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AGAINST IT. AND I THINK THAT WE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE IDEA IS. I THINK WE MIGHT GET SOME TRACTION. TO GO FORWARD WITH SOMETHING. OKAY I FEEL THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ROWDY MIGHT TAKE. SO THE PRESIDENT LIKE SHE'S SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT? WHAT WE'RE GONNA EXPECT. IT'S NEW TO ALL OF US. BUT I'M OFFERING OVATION THAT WANT TO BEAUTIFY THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF OURS AND YOU KNOW, I'M I'M BEHIND YOU. BUT I TELL YOU FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING ON IT. BRING IT UP TO THE PUBLIC, SO THEY SEE THE BIG PICTURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING. THERE WAS THERE WAS THERE WAS A LITTLE. OKAY? WHAT WAS THAT CONVERSATION ? YES. LET ME TURN MY MICROPHONE . OKAY THANK YOU. SORRY THE QUESTION WAS FOR THE OPPOSITION SO JUST FOR THE BOARD, IT SAYS IT WAS AGAINST AND THE COMMENTS ARE. THE CONTAINER HAS TRASHED AROUND IT. AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY CLEANED THE AREA WHERE THE CONTAINER IS AT. JUST FOR THE RECORD. I WILL SAY THAT I DROVE OUT THERE. AROUND 3 30 TODAY. I DID NOT SEE ANY TRASH. I DIDN'T SEE THAT REPEATED LETTERS. THEY'RE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM. UM BUT I DID NOT SEE ANY TRASH AS OF TODAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LETTER WAS SUBMITTED. I BELIEVE ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK. TALKING TO THE APPLICANT. SHE DID SAY THAT OVER THE WEEKEND. SOMETHING HAD BLOWN. THE AREA THAT THAT IT WAS CLEANED UP. I DO? YES I TOLD HIM. I SAW SOME TRASH WHEN I WENT TO WORK ON SATURDAY. NEAR THE DAY CARE, BUT WITH THE WIND, TOO. IT'S HARD TO CONTROL ALL

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

THAT. YOU KNOW THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE THEIR TRASH CANS THERE. AND OUR DUMPSTERS ARE. BEHIND THAT'S THE WALL ON THE RIGHT OF THE CONTAINER. THAT'S THE LAW THAT ENCLOSES ARE TWO DUMPSTERS. AND NEXT TO THE DUMPSTERS. WE HAVE A FENCE FOR HARD WORK. BECAUSE PEOPLE COME BY TO PICK UP THE

[Prayer.]

CN TRASH THERE. THESE QUESTIONS FOR MR SORRELL. OH YOU MENTIONED THAT THE STORE SOME STUFF THAT WENT TO THAT MEETING YOU MENTIONED WHERE THEY WERE THERE SPECIFIC TO MAYBE THESE UNITS BEING USEFUL IN THE FUTURE. I THINK WE'RE STORAGE UNIT OR COMBINATION OF LIKE THE RESTAURANT OR DIMENSION, OR THEY ELABORATE AT ALL. BY CHANCE AGAIN FOR VARIOUS, UH PURPOSES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE BEING REPURPOSED FOR RESIDENTIAL, OKAY? TO BEING REPURPOSED. I LIVE IN MISSION AND ON BUSINESS 83 NEXT TO THE BOWLING ALLEY, PHILIPPE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BELIEVE

[Pledge of Allegiance.]

THAT BRUSSELS HAS CANADIAN HAS DONE A FOOD PARK AREA KIND OF LIKE MINISTER THAT SELF WAS WAS SAYING THAT THERE'S ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM. THEY EVEN STACK THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AREAS.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET USED TO. BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING MORE OF THEM. WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THE PRIOR P AND Z BOARD MEMBER. WELL IN SOME HOTELS IN THE AREA, AND HE'S LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING WITH THESE SHIPPING CONTAINERS ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. GOTCHA.

OKAY, UM. COMING FROM PLACES CALLED RAILWAY. GROW ALWAYS SOMETHING RIGHT NEAR THE OLD

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

RAILROAD TRACKS. I FORGOT IF IT'S THE CONTAINERS AND LIKE A FOOD COURT, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING AND . I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY BY A TREND IN THE

[4. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS]

[Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Danielle H. Luna, Teen United World 2024. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

FUTURE. UH, FOR RIGHT NOW, YES. I WOULD SAY TEMPORARY UNTIL WE DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. OH, I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY THREE YEARS. 3 TO 5 IF WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP THAT PART OR IF WE'RE GONNA SELL IT. WE'RE JUST NOT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR BEARINGS. WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT FATHER HAD. SO. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU. TAKE IN CONSIDERATION. THAT WE ARE NEW AT THIS. WE'VE ALWAYS WATCHED OUR FATHER DO THIS. I HAVE AND

[00:05:06]

BUT I NEVER DID THE PERMIT PART SO I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED A PERMIT. YOU KNOW? SO NOW I KNOW SEE I HAVE TO COME. DR HYMAN. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL SAFETIES OF BEING CONCERNED. AND THE WEIRD SEE THIS, UH CONTAINER. IT IS PRETTY MUCH PLACED AN UNEVEN SURFACE. HERE WE GET A HEAVY RAIN. CAN YOU KNOW TILL TILL WE GET STRONG WINTER THAT SECURED UM, IS THAT A FLAT SURFACE? WOULD THOSE BE REQUIREMENTS IF WE APPROVE IT? OR DOES THAT WORK THINGS THAT I EXPRESSED TO EXPRESS TO MISS? HERNANDEZ THAT IF APPROVED, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ON A SLAB.

BECAUSE IT IS JUST BLOCKS RIGHT NOW, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE HONEST LAB AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T SETBACKS. SHE IS MEETING THE REAR. BUT IT IS ON BLOCKS THAT'S ON THE BLOOD RAILWAY. UM ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT MR CANTU WAS. I WAS DISCUSSING EARLIER. THE BOARD CAN APPROVE IT FOR A CERTAIN TIME FRAME THAT THAT'S WHAT SUPPORT IS. DECIDES. AS LONG AS SHE NEEDS THE OTHER CONDITIONS. SCREENING IT FROM BOTH OF YOU OR IN THE SOCIETY.

IT WILL BE A CERTAIN TIME FRAME , DEPENDING FOR THE ACTUAL RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO ON WITH THAT 16 WEST OF THE CONTAINER. THE TREE IN FRONT OF IT. LIKE I HADN'T NOTICED TILL SOMEBODY TOLD ME THIS MORNING. THEY SAID THEY SAW IT THIS WEEKEND. SO I DROVE BY AND I STOPPED WHERE IT WAS. SO I AM IN TOUCH, ALSO WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT THIS THE MINERALS SPOKE TO THOSE WHO CARE ON GUN OIL. BOOT SHOP, THE SHOE SHOP. ALEX. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNS FOR MR NUMBERS. YES, I HAVE ANOTHER CONCERN. THIS IS A METAL CONTAINER. AND WE'RE UNDER A HEAT DOME WITH RECORD HEAT. SO HOW IS THIS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AFFECT ALL OF THE AREA OF BUILDINGS? AS FAR AS HEATING SOLAR RADIATION ONTO THEM. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE SHOULD BE PUTTING MIDDLE BUILDINGS AMONGST . REGULAR BUILDINGS TO INCREASE THE HEAT. WELL, I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE INSIDE. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE OUTSIDE. LIKE PUTTING THE INSULATION LIKE INSULATION PANELS. AND PUTTING IN EACH FOR CIRCULATION. BUT THE OUTSIDE BUT THE HEAT I MEAN, I COULD LOOK INTO OPTIONS. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, UM UM, INSULATION ON THE OUTSIDE OF OUR FREEZER

[Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing October 2023, as Chiropractic Health Month. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

THAT'S BEHIND THE PALOMA. WE KEEP THE MEAT AND THERE'S INSULATION ON THE BACK PANEL. SO THAT COULD BE 11. ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO, BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE MURAL. YEAH, MAYBE ON THE TOP. YOU KNOW, AND ON THE BACK SIDE, YEAH. OKAY UM, YEAH, I'M HEARING A LOT OF MAYBE EASIER. SO LET'S STOP INFERIOR. OKAY, HERE. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM. OPEN UP FOR PROMOTION. THAT EMOTION FROM THE BOARD. UM CHAIRMAN XI XI. SHE WITH HER AND HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THIS MEETING HERE TODAY. SO I THINK SHE'S WANTING TO MEET YOU BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH WHEN HER ENGINEERS PRESIDENT CARLOS GARZA FROM THE A. C. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDERED THE BOARD WANTS TO ACT ON IT TODAY. MISTER RISK AHEAD. WHAT'S GOING. BEEN TOLD EXACTLY WHAT TO THINK. WRITING OTHER THAN TODAY. WHEN HE BROUGHT UP.

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THANK YOU. PROMOTION BOARD. CAN WE MOTION TO TABLE THE CONDITION THAT SHE GETS WITH HER ENGINEER.

TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING COMPLIANCE WITH TMZ X LAB AND MAKE SURE IT SECURED ANY OTHER.

THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. PROJECT ON THAT. SO IF YOU MOVE TO TABLE YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT CONDITIONS ON THE TAPE LINE IS JUST NOT BEING CONSIDERED TODAY AND AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WILL BE CONSIDERED. BUT IF YOU IF YOU HAVE CONDITIONS IN MIND OR IF YOU WANT SPECIFIC INFORMATION, YOU MAY WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT KNOWS THAT SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

THANKS. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL WE HAVE I. PROCLAMATION ALSO TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 2023 IS

[Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing October 2023, as Down Syndrome Awareness Month. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH. AND I KNOW WE HAVE GUESTS HERE. UH. AND I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD AT THIS TIME, WHEREAS ON AVERAGE ABOUT 550 BABIES ARE BORN WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND TEXAS EACH YEAR. AND ABOUT 6000 NATIONWIDE . AND WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 1250 INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME BELIEVE LIVING IN THE COUNTY AND 250,000 INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DOWN SYNDROME IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEREAS DOWN SYNDROME IS THE MOST COMMON CHROMOSOMAL CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL BEING BORN WITH AN EXTRA COPY OF CHROMOSOME 21. AND WHEREAS WELL RESEARCH AND EARLY INTERVENTION HAVE RESULTED IN A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT, THE LIFESPAN AND POTENTIALLY THOSE WERE AFFECTED . MORE EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND PROMOTE THE ADVOCACY AND THE ACCESS RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME. AND WHEREAS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PROGRAM VALLEY DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION EASTER SEALS, RGB CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS, RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE ROGAN VALLEY. WHEREAS POSSESSING A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME OR ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN EDUCATIONAL, OCCUPATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL CIRCLES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO CHASE THEIR DREAMS TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME FROM ACROSS THE ROGAN VALLEY, THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 11TH ANNUAL STEP UP. FOR DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS WALK AT EDINBURGH MUNICIPAL PARK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST 2023 AS DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH IN EDINBURG, TEXAS. NOW THEREFORE I RAMIRO GARCIA, JUNIOR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2023 AS DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH IN EDINBURG, TEXAS, AND I CALL ON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN AWARENESS AND SUPPORTING. THIS ANNUAL EVENT THE 11TH ANNUAL STEP UP FOR DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS WALKED HIM TAKING PLACE ON OCTOBER 21ST. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME'S SPENCE TO MY 12 YEARS SOUL. WAY. JUST DON'T SLAM. PEOPLE LITTLE. PEOPLE WITH DOES A FARM. DO LOTS OF THINGS. I PLAY. FROM STILL QUALITY. AND DANCE. WHEN

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ASKED, QUOTE UP. I WHITE WON'T GONE. A. PEOPLE DOUBTED FROM 10. MAKE CHOICES. ABOUT OUR LIVES.

WE CAN HELP. PEOPLE. C CAN BASE.

KING EVERY PUNK GOOD PLACE. EVERYONE. HAPPY DOGS AND FARM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL SAY THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING HIM DANCE AT THE AT THE FIRST PAPER RALLY AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DID A GREAT JOB, SO WE NORMALLY GO DOWN THERE TO TAKE A PICTURE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GONNA INVITE YOU ALL TO COME UP TO THE DICE UP HERE WHERE WE SIT. AND SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE UP HERE WITH THAT WILL BE OKAY WITH YOU ALL GREAT, ALRIGHT. AND AS WE DO THAT, CAN I JUST INTRODUCE EVERYBODY ELSE WE HAVE HIGH MAY AND ERIKA AND DAMIAN AND WE'RE ALL FROM EDINBURGH. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU.

YOU WITH KIND OF SETTING UP AMERICA. SOMEBODY WHO STARTED THIS. YOU WANT TO? YOU WANT TO HOLD THIS? OKAY, COME STAND RIGHT OVER HERE. STANDING. RIGHT THERE. JUST LIKE THAT. YOU NEED TO GET CLOSER. THAT WORKED, BUT WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. EVERYBODY READY. CAN I HAVE YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE ON THE COUNT OF THREE READY, 123. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

[Present the Recipients for the Employee of the Month Award for the Month of August and September 2023. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RMD PRESENTATION OF RECIPIENTS AND EMPLOYED A MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2023.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING, AMERICA COUNCIL, A LITTLE DAUGHTERS, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. I'D LIKE TO PRESENT OUR RECIPIENT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST OR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. IS A POLICE OFFICER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE'S BEEN, UM. A SERVICE TO THE CITY SINCE APRIL OF 2017. AND I WILL HAVE CHIEF CRIMEA YELLOW DOUBLE FOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EMPLOYEES.

GOOD EVENING, MARY COUNCIL. HOW MANY I LOVE THE POLICE CHIEF, VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES TO RAISE AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND AND HAS BEEN AN OFFICER FOR A WHILE, BUT HE ONLY JOINED THE C I D DIVISION IN FEBRUARY. AND THESE VERY FEW SHORT MONTHS. HE HAS REALLY EXCELLED. WE HAVE SOME BRIGHT BRIGHT OFFICERS COMING UP AND INVESTIGATORS COMING UP, BUT HE JUST ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD WORKING ON SOME REALLY BIG CASES, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY HONORED AND PROUD TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HIM. THAT TOO. I WOULD RECOGNIZE HIM AS OUR CITY OF EDINBURGH EMPLOYED THE MONTH, SO I'M GONNA LET HIM HAVE THE MIC. FOR A LITTLE BIT. THE SECOND

[00:20:03]

TIME THE ALTHOUGH. MY NAMES ARE ON THE THING, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. WHEN WE DO A FRIEND. I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZING HIM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR RECOGNIZING THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. UM IT'S OUR CITY IS GROWING AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO SO VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND WE'RE GOING ON UP AND TAKE A QUICK PHOTO WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

WOULD YOU EVERY FAMILY HERE? IN THE MIDDLE. I'LL GET RIGHT THERE.

MS. BELINDA, DO WE HAVE THE SEPTEMBER ALSO? OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, MR. FOR OUR SEPTEMBER MONTH EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS RODRIGUEZ. HE IS A GROUNDSKEEPER HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE JUNE OF 2019. HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PARTNER WITH HIS GROUNDSKEEPER BUDDY, WHO WAS ALSO AWARDED EMPLOYEES MONTH A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. I'LL PASS THE MIC TO HAVE YOU GUYS EVEN AMERICA COUNCIL. I'M SO I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY . PRESENT ANOTHER AWARD FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR OUR OUR DEPARTMENT, LIKE MRS TORRES HAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT. HIS PARTNER HAD RECEIVED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH TWO MONTHS AGO, AND NOW IT'S LET'S TURN. I MEAN, HE DOESN'T PHENOMENAL JOB AT THE BURNING STANDARD. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND JUST TO WATCH, UH THE TREES AND BIRDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT L AND KEEPS ALL THAT FACILITY NICE AND NEAT AND SAFE FOR OUR BURGERS AND FOR OUR KIDS TO GO OUT THERE, VISIT ALONG THAT ALONG WITH THAT THERE'S ALSO A LIKE 1000 MEDIA. ROUTE ON SOUTH POND THAT IS ALSO HE KEEPS IT CLEAN AND CLEAR AND SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. SO WE'RE HONORED TO PRESENT THIS, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD.

RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THAT'S I SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORK WE DO THERE IN THE GARDEN CENTER. THANK YOU . THANK YOU, SIR. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE UP HERE GET A LOT OF RECOGNITION THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT YOU AND OTHERS ARE THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE THE ONES THAT DESERVE ALL THE PRAISE. WHILE ALL THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY, AND WE WOULD JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO CONTINUE TO DO FOR CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH COACHING. COULD YOU MENTION JUST FOR THE RECORD THE AWARD THAT THE WORLD BIRDING CENTER RECEIVED RECENTLY BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF GENTLEMEN LIKE THIS AND THEIR WORK. MAKES THOSE THINGS POSSIBLE. YES, THANK YOU . WE RECENTLY RECEIVED OUR FAVORITE BERNIE CENTER AWARD THIS PAST WEEK IN MCALLEN, THE MONITORS FAVORITE BURNING CENTER AWARD. AND, OF COURSE, A LOT HAS TO DO WITH ROEL. AND OF COURSE, BRANDON IS MANAGER AS WELL. SO ROYAL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THAT THAT THAT HONOR AND THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE TREMENDOUS STAFF THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WHAT THEY DO AND TO THE AND TO MAKE EDINBURGH BETTER AND GREATER AS WELL. THANKS. SO THANK YOU. VERY WELL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

RIGHT. HIS MOTHER WOULD. ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO A

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING MAYOR EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL LAST FOR A 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. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPONSIBLE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. ER IN COUNCIL WE HAVE 10 PUBLIC COMMENTS. THEIR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR CLARITY, TAXPAYERS MONEY. AND WASTE ON IT. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST EXPRESSED CITY RATE. IT TELLS US THAT THIS COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE ECONOMIC STRESS THAT THE PEOPLE ARE FEELING TODAY. BUT AS USUAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD MORE 34 CENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD. I MUST ADMIT THAT I FEEL STRANGE EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY, GIVING US BACK OUR MONEY. WHAT WE WANT IS FOR YOU TO DO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE MONEY FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE. MAYBE THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ADVERTISING FOR A SINGLE ROOMS. TO ME. THIS SEEMS THAT WE HAVE REACHED A TURNING POINT IN OUR SOCIAL STRUCTURE. WE HAVE A SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION WHO CANNOT EVEN AFFORD RENT OF A TYPICAL APARTMENT AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES. SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE. AND THOSE WHO DO NOT CHANGE WILL PERISH. NO MORE TAKING A GROUP TO AUSTIN TO LOBBY OUR REPRESENTATIVES WHO LIVED JUST ACROSS THE STREET AND ONE HAPPENS TO BE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT. NO MORE BUILDING FACILITIES THAT ADD TO OUR DEBT FOR 30 YEARS AND BECOME THE REASON FOR THE FAMILIES LOSING THEIR HOMES. COMMUNITY SUCH AS OURS CANNOT CONTINUE TO GIVE TITTIES. GIVE $2 MILLION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THAT HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ENDOWMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. EXEMPT DEVELOPERS FROM PAYING TAXES FOR 30 YEARS AND BUILD A SPORTS ARENA. YOU NEED TO GROW UP AND UNDERSTAND THAT AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS YOU BUY. WE CANNOT LIVE PERPETUALLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY OUR BILLS. MARGARET THATCHER, WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, SAID IT BEST AT SOME POINT YOU RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. WE WANT YOU TO LOWER TAX RATES SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE LESS MONEY TO SQUANDER. I SAY, SQUANDER, Y'ALL STAY SPENT.

