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GOOD.[CALL TO ORDER]
THOSE ARE THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION, OCTOBER 21ST, 2025.UM, I'D LIKE TO WORK ON EVERYBODY.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS GONNA BE P OF ALLEGIANCE TO US.
AND PLEASE REMAIN SILENT FOR THE INVOCATION BY REPORT.
GOODMAN, I PLEDGE ALL ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL, JUST FOR ALL HONOR TEXAS LIFE.
I PLEDGE ALLE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING.
WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LOOK AT AND TO DISCUSS AND TO DETERMINE THE, THE THINGS THAT MAY BE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE.
WE PROBABLY HAVE BLESSINGS UPON US AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT BE MORE UNITED AND AND MORE TOGETHER.
AS WE SEEK TO FIND WAYS TO SERVE EACH OTHER AND TO LIFT AND CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED.
I PRAY THAT THEY'LL BE WITH US, UH, ALWAYS BE WITH OUR, OUR, OUR NATION LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY, AND DO ASK THESE THINGS HUMBLY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
[ANNOUNCEMENT(S)]
NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE ANNOUNCEMENTS.OCTOBER 23RD AT 5:30 PM SMOKEY BEAR STORY TIME AT THE SANTO PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED AT 1 0 1 WEST ROSE STREET, SMOKEY BEAR STORY TIME.
BE THERE OCTOBER 24TH, FALL FESTIVAL AND 18TH ANNUAL NIGHT OUT AT THE SANTO FAIRGROUNDS, LOCATED AT 1501 CAESAR GONZALEZ BOULEVARD.
SO NIGHT OUT, HAVE A GREAT TIME.
THAT'S ON FRIDAY, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.
LEARN HOW TO CLEAR WATER, HOW CLEAR WATER, CLEAN WATER GETS TO YOUR HOME AT THE WATER FROM THE WA AT THE WATER PLANT, LOCATED AT 1350.
SO GO TO THE WATER, WATER PLANT BETWEEN 10 TO NOON AND FIGURE OUT HOW WATER GETS THERE.
ALSO, ON SATURDAY, SIMILAR TIME 9:00 AM TO 11:30 AM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY VACCINE CLINIC LOCATED AT 8 1 8 0 3 8 GARRETT ROAD IN HARLINGEN, OPEN TO SANTO RESIDENCE.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT VACCINE THAT, UM, VACCINE FOR YOUR ANIMALS, LET RUN AND GO.
THEN ON THE 31ST, UH, OF OCTOBER FROM 5:30 PM TO EIGHT 30, IT'S MOONLIGHT MADNESS.
NUMBER ONE THAT IS GONNA BE HANDING OUT SOME CANDY, I GUESS IS WHAT THESE GUYS ARE GONNA BE DOING.
SO THAT'S HALLOWEEN, FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30.
MOONLIGHT MAN IS FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE.
I WANTED TO JUST ALSO, MAYOR, IF I MIGHT JUST GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO, UM, THE LONGHORN CATTLE COMPANY OUT ON THE, ON THE EXPRESSWAY HERE IN SANTO.
THEY JUST CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE GOING THERE.
[PROCLAMATION(S)]
ONE'S GONNA BE PROCLAMATIONS AND, UH, FOR THE FIRE PROVISION COMMISSIONER MORALE, THANK YOU, MAYOR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF FIRE PREVENTION MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.WHEREAS FIRE CONTINUES TO POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENCE OF SAN BENITO, RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY LOSS, INJURIES AND TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE EACH YEAR.
AND WHEREAS FIRE PREVENTION IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY THAT REQUIRES THE DILIGENCE AND ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF EVERY RESIDENT BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS EDUCATION IS A VITAL COMPONENT IN RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS, PROMOTING LIFESAVING FIRE SAFETY PRACTICES AND EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO ACT RESPONSIBLY TO PREVENT FIRES.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SANTO REMAINS STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING LIVES AND PROPERTY THROUGH PROACTIVE MEASURES, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO FIRE SAFETY AND TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FIRE SERVICES PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR CRITICAL MISSION.
AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS TO LEARN ABOUT FIRE HAZARDS AND TAKE STEPS AND TO ELIMINATE THEM, INSTALL, CHECK, AND MAINTAIN SMOKE ALARMS IN HOMES AND IN WORKPLACES, CREATE REVIEW
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AND PRACTICE FIRE ESCAPE PLANS WITH ALL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE THE SANTO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ITS ONGOING EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.NOW THEREFORE, BE PROCLAIM, I CITY SANTO CITY COMMISSION, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 25TH AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.
AND I CALL UPON THE, THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, SANTO AND WITNESS THE OATH I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND ON THE 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER 20, UH, YEAR OF THE LORD, 2025.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes)]
GONNA BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, YES.
MR. LOA? OKAY, I ADVISED THAT HE LEFT.
MY NAME IS RICARDO MARGA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, BUT MY HEART IS HERE IN SAN BENITO, AND SO ARE TWO INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, TWO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT I OWN HERE IN SAN BENITO.
AND EVEN THOUGH I AM RAISED IN SAN BENITO, I DID NOT REALIZE A VERY SPECIAL THING ABOUT SAN BENITO AND HOW SPECIAL SAN BENITO IS.
SAN BENITO IS HOME TO LAAN OF 1915.
THIS IS, UH, WE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS A HISTORICAL MARKER THAT IS DEDICATED AND COMMEMORATES LA OF 1915.
AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT IS A PERIOD OF OUR HISTORY THAT THE TEXAS RANGERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VIGILANTE GROUPS VISITED RACIAL VIOLENCE UPON THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AND A LOT OF 'EM WERE KILLED HERE IN THIS VERY AREA.
THAT'S WHY THE STATE HISTORICAL MARKERS LOCATED, LOCATED HERE.
NOW, ME AND MY WIFE DECIDED AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT WE WOULD SPONSOR ANNUAL CAMTA, WHICH IS A WALK, AND WE DO IT DURING THE S UH, UH, TIME SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A CELEBRATION OF THE DEATH OF THE VICTIMS OF LA MATANZA THAT WERE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MEXICAN AMERICANS THAT WERE KILLED HERE, AND WE WANNA CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES.
SO WE STARTED THIS WALK AN ANNUAL WALK.
WE'RE IN OUR SIXTH YEAR AND I'M HERE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I'M NOT HERE TO ASK FOR ANY MONEY.
I'M HERE TO INVITE YOU AND THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS OF SAN BENITO TO JOIN US IN OUR MARCH.
IT'S A THREE AND A HALF MILE MARCH ON NOVEMBER 2ND.
WE BEGIN FROM HEAVEN HAVEN PARK AND WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE HISTORICAL MARKER THAT IT'S, UH, GOING, IT'S ON EXIT 16 ON THE WAY TO BRONZEVILLE.
IT'S A THREE AND A HALF MILE WALK.
BUT I, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WALK.
SO WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE 11 O'CLOCK CEREMONY AT THE STATE HISTORICAL MARKER, WHICH IS A WREATH LANE CEREMONY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SOME SPEECHES FROM SOME PEOPLE.
AND THIS YEAR'S HONOR GUEST SPEAKER IS GONNA BE STATE REPRESENTATIVE AARON ES.
SO IF YOU COULD ALL PLEASE PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDARS.
I'M GONNA LEAVE SOME CARDS THAT HAVE A QR CODE THAT DIRECTS YOU TO OUR WEBSITE.
IT HAS MORE INFORMATION OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IN
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THE SHORT THREE MINUTES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME.UH, IT ALSO HAS THE RI THE R, THE ROUTE IT HAS, UH, UH, EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CAMTA.
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS WE DON'T CHARGE ANY ADMISSION OR ANY KIND OF FEE FOR IT.
THIS IS JUST A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY MANAGERS.
UM, I DID HAVE SOME EVENTS, BUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN, BUT I, BUT I GOT A FEW THAT YOU DIDN'T GET TO.
I WANT TO, I WANNA RECOGNIZE SOMETHING BECAUSE, UH, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND, AND, UH, PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD A, A SEVERE RAIN EVENT HERE IN THE CITY.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, FLOODING AND, AND FLOODING AND, AND A LOT OF THE AREAS OF THE CITY BECAME A BIG ISSUE, UH, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF THE WATER, BUT ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UH, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU ALL, UH, MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO FORMULATE A, A, A DRAINAGE, A DRAINAGE CREW SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE AREAS, WORK TOGETHER, TRY TO LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR ECONOMIES OF SCALE, NOT JUST WITH OUR OWN, WITH OUR OWN, UH, WORKERS.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A, A, A VEHICLE DEDICATED TO THAT AND AC CREW DEDICATED TO THAT.
BUT ALSO WHAT WE COULD DO WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, AND OF COURSE THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE MOVING IN, IN A REALLY GOOD DIRECTION.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FIXING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS UNDERGROUND, BUT ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ABOVE GROUND.
UH, THE DITCHES, A LOT OF THE CROSSINGS, A LOT OF, UH, THESE CULVERTS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BAR DITCHES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN FILLED IN ARE ALL PART OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT SYSTEM IS NOT ACTUALLY THE CITY'S UNDER THE CITY'S CONTROL.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE GOT THINGS ROLLING.
WE WERE STILL TRYING TO HIRE ALL THE CREWS, BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD SOME OF OUR FOLKS WORKING ON IT EVEN PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER.
AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, JB FOR SURE, UH, MEME AND EDWARD AND HIS FOLKS AND, UH, Y'ALL'S CREWS, UH, THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE.
WE GOT PLENTY OF CALLS ABOUT SOME AREAS THAT WERE HOLDING WATER, LIKE ON DICK DOWLING HICKS, ADELE FRANCIS.
THEY'VE ALREADY FOUND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
THERE WAS, UH, DRAIN LINE THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE IT WAS FILLED IN WITH CONCRETE AND IT WENT INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY, UH, BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD DONE SOME WORK, PUT IN SOME, UH, FIBER OPTIC STUFF, AND, UM, DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED OUR DRAIN LINE AND FILLED IT IN WITH CONCRETE.
SO, KIND OF HARD TO DRAIN WATER WHEN THERE'S NO PIPE TO TRANSMIT IT.
SO, UH, FOLKS FOUND THAT, UH, OUR GUYS GOT IT.
JB THANK YOU AGAIN, GETTING YOU AND MI GETTING ON TOP OF IT REALLY QUICK.
UH, SO THAT PROBLEM'S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GALVAN FOR POINTING IT OUT.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE BY THE, BY THE, UH, THE INFAMOUS CORNER, BY THE POST OFFICE.
I THINK IT'S BOWIE AND HICKS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD THE CREW WHERE THE CREW WAS OUT THERE LAST WEEK.
JB HAD HIS, UH, THE VECTOR TRUCK OUT THERE.
UM, TURNS OUT THAT THERE IS, UH, ANOTHER PIPE THAT'S BEEN LITERALLY CUT OFF PART OF A PREVIOUS CON, UH, A PREVIOUS PROJECT THAT WAS DONE.
UH, AND, UH, I GUESS IT WAS, UH, IT WAS DEEMED A CHANGE ORDER, I THINK, AND THAT CHANGE ORDER DIDN'T GET BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PIPE STAYED THE WAY IT IS, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING IT.
BUT THE, UH, THE POINT IS WE'RE GONNA PUT A CAMERA IN THERE, FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S WHAT, AND, AND, AND FIX WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND, AND, AND RECONNECT WHATEVER PIPES NEED TO BE RECONNECTED SO THAT WE CAN GET DRAINAGE IN THAT MUCH MALIGNED AREA.
I KNOW THAT I DRIVE BY THERE AND IT'S JUST, IT'S SO CLOSE TO CITY HALL AND IT REALLY, REALLY, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT I'M WANTING TO GET.
AND THANKS AGAIN, JB TO YOU AND YOUR GUYS, UH, ENRIQUE TOO.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALL THIS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAP ALL THIS.
MCCULLOUGH, I MEAN, ROBERTSON BATS ALL THAT AREA THERE AROUND THE RAILROAD WHERE ALL THIS STUFF DRAINS.
THERE WAS A LOT, A LOT OF FLOODING THERE.
UM, GOT SOME OF THE PHOTOS TODAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, LO AND BEHOLD, A LOT OF THOSE PIPES ARE ABOUT 95% FULL OF DIRT AND DEBRIS.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE.
UH, THERE'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TRANSMIT WATER WHEN, UH, THERE'S NO FREEBOARD IN THAT PIPE.
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SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HIRE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY REALLY, REALLY SHORT TO GET INTO THOSE PIPES WITH A SMALL SHOVEL TO GET IN THERE.'CAUSE I MEAN, THEY ARE LITERALLY FULL OF DIRT.
UH, BUT I, I'M JUST JOKING ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS IS WORKING.
WE'VE GOT A SYSTEM THAT'LL WORK.
WE'VE JUST GOTTA HELP IT, HELP US, HELP IT WORK, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF IS DOING.
JB UH, EDWARD ENRIQUE, ALL OF HIS FOLKS, UH, MEME, I MEAN, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT FOLKS.
THESE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY DOING UTILITIES.
THEY DO OUR WATER, THEY DO OUR WASTEWATER DISTRIBUTION, UH, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY, UH, 21 DAYS INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
THE CREWS ARE GONNA WORK, AND THE MINDSET BEHIND IT IS GONNA WORK.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ELECTED, IF I MEAN THE, UH, THE CITIZENS KNOW AND THE TAXPAYERS KNOW THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA FIX THESE THINGS AND WE'LL GET 'EM FIXED THE RIGHT WAY.
