[00:01:22] MR. QUORUM, LET'S PLEASE RISE FOR PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET US PRAY. GOD OUR FATHER, WE ASK. WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING CALLED US TOGETHER. THAT WE MAY ASK YOU HUMBLY TO SERVE US AT THIS MEETING. SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON US, AND REMAIN PRESENT AMONG US, AND LEAD US IN THE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WE WILL HAVE. BLESS OUR WORDS AND THOUGHTS WITH HOLINESS THAT WE MAY BE FITTING INSTRUMENTS OF YOUR GRACE. WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME. [1. Call Meeting To Order, Establish Quorum] [A. Prayer] AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE [B. Pledge of Allegiance] REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR [2. Certification of Public Notice] ALL. DO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, STAFF DID NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AT 5 P.M. [3. Disclosure of Conflict of Interest] ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER. [4. Meeting Procedures] THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IF A RESIDENT DESIRES TO SPEAK A PUBLIC COMMENT, [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS] PLEASE NOTIFY THE CHAIRPERSON PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS IS REQUIRED. WE ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATION AND FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES. [6. ABSENCES] AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER THE EXCUSING OF THE ABSENCE OF VICE CHAIRPERSON [A. Consider excusing the absence of Vice Chairperson Elias Longoria, Jr. from the September 26,] LIZ LONGORIA, JUNIOR FROM THE SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING, AND CONSIDER THE EXCUSING OF THE ABSENCE OF [B. Consider excusing the absence of Commission member Rodolfo “Rudy” Ramirez from the] COMMISSIONER MEMBER RODOLFO RUDY RAMIREZ FROM THE SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND EVERYBODY IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CHAIRMAN, WE SKIPPED THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST SECTION. OH I APOLOGIZE. YES, SIR. [7. MINUTES] DO WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST BOARD? [A. Consider Approval of the Minutes for the August 27, 2024 Regular Meeting] NO, NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 27TH 2024 REGULAR MEETING. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. EVERYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [8. PUBLIC HEARINGS] [A. Consider the Rezoning Request From Residential, Primary (RP) District to Commercial, General] EVERYBODY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT C, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 5.196 ACRES SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO, TEXAS. BEING OUT OF LOT THREE, SECTION 275 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE RECORDED IN VOLUME 24, PAGES 168 AND 171 HIDALGO COUNTY DEED RECORDS LOCATED AT 2900 WEST SPRAGUE STREET. [B. Consider the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Residential, Multi-] ITEM EIGHT B IS TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT, A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 10.397 ACRES SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO, TEXAS. BEING OUT OF LOT THREE, SECTION 275 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 24, PAGES 168 AND 171 HIDALGO COUNTY DEED RECORDS LOCATED AT 3000 WEST SPRAGUE STREET. [C. Consider the Rezoning Request from Residential, Multi-family (RM) District and Commercial,] ITEM EIGHT C. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 11.689 ACRES SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO, TEXAS. BEING OUT OF LOT THREE, SECTION 275 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 24, PAGES 168 THROUGH 171. HIDALGO COUNTY DEED RECORDS LOCATED AT 3100 WEST SPRAGUE STREET. STAFF. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JAIME ACEVEDO, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD. I'M GOING TO START OFF BY GIVING A LITTLE [00:05:03] HISTORY ON THIS 40 ACRE TRACT OF HOW IT'S EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. THE INITIAL REQUEST THAT WAS SEEN BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING CAME IN 2006 BACK IN 2006. THE WHOLE 40 ACRE TRACT WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL AT THAT TIME. LATER IN 2008, A 13.79 ACRES WAS REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. THAT'S THE ORANGE TRACK THAT YOU SEE THERE. UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING MAP THAT'S CLOSEST TO VICTORIA HEIGHTS. AND THEN LATER IN 2022, THE CENTER SECTION, THE 11.87 ACRES, WAS REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER COUPLE OF REZONING ATTEMPTS THAT HAVE FAILED, AND THEY'VE WITHDRAWN THOSE REQUESTS BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO CITY COUNCIL. BUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT IS A REZONING OF THREE TRACKS TRACTS OF PROPERTIES. THE FIRST ONE BEING THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. CURRENTLY IT'S 13.79 ACRES. AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS FLIP THE RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. AND IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY NEXT TO THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, AND YOU HAVE THE MULTIFAMILY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE, CLOSER TO THE COMMERCIAL. NOW THEY ARE THEY'RE THEY'RE ALSO REDUCING THE SIZE OF BOTH OF THOSE TRACKS. CURRENTLY, THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY IS 13.79 ACRES AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 10.397 ACRES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE LESS MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE POTENTIALLY BE BUILT. THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS COMING DOWN FROM 11.878 ACRES TO 7.68 ACRES. AND THE COMMERCIAL IS GROWING BY A LITTLE BIT OVER FIVE ACRES. SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT? WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE RESIDENTS TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE REZONING PROCESS IS GOING TO BE, AND WE MET WITH, I BELIEVE THEY'VE MET ALSO WITH THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. THEY HAD A SEPARATE MEETING AT MELDON AND HUTT'S OFFICE. BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER THIS A THREE PART REZONING, AND WE'VE LOOKED AT IT FROM A FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU GO FROM COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY TO SINGLE FAMILY. AND IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE BECAUSE IT, IT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO YIELD LESS MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAN WHAT THEY COULD BUILD THERE TODAY. THIS ITEM IS NOW BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU CAN STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH GOLDBERG, AND I'M A RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN THE WEST MEADOWS SUBDIVISION. MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REZONING AND ARE OPPOSED TO IT. AND I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BUT LEFT A COMMENT. AND I'M GOING TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. SO LISBETH ROGERS, WHO LIVES ON PERSIMMON AVENUE, IS OPPOSED TO THE REZONING BECAUSE IT WOULD LOWER PROPERTY VALUE, INCREASE TRAFFIC SPEEDING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IS UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN. ANTHONY MATTHEW IS AGAINST THIS BECAUSE THIS AREA IS ALREADY SUPER POPULATED AND TRAFFIC ISSUES AND SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN. ELIZABETH GOLDBERG THAT'S ME ON WYOMING AVENUE. I'M OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING BECAUSE IT WOULD INCREASE FLOODING IN THE AREA, REMOVING NATURAL LANDS AND FILLING THEM WITH CONCRETE. LEAVES LESS PLACES FOR WATER TO COLLECT AND DRAIN, CAUSING FLOODING IN THE AREA. THE REZONING WOULD ALSO CAUSE INCREASED TRAFFIC TO THE AREA. SPRAGUE IS A ONE LANE STREET IN EACH DIRECTION. IT ALREADY GETS VERY CROWDED, PARTICULARLY AT PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIME AT TREVINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WOULD MAKE THE PROBLEM FOR WORSE. FINALLY, LEAVING THE FIELD AS IT IS MAKES IT AREA BEAUTIFUL AND SUPPORTS NATURAL PLANTS AND ANIMALS, INCLUDING POLLINATORS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. DIANA SIGNS ON PERSIMMON AVENUE AS OPPOSED TO THIS, BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, NOISE, TRASH AND CRIME THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX TENANTS OFTEN BRING TO EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. EDINBURG SEEMS TO BE OVERWHELMED AND OVERWHELMED WITH APARTMENTS AROUND THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT. THERE SHOULD BE SOME LIMITATIONS AS TO HOW MUCH OUR CITIZENS SHOULD ACCEPT. OUR PROPERTY VALUE IS DEVALUED WITH TOO MANY APARTMENTS ALL AROUND. OLGA CARDOZA VASQUEZ ON SABLE AVENUE IS OPPOSED TO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND INCREASED RISK OF FLOODING. EDITA VIRAGA AND REYNALDO VIRAGA ON HAWTHORNE AVENUE ARE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC, INCREASED FLOODING, LOWER PROPERTY VALUES, DESTRUCTION OF NATURAL LANDS. ELI FALCONE IS OPPOSED THIS ON WYOMING AVENUE. EXCUSE ME. AS OPPOSED TO THIS DUE TO CONCERNS WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC, FLOODING AND PROPERTY VALUES. I AM GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED FLOODING. THE WEST MEADOW SUBDIVISION DOES NOT EXPERIENCE FLOODING DURING HURRICANE HANNA. HOWEVER. NO. PLEASE. OKAY. DURING HURRICANE HANNA, HOWEVER, ONE OR FEW BLOCKS IN THE OTHER [00:10:01] DIRECTIONS, THERE WAS FLOODING. CURRENTLY, THE WATER THAT FLOOD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINS INTO THAT FIELD. THE AREA IS REZONED AND DEVELOPED. WE WILL ALL EXPERIENCE FLOODING BECAUSE THE WATER WILL HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. THIS WILL CAUSE GREAT HARM TO THE HOMEOWNERS AS WE WILL NEED TO PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL DECREASE FOR SUDDENLY BEING IN A FLOOD ZONE. THERE IS PLENTY OF LAND TO THE NORTH. THE AREA NEEDS TO REMAIN A FIELD TO PROTECT US, THE RESIDENTS. AND FINALLY, JONAH GOLDBERG ON WYOMING AVENUE IS OPPOSED TO THIS. REGARDING TRAFFIC, SPRAGUE ALREADY HAS A NIGHTMARE AROUND PICK UP AND DROP OFF FOR SCHOOL AND RUSH HOUR. ANY KIND OF HOUSING HERE WOULD MAKE IT EXTREMELY, EXPONENTIALLY WORSE. FURTHERMORE, OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. FIFTH GRADERS AT TREVINO, LESS THAN HALF A MILE AWAY. ALREADY IN PORTABLES, THE AREA IS NOT BUILT FOR ADDED POPULATION. FINALLY, I'M FURIOUS THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED THIS QUESTION AGAIN. THIS IS THE LEAST THE THIRD TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MATTHEW. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK ON ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT. SEE IF YOU CAN STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU THE NUMBER ONE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE COMMERCIAL AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE, FIVE ACRES MORE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FRONTAGE ALONG MCCALL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST STREETS HERE IN EDINBURGH. AND LIKE MR. AZEVEDO MENTIONED, WE'RE BASICALLY FLIPPING THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY ZONING, WHICH IS RIGHT AGAINST THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST. AND WE'RE FLIPPING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT TO KIND OF CREATE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION. THING IS VICTORIA HEIGHTS. BASICALLY, WE'RE FLIPPING THAT TO KIND OF CREATE A BUFFER AND MAKE A DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE MORE. I WOULD SAY LESS PROBLEMATIC OR MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE AMENABLE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. SO WE'RE BASICALLY MOVING THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY NEXT TO THE SUBDIVISIONS, ALREADY EXISTING MULTIFAMILY BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THE COMMERCIAL AND MAKING THAT TRANSITION FROM COMMERCIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SHE, THE, THE RESIDENT MENTIONED WAS TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE PROBABLY UTILITIES AND PROBABLY THE SPRAY, THE WIDENING OF SPRAY, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE TAKEN CARE DURING THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE A SUBDIVISION. BUT ONCE EVERYTHING IS MOVED TO BE DEVELOPED, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC, UTILITIES DENSITY, ALL OF THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE DEALT WITH IN THE FUTURE. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY. IT SAYS 291 UNITS. THOSE ARE THE POSSIBLE UNITS, I GUESS, BASED ON THE ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT I THINK THIS IS LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS FOR THAT PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MANY UNITS, BUT PROBABLY IT WOULD BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. YES. THE INTENT IS TO HAVE AN ACCESS THROUGH MCCALL FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND THE APARTMENTS OR. NO, ACTUALLY, THE PIECE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SOUTH FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO MCCALL WILL BE PART OF THE OF THE DEDICATION THAT WILL BE DONE FOR THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE SOUTH UTILITY EASEMENT. SO ANOTHER ANOTHER ISSUE THAT SHOULD MENTION IS PROBABLY FLOODING, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY DEDICATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH TO TAKE CARE OF, OF THE DISCHARGE OF THE STORM, DRAINAGE WATER. WELL, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THE MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A VERY NICE HOMES IN THAT AREA. AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE CONCERN FOR FROM THE LAST MEETINGS THAT WE HAD TO NOW. I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL DISCUSSED TOWNHOMES AS OPPOSED TO MULTIFAMILY TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM. WELL, AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT, I MEAN, TYPICALLY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE A BUDDING APARTMENT COMPLEXES. BUT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, THERE'S ALREADY A 13.79 ACRE PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY SO MULTIFAMILY. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY DON'T WANT ANY MORE, BECAUSE THERE IS TOWARDS 10TH STREET. THERE IS A MULTIFAMILY THERE. I'VE BEEN THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. BUT AROUND THAT AREA THERE IS NOT MULTIFAMILY FROM BACK TOWARDS MCCALL. IT'S FROM MCCALL BACK TO 10TH STREET, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT AREA. I THINK HE'S JUST SAYING THAT THEY COULD DO MULTIFAMILY RIGHT NOW. EXACTLY. THAT'S MY POINT. SO SORT OF A COMPROMISE IN THAT THE DEVELOPER IS TRYING TO FLIP THAT, TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORS A LITTLE MORE AT EASE WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT AREA. AND THEN I GUESS WHOEVER BUYS IN THE NEW RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WILL THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING BECAUSE YOU'RE BUYING RIGHT NEXT TO IT? YEAH, THAT'S SORT OF THE COMPROMISE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING HERE FOR BY FLIPPING THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, [00:15:01] BUT JAIME HAD SAID THAT MELVIN HUNT AND YOUR ENGINEERING FIRM THAT HAS MET WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, DID YOU WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THOSE MEETINGS? I BELIEVE MARIO REINA MET WITH A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS. I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I BELIEVE MATURANA MET WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA. DO YOU KNOW IF HE RESOLVED SOME OF THEIR ISSUES THAT THE PUBLIC HAD? WELL, I THINK THE CONVERSATION WENT ALONG THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE EXPLAINING HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE WITH THE PROCESS AND MAYBE THE REQUEST UNTIL YOU SEE IT ON A MAP. BUT ONCE YOU SEE IT ON A MAP, I THINK IT'S KIND OF CLEAR THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF TRYING TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S TO THE WEST. VICTOR, WE ALSO HAD MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST WEEK. WE MET WITH THEM ON THURSDAY. I DO SEE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE AT THAT MEETING HERE TONIGHT, BUT STAFF DID. STAFF DID. YEAH. WE MET WITH THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS THAT MAY THAT THAT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS MAY HAVE. NOW THE NUMBER 291 THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO. THAT'S 28 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE MOST THAT YOU CAN GET ON AN ACRE. BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S A POWER TRANSMISSION LINE THAT RUNS CURRENTLY THROUGH THAT PROPERTY. SO THAT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE USABLE LAND. EXACTLY. THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD WAS WHERE DOES IT RUN ALONG? I KNOW THERE'S A POWER LINE ACROSS THERE, BUT DOES IT RUN THROUGH THAT MULTIFAMILY AREA? IT DOES. IT'S RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE, RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE, RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST AND WEST. SO THAT AREA WILL HAVE TO BE SO OF THE OF THE 10.397 ACRES, IS ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE OR YOU CAN'T BUILD UNDERNEATH THOSE WIRES. CORRECT. BECAUSE THE EASEMENT. SO MORE THAN LIKELY WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED IS TO BE PARKING OR A LITTLE PARK FOR THE FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO YEAH, I MEAN THE DENSITY ON THAT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT. SO DOES THAT IS THAT 10.397 EQUAL TO THE USABLE ACREAGE OR IS THAT THE WHOLE THING? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GROSS. THAT'S GROSS GROSS GROSS. IT'S GROSS. BEFORE YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH. SO THAT HOW WIDE IS THE EASEMENT. SO THAT IT'S USUALLY 150. IT'S A BIG EASEMENT I THINK IT'S 50FT WIDE, 100FT, 50FT EACH SIDE. YEAH, I THINK SO. IT'S A HIGH TRANSMISSION POWER LINE THERE, USUALLY 75 AND 75. IT'S USUALLY 150. IT'S EITHER 100 OR 150. YEAH. SO ONCE THAT'S DESIGNED, MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL HAVE TO BE EITHER PARKING OR AN OPEN AREA FOR LIKE A PARK FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND THAT GOES FOR ALL THREE OF THESE PHASES. RIGHT. RESIDENTIAL. SO WE DON'T YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A TRUE NET NET USABLE ACREAGE. NOT AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IT'S PROBABLY 60 TO THE PERCENT ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT TRANSMISSION LINE. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT C? YOU CAN STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LUCY. I LIVE IN WEST MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, RIGHT NORTH OF THIS PROJECT. I, I HEARD SOME OF THE CONCERNS HERE ABOUT THE THE TRAFFIC AND THE THE, THE FLOODING THAT WE GET WHEN THERE'S BIG STORMS. OBVIOUSLY THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE MORE OVERWHELMED. BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT SPRAGUE IS WAY TOO NARROW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS ANY PLANS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. A LITTLE EAST OF THIS PROJECT, THERE'S A LOT OF 70 YEAR OLD BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY THERE WAS A VERY BAD ACCIDENT THIS WEEKEND. SOMEBODY DIED THERE. I DON'T THINK THAT STREET IS READY FOR TO TO FOR MORE TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW AT 5:00. IT'S RIDICULOUSLY LONG BECAUSE THERE'S JUST THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ADDING ALL OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE STREET REMAINS THE WAY IT IS. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE. AND I DON'T KNOW, MAY I ASK QUESTIONS TO THE DEVELOPERS THAT POSSIBLE OR TO YOU CAN ASK THE ENGINEER. THE ENGINEER IS RIGHT THERE. OKAY. ARE THESE MULTIFAMILY? I WAS I WAS WITH MY MARIO REYNA MEETING. I WAS PRESENT THERE AT THIS MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS. ARE THEY GOING TO BE, LET'S SAY WITH, WITH THE WITH THE SUBDIVISION, WITH THE HOUSES IS GOING TO BE HIGH END OR IT'S OR IS IT GOING TO BE DUPLEXES JUST LIKE THE ONES ON ONE MAC? THE DEVELOPERS HERE MR. THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROPERTY. HELLO, EVERYONE. EDUARDO, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I WANTED TO POINT OUT BEFORE YOU JUMP IN. BEFORE GETTING TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE HERE, ESPECIALLY THE NEIGHBORS, IS THAT BASED ON THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE CAN TAKE AS WE ARE ZONED TODAY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING ONLY ABOUT 50% OF WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BUILD. SO WE'RE LOWERING THE THE SATURATION OF THE AREA. [00:20:02] WE'RE GOING AROUND 50% OF WHAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO TODAY. BASED ON YOUR QUESTION. THE IDEA IS TO BUILD SOMETHING HIGH END. IT'S A PRIVATE COMMUNITY WITH AMENITIES, WITH A GREEN AREA ALL ALONG THE EASEMENT WHERE THE POWER LINE IS. THE IDEA IS TO DO SOME, LIKE WALKING TRAILS OR BIKING TRAILS ALL ALONG WITH SOME TREES. AND THE IDEA I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, BUT THE IDEA WHEN THE TIME COMES WAS TO COME TO YOU GUYS AS THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, AND TO SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE THAT AS A PARK, LIKE WE CAN DO A DONATION OF THAT AREA AND MAKE IT A PUBLIC AREA, BECAUSE NO ONE BETTER THAN YOU, THAN YOU DO KNOW HOW TO HOW TO HANDLE IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MORE OR LESS IS YOUR QUESTION. SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THAT MEETING IS GOING TO REMAIN THE IDEA. THAT'S THE IDEA. YES, YES. THERE'S NO CHANGES. LIKE THE IDEA IS TO GO LIKE ON THE ON THE MEDIUM HIGH END. NOTHING LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOTHING. THE IDEA IS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I KNOW YOU GUYS MENTIONED SOMETHING AROUND THE AREA, BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT FOURPLEX. THE LAND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CONDOS. IT'S CONDOS. IT'S LIKE A TWO FLOOR CONDOS. WE HAVE THAT ALREADY ON BREAK. WE HAVE THAT. THOSE CONDOS. THERE'S TEN, 12 CONDOS THERE. ARE YOU SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THERE'S TWO FLOORS TO IT. YEAH, THIS IS A 2 OR 3 FLOORS, I'M NOT SURE. WITH THE POOL AREA. WITH GARDEN AREA. WITH BARBECUE AREA LIKE THE DENSITY IS GOING TO BE VERY LOW COMPARED TO WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY. SO IT'S LIKE VERY ROOMY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE IN FRONT OF ANYONE'S HOUSE. EVERYTHING IS IN THE CENTER. YOU HAVE THE WALKING AREA, YOU HAVE GREEN AREA PARKING, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBORS. AND THE NEIGHBORS LIKE IMMEDIATE TO TO THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE CURRENT RESIDENTS. IT'S GOING TO BE THAT BUFFER AREA THAT WE'RE GIVING FOR A RESIDENTIAL USE. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE A BUFFER ZONE FOR WESTMEADOWS AND ESPECIALLY FOR VICTORIA HEIGHTS. WHAT'S THE RENTAL PER MONTH? I WOULDN'T DARE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT IF YOU ASK ME, BALLPARK 1200 1500. IT DEPENDS. YEAH, BECAUSE ONCE YOU START GOING TO THE 800 RANGE AND THOSE ARE THE. NO, NO, NO, WE CANNOT AFFORD IT. YEAH. IT'S NOT A BUSINESS I AGREE. YEAH. NO IT'S DEFINITELY ABOVE 1100. DEFINITELY. THE DENSITY NOW IS A QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE DENSE IN THIS AREA. AND THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE. AND THE ONLY ACCESS WOULD BE TO THROUGH SPRAGUE. AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION IS IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ACCESS THROUGH TEXDOT ROAD MCCALL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD HAVE GOING FROM MCCALL TO GUYS, THAT'S THE MAIN ROAD. YOU'RE GOING TO LINK TO WHAT YOU GUYS SAY. I MEAN, YOU'RE THE EXPERT. YEAH. WELL, THIS THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. YEAH. I GUESS TO TO ANSWER A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE. IN FACT, I THINK THE PROPERTY WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE LESS DENSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON THE SCREEN. I THINK THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS GOING TO REDUCE. IT'S GOING TO BE REDUCED FROM 386 POSSIBLE UNITS TO 291, BASED ON THE ACREAGE OF THE MULTIFAMILY. SO ANOTHER THING IS THAT ONCE THE PROPERTY GOES THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ROAD, MORE LIKELY THE CITY IS GOING TO BE REQUESTING MORE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR SPRAGUE, INCLUDING PAVING IMPROVEMENTS, MAYBE ANOTHER LANE TO BE TO WIDEN SPRAGUE BASED ON THE NEW TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING INTO THE AREA. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HERE TO TO. I GUESS TO ADD TO THAT, I HAVE FOR THE COMMERCIAL. THAT'S CORRECT. THE RESIDENTIAL THE ISSUE HERE IS A MULTIFAMILY. THE MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY THERE. IT'S IT'S EXACTLY 79 ACRES. THEY'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING IT TO 10.39. THEY'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE MULTIFAMILY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SOMETHING JUST JUST CHAIRMAN, WE ARE JUST CONSIDERING A ZONING REQUEST. YES. NOTHING ABOUT BUILDING, NOTHING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. AND SO I JUST THEY'RE ACTUALLY SWAPPING. ALL THEY'RE DOING IS SWAPPING THE LOCATION OF THESE AND REDUCING THE MULTIFAMILY AND REDUCING THE RESIDENTIAL AND MAKING THE COMMERCIAL BIGGER. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE PUTTING THE THE RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NEXT TO THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL, AND THEY'RE PUTTING THE MULTIFAMILY BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL. SO THE CURRENT ZONING IS ON THE LEFT AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS ON THE RIGHT, MEANING THAT IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH I THOUGHT WE HAD KIND OF TABLED IT OR DENIED IT THE LAST TIME. YEAH, BUT THIS IS. THIS IS CURRENT. CURRENT. THIS IS CURRENT ZONING. THE ZONING CHANGE IN 2008. CORRECT. MR. LONG, LONG TIME AGO. YEAH. AND WE APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEER AND THE DEVELOPER COMING UP AND GIVING A FURTHER EXPLANATION, BUT WE ARE ONLY CONSIDERING A REZONING REQUEST. YEAH. CORRECT. AND I GUESS TO ADD ALSO TO THE RESHUFFLING AND MAKING IT ACTUALLY BETTER AND ACTUALLY LESS. IT'S BETTER THAN THAN WHAT'S CURRENT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS APPROVED LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY I KEPT ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. BUT BECAUSE IN THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A LONG MEETING. AND I GUESS ALSO TO ADD TO THAT, TO THE SECOND ACCESS QUESTION, WE'VE DONE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WHERE WE DO THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL, WE DO ANOTHER SECONDARY ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, MAYBE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PD, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE REQUIRED, BUT DUE TO THE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE. [00:25:03] EXACTLY. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? THIS IS ALREADY THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN BUILD. I THOUGHT THIS WAS I. MY NAME IS DEANNA SEPULVEDA. MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE. MY HUSBAND IS HERE. HIS NAME IS RAY SEPULVEDA. I APPRECIATE THIS GATHERING. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. I WILL LATER TAKE UP WITH THE CITY AS TO WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THESE MEETINGS WE'VE LIVED IN ON PERSIMMON AVENUE FOR FOUR YEARS, APPROXIMATELY. WE'RE VERY INTERESTED. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RETIRED, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED, AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN. AND I WILL STATE MY CONCERN REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING WHAT KIND OF APARTMENTS ARE COMING UP. MY CONCERN, I THINK, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, IS CRIME. I DID LOOK UP THE INFORMATION ON CRIMES THAT HAPPENED AROUND AND WITHIN THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, NOT TO MENTION TRAFFIC WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. I WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC. SPRAGUE IS SPRAGUE IS A PROBLEM FOR MANY REASONS. I AVOID IT, AND SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF FORCED TO TAKE SPRAGUE BECAUSE THE LITTLE BLUEBIRD SECTION IS OVERRUN BY THE COUNTY PEOPLE AND OUR HOUSE IS RIGHT BEHIND THE COUNTY BUILDING. THE COUNTY WORKERS ARE RUDE, BAD DRIVERS, AND THEY'RE RUNNING IN AND OUT OF THERE, AFFECTING THE REST OF US THAT LIVE THERE AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE. THEN THERE'S GOLD'S GYM. THEY'RE JUST AS RUDE. THEY'RE JUST AS BAD DRIVERS AND THEY COME IN IN BUNCHES. I'M NOT SAYING LET'S GET RID OF ALL OF THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT. I HAVE TO GO IN THROUGH BLUEBIRD AVENUE SO I CAN GET INTO PERSIMMON AND GET TO MY HOUSE. I GOT TO PUT UP WITH THIS ALREADY TO AVOID THE ISSUES ON SPRAGUE. SO NOW IF WE'RE CONSIDERING APARTMENT BUILDINGS, DO YOU KNOW THAT WITHIN ONE MILE RADIUS WE HAVE APARTMENTS EVERYWHERE BETWEEN RIGHT ACROSS THE SCHOOL, MONMOUTH, ENDLESS PLOTS OF APARTMENTS, 10TH STREET. I SEE ANOTHER BUILDING COMING UP ON 10TH STREET. I REALIZE THAT MIGHT BE MCALLEN. THEN BEHIND THE COFFEY ZONE. MORE APARTMENTS IF YOU GO ACROSS 107 ENDLESS APARTMENTS. THIS IS A UNIVERSITY TOWN. I REALIZED THAT I GRADUATED FROM HERE. I NEVER LIVED IN AN APARTMENT. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT EDINBURGH SHOULD NOT BE AN APARTMENT CITY. WE HAVE HOMES. MY HUSBAND AND I INVESTED OUR RETIREMENT MONEY ON THIS HOME, AND I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS, BUT I WOULD THINK MOST OF THEM AGREE WITH ME. I WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T WANT TRASH. I DON'T WANT NOISE, I DON'T WANT TRAFFIC, I DON'T WANT CRIME. AND ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SAY, AND I'VE READ UP ON THIS AND YOU ALL CAN READ UP ON THIS TOO. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. CRIME IS UNDERREPORTED. CRIME IS UNDERREPORTED. ALL KINDS OF CRIME, FROM MINOR CRIMES TO MAJOR CRIMES, ARE UNDERREPORTED. FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE CAN ARGUE AND DEBATE THAT, BUT CRIME IS UNDERREPORTED. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE CAN ONLY ASSUME AND GUESS AND SPECULATE AS TO HOW MANY OTHER CRIMES ARE GOING UNDERREPORTED, UNREPORTED. AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN MORE APARTMENTS. LET'S KEEP IN MIND FAMILIES LIVE THERE. MY HUSBAND AND I RAISED THREE BOYS. THEY ALL MOVED OUT. THEY'RE ALL LIVING THEIR LIVES. BUT WE STILL CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. WE STILL CARE ABOUT OUR SAFETY. THERE'S A SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET. I SEE KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. KIDS LIVE THERE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS APARTMENT BUILDING WILL BRING MORE CRIME AND TRASH AND NOISE. AND THEN THERE'S SPRAGUE. I'M SORRY, MA'AM, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. OKAY, LET'S JUST LET'S JUST KEEP IN MIND ALL THE APARTMENTS IN EDINBURGH. I THINK IT'S TOO MUCH. EDINBURGH CITY SHOULD NOT BE APARTMENT CITY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO IT AND STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS REINALDO SEPULVEDA. I JUST WANT TO STATE SOMETHING AND REINFORCE WHAT MY WIFE IS SAYING. I SERVED THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR 30, 31 YEARS. I'M A RETIRED LIEUTENANT FROM THE EDINBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT. MOST OF OUR CRIMES AND THIS IS WHAT I EXPERIENCED, COME FROM APARTMENTS. MOST OF OUR MURDERS COME FROM APARTMENTS, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER THE AMOUNT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING. THIS IS THE ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW. WE WANT THE CITY TO GROW. WE WANT THE CITY TO PROSPER, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE SAFE. AND THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WHEN WE GOT THE NOTICE. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO FIND OUT. SEND A LETTER TO PLANNING AND ZONING. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. LIKE MY WIFE SAID, WE'RE RETIRED AND WE JUST WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WELL, AND ASK THE BUILDING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS JUST TO CHANGE THE VARIANCE, VARIANCE OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET PERMISSION FOR THE ZONING. BUT AS THE BUILDINGS COME UP AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED AND TOLD WHAT'S GOING ON. [00:30:02] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. I JUST HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS AND THIS IS PROBABLY MORE GENERAL IN NATURE. STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RICHARD COSTELLO. I LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION THAT'S ACROSS FROM THE THE REZONING. I LIVE IN WEST MEADOWS AND I'VE SEEN, AS SHE MENTIONED, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT CRIME ALL WE WANT. AND THE REALITY OF IT IS CRIME DOES GO UP IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES. BUT I LOOK AT IT MORE, I PROBABLY MORE COMPREHENSIVELY. AND THAT'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE REALITY. AND I BLAME IT ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE REZONED THIS PLACE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH MINUTES, AND IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE EVER SAY NO UNLESS THERE'S ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ON THE PART OF THE SUBDIVISION, WE EVER SAY NO TO REZONING. AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AND I KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT REASON IS, BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ZONING HAS NEVER, EVER VISITED THIS LOCATION. AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A DISSERVICE TO A LOT OF US, BECAUSE THE REALITY OF IT IS, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT EDINBURG IS UGLY. OKAY. PEOPLE VISIT ME ALL THE TIME FROM UP NORTH WHERE I CAME FROM, AND I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAS EVER SAID, OH, YOU REALLY LIVE IN A NICE PLACE. YOUR SUBDIVISION IS NICE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY EVERYTHING AROUND YOU. THE VAPE SHOP, FOR EXAMPLE, GOLD'S GYM IS A PRODUCT OF POOR REZONING. AND THAT'S YOU GUYS'S RESPONSIBILITY OR YOUR PREDECESSORS. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR MAKING, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THE SAME, THE SAME THING. MCALLEN IS A LOT NICER, AND IT IS BECAUSE I THINK THEY PUT SOME EFFORT INTO ACTUALLY ZONING THEIR SPECIFIC TOWN. SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I PLAN ON MOVING OUT OF HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP LIVING BY APARTMENT DWELLERS. OKAY, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVE IN APARTMENTS FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, THEY CAN'T AFFORD A HOUSE OR TWO. THEY BOUGHT AN F-150 PICKUP TRUCK INSTEAD OF USING THAT AS A DOWN PAYMENT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S ADJACENT, WHICH I RUN EVERY DAY, I SEE THAT PEOPLE HAVE NICER VEHICLES THAN ME BECAUSE THEY FAIL TO TAKE THE PRICE. THEY THEY BASICALLY FAILED TO TAKE THAT DOWN PAYMENT AND BUY A HOUSE. OKAY, NOW, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A PHASE, YOU GUYS HAVE AN MS4 PLAN. THE CITY OF EDINBURG, RIGHT? IN THAT MS4 PLAN, YOU HAVE MCM NUMBER SIX, WHICH SAYS THAT 90% OF POST-CONSTRUCTION RUNOFF. OKAY. HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. YOUR PLAN DOESN'T MENTION THAT ONCE YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY STORMWATER AUTHORITY. IT'S A JOKE, BY THE WAY, FOR ANY OF YOU GUYS THAT ARE THAT ARE PART IT'S A COMPLETE JOKE. THEY POST MORE FISHING TOURNAMENTS THAN THEY DO ACTUALLY ENFORCEMENT. AND THE REALITY OF IT IS NOBODY COMPLIES WITH THAT MANDATE. AND THAT'S A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT WE SAW WITH THAT. AND IT WASN'T EVEN A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. WE SAW THE CITY OF EDINBURG FLOODING. OKAY. WHY? BECAUSE WE FAILED TO RETAIN OUR STORMWATER AFTER ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND AFTER ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT. AND JUST PUTTING A PIPE AND RUNNING IT TO THE CANAL DOESN'T CUT IT, GUYS, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, IT'S GOING TO BASICALLY OVERFLOW THAT CANAL AND IT'S GOING TO FLOOD THE LOCAL SUBDIVISIONS. OKAY. THAT'S ACTUALLY I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT CHECK YOUR MS4 PLAN AND CHECK MIC NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS POST CONSTRUCTION RUNOFF, AND YOU'LL FIND THAT IS NOT ADDRESSED. AND I CAN SEE THAT IT'S NOT ADDRESSED IN THIS RAINFALL. COMMENTS FOR THE FOR THE STAFF MR.. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE. HI. MY NAME IS HAIGHA. I LIVE IN THE WEST MEADOWS, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BUILD THE APARTMENTS, BECAUSE THEN IT COULD OVERPOPULATE THE TREVINO. AND TOO MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO BE GOING THERE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT THIS SCHOOL. AND IT ALSO, IF WE MAKE THOSE THINGS, THERE'S BEAUTIFUL SUNFLOWERS THAT GROW THERE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT ALL THAT STUFF DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [00:35:06] IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT C. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF I GUESS, ARE WE TAKING THIS ALL IN ONE? NO. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY. VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON EACH ONE. EACH ITEM. CORRECT. AND I JUST WANTED TO. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVING APPROVE TO APPROVE ON ALL THREE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL ON ALL THREE. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING INTO YOU SEE, I WOULD I WOULD BE OKAY IF ALL THREE PASS BECAUSE IN REALITY WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS IMPROVING. I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE IF THE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING THERE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT, A REDUCTION IF THEY WERE EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO MAPS. BECAUSE THIS REALLY HELPS THE AREA, BUT I WOULD HATE TO VOTE ON ONE ITEM. VOTE ON THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH MEANING THE MULTIFAMILY. AND THEN FOR SOME REASON THE THE PRIMARY GETS DENIED AND THEN THEY END UP WITH TWO MULTIFAMILY. TAKE THEM SEPARATELY. TAKE THEM TOGETHER. RIGHT. BUT YOU GOT TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE P AND Z IS JUST A RECOMMENDING BOARD. IT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY SO. RIGHT. WELL, YOU CAN DEPENDING ON HOW YOU VOTE ON THE THE NEXT ITEMS, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE THE THE MEMBER OF THE BODY THAT MAKES THE MOTION, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND RESCIND THAT. TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. CAN WE CAN WE VOTE ON THE COMMERCIAL THE THE CAN WE VOTE ON THE COMMERCIAL? THE RED ONE? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED OUT OF ORDER. YEAH. OUT OF ORDER. THE COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THE THE THE PRIMARY TO GET RID OF THE MULTIFAMILY. YOU CAN DO THEM OUT OF ORDER. YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER. AND THEN THE MULTIFAMILY. I'M NOT SURE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ALREADY ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL RIGHT NOW. AND SO EVEN IF WE DID NOTHING AND VOTED THIS DOWN, YOU WOULD THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS IN THAT SPOT ALREADY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN CHANGED. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR THAT SUBDIVISION SO THAT THINGS ARE IN A BETTER POSITION STRUCTURALLY FOR FOR THE RESIDENTS. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A YES OR NO. IT'S IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT IN FACT. YEAH. SO BECAUSE IT ALREADY IT ALREADY IS LIKE THAT THE CURRENT ZONING MAP, THEY COULD PUT 386 SINCE 2008 IT'S ALREADY BEEN LIKE THAT VERSUS 291. SO. RIGHT. SO I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY IS AGAINST THE MULTIFAMILY BUT MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY THERE. IT JUST HASN'T BEEN CONSTRUCTED. AND WE'RE SHRINKING IT. AND THIS WOULD SHRINK IT, AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY SHRINK IT. WE'RE ONLY VOTING TO ACTUALLY SHRINK THE MULTIFAMILY AND MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE VOTING ON AND MAKING THE COMMERCIAL BIGGER. IF IF WE DON'T VOTE, IF WE ACTUALLY DENY THIS, WHAT'S ON THE LEFT IS WHAT'S WHAT REMAINS. SO YOU END UP WITH A BIGGER MULTIFAMILY, CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTS. I MEAN, YOU GOT TO KIND OF TAKE ALL THREE TOGETHER BECAUSE. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ALL THREE TOGETHER OR OUT OF ORDER. RED, YELLOW. AND YOU COULD APPROVE THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND THE COMMERCIAL AND DENY THE MULTIFAMILY IN THE MIDDLE. BUT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T FIT TOGETHER. YOU SEE, I WOULD GO ALL IN, BUT BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION AFTER CORRECTLY. BUT IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT OUT OF THE ORDER, I CAN DO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FIRST. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD TAKING ALL THREE TOGETHER OR. WELL, I DON'T THINK WE CAN LEGALLY. CORRECT. THEY HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO RIGHT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ITEM EIGHT A WHICH IS GOING TO BE TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE 5.196 ACRE TRACK. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL. SECOND. SECOND. ANY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM EIGHT C. IT'S GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD BE THE 11 I'M SORRY, 11.68 11.689 ACRES SITUATED IN OFF OF 3100 WEST SPRAGUE. NO NO NO NO, THAT'S 7.68. FOR CLARIFICATION CHAIRMAN, YOU JUST STATED THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ITEM EIGHT C YES, FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. YOU WERE TAKING THEM OUT OF ORDER FROM MULTIFAMILY TO PRIMARY. YOU WANT TO DO. WELL, I WAS TRYING TO DO EIGHT C, [00:40:02] WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AIR, WHICH IS THE ONE CLOSEST TO VICTORIA HEIGHTS. THE ACREAGE IS INCORRECT, BUT THE ACREAGE IS INCORRECT BECAUSE IT SAYS 7.60680 ACRES ON THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP. THE CORRECTION FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT, WHICH IS 7.68 ACRES. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO EIGHT B, WHICH IS GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE 10.397 ACRES. WHICH IS. MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND IT. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SOMETHING TO TO TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE NO WEIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S CITY COUNCIL THAT MAKES THE FINAL DECISION. SO YOUR YOUR CONCERNS AND COMMENTS ARE WELL APPRECIATED AND RECEIVED. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU IF YOU ALL WANT Y'ALL NEED TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND AND MAKE YOUR CASE THERE. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. YES, SIR. THE ACTUAL ACREAGE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS 11.689, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGED WAS THAT THEY INCLUDED THIS BOTTOM SECTION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THE DRAIN DITCH. SO IT DID INCREASE. OKAY. SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO, TO INCLUDE THE, THE 11.6 2.689. YEAH. IT'S CORRECT. YEAH. DO I GO MAKE A MOTION ALL OVER AGAIN? I WOULD JUST AMEND YOUR MOTION. OKAY. CORRECT. THE ACREAGE THAT WAS APPROVED ON ITEM EIGHT. SEE? I MADE THAT MOTION. YES. YES. OKAY, THEN I'LL MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE TO MY MOTION TO TO DESIGNATE THAT IT'S 11.689 ACRES. OKAY. WE HAD A SECOND FROM COMMISSION MEMBER GEORGE GONZALEZ SECONDED LAST TIME. OKAY. YOU WANT TO SECOND THAT, MR. GONZALEZ? GEORGE, YOU SECOND. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER THE 5TH. ANY CAVEATS? TO COMPLY WITH MINIMUM CONTROL MEASURE SIX. NOT ON A REZONING. REZONING? YEAH. YES, SIR. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CONSENT AGENDA FOR ITEMS NINE A THROUGH NINE C, CAN WE GET A MOTION SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [A. Consider the Preliminary Plat approval of Hunters Point Subdivision, being a 33.22 acres tract of] [B. Consider the Preliminary Plat approval of Kings Landing Subdivision, being a 17.274 acres tract] EVERYBODY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [C. Consider the Preliminary Plat approval of Emerald Grove on Monte Cristo Subdivision, being] [10. PRESENTATION] MOVING ALONG TO ITEM TEN, A MR. [A. Presentation and possible action regarding the City of Edinburg Comprehensive Plan and Future] CEO. YES. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. FROM THERE, THE CONSULTANT THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GO OVER THEIR RESULTS. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DONE AFTER THIS MEETING, IT'LL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT? YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE DECIDED NOT TO DO POWERPOINT TONIGHT. ENOUGH SLIDES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PLAN ITSELF. I MAINLY WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON WE WERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 1ST. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND JUST HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THERE. THIS PROCESS STARTED IN JANUARY, AND THE MAYOR ASKED US TO BE DONE IN NINE MONTHS. SO WE MET WITH THEM ON OCTOBER 1ST AND HAD A DRAFT PLAN. WE'VE MADE SOME ADDITIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. FINISHED THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. THE COMPLETE MAP. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE POINTED OUT TO COUNCIL, A LOT OF DETAIL, OF COURSE, IN THIS DOCUMENT IT'S I ALWAYS SAY IT'S MORE OF A REFERENCE DOCUMENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REFERENCE FOR ZONING CASES, FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES. BUT IF YOU STEP BACK, SOME OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS TO ME ARE THE POPULATION PROJECTION, WHICH PUTS THE CITY POTENTIALLY IN THE 167,000 PERSON RANGE IN 2045. SO THAT'S WITHIN A RANGE THAT'S BIGGER THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE MIDPOINT OF THE RANGE. SO YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN 2024 YOU WERE AT ABOUT 105,000. SO THAT'S THE POTENTIAL. AND THAT IS THE CITY LIMITS. THAT'S TODAY'S CITY LIMITS. SO BASED ON THAT A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS FLOW FROM THAT. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS WE MENTIONED A COUNCIL IS IT'S IN ALL OF THIS IS IN THE PLAN, THE URGENCY OF WATER, OF COURSE. AND THAT'S BEEN MOST OF THESE ITEMS ARE BEING DEALT WITH ALREADY. SO EXPANDED CAPACITY FOR MORE WATER TREATMENT. [00:45:02] THE WASTEWATER SIDE IS IN BETTER SHAPE, BUT EVEN THERE THE CAPACITY IS ABOUT 76% RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S ALREADY PLANS FOR A SECOND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR FUTURE GROWTH. SO THOSE ARE IN THE GROWTH CAPACITY PORTION. WHEN YOU DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LIKE THIS, TYPICALLY YOU REVISIT YOUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AT THAT POINT. IT WAS UPDATED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT BASED ON THIS NEW PLAN THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED ENTIRELY SINCE 2005, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT THE UDC. SO THERE'S SOME ITEMS ABOUT THAT. AND ACTUALLY, ONCE THE PLAN IS DONE, ONE OF OUR REMAINING TASKS IS TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT UDC BASED ON THE NEW PLAN, AND MAKE MORE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. THE COMP PLAN STAYS AT A FAIRLY GENERAL LEVEL, SO THAT'LL BE COMING UP NEXT. WE ALSO TALK IN THE PLAN ABOUT JUST I CALL THEM SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF POLICE AND FIRE STAFFING. AS YOU GROW, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP UP WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH. BUT THERE'S ALSO FACILITY NEEDS A NEXT LIKELY FIRE STATION, PROBABLY ON THE NORTH SIDE AND JUST THE EXISTING FACILITIES. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND POLICE IS GOING TO NEED A NEW. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THAT NEXT GENERATION FACILITY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. CERTAINLY ON THE PARK SIDE. THERE'S A MAP IN THE PLAN THAT SHOWS MOST OF THE CITY'S PARKS ARE KIND OF CLUSTERED WHERE THE CITY BEGAN, KIND OF IN THE CENTRAL AREA. NORTH AND SOUTH ARE GOING TO NEED MORE ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE, WHICH TIES INTO THE FEE THAT IS CHARGED, TYPICALLY IN LIEU OF WHEN PARKLAND IS NOT DEDICATED. SO THAT'S MENTIONED IN THE PLAN, LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY GETTING MORE REVENUE THROUGH THAT MECHANISM. AND THEN LIBRARY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT NEXT GENERATION LIBRARY FACILITIES. WELL, PARTLY LOCATION, JUST AS THE CITY IS GROWING, BUT SIZE FOR THE SIZE OF CITY THAT THAT YOU ARE ALREADY AND BECOMING. AND THEN THE FINAL TWO ITEMS WERE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE JUST WITHIN DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN IN 2010. MORE ABOUT DESIGN AND CERTAINLY ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, THE GOOD THINGS IN RECENT YEARS ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, PUBLIC FACILITIES, STREETSCAPE, AMPHITHEATER. BUT THE ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS OF DOWNTOWN, WE THINK, NEED MORE ATTENTION, PRIVATE INVESTMENT POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL IN THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA. AND THEN I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE MET WITH YOU A FEW A WHILE BACK. THERE'S A CONCEPT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION ABOUT WITH ALL THE MEDICAL ACTIVITY THAT'S EMERGED, ESPECIALLY AROUND JACKSON MCCALL SUGAR THAT THOSE THREE AND KIND OF A NORTH SOUTH SPINE. PLUS ON TRENTON OF COURSE, THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY, THERE'S JUST A CLUSTER OF MEDICAL ACTIVITY THAT'S EMERGED THERE, FROM HOSPITALS TO CLINICS, DOCTORS OFFICES. SO THERE'S DISCUSSION OF KIND OF BRANDING THAT AS A MEDICAL DISTRICT, MAKE IT MORE OF IT, AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK. RESTAURANTS, HOTELS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY HAVING FAMILY WITH HOSPITAL STAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT REALLY A KEY PART OF YOUR ECONOMY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF OVERLAPS WITH FAR AND MCALLEN BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS IN THE THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CITY. SO, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS WE HIGHLIGHTED. I CAN BRING UP THE PLAN. WE'VE GOT IT ON SCREEN. IT'S IN THE PACKET. THE MAIN THING I WANT TO MENTION IS WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, THEY'RE ALL STRUCTURED THE SAME. IT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES IN THIS AREA OF THE PLAN, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BASED ON PREVIOUS PLANNING. WHAT ARE THINGS THAT YOUR CITY HAS GOTTEN DONE? RECOGNITIONS, AWARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN IT TALKS. IT REFERENCES PAST PLANS. SO THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PLAN. AND THEN BASED ON THE ISSUES THERE'S A SET OF GOALS IN EACH SECTION. AND THEN THERE'S A TABLE IN EACH SECTION. THAT'S A NUMBER OF ACTION ITEMS. AT THE BACK OF THE PLAN THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION WHERE WE PULLED THERE'S PROBABLY WE DIDN'T I DIDN'T COUNT THEM. THERE'S PROBABLY 100, 120 ACTION ITEMS SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, WE PULLED 16 ITEMS OUT AS THE ONES THAT ARE SOME OF THE THE ONES THAT ARE LIKELY NEEDING ATTENTION SOONER THAN LATER. SOME OF THOSE ARE NEXT PLANS. AND I ALWAYS TELL COUNCILS, YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MORE PLANS. YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT PARKS BEING BUILT AND AND PHYSICAL THINGS, BUT ALREADY IN THE NEW BUDGET IS WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS. VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT WHERE YOUR SYSTEMS ARE THAT FEEDS YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PROCESS SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUDGETING FOR THOSE IN ADVANCE SO THEY'RE READY TO GO SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN IS FIVE YEARS OLD. NOT THAT LONG, BUT TO BE COMPETITIVE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE GAME WITH PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, FOR GRANTS, FOR CITIES, FOR PARK AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. [00:50:01] THEY WANT TO SEE A PLAN THAT'S BEEN UPDATED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S TIME MENTIONED LIBRARY, POLICE AND FIRE. SO THIS IS ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH BEING A RAPIDLY GROWING CITY. SO SO THAT'S AT THE BACK OF THE PLAN. AND THEN OF COURSE THE MAP, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS THE HEART OF THESE PLANS. TYPICALLY IT'S TO SYNC WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THE ZONING SIDE. SO WE HAVE THE MAP COMPLETE. NOW I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS ABOUT THE MAP WE DID REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CATEGORIES ON THE MAP. AND LET ME GET DOWN TO THE LEGEND. WE TOOK AND THIS WAS SOME OF OUR DISCUSSION WHEN WE MET WITH YOU WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. THERE'S NO LONGER AN AGRICULTURE CATEGORY IN THE MAP. JUST THINKING AHEAD TO SEVERAL DECADES FROM NOW. NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH AGRICULTURE LEFT IN THE CITY. OR NOT FOR LONG, PROBABLY. THE THERE WAS A OFFICE BUSINESS PARK CATEGORY. WE TOOK THAT OFF. IT WAS IN A FEW PLACES, BUT REALLY, EITHER NOW INDUSTRIAL AREAS OR COMMERCIAL PRETTY WELL COVERS THAT. THE URBAN UNIVERSITY CATEGORY IS STILL THERE, MAINLY ON UTRGV, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE BIBLE COLLEGE DOWN NEAR TRENTON. WE TOOK OUT THE URBAN CATEGORY THAT GOES BACK TO 2005. REALLY, WE THINK THE URBAN CATEGORY COVERS A LOT OF EVEN SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WHAT WE ADDED IS A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY. NOW THAT CATEGORY IS IS MAINLY APARTMENT COMPLEXES. IT'S THE LARGER ONES. WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CALL THOSE OUT ON THE MAP. IT'S ONLY THE EXISTING ONES. AND THERE'S, THERE'S TEXT DISCUSSION IN THE PLAN THAT IT'S PRETTY HARD TO PUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ON THE MAP ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, WHEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO. HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO BE MULTIFAMILY? SO THOSE THAT'S ADDED TO THE MAP AS WELL. AND SO HAPPY TO, TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE MAP WITH YOU. SOME OF THE BIG PICTURE THINGS WE'D SAY IS, OF COURSE, UPDATING A MAP LIKE THIS THAT WENT BACK, YOU KNOW, SOME NUMBER OF YEARS. WE'RE CAPTURING EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IN SOME AREAS. THAT WAS JUST PART OF THE EXERCISE. THERE WERE PIECES AROUND THE EDGES OF THE CITY WHERE THERE WAS NO FUTURE LAND USE SHOWN BECAUSE IT WAS PROPERTIES THAT WERE ANNEXED. SO THEY'VE BEEN ANNEXED SINCE THIS PLAN. THIS MAP WAS DONE IN THE PAST. SO WE NOW HAVE PUT FUTURE LAND USES ON THOSE PROPERTIES. I THINK AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING, THERE'S THERE'S, AS YOU I'M SURE WELL KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN THE CITY THAT ARE ZONED AGRICULTURE AND THEY'RE IN THE PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT. YOU GO TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND IT EITHER DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING OR IT'S SO OLD, IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT TODAY'S SITUATION. SO WE PURPOSELY DID A FIRST PASS AND LOOKED AT ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED AG TODAY AND MADE SURE WHAT WE WERE SHOWING AS THE FUTURE LAND USE. SO THAT IS NOW ON THE MAP AND SHOULD. YES IT WAS. AND I SHOULD MENTION STAFF IS WORKING ON AN UPDATE OF THE ZONING MAP BASED ON THIS WORK. THAT WILL COME LATER, BUT SAME IDEA AS TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED ALREADY. I THINK A FINAL ITEM IS THERE'S PROBABLY MORE COMMERCIAL NOW THAN INDUSTRIAL ON THE PREVIOUS MAP. MOST OF THE INDUSTRIAL IS CERTAINLY UP NORTH AND WITH THE AIRPORT AND THAT INTENT AND BY THE WAY, THAT THAT PORTION OFF TO THE LEFT IS KIND OF AN INSET SINCE THE CITY IS SO LONG, THAT'S THE TOP OF THE CITY OFF TO THE LEFT, THE AIRPORT AREA. BUT THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE INDUSTRIAL IS CONCENTRATED. THE EDC HAS THEIR INDUSTRIAL PARK UP NORTH. OF