Jan 09, 2024 City Council Meeting Work Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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ALL RIGHT. BY MY WATCH.

IT'S 6:32.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

SPECIAL MEETING. WORK SESSION.

MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.

CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE.

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM, IF THERE IS A

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE? NO SIR. NO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. PRESENTATION AND REPORT]

[A. Presentation by Gary Mitchell with Kendig Keast Collaborative on the City of Edinburg]

ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE REASON WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MR. GARY MITCHELL WITH KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE ON THE CITY OF EDINBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ON PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR.

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, BY GARY MITCHELL.

HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF KENTUCKY'S.

KENNETH KEAST WAS AWARDED THE PROJECT FOR THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND, KENNETH HE'S IS NO STRANGER TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG.

THEY'VE WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY.

THEY DID THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN, OH FIVE OR OH SEVEN, I BELIEVE, AND THEY RECENTLY DID THE UDC AND THE UDC UPDATE OF 2022.

SO MR. GARY MITCHELL HAS JOINED US HERE FROM HE'S FROM SUGARLAND, TEXAS, AND HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PRESENTATION AND CONVERSATION, I HOPE.

WANT TO PUT SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU.

AND AND PART OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO GET DIRECTION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

AND APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE, INVITED GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

WE KNOW THERE'S THE 2040 COMMITTEES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

SO VERY GLAD TO HAVE THEM LISTENING ALONG THE WAY.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME SLIDES JUST TO SET UP FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, BUT I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT HOW LONG THIS TYPICALLY LASTS.

WE AIM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

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WE'RE GOING TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE TONIGHT AND GET THIS PROCESS STARTED.

BUT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

WE WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS TEXAS AND ACTUALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAPPEN TO BE BASED IN THE HOUSTON AREA, BUT WE WORK WITH CITIES AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, TRYING TO SET A VISION FOR WHERE YOU WANT TO BE 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEN WORK ON COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT GET INTO THE ESPECIALLY THE PHYSICAL PARTS OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, LAND USE, TRAFFIC, ALL THESE PIECES, PARKS, AND THEN OFTEN DEVELOPMENT REGULATION UPDATES THAT FOLLOW FROM THAT.

SO AS JAIME MENTIONED, WORKED WITH THE CITY ON THAT IN THE PAST AND ALL THE MANY THINGS THAT CAN KIND OF BRANCH OFF FROM LOOKING AT YOUR CITY WIDE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S FOCUSING ON A DOWNTOWN AREA, PARTICULAR CORRIDORS, SPECIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO ALL THAT AS WELL, AND JUST SOME OF OUR BACKGROUND, WE HAVE DONE WORK FOR THAT TOWN NEXT DOOR.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I GOT FROM JAIME WAS MCALLEN UPDATED ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAST YEAR AND WON AN AWARD.

EDINBURG SHOULD BE NEXT.

SO THAT'S OUR APPROACH.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD.

SOME OF THE CONTEXT FOR UPDATING THE PLAN AS WE GET STARTED HERE AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE OF THE 2040 PROCESS.

DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BUILDING ON THOSE RESULTS.

SO AS FAR AS PROCESS AND TIMELINE, THIS IS WHERE WE START BEFORE WE GO OUT AND START TALKING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, HAVING THAT ONGOING CONVERSATION BUILDING ON 2040. BUT THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, COME BACK WITH A REPORT, PARTLY DATA, PARTLY BASED ON THE 2040, ONGOING CONVERSATION, THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED THERE COME BACK TO YOU AT A NEXT WORKSHOP AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK THE PLAN UPDATE SHOULD FOCUS ON, AS WE GO FORWARD THEN WITH THE FUTURE PART OF THE PLAN AFTER WE'VE LOOKED AT WHERE EDINBURG IS TODAY, WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT TEN, 20 YEARS? AS WE UPDATE THE PLAN, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AT A THIRD WORKSHOP AND PRESENT THAT DRAFT PLAN AS IT HAS COME TOGETHER, AND ESPECIALLY TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THE WORD STRATEGIC IS THERE, JUST AS IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

EDINBURG 2040.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT MY KEY WORD OFTEN IN THESE PROCESSES IS PRIORITIES.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WISH LIST TYPE DISCUSSIONS AND THINGS WE'D LIKE OUR CITY TO BE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHERE DO WE FOCUS? WHERE DO WE PUT OUR TIME AND RESOURCES? SO AS THESE CONFERENCE PLANS ARE CERTAINLY ABOUT STEPPING BACK FROM THE DAY TO DAY, LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THESE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT I MENTIONED, THIS VERY MUCH REFLECTS WHAT YOU DID THROUGH THE EDINBURG 2040 PROCESS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MAYBE AT AN EVEN BROADER LEVEL, AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY, MAYBE CONNECTING IT TO SOME OF THE REGIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRANSPORTATION PLANS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAPPEN AT A MORE REGIONAL LEVEL.

AND ALSO I KIND OF LOOK AT THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AS CONNECTING THE DOTS, SAME AS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

BUT AS YOU THINK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW THAT RELATES TO MAYBE PARKS AND ROADWAYS, DRAINAGE ISSUES, HOW THE CITY DEVELOPS HOUSING NEEDS, SO HOW ALL THESE PIECES WORK TOGETHER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT SETTING YOUR FUTURE, NOT JUST TAKING WHAT COMES AT YOU, BUT SETTING YOUR COURSE.

AND THEN THAT PLAN, THAT PHRASE AT THE BOTTOM THAT MANY OF US USE, WHETHER IT'S IN A BUSINESS SETTING, SOME CHURCHES DO STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT YOU MAKE A PLAN, WORK YOUR PLAN, AND THEN JUST KEEP REVISITING REFINE AS YOU GO.

SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, THIS WAS ONE OF MY MAIN MENTORS BACK TO GRADUATE SCHOOL DAYS.

THIS IS THE WAY HE SUMMED IT UP.

PUTTING DATA AND THINKING TO WHERE YOU'RE HEADED VERSUS JUST FLYING BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS, SO AND JUST ENDING UP WHERE YOU END UP.

SO THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY AS WE GO INTO UPDATING THESE PLANS.

SO WHERE I WANT TO START WITH, AS WE, WE HAD THAT ONE SHEET PAGE THAT WAS IN THE PACKET, BUT I'M NOT GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF COURSE.

BUT THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS IN 2005.

AS YOU KNOW, PLENTY HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

BUT AND WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY'S 2023 ANNUAL REPORT, A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST ON ESPECIALLY THAT MIDDLE POINT? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT REALLY STAND OUT THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF AS CITY LEADERS THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND YOUR OTHER PARTNERS? SO, I MIGHT PUT IT TO YOU FIRST, MAYOR AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THEY WANT.

WELL, YES. SO THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL. AND GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS BRETT KEITH STILL WORK WITH YOU ALL OR.

HE DOES. HE DOES. I JUST THOUGHT WE ABSOLUTELY WE'D SEE HIM HERE.

I HAPPEN TO HAD SERVED WITH THE CITY WHEN THIS PLAN.

I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE EDC WHEN THE OH FIVE PLAN WAS DONE.

AND SO I REMEMBER BRETT BEING A PART OF THAT.

AND SO ABSOLUTELY. BUT NO, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FIRST OF ALL, SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO HELP US WITH THIS PROCESS.

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THIS 2040 THING WHERE THERE'S, OKAY, THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE HAD AN OH FIVE PLAN.

CAN YOU MAYBE GO OVER A DISTINCTION OF WHAT WHAT THOSE ARE AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPDATE THE PLAN SO THAT EVERYBODY, INCLUDING COUNCIL, CAN GET A SENSE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. AND I THINK, AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE THE BOARDS THAT ARE HERE.

WE HAD SOME PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE.

WE HAVE SOME 20, 40 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HERE, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE WORKING THE LAST, MY GOSH, 18 MONTHS MAYBE SINCE THE EVERYBODY KIND OF CAME TOGETHER. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS, IS TRY TO SHARE A DISTINCTION SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND THE IMPORTANCE AS THE 2040 GROUP STARTED MEETING, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT STARTED COMING UP THAT TRIGGERED US FINDING OUT THAT WE HAD AN UPDATED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY. AND SO THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT GROWTH AND WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED.

AND, THERE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, ADDRESSED AS PART OF OUR PLANNING AND ZONING, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT IF YOU CAN TOUCH ON THAT, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT TO START OUT, BECAUSE THAT MAY TRIGGER SOME QUESTIONS AND MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

ONE THING I WOULD EMPHASIZE FIRST IS COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW.

IF YOU HAVE ZONING, YOU NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC POLICY BASIS BEHIND WHY YOU'RE REGULATING PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S ONE SPECIFIC THING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT IS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SOME STRATEGIC PLANS ARE, MORE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, OR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

THE THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR 20, 40, PRIORITIES RECREATION, WELLNESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AS I SAY, THE CONFERENCE PLAN IS ESPECIALLY ABOUT TYING TOGETHER YOUR GROWTH PATTERN NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, HOW THAT RELATES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADWAYS, ALL WAYS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN LAND USE, PARKS, HOUSING.

SO ALL THESE PHYSICAL PIECES, STRATEGIC PLANS AND AS YOU SAY, GETS DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS. COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TEND TO BE A BIT BROADER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT YOUR COMMITTEES HAVE DONE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES, THINGS THEY WANT TO SEE NOW OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, HOPEFULLY WORK TOWARD 1020 YEARS.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TENDS TO HAVE A 20 YEAR OUTLOOK.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE IN 20 YEARS? BUT I ALWAYS SAY WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING PIPES IN THE GROUND, IMPROVING ROADWAYS, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS YOU'RE DOING, WE'RE LOOKING DECADES DOWN THE ROAD OF WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE ARE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FINANCIAL ASPECT.

HOW YOU AS A CITY WILL BE IN GOOD SHAPE DOWN THE ROAD.

WITH ALL THESE PIECES.

SOME STRATEGIC PLANS COME OUT OF THE EDC ENVIRONMENT, AS I SAY, FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SOME ARE DONE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, KIND OF TIED TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR RESOURCES.

WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT 2040 IS IT'S THOSE PROCESSES THAT OTHER CITIES DO, AT TIMES VERY GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.

THAT ALSO TIES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE MEANT TO BE SOMETHING YOU TAKE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING DONE BY THE CITY.

IT DOES GET ADOPTED BY A CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE A PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR MANY PARTNERS.

AND AS I HAD ON THAT ONE SLIDE, IS TO KIND OF SIGNAL YOUR INTENTIONS, WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S YOUR TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, AGENCIES THAT YOU COORDINATE WITH UTILITY AGENCIES.

SO, AND CERTAINLY THE PRIVATE SIDE INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE CITY.

SO, SO I KNOW I COVERED A LOT OF GROUND THERE.

BUT WE VERY OFTEN DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IN THE WAKE OF A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S BEEN DONE BY A COUNCIL OR AN EDC.

SO, I THINK THAT WORD STRATEGIC IS KEY.

IT'S, WITH LIMITED TIME, RESOURCES, FOCUS, FOCUS.

WHERE ARE WE PUTTING OUR RESOURCES? COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEALS WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAY NOT RISE TO THE TOP OF SURVEYS AND OTHER LISTS, BUT THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH AS CITIES OR LAND USE IN PARTICULAR IS A BIG ONE. AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF OUR 2040 COMMITTEE ABOUT GROWTH AND WHERE IT SHOULD HAPPEN AND HOW IT SHOULD HAPPEN.

I THINK MAYBE THE A BIG DISTINCTION HERE IS THIS PLAN WILL INCORPORATE THAT.

SO WE, AS THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE CONSIDER NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DISTINCTIONS HERE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE IS THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IS REALLY MEANT TO BE THE KIND OF THE UMBRELLA THAT TIES ALL THESE OTHERS TOGETHER.

CITIES OFTEN HAVE A VARIETY OF VERY SPECIFIC PLANS FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, PLUS STRATEGIC PLANS.

THIS IS THE THING THAT REALLY TRIES TO TIE ALL THOSE TOGETHER.

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THE LAST ONE ON RECORD IS FROM 2005, LIKE I MENTIONED.

AND IN 2005, WE PROBABLY DOUBLED IN POPULATION SINCE 2005, I THINK I SHARED A MAP OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF EDINBURG RECENTLY, HOW IT LOOKED IN OH FIVE AND HOW IT LOOKS TODAY.

AND IT'S JUST A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION.

YOU THINK IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DIFFERENT CITY.

AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FROM ONE STANDPOINT.

BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH BECAUSE IT HASN'T SLOWED DOWN.

WE'VE DOUBLED IN POPULATION.

IT JUST CONTINUES.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF PLANNING AND ZONING SHARED SOME OF THE NUMBERS, BUT WE STILL ARE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF, NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME ON BOARD.

AND SO WE NEED TO PROPERLY PLAN FOR THAT SO THAT WE, NOT ONLY ACCOUNT FOR THAT GROWTH, BUT WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE AS WELL.

I'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU AS WE CONTINUE HERE.

SO. BUT GO AHEAD.

YEAH. MR. MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YES, SIR. AND, I JUST WANT TO ASK ANYONE THAT SERVES ON A BOARD ON THE 2040 COMMITTEE, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

DON'T BE SHY, GUYS. DON'T BE SHY.

ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE.

THEY ALL VOLUNTEER.

I SAW MR. ELIAS DIDN'T GET UP, BUT HE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING.

AND I SAY THAT ONLY ONLY TO TO SAY.

MR. MITCHELL AND I HAVE TO COMMEND THE MAYOR BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED THE WHOLE 2040 PROCESS.

SO YOU'RE THE MAN WITH THE PLAN, RIGHT? YOU'RE THE MAN WITH ALL THE ANSWERS.

AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS.

AND, FOR ME, FIRST AND FOREMOST, US IN COUNCIL, WE'RE JUST HERE, A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND CITY HALL.

RIGHT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WANTS, DESIRES THAT THE 2040 COMMITTEES AND THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES HAVE SORT OF SUMMARIZED AND KIND OF BECAUSE THIS IS COMPOSED OF RESIDENTS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT IS REFLECTED IN OUR PLAN.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU, BECAUSE, HERE WE, WE SEE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT OPEN UP AND, AND OUR JOB IS TO, TO MAKE SURE IT'S TO CODE.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS I'M COMING FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S A FORMULA FOR GREEN SPACES VERSUS POPULATION SO THAT YOU HAVE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A FORMULA FOR NUMBER OF OFFICERS BY POPULATION SO THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY.

SO THE QUESTION I'VE ALWAYS HAD IS.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A I LIKE THE WORD STRATEGIC BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS SAID I'M NOT AGAINST GROWTH.

WE'RE ALL FOR GROWTH.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

BUT I LIKE THE WORD STRATEGIC BETTER BECAUSE I KEEP SAYING THERE HAS TO BE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY CAR WASHES YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.

AND I'M JUST JUST SAYING CAR WASHES, RIGHT.

FOR 1 TO 1 THING THAT'S POPULAR STORAGE UNITS, ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS WHERE THERE ARE CERTAIN SQUARE MILEAGE, NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS, POPULATION.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLAN CONSIDERS THAT SO THAT WE DO NOT INUNDATE CERTAIN CORNERS, CERTAIN AREAS, SO THAT THE ENTIRE CITY IS IS VERY, VERY EQUAL IN WHAT IT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHERE YOU GO.

OBVIOUSLY, THE BIGGER CITIES HAVE MICROCOSMS WHERE IN A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU HAVE A WHOLE WORLD OF LAUNDROMATS AND RESTAURANTS AND ALL THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THOSE MICROCOSMS ARE ALSO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE STRATEGIC GROWTH AND AND TO KNOW HOW MANY OF X NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WE SHOULD HAVE IN A CERTAIN AREA.

ALONG WITH THAT IS, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL, THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, GREEN SPACES, THE GROWTH.

SO MANY NEEDS. RIGHT? BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE.

TO POSE TO YOU, MR. MITCHELL? WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER TO THAT? FIRST, LET ME SHOOT DOWN THAT MAN WITH ALL THE ANSWERS.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE UP TO THAT.

NO, WHERE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING.

IS. IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A CITY? NO, IT'S IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT, YEAH, CERTAINLY THERE'S THE MARKET AND WHAT IT DOES AND HOW MUCH PLANNING GOES INTO WHEN SOMEBODY OPENS A BUSINESS AND HOW MUCH HOMEWORK THEY'VE DONE ON WHAT THE COMPETITION IS AND, AND HOW MANY WILL SURVIVE.

BUT THEN THERE'S THE PUBLIC SIDE, SCARCE LAND, AND THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD.

SO IT MEETS IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE.

AND THROUGH DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, THERE ARE CERTAINLY CITIES THAT THAT TRY TO LIMIT CERTAIN TYPES OF USES.

SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TOO MANY OF CERTAIN THINGS.

SO THERE ARE WAYS TO, TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH YOUR ZONING, BUT CERTAINLY STARTING WITH YOUR PLAN SAYING, WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S TOO MUCH OF A CERTAIN THING.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

IN GALVESTON, THERE'S BROADWAY THAT HEADS DOWN TO THE COAST, THE SHORELINE, THE BEACHES, AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE GETTING OVERWHELMED WITH CAR WASHES AND AUTO REPAIR.

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YOU CAN SAY, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE SO MANY FRONTING ON OUR SIGNATURE ROADWAY.

BUT ON A BIGGER CITY SCALE, AS I SAY, IT'S KIND OF THAT MIX BETWEEN WHAT THE MARKET'S DOING AND WHERE YOU SET THE BAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

YOUR ANSWER, I WILL COMMEND STAFF BECAUSE THAT'S MOST OF THE ANSWERS I'VE GOTTEN.

AND, SOME OF THE COMMENTS ARE LIKE, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T SLOW DOWN GROWTH.

YOU HAVE YOU CAN'T BE.

ANTI-DEVELOPMENT. AND NO WAY AM I ANTI-DEVELOPMENT.

I REALLY JUST WANT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ISN'T A CERTAIN STRUCTURE TO HOW TO RESPONSIBLY BUILD, EXPAND, GROW AREAS OF A CITY WHERE YOU DON'T DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID WITHOUT HAVING IT BEING A ZONING ISSUE.

I UNDERSTAND AT THE END YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO, YOUR THROUGH YOUR REGS, YOU ARE ABLE TO LIMIT THAT.

RIGHT? BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE, OR NUMBERS OR STUDIES OF WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE, PER AREA. SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT QUESTION.

YEAH. NO MAGIC NUMBER, NO MAGIC PERCENTAGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE, THE MARKET, THE PRIVATE SIDE DOES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE INCOME, ALL THOSE FACTORS THAT DECIDE.

WHETHER A BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE FEASIBLE IN A LOCATION IN GENERAL, A CITY, AND THEN WHERE WHAT CORNER, WHAT PROPERTY? RIGHT? RIGHT. I KNOW THERE'S LARGE CORPORATIONS AND, BUSINESSES LIKE H-E-B.

FOR ONE, THEY WILL NOT OPEN A LOCATION UNTIL THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TRAFFIC COUNT ROOFTOPS AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR PARAMETERS.

AND, SO, YEAH, I GUESS WHEN AN H-E-B OPENS UP, EVERYONE KIND OF JUMPS AROUND AND AROUND THERE.

BUT, JUST SOMETHING, AN ANSWER.

I'VE BEEN I'VE I'LL BE LOOKING FOR FOR A WHILE TO, AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ELABORATE ON THAT OR.

SO CHIME IN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR.. MR.. SO HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR DOES POLITICS PLAY INTO THIS? BECAUSE LET'S JUST SAY TWO YEARS, I GET THE BOOT, SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA, A DIFFERENT PLAN.