JUST FOR INFORMATION. TODAY THE COUNTY IS STARTING TO REVIEW ITS HEALTH PLAN. HOW ABOUT TRYING TO DISCUSS A JOINT EFFORT? REMEMBER THAT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE HELPING BUILD THE PARKING FACILITY OR THE COUNTY PEOPLE? THE CITY HAS 1000 EMPLOYEES. THE COUNTY HAS 5000 E C. I S D AND THE COUNTY TODAY SAID THEY WERE OPEN. FOR ANYONE, WHETHER IT BE THE CITY OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTACT THEM. YOU CAN GET A BETTER DEAL WITH MORE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR IT SO THEY CAN GET MORE FOR LESS MONEY. SO PLEASE CHECK INTO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TO ASK QUESTIONS ON SIX I 88. EIGHT B. 98 AND TENNESSEE. SO WHAT I'LL SAY, MS. FERN, IF SOMEONE COULD GET WITH MS FERN RIGHT NOW THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD BE GREAT. FOR NOW. AT LEAST. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME, BUT WE'RE STILL RECKON I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE SO YOU CAN GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED. GO AHEAD,

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MAN. THE NEXT COMPANY COMMENT IS DENNIS THERE. REGARDING ITEM 68. IS THIS ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS? YES. CAN YOU REPEAT THE NAME? I'M NOT SURE. DENNIS BETHEA. AND IF IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ZONING, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS NOW OR YOU CAN MAKE THEM AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING, SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT WILL RUN HAND ITEM 90. REPRESENTATIVE OF SACRED HEART CHURCH. GOOD EVENING. UH THREE ARE. AS A PARISH THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1927 WE.

ALRIGHT HAVE HAD DANIEL FESTIVAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE'RE ASKING FOR TEMPORARY CLOSURE. PART OF 16TH STREET, WHICH IS THE FRONT OF THE ALL CHURCHES AND CHURCH OFFICE AND SWALLOW SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING. WE'LL HAVE THAT ITEM COME UP AT 90. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS OMAR GARZA REGARDING FESTIVAL. GOOD EVENING. MARY CARSON COUNCIL. OMAR KEARSE, EDINBURGH PARTY JUST A QUICK REMINDER OF THE EVENT ON SATURDAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR DOUBLEHEADER RECALL IT.

OUR FIRE FESTIVAL IN THE MORNING. WE'LL START WITH OUR FIVE K RUN. AND THAT'S IN THE MEMORY OF CHIEF SEAN SNYDER WILL START TO RUN AT 7 A.M. AND WE'RE STARTING HERE AT CENTRAL STATION. RUNNING THE P D AND BACK WHAT'S RON OR WALKING OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY? WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 150 RUNNERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30 SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR THE RUNS OF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN RUNNING THE OR RUNNING OR WALKING THE RACE ON SIGN UP. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A $25 FOR THE RUN, AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO LOOK AT A REAL NICE MEDAL AND T SHIRT IF YOU'RE IN THE RUN. AFTER THE IRAN LATER ON THAT EVENING, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRE STOPPERS FESTIVAL. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS STRESSFUL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW ABOUT 25 YEARS. WE'VE GONE FROM HAVING AT THE FIRE STATION TO HIV PART TRG. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE BACK AT THE FIRE STATION IN THE AMPHITHEATER. IT'S A FREE EVENT . IT'S REALLY BASED FOR THE KIDS . IT'S A KID KID EVENT WILL HAVE A TON OF STUFF FREE FOR THE KIDS WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF CARNIVAL RIDES WILL HAVE A PETTING ZOO. WE'LL HAVE FREE POPCORN FREE CUTTING CANDY WALL LAST WE'LL HAVE A MAGIC SHOW. PARKS AND RECS HELPING US OUT THIS YEAR WITH THE CORTICAL DANCERS WILL HAVE NADIA'S DANCE TEAM OUT THERE, WHILE SEVERAL FOOD VENDORS OUT THERE SO IT'S A FUN FILLED EVENTS FOR THE EVENING AND IT'S ALL FREE. THAT'S WHAT WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US THAT EVENING AND HAVE A GREAT EVENT. THE FIRE STATION WILL BE OPEN SO YOU'LL GET TO TOUR THE FIRE STATION. LOOK AT THE FIRE TRUCKS. I LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT. IT'S ALL ABOUT ENCOURAGING THE PEOPLE TO COME OUT THERE AND VISIT THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT. WHAT TIME DOES IT START? CHIEF STARTS AT SEVEN AND THE FESTIVAL STARTS LATER THAT EVENING AT 6 THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS TARIQ. ANALYSIS REGARDING ITEMS 68. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN. UM BUT PLEASE THE COUNCIL UM SO I LIVE ON THE ROAD. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GWEN IS, IT IS RUNS PARALLEL TO THE EXPRESSWAY. IT IS THE FIRST LEFT GOING NORTH. OFF OF MONTECRISTO. UM ALONG THAT STRETCH OF ROAD COUNTING DOING A QUICK COUNT. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 36 HOUSES. THE FACE. WHEN ROAD UH, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD APPROXIMATELY 99.7 ACRES. NET. UH, 42 LOTS. NOW I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF EDINBURGH. I'M EXCITED ABOUT LA SIENNA. AND I THINK THAT I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THERE SHOULD BE A PLAN FOR GWEN. BECAUSE IT IS THAT IT IS BUT UP TO LAS IAN AND ALL THIS GROWTH THAT WE'RE PLANNING, BUT THERE'S NO PLAN FOR GWEN.

THIS. THERE'S A LACK OF A PLAN AS WELL. SO CURRENTLY THERE IS NO SEWER. OR DRAINAGE ON GWYNN.

THIS WOULD BE 42 SEPTIC TANKS DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S LEGAL. UM BUT IF THE DEVELOPER SAYS WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND DO IT LATER, WELL, YOU WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A LIFT STATION.

GOT IT. I STILL HAVE ACCEPTED TANK BUT THAT WAS GRANDFATHER DID I WILL TELL YOU THOSE 36

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HOUSES IF YOU LIVE ON GWEN, OR HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO LIVE ON WHEN WILL YOU PLEASE STAND UP, PLEASE? THAT'S ABOUT 27 OF THE 32 HOMES. THEY REPRESENT THE ONES THAT AREN'T HERE HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS TO ME, MAKE CALLS AND SEND ME TEXT WHEN I STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF THEM AS WELL, WE'RE NOT AGAINST GROWTH DOWN. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT AGAINST GROWTH. WE WANT YOU TO DO IT RIGHT? SO WITH GREAT GROWTH COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT CARING NECESSARILY ON THE ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS AND MAKING SURE THAT DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO COME IN AND DO IT, DO IT RIGHT. UM, THERE'S I'M UNDER NO ILLUSION AND NOBODY IN THAT. CROWD IS UNDER ANY ILLUSION THAT GWYN AND EDINBURGH WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. THAT WE WILL GET NEIGHBORS AND NOBODY IS AGAINST THAT. WHAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO IS. 42 SEPTIC TANKS THAT WE BELIEVE IS AGAINST THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE THAT HAVE DRINKING WELL. WATER THERE STILL USE WELL, WATER. BUT THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLAN. THIS IS OSTENSIBLY IS MORE HOUSES ON ONE SEVEN ACRE TRACK THAN THE ENTIRE ROAD OF WIND. CRAMMED TOGETHER AND SO THE REALITY IS, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SAY THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN AT LEAST NOT TODAY. AND TO SAY WHENEVER WE'RE READY, AND WHEN THE CITY IS READY, AND WITH THE CITY HAS DONE ITS PART, AND THEN THE CITY HAS THE DRAINAGE.

AND WHEN THE CITY HAS, THERE'S ALSO NO DETENTION POND HERE. WE'VE GOT FLOODING ISSUES ALL OVER THE COUNTY ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THE LAND COMMISSIONER YESTERDAY. ABOUT FLOODING ISSUES. SHE'S IN TOWN. AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE GOT IS ALLOWING THINGS. AND NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS TO BE BUILT. UNREGULATED. UNFETTERED WITHOUT ANY VISION FOR THE FUTURE. AND OR CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. LAST UNIT WILL SOON BE ONE OF THE MOST. RESPECT THE TIME GLASS SIENNA WILL SOON BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AREAS IN THE VALLEY. I THINK THE WENDY'S HAVE A PLAN AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I ASK YOU TO TURN THIS DOWN. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOE GET UP REGARDING DRAINAGE PROBLEM.

YES, YOUR COUNSEL. UM PERSON HERE, SO BEAR WITH ME. I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE MOVED FROM CHICAGO IN 1999. AND I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE THEN. I LOVE IT. UM, WE LIVE IN SOCIAL ANDREEV. BETWEEN ALBERTA. UH, I'VE BEEN THERE 23 YEARS AND I THINK WE'RE LIKE THE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE THE LITTLE HIDDEN THERE AS THEY WERE HARD TO GET THE GRASS POT. AND NOW THERE'S A DEVELOPER NEXT TO ME. THAT IT WAS LIKE 20 ACRES. THEY'RE THEY'RE BUILDING LIKE 80 HOUSES THERE. AND HE PUT UP IT WAS RAINING SPAN, RIGHT? LIKE 20 FT FROM MY HOUSE. RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS PROGRESS THEY CALLED PROGRAM, SO IT'S OKAY. UM I USED TO HAVE LIKE A THREE FANS WHO RUN AND THEN MY AREAS OF NOBODY BOTHERING ME ANYTHING. WELL, I'M HERE FOR JUST TO PASS A LITTLE ATTENTION THERE, YOU KNOW? AS FAR AS LIKE DRAINAGE. EVERY TIME IT RAINS. I LIVE LIKE AN APOLOGY THAT SO ALL THE WATER THE PITCH FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST MEET. THE DITCH WHERE LIVE AND SOUTH TO THE NORTH. IT TURNS AROUND THE HOUSE, I DEVELOP CORNER. SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KEEP TRACK.

I'LL CLEAN IN THE DITCH BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS ON THE BACK END HARLEY CROSS THAT THAT SITE, YOU KNOW. THE CITY TOLD ME THAT I OWN THAT. SO I HAD TO CLIP IT CLEAN. SO I MEAN, YOU GUYS COULD HELP ME OR BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOMETIMES A MAN, YOU KNOW YOU WANT US TO HELP YOU CLEAN UP AND GO AHEAD AND BRING THE WHEELBARROW. WHATEVER YOU KNOW, WE'LL CLEAN IT ESPECIALLY LIKE A HURRICANE SEASON. SO YOU KNOW? I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS CAN HELP, I WILL APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. WOLF LIKE 13,008 HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. WE WILL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS WHOEVER OUR SCIENCE AUTHORITIES SHALOM SEWER PROJECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I SHOULD HAVE HAD, MR CARL COME TALK FOR US, TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. UM I HAVE SOME PROPERTY AT 1100 ALONE, AND I COME UP HERE BEFORE. I ACTUALLY GOT THE SEWER PROJECT ON LAST YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET, AND IT JUST WENT AND FELL THROUGH AND NOTHING HAPPENED. UM, WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. UM SHALOM SUBDIVISION. ONE DID GET ANNEX

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IN 2000. AND THERE ARE SOME LAWS THAT SAY, IF YOU ANNEX YOU HAVE WITHIN FIVE YEARS TO GIVE US ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE REQUIRE WATER, SEWAGE TRASH. WE HAVE WATER. THANK GOD. AND IT'S BEEN LOOPED THIS YEAR. WE HAVE TRASH BRUSH PICK UP, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE SEWER LINE THAT IT'S ONLY 235 FT. LONG. HAS GONE UNDONE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED TO CITY EMPLOYEES HERE THAT HAVE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND AGAIN, NOTHING'S HAPPENED. IT CAME AS MUCH TO BEING ON YOUR WALLS OPERATING BUDGET LAST YEAR. AND NOTHING GOT DONE. THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS THAT I STILL CAN'T BUILD MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW? EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT GROWTH. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THIS AND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE STILL CAN'T GET A SEWER LINE 20 YEARS LATER INTO THE SHALOM PROJECT. WE HAVE A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT RIGHT NEXT TO US THAT JUST GOT INFRASTRUCTURE. GOD UM, WATER, SEWER, UM, RETAIN, YOU KNOW ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. BUT YET WE ARE RIGHT BEHIND THE HOSPITAL. RIGHT BEHIND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND STILL NO, SIR. LINE. WE HAVE SEPTIC TANKS THAT ARE 20 YEARS OLD THAT ARE BREAKING.

UNFORTUNATELY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE. WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 20 YEARS. AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER PAYING 5 TO 10 DOWN THOSE YEAR TO GO AND GET THEIR BROKEN SEPTIC TANKS, YOU KNOW, EMPTY YOU KNOW, THE SAD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WHEN YOU ANNEX SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS. YOU KNOW, 2020 YEARS LATER, YOU PROVIDE JACOB. BUT THE SEWER LINES STILL, LET'S 235 FT. THAT'S ALL WE NEED. WOULD WOULD E 10 11 STUB OUTS? YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE? CITY? UH, JOB CAN BE DONE.

BUT THE SAD THING ABOUT IT ALSO IS YES. I UNDERSTAND. THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE. I DO WORK FOR A CITY MYSELF. I UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU PUT IN YOUR IN YOUR BUDGET THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE PROMISING TO FULFILL THAT BUDGET ITEM. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T FULFILLED THAT THAT BUDGET ITEM THAT IT BECOMES A WHAT A NUISANCE. I LOOKED AT CHARLES BUDGET THIS YEAR. THAT'S NOT ON YOUR BUDGET BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULFILLED LAST YEAR. AND THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS WE'RE STILL LACKING THAT SEWER LINE. SO PLEASE, I BEG YOU FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF EDINBURGH, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BUILD TO BUILD OUR HOUSE TO GET SEWER LINES THAT WORK FOR THE EXISTING PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONSIDER AT LEAST 235 FT. SUPER LINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MONEY TO SCIENCE REGARDING SOURCE SERVICE FOR SHALOM. I'M SORRY. MY HUSBAND SO AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THIS SEWER PROJECTS ALONE, LIKE HE SAID IT ABOUT. YEARS, HOPEFULLY FOR IT TO DO IT WITH MAXIMUM ABOUT 4.5 IS WHAT THE CODE SAYS. UM I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY I'VE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, GET COMMUNICATION FOR EVERY STEP PLAN TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ELDERLY NEIGHBORS WITH LEAST AT LEAST THREE THAT HAVE A BROKEN SEPTIC SYSTEM SO HARD THEY LIFT A PIECE OF WOOD AND THERE IS LITERALLY THEIR WASTE. UM ALL AROUND THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED. WE HAVE YOU KNOW, PRIVATE. YOU KNOW, GATED COMMUNITY RIGHT TO THE LEFT OF US BEHIND US IS A BIG DITCH THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING TO, UM , CLEAN OUT ON THEIR OWN COUNTY SAYS IT'S NOT THEIR JOB, CITY SAYS IT'S NOT THERE, SO WE'RE GETTING LIKE THROWING BACK AND FORTH. SAME THING WITH THE SEWER. UTILITY SAYS IT'S ENGINEERING ENGINEERING IS TELLING US IT'S UTILITIES PROBLEM, UM, WERE RECOMMENDED TO NOT HAVE PURCHASED IN EDINBURGH . THAT WAS THE SUGGESTION.

ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS LIKE, WELL, I WASN'T YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD THAT I WASN'T WORKING IN THIS POSITION WHEN YOU KNOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT THIS COUNCIL VIS EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR 2.5 YEARS BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE COUNCIL AND IT WAS APPROVED LAST OCTOBER BY YOU GUYS. FOR UM, TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, A CITY PROJECT WEEK BY WEEK AND A HALF AGO. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN IN HOUSE PROJECT. NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME IT'S GOING TO BE CONTRACTED OUT. I ASKED HOW MANY YOU KNOW BIDS THEY GOT THEY TOLD ME ONE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LONG AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN THERE OVER 30 YEARS, AND ALL OF THEIR SEPTIC SYSTEMS ARE PRETTY MUCH UP FOR RENEWAL. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO UPDATE THE SEPTIC BECAUSE OF THE CITY ORDINANCE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE SEWER. SO WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? SO AT WHAT POINT IS THE CITY GONNA , YOU KNOW, HONOR THEIR WORD

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FROM 20 YEARS AGO. I UNDERSTAND . YOU GUYS WEREN'T YOU KNOW AN OFFICE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S A CONCERN, AND IT CONTINUES . AS YOU KNOW, THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD MENTIONED IF YOU HAVE THESE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE RESIDENTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, VERY, UM THEY'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR ALL THESE YEARS FOR SERVICES THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED IN FULL, SO I JUST WANT TO SEE IF HOW CAN WE MAKE A MEETING OR SOMETHING FOR THE SUBDIVISION TO SET A PLAN SO WE CAN SEE. OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT'S GOING TO BE? WE WENT HOUSE TO HOUSE SO WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW THE LEG WORK FOR THE CITY AS WELL DOING THE SURVEYS, AND I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING TO DO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ITEM 68. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. I CAME BEFORE YOU THE LAST TIME THAT THIS PLOT OF LAND WAS DISCUSSED FOR CHANGES ITS DESIGNATION. AT THAT TIME. THE WONDERS OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL NEEDS . CHILDREN PROMPTED THE PROPERTY CHANGE. AS WE THE NEIGHBORS AND I. POINTED OUT AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THE SIDE AND IT'S ON US WOULD ADEQUATELY AND SAFELY SUPPORT A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. WITH A DRAINAGE DITCH CLOSE BY AND I HEAVILY TRAFFIC SCHOOL TRAFFIC STREET NEARBY. NONETHELESS. THE LAND WAS REDESIGNATED, BUT THE NEEDY CHILDREN REMAIN NEEDY EVEN TO THIS DAY. NO PLANS WERE IN THE WORKS FOR SCHOOL. NO SCHOOL WAS EVER BUILT, AND I VENTURED TO SAY NO SCHOOL WAS EVEN IN THEIR DREAMS. NOW INTO THIS LAND. THIS TIME THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR A MULTIFAMILY LOW INCOME COMPLEX.

