Mar 17, 2026 Commission Meetings

JUNE 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2026.

[ANNOUNCEMENT(S) ]

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

COMMISSIONER MORALES, CAN YOU PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MARCH 19TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM WE HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE STREET PAVING PROJECTS LOCATED OFF OF DAZ STREET AND ROBERTSON STREET.

WE ALSO MARCH 21ST, 2026 FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM WE HAVE MARKET DAYS ON ROBERTSON STREET THAT SHOULD BE REALLY TREAT OUT THERE WITH THIS WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING NICE WEATHER ON AND OFF.

UH, MARCH 21ST, 2026 FROM 5:30 PM TO 8:30 PM WE HAVE THE OPENING OF THE, WHAT IS IT, OF SAN BENITO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM.

MARCH 21ST.

WE ALWAYS, WE ALSO HAVE FROM 9:00 AM TO 11, 11:00 AM THE PONY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL OPENING CEREMONIES AT STOGIE PARK.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL DAY AT ON SATURDAY, IT SEEMS, MARCH 26TH, 2026 FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM WE HAVE THE VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR AT THE SAN BENITO EDC BUILDING, LOCATED 7 0 1 NORTH NORTH BOWIE STREET, MARCH 28TH, 2026 FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM WE HAVE THE MOBILE MEXICAN CONSULATE FAIR TO SAN BENITO COMMUNITY BUILDING.

AND ON APRIL 4TH, 2026 FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE A, THE EGG EXTRAVAGANZA AT OUR SAN BENITO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THAT'S ALWAYS A TREAT.

APRIL 9TH, 2026 AT 5:30 PM WE HAVE THE SAN BENITO STATE OF THE CITY WILL BE HELD AT THE SAN BENITO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, LOCATED AT 2 5 0 EAST HAYWOOD .

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

RUTH? YES.

UH, ESTHER RIVERA HERNANDEZ RIVERA? YES.

MY NAME IS ESTHER RIVERA HERNANDEZ.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR SOME TIME AND KEEP RUNNING INTO BRICK WALLS.

I KEPT GETTING TOLD THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, MR. AVILA, WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OPENINGS ON THE BOARD.

AND FINALLY, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO OPENINGS.

I REQUESTED THE BYLAWS FOR THE ENTITY AND CITY SECRETARY RUTH MCGINNIS.

GIVE, GAVE, SENT ME A COPY OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2131 BECAUSE I WAS INFORMED THAT NO BYLAWS WERE NO LONGER EXISTED AT, AS THEY WERE REPLACED BESIDES SUCH, WHICH HAD ITS FIRST READING ON JULY 16TH, 1996.

AND THE SECOND READING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1996, I ALSO REQUESTED.

AND SHE SENT ME A LIST OF THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH INCLUDED PLACE ONE, WHICH IS TABLED AND MARIO SVA, WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 1ST, 2023, AND AN EXPIRATION DATE OF MAY 3RD, 2026.

PLACE TWO, LUIS GONZALEZ, JR.

PLACE, THREE ISSA GOMEZ, JUNE 1ST, 2024 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2027.

PLACE FOUR AGAIN TABLES, CASTILLO AND PARENTIS, JUNE 1ST, 2024 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2027, AND PLACE FIVE.

ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ, JUNE 1ST, 2023 TO MAY 31ST, 2026.

I ALSO REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE AND AWARD.

DID I FIND ANY SET DATES FOR THE BOARD TO MEET? INSTEAD, IT SAYS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD SHALL MAKE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE AS SHALL BE NEEDED.

MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WAS THE LAST MEETING HELD? IT SAYS THE BOARD SHALL MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

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TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND WORK.

HAS THIS HAPPENED OR IS THIS BOARD OBSOLETE? I LOVE SAN BENITO.

I HAVE BEEN PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH AT LAND PARK.

IN FACT, WE WERE THE FIRST PARK TO HAVE OUR TREES LIGHT UP WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND ALL WITH DONATIONS FROM MARRIOT BUSINESSES.

MM-HMM .

