[Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Fabian Diaz, 2023 Interworld Boxing Organization (IWBO) Champion. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

WHEREAS FABIAN HAS BEEN COACHED BY HIS FATHER, RENE DIAZ, SINCE THE AGE OF SIX YEARS OLD.

WHEREAS FABIAN AND HIS FATHER TRAINED TOGETHER IN BOXING TWICE DAILY AND SIX DAYS A WEEK.

WHEREAS BECAUSE OF HIS DEDICATION TO TRAINING HIS SON, FABIAN DIAZ.

COACH DIAZ HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 2023, COACH AND TEAM USA BOXING HALL OF FAME.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF EDINBURG WAS WELL REPRESENTED AT THE CAVAZOS BOXING BOARD OF WARS EVENT THAT WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, JULY 28TH, 2023, IN HIDALGO, TEXAS.

AND. WHEREAS, FABIAN DIAZ DEFEATED IVAN ALVARADO, WHO WAS FIVE AND ZERO, TO BECOME THE FIRST IN A WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION CROWNED PROFESSIONAL NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND.

WHEREAS, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE FABIAN DIAZ FOR HIS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD OF BOXING AND WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I.

RAMIRO GARZA, JUNIOR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS.

BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE FABIAN DIAZ, 2023, IN A WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION CHAMPION AND WITNESS.

RALPH AND I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ON THIS 15TH DAY OF AUGUST OF 2023.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG MAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

I DO WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT, BUT WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU FIRST BECAUSE WE'RE RECOGNIZING YOU AT THIS TIME.

DON'T BE SHY. IT'S KIND OF COOL GETTING RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR IN EDINBURG.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND YEAH, I'M GOING TO KEEP REPRESENTING EDINBURG.

WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT IT DOES SAY, MAYOR, HERE, BUT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND US, OKAY? BECAUSE THEY ELECTED ME AND THEY ELECTED THE COUNCIL.

SO THIS PROCLAMATION THAT COMES FROM BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, IS MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL.

AND IT'S TO RECOGNIZE YOU, YOUR EFFORTS AND TO WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WERE NOT BORN IN DENVER, BUT YOU'RE EDINBURG NOW IS YOUR HOME.

SO, YOU KNOW.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS AND AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

YOU'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AND ALSO COUNCIL, I WAS JUST MADE AWARE THAT HIS FATHER, COACH REYNOLDS, WAS JUST RECENTLY NAMED ALSO 2023 USA BOXING HALL OF FAME COACH OF THE YEAR.

LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND ALSO.

WELL, IT'S FAMILY RECOGNITION AND NOW WE KNOW WHERE IT'S COME FROM.

COACH DIAZ. I HAVE A CERTIFICATE ALSO TO PRESENT TO YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL THAT I WILL TAKE DOWN THERE WITH THE PROCLAMATION.

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BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY ANY WORDS, SIR, AT THIS TIME.

AND THANKS TO ALL THE COUNCIL.

WE'RE HERE TO STAY HERE, REPRESENT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND MORE AND MORE TO COME.

I'M A COACH. I HAVE A BOXING GYM HERE IN EDINBURGH.

I HAVE A NATIONAL TEAM THAT WILL BE MAKING NOISE.

ALSO FABIAN DIAZ, OCTOBER WILL BE FIGHTING IN SHOWTIME.

SO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, WE'RE GOING TO BLOSSOM IT AND BLOOM IT.

GOOD. GREAT.

AWESOME. COACH.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, FABIAN.

AND ALL THE HARD DISCIPLINE AND ALL THE HARD LESSONS.

IT'S ALL. IT'S ALL BEING PAID OFF NOW, RIGHT? AND I WANT TO SAY TODOS LOS DIAS EN BUENOS SUR.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR.

THIS IS FOR YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE.

THIS IS FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

BRENDAN, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE, SUPPORTING ALL THE FIRE IN THE CITY.

CONGRATULATIONS. COME ON.

HERE, GET HERE.

THE HONOREE. BOTH OF YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BRANDON HERNANDEZ.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THEIRS.

AND ACTUALLY HE'S THE ONE THAT FIRST NOTIFIED ME WHEN HE WON THAT NIGHT.

SO, BRANDON, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL THE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY OF 2023.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

BELINDA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

WE HAVE MR. LEONARDO VARELA.

HE'S A GROUNDSKEEPER WITH THE WORLD BIRDING CENTER PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS BEEN WITH OUR CITY SINCE OCTOBER OF 2020.

[Presentation of the Employee of the Month Award Recipients for the Month of June and July 2023. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

AND I'LL LET MR. GARZA SHARE SOME WORDS.

GOOD EVENING. JAVIER GARZA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.

LEO VARELA POR SU TRABAJO HACER AQUI EN LA CIUDAD DE EDINBURG, BASTANTE DE PARTE DE LA PARKS RECREATION Y LA CIUDAD DE EDINBURG.

TAMBIÉN ES MUY BUEN TRABAJADOR LA GENTE VISITOR BRAIN CENTER SIEMPRE MUCHO ELEMENTOS COMO COMO LOS LOS ARBOLES Y TODO ESTA BIEN BIEN LIMPIO NADA MAS NO SALE BIRDING CENTER EL EDIFICIO CRUZADA PHYSIO ESTAR EN UNA LAGUNA TAMBIÉN COMO MILLE MILLE MILLE METROS DE THE LAGO TAMBIÉN BONITO Y MUCHA GENTE CAMINA TOMA FOTOS DE LOS ANIMALES LOS PAJAROS SO DE PARTE DE LA PARLAMENTO LA CIUDAD DE SU TRABAJO GRACIAS POR TODO POR LA CIUDAD LEO.

A. SI QUIERES SER UNA PALABRA LO QUIERO FELICITAR DE PARTE DE MI DEL CONSIGLIO POR TODO LO ESSER PARA LA CIUDAD NOSOTROS SOMOS LOS RECIBIMOS EL CONOCIMIENTO PERO TRABAJO DE HACER TODO LO PUEDEN PARA MEJORAR LA CIUDAD REALMENTE ES RECONOCIMIENTO.

SO FELICIDADES DE ESTE BARZEGAR CON NOSOTROS NO EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, PERO PARA EL ANO LO RECONOCIMIENTOS WHEN MERECIDO FELICIDADES MUCHAS GRACIAS.

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GREAT.

IT'S. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. VARELA. IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO THE BIRDING CENTER, IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE.

I RECOMMEND IT.

OUR NEXT RECIPIENT FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, THE MONTH OF JULY OF 2023, WE HAVE EDNA GUEVARA JUNIOR.

HE IS OUR EVENTS COORDINATOR WITH THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS BEEN WITH OUR CITY SINCE 2014.

BUT MISS LATIN WILL TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY AS WE ANNOUNCE THE JULY RECOGNIZE OUR JULY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MISTER ERNESTO GUEVARA, OR HOW WE CALL HIM ERNIE.

ERNIE HAS BEEN WITH US AT THE LIBRARY SINCE HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE WAS ONE OF THOSE AFTER SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME, HIM AND HIS BROTHER, AND HE WOULD BE THERE AT THE LIBRARY.

I THINK HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE LIBRARY SO MUCH THAT HE DECIDED THEN TO APPLY FOR A PART TIME JOB AND THEN BECAME A FULL TIMER.

AND NOW HE'S HE'S OUR EVENTS COORDINATOR DOING A WONDERFUL JOB DOING PLANNING ALL THE LOGISTICS FOR OUR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT JUST PASSED OUR U-F-O FESTIVAL THAT WAS SUCH A SUCH A SUCCESS IN BECAUSE OF HIS PLANNING, LOGISTICS AND OF COURSE DEALING WITH THE VENDORS AS WELL.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND VERY THANKFUL FOR THE RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY.

AND MIKE IS HERE.

HE'S HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR NOW AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

SO I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE LIKE THIS IN OUR CITY THIS PAST SATURDAY, FRIDAY FOR THE UFO FESTIVAL. LIKE HE STAYED UNTIL THREE IN THE MORNING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING GOT PUT AWAY.

HE'S THE FIRST ONE TO COME IN, THE LAST ONE TO GO OUT.

AND WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE ERNIE IN OUR TEAM.

WAIT. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

OKAY. I GUESS IT'S A REQUIREMENT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT'S.

IT'S AN HONOR TO GET THIS AWARD FROM THE CITY, AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE CITY AND ITS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

I THINK ALL OF US HERE ON COUNCIL WILL SEE YOU IN ACTION AND ALL THESE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

THIS PAST FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY IS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND WE GET NOTHING BUT POSITIVE COMMENTS.

AND I ALWAYS TELL THEM, THANK THE STAFF THAT'S OUT THERE.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HELP PUT THIS TOGETHER.

SO A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THAT HE'S ALSO VERY CARING.

HE'S ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF THE STAFF.

SO ALL HIS ART SEEING FAMILY IS HERE WITH US TODAY.

I JUST NOTICED THAT. YEAH.

EVERYBODY'S HERE. SO VERY WELL DESERVING.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THERE. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. BUT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ALLOW FOR SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

I WILL BE TAKING TIME.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE.

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THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL THERE ARE TEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS JAVIER GARZA REGARDING UPCOMING EVENTS.

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

GOOD EVENING. THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

I WANT TO INVITE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR.

THIS SATURDAY WE'RE HAVING OUR VENDORS MARKET.

WE HAVE 60 VENDORS THAT SIGNED UP.

IT SOLD OUT REAL QUICK. WE HAVE 30 COLLECTOR'S COLLECTIBLES THAT SELL SPORTS MEMORABILIA, TOYS AND OTHER AND OTHER STUFF.

AND ALSO WE HAVE 30 VENDORS THAT ARE POP UP KIND OF MARKETS.

THEY HAVE CLOTHES AND DESIGNER STUFF, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL GOOD A GOOD EVENT.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE EVER DO IT IS THIS SATURDAY AT TEN INCHES THE MORNING TILL 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THE THE SNACK BAR OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO IN THERE AND SHOP AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

ALSO, WE HAVE NEXT THURSDAY AT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COACH LOCATION, I'M SORRY, AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION GYM'S 315 MARCUS PENA DRIVE.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. AND ALSO NEXT THURSDAY AT SAME LOCATION, EXCEPT IN THE BOXING GYM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR MEDIA WORKOUT FOR THAT.

THE VARGAS BROTHERS ARE FIGHTING.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE MEDIA WORK IS GOING TO BE AUGUST 24TH.

AT NOON. AT 12 NOON, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED.