SO ALL THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE WENT OVER FOR THE NEXT TEN, 15 YEARS PRETTY MUCH GETS SCRAPPED.

AND THEN THEY START OVER WITH THEIR VISION.

HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR DOES THAT PLAY INTO IT? IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

JUST AS IN YOUR CURRENT PLAN, THESE PLANS SHOULD BE REVISITED ANNUALLY.

SO EVEN DURING COUNCIL TERMS, YOU'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT HAVE OUR PRIORITIES SHIFTED BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENED JUST WITHIN A YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY EVERY FIVE YEARS.

EVERY TEN YEARS.

WHEN WE BRING THESE PLANS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING STAGE AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ADOPTING THE PLAN, I HAVE A STANDARD SLIDE THAT SAYS THIS IS AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT.

YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING FUTURE COUNCILS TO ANYTHING.

BUT YOU'RE SETTING A DIRECTION, YOU'RE SETTING A TONE.

AND THAT CAN CHANGE BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS, BASED ON GAME CHANGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT NOBODY SAW EVEN A YEAR AGO THAT COME OUT OF THE BLUE.

SO A VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT COULD CHANGE THINGS.

YEAH. POLITICS IS IN THERE TOO.

PRIORITIES AND WHY PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE.

BUT. YOU KNOW, WHAT I FIND IN MOST COMMUNITIES IS YOU DON'T USUALLY THROW OUT A PLAN OR SET ASIDE A PLAN, BUT MAYBE YOU SHIFT THE DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT, SHIFT THE PRIORITIES, MORE EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN THINGS, BUT CERTAIN FUNDAMENTALS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE.

HOW MUCH CAPACITY IS IN YOUR WASTEWATER PLANT? HOW MUCH TRAFFIC CAN YOUR ROADWAYS HANDLE? SO THERE'S CERTAIN BASICS THAT ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH BY CITIES.

AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, COUNCILMEMBER, BECAUSE, COUNCILS COULD ALWAYS CHANGE POLICIES, RIGHT, AS TO HOW WE GOVERN THINGS, REALLY, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HERE IS ON BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.

IT'S A GUIDE, RIGHT, TO TO HELP US WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IN THIS CASE, IT IS A LAW TO HAVE A COMP PLAN.

YOU HAVE EVERY CITY HAS TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT ALL WE'RE DOING IS AND I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY DONE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT PLANS SINCE OH FIVE.

BUT I GUESS IT JUST WASN'T AS PART OF A COMP PLAN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD.

SO, BUT BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALWAYS A FACTOR.

BUT I THINK IT'S THIS IS A GOOD GUIDE, NOT JUST FOR US, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT A LOT FOR STAFF AS THEY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SIT AND READ THIS PLAN.

STAFF LOOKS AT IT ALMOST EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS, BUT ALSO FOR RESIDENTS A LOT.

A LOT OF TIMES I THINK WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS, I'M SURE WE HAD A WEBSITE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, WE HAD ALL OF IT ONLINE.

NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THE RESEARCH.

PEOPLE THAT ARE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST BUSINESSES.

PEOPLE ARE JUST WANTING TO MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE LIKE, WELL, WHAT IS THE CITY'S PLAN? WHAT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR, PARKS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO I THINK THIS, THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? I WILL JUST MENTION IN LOOKING BACK AT THE 2005 PLAN.

I JUST KIND OF GO DOWN THE LIST.

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IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS ON TRYING TO BE MORE OF A MEDICAL HUB.

CERTAINLY ALL THE PARKS INVESTMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE.

GROWTH IN GENERAL, BUT HOUSING.

SO, AS I SAID, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE LATER HERE.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO AS WE START INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT PREVIOUS PLANS, THE 2040 PRIORITIES, THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT STRUCK US AS KIND OF THE CONTEXT FOR UPDATING THE PLAN. CERTAINLY WITH YOUR EXTRATERRITORIAL AREA, BUT ALWAYS FOCUSING ON HOW GROWTH MIGHT PLAY OUT, BUT THEN THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR EXISTING AND EVEN NEW NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY'RE BUILT.

REINVESTMENT IN OLDER AREAS AND DOWNTOWN IS CERTAINLY BEEN A FOCUS AND MENTIONED.

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM IN GENERAL.

AND APPRECIATE ANY TIME WE HAVE A MAYOR WITH THE EDC BACKGROUND OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND THAT'S ALWAYS FRONT AND CENTER.

AND A BIG PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS JUST BEING A QUALITY PLACE, PLACE TO LIVE, INVEST AND WORK.

AND THEN CERTAINLY WAYS OF GETTING AROUND BESIDES JUST AUTOMOBILES.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR MIND.

GARY, REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU PROCEED FORWARD, BECAUSE I SAW THE WORD ETJ THERE.

AND THAT'S A BIG TOPIC THESE DAYS WITH CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES TO THAT.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE WITH DIFFERENT CITIES.

WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE IS, CITIES OR.

I'M SORRY, RESIDENTS COULD REALLY OPT OUT OF ETJ NOW, AND I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK WE'VE SEEN MAYBE HAVE WE SEEN 1 OR 2, PETITIONS, I THINK, SUBMITTED TO OUR CITY THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE OPT OUT.

EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN PLACE FOR US TO MANAGE, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO GROW INTO IT.

WE'RE GOING TO ANNEX INTO THOSE AREAS.

SO OUR CITY STAFF IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCE, WRITE ALL OUR SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS AND EVERYTHING.

BUT NOWADAYS WE CAN'T ANNEX ANYMORE CITIES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ANNEX.

AND SO WE'RE NOW EVALUATING WHY ARE WE EVEN MANAGING OUR ETJ.

RIGHT? OR WHAT ARE WE DOING? BECAUSE AT NO POINT IS IT GOING TO BE PART OF THE CITY ANYMORE.

RIGHT? AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE WITH CITIES, GIVEN THAT YOU ALL WORK WITH DIFFERENT CITIES.

YES. WHAT ARE CITIES DOING OR ARE THEY, I MEAN, CONTINUING TO MANAGE ETJ ARE THEY REDUCING THE JURISDICTION, YOU KNOW, THE RADIUS OF WHAT THEY'RE MANAGING OR.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, AS I SAW, THAT ETJ MANAGEMENT THAT KIND OF POPPED OUT TO ME.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE NUMBER OF YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS TJS WERE YOUR EXPANSION AREA THAT YOU WERE PLANNING AHEAD FOR AN AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT ULTIMATELY ANNEX OR NOT? YOU MIGHT NOT, BUT YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO, THROUGH SUBDIVISION REGULATION, HAVE GOOD OUTCOMES AROUND YOUR CITY AT LEAST.