I HAVE SEVERAL IDEAS I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

THANK YOU, RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? EDDIE LOA.

MR. LOA? UH, MY NAME'S EDDIE LOA.

I'M HERE ON A RECENT DISMISSAL OF CITATIONS INVOLVING MY NEIGHBOR THAT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW PROSECUTOR DECISIONS ARE BEING HANDLED IN THE CITY.

THESE DECISIONS AFFECT PUBLIC TRUST AND CREDIBILITY OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.

I WANNA ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL ISSUE.

CLEARLY.

THE CITY PRACTICE PROSECUTOR IS VICTORIA FLORES IS MARRIED TO CITY ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES.

THAT IS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, BUT IN GOVERNMENT SETTING, IT CREATES A BIT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

WHEN QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT PROSECUTOR DECISIONS, THE ONLY PRESENT POSITION TO REVIEW OR CHALLENGE THOSE DECISIONS IS HER SPOUSE.

I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE IN ANY GOVERNMENT.

I'M NOT HERE TO ACCUSE EITHER INDIVIDUAL OF WRONGDOING.

I'M HERE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO TRUST THE SYSTEM WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY DEPENDS ON MARITAL RELATIONSHIP, EVEN WHEN THE APPEARANCE IS BIASED ENOUGH TO UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN THE FAIRNESS OF OUR PROCESSES, I'M ASKING THE COMMISSION TO PUBLICLY, PUBLICLY IDENTIFY WHO OUTSIDE OF THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWING PROSECUTOR DECISIONS.

IF NO MECHANISM EXISTS, THEN THE COMMISSION RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE ONE FOR THE RESIDENT SANTO DESERVE A PROCESS THAT IS IMPARTIAL, TRANSPARENT, AND STRUCTURALLY.

SOME THIS ARE NOT OPTIONAL.

THIS IS A BASIC GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TURN TO MR. AVA.

I MEAN, BIBO, I'M SORRY, BECAUSE HE'S LEANING MORE TOWARDS FINDING SOME LAWYERS.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S A SOLUTION FOR THIS.

SOCIAL SECURITIES WERE LEAKED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

MS. WHO, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ.

MR. ENRIQUE.

HELLO, LULU.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUE.

UM, I LIVE HERE IN SANITA.

I GRADUATED FROM SAN BERNARD HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF U-T-R-G-V.

MY DEGREE IS IN CYBERSECURITY.

UM, I HAVE MY SECURITY CERTIFICATIONS, AND I FEEL MY EDUCATION COMES WITH MERIT TO TALK ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FLY.

CAMERAS HERE ARE BOTH SECURITY AND, UH, NETWORKING SECURITY.

UH, I WANNA MAKE MY POINT VERY CLEAR FOR EVERYONE.

THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT REGARDS THE POLICE.

THIS IS NOT A POLICING ISSUE.

THIS ISSUE REGARDS, UH, THE COMPANY FLOCK.

UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT SB POLICE HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY MALICE.

THE ISSUE IS THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THESE CAMERAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FRAUD AND DATA BREACHES.

AND THAT HAS PUT LIVES IN JEOPARDY.

NOT TOO LONG AGO, S-B-C-I-S-D HAS SUFFERED A MASSIVE DATA BREACH THAT AFFECTED ACTUAL STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S PREVENTED BY THESE SECURITY CAMERAS.

THESE SECURITY CAMERAS DO NOT COME WITH A SPECIAL LEVEL OF SECURITY PROTECTION.

THIS IS NOT SOME STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMERA SYSTEM.

THESE ARE CAMERAS THAT ARE VERY WEAK.

UH, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT WITHOUT GOING ON A MASSIVE TANGENT, BUT ANY RESEARCHER, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND I'M ONLY 25, I CAN ACCESS THESE CAMERAS.

IF WE PUT TIME INTO IT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

BUT YOU GET THE POINT.

THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SENSE OF PUBLIC TRUST HERE.

UM, HOW AS A CITIZEN AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE ALL THESE CAMERAS COMING IN FROM THE HIGHWAY SAYING, OH, WE'RE A SAFE SOCIETY.

