[00:04:59] COMING UP NEXT ON ESPN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE [00:05:03] EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, 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 ADVISER, CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY OMAR OCHOA. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER OF THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. [1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM] IT IS 6:06 P.M. BY MY WATCH. [A. Prayer.] AND I SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE, WHO IS OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO START LIKE WE START EVERY ONE OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WITH A PRAYER. WE HAVE PASTOR RYAN GARCIA FROM PALM VALLEY CHURCH HERE THAT IS GOING TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE? COME TO YOU TODAY. AND WE TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING CITY OF EDINBURGH. LORD, WE PRAY FOR EVERY SINGLE CIVILIAN IN THIS CITY. WE PRAY FOR EVERY WORKER. WE PRAY FOR EVERY LEADER. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU GUIDE OUR AGENDA TODAY. MAY WE FOCUS ON WHAT IS GOOD FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT LIVES IN THIS CITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. [B. Pledge of Allegiance.] IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US FOR 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. [2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE] THANK YOU, PASTOR GARZA. GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS CLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON AUGUST 2ND, 2024 AT 5:30 P.M.. SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE. YES, SIR. UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COUNCIL [3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST] MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN [4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] [A. PONY Softball International World Series] 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. NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR MENTION TODAY. FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. THE FIRST ONE IS THE PONY SOFTBALL INTERNATIONAL WORLD SERIES. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN HOSTING SOME OF THE THE TOURNAMENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH THE CITY OF MCALLEN, OR ACTUALLY THE MCALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THAT WAS HELD ON JULY 18TH THROUGH THE 20TH. AND I, WE DO HAVE MR. BOND HERE SO THAT HE HE JUST WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT THE EVENT AND ALSO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HOSTING THE EVENT AND NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT TRANSPIRED AT THE EVENT. MR. BANDA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. YES, I THINK I MET YOU AT THE CEREMONIES. YES, SIR. IT'S A REAL PLEASURE. DAN, HOW YOU DOING? TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE HAD A FANTASTIC EVENT THIS PAST, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO DOWN IN MCALLEN AND IN EDINBURG. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. WE HAD ABOUT 160 TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS TOURNAMENT, AND NEXT YEAR WE ANTICIPATE GROWING TO ABOUT 200 TEAMS. WE HAD A WAITING LIST OF 20 FOR THIS YEAR, SO WE ANTICIPATE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. JUST TO GIVE YOU, AGAIN, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WERE IN NEED OF EXTRA FIELDS, AND YOU GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED US TO USE THREE OF YOUR FIELDS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME OTHER THAT WE WANTED TO USE, BUT THEY WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE HOPEFULLY WE'LL USE THEM NEXT YEAR. ANYWAY, THE THREE FIELDS THAT YOU DID PROVIDE FOR US WERE FANTASTIC. I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE. EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL. OUTSTANDING. THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE US. I'M THE SOUTH ZONE VICE PRESIDENT FOR BASEBALL. I RUN ALL THE PROGRAMS ALL THE WAY FROM NEW MEXICO, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GEORGIA AND ALL THE STATES IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW? SO I TRAVELED QUITE A BIT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, SEEN ALL KINDS OF TOURNAMENTS. WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING SITES. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOUR FIELDS WERE PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST NATURAL FEELS THAT WE'VE WE'VE PLAYED ON IN QUITE A WHILE. SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR STAFF. THE PARKS AND REC WAS VERY, VERY GOOD TO US. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT? HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP. THE CITY, THE CITY OF MCALLEN, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, MCALLEN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE THAT BROUGHT US DOWN HERE. [00:10:04] YOU KNOW THAT OLD SAYING THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME? WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE BROUGHT IT DOWN HERE TO MCALLEN. GREW UP IN HARLINGEN. MY DIRECTOR HERE IS FROM HARLINGEN ALSO, AND WE HAVE A FORMER HARLINGEN KNIGHT HERE WITH YOU ON YOUR CITY COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BASEBALL FOREVER. WE STARTED THIS TOURNAMENT MAYBE ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO IN LAREDO. WE STARTED WITH 18 TEAMS. WE WENT UP TO 30. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WENT TO HOUSTON. AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY LEARNED ABOUT WE NEED TO DO THIS AT HOME BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATION WE HAVE. WE HAVE 20 SOMETHING PONY PROGRAMS HERE IN THE VALLEY, AND ALL OF THEM ARE AT OUR DISPOSAL. BUT AGAIN, WITH WHAT I KNEW ABOUT EDINBURGH AND WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT I KNEW ABOUT YOUR FIELDS. WE DECIDED TO COME TO YOU GUYS SO YOU COULD HELP US OUT. NOW WE USED THREE SITES. WE USED YOUR SITES, WHICH WAS THREE FIELDS. AND THEN WE ALSO USED TWO SITES IN SAN JUAN. AND THEN WE USED THE REST OF THEM IN MCALLEN. I THINK MCALLEN HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15 FIELDS, MORE OR LESS, THAT WE USED THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT. ECONOMIC IMPACT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN. THAT'S WHAT MCALLEN IS SUCH A VITAL PARTNER TO US. ECONOMIC IMPACT IS TREMENDOUS. YOU KNOW, YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOUR YOUR EOC, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHOEVER IT IS, CAN DO THE NUMBERS ON IT. I KNOW WE HAVE A A HOTEL PLANNER, WE WORK WITH HOTEL PLANNER. THAT'S WHERE WE BOOK OUR ROOMS THROUGH. ALL OUR TEAMS HAVE TO BOOK THROUGH THEM. AND I KNOW WE OVERLAPPED IN EDINBURG, AND MOST OF THE HOTELS IN EDINBURG WERE FULL THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE OVERLAP THAT WE THAT CAME OVER FROM MCALLEN. AND AS IT GROWS, OF COURSE IT'LL BE MORE AND MORE NOW, I WILL SEND THE INFORMATION TO TO YOUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. AND THAT WAY WE CAN START THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN YOU GUYS AND THE CITY OF MCALLEN AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THERE IS A LOT OF EXPENSE INVOLVED. WE DO BRING 30. WE BROUGHT IN 30 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. WE HAD TEAMS FROM PUERTO RICO, THE MEXICO, PHILIPPINES AND THE BAHAMAS THAT PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR. WE WERE WE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM CHINA AND WE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM JAPAN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COST AND VISA PROBLEMS, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. US TEAMS INVOLVED TEAMS FROM TEXAS, ILLINOIS, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, OKLAHOMA AND LOUISIANA. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS STARTING TO REALLY ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, TEAMS FROM ELSEWHERE. SO WHEN THEY COME HERE, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO? THEY HAVE TO STAY IN HOTELS AND THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND MONEY HERE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT, I THINK. LIKE I SAID, WE WILL BE AGAIN MEETING WITH YOUR YOUR STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT SO THAT AGAIN, YOU CAN BE A FULL PARTNER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MCALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME? I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INCLUDING OUR CITY, AND WE WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE. AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC. AND I WAS THERE AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES. IT WAS QUITE A SIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION. OKAY. YEAH. AND I'LL SAY, IF YOU THOUGHT THE FIELDS WERE GOOD THIS YEAR, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THEM NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET THE TURF IN THE CITY. PLEASE CONSIDER US WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION. THE CITY OF MCALLEN WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST, ALONG WITH OUR CHAMBER AND EDC TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. OKAY. WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK AURELIO AND BRANDON FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, EDDIE SALINAS FROM PARKS AND REC. I MEAN, THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN COORDINATING EVERYTHING. MR. AND BRANDON FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES. I DO WANT TO SAY I WENT BY THE TOURNAMENT AND ALL THE PARKS AND REC STAFF AND EVERYONE YOU HAVE IN CHARGE THERE. I HEARD NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTS FOR YOUR STAFF. I SAW THAT THEY WERE CLEANING UP THE FIELDS AND AND DUSTING THEM AND SETTLING THEM WITH THE TRACTOR BETWEEN GAMES. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. SO JUST GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB WITH EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE EMPLOYEES. OF COURSE, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS FIRE DEPARTMENT, [B. National Night Out] POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES. NEXT, SIR, WE DO HAVE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THAT WAS AN EVENT. SO JUST FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE, I KNOW THAT THE CITY RESCHEDULED ITS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD YESTERDAY, AUGUST THE 6TH. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SCHEDULED IT FOR TODAY, BUT WE DID THAT BECAUSE THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS GOING TO HOST THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HERE AT THE PROMENADE PARK AMPHITHEATER. AND I WILL WANT TO DEFER THAT NOW TO CHIEF AYALA TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATS AND INFORMATION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JAIME ADA WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M EXCITED TO REPORT TO YOU. AS YOU WITNESSED LAST NIGHT, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OUR 28TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. YOU SEE AN IMAGE THERE SHARED EARLIER IN THE EVENING. WE WE DID HAVE TO IMPROVISE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MUNICIPAL PARK. [00:15:02] AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED SO FAR. WE'LL CONTINUE TO GATHER THAT FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THOSE THAT ATTENDED AND THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 3500 ATTENDEES ALTOGETHER, ALTHOUGH IT WAS REALLY HARD TO ARRANGE BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY LARGE FOOTPRINT OF THAT, WE HAD 29 TOTAL VENDORS, 12 CITY DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED FOR NONPROFITS, FOR FOOD TRUCKS, 12 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM AROUND THE AREA THAT BROUGHT THEIR THEIR ASSETS TO SHARE WITH US IN IN A DEMONSTRATION AND 12 SPONSOR BOOTHS. AND SO WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE MUSIC WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. THE ATTENDEES STAYED PRETTY WELL TILL THE END. IT WAS A VERY VERY WELL ATTENDED AND PEOPLE STAYED EVEN THOUGH THE HEAT WE ALL KNOW THE HEAT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE HEAT IN FUTURE YEARS. BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY. JUST A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUBMITTING THIS YEAR'S 28TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO THE [C. Edinburg Cultural Arts Summer Concert Series] NATIONAL NIGHT TIME WATCH. GREAT. THANK YOU CHIEF. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WITH THAT AGAIN, MAYOR, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CITY STAFF AND CITY EMPLOYEES AND DEFINITELY ALL THE SPONSORS AND THE VENDORS THAT WERE THERE PARTICIPATING ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT. NEXT WE DO HAVE THE EDINBURGH CULTURAL ARTS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER COUNTRY CONCERT CONCERT ON AUGUST THE 10TH, 2024 TO WRAP UP OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO MISS LETTY OR MR. MAGDIEL TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WRAPS UP THIS SATURDAY ON AUGUST 10TH. WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO OPEN AT 6 P.M., BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT THAT WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY, WE ARE MOVING IT TO 7 P.M. AND THE CONCERT STARTS AT 11. THE HEADLINER IS KEVIN FOWLER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYBODY THERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOME OTHER CONCERTS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE TICKETS CAN GO TO THE W-W-W DOT COM SLASH 2024 CONCERT SERIES. AND AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS FUN FILLED EVENT. THANK YOU SIR. I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING ON THAT. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE HERE THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY FUN EVENT FOR FAMILIES. YOU GET YOUR KIDS THERE. IT'S JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY JUST TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. THIS SATURDAY. [5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS] [A. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing August 7, 2024 as National Purple Heart Day as Requested] THIS SATURDAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 7TH, 2024, AS NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY, AS REQUESTED BY JOE A IBARRA. AND I DO SEE MISTER IBARRA HERE, AS WELL AS SO MANY SERVICE MEMBERS HERE. AUDIENCE. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT. OUR CITY SECRETARY IS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD, AND WE'LL GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU. NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2024. WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION, RESPECT, AND UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GALLANTLY SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF OUR COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART IS AMONG THE OLDEST MILITARY DECORATIONS IN PRESENT USE, AND WAS INITIALLY CREATED AS A BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT AND HONOR CREATED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1782. AND WHEREAS, THE PURPLE HEART WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN SERVICE AWARD OR DECORATION SPECIFICALLY AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN COMBAT WITH A DECLARED ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED MEDALS AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE US ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS PURPLE WAS THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT CREATED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, SO LOGICALLY THE ORIGINAL COLOR WAS USED FOR THE NEW MEDAL HONORING WASHINGTON'S MEMORY. CONTEMPORARILY, IT IS THOUGHT THE COLOR PURPLE REPRESENTS THE BLOOD OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE MADE SACRIFICES IN WAR, BUT TRADITIONALLY THE COLOR IS THOUGHT TO REPRESENT THE COURAGE OF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR AS NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED OBSERVED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2014. THIS YEAR, AUGUST 7TH, 2024, WILL BE THE 242ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT, WHICH WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR TODAY'S PURPLE HEART. AND WHEREAS THE SACRIFICES OF MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN VITAL IN MAINTAINING FREEDOM TO ENJOY THEIR WAYS OF LIFE THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND DEDICATION OF VETERAN JOE IBARRA, THE CITY OF EDINBURG WAS DESIGNATED A PURPLE HEART CITY ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THE MANY [00:20:01] BRAVE AND MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 7TH AS NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY. RECOGNIZED BY THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ROBOTO. WE'LL START. OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. YES. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. I. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. OH, OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND CELEBRATING. THE. GO AHEAD, SIR. GO AHEAD. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING THE MILITARY ORDER OF PURPLE HEART TODAY, JUNE 7TH. IT WAS STARTED BACK IN THE EARLY. SAID IN 1782 BY GEORGE WASHINGTON. AND THEN IT WAS JUST GIVEN TO THE GENERALS LATER. YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE IT TO THE, YOU KNOW, SOLDIERS, COMBAT SOLDIERS. BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE IN THEIR MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE? AND ALSO THEIR FAMILIES WHO SUFFERED WITH THEIR LOSS. ALSO, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE WOUNDED, WERE WOUNDED AND FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. AND SO. WOULD THIS HONOR THAT WAS GIVEN TO US? BY GEORGE WASHINGTON. IT GOES BACK FURTHER, A LITTLE BIT. ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO WHEN JESUS CHRIST WAS HERE. HE DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM AND FOR OUR SALVATION. HOW MANY TIMES DO WE THINK OF SAYING, THANK YOU, JESUS CHRIST, FOR IN THE HOLY SPIRIT? FOR DOING THAT FOR US. BUT I THANK HIM. THANK GOD, JESUS CHRIST. MOTHER OF GOD, ANGELS AND SAINTS. AND YOU MIGHT WONDER, SAY, WELL, WHY IS THIS GUY, YOU KNOW SAYING THIS? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHY. I WAS WOUNDED TWICE IN COMBAT, WOUNDED IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN THAT SHOW THAT IT USED TO BE HOW TO DIE 1000 TIMES OR SEVEN 1000 WAYS TO DIE. WELL, I THINK THERE WAS MORE WHEN I WAS IN THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM. THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE INSECTS. THEY WERE AROUND YOU, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I HAD MALARIA, TOO, AS A KIND OF A BONUS ON THAT ONE AND NEARLY DIED OF THAT. BUT I'M HERE. AND SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. GOD ALSO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT BRING ME BACK FROM FROM DEATH. IN ONE OCCASION I HAD BEEN WOUNDED THE SECOND TIME AND I WAS VERY NERVOUS. WHEN I GOT BACK THERE. I HAD ABOUT ONE MONTH LEFT AND SO I WAS VERY NERVOUS. AND REALLY SCARED. JUST LIKE WHEN I JUMP OUT OF PLANES BECAUSE WE WERE PARATROOPERS. MY COMRADES HERE AND THEN EVERY JUMP, ALSO BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT CHUTE WOULD OPEN, SO YOU RELIED ON GOD. SO ANYWAYS, I'M DESPERATE AND WE HAD TWO DAYS TO REST AFTER BEING OUT 40 DAYS. THEN THAT WOULD BE CONSECUTIVELY, BUT I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE. [00:25:04] AND I SAID. I LOOKED AT THE OCEAN, THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN COLORS, AND THEN I FIGURED, I SAID AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE MY MY HOME. AND I WAS HOMESICK. SO WHAT I DID. AND I HAD SOME BEERS. SO, YOU KNOW, TO GET A LITTLE COURAGE. AND I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING HOME. FORGET THIS. YOU KNOW, LEAVE MY WEAPON BEHIND EVERYTHING. I'LL JUST. SO I STARTED TO SWIM AND CAME CLOSE TO THE, LIKE, THE COURTHOUSE. I LOOKED BACK AND I LOOK FORWARD. I WAS KIND OF TIRED, AND I SAID, MAYBE I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO I SAID I BETTER HEAD BACK. SO I LOOKED BACK AND I STARTED TO SWIM, AND I KEPT ON SWIMMING AND SWIMMING AND SWIMMING. THE ONLY THING IS I WAS GOING FURTHER IN. AN UNDERCURRENT CAUGHT ME. SO BY THEN. THEN I WAS SCARED. THEN I SAID, HEY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? I WAS TIRED, I COULDN'T MAKE IT ANYMORE. SO AT THAT POINT I SAID, YOU KNOW, I MAY BE GOING HOME, BUT IN A PINE BOX. AND THEN I SAID, IT'S OVER. I WENT DOWN, DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING DOWN FURTHER DOWN, AND I GOT UNCONSCIOUS. BUT IN THAT MOMENT, THERE WAS A PRAYER THAT MY MOTHER SENT ME. AND I SAID IT DAY AND NIGHT, I MEMORIZED IT. AND I SAID THERE'S A CERTAIN PART IN THERE THAT SAYS, IF YOU ARE IN TURBULENT WATERS, JUST SAY MY NAME. AND AT THAT MOMENT I REMEMBER THAT. AND. I SAID, I SAID HIS NAME. AND THEN THEN. I WAS PICKED UP FROM WHERE I WAS AT. I WAS PICKED UP AND I WAS PLACED ON THE BEACH FACE DOWN. I'M WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, IT WAS A GOOD LORD THAT IT SAVED MY LIFE AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PERFECT. I MAKE MISTAKES, BUT I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WELL. HOW MANY TIMES? ANOTHER OCCASION. THE NEW TROOPS WERE COMING IN, AND MY ASSIGNMENT WAS TO GO TO THE BOULDERS UP THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THAT FIELD. I WAS TO SHOOT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THESE NEW GUYS READY FOR VIETNAM. AND BY THEN I TOOK OFF MY SHIRT LIKE, IF I NEEDED A TAN AND A VERY DARK AT THE TIME. SO I TOOK IT OFF AND PROBABLY JUST MY TEETH WERE SHOWING MY EYES, BUT I WAS UP THERE WAITING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE TROOPS CAME UP. SO I SHOT I FIRED IN THE AIR. SO THERE WAS A SNIPER IN THERE. HE DID ALL HIS TRAINING. HE HAD HIS SCOPE, COPE AND HE ZEROED IN ON ME. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL LATER, BUT THE GOOD THING IS HE WAS OBEDIENT AND SAID, HEY, I SEE HIM. WANT ME TO SHOOT HIM. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOAST ALREADY. BUT THE GOOD LORD, YOU KNOW, WAS ON MY SIDE AGAIN. THE GUY DIDN'T SHOOT ME AGAIN. LET ME TELL YOU ONE MORE TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND. JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE OTHER TIME IS WHEN I GOT WOUNDED THE SECOND TIME AND A GRENADE WENT OFF. HIT MY LEGS. I COULDN'T WALK ANYMORE. SO. AND BY THE WAY, I WAS ON TELEVISION THAT ONE DAY, [00:30:05] WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE BECAUSE MY MOM AND MY RELATIVES WOULD SEE ME, SO I JUST KIND OF PUT MY HELMET DOWN. ANYWAYS, THEY GAVE ME MORPHINE FOR PAIN AND I SAID, OH, HOW GOOD THIS IS. YOU KNOW. THEY MEDEVAC ME TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL. WHILE THERE, THEY GAVE ME AN INJECTION TO THE SPINE TO PUT ME TO SLEEP. YOU KNOW WHY? ANESTHESIA. THAT'S TWO TIMES ALREADY. AND THE GUY THAT WAS DOING IT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING UNTIL FINALLY HE TOLD HIM TO STOP. A DOCTOR CAME IN AND HE DID IT. THEN THEY RUSHED ME INTO SURGERY. AND GUESS WHAT? MORE ANESTHESIA. SEE, THIS GUY DIDN'T KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. THERE YOU GO. MORE ANESTHESIA. COUNT TO TEN BACKWARDS. I WAS OUT LIKE A LIGHT BULB IN. AT THAT POINT. I LEFT MY BODY THERE IN THE SURGERY ROOM AND I KIND OF LOOKED DOWN. IT WAS PITCH DARK BETWEEN ME AND MY BODY. AND THEN I WAS RUSHED. INTO THE SKY. NOT MY BODY. JUST. I COULD SEE THE THE CLOUDS, BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS. AND I WAS RUSHING THERE REAL FAST. I GOT TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE SOME CLOUDS, AND THERE WAS A VIRGIN OF SAN JUAN. LIKE READING ME. I WENT UP THESE PUFFY CLOUDS WHERE SAINT PETER WAS THERE, AND THEN SHOWED ME TO A NARROW GATE. SO I WENT OVER THERE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, AND. IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE EVER SEEN. VIVID COLORS. THERE WAS PEACE. NO SMOG, NO ANGRINESS. EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. EVERYBODY WAS JUST SO HAPPY AND CONTENT. AND. I WANTED TO GET IN. BUT THEY TOLD ME. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO COME BACK. AND AS I GO ALONG, I SEE THE REASONS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND BEING WITH YOU ALL. SO FIRST I WENT UP. OF COURSE, I DID A LOT OF BEGGING, A LOT OF THAT ARE CRYING BUT DIDN'T WORK. THEY DIDN'T. COMING BACK JUST AS FAST. REAL FAST. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE PITCH DARK. I'M LAYING THERE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, I'M IN MY BODY. WHAT IS THE PRICE? THAT WAS THEY HAD OPENED MY MY LEG AND THE DOCTOR SAYS, HEY, I GOT SOME BAD NEWS. YOU GOT A CLOT IN THERE. BLOOD CLOT. I CAN SEE HIM PUTTING ON HIS GLOVE. IT'S GOING TO HURT A LITTLE BIT. IT HURT MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT. IT JUST WENT BOOM. I WAS BACK IN MY BODY IN A LOT OF PAIN. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THAT WITH YOU THAT BEYOND THIS LIFE OF OURS. AWAITS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. YOU KNOW, WE JUST TRY TO BE THE BEST WE CAN PIECE. OF COURSE, IN THIS EARTH, IT'S HARD TO KEEP. BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE. YOU KNOW, PART OF. WHAT I LIVED AND WITH THIS PURPLE HEART. AND IT WASN'T EASY TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE I MY INJURIES I WAS. UNABLE TO GET JOBS. THEY WOULD FIRE ME. I JUST STRUGGLED ALONG, GOT MARRIED MORE STRUGGLES, DIDN'T GET THE HELP I NEEDED. [00:35:01] AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS START GETTING A LITTLE BETTER. AND SO IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET MY PURPLE HEART. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I SURVIVED, THANK GOD. AND I PRAY FOR ALL MY MILITARY BROTHERS HERE. AND IF THEY WOULD PLEASE STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. AND BY DOING THAT, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM TO BE HERE TONIGHT. FREEDOM OF RELIGION. FREEDOM. ENTERPRISE. IF WE'RE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. COULDN'T DO THAT. BUT THANKS TO THESE BRAVE MEN THAT WE HAVE, THAT THEY WENT AND FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. SO, PLEASE, WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMEONE AT THE UNIFORM, YEAH. THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. IBARRA. THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH A PERSONAL, HEARTFELT STORY WITH US. MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE ENDURED. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE MR. IBARRA LED THE EFFORT TO DESIGNATE THE PARKING SPACE HERE AT CITY HALL, RIGHT IN FRONT FOR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT THAT YOU ALL ADVOCATED. AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIM LEADING THAT AND ALL OF YOU STANDING BEHIND HIM. SO, MR. IBARRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, BUT FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ALL ENJOY. BECAUSE OF YOUR BRAVERY SERVING OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. EVERYONE HERE. ALL THE ALL THE THE VETERANS HERE, ALL THE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU. I ALWAYS TELL EVERYONE THERE'S INJURIES YOU COULD SEE AND INJURIES YOU CAN'T SEE. SO ALWAYS, ALWAYS RESPECT THE VETERAN. EVERY TIME I SEE MR. IBARRA IN UNIFORM, I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO COMMEND HIM ON HIS BOOTS. THOSE ARE JUMP BOOTS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT MEANS THAT YOU JUMP OUT OF AIRPLANES. ALWAYS SPIT SHINED. AND THANK YOU ALL THE GENTLEMEN. I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE. THANK YOU, MISTER, FOR BRINGING THIS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, SIR. I BELIEVE MR. BRENNAN WANTED TO MAKE SOME REMARKS AS WELL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, ALL PRESENT TODAY, WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING PURPLE HEART DAY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WITHIN OUR UNIT, WE DO HAVE MISTER TONY CORDOVA. TONY, YOU'LL GIVE A QUICK WAVE. STAND UP. HE HAS A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT WITHIN OUR UNIT, AND WE APPRECIATE TONY AND THE RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY MADE FOR HIM TODAY. SO THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER HAND. EVERYBODY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR.. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURG IS DESIGNATED A PURPLE HEART CITY, AND WE DO HAVE SOME PURPLE HEART SIGNS. THE ENTRIES OF OUR CITY, JUST IN HONOR AND IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DID FIGHT FOR, FOR OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM B, WE HAVE ITEM B PRESENT THE [B. Present the Recipient for the Employee of the Month Award for the Month of July 2024. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]] RECIPIENT FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BELINDA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE OR JULY LIE. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. OUR VERY OWN MR. ALFARO, MEDIA OPERATIONS MANAGER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA DEPARTMENT. WE'LL HAVE MISS SANDRA SAY A FEW WORDS. IS HE HIDING SOMEWHERE OR HE'S MAKING HIS DRAMATIC ENTRANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HE'S BEHIND THE CAMERA. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SANDRA GARCIA, AND I'M A MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST. HE'S WORKING TO GET THE VETERANS OF PURPLE HEART A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OH, IS THAT WHAT HE'S DOING? I SAW HIM STUCK BY THE DOOR, SO I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE. BUT I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF TODAY OF OUR DIRECTOR, OUR DIRECTOR, ROXANNE LERMA. IN ORDER TO CONGRATULATE JONAH FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT THIS MONTH, HE IS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. AND, OF COURSE, WE VALUE THE FACT THAT HE'S A BIG PART OF OUR TEAM. I'VE PERSONALLY WORKED WITH HIM FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW, AND HE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE CITY. HE REALLY DOES TELL THE COMMUNITY STORIES IN A WAY THAT CAPTIVATES YOU AND KEEPS PEOPLE MOTIVATED AND IN REALLY CARING ABOUT HOW THE CITY HAS GROWN AND WHAT'S TO COME. [00:40:02] BUT OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, OUR DIRECTOR COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. OF COURSE, I WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR HER. SHE LEFT A MESSAGE THAT I'LL READ VERY BRIEFLY ON HER BEHALF. SHE SAYS I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL JONAH IS. HE'S ALWAYS PUNCTUAL, MOTIVATED, COURTEOUS, AND READY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. HIS WORK DURING THE ALL AMERICA CITY COMPETITION REALLY STOOD OUT. HE HANDLED PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY, AND PROMPT MANAGEMENT WITH EASE, EVEN GOING THE EXTRA MILE BY CARRYING THE SPEAKER FOR OUR DELEGATION SKIT. JONAH'S HELPFULNESS DIDN'T STOP THERE. HE ALSO ASSISTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENGAGED WARMLY WITH ATTENDEES FROM OTHER CITIES AT THE DENVER CONFERENCE. HIS FRIENDLY DEMEANOR AND EXEMPLARY BEHAVIOR MADE HIM A FANTASTIC AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. JONAH HAS BEEN A VALUABLE EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR OVER A DECADE, AND WERE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'M CHEERING HIM ON ALWAYS. HE TRULY DESERVES THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS, JONAH, AND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS NOW. BEEN BEEN A WHILE. I'VE SEEN SEEN A LOT. BUT I'VE ALSO HAD THE HONOR. RIGHT. OF SEEING SEEING A LOT OF THE THE EMPLOYEES I'VE HAD. IT'S INTERESTING, RIGHT? BECAUSE FROM BEING OUT THERE, YOU SEE HOW HOW THESE EMPLOYEES WORK, RIGHT? WITH PRIDE. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY, MY FAMILY, MY LOVING FAMILY THAT'S OVER THERE. MY KIDS, MY WIFE. ALL RIGHT. JONAH. JONAH, YOU WANT TO BRING THEM UP SO THEY CAN BE RECORDED. COME ON. WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN, TAKE A PICTURE. BUT WE WANTED YOU TO SAY YOUR PIECE, AND COME ON UP, GUYS. AND SO. THANKS, AIR. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOU KNOW PRESENTING OR GIVING, GIVING US THE THE OPPORTUNITY BOOST MORALE. PRODUCTIVITY. RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD THING. AND ALSO TO TO ROXANNE. I KNOW SHE'S LOOKING AT ME THROUGH THAT CAMERA RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER SHE'S AT. THANK YOU, ROXANNE, FOR FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. BUT ALSO CITY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AND ALL THE DIRECTORS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THROUGH A TIME RIGHT NOW. BUDGET. RIGHT. AND SO A LOT OF IT IS GIVING THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES TO EMPLOYEES LIKE MYSELF. RIGHT. TO TO HELP THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT MAKES US THE FOUR TIME ALL-AMERICAN CITY. SO GLAD TO BE HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN RETIRE IN FOUR YEARS. NOT THAT I AM, BUT YOU KNOW, OKAY, YOU'RE ON THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF WITNESSES HERE. OKAY, SO. BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR FOR FOR THE HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE HOW MANY YEARS? 16 YEARS. SO I THINK I REMEMBER WHEN YOU STARTED. SO I THINK WE, WE TRANSITIONED INTO THE CITY OF FROM THE UNIVERSITY OR IS THAT SO? I WAS STILL AT CHANNEL FIVE AT THE TIME WHEN CITY HALL WAS BUILT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT WAS WHEN CITY HALL. SO YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE CITY HALL WAS BUILT, CORRECT? THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO SEE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, FOR A LOT OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, YOU DON'T SEE THEM OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES TELLING OUR STORY. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING AND BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WAS THERE AT THE ALL-AMERICA CITY, AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT. AND WE'RE LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE SPEAKER? I WAS LIKE, OH, JONAH'S GOING TO DO THAT. HE'S GOING TO CARRY THE SPEAKER. IT'S LIKE HE'S ALWAYS THERE. YOU KNOW, TO HELP SUPPORT AND DO EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY. AND, JONAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND TO YOUR FAMILY FOR ALLOWING YOU TO BE WITH US AS MANY TIMES. I KNOW YOU PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. SO THANKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. VERY WELL DESERVED. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. YOU WANT. COME ON. COME ON. SOMEBODY OVER HERE? YEAH. I GOT CLOSE TO THE THANK. YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [6. PUBLIC COMMENTS] [00:45:02] OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE EDINBURG 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 THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS FERN MCLARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. YES. TONIGHT, LISTENING TO THE STORIES, HOW MUCH WE DO OWE EACH AND EVERY SOLDIER, MAN OR WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN THE SERVICE TO GIVE ME THE RIGHT THE FREEDOM TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ALL. SO I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY ANYMORE. IT IS MY PERSONAL GOAL TO SAVE THE CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH $20 MILLION BY OPPOSING THE HIGH RISE PARKING PROJECT. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY ONLY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH IS HAVING TO BUILD THAT. WHY? IT IS NOT ALL THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN HIDALGO COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE USING THE MOST INSTEAD OF US IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THAT, HOW THAT CAN BE CHANGED SO THAT EVERYONE, ALL OF THE MILLION THAT LIVE IN HIDALGO COUNTY INSTEAD OF JUST 100. I THINK YOU ALL SAID TODAY THAT LIVE IN EDINBURGH. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRAY, ASK YOU ALL TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND PRAY FOR THE HOSTAGES. WE HAVE AMERICANS THAT ARE BEING HELD ALIVE OR DEAD AND SO WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM. AND I DO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THEM. I WISH THE MEN WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE SO WE COULD THANK THEM PERSONALLY THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND HOW PRECIOUS THEIR LIVES ARE AND WERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS OBED MONTOYA. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. I'M SPEECHLESS ABOUT THE WHOLE CEREMONY. AND LAST NIGHT WAS A BIG PARTY. AND I DO BELIEVE I HAD MY SPEECH RIGHT HERE, BUT I WILL DELETE SOME OF THE ITEMS. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAD THOUSANDS LAST NIGHT AT THIS ALL-AMERICAN CITY NIGHT OUT AND EVERYTHING, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD INVEST IN HAVING SOME KIND OF A POLICE STATION, MAYBE INVEST IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THAT. NO, WE'RE GETTING GETTING DOWN HERE TO TO BEING AN OLDER SET AND EVERYTHING. BUT AGAIN SORRY I MISSED ROBIN HERE BECAUSE HE IS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, POLICE CHIEF AND EVERYTHING. I THINK MAYBE INVEST A COUPLE OF MILLION, MAYBE, WHAT, 5 MILLION OR SOMETHING TO REAL ESTATE AND EVERYTHING TO TO HAVE, YOU KNOW COMPOUND, MAYBE CLOSER TO WHERE TO ROAD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT ANYHOW, DAN, YOU GOT YOUR PEN READY. I'M GOING TO SPELL OUT NAME FOR YOU. LOUISE GARITO. FIRST NAME IS LOUISE. FIRST NAME SPACE. LAST NAME IS Y A R I O. HE IS THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE BRUSH PICKUP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD COLLECTIONS. YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CALL HIM. HE KNOWS WHEN THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING AND EVERYTHING, AND HE IS DOING GOOD, MAYOR. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE HIM A PAY RAISE. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS OR MYRA GIVE HIM A PAY RAISE. HE DESERVES IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TELL YOU GUYS LOOK AFTER THE THE POOR FOLKS, YOU KNOW, JUST HELP THEM OUT. AND OUR PEACE OFFICERS, EVERYBODY THAT I'M A BLUE COLLAR WORKER JOINED THE CLUB. I'M ONE OF THEM, TOO. SO HELP US OUT. ANYWAY SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW AT BARREL HOUSE FOR A LITTLE GET TOGETHER, WE THINK. JASON, I LIKE YOUR TIE, MAN. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. STARTING AT WHAT? FROM 6 TO 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I'LL BE THERE, GUYS. [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS] SEE YOU ALL. OKAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GOOD JOB. [A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Commercial,General (CG) District, Being 1.22 Acres out of Lot 2, Block 4, Steele & Pershing Subdivision, Located at 4411 South McColl Road, as Requested by Melden & Hunt on Behalf of MVP Partnership, Ltd. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN. WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. COUNCIL. WE HAVE A, B AND C. SO AT THIS TIME THESE ARE REQUESTS FOR CHANGE IN ZONING. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER IN TERMS OF OPENING UP THE HEARING. SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO MAKE COMMENTS OR [00:50:01] PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THIS MEETING THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED AS ITEMS A, B, OR C? YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM. HI. YES, GOOD EVENING, DIANE TEETER, PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BIOLOGY AT STC. WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, WE CAN HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THEMES. ONE STATES THAT LAND DEVELOPMENT DRIVES THE ROADS OR CONSTRUCTION DRIVES THE ROADS OR THE ROADS DRIVE THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND IN OUR PRIOR WORKSHOP ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE UDC, WHICH WAS UPDATED IN 2022. THE CITY COUNCIL SAID THAT IT WAS OVERTURNING THE PLANNING AND ZONING DECISIONS BECAUSE NO ONE SHOWED UP OR THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT INTEREST. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'RE CONSIDERING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WATER, THE SEWAGE, AS WELL AS THE VERY IMPORTANT PARKS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS MORE PARKS AND GREEN SPACES. THEN, AS MENTIONED, IT WAS STATED THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE WAS GOING TO BE REEXAMINED, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT OUR LAND DEVELOPERS AND OUR CONTRACTORS EQUITABLY CONTRIBUTE TO PARKS AND OUR GREEN SPACES AND OUR OWN CITY'S IMPROVEMENTS. AND I ASK YOU TO RECALL AND REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WATER, SEWAGE AND PARKS. AND IF YOUR IDEA OF THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE ADEQUATE FOR THESE ZONING CHANGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED A, B, OR C? IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE. ITEM A, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT. BEING 1.22 ACRES OUT OF LOT TWO, BLOCK FOUR, STEELE AND PERSHING SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 404 FOUR 4411 SOUTH MCCALL ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MELDON AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF MVP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED COUNCIL. [B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, Lot 86, Villa Del Sol Subdivision, Located at 1108 Sundance Drive, as Requested by Rene Martinez on Behalf of Karen Leal. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. LOT 86, VILLA DEL SOL SUBDIVISION LOCATED 1108 SUNDANCE DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY RENE MARTINEZ ON BEHALF OF KAREN LEAL. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A A SECOND. [C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, Lot 41, Colonia Esperanza Unit No. 3 Subdivision, Located at 924 Esperanza Street, as Requested by Manuel Orosco on Behalf of Manuel Orosco Jr. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. LOT 41, COLONIA ESPARZA. UNIT NUMBER THREE SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 924 ESPARZA STREET, AS REQUESTED BY MANUEL OROZCO ON BEHALF OF MANUEL OROZCO JUNIOR. OUR COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY MOTIONS? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I DID WANT TO BRING UP JUST REAL QUICKLY IN RELATION TO THIS ITEM ON ESPERANZA. THIS IS NEAR ALBERTA AND VETERANS ROAD. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP SOME COUPLE OF CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. CITY MANAGER THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON ALBERTA, SO WE COULD PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. PEOPLE ARE USING IN ESPERANZA STREET TO GO FROM VETERANS TO ALBERTA OR GOING BACK AND FORTH. OF COURSE, THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR MORE PATROLLING, MORE ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA. AND I KNOW THIS IS A HOME AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. IT'S JUST THEY WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. THE OTHER THING IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE ON ALBERTA AND VETERANS ROAD. I THINK WE'VE DONE A STUDY ON THAT. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST ASK THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON THAT REQUEST FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WILL DO. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. [8. PETITION] ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [A. Consider the Petition Providing for the Voluntary Annexation of 84.66 Acres Out of Chapin Road Right-of-Way, Alamo Road Right-of-Way, Richardson Road Right-of-Way, and Alamo Road Right- of-Way in Blocks 249, 250, and 267, and Out of Lots 9 and 16 Block 250, Texas-Mexican Railway Company Survey, Hidalgo, Texas, Being Located at 1101 North Alamo Road, as Requested by Paul Arthur, on Behalf of WW Escondido, L.P. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] [00:55:01] IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM EIGHT. PETITION. CONSIDER THE PETITION PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 84.66 ACRES OUT OF CHAPIN ROAD. RIGHT OF WAY. ALAMO ROAD, RIGHT OF WAY. RICHARDSON ROAD, RIGHT OF WAY AND ALAMO ROAD RIGHT OF WAY IN BLOCKS 249, 250 AND 267. 67 AND OUT OF LOTS NINE AND 16. BLOCK 250 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY HIDALGO, TEXAS. BEING LOCATED AT 1101 NORTH ALAMO ROAD AS REQUESTED BY PAUL ARTHUR ON BEHALF OF WW ESCONDIDO, LP. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS OUTSIDE OUR CITY. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE PETITIONED TO BE INSIDE OUR CITY. SO I JUST JUST HAD A QUESTION ON SERVICES. SO WHAT IS IT? OUR SERVICE AREA FOR WATER. AND WHAT ABOUT WASTEWATER? AND WE ARE LOOKING TO IF IT SHOWS ON THE SCREEN THERE CAN YOU PUT THE SCREEN WHERE IT SHOWS THE, THE YELLOW OUTLINE OF WHERE THE CITY LIMITS ARE. IT'S THE ONE WE HAVE IN OUR PACKET. THIS SCREEN SHOWS IT IN BLUE. IT'S 0.75 MILES AWAY FROM OUR CITY LIMITS. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS ONE HERE. IT SHOWS ON THE ON THE PACKET. DO WE HAVE THAT ON THE SCREEN? SO I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICES. BECAUSE THEN ALL THOSE AREAS IN BETWEEN ARE NOT INSIDE CITY RIGHT. SO I'M JUST I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON ON SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. HI. MASTER PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD. THIS AREA IS SERVICED BY NORTH ALAMO WATER. FOR THE WATER SERVICES, FOR THE SEWER SERVICES. IT IS PART OF THE SEWER AREA. HOWEVER, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT WHERE NORTH ALAMO IS SAYING THAT THEY'LL TAKE OVER THE SEWER SERVICES ALSO. AND SO. AND HAVE THEY PROVIDED THAT TO THAT THAT TO US IN WRITING. OUR ATTORNEY HAS SEEN THAT AGREEMENT. IT'S A SIMILAR ATTORNEY. IT'S A SIMILAR AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE APPROVED IN THE PAST WITH NORTH ALAMO. SO HE'S SEEN IT, AND HE'S OKAY WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AS FAR AS HOW IT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO THE CITY. IS WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT THROUGH RICHARDSON AND THEN GO UP ON ALAMO AND THEN GO BACK ON MILE 17 NORTH. SO WE WOULD ANNEX THE RIGHT OF WAYS AS WELL. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE WE HAD JUST A MEETING OR JUST RIGHT BEFORE THIS. RIGHT. REGARDING SIDEWALKS SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON RICHARDSON ROAD, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY SIDEWALKS THERE? WE'RE GOING TO ANNEX IT. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER. BUT I'M JUST ASKING RIGHT. BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT IN AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL THESE HOMES THERE. I'M JUST ASKING FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE APPROVING HERE. WELL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS THE 86 ACRES. THE 86 ACRES WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH INTERNAL SIDEWALKS AND THEN EXTERNAL SIDEWALKS. THEY DON'T HAVE FRONTAGE TO RICHARDSON. THERE'S A LITTLE GAP IN BETWEEN THERE. SO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T LINE UP TO RICHARDSON. THEY. AND SO WHAT ABOUT ALAMO ROAD? THEY DO HAVE THEY DO FRONT ALAMO ROAD. SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY PUT SIDEWALKS ALONG ALAMO ROAD. BUT THEN IT WILL STOP SHORT OF RICHARDSON OF WHERE THAT A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET, MAYBE 150 OR 200FT SHORT OF RICHARDSON. OKAY. SO TODAY THIS IS A PETITION FOR THE ANNEXATION. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS? LET'S SAY WE APPROVE IT. WHAT I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A PETITION TO EITHER ACCEPT IT AND THEN IT WOULD COME AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE, SHOULD THE COUNCIL ACCEPT IT. GOT IT. AND I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPER IS HERE ALSO. AND WHAT KIND OF REVIEW TAKES PLACE FROM NOW TO THE DRAFTING THE ORDINANCE TO DO WE EVALUATE ALL CITY SERVICES OR WHAT WHAT DO WE REVIEW HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. MAYOR I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO PD FIRE. FIRE ALREADY SERVICES THE AREA. I TALKED TO CHIEF AYALA AS WELL, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES SERVICING THE AREA. I'VE TALKED TO RAMIRO GOMEZ. SOLID WASTE. THAT WAS ALREADY DONE AND EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT. SO THIS WILL COME BACK IF ACCEPTED TODAY. CORRECT. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. [9. BUDGET] IS THERE ANY OTHER ANY QUESTIONS BY ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, [A. Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Transfers for the Following: [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]] THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NINE. BUDGET. COUNCIL, WE HAVE ITEM A, THE ITEMS LISTED. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? [10. AWARDING OF BIDS] [A. Consider Awarding RFP No. 2024-14, On-Site Physical Examination for Firefighters to Life Extension Clinics, Inc. DBA Life Scan Wellness Centers for Physical Examinations for Career and Volunteer Firefighters in the Amount Not to Exceed $45,420.00 and Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into a Medical Service Agreement and Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Omar Garza, Fire Chief]] IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TEN. [01:00:01] AWARDING OF BIDS. COUNCIL. WE HAVE ITEM A. CONSIDER AWARDING RFP NUMBER 2024 DASH 14 ON SITE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOR FIREFIGHTERS. TWO LIFE EXTENSION CLINICS DBA LIFE LIFESPAN WELLNESS CENTERS FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR CAREER AND VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 45,420, AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEDICAL SERVICE AGREEMENT AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? [B. Consider Authorizing the Purchase and Installation of Kamstrup Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Meters, as a Sole Source purchase, from Aguaworks Pipe & Supply, LLC., for an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000, funded through the US Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation Grant No. R23AP00227-00 and Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]] SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE METERS AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE FROM AQUA WORKS PIPE AND SUPPLY, LLC FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 200,000. FUNDED THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GRANT NUMBER R 23, AP 0022700 AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. [C. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Nexus In-Car Video and Body Worn Camera Subscription and Nexus Interview Room Solution from Coban Technologies, Inc., Through the Cooperative Purchasing Program HGACBuy in the Amount of $116,740.00 (Year 1), and Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into a Five (5) year Agreement and Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF NEXUS IN-CAR VIDEO AND BODY WORN CAMERA SUBSCRIPTION AND NEXUS INTERVIEW ROOM SOLUTION FROM COPEN TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM BY IN THE AMOUNT OF 116,740 YEAR ONE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. SO MOVED. SECOND. [11. APPOINTMENTS] [A. Consider Appointments to the Following City Advisory Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees: Edinburg Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors, Two Members.] 