THERE'S LIMITED SPACE FOR SPECTATORS, BUT WE HAVE AN AREA SO THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES WITH THEM AS WELL IF THEY WANT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE BARELY INVITED YOU.

WE GOT THE SPECIFICS TODAY AND WORKING ALSO ON THE ON THE WAY IN AS WELL, THE SPECIFICS.

AND WE'LL LET WE'LL SEND INFORMATION TO CLARICE AND MYRA ON THAT SO WE CAN FORWARD IT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS WELL.

SO IT'S IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, EXCITING EVENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND OUR INVITATION.

OKAY. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM MS..

FERN MCLARTY REGARDING ITEM NUMBER TEN D.

QUESTION. OPEN FOR.

I WILL DO THE TEN IN A FEW MINUTES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM GOING TO BEGIN MY COMMENTS BY EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

THESE INDIVIDUALS GO TO WORK EACH DAY TO ENSURE EACH ONE OF US AND OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE.

THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT JOB AND WE HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF THINGS GO WRONG.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE APPRECIATE THE HIGH LEVEL OF VISIBILITY PROVIDED BY OUR OFFICERS.

THIS MEANS THAT SEEING OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY PREVENTS CRIME.

NOW TO MY COMMENTS ON THE COUNCIL.

WE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH OUR INTERVIEWING CONCERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHY SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE? BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN YOUR ACTIONS AND MORE THAN THREE MINUTES AND YOU CAN ASK US QUESTIONS.

WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE ATTEND CITY COUNTY AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT YOU VOTE, WHY YOU VOTE A CERTAIN WAY. AND IT SOMETIMES IS NOT THE BEST FOR THE PEOPLE.

IT IS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE AT TIMES.

THERE ARE 30% OF THE CITY AND 40% OF THE COUNTY POPULATION LIVE IN POVERTY.

SO YOU SHOULD REDUCE SPENDING.

AND THINK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT ARE HAVING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY HAS SPENT $120,000 TO LOBBY OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN AUSTIN.

THESE ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT LIVE HERE IN HIDALGO COUNTY.

IF YOU WANT THEM TO SUPPORT PRIORITIES, HAVE A MEETING AT CITY HALL BEFORE THE LEGISLATION STARTS.

AT EVERY ODD YEAR, ONE OF THE CITY PRIORITY IS TO FIND WAYS OF REDUCING PROPERTY TAXES.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS REDUCE THE TAX RATE THAT IS TOTAL WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY.

WHY ARE YOU ASKING THEM? WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIONS THAT PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE DONE, AND IF YOU'RE NOT AGREEING WITH THOSE, THEN CHANGE THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE.

EACH CITY MEMBER MEETING BEGINS WITH A PRAYER TO GIVE OUR LEADERS WISDOM THAT THEIR VOTE TO ALLOW GAMBLING OR WILL NOT TAKE A POSITION ON THE RIGHTS TO LIFE BE BECAUSE IT'S TOO POLITICAL.

AND WE HAVE A QUESTION HOW DOES ALLOWING GAMBLING IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY WHEN 30% LIVE IN POVERTY? I GAVE YOU 4 OR 5 SAMPLES.

EDINBURG MAN ACCUSED OF OPERATING EIGHT LINER MEGA SLOT OWNER ARRESTED ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING CHARGES.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THERE WERE 14 YOUNG PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE NEWS OR SAW THE PAPER, BUT THEY WERE VERY YOUNG AND THEY ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE A RECORD.

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I'M ASSUMING THEY'VE BEEN ARRESTED.

SO THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, IF YOU ALLOW THESE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN OFF OF OF THE PUBLIC, THE HOMES AND THE CHILDREN AND PUT OVER HOPEFULLY OVER THERE. BUT WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THIS? WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COULD NOT LET THE CITY BE A SANCTUARY CITY.

SO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE AGAIN IS MISS FERN MCCLARTY REGARDING TAX PAYER MONEY AND LOWERING TAX RATES.

OH, I DO APOLOGIZE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE FOURTH COMMENT WILL BE MS..

TONYA CHAVEZ CAMACHO REGARDING THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE THE MINIMUM WAGE ON THE CITY PETITION.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR GARCIA.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TANYA CHAVEZ AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LA UNION DEL PUEBLO.

ENTERO LOOP AND LOOP VOTES.

TODAY I'M HERE WITH MEMBERS OF COLONIA DEL PUEBLO ENTERO ALONG WITH GROUND GAME TEXAS, WHO IN JANUARY OF 2022, WE STARTED COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO ASK THE CITY TO HONOR A $15 LIVING WAGE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.

AND WE DID.

WE DID DO THIS BY SIGNATURES, WHICH WE SUBSEQUENTLY TURNED INTO CITY SECRETARY.

AND THEY WERE REFUSED.

AND THIS WAS AGAINST OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PETITION BY SIGNATURES.

THEREFORE, WE TOOK THE MATTER TO COURT AND IN MARCH OF 2023, THE COURT RULED IN OUR FAVOR.

AND SO WE ARE HERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT IN THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION, TO INTRODUCE THE SIGNATURES, TO HAVE THE CITY SECRETARY INTRODUCE THE SIGNATURES AND HAVE THEM BE RECOGNIZED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY IS PROVIDED WITH A LIVING WAGE.

AND WE KNOW THAT A LIVING WAGE, ACCORDING TO STUDIES, IS AROUND 1498 FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

AND SO ALL WE WANT IS TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE COMMUNITY SIGNED TO, AND THAT IS THAT ALL THE SIGNATURES BE RECOGNIZED. SO AT THIS MOMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE REPRESENT.

I MYSELF LIVE IN EDINBURGH FOR 14 YEARS.

AND I EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I THAT I WAS SERVICED BY ONE OF OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE CITY, I WAS PLEASED WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

TODAY I REPRESENT A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO MANY OF THEM ARE STANDING WITH WITH ME TODAY.

AND WE REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY THAT SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PETITION, AS MANDATED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE BE GRANTED AND THAT THE SIGNATURES BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL TO BE RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE JOAQUIN GARCIA REGARDING ADVOCATING TO INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR A SIGNIFICANT AND IMPACTFUL CHANGE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A $15 MINIMUM WAGE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT EDINBURG IS A VIBRANT AND DIVERSE PLACE, RICH WITH CULTURE AND OPPORTUNITY.

HOWEVER, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THIS PROSPERITY.

BE SHARED EQUITABLY AMONG CITY EMPLOYEES.

A $15 MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT JUST A NUMBER.

IT REPRESENTS A COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT THE CITY THAT THE CITY WORKER CAN EARN A WAGE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH DIGNITY AND SECURITY.

IN FACT, LIKE MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JUST MENTIONED, ACCORDING TO MIT, A PERSON THAT A PERSON LIVING IN EDINBURGH SHOULD BE EARNING AROUND 1498 AN HOUR.

SO AND IF SOMEONE HAS DEPENDENTS, THAT NUMBER IS EVEN GREATER THAN $15.

TODAY, TOO MANY HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET, EVEN AS EVEN AS THEY WORK TIRELESSLY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY'S ECONOMY.

WE CANNOT IGNORE THE REALITY THAT THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE OFTEN FALLS SHORT OF PROVIDING A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT, PUTTING FOOD ON THEIR TABLE OR SEEKING MEDICAL CARE.

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BY IMPLEMENTING A $15 MINIMUM WAGE, YOU ARE TAKING A STEP TOWARDS ADDRESSING INCOME INEQUALITY AND CREATING A FAIRER SOCIETY.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF EVERY WORKER AND THE RIGHT TO A LIVING WAGE.

THIS CHANGE WILL NOT ONLY RAISE THOSE CURRENTLY EARNING LOWER WAGES, BUT IT WILL ALSO STIMULATE LOCAL SPENDING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, THEY SPEND IT ON GOODS AND SERVICES WITHIN OUR CITY, DRIVING BUSINESS AND BOOSTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

IN ADDITION, HIGHER WAGES LEAD TO GREATER EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION, REDUCED TURNOVER AND IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY.

I URGE EACH MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE ETHICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DECISION.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, TO UPLIFT STRUGGLING FAMILIES AND TO PROMOTE A MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.

BY ADOPTING A $15 MINIMUM WAGE, YOU WILL SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURG VALUES ITS WORKFORCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE KAREN SALAZAR BRINGING ATTENTION TO AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

SARAH. KAREN SALAZAR.

OKAY, GO AHEAD. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS KAREN SALAZAR, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE COLLECTING SIGNATURES AND SPEAKING WITH VOTERS ON THIS ISSUE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GROUND GAME TEXAS AND LUPE VOTES FOR SUPPORTING THIS CAMPAIGN AND DEFENDING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN EDINBURG, TEXAS.

I HAVE SEEN HOW MUCH THE CITY HAS GROWN AND IMPROVED.

AND I FOUND THIS CAMPAIGN WHILE I WAS WORKING IN RETAIL JOB HERE IN EDINBURG, AND I WAS EXCITED THAT SUCH A CAMPAIGN WAS HAPPENING IN MY HOME TOWN.

AT FIRST, I SAW THIS CAMPAIGN AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG TO LEAD THE WAY TOWARDS A FUTURE WHERE WORKERS ARE PAID FAIRLY FOR THEIR LABOR.

I VOLUNTEERED TO RAISE SIGNATURES.

AND AFTER I. SORRY.

AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I REALIZED THAT THIS CAMPAIGN MEANT A LOT MORE TO ME.

AS I SPOKE WITH VOTERS IN MY COMMUNITY, I LEARNED THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD VOTE DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT CAN LISTEN, THAT CAN TAKE THEIR LIST OF GRIEVANCES AND ADDRESS THEM.

I HELP COLLECT SIGNATURES AND SPEAK WITH VOTERS.

I WAS HERE WHEN THESE SIGNATURES WERE TURNED IN OVER A YEAR AGO, AND STILL THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COUNTED DESPITE THE COURT ORDER.

THE PETITION SEEKS TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR WORKERS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS PETITION SETS A PRECEDENT FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG.

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU ACTED? THANK YOU. THE NEXT COMMENT WILL BE DONOVAN SALAZAR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE INITIATIVE.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM ALSO ADVOCATING FOR THE SIGNATURES OF THE PETITION THAT WE WORKED SO HARD FOR.

I WAS I WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR GROUND GAME COLLECTING, HELPING COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR THE PETITION TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR CITY WORKERS.

UM, AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH HAS.

HAS FAILED TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE.

I WAS OUT THERE.

FOR A LONG TIME IN THE HEAT.