NO, WE'RE A SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY.

THAT'S NOT WHO SANTO IS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THAT.

I CAN GO TO A PARK AND ENJOY MYSELF.

BUT THEN THERE'S THAT.

I, THAT BROTHER I THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

UH, THIS IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE.

THIS IS NOT SOME, YOU KNOW, LIBERAL OR REPUBLICAN PROBLEM.

NOBODY WANTS TO BE WATCHED AND NOBODY LIKES THE IDEA OF BEING SPIED ON.

MY BIG CONCERN IS THAT SANTO POLICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

THESE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEMS, THEY'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE POLICE.

UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS FLOCK CAMERAS COME WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT SETTINGS AND SECURITY PREVENTIONS, BUT NONE OF THEM DETAIL.

HOW DO YOU SAY HOW THEY WORK? LIKE IF I ASKED ANY ONE OF YOU HOW ONE OF THESE CAMERAS WORKS, YOU COULDN'T TELL ME.

BUT I'M POSITIVE.

SAN DIEGO POLICE IS NOT, UH, TRAINED ON CYBERSECURITY.

THAT'S A BIG HOLE.

UH, THERE'S NO WAY FOR ANYONE TO WATCHDOG THESE COMPANIES, AND

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WE'RE JUST EXPECTED TO JUST LET THIS BY.

UH, AND THIS DOES AFFECT THE BOARD MEMBERS.

IF A DATA BREACH HAPPENS AND YOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, YOUR LICENSE INFORMATION, YOUR TRAFFIC DATA THAT LEAKS, THIS IS DETAILED INFORMATION WHERE YOU WERE LAST WEEK.

IMAGINE WE HAVE CAMERAS FROM HERE TO SAN ANTONIO.

WHERE WERE YOU LAST TUESDAY? UH, SO I WANNA LEAVE OFF WITH THIS.

HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU THAT WHEN NOT IF A DATA BREACH HAPPENS, YOU WON'T BE PERSONALLY AFFECTED? THANK YOU.

NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NO MORE.

SENIOR MANAGER REPORT.

MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY TODAY.

, I, UH, I'M GOOD.

COMMISSIONER MORALES TOOK CARE OF ALL THE REPORTS.

COMMISSIONER MORALES.

WE GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY, NOW

[PUBLIC HEARING(S) ]

MAYOR, WE'VE GOT, UM, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO IF YOU WANNA OPEN 'EM UP AT THIS TIME.

YEP.

THE TIME IS, UH, 5 41 AND WE'RE OPENING UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

FIRST ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING, A REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PLACE A STORAGE BUILDING GREATER THAN 200 SQUARE FEET AT A PROPERTY.

LOCATED AT 14 1400 ZUCK ROADS ZONE MOBILE HOME.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS DAVID JUSTICE NUMBER NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR CUP TO ALLOW AN EVENT CENTER OR DANCE RECEPTION WITH ALCOHOL ON A PROPERTY LOCATED ONE 19 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON.

UM, IT IS REZONED C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS AND THE APPLICANT IS IVAN QUINTANILLA.

HAVE THOSE ITEMS OPEN? OKAY.

SO TIME IS, UH, ANYBODY AGAINST ANY OF THESE ONE AND TWO? THERE'S A FLOOR ONCE, TWICE.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 11.

TIME IS, UH, 5 42 CLOSING PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OKEY DOKE.

WE'LL GO ON TO CONSENT.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) ]

UM, THOSE ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN ALL AT ONCE UNDER CONSENT OR THEY CAN BE REMOVED AT ANY ONE OF 'EM CAN BE REMOVED TO BE TAKEN UP INDIVIDUALLY.

AND UH, WE CAN ENTERTAIN EACH AT THIS POINT.

COMM, I WOULD REQUEST ITEM SEVEN AND 10 BE REMOVED.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? NO.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? UH, FOR THE, UH, THE OTHER ONE? SO, WHICH IS GONNA BE ONE THROUGH SIX MOTION MAYOR, EIGHT, NINE, AND 11.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

ITEM SEVEN IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SECOND AND FINAL READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 BBB 0 3 1 7 2 6.

NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Consideration and possible action on the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BB-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 1123 East Eighth Street bearing a Legal Description of: Being 10.0-acre tract of land out of Block 27, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas as per map thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Cameon County, Texas, and further being out of certain 20.00 acre tract recorded in Volume 14147, Page 159, Official records, Cameron County, Texas from AO “Agriculture and Open Space” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicants: Francisco and Miriam Galindo.]

REQUEST REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1123 EAST EIGHTH STREET BAR.

UH, AND THAT IS GOING FROM AO TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS AND THE APPLICANTS ARE FRANCISCO AND MIRIAM GALINDO.

I SEE THAT THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING TURN THIS ONE DOWN.

CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY PLEASE? YES.

UM, THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTY IN THAT AREA.

THERE IS A SCHOOL WITH THAT ZONE AGRICULTURE AS WELL AS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THERE IS AN A EP UM, PLANT THERE, BUT THAT'S DONE THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT'S ALSO ZONED AGRICULTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS, UH, RESIDENTIAL ACROSS THE STREET.

SO THEY WOULD CONSIDER THIS SPOT ZONING? CORRECT.

THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION, MAYOR.

SO SPOT ZONE IS NEXT TO, UH, UH, ELECTRICAL PLANTS, RIGHT? SO IT'S, THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT IT'S ZONE AO.

AND SO THEY HAVE A CONDITION USE PERMIT FOR THAT USE THE A-E-P-A-E-P? CORRECT.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE WAY THAT THEY COULD BECOME COMMERCIALLY ZONED? HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND THEM DO THE SAME? THAT YES.

CORRECT.

AND THEN THEY, THEY, I MEAN THEY CAN DO SINGLE FAMILY THERE AS WELL.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION IF THEY CAN'T GO THE COMMERCIAL ROUTE AT THIS TIME.

THEY WAS THE INTENT TO DO RESIDENTIAL ON THE BACK AND COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT? CORRECT.

IT'S RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK.

COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT, I BELIEVE.

THIS IS NEXT TO THAT TRANSFER STATION, RIGHT? YES.

DID DID THEY HAVE ANY PLANS? PROPERTY? NO.

NO.

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IT'S ON THE, WAS THIS THE SAME SITE THAT WAS GONNA BECOME A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY? YES.

WHAT IS, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOW FOR THIS AREA? THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWS? UH, RESIDENTIAL, GENERAL RESIDENTIAL.

WE HAVEN'T FINISHED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THAT WAS GOING TO MAYBE CHANGE A LOT OF THIS.

IT IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.

YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE UP AND COMING VERY SOON.

SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY COULD LOOK INTO.

CORRECT.

IF THAT'S MAYBE IT, MAYBE IT WILL BE ZONE COMMERCIAL.

THEY, THEIR STATEMENT IS THAT THERE'S NO LONGER IRRIGATION LINES, SO THEY CAN'T USE IT FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES.

IS THE ARGUMENT THAT RESIDENTIAL WOULD WORK THERE? YES.

WELL YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER THEM TO THE, THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SEE WHAT THAT SHOWS.

I THINK.

WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT, MR. FR WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF IT.

I KNOW THERE'S, UH, A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO TRUE UP.

UH, BUT THEN WHAT'S GONNA FOLLOW IS SOME OF THE, UH, DETAIL WORK ON DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE LAND USE, UM, UTILITY WATER, WASTEWATER, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DE DETAIL, UM, FUTURE LAND USE.

AND I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND YOU KNOW, THAT CAME UP WITH A FUTURE DEVELOPER.

AND SO WE, WE, WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALMOST FINISHED.

UM, THE DETAIL PIECES WILL COME LATER.

UM, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO UM, DENY THE ZONING AT THIS POINT AT, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE HELP HIM GET IT DONE IN THE FUTURE.

YES SIR.