FRED, IS THIS A RESULT OF ADDING THE DRAINAGE TEAM? YES.
SO, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME RESULTS AND PROGRESS BECAUSE WE, WE CAN JUST LOOK AT DRAINAGE LINES ALL THE TIME, BUT IF WE'RE NOT IN THE GROUND OR UNDER THE GROUND OR IN THOSE LINES, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING THAT TO GO THROUGH AND CITY MANAGER FOR OVERSEEING THESE PROJECTS AND FOR THE TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE HOT SUN, APPRECIATE IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO GET HIRED BY THE CITY ALSO.
AND, UH, UH, THEY ALREADY LOOKED INTO IT, AND I THINK MEMORY WAS GIVING ME SOME, SOME OF THE PICTURES, SOME OF 'EM ARE ALMOST SIX FEET HIGH PIPE, SO WE CAN GO UNDERNEATH THERE.
WANT THAT? I USED TO CRAWL ON THOSE DURING STORM DRAINS.
NO, AND, UH, I DON'T EVEN GET SOME SHORTS.
AND WE'LL GO, WE WILL BE THERE, JB WE WILL BE THERE, BUDDY.
I'M GONNA BE EXCITED TO VOLUNTEER DRAINAGE CREW.
SHORT PEOPLE COME IN HANDY SOMETIMES.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN, FOR, FOR ALLOWING US TO, TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE GOOD NEWS AND, AND THE FACT THAT THESE THING, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS IS GONNA WORK.
UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, SOME PENDING ISSUES, UH, UPDATE ON AMAD DRIVE.
I MEAN, THAT'S PROCEEDING AS, AS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE BIDS FOR THE HOT MIX AND, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL DESIGN.
WE'RE GETTING SOME TESTING DONE ON THE EXISTING, UH, ROADWAY TO MAKE SURE, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S PLENTY OF CALICHE OUT THERE.
UH, THE STABILIZATION WILL GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL GET THIS THING READY TO GO.
BUT, UH, THE CALICHE AND THE SUBGRADE ARE PRETTY SOLID, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOT MIX, OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE INCHES, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CROWN THE STREET SO THAT THE WATER WILL, WILL RUN TO THE CURB AND GUTTER.
WE'RE, WE'RE FIXING THE CURB AND GUTTER, SO THAT'S REQUIRING SOME CONCRETE.
UM, AND ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AT LEAST ONE CONCRETE APRON, IF NOT MAYBE TWO, UH, BACK FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK TOWARDS WILLIAMS. SO THAT, UH, THE TURNING RADIUS ON THOSE BIG TRUCKS THAT COME IN, ESPECIALLY THE WRECKERS THAT ARE THERE, UH, WON'T, YOU KNOW, WON'T TEAR UP THE ROAD THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF A FEW THINGS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MUES, REUBEN, ALL THESE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING OUT THERE, AND THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE IN HOUSE WITH ENRIQUE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ALL THE TESTING, GETTING THE TESTING LINED UP.
I MEAN, THIS IS HOW IT GETS DONE, FOLKS.
UH, WE'RE NOT USING OUTSIDE ENGINEERS.
WE'RE USING SOME CONTRACTED ENGINEERS FOR THE, UH, THE ACTUAL, THE TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR PARAMETERS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THING FOR OVER A YEAR.
I KNOW WHEN THE MAYOR AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, WE GOT VISITED BY THE FOLKS AT THE, UH, AT, AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THING FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO EDWARD ABOUT IT ON OCTOBER 3RD BY THE SIXTH.
SO, I MEAN, I WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
EDWARD REALLY, UH, PUSHING THIS DEAL, IT BECAME A BIG, A BIG PRIORITY TO HIM.
BIG, BIG PRIORITY TO US, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG PRIORITY TO YOU ALL.
BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S A, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT REFLECTS NOT SO WELL ON THE CITY.
AND OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ON THAT.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE STAFF GETS RECOGNIZED.
ES AND RUBEN ESPECIALLY, DOING A GOOD JOB GETTING THE CREWS OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THIS THING IS REALLY DONE.
OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS SPOKE TO THE FOLKS THERE AT THE, UH, AT
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THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.WANT TO KNOW, MAKE SURE, UH, IF THAT'S JUST PHASE ONE OF THE REST OF IT.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS ONE DONE FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THE REST.
UM, OUR WATER TOWERS, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH KLM ENGINEERING.
WE WILL BE GOING OUT FOR FORMAL ADVERTISEMENT, UH, LATER ON NEXT WEEK, YEAH, LATER ON THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL BE GOING OUT FOR ADVERTISEMENT SO WE CAN GET, UH, START GETTING OUR BIDS TOGETHER, SEE WHAT THESE, UH, NORTHERN CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE US AS FAR AS PRICING GOES.
AGAIN, IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE TIMING IT JUST RIGHT.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
UH, DONE IT BEFORE LIKE THIS, AND YOU GET NORTHERN CONTRACTORS THAT, UM, YOU PAY A LITTLE BIT IN MOBILIZATION, BUT YOU MAKE IT WAY UP ON ACTUAL COST OF, OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
THEY'RE GONNA BLAST THESE, THEY'RE GONNA REPAINT THEM.
THEY'RE GONNA REPAIR ALL THE, ALL THE METAL.
THEY'RE GONNA GO INSIDE, CLEAN THEM OUT AND, AND GET THESE, GET THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BACK TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND GET 'EM RIGHT.
UH, GETTING, GIVE US ANOTHER 20 YEARS OUT OF THOSE THINGS.
AND, AND, AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, IMPROVES WATER QUALITY AND IMPROVES, UH, OVERALL HEALTH FOR THE CITIZENS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PUSHING THAT THIS, THIS WINTER.
UM, SUBDIVISIONS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME, WE'VE HAD SOME RIBBON CUTTINGS AND SOME GROUNDBREAKINGS AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO QUANTIFY SOME OF THIS FOR YOU ALL AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE STAFF AND FINALLY PUT TOGETHER, UM, A DEVELOPER FRIENDLY GROUP, UH, A DEVELOPER FRIENDLY CITY, BOTH AT PLANNING, UM, AND, AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UTILITIES.
AND OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR SUBDIVISIONS ARE, ARE, ARE BOOMING.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, 25, 26, WE'RE LOOKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 350 AND 400 YACHT, 400 LOTS.
UM, NOT TO MENTION ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 20 OR 30, MAYBE EVEN 50 COMMERCIAL LOTS.
IT JUST DEPENDS HOW MANY, UH, HOW, HOW MANY MORE SUBDIVISIONS COME IN.
WE'VE GOT A FEW THAT WE REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS AT THIS POINT, BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, EVEN AT, YOU KNOW, 350 OR 380, I MEAN, THAT'S $95 MILLION WORTH OF, UH, TAXABLE VALUE THAT WE'D BE ADDING TO OUR COFFERS.
UM, SO NOT TO MENTION WHAT WE'D BE BRINGING IN WITH, UH, ROOFTOPS AND WHAT, WHAT LIVES IN THOSE ROOFTOPS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE FOLKS COME IN, THEY'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY HERE, AND THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR FABRIC.
UM, I KNOW THE MAYOR WENT WITH ME TO THEIR LITTLE, UH, BUILDER'S FAIR THAT THEY HAD IN BROWNSVILLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SAN SEBASTIAN WAS SHELVED SINCE 2018.
THIS GUY WAS GONNA LITERALLY SHUT IT DOWN AND JUST MOVE ON.
UM, THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE PAYING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO HIM, THE MAYOR SET ME UP WITH HIM.
WE TALKED TO HIM, UM, EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR MINDSET WAS, AND WE, WE BROUGHT HIM BACK.
SO, I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST HIM HIMSELF.
UH, YOU GOT PHASE TWO, THAT'S 72 LOTS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PHASE TWO.
UM, ELLOS, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE NEAR, UH, WHERE WE JUST HAD OUR RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UH, CIRCLE K, THAT'S 130 LOTS, UH, VETERANS WHERE WE HAD OUR, OUR RIBBON CUTTING A COUPLE A WHILE BACK.
SO YOU CAN START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW THESE, HOW THESE START TO ADD UP.
AND IT'S REALLY, UH, A TESTAMENT TO HOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, HOW WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE TEAM, HOW WE'RE MAKING THIS A ONE STOP SHOP AND, AND MAKING THIS A DEVELOPER FRIENDLY CITY AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY THAT RUNS 'EM OUT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UH, THE WORD IS OUT.
UH, AS FAR AS EVENTS GO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS LEFT OUT, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RGV HUMANE SOCIETY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE SPOT, THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A RIA EVENT OR CHALUPA.
IT'S GONNA BE NOVEMBER 15TH, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE CULTURAL ARTS MUSEUM.
WHERE'S ALEIDA? SHE HERE, HERE.
ADA'S WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THEM.
IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE EVENT FROM LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK 11 TO TWO.
UM, AND IT'S, UH, AGAIN, IT'S TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE, UH, HUMANE SOCIETY AND, AND WE'RE SPONSORING THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A TREE SEATING, UM, ON THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE WETLANDS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A A, A PRETTY NEAT EVENT.
THE BIRDING FESTIVAL STARTS AFTER THAT.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA RUN FROM THE FIFTH THROUGH THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE WETLANDS AS AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE PLANNING A TAILGATING EVENT AT THE BATTLE OF THE ARROYO, SPONSORED BY YOURS, TRULY.
UH, I'M GONNA PITCH THAT TO MY EDC BOARD, BUT, UH, EVERYBODY'S INVITED.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL'S THERE AND OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE WILL HAVE, WE DO HAVE SOME SPONSORS THERE FOR A, UH, FOR, FOR BARBECUE.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOME GIVEAWAYS.
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WE'RE GONNA DO A MINI CITY HALL FOR ALL THERE.UH, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT OUR TEAM, MAKE SURE THEY, UH, THEY, UH, BRING BACK THE, THE TROPHY, I GUESS, FOR THE BATTLE OF THE ROYO.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE GETTING YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT, UH, BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING A A 5K TURKEY TROT ON THE 15TH.
THE FIFTEENTH'S GONNA BE A BIG DAY.
THEY'VE GOT VETERANS' DAY, WE'VE GOT THE TURKEY TROT THAT'S GONNA BE YOUNGER KIDS, UH, SMALLER KIDS THAT, THAT ARE PART OF A RUNNING CLUB.
UH, WE'LL BE DOING AROUND THE RASAKA TRAIL AND PARKS IS WORKING ON THAT TO KIND OF FIRM UP THE DETAILS, UH, BE GIVEN AWAY.
THERE'S GONNA BE A TURKEY GIVEAWAY, UH, NOT LIVE, UH, TO BE COOKED, UH, AT, AT THE NEWMAN BUILDING ON THE SAME DAY.
SO A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON THESE NEXT FEW, UH, MONTHS.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP Y'ALL APPRAISED OVER EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON, UH, THE, ON OCTOBER 10TH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THE SAN BENITO NEWS RAN A STORY ON OCTOBER 10TH, I GUESS THEY GO A WEEK'S WORTH OF OCTOBER 10TH THROUGH THE, THE 16TH IS THEIR, IS THEIR, UH, THE NEWSPAPER THAT, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE WATER PROJECT, THE WATERLINE PROJECT ON 77 THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, TO GO FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE FUNDING.
THE AUTHOR WAS ALBERT VIEGAS, BUT THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS SOME QUOTES IN THERE THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I CLARIFY THOSE, UH, IN THE ARTICLE, UH, MR. MR. VIEGAS QUOTES ME SAYING THAT TWDB CUT THEIR FUNDING.
WHAT I SAID WAS, WE MADE THE CUT FOR FUNDING.
IT WAS ABOUT A 13% SUCCESS RATE, AND WE GOT IN THAT 13%.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND I'M NOT, I'M NOT BLAMING HIM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC'S, UH, BENEFIT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEY DIDN'T CUT IT, WE MADE THE CUT.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, UH, STRESSED.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, IT WAS QUOTED, I WAS QUOTED IN THERE BY SAYING, SAYING THAT THE CITY WANTED, I WANTED TO GET THE CITY CLASSIFIED AS ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO WAS EDCP, WHICH IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COUNTY PROGRAM.
UH, AND I, AND AGAIN, I I, I PROBABLY MISSED, I JUMBLED THE WORDS A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S THE WAY WE KNOW, WE KNOW IT.
UM, THAT'S A TDOT, THAT'S A TDOT DES TDOT DESIGNATION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING A PROJECT WITH THE STATE AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR CITY OR COUNTY PARTICIPATION, THEY USUALLY ASK FOR ANYTHING FROM 30 TO 20%, UH, PARTICIPATION IF THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT.
UM, THE EDCP PROGRAM, OR DISADVANTAGED COUNTY PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, ALLOWS, UM, CITIES OR COUNTIES, OTHER ENTITIES LIKE THAT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COUNTY, AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, BUY DOWN OUR, UH, OUR LOCAL SHARE.
SO IT WILL GO FROM 30 CENT DOLLARS OR 30 CENT, 30% PARTICIPATION, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10% PARTICIPATION.
AND THAT, WHEN I MENTIONED WHAT I MENTIONED, UM, WE HADN'T TALKED TO TWDB YET, AND WE DID HAVE, WE DID GET ON A CALL WITH THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, TECH DOT STANDARDS DO NOT APPLY TO TWDB STANDARDS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME BUY-IN FROM TWDB AND WE'RE GONNA GET SOME RELIEF ON WHAT WE'VE PUT UP AHEAD OF TIME.