YOU KNOW THE JOB.

YOU HAVE TO GO AND WALK AROUND AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO HEAR THEIR STORIES AND IT'S, OH, MAN, I, I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR MEDICAL BILLS BECAUSE MY MEDICAID EXPIRED OR WHATNOT.

YOU KNOW, AND I THINK I HEARD A STORY.

IT'S LIKE 302 BUCKS BECAUSE SOMEBODY GOT COVID AND THEY GOT PNEUMONIA, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE PAYING OUT OF POCKET.

AND I FEEL LIKE, AGAIN, SETTING A PRECEDENT OF LIKE $15 AN HOUR WOULD BE.

A WAY FOR THE.

A CITIZENS OF EDINBURG TO RAISE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND HIGHER LIVING STANDARDS SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE SO WORRIED ABOUT GETTING SICK OR ONE. JUST ONE LARGE PAYMENT THAT COULD RUIN THEM FOR THE MONTH.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK HERE.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ONLY TWO YEARS, BUT.

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I'VE SEEN A LOT IN THAT TIME AND.

IGNORING. YOUR CITIZENS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

SO, YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE SYLVIA MEJIA INTRODUCING HER NEW MINISTRY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.

MY NAME IS SYLVIA MEJIA, AND WE HAVE SOME LADIES, IF THEY COULD PLEASE STAND.

DIANA SULIMA AND LAURA ARE HERE WITH ME, AND WE ARE A PART OF A GLOW.

IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL, GLOBAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE IN OVER 170 NATIONS WORLDWIDE TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES.

A GLOBE CONSISTS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO PRESENT BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AS SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGING TIMES THAT WE'RE FACING.

RIGHT. WE ARE SPIRIT BORN AND SPIRIT LED FOR OVER 55 YEARS.

A GLOW HAS LOCAL GROUPS CALL LIGHTHOUSES, AND WE ARE MAN TO HAVE A LIGHTHOUSE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND EVERY CITY IN AMERICA. THAT'S OUR DREAM, RIGHT? WE ARE IN THE EDINBURGH AGLOW CITY COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE.

AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING.

WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING.

WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE A MINISTRY THAT PRAYS FOR YOU, THAT WE BELIEVE IN YOU, THAT WE ASK FOR WISDOM FOR YOU, THAT WE ASK FOR GODLY, GODLY WISDOM AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR WONDERFUL CITY OF EDINBURGH.

SO WE HAVE AND ALSO WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION.

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH SPIRITUALLY, THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, AND THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT IN WHAT YOU DO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR EDINBURG, TEXAS.

RIGHT. SO WHAT I HAVE HERE IS SOME BROCHURES FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SOME BUSINESS CARDS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

WE HAVE NUMBERS HERE.

IF ANYBODY NEEDS PRAYER AND WE ARE IN OUR OUR WEBSITE IS CALLED A GLOW.ORG IN CASE YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION.

BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. SO CAN I PASS THESE OUT? SURE. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE KIMBERLY QUINTANILLA TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC PARK PARKS AND RECREATION AND TO INVITE COUNCIL MAYOR TO COME IN EVENT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GIVE ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE EDINBURG NORTH HIGH SCHOOL FCA CHAPTER.

I AM THE HUDDLE COACH AND A TEACHER AND A PRODUCT OF EDINBURG.

I COME TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OURSELVES AND TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST BAPTIST OF EDINBURG, WE ARE HOSTING A FIFTH QUARTER, WHICH WILL BE NEXT WEEK ON THE ON FRIDAY AFTER THE GAME, WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, A TOURNAMENT.

IT'S A DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN HAVE CLEAN FUN AFTER THE GAME, WHERE THEY'RE SAFE, WHERE IT'S UNDER SUPERVISION.

THEY'LL BE PROVIDED WITH PIZZA AND DRINKS.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE FCA FOR FELLOWSHIP, FOR PRAYER, FOR A MOVEMENT OF GOD WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO INVITE YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THE THE EVENT WILL BE FROM 9:30 P.M.

TO ABOUT 11:30 P.M.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE PARKS AND RECS, THANKS TO MR. GARZA THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FOR OPENING THAT FACILITY FOR US, WHICH IS THE PARKS AND REC GYMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.

THE FINAL COMMENT WILL BE MR. PAUL IBRAHIM.

I DO APOLOGIZE REGARDING GIVING THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HOW ARE YOU? THE LAST TIME I SPOKE HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP WAS NOTICES TO PEOPLE THAT THEY LIVED OUTSIDE OF THE 300FT RADIUS, THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE NOTIFICATION

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OF ANY ZONING CHANGES OR THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON IT.

SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF PLACARDS THAT ARE POSTED ON YARDS SAYING THIS PROPERTY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND IT GIVES A SECTION NUMBER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A CHANGE GOING ON THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AND AND AS A CITIZEN, DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING WHEN THE CITY TAKES EVERY EFFORT TO POST IT.

AND IF WE PASS BY THAT SITE EVERY DAY AND HAVE QUESTIONS, WE NOW KNOW WHO TO CALL OR OR WHO TO FOLLOW UP WITH.

AND IF WE DON'T, THEN THE ONUS IS ON US.

SO I WANTED TO THANK THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF, HAIM AND HIS HIS STAFF FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY PROBABLY PUT IN SOME WORK INTO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I WENT BY HIS OFFICE ONE DAY FOR SOMETHING AND THERE WERE PLACARDS ALL OVER HIS OFFICE AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL CITY STAFF TIME AND SOME ADDITIONAL CITY COST, BUT I THINK THAT'S A MINOR COST WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE INFORMING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

I'VE BECAME AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE A PROPERTY THAT'S WITHIN A HALF MILE OF MY HOUSE HAS ONE OF THOSE PLACARDS ON THE FRONT YARD.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN THAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.

BUT NOW WHEN I PASS BY, I SAW THE NUMBER AND I LOOKED IT UP AND I WAS ABLE TO GET INFORMED ABOUT IT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE FOR LISTENING AND FOR REACTING TO THAT.

HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT AN EXPERIMENT OR A SHORT TERM EXPERIMENT.

HOPEFULLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY.

THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR GARCIA. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE ITEM A, THIS IS A I'M GOING TO OPEN UP.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT.

THIS IS FOR A 3.03 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AT 7011 EAST ROGERS ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY ALMA TIJERINA ON BEHALF OF MIGUEL FARIAS, THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

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ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IS WELCOME TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

[A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, Being 3.03 Acres of Land, More or Less, out of Lot 8, Section 244, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey Subdivision, Located at 711 East Rogers Road, as Requested by Alma Tijerina on Behalf of Miguel Farias. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN AND BE OBSERVED.

ALL THAT GOES ON WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS AND CERTAINLY A VERY GOOD PART OF YOUR YOUR MEETINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS AS WELL.

SO I'M REPRESENTING ALMA TEJERINA AND PEDRO TEJERINA.

THAT'S THE HUSBAND AND WIFE.

THEY OWN RUSHMORE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE BUILDERS THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING HERE IN EDINBURG AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY TO DEVELOP IT AS A SINGLE FAMILY, PRIVATE AND GATED SUBDIVISION.

WE'VE BEEN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY SINCE OCTOBER WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, BUT ULTIMATELY WE WERE THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH A SINGLE FAMILY.

WE STARTED WITH MULTIFAMILY, BUT THAT HAS CHANGED.

THE REZONING THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING ONLY ALLOWS SINGLE FAMILY MINIMUM OF 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, BUT THE LOTS COULD BE LARGER DEPENDING ON THE MARKET FOR THE FOR THE PROPERTY.

SO. WE PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME KEY POINTS THAT I THOUGHT I'D SUMMARIZE THE PRESENTATION.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PRIVATE AND GATED SUBDIVISION.

IT COMPLIES WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.

IT'S STILL RURAL IN CHARACTER.

BUT SINCE 2002, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA WITH SUBDIVISIONS, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND A SIMILAR SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH ON ROGERS DRIVE OUR STREET.

IT'S AN IDEAL LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S NEAR SCHOOLS, NOT ONLY THE IDEAL SCHOOL, BUT EDINBURG, NORTH EISENHOWER SCHOOLS AND OF COURSE THE PREMIER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER, THE EDINBURG BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THE. TRAFFIC WAS A CONCERN.

I ACTUALLY SPENT SEVERAL DAYS OUT THERE EARLY IN THE MORNINGS AND THE TRAFFIC IS TYPICAL OF TRAFFIC AROUND SCHOOLS, BUT THE TRAFFIC THAT I OBSERVED WAS NOT TRAFFIC THAT WAS BACK TO BACK FROM KLAUSSNER ALL THE WAY TO THE EXPRESSWAY. IT WAS SPORADIC, 2 OR 3 CARS, 2 OR 3 CARS.

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BUT THE THE WAY THE SCHOOL IS SET UP, ALL THE TRAFFIC GOES OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY AND COMES BACK TO THE EXPRESSWAY, THE MAJORITY OF IT ANYWAY. SO WE BELIEVE THIS SUBDIVISION WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY AND SALES TAXES FOR THE CITY AND IT IS A GOOD LOCATION FOR SUCH A SUBDIVISION.

SO YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED.

ON BEHALF OF MR. AND MRS. TEJERINA ON THIS REQUEST, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT.

NO, BECAUSE I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR FOR BRIEFING ME ON IT.

I ALSO HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF ON THE PROJECT.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT THE LOTS WILL BE A MINIMUM 5000FT², BUT WHAT WHAT YOU TURNED INTO THE CITY, THE PROPOSED EASEMENT OR ROADWAY? GOING 50, WHICH WOULD BE THE CITY REQUIREMENT, WOULD LESSEN THE LOT SIZE FROM 50 TO 100.

ON AVERAGE, 75 TO 75 BY 50, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE 3750 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE PER HOME. I KNOW THAT I DON'T I'M NOT A BUILDER OR A DEVELOPER, BUT WHEN I SAW THE THE LINES, I THOUGHT THAT THE DOTTED LINE WAS WAS PART OF THE ROADWAY. BUT THE ROADWAY IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE EACH LOT.

YES, IT IS.

I MEAN, IN THAT CONCEPT RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A CONCEPTUAL LET'S LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

THAT'S THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED.

THE CITY WILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY.

SO WHETHER THEY WILL ALLOW THAT OR NOT, IF THEY DO NOT ALLOW THAT CONCEPT, THEN THE LOTS WOULD HAVE TO BE THE 100FT DEPTH WITH THE PUBLIC STREET AS A AS A PRIVATE STREET.