SO I GOT A MOTION TO DENY MAYOR GOODMAN, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY MR. MORALES.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO DENY ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.

ITEM 10,

[10. Consideration and possible action on the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BE-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 942 East Stenger Street bearing a Legal Description of: Tract I: A 1.44 acre of land being a portion of Block Two (2) of the Clara Subdivision in Block Seventeen (17) of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 4, Page 72 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas and Tract II: Being a 0.31 acre tract of land, being part of Block (2), of the Clara Subdivision in Block Seventeen (17) of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 4, Page 72 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from C-1 “Commercial Restricted Business” to MH “Mobile Home”. Applicants: Carlos and Alicia Ruiz. ]

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 BE 0 3 1 7 2 6.

THAT IS ANOTHER REZONING PROPERTY AT 9 42 EAST STINGER STREET.

UM, THAT IS GOING FROM COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS TO MOBILE HOME.

AND THE APPLICANTS ARE CARLOS AND ALICIA RUIZ.

SO THE IAN ZONING, UH, DEPARTMENT ALSO DENIED THIS ONE.

IT'S A SMALL LOT TO FIT THE 25, UH, REQUIRED UNITS THAT WE NEED FOR A MOBILE HOME PARK.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE A, I WAS LOOKING AT, IT SAYS TO REFER TO MOBILE HOME ORDINANCE.

IT'S A MINIMUM OF 25, CORRECT? FOR TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A MOBILE HOME PARK.

THEY CAN, THEY CAN COSTI, THEY CAN DO MOBILE HOME USE, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR ONE MOBILE HOME.

AND THEIR PLANS WERE TO PUT AT LEAST EIGHT, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH.

CORRECT? IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

THE LOT'S NOT, NOT THAT BIG TO, TO FIT 25 MINUTES.

RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW DID THE PLANNING ZONING VOTE? UNANIMOUS? THEY DENIED? YES.

MOTION TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

WHICH IS TO DENY.

SECOND.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN AND SECOND BY MERTON.

UH, GOODMAN.

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO DENY ITEM NUMBER 10.

[1. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a Conditional Use Permit to place a Storage Building greater than 200 square feet at a property located at 1400 Zillock Road zoned MH “Mobile Home” bearing a Legal Description of: Being Lot Q19 out of 51.41 acres of land, more or less, out of Block One Hundred Eighteen (118), San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Concepcion de Carricitos Grant in Cameron County, Texas as per map plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: David Justice. ]

ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTUALLY IMPROVE A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THIS IS IN FULFILLMENT OF THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IT'S, UH, GREATER THAN 200 SQUARE FEET LOCATED AT 1400 ZUCK ROAD.

AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS DAVID JUSTICE.

SO THE PLANNING ZONING DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THIS ONE.

IT'S A 540 SQUARE FOOT, UM, STORAGE BUILDING.

THEY'RE GONNA BE USING IT AS A GARAGE.

THIS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OWNER OUT THERE? YES.

WOULD THIS I I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME PINPOINTING IT ON THE, ON THE MAP THERE.

THIS, SO THIS, THIS ONLY APPLIES TO, TO ONE OF THE LOTS IN THE PARK.

ONE OF THE LOTS IN THE PARK.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF MORE PEOPLE COME? THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

THEY'RE GONNA GET A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALE.

ITEM TWO, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.

[2. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow an Event Center (Dance Reception) with alcohol at a property located at 119 South Sam Houston Boulevard zoned C-1 “Commercial Restricted Business”, bearing a Legal Description of Being Lot Three (3), Block Thirty-Two (32), Original Townsite of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas according to Map recorded in Volume 2, Page 5, Official Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Yvonne Quintanilla. ]

APPROVE REQUEST FOR A CUP TO ALLOW EVENT CENTER DANCE RECEPTION WITH

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ALCOHOL.

UH, LOCATED AT ONE 19 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD.

THAT IS ZONED C ONE COMMERCIAL RETAIL BUSINESS.

AND THE APPLICANT IS YVONNE QUINTANILLA.

AND WE DID HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER AS WELL.

