Jun 25, 2024 EEDC Meeting

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HOW CAN I TELL WHEN IT STARTED? HOW CAN I TELL WHEN IT STARTED? THE LIGHTS. OH, LOOK. WE'RE ON.

OH. WE DO. OKAY. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

IT IS 5:00, AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ORDER. MR. GARZA, WILL YOU READ THE THE ROLL SO WE CAN ESTABLISH QUORUM? VERONICA GONZALEZ. PRESENT.

PRESENT. DAN DIAZ, PRESENT.

[1. CALL To ORDER, ESTABLISH A QUORUM]

NOT HERE YET. AARON. RONNIE RIVERA PRESENT.

RICHARD GONZALEZ PRESENT.

WE HAVE QUORUM, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE WITH US ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. DAVID

[A. Pledge of Allegiance.]

CAN YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE.

MR. GARZA, WILL YOU VERIFY THAT THE THE NOTICE HAS BEEN ON FILE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF DAYS? YES, MA'AM. THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON JUNE 21ST AT OR BEFORE 5:00.

GREAT. THANK YOU. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

OMAR? YES, MA'AM. UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A BOARD MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM. IF THERE'S A CONFLICT, THE BOARD MEMBER CAN'T PARTICIPATE OR VOTE ON THE ITEM. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE? NO NO NO NO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SAMANTHA, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S START WITH NUMBER FIVE AGENDA ITEMS. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING HELD ON JUNE 3RD, 2024. HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, AND IF SO, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? THERE WAS SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES ON PAGE THREE WHICH I INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

JUST SOME TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR AND THEN SOME MISTAKEN LAST NAMES.

OKAY, SO WHERE IT SAID DANIEL RIVERA TO URIBE, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN SABRINA WALKER.

HERNANDEZ, YOU ADDED HERNANDEZ. OKAY.

WITH THOSE CHANGES CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MINUTES ARE APPROVED. OKAY.

PRESENTATION ON THE BOND PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

I THINK WE HAVE MR. REINA HERE.

TOM, WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON.

TOM BRADY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I WANT TO PUT A LITTLE SHAMELESS PLUG. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY NOTICED NOTICE THE NEW SEAL BEHIND YOU? OUR NEW 2024 ALL AMERICAN CITY.

THAT'S JUST A TEMPORARY ONE. I'M GOING TO GET A 31 THAT'S COMING UP.

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THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. REALLY NICE GOING UP. I LIKE THE GOLD.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AND I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH A GOOD PRODUCT THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

WE'VE SUBMITTED IT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BRING US WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE THE DRAFT THAT WE CAN ALL THEN REVIEW, MAKE ANY EDITS TO AND THEN RETURN.

SO MINE'S GOING TO BE A TWO PART PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER ALL OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE EDC RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR, EDDIE, TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME INFORMATION ON THE AIRPORT.

HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP OUT SOME QUESTIONS OR IDEAS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, ALL OUR PROJECTS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR CAPITAL DASHBOARD.

IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, GO TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

CLICK THE LINK CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE UP TO DATE INFORMATION.

BASICALLY WHERE I GET MY REPORTS.

I ALSO PUT THEY COME DIRECTLY OFF THE DASHBOARD.

SO ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT A PROJECT SCHEDULE, WHAT IS THE PROJECT AT? ANY PICTURES? ANYTHING TO THAT ASPECT IS ALL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR PACK PACKETS ON THERE, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, WHICH MAYOR PRO TEM IS ON THAT COMMITTEE.

WE DISCUSS IN DETAIL ON PROJECTS ANY INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED ON ANY PROJECT. THOSE LISTS ARE ALL THERE.

TOM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE WANT TO SHOW THAT OUR BOARD MEMBER, SABRINA WALKER HERNANDEZ, HAS ARRIVED.

THANK YOU. SABRINA. SO THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, IS JOSE NIETO. CONSUELO.

ALFREDO OF ROBLEDO CENTER.

EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE.

WE DID GET SOME LEAKS.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A. THAT'S THE BEAUTY ABOUT THE RAIN.

WHEN THE RAIN FIRST COMES, THEN WE CAN FIND ALL THE LEAKS.

WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THEM WITH N AND M.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR SUB TO COME IN, AND I'M HOPING THEY'LL GET THAT ADDRESSED BY THIS WEEK FOR THOSE AREAS, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO CANCEL EVENTS ALL THIS PAST WEEK. VELA IS USING IT FOR STREETS AND CONDITIONING.

THE SENIOR ELDERLY PROGRAM IS STILL GOING STRONG, AND WE HAD TO CANCEL BECAUSE SOME OF THESE LEAKS, WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO RUIN THE WARRANTY OR ESPECIALLY DAMAGE THE FLOOR.

I WAS LEAKING, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY ON TOP OF THAT.

ALREADY GOING ON. HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY? THE WARRANTY IS ONLY A YEAR WARRANTY.

AND THEN WE GO MANUFACTURE WARRANTY AND WHICH WE WILL TAKE OVER AT THAT PORTION.

RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS THAT IT'S NOT THE MANUFACTURE.

IT'S MORE OF THE INSTALLATION ERROR BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH THE SEALS IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY CAN GET IT DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE RAIN COMING, IN A ROW. AND. THE QUICKER THEY DO IT THAT WAY.

THEN WHEN WE GET THESE OTHER RAINS, WE TRY TO STAY WITHIN THAT YEAR SO WE CAN GET IT. MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET NO OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD SCHEDULED IT FOR THIS WEEK.

I'M HOPING IT'S EITHER IT'S EITHER THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ALSO ON THAT PORTION.

RIGHT NOW, STILL WAITING ON THE SIGNAGE TO CHANGE THE SIGNAGE.

AND WE ALREADY GOT AN ICE MACHINE AND REFRIGERATOR, SO I MIGHT NOT BE UTILIZING I ALREADY PENDING ONE QUOTE FOR THE AWNINGS FOR THE OUTSIDE.

Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN ME DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, SO I MIGHT HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS FROM NOT HAVING TO GET THAT REFRIGERATOR AT THAT POINT ON THE SIGNAGE. IT WAS AT THE ILLUMINATED.

YES, MA'AM, TO CHANGE IT OUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AND THE FONTS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DISCUSSED IT JUST LOOKED VERY INSTITUTIONALIZED INSTITUTIONALLY.

YEAH. VERY BLOCKED. THAT'S A GOOD WORD.

AND A GOOD THING TO TOMMY THAT THE BUILDING TURNED OUT VERY NICE AND THE KIDS ARE ENJOYING IT THIS SUMMER. SO YEAH, IT IS GETTING FULL SWING, GUYS. THE SUCCESS OF THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT'S USED ALL YEAR ROUND ALL YEAR.

YEAH. AND FOR THE BOARD.

SO THE SENIOR PROGRAM HAPPENS THERE.

THE RESPONSE ON THAT HAS BEEN HUGE.

THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER WALKED BEFORE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEY TRAINED FOR OUR MIRACLE MILE.

THEY TRAINED FOR JUST A HUGE POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DID WAS WE OPENED UP THE DOORS FOR EVERY GYM ON THE WALL.

SO WE CREATED AN INSIDE WALKING TRAIL.

SO EVERYBODY'S WALKING INSIDE ALL THE GYMS AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE LIKE FOUR BASKETBALL COURTS OR SIX.

IT HAS THREE BASKETBALL COURTS.

AND THEN WE DO THREE VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND THEN PICKLEBALL.

THERE'S THREE PICKLEBALL PER COURT.

I KNOW MY MY 94 YEAR OLD MOTHER IN LAW GOES TO ZUMBA THERE AND SHE REALLY ENJOYS IT.

ZUMBA AND THE DANCE ONE.

I PROMISE YOU GUYS, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A NICE LITTLE WORKOUT, GO OUT THERE. IT'S A GREAT WORKOUT.

I ACTUALLY DID IT WITH THEM AT AT OUR HEALTH FAIR.

I CAN ALMOST QUALIFY, I THINK. YEAH, YEAH, I GET I GET COMMENTS AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. THE THE COMMENT IS WHOEVER DID THAT DID A GREAT JOB.

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THANK YOU. ALSO THE NEXT ONE IS CAPABLE KIDS BEETHOVEN PARK.

THAT'S BEEN COMPLETE FOR NOW QUITE A WHILE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THAT WITH EXTRA PLAY, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDED ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING FOR A STATE AWARD FOR THIS PARK, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

WE ARE THE FIRST WE GO SWING THAT'S THERE.

IN THE STATE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE'RE THE FIRST ONE OUT.

EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET THE WEGO SWINGS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING.

AND AS SOON AS WE GET THAT AWARDED, I WILL SURELY LET YOU KNOW.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THE ONE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXIT YOUR WHEELCHAIR, YOU CAN STAY ON WITH THE WHEELCHAIR AND THE SWING IS ACCOMMODATING FOR THAT.

THE MUNICIPAL POOL REDEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETE.

EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO.

THIS WAS A BIG AREA THAT WE DID FOCUS ON AT ALL-AMERICA CITY WHICH EVERYBODY LOVED COMPLETELY WITH THAT. AND SABRINA WAS WITH US, SO SHE KNOWS IT WAS PART OF OUR PROGRAM.

SO HERE WE ARE. THAT IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE, GUYS.

THAT'S AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF THE ACE BUILDING AT NIGHT.

IT LOOKS SO DECORATIVE.

IT LOOKS GREAT. RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT 16.3 MILLION. AEDC'S CONTRIBUTION WAS SEVEN.

WE ARE PENDING THE COMMISSIONING, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

SO THAT WAY WE GET AN OFFICIAL COE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE FURNITURE IS ON THE AGENDA.

SOME OF THE FURNITURE IS ON THE AGENDA, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SHAMELESS PLUG SPONSORS FOR THE BALLROOM AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, EDC BALLROOM UP THERE ALSO.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE. THAT'S A SHAMELESS PLUG THAT I DO HAVE. SO HAS ANYBODY PUT TOGETHER A SCHEDULE OF LIKE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT ROOMS AND THE COSTS.

YES, MA'AM. STATE FARM BALLROOM.

SO WE DID WE DO HAVE ONE.

WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THE THE PRINT.

CULTURAL ARTS ALREADY HAS SOMETHING READY TO GO. THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.

SO I WAS LIKE, WHEN I TOOK YOU OUT OF THE TOUR. SO THE PEOPLE THAT MISSED OUT DIDN'T GET TO GO SEE THE BUILDING ON THE TOUR.

BUT YES, WE DO HAVE ONE.

AND THE FIRST ONE I'LL SEND IT OUT TO.

SO THAT WAY HE CAN SEND THAT OUT TO Y'ALL SO Y'ALL CAN START MAYBE ALSO PUTTING SHAMELESS PLUGS, WHICH I THINK. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH. TOM, THAT THAT WALKTHROUGH WAS, WAS VERY NICE.

IT WAS IT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.

IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU THINK.

I MEAN, INITIALLY WE HAD SOME CONCERNS AND IT'S A PRETTY NICE SIZED AREA WITH FUNCTIONALITY FOR EVERYTHING.

I GUESS WE EXCEPT THE EDC IS THERE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK MADE THE LIST.

YEAH. CAPACITY. THE CAPACITY OF THE EVENT CENTER WAS HOW MANY TABLES SITTING WAS FOR 500? 500. OKAY. YEAH. NO, IT WAS A LOT BIGGER OF A ROOM THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. YEAH. AND STANDING LIKE 750, I BELIEVE SO, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. SO, PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE. I HAVE AN ITEM FOR CITY COUNCIL COMING UP ON TUESDAY TO DISCUSS OPTIONS ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

LOOKS FAVORABLY. BUT AGAIN, IT WILL BE PRESENTING THAT.

THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AT THAT PORTION. ON THE PARKING GARAGE I GUESS FOR THE BOARD ALSO, I KNOW WE HIRED A PM FOR THAT, RIGHT? OUR PROJECT MANAGER, HAVE WE GOT THEM WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE THEY BASE THEIR FEE ON THE ON THE OVERALL COST ON THE OVERALL COST.

SO WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS WE MAKE, THAT'S WHEN YOU HIRE THE PM.

YES, SIR. RIGHT NOW THEY DID SEND US AN EMAIL JUST TO SAY THAT THEY SENT US AN EMAIL ASKING US THAT THEY COULD HELP US CUT THE COST ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS AND DO VALUE ENGINEERING.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE OVER THE AMOUNT FOR VALUE ENGINEERING.

WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO REDESIGN.

SO I HAVE THAT PLANNED OUT ON A SMALL ITEM THAT WE WILL DISCUSS ON TUESDAY, ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT TO GET Y'ALL'S BLESSING.

AND THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THIS BOARD TO PROVIDE BASICALLY THE SAME INFORMATION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. SO JUST FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS GOING ON, COUNCIL FOR A WHILE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IN PROJECT MANAGERS BECAUSE TOM AND EVERYONE ELSE, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO OVERSEE EVERY LITTLE PROJECT. SO KIND OF LIKE WE DO A ROTATION ON ON THE SOIL TESTING AND DIFFERENT THINGS. WE BROUGHT ON SOME PROJECT MANAGERS THAT WE CAN ROTATE, HOPEFULLY HELP WITH COST SAVINGS AND JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S BEING DONE RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND TOM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAD BEEN ALLOCATED VERSUS RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THE COST MIGHT BE HOW LARGE OF A GARAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? HOW MANY FLOORS AS PER AGREEMENT? WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'RE STILL GOING TO MAINTAIN THE 250 SPOTS, BUT IT JUST WON'T BE AS DECORATIVE.

AND WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED AT THE BEGINNING.

THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT I HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE

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SO IS THAT THREE LEVELS? THAT WOULD BE TWO BUILT UP, ONE BOTTOM.

SO A TOTAL OF THREE. SO BUT AGAIN I WILL PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS ONCE I FINALIZE THEM AND SO FORTH. RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

NEXT ONE IS SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU.

SORRY, TOM. SO WHEN YOU SAY ONE BOTTOM.

YES, SIR. THAT ELIMINATES MY USE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD.

OKAY. BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.

OPTION ONE TWO, THREE.

AND I'M GLAD SABRINA BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE MIXED USE WAS A BIG REASON WHY WE ENGAGED.

AS AN EDC TO HAVE MIXED USE ON THAT BOTTOM AND PROMOTE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THEN WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT.

YES. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE ENGAGED.

SO I WILL AGAIN LIKE I SAID, ONCE I GET THOSE OPTIONS IRONED OUT, I WILL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD TO PRESENT.

THE NEXT ONE IS MY FAVORITE ONE IS THE WATER TOWER.

THAT ONE WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUR BOWL RAISING EVENT.

IT'S A FOUR HOUR EVENT.

YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US AT THAT POINT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S A LONG, LONG PROCESS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY RAISE THE BOWL. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY PAINTING THE BOWL RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY'LL START DOING THE LOGOS ON THERE.

NOW HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO THEY'LL HAVE THE LOGOS AND THEN WE'LL GO UP ON IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, I'M GOING TO TRY TO SEE IF THIS MACHINE WILL LET ME GET ON THERE.

SO THAT WAY I COULD HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR DASHBOARD.

SO BASICALLY I JUST PROVIDED THE LINK FOR THE DASHBOARD.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. SO THE WHOLE EVENT IS THEY BRING IN CRANES AND THEY PICK UP THE BOWL. I SURELY GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF A BOWL RAISING EVENT.

AS YOU DO. I GET EASILY THRILLED WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT BOWL GO UP.