THOUGH THE IN THE PAST WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT GO TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

AND WHAT THAT DOES THAT ENSURES THE CITY THAT THE LOT OWNER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT STREET.

YOU PROBABLY HAD CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD PRIVATE STREETS OR PRIVATE ALLEYS, BUT THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOT.

AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE FACED WITH SHOULD WE DO IT OR NOT DO IT? IN THIS CASE, IT'S A MORE SECURE WAY OF ENSURING THAT THE PURCHASERS ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE LOTS.

LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW, THE REASON WE PRESENTED A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN WAS BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO SEE HOW WOULD WE BE DEVELOPED.

AND INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TEN LOTS, OR WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 22 LOTS.

SO THAT'S ONE PLAN.

THE OTHER CONCEPT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PRESENT THE SUBDIVISION, THAT NUMBER OF LOTS CAN BE REDUCED TO WHATEVER THE CITY TELLS US.

BUT STILL, THE ZONING IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY, WHETHER IT'S IN THAT CONCEPT OR A MORE CONSERVATIVE CONCEPT.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION. YES, WE STARTED THIS WITH THE LOTS ARE GOING TO BE 5000FT².

YES. RIGHT.

BUT NOW WE'RE ADDING THE 5000FT².

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE 5000FT² IS PART OF THE ROADWAY.

SO IF WE ASK THEM TO TAKE TEN, TEN FEET OF THE ROADWAY BY 50, 100 BY 50.

RIGHT. SO ACTUALLY, THE LOT IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL BUILDABLE OR THE GREEN SPACE OR HOWEVER WE'RE GOING TO DEFINE IT IS ACTUALLY LESS.

WELL, IT WOULD BE LESS.

BUT AGAIN, THE SUBDIVISION RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO WE HAVE ANOTHER PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TO A VARIANCE BECAUSE THE BUILDER SOLD THEM THE LOT AT THE 500 OR 5000FT².

AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A VARIANCE BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE LOT SIZE, THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE PROPER VARIANCE ON ONE SIDE.

SO IT'S THE SAME THING HERE.

SO IF SOMEBODY SAYS, I'M GOING TO BUY A 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, NOW THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES OUT THERE WHERE TECHNICALLY YOU OWN THE ROADWAY.

I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU DO IT, BUT WHEN YOU BUY THE LOT, WHAT IS THE LOT SIZE LIKE? MINE IS 75 BY 110 PLUS THE ROADWAY.

RIGHT. BUT REMEMBER WHAT I SAID.

THIS IS THE YOU SAID 5000FT².

YEAH. THAT'S THE MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY.

SO THAT'S A SITE PLAN.

THAT'S A CONCEPT.

THAT WE'RE NOT AT THE SUBDIVISION STAGE YET.

THE CITY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, YOU COULD YOU'RE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE THE LOTS TO GO TO THE CENTER.

SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF WHETHER THEY.

YEAH, BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL IT WITH 24 LOTS AT 5000FT².

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SELL THE THE.

THE KNOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO REZONE TO YOU'RE TRYING TO REZONE THE PRIMARY PART OF WHAT YOU'RE GIVING US.

YOU'RE TRYING TO YOU'RE TELLING US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REZONE THIS AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

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NO, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO APPROVE THAT.

IT'LL BE COME BACK TO YOU AS A SUBDIVISION OR TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

AND AT THAT POINT, IF YOU YOU KNOW, WE COME BACK WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

BUT THE CONCEPT YOU GAVE US RIGHT HERE IS TO MAKE US LOOK LIKE AND ASSUME THAT ASSUME THAT IT'S A 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.

RIGHT. ABSENT OF THE ROADWAY.

IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE, SIR.

BUT HERE IN THE CITY, IT'S DONE BEFORE.

I'M ASKING YOU WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL ME RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SELL YOU ANYTHING.

THAT WAS A CONCEPT OF THE PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY CAN BE DEVELOPED IF IT'S REZONED WITH MINIMUM 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AS ALLOWED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

AND THE CITY WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT AT A LATER STAGE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, I WAS I MEAN, IT LOOKED.

FAVORABLE AND PROMISING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES THE WAY THE PITCH COMES IN ABOUT HOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.

WE'RE TRYING TO. TO ME, IT FEELS THAT WAY.

YEAH. NO, SIR, WE'RE TRYING TO.

WE FEELS THAT WAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL HE BROUGHT IT UP TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE ROADWAYS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED IN THE WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT CONCEPTS.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.

THE AGAIN, THE BASIC PREMISE IS REZONING RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WOULD ONLY ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

HOW MANY HOMES YOU GET OUT OF THAT WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER STAGE.

YEAH. WHAT IS OUR.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOUR DIRECTOR. WHAT IS OUR MINIMUM? WELL, JUST REAL QUICK, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANT TO STATE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A ZONING CHANGE AND ONLY A ZONING CHANGE.

I JUST WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE THAT.

I MEAN, WE INDIVIDUALLY CAN CONSIDER WHATEVER WE LIKE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A ZONING CHANGE AT THIS TIME, NOT A SITE PLAN, NOT, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG ARE THE LOTS? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING IS A CONCEPTUAL WE'RE NOT HERE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT.

RIGHT? BUT IT'S NICE TO GET AN IDEA.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TO CONSIDER A ZONING.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.

YES, MAYOR, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, YOU'RE CORRECT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY CONSIDERING THE REZONING OF THE SITE PLAN WAS THROWN IN THERE AS A BONUS TO SEE WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE BUILT, BECAUSE THERE WAS QUESTIONS AND.

YEAH, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED HERE TONIGHT IS THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL, SUBURBAN TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

IT'S STILL A RESIDENTIAL LOT.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM, THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR A RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS 5000FT².

IS THAT INCLUDING THE ROADWAY OR NOT? THE ROADWAY, INCLUDING THE ROADWAY? BECAUSE REMEMBER, I CAN YOU KNOW, I TAKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR, BUT THE YOU KNOW, YOU COME FOR A REZONING REQUEST, BUT YOU START YOUR YOUR PITCH OR YOU START YOUR YOUR REASONS WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS.

WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO US LATER.

AND WE SAY, THAT'S GOOD.

AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT APARTMENTS.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE PITCHED WHEN WE FIRST DID THE CHANGE.

I MIGHT MAKE AN EXAMPLE THAT DOESN'T NOT GOOD HERE, BUT IT WON'T BE THE I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT HAPPENS THAT WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY TOLD US THEY WERE GOING TO PLAN ON BUILDING, WHICH THEY HAVE THE RIGHT ONCE THEY CHANGE HERE.

BUT IF YOU'RE USING THAT TO TELL THEM TO TELL THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW THAT THE LOT SIZE ARE GOING TO BE 5000FT² IF WE DO SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CHANGING FOR AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY OUT HERE SEES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING JUDGED BY.

AND THAT'S A CONCERN I HAVE.

SO IS THE 5000FT² ON THE MINIMUM PLUS THE ROADWAY? IT WILL HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT THE WAY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

WE'RE ALREADY STARTING VARIANCES BEFORE WE'VE EVEN APPROVED IT.

YEAH. SO LET ME SIMPLIFY HERE.

AND SO, MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT THAT WE ONLY HAVE WE'RE ONLY CONSIDERING THE REZONING CHANGE, WHICH I MIGHT ADD, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO APPROVE.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, WE I WANTED TO EDUCATE MYSELF ON THE NUMBER OF LOT SIZES BECAUSE INITIALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH WAS A CONCERN. RIGHT? BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST, WE ALSO CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBORS.

AND SO A LOT OF APARTMENTS, EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE PUSHBACK WHEN THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT WAS DOWNSCALED FROM MULTIFAMILY TO TO TO TOWNHOMES.

RIGHT. AND THEN NOW TO SINGLE FAMILY.

SO THERE'S BEEN A PROCESS WHERE THEY'VE SCALED BACK.

AND IN SPEAKING TO JAIME, I KNOW THAT THAT THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS ADVOCATED.

AND SO FOR ME, WE JUST WANT TO KEEP IT FAIR FOR OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID IS PLEASE TALK TO THE RESIDENTS, SEE WHAT THEY SAY, SEE IF WE CAN WORK IT OUT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE GONE FROM MULTIFAMILY TO TOWNHOMES AND NOW TO SINGLE FAMILY, BUT JUST TO BRING UP CHIEF.

MAYOR PRO TEM POSITION, WHEN I SAW THAT AND I REALIZED THAT THE ROADWAY WAS PART OF THE LOT.

SO THEN THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, SO IF IT IS A PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY, DOES THAT CHANGE THE THE SIZE AND WIDTH OF THE STREET? BECAUSE, I MEAN, BEING IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, IT DOESN'T BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE TRUCK GOING THERE.

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YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN AMBULANCE TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SAVE PEOPLE.

SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S PRIVATE OR NOT.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE WIDTH OF THE STREET, AT LEAST NOT NOT NOT ANYTHING THAT WE'VE GIVEN VARIANCES ON RECENTLY.

I KNOW THAT THE MARKET IS IS LEANING TOWARDS SMALLER LOT SIZE, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS.

BUT IF WE THE ONLY REASON I BRING UP THE ROADWAY AND ALL THE PARAMETERS IS BECAUSE IF WE DID THIS BY CODE WITHOUT ANY VARIANCES THE LOT SIZE AT 5000 MINIMUM SQUARE FEET, YOU CAN ONLY PUT 10 OR 11 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THERE.

AND I THINK THAT NUMBER IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY RESIDENTS AGAINST IT, ANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE AGAINST IT, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE MORE AMENABLE TO SOMETHING THAT'S 10 OR 11 HOMES VERSUS 24.

WHAT'S ON THIS ON THIS PROPOSED LAYOUT? I KNOW IT'S JUST A CONCEPTUAL.

BUT FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, I THINK THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO VARIANCES, AS WE ALL KNOW, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED, IS SOMETHING THAT'S REAL HARD TO TO TO TO SWALLOW AND DIFFERENT BOARDS AS WELL AS THIS COUNCIL. AND ALWAYS, OF COURSE, WHAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL NEXT DOOR LIKE IF IF THEY'RE OKAY OR IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, HAPPY MEDIUM.

AND LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE SCALED IT DOWN.

I JUST KNOW THAT THAT.