THEIR SALARIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEARBY WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE APART WITH A SKATEBOARD SECTION AND WATER ATTRACTION LIES LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM THIS LAND. THESE FEATURES TO SPEAK WELL FOR THE LOCATION AND FOR THE POST BUILDING. GENTLEMEN. YOU HAVE CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE A VISION FOR THIS CITY. SOME OF YOU ARE CURRENTLY CAMPAIGNING ON A VISION FOR THIS CITY. YOU WANT TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY? I APPLAUD YOUR PURSUIT TO HELP THOSE WITH FEWER RESOURCES THAN OTHERS. I SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. BUT TELL ME, GENTLEMEN. WHAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOW INCOME NEIGHBORS ARE THERE AT THE CORNER OF JACKSON AND FREDI GONZALEZ ROAD. WE HAVE WALGREENS MCDONALDS STARS OF THOSE BURGER KING WATER BURGER, WALMART AND HB. I'M SURE YOU'VE PATRONIZED THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS. HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW OFTEN THE PERSONNEL CHANGE THESE BUSINESSES? PEOPLE MOVE FROM THERE. HB AND WALMART HAVE GOOD BOYS THESE GENTLEMEN. WILL NOT HELP OUR NEIGHBORS RAISED THEIR ECONOMIC LEVEL. I DON'T MEAN TO DEMEAN OUR NEIGHBORS FOR THE ECONOMIC STATUS. INSTEAD I MEAN TO POINT OUT THAT WE SHOULD NOT JUST ONLY HELP WITH HOUSING, BUT WE SHOULD HELP TO ENSURE THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE LIE WITHIN THEIR REACH. THE SCHOOL IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET. THE PARK IS DOWN THE STREET. BUT WHERE ARE THE JOBS THERE? THEY'RE NOT THERE. I URGE YOU GENTLEMEN TO MAKE YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES A REALITY BUILD THIS COMPLEX, CLOSE TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

OR AT LEAST CLOSER. CONSIDER NOT JUST THE LAMB. NOT JUST THE SCHOOL. THE PARK. BUT THE SURROUNDING AREA WHICH WILL ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THE MEANS CLOSE AT HAND TO PROSPER.

DON'T MAKE THEM INVEST A GREATER AMOUNT OF THEIR WELL HARD EARNED MONEY TO COMMUTE TO A JOB. THAT WILL PAY BETTER. IF THEY'RE IN THE LOW INCOME COMPLEX THERE WERE PROBABLY NEED MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE THEM TO GOOD JOBS. AND ROAD AND FREDI GONZALEZ.

UBER AND LYFT OR AN OPTION, BUT THE MORE THEY TRAVEL TO THEIR JOBS. THE LESS THEY WILL HAVE TO

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ADVANCE. THEIR SELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. WE LOVE TO HEAR THE RANKS TO RICHES STORIES. THEY PROVED THAT HUMAN HUMAN SPIRIT WILL SURVIVE, SUCCEED AND SOME NOW THE OBSTACLES OF LIFE. PUT YOURSELF PUT YOURSELF UP FROM YOUR BOOTSTRAPS. IS THE CRY FROM THOSE THAT HAVE SUCCEEDED. BUT THEY AND WE SUCCEEDED. BECAUSE WE HAVE BOOTSTRAPS. NEEDING NEIGHBORS NEED OUR COMPASSION AND OUR HELP. DON'T ADD ANOTHER GREATER BURDEN. FOR THEM TO SUCCEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS MADE. ALL RIGHT. UM COUNCIL JUST IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS LEGALLY, BUT I WANTED TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 17. AM I ABLE TO ANOTHER BUSINESS REAL QUICK? YES YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO OKAY, SO CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO ITEMS IN THE NEXT IMPROVEMENTS PURSUER AND SHALOM CIRCLE. THE ON THE SORE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE AND PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS, PLEASE. ALRIGHT PLAYING WITH A PLAN WITH THE SOLUTION, PLEASE.

ANY OTHER ITEMS CANCELED. ALRIGHT I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR ITEM. ITEM SIX IS PUBLIC

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HEARINGS COUNSEL ON THIS. I'M ALSO GOING TO IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNCILMAN MOVE UP ITEM E. ITEM E IS, UM BUT THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THAT PUBLIC HEARING THIS ITEM HE HAS TO DO WITH THE CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST. FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT 9.91 ACRE TRACK. THIS IS FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED 47 08 NORTH WIND ROAD AS REQUESTED BY REAL DELTA ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF OUR G ENTERPRISES, LOC. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND ANYONE THAT IS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, WHETHER FOR OR AGAINST, OR JUST GENERAL COMMENTS YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. OKAY 37 11 NORTH QUINN. NO WRENCH 12 ACRES. AND I AGREE WITH TERRY. IT IS A RESPONSIBLE TO PROVE THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WHEN YOU HAVE NOT PUT HIM INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S A RESPONSIBLE I'M AGAINST IT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HECTOR THAT'S ALSO LIVING WITH 49 21 NORTH KOREAN ROAD. AND. FAMILY'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1963. AND I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THE ONLY ONE LIVING HERE IN THE VALLEY SHOW. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KEEP PROPERTY. BUT YOU KNOW ON THIS REZONING. I FEEL THAT AS WE'RE NOT AGAINST THE GROWTH AT ALL WHAT WE'RE AGAINST. IT'S THE SISAL. LOTS OF THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT IN AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP. WE HAVE A SMALL SUBDIVISION THERE, TWO OF MATTER OF FACT. THEY WERE COUNTY AT THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE DEVELOPED. THAT'S AMANDA. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE FROM THE. 30 OVER THERE AND TAKE A LOOK. WHAT IS THERE? WE DON'T NEED OR SOME DEVIATIONS THAT'S CAUSED IT THERE. APPRECIATE ALL OUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN RIGHT NEXT TO SIENNA. I HAVE SOME EIGHT PREACH THAT THAT'S JASON TO THE CNN, THE BACK END OF MY PASTOR. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO BUILD OFF? SORRY WHY DID WE HAVE TO SIT THERE? AND BRING OUR OWN.

NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN INSTEAD OF TRYING TO UPGRADE IT. YOU KNOW, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE CONSIDER THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA MARTINEZ. UM I JUST I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR TIME. I'M JUST GOING TO SECOND WHAT MR GARZA SAID. THOSE LARGE TO ME OR EXTREMELY SMALL AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE ON BUILDING. BUT WE NEED TO KNOW ALL OF THAT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S GONNA REALLY, REALLY DEPRECIATE OUR PROPERTIES. I LIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT PROPERTY THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STEPHANIE HAD SOUL I LIVED AT. I LIVE AT 51 04 NORTH QUINN AND

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I'M ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT PASSING THIS AS WELL. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE. THE IS GONNA THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE LOTS BEING THAT SMALL. UM WE DON'T HAVE THE SEWER STRUCTURE AS WELL. THE ROAD ITSELF THE SIZE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS NO SHOULDERS. THE TRAFFIC ITSELF IS ALREADY IT'S JUST NOT BUILT FOR THAT SIZE OF LOTS RIGHT NOW, SO PLEASE PUT THAT DOWN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SYLVIA SALUS. MY PARENTS BOUGHT BACK IN 1972 WE BOUGHT FROM MR CAUSE ME AND WE BOUGHT A FIVE ACRE TRACK. I'M NOT AGAINST GROWTH. I MEAN THE APARTMENT BUSINESS AND I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT NOT A UNRESTRICTED. SMALL LOTS TO BE THERE. IF IT WOULD BE TRACKS, WE'D HAVE NO PROBLEM. BUT THIS IS JUST NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. COUNCILMAN. I WAS HERE A FEW MONTHS BACK, TRYING TO GET A PERMIT. IT TOOK ME SIX MONTHS A YEAR. JUST TO GET A PERMIT FOR A BARN. FOR MY FARM EQUIPMENT AND WHAT HAPPENED. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS . I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS MOST OF YOU GUYS HERE. ATTORNEY HERE. I KNOW THE PROCESS. IT TOOK ME THAT LONG. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD. WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THEM OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT. I AGREE WITH OUR STATE. REP MR CONNELLY'S OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE. I WORKED FOR TEST DOT IT TAKES US YEARS TO BUILD. ROADS. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING AND BUILDING TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON WHEN ROAD AND MONTECRISTO BECAUSE OF OUR TRAFFIC. AND WE BUILD ALL THESE HOUSES. THERE IS JUST GOING TO GET WORSE. THERE IS A NEW WHAT IS IT? SUBSTATION POLICE STATION , FIRE STATION AND DPS STATION THERE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CONGESTION THAT THERE WE HEAR THE FIRE TRUCKS. DPS POLICE 24 7. IT'S CRAZY. WE'RE BUILDING BRIDGES. AROUND THESE COUNTY ROADS. THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH CONGESTION OUT THERE, BUT MAINLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE ASK THAT YOU GUYS DECLINED THIS UNTIL WE GET SOME BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AMERICA COUNTS, SO MY NAME IS ERICA CANNOLIS AND I LIVE ON 44 18 NORTH WIND, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCILMAN. MY NAME IS AMANDA, GABON. I ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE NEWEST MEMBER OF GWEN ROAD. WE PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY THERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. WE USED TO LIVE ON JACKSON HERE IN THE CITY , AND WE JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE AND WE KNEW THAT WAS COMING AND IT WAS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. BUT HEARING THIS PROJECT KIND OF DEVASTATED US IN ALL THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GROWTH IN OUR FAMILY AND THE STREET THERE, SO I'M AGAINST. I'M NOT AGAINST GROWTH, BUT I AM AGAINST THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WILL MAKE ANY COMMENTS? GOOD AFTERNOON, IVAN GARCIA WITH REAL DELTA ENGINEERING OVER THE LITTLE BIRD MAYOR COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO, I GUESS, MAKE SOME CLARIFICATION AND TO BE HONEST. WITH YOU. WE WERE NOT EXPECTING , I GUESS. UH, SO MUCH.

OPPOSITION RIGHT. WE ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN PROBABLY HALFWAY AS FAR AS WHAT THE SUBDIVISION IS, I GUESS ALL THE CONCERNS THAT THAT IS CAUSING THEM BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL WITH THE SANITARY ISSUE. WE'RE WE ARE CONNECTING TO THE SENATOR. ISSUE WORK. THERE'S SANITIZE WERE ALONG THE LITTLE ACTUALLY, MY CLIENT KNOWS THOSE 10 ACRES AND THEN THE 20 I WENT TO DO A LITTLE. UM SO WE'RE EXTENDING SEWER OVER THEIR CITY SEWER, RIGHT? THE DRAINAGE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, THERE IS A SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH OF US ALONG THE EAST SIDE. THERE'S ALREADY A SMALL CITY.

IT'S A CITY DITCH. SO WE ARE EXTENDING DRAINAGE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY CONTINUING THAT DITCH ALL THE WAY SOUTH TOWARDS OUR PROPERTY TO PROVIDE THE TENSION AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UM AS FAR AS THE WATER THERE'S WATER LINES ON WIND ROAD AND DO LITTLE FROM NORTHERN WATER SUPPLY. WE ARE EXTENDING THE WATERLINE, LOOPING THE SYSTEM FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE, UH, VOLUME AND PRESSURE RIGHT TO SERVE IN THE SUBDIVISION. AH AS FAR AS THE SISAL LORDS, THE. THE LOTS ARE

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BEING PROPOSED AT 52 BY 1 40 WITH THE SIZE OF THIS TRACK. THE LOTS AND OF BEING VERY LONG RIGHT. SO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ABOUT 7000 AND SOME CHANGE. IT'S THERE, RIGHT, BUT IT'S JUST THE WHIP. SO, UM IN MY CLIENT'S MIND. BLOOD BEING THAT SIZE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS WIDE AS 60 OR 70. FT WAY LOT WOULD ENTAIL SMALLER HOMES, RIGHT? ANOTHER THING I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT RESTRICTIONS. THE SUBDIVISION WILL WILL BE RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOMES FINISHES. UM EVERYTHING LIKE ANYWHERE IN TOWN, RIGHT? AH, THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE REZONING. IS NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE SIZE OF A LOT. WE'RE EXCEEDING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BY ABOUT 23 2200 SQUARE FEET MORE OR LESS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SETBACKS REALLY. UM SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT BIGGER LOTS. SO WE ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO MAYBE MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AS JUST FULLY HEAR THEIR CONCERNS RIGHT AND SEE. WE CAN MEET HALFWAY RIGHT. WE WANT TO FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS AND BRING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE AREA, NOT NECESSARILY AFFECT ANYBODY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I GUESS OUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER, RIGHT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. GERMANS TALKING ABOUT THAT MAN IS SQUARE FEET. WHEN YOU HAVE 52 FT WIDE AND 1 40 DEEP CERTAINLY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A GOOD SQUARE FEET. YOU TAKE SIX AND SIX. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA HAVE 40 FT UP FRONT. YOU PUT A ONE CAR GARAGE? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE FOR A HOUSE? THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA WORK. WE HOLMES. AGAINST THE SIZE OF HOMES THAT ARE BOUND TO BE IN AND THE RESTRICTIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. AT THE BEGINNING. I JUST GOT TO GIVE US STATISTICS TO THE CALCULATOR OPEN YET. WELCOME TO RESIDENTIAL LOT SIZES IN TEXAS ARE THE FIFTH SMALLEST IN THE UNITED STATES, CLOCKING IN AT AN AVERAGE OF 9540 SQUARE FEET. IT'S A BIT SMALLEST. IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS ALMOST 2000 SOMETHING SQUARE FEET SMALLER THAN THAT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S ONE IN A MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE IS STILL OPEN. IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL. I JUST WANTED TO MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR LEGAL COUNSEL. GOOD. THEIR MOTION MOTION MOTION. SECOND ALSO IN FAVOR IS RIGHT AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO HIM SIGN. UM SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE THIS EVENING. SO MY QUESTION WAS UM ON THE SUPER MAJORITY ON THE VOTE. JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON HOW THERE'S FOUR OF US HERE, NOT FIVE, SO RIGHT, SO IT WOULD STILL BE, IT WAS STILL REQUIRED THE FOUR VOTES TO OVERTURN IT. IT WOULD APPLIES TO THE WHOLE BODY NOT TO THE MEMBERS PRESENT. EDUCATE. RESIDENTS WHAT IT TAKES TO DENY THIS BECAUSE OF THE VOTE THAT PLANNING AND ZONING IT WAS. IT WAS APPROVED OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THAT'S FOR THE RESIDENT PUBLIC SAFE. THAT'S THE REASON I'M ASKING IF THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO. OVERTURNED THAT DECISION REQUIRED THE UNANIMOUS VOTE CORRECT. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND. HOW MANY CALORIES? ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY WITH DISCUSSION SECOND? EMOTIONAL SECOND. GO AHEAD, SIR. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH GOING SEVERAL TIMES AND ARE NOT TALKED TO STATE REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY PRIORITY THAT THEY HAVE NO SHOULDERS ON THAT STREET. THERE IS NO SIDEWALKS ON THE STREET AND THE SCHOOL ZONES ARE CLOSE TO THAT AREA ALREADY, AND WE DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THERE EITHER, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I WANT TO DENY IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS. BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO IMPROVE THOSE AREAS FIRST, BEFORE WE CAN CONTINUE THE GROWTH OF THE CITY NEEDS THAT WAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND MY COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR. I OFTEN TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. UH THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY. I'VE I'VE, UH, OFTEN BROUGHT UP THE NUMBER THINGS I ALWAYS ASK LIKE IS THERE ISN'T THERE PARAMETERS ON HOW MANY WE SHOULD HAVE IN A CERTAIN AREA. SO THE WORDS RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING A LOT FOR. I WILL TELL THE DEVELOPER THAT WHEN RESIDENTS SHOW UP AND THEY

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HAVE CONCERNS. IT'S VERY HARD TO GO AGAINST THEM, AND WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS. AND ALTHOUGH WE WANT GROWTH I ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR THE ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS FIRST. UH ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES I ALWAYS HAD IS, ARE YOU D C ONLY IDENTIFIES OR OR OR LET'S 300 FT RADIUS OF THE PEOPLE KNOW AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN THE NOTICES WENT OUT THERE WAS NO FOR OR AGAINST. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY PLANNING AND ZONING PROBABLY WENT UNANIMOUSLY FOR IT. BUT THEN WHEN THE WORD GETS OUT, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT SIGN THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE INSTITUTED AS A COUNCIL BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT PEOPLE, EVEN KNOWING IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. IT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT FROM ALL THE TALK TALKING ABOUT NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE END OF IT ALL IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A SHADY DEAL BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY KNEW AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OUR CODE ONLY LETS US OR MIXES. IDENTIFY ONLY 300 PEOPLE IN THE RADIUS BECAUSE ONLY 17 WERE NOTIFIED, BUT WE HAVE MORE THAN 17 NEIGHBORS HERE. AND I LIKE I SAID, I ADVOCATE FOR ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS TO ALWAYS REACH OUT. TO THE NEIGHBORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON BOARD BEFORE. UM THINGS LIKE THIS CHANGE THEIR ENTIRE LIFESTYLE AND EVERYTHING. THEY'VE BUILT THEIR HURT. THIS IS A QUESTION WHERE STAFF I KNOW THAT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL THIS SUBDIVISION IS DONE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE? TO HELP THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THE ROAD THERE, AND WHEN WE'LL BE BE ENGINEERS AREA ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE ROAD, BUT I DO JUST A REZONING, SO THIS IS NOT NOT START SUBDIVISION FORESTS. LIKE WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING ON. THIS IS JUST STRICTLY REZONING, STRICTER ZONING. YOUR STAFF AND CITY ENGINEERING HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS PLATTE. UH, HE DID SUBMIT A PRELIMINARY AND IN TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER. HE WASN'T HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES.

HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE CITY. HE JUST WANTS TO REZONE IT. TWO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT STAFF SUPPORTED IT IS BECAUSE JUST 300 FT NORTH WE APPROVED PROPERTY SIMILAR IN SIZE. FOR RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, SO THOSE WERE THE BASIS FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THE PNC MEETING WE DID HAVE MR HECTOR GRAHAM SAID THAT SHOWED UP IN OPPOSITION. OPPOSE THE. PROPOSAL BUT IT DID ALSO MEET WITH MARY LOU ESCOBEDO, WHO IS NOT PRESENT HERE TODAY, AND SHE ALSO VOICED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE REASONING THERE. THAT WAS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE TONIGHT. I WASN'T EVEN WOULD YOU. I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TALKING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND DISCUSSING EVERYTHING WITH THEM AND COME TO SOME SORT OF SORT OF AN AGREEMENT AND ALL THAT. ARE YOU STILL OPEN TO THAT IF WE WERE TO TABLE THIS ITEM THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME TIME TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM AND MEET THEIR NEEDS, AND ALSO ALSO YOUR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS HERE. SEE WHAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH. OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN. THAT IS WHY I GUESS WE WERE NOT REALLY PREPARED FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND THIS OPPOSITION, SO IN AN EFFORT AGAIN TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND DO WHAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE AREA ? YES WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT, IF WE CAN MEET, HAVE WAY OR TRY TO MEET THEIR CONCERNS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? UH WE CAN RECONFIGURE THE SITE OF THE LOTS TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS FROM RESTRICTIONS ON THE SUBDIVISION. WE WERE JUST NOT EXPECTING THIS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YES, WE ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO GET TOGETHER AND SEE. MAYBE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT, MAYBE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. RIGHT IF YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE OPPOSITION WOULD YOU HAVE REQUESTED? REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA? PROBABLY YES. WOULD ALLOW FOR HOW MANY LOTS. ABOUT HALF OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. CAN I GET A NUMBER? 21 21? LOTS OF THE CURRENT ZONING 20 LOTS AND WITH THE REZONING REQUEST WOULD BE HOW MANY LOTS YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE THERE. AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY, UM, I WOULD AT THIS TIME BE AGAINST THE REZONING BECAUSE IT'S DOUBLE THE LOTS AND FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED THEN I GOT NO. WE ARE IN THE BEST WILLINGNESS TO SEE MAYBE WE CAN BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SUBURBAN WHAT THE WAY IT IS. I BELIEVE IT'S CLOSER TO 70 72 75 FT. SO I'M NOT FULLY HALF OF THE LOTS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE 52. SO WE GO TO 70 OR 75 WAS STILL HAVE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE LOTS THAT WE WERE BRINGING PROPOSING IS JUST THAT IT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH, I GUESS THE SURROUNDING AREA RIGHT AND ALL THAT, BUT AGAIN WITH THERE'S I MEAN, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S RIGHT, BUT WITH INCREASED COST OF CONSTRUCTION, REAL ESTATE AND EVERYTHING THAT THE LOTS HAVE BEEN GETTING SMALLER

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THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SO THESE ACTUALLY THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING WAS REMOVED FROM THE CITY ORDINANCES AND CODES RIGHT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CODE BECAUSE IT'S OUT THERE.