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 11. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY ADVISORY BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES EDINBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. BOARD OF DIRECTORS TWO MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO APPOINT MARK MORAN AND SANDRA ALANIZ ONTO THE BOARD. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. [12. CONSENT AGENDA] AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12. CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM. [A. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Three (3) Fully Equipped Vehicle-Ford Broncos SPT 2024 from Boswell Elliff Ford, LLC. Through the Texas Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), Contract No. 210907, in the Amount of $94,351.00. [Ignacio Saavedra, Director of Health & Code]] COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. GO AHEAD. SIR. WHAT ARE THESE FOR? JUST SO WE KNOW. FOR THE PUBLIC. THESE ARE VEHICLES THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE CAPITAL LEASE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THANK YOU. IS IT ONE VEHICLE OR TWO? [13. OTHER BUSINESS] [A. Future Items Requested by City Council. [Myra L. Ayala, City Manager]] SORRY. THREE. OKAY. IT WILL BE THREE. THREE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 13. COUNCIL. OTHER BUSINESS. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST. I KNOW ON OUR JULY 16TH MEETING, WE HAD A REZONING ITEM THAT. I GUESS THERE WAS NO MOTION TO THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP ON THE NEXT MEETING. I THINK THE ADDRESS WAS THE 2901 WEST CHAPIN STREET, SO WE CAN BRING THAT UP FOR RECONSIDERATION. [14. EXECUTIVE SESSION] YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY OTHER ITEMS? COUNCIL? IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 703. AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. [01:09:17] COMING UP NEXT ON ESPN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, 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 EDINBURG CITY HALL, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER OF THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. [01:10:01] IT IS 6:06 P.M. BY MY WATCH. AND I SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE, WHO'S A OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO START LIKE WE START EVERY ONE OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WITH A PRAYER. WE HAVE PASTOR RYAN GARCIA FROM PALM VALLEY CHURCH HERE THAT IS GOING TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. WILL EVERYONE PLEASE RISE? COME TO YOU TODAY, AND WE TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING CITY OF EDINBURGH. LORD, WE PRAY FOR EVERY SINGLE CIVILIAN IN THIS CITY. WE PRAY FOR EVERY WORKER. WE PRAY FOR EVERY LEADER. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU GUIDE OUR AGENDA TODAY. MAY WE FOCUS ON WHAT IS GOOD FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT LIVES IN THIS CITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US FOR 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. THANK YOU, PASTOR GARZA. GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON AUGUST 2ND, 2024 AT 5:30 P.M.. SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE. YES, SIR. 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. NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR MENTION TODAY. FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. THE FIRST ONE IS THE PONY SOFTBALL INTERNATIONAL WORLD SERIES. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN HOSTING SOME OF THE TOURNAMENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH THE CITY OF MCALLEN, OR ACTUALLY THE MCALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THAT WAS HELD ON JULY 18TH THROUGH THE 20TH. AND I, WE DO HAVE MR. BANDA HERE SO THAT HE HE JUST WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT THE EVENT AND ALSO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HOSTING THE EVENT AND NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT TRANSPIRED AT THE EVENT. MR. BANDA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I THINK I MET YOU AT THE CEREMONIES. YES, SIR. IT'S A REAL PLEASURE. DAN, HOW YOU DOING? TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE HAD A FANTASTIC EVENT THIS PAST, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO DOWN IN MCALLEN AND IN EDINBURG. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. WE HAD ABOUT 160 TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS TOURNAMENT. AND NEXT YEAR WE ANTICIPATE GROWING TO ABOUT 200 TEAMS. WE HAD A WAITING LIST OF 20 FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE ANTICIPATE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. JUST TO GIVE YOU, AGAIN, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WERE IN NEED OF EXTRA FIELDS, AND YOU GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED US TO USE THREE OF YOUR FIELDS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME OTHER THAT WE WANTED TO USE, BUT THEY WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE HOPEFULLY WE'LL USE THEM NEXT YEAR. ANYWAY, THE THREE FIELDS THAT YOU DID PROVIDE FOR US WERE FANTASTIC. I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE. EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL. OUTSTANDING. THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE US. I'M THE SOUTH ZONE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PONY BASEBALL. I RUN ALL THE PONY PROGRAMS ALL THE WAY FROM NEW MEXICO, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GEORGIA AND ALL THE STATES IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW. SO I TRAVEL QUITE A BIT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, SEEING ALL KINDS OF TOURNAMENTS. WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING SITES. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOUR FIELDS WERE PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST NATURAL FIELDS THAT WE'VE WE'VE PLAYED ON IN QUITE A WHILE. SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR STAFF THE PARKS AND REC WAS VERY, VERY GOOD TO US. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT? HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP. THE CITY, THE CITY OF MCALLEN, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, MCALLEN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE THAT BROUGHT US DOWN HERE. YOU KNOW THAT OLD SAYING THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME? WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE BROUGHT IT DOWN HERE TO MCALLEN. GREW UP IN HARLINGEN. MY DIRECTOR HERE IS FROM HARLINGEN ALSO, AND WE HAVE A FORMER HARLINGEN KNIGHT HERE WITH YOU ON YOUR CITY COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BASEBALL FOREVER. WE STARTED THIS TOURNAMENT MAYBE ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO IN LAREDO. WE STARTED WITH 18 TEAMS. WE WENT UP TO 30. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WENT TO HOUSTON. AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY LEARNED ABOUT WE NEED TO DO THIS AT HOME BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATION WE HAVE. WE HAVE 20 SOMETHING PONY PROGRAMS HERE IN THE VALLEY, AND ALL OF THEM ARE AT OUR DISPOSAL. BUT AGAIN, WITH WHAT I KNEW ABOUT EDINBURG AND WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT I KNEW ABOUT YOUR FIELDS, WE WE DECIDED TO COME TO YOU GUYS SO YOU [01:15:04] COULD HELP US OUT. NOW WE USED THREE SITES. WE USED YOUR SITES, WHICH WAS THREE FIELDS. AND THEN WE ALSO USED TWO SITES IN SAN JUAN. AND THEN WE USED THE REST OF THEM IN MCALLEN. I THINK MCALLEN HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15 FIELDS, MORE OR LESS, THAT WE USED THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT. ECONOMIC IMPACT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN. THAT'S WHERE MCALLEN IS SUCH A VITAL PARTNER TO US. ECONOMIC IMPACT IS TREMENDOUS. YOU KNOW, YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOUR YOUR EOC, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHOEVER IT IS, CAN DO THE NUMBERS ON IT. I KNOW WE HAVE A A HOTEL PLANNER. WE WORK WITH HOTEL PLANNER. THAT'S WHERE WE BOOK OUR ROOMS THROUGH. ALL OUR TEAMS HAVE TO BOOK THROUGH THEM. AND I KNOW WE OVERLAPPED IN EDINBURGH AND MOST OF THE HOTELS IN EDINBURGH WERE FULL THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE OVERLAP THAT WE THAT CAME OVER FROM MCALLEN. AND AS IT GROWS, OF COURSE IT'LL BE MORE AND MORE NOW. I WILL SEND THE INFORMATION TO, TO YOUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WAY WE CAN START THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN YOU GUYS IN THE CITY OF MCALLEN AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THERE IS A LOT OF EXPENSE INVOLVED. WE DO BRING 30. WE BROUGHT IN 30 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. WE HAD TEAMS FROM PUERTO RICO, THE MEXICO, PHILIPPINES AND THE BAHAMAS THAT PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR. WE WERE WE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM CHINA AND WE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM JAPAN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COST AND VISA PROBLEMS, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. US TEAMS INVOLVED TEAMS FROM TEXAS, ILLINOIS, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, OKLAHOMA AND LOUISIANA. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS STARTING TO REALLY ATTRACT TEAMS FROM ELSEWHERE. SO WHEN THEY COME HERE, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO? THEY HAVE TO STAY IN HOTELS AND THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND MONEY HERE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT, I THINK. LIKE I SAID, WE WILL BE AGAIN MEETING WITH YOUR STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT SO THAT, AGAIN, YOU CAN BE A FULL PARTNER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MCALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME? I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INCLUDING OUR CITY, AND WE WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE AND WANT TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC. AND I WAS THERE AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES. IT WAS QUITE A SIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION. OKAY. YEAH. AND I'LL SAY, IF YOU THOUGHT THE FIELDS WERE GOOD THIS YEAR, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THEM NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET THE TURF IN THE CITY. PLEASE CONSIDER US WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION. THE CITY OF MCALLEN WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST, ALONG WITH OUR CHAMBER AND EDC TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. OKAY. WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK AURELIO AND BRANDON FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. EDDIE SALINAS FROM PARKS AND REC. I MEAN, THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN COORDINATING EVERYTHING. MR. BRANDON FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES. I DO WANT TO SAY I WENT BY THE TOURNAMENT AND ALL THE PARKS AND REC STAFF AND EVERYONE YOU HAVE IN CHARGE THERE. I HEARD NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTS FOR YOUR STAFF. I SAW THAT THEY WERE CLEANING UP THE FIELDS AND AND DUSTING THEM AND SETTLING THEM WITH THE TRACTOR BETWEEN GAMES. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. SO JUST GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB WITH EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE EMPLOYEES. OF COURSE, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES. NEXT, SIR, WE DO HAVE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THAT WAS AN EVENT. SO JUST FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE, I KNOW THAT THE CITY RESCHEDULED ITS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD YESTERDAY, AUGUST THE 6TH. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SCHEDULED IT FOR TODAY, BUT WE DID THAT BECAUSE THE EDINBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS GOING TO HOST THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HERE AT THE PROMENADE PARK AMPHITHEATER. AND I WILL WANT TO DEFER THAT NOW TO CHIEF AYALA TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATS AND INFORMATION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JAIME OLIVER, POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT TO YOU. AS YOU WITNESSED LAST NIGHT, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OUR 28TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. YOU SEE IMAGE THERE SHARED EARLIER IN THE EVENING. WE WE DID HAVE TO IMPROVISE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MUNICIPAL PARK. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED SO FAR. WE'LL CONTINUE TO GATHER THAT FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THOSE THAT ATTENDED AND THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 3500 ATTENDEES ALTOGETHER, ALTHOUGH IT WAS REALLY HARD TO ARRANGE BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY LARGE FOOTPRINT OF THAT. WE HAD 29 TOTAL VENDORS, 12 CITY DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED FOUR NONPROFITS, FOUR FOOD TRUCKS, 12 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM AROUND THE AREA THAT BROUGHT THEIR ASSETS TO SHARE WITH US AND IN A DEMONSTRATION AND 12 SPONSOR BOOTHS. AND SO WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE MUSIC WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. THE ATTENDEES STAYED PRETTY WELL TILL THE END. [01:20:01] IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED AND PEOPLE STAYED EVEN THOUGH THE HEAT. WE ALL KNOW THE HEAT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE HEAT IN FUTURE YEARS. BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY. JUST A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUBMITTING THIS YEAR'S 28TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO THE NATIONAL NIGHT TIME WATCH. GREAT. THANK YOU. CHIEF. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WITH THAT AGAIN, MAYOR, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CITY STAFF AND CITY EMPLOYEES AND DEFINITELY ALL THE SPONSORS AND THE VENDORS THAT WERE THERE PARTICIPATING ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT. NEXT WE DO HAVE THE EDINBURGH CULTURAL ARTS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER COUNTRY CONCERT. AUGUST THE 10TH, 2024 TO WRAP UP OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO MISS LETTY OR MR. MAGDIEL TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WRAPS UP THIS SATURDAY ON AUGUST 10TH. WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO OPEN AT 6 P.M., BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT THAT WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY, WE ARE MOVING IT TO 7 P.M. AND THE CONCERT STARTS AT 11. THE HEADLINER IS KEVIN FOWLER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYBODY THERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOME OTHER CONCERTS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE JUST TICKETS CAN GO TO THE W-W-W EDINBURGH.COM/2024 CONCERT SERIES. AND AGAIN WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS FUN FILLED EVENT. THANK YOU SIR. I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING ON THAT. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY FUN EVENT FOR FAMILIES. YOU GET YOUR KIDS THERE. IT'S JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY JUST TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. THIS SATURDAY. THIS SATURDAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 7TH, 2024, AS NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY, AS REQUESTED BY JOSÉ IBARRA. AND I DO SEE MISTER IBARRA HERE, AS WELL AS SO MANY SERVICE MEMBERS HERE. AUDIENCE. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT OUR CITY SECRETARY IS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD, AND WE'LL GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU. NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2024. WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION, RESPECT, AND UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GALLANTLY SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF OUR COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART IS AMONG THE OLDEST MILITARY DECORATIONS IN PRESENT USE, AND WAS INITIALLY CREATED AS A BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT AND HONOR CREATED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1782. AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN SERVICE AWARD OR DECORATION SPECIFICALLY AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN COMBAT WITH A DECLARED ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED MEDALS AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE US ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS PURPLE WAS THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT CREATED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, SO LOGICALLY THE ORIGINAL COLOR WAS USED FOR THE NEW MEDAL HONORING WASHINGTON'S MEMORY. CONTEMPORARILY, IT IS THOUGHT THE COLOR PURPLE REPRESENTS THE BLOOD OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE MADE SACRIFICES IN WAR. BUT TRADITIONALLY, THE COLOR IS THOUGHT TO REPRESENT THE COURAGE OF THOSE WHO SERVED. WHEREAS NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED OBSERVED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2014. THIS YEAR, AUGUST 7TH, 2024, WILL BE THE 242ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT, WHICH WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR TODAY'S PURPLE HEART. AND WHEREAS THE SACRIFICES OF MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN VITAL IN MAINTAINING FREEDOM TO ENJOY THEIR WAYS OF LIFE THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND DEDICATION OF VETERAN JOE IBARRA. THE CITY OF EDINBURG WAS DESIGNATED A PURPLE HEART CITY ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THE MANY BRAVE AND MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL. THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 7TH AS NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY. RECOGNIZING THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. ROBOTO. WE'LL START. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. [01:25:06] OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND CELEBRATING. THE. GO AHEAD, SIR. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SORRY. YEAH. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING THE MILITARY ORDER OF PURPLE HEART. TODAY, JUNE 7TH IT WAS STARTED BACK IN, THEY ALREADY SAID IN 1782 BY GEORGE WASHINGTON. AND THEN IT WAS JUST GIVEN TO THE GENERALS LATER, YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE IT TO THE, YOU KNOW, SOLDIERS, COMBAT SOLDIERS. BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE? AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. AND ALSO THEIR FAMILIES WHO SUFFERED WITH THEIR LOSS. ALSO, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE WOUNDED, WERE WOUNDED AND FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. AND SO. WITH THIS HONOR WAS GIVEN TO US AND BY GEORGE WASHINGTON. IT GOES BACK FURTHER A LITTLE BIT. ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO WHEN JESUS CHRIST WAS HERE, HE DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM AND FOR OUR SALVATION. HOW MANY TIMES DO WE THINK OF SAYING, THANK YOU, JESUS CHRIST, FOR IN THE HOLY SPIRIT? FOR DOING THAT FOR US. BUT I THANK HIM. THANK GOD, JESUS CHRIST. MOTHER OF GOD, ANGELS AND SAINTS. AND YOU MIGHT WONDER, SAY, WELL, WHY IS THIS GUY, YOU KNOW, SAYING THIS? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHY. I WAS WOUNDED TWICE IN COMBAT, WOUNDED IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN THAT SHOW THAT USED TO BE HOW TO DIE 1000 TIMES OR 1000 WAYS TO DIE. WELL, I THINK THERE WAS MORE WHEN I WAS IN THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM. THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE INSECTS. THEY WERE AROUND YOU, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I HAD MALARIA, TOO, AS A KIND OF A BONUS ON THAT ONE AND NEARLY DIED OF THAT. BUT I'M HERE. AND SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. GOD ALSO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. BUT BRING ME BACK FROM FROM DEATH. IN ONE OCCASION I HAD BEEN WOUNDED THE SECOND TIME, AND I WAS VERY NERVOUS WHEN I GOT BACK THERE. I HAD ABOUT ONE MONTH LEFT, AND SO I WAS VERY NERVOUS. AND REALLY SCARED. JUST LIKE WHEN I JUMP OUT OF PLANES BECAUSE WE WERE PARATROOPERS, MY COMRADES HERE. AND THEN EVERY JUMP. ALSO BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT CHUTE WOULD OPEN, SO YOU RELIED ON GOD. SO ANYWAYS, I'M DESPERATE AND I WE HAD TWO DAYS TO REST AFTER BEING OUT 40 DAYS. THEN THAT WOULD BE CONSECUTIVELY, BUT I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE. AND I SAID. I LOOKED AT THE OCEAN, THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN, THE COLORS, AND THEN I FIGURED, I SAID, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE MY MY HOME. AND I WAS HOMESICK. SO WHAT I DID. AND I HAD SOME BEERS. SO, YOU KNOW, TO GET A LITTLE COURAGE. AND I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING HOME. FORGET THIS. YOU KNOW, LEAVE MY WEAPON BEHIND EVERYTHING. I'LL JUST. SO I STARTED TO SWIM AND KIND OF CLOSE TO THE, [01:30:06] LIKE, THE COURTHOUSE. I LOOKED BACK AND I LOOK FORWARD. I WAS KIND OF TIRED, AND I SAID, MAYBE I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO I SAID I BETTER HEAD AND BACK. SO I LOOKED BACK AND I STARTED TO SWIM AND I KEPT ON SWIMMING AND SWIMMING AND SWIMMING. THE ONLY THING IS, I WAS GOING FURTHER IN. AN UNDERCURRENT CAUGHT ME. SO BY THEN. THEN I WAS SCARED AND I SAID, HEY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? I WAS TIRED, I COULDN'T MAKE IT ANYMORE. SO AT THAT POINT I SAID, YOU KNOW, I MAY BE GOING HOME, BUT IN A PINE BOX. AND THEN I SAID, IT'S OVER. I WENT DOWN, DECIDED. THAT'S IT. I WAS GOING DOWN FURTHER DOWN, AND I GOT UNCONSCIOUS. BUT IN IN THAT MOMENT, THERE WAS A PRAYER THAT MY MOTHER SENT ME. AND I SAID, DAY, NIGHT, I MEMORIZED IT. AND I SAID THERE'S A CERTAIN PART IN THERE THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE IN TURBULENT WATERS, JUST SAY MY NAME. AND AT THAT MOMENT I REMEMBER THAT. AND. I SAID, I SAID HIS NAME. AND THEN THEN. I WAS PICKED UP FROM WHERE I WAS AT. I WAS PICKED UP AND I WAS PLACED ON THE BEACH FACE DOWN. I'M WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, IT WAS A GOOD LORD THAT IT SAVED MY LIFE AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PERFECT. I MAKE MISTAKES, BUT I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WELL HOW MANY TIMES? ANOTHER OCCASION. AND YOU WERE COMING IN, AND MY ASSIGNMENT WAS TO GO TO THE BOULDERS UP THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THAT FIELD, I WAS TO SHOOT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THESE NEW GUYS READY FOR VIETNAM. AND BY THEN I TOOK OFF MY SHIRT, LIKE, IF I NEEDED A TAN. AND I WAS VERY DARK AT THE TIME. SO I TOOK IT OFF AND PROBABLY JUST MY TEETH WERE SHOWING MY EYES, BUT I WAS UP THERE WAITING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE TROOPS CAME UP, SO I SHOT I FIRED IN THE AIR. SO THERE WAS A SNIPER IN THERE. HE DID ALL HIS TRAINING. HE HAD HIS SCOPE, AND HE ZEROED IN ON ME. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL LATER, BUT THE GOOD THING IS, HE WAS OBEDIENT AND SAID, HEY, I SEE HIM. TELL ME TO SHOOT HIM. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOAST ALREADY. BUT THE GOOD LORD, YOU KNOW, WAS ON MY SIDE AGAIN. THE GUY DIDN'T SHOOT ME AGAIN. I'LL TELL YOU ONE MORE TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND. JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE OTHER TIME IS WHEN I GOT WOUNDED THE SECOND TIME AND A GRENADE WENT OFF. HIT MY LEGS. I COULDN'T WALK ANYMORE. SO. AND BY THE WAY, I WAS ON TELEVISION THAT ONE DAY, WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE BECAUSE MY MOM AND MY RELATIVES WOULD SEE ME. SO I JUST KIND OF PUT MY HELMET DOWN. ANYWAYS, THEY GAVE ME MORPHINE FOR PAIN AND I SAID, OH, HOW GOOD THIS IS. YOU KNOW. THEY MEDIVACKED ME TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL. WELL, THERE THEY GAVE ME AN INJECTION TO THE SPINE TO PUT ME TO SLEEP. YOU KNOW, ANESTHESIA. THAT'S TWO TIMES ALREADY. AND THE GUY THAT WAS DOING IT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING UNTIL FINALLY HE TOLD HIM TO STOP. A DOCTOR CAME IN AND HE DID IT. [01:35:04] THEN THEY RUSHED ME INTO SURGERY. AND GUESS WHAT? MORE ANESTHESIA. SEE, THESE GUYS DIDN'T KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WAS GOING. THERE YOU GO. MORE ANESTHESIA. COUNT TO TEN. BACKWARDS. I WAS OUT LIKE A LIGHT BULB IN. AT THAT POINT. I LEFT MY BODY THERE IN THE SURGERY ROOM, AND I KIND OF LOOKED DOWN. IT WAS PITCH DARK BETWEEN ME AND MY BODY. AND THEN I WAS RUSHED. INTO THE SKY. NOT MY BODY. JUST. I COULD SEE THE. THE CLOUDS. BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS. AND I WAS RUSHING THERE REAL FAST. I GOT TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE SOME CLOUDS. AND THERE WAS A VIRGIN OF SAN JUAN. LIKE READING ME. I WENT UP THESE PUFFY CLOUDS. WHERE? SAINT PETER WAS THERE. AND THEN SHOWED ME TO A NARROW GATE. SO I WENT OVER THERE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND. IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE EVER SEEN. VIVID COLORS. THERE WAS PEACE. NO SMOG, NO ANGRINESS. EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. EVERYBODY WAS JUST SO HAPPY AND CONTENT AND. I WANTED TO GET IN. BUT THEY TOLD ME. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO COME BACK. AND AS I GO ALONG, I SEE THE REASONS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT NIGHT AND BEING WITH YOU ALL. SO I WENT UP. OF COURSE, I DID A LOT OF BEGGING, A LOT OF CRYING, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. THEN I'M COMING BACK JUST AS FAST. REAL FAST. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE PITCH DARK. I'M LAYING THERE. AND ALL SUDDEN, BOOM! I'M IN MY BODY. WHAT A SURPRISE THAT WAS. THEY HAD OPENED MY MY LEG AND THE DOCTOR SAYS, HEY, I GOT SOME BAD NEWS. YOU GOT A CLOT IN THERE. BLOOD CLOT. I CAN SEE HIM PUTTING ON HIS GLOVE. IT'S GOING TO HURT A LITTLE BIT. MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT. IT JUST WASN'T. WHO. I WAS BACK IN MY BODY IN A LOT OF PAIN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THAT WITH YOU THAT BEYOND THIS LIFE OF OURS. AWAITS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TRY TO BE THE BEST WE CAN PIECE. OF COURSE, IN THIS EARTH, IT'S HARD TO KEEP. BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE. YOU KNOW, PART OF. WHAT I LIVED AND WITH THIS PURPLE HEART. AND IT WASN'T EASY TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE OF MY INJURIES. I WAS. UNABLE TO GET JOBS, THEY WOULD FIRE ME. I JUST STRUGGLED ALONG AND GOT MARRIED. MORE STRUGGLES DIDN'T GET THE HELP I NEEDED. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS START GETTING A LITTLE BETTER. AND SO IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET MY PURPLE HEART. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I SURVIVED, THANK GOD. AND I PRAY FOR ALL MY MILITARY BROTHERS HERE. AND IF THEY WOULD PLEASE STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. AND BY DOING THAT, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM TO BE HERE TONIGHT. FREEDOM OF RELIGION. FREEDOM OF ENTERPRISE. IF WE'RE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. [01:40:02] COULDN'T DO THAT. BUT THANKS TO THESE BRAVE MEN THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY WENT AND FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. SO PLEASE, WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMEONE AT THE UNIFORM, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. IBARRA. THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH A PERSONAL, HEARTFELT STORY WITH US. MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE ENDURED. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE MR. IBARRA LED THE EFFORT TO DESIGNATE THE PARKING SPACE HERE AT CITY HALL, RIGHT IN FRONT FOR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT THAT YOU ALL ADVOCATED. AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIM LEADING THAT AND ALL OF YOU STANDING BEHIND HIM. SO, MR. IBARRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, BUT FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ALL ENJOY BECAUSE OF YOUR BRAVERY SERVING OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU MISTER. THANK YOU EVERYONE HERE. ALL THE ALL THE THE VETERANS HERE, ALL THE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU. I ALWAYS TELL EVERYONE THERE'S INJURIES YOU COULD SEE AND INJURIES YOU CAN'T SEE. SO ALWAYS, ALWAYS RESPECT THE VETERAN. EVERY TIME I SEE MR. IBARRA ON UNIFORM, I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO COMMEND HIM ON HIS BOOTS. THOSE ARE JUMP BOOTS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT MEANS THAT YOU JUMP OUT OF AIRPLANES. ALWAYS SPIT SHINED. AND THANK YOU ALL THE GENTLEMEN. I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE. THANK YOU, MISTER, FOR BRINGING THIS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, SIR. I BELIEVE MR. BRENNAN WANTED TO MAKE SOME REMARKS AS WELL. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, ALL PRESENT TODAY, WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING PURPLE HEART DAY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WITHIN OUR UNIT WE DO HAVE MR. TONY CORDOVA. TONY, YOU'LL GIVE A QUICK WAVE. STAND UP. HE HAS A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT WITHIN OUR UNIT. AND WE APPRECIATE TONY AND THE RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY MADE FOR HIM TODAY. SO THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER HAND. EVERYBODY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURG IS DESIGNATED A PURPLE HEART CITY. AND WE DO HAVE SOME PURPLE HEART SIGNS. THE ENTRIES OF OUR CITY JUST IN HONOR AND IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DID FIGHT FOR, FOR OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM B, WE HAVE ITEM B PRESENT THE RECIPIENT FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024. 24. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BELINDA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE OR JULY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, OUR VERY OWN MR. ALFARO, MEDIA OPERATIONS MANAGER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA DEPARTMENT. WE'LL HAVE MISS SANDRA SAY A FEW WORDS. IS HE HIDING SOMEWHERE OR HE'S MAKING HIS DRAMATIC ENTRANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HE'S BEHIND THE CAMERA. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SANDRA GARCIA, AND I'M A MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST. HE'S WORKING TO GET THE VETERANS A PURPLE HEART, A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OH, IS THAT WHAT HE'S DOING? PUTTING IN THE WORK? STUCK BY THE DOOR. SO I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE. BUT I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF TODAY OF OUR DIRECTOR, OUR DIRECTOR, ROXANNE LERMA. IN ORDER TO CONGRATULATE JONAH FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT THIS MONTH. HE IS OUR JULY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. AND OF COURSE, WE VALUE THE FACT THAT HE'S A BIG PART OF OUR TEAM. I'VE PERSONALLY WORKED WITH HIM FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW, AND HE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE CITY. HE REALLY DOES TELL THE COMMUNITY STORIES IN A WAY THAT CAPTIVATES YOU AND KEEPS PEOPLE MOTIVATED AND IN REALLY CARING ABOUT HOW THE CITY HAS GROWN AND WHAT'S TO COME. BUT OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, OUR DIRECTOR COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. OF COURSE, I WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR HER. SHE LEFT A MESSAGE THAT I'LL READ VERY BRIEFLY ON HER BEHALF. SHE SAYS, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL JONAH IS. HE'S ALWAYS PUNCTUAL, MOTIVATED, COURTEOUS, AND READY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. HIS WORK DURING THE ALL-AMERICA CITY COMPETITION REALLY STOOD OUT. HE HANDLED PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY AND PROMPT MANAGEMENT WITH EASE, EVEN GOING THE EXTRA MILE BY CARRYING THE SPEAKER FOR OUR DELEGATION SKIT. JONAH'S HELPFULNESS DIDN'T STOP THERE. HE ALSO ASSISTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENGAGED WARMLY WITH ATTENDEES FROM OTHER CITIES AT THE DENVER CONFERENCE. HIS FRIENDLY DEMEANOR AND EXEMPLARY BEHAVIOR MADE HIM A FANTASTIC AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY [01:45:03] OF EDINBURGH. JONAH HAS BEEN A VALUABLE EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR OVER A DECADE, AND WERE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'M CHEERING HIM ON ALWAYS. HE TRULY DESERVES THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS, JONAH, AND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS NOW. IT'S BEEN BEEN A WHILE. I'VE SEEN. SEEN A LOT. BUT I'VE ALSO HAD THE HONOR. RIGHT. OF SEEING SEEING A LOT OF THE THE EMPLOYEES I'VE HAD. IT'S IT'S INTERESTING, RIGHT? BECAUSE FROM BEING OUT THERE, YOU SEE HOW HOW THESE EMPLOYEES WORK, RIGHT? WITH PRIDE. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY MY FAMILY, MY LOVING FAMILY THAT'S OVER THERE. MY KIDS, MY WIFE. ALL RIGHT. JONAH. JONAH, YOU WANT TO BRING THEM UP SO THEY CAN BE RECORDED? COME ON. WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN, TAKE A PICTURE. BUT WE WANTED YOU TO SAY YOUR PIECE AND COME ON UP, GUYS. AND SO. THANKS, AIR. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOU KNOW PRESENTING OR GIVING, GIVING US THE THE OPPORTUNITY BOOST MORALE. PRODUCTIVITY. RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD THING. AND ALSO TO TO ROXANNE. I KNOW SHE'S LOOKING AT ME THROUGH THAT CAMERA RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER SHE'S AT. THANK YOU, ROXANNE, FOR FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. BUT ALSO CITY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AND ALL THE DIRECTORS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THROUGH A TIME RIGHT NOW. BUDGET. RIGHT. AND SO A LOT OF IT IS GIVING THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES TO EMPLOYEES LIKE MYSELF. RIGHT. TO TO HELP THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT MAKES US THE FOUR TIME ALL AMERICAN CITY. SO GLAD TO BE HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN RETIRE IN FOUR YEARS. NOT THAT I AM, BUT YOU KNOW, OKAY, YOU'RE ON THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF WITNESSES HERE. OKAY, SO. BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR FOR FOR THE HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE HOW MANY YEARS? 16 YEARS. SO I THINK I REMEMBER WHEN HE STARTED. SO I THINK WE WE TRANSITIONED INTO THE CITY OF FROM THE UNIVERSITY OR IS THAT SO? I WAS STILL AT CHANNEL FIVE AT THE TIME WHEN CITY HALL WAS BUILT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT WAS ON CITY HALL. SO YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE CITY HALL WAS BUILT, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD WAY TO SEE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, FOR A LOT OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, YOU DON'T SEE THEM OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES TELLING OUR STORY. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING AND BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WAS THERE AT THE ALL-AMERICA CITY AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT. WE'RE LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE SPEAKER? I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, JONAH'S GOING TO DO THAT. HE'S GOING TO CARRY IN THE SPEAKER. IT'S LIKE HE'S ALWAYS THERE YOU KNOW, TO HELP SUPPORT AND DO EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY. AND, JONAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND TO YOUR FAMILY FOR YOU KNOW, ALLOWING YOU TO BE WITH US AS MANY TIMES. I KNOW YOU PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS. AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. SO THANKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. OKAY. WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. VERY WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO COME ON THIS SIDE? COME ON! SOMEBODY OVER HERE! FIRE! I SAID CLOSE TO THE FIRE! I SAID! THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE 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 THE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS FERN MCCLARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. YES. TONIGHT LISTENING TO THE STORIES. HOW MUCH WE DO OWE EACH AND EVERY SOLDIER, MAN OR WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN THE SERVICE TO GIVE ME THE RIGHT, THE FREEDOM TO COME HERE TONIGHT. TO TALK TO YOU ALL. SO I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY ANYMORE. [01:50:02] IT IS MY PERSONAL GOAL TO SAVE THE CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH $20 MILLION BY OPPOSING THE HIGH RISE PARKING PROJECT. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY ONLY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH IS HAVING TO BUILD THAT. WHY? IT IS NOT ALL THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN HIDALGO COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE USING THE MOST INSTEAD OF US IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THAT, HOW THAT CAN BE CHANGED SO THAT EVERYONE, ALL OF THE MILLION THAT LIVE IN HIDALGO COUNTY INSTEAD OF JUST 100, I THINK YOU ALL SAID TODAY THAT LIVE IN EDINBURGH. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRAY, ASK YOU ALL TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND PRAY FOR THE HOSTAGES. WE HAVE AMERICANS THAT ARE BEING HELD ALIVE OR DEAD, AND SO WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM. AND I DO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING THEM. I WISH THE MEN WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE SO WE COULD THANK THEM PERSONALLY THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND HOW PRECIOUS THEIR LIVES ARE AND WERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS OBED MONTOYA. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. I'M SPEECHLESS ABOUT THE WHOLE CEREMONY. AND LAST NIGHT WAS A BIG PARTY. AND I DO BELIEVE I HAD MY SPEECH RIGHT HERE, BUT I WILL DELETE SOME OF THE ITEMS. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAD THOUSANDS LAST NIGHT AT THIS ALL-AMERICAN CITY NIGHT OUT AND EVERYTHING, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD INVEST IN HAVING SOME KIND OF A POLICE STATION, MAYBE INVEST ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW CHIEF PERALTA WOULD LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING GETTING DOWN HERE TO TO BEING AN OLDER CITY AND EVERYTHING. BUT AGAIN SORRY I MISSED ROBIN HERE BECAUSE HE IS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, POLICE CHIEF AND EVERYTHING. I THINK MAYBE INVEST A COUPLE OF MILLION, MAYBE, WHAT, 5 MILLION OR SOMETHING INTO REAL ESTATE AND EVERYTHING TO TO HAVE, YOU KNOW COMPOUND. MAYBE CLOSER TO WHERE? TO SIBLEY ROAD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT ANYHOW, DAN, YOU GOT YOUR PEN READY. I'M GOING TO SPELL OUT A NAME FOR YOU LUIS GARRIDO. FIRST NAME IS LUIS. FIRST NAME SPACE. LAST NAME IS Y A R I O. HE IS THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE BRUSH PICKUP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. COLLECTIONS. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CALL HIM. HE KNOWS WHEN THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING AND EVERYTHING, AND HE IS DOING GOOD. MAYOR. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE HIM A PAY RAISE. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS OR MYRA. GIVE HIM A PAY RAISE. HE DESERVES IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TELL YOU GUYS. LOOK AFTER THE THE POOR FOLKS, YOU KNOW, JUST HELP THEM OUT. AND OUR PEACE OFFICERS, EVERYBODY THAT. I'M A BLUE COLLAR WORKER. WELL, JOIN THE CLUB. I'M ONE OF THEM, TOO. SO HELP US OUT. ANYWAY SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW AT OUR HOUSE FOR A LITTLE GET TOGETHER, WE THINK. JASON, I LIKE YOUR TIE, MAN. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. YOU GOTTA GO. START AT WHAT? FROM 6 TO 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT MUST BE THE GUYS. SEE Y'ALL. OKAY. GOD BLESS Y'ALL. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. HERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN. WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. COUNCIL. WE HAVE A, B, AND C. SO AT THIS TIME THESE ARE REQUESTS FOR CHANGE IN ZONING. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER IN TERMS OF OPENING UP THE HEARING. SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO MAKE COMMENTS OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THIS MEETING. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED AS ITEMS A, B, OR C? YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM. HI. YES. GOOD EVENING. DIANE. CHEATER, PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BIOLOGY AT STC. WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, WE CAN HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THEMES. ONE STATES THAT LAND DEVELOPMENT DRIVES THE ROADS OR CONSTRUCTION DRIVES THE ROADS OR THE [01:55:06] ROADS DRIVE THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND IN OUR PRIOR WORKSHOP ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE UDC, WHICH WAS UPDATED IN 2022. THE CITY COUNCIL SAID THAT IT WAS OVERTURNING THE PLANNING AND ZONING DECISIONS BECAUSE NO ONE SHOWED UP OR THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT INTEREST. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'RE CONSIDERING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WATER, THE SEWAGE, AS WELL AS THE VERY IMPORTANT PARKS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS MORE PARKS AND GREEN SPACES. THEN, AS MENTIONED, IT WAS STATED THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE WAS GOING TO BE REEXAMINED. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT OUR LAND DEVELOPERS AND OUR CONTRACTORS EQUITABLY CONTRIBUTE TO PARKS AND OUR GREEN SPACES AND OUR OWN CITY'S IMPROVEMENTS. AND I ASK YOU TO RECALL AND REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WATER, SEWAGE AND PARKS. AND IF YOUR IDEA OF THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE ADEQUATE FOR THESE ZONING CHANGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED A, B, OR C? IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE. ITEM A, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, BEING 1.22 ACRES OUT OF LOT TWO, BLOCK FOUR, STEELE AND PERSHING SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 404 FOUR 4411 SOUTH MCCALL ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MELDON AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF MVP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED COUNCIL. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. DISTRICT LOT 86. VILLA DEL SOL SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 1108 SUNDANCE DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY RENE MARTINEZ ON BEHALF OF KAREN LEAL. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. LOT 41, COLONIA ESPARZA. UNIT NUMBER THREE SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 924 ESPARZA STREET, AS REQUESTED BY MANUEL OROZCO ON BEHALF OF MANUEL OROZCO JUNIOR. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY MOTIONS? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I DID WANT TO BRING UP JUST REAL QUICKLY IN RELATION TO THIS ITEM ON ESPERANZA. THIS IS NEAR ALBERTA AND VETERANS ROAD. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP SOME COUPLE OF CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. CITY MANAGER. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON ALBERTA, SO WE COULD PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. PEOPLE ARE USING ESPERANZA STREET TO GO FROM VETERANS TO ALBERTA OR GOING BACK AND FORTH. OF COURSE, THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR MORE PATROLLING, MORE ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA. AND I KNOW THIS IS A HOME AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. IT'S JUST I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. THE OTHER THING IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE ON ALBERTA AND VETERANS ROAD. I THINK WE'VE DONE A STUDY ON THAT. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST ASK THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON THAT REQUEST FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WILL DO. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM EIGHT. PETITION. CONSIDER THE PETITION PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 84.66 ACRES OUT OF CHAPIN ROAD. RIGHT OF WAY, ALAMO ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, RICHARDSON ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, AND ALAMO ROAD RIGHT OF WAY IN BLOCKS 249, 250 AND 267. AND OUT OF LOTS NINE AND 16. BLOCK 250. TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY HIDALGO, TEXAS, BEING LOCATED AT 1101 NORTH ALAMO ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY PAUL ARTHUR ON BEHALF OF WW ESCONDIDO, LP. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. [02:00:03] SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS OUTSIDE OUR CITY RIGHT. AND THEY'RE PETITIONED TO BE INSIDE OUR CITY. SO I JUST JUST HAD A QUESTION ON SERVICES. SO WHAT IS IT. OUR SERVICE AREA FOR WATER. AND WHAT ABOUT WASTEWATER? AND WE ARE LOOKING TO IF IT SHOWS ON THE SCREEN THERE CAN YOU PUT THE SCREEN WHERE IT SHOWS THE, THE YELLOW OUTLINE OF WHERE THE CITY LIMITS ARE? IT'S THE ONE WE HAVE IN OUR PACKET. THIS THIS SCREEN SHOWS IT IN BLUE. IT'S 0.75 MILES AWAY FROM OUR CITY LIMITS. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS ONE HERE. IT SHOWS ON THE ON THE PACKET. DO WE HAVE THAT ON THE SCREEN? THAT ONE HERE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICES. BECAUSE THEN ALL THOSE AREAS IN BETWEEN ARE NOT INSIDE CITY RIGHT. SO I'M JUST HAVE A QUESTION. JUST ON ON SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. HI. MASTER PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD, THIS AREA IS SERVICED BY NORTH ALAMO WATER FOR THE WATER SERVICES. FOR THE SEWER SERVICES. IT IS PART OF THE SEWER AREA. HOWEVER, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT WHERE NORTH ALAMO IS SAYING THAT THEY'LL TAKE OVER THE SEWER SERVICES ALSO. AND SO AND HAVE THEY PROVIDED THAT TO THAT THAT TO US IN WRITING. OUR ATTORNEY HAS SEEN THAT AGREEMENT. IT'S A SIMILAR ATTORNEY. IT'S A SIMILAR AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE APPROVED IN THE PAST WITH NORTH ALAMO. SO HE'S SEEN IT AND HE'S OKAY WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. AS FAR AS HOW IT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO THE CITY IS WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT THROUGH RICHARDSON AND THEN GO UP ON ALAMO AND THEN GO BACK ON MILE 17 NORTH. SO WE WOULD ANNEX THE RIGHT OF WAYS AS WELL. OKAY. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAD JUST A MEETING OR JUST RIGHT BEFORE THIS. RIGHT. REGARDING SIDEWALKS SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON RICHARDSON ROAD, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY SIDEWALKS THERE? WE'RE GOING TO ANNEX IT. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER. BUT I'M JUST ASKING. RIGHT. BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT IN AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL THESE HOMES THERE. I'M JUST ASKING FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE APPROVING HERE. WELL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS THE 86 ACRES. THE 86 ACRES WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH INTERNAL SIDEWALKS AND THEN EXTERNAL SIDEWALKS. THEY DON'T HAVE FRONTAGE TO RICHARDSON. THERE'S A LITTLE GAP IN BETWEEN THERE. SO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T LINE UP TO RICHARDSON. THEY. AND SO WHAT ABOUT ALAMO ROAD? THEY DO HAVE THEY DO FRONT ALAMO ROAD. SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY PUT SIDEWALKS ALONG ALAMO ROAD, BUT THEN IT WILL STOP SHORT OF RICHARDSON OF WHERE THAT A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET, MAYBE 150 OR 200FT SHORT OF RICHARDSON. OKAY. SO TODAY THIS IS A PETITION FOR THE ANNEXATION. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS? LET'S SAY WE APPROVE IT. WHAT I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A PETITION TO EITHER ACCEPT IT AND THEN IT WOULD COME AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE, SHOULD THE COUNCIL ACCEPT IT. GOT IT. AND I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPER IS HERE ALSO. AND WHAT KIND OF REVIEW TAKES PLACE FROM NOW TO THE DRAFTING THE ORDINANCE TO DO WE EVALUATE ALL CITY SERVICES OR WHAT WHAT DO WE REVIEW HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. MAYOR I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO PD. FIRE. FIRE ALREADY SERVICES THE AREA. I TALKED TO CHIEF AYALA AS WELL, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES SERVICING THE AREA. I'VE TALKED TO RAMIRO GOMEZ. SOLID WASTE. THAT WAS ALREADY DONE, AND EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT. SO THIS WILL COME BACK IF THEY ACCEPT IT TODAY. CORRECT. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER ANY QUESTIONS BY ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NINE. BUDGET. COUNCIL, WE HAVE ITEM A THE ITEMS LISTED. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? 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 TEN. AWARDING OF BIDS. COUNCIL, WE HAVE ITEM A, CONSIDER AWARDING RFP NUMBER 2024 DASH 14 ON SITE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO LIFE EXTENSION CLINICS, DBA LIFE SCAN WELLNESS CENTERS FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR CAREER AND VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 45,420, AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEDICAL SERVICE AGREEMENT AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. ANY MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATED METERING [02:05:05] INFRASTRUCTURE METERS AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE FROM AQUA WORKS PIPE AND SUPPLY, LLC FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 200,000. FUNDED THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GRANT NUMBER R 23 700 AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF NEXUS IN-CAR VIDEO AND BODY WORN CAMERA SUBSCRIPTION AND NEXUS INTERVIEW ROOM SOLUTION FROM COPEN TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 116,740 YEAR ONE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. 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 11. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY ADVISORY BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES EDINBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. BOARD OF DIRECTORS TWO MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO OR TO APPOINT MARK MORAN AND SANDRA ALANIS ON TO THE BOARD. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12. CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. GO AHEAD SIR. WHAT ARE THESE FOR? JUST SO WE KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC. THESE ARE VEHICLES THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE CAPITAL LEASE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THANK YOU. IS IT ONE VEHICLE OR TWO? SORRY. THREE. OKAY. IT WILL BE THREE. THREE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 13. COUNCIL. OTHER BUSINESS. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST. I KNOW ON OUR JULY 16TH MEETING, WE HAD A REZONING ITEM THAT I GUESS THERE WAS NO MOTION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP ON THE NEXT MEETING. I THINK THE ADDRESS WAS THE 2901 WEST CHAPIN STREET. SO WE CAN BRING THAT UP FOR RECONSIDERATION. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY OTHER ITEMS? COUNCIL? IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 703. WE'RE NOW GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. [OPEN SESSION] [03:10:57] ALL RIGHT. IT IS 9:11 P.M.. [03:11:00] WE ARE NOW BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION. [03:11:03] CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE? [03:11:05] SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. [03:11:08] ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. NO MOTION. EXCUSE ME. [03:11:11] NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. [15. ADJOURNMENT] [03:11:15] IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, [03:11:19] NO ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. [03:11:22] IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.