THE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

AND THE THE ISSUES AND THE QUESTIONS ARE LIKE, WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE BACKYARD NEIGHBORS.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S QUESTIONS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WILL THERE BE A BARRIER AROUND THE GATED NEIGHBORHOOD AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT? AND I KNOW THAT TODAY IT'S JUST THE DECISION BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY IS TO SEE IF WE WOULD REZONE IT AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET SPECS.

BUT BY SPECS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ONLY 10 OR 11 LOTS AND IF THAT WOULD STILL BE OKAY.

AND ALSO SAY IT ON THE RECORD FOR THE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS THAT THEY WOULD KNOW IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THAT MANY LOTS WITHOUT VARIANCES AND IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHY THE REASON I BRING IT UP SO THAT SO THAT IT'S ALL OUT IN THE OPEN THAT IF WE DID THIS ACCORDING TO CODE, ACCORDING TO THE SPECS, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY 11 HOMES THERE.

WE HAVE MADE APPLICANTS AWARE THAT IF THAT PRIVATE ROAD IS NOT APPROVED, THAT THE LOTS WOULD OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE CUT IN HALF.

SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT.

AND MY POINT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT IS ALLOTTED, I KNOW THAT WE WENT FROM MULTIFAMILY TOWNHOME TO SINGLE FAMILY, BUT WITH THAT LOT SIZE, IT WOULD BE JUST SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN AN APARTMENT, WHICH IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE AROUND THERE.

5000FT² MINIMUM TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A HOME IS WOULD GIVE US YOU KNOW THE THE HALF HALF NUMBER OF LOTS AND I BELIEVE WE LOOKED AT THE THE. BUILDING SIZE FOR A HOUSE ON A 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.

AND I THINK YOU CAN PUT IN AT AROUND A THOUSAND HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT, MAYBE UP TO 1800 IF YOU GO UP AND YOUR NUMBER WAS PROBABLY 10 OR 11 LOTS AS WELL. THAT'S WITHOUT THE PRIVATE STREET.

YES. YEAH.

1500 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S OVER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNCIL? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

QUESTION YES, SIR. WHY DID THE P AND Z NOT TAKE ANY ACTION? THE P AND Z DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION BECAUSE THERE WAS A PETITION AGAINST THE REZONING REQUEST.

SO BECAUSE OF THE PETITION, IT REQUIRED A 4/5 VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S NOT EVEN VOTE ON IT.

LET'S JUST PASS IT ALONG TO CITY COUNCIL.

THAT'S PART OF THIS PETITION THAT'S SIGNED.

YES. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE IN DECEMBER, AND THEN THEY SUBMITTED A LETTER BACK IN JULY 4TH THAT STATED JULY 4TH THAT THEY'RE STILL IN OPPOSITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL REQUEST.

YEAH, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BEHIND ME.

SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD FOR FOR FOR OMAR AND WHOEVER ELSE, THE PETITION AND, AND THAT WAS SIGNED WAS INITIALLY FOR THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE TOWNHOMES WHERE NOW IT'S PROCEEDED SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AND NOW WE'RE HERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND THAT'S ONLY ABOUT A MONTH OLD, RIGHT? MR.. LOPEZ AND THE PROTESTS AND THE PAPERWORK THAT'S THERE IS FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST, DOES THAT APPLY TO THIS OR WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? YES. SO TO ADDRESS THAT, THE PETITION THE PROTEST PETITION IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.

IT WAS PART OF A LETTER THAT THE CITY RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT FOR THE MOST RECENT APPLICATION. BUT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE PETITION WAS SIGNED IN RELATION TO THE PRIOR APPLICATION, BUT THE IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION ON REVIEW, THE PROTEST PETITION BROADLY STATES THAT IT PROTESTS ANY REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.

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AND SO AS A RESULT, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT IT IS GERMANE TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE SUPERMAJORITY.

THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I STILL WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RESIDENTS ON SOME OF THE HEARINGS STILL OPEN.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO GET THERE, BUT I'M ASKING COUNCIL SINCE Y'ALL HAD SOME LINE OF QUESTIONING, I WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL THE SAME COURTESY.

MR. LOPEZ, SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU RECEIVED FROM THE RESIDENTS, WHAT WERE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED OR OR EVEN JAIME, YOU TALKED TO ANY OF THEM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE RESIDENTS? WELL, THE INITIAL CONCERN WAS.

THEY DIDN'T WANT THE PROPERTY TO TO BE DEVELOPED WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAN ONE HOUSE.

ON 3.38.

THE SECOND WAS A TRAFFIC.

UH, THAT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

THERE IS TRAFFIC IN THE MORNINGS AND THERE'S TRAFFIC IN THE AFTERNOONS, BUT IT'S NOT ANY MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE.

LIKE I SAID, IN ANY OTHER AREA THAT WHERE THERE'S A SCHOOL.

AND THE OTHER POINT THAT I MADE EARLIER WAS MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS GEARED TOWARDS THE EXPRESSWAY.

I STOOD OUT THERE 3 OR 4 DAYS, EVEN YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING TO OBSERVE THE TRAFFIC.

AND THE TRAFFIC.

THERE'S TRAFFIC, BUT THERE'S OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL.

RIGHT. AND NORTH AND EISENHOWER.

BUT THE TRAFFIC AT SCHOOL IS DONE IN A WAY THAT IT DOESN'T COME OUT TO ROGERS ROAD EXCEPT FOR A FEW CARS THAT I DID OBSERVE.

BUT THE MAJORITY GOES BACK TO THE EXPRESSWAY.

THOSE WERE THE TWO MAJOR CONCERNS THAT I KNOW OF.

THAT'S CORRECT. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THE DENSITY AND THE TRAFFIC.

SO THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING INTO 3.03 ACRES AND THE TIME AND YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW, ARE YOU SEEING MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT GOING SMALLER, SMALLER HOMES, SMALLER LOTS BECAUSE OF THE INFLATION PRICE OF MATERIALS, PRICE OF LAND HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY.

ARE YOU SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THAT COME INTO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT? CORRECT. THE TREND IS FOR FOR SMALLER RESIDENTIAL 5 OR 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE CITY NOW FOR 13 MONTHS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE SUBDIVISION COME IN FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN.

I JUST HAVEN'T. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL FOR THE SMALLER RESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES OR THE DUPLEX FOURPLEX.

HOW OFTEN DO DEVELOPERS COME IN THAT HAVE REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES FOR THEIR LOTS? HOW OFTEN DO WE RECEIVE THOSE REQUESTS? QUITE OFTEN, ACTUALLY.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THEM WITH THE PRICE OF LAND GOING UP WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO STRETCH THEIR THEIR DOLLARS AND GET MORE OUT OF THE LAND THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING. AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE REQUESTING FOR IT TO BE JUST A SINGLE HOME ON THREE ACRES, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND I KNOW MORE THAN LIKELY BACK IN THE DAY, THAT WAS VERY COMMON TO BE OUT THERE ON ROGERS ROAD AND HAVE THAT ONE HOME ON THREE ACRES.

ARE YOU SEEING THAT AS COMMON NOW WHERE PEOPLE HAVE CAN PEOPLE BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME NOW ON THREE ACRES? ARE YOU SEEING THAT AS COMMON? NOT THREE ACRES.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SUBDIVISIONS, THREE ACRES.

THE ONES THAT COME TO MY MIND ARE THE ONES THAT SHALL BE BUILT ON SOUTH MCCALL.

BUT EVEN THOSE ARE NOT THREE ACRES.

THOSE ARE OUR ONE ACRE LOTS.

SO, NO, THIS IS VERY UNTYPICAL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID NOTICE IN THE AREA IS THAT FURTHER, ABOUT 700FT WEST, WE HAVE A SUBDIVISION THERE, STONECREST.

AND THOSE LOTS ARE ABOUT 5038FT².

SO 700FT AWAY FROM THIS ONE, THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS 200 BY 660FT DEEP.

THAT'S A BIG LOT, 33.03 ACRES TO PUT ONE HOME.

THAT'S A VERY BIG LOT.

THE AREA THERE'S COMMERCIAL ON THE NORTH SIDE, THERE'S COMMERCIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS AT.

THAT'S PROPERTY ZONED CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL.

SO WE'VE SEEN A MIXTURE OF ZONES IN THE AREA.

AND THEN ON ROGERS, JUST FURTHER NORTH, THERE WAS A RECENT DEVELOP THAT A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED THERE FOR FOR MULTIFAMILY.

SO THERE'S A MIXTURE OF OF LAND USES IN THE AREA, BUT THERE ARE THESE 6 OR 7 LOTS THAT FRONT.

ROGERS THAT ARE STILL LARGE LOTS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS ITEM FOR REZONING THE THREE ACRE TRACK ON 77 EAST ROGERS ROAD? BUT YOU COULD IF YOU COULD STEP UP.

SIR, I'M SORRY. WE JUST NEED TO GET YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

I'M SORRY. ITEM IS THE NEXT ONE.

OH, THAT'S OKAY, SIR.

NOT A PROBLEM. ALSO, ADD THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT THESE OTHER REZONINGS, AND ONE LADY SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THAT

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PETITION WAS SO SHE COULD ADD HERSELF TO IT.

AND THESE ARE BASICALLY THE SAME THING.

CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS ALBERT. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. I'M FROM I'M GOING TO BE ABOUT THE NEXT ITEM COMING UP.

NO PROBLEM. YES, SIR. BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SIMILAR SITUATION.

WHERE THEY WANT TO.

THEY WANT TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.

FOR ME, IT'S LIKE ALMOST ACROSS AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE SIDE.

THAT'S MY OTHER NEIGHBOR ON MY LEFT SIDE OVER THERE.

AND THAT WHAT WE WILL SEE IF THEY BUILD APARTMENTS.

YOU KNOW, JIM SAYS THAT HE'S BEEN STANDING THERE AND BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST THE SCHOOL AND AND I'VE SEEN THERE'S AN IDEA SCHOOL ON THE AND I'VE SEEN THE TRAFFIC AND IT ONLY DOES IT WAY YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN THERE PLENTY OF TIMES WHEN THEY'RE HOLDING UP THE STREET THEY'RE BLOCKING THEM.

I HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO GET TO MY HOUSE.

NOW, THE TRAFFIC THAT HE'S SAYING IN SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, YOU GET IN AT CERTAIN TIME, YOU GET OUT A CERTAIN TIME.

APARTMENTS DON'T DO THAT.

APARTMENTS HAVE TIME ALL DAY, 24 SEVEN.

THEY DON'T HAVE A SET TIME WHERE EVERYBODY LEAVES AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING, COMES AT HOME AT FIVE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIVING, GOING IN AND OUT.