BUT THE T-E-D-C-P PROGRAM DOES, DOES NOT CONVEY, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO A 90 10 SPLIT.
BUT IF WE DO GO FORWARD AND WE DO GET THE, WE DO QUALIFY THE REST OF THE PROJECT FOR FUNDING, IT PROBABLY WILL STAY AS A 70 30 SPLIT.
UH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STACK THAT WITH, UH, SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS PART OF MY, UH, UH, UTILITIES MASTER PLAN.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THAT, UH, I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UH, WHEN REPORTED ARE REPORTED ACCURATELY.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THOSE ARE CLARIFIED FOR THE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE TAXPAYERS, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THAT'S ALL I HAD, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
ACTUALLY, NO, YOU DID FORGET SOMETHING, FRED.
WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT OUR PICKLEBALL COURT THAT JUST OPENED UP OUR BASKETBALL COURTS THAT HAVE BEEN UPGRADED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR CREW
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FOR DOING.GETTING GRANTS, DEANNA, EVERYBODY THAT'S MAKING OUR PARKS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
IT IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UNLESS, WELL, I MEAN, I'M SORRY IF I, I WENT TOO LONG, MAYOR.
I MEAN, THAT'S MORE THEN, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE ARE, YOU GIVE 'EM ONE THING AND THEN THEY WANT FIVE MORE AND SAY, OKAY, OF COURSE THEY DO.
OKAY, SO THAT'S ABOUT, UH, AT SEVEN.
SO I NEED, UH, FIVE MORE? YES, SIR.
SOMEBODY'S FAVORITE
AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, YAA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO I KNOW THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED KPIS, ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS TO HAVE A COMPARISON.
SO WE HAD THE DEPARTMENTS WORK ON, UH, THE FOURTH QUARTER, UH, COMPARISON, WHICH WOULD BE JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
AS FAR AS CODE COMPLIANCE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, WE, WE HAVE INCREASED.
UH, WE DID LOT NOTICES, WE'VE INCREASED.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN, I KNOW WE, OUR THANK YOU LETTERS HAVE GONE DOWN, BUT THEY ARE GOING UP AGAIN, JUST FYI AND, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT OTHER AREAS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP.
YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DIFFERENT, UH, FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS, UM, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH ON PAR.
UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE LOT NOTICES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY GONE UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AS FAR AS MUNICIPAL COURT.
UM, THE CITATIONS, UM, HAVE GONE UP AND, UM, WHILE OUR, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS HAVE GONE DOWN, IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST COME IN AND PAY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO COURT.
THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTER TOWNERS THAT UNFORTUNATELY SPEED GET BUSTED AND, YOU KNOW, PAY THEIR FINES.
SO AS FAR AS THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, UM, WHEN COMPARING, UM, THE ONLY, UM, BEYOND OUR NUMBERS GOING UP THIS, UH, THIS LAST QUARTER FOR THIS YEAR, UM, THE ONE ITEM TO NOTE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, UH, FEWER INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED ONLY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING A ROUGH TIME WITH THE WORKFORCE.
UM, BUT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE GOING UP.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, GARAGE SALE PERMITS HAVE GONE UP, WHICH BY THE WAY, ARE FREE AND INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO A YEAR.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, INCREASED PLAN REVISIONS, INCREASED, UM, OFFICE FIELD CONSULTATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, THE CM SPEAKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEVELOPER FRIENDLY, THIS IS, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING OUT, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE RESIDENTS, COMMERCIAL.
SO AS FAR AS OUR, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE STAYED A LITTLE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UM, YOU KNOW, VERIFICATION LETTERS.
UH, THOSE HAVE GONE UP DUE TO, UM, AS NEW SUBDIVISIONS ARE ADDED, EACH PROPERTY NEEDS TO HAVE, UM, A VERIFICATION LETTER SO THAT YOU SEE THAT NUMBER LIKE JUMP SIGNIFICANTLY.
AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE WORK DONE AS FAR AS WORK ORDERS COMPLETED.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, OUR WORK ORDERS IN A MUCH FASTER, IMPROVED, UH, WAY.
AND, UM, EVERY SINGLE MONTH THIS LAST QUARTER AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS.
AND, UH, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, UM, JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, IT'S GAUGED BY COMPLAINTS TO THE FRONT DESK OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME IN TO COMPLAIN OR CALLED.
UM, ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS ARE TREATED AS PRIORITY AND, UM, ARE TAKEN CARE OF AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT METRIC COMES FROM.
AS FAR AS OUR STORM WATER, UM, WE HAVE HAD, UM, A RECORD NUMBER OF, UH, REVIEWED CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING RENOVATION APPLICATIONS.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL COMM,
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UH, COMMERCIAL AND INITIAL ROUTINE INSPECTIONS HAVE GONE UP.UH, WE'RE INCREASING OUR TRAINING, MAKING SURE OUR STAFF IS, UM, THE BEST EDUCATED WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL.
WE ALSO ADDED A MASCOT, SO FYI, I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME, SO SORRY.
UM,
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED, THEY ARE 2024 VERSUS 2025.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE IS WHILE OUR PROGRAMMING NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN, WE ARE REFINING OUR PROGRAMS, MAKING THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, MORE FURTHER REACHING.
UH, WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR EFFORTS AND BETTER QUALITY.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS, UM, OUR OUTREACH, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT MOBILE LIBRARY AND WE'RE DOING, UH, EVENTS AT DIFFERENT PARKS AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, ANY EVENTS THEY'RE OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE INCREASE LITERACY AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF AT THE LIBRARY DOES ON A MOBILE WAY.
AS FAR AS HUMAN RESOURCES IS CONCERNED, UM, WE HAVE HAD, UH, ABOUT, I BELIEVE, UM, A FEW MORE NEW HIRES THIS LAST QUARTER.
WE'VE HAD, UM, THE SAME NUMBER OF EVENTS, AND WHILE OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES HAVE GONE DOWN, THEY'VE BECOME, UM, BIGGER AND BETTER.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE FOCUSED ON MAKING, UH, QUALITY VERSUS QUANTITY ON THOSE.
AND IN 2024, THERE WAS ABOUT EIGHT EMPLOYEES HIRED BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN IN 2025, THAT SAME TIME, WE HAD ABOUT 15 EMPLOYEES HIRED THE SAN BENITO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IS EIGHT MINUTES.
AND, UH, LAST YEAR OUR TIME WAS SIX MINUTES AND 36 SECONDS, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DECREASED THAT TO FIVE MINUTES AND 52 SECONDS.
SO OUR GUYS ARE DOING, UM, REALLY WELL OUT THERE, MAKING SURE, UM, WHEN THERE'S A CALL, UM, THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY, UM, THE FIRES HAVE DECREASED DUE TO, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A RAINY SEASON.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, LESS FIRES AS WELL AS THE SERVICE CALLS HAVE INCREASED.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE PUBLIC SERVICE CALLS, LIKE BEES OR CATS AND TREES KIND OF THING.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUYS ARE OUT THERE DOING THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY, UH, AS WELL.
AND NOT JUST PUTTING OUT FIRES.
AS FAR AS THE FIRE MARSHAL ACTIVITIES, UM, HIS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
UM, IF YOU SEE THE ONLY, I GUESS THE ONLY, THERE'S 500 ANNUAL INSPECTION RENEWALS, THEY TYPICALLY PEAK IN JANUARY, SO SUMMERS ARE KIND OF SLOW.
SO THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF LOW.
UM, LAST YEAR, UM, THERE WERE ZERO GRANT DOLLARS, AND HE'S BROUGHT IN THIS YEAR $121,000 FROM THE BORDER ZONE FIRE DEPARTMENT GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT Y'ALL WANTED.
WE WANTED MORE GRANTS AND WE'RE PUSHING DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MAKE SURE WE, THEY GO OUT THERE AND GET SOME GRANTS.
THE LIBRARY'S DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PUSHING ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS PUBLIC RELATIONS.
UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NO COMPARISON FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAD THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, SO, UM, THAT ENGAGEMENT HELPED US ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, IN AND OUT OF, UH, THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MORE APPLICANTS AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MORE ENGAGEMENT.
UM, PEOP MORE PEOPLE CAME TO OUR EVENTS, THEY SAW OUR EVENTS.
SO, UM, WE DID A GREAT JOB, UM, CAPITALIZING ON THAT.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO KIND OF RIDE THAT WAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO AS FAR AS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WE'VE TREATED, UM, A LITTLE MORE WATER THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
UM, NOTHING SEVERELY TO NOTE, UM, BEYOND, UM, OUR OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY, UH, FROM 10 TO 12, 13 15 TURNER STREET.
SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT THERE, WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS MUCH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS POSSIBLE.
AS FAR AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE PREVIOUS, I GUESS, SAKA FEST.
THEY HAD SOME MOVIE NIGHTS IN JULY, IN AUGUST, AND, UM, THEY DID OPEN UP THE REGISTRATION FOR MLS GO.
UM, THEY HAD, AS FAR AS PUBLIC GROUNDS, THEY INSTALLED SOME GENERATORS.
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LANDRUM PARK, UH, RESTROOM PROJECT.YOU'LL ALL BE RECEIVING AN INVITE FOR THAT PRETTY SOON.
THAT'S GONNA, AS FAR AS THE RIBBON CUTTING'S CONCERNED, UM, THE PICKLE COURT PROJECT, AND THEN THE BASKETBALL COURT PROJECT.
ALSO, AS FAR AS THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, UM, WHILE WE HAVE HAD, UM, A FEW LAST, UH, UH, EXHIBITIONS, WE HAVE INCLUDED MORE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, WE HAVE STARTED REACHING OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY'RE GONNA START HOSTING QUITE A BIT OF THINGS AT OUR CULTURAL ARTS.
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD OUR CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT, UM, CROSS ENTITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT AND, UM, TEAMWORK.
AND, UH, THEY DO HAVE SOME PRIORITIES.
UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON HIRING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WORKED OUT THROUGH THE LAST QUARTER.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON EXTENDING MUSEUM OPERATING HOURS, AQUA ACQUIRING MEDIA EQUIPMENT, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GATHERING INDIVIDUALS AND INFORMATION TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE ALL OF THE HISTORY OF SAN BENITO, UM, FROM OUR OLDER RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SAVED FOR LIFE, UM, OR FOREVER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WORKING TO CONTINUE EXPANDING THEIR STAFF, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL CAPACITY AND MEDIA VISIBILITY.
THEY ALSO HAVE AN INTERNSHIP PROJECT OR PROGRAM WITH U-T-R-G-V.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INTERNS, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, THAT'S BEEN AWESOME BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM AS FAR AS U-T-R-G-V, SO THEY'RE GETTING COLLEGIATE CREDITS AND THEY'RE WORKING FOR US AND LEARNING ABOUT OUR CULTURE AND OUR JUNTO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY AMAZING EXPERIENCE AS FAR AS PDS CONCERNED.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE DOWN, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, OUR TRAFFIC LARCENIES DOWN, UM, CALLS TO SERVICE, UH, WE'VE, UH, THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, INCIDENT REPORTS HAVE BEEN DOWN AND, UM, WARNINGS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON CITATIONS, WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA, THERE'S NO MORE, NO MORE WARNINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, CAN'T BE DOING BAD THINGS HERE.
SO AS FAR AS OUR UTILITIES, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, THIS IS MAINLY OUTTA FINANCE.
THIS IS KIND OF BRIEF BECAUSE FINANCE USUALLY DOES THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR REPORTS.
SO, UM, SO IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER OF COUNTS THAT THE CITY HAS OPENED, UM, IT HAS INCREASED AS FAR AS RESIDENTIAL, IT HAS INCREASED AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL AND AS FAR AS MULTIUNIT, IT'S STAYED ABOUT THE SAME.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT I MEAN, ACROSS THE BOARD WE'VE INCREASED, UM, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE GOING UP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR HONOR.
AND TO THE STAFF AND TO, TO EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
YES, IT IS, IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO WATCH THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'RE MAKING AND, AND, AND TO, TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE IT LIKE WE'RE DOING.
THIS IS REALLY JUST WONDERFUL.
UH, I JUST, I CAN'T COMMEND YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR, FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE QUESTIONS THAT I WILL ASK.
YOU JUST, YOU LOVE WHAT THE PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING, LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU LOVE WHAT PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING, BUT WHERE WE GO, SO THE QUESTIONS BECOME ONE MORE.
HE SAYS, THE QUESTIONS REALLY BECOMES IS AS YOU GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS, WHAT BECOMES THE WEAK SPOTS, NUMBER ONE, THAT YOU NEED TO SHORE UP.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, WHAT IT IS THAT, WHERE IS IT THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE THE GREATEST EMPHASIS GOING FORWARD? SO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE THE WEAK SPOTS ARE, BUT THEN ALSO LOOK TOWARDS WHAT IT IS YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE THAT YOU CAN REALLY, UH, ADVANCE ON IN EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS AS WELL.
AND I'M SURE EACH ONE OF YOU HAS ALREADY CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU UP HERE AND, AND, AND EXPOUND ON THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME OBVIOUSLY, BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
YOU GUYS JUST, IT'S A GREAT REPORT TO START TO SEE THIS COME OUT AND BE ABLE TO COMPARE YEAR OVER YEAR.
JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
MAYOR, I, I'D LIKE TO SAY THERE'S, UH, ONE KEY THING THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING FROM THIS REPORT THAT WE'VE PARTNER UP WITH A LOT OF ENTITIES NOW.