SO Y'ALL ARE WELCOME. WE'LL WE'LL SEND IT OUT THAT THIS IS DOING.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SET UP A LIVE CAMERA THAT'S GOING TO RECORD EVERYTHING.

AND THEN WE'LL POST IT HERE.

WE PAINT IT BEFORE IT GOES UP OR THEY PAINT IT BEFORE IT GOES UP, BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET THEM TO REPAINT IT AT THE VERY TOP.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO REPEL OFF.

WHEN IS THAT HAPPENING TO PAINT? I'M HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THAT'S WHAT I ACTUALLY THOUGHT. SO ONCE BECAUSE WE APPROVED THE LOGOS AND THEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE COLOR FOR THAT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE ALL OF THAT AT THAT POINT.

SO I WAS ABLE TO SNEAK ON THE ALL-AMERICAN CITY NEW TAGS ON THERE.

SO WE'LL HAVE THEM ON BOTH SIDES, ON BOTH ENDS AND EAST.

SO THIS ONE'S FACING NORTH AND SOUTH.

THE LOGOS ARE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THE ALL-AMERICAN SEALS ARE EAST AND WEST.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE MUNICIPAL COURT MUNICIPAL BALL FIELDS, WHICH WE'RE HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY ON THURSDAY.

I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT. I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT THAT INVITATION. ALSO THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORK. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE READY.

WE JUST HAD A PROGRESS MEETING.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW I ALWAYS SAY THIS. I'M AN OPPORTUNIST. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE THROUGH THAT CONTRACTOR.

SO WE'LL PICK UP THAT DRAINAGE COST THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CORRECT EVERYTHING AROUND THE FIELD. SO THE ACTUAL COMPLEX WILL BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE DRAINAGE, ACTUAL DRAINAGE THAT GOES THROUGH THAT. SO RIGHT NOW AGAIN, THEY'RE ALREADY STARTED ON FIELD NUMBER OR ON THIS ONE.

I NAMED THEM WRONG. BUT FIELD NUMBER FOUR FIVE AND SIX THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED ON THAT COMPLEX. AND THEY'LL START DEMOLISHING ONE, TWO AND THREE ALSO NEXT WEEK.

YEAH. ON STAFF COULD YOU SEND A CALENDAR INVITE TO THE TO THE BOARD FOR THAT GROUNDBREAKING ON THURSDAY, PLEASE? I'VE ALREADY GOT IT. OKAY. IT'S BECAUSE I GET IT FROM THE CHAMBER CITY, AND I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

AND I'D ASK THE BOARD TO GO.

IT'S IT'S A BIG DEAL. THERE IS NO FULL COMPLEX.

FULL. TURF COMPLEX, ANYWHERE IN THE VALLEY SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.

IT'S A BIG DEAL, SO I HOPE WE CAN SHOW IT.

SO HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ALREADY TURF? YOU SAID ONE. ONE. OKAY.

SO WE WILL HAVE TWO LEFT.

TWO. THE LARGER BASEBALL FIELDS.

AND WE'RE PLANNING TO BUDGET FOR THEM WITHIN THIS NEXT BUDGET.

HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WORKS WELL.

WE'LL HAVE A FULL PARK OF ASTRO TURF.

OKAY, NICE. WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.

SO THE NEXT ONE THIS ONE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ON THAT, ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THE FINISH OUT.

OF COURSE, I KNOW RANDALL HAD A LITTLE REPORT ON THAT,

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GO A LITTLE FURTHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN ENGINEER TO DO THAT AND THEN DO THAT SO WE COULD DO A LITTLE COST SAVINGS ON THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY ONCE WE FINALIZE, ONCE WE GET THIS AREA FINALIZED,

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

[5. AGENDA ITEMS]

[A. Consider approval of Minutes for the special Board Meeting held on June 03, 2024.]

[B. Presentation on bond projects for Fiscal Year 2024.]

IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR THEM.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT SIX, SO I'M GOING TO BE EXITING OUT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT AGAIN, I'LL LEAVE YOU IN CAPABLE HANDS WITH MR. VELARDE WHICH HE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE AIRPORT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON. ANY VELARDE, AVIATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.

IT'S A PLEASURE. THANK YOU.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION TO LAST WEEK'S RETREAT.

IT WAS A IT WAS ENJOYABLE AND IT WAS EDIFYING TO GOOD EDUCATION AS FAR AS WHERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS START. AND THEY START WITH YOU FOLKS THERE AS THE BIGGEST DRAW I GOT FROM FROM THAT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

YES. AND AGAIN. AND I SAID IT TO YOU DOWN THERE. BUT I THANK YOU FOR THE ADVOCACY, THE MENTION OF THE AIRPORT AT THESE MEETINGS THERE.

IF I DON'T HAPPEN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, MY EARS ARE HURTING OR RINGING THERE BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT US OR SO. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ADVOCACY.

VERY MUCH. SO YOUR AIRPORT, WELL AND SOME OF THIS PRESENTATION MIGHT BE FAMILIAR TO YOU ALL FROM MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE I JUST RECYCLED THE, THE ONE FROM THAT TIME THERE.

SO YOUR AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, IS ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN.

US 281 I-69C TO OUR WEST THERE.

AND FM 490 BORDERS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

SO OUR PHYSICAL LOCATION IT'S.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY RURAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PICTURE.

OF COURSE, THAT'S WHERE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE JAIL ARE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF AGRICULTURE SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT.

THAT IS AN OUTLINE OF THE CITY AIRPORT PROPERTY.

IT IT INCORPORATES EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS BOUGHT RIGHT UP TO TODAY AND RECOVERED AS FAR AS WHAT USED TO BE AIRPORT LAND, AND NOW IT'S BACK IN THE UNDER CITY AUSPICES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WORK WITH THESE DAYS.

THAT'S THE OUTLINE. THAT'S AN AERIAL VIEW.

ANOTHER AERIAL VIEW CLOSER TO THE TO THE AIRPORT THERE, WHICH YOU HAVE BASICALLY AT THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE OF THE PICTURE IS A IS A DRAINAGE POND, WHICH I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AS FAR AS ITS EFFECT ON THE AIRPORT, ETC.. SO AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE, YOU BASICALLY SEE OUR FACILITIES.

YOU'LL SEE A. CARGO AIR CARGO TERMINAL, VARIOUS HANGARS AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL EXHIBITS. THERE ARE CUSTOMS OUR TERMINAL AND TWO OTHER HANGARS THERE, ONE THAT DPS CURRENTLY OCCUPIES AND ONE THAT THE MILITARY USE ON BEHALF OF THE DPS LEASE WITH THAT HANGAR. A CLOSER VIEW OF WHAT? I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THEIR CARGO TERMINAL AT THE BOTTOM.

AT THE TOP IS A HANGAR FOR THE CURRENT DPS.

DPS DIGS. ANOTHER VIEW OF OUR JUST UNDER 4800 SQUARE FOOT TERMINAL.

WE CALL IT A TERMINAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS THERE. IT'S AN AVIATION. GENERAL AVIATION.

AND YES, WE DO HAVE COMMERCIAL AVIATION, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE CHARTER OPERATORS THAT COME IN AND OUT. SO THAT'S THE BUILDING WHERE THEY START THEIR TRIP FROM OR OR END.

SO WE'RE A FIXED BASE OPERATOR, CITY OF EDINBURG AT OUR AIRPORT THERE, AT LEAST FOR NOW. THERE WE ARE, THE FUEL CONCESSIONAIRE, AND WE SERVICE EVERY AIRCRAFT THAT COMES IN AND OUT OF EDINBURG. MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, GENERAL AVIATION.

BIZJET. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OF THE AIRFIELD THERE.

THAT'S THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW DPS HANGAR.

IT'LL BE HANGAR FIVE. IT IS BEHIND IT IS BEHIND ON ITS CONSTRUCTION THERE HOPEFULLY ANTICIPATING IT'LL BE IN AUGUST WHEN IT'S READY.

IT'S A TO YOUR UPPER UPPER LEFT ON THE PICTURE YOU SEE HANGING FOR DPS CURRENT DIGS THERE WHERE DPS IS GOING TO BE THERE.

THAT'S A 31,500FT². SO BASICALLY THEY ARE GOING TO MULTIPLY THEIR THEIR FLOOR SPACE BY BY AT LEAST A HALF. SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL HANGAR.

THAT SHOULD MEAN MORE AIRCRAFT, MORE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, MORE PERSONNEL, ETC.. THERE.

AS I SAID, IT IS BEHIND BEHIND CONSTRUCTION THERE, BUT IT'S ON ITS WAY. IT IS A $11 MILLION, $11.1 MILLION PROJECT.

TEX-DOT IS ADMINISTERING THE THE FUNDS FOR IT THERE.

THEY'RE WATCHING OVER IT, OVER THE PROJECT THERE. THE CITY IS KICKING OF THAT WAS 10%. SO $1.1 MILLION WE HAVE IN THAT.

AND WHAT IS THE TARGET DATE FOR THAT? YOU SAID AUGUST.

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OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. VERSUS WELL, WHEN YOU GO TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS MR. RENO IS ALLUDING TO THERE.

AND LUCKILY FOR AIRPORT A, WE'RE AT THE TOP TWO.

SO THIS PROJECT IS AT THE VERY TOP THERE. SO YOU SEE ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING FUNDING, HOW MUCH A PERCENTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, ETC. THERE. SO YES, ADMITTEDLY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED IN JANUARY.

SO HERE IT IS ANYWAY. SO THAT'S THOSE PICTURES ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD AS FAR AS WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE HANGAR WALLS ARE UP THERE.

THE CEILING I'M SORRY.

THE ROOF IS BEING INSTALLED.

THE APRON AND CONNECTOR TAXIWAY, THEY'RE BUILT THERE.

SO 65% COMPLETED SO FAR.

LAST AUGUST, THE AIRPORT RECEIVED THANKS TO TXDOT THERE A STUDY OF DRAINAGE.

NOW WE HAVE A CHRONIC PROBLEM IF IT RAINS A LOT AND IF IT RAINS MORE ON TOP OF A LOT, THEN WE MAY HAVE A TENDENCY TO FLOOD MIDFIELD THERE. SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVICE HELICOPTERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A FIXED WING AIRCRAFT THERE.

SO DRAINAGE STUDY WAS COMPLETED.

IT GAVE US AN IDEA AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN CURE OUR ILLS TO KEEP THE AIRPORT BASICALLY FROM NEVER FLOODING AGAIN. OR AT LEAST IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING OF BIBLICAL PROPORTION TO FLOOD THE AIRPORT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS A THIS IS THE KEY TO US KEEPING OURSELVES AFLOAT.

REGARDLESS IF IT'S A HURRICANE OR A TYPICAL FOUL WEATHER EVENT, THERE WOULDN'T HURT US AT ALL THERE. OUT OF THAT, DRAINAGE STUDY IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LEFT SIDE THERE.

THAT'S THAT DETENTION POND THAT I REFERRED TO IN A PREVIOUS PICTURE.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS BASICALLY A CHANNEL THAT WILL LEAD TO WHAT WILL BE ANOTHER DETENTION POND WHERE WE WOULD FORCE THE WATER THAT WANTS TO GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A BOWL SHAPED TERRAIN.

ANYWAY, WE'D FORCE THE WATER FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE AIRPORT THERE DOWN THAT CHANNEL TO WHAT WOULD BE A A DETENTION POND THAT WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT'S BEING DUG OUT RIGHT NOW.

THE RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN GOES RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT.

IT SKIRTS A CITY PROPERTY THERE.

SO THANK HEAVEN FOR THAT.

SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO.

THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRPORT FAIRLY DRY, EVEN IN THE MOST DENSE, MOST DENSE RAIN EVENTS.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN. GO AHEAD MA'AM. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? I MEAN, HOW LONG BEFORE IT'S COMPLETED? WELL, THAT ONE, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE WAY THE PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING AT THIS STAGE, AND I KNOW IT GOES IN STAGES THERE BECAUSE IT'S LONG, IT TAKES YOU ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE LAGUNA MADRE.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE, I WOULD SAY IN THREE YEARS AT LEAST, THIS PHASE WOULD BE WOULD BE READY.

THAT'S EDDIE'S GUESS. AND, OF COURSE, TIED TO DRAINAGE, THE 2018 DRAINAGE BOND PROGRAM.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE MORE RECENTLY THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SEE AT HIDALGO COUNTY THERE. IT SHOWS YOU THE ROUTE OF THE DRAINAGE CANAL, THE RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN, AND WHERE IT IS IN PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT.

YOU SAW PICTORIALLY. AND YOU SEE IT, OF COURSE, AT THE, AT THE COUNTY SIDE. AND THAT DRAINAGE STUDY ESTIMATED ABOUT $14.7 MILLION FOR THE AIRPORT TO DO EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO, TO CREATE TO CREATE THE THE SWALES TO FORCE WATER OUT OF THAT POND INTO THE OTHER DETENTION POND, ETC., INCREASING THE SIZE OF CULVERTS, WIDENING DITCHES, ALL THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'LL NEED TO DO, IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP THE AIRPORT PRACTICALLY HIGH AND DRY.

NOW, THE LEGISLATURE, THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, GAVE US $10 MILLION TO HELP, ALONG WITH NOT ONLY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT OTHER OTHER ASSETS THERE THAT THAT ARE VERY MUCH OUTDATED THERE.

SO THERE'S A FACSIMILE OF A $10 MILLION CHECK THERE, THANKS TO THE LEGISLATURE.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO HELP US DO. PART OF SOLVING THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM THERE.

AS I SAID, IT'S MIDFIELD.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE YELLOW LINES ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE THAT THAT DRAINAGE PONDS IS TO ELEVATE THE MIDFIELD PART OF THE, TEXTURE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE ASSOCIATED TAXIWAYS TO BASICALLY RAISE THEM SEVERAL INCHES.

SO THEN THEY ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THERE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT THERE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THAT THE $2 MILLION TO HELP US PAY FOR TO HELP US KEEP, AS I SAY, A HIGHER AND DRIER.

IT'S NOT THE THAT'S NOT THE TOTAL SOLUTION THERE, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT RIGHT NOW, THIS RAIN THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK OR THE TWO BOUTS OF RAIN WE HAD LAST WEEK THERE, THE GROUND IS SATURATED WITH SATURATED GROUND.

IF IF WE HAD ANOTHER RAIN EVENT, THE 24 HOUR RAIN EVENT, LIKE 2.86IN THERE, WE WOULD LOSE THE MIDFIELD.

SO THIS EVEN IN THAT REGARD WILL HELP US THERE.

SO WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A ONE DAY RAIN EVENT THERE.

WE WORRY ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A ONE YEAR RAIN EVENT THERE.

WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER WITH THESE THESE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS THERE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM. AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WHILE THEY'RE MAKING THOSE ABOUT RAISING IT, IS THAT GOING TO PUT THE RUNWAY OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME?

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THERE IS A WAY AROUND THAT.

THERE IS A 5000 FOOT RUNWAY.

IF WE WHEN WE MAKE THAT PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT, WHEN WE OVERLAY THE RUNWAY AND THE ASSOCIATED TAXIWAYS, WE CAN STILL OPERATE WITH THE REMAINING 2500 SQUARE FOOT, 2500FT OF RUNWAY. AND THAT'S NOT ENCUMBERED BY THE CONSTRUCTION THERE.

IT'S FEWER AIRCRAFT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT US IS A A GOOD SHARE OF OUR AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY, OUR ROTOR WING HELICOPTERS.

SO HELICOPTERS LAND. THEY DON'T HAVE TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY THERE. BUT YES.