THE PLAN ZONING ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON THIS ONE.

UH, DUE TO THE LAND USE CHART, IT DOES RECOMMEND THAT THEY GET A CONDITION USE PERMIT FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.

AND IT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR THE SAME, AN EVENT CENTER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO, SIR.

NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? HOW OFTEN DO THIS CONDITION, THIS PERMIT COME TO? IT'S GOOD UNTIL WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS OR ANY, UM, PEOPLE THAT I GUESS USE IT.

AND THERE'S, UH, MAYBE POLICE REPORTS AND STUFF.

YEAH.

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AS WELL? YES.

THEY NEED TO APPLY FOR, I READ SOMETHING THAT TWO YEARS.

NO, NO, NO.

SO IT'S JUST CONTINUOUS UNTIL, UNTIL WE GET COMPLAINTS ON IT.

THEN WE CAN, WE MAY REVOKE IT IF NEEDED.

SOUNDS GOOD.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

SORRY MAYOR.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY, SO, UM, GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO SECOND.

WE COULD, I DID IT FIRST AND THEN, OH, YOU DID SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

I'M SORRY.

FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES.

CONSIDER CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RATIFY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 3 1 7 0 0 1 R AUTHORIZING MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE, OF ANY OPERATION.

THANK YOU MONICA.

ITEM THREE,

[3. Consideration or possible action to ratify Resolution Number 2026-0317-001(R), authorizing the Mayor or his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Operation Lonestar Grant Number 5195203 that the Officer of the Governor issues for a period of performance of September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027.]

LONE STAR GRANT NUMBER 5 1 9 5 2 0 3.

THAT THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ISSUES FOR A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.

SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.

POLICE CHIEF MARIA, IT'S A SIMILAR RESOLUTION THAT WE, UH, SUBMIT EVERY TIME WE APPLY FOR A GRANT.

SO, UH, THIS GRANT PERIOD STARTS IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE HAD TO APPLY FOR IT BY, UH, MARCH 12TH.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT IT IN TIME.

AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? KEEP APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS.

YES, SIR.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAYOR PROAM, UH, GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RATIFY AGREEMENT WITH OX INDUSTRIES.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

UM,

[4. Consideration and possible action to ratify the agreement with Carpe Nox Industries LLC for services rendered for the Hog Waddle Festival 2026 and authorize payment in the total amount of $37,500.00. ]

LLC FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR HOG WATER FESTIVAL 2026 AND AUTHORIZED PAYMENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $37,500.

OKAY, MARY, A RATIFICATION? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISS? YES, MARY? I DO NOW, UM, I KNOW IF IT'S FOR LEGAL OR FOR FRED, DOES THIS CONTRACT CANCEL ALL OTHER CONTRACTS? 'CAUSE WE JUST HAD ONE, TWO WEEKS AGO THAT GOT APPROVED BY THREE TO ONE.

I I WILL INTERRUPT YOU BRIEFLY.

UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE, ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THE CONTRACTUAL PARAMETERS? I WOULD BE ASKED, TAKEN AN EXECUTIVE JUST, UM, FOR EXPOSURE REASONS, BUT IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, DO WE STUDY EXECUTIVE? I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE OF THE QUESTION OF THE TWO PRIOR CONTRACTS, I'D HAVE TO PROVIDE A LEGAL OPINION.

UM, SO I'D MUCH FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GIVING YOU GUYS THAT JUST DUE TO PRIVILEGE.

SO EXECUTIVE, SO YOU WANNA GO TO EXECUTIVE MAYOR, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO TAKE THIS ITEM TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, TO CONSULT WITH, UH, LEGAL.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE TRACTOR TRAILER FROM DOGGETT FREIGHTLINER, SOUTH TEXAS, LLC FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 37,900 MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

UM, FIVE? YEAH.

CAN WE DO FIVE? YEAH.

CAN WE TAKE THREE? OKAY.

UH, SO WE'LL SKIP FOUR JUST FOR THE RECORD.

UH, MR. NA, THAT'S, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION FOR NUMBER FIVE.

NO, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE ACTION ON IT.

