE I WAS ABLE TO ATTAIN WAS THE $250,000 FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF GLO WITH THE HELP OF OUR, OF OUR ENGINEER HERE.
DONALD BRINKMAN, UH, BROUGHT THAT IN PRETTY QUICK.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A FAST PROCESS.
THE, THE ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH THE CITIZENS AND, UH, WHERE THIS IS GONNA DRIVE US FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, HOPEFULLY, HAS BEEN THE PROCESS.
AND THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF THAT.
I'M GLAD THAT, UH, I'M GLAD THAT DONALD AND HIS STAFF HAS BEEN, UH, SO PROFESSIONAL WORKING WITH OUR STAFF.
AND, AND I ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
UH, AND IT'S, WE'RE HOPING IT, WELL, IT IS GONNA BE A GOOD REFLECTION OF WHAT THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS AND WHAT YOU ALL AS CITY LEADERS, UH, WOULD, WOULD WANT FROM, FROM US AND WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR THE CITY FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
SO, AGAIN, WITH THAT, I'LL LET DONALD PROCEED.
MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, PLEASURE BEING HERE BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
UH, THIS IS TO PRESENT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, AND CHECKS THE BOX FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETING WITH GLO.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO A ONE HOUR PRESENTATION, SO I HOPE YOU TOOK YOUR POTTY BREAK 'CAUSE WE'LL BE HERE A WHILE.
NO, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND BREEZE THROUGH THIS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY MAKE THIS PAINLESS, UH, AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, THIS, THIS SUFFICES FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETING.
AND SO SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT, BUT I'LL, I'LL GET INTO IT.
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UH, THIS IS JUST THE LANGUAGE FROM GLO.UH, OF COURSE, THIS IS A, A RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM THAT FUNDED IT THROUGH GLO.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO LOOK THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING OUT INTO THE FUTURE THROUGH, UH, A RESILIENCE LENS, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE FORTIFY, UH, ALL ASPECTS OF CITY LIFE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF GOING FORWARD.
UM, WELL, SOMEBODY CHANGED THE SLIDES UP ON ME.
SO KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHEN WE STARTED, RIGHT, IT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WAS RIGHT HERE.
THEN WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE HAD THE SURVEY OPEN, IF Y'ALL RECALL THAT.
AND IN THE BACKGROUND, WE WERE DOING BASELINE STUDIES.
SO WE GOT INFORMATION FROM CENSUS BUREAU, UH, OTHER SOURCES, UH, FEMA WEBSITES ON RESILIENCE, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SAN BENITO.
AND THEN PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE DONE, WHETHER IT'S A WATER AND SEWER, MASTER PLAN, PARKS PLAN, ALL THESE THINGS.
SO WE GATHERED ALL THIS, THIS INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING TO DRAFT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UH, WHICH WE'VE DONE, AND ARE HERE TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU.
UH, IN ADDITION TO OPENING UP THE SECOND COMMUNITY SURVEY RELATED TO THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THEN WE'RE GONNA GET A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A THIRD PUBLIC MEETING.
AND THEN THE FINAL APPROVAL, WHICH SPOILER ALERT'S GONNA BE IN JANUARY, I THINK I HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THAT, YEAH, HERE WE GO.
THIS IS MORE OF A, A, A TIMELINE OF THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AND SO HERE WE ARE, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JULY, BUT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JULY 5TH.
UH, WE HAD THE BAD WEATHER, AND Y'ALL'S MEETING GOT CANCELED.
SO WE'RE HERE TODAY IN AUGUST, UM, BUT STILL ON TRACK.
AND LIKE I SAID, IN JANUARY, WE HOPE TO HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE YOU TO ADOPT.
UH, AND THEN YOU CAN START IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THERE'S SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPLEMENT THOSE.
AND, UH, I THINK SOME OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AGAIN AND MENTIONED THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UH, PAST PLAN ANALYSIS, UH, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING FORWARD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS ON THIS SLIDE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE RESPONSE.
SO WE JUST KIND OF DID THIS LIKE WORD JUMBLE OF, UH, WHAT MAKES SAN PANTO A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, TRAIL, BEAUTIFUL LOVE BUILDINGS, PEOPLE, AKA JUST ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY, IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO SEE.
UH, THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS WE'RE JUST GOING NARROW, GETTING NARROWER DOWN THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO YOU GOT YOUR VISION, YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE IN A MINUTE.
AND THEN WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF ALL THAT ANALYSIS, RIGHT, IS SAN BENET IS READY FOR A THRIVING DOWNTOWN THAT REFLECTS THE VIBRANT CULTURE OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SAN BONITO SPECIFICALLY, UH, WANNA PROACTIVELY LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO ENSURE SAFE, THRIVING, AND RESILIENT, AND THEN INVESTED IN COMMUNITY AND SEEKING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO PLANT ROOTS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, OVERFLOWING WITH OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT UNIQUE CULTURAL ELEMENTS THAT APPEAL TO LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE.
UH, ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE Y'ALL FOR THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, SOUL OF SOUTH TEXAS.
I TOLD FRED WHEN I SAW THAT LITTLE LOGO AND THE, AND THE SLOGAN.
I WAS LIKE, YOU PUT THAT ON A SHIRT, I'M BUYING IT.
AND HERE'S THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UH, AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THIS WILL BE A LOT EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE ON YOUR, UH, TABLETS, UH, GOALS.
WE'VE GOT FOUR, FOUR THINGS HERE.
WE'RE GONNA ESTABLISH A DOWNTOWN SAN BENITO IS A VIBRANT, COHESIVE, AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DESTINATION.
THEN THE SECOND GOAL IS WE WANNA FUTURE, FUTURE-PROOF SAN BENITO AGAINST A RANGE OF HAZARDS.
THIRD, MAKE SAN BONITO THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
AND THEN TRANSFORM SAN BENITO INTO A CULTURAL DESTINATION IN TEXAS AND BEYOND.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME, LIKE SUB SOME OBJECTIVES WITHIN THOSE GOALS.
ALL RIGHT, SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, AND THEN WE WANNA MAKE DOWNTOWN ACCESSIBLE, SAFE, AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
Y'ALL ALSO HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING AWARDED A, UH, SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRILL DOWN DEEPER.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND RIGHT HERE FOR GOAL NUMBER ONE, WE'RE JUST SP SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON DOWNTOWN.
BUT WITHIN THAT OTHER GRANT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN EVEN DEEPER AND, UH, LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING, UH, COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
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RENDERINGS.SO, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, HERE'S A BEFORE IMAGE, UH, DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND WHAT COULD BE AFTER.
AND IT'S SIMPLE LIGHTING PLANNING, MAKING IT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, WALKABLE SAFE.
ALL THESE THINGS SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE STONEWALL JACKSON BUILDING COULD LOOK LIKE AS A, A CATALYTIC PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
AGAIN, JUST CONCEPTS AS WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROOFING SAN BENITO.
HERE'S A NICE IMAGE OF BUILDING AND PARKING LOT AREA.
WELL, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NICE, PRETTY WITH PLANTINGS, THIS IS ACTUALLY IMPROVING DRAINAGE.
SO YOU'RE COLLECTING RAINWATER IN THESE LITTLE ISLANDS.
UH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE RUNOFF, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POLLUTION, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SEDIMENT, UH, ALL THINGS TO HELP PEDESTRIAN BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND, UH, SUSTAINABLE WITH, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES.
ANOTHER VIEW OF A OSAKA HERE, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO TO, I'LL CALL IT SPRUCE UP, RIGHT? ENHAN ENHANCING PUBLIC FACILITIES.
THIS GOES TO THAT, UH, GOAL OF MAKING, UH, SAN BONITO LIVABLE.
AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE, THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS, UH, FAIRGROUNDS, NEW AMPHITHEATER.
POSITION SAN BONITA TO BE A LEADING LIVE MUSIC DESTINATION.
GROW THE CULTURAL ECONOMY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
INVEST IN PLACEMAKING TO CREATE THEIR NEWS FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
THOSE ARE YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, SIMPLY STATED.
UH, AGAIN, ONCE WE GET INTO DRAFTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'RE GONNA PUT A WHOLE LOT MORE MEAT ON THESE BONES, UH, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO IMPLEMENTATION.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
SO WE WANNA HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR Y'ALL, LIKE A PATH TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
THESE, UH, OF COURSE CAME OUTTA SURVEY PUBLIC FEEDBACK, Y'ALL'S INPUT, Y'ALL'S COMMENTS.
THE, THE SURVEY ON THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IS OPEN, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.
SO ANY PUBLIC THAT IS HERE, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE.
OBVIOUSLY, Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING.
MAKE COMMENTS, UH, IF ANYTHING THAT WAS HEARD WAS INCORRECT OR WE NEED TO PIVOT, NOW'S THE TIME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE HAVE LIKE A FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME, HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
THE, UH, DONALD, I'D GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UH, FOR THIS, I AM PROBABLY MOST INTERESTED IN WHAT ARE THE DETAILS ARE OF HOW WE BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS.
THAT'S WHERE MY MIND ALWAYS GOES IS HOW DO WE DO, IT LOOKS LIKE IT GREAT HERE, BUT HOW DO WE GET IT DONE? AND, AND WHAT ARE THOSE KIND OF STEPS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, UH, I REALIZE THAT THERE'S MANY OTHER THINGS AND YOU ADDRESSED IT PREVIOUSLY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, PARKS, MASTER PLANS, OTHER MASTER PLANS, AND, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AS WELL.
UH, WATER SEWER IS A BIG ISSUE, OF COURSE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOVETAIL TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT TAKING REALISTIC STEPS, THAT WE, WE, THE LAST THING I WANNA SEE IS THIS, THIS HOUSED ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE AND, AND STAY THERE AND GET LOST.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE LOOKING FOR THE, THE DETAILS.
I LOVE PUTTING A ROADMAP TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY HAVING BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR ALL WORK, WORKING FOR A CITY, WORKING FOR A STATE AGENCY.
WE HAVE MANY, UH, FOLKS ON OUR TEAM THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
SO WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS AND THE CHALLENGES IN DAY-TO-DAY PUBLIC LIFE.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A ROADMAP FOR YOU THROUGH THAT LENS.
MR. BRING GRANT, UH, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STAGES, WE HAD A LOT OF INPUT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW AT THIS SECOND STAGE, THIRD STAGE, OR THIS PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, TO CONTINUE THOSE OUTREACH? I, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT QR CODE GOES A LONG WAY, BUT I WANT MORE PUBLIC INPUT GOTCHA.
SO THE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S BEHIND THIS IS ONE THE, AND I'LL BE HONEST, THE INITIAL PUSH, LIKE WHEN YOU REALLY GET THE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, IS IN THAT FIRST MEETING.
UH, AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THIS PUBLIC MEETING HERE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WE'VE MET WITH, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR STAFF HAS MET, ACTUALLY MET WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, TO GET INPUT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S MEETINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY AND THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT WAS HELD HERE.
THE SECOND AND THIRD, SINCE IT'S GETTING REFINED, THERE'S NOT, LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE OPEN TREASURE CHEST.
LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON THESE SPECIFIC THINGS, NOT AS WIDE OPEN AS IT WAS IN THAT FIRST ROUND.
UH, ONE THING WE DO THAT THE, I GUESS BEHIND THE SCENES OUTREACH THAT HAPPENS IS AS WE'RE DRAFTING THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE STAKEHOLDERS.
IT'S NOT ALL JUST UP TO THE CITY TO
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MAKE THIS HAPPEN.SO WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON BOARD THAT, HEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OKAY.
CHAMPION BEING THE CHAMPION FOR THIS THING.