AND IF IT'S A PROLONGED CONSTRUCTION EVENT THERE, THEN THERE'S A AND IT'S IT'S ACCEPTABLE AT AIRPORTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHERE WE COULD USE A TAXIWAY ASSOCIATED TAXIWAY, FOR INSTANCE, THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY THERE IS BRAVO.

SO WE COULD USE THAT AS A TEMPORARY RUNWAY AS A AS AN ANSWER TO THAT, DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF A TIME IT WE NEED TO OVERLAY THAT PART.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THERE.

THAT'S JUST A THE ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AS FAR AS 10 MILLION BUCKS WILL HELP US GO AHEAD AND WIDEN THE MAINTAIN, WIDEN OUR DITCHES, INCREASE THE SIZE OF CULVERTS, DRAINAGE PIPES, UNDER PAVEMENT, UNDER THE RUNWAY, TAXIWAYS.

THIS ONE HAS BEEN LONG, LONG BEEN IN NEED.

BESIDES OUR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THERE.

IT'S GOING TO HELP US REPLACE ALL OUR RUNWAY LIGHTING, WHICH IS ANTIQUATED. WE USE GOOD OLD QUARTZ BULBS, ALMOST INCANDESCENT THERE.

IT'LL HELP US REPLACE THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS THERE.

THE OTHER VISUAL NAVIGATIONAL AIDS LIKE THAT, THE GREEN, WHITE LIGHTED BEACON THERE, IT'LL REPLACE THAT THERE.

OUR WINDSOCK THERE. ALL THE ELECTRICALS OUT THERE WILL BE REPLACED THERE.

AND THE REGULATORS THAT DRIVE THEM THERE. I FEEL FORTUNATE IN ALMOST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE AIRPORT, THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OUTAGE BECAUSE ALL THE WIRING OUT THERE IS DIRECT BURIAL.

SO WHAT YOU WANT IS TO UPGRADE TO WIRE.

THAT'S IN PIPE, THAT'S IN CONDUIT THERE.

SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP US HELP US MODERNIZE, WE GET WHERE WE SHOULD BE AS FAR AS RELIABLE LIGHTING FOR AIRFIELD.

PART OF THE $10 MILLION WON'T BE.

AS MUCH AS WE ALL WANT TO EXTEND THAT RUNWAY IN THE AIRPORT LAYOUT.

THE PLAN UPDATE OF 2019.

IT FORESEES 20 YEAR HORIZON NOW IN 15 YEARS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY FIVE YEARS INTO THAT 20 YEAR HORIZON. IN 15 YEARS, WE SHOULD HAVE A RUNWAY THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 7000 PLUS FEET. NOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE 5000.

THE THE FIRST LENGTHENING WILL BE 1000FT THERE.

SO IT WILL BE 6000 WITH THE ASSOCIATED PARALLEL TAXIWAY BRAVO TO MEET THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THIS MONEY, WE CAN STRETCH IT ENOUGH TO BUILD IT THERE, BUT THE $10 MILLION WILL HELP US PREPARE, DO ALL THE WORK THERE.

THE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, A WILDLIFE STUDY, WHICH YOU THINK, WELL, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE AREA. NOW, YOU STILL HAVE TO STUDY THE HECK OUT OF THE PLACE HERE FOR PRACTICALLY EVERY PROJECT, SO THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. SO THIS MONEY WILL HELP BASICALLY SET THE TABLE FOR US THERE.

AND HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ACTUALLY PAVE THE THOUSAND FEET.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS THING IS. IT'S GOING TO SET IT UP FOR THAT.

SO WE'LL DO ALL THE WORK, ALL THE GROUNDWORK, LITERALLY ALL THE GROUNDWORK THAT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO PREPARE FOR EXTENDING THE RUNWAY 1000FT AND BY EXTENDING THE RUNWAY, WHAT WILL THE IN, I GUESS, RESULT BE? LARGER AIRCRAFT, LARGER AIRCRAFT, LARGER TAKE OFF AND LAND? YES, MA'AM. WE THE 5000FT WE HAVE, WE ARE BARELY WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF A GULFSTREAM FOR A BIZJET THERE.

BUT THERE ARE BIGGER AIRCRAFT OUT THERE THAT WOULD WANT THAT EXTRA THOUSAND FEET IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER THERE. AND YOU HAVE TO YOU DON'T WANT TO REGULATE. YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE A WEIGHT RESTRICTION ON YOUR AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE IN AUGUST IN EDINBURG, TEXAS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONLY 75FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL THERE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF RUNWAY FOR THE FUEL THAT YOU TAKE ON TO THE PASSENGERS WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE. ARRIVING IS NO PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S NICE AND LIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE ON FUEL, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF RUNWAY. THAT THOUSAND FEET MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN BOTH WAYS.

THE AIRCRAFT THAT WILL COME HERE AND KNOW THEY HAVE A 6000 FOOT RUNWAY TO DEPART ON THERE, AND OF COURSE, THE ONES THAT ARRIVE, THE BIGGER AIRCRAFT, THAT MAY TAKE A LITTLE MORE THAN, LET'S SAY, A 4000FT OF 1000 FOOT RUNWAY FOR ITS FOR ITS LANDING ROLL.

SO BIGGER AIRCRAFT, NOT HUGE AIRCRAFT.

THEY'RE NOT AIR CARRIER AIRCRAFT THERE. BUT WE'RE WE'RE MARCHING TOWARDS THAT.

AS I SAID, IN 20 YEARS, OUR RUNWAY IS 5000 BY 75FT WIDE.

IN 20 YEARS, THE 20 YEAR HORIZON, WHICH IS 15 FROM NOW, AS I SAID, WE'LL HAVE A 7000 PLUS FOOT RUNWAY.

THAT'S 100FT WIDE. RIGHT NOW IT'S A 75FT.

SO THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ALSO IN THE AIRCRAFT THAT YOU WANT USING YOUR AIRPORT THERE AND NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, BIZJET, BUT BIGGER, A BIGGER AIRCRAFT, NOT NECESSARILY THE STUFF THAT LANDS IN MCALLEN, BUT THE STUFF THAT'S CLOSE TO THAT THERE.

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THEY'RE BASICALLY 25,000 LINEAR FEET OF OUR FENCE IS BEING REPLACED, AND WE'RE INSTALLING AND REPLACING MANUAL GATES AND AUTOMATED GATES AS WELL.

THIS FENCE ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY THIS FENCE ON THE ON THE IF YOU BASICALLY SEE WHERE MY CURSOR IS THERE, THE FENCE ALONG HERE, IT'LL BE A VAST IMPROVEMENT.

IT'LL BE A TEN FEET WITH ONE FOOT OF BARBED WIRE OVERHEAD, AND IT'LL HAVE AT LEAST A THREE FOOT SKIRT IN THE GROUND ALONG WHERE I WAS POINTING OUT THERE. AND WHY THAT'LL KEEP OUT THE WHITETAILS, THE NILGAI AND EVEN THE HOGS.

NO, THEY'RE NOT RAMPANT.

THANKS TO SOME THANKS TO AN AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS WITH A LOCAL FARMER.

IT'S CLEARED OUT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE STILL HAVE.

WE STILL HAVE WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET REAL FRISKY OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER TIME OF YEAR THEY'RE. AND THEY'RE OUT THERE LOOKING AROUND THEIR. WELL, SOMETIMES THEY END UP IN THE AIRFIELD THERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE FENCE THAT'S ADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RACETRACK SIDE THERE.

IT'S INADEQUATE THERE.

SO FENCING OF THAT DIMENSION WHICH WILL BE INSTALLED PER THIS $2 MILLION PROJECT, THERE IS IS IS JUST A BILL.

YOU CAN'T KEEP EVERYTHING OUT THERE.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, ALMOST IMPREGNABLE DETERRENT TO KEEP A LIKE NILGAI YOU THINK ARE BIG AND BEEFY. BUT MAN, THOSE THOSE GUYS, THEY LEAP. THEY CAN THEY CAN LEAP LIKE AN 8 OR 9 FOOT FENCE THERE.

SO I THINK IF DAN WAS TO PUT A BLIND THERE HE'D TAKE CARE OF THAT.

WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE. OUR BOARD. RETREAT! SURE.

OPEN FIRE! YEAH, WE DO S'MORES ALSO.

SO ANYWAY, SO THE PROJECT TAKES CARE OF THE FENCE AROUND ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE OF THE AIRPORT THERE. BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE WILDLIFE DETERRENT ASPECT OF IT. THAT'S A $2 MILLION PROJECT THERE AT 1.8 MILLION CAME FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS.

THIS IS THIS IS ME PLUCKING FROM OUR FROM THE ALP UPDATE, WHICH I MENTIONED AT THE END OF 2019.

AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT SCHEMES, I GUESS YOU WANT TO SAY AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE AIRPORT IS GOING TO PROGRESS OVER A, OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS.

THEY SHOW A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AS FAR AS WHERE TO UP HERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE HANGING, HANGING DEVELOPMENT THERE. YOU'LL SEE IN ANOTHER ONE IT DIFFERS SLIGHTLY THERE.

THERE IS A DENOMINATOR.

THERE'S A COMMON DENOMINATOR ON ALL THESE AREAS.

AND IT'S SOMETHING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. AS FAR AS IN THIS YEAR'S IN THIS, THIS YEAR'S UPCOMING BUDGET THERE I'M PUTTING IN I'M PUTTING IN A REQUEST FOR FUNDS SO WE CAN AT LEAST START, START SETTING THE TABLE IN OUR OWN START SETTING THE TABLE AS FAR AS THERE'S THIS TAX EVENT WHERE I'M POINTING TO, THERE'S A TAXI LANE THAT'S PROPOSED IN THIS PROPOSED THAT GETS YOU INTO THIS FIELD.

THAT'S OVER HERE. NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCENARIO THAT YOU SEE IN THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE THERE, I SEE AT LEAST THE CITY, US TRYING TO BUILD THAT TAXI LANE AND CREATE A RAMP OVER THERE.

SO THEN WE CAN INVITE FOLKS.

YES. BUILD YOUR HANGAR THERE.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S A WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE START PUTTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE THEN.

SO FOLKS WILL WANT TO BUILD THEIR HANGARS HERE.

THEY DO IT OUT OVER THERE IN WESLACO AT MID-VALLEY.

SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO AT LEAST GET THAT SET THERE.

HERE'S THE PAVEMENT. BUILD YOUR HANGAR THERE. AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL WE'LL PROGRESS.

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, ON THAT ONE THE ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THE MONITOR THERE, RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE AT THE TOP THERE. YOU SEE THAT WHOLE SERIES OF HANGARS THERE THAT'S LIKE 90 TO 100 SMALL BOX HANGARS, A T HANGARS THERE JUST FOR THAT PART.

NOW THERE'S NOTHING THERE BUT GRASS, BUT THAT'S FORESEEABLE.

LIKE I SAID, WITHIN A 20 YEAR HORIZON. YES. THAT'S ACHIEVABLE.

THE NEAT THING ABOUT AIRPORT OPERATIONS IS WE'LL INCREASE OUR BASE CUSTOMER ACCOUNT, WHICH MEANS WE'LL SELL MORE FUEL, WHICH MEANS MORE, MORE AIRCRAFT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. I MEAN, COMING TO OUR AIRPORT, VISITING THIS PLACE THERE.

IT'S JUST IT'S JUST GOOD ALL OVER AS FAR AS STARTING TO PUT SOME PAVEMENT OUT THERE TO WHEREBY FOLKS WILL BUILD THEIR HANGARS.

SO, EDDIE, I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE WESLACO AIRPORT, BUT HOW DOES OUR AIRPORT COMPARE TO WESLACO? THEY THEY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER THERE, BUT THEY HAVE MORE CORPORATE HANGERS, BOX HANGERS THERE FOR FOR BIGGER JETS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.

OUR OUR BIGGEST HANGERS, OUR BIGGEST HANGERS ARE RIGHT NOW 15,000FT²

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AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FUTURE IS DPS HANGAR THERE.

SO WE DON'T USE THE BIG HANGARS THAT WE THAT ARE ON THE AIRPORT.

WE'RE NOT PRIVILEGED TO BECAUSE THEY ALREADY BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE. NOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT WHEN THE DPS, WHEN THEY MOVE TO THEIR NEW HANGAR AND THEN WE'LL GET THE MILITARY FROM WHAT WE CALL HANGAR THREE, WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT, WHICH WAS THE VERY FIRST DPS HANGAR ON THE AIRPORT BACK IN ZERO EIGHT.

THEY'LL MOVE. THEY'LL MOVE ONE OVER TO HANGAR FOUR.

SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO IN HANGAR THREE, THAT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR WILL WE'LL BE ABLE TO START OFFERING TO THE ITINERANT CUSTOMERS, EVEN BASE CUSTOMERS. LOOK, WE'VE GOT A HANGAR FOR YOU. IT'LL BE COMMUNITY HANGAR, BUT WE'LL START SATISFYING THIS WAITING LIST.

THAT'S BEEN HAUNTING US AND OTHER AIRPORTS THERE FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO WE HAVE THE MEANS AS FAR AS INCREASING THAT SERVICE THERE.

BUT WESLACO, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BUILD HANGARS.

I SAY A LOT THERE. PARDON ME, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER THERE, BUT THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL HANGARS OVER THERE FOR BIGGER BIZ JETS THERE.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS HERE.

GOSH MAN THAT'S COMING.

THERE'S A NEED. THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THAT, FOR HAVING ALL THESE, THOSE FACILITIES OR AT LEAST A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BUILD THOSE TYPES OF HANGARS THERE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ASKING.

THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT OF THAT RUNWAY, COMPARED TO THE OUTLINE OF AIRPORT PROPERTY THERE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU SEE THERE. SO THERE IS PLENTY OF PROPERTY SURROUNDING THAT RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT THERE THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED, PREFERABLY AERONAUTICAL AERONAUTICAL BUSINESSES THERE SO THEY CAN MAKE USE OF THE AIRPORT, MAKE USE OF OUR RUNWAY THERE.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER THERE.

BUT THERE'S A THERE'S PLENTY OF REAL ESTATE AROUND THE AIRFIELD THERE THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY FOR DEVELOPMENT. ANY.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I KNOW YOU SELL JET FUEL.

DO YOU SELL VEHICLE FUEL THERE ALSO? NO, SIR. NO. JET? YEAH.

JUST JET-A AND AVGAS, 100.

LOW LEAD THERE IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE WILL BE THERE'LL BE AUTOMOBILE GAS.

THAT AIRCRAFT USER EVENTUALLY WILL GET THERE.

WE'D HAVE TO GET MORE STORAGE OR WHATEVER, BUT NO, WE DON'T. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ASKING, SIR.

THANK YOU FOLKS VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BLEED ALL OVER YOU.

GOSH, I REALLY INVITE YOU.

REALLY? REALLY. PLEASE COME ON OUT TO THE AIRPORT THERE. THE GRASS IS MOWED THERE, AND THE FOLKS ARE FRIENDLY THERE. TAKE A TOUR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT THERE.

YOU KNOW, TAKE A A UNOFFICIAL JUNKET OUT THERE.

WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, WE GOT SNACKS, COFFEE, WATER.

AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT YOUR AIRPORT'S ALL ABOUT THERE. FROM THE FROM THE INSIDE OUT THERE. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT THERE.

THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE THERE. AND IT AIN'T BECAUSE OF ME.

IT'S BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY ELSE WHO I WORK WITH.

AND THAT'S NOT FALSE HUMILITY. I REALLY MEAN IT.

CITY MANAGEMENT YOURSELVES, AS FAR AS SUPPORTERS AND THE COUNCIL.

AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. SO THAT IS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ON THE BOND PROJECTS FOR 2024.