THAT I THINK WE WERE LACKING BEFORE.
SO I'D LIKE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND STUFF BECAUSE IT SHOWS, LIKE FRED SAYS, IT'S TEAMWORK THAT WE ALL NEED IT.
WE'RE DOING ONE COMMUNITY AND IT'S TEAMWORK TO GET THE THINGS DONE.
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ONE'S GONNA BE THE, UM, CONSENT, CONSENT AGENDA.SO WHOLE ONE ITEM, JUST ONE ITEM CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 25TH, 2025, CITY OF SAN BENITO, BUDGET WORKSHOP NUMBER THREE AND SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025, REGULAR
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CITY COMMISSION MEETING.UM, IT'S JUST ONE ITEM, FOLKS.
SO MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
BUT I'D SPEAK SLOW, JUST SO WE TAKE LONGER LIKE WE USUALLY DO
SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
UH, ONE ITEM BEFORE, UH, BEFORE WE START ON ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, ANOTHER VOLUNTEER TO THE, UH, DRAINAGE CREW.
UH, MIKE TRAVIS DID SAY HE'S, HE'S ON THE DRAINAGE CREW TOO, SO APPARENTLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START GETTING SOME T-SHIRTS OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T LONG SLEEVE LITTLE THAT'S GREAT IDEA.
ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S FOR YOU, MIKE.
[1. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2103-010-11-2025(Z), an ordinance amending Ordinance Numbers 2103, 2103-1, 2103-2, 2103-3, 2103-4, 2103-5, 2103-006-12- 2023(Z), 2103-007-12-2023(Z), 2103-007-08-2024, 2103-008-02-2025, 2103-009-06- 2025(Z) commonly, referred to as the "City of San Benito Subdivision Ordinance" to update the extraterritorial jurisdiction boundary.]
ONE, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 0 3 DASH 0 1 0 11 20 25 Z.3 21 0 3 4 21 0 3 5 6, UH, 21 0 3 0 6 12 23 Z 21 0 3 7 12 23 Z OH MY GOD.
I'M GOING, COME ON, ENRIQUE, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
21 0 3 0 0 8 0 2 20 25, 21 0 3 0 0 9 0 6 20 25 Z COMMONLY REFERRED TO, REFERRED TO AS CITY OF SAN BENITO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY JURISDICTION BOUNDARY OR ETJ.
DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND BRIEF US ON THAT REALLY SMALL AGENDA ITEM?
COME ON, MICHAEL, YOU NEXT? ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, SO BASICALLY JUST DOING SOME UPKEEPING TO A BUNCH OF THE ORDINANCES WE HAVE, UH, WE EITHER, THEY'RE NOT UP TO DATE OR INCORRECT, UH, BASED ON THE POPULATION, IT SHOULD BE, UH, ONE MILE ETJ.
AND WE HAVE ALL THROUGH ALL THE ONES THE CITY MANAGER READ, WHICH IS A COUPLE DOZEN.
UM, THERE'S SOME FIVE YEARS, UH, OF, UH, FIVE, UH, FIVE MILE, THREE MILE TWO AND A HALF MILES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO IT SHOULD BE ONE MILE ETJ BASED ON THE POPULATION.
ONCE A POPULATION HITS 25,000, IT'LL GO UP TO THE NEXT, UH, MILE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR ALL THE, UH, THE LAND THAT WE LOST? OH, WELL, NOT
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AT ANOTHER TIME, MAYOR.
THAT ONE WE CAN'T REALLY DISCUSS.
WE'LL BRING YOU, WE'LL BRING YOU THE UPDATED, UH, ETJ MAP AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS IT.
IS THERE, I'M SORRY, WE WANTED THAT.
YEAH, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT.
UH, NO ACTION ON THAT CONSIDERATION.
[2. Consideration and possible action to ratify Resolution Number 2025-1021-001(R), a resolution by the City of San Benito City Commission nominating a candidate to the Cameron Appraisal District Board of Directors.]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 10 21 0 0 1 RA RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO CITY COMMISSION NOMINATING A CANDIDATE TO THE CAMERON APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE, WE DISCUSSED THIS, UH, WE, IT WAS KIND OF A LAST MINUTE THING.
IT WAS A CLERICAL ERROR THAT WE DID NOT GET THIS, UH, NOTICE ON TIME.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED.
SO THIS IS JUST A RATIFICATION STAFF ORDER, COMMEND APPROVAL.
CAN WE, THE, UH, THE LADY WAS THE LADY? JESSICA.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR HER MOTION? MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
A NA MOTION PASSES FOR JESSICA.
CONGRATULATIONS, JUDGE JESSICA GONZALEZ.
[3. Consideration and possible action to approve a contract between the Cameron County Emergency Services District Number 1 and the City of San Benito Fire Department for firefighting and rescue services beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND THE CITY OF SAN BENITO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FIREFIGHTING AND RESCUE SERVICES, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.UM, THIS IS AN ONGOING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE FOLKS.
UM, CHIEF'S HERE TO EXPLAIN IT IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, MAYOR REPORT TIME COMMISSIONER, DEPUTY BIZ, UH, FIRE CHIEF FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SO YEAH, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST FOR FIREFIGHTING SERVICES, UH, IN THE COUNTY AREAS THAT WE, THAT WE SERVICE.
HAS THIS GONE UP? YES, IT HAS.
UH, SO THIS YEAR, UH, IT WE'RE PROTECT OR THERE,
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ON THE CONTRACT IT'LL BE ABOUT, UH, APPROXIMATELY 314,000.AND LAST YEAR IT WAS, UH, I WANNA SAY ABOUT 278.
SO IT, IT'S A GOOD LITTLE INCREASE THERE.
DID ANY OF THE AREA THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT, INCREASE? NO.
I KNOW SOME OF THE AREAS DID CHANGE, BUT, UH, FOR US IT'S STAYED THE SAME.
DO WE NEED TO PUT ANOTHER FIRE STATION OUT THERE? OH,
HEY, I TOLD YOU I WAS GONNA BE YOU.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY REPORT.
GOODMAN, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS MOTION PROCESS? THANK YOU.
[4. Consideration and possible action to approve a proposal with Time Clock Plus (TCP) for sixty (60) months to implement a city-wide usage of biometrics by clocking in and out system in the amount of $48,875.53.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PROPOSAL WITH TIME CLOCK PLUS TCP FOR 60 MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT A CITYWIDE USAGE OF BIOMETRICS BY CLOCKING IN AND CLOCKING OUT AND OUT, CLOCKING IN AND OUT SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,875 AND 53 CENTS.MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS AN UPGRADE TO OUR TIME AND ATTENDANCE PROGRAM.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, A FULL SET OF TIME CLOCKS THAT ACTUALLY WORK.
UH, THIS WILL REPLACE ALL OF THOSE.
UH, IT WILL ALSO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MONITOR OUR EMPLOYEES IN AND OUTS.
UH, ONCE WE, ONCE WE COMBINE THAT WITH OUR CAMERA SYSTEM AND OUR ACCESS CONTROL CARDS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE SECURITY, A LOT MORE SAFETY, AND A LOT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, FROM EMPLOYEES AND, UH, FOLKS THAT, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME IN TO WORK.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE CHRISTINE IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH HER, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
OKAY, SO BY WHEN? OH, S**T, THAT'S GOOD.
CHRISTINE CASTILLO, HR DIRECTOR.
SO IT'S, THERE'S PHASES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING GOING LIVE IN FEBRUARY, AND I DO HAVE THE REPS HERE FROM TCP IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
SO WHAT KIND OF, UH, CLOCKING IN CLOCKING OUT SYSTEM.
THE BIO METHODS THE SAME AS WE HAVE? YEAH.
IT'S THE SAME MACHINE THAT WE HAVE THE BIOS IN THIS ONE, IT'S A MACHINE THAT WE MOUNT ON THE WALL AND YOU CLOCK IN BY THE FINGERPRINT AND THEY TOOK A PICTURE OF YOU SO THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S YOU AND NOT NO ONE ELSE CLOCKING IN FOR YOU.
AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY LOCATIONS ARE WE LOOKING AT? YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL CITY BUILDINGS.
WE'RE GONNA AT ALSO BE ALL CITY BUILDINGS.
SO IT'S LIKE 12 TO 16 BUILDINGS.
IS THAT EXPANDED FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? CORRECT.
IT ALSO OFFERS GEOFENCING OPTIONS, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
SO, OH, THEY, THERE'S GEOFENCING OPTIONS AND YOU WANNA EXPLAIN, OKAY.
I WANNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN DO IT WITH OUR PHONES AND YES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS AS WELL.
SO IT'S GEOFENCING AND THEN OF COURSE IF THE INDIVIDUALS CAN, THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP ON THEIR PHONE CLOCK IN, BUT OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE GEOFENCE, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE, THEY CAN'T, I CAN'T CLOCK IN FROM HOME WAIT, COMING THIS DAY.
WELL, SO IT'S GONNA, WE ARE GONNA ISOLATE.
YOU HAVE TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THE ACTUAL TIME CLOCK OR THE, YOUR DUTY STATION, SO MM-HMM.
LET, LET ME GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON THIS SINCE I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO AT MY COMPANY.
AND, UH, WE DID TRY THE GEOFENCING AS WELL, BUT FOUND THAT IT REALLY WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AS MUCH AS WE TRIED TO BRING IT TOGETHER.
SO I, I LIKE THE DIRECT CHECK-IN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FACIAL FACIAL RECOGNITION.
SO I HAVE SARAH HERE FROM, I HAVE SARAH HERE FROM TCP, AND SHE WANTS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE, TO THE PROGRAM.
S ADAM FROM TCP SOFTWARE TIME CLOCK PLUS PREVIOUSLY.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ON THAT, TOM.
UM, WE CAN DEVELOP WHERE IT IS GEOFENCE BASED OFF OF DEPARTMENTS.
SO WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
EVEN YOUR MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE GONNA BE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE THEY ARE CLOCKING IN AND OUT BY DROPPING A PIN WITH A GREEN PIN.
UM, WE CAN ALSO RESTRICT THAT TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE IN A BUILDING.
YOUR ADMIN STAFF, ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW IS SET TO A BUILDING, YOUR LIBRARY, ANYBODY ELSE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT GEOFENCE LOCATION SO THEY'RE NOT DOWN AT STARBUCKS OR HEB CLOCKING IN DOWN THERE, WHICH WE'VE SEEN.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 38 YEARS.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'VE KIND OF, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT CITIES NECESSARILY NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HAVE THAT MOVE THAT MOVEMENT.
AND SO, UM, CITY OF EDINBURGH IS USING US NOW, SO
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IS CITY OF PALM VIEW BECAUSE WE GR WE GIVE THEM THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DISTINGUISH WHICH DEPARTMENTS NEED WHICH FLEXIBILITY AND HOW.UM, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WE HAVE HAD TOO IS IF WE ARE USING OUR, UM, COMPUTERS TO CLOCK IN AS WELL FOR ANY ADMIN STAFF, WE ARE IP RESTRICTED, SO THEY'RE NOT CLOCKING IN AT HOME THERE EITHER.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SAFEGUARDS TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, CLOCKING AT IN, AT SOUTH PADRE ISLAND OR WE, WHEREVER YOU GUYS DECIDE YOU, THEY WANNA CLOCK IN THAT DAY.
BUT THAT'S TO SAFEGUARD YOU AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT FITTING.
SO LIKE
WELL, AND THAT TOO, IF YOU ARE CLOCKING IN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE, WE HAVE AN EASY WAY TO AUDIT THAT, THAT WE CAN PULL UP A REPORT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, TOM DID THIS OFF OF HIS, UM, LOGIN.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE, OKAY, WHO IS MAKING CHANGES AND WHERE, AND WHO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SOME, A MANAGER THAT'S, I'M GONNA CLOCK IN MY ENTIRE TEAM.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT IF WE START SEEING THAT AS AN ISSUE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S THE RANGE ON YOUR GEOFENCE, HOWEVER FAR YOU WANT IT.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT OUT TO MAYBE WITHIN THEIR PARKING LOT.
WE CAN ACTUALLY GET VERY, VERY, VERY MINUSCULE TO THAT.
SORRY, I'M, I'M REALLY SHORT, WHICH IS PROBABLY SOMEBODY YOU NEED, BUT, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET HER ON THE, MY PHONE.
IS THERE A LIMIT ON HOW MANY USERS WE CAN ADD TO THE PROGRAM? SO YOU ARE LICENSED, I BELIEVE, UP TO 200 OR 220 RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU ARE UP TO 220, UM, EMPLOYEES BASED OFF OF WHO YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE EMPLOYED AT THIS TIME.
IF THAT NUMBER DOES GO UP, UM, THEN YOU GUYS LONG TERM HAVE AN ACCOUNT MANAGER THAT YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR EMPLOYEE COUNT HAS INCREASED 15.
SO WE WOULD INCREASE YOU BASED OFF OF WHAT YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT IS FOR.
WE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OVERAGES OR THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT.
SO IF WE ADD USERS, OUR FEE GOES UP PER USER.
YOUR FEE DOES NOT GO UP PER USER.
YOUR FEE IS STILL PER, PER USER.
SO IF I HAD TWO, WE HAD 2 20, 2 20, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GO TO TWO 50, IS MY FEE GONNA CHANGE? WHAT IS THE, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW.