IT'S HOW. WOULD PERSONALLY WORKING LAGOS, RIGHT AND ALL THOSE SUBDIVISIONS AROUND THE GOLF COURSE AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN WE STARTED DEVELOPING WAS EVERYTHING WAS OWNED SUBURBAN RIGHT. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SUBDIVISIONS WORK, WE HAD TO REZONE HIM TO THE SMALLER LOTS. NOT NECESSARILY. TINY LOTS RIGHT , BUT THE SMALLER LOTS BECAUSE THOSE, UH THOSE SIZES ARE NOT MARKETABLE ANYMORE. THEY'RE NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE MARKET, AT LEAST FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON. EVEN FOR GATED SUBDIVISIONS. THE AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS BETWEEN 6500 TO 7500. UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT NORTHGATE AND HOBBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY'RE 10,000 OR SO SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

BUT THAT THAT IS THE REASON WHY THAT SUBURBAN ZONING IT'S STILL THERE, AND WE'RE BASICALLY INHERITED THE ZONING FROM WHAT I THINK IT WAS BEFORE, RIGHT? SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THESE CHANGES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE LOTS OF WORK. UH BUT AGAIN, WE WERE NOT EXPECTING ALL THESE CONCERNS AND ALL THAT, AND WE'RE IN THE BEST WERE UNWILLINGNESS TO THINK SOMEBODY ELSE HAD ANOTHER QUESTION IS. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE GO AHEAD, MAN. ALL OF IT. WANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE WE EVEN PROBLEM WE DON'T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. WE'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO CAN WE FIX THAT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHATEVER HIS GOAL IS. LET'S START THERE. THANK YOU ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNSEL ARE THEIR SIDEWALKS IN THAT PLAN FOR THE SUBDIVISION. WELL PART OF THE REZONING, BUT I THINK WHAT THE COMMON IS HAS TO DO A LONG WIND ROAD THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN THEIR SECTION, BUT NOT ALONG THE WINDOWS. AND WHY DIDN'T OUR FRONTAGE ALONG WIND ROAD TO ITS FULL WITH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS TERMED THE PHRASE THE SIDEWALK TO NOWHERE SO THEY WOULD ONLY DO IN FRONT OF THEIR AREA, A SIDEWALK TO NOWHERE AND ONLY THEIR SECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE WIND. SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN. WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT A CERTAIN AREA THAT'S WIDENED AND THE REST OF THE NARROW CARDS KIND OF PARKED THERE AND MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT, OR THEY THINK THERE'S MORE ROOM AND THEY SCREWED OVER AND THEN END UP WRECKING BECAUSE IT GETS THIN RIGHT AWAY. BUT THAT WOULD JUST DENTAL YOUR QUESTION ASIDE WHAT TO NOWHERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNCIL BE OPEN TO ALLOW THEM TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE NEIGHBORS WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND ALL THAT, JUST WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH MY COMMENT. WELL THE CASE WHEN ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE, WHERE IT'S JUST A DISAGREEMENT AMONG WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE APARTMENTS OR SINGLE FAMILY.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S WHY I ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER NEXT MEETING, YOU KNOW, LET'S DISCUSS WHERE WE AT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? UM UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GREAT. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE AGAINST GROWTH, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE TODAY. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DISCUSS? AT THIS POINT THERE? DISCUSSION IS NOT GOING TO LEAD AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE ENGINEER ON THE SPOT, BUT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN IMPROVEMENTS ALL ALONG. WINDROW OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S RIGHT MORE OF THE CITY, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BENEFIT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO RESIDENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT. LET'S GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS HAS TO DO A LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN AREA THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CITY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO. UM AND THE IMPROVEMENTS WEREN'T PROVIDED THERE, YOU KNOW, AND SO AND THIS TRACK OF LAND HAPPENS TO BE YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY NORTH OF THIS AREA, SO IT'S RIGHT ALONG THE PERIMETER, AND I WILL ADD THAT THIS LAST BUDGET SESSION WE TOSSED AROUND A LOT OF COSTS AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE WHERE THE CAN'S BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR 20 YEARS AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S FALLEN ON THIS COUNCIL IT'S JUST HARD TO IGNORE THOSE NEEDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MADE IN OVER 20 YEARS. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AT ALL TIMES. AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MAJORITY COUNSEL IS ALSO CONCERNED OVER A LOT OF A LOT OF AREAS IN OUR CITY THAT WERE ANNEXED DECADES AGO AND STILL OR LIKING SERVICE. AND SO JUST THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU POSED TO US. SAME QUESTIONS I POSED TO STAFF AND THE ANSWER HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL. WE HAVE 5 TO 7 YEARS. I BELIEVE, BUT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE SERVICES AND YOU'RE OKAY, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT OKAY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PAYING ALL ALONG. BUT YOU KNOW BUDGETS OR TIGHT MONIES OR CONSTRICTED BUT I DO THINK THAT THE COUNCIL IS VERY CONCERNED AND IT'S GOING TO BE PRIORITY TO

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MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS ALL THE AREAS THAT CAN'T HAVE BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD AND WE DON'T WANT TO KICK DOWN THE WORD ROAD FURTHER. ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY CALLS FOR A VOTE THAT SAYS THE MOTION THE SECOND DENY ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOST DENIED. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I WAS OPPOSING SIGNED MOTIONS TONIGHT. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK COUNCIL TO ITEM EIGHT. AND I

[A.]

UNDERSTAND THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THE REQUEST. THAT'S CORRECT.

APPLICANT DUBLIN SENT ME AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY. HE WANTS TO HAVE A WHAT THERE'S ANYBODY HERE ITEM A . THE APPLICANTS REQUESTED. WITHDRAW THE ITEM. THE REQUEST FOR REZONING WHAT WHAT'S NEXT YEAR IF THEY WITHDREW THE REQUEST? UH WELL, NOW THAT THE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN DRAWN, WITHDRAWN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY IF THEY WANTED TO START THE PROCESS, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO JUST IF ANYBODY HERE IN THE PUBLIC WAS HERE FOR ITEM A. THIS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM OUR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM

[B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) District, Lots 10 and 11, Southside Subdivision, Located at 822 and 902 South 10th Avenue, as Requested by Gregorio R. Lopez. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

B. I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REZONE REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT SCUSE ME AT A PROPERTY LOCATED 8 22 AND 902 SOUTH 10TH AVENUE IS REQUESTED BY GREGORIO LOPEZ. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN ANYBODY HERE? THAT'S UH, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM CAN APPROACH APPROACH PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

TIPPER WHAT? LET ME JUST CLOSE TO YOU. AND I'M SORRY I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AT THIS TIME.

[C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, Lot 3-B-W1/2, Cotter Tract S151.30'-N935.74'-E71.88'-W585.24', Located at 1417 Santa Maria Street, as Requested by James W. Turner Construction, Ltd. on Behalf of Eleno Puente. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A MOTION TO PROVE WE HAVE A SECOND I WAS IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AS OPPOSED. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM C. I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14 17 IF OF PUENTE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD AND. BEFORE J W T. C AND WE DO HOMES FOR JLO. SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT IF IT WAS VOTED FROM AGRICULTURE TO RESIDENTIAL SO WE CAN BUILD THAT FAMILY A HOME AND IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. CORRECT. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. IF NOT, IT WILL CLOSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTIONS APPROVED MOTION IN THE SECOND APPROVED ALL IN FAVOR IS YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS.

[D. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Commercial, General (CG) District to Residential, Multifamily (RM) District, 7.13 Acres Out of Lot 7, Swearengen Tract and Out of Lot 2, Block 1, John Closner Subdivision, Located at 2406 South Raul Longoria Road, as Requested by Rio Delta Engineering on Behalf of Los Lagos Real Estate, LLC. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM D S. I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REASONABLE REQUESTS AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, THE RESIDENTIAL MULTI FAMILY DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 24 06, SOUTH KOREA. ROAD AS REQUESTED BY REAL DELTA ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF LOS LAGOS. REAL ESTATE HEARING IS NOT OPEN. THERE'S ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS SIDE AND YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO COMMENTS. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR SECOND SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND

[E. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, 9.91 Acres, All of Lot 16, Block 8, Santa Cruz Gardens Unit No. 3 Subdivision, Proposed RG Subdivision, Located at 4708 North Gwin Road, as Requested by Rio Delta Engineering on Behalf of RG Enterprises LLC. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

AND CARRIES. ITEM F WHERE THEY TOOK UP ITEM E F. I WILL ALSO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER

[F. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Commercial, General (CG) District, a 0.48 of an Acre Tract of Land Being a Portion of Lot 16, Section 245, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey Subdivision, Located at 3605 East Richardson Road, as Requested by Rolando Ramos. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

ORDINANCE FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 36 05 EAST. RICHARDSON ROAD AS REQUESTED BY ORLANDO RAMOS.

THE HEARING IS NOT OPEN ANYBODY HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM WILL CLOSE IN PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL APPROVED SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND ALL OPPOSE

[G. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) District, Lot 3, Block 7, Country Club Place Subdivision, Located at 1209 South 10th Avenue, as Requested by Quintanilla, Headley & Associates on Behalf of Andre Maldonado. (A 4/5 vote is required by]

SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM G A WALL SO OPEN UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REZONE REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12 OR NINE SOUTH 10TH AVENUE, IS REQUESTED BY KING TANYA HEADLINE ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF ANDRE MALDONADO. HEARING IS NOT OPEN. ANYBODY HERE WISHING MY COMMENTS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME? GOOD EVENING. ARNOLD MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THIS IS FOR MR ANDREY MALDONADO FOR HIS LAW PRACTICE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN OFFICE. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL APPROVED A MOTION OPPOSE HIM. SIGN MOTION CARRIES A CHURCH COUNCIL WILL ALSO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE REASON REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12 12 STAR SIGN DRIVE AS REQUESTED BY TONING THE BEST SENTENCE ON BEHALF OF RUBICON

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CONSTRUCTION GROUP. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I DO SO AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL MOTION APPROVED. WE HAVE MOTION THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM. I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER

[H. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, Lot 50, Villa Del Sol Subdivision, Located at 1212 Starshine Drive, as Requested by Tony Resendez on Behalf of Rubicon Construction Group. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

[I. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Industrial, General (IG) District, 27.590 Acres Out of Lot 5, Section 246, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey Subdivision, Located at 901 East Chapin Road, as Requested by Mario A. Reyna, P.E. on Behalf of ROTU Investments, LLC. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR REASON . REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO INDUSTRIAL GENERAL DISTRICT IS FOR 27.590 ACRE TRACK. THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 901 EAST CHAPIN ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MARIO ARENA ON BEHALF OF OUR LTU INVESTMENTS, LOC, UH, THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY I LOOKED AT THE PICTURE. IT'S ON YOUR WEBSITE. AND MY THING IS UH AND ITS BATTERY STORAGE. WHAT ARE WE STORING? AND WHAT COULD WE DO? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT AREA FLOODS THE WOMAN WOMEN, IF GOD EVER GIVES US ANY RAIN EDINBURGH KIND OF GOES UNDERWATER. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THESE GIFTS UH, WET OR WHATEVER , BECAUSE THEN THIS IS THE SOIL AND EVERYTHING GOING TO BE HARVARD IN SOME WAY, AND THIS IS MY QUESTION ON THIS EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE, HOW DOES IT WORK IF WE GET RAIN OR HURRICANE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE. UM A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE POWER COMPANY THAT COULD EXPLAIN THIS PETITION TYPE OF PROJECT, NOT A PROBLEM. WE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAT I'D APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YEAH NORRIS, I'M HERE WITH BALANCED ROCK POWER. SO THE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT YOU CAN JUST SPEAK INTO THE MIKE. CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE MIC RECORD? YES SO THE CONTAINERS ARE BATTERY STORAGE.

UM, SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN YOUR PHONE'S JUST KIND OF STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THEY'RE TOTALLY ENCLOSED IN METAL CONTAINERS. IT'S A SOLID MATERIAL. UM THEY ARE THERE TO STORE POWER FROM YOU KNOW THESE THESE SPIKES AND PRICES THAT WE SEE IN MARKET THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WHEN THE LOADS GETTING TIGHT AND THEY'RE THERE TO JUST HELP THESE THAT KIND OF HIGH DEMAND PERIOD WHEN THE POWER IS REALLY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE LOADS REALLY HIGH AND IT'S HARD TO GET IT IN. UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE RAIN, THEY WILL BE ELEVATED UP FOR FLOODING . THE DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, WILL FOLLOW ALL THE COUNTY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DRAINAGE WILL HAVE THE RETENTION PONDS THERE TO HOLD THE AMOUNT OF WATER REQUIRED. AH! AND AGAIN, THEY'RE SOLID. THEY'RE TOTALLY ENCLOSED IN A NEEMA. FOR OUR CLOSURE. NOTHING CAN LEAK OUT OF THEM SO NOTHING WOULD WOULD SEEP INTO THE GROUND OR ANYTHING ON THAT, BECAUSE FOR THE RECORD.

COULD YOU JUST SAY THE INVESTMENT? UH, FOR THAT AREA? IT'S BEEN AMOUNT, DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO IT'LL BE ABOUT $270 MILLION. MY QUESTION IS, IS IT THE FULL 27.59 ACRES? NO SO IT'LL BE ABOUT EIGHT ACRES OF LAND. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SIR? ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WISH TO MAKE HEARING IS OPEN. NO I DON'T THINK SO. BUT IF ANYBODY OUT OF THE QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO DO THEY HAVE THIS THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. SO NICK MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BETTER ON WHERE THEY ARE AROUND THIS AREA, BUT THEY'RE BEING INSTALLED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA ALL OVER ERCOT DYING IN THE CITIES THAT IT HELPS TO. TO EASE THE LOAD AND CONGESTION ON THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE. I JUST WANTED TO FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS IS A NEW A NEW ITEM OR NEW TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING THAT'S IT'S BEING ACCEPTED NATIONWIDE. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL MOTION APPROVED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ALL IN

[7. PETITION]

FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN PETITION. UH THIS IS THE CONSIDERED PETITION REGARDING THE VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION OF AN 8.350 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 34 NORTH CANYON ROADS. YOU QUESTION MY MELBOURNE AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF SANDRA ACEVEDO. COUNCIL APPROVED PROMOTION AND THE SECOND APPROVED ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED HIM. SIGN MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT. A VARIANCES COUNCIL FIRST

[8. V ARIANCES]

ITEM IS TO CONSIDER VARIANCE TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. IN CONNECTION WITH UH, THIS REQUEST

[A.]

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FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED LOTS . ARTICLE THREE SECTION 3.10 TO 1. RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY REAR YARD SETBACKS WITH PROPOSED MEMBERS SUBDIVISION SO JACKSON WROTE. AS REQUESTED BY KING TANYA HELENA SORTIES ON BEHALF OF EMPTY G INVESTMENTS GROUP. COUNCIL. EMOTIONS APPROVAL DISCUSSION. OKAY WE HAVE TO GET MOTIONS FIRST. I HAVEN'T NOTED YOU. BUT GO AHEAD . DISCUSSION WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE HIS 2ND 2ND. OKAY GO AHEAD, SIR. WE HAVE A COMMENT WHERE ITS STAFF IS OKAY WITH THIS VARIANCE BASED ON THE U. D. C JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. YES COUNCILMAN. THE REASON THAT STAFF SUPPORTS THIS VARIANCE IS BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS HAS A HARDSHIP. THERE'S A GAS LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH 43 OF THE 46 LOTS. SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS THAT THAT PIPELINE THAT IS RUNNING THROUGH THESE PROPERTIES, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR REDUCED SET BACK 10 FT. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SOME SUBDIVISIONS AND IN OTHER CITIES TO HAVE A 10 FT WERE SET BACK. SO, UM WE'RE MCMILLIAN FAVORABLY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK MR BYRNE DID YOU HAVE TO GOT OKAY? GOT IT.

ALRIGHT COMMENTS. COUNSEL HAVE NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[B. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code Table 3.102-4 Duplex and Multiplex Lot and Building Standards, Lot Width for the Proposed the Villas on Canton Subdivision a 10.00-Acre Tract of Land out of Lot 2, Block 55, Alamo Land and Sugar Company Subdivision, Located at 3500 East Canton Road, as Requested by Melden & Hunt, Inc., on Behalf of A.I.M.Z Development, LLC. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

ALSO POSING. SIGNED MOTION APPROVED, CARRIES ITEM BEAST TO CONSIDER HER ANSWER REQUESTS TO THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. THIS IS FOR OUR SECTION TABLE 3.1024 DUPLEX ON CAMPUS SUBDIVISION. THIS PROPERTY LOCATED 3500 EAST CANTON ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MELBOURNE AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF A I M Z DEVELOPMENT. MR PERFECT. PROMOTION AND THE SECOND TO APPROVE. THERE WAS ALSO A NOTE HERE. ARE WE GOOD? WHAT. IS A VARIANT. THE STREETS. THE ROAD WITH THE WITH YES. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND

[9. ORDINANCES]

ALSO OPPOSED SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNDER ORDINANCES. COUNCIL ITEM 9998 1ST ITEM SIX.

