Sep 17, 2024 City Council Meeting

THE LESS IT WAS A CAR TOWED FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE NO PARKING SIGN.

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THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH HAPHAZARD. AND THEY GO TO WHERE THEY GO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CONTROLLED UNDER THE ORDINANCE. AND THE PD DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THAT DID ALL THE WORK ON HELPING US FIND THE VEHICLE AND GETTING IT FOR THE LADY.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CALL UP THAT CALL, SLIP THE LOCATION. IF THEY GIVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, THEY'LL TELL THEM WHO HAS THE VEHICLE. WELL, THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE EVEN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT.

COMING UP NEXT ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL.

ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR.

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

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR, JUNIOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISORS.

CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS.

AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURGH CITY HALL, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING FOR EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT AT 06:00.

AND I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM THIS EVENING WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DE LEON. HE'S OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY IS WE START WITH A PRAYER, AND WE HAVE DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE TO LEAD US IN PRAYER.

WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? MR. MAYOR, COUNCILORS, FELLOW CITIZENS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE HONOR OF PRAYING. LET'S DO SO.

FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL DAY.

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

[A. Prayer.]

GUIDE OUR COUNSELORS AND THE PEOPLE HERE PRESENTING THE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

THANK YOU LORD. LET US REJOICE WITH THOSE THAT WILL BE REJOICING WITH AND CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER THOSE THAT NEED TO BE REMEMBERED. FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN JESUS NAME.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance.]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ALEXANDER.

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

SIR. VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER STATE LAW.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON

[4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ON TODAY'S CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, ALL I HAVE BASICALLY IS MUNICIPAL COURT.

IT'S A CAR SEAT CHECKUP AND A GIVEAWAY.

IN HONOR OF THE NATIONAL CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND AWARENESS FOR THE CHILDREN AND, OF COURSE, THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE SAFETY RESTRAINTS.

SO THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT WILL BE HAVING THEIR FIRST EVER CAR SEAT CHECKUP AND AS CAR SEATS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY MAY BE HAVE BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME AWAY.

THIS WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19TH FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M. AT THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT, AND THE CAR SEATS WILL BE CHECKED BY A

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THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS

[A. Municipal Court Car Seat Event]

[5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS]

WITH MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

AND AT THIS TIME, MR. GARCIA, OUR CITY SECRETARY, WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD.

[A. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing September 25, 2024, as National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims as Requested by Robert Garcia. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

YES. IF YOUR PRESENCE RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.

NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 25TH AS A NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS. DUE TO THE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED RESOLUTIONS BY THE US SENATE ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2007, AND THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON MAY 14TH, 2007. AND WHEREAS, POMC BELIEVES IN HONORING THE MEMORY OF VICTIMS KILLED BY VIOLENCE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTING LONG TERM TRAUMA FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, THIS NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE DAY IS AN ESSENTIAL WAY OF PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND REMEMBERING OUR LOVED ONES.

AND WHEREAS IN 2023, AN ESTIMATED 2239 HOMICIDES OCCURRED IN TEXAS, IMPACTING OVER 23,910 CLOSE RELATIVES, WITH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ALONE WITNESSING APPROXIMATELY 420 RELATIVES DIRECTLY AFFECTED.

AND WHEREAS THE NUMBER OF LOVED ONES ROBS THE FAMILIES VICTIM'S FAMILY OF A MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SON, DAUGHTER, HUSBAND, WIFE, PARTNER, GRANDPARENT, AUNT OR UNCLE, CREATING AN OVERWHELMING CHALLENGE TO FILL THE VOID THEIR ABSENCE LEAVES.

AND WHEREAS SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS USE THEIR TRAGEDIES TO TELL STORIES OF PAIN AND ANGER INFLICTED BY A HOMICIDE, THEY HAVE REJECTED PARTS OF RETALIATION, SHAME, AND ISOLATION, AND INSTEAD LEAN TOWARDS LEARNING AND TEACHING LESSONS OF COMPASSION AND PEACE.

AND WHEREAS HOMICIDE VICTIMS TRANSFORM THEIR PAIN AND ANGER INTO POWER AND ACTION BY HONORING THEIR LOVED ONES IMPACTED BY HOMICIDE THROUGH LEADERSHIP, GRIEF, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY, SURVIVORS REDUCE VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE PREVENTION AND POLICY CHANGE LOCALLY AND AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY ISSUE THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS AND ENCOURAGE ALL MEDIA OUTLETS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, VICTIMS, AND COMMUNITY VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS OF HIDALGO COUNTY TO JOIN THE 12TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

STANDING TOGETHER, NO ONE STANDS ALONE.

HOSTED AT THE FA. JOSE PEPE SALINAS MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTER FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M.. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROBERT GARCIA.

I'M THE CEO FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MURDERED CHILDREN.

WE'VE BEEN IN THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

AND EVERY YEAR THERE'S NEW FAMILIES THAT COME.

SOME FAMILIES CONTINUE THE EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER THEY HAVE.

THEY RECEIVE A LIFETIME OF OF GRIEF, A LIFE SENTENCE.

NO MATTER HOW GOOD OF A JUSTICE SYSTEM WE HAVE OR THE LACK OF THERE'S SOME INJUSTICES.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET THE RIGHT RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE VERDICT, EVEN IF IT'S JUDGED BY THE PEERS OF THE.

SOMETIMES WE GET 15 YEARS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UP TO 99 YEARS. BUT OUR FAMILIES STRUGGLE WITH THE GRIEF AND THE PAIN, THE EMOTIONAL. AND SOMETIMES WE TELL THEM.

THEY ASK ME, HOW DO THEY NOT PAY ATTENTION TO OUR EMOTIONS? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IS THAT OVER GRADUALLY, OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT.

AND WHEN WE COME EVERY YEAR, THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY.

CONGRESS IN 2007 WITH OUR NATIONAL AFFILIATE BASED OUT OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, CALLED THE NATIONAL PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM EVER SINCE DAY ONE.

THAT'S THE THE ORGANIZATION THAT I FIND SOLACE WHEN THE MURDER OF MY BROTHER, ROGELIO ROGER GARCIA ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2011, AND A MURDER SUICIDE OUT OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, THAT'S WHEN I CALLED. AT 745, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY MOTHER, DALIA ROSA GARCIA, WHICH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN RIO GRANDE CITY, AND RANCHITO CALLED LA ROSITA.

THAT CALLED I WOULD NEVER FORGET.

IT WAS 745. THAT DISTINCT CALL OF A MOTHER CRY.

I CANNOT EXPLAIN TO YOU AS A FATHER OR AS A SIBLING.

ONLY MOTHERS THAT ARE HERE WITH ME CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU THE HEARTBREAK OF THAT CALL AND THAT ACHE AND THAT PARTICULAR DISTINCT VOICE.

SO I MADE A PROMISE. AND THE PROMISE HAS BEEN KEPT FOR 12 YEARS.

MY BROTHER DID NOT DIE IN VAIN.

HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE COAST GUARD AND HE WAS MY MENTOR.

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BUT SHE WAS MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER.

NOW I FIND VERY SOLACE AND REJOICE WITH THESE FAMILIES HERE.

TO MY RIGHT WE HAVE THE MOLINA FAMILY.

TRAGIC DEATH THAT HAPPENED IN IN THE CITY OF MCALLEN.

THERE ARE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

TO MY RIGHT IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED WITH A FAMILY AND THE LONE SURVIVOR OF THE OF THE OF THE MOTHER, AND CERTAINLY THE SIBLINGS OR THE SONS OF AGUSTIN MOLINA.

AND THEN WE HAVE CHRIS.

CHRIS AND HER AUNTS ARE OR SISTER AND NIECE WERE DOUBLE HOMICIDE HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG BACK IN 2019.

AND ALSO WE HAVE A THIRD ONE OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, ALSO WITH THE FAMILY THAT LIVE HERE RINALDO.

AND WE HAVE MAGDALENA, RINALDO AND REBECCA AND CERTAINLY SHE IS THE SISTER OF OF MAGDALENA.

TO MY LEFT, WE HAVE MARTHA RANGEL.

HER DAUGHTER JULISSA IS ALSO A VICTIM HERE OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

ALSO NEVER RECEIVED JUSTICE.

THAT'S PART OF THIS, IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY RECEIVE JUSTICE IF THERE'S AN ARREST AND SOME THAT DON'T. SHE'S BEEN WAITING FOR JUSTICE FOR GOING ON 11 YEARS OR 12 YEARS.

AND HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR THE LAST STRUGGLE.

AND SHE HAS BEEN WITH ME SINCE DAY ONE AS MORE OF THE FAMILIES AND SOME GUN JUSTICE, BUT THEY STILL STAY WITH ME.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE UNITY, HOPE AND HONOR THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE.

WE HAVE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SURVIVOR CLUB THAT WE CALLED THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY. HER HIS SON, VICTOR HERNANDEZ, WAS MURDERED HERE RIGHT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY ON THE MOTEL I GUESS MOTEL 11.

MOTEL IN. AND SHE SHE'S BEEN.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE FA.

I MEAN, THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY, MARIANA LOPEZ, THE CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON.

SHE'S DONE A FABULOUS JOB.

SHE'S ONE THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED YEAR AFTER YEAR AS A LIAISON.

THAT HELPS. AND THE NUMBER ONE THING OF ALL THESE FAMILIES IS DIGNITY, COMPASSION, LOVE AND TRUST.

AND HOW DO WE ENCOMPASS THAT AS A UNITY, AS A FAMILY? BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THIS EMOTIONAL CRY THAT THESE FAMILIES HAVE.

PART OF US IS TO CREATE A SAFE HAVEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I CREATED THIS WHEN MY BROTHER WAS DYING BECAUSE WE COULDN'T.

THERE WAS NO RESOURCES OR THE LACK OF.

NOW, THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE I FINISH MRS NETTLES IS ALSO HERE WITH US OUT OF THE CITY OF MCALLEN.

HER HUSBAND OF 23 YEARS WAS ON THE RUN.

THE DEFENDER WAS ON THE RUN FOR MEXICO.

AND SHE HE CAME BACK IN 2023.

SHE WAITED 23 YEARS AS A AS A YOUNG WIFE FOR GETTING JUSTICE.

AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL GET THE JUSTICE. HER HUSBAND WAS ALFREDO.

AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT.

SO I HAVE A DATABASE OF 165 COLD CASES.

AND ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THOSE ARE HERE IN HIDALGO COUNTY.

AND IT'S QUITE TOO OFTEN THAT WE NEED LEADERS LIKE YOURSELF AND TO TALK TO REPRESENTATIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TWO IN THE HAWZA AND CONGRESSMAN YOU KNOW CANALES AND RODRIGUEZ OR MARTINEZ. EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO PUT MONIES AND RESOURCES BECAUSE WE ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, DO YOU HAVE THE BUDGET SO YOU CAN HAVE AN ACTUAL POLICE INVESTIGATORS TO WORK THE CASE, NOT AN APPOINTEE, BUT AN ACTUAL.

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEDICATE 100%, JUST LIKE A LIAISON THROUGH THE COURT OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, SO IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO PUT MONEY AND DO AN ACTIVE REGIONAL COLD CASE OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS OR IMMEDIATE POLICE OFFICERS DEDICATED FOR THAT, BECAUSE I ONLY WENT 30 YEARS AND I HAVE 165 CASES, I COULD JUST IMAGINE, JUST LIKE THE IRENE CASE, THAT IT TOOK 57 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT GRIEF ACTIVE.

IF THERE'S AN ARREST AN ACTIVE, THAT IS NOT.

AND THEN CERTAINLY THE COLD CASES.

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. IT'S A SUPPORT, A GRIEF RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM OTHERS.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN. DO NOT TELL ME THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.

DO NOT TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW.

DO NOT TELL ME THAT I WILL SURVIVE.

I WILL. WILL SURELY GROW.

DO NOT COME AT ME WITH ANSWERS THAT CAN ONLY COME TO ME.

DO NOT TELL ME HOW MY GRIEF WILL PASS.

THAT I WILL BE FREE. ACCEPT ME IN THE UPS AND DOWNS.

AND I NEED SOMEONE TO SHARE.

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AND SAY MY FRIEND I CARE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THE CITIZENS AT LARGE JOIN US.

THE 12TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT.

HOPEFULLY, I CAN SEE ONE OF YOU ALL OUT THERE.

I KNOW THE MAYOR. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. MR. DIAZ ANY, COUNCIL MEMBER.

MR. WHITE, YOU CAN SEE THE THE BREATHE AND THE AND THE AND THE EMOTIONAL.

WE CRY, WE LAUGH, BUT WE ALSO REJOICE WITH OUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU. MR. GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO TO US EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I CAN'T IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL THE FAMILIES HAVE GONE THROUGH AND CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AS A CITY, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE, THE ADVOCACY IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEVER FORGET.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. I KNOW OUR PD IS A BIG PARTNER OUT THERE, SO COUNT ON THEM AND COUNT ON US, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE AND BE THERE WITH YOU.

GRACIAS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE VIETNAM VETERAN, LANCE CORPORAL OLMEDO TIJERINA.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE FAMILY AND AMERICAN LEGION HERE AS WELL.

IF Y'ALL COULD JOIN US HERE ON THE PODIUM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT,

[B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Vietnam Veteran Lance Corporal Homero Eliud Tijerina†. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

YES, MA'AM. LANCE CORPORAL, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

WHEREAS OLMEDO TEJERINA WAS BORN TO ELIAZAR AND AURORA TEJERINA ON JANUARY 1ST, 1946, IN REYNOSA, MEXICO.

BEFORE THE TIJERINA FAMILY MOVED TO TEXAS AND MADE THEIR HOME IN THE EDINBURG AREA.

AND WHEREAS, IN SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1964, WHILE LIVING IN COLORADO, OLMEDO TEJERINA ENLISTED IN THE MARINES AT A DENVER RECRUITING OFFICE.

AND WHEREAS, OLMEDO Y TEJERINA WAS ASSIGNED TO CAMP PENDLETON, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, IN JANUARY 1965 WITH THIRD MARINE DIVISION, THIRD BATTALION, NINTH MARINES.

AND WHEREAS, IN JULY OF 1965, OLMEDO TEJERINA WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM.

UPON ARRIVING, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO KILO COMPANY, THIRD BATTALION, NINTH MARINE REGIMENT, THIRD MARINE DIVISION, AND WHEREAS KILO COMPANY WAS ON A COMBAT PATROL WHEN HOSTILE FORCES AMBUSHED THE MARINES ON TEJERINA AND 14 MARINES WERE KILLED DURING THE AMBUSH.

AND WHEREAS AMADO TEJERINA, AGED 20, PERISHED FROM MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS AND ACTION. SOUTH VIETNAM QUANG NAM PROVINCE IN JULY 4TH, 1966 AND WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND WHEREAS OLMEDO TEJERINA LANCE CORPORAL KILO COMPANY, THIRD BATTALION, NINTH MARINE REGIMENT, THIRD MARINE DIVISION, THIRD MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, EDINBURG, TEXAS WAS SINGLE AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1965 TO JULY 4TH, 1966.

OLMEDO TEJERINA IS ON THE WALL AT PANEL EIGHT, LINE 131. LANCE CORPORAL TEJERINA NUMBER 2106627 MOS.

ZERO 311 RIFLEMAN. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OLMEDO TEJERINA FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE OLMEDO AND LANCE CORPORAL, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

MAYOR GARZA DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMAN ON BEHALF OF FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY BROTHERS, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR GIVING US THIS HONOR OF RECOGNIZING MY NOW DECEASED BROTHER. I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T EVEN BORN WHEN HE PASSED AWAY IN 66, BUT AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND. AND LET ME LET ME JUST SAY.

AND I KNOW OUR MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SOME WORDS ALSO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE KNOWN AS THE HOMETOWN OF HEROES.

IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF YOUR BROTHER, MR. TEJERINA, THAT, YOU KNOW NOT ONLY IS HE FROM EDINBURG, BUT HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH HE.

WE LOST HIM. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE KNOWN AS THE HOMETOWN HEROES FOR A REASON. WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WENT OUT AND NEVER CAME BACK.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEVER FORGET AND THAT WE HONOR THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE TEJERINA AND ALL THE, THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE THAT THAT EXTEND FROM THIS VETERAN.

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WE HAVE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE HOMETOWN HEROES. THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS HERE THAT NEVER REALLY WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBER THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE, FOR THE RECORD, TO BE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CITY, PLEASE COME FORWARD. WE A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE VIETNAM WALL HERE THAT THAT THAT CAME. AND THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS THAT SHOWED UP THAT HAD NEVER SEEN IT.

THEY HAD NEVER WANTED TO REALLY DISCUSS IT.

AND SO EVENTS LIKE THIS, IT'S A HEALING PROCESS.

AND FOR FAMILIES, IT'S A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO FOR THOSE THAT THAT SEE THIS MEETING AND HEAR OUR WORDS, PLEASE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER VETERANS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE RECOGNIZE, PLEASE COME FORTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONORING YOUR FAMILY MEMBER.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 408.

IF THE MEMBERS COULD STAND IN ATTENDANCE.

THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE GENTLEMAN. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

[C. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Mustangs Edinburg, Labor Cup of Tiger Tournament Champions. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

IF YOU'RE HERE TO RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. MUSTANGS EDINBURGH LABOR. CUP OF TIGER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS.

WHEREAS MUSTANGS EDINBURGH IS A GROUP OF TALENTED ATHLETES FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURGH THAT ESTABLISHED A SOCCER TEAM IN MARCH 2023 WITH THE PRINCIPAL GOAL OF STRENGTHENING THEIR FRIENDSHIP. WHEREAS THE TEAM HAS TAUGHT THE COMMUNITY AND HAS GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE SKILL SETS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK AND AT A YOUNG AGE.

AND WHEREAS THE MUSTANGS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS, BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE, THE MUSTANGS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE WINTER INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH CATEGORY 2016 AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CITY OF MCALLEN.

AND WHEREAS IN MARCH OF 2024, THE MUSTANGS WERE STATE CHAMPIONS AT THE TIGER TOURNAMENT IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, AND IN AUGUST THEY WERE THE UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT LABOR CUP OF TIGER TOURNAMENTS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE MUSTANGS COMPETED IN THE INDICATORY 2016 GOLD, BEING THE MOST COMPETITIVE DIVISION AT STATE LEVEL.

AND WHEREAS MUSTANGS EDINBURGH IS COMPOSED OF THESE AMAZING, HARD WORKING, DEDICATED AND DRIVEN PLAYERS.

RAUL DE LEON. ALONSO, RAUL.

VICTOR. RODRIGUEZ. JOAQUIM.

ESPERICUETA. MATIAS. SARMIENTO.

RAMON. HERRERA. FERNANDO.

TORRES. IKER RODRIGUEZ AND ESTEBAN BARRAZA.

WHEREAS THE MUSTANGS ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THEIR COACH, RAUL DE LEON, FOR HIS COMMITMENT IN DIRECTING THE TEAM AND THE PARENTS WHO THERE WITH THEIR UNCONDITIONAL HELP, TRUST AND DEDICATION, ARE PART OF THE TEAM.

MUSTANGS, EDINBURG. THEIR TIME AND EFFORT HAS HELPED TO REACH THIS VERY MUCH DESIRED CHAMPIONSHIP. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MUSTANGS, EDINBURG LABOR CUP OF TIGER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS AND CALLED UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN THE CELEBRATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THESE STUDENTS AND COACHES.

THAT. I CAN SEE YOU THERE.

READY? ONE. TWO. THREE.

BUT IN THAT WAY. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. I WANT TO FIRST THANK TO THE PARENTS.

WITHOUT THEM, THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO DO THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE KIDS IS THE REFERENCE DATABASE.

AND THANK YOU. NO. THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT. SO Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GO UP TO THE MIC. YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT ON TV. SO YOU GOT TO SAY YOUR NAME.

OKAY. IF THAT'S OKAY. SO INDIVIDUALLY EACH OF YOU COME UP TO THE MIC SAY YOUR NAME.

OKAY. YES. AND WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO? PUT FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME.

MY NAME IS MATHIAS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MATHIAS. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. RAUL DE LEON.

ALL RIGHT. RAUL. JOAQUIN.

VICTOR. RODRIGUEZ.

RODRIGUEZ. SO I WANT TO SAY ALL YOU GUYS ARE SOCCER CHAMPS.

VERDAD? JUST KNOW THAT THE BEST KICKERS IN THE NFL WERE ALWAYS SOCCER PLAYERS,

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OKAY. IN ADDITION TO PLAYING SOCCER, YOU CAN DO BOTH.

OKAY. YOUR PARENTS COULD, I'M SURE, HELP YOU WITH THAT. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.

I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.

WE HAVE A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE HERE IN OUR CITY. I MEAN, LOOK AT THESE YOUNG, TALENTED KIDS THAT ARE DOING WONDERS.

AND I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM HERE TODAY.

AND, PARENTS, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, BECAUSE THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.

RIGHT. SO YOU SHARE THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THEM.

AND I WISH YOU ALL CONTINUED SUCCESS.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MAYOR, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

I'LL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL. THERE ARE SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR CLARITY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. AFTER THOSE CUTE LITTLE BOYS.

ARE YOU ALL READY FOR ME? I'LL TRY TO BE NICE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE THE PEOPLE, ARE PARTICIPATING IN A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES OUR RIGHTS TO OBJECT TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU TAKE IN FROM US. WE ARE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE WE LIKE THE TO OBJECT, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES FOR OUR MONEY.

EVERY YEAR WHEN PREPARING THE BUDGET, THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIND EXPENDITURES THAT THEY MUST MAKE ARE THE WORLD IS GOING TO FALL APART FOR THEM.

MY CAR TIRES, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS NEED REPAIR.

MY GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE ONE THAT'S LOOKING TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND LET US NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE IN A RECESSION AND EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE NOW, I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE CITY LIST OF 46 PROJECTS TOTALING $101 MILLION.

ALSO, THE FACT THAT THE CITY INCREASED THE WATER RATES BY 67%.

WHY INCREASE WATER RATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY GROWTH WHEN THERE IS NO MORE WATER? WHY BUILD A WATER TOWER AND IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THERE IS NO MORE WATER? WHY BE CONCERNED ABOUT EXPANDING THE CITY LIMITS WHEN THERE ARE PLACES WITHIN THE CITY THAT DO NOT HAVE BASIC WATER AND SEWER SERVICES? THE EXISTING CITY DEBT IS $280,214,565, AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $350,000 A MONTH IN INCREASING COST FOR WATER.

THIS MEANS THAT EVERY PERSON THAT EXISTS EXISTING DEBT IN EDINBURGH OWE $2,200.

THE DEBT IS A REASONABLE REASON WHY PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE EACH YEAR.

ONE OF THE FIRST STATEMENTS THE MAYOR MADE AFTER REVIEWING THE FIRST AUDIT.

WHEN WAS HOW DID THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ACQUIRE SO MUCH DEBT? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE IT IS EASY IF YOU DO NOT CARE HOW MORE DEBT WILL IMPACT THE PEOPLE.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LIVE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.

THAT'S ALL WE ASK. THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THE BUDGET IS THAT IT HAPPENS BEFORE AN ELECTION, WHEN THREE MEMBERS WANT TO BE REELECTED.

ALSO TONIGHT I AM ASKING FOR PRAYER FOR ISRAEL THAT THEY WILL WIN THE WAR.

THEY DIDN'T START, BUT WITH THE LORD'S HELP, THEY WILL WIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

MISS MCCURDY ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN A, SEVEN D AND EIGHT C. VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS LAURA GARCIA REGARDING RACE EVENT.

BUENAS TARDES, YO SOY LAURA GARCIA SOLA, ENCARGADA DE COORDINATION INTERNACIONAL Y NACIONAL DE EVENTOS DE SOUTH TEXAS MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM.