THE CITY'S GONNA SUPPORT YOU, BUT YOU, WE REALLY NEED YOU LEADING THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I SEE LIKE THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, IT'S, IT'S BEEN TACKLED BY MANY, UM, MANY, MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS, ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE THE MAKE SALMON NEEDLE BEAUTIFUL GROUP.
THEY'RE A DOWNTOWN GROUP, AND THEY, THEY CAME UP A LITTLE BIT AND HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN TOO MUCH TRACTION FROM THEM.
UH, BEAUTIFY SALMON, UM, THE HISTORIC, UH, ROBERTSON STREET FOLKS.
THOSE ARE FOLKS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
HOW DO WE GO DOOR TO DOOR THERE, THOSE BUSINESSES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON AND THAT THEIR INPUT'S IMPORTANT, AND WE WANT TO HEAR, LIKE, WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE? WHAT DO THEY WANNA SEE? BRICK PAVERS, DO THEY WANNA SEE MORE VEGETATION? DO THEY WANT TO SEE LIGHTED SIDEWALKS? DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIGHTING? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MM-HMM
I REALLY WANT THEIR INPUT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT STARTED OFF REALLY STRONG, BUT I I, I DON'T SEE THOSE FOLKS COMING BACK OUT AGAIN.
SO ONE OF THE COMMENTS, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND, AND I JUST GET THAT THE, SOME OF THOSE DETAILS LIKE BRICK PAVERS VERSUS THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, ALL THESE ARE CON CONCEPTS, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ANOTHER STAGE IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION PHASE TO ACTUALLY DESIGN IT.
LIKE IT'S GONNA BE THIS, THIS IS WHAT IT COULD BE.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA, ONCE THIS IS DONE, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THAT STEP OF THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THAT, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE STAGE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN REALLY ENGAGE IN THE FINER DETAILS OF, HEY, OKAY, WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU RATHER, WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE THIS OR THIS? WOULD YOU RATHER DO THAT? AND THAT'S WHEN YOUR DOWNTOWN COMMITTEES MAYBE GET MORE INVOLVED, I WOULD SAY.
BUT I TOTALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD AS, AS WE WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HONE IN ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO ZONING.
AND SO I THINK HAVING SOME FEEDBACK FROM, UH, NEW BUSINESS OWNERS DOWNTOWN WOULD BE CRITICAL IN THAT AS WELL.
MAYOR, IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING.
UM, SIR, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT A PERSON WITH A PLAN IS SIMPLY PLAN TO, TO SUCCEED.
AND A PERSON WITHOUT A PLAN IS SIMPLY PLAN TO FAIL.
UM, I'M GONNA CHIME OFF OF COMMISSIONER GOODMAN THAT YEAH, I DON'T WANNA SEE THIS.
WE HAD ONE BEFORE ON OUR SHELF SITTING THERE COLLECTING DUST AND, AND ALSO ON ME PRO TEM THAT THE, THE MOMENTUM WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, I THINK IT'S UP TO US AS COMMISSION MAYOR, UM, TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE COMMUNITY TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THIS IS, THAT WE SEE THIS THROUGH.
SO I AM, AGAIN, WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU KNOW, WITH, I THINK IF EDC IS GOING OUT THERE, VISITING THESE BUSINESSES OUT THERE DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, AND THE SAME THING.
GET A SURVEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KILLING TWO BIRDS OF ONE STONE BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE EDC PART THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING AS WELL, BUT ALSO GETTING THE INPUT FROM THEM BUSINESSES TOO, THAT WE, WE NEED.
UM, BUT I, I WANT US JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR GIVING US OUR FEEDBACK.
THIS IS A GREAT PLAN AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SITTING ON, ON THE SHELF.
LET'S DO A TEAMWORK AND LET'S SEE THIS THROUGH.
BECAUSE SAN BENITO, WE'RE, WE'RE UNIQUE.
I MEAN, WE'RE THRIVING RIGHT NOW.
AND DONALD, IT'S, IT'S TRUE WITH EVERYTHING WHAT THE COMMISSIONER SAID, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, I HEAR IT, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR IT, WE HEAR IT.
THAT EVEN AT THE, UM, FAIRGROUNDS GOING OUT THERE, JUST LIKE I TOLD 'EM, EVERY TIME I GO OUT THERE, I DO MY BEST TO GET AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE AND JUST GO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE ASKING.
UM, HONESTLY, THIS PAST WEEK WAS THE FIRST WEEK, HONESTLY, IN A LONG TIME THAT I DID NOT GET SCOLDED AT
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS SURPRISED, MAN.
I CAME OUT WITH A SMALL A SMILE AND EVEN SAID, EVEN MY WIFE TOLD ME, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU SMILING ABOUT? SHE SAID, I DIDN'T GET BITCHED THAT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS, I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A HELL OF A JOB, MAN.
IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE, UH, OUTSIDE THE VALLEY, OUTSIDE EVERYWHERE ELSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF WORK, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
ALSO, WE HAVE, UM, SIDEWALKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN, TOUCHED AT FOR SINCE, I GUESS SINCE THEY WERE PLACED ON THERE.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, EVEN CLOSE TO CHURCHES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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LIKE I SAID, UH, THERE WAS A SUPPOSED TO BE, I THINK TEXTILE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE WALK TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS, WE FAILED.I FAILED THE PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WEREN'T INTERESTED.
WELL, NOW WE NEED TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A PEOPLE, PEOPLE NEED THIS.
SO THAT WALK TO SCHOOL SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS ARE WALKING ON THE ROAD TO SCHOOL, AND THERE IS, AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED NOBODY BEING HURT DOING THAT.
SO, UH, APPLAUDED, UH, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
UH, UM, LET'S POUND THE, UH, INDIAN WAR DRUMS OR SOMETHING.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S DO THE SIRENS SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN WORKING FOR 20 YEARS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, FRED, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS NOW? NOPE.
NEXT ONE, NEXT ONE IS THE STEPHANIE PRESENTATION OF SAN BENITO THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025.
STEPHANIE SATURN, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
THE PRESENTATION, THAT ONE? YES.
SO I'M BRINGING TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON, THE THIRD QUARTER FOR THE FINANCIAL PRESENTATION FROM APRIL TO JUNE FOR 2025.
ON THE FIRST UM, SLIDE, YOU ARE GONNA SEE THE TOTAL ASSETS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
SO OUR TOTAL ASSETS FOR, UM, ENDING PERIOD JUNE 30TH, 2025.
WE HAVE 19,631,911 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME, 9 MILLION TWENTY SEVEN, NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR.
TOTAL LIABILITIES FOR THE, FOR THE PERIOD ENDED, WE HAVE 2,407,000, UM, 605 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF AROUND THE SAME NUMBER, 2,387,000 WITH 11.
OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE AND LIABILITIES OF 19 MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 19, UH, MILLION 27,964.
FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE A REVENUE REPORT FOR OR QUARTER, UH, THIS QUARTER WE HAVE, UH, 2,949,665, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, DURING THE SAME QUARTER OF 2,567,439.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, WE'RE UP IN REVENUES.
THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR EXPENSES.
SO FOR THIS QUARTER, OUR TOTAL EXPENSES WERE 4 MILLION ONE OH THREE, TWO HUNDRED AND THREE.
STEPHANIE, CAN WE GO BACK ONE? YES, SIR.
SORRY, I, I I, I'M SEEING PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS WAY UP FOR THE QUARTER, IS THAT RIGHT? COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE WERE SEEING ABOUT 34,000 MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE YEAR, TODAY, ACTUAL THE 7 MILLION, THAT'S THE WHOLE YEAR.
I'M LOOKING, BUT WE'RE COMPARING THE THREE THROUGH THREE TO THE 367.
I WAS LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT REPORT.
UM, YES, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ADVISE YOU.
THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE ITEM THAT WAS POSTED INTO THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, I DID ADD IT TO YOU A NEW BOOKLET.
I DON'T THINK I GOT TO ADVISE YOU, MR. GOODMAN.
BUT I DID ADVISE THE REST 'CAUSE THANK YOU.
UM, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT HERE EARLIER AND I WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, BUT WE DID, UH, FIX THE, YES, I WAS, I'VE NOTICED WHAT THE AGENDA WAS POSTED ALREADY.
THAT'S GONNA BE CHANGED ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, YEAH, SO THE TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE, UM, YEAR TO DATE WE HAVE 13 MILLION 164,000.
FOR THIS QUARTER, WE ARE REVENUES UNDER EXPENSES OF 1 MILLION 153,538, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHERE WE WERE OFF 1,075,897.
UM, HOWEVER, OVERALL FOR THE YEAR, WE ARE UP REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 1,000,330 9,000 AND HUNDRED AND SIX ON THIS SLIDE.
WE DO HAVE OUR SELF SEX COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
UM, WHERE IN THIS ONE WE CAN SEE UP TO MAY, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TWO MONTH, UM, SEPARATION, STILL NOT COMPLETELY GIVEN THE WHOLE AMOUNT FOR JUNE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A 2%, 2.41% INCREASE,
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UM, FROM MONTH TO MONTH.SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UH, WE HAVE THE SAME COMPARISON.
IT'S JUST LIKE IN A, KINDA LIKE A LINE CHART COMPARED TO WHAT IT'S ON THE ACTUAL CONTROLLERS.
SO YOU CAN COMPARE THE AMOUNTS COVER AND THE CONTROLLERS.
THEY, THEIR FISCAL YEAR RUNS FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER.
UM, BUT IT SHOWS THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED FOR THE MENTAL MAY IN JUNE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
LEMME KNOW ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND I WOULD BE UPDATING THE ONE ONLINE AS WELL WITH THE MOST UPDATED NUMBERS.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY DRASTIC THE AMOUNT.
PRESENTATION IS, UH, CITY SANTO KEY PERFORMANCE, UH, INDICATORS.
PPIS ON THE THIRD QUARTER, PHYSICAL YEAR, 20 25, 24 TO 2025.
AND IT'S STEPHANIE, IT'S ACTUALLY NO.
I WENT AHEAD AND TOOK IT OFF HER PLATE.
TRYING TO GET FINANCE TO DO A LITTLE LESS.
LET THEM FOCUS ONAM, LET 'EM FOCUS ON THE NUMBERS AND I'LL, I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THE KPIS.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE, UM, ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY OFFERING THESE MEASURES TO YOU ALL AND TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALIGN WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S STRATEGIC GOALS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS OUR CODE COMPLIANCE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT GONNA READ 'EM IN TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO SEND OUT THANK YOU LETTERS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UM, ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTIES AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY LOOK NICE AND PRESENTABLE.
UM, WE DID SEND OUT SOME, YOU KNOW, STOP WORK ORDERS OUT THERE.
WE DID DO SOME INSPECTIONS ON OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND WE HAD SOME NEW FOOD TRUCKS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 210 LICENSE RENEWALS FOR NEW BUSINESSES.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE MUNICIPAL COURT, YEAH, AS, AS WE, AS WE GO THROUGH HERE, I MEAN, THIS KEY PERFORMANCE IN SKATERS IS ONE OF MY KPIS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.
UM, I, WHAT I DON'T SEE HERE AND WHAT I LIKE TO SEE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IS HOW THEY COMPARE TO LAST YEAR.
OF COURSE, YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO IT.
AND SO TO ME, THAT GIVES ME A TREND WHEN I CAN COMPARE THINGS TO LAST YEAR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT TONIGHT, BUT JUST AS WE LOOK AT THIS IN THE FUTURE, JUST AS, AND AS YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS UP HERE, JUST THINK ABOUT, OKAY, HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO LAST YEAR? THAT BECOMES THE REAL TELLTALE.
YEAR OVER YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR.