[A. Consider Ordinance Providing for the Voluntary Annexation of a 600.885 Acres of Land Located in the Juan Jose Balli Survey, Abstract Number 29, Hidalgo County, Texas and Being a Portion of the San Salvador Del Tule Grant, a Subdivision of Record to the Map or Plat Thereof Recorded in Volume 10, Pages 58-60, Maps Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, and a Portion of Baker’s Subdivision of the Cucharia Tract, a Subdivision of Record According to the Map or Plat Thereof Recoded in Volume 2, Page 46, Map Records of Hidalgo County, Texas; and Further Being All of that Certain Called 69.4 Acres of Land Conveyed to the City of Edinburg as Described in Document Number 2021-3295105, Official Records of Hidalgo County, Texas; All of that Certain Called 86.70 Acres of Land (Tract 1) and that Certain Called 257.51 Acres of Land (Tract 2) Conveyed to the City of Edinburg, as Described in Document]

CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE FOR THE VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION OF 600.85 ACRE TRACT OF LAND. AS LISTED.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 15600 NORTH 69 CENTRAL, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

APPROVED A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL SUPPOSED TO SIGN

[B. Consider Ordinance Providing for the Voluntary Annexation of a 50.493 Acres of Land in the Juan Jose Balli Survey, Abstract Number 29, Hidalgo County, Texas and Being a Portion of the San Salvador Del Tule Grant, a Subdivision Record According to the Map or Plat Thereof Recoded in Volume 10, Pages 58-60, Map Records of Hidalgo County, Texas and Further Being All of that Certain Called 9.65 Acres of Land Conveyed to the City of Edinburg, as Described in Document Number 1997-575056, Official Records of Hidalgo County, Texas and the Remainder of that Certain Called 34.46 Acres of Land Conveyed to the City of Edinburg, as Described in Document Number 1997-575057, Official Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, and a Portion of F.M. Highway 490 Right of Way, Located at 17000 North I-69C., as Requested by the City of Edinburg. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

MOTION CARRIES ITEM BASIC CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 50.493 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS LISTED FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON FARM ROAD FOR 90 RIGHT AWAY, LOCATED AND 17,000 NORTH 69TH CENTURY AS REQUESTED BY THE MOTION THE SECOND ALL IN

[C. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “University Drafthouse Beerfest 2023” to be Held on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation Promenade Area Located at 501 W. McIntyre Street. as Requested by the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce and University Draft House. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]]

FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALSO POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM C COUNCILS TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDED FOR SPECIALIST PERMIT FOR THE UNIVERSITY DRAFTHOUSE BEER FEST 2023 TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH. AT THE EDINBURGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROMENADE AREA, LOCATED AT 501 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND APPROVING FIRST REPTILES, MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. THERE'S RED HAND. ALL THE POLLS. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM DC. CONSIDER

[D. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for “Sacred Heart Catholic Church Annual Kermese” to be Held Saturday, October 14, 2023, Being Edinburg Original Townsite, Block 319, Lots 1-5, Located at 216 N. 16th Street at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, As Requested by Sacred Heart Catholic Church. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]]

ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIALIST PERMIT FOR SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH.

KARMA'S TO BE HELD SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH 2020 2020 23. AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, AS REQUESTED BY SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH APPROVED WE HAD THREE MOTIONS, MOTION AND A SECOND. AH! BAR APPROVAL ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL POST SAME

[E. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the 15th Annual “Love Your Cha-Chas” 5K Run/Walk to be Held on Saturday, October 28, 2023, Being a portion of Lot 10, Block 271, Texas-Mexican Railway Company's Survey, Located 1800 Mark S. Pena Drive, at Richard Flores Stadium as Requested by JoAnne Perez Pena. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]]

SIGN MOTION CARRIES. ITEM E. THIS IS EXCUSE ME. CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR SPECIALIST PERMIT. FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL LOVE YOUR TASHA'S FIVE K RUN WALK TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY , OCTOBER 28 2023 AT RICHARD FLORIDA STADIUM, AS REQUESTED. BY JOHANN PEREZ PENA MOTION APPROVED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I SEE MISS YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO AT THIS TIME. SURE. HELLO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOE PINA. I AM WITH THE EVENT. LOVE YOUR CHARGES. FIVE K. THIS IS A RACE SLASH WALK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. THIS YEAR. WE'RE CELEBRATING 15 YEARS FIESTA STYLE. WE ARE SO EXCITED WE HAVE OVER 1300 PARTICIPANTS AND PEOPLE STILL CALLING TO REGISTER. TONIGHT I AM HERE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL ON OUR

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REQUEST. THIS EVENT IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TH 2023 RICHARD FLORIDA STADIUM THAT A N I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO INVITE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND SHOW SUPPORT TO OUR RUNNERS AND WALKERS IN THE RACE FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A PICTURE? NO LET ME JUST CALL FOR THE VOTE AND IT WILL GO DOWN. IS THAT OKAY? YES FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. POST HIM SIGN, ALL RIGHT. IT'S VOTED.

WE'LL BE THERE FOR SURE. THAT STUDY IS BEING ADDRESSED THEM.

WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. YEAH YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THE DAY THERE'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT DAY. IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. WELL, LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU.

[10. CONTRACTUALS]

ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM. 10 COUNCIL CONTRACTUAL SYTEM ACE TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE LOWER AGAIN VALLEY REGIONAL TASK. POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM STORMWATER TASK FORCE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE STORMWATER PERMIT APPLICATIONS STORMWATER PROGRAM PLAN FOR THE LOWER AGAIN VALLEY

[A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between the City of Edinburg Public Works Department, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System TPDES Stormwater Task Force Partnership, Inc. for Preparation of a (TPDES) Stormwater Permit Application and Stormwater Program Plan for the Lower Rio Grande Valley TPDES Stormwater Task Force. [Vincent A. Romero, CPM, Public Works Director]]

STORMWATER TASK FORCE SOME OF MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE

[B. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between the City of Edinburg Police Department, and the University of North Texas at Dallas to House the Regional Director for the Peer Support Network at the Edinburg Police Department. [Jaime Ayala, Police Chief]]

RAISE TO AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS TO HOUSE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE PEER SUPPORT NETWORK AT THE EDINBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND,

[C.]

ALL THE POST HIM SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM C COUNCILS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TRYING TO INTO A LOCAL AGREEMENT. BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND THE EDINBURGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW U. S BUSINESS TO ANYONE. 1 MILLION GALLON COMPOSITE ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK. WHERE MOTION. IS THERE? A SECOND? SECOND WE HAVE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES MANY THANKS TO OUR EDINBURGH IN D. C. EXCUSE ME. COMMENT. YOU HAVE A COMMENT. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENT. I APOLOGIZE. I WAS READING THE ITEM. GO AHEAD, MAN ON THIS. THIS ONE IS THE 600 ACRES. THAT CITY JUST AND NEXT. IS THAT WHAT THIS THING IS FOR? IT'S A BIG WATER TOWER, RIGHT? NO MA'AM, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE DRAWINGS ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TIME, BUT IT'S NOT FOR 600 ACRES. I BELIEVE HE'S JUST NORTH OF THE WATER BURGER.

ON YES TAXATION OF THE ACREAGE IS CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT. IT WAS AIRPORT PROPERTY. SO THIS IS GOING CLOSER TO THIS IS CLOSER TO MONTECRISTO. OKAY WELL THAT THEY HAVE ASKED, AND I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM

[D. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Edinburg and the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation for the Construction of the New Astro-turf Baseball Fields at Municipal Park. [Tomas D. Reyna, Assistant City Manager]]

THESE TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND THE EDINBURGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ASTRO TURF BASEBALL FIELDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK. THEIR EMOTIONS. PORTION OF PROOF EMOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THAT MOTION ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[E. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Edinburg and the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation for the Construction of the Sewer Line Expansion for East Owassa Road to Provide First Time Sewer Service. [Tomas D. Reyna, Assistant City Manager]]

ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO INTO LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND THE EDINBURGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER LINE EXPANSION FOR EAST AWASSA ROAD TO PROVIDE FIRST TIME SEWER SERVICE. MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND FOR THE SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE THE RIGHT HAND OPPOSE SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES

[F. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into Job Task Order No. 1 with Melden & Hunt, Inc. Based on RFQ 2022-005, Professional Engineering Services for the Design of Municipal Park Turf Fields for an Amount Not to Exceed $52,000.00 and Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement Relating Thereto. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, P.E. CFM, City Engineer]]

ITEM F TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO JOB TASK ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH MELBOURNE HUNT. BASED ON OUR FQ 2022 DASHES OR FIVE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF MUNICIPAL PARK TURF FIELDS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING IN A SECOND APPROVED. YES, SIR. IS THIS ONLY FOR ONE FIELD? NO. IT'S FOR CREW. CORRECT FOR THREE FIELDS. THE THREE REMAINING FIELDS OUT OF THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL ONE. UM, AND

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SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN LUMP IN THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE APPROVED. AT THE SAME TIME. SO THIS IS THREE FIELDS. AND THEN THERE'S A THE OTHER THREE THAT WERE APPROVED THAT THERE HAS TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FOR THE TURFS FOR THE AGREEMENT, SO YOU'RE WANTING TO US TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN MORE THAN THE THREE FIELDS. IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? THIS IS THIS IS FOR THE THREE FIELDS THAT WERE APPROVED. IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR ITEMS AGO.

YES OKAY, SO I THOUGHT THESE WERE FOR WE NEED WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DESIGN OF THE FIELDS IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT WAS JUST APPROVED. OKAY, LET'S CLARIFY AGAIN. I'M CONFUSED. SO WHAT WAS APPROVED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THOSE ARE NEW FIELDS THAT HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TURF. THAT'S THE ASTRO TURF FOR THE FIELDS. CORRECT, BUT THOSE ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT CORRECT HAS TO DO WITH ITS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THAT'S PART OF IT. IT IS. PART OF IT IS PART OF THE SO HOW MANY FIELDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT SO THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS IS THREE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS AND THE CITY'S FUNDING ONE OF THE ADULT FIELDS. AND THEN WITH THE FUNDING DO THE OTHER TWO ADULT FIELDS SO IT WOULD BE FIVE FIELD. RIGHT SO THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE FOR TODAY'S FOR THREE FIELDS. AND WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM TO AMEND IT TO INCLUDE THE OTHER FIELDS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN APPROVED FUNDING ? THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHY I WAS SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THREE THAT YOU'RE COMING TO US TONIGHT. WHERE'S THAT? FUNDING COME FROM? THE FUNDING. WE HAVE IT THAT IT'S COMING OUT OF THE PARK AND DEDICATION FUNDS, SO THAT HAS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ABC. CORRECT CLEAR. OKAY SO THEN THOSE THREE TONIGHT ARE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER IDEAS. THAT'S WHY HE'S ASKING THE $2 MILLION THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED FROM NBC. THANKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP. THOSE ARE NEW FIELDS IN ADDITION TO THOSE THREE FIELDS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT ARE ON TONIGHT. THE AGAIN THE THREE FIELDS IS FOR DESIGN PURPOSES THROUGH FIELDS ARE FOUR, BUT THERE'S A SEPARATE ITEM. THAT WAS APPROVED THIS EVENING. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WITH COUNCILOR BODY IS ASKING IS KAMALA. WELL YEAH, I MEAN, ADD TO INCLUDE THEM. WHAT HE'S ASKING IS FOR US TO INCLUDE THEM AS PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE OTHER FIELDS RIGHT NOW. THE ASSISTANT MANAGER YES, IT WAS AT OUR PEOPLE AND OUR LAST FEEDBACK, OR WE CAN SAY WE HAD DESIGNED FOR THE THREE, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THAT NBC FUNDING WHICH WE HAVE, SINCE WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ONE MORE FIELD , WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE PRICE OF THE THREE FIELDS FOR ONE OF THEM FOR THE OTHER REMAINING TWO BIG FIELDS, SO YES, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK WITH DUBLIN HAD THE SAFE. WE CAN DESIGN IT ALL WITHIN THAT SAME SCOPE BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALLER PORTIONS SMARTER FIELD, SO WE'RE ABLE TO ENCOMPASS. ALL THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE JUST CAN WE JUST DO ALL FIELDS NOW THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT AND NOT THE RISING . LET'S DO THE TESTING AND ALL THE FIELDS. YES SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT JUST SO I'M CLEAR THE THREE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACT WITH MELDING AND HIGH ARE THOSE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT? WE JUST APPROVED THAT E D. C. YES, SIR. WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE BOTH BOTH FUNDINGS FOR THOSE MANY FIELDS, BUT WE'RE GONNA ULTIMATELY TRY TO SQUEEZE IN FIVE KILLS. DEALS WITH THAT FUNDING, AND THEN WE HAVE FUNDING SOMEONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SQUEEZE IN THAT WAY. WE'LL HAVE TWO COMPLEXES DOESN'T ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL THE FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE TO AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGEMENT PAY THE SMART WATER METER

[G. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Pay the Smart Water Meter Software Annual Subscription to Kamstrup Water Metering, LLC in the Amount of $31,334.88. [Gerardo Carmona Jr, P.E., Director of Utilities]]

SOFTWARE, ANTI SUBSIDY SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT TO CAMPS WRAPPED WATER METER METERING IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,334.88. MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT

[11. AWARDING OF BIDS]

HAND. THE POST. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNDER ITEM 11 COUNCIL AWARDING OBITS. WE HAVE ITEM A.

[A. Consider Awarding RFP No. 2023-014, Aviation Fuel Supplier and Support to Titan Aviation Fuels for their Fuel and Equipment Unit Prices as Listed for a Term of Three (3) Years, with an Option to Renew Three (3) Additional Years and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Eddie Velarde, Director of Aviation]]

THIS HAS TO DO WITH CONSIDERED WORDING, RP NUMBER 2023-014 AVIATION FUEL SUPPLY AND SUPPORT TO TIGHTEN AVIATION FUELS FOR AS LISTED FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS WITH AN OPTION OF NEED THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS. UH UNAUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERE, TOO. THEIR EMOTIONS. MOTION AND A SECOND QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE TO OUR COUNCIL IS THIS? UM, BUT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS. IN THE RENEWAL OPTION TO RENEW GOOD EVENING, YOUR HONOR AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE, AVIATION FOR THE AIRPORT AND YES, IN THE PAST

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CONTRACT, CORRECT. THE SAME PRIMARY. WE HAD THE SAME SAME PRIMARY TERM AND IT WAS BROKEN DOWN TO 31 YEAR EXTENSIONS. THIS BASICALLY MAKES IT A THREE AND THREE MINUTES. PRICES ARE JUST A CONTRACT ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE

[B. Consider Awarding RFP No. 2023-016, City of Edinburg Comprehensive Plan to Kendig Keast Collaborative for their Proposal of $250,000.00 and Authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional services contract Pursuant to the City’s Ordinances and Procurement Policies. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES NEXT ITEMS TO CONSIDER AWARDING RP NUMBER 2023 016 CITY OF EDINBURGH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CANADA KEYS COLLABORATIVE FOR THEIR PROPOSAL OF $250,000 AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ENTER A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AND PROCUREMENT POLICIES. SOME MOVE. WHERE MOTION. IS THERE? A SECOND? SIX.

WE HAVE A SECOND, UM HOW CAN WE GET THE NEXT MANDATE THIS PROCESS? I KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE, BUT IS THERE A WAY WE CAN INCLUDE IN THEIR AGREEMENT? WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH COMMITTEES AND PLANNING EFFORTS . SO IS THERE A WAY FOR THIS PROCESS TO GET EXPEDITED, GIVEN ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE? I BELIEVE SO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM FROM THE FIRM. THE PRESIDENT, MR. GARY MITCHELL IS HERE. A LOT OF THE RESEARCH. RIGHT GATHERING DATA, WHICH WE PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE YES. GIVE THAT DATA OVER TO MR GARY. AND YES, SIR. SO SIR, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, I'M SORRY TO SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD JERRY MITCHELL WITH KENTUCKY'S COLLABORATIVE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, MY QUESTION, SIR, IS WE'VE STARTED THESE EDINBURGH 2040 INITIATIVES, JUST RESIDENTS COMING TOGETHER AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. AND I KNOW THAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INVOLVES SO. SO THE ANSWER IS YES, WE CAN EXPEDITE, BUT HOW MUCH CAN WE DO IT AND WHAT TIME FRAME ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? PROPOSAL DISCUSSION WITH STAFF. THERE WAS MENTION OF 14 18 MONTHS WE SAID WE'D DO IT IN A YEAR. WE HAVE WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE WAS A SIMILAR VISION PROCESS ALREADY DONE THAT CUTS SEVERAL MONTHS OFF OF OUR PROCESS AFTER 12 MONTHS OR OKAY.

TYPICALLY FOR NINE MONTHS TO GET TO A DRAFT PLAN THAT IT'S THE HEARING AND ADOPTION PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE

[C. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Two (2) New Smart View 360°Cameras with Hardware Included through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) to AM Signal. LLC of Littleton, Colorado, in the Amount of $37,991.06. [Vincent A. Romero, CPM, Public Works Director]]

YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE CLOSED SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM C COUNCILS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO NEW SMART 360 DEGREE CAMERAS FOR WITH HARDWARE INCLUDED THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE BY BOARD TWO AM SIGNAL. LOC OF LITTLETON, COLORADO, THE AMOUNT OF $37,981.06 MOVE. MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND ALWAYS IN

[D. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2023-28, HMAC Type D Hotmix, a One (1) Year Supply Agreement to Frontera Materials, Inc. for their Unit Price of $71.00 Per Ton of River Rock Type “D” Hot Mix and $77.50 Per Ton of Limestone Type “D” Hot Mix and Award a One (1) Year Supply Agreement to the Alternate Vendor, Terra Firma Materials, LLC. for their Unit Price of $75.45 Per Ton of River Rock Type “D” Hot Mix and $75.45 Per Ton of Limestone Type “D” Hot Mix. [Vincent A. Romero, CPM, Public Works Director]]

FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM D COUNCIL. STILL, WARD CONSIDER AWARDING BID TO NUMBER 2023 28 EACH TIGHTLY HOT MIX A ONE YEAR SUPPLY AGREEMENT TO FRONTIER MATERIALS FOR THE UNIT PRICE $71 PER TON. RIVER ROCK TYPE B HOP MIX TO YEAR SUPPLY AGREEMENT. TO THE ALTERNATE VENDOR, TERRA FIRMA MATERIALS FOR THE UNIT PRICE. 75 45 PER TON OF RIVER ROCK TYPE HOT MIX AND 75 45 PER TON OF LIMESTONE. PUBLICS MOVE. TAKING A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR VINCE. IS THIS GOING TO ALLOW US TO GET STARTED WITH ALL THE PAVING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE APPROVING THE BUDGET, SIR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL VINCENT MEDAL PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. YES SIR. EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP US DO SCHEDULE. YOU KNOW, UPDATED SCHEDULE ON AS WE AWARD THIS. WHAT STREETS? YES, SIR. WE DID PRESENT THAT TO FINANCE APPRECIATE IT, AND WE COULD POST THOSE ONLINE BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK WHEN THEY'RE STREET NEXT AND YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT

[E. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2023-29, City Wide Pavement Markings to Valley Striping Corp., Per Unit Prices and Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement Relating Thereto. [Vincent Romero, Public Works Director]]

HAND. ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGNED . MOTION CARRIES ITEM E COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AWARDING 2023 29 CITYWIDE PAVEMENT PAVEMENT MARKINGS TO VALLEY STRIPING CORP FOR UNIT PRICES AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT. MOVE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM F COUNSELORS TO CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 2023 31 BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT THIS FOR THE UNIT PRICES HAS LISTED FOR THEM OUT. EXCUSE ME.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF $80,639. MOTION THE SECOND APPROVED ALL OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT

[F. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2023-31, Bi-Annual Maintenance Service Agreement for City Wide Generators, to Waukesha – Pearce Industries, L.L.C. for their Unit Prices as Listed for the Total Amount of $80,639.29 and Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement Relating Thereto. [Vincent Romero, Public Works Director]]

HAND. ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM GS TO CONSIDER WORDING BID 2023-32

[G. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2023-32, Annual Plant Chemicals to the Lowest Bidder Per Line Item on a Per Unit Price and Execute Any Related Documents Thereto. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]]

ANNUAL PLANT CHEMICALS TO THE LOWEST BIDDER FOR LINE ITEM THE PREMIUM PRICE AND EXECUTE ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS OR TWO SECONDS. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE

[H. Consider Awarding RFP No. 2023-008, Business 281 One (1) Million Gallon Composite Elevated Water Storage Tank, to Landmark Structures I, L.P. in the Amount Not to Exceed $5,037,000.00 and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]]

MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM H COUNCIL TO

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CONSIDER WARNING R P NUMBER, 2023-008. BUSINESS, 21. 1 MILLION GALLONS COMPOSITE ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK, TWO LANDMARK STRUCTURES AND THE AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING 5,037,000.

AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MOVE. WE HAVE MOTION AND A

[12. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN

[A. Discuss and Consider Approval of the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation's Renewal of the UTRGV Technical Assistance Contract for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. (The Edinburg EDC Approved this Item by a Vote of 6-1 on September 26, 2023). [Raudel Garza, Edinburg EDC Executive Director]]

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM. 12 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 12 A. WE HAVE FIRST SIGHT OF DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE EDINBURGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RENEWAL OF THE RGB TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 24. AND IT IS 15,000 THAT CORRECT? YES. IS THERE A SECOND? CHECK IT. WHAT? WE HAVE A SECOND ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, OKAY? IN FAVOR

[B. Discuss and Consider the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Staffing Services Agreement Between the City of Edinburg and Edinburg Economic Development Corporation. (The Edinburg EDC Board Approved this Item by a Vote of 7-0 on September 26, 2023) [Raudel Garza, Edinburg EDC Executive Director]]

OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE RED HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM BASE TO CONSIDER FISCAL YEAR 2023 24 STAFFING SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH EDINBURGH GDC PROOF AND THAT'S 500,000 FOR IT. THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND 2ND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I'LL OPPOSE SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES

[13. RESOLUTIONS]

[A. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act FY24 Federal Aviation Administration Airport Terminal Program Grant, and Execute Documents Related Thereto. [Eddie Velarde, Director of Aviation]]

UNDER RESOLUTIONS COUNCIL WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT TO CONSIDER. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT JOBS ACT THIS CAREER 24 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. AIRPORT TERMINAL PROGRAM GRANTS. SECOND MOTION

[B. Consider Resolution in Support of the RGV Recompete Coalition and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Submission of the Region's Recompete Plan and Strategy Development Grant. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

AND A SECOND FAVOR THE MOTION PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM B COUNCILS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION SUPPORT OF RGB RE COMPETE COALITION AND UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ROGAN VALLEY IN THE SUBMISSION OF THE REGION'S RE COMPETE, PLAN AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. PROMOTION AND A SECOND APPROVED ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

[C. Discuss and Consider Resolution Nominating a Candidate or Candidates for the Board of Directors of the Hidalgo County Appraisal District for 2024-2025. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION NOMINATED, A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES WERE BOARDED DIRECTION. WHETHER THAT'LL COUNTY PRESIDENT STRICT FOR 2024 . THAT'S 2025 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT RICHARD GARZA TO THE COMMITTEE. WELL, IT'S A NOMINATION. I'M SORRY. NOMINATE HIM. SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY SERVING THEIR RENOMINATED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT UM, ALSO FAVOR THE MOTION.

[14. ELECTION]

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSE SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ITEM 14 ELECTION CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND THE YELLOW COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7TH 2023 IT JUST IS THAT INCLUDING EARLY MOTION AND A SECOND, THERE'S A GO AHEAD, PLEASE. EARLY VOTING DATE ALSO JUST ELECTION DATE. IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THE ENTIRE ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY AN ELECTION ELECTION DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UNDER APPOINTMENTS COUNCIL FIRST WE

[15. APPOINTMENTS]

[A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for Election Services Between the City of Edinburg and the Hidalgo County Elections Administrator for the City of Edinburg Municipal General Election to be Held on November 07, 2023. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

HAVE TO BOARDS TO POINT VERSUS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ON THIS ONE, WE HAD DISCUSSED EACH SO. IF WE CAN GET YOUR COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, I WAS MENTIONING, UH, WE HAVE A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WE CREATED FIVE MEMBERS. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EACH OF US, APPOINTING, UM RESIDENT. SO TO MAKE UP THE FIVE I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM IS OUT TODAY WE CAN COME BACK ON THAT.

BUT DO YOU HAVE YOUR NOMINATIONS TODAY? UH, FOR THE CHARTER. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE PALMA OKAY. YOU HAVE THE EVER ANYONE YOU WILL NOMINATE FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW. YOU DON'T COUNCIL MEMBERS. ON THE TRADE OF IT. YES, IT WAS DIANE PETER. OKAY? ALL AND THEN AH, UH ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM I KNOW HE'S OUT TODAY, BUT WE'LL COME BACK IF WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON. UM, THE OTHER PERSON THE TIME THAT, MISS SO THAT AGAIN. THE SECOND PERSON THAT WE HAD THE SECOND PERSON. I DON'T SEE ANY THERE'S TWO. JOE LAWYER AND NOMINATE. YOUR LAWYER, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. AND I'M GONNA HAVE ALBERT MORALES. UM APPOINTED AS WELL. SO WE HAVE PALMA MORALES. WHAT'S YOUR LAWYER? YOUR LAWYER. AND, UH, I DIDN'T GET DOWN CAME FROM. DO I CONFIRM? I WAS GOING TO SEE IF ONCE WE CAN GO

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BACK TO THE UM. ITEM C FOR THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE NOMINATION FOR GOOD, BUT WE'RE ON THE CHOCOLATE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE VERSION. OKAY DIANE TEETER ON THAT ONE. OKAY SO WE HAVE FOUR. DID YOU GET THOSE FOR THE RECORD? OKAY. UH, BEING PAIRED WITH THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I'LL OPPOSE SAME SIGNED. MOTION CARRIES. NO, YOU HAD A SORRY WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO ITEM. UH SEE, WE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT ITEM IS ANYONE WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO GO BACK. IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD RECONSIDER. YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. WHAT WILL WE BE ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM? WELL, WE'LL SEE. WELL WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS. I DON'T WHAT DO WE NEED TO RECONSIDER ITS NOMINEES, AND I WANTED TO AT A NOMINEE IN THERE ANOTHER ONE JUST SO I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. WEIRD. HE TOOK A VOTE ON THAT AND THAT'S FOR EMOTION. WE HAD EMOTION AND THEN, UH, SECOND, BUT, UM IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL SO. YES SO IF YOU IF YOU WANTED TO GO BACK INTO THE ITEM, THEY WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION JUST TO RECONSIDER BECAUSE I WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM SO. LET'S FINISH YOUR FORMS AND I CAN GO BACK TO IT AND I'LL GO BACK TO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FOR THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES? BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO APPOINT ONE SECOND. BETTER. LOPEZ. AND GEOFFREY WARD. OKAY? FEDERAL LOPEZ. AND JEFFREY WARTON. OKAY IS THERE A SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR THE MOTION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POST. SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, SO COUNSELOR

[A. Consider Appointments to the following City Advisory Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees: Charter Review Committee, Five Members; Cultural Activities Board, Two Members. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

BILLION IS ASKING FOR 13. SEE FOR RECONSIDERATION. I'M OKAY WITH THE MOTION. GO AHEAD, THE MOST RECONSIDERED. AND FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 13 C. IS THERE A SECOND? NOW THE SECOND ALL RIGHT, UH, WE WANT TO CONSENT ITEM. WE HAVE ITEM A UNDER

[16. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7TH, THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL. SOME OF THE SECOND WE HAVE MOTION IN THE SECOND. SO WHICH IS IT? WHAT IS IT? CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE. WHAT? WHAT'S I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ELECTION DAY. SO WHAT IF WE HISTORICALLY DONE IS ELECTION DAY, DO WE? HISTORICALLY WE HAVE EITHER CANCELED IT OR MOVED IT TO THE NEXT WEDNESDAY. IT'S GENERALLY BEEN RESCHEDULED IN RECENT YEARS. YES THE RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT AVAILABLE DAY. I UNDERSTOOD EVERYONE WAS WAS. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE MOVING, MOVING IT TO NOVEMBER 6TH ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE WE HAVE ZONING. UM DO WE HAVE ZONING ITEMS? THAT FIRST MEETING? YEAH. EXCUSE ME. NO, NO, UH OUR ZONING. CASES ARE HEARD IN THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WHAT WOULD IT BE CONFLICT? ARE WE GOOD TO DO IT ON THE SECOND ON NOVEMBER? IT'LL BE MOVED UP TO THURSDAY. OR YOU HAVE FOR THE SEVENTH. SO. SO HOW DO WE HANDLE CANCER THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THERE'S NOTICES ALREADY BEEN SAYING FOR SPECIFIC. THE CITY WOULD JUST NEED TO READ THE NOTICES. ADVERTISING DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF IT WERE TO BE RESCHEDULED, OKAY? SO I THINK THAT THE OUR CITY SECRETARY COUNCIL, SAYING, LET'S MOVE IT. NOVEMBER, 2ND. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE AN IMPORTANT MOTION. YOU WANT TO DO MOTION DOWN FOR A SECOND, I MISREAD. I THOUGHT THAT THE MOTION WAS FOR BECAUSE THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION INITIALLY, UM SO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO THE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING TO NOVEMBER 2ND SECOND ALL RIGHT, AND. MY ONLY QUESTION IS NOVEMBER. 7TH IS THE ELECTION DAY WHEN WE LOOKING TO HAVE THE CANVASSING AND THIS SPECIAL MEETING DO WE HAVE THAT DATE CANVASSING WOULD BE BETWEEN THE 10TH AND 20TH. WE USUALLY DO. WE'LL DO IT THAT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY THE 14TH AND 15TH BUT THAT'S NORMALLY JUST SPECIAL SPECIAL MEETING. OKAY, ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL I KNOW WE ALREADY HAD

[A.]

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THIS ITEM, BUT I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN. IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS UNDER OTHER BUSINESS FOR FUTURE

[A. Future Items Requested by City Council. [Myra L. Ayala, City Manager]]

ITEMS? UM YES. COULD WE BRING UP DISCUSSION FOR ALL AMERICA CITY APPLICATION? OKAY ANYTHING ELSE? MIRA ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN CHECK TO SEE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE BAN X IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT ARE STILL WITH SEPTIC TANKS ARE NOT DRAINAGE CONNECTOR. ANYTHING AGAIN. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A SUBDIVISIONS ALONG 28 12 AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SAME ISSUES THEY WERE HAVING WITH EACH OTHER CIVILIZATIONS. THANK YOU ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM

[18. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

18 COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO PROCEED TO SECTION WHERE MOTION AND A SECOND TO DISCUSS ITEMS A . B AND C ALL OF FAVOR THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THE POLLS SEEM SIGN. IT IS 7 55 PM WE'RE NOW CONVENIENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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COMING UP NEXT ON E. CN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL ON THE COUNCIL MAYOR RAMIRO GARCIA JUNIOR COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL DAN DIAZ. COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON DE LEON COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNNY GARCIA. AND MAYOR PRO TEM DAVID WHITE. SITTING IN HIS ADVISERS MANAGER MYRON L. AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY OMAR AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURGH CITY HALL, EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. ALRIGHT NOW I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER OF THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER. 5TH IT IS SIX O'CLOCK BY MY WATCH, AND I DO SEE VISIBLY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WELCOME TO THIS EVENING'S COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF THIS EVENING WITH THE PRAYER. UH I'M GONNA ASK WHEREVER IN FEDERAL PETE HERNANDEZ FROM THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH. PLEASE STEP UP TO THE POLLING VERBALLY COULD PLEASE RISE TO JOIN US ON PRAYER. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE. SO THAT YOU MAY SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON US. BY RECEIVING THE SPIRIT. MAY YOU ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS? INCENTIVE. I THIS TIME. SO THAT WE MAY BETTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND ITS PEOPLE FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MY PLEASURE. LISTEN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHERE WE COULD STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVIDUAL WHATEVER KEY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. FIGHT HIM, TOO, IS THE CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTING THE COURSE TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST 2023 AT 6 45. PM THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES, SIR. UNDER STATE LAW, CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM. IF THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MEMBER CAN PARTICIPATE OR VOTE ON THE ITEMS ARE THERE ANY COMPLEX TO DISCLOSE? NO, SIR. ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT I RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION ON THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY. IT IS I LOVE TO VOTE ON. ON THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA. THIS IS A ZONING ITEM. AH AND YOU CAN UH, YOU'RE YOU'RE FINE. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC IMPACT ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT DIFFERENTIATES FROM THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. BUT IF YOU CHOOSE STEPS IN COUNCIL MEMBER JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP, AND I'M HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATIONS RECOGNITION, SO IT'S AN HONOR THIS EVENING TO HAVE AMERICA'S LAST PATROL NUMBER THREE. I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO JOIN US HERE AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING. NATIONAL PRISONER OF WAR. MISSING IN ACTION DAY THAT IS TO BE CELEBRATED SEPTEMBER 15TH 2023, AND WE HAVE OUR AMERICANS LAST PATROL NUMBER THREE HERE TODAY. TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DAY AND ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN THIS RECOGNITION.

IF I MADE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACCOUNTING AGENCY CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR THE

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MISSING FULFILLING THE NATION'S PROMISE TO LEAVE NO SERVICE MEMBER BEHIND. THOUGH NOT HEAR THEIR SACRIFICE IS NOT FORGOTTEN. THE CITY OF EDINBURGH . EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE AMERICANS WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR AND THOSE WHO SERVE AND NEVER RETURNED HOME.

I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF AMERICA'S LAST PATROL NUMBER THREE. FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US TO RECOGNIZE ALL THOSE THAT WERE MENTIONED. THAT WERE PRISONERS OF WAR. THOSE THAT CAME BACK AND THOSE THAT UNFORTUNATELY NOT COME BACK, AND AS THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, PAY TRIBUTE TO THEM THIS EVENING. IT'S COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 15TH ON THAT DAY, PLEASE. YOU KNOW, WAKE UP, SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR ONLY THOSE THAT CAME BACK, BUT THOSE THAT DID NOT COME BACK. UM AND I THANK AMERICA'S LAST PATROL, MR JOEY BAR AS WELL, WHO HAS LED THE EFFORTS FOR US TO BE A PURPLE HEART CITY HERE IN OUR CITY OF EDINBURGH. UM AND WE, UH STAND IN RECOGNITION OF THIS DANCE SEPTEMBER 15TH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND ALL THE VETERANS.

THAT ARE AMONGST US HERE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT AT THIS TIME. A PROCLAMATION FOR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. 2023 DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE? TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION FOR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. I THINK WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS HERE. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD, WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON NON SKIN CANCER DIAGNOSED IN THE MEN AND IN THE EXCUSE ME, MAN AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS AMONG MEN. AND WHEREAS IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, APPROXIMATELY 268,490 MEN. WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND ROUGHLY 34,500. WILL DIE THIS YEAR FROM THE DISEASE. AND WHEREAS THE PROSTATE IS A GLAND IN THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, JUST BELOW THE BLADDER, MOST PROSTATE CANCERS OR I DON'T KNOW. KEROSENE, IMUS. CANCER IS THE BEGINNING CELLS AND OFTEN HAVE NO EARLY SYMPTOMS AND WERE ASKED. PROSTATE CANCER IS MORE COMMON IN OLDER MEN AND MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN MEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER. OTHER RISK FACTORS INCLUDE GENETIC FACTORS. RACE LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE, DIETARY HABITS AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE. AND WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS HIGHLY HIGHLY TREATABLE, IF DETECTED EARLY, AND BECAUSE OF EFFECTIVE SCREENING OPTIONS, THE DISEASE CAN BE CAUGHT BEFORE IT SPREADS AND AS A WHOLE SURVIVAL RATES ARE GOOD. AND WHEREAS ALL MEN ARE RICH ARE AT RISK AND EDUCATION DETECTION, AND SCREENING IS KEY TO PROTECTING YOUR OWN HEALTH OR SAVING THE LIFE OF THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE. AND WE'RE AT SEPTEMBER'S NATIONAL PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND THE PERFECT TIME TO SHARE CRITICAL INFORMATION ON SCREENING AND PREVENTION. NOW THEREFORE I RAMIRO GARCIA, JUNIOR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 2023 AS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT AND SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS PREVENTION AND EDUCATION. GOOD EVENING. VERY COMMISSIONERS. WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS CLARA CHAPEL AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR WITH DHR HEALTH AND WITH US HERE WE HAVE WITH CARLA GARCIA, COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR. DOCTOR AS AN THROUGH ONCOLOGIST, HEMATOLOGIST DOCTOR DAVID ALONSO, UROLOGIC ONCOLOGIST. WE HAVE MARICELA MENDOZA, A PATIENT NAVIGATOR WITH DEDRA HEALTH, AND MR HISS WAS KIRA, WHO WAS A FOUR YEAR CANCER PROSTATE CANCER SURVIVOR. THE DOCTORS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH THE COMMISSION.

GOOD EVENING. IT IS AN HONOR TOGETHER HERE TONIGHT AMONG THE CITY OF EDINBURGH'S LEADERS AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. TODAY WE HOPE TO SHED LIGHT ON PROFIT CANCER. CANCER THAT AFFECTS THE LIVES OF SO MANY MEN IN THE UNITED STATES. PROSTATE CANCER IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN AMERICAN MEN. BEHIND ONLY LUNG CANCER. ABOUT ONE IN EIGHT MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH

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PROSTATE CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME. SO BY DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER AS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. YOUR HEALTH AND THE CITY OF EDINBURGH ARE SHOWING THEIR COMMITMENT TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISEASE AND TO ENCOURAGING MEN TO KNOW THEIR RISK AND TALK TO THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ABOUT EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR HELPING DHR HELPED FOSTER AWARENESS ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED. I'M GONNA GO DOWN AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO JOIN ME TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. OH, I GET MY PROSTATE CHECKED MY ANKLE, BUT LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO CAN YOU JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN AT OUR MALES AGE WHEN IS A GOOD TIME? YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT EIGHT WHEN YOU SHOULD BE GETTING IT REGULARLY. ISSUES. HAVE IT IN YOUR FAMILY. SOMEBODY CAN SPEAK ON THAT. FOR MOST MEN AT AVERAGE RISK. UH RECOGNITION IS REALLY STARTING AROUND AGE 50 50 TO 69 IS KIND OF THE IDEAL TIME TO REALLY START THINKING ABOUT DOING IT. FOR MEN WHO HAVE A HIGHER RISK SO GENETIC PREDISPOSITIONS OR BIG FAMILY HISTORY. RECOGNITION IS ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST DIAGNOSED RELATIVE AND REALLY RELATIVE IS FATHERS. OR YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY LIKE YOUR BROTHER, FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES. SO MAYBE 5 TO 10 YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST PERSON IN YOUR FAMILY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IS A GOOD IDEA. IT'S JUST THE ONCE YEARLY, MAYBE SOMETIMES EVERY TWO YEARS, EITHER TEST WITH THE PSA, WHICH IS A BLOOD TEST OR A PHYSICAL EXAM TEST. THANK YOU FOR ONE THAT HAS A PROSTATE CANCER. MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY OF THE PROPERTY CANCER. SO I'M NOT THAT I STARTED WITH THAT 40 YEAR OLD. GROUP WHEN I STARTED SEEING THE DOCTORS MAKE SURE IT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT THING FOR EVERYBODY TO DO. ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES THAT WE LIVE NOWADAYS WITH THE HEALTH CARE IN DISTANCE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. TO REALLY BUT IF YOU REALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM OUR COMPANY CULTURE. RIGHT AND DUCKING SOMEONE COULD SPEAK OF HOW DO YOU GET CHECKED? IS THERE ANY ANY SCREENINGS GOING ON AT THIS TIME? OR CAN YOU GO TO YOUR FAMILY? DOCTOR? WE HAD LITTLE EDUCATION ON THAT, PLEASE. JUSTICE FOR I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING ABOUT THE RISK NOW. HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER IN MID FESTIVE REMEMBER RELATIVES, BUT THERE'S ALSO BREAST CANCER. SO IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE RELATIVES FIRST ABILITIES WITH BREAST CANCER THE SAME GENETIC CHANGE THAT CAN CAUSE BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN AND MEN. CAN CAUSE PROSTATE CANCER. THAT WAS STRONG FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER. IN SOME CASES, MELANOMA AND PANCREATIC CANCER. YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED TO BE SCREEN. NOW ABOUT SCREENING. WERE THE TUTORS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING FOR SCREENING OF PROSTATE CANCER IS THE P S A TEST, WHICH IS A BLOOD TEST. AS WELL AS THE DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM.