ESTAMOS HACIENDO UN EVENTO PARA EL MES DE OCTUBRE.

DIECIOCHO DIECINUEVE. MI MARIDO, MI MARIDO TIENE SU NEGOCIO Y. ESTAMOS HACIENDO UN INVITATION A TODA LA PARTE DE TEXAS Y TODA LA PARTE DE MÉXICO.

VIENE UN GRUPO DE DE MI MARIDO HA SIDO JUEZ EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, EN LOS INTERNACIONALES Y UN GRUPO DE PERSONAS.

TENEMOS RESERVATIONS AND HOTELS.

TENEMOS RESTAURANTS. TENEMOS TODO ORGANIZADO NOSOTROS TENEMOS EL FAVOR DE ABRIR EL EVENTO.

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Y EL OTRO ES EN LA PISTA DE CARRERAS.

NOSOTROS TENEMOS ABSOLUTAMENTE NADA TODO LA PARTE EMPRESARIAL DE NOS ESTAN AYUDANDO ECONOMICAMENTE NOSOTROS MANEJAMOS NINGUN PAQUETE DE.

NINGUNO TODO ES A BENEFICIO DE LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL DESDE LA MICRO HASTA CORPORACIONES. SIEMPRE EN ALTO EDINBURGH.

EDINBURGH. ESTAMOS TRAYENDO TURISMO.

NO ESTAMOS EN LA COMUNIDAD.

ESTAMOS HABLANDO DE TURISMO ALREDEDOR DE MIL PERSONAS.

TENEMOS CUATRO VIENTOS Y.

TENEMOS EL HECHO DE EL VEZ TENEMOS VAMOS A HACER CON EL NOMBRE DE MI MARIDO. ENTONCES NOSOTROS VAMOS A HACER UN INVITACION.

ENTONCES AHORA HEMOS TENIDO PODIDO HACER NI SIQUIERA PUBLICIDAD DICIENDO VAN A VER SI NOS EL EVENTO. ESTO ES UN EVENTO DE LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL PARA TODA LA COMUNIDAD.

DESPUÉS DE NOSOTROS TANTOS ANOS.

TENEMOS DOS ANOS CON EL MUSEO.

NOSOTROS HEMOS PEDIDO UNA PUBLICIDAD O ALGO EN EL MUSEO.

USTEDES SE PUEDEN VER EN CUALQUIER PARTE DEL EXPRESSWAY.

ENTRADA DE NOSOTROS NO TENEMOS UN ANUNCIO DE SU MUSEO ES UN EVENTO INTERNACIONAL NACIONAL.

RECONOCIDO MI MARIDO RECONOCIDO.

MI HIJO DE DOS ANOS. TAMBIÉN ESTA PONIENDO ON ALTO TENEMOS AQUI.

TENEMOS DONDE SE PUEDE.

BUENO. MUCHAS GRACIAS. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS LUCIA VALDEZ REGARDING THE RACE EVENT. BUENAS TARDES.

MY NAME LUCIA VALDEZ. I'M A BUSINESS ADVISOR FOR SOME CORPORATION HERE IN IN THE RGB.

AND BEFORE I WORK WITH YOU, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE WOMAN BUSINESS CENTER.

I'M SUPPORTING THE EVENT.

IT'S 30 DAYS CYCLE, AND THE EVENT WILL BRING US MUSIC.

BANDS WILL BE. WILL BE RACE CARS WILL BE MOTORCYCLES.

CALLS. AND THE THING IS, THIS EVENT WILL BRING MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE IN THREE DAYS. WE'RE EXPECTING FROM 300 TO 500 EACH NIGHT.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS MAN IS A FAMILY MAN. DAVE GARCIA IS A SON FROM AN IMMIGRANT, A GERMAN WOMAN, AND HIS FATHER IS A MEXICAN AMERICAN.

AS I KNOW. AND MR.. DAVE GARCIA IS KIND OF AN URBAN LEGEND AND I PARTICIPATE WHEN YOU CREATE FRIDA FRIDA FEST.

I WAS THE PRESENTER IN 2016 AND I MADE THIS EVENT WITH MISS LUCIA MACIAS.

WE CREATE THE FRIDA FEST IN SOME WAY, AND WE HAD A POINT.

WE WERE SHOWING THE PROFESSIONAL IMMIGRANT COMING TO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE FRIDA USED TO LIVE IN DETROIT ON DIEGO RIVERA, SO I BELIEVE IN THAT PROJECT.

AND YOU HAVE MONEY COMING EVERY, EVERY YEAR FROM THE FREEDOM FEST.

IN THE SAME WAY, I BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL BRING MONEY TO THE CITY. IT WILL BE FLOWING MONEY IN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? GASOLINE. AND WE WILL TAKE THE KIDS OUT OF THE STREETS.

THE THE KIDS THAT ARE RACING IN THE STREETS.

WE WILL PUT THEM IN A RACETRACK, IN A PLACE WITH LIGHTS, WITH SAFETY, WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO PUT THE KIDS.

AND THESE EVENTS WILL COME.

AND THIS EVENT, THE THREE DAYS, IS SUPPOSED TO COME.

WE HAVE INVITED 75 ORGANIZATIONS OF MOTORCYCLES AND AND CARS AND 25 ORGANIZATIONS FROM MEXICO, 75 FROM THE UNITED STATES.

AND THIS IS LIKE RETIRED PEOPLE, RETIRED POLICEMEN, THE PEOPLE THAT IS IN MOTORCYCLES AS A HOBBY HAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EDUCATION, I WILL SAY, AND IT'S THIS WILL BE A VERY SAFE PLACE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

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THIS IS AN URBAN LEGEND FROM EDINBURGH CITY.

YOU NEED TO GO TO THAT MUSEUM.

THE SOUTH TEXAS MUSEUM I INVITE YOU ALL BECAUSE IT'S A MUSEUM THAT NOT EVEN THE CHICAGO CITY OR I DON'T KNOW IF NEW YORK, BUT NOT EVEN CHICAGO, HAS THAT KIND OF MUSEUM.

YOU HAVE PIECES FROM MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

REMEMBER, THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IS 250 YEARS.

YOU DON'T HAVE A BIG CULTURE LIKE THIS.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THAT ITEM, WE HAVE IT AT ITEM TEN E.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOSE LISA REGARDING DIRTY DAYS EVENT.

MY NAME IS JOSE ELORZA.

TENGO UNA TIENDA ES UN NEGOCIO LOCALE PEQUENO VENGO UN SOPORTE DE ESTE EVENTO PORQUE ES MUY IMPORTANTE ESTE EVENTO.

TANTO COMO NEGOCIO, PEQUENO NEGOCIO.

NOSOTROS VENDEMOS ES ESTE GEAR FOR MOTORCYCLE RIDERS.

TENEMOS A LA COMUNIDAD LOCALE MUY BUENAS OPORTUNIDADES PARA PODER NOS VAMOS A CONOCER Y CRECER LOS NEGOCIOS PEQUENOS Y LE DIGO EN ESTE TIPO DE EVENTO.

PUES ESTE VA A VENIR. MUCHA GENTE DONDE VA A SER IMPORTANTE PARA LA CIUDAD PARA TURISTAS COMERCIO Y PUES NOS AYUDA A NOSOTROS LOS PEQUENOS NEGOCIOS.

VENGO AQUI AQUI PARA PARA DECIR.

QUÉ ES UNA BUENA OPORTUNIDAD Y ESTAMOS APOYANDO TODOS LOS PEQUENOS NEGOCIOS ESTE EVENTO. GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JACK DELAPLANE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER ON UNHOUSED RESIDENTS. HI.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS JACK DELAPLANE.

I WORK WITH THE EDINBURGH BASED NONPROFIT HERE IN THE RGV CALLED THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HARM REDUCTION. WE WORK TO PROVIDE DRUG HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES TO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THE TIME, OUR WORK PRACTICALLY LOOKS LIKE PROVIDING HYGIENE SUPPLIES, FOOD AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS IN EDINBURG.

BUT FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO IS THAT AS OF SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2024, EDINBURG EXPERIENCED AN ESTIMATED 94 DAYS OF A MAX TEMPERATURE ABOVE 95 DEGREES. 29 OF THOSE DAYS HAD A MAX TEMPERATURE OF ABOVE 100 DEGREES, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MONTH WORTH OF DAYS IN THE SUMMER, WHERE WE'RE HITTING TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 DEGREES. AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE REPORTS FROM WEATHER STATIONS, FROM THE AIRPORTS IN MCALLEN, EDINBURG, AND THE OTHER WEATHER STATIONS AROUND THE CITY. DURING THESE EXTREME HEAT WAVES THIS SUMMER, DESPITE NEIGHBORING CITIES AND EVEN THE COUNTY OPENING MULTIPLE COOLING CENTERS, EDINBURG LEFT UNHOUSED RESIDENTS TO SUFFER UNSHELTERED FOR AROUND 29 DAYS OF 100 DEGREE WEATHER. DURING THE EXTREME COLD FRONT BETWEEN DECEMBER 2023 AND FEBRUARY 2024, EDINBURG EXPERIENCED AN ESTIMATED 52 DAYS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 55 DEGREES AND DURING THE 2023 TO 2024 WINTER STORM, EDINBURG ONLY OPENED ONE SHELTER WITH LIMITED HOURS AND NO TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT.

SO IF YOU'RE ON ONE SIDE OF THE CITY AND THE SHELTER IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, YOU'RE WALKING IN EXTREME WEATHER.

UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE 200 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM HEAT RELATED DEATHS THAN SHELTERED PEOPLE. UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE ALSO AT A GREATER RISK FOR DEVELOPING LIFE THREATENING RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES IN THE COLD, AS MANY DID DO.

WHILE COVID RATES REMAIN HIGH IN EDINBURGH, THIS UPCOMING WINTER IS PREDICTED TO BE COLD AND WET, FOLLOWED BY A SUMMER OF RECORD BREAKING HEAT WAVES, INCLUDING THIS SUMMER.

AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FARMER'S ALMANAC, WHICH IS A RELIABLE AND TRUSTED SOURCE HERE IN TEXAS FOR WEATHER. THE CITY OF EDINBURGH MUST COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR BARRIER FREE, 24 HOUR ACCESS, YEAR ROUND COOLING CENTERS AND WARMING CENTERS AT, AS WELL AS PROVIDE HAVEN PASSES, BUS PASSES TO UNHOUSED RESIDENTS AND MAKE THOSE BUS PASSES ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO GET.

WE NEED CENTERS THAT DON'T REQUIRE IDS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY DON'T HAVE AN ID WHO HAVE LOST IT OR HAD THEIR THINGS STOLEN.

BEFORE I'M HERE, I'M ON THE STREETS AND DOING OUTREACH FOR HOURS BEFORE I COME TO THESE MEETINGS, AND IT'S A CONSTANT STREAM OF EDINBURGH RESIDENTS EXPLAINING TO ME HOW THEY'RE DYING IN THE HEAT, LITERALLY DYING IN THE HEAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT TODAY I PUT IN A RECORDS REQUEST FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH TO SEE WHAT HE AND OVERDOSE RELATED DEATHS WHAT DATA WE HAD ON THE CITY.

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THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOE QUIROGA REZONING CUBIC WALL STORAGE.

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

THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ACTUALLY,

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

I AM GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS A AND B AT THIS TIME.

[A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Commercial, General (CG) District, a 5.00 Acre Tract of Land Being the South 5.00 Acres of the North 10.00 Acres of the South 30.00 Acres of Lot 15, Section 237, Texas Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Located at 1000 North McColl Road, as Requested By Quintanilla, Headley & Associates, Inc. on Behalf of Cubic Walls, LLC. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

SO THOSE WOULD BE A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AT THIS TIME THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

IF YOU'RE HERE TO COMMENT OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON ITEM A, HAVING TO DO WITH A REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, THERE'S A FIVE ACRE TRACK AND 1000 NORTH MCCALL ROAD.

YOU CAN STEP TO THE PODIUM, MAKE COMMENTS, OR THE OTHER ITEM IS THE REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT OF RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ON 406 WEST BAND WEEK. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANYONE THAT'S HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS, YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CUBIC WALLS.

MR. MAURICIO PAREDES WAS HERE IN ATTENDANCE.

IS LOOKING FOR REZONING.

REQUEST FOR A STORAGE UNIT FACILITY AT THE MCCALL ROAD, NORTH OF JUNIOR. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, HE'S WAITED A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS TO COME BACK TO TO CITY COUNCIL.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REJECTED BACK, BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM THE FROM THE FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ABOUT THE TYPE OF FACILITY HE WAS HE WAS GOING TO CONSTRUCT.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY.

HE'S SINCE THEN HAS SPOKEN TO THE NEIGHBORS.

THEY'RE NOW IN AGREEMENT THE NEIGHBOR IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH, AS WELL AS A NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH MR. PAREDES HAS CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT UP, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME FENCING REQUIREMENTS WHICH HE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE.

AND ALSO HE'S EXTENDING A SEWER LINE FROM ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE EAST SIDE.

AND HE'S ALLOWED HE'S ALLOWING THEM TO TAP INTO THE SEWER PROJECT SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO NO COST TO THEM. AND SO JUST WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO TO CONSIDER MR. MAURICIO PAREDES HAS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE DOING THIS.

HE'S COMMITTED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND NOT ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECT.

I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN AT PNC THAT, YOU KNOW, HE COULD GO AND DO SOME OTHER TYPE OF FACILITY.

HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND HE ONLY WANTS TO DO A PROJECT THAT THAT STORAGE UNITS. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH MINIMIZING THE TRAFFIC.

WE UNDERSTAND THE MCCALL IS A VERY BUSY ROAD, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE, OF THE ROAD.

AND SO HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE LIMITS THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER 11 P.M., THE, THE THE FACILITY IS COMPLETELY CLOSED DOWN. NOBODY CAN ACCESS IT AFTER 11 P.M..

SO THERE'S MINIMIZING THE THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY AT LATE HOURS OF THE NIGHT. IN TERMS OF THE SEWER AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S BEARING THE COST OF AND HAS EXTENDED THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WANT, THAT WANT TO TAP INTO THAT SEWER LINE WITHOUT ANY TAPPING FEES.

I KNOW THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR THE FOR THE NEIGHBORS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SEWER THERE CURRENTLY ON, ON SEPTIC TANK. SO HE'S TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

HE'S TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ANY OF THE CONCERNS.

AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT INVESTMENT FOR FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG.

I'VE KNOWN MR. VALDEZ FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.

HE'S A GOOD CLIENT OF THE BANK, AND I CAN TELL YOU HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD.

AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING HIM OVER TO EDINBURG.

HE'S HE'S GOT SOME SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE MISSION AREA.

AND AS AN EDINBURG RESIDENT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PROJECT GO FORWARD.

SO THIS PAST AT PNC ON A 6 TO 1 VOTE.

AND SO RESPECTFULLY CONSIDER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY. THIS IS ON SEVEN A I'M LOOKING THE BACKUP FROM THIS.

THE CITY'S BACKUP, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION LOOKS LIKE TO ME.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN TO COMMERCIAL. AND MY THING IS, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES THAT'S RIGHT OUT WHERE I'VE LIVED SINCE 1980, AND THE MAJORITY OF US STILL LIVE IN OUR HOMES. AND THEN ON THIS PAPER, IT SAYS THE PROPOSED ZONING WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH ADJACENT ZONING, DISTRICT AND LAND USE.

THE PROPOSED ZONING IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THAT AREA.

AND THEN IT SAYS COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT BASED ON ADJACENT ZONING DISTRICT AND USE OF

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SO THAT JUST MEANS MORE COMMERCIAL COMING IN AROUND OUR HOMES.

AND THEN HE WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE SEWER, IF YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER THAT WE HAD THE SEWER ON CHAPIN AND MCCALL OVERFLOWING.

I SENT Y'ALL PICTURES.

I THINK IN WASHINGTON AND THE REST OF YOU GOT THE PICTURES, AND SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN SHUT OFF.

BUT THE MORE Y'ALL PUT THERE, I NEED Y'ALL YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT IT.

HOW THE SEWER IS BEING OVERLOADED WITH ALL THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALL AROUND THERE, ALL THE APARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE BUILDING.

HERE WE GO AGAIN. LAST WEEK THERE WAS ONE RIGHT THERE ON CHAPIN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MALL THERE. AND OUR THING IS, AGAIN, MORE WASTE AND THE SEWER CANNOT HANDLE IT.

AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HELPING HIS NEIGHBORS OR WHATEVER HOOK INTO IT.

THAT'S EVEN MORE SO. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL.

TO ME, IT SAYS STAFF DENIED IT.

SO I'M HOPING THAT Y'ALL WILL LOOK INTO THIS AND THINK BECAUSE OF THE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IF YOU DRIVE AROUND, YOU CAN SMELL THE SEWER WHEN YOU DRIVE BY.

YOU SHOULD BE ON THE CORNER WHEN THAT ONE MESSES UP.

SO I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT TO FIX THE SEWER SYSTEM WITH.

THE MORE THAT Y'ALL ALLOW TO COME THERE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, EITHER ITEM A OR B? GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS PAUL BONILLA.

I COME TO COMMENT ON 406 ONE WEEK.

THAT'S THE OTHER PROPERTY.

YES, SIR. WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE REZONING TO MULTIFAMILY.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TWO BLOCKS FROM UTRGV.

UTRGV HAS HAVE A TREMENDOUS EXPANSION THIS PAST YEARS, AND I THINK THE AREA NEARBY NEEDS TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

WE SEE THE EXAMPLES IN BIGGER CITIES THAN OURS, HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE SOLUTIONS.

AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS, IN THIS PROPERTY IS TWO BLOCKS FROM THE PARKING OF UTRGV, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO A MULTIFAMILY CHANGE REZONING TO MULTIFAMILY.

THIS CHANGE IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR YOUR NEXT PLANNING.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ALREADY A PLAN COMING TO REZONE ALL THAT PART OF NEARBY AREAS TO UTRGV TO MULTIFAMILY. EXACTLY BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH.

I THINK ALSO THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE CITY.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY IN THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS MORE TAXES WITH THESE NEW PROJECTS.

I. THINK THAT THE I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE OF THE UNIVERSITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MY CONCERN IS THE MULTIFAMILY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BUYING SMALL PORTIONS OF LAND AND WANTING TO PUT A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES.

AND THAT AFFECTS OUR OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE HAZARDS.

AND WE DID BRING IT UP DURING THE REZONING COMMITTEE.

AND IT WAS SAID THAT THE PROPERTY IS SMALLER.

THEY WANTED TO PUT A FOURPLEX.

AND I STATED THAT IT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NOT OVERCROWD OVERPOPULATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND YES, IT'S BY THE PAN AMERICAN, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO PUT ANY HAZARDS OUT THERE. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITIZENS.

SO I ASK YOU TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS TOO SMALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM.

THE ITEM FOR FOR £0.07, RIGHT.

WHAT WAS THAT MA'AM, I JUST JUST TO VERIFY.

MA'AM. YES, THAT WAS FOR SEVEN B ITEM SEVEN B ON VAN WEEK.

THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT THE HEARING IS STILL OPEN THAT WANTED TO MAKE

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SO I'M AT TEN. A FIRST OF ALL THE I'M SORRY, SEVEN A INITIALLY, INITIALLY THE ZONING. WHAT WHAT COULD GO THERE WITH THE WEIGHT ZONE NOW? CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, SO JUST ONE LARGE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, ONE LARGE ZONE. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED STILL SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.

THEY'RE APPLYING FOR REZONING TO GO TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR THE STORAGE UNITS.

OKAY. AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WE GOT A PACKET OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORS.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT PLEASE? WE DID GET A PETITION OR A PACKET WITH 38 SIGNATURES.

WE DID VERIFY SOME OF THE SIGNATURES.

TWO OF THEM ARE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM, I WOULD SAY ARE FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM THE WOODLAND ESTATES PROPERTY. MR..

SO JUST JUST TO INTERRUPT, I JUST WANTED TO ASK CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST? YEAH. SO I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR PRO TEM, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. JUST FOR THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO START.

THANK YOU. SO THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR.

OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DENIED WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE.

WE HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, AND JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT.

I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN HERE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT CONTINUING AS A STORAGE AND TO ANSWER CONCERNS STORAGE, I THINK, WOULD BE A LESS HIT ON THE SEWER SYSTEM. THAT SIDE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR YEARS, STILL DOES NOT HAVE SEWAGE.

THEY'RE STILL ON SEPTIC.

AND SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, SINCE THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, I HAVE TO ASK FOR A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

IS THAT CORRECT? OH, BEFORE WE BEFORE WE DISCUSS.

YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY. WE STARTED THE HEARING AND WE CLOSED IT, BUT WE JUST NEED TO GET A MOTION AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? EXCUSE ME.

MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND. SO THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE A GO AHEAD ON DISCUSSION. SO NOW IF YOU JUST CONTINUE WITH THAT. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MEAN, THE CONCERN THAT STAFF HAD IS THAT IF WE ALLOW THAT ZONING, I MEAN, YEAH, THEY COULD PUT THE STORAGE UNITS, BUT THEY COULD ALSO PUT SOMETHING THAT'S A LOT MORE DETRIMENTAL TO THE AREA. SO THAT WAS WHY WE WERE SUPPORTING AGAINST IT.

HE DID GET THE THE SUPPORT OF THE PREVIOUS NEIGHBOR THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THEY ARE NOW IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, STORAGE UNITS BRING LESS TRAFFIC.

BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN. BUT I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT HE HAS BUILT STORAGE UNITS IN MISSION.

SO IF HE DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSINESS WITH MINIMAL TRAFFIC. AND OKAY, WELL, WE'RE ON THAT ITEM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO JUST ON DISCUSSION.

I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION, MR. AZEVEDO ON. I KNOW THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE ABOUT THE SEWER LINE.

DO WE KNOW? I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

THIS IS JUST A REZONING.

IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS OF INTEREST RIGHT THERE. SEWER IS GOING TO BE EXTENDED. DO WE KNOW WHERE'S THAT LINE GOING TO? I KNOW IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT IS IT GOING TO COME SOUTH FROM.

EXCUSE ME? NORTH FROM HERE UP TO THE PROPERTY? OR WHERE EXACTLY IS THE CONNECTION THAT THIS LINE IS GOING TO BE EXTENDED? WELL, HE WOULD TAP IN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

EXACTLY WHERE THAT LIFT STATION GOES.

WE HAVE MR. CARMONA HERE.

WHO? IS PROBABLY THE BORING OF THE STREET.

THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO KNOW.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A SEWER.

YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES.

SO THAT NEW SUBDIVISION THEY JUST INSTALLED LIFT STATION TO SERVE AS THAT THAT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN? I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT IT ON THE ON THE PROMPTER HERE, BUT THERE IT IS. YEAH.

OKAY, GOOD. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

CAN YOU POINT WHERE THAT PROPERTY SUBJECT PROPERTY IS? THERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LIFT STATION THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THE APARTMENTS.

OKAY. SO IT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE NORTH WHERE MISS FERN WAS SAYING IT GOES TO A DIFFERENT LINE. A SEPARATE, SEPARATE LINE.

IT'S A DIFFERENT LINE. OKAY. YES, SIR. BUT WHERE'S THAT LINE GOING TO GO? THE SEWER LINE. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GO TO THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WHERE EXACTLY IS IT COMING FROM? SO I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SEEN THE PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO TIE INTO THE SEWER.

I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME SEWER IN BETWEEN.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY BORE UNDER MACAU.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WE WOULD TRY TO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DEEP ENOUGH TO

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OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE CONNECTING TO IT, WOULD THEY HAVE TO EXTEND THEIR OWN LINE OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, OPEN WITH THE RESIDENTS TO HOW EXACTLY THAT WOULD WORK.

CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO CURRENTLY, AT THIS MOMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND SEWER AT AT THEIR COST.

SO THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST TAP IN TO THE LINE.

RIGHT. UNLESS THEY WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE DEVELOPER.

RIGHT. IF IF MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT IS GOING TO INSTALL.

BUT CURRENTLY AT THIS MOMENT IT WOULD BE AT THEIR COST.

OKAY. YEAH. AND I DON'T MR. YOU MIND COMING UP, SIR? I KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP RIGHT WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT SEWER BEING AVAILABLE, BUT. RIGHT. WHAT? HOW WOULD IT BE? ACTUALLY, I LOOKED AT THE PLAN EARLIER TODAY. SO IF Y'ALL CAN SEE THE CURSOR, IT'S GOING TO COME RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE. AND SO, AS MR. CARMONA SAID, ONCE IT'S OPENED UP, I MEAN, ANYBODY TO THE NORTH COULD, COULD TIE IN. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONE RESIDENT TO THE SOUTH THAT HE WISHES TO TIE IN. I THINK THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE A VERBAL AGREEMENT IS IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN.

THERE'S NO TAPPING FEAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO HE'S ALLOWING THEM TO TAP IN, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE COST OF JUST THAT SMALL PIECE TO GET TO THAT, TO THAT LINE. BUT HE'S GOING TO WORK WITH THEM.

WHOEVER WANTS TO TAP IN, IF IT'S ON THE WAY, THEY'RE WILLING TO ALLOW HIM TO TAP ON IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFIED.

ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO I THINK INITIALLY OR THIS TIME AROUND, THE RESIDENTS WERE TOLD THAT THAT BASICALLY THE STORAGE WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LESSER EVILS VERSUS MULTIFAMILY.

IS THAT ZONED MULTIFAMILY RIGHT NOW? NO. THEIR PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE THAT ARE ZONED MULTIFAMILY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS PROPERTY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. SINGLE FAMILY.

RIGHT. SO THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIENCE.

SO THIS GETS REZONED. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS FAR AS THE PROJECT IS CONCERNED? I MEAN, THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY BE BUILT ALREADY.

THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS.

AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK? RIGHT. RIGHT. NOW THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AN UNSUBDIVIDED PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN ENGINEER, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS SO THAT THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY YET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHERE THE.

GOT IT. CORRECT. MAYOR MR. HAS A COMMENT ON ITEM SEVEN A.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. I WOULD ALLOW IT. GO AHEAD MA'AM. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

I CAME OVER HERE TO THE CITY TONIGHT, AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN.

SO I WONDERED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN OKAYED BEFORE WE GOT HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE ALL THE BRUSH HAS BEEN TORE DOWN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AND AGAIN, IT IS FOR THE THE SAFETY OF THE ONES THAT LIVE THERE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL STILL SINGLE HOMES, AND I THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED THAT THEY WILL BE HOOKED UP TO THE SEWER.

I'M ASSUMING IT SOUNDS LIKE.

AND IT JUST. AGAIN, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT JUST LOOKED FISHY TODAY WITH EVERYTHING BEING TORE OUT.

AND THEN YOU SAID THEY THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE SAYING A STORAGE UNIT TODAY.

BUT AFTER Y'ALL OKAY IT WE MAY HAVE MULTIPLE APARTMENTS AND THINGS NOT NOT MULTIPLE APARTMENTS BUT THERE'S OTHER COMMERCIAL USES THAT COULD BE AND THAT WOULD BE MORE ON THE SEWER SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T LIVE THERE.

BUT SOME OF US DO. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. PLEASE JUST ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

YEAH. MR.. MR. PEREZ DID SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO JUST RAISE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE RECENT RAINS, IT WAS PRETTY HIGH, AND HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE. BUT THERE'S I CAN ASSURE YOU, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PLAN WHERE HE COULD SEEK A MULTIFAMILY, OBVIOUSLY WOULD PUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY 100 UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY AT FIVE ACRES. HE DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT.

THAT IS NOT HIS INTENT.

WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, STORAGE UNITS, ONE RESTROOM.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE MINIMAL USE OF THE SEWER SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST VERIFY.

SO THE PROPERTY WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CAN YOU POST THERE THE WHERE IT'S GOT THE HIGHLIGHT IN YELLOW. THE FOUR ACRES THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS IT IS IN FAVOR OF THIS.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THOSE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SIGN LIVE ON THIS MAP, BUT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE WITHIN THE 300 FOOT RADIUS THAT SIGNED FOR IT.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST IMPACT, OF COURSE, WAS THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. THEY HAD SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND SEVERAL HOMES THAT THAT WENT DOWN TO THE EAST.

SO I DON'T KNOW. MISTER, COULD YOU ANSWER THAT? DID THE THE TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AGREE TO THAT? YES, ACTUALLY. COINCIDENTALLY, THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN ORANGE, THE

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THOSE ARE THE TWO LETTERS HE HAS IN FAVOR OF THAT.

SO THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH THEY WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT.

HE'S GOING TO PUT A WOODEN FENCE THAT WAY. THERE'S PRIVACY FOR THEM. THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. CARMONA. OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR.

SO THIS AREA, OBVIOUSLY, THIS AREA USED TO BE OUTSIDE OUR CITY, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STILL SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON SEPTIC.

SO WHERE IN OUR CITY. AND I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE ANOTHER ITEM, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, RELATED TO THIS WHAT IS OUR PLANS TO TAKE SEWER OUT THERE TO THIS AREA? MAYOR, CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE THIS AREA AS PART OF OUR CIP IMPROVEMENTS, BUT. AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO PUT IT ON OUR CIP? WE CAN DEFINITELY START WORKING ON A COST SYSTEM.

WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT ELEVATIONS TO MAKE SURE IT'LL WORK.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE CAN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADD IT AS PART OF OUR.

AND WITH THAT LIFT STATION THAT'S BEEN PUT IN THERE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THAT? YES, SIR. OKAY. GIVEN THAT THE THAT THE LINES THAT THEY EXTENDED WITHIN THAT MULTIFAMILY SUBDIVISION ON THE WEST SIDE ARE DEEP ENOUGH? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM. BE. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY PX DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY RM DISTRICT.

LOT FIVE, BLOCK 125 TOWN SIDE OF EDINBURG, LOCATED AT 406 VAN WEAK STREET AS REQUESTED

[B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Residential, Multi-family (RM) District, Lot 5, Block 125, Townsite of Edinburg, Located at 406 West Van Week Street, as Requested by VFP International Sales Corporation. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND MOTION TO DENY SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

I JUST WANT TO TALK TO THE INVESTOR. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING EDINBURGH.

WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR WE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR CONCERNS.

JUST LIKE THE PRIOR PROPERTY.

IF YOU GET ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVAL OF THE NEIGHBORS, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE CITY.

BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THERE'S TWO HOMES ON BOTH SIDES, AND THEY WOULD NOT LIKE IT IF THEY HAD MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENTS THERE.

THAT'S THE REASON I MADE THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY.

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

COUNCIL AT THIS TIME WERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ITEMS. SEE? CAN COUNCIL CAN I TAKE ITEM C AND D TOGETHER,

[C. Hold a Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget for the City of Edinburg for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 and Ending September 30, 2025. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

SEPARATELY. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE HEARING FOR ITEM C.

THIS IS ON OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

WE WELCOME ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME RELATED TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND MY QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN, HAS THIS BEEN POSTED FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW? MAYOR, COUNCIL, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE? YES, YES, IT HAS BEEN POSTED.

GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS ON THIS, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING ON ITEM C.

[D. Hold a Public Hearing on the Proposed Tax Rate for the City of Edinburg for Tax Year 2024, Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 and Ending September 30, 2025. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A HEARING, BUT. OKAY.

THIS IS ABOUT YOUR TAX RATE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE BENCHMARK FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, THE LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE, WHICH WAS 0.6 $0.03.

ALL RIGHT. THIS YEAR, IF YOU WERE IT'S CALLED NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOWER THAT TO 0.6054 AND BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS YOU BROUGHT IN THIS LAST YEAR.

THAT'S NOT COUNTING OVER I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS GOTTEN WILL BE GETTING OVER $8 MILLION FOR ALL THE NEW HOMES, NEW BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME IN.

THE SAME WITH THE CITY.

THERE ARE LOTS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER HERE.

SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY RUN THE CITY WITH WHAT YOU DID THIS LAST YEAR WITH LOWERING THE TAX RATE. I KNOW ALL THE CITIES THROUGHOUT AND THE THE COUNTY.

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AND EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

THEY'RE THINKING OF US.

THE APPRAISED VALUES WENT UP SO MUCH.

AND YEARS AGO WHEN THE APPRAISED VALUES WENT UP, THE TAX RATES WERE TO GO DOWN.

IF THE TAX RATE WENT UP, THE VALUES WERE SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN.

AND ALL OF THE TAXING ENTITIES SAID, WHOA, LET'S DOUBLE WHAMMY.

SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR ELECTION, THAT YOU COULD LOWER IT TO 0.6054 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN EDINBURGH. AND YOU'RE ALSO DOING D, I MEAN C BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS D.

SO LET ME GO. ARE YOU WHICH ONE ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? I DON'T WANT TO MISS. WE'RE ON ITEM SEVEN D, DEMON.

OKAY. JUST THE 17TH. YES, MA'AM.

SO AGAIN, Y'ALL CAN LOWER IT AND BE HELPFUL TO EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, CANNOT PAY THE RENT, CANNOT PAY THEIR HOME MORTGAGES, CAN'T FEED THEIR CHILDREN.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IS FEEDING THEM THEIR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND IF THEY STAY AFTER SCHOOL. SO THIS IS THE ONE TIME THAT Y'ALL COULD SHOW THE CITIZENS WHAT YOU WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT EDINBURG AND LOWER IT TO 0.6054.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

THE HEARING IS STILL OPEN FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THAT WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. GOOD EVENING. DIANE. CHEATER, PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BIOLOGY AT STC.

I'M JUST COMING FROM RGV, WHERE WE REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION DAY TODAY.

SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, AND I JUST DON'T GET IT BECAUSE THE PRIOR SPEAKER WAS SAYING THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THIS, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE MORE MONEY AND THE CITY CAN DO THIS.

ALL RIGHT. LAST YEAR I SAT IN THE BACK OVER THERE AND THIS TAX RATE CAME BACK UP AND I SAT THERE AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE I GLAZED OVER BECAUSE I COULDN'T REALLY BELIEVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT YOU REDUCED THE TAX RATE BY $0.01, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE.

COUNCILMAN WHITES. AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD GO OVER ABOUT THE TAX RATE. ALL RIGHT.

SO FIRST THING IS I LOOKED UP USING MY AI CHATBOT, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR NOWADAYS.

AND AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, AWARE OF I LOVE THAT VERY APP.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK. IN 2024, TEXAS REVENUE CAPS CONTINUE TO IMPACT PROPERTY TAXES IN EDINBURG IN SEVERAL WAYS.

YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE CAP.

YOU HAVE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE, WHICH I'M HAPPY ABOUT.

AS A SENIOR. WE ALSO HAVE APPRAISAL CAPS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOL RATE COMPRESSION.

ALL OF THESE WE USE WITH THESE FANCY FORMULAS THAT ARE TOLD, WELL, IF YOU DO THIS AND THIS THEN IT'S GOING TO END UP OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE WE'RE RECENTLY BEEN COMPARED EDINBURG TO MCALLEN. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT SO THERE'S A FEW KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MCALLEN AND EDINBURG.

PROPERTY TAX RATE MCALLEN HAS A SLIGHTLY LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATE COMPARED TO EDINBURGH BECAUSE THEIR MEDIAN HOME VALUES ARE HIGHER.

THEY ALSO HAVE A MATURE MARKET.

ALL RIGHT NOW. SO OVERALL MCALLEN MIGHT BE BETTER SITUATED FOR A SLIGHTLY LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATE. BUT THE HIGHER MEDIAN HOME VALUES COULD OFFSET THE BENEFIT.

ALL RIGHT. NOW MCALLEN DOES HAVE SOME LOCAL ADVANTAGES THAT CAN INFLUENCE TAX COLLECTION COMPARED TO EDINBURGH.

THEY HAVE GREATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, LARGER CITY.

I MEAN, WE'RE 107. THERE WERE 147,000 PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT. MCALLEN IS CLOSER TO THE BORDER.

THEY HAVE TOURISM AND CROSS BORDER TRADE.

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EDINBURG IS NEW, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ALL THE TIME.

AND THEN AGAIN, POPULATION SIZE.

SO. THIS LAST MEETING ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE COMMON GUIDE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RESERVE FUNDS FOR THE EDINBURG CITY OF EDINBURGH.

RIGHT. AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT THE 15% WAS JUST TOO MUCH.

BUT AGAIN, I CHECKED AND I SAID A COMMON GUIDELINE IS TO HAVE A RESERVE FUND THAT COVERS AT LEAST 15 TO 20% OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

THIS HELPS ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE CITY, SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.

NOW WE CAN ALSO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT EDINBURG WAS COMPARED TO MCALLEN.

AND THE BEST THING THAT THE SPEAKER COULD COME UP WITH WAS THE LANDFILL.

WELL, I THINK EDINBURG HAS LOTS OF THINGS.

I THINK EDINBURG HAS OVER 20 PARKS.

WE HAVE GREEN SPACES, WE HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THEN I THINK ABOUT, WELL, ASKING TO DECREASE THE TAX RATE.

AND WE BOTH HEARD LAST TIME ABOUT THE NORTH EDINBURG HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WITH THE STUDENTS HAVING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER.

ALL RIGHT. YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU PLOW UP ALL THE FIELDS OUT THERE AND THE BRUSH, AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO GREEN NATURAL DRAINAGE. IT'S ALL GOING TO HAVE TO BE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR CONCRETE DRAINAGE.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. SO LET'S THINK ABOUT GREEN DRAINAGE FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE TAX RATE AS IT SHOULD BE AS MENTIONED TO DECREASE IT. I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE IT BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN OUR CITY. WE SHOULD PAY OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT WAS NEGATED THAT SOMEONE SAID THEY WEREN'T WORTH THAT 3%.

WELL, I THINK THEY'RE WORTH 3%, AND I THINK THEY'RE EVEN WORTH MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS.

I THINK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILMEN SHOULD BE PAID.

AND YOU ARE ALL AWARE WITH MY.

ADVISORY ON THIS. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE LIBRARY SERVICES.

THE ONLY REASON THAT THE LIBRARY IS ACCREDITED IS BECAUSE OF HIDALGO COUNTY.

WE HEARD THAT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE ALSO HEARD IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE BEING OVERTURNED. WELL, GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN BRING IN MONEY WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE ANYTIME, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO, BECAUSE YOU CAN PASS AN ORDINANCE.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING THE CONTRACTORS PAY MORE.

BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THE PARKS OUT THERE NEAR NORTH EDINBURGH.

THEY WILL BE THE NATURAL DRAINAGE AREAS.

THEY WILL DECREASE. YOU HAVE A TALENTED PROFESSIONAL FORESTER.

USE HIM. HE'S YOUR GREATEST ACCENT ASSET.

SO ONCE AGAIN I ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT DECREASE THE TAX RATE.

KEEP IT AS IT IS. AND IT WAS UP TO ME.

I'D SAY PLEASE INCREASE IT FOR BETTER SERVICES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS UNDER ITEM SEVEN D ON OUR TAX RATE? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM D COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

A CONSIDER REVIEWING AND APPROVING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE 2023 2024 FISCAL YEAR BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND,

[8. BUDGET]

[A. Consider Reviewing and Approving Ordinance Amending the Budget for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year by Providing Additional Revenues and Additional Appropriations to the General Fund, Utility Fund, Solid Waste Management Fund, and the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS.

IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET.

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I THINK MOST OF US ON COUNCIL WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.

IT IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN OVER 20 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

BUT AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE CURRENT ECONOMY COST.

EVERYTHING GOES UP. SO THE THE EVALUATION THAT THERE IS A BUMP.

IT'S REALLY REFLECTING THE COST OF BUILDING THAT SAME HOME WITH THE CURRENT MARKET.

I THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO JUST COSTS A LOT MORE MONEY AND, AND HOPEFULLY. SO THIS IS DONE EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? AND I PRAY THAT OUR ECONOMY LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER NEXT YEAR AFTER THE ELECTIONS.

AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD BE ABLE TO SATISFY BOTH SIDES OF, OF THIS DISCUSSION. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF SO MUCH WORK, SO MANY THINGS. WE'RE WE'RE PROVIDING MORE SERVICES.

I SEE PARKS AND REC. WE HAVE THE LARGEST PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIELDS.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES.

THERE'S SO, SO MANY NEEDS.

AND EVEN AT THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GET CUT OFF TO MAKE SURE AND HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. BUT THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

COUNSELOR, EYE ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS TO THE BUDGET GOES FIRST.

OR THE TAX RATE JUST FOR APPROVAL.

I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.

THE BUDGET GOES FIRST OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO AT THIS TIME CONSIDER ITEM B CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURG FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST I DID WANT TO BRING UP A FEW THINGS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DID WANT TO.

FOR THE RESIDENTS SAKE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO OVER PROBABLY CAN PROBABLY GO OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM OF THE TAX RATE, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER IT ON HERE ON THE BUDGET, OUR BUDGET, OUR REVENUES.

TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND IN PARTICULAR ARE BASICALLY LARGELY OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE.

RIGHT. AND BUT AS IT RELATES TO THAT, CAN YOU GO OVER I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT EXEMPTIONS WE HAVE INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT USING ALL THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING.

THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS.

THERE ARE SOME FOR OUR VETERANS, FOR THE HOMESTEAD.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON THOSE VERY QUICK BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW THESE REVENUES ARE TIED TO KEEPING OUR CURRENT TAX RATE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I SUPPORT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE WHAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET AS FAR AS OUR REVENUES RELATED TO ASSISTING OUR RESIDENTS.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THE CITY OFFERS A 5000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

WE DO OFFER EXEMPTIONS FOR VETERANS.

WE DO FOR HOUSE BILL 366, FOR FREEPORT, FOR OVER 65 AND FOR POLLUTION CONTROL. AND THERE'S ALSO A FREEZE ALSO FOR THE DISABLED.

YES. AT ANY, ANY PERSON THAT IS 65 OR OLDER THAT FREEZES AT THE AGE OF 65.

THEY THEY WILL PAY THAT AMOUNT FOR FOR THE ONCE THEY FILE THAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. IT'S A TAX. THE ACTUAL TAX AMOUNT, NOT THE TAX RATE OR THE TAX VALUATION.

IT'S A TAX AMOUNT THEY PAY.

OKAY. AND THEN FOR THAT PURPOSE, DOES SOMEONE IS IT AUTOMATIC OR DOES THE RESIDENT NEED TO GO TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND FILE THAT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THEY NEED TO GO BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND FILE THAT? AND THAT BEING THE CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY ADMINISTRATION, I KNOW WE DID THIS LAST YEAR TO HELPING PEOPLE FILL OUT THEIR HOMESTEAD APPLICATION.

I'D LIKE US TO CONTINUE HAVING THOSE SEMINARS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

I THINK THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HELPED US. I THINK AS WELL AS THE TAX OFFICE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT PERHAPS FILED THAT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

TAX STATEMENTS ARE GOING TO COME IN NEXT MONTH SOMETIME.

NOT SURE WHAT THEY QUALIFY, BUT I THINK WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING, BEFORE THE TAXES ARE DUE AT THE END OF JANUARY.

I JUST WANT TO ASK CITY STAFF TO HELP WITH THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL WORK ON COORDINATING THAT.

MAYOR, AS PER YOUR REQUEST THE OTHER JUST COMMENTS THAT I HAD WAS JUST ON THE BUDGET THAT'S INCLUDED. THIS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR WEBSITE.

EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO IT TO VIEW AND SEE WHAT'S INCLUDED.

YES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO I DID ASK OUR CITY STAFF AND JUST ECHOING OUR MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS I DO WANT TO THANK FINANCE DEPARTMENT, CITY ADMINISTRATION, ALL THE CITY STAFF.

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AND IT IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TO NOTE TO EVERYBODY.

WE'RE WORKING WITH, OBVIOUSLY, THE TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SET, THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE AND STICKING WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

THE OTHER THING TOO, IS THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ITEMS AS TIGHT AS THE BUDGET IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INCLUDE, AND I WANTED TO GO OVER THOSE FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE WHEN WE INCLUDE THE ARPA FUNDS. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN STREET REPAIRS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION IN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET. WE HAVE ALSO WE'RE UPDATING ACTUALLY, WE'RE UPDATING OUR MASTER PLAN IN-HOUSE FOR OUR PARKS PLAN FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE OVER 100,000 IN LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY SIDEWALKS AS WELL.

ALSO, THE EDINBURG 2040 PROGRAM, OF WHICH COMMITTEES ARE A PART OF.

WE'RE FUNDING 7.2 MILLION IN RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'S COME OUT OF THOSE COMMITTEES. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. THESE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE ARE ALSO MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO EBONY AND LOS LAGOS. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO PROPOSE LOOKING INTO A NEW LIBRARY COMMUNITY CENTER IN OUR CITY AS WELL. THIS BUDGET ALLOWS FOR A SPACE ANALYSIS STUDY, IS THAT CORRECT, CITY MANAGER? TO HELP US ASSESS LOCATION AND THE BEST PLACE TO TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD, A LOT OF TIMES, OUR BUDGET BOOK, JUST SO YOU ALL SEE, IT'S THIS THICK. IT'S HARD TO DECIPHER EVERYTHING IN HERE, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE, INCLUDING A WELL DESERVED INCREASE TO OUR EMPLOYEES, A 3% FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP I DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON OUR UTILITY FUND, BUT THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR SOME PROPOSED INCREASES, BUT I DID ASK CITY STAFF, AND THEY PROVIDED ME A LOT OF INFORMATION, WHICH I APPRECIATE, RELATED TO SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO OUR SYSTEM. I THINK THERE'S OVER $2 MILLION INCLUDED IN OUR UTILITY FUND, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OF IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF OUR CIP? YES. 0.1 2,768,100. AND WE'RE ON PACE TO AGAIN HOPEFULLY EXPAND OUR TREATMENT FACILITY AS WELL, BOTH ON THE WATER SIDE AND THE SEWER SIDE.

SO IT'S WE WISH WE COULD FUND MORE THINGS.

WE HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE. BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD BUDGET, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.

SO IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY, MAYOR.

SO THE MAYOR SHOWED YOU THE BOOK AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED.

BUT BELIEVE ME, THERE WERE A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED THAT WE HAD TO LEAVE OFF AND HOPEFULLY PLAN FOR NEXT BUDGET ENABLED JUST TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME. AS YOU MENTIONED.

IT'S LIKE AN AN EIGHT FONT THAT'S REAL SMALL.

IF IT WOULD BE LARGER, WE'D HAVE A BIGGER BOOK.

YEAH. SO ALL RIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. MAYOR. WE NEED A RECORD VOTE ON THAT. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.

I MEAN, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M FOR IT. I'M FOR IT.

OKAY. AND I'M FOR IT. ALL RIGHT.

[B. Consider Ordinance Adopting the Budget for the City of Edinburg for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 and Ending September 30, 2025. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

[C. Consider Ordinance Adopting the Tax Rate and Levy for the City of Edinburg for the Tax Year 2024, Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 and Ending September 30, 2025. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE AND LEVY FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR THE TAX YEAR 2020, FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND SECOND. I BELIEVE MISS FERN HAD A COMMENT I HAD HERE, MA'AM. AGAIN FROM THE COUNTY.

HERE'S WHERE I GET MY INFORMATION.

THE BENCHMARK. AND AGAIN, Y'ALL COULD LOWER IT.