BUT SOME OF THESE ARE SO NEW WE DON'T HAVE A YEAR, SO, RIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT GREAT STUFF.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, SO THIRD QUARTER FOR, UH, RAYMOND'S AND WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME WARRANTS ISSUED AND WE HAD OUR TRAFFIC COURT, WE HAD SOME 414 INDIVIDUALS APPEAR, AND WE HAD ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE OVER $200,000 OF FEES, WHETHER THEY'RE STATES, COLLECTIONS AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT STUFF COLLECTED THROUGH OUR COURT.
AND, UM, THESE ARE OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS BY DEPARTMENT.
SO JUST TO, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, ANY NEW RESIDENTIALS, UM, IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, PERMITS ISSUED FOR ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, UM, ANY SWIMMING POOLS.
SO JUST FYI, ANY NEW VENDORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT $20 MILLION IN VALUATION.
WE NEED, WE NEED MORE WORKING ON IT.
WE HAD ABOUT
OUR, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 11 NEW PROJECTS FOR THIS QUARTER, BALANCING ABOUT, UH, $350 WORTH OF I BELIEVE FEES.
AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF TINY, BUT YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM STREETS PAVING TO, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING BRANCHES AND, YOU KNOW, UH, REPAIRING POTHOLES.
UM, ANY TYPE OF HOT MIX LAYOUTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR LIST, OUR ANNUAL LIST OF STREET REPAIRS.
UM, OUR GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
YOU KNOW, WE, UM, REMOVING OF CURB AND GUTTERS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE, UM, BRUSH AND DEBRIS ARE PICKED UP IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN RAINING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THINGS ARE CLEAR.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD ABOUT, WE'VE HAULED OVER 300 TONS WORTH OF SCRAP TIRES TO RECYCLE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE'VE BEEN, OUR GUYS HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY OUT THERE.
OUR STORM WATER DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT
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OUR PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS ARE, ARE MARKED AND TAKEN CARE OF.AND, UM, WE'VE MADE SURE, UM, THERE'VE BEEN NO LEAKS FOR NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
WE'VE INSTALLED ABOUT, UH, A NEW THOUSAND GALLON STANDBY DIESEL TANK FOR THE PLANT GENERATOR.
SO THAT'LL HELP US DURING ANY POWER OUTAGES DUE TO STORMS OR FREEZES.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE SUMMER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WINTER MONTHS, ALL TWO DAYS THAT WE GET A FREEZE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANT SOMETIMES.
SO WE WANNA BE READY FOR THAT.
OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, QUITE A FEW VISITS.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW ACTIVITIES AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEY'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, UM, MAKING SURE OUR PUBLIC IS INFORMED THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE WITH THEIR PROGRAMS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, DECORATING COOKIES, HAVING DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE LIKE A, A, UH, A STAFF EXHIBIT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S, UM, PRETTY COOL STUFF HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR HUMAN RESOURCE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST MOTHER'S DAY EVENT AND OUR VERY FIRST FATHER'S DAY EVENT, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, SHOWCASE AND SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR ONLINE, OR NOT ONLINE TRAINING, BUT TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS, WHETHER IT'S SAFETY, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE OUR GUYS ARE USING THEIR EQUIPMENT PROPERLY, UM, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE PROPER, UH, WORK ATTIRE, WHETHER IT'S THEIR BOOTS, THEIR UNIFORMS, YOU KNOW, HARD HATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT, UM, OUR GUYS ARE SAFE OUT THERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE IN APPLICANTS DUE TO THE TRAFFIC TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, A LULL IN APPLICANTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T, WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD TO GET THE, OUR, OUR JOBS OUT THERE, AND IT JUST WASN'T, DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH.
AND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CLOSE TO 4 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER IT'S THE FAIRGROUNDS, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE, UM, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, UM, TO OUR, UM, TO OUR, OUR JOB PAGE.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.
I, I JUST WANNA BASK IN THAT MOMENT AND SAY, YEAH, PEOPLE NOW WANT TO COME TO WORK IN SAN MANTO BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SEE THAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE.
AND I'M JUST DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND WANNA WORK HERE AND WANT TO BE HERE.
AND THEY'RE CITING SOCIAL MEDIA AS WHERE THEY HEARD ABOUT THE JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE, ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
SO, UM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE JUST STARTED OUR, UM, OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DAILY TRAININGS.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR FIRE MARSHAL ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE HAD OVER 106 INSPECTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD OVER 25 COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEWS.
UM, WE'VE, OUR, OUR FIRE PREVENTION REVENUE HAS BEEN ABOUT 10,000 FOR THE QUARTER.
UH, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, UM, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR CONCERT SERIES.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO US AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A GOOD THING OR BAD THING, THEY'RE ASKING FOR INFORMATION.
THEY WANT TO KNOW, THEY WANNA BE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT OUR, OUR NEW CONCERT SERIES.
WHAT ARE WE DOING NEXT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT IS, IS TAKING CARE OF THAT, UH, OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, WE HAVE A, A SURPRISE FOR Y'ALL.
UH, IT'S A PRESENTATION, UH, FOR Y'ALL, UH, DURING THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IN REFERENCE TO THIS.
SO, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE TREATING IT, YOU KNOW, BY THE MILLIONS OF GALLONS WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR PART AND, UH, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, GOOD CLEAN, SAFE WATER FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, WE HAVE OUR, OUR REC PROGRAMS, OUR SUMMER SOCCER.
UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK AT, AT THE PARKS, WE DECIDED TO USE THE FAIRGROUNDS SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES AND, UH, MAKE IT KIND OF LIKE A DRIVE-IN STYLE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, A GREAT WAY TO WATCH A MOVIE.
UM, EXCELLENT SCREEN, EXCELLENT SOUND, AND, UH, FUN ALL AROUND FOR EVERYONE.
SO, UM, WE ALSO JUST BROKE GROUND ON THE LAND ROOM RESTROOM PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE REDOING KENNEDY RESTROOMS PRETTY SOON WITH CDBT DOLLARS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE FITNESS COURT THAT WE JUST ESTABLISHED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, THROUGH, UM, SAMANTHA WITH OUR, UH, STORM WATER AND PLANNING AND, UM, JOEY THROUGH PARKS AND
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REC.AND WE'RE, WE'RE BRIDGING THAT GAP, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE WE, WE PARTNER UP.
UM, WE'RE DOING THINGS, UM, LIKE THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS WITH ENT, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS THROUGH OUR SAFETY STREETS FOR ALL GRANTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING UP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
AND, UM, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE UTILIZE ALL RESOURCES TO PARTNER UP WITH THEM.
SO, AND THEN OUR CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND I CAN'T SAY, UH, GREAT THING.
I MEAN, IT'S SO, SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, UM, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UM, SOME NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SUCCESSFUL, UH, COMPLETION OF THE MURAL PROJECT AT THE FITNESS, UH, COURT.
AND THEN WE'VE HOSTED THE, UH, THIRD ANNUAL, UM, I GUESS THIS, IT'S LIKE AN ACCORDION COMPETITION THERE.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD THE OFFICIAL DEDICATION OF THE FREDDIE, FRED, FREDDIE FENDER PERGOLA.
AND, UM, WE HAVE NEW EXHIBITS COMING IN.
WE HAVE OUR HISTORICAL MONUMENT EXHIBIT THAT, UH, WE'LL BE TRAVELING SOON TO SAN ANTONIO TO SHOWCASE SANTO'S HISTORY.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT AND THEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, NO MURDERS.
UM, UH,
CITATIONS, WARNINGS ARE DOWN, YOU KNOW, UM, WHILE SOME INCIDENCES ARE UP, OTHERS ARE, ARE DOWN, AND WE HAVE MORE DOWNS THAN UPS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, SO THANK YOU'ALL.
CITY, WE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.
WE'VE GOT, UM, PRESENTATION OF 2025 SACRIFICE REPORT.
STEPHANIE EZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD AGAIN HERE.
SO, UH, THIS IS A PRESENTATION FOR OUR LATEST, UM, CITY DRIVEN, UM, EVENT FOR THEIST.
SO HERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PICTURES OF HOW OR FIREWORKS AND HOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED TO.
IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY ENJOYABLE EVENT ON THIS ONE.
LET ME SEE IF YOU HIT THE LITTLE, THERE YOU GO.
MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND, BUT, SO SOME DRONE, UH, FOOTAGE OF THE ACTUAL EVENT, UM, SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY LIKED THE NEW LOCATION.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT FOR, UM, RELOCATION.
UM, VERY, VERY LAST MINUTE RELOCATION.
IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
AND THEN WE SEE THE CAR SHOW IN THE BACK
SO OUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION, TOTAL EXPENSES ALLOCATED 102,595.
THIS INCLUDES SECURITY INSURANCE, THE ADVERTISEMENT, THE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCES, THE STAGE, THE SUPPLIES, THE AMENITIES.
UM, WE DID, DID, UH, DO SOME ALCOHOL CELLS.
WE SOLD A TOTAL QUANTITY OF 2000 1 0 5.
UM, AND WE COLLECTED VENDOR FEES.
WE DID WHOLE, UM, HOST THE COOKOFF AS WELL.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COOKOFF, BY THE WAY.
UM, SIGNIFICANT FOLLOWED BY THAT.
WE DID REACH OUT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY IMPACT.
APPROXIMATELY 7,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED TO THIS EVENT.
AND, UM, WE TRY OUR BEST TO PUT, MOST OF OUR COMMENTS WERE FAVORABLE TO THIS EVENT, AND TO HEAR ARE SOME OF THEM FROM PEOPLE TELLING US THAT THEY REALLY LOVED THE EVENT, THAT THEY ENJOYED IT, THAT THE SETUP WAS REALLY GOOD, AND THAT, THAT THEY WANNA DO IT NEXT YEAR TOO.
SO THIS IS KINDA LIKE THE RECAP OF HOW THE AKA FEST WAS AS PER Y'ALL'S REQUEST.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
MAYOR, UM, COMMISSIONER MORALES AND I HAD REQUESTED THESE, UH, THIS DATA BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING WITH THE EXPENSE ARE AND WHAT THE REVENUE.
AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT THESE EVENTS ARE NOT MEANT TO MAKE MONEY.
THEY'RE FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE COULD BE A BALANCE, RIGHT? WE
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CAN, WHERE IT DIDN'T GO OVER, THERE'S A BUDGET.AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GO OVER BUDGET AND YOU SPEND RESPONSIBLY, YOU CAN STILL IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A QUICK, THE, THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF DID A QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET US OUT OF THE MONEY WATERS.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK MR. ELOY AND PARKS AND REC AND STAFF THAT HELPED OUT WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS QUICK THINKING.
AND, UM, MR. FRED, I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER AKA FESTS THAT I'VE BEEN TO ME TOO.
AND MY DAD HAD A VERY GOOD TIME THERE.
SO, AND HE HAD HAD, HE SAID HE LOVED EVERY SINGLE BAND, SO TO HEAR THAT FROM HIM WAS PRETTY, PRETTY REWARDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, LIKEWISE.
I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE REPORTING AND I APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS UP HERE.
AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA REASSURE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, THAT AS WE GO FORWARD HERE WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT THERE WILL BE CLEAR TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING AND GOING, SO THAT THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, STEPHANIE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE, WE KNOW THAT YOU KEEP A SOLID EYE ON US.
COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I KNOW, UM, WE'VE GOT A, A SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT MR. JULIO GONZALEZ, UH, OUR WATER PLANT SUPERINTENDENT.
WE DON'T USUALLY LET HIM OUT OF THE PLANT.
UM, BUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR AND WORKING HARD TO TREAT OUR WATER, WANNA WELCOME HIM TO, UH, TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, THE REASON, THE REASON I ASKED HIM TO COME, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT WATER AND WATER QUALITY AND, AND, UH, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT.