IF ONE OR BOTH ABNORMAL. USUALLY PATIENTS END UP BEING REFERRED TO UROLOGISTS. AND UM, THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEED FOR CONTINUE SURVEILLANCE OR A BIOPSY, AND THE UROLOGIST USUALLY GUIDES THE PATIENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GONNA WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN PRESENTED.

SO MUCH.

UM AT THIS TIME, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO BACK TO ASKS, ARE AMERICA'S LAST PATROL NUMBER THREE. COME BACK OFFICER TO THE PODIUM. I WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I THINK WANTED TO RECOGNIZE TAKE PHOTO WITH THE WORKERS LAST PATROL OR ANYWHERE . SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SIR,

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BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR FOR OUR AGENDA, SIR. THANKS THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US YES. UH, WE ARE HERE LOCALLY. WE DO HELP VETERANS. GUIDANCE TOWARDS GETTING THE BENEFIT AND SO ON. SO ON WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSE REPAIR. WE JUST HELP OUT VETERANS LEFT AND RIGHT, BUT WE'RE EDINBURGH, OKAY? SO. NO NOT REALLY. BUT YEAH, WE DID TRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WE ACTUALLY PEOPLE. I MEAN, MORE MORE VETERANS, YOU KNOW, HE GOT THERE. YOU WANT TO JOIN US FOR IT, YOU KNOW, AND MR JUAREZ HERE TO SERVE. YOU NEED TO JOIN US, UH, HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION. THE PURPLE HEART. AS HE IS A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT, AND, UH, LET'S GIVE THEM ALL THE HAND AGAIN, PLEASE SYSTEM OFFICIALS WERE CONFUSED. MR IBARRA IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN REACHED OUT AS A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT HIMSELF TO ENSURE THAT UM OUR CITY ADVOCATED BECOME A PURPLE HEART CITY. IT TAKES A LOT AND HE BROUGHT THIS BEFORE US AND THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT. IF YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A PARKING SPACE RESERVED FOR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT OUT RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL AND IT'S A TRIBUTE TO HIS EFFORTS AND EVERYBODY HERE, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR THAT, AND, UH AS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND I RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER DO ENOUGH TO PAY TRIBUTE. AFTER ALL THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY. YES SIR. AND MAYOR IF I MAY I WANT TO THANK THESE GENTLEMEN AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR IS AS THOSE THAT ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WASN'T A VERY FRIENDLY WELCOME FOR OUR VETERANS. GROUPS LIKE THESE WERE CREATED TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT ARE LOST. THOSE THINGS NOT BEEN FOUND. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE EVER BEEN TO WASHINGTON, D. C THERE'S A TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ACTUALLY REMAINS OF A SOLDIER THAT WAS NEVER NAMED. FOR MANY YEARS, BUT RECENTLY, I THINK ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WITH OUR NEW D D N A TECHNOLOGY THAT SOLDIER WAS NAMED AND SO THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THAT IT'S NO LONGER THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. UM I WANT TO THANK YOU. I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY WAS A COMBAT MEDIC WHO WAS THE THERE WE GO. I WAS ALSO A COMBAT MEDIC, SIR. THANK YOU FOR TO COMBAT MEDICS. THERE WE GO. OH YEAH, THAT MAYBE I HAVE TO JOIN YOUR GROUP. UM AND I WANT TO THANK UH MR. WHAT DO I KNOW? I DON'T KNOW WHAT? YOUR ANKLE SIR, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. I KNOW YOU WERE A PARATROOPER. THOSE BOOTS RIGHT THERE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THOSE SPIT SHINE BOOTS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE JUMP BOOTS. THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU WEAR WHEN YOU JUMP OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. VERY DISTINCTIVE WHEN YOU WEAR THEM. EVERYBODY KNOWS JUST AS LONG AS THE SAME WAY WITH THOSE BRACES. GENTLEMEN ARE WEARING IN MY ERA IF YOU HAD THAT BERET YOU WERE. YOU WERE G I, JOE. NOT EVERYBODY NOT ALREADY GOT TO WHERE THERE, BUT THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID EARLIER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE FOR OUR VETERANS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR WATKINS. YES PLEASE, UH, SPEAKING THE MIXTURE THAT WHEN WE GET TO ON THE RECORD. SO I THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU. FOR MEMBERS. FOR SACRIFICING YOURSELVES BEING OUT HERE WITH US. AND DOING THE WORK FOR EDINBURGH. UM. AND AGAIN WITH GOD'S HELP. ME TOO. ASK YOU TO MAKE EDINBURGH PURPLE HEART CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COME.

MANY OF THE MANY PEOPLE HERE IN ATTENDANCE. NO. EDINBURGH IS A PURPLE HEART CITY. WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? JUST. AND NOBODY ELSE. THAT MEANS TWO YEARS AND. ONLY THESE PEOPLE KNOW THAT EDINBURGH IS A BROKEN HEART CITY. WHICH I THINK IT HAD BENEFITS. OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, TO BE KNOWN AS PURPLE HEART. UNTIL WE LIKE I SAID, WITH GOD'S HELP. I DIDN'T DO IT ON MY OWN. AND THE REASON I GIVE THANKS TO GOD. BECAUSE. I THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO. MAKING MY LIFE. BREAD BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. TWICE. I MEAN, I WAS IN THE DEAD. YOU BROUGHT ME BACK OVER HERE.

PROBABLY BE HERE TONIGHT. THAT WAS WONDERFUL TWICE. NOT THE ENEMY. HI. WENT TO SOME

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QUICKSAND. THE LORD SAVED ME. NEAR DROWNINGS. AND THANK GOD I'M STILL HERE. HILL AREA. AND STILL HERE. PTSD. I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT. SO I THINK GOD . TODAY. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

RELIGIOUS IN TELEVISION. UM. WELL, SUBARU. SAVED MY LIFE. UH, DOG. SAME NIGHT NIGHT. CAT SHE MADE WHERE'S GOD? HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY SAY. BECAUSE GOD, WE'RE HERE. DID HE SEND LORD JESUS CHRIST. TO SAVE US. NO WE'RE GOING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS. YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HURT, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA REALIZE WHEN YOU HAVE CANCER. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING AROUND WITH YOUR BODY. IS HE WHO ELSE CAN YOU GO TO? CAN YOU GO TO YOUR FRIEND? CAN YOU GO? EVEN YOUR DOCTOR? WHAT CAN HE DO? CHEERS. SO MUCH. WE ALL HAVE. HARD TIME ALLOTTED IN THIS WORLD. SO I'M SAYING. GIVING THANKS TO GOD, AND HE DID DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT. YOU KNOW, HE MADE IT IN HIS IMAGE. BUT. A LOT OF US TAKING THAT FOR GRANTED. WE GET OUR CARS. BRAND NEW HOUSES. WHO CARES? SO ALL I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS. THE PURPLE HEART THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND CALLING 23 PEOPLE KNOW I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE PART CITY. AND YOU KNOW TAKE IT LIKE THAT. CAN WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY? SO UM HMM. I COULD.

TONIGHT. IT'S ABOUT HONORING THE PEW W AND M I A S AND, UH, FEELING SORRY FOR THE YOU KNOW THEIR FAMILIES. THEY THEY DON'T HAVE CLOSURE. OKAY? THOSE ARE AMAZING. WHAT HAPPENED? HOW DID THEY DIE? DID HE SUFFER? WE DON'T KNOW. SO. WITH THIS FLAG. CAN'T USE HERE. THAT'S REPRESENTING. YOU KNOW OUR NATION IN SAYING WE WILL NOT FORGET THEM. OKAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE. BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET THEM. WITHOUT PLATE THAT'S A SYMBOL OF THE FLAG. SO WITH THAT. UM, HOW WOULD TELL. THANK A MOMENT OF SILENCE. TO HONOR THOSE BRAVE SOLDIERS. THEY WERE LOST. OR ALSO WERE IMPRISONED.

SO I GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AND NOT ADULTS.

THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE. AND AGAIN. THANKS, MY COMRADES. SORT OF COMING OUT. AND JOINING US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. PLEASE KEEP US NEW PERSON. AND THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AMERICA'S LAST PATROL. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MARY THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I WILL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS, NOT INTERACTIVE TO COUNSEL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS ROXANNE IRMA. REGARDING MOVE WITH THE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ROXANNE LET MY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA FOR THIS GREAT CITY JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT JOINED US ON FRIDAY FOR OUR WALK WITH THE MAYOR TO KICK OFF OUR SEPTEMBER FITNESS CHALLENGE. UM WE HAD A WEEK TO PLANET. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND UM, AND IT TURNED OUT AWESOME. WE HAD A COUPLE 100 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, INCLUDING OUR D A TO JUST GET ACTIVE WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND WITH OUR MAYOR, UM THIS IS PART OF MOVE WITH THE MAYOR CHALLENGE, WHICH IS PART OF THE SPARK AMERICA FIT CITY MOVEMENT, AND IT IS SO EASY TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP US WITH US. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS YOU PICK YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITY THAT COULD BE GARDENING. IT COULD BE PICKLEBALL. IT'S RUNNING, WALKING, UM, EVEN TAKING A LITTLE STROLL AROUND THE CITY HALL AND LOG OF THOSE MINUTES SO YOU CAN TRACK THOSE MINUTES AND IT'S IN THE PEOPLE WANT HEALTH APP. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE ONLINE PORTAL AND WE WANT TO HELP TO KEEP EDINBURGH IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. UM IT'S A LOT LIKE THE IT'S TIME TEXAS CHALLENGE WHICH WE'VE DONE BEFORE YOU, YOU GET THE APP, AND THEN YOU TRACK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO JUST STAY HEALTHY AND ACTIVE IN OUR CITY. AND SO WE'RE REALLY , REALLY HOPING THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OF COURSE OUR CITY EMPLOYEES GET INVOLVED. SO THAT WE CAN STAY AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD AND YOU CAN CHECK OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TOO, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PUTTING UP PIZZAS AND LITTLE GRAPHICS TO SHOW YOU HOW EASY IT IS TO GET THE APP BY NORTH COUNCIL HAS IT ALREADY HELPING US LOG MAYORS ON IT ATTACKING? YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE LEADERBOARD AGAIN. IT'S THE PEOPLE WANT HEALTH APP, UM, AND JUST TO HELP US GET US FIT HERE IN IN SEPTEMBER AND TO HELP US WIN THIS CHALLENGE. I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR OUR CARS, THOUGH.

REGARDING FIVE YEAR MASTERPIECE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. JUST EBONY HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES MY SON, ESPECIALLY AND I USED TO COACH JUNIOR HIGH GOLF IN HIGH SCHOOL GOLF, AND BEFORE I WENT TO ANOTHER ANOTHER VENUE IN COACHING FOOTBALL AND I BUT IT'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART. THEY BASICALLY RAISED MY OWN SON, BUT I WAS TO BE THE TRYING TO RAISE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DISTRICT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S VITAL. WE UTILIZE IT WITH OUR JUNIOR HIGH PROGRAMS AND ALL THAT. UNFORTUNATELY CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR WE HAD TO PULL BACK AND KIND OF WORK THAT FOCUSED EVERYTHING ON MONEY CRYSTAL, BUT WE'D LIKE TO TAKE EVERYTHING BACK IN THE PLAN TO GET THOSE BRIDGES AND WE CAN GET OUR KIDS BACK ON THE COURSE. SO IT'S A LIFETIME SUPPORT. WE STILL SHARE A GOOD ROUND OF GOLF WITH MY SON, EVEN THOUGH I GOT A TEE UP

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LIKE FIVE T UP BOXES UP. BUT YOU KNOW YOU COULD COACH OCHOA BACK THEN I'LL DO YOUR CHILDREN READ JUSTIN MYSELF, WHITWORTH. YOU KNOW, AND COACH GREG COACH NELSON DID A TREMENDOUS JOB BACK THEN WHEN I CAME ON, FACILITATED ME TO LEARN THE GAME AND BE BE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND THAT'S WHY I SPENT SOME QUALITY TIME WITH MY SON AND WENT. UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR SCHOOL. YOU GOT THAT BULL RIDING AND THEN A PROFESSIONAL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. APPOINTEES COME BACK TO ANYBODY. HOPEFULLY, HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE'S READY TO GET HIS NUMBER TWO TODAY. I THINK THEY'RE AT THE HOSPITAL, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T GET HIM HERE. BUT IT'S A LIFETIME SPORT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO INVEST. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN KEEP SOME SIMILARITIES OF WHAT THE CLUBHOUSE IS BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE USING THE GOLF COURSE FOR A LOT OF OTHER POSITIVE THINGS THAT WAS AT THE NEWSEUM. THAT THEY HAD THE OTHER DAY THE CONCERT THAT THEY HAD, SO WE HAVE CROSS COUNTRY MEETS THERE. IT'S A GREAT FACILITY TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO AGAIN.

IT'S A MULTI USE FACILITY. I WAS IN THE PARKS BOARD FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS, AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A TOPIC, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND KEEP THE GREEN SPACE. BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT GOING AND DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR LIFETIME LEARNERS AND LIFETIME SPORT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK SO AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. AND BE QUICK BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO GO TO BREWSTER TO TURN ON SOME LIGHTS OVER THERE. WE JUST GOT SOME NEW LIGHTS ON IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME UP IN THE TOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS BILL CARSON, FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN FOR EVAN. I HAD TO WRITE THIS DOWN SO I COULD DO IT WITHIN THREE MINUTES, GUYS. FOR BOTH MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. FRIENDS OF EBONY IS HERE TO CELEBRATE A MOMENTOUS OCCASION IN OUR CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND ITS HISTORY. FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN FOR EVIDENCE HILLS GOLF COURSE. JUST A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THIS POINT. IN 2012. 50 YEAR OLD LEASE FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB TO YOU FOR THE USE OF AVENUE FOR THE CITY. AH WAS COMING TO AN END IN 2013. THAT'S WHEN FRIENDS OF EBONY ORGANIZED AND APPROACH THE MAYOR, THEN RICHARD GARCIA. CONVINCED THE CITY COUNCIL TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER SEAN SNYDER WORKED WITH THE NUMEROUS STOCKHOLDERS 400 PLUS STOCKHOLDERS. HE WAS ALSO THE PIRATE CHIEF AT THE TIME, AS YOU REMEMBER AND HE WAS ABLE TO GARNER THE AMOUNT OF STOCKHOLDERS TO PROVE THAT THEN HOW DO WE GET THE MONEY? THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN MIDDLE GARZA. WAS ABLE TO I WAS SAYING DIRECTOR, GARZA SAID. WE WOULD NEED TO GET A REFERENDUM TO THE CITIZENS TO VOTE ON CHANGING OUR E. D. C FROM ONLY GIVING MONEY FOR BUSINESS VENTURES TO ALSO INCLUDE BEING ABLE TO BUY PARK SPACE. THAT'S WHEN FRIENDS ABOUT JANIE PURCHASED 1000 YARD SIGNS. IN HIS SAID KEEP EDINBURGH GREEN VOTE YES. FOR PROPOSITION ONE.

SO IT PASSED. HAS PRESIDENT FRIENDS OF ANY GOLF COURSE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY WIFE, LINDA. DORNER FRANCIS WHITWORTH. CAROL CADENA. MARK CARLSON. PHILIP SMITH. LEO CADENA. AND LEO RED. SO AND CHRIS QUINN. EXCUSE ME.

PAST MEMBERS. UM MRS RENNIE. WALLACE. HER SON. CHECK WALLACE. SO BASICALLY AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE REST OF FRIENDS OF EDNEY. PLEASE STAND. CAN AFFORD OR.

THANK YOU, MR CARLSON. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ROBERTO AND I ARE REGARDING THE LIFT STATION.

HERE. YEAH. AND FOR RECORDS THE RIVER TONIGHT. AND I JUST WANTED TO WELL. FIRST OF ALL. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE. TONIGHT'S I'M GLAD I CAME OVER. IT WAS VERY IT WAS HONORED TO

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AND THE PRESENCE OF THOSE GENTLEMEN THAT PART OF FRY AND DIED. AS YOU GUYS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN AWASSA ROAD I LOST MY DAD HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND HE SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE. AND THE FIVE FLAG THERE AND I AND I'M AND I'M PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY AND PROUD OF LIVING HERE IN EDINBURGH AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO MR FERNAND A LOT OF GOLD AND SHE WAS WE'RE COMING.