AND ANNEXATION WAS THE MECHANISM AS AREAS WERE READY TO COME IN.

THAT WAS THE MECHANISM.

THE LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED THAT.

I ALWAYS EMPHASIZE THE CITIES YOU CAN BE WELCOMING TO ANNEXATION, OWNER PETITIONS TO BE ANNEXED OR TO COME INTO YOUR ETJ.

THAT'S CERTAINLY STILL ON THE TABLE.

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

BUT THERE IS THAT PROVISION THAT AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER CAN PETITION TO BE RELEASED FROM YOUR ETJ.

I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD CHAOS, BUT.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

IS THERE ARE SOME CITIES DEALING WITH JUST RANDOM PROPERTIES BEING PULLED FROM THEIR EDGE.

I WAS AT A COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT WHERE, A PROPERTY OWNER HAD PETITIONED TO BE RELEASED FROM A MAJOR CITIES EDGE AND NOW WAS APPROACHING A SMALLER CITY TO BE IN THEIR EDGE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ANNEXED.

IT'S A BUSINESS PROPERTY.

THEY WANT TO BE ANNEXED.

SO THEY'RE TAKING THE STEPS TO BE IN THE EDGE OF THE CITY OF CHOICE THAT THEY WANT TO BE WITH.

THEN THEY'LL EVENTUALLY PETITION TO BE ANNEXED.

SO. SO THERE'S STILL PROCEDURES THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE.

BUT BUT IT'S THAT AND I THINK I SAW IT ON Y'ALL'S WEBSITE, ON THE GIS PAGE THAT THERE'S A CATEGORY FOR ETJ RELEASES.

YEAH. WELL, WE HAVE TO THAT'S MANDATED BY LAW, SO YOU GOTTA START TRACKING IT.

WE'VE HAD SEVEN ALREADY.

YEAH. SO WE'VE HAD SEVEN PETITIONS.

SO YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT YEARS THERE'S BEEN THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'S THE, THE AG PROVISION THAT, IF, IF THE CITY WHEN CITIES COULD STILL ANNEX ON THEIR OWN, YOU HAD A COORDINATE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THEIR AG EXEMPTIONS.

WELL, I JUST THE ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION, MAYOR, IS WE'RE LESS THAN TWO YEARS FROM THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THERE HAVE BEEN PROPOSALS THESE LAST SESSIONS TO ELIMINATE THE TJS ALTOGETHER.

RIGHT. I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

WELL, I GUESS I'M ONLY MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I SEE SOME, MEMBERS OF THE 2040 AND OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS OVERSIGHT PROCESS.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, I GUESS, SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.

THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP.

SO DO THEY LOSE THE CITY SERVICES IF THEY IS THE ANNEX.

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THEY'RE OUTSIDE OUR CITY.

BUT SO THAT THEY, THEY DON'T ALREADY GET SERVICES THERE.

THEY WEREN'T GETTING IT ALREADY.

SO. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. EXCUSE ME. PARDON THE INTERRUPTION.

THE ONLY SERVICES THEY DO GET IS IF THEY ARE IN OUR WATER.

CCN YEAH, SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY SERVICE THAT THEY SHOULD BE GETTING AT THIS TIME.

WILL THEY LOSE THAT SERVICE THEN? NOT IF IT'S IF IN OUR IN OUR CCN.

THEY JUST. I THINK THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

YEAH. THE REASON THEY'RE PETITIONING.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR STAFF, BUT I THINK THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO ABIDE BY SOME OF OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHY WE STILL NEED TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

IF YOU'RE NOT WITHIN THE CITY, YOUR WATER RATES ARE NOT THE SAME AS SOMEBODY WITHIN WHO'S PAYING THE EXTRA ANYWAYS.

RIGHT. AND I THINK WE HAVE A SUBDIVISION UP THERE AND ON MONTE CRISTO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE PUT A I REMEMBER SPEAKING WHEN THE OTHER MAYOR AND STUFF WERE HERE, UP IN THE MONTE CRISTO AREA.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE SUPPORTING SO MUCH SERVICES TO.

WITH WATER AND I THINK SEWER STUFF TOO.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO BE INSIDE THE CITY.

YEAH. SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOME STUFF IN THERE, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IF WE HAVE MORE? WHAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE CITY THAT WE'RE SERVICING.

YEAH. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THIS COUNCIL, MR. MITCHELL, IS, IS VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND MOST OF THE TIME, I WON'T SAY TWO THIRDS OF THE TIME ARE IN OUR ETJ.

YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH, SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND MOVING FORWARD, SO.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, SERIES OF SLIDES HERE WITH SOME NUMBERS AS, KIND OF TIES INTO THE EARLIER DISCUSSION.

THERE'S THE POPULATION NUMBER.

THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS DONE IN 2000 AND 405.

SO IT WAS LOOKING BACK TO THE 2000 CENSUS.

SO THERE WAS THE 2000 POPULATION ON THE LEFT.

AND THAT'S THE LATEST NUMBER FROM CENSUS BUREAU ESTIMATE.

SO WHEN YOU'VE MORE THAN DOUBLED YOUR POPULATION IN 20 YEARS.

IMPRESSIVE THAT YOU'VE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING IS THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS OVER THAT TIME PERIOD HAS GROWN EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING WHEN WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL HOUSING ISSUES ARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN TEXAS.

SO KEEPING UP WITH NEW HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE POPULATION GROWTH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IN THE 2005 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT MADE COMPARISONS TO A NUMBER OF THE OTHER VALLEY CITIES, AND POINTED OUT THAT EDINBURG AT THAT TIME HAD THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 25, 45%.

IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.

INTERESTING. SO HAVEN'T DONE THOSE COMPARISONS AGAIN.

BUT, A RELATIVELY YOUNG CITY.

BY THAT NUMBER.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGE.

THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE WE WORK WITH SO MANY CITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS AGING BABY BOOM ERA WHERE MOST CITIES ARE AGING.

YOU'RE OVER 65 POPULATION HAS ACTUALLY DROPPED AS A PERCENTAGE.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT THAT IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF EDINBURG IS ACTUALLY STILL TICKED UP A FEW YEARS.

THAT IS THE TREND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WHEN I WAS WORKING TEN, 20 YEARS AGO WITH CITIES, THE MEDIAN AGE IN A LOT OF PLACES WAS RIGHT ABOUT THEIR HIGH 20S.

A LOT OF CITIES WE WORK WITH TODAY ARE IN AT LEAST THE MID 30S OR HIGHER ON THEIR MEDIAN AGE OF THEIR POPULATION, SO YOU'RE STILL UNDER 30, BUT IT HAS GONE UP A FEW NOTCHES.

SO WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THESE NUMBERS? AND LIKE I SAY, THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST PASS AT JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO DIG A LOT DEEPER INTO IS IT WOULD INDICATE TO ME YOU'VE GOT A LARGE COMPONENT OF PROBABLY THE 40 TO 50 YEAR OLD RANGES, THOSE AGE, WHICH IS PRIME WORKER EARNING YEARS TYPICALLY.

SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING POPULATION MIX COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AT THIS TIME.

ON THE HOUSING SIDE, IN 2005 OR AT THE TIME OF THE 2000 CENSUS, ABOUT ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY WAS OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING.

THAT HAS COME DOWN SOME.

IT'S COME DOWN IN A NUMBER OF CITIES, MORE APARTMENTS, MORE RENTAL OPPORTUNITY.

THE NEXT NUMBERS WERE INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED TOO MUCH IN HOW MUCH OF ALL YOUR HOUSING IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED? IT HASN'T COME DOWN TOO MUCH, EVEN WITH MORE APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION.

OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING THAT MIGHT INDICATE THAT MORE HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE BEING RENTED.

THAT'S TYPICAL.

AS HOMES GET OLDER, MORTGAGES ARE PAID OFF.

SO INTERESTING THAT THERE'S STILL A PREDOMINANCE OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.

AND JUST A NUMBER.

THAT IS A GOOD NEWS NUMBER.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FOLKS THAT WHETHER IT'S TRANSIT, RECREATION NEEDS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, JUST ALL THE THINGS THAT AS WE'RE TRYING TO LIFT POPULATION UP TO A BETTER FUTURE AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO. THIS WAS THE POPULATION PROJECTION THAT WAS DONE FOR THE 2005 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND AT THAT TIME, LOOKING OUT 20 YEARS, THE

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BUT THE MIDDLE OF ALL THESE PROJECTIONS WAS RIGHT ABOUT 105,000 IN 2025.

THERE'S THAT LATEST POPULATION PROJECTION FOR 2022.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SURPASS THAT PROJECTION A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT TOO BAD.

WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PROJECT NUMBERS 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO, VERY MUCH ON TRACK WITH WHAT WAS EXPECTED.

MAYBE NOT AS QUITE AS EXPLOSIVE AS THE GROWTH WAS DURING THE 90S AND ON, BUT IT CONTINUES AND THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME WITH IT.

SO, I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE FUTURE DISCUSSION HERE.

AND, AS WE'VE SAID THROUGHOUT, WE ARE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH AS WE ARE WHEN WE DO THESE PROCESSES.

IN SOME CITIES. WE'RE TRYING TO INTEREST THE PUBLIC IN A DISCUSSION LIKE THIS.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MINDS? WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL PRIORITIES? WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO BUILD ON HERE.

WE KNOW WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT ALL THE COMMITTEE WORK, AND I SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED JENNIFER MACK.

I HAD HER ON OUR FIRST SLIDE, BUT SHE'S IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM TAKING NOTES FOR US.

SO, BUT SHE HAS DUG EVEN MORE THAN ME INTO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND THINGS THAT ARE ONLINE.

IF I COULD, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.

THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NEED TO REPLICATE.

IT'S BEEN DONE. THERE'S GREAT INFORMATION THERE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

AND AS YOU SAID, BECAUSE WE WORK WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES, WHEN THINGS LIKE, WELL, IT'S NO SURPRISE PUBLIC SAFETY LIBRARY, PARKS AND REC WERE AT THE TOP OF CITIZEN SATISFACTION.

THAT'S COMMON ACROSS CITIES.

VALUED SERVICES.

BUT CULTURAL ARTS WAS NEXT ON THE LIST.

VERY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND WAYS TO HAVE MORE OF A CULTURAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.

AND 50%, 7% OF PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD ATTENDED A CULTURAL EVENT IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

SO THAT'S, SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS THAT REALLY SPEAK WELL FOR EDINBURG.

THEN THE NUMBERS 88% SAID THEY HAD VISITED A CITY PARK WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

AWESOME. WE WORK WITH SO MANY CITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE UNDERUTILIZED PARKS.

YOU'RE INVESTING IN THEM, YOU'RE TRYING TO INTEREST PEOPLE AND PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

65% HAD VISITED THE LIBRARY.

STREETS AND DRAINAGE BEING HIGHEST PRIORITIES OF CITIZENS.

NO SURPRISE.

THAT'S VERY COMMON.

WE WERE DISCUSSING BEFOREHAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS THAT MANY RESIDENTS DON'T REALLY KNOW A LOT ABOUT, AND IT'S HARD TO PRIORITIZE, BUT STREETS AND DRAINAGE WILL OFTEN RISE TO THE TOP.

ON. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT PERCEPTIONS, PERCEPTIONS OF YOUR CITY AND WHEN SO MANY OF THOSE ITEMS ARE OVER 50% SATISFIED. GOLD STANDARD.

THAT IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CITIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES.

87% OF RESIDENTS SAID A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE RAISE CHILDREN, QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMMUNICATION SATISFACTION OVER 50%. YES, BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIES RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.

EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT RESPONSE FROM CITIZENS.

FINAL THING THAT THAT STOOD OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT SAFETY AND DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

DO YOU FEEL SAFE AT HOME AT A PARK? AND THE ONE THAT WAS THE LOWEST SATISFACTION WAS WHILE RIDING A BIKE IN EDINBURG.

SO THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION TOPIC THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.

I FIGURE THE COMMITTEE THAT'S LOOKING IN THAT AREA IS LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.

SO. SO, WHAT WE HAD PUT IN THE PACKET WAS TRYING TO CONNECT BETWEEN THE EIGHT COMMITTEE FOCUS AREAS AND TYPICAL PARTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW THESE WILL INTERRELATE.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WE'RE GOING TO BE, I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO KIND OF, HAVE A FORMAL WAY TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMITTEES.

SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING THAT MORE.

AND, I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER THAT COMES FROM THE DAIS OR IF YOU WANTED TO INVOLVE SOME OF THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES.

I WAS INTERESTED IN THINGS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN DONE JUST THROUGH THE 2040 PROCESS, THINGS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE CHECKED IT OFF.

WE TOOK CARE OF SOMETHING JUST BY HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

WELL, I WOULD SAY THE ULTIMATE ONE IS WE'RE HERE TODAY MAKING OR TRANSFERRING WHAT HAS BEEN THE INPUT THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO US AND PUT IT INTO AN ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER DE LEON'S POINT, I MEAN, SOME OF US ARE HERE NOW.

WE WON'T BE HERE. THE FUTURE, ACTUALLY, NONE OF US WILL BE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TERM LIMITED OUT.