BUT, UM, THIS IS THE MAN THAT ACTUALLY GETS IT DONE ON A DAILY BASIS.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A DAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S 18 OR 20 HOURS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE SOMETHING THAT HE'S LITERALLY HA HE LITERALLY HAS THE LIFE OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN HIS HANDS, HIM AND HIS STAFF.
HE'S GOT A LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS TO DO WHAT HE DOES.
HE'S NO DIFFERENT THAN AN ELECTRICIAN THAT COMES TO YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A LICENSE.
HE'S NO DIFFERENT THAN A PLUMBER.
UH, AND SOME OTHER SOMEWHAT OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL FOLKS THAT OTHER, THAT HAVE TO BE LICENSED IN THE STATE.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GRUELING PROCESS.
IT'S TESTING IT'S EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S ALSO CLASSROOM TIME.
BUT REALLY, HE'S GOTTA HAVE HIS HANDS AT THE PLANT BECAUSE PART OF THE, THE LICENSING INCLUDES, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, BEING ON, ON, ON THE GROUNDS AND RUNNING THE PLANTS.
AND, AND SO FROM MY END, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I KNOW IT'S A, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU'RE THE OTHER GUYS IN BLUE THAT DO A LOT FOR US.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I KNOW THAT MAYOR PROTI AND I TOURED THE PLANT WITH A FEW OF THE OTHER STAFFERS, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'RE RUNNING A, YOU'RE RUNNING A GOOD, YOU'RE RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP AND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, OUR WATER IS, IS SAFE.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WITH THAT, UM, JULIO AND, AND, AND GIANNA AND MYSELF HAVE PUT TOGETHER A WATER QUALITY UPDATE.
NOW, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE SEND OUT A MAILER EVERY YEAR ANYWAY, AND IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A WATER QUALITY REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
WE'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND HERE, UM, TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE RECENT, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE SMELL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, THAT AND, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF COURSE TASTE, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, IN OUR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A PROCESS.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BLESSED NOT ONLY BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE TEXAS COMMISSION, UH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
WE HAD TO GET PERMISSION FROM THEM TO DO WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
UH, WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE LINES, UH, OUR WATER LINES GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY GET, THEY, THEY HAVE GROWTH, THEY HAVE GROWTH, BACTERIAL GROWTH, AND, AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF, UH, THE DISINFECTION PROCESS THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, BOTH AT THE PLANT AND WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN OUR LINES.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO KEEP VOLUME, WE HAVE TO KEEP PRESSURE, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP, UH, DISINFECTION IN OUR LINES AT OUR FURTHEST POINTS.
AND THESE ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE MAJOR LINE BREAKS, WHEN
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YOU HAVE MAJOR USAGE DURING THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY PEAK HOURS OF THE DAY AND THE EVENING.UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST WHAT THE WATER QUALITY THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO THE PLANT FROM OUR SUPPLIER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, UH, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TREATMENT.
UH, BUT I WANTED, I WANTED JULIO TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOU ALL TO LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE DID, WHY WE DID IT, WHY WE SPENT THOSE 30 DAYS DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND HOW THIS IS A NORMAL PROCESS.
UH, AND MOST OF ALL, HOW SAFE THE WATER ACTUALLY IS.
JULIO, SO, LIKE, UH, CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE DISINFECTION HAS TO, HAS TO, UH, REACH THE FURTHEST LOCATIONS FROM THE TREATMENT PLANT AND, UH, THE TOWERS AND THE WATER STORAGES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE DISINFECTION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WAS NOT KEEPING TRUE IN, IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
EVERY TIME THE CREW GOES OUT AND FLUSH ON A MONTHLY, WITHIN ABOUT 24, 48 HOURS, THAT DISINFECTION DISSIPATES.
SO THIS TRIGGERED A MAINTENANCE FOR THE MASS DISTRIBUTION THE CITY HAS.
SO THE STATE IMPLEMENTS A DISINFECTION CONVERSION, WHICH IS THE FREE CHLORINE FOR 30 DAYS.
SOMETIMES IT'S SHORTER, BUT A, A SYSTEM LIKE THIS HAS NEVER DONE IT.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL 30 DAYS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING.
THE FIRST HALF IS THE CONVERSION FROM THE NORMAL TREATMENT TO THE FREE SIDE, WHICH TRIGGERS FLUSHING.
AND AN ADDICT TRIGGERS CHEMICAL REACTIONS, AND THEN IT TRIGGERS SOME PORTION OF SMELLING.
CREW HAS TO GO OUT THERE, FLUSH, GET ALL THAT SMELL OUT, DEPOSITS.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S CLEARED OUT, YOU START SMELLING THE CHLORINE THROUGHOUT THE DAYS.
SOMETIMES IN THE FURTHEST LOCATION, IT TAKES LONGER WITHIN THE CITY PER THE PERIMETER AROUND THE PLANT.
THAT SOONER THAN LATER, SO THAT HE STILL NEEDS TO HOLD.
BUT IT HAS TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE ENDS OF THE CITY.
SO WITHIN NEARING THE 30 DAYS, WE HAVE TO CONVERT BACK TO A NORMAL DISINFECTION, SAME PROCESS.
IT'S GONNA FIGHT EACH OTHER, IT'S GONNA SMELL, IT'S GOTTA FLUSH.
ONCE WE FLUSH, IT ALL GOES BACK TO NORMAL.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MONITOR THROUGHOUT THE 365 DAYS TO SEE IF THAT TREATMENT ACTUALLY TOOK EFFECT.
IF IT DIDN'T, THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
HOPEFULLY NOT LONGER, BUT THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
THIS COMES IN FROM THE S SOCKET CANALS.
AND THIS IS THE UNTREATED, AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S GOT SOME SEDIMENT ON THE BOTTOM ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THIS IS THE END PRODUCT RIGHT HERE.
I HAVE MONITORED THIS SPECIFIC BOTTLE HERE FROM DAY ONE TO HERE.
AND THE DISTRIBUTE, THE DISINFECTION DOES KEEP ON THIS BOTTLE AS IT SHOULD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRIBUTION.
HOW OLD IS THAT, THAT BOTTLE? THIS ONE.
WHAT'S THE DATE ON IT NOW? THE FIRST DATE IS THE 22ND OF JULY.
AND THE LAST DATE THAT I CHECKED, IT WAS THE 31ST OF JULY.
THIS ONE, JULIO, YOU, YOU SAID THAT THAT, THAT THIS KIND OF, UH, UH, DISINFECTANT HADN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE.
THIS TYPE OF PROCESS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THIS, IN THE SYSTEM HERE.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED THEN? BY DOING THIS? WE KNOCKED OFF QUITE A BIT OF BIOFILM, ESPECIALLY UNDER OLDEST PARTS OF THE CITY, THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES THAT THEY STAY IN.
AND THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT NEEDED IT MORE, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH THIS CONVERSION, IT TOOK CARE OF IT.
ONCE WE MAINTAIN PROPERLY PROPER DISINFECTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE WILL SEE IF WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT COULD BE ONLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
SOME FOLKS HAVE, UM, WATER FILTERS IN THEIR FRIDGE.
THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T CHANGED THEM IN YEARS.
AND THEY TAKE 'EM OUT AND THEY HAVE BIOFILM ON 'EM.
IT'S SEDIMENT, AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
JUST LIKE YOUR AIR FILTER, RIGHT? TAKE YOUR L FILTER AND YOU'VE HAD IT THERE FOR SIX MONTHS.
IT LOOKS TERRIBLE, RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S A CONSTANT CHANGING OUT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO DO THIS CHLORINE CONVERSION TO CLEAN OUT SOME OF THOSE BIOFILMS, CORRECT? YES.
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UM, BUT PEOPLE DRINK FROM THEIR FRIDGE ALL THE TIME AND DON'T CHANGE THE FILTER FOR THREE YEARS.AND IT'S LIKE, IF YOU'RE NOT MAINTAINING YOUR WATER SYSTEM, THEN THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE NOW.
BUT SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM IS ON THE CONSUMER'S END, IF THEY HAVE OLDER PIPES IN THEIR HOME, MAYBE OUR LINES ARE GOOD, BUT IT GETS TO THE CONSUMER'S HOUSE.
AND THEN ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THEIR LINE, THEY STILL HAVE SOME MAYBE OLD LEAD PIPES OR COPPER PIPES.
MAYBE THEY HAVE BIOFILM IN THEIR LINE IN THE REFRIGERATOR, OR THEY DIDN'T CHANGE SOME OF THESE FILTERS.
UM, BUT HOW, UH, THIS A BIG QUESTION CAME UP, RIGHT? ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE TO GET TO PEOPLE AND TO GET TO US, THEY, THEY TALK ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THIS PROMPTED THIS, UH, THIS, UM, EDUCATION SESSION FOR NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT THEY CAN BE, UM, INFORMED.
THEY WANT TO BE INFORMED, THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, I THINK WITH PUBLIC RELATIONS WOULD HELP A LOT SO THAT THE CONS, CONSUMERS CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PLANT.
UM, WE DO ANNUAL TESTING, BUT HOW OFTEN DO YOU TEST? UM, WITHIN THE MONTH.
IS IT DAY, EVERY DAY? IT'S, UH, YES.
WE'RE REGULATED TO TEST EVERY DAY, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION, THE SIZE OF THE SYSTEM, THE CONNECTIONS.
SO IF WE GROW MORE THAN USUAL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT CHANGES TO ANOTHER CERTAIN AMOUNT.
DO WE HAVE IN-HOUSE TESTING OR IS IT ALL OUTSOURCED? IT'S ALL OUTSOURCED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE A LAB IN OUR FACILITY.
WHILE WE DO THERE AT THE LAB IS JUST PROCESS CONTROL.
DO WE GET SAMPLES FROM SITES ALL OVER THE TOWN OR IS IT JUST STRAIGHT FROM THE NO, IT'S ALL OVER THE TOWN.
HOW MANY SAMPLES? WE SITES WE COLLECT, UH, ONE SAMPLE PER SITE.
IT'S A, IT DEPENDS ON THE, UH, MONTH.
IT HAS TO BE WITH, UH, THEY HAVE TO BE SEPARATED BY SO MANY MILES, MAYBE, OR RADIUS.
THEY, THEY DO, THEY HAVE TO MATCH OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SOME OF 'EM ARE IN SEPARATE QUADRANTS.
SOME OF 'EM ARE THE FURTHEST LOCATION.
SO FOR RESIDENTS WATCHING, IF THEY HAD A CONCERN WITH THEIR SPECIFIC TAP, THEIR WATER, COULD THEY CALL SOMEONE AT THE WATER PLANT THAT NUMBER THAT'S OUT ON THE GATE? WOULD SOMEONE COME TO THEIR HOUSE FROM THE CITY TO TEST TO GET A SAMPLE AND TEST? AND IF THAT, IF THAT ADDRESS IS NOT ON MY LIST, I'D HAVE TO GET IT ON THE LIST, GET IT, GET IT APPROVED BY STATE, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, PUT THEM ON THAT MONITORING LIST.
EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING IS TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR NORMAL MONITORING.
WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, UH, KIND OF A, A CONCERN CITIZEN SAYING, LOOK, I'VE GOT SOME CONCERN AT MY HOME.
WOULD, WOULD YOU OR ANY OF, WOULD YOUR STAFF BE AVAILABLE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH THAT CITIZEN AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE? POSSIBLY START WITH A PHONE CALL.