COURSE, THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT ARE INDUSTRIAL TODAY. THAT'S THE PURPLE COLOR I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED, BUT THE REDS IS THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL THE TAN COLOR THAT'S ON KIND OF THE INTERIOR OF THE MAP BETWEEN YOUR MAJOR CORRIDORS. IS THAT AUTO URBAN? THE TYPICAL CORRESPONDS TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CATEGORY, ESPECIALLY THERE'S THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, KIND OF THAT AQUA COLOR IN THE MIDDLE, THE UNIVERSITY IN THE BLUE. SO THIS IS A BIG CITY. THIS IS A BIG EXERCISE TO UPDATE THIS MAP. BUT IT IS IT IS THERE WAS THERE ANYTHING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR, LIKE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MORE BIKE TRAILS, MORE WALKING TRAILS, THINGS LIKE TREES, NOT SO MUCH ON THIS MAP, BUT IN THE PLAN. VERY DEFINITELY. IT SHOWS UP IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION WITH A TRANSPORTATION SPIN, BUT THERE'S A RECREATION AND AMENITY SECTION AT THE BACK THAT CERTAINLY DEALS WITH THAT WAY IN THE BACK. JUST THE ORDER OF THE SECTIONS. BUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS PLAN, WHICH I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED, IS, YOU KNOW, OUR CHARGE FROM DAY ONE WAS THE EDINBURG 2040 PROCESS HAD JUST BEEN DONE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ALL THE COMMITTEES. SO WE'VE YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN WE'VE CALLED OUT AND WE'VE TIED ACTION ITEMS TO WHERE THEY LINE UP WITH THE 2040 PROCESS. [00:55:03] AND REALLY GOING FORWARD, 2040 IS IS MORE OF A WHAT CAN WE DO NOW NEXT WEEK ON SPECIFIC THINGS? THE COMP PLAN IS MORE YOUR BIG PICTURE 20 YEAR OUTLOOK, BUT NOW THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO CONNECT THE DOTS WHERE THE THINGS THAT YOUR GRASSROOTS COMMITTEES PRIORITIZED OR REFLECTED IN THE COMP PLAN. SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. MR. CHAIRMAN, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON THE DOCUMENT, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T HAD THIS VERY LONG. IT'S IT'S WE AS I SAY, WE TRIED TO MEET THE MAYOR'S TIMELINE. WE DID IT. BUT HERE WE ARE. AND I KNOW COUNCIL IS EAGER TO SEE IT NEXT WEEK. WELL, THANK YOU. I ENJOYED REVIEWING IT LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THAT KIND OF POPS UP OUT OF MY HEAD WAS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS IN THE PACKET BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND IT. BUT I REMEMBER READING IT LAST NIGHT WAS WITH REGARDS TO WATER AND THE AMOUNT OF, I THINK, TAPS WE HAVE LEFT, I THINK IT WAS ONLY LIKE 4600 OR 4800 MAYBE. I'M WONDERING EVEN HOW MANY WE USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE RUNNING LOW. AND I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, SO THE CITY IS GROWING REALLY FAST, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT MORE WATER TO SUSTAIN THE GROWTH OF THE CITY. THINGS THAT WE DEALT WITH IN GETTING CITIZENS INPUT. BECAUSE JUST LIKE VICTOR SAID. SOME PEOPLE WANT MORE TREES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER TO WATER THE TREES, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE HARD TO PLEASE BOTH SIDES. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT ONLY AN EDINBURGH PROBLEM, IT'S A VALLEY PROBLEM. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF WATER, TOO. I MEAN, THE RIO GRANDE ISN'T GOING TO BE THERE FOR US FOREVER. IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT SEEMS NOW. WE ACTUALLY THERE'S THERE'S GOALS, THERE'S ISSUES. ONE OTHER THING WE DID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS WITH COUNCIL IS IDENTIFIED SIX BIG THEMES FOR THE PLAN. ONE OF THEM IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SCARCITY, WHICH IS THE WATER ISSUE. YOU'VE GOT A UNIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF THE STATE. EL PASO CORPUS IS LOOKING AT DESAL NOW FOR SALTWATER. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SCARCITY. AND THAT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY OF HOW CAN WE USE TECHNOLOGY WAYS TO STRETCH WATER SUPPLY. CERTAINLY CONSERVATION EFFORTS. THE OTHER PART OF THAT THEME IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ABUNDANCE AND THAT'S THE LANDFILL. YOU HAVE A WASTE STREAM COMING TO THE BECAUSE IT'S THE REGIONAL LANDFILL FOR MUCH OF THE VALLEY. THERE'S PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT THAT'S AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND DIVERT THAT WASTE STREAM AND MAKE ECONOMIC USE OUT OF IT. THE CITY ALREADY HAS THE METHANE PLANT THAT GETS SOME OF THE ENERGY BENEFIT FROM THAT. BUT SO THAT THEME IS IN THE PLAN EVEN OF TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WATER SITUATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, BUT I THINK WITH THE WATER, WITH THE NEW TOWER AND THE IMPROVEMENTS, ARE WE GETTING MORE TAPS? YEAH. I MEAN, WITH ALL THE GROWTH, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GETTING MORE TAPS. OKAY. KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WITH THE NEW TOWER THAT THEY'RE BUILDING, THE ONE ON MONTE CRISTO, THE NEW WATER TOWER IS JUST GOING TO IMPROVE. JUST VOLUME AND PRESSURE. VOLUME AND PRESSURE PRESSURE AREA AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL. IT'S TREATMENT THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE THE THE NEXT STEP THAT'S EXPANDING EXPANSION OF PLANTS. NOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ARE COMMITTED TO ACTING ON THE PLAN, NOT JUST GETTING THIS DOCUMENT AND PUTTING IT ON THE SHELF. THEY WANT ALL THE CITY PROJECTS TIED TO THIS PLAN. GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN THE ALL AMERICAN CITY OF EDINBURGH. YES, YES, YES. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO PUT THAT SIGN UP. I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE PLAN. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. I'M GOING TO TAKE AN ACTION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ACCEPT PRESENTATION AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND IT. THERE. BE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WHEN'S OUR NEXT MEETING, HYMAN? [11. INFORMATION ONLY] TWO WEEKS. NO, IT'LL BE SOMETIME. AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE IN NOVEMBER. ONLY ONE? NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 24TH. AND THEN NOVEMBER. WE'RE ONLY HAVING ONE MEETING. AND THEN DECEMBER. WE'RE ONLY HAVING ONE MEETING. FOR WHAT? A TUESDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY. SO WHAT'S OUR NEXT MEETING? WHAT'S THE DATE? NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 24TH. 24TH. SO TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. GOT IT. WE'RE SENDING MAIL OUTS TOMORROW FOR THAT MEETING. AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT IS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER THE 14TH. AND THAT'S THE ONLY MEETING WE'RE HAVING IN NOVEMBER DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS. THE FOLLOWING MEETING AFTER THAT IS GOING TO BE DECEMBER THE 12TH, AND THAT'S THE ONLY MEETING WE HAVE IN DECEMBER DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS. OKAY. ANY MORE MEETINGS? 24TH. AND WHAT WAS THE NEXT DAY? 24TH. AND THEN OCTOBER 24TH. AND THEN NOVEMBER 24TH. NOVEMBER THE 14TH. 14TH. OKAY. AND THEN DECEMBER THE 12TH. ALL AT 530. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON THE CALENDARS FOR NEXT YEAR FOR [01:00:02] DEADLINES AND MEETING DATES. SO ONCE WE HAVE THOSE SOLIDIFIED AND IRONED OUT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL SEND THOSE OVER. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OH, NO. I JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY, WHERE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO BE APPROVED. I MEAN, WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE FOR SUPPORT. AWESOME. GOOD QUESTION. WHO E-MAILED THIS TO US? IS THAT IS THAT AT SEVEN? THAT'S AT SIX. SIX. SIX. OKAY. IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PLANNING MONTH. NO WAY. YES. IT'S ALSO PROCLAMATION PRESENTED. PRESENTATION FOR NATIONAL PLANNING. REMINDER FOR OCTOBER. JUST TO KIND OF SEE IT ON MY EMAIL. IT'S THERE. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. IF YOU GUYS CAN GET UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH IT. IT'S AN INVITATION. IT'S AN INVITATION. WE'LL DO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.