ZACH TEP, UH, WHEN IF, LET'S SAY YOU'RE AT THE TWO 20, CAN'T, HE CAN'T BE ON THE TEAM, JUST PICK IT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, IF, IF YOU'RE AT TWO 20 TODAY, AND LET'S SAY YOU, YOU BUMP UP TO 2 45, THAT SAME RATE THAT YOU'RE PAYING CURRENTLY WOULD STILL BE EFFECTIVE.
SO IT'S, LET'S SAY YOU'RE PAYING $45 A YEAR PER LICENSE.
THOSE ADDITIONAL 15 EMPLOYEES WOULD STILL BE AT THAT 45 CODE TERM TO YOUR BILLING PERIOD.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA PAY 45 FOR THE FULL, LET'S SAY YOU'RE SIX MONTHS INTO THAT BILLING PERIOD.
SO EVERYTHING WOULD CO-TERM IT'S A TERM FOR HOW LONG? UH, 60 MONTHS.
UH, THE, YOU WOULD PREPAY FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
LET'S SAY YOU DROP FROM TWO 20 TO TWO 10 COME THE TIME FOR RENEWAL.
WE WOULD ADJUST YOU TO THE TWO 10.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT LOCKED AT THAT TWO 20 FOR THE ENTIRE, I GET A REBATE.
DO WE GET A REBATE? UH, YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER CAN DEFINITELY PRORATED, JUST WONDERING, YOU WANT MORE MONEY, BUT YOU WON'T GIVE MORE MONEY BACK.
THAT'S WHY I NEVER PREPAID IT.
IT ALWAYS WORKS ONE WAY, YOU KNOW? OF COURSE.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU CALL A TELEPHONE COMPANY AND YOU ASK FOR PRORATED AND THEY SAY IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO DO IT, TO GIVE YOU SOME, CAN YOU ASK THE PHONE IN ONE MINUTE? LESS THAN MINUTE THOUGH.
UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNCIL AND MYSELF, WELL, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ANOMALIES THAT COULD COME OUT, YOU KNOW, BUDDY PUNCHING ONE, SUPERVISOR PUNCHING FOR HIS WHOLE CREW, WHATEVER.
UH, WHO MONITORS THOSE ANOMALIES? HOW, HOW ARE THOSE, HOW DO THOSE REPORTS GET AUDITED? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALL DO FOR US? OR DO Y'ALL SEND US THE REPORTS AND WE HAVE TO DO IT? OR IS IT KIND OF A COMBO THING, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HOPING FOR? IT'D BE MORE OF A COMBO THING.
UM, THE, OUR SYSTEM IS VERY MORE EXCEPTION DRIVEN.
ALL WE NEED TO DO IS IDENTIFY WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO LOOK FOR.
UM, SO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF WE CAN, UM, LOOK, WHAT, UM, UH, SARAH WAS REFERRING TO IS MORE OF A, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TERMINOLOGY THAT WE USE NOWADAYS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, SO I'VE BEEN IN THAT SIDE.
BUT WE CAN SET IT TO WHERE IF A HAPPENS, SEND A NOTIFICATION OUT.
IF IT DOESN'T, NOTHING GOES OUT.
AND IT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
'CAUSE SOME, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY UTILITIES GUYS, THEY COME IN AFTER HOURS IF I'VE GOT A STANDBY CREW, RIGHT? SO THAT, FOR A NORMAL DEPARTMENT WOULD KIND OF FLAG SOMETHING OR BE A LITTLE ODD.
BUT FOR UTILITIES, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD WORK WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS AND ADJUST
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THEM SO THAT WE, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.THAT, THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE DONE EITHER AT THE, THE ROLE LEVEL IE DEPARTMENT OR MM-HMM
AT THE SPECIFIC JOB CODE LEVEL.
UH, YOU CAN GET VERY DEFINED ON, ON WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO LOOK FOR.
AND A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, IF I COULD.
MAYOR, UH, SO IF THE DEPARTMENT CHANGES OR IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH I DON'T FORESEE, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST RAMPING UP OUR DRAINAGE.
RIGHT? YOU, YOU'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT LATER,
AND, AND SO HOW OFTEN CAN WE MAKE THESE CHANGES TO THE PARAMETERS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE, I GUESS, THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING US INFORMATION WITH ANYTIME THAT YOU WANT TO, THERE'S A RESTRICTION THERE.
SO THAT'S REAL TIME KIND OF STUFF.
YEAH, I, I, I WILL COMMENT TOO, THAT, UH, WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED, UH, OUR TIME CLOCK SYSTEM, WE DID REALIZE SOME, SOME, SOME SAVINGS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[5. Consideration and possible action to approve a proposal from ProtekAV, L.L.C. for the implementation of a City-Wide Unified Access Control System with the option of a 30-month agreement with monthly installments of $9,779.40.]
YES.CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION.
APPROVE A PROPOSAL FROM PROTECH AV LLC FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CITYWIDE UNIFIED ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WITH THE OPTION OF A 30 MONTH AGREEMENT WITH MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OF $9,779 AND 40 CENTS.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS AN UPGRADE TO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM, FROM, UH, THE, UH, THE CONTRACTING COMPANIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, UPGRADE OUR, OUR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM.
A LOT OF OUR STUFF IS PROBABLY FIRST OR SECOND GEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE HID CARDS AND, AND, AND WHAT WE USE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HARDEN OUR BUILDINGS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO PROTECT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS AND THE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN HERE AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE PUT THAT PLAN IN MOTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WHERE, AND, AND I GUESS THE REAL, THE REAL TAKEAWAY ON THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT TIME AND ATTENDANCE, AND WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, CAMERAS AND SURVEILLANCE AND HOW WE CAN BETTER PROTECT OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITIZENS.
AND, AND NOT ONLY THAT, HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DO THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARKING LOTS OR IN, YOU KNOW, CITY, CITY STREETS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CAMERAS DO COVER AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THIS ALL WORKS TOGETHER WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER AND WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE DID WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, AND COMBINE OUR RESOURCES, COMBINE OUR CAMERAS, AND GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A REAL TOOL TO, UM, TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, HELP THE, THE ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT DO WHAT THEY DO, HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE.
BUT ALSO, UH, WORK THIS WAY AS WELL TO WHERE THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY HELPS US AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITIZENS, UH, GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
AND IT JUST ADDS TO OVERALL SAFETY.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A, UH, KIND OF A BUILDING BLOCK PROGRAM HERE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD INTEGRATE A LOT OF THESE THINGS, NOT JUST HERE AT THE CITY, BUT WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS.
SO, UM, I MEAN, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
FRED, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UH, IF I GET, WANT TO COME TO THIS BUILDING AND IT'S OFFICE HOURS, I CAN'T COME IN THE BACK DOOR? I'D HAVE TO GO TO THE FRONT DOOR? NO, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE AN ACCESS CARD.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT, THAT, THAT FOLKS DON'T WANDER INTO OFFICES WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.
UM, HEAVEN FORBID IF THERE'S A, A BAD ACTOR OUT THERE WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, THAT WE HAVE CONTROL AT LEAST AS MUCH CONTROL AS WE CAN, BECAUSE, UH, THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR US.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
UH, THE BUILDINGS ARE PRETTY LOOSE.
UH, THE, THE, THE HARDENING NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND THIS IS A, A STEP IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW MANY LOCATIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, ALL OF THEM.
YOU GUYS ARE, WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU OFF THE BENCH, DUDE.
GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, UH, IN STARTING THESE
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PROCESSES WITH MAKING THE CITY MORE SECURE WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE HARDENING GLASS IN SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS.AND AS WELL AS THE CAMERAS, CURRENTLY, YOU HAVE CAMERAS IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR PHYSICAL FACILITIES.
UM, WE HAVE TO GO THERE TO THOSE FACILITIES TO PULL VIDEO, WHICH ISN'T REALLY A PROBLEM.
THIS PLATFORM IS GONNA TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF PUTTING ALL OF THAT ON ONE SOFTWARE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS FROM PRETTY MUCH WHEREVER YOU ARE, UH, AND ALLOW YOU TO EASILY ADD, CHANGE, OR DELETE PEOPLE FROM YOUR SYSTEM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER YOU ARE AS WELL, NORMALLY MANAGED, UH, WITH US AND YOUR HR DEPARTMENT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO START PUTTING CONTROLLED ACCESS ON ALL THE FACILITIES TO PREVENT, UH, AS MR. SANDOVAL SAID, RANDOM PEOPLE COMING IN FROM DOORS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE COMING INTO.
AND THEN HAVING A VIDEO VERIFICATION SOLUTION IN PLACE THAT SHOWS YOU WHO IS TRYING TO ACCESS THAT DOOR, AND ULTIMATELY HAVING A REAL TIME RESPONSE BY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS HERE IN THE CITY, AND YOUR OTHER INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT.
ULTIMATELY, THIS WOULD GIVE YOU THAT ABILITY DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST ACCESS IT'S VIDEO AS WELL.
WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE THE CAMERAS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT'EM IN THE SAME SOLUTION TO TIE 'EM TOGETHER.
SO WHEN SOMEONE DOES COME TO THAT DOOR, THIS CAMERA'S GONNA REPORT TO THAT SOFTWARE.
AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, IT'S THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? SO WE, THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENTIATOR OF GENETECH IS WE DON'T SELL A SOFTWARE FOR VIDEO, A SOFTWARE FOR THIS, A SOFTWARE FOR THAT.
IT'S A PLATFORM, RIGHT? SO YOU BUY THE WHOLE PLATFORM AND THEN YOU PAY US, YOU PAY AS YOU'RE ADDING TO THE PLATFORM.
SO IT ALLOWS YOU TO GROW OVER TIME.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT START WITH JUST ACCESS CONTROL, AND THEN THEY, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PLETHORA OF CAMERAS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND ALL OF 'EM WE CAN USE, UH, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT CHINESE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STEER AWAY FROM THOSE.
BUT WE, WE ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF CAMERAS BEST IN BRAND, RIGHT? AND WE'RE ABLE TO REUSE A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAS.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF RIPPING AND REPLACING, REPLACING ANYTHING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAREFUL AS TO THE, THE INVESTMENTS THAT, THAT CITIES HAS, HAS DONE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REUSE A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S STILL GOOD.
LIKE, HID IS ONE OF OUR, UH, UH, BEST IN CLASS PARTNERS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH CITIES JUST LIKE YOURSELVES.
UH, I'M, I LIVE IN AUSTIN, BUT I'M ACTUALLY FROM BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN K 12, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND UNIVERSITIES.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITIES CLOSE TO BIG, BIG EXPLODING ECONOMIC AREAS, RIGHT? WE HAVE MACALLAN, WE HAVE BRONZEVILLE, LIKE SPACEX, ALL OF THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE IN THE PERIPHERY OF THAT, RIGHT? SO I'VE SEEN IT FROM THE AUSTIN PERSPECTIVE WHERE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OF BOOM, LIKE TESLA GOT THERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, APPLE GOT THERE, RIGHT? AND THEN ROUND ROCK, GEORGETOWN, DEL VALLEY, ALL THESE SMALL PERIPHERY CITIES STARTED GROWING AND EXPLODING, RIGHT? SO THE REASON I LOVE, UH, WHAT I DO FOR GENETECH IS I WORK WITH, UH, CITIES.
I'M AN END USER SPECIFIC ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE.
SO I WOULD BE HELPING YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS CAN GO TO ME ANY TIME FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE, WE HELP 'EM LIKE GROW, YOU KNOW, WE MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE AT, AND WE, WE, WE GIVE YOU THE TOOLS AND THE PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO ACT OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD TAKE A, A SIMPLE ACCESS CONTROL, UH, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT PROGRAM, YEAH, GO AHEAD, SIR.
SO WHAT PORTION OF THE PLATFORM ARE WE BUYING WITH THIS CONTRACT? ALL OF IT, RIGHT? SO YOU GET EVERYTHING, BUT THE WAY WE LICENSE IS FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA USE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE ONLY GONNA BUY A LICENSE FOR AN ACCESS CONTROL DOOR, BUT YOU GET ACCESS TO THE WHOLE ENTIRE PLATFORM FOR THE SAME PRICE.
THIS PRICE INCLUDES THE VMS, CORRECT? IT INCLUDES THE VMS, IT INCLUDES LPR, IT INCLUDES INTEGRATIONS TO 1600 O OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? IT'S A PLATFORM, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PIECE MILLING SOFTWARE.
YOU'RE BUYING THE ENTIRE PLATFORM.
HOWEVER, THE WAY IT WORKS IS WHEN YOU BRING IN A CAMERA, YOU BUY A LICENSE FOR A CAMERA, YOU BRING IN A DOOR, YOU BUY A LICENSE FOR A DOOR, YOU BRING IN A BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM, YOU GET, THERE'S A LICENSE FOR THAT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO SLOWLY GROW YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE OVER TIME, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SELL YOU SOFTWARE THAT YOU DON'T NEED, RIGHT? SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION VERY DIRECTLY, UH, THIS PRICE FROM PROTECH, GENETECH IS THE SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER THAT WE PARTNER WITH.
THIS PRICE INCLUDES YOUR DOORS AND YOUR CAMERAS MM-HMM
ON THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR BUILDINGS.
SO I I, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, WE'RE, WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE EVENTUALLY, BUT WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU HERE, CORRECT, YES.
WAS THE LEG OF THE FOUNDATION.
SO WE COULD START BUILDING WHAT WE ULTIMATELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, UH, OF A PLATFORM THAT ALL OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARE GETTING REAL TIME INFORMATION.
AND TAKE THAT FIVE AND A HALF SECOND, OR FIVE AND A HALF MINUTE RESPONSE TIME, DOWN TO JUST SECONDS BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION.