IN OTHER WORDS, COME UP WITH A PROCESS AND A TRIAGE FOR IT SO THAT WAY THEY COULD FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING HEARD AND IF NEED BE, TAKE A SAMPLE SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE WATER IS SAFE, IS INDEED SAFE, OR MAYBE THERE IS AN ISSUE AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
YEAH, WE COULD TEST WHETHER IT'S A WATER BREAK OR, YOU KNOW, SOME FLUSHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SYSTEM'S ONLY AS GOOD AS WE, AS WE MAINTAIN IT.
SO, SO WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT IS LIKE HAVING, WE HAVE A CITIZEN CONCERN LINE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN REPORT A POTHOLE, YOU CAN REPORT A STREET LIGHT OUT.
BUT IS THERE LIKE A, A WA CAN WE REPORT A, A WATER BREAK OR CAN WE REPORT A, UH, A FOUL SMELL COMING OUT OF THE RESIDENT'S HOME? AND THAT WAY WE KIND OF QUEUE THESE UP SO THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM OR WATER TREATMENT TEAM CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.
MORE, MORE THAN, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? WE, WE HAVE THE, SO GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, STEPHANIE, UM, FINANCE DIRECTOR WOULD ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE UTILITIES CUSTOMER SERVICE.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, CALLS FROM CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THIS, UH, PROCESS, MR. HULU'S TAKING.
AND, UM, AS IT'S NOT HIM, BECAUSE HE'S TESTING THE WHOLE, UH, WATER, UH, WE DO HAVE OUR CREWS, AND THAT'S WATER DISTRIBUTION.
MR. MANUEL, THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, UM, HE HAS, UH, SOME SORT OF DEVICE AND GOES AND INSPECT THE HOME.
SO IF WE DO GET THE CAL THE CALL OR THE EMAIL, WE START A WORK ORDER, AND THEN THEY GO REVISE, MAKE SURE THE WATER'S SAFE.
AND THEN THEY, WE ADVISE A CUSTOMER, YES, WE WENT TO STATE BY YOUR AREA AND YOUR WATER'S SAFE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THE ONLINE WEBSITE ALLOWS YOU TO DO THAT, BUT IT, THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, OPTION THAT SAYS OTHER.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THE COMMENT THERE AND THEN THAT GETS THROUGH US THROUGH EMAIL WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO LIKE, UM, ADDRESS CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS, LIKE MS. TRASH AND WATER BREAKS AND ALL THAT.
WELL, I, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, MAYOR PROTON,
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BECAUSE I, I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A WATER SOFTENER, UM, SYSTEM IN MY HOUSE, BUT THERE'S STILL AN ODOR THAT HAS BEEN COMING THROUGH, SO IT'S QUITE CONCERNING BECAUSE I DID GET CALLS ABOUT THE ODOR.UM, BUT SO YOU'RE TELLING WE COULD JUST CALL THAT NUMBER? WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN EITHER EMAIL UTILITIES, UH, OKAY.
WE'LL GET THAT, WE'LL PUT THE WORK ORDER, AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY HAVE A PRIORITY LIST, LIKE A MAJOR WATER LEAK.
WE'LL COME FIRST, BUT THEY'LL EVENTUALLY GET TO YOUR WORK ORDER, GO TO YOUR HOUSE AND CHECK WITH ONE OF THOSE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, BUT THEY, THEY CHECKED IT OUT.
UH, WATER DISTRIBUTION CHECKS IT OUT, AND THEN THE ASSURE IT PASSES.
AND, WELL, WE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A FEW OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TREATMENT, AND I'M GLAD TO SAY ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY TCQ STANDARDS ACCORDING TO MR. EMANUEL.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE I, I, I DO KNOW, BECAUSE I DO GET THOSE CALLS, BUT IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU HAVE A MORE EXPLANATION, I'M MORE THAN GLAD TO PICK UP A SAMPLE, TAKE IT TO OUR LAB AND SEE WHAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO FIND OUT.
NOW, JULIO, LET ME ASK YOU, UM, THE REASON, SOMETIMES IT SMELLS SO FISHY, WHY? SO A LOT OF ISSUES, MAYBE, UM, THE LOCATION OF THE INTAKE, THE TURNOVER ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.
YOU KNOW, REMEMBER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REMEMBER THAT THE, OUR RECYCLERS ARE LOW.
OKAY? IF THE WA WE HAD THE WATER CAPACITY THERE, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS KIND OF PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW.
BUT BECAUSE THE WATER IS SO LOW, MOST OF THE PIPES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SIPHONING OUT THERE, WE'RE ALMOST AT THE BOTTOM.
OKAY? SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOTTOM? WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THREE LAYERS.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR REALLY, REALLY FRESH WATER ON TOP.
YOUR, YOUR THIRD, YOUR THIRD LAYER HAS NO OXYGEN, IT'S SUPER COLD.
THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU GET ALL YOUR, ALL OF YOUR AQUATICS, UM, ORGANISMS. AND THE, THE LOCATION OF THE INTAKE HAS ONLY TWO LAYERS INSTEAD OF THREE.
SO WE'RE TURNING OVER CONSTANTLY.
AND WHENEVER WE DO TRY TO CAPTURE THAT SMELL THAT'S COMING INTO THE PLANT, IT'S MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN ANYTHING.
LIKE, MAYBE OUR PROCESS IS NOT TOO AGGRESSIVE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO FALL UNDER, UH, REGULATED.
WE GOTTA FALL UNDER A CERTAIN DOSING.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S USUALLY PASSES THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PLANT.
WE TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN AS A MINIMUM, BUT FOLLOW THE STATE'S STANDARDS AND NOT OVERDO ANYTHING.
THIS THE, THIS IS THE BAD ONE.
HE'S BEEN DRINKING THE OTHER ONE FOR YEARS.
YEAH, HE GREW UP, WELL, IT'S THAT ONE THAT THREW, AND THAT'S COMING OUT.
TASTE LIKE THE TAP WATER AT MY HOUSE.
AND THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE, THE, THE, THE MICRO FILTRATION PLANT.
WHAT IS THAT? WELL, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THE OTHER THING TOO, TO ADD TO SAID H2O IS GOOD FOR YOU THAT IT IS H2O TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO JULIO'S PRESENTATION.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL KNOW I GOT A WATER BACKGROUND, BUT YOU KNOW, THE LAKES DO TURN OVER TWICE A YEAR, A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE AND THE TEMPERATURES.
BUT SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT BOTTOM LAYER, WHICH IS BASICALLY ANAEROBIC.
THAT'S WHERE ALL YOUR SMELL COMES FROM.
AND, UH, AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, SOMETIMES TWICE, IT DEPENDS ON, AGAIN, THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE AND WHAT THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS.
THAT BOTTOM LAYER COMES TO THE TOP.
AND THAT'S WHEN LAKES SMELL BAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, WE GET OUR WATER FROM SURFACE WATER THAT COMES EITHER FROM THE RIVER OR OUR SAKA SYSTEM OR, AND, AND EVENTUALLY IS STOCKPILED IN RESERVOIRS.
WELL, THOSE RESERVOIRS ARE TINY LAKES.
SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU'VE GOT THOSE LAYERS AS JULIO SPOKE ABOUT.
UH, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT THAT ANAEROBIC LAYER AT THE BOTTOM THAT, UH, DEPENDING, SINCE WE ONLY HAVE BASICALLY ONE SEASON, HERE ARE OUR, OUR LAKES AND OUR BODIES OF WATER.
OUR RESERVOIRS ARE VERY, VERY SUSCEPTIBLE AND VERY SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE.
SO, RECENT RAINS, A LOT OF RAIN CHANGES THE TEMPERATURE THAT WATER HAS A DIFFERENT DENSITY GOES TO THE BOTTOM, AND IT FORCES THE BOTTOM WATER TO COME UP.
AND SO THAT GETS YOU THAT FISHY SMELL, AS YOU SAY.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT,
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LITERALLY, BECAUSE WE ALL GET OUR WATER, BASICALLY FROM THE SAME, FROM THE SAME SOURCE.UNTIL WE CAN GET, UH, OUR MUD AND, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES GOING, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT GROUNDWATER.
BUT THAT, THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, BLEND OUR WATER AND, AND, AND, AND BE A LITTLE BIT LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOME OF THESE TEMPERATURE CHANGES AND SMELL THAT, THAT CORRESPONDS TO THAT.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, HE, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT DOSING, UH, WE'VE GOT DOSING LIMITS THAT ARE IN, THAT ARE INCURRED BY THE PLANT.
UH, TCEQ WILL ONLY ALLOW US CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU CAN ONLY, YOU CAN ONLY PUT SO MANY CHEMICALS INTO THE WATER AFTER THAT, IT REACHES A POINT OF, YOU KNOW, DIMINISHING RETURNS.
ASIDE FROM THE FACT BEING OUT OF OUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE THEY DO MONITOR ALL THAT.
IT ALSO IS JUST GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD.
IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING.
IN FACT, IT, IT COULD MAKE THE WATER WORSE.
SO WE, AGAIN, MY HAT'S OFF TO THESE FOLKS.
IT'S A REALLY FINE LINE THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO WALK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
EVERY DAY'S GOT A DIFFERENT, UH, INPUT COMING IN FROM EITHER THE AKA OR OUR RESERVOIRS.
WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH MOTHER NATURE, RAIN, OUR AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THERE'S PROBABLY 15 OR 20 DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT WE HAVE TO COM THAT WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE HOUR THAT, THAT WATER'S BEING TREATED.
UH, WE'RE REAL LUCKY 'CAUSE WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF PLANTS.
WE'VE GOT A CONVENTIONAL PLANT THAT USES SAND FILTRATION, UH, BEEN AROUND FOR A HUNDREDS OF YEARS, AND WE'VE GOT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR MEMBRANE PLANT THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AT, AT, UH, AT THE NEW PLANT TURNER.
SO WE'VE GOT KIND OF THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS AT THIS POINT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE PLANT AT TURNER IS A LOT MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SOLIDS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS IN PLACE WITH, UM, THAT MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA GET FUNDED, JUST SENT THE SCOPE OF WORK TO THE FOLKS AT THE NAD BANK THAT'S GONNA GIVE US OUR, OUR ROADMAP GOING FORWARD ON HOW WE CAN NOT ONLY EXPAND AND, AND IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO EXPAND AND IMPROVE OUR WATER PLANT AND OUR WASTEWATER PLANT SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
BUT ON, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, UH, A LOT OF TRAINING AND, AND, UH, STAFF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, NOT ONLY AT THE PLANTS, BUT ALSO AT THE DISTRIBUTION LEVEL.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE, WHERE THE IMPORTANT PART TAKES PLACE, UH, AT THE TAP.
SO, AGAIN, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UH, WE WILL BE MAILING OUT THESE REPORTS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
WE'VE GOT AN ENGLISH VERSION AND A SPANISH VERSION.
WE ARE WORKING ON A, ON SOME PRICING RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT OUT TO ALL THE CITIZENS.
UH, THIS WILL BE A MORE OF A, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT, THAT VEHICLE TO DO IT WITH, UH, WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING.
BUT WITH, UH, NORMAL ACTIVITIES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN AND I HAD SPOKE ABOUT A NEWSLETTER.
WELL, HERE'S OUR FIRST NEWSLETTER.
WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'LL HAVE NUMBERS THERE, CONTRACT INFORMATION, UH, QR CODES SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, DISCUSS WHATEVER CONCERNS THEY HAVE WITH STAFF.
AND HOPEFULLY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE HERE IS JUST TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AND, AND MAKE SURE WE PUT OUT SAFE AND, AND, AND, UH, DRINKABLE WATER.
AND, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM FOR DEMONSTRATING THAT.
I, I JUST, I THINK PROBABLY THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM ME TONIGHT, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING AND REALLY GREAT TO HEAR.