NEXT IS ITEM C, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF 800,000 TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM.

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE MOVE FIVE CE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME REAL ESTATE VALUES, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. OKAY. CAN WE GET A MOTION THEN TO MOVE THAT ITEM INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION APPROVED OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO MAY I GET A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION PASSES. WE ARE NOW.

IT'S A 542 AND WE'RE ENTERING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR.

MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER JASON DELEON.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE.

SITTING IN HIS ADVISORS, CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY OMAR OCHOA. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURGH CITY HALL, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL.

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BY MY WATCH. 6:00 I WANT TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT, WE'RE GOING TO START OFF THIS EVENING, AS WE DO EVERY EVERY MEETING WITH A PRAYER.

WE HAVE PASTOR ORLAND ROSALES FROM A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT IS HERE TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. IF YOU COULD STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE RISE FOR A START OF THE PRAYER.

LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY.

DEAR, LOVING AND GRACIOUS FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO BE IN THIS PLACE IN THIS MEETING TODAY. AND, LORD, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO BE IN THIS PLACE.

MAY YOU, LORD, SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO TO BE IN THE HEARTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT IN THIS PLACE. MAY, MAY YOU, LORD, GUIDE THE CONVERSATIONS.

MAY YOU GIVE EVERYONE WISDOM HERE SO AS THEY THINK, AS THEY DISCUSS, AS THEY TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT MATTERS.

MAY EVERYTHING BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF EDINBURGH.

SO, LORD, AS WE ASK FOR THIS, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU MAY BLESS EACH ONE OF US HERE, AND THAT YOU MAY BLESS AND PROSPER EACH OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

WE PRAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.

YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON MAY 3RD, 2024 AT 5:20 P.M..

SIR. VERY WELL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, 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 CONFLICT, THE MEMBER CAN'T PARTICIPATE OR VOTE ON THE ITEM. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO SKIP CITY MANAGER. SORRY TO ITEM FIVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING SENATOR JUAN HINOJOSA HERE WITH US THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE A FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER AND FORMER A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT'S A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING BY OUR SENATOR.

SO, SENATOR, THE FLOOR IS YOURS IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A A RECOGNITION YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ONE OF THE JOYS OF BEING A STATE SENATOR IS RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING CITIZENS WHO HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO NOT ONLY OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR STATE. AND THIS GENTLEMAN THAT WE'RE HONORING TONIGHT WITH MY PROCLAMATION, LIONEL ARON PENA SENIOR.

AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

IT'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN ME.

NOT THAT MUCH RIGHT BEHIND HIM.

BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, HE IS RECOGNIZED AS SOMEONE THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH. LET ME POINT OUT, HE IS HONORED AND ADMIRED IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. WHEN I GO TO THE COURTHOUSE, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED TO SEE HIM RUN AROUND WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF FILES GOING FROM COURT TO COURT TO COURT.

SO FOR US YOUNGER ATTORNEYS, EVERYTHING IS RELEVANT IN TERMS OF YOUNGER.

IT'S REALLY IN GENERAL SUCH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS HIS ENERGY, SOMEONE THAT MAKES TIME TO TALK TO US, MENTOR US AND TEACH US ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COURTS AND DIFFERENT JUDGES HOW THEY ARE.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT HE AT ONE TIME WAS MAYOR PRO TEM OF THIS GREAT CITY OF EDINBURGH. HE WAS ALSO ON THE CITY COMMISSION.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT HE WAS ALSO CITY ATTORNEY.

HE WAS CITY ATTORNEY FOR EDINBURGH.

HE ALSO SERVED AS ATTORNEY FOR THE HOSPITAL HERE IN EDINBURGH.

SO HERE'S A MAN THAT'S VERY UNIQUE, VERY SPECIAL TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND MANY TIMES WE SEE HIM AROUND AND HEY, HE'S JUST ONE OF US AND HE IS, BUT HE'S GONE BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AND GIVING OF HIS LIFE AND GIVING OF HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS FAMILY TO MAKE THIS CITY A BETTER CITY FOR OUR FAMILIES.

SO FOR ME I WILL NOT READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND MAYBE I'LL LET THE SECRETARY READ IT.

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SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MR..

JANELLE. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS THE FIRST NAME, SO I ASKED HIM YOUR NAME. I NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME.

COME UP HERE, MR. PENA.

THANK YOU. SANDRA. THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

NOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY KNOWS AARON.

AARON. SO IT'S REALLY AMAZING WHAT YOU LEARN MORE AND MORE WHEN YOU DIG INTO A PERSON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS SENATE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND I'M GOING TO READ PART OF IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY PROCLAMATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT I PRESENT PERSONALLY, BUT THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

THE STATE OF TEXAS HEREBY COMMENDS AARON PENA SENIOR, ON HIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDINBURGH AND TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND EXTEND TO HIM BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS PROCLAMATION BE PREPARED FOR HIM AS AN EXPRESSION OF HIGH REGARD FOR THE TEXAS SENATE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR PEOPLE LIKE AARON PENA, JUNIOR LIENS ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS SENATE.

THANK YOU. JERRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. MAY I ASK YOUR PERMISSION TO CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THE PROCLAMATION READ? YES. I WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION NUMBER 97.

WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR MR. LIONEL PENA, BUT THAT CAN BE FOUND IN OUR AGENDA PACKET.

WHEREAS THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE LIONEL AARON PENA SENIOR, ON HIS DISTINGUISHED LEGAL CAREER AND HIS OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP IN EDINBURG.

AND WHEREAS MR. PENA IS AN ESTEEMED ATTORNEY AND LEGAL EXPERT WHO HAS MADE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS PROFESSION AND TO HIS COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER.

FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO PURSUING JUSTICE AND TO SERVING OTHERS, AND HE HAS LABORED TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF HIS COMMUNITY. HOURS AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW, HE BEGAN HIS LEGAL CAREER AT A LAW FIRM IN EDINBURG, AND SOON AFTER HE BECAME A PARTNER IN A PRIVATE PRACTICE HE HELPED TO LAUNCH.

HE SERVED AS AN ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND HAS PRACTICED LAW ACROSS THE NATION.

AND WHEREAS A CHAMPION FOR INCLUSION IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, LEONEL UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF PARTICIPATORY, PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AS A DETERRENT TO SEGREGATION. HE SERVED SIX YEARS AS MAYOR PRO TEMPORE OF EDINBURG, AND HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND FOR MANY YEARS HE PROVIDED LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR EDINBURG HOSPITAL.

THE EDINBURG CONSOLIDATED CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE CITY OF EDINBURGH WAS NOTED FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM.

LIONEL HAS CONTRIBUTED HIS TIME TO NUMEROUS NONPROFITS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.

HE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE EDINBURGH LIONS CLUB AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI DIOCESE COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN.

AND HE HAS BEEN A BOARD MEMBER OF THE SOUTH TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES. AND WHEREAS A MAN OF WISDOM, COURAGE AND INTEGRITY, LIONEL IS AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER AND VISIONARY, AND HE IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS FRIENDS, AND TO THE MEMBERS OF HIS EDINBURGH COMMUNITY.

HIS EXAMPLE WILL ENCOURAGE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG LEADERS IN THE LONE STAR STATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PENA. AS BEFORE YOU SPEAK, WE WILL PRESENT YOU ALSO, AS THE CITY SECRETARY ALLUDED TO, A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY AS WELL THAT I'VE JUST SIGNED THIS EVENING NOT TO STEP ON THE SENATOR'S SHOES HERE, BUT IT'S. I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE YOU AND ISSUE A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY TO ADD TO THE SENATE PROCLAMATION.

AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HEAR IT READ.

BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT YOUR PROCLAMATION, THE SENATOR'S RIGHT.

THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS.

ALL I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET MR. PENA, HE SAID, I USED TO BE A CITY COMMISSIONER.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.

SO. AND THAT WAS 24 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO EDINBURGH.

SO HE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I THINK HE ALSO HEADED UP THE JAYCEES HERE IN

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AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS, THAT'S IN OUR PROCLAMATION, IS THAT HE ALSO WORKED WITH A BISHOP IN THE TRANSFER OF LAND WHERE THE SHRINE SITS RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. SO HE HAD A HAND ON THAT AS WELL.

SO MR. PENA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE HERE TO OUR CITY,

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SO AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU SENATOR. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

LET'S TAKE A BIG PICTURE.

WE CAN'T LET YOU LEAVE WITHOUT THAT.

ONE MOMENT. IN PRIDE OR LET'S GO.

ALL THE WAY. AROUND.

TO THE. OTHER BLOCK. MAKE YOU FEEL.

BETTER. OKAY. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AT. THIS TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT? OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B OF OUR PROCLAMATION.

SO WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION HERE FOR THIS EVENING.

ITEM B IS PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE AGE FRIENDLY RIO GRANDE VALLEY INITIATIVE AS REQUESTED BY DOCTOR SUDARSHAN, PROFESSOR, UTRGV SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.

WHEREAS THE AGE FRIENDLY CITY A.F.C.

INITIATIVE IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGING, ENGAGING MOVEMENT OF CITIES AND COMMUNITIES FOCUSED ON BUILDING AND SHAPING A PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS FRIENDLINESS AND LIVABILITY WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE AGING AND ENRICHING LIVES. WHEREAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY COMMUNITIES ARE STILL YOUNG, BUT THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION INCREASES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND ALIGNS WITH GLOBAL PROJECTIONS, WHICH ANTICIPATE THE POPULATION AGE 60 AND ABOVE WILL REACH NEARLY 2 BILLION BY 2050. AND WHEREAS THE AGE FRIENDLY RIO GRANDE VALLEY INITIATIVE LED BY DOCTOR SUDARSHAN PASUPULETI, PROFESSOR OF UTRGV SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, AND HIS TEAM WITH A SEED GRANT AND IN COLLABORATION WITH RGV AREA AGENCY ON AGING, CONSISTENT WITH WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND AARP'S AGE FRIENDLY CITY FRAMEWORK, ENCOURAGES CITIES AND COUNTIES TO PROMOTE AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND WHEREAS ACTIVE AGING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS WHEREBY AN AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IS NOT ELDERLY FRIENDLY, BUT ALSO INTENDED TO BE FRIENDLY FOR ALL AGES, WHILE FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTS THAT HONOR, SUPPORT, AND INTEGRATE OLDER ADULTS INTO ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL LIFE THROUGH ALL INCLUSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICIES, WORKPLACES, HEALTHCARE, AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS, THE AGE FRIENDLY CITY COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK ENDEAVORS TO RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES.

THESE COMMUNITIES PROMOTE ACTIVE AGING BY MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH ACTIVITY AND SECURITY WITHIN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENTS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF ALL RESIDENTS ARE SERVED AND AS AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, THEY WILL TAKE THE LEAD IN OPTIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH IS AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY COMMITTED TO PROMOTING, CREATING AND SUSTAINING COMMUNITIES FOR ALL AGES AND SUPPORT THE AGE FRIENDLY RIO GRANDE VALLEY INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU. I FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY WHO HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS EFFORT THAT IS INITIATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO MOBILIZE MOBILIZED CITIES AND COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF AGE FRIENDLY CITY AND COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK

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SO THIS INITIATIVE IS SUPPORTED BY INITIALLY BY OUR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WITH A SEED GRANT. AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE VALLEY.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES.

SO AND THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT TO PROMOTE AGE FRIENDLY CITY HERE, NOT ONLY IN EDINBURGH BUT ALSO IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL.

THIS IS A VALLEY WIDE INITIATIVE AND I'M GETTING A GREAT RESPONSE.

AND INCLUDING CITY OF EDINBURGH FROM HERE, THE NEXT DOOR TO OUR UNIVERSITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY FOR EXTENDING ITS SUPPORT.

IT IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

IT'S NOT A ONE INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, SO ALL NEED TO GET INVOLVED AND THEN SUPPORT IT SO THAT OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS CITY, HAPPILY AND VERY HAPPILY AND WITH ENJOYMENT.

I WANT TO THANK ONCE AGAIN ALL OF YOU AND AND APPRECIATE FOR YOU RECOGNIZING THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AND, MAYOR, IF I COULD ON ON THAT NOTE FOR AGE FRIENDLY AND WE DO HAVE SENIOR PROGRAMS AT L TOOL FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT GONE BY.

IT'S A BIG HIT. A LOT OF THINGS THAT SENIORS CAN DO THERE.

ACTIVITIES, EXERCISES.

CHECK IT OUT. CALL THE PARKS AND REC.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 5TH THROUGH 11, 2024 AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK.

WHEREAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAS DECLARED THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH THROUGH 11, 2024 AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK IN TEXAS, AND WHEREAS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, CATASTROPHIC HURRICANES HAVE HAD A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON TEXAS AND OUR NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORING STATES, WHEREAS HURRICANES POSE SERIOUS THREATS TO TEXANS PRODUCING HEAVY WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAINS, AND INLAND FLOODING AND TORNADOES. AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT ALL TEXANS BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS THEY PRESENT, PARTICULARLY TO COASTAL REGIONS? AND WHEREAS HURRICANES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN JUNE 1ST AND NOVEMBER 30TH, AND WHEREAS, WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND PLAN AND PREPARE TO LESSEN THE LOSS OF LIFE AND MINIMIZE PROPERTY DAMAGE.

AND WHEREAS BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES SHOULD DEVELOP EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES, WHEREAS THE GOVERNOR'S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAVE JOINED TOGETHER, URGING ALL CITIZENS TO PREPARE FOR HURRICANES AND TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY STRATEGIES AND WORDS.

THE LEADERS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE AREA PREPARE AND EDUCATE THEMSELVES OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH THROUGH 11, 2024, AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO BE BETTER PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF A HURRICANE. EDINBURG FIRE CHIEF.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS JUST TO BRING AWARENESS TO HURRICANE SEASON, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER STARTING JUNE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ANTICIPATING A PRETTY BUSY HURRICANE SEASON THIS YEAR, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARED. THEY'RE ANTICIPATING 25 NAMED STORMS, 11 HURRICANES, FIVE HURRICANES BEING ABOVE A CATEGORY THREE, AND BETWEEN 5 TO 6 HURRICANES MAKING LANDFALL ANYWHERE AMONG THE MAINLAND UNITED STATES.

SO JUST LET THE COMMUNITY WHERE TO BE AWARE OF START PREPARING FOR HURRICANES, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR EMERGENCY KITS READY.

WATER GENERATORS, BATTERIES, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALS, FIRST AID KITS, FOODS AND KEEP AWARE OF THE WEATHER SITUATION.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY? WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. ALSO ADDRESSING THE HURRICANE SEASON THAT'S COMING UP WITH THE MAYOR AND SOME OTHER CITY OFFICIALS.

SO AGAIN, JUST TO BE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER AND IF THE CITIZENS HAVE ANY CONCERNS OF ANYTHING THAT'S IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE CITY AND SO WE CAN ADDRESS THEM. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU OMAR.

SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO FILL UP THE RESERVOIRS THIS YEAR? HOPEFULLY, LIKE JUST THE ONE WITH RAIN, RIGHT? NO WIND, NO, NO DESTRUCTION. BUT WE COULD USE THE RAIN FOR SURE. A LITTLE RAIN EVENT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OUR STAGE TWO NOW.

THANK YOU. CHIEF. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM D, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 6TH THROUGH 10TH AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK.

WHEREAS MORE THAN 100,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR RELATED PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING, RETAINING AND EXPANDING TOP TIER OPPORTUNITIES TO FACILITATE LONG TERM, EQUITABLE COMMUNITY GROWTH.