NOW, ANOTHER THING THEY NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR IS WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THOSE APARTMENTS.

YOU GOT THIS HEAVY MACHINERY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HEAVY MACHINERY BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING SEWER AND STUFF IN OURS AND IT'S MAKING.

A WHOLE CHAOTIC THING GOING ON IN OUR STREET.

I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHEN THEY START BUILDING THESE APARTMENTS.

SO THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO NOT ONLY PUT UP WITH THAT, BUT ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT I WANT TO BRING UP THAT EDDIE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP THERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE WAS LIKE I THINK WE WERE THE THIRD OR FOURTH HOUSE THERE.

BUT THE.

THEY BROUGHT UP IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ONE HOUSE HERE AND THEN HOUSE IN THE BACK.

AND WHEN THEY COME AND BUILT THIS, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.

TEN HOUSES ALONG YOUR PROPERTY.

AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S MOVING INTO THOSE APARTMENTS.

YOU KNOW, AS IT IS JUST WITH THE HOUSES WE HAVE IN THE RESIDENTIAL, IT'S BEEN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT NOW THAT THERE'S.

THE PERSON THAT HAS, I GUESS, TO PUT IT IN FOR THIS IS RELATED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENT ON THE OTHER STREET NEXT DOOR.

NOW, I HAVE A LOT OF CAMERAS AROUND MY HOUSE BECAUSE LATELY THERE WAS LIKE GUNSHOTS.

AND WE TELL THE COPS OR WHO WAS IT? I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS RIGHT OVER THERE.

YOU KNOW, AND I'VE GOT VIDEO.

WELL, THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE SHOOTING.

BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL WHO IT WAS? RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S SOMEONE LIVES ACROSS FROM YOU SHOOTING A GUN, THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S THERE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THEM IN THE PARKING LOT OR THE YARD OR THOSE APARTMENTS, YOU CAN'T TELL WHICH APARTMENT THEY BELONG TO.

AND THAT'S JUST THIS IS SIMILAR TO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US IN THE SAME WAY.

IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE IN THOSE AREAS.

WHEN IT COMES TO APARTMENTS, IT'S 24 SEVEN.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL.

SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT. YOU GO IN AT A CERTAIN TIME, YOU GET OUT EVERY DAY AND WITH APARTMENTS IS NOT THE SAME.

AND THAT'S ONE POINT THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP.

I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND ASKING THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BRINGING UP, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE WAS WHEN THEY BROUGHT UP THE YOU KNOW HOW IT SAYS, OH, REZONING.

I JUST WISH THAT THEY WOULD ADD WHAT IT IS.

BECAUSE WHEN THE PAPER CAME, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OH, RESIDENTIAL OR MULTIPLE HOUSING, THEY DON'T KNOW IT WAS FOR APARTMENTS.

I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, LIVED DOWN THE STREET AS YOU'RE COMING IN AND OUT AND THERE WERE APARTMENTS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I GO, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH THAT THEIR PARENTS STILL OWN THE PROPERTY.

SO THEY WERE GOING TO TALK TO THEIR PARENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SUBMITTED ANY FORMS AFTER THAT OR NOT, BUT I TOLD THEM IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TELL YOUR FATHER TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT, TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE AND THE SIGN WOULD BE MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

IT SAID REZONING FOR APARTMENTS.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT IT, WELL, WE COULD DO THIS OR WE COULD DO THAT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO REZONE IT.

ONCE YOU REZONE IT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU KNOW, IS THERE A LITTLE CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS IT TO GO BACK TO RESIDENTIAL? NO. ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S DONE.

THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE HERE TO COMMENT ON THOMPSON THOMPSON STREET, AND THAT ONE IS TO REZONE FOR APARTMENTS.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST.

HOW MANY? WELL, WE'RE AT THE ZONING STAGE, SIR, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BACK WHEN THEY SUBMIT A PLAT.

SO THE FIRST PROCESS IS TO ZONE THE PROPERTY WHETHER WE WANT IT, AGRICULTURE, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS OR HOMES.

THEY'RE STILL HAVING TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE TODAY.

IT'S JUST A ZONING FOR US TO EITHER AGREE TO CHANGE IT TO SINGLE FAMILY OR NOT.

THE CITY IS STILL GOING TO BE INVOLVED.

THERE'S NOT THE SINGLE FAMILY.

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I'M SORRY. NO, NO, GO AHEAD.

IS IT LIKE SINGLE HOME OR.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OR IT'LL BE SINGLE HOME IN A IN THE REQUIRED SIZE OF A LOT.

IN THIS CASE, OUR MINIMUM IS 5000FT².

YOU HAD MENTIONED THE APARTMENTS.

NO, IT STARTED OFF WITH THE REQUEST FOR APARTMENTS THAT THEY.

RIGHT. IT CHANGED HER.

AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT FOR THE RECORD.

YEAH. NO, NO, THAT'S ON THE NEXT ITEM, SIR.

BUT I'M JUST I WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE RECORD HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO THE PUBLIC TO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO YOUR ITEM NEXT.

BUT ON THIS ITEM WE'RE ON NOW, IT IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

YES, SIR. BUT WE'LL DISCUSS YOUR ITEM NEXT, SIR.

YES, SIR. OKAY. BUT THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

BECAUSE THAT WAS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 5000 SQUARE FOOT IS WHAT THE TOTAL LOT SHOULD BE.

AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PRIVATE STREET INCLUDED OR INTO THE STREET.

MY THING IS, WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT STREET? WE'RE GOING TO COME FOR A VARIANCE SO THE TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I NEED YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE OF WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

RIGHT. WE CAN HAVE MR. AZEVEDO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

TO THAT. YES, MA'AM. ALL PRIVATE SUBDIVISIONS, THE STREETS ARE MAINTAINED EITHER BY THE HOA OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY.

OKAY. BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

I KNOW HOW THAT USED TO BE.

BUT YEAH, THAT AS LONG AS THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT.

YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. BEFORE WE CLOSE THE HEARING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT REGARDING THE SITE PLAN, IF WE HAD ANY GET ON THE MIC, I'M SORRY WE HAD ANY INTENTIONS OF MISLEADING THE COUNCIL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

WE COULD HAVE SHOWN 2 OR 3 LOTS.

FIVE LOTS. IT'S JUST THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POSSIBILITIES, BUT REALLY THERE'S NO HIDDEN AGENDA.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCIL KNOWS THAT.

YEAH. AND WE COULD HAVE REPRESENTED SOMETHING MUCH BETTER.

I HAVE A QUESTION, SIR.

SO ON. JUST FOR MY SAKE AND MY THOUGHTS ON THIS, IS THAT I ALWAYS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE, AND JUST TO TRY AND BE UNIFORM WITH THIS NEW ZONING SINGLE FAMILY AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING CODE, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE 10 OR 11 LOTS.

HAVE WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE RESIDENTS IN ANY WAY? NO. WE INITIALLY MADE AN OFFER TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THEY TOLD ME OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A MEETING.

THEY DID NOT. THAT WAS WANTED.

THAT WAS IN TOWN.

THAT WAS WITH THE APARTMENTS INITIALLY MULTIFAMILY.

I JUST I WOULD FEEL MUCH BETTER IF WE KNEW THAT.

THAT THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

IS THERE ANY WAY AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF THERE'S ANY I KNOW YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE THE CHANGE FROM.

BASICALLY IT'S A LARGE LOT, ONE ONE HOME TO SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS ALL OVER IN OUR CITY.

BUT IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD, IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THAT, TO PUT THE STIPULATION THAT THERE WOULD BE NO VARIANCES ALLOWED? YOU CAN'T PUT THAT WOULD ONLY BE IN THE BUILDING PHASE? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

YEAH. UM, THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS THAT THAT I WOULD JUST FEEL BETTER IF, IF THE RESIDENTS WERE SHOWN A PLOT THAT WOULD REQUIRE NO VARIANCES AND WOULD GET THEIR INPUT ON THAT TO, TO AT LEAST APPEASE AND KNOW THAT THEIR OPINION IS IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE. OMAR IF YOU COULD, JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE WERE AGAINST THIS ON RECORD.

1918, THE PETITION HAD 19 SIGNATURES.

NOW, WE DID VERIFY THOSE THAT WERE WITHIN TWO 200FT, AND THERE WAS A TOTAL OF NINE OF WHICH THREE PROPERTY OWNERS SIGNED THE PETITION.

SO IT'S 33%.

SO THAT'S WHY HE TRIGGERED THE SUPERMAJORITY.

BUT LET'S BE VERY CLEAR.

I MEAN, THIS PETITION WAS AGAINST APARTMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? APARTMENTS, CORRECT. OKAY. SO WHEN WE SAY THERE'S A PETITION, THERE'S A PETITION THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE AGAINST THE APARTMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THIS IS NOT A PETITION AGAINST WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT FOR SINGLE FAMILY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN A PUBLIC MEETING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR ON WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE THERE WAS A LETTER SUBMITTED ON JULY 4TH.

I THINK THERE WAS A NOTICE SENT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ POINT ON THIS CHANGE OF ZONING, I BELIEVE, IN JUNE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO THAT NOTICE WAS SENT OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE RECEIVE ACCORDING TO OUR PACKET, I COUNT ONE, TWO, THREE RESPONSES RIGHT ON THAT. NOTICE IT'S IN OUR PACKET AND ONE NOTICE AND I'LL JUST READ IT JUST FOR THE RECORD, SAYS THAT THIS RESIDENT IS AGAINST IT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T

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BELIEVE THAT THE HE SAYS QUOTE, THIS AREA WILL LOOK TERRIBLE TO HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS RESIDENT IS AGAINST THE APARTMENTS.

APARTMENTS, CORRECT. THEN WE HAVE A LETTER DATED JULY 4TH BY DM LOPEZ THAT.

YOU KNOW, STATES THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT THEY'RE AGAINST AND THEY ARE THEY DO NOT WANT A MULTIFAMILY UNIT BUILT AT 7011 EAST ROGERS AND THEY'RE ATTACHING THE PETITION THAT WAS SIGNED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 22 BY ALL THE RESIDENTS WITH HEADLINES THAT SAY WE'RE ALL AGAINST MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER LETTER BY A RESIDENT ALSO THERE THAT IT COULD BE TAKEN AS AGAINST JUST ANY REZONING.

SO I JUST WANT FOR THE RECORD TO STATE THAT THE PETITION SUBMITTED IS LARGELY FOR THE APARTMENTS THAT HAD BEEN INITIALLY PROPOSED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 22.