[5. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of one tractor trailer from Doggett Freightliner of South Texas, LLC for the Public Works Department in the amount of $37,900.00. ]

OUR CURRENT UNIT HAS OVER A MILLION MILES ON IT.

UM, IT IS COST PROHIBITIVE FOR REPAIR AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REPLACEMENT UNIT.

THAT IS WHAT WE USE TO HAUL OUR LOW BOYS AROUND.

UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY A BETTER UNIT 'CAUSE IT'S SHORTER AND WE CAN GET THE TRAILERS AND MANEUVER, UH, AROUND SOME OF THE MORE NARROW STREETS IN THE CITY.

SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ARE WE GONNA GET A MILLION MILES OFF OF THIS ONE TOO? UH, I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GONNA HIT A MILLION, BUT, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT OTHER ONE HIT A MILLION, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD.

SO FRED, THE PICTURE I'M LOOKING AT IS THAT, IS IT LIKE THE, LIKE A SEMI THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT JUST THE FRONT TRACTOR.

JUST THE TRACTOR? CORRECT.

IS THAT OKAY FOR LIKE GETTING IN THE SMALL STREETS THAT WE HAVE? ABSOLUTELY.

IN FACT, THAT'S, IS IT SHORTER THAN A IT'S SHORTER AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A SLEEPER CAB, SO SLEEPER.

AH, OKAY.

SO IF YOU NOTICE IT'S A SHORTER CA IT'S A SHORTER UNIT.

AND THE ONE WE HAD THAT IT REPLACED DID HAVE A SLEEPER AND IT WAS A LOT LONGER.

SO IT MADE, UH, J B'S LIFE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR 'EM NOW

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AND FOR THE STAFF.

THE SMALLER, OLDER SUBDIVISIONS.

JUST THERE WERE, IT'S SUCH A TIGHT PLACE TO WORK ALREADY IN THESE ROADS, CORRECT.

CORRECT.

WHAT, UH, F TWO 50 OR F TWO 50 WORK SIMILARLY OR NO? NO SIR.

JUST 'CAUSE OF HOW MUCH WEIGHT WE'RE PULLING JUST BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH WEIGHT WE'RE PULLING? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND EVERYTHING.

LET'S MR. EDDIE HAS, UH, COMMENTS, CONCERNS YOU, RIGHT? DIRECTOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, UH, AN F TWO 50 WOULDN'T WORK.

COMMISSIONER LAN, IT'S TO HAUL A LOW BOY WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, TRACTORS AND ALL THAT STUFF TO TAKE TO JOB SITES, EQUIPMENT.

YEAH.

AND THE ONE THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE IS A 1995 TRAILER AND IT'S GOT OVER A MILLION MILES AND IT WAS GONNA COST ABOUT $8,000 OR MORE JUST TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BREAK AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS.

SO THIS IS THE BEST DEAL.

JUST SELL IT, I WOULD SUGGEST.

SO WE'LL TRY NOT LETTING IT SIT.

WE LET EQUIPMENT SIT TOO LONG.

IF YOU'RE GONNA GET RID OF IT, GET RID OF IT.

JUST GOT A BIG, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SOUNDS GOOD.

NOPE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? DO MOTION MAYOR, I'LL GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALVAN.

SECOND BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN.

THANK YOU MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.

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THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE SIX AND WE'RE GOING TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

TIME IS, UH, 6 29.

WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CORRECT CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RATIFY AGREEMENT WITH CARPI KNOCK INDUSTRIES LLC FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR THE HOG WATER FESTIVAL 2026 AND AUTHORIZED PAYMENT IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF $37,500.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE PENDING FINAL LEGAL, UH, VEING.

I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM.

UH, GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? NAY.

AND I JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD THAT I'M VOTING NAY.

I'M OKAY WITH THE 37,500.

I'M JUST NOT OKAY WITH THE 75% REVENUE BACKING EXPENSES BACK TO THE CITY FOR THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

OKAY, SO, UH, WE GOT THE 4 8 1 NAY MOTION PASSES.