AND WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSION CULTIVATES THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS, CHAMPIONS SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, BOOSTS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND BUILDS ROBUST TAX BASES.

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AND WHEREAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS SERVE AS STEWARDS, BRINGING BRIDGING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS RESIDENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES, AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS TO COLLABORATE IN PROMOTING JOB CREATION, COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADVANCEMENTS, AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE. AND WHEREAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT AND PROGRESS OF EDINBURGH WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, AND WHEREAS SINCE 1926 THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN A LEADER AND DRIVING FORCE IN ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN COMMUNITIES OF ALL SIZES WORLDWIDE THROUGH EQUITY, INCLUSION, SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 6TH THROUGH TEN, 2024, AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WHICH SUPPORTS EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES, BETTERING LIVES, AND MOVING SOCIETY FORWARD. MAYOR COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION. I THINK SINCE 1990, EDINBURG HAS HAD AN EDC AND HAS CREATED THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS WEEK WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE THE BOARDS, THE CURRENT BOARD, THE PAST BOARDS, AND EVERYONE WHO'S HAD A HAND IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

I THINK WE ALL SEE EVERY DAY HOW MUCH EDINBURG IS GROWING.

WE HAD A REALLY NICE MEETING TODAY AND WE HAD PEOPLE, REALTORS AND OTHERS, INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS HERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO GROW EDINBURG IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND WITH THE INPUT FROM THE 2040 COMMITTEES AND OTHERS, I THINK WE ARE SEEING EDINBURG ON THE CUSP OF BECOMING AN EVEN GREATER AND MORE ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT CITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE OUR OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, MR.. RAUL RESENDEZ, SABRINA WALKER HERNANDEZ, RICHARD GONZALEZ. IS RONNIE HERE? I KNOW WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE HERE. I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE HERE. AND OF COURSE, OF COURSE, THE MAN WHO.

THE MAN WHO WEARS TWO HATS, DAN DIAZ.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE STAFF HERE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

JACKIE, SAMANTHA, LETTY AND RANDALL, OF COURSE, WHO WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THIS WEEK.

AND LET'S KEEP EDINBURG GROWING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM E PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 6TH THROUGH 12, 2024 AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. REPRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NURSES WEEK.

DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE? IT WAS.

I'M SURE DAN COULD. YEAH, IT WAS FOR AS YOU KNOW, NURSES WORK 12 HOUR SHIFTS.

SO WHEN SOME SAY THEY'LL BE HERE, THEY DON'T GET OFF TILL 7 P.M..

SO WE DID IT ON BEHALF OF THE UTRGV BSN PROGRAM.

AND LUCKY TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHEREAS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK IS CELEBRATED EACH YEAR BETWEEN MAY 6TH, NATIONAL NURSES DAY, MAY 12TH, THE BIRTHDAY OF CELEBRATED NURSE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK HONORS THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF NURSES AND SERVES AS A REMINDER TO THANK THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO KEEP INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES HEALTHY.

AND WHEREAS NURSES ARE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN GO FROM ASSISTING WITH LIFE THREATENING AIR CRISIS TO DELIVERING BABIES AND CARING FOR THE ELDERLY IN THEIR LAST MOMENTS, NURSES PERFORM SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND HEARTBREAKING TASKS IN THE MEDICAL WORLD. THEY PERFORM THE MOST ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE TASKS AND SERVE AS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR MOST PATIENTS. AND WHEREAS NURSING IS A DISCIPLINE INVOLVED IN DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE TO SOCIETY, THE WORD NURSE ORIGINATED FROM THE LATIN WORD NUTRIX TO NOURISH. NURSING IS A HELPING PROFESSION.

IT IS SERVICE ORIENTED TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE, AND IT IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE.

AND WHEREAS THE ROLES OF A PROFESSIONAL NURSE ARE CAREGIVER CARE PROVIDER, WHERE THE NURSE PROVIDES DIRECT CARE AND PROMOTES COMFORT TO CLIENT, TEACHER PROVIDES INFORMATION AND HELPS A CLIENT TO LEARN TO ACQUIRE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS.

COUNSELOR HELPS CLIENT TO RECOGNIZE AND COPE WITH STRESSFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL OR SOCIAL PROBLEM. CHANGE AGENT INITIATES CHANGES OR ASSIST CLIENTS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS IN THEMSELVES OR IN THE SYSTEM OF CARE.

CLIENT ADVOCATE PROMOTES WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CLIENT, ENSURING THAT THE CLIENT'S NEEDS ARE MET AND PROTECTING THE CLIENT'S RIGHT.

MANAGER MAKES DECISIONS, COORDINATES ACTIVITIES OF OTHERS.

ALLOCATES RESOURCES, EVALUATES CARE AND PERSONNEL PLANS.

GIVES DIRECTION. DEVELOPS STAFF, MONITORS OPERATION.

RESEARCHER PARTICIPATES IN IDENTIFYING SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND WHEREAS.

NURSING PROFESSIONALS INCLUDE CLINICAL SPECIALISTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSE

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UTILIZATION OF OUR ENTIRE NURSING RESOURCES.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE AN INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT IN THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS.

MORE QUALIFIED NURSES WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE TO MEET THE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE CONSUMERS.

AND WHEREAS, DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, IT IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER TO CELEBRATE NURSES ACROSS ALL FIELDS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING CARE AND DEDICATION FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 6 TO 12, 2024, AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO A NURSE FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEDICATION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE UTRGV SCHOOL OF NURSING, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

WE ALL TALK ABOUT HOW OUR HEALTH IS REALLY OUR WEALTH, RIGHT? AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT NURSES ARE UNTIL WE ARE IN A HOSPITAL WITH A LOVED ONE, OR OURSELVES IN A HOSPITAL AND HAVE AND NEED A NURSE TO HELP US.

THE NURSES ARE THE ONES WHO CARE FOR US, NURTURE US AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF US, WATCH OUR VITAL SIGNS AND DO SO MUCH.

AND THERE'S SO MANY LEVELS OF NURSING NOW.

I THINK WE SAW DURING THE COVID TIME THAT NURSING WAS A CRITICAL PROFESSION, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT PROFESSION BECAUSE AS WE AGE, AND AS YOU SAW, WE'RE DOING AGE FRIENDLY CITIES AND AGE FRIENDLY, BUT OUR HEALTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT.

SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL NURSES AND ON BEHALF OF UTRGV, AND I'LL BE SURE TO TAKE THIS BACK TO THEM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WITH THAT SAID, THIS YEAR, THIS IS A SPECIAL ONE FOR ME.

MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM THE BSN PROGRAM AT UTRGV LAST YEAR.

SHE'S BEEN A YEAR, JUST UNDER A YEAR AT THE RN AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO, AND SHE JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE DOCTORATE OF NURSING PROGRAM AT UTSA.

SO THIS KIND OF HIT A LITTLE BIT MORE HOME THIS YEAR THAN THAN GENERAL.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF WE'RE PROUD OF OUR, OUR VALLEY STUDENTS AND WHERE THEY'RE HEADED.

AND WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE MORE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'RE A GROWING POPULATION.

SO WE NEED MORE NURSES, MORE DOCTORS TO MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF EVERYTHING RIGHT IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD. SO BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. CONGRATULATIONS.

I WAS A PROUD DAD AND WASN'T A COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE I BELIEVE, A RECIPIENT EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

PRESENT EMPLOYEE PRESENT.

THE RECIPIENT FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2024.

HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CINDY GUTIERREZ, YOUR RISK MANAGER FOR THE HR DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024.

MR. JOEL GOUVEIA IS OUR CLERK AT THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY SINCE JULY OF 2019, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HIS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MARIBEL VELAZQUEZ, MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR.

WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.

JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT MR. JOEL GOVEA. ALWAYS A POSITIVE PERSON AND A MEDIATOR THERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

JOEL GOVEA BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COURT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AS A MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK.

HE CONTINUES HIS GROWTH HERE AT THE COURT AND HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT WORK ETHICS.

HE IS NOW WORKING ON EARNING HIS LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION.

HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED HIS LEVEL ONE COURT CLERK CERTIFICATION.

HE HAS EARNED THE TITLE WITH WITH HIS DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND ENTHUSIASM.

WE APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS AND BEING A GREAT TEAM PLAYER.

FROM PREPARING ALL NECESSARY REGISTRATION PAPERWORK TO ENSURING THAT EACH PERSON IS SEEN BY THE JUDGE WORKING THE OUTREACH DOCKET AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS.

JOEL, I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, AND HARD WORK.

YOUR EFFORTS ARE NOTICED AND APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NOW FOR THE BEST PART.

YOU GET TO BE PUT ON THE SPOT HERE TO SAY ANYTHING YOU LIKE.

YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED. BUT JUST ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED HONOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR, GUYS.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

I HONESTLY DIDN'T EXPECT IT.

AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT MY TEAM.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. EVERYBODY WORKS HARD.

THEY HELP EVERYBODY. IT'S JUST A TEAM EFFORT.

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AND AGAIN, I DID NOT I REALLY, REALLY IT STILL HASN'T HIT ME THAT I EARNED THIS. BUT AGAIN, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I DO ENJOY MY JOB AND I ENJOY WORKING WITH EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY HERE.

THAT'S HERE. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL BRING YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR, RIGHT? WHEN YOU WORK FOR THE CITY AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE TO SUPPORT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TO THE DEPARTMENT.

MARIBEL IS RIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUBMITTED THROUGHOUT ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC, YOU KNOW.

AND SO IT'S CERTAINLY AN HONOR.

AND YOU KNOW THANK YOU AGAIN SIR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. AND USUALLY THOSE WHO LEAST EXPECT IT ARE MOST DESERVING.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING.

IT HAS USUALLY BEEN. WORKING.

SO WELL.

OKAY. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS RECOGNITIONS WE HAVE TODAY.

SO OUR CITY MANAGER, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO YOUR ITEM ITEM FOR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOW PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A HURRICANE.

I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, AS REQUIRED BY SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES.

THE PLAN IS THE CITY'S STRATEGY, OR COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES TO ENSURE WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND TO MONITOR OR RESPOND TO WATER SHORTAGES AND OR DROUGHTS.

THE PLAN HAS FIVE STAGES AND THREE TRIGGERS TO EACH STAGE, WHICH ARE SUPPLY, DEMAND AND EMERGENCY.

LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE WERE FIVE STAGES WHEN THE CITY OBSERVED THE COMBINED WATER LEVELS BEING BELOW 23% AT THE AMISTAD AND FALCON DAM RESERVOIRS.

IT PROMPTED THE CITY TO INITIATE A STAGE TWO OF THE CITY'S PLAN.

THE PLAN'S RESTRICTIONS, WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE WATER SUPPLY, APPLY TO ALL CITY OF EDINBURG CUSTOMERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

THE STAGE TWO DOES ALLOW RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS TO USE WATER FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS AND TIMES.

SO THESE ARE THE DAYS AND TIMES THAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE, SO THAT THEY KNOW WHEN THEY CAN IRRIGATE OR WATER THEIR LAWNS.

NOW THIS IS MAINLY NON-ESSENTIAL WATER RESTRICTIONS.

SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR DAY TO DAY ROUTINE WITHIN YOUR HOME. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD STILL UTILIZE WATER.

WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY IS FOR ODD NUMBERED ADDRESSES.

THURSDAY AND SUNDAY FOR EVEN NUMBERED ADDRESSES.

AND THESE ARE FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10 A.M.

AND FROM 6 P.M. TO 11:59 P.M..

I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, THOUGH, THAT HANDHELD WASHING OF VEHICLES AND OTHER MOBILE EQUIPMENT IS STILL ALLOWED ON THESE SAME DESIGNATED DAYS, BUT ONLY FROM 6 P.M. TO 11:59 9 P.M..

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY RAIN WITHIN OUR AREA.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, WE'RE KIND OF HOPING FOR A HURRICANE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT.

SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL TO CONSERVE WATER ON A DAILY BASIS.

THE CITY'S UTILITY DEPARTMENT HAS REACHED OUT TO THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS ALREADY TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE STAGE TWO SO THAT WE CAN MODIFY AND APPLY SEVERAL CHANGES TO HOW WE HANDLE OUR WATER CONSUMPTION AND USAGE, AS WELL AS OTHER WATER PROVIDERS.

HAVE ALSO INITIATED THEIR OWN WATER RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THEIR OWN CITIES OR SERVICE AREAS. SUCH AS MCALLEN, PHARR, BROWNSVILLE,

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SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST A MUNICIPALITY.

IT COULD BE WATER PURVEYORS OR WATER PROVIDERS THAT INITIATE THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR OWN WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

PLEASE BE ADVISED, THOUGH, THAT DUE TO THE DECREASE OF WATER LEVELS IN THE RESERVOIRS, AS MENTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, OF WHICH WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR MONITOR DAILY, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TRIGGER ANOTHER STAGE.

STAGE THREE OF THE CITY'S PLAN.

IF AND WHEN STAGE THREE IS TRIGGERED, OTHER RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY TO THE NON-ESSENTIAL WATER USAGE, SUCH AS MODIFYING THE DATES AND THE TIMES.

THOSE THOSE MAY CHANGE IF WE WERE TO SEE THE WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN THE AMISTAD AND FALCON DAM RESERVOIRS.

LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE YOU KNOW, THESE THIS IS FOR THE NON-ESSENTIAL USE OF, OF WATER. AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO GIVE US A CALL. THEY CAN CALL 311, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN CONTACT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AT 956388 8212.

OR THEY CAN ALSO VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

YOU KNOW,. FOR MORE INFORMATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE WELCOME ANY COMMENTS.

WE WELCOME ANY INPUT. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AT THESE RESERVOIRS, WHICH ARE THE TRIGGER POINTS FOR OUR FOR OUR CITY'S PLAN.

COUNCIL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. MYRA. YES, SIR. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO.

OR WHAT ARE WE DOING WITHIN OURSELVES TO REPORT BACK? SAY WATER RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, USUALLY FROM A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

IT'S USUALLY FROM SOMEBODY'S SPRINKLER SYSTEM. NOT MAINTAINED. IT'S USUALLY SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE AT NIGHT. OR LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BACK TO WORK IN THE MORNING, YOU'LL SEE THE WATER IN THE STREETS. OBVIOUSLY, IT OCCURRED AFTER HOURS WHEN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AREN'T THERE. OUR WATER DEPARTMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY THERE. WE MADE ANY RAISES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS OUT 24 HOURS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REPORTING BACK SO WE CAN DO A FOLLOW UP OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT POINT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD POINT. USUALLY WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANYTHING THAT THEY SEE THROUGH OUR 311, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY DISCUSS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.

AFTER HOURS WE DO HAVE ON CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT SHIFTS, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN, WHICH WE CAN ALSO CONTACT, MAINLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

IT HAS AND A LOT OF TIMES IF WE PUT TRY TO PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY BACK ON THE NEIGHBORS, WE DON'T WANT TO BE NEIGHBORS. AND THEY'VE GOT TO LIVE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. SO THEY NECESSARILY DON'T WANT TO BE UNLESS THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, LIFE OR LIMB TYPE OF VIOLATION.

SO, YEAH, I JUST MAKE SURE THAT SOME WAY WE'RE FINDING OUT BACK SO WE CAN DO A FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST PEOPLE JUST HAVE NO CLUE THAT THEIR SPRINKLER HEAD GOT BROKEN AND IT'S SHOOTING UP IN THE AIR UNTIL THEY GET THEIR NEXT WATER BILL AND THEY SAY, OH, THIS IS OUT OF WHACK.