ONE PENNY. AGAIN, YOU COULD LOWER IT SEVERAL COUPLE OF PENNIES.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT, BUT THIS SHOWS FROM THE COUNTY THAT Y'ALL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD LAST YEAR, PLUS MORE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A PENNY OR SOMETHING TO HELP THE ONES THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT.

THANK YOU, MISS VERNON. LET ME JUST ADDRESS I KNOW WE'RE NOT A PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DID INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO ALL AVENUES.

AND I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK STAFF AGAIN.

IT'S A TOUGH TASK TO LOOK AT ALL THE REQUESTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TAX RATE.

IT MAY NOT BE LOWERING IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THERE IS MORE REVENUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.

WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO, BUT KNOW THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS BEING VERY MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR BUDGET.

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AND BELIEVE ME THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE.

AND THEY ARE ANSWERED.

BUT AT THE END IT'S JUST BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND I THINK WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR AND THEY CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAD A LOT OF TIME THAT THEY HAD TO SPEND AT LEAST GETTING MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, I'M SURE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOO.

I'M CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT WHAT WE'RE PROVING IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

SO AND JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

IF SOMEONE COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO, SO I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE WE'RE ACTUALLY RETRO THE TAX RATE. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE TAX RATE WAS THIS LOW? 1991, 1991. WE WENT BACK TO THE TAX RATE FROM 1991, AND ACTUALLY WE LOWERED IT FROM PREVIOUS TAX RATES THAT WERE RAISED.

COULD YOU TOUCH ON THAT, MYRA? THE I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY DEDUCTED OR REDUCED THE TAX RATE APPROXIMATELY $0.04 SINCE THEN. FIVE CLOSER TO FIVE.

YEAH. AND SO PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS RAISED THE TAX RATE A FEW TIMES.

AND WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK ON THAT AND WENT BACK ALL THE WAY TO 1991.

AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE.

AND SO IT'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'VE ALREADY REDUCED THE TAX RATE $0.05.

I THINK I THINK IT SHOULD BE NOTED, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON WE'RE ABLE TO NOT RAISE OUR TAX RATE IS THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BECOMING MORE VALUABLE AND MORE WORTH MORE. I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY, OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUFF.

THEY CAN'T LIVE ON WHAT THEY GOT LAST YEAR.

THE PRICES OF MILK AND GROCERIES AND GAS OR GAS SEEMS TO BE COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR GOING DOWN. THESE WERE NOT UNLIKE MISSION WHEN I BEFORE I CAME TO WORK HERE TODAY.

I MEAN, I CAME TO COME TO THE OFFICE.

THE NEWS IS REPORTING THAT MISSION HAS GONE UP 7.5% ON PROPERTY TAX.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT 7.5% MEANS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE OUT PENNIES, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY $0.03.

TWO, $0.03 COST. AND PLUS WHATEVER THEY GOT.

BUT OUR EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW GIVE THEM A 3% RAISE SO THEY CAN TRY TO KEEP THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THE SAME LEVEL.

IT'S NOT A RAISE. IT'S MORE LIKE A MORE LIKE AN A COLA AREA.

MY GOAL IS PROBABLY ABOUT 2.23 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO NOT RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING WELL.

OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING UP, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH AND THE WEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE'S THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BELL CURVE, THERE'S SOME OUTER LIMITS, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL, AND WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE NOT SO WELL LIKE THAT YOUNG MAN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT OUR HOMELESS POPULATION TOO.

SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. IF WE COULD ERASE 2% OR $0.02, WE COULD HAVE DONE MAYBE FIX A BUNCH MORE STREETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT WE GOT TO KEEP IT ALL WITHIN REASON BUT A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND AND JUST TO TO ADD ON WHAT CHIEF WAS SAYING, COLA IS THE ACRONYM FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THE COLA IS. AND SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE ADDED THAT, THAT WE REALLY DON'T HIGHLIGHT FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE HERE.

WHEN I GOT IN OFFICE, I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT IF YOU WORKED FOR THE CITY AND RETIRED AND YOU WERE NOT OF MEDICARE AGE, YOU WERE DROPPED FROM THE INSURANCE.

WE CAME AND ADDED THAT BACK ON FOR THE EMPLOYEES SO THAT YOU COULD STAY WITH THE CITY, YOU COULD RETIRE AND STILL BE COVERED BY THE INSURANCE.

YOU COME IN AND GIVE OVER 20 YEARS AND THEN HAVE TO GO BUY YOUR OWN INSURANCE AFTER YOU RETIRED FROM THE CITY. THAT THAT DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, LITTLE BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE.

SO MANY THINGS THAT WE REALLY DON'T HIGHLIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR WORK.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. I THINK WE NEED A RECORD VOTE. I APOLOGIZE ON THIS AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. YAY YAY YAY AND IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM D.

[D. Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Transfers for the Following: [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

BUDGET TRANSFERS. FOR THE FOLLOWING THE ITEMS ARE LISTED.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE DEPARTMENT TO FUND AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AS DOCUMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS ITEM NINE A CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PROGRAM BUDGET AMENDMENT. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I KNOW THERE'S A TIMING HERE INVOLVED.

ARE WE ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE THE FUNDS ARE UTILIZED? YES, WE'RE ON TRACK. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

THE EXPENDITURE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026.

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SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022 CAPITAL LEASE PROGRAM SCHEDULES AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT LISTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TEN A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

[9. RESOLUTIONS]

[A. Consider Resolution Approving the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) Program Budget Amendment. [Claudia L. Farias, Director of Grants Administration]]

[B. Consider Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Capital Lease Program Schedules and Capital Equipment Lists. [Nelda Ramirez, Assistant City Manager]]

[10. ORDINANCES]

[A. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title III, Administration, Chapter 30, Administrative Code, Section 30.073 to Provide Changes to the Civil Service Classification and Compensation Plans. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THIS IN LINE WITH OUR MEETING? CONFER.

YES. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

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

ITEM B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE THREE. ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 30,

[B. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title III, Administration, Chapter 30, Administrative Code, Sections 30.071, 30.072, and 30.075 to Provide for Various Changes to the City’s Current Classification and Compensation Plan for Non-Civil Service Employees. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service].]

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS MAINLY TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT RIGHT THE INCREASE, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDING AND DELETING POSITIONS.

DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR COMP PLAN OR WOULD THIS DO THAT OR.

YES. GOOD EVENING. BELINDA TORRES DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

MY AGENDA ITEM IS SIMPLY TO UPDATE THE PAY SCHEDULE, WHICH IS A COMPENSATION PLAN, AND CLEAN IT UP, ADD AND REMOVE POSITIONS BASED ON THE BUDGET PERSONNEL REVIEW.

GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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

MOVING ON TO ITEM C, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG. FIREFIGHTERS.

OH, THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANTED.

YES, SIR. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION? I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL ON THAT.

SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO GO TO EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE.

SECOND, SECOND, A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS ITEM AFTER EXECUTIVE.

[D. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “18th Annual Texas Cook’Em: High Steaks in Edinburg” to be held from Friday, October 11, 2024 through Saturday, October 12, 2024 at Ebony Hills Golf Course, Being a Tract of Land Containing 66.886 Acres Situated in the City of Edinburg Out of Lot 9, Section 274 and Lots 11 & 12, Section 271, Located at 300 West Mark Peña Drive, as Requested by Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]]

BEING A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 66.88 ACRES SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, OUT OF LOT NINE, SECTION 274 AND LOTS 11 AND 12.

SECTION 271, LOCATED AT 300 WEST MARK DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION A SECOND WAS LOOKING FOR ANYBODY FROM THE CHAMBER.

I WAS CURIOUS, SO WHAT HAPPENS ON FRIDAY? I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL IN ONE DAY.

IS HE HERE? OH, THERE'S MISS MILLER.

MISS MILLER, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. ON FRIDAY. IS THAT IS THIS A CONCERT STOP FRIDAY OR JUST SET UP ALL SET UP? OKAY. SORRY, IT'S NOT TWO DAYS.

OKAY, GREAT. THE BARBECUE.

GOT IT. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT THERE ON OCTOBER 12TH. HIGH STAKES ITEM E,

[E. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “25th Anniversary Dirty Dave’s Cycle” Event to be Held Friday, October 18, 2024, Through Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the Edinburg Racetrack being Property Identification Number 120073, Located at 15920 North I-69C, as Requested by David Garcia. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]]

AS REQUESTED BY DAVID GARCIA.

MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WITH DISCUSSION.

SECOND. GO AHEAD. YEAH.

EL FESTIVAL. ESTAMOS HACIENDO NOSOTROS ES PARA LA PUBLICIDAD TURISTAS ANTES DE TODO ES NADA MAS EN EL TURISMO FESTEJAR CON NOSOTROS Y EL SEGUNDO ES SOBRE TODO LO OK ES LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL DESDE LOS CORPORACIONES FACILITANDO TODO EL EVENTO COBRANDO NINGUN PATROCINIO DE NADA. TODO ES DONACIONES HACIA EL EVENTO DE MI MARIDO.

NOSOTROS ESTAMOS MANEJANDO AQUI HICIMOS CON LA COMUNIDAD DE USTEDES ES DE NOSOTROS ESTE ANO LO ESTAMOS HACIENDO POR ESA RAZON.

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QUEREMOS HACERLO CADA ANO.

ENTONCES NOSOTROS QUEREMOS EL SIGUIENTE ANO Q VENGA EL DOUBLE OR TRIPLE DE ESTE ANO.

PERO ESTAMOS HABLANDO DE TURISTAS Y ESTAMOS HABLANDO DE LA COMUNIDAD.

MAS DE 76 GRUPOS AQUI EN EL VALLE.

EN EL EVENTO ES UN FESTIVAL CARRERAS.

LAS PERSONAS DE TIEMPO AUSTIN AND HOUSTON.

POR ESO NOSOTROS ESTAMOS AQUI POR DOS MUJERES Y TENEMOS UNA PISTA Y NOSOTROS.

SOMOS PARTE DE LA COMUNIDAD DE EDINBURG.

VERDAD APROVECHAMOS EL NOMBRE DE MI MARIDO PARA PODER VER HASTA DONDE SE LE ALCANCE DE NOSOTROS. ESTE ANO SIN NINGUN PATROCINIO DE NADIE ES SIMPLEMENTE NOSOTROS.

NO ESTAMOS SOLICITANDO NADA A LA CIUDAD.

CUANDO VENIMOS A LA INVITACION.

SI PODRIA SER UN UN SALUDO PARA TODA LA COMUNIDAD.

NOSOTROS NOSOTROS TENEMOS TODO ESTO.

TENEMOS LOS GRUPOS. TENEMOS TAMBIÉN EL GRUPO DE ACROBACIAS.

TENEMOS TENEMOS LOS PERMISOS PARA PODER TRAER TODO.

POR REYNOSA CON TODO FEDERALES DE CAMINOS DE MÉXICO Y CON TODO LO GARIN SIENDO GOBIERNO.

TODOS LOS. GOBIERNOS. GUADALAJARA.

MONTERREY, MEXICO. REYNOSA.

IN REYNOSA, EL PRESIDENTE MUNICIPAL VAN A HACER LA ENTRADA DIRECTO PARA PARA PARA QUÉ? PORQUE VIENEN LAS ESTRELLAS TODOS VAN DIRECTAMENTE A L'HOTEL.

DE PARKING Q AQUI EN ESTAMOS MANEJANDO PORQUE TAMBIÉN.

DORMIR A LOS EVENTOS Y LOS OTROS HOTELS.

PORQUE VIENEN FAMILIARES DE NOSOTROS TURISMO Y TAMBIÉN VIENEN A SUS FAMILIAS SE QUEDAN EN LOS OTROS HOTELS. BUENO MUCHAS GRACIAS SENORA DE NUESTRA CIUDAD Y SI YO TAMBIÉN LA COMUNIDAD. SOUTH TEXAS MUSEUM MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM.

EN SU CIUDAD Y BUENO LA INVITACION PRIMERO PARA ISSO PARA TODOS PARA EL EVENTO.

GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS.

GRACIAS. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OH, I'M SO SORRY.

IS THERE STILL DISCUSSION? YEAH. GO AHEAD, SIR. WHAT IS THE ASK FOR HERE? USUALLY ON ALL THESE. THERE'S AN ASK.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PRESENCE OF SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE THERE. AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY THAT? THAT'S WHAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR. COUNCIL MEMBER I BELIEVE THAT'S THE REQUEST.

THAT'S THE WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A THOUSAND BIKERS, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENT ONE PERCENTERS GANGS OUT THERE TOO. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE THE WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, GUYS THAT I WORK WITH AND STUFF LIKE THAT OR COME DOWN HERE. CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS ON THIS? AND I'LL TELL Y'ALL RIGHT NOW, I'M AGAINST IT BEING THE CHIEF'S POSITION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE FEELS ABOUT IT, BUT, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD ISSUES HERE WITH THE.

WITH THE BANDIDOS. THEY USED TO GATHER OVER THERE BY LOWE'S.

AND THEN WE HAD A BIG BRAWL THAT HAPPENED OVER HERE AT THE COLLEGE.

BIG BELLIES OR OVER HERE ON JUNIOR.

THAT'S WHERE I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S WHERE MOLINA'S BROTHERS GOT PRETTY BADLY BEAT UP, TOO. BUT THAT WAS SO EVERYBODY THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING DOWN HERE SOME GOOD WEEKEND GUYS THAT ARE THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE. I REALLY LOVE TO HAVE SOME INTELLIGENCE ON THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

I KNOW DPS HAS AN INTELLIGENCE.

I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT WHAT THE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM THEIR INTELLIGENCE.

ON WHAT GANGS PLAN ON COMING.

WHAT GROUPS COMING? I DON'T WANT TO WHAT WAS IT, KILLEEN OR WACO? WHAT? KILLEEN. WACO. WACO. WHEN THE OTHER SHOOTING WITH THE WITH THE THE NOMAD.

THE NOMAD GROUP. THERE'S A BIG HISTORY IN THIS, GUYS. AND I HOPE YOU'RE. I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING. I HOPE YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY STOPPED BRINGING IT TO THE ISLAND.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THEY STOPPED THE MOTORCYCLE FEST FOR FOR THE ISSUES THAT WERE COMING. THEY'VE DONE. THEY'VE DONE AWAY WITH THE ISLAND.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONES THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE THE CITY THAT'S GOING TO BE KNOWN FOR

[01:40:02]

SO WE PRETTY MUCH STOPPED TRYING TO DO THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I THINK YOU WERE THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME. WE'D ALWAYS HAVE A STABBING OR SOMETHING SERIOUS THAT WOULD REALLY HAPPEN. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BRING IN CERTAIN ELEMENTS, AND I'M AFRAID OF IT.

I WON'T BE ATTENDING. AND SO MY, MY.

THANK YOU. CHIEF. I KNOW YOU GOT YOU HAVE THE BACKGROUND ON THAT. I WAS I MISTAKEN OR DID SHE SAY THERE WOULD BE NO COLORS ALLOWED? DID I HEAR THAT? DO WE KNOW THAT? ARE THEY STILL HERE? THEY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CONTROL THAT.

YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT. SO IN OTHER WORDS. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU I'M A MOTORCYCLE GUY.

I'VE GONE TO RALLIES. I'VE GONE TO STURGIS.

A LOT OF THAT. THOSE RALLIES, THEY DON'T ALLOW COLORS.

IT'S PART OF. I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS.

IS THIS A RALLY, OR IS THIS AN EVENT THAT A RACING EVENT? I GUESS I'M KIND OF CONFUSED.

SO I THINK THIS IS AN EVENT. I DON'T KNOW, CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK TO THIS. I THINK THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT AT THE RACETRACK, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

SO I COULD SPEAK TO IT.

AND SO BECAUSE IT'S AN EVENT, THAT'S WHERE THEY COME IN FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, I DON'T THINK THE ASSIGNED POLICE OFFICERS THERE.

I THINK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECK INTO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AND THAT'S PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IS IT NOT? RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWING SOME RVS TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE RACETRACK. AND IT'S GOING TO BE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE THE NIGHT.

THEY WANT POLICE PRESENCE JUST TO BE IN THE AREA.

NOT TO BE, BUT NOT A SIGN.

NOT A SIGN. CORRECT. WELL, CHIEF, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOW MAY I LOVE THE POLICE CHIEF, I, I HAVE CONCERNS ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE.

MOTORCYCLE RALLY WITH THOUSANDS THAT MIGHT BE IN ATTENDANCE, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.

THERE'S AN AMOUNT OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO IT, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO BE PRESENT, VISIBLE AND AVAILABLE AND READY TO RESPOND TO ANY TYPE OF CRITICAL INCIDENT OR CRISIS. AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE MENTIONED, AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN WACO, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT BLACK EYE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MANAGE THAT.

MANY BIKERS COMING THROUGH OUR CITY, STAYING AT OUR HOTELS, VISITING OUR RESTAURANTS.

I'M ALL FOR TOURISM. ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF TOURISM AND WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY OUR CITY. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE LEGWORK. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE A LOT MORE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION.

I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S COMING. I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED MEXICO, REYNOSA.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR BACKGROUNDS. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR AFFILIATIONS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH MOTORCYCLE CLUBS.

THEY RIDE THEIR ENTHUSIASTS.

MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM DIAZ, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE OUT THERE.

WE DO HAVE OFFICERS THAT GET IN THE WRONG PLACES, AND THEY ENCOUNTER ONE PERCENTERS AND THERE'S CONFRONTATION.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS RISK OF THE WRONG MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST SHOWING UP TO A RALLY AND THEN THERE BEING CONFRONTATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE CANNOT ENFORCE THE COLORS THAT THEY WEAR.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE THE COLORS THEY WEAR, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ON US TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SECURITY PLATFORM IS.

THEY'VE NOT I'VE NOT MET WITH THEM.

THEY'VE NOT MET WITH ME TO TO TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS, RIGHT.

SO. OKAY, I HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU.

SO, MR. ACEVEDO, WHAT'S THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

WHEN Y'ALL COME BEFORE US, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO WHAT? WHAT TOOK PLACE? WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WE JUST APPROVED TEXAS COOKHAM.

RIGHT? PART OF THEIR EVENT.

EVERYBODY MEETS. AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT EVENT. THAT'S A CITY EVENT. BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT IS SO THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS GET TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

WHY AREN'T ALL DEPARTMENTS I GUESS, MADE AWARE OF THIS? THIS WAS LIKE A LAST MINUTE DEAL. YEAH.

IT WAS JUST. OKAY. WELL, THAT BEING THE CASE, COUNCIL, LET'S TABLE IT AND BRING IT BACK.

BACK AT THE DEPARTMENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT.

I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ONE MORE POINT BEFORE WE DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. NO, NOT AT ALL.

CHIEF, WERE WE ALSO APPROVED COOKHAM HERE FOR OCTOBER 11TH? HOW MANY OFFICERS DO YOU PLAN ON PUTTING IN COOKHAM? CAN YOU.

OH, THE COOKHAM EVENT.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE PROBABLY 12 OFFICERS OR SO.

WE WE DO COVER THE NIGHTTIME FOR THE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE STUFF THAT'S LEFT OUT THERE. BUT IT JUST DEPENDS WHEN YOU'RE PICKED UP.

WHAT'S YOUR PEAK? MORE OR LESS. I'M NOT HOLDING YOU TO A NUMBER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR ME TO DO THAT. I THINK I THINK IT'S USUALLY AROUND 12 FOR, FOR FOR COOKHAM. AND THAT'S JUST COOK THEM RIGHT.

AND SO WITH THAT INFORMATION AND EVERYBODY'S GOING ZERO EVERYBODY'S.

CHIEF WHITE, THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING US.

I'D LIKE TO CHANGE MY MOTION TO TABLE.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

AND A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THESE FOLKS, BRING IT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE ANSWERS, PLEASE. AND IF WE COULD ALSO JUST DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. AS FAR AS THE INTELLIGENCE,

[01:45:03]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

[F. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title V, Public Works, Chapter 53 Water Regulations, Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan to Include Section 53.33 Car Wash Establishments, Providing for the Creation of Spatial Distance from Adjoining Car Wash Establishments. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

ITEM F, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE FIVE, PUBLIC WORKS, CHAPTER 53 WATER REGULATIONS, WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN TO INCLUDE SECTION 53.33 CAR WASH ESTABLISHMENTS PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF SPATIAL DISTANCE FROM ADJOINING CAR WASH ESTABLISHMENTS. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE RECAP, I KNOW IT'S ON HERE.

THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE A SPATIAL DISTANCE.

RIGHT. AND STARTING WHEN I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY.

SO RIGHT NOW THE ONES THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.

THEY WOULD STAY. OKAY.

AND SO HOW LONG WILL THIS BE IN PLACE THIS DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.

IT'S IT STARTS FROM HERE ON OUT.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY THAT HAVE SUBMITTED FOR PLANS FOR.

THERE'S THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE ONE ON THE CORNER OF KLAUSSNER AND FREDDIE.

NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT.

ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGE.

DO I HAVE ANY THAT HAVE SUBMITTED? THERE'S SOME THAT ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, BUT NOT IN THE PLANNING. NOT IN PLANNING. OKAY. CORRECT, CORRECT. AND AND JUST JUST FOR INFORMATION. THIS IS JUST PUTTING A SPACE BETWEEN ALL THE CAR WASHES.

WE SEE THAT THERE'S A CAR WASH RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER.

I'VE ALWAYS ADVOCATED THERE'S A WAY WE CAN KIND OF PLAN THAT BETTER, BUT NOW WITH THE WITH ALL THE WELL, I MEAN, JUST RECENTLY RAINED, RIGHT. BUT WE STILL WE STILL HAVE WATER IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

WE'RE CONSIDERING MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE, WE LIVE DAY TO DAY AND DO BUSINESS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY CAR WASHES.

AND ALSO THE ARGUMENT THAT IT'S ALL RECYCLED WATER IS NOT TRUE.

IT ALSO AFFECTS WATER. PRESSURE DOES AFFECT WATER.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY ADDRESSING THIS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO, JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT IS A TWO MILE RADIUS.

HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THAT? WE HAVE A ONE MILE RADIUS, AND WE HAVE A TWO MILE RADIUS.

MAPS THAT WE'RE KIND OF ENTERTAINED.

BROWNSVILLE DID A FIVE MILE RADIUS. WE FELT THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH. SO WE KIND OF LANDED SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE TWO MILES.

DO WE KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? EVEN INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION? WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT OF THE AUTOMATED ONES, AND WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 11.

AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE OF THE OLDER STYLE MANUAL WHERE YOU GO IN THERE AND WASH YOUR CAR YOURSELF. SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE BOTH MANUAL AND AUTOMATED.

CORRECT. OKAY. MAYOR. AND ECHOING ON MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ'S COMMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR WATER CONTINGENCY PLAN. YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE USED TO HAVE TO WASH THE CAR FOR MOM AND DAD SAID, YOU'RE LUCKY TODAY. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO BIDS.

[11. AWARDING OF BIDS]

[A. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Sixteen (16) Automatic License Plate Reader Cameras from Insight Public Sector, Inc., Using FY 2023 Office of the Governor Operation Stonegarden Grant No. 3172509 Funds, Through Omnia Contract No. 23-6692-03, in the Amount of $62,350.56. [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]]

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. OPERATIONS STONEGARDEN GRANT NUMBER 3172509.

NINE BURNS THROUGH OMNI.

CONTRACT NUMBER 23 669203.

IN THE AMOUNT OF 62,350 AND $0.56.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION.

IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 20 2414.

[B. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2024-14, Annual Plant Chemicals to the Lowest Bidder Per Line Item on a Per Unit Price and Execute Any Related Document Thereto. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN PRICING, DOES IT COME BACK TO US? JERRY, ON THE LOWEST BIDDER. IN THE PAST IT HAS COME BACK.

BUT THAT WAS DURING COVID JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS GOING UP.