UH, IS THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO CALL AND COMMENT IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR WATER.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY PUBLICIZE THAT MORE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN CALL AND DON'T HAVE TO CALL THE MAYOR EVERY TIME.
BUT YEAH, LET IT LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO, IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WATER QUALITY CALL AND HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK.
YEAH, IT'LL BE, THEY MAY HAVE TO WAIT A DAY OR TWO, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT SYSTEM IN PLACE TO DO THAT IS WONDERFUL.
I'M LIVED HERE 35 YEARS AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
COMMISSIONER MAY, UH, BOSS, IF I MAY, I JUST GOT A, A MESSAGE FROM A CONSTITUENT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN COMING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING LIKE ELECTROLYSIS TESTS ON THEIR WATER.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF PEOPLE NOT TRUSTING THEIR DRINKING WATER.
AND, UH, A RESIDENT JUST SENT ME THAT, THAT THEY, THEY TESTED THEIR WATER AND THEY WERE SCARED.
UM, THE THING IS THAT THE EL ELECTROLYSIS REACTS WITH THE WATER.
IT'S JUST A NATURAL THING THAT HAPPENS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S USUALLY THOSE ELECTRODES ARE USUALLY SOMETHING MADE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, IRON THAT
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CORRODES, AND IT MAKES THE WATER LOOK DIRTY.UM, IT'S NOT A STANDARDIZED TEST THAT TCEQ USES.
NOTHING THAT THE EPA USES, AND IT'S NOT THE RIGOROUS TEST THAT WE GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS IN OUR WATER PLANTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S KNOWN.
WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WATER IS SAFE, IT IS SAFE, IT IS DRINKABLE AND, UM, SAFE TO USE TO SHOWER AND COOK WITH.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I PUT THAT OUT THERE.
'CAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP A LITTLE TREND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST WANNA KNOW.
IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE USE OF A TEST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, I WOULD DRINK MORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DRINKING AFTER PETE.
SO, AGAIN, UH, WE'LL BE, WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING THING AS YOU, AS YOU, AS YOU WELL KNOW NOW.
I MEAN, THE WATER QUALITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY.
SO FOR US, IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.
SO, UM, YEAH, JUST BEAR WITH US AND, UH, WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT AS MUCH OF THE CONTACT INFO THAT WE HAVE.
SO FOLKS WILL CONTACT US DIRECTLY AND HOPEFULLY NOT BOTHER THE MAYOR OR ANY OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, WITH THEIR CONCERNS INSTEAD, YOU KNOW, CALL US.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER CITY MANAGERS REPORTS FOR Y'ALL.
I MEAN, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE AKA FEST REPORT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WERE ASKING FOR.
AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, UH, THE BUDGET FOR THIS, FOR ALL OUR CITY EVENTS IS $300,000.
UM, AKA FEST IS BASICALLY THE LAST EVENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEFORE, UH, WE START OVER AGAIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO STEPHANIE, ALL THE EVENTS WE HAD, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IM, WELL, I MEAN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE KNOW THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO, UM, THE, THE, THE HOLIDAY PARADE, THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.
I THINK WE DO SOMETHING FOR HALLOWEEN AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO DID, UH, HOG WADDLE, WE DID AKA FEST.
AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW THINGS IN BETWEEN.
SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE OUR BIGGER EVENTS, AND THIS IS WHAT THAT MONEY PAYS FOR.
UM, AND JUST TALKING TO STEPHANIE ABOUT IT IN ROUND NUMBERS, I MEAN, WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT $300,000 LEVEL FOR THE YEAR.
I THINK WE WENT OVER LIKE 30,000 BUCKS.
BUT IF YOU RECALL FOR HOG WADDLE, WE DID GET SOME SPONSORSHIPS THAT WAS ABOUT 60,000 BUCKS.
IF YOU SPLIT THAT 30,000 COMES BACK TO THE CITY.
SO WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE, OR AM I WRONG? THANK YOU.
SO THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
SOME FOLKS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
UH, WE'RE AN OPEN BOOK FOLKS, Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UH, THESE THINGS MAY OR MAY NOT BE PUT UP, UH, AS FAST AS THEY SHOULD ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, BUT THE NUMBERS EXIST AND THEY WON'T CHANGE.
UH, THAT'S WHY WE GET AUDITED.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STAFF, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES, UM, INCLUDING YOU ALL ASKING FOR REPORTS, ASKING FOR DATA, AND ASKING FOR NUMBERS.
SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE KPIS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND TOO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE KPIS ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS, AS THE DATA THAT WE PUT INTO 'EM.
A LOT OF 'EM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE ARE GONNA BE DOING YEAR OUT YEAR, UH, YEAR, YOU KNOW, YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, LIKE TO ADD SOCIAL MEDIA PERFORMANCE ALSO TO OUR KPIS.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UH, BUT TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK WITH EVERYBODY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO BEGIN WITH, BUT NOW WE DO.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I WANTED TO, AND I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
BUT JUST WE ALLUDED TO, OR IT WAS A, SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D GOTTEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF FACEBOOK INTERACTIONS IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 28 DAYS OR SO.
YOU KNOW, DIANA'S RIGHT? WE'RE LIKE, RIGHT, RIGHT AT 4 MILLION, UH, INTERACTIONS WITH OUR VIEWS, ACTUALLY WITH FACEBOOK, IT'S IN THE LAST 28 DAYS, IT'S UP 213%.
OKAY? UM, THREE SECOND VIDEOS WERE UP 161%.
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LITTLE OVER 410,000 VIEWS IN THE LAST 28 DAYS.ENGAGEMENT, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY STAYED FOR A LITTLE BIT, 276,000 VIEWS WE'RE UP 221%.
AND NET FOLLOWERS, WE'VE GONE UP, JUST LIKE I SAID, YEAR ON YEAR.
I MEAN, JUST THIS YEAR WE'RE UP, UH, ABOUT 22, ABOUT 2,200 FOLLOWERS.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING US.
UM, AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER ANALYTICS.
WE'VE GOT A SAN BERNARDINO FACE FAIRGROUNDS PAGE THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN BLOWING UP.
I MEAN, 415, ALMOST 416,000 VIEWS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH THERE IS PHENOMENAL THE LAST 28 DAYS.
UH, WE'VE GOT AN INSTAGRAM PAGE AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT RICHIE HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR US, UH, 55,000 VIEWS ON OUR, ON OUR REELS AND ALL OUR, AND ALL OUR VIDEOS.
UM, 47% UP FROM NON FOLLOWERS.
SO FOLKS THAT DON'T EVEN FOLLOW US ARE LOOKING AT US ON INSTAGRAM.
ALL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 300%, 200%.
I MEAN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE REAL NUMBERS FOLKS.
SO, UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE INTERESTING PIECE TOO, THAT COMMISSIONER GOODMAN ALLUDED TO.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SAN BENITO, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING, GETTING, YOU KNOW, INTERACTING WITH OUR WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA BY CITY, BY FAR THE BIGGEST ONE IS SAN ANTONIO.
UM, HARLINGEN IS, UM, LITTLE, ALMOST 3,200 PEOPLE.
BROWNSVILLE'S 1800, 1700 SAN BENITO, 1700, UM, AUSTIN, ALMOST 1400 MACALLAN 1200.
THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE JUST WANTING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, WANTING TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BIG, WHAT THE BIG DESTINATION IS HERE IN SAN BENITO.
AND I KNOW I SHARED THIS WITH COMMISSIONER GOODMAN LAST WEEK.
I MEAN, WE TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GROW THE FRANCHISE, BUT WE'RE A DESTINATION FOLKS, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
WE HAD A, CAN I PIPE IN JUST A MINUTE HERE, FRED? THIS IS, SURE.
THIS IS, UH, I, I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE I, UM, MY BUSINESS IS ON THE ISLAND.
YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE ISLAND.
AND I SIT ON THE CONVINCING THE VISITORS BUREAU BOARD OUT THERE, AND I WATCH NUMBERS AND, AND I WATCH THE, THE DATA AND ALL THE STATISTICS THAT COME IN REGARDING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AND HOW THAT ALL HAPPENS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS PRETTY WELL.
UH, AND, AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, AND, AND THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN SHORTLY, FRED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT REALLY WANNA GET MUCH INTO IT NOW, BUT I WILL JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS WHERE THE EDC BECOMES IMPORTANT AS WELL.
EDC BECOMES BASICALLY THE MARKETING ARM FOR THE CITY.
THE CITY CAN BEGIN TO FOCUS ON ITSELF AND, AND THE, AND THE EDC BECOMES, AND THEN THE FAIRGROUNDS BECOMES ITS OWN ENTITY AS WELL TO WHERE IT SETS UP AND MANAGES THINGS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT STRUCTURE AND, AND HOW TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND HOW TO, HOW TO, HOW TO BETTER MARKET AND COLLECT DATA AND, AND BE ABLE TO TARGET THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE, WE NEED TO TARGET TO, TO BE HERE.
'CAUSE IF YOU WATCH, LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO'S COMING AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, IT REALLY IS FASCINATING.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT FAMILIES, WE GOT WHAT AGE FAMILIES THAT'LL TELL US WHAT KIND OF GROUPS WE NEED TO GET IN HERE TOO, AND WHAT KIND OF GROUPS WILL BRING, WHAT GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A WHOLE SCIENCE TO THIS.
AND, AND THE CITY IS REALLY GONNA BE MOVING UP AND, AND, AND MOVING UP AND MOVING ON IN, INTO THAT REALM OF THINGS, UH, UH, SO MUCH MORE THAN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S JUST SO EXCITING TO WATCH.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT, LOT, LOT HAPPENING.
WE'RE, UM, IF Y'ALL RECALL, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I DID A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH YOU ALL.
UH, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT FOLLOW UP TO THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
RUTH WILL BE CONTACTING Y'ALL.
LIKE I TOLD COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, YOU KNOW, JUST GIMME FOUR HOURS AND WE CAN FIGURE THIS THING OUT.
BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REAL INTERESTING SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THAT STRENGTH AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SWOT ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, A LOT OF THE INPUT THAT I GOT FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL ABOUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ON OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR STRENGTHS, OUR WEAKNESSES, OUR OPPORTUNITIES, OUR THREATS, BUT ALSO WHERE YOU ALL THOUGHT THE CITY NEEDED TO GO AND WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
AND, UH, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN A YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE GOT THE DAILY GRIND OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, AND THE WHIRLWIND STOPS FOR NO ONE.
BUT, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A LITTLE BREATH AND, AND, AND LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE FROM 10 TO TWO.
UM, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT CAN, IF IT'LL
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FIT WITH EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE.I KNOW COMMISSIONER NOVARO MAY BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'LL BE A WORKING, A WORKING LUNCH KIND OF THING TO, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
AND IT'LL, I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY ENLIGHTENING FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT KIND OF JOURNEY WE'VE COME ON IN THE LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEN DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT WE HAVEN'T OR WHAT WE SEE AS A NEW OPPORTUNITY OR A NEW THREAT OR A NEW, UM, A NEW STRENGTH, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, WE WANT TO ALWAYS, CONSTANTLY BE ADJUSTING AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED, DONALD MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS KIND OF QUICK IN HIS PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT WE DID, WE DID APPLY, AND I WANNA THANK DONNA FOR THIS.
UH, AND, AND DONALD, BECAUSE HE DID IDENTIFY IT FOR US.
WE, WE APPLIED FOR A SAFE, A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT.
UM, THE MAYOR KIND OF REMEMBERS IT AS A, YOU KNOW, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL THING, AND IT'S PROMULGATED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, AND WE GOT THAT GRANT, WE GOT THE NOTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, TODAY, THAT'S $233,000 THAT WE'RE GETTING.
