[00:03:49] COMING UP NEXT ON ESPN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE 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 AS ADVISORS. CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS, AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:01 P.M. [1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM] ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. [A. Prayer.] I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM BY ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO START AS WE START EVERY MEETING ON ITEM ONE A WITH PRAYER. AND WE HAVE TODAY DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND? GOOD EVENING. COUNCILORS. RESIDENTS. GOOD EVENING. LET'S PRAY. [00:05:02] OUR FATHER, WE COME TO YOU SO GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. AND FOR YOUR BLESSING THAT YOU RAIN DOWN ON ALL OF US, BY YOUR GRACE. WE THANK YOU, LORD, ALSO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO YOUR BUSINESS AS YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO US THE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS CITY. I PRAY, FATHER, FOR WISDOM FOR OUR COUNCIL, FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE PRESENTING THE ISSUES OF THE EVENING AS WE STEWARD, LORD, THE RESOURCES YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO US. [B. Pledge of Allegiance.] MAY EVERYTHING BE DONE TONIGHT FOR YOUR HONOR AND YOUR GLORY AND YOUR FAME. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED [2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE] STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ALEXANDER. LEADERS IN PRAYER. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. [3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST] YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON AUGUST 30TH, 2024 AT 6:35 P.M.. SIR. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. COUNCIL. UNDER STATE LAW, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND [4. MAYOR'S REPORT] ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? [A. SH 68 Update] NO NO NO NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, MAYOR'S REPORT. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DID HAVE AN UPDATE AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON STATE HIGHWAY 68. THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT'S CONNECTING THE SOUTHERN PORTS OF ENTRY WEST OF EXCUSE ME, EAST OF PHARR, SAN JUAN, ALL THE WAY NORTH TO 281 THROUGH OUR 490 BY OUR AIRPORT. TEX-DOT WAS HERE AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT CONNECTION BEING MADE DIRECTLY AT OUR AIRPORT BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT OUR FLIGHT PATH INTO THE AIRPORT. OF COURSE, THE OPTION THEY PRESENTED WAS THAT IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BYPASS OUR AIRPORT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH TXDOT. SO, COUNCIL, I DID WANT TO ADVISE YOU ALL THAT I HAVE VISITED WITH OUR NEIGHBORING MAYORS, OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND THEY'VE AGREED TO SIGN A LETTER OF SUPPORT SO THAT TXDOT COULD WORK AND TRY TO FIND OPTIONS SO THAT THIS CONNECTION COULD BE DIRECTED. OUR AIRPORT. WE'VE BEEN INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY IN THE AIRPORT, AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO HAS THE STATE. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT LOOP IS TO GET THE TRUCKS OFF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT IS SET UP, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE PART IN THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE AND AND CAPITALIZE ON ON THAT TRADE ACTIVITY. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT LETTERS ARE GOING TO BE GOING OUT THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED, SIGNED BY THE LOCAL DELEGATION HERE FROM OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, WHICH I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. AND ALSO ON THAT SAME NOTE, COUNCIL WE DID HAVE A MEETING. I WAS INVITED WITH OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND NEIGHBORING MAYORS ON THE COUNTY WEST LOOP. THAT'S A LOOP WEST OF OUR AIRPORT CONNECTING NORTH, OR I SHOULD SAY WEST OF OF MISSION BENITEZ AREA. IT LOOPS AROUND NORTH TO AIRPORT. IT'S A LONG TERM PROJECT. BUT WE DID MEET RECENTLY. THIS IS A PROJECT OF THE REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY FROM THE COUNTY. AND THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO TAKE OVER THAT PROJECT. AND I'VE SIGNED A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THAT EFFECT. I'M HOPING WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE AT OUR AT OUR FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. I THINK THIS WILL HELP US AS WELL AS WE PROMOTE TO ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENT HERE TO OUR CITY. AND THE LAST THING I JUST HAD HERE ON THE AGENDA TO COVER IS THE ALBERTA ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. A LOT OF YOU RESIDENTS KNOW WE'RE UNDERGOING IMPROVEMENTS TO ALBERTA ROAD SOUTH OF OUR CITY, AND WE HAD A TOWN HALL, I COULD SAY TYPE OF FORUM WITH THE RESIDENTS OF ALBERTA DO SOME CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE PUT IN ON THE INTERSECTION OF ALBERTA AND KLAUSSNER. SO I BELIEVE OUR CITY MANAGER HAD AN UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT. YES, SIR. MAYOR. SO CITY STAFF ALONG WITH MAYOR DID A COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR ANY RESIDENTS OR STAKEHOLDERS OR ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, THAT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ATTENDED THE MEETING. IT WAS HELD ON AUGUST THE 27TH. APPROXIMATELY 15 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS DID ATTEND. WE PRESENTED THEM WITH DESIGNS AND PROPOSED PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF THE INTERSECTION OF ALBERTA AND KLOSSNER. WE DID GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS IS A VERY GOOD OPEN DIALOG ON ON ANY SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS WHAT WE WERE DOING HOW WE REQUESTED. WE PRESENTED A TEXDOT WITH A COUPLE OF DESIGNS AND, AND THEY WERE THEY, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION WITH, [00:10:05] WITH MEDIANS AND THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED THE PUBLIC. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, TOM REYNA, TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND WHAT'S NEXT ON OUR TIMELINE. I KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HOST ANOTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THOSE RESIDENTS. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION ON THAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL TOM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AT THAT PORTION. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT. WE'RE AT MILESTONE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE SECTION BETWEEN JACKSON AND SUGAR ROAD. WE'RE ABOUT 80% COMPLETE IN THAT SECTION, AND WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THERE BY OCTOBER OF THIS MONTH OF THIS YEAR. OUT OF THAT MILESTONE LOCATION, MILESTONE THREE WOULD BE FROM SUGAR TO CLOSNER. WE'RE HOPING TO START THAT ONE. AND IT'S A SECTION HAS BEEN STARTED, AND WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THAT AREA BY FEBRUARY OF 25. THEN ULTIMATELY THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ALL THE WAY TO THE EXPRESSWAY FROM FEBRUARY 25TH, WHICH IS A SMALL SECTION TO MAY OF 2025. IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO OTHER PROPOSED LAYOUTS FOR THE INTERSECTION. WE ARE GOING TO A FULL INTERSECTION BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LAYOUT, AND TRY TO GET THAT LOOKED AT AND WORRY ABOUT HOW THAT FLYOVER. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE A FLYOVER THAT COMES OVER OWASA ROAD COMING OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO TAKE EFFECT OF THE SPEED COMING DOWN THAT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT SPEED COMING DOWN THE. FLYOVER AND THEN COMING TO THE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION. THE OTHER DESIGN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO IS A ROUNDABOUT IN THAT SECTION TO HELP SLOW DOWN THAT SPEED, BUT CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THAT IS ALSO BEING ANALYZED FOR THE SPEED THAT'S GOING TO COME UP COMING DOWN THE FLYOVER AND TO SEE IF WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE SECTION. SOME OF THE OPINIONS AND MESSAGES THAT WE DID RECEIVE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT AND DONATE SOME OF THE PROPERTY IF WE NEEDED THAT EXTRA RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT. WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THAT HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH TO TXDOT TO FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR REVIEWS. ONCE WE GET THEIR COMMENTS AND REVIEWS, WE'LL PLAN TO HOST ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET ONE AT LEAST BY HALLOWEEN TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE [5. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] HALLOWEEN TIME. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. [A. Edinburg Municipal Court Outreach Docket] CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES SIR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. ONE OF THEM BEING THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT OUTREACH DOCKET. THE OUTREACH DOCKET, A MOBILE COURT WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2024, FROM 2 P.M. TO 7 P.M. AT EL TULE. JOSE NIETO AND CONSUELO ALFARO ROBLEDO CENTER, LOCATED AT 700 SOUTH VETERANS BOULEVARD HERE IN EDINBURG. NOW, DURING THE OUTREACH DOCKET, THE MOBILE COURT WHICH IS THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT, ALLOWS DEFENDANTS TO COME IN TO SPEAK TO THE JUDGE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND OR PAY OFF THEIR UNPAID FINES AND COURT COSTS. THIS WILL ELIMINATE BEING IN A COURTROOM SETTING. AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE. THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC UNTIL 7 P.M. [B. 9/11 Patriot Day of Remembrance Memorial Run C. South Texas International Film Festival] TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. NEXT. I DO HAVE THE NINE OVER 11 PATRIOT DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FIVE K, AND THIS IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL THAT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2024 AT 7 P.M. AT FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE 212 WEST MCINTYRE STREET. I GUESS IT WILL BEGIN THERE. THE EVENT IS HELD IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO PASSED DURING THE NEW YORK EVENT OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001. FOR MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN CONTACT PARKS AND RECREATION OR GO ON OUR WEBSITE. THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM C IT'S THE 10TH ANNUAL SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. IT WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024 AT THE EDINBURG A CENTER LOCATED HERE AT 315 WEST MCINTYRE STREET. THE THE FILM FESTIVAL WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED IN 2015 AND IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING AND PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR DIVERSE VOICES IN CINEMA. THE FESTIVAL AIMS TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF OF SOUTH TEXAS BY FOSTERING AN APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS OF FILMMAKING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY. I WILL ASK, HOWEVER, MISS LETTY, LEAH, OR MIGDALIA TO COME FORWARD TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ON THIS WONDERFUL EVENT THAT'S HELD HERE IN EDINBURG. THANK YOU. MAGDA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [00:15:01] MAGDA OLDCASTLE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL ARTS. THIS WILL BE THE 10TH ANNUAL SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND THIS WILL BE THE SOFT OPENING OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND EVENTS CENTER. AND WE INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE NEW CENTER, THE EVERYTHING THAT IT CAN OFFER. IT ALSO PROMOTES THE CINEMATIC INDUSTRY. IT CREATES A LOT OF JOBS IN THE CINEMA INDUSTRY HERE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND IT ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE. LAST YEAR WE HAD 56 DELEGATIONS THAT CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN. SO FAR THIS YEAR UP TO NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 46 CONFIRMED, AND WE HAVE SOME CELEBRITIES AND SOME PANELS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE NEW ACE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYONE OUT THERE SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 11TH, STARTING AT 5 P.M.. [6. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS] [A. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing September 2024 as Suicide Awareness and] THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS ITEM SIX, A PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM? WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PROACTIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, SUICIDE WAS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 TO 14 AND 25 TO 34, THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN AND FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN AGES 35 AND 44, AND WHEREAS ACTIVELY CHALLENGING STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND BUILDING SKILLS THAT INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMEONE FEELING SAFE TO OPEN UP WITHOUT FEAR OF SHAME OR JUDGMENT IS THE FIRST STEP. AND WHEREAS HOPE EXISTS FOR SURVIVORS DUE TO THE COLLABORATIVE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION EFFORTS OF MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, DEATHS BY SUICIDE ARE PREVENTABLE WITH AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, TRAINING AND OUTREACH. RAISING AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE TO HELP REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING THESE CRITICAL TOPICS AND FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION. AND WHEREAS, WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH, SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES AVAILABLE NATIONALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, AND CHECK IN ON THE WELLBEING OF YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL CALLS UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO SPREAD HOPE, STRENGTH, FAITH AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES ONLINE AND THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES, AND PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. THIS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN SPREADING HOPE AND INSPIRATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH UPLIFTING CHALK DESIGNS AND MESSAGES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PLACE TO WORK AND AT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2024 AS SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. TO CALL THE NATIONWIDE CRISIS HOTLINE AT NINE AND EIGHT. USE THE CRISIS TEXT HOTLINE AT 741741911 OR GO TO THE HOSPITAL. AND THEN. YOU HAVE MY NUMBER. YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BRING PEOPLE IN, RIGHT? YES. OH. 0000000. OKAY. OKAY. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. SORRY. MY PHONE. HERE. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU EARLIER. THREE, TWO. ONE. GO! YEAH. SO IT'S OKAY. AND YOU COME BACK TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, I THINK. NO WORRIES. YEAH. YOU CAN OPEN IT IF YOU WANT. YEAH. THREE. TWO. ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. YEAH. SORRY. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. IT'S SUCH A GREAT TOPIC. AND OUR CONTINUOUS DISCUSSIONS ON THOSE BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA. WE ARE HAVING OUR CHALK THE WALK EVENT THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 11. IT'S WHERE WE HAVE MESSAGES FROM THE COMMUNITY OF HOPE AND LOVE, AND WE POST IT UP AROUND OUR OUR HOSPITAL. SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM BEHAVIORAL. AND SO WHEN WE WALK AROUND OUR BUILDING, WE GET TO SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL MESSAGES. SO IF ANYONE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, YOU CAN PUT IT ON OUR FACEBOOK OR SEND TO OUR EMAIL AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE POST IT UP. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGING SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU AND THANK [00:20:01] YOU FOR ALL. YOU ALL DO. AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT THAT MORNING. SO WE'LL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, HEAD OUT THERE AFTER THE THE RUN. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOM. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING. SO MY NAME IS PATRICIA LERMA. I'M WITH THE UTRGV SCHOOL OF REHABILITATION SERVICES AND COUNSELING. I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I EMBARKED ON WAS A JOURNEY TO HAVE NAMI, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, REESTABLISH HER LOCALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BUT OF COURSE, THE WHOLE RGV REGION. I AM SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE DOCTOR AARON SALINAS. I HAVE MISS LEANNE GUTIERREZ AND SEVERAL OTHERS. I HAVE MISS BIANCA HAYS, WHO HAVE DECIDED TO BE PART OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE TO INITIATE THIS REESTABLISHING. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SURVIVORS PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBERS. AND WE ARE SO HONORED THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO BRING THE VERY FIRST INITIATION OF THIS PROGRAM HERE IN YOUR CITY, IN THE GREAT CITY OF EDINBURGH. I WILL GIVE A MOMENT NOW AS YOU KNOW, MENTAL ILLNESS DOES AFFECT VERY MANY PEOPLE, FROM OUR YOUNGEST TO OUR OLDEST. AND I HAVE A PERSON HERE WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JUST A FEW WORDS. TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. HI. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MY NAME IS JEAN FAGAN. THIS IS MY HUSBAND, ERIC FAGAN. WE ARE CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS. ERIC WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE MARINE CORPS. STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. NOT JUST FROM THE MILITARY, BUT PRIOR AND LAST OCTOBER AT ONE. AND SO HAVING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS AND BRINGING AWARENESS. IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE NEED. SO I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE PROCLAMATION AND ALLOWING THIS ORGANIZATION TO SPREAD THE AWARENESS THAT WE NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO I SEE PATIENTS. I'M A NURSE PRACTITIONER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR A LOT IS IT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GIVE US A PROCLAMATION ON THIS. AND I REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE CITY PIONEER ENDING THE STIGMA. AND WE HAVE TO SUPPORT NAMI AND THE ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. IT ALL STARTS WITH US. SO SEEING PATIENTS IN THIS AREA, IT'S A CHALLENGE. CULTURE IS A BIG CHALLENGE. SO WE HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THAT. ONE LIFE LOST IS ONE LIFE TOO MANY. SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THAT MESSAGE. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SALINAS. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. I URGE THE PUBLIC TO IF YOU. I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF FLIERS HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. IT IS A STIGMA IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO YOU KNOW, GET THIS INFORMATION AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND, MISS FAGAN, I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B [B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing September as National Library Card Sign-up Month in the City of Edinburg. [Leticia S. Leija, Director of Library & Cultural Arts]] PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. WHEREAS THE DUSTIN MOOR LIBRARY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF RESOURCES FROM PRESCHOOL STORYTIMES TO COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING TOOLS THAT FOSTER LITERACY AND A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING. AND WHEREAS, THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY PROVIDES A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT BRIDGING CULTURAL, ETHNIC, GENERATIONAL, ECONOMIC DIVIDES AND STRENGTHENING THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF EDINBURG THROUGH ITS DIVERSE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. AND WHEREAS, SEKULA MEMORIAL LIBRARY IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING A COLLECTION THAT REFLECTS THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, THE LIBRARY IS THRILLED TO HAVE THE TRANSFORMERS TRANSFORMERS AS OUR SPECIAL AMBASSADORS, HIGHLIGHTING THAT THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE AT THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY. AND WHEREAS THE SEKULA MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSISTS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES IN NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE BY OFFERING ACCESS TO RESEARCH MATERIALS, [00:25:03] INFORMATION AND ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, ENHANCING BOTH PRODUCTIVITY AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT. WHEREAS THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTES TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY PROVIDING CRITICAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR JOB SEEKERS, ENTREPRENEURS AND STUDENTS. EMPOWER THEM TO SUCCEED IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD. AND WHEREAS, DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND ITS DEDICATED STAFF HAVE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, OFFERING A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND COMFORT. AND WHEREAS THE SHARED RESOURCES OFFERED BY THE LIBRARY HELP HOUSEHOLDS SAVE MONEY, CONSERVE RESOURCES AND REDUCE WASTE, PROVIDING A SIMPLE YET IMPACTFUL WAY TO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS A LIBRARY CARD FROM MEMORIAL LIBRARY OPENS THE DOOR TO ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES, IGNITING CREATIVITY AND EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO EXPLORE NEW INTERESTS AND PURSUE LIFELONG LEARNING. AND WHEREAS, WITH THE EDINBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, CARD RESIDENTS ENJOY BORROWING PRIVILEGES ACROSS ALL 13 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN HIDALGO COUNTY, INCLUDING SEAMLESS INTERLIBRARY LOANS AND THE CONVENIENCE OF PICKING UP OR RETURNING MATERIALS AT ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS, ALL AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. WHEREAS THE DISTANT MS MEMORIAL LIBRARY UPHOLDS THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY BY PROMOTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS FOR ALL. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2024 AS LIBRARY CARD, SIGN UP MONTH IN EDINBURG AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT THE LIBRARY AND SIGN UP FOR THEIR OWN LIBRARY CARD TODAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DUSTIN MICHAEL SEKULA MEMORIAL LIBRARY IS CELEBRATING ACROSS THE NATION WITH ALL THE OTHER LIBRARIES. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO THAT THE PARENTS WILL KNOW THAT THIS CARD IS A VERY IMPORTANT CARD THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE RESOURCES AND THAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY. THIS YEAR, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IS PARTNERING UP WITH THE TRANSFORMERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL CELEBRATION TRANSFORMER LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP CELEBRATION AT THE LIBRARY NEXT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, STARTING AT 1130. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BUMBLEBEE THERE. THAT WILL BE TAKING PICTURES WITH THE KIDS, AND THERE'LL BE GAMES, FREE GIVEAWAYS AND MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. ANYBODY WHO COMES AND GETS THEIR FREE LIBRARY CARD OR UPDATES THEIR LIBRARY INFORMATION WILL NOT ONLY BE ENTERED TO ENTER A RAFFLE, BUT ALSO WILL RECEIVE COUPONS FROM PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES. WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WE PROMOTE PROMOTE LITERACY IN OUR CITY AND OF COURSE, LIBRARY RESOURCES. SO WE INVITE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US NEXT SATURDAY AND TO STOP BY THE LIBRARY THIS MONTH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO. I DO WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICK COUNCIL. I LEARNED RECENTLY FROM OUR LIBRARY THAT THE CIRCULATION THAT WE HAVE IS OVER 150,000. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND WE HAVE AND A GREAT NUMBER PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GO. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT LIBRARIES, YOU KNOW, BUT WE EVERY DAY AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE ALWAYS CHECKS OUR CIRCULATION DURING OUR WHEN WE PRESENT OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GO TO CHECK OUT THOSE BOOKS, AND WE ALSO HAVE GREAT NUMBERS THROUGH OUR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES. WELL, AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS THE CENSUS BUREAU SAYS WE HAVE 105,000, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GO BASED ON THAT CIRCULATION, BECAUSE THAT'S A TRUE NUMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S 150,000. SO BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. AND TO BE FAIR, I KNOW IT DOES INCLUDE AREAS RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR CITY, RIGHT? BUT IT DOES SHOW THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY THAT WE DO SERVICE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CITY. YES, ACTUALLY INCLUDES THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE LIBRARY AND EVERYBODY THAT EVEN IF IT'S FROM OUTSIDE. THE CITY LIMITS, PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR LIBRARY, THEY RECEIVE OUR SERVICES. WE'RE OPEN TO EVERYBODY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM C PRESENT THE RECIPIENT OF THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH [C. Present the Recipient for the Employee of the Month Award for the Month of August 2024. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]] AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BELINDA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. MISS SILVIA GALLARDO. SHE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND HER FOR HER 29 YEARS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG AS WELL. I'LL PASS OVER THE MIC TO MISS LEAH. WITH ME TODAY IS ALSO OUR ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR, MISS VIVIANA CABALLERO, AND OUR ASSISTANT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL ARTS, MAGDA CASTLE, AS THEY'RE PART OF OUR TEAM. AND THEY WANTED TO BE HERE ALSO TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE HER ACHIEVEMENT. TODAY, I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MISS SILVIA GALLARDO. SILVIA HAS BEEN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR OVER 29 YEARS, CLOSE TO 30, AND SHE STARTED AT THE OLD LIBRARY ON CANAL STREET AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE [00:30:04] AS WE MOVED ON TO THE NEW LIBRARY, WHERE WE'RE STILL CALLING THE NEW LIBRARY ON KLAUSSNER AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE PART OF THE GROWTH AND NOW WITH THE NEW ACE CENTER. THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS, SYLVIA HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED AN OUTSTANDING WORK ETHIC AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND PROFESSIONALISM. AS OUR SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE GROWN, SO HAVE HER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND SHE HAS ALWAYS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND. HER ADAPTABILITY IS TRULY REMARKABLE. SEAMLESSLY TRANSITIONING FROM MANAGING LIBRARY ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TO ALSO HANDLING ARTS ACCOUNTS SHOWCASING HER EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND CAPACITY FOR GROWTH, SHE WILLINGLY WORKS EXTRA HOURS IF SHE HAS TO, TO MANAGE EXTENSIVE PAPERWORK ENSURING TIMELY PAYMENTS FOR CITY FESTIVALS, EVENTS AND LIBRARY NEEDS. EVEN IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. SHE REMAINS POSITIVE, EFFICIENT AND FOCUSED, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING RUNS AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. HER BEHIND THE SCENES EFFORTS ARE CRUCIAL IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR EVENTS, AND SHE'S ALWAYS THERE TO HELP. SERVING AS A RELIABLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR LIBRARY PATRONS, VENDORS, EVENT ATTENDEES, AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE. SYLVIA'S EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, DEPENDABILITY, AND ADAPTABILITY HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE TRULY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR TEAM. PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE CONGRATULATE MISS SYLVIA GALLARDO AS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. ALL RIGHT. AND THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS? WE GET TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT NOW. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. WELL, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT MORNING WHEN BELINDA SHOWED UP. BUT I'M TRULY HUMBLED FOR HAVING BEEN NOMINATED AND SELECTED FOR THE. FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. I TRULY DO LOVE, ENJOY WORKING FOR THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS AS I WORK FOR A TEAM MANAGEMENT THAT HAS A PASSION FOR THE CITY AS I DO. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO WE WON'T SAY THE NUMBER, RIGHT? BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. AND I THINK WE SEE YOU THROUGHOUT ALL THE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND I KNOW YOU WORK WITH A GREAT TEAM, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. I THINK THE FAMILY IS HERE. THEY SHOULD JOIN US. HI. HOW ARE YOU? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR. SO. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. DO YOU EVER GET HER HOME BECAUSE YOU WORK REAL HARD, WORKING WITH THE PHONE RIGHT HERE. WITH ME. THREE. TWO. ONE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK. BE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM SEVEN. PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL [7. PUBLIC COMMENTS] MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I'LL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. WE'RE IN COUNCIL. THERE ARE 13 PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR CLARITY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE ATTENDED THE COUNTY BUDGET MEETING THIS MORNING AND I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES. THE MOST OBVIOUS IS THAT THE CITY HAS ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE, WHILE THE COUNTY HAS 1.2 MILLION. BASICALLY, THE COUNTY IS TEN TIMES BIGGER. IN REFERENCE TO THE BUDGET, THE CITY TAKES 125 MILLION FROM THE PEOPLE, WHILE THE COUNTY TAKES 325 MILLION, SO THAT THE COUNTY'S BUDGET IS ABOUT THREE TIMES LARGER TO SERVE A POPULATION THAT IS TEN TIMES LARGER. BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE WHAT IS CONSIDERED A HEALTHY BUDGET RESERVE. THIS MEANS THEY HAVE MORE THAN 15% OF THEIR BUDGET AVAILABLE IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. MY QUESTION IS, HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE A 15% RESERVE? DURING A RECESSION AND HOW MANY FAMILIES RECEIVE A SALARY INCREASE? [00:35:05] THE ANSWER IS NOT MANY. IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE CITY HAS GIVEN ITS EMPLOYEES A 3% INCREASE, WHILE THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING A 5% INCREASE. THE CITY HAS 1000 EMPLOYEES, WHILE THE COUNTY HAS 5000 EMPLOYEES. THE OBVIOUS RESPONSE IS THAT YOU CANNOT COMPARE A CITY TO A COUNTY. THAT'S FINE. SO LET'S COMPARE EDINBURG TO MCALLEN. MCALLEN HAS A 47 CENT TAX RATE, WHILE EDINBURG HAS A 63 CENT TAX RATE. CITY OF MCALLEN HAS AN INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE, WHILE EDINBURG HAS A REGIONAL LANDFILL SITE. WE CAN DO THIS ALL DAY LONG UNTIL YOU DISCOVER THAT NONE OF THESE FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT. THE MAJOR FACTOR IS TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS MANAGEMENT. THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN MCALLEN PLACED AN EMPHASIS ON KEEPING TAXES LOW. THAT REPRODUCES MORE TAX REVENUE BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY. IF TAXES ARE INCREASED, REVENUE DECREASES. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WATCH TV AND THE BASES OF THE FINANCIAL ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS. YOU CAN ALSO. P.S. HOW ABOUT FIRING THE PERSON WHO SUGGESTED INCREASING THE WATER RATE BY 67% WHEN IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY MORE WATER? HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO APPROVE MORE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT MORE WATER? THIS IS A QUESTION FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I'M ALSO ASKING EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL THAT THEY CAN WIN THIS WAR AND THAT ISRAEL ISRAEL DID NOT START THE WAR. SO PRAY THAT ISRAEL GET THE JOB DONE QUICKLY. I ALWAYS TAUGHT MY BOYS NEVER START A FIGHT. BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY END ONE. SO I'M HOPING ISRAEL WILL TAKE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. MR. MCCURDY ALSO HAS QUESTIONS ON ITEM EIGHT, A9A, NINE B, 11 B, 11 C AND 12 A. CAN WE GET SOMEONE TO HELP MISS VERNON ON THOSE QUESTIONS TO GET STARTED? JUST TO MAKE SURE. AND THEN WE CAN PROVIDE THE ITEM WHEN IT COMES UP. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. IS MARCELLA FREELAND REGARDING SEWAGE SERVICE ON HER BLOCK? GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELL I CAME HERE ON FRIDAY LAST FRIDAY, AND I ASKED ABOUT THE SERVICE OF SEWAGE OF MY BLOCK. I LIVE IN WIND ROAD AND I PURCHASED MY MY PROPERTY ON 2021 AND I SPOKE WITH GERARDO. SOMETHING. GERARDO IS NOT HERE, SO HE HE TOLD ME THAT WE'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO BUILD THE SEWAGE UP TO FIVE YEARS. WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING. YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING US TO TO GIVE US THE SERVICE. SO I ASKED HIM, HOW CAN CAN I DO TO REVERSE THAT? AND HE HE TOLD ME THAT MAYBE I COULD GATHER MANY SIGNATURES FROM MY NEIGHBORS, AND I STARTED TO DO THAT. SO I'M HERE BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THE SERVICE. WE WE NEED TO BE ON THE LOOP. WE NEED TO TO HAVE THE SEWAGE, AND I STARTED GATHERING SOME SIGNATURES. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW MANY SIGNATURES YOU WANT. IF YOU WANT 100%, IF YOU WANT A AN AMOUNT. BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THIS SERVICE. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND WE'RE UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE CAN'T ENGAGE. BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION. PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I NEED SOME GUIDANCE BECAUSE I WON'T STOP. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ISABEL MARTINEZ REGARDING DRAINAGE CONCERNS. HI. HELLO. GOOD TO SEE YOU. MY NAME IS ISABEL MARTINEZ. I'M A TEACHER. AND MY KIDS, WELL, WE ALL LIVE HERE IN EDINBURG. AND MY KIDS GO TO ECISD PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE AMAZING. [00:40:07] I HAVE A CONCERN AND A REQUEST. REALLY? EDINBURG NORTH, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES. ALL THAT WATER. KIDS WALKING IN KNEE DEEP WATER, TRYING TO GET TO CLASS AND KIDS SLIPPING AND FALLING IN THE WATER. AND THOSE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TEENS AND THEY'RE KIDS, THEY'RE STILL CITY OF EDINBURG, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN. AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND ISD ARE TRYING TO MAKE AMAZING RELATIONSHIPS AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WORKING HAND IN HAND FOR PROJECTS, AND WE HAD THE BIG PEP RALLY FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. AND THAT ALL HELPS WITH MORALE AND EVERYTHING, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT. JUST SOME HISTORY. NHS WAS BUILT 31 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? AND IN 2016, THERE WAS A GRANT THAT MAYOR GARCIA HAD RECEIVED FROM FEMA. IT WAS LIKE $1.2 MILLION TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING AT NORTH. SO THE CITY MATCHED $402,000 TO THE GRANT TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE ON WEST ROGERS AND EAST EDINBURG NORTH HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY LINE. SO IT'S 2024 AND WATER IS STILL KNEE DEEP, RIGHT? AND THE WATER, IT'S NOT THE DRAINAGE NECESSARILY, THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S NO THE WATER IS JUST FLOWING INTO NORTH AND IT'S NOT FLOWING OUT, YOU KNOW. SO I SPOKE TO A FEW PEOPLE. THEY MENTIONED DETENTION PONDS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD HELP REACH OUT YOUR ENGINEERS REACH OUT TO ECISD. AND CREATE SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE POND OR DRAINAGE PLAN. A DETENTION POND SOMETHING TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER FOR OUR KIDS BECAUSE IT'S A POPULATION OF 2500 STUDENTS. ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES, ALL IN THAT NORTH, ALL THE WAY OVER THERE BY BREWSTER, YOU KNOW. SO IT DOES AFFECT COUNTY PEOPLE, BUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL, AND ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES. SO I KNOW YOU BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU. I WAS SOME OF Y'ALL'S TEACHERS, YOUR KIDS, TEACHERS, AND AND YOUR STUDENTS GO TO ECISD AND YOU HAVE COUSINS OR, YOU KNOW, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT KIDS IN THESE SCHOOLS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE REACH OUT TO, THE DISTRICT AND WORK WITH SOME OF THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES. THAT WOULD BE A BIG HELP TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALEJANDRO GARCIA REGARDING FLOODING AT NHS. GOOD EVENING. EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. I AM HERE AS A PARENT OF AN EDINBURG NORTH STUDENT. I SECOND EVERYTHING MISS MARTINEZ SAID BACK THERE. I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES. SADLY ENOUGH, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER SEE THAT. THIS IS MY THIRD CHILD AT EDINBURGH NORTH. AND MY BOYS. I HAVE ONE HERE, FORMER STUDENT OF EDINBURG NORTH THAT HAS TOLD ME IT HAS FLOODED HE'S THE 2021, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND GRADUATE, AND HE'S TOLD ME IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT. I WASN'T AWARE I HAVE A DAUGHTER NOW. THEY'RE IN. SHE'S A SOPHOMORE AND I HAVE PICTURES HERE WHERE THERE'S KIDS LITERALLY SITTING IN THE WATER WAITING FOR THEIR PARENTS TO GET PICKED UP OR THE BUS. IT WAS ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS I'VE SEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE. I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THE REASON I GOT OFF IS BECAUSE I WAS GOING FROM THE STUDENT PARKING TO THE BEN HALL, WHICH PRETTY MUCH CROSSES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, THE CAMPUS THROUGH THE BREEZEWAY, LOOKING FOR MY DAUGHTER. AND WHEN I SAW HER COMING TO ME IN THE LARGEST RIVER OF WATER THAT I'VE SEEN KIDS WALK THROUGH, HONESTLY, IT WAS A IT TRIGGERED A WHOLE BUNCH OF OF DIFFERENT FEELINGS. SADNESS. FOR ONE, I WAS I WAS UPSET, I WAS, YOU CAN SAY, IRATE AT WHAT I WAS SEEING. AND THERE WAS NO OFFICIALS THERE IN THAT AREA. RIGHT. THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE BENHALL. THERE WAS NO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. THERE WAS NO THERE WAS BUSSES PASSING THROUGH. AND LIKE SHE SAID, DEEP, DEEP, KNEE DEEP WATER. I CAN HONESTLY SAY LIKE I. DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT OTHER THAN TAKE PICTURES BECAUSE I WAS NOT EVEN THINKING OF COMING HERE TODAY. IT WASN'T IN MY MIND BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN EXPECT TO SEE THAT WHAT [00:45:05] I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF WAS TO SHOW MY HUSBAND, HEY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE SCHOOL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING THROUGH, I HAVE TO SAY, A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY SCHOOL. THIS IS A UNITED STATES. THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING TO OUR KIDS. NOW, I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE CITY'S JURISDICTION, BUT IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY. OUR KIDS DO NOT DESERVE THAT, AND NEITHER DO OUR STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS. AND LIKE I SAID, I AM HERE AS A PARENT. IT IS MY FIRST TIME AND I'M SURE IT WON'T BE MY LAST IF THIS CONTINUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ITEM 11 A. GOOD EVENING. JUST COMING BY TO WAS ASKED TO COME BY IN CASE YOU ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR US. AND I KNOW I CAN WAIT TILL WE GET TO 11 A, BUT I WANT TO EXTEND A CORDIAL INVITATION TO JOIN US ON THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER FOR OUR ANNUAL KERMESSE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR AS LONG, AS LONG BEFORE I WAS BORN, I BELIEVE. AND AS ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF IT FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MANY WAYS, WHETHER IT'S WITH AN AMBULANCE SERVICE, WITH ATTENDING. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN A WE ARE VERY WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AS A AS A COMMUNITY WHO PRAYS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OUR COMMUNITY AND AND HOPING THAT THINGS GET RESOLVED, BUT TO COME IN AND ENJOY YOURSELVES. WE'RE PRAYING FOR BETTER WEATHER, BUT WE ALSO ARE ACTUALLY EXTENDING TO COME AND ENJOY SOME MUSIC, SOME GOOD FOOD, AND SOME FELLOWSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. DUNCAN. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MICHAEL MESA REGARDING ITEM 11. SEE? THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REGARDING ITEM 11. SEE? THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUSTIN HASSELL REGARDING ITEM 11. SEE? THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REBECCA MEZA REGARDING ITEM 11. SEE. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUAN RODRIGUEZ REGARDING ITEM 11, SEE. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MARIA ANTONIA VASQUEZ REGARDING ITEM 11. SEE? MA'AM, BEFORE WE SAY ANY MORE NAMES, COULD WE PLEASE HAVE ONE OF CITY STAFF MENTION THE NAMES OUTSIDE, PLEASE, IN CASE THEY'RE WAITING OUT THERE. ANY OF THE MRS? YEAH, I THINK SOMEBODY STOOD UP. DID. WAS THERE WAS THEIR NAME CALLED UP? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THE NAME MISS CLARICE? YES. REBECCA MEZA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO TO THE. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I THOUGHT THE LADY WAS YES, MA'AM. HI. I'M REBECCA. YES. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY. REBECCA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. TODAY. I STAND BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED FEES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING FOR WRECKER SERVICE APPLICATIONS AND INSPECTIONS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING A FEE OF ABOUT 450 PER APPLICATION, IN ADDITION TO A FEE FOR EACH TRUCK THAT IS INSPECTED. THE FEE STRUCTURE IS NOT ONLY UNFAIR, BUT ALSO BURDENSOME FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY COMPLYING WITH THE STATE REGULATIONS. OUR TAX DOLLARS ALREADY FUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE TIME THEY SPEND INSPECTING VEHICLES. THESE INSPECTIONS ARE A PART OF THEIR REGULATORY DUTIES DUTIES THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO UNDERTAKE. IT IS SIMPLY NOT RIGHT TO PENALIZE WRECKER BUSINESSES WITH ADDITIONAL FEES ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY PAY IN TAXES. FURTHERMORE, THE STATE OF TEXAS ALREADY IMPOSES LICENSING FEES ON RECORD BUSINESSES AND THEIR VEHICLES BY ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF FEES AT THE CITY LEVEL, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY CREATING A DOUBLE FEE SITUATION. THIS IS NOT ONLY PLACE, THIS NOT ONLY PLACES AN UNDUE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON LOCAL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY VIOLATES STATE REGULATIONS BY IMPOSING REDUNDANT CHARGES. THIS PROPOSED FEE STRUCTURE COULD HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. IT COULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO OPERATE, DISCOURAGE COMPLIANCE AND LEAD TO LEGAL CHALLENGES AGAINST THE CITY FOR IMPOSING FEES [00:50:03] THAT DUPLICATE STATE REQUIREMENTS AT A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE TOWING AND RECOVERY, WHERE INSTEAD MAKING IT HARDER FOR THEM TO SUCCEED. I ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL CAREFULLY RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED FEE STRUCTURE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ANY FEES IMPOSED ON RECORD BUSINESSES ARE FAIR, REASONABLE AND IN LINE WITH STATE REGULATIONS, WE SHOULD NOT ONLY BE PLACING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDENS ON THESE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY REGULATED AND LICENSED BY THE STATE. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. I TRUST THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THESE FEES ON LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT IS BOTH FAIR AND LEGALLY COMPLIANT. THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTPONED AGAIN UNTIL A FAIR RESOLUTION IS FOUND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEM 11 C. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. I COME BEFORE YOU WITH A MATTER OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RECORD ORDINANCE, WHICH SERVES AS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WHO BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE, MAY NOT BE FULLY ADHERING TO THE DUTIES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. THIS SITUATION RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE DERELICTION OF DUTY, AS THE CHIEF'S LACK OF ENFORCEMENT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MY INTENT IS NOT TO DISPARAGE THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WHOSE ROLE IN PROTECTING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IS DEEPLY RESPECTED AND VALUED. HOWEVER, IT IS VITAL THAT ALL CITY OFFICIALS, REGARDLESS OF POSITION, ADHERE TO THE SAME STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE EXPECT FROM EVERY CITIZEN. THE ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE INTENT TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, AND THE EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF ALL INVOLVED WHEN THE ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH AN ORDINANCE IS CALLED INTO QUESTION. IT IS OUR DUTY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN A MANNER THAT PRESERVES THE INTEGRITY OF OUR LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE PROCESSES. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT ARISES WHEN THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS TASKED WITH BOTH FILING A COMPLAINT AND DETERMINING ITS OUTCOME. THIS DUAL ROLE COULD UNINTENTIONALLY LEAD TO A BIASED RESOLUTION, WHICH MAY NOT SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE JUDGE, AS A NEUTRAL AND IMPARTIAL PARTY, REMAIN THE AUTHORITY IN ADJUDICATING SUCH MATTERS. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SITUATION. I BELIEVE THAT BY ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE SERIOUSNESS IT DESERVES, WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR CITY CONTINUES TO BE GOVERNED WITH FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REGARDING ITEM 11 C. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING SIR. ONCE AGAIN GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE TO RAISE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE WRECKER SERVICES. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LED BY CHIEF JAIME AYALA, IS ATTEMPTING TO REGULATE THE OWNERS OF THE RECORD COMPANIES THAT ARE ON THE ROTATION. THIS ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP IS DEEPLY TROUBLING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES WERE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP UNDER THE POLICIES AND OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. NOW, CHIEF AYALA IS SEEKING TO IMPOSE NEW REGULATIONS THAT WOULD DICTATE WHO CAN AND CANNOT OWN A RECORD COMPANY. THIS MOVE SEEMS TO BE AN OVERREACH THAT HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY AND SETTING REASONABLE FEES FOR WRECKER SERVICES. THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE TO ENFORCE LAWS THAT PROTECT THE PUBLIC, NOT TO INTERVENE IN PRIVATE BUSINESS DECISIONS OF RECORD COMPANIES. REGULATING BUSINESS OWNERSHIP IN THIS MANNER DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR FAIRNESS IN FEE STRUCTURES, AND IT DIVERTS ATTENTION FROM THE TRUE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. GIVEN THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THIS OVERREACH, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE SLATED AGAIN FOR FURTHER REVIEW. IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO ENSURE THE ORDINANCE REMAINS FOCUSED ON ITS ORIGINAL GOALS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES, WITHOUT UNNECESSARY REGULATORY INTERFERENCE. FURTHERMORE, I REQUEST THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE OR THE MAYOR ATTEND THE MEETING DURING WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS REVIEWED. THEIR PRESENCE WOULD ENSURE THAT THE DISCUSSIONS REMAIN BALANCED AND THE CONCERNS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE HEARD AND ADDRESSED. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHIEF AYALA FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE REVISIT THIS ORDINANCE WITH A FOCUS ON WHAT TRULY MATTERS PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENSURING FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WE DID HAVE A MEETING. [00:55:03] WE DID VOICE OUR CONCERNS, BUT WE WERE NOT GIVING THE FINAL ORDINANCE. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE ON THE ORDINANCE. WE WEREN'T GIVEN THAT. SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON IT. SO I WOULD ONCE AGAIN ASK FOR IT TO BE POSTPONED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUSTIN HASSELL REGARDING ITEM 11 C. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROCESS SURROUNDING THE PROPOSED REC ORDINANCE. IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT THAT CHIEF JAIME AYALA IS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE PASSED WITHOUT PROVIDING THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES MOST AFFECTED BY THIS ORDINANCE, WITH A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO SCRUTINIZE ITS CONTENT. WE MET AND EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS. HOWEVER, CHIEF AYALA DID NOT INDICATE WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, WOULD BE MADE, WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE PROVIDED. THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS CONCERNING, AS IT LEAVES US IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINS AND HOW IT MAY IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE FINAL DRAFT BEFORE IT IS PASSED. RUSHING THIS ORDINANCE THROUGH WITHOUT PROPER SCRUTINY COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND IT UNDERMINES THE TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE SLATED FOR REVIEW AGAIN, BUT WITH THE PATIENCE AND TRANSPARENCY NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ALL CONCERNS ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A FAIR AND EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE THAT TRULY SERVES THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL INVOLVED. IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHIEF AYALA FOR YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I URGE YOU TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS HANDLED WITH THE CARE AND ATTENTION IT DESERVES, ALLOWING FOR A THOROUGH REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINAL DRAFT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUAN RODRIGUEZ REGARDING ITEM 11 C. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PURPOSE ORDINANCE. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DRAFTING THIS ORDINANCE, I MUST EXPRESS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN THAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED. TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION ARE KEY TO CRAFTING EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR INPUT COULD OFFER VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY WITHHOLDING THE FINAL DRAFT. AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN THIS COLLABORATION PROCESS HAS BEEN MISSED, AND WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION WHERE THE ORDINANCE MAY MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE FULL UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT OF THOSE WHO WILL IMPACT THE MOST. THEREFORE, WE WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE BE DELAYED UNTIL WE, THE STAKEHOLDERS, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE FINAL DRAFT. WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS, ADDITIONAL TIME WILL RESULT IN MORE IN A MORE REFINED AND EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE THAT SERVES THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER AND ENSURING THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD, WE CAN CREATE A BETTER, MORE EQUITABLE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MARIA ANTONIA VASQUEZ REGARDING ITEM 11 C. WE HAVE A LADY THAT WANTS TO TALK. WHAT HAPPENED TO HER WITH THE RECORD SYSTEM. MARIA ANTONIA. MARIA ANTONIA VASQUEZ. ESTABLECIMIENTO. INFORMACION Y PASANDO. ENTONCES. HABLANDO. ENTONCES [01:00:01] AYUDA A LA A LA SENORA. AYUDA A LA POLICIA. EN EL PRIMER DIA. PUES. PORQUE TIENE MAS COMENTARIOS EN SU EN SU PAGINA. METIENDO INJUSTICIAS PORQUE MUCHAS PERSONAS COMO YO HAN PERDIDO SUS MUEBLES PRECIO ALTO. ES TODO. MUCHAS GRACIAS SENOR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MARY VILLAREAL REGARDING ITEM 11 C. REAL QUICKLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING THIS PROGRESSIVE MEASURE TO REGULATE A SERVICE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US AND IS LONG OVERDUE. WE HAVE WITNESSED THE UNRESTRICTED CHARGES BURDENED BY THE MOST VULNERABLE AS WELL AS MANY QUESTIONABLE ACTIONS. THERE ARE MANY, MANY UNSUSPECTING INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLAINTS ARE FINALLY BEING HEARD BY OUR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS WHERE THE REGULATION SHOULD BE. ADMINISTRATION NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. MY OPINION CONTRACTS BY THE CITY FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE SHOULD BE ASSESSED AND ACCOUNTABLE ON A TIMELY BASIS. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE USING THAT SERVICE SHOULD HAVE A RECOURSE THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A RECOURSE. COURSE, YOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE IS A STEP TO SERVING OUR CITIZENS EQUITABLY. A BUSINESS OFFICER'S SERVICE, AND RIGHTLY SO, SHOULD CHARGE FOR THEIR SERVICE. BUT WHEN IT'S PROVIDED AS COMMITTED AND ADVERTISED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS JACK DELAPLANE TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON UNHOUSED RESIDENTS. HI. MY NAME IS JACK. JACK DELAPLANE. I WORK FOR AN EDINBURGH BASED NONPROFIT CALLED RGV HARM REDUCTION. WE WORK TO PROVIDE THINGS LIKE NALOXONE, WHICH IS OVERDOSE PREVENTION, MEDICATION, HYGIENE SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER ON OUR UNHOUSED POPULATIONS. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE NATION AS A WHOLE HAS SEEN RECORD BREAKING EXTREME WEATHER TEMPERATURES. HERE IN HERE IN EDINBURG ALONE WE'VE HAD OVER 70 DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 95 DEGREES. AND THAT'S NOT THE FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURE, THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTING FOR HUMIDITY. AND THESE ARE HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO SHELTER OPTIONS. SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ALSO HAD EXTREME WINTER WEATHER PATTERNS. SAW ARCHER PARK AND MCALLEN HAD THEIR FOUNTAIN FREEZE. AND THE WEATHER WASN'T DIFFERENT HERE IN EDINBURG, SINCE MANY TEXANS HAVE FELT SINCE 2020, WHEN WE HAD THE MAJOR WINTER FREEZE THAT TOOK OUT THE STATE'S POWER GRID BECAUSE OUR WEATHER INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT ADEQUATE, NOT ACCLIMATED TO COLD WEATHER. WE'VE HAD EXTREME COLD WEATHER PATTERNS EVER SINCE THEN. AND THE VALLEY HAS NOT BEEN IMMUNE TO THOSE TEMPERATURE CHANGES. THE. THE CITY DID MAKE AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS THROUGH A SINGLE WARMING SHELTER DURING THIS MOST RECENT WINTER AT THE LIBRARY, WITH IRREGULAR HOURS MEANING PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO STAY, BUT NOT FOR THE ENTIRE 24 HOUR PERIOD. WEATHER DOESN'T TAKE BREAKS AS THE THING. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE CITY TO OPEN PERMANENT YEAR ROUND WEATHER SHELTERS DAY AND NIGHT RUN BY THE CITY, NOT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OR NONPROFITS RUN BY THE CITY, ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE. THESE SHELTERS WILL PROVIDE COOLING, WARMING, A PLACE THAT IS FREE AND BARRIER FREE AS WELL. NOT JUST NOT NOT JUST COSTING THEM NOTHING, BUT ALSO NOT REQUIRING IDENTIFICATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED IDS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T DYING IN THE HEAT. RIGHT? I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE CITY TO REINVEST INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO GO ONTO ANY CITY BUS AND SAY THAT THEY ARE SEEKING SHELTER FROM EXTREME WEATHER AND EITHER BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN ON THE BUS OR TAKEN TO SHELTERS. [01:05:01] ONE SHELTER IS NOT ADEQUATE. THE SHELTERS MUST BE MORE THAN ONE AND YEAR ROUND. ANOTHER THING THAT THE CITY COULD DO IS TO ESTABLISH UNIVERSAL HOUSING POLICIES. THEY HAVE BEEN TRIED ACROSS THE WORLD AND IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSING UNHOUSED RESIDENTS IS A SOLUTION, AND THE CITY WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE FAR MORE MONEY THAN FAILED INVESTMENTS INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T ACTUALLY MEANINGFUL REALLY MEANINGFULLY RELIEVE THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS THAT UNHOUSED PEOPLE HAVE TO FACE IN EXTREME WEATHER, LET ALONE SURVIVING. SO YOU COULD JUST HOUSE THEM. YOU COULD SAVE THE CITY, THE TAXPAYERS, IN EXTREMELY LARGE BURDEN BY SIMPLY PUTTING UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN BARRIER FREE HOUSING. [8. PRESENTATION AND REPORT] [A. Presentation on the City's Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan. [Gerardo] THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT A, WHICH IS PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GERALDO CARMONA JUNIOR. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. AND TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE ON THE CITY'S WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN. SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK TO EVERYBODY BASICALLY, THE PLAN IS A WAY TO STRATEGIZE AND COMBINE STRATEGIES TO ENSURE WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND EVENTUALLY MONITOR AND RESPONSE TO WATER SHORTAGES OR DROUGHTS, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. THE PURPOSE OF ULTIMATELY, THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO CONSERVE WATER. THIS PLAN IS REQUIRED BY TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IF YOU BORROW ANY TYPE OF FUNDING FROM THEM, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THIS TO THEM. WHICH IS THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. AND THEN TO TK. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO, FOR, FOR THE CITY TO SUBMIT A DROUGHT PLAN. THIS PLAN IS UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, WE CURRENTLY ADOPTED THE NEW OR WE MADE SOME UPDATES AND ADOPTED THE NEW THE PLAN WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND ACCEPTED. SO IN 20 2029, WE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT AGAIN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. CURRENTLY IN OUR PLAN, THERE ARE FIVE STAGES. SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE STAGE ONE WHICH IS A VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION. SECOND ONE IS A MANDATORY COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS WATER ALERT STAGE THREE WATER WARNING, STAGE FOUR, WATER SHORTAGE AND STAGE FIVE WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY. ANY OF THE EACH OF THESE STAGES CAN BE TRIGGERED EITHER BY DEMAND, SUPPLY OR EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE DEMAND TRIGGER. SO STAGE ONE AND BASICALLY ALL THE TYPE OF TRIGGERS THEY ALL WILL ALWAYS BE IN EFFECT AT ALL TIMES. AND THIS IS JUST TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CONSERVING WATER. SO AS YOU KIND OF GO INTO FROM STAGE TWO TO ALL THE WAY STAGE FIVE, YOU START SEEING THAT YOU KNOW, THE DEMAND STARTS FROM 85. IF THE DEMAND EXCEEDS REACHES OR EXCEEDS 85% IT WILL ENACT STAGE TWO. AND AS YOU KEEP GOING DOWN IT, YOU KNOW, FROM THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, IT STARTS GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICTER. SO THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD IN THE, IN THE NEWS RECENTLY IS AMISTAD AND FALCON RESERVOIR LEVELS. RIGHT. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SUPPLY TRIGGERS THAT WE HAVE AGAINST STAGE ONE WILL ALWAYS BE IN EFFECT. BUT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN STAGE TWO, WHICH IS WHERE THE, THE, THE RESERVOIRS HAVE HAVE REACHED 23%. WE HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO ENTERING INTO STAGE THREE, BUT WE ARE QUITE NOT THERE YET, WHICH IS WHEN THE, THE, THE LEVELS REACH 18%. THE LAST REPORT THAT WE GOT FROM THE FROM THE TC WATER MASTER WHICH WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE THE RESERVOIR LEVELS WERE AT 19.71%. SO WE ARE CLOSE THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE. STAGE FOUR WILL BE TRIGGERED WHEN THE WHEN THE RESERVOIR LEVELS REACH 13% AND STAGE FIVE WILL BE 10%. AGAIN, THIS IS A COMBINED AVERAGE. THIS IS NOT IF IF FALCON IS AT 10% AND THE OTHER ONE'S AT 30%. YOU HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH TAKE A COMBINED AVERAGE OF THOSE. WHICH WILL TRIGGER THESE STAGES. [01:10:02] THE LAST ONE IS IS THE EMERGENCY TRIGGER. SO WE DO HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT FAILURE SYSTEM OUTAGE OR SOME KIND OF CONTAMINATION. THEN CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE IS ALLOWED TO INTO TO PRETTY MUCH TRIGGER THIS STAGE AND PRETTY MUCH REDUCE THE WATER USAGE AS DEEMED NECESSARY. SO AGAIN, RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY IN STAGE TWO. BUT WE HAVE BEEN CLOSED AGAIN TO ENTER INTO STAGE THREE. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. IT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH BORDERLINE BUT BASICALLY WHAT WOULD BE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD RELEASE, RIGHT, IF WE WERE EVER TO ENTER STAGE THREE, RIGHT? SO BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE FROM STAGE TWO AND STAGE THREE WOULD BE THAT THE RIGHT NOW THE RESIDENTS ARE OR PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY THAT IS A CITY OF EDINBURGH WATER. WATER. CUSTOMER CAN ONLY WATER TWO DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK AND THAT DEPENDS ON THE ON THE ON THEIR ADDRESSES. ONCE WE GET INTO STAGE THREE, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE NARROWED DOWN TO ONLY THE WEEKENDS. SO ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK. AND OF COURSE, YOU, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KIND OF GO DOWN RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL NURSERIES YOU KNOW, THESE OTHER THINGS ARE SHOWN ON THE, ON THE ON THE GRAPHIC HERE. YOU START GETTING STRICTER ON THE, ON THE HOURS THAT YOU CAN IRRIGATE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE STAGE, ON STAGE TWO YOU'RE ALLOWED TO IRRIGATE FROM 12 A.M. TO 10 A.M. ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND 6 P.M. TO 11:59 P.M. BUT NOW ON THIS ONE, YOU WOULD REDUCE DOWN TO 7 P.M. TO 11:59 P.M., BUT IF YOU HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM, THEN YOU CAN GO FROM 12 A.M. TO 4:04 A.M.. SO VERY SIMILAR TO THE STAGE THREE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE CONSIDERED WASTE OF WATER, WHICH ARE PROHIBITED, WHICH ALLOW WATER TO RUN OFF INTO THE GUTTER, DITCH OR DRAIN. FAILURE TO REPAIR A CONTROLLED LEAK AND THEN WASHING SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS, PARKING AREAS, TENNIS COURTS, PATIOS OR OTHER PAVED AREAS EXCEPT TO ALLEVIATE IMMEDIATE FIRE HAZARDS. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO MENTION ON THIS ONE IS THAT ON THE STAGE THREE IS THAT YOU KNOW, THEY ONCE WE REACH THIS STAGE, THERE ARE CERTAIN THRESHOLDS THAT IF CUSTOMERS START STARTED USING, YOU KNOW, AN EXCESS USE OF WATER. THERE WILL BE SPECIFIC SURCHARGES. THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE DESIGNED AND REQUIRED JUST TO PRETTY MUCH DISCOURAGE THE USE OF WATER AND TO PRETTY MUCH CONSERVE WATER. THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS IS, IS, IS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REVENUES. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO, TO PRETTY MUCH MEASURE THAT THAT WE HAVE IN THERE TO DISCOURAGE THE USE OF WATER. AND OF COURSE, SUCH AS THE STAGE TWO, WE DO HAVE THE DIFFERENT OFFENSES. AND SO FIRST APPEARANCE IS A VERBAL WARNING, AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, SECOND OFFENSE IS WRITTEN WARNING AND EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. AND THEN THIRD OFFENSE IS EVENTUALLY TO A CITATION. AND COMPLETION OF MANDATORY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ANY OF THE RESIDENTS OR ANY COMPLAINTS THAT WE THAT, THE WE HAVE THE RESIDENTS CAN CALL US AT 311 OR AT 95638882 12 FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M.. AND THEY CAN CALL THE WATER PLANT AFTER HOURS AND ON THE WEEKENDS AT NINE, FIVE, SIX, 38882 20. SO SOME OF THE PREVENTABLE POSSIBLE PREVENTABLE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES ACTIONS THAT WE CAN USE IS WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON REDUCING THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS FOR, FOR THE SPLASH PADS. WE WILL BE CONDUCTING AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID SEE YOU KNOW, FROM FROM LOOKING AT THE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE, WERE DOING IS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WATER SAVER, WATER SAVER CAR WASH PROGRAM. AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT THEY HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH SIGN UP WITH THE CITY AND THEY HAVE SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT THAT USES ONLY SO MUCH OF WATER, AND YOU HAVE TO DO SO. YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE AN EXTENSIVE OF REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE, BUT THIS IS WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING. AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS AS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE CAR WASHES. [01:15:01] RIGHT. SO THE OTHER THING IS YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY ESTABLISH A LAND SPACING DISTANCE OF NEW CAR WASHES. AND AT THIS MOMENT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. TURN THE MIC HERE. OKAY. COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO COUNCILMAN DE LEON AND I SIT ON THE PACK AND WHEN WE GOT PRESENTED THIS, THIS POSSIBILITY OF STAGE THREE, THEY DID TELL US THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITIES ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING TOGETHER. IF WE GET TO THAT POINT SO THAT IT'S NOT ONE CITY DOING IT, ANOTHER CITY NOT REALLY DOING IT. BUT I ASKED THEM TO PRESENT HERE IN COUNCIL TODAY BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT CAR WASHES, TOO MANY CAR WASHES AND I I'D LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD GET COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE THE RADIUS MAYBE LIKE A FIVE MILE RADIUS. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SAY. MORATORIUM. THAT'S A A BAD WORD. WHENEVER WE SAY YOU CAN'T PUT A CERTAIN TYPE OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY, BUT SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. AND WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE SEE THAT WE'RE GOING THIS WAY, AND THEN THE CITY'S GOT TO TAKE A FEW STEPS THEMSELVES TO KIND OF CONSERVE, LIKE THE SPLASH PADS, LIKE THE CAR WASHES UNFORTUNATELY, THE GOLF COURSES, THE GRASSES. BUT LIKE I SAID, ANY RESIDENT LIKE MYSELF, I CUT MY OWN GRASS, AND I WATER MY OWN YARD RIGHT AWAY. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY WHEN MY GRASS DIES? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I CAN'T WATER IT? SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET BE PROACTIVE AND TAKE STEPS AS A CITY. SO THAT WAY IF IT DOES GET THERE, EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO CUTTING BACK OURSELVES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL, I THINK, MISS FERN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? GO AHEAD. I TALKED WITH THIS YOUNG MAN AND MY THING IS ON THIS. I WAS CHECKING TO SEE WHAT THE CITY ORDINANCES ARE WHEN A NEW BUSINESS COMES IN. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TREES. WE HAVE TO HAVE FLOWERS. WE HAVE TO HAVE BUSHES. WE HAVE TO HAVE GRASS. WELL, OVER THERE ON 107 AND MCCALL THIS LAST WEEK, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, BIG TRUCKS BROUGHT A BUNCH OF LOOKED LIKE SAINT AUGUSTINE GRASS FOR THAT BIG STORAGE UNIT THAT'S BEEN BUILT THERE. RIGHT. AND THEN SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH, TWO 230 3:00 REALLY HOT SUN'S OUT. HERE'S THE SPRINKLERS. ONCE AGAIN, WITH YOUR RULES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE THINGS. NOW IS THE TIME TO LOOK AT AND SAY, WHOA, WE NEED. THEY COULD HAVE PUT GRAVEL, ROCKS OR SOMETHING FOR A TIME. CACTUS. SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SOAK UP A LOT OF WATER BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE LOSING OUR TREES. I'VE LOST THREE PECAN TREES, AND I'M PRAYING FOR MY OAK TREES. AND THANK GOD IT RAINED. BUT IT'S UP TO THE CITY TO STOP SOME OF THIS, THAT BEAUTIFICATION RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. YEAH. YOU KNOW THAT. THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. WHAT WHAT DOES OUR CODE SAY AS FAR AS GRASS AND THE REASON THEY WATER IT IS AS SOON AS YOU PLANT IT, YOU HAVE TO WATER IT. SO ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT ADDRESSING THAT? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. THE CODE DOES REQUIRE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S LIKE A NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, A COMBINATION OF TREES, SHRUBS AND GRASS. BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME BUSINESSES COME FORWARD WITH ZERO SCAPES, AND THEY'VE BEEN SHOWING US THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE TOO MUCH WATER. DOES OUR CODE ALLOW FOR THAT? YES. SO THE CODE DOES ALLOW FOR THAT WITHOUT A VARIANCE. WITHOUT A VARIANCE. CORRECT. IT JUST I GUESS IT'S UP TO THEM. MAYBE WE CAN ENCOURAGE IT. RIGHT. AT THIS POINT. BUT IT CURRENTLY IS IN PLACE. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO PUT ALL THIS LANDSCAPING OR I MEAN THEY COULD DO XERISCAPE RIGHT. WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE PEOPLE USE ARTIFICIAL GRASS. YEAH IT LOOKS NICE. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY WATERING. THEY STILL ARE REQUIRED TO PLANT THE TREE. BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SWITCH TO OTHER ALTERNATIVES. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST FOR A PRESENTATION TODAY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US AGAIN OR WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE. NOT AT THIS MOMENT. MAYOR WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE JUST TO KIND OF ADD ON TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ WAS, WAS MENTIONING ABOUT DOING A REGIONAL RIGHT. THE THE COUNTY IS DOING AND THEY'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CITIES, WATER PROVIDERS, WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS. RIGHT. COMING TOGETHER AND ADOPTING A, A A UNIFORM DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN. RIGHT. THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR. FOR FOR DISCUSSION. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS, [01:20:01] IS THE PERCENTAGES, RIGHT, AS TO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TRIGGER. RIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF STAGES, RIGHT? SO THEY MEAN DIFFERENT FOR EACH OF THE ENTITIES. RIGHT. SO THE COUNCIL, THE COUNTY WANTS TO COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FOR HIDALGO AND KIND OF EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME TRIGGER REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE, AT THE, AT THE PERCENTAGES AS TO WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRIGGERING AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND TO SEE IF IT'LL GET ADOPTED. [9. PUBLIC HEARINGS] [A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Commercial, General (CG) District and Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Residential, Multi-family (RM) District, Lot 1, E.M.L. Subdivision, and a 0.723 of One Acre Out of Lot 6, Section 237, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Located at 2901 West Chapin Road, as Requested by Donaldo Rodriguez on Behalf of Martha Alicia Aguilar. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE. PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS OPEN UP ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH F I BELIEVE, AT THIS TIME. AND I WAS NOTIFIED BEFORE THE MEETING THAT ITEM D THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO PULL THAT ITEM. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED MORE TIME TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THEY CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT. OKAY, SO COUNCIL, JUST FOR INFORMATION, ITEM D DELTA D D OR D. SO THE HEARING I'LL OPEN UP THE HEARING NOW AT THIS TIME FOR ANY COMMENTS, ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME FOR ITEMS NINE A, B, C, E, AND F. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THAT'D BE GREAT. JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT OUR CITY SECRETARY WITH OUR MINUTES. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU, FERN MCCLARTY. AND YOU ARE FERN. BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT. I JUST THOUGHT EVERYBODY ELSE THAT COMES UP, I'D LIKE TO HELP OUR OUR. I WOULD TELL THEM I'M NOT BASHFUL. THIS ONE. I HAVE A QUESTION. SINCE YOU SAID NINE B HAS BEEN PULLED RIGHT D D I'M SORRY. ITEM D AS IN DELTA AND THIS ONE COMES BACK. IS THAT CORRECT? THE THE D I GUESS IS A AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR EVERYBODY'S IN CASE YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT ITEM. IT'S BEEN POSTPONED FOR NEXT MEETING NINE D. ALL RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT 9AI KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT ON WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS, IS IS SINGLE FAMILY AND MOST OF THEM ARE ELDERLY. I BELIEVE I SENT YOU ONE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE OTHERS HAD GOTTEN WITH YOU. I, MY POSTMAN, DIDN'T RUN TODAY, SO OBVIOUSLY I WILL CHECK AND SEE IF I HAVE ANY OTHER LETTERS FROM THEM. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SIX HOUSES, AND OUT OF THAT THERE WERE FOUR THAT WERE NEVER IN THE QUESTIONABLE CIRCLE THAT Y'ALL HAVE, BUT THEY DID NOT WANT IT. AND AT ONE TIME I HAD MENTIONED TO THE YOUNG MAN, I THOUGHT Y'ALL SAID THERE WERE ABOUT 22 UNITS THAT WERE GOING THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE APARTMENTS OR WHAT. TODAY THEY SAID 16, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WATER. THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOWER. THEY'RE GOING TO WASH DISHES, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A BATH, THEY'RE GOING TO POTTY. AND WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS RIGHT OVER THERE. SO I'M ASKING FOR THE PEOPLE, THE THE FEW THAT LIVE THERE, RIGHT ON THIS PROPERTY. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING MOVED IN ON YOU IN YOUR SUBDIVISIONS AND WHEREVER YOU'RE LIVING. AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING THAT THIS NOT BE PASSED RIGHT NOW. THE SECOND ONE IS BE AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMMERCIAL. I MOVED OUT THERE ON MCCAUL ROAD, AND I'M NEVER IN THE CIRCLE WHICHEVER WAY. BUT WE WERE ONLY HOMES, AND NOW A LOT OF BUSINESSES COMING THROUGH THERE, AND A LOT OF US WANT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS ARE SINGLE FAMILY AND STUFF. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT ARE THERE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING THERE. I TRIED TO FIND OUT, BUT AGAIN, OUR WATER AND OUR SEWER. CAN WE HANDLE IT RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU'RE TALKING? I CHECKED TODAY BECAUSE WHEN IT RAINS, THAT ONE PLACE OVERFLOWS. AND OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T SEND Y'ALL A PICTURE OF IT TODAY, SO I GUESS IT'S OKAY. BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING RIGHT THERE. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NINE A IS BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF THESE THESE FAMILIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AGAIN ON ITEMS NINE A, B, C, E OR F? YES. GOOD EVENING COUNCILORS. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS IS ABEL HERNANDEZ. I'M FROM SHADDAI CONSTRUCTION. AND HERE'S MY I'M RONALDO RODRIGUEZ. I'M THE ENGINEER REPRESENTING THE PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AS WE WERE DISCUSSING, IT'S ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MCCULLOUGH AND CHAPIN. WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF ZONE, [01:25:02] AND WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH ENGINEERING AS WELL AS UTILITIES. WE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS FROM THEM, WHICH WE ADDRESSED RIGHT TO MEET THE CITY STANDARDS AND ORDINANCES. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 16 UNITS, SOME MULTIFAMILY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AND NOW, JUST WITH THIS THE GRACE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE LOOK FORWARD FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES ON. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE CITY OF EDINBURG IS GROWING AT A RAPID PACE. AND I THINK THIS MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR THE CITY, CONSIDERING THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY IN THE AREA AS WELL. YES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH MR. GERARDO CARMONA ALSO. WE HAVE SENT THEM THE INFORMATION FOR THE 16 APARTMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE SEWER AND ALL THAT. IT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IT HAS BEEN CHECKED BY THEM WITH WITH SOME COMMENTS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THE APARTMENTS THERE THAT BUT ALL THE, ALL THE NUMBERS, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKED AND APPROVED BY THE UTILITY DEPARTMENTS. SO NOWADAYS, YOU KNOW ME, I'M TALKING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. WHAT I SEE IS THAT NOWADAYS FOR PEOPLE FOR GETTING APPROVED FOR A HOUSE, IT'S BECOMING HARD, IT'S BECOMING HARD. SO NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RENTING APARTMENTS, SO THEY DEPEND ON APARTMENTS TO RENT THEM OUT. SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS A IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH END APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE. WE'RE PLANNING TO LEAVE IT AS A LITTLE COMPLEX. IT'S FOR APARTMENTS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING FOR YEARS. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE'RE HOPING TO TO GET THIS APPROVED TODAY. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY IMPROVEMENTS FOR DRAINAGE OR ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN ANY TYPE OF AROUND THAT AREA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING? WE BELIEVE WE BELIEVE THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS GOING TO BE MADE IN THAT AREA FOR, FOR SEWER AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION WE GOT BECAUSE ON THE IN THE EMAIL THAT THEY TOLD US, THEY SAID THAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS WERE GOING TO BE MADE AND THAT THAT THE NUMBER ACCORDING TO THE UNITS, IT DOES WORK WITH THE FLOW FOR THE FOR THE SEWER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SEWER. IS THIS A9A ARE WE REFERRING TO. YES. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN? INITIALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TABLED THIS THAT WAS CONCERNED ON ON TOO MANY UNITS. WHAT WAS THE INITIAL PLAN? IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS. WE NEVER WE HAVE NEVER CHANGED FROM 22. SO WHAT'S CHANGED FROM THEN TO NOW? WELL, JUST REAL QUICKLY. COUNCIL MEMBER. FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I THINK THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN AT THAT LAST MEETING. YES. AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK Y'ALL WERE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. AND I THINK THAT'S I WILL TELL YOU, AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT, I ALWAYS LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE APPLICANTS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS FROM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE AREA. AND SO IT COULDN'T BE ANSWERED THEN. BUT I THINK WHAT HAPPENED, THERE WAS NO ACTION. SO IT'S BACK ON. YEAH. SO THE PROJECT HAS STAYED THE SAME. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. I ONLY I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON ON. I KNOW THIS IS JUST A ZONING WRITE CHANGE. WHERE'S IT GOING TO BE? THE ENTRANCE. IS IT GOING TO BE OFF OF MCCALL OR CHAPIN, OR IS IT GOING TO BE TWO ENTRANCES OR IT'S GOING TO BE OFF OF CHAPIN? CHAPIN. YES. AND IT'S GOING TO BE NEAR THE CORNER. OR IS IT FURTHER ABOUT 200FT OR SO FROM THE INTERSECTION. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ONLY ACCESS IN AND OUT, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. IT'S A QUESTION THAT I HAD. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HEARING US TODAY. WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK IN PRO TERMS FOR ITEM B ON THE AGENDA. IT'S A REZONING REQUEST FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE CORNER OF MCCALL ROAD AND CHAPMAN ROAD. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO AND TRY TO ADHERE TO THE CITY'S ADVICE IS WHEN WE'RE PLACING OR WHEN PLACING A REZONING REQUEST IS FOCUSING ON AN AREA THAT WE CONSIDER COMMERCIAL TRANSITIONING ZONE, WHICH I THINK THIS FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT SURROUNDING BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED, ESTABLISHED, NEIGHBORING IT BEING A DOLLAR GENERAL, ALSO COMMERCIAL LOCATION. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY IS BRING A RETAIL CENTER THAT WILL HELP BRING ACTIVITIES TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE, ORIENTING AS A FAMILY RETAIL CENTER. I KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THE PERMITS OF BUSINESSES, AND I DO KNOW THAT IF WHEN THE TIME COMES TO SUBMIT PERMITS FOR BUSINESSES, THERE WILL BE THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THEIR TIME TO PROTEST AGAINST THAT TOO. BUT JUST TO DISCLOSE NOW THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE OPERATED OFF OF THEIR FAMILY ORIENTED, SUCH AS LITTLE CAESARS AND A MEXICAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT THAT WON'T OPERATE LATE HOURS LIKE BARS OR NIGHTCLUBS WOULD. RIGHT. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'D LIKE TO STATE IS THE DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPER FOR THAT PROJECT IS HERE AS WELL. HE'S HE'S THE PERSON WHO'S INTENDED TO BUILD THIS. THEY HAVE REALLY NICE DESIGN AND RENDERS THAT WE THINK WILL LOOK REAL NICE IN THAT CORNER AND WILL SUPPLY GOOD TRAFFIC FOR THE ECONOMY. WE ALSO HAVE PROPOSED ENTRANCES ON MCCALL AND ON CHAPMAN. EITHER ONE OF THEM WILL WORK FOR US. SO WE'LL COOPERATE WITH WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR THE CITY WHEN THE TIME COMES. THANK YOU [01:30:03] GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE HEARING IS STILL OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUDITH FLORES SALDIVAR. I WAS BORN HERE IN EDINBURG. AND UP UNTIL, WELL, A LITTLE RECENTLY. NOW I'M LIVING IN MCALLEN. MY SISTERS AND I ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF YOUR NINE BE. WE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND MY MOM AND DAD BUILT THAT HOME. AND WE WHEN WE FIRST LIVED THERE, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THERE. THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF HOMES, A LOT OF FIELDS. AND WE HAVE, OVER THE YEARS, SEEN THE AREA BLOSSOM. MY SISTERS AND I HAVE BEEN OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. MY DAD AND MOM GIFT DEEDED IT TO US. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED AND IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF ATTENTION THAT THIS GENTLEMAN, THIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT HAS COME TO US AS BUYERS THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED THEY'RE WILLING TO INVEST TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, A BETTER ONE THAN IT WAS BEFORE THEY SET FOOT ON IT. AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE. I SEE IMPROVEMENT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. MY SISTERS AND I CONTINUE TO OWN A HOME THERE THAT BELONGED TO OUR PARENTS. AND I ONLY SEE POSITIVE THINGS. AS A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN, I CAN APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF BRINGING FAMILY ORIENTED ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL AS RESTAURANTS TO FAMILIES. I LOVE EDINBURGH THOUGH. I LIVE IN MCALLEN, BUT I DO LOVE EDINBURGH. I DO THINK YOU ALL ARE THE ALL AMERICA CITY. I'M STILL A BOBCAT. SO I SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE. SO I HOPE YOU GENTLEMEN WILL CONSIDER AND APPROVE NINE B, BECAUSE IT'LL ONLY MAKE THIS CITY EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR JERRY ON THAT PROPERTY. SO THE NINE A AND NINE B, NINE A IS THE CORNER JUST NORTH OF THE NINE B THAT'S TRYING TO GO COMMERCIAL, BUT I SEE THAT IN OUR IN OUR PACKET. THE RED PART IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. I GUESS IF YOU COULD PUT IT ON THERE SO EVERYONE CAN SEE. I SEE TWO, TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE AN L. IS THAT WHERE THE MULTIFAMILY IS GOING TO GO? AND THEN THE CORNER STILL STAYS RESIDENTIAL? IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING CORRECTLY? AND THEN NEXT DOOR TO THAT IS RESIDENTIAL. IF YOU COULD GO DOWN A COUPLE SLIDES, I GUESS, I GUESS YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING TO THE, TO THE WEST SIDE OF IT. YES. SO THE THE MULTIFAMILY NINE A IS THE CORNER OF CHAPIN AND MCCALL. THE NORTHWEST CORNER. CORRECT? RIGHT. CAN YOU GO TO THE THE COLOR CODED? WE DON'T HAVE THOSE EXHIBITS. OH YOU DON'T. OKAY. SO WHAT I SEE IF COUNCIL OR SOMEBODY ELSE. I SEE AN L SHAPED RED ONE AND THEN A SQUARE SIX. AND THAT L ONE IS THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGNATION. IT'S TWO SEPARATE LOTS. ONE OF THEM'S ZONED COMMERCIAL AND THE OTHER ONE'S OWN SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CONSIDERING THE WHOLE SQUARE AS MULTIFAMILY. RIGHT. AND SO THE RED IS COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL. THAT'S ALREADY COMMERCIAL. CURRENTLY. CORRECT. AND THE SIX IN THAT THAT BIG LOT IS RESIDENTIAL. IS THAT RIGHT? NO. THE ONE I THINK IT'S A ONE. OKAY. THE ONE THE RED IS COMMERCIAL. I'M LOOKING AT THE THE LEGEND AND THE SIX IS RESIDENTIAL. SUBURBAN. JUST VERIFY THAT. OH. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. OKAY, SO THE LOT NEXT TO IT IS RESIDENTIAL. YES. RIGHT. AND THEN FOR NINE B, WE'RE CONSIDERING ACROSS THE STREET OF CHAPIN. AND TO DO ALL THAT COMMERCIAL. CORRECT? CORRECT. CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL. CORRECT. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING MORE ON NEW CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE SEEING MORE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS IN FRONT OF A SUBDIVISION OR MULTIFAMILY UNIT. IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE MORE COMMON, THAT YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS? YEAH. ESPECIALLY OFF OF MCCALL. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S TRANSITIONING INTO A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. IT'S A CORNER LOT. SO IT'S ATTRACTIVE FOR THAT? YEAH, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IT'S USUALLY COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY AND THEN RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS, JERRY, THE REASON I ASK YOU IS WHAT? I HEARD THAT THEY HAD PLANS APPROVED. [01:35:01] WHAT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT IS IT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE MULTIFAMILY? FOR THE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY? THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO. I THINK THEY WERE PROPOSING TO CONNECT ALONG A SEWER LINE THAT WE HAVE ALONG CHAPIN ROAD. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY GOING TO CONNECT THERE. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. WHAT WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THIS SYSTEM IS THAT EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. RIGHT? I WAS GOING TO SAY LAST MEETING. I THINK PART OF THE REASON WE TABLED IT IS BECAUSE WHEN ASKED IF THAT WOULD INUNDATE THAT SYSTEM ANYMORE THAT'S ALREADY OVERFLOWING, WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE? AND YOU SAID WE WOULD NEED MORE IMPROVEMENTS THERE, CORRECT? SO WE WE BASICALLY RAN SOME CALCULATIONS AND BASED OFF OF THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALLOW THIS, BUT IF WE WERE TO HAVE LIKE A MAJOR SUBDIVISION, RIGHT, THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50, 100 LOTS, RIGHT? THAT'S A LOT FOR THAT SYSTEM ALREADY. SO I THINK SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, RIGHT. AND THAT'S IMPROVEMENTS TO COLLECTION SYSTEM AND ALSO THE, THE LIFT STATION. RIGHT. WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING MAYBE ABOUT $2.5 MILLION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA. RIGHT. AGAIN, IT CONSISTS OF THE COLLECTION IMPROVEMENTS. BUT IT ALSO COLLECTS THE, THE LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE IT IS A SMALL LIFT STATION, WHICH IS THE ONE THERE BY ANITA'S CAFE. BUT I KNOW WE WERE HAVING THAT ISSUE THERE ALONG BUT ON JULY 17TH STAFF COMPLETED THE REROUTE FOR THAT, FOR THAT FORCE. SO INSTEAD OF GOING SOUTH ALONG MCCALL, NOW IT'S GOING EAST. NOW BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE, LIKE, EVEN, EVEN IMPROVEMENTS DOWNSTREAM, RIGHT? BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO KIND OF GET TO LOOK AT IT AS A, AS A, AS A REGIONAL THING, RIGHT? SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL NEED TO COME UP WITH A, WITH A MORE RECENT WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN. SO THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND LOOK AT IT YOU KNOW HOW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR SEWER SYSTEM. BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT FROM THIS POINT, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT FROM, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ACRES, RIGHT? WE ACTUALLY NEED A MODEL FOR THAT. AND SO THE 16 UNITS WOULD ENCOMPASS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AT ONE AND SIX. RIGHT. BOTH THOSE. OKAY. AND IF IT WAS RESIDENTIAL SO WE'RE TALKING 16 UNITS. AND IF IT WAS RESIDENTIAL HOW MANY HOMES WOULD FIT THERE ACCORDING TO OUR CODE? IT KIND OF DEPENDS. MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT TYPICALLY YOU CAN FIT ABOUT FOUR HOMES IN IN AN ACRE. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU. YEAH, I GUESS THE MAIN QUESTION HERE IS ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE. SO WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR SITE PLAN AND THEIR IMPROVEMENT, THAT'S WHEN THAT WILL BE EVALUATED. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADHERE TO ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS AND ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THEM ADHERE TO. IS THAT CORRECT. AS PART OF THEIR THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS? YES, SIR. AND WE WILL AGAIN, ONCE THEY COME THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, WE'LL RELOOK AT THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND THEN YOU KNOW, LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I TOLD THE, THE, THE ENGINEERS THAT THERE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE, THAT THE AMOUNT OF UNITS MIGHT HAVE TO BE REDUCED. RIGHT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT DURING THE THE BUILDING PERMIT STAGE. THEY MAY HAVE TO DEDICATE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY WHICH REDUCES THE NUMBER OF UNITS. AND SO I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION WOULD JUST BE BASED ON WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, AT LEAST THE MULTIFAMILY IN PARTICULAR, NOT SO MUCH COMMERCIAL. MORE ON THE MULTIFAMILY IS THERE? IS THAT WOULD THAT HAVE ANY KIND OF NEGATIVE IMPACT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE SURROUNDING AREA IS, IS IN NEED OF RIGHT NOW? NO, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A VERY LIMITED I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS IF WE WANT TO ALLOW FOR THAT AREA TO KEEP GROWING. RIGHT. BUT BASED ON OUR CALCULATIONS THAT WE RAN, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY TO BRING THEM TO BRING THEM IN. OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THE HEARING IS STILL OPEN, EVERYBODY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BEFORE WE CLOSE THE HEARING ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? NO MORE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE STREET RIGHT THERE? I KNOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE. PART OF IT WILL BE CUT FOR RIGHT OF WAY OF MCCALL OR WHATEVER. BUT WHAT ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO WITH CHAPIN? THAT'S THE MOST HORRIBLEST PLACE. WE HAVE POTHOLES THAT Y'ALL FILL IN, AND IT'S. SO WHAT HAVE Y'ALL MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIXING CHAPIN. BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC GOING ON. CHAPIN. ON BOTH SIDES. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIX THE FRONTAGE ON HIS LOT, [01:40:02] BUT AS FAR AS THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE STREET, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING FOR FOR THE STREET'S DIRECTOR TO WRITE TO COMMENT ON. AND SO MY MY QUESTION IS THAT RIGHT NOW, THIS PLANNING ZONING PAST THAT, WE NEED A SUPERMAJORITY HERE TO OVERTURN THIS. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS AND THEN THE NEXT LOT WANTS TO DO MULTIFAMILY AS WELL, WHAT HAPPENS THEN DO WE NEED WE DEFINITELY NEED BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. IF THIS ONE AND I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO MCCALL. SO I THINK IT JUST I THINK LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY. AND IF WE APPROVE, THIS ONE WILL WHEN THE NEXT ONE WANTS TO DO THE SAME, SAME THING, WOULD WE THEN HAVE TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WOULD WE THEN BE INUNDATED WITH 16 UNITS NEXT DOOR? COUNCIL MEMBER. JUST AS A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION, FOR AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY PNC, YOU DO NOT NEED A SUPERMAJORITY TO OVERTURN. TO OVERTURN. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, I THINK WAS I WRONG? WAS THAT UNANIMOUS? IT WAS NOT. IT WAS UNANIMOUS BY P AND Z. P AND Z. BUT THE STATUTE DOESN'T REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY FOR AN APPROVAL, ONLY FOR A DENIAL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, WE'RE NOW GOING TO TAKE EACH ITEM ONE BY ONE. COUNSEL, WE HAVE ITEM A. WE'RE GOING TO LET CITY SECRETARY READ THE ITEM. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL CG DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN ARTS DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY RM DISTRICT, LOT ONE, MS SUBDIVISION AND A 0.7 23A1 ACRE OUT OF LOT SIX, SECTION 237 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY, LOCATED AT 2901 WEST CHAPIN ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY DONALDO RODRIGUEZ ON BEHALF OF MARTHA ALICIA AGUILAR. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL. MOVE TO A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. [B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Commercial, General (CG) District, a Tract of Land Containing 5.083 Acres Situated in the City of Edinburg, County of Hidalgo, Being Out of Lot 11, Section 237, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Located at 2900 West Chapin Road, as Requested by Mario A. Salinas on Behalf of Judith Flores-Saldivar, Patricia Flores-Pena, and Belinda Rubi Flores-Gutierrez. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN ARES DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL CG DISTRICT. A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 5.08 ACRES SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, COUNTY OF HIDALGO. BEING OUT OF LOT 11, SECTION 237 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY LOCATED AT 2900 WEST CHAPIN ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MARIO SALINAS ON BEHALF OF JUDITH FLORES SALDIVAR, PATRICIA FLORES PENA, AND I'M BELINDA RUBY FLORES GUTIERREZ. [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, a Tract of Land Containing 17.264 Acres Situated in the City of Edinburg, County of Hidalgo, Texas, Out of Lots 17 and 20, East Retama Subdivision, Located at 4716 North Seminary Road, as Requested by Melden and Hunt, Inc. on Behalf of John Andrew Rigney and Melissa Sanchez Rigney, as Co-trustees of The L & A Irrevocable Trust. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND 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. A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 17.264 ACRES SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, COUNTY OF HIDALGO, TEXAS, OUT OF LOT 17 AND 20 EAST. A SUBDIVISION LOCATED 4760 NORTH SEMINARY ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MELTON AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF JOHN ANDREW RIGNEY AND MELISSA SANCHEZ RIGNEY AS CO-TRUSTEES OF THE L AND A IRREVOCABLE TRUST. [D. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Residential, Urban and Townhome (RU) District, a 2.00 Acre Tract of Land Being the East 2.00 Acres of the West 2.68 Acres, More or Less, of the South One-Half of Lot Eight, Section Two Hundred Forty-Four, Texas- Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Located at 501 East Rogers Road, as Requested by Sergio F. Molina Jr. on Behalf of Jorge and Karina Orocio. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] [E. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Suburban (RS) District, a Tract of] MOTION APPROVED. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM D WILL BE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM E. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 2.48 ACRES, SITUATED IN CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALSO BEING PART OR PORTION OF LOT TEN, SECTION 239 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY LOCATED AT 1410 WEST ROGERS ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY PABLO AND DIANA GONZALEZ. COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE. [F. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Special Use Permit for the Installation of a Wireless Communications Tower, for a Portion of All that Certain Parcel of Land Lying in the City of Edinburg, County of Hidalgo, State of Texas, Having Parcel Id: 20407491, Further Described as: Commencing From a Property Corner, Found on the Northeast Corner of Said Parcel, Also Lying on the Western Right of Way of N Jasman Rd, Located at 3224 North I-69C, as Requested by Nicole Bivona. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM F. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER FOR A PORTION OF ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG. COUNTY OF HIDALGO, STATE OF TEXAS, HAVING PARCEL ID 20407491. FURTHER DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING FROM A PROPERTY CORNER FOUND ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL, ALSO LYING ON THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY OF NORTH JASMINE ROAD, LOCATED AT 3224 NORTH I-69C AS REQUESTED BY NICOLE VIVONA. VERY WELL COUNSEL. IS THERE ANY MOTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE. A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. I HAD A QUESTION. SO WAS THIS DENIED AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? YES, MAYOR. THIS THIS THIS ITEM WAS RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT. WE RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A TOWER WITHIN ONE AND A HALF MILES. AND ALSO THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT SHOWED UP IN OPPOSITION. [01:45:04] THE TOWER IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO EVALUATE HIS PROPERTY. RIGHT. MAYOR, CAN I RETRACT MY. YES. OKAY. OKAY. MOTION'S BEEN RETRACTED. IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY. I'LL SECOND BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [10. VARIANCE] ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY, [A. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code, Article 5, Section 5.301-A-2, Dedication of Improvements, for the Replat of Lot 5 Block 1 Trenton Town Center, Being a 0.918 of an Acre Gross Tract of Land Out of Lot 5, Trenton Town Center, Recorded in Volume 49, Page 117, Hidalgo County Map Records, Located at 4009 S McColl Road as Requested by SAMES. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN. VARIANTS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM A CONSIDER VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.3018-2 DEDICATION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE REPLAT OF LOT FIVE, BLOCK ONE TRENTON ROAD, TRENTON TOWN CENTER BEING A 0.9 18 OF AN ACRE GROSS TRACT OF LAND OF LOT FIVE TRENTON TOWN CENTER RECORDED VOLUME 49, PAGE 117 HIDALGO COUNTY MAP RECORDS LOCATED AT 4009 SOUTH MCCALL ROAD AS REQUESTED BY SAINTS. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL. MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUESTION JUST ON THE WHAT? TXDOT. THIS IS A TXDOT ROAD. RIGHT RECALL. THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR. THIS 15FT IS IT NEEDED TO WIDEN OR TXDOT REQUIRES 150FT OF RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE KIND OF FLUCTUATED. IT WAS 90FT, THEN IT WAS 120. NOW THEY'RE AT 150. BUT WHAT THEY THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SPLIT UP A LOT INTO TWO LOTS AND IT ALREADY HAS PARKING ON IT. SO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE ORIENTATION OF THE CURRENT PARKING LOT. IF YOU TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL 15FT AND THERE IS VACANT LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT TEXDOT WILL GET THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET. WELL, ACROSS THE STREET THERE'S A PLAZA, RIGHT? SO WHERE EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE IS A COMMERCIAL. YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S A COMMERCIAL PLAZA THERE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN. I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN AREA, BUT. YEAH. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ON THAT CORNER WHERE THAT WENDY'S IS SO THAT THEY DEDICATE THAT 15FT OR, OR DID THEY ALSO GET THAT EXCLUDED. THEY WOULD NEED TO ALSO GIVE IT UP. BUT BUT WHEN THEY PLOT PLOTTED, I GUESS MY MY QUESTION IS WHEN THEY PLOTTED, THEY'VE ALREADY DEPARTED. SO DID THEY DEDICATE A 15FT OR IT WASN'T REQUIRED AT THE TIME OR IT WASN'T REQUIRED. SO NOW IT'S REQUIRED. NOW THAT IT'S 150, THEY WOULD NEED TO DEDICATE THAT AS WELL. OKAY. SO I MEAN HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK. WENDY'S ALREADY. IT'S ALREADY THERE. IT'S ALREADY THERE. SO YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [11. ORDINANCES] [A. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Annual Kermesse to be Held Saturday, September 21, 2024, Being Edinburg Original Townsite, Block 319, Lots 1-5, Located at 216 N. 16th Street at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, As Requested by Sacred Heart Catholic Church. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 11. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES ITEM A CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TO BE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2024. BEING AT THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE. BLOCK 319 LOTS ONE THROUGH FIVE. LOCATED AT 216 NORTH 16TH STREET AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, AS REQUESTED BY SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH. [B. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg at Title III: Administration, Chapter 30 Administrative Code, Section 30.014(B) Associate Municipal Judges, Allowing the City Council to Appoint One or More Associate Judges. [Josephine Ramirez Solis, City Attorney]] MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B. CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AT TITLE THREE. ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 30 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 30.0 14B ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL JUDGES ALLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT ONE OR MORE ASSOCIATE JUDGES. MOVE TO TABLE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE. I SPOKE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY. I THINK THERE WAS SOME. I MEAN, IF THAT'S YOUR WISHES, THAT THAT'S FINE. BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS REGARDING THIS ITEM TO DISCUSS. I DON'T THINK THE MIC IS. YEAH. YES. YOU CAN MOVE TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF YOU CHOOSE. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO IS MIND IF WE JUST MOVE IT TO THE BACK. YEAH. WE CAN MOVE TO TABLE. I'LL AMEND MY MOTION. MOVE TO TO TO TAKE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. [C. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg at Title XI: Business Regulations, Chapter 118 Vehicle Wrecker and Towing Services Pursuant to Authority Provided by Occupations Code Chapter 2308, Providing for Regulation of Said Services and Establishing a Wrecker Rotation Process. [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] NO SECOND ACT. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, TAKE AN EXECUTIVE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ITEM B WILL BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE ITEM C, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE 11, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 118 VEHICLE WRECKER AND TOWING SERVICES PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY PROVIDED BY OCCUPATIONS CODE, CHAPTER TWO 308. PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF SAID SERVICES AND ESTABLISHING A RECORD ROTATION PROCESS. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? HEY, CHIEF. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I KNOW WE HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT. [01:50:01] AND THAT DAY, WE HAD OTHER THINGS THAT I'D WANTED TO GO TO THE MEETING, BUT CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THE MEETING? DO YOU FEEL LIKE EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO TO GIVE THEIR GRIEVANCES? WAS THERE WAS IT ONLY FOR THE WRECKING COMPANIES? DID WE ALLOW PUBLIC TO ALSO SHOW UP AND HAVE ANY DIALOG OR COMPLAINTS? COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JAIME. POLICE CHIEF. YES, SIR. THIS IS ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, AND IT WAS REALLY COMPANY DRIVEN. THEY WANTED TO UP THE FEES. THEY HADN'T BEEN DONE IN QUITE SOME TIME. SO WE STARTED MEETING WITH ALL OF THE RECORD COMPANIES. WE HAVE 16 ON ROTATION AND WE MET WITH ALL OF THEM MULTIPLE TIMES, PROBABLY SIX TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, MOST RECENTLY HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE LAST MEETING WHEN IT WAS TABLED, WE MET WITH THEM AGAIN. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THEY WANTED, A STORAGE FEE INCREASE AND AN EMPOWERMENT FEE, AND WE ADDED THOSE TO THE ORDINANCE, TOLD THEM WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WAS PRETTY MUCH ON BOARD WITH IT ALL. BUT CERTAINLY ONE GENTLEMAN WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTSPOKEN ABOUT SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE OF THE ORDINANCE. WE DIDN'T HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT IT. IT WAS REALLY JUST SPECIFICALLY LIEUTENANT PRIMITIVO RODRIGUEZ THAT LED THE EFFORT. WITH THE RECORD COMPANIES. WE RESEARCHED A NUMBER OF RECORD COMPANIES AROUND THIS AREA. WE LOOKED AT THEIR FEES. SOME WERE HIGHER, SOME ARE LOWER. WE COMPARED IT TO WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. AND WE PUT FORWARD WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A IS A VERY FAIR ORDINANCE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMPANIES WHO ARE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY, BUT FOR THE CITIZENS WHO END UP HAVING TO NEED THE WRECKER SERVICES. OKAY. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD HEARD IS THAT THE THE ORDINANCE ALSO PREVENTED THEM FROM CHARGING CERTAIN FEES TO INSURANCES. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT AT ALL? THEY THEY TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR INSURANCE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED TO INCREASE IN THEIR STORAGE FEES. BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO A VEHICLE THAT'S IN THEIR IMPOUND, THEY COULD BE LIABLE FOR. AND SO THEY HAD TO PAY FOR INSURANCE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN RECALL ABOUT INSURANCE FEES OR WHAT THEY CAN CHARGE FOR OR WHAT THEY CANNOT CHARGE FOR. I THINK MAYBE, COUNSELOR, JUST ON THE VERBIAGE, I THINK THAT WE WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THE FEES CHARGED TO THE RESIDENT. BUT I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION IN OR BECAUSE OF THE VAGUENESS OF IT. I THINK ONE ONE RECORD OWNER TOLD ME THAT AN INSURANCE COMPANY REFERRED TO OUR ORDINANCE AND FEES AND WOULDN'T PAY ABOVE THAT. SO I THINK UNDER THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, WE HAD A LIMIT ON WHAT THE WRECKER SERVICES COULD CHARGE. AND SO THE AMENDED ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU CHANGES THOSE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY UPS THEM. BUT THERE IS A PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT THAT ANY OF THE FEES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE CANNOT BE CONTRARY TO WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THERE'S THAT DISTINCTION. OKAY. CHIEF, I HAD JUST SOME QUESTIONS JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE. THERE WAS SO THERE'S AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF FEES THAT THE RECORD COMPANIES HAVE TO PAY AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE. YES. THERE'S PERMITTING FEES THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN ADJUSTED AS WELL. SO THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO GET A PERMIT? YES, THEY'LL BE REGULATED. WE WILL. WE WILL DO INSPECTIONS. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. THERE'S SOME REGULATIONS THAT ARE ALLEGED NOT TO BE FOLLOWED. NOW WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE REGULATIONS WITH THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES TO MAKE SURE OUR BUSINESSES ARE WORKING WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. AND JUST BEING FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD SO THAT EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE SERVICE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID, YOU HEARD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CASH THE LADY HAD TO PAY IS THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS YOU YOU NEED YOU HAVE MULTIPLE FORMS OF PAYMENT, NOT JUST CASH. YOU CANNOT MANDATE JUST TO ACCEPT CASH. SO IT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPTION TO GET THEIR VEHICLE OUT SOONER THAN THEN. STACKING UP FEES. HOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE? OUR TRAFFIC SECTION SERGEANT IS THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE DOING THE PERMIT UNDER MY AUTHORITY, THE PERMITTING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHATNOT. AND THEN WE WILL DO REGULAR INSPECTIONS. OR IF WE GET COMPLAINTS, WE WILL GO AND ADDRESS AND INVESTIGATE THOSE COMPLAINTS AND WORK WITH THE COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCE IS BEING FOLLOWED, AND THAT WE HAVE AN AVENUE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE IN ANY WAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE SOME ACTION. THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE TO ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE. AND DOES THE ORDINANCE CALL FOR REGULAR INSPECTIONS? YES IT DOES. YES. WHAT? WHAT CONSTITUTES REGULAR ONCE A YEAR OR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IS WHAT I BELIEVE. THAT WOULD BE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND COULD BE EVEN MORE OFTEN IF IF THE COMPLAINT COMES IN OR IF THERE OF THE NEED ARISE. BUT IT'LL BE AN ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THE PERMIT, AND AT THAT TIME WE'LL INSPECT THE PREMISES. AND, AND THERE'S ALSO, IF YOU HAVE A BIG, BIG WRECK IN AN 18 WHEELER [01:55:01] TURNS OVER AND THEY NEED TO CHARGE MORE BECAUSE OF THE HOURS THEY'RE HAVING TO PUT OUT THERE TO UNLOAD THE TRAILER AND GET IT LIFTED AND WHATNOT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE'VE INCORPORATED IN THE ORDINANCE THE ABILITY TO CHARGE MORE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE AN ITEMIZED LIST OF WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING AND PROVIDE IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INSPECTION. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LADY THAT CAME BEFORE US ALSO TODAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IS HOW DOES A RESIDENT FILE COMPLAINT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THIS ORDINANCE ALLOW FOR THAT OR WHAT IS A WAY FOR A RESIDENT TO BRING THIS TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION? YEAH. SO CURRENTLY THE PROCESS IS IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT. THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO PULL SOMEBODY OFF THE ROTATION AND WHATNOT. I THINK THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR CASES THAT I'M AWARE OF HERE RECENTLY. TWO THAT ARE 2 OR 3 OF THEM ARE IN JB COURT. ONE, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK IN MUNICIPAL COURT. AND SO IF SOMEBODY COMPLAINS, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOING TO ACCEPT THE COMPLAINT AND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH INVESTIGATING WHAT THE COMPLAINT IS. AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE IT DOES VIOLATE THE ORDINANCE. CHIEF. AND HOW DO WE WE HEARD OUR RESIDENT COMPLAIN THAT SHE COULDN'T GET A RESPONSE DAY ONE, DAY TWO. AND THEN SHE WAS CHARGED. ALL THOSE DAYS. ALL THOSE DAYS. ONE OF THE WHAT'S REQUIRED IN THE ORDINANCE NOW, AND WHAT'S REQUIRED IN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A RECORD COMPANY, IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND SO DOES YOUR YARD. AND YOU MUST STAFF IT BETWEEN 8 AND 5 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND WHAT WAS NOT? SHE COULD NOT GET A HOLD OF ANYBODY DURING THOSE HOURS BECAUSE NOBODY WAS AT THAT STOREFRONT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL ENFORCE IS IF YOU HAVE A COMPANY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT STAFFED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 TO 5, AND WE'LL WE'LL INSPECT FOR THAT. WE'LL DO SURPRISE INSPECTIONS AND WALK IN AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO GET THEIR VEHICLE OUT. NOW, WE UNDERSTAND IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, THE RECORD COMPANIES TELL ME THEY'LL COME OUT AND RELEASE THE VEHICLE. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST WANT TO GET THEIR PROPERTY LIKE A PURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL BUSINESS HOURS TO DO THAT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME OUT AT THREE IN THE MORNING. AND THAT'S THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO WAIT UNTIL BUSINESS HOURS SO THAT THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THE COMPANIES IN THE CITY, YOUR YARDS IN THE CITY, YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE GUIDELINES OF THE ORDINANCE. RIGHT. AND SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE SAME RESIDENT, BUT BUT THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS CHARGED 11 DAYS THAT WAS TRIED TO CALL DAY IN, DAY IN, DAY OUT, DAY IN, DAY OUT. AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING THE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PREVENT HER FROM BEING CHARGED ALL THOSE DAYS WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO REACH OUT DAY ONE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS OTHER THAN THE COMPLAINT FILING THE COMPLAINT, AND THEN US LOOKING AT WHY WAS IT SO MANY DAYS THAT THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE TO GET THEIR CAR OUT? AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE RECORD COMPANY IS GOING TO HAVE TO RESOLVE BECAUSE WE WOULD STEP IN. SO THE POTENTIAL REMEDY WOULD BE UNDER THE ORDINANCE, IF THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEY CAN BE ISSUED A CITATION AND THEN FINES CAN BE ASSESSED ACCORDING TO THAT. AND WHAT DOES THE ORDINANCE SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND WITHIN ONE DAY WITHIN 24 HOURS. WHAT AS FAR AS AS FAR AS SOMEONE CALLING FOR A VEHICLE, 8 TO 5 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SOMEBODY THERE. BUT WHEN DO THEY HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OVER? HOW SOON IF THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER COVERS THAT? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS EXACTLY, BUT I MEAN THEY CAN'T NOT I MEAN, IF THEY'RE HERE TO PICK UP THEIR CAR TOMORROW AND IT'S 8 TO 5 BUSINESS HOURS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP THEIR CAR BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY THERE TO RELEASE IT TO THEM. BUT I HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE WITHIN BUSINESS HOURS, SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THERE. BY OUR ORDINANCE. SOMEBODY MUST BE THERE 8 TO 5. OKAY. JUST JUST ON THIS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLARIFIED ON IT TOO. IS THIS THIS ORDINANCE ONLY PERTAINS TO PEOPLE WHO WISH TO BE ON THE CITY'S ROTATION. IT DOESN'T REGULATE ANY WRECKER WHO COMES IN. WELL, IF THE IF YOU CALL A RECORD RIGHT NOW, YOU CALL SOMEBODY FROM MCALLEN, THEY COME OVER. THIS REGULATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THE ONLY ONE THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE SERVICES AND THE CITY GENERALLY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CALL FOR SERVICES. SO EVERYBODY REMEMBER THAT IF ANYBODY'S NOT HAPPY WITH THE ORDINANCE, THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE IT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE ROTATION. IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BODY SHOP, DOESN'T AFFECT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CAR DEALERSHIP. FRANK SMITH TOYOTA COMES OVER HERE AND PULLS PULLS A TOYOTA FROM SOMEWHERE IF THEY CHARGE THEM WHATEVER THEY WANT. WELL THEN, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THIS IS REALLY. YEAH. THE LIST OF THE ROTATION. THERE'S A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT IS HAS DO NOT PARK HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE TOWED AWAY. THIS DOES NOT REGULATE NONCONSENT TOWS IS NOT REGULATED BY THIS ORDINANCE UNLESS THE PD CALLS THEM. UNLESS UNLESS WE REQUEST A ROTATE. WE HAVE 16 COMPANIES CURRENTLY ON THE ROTATION LIST. NO. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW. I MEAN, THERE'S STILL OTHER TOWING COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO AND, AND THEY'RE STILL COMPLAINTS OUT THERE, LIKE OUT IN THE COUNTY, COUNTY TOWS WHERE THEY'RE BEING CHARGED WAY MORE MONEY THAN, THAN THEY SHOULD BE. BUT THAT THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE CITY OR THE ORDINANCE WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT INTO PLAY AN OVERALL REGULATING THE RECORDS AND ALL THAT. IT'S GETTING RECOMMENDED BY YOU, CHIEF, BECAUSE OF CERTAIN COMPLAINTS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND PROBABLY RECORDS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CERTAIN CLIENTS ARE NOT BEING [02:00:01] FULLY STAFFED. THAT'S WHY IT'S GETTING BROUGHT UP TO YOUR CONCERN, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE RECOMMENDING IT TO US. THAT WAY WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS RECORD COMPANY DRIVEN. SO THE RECORD COMPANIES ARE THE ONES THAT VOICED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE ORDINANCE LETS THEM CHARGE. NOW, WE'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THAT THEY'RE CHARGING MORE THAN THAT NOW BECAUSE $100 A TOW ISN'T CUTTING IT. SO WE REALLY NEED TO ADJUST THE ORDINANCE. SO THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMPANIES, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE STATE REGULATIONS, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE VARIOUS CITIES AROUND US. SO WE DIDN'T DRIVE THIS. THIS ISN'T DRIVEN BY THE POLICE CHIEF. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN CAME FROM RESEARCH OF OTHER CITIES, ORDINANCES AND THEIR FEE STRUCTURE. AND TOGETHER WITH THE COMPANIES, WE PUT WHAT WE THOUGHT THE BEST ORDINANCE WAS FORWARD FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TO BE IMPLEMENTED. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE RECORD COMPANIES THAT THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING, WERE THEY FOR THIS ORDINANCE? THE MAJORITY OF THEM, YES. BUT WHEN WE MET LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, I BELIEVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE HAD PRETTY MUCH ALL BUY IN, EXCEPT FOR THE COUPLE OF FEES THAT WE ADDED THAT WE CHANGED AND WE ALLOWED THEM TO GO TO THE STATE MAXIMUM ON DAILY STORAGE FEE AND WHATNOT. WE LEFT THE ROOM THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING JUST TO ADD TO THE PUBLIC TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS WERE MADE WERE THAT THEY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE PRIOR TO IT, BUT I BELIEVE THE CITY SECRETARY SHOULD BE CONFIRMED. THIS THIS HAS BEEN ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE SINCE FRIDAY, SINCE FRIDAY. SO IT'S HAD AMPLE TIME FOR ANYBODY REALLY WISHING TO HAVE HAVE REVIEWED IT. SO THAT STUFF WAS A FALSE STATEMENT TO. WELL, TO BE FAIR, ACTUALLY, WE HAD IT AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. RIGHT. SO IT WAS AVAILABLE. WHATEVER CHANGES IT WAS ABOUT, THERE WERE VERY THERE WAS JUST A 2 OR 3 CHANGES THAT WE TOLD THEM WE WOULD BE MAKING, AND THEN WE SUBMITTED IT TO LEGAL. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12. BUDGET ITEM A PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 AND SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS. MOTION TO KEEP THE TAX RATE AS IT IS. SECOND, AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS $0.63. IS THAT CORRECT? I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE SURE I MADE A MISTAKE AND SAY THE WRONG NUMBER. WELL, I NEED TO STATE IT BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY GETS FILED IN THE PAPER. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE NEED TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE. SO SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON ON THIS? NO, SIR. YES. THAT WE DO NEED TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE AND WE DO NEED TO PUBLISH IT. RIGHT. $0.63. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO LOWER THE, YOU KNOW, ANY MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AGAIN. THIS ONE TAKES US BACK TO. WHAT YEAR WAS IT? WAS IT $0.63? WELL, I BELIEVE IT WAS 1991, 1991 TAX RATE. YEAH. AND I DO WANT TO THANK AUSTIN AND THE STAFF. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF WORK TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT I THINK YOU HAD A COMMENT, MISS VERN. YES. BEFORE YOU TAKE THE VOTE. WE KEPT HEARING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LOWER IT A PENNY OR SOMETHING. I KNOW THAT NOW. YOU SAID IT. YOU CAN'T GO HIGHER. BUT I BELIEVE THAT IN THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING, Y'ALL COULD ACTUALLY LOWER IT. ONCE YOU ALL START LOOKING TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS ACTUALLY OUT HERE THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT COUNTING YET. SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL THINK ABOUT THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE. A LOT OF THEM ARE HURTING. THEY CAN'T EVEN FEED THEIR KIDS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HAVING TO. AND STUFF'S GOING ON. Y'ALL EACH HAVE A BUSINESS, Y'ALL EACH MAKING PRETTY GOOD MONEY. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN EDINBURGH THAT AREN'T. THANK YOU. SO I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT. THANK YOU. I MAKE A PUBLIC SERVANT SALARY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE. SO I'M GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE. I MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. RIGHT. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO GET A RECORD VOTE. ARE YOU IN? AFFIRMATIVE. AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY. AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS, FOR THE RECORD, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER, I GUESS SO. THANK YOU. [A. Discuss and Consider Proposed Tax Rate for the City of Edinburg for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 and Setting Public Hearings. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]] [B. Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Transfer for the Following: [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO. IS THAT IT? ON THIS ITEM. ON THE RECORD VOTE. ITEM B. CONSIDER APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE FOLLOWING GENERAL FUND FROM SALARIES TO EMPLOYEE EVENTS. OVERTIME CLEANING, MOWING AND DEMOLITION. CREDIT CARD MERCHANT CHARGES. STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ALL-AMERICA CITY CCM INSURANCE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT, FLAT RATE ASSESSMENT, GENERAL INSURANCE, COUNTY APPRAISAL SERVICE, SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND HURRICANE SERVICE WEATHER EXPENSE IN THE AMOUNT OF 503,417. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMENT. YES. JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS MONEY. WE'RE JUST MOVING AROUND WITHIN OUR HOUSE. THAT DOESN'T ADD OR SUBTRACT ANYTHING TO THE BUDGET. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THE FUND BALANCE IS NOT AFFECTED. [13. APPOINTMENTS] NOT AFFECTED. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 13. APPOINTMENTS. I THINK WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS. [A. Consider Appointments to the Following City Advisory Board, Council, Commission and Committee: Zoning Board of Adjustment, Two Alternate Members. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] [02:05:04] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT OMAR GOUVEIA AND NANCY RAMIREZ TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SECOND, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE IN THE NEXT MEETING WHO WE CAN SEE, THE ALTERNATES AND WHO'S GOING TO BE THE ACTIVE VOTING MEMBERS. THAT WAY WE CAN APPOINT WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THE ZBA WHO ARE GOING TO BE ACTIVE VOTING MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT TODAY OR I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF THEM, BUT I BELIEVE THEY CAN DO THAT FOR NEXT MEETING. YEAH. CAN I HAVE CAN WE VOTE ON THAT TODAY? YES. YEAH. AND SO ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE WE WOULD NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION RIGHT NOW. WE HAD MOTION SECOND FOR THE ALTERNATE MEMBERS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT LET'S KEEP IN MIND YEAH WE'RE IN DISCUSSION. RIGHT. SO LET'S KEEP IN MIND WHO'S BEEN AN ALTERNATE THERE FOR A WHILE ON THE ZBA. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE MOVED UP TO A VOTING MEMBER BEFORE WE BYPASS. THANK YOU. WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN RIGHT NOW? I KNOW MARK. MORAN. DO WE KNOW THE CHAIRMAN IS MICHAEL CANTU? HE'S THE CHAIRMAN. YEAH. HOW MANY VOTERS ARE THERE TOTAL? THERE'S FIVE AND FOUR ALTERNATES. OKAY. SO THEN I'LL YOU WANT TO AMEND YOUR MOTION? I'LL AMEND THE MOTION. OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL KEEP THE SAME OMAR GOVEA AND NANCY RAMIREZ ON THE BOARD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT THE ACTIVE FIVE VOTING MEMBERS, WHICH WE WOULD KEEP. AARON. MICHAEL AARON CANTU AS THE CHAIRMAN. WHO'S THE VICE CHAIR? GARCIA. OKAY. SO WE'LL KEEP HIM SECOND, ELISEO. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE GREGORY VASQUEZ THIRD. MARK GONZALEZ FOURTH. AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT ANDREW AS THE FIFTH. ACTIVE VOTING MEMBER. AND THE REST WOULD BE ALTERNATES. GREGORY IS AN ALTERNATE. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 14. CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL. WE HAVE A, B AND C MOTION. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND. [14. CONSENT AGENDA] [15. OTHER BUSINESS] WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 15 IS OTHER BUSINESS. ANY ITEMS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FOR NEXT MEETING? YES. MYRA, PLEASE ADD THE DISCUSSION OF CREATING A RADIUS FOR CAR WASHES IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE AN UPDATE ON THE THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE REQUESTING SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. WAS IT GWYNNE ROAD? GWYNNE ROAD? YEAH. I'D JUST LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM STAFF ON THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT'S 8:04 P.M.. ITEM EIGHT CONSTITUENT CITY ATTORNEY ITEM B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. OKAY. COMING UP NEXT ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR. [02:10:01] MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER JASON DE LEON, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISER, CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURGH CITY HALL, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:01 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM BY ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO START AS WE START EVERY MEETING ON ITEM ONE A WITH PRAYER. AND WE HAVE TODAY DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER, FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND? GOOD EVENING. COUNCILORS. RESIDENTS. GOOD EVENING. LET'S PRAY. OUR FATHER, WE COME TO YOU SO GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. AND FOR YOUR BLESSING THAT YOU RAIN DOWN ON ALL OF US, BY YOUR GRACE. WE THANK YOU, LORD, ALSO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO YOUR BUSINESS AS YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO US THE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS CITY. AND I PRAY, FATHER, FOR WISDOM, FOR OUR COUNSEL, FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE PRESENTING THE ISSUES OF THE EVENING AS WE STEWARD, LORD, THE RESOURCES YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO US. MAY EVERYTHING BE DONE TONIGHT FOR YOUR HONOR, YOUR GLORY AND YOUR FAME. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US WITH A 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. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ALEXANDER. LEADERS IN PRAYER. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON AUGUST 30TH, 2024 AT 6:35 P.M.. SIR. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. COUNCIL. UNDER STATE LAW, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? NO NO NO NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, MAYOR'S REPORT. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DID HAVE AN UPDATE AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON STATE HIGHWAY 68. THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT'S CONNECTING THE SOUTHERN PORTS OF ENTRY WEST OF EXCUSE ME, EAST OF PHARR, SAN JUAN, ALL THE WAY NORTH TO 281 THROUGH OUR 490 BY OUR AIRPORT. TEX-DOT WAS HERE AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT CONNECTION BEING MADE, DIRECTED AT OUR AIRPORT BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT OUR FLIGHT PATH INTO THE AIRPORT. OF COURSE, THE OPTION THEY PRESENTED WAS THAT IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BYPASS OUR AIRPORT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH TXDOT. SO, COUNCIL, I DID WANT TO ADVISE YOU ALL THAT I HAVE VISITED WITH OUR NEIGHBORING MAYORS, OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND THEY'VE AGREED TO SIGN A LETTER OF SUPPORT SO THAT TXDOT COULD WORK AND TRY TO FIND OPTIONS SO THAT THIS CONNECTION COULD BE DIRECTED TO OUR AIRPORT. WE'VE BEEN INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY IN THE AIRPORT, AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO AS A STATE AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT LOOP IS TO GET THE TRUCKS OFF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT IS SET UP, YOU KNOW, TO, TAKE PART IN THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE AND CAPITALIZE ON ON THAT TRADE ACTIVITY. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT LETTERS ARE GOING TO BE GOING OUT THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED, SIGNED BY THE LOCAL DELEGATION HERE FROM OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, WHICH I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. AND ALSO ON THAT SAME NOTE, COUNCIL, WE DID HAVE A MEETING. I WAS INVITED WITH OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND NEIGHBORING MAYORS ON THE HIDALGO COUNTY WEST LOOP. THAT'S A LOOP WEST OF OUR AIRPORT CONNECTING NORTH, OR I SHOULD SAY WEST OF OF MISSION BENITEZ AREA. IT LOOPS AROUND NORTH TO AIRPORT. IT'S A LONG TERM PROJECT. BUT WE DID MEET RECENTLY. THIS IS A PROJECT OF THE REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY FROM THE COUNTY. AND THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO TAKE OVER THAT PROJECT. AND I'VE SIGNED A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THAT EFFECT. I'M HOPING WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE AT OUR AT OUR FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. I THINK THIS WILL HELP US AS WELL AS WE PROMOTE TO ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENT HERE TO OUR CITY. AND THE LAST THING I JUST HAD HERE ON THE AGENDA TO COVER IS THE ALBERTA ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. A LOT OF YOU RESIDENTS KNOW WE'RE UNDERGOING IMPROVEMENTS TO ALBERTA ROAD SOUTH OF OUR CITY. AND WE HAD A TOWN HALL, I WOULD SAY TYPE OF FORUM WITH THE RESIDENTS [02:15:03] OF ALBERTA. DO SOME CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE PUT IN ON THE INTERSECTION OF ALBERTA AND KLAUSSNER. SO I BELIEVE OUR CITY MANAGER HAD AN UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT. YES, SIR. MAYOR. SO CITY STAFF ALONG WITH MAYOR DID A COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR ANY RESIDENTS OR STAKEHOLDERS OR ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, THAT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ATTENDED THE MEETING. IT WAS HELD ON AUGUST THE 27TH. APPROXIMATELY 15 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS DID ATTEND. WE PRESENTED THEM WITH DESIGNS AND PROPOSED PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF THE INTERSECTION OF ALBERTA AND KLOSSNER. WE DID GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS IS A VERY GOOD OPEN DIALOG ON ON ANY SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS WHAT WE WERE DOING, HOW WE REQUESTED. WE PRESENTED A TEXT OUT WITH A COUPLE OF DESIGNS AND, AND THEY WERE THEY THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO IN A DIRECTION WITH, WITH MEDIANS AND THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED THE PUBLIC. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, TOM REINA, TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND WHAT'S NEXT ON OUR TIMELINE. I KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HOST ANOTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THOSE RESIDENTS. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION ON THAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. TOM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AT THAT PORTION. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT. WE'RE AT MILESTONE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE SECTION BETWEEN JACKSON AND SUGAR ROAD. WE'RE ABOUT 80% COMPLETE IN THAT SECTION, AND WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THERE BY OCTOBER OF THIS MONTH OF THIS YEAR. OUT OF THAT MILESTONE LOCATION MILESTONE THREE WOULD BE FROM SUGAR TO KLAUSNER. WE'RE HOPING TO START THAT ONE. AND IT'S A SECTION HAS BEEN STARTED, AND WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THAT AREA BY FEBRUARY OF 25. THEN ULTIMATELY THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ALL THE WAY TO THE EXPRESSWAY FROM FEBRUARY 25TH, WHICH IS A SMALL SECTION TO MAY OF 2025. IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO OTHER PROPOSED LAYOUTS FOR THE INTERSECTION. WE ARE GOING TO A FULL INTERSECTION BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LAYOUT, AND TRY TO GET THAT LOOKED AT AND WORRY ABOUT HOW THAT FLYOVER. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE A FLYOVER THAT COMES OVER OWASA ROAD COMING OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO TAKE EFFECT OF THE SPEED COMING DOWN THAT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT SPEED COMING DOWN THE FLYOVER AND THEN COMING TO THE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION. THE OTHER DESIGN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO IS A ROUNDABOUT IN THAT SECTION TO HELP SLOW DOWN THAT SPEED, BUT CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THAT IS ALSO BEING ANALYZED FOR THE SPEED THAT'S GOING TO COME COMING DOWN THE FLYOVER AND TO SEE IF WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE SECTION SOME OF THE OPINIONS AND MESSAGES THAT WE DID RECEIVE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT AND DONATE SOME OF THE PROPERTY IF WE NEEDED THAT EXTRA RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT. WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THAT HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH TO TEXDOT TO FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR REVIEWS. ONCE WE GET THEIR COMMENTS AND REVIEWS, WE'LL PLAN TO HOST ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET ONE AT LEAST BY HALLOWEEN. TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE HALLOWEEN TIME. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, SIR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. ONE OF THEM BEING THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT OUTREACH DOCKET. THE OUTREACH DOCKET MOBILE COURT WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2024, FROM 2 P.M. TO 7 P.M. AT EL TULE, JOSÉ NIETO AND CONSUELO ALFARO ROBLEDO CENTER, LOCATED AT 700 SOUTH VETERANS BOULEVARD HERE IN EDINBURG. NOW, DURING THE OUTREACH DOCKET, THE MOBILE COURT WHICH IS THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT, ALLOWS DEFENDANTS TO COME IN TO SPEAK TO THE JUDGE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND OR PAY OFF THEIR UNPAID FINES AND COURT COSTS. THIS WILL ELIMINATE BEING IN A COURTROOM SETTING. AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE. THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC UNTIL 7 P.M. TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. NEXT, I DO HAVE THE 911 PATRIOT DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. FIVE K, AND THIS IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL THAT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2024 AT 7 P.M. AT FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE TWO, 12 WEST MCINTYRE STREET. I GUESS IT WILL BEGIN THERE. THE EVENT IS HELD IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO PASSED DURING THE NEW YORK EVENT OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001. [02:20:05] FOR MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN CONTACT PARKS AND RECREATION OR GO ON OUR WEBSITE. THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM C IT'S THE 10TH ANNUAL SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. IT WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024 AT THE EDINBURG A CENTER LOCATED HERE AT 315 WEST MCINTYRE STREET. THE THE FILM FESTIVAL WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED IN 2015, AND IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING AND PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR DIVERSE VOICES IN CINEMA. THE FESTIVAL AIMS TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF OF SOUTH TEXAS BY FOSTERING AN APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS OF FILMMAKING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY. I WILL ASK, HOWEVER, MISS LETTY, LEAH, OR MIGDALIA TO COME FORWARD TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ON THIS WONDERFUL EVENT THAT'S HELD HERE IN EDINBURGH. THANK YOU. MAGDA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MAGDA OLDCASTLE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL ARTS. THIS WILL BE THE 10TH ANNUAL SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND THIS WILL BE THE SOFT OPENING OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND EVENTS CENTER. AND WE INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE NEW CENTER, EVERYTHING THAT IT CAN OFFER. IT ALSO PROMOTES THE CINEMATIC INDUSTRY. IT CREATES A LOT OF JOBS IN THE CINEMA INDUSTRY HERE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND IT ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE. LAST YEAR WE HAD 56 DELEGATIONS THAT CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN. SO FAR THIS YEAR UP TO NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 46 CONFIRMED. AND WE HAVE SOME CELEBRITIES AND SOME PANELS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE NEW ACE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYONE OUT THERE SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 14TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, STARTING AT 5 P.M.. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS ITEM SIX, A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM? WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PROACTIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, SUICIDE WAS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 TO 14 AND 25 TO 34, THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN AND FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN AGES 35 AND 44. AND WHEREAS, ACTIVELY CHALLENGING STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND BUILDING SKILLS THAT INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMEONE FEELING SAFE TO OPEN UP WITHOUT FEAR OF SHAME OR JUDGMENT IS THE FIRST STEP. AND WHEREAS HOPE EXISTS FOR SURVIVORS DUE TO THE COLLABORATIVE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION EFFORTS OF MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, DEATHS BY SUICIDE ARE PREVENTABLE WITH AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, TRAINING AND OUTREACH, RAISING AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE TO HELP REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING THESE CRITICAL TOPICS AND FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION. AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH, SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES AVAILABLE NATIONALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, AND CHECK IN ON THE WELL-BEING OF YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL CALLS UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO SPREAD HOPE, STRENGTH, FAITH AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES ONLINE AND THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES, AND PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. THIS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN SPREADING HOPE AND INSPIRATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH UPLIFTING CHALK DESIGNS AND MESSAGES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PLACE OF WORK, AND AT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2024 AS SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. TO CALL THE NATIONWIDE CRISIS HOTLINE AT NINE AND EIGHT. USE THE CRISIS TEXT LINE AT 741741911 OR GO TO THE HOSPITAL. AND THEN? AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU UP TO SPEAK. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE, DO WE WANT. TO BE ON THE OH, OH OH. OKAY, OKAY. ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE. SORRY. MY PHONE. OH, SORRY. I FORGOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU EARLIER. THREE, TWO. ONE. GO! YEAH. SO IT'S OKAY. I NEED TO COME BACK TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. I THINK THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE. THEY CAN OPEN IT IF YOU ONE. [02:25:12] OF THE THREE ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? YES. SORRY. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. IT'S SUCH A GREAT TOPIC. AND OUR CONTINUOUS DISCUSSIONS ON THOSE BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA. WE ARE HAVING OUR CHALK THE WALK EVENT THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 11. IT'S WHERE WE HAVE MESSAGES FROM THE COMMUNITY OF HOPE AND LOVE, AND WE POST IT UP AROUND OUR OUR HOSPITAL. SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM BEHAVIORAL. AND SO WHEN WE WALK AROUND OUR BUILDING, WE GET TO SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL MESSAGES. SO IF ANYONE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, YOU CAN PUT IT ON OUR FACEBOOK OR SEND IT TO OUR EMAIL AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE POST IT UP. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGING SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL. YOU ALL DO. AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT THAT MORNING. SO WE'LL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, HEAD OUT THERE AFTER THE THE RUN. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOM. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING. SO MY NAME IS PATRICIA LERMA. I'M WITH THE UTRGV SCHOOL OF REHABILITATION SERVICES AND COUNSELING. I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I EMBARKED ON WAS A JOURNEY TO HAVE NAMI, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, REESTABLISH HERE LOCALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG, BUT OF COURSE, THE WHOLE RGV REGION. I AM SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE DOCTOR AARON SALINAS. I HAVE MISS LEANNE GUTIERREZ AND SEVERAL OTHERS. I HAVE MISS BIANCA HAYS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO BE PART OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE TO INITIATE THIS REESTABLISHING. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SURVIVORS PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBERS. AND WE ARE SO HONORED THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO BRING THE VERY FIRST INITIATION OF THIS PROGRAM HERE IN YOUR A CITY IN THE GREAT CITY OF EDINBURGH. I WILL GIVE YOU A MOMENT. NOW, AS YOU KNOW, MENTAL ILLNESS DOES AFFECT VERY MANY PEOPLE, FROM OUR YOUNGEST TO OUR OLDEST. AND I HAVE A PERSON HERE WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JUST A FEW WORDS. TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. HI. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MY NAME IS JEAN FAGAN. THIS IS MY HUSBAND, ERIC FAGAN. WE ARE CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS. ERIC WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE MARINE CORPS. STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. NOT JUST FROM THE MILITARY, BUT PRIOR AND LAST OCTOBER AT ONE. AND SO HAVING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS AND BRINGING AWARENESS. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE NEED. SO I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE PROCLAMATION AND ALLOWING THIS ORGANIZATION TO SPREAD THE AWARENESS THAT WE NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO I SEE PATIENTS. I'M A NURSE PRACTITIONER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR A LOT IS IT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GIVE US A PROCLAMATION ON THIS. AND I REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE CITY PIONEER ENDING THE STIGMA. AND WE HAVE TO SUPPORT NAMI AND THE ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. IT ALL STARTS WITH US. SO SEEING PATIENTS IN THIS AREA, IT'S A CHALLENGE. CULTURE IS A BIG CHALLENGE, SO WE HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THAT. ONE LIFE LOST IS ONE LIFE TOO MANY. SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THAT MESSAGE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SALINAS. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. I URGE THE PUBLIC TO IF YOU THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF FLIERS HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. IT IS A STIGMA IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO YOU KNOW, GET THIS INFORMATION AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND, MISS FAGAN, I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B [02:30:08] PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, WHEREAS THE DUSTIN MOORE LIBRARY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF RESOURCES FROM PRESCHOOL STORYTIMES TO COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING TOOLS THAT FOSTER LITERACY AND A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING. AND WHEREAS THE LIBRARY PROVIDES A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT BRIDGING CULTURAL, ETHNIC, GENERATIONAL, ECONOMIC DIVIDES AND STRENGTHENING THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF EDINBURGH THROUGH ITS DIVERSE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. AND WHEREAS THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING A COLLECTION THAT REFLECTS THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, THE LIBRARY IS THRILLED TO HAVE THE TRANSFORMERS TRANSFORMERS AS OUR SPECIAL AMBASSADORS, HIGHLIGHTING THAT THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE AT THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY. AND WHEREAS THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSISTS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES IN NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE BY OFFERING ACCESS TO RESEARCH MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, ENHANCING BOTH PRODUCTIVITY AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE HOURS, IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTES TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY PROVIDING CRITICAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING, AND RESOURCES FOR JOB SEEKERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND STUDENTS. EMPOWER THEM TO SUCCEED IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD. AND WHEREAS, DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND ITS DEDICATED STAFF HAVE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, OFFERING A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND COMFORT. AND WHEREAS THE SHARED RESOURCES OFFERED BY THE LIBRARY HELP HOUSEHOLDS SAVE MONEY, CONSERVE RESOURCES AND REDUCE WASTE, PROVIDING A SIMPLE YET IMPACTFUL WAY TO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS A LIBRARY CARD FROM MEMORIAL LIBRARY OPENS THE DOOR TO ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES, IGNITING CREATIVITY AND EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO EXPLORE NEW INTERESTS AND PURSUE LIFELONG LEARNING. AND WHEREAS, WITH THE EDINBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, CARD RESIDENTS ENJOY BORROWING PRIVILEGES ACROSS ALL 13 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN HIDALGO COUNTY, INCLUDING SEAMLESS INTERLIBRARY LOANS AND THE CONVENIENCE OF PICKING UP OR RETURNING MATERIALS AT ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS, ALL AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. WHEREAS THE DISTANT MS MEMORIAL LIBRARY UPHOLDS THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY BY PROMOTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS FOR ALL. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2024 AS LIBRARY CARD, SIGN UP MONTH IN EDINBURG AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT THE LIBRARY AND SIGN UP FOR THEIR OWN LIBRARY CARD TODAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DUSTIN MICHELSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY IS CELEBRATING ACROSS THE NATION WITH ALL THE OTHER LIBRARIES, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO THAT THE PARENTS WILL KNOW THAT THIS CARD IS A VERY IMPORTANT CARD THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE RESOURCES AND THAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY. THIS YEAR, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IS PARTNERING UP WITH THE TRANSFORMERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL CELEBRATION TRANSFORMER LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP CELEBRATION AT THE LIBRARY NEXT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, STARTING AT 1130. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BUMBLEBEE THERE. THAT WILL BE TAKING PICTURES WITH THE KIDS, AND THERE'LL BE GAMES, FREE GIVEAWAYS AND MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. ANYBODY WHO COMES AND GETS THEIR FREE LIBRARY CARD OR UPDATES THEIR LIBRARY INFORMATION WILL NOT ONLY BE ENTERED TO ENTER A RAFFLE, BUT ALSO WILL RECEIVE COUPONS FROM PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES. WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WE PROMOTE PROMOTE LITERACY IN OUR CITY AND OF COURSE, LIBRARY RESOURCES. SO WE INVITE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US NEXT SATURDAY AND TO STOP BY THE LIBRARY THIS MONTH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO. I DO WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICK COUNCIL. I LEARNED RECENTLY FROM OUR LIBRARY THAT THE CIRCULATION THAT WE HAVE IS OVER 150,000. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND WE HAVE AND A GREAT NUMBER PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GO. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT OH LIBRARIES YOU KNOW, BUT WE EVERY DAY AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITE ALWAYS CHECKS OUR CIRCULATION DURING OUR. WHEN WE PRESENT OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GO TO CHECK OUT THOSE BOOKS, AND WE ALSO HAVE GREAT NUMBERS THROUGH OUR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES. WELL, AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS THE CENSUS BUREAU SAYS WE HAVE 105,000, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GO BASED ON THAT CIRCULATION NUMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S A TRUE NUMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S 150,000. SO BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. AND TO BE FAIR, I KNOW IT DOES INCLUDE AREAS RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR CITY, RIGHT? BUT IT DOES SHOW THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY THAT WE DO SERVICE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CITY. YES, ACTUALLY INCLUDES THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE LIBRARY AND EVERYBODY THAT EVEN IF IT'S FROM OUTSIDE. THE CITY LIMITS, PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR LIBRARY, THEY RECEIVE OUR SERVICES. WE'RE OPEN TO EVERYBODY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [02:35:04] ITEM C PRESENT THE RECIPIENT OF THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BELINDA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, MISS SILVIA GALLARDO. SHE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND HER FOR HER 29 YEARS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG AS WELL. I'LL PASS OVER THE MIC TO MISS LEAH. WITH ME TODAY IS ALSO OUR ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR, MISS VIVIANA CABALLERO, AND OUR ASSISTANT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL ARTS, MAGDIEL CASTLE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, IT IS 848 AND WE ARE RETURNING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ENTER BACK INTO OPEN SESSION? SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. LET'S GO TO ITEM FIVE H. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE EDINBURG EDC FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET AND PROGRAM OF WORK. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AND PROGRAM OF WORK? MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ITEM H IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S GO TO THE MATTERS THAT WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I THINK WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT WE WANT TO ALLOW OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED ON ITEMS ONE, TWO, THREE AND NINE. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? OKAY. SO MOVED SECOND AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. THAT MOTION, THOSE THOSE ARE APPROVED. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. WE. THERE'S NO ACTION THERE. PERSONNEL MATTERS. NO ACTION THERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE SEVEN. I'M SORRY. EIGHT. THE STAFF REPORTS. THE OUR SHE HAD. TO SKIP THROUGH IT AND READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE. FOLLOW US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN MOVE ON. YEAH, AND THOSE ACTUALLY LOOK PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. INDUSTRIAL REPORTS. SAME THING. YES, MA'AM. MARKETING REPORT. THAT WAS ALSO THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE STAFF ENGAGEMENTS WERE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT, RIGHT? AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE REPORT AS WELL. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, MA'AM. OKAY, THEN I'LL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION MADE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THAT'S HOW I LIKE TO BEGIN. MY NAME IS GOPAL. TWO YEARS AGO, I RECEIVED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. WHEN I WAS 21 YEARS OLD, I STARTED DIALYSIS, AND FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, I WAS A PATIENT RECEIVING TREATMENTS THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR FOUR HOURS EACH SESSION. AND MAN, IT WAS HARD. MY FATHER HAD KIDNEY DISEASE, SO I KNEW WHAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED WHEN MY KIDNEYS FAILED. AFTER RECEIVING MY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, I WAS ABLE TO FIND AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. SHE'S JUST SOMEONE I CAN JOKE WITH, SOMEBODY I CAN COOK WITH. I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE THE HUSBAND THAT SHE DESERVES. WHEN I WAS SICK, I BARELY HAD ENOUGH STRENGTH TO WALK ACROSS THE PARKING LOT GOING TO THE [02:40:02] MOVIES WITH MY BROTHERS. BUT AFTER MY TRANSPLANT, MY STRENGTH AND ENERGY CAME BACK AND I WAS ABLE TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY WITH MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. MY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DONATE LIFE, BE AN ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONOR TO FIND OUT HOW. GO TODAY TO DONATE LIFE. HEY, IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO PLAY. PATRIOTISM. THERE'S A WORD THROWN AROUND A LOT. IT INSPIRES PASSIONATE DEBATE. IT'S WORN LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR. AND WITH GOOD REASON. BECAUSE IT MEANS LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR ONE'S COUNTRY. LOVE FOR A WORD DESIGNED TO UNITE. IT CAN ALSO BE PRETTY DIVISIVE. YOU SEE, THERE'S MORE TO PATRIOTISM THAN FLAGS. WITH ONESIES AND RODEOS AND QUADRUPLE CHEESEBURGERS. PATRIOTISM IS LOVE FOR A COUNTRY, NOT JUST PRIDE IN IT. BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES UP THIS COUNTRY OF OURS? WHAT IS IT WE LOVE? IT'S MORE THAN JUST A HUGE ROCK FULL OF ANIMALS LIKE COUGARS AND EAGLES, RIGHT? IT'S THE PEOPLE. DO ME A FAVOR. CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A SECOND. I WANT TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE. PICTURE THE AVERAGE US CITIZEN. THINK ABOUT IT. HOW OLD ARE THEY? WHAT'S THEIR HAIR LIKE? HOW MUCH CAN THEY BENCH? YOU GOT ONE? OKAY, SO CHANCES ARE THE PERSON YOU'RE PICTURING RIGHT NOW LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN. THERE ARE 319 MILLION US CITIZENS. 51% ARE FEMALE. SO FIRST OFF, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS A WOMAN. COOL IS THAT WHAT YOU PICTURED? 54 MILLION OR LATINO, 40 MILLION SENIOR CITIZENS. 27 MILLION ARE DISABLED, 18 MILLION ARE ASIAN. THAT'S MORE PEOPLE IN THE US THAN CAN PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL COMBINED. 9 MILLION ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANSGENDER MORE THAN THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AROUND 10 MILLION ARE REDHEAD, 5.1 MILLION PLAY ULTIMATE FRISBEE, AND 3.5 MILLION ARE MUSLIM. TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. ALMOST HALF THE COUNTRY BELONGS TO MINORITY GROUPS. PEOPLE WHO ARE LESBIAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BI AND TRANSGENDER AND NATIVE AMERICAN AND PROUD OF IT. WE KNOW THAT LABELS DON'T DEVALUE US. THEY HELP DEFINE US, KEEPING US DIALED INTO OUR CULTURES AND OUR BELIEFS AND WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. AFTER ALL, WHAT'S MORE AMERICAN THAN FREEDOM TO CELEBRATE THE THINGS THAT MAKE US US? I MEAN, IT'S STITCHED INTO THE STARS AND STRIPES OF THIS COUNTRY, FROM THE CONSTITUTION TO GETTYSBURG TO OUR MOTTO, E PLURIBUS UNUM FROM MANY ONE. IT'S EVEN IN OUR COUNTRY'S NAME. THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR, PATRIOTISM SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABOUT PRIDE OF COUNTRY, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT LOVE. LOVE BEYOND AGE, DISABILITY, SEXUALITY, RACE, RELIGION, AND ANY OTHER LABELS. BECAUSE THE SECOND ANY OF US JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON THOSE LABELS, WE'RE NOT REALLY BEING PATRIOTIC, ARE WE? SO LET'S TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME. CLOSE YOUR EYES. PICTURE THE AVERAGE JOE, OR JOAN OR JUAN OR JEAN-LUC. THE REAL PEOPLE WHO MAKE AMERICA, AMERICA. AND THIS YEAR, WHENEVER YOU FEEL THE URGE TO DON THOSE STAR SPANGLED SHORTS, SET OFF FIREWORKS THE SIZE OF MY BICEPS TO SHOW LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY. REMEMBER THAT TO LOVE AMERICA IS TO LOVE ALL AMERICANS. BECAUSE LOVE HAS NO LABELS. THERE'S A LOT OF STRATEGY INVOLVED IN FOOTBALL AND THE SAME GOES FOR WATCHING IT. RUSSELL. YES, COACH. WHEN HARDEN OFFERED YOU A BEER AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, DID YOU PASS? NO, COACH. AND WHEN WASHINGTON GAVE YOU A BEER DID YOU PASS? NO, COACH. AND FOUR BEERS LATER, DID YOU JUST THINK YOU WERE GOING TO GET IN YOUR CAR AND DRIVE HOME? YES, COACH. I MEAN, NO, COACH. IT'S TIME TO PASS RUSSELL. PASS, SON. PASS GAME. WATCHING PARTIES CAN MAKE DRUNK DRIVERS PASS UP THAT DRINK OR PASS OFF YOUR KEYS. KID'S GOT A QUICK RELEASE. [02:47:16] AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LEAVE, SO I JUST WANT TO. AND THEN VICE. I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. VOLUNTEERS. DO YOU HAVE THE PRAYER? YES. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 28TH, 2024. AND IT IS 5:30 P.M.. CAN CITY STAFF CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, PLEASE? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE BOARD MEMBER ANDREW ALMAGUER. BOARD MEMBER ALICIA GARZA, JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER RUBEN RUIZ, VICE CHAIRMAN. YOURSELF, MR. MICHAEL CANTU, MR. MARK GONZALEZ, BOARD MEMBER. AND WE DO HAVE A NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER, MR.. DUSTIN GARZA. AS WELL AS I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY MET OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY, MISS JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WELCOME ON BOARD. OH, AND BOARD MEMBER GREGORY VASQUEZ IS HERE. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY, CAN I HAVE EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER? EVERYONE PLEASE STAND. LET US PRAY. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE LORD GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD THE COMMON GOAL OF ENRICHING OUR CITY AND ALL WHO WORK HERE. LORD, WE PRAISE YOU AND ASK YOU TO GUIDE US IN THIS MEETING THAT WE MAY BE UNITED IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL RESPECT. AND IN THE HEALTHY EXCHANGE OF OUR IDEAS, HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE STAY STANDING. MR. GONZALEZ, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. EVERYBODY CAN BE SEATED. MOVING ON. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. STAFF, CAN WE CONFIRM PROPER PUBLIC NOTICE WAS GIVEN? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, STAFF DID NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AT 5 P.M. ON THE 23RD OF AUGUST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES, 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. MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. [02:50:01] PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IF A RESIDENT DESIRES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CHAIRPERSON PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS IS REQUIRED. WE ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATION IN FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM FIVE. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MEETING PROCEDURES USED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALL ITEMS ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AS EACH ITEM IS INTRODUCED. STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION ON THE ITEM BEING CONSIDERED. THE PARTY MAKING THE REQUEST MAY MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY ISSUES ARISING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEM BEING CONSIDERED. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION MAY DO SO. A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON THE ITEM. THE USE OF A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WILL BE REQUIRED. ONCE THE CHAIR CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE BOARD MAY QUESTION ANYONE AND MAINTAIN ANY DISCUSSION WHICH CLARIFIES THE PROPOSAL AND WILL THEN TAKE WHAT ACTION IT BELIEVES TO BE APPROPRIATE. A MINIMUM OF FOUR VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR AN ITEM TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEMS. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. MR. RUSSELL, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THIS? YES. BOARD. I'M GOING TO REPORT THAT MARK MORAN STEPPED DOWN. AND WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PERSON THAT STEPPED DOWN EARLIER THIS MORNING. MR. MORAN IS NOW SERVING IN THE EDC BOARD. AND ONE OF THE RULES IN THE CITY IS THAT YOU CAN ONLY SERVE ON ONE BOARD. SO HE CHOSE THE EDC OVER THE ZONING BOARD. SO WE HAVE A VACANCY, AND HE WAS OUR CHAIRMAN. MR. CANTU IS OUR VICE CHAIR. SO AT THIS TIME, WE NEED TO NOMINATE EITHER MR. CANTU TO ASSUME THE ROLE OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD WANT TO BE THE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SHOULD I OPEN UP DISCUSSION? OR WE COULD OPEN IT UP. WE COULD OPEN IT UP FOR FOR DONATIONS. OKAY. YES. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THIS ITEM FOR A MOTION TO SEE WHO WOULD BE THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR NOMINATION. I NOMINATE MR. CANTU. I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. RUIZ TO NOMINATE MYSELF. MICHAEL CANTU AS CHAIR. BOARD ANY SECOND FOR MR. GONZALEZ. CORRECT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. NOW WE NEED TO APPOINT A VICE CHAIR. I'LL OPEN A MOTION FOR VICE CHAIR AT THIS TIME FROM THE BOARD. I WANT TO NOMINATE ALICIA GARZA FOR VICE CHAIR. I'LL SECOND. MR. VAZQUEZ IS NOMINATES MR. ALICIA GARZA FOR VICE CHAIR. AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. DUSTIN. YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ABSENCES. CONSIDER EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF BOARD MEMBER ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ FROM THE JULY 31ST, 2024 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION FROM THE BOARD, PLEASE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SHE'S NO LONGER. SHE'S NO LONGER NO LONGER ON THE BOARD. OKAY. CAN WE SKIP THIS ONE TALKED ABOUT GO AHEAD AND TO TO GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE ACTION. JUST TAKE ACTION. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS? I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. ALMAGUER TO APPROVE THE EXCUSE. I SECOND THE MOTION. CAN I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GREGORY VAZQUEZ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. CONSIDER EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF BOARD MEMBER GARZA FROM THE JULY 31ST, 2024 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION FROM THE BOARD, PLEASE? SO MOVED. I GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. GONZALEZ. SECOND. THE SECOND FROM MR. RUIZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. [02:55:02] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MR. RONNIE CAVAZOS ABSENCES FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. I'LL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION. YES, SIR. MR. RONNIE CAVAZOS HAS MISSED QUITE A BIT OF OF MEETINGS. AND JUST LIKE WE DID WITH OTHER MEMBERS THAT MISSED MORE THAN WAS ALLOWED IN THE BYLAWS. I WANT TO BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION TO SEE IF IF IT'S POSSIBLE OR IF THE BOARD WANTS TO REMOVE THEM, OR IF THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND EXCUSE HIS ABSENCES. MR.. HAVE WE HEARD FROM MR. CAVAZOS? NO WE HAVEN'T. BUT I WAS TOLD I GUESS MR. RUIZ KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH HIM. HE'S HE'S GOT PRIOR COMMITMENTS ON WEDNESDAYS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THESE MEETINGS. SO THAT'S, I GUESS, THE REASON FOR HIS ABSENCE. AND THE BYLAWS STATE, WHAT, THREE ABSENCES, I BELIEVE. YEAH, IT'S IT'S MORE THAN THREE ABSENCES. YEAH. YES. THE BYLAWS ARE ATTACHED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. IT STATES IF IT'S FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS OR A CERTAIN PERCENTILE OF THE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN THIS SCENARIO, MR. CAVAZOS HAS MISSED CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS AS WELL AS THERE IS A PERCENTILE THAT HE HAS ALREADY SURPASSED DURING THE MEETINGS THAT STATED IN THE BYLAW FOR THE YEAR, FOR THE TIME SERVED. DOES IT CALL FOR A MANDATORY, I GUESS TERMINATION? YES. THERE IS A PORTION THAT DOES SAY THAT. YES. WELL, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE I KNOW MR. CAVAZOS IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, VERY SUCCESSFUL BUILDER, BUT HE'S ALSO VERY BUSY, I'M SURE. ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE BOARD. I MOTION TO REMOVE SINCE HE'S ALREADY BEEN ABSENT A COUPLE OF TIMES. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. GARZA TO REMOVE RONNIE CAVAZOS FROM THE BOARD. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION? I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GREGORY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES TO REMOVE MR. RONNIE CAVAZOS. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. NUMBER EIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. OH, MINUTES. THREE. MINUTES. I'M SORRY. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 31ST, 2024 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION FROM THE BOARD, PLEASE? MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. ALMAGUER. AND A SECOND FOR MR. GONZALEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, MOVING ON TO NUMBER NINE. PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM JOJO THOMAS FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AS FOLLOWS. TO BUILD A SIX FOOT FENCE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD, AND A SIX FOOT FENCE ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, EXTENDING BEYOND THE FRONT PLANE OF THE BUILDING AT LOT 20 9SH MOUNT ESTATE SUBDIVISION, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS 3421 SOUTH KERALA AVENUE. GOOD EVENING BOARD, I AM TOLD FRED RICARDO FARLEY, ONE OF THE PLANNERS HERE WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR VARIANCE IS FOR A FENCE. THIS WAS A WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT SHOWS ON THE BOARD THERE. IT'S GOING TO LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE TWO, AS IT APPLIES TO FENCES AND FRONT AND SIDE YARDS. THE VARIANCE REQUEST WOULD ALLOW A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE, AS IS PICTURED HERE IN THE FRONT YARD AND ON THE SIDE YARD EXTENDING BEYOND THE RESIDENCE. NOW, TO TRY TO CLARIFY WHAT I JUST READ, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE SITE PLAN HERE. SO YOU SEE THE SITE PLAN HERE. AND SO HERE YOU WOULD HAVE THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE. I'M SORRY. ON THE. LET'S GO BACK AND FIND IT HERE. WELL, I CAN'T FIND IT HERE. THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE. SO HERE YOU WOULD HAVE THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE ON THE SIDE, EXTENDING TO THE FRONT, NOT CROSSING THE DRIVEWAY, EXTENDING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, TYING INTO THE FENCE. SO THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE US. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST WEST ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 445FT SOUTH OF I-69. PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT. ADJACENT LAND USES ARE VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOTS. [03:00:04] SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE. SO THIS LOT IS PART OF SH MOUNT ESTATE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS AND IT WAS RECORDED IN OCTOBER OF 2023, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN AS WE SEE SHOWN HERE, AND AN ELEVATION DRAWING WHICH WE JUST LOOKED AT FOR THE PROPOSED FENCE ON AUGUST THE 8TH, 2024. SO STAFF REVIEWED THE SITE PLAN AND LOOKED AT THE ELEVATION DRAWING, AND FROM THAT IT WAS NOTED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE. AND THE APPLICANT DID THAT ON AUGUST THE 8TH, 2024. AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE US THIS EVENING. SO STAFF DID MAIL NOTICES OF THE REQUEST TO 20 NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. NOW WHAT IS INTERESTING, TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT. WE RECEIVED TEN COMMENTS IN FAVOR TEN COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF THIS WROUGHT IRON FENCE. SO THIS LOT HAS A TOTAL STREET FRONTAGE OF 109FT, MORE OR LESS ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE. SO THE PLANS BY THE CITY DID SHOW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE ON THE SIDE YARD AND GOING INTO THE FRONT YARD ADJACENT TO THE HIDALGO COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO. SO I CAN SHOW THE SITE PLAN TO YOU. I MEAN, THE SURVEY. THAT'S THE SITE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT FENCE. SO THE FENCE IS GOING TO TIE IN TO THAT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT FENCE, WHICH IS A BLOCK WALL. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE THIS IS THE SURVEY OF THE SUBDIVISION. HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS THE LOT THAT'S THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IT'S ADJACENT TO CANAL DISTRICT AND ALONG CORRALES STREET HERE. SO THAT BEING SAID, ARTICLE TWO OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES PROHIBIT FENCES ALONG THE FRONT OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. AND THERE'S A NEW CLAUSE IN OUR CODE THAT SAYS IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS WHICH THIS IS A MORE THAN TEN LOTS TO DECISION TO PERMIT. FENCES IN THE FRONT AND STREET SIDE YARDS MUST BE APPROVED AND INDICATED ON THE FINAL PLAT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS NOT SO. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT DOES STATE THAT SECURITY IS THE BASIS FOR HIS REQUEST. NOW STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST IF APPROVED. THAT IS, IF THE BOARD SEES TO APPROVE THIS FENCE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT. IT'S NOT OPAQUE AND IT DOES NOT CAUSE ANY SIGHT INSTRUCTIONS. THEN THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO PAY A RECORDING FEE AND MEET ALL OTHER APPLICABLE BUILDING AND CODES AND ORDINANCES. MR. FARLEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. YES, SIR. SO I'M SEEING THE THE PLAT HERE. IS THERE ANY OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW TO EXIT THAT SUBDIVISION? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. I AM SEEING THE LETTERS THAT SAYS FOUR, BUT IT'S ALL THE SAME ADDRESS. JUST DIFFERENT NAMES, I THINK. YES, SIR. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY VOTED. SO I WENT OUT TO THE SITE AND DID A SITE INVESTIGATION. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS GOING TO BE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE SO YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT. IT'S NOT A SOLID WOOD FENCE OR A SOLID MASONRY FENCE, SO THERE ARE NO SIDE OBSTRUCTIONS. SO THE PILLARS, THOSE THINGS DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF. NO, SIR. THEY WOULDN'T. I KNOW THAT THE STREET IS PRETTY BUSY. SO YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A 25 FOOT CORNER CLEARANCE, AND IT MEETS THAT CLEARANCE AS WELL. SO THERE ARE NO SITE OBSTRUCTIONS AT THIS LOCATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PURDY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. FARLEY. SURE. DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? NOPE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD ON THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF? WELL, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS DENIAL BASED ON THE CITY CODE. HOWEVER, THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER APPROVING IT BASED ON THE SITUATION THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT. IT'S NOT OPAQUE, AND IT DOES NOT CAUSE ANY SIGHT OBSTRUCTIONS. AND IF APPROVED, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES AND PAY A RECORDING FEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE. I ACTUALLY HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY IT AND WHAT ISN'T BEING TOLD HERE. OR I GUESS WHAT'S SUBMITTED IS THAT THERE'S A SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH OF IT. IT'S IN THE PLAT. NEVERMIND. YES, THERE IT IS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THAT TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEIR CONCERN IS SAFETY, RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT. SO WHILE I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING [03:05:01] TO BE PRIVATELY GATED RIGHT. NO, SIR. IT STILL PROVIDES A FENCE THAT I GUESS ACTS AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE STREET AND AND THE APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES OR WHATEVER THESE ARE. YES, SIR. MR. FARLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. DUSTIN. SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME TOWNHOMES THAT ARE OFF. RIGHT OFF WISCONSIN RIGHT BEFORE MCCALL IN BETWEEN JACKSON. SO WITH THOSE AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE. OKAY. AND SO MY THING IS WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME SETUP. BUT THEY HAVE A COMPLETE BLOCK NO SEE THROUGH. SO IT WOULD BE HARD TO KIND OF DENY SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN THAT WHOLE WALL IS BLOCKED. RIGHT. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AND I AND I HAVE A TOWNHOME THERE. SO WHEN I TURN OUT OF THERE, YOU CAN'T SEE CARS COMING. WISCONSIN HEADING TO MCCALL. SO IT'S VERY HARD. YOU GOT TO LIKE, LITERALLY PEEP OUT AND SEE CARS HAULING DOWN WISCONSIN TO GET TO MCCALL'S LIGHT. SO HAVING SEE THROUGH FENCE IS ACTUALLY A BENEFICIAL MORE THAN SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE CITY. SO I'M JUST SHARING WITH THE BOARD THAT THAT THAT IT'S KIND OF THE SAME. THEY HAVE TOWNHOME SET UP ACTUALLY. THEY'RE BUILDING QUITE A BIT IN THERE, WHICH IS NICE, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF SHARING THAT THEY IT'S ALL BLOCK. YEAH. YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH IT. SO. YEAH. OKAY. MR. FARLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. WE DO APPROVE THIS TYPE OF FENCE. YOU ALL WILL BE OUT THERE. MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE TYPE OF FENCE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT UP, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. I NEED TO IF I IF I NEED TO BE THERE, I WILL BE THERE ON THE SITE, SIR, I GUESS. THANK YOU. YES. BUT LATER IN THE FUTURE THEY CAN SWAP IT OUT. CORRECT. WELL THE WHAT WENT OUT HERE, IT SAYS WHAT? IT IS A WROUGHT IRON FENCE AND IT WAS YOU CAN PUT CONDITIONS ON IT. SO I WOULD PUT THAT CONDITION THAT IT HAS TO BE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, SOMETHING THAT IS SEE THROUGH. NOT OKAY AS LONG AS WE CAN PUT SOMETHING THERE, A CONDITION THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO BE CHANGING IT OUT FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. YES, SIR. SO WE DO FINAL INSPECTIONS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE TO ENSURE THAT WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED HERE WILL BE PLACED. THANK YOU. AND MR. BRADY, DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONCRETE COLUMNS. BUT WHAT IS STUCCO OR WHAT'S. WELL IT LOOKS LIKE BRICK COLUMNS. YES, SIR. AND I AGREE WITH MR. REECE PLACING A STIPULATION ON THERE FOR FOR THAT TO REMAIN. WHAT'S BEING SAID HERE FOR THIS VARIANCE? YES, SIR. BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MYSELF TOO. AND I KNOW THEY PUT METAL PANELS ON THE, ON THE FENCING THERE BEFORE THEY SWITCHED IT OUT TO MASONRY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOOK HERE FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. BUT THANK YOU. MR.. YES, SIR. SURE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION, AND I'LL NOW ASK THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT ARE TO BE PUT ON ON RECORD THERE, THAT THEY CAN'T JUST CHANGE THE FENCE AT ANY MOMENT AND KEEP IT. WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR RIGHT NOW IN THE VARIANCE. I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. GARZA FOR THE REQUEST, SUBJECT TO THE FENCE BEING BUILT ACCORDING TO THE SPECS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING. AND I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR.. MR.. GARZA? YES, FOR MR. GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM EIGHT B REQUEST BY JUAN ADAMI FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AS FOLLOWS A COVERED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO HAVE A ONE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK, WHERE A SIX FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK IS REQUIRED, AND TO HAVE A ONE FOOT SEPARATION TO THE BUILDING INSTEAD OF A TEN FOOT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BY CODE, AND TO BE BUILT OVER A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT AT LOT SIX, NORTH MCCALL SUBDIVISION, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS. 2009 NORTH MCCALL ROAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR VARIANCE REQUEST, THE ITEM IS ALREADY BUILT AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. AND SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ARTICLE THREE AS IT APPLIES TO SETBACKS. ACTUALLY, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT VARIANCES THAT THIS [03:10:03] PARTICULAR STRUCTURE WOULD NEED VARIANCES FOR FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS WE'LL LOOK AT IT. HERE IS THE BUILDING SEPARATION HERE. SO TYPICALLY WE REQUIRE TEN FEET BUILDING SEPARATION HERE THEY ONLY HAVE A ONE FOOT SEPARATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING OUT THAT THE ITEM IS BUILT OVER A TEN FOOT UTILITY, A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE REAR, ALSO ON THE SIDE HERE. HE'S REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIX FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK. HE ONLY HAS A ONE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK. SO THESE ARE THE VARIANCES THAT ARE BEFORE YOU. AND ALSO SINCE IT'S NOT ATTACHED, IT'S IN WHAT WE CALL THE SIDE YARD. OKAY. SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MCCALL ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 400FT SOUTH OF FRAMBOISE STREET IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. ADJACENT LAND USES ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND OPEN SPACE. SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. SO AS WE MOVE ALONG IN THE BACKGROUND IN HISTORY, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF NORTH MCCALL SUBDIVISION. IT WAS RECORDED IN 1973. SO ON JULY THE 3RD, 2024 CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTICE, THIS BEING BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT AND SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE APPLICANT FOR BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT. SO THE APPLICANT CAME IN THE OFFICE ON AUGUST THE 1ST. HE SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SO PLANNING STAFF REVIEWED THE BUILDING PERMIT AND NOTICED THE ENCROACHMENTS THAT WE JUST BROUGHT OUT. AND SO ON AUGUST THE 1ST, WE CALLED THE APPLICANT UP. HE CAME IN THE OFFICE AND HE APPLIED FOR THE VARIANCE AND WHAT IS BEFORE US THIS EVENING. SO STAFF DID MAIL NOTICES OF THIS VARIANCE REQUEST TO 27 NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. AND WE DID RECEIVE TWO AGAINST GRANTING THE VARIANCE. SO PLANS RECEIVED BY THE CITY. AND AGAIN I WENT OUT TO THE SITE. PLANS RECEIVED BY THE CITY SHOWS A 25FT BY FIVE INCH BY 24FT, EIGHT INCH ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AS WE SEE HERE, BUILT OVER A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE APPLICANT DID HAVE THE EASEMENT SPOTTED. HE CALLED ONE 800 DIG TEST, AND I YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. I PASSED IT OUT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. THEIR RESPONSE BACK FROM THE VARIOUS UTILITY COMPANIES. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND FIND THAT RESPONSE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THIS ISN'T THIS ONE. SO THE RESPONSE WAS FROM AEP. CLEAR SPECTRUM CLEAR. TEXAS GAS SERVICE CLEAR. THE ONLY RESPONSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED BACK FROM IS AT&T. THE APPLICANT DID CONTACT AT&T TRYING TO GET THAT RESPONSE BACK, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT RESPONSE AS WE SPEAK. SO THE AGAIN, THE SETBACKS FOR THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE 20IN THE FRONT, SIX ON THE SIDE AND 20 ON THE REAR. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT THAT THE FAR MARSHALL AND I, WE WENT OUT THERE AND WE DID AN ON SITE INSPECTION. THE FIRE MARSHAL WAS HERE, AND HE DID SAY THAT IT DID MEET ALL OF THE FAR READING FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THE APPLICANT STATES THAT THIS CARPORT OR THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS TO HAVE SHADE FOR HIS DAUGHTER SOMEWHERE TO PLAY, TO ENJOY AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WITHOUT BEING IN THE HOT SUN. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST. HOWEVER, IF APPROVED, HE WOULD AGAIN NEED TO PAY A RECORDING FEE AND MEET ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES AND ORDINANCES. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE. MR. DUNN, PLEASE. HELLO. MR. OBAMA, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? ONE OF THEM? MR.. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THE REASON THAT I'M TRYING TO APPLY FOR THE VARIANCE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER I'M A SINGLE PARENT. I I HAD THE CUSTODY OF MY DAUGHTER, AND SHE'S 14 YEARS OLD. SHE'S VERY ACTIVE. AFTER COMING FROM SCHOOL, SHE LIKES TO, LIKE, PLAY AROUND. NORMACOT ROAD IS A VERY TRAFFIC AREA WHERE, I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD HATE FOR HER TO BE PLAYING ON THE FRONT SIDE. I'D RATHER FOR HER TO PLAY ON THE BACK SIDE, WHICH I MEAN IT'S GOING TO GET HOTTER EVERY [03:15:01] YEAR. SO I DECIDED TO PUT SOMETHING FOR HER AT LEAST TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, GET SOME SHADE WHENEVER SHE'S JUST OUTSIDE HAVING ENJOYING HER HER SPORTS OR WHATEVER. SHE'S IN VOLLEYBALL RIGHT NOW, AND SHE LIKES PRACTICING AND GETTING BETTER EVERY TIME. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S JUST LAND, WHICH IS AGRICULTURE, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE BY THE BACKSIDE. NEIGHBORS. PRETTY MUCH THIS. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M TRYING TO REQUEST A VARIANCE. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. LAMB, THIS HOME WAS BUILT RECENTLY, RIGHT? I WANT TO SAY IT WAS A RECENT. THIS COVERING THAT YOU BUILT WAS BUILT ALSO RECENTLY, BUT WITH NO BUILDING PERMIT WAS ACQUIRED. YES, SIR. OKAY. I MEAN, I SEE THE, THE THE PORCH RIGHT NOW. IS IT MORE FOR, TO STORE MORE VEHICLES OR IS IT REALLY WITH. I HAVE A I HAVE A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. IT'S, YOU KNOW SOME VEHICLES THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO MOVING AROUND. ONE OF THEM DIDN'T WORK, SO I JUST GOT TO FINISH UP MY MECHANIC. I MOVED IT OUT OF THE WAY ANYWAYS. THAT ONE. BUT I PASSED BY THERE. AND AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY THAT THIS IS COMING ALONG BECAUSE I PASSED BY THERE JUST ABOUT DAILY, AND I SEE A LOT OF MECHANIC WORK THAT GOES ON IN THAT IN THAT HOUSE. RIGHT. AND AT ONE POINT, I WAS EVEN THINKING THERE WAS MAYBE A MECHANIC SHOP THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THERE WORKING ON SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I SAW THIS PORCH TOO, AND IT JUST CAUGHT MY EYE. BUT I DO SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE AS FAR AS VEHICLES GOING IN AND OUT. I FEEL I'VE SEEN 4 OR 5 VEHICLES THERE ON THE DRIVEWAY ON A DAILY BASIS, SO IT'S NOT ONCE IN A WHILE. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT SAYING THE TRUTH, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE FOR I DON'T KNOW IF A BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE RUNNING MORE THAN, THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, TO FOR FOR YOUR CHILD BECAUSE I SEE, I'VE SEEN ON THE HOUSE THAT IT'S NEXT TO YOU ON THE NORTH SIDE. SOMETIMES THE, THE SINCE WE HAVE THIS, YOU HAVE MORE DRIVEWAY. IT'S AN OBSTRUCTION FOR THE VEHICLE. THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT CAN'T SEE SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. RIGHT. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE, THAT IF WE DO APPROVE THIS, IS IT GOING TO BE MORE FOR MORE PARKING OR OR ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. I JUST RECENTLY CAME. I WAS LIVING IN MISSION. I'M BARELY ESTABLISHING BACK TO EDINBURGH. SO I MEAN, I DO HAVE VEHICLES. I EVEN HAVE MORE MORE MACHINERY AND MISSION AREA, WHICH I HAVEN'T EVEN BROUGHT IT TO MY PROPERTY. I KNOW IT'S A SMALL I MEAN A SMALL LOT. IT'S NOT A BIG LOT. YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME WORK BEING DONE BECAUSE HOUSE HASN'T BEEN FINISHED YET. I MEAN, I STILL GOT TO WORK ON FENCING AND LANDSCAPING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE THE PROJECT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. FARLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, FOR THE RECORD, THAT YOU'VE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS WITH RELATED TO WITH REGARD TO THIS SPECIFIC ITEM. OKAY. FOR THE RECORD, I'M OPENING THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FOR DISCUSSION ITEM. OKAY. MR. FARLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU DID SAY CODE ENFORCEMENT SAW THEM BUILDING THE SHED OR. YES, SIR. THEY YES. THEY TELL THEM TO STOP. WELL, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY PLACED THEY THEY SENT A LETTER, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION LETTER TO THE APPLICANT. AND THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT CAUSED THE APPLICANT TO COME IN AND APPLY FOR A PERMIT. AND THAT LETTER WAS SENT TO THE MISSION PROPERTY. I DIDN'T GET AHOLD OF IT. GIVE ME A WHILE TO COOK IT. THANK YOU. SO THAT LETTER WAS SENT TO THE MISSION. IT WAS MR.. I DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MIC SO WE CAN GET IT ON THE RECORD, PLEASE. THANK YOU AGAIN. THE LETTER, I DID RECEIVE IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST SENT FROM THE MISSION PROPERTY. AND WHEN WHEN I WENT TO GO GET IT, YOU KNOW, I DID. SAW THAT I NEEDED A VARIANCE HERE. MR. FARLEY, WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND JUST ENLIGHTEN ME, PLEASE DO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ARE THEY ABLE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF STICKER OR SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY WALL OR SOMEWHERE THERE IN THE HOUSE? WELL, I HAD I HAD REQUESTED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BE HERE. I AM NOT PART OF THAT DEPARTMENT, BUT IN PREVIOUS CASES, USUALLY THEY POST A STOP WORK ORDER. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY SENT A LETTER. OKAY. I THINK THAT WE CERTAINLY NEED TO START POSTING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A [03:20:01] FENCE IN THE FRONT OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE. THAT WAY THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU FINISHED IT, CORRECT? NO. LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT FINISHED. IT'S JUST I'M STILL WORKING ON IT, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, I'M FIXING IT JUST LIKE A TARP ON IT OR SO JUST, YOU KNOW. SO. MR.. YES, SIR. THAT IS THERE'S NO CONCRETE UNDER IT. IT'S JUST DIRT. YES, THERE IS JUST DIRT. SO HERE AGAIN, I DID DO A SITE INSPECTION AND IT'S JUST DIRT AT THIS TIME, SIR. MR. FARLEY, WHAT IS THE SETBACK THAT WE HAVE ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAT RIGHT THERE? SO IF YOU. SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS HERE. SO THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE MAIN HOUSE. OKAY. SO AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CAN BE IF IT'S NOT ATTACHED IT CAN BE BUILT IN THE REAR SETBACKS JUST NOT OVER ANY UTILITY EASEMENT. AND THE REAR SETBACK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WOULD BE FIVE FEET OR EASEMENT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. YES, SIR. NOW THE SIDE SETBACK, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE SIDE SETBACK IS SIX FEET. HOWEVER, HE'S ONLY HE'S ONLY LEAVING A FOOT. SO HE'S HE'S PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THE PROPERTY LINE THEN. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO HE'S OVER THE FIVE FEET EASEMENT. WHAT? HE WOULD BE ALLOWED? YES, SIR. OKAY. HE'S BUILDING RIGHT THERE AT THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OVER THE EASEMENT. HAVE WE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH OF THEM, BY ANY CHANCE? WELL YOU DID GET I DID PASS OUT SOME RESPONSE BACK THAT WERE AGAINST GRANTING THIS VARIANCE. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM. RATHER, THEY WERE THE NEIGHBORS. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO ISSUES A COMPLAINT CAN STAY ANONYMOUS. OKAY, OKAY. I SEE THEY ALSO HAVE A BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THAT ONE. SO THEY'RE ALSO IN VIOLATION. MR. FARLEY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. EARLIER, YOU INDICATED THAT AS FAR AS THE TWO STRUCTURES THAT ARE DEPICTED ON THAT PHOTOGRAPH, THE SHED, AND I GUESS THE HOME, THEY HAVE TO BE TEN. THERE HAS TO BE A TEN FOOT SEPARATION. YES, SIR. HOWEVER, THAT CAN BE REDUCED WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S APPROVAL. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE FIRE MARSHAL IS HERE. HE DID SAY THAT IT DID MEET ALL OF THEIR FA RATINGS. OKAY. AND THE REASON FOR THE TEN FOOT SEPARATION WOULD BE FOR, I GUESS, SAFETY PURPOSES. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. SO IS THERE ALSO A VIOLATION IN THE BACK PART ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE? YES, SIR. SO ON THE SIDE THERE. SO ACTUALLY THAT'S THE NORTH. YOU SEE HE HAS PUT SOME LOOK LIKE A GARAGE DOOR OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AS REGARDS THE SIX FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK. OKAY. HE'S ONLY LEAVING A FOOT SO HE'S ENCROACHING FIVE FEET THERE. HE BUILT OVER THE UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE REAR. HE WOULD HAVE TO RESPECT THAT UTILITY EASEMENT NOW AS AN OPTION. LET'S SAY THAT HE ATTACHED IF HE ATTACHED HIS CARPORT TO HIS HOME. OKAY, THEN ONE OF THE VARIANTS GOES AWAY. THAT IS THE VARIANCE IN THE IN THE SIDE YARD, NOT THE SIDE YARD SETBACK, BUT THE SIDE YARD. HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO BUILDING OVER THE UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE SIDE YARD SETBACK. SO THIS JUST TO CLARIFY, SO IF THIS WAS ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE, THEN THE VARIANCE THAT BEING PRESENTED FOR THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS WOULD GO AWAY, OBVIOUSLY. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. AND ALSO THE VARIANCE FOR THE STRUCTURE BUILDING BEING BUILT IN THE SIDE YARD, THAT IS, FROM THE PLANE OF THE HOUSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE THAT'S CONSIDERED THE SIDE YARD THAT WOULD GO AWAY AS WELL. AND SO HE WOULD ONLY BE LOOKING AT TWO VARIANCES. THAT IS THE VARIANCE FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK AND THE REAR BEING BUILT OBVIOUSLY BEING BUILT OVER THE UTILITY EASEMENT. MR. FARLEY, COULD YOU JUST FOR JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IDENTIFY THE THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT WERE AGAINST THIS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE BEFORE BEFORE US? YES, SIR. SO ON YOUR NOTIFICATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU ALL, IT IN THE CAPTAIN'S, IT GIVES YOU THE ADDRESS AND DOWN BELOW THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, THEY WOULD CHECK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. OKAY. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY DID CHECK AGAINST. ANOTHER NOTE ON THE NEIGHBOR. I ONLY HAVE ONE 2009. ON ANOTHER NOTE, I DO HAVE JUST ONLY ONE NEIGHBOR. JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN BE CONSIDERED THAT THAT THAT'S THE ONLY NEIGHBOR THAT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY NO. WHICH, WELL, YOU KNOW I'M BELIEVING IT'S THAT'S THE ONLY NEIGHBOR I HAVE. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBOR JUST, [03:25:02] YOU KNOW, BACKSIDE IS JUST THE FIELD CAN FIELD AND JUST ONLY HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR ON THE SIDE. I HAVE AN EMPTY LOT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY NEIGHBOR THAT I HAVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HE HAS A STRUCTURE ON THE BACK WHICH IS WOOD. AND THEN HIS, HIS PORCH IS CONNECTED RIGHT THERE ON THE LINE, WHICH I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I IF, IF IF IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE, CONSIDERATION THAT IT AFFECTS HIM. FOR ME TO HAVE A STRUCTURE. I MEAN, HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE HE'S ABOUT INCHES TO THE TO THE FENCE LINE FROM HIS STRUCTURE, WHICH, I MEAN, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IT WOULD BE FAIR FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE A SHADE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN HE HAS A SHADE FOR HIS PROPERTY, WHICH I HE ONLY HAD ONE ONE NEIGHBOR, LIKE I SAID, AND JUST IT'S JUST FIELD IN THE BACK, THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. ARE YOU POURING ANY CONCRETE? IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR. I'M NOT I'M NOT POURING ANY CONCRETE YET UNLESS IF I GET APPROVAL FIRST. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR ME IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SHAPE THAN A THAN A CONCRETE. YEAH. AND ALSO THE YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE, THE BACK NEIGHBOR. RIGHT. I KNOW IT'S A FIELD RIGHT NOW BUT YOU KNOW MY UNDERSTANDING AND THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN THAT AREA. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMES IN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU BASICALLY ALSO GOING INTO THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL. SO I MEAN, SOME ISSUES I THINK WILL CAUSE LATER AS WELL. SO JUST TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT MR. FARLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE NEIGHBOR. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S TO THE NORTH. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT STRUCTURE IS THAT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE? THAT IS A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, SIR. ON MY INVESTIGATION THAT I DID OUT THERE, I NOT ONLY TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AS WELL, AND THAT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY IS ALSO ENCROACHING. SO WHAT I CAN DO IS TEAM UP WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, SO CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE FROM THIS TYPE OF VIEW, IT MAY BE LIKE A PORTABLE STORAGE UNIT THAT'S NOT STRUCTURED, RIGHT? NO, I WAS JUST IT LOOKED LIKE A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, SIR, BECAUSE I SEE I SEE MR. OBAMA'S POINT. AND IF ONE GETS TO DO IT, WHY NOT ME? AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO. I MEAN, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE CONCERNS. I JUST WAS CURIOUS, YOU KNOW. AND, MR. FARLEY, DO WE KNOW IF THERE WAS EVER A PERMIT OR ANYTHING ACQUIRED FOR THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS I HAVE WE HAVE NOTHING ON RECORD. NOTHING ON RECORD. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER MAYBE ANOTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT. ANOTHER CODE. I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH HIM. OKAY. YES, SIR. AND, MR. ADA, MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? I SEE YOUR YOUR CARPORT THERE ON THE WHITE PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT OFF TO THE SIDE. YOU HAVE, LIKE, AT LEAST EIGHT FEET, MORE OR LESS JUST BASED ON LOOKS. WAS I TAKE IT WE COULD GO IN, GET YOU INTO THE EASEMENT THAT YOU NEED TO BE AT, AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS YOUR NEIGHBORING PROPERTY LATER ONCE CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT THERE. I JUST IT'S MAINLY JUST TO NOT SET A PRECEDENT, BECAUSE IF YOU START TODAY, TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEIGHBOR DOING THE SAME THING. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE ON EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY LINE. AND I UNDERSTAND THE VIEWS THAT YOU HAVE OR WHY THE REASON YOU'RE BUILDING THIS. BUT I FEEL THAT ON THIS METAL STRUCTURE, SINCE THERE'S NO FOUNDATION, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE THE SUPPORT BEAMS OR PILLARS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE MORE IN HERE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE SPACE THERE. YOU JUST DECIDED TO GO MORE TOWARDS THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE I SEE. AND THEN ON THE BACK END ALSO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? THEN I'LL CLOSE DISCUSSION AND I'LL ASK THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. I MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST. I HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL FROM MR. GREGORY VAZQUEZ. I SECOND THE MOTION. HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GARZA. AND IT WOULDN'T BE MAINLY TO TEAR IT DOWN, BUT JUST TO BRING IT INTO EASEMENTS OR TO SETBACKS REQUIRED, JUST LIKE WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING, TO BRING IT INTO THE SETBACKS THAT WERE ALREADY SET FORWARD. SO LET'S RETRACT. CAN WE RETRACT THE MOTION AND AND REPRESENT. OKAY. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER MOTION. WE'LL RETRACT THE PREVIOUS MOTION, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP. A MOTION TO DENY REQUEST. I KNOW THE LOCATION VERY WELL, AND I THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE GOING ON IN AND OUT WITH WITH VEHICLES. I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE A MECHANIC SHOP. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE, [03:30:03] BEFORE THIS, THIS PRESENTATION, I MOTION TO DENY REQUEST. SO TO, I GUESS BE SPECIFIC ON THAT DENIAL. THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT WE CAN DENY THIS. WE CAN DENY THIS COMPLETELY FOR IT TO BE COMPLETELY TORN DOWN OR THERE'S OR HE CAN COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY I GUESS, MEETING ALL, ALL CODE. SO IT WOULD BE IF MR. VASQUEZ WOULD AGREE OR ENTERTAIN AN AMENDMENT TO HIS MOTION. YOU COULD DO IT THAT WAY AS WELL. OKAY. IT'S EITHER IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. SHOULD WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS FIRST BEFORE MORE DISCUSSION? I THINK WE CAN. IF THE MOTION IS TO DENY AND IF HE BRINGS THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE POLES INTO COMPLIANCE, I MEAN, HE COULD DO THAT ANYWAYS. HE CAN DO IT IN PAIRS. OKAY. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL FROM MR. GREGORY VASQUEZ. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. CAN I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. NOW, HE WOULD HAVE TO GET A PERMIT. OF COURSE. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT HE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. JUST. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'LL KEEP ALL THE OVERHANG, BUT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP A FOOT OR TWO OF OVERHANG AS WELL. THERE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, MR. JAIME. JUST TO BRING IT UP TO THE TO THE SETBACK NEEDED, NOT NECESSARILY TEARING IT DOWN. I WANTED TO SEE YOUR OPINION ON THAT. AND IF THAT WAS SOMETHING BY BY BY THIS BOARD DENYING IT, HE CAN HE CAN BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE AND HE'LL BE ALLOWED TO AND RESUBMIT WITH WITH THE PERMIT. OF COURSE. OKAY. YEAH. YOU CAN RESUBMIT AGAIN. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN. HE JUST GOT COMPLIANCE. YEAH. YEAH. RETROFITTED. YES. THERE YOU GO. NOT TO TEAR DOWN JUST TO GET TO COMPLIANCE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM EIGHT C REQUEST OF AURELIA AND TERESA MORANO FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AS FOLLOWS. THE EXISTING RESIDENTS TO ENCROACH 2.5FT INTO THE EAST SIDE. MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO APOLOGIZE. GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MOTION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. RIGHT, BUT WE DO NEED TO PUT A STIPULATION ON THE AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT HE HAS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, TO ADHERE IT WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN REOPEN IT. THE ITEM AGAIN, MAKE THE MOTION WITH STIPULATION OF THE DAYS, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH CLOSING IT. YOU CAN MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'RE REVISITING MOTION. I MEAN ITEM EIGHT, WAS IT 8B8B9B 98 B. OH YOU'RE RIGHT. WHAT'S, WHAT'S KIND OF THE NORM THAT YOU SEE WITHIN ALLOWABLE DAYS TO KIND OF FIX SOMETHING. PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN BY THE BOARD IS 30 DAYS. IT'S USUALLY I MEAN, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT IS BEING DONE. RIGHT. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE REQUEST WAS THAT IT IS NOT TO TEAR DOWN THE STRUCTURE, IT IS JUST TO DENY IT OVER THE EASEMENTS AND TO MAKE IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE SETBACKS AND THE EASEMENT. CORRECT. SO BASED OFF OF THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD'S DECISION WHETHER IT WOULD BE 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS. IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THAT. BUT THAT IS A NUMBER THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ADHERE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. TO FOLLOW UP, MAKE SURE A BUILDING PERMIT IS APPLIED FOR AND FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. SO DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION THEN? OKAY. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME WE ARE REVISITING ITEM EIGHT B AND WE ARE AMENDING THE MOTION. SO YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AMEND. OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AMEND. THE AMEND THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE THE 60 DAYS. I THINK 60 DAYS. SO YOU CAN GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE AND REAPPLY. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. GREGORY VASQUEZ TO DENY THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND TO HAVE A 60 DAY COMPLIANCE PERIOD SO THAT THE APPLICANT CAN BE COME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THOSE WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION. MR. GARZA SECONDS THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. [16. EXECUTIVE SESSION] [03:35:12] BECAUSE OF YEARS OF HUMANITY FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN. [OPEN SESSION] NOW. YOU TELL. I'LL DO IT MYSELF. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 932. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION? SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE JUST WANTED THE RECORD. REFLECT THAT THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DO BELIEVE THERE'S AN ITEM THAT DOES NEED ACTION AT THIS TIME. I THINK IT'S ITEM NINE B. [B. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Economic Development Projects. (§551.071 Consultation with Attorney; §551.087 Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations; Closed Meeting.)] 16 B 16. EXCUSE ME. 16 B. THANK YOU. SO I'D RECOMMEND A MOTION TO APPROVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. WELL, MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT DO NEED ACTION? [17. ADJOURNMENT] NO, MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. LAURA. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.