WE'LL TRAVEL UNILATERALLY THROUGH ALL OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN THE AREA.
SO, SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE, UM, SO FROM
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MY HOME, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE MM-HMMOR THESE DIFFERENT CAMERA SYSTEMS. YES.
AND I WANNA SEE THEM ALL ON ONE PLATFORM.
SO I USE LIKE A GOOGLE HUB CORRECT.
I HAVE THE SAMSUNG SHARE ONE, RIGHT? THE SAMSUNG HUB.
BUT THAT'S CLOUD, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY END USER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE ENTERPRISE LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY.
SO HAVE WE ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT MOST OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING ON THE SYSTEM WORK, WE'VE JUST RECENTLY INSTALLED ALL THE CAMERAS, SO, YES.
WE, WE WALKED THE CITY, WE LOOKED AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO CALVIN, THAT'S PRIMARY CALVIN'S JOB TO DO THE AUDITS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT CAN BE REUSED CAN BE REUSED, AND THE DATA IS STORED FOR HOW LONG.
RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE SIGNING UP FOR THEN? RIGHT NOW? WE'RE JUST TO REGISTERING THEM.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SIGNING UP FOR SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'LL CONTROL THE DATA FOR UP TO 180 DAYS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST, YEAH.
SO WE SIZE THE, THE SERVERS AND THE STORAGE, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE 30, 180 DAYS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE RECORDING.
SOME CITIES LIKE TO HOLD RECORDINGS FOR LONGER THAN THAT, BUT THAT, SO WE'RE SIGNING UP FOR 180 DAYS.
BUT DOES, UH, DELETE DATA OF THE GIGS GO BEYOND A CERTAIN NUMBER? IT'LL REWRITE AND EVENTUALLY, BUT WE MONITOR THAT ON A REAL TIME BASIS.
AND IF WE GOT TO A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE ONLY FOUR MONTHS OUT AND WE'RE 90%, WE'RE GONNA VISIT, FIGURE THAT OUT.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF WEAKNESSES HAVE YOU FOUND IN OUR SYSTEM WHEN YOU'RE, WELL, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE A REAL SYSTEM.
UH, FRANKLY, RIGHT NOW, UH, I DON'T, DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE IS A, A KIND OF A REAL FIRST GENERATION TYPE OF, UH, ELECTRONIC LOCK ON A DOOR.
AND THAT SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH WAS GOOD AT THE TIME IT WAS PRODUCED, IT, IT ISN'T WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS A UNIFIED PLATFORM WHEREBY WE'RE GONNA BUILD A FOUNDATION THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ADD LAYERS TO IT.
UH, THIS SYSTEM YOU HAVE WOULD REALLY ONLY ALLOW YOU TO LOCK OR UNLOCK A DOOR PHYSICALLY, BUT ELECTRONICALLY, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
LIKE, THERE'S NO REAL AUTOMATION TO, I'M NOT INVITING CRIMINALS.
COUNSEL, I THINK THIS IS, NEEDS TO BE EXACTLY.
I THINK NEEDS TO BE OVER THERE.
NOT HERE, NOT OUTSIDE, PLEASE.
BUT I, I'LL, I'LL JUST SHARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN AUSTIN.
LIKE YOU ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE YOUR BUSINESS AND THAT, I'M HOPING WE DO THAT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY USES US.
THEY USE US ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM EDINBURGH TO BROWNVILLE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS USES US AND SO DOES IT.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAB METRO, THEIR METRO, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
RIGHT? AND THE IN GAME DAYS, AUSTIN, TEXAS, BIG GAME.
THERE'S ALMOST 300,000 PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE STADIUM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW THAT.
RIGHT? STADIUM ITSELF HOLDS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HUGE, YOU KNOW, OCCUPANCY EVENTS AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 'EM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DRIVEN BY THEM, NOT BY US.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT THAT CLEAR.
THEY PUT TOGETHER MOU AND BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL ON THE SAME PLATFORM, WE WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A SINGLE PANE OF GLASS SYSTEM WHERE THEY ALL SHARED THE CAMERAS THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO THE STADIUM IN AND AROUND THE STADIUM.
TRANS TRANSIT CAMERAS, CAM, METRO BUS STATION CAMERAS, METRO CAMERAS, UH, PERIMETER CAMERAS, ALL OF 'EM IN ONE SINGLE PANE OF GLASS, RIGHT? AND DOING IT SECURELY WITH CYBERSECURITY IN MIND.
AND IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT DOING PUB PUBLIC ANNUNCIATION DIRECTLY FROM THAT INTERFACE.
AND ALSO SENSORS, ACTIVE SHOOTER SENSORS, UH, AND, AND SOME OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HIGHLY INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE SOLUTION, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE RUNNING ON THE SAME PLATFORM THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GET.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING THAT, YOU KNOW, LEGO TABLE FULL OF BLOCKS WITH DIFFERENT INTEGRATIONS OVER A LONG TIME.
BUT TODAY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE BASE INTEGRATION, LIKE THE BASE FOUNDATION.
AND WE HOPE TO HELP YOU GUYS GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN FEDERATE CAMERAS WITH U-T-R-G-V, YOU KNOW, CAMPUSES THAT YOU, BUT INTO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT USE US IN THIS AREA.
I'D BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, REF GIVE YOU A REFERENCE.
HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED TO ANY OF THEM, ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, OR CITIES AROUND THIS AREA? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ANY CONTACT YOU GUYS WANT, UH, JUST HERE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU GUYS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
FRED, I SEE IT'S COMING FROM THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS A LITTLE BIT FROM POLICE AND FIRE.
SO WHAT DOES POLICE AND FIRE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE SYSTEM? HAVE THEY SEEN IT AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS? THIS IS COME, OH, CHIEF, DID YOU KNOW THIS IS COMING FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNDS,
SO HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? AND HE'S HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTE, RIGHT? YES.
MY QUESTION IS BOTH RIGHT? THANK YOU.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOUR TEAMS ARE WANTING OR YOU'RE SEEING
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ROLLED OUT? WE DIDN'T AGREE.SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS, MY CONCERN IS YOU HAVE A REALLY CRAPPY CAMERA.
YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT ONTO THIS AMAZING PLATFORM, AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE STILL NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THE PERPETRATOR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WELL, SO IT DOESN'T BENEFIT IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUALITY CAMERAS,
SO HOW MANY QUALITY CAMERAS DO WE HAVE? I SEEN THE ONES HERE, BUT ARE THEY EVERYWHERE? AND IS THERE ENOUGH? AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER, ARE WE MAKING AN INVESTMENT? BE WE'RE PULLING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE? SO DO WE HAVE THE CAMERAS TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE TO THIS? THE CAMERAS WE HAVE NOW IN THE, IN THE CITY, THEY DO COVER, UH, MORE OF AN AREA.
I KNOW, UH, WE HAD SOME INTERNET ISSUES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE RECORDING AND, UH, THEY ARE, UH, PEOPLE CAN VIEW 'EM.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT INTEGRATES WITH FLOCK.
SO IT'S GONNA INTEGRATE WITH OUR A OPR CAMERAS.
UM, SO LIKE PROPER WIFI IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE CRA IS ARE, YOU'RE GONNA GET BAD BANDWIDTH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A CLEAR IMAGE.
WELL, ON OUR A OPR CAMERAS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, INTERNET.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE A CRADLE POINT TYPE DEAL WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR OWN, UH, WE CAN GET LIVE FEED OFF OF THEM.
SO WHEN THOSE CAMERAS DO COME UP, UH, THE GOAL IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE GONNA PUT UP SCREENS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GO, THE AOPS ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE LIVE VIEW.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THOSE INTERSECTIONS WHERE ALL THESE CAMERAS ARE.
SO, UH, THERE IS GOING, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT FOR THE DISPATCHER TO TOGGLE THROUGH ALL THOSE CAMERA SYSTEMS. BUT IF WE CAN GET 'EM ALL INTO ONE SYSTEM, IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD HELP US OUT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU, UM, THE GENTECH TEAM AND THE PROTECH TEAM, WOULD IT BE, Y'ALL WOULD BE HELPING US INTEGRATE 'EM AND LABELING THEM? BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 200 CAMERAS IN THE SYSTEM.
IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, WE'RE GONNA BE LOST.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO COMMUNICATE.
SO CALVIN, CALVIN IS A, THE, OUR PARTNER INTEGRATOR, HE'S GONNA BE TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF THE FIELD WORK AND LABELING AND ALL OF THAT.
AND A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO IS COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AN ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR HIM.
I'M GONNA, I'M AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE FOR YOU.
RIGHT? REGARDLESS OF WHAT PARTNER YOU CHOOSE, WE'RE AN AGNOSTIC PLATFORM.
SO, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO EARN YOUR BUSINESS EVERY, EVERY TIME OUR, OUR SOFTWARE COMES UP FOR RENEWAL.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE DON'T MEET YOUR NEEDS, YOU CAN REPLACE THIS AND PUT ANOTHER SOFTWARE.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF GENENTECH.
WE HAVE TO EARN YOUR BUSINESS AT EVERY TIME.
LIKE I SAID, I AM AN AN ACCOUNT END USER EXECUTIVE.
I WILL BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS WHENEVER YOU CALL, HAVE AN ISSUE.
WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT SALES ENGINEERS IN TEXAS, THE CLOSEST ONE HERE IN NEW BRAUNFELS.
AND WE HAVE, UH, FOREIGN HOUSTON.
AND, UM, WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MORE HANDS-ON, WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW IF CALVIN TOLD YOU THIS, BUT I WAS ALSO GONNA BE THROWN IN TWO CERTIFICATION TRAININGS IN WITH, WITH THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE OUR SOFTWARE IS A PLATFORM, RIGHT? IT'S NOT COOKIE CUTTER, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEGRATIONS.
SO IT IS, UH, THE REASON WHY WE THROW THE CERTIFICATION, UM, TRAININGS INTO IT FOR FREE IS TO GET YOU GUYS TRAINED UP.
GET AN, YOU KNOW, A, A PERSON THAT KNOWS HOW TO OPERATE THE SOFTWARE, AND ALSO WORK ON FIXING, YOU KNOW, ISSUES.
BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN YOU GUYS, JUST LIKE YOU'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT ON US.
SO WHEN, WHEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS YES, WE WOULD BE HIGHLY INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE DEPLOYMENT GOES WELL.
BECAUSE IF IT GOES WELL HERE, IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO, TO DO THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, RIGHT? WE, EARLIER TODAY, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE LOTS THAT YOU'RE ADDING ALL THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING IN ALL THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA RESOLVE FROM ALL THIS ECONOMIC GROWTH, RIGHT? BUT IT ALSO WILL CREATE OTHER CHALLENGES FOR A GROWING CITY, RIGHT? UM, AND I SEE 'EM WHERE I LIVE, RIGHT? WE'VE EXPLODED BY A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN AUSTIN, RIGHT? I'VE SEEN THOSE CHALLENGES AT KAO AT THE VALLEY, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THEY? TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN, NETWORK ISSUES, CONNECTIVITY.
I MEAN, YOU SEE ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? THAT THOSE ARE THE PAIN POINTS OF A GROWING CITY.
UM, BUT HAVING THE RIGHT PLATFORM WHERE YOU CAN BUILD BLOCK AT SPECIFIC INTEGRATIONS AS THOSE, THOSE CHALLENGES PRESENT THEMSELVES.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO, RIGHT? IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, IN LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION FOR BUSES, YOU WANT CAMERAS ON THE BUSES, TELEMETRIC, GPS, ALL THAT STUFF.
THAT'S A PLUGIN WE CAN ADD IN DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU LOOKING AT TRAFFIC, UH, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FLOW, ANALYTICS, ALL THAT STUFF.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE CAN ADD.
BUT THE PLATFORM IS ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? SO THAT WE, WE, WE, WE ARE THERE THE WHOLE TIME TO HELP YOU WALK DOWN THAT, THAT LINE WHEN YOU GET TO THOSE CHALLENGES TO GIVE YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, PROOFS OF CONCEPT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORK OR THEY DON'T WORK BEFORE YOU EVEN BUY ANYTHING.
SO WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY AND PARTNER WITH OUR END USERS, JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND, AND THE ANSWER IS THE TURNKEY
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SOLUTION YES.IS HAVING ALL THE CAMERAS COMING TO ONE PLACE WHEREVER THE CITY DOES DESIGNATE, WHICH IS ASSUMED TO BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALL THE CAMERAS WILL COME THERE.
DOES THE PRICE INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF CAMERAS WE HAVE NOW? YES.
OR, OR IS THIS THE PRICE JUST TO ACCESS THE PLATFORM? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY.
SO EVERY CAMERA WE, IF WE DO ADD, WE'LL ADD MORE FEES PO POSSIBLY, BUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PARK AREAS THAT NEED CAMERAS.
RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GONNA GO UP IN ANY KIND OF EXPONENTIAL WAY.
THIS IS INITIAL ASSESSMENT ON THE CAMERAS WE'VE BEEN WIRED TO, WE ALREADY HAVE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND ADDING THE CONTROL ACCESS DOORS.
AND THE SOFTWARE, YOU ONLY PURCHASE IT ONCE, ONCE YOU OWN THE SOFTWARE, ALL YOU'RE ADDING IS THAT EXTRA DOOR YOU'RE ADDING TO YOUR SYSTEM.
THAT EXTRA CAMERA YOU'RE ADDING TO THE SYSTEM.