UM, SO WHAT THAT IS, IS FOR PLANNING, UH, WE DO HAVE A CITY MATCH, UH, ON THIS ONE.
BUT WITH REGARDS TO PARTNERING UP, I MEAN, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY MAYOR FOR SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR INTERSECTIONS.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CROSSWALKS.
THIS IS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, STUDENT SAFETY, AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN.
SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY, TOLD 'EM ABOUT THE GRANT AWARD, UM, GOTTEN SOME POSITIVE RE YOU KNOW, RESPONSES FROM THAT.
I'M GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL, THE, THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, TO SEE ABOUT MAYBE CREATING AN INTERLOCAL SO THAT THEY CAN JOIN US IN THIS.
IT'LL BE, WE'LL BE THE LEAD ON IT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE THE BENEFICIARY AS WELL.
SO WE WANT THEM TO PLAY A PART IN IT.
THEY WANT, WE WANT THEM TO BE A PART IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, NOT ONLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO FOR THIS, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN NEED OF EITHER UPGRADES TO THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR SIDEWALKS OR JUST NEW SIDEWALKS, PERIOD.
I KNOW THAT MAYOR AND I HAVE DRIVEN AROUND, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED.
SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE REACH OUT TO THEM.
AND, AND I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLKS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OCTOBER WILL BE A YEAR, TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE'S 250,000 THAT WE GOT FOR GLO 150,000 I GOT FROM NAD BANK.
AND ON 233 THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UM, TO DATE, THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $630,000 IN FREE MONEY.
SO, UH, I WANTED, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THIS GOES DIRECTLY BACK TO THE CITIZENS.
THIS IS WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA HELP US PLAN.
UH, AS COMMISSIONER MORALES SAID, IF YOU DON'T PLAN, THEN YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET ANYWHERE.
IF YOU DON'T PLAN, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO ASK FOR ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE.
THE PLANNING PART IS CRUCIAL TO JUSTIFY YOUR ASKS, WHETHER IT'S THE STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR OUR CONGRESSMEN OR WHATEVER.
IF YOU HAVE A PLAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT PROVES UP YOUR REQUEST.
IT PROVES UP THAT YOU'VE DONE RESEARCH AND YOU'VE PROVED UP THAT WHAT YOU NEED IS VIABLE AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY NECESSARY FOR, FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PLANNING, BUT, UH, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THIS, AND I WILL, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
THESE ARE THE LIVING DOCUMENTS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA SIT ON A SHELF.
WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE, THESE WILL BE PRODUCING CAPITAL, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CAPITAL, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE WILL BE CHASING MONEY FOR, WHETHER IT'S STATE, LOCAL, OR FEDERAL, UH, EITHER THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OR OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN VOLITION.
SO I WANNA THANK DONNA AND THE STAFF.
I WANNA THANK DONALD AND EVERYBODY, ALL MY STAFF THAT HELPS PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
BECAUSE AGAIN, ONCE YOU GET THE, ONCE YOU GET THE GRANTS, THE WORK REALLY STARTS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT EASY.
UM, I KNOW WE, SOMETIMES WE MAKE IT LOOK EASY, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE, WE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER HERE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE JUST AN EXTENSION OF YOU ALL.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY OR BETTER, UH, BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, PLEASE WELCOME YOU.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING, MOVING INTO THIS AND GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS FUNDED.
SO, UH, AGAIN, INCLUDES DOWNTOWN, INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN SAID, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE, OR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM OF SAN BENITO IS NOT A SEPARATE ENTITY.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK THAT, BUT IT'S NOT WITHOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WITHOUT
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING, UH, WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.'CAUSE A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE EDC.
A LOT OF THIS IS PART AND PARCEL TO WHAT THE EDC IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA LEAD TO GROWTH.
WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, WITHOUT WATER, WITHOUT SANITARY SEWER, WITHOUT GOOD ROADS, WITHOUT GOOD SCHOOLS, WITHOUT GOOD ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, NOBODY'S GONNA WANT TO COME AND INVEST HERE.
SO IT'S, IT, THAT'S HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, FOLKS.
IT'S, WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO AS YOUR STAFF AND AS YOUR, UH, AND AS YOUR, WELL AS YOUR EMPLOYEES.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THAT'S ALL.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY GET A LITTLE, A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY ON MY SOAPBOX.
UH, FRED AND, UM, COMMISSIONERS, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE.
AGAIN, THE CITIZENS SANTO HAD BEEN ALMOST STAGNANT FOR YEARS OR DECADES.
YOU SAW IT, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVED IT.
I'VE BEEN HERE MO ALL MY LIFE EXCEPT ONE YEAR.
SO, UM, TRYING TO START SOMETHING, IT TAKES TIME.
I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT WE COULD DO, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT, UH, ALL STREETS CAN BE DONE IN ONE DAY.
IT TAKES PEOPLE, WORKERS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, STARTED AND GOING, AND THEN KEEP IT UP WITH IT.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT I'VE GONE, BECAUSE I DO MAKE HOUSE CALLS.
AND, UH, I DO GET, UH, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE SAME OLD STORY.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.
IT MIGHT NOT BE IN YOUR AREA, BUT IT'S IN SANTO.
IT'S IN AN AREA WHERE IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED.
I WISH I COULD TELL YOU IT COULD BE DONE FROM THE CENTER OUT, BUT IT'S IN AREAS THAT THE, THE WORKERS CAME OUT AND SAID, THIS IS WHERE WE, WE NEED TO GO.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE SUBDIVISION THAT WE'RE AT.
SO, AGAIN, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S TAKING DECADES, BUT WE STARTED, AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE DECADES TO FINISH, BUT WE ARE THERE.
IT'S FOR YOU, FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE THROW A LOT OF THINGS AT THREAT, UM, AND THE COMMISSION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COME UP WITH SOME OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS ON THERE, BUT WE MOVE FORWARD.
AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
WE TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
SO PLEASE HAVE, UH, BE PATIENT WITH US.
AND WE WILL GET TO YOU AREA AS SOON AS WE CAN.
AND, UM, AND IT'S FOR, FOR ALITO AGAIN.
COMMISSIONERS, LET'S MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
HONOR ANYTHING ELSE, FRED? NO, SIR.
[1. Second Public Hearing on the City of San Benito Comprehensive Plan.]
OKAY.PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP.
THE, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 5 7 25 AND WE'LL, PUBLIC HEARINGS OR SO WE OPEN UP FOR TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE CAN TAKE ONE, UH, ONE TO FIVE.
SO THAT'S THE, UH, SEC, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
DO ANYBODY FOUR AGAINST? YES, SIR.
UH, 1695 RUSSELL LANE, SAN BERNARD HILL, TEXAS.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, AS A GENERAL OVERALL STATEMENT, I'M REALLY, UH, HAPPY TO SEE, UH, THAT, UH, THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE HAVE THE OLD TWO, 2016 PLAN.
THAT'S, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL'S READ THAT.
PROBABLY NOT EVERY WORD IN EVERY SENTENCE, BUT, UH, A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY AND, AND ALL KIND OF GREAT, UM, IDEAS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, BUT OVERALL, FROM WHAT I SEE HERE AND I'VE SEEN SO FAR, UH, I'M VERY MUCH, UM, HAPPY TO SEE THIS.
UH, I DON'T WANT SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING OVER INDIVIDUAL THINGS HERE, BUT, UH, OVERALL, UH,
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I WILL JUST SAY, UH, JUST AS A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT, UH, SORRY, I FORGOT YOUR NAME.UH, BUT, UH, I, I SPOKE WITH HIM, UH, A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR DURING HIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MULTIPURPOSE, UM, CAPABILITIES OF SOME OF THESE STRUCTURES RIGHT HERE.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE PARKING LOT, NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE IT NICER APPEARING, IT GIVES SOME SHADE, IT MAKES IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
BUT WHEN HE MENTIONED THAT IT ALSO CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM, THAN I REALLY PERKED UP, UH, MY EARS ON THAT.
SO I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT, THE THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS IN HERE, UH, THAT CAN FULFILL, UM, SIMILAR KINDS OF TASKS.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, OVERALL I SAID IT THREE TIMES ALREADY.
AND, UH, HELPING AS A CITIZEN.
WHICHEVER WAY I CAN ASSIST IN THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? JUDGE, ONCE, TWICE? OKAY.
[2. First Public Hearing on the City of San Benito proposed ad valorem property tax rate for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.]
FOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IN THE CITY.SANTO, I PROPOSED, UH, BILL ON PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, FOR PHYSICAL YEAR, 20 25, 26 I BEFORE, AGAINST OR ANYTHING? NOTHING.
[3. Public Hearing on the City of San Benito Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year 2025- 2026.]
IN THE CITY OF SAMANTHA TO PROPOSE A BUDGET FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR.[4. Public Hearing on a request to rezone a property located at 753 Winchell St. bearing a Legal Description of: All of Lots Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), and the South 25 Feet (S25’) of Lot Fourteen (14), San Benito Fourth Addition, according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 22, Official Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 "Single Family One" to C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business". Applicant: Luis C. Gandara.]
JUROR NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING.REQUEST A REZONE ON, UH, 7 53 WINDSHIELD STREET.
ANYBODY ON THAT AGAINST? ONCE, TWICE.
[5. Public Hearing on a request for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a Towing Business at a property located at 31085 FM 509 zoned AO “Agriculture and Open Space” bearing a Legal Description of: Being 5.67 acres of land out of Block 157, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Gabriela Y. Muraira.]
FIVE, PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST ON A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE TOWING BUSINESS.UH, LOCATED, UH, 3 1 0, UH, EIGHT FIVE FM.
FROM AGRICULTURE TO OPEN SPACE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE FAVOR OF THE CONDITIONAL PERMIT USED FOR THIS.
UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF SANTO.
NOT ONLY DOES THE TOWING COMPANY PROVIDE JOBS, UH, ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT IT ALSO HELPS WITH YOUR, UH, CONSTANT OR GROWTH THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING.
AND MAY I SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSFUL AKA, UH, EVENT THAT YOU GUYS HAD.
IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL, VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
YOU GUYS HAD A VERY SHORT WINDOW OF TIME TO, UH, CHANGE THE WHOLE VENUE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED IN HOW YOU ALL DID THAT.
YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DID GREAT.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL TURNOUT.
UH, WHEN INCIDENTS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AND YOU HAVE A CONSTANT, UH, CHANGE OF, OF, UH, AVENUES, TOWING COMPANIES, UH, PLAY A IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE THERE'S TRAFFIC JAMS, THERE'S CONGESTIONS, THERE'S MIGHT BE AN ACCIDENT.
SO I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF GROWTH AND, AND GROWTH ALSO HELPS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERING, UH, THIS PROJECT.
I, I HOPE YOU, UH, VOTE ON IT FAVORABLY, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, MR. SVA, MORE OR LESS, UH, WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S THE LOCATION ON THIS? 5 1 9.
WHAT? UH, IT'S OFF OF, UH, HIGHWAY 5 0 9, GOING TOWARDS LOS PASSING, UH, 800.
MY, MY ONLY, CAN I HAVE A QUESTION HERE? SURE.
IN PUBLIC HEARING, I HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REGULATES HOW MANY TOWING COMPANIES WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
SO, EDWARD, HAVE YOU BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE, WITH THE CHIEF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? I MEAN, HE COULD HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A BUSINESS, BUT IT NEEDS TO OPERATE UNDER THE CHIEF.
YEAH, HE'S GONNA, EDWARD RODRIGUEZ, DIRECTOR OF RESOURCES, HE'S GONNA LET YOU KNOW.
WELL, I JUST DON'T WANT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE'S NOT APPLYING FOR A PERMIT THAT THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STILL HAS TO APPROVE.