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I MEAN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS CONTINUES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A BLUEPRINT SO THAT WHOEVER'S ON THE DAIS HERE IS ABLE TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD.

BUT. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT.

I DO SEE MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE, AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE FROM PARKS TO TRANSPORTATION, CULTURAL ARTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AS WELL, MAKE SURE TO GET INPUT FROM THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WE THEY RECENTLY HAD A RETREAT.

AND BOY, I SAW THE, THE THE BOARD THERE AND THEY HAD THE POSTER BOARD.

THEY HAD A LOT OF NOTES OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR CITY.

AND SO, BUT THERE IS, I THINK, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE SURVEY AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, A LOT TO GO WITH.

THERE IS, NO SENSE OF REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

I LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE TYING IN THE FOCUS AREAS, YOU KNOW, TO SOME OF THE, THE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE I'D LIKE COUNCIL TO, TO HAVE LIKE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT COULD WORK WITH YOU AND, AND THE STAFF ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK FOR DURING THESE PROCESSES.

I ALWAYS USE THE WORD SOUNDING BOARD THAT AS WE WORK ON THIS PLAN, IT MAKES SENSE.

FOR EDINBURG. IT'S TYING TO THE 2040 DISCUSSIONS AND PRIORITIES.

RIGHT. PERFECT.

RIGHT. SO I SINCE YOU'RE ASKING, THEN I WILL PUT THEM ON THE SPOT.

I'LL JUST ASK FOR ANY VOLUNTEERS.

I SEE SOME OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS HERE.

AND THEY'RE NOT SHY.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY TELL US THEIR IDEAS.

AND WOULD ANYBODY CARE TO TO JUST SHARE ANYTHING FROM THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU WORK WITH? WE'LL OPEN IT UP AT THIS TIME.

I KNOW NONE OF YOUR SHY.

I SEE A LOT OF THEM HERE.

FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO TRANSPORTATION, CULTURAL ARTS.

IF NOT, I'LL START CALLING Y'ALL'S NAMES.

SO? SO.

BUT, FEEL FREE TO COME UP.

AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE FIGURED IT OUT, BUT THE THING IS THAT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO IMPACT EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SORRY. PEDRO SALAZAR, I'M THE CHAIR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM DOCTOR ROSALES, FROM UTRGV, AND HE HAS A MAPPING, MODEL WHERE HE SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF PAVING, THE AMOUNT OF STREETS.

AND THEN IT HAS TO DO WITH POVERTY AND THE AREAS THAT ARE LESS AFFLUENT.

IN HIS MODEL, SHOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE, YOU KNOW, AIR CONDITIONING OR INSULATION OR SOME OF THESE THINGS.

AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO, YOU KNOW, SAY YES, NO CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE'RE JUST SAYING WE HAVE TO CULTURALLY ADAPT TO THESE THINGS, AND IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.

FOR EXAMPLE, PARKS AND RECS, I SENT MAYOR, AN EXAMPLE OF A PARK IN DALLAS THAT IS A LIGHTED PARK.

AND, PEOPLE GO TO IT AT NIGHT, RIGHT? IF IT'S HOT AND PEOPLE CAN'T GO OUT AND, AND ENJOY THE PARK DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN ENJOY IT AT NIGHT.

THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT US, AND SOMEHOW WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AFFECT US RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEY'LL AFFECT YOU TEN, 15, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW.

RIGHT. THE THINGS WITH WITH WEATHER, HOW WEATHER IS GOING TO CHANGE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT FLOODING, THE UNCERTAINTY OF OF WATER, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DO WE GET YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS DON'T JUST AFFECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY AFFECT HEALTH.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT DOCTOR ROSALES BROUGHT UP IS IN AFRICA, YOUNG LADIES, CAN'T AFFORD, THEIR FEMININE PRODUCTS WHEN, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR PERIODS.

AND IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THAT.

AND SOMEHOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS, IS MAKING IT SO THAT IT IS, A BIGGER DRAIN ON THEM.

AND HE WAS JUST EXPLAINING HOW WE STILL DON'T KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT US.

SO WE AS A COMMUNITY, FROM PARKS AND RECS OR HEALTH OR UTILITIES OR ALL THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS GOING TO CHANGE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, STOP THIS OR STOP THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND.

WE'LL JUST PLAN FOR IT. RIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEHOW THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, SOME CONSIDERATION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS.

SO. GREAT. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE. WOULD YOU CARE TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH US, MR. PALMA FROM MOBILITY.

I KNOW YOUR COMMITTEE'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK, AND, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU ROUNDING UP, ALL THE.

IT TAKES A LOT OF ROUNDUP THAT THAT TEAM YOU HAVE THERE, THE COMMITTEE.

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AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH THIS PLANNING PROCESS, SO ANY INPUT YOU CAN PROVIDE, WE'D APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU. MARY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, ANDRES PALMA, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE NOTICED, IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE COMMITTEE AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK, AS THE FEEDBACK WAS STATED FOR THE BICYCLES, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ROADWAY WAS ACTUALLY HOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH POTHOLES.

SO BETTER UNDERSTANDING, SOME OF THE ELABORATE, PLANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO RELATING TOWARDS OUR NORMAL CITIZEN THAT HAS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL.

BEYOND THAT, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT, THE DOT PROPOSED PROJECTS AND HOW THEY RELATE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO OUR COMMITTEE IS, DRAINAGE, TRANSPORTATION, CONNECTIVITY, MOBILITY AND BROADBAND.

SO WE'VE GONE PRETTY WIDE.

BUT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE EXISTING PROJECTS ARE AND WHAT THEIR IMPACTS ARE, AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID FROM THE EDC GROUP, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, TWO, THREE, FOUR THAT INTERTWINE.

AND SO THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE AMONGST OUR COMMITTEES AND WITH DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, IS VERY IMPORTANT.

OUR UPCOMING MEETING IN FEBRUARY, I TALKED TO CARLOS ABOUT THIS MORNING.

WE'LL BE WITH EDC GROUP, IN TALKING ABOUT UTILITIES.

AND SO THAT WAS ALSO ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

BUT BEYOND THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE IS OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE HAD TWO VERY BIG, NATURAL DISASTERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, 100 YEAR TYPE STORMS. AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE IMMEDIATE PRESSURE POINTS IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN.

BUT I GUESS BEYOND THAT, SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY, NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT NEW ROADWAYS, BUT IN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, IN SOME OF OUR PRESSURE POINTS IN THE CITY.

SO UTILIZING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALLOWING IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THOSE THAT COMMUTE OR GET TO THE COURTHOUSE, ETC..

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE HAVE.

ESTABLISHED NOW MEETING QUARTERLY.

SO WE ARE NOW KEEPING UP TO SPEED WITH SOME GRANTS OR SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COME UP.

AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS AND GREAT CITIZENS THAT HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN HADN'T BEEN UPDATED IN SOME TIME.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT FROM A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, STANDPOINT, THE.

PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, THE EVALUATION OF EXISTING ROADWAYS.

HADN'T BEEN COMPREHENSIVE.

IT HADN'T BEEN DONE AS A WHOLE.

AND SO SOME VERY BASICS TO STARTING TO PLAN FOR THINGS, STARTING TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIZATION AND UTILIZING RESOURCES.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED ONCE WE STARTED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXISTING INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ALL HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE CARE TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS WITH THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? AS THIS IS JUST A KICKOFF, MR. MITCHELL, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE WELCOME TO KIND OF SHARE WITH EVERYBODY WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S KIND OF WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

I KNOW WE HAVE AN ITEM COUNCIL AS WE COMPLETE THE PRESENTATION TO APPOINT AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, CAN YOU MAYBE TOUCH ON THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TIME FRAME HERE INVOLVED WITH GETTING THIS PUT TOGETHER.

AND, IT'S JUST A WAY TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYTHING IN PLACE.

AND YEAH, THESE PLAN PROCESSES TYPICALLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF STEERING ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.

WE'LL PRESENT OUR FIRST MATERIAL TO THEM, GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

AND AS THE PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER, THAT'LL BE OUR KEY COMMITTEE.

SO THE PERFECT WAY TO TIE IT TO THE ONGOING 2040 EFFORTS.

I GOT TO SAY, MAYOR, IT'S I REALLY APPRECIATE THE YOUTH ADVISORY INVOLVEMENT.

YOU MENTIONED TERM LIMITS EARLIER.

WE'RE ALL TERM LIMITED.

WE'RE DOING THESE PLANS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

RIGHT. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE BETTER TODAY, BUT IT'S FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO INHERIT.

THAT'S RIGHT. YES, SIR.

NO, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ALL WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT.

AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, IT'LL REALLY BE ONCE THAT COMMITTEE IS IN PLACE.

SETTING OUR SCHEDULE WITH THE TIME OF THOSE MEETINGS, PROBABLY BE MEETING ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.

AND, AND AS I SAY, WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH YOU.

[00:50:04]

ONCE WE'VE DONE SEVERAL MONTHS OF WORK AND THEN, IN THE FALL OR.

YEAH, WE'RE IN IN THE FALL.

WE'LL BE COMING BACK FOR THAT THIRD WORKSHOP WHEN THE DRAFT PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER.

OKAY. I DID SEE ON THIS, JUST PRIORITIES THAT YOU SHOW HERE.

I KNOW PLANNING AND ZONING IS A ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN.

DO YOU AND OUR 2040.

THERE'S NOT ANY, LIKE, PLANNING.

ALL OF THEM ARE PLANNING RIGHT? FOR THE FUTURE. BUT ARE YOU WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE IS TIED IN THAT SOMEHOW? OR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A LINKAGE, BECAUSE I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING HOW THE 2040 FOCUS AREAS RIGHT CAN APPLY TO THE PLAN.

BUT, I KNOW THE PLANNING AND ZONING HAS A BIG, COMPONENT TO THIS.

SO, YEAH, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION OF TYPICALLY THERE MIGHT BE 1 OR 2 LIAISON MEMBERS TO A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS.

MAYBE THE CHAIR.

YEAH, PERHAPS. OKAY.

AND WHEN WE WHEN WE HEAD TOWARD THE HEARING ADOPTION STAGE.

THE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF COURSE, IS WHO HEARS THE THE PRESENTATION DRAFT PLAN SO IT CAN BE RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL.

GOT IT. SO.

APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS EVENING, AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS NEEDED.

WELL, WE'RE LESS THAN AN HOUR.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE. BUT, ANYBODY ON COUNCIL? ANY OTHER FINAL FEEDBACK? BEFORE WE WRAP IT UP? IF NOT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TIMELINE, THOUGH.

A BIG TIMELINE STICKLER.

SO IF WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE TIMELINE TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THIS COMPLETED AND AND KIND OF THE, THE NEXT STEPS, THAT THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL, BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES SOME TIME.

THERE WAS THE ONE SLIDE THAT WAS IN THERE WITH MONTHS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NEXT IS SPECIFIC DATES AND, OKAY.

GOOD. WHEN WE'LL BE WITH THE COMMITTEE.

YEAH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE SO IT COULD BE I KNOW LIKE OUR EDINBURG 2040, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WEBSITE, THEIR OWN LINK.

MAYBE WE CAN CREATE A SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE JUST TOWARDS, THIS PLANNING EFFORT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF INPUT.

IS THAT CORRECT OR CORRECT IN THE PUBLIC?

[6. APPOINTMENT]

[A. Discuss and Consider Appointing the Edinburg 2040 Committee Chairs as the Oversight Committee for the 2024 City of Edinburg Comprehensive Plan. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT, COUNSELOR, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NEXT TO APPOINTMENT.

AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE ADDED THIS ITEM TO CONSIDER APPOINTING, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

AND THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF HELP STEER THE DIRECTION OR OF THE PLAN.

AND BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY THE EDINBURG 2040 COMMITTEE CHAIRS, I WAS SUGGESTING THAT THAT WE CONSIDER NOMINATING THE CHAIR.

SO THE COMMITTEES AS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT ADDING ALSO THE PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIR AS WELL, TO TO THE COMMITTEE, IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES. SO MOVE.

SECOND. WELL, MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND MAYBE FOR THE RECORD, CAN WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE, COMMITTEE CHAIRS.

MOST OF THEM ARE HERE, BUT JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO'S BEING APPOINTED.

SABRINA HERNANDEZ.

KIMBERLY SILBER.

CRISTINA VALADEZ.

JOHNNY HERNANDEZ AND SANDRA.

AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIR, ELIAS.

[7. ADJOURNMENT]

GEORGE. GEORGE HOTEL WAS THE PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIR.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

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

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ALL JUST GOT APPOINTED TO ANOTHER BOARD UPON ACCEPTANCE.

BUT AN IMPORTANT. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY TEMPORARY, BUT IT'S TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE PLAN.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SERVING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PLAN.

AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR FOR COMING.

AND, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WILL BE ONLINE.

SO FEEL FREE TO SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THE CITY SHOULD DO.

THIS CITY SHOULD DO THAT.

WELL GUESS WHAT? HERE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME INSIGHT, SO IT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

GET THEM INVOLVED. YEAH, LET'S GET THEM INVOLVED.

AND THAT THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

WE'RE ADJOURNED. IT'S, 723.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.