RIGHT? SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THIS DOOR, IT'S NOT HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE HANDICAP BUTTON.
IT'S MAYBE NOT RETROFITTED, RIGHT? TO HAVE THE MECHANISM FOR AN AUTOMATIC KEY CARD DOOR, WHO'S GONNA DO ALL THAT? IS THAT RETROFITTING AND ALL OF THAT INCLUDED HERE? WELL, WHAT'S INCLUDED OR THAT'S ADDITIONAL, THAT WHAT'S INCLUDED HERE IS STANDARD ACCESS TO ALL THE DOORS.
IF THERE ARE SPECIAL NEEDS LIKE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT CONSIDERATION FOR SURE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO, THAT'S MY THING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MODIFY ALL OF THAT SURE.
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM.
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE? UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DOORS READY TO ADD, WELL, ALL THE DOORS ARE READY TO ADD, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH, AS FAR AS THE BLUE BUTTON THAT YOU PUSH FOR A HANDICAPPED WHEELCHAIR ENTRANCE, UH, THAT MECHANISM OR THE CLICKETY CLACKITY THING THAT GOES CLICK WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY CARD.
SO YEAH, THAT STUFF'S ALL INCLUDED INTO THIS, BUT NOT THE, ANY, YOU HAVE TO RETROFIT THE DOOR TO THAT DOOR'S PROBABLY NOT MADE TO BE ABLE TO UNLOCK AND LOCK BY ITSELF.
THERE'S A LOT OF DOORS THAT ARE ALREADY CONSIDERED LIKE THAT IN THE CITY.
THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT GOES ON THAT KIND OF DOOR.
WELL, AND WE WE'RE, WE ARE AGNOSTIC.
AND THE HID PRODUCTS, YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THOSE WORK WITH OUR PRODUCT NO.
AND THAT'S ALL PART OF CONSIDERED IN THE PROPOSAL PRICE AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL BEEN ENGINEERED TOGETHER.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPECIAL THINGS LIKE A CHIEF, YOU HAVE THOSE DOORS AT YOUR FACILITY, RIGHT? YES.
WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? HI THAT'S THE PRODUCT.
OH, WELL, THEY'RE NOT CALLED HID DOORS.
HID IS A READER THAT ACTUALLY TRANSFERS THE DATA FROM THE CARD KEY TO THE DSX SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE INSTALLED OVER THERE THAT UNLOCKS THE DOOR.
HID IS AGNOSTIC ALSO TO ANY MERCURY BASED SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE PLATFORM THAT EVERYONE WOULD WANNA USE.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S GONNA GO ON.
THAT INFORMATION IS GONNA GO ONTO THIS.
AND THOSE DOORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PART OF THE ENGINEERED AND, AND PART OF THE SCOPE.
SO WE ALREADY ARE GONNA KEEP MOST OF THAT HARDWARE ON THAT DOOR.
IT'LL JUST FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT'LL BE PROGRAMMED THROUGH A NEW SOFTWARE.
IT'LL DO A FEW MORE THINGS THAN WHAT IT CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE, AND, AND I, I, I, I GAVE CALVIN A PDF, IT'S A 50 SLIDES, AND I WAS NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF 'EM, BUT THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, UH, BUT LIKE, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN LINK A CAMERA THAT'S FACING THE DOOR AND ANYBODY THAT BADGES, IF THE OPERATOR WILL SEE THEIR FACE POP UP, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY LINKED TO ACTIVE DIRECTORY.
SO WE KNOW WHOSE BADGE IT IS, WHETHER IT'S HIS BADGE OR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S BADGES, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO POP IT UP, PRESENT THE CARD, THE THE OPERATOR WILL SEE THE CAMERA, THE BADGE, AND THE PICTURE, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, OKAY, THAT'S NOT THAT PERSON'S BADGE.
RIGHT? SO THEN FROM THERE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CALL SOMEBODY OR ACTIVATE AN AUTOMATION.
THE THE SOFTWARE'S DESIGNED TO, TO MAKE, TO, UH, PUT PUSH FORWARD AUTOMATIONS DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT HAPPENS.
RIGHT? EVERYBODY HAS THAT DOOR THAT WIGGLES TOO MUCH WITH THE AIR.
YOU KNOW, IT WIGGLES TOO MUCH AND IT CREATES A DOOR PUT DOOR FORCED TO OPEN.
EV EVERYBODY'S PRETTY KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS, BECAUSE WE CONNECT THE DOOR WITH THE CAMERA, THE CAMERA HAS MOTION DETECTION ANALYTICS.
SO WE TELL THE SYSTEM, IF THE DOOR GIVES YOU AN ALARM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MOTION DETECTED, BUT THE CAMERA DOESN'T SEE ANY MOTION, THEN COUNT IT AS A FALSE ALARM.
ONLY WHEN THERE'S MOTION FROM THE DOOR AND THE CAMERA AT THE SAME TIME, THEN THAT, THAT BECOMES AN ACTUAL ALARM.
WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE VERIFIED IT WITH A VISUAL ANALYTICS MOVEMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE, THE WIND BLOWING ON THAT DOOR.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THINGS AROUND YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
NOW THEY, THEY DON'T JUST BECOME A READER AT DOOR OR CAMERA, CAMERA AT THE CITY HALL.
'CAUSE THEY ALL TRANSMIT DATA, RIGHT? AND, UH, THE, I DON'T
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KNOW IF YOU HAVE THESE CAMERAS, BUT THERE'S CAMERAS NOW THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO KNOW WHETHER SOMEBODY'S WEARING A RED SHIRT OR BLUE PANTS OR BLACK PANTS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ATTRIBUTE, UH, ANALYTICS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THESE CAMERAS.SO WITH THESE CAMERAS IN THE FUTURE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO LIKE, OH, SOMEBODY WAS HERE THAT WAS WEARING THIS AT THIS TIME.
YOU WOULD BE GO GOING TO GENETECH, TYPE IT IN.
YOU KNOW, THIS DAY I'M LOOKING FOR A MALE WITH A RED SHIRT, BLUE PANTS.
AND THEN BOOM, IT WOULD COME UP ALL THE MALES WITH BLUE PANTS.
TYPE OF OPERATOR WOULD DO THAT, RIGHT? LIKE A POLICE OFFICER GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THIS FOOTAGE, RIGHT? I'M TALKING INVESTIGATION, UH, TYPE SITUATIONS.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT PLATFORM.
YOU JUST USE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DATA IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ARE HELPFUL TO YOU.
UH, INLINE PROCESSES LIKE HR CREATING, UH, SOMEBODY IN THE SYSTEM, IT'S A NEW WORKER.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A PROFILE THAT THEY PICK, LET'S SAY GROUNDS PERSON, THAT PROFILE ALREADY TELLS GENENTECH THEY'RE GONNA BE ALLOWED TO GO HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.
RIGHT? AND THEN IF THEY BATCH SOMEWHERE ELSE, BOOM, IT POPS IN THE SYSTEM.
HEY, THIS PERSON'S NOT ALLOWED HERE.
IS THIS CONTRACT BINDING FOR 30 MONTHS? WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, MR. DELOS, DO WE HAVE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT? I DON'T REVIEW.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS AN OPTION TO, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
LIKE, IF YOU, IF WE GO THROUGH THREE MONTHS AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT WORKING, UM, WELL, IF YOU WANNA DO A PROOF OF CONCEPT, WE CAN, WE CAN.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UH, WE, I CAN, UH, GIVE YOU, UH, WELL, HOW MUCH? 30 DAY, 33 MONTHS.
UH, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A SERVER OR A VM, WE CAN, I CAN GET YOU A 90 DAY LICENSE FOR THE SOFTWARE AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A, A WORKING, UH, YEAH.
THAT, THAT, THAT PRICE IS A COURTESY FOR THE CITY TO CASH FLOW AND NOT HAVE TO SPEND A CAPITAL, UH, EXPENSE UPFRONT.
SO THERE'S A CASH PRICE TOO THAT I PROVIDED MS. GARZA WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION.
BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE DETAILS.
UH, AND WE'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE.
THE GENENTECH IS, IS THE SOFTWARE PROVIDER.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES WHO CREATED THIS SOLUTION WITH OUR DOLLARS AND CENTS ON IT.
SO WHEN YOU SAY BINDING, I SAY THE INITIAL COST OF THE SOLUTION IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN 90 DAYS WORTH OF $9,000.
SO WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT THE CASH PRICE AND, AND SAY THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S REFUNDABLE
OR WE FIND OUT THAT THE INTERNET IN THIS ENTIRE TOWN STINKS.
AND SO YOU GET ONE, YOU GET WHAT? 10, 10 MEGABYTES, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, FRED, ABOUT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.
SO MY FEAR IS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO SOMETHING AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO HAVE A GOOD CAMERA OUT THERE.
WELL, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED THAN NEEDING SO MUCH OF THAT DATA BANDWIDTH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT CACHES DATA AND MEMORY AND VIDEO.
UH, IT'S JUST SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER WITH ITS, UH, CAPACITY THAN MOST OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW HOW A LOT OF THESE IT COMPANIES, THEIR SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEMS, THEY DO A THREE MONTH TRIAL.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO HERE? YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY PLUG IT IN, UM, AND IDENTIFY LIKE A DOOR OR SOMETHING.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S JUST A PLATFORM.
I WOULD SEE, I WOULD SEE IF IT WAS, YOU'RE COMING IN AND REPLACING HUNDREDS OF CAMERAS AND DOING THIS AND THAT, BUT ALL YOU'RE DOING IS ADDING ALL OF THIS TO ANOTHER USER AND WHERE IT'S ALL ON ONE.
IF WE FOUND A DOOR THAT IS, OR MAYBE START WITH JUST CITY HALL HERE, THESE CAMERAS, THESE DOORS, AND WE SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I CAN WORK WITH, OR CHIEF REALLY CAN WORK WITH, HE'S THE MASTER.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO MONITOR ALL THESE CAMERAS.
THIS IS AN ONPREM SYSTEM, RIGHT? YES.
SO SO THAT WOULD BE MORE SO THE BANDWIDTH.
WELL, THE, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, IS THAT WE HAVE UPGRADED A LOT OF THE CAMERAS.
SO, I MEAN, THEY TOLD ME THAT WHEN I GOT HERE, FRED, AND WE UPGRADED THEM AGAIN.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE TWO YEARS, SO, SO THAT'S MY CONCERN.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT? BUT CAMERAS MAN, THEY HAVE TO BE UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S A NECESSARY EVIL.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU.
I MEAN, PHONES NEED TO GET UPGRADED.
SO, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY FOR AV IS MOVING EXPONENTIALLY.
BUT WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO IS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN NEW CAMERAS AND WE NEED A, WE NEED AN OPERATING SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR 'EM.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE HERE ABOUT TODAY.
HE WENT INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO REALLY STRESS THAT WE NEED
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TO GET SOMETHING TO MONITOR THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT MONEY ON.THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER WAY TO MO TO A BETTER WAY TO, TO LOOK AT AND AND TO, AND TO, IF, IF WE HAVE ALREADY ONE CAMERA, THAT ONE CAMERA HAS ONE USER SYSTEM, THIS IS GOOD.
IF YOU HAVE 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAMERAS IN YOUR CITY, THEN YOU PUT 'EM ALL ON ONE USER.
SO THESE ONE CAMERAS THAT WE'VE INSTALLED SHOULD ALREADY HAVE A USER FACE.
I MEAN, NOW THE ONLY REASON THIS WORKS IS IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND YOU WANT TO PUT 'EM ON ONE PLATFORM.
NO, NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
NO, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.
UH, BUT THEY'RE INTERDEPENDENT STATEMENTS.
IT, WHILE THAT IS TRUE, GOD, IT IS ALSO TRUE PHILOSOPHY.
LET'S, IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT IT WORKS WITH ANY, THE CAMERAS THAT ARE HERE.
UH, AND IT WOULD WORK WITH ANY NUMBER OF CAMERAS.
SO THAT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAMERAS MAKE WHAT STATEMENT ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE'S TWO THINGS, RIGHT? UM, YOU SAID THE SOFTWARE IS, IS GOOD FOR A, SOMEBODY HAS A LOT OF THINGS IN THEIR ENVIRON AND BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT JUST, I GUESS I, I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM YOU GUYS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PLATFORM, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT WAS NOT WHAT MY, WHAT I MEANT TO DO.
HOWEVER, IT JUST DEPENDS WHERE YOU, THE CITY IS AT THAT TIME, RIGHT? WE MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE AT.
I'M NOT HERE TO SELL YOU ENTERPRISE.
I'M HERE TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM TODAY.
YOUR PROBLEM TODAY IS THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING AROUND HERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WAY TO MANAGE THE ACCESS CONTROL AND THE VIDEO AND BE ABLE TO AUDIT THAT INFORMATION ACCURATELY, CORRECTLY, AND, AND HAVE A TEAM THAT'S DEDICATED TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP THAT INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATIONS QUICKLY.
RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO SOLVE.
WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT THE PLATFORM WILL GROW WITH YOU OVER TIME, RIGHT? SO WE, WE WANNA MEET YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT, AT, AND UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, DOES IT TIE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER INTO ONE? YES.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES, THERE'S CITIES OUT THERE THAT, YES, GO AHEAD.
YOU KEEP MENTIONING PLATFORM AND SOFTWARE.
YOU'RE SELLING THE PLATFORM SOFTWARE AND YOU'RE SELLING THE ACTUAL SERVICE.
SO YOU SELL IT TO HIM, HE SELLS TO US, RIGHT? CORRECT.