SO YEAH. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT DOES MONITOR THE VARIOUS WATER BILLINGS AND THE USAGE AND THE CONSUMPTION. IF THEY SEE A WEIRD ANOMALY IN THE IN THE THE TREND OF THE WATER USAGE FOR ANY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OR RESIDENT.

THEY WILL CONTACT HIM.

THEY WILL DO A COURTESY CONTACT, AND THEN THEY'LL LET HIM KNOW MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR AT THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION, AND AND YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S A SPRINKLER HEAD THAT'S BROKEN THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW.

YEAH. I'M NOT ONLY SPEAKING TO THAT.

NOT THAT I'M A GENIUS. THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED. MY WATER BILL WILL BE UP $35 MORE THAN IT WAS LAST WEEK AND SAID, OKAY, I'VE GOT A HEAD.

I GOT A HEAD BROKEN OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, YEAH, JUST JUST BE MINDFUL.

I WE KNOW WE ASK THAT. EVERYBODY BE MINDFUL AND OBSERVANT OF, YOU KNOW, ANY WATER WATER USAGE OR THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND YEAH, A COUPLE COMMENTS.

I DID GET A FEW PHONE CALLS ON THE WATER RESTRICTION.

BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, COULD YOU EDUCATE THE PUBLIC? WE DIDN'T WAKE UP ONE DAY AND DECIDE TO START RESTRICTING RESIDENTS WATER RIGHTS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHERE THAT COMES FROM? WHERE DO WE GET OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO BASICALLY YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVE NOTICE ON THE VARIOUS WATER LEVELS AT THE AMISTAD AND FALCON DAM AND BASED ON THE PERCENTAGES OF THE WATER LEVELS THAT WILL TRIGGER US TO INITIATE OUR WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

SO AS WE RECEIVE THOSE NOTICES AND WE START MONITORING THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, THEN WE WILL INITIATE THE VARIOUS STAGES.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY JUST SAYS, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE JUST NOT GOOD.

WE'RE GOING TO RESTRICT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME. IRRIGATING THE LAWN OR SOMETHING? YEAH.

YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? MY ONLY POINT IS THIS APPLIES TO THE CITY AS WELL.

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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHO IT APPLIES TO.

YES, IT APPLIES TO ANY CUSTOMER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

SO WE'LL BE MONITORING, FOR EXAMPLE, ANY.

DOES THIS AFFECT OUR SPLASH PADS OR PARKS? YES IT DOES. SO OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL BE MINDFUL OF THAT OKAY.

YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR.

WE WILL BE MINDFUL OF THOSE.

ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO STATE ALSO I MEAN THIS IS AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. I THINK THE IDEA HERE IS NOT TO, YOU KNOW, BE OUT THERE CITING I THINK THIS IS JUST TO EDUCATE EVERYONE THE IMPORTANCE.

I THINK WE ALL NEED TO DO OUR PART.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE CITY. SO.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. IT'S LIKE LIKE YOU MENTIONED, JUST FOR US TO BE MINDFUL THAT THE WATER LEVELS ARE LOW.

YEAH. AND I'D LIKE TO QUOTE IS TOM REYNA HERE? I DON'T SEE HIM. IS HE ON THE OTHER SIDE? YES, SIR. I'LL QUOTE TOM REYNA.

HE SAID, IF ALL OF US WOULD JUST TURN THE WATER OFF WHEN WE'RE BRUSHING OUR TEETH, IT WOULD MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE I'M ONE THAT LEAVES THE WATER RUNNING WHILE I'M BRUSHING MY TEETH. SO LITTLE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.

YES, HE REMINDS US THAT OF THAT EVERY DAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEM SIX. YES, SIR.

MAYOR. THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS 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 RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS ERIBERTO ANAYA REGARDING LIVE STATION ON OWASA ROAD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMAN.

I'M FEELING KIND OF BAD BECAUSE ABOUT THE WATER CONSERVATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS AWARE, BUT ON MY PROPERTY, I HAVE THREE ACRES AND I FLOOD AND IRRIGATE AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO PERTAIN TO THAT OR NOT? I HOPE NOT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WITH IRRIGATION DISTRICT TWO THAT THEY HAVE THE WATER TO ALLOW US TO HAVE LAND TO BE ABLE TO IRRIGATE.

OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT IF YOU SEE A LOT OF MY PROPERTY FLOODED, IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE PAID FOR THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE MY NEIGHBORS ON OWASA ROAD, THE CITY ANNEX DOES FOR GOING ON NINE YEARS BACK IN 2015.

AND I'VE SPOKEN TO, I GUESS, THREE MAYORS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COUNCILMEN I SOMETIMES MIGHT COME ACROSS A LITTLE BIT STRONG, BUT I'VE WORKED HARD IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE WHAT I HAVE, THE LITTLE I HAVE, AND ALL I ASK IS THAT I AM WE ARE PAYING CITY TAXES, AND YET I DON'T SEE MUCH ON THE PART OF THE CITY.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY WHY WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE SERVICES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IS NINE YEARS. I VISITED WITH MYRA AND OTHER AND I HAD A MEETING WITH MR. REINA, I THINK, HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND HE'S AT, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR I HAD OFFERED TO GIVE SOME LAND AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS I WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO. I WAS ASKING FOR TOO MUCH.

AND THAT'S SO I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO I MEAN, OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS. ALL I WANT IS JUST TO HAVE THE NEEDED SERVICES FOR FROM THE CITY, THAT'S ALL. ALSO, I WANT TO COMMENT ALSO ON FA, I KNOW FA HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY ON OWASA ROAD ALL THE WAY TO DEOR.

I SEE THAT THEY, THEY HAVE CREWS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THEY MOW, THEY SHUT DOWN A LANE, THEY'LL CLEAN THE CURB.

AND ON OUR SIDE THERE'S NOTHING.

THERE'S WEEDS. THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE WHATSOEVER ON THE PART OF THE CITY.

I, I'M ASSUMING IT'S BECAUSE THEY OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE CITIZENS OF EDINBURG ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT WE DON'T SEE NONE OF THAT.

I'VE ASKED FOR STREET LIGHTING, AND IT'S FAR.

PUT SOME OR THEY GOT IT ON THE FAR SIDE.

BUT AGAIN, EDINBURG DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

WORK HARD FOR THAT AREA TO BE CLEAN AND TO LOOK NICE.

AND I JUST ASK FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME INPUT.

AND IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME.

I GOT A PHONE ON THE. ON THE PAPER.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MISTER. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU.

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MY ONLY COMMENT IS WHEN I FIRST BUILT MY HOUSE BACK IN, STARTED IN 2018, AND I ASKED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, AND I ASKED, HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE ARE WE LOOKING AT TO GET THE LIFT STATION THERE ON OUR PROPERTY? AND I WAS TOLD BACK THEN, WHICH I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WASN'T GOING TO HOLD HIM TO IT, BUT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS LIKE ABOUT FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

IT'S BEEN SINCE 2018 AND THERE'S THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING.

CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? I'M SORRY.

50 505 AKE AKE AVENUE.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK, SEE WHAT. HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE GOING TO WAIT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT SERVICE? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS FERN MCCLARITY.

AT SOME POINT, THE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING COST OF LIVING.

ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY VOTE FOR THE SAME APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WHO HAS BEEN INCREASING OUR PROPERTY VALUES FOR YEARS. TO THEM, HIGHER VALUE MEANS TAXES AND MORE TAXES MEANS MORE PROJECTS.

THEY DO NOT CARE THAT MORE TAXES MEAN MORE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES.

ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO TELL PEOPLE HOW GREAT AND WONDERFUL YOU ARE.

I THINK A BETTER IDEA IS TO TELL THE PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO LOWER THEIR TAXES, ALLOW THEM TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR MONEY.

A GREAT IDEA IS TO PLACE THE $0.01 SALES TAX GIVEN TO THE EDC ON THE BALLOT, AND RETURN IT BACK TO THE CITY.

THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE A CITY HAS IS TO HAVE FULL FINANCIAL CONTROL OF ALL RESOURCES.

CREATING UTILITY DISTRICTS OR OTHER SPECIAL CATEGORIES TO SEPARATE RESOURCES REDUCES FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY. LOOK AT WHAT THIS COUNCIL DID WHEN THEY TRIED TO UTILIZE THE EDC FUNDS TO PURCHASE A SOCCER FIELD.

OH YEAH, I KNOW THE CITY DIDN'T PURCHASE A SOCCER FIELD.

YOU DO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW YOU DID IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO TELL THE WORLD.

WELL, GETTING BACK TO THE EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS, THIS COUNCIL HIRED A CONSULTANT TO TELL US HOW MUCH TO INCREASE FEES FOR WATER SERVICES BEFORE THE SYSTEM IS EVEN DESIGNED.

WHEN THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED, THE CITY WILL SELL BONDS TO PAY FOR THE SYSTEM, AND MUCH AND MUCH DOES NOT MAKE SENSE ON DOING THIS AT THIS TIME.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS INCREASED WATER RATES AND THEREFORE INCREASED TAXES, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS IS PROVIDING BASIC SERVICES.

IF YOU WOULD STOP GIVING AWAY PUBLIC MONEY TO CREATE JOBS, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE MONEY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE.

30% OF OUR POPULATION IS LIVING IN POVERTY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING THAT YOU ARE CREATING.

ON ANOTHER SUBJECT, I ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE PRAY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL.

ALL THE INNOCENT YOUNG PEOPLE AND BABIES THAT WERE MURDERED AND ALL THE ONES THAT WERE RAPED. PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL TONIGHT AND EACH NIGHT.

AND I WANTED TO MENTION I DO HAVE THE SOURCES FOR THE EDINBURGH.

YOU HAVE 180 VOTES, 160 WENT TO RICHARD GAZA, 20 WENT TO ALBERT CARDENAS.

WE WATCH HOW Y'ALL VOTE AND WE WONDER WHY FOR OVER 30 SOMETHING YEARS YOU KEEP PUTTING THE SAME ONES. AND THEN I SAW TONIGHT THAT THE CDC HAS BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON 610 WEST CANO. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ARTHUR FLORES REGARDING WATER PAYMENTS BY PHONE. ARTHUR FLORES.

YES, SIR. THE COUNCIL HAS THE LETTER.

YES. MY NAME IS ARTURO FLORES.

I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT IN THIS, THIS TIME OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP,

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AND INSTEAD OF MAKING IT EASIER FOR US, SOMETIMES THE CITY MAKES IT HARDER.

YOU TALKED ABOUT AGE FRIENDLY CITY.

USE YOUR BRAIN COMMON SENSE.

AND USE YOUR HEART. AND BE UNDERSTANDING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING AND TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB. I USE MY PHONE TO MAKE MY MY LIFE EASIER.

AND WHEN I WANT TO PAY BY PHONE, I WANT IT TO SAVE ME TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY. INSTEAD, IT'S COSTING ME MORE MONEY TO PAY MY WATER BILL BY PHONE. OKAY. THERE'S ANOTHER.

THERE ARE OPTIONS I COULD DO.

I COULD DRIVE OUT THERE AND STAY IN LINE.

WASTE GAS. OR I COULD GET DOWN.

COME INSIDE AND PAY MY WATER BILL.

THAT WAY. THE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR THE TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR PAYING THE WATER BILL. THEY PAY YOU PAY THEM 3% PER PERSON AND ALSO $1 60 FOR THE CREDIT CARD CHARGE, WHICH IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS.

WHEN YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT, YOU PAY FOR A LARGE MEAL.

THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY DOES NOT CHARGE YOU EXTRA FOR THAT.

WHEN YOU GO AND BUY A BISCUIT OR SOMETHING, A SMALL ITEM AND YOU USE YOUR CREDIT CARD, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. THEY MIGHT CHARGE YOU FOR THAT.

BUT TO CHARGE PEOPLE FOR A WATER BILL, WHICH IS OFTEN MORE THAN 20 OR $30 COULD BE HIGHER. OKAY, MY LAST WATER BILL WAS $100, AND I'VE GOT TWO PLACES TO CHARGE EXTRA TO USE THE CREDIT CARD. FIND ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT.

YOU CAN ALSO DO IT BY MAYBE NOT FARMING IT OUT, NOT DOING IT OUTHOUSE, BUT DO IT IN THE CITY.

IMAGINE $3 PER CUSTOMER THAT YOU CHARGE.

IMAGINE IF THAT WAS ONE THIRD OF 100,000 CITIZENS.

ONE THIRD. SO $3 TIMES ONE THIRD OF $100,000 IS $100,000.

OKAY. PER MONTH. I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF JOB.

I'LL LEARN HOW TO. I'M A COMPUTER GUY. I CAN DO THAT.

I CAN HIRE 3 OR 4 PEOPLE AND SAVE THE CITY MONEY AND MAKE MYSELF A TON OF MONEY.

$100,000 A MONTH. THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT. AND THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT TO SAVE WATER, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT WATER LEAKING.

IF I HAVE A WATER LEAK IN MY HOUSE, IN THE KITCHEN OR IN THE BATHROOM, AND I SAY, OH, I BETTER CALL THE CITY, MAYBE THEY'LL COME OUT HERE IN 15, 20 OR 30 MINUTES. TURN OFF THE WATER.

I'VE GOT THE TOOL. I TURN OFF THE WATER MYSELF.

IF I DO THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A TAMPERING FEE OF $250.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT, SIR. YOU NEED TO USE YOUR BRAIN.

USE YOUR HEART. AND THAT IS NOT TAMPERING.

WHEN I ALSO PAID MY WATER BILL AFTER I PAID IT, I WANTED TO TURN IT ON. SO I TURNED IT ON MYSELF.

THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING BEFORE US TODAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS EDWARD REPEATING SEWER SERVICES TO ANNEX SUBDIVISION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EDWARD RIPSTEIN.

I'M HERE TO ECHO SOME COMMENTS MADE BY TWO GENTLEMEN HERE EARLIER IN THE EVENING.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS NINE YEARS AGO TO PROTEST THE ANNEXATION OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD THERE ON OAK AVENUE. IT DIDN'T WORK, YOU KNOW AND THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE HERE DURING THAT NIGHT AS WELL YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN ANNEXED FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS ALREADY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE SEWER SERVICE. AND I SAID, OH, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS. WELL, I'M HERE TONIGHT AS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PAYING OUR CITY TAXES AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE I HAVE TWO JOBS.

ONE OF THEM'S MY OWN BUSINESS.

I NEED ANOTHER I NEED AN OFFICE.

I CAN'T PUT ONE IN MY YARD BECAUSE THERE'S A TANK AND A LEACH FIELD, AND. AND I CAN'T MOVE BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES ARE TOO HIGH. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST ASK YOU FOR A RESOLUTION TO THIS LONG, LINGERING ISSUE. AND I REALLY HOPE I DON'T GET TO DOUBLE DIGITS HAVING TO WAIT.

WHERE WAS THIS AT AGAIN, I DIDN'T.

CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? I'M SORRY. 5324 PARK AVENUE.

AND THIS IS A ROAD ON THE WASATCH.

YEAH, IT'S JUST A LITTLE CUL DE SAC.

THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RICARDO PENA REGARDING PUBLIC UTILITIES ON OWASA ROAD.

WELL, I. GUESS I'M HERE WITH MR. ANAYA IN THIS LAST GENTLEMAN.

THE SAME THING. PROPERTY IN ODESSA IN 19.

I THINK IT'S 1951. ODESSA.

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WE PRODUCED THERE. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, 12 YEARS. 13 YEARS? I OWN TWO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF HIDALGO.

I MEAN, IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SORRY. I'VE BEEN THERE NINE YEARS.