SO IF HE APPLIES FOR A PERMIT, HE, HE COULD OPERATE A TOW BUSINESS IS FINE, BUT HE HAS TO APPLY TO BE ON OUR, UH, VEHICLE ROTATION, UH, TOW VEHICLE ROTATION LIST IF HE WANTS TO BE A PART OF OUR ROTATION
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AS FAR AS CALL OUTS FOR NON-CONSENSUAL, NON-CONSENSUAL TOWS.SO IF HE'S GONNA BE OPERATING, UH, DOING LIKE PRIVATE TOWS, STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, WE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO CHECK WITH US.
WE, WE ONLY MONITOR THE ONES THAT ARE ON OUR ROTATION LIST.
I THOUGHT THE ORDINANCE STATED THAT ANYBODY OPERATING TOW SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS HAS TO GO THROUGH CITY ORDINANCE.
AND, AND THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL THE TL TDLR STANDARDS.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, ONCE HE GETS A PERMIT WITH THE CITY, THEY CHECK ALL THAT.
WE KEEP A BINDER OF EVERYTHING ON THE VEHICLE, THE TOWING COMPANIES ON OUR VEHICLE ROTATION LIST.
SO IF THEY WANNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALL OUTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING UP TO DATE ON THEIR TDLR.
THE TIME IS, UH, 7 33 CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
GO ON TO CONSENT.ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT, GOT ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT FOR CONSENT.
WE CAN APPROVE THOSE IN ONE MOTION, OR WE CAN, WE CAN REMOVE ANY FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME IF YOU ALL DESIRE ABSTAIN FROM, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, HAVE A FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP.
ABSTAIN, UH, HEARING, NO OTHER, UH, HEARING NO OTHER PERSON'S WANTING TO WITHDRAW ANYTHING.
I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
ANY NEEDS MOTION PASSES FOR ALL AIDES ON THE GOING
[1. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment or reappointment of a Mayor Pro Tempore.]
TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.ITEM NUMBER ONE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE.
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONSIDERATION.
PROVE THE APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TIM PORE, OR MAYOR PRO TIM.
AND THIS ONE, I, I PLACED IT ON THE AGENDA AND I KNOW THAT, UH, I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE AND IT WAS MY, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS.
UM, I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT, BUT, UH, I WAS GOING TO, UH, THINKING I WAS, I WAS SO BUSY WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT, UH, I THOUGHT TO THE, UH, OUR CURRENT MAYOR PRO TEAM RIGHT NOW, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN, UH, START THE, AT LEAST ONE YEAR EACH ONE, GIVE HIM A CHANCE FOR EVERYONE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THE COMMISSIONER GOMAN, IF YOU'LL TAKE IT AS THE MAYOR
I, I WOULD ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
SO I HAVE THIS, UH, MADE A MOTION FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER GMAN.
[2. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2418-A, an ordinance amending Ordinance Number 2418 to revise and update appointments to the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee.]
DO.UH, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 4 1 8 DASH A.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 4 1 8 TO REVISE AND UPDATE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING FOLKS, BUT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY.
UH, THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS SOME TERMS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED, GOT WITH THE CHIEF AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UNLESS YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WANNA MAKE SURE THIS THING, UH, IS READY TO GO FOR THE BUDGET.
UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE POSITIONS ARE ATTAINABLE AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SERVE THE CITIZENS AND, AND YOU ALL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO WE DIDN'T PUT, I INCLUDED 24 18, WHICH IS ANIMAL, UH, CONTROL ORDINANCE OR, AND, UH, BUT I ONLY WANTED TO CHANGE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 'CAUSE AS PER STATE LAW, 8 23 0.005, IT JUST CALLS FOR FOUR MEMBERS.
SO EACH ONE OF Y'ALL WOULD, WOULD APPOINT A MEMBER.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO ON THE ORDINANCE IS ADD ANOTHER MEMBER, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, A, A MEMBER OF AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY JUST CAN'T BE THE SAME ONES.
SO IT CAN KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY A VOTE, A VOICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGES, CHANGES ON, AND THEN OF COURSE WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE, UH, WITH THE, THE CM AND THE A CM TO KIND OF SEE WHAT ELSE CAN CHANGE.
IT'S NOT SET IN STONE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS AND, UH, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE PUT 'EM IN PLACE, WE CAN MEET WITH THEM AND KIND OF GO OVER, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE? DO WE NEED TO DO,
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UH, WHAT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES DO YOU WANT US TO REVIEW? AND IF THEY MAKE SENSE, WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.WE DO HAVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES RIGHT NOW.
I DIDN'T MAKE 'EM, THEY CAME WITH THE DEPARTMENT WHEN I, WHEN I, UH, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE THOSE TO MAKE 'EM A LITTLE MORE, UH, MODERN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SEEING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY COME ACROSS, UH, CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
CHIEF, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING ON THE COMMITTEE SEEMED PRETTY NARROW.
IN TERMS OF RE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT QUALIFY.
IS ANY OF THAT BEING RECONSIDERED AS WELL? WELL, AS PART OF, LIKE I SAID, THE, UH, THE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, ONE LICENSED VETERINARIAN, ONE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL, ONE PERSON WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE THE DAILY OPERATION ANIMAL SHELTER, AND ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AN ANIMAL, UH, WELFARE ORGANIZATION.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS, WHEN I MAKE THE CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER, UH, OF ANOTHER ANIMAL WELFARE, UH, ORGANIZATION, JUST SO IT COULD BE FIVE.
SO EACH OF YOU ALL CAN NOMINATE, UH, ONE PERSON.
SO, AND THEN IF THEY VOTE, IF IT'S FOUR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA COME ACROSS SOME TIES OR SOMETHING.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT FINDING QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO, TO, TO SERVE THERE.
THAT FILL THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.
I MEAN, CAN WE, DO WE HAVE A VETERINARIAN IN MIND? WELL, WE HAVE ONE OF VET SANTO.
SOMEBODY WOULD'VE TO REACH OUT TO.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S JUST MY CONCERNS AT THIS POINT IS, AND I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT.
I WANT, I WANNA SUPPORT THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET, MAKE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN PUT BEYOND THE COMMITTEE AND FILL THE COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, WHO ELSE? WE'RE REACHING OUT TO A FEW VETS, UM, THANK YOU.
SOME THAT LIVE HERE, BUT HAVE A BUSINESS IN ANOTHER TOWN.
UM, THAT MAKES IT HARD, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY HAVE VETS HAVE LONG HOURS AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICE.
UM, WE COULD LOOK AT THINGS OF LIKE, IF WE, IF YOU SIT ON OUR BOARD, MAYBE WE DO OUR, UH, VACCINATION, SPAY NEUTER SERVICES THROUGH YOU, OR WE USE YOU AS A PRIMARY VET TO KIND OF OFFSET SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I, I JUST WANNA KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVING PUSHED THIS, REALLY.
WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED PEOPLE'VE, COMFORTABLE.
YOU'VE TALKED TO A FEW VE BUT THEY'RE HARD TO YES.
AND, AND WE, AND WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET THIS NEXT YEAR, SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE THEN THE QUALIFIED STAFF PERSON TO SIT ON THIS BOARD, PUT IT ON THE BUDGET FOR THE NEW BUDGET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FIRST READING.
[3. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2613-A-09-2025, an ordinance amending Ordinance Number 2613-10-2022(Z) in the subdivision regulations, exemptions to platting requirements to add section (C) Common Ownership Exception to allow structures to be built across internal lot lines on commonly owned lots under a single deed.]
UM, GO ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.AND THAT'S FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 6 1 3 DASH A DASH OH NINE DASH 2025.
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 6 1 3 10 20 22 Z AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, EXEMPTIONS TO PLANNING REQUIREMENTS TO ADD SECTION C, COMMON OWNERSHIP EXCEPTION TO ALLOW STRUCTURES TO BE BUILT ACROSS INTERNAL LOT LINES ON COMMONLY OWNED LOTS UNDER A SINGLE DEED.
THIS WOULD STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, MAKE FOLKS ELIGIBLE TO BUY A COUPLE OF LOTS AND BUILD ACROSS LOT LINES WITHOUT HAVING TO RE SUBDIVIDE
IF, IF I, IF I, I'M TALKING AGAIN, THE, THE, UH, THIS WAS THE YOU'RE WELCOME.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT, THAT MOTIVATED ME TO COME HERE AND BE ON THE BOARD,
AND, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD IT SOMEWHAT RESOLVED.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS VERSUS WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE OR WHAT WAS RE OR WHAT WAS, UH, DETERMINED BEFORE? MM-HMM
MONICA RODRIGUEZ, FOR THE RECORD, I'M A PLANNER HERE WITH THE CITY.
SO BEFORE THE DETERMINATION WAS IF THE BUILDING WAS ALREADY EXISTING ON THE LOT, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR TWO, FOR TWO LOTS.
I MEAN A HOUSE BUILDING, BUILDING OVER A LOT LINE.
IS THIS FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL? IT'S GONNA BE FOR BOTH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE PLANNING STAFF FOR REALLY PUSHING THESE ISSUES.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT ARE EITHER OUTDATED.
UH, AND WE WANT TO BE PRO, PRO BUSINESS, PRO DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I INHERITED HERE MY STAFF INHERITED THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK OUT OF.
IT'S BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHECKING 'EM OFF AS WE'RE GOING.
AND I WANNA THANK THE THANK THE STAFF, ENRIQUE.
MONICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EDWARD.
I MEAN, THIS IS AN ONGOING THING, FOLKS.
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MEAN, I COME FROM ANOTHER CITY.I'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY HAVE TO RE SUBDIVIDE TO BUILD OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY BUY TWO LOTS, IT WAS JUST, I THOUGHT DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT EXISTED.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE, WE'RE FIXING ALL THAT.
SO THE, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TOO.
THANK THE STAFF FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THE HARLING OF BOARD OF REALTORS HAD BEEN WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME SELLING PROPERTIES IN SAN BENITO BECAUSE OF THESE LOT LINE ISSUES.
AND THIS REPL REQUIREMENT CAN, WHICH CAN RUN OVER $8,000 TO REPL WHEN SOMEONE COULD USE THAT TO RERO ROOF AN OLDER HOME, OR FIX UP THE CURB APPEAL OR SIDEWALK.
UM, SO PUTTING SOME MONEY BACK IN THE ACTUAL BUILDING OR PROPERTY VERSUS REDRAWING SOME BLACK LINES ON A PIECE OF PAPER, IT WAS SEEMED UNNECESSARY.
[4. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AJ-09-2025, a request to rezone a property located at 753 Winchell Street bearing a Legal Description of: All of Lots Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), and the South 25 Feet (S25’) of Lot Fourteen (14), San Benito Fourth Addition, according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 22, Official Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Luis C. Gandara.]
FIRST READING OF, OR I, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I'M SORRY.FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 DASH AJ DASH OH NINE DASH 2025.
A REQUEST TO REZO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 53 WINCHELL STREET.
UM, THAT IS, UM, THE APPLICANT IS LUIS C GANDARA.
WE HAD AN EARLIER PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING OF THAT ORDINANCE AND FULFILLMENT OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO ON THIS ONE? JUST RE ZONE WHAT? FOR PROPERTY? UM, IT'S GOING, IT, IT'S GOING FROM, UH, R ONE, I THINK, TO COMMERCIAL.
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S TWO LOTS ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL.
THE OTHER ONE IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
HE JUST WANTS TO CLEAR IT UP AND DO BOTH COMMERCIAL TO SELL AS COMMERCIAL WHEN HE'S READY.
SO ONE COMMERCIAL, ONE RESIDENTIAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT.
TIME IS, UH, THE TIME IS 7 44.