* 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] CALL TO ORDER NOTICE OF [CALL TO ORDER] REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN MANTO. DATE JULY 21ST TIME IS FOUR FORTY FIVE. RUTH ROLL CALL MAY PRO. UH, JOE NAVARRO PRESENT, COMMISSIONER RICARDO PEREZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER DANIEL CORTEZ, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER VICTOR GONZALEZ, PRESENT ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES. NOT HERE YET. THANK YOU. WE CAN STAND FOR PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE AND FOLLOW VOCATION PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES REPUBLIC NATION NATION. LIBERTY, HONOR, I RES TO TEXAS ON STATE. MS. MAXWELL, MS. MAXWELL AND MS. MAXWELL, THE LEADERS IN VOCATION. OKAY. WE COULD, UH, BOW OUR HEADS AND I ENCOURAGE THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN US IN PRAYER. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO GATHER HERE. BLESS EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE AND, UH, OUR LEADERS. BLESS YOUR FAMILIES, BLESS THEIR JOBS, THEIR INCOMES, UH, THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR DESTINATIONS FOR THE GOING AFTER THE MEETING. WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT WE HAVE. PLEASE KEEP ON GIVING THEM WISDOM TO LEAD US FATHER AND, UM, THEIR DUTIES. AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE EVERY DAY IN, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE THANK YOU LORD. AMEN. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. [ANNOUNCEMENT(S) ] ANNOUNCEMENTS. JULY 21ST FROM FIVE 30 TO SIX 30 MONTHLY COOKIE DECORATING CLASS AT 70 TO PUBLIC LIBRARY. JULY 22ND FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM SP POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE AT WALMART OFFICE, 77, JULY 25TH FROM 10 TO 1:00 PM RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT 11:00 AM SUNSET BEST GRANT, AMENITY AND BLOCK PARTY. JULY 29TH. VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING ON TEXAS. DOT. UH, TTI AND C-C-R-M-R ARE SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON PROPOSAL TO WIDEN FM 1846, OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD, AUGUST 21ST FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM THE RGB FOOD BANK DRIVE THROUGH AT 70 FAIRGROUNDS. 1501 SE GON PARKWAY. ALRIGHT, OPEN [PUBLIC COMMENTS] FOR PUBLIC COMICS. RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? YES, MAYOR PROAM, LETICIA MAXWELL. I JUST, UH, UM, WANNA, UH, BRING TO THE ATTENTION SOME NOT CONCERNS, JUST, UH, SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE SOMEBODY LITTLE BETTER. UH, NO RESTRICTION FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE SKIRTS FOR STUFF THAT IS NOT GOVERNMENT, UM, LED. NOTHING ABOUT VOTING, BUT JUST, UM, PARTICIPATING IN, IN THE EVENTS. UM, LIKE THE, LIKE THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON THE FIRST. ALSO, ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES THAT SHARE THE SAME LOCATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE LOCATED AT THE SAME STREET, MAYBE. UM, THEY CAN COLLABORATE TOGETHER FOR COMMON, UH, SCHEDULES. SO THE BUSINESSES, UH, SHARE THAT COMMON SCHEDULE SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GO INTO THOSE BUSINESSES, KIND OF LIKE AT THE SAME TIME. AND ALSO TO SUPPORT KIDS THAT WANT TO BE ENTREPRENEURS, MAYBE SELLING LITTLE CRAFTS. UH, SO WE CAN INSTILL THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN THEM. MAYBE PRACTICE THEIR MATH SKILLS IN THEIR, IN THEIR REAL LIFE. BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND MAYBE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FUTURE BUSINESS OWNERS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU NO MORE. MAYOR PATAM, ULAR, MAYOR. [00:05:06] THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO. WHERE ARE WE AT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS, PRESENTATIONS, [PRESENTATION(S) ] PRESENTATION. INTERIM CITY MANAGER CARLOS ENA PRESENTING THE ITEM. UH, YES. UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, JUST WANTED TO ADVISE ON A COUPLE OF, UH, ITEMS. ONE IS THAT, UH, BUDGET, UH, STAFF IS WORKING ON A, ON A COMMUNITY BUDGET FORUM. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HOLDING IT ON JULY THE 28TH, UH, FROM FIVE TO 6:00 PM AT, AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, AN UPCOMING, UH, BUDGET FORUM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM, ALSO WE, THERE IS A, UH, A COOL FOR, FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITY GIVEAWAY. THAT'S, THAT THE CITY'S PARTNERING WITH, UH, WITH, UH, UH, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST THE SEVENTH AT 4:00 PM UNTIL SUPPLIES LAST. UH, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING FREE HAIRCUTS, FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BACKPACKS, CRAYON FOLDERS, UH, MUSIC AND SNOW CONES. I ENCOURAGE, UH, UH, THE COMMUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND PARTICIPATE. UH, I ALSO WANTED TO ADVISE THE, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION THAT I DID MEET WITH, UM, REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, THAT DIRECTOR, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH HIM TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE TO STRIPE THE CENTER LINE OF ROBERTON STREET FROM SAM HOUSTON TO BUSINESS 77. AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY EXCESS FUNDS FOR, FOR OTHER PROJECTS IN THAT AREA. THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MS. ENA. WE HAVE NEXT, UH, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, GO AHEAD MR. NIA, WHAT WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT YOU MADE OF THE 28TH? UH, YES, THE STAFF IS LOOKING AT A C UH, COMMUNITY BUDGET FORUM. UH, JULY THE 28TH. WE WERE LOOKING AT FIVE TO 6:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING. OKAY. BUT WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THAT DAY AT THAT TIME, DON'T WE? YES, YES, SIR. RIGHT AFTER, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, IT'S GONNA BE TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF LIKE AN INFORMAL WORKSHOP, BUDGET WORKSHOP. SO I THINK THAT THE INTENT WAS TO DO LIKE A FORUM TO, FOR THE, THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY, IF THEY SO CHOSE TO, AND THE, AND THE STAFF WOULD BE PROVIDING INFORMATION. YOU DON'T WANNA DO A COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP. SO ON THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE THING IS THOUGH, THE COMMUNITY HAD, UH, BEFORE THEY DID THE, WHAT WAS THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEIR INPUT. AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF FORWARD, THE COMPREHENSIVE, SORRY. THE COMPREHENSIVE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT ITEM. THIS IS, THIS IS, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IS REQUIRED EVERY, WELL, IT'S NOT REQUIRED. WE ARE, THE CITY MANAGER IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT A BUDGET AND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PER CITY CHARTER TO THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, BY AUGUST FOR THE OCTOBER 1ST FISCAL YEAR. TRADITIONALLY, WE'VE HELD, UH, TWO TO THREE BUDGET WORKSHOPS BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED, UM, AND FINALIZED. SO USUALLY FINANCE WILL PRESENT WHERE THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE, WHAT REVENUES, POTENTIAL REVENUES SUCH AS TAX RATE AND ECONOMIC SALES, TAX DOLLARS. AND THEN, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS CAN HAVE THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION. UM, I FELT LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE. SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE IS DO A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUCH THAT ARE HERE TODAY, HOPEFULLY WOULD COME BACK AND SAY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THE DIFFERENT RESPECTIVES. UM, MORE PROGRAMS, LESS PROGRAMS, MORE PAY LESS PAY MORE, MORE PUBLIC SAFETY, BETTER PARKS. JUST A WAY TO GET SOME MORE COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS FISCAL BUDGET, NOT NECESSARILY THE TENURE OUTLOOK. UM, THIS WAS, THIS WAS DISCUSSED THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP. AND I THINK COMMISSIONER CORTES SUGGESTED BARBECUE. SO, UM, STAFF THAT'S BEEN ORGANIZING IT. DEANNA, DO WE KNOW WHAT FOOD WE'RE HAVING? FOOD DRAWS THE CROWD. I'M SURE WE WILL BE HAVING, UH, FAJITA AND CHICKEN TACOS, TACOS, BARBECUE. TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. HOW MANY, HOW MANY MORE BUDGET WORKSHOPS ARE WE HAVING THE INTENT TO HAVE? ONE MORE. COMMISSIONER. WE'RE THE 28TH. YES, WE'RE HOPING. AND THAT'S THE FINAL ONE. THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING IT, IT'S UP TO THE, TO THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION, BUT THE INTENT FOR US IS [00:10:01] TO, TO, TO BE READY BY THAT DATE SO WE CAN PROCEED. UH, WITH THAT'S THE FINAL, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE THE, THE COMMITTEE HAVE INPUT ON THE 28TH. THAT'S THE, THE LAST DAY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AVAILABLE. UH, SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO CONSIDER THE ISSUES THAT THEY BRING TO US. WE CAN, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS IN AUGUST. WE CAN, WE CAN BRING IT BACK. GOOD AFTERNOON. STEPHANIE SANANDO, FINANCE DIRECTOR, ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET. SO WE NORMALLY DO TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS. UH, ONE, IT'S LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THEY ALL SAY, UH, WHAT THEIR MINDSET IS, WHAT THEY WANT TO IMPROVE. THE, THIS IS LIKE, AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. BOTH OF OUR WORKSHOPS ARE, AND WE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO JOIN EITHER THE FORMAL OR THE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, TO COME AND BRING US THEIR INPUT. UH, BUT THE FIRST ONE, IT'S MORE LIKE DEPARTMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. UM, THEN THE SECOND ONE, IT'LL BE MORE FINALIZED. BUT IF WE'RE HAVING THIS ONE IS, THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'LL WANNA CHANGE. THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL GET YOUR DETAILED BUDGET, YOU GET TO SEE, AND IF YOU WANT ANYTHING TO CHANGE AFTER THE INPUT OF THE CITIZENS, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADOPTING YET, WE WON'T BE ADOPTING TILL SEPTEMBER, UH, FIRST PRIOR THAT, THERE'S ALSO TWO OTHER OPTIONS. ONE WILL BE AUGUST THE FIRST MEETING, AND THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. THOSE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, COMMUNITY'S ALSO WELCOME TO COME AND SPEAK THEIR, THEIR MIND ABOUT HOW OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE IF THEY WERE AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND THEN SEE WHERE THE BUDGET IS LEADING TO. THEY CAN ALSO COME AND JOIN THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS AND THEN COME AND SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS IN MY BUDGET. AND IT'S UP TO COMMISSION IF THEY WANNA IMPLEMENT ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS TO THE BUDGET UNTIL IT'S ADOPTED, UH, FROM THE FIRST HEARING, SECOND HEARING. IT'S NOT SET UNTIL IT'S FINALLY ADOPTED. SO THEY'RE STILL LIKE A MONTH AHEAD. IF ANY CHANGES WERE TO COME, WE DO NOT FORESEEN ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP. BUT IF CITY ADMINISTRATION ADVICE, WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES. AND THEN AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION, I'LL LET YOU KNOW FROM THE LAST DAY I, I SUBMITTED TO YOU THE BUDGET. THIS IS WHAT CHANGED TO THE DAY OF THE ADOPTION. IF ANYTHING DOES CHANGE, I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES QUESTIONS. AND THERE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR BOTH THE BUDGET, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AND ALSO THE, THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. CORRECT. AND THERE, THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE GONNA GO OUT ON THE NEWSPAPER THIS FRIDAY. UM, SO THERE'S TWO DATES, AND IT'S THE TWO MEETINGS IN AUGUST. AUGUST. I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DATES, BUT IT'S THE TWO MEETINGS IN AUGUST. AND IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO, UH, KNOW WHAT THOSE EXACT DATES ARE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE WEBSITE AND ALSO ON THE NEWSPAPER AS USUAL AS EVERY YEAR. SO COMMUNITY, IT'S ALSO WELCOME TO EITHER JOIN THE WIDGET WORKSHOP, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE FORMAL OR THE NEW, THE NEW IDEAL IMPLEMENTATION THAT THE, THE STATE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. OR THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE WORKING OUT SUBSEQUENTLY HALF, OR EVEN JUST JOIN A PUBLIC COMMENT AT ANY TIME AND SAY WHAT THEY EXPECT TO SEE OR MEETINGS ARE OP ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEM TO COME AND MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION. IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN, THAT IT WAS ON THE SAME DAY AS OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE INPUT, THEN IT, IT MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF OUR OUTPUT. AND WE, WERE WE GONNA HAVE TIME TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THESE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO, TO MAKE, UH, A, A JUDGMENT ON IT. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE EDC TO PRESENT THEIR BUDGET. SO NO CURVE BALLS IN THE BUDGET COMMISSIONERS, I PROMISE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT AS POSSIBLE. AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. SO I WANNA TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU WANT MORE, WE CAN HAVE MORE. I LOVE TALKING NUMBERS. SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. PRESENTATION OF THE CITY. 72 UTILITIES, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM. MAYOR, I FORGOT ONE ITEM I WANTED TO ADVISE ON THE MUSIC, UH, FESTIVAL HALL IN JUNCTION. UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTING MS. PATRICIA AVILA. AVILA. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY BROTHER PETERS RAY, HE'S JUST GETTING OUTTA WORK AT FIVE O'CLOCK. HE'LL BE JOINING ME. MY BROTHER JOE HAPPENS TO BE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW FOR THIS JOB. LUCKY HIM. SO WE'RE GONNA PRESENT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THE PRESENTATION. IT'S A MUSIC FESTIVAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION. I GAVE YOU ALL SOME PACKETS, UH, SOME MORE EXTRA INFORMATION, DETAILED INFORMATION. SO THIS JUST A REAL QUICK, UH, SUMMARY OF WHAT OUR, OR WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS. THE TEXAS WENT THE MUSIC HALL OF FAME MUSEUM. MY FATHER OBVIOUSLY STARTED WAY BACK IN 2001. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, CONSIDERING HAVING A HALL OF FAME MUSIC FESTIVAL. UH, SINCE WE TOOK OVER LIKE THREE YEARS AGO, ALMOST FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KNOCKING ON OUR DOORS, CALLING US, ASKING US WHEN ARE WE GONNA START A FESTIVAL. I THINK, I THINK MY BROTHERS AND I ARE MORE PREPARED NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN HELPING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TEXAS, [00:15:01] COLLEGE, SOME, UH, OTHER PEOPLE IN MERCEDES AND EVEN IN BURG. WE'VE HELPED, UH, UH, GET THEIR FESTIVALS TOGETHER. SO I FEEL WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ALREADY TO GO AND GET STARTED. OUR INDUCTION, IT'D BE OUR 22ND ANNUAL INDUCTION AWARD. WE'RE PLAN TO INDUCT SIX PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT OF TEXAS. AND YOU'LL SEE THE NAMES IN YOUR PACKET, AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE ALSO ON THE POWERPOINT. LEMME GET STARTED. OKAY. SO LIKE I JUST GAVE YOU A LITTLE BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHO WE ARE. WE'RE THE TEXAS COTA MUSIC HALL FAME MUSEUM. WE ARE A NONPROFIT FIRE ONE THREE. WE ARE A CULTURAL INSTITUTE. WE PRESERVE, PROMOTE, CELEBRATE, HISTORY, AND THE LEGACY OF JUNTA MUSIC. NOW, THIS FESTIVAL THAT WE WANNA BRING TO YOU HERE IN SAN BENITO IS THE, IT'S GONNA BE BRINGING IN LEGENDARY PERFORMERS, ARTISTS, VISITORS, MUSICIANS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST LOVE THE MUSIC. AND WE ANTICIPATE, AND JUST 3000 PEOPLE COMING IN. IT COULD BE MORE, UH, WE HAVE 10 BANDS THAT HAVE ALREADY AGREED. MANY OF 'EM HAVE EVEN GIVEN US DISCOUNTED RATES BECAUSE THEY REALLY, REALLY WANNA BE PART OF THIS INAUGURAL FESTIVAL. AND THEY BELIEVE IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, VISION. ALSO, THE LOCATION THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED IS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UH, LOCATION ON STINGER STREET. UM, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A LETTER FROM, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LIZ CHAVEZ, WHO HAS SUPPORTS IT. THE BOARD MEMBER SUPPORTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, ABOUT A YEAR, AND NOW WE'RE TAKING IT TO THE FOREFRONT FOR YOU GUYS FOR POSSIBLY APPROVAL. UH, WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMPION, UH, CHAMPIONS ALLIANCE BARBECUE. THEY WERE THERE AT THE AKA FEST AT THE HOG WA UH, MR. EDDIE TAPIA IS INTERESTED IN ALSO HAVING A BARKING COOKOFF THERE, WHICH IS GONNA BRING IN POSSIBLY 50 TO 70 TEAMS OR MORE. SO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN BENITO. UM, IT'S GONNA HELP BOOST CULTURAL TOURISM, THE GENERAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT. I PUT A LITTLE PAPERWORK IN YOUR PACKET. ALSO INCREASES THE HOTEL, UH, OCCUPANCY, UH, AND ALSO PROMOTING THE , TEXAS, WHICH IS A, A SLOGAN THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. AND I WANNA CONSIDER THAT AS BEING OUR SLOGAN AS WELL, AND PROMOTE THAT SAMUEL MUSIC PRIDE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SANTO GOING THE MUSIC. SO THESE ARE THE INDUCTEES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE FROM ALL PARTS OF TEXAS. WE HAVE MR. CONDE FROM BRONZEVILLE, JOHNNY G**O, WESCO, JOSE LUIS GARZA FROM POIT, TEXAS, JP MORENO, A OF ALICE, TEXAS, SAN JUAN GUTIERREZ, SAN ANTONIO, AND ALSO RAMON HERNANDEZ, SAN ANTONIO. USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE THESE INDUCTION, UH, I PRETTY MUCH ESTIMATE 30 TO 40 FAMILY MEMBERS COMING IN JUST TO WA WITNESS THE INDUCTION OF THEIR LOVED ONES. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO. AND IT'S, AND WE ACTUALLY SPOT A LOCATION. I MEET AT THE SOTO EVENT CENTER HERE IN SAN BENITO. WE WANNA HOST THAT EVENT ON SATURDAY FROM 12 TO FOUR. THEN OUR GATES WILL OPEN AT FIVE, AND THEN THE MUSIC WILL START AT SIX ON SATURDAY. SO THIS EVENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY. UH, THESE ARE THE TWO DAYS. THE SCHEDULE WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE TWO DAYS. IT'LL BE A FIVE O'CLOCK DOORS OPEN, THEN THE PERFORMANCES GO FROM SIX TO 11, AND THEN IT BY 11 O'CLOCK THAT DAY ON FRIDAY. AND THEN ON SATURDAY, WE DO THE SAME ROUTINE. WE PLAN TO ADVERTISE BY, UH, OF COURSE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, PLATFORMS, OUR NEWSPAPERS, UH, ADV ADVERTISEMENTS, PSA COMMERCIALS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GO WITH THE HALL OF FAME RADIO, INTERNET RADIO STATION. IT'S WORLDWIDE WHERE IT'LL BE. WE'LL BE LIVE STREAMING. WE'LL BE ALSO PROMOTING THROUGH THE INTERNET RADIO STATION AS SOON AS WE GET APPROVAL, IF POSSIBLY. AND ALSO THE, AND THEN WE'LL BE ALSO, WE ALWAYS, UH, AND ATTEND THE LOCAL MORNING SHOWS TO PROMOTE OUR EVENTS. AT EVERY EVENT THAT WE'VE DONE. UH, BIG EVENTS, WE ALWAYS DO THAT. SO MY BROTHER PETER, LOVES TO DO THOSE MORNING SHOWS. AND NOW THE SPONSORSHIP PACKETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THE DOUBLE DIAMOND PACKAGES. AND ALL THE PACKAGES INCLUDE THE VIP WRISTBANDS. ALSO OUR PROGRAM BOOK, WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. WE'LL HAVE A PACKET WITHIN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, THOSE ARE OUR SPONSORS WILL BE ALSO ALLOWED TO HAVE A VENDOR'S TABLE. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE SOME VIP HOSPITALITY SEATING FROM 68. WE'RE PLANNING TO SERVE LIKE A LITTLE MEAL TO THE, OUR VIP FOR AS AN APPRECIATION FOR THE GENEROSITY TO HELP US PUT THIS FESTIVAL TOGETHER. UH, THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT WE HAD FROM LAST YEAR ACTUALLY. UM, OUR PLANS FOR THE INDUCTION FESTIVAL IS TO OPEN THE DOORS AT 11:00 AM HAVE SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS FOR THE, [00:20:01] THE VISITORS. ALL EVERYBODY THAT'S GONNA BE THERE VISITING US. AND THEN WE'LL DO THE INDUCTION BETWEEN 1230 AND THREE 30. DO SOME GROUP PICTURES, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE CLOSING REMARKS. AND THEN WE ALL KIND OF START JUMPING OVER TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND GET READY FOR THE, THE, THE ENDING OF OUR FESTIVAL THE SECOND DAY. NOW, WHAT ARE THE FUNDS GONNA BE USED FOR? WE DO, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE TRY TO DO ONE ONCE A MONTH, MEAN SOMETIMES WE DO TWO A MONTH. WE DO THESE MUSIC SERIES. UH, WE HAVE ONE CALLED BORN NINE FIVE SIX. WE HAVE 'EM CALLED AVAYA. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE GOTO HALL FAME RADIO THAT WE INVITE PEOPLE TO COME VISIT. SO WE DO A LOT OF, UH, PROGRAMMING AND IT TAKES FUNDING TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER. UH, THE MUSIC PROGRAMS, UH, OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE CITY, UH, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WITH THE BUILDING, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR EXPENSES. WE HAVE THE INTERNET, WE HAVE THE ALARMS, WE HAVE, UH, INSURANCE, WE HAVE, UH, RECURRING EXPENSES. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE USED TO KIND OF HELP US PAY FOR THOSE EXPENSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP, I'M SORRY, I WENT BACK, LET ME GO BACK AGAIN. ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS. WE DO, UH, GIVE OUT ACADEMIC, ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO ALL SENIORS, UH, THE . AND THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD SIX. AND SO THESE ARE BIGGEST GROUP. AND, UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE ANOTHER SIX THIS COMING YEAR. AND ALSO, UH, THE DISPLAY AND ARCHIVING OF OUR MATERIALS. MY BROTHER PETER IS THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THE DISPLAYS. OUR, UM, JUST AT THE MUSEUM, YOU SEE THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE. HE DOES REALLY GOOD JOB. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THINGS TO USE TO JUST PAY THE, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MUSEUM. SO THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TODAY IS A REQUEST FOR FUNDING. ALSO WAIVE, WAIVE THE STOKEY PARK FEES, IF THERE'S ANY FEES. 'CAUSE UH, WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE COURSE, THE, THE, THE PARKING LOT AND THE COOKING, THE BARBECUE COOKING. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW MUCH SPACE WE'RE GONNA NEED YET, DEPENDING IF WE HAVE 20 TEAMS OR 50 TEAMS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA BE USING POSSIBLY, UH, THE LEFT SIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ASK, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, UH, THE STOKEY PARK PARK FEES, UH, PUBLIC WORK ASSISTANCE, FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT. 'CAUSE MY BROTHER JOE, HIS JOB IS ACTUALLY RISK MANAGEMENT. AND HE'S, UH, SO HE'S WORKING ON A SAFETY PLAN. AND SO WE WANT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO TO KIND OF HAVE SOME INPUT IN THAT PLAN. UH, THE POLICE SUPPORT, OF COURSE, BY TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE. AND THEN ALSO, WE WANT LIKE TO ASK FOR A FORMAL PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE INAUGURAL FESTIVAL AND OUR 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. UM, THAT COULD BE DONE HERE AT THIS PLACE, OR WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT THROUGH AT THE FESTIVAL WHERE WE HAVE A, A GREATER CROWD. I THINK IT'S SHUT OFF OR SOMETHING. THERE IT GOES. OKAY. OKAY. SO YEAH. SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE, TOGE, UH, TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE AN UNFORGIVABLE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VISITORS AND COMMUNITY. AND LET'S MAKE IT JUNTO. LET'S BRING IT BACK TO SAN BENITO. WE WERE VERY, UM, MY DAD ACTUALLY STARTED WITH THE CULTURAL ART FESTIVAL BACK WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, AND WE WERE THERE THOSE FIRST YEARS OF THAT FESTIVAL WHEN THERE THOSE GROWING PAINS. AND IT DID GROW REALLY BIG. AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO SAN BENITO AND BRING IN, UH, OUR, OUR JUNTO ARTISTS TO COME TO SAMUEL AND THE VISITORS AND LET'S, UH, HELP WITH THAT ECONOMIC, UH, IMPACT HERE IN SANTO. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MS. AVILA. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION BY CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ AND ANTONIO PERALES FROM CDJ ENGINEERING, LC PRESENTING THIS ITEM, PRESENTATION OF THE CITY, SANTO UTILITIES, GIS DASHBOARD, CREATED BY GDJ ENGINEERING, LC AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER EZ WITH GDJ ENGINEERING. UH, GDJ ENGINEERING WAS, UH, TASKED TO CREATE A CITY OF SAN BERNARDO UTILITIES, GIS UH, DASHBOARD, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY AN ONLINE INVENTORY. UM, AT THIS TIME, I'M WANT TO HAVE, UH, MR. TONY PERALES, OUR GI IS SPECIALIST, MR PROJECT TEAM LEAD. UH, KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, EXPLAIN THE, THE PROJECT, AND YOU KNOW WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, THIS DRAINAGE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, DATA COLLECTION AND GIS DASHBOARD TO YOU GUYS TODAY. UM, THIS [00:25:01] PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE CITY A CENTRALIZED GIS PLATFORM FOR MANAGING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, OUR OBJECTIVE WAS NOT ONLY TO COLLECT ACCURATE FIELD DATA, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE TOOLS THAT THE CITY CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO USE IN THE FUTURE. UH, TODAY WE'LL BRIEFLY COVER THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT, UH, THE FIELD DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED, THE GIS SOLUTIONS THAT WE, UH, DEVELOPED FOR YOU GUYS AND THE LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR THE CITY. UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, UH, THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THE CITY'S STORM, WATER, WATER, AND SEWER ASSETS, WHILE ESTABLISHING A GIS SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND THIS INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE. UH, THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS WE DEVELOPED A-A-G-I-S APPLICATION FOR THIS FIELD DATA COLLECTION. THIS SOMETHING THAT YOUR STAFF CAN USE IN THE FUTURE. IT'S A VERY USER FRIENDLY, UH, APPLICATION THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY SUBSCRIBED WITH YOUR GIS LICENSING. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF BLURRY IN THIS IMAGE, BUT IT'S VERY EASY IF YOU HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT, YOU WOULD CLICK ON THE FIRE HYDRANT ICON, TAKE A PICTURE OF THE, OF THE, THE FIRE HYDRANT, AND IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY GEOLOCATED WHEREVER IT'S LOCATED AT. UH, ALSO YOU CAN ENTER THE DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES THAT WE COLLECTED FOR THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ACID. SO IF IT'S A FIRE HYDRANT, YOU WOULD PUT IN, OH, THIS IS THE ELEVATION FOR THE TOP OF THE FLANGE AND WHATNOT. IF IT'S A WATER VALVE, YOU CAN PUT ANY FIELD NOTES, UH, AS YOU, YOU KNOW, INVENTORY THIS, UH, ACID AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY, VERY EASY, UH, IT'S CLICK POINT, AND IT'LL PROMPT YOU WHAT INFORMATION TO ENTER. AND ONCE YOU SUBMIT IT, IT'LL GO TO YOUR INVENTORY THAT'S ONLINE ON YOUR GIS DASHBOARD, AND YOU HAVE THAT AS A REPOSITORY FOR THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO USE. UM, SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, UH, WHEN WE CREATED THE APPLICATION, IT WAS, UH, TO COLLECT ALL THESE ASSETS. WE COLLECTED ABOUT 4,700 ASSETS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CURB INLETS TO THE FIRE HYDRANTS, GREAT INLETS, SEWER MANHOLES, STORM MANHOLES, AND WATER VALVES. UM, SO IT WAS A LOT OF ASSETS AND IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO DO THIS ON THE FIELD. UH, BUT WE MADE SURE THAT YOU GOT A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY SO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUT THERE AND YOU CAN USE FOR THE FUTURE, UH, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS ARE. UM, COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, SOME OF THE GIS SOLUTIONS THAT WE DEVELOPED WERE, WE, WE CREATED THIS MOBILE APP, AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS MOBILE APP CAN BE USED BY YOUR STAFF FOR THE FUTURE. WE CREATED A CENTRALIZED GIS DATABASE WHERE ANYBODY IN THE STAFF CAN USE AND CAN GO TO THAT, UH, WEBSITE AND ACCESS THE UTILITIES. SO IF YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER OR A CONSTITUENT THAT HAS SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND USE THIS INFORMATION, UH, ON THIS DASHBOARD BY GOING TO THE WEBSITE AND CLICKING ON ANY OF THE ASSETS AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY REQUESTED. UM, AS I SAID, WE CREATED TWO DASHBOARDS. ONE INTERNALLY FOR THE CITY STAFF, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE ROBUST, HAS MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS MAY NEED FOR DEVELOPERS AND WHATNOT. AND A PUBLIC DASHBOARD, SO IT CAN SHOW THE GENERAL UTILITIES. SO IF YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER, AGAIN THAT'S GONNA USE, YOU KNOW, MAKE A NEW SUBDIVISION OR WHATEVER, THEY CAN KIND OF LOOK INTO THIS DASHBOARD AND SEE, OH, WE HAVE HERE LIFT STATION, OR WE HAVE A WATER LINE WE CAN KIND OF PLUG INTO. SO IT KIND OF GIVES 'EM A, A LITTLE GAME PLAN BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY COME TO YOU GUYS AND ASK QUESTIONS. WHERE'S THE NEAREST UTILITY? YOU CAN HAVE 'EM, UH, DIRECTED TO THIS, TO THIS LINK, AND THEY CAN ACCESS THIS PUBLIC DASHBOARD AND GET ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION ON UTILITIES. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS DASHBOARD, UH, IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF CAN EASILY UPDATE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE FUTURE. UH, AS NEW DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE OR NEW SUBDIVISIONS GET DEVELOPED, YOU CAN INCORPORATE THE ASBUILT DATA AND USE THIS FOR THE FUTURE. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE RUNNING AROUND, IT'S, ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO IT. YOU CLICK ON IT AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ZOOM TO THE LOCATION, UH, PUT AN AREA MAP BEHIND IT AND KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE UTILITY IS. UM, WE CAN MOVE ON. AND THEN SOME OF THE BENEFITS, UH, OF THIS GIS DASHBOARD THAT WE CREATED IS, ONE, YOU HAVE ALL THE CENTRALIZED UTILITY INFORMATION IN ONE LOCATION. TWO, IT HELPS IMPROVE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. SO IF YOU WANNA DIRECT SOMEBODY TO A LOCATION, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS AND DIRECT 'EM TO THAT AREA TO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT. UH, YOU CAN DO BETTER PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING. IT'S AN ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOL. IT HELPS YOU, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXPANDABLE, UH, DASHBOARD THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND BUILD UPON AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AND YOUR CITY STAFF. UM, AND WE GO TO THE LAST SLIDE. UH, WE THANK YOU FOR HELPING, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT AND HELP THE CITY OF SAN BENITO. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT. YES, SIR. YES. UM, SO WE CAN BE, IF WE, UM, HOW CAN I ASK THIS QUESTION? ON THIS MAPPING, [00:30:01] CAN WE, UM, UPDATE IT WITH OUR OWN INFORMATION AS FAR AS LIKE INSTALLATION DATES, CORRECT? YES. UH, IF SOMETHING'S INOPERABLE, CAN WE DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, UM, I PROVIDED LIKE A PDF MANUAL TO YOUR STAFF, UH, SO THEY CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND KNOW HOW TO DO THAT INFORMATION. UH, I KNOW I SPOKE WITH YOUR GIS ANALYST, ESMERALDA, AND SHE'S FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO GO IN THERE AND YOU CAN ADD A DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTE IF YOU WANNA ADD, LET'S DO WHAT DAY WAS MAINTAINED, THEY CAN ADD THAT AND THEY CAN JUST GO THERE BEHIND THE SCENES, TYPE IN THAT INFORMATION, AND IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY ADD IT TO THIS DASHBOARD, INTO THAT ELEMENT, WHATEVER THE ASSET IS. SO, YES. YEAH, IT, IT'LL POPULATE IT. UM, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COUPLE MINUTES, HOURS, I MEAN, YEAH, REALLY LIKE 10, 20 SECONDS. OKAY, GREAT. AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEPENDING ON YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION, BUT IT'S ALL WEB-BASED ON YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU PAY FOR ALREADY. SO IF YOU WERE TO GO UP THERE AND UPDATE SOMETHING, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, 10, 20 SECONDS AS LONG AS YOU REFRESH AND, AND IT SHOULD POP OUT. YEAH. THIS, THIS WILL BE A GOOD TOO. THANK YOU. YEAH. YES, SIR. THIS, UM, I'M SORRY, WE, YOU, YES, SIR. DOES THIS HAVE THE ABILITY ALSO TO, UM, LIKE FLAG THINGS? UH, SOME, LIKE YOU PUT THE INFORMATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE, UH, SAY THE WARRANTY DATE, WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S GONNA EXPIRE, WILL IT POP UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS PUMP OVER HERE IS GONNA EXPIRE ON THIS DATE. IF, IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, IT CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. SO IT HAS ITS ABILITY TO CORRECT. IT'S, UH, REALLY ROBUST AND EXPANDABLE, WHATEVER ARE THE LIMITS OF WHATEVER YOU NEED TO BE DONE AND CAN BE DONE. IT CAN BE DONE. IT JUST HAS TO BE A LITTLE MORE INTRICATE. YOU GO BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU PUT A PROMPT ON THIS DATE, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT THESE NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED AGAIN, OR REINSPECTED OR WHATNOT. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONERS, YEP. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED A FEW YEARS BACK. I KNOW THEY WERE FINISHING, UH, WORKING OUT THE REMAINING DETAILS. CORRECT. I JUST WANTED THEM TO COME OVER AND PRESENT. I SEE A LOT OF, UH, BIGGER CITIES HAVE THIS INFORMATION. A LOT OF DEVELOPERS LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOCK ON THE DOORS AT, AT CITY HALL. SO IT REALLY HELPS, UH, SPEED UP, UH, DEVELOPMENT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE HOPE THE, THE TEAM MAINTAINS IT WELL. YES, SIR. AND WE'LL USE IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS ITEM. NO PROBLEM. WE'RE A PHONE CALL AWAY. I TOLD THE STAFF WHATEVER THEY NEED, WE'RE HERE. PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL. WE'RE DEFINITELY HELP 'EM OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY KINKS THAT THEY NEED TO HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. ALL [CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) ] RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, A MOTION TO APPROVE ONE FOUR MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AYE, MAYOR, ON THE NUMBER, ITEM THREE. YES. COMMISSIONER, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL READING, CORRECT? THIS IS SECOND SECONDHAND FINAL READING. YES. THIS IS, THIS IS THE FINAL READING. YEAH, I THINK WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT, THAT NEEDED SOME. UH, WHICH ITEM IS THIS RE REWRITING? ITEM NUMBER THREE. UM, I THINK IT WAS THE ITEM REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS AS A CONDITION OF APPOINTMENT TO CITY BOARDS. IT WAS FOR THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT ORDINANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF IN THERE AS WELL, WASN'T IT? YOU HAD REQUESTED SOME, SOME REVISIONS. SOME REVISIONS. MS. YOU HAD, UM, REQUESTED SOME REVISIONS? YES. OKAY. AND THOSE REVISIONS, UM, ACTUALLY MAYOR, IF WE CAN, THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS. YES. 'CAUSE THERE, IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS, UH, A POSSIBLE LEGAL QUESTION HERE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION, UH, TO TAKE THIS ITEM INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, JUST SO THAT WE DON'T DISCLOSE THIS QUESTION OUT IN THE OPEN PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0 7 1, UH, CITY ATTORNEY WOULD ASK THAT THIS, UM, YOU ALL CONSIDER A MOTION TO TAKE THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OBJECT. MY ORIGINAL MOTION. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. MOTIONS, UH, ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND FOUR WITH APPROVAL. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MAYOR PRO TEMP TO REMOVE ITEM THREE AND APPROVE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND FOUR. DO I HAVE A AND MAYOR, THAT MOTION WOULD ALSO INCLUDE IF MAYOR PRO TEMP, IF I'M CORRECT, THAT MOVING THREE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION IS CORRECT. MOVING THREE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TODAY. UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP HAS A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER [00:35:01] CORTEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. COMMISSIONERS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE I NAS WITH THE RIGHT HAND SIGNAL JUST TO KEEP A CLEANER MEETING. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. ITEMS [1. Consideration and possible action to approve an Agreement for Professional Services to assist the City of San Benito in participating in the National Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Phase 2 Settlement Program and preservation of all rights available under the court-approved PFAS settlements before the July 31, 2026, deadline.] FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. CONSIDERATION ON POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO ASSIST THE CITY OF SANTO IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PFAS PHASE TWO SETTLEMENT PROGRAM AND PRESERVATION OF ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE UNDER THE COURT APPROVED PFAS SETTLEMENTS BEFORE THE JULY 31ST, 2026 DEADLINE. MR. THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CARLOS ENA, PRESENTING THIS ITEM. UH, YES. MAYOR AND COMMISSION. UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN, UH, AN ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH, UH, UH, A LAW FIRM TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND PARTICIPATE IN, IN A, UH, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. BASICALLY, IT JUST GIVES THE CITY THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM, UH, TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE CLAIM. THE DEADLINE IS JU JULY THE 31ST, UH, OF, UH, 2026. UH, AND IF WE FAIL TO PASS THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTION OR APPROVE THE ITEM, WE WOULD LOSE OUT ON, ON THE OPPORTUNITY. BASICALLY, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, WOULD BE FOR 40%, UH, OF ANY FEES, UH, RECOVERED. AND IF THERE IS NO FEE, THEN THERE WOULD NOT BE. IF THERE IS NO FEES RECOVERED, THERE WOULDN'T BE A CHARGE BY THE, UH, BY THE, UH, SERVICES, THE, UH, THE ATTORNEYS. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THIS AGENDA ITEM. COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? AND, AY, MOTION CARRIES. [2.Consideration and possible action to approve RFQ Number 2026-0714-001 pertaining to the HB500 Professional Engineering Services, Grant Application, Grant Administration, and Project Management Services. ] ITEM NUMBER TWO, INTERIM CITY MANAGER CARLOS SENA, PRESENTING THE ITEM CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RFQ NUMBER 20 26 0 7 1 4 DASH 0 0 1 PERTAINING TO THE HOUSE BILL. 500 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES GRANT, APPLICATION GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES. UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. , OUR FINANCIAL, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR. UH, THIS ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. STEPHANIE SA, FINANCE DIRECTOR. UM, SO WE, UH, WENT OUT FOR, UH, RF, UH, PIECE FOR, UM, I'M SORRY, RQS FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM. SO, UH, HELP US WITH THEIR COST ESTIMATES FOR US AP APPLYING FOR THE HP 500 GRANT. UM, WE RECEIVED TWO, UH, AND WE, UH, DECIDED TO GO WITH, UH, OUR AMIO TECH BIDDER. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM, JUST BECAUSE WE HAD HAD SOME SUCCESSFUL GRANTS BEING, UH, COVERED BY THEM AND THEY, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM. THEY HELPED US TO DO A LOT OF, UM, WE DID CONDUCTED A GRADING, UM, BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND LIKE, UM, WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE HERE IN THE VALLEY. THEY, THEY SEEM TO BE THE BETTER QUALIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT. I, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. THE CITY HAS PUT TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE ASKING FROM THEM IS TO, TO PROVIDE SEALED, UM, UH, ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATE, BECAUSE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE, UH, OF THE, OF THE GRANT PROPOSAL. AND THAT IS, UH, WHO, WHO WE ARE RECOMMENDING. WE ARE ADVISING THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION. AND WE RE RE UH, WE WOULD ADVISE, UH, AND WE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER APPROVING THIS, UH, THIS, UH, FIRM COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE DID ATTACH THE TABULATION FOR YOUR RECORD ON THE AGENDA TABULATIONS IN THE AGENDA IN YOUR FULL PACKET. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THIS WITHIN YES. THE TIMEFRAME, YES. BE BEFORE WE, UH, WE, UH, DID THIS RQ THE STAND WITH WORKING ON, ON, UH, UH, GETTING, GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE GRANT. SO WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THAT'S REQUIRED. THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE LACKING IS THE COST ESTIMATE, WHICH WILL BE, UH, THE ENGINEER WILL BE ASSISTING AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DEADLINE THAT ANY TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THAT. AND THEY, THEY ACCEPT. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE ON TO [3.Consideration and possible action to approve the Market Days Program, including review of updated vendor guidelines, operational requirements, and continuation of the event through the end of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MARKET DAYS PROGRAM, INCLUDING REVIEW OF UPDATED VENDOR GUIDELINES, OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND CONTINUATION OF THE EVENT THROUGH THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25, 20 26. CHRISTINA GARCIA [00:40:01] PRESENTING PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER PRESENTING THIS ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON MARKET DAYS. MARKET DAYS WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO BY LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING ACTIVITY AND ATTENTION BACK TO HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET. THE VISION BEHIND THE EVENT WAS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY GATHERING AND HIGHLIGHT ONE OF SAN BENITO'S MOST HISTORIC AREAS. ROBERTSON STREET HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A KEY PART OF SAN BENITO'S IDENTITY WITH LANDMARKS SUCH AS THE AZTECA BUILDING, NOW THE JUNTO MUSEUM AND THE SAN BETO BANK AND TRUST BUILDING AS WELL AS LATA. THE GOAL HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT. WE WANNA CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUS BUSINESSES AND VENDORS. WE WANNA SUPPORT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND BRING RESIDENTS DOWNTOWN. IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS HERE, UM, AT THE CITY COMMISSION, THERE WERE QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO MARKET DAYS. OUR STAFF DID LOOK INTO THAT. HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $2,500 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT THAT'S ON AVERAGE. AND, UM, CITY STAFF DOES SUPPORT THIS EVENT AT ALL. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONNEL. THE COST OF THAT IS ABOUT $665. HOWEVER, THIS IS A BUDGETED EXPENSE ALREADY INCLUDED WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET. STAFF SUPPORTS THIS EVENT INCLUDES EVENT COORDINATION, PROMOTION, SET UP, ASSISTANT LOGISTICS, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OVERALL EVENT OPERATIONS. UM, WE DID LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OVER THE RECENT, UM, FOUR MONTHS OR SO THAT WE DID HOST THIS EVENT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES HAS BEEN ATTENDANCE AND AWARENESS. SO WE WERE WORKING TO INCREASE PROMOTION, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, AND CREATE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO ATTEND. THE GOAL MOVING FORWARD IS NOT ONLY TO MAINTAIN MARKET DAYS, BUT TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE VENDORS AND BUSINESSES. WE HAVE UPDATED VENDOR GUIDELINES AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE PACKET. UM, THAT PACKET INCLUDES THE VENDOR CODE OF CONDUCT, PROHIBITED ITEMS, POLITICAL ACTIVITY RESTRICTIONS, VENDOR PARTICIPATION, FOOD VENDOR REQUIREMENTS, SAFETY AND CLEANUP, WEATHER CANCELLATION PROCEDURES AND SO FORTH. YOU CAN, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN YOUR PACKET. WE DO ALSO, UM, ARE WAIVING THE VENDOR FEE. UH, THIS IS TO INCLUDE MORE VENDORS AND BRING THEM TO, UM, THIS MARKET. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS $15, SO THAT IS, UM, NOT SIGNIFICANT, UM, WITHIN OUR, OUR, OUR BUDGET TO. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WAIVE THAT FEE, BUT, UM, TO ENCOURAGE VENDORS TO SHOW UP. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A NO-SHOW POLICY WITHIN THAT, UM, PACKET. SO IF YOU DO NOT SHOW UP AND YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE FREE EVENT, WELL THEN NEXT TIME YOU SIGN UP, YOU WILL BE HAVING TO PAY THE FEE SO THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT, UH, FROM YOU. WE DO, UH, CONTINUE LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND BETTER EXPERIENCES FOR THE COMMUNITY. NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CAR SHOW. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIE NIGHT. WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING HOPPERS THAT'S AN ANIMATED MOVIE ABOUT ANIMALS AND SEEING THE WORLD FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. IT ALSO HAP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IT, BUT IT ALSO HAPPENS TO INCLUDE A CITY OFFICIAL AND SOME COMMUNITY DECISIONS ABOUT LAND USE. SO THERE MAY BE A FEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT LESSONS MIXED IN THERE AS WELL. THERE'S A MAYOR THAT IS IN THERE AND EVERYTHING. IT'S ABOUT ANIMALS AND HOW WE USE OUR LAND AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S GOOD FOR KIDS, IT'S A KID MOVIE. WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL VENDORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. WE'VE ALREADY HAD OVER 40 VENDORS ACTUALLY SIGN UP. SO THAT'S THE MOST VENDORS THAT WE'VE HAD AS A CITY, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING MONTH. SO WE DO PLAN ON HAVING ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALSO HAVE A SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY. WE HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED THAT JUST YET, BUT OF COURSE WE WANT OUR MAYOR AND COMMISSION ARE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN THAT ONCE WE DO ANNOUNCE THAT SO THAT WE CAN GIVE AWAY, UM, GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN BENITO. SO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL VISION AND BRING BACK TO LIFE ROBERTSON STREET WHILE ADAPTING TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO BASED ON THE UPDATED GUIDELINES, THE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THE CONTINUED COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS BENEFIT OF THIS PROGRAM, WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF MARKET DAYS. AND ITS CONTINUATION THROUGH THE END OF 2026, FISCAL YEAR 2025. EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS TWO MARK. ALRIGHT, CHRISTINA, WELL PUT TOGETHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS. CHRISTINA, ON YOUR NO-SHOW POLICY AHEAD, REDDIT. JUST WHO MAKES THE LAST CALL DECIDING WHETHER IT'S OKAY TO NOT CHARGE 'EM AGAIN? IS IT, UM, SO YOU GUYS, OR IS IT GONNA GO BACK TO CM? WHO'S GONNA MAKE THAT CALL? UM, IT'LL BE CITY STAFF. UM, ONCE, IF THE VENDOR DOES NOTIFY US, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS, OF COURSE EVERYONE HAS EMERGENCIES. WE WANNA BE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. LIKE, IF, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, HEY, IT'S FRIDAY, WE CAN'T GO TOMORROW, WE'RE SORRY. NO WORRIES. WE'LL FREE UP THAT SPACE. WE'LL PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF WILL THEN SAY IT'S, IT'S TOTALLY FINE. LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE YOU NEXT TIME EITHER 'CAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. BUT IF, UM, THAT TIME DOES LAPSE AND IT'S ALREADY SATURDAY, WE'RE ALREADY OUT THERE, THEY DON'T SHOW UP, THEY DON'T TELL ANYBODY, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD CHARGE [00:45:01] THEM THE $15 THE NEXT MONTH. I, I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE CONSIDERATE, JUST EVEN IF IT'S LESS THAN 24 HOURS, WE DON'T EXPECT EMERGENCIES WHENEVER THEY HAPPEN. IT COULD BE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS BEFORE. SO JUST BEFORE WE TURN 'EM AWAY, LISTEN TO 'EM. YES, FOR SURE. THANK YOU. WE DO WANNA SAY 24 HOURS, BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BE CONSIDERATE BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN, FAMILY EMERGENCIES HAPPEN. SO WE'LL BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MORE QUESTIONS. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. AND GOOD JOB ON ROPING IN THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND. , MY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ. THANKS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, NAY. MOTION PASSES. MOVE ON [4. Discussion and possible action to approve the use of the San Benito Boys and Girls Club grounds to host the Inaugural Conjunto Hall of Fame Music Festival Weekend on November 20 through 21, 2026.] TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE SANTO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB GROUNDS TO HOST THE INAUGURAL INAUGURAL CONJUNTO HALL OF FAME MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND ON NOVEMBER 20TH THROUGH THE 21ST. UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CARLOS ENA, PRESENTING THIS ITEM, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSION. YOU, UH, YOU, YOU, UM, LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU. THIS IS JUST TO, UH, TO, UM, APPROVE THE, THE REQUEST FOR THE USE OF THE, UM, SAN BERNARD DIEGO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB GROUNDS TO HOST THE, UH, THE EVENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A SUGGESTION. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY LIKE 3000 ATTENDEES. IS THAT GONNA BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYBODY? MS. UH, AVILA? YES. COMMISSIONER EZ? I BELIEVE SO. UM, WE ATTENDED SEVERAL COMM UH, JUNTO FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT TEXAS. PETER I, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT LOCATION, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS ACTUALLY ALLOWS A LOT OF SPACE, UH, FOR THE PAVILION SPACE AND ALSO FOR PARKING AS WELL GO. WE'RE PROBABLY ANTICIPATING LIKE 1200 FOR FRIDAY AND THEN THE REST FOR SATURDAY. I MEAN, IF 3000 EACH DAY COME IN, THAT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY. UH, HOPEFULLY GETS TO THAT. BUT YEAH, THAT PAVILION IS BIGGER THAN THE ONE THEY HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO. SAN ANTONIO. THEY THROW A JUNTO INNO FESTIVAL AND IT FITS CLOSE TO 5,000 PEOPLE. THIS, THIS PAVILION'S A REALLY GOOD SIZE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A, A REALLY GOOD ATTRACTION TO THE CITY. WHAT ABOUT THE PARKING AREAS? WELL, THERE'S PARKING. 'CAUSE THE BASEBALL AND THE SOCCER, I MEAN, ONCE THAT FILLS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FEED OFF TO THE SIDE AND, UH, I MEAN TO GET 'EM IN. SO A SUGGESTION OF MINE WOULD'VE BEEN MAYBE LOOK INTO, UH, THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN THE FAIRGROUNDS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S STILL AN EXISTING BARN OUT THERE, UH, THAT DOES HAVE ROOFTOP AND IT'S SPACIOUS ENOUGH. UH, IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER, WE WOULD MORE, IT'S 'CAUSE AT FIVE O'CLOCK PEOPLE LOVE TO DANCE AND WHEN IT'S SHADED YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DANCING. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER. WE KNOW THAT THAT SPACE IS AMPLE SPACE AND, UM, IF, IF YOU COULD EVEN DRAW A LOT MORE PEOPLE. SO WE WOULD LOOK INTO THAT. UH, DEPENDING THE, THE, THE BARN OUT THERE HAS A BUNCH OF PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH. STORAGE. HAS STORAGE. NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY, UM, IF THEY, IF THEY CAN COME TOGETHER WITH A SITE PLAN AND PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO WE CAN PRESENT IT TO FIRE MARSHAL AND SEE IF ME SAW REQUIREMENTS, WELL, THEY HAVE TO START ADVERTISING. UM, I, I'M, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. UM, THIS IS JUST FOR THE, THIS IS FOR THE DRUGS ITSELF. RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WORK WITH PARKS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO, UM, GAMES THAT WEEKEND. LET'S, UM, MAYOR, WE'LL GET WITH STAFF JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF EITHER MOU OR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN US. SO JUST SUBJECT TO, UM, SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT LAYING OUT AS WELL. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, FIRE POLICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. TRAFFIC CONTROL, UH, THINGS THAT WOULD, PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES. COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN THE MOU MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER NOVA. MAYOR TEMPT NOVATO. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE [5.Consideration and possible action to approve a road closure request for the 200 Block of West Robertson Street submitted by The Rose Collective by Southern Rose Coffee for the Endless Summer Fest/Kids Back to School Event to be held on August 6, 2026, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST FOR THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST ROBERTSON STREET. SUBMITTED BY THE ROSE, COLLECTED BY SOUTHERN ROSE FOR THE ENDLESS SUMMER FEST KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 6TH, [00:50:01] SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE RECORD, POLICE CHIEF MONTE PERE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO CLOSE THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST ROBERTSON. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A FESTIVAL. THEY GOT A LOT OF DONATIONS. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING, UH, READY TO GO. IT'S JUST, UH, REQUIRES, UH, APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS FOR THE, TO CLOSE THE ROADS. AUGUST, AUGUST 6TH ON A THURSDAY. YES, SIR. IN THE EVENING. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAKE A MOTION. YES. CHIEF, UH, DO WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THAT? THAT AS FAR AS CLOSING STREETS? YES. UH, EVERY STREET CLOSURE HAS TO, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST AND THEN WE HAVE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL. AND THEN YOU GUYS APPROVE, UH, YES OR NO. OKAY. AND WE'LL NOTIFY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, CORRECT? YES. WE'LL SEND OUT THE NOTIFICATIONS ADVISING THAT AREA OF THE ROAD IS CLOSED, UH, IN CASE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE. BUT THERE, THERE'S ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT'S, SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE SAME ROAD THAT'S USUALLY CLOSED FOR MARKET DAYS, CORRECT? COMMISSIONERS, YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU CHIEF [6.Consideration and possible action to approve a ratification for the road closure of the 200 block of West Powers Street submitted by Saint Benedict Catholic Church for the Feast of Saint Benedict Event, which was held on July 11, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.] ITEM SIX, MARIO, CHIEF BDAY PRESENTING THE ITEM. SO THIS REQUEST CAME IN AFTER, UH, THE CLOSING OF THE AGENDA THE LAST TIME. SO WE, UH, SPOKE WITH, UH, MR. UH, Y IN HERE AND, UH, WE, UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND ALLOWED THEM TO DO IT AND THEN BRING IT BEFORE RATIFICATION. IT WAS JUST THE TWO, THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST POWERS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PARISH HALL AND THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO. TEMP NOVATO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, NAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [7.Consideration and possible action to approve Amendment Number 1, from KLM Engineering, Inc., for four additional weeks of coating inspection services to the Oscar Williams Road Water Tower and the Freddy Fender Water Tower in the amount of $38,900.00] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, EZ. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PRESENTING THE ITEM CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FROM KLM ENGINEERING FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF CODING INSPECTION SERVICES TO THE OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD TOWER AT THE FREDDIE FENDER WATER TOWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,900. UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSION, WE WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THE, THE COMMISSION CONSIDER TAKING THIS, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER CONTRACT SERVICES AND, AND, UH, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. I HAVE RECOMMENDATION TO DO, HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MAYOR, IT SEEMS, UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER HAS A QUESTION PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0 7 1. WE'D RECOMMEND TAKING THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL MOTION TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OR MOTION? SECOND. COMMISSIONER BEEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AYE. ALL OPPOSED A NAY. MOTION CARRIES TABLE. UM, TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, [8.Consideration and possible action to approve a payment to Mago Development, LLC, for an emergency open sewer hole repair at the intersection of Las Palmas and Lasby Park, in the amount of $29,928.46. ] EDWARD RODRIGUEZ, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR PRESENTING THIS ITEM, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT TO AM MAGNO DEVELOPMENT FOR AN EMERGENCY OPEN SEWER HOLE, OPEN SEWER SEWER HOLE REPAIR AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAS PALAMA AND LAS PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,928 AND 46 CENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS EDWARD RODRIGUEZ FOR THE RECORD. UH, THIS MANHOLE WAS AN EMERGENCY FIX DUE TO ITS, UH, LONG RUNNING, YOU KNOW, THE STORM WATER RUNOFFS AND RAIN AND, UH, TRAFFIC WITH THE HEAVY TRUCK TRASH AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. SO WE HAD TO GET IT FIXED WITH THAT FLEXI FILL TO PROVIDE A STRONGER, MORE COMPACT BASE THAT IT HAS THE FOUNDATION THAT'S BETTER EQUIPPED WITH ONGOING TRAFFIC LOADS AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL STRUCTURAL AND FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED A NAY. MOTION CARRIES ON THE AGENDA. [9.Consideration and possible action to approve the sole-source purchase of a Gorman Rupp 3" Pump for the Kenneth Lift Station from A-Squared Water Treatment, LLC, in the amount of $21,750.00.] ITEM NUMBER NINE, EDWARD RODRIGUEZ PRESENTING THE ITEM CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF A GORMAN RUMP THREE INCH PUMP FOR THE KENNETH LIFT STATION FOR A SQUARED WATER TREATMENT LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,750. COMMISSIONERS. UH, MAYOR, UH, THIS LIFT STATION HAS BEEN OPERATING ON ONE PUMP FOR A WHILE NOW. AND, UH, AS PER TCQ AND YOU KNOW, OTHER REGULATIONS, IT NEEDS TWO PUMPS. SO WE ARE GOING, WANTING TO SEE IF WE ALL APPROVE TO PURCHASE A SECOND PUMP SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INSTALL IT SO THAT IT CAN RUN PROPERLY AND BE IN COMPLIANCE. UH, OKAY. I BELIEVE WE, WE PURCHASED SOME PUMPS BEFORE. YES SIR. AND WE HAVE 'EM SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE. NO. YES SIR. THOSE PUMPS ARE SIX INCH PUMPS WITH 20 HORSE POWER. THEY'RE PRETTY BIG FOR BIGGER LIFT STATIONS, FOR BIGGER PROJECTS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE REQUIRES [00:55:01] A SMALLER PUMP, WHICH IS A THREE INCH, FIVE HORSEPOWER PUMP. THAT IS THE REASON WE HAVE TO PURCHASE IT. SO IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER LIFT STATIONS AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE THIS PUMP IN THEM THAT ARE DUE FOR AN UPGRADE? THERE? THERE'S SOME, UM, JUST CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHICH ONES. SO I WAS JUST, I'M THINKING IF, IF WE HAVE THE PUMPS THAT ARE BIGGER AND IF WE HAVE A LIFT STATION SOMEWHERE THAT WE COULD, UM, PROBABLY GET RID OF ONE LIFT STATION AND HAVE ANOTHER LIFT STATION, TAKE OVER THAT TO INCREASE THE, THE FLOW. UH, MAYBE WE COULD USE THE NEW PUMPS AND THEN TAKE THE OLD PUMPS OUT AND USE 'EM IN THE THESE. WELL THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE WITH THE, WITH THE PUMPS THAT WE PURCHASED. OKAY. BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR LIFT STATION, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED BECAUSE THIS WAS SERVICING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. BUT WHEN THEY CLOSED DOWN AND THEY WANTED TO DEMOLISH, THEY REALIZED THAT OTHER HOMES WERE GETTING SERVICED BY IT. SO WE COULDN'T DO THAT TO THEM. SO WE ADDED ONE PUMP. MEANWHILE. SO TO BE IN COMPLIANCE CCQ, WE NEED TO HAVE THE SECOND PUMP ON THERE TO RUN PROPERLY. IS THIS ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES PROPERTY? THE LIFT STATION? MM-HMM . NO, I BELIEVE NOT. IT'S, IT'S, IT IS, IT'S SO IT DOESN'T BELONG TO US OR DOES OH, YES SIR. IT DOES BELONG TO US. 'CAUSE THE CITY HAS TWO MAKE SURE THE LIFT STATION'S RUNNING TO PUMP. SO YES, PROPERTY IS, YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU WANT MORE BIDS OR YOU WANT A SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER OF THE PUMPS? WHAT, WHAT'S THE WARRANTY? PRETTY SORRY. WHAT'S THE WARRANTY ON THOSE, EDWARD? AND UM, IS IT A SINGLE PHASE PUMP OR IS IT A THREE PHASE PUMP? UM, MR. J WILL GIVE YOU THAT PROJECT INFORMATION ON THAT. IT'S A SINGLE, IT'S A SINGLE JOSE LADDER FOR THE RECORD. UH, IT'S A SINGLE PHASE PUMP AND IT'S A TOP MOUNT. UH, IT'S GOT A FIVE YEAR, 100% WARRANTY ON IT. AND UH, A SQUARE IS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SELL THAT PUMP FOR GORMAN MONROE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY? YES. YEAH. 'CAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED WHAT? UH, PA PA PA STATION. THE ONE IN, ON THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. ON THE BACK. ON THE BACK PROPERTY. HOW MANY HOMES ARE BEING SERVICED? UH, FIVE HOMES IN A CHURCH. FIVE HOMES IN A CHURCH. YEAH. WE CAN'T REROUTE THEM, UH, TO REROUTE THEM. THERE'S NO SEWER LINE IN FRONT ON MCCULLOUGH STREET. WE'RE SERVICING AN ENTIRE LIFT STATION IS SERVICING FIVE HOMES IN A CHURCH. SIX, SIX RESIDENTS. BUT IT DID USED TO SERVICE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT USED TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY. SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAT ON, UH, 11 ACRES AND THAT, UH, LIFT STATION SITS ON THOSE 11 ACRES. SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE LIFT STATIONS 'CAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY, THIS IS A HOUSING AUTHORITY. HAVE ANY INTENT OF BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY? UH, I HAVE. I, I WOULDN'T KNOW. WE'D HAVE TO GET WITH HOUSING. OKAY. I, WHAT DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? THERE? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GENERATOR. WE HAVE PUMP. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A THREE HORSEPOWER, UH, THREE INCH, FIVE HORSEPOWER PUMP THERE WITH A NEW PANEL. AND WE JUST NEED THE SECOND PUMP. SO IT CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCQ AND THEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FROM HOUSING. MAYBE WE CAN ADD SOMETHING SO THEN CAN HELP US OUT WITH THAT. NO ONE WILL BUILD THERE. THE WATER GET WAIST DEEP. SO I THINK IT'D BE A CRIME TO BUILD THERE AGAIN. SO THAT, THAT'S WHY MY ANTICIPATION IS THAT WE DECOMMISSIONED THE LIFT STATION AND REROUTE. SO I'M THINKING WHY DID THIS, WHY DID THIS GET BLIND? IF, IF YOU RE, IF YOU REROUTE, THAT MEANS TEARING UP PART OF MCCULLOUGH STREET BETWEEN POWERS AND ROBERTSON AND REROUTING EVERY SINGLE SEWER FROM THE BACK OF THAT HOUSE TO THE FRONT OF MCCULLOUGH FOR THE RESIDENCE. AND MORE LIKELY THEIR SEWER LINE IS IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. SO IF THE GRAVITY LINE ON MCCULLOUGH IS NOT DEEP ENOUGH, THEN YOU CANNOT REROUTE THAT SEWER LINE FROM THE CUSTOMER'S HOUSE TO MCCULLOUGH STREET AND NO CUT RIGHT IN. RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE, THE PROPERTY. CORRECT? YES. WHAT FLAGGED THIS LIFT STATION? 