RIGHT. AND I THINK SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN TWO, I THINK CHANGES, ONE FOR TOWNHOMES AND THEN NOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO STATE THAT I THINK AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT, WHEN WE CONSIDER THESE ZONING CHANGES, THIS IS THE ANTICIPATION THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW ALL OUR CITY REQUIREMENTS.

OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY HAVE TO COME BEFORE US AND THEN IT'S UP TO US TO DETERMINE SHOULD WE ALLOW THAT OR NOT.

RIGHT. BASED ON WHAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE.

BUT THAT'S OUR PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S TOUGH SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER ITEMS WITH EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN ONLY GO WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE US NOW AND WHAT OUR CODE CALLS FOR.

CORRECT. BUT I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME BACK AND FORTH SINCE NOVEMBER OF 22 AND HERE WE ARE IN AUGUST.

AND OBVIOUSLY, AS COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ POINTED OUT, THERE'S PERHAPS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE A PLOT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT BUT EVEN RIGHT NOW, WE I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT SIGNED THIS PETITION BACK IN DECEMBER 22ND.

ARE THEY ALSO AGAINST SINGLE FAMILY? BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE HERE, IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE AGAINST MULTIFAMILY.

WELL, THE LETTER THAT WAS DONE BY ONE APPLICANT STATES THAT THEY'RE AGAINST THE REZONING AND THAT THE GROUP IS STILL AGAINST ANY REZONING.

SHE DOESN'T. RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S A RESIDENT, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S WHAT. BUT THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE LIST OF FOLKS THAT SIGNED A PETITION, IN MY OPINION.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT LETTER GOES ON TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT WANT A MULTI FAMILY UNIT COMPLEX AT THIS PROPERTY.

SO IT'S I'M NOT SURE IF THIS RESIDENT IS HERE OR DM LOPEZ, BUT ANYWAY, JUST BE NICE TO HEAR THEIR, THEIR, YOU KNOW ADDITIONAL INFO RIGHT FROM THEM.

BUT ALL WE HAVE TO GO IS WHAT'S BEFORE US.

SO MS.. LOPEZ WAS THE ONE THAT INITIALLY PRESENTED THE PETITION TO THE CITY BACK IN DECEMBER AND IT DOES STATE HERE THEY'RE FRUSTRATED WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE IT STARTED WAY BACK, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT, I THINK.

IN THIS CASE, I GUESS THE APPLICANT WENT BACK AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IN THERE, I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT I GUESS THEY RECONSIDERED AND NOW RESUBMITTED THIS. BUT ANYWAY, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC, ANYBODY ON COUNCIL? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY THE STAFF.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CHANGE IN ZONING.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS JUST A ZONING CHANGE AND THEY STILL HAVE TO COME TO CITY AND COUNCIL FOR ALL ALL THE THE REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? CORRECT. I WISH WE COULD HAVE SEEN IT A LITTLE MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE RESIDENTS JUST TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THE SMALLER NUMBER OF HOMES.

I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE MADE ME FEEL BETTER, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WERE ALL NOTIFIED.

I WISH THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 1 OR 2 RESIDENTS HERE TO TO GIVE US THEIR OPINION SPECIFICALLY ON THIS.

AND LIKE I SAID, I THANK THE THE DEVELOPERS AND THE OWNERS FOR DOWNSCALING FROM MULTIFAMILY TO TOWNHOMES.

AND NOW HERE WE ARE TO SINGLE FAMILY.

AND SO I SEE I SEE EFFORT ON THAT PART.

I JUST WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME RESIDENTS HERE.

SO I FEEL BETTER ABOUT MY MY THE DECISION WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE.

BUT I'M COMFORTED IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND IT'S GOT TO GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND AND ANY ANY VARIANCE REQUESTS IS WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND SAY, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S A THERE'S A WIN ON BOTH SIDES FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO WANTS TO HOLD BACK DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN OUR CITY. BUT OF COURSE WE WANT TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY WITH WITH THE RESIDENTS INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT AS WELL.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT TO MR.

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LOPEZ AND AND TO THE DEVELOPERS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ASKING THEM TO MEET, BECAUSE THAT JUST SHOWS THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER BY YOU CHANGING THE DIFFERENT FROM MULTIFAMILY TO A CONDO, TOWNHOMES AND NOW TO SINGLE FAMILY.

THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE VERY OPEN MINDED.

YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CLIENTS.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT TIME AND EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW I'VE WORKED WITH YOU BACK IN BACK IN THE DAY OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU OPERATE, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM B, I WILL OPEN UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.

THIS IS FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1519 THOMPSON ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MIKE GARCIA.

THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM.

GO AHEAD, SIR. AND JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE RECORD TO JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, I KNOW YOU JUST

[B. HoldPublicHearingandConsidertheOrdinanceProvidingfortheRezoningRequestfromAgriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Multifamily (RM) District, Tract 26, Amigo Park (unrecorded), Being 0.49 Acres out of Lot 8, Block 4, John Closner et al. Subdivision, Located at 1519 Thompson Road, as Requested by Mike Garcia. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

CAME, BUT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WATCH US, BUT OTHER PEOPLE THAT JUST READ THE MINUTES.

SO ALBERT LASSO AND HOW MANY ONE THING ABOUT THE FORUMS IS THAT I HADN'T SEEN IT TILL IT WAS TOO LATE THAT IT HAD LIKE A. IT HAD TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING OR THE LAST MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. YES.

OKAY. MY PLAN WAS TO SUBMIT IT WHEN I CAME TO THE MEETING, BUT WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS LIKE, OH MAN.

SO I LET THEM KNOW TOO.

WE DID RECEIVE SIX.

I WENT AND SAID, GO AHEAD AND DO IT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S AFTER THE FACT, AT LEAST THEY HAVE AN IDEA GO BECAUSE THERE WAS THEY ONLY HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT SAID YES.

AND I'M THINKING THAT THEY WERE THE ONES THAT.

RIGHT, INCLUDING THE LOT OWNER AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS REAL THIN FOR APARTMENTS.

SO EITHER HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A NICE PROPOSAL TO EITHER SIDE TO BUY THE LOT, TO MAKE A APARTMENTS A GOOD SIZE LIKE THE ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YES, SIR. HE LIVES ON MY LEFT SIDE.

MR. PETER LIVES IN THE SIERRA 1502 EAST THOMPSON ROAD.

BUT JUST REAL QUICK, SIR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THIS, SIR? AGAINST. OKAY, GOT IT.

NO PROBLEM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WE GET THAT FEEDBACK.

ANOTHER THING IS, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A CONTRACT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAVING THE STREET REAL NICE AND WHITE IN IT.

YES, SIR. WHEN THEY NEED THE HEAVY MACHINERY, THEY'RE GOING TO MESS UP THE STREET.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. GO AHEAD, SIR.

I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS BOBBY SIERRA, 1502 EAST THOMPSON ROAD.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M AGAINST IT.

OKAY. THE LOT ITSELF IS REAL THIN.

IT'S LONG, BUT JUST TO MAKE THE TURN INTO A VEHICLES IN THERE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING INTO THE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M THE YOUNGEST, YOUNGEST PROPERTY OWNER THERE.

I'M 52. WE HAVE ALL 60.

70. 80.

SOME PEOPLE 90.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOW, IS THAT GOING TO IMPEDE? IS THE CITY GOING TO DEDICATE MORE? RESPONSE TIME ON.

THE POLICE GOING IN THERE IF THEY DO A MULTIFAMILY.

AMBULANCE SERVICES.

THIS FEBRUARY, I WAITED 20 MINUTES FOR MY MOTHER IN LAW.

SHE PASSED AWAY. I WAS GIVING HER CPR FOR 20 MINUTES IN FEBRUARY.

WE TOOK FOREVER TO. THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME.

21 MINUTES. I'M WITH THE HEZBOLLAH.

HURT FROM THE FOOT. EVEN MY.

CPR. AND THE RESPONSE TIME.

NOT EVEN A COP SHOWED UP.

NOW WE HAVE TEN DIFFERENT FAMILIES IN THERE.

ARE Y'ALL GOING TO SHOW UP QUICKLY? MORE RESPONSE TIME.

ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DEDICATE ANY SERVICES? A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE AREA.

THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN.

SO I'M AGAINST IT. ALL RIGHT.

LET IT. LET IT. LET IT STAY.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THE WAY THE ROAD IS NARROW, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN IT.

BUT LIKE THE THE.

CORNER LOT. WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH BECAUSE THERE WERE LIKE A FIRST, A CAR WASH AND ONE CAR LOT AND THEN NOW FIXING CARS.

AND THEY WOULD PARK PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

AND I WOULD CALL THE COPS BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

BE. THERE'S 92, I BELIEVE, 92 PHONE CALLS.

[01:25:03]

FOR THAT FRONT LOT. OKAY.

IT'S IN THE CITY.

CITY RECORDS. MIGHT BE 71.

GENTLEMEN, LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT.

ONE OF THEM WE ALSO NEED AS A FRIEND OF MINE.

THEY DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE TO.

AND ALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

I MEAN, WE'RE OFF WITHIN REASON.

WE'RE GOING TO CHECK INTO THAT. SIR, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

YES, SIR. THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT ON THE CORNER LOT.

HE'S GOT ABOUT 76, 76 TO 96.

AND IT'S A GREAT CITY.

OKAY. AND THEN WITH APARTMENTS THERE.

WE DON'T GET ANY HELP. WE'RE GOING OUT.

WE'RE WORKING A LOT OF THE MAJORITIES AGAINST IT.

OUR NEIGHBOR ON THE SIDE, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY BECAUSE HE HAD SURGERY.

SURGERY. HE'S GOT THE OTHER PETITION OF THE OTHER PEOPLE.

OKAY. GOT IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS REZONING REQUEST? THAT 1519 THOMPSON ROAD.

I MEAN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THERE'S NO MULTIFAMILY AROUND THAT AREA, CORRECT? I KNOW I SAW IT ON HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW.

THAT IS CORRECT. THERE IS NO MULTIFAMILY IN THAT AREA.

THIS IS A PROPERTY OR AN AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED IN 2015.

AND WHEN THE WHEN THE PROPERTIES COME IN ANNEXED TO THE CITY, THEY COME IN AS AS PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED.

AG SO THE PROPERTY THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO IN THE CORNER, IT'S A USED CAR SALES LOT AND WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT GENTLEMAN BEFORE IN THE PAST, BUT HE'S GRANDFATHERED IN AS A AS A CAR SALES.