YOU GUYS WON'T LET ME IMPROVE MY PROPERTY.

MY GUYS ARE WELDING ON DIRT FLOOR BECAUSE I CAN'T PUT A CEMENT BECAUSE THE MAYOR BEFORE YOU. MAYOR BEFORE THAT.

MAYOR SAID WE COULD NOT OR THE THEIR ADMINISTRATION SAID WE COULD NOT IMPROVE OUR PROPERTY. AND THEN THEY SAID, WHEN YOU GUYS ANNEXED US, THEY SAID, WE HAVE I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE THIS 1 OR 2 YEARS TO PROVIDE SEWER, PROVIDE THE UTILITIES THAT WE NEED.

AND SO I DECIDED I CAN'T IMPROVE MY PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S NO SEWER.

RIGHT. SO I DID COME OVER HERE AND I FILED FOR A PERMIT.

IT GOT DENIED TWICE. I NEED TO MAKE A SHED.

I NEED TO PARK MY VEHICLES UNDER SHADE.

CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY RUNNING TO THAT NEW SHED.

I HONORED THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS DID NOT ALLOW ME TO DO THAT FOR NINE YEARS.

BUT WHEN IS IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR? IT'S ONLY FAIR, RIGHT? WE DO LIVE IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY WHERE YOU PAY SOMETHING, YOU EXPECT SOMETHING IN RETURN.

YOU GO TO THE STORE AND YOU BUY GROCERIES. YOU'RE GOING TO WALK OUT WITH GROCERIES, RIGHT? COMMON SENSE. SO IF WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR NINE YEARS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY HAS NOT PUT SEWER EVEN AFTER THE YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEAR DEBACLE OF HAVING THAT ROAD REMADE.

YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN JUMP ON THAT TO PUT SEWER LINES WHILE IT WAS OPEN, AND I THOUGHT YOU DID.

I DIDN'T EVEN APPROACH THIS BECAUSE I FIGURED THEY CANNOT TEAR THIS UP WITHOUT RUNNING SEWER. AND THEN MR. ANAYA CALLED ME, TOLD ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I BASICALLY MINDED MY OWN BUSINESS.

FOR NINE YEARS. I'VE HONORED WHAT YOU GUYS SAID.

DON'T IMPROVE IT. DON'T IMPROVE IT.

AND I HAVEN'T FOR NINE YEARS.

BUT IF YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE ON IT, I'M GOING TO APPLY THIS COMING MONDAY AGAIN TO AT LEAST FOR YOU GUYS TO ALLOW ME TO PUT A SHED WITH CONCRETE ON IT SO I COULD PUT MY COMPANY VEHICLES UNDER SHADE WHEN WE'RE THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S BASICALLY IT, GUYS.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE US TONIGHT, SIR.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ERIC MOLINA REGARDING JUNIOR BOXING EVENT.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL.

ERIC. ERIC MOLINA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURG PARKS AND RECREATION.

I WANTED TO COME UP HERE THIS EVENING TO THANK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED THE JUNIOR BOXING OLYMPIC EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. THE EVENT ATTRACTED A RECORD SETTING REGISTRATION OF 478 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS, 300 COACHES AND OFFICIALS FROM ALL OVER THE REGION AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO SOUTH. IT ALSO ATTRACTED 2500 SPECTATORS THAT GOT A CHANCE TO WITNESS OVER 300 BOXING MATCHES THAT TOOK PLACE IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

THE RECORD REGISTRATION MAKES THIS YEAR'S JUNIOR BOXING OLYMPIC EVENT THE LARGEST REGIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT IN THE USA.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND MAKING THIS EVENT A HUGE SUCCESS.

HOTEL AND RESTAURANT DISCOUNTS PLAYED A HUGE PART IN THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT AS WELL.

THE BOXING COMMUNITY AND STAFF OFFICIALS WERE IN AWE WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH'S HOSPITALITY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE EVENT.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF THAT DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AS WELL, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE CREW, ECN MEDIA TEAM AND ALL THE ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED OUT WITH THE EVENT.

WE CANNOT FORGET A BIG THANK YOU TO MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR SUPPORTING THESE TYPE OF YOUTH SPORTING EVENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MOLINA. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JESSE TREVINO INVITATION TO MISS DANIEL AND FRIENDS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JESSE TREVINO WITH SUGAR BEAR ENTERTAINMENT.

I WANT TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO TOMORROW'S EVENT.

IT'S CALLED MISS DANIEL AND FRIENDS AT PROMENADE PARK.

IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

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WE'RE GOING TO BRING A LOT OF ARTISTS OUT TO THIS THIS EVENT TOMORROW, AND IT'S FREE TO EVERYBODY.

SO WE WANT TO INVITE YOU GUYS OUT THERE TOMORROW TO JOIN US.

AND IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WILL BE CELEBRATING MISS DANIEL AND FRIENDS WILL BE ALSO RECORDING A TV SHOW WITH PV, WHICH IS, ALONG WITH ROCK AND ROLL.

JAMES. SO THAT WILL BE BROADCAST AT A LATER DATE.

THAT NIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO RECORD THE SHOW AND IT'LL BE OUT VIEWED IN 30,000.

I THINK THAT'S HIS HIS FAN BASE IS ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE THAT IT GETS BROADCAST.

SO JOHN, I INVITE YOU GUYS OUT TOMORROW SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MCGILL CASTLE. INVITATION TO MOTHER'S DAY PERFORMANCE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MIKE CASTLE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL ARTS. UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR VALENTINA MOTHER'S DAY CONCERT.

THIS IS A CONCERT THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. THIS YEAR IT'S VALENTINA.

IT'S A PRODUCTION THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE DANCE CENTER OF EDINBURGH.

AND THEY HAVE THEIR DAUGHTER WHO RUNS THE BALLET NEPANTLA, WHICH IS, WHICH OPERATES IN NEW YORK.

THIS EVENT IS A $10 ADMISSION, FREE FOR MOTHERS AND FREE FOR CHILDREN UNDER TEN. IT WILL BE AT THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM FEATURING MARIACHI FROM ECONOMEDES HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE EVENT STARTS ON MAY 11TH AT 7:30 P.M..

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AT THIS TIME TO ITEM SEVEN.

WE HAVE A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS.

ITEM A PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ALONSO DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

TODAY I HAVE MR. CANTU WITH THE FIRM OF COSTCO AND ASSOCIATES TO PRESENT THE 2022, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. CANTU.

SORRY. TO HEAR IT. I PUT THE.

OKAY. NO PROBLEM. I BELIEVE SO, YES.

THERE'S NORMALLY A LITTLE STICKY PAD HERE.

OKAY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? YES. THANK YOU.

IT'S. IT'S FINE. WELL, WE HAVE THE PACKET HERE, SO. GOOD EVENING. START.

GO AHEAD. SIR. YES, SIR. SIR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMISSION.

LIKE MR. ALONZO SAID, MY NAME IS JOEL CANTU, AND I COME ON BEHALF OF COSTCOS AND ASSOCIATES TO PRESENT THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING Y'ALL'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ALONZO AND HIS STAFF FOR PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE PRESENTING TODAY OR HIM AND HIS STAFF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. ALONZO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO IT IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AS WELL AS A SUMMARY SHEET THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M PRETTY MUCH GOING TO FOCUS ON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU FIND ON THIS SUMMARY PAGE.

SO IF I COULD PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VERY TOP PARAGRAPH.

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SO WHAT THIS REPORT STATES IS THAT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

OH, THERE. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.

AND I'VE INCLUDED THE PAGE NUMBERS SO YOU CAN CROSS-REFERENCE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT. SO ON PAGE EIGHT OF THE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.

THIS YEAR, THE CITY OF EDINBURGH EARNED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR, FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, DISCRETELY COMPONENT UNITS AND ALL THE AGGREGATE REMAINING FUNDS.

AND I REALLY WANT TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON THE WORD EARNED.

EVERYTHING IS EARNED, NOT GIVEN.

SO IT WAS EARNED THROUGH ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DID THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS THE MOST FAVORABLE OPINION THAT AN ENTITY CAN RECEIVE.

NEXT, ON PAGE 149 OF THE REPORT.

HERE YOU WILL SEE THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS.

WHAT THIS REPORT STATES IS THAT DURING OUR TESTING OF INTERNAL CONTROLS, WE DID NOT FIND ANY NEW SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.

HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LIMITED SCOPE OF OUR TESTING.

THERE MAY BE SOME OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE CAN'T TEST EVERYTHING.

NOW, ON PAGE 151 OF THE REPORT, HERE YOU WILL SEE THE REPORT ON COMPLIANCE AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL.

BASICALLY, WHAT THIS REPORT STATES IS THAT DURING OUR TESTING OF INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE FOR ALL FEDERAL PROGRAMS, WE DID NOT FIND ANY NEW SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.

SAME THING, THOUGH WE CAN'T TEST EVERYTHING.

SO DUE TO THE SCOPE OF OUR TESTING, THEY MAY EXIST.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES. KEEP SAYING THE WORD NEW.

SIGNIFICANT FINDING. YES, SIR.

WE HAVE OLD ONES THAT WERE ADDRESSED OR NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

OR IS IT JUST A WORD? IT'S SO LIKE TOWARDS THE END OF THE REPORT.

OKAY. WELL, WE'RE GETTING THERE. YEAH.

OKAY. I'LL TAKE THAT. NO.

GO AHEAD. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. GO AHEAD SIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO, LIKE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE THE MOST FAVORABLE OPINIONS AND ENTITY CAN RECEIVE. SO ON ALL THREE OF THOSE, YOU DID RECEIVE FAVORABLE OUTCOMES.

NOW ON PAGE 11 OF THE REPORT HERE YOU WILL SEE THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.

THIS IS JUST MANAGEMENT'S SUMMARY OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT OCCURRED FOR THE 23 FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS COMPARATIVE INFORMATION.

SO YOU CAN COMPARE 23 AND 22 INFORMATION.

NEXT ON PAGE 21 OF THE REPORT HERE YOU WILL SEE THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION.

ALL THIS IS IS OF ALL THE ASSETS LIABILITIES, ANY LONG TERM DEBT, CAPITAL ASSETS.

ALL THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE FOUND ON THERE. SAME THING WITH THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES ON PAGE 22.

THIS IS ALL THE INCOME AND REVENUES AFTER CONVERSIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THOSE PAGES.

BUT FOR THIS PRESENTATION I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON PAGE 23 OF THE REPORT.

HERE YOU WILL SEE THE BALANCE SHEET.

HERE YOU WILL SEE ALL THE ASSETS LIABILITIES, DEFERRED INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR.

AND I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FUND. THIS YEAR, THE GENERAL FUND HAD ABOUT $37 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS.

BUT THE NUMBER THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 24,000,001.

41. THINK OF THIS AS A RAINY DAY FUND.

EMERGENCY FUND. THIS IS MONIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS, AND YOU CAN USE FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN MIND.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES OR BUILDINGS.

WE GENERALLY DON'T RECOMMEND FOR YOU TO USE IT, BUT IT IS THERE AS AN EMERGENCY.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF IT RIGHT NOW. ON PAGE 25 OF THE REPORT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE INCOME STATEMENT.

HERE YOU WILL SEE ALL THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. SAME THING. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS YEAR, YOU HAD 72 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUES AND 78 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND. NOW, IF WE WERE TO GET THAT $78 MILLION AND DIVIDE IT BY 365 DAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A NUMBER.

THAT NUMBER IS 216,302.

SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT ON AVERAGE IT COSTS THE CITY OF EDINBURGH 216,000 OPEN DOORS. SO NOW IF WE GET THAT NUMBER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 24 MILLION AND DIVIDED BY THAT 216, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DAYS OF OPERATION.

YOU ALL HAVE 112 DAYS OF OPERATION.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS, FOR SOME ODD REASON, YOU ALL WERE TO STOP RECEIVING REVENUE.

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IF, ASSUMING THAT THERE'S NO REVENUES COMING IN PERCENTAGE WISE, THAT'S ABOUT LIKE 31%, 31% OF YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE COMPARED TO YOUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM MY WAY.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDIT REPORT? I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY DETAILED REPORT. MY MAIN THING I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE HAS SOME QUESTIONS, BUT THIS WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND YES SIR MAYOR.

IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE RIGHT NOW.

JUST ASK IN THE FUTURE WE CAN POST THIS PRIOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE POST THE AGENDA. I KNOW Y'ALL WERE TRYING TO GET IT TO US, BUT YES, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT. THAT THAT'D BE GREAT.

YES, SIR, I APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. AND IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THIS TIME.

I MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST BEING A LITTLE TECHNICAL IN WHAT I WAS HEARING, BUT I'M HEARING THIS IS OUR NEW.

YEAH. SO WAS THERE AN OLD ISSUE? YEAH. SO FOR THE 2010 IT ADDRESSED.

YES, SIR. SO FOR THE 23 FISCAL YEAR, THERE WAS NO NEW FINDINGS.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS A COUPLE OF FINDINGS.

YOU ALL DID IMPROVE ON THOSE.

YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO REDUCE THEM.

OKAY. SO THERE'S NO FINDINGS FOUND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

NO, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME TOWARDS THE BACK. DID WE ADDRESS THE ONES IN THE BACK OF THE AUDIT? IT WAS MORE IT WAS MORE OF A TIMING ISSUE.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DID JUST FINISH YOUR OTHER AUDIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

AND WHEN Y'ALL DID BECOME AWARE OF THESE, THERE WASN'T REALLY A LOT OF TIME TO FIX A MAJORITY OF THEM. BUT YOU DID FIX A GOOD AMOUNT.

THANK YOU. I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL. ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IT'S A CLEAN AUDIT.

AND WE'RE FINANCIALLY HEALTHY, WHICH YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATED COUNCIL.

I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING OF THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE, A LOT OF INFORMATION. BUT THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. AND I JUST.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, SIR.

I DID ALSO FORGET TO MENTION Y'ALL DID.

YOU HAD 112 DAYS. WE GENERALLY RECOMMEND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70 AND 90 DAYS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU ALL ARE VERY FINANCIALLY HEALTHY.

SO I FORGOT TO MENTION.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, MR. ALONSO, AND ALL YOUR STAFF, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND TO KEEP UP.

AND AND SO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

I ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD IS I DID ASK CITY STAFF TO GET ME PAST FUND BALANCES, YOU KNOW, FROM NOT JUST OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT OVERALL THAT INCLUDES ALSO THE THE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED, LIKE WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE FUND BALANCES, IF THOSE IF THOSE FUNDS ARE ON HAND, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT, THOSE FUND BALANCES WILL REFLECT THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF OH OKAY. I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT PATTERNS.

ALL RIGHT. LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE, YOU KNOW AND WHEN IT COMES TO BONDS, LIKE YOUR YOUR LIABILITIES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU'LL SEE THAT MORE REFLECTED ON PAGE.

WHERE IS IT? PAGE 21 OF THE REPORT THAT TAKES MORE INTO ACCOUNT YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS, YOUR YOUR LIABILITIES THAT ARE BONDS.

THE OTHER THE ONE THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING DOESN'T INCLUDE BONDS, WHICH IS THE BALANCE SHEET.

YEAH, RIGHT. BUT THE GENERAL FUND.

BUT I WAS REFERRING TO THE OVERALL FUND BALANCE.

MAYBE IT'S MORE A QUESTION FOR MR. ALONSO. YOU KNOW WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT, WHERE YOU COMBINE ALL THE FUND BALANCES.

DOES ALL THOSE FUNDS INCLUDE THAT? THE ONE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE OR.

YES IT DOES. WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE COMBINED FUNDS, IT DOES. WE DO HAVE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

WE ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE ALL THE LIABILITIES AND ALL THE ISSUANCES THAT WE'VE DONE AND ALL THE CURRENT PAYMENTS THAT WE DO.

IT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO CURRENT PAYMENTS AND AND LONG TERM PAYMENTS.

THAT'S INCLUDED WHEN YOU INCLUDE ALL FUNDS.

DEBT SERVICE IS ONE OF THE FUNDS THAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE.

AND I GUESS MY POINT IS THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED.

AND SO THOSE BALANCES WERE HIGHER MAYBE TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.

BUT WE'RE NOW USING THEM.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THOSE PROJECTS. AND AT THE END IT REFLECTS ON THESE BALANCES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CONFIRMED, I GUESS.

YES, MAYOR. BY BY ISSUING THOSE BONDS IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED OR RECOMMENDED THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS, WE SPENT 85% OF THOSE BONDS.

SO THOSE BONDS ARE BEING SPENT AT THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY THE PROJECTS GET DONE AND AND THAT WE DON'T THE IRS DOES MONITOR IF FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T SPEND THE MONEY AND WE'RE MAKING INTEREST ON THE ON THE ISSUED FUNDS, WE HAVE TO PAY IT BACK TO, TO THE IRS.

SO SO THERE IS A TIMELINE.

THERE WERE TAX EXEMPT. THAT IS CORRECT. THERE WERE TAX EXEMPT. YEAH. I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP FOR COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION'S PURPOSE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THESE PROJECTS. SO YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. MR. ALONZO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS THIS TREMENDOUS TASK ON.

I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE PAST,

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STRAIGHTEN EVERYTHING OUT FOR US. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT, BUT I CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT.

IT'S MY STAFF AND THE DIRECTOR'S UPPER MANAGEMENT.

IT'S A IT'S A COMBINED EFFORT.

AND BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES THIS REQUIRE ADOPTION OR MOTION TO ADOPT? NO, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ACTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B, PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE EDINBURGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I AM ALSO RODEL GARCIA WITH EDINBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FRANK FASSINA WITH COSTCOS AND ASSOCIATES IS HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS FRANCISCO PESINA.

I WAS INJURED FOR THE AUDIT FOR THE EDINBURG EDC, AND I'M GOING TO BE GOING WELL.

BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION, I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT THE EDC REPORT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD MEMBER BACK ON APRIL 23RD.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO BE GOING OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT DURING THAT MEETING. SO THE FIRST THING, IF YOU HAVE YOUR AUDIT REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE PAGE ONE.

AND THE EDC RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AS WELL.

SO IT'S THE SAME THING, CLEAN OPINION.

SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE EDC ON THAT AS WELL.

THE NEXT SECTION OF THE REPORT IS THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS. AND THAT BEGINS ON PAGE FOUR. THIS SECTION IS A IT HAS COMPARATIVE INFORMATION FROM PRIOR YEAR.

AND IT'S AN ANALYSIS THAT HELPS THE READERS TO DETERMINE IF THE EDC'S FINANCIAL POSITION IMPROVED OR DETERIORATED DUE TO THE CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITIES.

THE NEXT SECTION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE BALANCE SHEET THAT'S GOING TO BE PAGE 12.

AND ON THE BALANCE SHEET YOU HAVE YOUR ASSETS, YOU HAVE YOUR LIABILITIES AND YOU HAVE YOUR FUND BALANCES AS WELL.

AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE EDC HAD A FUND BALANCE OF A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF 48 MILLION, WHICH OUT OF THOSE 48, 16 MILLION ARE UNASSIGNED, 16.8 ARE UNASSIGNED.

SAME THING. CONSIDER THIS YOUR RAINY FUND.

YOU CAN USE THIS FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES OR EMERGENCIES.

THE NEXT PAGE I WANT TO DISCUSS IS THE INCOME STATEMENT ON PAGE 14.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FUND BALANCE DID GO UP BY $6.2 $0.2 MILLION DURING THE YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THE NET, THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.

AND TO CALCULATE THE DAYS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE EDC, IT'S THE SAME FORMULA FOR THE CITY.

YOU TAKE THE YEARS OF EXPENDITURES DIVIDED BY 365.

THAT GIVES YOU A COST OF 15,565.

AND IF YOU DIVIDE THAT NUMBER BY THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, YOU GET 1075 DAYS. AND LIKE MY COWORKER SAID, WE USUALLY RECOMMEND ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 90 DAYS.

BUT THE EDC HAS 1075, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE IN A REALLY GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON PAGE 16. HERE YOU CAN FIND DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE BALANCES ON THE BALANCE SHEET AND ON THE NET POSITION.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW YOUR CAPITAL ASSET ACTIVITY WAS DURING THE YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS.

SAME THING FOR THAT. YOU CAN SEE ANY ALL THAT HAS BEEN PAID OFF OR ANY NEW DEBT WAS ACQUIRED AS WELL. AND THE LAST SECTION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS PAGE 52.

THAT'S THE REPORT ON COMPLIANCE ON INTERNAL CONTROLS.

SO DURING THE YEAR THERE WERE NO NEW FINDINGS OUT OF THE FIVE PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS THAT THE EDC HAD. TWO OF THOSE WERE CORRECTED AND THREE OF THOSE ARE STILL CURRENT.

BUT WE DO WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY DO SHOW IMPROVEMENT.

THOSE THREE FINDINGS. SO IF MANAGEMENT KEEPS MONITORING THESE FINDINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TO RESOLVE THEM IN THE UPCOMING AUDIT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT COUNCIL.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU, EDC AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR ALSO PROVIDING A CLEAN OPINION AND SHOWING A HEALTHY

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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND EXCUSE OURSELVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.

FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME FOR ITEMS A AND B. IF ANYBODY IS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THE TWO ZONING HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING, THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

YOU MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WISH TO AT THIS TIME FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS. A AND B HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

MR. PRESIDENT. OKAY. IF YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS OR YOU CAN DO SO.

IF NOT THAT'S OKAY. BUT THANK YOU.

ARE YOU THE APPLICANT SIR? OH THANK YOU FOR ITEM A OR B A OKAY GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT COUNCIL, I WILL CLOSE THE THE HEARING.

AT THIS TIME. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM A, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, BEING LOT 12 OF SANTA CRUZ, ORANGE GARDEN SUBDIVISION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 39, SANTA CRUZ GARDENS.

UNIT NUMBER TWO, I'M SORRY, UNIT ONE, LOCATED AT 105 WEST PALM DRIVE, AS REQUESTED MARIA BE LETICIA GRANTHAM COUNCIL.

IS THERE ANY MOTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION.

IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM B CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL CG DISTRICT.

ALL OF LOTS TWO AND THREE.

COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 901 AND 1001 SOUTH LONGORIA ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MONARCA INVESTMENTS GROUP LIMITED.

MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES.

ITEM NINE A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE THREE. ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 32 BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. SECTION 32.02 APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM B CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE THREE. ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 32 BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. SECTION 32.20 ALL-AMERICA CITY DAVID SILVA ADVISORY BOARD SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE 11.

BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 114 OIL AND GAS REGULATIONS SECTION 114.030. DASH .043 REGULATING LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS SO MOVED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM D CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE 11 BUSINESS REGULATIONS BY ADDING CHAPTER 121 FUNERAL ESCORTS. MOVE TO TABLE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. AND THEN WE BRING THIS BACK, I GUESS, AT THE NEXT MEETING OR IF, IF THIS PASSES. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM IT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK WHENEVER IT'S REQUESTED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THIS ITEM IS TABLED.

MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN RESOLUTIONS ITEM A CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PROGRAM BUDGET AMENDMENT. IS THERE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I KNOW I HAD ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION AND I'LL I'LL MAKE SURE TO DO IT WAY BEFORE NEXT TIME. I THINK I WAS JUST ASKING FOR THAT TODAY. BUT ON THESE WE'VE MADE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THESE AND I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS. RIGHT. AND THERE WAS A ALLOCATION ONE AND THEN ALLOCATION TWO, AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KIND OF TRACKING EVERYTHING AND THAT WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, LEAVING OUT FUNDS FOR PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN YOU KNOW, FUNDED PRIOR TO.

SO I JUST, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF BALANCING THINGS OUT BECAUSE I KNOW WE MADE CHANGES ALONG THE WAY AND I JUST DON'T. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE STILL ONGOING.

YEAH. SO BUT IF IF WE CAN I THINK I DID RECEIVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE COLUMNS RIGHT FROM THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS WITH THE

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AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE JUST THE STATUS OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WE'VE HAD, I KNOW SINCE I GOT ELECTED OVER TWO YEARS AGO, AND I, WE STILL THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETED.

I KNOW THEY TAKE TIME, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A DEADLINE TO WRITE OF WHEN THESE NEED TO BE DONE. SO IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE, AT LEAST FROM MY FROM MY STANDPOINT, WHAT WHERE WE'RE AT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS I THINK THAT'D BE THAT'D BE GREAT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AS YOU KNOW, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, THE SECOND MEETING IN THE MONTH WE DO GIVE THE PROJECT UPDATES. WE'LL BE HAVING A LITTLE WORK SESSION, A PROJECT UPDATE ITEMS. WE ALSO DO PROVIDE ALL THE UPDATES ON THE PACK, WHICH IS THE LAST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING A COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN DIAZ ON THERE.

SO I DO ALSO HAVE THOSE UPDATES, BUT YES SIR, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT ALL THE PROJECT UPDATES AND WITH THEIR FUNDING SPECIFICS FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY.

OKAY. SO IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE US FOR STATUS.

THAT IS CORRECT. GREAT. YES, SIR.

IS THIS AN ITEM THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TABLE? GET YOUR ANSWERS FIRST OR.

WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ONE THAT HAS TO BE. I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE AMENDMENT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AMENDMENT. WE'RE JUST ACTUALLY, I JUST I JUST WANT MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AMENDMENT. I JUST I JUST WANT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE.

YEAH, WELL, I TIED TOO MUCH TO THIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, DO THIS NOW. IT AFFECTS. I'M GOOD WITH THE AMENDMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S QUITE A BIT OF PROJECTS AND AND WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE I THINK OF 2026.

IS THAT CORRECT. WHEN THESE NEED TO BE COMPLETED.

THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE UPDATES.

ARE ANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE WE RUNNING INTO AN ISSUE WITH TIMING.

BECAUSE IF SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE RIGHT ON ON TIME.

EVERYTHING IS RUNNING UP TO SCHEDULE.

THE LAST PROJECT THAT'S REALLY STARTING IS THE SERVICE CENTER.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE PLUMBING THIS WEEK AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL START GETTING READY TO POUR FOUNDATION AND STILL BE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ANY ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 11. WE HAVE ONE ITEM A.

CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 2024 DASH TEN, PURCHASE OF ONE FORD F 150 4X4 ELECTRIC TRUCK TO THE SEWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES FROM ODESSA, TEXAS, FOR THE UNIT PRICE OF 51,090 AS THIS DATE SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12.

COUNCIL, WE HAVE CONSENT.

WE HAVE ITEMS A, B, C, AND D.

IS THERE ANY MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS A, B, C, AND D. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. 13 WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESS.

TWO ITEMS. ITEM A CONSIDER RESCHEDULING THE THURSDAY, MAY 23RD, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH, 2024. SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

AND WE HAVE THE LAST ITEM B, WHICH ANY FUTURE ITEMS TO BE REQUESTED? COUNCIL. JUST ONE ITEM.

THE THE. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, WE CAN'T COMMENT ON ON PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATE IN YOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ON THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE WITH THOSE CONCERNS FOR THE WAUSAU AREA.

WE'LL PROVIDE THAT UPDATE IN THE IN THE PROJECT UPDATE FOR FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND COUNCIL AS WELL. SO WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. BUT I AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, I WOULD LIST THE ITEM SO THAT THE RESIDENTS NOTES CAN BE DISCUSSED, BECAUSE IF YOU JUST PUT IT UNDER REGULAR UPDATES, IT WON'T KNOW. SO AND THEN IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE RESIDENTS AND LET THEM KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

YES, SIR. I THINK THAT AND JUST FOR POINT OF REFERENCE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD I FIRST BROUGHT IT UP WHEN FIRST GETTING ON COUNCIL.

I LOOK BACK AT MY EMAIL 2022.

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT THERE THAT THEY WERE ANNEXED IN 2013, AND STILL NOTHING HAD BEEN EXTENDED THAT WAY.

SO JUST FOR FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. GOT VERY CLOSE TO COMING UP WITH PLANS WITH TWO DIFFERENT RESIDENTS.

AND THAT FELL THROUGH. THERE'S A THIRD PLAN IN PLACE.

I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO. OH, SORRY. WE DON'T HAVE THIS ITEM LISTED. OKAY.

WELL, YEAH. SO WE WILL DISCUSS THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

WE CAN PROBABLY WORD IT THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH, SORRY, I JUST.

NO. NO PROBLEM. JUST TO STEP ON DOWN. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE HEAR YOU.

YEAH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. WE JUST CAN'T TALK. RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

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SECOND. MOTION A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT IS 7:30 P.M.. DISCUSSION OF DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, REMUNERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF CITY ATTORNEY, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING CITY ORDINANCES AND CITY CHARTER DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS.

CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENTS.

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WHAT IS THIS? OH. SPINAL BIFIDA.

SHOULD I START PUTTING ON MY BOOTS AND GET READY FOR A BODY DOUBLE FOR JOHN? WAIT, SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN FIVE? I'LL TRADE YOU CHAIRS.

YEAH, EASIER LIKE THAT.

YOU ALREADY. YOU ALREADY.

YOU ALREADY CONFUSED ME.

WHAT TIME IS IT? THERE WE GO.

OKAY. IT IS 7:25 P.M. AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO ENTER? OPEN SESSION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO LET'S SEE WHERE CAN I GET A MOTION TO PROCEED? AS DISCUSSED FOR ITEM SIX, A ONE AND THREE, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[7. OPEN SESSION]

[1. Project Steal]

[3. Project Magnetic]

[4. Project Cowboy]

SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION.

CAN CAN I GET ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? CAN HE MOVE THIS CHAIR? MOVE. NEED TO ASK FOR A MOTION FIRST.

WELL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? AS COUNSEL DISCUSSED? MOTION? YEAH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OKAY. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. CAN I GET ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? CAN I RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

AND JUST FOR YOU, AND JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IT WASN'T AN ACTUAL INQUIRY ON IT, BUT THE CHAIR CAN MAKE MOTIONS.

OH. THANK YOU. PERFECT.

THERE'S ONE MORE ITEM WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO, AND IT'S ITEM FIVE C.

SO IN ITEM FIVE, C IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR RESERVES TO OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM.

THAT $800,000 IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REPLAT OF LOT THREE, WHICH IS A 25 ACRE TRACT AT NORTH INDUSTRIAL PARK.

ANTICIPATING THAT MUCH OF THAT EXPENSE IS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCURRED UNTIL AFTER DESIGN AND AFTER REPLATTING.

SO IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT AS A MARKER FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AS A CARRYOVER FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT AS WELL.

[C. Consider approval of mid-year budget amendment for Fiscal Year 2024 to include the addition]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. ANYTHING ELSE? JOEL? NO, SIR. OKAY. IT IS APPROXIMATELY.

NO ACTION TAKEN. NO ACTION TAKEN ON FIVE C IN THE BACK.

IN THE BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY. AT 728. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. OKAY. FIRST, SECOND.

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THAT MOTION PASSES. WE'VE ADJOURNED.

GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.