SO SO THEY WEREN'T THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CHANGE ORDER.

YES, SIR. SO BUT THESE PAST YEARS THE PRICES HAVE KIND OF STABILIZED, RIGHT? TO WERE THERE NOT SEEING SUCH A HUGE JUMP? WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME SOME INCREASES, RIGHT? BUT IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE IN PRICE, THEN THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY US, AND THEN WE WOULD IF WE AGREE TO, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YES.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

[12. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

[A. Consider Approval of the Edinburg EDC Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Program of Work and Budget.]

[01:50:02]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I ASSUME THE BOARD APPROVED ADOPTED THE BUDGET? YES, SIR. FOR EDINBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THE BOARD APPROVED IT ON AUGUST 26TH, AND WE HAD REVIEWED IT IN THE JOINT MEETING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AS WELL. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

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

ITEM 13 A CONSIDER AMENDING THE ORDER OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON

[A. Consider Amending the Order of the Special Municipal Election to be held on November 05, 2024. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. I JUST WANTED TO SEE.

I KNOW THE COUNTY IS RUNNING THE ELECTIONS. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT IS THERE A WAY WE CAN PUT THIS ORDER, OR AT LEAST THE ITEMS ON THEIR CHARTER ON OUR WEBSITE? IT IS NOT TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE, BUT JUST INFORMING PEOPLE OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT.

IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S IN THE CITY SECRETARY DEPARTMENT UNDER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, UNDER WE HAVE THE RED LINES, WHICH IS OUR CHARTER AND IT'S RED LINE ON THE CHANGES. AND THERE'S ALSO THE PRESENTATION THAT THAT HAS ALL ALL OF THE PROPOSITIONS LISTED. COULD WE IT WOULD NOT.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT'S UNDER THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT.

SO CAN WE HAVE IT IN OUR HOME PAGE? YES, WE DO HAVE A BANNER RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'RE UPDATING A SMALLER BANNER.

AND I THINK ON THE SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE, IN THE FRONT OF THE WEBSITE.

[14. APPOINTMENTS]

[A. Discuss and Consider Appointments to the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees Election: Place 11, One Candidate; Place 12, One Candidate; Place 13, One Candidate; and Place 14, One Candidate and Authorizing the City Manager to Submit the Official Ballot for the Appointments. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 14 A.

DISCUSSING. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL. BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION 11.

ONE CANDIDATE PLACED 12, ONE CANDIDATE PLACED 13, ONE CANDIDATE AND PLACED 14 ONE CANDIDATE, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE APPOINTMENTS.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. YES, SIR.

PLACE 11 RANDY CRISWELL.

PLACE 12 ALLISON HAYWARD.

PLACE 13 HARLAN JEFFERSON.

PLACE 14. MIKE LAND. AND I'M OPEN TO ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO CHANGE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? AND I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, OUR SECRETARY BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.

I UNDERSTAND HTML IS NOT REQUIRING US TO TO ACTUALLY VOTE OR NOMINATE.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND VOTE ON AND AND HOW DID THESE NAMES COME ABOUT? THEY EMAILED US THE BALLOT.

OH, SO THESE ARE THE BALLOT.

OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY, GREAT.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER, I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION OR I HAVEN'T CALLED FOR.

WE TAKE AN ACTION OR WE DON'T. YES, SIR. OKAY.

HTML SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

WELL, NO, I UNDERSTAND WE DO.

YEAH. WE DO. YEAH. SO THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[B. Discuss and Consider Appointment to the Texas Municipal League Region 12 Director Election: Region 12 Director, One Candidate and Authorizing the City Manager to Submit the Official Ballot for the Appointments. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]]

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. REGION 12 DIRECTOR.

ELECTION. REGION 12 DIRECTOR ONE CANDIDATE AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE APPOINTMENTS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT VICTOR HADAD SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

[15. CONSENT AGENDA]

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 15.

[A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into A Professional Services Contract for RFQ 2024- 003, Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Chapin Pumps Rehabilitation Drainage Improvements, with SAMES, Inc. for an Amount Not to Exceed $81,912.50 and Execute Any Documents Related Thereto Pursuant to City's Ordinances and Procurement Policies. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, P.E., CFM, City Engineer]]

[B. Consider the Approval of Change Order No. 2 for McDonald Municipal & Industrial to Reduce the Contract Amount by $50,000 and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Any Document Related Thereto. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]]

[C. Consider Authorizing the Renewal of Cortex XDR Antivirus System from Layer 3 Communications through Department of Information Resources (DIR) Contracts, DIR-CPO-4864, in the Annual Amount of $38,020.50. [Daniel Vera, Director of Information Technology]]

[D. Consider Approving the Quarterly Investment Reports for Periods Ending March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024, Pursuant to the Public Investment Act (PFIA). [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

[E. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Renew the Radio Service Agreement for Radio Service Between the City of Edinburg and the Rio Grande Valley Communications Group. [Omar Garza, Fire Chief]]

IT'S BEEN A MOTION A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT.

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

ITEM 16. COUNCIL IS OTHER BUSINESS.

ANY FUTURE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL?

[16. OTHER BUSINESS]

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

CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

IT IS 752. WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY.

ITEM D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

[01:56:27]

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 EDINBURGH CITY HALL, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING FOR OUR EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT AT 06:00.

AND I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM THIS EVENING, WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DE LEON.

HE'S OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY IS WE START WITH A PRAYER, AND WE HAVE DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE TO LEAD US IN PRAYER.

WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? MR. MAYOR? COUNCILORS, FELLOW CITIZENS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE HONOR OF PRAYING. LET'S DO SO.

FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, ANOTHER DAY TO ENJOY THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE TO US, FOR THE REIGN THAT YOU'VE GIVEN, JUST EVEN THAT AS A SIGN OF YOUR CONSTANT FAITHFULNESS TO US. BLESS US THIS EVENING WITH WISDOM AGAIN TO HANDLE THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO US.

GUIDE OUR COUNCILORS AND THE PEOPLE HERE PRESENTING THE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

THANK YOU LORD. LET US REJOICE WITH THOSE THAT WILL BE REJOICING WITH AND CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER THOSE THAT NEED TO BE REMEMBERED. FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ALEXANDER.

IN PRAYER. ITEM TWO IS A CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE.

YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2024 AT 8 P.M..

SIR. VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

UNDER STATE LAW. 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 A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? NO, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR.

CITY MANAGER REPORT. YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ON TODAY'S CITY MANAGER REPORT, ALL I HAVE BASICALLY IS MUNICIPAL COURT.

IT'S A CAR SEAT CHECKUP AND GIVEAWAY.

IN HONOR OF THE NATIONAL CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND AWARENESS FOR THE CHILDREN AND, OF COURSE, THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE SAFETY RESTRAINTS.

SO THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT WILL BE HAVING THEIR FIRST EVER CAR SEAT CHECKUP.

AND AS CAR SEATS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY MAY BE HAVE BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME AWAY.

THIS WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19TH FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M. AT THE EDINBURG MUNICIPAL COURT, AND THE CAR SEATS WILL BE CHECKED BY A TECHNICIAN AND IF POSSIBLE, IF WE DO HAVE ANY CAR SEATS AVAILABLE THEY IF THEY SEE THAT SOMETHING IS IS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, IF THE CAR SEATS NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A NEW

[02:00:02]

GREAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS.

WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING.

OUR FIRST ONE IS FOR NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. ROBERT GARCIA THAT IS HERE WITH MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

AND AT THIS TIME, MR. GARCIA, OUR CITY SECRETARY, WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD.

AND WE CAN JOIN YOU ALL DOWN THERE AND THEN MAKE SOME COMMENTS AFTERWARDS.

YES. IF YOUR PRESENCE RECEIVES THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.

NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 25TH AS A NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS. DUE TO THE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED RESOLUTIONS BY THE US SENATE ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2007, AND THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON MAY 14TH, 2007. AND WHEREAS, POMC BELIEVES IN HONORING THE MEMORY OF VICTIMS KILLED BY VIOLENCE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTING LONG TERM TRAUMA FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

THIS NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE DAY IS AN ESSENTIAL WAY OF PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND REMEMBERING OUR LOVED ONES.

AND WHEREAS IN 2023, AN ESTIMATED 2239 HOMICIDES OCCURRED IN TEXAS, IMPACTING OVER 23,910 CLOSE RELATIVES, WITH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ALONE WITNESSING APPROXIMATELY 420 RELATIVES DIRECTLY AFFECTED.

AND WHEREAS THE NUMBER OF LOVED ONES ROBS THE FAMILY VICTIMS FAMILY OF A MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SON, DAUGHTER, HUSBAND, WIFE, PARTNER, GRANDPARENT, AUNT OR UNCLE, CREATING AN OVERWHELMING CHALLENGE TO FILL THE VOID THEIR ABSENCE LEAVES.

AND WHEREAS SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS USE THEIR TRAGEDIES TO TELL STORIES OF PAIN AND ANGER INFLICTED BY A HOMICIDE THEY HAVE REJECTED AND RETALIATION, SHAME AND ISOLATION, AND INSTEAD LEAN TOWARDS LEARNING AND TEACHING LESSONS OF COMPASSION AND PEACE. AND WHEREAS HOMICIDE VICTIMS TRANSFORM THEIR PAIN AND ANGER INTO POWER AND ACTION BY HONORING THEIR LOVED ONES IMPACTED BY HOMICIDE THROUGH LEADERSHIP, GRIEF SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY, SURVIVORS REDUCE VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE PREVENTION AND POLICY CHANGE LOCALLY AND AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY ISSUE THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS AND ENCOURAGE ALL MEDIA OUTLETS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, VICTIMS, AND COMMUNITY VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS OF HIDALGO COUNTY TO JOIN THE 12TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

STANDING TOGETHER. NO ONE STANDS ALONE.

HOSTED AT THE PHARR JOSE PEPE SALINAS MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTER FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M.. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROBERT GARCIA.

I'M THE CEO FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MURDERED CHILDREN.

WE'VE BEEN IN THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

AND EVERY YEAR THERE'S NEW FAMILIES THAT COME.

SOME FAMILIES LET'S CONTINUE THE EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER THEY HAVE.

THEY RECEIVE A LIFETIME OF OF GRIEF, A LIFE SENTENCE, NO MATTER HOW GOOD OF A JUSTICE SYSTEM WE HAVE OR THE LACK OF.

THERE'S SOME INJUSTICES.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET THE RIGHT RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE VERDICT, EVEN IF IT'S JUDGED BY THE PEERS OF THE SOMETIMES WE GET 15 YEARS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UP TO 99 YEARS.

BUT OUR FAMILIES STRUGGLED WITH THE GRIEF AND THE PAIN, THE EMOTIONAL. AND SOMETIMES WE TELL THEM, THEY ASK ME, HOW DO THEY NOT PAY ATTENTION TO OUR EMOTIONS? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IS THAT OVER GRADUALLY, OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT.

AND WHEN WE COME EVERY YEAR, THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY.

CONGRESS IN 2007 WITH OUR NATIONAL AFFILIATE BASED OUT OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, CALLED THE NATIONAL PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM EVER SINCE DAY ONE.

THAT'S THE THE ORGANIZATION THAT I FIND SOLACE WHEN THE MURDER OF MY BROTHER, ROGELIO ROGER GARCIA ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2011, AND A MURDER SUICIDE OUT OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS.

THAT'S WHEN I CALLED. AT 745, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY MOTHER, DALIA ROSA GARCIA, WHICH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN RIO GRANDE CITY, AND RANCHITO CALLED LA ROSITA.

THAT CALLED. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT WAS A 745.

THAT DISTINCT CALL OF A MOTHER CRY.

I CANNOT EXPLAIN TO YOU AS A FATHER OR AS A SIBLING.

ONLY MOTHERS THAT ARE HERE WITH ME CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU THE HEARTBREAK OF THAT CALL AND THAT ACHE AND THAT PARTICULAR DISTINCT VOICE.

SO I MADE A PROMISE. AND THE PROMISE HAS BEEN KEPT FOR 12 YEARS.

MY BROTHER DID NOT DIE IN VAIN.

HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE COAST GUARD AND HE WAS MY MENTOR.

AND SO THAT PROMISE HAS BEEN KEPT EVER SINCE THEN, EVEN THOUGH MY MOTHER HAS BEEN WITH HIM IN HEAVEN FOR THE LAST 90 YEARS, BUT SHE WAS MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER.

[02:05:02]

TO MY RIGHT WE HAVE THE MOLINA FAMILY.

TRAGIC DEATH THAT HAPPENED IN IN THE CITY OF MCALLEN.

THERE ARE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

TO MY RIGHT IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED WITH THE FAMILY AND THE LONE SURVIVOR OF THE OF THE OF THE MOTHER, AND CERTAINLY THE SIBLINGS OR THE SONS OF AGUSTIN MOLINA.

AND THEN WE HAVE CHRIS.

CHRIS AND HER AUNT OR SISTER AND NIECE WERE DOUBLE HOMICIDE HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG BACK IN 2019. AND ALSO, WE HAVE A THIRD ONE OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, ALSO WITH THE FAMILY THAT LIVE HERE.

RINALDO. AND WE HAVE MAGDALENA, RINALDO AND REBECCA AND CERTAINLY SHE IS THE SISTER OF OF MADALENA.

TO MY LEFT WE HAVE MARTHA RANGEL.

HER DAUGHTER JULISSA IS ALSO A VICTIM HERE OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

ALSO NEVER RECEIVED JUSTICE.

THAT PART OF THIS IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY RECEIVE JUSTICE IF THERE'S AN ARREST AND SOME THAT DON'T. SHE'S BEEN WAITING FOR JUSTICE FOR GOING ON 11 YEARS OR 12 YEARS.

AND HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR THE LAST STRUGGLE.

AND SHE HAS BEEN WITH ME SINCE DAY ONE AS ONE OF THE FAMILIES.

AND SO I'VE GOTTEN JUSTICE, BUT THEY STILL STAY WITH ME.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE UNITY, HOPE AND HONOR THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE.

WE HAVE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SURVIVOR CLUB THAT WE CALLED THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY. HER HIS SON, VICTOR HERNANDEZ, WAS MURDERED HERE RIGHT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY ON THE MOTEL I GUESS MOTEL 11.

MOTEL IN. AND SHE SHE'S BEEN.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE FA.

I MEAN, THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY, MARIANA LOPEZ, THE CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON.

SHE'S DONE A FABULOUS JOB.

SHE'S ONE THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED YEAR AFTER YEAR AS A LIAISON.

THAT HELPS. AND THE NUMBER ONE THING OF ALL THESE FAMILIES IS DIGNITY, COMPASSION, LOVE AND TRUST.

AND HOW DO WE ENCOMPASS THAT AS A UNITY, AS A FAMILY? BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THIS EMOTIONAL CRY THAT THESE FAMILIES HAVE.

PART OF US IS TO CREATE A SAFE HAVEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I CREATED THIS WHEN MY BROTHER WAS DIED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T THERE WAS NO RESOURCES OR THE LACK OF.

NOW, THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE I FINISH MRS NETTLES IS ALSO HERE WITH US OUT OF THE CITY OF MCALLEN.

HER HUSBAND OF 23 YEARS WAS ON THE RUN.

THE DEFENDER WAS ON THE RUN FOR MEXICO.

AND SHE HE CAME BACK IN 2023.

SHE WAITED 23 YEARS AS A AS A YOUNG WIFE FOR GETTING JUSTICE.

AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL GET THE JUSTICE.

HER HUSBAND WAS ALFREDO.

AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT.

SO I HAVE A DATA BASE OF 165 COLD CASES, AND ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THOSE ARE HERE IN HIDALGO COUNTY. AND IT'S QUITE TOO OFTEN THAT WE NEED LEADERS LIKE YOURSELF AND TO TALK TO REPRESENTATIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, TO KNOW ROSA AND CONGRESSMAN YOU KNOW CANALES AND RODRIGUEZ OR MARTINEZ.

EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO PUT MONIES AND RESOURCES BECAUSE WE ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, DO YOU HAVE THE BUDGET SO YOU CAN HAVE AN ACTUAL POLICE INVESTIGATORS TO WORK THE CASE, NOT AN APPOINTEE, BUT AN ACTUAL.

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEDICATE 100%, JUST LIKE A LIAISON THROUGH THE COURT OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, SO IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO PUT MONEY AND DO AN ACTIVE REGIONAL COLD CASE OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS OR IMMEDIATE POLICE OFFICERS DEDICATED FOR THAT.

BECAUSE I ONLY WENT 30 YEARS AND I HAVE 165 CASES, I COULD JUST IMAGINE, JUST LIKE THE IRENE CASE, THAT IT TOOK 57 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT GRIEF ACTIVE.

IF THERE'S AN ARREST ON ACTIVE, THAT IS NOT AND THEN CERTAINLY THE COLD CASES. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

IT'S A SUPPORT, A GRIEF SUPPORT FROM OTHERS.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN. DO NOT TELL ME THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.

DO NOT TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW.

DO NOT TELL ME THAT I WILL SURVIVE.

I WILL, WILL SURELY GROW.

DO NOT COME AT ME WITH ANSWERS THAT CAN ONLY COME TO ME.

DO NOT TELL ME HOW MY GRIEF WILL PASS.

THAT I WILL BE FREE. ACCEPT ME IN THE UPS AND DOWNS.

AND I NEED SOMEONE TO SHARE.

JUST HOLD MY HAND AND LET ME CRY AND SAY, MY FRIEND, I CARE. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THE CITIZENS AT LARGE JOIN US.

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HOPEFULLY, I CAN SEE ONE OF YOU ALL OUT THERE.

I KNOW THE MAYOR. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. MR. DIAZ, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER.

MR. WHITE, YOU CAN SEE THE THE BREATHE AND THE AND THE AND THE EMOTIONAL.

WE CRY, WE LAUGH, BUT WE ALSO REJOICE WITH OUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU.

MR. GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO TO US EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

I CAN'T IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL THE FAMILIES HAVE GONE THROUGH AND CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AS A CITY, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE, THE ADVOCACY IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEVER FORGET. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, I KNOW.

OUR PD IS A BIG PARTNER OUT THERE, SO COUNT ON THEM AND COUNT ON US.

YOU WANT TO CONTINUE AND BE THERE WITH YOU? GRACIAS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE VIETNAM VETERAN LANCE CORPORAL ROMERO ELLIOT TIJERINA.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE FAMILY AND AMERICAN LEGION HERE AS WELL.

IF Y'ALL COULD JOIN US HERE ON THE PODIUM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT, AS THE PROCLAMATION IS READ FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MA'AM. LANCE CORPORAL, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

WHEREAS OLMEDO TEJERINA WAS BORN TO ELIAZAR AND AURORA TEJERINA ON JANUARY 1ST, 1946, IN REYNOSA, MEXICO, BEFORE THE TIJERINA FAMILY MOVED TO TEXAS AND MADE THEIR HOME IN THE EDINBURG AREA.

AND WHEREAS, ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1964, WHILE LIVING IN COLORADO, OTERO TEJERINA ENLISTED IN THE MARINES AT A DENVER RECRUITING OFFICE.

AND WHEREAS OTERO TIJERINA WAS ASSIGNED TO CAMP PENDLETON, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, IN JANUARY 1965 WITH THIRD MARINE DIVISION, THIRD BATTALION, NINTH MARINES.

AND WHEREAS, IN JULY OF 1965, OLMEDO TEJERINA WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM.

UPON ARRIVING, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO KILO COMPANY, THIRD BATTALION, NINTH MARINE REGIMENT, THIRD MARINE DIVISION.

AND WHEREAS KILO COMPANY WAS ON A COMBAT PATROL WHEN HOSTILE FORCES AMBUSHED THE MARINES, OLMEDO, TEJERINA AND 14 MARINES WERE KILLED DURING THE AMBUSH.

AND WHEREAS OLMEDO TEJERINA, AGE 20, PERISHED FROM MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS AND ACTION. SOUTH VIETNAM QUANG NAM PROVINCE IN JULY 4TH, 1966 AND WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND WHEREAS OLMEDO TEJERINA LANCE CORPORAL KILO COMPANY, THIRD BATTALION, NINTH MARINE REGIMENT, THIRD MARINE DIVISION, THIRD MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

EDINBURG, TEXAS WAS SINGLE AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1965 TO JULY 4TH, 1966.

OLMEDO E TEJERINA IS ON THE WALL AT PANEL EIGHT, LINE 131. LANCE CORPORAL TEJERINA NUMBER 2106627 MOS ZERO 311 RIFLEMAN.

AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OLMEDO TEJERINA FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE OLMEDO TEJERINA.

LANCE CORPORAL, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

MAYOR GARZA, DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMAN ON BEHALF OF FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY BROTHERS, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR GIVING US THIS HONOR OF RECOGNIZING MY NOW DECEASED BROTHER, THE WAY, I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T EVEN BORN WHEN HE PASSED AWAY IN 66.

BUT AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND. AND LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY, AND I KNOW OUR MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SOME WORDS ALSO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE KNOWN AS THE HOMETOWN OF HEROES.

IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF YOUR BROTHER, MR. TIJERINA, THAT, YOU KNOW NOT ONLY IS HE FROM EDINBURG, BUT HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH HE.

WE LOST HIM. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE KNOWN AS THE HOMETOWN HEROES FOR A REASON. WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WENT OUT AND NEVER CAME BACK.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEVER FORGET AND THAT WE HONOR THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE TEJERINA AND ALL THE, THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE THAT THAT EXTEND FROM THIS VETERAN.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.

WE HAVE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE HOMETOWN HEROES. THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS HERE THAT NEVER REALLY WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBER THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE FOR THE RECORD TO BE IN THE

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WE A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE VIETNAM WALL HERE THAT THAT THAT CAME.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS THAT SHOWED UP THAT HAD NEVER SEEN IT.

THEY HAD NEVER WANTED TO REALLY DISCUSS IT.

AND SO EVENTS LIKE THIS, IT'S A HEALING PROCESS.

AND FOR FAMILIES IT'S A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO FOR THOSE THAT THAT SEE THIS MEETING AND HEAR OUR WORDS, PLEASE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER VETERANS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE RECOGNIZE, PLEASE COME FORTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONORING YOUR FAMILY MEMBER. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 408.

IF THE MEMBERS COULD STAND IN ATTENDANCE, THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE GENTLEMAN. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MUSTANGS.

EDINBURG LABOR CUP OF TIGER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS.

IF YOU'RE HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. MUSTANGS, EDINBURG LABOR CUP OF TIGER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS.

WHEREAS MUSTANGS, EDINBURG IS A GROUP OF TALENTED ATHLETES FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURG THAT ESTABLISHED A SOCCER TEAM IN MARCH 2023 WITH A PRINCIPAL GOAL OF STRENGTHENING THEIR FRIENDSHIP. WHEREAS THE TEAM HAS TAUGHT THEM UNITY AND HAS GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE SKILL SETS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK, AND AT A YOUNG AGE. AND WHEREAS THE MUSTANGS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS, BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE, THE MUSTANGS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE WINTER INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH CATEGORY 2016 AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CITY OF MECHELEN, AND WHEREAS IN MARCH OF 2024, THE MUSTANGS WERE LABELED SUB CHAMPIONS AT THE TIGER TOURNAMENT IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, AND IN AUGUST THEY WERE THE UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT LABOR CUP OF TIGER TOURNAMENTS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

THE MUSTANGS COMPETED IN THE INDICATORY 2016 GOLD, BEING THE MOST COMPETITIVE DIVISION AT STATE LEVEL, AND WHEREAS MUSTANGS EDINBURGH IS COMPOSED OF THESE AMAZING, HARD WORKING, DEDICATED AND DRIVEN PLAYERS RAUL DE LEON, ALONSO VALLE, VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, JOAQUIM ESPERICUETA, MATIAS SARMIENTO, RAMON HERRERA, FERNANDO TORRES, IKER RODRIGUEZ AND ESTEBAN BARRAZA.