HE'S OF THE SOFTWARE INTEGRATOR AND THE PLATFORM.
AND YOU ADD STUFF TO THE PLATFORM.
WELL, WE TAKE THE PLATFORM AND CUSTOMIZE IT FOR
THEY KNOW HOW TO HE'S DOING THE PLATFORM, SIR.
UH, THAT WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT GENE GENETECH'S, GENETECH'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO PROTECH IS SELLING WHAT PRODUCT TO US? YES.
GENETECH IS THE ACCESS CONTROL, RIGHT? I GOT THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
PROTECH IS SELLING WHAT? GENETECH ACCESS CONTROL FOR THE CITY.
THE PROPOSAL IS FOR, TO CONTROL THE ACCESS OF THE EXISTING DOORS AT THE CITY AND TO HAVE THE VIDEO VERIFICATION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INTEGRATE INTO ACCESS, PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CITY THAT TO PROTECT THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES OF THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SELLING YOU.
HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE CONTRACT, SIR? I HAVE NOT REVIEWED THIS.
I, I THINK IT'D BE BEST TO THE CITY IF WE HAVE OUR MR. VOS REVIEW CONTRACT AND THEY CAN MAKE, WELL, AT THE VERY END, THE CONTRACTS CAN BE CHANGED LITTLE BY LITTLE OR WHATEVER MODIFIED, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU ALL WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO.
BUT TECHNOLOGY IS TECHNOLOGY AND, OKAY, WELL LET, LET'S, LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT.
LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS GONNA CHANGE.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA CHANGE IF WE, WHETHER WE WANT IT TO OR NOT.
I MEAN, NEXT WEEK THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING ELSE BIGGER AND BRIGHTER AND GREATER OUT THERE THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
THE FACT IS, WE DON'T HAVE THE SECURITY RIGHT NOW.
THE FACT IS, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
AND THE FACT IS RIGHT NOW THAT WE GOT SOMEBODY HERE WHO WILL MODIFY THINGS WITH US AS WE GO ALONG, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY REGARDLESS.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE NEED TO DO IT.
NOW, WHO'S GONNA, WHO'S GONNA MONITOR THE SYSTEM? THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY JUST SAID YOU'RE GONNA TRAIN SOME PEOPLE TO DO.
WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO, WE HAVE SOME TRAINING FOR YOUR PD AND ALSO OUR COMPANY IS GONNA DO SOME OF THE MONITORING REGARDING REPORTING AND ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS THAT WE BUILD WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION.
I HAVE CAMERAS AT DIFFERENT HOMES.
AND I HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLATFORMS TO SEE ALL THESE CAMERAS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FASTER, IT DOESN'T MAKE ME BETTER.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO GET THEM ON ONE INTERFACE BECAUSE I CAN'T HAVE MY EYES ON EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO PUT 'EM ONTO.
HE ONE USER, HE JUST TALKING ABOUT BEING AT THE, UH, AT THE STADIUM WHERE THEY GOT 300,000 PEOPLE AROUND THERE.
THAT IS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND AUSTIN.
BUT HE SHOULD TALK ABOUT PUTTING ON ONE SCREEN THAT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT ON A, ON A GLASS ON THE, THE SCREEN WHERE YOU'RE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE
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ANY TEAM OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE WATCHING THOSE CAMERAS.AND WE THINK THE CHIEF'S DOING IT WHEN HE'S STANDING RIGHT HERE.
ARE YOU SAYING WE DON'T NEED ACCESS TO SYSTEMATIC CONTROL, ACCESS CONTROL TO THE CITY? I, I DON'T KNOW.
PRETRIAL IS ALL I ASK MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, TELL SO, AND TELL, SORRY, DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE HAVE, UM, OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AS FAR AS OUR BADGES TO ACCESS OUR BUILDINGS, THAT'S COMPLETELY OUTDATED.
WE, WE CAN'T RELY ON THAT TO, TO SAFELY ACCESS SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS, UM, OR ANY OF THE BUILDINGS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE MANY OTHER BUILDINGS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF ACCESS.
UM, WE'RE LITERALLY DEPENDING ON KEYS AND PHYSICAL KEYS.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ASPECTS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING, IS REALLY SAFEGUARDING OUR EMPLOYEES IN OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY COME IN.
SO START THERE, WHICH IS WHAT I SAID.
THAT'S PART OF PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE START THERE, PUT THOSE CLICKETY CLOCK THINGS ON ALL THE, ON ALL THE DOORS, THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
AND THEN WE CAN INTEGRATE, WHICH IS WHY I SAID PHASES, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, PHASE FOUR.
AND THEN WE CAN SEE THIS IS PHASE, THIS IS EVERYTHING TOGETHER BY THE, THAT'S WHY IT'S A 30 MONTH.
SO IT'S GONNA TAKE, WE'RE GOING TO TWO YEARS TO CHANGE THE DOORS.
SO HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? I THINK IT SAID SIX MONTHS, OR, LET ME SEE.
THE, UH, WITHIN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS.
WELL, THAT'S TO THE INTEGRATION.
I CAN PUT IT, I CAN DIVIDE THE NUMBER.
HOWEVER IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
THERE'S NO LEGAL, YOU KNOW, JARGON HERE.
UH, WE CAN SIGN WHATEVER CONTRACT MAKES THE CITY FEEL GOOD.
THAT'S THE COST OF DOING ACCESS CONTROL.
THE ONLY WAY I DO LONG TERMS ON ANYTHING IS IF I GET COST SAVINGS.
IF I GO FROM ONE TO THREE OR FIVE OR SEVEN, IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SAVINGS UP FRONT.
WE DID $20,000 SAVINGS FOR THE CASH FI PRICE VERSUS THIS 9,000 SOMETHING DOLLARS FOR OVER THE, WHATEVER THE EXACT NUMBER IS.
AND WE'RE GETTING THE TERM PRICE, RIGHT? ONLY BECAUSE IT'S IN BITE-SIZED CHUNKS IN PHASES.
SO LIKE, BECAUSE I, THE, IN ORDER FOR OUR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT BUDGETS TO TAKE ON THIS, SO THERE'S NO DISCOUNT REGARDLESS.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO WITH THE YEAR, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE STILL GET EVERYTHING MPT GOODMAN WANTS, AND I GET TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT SAYS HERE THAT IT WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND INSTALLED WITHIN TURNKEY WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF THE AGREEMENT.
SO YOU HAVE NINE MONTHS TO SAY, FINISH WHAT YOU SAID, YOU'RE GONNA FINISH.
BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD I'LL GET A LIFT STATION IN A HUNDRED DAYS AND IT TOOK A WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF.
THIS ISN'T LIKE, THIS ISN'T LIKE A LIFT STATION, I HOPE.
I HOPE IT'S NOT THAT I WANT DO ONE YEAR FOR A NEW CONTRACT, CAN WE AGREE TO GO UP TO A YEAR CONTRACT.
IT DOES THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO AND IT GIVES US TIME TO SEE WHAT IF WE LIKE IT.
RIGHT? WELL, ONE THING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND AGAIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG MM-HMM
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER HERE.
THE NUMBER IS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 300 GRAND, RIGHT? SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT MY MATH, CORRECT.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CUTTING IT UP INTO 30, 30 MONTHS.
SO NUMBER ONE, SO WE CAN AFFORD IT, NUMBER TWO, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW SLOW OR HOW FAST, NINE MONTHS A YEAR, WHATEVER THE, THE, THE FACT IS, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BUY IT, RIGHT? WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS.
IF IT'S 3, 290 3000 OR 300 OR WHATEVER IT IS, ALL THEY DID WAS DIVIDE IT UP AND FINANCE IT FOR US SO THAT WE COULD, THAT WE COULD ABLE TO BE AFFORD.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE CAMERAS IN PLACE.
WE DON'T, WE'VE GOT EVERY, EVERY CAMERA'S ITS OWN SILO.
WE GOT SOME HERE, WE GOT SOME AT FINANCE.
UH, WE GOT BRAND NEW CAMERAS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE JAIL CELLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE DONE THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM FROM ONE SPOT.
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY IT MAY FALL ON THE DISPATCHERS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE CHIEF, BUT YOU KNOW, HIS EMPLOYEES TO MONITOR 'EM.
UH, BUT THAT GIVES US A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SECURITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY ON THOSE CAMERAS 24 7.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY LOOKING AT FINANCE CAMERAS.
UM, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE 180 DAYS OF
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RECORDINGS AS WELL.I MEAN, I DO THAT AT MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
IF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, I GO BACK AND I LOOK AT THE CAMERAS AND I CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY MONITORING THEM 24 7.
WELL, I MEAN, IT JUST, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT WE GOTTA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STUFF, MAN.
WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA IMPLEMENT THIS EVENTUALLY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT WE STARTED WITH THE CAMERAS.
THAT WAS THE FIRST PHASE, AND THIS IS WHY, WHY NOT ADD IT TO OUR BUDGET? WE JUST HAD BUDGET NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN USE FUNDS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY OUT OF GENERAL FUND, LIKE FROM FEE FUNDS THAT PD GETS, EITHER FUNDS THAT FIRE GETS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND IMPLEMENT THOSE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO COST SAVE THAT WAY.
SO, UM, ONE YEAR
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION AS, AS, UH, PRESENTED HERE.
THE WAY THE 30 MONTHS IS AGREEMENT, UH, NINE, UH, $9,779 40 CENTS.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE MY MOTION.
I GOT A SECOND BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN.
[6. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to O.M.T. Utilities for the repair to an existing 10-inch PVC sewer line at El Camino Real Lift Station on Business 77 in the total amount of $46,000.00.]
CON CONSIDERATION.POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT TO OMT ENGINE UTILITIES AND, UH, FOR THE REPAIR OF THE EXISTING 10 INCH PVC SEWER LINE AT EL CAMINO.
REAL EL CAMINO REAL LIFT STATION ON BUSINESS 77, TOTAL AMOUNT OF $46,000.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY.
UH, STAFF, JB AND HIS STAFF WENT OUT THERE, DID A BYPASS.
UH, IT WAS A VERY, VERY DEEP LINE THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S, UH, OVER THERE BEHIND, UH, SONIC.
AND, UH, STAFF DID A GOOD JOB OF HELPING, UH, THE CONTRACTOR GET THE BYPASS DONE.
UM, I THINK IT WAS WHAT, 16 FEET DEEP? 16.
SO IT WAS A DEEP, DEEP, UH, EXCAVATION.
UH, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS THERE, UH, BEHIND THAT SUBDIVISION AND SOME OF THE RETAIL PLAZAS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, JBS HERE TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON.
MAYOR, UH, FOR THE RECORD, JOSE LARA.
THERE WAS, UH, WE HAVE, WE RECEIVED SEWER FROM A TRAILER PARKED THAT'S BACK THERE.
A NEW SUBDIVISION FOR MULTIFAMILY.
UH, THE PIPE HAD A CONCRETE IN IT AND IT WAS OBSTRUCTING THE FLOW.
WE GOT A CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT, CUT IT, TAKE OUT THAT CONCRETE AND REPAIR IT.
WE HAVE TRASH PUMPS AND WE PUT PIPES THERE TO BYPASS THAT AREA SO THEY COULD WORK.
WHERE'S THE CAM COMING? BEHIND? SONIC? BEHIND SONIC.
COMING RIGHT NEXT TO SONIC IT.
WHAT HAP OH, THE, THE ONE BEHIND THE ONE.
THE ONE BY THE MOBILE HOME PARK.
AND THEN IT DIDN'T, WE CLOSE THAT ONE DOWN THE TRAILER PARK.
RIGHT? DIDN'T WE CLOSE THAT LIFT STATION AND MOVE EVERYTHING TO THE ONE IN THE FRONT? YES.
AND THEY BUILT BY T THEY BUILT THE NEW ONE.
I GUESS WHEN THEY DID THE CONCRETE FLOOR, IT KEPT CONCRETE IN THERE AND I JUST GOT DRIED.
MAYBE THEY THOUGHT BY PULLING THE PLUG THE WATER, THE WASTEWATER WAS GONNA WASH IT OUT AND IT DIDN'T.
ANOTHER SHORT GUY TO GO IN THERE.
I DUNNO HOW LONG AGO IT WAS DONE.
THANKS FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK IT'S UNDER 14.
WELL, THE, THE ITEM BEFORE IS APPROVE TO RATIFY THE EXPENDITURE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY, PROVE THE, I THINK THIS WAS THE LIFT STATION.
I ASKED IF I COULD PUT A HARD HAT ON AND GO IN IT.
THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER TOLD ME, NOT HERE.
IT'S STILL, IT'S A $46,000 BAD IDEA.
I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO SHAVE AND WEAR A MASK.
SOMEONE'S GOTTA KEEP AN EYE ON THESE THINGS.
I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
NUMBER SEVEN, ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION
[7. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of multiple-sized mechanical joint accessory kits from Aguaworks Pipe and Supply in the amount of $26,929.20.]
POSSIBLE ACTION.APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE SIZE MECHANICAL JOINT ACCESSORY KITS FROM OWL WORKS
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PIPE AND SUPPLY, AND THE AMOUNT OF 26,000 929 20.AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, SUPPLY STUFF, RIGHT? STOCK, STOCK, UH, SUPPLY STUFF TO HOOK UP OUR, UH, WATER LINES, FIRE HYDRANTS, UH, DIFFERENT SIZES OF MECHANICAL JOINTS.
STOCK ITEMS FOR REPAIRS AND EMERGENCY STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.