* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] TIME IS 5 31. THIS IS A NOTICE OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION. I'D LIKE [CALL TO ORDER] TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 5 31, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE HAVE ATTORNEY MATT, REPRESENTING MR. ERIC FLORES TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG ALL. PLEASE STAND. WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG, AND TO THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE FOR THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS PA PASTOR HECTOR PEREZ FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE. NOT HERE YET. WOULD ANYBODY FROM THE COMMISSION LIKE TO TAKE LEAD US IN, IN OUR INVOCATION? ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION. IF NOT, I WOULD DEFER TO AM MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. YOU CAN LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION, PLEASE HEAVEN. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR GATHERING US TODAY. WE COME, UH, GRATEFULLY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US TODAY. GIVE US THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, PRIDE, CLEAR JUDGMENT ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. WE HAVE [ANNOUNCEMENT(S)] SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. FRED, YOU WANNA READ OFF THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE? OKEY DOKE. JUNE 4TH, 2026 FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM COMMUNITY MEETING. AND THIS IS CDBG REGIONAL NEEDS DISCUSSION AT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, TWO 50 EAST HAYWOOD STREET. AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR ONGOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THIS. AND, UH, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED. WE WILL HAVE, UH, MANY CITY HALL FOR ALL THERE. WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR WAS AT THE LAST ONE. UH, SEVERAL CITY COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE AS WELL. AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UM, THE DIFFERENT, UH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOLKS, UM, JUNE 4TH, 2026 FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM IS A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PUBLIC WORKSHOP AT SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL BUILDING C CHAVEZ, I MEAN CESAR GONZALEZ, MEETING HALL 4 0 1 NORTH SAM HOUSTON, WHICH IS HERE. UM, THAT IS OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOP NECESSARY FOR OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING. IT'LL, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO COME IN AND GIVE US THEIR INPUT ON STREETS, SAFETY AND, UH, SIDEWALKS AND HOW TO GET, UH, HOW TO GET THOSE THINGS, UH, WHERE WE NEED 'EM HERE IN THE CITY. UH, JUNE 3RD, UH, JUNE 5TH, 2026 FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:30 PM NATIONAL DONUT DAY DRIVE THROUGH AT THE SAMBO SAN BENITO POLICE DEPARTMENT. 6 0 1 NORTH OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD. UM, THAT KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, RIGHT? DONUTS, THAT WAS TOO EASY, I'M SORRY. JUNE 6TH, 2026 FROM 10:30 AM TO 11:30 AM PONY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL CLOSING CEREMONIES AT STOKEY PARK. FOUR 10 NORTH STOKEY ROAD. AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, END OF OUR REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL PONY BASEBALL, UH, LEAGUE THAT WE HAD. AND, UH, WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US AS WELL AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. JUNE 13TH FROM 4:00 PM TO 10:00 PM FREDDIE FENDER, THE LEGACY LIVES ON CELEBRATION AT THE SAN BENITO COMMUNITY BUILDING AT TWO 10 EAST HAYWOOD. AGAIN, UH, WE INVITE THE PUBLIC. THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT. WE'RE HONORING FREDDIE FENDER. WE, UH, AND, AND THE FOLKS FROM THE, UM, FROM THEIR, UH, THEIR GROUP ARE GONNA BE THERE. WE'RE ALSO GONNA RE, UH, REDEDICATE OUR FREDDIE FENDER MUSEUM AS WELL. SO THERE'LL BE TOURS, MUSIC, FOOD VENDORS WILL BE A NICE, A NICE EVENT. UH, JUNE 20TH, 2026 FROM 5:00 PM TO TO 9:00 PM AND THAT'S MARKET DAYS, UH, ON ROBERTSON'S, UH, ROBERTSON STREET, JUNE 24TH, 2026 AT 9:00 AM THE RGV FOOD DISTRIBUTION, AND THAT'S AT OUR FAIRGROUNDS, 1501 CESAR GONZALEZ. THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER, FRED. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC [PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes)] COMMENTS. MS. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. [00:05:02] YES, WE HAVE. UH, MR. EDDIE LOA. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSION. I'M HERE AGAIN REGARDING PUBLIC, UH, INFORMATION REQUESTS RELATED TO FUN AND SUN RESORT THAT HAS STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED. ONCE AGAIN, MY OPEN RECORD REQUEST HAS BEEN REDIRECTED TO CITY ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES. IN MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS MATTER SHOULD NOT BE REDIRECTED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY COURT PROCEEDING OR LITIGATION. THAT IS GENERALLY WHEN THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD BECOME INVOLVED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, THAT THE TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENCE SANTO ARE PAYING ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES, 6,250 PER MONTH AND ATTORNEY VIA LOBOS, ANOTHER 6,002 50 PER MONTH. THAT AMOUNTS TO 75,000 PER YEAR PER EACH ATTORNEY FOR A TOTAL OF 150,000 ANNUALLY. PERHAPS THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER ONE ATTORNEY COULD BE, COULD ACCURATELY SERVE THE CITY AND USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, LOCAL BASEBALL PARKS, OR THE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL. SINCE I WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE REQUESTED RECORD FROM MS. MCGINNIS, I HAVE BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTATION OR RECEIPT SHOWING THAT MS. MCGINNIS OR MR. FLORES CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR GUIDANCE BEFORE WITHHOLDING OR DELAYING THE RELEASE OF THESE RECORDS. MY PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST SPECIFICALLY SEEK SEEKS ALL RECORDS RELATING TO ANY INVESTIGATION OR REVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE CITY CONCERNING A POSSIBLE ENCROACHMENT WITHIN PUBLIC EASEMENT OR, OR RIGHT AWAY NEAR THE PROPERTY. A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE ADVISED, ADVISED ME OF THIS POSSIBLE ENCROACHMENT. I AM ALSO REQUESTING ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT RECORDS INVOLVING FENCING, CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, OR PROPERTY ACCESS. RELATED TO THIS LOCATION, I HAVE DOCUMENTED EMAILS FROM A FORMER CITY EMPLOYER GIVING FUN AND SUN RESORT 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, SHOWING OWNERSHIP RIGHTS TO THE EASTMAN. ACCORDING TO THOSE EMAILS, THE REQUEST DOCUMENTING WAS NEVER PROVIDED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT THIS EASEMENT IS RECORDED IN THE CAMERON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS, AND THAT ALL SEVEN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO LIVE IN THE CHARLES BARBER ROAD ARE ENTITLED TO ACCESS TO THIS EASEMENT. I HOPE THAT THE NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSION WILL DO THE RIGHT THING BY ENSURING TRANSPARENCY, AC, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. THANK YOU. NO OTHERS. THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'LL [PRESENTATION(S)] MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE, UM, AS WE, AS WE'VE SHARED WITH Y'ALL BEFORE, WE, UH, WE TRY TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, WHAT, WHAT A NORMAL EMPLOYEE DOES ON A DAILY BASIS. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT EMPLOYEES, BUT SOME JUST STAND OUT. UM, WE, UM, WE'D LIKE TO HONOR ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES TONIGHT. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP EDWARD ENRIQUE SO HE CAN READ A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THIS. UM, IF Y'ALL WILL INDULGE ME. EDWARD RODRIGUEZ. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MR. DAVID ROCHA, OUR PLANS EXAMINER FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY. DAVID HAS BEEN A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR TEAM FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY AS A PERMITTING CLERK, WHERE HE HAS STRONG WORK ETHIC COMMITMENT TO LEARNING AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE QUICKLY BECAME EVIDENT THROUGH THIS DEDICATION AND INITIATIVE. HE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST WITH PLAN REVIEWS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE BILLING OFFICIAL, AND ULTIMATELY EARNED HIS CURRENT ROLE AS PLANS. EXAMINER DAVID CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HIS RESPONSIBILITIES. HE'S WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, TREATING RESIDENTS, CONTRACTORS, AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, COURTESY AND RESPECT. HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST OTHERS HAVE MADE HIM AN INVALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL DUTIES, DAVID IS ALSO COMMITTED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING AS A YOUTH FOOTBALL COACH IN SAN PANTO, WHERE HE MENTORS YOUNG ATHLETES AND HELPS FOSTER TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. HIS DEDICATION, BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WORKPLACE, REFLECTS HIS STRONG CHARACTER AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THOSE AROUND HIM. DAVID'S DEDICATION, [00:10:01] TEAMWORK, AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKE HIM A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIM TONIGHT FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND COMMITMENT. PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATING, AND THANK YOU MR. DAVID ROCHA FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. NO PRESSURE. BUT YOU, YOU'RE, IF YOU DON'T MIND TAKING, YOU WANNA GET OVER HERE? YEAH, WE AT THE BACK. ARE YOU READY? OH, AHEAD. THERE YOU GO. EVERYBODY RIGHT HERE. 3, 2, 1. GOOD. THANK. OKIE DOKE. THANK Y'ALL. UM, ONE OTHER, UH, ONE OTHER ITEM. WELL, WE GOT SEVERAL ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE MR. GABRIEL PERALES FROM THE SBA HERE WITH US, UH, THE SBA OPENED UP SHOP HERE AT OUR, UH, A EP BUILDING, UH, TODAY. SO WE GOT A WHOLE TEAM THERE. SO, MR. MR. PERALES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND SAY HELLO TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE, AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC. ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME TO SAN BENITO. THANKS SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH. I, I WILL, UH, SAY THAT, UH, I'M NOT TOO FAR. MACALLAN IS MY HOMETOWN, EVEN THOUGH I DO WORK FOR THE OFFICE OF DISASTER AND TRAVEL. UM, IT'S ALWAYS GLAD TO BE BACK HOME AND HELP, UH, OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND BEFORE I GET GOING, OF COURSE, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEMP, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS, AND OF COURSE CITY MANAGER AND TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, WELCOMING ME AND WELCOMING OUR STAFF THAT IS AT THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING. WE ARE ANTICIPATING BEING HERE FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS, IF NOT POSSIBLY LONGER, DEPENDING ON THE COMMUNITY NEED. BUT BEFORE I GO THERE, LEMME JUST START OFF BY SAYING, MY NAME IS GABRIEL PERALES AND I AM THE, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE. AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO SHARE THAT AT A TIME OF DISASTER. SBA NOT ONLY HELPS BUSINESSES, BUT WE HELP HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS, AND NONPROFITS AS WELL. AND THE WAY WE HELP IS WE OFFER LOW INTEREST RATE DISASTER LOANS FOR THOSE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO AND THE STRONG, UM, STORMS THAT HAPPENED OR OCCURRED FROM APRIL 24TH THROUGH MAY, THE FIRST. SO IF YOU ARE ONE THAT WAS IMPACTED, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP. IF YOU WEREN'T IMPACTED BUT KNOW OF SOMEBODY, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US IN PERSON AND WALK INTO THE OFFICE WHERE OUR STAFF IS. THEY CAN APPLY ONLINE AT SBA.GOV/DISASTER, OR THEY CAN ALSO CALL OUR 800 NUMBER. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK ONE MINUTE SUMMARY, RECAP OF WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE IMPACTED, THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR UP TO $500,000 TO EITHER REPAIR OR REPLACE PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY. AND THAT'S AT AN INTEREST RATE AS LOW AS 2.875% WITH NO PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST FOR THE FIRST YEAR. AND IT'S A 30 YEAR TERM FOR ANY RENTERS THAT WERE IMPACTED AND HOMEOWNERS ALIKE THAT LOST, UH, THAT HAD PERSONAL LOSS, WHICH INCLUDES CLOTHES, UH, VEHICLES, UM, FURNITURE. THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THAT, AGAIN, IS, UH, NO PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST FOR THE FIRST YEAR. AND THAT'S UP TO A THIRD YEAR TERM AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ANY BUSINESS AS WELL THAT WAS IMPACTED WITHIN THE SAN BENITO COMMUNITY OR ANYWHERE IN CAMERON COUNTY, ALGO COUNTY AND WILLESEE, UH, THEY SUFFERED PHYSICAL DAMAGE. THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR UP TO $2 MILLION. AND THAT'S AT AN INTEREST RATE [00:15:01] AS LOW AS 4%. AGAIN, NO PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST FOR THE FIRST YEAR UP TO A 30 YEAR TERM. AND LASTLY, FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL, ANY BUSINESS THAT HAS SUFFERED ECONOMIC INJURY, MEANING THEY'RE LOSING BUSINESS, UH, PEOPLE AREN'T COMING EITHER SHOP BY AT THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS AS A RESULT OF THE STORM, THEY CAN ALSO QUALIFY FOR THE SAME $2 MILLION. AND AGAIN, ALL THE TERMS REMAIN THE SAME, NO PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST, UH, FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND UP TO A THIRD YEAR TERM. SO OVERALL, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO OFFER, UM, ASSISTANCE TO THOSE THAT NEED IT. AND THESE, THESE, UH, RESOURCES, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS AND FULL DISCLOSURE, ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO SURVIVORS OF THE STORM. WE GET ASKED THIS ALL THE TIME. I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND I LIKE TO GET 2.875. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC, IT IS FOR SURVIVORS ONLY. SO JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND, AND SHARE THAT WE ARE HERE, AND IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ANY ONE PERSON THAT YOU KNOW OF OR, OR THE OVERALL GOOD. I'M, I'M SIMPLY, UH, GONNA ASK THE, THE, THE COMMISSION AND, AND MR. MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD OUT, LET PEOPLE KNOW WHETHER IT'S THROUGH CITY CHANNELS, NEWSLETTERS, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF ANY PRESENTATIONS TO, UM, BASICALLY GET, GET THE, THE WORD OUT THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP. AND OF COURSE, SANTO BEING THE, THE BIGGEST IMPACTED AREA, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COUNT ON YOUR HELP. YEP. ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, YEAH. DO YOU GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? SO, UM, I DON'T GO OUT SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN, I, I, WE DO THE, THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND RELYING ON, ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, OUR PARTNERS THAT WE CREATE. UM, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY THE TRUSTED VOICES HERE IN SAN BENITO. EVEN THOUGH I, I RESIDE IN THE VALLEY, WHEN THEY SEE ONE OF OUR TRUSTED FOLKS FROM SAN BENITO, IT'S GONNA CARRY A LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN ME GOING TO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR AND SAYING, HEY, COME APPLY OVER HERE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT I HAVE, IS TO CREATE AS MANY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS I CAN. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW THE MOST AFFECTED AREA HERE IN SANTO WAS IN THE GREEN VALLEY AREA. RIGHT. AND, UH, AND IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY BAD OUT THERE. WE HAVE, UH, I'LL ACTUALLY BE MEETING WITH, WITH THE FOLKS FROM TDO TOMORROW, AND I, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA GO TOUR THE HARDEST, UH, HIT AREAS AS WELL. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE COLLABORATING AND WE'RE WORKING TO, TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS. NOW, AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T GO DOOR TO DOOR. WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, SALESMEN. WE'RE JUST HERE AS A RESOURCE AND SAYING, IF YOU NEED US, WE'RE HERE. IF YOU DON'T NEED US. UNDERSTANDABLE. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, UH, UH, MORE PEOPLE WERE OKAY THAN NOT. AND, AND THAT'S OKAY TOO. GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN SAN BETO. AND ANYTHING YOU NEED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME OR, OR MY STAFF. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GABRIEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, A SPECIAL GUEST. WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GUESTS TODAY. I'M SORRY. WE'VE GOT OUR SUMMER INTERN, MR. JONO, LES. HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE. HE IS THE, THE YOUNGEST IN THE AUDIENCE, I GUESS, RIGHT NOW. UM, MR. LES IS, UH, FROM SAN BENITO. HIS MOTHER IS, UH, GOT A, A, A, A BUSTLING TUTORING AND, UH, AND EDUCATIONAL BUSINESS HERE. AND, AND JONAH'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH US IN THE SUMMER. UM, HE'S A SECOND YEAR, UH, SECOND YEAR STUDENT AT, UH, NOTRE DAME. AND HE'S BACK HERE, UH, TO GIVE BACK A LITTLE, GIVE BACK A LITTLE BIT TO HIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WELCOME HIM. WELCOME JONAH. UH, THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT WILL BE MOVING IN THEIR LONG REACH EXCAVATORS HERE, UH, BY FRIDAY. THEY'RE ABOUT A WEEK BEHIND. UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING IN FRIDAY, STARTING, UH, STARTING TO REMOVE THE WATER ANTS, UH, HERE AT 77 BY THE, UH, BY, BY THE PARK. SO THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE WORKING THERE. WE'RE, WE'RE HELPING THEM, UH, WITH SOME MACHINERY AND ACTUALLY SOME, SOME DUMP TRUCKS TO BE, HELP THEM MOVE, UH, MOVE THE, THE SPOIL OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE AREA. BUT, UH, THEY'LL BE WORKING THERE, WORKING THEIR WAY BACK TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS THE EXPRESSWAY. SO THEY'LL BE STARTING THERE, UH, MONDAY, FOR SURE. WE DID GET THAT CONFIRMED TODAY. UM, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE, I HOPE Y'ALL GOT YOUR EMAIL ALREADY. THE, WE GOT NOTIFICATION TODAY THAT THERE'S A PUA MEETING IN HARING TOMORROW FROM TWO TO FOUR. UH, SENATOR ADAM OSA AND STATE REP JENNY LOPEZ ARE GONNA BE HOSTING THAT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE PUA AND WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE AREA AND WHAT WE, UH, WHAT IT MEANS FOR US IN SANTO AS MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT, UH, THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR IS, UH, GONNA BE MOVING INTO THAT SPOT HERE PRETTY QUICK. UH, SO I KNOW HE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE [00:20:01] BUSY TOMORROW, BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION THERE. SO, AGAIN, THAT EMAIL SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT TODAY AND, UH, WE JUST GOT NOTICE OF IT TO TODAY, ACTUALLY. UM, EPA REGION SIX WATER DIRECTOR TROY HILL, WILL BE HERE, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE THE DAY AND THE DATE. HE'LL ALSO BE HERE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. AND NAD BANK IS, UH, THE, THE CLEARING HOUSE, UH, BINATIONAL, UH, BINATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT'S, THAT'S FUNDING OUR UTILITY MASTER PLAN, UH, TO THE TUNE OF 150,000. SO THEY'RE GONNA COME IN THERE. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PROJECTS WITH EPA. WE GOT SOME, SOME CONGRESSIONAL AND FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE CONGRESSMAN, BUT WE ALSO HAD THAT GRANT FOR THE UTILITY, UH, FOR THE UTILITY MASTER PLAN. SO THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY COME DOWN, AND THEY WANNA VISIT WITH SOME, SOME OF THE AREAS AND SOME OF THE RECIPIENTS DOWN HERE. AND, UH, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE SCHEDULING THAT AND GET YOU ALL, UH, THE DATES AND THE TIMES. UM, OUR, OUR PODCAST AIRED LAST WEEK. UH, WE DID THE INITIAL ONE THURSDAY. UH, IT'S, IT'S AIRING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. WE, WE, WE, WE ACTUALLY FILMED IT LAST WEEK. UH, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH SOME FUTURE PODCASTS. CHRISTINA'S OUT ON TRIAL ON TRAVEL, UH, AND TRAINING. SO WE'LL BE, UH, INVITING THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. AND WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO INCLUDE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO BE PART OF THAT. AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET, UM, TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO, UM, GET SOME IMPACT BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UH, ALSO, WE MET THE MAYOR AND MAYOR AND I, AND ALSO COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER CORTES. MET WITH STATE REP JENNY LOPEZ. UH, WE ALSO MET WITH, UH, ENRIQUE ERO FROM THE FINANCIAL, SHE'S A FINANCIAL OUTREACH SPECIALIST WITH TWDB FOR OUR HOUSE BILL 500 FUNDING. SO, UH, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THEM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT. SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE CHASING THAT MONEY DOWN. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, QUALIFY FOR $21 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY. SO, UH, WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM. WE'RE GONNA FINALIZE ALL THAT AND BRING YOU, BRING IT BACK TO Y'ALL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. AND, UH, SO WE'VE HAD A BUSY WEEK. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA CHASE THAT MONEY DOWN. AGAIN, THAT'S ONCE IN A CAREER OPPORTUNITY. ONCE IN A LIFETIME. 'CAUSE THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A MATCH. IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANT. HOWEVER, IT'S ONLY FOR WATER. UH, YOU CANNOT DO ANY WASTEWATER WITH IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET IT. MAYBE THIS, MAYBE THIS BIENNIUM. THEY'LL, THEY'LL FUND WASTEWATER, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S WATER. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. UH, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. FRIT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO [CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)] THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 21ST, 2026, AND THE MAY 5TH, 2026. CITY OF SANTO, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? A MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PETTI AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS FOR [1. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BJ-061626, an ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance Number 2252-BG-042126, and any other amending ordinances codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 14A, Section 5.08, pertaining to “Fences” and amending the fence regulations and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date.] INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 52 BJ 0 6 1 16 2 6. AMENDING ZONING. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2. BG BG 0 4 21, 2 6. AND ANY OTHER AMENDING ORDINANCES. CODIFY THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN CHAPTER 14, A SECTION 5.08 PERTAINING TO FENCES AND AMENDING DEFENSE REGULATIONS AND REPEALING ANY OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. THEREWITH AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANTO AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MONICA RODRIGUEZ, PLANNING MANAGER REPRESENTING THIS ITEM. JUAN RODRIGUEZ, UH, PLANNING MANAGER HERE FOR THE CITY. WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK AGAIN FOR ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE HEIGHT TO SEVEN FEET. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, UM, INQUIRIES FROM RESIDENTS, UM, ASKING FOR MORE PRIVACY FROM NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. IS THIS ONLY TO THE SIDE? THIS IS GONNA BE TO THE SIDE IN THE REAR, YES. OKAY. AND THE WINDSTORM CERTIFICATION IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR EIGHT AND A FEET AND ABOVE, RIGHT? FOR SEVEN AND OVER. SEVEN AND OVER, YES. WHAT DO THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE SIX FEET. SIX FEET IS THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION. THE STANDARD PICKET FENCE IS SIX FEET, AND THEN I THINK ONE IS EIGHT FOOT, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS EIGHT FOOT. SO HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET TO SEVEN? THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CUT IT IN HALF TO BE ABLE TO, YEAH, WELL, IF THEY LIKE TO WORK MORE, THAT'S FINE. WHERE DO Y'ALL, [00:25:01] UM, IT'S JUST THE FIRST READING. THERE'S NO ACTION, CORRECT. NO ACTION. ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT ONE MORE TIME BEFORE APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MONICA. FRED, DO YOU WANNA TAKE OVER? SURE. ITEM TWO [Items 2 - 4] IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 R. AND THAT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 ASSISTANCE FIREFIGHTER GRANT. UM, AND IT'S AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AS THE REPRESENTATIVE. 2, 2, 3, AND FOUR ARE SIMILAR FOR GRANT APPROVAL FOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR TO BE THE AUTHORIZED SIGNER. THAT IS CORRECT. DO YOU MIND, UH, CITY ATTORNEY? COULD WE TAKE THOSE THREE TOGETHER? OKAY. RESOLUTION, THE, THE THREE ONE. DO WE HAVE TO READ THE RESOLUTION? OH, NO. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE ANYBODY. TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PERFECT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. SECOND. HAVE A SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, NAY. MOTION PASSES FOR TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK, CHIEF. THANK YOU. CHIEF ITEM, UH, FIVE [5. Consideration and possible action to approve an Agreement between the City of San Benito and the Freddy Fender Estate for the Freddy Fender Museum Grand Reopening Celebration Event. (Part 1 of 2)] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SAN CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND THE FREDDIE FENDER ESTATE FOR THE FREDDIE FENDER MUSEUM GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION EVENT. UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. WE DO HAVE MS. ALIDA HERE, AND WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FREDDIE FENDER ESTATE AS WELL. WELCOME. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, ALE GARCIA, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD, UM, THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT FORMALIZES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE FREDDIE FE ESTATE FOR THE FREDDIE FE MUSEUM. GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION. THE EVENT WILL COMMEMORATE A REOPENING OF THE MUSEUM, CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SAN BENITO, NATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ICON FREDDIE FENDER, AND PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY WITH RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE. UH, THE AGREEMENT OUTLINES ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOTH PARTIES IN THE PLANNING, PROMOTION, AND EXECUTION OF THE CELEBRATION. UH, PROVING THIS AGREEMENT WILL STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FREDDIE DEFENDER ESTATE AND SUPPORT A LANDMARK CULTURAL EVENT THAT HONORS ONE OF SAN BENITO'S MOST CELEBRATED FIGURES. UH, THE GRAND OPENING IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND, UH, GENERATE POSITIVE PUBLICITY, ENCOURAGE, UH, HERITAGE TOURISM, AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR LOCAL, UH, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THE EVENT ALSO REINFORCES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING AND, UH, PROMOTING ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL HISTORY WHILE CREATING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR COMMUNITY PRIDE EDUCATION EDU AND ENGAGEMENT. UM, THE APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT WILL ENSURE COORDINATED AND SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION THAT HIGHLIGHTS SANTO'S IMPORTANT PLACE IN TEXAS MUSIC HISTORY, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE. HOW LONG IS THAT TERM? ANY QUESTIONS? HOW LONG IS THAT TERM, MS. ALDA? THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT? HOW LONG IT'S FOR THE EVENT? JUST FOR THE EVENT. FOR THE EVENT. OKAY. IS THERE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? UM, SO WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PRETTY MUCH, UH, JUST NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, THE GENERATORS AND THE PORTA POTTIES AND, UM, THE ESTATE IS BASICALLY TAKING CARE OF THE REST, INCLUDING, UM, THE ACTS AND, UH, AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AS WELL. SO IS, IS THERE ANY MONETARY CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY OR IS THERE A SET LIMIT? UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT IDENTIFIED. RIGHT. CAN WE, UM, I GUESS THE CONCERN IS, IS WHAT IS GONNA BE THAT LIMIT THE CAP, THE CONTRIBUTION YEAH. IS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT. SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE. I'M SORRY, ANY ATTORNEYS LOOKED AT THIS CONTRACT? I DON'T KNOW, ERIC. I DID. I I HAVE NOT SEEN THE CONTRACT. IT'S GOT SEVERAL PARTS TO IT AS FAR AS INSURANCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. YES. ERIC DID, UM, REVIEW THE CONTRACT AND THE ONLY PENDING THING WAS THE LIABILITY INSURANCE, WHICH WE JUST RECEIVED AND WE DID SEND OFF. AND THE CITY'S CURRENT OBLIGATION IS THE, THE COST OF THE GENERATORS PORTA POTTIES. UM, AND WE WILL HAVE STAFF ON SITE SINCE THE MUSEUM IS REOPENING. SO WE'LL HAVE STAFF WORKING AS DOCENTS AND KINDA SHUTTLING PEOPLE AROUND STREET CLOSURES. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF THE STAFF'S ABOUT SECURITY. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PD TAKE CARE OF LIKE, SECURITY FOR THE EVENT. AS FAR AS LIKE ANY STREET ISSUES. PUBLIC WORKS WILL TAKE CARE OF. SO VOLUNTEER FOR THE EVENT? NO, SIR. BECAUSE IT'S A, SO THERE'S GOTTA BE [00:30:01] A COST TO ALL THIS, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND IT'LL BE, AND YOU HAVE THAT ON THIS MAN HOURS. UM, NO SIR. IT'S JUST MAN HOURS AND THE COST OF THE PORTA POTTIES AND THE GENERATORS. SO IS THERE AN ESTIMATE OF THE MAN HOURS THAT ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THIS? WE'LL BE HAVING A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING TO SOLIDIFY THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE EVENT. SO WHY WAS THAT NOT ALL GATHERED TOGETHER? TO PRESENT IT TO US PROPERLY? WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAD A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WERE GONNA BE ATTENDING THE EVENT. AND WE ARE, UM, HAVING TICKETS DISTRIBUTED AT THE LIBRARY AND IN THE CULTURAL CENTER. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED NUMBER OF HOW MANY ATTENDEES TO DETERMINE HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE OR LESS. THERE IS A, UH, A HOTEL MOTEL OCCUPANCY, UH, EVENTS FORM THAT CAN BE FILLED OUT, UH, BY EVENT COORDINATORS OR PEOPLE WANTING TO HOST EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS. UM, THAT'S WHERE THIS MONEY US, THAT MONEY USUALLY GOES TO FUNDING EVENTS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THOSE EVENTS ARE BRINGING IN VISITORS AND CREATING TOURISM. UM, I'VE ALREADY HAD PEOPLE FROM OUTTA STATE, UH, INQUIRE ABOUT THE EVENT. SO I THINK IT'S ALREADY DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO. YES. SO I GUESS THAT JUST DO, ARE Y'ALL COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING, UM, AN EXPENDITURE GO THROUGH THE HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS? YES. UM, MOTION OF THE APPROVAL, BUT IF AN EXPENDITURE WERE TO GO THROUGH TO GO THROUGH THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX BOARD ADVISORY BOARD, AND THEN BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YES. YES. I MEAN, IS THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE A FINAL NUMBER? YEAH. SO MAYBE BEFORE THE EVENT WE HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE TALK SAYING IS WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT UNTIL THEN. NO, THE EVENT IS JUNE 13TH. YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO, WE CAN TABLE THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WE CAN APPROVE IF, IF I MAY, IT CAN BE APPROVED WITH THE, UM, EXCEPTION OF BRINGING BACK THE AMOUNT THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, PRESENTED TO HOTEL MOTEL FOR APPROVAL AND THEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL FOR FINAL ATION. CORRECT. MOST LIKELY WILL, OUR NEXT MEETING WON'T BE TILL THE 16TH. THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT. UNLESS YOU CALL A SPECIAL MEETING WITH ONE CAPTAIN AT SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO. YEAH, WE JUST CREATE A CAP. MS. LEYDA, DO YOU USE FORESEE, UH, PARTICULAR NUMBER THAT'S GONNA COME FROM THE CITY'S END AT THIS MOMENT? I HAVEN'T REALLY CALCULATED ALL OF THE EXPENSES. 'CAUSE WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT THE, THE, UH, PORTA POTTIES AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE, THE GENERATORS AND THEN PLUS WHATEVER STAFF WE NEED. SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING OUT A NUMBER RIGHT NOW. WELL, THEN WE NEED TO EITHER TABLE IT BECAUSE I MEAN, IF SHE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING US A NUMBER AND WE'RE GOING TO AUTHORIZE THIS, THERE'S NO WAY. I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA, I DON'T AGREE. NO, HOLD THIS, SORRY. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLANNED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US AHEAD OF TIME AND NOT A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE THE EVENT. MS. ALDA, DO YOU THINK, UM, WHAT WOULD BE A ROUND NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD GUESSTIMATE? LET'S JUST SAY, UM, JUST SO, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER. 'CAUSE UM, WE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD, AS FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE A NUMBER THAN JUST GIVING A BLANK CHECK. DOES THE RIGHT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. DOES THE HOTEL MOTEL APPLICATION HAVE A MAX AMOUNT THAT SOMEONE CAN APPLY FOR? I DON'T THINK SO. NO. NO. IS THE POLICE CHIEF HERE, CHIEF, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COST WOULD BE FOR PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THAT EVENT? NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND THE HOURS PUT IN I NEED, THE EVENT IS FROM FOUR TO 10. SO WE WOULD NEED OFFICERS, UH, PROBABLY AT THREE O'CLOCK, UH, PRIOR TO CLOSE OFF, OUR MAIN FOCUS WOULD BE STINGER STREET, SINCE THAT'S THE BUS BUSIEST, UH, ROADWAY THAT WAY. AND I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE MAYBE FROM, UH, FOUR TO SIX OFFICERS AT LEAST TO HAVE THE INTERSECTIONS CLOSED OFF. AND SINCE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY ALCOHOL, WE CAN HAVE JUST, UH, TWO OR THREE OFFICERS ROWING THE, THE, THE GROUNDS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S SAFE. AND, UH, SO IF WE DO AN ESTIMATE ON OVERTIME, I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY 40 TO $45 AN HOUR PER OFFICER. UM, SO FOR FOUR OFFICERS, OR SIX OFFICERS FOR ABOUT SEVEN HOURS, UH, TWO 80 AN OFFICERS TIME. SIX, IT'S, UH, MAYBE $1,500 AROUND THERE FOR US. [00:35:01] 2000. SORRY. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT . SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. CAN'T READ THAT. LET'S DO THIS. CAN WE MOVE THAT TO THE END OF THE, UH, AGENDA AND THE STAFF CAN GET SOME TIME TO CALCULATE SOME NUMBERS AND BRING THAT BACK TO US? THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER. MM-HMM. SO I'M GONNA, ANOTHER QUESTION. UH, UH, I WOULD ASK THE STAFF TO PLEASE WHENEVER, ANYTHING, ANY EVENTS INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY WITH FREDDY FENDERS, SOMETHING SO DEAR TO ALL OF US, TO POLICE MIND THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS ACCORDING TIME. ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. SO WE DO NOT MAKE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DO NOT WANNA DO THIS EVENT OR TEAM UP WITH THEM, BUT WHEN STAFF DOES NOT PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO US TO MOVE FORWARD AND SLOWS THINGS DOWN. SO WE'D APPRECIATE THE STAFF PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. THESE ARE JUST BASIC PLANNING ORGANIZATIONAL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. YOU KNOW, THE COST OF THE PORTA POTTIES, COST OF THE GENERATORS. COST OF THE MANPOWER, RIGHT? ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM THE GET GO. YEAH. CORRECT. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE AGENDA ITEM FIVE TO THE END OF THE AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM SIX IS CONSIDERATION [6. Consideration and possible action to authorize the extension of the Pilot Program for the Historic Robertson Street Market Days Event through the end of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.] POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXTENSION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE HISTORICAL ROBERTS, UH, ROBERTSON STREET MARKET DAYS EVENT THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20, 25, 26. UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE, UH, WE HERE AT THE CITY DECIDED TO TAKE ON, UH, ROBERTSON STREET MARKET DAYS. UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER FEEL ON THIS AND SEE HOW THIS THING IS GONNA WORK OUT AND ACTUALLY GET US A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET AND, UH, BUDGET FOR THIS APPROPRIATELY FOR ANYTHING GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT ALSO ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IT AS WELL. ALIDA GARCIA, CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM DIRECTOR PRESENTING THE ITEM ALIDA. UM, SO THE HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET MARKET DAYS PILOT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, TO CONTINUE TO ACTIVATE THE DOWNTOWN, UH, SAN BENITO AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND V AND VENDORS AND INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROMOTE A CULTURAL TOURISM. OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED A NEW COLLABORATIVE APPROACH FOCUSED ON EXPERIENCE DRIVEN PROGRAMMING THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE SANTOS CULTURAL IDENTITY AND HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ASSETS WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT ES THE PROGRAM WAS INTRODUCED, UH, CURATED SEASONAL THEMES, CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, AND ENHANCED PROMOTION OF THE HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREETS UNIQUE CHARACTER. EXTENDING THE PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO GATHER ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT DATA, EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF, UH, THIS UPDATED MODEL, AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS REGARDING THE PROGRAM'S LONG-TERM FUTURE. UM, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR APPROVAL. WHAT WAS THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU PARTNERED WITH, UH, ES AND WHAT DID THEY DO? UM, THEY ARE A, THEY HELP TO PROMOTE, UM, SOME OF, AND THEN THEY HELP ME FIND SOME OF THE EVENTS. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER, UH, TO CREATE, UM, A UNIQUE, UH, THE PICTURES OF ALL OF THE, THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON EACH, UH, HISTORIC BUILDING, UH, SINCE WE STARTED. WE STARTED WITH LATA, AND WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, EVENTS AND TYING THEM INTO, UM, THE EACH SEASON. AND SO EVERY MONTH. AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE FOCUSING ON, UM, THE, THE WALKING TRAIL ROUTE THAT GOES RIGHT BY THERE. AND, UM, AND SO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE HISTORY IN A CO COHESIVE WAY, UH, AND SHOWING, SHOWCASING THE DOWNTOWN, UM, ROBERTSON STREET, ALENA. DO WE HAVE A, A COST ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY THUS FAR? UH, NOT YET. NOT YET. WHICH IS JUST BASICALLY, UM, LABOR. LABOR, YES. AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE, UH, THE BANS. THE BANS AND, UH, THE MARKETING FOR THAT. SO CAN, CAN WE NOT DO THE MARKETING IN-HOUSE? UM, IF I CAN HIRE SOMEBODY FOR MARKETING, WELL, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE ONE IN, UH, CHRISTINA GARCIA AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM. UM, BUT WE DO, UH, WE DON'T DO, UH, AI GENERATED, UH, IMAGES. WE DO HAND, UH, TO KEEP IT IN WITH THE ARTS. UH, WE, WE [00:40:01] CREATE ORIGINAL, UH, ARTWORK FOR EACH OF THESE, AND WE DESIGN IT ALONG THE BUILDINGS AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARKET DAYS, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, SO MARK, SO FOR SOME HISTORY MARKET DAYS WAS HANDED OVER BY THE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS RUNNING IT. UM, OR, AND THE CITY ACCEPTED, UM, FUNDING MARKET DAYS AND KIND OF SEE IF WE WERE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THAT. UM, HOSTING THEM, MOST OF THE MANPOWER ALREADY CAME FROM THE CITY AS FAR AS BARRICADING AND SETTING UP TRASH CANS AND VENDORS. VENDOR REGISTRATION AND VENDOR REGISTRATION. MM-HMM . WELL, THE VENDOR REGISTRATION PREVIOUSLY WAS DONE BY THE VENDOR THAT HAD THE, THAT WAS RUNNING MARKET DAYS UNTIL THE CITY TOOK OVER. THEN THEY TOOK OVER THE REGISTRATION AS WELL. RIGHT. BUT WE STILL HAD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROCESS ALL THE PAYMENTS FOR THE, THE VENDOR APPLICATIONS. ARE WE STILL GETTING PAYMENTS FROM THE VENDORS? YES, WE ARE. AND THERE IS A FUND THAT HAS A MONETARY VALUE. I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH EXPENSES, WE COULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, THE EXPENSES HAVE TO COME FROM THAT FUND, SO THAT WAY THEY STATE THEY'RE GETTING REGENERATED BACK INTO ROBERTSON STREET. WE, WE HAD GRANTED THEM A TEMPORARY, SO WE GET EXCESS, HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA COST. CORRECT. DO WE HAVE THAT YET? UH, WE'RE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION ON THAT. UM, JUST, UH, HOURS, UH, AND, UH, GETTING FEEDBACK IN HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS IS, UH, FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. RIGHT. BUT AFTER, AFTER EACH OF THOSE EVENTS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A RECAP OF HOW MUCH IT COST FOR THAT EVENT TO BE PUT ON. CORRECT. OF ALL THE LABOR AND MAN HOURS THAT WE'RE DONE. YEAH. WE CAN CREATE THAT. WHAT'D THE LAST EVENT CAUSED? OH, WE HAVEN'T CREATED THE, THOSE REPORTS YET. I HAVEN'T GATHERED THE INFORMATION FROM THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATE. WERE THE EXPENSES COMING OUT OF, UM, WHOSE BUDGET? ALIDA? UM, THEY'RE THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH THE HOTEL TEL TAX FUNDS. WAS IT APPROVED? APPROVED BY THE HOTEL TEL ADVISORY BOARD? UH, NO. THEY HA I DON'T THINK THEY'VE MET, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED. YEAH. STEPHANIE SER, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UH, AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO APPROVE EACH EXPENSE. THEY MAKE, UH, THEY GET TO ADVISE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA, WHAT THEIR FOCUS WANTS TO BE, BUT EVERY EXPENSE DOES NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH IT. UM, IT, IT'S HELP HERE IN THE CITY. SO MS. ALE, THE PRESENTERS BRINGS TO CM AND THEN CITY MANAGEMENT APPROVES IT AND THEN PROCEED. OF COURSE, IF THE EXPENSE IT NEEDS TO MEET PROCUREMENT, AND IF THE EXPENSE GOES OVER OR CITY THRESHOLDS FOR PROCUREMENT 9, 9 9, IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO YOU. ALL 9,999 NEEDS TO BRING UP HERE FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL, EVEN WHEN IT HAS NOT GONE TO THE ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD, NOT A DECISION MAKING BOARD. LIKE, LIKE YOU, WE HAVE, UH, FOUR MORE EVENTS FOR THE YEAR. YES. AND, UM, THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE THE EVENING, CORRECT? RIGHT. YEAH. WE'VE SWITCHED OVER FROM THE MORNINGS TO THE EVENINGS AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'VE ALSO BEEN, UH, ABLE TO KEEP, UH, THE, UH, PERFORMANCE IS DOWN AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR LOCAL TALENT, WHICH IS A MISSION OF OUR, THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT. CAN WE DO THIS? UH, MAYBE IF THE COMMISSION FEELS COMFORTABLE, I'LL APPROVE THE NEXT TWO WITH RECONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT TWO. WHEN IS THE NEXT MARKET DAYS? JUNE THE 20TH. JUNE 20TH IN THE EVENING CAN ALSO HAVE HER, UH, BRING IT BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING. IT'LL BE BEFORE. SO WE CAN GET, UH, IT'LL BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE, BUT WE CAN, UH, AT LEAST PROVE THAT JUNE. WANT, I'D LIKE, AT THE NEXT MEETING, I'D LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST A REPORT OF THE PREVIOUS MARKET DAYS AT EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE BY, WHAT IT COSTS. UH, YOU CAN AT LEAST GET THAT DONE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? IS THAT COMMISSIONER A MOTION? UH, WE HAD A SPECIFIC, I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, WHAT'S THE MOTION GONNA BE, COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE THE, THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 2025. 2026. YES. YOU WANT TO, OR YOU WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? WE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT, UH, CITY COMMISSION MEETING. SO JUST APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 20TH? YES. AND THEN WITH A PRESENTATION OF THE EXPENSES? YES, PLEASE. NEXT MEETING. [00:45:01] AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. I, I THINK, UH, I SECOND, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ GONZALEZ. AND THEN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [7. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of one BMW R 1300 RT-P Police Motorcycle from RGV Cycles for the San Benito Police Department's Traffic Division in the total amount of $35,385.90.] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE BMWR 1300 RTP POLICE MOTORCYCLE FROM RGV CYCLES FOR THE SAN BENITO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC DIVISION IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $35,385 AND 90 CENTS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM COMMISSION. UH, FOR THE RECORD, POLICE CHIEF MARIA PERERA. THE PURCHASE IS GONNA BE THROUGH ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS, AND IT'S TO ADD TO OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION, UH, MOTORCYCLE OFFICER. WE DID HAVE ONE, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS, AND IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. UH, SINCE THEN, WE HADN'T HAD ANYBODY INTERESTED. RECENTLY, I DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF OUR OFFICERS IS A MOTORCYCLE RIDER, AND, UH, HE'S SHOWN INTEREST IN BECOMING A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR. SO WE, IF THIS GETS APPROVED, WE HAVE HIM SCHEDULED TO TAKE ALL THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND PROVIDE HIM ALL THE APPROPRIATE GEAR THAT HE'S GONNA NEED. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL THAT TRAINING. AND THE, WELL, THE GEAR, IS THAT GEAR, ARE YOU PLANNING ON USING FOR YOUR MONEY FOR THAT TOO? CORRECT. IF, IF WE HAVE IN OUR, UH, SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE IN OUR UNIFORM ACCOUNT, I THINK WE HAVE A FEW FUNDS LEFT THERE, WE MAY USE THAT, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNT, WE'LL USE FORFEITURE. AND THE TRAINING WE HAVE, UH, LAY'S, UH, LEASEABLE FUNDS AND, UH, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, FUNDS STILL AVAILABLE IN OUR ACCOUNTS. THE, UM, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OFFICER THAT'S INTERESTED. WELL, SINCE THIS CAME UP, IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE A FEW MORE OFFICERS INTERESTED, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS OFFICER IS THE ONLY ONE WITH HIS CLASS M AND WHO IS, UH, RIDING FREQUENTLY. SO HE JUST, BY DEFAULT, HE WOULD MAKE A GREAT CANDIDATE. HE ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT THE STATS AND STUFF, HE'S A PRODUCTIVE OFFICER. I THINK HE'LL DO WELL ON THE BIKE. MY ONLY CONCERN IS, UH, 'CAUSE I, I WAS A MOTOR OFFICER. YES, SIR. UM, I FEEL IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE TWO OR MORE, UH, JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND THAT IS A PLAN. THE LONG TERM. I, I, I DID GO OUT FOR, UH, QUOTES FOR, UH, BMW HARLEY, UH, HONDA TURNED IN ONE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO UPFIT IT, SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THIS ONE. BUT FOR THE FIRST ONE, THE FLAGSHIP ONE, I DIDN'T WANNA REINVENT THE WHEEL. OTHER AGENCIES ARE USING BMW, A LOT OF 'EM ARE SWITCHING. SO I DECIDED TO GO TO BMW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT ONE, UH, LOOKING AT OUR FUNDS MIGHT BE, UH, A CHEAPER OPTION. AND I DO WANT CORRECT, I DO WANT ANOTHER, UH, OFFICER OUT THERE ALSO, BUT, UH, FOR NOW IT'S GONNA START OFF WITH ONE AND THEN WE'LL BUILD THE, THE PROGRAM FROM THERE. OKAY. ALSO THAT MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU GO WITH BMW, THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE BMW AS WELL. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA START MIXING BIKES. THEY'LL, THEY'LL HANDLE DIFFERENTLY. MM-HMM. UH, THE SETUP WILL BE DIFFERENT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE CONFUSION IN, YOU KNOW, HIGH STRESS HOURS. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. COMMISSIONER? YES. , CHIEF IS THERE, IS IT A BUDGETED, UM, POSITION? IS IT GONNA BE UNDER THE PATROL OFFICER DIVISION? UH, IT WILL BE, IT WOULD BE A PATROL OFFICER. SO HE IS GONNA BE JUST IN ADDITION TO OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION. PRIOR TO THE, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRAFFIC DIVISION AND, UH, WE IMPLEMENTED TWO OFFICERS. UH, THEY'RE IN, UH, EXPLORERS, SLICK TOPS. THEY'VE BEEN DOING VERY WELL, UH, IN THOSE UNITS. BUT, UH, I KNOW MOTORCYCLE, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET, WHEN WE JUST WE'RE LIMITED ON OPTIONS ON WHO WAS GONNA OPERATE IT. SO ONCE WE HAD THIS OFFICER, IT KIND OF JUST, UH, OPENED THE DOOR FOR US TO PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASE. AND YOU SAID THIS WAS COMING OUTTA THE FORFEITURE FUNDS? CORRECT. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. UM, THERE'S A POLICY ALREADY FOR, UM, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR POLICE, MOTORCYCLE, UH, OFFICERS. WE ARE GONNA WORK ON THAT. I'M GONNA GET WITH LEXIPOL, WHICH IS OUR POLICY PROVIDER. AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL. LEXIPOL IS OUR POLICY PROVIDER. THEY HAVE BEST PRACTICES AND, UH, WE GO AND WE TAILOR IT TO FIT OUR DEPARTMENT. OKAY. WELL, IF THERE'S A NO, UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? MOTION I MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM SAMUEL PLEADING FOR ONE R 1300 RTP POLICE MOTORCYCLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND A MOTION BY CA UH, COMMISSIONER CORTEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. ALL OPPOSED, NAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [00:50:01] THANKS. CHIEF. ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERS IMPOSSIBLE [8. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Number 4, submitted by KLM Engineering, Inc. for additional work associated with the Oscar Wiliams Road Tower Rehabilitation Project, in the amount of $3,000.00.] ACTION PROOF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR, SUBMITTED BY KLM ENGINEERING INC. FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD REHAB PROJECT. AND THAT'S THE TOWER ACTUALLY. UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $3,000, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A PRETTY MINOR AMOUNT. I THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, THE PAINT COLOR. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE, UH, THE PAINT COLOR FOR THE LOGO WAS A LITTLE BIT ODD AND TOMIC THE PAINT SUPPLIER, UM, WAS HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE MATCHING IT UP EXACTLY. BUT WE GOT SOME PAINT SWATCHES IN AND, UH, ENRIQUE BROUGHT 'EM TO US YESTERDAY AT OUR STAFF MEETING. AND I MEAN, MAYBE I'M COLORBLIND, BUT I CAN'T REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE. I THINK WE'RE REALLY CLOSE. YES. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS PROTON. UH, THIS ITEM FOR THE 3000 CHANGE ORDER IS FOR THE LOGO, FOR CHANGING THE LOGO. UH, SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. UH, WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED, UH, ALL THE SPECS, IT WAS GONNA BE THE PREVIOUS LOGO AND THEY CHANGED IT TO THE SOLAR OF THE SOUTH CITY SANTO. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A CHARGE OF $3,000. THIS IS THE SOLAR SOUTH TEXAS LOGO FOR THE OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD TOWER, CORRECT? IS CORRECT. IT'S, UH, SHOWN THERE ON THE PACKET. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S GONNA BE ON BOTH SIDES, ENRIQUE, CORRECT? JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S FACING MY HOUSE. YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT FACES DIRECTLY. IT'S YOUR HOUSE , BECAUSE FREDDY'S ALWAYS WATCHING ME EVERYWHERE I GO IN THIS ENTIRE CITY CONFLICT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. ALL OPPOSED A NAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANKS, ENRIQUE. ITEM NUMBER [9. Consideration and possible action to approve the Lighting Restoration Project for the Freddy Fender Water Tower in the amount of $104,000.00.] NINE IS KIND OF RELATED TO THIS CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED LIGHTING RESTORATION PROJECT FOR THE FREDDY FENDER WATER TOWER AND THE AMOUNT OF $104,000. UM, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AND IT, AND IT IS, BUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CRUCIAL TO THE WATER TOWER REHAB WAS WE DO HAVE FOUR LIGHT MASKS OUT THERE AND THEY WERE NOT FUNCTIONING, SO WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO GET THOSE WORKING. ANYWAY, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, SINCE THIS IS AN, UH, AN ICONIC LANDMARK, FOLKS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD REALLY TO COME AND SEE OUR WATER TOWER, UH, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER. UH, AND AS YOU ALL SEE IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, UM, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A REALLY IMPRESSIVE LIGHT PACKAGE FOR THAT WATER TOWER. UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY CHANGEABLE TO ANY TIME OF THE SEASON. WE DID GET THREE BIDS. UH, WE HAD ONE COMPANY FROM, I GUESS IT WAS BRITISH COLUMBIA. WE HAD ANOTHER COMPANY HERE, LOCAL, THE UNITED STATES, AND THEN WE HAD A LOCAL COMPANY HERE IN THE VALLEY. THAT WAS THE, THE LOW BID AND THE MOST ACCEPTABLE BID ONCE WE RAN IT BY THE ENGINEERS. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE, I'M, I'M PURSUING THIS HOSPITAL 500, UH, GRANT MONEY AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REAL INTERESTING PIECES THAT THEY CHANGED THE LEGISLATION A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GO BACKWARDS ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT. AND I THINK THE, THE CUTOFF WAS AUGUST. SINCE WE LET THIS PROJECT IN NOVEMBER, WE ACTUALLY QUALIFY RETRO FOR RETROACTIVE FUNDING FOR THIS. UH, WE WOULD SUBMIT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE. I THINK IF Y'ALL RECALL, THE, UH, ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS 3.2 MILLION. I, I GOT THIS THING IN AT 1.6. SO WE CAME IN WAY, WAY UNDER BUDGET, REALLY UNDER BUDGET. UM, THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE, UH, WILLIAMS TOWER, IN CASE Y'ALL WERE ASKING. THAT ONE'S A A TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUE. UH, BUT THIS ONE, SINCE IT DOES GET SUCH A, SUCH A GREAT AMOUNT OF ATTENTION, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD REALLY BE A GOOD ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY, WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR, UH, FREDDIE FENDER'S LEGACY AND WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR LANDMARK. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD SUBMIT THIS. I'VE CHECKED WITH, UH, A COUPLE OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE HELPING US PUT THIS APPLICATION TOGETHER AND THE ENGINEERS DID RUN IT BY TWDB AND IT'S PART OF THE LIGHTING REHAB, SO IT DOES QUALIFY. SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SUBMIT, DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA GET IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE IN THE TOP FIVE IN THE STATE FOR AVERAGE MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO GET IT ALL FULLY FUNDED. SO, UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL IF Y'ALL WOULD INDULGE US. FRED, WERE THE OTHER BIDS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET? YES, SIR. DID WE, UM, DID [00:55:01] WE GET A BID FOR JUST REPLACING THE FOREHEADS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE? UM, LIKE JUST JUST WITH REGULAR LED LIGHTS? THAT'S CORRECT. NO SIR, WE DID NOT. ALRIGHT, SO I, I WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT HERE. SO I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE MAY 12TH. IT FEELS LIKE TWO WEEKS, IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER ACTUALLY. UM, AND WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, RIGHT BEFORE BEING, TAKING MY OATH OF OFFICE, THERE WAS A MINOR FLOODING EVENT, AND THEN JUST A FEW WEEKS, MAYBE LAST WEEK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. AND THEN THIS WEEK HARLINGEN WAS HIT WITH TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. UH, WE CONTINUED TO HAVE THESE WEATHER RELATED EVENTS AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY, UH, FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE OF US TO BE SPENDING FUNDS LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IF REPLACING FOREHEAD AND MR. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, COULD YOU, MAYBE YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS NUMBER. WHAT DO FOUR HIGH HIGH KILOWATT LED BULBS HEADS WOULD COST TO REPLACE? DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON LED? IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE MANUFACTURER, BUT, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO ABOUT $1,200 A PIECE. UM, YEAH, TAKE IN ACCOUNT, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA NEED A, A BUCKET, A CHERRY PICKER, OR IF WE'RE GONNA NEED TO REPLACE ANY WIRE, UM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT, THAT, UM, UNFORESEEN EXPENSES THAT WILL COME UP. AND, UM, THAT'S JUST, UH, FOR A SMALL SIZE, THE BIGGER THE, THE, THE WATTAGE, THE MORE, THE MORE EXPENSIVE. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT IT CAN, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE UP TO 20,000. ARE THESE, UH, CURRENTLY BEING, UM, THEY'RE, I'M, I'M CERTAIN THEY'RE BEING SERVICED BY A EP, RIGHT? NO, SIR. THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIVATE, THEY'RE CITY OWNED, THEY'RE CITY OWNED LIGHTS, BUT THEY PAY, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. NO, AND, AND IN THAT 104,000 MAYOR, IF I COULD, YES, IN THAT AMOUNT, THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE ELECTRICAL. AS COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ MENTIONED, UH, THERE IS, THEY'RE NOT WORKING FOR A REASON. SO WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME PANEL ISSUES OUT THERE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THIS WOULD CLEAN UP ALL OUR PANELS. THIS WOULD CLEAN UP OUR, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR, UH, ALL OUR WIRING AND EVERYTHING ELSE NECESSARY TO, TO GET ALL THIS RUNNING ACCORDING TO, UH, TO SPEC. SO AGAIN, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE AS WELL. WE DO, AGAIN, THESE AREN'T WORKING FOR A REASON, SO WE'D HAVE TO ADDRESS IT REGARDLESS. COULD I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GET A QUOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL HEADS? I DON'T WANNA MAKE A, UM, WHEN I, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, I SAID ONE THING AND IT WAS GONNA BE GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS, RIGHT? AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS A, ANOTHER FANCY, UM, BUDGETARY EXPENSE. IS THIS A, WHERE'S THIS COMING OUT OF FRED? WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS. UH, SINCE THIS IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION, WE COULD USE, UM, HOTEL MOTEL MONEY. SO IT WASN'T BUDGETED? NO, SIR. IT WAS NOT. OKAY. SO THEN, UH, I MEAN, IT'S INCLUDED IN, IT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE REHAB. UH, IT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REHAB. WE NEED THE LIGHTS. UH, BUT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I MEAN, WE WOULD BE SUBMITTING THIS TO THE HOUSE BILL 500 FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AND IT DOES QUALIFY. DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA GET IT MM-HMM . BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, THEN WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GETTING ANYTHING ELSE. SO, SO, UH, BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED, THIS, UH, INDIVIDUAL CAME OVER AND DROPPED ME OFF A PETITION, IF I MAY, UM, JUST A SECOND. UM, HAVE THE FLOOR. MR. ESQUIVEL FROM 4 0 4 NORTH ANA STREET DROPPED OFF THIS LETTER WITH OVER TWO DOZEN, THREE DOZEN SIGNATURES OF NEIGHBORHOOD IN FRONT OF DR. CASH BECAUSE OF THE MINOR EVENT THAT FLOODED HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAD SEWAGE ALL OVER HIS FRONT YARD AND IN THE STREETS WHERE THE KIDS ARE GETTING DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP. AND HE BUILT A BRICK CEMENT BARRIER AROUND HIS HOME SO THAT THE WATER, WHENEVER CARS DRIVE THROUGH, DON'T GO SPLASHING INTO HIS HOME. AND HE HAD TO BUILD A SECONDARY BRICK STRUCTURE. THAT WAS PRETTY UNFORTUNATE. YOU THINK HE WAS SURPRISED THAT I WAS THERE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FORM OF LANDSCAPING, BUT NO, HE BUILT IT SO THAT HE COULD PREVENT WATER FROM GOING INTO HIS HOME. SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T APPROVE AN EXPENSE LIKE THIS. IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S CHEAPER AND WE'LL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. SO I'M GONNA MOTION TO, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, I WANNA MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR TO DENY THE REQUESTS SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL ALL OPPOSED TO DENY THE REQUESTS. NAY. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [10. Consideration and possible action to approve ratification of improvements completed at the Freddy Fender Museum located within the Community Building in the total amount of $25,800.00.] 10, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION [01:00:01] APPROVED RATIFICATION OF IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED AT THE FREDDIE FE MUSEUM, LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $25,800. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, THE FREDDIE DEFENDER MUSEUM RE RENOVATION PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED IN TWO PHASES WITH PHASE ONE FOCUSED ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COLLECTIONS VAULT AND THE PRIMARY EXHIBITION SPACE. DURING THE COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE, THE ADJOINING HISTORICAL MUSEUM SPACE BECAME AVAILABLE, CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE FRED DEFENDER MUSEUM TO PROVIDE A COHESIVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE FACILITY. ADDITIONAL RENOVATIONS WERE COMPLETED, INCLUDING GALLERY EXPANSION, GIFT SHOP IMPROVEMENTS, FLOOR POLISHING, PAINTING, CEILING TILE REPLACEMENT, AND OTHER FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, UH, EXHIBITION CAPACITY, IMPROVED VISITOR FLOW AND ACCESSIBILITY, UH, ENHANCE THE MUSEUM'S APPEARANCE, AND STRENGTHENED THE ABILITY TO SERVE AS A CULTURAL TOURISM DESTINATION FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO. THE FRED DEFENDER MUSEUM IS, UH, ONE OF SAN BENITO'S PREMIER CULTURAL TOURISM ASSETS, ATTRACTING VISITOR INTERESTS IN, UH, THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE HOMETOWN LEGEND OF FREDDIE FENDER. THE COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS HAVE TRANSFORMED THE MUSEUM INTO A MORE UNIFIED, PROFESSIONAL AND VISITOR FRIENDLY DESTINATION WHILE SERVING AND PROMOTING THE CITY'S UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE. UTILIZING HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUNDS FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS DIRECTLY SUPPORTS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCES THE VISITOR SERVICES AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECONO ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY. UH, THROUGH INCREASED CULTURAL AND HERITAGE TOURISM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS A RATIFICATION TO IT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WHAT WAS DONE FOR THE RATIFICATION? WHAT BROUGHT IT TO THAT AMOUNT? UM, SO WE STARTED WITH $9,500 WAS THE ORIGINAL. UH, AND THEN, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO THE, THE EXPANSION, IT WAS THAT ADDITIONAL 3,500, THE FLOOR POLISHING AFTER REMOVING ALL OF THOSE EXTERNAL WALLS, UH, WHICH ACTUALLY HAD YEARS OF BUILDUP THAT ALL HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, SANDED DOWN AND THEN REPOLISH AND THEN, UM, THE COMMUNITY BUILDING ENTRANCE, UH, WE, WE REPAINTED THAT AREA BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT COLORS. AND SO NOW IT'S ALL JUST ONE UNIFYING COLOR. AND, UH, THE CEILING TILES, WITH THOSE TWO RAIN EVENTS, WE HAD GOTTEN, UH, SOME DAMAGE. AND SO WE'VE SINCE I THINK, UH, MANAGED TO STOP THE, THE, THE LEAKS AND, BUT WE HAD TO REPLACE THE CEILING TILES IN THE, AND ALONG THE ENTRANCE AND IN THE MUSEUM ITSELF. IS THERE ANY CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR BEFORE SPENDING? UM, IT'S OUR, IT'S A 9,900. HOW MUCH IS THIS OVER? UM, WELL THIS IS A TOTAL OF 25,000. THIS PLEASE. SO THE REASON WHY IT'S, UH, BROUGHT UP TO YOU LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE IT STARTED BEING A PROJECT OF 9,500. WE MEET STICK CRITERIA RIGHT? WHEN, UH, ADDITIONAL PHASE START COMING TO, UM, FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THEN WE SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S GONNA EXCEED THE THRESHOLD THAT YOU ALL NEED TO SEE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT UP TO YOU RIGHT NOW. UM, SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET. IT'S, SOME OF THEM HAVE, LIKE THE INITIAL PART THAT WAS MINE AT THE TIME WAS TAKEN CARE OF. THEN THE THREE, UH, THOUSAND, THEY WERE ALREADY HAD THE MATERIALS THAT WERE THERE. SO THEY CONTINUE. SO I'M NOT SURE ON THE DEADLINES. WHEN DID THEY FINISH ALL THE PROJECTS? IT'S ALL FINISHED NOW. IT'S ALREADY DONE. THIS IS THE FINAL NUMBER? YEAH, THIS IS THE FINAL NUMBER. AND THEY COMPLETED S LIKE SEVERAL PHASES, BUT TIMEFRAME. SO LIKE WE HAD A MEETING AND IT DIDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE, SO THE PHASES WERE NOT COMPLETED. SO I TOLD HER, NOW THAT YOU HAVE IT, YOU NEED TO TAKE IT BECAUSE IT EXCEEDS THE THRESHOLD. SO THE, UM, YOU SAID THAT DURING THE RENOVATIONS, THE OTHER PART OF THE BUILDING CAME AVAILABLE? YES. WHEN WAS THAT? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER. DO WE RECALL? THAT WAS, UM, WE'VE GOT THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS. SO IN JANUARY, THAT'S WHEN YOU STARTED? RIGHT, SO JANUARY WAS WHEN WE STARTED. SO THE FIRST, UM, I GUESS TASK QUARTER, THE 9,500 STARTED BACK IN JANUARY. IT WAS A PARTIAL, UH, 'CAUSE HE HADN'T FINISHED THE COMPLETE PROJECT, BUT HE NEEDED TO BUY LIKE THE SUPPLIES THAT HE NEEDED TO LIKE WHATEVER HE WAS GONNA REPLACE. SO, [01:05:01] UM, WE PAID HIM PORTION WHEN HE COMPLETED CERTAIN, LIKE A PHASE OF ONE PHASE. SO PAY HIM A PORTION BACK IN JANUARY. THEN I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG HE TOOK TO DO THAT THEN BACK ON. ALRIGHT. BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHEN DID THAT OTHER PART OF THE BUILDING BECOME AVAILABLE? SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE MS. . SO IT, IT WOULD BE RIGHT WHENEVER WE SUBMITTED THAT. SO WHENEVER THE NEXT ONE WAS, I HAVE ALL THE, SO, UH, APRIL. APRIL. SO WHY WASN'T IT BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION THEN? OH, BECAUSE BACK THEN IT WAS ONLY 9,500. SO AT THAT TIME SHE WAS FINE. FINE. RIGHT. BUT YOU WERE EXPANDING, YOU WERE EXPANDING THE PROJECT. WHY WASN'T IT BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME TO OH, I WAS NOT ASK, I WAS NOT AWARE UNTIL I SAW THE PAPER TRAIL. THEN I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP TOO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A SEPARATE PROJECT. SO WE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT AND NOW ALL THIS SEEMS TO BE, UH, COMING UP. SO LET'S, BUT FOR PROCUREMENT PURPOSES, IF YOU'RE DOING FACE PHASES IS CONSIDERED ONE PROJECT. RIGHT? SO WE, THERE IS A LOT OF LIKE BACK AND FORTH, LIKE, OKAY, NO, THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE COMPLETE THING. 'CAUSE IT'S THE SAME, SAME, IT'S ONE, ONE INDIVIDUAL'S GETTING PAID, IT GOES OVER THE THRESHOLD. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT. CORRECT. WHO GAVE THE, LIKE, WHO WOULD GIVE THE OKAY TO CONTINUE AT THAT 3000? AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT THE 25,000, NOT BY 3000 AT THE TIME, BUT WHO GAVE THE, OKAY, LET'S CONTINUE, CONTINUE, CONTINUE. PAY, PAY, PAY. SO IT WAS THE, THE, THE CITY MANAGER AND, YOU KNOW, HAS THE FINAL DECISION ON OUR SPENDING. OKAY. FRED, DO YOU CARE TO ELABORATE, CHRIS? SO ALSO I DID, I I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE RATIFICATIONS AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE THAT WE'RE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE BUDGETARY EXPENSES THAT ARE NOT EMERGENCY PURPOSES. UM, THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. AGAIN, IT'S A LUXURY ITEM. IT'S GREAT, IT'S CULTURAL ARTS. WE CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH PROPERTY PROCUREMENT STANDARDS. THAT'S GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION MOVING FORWARD. MR. FRED, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR COMMISSIONER NOVATO? MAYOR PRO TEMP? SORRY. UH, YES SIR. I DO. UH, MAYOR PRO TIM. SO AGAIN, AS ALADA SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS THING STARTED OFF AS ONE PROJECT, AS Y'ALL RECALL. WE HAD A DIFFERENT MUSEUM IN THERE. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A FREDDIE FENDER MUSEUM, AND THEN WE HAD OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE, UH, MUSEUM IN THERE AS WELL. WHAT HAPPENED WAS, WHEN THESE FOLKS MOVED EVERYTHING OUT, UM, SOME OF THE STUFF WHEN IT WAS REMOVED, UM, LEFT THE SPACE IN NOT TOO GOOD A CONDITION. OKAY. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE ISSUE. AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE WAS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW FREDDY FENDER, UH, ARTIFACTS THAT WERE GONNA COME IN, WE NEEDED TO MAKE THE SPACE. UM, ALL OF THAT HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND, AGAIN, THE TIME THAT THE, WE HAD THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHEN THIS THING BECAME A BIGGER PROJECT. UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMITMENT FROM THE FREDDIE FENDER ESTATE AND THE FACT THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO COMPLY. WE DIDN'T WANNA HOLD THIS THING UP BECAUSE THE EVENT HAD ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED. UM, IT GOT, IT GOT, WE GOT CAUGHT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DID NOT WANT TO DISAPPOINT THE FREDDIE FENDER ESTATE. WE DID NOT WANT TO LET THE, THE EVENT DOWN. AND WE WERE NOT IN ANY CONDITION TO BE ABLE TO, TO PROPERLY HOST AND REALLY GIVE THE CREDIT TO, TO THE, TO THE ESTATE AND THE ARTIFACTS AS, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. AND A PRO. AND AGAIN, THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE EVER REMODELED, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU START, WHEN YOU START TEARING INTO SOMETHING THAT'S OLD, YOU JUST FIND MORE PROBLEMS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT. UH, ALADA WAS TRYING TO DO THE BEST SHE COULD. SHE WAS ASKING FOR, UH, FOR PERMISSION TO PROCEED. AND I GRANTED IT BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT THIS THING TO BE HELD UP AND THEN US BE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE COULD NOT HOST THIS EVENT. UH, AGAIN, UM, IT WAS A COUPLE THINGS WORKING AGAINST US AT THE SAME TIME. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MEANS TO THE END WAS GOOD. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT HOTEL MOTEL MONEY WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UH, ONCE THE PROCUREMENT CHANGED, WE, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO Y'ALL. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PROJECT THAT IS BEING DONE. MY PROBLEM IS WITH WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, YOU WAIT UNTIL IT GETS TOO FAR ALONG AND THEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO A RATIFICATION. IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, UH, OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WHERE THE FUND'S COMING FROM. HOTEL AX HOTEL. [01:10:03] OKAY. WELL WE OWE THE MONEY. SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT. NO MORE RATIFICATIONS, PLEASE. NO, SIR. DO I HAVE A, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LATER [11. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to O.M.T. Utilities for emergency repairs to the Line 17 Lift Station six-inch discharge pipe in the amount of $164,500.00.] ITEM 11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT TO OMT UTILITIES FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO LINE 17 LIFT STATION, SIX INCH DISCHARGE PIPE AND, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $164,500. UM, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THAT, UH, EDWARDS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET WHAT THAT LIFT STATION LOOKED LIKE. UM, WE HAD BEEN, WE HAD BEEN LIMPING ALONG WITH ONE, WITH ONE PUMP THERE. WE DID HAVE THESE PUMPS READY TO GO AND INSTALL. HOWEVER, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE SCHEDULE OF IT AND, AND, AND TRYING TO BID THIS THING OUT. AND, UH, WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS WE HERE RECENTLY, RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION. AND RIGHT AROUND THERE WE STARTED HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH AT LIFT STATION. IF Y'ALL RECALL, EVEN YOU MAYOR GOT SOME CALLS ABOUT UPSTREAM. THERE'S A, UM, THERE IS A, UH, DIALYSIS BUSINESS RIGHT THERE UPSTREAM FROM THIS, FROM THIS PARTICULAR LIFT STATION. UH, WHENEVER WE HAD A RAIN EVENT, WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF INI COMING INTO THE SYSTEM AND THESE FOLKS WERE HAVING A LOT OF BACK, BACK, UH, BACKUP OF SEWAGE INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR BUILDING AND INTO THEIR AREA. WELL, NOT NECESSARILY THEIR BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR TOILETS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MEDICAL FACILITY. WE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THERE. AND RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME, THE ONE PUMP THAT WE HAD WENT OUT, WE WERE TRYING TO SCHEDULE IT, GET ALL THE SPECS WRITTEN, UM, AND WE HAD TO BYPASS IT WITH A TRASH PUMP. UM, WITH THE RAINS THAT WERE COMING HERE ABOUT WEEK AND A HALF AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DID NOT, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE THESE PATIENTS THERE HAVE TROUBLE WITH A SUBSTANDARD LIFT STATION DOWNSTREAM, WHICH WOULD'VE CAUSED PROBLEMS. WE REPLACED THE PUMPS, THE MOTORS, THE CONTROLS, THE DISCHARGE PIPE. IF YOU SEE IT'S IN REALLY, REALLY BAD SHAPE. THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, DECADES OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. AND AGAIN, IT FELL, IT FELL ON US HERE ON ME AND, AND THE STAFF TO FIX IT. UH, LUCKILY WE DID HAVE THE PUMPS AND THE MOTORS AND THE CONTROLS, BUT, UH, THE DISCHARGE PIPE AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE, THE BYPASS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND A PRETTY DEEP, UH, LIFT STATION. SO, UM, WE TRIED TO GET AHEAD OF THE RAIN AND AVOID ISSUES WITH SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS THAT WERE, THAT CON YOU KNOW, HAD PROBLEMS, UM, TO GET IT DONE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO, IT NEEDED TO GET DONE ANYWAY. UM, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE RATIFICATION, BUT THIS WAS A, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT AHEAD OF IT. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REPORT FOR THE RECORD. I HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT TO ME THROUGH, UM, TAX AND ON FEBRUARY 18TH, I REPORTED THIS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD A REPORT COMING IN FROM THE DIALYSIS CENTER IN MARCH. AND THEN APRIL 7TH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIALYSIS CENTER ALSO SENT IN A VERY LENGTHY EMAIL ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF OVERFLOW. UM, I HAVE DRIVEN BY THE FACILITY SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HAVE SEEN A PUMP PRETTY MUCH SERVICING THE ENTIRE LIFT STATION. WAS THERE A NEED? YES. WAS IT EMERGENCY? NO. UM, WE ARE AN OVER A CENTURY OLD CITY, UM, AT THE TIME IN FEBRUARY WHEN I REPORTED IT, LIKE THIS IS JUNE 2ND. SO WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS AND WE TAKE CARE OF THINGS THROUGH AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU AN EMERGENCY FEE, VERY HIGH COST FEE. SO WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THESE THINGS, THESE RATIFICATIONS OR CALL THINGS EMERGENCIES WHEN THEY'RE BEING REPORTED ON TWO CASES, ONCE BY MYSELF AND ONE'S BY THE BUSINESS OWNER. AND ONCE BY, I GUESS ANOTHER ONE BY THE RESIDENT. SO IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME. UM, OBVIOUSLY THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. UM, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT APPROVED THE RATIFICATION IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT APPROVED THE PAYMENT TO OMT UTILITIES, TO, TO DO THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS WAS STAFF AND MYSELF, STAFF AND YOURSELF. ONCE IT WAS COMPLETE AND UNDER OPERATION. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, [01:15:01] CONCERNS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM? UTILITY FUND. UTILITY FUND. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, UM, [Item 12 - 15] ITEMS 12, 13, 14, AND 15 ALL RELATE TO, UM, AKA FEST OR THE POTENTIAL OF AKA FIST. SO WE START OFF WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, TO FUND IT THE FOLLOWING 3, 13, 14, AND 15 WOULD BE THE FIREWORKS, THE ACTUAL, UH, STAGE AND EVENT AND THEN WHATEVER, WHATEVER MUSIC Y'ALL WOULD CHOOSE. SO THEY'RE ALL TIED TOGETHER. UM, AGAIN, WE NEED TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. UH, BUT IT'S UP TO THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. OTHERWISE WE REALLY CAN'T PROCEED 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MONEY LEFT IN THE ACCOUNT. MS. STEPHANIE, I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG WITH THE DISCRETIONARY FUND, UM, FUNDING AND THEN LEAVE IT A DEFICIT IN THE ACCOUNT? SO, UM, YES, BUT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE IN THE NEGATIVE AT A, AT A NEGATIVE. SO EVERY EXPENSE THEY DO, IT'S GONNA REFLECT US OVER BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHAT THE MEAT WE ARE OVER BUDGET. YES. THAT'S WHAT, SO I, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO IT THAT WAY. 'CAUSE THEN IT, IT REALIZES TO US AND TO THE COMMISSION TO EVERYBODY THAT WE WERE OVER BUDGET. YES. OKAY. BUT I MEAN, YES, BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU A CAP FOR WHATEVER. IT CAN BE EXPENSE ON THAT SPECIFIC, UH, EVENT. SO, SO WE CAN STILL, IF WE JUST AGREE TO HAVE AN EVENT WITH AN OVER BUDGET ACCOUNT, THEN YOU'RE REALLY NOT CAPPING MM-HMM . HOW MUCH THEY CAN EXPENSE. THEY CAN GO, 'CAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVE THE OKAY TO OVER BUDGET 13, 14, AND 15. SO WE CAN GIVE A CAP TO DISCRETIONARY FUNDING. CORRECT. AND THAT'LL BE BASICALLY GIVING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO IT. I DON'T WANT THE BUDGET AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO APPEAR THAT IT WAS BALANCED WHEN IT OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT. RIGHT. SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, THE BARRACKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT, IT'S PART OF THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW OUR GENERAL FUND SHOULD BE AS OF MAY AND BECAUSE JUNE JUST STARTED, UH, 66 POINT 67%, THAT'S WHAT, UM, MAY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 60% FOR THE OVERALL, UM, BUDGET. UM, DEPARTMENTS, THE ONES THAT BUDGET APPROPRIATELY WOULD EITHER SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THEY BUDGET WHAT THEY NEEDED, SOME OF 'EM FOR SEEING EXPENSES AND THEY END UP GETTING A DISCOUNT. SO THOSE WOULD SAVE SOME MONEY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WHEN I PROVIDE TO YOU, UH, UM, A BALANCE BUDGET, IT'S THE COMPLETE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE COMPLETE BUDGET FOR UTILITIES. SO IT WON'T LOOK LIKE THEIR BALANCE, THAT DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THIS WILL SHOW AS A MID BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, UH, OR SOFTWARE DOES NOT, JUST ALLOWS US TO JUST CHANGE THE AMOUNT AT YEAR. UH, STARTING OF THE YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE A NOTE AND A MID-BUDGET ADJUSTMENT THERE. SO AT THE END OF THE PERCENTAGE USED, IT'LL SAY 110%, RIGHT? IT'LL BE OVER YES. FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGETED AMOUNT. UM, BUT YOU CAN LEAVE IT WITHOUT MAKING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AND CAPPING THE, THE, THE EVENT IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT TOO FOR THE COMMISSION'S. UM, FOR HISTORY PURPOSES, WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL EVENTS BUDGET? UM, 160,000 160 IS WHAT I HAD. SO, AND THAT COMES FROM, UM, THE EXPENSES COME FROM THE PARADE. THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, CHRISTMAS PARADE, AND THEN HOT WATER. AND, AND I THINK WE HAD HALLOWEEN EVENT AND LIKE WE HAD ANOTHER ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVENT. TREE LIGHTING. TREE LIGHTING. YEAH. DID WE RECEIVE ANY REVENUE BACK FROM THE HOG WATER TO DATE? UM, WE'D RECEIVED, UH, SOME THAT'S COMING OUT. THE REVENUE EXPENSE REPORT FOR THAT. YOU, WE RECEIVED SOME REVENUE BACK FROM THE TICKET SALES WE SOLD AND IN HOUSE OF VENDORS AND, UM, UM, A DONATION. THE SPONSORSHIPS. MM-HMM . AND ALCOHOL SALES? NO, WE, WE DID NOT PERCEIVE ANYTHING FROM ALCOHOL. WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING BACK FROM THAT. NO. THAT'S FANTASTIC. UM, WELL WE HAVE TO HAVE A CELEBRATION FOR THE 250TH [01:20:01] BIRTHDAY FOR 4TH OF JULY. DO WE HAVE A DATE YET OR THAT'S GONNA BE NEXT? THAT'S, THAT'S UP, THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. OKAY. WE WERE, WE WERE PROPOSING JULY. DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY DAD, UH, WERE PROPOS JULY 2ND. MY DAD'S HERE IN THE ROOM AND SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY FOR FIREWORKS, SO ALL I GOT WAS 20 BUCKS. BUT I WISH HE WOULD MAKE SOME MORE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK HE LEARNED HIS LESSON ONE TIME AT PETER PIPER'S WHEN HE GAVE ME $20 WORTH OF TOKENS AND I SPENT THEM IN TWO MINUTES. THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED ACCOUNTING AND THAT'S WHEN HE LEARNED DON'T, THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. BUDGET AMENDMENT. DON'T GIVE THE NINO THE FULL, THE FULL PIGGY BANK AVAILABLE FOR THAT FRIDAY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUT IN A CAP. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE CAN STILL FIND SOME GROUPS. WELL, LET'S NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM THE, SORRY, I THINK I STRAY TOO FAR FROM THE AGENDA. SO THURSDAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT? WELL, WHO, WHO WOULD BE, WHO WOULD BE, UH, ORGANIZING THE AKA FEST? THAT'D BE ME. STAFF AND STAFF. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, ON THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, WE DID WENT OVER PREVIOUS EXPENSES FROM OUR LAST, UM, AKA FEST. SO WE WENT BASED OF THE AMOUNT OF FIREWORKS, THE BASE OF THE AMOUNT OF, UH, PORTA POTTIES, THE KIDS' RIGHTS, WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. SO WE BASED OVER AMOUNTS TO THAT. UM, ANOTHER ADDITIONAL LINE THAT ADDED, THERE WAS A, THERE ESTIMATED AMOUNTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DATE, SO WE CANNOT ASK FOR QUOTES. WE DON'T HAVE A DATE. WE DON'T KNOW AVAILABILITY, BUT THAT'S BASED ON PRIOR EXPENSES. UM, AND THERE TO BE CAPPED AT THAT AMOUNT THAT WE LIST THEM THERE. THEY COULD BE LESS, BUT THEY CANNOT BE MORE OF WHAT? SO ISN'T THE USUALLY ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF JULY? YES. AND THAT HAPPENED TO BE 4TH OF JULY. OKAY. SO AND SO, UH, DID WE HAVE FEST LAST YEAR? WE DID. MM-HMM . DID WE HAVE FEST THE YEAR BEFORE THAT? WE'VE BEEN HAVING IT EVERY YEAR. WE'VE BEEN HAVING IT EVERY YEAR. MM-HMM . SO WHY AREN'T WE PLANNING THIS YEAR IN ADVANCE? AND WE KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH NEXT YEAR. IT'S NOT UP TO ME. COMMISSIONER, I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. WE'LL GET, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP STAFF MORE ACCOUNTABLE. I'VE ASKED FOR A YEARLY CALENDAR TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. SO YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN THESE DATES FALL. THIS YEAR FEST FELL ON A WEEKEND AND THE STAFF WILL BE OFF ON FRIDAY. SO WE HAVE SOME PROPOSED DATES, MAYBE. UM, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO IN INCREASE THE BUDGET AMOUNT, UH, BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED? OR ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBER? I WOULD SAY THAT FIREWORKS ARE USUALLY, AND HEADLINERS FIREWORKS ARE USUALLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES. USUALLY ABOUT 15 GRAND. AND HEADLINERS CAN RUN FROM, UH, YOU COULD SPEND UNDER 20 GRAND ON FOUR BANDS, 1500 A PIECE, AND THEN ONE HEADLINER AT 10 TO 15 GRAND. AND THEN STAFF. BUT STAFF IS PAYROLL. THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM, JUST FOR REFERENCE, UM, EMOTIONAL TOO, IS THAT, YEAH, WE HAVE 12. I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE 12, 13 AND 14. THEY'RE ALL AND 15. THEY'RE ALL ABOUT FEST. FRED, YOU WANNA READ THE NEXT ONES? SURE. MAYOR ITEM 13 IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED PROPOSAL BY BIG G'S FIREWORKS FOR A PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY FEST 2026 AND THE AMOUNT OF $16,000 CONSIDERATION. AND ITEM NUMBER 14 IS CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION, APPROVED PERFORMANCE STAGE AND GENERATE A RENTAL FOR THE FEST 2026 EVENT FROM DG ENTERTAINMENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 16,500. AND NUMBER 15 WOULD BE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REPROVE THE FEST HEADLINER, WELL, THAT WOULD BE ALL MUSIC AND THE HEADLINER NOT TO EXCEED $25,000. WHO'S GONNA BE MANAGING IT? THE EVENT. VIANNA GUARDS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. DO WE HAVE ANY PROMOTERS OR ANY ADVERTISING? THE EVENT FOR US? NOT YET. IN-HOUSE ADVERTISING. IN-HOUSE, YEAH, WE'RE DOING ADVERTISING. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S $57,500. PROPOSED EXPENSE OUT OF THE 75,000. ANY QUESTIONS? NO SHOW MUST GO ON. I HAVE A MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE. [01:25:03] I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. I'LL OPPOSED A NAY. MOTION CARRIES FOR ITEMS 13, 14, 15 AND NUMBER 12. 12, 13, 14, 15. NOW WE'RE BRINGING BACK ITEM [5. Consideration and possible action to approve an Agreement between the City of San Benito and the Freddy Fender Estate for the Freddy Fender Museum Grand Reopening Celebration Event. (Part 2 of 2)] FIVE. NUMBER FIVE, LADY GARCIA, CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM DIRECTOR. PRESENTING THE ITEM AGAIN. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER LATER? UM, YES. SO, UH, SO WHEN WE REVISITED THE, THE ESTIMATES HERE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 2K FOR RESTROOMS, 4K FOR GENERATOR, AND 4K FOR STAFF. AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO NOT EXCEED 10 OR $10,000. WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS AGAIN? UH, SO TWO, FOUR AND FOUR. TWO. TWO. YEAH. TWO, FOUR, AND FOUR FOR RESTROOMS, GENERATOR AND STAFF. ARE WE RENTING THE GENERATORS OR DO WE HAVE SOME FROM THE CITY? WE GOT, WE HAVE TO RENT THEM. UH, COMMISSIONER, THEY'RE TOO BIG. THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY BIG. WE HAVE A FEW. AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SOME, SO KNOCK ON THEIR DOORS. AS FAR AS THE EVENT, IS THE, ARE WE PARTNER OF AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR THEY THEY'RE DOING. IT'S THEIR THING. IT'S THEIR WHOLE THING. RIGHT. SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, VIRON, MENO, UH, FREDDY FENDER ESTATE REPRESENTATIVE TO ANSWER THAT. HI . HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL EVENING. SO, UH, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH PARTNERING WITH THE MUSEUM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS A BIG MOMENT. IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR, UH, I WANNA GUESSTIMATE OVER 10 YEARS. THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN MUCH MOVEMENT IN THE BUILDING. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY GETS THEIR FULL BANG FOR OUR BUCK, WHICH MEANS WE ARE HIRING THE BANDS. WE ARE INVITING BMI, WE ARE COVERING THE COST FOR THEIR FLIGHT, THEIR HOTEL WE'RE COVERING THE COST FOR THE BANDS HOTEL, THEIR WRITER, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. ALONG WITH ALL OF THE PRESENTERS. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH FREDDY THAT THANKFULLY ARE STILL ALIVE AND AROUND AND WANT TO SPEAK WITH US. UM, PRODUCERS, FELLOW MUSICIANS. UM, WE ARE ALSO COVERING PRESS. SO WE ARE DOING THE MARKETING, THE PUBLICITY ON OUR SIDE TO UM, KIND OF COM, UH, I'M GONNA USE THE WRONG WORD, I'M SO SORRY. UH, COMMINGLE WITH THE CITY'S IN-HOUSE MARKETING AND PRESS. SO WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT. SO ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A REST ROUGH ESTIMATE OF 20 K THAT WE ARE COVERING. UM, THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY, ANY OF THE 10 K THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO THAT'S A 30 K IN TOTAL. OUR PARTNERSHIP CITIES, IT'S A LOT LESS THAN 75 GRAND. DO YOU WANNA RUN AKA FEST? I'D LOVE TO. LET'S GO. I CAN DO IT. NO, I'M NOT. I'M NOT KIDDING. . WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. BUT ALL JOKES ASIDE, WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN EXPENSE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS HIS HOMETOWN. HE SPENT YEARS DOING PHILANTHROPY HERE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER TO EVERYBODY WHY WE ARE SPENDING THIS MONEY AND WHY WE ARE INVESTING IN SAN BENITO. SO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COVERING. WE'RE REALLY COVERING THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROGRAMMING AND MAKING SURE THE CITY HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED. CITY, CITY PEOPLE. LIKE IF YOU TELL, IF YOU CALL ME AND SAY, HEY VERONIQUE, I I NEED THIS NUMBER, I NEED THIS. HEY, HOW CAN, HOW CAN WE HELP EACH OTHER? WHATEVER. YOU CAN CALL ME UP AND I'LL MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE, WE, I MEAN WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY. LOVE TO BE PART OF IT. WE APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR HAVING THINGS IN ORDER FOR YOU, HOPEFULLY WAS A LOT FASTER. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTRIBUTE A LOT MORE NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU DO IT AGAIN. UH, NOT JUST THAT, BUT I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS AND, AND THIS ISN'T THROWING ANYBODY NOWHERE, IT'S, WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GONNA BE SO BIG. THE MUSEUM HADN'T BEEN OPEN FOR 10 YEARS. NONE OF US WERE SURE WHAT THE REACTION WAS GONNA BE. WE TOLD THEM WE SHOULD GET TICKETS JUST TO MAKE SURE WHAT STAFFING THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY NEED. WE'RE HITTING ABOUT A THOUSAND TICKETS GIVEN OUT FOR FREE THANKS TO ONE OF OUR TITLE SPONSORS. HE ALSO IS FROM THE VALLEY. HE WANTED TO INVEST IN SAN BENITO. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO COME. SO WE ARE NOT JUST LIKE SPENDING THE MONEY JUST TO TAKE MONEY FROM YOU. WE WANT, WE'RE INVESTING IT REALLY. SO YEAH. AND WE ALSO, UM, HAVE A GIFT FROM LONE STAR COMING IN PRETTY SOON. I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I'M SO SORRY. I JUST WALKED OFF . NO, JUST, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND WE'RE FOR THIS, THIS PROJECT. MM-HMM . WE'RE TRYING TO [01:30:04] GET OUR STAFF TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN PRODUCING THESE PROJECTS. OF COURSE. AND, AND I AND I DO THINK I I I'LL TAKE SOME BLAME. I'M, I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I'LL WELL, THE STATE WILL TAKE SOME BLAME AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A NICE A HUNDRED PEOPLE. NOW WE'RE NOW, I MEAN, I'M SORRY. IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE NOW WE'RE HAVING OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COME AND THAT WAS NOT LIKE, OUR INTENT WAS NOT TO MAKE IT THIS BIG. AND, AND, AND IT'S NATIONWIDE. WE HAVE SONGWRITERS AND PEOPLE COMING IN FROM NASHVILLE AND CALIFORNIA. SO I MEAN, WE HAVE TO, WE DIDN'T EXPECT THE OUTCOME. WE'RE HAPPY FOR IT, BUT YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL TAKE SOME BLAME. I'LL TAKE MY KNOCKS AND AND I'LL DO BETTER. BUT I, I ALSO WANNA SAY WE, WE WANNA DO WELL WITH YOU. WELL, IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT, I THINK WE JUST FOUND OUR NEW SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. SO THERE WE GO. I KNOW THE MUSICIANS WELL, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ANNUAL 'CAUSE WE WANNA KEEP IT RUNNING, HOPEFULLY. OKAY. YEAH, FOR SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A MO IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, NO MORE THAN $10,000 INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY'S MONETARY OBLIGATIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PEREZ. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. FROM MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED A NAY. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON 12 13 14 15? NO, WE'RE GOOD. WE MOVED THEM. OKAY. UM, SO [EXECUTIVE SESSION] THE TIME IS 7 0 3. WE'LL BE THE CONVENIENT TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 5 1 SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONAL MATTERS, PERSONNEL MATTERS. AND SECTION 5 5 1 0 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE DUTIES, EVALUATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF ONE OR MORE PUBLIC OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. AND TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON RELATED LEGAL MATTERS. MY RECOMMENDATION IS [POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION] THE TIME IS 7 54, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE'LL BE NO ACTION ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA ITEM, IF THERE ARE NO MORE ACTION, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 7 54. THE DATE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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