AND WHEREAS THE MUSTANGS ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THEIR COACH, RAUL DE LEON FOR HIS COMMITMENT IN DIRECTING THE TEAM AND THE PARENTS WHO THERE WITH THEIR UNCONDITIONAL HELP, TRUST AND DEDICATION, ARE PART OF THE TEAM.

MUSTANGS EDINBURGH. THEIR TIME AND EFFORT HAS HELPED TO REACH THIS VERY MUCH DESIRED CHAMPIONSHIP. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MUSTANGS, EDINBURGH LABOR CUB OF TIGER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN THE CELEBRATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THESE STUDENTS AND COACHES.

I CAN SEE YOU ARE READY.

ONE. TWO. THREE.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. I WANT TO FIRST THANK TO THE PARENTS. WITHOUT THEM, THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO DO THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE KIDS IS THE REFERENCE DATABASE.

AND THANK YOU. NO. THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT. SO Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GO UP TO THE MIC. YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT ON TV. SO YOU GOT TO SAY YOUR NAME.

OKAY. IF THAT'S OKAY. SO INDIVIDUALLY EACH OF YOU COME UP TO THE MIC SAY YOUR NAME.

OKAY. YES. AND WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO.

PUT THEIR NAME AND LAST NAME.

MY NAME IS MATIAS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MATIAS. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. RAUL DE LEON.

ALL RIGHT. RAUL. JOAQUIM DE.

VICTOR. RODRIGUEZ. STAND BY.

ROSA. RODRIGUEZ. SO I WANT TO SAY ALL YOU GUYS ARE SOCCER CHAMPS.

JUST KNOW THAT THE BEST KICKERS IN THE NFL WERE ALWAYS SOCCER PLAYERS.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY IT FOR THAT POSITION.

OKAY? IN ADDITION TO PLAYING SOCCER, YOU CAN DO BOTH.

OKAY. YOUR PARENTS COULD I'M SURE, HELP YOU WITH THAT. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.

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AND I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM HERE TODAY.

AND, PARENTS, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

BECAUSE THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR, RIGHT? SO YOU SHARE THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THEM.

AND I WISH YOU ALL CONTINUED SUCCESS.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR.

MAYOR. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

I'LL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL. THERE ARE SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR CLARITY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. AFTER THOSE CUTE LITTLE BOYS.

ARE Y'ALL READY FOR ME? I'LL TRY TO BE NICE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE THE PEOPLE, ARE PARTICIPATING IN A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES OUR RIGHTS TO OBJECT TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU TAKE IN FROM US. WE ARE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE WE LIKE THE TO OBJECT, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES FOR OUR MONEY.

EVERY YEAR WHEN PREPARING THE BUDGET, THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIND EXPENDITURES THAT THEY MUST MAKE ARE THE WORLD IS GOING TO FALL APART FOR THEM.

MY CAR TIRES, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS NEED REPAIR.

MY GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE ONE THAT'S LOOKING TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND LET US NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE IN A RECESSION AND EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE NOW. I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE CITY LIST OF 46 PROJECTS TOTALING $101 MILLION.

ALSO, THE FACT THAT THE CITY INCREASED THE WATER RATES BY 67%.

WHY INCREASE WATER RATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY GROWTH WHEN THERE IS NO MORE WATER? WHY BUILD A WATER TOWER AND IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THERE IS NO MORE WATER? WHY BE CONCERNED ABOUT EXPANDING THE CITY LIMITS WHEN THERE ARE PLACES WITHIN THE CITY THAT DO NOT HAVE BASIC WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.

THE EXISTING CITY DEBT IS $280,214,565, AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $350,000 A MONTH IN INCREASING COSTS FOR WATER.

THIS MEANS THAT EVERY PERSON THAT EXISTS EXISTING DEBT IN EDINBURGH OWE $2,200.

THE DEBT IS A REASONABLE REASON WHY PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE EACH YEAR.

ONE OF THE FIRST STATEMENTS THE MAYOR MADE AFTER REVIEWING THE FIRST AUDIT WHEN WAS HOW DID THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ACQUIRE SO MUCH DEBT? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. IT IS EASY IF YOU DO NOT CARE HOW MORE DEBT WILL IMPACT THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LIVE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.

THAT'S ALL WE ASK. THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THE BUDGET IS THAT IT HAPPENS BEFORE AN ELECTION, WHEN THREE MEMBERS WANT TO BE REELECTED.

ALSO TONIGHT I AM ASKING FOR PRAYER FOR ISRAEL THAT THEY WILL WIN THE WAR.

THEY DIDN'T START, BUT WITH THE LORD'S HELP, THEY WILL WIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

MR. MCLARTY ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN AND EIGHT. VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS LAURA GARCIA REGARDING RACE EVENT.

BUENAS TARDES. LAURA GARCIA COORDINACION INTERNACIONAL Y NACIONAL DE EVENTOS DE SAN MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM. ESTAMOS HACIENDO UN EVENTO PARA EL MES DE OCTUBRE.

HACIENDO A MI MARIDO. MI MARIDO TIENE SU NEGOCIO IN EDINBURG.

YES, CORRIDOR DE MOTOS.

ESTAMOS HACIENDO UN INVITACION A TODA LA PARTE NORTE DE TEXAS Y TODA LA PARTE DE MÉXICO VIENE UN GRUPO DE DE MI MARIDO HA SIDO JUEZ EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO EN EVENTOS INTERNACIONALES, UN GRUPO DE PERSONAS DE NUEVOS RESERVATIONS IN HOTELS.

TENEMOS RESTAURANTS. TENEMOS TODO ORGANIZADO NOSOTROS TENEMOS A.

TODOS LOS EVENTOS SON LUGARES PRIVADOS.

Y EL OTRO ES EN LA PISTA DE CARRERAS.

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TODO LA PARTE EMPRESARIAL DE NOS ESTAN AYUDANDO ECONOMICAMENTE NOSOTROS MANEJAMOS NINGUN PAQUETE DE. NINGUNO A BENEFICIO DE LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL DESDE LA MICRO. ASTA CORPORACIONES ESO ES.

PORQUE SIEMPRE PUESTO MUY ALTO.

ESTO ES UN EVENTO PARA EDINBURGH.

ESTAMOS TRAYENDO TURISMO.

LA COMUNIDAD. VAMOS INVITAR.

ESTAMOS HABLANDO DE TURISMO ALREDEDOR DE MIL PERSONAS Q VIENEN TENEMOS CUATRO VIENTOS Y.

TENEMOS EL HECHO DE MR. TENEMOS. CON EL NOMBRE DE MI MARIDO.

ENTONCES NOSOTROS VAMOS A HACER UN INVITACION.

ENTONCES AHORA HEMOS TENIDO PERDIDO HACER NI SIQUIERA PUBLICIDAD DICIENDO VAN A VER EL EVENTO. ESTO ES UN EVENTO DE LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL PARA TODAS LAS COMUNIDAD.

SE ME HACE UN DESPUÉS DE OTROS TANTOS ANOS.

TENEMOS DOS ANOS CON EL MUSEO.

NOSOTROS HEMOS PEDIDO UNA PUBLICIDAD O ALGO EN EL MUSEO.

SI USTEDES SE PUEDEN VER EN CUALQUIER PARTE DEL EXPRESSWAY.

ENTRADA O SALIDA DE NOSOTROS NO TENEMOS UN ANUNCIO DE MUSEO.

ES UN EVENTO ES UN MUSEO INTERNACIONAL RECONOCIDO MI MARIDO.

HACE DOS ANOS TAMBIÉN ESTA PONIENDO ON ALTO TENEMOS AQUI.

TENEMOS AGENDA DONDE SE PUEDE BUENO.

MUCHAS GRACIAS. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS LUCIA VALDEZ REGARDING THE RACE EVENT.

BUENAS TARDES. MY NAME IS LUCIA VALDES.

I'M A BUSINESS ADVISOR FOR SOME CORPORATION HERE IN IN THE RGB.

AND BEFORE I WORK WITH YOU, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE WOMAN BUSINESS CENTER.

I'M SUPPORTING THE EVENT.

IT'S 30 DAYS CYCLE, AND THE EVENT WILL BRING US MUSIC.

BANDS WILL BE WILL BE RACE CARS WILL BE MOTORCYCLES.

AND THE THING IS, THIS EVENT WILL BRING MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE IN THREE DAYS.

WE'RE EXPECTING FROM 300 TO 500 EACH NIGHT.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS MAN IS A FAMILY MAN. DAVE GARCIA IS A SON FROM AN IMMIGRANT GERMAN WOMAN, AND HIS FATHER IS A MEXICAN AMERICAN.

AS I KNOW. AND MR. DAVE GARCIA IS KIND OF AN URBAN LEGEND, AND I PARTICIPATE WHEN YOU CREATE FRIDA.

FRIDA FEST I WAS THE PRESENTER IN 2016 AND I MADE THIS EVENT WITH MISS.

LUCIA MACIAS. WE CREATE THE FRIDA FEST IN SOME WAY.

AND WE HAD A POINT. WE WERE.

SHOWING THE PROFESSIONAL IMMIGRANT COMING TO THE UNITED STATES.

BECAUSE FRIDA. USED TO LIVE IN DETROIT ON DIEGO RIVERA.

SO I BELIEVE IN THAT PROJECT.

AND YOU HAVE. MONEY COMING EVERY, EVERY YEAR FROM THE FRIDA FEST.

IN THE SAME WAY, I BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL BRING MONEY TO THE CITY. IT WILL BE FLOWING MONEY IN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? A GASOLINE AND WE WILL TAKE THE KIDS OUT OF THE STREETS.

THE THE KIDS THAT ARE RACING IN THE STREETS.

WE WILL PUT THEM IN A RACETRACK, IN A PLACE WITH LIGHTS, WITH SAFETY, WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO PUT THE KIDS AND THESE EVENTS WILL COME.

AND THIS EVENT, THE THREE DAYS IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME.

WE HAVE INVITED 75 ORGANIZATIONS OF MOTORCYCLES AND AND CARS AND 25 ORGANIZATIONS FROM MEXICO, 75 FROM THE UNITED STATES.

AND THIS IS LIKE RETIRED PEOPLE, RETIRED POLICEMEN, THE PEOPLE THAT IS IN MOTORCYCLES AS A HOBBY HAS CERTAIN LEVEL OF EDUCATION, I WILL SAY. AND IT'S THIS WILL BE A VERY SAFE PLACE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIFIC PARENTHESIS.

THIS IS AN URBAN LEGEND FROM EDINBURGH CITY.

YOU NEED TO GO TO THAT MUSEUM.

THE SOUTH TEXAS MUSEUM I INVITE YOU ALL BECAUSE IT'S A MUSEUM THAT NOT EVEN THE

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YOU HAVE PIECES FROM MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

REMEMBER, THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IS 250 YEARS.

YOU DON'T HAVE A BIG CULTURE LIKE WHAT WE WANT.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THAT ITEM, WE HAVE IT AT ITEM TEN E.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOSE LISA REGARDING DIRTY DAYS EVENT.

MY NAME IS JOSE LISA. A TENGO UNA TIENDA UN NEGOCIO LOCAL PEQUENO VENGO UN SOPORTE DE ESTE EVENTO PORQUE ES MUY IMPORTANTE ESTE EVENTO TANTO COMO NEGOCIO, PEQUENO NEGOCIO. NOSOTROS VENDEMOS ES ESTE GEAR IN APRIL FOR MOTORCYCLE RIDERS.

LA COMUNIDAD LOCAL Y ESTE EVENTO MUY BUENAS OPORTUNIDADES PARA PODER NOS VAMOS A CONOCER Y CRECER LOS NEGOCIOS PEQUENOS Y LE DIGO EN ESTE TIPO DE EVENTO.

PUES ESTE VA A VENIR, MUCHA GENTE DONDE VA A SER IMPORTANTE PARA LA CIUDAD PARA TRAER TURISTAS COMERCIO Y PUES NOS AYUDA A NOSOTROS LOS PEQUENOS NEGOCIOS Y VENGO AQUI POR ESTAR AQUI PARA PARA DECIR.

QUÉ ES UNA BUENA OPORTUNIDAD Y ESTAMOS APOYANDO TODOS LOS PEQUENOS NEGOCIOS ESTE EVENTO. GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JACK DELAPLANE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER ON UNHOUSED RESIDENTS. HI.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS JACK DELAPLANE.

I WORK WITH THE EDINBURGH BASED NONPROFIT HERE IN THE RGV CALLED THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HARM REDUCTION. WE WORK TO PROVIDE DRUG HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES TO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THE TIME, OUR WORK PRACTICALLY LOOKS LIKE PROVIDING HYGIENE SUPPLIES, FOOD AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS IN EDINBURG.

BUT FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO IS THAT AS OF SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2024, EDINBURG EXPERIENCED AN ESTIMATED 94 DAYS OF A MAX TEMPERATURE ABOVE 95 DEGREES. 29 OF THOSE DAYS HAD A MAX TEMPERATURE OF ABOVE 100 DEGREES WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MONTH WORTH OF DAYS IN THE SUMMER WHERE WE'RE HITTING TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 DEGREES. AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE REPORTS FROM WEATHER STATIONS, FROM THE AIRPORTS IN MCALLEN, EDINBURG, AND THE OTHER WEATHER STATIONS AROUND THE CITY. DURING THESE EXTREME HEAT WAVES THIS SUMMER, DESPITE NEIGHBORING CITIES AND EVEN THE COUNTY OPENING MULTIPLE COOLING CENTERS, EDINBURG LEFT UNHOUSED RESIDENTS TO SUFFER UNSHELTERED FOR AROUND 29 DAYS OF 100 DEGREE WEATHER. DURING THE EXTREME COLD FRONT.

BETWEEN DECEMBER 2023 AND FEBRUARY 2024, EDINBURGH EXPERIENCED AN ESTIMATED 52 DAYS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 55 DEGREES AND DURING THE 2023 TO 2024 WINTER STORM, EDINBURGH ONLY OPENED ONE SHELTER WITH LIMITED HOURS AND NO TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT.

SO IF YOU'RE ON ONE SIDE OF THE CITY AND THE SHELTER IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, YOU'RE WALKING IN EXTREME WEATHER.

UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE 200 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM HEAT RELATED DEATHS THAN SHELTERED PEOPLE. UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE ALSO AT A GREATER RISK FOR DEVELOPING LIFE THREATENING RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES IN THE COLD, AS MANY DID DO.

WHILE COVID RATES REMAIN HIGH IN EDINBURGH, THIS UPCOMING WINTER IS PREDICTED TO BE COLD AND WET, FOLLOWED BY A SUMMER OF RECORD BREAKING HEAT WAVES, INCLUDING THIS SUMMER.

AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FARMER'S ALMANAC, WHICH IS A RELIABLE AND TRUSTED SOURCE HERE IN TEXAS FOR WEATHER. THE CITY OF EDINBURGH MUST COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR BARRIER FREE, 24 HOUR ACCESS, YEAR ROUND COOLING CENTERS AND WARMING CENTERS AT, AS WELL AS PROVIDE HAVEN BUS PASSES TO UNHOUSED RESIDENTS AND MAKE THOSE BUS PASSES ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO GET.

WE NEED CENTERS THAT DON'T REQUIRE IDS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY DON'T HAVE AN ID WHO HAVE LOST IT OR HAD THEIR THINGS STOLEN.

BEFORE I'M HERE, I'M ON THE STREETS AND DOING OUTREACH FOR HOURS BEFORE I COME TO THESE MEETINGS. AND IT'S A CONSTANT STREAM OF EDINBURGH RESIDENTS EXPLAINING TO ME HOW THEY'RE DYING IN THE HEAT, LITERALLY DYING IN THE HEAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT TODAY I PUT IN A RECORDS REQUEST FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH TO SEE WHAT HE AND OVERDOSE RELATED DEATHS WHAT DATA WE HAD ON THE CITY.

AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE CITY WAS THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY DATA ON OVERDOSES. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOE QUIROGA.

REZONING. KUBIK WALL STORAGE.

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MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW, ITEM SEVEN I AM GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS A AND B AT THIS TIME.

SO IF YOU ARE HERE TO COMMENT OR GIVE US FEEDBACK ON ITEMS A AND B, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND ADDRESS US AT THIS TIME OR MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. I'M NOT INCLUDING ITEM C AND D BECAUSE THOSE HAVING TO DO WITH OUR BUDGET.

SO THOSE WOULD BE A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AT THIS TIME THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

IF YOU'RE HERE TO COMMENT OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON ITEM A, HAVING TO DO WITH A REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, THERE'S A FIVE ACRE TRACK AND A 1000 NORTH MCCALL ROAD.

YOU CAN STEP TO THE PODIUM, MAKE COMMENTS.

OR THE OTHER ITEM IS THE REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT OF RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ON 406 WEST VAN WEEK.

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANYONE THAT'S HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CUBIC WALLS.

MR. MAURICIO PAREDES WAS HERE IN ATTENDANCE, IS LOOKING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FOR A STORAGE UNIT FACILITY AT THE MCCAUL ROAD, NORTH OF JUNIOR.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, HE'S WAITED A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS TO COME BACK TO TO CITY COUNCIL.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REJECTED BACK, BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM FROM THE FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ABOUT THE TYPE OF FACILITY HE WAS HE WAS GOING TO CONSTRUCT.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY.

HE'S SINCE THEN HAS SPOKEN TO THE NEIGHBORS.

THEY'RE NOW IN AGREEMENT THE NEIGHBOR IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH, AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH.

MR. PAREDES HAS CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT UP, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME FENCING REQUIREMENTS WHICH HE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE.

AND ALSO HE'S EXTENDING A SEWER LINE FROM ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE EAST SIDE.

AND HE'S ALLOWED HE'S ALLOWING THEM TO TAP INTO THE SEWER PROJECT SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO NO COST TO THEM. AND SO I JUST WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO TO CONSIDER MR. MAURICIO PEREZ HAS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE DOING THIS.

HE'S COMMITTED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND NOT ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECT.

I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN AT PNC THAT, YOU KNOW, HE COULD GO AND DO SOME SOME OTHER TYPE OF FACILITY.

HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND HE ONLY WANTS TO DO A PROJECT THAT, THAT STORAGE UNITS. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH MINIMIZING THE TRAFFIC.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT MCCALL IS A VERY BUSY ROAD, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE, OF THE ROAD. AND SO HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE LIMITS THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER 11:00 PM, THE THE THE FACILITY IS COMPLETELY CLOSED DOWN. NOBODY CAN ACCESS IT AFTER 11:00.

SO THERE'S MINIMIZING THE THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY AT LATE HOURS OF THE NIGHT. IN TERMS OF THE SEWER AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S BEARING THE COST OF AND HAS EXTENDED THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WANT THAT WANT TO TAP INTO THAT SEWER LINE WITHOUT ANY TAPPING FEES.

I KNOW THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR THE FOR THE NEIGHBORS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SEWER THERE CURRENTLY ON, ON SEPTIC TANKS. SO HE'S TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

HE'S TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ANY OTHER CONCERNS.

AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT INVESTMENT FOR FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

I'VE KNOWN MR. PAREDES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.

HE'S A GOOD CLIENT OF THE BANK, AND I CAN TELL YOU HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD.

AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING HIM OVER TO EDINBURGH.

HE'S HE'S GOT SOME SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE MISSION AREA.

AND AS AN EDINBURGH RESIDENT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PROJECT GO FORWARD.

SO THIS PASSED AT PNC ON A 6 TO 1 VOTE.

AND SO RESPECTFULLY CONSIDER YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY. THIS IS ON SEVEN A.

I'M LOOKING THE BACKUP FROM THIS.

THE CITY'S BACKUP, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION LOOKS LIKE TO ME.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN TO COMMERCIAL. AND MY THING IS, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES THAT'S RIGHT OUT WHERE I'VE LIVED SINCE 1980.

AND THE MAJORITY OF US STILL LIVE IN OUR HOMES.

AND THEN ON THIS PAPER, IT SAYS THE PROPOSED ZONING WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH ADJACENT ZONING, DISTRICT AND LAND USE.

THE PROPOSED ZONING IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THAT AREA.

AND THEN IT SAYS COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT BASED ON ADJACENT ZONING DISTRICT AND USE OF LAND AND THE POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL USE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE IN.

SO THAT JUST MEANS MORE COMMERCIAL COMING IN AROUND OUR HOMES.

AND THEN HE WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE SEWER.

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I SENT Y'ALL PICTURES, I THINK, IN WASHINGTON, AND THE REST OF YOU GOT THE PICTURES, AND SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN SHUT OFF.

BUT THE MORE Y'ALL PUT THERE, I NEED Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT IT.

HOW THE SEWER IS BEING OVERLOADED WITH ALL THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALL AROUND THERE, ALL THE APARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE BUILDING.

HERE WE GO AGAIN. LAST WEEK THERE WAS ONE RIGHT THERE ON CHAPIN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MALL THERE. AND OUR THING IS, AGAIN, MORE WASTE AND THE SEWER CANNOT HANDLE IT.

AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HELPING HIS NEIGHBORS OR WHATEVER HOOK INTO IT.

THAT'S EVEN MORE. SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL.

TO ME, IT SAYS STAFF DENIED IT, SO I'M HOPING THAT Y'ALL WILL LOOK INTO THIS AND THINK BECAUSE OF THE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IF YOU DRIVE AROUND YOU CAN SMELL THE SEWER WHEN YOU DRIVE BY.

YOU SHOULD BE ON THE CORNER WHEN THAT ONE MESSES UP.

SO I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT TO FIX THE SEWER SYSTEM WITH THE MORE THAT Y'ALL ALLOW TO COME THERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MA'AM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, EITHER ITEM A OR B? GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS PAUL BONILLA.

I COME TO COMMENT ON 406 VAN WYK.

THAT'S THE OTHER PROPERTY.

YES, SIR. WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE REZONING TO MULTIFAMILY.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TWO BLOCKS FROM UTRGV.

UTRGV HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS EXPANSION THIS PAST YEARS, AND I THINK THE AREA NEARBY NEEDS TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

WE SEE THE EXAMPLES IN BIGGER CITIES THAN OURS, HOW THEY COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS, IN THIS PROPERTIES. TWO BLOCKS FROM THE PARKING OF UTRGV.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO A MULTIFAMILY CHANGE REZONING TO MULTIFAMILY.

THIS CHANGE IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR YOUR NEXT PLANNING.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ALREADY A PLAN COMING TO REZONE ALL THAT PART OF NEARBY AREAS TO UTRGV TO MULTIFAMILY. EXACTLY.

BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH.

I THINK ALSO THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE CITY.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY IN THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS MORE TAXES WITH THESE NEW PROJECTS.

I. THINK THAT THE I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE, THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MY CONCERN IS THE MULTIFAMILY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BUYING SMALL PORTIONS OF LAND AND WANTING TO PUT A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES.

AND THAT AFFECTS OUR OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE HAZARDS.

AND WE DID BRING IT UP DURING THE REZONING COMMITTEE.

AND IT WAS SAID THAT THE PROPERTY IS SMALLER.

THEY WANTED TO PUT A FOURPLEX.

AND I STATED THAT IT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NOT OVERCROWD OVERPOPULATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND YES, IT'S BY THE PAN AMERICAN, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO PUT ANY HAZARDS OUT THERE. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITIZENS.

SO I ASK YOU TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS TOO SMALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

ON THE ITEM FOR FOR SEVEN B.

RIGHT. WHAT WAS THAT MA'AM I JUST JUST TO VERIFY.

MA'AM. THAT WAS FOR SEVEN.

BE ITEM SEVEN. BE ON VAN WEEK.

THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT THE HEARING IS STILL OPEN THAT WANTED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS TO US AT THIS TIME? IF NOT MAYOR I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR FOR JAIME.