HOW HOW? HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO BE HERE IN EDINBURGH AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND BEING ABLE TO COME TO YOU LIKE RIGHT NOW. AND HAVING AN ADDRESS CONCERNS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THINGS DONE. AS FAR AS WHY I'M HERE. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE ROAD AND I CONTINUE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT ACROSS THE STREET ON THE FAR SIDE THERE ALREADY I'M GOING TO START SOME DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE SOME. LIFT STATIONS AND UTILITIES AND THOSE THINKING MAYBE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, WHERE MAYBE EDINBURGH TO SHARE SOME OF THAT I DON'T KNOW. I WAS JUST THINKING TO MYSELF AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE THE CITY COULD OR WE COULD INVOLVE BENEFICIAL. THAT IS NOT AGAIN. I'M WILLING TO DONATE SOME PROPERTY. IN THE BACK OF MY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MY PROPERTY IN ORDER TO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SERVICE OUR NEEDS THERE ON THE WATER. AGAIN. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FREE MATURITY RECORDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. WELL, GENTLEMEN, WE ARE HERE AGAIN THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU SAY THE CITY HAS PREPARED A BARE BONES BUDGET. BUT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE PEOPLE SAY WHEN WE MAKE MORE MONEY, WE WILL CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST. BUT FOR NOW, THE ANSWER IS NO. THE CITY NEEDS TO PREPARE A BALANCED BUDGET THAT MEANS SPENDING WITHIN ANTICIPATED REVENUE. I ALSO NEED TO ADD THAT IT MEANS DO NOT TOUCH THE SAVINGS BECAUSE SOMEDAY THAT WILL BE THE ONLY RECOURSE WE HAVE. THIS CITY WAS FUNDED. THIS CITY HAS FUNDED A SPORTS ARENA BASKETBALL TRAINING FACILITY HEALTH CLINIC PARTICIPATED IN FUNDING A COMMUNITY CENTER AND GIVING ONE DEVELOPER $10 MILLION. AT SOME POINT IT WILL NOT SURPRISE ME. IF YOU WERE TO SELL IT BACK TO THAT ONE DEVELOPER FOR DOLLAR. THIS CITY HAS ALSO SO BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $23 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND CONSTRUCTING IT PARKING FACILITY. NONE OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN VOTED ON BY THE PEOPLE, AND IT IS SAD TO SAY, BUT THE POVERTY RATE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL SAY THAT MORE MONEY IS NEEDED TO SATISFY OUR COMMITMENTS AND TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT EDINBURGH HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TAX RATES IN THE VALLEY, AND THAT LEAVING THE RATE IS 64 CENTS WILL GENERATE MORE MONEY THAN IS LISTED ON THE BUDGET. WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE CITY HAD ADOPTED NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. WHICH IS 0.57 54. TAKES ONLY WHAT YOU NEED. DOESN'T THAT SEEM FAIR? WORK HARDER TO MAKE THE MONEY GO FURTHER AND LEAVE MORE IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST OR THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING JOBS AND BOOSTING THE ECONOMY. IT WOULD BE ALSO HELPFUL OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPLY SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS EQUALLY TO ALL DEVELOPERS AND DIDN'T APPROVE IN EXCEPTIONS. IT IS NOT GOOD, AND IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE FAVORITISM. AND AS I SAID, YOU COULD. THE WITH THE TAX RATE IS 64 IS THE NO NEW TAX REVENUE IS THE TAX RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN THE CURRENT TAX YEAR THAT WAS GENERATED BY TAXING UNITS ADOPTED TAX RATE IN THE PROCEEDING TAX HERE. FROM PROPERTY THAT IS TAXABLE IN BOTH CURRENT YEAR IN THE PRECEDING YEAR. IT'S BECAUSE THEIR VALUES HAVE GONE UP SO HIGH YOU HAVE CAN LOWER THE TAX RATE AT THIS TIME. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT . I KNOW YOU'RE LIKE TO SPEND MONEY YOU LIKE TO HELP THINGS, BUT ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE AGAIN. HOW ABOUT HELPING THE TAXPAYERS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

SECURITY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 13 8 WHEN IT COMES UP. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS

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SANDY MAGARRI IN AND PAULINA PENA REGARDING COMMUNITY AWARENESS FOR EVENTS. HI MAYOR OKADA SAID JUNIOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DR SANDY. MARIAN I'M AN AUDIOLOGIST WITH THE UNIVERSITY. AND THIS IS MY NAME IS GOLAN. OPINION. AM WITH TEXAS HANSEN VOICES SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. WE ARE CO HOSTING THE SECOND ANNUAL DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING AWARENESS WALK IN THIS LOVELY CITY OF EDINBURGH. IN AWARENESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEAF, UM, AWARENESS MONTH, SO IT'S ALSO ALIGNED WITH THAT. UM SO THIS EVENT IS TWOFOLD. ONE WE WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE LOCAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE DEATH AND HARD OF HEARING POPULATION IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. UM, OFTEN TIMES MY FAMILIES ARE NAVIGATING VERY DIFFICULT AND LENGTHY PROCESSES TO GET HEARING DEVICES FOR THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR SPOUSES. THIS YEAR. WE'RE INVITING HEARING AID DISPENSERS, AUDIOLOGISTS AND OTHER RELATED SPONSORS TO THIS EVENT. THE OTHER PART OF THIS EVENT IS TO CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. IN THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING AWARENESS POPULATION THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. SO WE HAVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. WE HAVE NETWORKING FOR THE VENDORS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE PRESENT AND HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT. WE HAVE FLYERS WITH A CURE CODE FOR REGISTRATION. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE 30TH FROM EIGHT AM TO NOON. AT THE EDINBURGH MUNICIPAL PARK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MY GUEST CASTLE. SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FOCUS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL . MY NAME'S MACDILL CALCIUM. THIS ISN'T DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL ARTS FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. UM CULTURAL DIVISION HAS VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, THE YEAR WE HOLD STUFF ABOUT, UM, 98 EVENTS A YEAR. THIS TIME IS THE SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, A FESTIVAL FOR MOVIES SO WE HAVE ABOUT AH 55 TO 60 FILMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SHOWCASING THE SEARCHES AND CENTRAL FILM, FIRST OF ALL, 47 OF WHICH ARE ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL, SOME OF THEM AS FAR AWAY FROM CANADA. WE START OUR FIRST DAY HERE AT THE FOOD TRUCK PARK WITH TO SHOWCASE FILMS. THE FIRST ONE BEING EL MARIACHI, BY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ. THE SECOND ONE BEING FOR THE DEAD GO PRODUCED BY THE GENTLEMAN WHO PLAYED EL MARIACHI IN THE MOVIE. HE WILL BE PRESENT HERE WITH US. HIS NAME IS CARLOS GALLARDO IS ONE OF THE CELEBRITIES. OF COURSE.

WE ALSO HAVE NEW DIAMOND PHILLIPS. HE'LL BE HERE ON SATURDAY. DON'T MISS MEETING HIM. HE'LL BE AT THE CELEBRITY PANEL AT NOON. ALSO WE HAVE, UM JANE AUSTEN. SHE'S THE STUNT WOMAN OR THE STUNT COORDINATOR FOR THE LATEST AVATAR MOVIE. WE HAVE DRUNK BAGLIONI. HE'S THE MAKEUP ARTIST FOR THE HEATH LEDGER JOKER AND HAVE MICHAEL GREGORY, WHO PLAYED THE DOCTOR IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL MOVIE. I MEAN, SOAP OPERA OF THESE, THESE FILMS ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE. WE HAVE TWO WORKSHOPS. THOSE TWO WORKSHOPS ARE TICKETED FOR $15 AND THE AWARDS CEREMONY. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE. BUT THE SCREENINGS ARE FOR FREE. SO PLEASE COME OUT. ENJOY THE WEEKEND OF 14 THROUGH THE 16TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MARIA VELAZQUEZ REGARDING AND HE MEANT OUTREACH DOCKET TRAVELING COURT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THINK AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. VELASQUEZ COURT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT DEPARTMENT, JUST WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU AND, OF COURSE, OUR CITIZENS THAT WILL BE HOSTING OUR THIRD OUTREACH DOCKET. WHICH IS THE TRAVELING COURT THAT WE THAT WE'VE HOSTED IN THE PAST.

IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER, THE EIGHTH AT THE JUSTIN NURSE SEKULA MEMORIAL LIBRARY. UH, THE ADDRESS IS 19 06. SOUTH KLAUSNER BOULEVARD FROM TWO PM TO SEVEN PM AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE WE

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ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH OUTSTANDING CITATIONS, WHETHER IT'S PAST STORY WARRANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE JUDGE THAT DAY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXTENDED HOURS BEING OFFERED TO RESOLVE AND DISPOSE OF ANY CITATIONS ROAD. THE COURT HAS ALSO EXTENDED THE AMNESTY PROGRAM TILL OCTOBER 31ST SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH AT THAT TIME. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROGRAM, YOU CAN CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL COURT AT 289, 77 97 OR 318, 88 19, WHICH IS A WAR IN DIVISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MICHELLE PENA REGARDING ITEM 68 EBONY HEALTH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. CITY MANAGER, MR A CHILD, MR MEDEIROS. AND OF COURSE EVERYONE WHO'S HERE. THANK YOU THIS EVENING. UM, A SPECIAL THANKS. FOR THE COMMITMENT TO GREEN SPACE. FOR A CITY OF EDINBURGH. YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO EBONY HILLS AS A 66 ACRE GEM IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY. IT IS SO VERY APPRECIATED AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE. REGARDING OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN AND THE PRESENTATION THAT IS COMING THIS EVENING. UM, I DID WANT TO WHILE HERE, JUST FLESH OUT A LITTLE BIT OF OUR HISTORY WITH EBONY HILLS. IT HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY, PART OF OUR ROOTS FOR SO LONG.

UM AS I'VE SAID, BEFORE, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CELEBRATED THEIR WEDDING IN THEIR WEDDING THERE. UM AND I'M SURE THERE'S MANY, MANY STORIES OF MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE I HAVE JUST WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THAT GREEN SPACE. UM WE HAVE WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS HERE. REGARDING. THE SPACE AND THE LIFETIME SPORT. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO, UM BRING FORWARD ALSO THE COMMENT THAT HAVING THE BENEFIT OF A GREEN SPACE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IN. TO CONNECT BACK IN IS A LIFETIME BENEFIT FOR EVERYONE. WE ALL ENJOY THIS SPACE. IT IS A SPACE PROVIDED BY EDINBURGH. AND BY ALL OF ITS CITIZENS, AND IT IS AT ITS BEST WHEN ITS CITIZENS AND EVERYONE IS GATHERED THERE TOGETHER NOT ONLY FOR HIGH STAKES, BUT I THINK TRULY MOVING WAS WHEN WE HAD THE MEMORIAL WALL. AT EDINBURGH. IT WAS JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EVENT, AND IT OCCURS TO ME AS WE'VE HAD OUR LOVE OUR GENTLEMEN HERE THAT PERHAPS IN PHASE WE HAVE PHASE THREE. MAYBE PHASE FOR THAT. MAYBE THERE IS A PART FOR VETERANS AT THE EBONY SPACE AS WELL IN THAT GREEN SPACE AND IN THAT SPACE OF HEALING BUT ALSO LIKE I SAID HE DID WANT TO FLUSH IT OUT. LET'S GRATITUDE, OF COURSE TO THE FRIENDS OF EBONY'S HILLS FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS, BUT WE ALL REALIZED THAT IT WAS A COMMUNITY VOICE THAT SAID, WE NEED TO SAY THAT SPACE I'M A COMMUNITY EFFORT WITH MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS, AND I THINK I WOULD DUB IT MORE. THE FRIENDS OF EDINBURGH WHO ALL CAME FORWARD FROM LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT WALKS AND DIFFERENT AGES. TO SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US. WE WANT IT TO BE DEVELOPED AND WE WANT IT SAVED AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND I LOOK FORWARD. TO HEARING WHAT WE DO WITH THE SPACE THAT WE PURCHASED AS A PARK SPACE AND AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE IT IS AT ITS BEST WHEN WE ARE THERE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH SPACE FOR ALL OF US, WHETHER WE HAVE A CLUB OR A CARD OR JUST OUR FEET THAT WERE WALKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. MAN CASTLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

EVERYONE THAT CAME BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO UNDER PRESENTATIONS, WHICH IS THE ITEM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE PRESENTATION. AND POSSIBLE ELECTION REGARDING EBONY HILLS GOLF COURSE MASTER PLAN PRESENTED BY ROPA ARCHITECTS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO EVERYONE. AND MAYBE TOM, YOU COULD SHED LIGHT ON THIS, BUT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS STARTED. I BELIEVE LAST YEAR AS PART OF OUR BUDGET. I KNOW IN MEETING WITH A LOT OF BEING THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF AS IT RELATES TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED. THERE WAS A TOWN HALL MEETING. WE HAD THEIR, UM AND AGAIN JUST TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE . AND UM, BUT WE ENDED UP DECIDING TO DO. WE S A AS A COMMUNITY WAS WE SAID WELL, FOR US TO DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS. WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF A PLAN. IN PLACE. OF WHAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT I THINK COULD BE DONE. AND SO, UM JUST LIKE A LOT OF YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL PRESENTATION HERE BECAUSE NOW THE BALL'S IN OUR

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COURT WHERE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT WE GOT TO FUND IT, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT CITY STAFF HAS DONE, RALPH ARCHITECTS AND ACTUALLY, ALL THE COMMUNITY IS A LOT OF YOU THAT SHOWED UP AT OUR MEETINGS THAT WE HAD OUT THERE. I THINK YOUR INPUT WAS TAKEN AND INTO CONSIDERATION AND UM THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND ACTIONS JUST FOR US TO ADOPT THIS AND OF COURSE, ALSO PLAN ON FUNDING SOME OF THESE ITEMS, SO GO AHEAD THROUGH. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. TOM BRADY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I'M PROUD TO PRESENT OUR EBONY HILLS. GOLF CLUB MASTER PLAN. WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARCHITECTS. HAVE MR LEE SPEAKER RIGHT HERE. HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM, WHICH WE WORKED AT AND NEED THROUGHOUT. HE'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AREAS AND HIS PRESENTATION FOR THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT C I P ADOPTED WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART FOR US SO WE CAN GO AND THEN WE WOULD START IT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PLEASE MR BUSH'S FUNERAL. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL AND TO PRESENT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. AS YOU KNOW, THIS FIRST STARTED WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING OF THE PROJECT.

FIRST THAT WE CAME AND PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE. AND FROM THAT POINT WE CAME IN NOW DEVELOPED THE MASTER PLAN AND PART OF OUR CHAMBERS. MR SCOTT MAJESKY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT HERE, AND WE'LL GET VALLEY. ACCORDING TO BROWNSVILLE. MY PARTNER, ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ. OUR INTERNAL ARCHITECT MARISA PEREZ, AND THE THREE OF US THE FOUR OF US ACTUALLY WORKED A LOT WITH THE THREE OF US WITH SCOTT. THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND WALKED AND WROTE THAT THE CARDS AND VISITED ALL THE CARDS AND THE HOLES AND EVERYTHING TO SEE WHAT WHAT WAS OUT THERE FROM WHAT WE DID AS WELL. AH! I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU AND I BOTH ARE GRADUATES FROM EDINBURGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE BOTH STARTED GOLF LATER IN OUR LIVES RIGHT THEN. SO BUT WE PASSED THROUGH HERE ALL THE TIME. WE SAW THIS COURSE ALL THE TIME. AND YOU KNOW IT TOOK THAT MANY YEARS TO FINALLY BE HERE. SO WE REALLY HONORED THE IMAGES. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW ARE LET'S SEE. UM AND YOU SEE SOME AND SOME IMAGES SOME RENDERINGS. KEEP IN MIND, PLEASE, THAT THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL. WOULD WE ALMOST HAD WERE ALMOST AS ARCHITECTS HESITANT TO SHOW BUILDINGS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK THAT'S THE BUILDING'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND BUT WE WANT YOU TO GET A CONTEXT OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE ON THIS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY. AND WE THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED IN A THREE YEAR PROGRAM THREE YEAR PHASE, UH, TIME SPAN OR FIVE RESPECT. AND WE CAN EXTEND AS LONG AS YOU WANT. BUT AT SOME POINT LIKE YOU SAID, MARRIAGE, WE'VE GOT TO BE A COMMITMENT OF FUNDS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND TO DO IT RIGHT.

UNTIL THIS THIS PROPOSED THIS, UH, MASTER PLAN. KIND OF SHOWS. YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DID THE VERY BEGINNING. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDINGS. OF COURSE YOU ARE LANDMARK BUILDING . ONE COULD ALMOST SAY IT'S A HISTORICAL BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT A LANDMARK ON IT, BUT BUILT BACK IN THE IN THE LATE TWENTIES, AND WHAT IT MEANT TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE WITH ALL THE GROWTH THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME. TO KNOW THAT IT'S ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD. AND THERE'S THIS POSSIBILITY THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE HERE ANYMORE. UM BUT SOMETHING SHOULD BE HERE TO COMMEMORATE THE STRUCTURE AND ALL THAT HAPPENED IN THIS BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. THEY'RE THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEREN'T TERRIBLE BUILDING. BUT MR JESSE IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COURSE ITSELF, BUT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED WITH US AND ALMOST EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. IT WAS A VOLUNTEER. REMEMBER PRESIDENT AND THEN WHEN WE HAD THAT MEETING OUTDOORS THAT WAS FANTASTIC. AND I REALLY THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN WHITE. BEING THERE AND SPEAKING OUT AND I'M SHARING WITH THEM AS THEY SHARED WITH US. THAT SHARING ACTUALLY HELPED US COME UP WITH ALMOST 23 DIFFERENT PRIORITY ITEMS. OUT OF THOSE 2023 WOULD NARROW IT DOWN TO 15 AND THEN PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND THEN DOWN TO EIGHT REALISTIC PRIORITIES, AND I THINK THERE ARE GOALS THAT CAN BE MET IN YOUR TIME SPENT. AND SO I WILL INDICATE HERE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS OUT THERE. OF COURSE, YOU HAVE YOUR CLUBHOUSE PAVILION CARD BARN REMAINS BUILDING.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE LIKE THAT CAN IT HAS BEEN HERE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND SERVED SO MANY PEOPLE STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR. AND ALL IT. MR KRAJEWSKI TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COURSE ITSELF. WHAT COMMISSIONERS. YES SO WE, AS MR FIGUEROA MENTIONED WE DID MEET WITH STAFF AND SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND SOME OF THE FRIENDS OF EVERYTHING. AND SO WE DID GET A LOT OF INPUT. SO THAT WAS GREAT. UM, JUST KIND OF GO ON HERE TO SIDE, SO WE DID KIND

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OF ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID IS JUST KIND OF A GOOD THROW EVALUATION OF ALL THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OUT THERE. IT IS A JAM AND SO NICE TO HEAR OF ALL THE FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY SPEAKING HIGHLY OF THIS IMPORTANT GREEN SPACE FOR THE CITY. SO IT IS. IT'S A IT'S A GEM. SO SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE JUST GOT A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE BROAD THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF CART PATHS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES LIKE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT THERE, SO WE KIND OF DOCUMENT ALL THIS TO PUT INTO OUR PLAN FOR THE MASTER PLAN AND FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES . OF COURSE, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AS THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, SO IT NEEDS A COMPLETE REVAMPING. SO THAT'S OF COURSE, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE. SO BUT JUST A FEW OF THOSE PHOTOS UP THERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ALSO SOME SOME GREAT, SO GREAT AMENITIES OUT THERE. OF COURSE, THE VEGETATION WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT THE EXISTING RESERVATION OF ALL THE EBONY TREES, BEAUTIFUL.

MYSTERIES AND THANKS FOR WILDLIFE AND OF COURSE, ALSO THE CONDITION OF THE COURSE. I COMMEND THE STAFF FOR REALLY KIND OF HOLDING IT TOGETHER WITH PRETTY LIMITED RESOURCES AND LIMITED IRRIGATION SYSTEM, SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GREENS ARE STILL IN GREAT SHAPE. I MEAN, EVEN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, SO THAT WAS JUST A QUICK OVER YOUR NAME. RELEASED. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY. YES, YOU DON'T LIKE LIKE EVERY.

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