'CAUSE THEY WERE GONNA TEAR IT DOWN. EXCUSE ME. T-Q-T-C-E-Q VIOLATION FLAGGED IT. YEAH, WELL IT YOU HAVE THE VIOLATION HERE. IT, IT WAS, IT WAS, I HAD ONE PUMP. THE VIOLATION. TCQ REQUIRES TWO PUMPS. SO WE DID GET FINED. WE CAN GET FINED. WE CAN GET FINED. OKAY. IS THERE, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUMP THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE? NOT, UH, NOT AS A THREE INCH FIVE HORSEPOWER. I DON'T HAVE JUST TO, TO COMPLY WITH THE TCQ REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY WITH T CCP. YEAH. [01:00:01] I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER TOP MOUNT PUMP. I COULDN'T PUT, I CAN'T PUT A TOP MOUNT ON A SUBMERSIBLE, BUT THEY GOTTA BE EITHER TWO SUBMERSIBLES OR TWO TOP MOUNTS. I'D LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER OPTION PRESENTED JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE. UM, IS, IS IT, IS THERE GONNA BE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR NOT? I'D LIKE TO SEE A SECOND OPINION ON WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING THERE. CAN THAT BE CHANGED TO A TOP MOUNT? UH, RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BUYING IS THE TOP MOUNT GO DUMPSTER. TOP MOUNTS. YOU'RE GONNA GET RID OF THE SUBMERSIBLE BULLET THAT'S IN THERE. THERE IS NO SUBMERSIBLE. I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS SUB. NO, WE HAVE A TOP MOUNT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TWO. WE NEED TWO TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. UH, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, MORE NEED. SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT FLAGGED THE COMPLAINT? I'M JUST STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BEFORE WE HAD THAT ONE PUMP, WE HAD TO MANUALLY BE PUMPING EVERY WEEKEND, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY WE GO AND WE PUMP WITH A TRASH PUMP. UH, WE INSTALLED A, A TOP MOUNT GORMAN RAMP, AND NOW WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCQ AND WANT INSTALL A SECOND PUMP. AND THAT, THAT AREA STILL FLOODS THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEP. TO TO, TO ELIMINATE THE FLOODING. WHAT'S THE WE BUILD A DETENTION POND NEXT TO THAT DITCH AND MAKE A SOCCER FIELD INSIDE. HAVE THE KIDS NOT PLAY WHEN IT RAINS? MM-HMM . IT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. BUT WE CAN, IF WE PUT THIS PUMP IN, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT OUT AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LIFT STATION. YES, WE CAN. SO TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND YOU'LL HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. HAVE A MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER CORTEZ SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DISCUSSION [10.Discussion and possible action to approve the expenditure of San Benito Economic Development Corporation (SBEDC) sales tax funds for a sales tax subsidy grant under the SBEDC Small Business Investment Program to d/b/a The Wing Shack, owned by G.R. in the amount of $10,000.00. ] AND PO ITEM NUMBER 10. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF SANTO EDC SALES TAX FUNDS FOR A SALES TAX SUBSIDY GRANT UNDER THE SANITA A DC SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM TO DBA, THE WING SHACK OWNED BY GR IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000. MARIO PALOMO, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRESENTING THE ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION. MAYOR, WE ARE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE. WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. NORMALLY THIS ITEM IS ATTACHED WITH A RESOLUTION AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS NOT. UH, WE, EXCUSE ME. NORMALLY THIS RESOLUTION, UH, THIS, THIS ITEM IS ATTACHED TO RESOLUTION. WE HAD THREE GRANTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON AUGUST, ON JULY 1ST, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, ONLY ONE HAS BEEN MENTIONED RIGHT NOW. BUT WE CAN COME BACK AND, UH, INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION IN OUR NEXT MEETING OR THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING THAT'S COMING UP AND, UH, GET BACK ON TRACK. COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS OR MOTION. SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS WAS, UH, IMPROPERLY PLACED ON THE AGENDA. INCOMPLETE PACKET? YES. SO WE, SO WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, WE HAVE EVERYTHING. WE'RE READY. THE SOLUTIONS ON HAND. UH, WE TRY TO, UH, FIND A WAY TO EXECUTE IT FOR TODAY THE WAY WE PROPERLY DO IT. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE, UH, DUE TO THE WORDING ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO DO IT. SO I RECOMMEND WE TABLE IT TILL NEXT. WE CAN APPROVE THIS ONE. THERE'S THREE OF 'EM ON THAT WHOLE THING. I'D RATHER JUST DO 'EM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. YOU WANNA HOLD BACK ON ONE, UH, BUSINESS? YOU CAN APPROVE THE ONE BUSINESS AND BRING THE OTHER TWO, TWO BACK. WELL THEN RAT THE, IT'S GOTTA HAVE A, IT HAS TO HAVE A COMMISSION APPROVAL. ANY EXPENDITURE FROM THE SAN DUTY DC? WE, WE HAD ASKED, UH, UH, FOR INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. YOU GUYS GET ALL THE INFORMATION FOR ALL. DO, DO YOU NEED A RESOLUTION TO, TO ACCOMPANY THIS MARIO? YES. YOU NEED A RESOLUTION FOR IT, DON'T WE? YES. THAT RESOLUTION WASN'T PUT ON THE AGENDA. CORRECT? THE WORDING WASN'T PUT ON THE AGENDA THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IT, BUT THAT RESOLUTION PORTION WAS LEFT OUT. OKAY. SO DUE TO THAT, WE, YOU HAVE IT READY NOW? THEY'RE ALL READY? YES. ALRIGHT. WE'LL PUT UM, [01:05:01] THE 28TH. 28TH. NOW FOR THE 28TH. GET READY. I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE TO 28TH. YEP. COMMISSIONER CORTEZ, YOU WANNA YES, SIR. SECOND, THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER CORTES. MOTION TO TABLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. I'LL OPPOSED AND NAY. MOTION CARRIES THE TABLE TO THE 28TH. MOVE [EXECUTIVE SESSION] INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 DASH 0 7 1. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, CONSULTING WITH ATTORNEY ON CON CONTRACTUAL. THERE'S AN ERROR THERE, RON, ON CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH KLM ENGINEERING AND AMERITECH. UH, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL ALSO CONVENE TO CLOSE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON OUR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CHAPTER 5 5 1 SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. THE TIME IS 5 51. WE'RE MOVING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS 1223. [POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION 1223. NEXT DAY. NEXT DAY. 12:23 PM PM AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OH YES. MOVE BACK TO [3.Consideration and possible action to approve the Second and Final Reading of Ordinance Number 2639, an ordinance of the City of San Benito, Texas, requiring background checks as a condition of appointment to City boards, commissions, and the Board of Directors of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc.; establishing screening requirements, disqualification standards, and individualized review. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE. THAT WAS PULLED OUT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR COMMISSION. WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS YOU MAYOR HAD IN REGARD TO THIS ORDINANCE. THE EDITS WILL BE MADE, UH, TO ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY, UM, TO THAT, UM, THE ATTORNEY OR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, DOES ASK, UH, AND DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, OF THIS ORDINANCE AS DISCUSSED IN EXEC EXECUTIVE SESSION. COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, NAY. MOVE ON TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, MAYOR. ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE WILL PROCEED AS DISCUSSED WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ALLOW LEGAL THE APPROPRIATE TIME, UH, TO REVIEW BOTH CONTRACTS AND TO PROCEED ACCORDINGLY, UH, AS DIRECTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ALONGSIDE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM ONE AS AS MENTIONED BY LEGAL MOTION TO APPROVE AS ADVISED AS FROM LEGAL? UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. I HAVE A MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. A SECOND. COMMISSIONER CORTEZ WITH A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? UM, SO MOVED. UH, MOTION BY COM. UH, COMMISSIONER CORTEZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED AN A. MOTION CARRIES CONCLUDES THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. THIS MEETING IS, UH, IT'S 12:25 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE NUMBER SEVEN. HOLD ON, MS. RUTH, DID WE MISS ONE? OH, YOU'RE RIGHT MS. RUTH. OH, THAT WAS PART OF THE, UM, EX EXECUTIVE SESSION? THAT'S CORRECT. UH, MAYOR, UM, NO ACTION IS NEEDED AS I DO NEED TO REVIEW THE KLM CONTRACT AS WELL, THE, AS WELL AS OTHER ASSOCIATED CONTRACTS WITH THIS PROJECT. UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING NO ACTION ON ITEM SEVEN. IT IS CONNECTED TO THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM, NO. ACTION. UH, RECOMMENDATION ITEM SEVEN. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. UH, TIME IS 12:26 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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