SO I'M AT TEN. A FIRST OF ALL THE I'M SORRY, SEVEN A INITIALLY,

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NOW CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.

SO JUST ONE LARGE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, ONE LARGE ZONING.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED STILL SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.

THEY'RE APPLYING FOR REZONING TO GO TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR THE STORAGE UNITS.

OKAY. AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE GOT PACKET OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORS. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT, PLEASE? WE DID GET A PETITION OR A PACKET WITH 38 SIGNATURES.

WE DID VERIFY SOME OF THE SIGNATURES.

TWO OF THEM ARE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM, I WOULD SAY, ARE FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM THE WOODLAND ESTATES PROPERTY. MR..

SO JUST JUST TO INTERRUPT, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST? YEAH. SO I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR PRO TEM AT THIS TIME GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. JUST FOR THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO START.

THANK YOU. SO THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR.

OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DENIED WAS BECAUSE WE HAD WE HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS.

AND JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT.

I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN HERE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT CONTINUING AS A STORAGE AND TO ANSWER CONCERNS STORAGE, I THINK, WOULD BE A LESS HIT ON THE SEWER SYSTEM. THAT SIDE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT FOR YEARS, STILL DOES NOT HAVE SEWAGE THERE.

STILL ON SEPTIC. AND SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, SINCE THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, I HAVE TO ASK FOR A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

IS THAT CORRECT? OH, BEFORE WE BEFORE WE DISCUSS HERE.

RIGHT. I'M SORRY. WE STARTED THE HEARING AND WE'VE CLOSED IT, BUT WE JUST NEED TO GET A MOTION AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN. SO IS THERE A MOTION? EXCUSE ME. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND.

SO THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE A GO AHEAD ON DISCUSSION.

SO NOW YOU JUST CONTINUE WITH THAT.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM I MEAN, THE CONCERN THAT STAFF HAD IS THAT IF WE ALLOW THAT ZONING, I MEAN, YEAH, THEY COULD PUT THE STORAGE UNITS, BUT THEY COULD ALSO PUT SOMETHING THAT'S A LOT MORE DETRIMENTAL TO THE AREA. SO THAT WAS WHY WE WERE SUPPORTING AGAINST IT.

HE DID GET THE THE SUPPORT OF THE PREVIOUS NEIGHBOR THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THEY ARE NOW IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, THE STORAGE UNITS BRING LESS TRAFFIC.

BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN. BUT I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT HE HAS BUILT STORAGE UNITS IN MISSION, SO IF HE DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSINESS WITH MINIMAL TRAFFIC. AND OKAY, WELL WE'RE ON THAT ITEM.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO JUST ON DISCUSSION, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION, MR. AZEVEDO ON I KNOW THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE ABOUT THE SEWER LINE.

DO WE KNOW? I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

THIS IS JUST A REZONING.

IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS OF INTEREST RIGHT THERE. SEWER IS GOING TO BE EXTENDED. DO WE KNOW WHERE'S THAT LINE GOING TO? I KNOW IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT IS IT GOING TO COME SOUTH FROM.

EXCUSE ME? NORTH FROM HERE UP TO THE PROPERTY OR WHERE EXACTLY IS THE CONNECTION THAT THIS LINE IS GOING TO BE EXTENDED? WELL, HE WOULD TAP IN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

EXACTLY WHERE THAT LIFT STATION GOES.

WE HAVE MR. CARMONA HERE.

DO YOU KNOW? PROBABLY THE BORING OF THE STREET.

THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO KNOW.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A SEWER.

YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES.

SO THAT NEW SUBDIVISION THEY JUST INSTALLED LIFT STATION TO SERVE AS THAT.

WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN? I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT IT ON THE ON THE PROMPTER HERE, BUT THERE IT IS. YEAH.

OKAY, GOOD. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

CAN YOU POINT WHERE THAT PROPERTY SUBJECT PROPERTY IS? THERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LIFT STATION THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THE APARTMENTS.

OKAY. SO IT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE NORTH WHERE MISS FERN WAS SAYING IT GOES TO A DIFFERENT LINE. A SEPARATE, SEPARATE LINE.

IT'S A DIFFERENT LINE. OKAY. YES, SIR. BUT WHERE'S THE LINE GOING TO GO? THE SEWER LINE? I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GO TO THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WHERE EXACTLY IS IT COMING FROM? SO I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SEEN THE PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO TIE INTO THE SEWER.

I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME SEWER IN BETWEEN, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY BORE UNDER MACAU. AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WE WOULD TRY TO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DEEP ENOUGH TO SO WE CAN LATER EXTEND THE SEWER.

OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE CONNECTING TO IT, WOULD THEY HAVE TO EXTEND THEIR OWN LINE OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR

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YES, SIR. SO CURRENTLY AT THIS MOMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND SEWER AT AT AT THEIR COST. SO THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST TAP IN TO THE LINE.

RIGHT. UNLESS THEY WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE DEVELOPER.

RIGHT. IF IF MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT IS GOING TO INSTALL.

BUT CURRENTLY AT THIS MOMENT IT WOULD BE AT THEIR COST.

YEAH, AND I DON'T MR..

YOU MIND COMING UP, SIR? I KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP RIGHT WITH THE RESIDENTS. ABOUT SEWER BEING AVAILABLE, BUT WHAT HOW WOULD IT BE? ACTUALLY, I LOOKED AT THE PLAN EARLIER TODAY SO Y'ALL CAN SEE THE CURSOR.

IT'S GOING TO COME RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE. AND SO, AS MR. GODWIN SAID, ONCE IT'S OPENED UP, I MEAN, ANYBODY TO THE NORTH COULD, COULD TIE IN. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONE RESIDENT TO THE SOUTH THAT HE WISHES TO TIE IN. I THINK THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE A VERBAL AGREEMENT IS IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN.

THERE'S NO TAPPING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO HE'S ALLOWING THEM TO TAP IN, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE COST OF JUST THAT SMALL PIECE TO GET TO THAT, TO THAT LINE. BUT HE'S GOING TO WORK WITH THEM.

WHOEVER WANTS TO TAP IN, IF IT'S ON THE WAY, THEY'RE WILLING TO ALLOW HIM TO TAP ON IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFIED.

ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO I THINK INITIALLY OR THIS TIME AROUND, THE RESIDENTS WERE TOLD THAT THAT BASICALLY THE STORAGE WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LESSER EVILS VERSUS MULTIFAMILY IS THAT ZONED MULTIFAMILY RIGHT NOW KNOW THEIR PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN YOU GOT PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE THAT ARE ZONED MULTIFAMILY.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY, ZONED SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY. RIGHT. SO THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIENCE.

SO THIS GETS REZONED. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS FAR AS THE PROJECT IS CONCERNED? I MEAN, THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY BE BUILT ALREADY.

THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS.

AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK? RIGHT. RIGHT. NOW THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AN UNSUBDIVIDED PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN ENGINEER, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS SO THAT THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY YET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE THE GOT IT CORRECT.

OKAY. YEAH. MISS MCCURDY HAS A COMMENT ON ITEM SEVEN, A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

I WOULD ALLOW IT. GO AHEAD MA'AM, GO AHEAD. YES, MA'AM, BECAUSE I CAME TO OVER HERE TO THE CITY TONIGHT AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN.

SO I WONDERED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN OKAYED BEFORE WE GOT HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE ALL THE BRUSH HAS BEEN TORE DOWN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AND AGAIN, IT IS FOR THE THE SAFETY OF THE ONES THAT LIVE THERE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL STILL SINGLE HOMES, AND I THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED THAT THEY WILL BE HOOKED UP TO THE SEWER.

I'M ASSUMING IT SOUNDS LIKE AND IT JUST AGAIN, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT JUST LOOKED FISHY TODAY WITH EVERYTHING BEING TORE OUT.

AND THEN YOU SAID THEY THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE SAYING A STORAGE UNIT TODAY.

BUT AFTER Y'ALL OKAY IT WE MAY HAVE MULTIPLE APARTMENTS AND THINGS NOT NOT MULTIPLE APARTMENTS BUT THERE'S OTHER COMMERCIAL USES THAT COULD BE AND THAT WOULD BE MORE ON THE SEWER SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T LIVE THERE.

BUT SOME OF US DO. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. PLEASE JUST ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

YEAH. MR.. MR. PEREZ DID SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO JUST RAISE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE RECENT RAINS, IT WAS PRETTY HIGH, AND HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE. BUT THERE'S I CAN ASSURE YOU, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PLAN WHERE HE COULD SEEK A MULTIFAMILY.

OBVIOUSLY. I PUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY 100 UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY AT FIVE ACRES. HE DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT.

THAT IS NOT HIS INTENT.

WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, STORAGE UNITS, ONE RESTROOM.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE MINIMAL USE OF OF THE SEWER SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND I AND I JUST WANT TO JUST VERIFY.

SO THE PROPERTY WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CAN YOU POST THERE THE WHERE IT'S GOT THE HIGHLIGHT YELLOW THE FOUR ACRES.

THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS IS IN FAVOR OF THIS.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THOSE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SIGN LIVE ON THIS MAP, BUT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE WITHIN THE 300 FOOT RADIUS THAT SIGNED FOR IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST IMPACT, OF COURSE, WAS THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.

THEY HAD SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND SEVERAL HOMES THAT THAT WENT DOWN TO THE EAST.

SO I DON'T KNOW. MR. COULD YOU ANSWER THAT? DID THE THE TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AGREE TO THAT? YES. ACTUALLY, COINCIDENTALLY, THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN ORANGE, THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH AND THE ONE I GUESS TWO, TWO PROPERTIES SOUTH. THOSE ARE THE TWO LETTERS HE HAS IN FAVOR OF THAT.

SO THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH.

THEY WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT. HE'S GOING TO PUT A WOODEN FENCE THAT WAY. THERE'S PRIVACY

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THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. CARMONA. OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR.

SO THIS AREA, OBVIOUSLY, THIS AREA USED TO BE OUTSIDE OUR CITY, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STILL SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON SEPTIC.

SO WE'RE IN OUR AND I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE.

ANOTHER ITEM. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS RELATED TO THIS WHAT IS OUR PLANS TO TAKE SEWER OUT THERE TO THIS AREA? MAYOR, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE THIS AREA AS PART OF OUR CIP IMPROVEMENTS, BUT.

AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO PUT IT ON OUR CIP? WE CAN DEFINITELY START WORKING ON A COST ESTIMATE.

WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT ELEVATIONS TO MAKE SURE IT'LL WORK.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE CAN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADD IT AS PART OF OUR.

AND WITH THAT LIFT STATION THAT'S BEEN PUT IN THERE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THAT? YES, SIR. OKAY. GIVEN THAT THE THAT THE LINES THAT THEY EXTENDED WITHIN THAT MULTI-FAMILY SUBDIVISION ON THE WEST SIDE ARE DEEP ENOUGH? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM B.

CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY PX DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY NW DISTRICT LOT FIVE, BLOCK 125 TOWNSITE OF EDINBURG, LOCATED AT 406 VAN STREET, AS REQUESTED BY VP INTERNATIONAL SALES CORPORATION.

COUNSEL. I MAKE A MOTION TO FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND MOTION TO DENY SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I JUST WANT TO TALK TO THE INVESTOR.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING EDINBURG.

WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR CONCERNS.

JUST LIKE THE PRIOR PROPERTY.

IF YOU GET ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVAL OF THE NEIGHBORS, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE CITY.

BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THERE'S TWO HOMES ON BOTH SIDES, AND THEY WOULD NOT LIKE IT IF THEY HAD MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENTS THERE.

THAT'S THE REASON I MADE THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY.

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

I COUNSEL AT THIS TIME WERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ITEMS C CAN COUNSEL. CAN I TAKE ITEM C AND D TOGETHER OR WOULD THAT BE SEPARATE.

I TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.

SEPARATELY OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE HEARING FOR ITEM C. THIS IS ON OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

WE WELCOME ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME RELATED TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND MY QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN, HAS THIS BEEN POSTED FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW? MAYOR, COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTOR OF FINANCE? YES, YES, IT HAS BEEN POSTED.

GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS ON THIS, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING ON ITEM C ON ITEM D.

I WILL OPEN UP THE HEARING ON PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR TAX YEAR 2020, FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A HEARING, BUT OKAY.

THIS IS ABOUT YOUR TAX RATE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BENCHMARK FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, THE LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE, WHICH WAS 0.6 $0.03.

ALL RIGHT. THIS YEAR, IF YOU WERE IT'S CALLED NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOWER THAT TO 0.6054 AND BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS YOU BROUGHT IN THIS LAST YEAR.

THAT'S NOT COUNTING OVER.

I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS GOTTEN WILL BE GETTING OVER $8 MILLION FOR ALL THE NEW HOMES NEW BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME IN.

THE SAME WITH THE CITY.

THERE ARE LOTS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER HERE.

SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY RUN THE CITY WITH WHAT YOU DID THIS LAST YEAR WITH LOWERING THE TAX RATE. I KNOW ALL THE CITIES THROUGHOUT AND THE THE COUNTY.

OH, WE DIDN'T RAISE THE TAX RATE.

AND EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

THEY'RE THINKING OF US.

THE APPRAISED VALUES WENT UP SO MUCH.

AND YEARS AGO WHEN THE APPRAISED VALUES WENT UP, THE TAX RATES WERE TO GO DOWN.

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AND ALL OF THE TAXING ENTITIES SAID, WHOA, LET'S DOUBLE WHAMMY.

SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR ELECTION, THAT YOU COULD LOWER IT TO 0.6054.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN EDINBURGH AND YOU'RE ALSO DOING D, I MEAN, C BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS D.

SO LET ME GO. ARE YOU WHICH ONE ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? I DON'T WANT TO MISS. WE'RE ON ITEM SEVEN D, MA'AM.

OKAY, JUST THE SEVEN. YES, MA'AM.

SO AGAIN, Y'ALL CAN LOWER IT AND BE HELPFUL TO EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, CANNOT PAY THE RENT, CANNOT PAY THEIR HOME MORTGAGES, CAN'T FEED THEIR CHILDREN.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FEEDING THEM THEIR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND IF THEY STAY AFTER SCHOOL. SO THIS IS THE ONE TIME THAT Y'ALL COULD SHOW THE CITIZENS WHAT YOU WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT EDINBURGH AND LOWER IT TO 0.6054.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

THE HEARING IS STILL OPEN FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THAT WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. GOOD EVENING. DIANE. CHEATER, PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BIOLOGY AT STC.

I'M JUST COMING FROM UT, RGV, WHERE WE REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION DAY TODAY.

SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AND I JUST DON'T GET IT BECAUSE THE PRIOR SPEAKER WAS SAYING THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THIS, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE MORE MONEY AND THE CITY CAN DO THIS. ALL RIGHT.

LAST YEAR I SAT IN THE BACK OVER THERE AND THIS TAX RATE CAME BACK UP.

AND I SAT THERE AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE I GLAZED OVER BECAUSE I COULDN'T REALLY BELIEVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT YOU REDUCED THE TAX RATE BY $0.01, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE.

COUNCILMAN WHITES. AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD GO OVER ABOUT THE TAX RATE. ALL RIGHT.

SO FIRST THING IS I LOOKED UP USING MY AI CHAT BOT, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR NOWADAYS.

AND AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, AWARE OF I LOVE THAT VERY APP.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK IN 2024 TEXAS REVENUE CAPS CONTINUE TO IMPACT PROPERTY TAXES IN EDINBURG IN SEVERAL WAYS.

YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE CAP.

YOU HAVE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE, WHICH I'M HAPPY ABOUT AS A SENIOR.

WE ALSO HAVE APPRAISAL CAPS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOL RATE COMPRESSION.

ALL OF THESE WE USE WITH THESE FANCY FORMULAS THAT ARE TOLD, WELL, IF YOU DO THIS AND THIS THEN IT'S GOING TO END UP OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE WE'RE RECENTLY BEEN COMPARED EDINBURG TO MCALLEN. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S A FEW KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MCALLEN AND EDINBURG.

PROPERTY TAX RATE MCALLEN HAS A SLIGHTLY LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATE COMPARED TO EDINBURGH BECAUSE OH THEY'RE MEDIAN HOME VALUES ARE HIGHER.

THEY ALSO HAVE A MATURE MARKET.

ALL RIGHT NOW. SO OVERALL MCALLEN MIGHT BE BETTER SITUATED FOR A SLIGHTLY LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATE. BUT THE HIGHER MEDIAN HOME VALUES COULD OFFSET THE BENEFIT.

ALL RIGHT. NOW MCALLEN DOES HAVE SOME LOCAL ADVANTAGES THAT CAN INFLUENCE TAX COLLECTION COMPARED TO EDINBURG. THEY HAVE GREATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, LARGER CITY I MEAN, WE'RE 107.

THERE WERE 147,000 PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT. MCALLEN IS CLOSER TO THE BORDER.

THEY HAVE TOURISM AND CROSS BORDER TRADE.

THEY ALSO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE DEVELOPED INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

EDINBURG IS NEW, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ALL THE TIME.

AND THEN AGAIN, POPULATION SIZE.

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RIGHT. AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT THE 15% WAS JUST TOO MUCH.

BUT AGAIN, I CHECKED AND I SAID A COMMON GUIDELINE IS TO HAVE A RESERVE FUND THAT COVERS AT LEAST 15 TO 20% OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

THIS HELPS ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE CITY.

SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.

NOW, I CAN ALSO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT EDINBURGH WAS COMPARED TO MCALLEN.

AND THE BEST THING THAT SPEAKER COULD COME UP WITH WAS THE LANDFILL.

WELL, I THINK EDINBURGH HAS LOTS OF THINGS.

I THINK EDINBURGH HAS OVER 20 PARKS, WE HAVE GREEN SPACES, WE HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THEN I THINK ABOUT, WELL, ASKING TO DECREASE THE TAX RATE.

AND WE BOTH HEARD LAST TIME ABOUT THE NORTH EDINBURGH HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING, WITH THE STUDENTS HAVING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER.

ALL RIGHT. YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU PLOW UP ALL THE FIELDS OUT THERE AND THE BRUSH.

AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO GREEN NATURAL DRAINAGE. IT'S ALL GOING TO HAVE TO BE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR CONCRETE DRAINAGE.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. SO LET'S THINK ABOUT GREEN DRAINAGE FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE TAX RATE AS IT SHOULD BE.

AS MENTIONED, TO DECREASE IT, I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE IT BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN OUR CITY.

WE SHOULD PAY OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT WAS NEGATED THAT SOMEONE SAID THEY WEREN'T WORTH THAT 3%.

WELL, I THINK THERE WERE 3%.

AND I THINK THEY'RE EVEN WORTH MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS.

I THINK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILMAN SHOULD BE PAID.

AND YOU ARE ALL AWARE WITH MY.

ADVISORY ON THIS. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE LIBRARY SERVICES.

THE ONLY REASON THAT THE LIBRARY IS ACCREDITED IS BECAUSE OF HIDALGO COUNTY.

WE HEARD THAT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE ALSO HEARD IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE BEING OVERTURNED. WELL, GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN BRING IN MONEY WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE ANYTIME, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO, BECAUSE YOU CAN PASS AN ORDINANCE.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING THE CONTRACTORS PAY MORE.

BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THE PARKS OUT THERE NEAR NORTH EDINBURGH, THEY WILL BE THE NATURAL DRAINAGE AREAS.

THEY WILL DECREASE. YOU HAVE A TALENTED PROFESSIONAL FORESTER.

USE HIM. HE'S YOUR GREATEST ASSET.

ASSET. SO ONCE AGAIN I ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT DECREASE THE TAX RATE.

KEEP IT AS IT IS. AND IT WAS UP TO ME.

I'D SAY PLEASE INCREASE IT FOR BETTER SERVICES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS UNDER ITEM SEVEN D ON OUR TAX RATE? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM D.

COUNSEL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER REVIEWING AND APPROVING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE 2023 2024 FISCAL YEAR BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND, AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND.

COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS.

IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET.

LIKE MISS TEETER SAID, EVERY YEAR WE RAISE OUR EMPLOYEES 3%.

I THINK MOST OF US ON COUNCIL WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.

IT IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN OVER 20 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

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EVERYTHING GOES UP. SO THE THE EVALUATION THAT THERE IS A BUMP, IT'S REALLY REFLECTING THE COST OF BUILDING THAT SAME HOME WITH THE CURRENT MARKET.

I THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO JUST COSTS A LOT MORE MONEY AND, AND HOPEFULLY SO THIS IS DONE EVERY YEAR, RIGHT.

AND I PRAY THAT OUR ECONOMY LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER NEXT YEAR AFTER THE ELECTIONS.

AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD BE ABLE TO SATISFY BOTH SIDES OF, OF THIS DISCUSSION. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF SO MUCH WORK, SO MANY THINGS. WE'RE PROVIDING MORE SERVICES.

I SEE PARKS AND REC. WE HAVE THE LARGEST PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIELDS.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES.

THERE'S SO, SO MANY NEEDS.

AND EVEN AT THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GET CUT OFF TO MAKE SURE AND HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. BUT THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THEIR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

COUNSELOR, EYE ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS TO THE BUDGET GOES FIRST.

OR THE TAX RATE JUST FOR APPROVAL.

I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.

THE BUDGET GOES FIRST OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO AT THIS TIME CONSIDER ITEM B CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST I DO WANT TO BRING UP A FEW THINGS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DID WANT TO.

FOR THE RESIDENTS SAKE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO OVER.

PROBABLY CAN PROBABLY GO OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE TAX RATE, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER IT ON HERE ON THE BUDGET.

OUR BUDGET, OUR REVENUES.

TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND IN PARTICULAR ARE BASICALLY LARGELY OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE.

RIGHT. AND BUT AS IT RELATES TO THAT, CAN YOU GO OVER I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT EXEMPTIONS WE HAVE INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT USING ALL THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING.

THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS.

THERE ARE SOME FOR OUR VETERANS, FOR THE HOMESTEAD.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON THOSE VERY QUICK? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW THESE REVENUES ARE TIED TO KEEPING OUR CURRENT TAX RATE WHICH IS YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY SUPPORT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO KNOW WHAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET AS FAR AS OUR REVENUES RELATED TO ASSISTING OUR RESIDENTS.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THE CITY OFFERS A 5000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

WE DO OFFER EXEMPTIONS FOR VETERANS.

WE DO FOR HOUSE BILL 366, FOR FREEPORT, FOR OVER 65, AND FOR POLLUTION CONTROL.

AND THERE'S ALSO A FREEZE ALSO FOR THE DISABLED.

YES. AT ANY, ANY PERSON THAT IS 65 OR OLDER THAT FREEZES AT AT THE AGE OF 65.

THEY, THEY'LL PAY THAT AMOUNT FOR, FOR THE ONCE THEY FILE THAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. IT'S A TAX THE ACTUAL TAX AMOUNT, NOT THE TAX RATE OR THE TAX VALUATION.

IT FREEZES THE TAX AMOUNT THEY PAY.

OKAY. AND THEN FOR THAT PURPOSE, DOES SOMEONE IS IT AUTOMATIC OR DOES THE RESIDENT NEED TO GO TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND FILE THAT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. NO. THEY NEED TO GO BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND FILE THAT. AND THAT BEING THE CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY ADMINISTRATION.

I KNOW WE DID THIS LAST YEAR TO HELPING PEOPLE FILL OUT THEIR HOMESTEAD APPLICATION.

I'D LIKE US TO CONTINUE HAVING THOSE SEMINARS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

I THINK THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HELPED US. I THINK AS WELL AS THE TAX OFFICE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT PERHAPS FILED THAT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

TAX STATEMENTS ARE GOING TO COME IN NEXT MONTH SOMETIME.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY QUALIFY, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE THE TAXES ARE DUE AT THE END OF JANUARY, I JUST WANT TO ASK CITY STAFF TO HELP WITH THAT AS WELL. WE'LL WORK ON COORDINATING THAT.

MAYOR, AS PER YOUR REQUEST THE OTHER JUST COMMENTS THAT I HAD WAS JUST ON THE BUDGET THAT'S INCLUDED. THIS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR WEBSITE.

EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO IT TO VIEW AND SEE WHAT'S INCLUDED.

YES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO I DID ASK OUR CITY STAFF AND JUST ECHOING OUR MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS, I DO WANT TO THANK FINANCE DEPARTMENT, CITY ADMINISTRATION, ALL THE CITY STAFF. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THIS BUDGET AND IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TO NOTE TO EVERYBODY.

WE'RE WORKING WITH, OBVIOUSLY, THE TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SET, THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE.

AND STICKING WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO

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WE HAVE WHEN WE INCLUDE THE ARPA FUNDS, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN STREET REPAIRS. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION IN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET. WE HAVE ALSO WE'RE UPDATING ACTUALLY, WE'RE UPDATING OUR MASTER PLAN IN-HOUSE FOR OUR PARKS.

PLAN FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 100,000 IN LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY SIDEWALKS AS WELL.

ALSO, THE EDINBURG 2040 PROGRAM, OF WHICH COMMITTEES ARE, A PART OF. WE'RE FUNDING 7.2 MILLION IN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S COME OUT OF THOSE COMMITTEES. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. THESE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE ARE ALSO MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO EBONY AND LOS LAGOS.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO PROPOSE LOOKING INTO A NEW LIBRARY COMMUNITY CENTER IN OUR CITY AS WELL. THIS BUDGET ALLOWS FOR A SPACE ANALYSIS STUDY.

IS THAT CORRECT, CITY MANAGER? TO HELP US ASSESS LOCATION IN THE BEST PLACE TO TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD, A LOT OF TIMES, OUR BUDGET BOOK, JUST SO Y'ALL SEE, IT'S THIS THICK, IT'S HARD TO DECIPHER EVERYTHING IN HERE, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE, INCLUDING A WELL-DESERVED INCREASE TO OUR EMPLOYEES OF 3% FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP.

I DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN OUR UTILITY FUND, BUT THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR SOME PROPOSED INCREASES, BUT I DID ASK CITY STAFF, AND THEY PROVIDED ME A LOT OF INFORMATION, WHICH I APPRECIATE, RELATED TO SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO OUR SYSTEM. I THINK THERE'S OVER $2 MILLION INCLUDED IN OUR UTILITY FUND.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OF IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF OUR CIP.

02,000,002.1 2,768,100.

AND WE'RE ON PACE TO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY EXPAND OUR TREATMENT FACILITY AS WELL. BOTH ON THE WATER SIDE AND THE SEWER SIDE.

SO IT'S WE WISH WE COULD FUND MORE THINGS.

WE HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE. BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD BUDGET, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY, MAYOR.

SO THE MAYOR SHOWED YOU THE BOOK AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED.

BUT BELIEVE ME, THERE WERE A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED THAT.

WE HAD TO LEAVE OFF AND HOPEFULLY PLAN FOR NEXT BUDGET ENABLED JUST TO BE ABLE TO.

KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME.

AS I MENTIONED, IT'S LIKE AN AN EIGHT FONT SO SMALL.

IF IT WOULD BE LARGER WE'D HAVE A BIGGER BOOK.

YEAH. SO. ALL RIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. MAYOR, WE NEED A RECORD VOTE ON THAT.

OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE I MEAN.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M FOR IT.

I'M FOR IT. OKAY. AND I'M FOR IT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C.

THIS IS TO THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE.

CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE AND LEVY FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR THE TAX YEAR 2020, FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

25. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

I BELIEVE MISS FERN HAD A COMMENT I HAD HERE, MA'AM. AGAIN FROM THE COUNTY.

HERE'S WHERE I GET MY INFORMATION.

THE BENCHMARK. AND AGAIN, Y'ALL COULD LOWER IT.

ONE PENNY. AGAIN, YOU COULD LOWER IT SEVERAL A COUPLE OF PENNIES.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT, BUT THIS SHOWS FROM THE COUNTY THAT Y'ALL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD LAST YEAR, PLUS MORE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A PENNY OR SOMETHING TO HELP THE ONES THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT.

THANK YOU, MISS VERNON. LET ME JUST ADDRESS I KNOW WE'RE NOT A PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DID INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO ALL AVENUES.

AND I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK STAFF AGAIN.

IT'S A TOUGH TASK TO LOOK AT ALL THE REQUESTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TAX RATE.

IT MAY NOT BE LOWERING IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THERE IS MORE REVENUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.

WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO, BUT KNOW THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS BEING VERY MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR BUDGET.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THOSE OF YOU, THESE ARE ALL VERY PUBLIC MEETINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON OUR WORKSHOPS THAT OUR DIRECTORS ANSWER.

AND BELIEVE ME THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE.

AND THEY ARE ANSWERED.

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I'M CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT WHAT WE'RE PROVING IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

SO AND JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

IF SOMEONE COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO, SO I'D LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE WE'RE ACTUALLY RETRO THE TAX RATE. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT THE TAX RATE WAS THIS LOW 1991 1991.

WE WENT BACK TO THE TAX RATE FROM 1991, AND ACTUALLY WE LOWERED IT FROM PREVIOUS TAX RATES THAT WERE RAISED.

COULD YOU TOUCH ON THAT, MYRA? THE SO I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY DEDUCTED OR REDUCED THE TAX RATE APPROXIMATELY $0.04 SINCE THAT TIME. FIVE CLOSER TO FIVE.

YEAH. AND SO PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS RAISED THE TAX RATE A FEW TIMES.

AND WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK ON THAT AND WENT BACK ALL THE WAY TO 1991.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE.

AND SO IT'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'VE ALREADY REDUCED THE TAX RATE $0.05.

I THINK I THINK IT SHOULD BE NOTED, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON WE'RE ABLE TO NOT RAISE OUR TAX RATE IS THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BECOMING MORE VALUABLE AND MORE WORTH MORE. I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY, OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUFF.

THEY CAN'T LIVE ON WHAT THEY GOT LAST YEAR.

BUT THE PRICES OF MILK AND GROCERIES AND GAS OR GAS SEEMS TO BE COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT ARE GOING DOWN. AT LEAST WE'RE NOT UNLIKE MISSION WHEN BEFORE I CAME TO WORK HERE TODAY, I CAME TO COME TO THE OFFICE.

THE NEWS IS REPORTING THAT MISSION HAS GONE UP 7.5% ON PROPERTY TAX.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT 7.5% MEANS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE OUT PENNIES, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY $0.03 TO $0.03 COST AND PLUS WHATEVER THEY GOT.

BUT OUR EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW GIVE THEM A 3% RAISE SO THEY CAN TRY TO KEEP THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THE SAME LEVEL.

IT'S NOT A RAISE. IT'S MORE LIKE A MORE LIKE IN A COLA AREA.

MY GOAL IS PROBABLY ABOUT 2.23 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO NOT RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING WELL.

OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING UP, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH AND THE WEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE'S THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BELL CURVE, THERE'S SOME OUTER LIMITS, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL. AND IF YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE NOT SO WELL, LIKE THAT YOUNG MAN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT OUR HOMELESS POPULATION TOO.

SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. IF WE COULD HAVE RAISED 2% OR $0.02, WE COULD HAVE DONE MAYBE FIXED A BUNCH MORE STREETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT WE GOT TO KEEP IT ALL WITHIN REASON BUT A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.

RIGHT. RIGHT. AND AND JUST TO TO ADD ON WHAT CHIEF WAS SAYING, COLA IS THE ACRONYM FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THE COLA IS. AND SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE ADDED THAT, THAT WE REALLY DON'T HIGHLIGHT.

FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE HERE.

WHEN I GOT IN OFFICE, I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT IF YOU WORKED FOR THE CITY AND RETIRED AND YOU WERE NOT OF MEDICARE AGE, YOU WERE DROPPED FROM THE INSURANCE.

WE CAME AND ADDED THAT BACK ON FOR THE EMPLOYEES SO THAT YOU COULD STAY WITH THE CITY, YOU COULD RETIRE AND STILL BE COVERED BY THE INSURANCE.

YOU COME IN AND GIVE OVER 20 YEARS AND THEN HAVE TO GO BUY YOUR OWN INSURANCE AFTER YOU RETIRED FROM THE CITY. THAT THAT DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, LITTLE BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE.

SO MANY THINGS THAT WE REALLY DON'T HIGHLIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR WORK.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. I THINK WE NEED A RECORD VOTE. I APOLOGIZE ON THIS AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. YAY YAY YAY AND IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM D.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE FOLLOWING THE ITEMS ARE LISTED. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE DEPARTMENT OF FUND AND THE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AS DOCUMENTED.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS ITEM NINE A CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PROGRAM. BUDGET AMENDMENT.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I KNOW THERE'S A TIMING HERE INVOLVED.

ARE WE ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE THE FUNDS ARE UTILIZED? YES, WE'RE ON TRACK. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

THE EXPENDITURE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026.

OKAY. AND I JUST ASKED IF MAYBE AT MIDYEAR IF WE CAN KIND OF REPORT BACK OR IF NOT SOONER, IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT MOVING, PLEASE LET US KNOW. SO WE COULD MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IF WE NEED TO.

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ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022 CAPITAL LEASE PROGRAM SCHEDULES AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT LISTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TEN A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE THREE.

ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 30, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 30.073 TO PROVIDE CHANGES TO THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PLANS.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THIS IN LINE WITH OUR MEETING? CONFER. YES. OKAY, GREAT.

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

ITEM BE. CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE THREE. ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 30, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 30.071 30.072 AND 30.075 TO PROVIDE FOR VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE CITY'S CURRENT CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES. MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A WHERE MOTION IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS MAINLY TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT RIGHT THE INCREASE, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDING AND DELETING POSITIONS.

DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR COMP PLAN OR WOULD THIS DO THAT OR.

YES. GOOD EVENING. BELINDA TORRES DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

MY AGENDA ITEM IS SIMPLY TO UPDATE THE PAY SCHEDULE, WHICH IS THE COMPENSATION PLAN, AND CLEAN IT UP, ADD AND REMOVE POSITIONS BASED ON THE BUDGET PERSONNEL REVIEW.

GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM C, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG. FIREFIGHTERS. OH, THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANTED.

YES, SIR. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION? I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL ON THAT.

SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO GO TO EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE.

SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS ITEM AFTER EXECUTIVE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM D, CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE 18TH ANNUAL TEXAS SKOOKUM HIGH STAKES IN EDINBURG, TO BE HELD FROM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2024 THROUGH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2024 AT EBONY HILLS GOLF COURSE.

BEING A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 66.88 ACRES SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG, OUT OF LOT NINE, SECTION 274 AND LOTS 11 AND 12.

SECTION 271, LOCATED AT 300 WEST MARK DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION AND SECOND. I WAS LOOKING FOR ANYBODY FROM THE CHAMBER.

I WAS CURIOUS, SO WHAT? WHAT HAPPENS ON FRIDAY? I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL IN ONE DAY.

IS HE HERE? OH, THERE'S MISS MILLER.

MISS MILLER, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON FRIDAY. IS THAT IS THIS A CONCERT START FRIDAY OR JUST SET UP? OH. SET UP.

OKAY. SORRY, IT'S NOT TWO DAYS.

OKAY, GREAT. THE BARBECUE.

GOT IT. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT THERE ON OCTOBER 12TH. HIGH STAKES. ITEM E CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY DIRTY DAVE CYCLE EVENT TO BE HELD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2024 THROUGH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2024 AT THE EDINBURGH RACETRACK, BEING PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 120073, LOCATED AT 15920 NORTH I-69C.

AS REQUESTED BY DAVID GARCIA.

MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SECOND.

GO AHEAD. YEAH. ESTE EL FESTIVAL.

ESTAMOS HACIENDO NOSOTROS ES PARA LA PUBLICIDAD TURISTAS ANTES DE TODO ES NADA MAS EN EL TURISMO CON NOSOTROS Y EL SEGUNDO ES SOBRE TODO LO OK ES LA COMUNIDAD EMPRESARIAL DESDE LAS CORPORACIONES FACILITANDO TODO EL EVENTO COBRANDO NINGUN PATROCINIO DE NADA.

TODO ES DONACIONES HACIA EL EVENTO DE MI MARIDO.

EL PUNTO Q NOSOTROS ESTAMOS MANEJANDO AQUI QUISIMOS CON LA COMUNIDAD DE USTEDES.

ES DE NOSOTROS. ESTAMOS HACIENDO POR ESA RAISON.

PERO DE AQUI EN ADELANTE.

QUEREMOS HACERLO CADA ANO.

ENTONCES NOSOTROS QUEREMOS EL SIGUIENTE ANO Q VENGA EL DOUBLE OR TRIPLE DE ESTE ANO.

PERO ESTAMOS HABLANDO DE PURO TURISTA Y ESTAMOS HABLANDO DE LA COMUNIDAD.

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FESTIVAL SON CARRERAS LAS PERSONAS VIENEN.

SON DE TIEMPO. AUSTIN AND HOUSTON.

POR ESO NOSOTROS AQUI PORQUE TIENE DOS MUJERES Y TENEMOS UNA PISTA Y NOSOTROS.

SOMOS PARTE DE LA COMUNIDAD DE EDINBURG.

VERDAD APROVECHAMOS EL NOMBRE DE MI MARIDO PARA PODER Y TAMBIÉN VER HASTA DONDE ES EL ALCANCE DE NOSOTROS ESTE ANO, SIN NINGUN PATROCINIO DE NADIE ES SIMPLEMENTE NOSOTROS. NOS ESTAMOS SOLICITANDO NADA A LA CIUDAD.

CUANDO VENIMOS HACER LA INVITACION PODRIA SER UN UN SALUDO PARA TODA LA COMUNIDAD.

NOSOTROS NOSOTROS TENEMOS TODO ESTO.

TENEMOS LOS GRUPOS. TENEMOS TAMBIÉN EL GRUPO DE ACROBACIAS.

TENEMOS HOTELES. TENEMOS LOS PERMISOS PARA PODER TRAER TODO.

POR REYNOSA CON TODO LOS DE LA CARAVANA.

SON FEDERALES DE CAMINOS VIENE DESDE MÉXICO CON TODO LO OK VIENE SIENDO GOBIERNO DE TODOS LOS GOBIERNOS. GUADALAJARA.

MONTERREY, MEXICO. REYNOSA EN EL PRESIDENTE MUNICIPAL VAN A HACER LA ENTRADA DIRECTO PARA PARA PARA. QUÉ. PORQUE.

ESTAMOS MANEJANDO TAMBIÉN.

LOS EVENTOS Y LOS OTROS HOTELS PORQUE VIENEN FAMILIARES DE NOSOTROS TURISMO Y TAMBIÉN VIENEN A SUS FAMILIAS SE QUEDAN EN LOS OTROS HOTELS.

BUENO MUCHAS GRACIAS SENORA NUESTRA CIUDAD.

DE ESTE. YO TAMBIÉN USTEDES YA LA COMUNIDAD.

SOUTH TEXAS MUSEUM. MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM.

USTEDES EN SU CIUDAD Y BUENO PARA ESO PARA TODOS PARA EL EVENTO.

GRACIAS. A LA COMUNIDAD.

MUCHAS GRACIAS. GRACIAS.

ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OH, I'M SO SORRY. IS THERE STILL DISCUSSION? YEAH. GO AHEAD, SIR. WHAT IS THE ASK FOR HERE? USUALLY ON ALL THESE, THERE'S AN ASK.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PRESENCE OF SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. OKAY. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE THERE. AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY THAT? THAT'S WHAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR. COUNCIL MEMBER.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE REQUEST.

THAT'S THE WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A 1000 BIKERS.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENT ONE PERCENTERS GANGS OUT THERE TOO. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE THE WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, GUYS THAT I WORK WITH AND STUFF LIKE THAT OR COME DOWN HERE. CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS ON THIS? AND I'LL TELL Y'ALL RIGHT NOW I'M AGAINST IT.

BEING IN CHIEF'S POSITION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE FEELS ABOUT IT, BUT, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD ISSUES HERE WITH THE WITH THE BANDIDOS.

THEY USED TO GATHER OVER THERE BY LOWE'S.

AND THEN WE HAD A BIG BRAWL THAT HAPPENED OVER HERE AT WHAT WAS IT CALLED, BIG BELLIES OR OVER HERE ON JUNIOR? THAT'S WHERE I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S WHERE MOLINA'S BROTHERS GOT PRETTY BADLY BEAT UP, TOO. BUT THAT WAS SO EVERYBODY THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING DOWN HERE SOME GOOD WEEKEND GUYS THAT ARE.

THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE. I REALLY LOVE TO HAVE SOME INTELLIGENCE ON THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

I KNOW DPS HAS AN INTELLIGENCE.

I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM THEIR INTELLIGENCE.

ON WHAT GANGS PLAN ON COMING.

WHAT GROUPS COMING? I DON'T WANT TO.

WHAT WAS IT, KILLEEN OR WACO? KILLEEN. WACO. WACO. WHEN THE OTHER SHOOTING WITH THE WITH THE THE NOMAD.

THE NOMAD GROUP. THERE'S A BIG HISTORY IN THIS, GUYS. AND I HOPE YOU'RE. I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING. I HOPE YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY STOPPED BRINGING IT TO THE ISLAND.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THEY STOPPED THE MOTORCYCLE FEST FOR FOR THE ISSUES THAT WERE COMING. THEY'VE DONE. THEY'VE DONE AWAY WITH THE ISLAND.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONES THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE THE CITY THAT'S GOING TO BE KNOWN FOR THAT NOW. WE USED TO HAVE RAP GROUPS THAT USED TO COME TO FIESTA EDINBURG, AND EVERY TIME WE HAD A RAP GROUP THERE, WE'D END UP WITH A STABBING.

SO WE PRETTY MUCH STOPPED TRYING TO DO THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I THINK YOU WERE THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME. WE'D ALWAYS HAVE A STABBING OR SOMETHING SERIOUS THAT WOULD

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I WON'T BE ATTENDING. AND SO MY, MY THANK YOU, CHIEF, I KNOW YOU GOT YOU HAVE THE BACKGROUND ON THAT. I WAS I MISTAKEN OR DID SHE SAY THERE WOULD BE NO COLORS ALLOWED? DID I HEAR THAT? DO WE KNOW THAT? ARE THEY STILL HERE? THE. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CONTROL THAT.

YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT. SO IN OTHER WORDS. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU I'M A MOTORCYCLE GUY.

I'VE GONE TO RALLIES. I'VE GONE TO STURGIS.

A LOT OF THAT. THOSE RALLIES, THEY DON'T ALLOW COLORS.

IT'S PART OF. I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS.

IS THIS A RALLY OR IS THIS AN EVENT AT A RACING EVENT? I GUESS I'M KIND OF CONFUSED.

SO I THINK THIS IS AN EVENT. I DON'T KNOW. CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK TO THIS. I THINK THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT AT THE RACETRACK, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

SO THEY COULD SPEAK TO IT.

AND SO BECAUSE IT'S AN EVENT, THAT'S WHERE THEY COME IN FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, I DON'T THINK TO ASSIGN POLICE OFFICERS THERE.

I THINK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECK INTO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IS IT NOT? RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWING SOME RVS TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE RACETRACK. AND IT'S GOING TO BE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE THE NIGHT.

THEY WANT POLICE PRESENCE JUST TO BE IN THE AREA.

NOT TO BE, BUT NOT A SIGN.

NOT A SIGN. CORRECT. WELL, CHIEF, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOW MAY I LOVE THE POLICE CHIEF? I, I HAVE CONCERNS ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE.

MOTORCYCLE RALLY WITH THOUSANDS THAT MIGHT BE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.

THERE'S AN AMOUNT OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO IT.

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO BE PRESENT, VISIBLE AND AVAILABLE AND READY TO RESPOND TO ANY TYPE OF CRITICAL INCIDENT OR CRISIS.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE MENTIONED, AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN WACO, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT BLACK EYE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MANAGE THAT MANY BIKERS COMING THROUGH OUR CITY, STAYING AT OUR HOTELS, VISITING OUR RESTAURANTS.

I'M ALL FOR TOURISM. ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF TOURISM AND WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY OUR CITY. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE LEGWORK. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE A LOT MORE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION.

I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S COMING. I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED MEXICO, REYNOSA.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR BACKGROUNDS. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR AFFILIATIONS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH MOTORCYCLE CLUBS.

THEY RIDE THEIR ENTHUSIASTS.

MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM DIAZ, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE OUT THERE.

WE DO HAVE OFFICERS THAT GET IN THE WRONG PLACES, AND THEY ENCOUNTER ONE PERCENTERS AND THERE'S CONFRONTATION.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS RISK OF THE WRONG MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST SHOWING UP TO A RALLY AND THEN THERE BEING CONFRONTATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE CANNOT ENFORCE THE COLORS THAT THEY WEAR.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE THE COLORS THEY WEAR, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ON US TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SECURITY PLATFORM IS.

THEY'VE NOT. I'VE NOT MET WITH THEM.

THEY'VE NOT MET WITH ME TO TO TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS, RIGHT? SO. OKAY, I HAVE TO INTERRUPT THIS.

SO, MR. AZEVEDO, WHAT'S.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WHEN Y'ALL COME BEFORE US, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO WHAT? WHAT TOOK PLACE? WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WE JUST APPROVED TEXAS COOKHAM, RIGHT? PART OF THEIR EVENT, EVERYBODY MEETS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT EVENT. THAT'S A CITY EVENT. BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT. SO THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS GET TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT.

SO I JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

WHY AREN'T ALL DEPARTMENTS I GUESS, MADE AWARE OF THIS? THIS WAS LIKE A LAST MINUTE DEAL, MAYOR. IT WAS JUST.

OKAY. WELL, THAT BEING THE CASE, COUNCIL, LET'S TABLE IT AND BRING IT BACK.

GIVE THE DEPARTMENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT.

I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ONE MORE POINT BEFORE WE DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. OKAY. NO, NOT AT ALL, CHIEF. WE ALSO APPROVED COOKHAM HERE FOR OCTOBER 11TH.

HOW MANY OFFICERS DO YOU PLAN ON PUTTING IN COOKHAM? CAN YOU.

OH. THE COOKHAM EVENT.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE PROBABLY 12 OFFICERS OR SO.

WE DO COVER THE NIGHTTIME FOR THE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE STUFF THAT'S LEFT OUT THERE. BUT IT JUST DEPENDS.

WHEN YOU'RE PICKED UP, WHAT'S YOUR PEAK? MORE OR LESS. I'M NOT HOLDING YOU TO A NUMBER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR ME TO DO THAT. I THINK I THINK WHAT, 12 TO 15.

AROUND 12 FOR FOR FOR COOKHAM.

AND THAT'S JUST COOKHAM. RIGHT.

AND SO WITH THAT INFORMATION AND EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S CHIEF WHITE, THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING US.

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CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECONVENE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT.

THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I DO BELIEVE THAT. WELL, FIRST THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK TO, I THINK. LET ME SEE HERE.

[C. Consider Ordinance Amending the Authorized Strength and Classifications of the City of Edinburg Firefighters. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

FIREFIGHTERS. SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NOT. ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED?

[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. I BELIEVE THERE WERE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT NEEDED DIRECTION. ON ITEM 17,

[A. Consultation with City Attorney. (§551.071. Consultation with Attorney; Closed Meeting; §551.087)]

AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND.

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

MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO ACTION NEEDED ON THE NEXT ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE, THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'RE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.