SO WE'LL TAKE NOTE OF WHAT HE SAID AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND SEE THAT HE'S IN COMPLIANCE AND NOT PARKING ON THE ON THE CITY ROADS.

OKAY. BUT NO, THERE ARE NO APARTMENTS IN THE AREA AND THAT'S WHY STAFF RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT AND THE P AND Z ALSO RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT.

OKAY, GREAT. BETTER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.

MOTION TO DENY NINE. OH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH. LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

MAKE SURE THAT OUR WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDING DENIAL.

OUR RECOMMENDING DENIAL.

SO IT'S DENIED.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP.

THANK YOU, GUYS. AND IT REALLY HELPS MAKE THE DECISION WHEN WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY BETTER THAN YOU GUYS COME OUT HERE THAN WISHING YOU WOULD HAVE AND WE WOULD HAVE GONE ANOTHER WAY. SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I DO I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

GREAT. THE WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO DENY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO DENY.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION DENIED. MOTION TO DENY.

CARRIES ON. THANK YOU.

ITEM C IS ALSO.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT.

THIS IS FOR PROPERTY AT 1301 WEST MONTE CRISTO ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MELTON HUNT ON BEHALF OF BHS MANAGEMENT.

THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

[C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Urban (RU) and Townhome District to Commercial, General (CG) District, 4.744 acres out of Lot 25, East Retama Subdivision, located at 1301 West Monte Cristo Road, as requested by Melden & Hunt, Inc. on behalf of BS Management, LLC. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

IF THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING.

COUNSEL. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING SOME TOWNHOMES.

I LOVE TOWNHOMES.

I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE AWESOME.

THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

I KNOW MULTIFAMILY IS AN ISSUE COMING UP WHERE YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WANTING MULTIFAMILY.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUSH THEM MORE TO TOWNHOMES? AND I GET ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, IT'S HARDER TO SELL THE HOMES THROUGH LOANS WITH TOWNHOMES.

BUT IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN KIND OF PUSH THEM MORE TO TOWNHOMES IF THEY WANT TO INSTEAD OF MULTIFAMILY? SURE. WE COULD JUST KIND OF MAKE A PUSH FOR MORE TOWNHOMES.

WE'LL TRY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM D, I WILL OPEN UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3107 EAST MONTE CRISTO ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY PABLO SOTO JUNIOR ON BEHALF OF SYLVIA ORDUNO.

THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

[D. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) District, Lot 12, Merrill Subdivision, located at 3107 East Monte Cristo Road, as requested by Pablo Soto, Jr. on behalf of Silvia Orduno. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

JUST CLARIFICATION OR INFORMATION ON WHAT IS THE INTENDED USE? YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. SI SU NOMBRE POR SILVIA.

OKAY. CORO DE LA MONTE CRISTO LA.

[01:30:04]

IS PARA VER SI PUEDO HACER ESTE COMMERCIAL.

ESO ESO ES PARA COMMERCIAL OFICINAS OFICINAS UNA PLAZA.

PLAZA. OKAY, SO THERE'S THE PROPOSED USE IS A COMMERCIAL PLAZA.

OKAY. GRACIAS.

POR SU COMENTARIOS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E.

I WILL OPEN UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

THE LAST ONE TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT.

THIS IS FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 905 EAST DAVIS ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY ABACOA PARTNERS, LLC.

THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

[E. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Commercial, General (CG) District to Residential, Urban (RU) and Townhome District, being the east 5.000 acre tract of land out of Lot 15, Block 37, Santa Cruz Gardens Unit No. 2 Subdivision, located at 905 East Davis Road, as requested by Abakwa Partners LLC. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUAN LOPEZ.

AND I'M REPRESENTING THIS CASE ALSO.

AND THIS PROPERTY IS A FIVE ACRE TRACT.

WE ARE OUR CLIENTS.

ABARCA. PROPERTIES AND INITIALLY INTENDED TO DO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT HAS SINCE CHANGED THAT TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

WE HAVE ERIC TENENBAUM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO INVEST HERE IN EDINBURGH AND DO DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN EDINBURGH.

SO THE REZONING IS IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE AREA.

THIS AREA OF THE CITY, NOT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, BUT ALL OF THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED FOR AUTO URBAN, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL.

I THINK IT'S AN IDEAL PROPERTY FOR A SMALL SUBDIVISION ME NEAR AGAIN TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A FIRE AND POLICE SUBSTATION.

AND THE SUBDIVISION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S ECONOMY, TO THE CITY'S IMPROVEMENTS, TO DAVIS ROAD AND TO THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEM.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS REQUEST AND ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THIS OUTSIDE CITY. NO, INSIDE.

OKAY. IT'S THE OTHER QUESTION IS WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDING DENIAL AND WE HAVE P AND Z APPROVING REZONING.

CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THE REASON THAT I RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS BECAUSE THE THE REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL URBAN ALLOWS FOR SMALLER HOMES 4000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. AND WE FELT THAT THAT WAS TOO DENSE FOR THE AREA.

THESE ARE IT ABUTS HALF ACRE LOTS AND.

IT WOULD IN ESSENCE PUT THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT SHOWED UP TO THE TO THE MEETING AGAINST THE REQUEST BECAUSE HE SAID THAT AS NOW HIS BACKYARD WAS GOING TO HAVE LIKE 4 OR 5 HOMES ON IT. SO.

BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY ISSUE.

STAFF RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT.

HOWEVER, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE REZONING REQUEST FOR THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN ZONING.

DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE NEW SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH? NO, WE HAVE A JUST REAL QUICK WE HAVE A SCREEN HERE THAT'S SHOWING, I BELIEVE, THE LAYOUT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK CITY STAFF IF WE CAN ADD IT TO THE I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS, BUT WE'RE SEEING.

OKAY. THERE IT IS. OKAY.

AS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SEEING WHAT WHAT WE HAVE THE PROPERTY TO THE DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH IS A SUBDIVISION BY THE NAME OF SOLAR, Y'ALL. THIS PAST YEAR APPROVED IT WITH SMALL LOTS OF 5000FT².

AND THERE'S OVER 130 LOTS ALREADY DEVELOPED.

THERE'S ALREADY HOMES BEING BUILT, AND THEY HAVE A PHASE TWO THAT WOULD BE ABUTTING THE SUBDIVISION.

SO I KNOW THE STAFF SAID, WELL, AS FAR AS THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER, BUT THAT CHARACTER IS CHANGING AS THE CITY GROWS AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER 200 LOTS OF DIVISION TO BE DEVELOPED RIGHT NEXT TO IT, RIGHT NORTH.

THAT'S THE AREA NORTH WHERE YOU SEE THE STREETS.

YEAH, GOT IT.

WE DID MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS REGARDING THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE WENT TO SEE THEM.

AND WHEN THE NOTICE WAS SENT AGAIN FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, THERE WAS ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME AND HIS COMMENT WAS THIS AND YOU CAN CHECK THE VIDEO SAYS, WELL, I'M CONFUSED.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR MULTIFAMILY.

AND I SAID, NO, IT'S FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

[01:35:02]

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A PRIVATE STREET.

AND SO IT'LL BE IT'LL MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS.

AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY ON DAVIS ROAD.

I KNOW THE KIDS OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A GREAT PROJECT TO HAVE RIGHT THERE ON DAVIS ROAD.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A RENDERING ON THE IN THE PACKET OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO THIS THIS PROJECT IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE THAT WE DISCUSSED IN LENGTH.

SO. I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU.

RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT ONE.

AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE RURAL AND YOU'RE RECOMMENDING NOT TO APPROVE.

ONE WAS RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, WHICH IS THE STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME LOT.

THIS ONE IS SUBURBAN URBAN DESIGNATION.

IT'S A HIGHER DENSITY, RIGHT? YOU CAN. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? RESIDENTIAL. RESIDENTIAL.

SUBURBAN IS A HIGHER DENSITY.

NO, NO, NO. SO THE OTHER ONE WAS A RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

OF WHAT? AND THIS ONE IS THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT TO RESIDENTIAL URBAN.

THESE ARE MUCH SMALLER RESIDENTIAL LOTS, RIGHT? MUCH SMALLER AND RESIDENTIAL.

URBAN. THE MINIMUM IS 4000.

MINIMUM IS 4000.

YEAH, IT'S MORE DENSITY. SO THAT'S.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE. WHY? SO IT'S NOT THE SAME.

THE OTHER ONE IS PRIMARY AND CORRECT.

WELL, YEAH, BUT THE WAY IT WAS DRAWN UP, IT WOULD BE THE SAME BECAUSE IT WAS 37, 50 ON THE OTHER ONE.

SORT OF. KIND OF. AND WELL, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS USING THE ROAD.

OKAY. YEAH. ONCE WE ELIMINATE THE ROAD, IT'LL BE A MUCH LARGER LOT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.

MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

THESE ARE AWARDING OF BIDS.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM COUNCIL.

THIS IS TO CONSIDER AWARDING RFP NUMBER 23 EXCUSE ME, 2023 DASH 15 UTILITY RATE AND CONNECTION FEE STUDY TO WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $38,920.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[8. AWARDING OF BID]

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. I JUST DID WANT TO ASK, BUT ALREADY MOVING ON.

[A.]

JUST THE TIMING. BUT I'LL GET WITH CITY MANAGER AFTERWARDS.

MOVING ON TO CONTRACTUAL IS ITEM A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND RICO FOR DOCUWARE CLOUD PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO.

[Consider Awarding RFP No. 2023-015, Utility Rate and Connection Fee Study, to Willdan Financial Services in the Amount Not to Exceed $38,920.00, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]]

SO MOVE TO APPROVE. A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM B COUNCIL IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND PRO SCREENING AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO.

[9. CONTRACTUALS]

[A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement Between the City of Edinburg and RICOH for DocuWare Cloud Professional Document Management System and Execute All Documents Related Thereto. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

THIS IS APPROVED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? BUT IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

[B. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement Between the City of Edinburg and Proscreening and Execute All Documents Related Thereto. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM TEN RESOLUTIONS.

AND I THINK, FERN, YOU HAD A COMMENT ON ONE.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE. SO I DIDN'T MAKE A NOTE, BUT I'D.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM A IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CREATING A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CREATING RESOLUTION.

EXCUSE ME. COMMITTEE. CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.

IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.

JUST A QUESTION. IS THERE A DO WE NEED TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS TONIGHT OR CAN IT WAIT TILL NEXT MEETING?

[10. RESOLUTIONS]

IT CAN WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING.