[00:00:06] 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. [1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM] THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:00 BY MY WATCH. I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO START AS WE START EVERY MEETING WITH A PRAYER. LET ME JUST GET. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. WE HAVE IF YOU CAN PLEASE RISE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PASTOR GABRIELLA CONKLIN FROM THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LEAD US IN PRAYER TODAY. LET US PRAY. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE MADE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ALL TO GATHER SAFELY HERE IN THIS PLACE. I PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WOULD SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS, CITY STAFF, CITIZENS, AND EACH OF US PRESENT HERE TODAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING OUR COMMUNITY. [A. Prayer.] I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR OFFICIALS AND LEADERS TO ALWAYS WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE. MAY YOU INSPIRE IN THEM WISDOM, A SPIRIT OF JUSTICE, A HEART OF COMPASSION AND EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF UNITY AS THEY STRIVE FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. MAY YOU BLESS AND KEEP US ALL AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED [B. Pledge of Allegiance.] STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. ITEM TWO CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. [2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE] YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2024 AT 5:45 P.M.. SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. [3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST] DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. UNDER STATE LAW, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? NO NO NO. THANK YOU MA'AM. [4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] ITEM FOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ITEMS. THEY'RE BASICALLY EVENTS THAT THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND IF IF THEY MAY. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE SECOND ANNUAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WORKSHOP. AND I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH WILL BE HOSTING THE SECOND ANNUAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WORKSHOP. I BELIEVE THIS WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THIS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH FROM 3 P.M. TO 7 P.M. AT THE EDINBURGH ACTIVITY CENTER, LOCATED AT 123 EAST MARK, MARK S PEN DRIVE. YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL FROM HIDALGO COUNTY, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE IN ATTENDANCE. TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND ASSIST WITH THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, THOUGH, THAT RESIDENTS APPLYING FOR THE EXEMPTION MUST PROVIDE A VALID TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR ID, AND THE ID ADDRESS MUST MATCH THE PROPERTY FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION IS BEING CLAIMED. TO QUALIFY FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, [A. 2nd Annual Homestead Exemption Workshop] THE PROPERTY OWNER MUST OCCUPY THE PROPERTY AS THEIR PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, AND NEITHER THEY NOR A SPOUSE CAN CLAIM THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON ANY OTHER PROPERTY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE NOTES FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. THE NEXT ARE TWO PARKS AND RECREATION ITEMS. WE DO HAVE OUR 25TH ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL. THE CITY OF EDINBURG WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. AT MUNICIPAL PARK. THE FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING A COSTUME CONTEST FOR ALL AGE GROUPS. HAY RIDES, GAMES, FOOD VENDORS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, AND A VIDEO GAME TRAILER. CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE TRUNK OR TREAT COMPETITION WITH THEMED DISPLAYS. SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND AND HAVE FUN. [B. Halloween Fall Festival] [C. Fall Brawl] THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE FALL BRAWL BOXING EVENT. AS PART OF THE FALL FESTIVAL WEEKEND, EDINBURG PARKS AND RECREATION WILL HOST THE FALL BRAWL ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH AT 315 EAST MARK ESPANA DRIVE. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 1:30 P.M., WITH THE FIRST BOUT AT 2 P.M. [00:05:05] THE. THIS EVENT WILL FEATURE 24 AMATEUR BOXING BOUTS SANCTIONED BY US BOXING WHICH WITH EACH BOUT INCLUDING AN EDINBURGH BOXER. GENERAL ADMISSION IS $5 AND THERE WILL BE A VIP SEATING AVAILABLE FOR $10, AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE EDINBURGH CARES FOOD DRIVE. NEXT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE EVENTS FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS LOS MUERTOS BAILAN FESTIVAL. [D. Los Muertos Bailan] THIS IS EDINBURGH'S LARGEST CULTURAL CELEBRATION. LOS MUERTOS BAILAN WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 5 P.M. TO 11 P.M.. THIS IS A VIBRANT FESTIVAL THAT HONORS THE LIVES AND MEMORIES OF THE DEARLY DEPARTED. AND THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY ALTAR WILL BE DEDICATED TO CHAD DEMPSEY. DEMPSEY. THE EVENT WILL FEATURE THREE STAGES, TWO ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, A FUN ZONE WITH DANCING HORSES AND FREE CONCERT HEADLINED BY LA SONORA DINAMITA, AND OTHER PERFORMANCES WILL INCLUDE EDINBURGH'S OWN HUERO HERNANDEZ AND THE BAND MYTHOLOGY. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND. THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD EVENT, NICE EVENT AND ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW, TO I GUESS, CELEBRATE. AND THEN ALSO REMEMBER MR. [E. Veterans Day Parade and Concert] DEMPSEY CULTURAL ARTS VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CONCERT OF EDINBURG WILL CONTINUE ITS TRADITION AS THE HOMETOWN OF HEROES BY HOSTING THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CONCERT. ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M., AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING NORTH ON CLOSNER. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THE PARADE ON COON STREET. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A MENTION OF THAT. AND THAT FLOATS WILL ENTER THROUGH CANTON, OLD KLAUSNER AND THEN DAWSON. LATER IN THE EVENING AT 5 P.M., THE CITY WILL HOST A VETERANS DAY CONCERT FEATURING LAST LAS CUERDAS TEJANO LEGENDS SAMMY ARRIAGA AND LOS PALOMINOS VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL, CHILDREN UNDER 12 AND THOSE BRINGING A $20 VALUE TOY FOR THE BLUE SANTA CAMPAIGN WILL ENJOY A FREE ENTRY. GENERAL ADMISSION WILL BE $20. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO CALL CITY AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM MORE INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. [5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS] [A. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing October 2024 as Community Planning Month. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] THE FIRST ONE HERE IS FOR PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2024 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR ALONG WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF, AND WE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD. YES, MAYOR. COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH OCTOBER 2024. WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWNS, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS AND OTHER PLACES. OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PLANS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE. AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND, SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES, AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ENDORSES NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT HOW PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOVERY AND HOW PLANNERS CAN LEAD COMMUNITIES TO EQUITABLE, RESILIENT AND LONG LASTING RECOVERY. AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSIONS AND OTHER CITIZEN PLANNERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND WHEREAS, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNERS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND EXTEND THEIR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS. ANOTHER FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO COMMUNITY PLANNERS FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD. WELL, AS YOU KNOW, 2022 AND 2023 WERE RECORD YEARS AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT HERE IN EDINBURG. AND ALTHOUGH 2024 STARTED A LITTLE SLOW, I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH STRONG. WE'VE SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF SUBDIVISIONS COME IN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE HAVE RECORDED YEAR TO DATE ABOUT 40 PLOTS, [00:10:03] WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 1000 LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT. CURRENTLY, THERE'S 35 SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW, AND THERE'S 109 THAT ARE ACTUALLY 35 THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION AND 109 THAT ARE IN REVIEW, ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT STAFF ALSO REVIEWS ABOUT 300 BUILDING PERMITS EVERY MONTH. AND WE'RE ALSO STARTING IN AUGUST, WE STARTED HAVING TWO MEETINGS A MONTH TO SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. AZEVEDO. YOU AND YOUR STAFF. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT BECAUSE THERE IS QUITE A BIT HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, MR. ELIAS LONGORIA. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THE BOARD AS WELL. I KNOW I APPRECIATE Y'ALL MOVING UP THE MEETING OR HAVING TWO MEETINGS EVERY MONTH. BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE'S SO MANY, SO MUCH ACTIVITY. SO THANK YOU AND ALL YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU DO HERE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR. IF I MAY IF YOU COULD STAND, PLEASE. HE'S A FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER WHO IS STILL SERVING OUR CITY. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, ELIAS LONGORIA. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION IS FOR TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH THE 18TH. [B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing October 14-18, 2024 as Texas Chamber of Commerce Week. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE RONNIE HERE IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I SEE OTHER CHAMBER LEADERSHIP HERE. IF YOU WANT TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ FOR THE RECORD, THE TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH 18, 2024. WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOES ABOUT EACH DAY SERVING BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. MANY CITIZENS KNOW THE CHAMBER AS THE ORGANIZATION THAT CUTS THE RIBBON OF A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN, OR THE GROUP THAT HOLDS THE SHOVELS IN THE PHOTO WITH THE MAYOR FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW BUSINESS EXPANSION OR DEVELOPMENT. SOME MAY KNOW THE CHAMBER AS A VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL FESTIVAL OR PARADE THAT CELEBRATES THE SEASON AND GOOD TIMES FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE UNSEEN WORK OF EACH LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN TEXAS REACH VIRTUALLY EVERY CORNER OF EVERY COMMUNITY, THESE PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS WORK IN THE SERVICE OF BUSINESS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF PROSPERITY AND A PLACE THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO CALL HOME. THEY WORK TO ENSURE ALL PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM. CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO CREATE SCHOLARS AND EVENTUALLY HIGHLY SKILLED, QUALIFIED WORKERS TO SERVE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH ADVANCED DEGREES, CHAMBERS ARE WORKING FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. SOME CHAMBERS OPERATE PROGRAMS TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN THEIR OWN VENTURES AND GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS CHAMBERS ARE ADVOCATES LOCALLY, STATEWIDE AND FEDERALLY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR COMMUNITY RECEIVE PROJECT FUNDING AND COMPLETION OF NECESSARY ROAD ENHANCEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS AND MOBILITY, THEY ARE WORKING WITH LAWMAKERS TO CREATE STRUCTURE WHERE CITIZENS CAN THRIVE. THEY ARE ALSO FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN A REGULATORY SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO GROW, WITH A WATCHFUL EYE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CONSIDERATION OF ALL PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS IN TIMES OF DISASTER, CHAMBERS ARE QUITE OFTEN GROUND ZERO FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND SERVICES TO BUSINESS TO ASSIST THEM WITH REBUILDING, REOPENING THEIR DOORS AND WORKING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME. AND THESE TIMES, THE CHAMBER IS ALSO WORKING WITH SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES COORDINATING THE EFFORTS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO GUARANTEE THAT CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION THEY NEED TO RETURN TO EVERYDAY LIFE. AND WHEREAS THESE ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN THE ARENA LOOKING OUT FOR ALL PEOPLE, WHETHER IT IS HEALTH CARE OR A NEW TURN SIGNAL. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BUSINESS. CONNECTING PEOPLE TO GROW OPPORTUNITY OR ATTRACTING AND ASSISTING VISITORS TO THE COMMUNITY AND NAVIGATING AND ENGAGING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTIONS. THE CHAMBER IS THERE WORKING, CONNECTING, ADVOCATING AND SERVING. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASK RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT TO STOP BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICE, OR IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE YOUR CHAMBER STAFF AROUND TOWN, PLEASE THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, THE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THE BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH 18, 2024 AS TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE AREAS OF FOCUS OF YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER AND CONSIDER WHERE YOU MIGHT FIT AS A MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL RONNIE LAWRENCE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXPLORE EDINBURGH, WHICH IS OUR CVB DIVISION. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING NOT ONLY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT I MEAN, THIS RECOGNITION EXTENDS BEYOND TO THE BOARD, AMBASSADORS AND ALL OUR OVER 600 MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, IMELDA RODRIGUEZ. WE ALSO HAVE NATALIE CENTENO, OUR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND TOURISM. [00:15:07] WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR BOARD LEADERSHIP HERE AND NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP THAT'S WITH US. SO WE HAVE NICK CANTU, WHICH IS WITH SOCIETY 204 AND FOX REAL ESTATE. HE'S OUR VP OF MEMBERSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE JESSE TREVINO WITH SUGARBEAR ENTERTAINMENT. HE'S ALSO A NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBER STANDING IN THE BACK. WE HAVE ANGELA ESTEVEZ WITH PLAINSCAPITAL BANK THAT IS ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY. OUR NEWLY ELECTED BOARD. AND PRIYA GOVAN, REPRESENTING KUMON AND CUBE GROUP, WHICH IS TOWNEPLACE MARRIOTT AND BEST WESTERN THAT IS HERE WITH US TODAY AS WELL. I THINK I GOT THEM ALL, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO THANK YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, TEXAS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS AMAZING EVENT THAT DREW A LOT OF FAMILY AND A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GOOD TIMES. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS 4TH OF JULY EVENT IN AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND. SO CONTINUED. THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGEMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALL OUR PARKS CREW. YOU KNOW, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY. ON BEHALF OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK. YOUR SUPPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE VITAL ROLE OF OUR CHAMBER AND WHAT IT PLAYS IN FOSTERING A THRIVING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN EDINBURGH. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR DEDICATED BOARD MEMBERS, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND MANY OF OUR AMBASSADORS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT MAKE OUR INITIATIVES POSSIBLE, AND IT'S YOUR PASSION THAT DRIVES OUR MISSION FORWARD. TOGETHER, WE CAN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RONNIE. RONNIE, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YOUR STAFF. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR THEIR STAFF OF FOUR. IS THAT CORRECT? THREE CURRENTLY. THREE CURRENTLY. ALL RIGHT. BUT THEY HAVE BUDGETED FOR SO THAT MEANS THAT ALL THAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ALL THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IS LED BY THEM. BUT THEN ALSO THEY HAVE ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS. SO ALL THE BOARD PEOPLE THAT JUST HELP OUT IN EVENTS. AND I SAW IT FIRSTHAND THIS LAST WEEKEND. SO MANY VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE. SO AND OF COURSE, THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL A BIG TEAM EFFORT, BUT YES, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS RECOGNITION. WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. I AT ONE POINT WHEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STARTED, IT ACTUALLY STARTED AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND OF COURSE, NOW IT'S ITS OWN ENTITY. SO THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF A LOT OF THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY. STARTING BACK IN THE 20S. IS THAT CORRECT? ALMOST 100 YEARS. ALMOST 125. OKAY. SO THIS IS 100TH YEAR, RIGHT? NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR, 100. NEXT YEAR'S 100TH YEAR. SO THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF IT FROM THE CITY, FROM WHEN IT GOT STARTED TO WHAT IT IS NOW. AND I JUST ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL Y'ALL DO. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD. I KNOW YOU ALL GET PAID THE BIG BUCKS, RIGHT? AS VOLUNTEERS. BUT YOUR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND YOU'RE JUST HELPING THE COMMUNITY, AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO HERE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEM SIX. 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. [6. PUBLIC COMMENTS] PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS SYLVIA VEGA REGARDING ITEM NINE PRESENT FOR CONSIDERATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SYLVIA VEGA AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION. THE PTO IS SPEARHEADING THE 2024 TURKEY FEST ON TO TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 9TH. SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED 70 YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE EDINBURGH COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING THE GROWTH AND FLOURISHING OF THE CITY. THIS YEAR MARKS A SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR TURKEY FEST AS IT IS OUR 25TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION. THIS IS OUR LARGEST COMMUNITY BUILDER AND FUNDRAISER. THIS YEARS TURKEY FEST IS SET TO BE EXCITING WITH THE THEME OF WINTER WONDERLAND, CREATING A MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE FOR THE ALL THE ATTENDEES. THIS YEAR, THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A STUDENT SCRATCH BAKE OFF AND THAT SHOWCASES THE CULINARY SCHOOLS, THE SKILLS OF OUR TALENTED STUDENTS WHO COMPETE IN BAKING FROM SCRATCH. AND IT'S JUDGED BY LOCAL CHEFS AND FOOD ENTHUSIASTS. [00:20:02] A LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION THAT FEATURES THE WIDE VARIETY OF UNIQUE ITEMS, HANDCRAFTED GOODS, SERVICES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES DONATED BY GENEROUS DONORS. WE HAVE RAFFLES, AND WE HAVE OUR ALL TIME FAVORITE BINGO WITH EXCITING PRIZES IN EVERY ROUND. WE HAVE GAMES AND CARNIVAL RIDES AND FESTIVAL FOOD FOODS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EVENT. WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR TURKEY FEST WAS PRELIMINARILY APPROVED, WHICH INCLUDES STREET BARRICADES. TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR ATTENDEES, WE'LL HAVE DESIGNATED STREET CLOSURES TO MANAGE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. WE HAVE FIRE TRUCK SUPPORT DISPLAYING THE AMERICAN FLAG, WHICH IS, WEATHER PERMITTING, A DEDICATED AREA ASSIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE EVENT ADHERES TO SAFETY PROTOCOLS WITH FULL FIRE TRUCK ACCESS IF NEEDED. WASTE MANAGEMENT WE'VE SECURED TRASH BINS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT GROUNDS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH REQUIREMENTS, ENSURING THAT OUR EVENT REMAINS CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE. TURKEY FEST BRINGS TOGETHER NOT ONLY OUR PARISH FAMILIES AND ALUMNI, BUT ALSO THE WIDER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SISTER PARISHES AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHO WILL BE VOLUNTEERING AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE. IT'S A TRUE CELEBRATION OF UNITY AND SERVICE AND SPIRIT OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE LOGISTICS TO ENSURE A SEAMLESS EVENT, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL JOIN US IN MAKING THIS A MEMORABLE DAY. WE WARMLY INVITE YOU TO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE FUN, FESTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE 2024 TURKEY FEST. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MR. MCLARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. I SIMILARLY CHANGED MY SUBJECT. THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE EARLY VOTING STARTS OCTOBER THE 22ND AND GOES THROUGH NOVEMBER THE 1ST, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THIS COMING MONDAY AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER THE 5TH. AND YOU CAN EITHER LOOK UP W-W-W DOT COM OR YOU CAN GO TO HIDALGO COUNTY, DOT US AND GO TO THE DEPARTMENT'S GO TO ELECTIONS AND FIND A SAMPLE BALLOT. AND YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE BALLOT AND HAVE IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE MADE ON YELLOW PAPER. THAT'S THE LAW. YOU NEED YOUR PRECINCT. THOSE PAPERS THAT YOU GET FROM THE ELECTIONS, YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD. DON'T THROW THEM AWAY BECAUSE THOSE HAVE YOUR PRECINCT NUMBER. WHO YOUR CONSTABLE IS, WHO. EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'LL NEED YOUR PRECINCT NUMBER. AND THEN EVERYONE NEEDS TO LOOK THIS UP EITHER AT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THERE ARE 11 CITY PROPOSITIONS ALONE. AND WHEN PEOPLE GET UP THERE AND START READING AND LOOKING, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER AND YOU WON'T KNOW EXACTLY. SO AT LEAST IF YOU READ THEM, YOU CAN KIND OF GET SOME QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO DON'T FORGET EARLY VOTING. AND I ALSO EACH MEETING I ALWAYS ASK THAT EVERYONE PRAY FOR ISRAEL TO WIN THE WAR THAT THEY DIDN'T START, AND FOR THEIR FREEDOMS AND FOR THE FREEDOMS OF THE HOSTAGES, WHETHER ALIVE OR DEAD, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO OUR FREEDOM. SO PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. MISS VERN ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN B, 888F AND 13 J. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ERIBERTO ANAYA REGARDING LIFT STATION. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBERTO AND OVER THE PAST I GUESS NINE YEARS THAT THE CITY ANNEXED US OVER THERE ON OWASSO ROAD. MAYOR I'VE BEEN COMING HERE ASKING FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS THE CITY PROMISED US. I COME HERE THIS EVENING A LITTLE BIT UPSET. I MET WITH MR. SAAVEDRA BEFORE I CAME HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU, MAYOR, I AND KIND OF ASKING, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T DONATE THE PROPERTY THAT I'VE BEEN OFFERING THE CITY FOR THAT LIFT STATION. I WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY. AS AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, AND I STILL AM WILLING TO, TO DONATE THAT PROPERTY FOR THAT LIFT STATION ON MY. I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED. I I BELIEVE I'M THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER ON OWASA ROAD. AND I AGAIN, I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME HELP THE AREA DEVELOP. BUT LAST WEEK, A PROPERTY OWNER THAT GOT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO BUILD HIS FOURPLEXES ENCROACHED ON MY PROPERTY ON, [00:25:02] ON THE JACKSON ROAD SIDE. AND I CALLED THE POLICE, AND THE POLICE SAID IT'S A CIVIL MATTER, THAT IT HAD TO BE BETWEEN ME AND HIM AT THE SAME TIME. I FELT THAT THAT I WASN'T BEING HELPED. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE HE SUED ME FOR TRESPASSING ON MY OWN PROPERTY. I MENTIONED THAT I MENTIONED THAT RIGHT NOW IS PUBLIC BECAUSE I HAVE HAD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY. AND GOING BACK TO DEED, AND I HAVE I SHOWED THAT DOCUMENT TO MR. ACEVEDO AND MR. REINA, BUT IT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP. AND THAT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT I SHOWED OR SHOWED ON THAT LAST PREVIOUS MEETING. I HOPE THAT THAT THE CITY WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER WHERE IT'LL. I'M HOPING IT'S GOING TO CEASE AND DESIST. AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS GOING TO STOP AND WHERE WE CAN COME TO SOME AGREEMENT, BUT NOT WHERE PEOPLE JUST COME IN AND JUST DEMAND THAT THEY CAN OWN AND COME AND TAKE I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. JUST TO RESPECT WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS OURS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOMEBODY REACHING OUT TO ME FOR THE THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE LIFT STATION. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS AND THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. LEE. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REGARDING LIFT STATION. TWO WON'T BE COMING. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN PRESENTATIONS. [7. PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS] [A. Presentation of Check to Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District for] ITEM A. PRESENTATION OF CHECK TO EDINBURG CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR EDINBURGH CARES FOOD DRIVE EVENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT PRESENTING THIS PLEDGE OF A 1000 TURKEYS, A 1000 FOOD BASKETS TO OUR PARTNERS ISD. THIS IS FOR EDINBURGH CARES. THIS BEGAN 13 YEARS AGO AS WE PARTNERED UP WITH WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS WE STARTED OFF ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS A SMALL VENTURE. BUT ONCE WE PARTNERED UP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT BECAME EDINBURGH CARES. AND NOW WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF KIDS BEING HELPED AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES BEING HELPED. ACTUALLY THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES BEING HELPED WITH OUR WITH WITH WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP HERE TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP IS DOCTOR MARIO SALINAS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LETTY GARCIA. BOARD MEMBER LETTY FLORES. AND SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EDINBURGH CARES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO, YES, IN 2011, THEY STARTED WITH TEN TURKEYS FOR TEN OF OUR FAMILIES. LAST YEAR WE GAVE OVER. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE 11, 1200 TURKEYS AND FOOD TO OUR FAMILIES. IT'S SO REWARDING TO GO OUT THERE. AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU OUT THERE AND WE GO OUT ON TEAMS AND MAKE THESE VISITS. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE NEVER COOKED A TURKEY. SO WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE YEARS AGO DELIVERING THE TURKEYS TO THESE FAMILIES, THEY WOULD ASK, WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? AND SO TO SEE THEM SHARE PICTURES OF THE FAMILY MEAL THAT THEY HAD TOGETHER ON THANKSGIVING WITH THEIR KIDS SAYS A LOT FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IN EDINBURGH CARES FOR THE FOOD DRIVE. WE HOPE IT CONTINUES TO GET BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR BECAUSE AGAIN, ALL THE DONATIONS GO BACK TO OUR STUDENTS HERE AT ECISD. AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG PARKS AND RECREATION FOR EDINBURGH CARES AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 23RD, ON SATURDAY AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING AT A PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER. WELL, MR. RODRIGUEZ AND DOCTOR SALINAS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON THIS EFFORT. AND THERE'S LIKE, NO BETTER NAME EDINBURGH CARES BECAUSE WE WE TRULY DO. AND THIS COULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR CITY PARKS AND REC STAFF. AND THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT COME TOGETHER AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S SUCH A GREAT INITIATIVE, GREAT EFFORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING IT. AND WE'RE AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF IT. YEAH. AND I'D LIKE TO MENTION, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT JUST A TURKEY. IT'S AN ACTUAL BAG OF ENTIRE MEAL. IT'S GOT CANNED GOODS, IT'S GOT THE STUFFING, THE ACTUAL TURKEY. AND NONE OF THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE PARTNERS. AND H-E-B IS A BIG PARTNER. THEY GIVE THE TURKEYS AT A GREAT PRICE, WHO KNOWS THE FAMILIES MUCH BETTER. [00:30:06] THEY VET THE ONES THAT NEED THAT COULD USE THE HELP WHO PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE A TURKEY MEAL. AND SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM IF ANYBODY COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. LET ME SHARE A LITTLE MORE. I WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. BUT YES, WE ACCEPT DONATIONS. WE HAVE BOXES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, PARKS AND REC AT HEB AND ALL THE SCHOOLS IN EDINBURG. AND SO, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S ALSO A BASKET OF FOOD. AND SOMETIMES THE TEAMS CHALLENGE EACH OTHER. I KNOW WE HAVE. SO WE'LL EVEN ADD A PIE AND WE'LL ADD BREAD AND WE'LL ADD THE PAPER GOODS. IT'S SO REWARDING TO SEE THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES RECEIVE THIS BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE A MEAL ON THANKSGIVING AND MAYBE, MAYBE EVERY DAY THAT WEEK THAT WE'RE OFF. RIGHT? BUT OUR STUDENTS COUNT ON THE MEALS AT SCHOOL. AND SO WHEN THEY'RE HOME, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, TO GET A MEAL. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY DONATIONS, WE WELCOME THEM. AND OF COURSE, THEY ALL GO BACK TO OUR STUDENTS. SO WE START COLLECTING NOW UNTIL MAYBE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT BECAUSE I NEED TO CLEAN EVERYTHING. THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SORTED AND BOXED IT. SO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS DOING THAT AS WELL AT PARKS AND RECREATION. AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT SATURDAY WE GO OUT, DIFFERENT TEAMS GO OUT TO DELIVER TO THE STUDENTS AT THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE CAN ALWAYS USE VOLUNTEERS. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HELP, PLEASE LET GET A HOLD OF JAVIER PARKS OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE TAKING CASH DONATIONS, MONETARY, OR YOU JUST WANT FOOD? YES, SIR. WE TAKE MONETARY DONATIONS. CURRENTLY, WE'RE TAKING FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ALSO OF CITIZENS AS WELL. SO. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR FALL BRAWL. AND EVERY MONEY WE COLLECT WILL GO TOWARDS EDINBURGH CARES AS WELL. MONETARY OR FOODS IN CANS AS WELL? YES. MONETARY. WHO DO THEY GO TO? CITY OF EDINBURGH. WE CAN CONTACT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AT 301 5631. AND AND DONATE THERE. YES, SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. YEAH. AMEN. AMEN. DID YOU GET IN THERE? OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. MARIO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR CITY OF EDINBURG SPECIAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, [B. Presentation Regarding the City of Edinburg Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election to be held November 05, 2024. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] 2024. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT INFORMATION ON THE SPECIAL CHARTER ELECTION THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020 FOR. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. ON AUGUST 15TH, 2023, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS CREATED. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE HELD BI WEEKLY MEETINGS FROM DECEMBER 1ST TO MAY 23RD, 2024. THESE MEETINGS WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY WERE POSTED ON JUNE 18TH, 2024, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL, AND ON JULY 16TH, 2024, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2639, ORDERING THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 20TH 1ST TO NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024, FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. THAT IS STARTING NEXT MONDAY. WEEKEND EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2024, FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2024, FROM 10 A.M. [00:35:03] TO 4 P.M.. THE EARLY VOTING POLLING LOCATIONS IN EDINBURG ARE THE COUNTY ELECTIONS ANNEX BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY STACKED LOUNGE, AND THE EDINBURGH CONFERENCE CENTER AT RENAISSANCE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. THERE WILL BE 23 POLLING LOCATIONS IN THE CITY LIMITS AND 129 POLLING LOCATIONS COUNTYWIDE ON ELECTION DAY. I DID PUT A FEW OF THEM. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT SCHOOLS. MOST OF THE OTHER ONES ARE SCHOOLS. SO IT'S THE COUNTY ELECTIONS ANNEX BUILDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY STACK LOUNGE, EDINBURG CONFERENCE IN AT RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE ROOM AND PARKS AND RECREATION WELLNESS CENTER AND THE SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEMS TEXAS ROOM. THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR BALLOT BY MAIL IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2024, AND THE LAST DAY FOR THE HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. TO RECEIVE THE BALLOT BY MAIL IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. THIS IS THE SAMPLE BALLOT. IT IS A LITTLE LENGTHY. THESE ARE THE ICONS TO LOOK FOR ON THE WEBSITE. LET ME GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THIS. THIS IS WHAT OUR ELECTIONS WEBPAGE LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON HOW WHERE THE CHARTER CHARTER COMMITTEE MET. THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE AMENDMENTS WITH THE RED LINES. WE ALSO HAVE THE CHARTER RED LINES. THE RESOLUTION, WE HAVE THE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD. THIS IS THE EXTERNAL LINK TO THE TO HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN HERE WE POST ALL OF THE INFORMATION WHICH IS THE NOTICE OF ELECTION, THE SAMPLE BALLOT, THE ORDER. CLARICE, LET ME STOP YOU REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. JUST SO I DON'T FORGET. SO ON THIS SITE, WE NEED TO PUT A LINK WHERE IT HAS ALL THE 11 PROPOSITIONS. YES. WHICH I WAS GOING TO DO. YEAH. SO WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE NEED TO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CLICK ON THERE AND KNOW WHAT ALL 11 PROPOSITIONS ARE. THAT IS THIS ICON ON TOP. SO THIS ICON ON TOP TAKES YOU TO ALL THE PROPOSITIONS. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE PROPOSITION IS AND WHY OR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY IT'S BEING AMENDED. FOR EXAMPLE, A THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER ON THE PROCESS FOR FILING VACANCIES ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. SO OUR CHARTER WAS NOT DID NOT STATE THAT. YES. WHAT DID IT STATE BEFORE? I BELIEVE FOR THE VACANCIES. OKAY. OR IT WASN'T CLEAR, I GUESS. IS THAT. YES IT WAS. THIS CLARIFIES THAT WAS NOT CLEAR. OKAY. AND THIS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. I BELIEVE R SAID 12 MONTHS, BUT THIS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. GOT IT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. LET'S GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM. YES, MA'AM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. OKAY. OKAY. PROPOSITION B THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE APPOINTED POSITIONS TO SERVE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY, THE TERMS OF THE APPOINTED POSITIONS ARE TO FOUR YEAR TERMS. PROPOSITION. PROPOSITION C, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW PUBLICATIONS OF ALL ORDINANCES, NOTICES, AND OTHER MATTERS AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER OR BY THE ORDINANCES TO BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A NEWSPAPER AS THE OFFICIAL PAPER, CONTINUING AS SUCH UNTIL ANOTHER SELECTED. PROPOSITION D. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER SO THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF NEW MEMBERS, OR AS SOON AFTER SUCH ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION AS PRACTICABLE PRACTICABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL MEET AT THE USUAL PLACE FOR HOLDING ITS MEETINGS, AND THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER SHALL ASSUME THE DUTIES OF OFFICE. IT WILL ALSO UPDATE THE CHARTER SO THAT AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION AND QUALIFYING QUALIFICATION OF NEW MEMBERS AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PRACTICABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CHOOSE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS MAYOR PRO TEM THE SECTION CURRENTLY STATES THAT NEW ELECTED MEMBERS SHALL ASSUME OFFICE ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MAY, FOLLOWING A REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SO THIS WILL JUST CLARIFY, BECAUSE OUR ELECTIONS ARE IN NOVEMBER. YES, WE USED TO HAVE THEM IN MAY. SO YES. PROPOSITION E, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH CHARTER WITH THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL, FOR EACH CITY ELECTION POST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF ALL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED THEIR OWN PETITIONS, OR WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY PETITIONS FOR THE OFFICE TO BE VOTED ON AT SUCH ELECTION. [00:40:01] CAN WE COVER THAT REAL QUICK? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BY POSTING THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES? DON'T WE? WE DON'T. WE ALREADY POST THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES. WE ALREADY DO. BUT THIS WAS NOT ON THE CHARTER, SO IT WASN'T CLEAR. YES IT WAS. SO THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT OFFICIAL. YES. BUT STATE STATE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO DO THAT ANYWAY. SO OKAY. THE PROPOSITION F THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH CHARTER WITH THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT AN ELECTIVE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTES. CURRENTLY, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO OF THE CHARTER STATES THAT CANDIDATES RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF VOTES IN EACH PLACE SHALL BE CONSIDERED ELECTED FOR SUCH TERM AND POSITION, AND ARTICLE FOUR. SECTION FIVE STATES THAT THE CANDIDATE RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF THE VOTES FOR SAID RESPECTIVE OFFICE SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED, AND STATE LAW SAYS IT'S BY MAJORITY. MAJORITY OKAY. PROPOSITION G. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BE A FULL TIME CITY EMPLOYEE, SUBJECT TO THE SAME EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS AS OTHER CITY ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES. THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE A FULL TIME CITY EMPLOYEE. WELL, LET ME JUST CORRECT THAT. CURRENTLY, WE APPROVED AN ORDINANCE THAT. OKAY. GOT IT. THIS IS JUST PUTS IT IN THE CITY CHARTER. THIS PUTS IT IN THE CITY CHARTER, PROPOSITION H. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER, STATING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WOULD HEAD THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IS THE CITY MANAGER. PROPOSITION I. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER STATING THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IS TO BE AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS PRACTICED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, AND OTHERWISE CLARIFIES THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS THE JURISDICTION PROVIDED BY AND SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE SHALL POSSESS THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE AS PROVIDED IN THE CHARTER FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. PROPOSITION J HAS SEVERAL. THE FIRST ONE IS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE RECALL PETITION TO BE SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY, EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 25% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS CAST IN THE PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION ONE OF THE CHARTER CURRENTLY STATES THAT THE RECALL PETITION TO BE EFFECTIVE MUST BE RETURNED AND FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE FILING OF THE AFFIDAVIT, AND MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURE OF THE VOTERS OF THE CITY TO THE NUMBER OF AT LEAST 25% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO CAST THEIR VOTE AT THE LAST PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PETITION SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS IT BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF AT LEAST 300 VOTERS OF THE CITY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY CHANGED TO THE VOTER SHALL HAVE POWER TO PROPOSE ANY ORDINANCE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ORDINANCES LEVYING TAXES, ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE CITY'S FINANCES AND BUDGETING, AND ORDINANCES CAUSING THE CITY DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY TO APPROPRIATE OR SPEND MONEY, AND TO ADOPT OR REJECT THE SAME AT ALL POLES, SUCH POWER BEING KNOWN AS THE INITIATIVE. ANY INITIATIVE INITIATED ORDINANCE MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY PETITION, SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 25% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THE PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PETITION MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 300 VOTERS OF THIS CITY. ARTICLE 14, SECTION ONE OF THE CHARTER CURRENTLY STATES ANY ORDINANCE EXCEPT AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OR AN ORDINANCE MAKING A TAX LEVY SIGNED BY VOTERS OF THE CITY EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 10% OF THOSE VOTERS WHO VOTE AT THE LAST REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 100 VOTERS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ADD THE EXCEPTION OF ORDINANCES LEVYING TAXES, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE CITY'S FINANCES AND BUDGETING, AND ORDINANCES, CAUSING THE CITY TO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO APPROPRIATE OR SPEND MONEY. ARTICLE 15, SECTION ONE CURRENTLY STATES THE VOTERS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO APPROVE OR REJECT AT THE POLLS ANY ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR SUBMITTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO A VOTE OF THE VOTERS, EXCEPT AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OR AN ORDINANCE MAKING THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CHANGES THE QUALIFIED VOTERS FROM 20 TO 25% AND FROM 200 TO 300 VOTERS. ARTICLE 15. SECTION TWO CURRENTLY STATES THAT WITHIN NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL PASSAGE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM. A PETITION SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY, EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 20% OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN THE LAST PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION, AND IN NO CASE, LESS THAN 200 VOTERS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 16, SECTION ONE, ADDS THAT NO SIGNATURES TO PETITION SHALL REMAIN EFFECTIVE OR BE COUNTED, [00:45:01] WHICH WERE PLACED THEREON MORE THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING OF SUCH PETITION OR PETITIONS WITH THE CITY PURSUANT TO THIS CHARTER. REMOVES THAT THERE SHALL APPEAR ON EACH PETITION THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF FIVE VOTERS OF THE CITY, AND ON EACH PAPER THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE SAME FIVE VOTERS, WHO, AS A COMMITTEE OF THE PETITIONER, SHALL BE REGARDED AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIRCULATING AND FILING OF THE PETITION. BUT SUCH FIVE VOTERS SHALL ONLY BE COUNTED ONE TIME IN THE TOTAL VOTERS SIGNING THE PETITION. SO IN SUMMARY, THIS SECTION REALLY HAS TO DO THAT. OUR CHARTER WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? THIS YEAR. ALL THESE SECTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE VOTERS TO VOTE ON WILL MAKE US OUR CHARTER, AT LEAST CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND IN PROPOSITION K, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD AMEND THE CHARTER BY ADDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS EACH YEAR, ENDING IN ZERO FIVE. EXCEPT FOR THE YEAR 2025. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW THE CITY CHARTER AND RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS, IF ANY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO SECTION TWO CHARTER FOR CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY WELL. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL. EVERYTHING I'D LIKE, THE MAYOR STATED MOST OF THESE ARE JUST TO ADHERE AND BE CONGRUENT WITH CURRENT TEXAS LAW, THAT OUR CHARTER HAD NOT BEEN AMENDED TO MIMIC THAT. YES. SO THAT WAY THE CITY WILL NOW BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT STATE LAW IS. OKAY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT IS PROPOSITION B THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TERM LIMITS OF APPOINTED POSITIONS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S COVERED AT STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THE CHARTER COMMITTEE WRITE THE CHARTER COMMITTEE AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY POSITION AS WELL. THAT'S AN OPTION. AND SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH ALL THE VERBIAGE EVERYTHING HERE. GOOD TO GO. YES. THANK YOU MA'AM. WELL WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE BALLOT, SO I HOPE SO. THAT'S ALREADY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WORDING THAT'S ON HERE. IT'S ON THERE ON THE BALLOT. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT. YEAH. AND I WANT TO COMMENT THAT I'M GLAD IT'S CLEAR LANGUAGE. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE TO VOTE. THE LANGUAGE IS VERY IFFY. IF YOU VOTE YES, IT'S A NO. AND IF YOU VOTE NO, IT'S A YES. SO I'M GLAD THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT IS. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN SOME CALLS FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, JUST INQUIRING ABOUT THE PROPOSITIONS. AND I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS, BUT AT THE END. IN SUMMARY, IT'S REALLY JUST CLEANING UP OUR CHARTER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADHERING TO STATE LAW. AND AND FOR THE RECORD, CITY MANAGER, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO CLEAN UP AND AND REALLY BRING US UP TO SPEED WAS HOW LONG AGO IT HAS TO BE, AT LEAST ABOUT MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO, MORE OR LESS, I WOULD THINK. WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE THAT WAS. YEAH, PROBABLY A LITTLE SOONER THAN THAT. THERE WERE 1 OR 2 PROPOSITIONS, BUT THERE WAS JUST A FEW THAT WERE PRESENTED. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY THAT USE IT JUST TO CLEAN IT UP LIKE WE'VE DONE HERE. I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME TO CHANGE. CORRECT. THEY WANT TO CHANGE. BUT THIS THIS IS REALLY A HOUSE CLEANING TO GET IT TO SO WE CAN MIRROR THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH WE'RE GOVERNED BY ANYWAYS. SO WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO LOOK AT IT, THEY COULD LOOK AT IT IN OUR CHARTER AND SAY, WELL, YOU CAN DO IT THIS WAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, NO, WE REALLY CAN'T BECAUSE THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY. CORRECT. WE WERE WE WERE FOCUSED ON NOT TO TRY TO GET BENEFITS FOR FEW, BUT TO CLEAN UP A CHARTER THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAN. I THINK THE OTHER ONES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WERE TO MAKE CHANGES. TO MAKE CHANGES? YEAH, CORRECT. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSITIONS YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS MY DIRECT NUMBER 956388 1854. AND THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S CITY OF EDINBURGH.COM. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ACTUAL ELECTION, THEY CAN BE REFERRED TO THE HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. 956318 2570. AND THEIR WEBSITE IS HIDALGO COUNTY.US. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. THANK YOU, MISS CLARICE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, THIS IS ON THE BALLOT ON THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BALLOT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE I DON'T KNOW, EVEN KNOW THE ORDER. [C. Presentation on Status of Capital Improvement Projects. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, P.E., CFM, City Engineer]] I THINK IT STARTS WITH THE PRESIDENT, RIGHT. AND ALL THE FEDERAL CANDIDATES, AND IT GOES TO STATE AND THEN LOCAL CANDIDATES. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE TOWARDS THE END. SO DON'T SKIP ON THIS SECTION. PLEASE VOTE. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHO OR WHAT TO VOTE FOR, BUT JUST PLEASE, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THE ENTIRE BALLOT BECAUSE THESE PROPOSITIONS WILL BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE BALLOT. RIGHT. AND I'LL ASK EVERYONE, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO VOTE. BUT AS YOU READ IN SOME OF THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, THE NUMBER OF VOTES DICTATES HOW SOMEONE CAN CHANGE THINGS IN OUR CITY. [00:50:01] THEY COULD COME FROM ANOTHER AREA, AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE CHARTER BASED ON A LOW VOTER TURNOUT, THEY CAN ACHIEVE THE NUMBER OF VOTES TO CHANGE THINGS. SO VOTING IS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON STATUS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY ENGINEER. I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PRESENTATION THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON OUR WEBSITE, ON OUR DASHBOARD. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF IT. I WILL SKIP THE FIRST PROJECT BECAUSE IT GOES ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. SO I WILL JUST DO THE HIGHLIGHTS ON MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT TRY AND GO AS QUICK AS I CAN. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STOP ME ON THE WAY THROUGH. REAL QUICK, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, CAN WE GET A SUMMARY PAGE WHERE IT HAS ALL THE PROJECTS LISTED WITH JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF EACH OF THEM, LIKE PERCENTAGE COMPLETION AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL GREAT DETAILED INFORMATION, BUT I THINK IT ALSO WOULD BE GOOD ON OUR WEB PAGE. I HAVE JUST A SUMMARY SHEET OF ALL THE PROJECTS. I THINK IF YOU SCROLL DOWN PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM. RIGHT. BUT AS A STANDING PAGE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS AND WITH COLUMNS OF ARE YOU LOOKING MORE AT THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION? YES, SIR. AND THE CONSTRUCTION? I KNOW SOME ARE UNDER DESIGNED, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW. PERCENTAGE COMPLETION. ALSO YOU KNOW, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, ON SCHEDULE, ARE WE NOT? WHERE ARE THE PROJECTS AT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE BAR GRAPHS THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE ALSO. IT IS. IT KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN. RIGHT. BUT WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE CAN DO A LANDING PAGE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. SIR. YES. SO I'LL START WITH THE DOOLITTLE DETENTION POND PROJECT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A WORK THAT'S GETTING DONE ON FREDDY GONZALEZ. ON THIS PROJECT, THE 80% OF THE MAIN TRUNK LINE IS ALREADY INSTALLED. WE'RE WORKING ON BACKFILL. THERE'S A FEW STRUCTURES THAT ARE PENDING. CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY STATE WHAT DOES THIS INVOLVE? SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE CONNECTING RIGHT TO THAT MAIN. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT IS WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE DETENTION POND THAT'S EXISTING, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IT DEEPER. WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT IT DRAINS THE. BEFORE THAT WE WERE HOLDING WATER AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IT TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION. WE'RE PUTTING IN A STRUCTURE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF FREDI GONZALEZ AND VETERANS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE FLOW OF WATER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE CONNECTING. FREDI GONZALEZ, WE'RE CONNECTING BAKER STREET. WE'RE CONNECTING 16TH AND CONNECTING EBONY. SO SO FAR EVERYTHING ON BAKER HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE ALL THE LINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED. THE ALONG FREDI GONZALEZ. WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES TO COMPLETE THE WORK. SO 80% OF THAT WORK IS PRETTY MUCH DONE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE ABOUT THREE WEEKS WORTH OF WORK TO GET THAT REPAVED. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN FOR THE RESIDENTS MAYBE WATCHING THIS. BUT THE AREA THAT THIS COVERS THAT I'M SEEING IT ON THE MAP. THIS ACTUALLY AFFECTS EVERYTHING NORTH TO UNIVERSITY AND WEST, I BELIEVE ALL THE WAY TO IS THAT SIXTH AVENUE AND THEN EAST, EVEN EAST OF LONGORIA, IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FREDDIE. THERE IT IS. YEAH. THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED. BASICALLY SOUTH OF SPRAGUE AND THE IMPACT IN FREDDIE GONZALEZ GOING NORTH. OKAY. GOT IT. AND ALSO THE SIZE I SEE THEY'RE REPLACING ALL THE. WHAT'S THE RIGHT TERM. THE STORM LINE. THE STORM LINE. RIGHT. IT WAS CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WHAT SIZE IT WAS AND HOW BIG WE'RE MAKING EVERYTHING OLD TOWN SITE. THE TYPICALLY THEY WERE VERY SMALL LINES. AND IT'S NOT THE EDINBURG ISSUE. IT'S AN EVERYWHERE ISSUE WHERE SMALL LINES MEANING 12IN AND SMALLER. SO IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME FOR WATER TO DRAIN OUT THE. HOW DOES 12IN LOOK LIKE A RULER RIGHT HERE. YEAH. JUST A RULER ALL THE WAY AROUND, RIGHT? EXACTLY. AND WHAT ARE WE PUTTING? SO MOST OF THESE ARE THE. THE SMALLEST ONE YOU'LL GET, AND IT'S AT THE FURTHEST END, SO YOU'LL GET THE 24IN. BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT VARIES BETWEEN 30 THROUGH 42. WOW. SO SO WE WILL MINIMUM DOUBLE UP TO QUADRUPLE THE THE FLOW AND THE I MEAN WE CAN TELL BECAUSE I MEAN THE LINES ARE IN PLACE. WE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF MAJOR RAINS WHERE IT EXCEEDED A TEN YEAR STORM. AND AND IT WORKED VERY WELL. SO NOW IT'S A MATTER OF FINALIZING STRUCTURES. AND WE'RE CONNECTING ONE MORE STREET, WHICH WOULD BE EBONY. BUT WE WON'T GET THERE UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE OUT OF FREDDIE AND OUT OF 16TH AVENUE. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF [00:55:04] YOUR SCREEN. AND THOSE ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT. WHEN DID YOU SAY FREDDIE GONZALEZ WILL OPEN UP AGAIN? THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I GET WHEN FREDDIE GOING TO OPEN. WE DO AS WELL. IT'S WE ALL WANT TO GET THE PAVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE HAD THE LACE ON GETTING THE STRUCTURES IN. SO MY GUESS IS IT'S GOING TO BE 2 TO 3 WEEKS MAX. SO THE STRUCTURE THAT THE IT'S WHERE I HAVE THE CURSOR AT THIS POINT THAT'S THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE BOTTOM GOT POURED THIS MORNING. AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REST OF THE PIECES TO COME IN SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP. THE GOOD THING AGAIN, 80% OF THE STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPACTED, SO IT GOES A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. OKAY, GOOD. THE NEXT PROJECT. EXCUSE ME REAL QUICK. AND WHAT ABOUT THE. THE OTHER QUESTION I GET IS THE FREDDY GONZALEZ PARK. WHEN WILL THAT BE OPENED UP? THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A BALLPARK ESTIMATE. WE'RE WORKING ON PIECES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T STEP INTO THE NEXT AREA RIGHT BEFORE WE COMPLETE. SO WE'LL DO THIS SECTION FIRST. WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST ANOTHER 120 DAYS ON EBONY. ONCE WE GET TO THAT PORTION. IN THE MEANTIME, IN MEANTIME, IN DECEMBER, WE WILL BE WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF FREDI GONZALEZ AND VETERANS, WHICH IS THE THE MAJOR CROSSING, AND WE WANT TO DO IT OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS TO TRY AND DISRUPT TRAFFIC AS LEAST AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE WILL BE LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DATE. SO THE LAST STEP WILL ACTUALLY BE THE POND. SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT FEBRUARY OR MARCH, GIVE OR TAKE. THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE JUNIOR DETENTION POND PHASE THREE. THIS WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED A STRUCTURE. I JUST HAVE IT FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. SO WE ADDED A STRUCTURE IN BETWEEN MACK AND JACKSON. WE HAD DONE THE PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS THE MAIN PROJECT WHERE WE ADDED THE MAIN DETENTION POND. THE IT'S ALREADY BEEN IT'S WORKING IN PLACE. THIS IS JUST AN EXTRA IMPROVEMENT. THE WATER WAS BEING HELD AND THE SUBDIVISIONS NORTH AND SOUTH. YOU COULD SEE WATER IN THE INLETS ENDLESS BECAUSE WATER LEVEL NEEDED TO RISE. SO THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A PUNCH LIST. GATE PARK RESTROOM IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING. IT'S A WE DID THE CONNECTION FOR WE DID THE RESTROOM, SO THEY'VE BEEN OPERATIONAL, BUT WE ADDED A PUMP STATION. THE PUMP STATION IS ALREADY OPERATIONAL. IT'S ACTUALLY CONNECTING TO THE NEW LINES ON FRIDAY AT THE. AND WE'RE WORKING ON PUNCH LIST ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. SO BEFORE WATER WOULD STAY IN IN THE PARK AREA ON STADIUM. SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP TREMENDOUSLY. SO THIS IS ALSO AT THE PUNCH LIST. THE LAST PORTION OF THE PUNCH LIST WAS THE RAILINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT CLOSEOUT ALREADY. IN THEATER THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT THE PEOPLE WILL SEE IS COMPLETE WHICH THE STORM LINES ON. ON THE MAJOR STREETS THAT THIS IS NORTH OF FREDDIE CEDAR AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER STREET IS. CEDAR AND CYNTHIA STREET. THE THE LINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. THE ACTUALLY, THEY HELPED OUT ON A COUPLE OF MAJOR EVENTS, BUT THE MAIN CONNECTION HADN'T BEEN DONE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE HAD ALREADY BUILT A DETENTION POND WHERE WE WERE NOT CONNECTED TO IT YET, AND IT STILL WORKED AND IT STILL HELPED. SO THE THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WERE ACTUALLY BORING AND WERE BORING UNDER THE RAILROAD. THE. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT OF MORE TIME WITH PERMITTING. NEXT PROJECT MUNICIPAL PARK TURF FIELDS. THIS PROJECT IS MOVING QUICKER. ORIGINALLY, WE WERE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF FEBRUARY THE 15TH, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WAY BEFORE THAT. THE PICTURES THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW WILL TELL YOU PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE'RE AT IS THAT WHEN WE'LL OPEN UP THAT AREA, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE THAT GO OUT THERE AND JOG AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT AREA IS CLOSED OFF RIGHT UNTIL THE END, OR IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOONER. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. IT'S GOING AND THAT'S WHERE I'M LEADING. SO IF YOU SEE THE PICTURES ON SCREEN, THIS WAS TAKEN ACTUALLY THIS MORNING. AND THE TURF HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON THE REMAINING THREE FIELDS ON THE BIG FOURPLEX. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CLEANUP ITEMS ON THIS PART. THEN THE NEXT IMAGE ACTUALLY SHOWS THE SMALL FIELDS, THE YOUTH FIELDS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK. THESE ARE ACTUALLY THEY'RE ALL READY FOR TURF. WE'LL BEGIN THE INSTALLATION OF TURF THIS WEEK IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, [01:00:02] WEATHER PERMITTING. WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS THESE READY FOR PUBLIC. FREDDIE AND MONARCH TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THIS IS A ACTUALLY A TXDOT PROJECT THAT WE APPLIED FOR. WE HAVE SPOKEN THIS MORNING WITH THE WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF MAGIC VALLEY LINES GETTING MOVED. WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE THE PROCESS. THEY HAD ORIGINALLY AIMED FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER. WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THAT STILL HOLDS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN MOVEMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME THING APPLIES FOR THE FOLLOWING ONE, WHICH IS THE 17.5 AND EMERALD TRAFFIC BEACON. WE'RE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT. WE'RE WAITING FOR LINES TO BE ADJUSTED BY THIRD PARTIES. MONTE CRISTO EMERALD WHEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THIS ACTUALLY WENT OPERATIONAL ALREADY AS OF LAST WEEK. IT'S GOING THROUGH ITS FULL CYCLE. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY TEXDOT. DOWNTOWN 107. THIS PROJECT IS STILL LOOKING AT THE LEADING OR BIDDING. IN SPRING 2025 IS STILL A TARGET DATE. THE THE UTILITY COORDINATION INCLUDING OUR OWN STILL CONTINUES. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS. THERE WAS A I HAD TOLD CITY MANAGER ABOUT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT. WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT INTERLOCAL. WE'LL CATCH YOU UP ON THAT. AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE, I THINK, OUR LANDSCAPE PLANS AND THOSE THINGS AS PART OF WHAT TXDOT'S OVERALL CONSTRUCTION. I THINK WE HAD A MEETING WITH PRECINCT TWO, COMMISSIONER CANTU'S OFFICE, AND WE HAD ALL AGREED THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SEPARATE CONTRACTS, THE CITY DOES THEIR OWN CONTRACT. AND TXDOT, WE WOULD HAVE A OUR UTILITY PLANS. YES, SIR. IS GETTING INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE UTILITY. THEY WON'T DO IT WITHOUT AN INTERLOCAL. I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A LOCAL. SO MY QUESTION WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE, AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT INTERLOCAL. I KNOW THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO TXDOT, AND I BELIEVE THE CONSULTANT HAS REACHED OUT TO TXDOT, AND I THINK THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED. SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. ARE OUR PLANS DONE FOR THE UTILITY PLANTS? GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR, UTILITIES. YES, SIR. WE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE. WE ARE PENDING SOME FEEDBACK FROM TXDOT AND THEIR CONSULTANT AS FAR AS, LIKE BID ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT PRETTY MUCH THE PLANS ARE, ARE ALMOST COMPLETE. OKAY. ALMOST 90%, 95% OR ABOUT ABOUT 97%. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH TXDOT AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, AND LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT, AND I JUST DO NOT WANT TO BE THE ONES HOLDING IT UP AND HOLDING UP THE PROJECT. WE NEED TO GET THIS APPROVED AND HAVE THEM BID IT OUT. YEAH, OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM. I KNOW THAT, LIKE MR. CARMONA MENTIONED THE CONSULTANT DID REACH OUT TO TEXDOT, AND WE WERE PENDING TEX DOT'S INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU REPORT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING, PLEASE? THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT PROJECT PARKING GARAGE. WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PRESENTING AN OPTION IN THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING WHERE WE DO A DESIGN BID PROCESS. SO WE'LL SHARE THAT LATER ON WITH YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT FIT BUDGET. SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING ON THIS ONE. PARK RESTROOMS. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER. THIS IS A THREE. A PARK PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT FRONTIER BICENTENNIAL. WE'RE LOOKING AT MEMORIAL. THE PICTURE THAT I SHOW FOR THIS PURPOSE IS THE PARK AT THE FRONTIER. THIS ONE, WE'RE 85% ON THE CMU. ACCORDING TO OUR CONTRACTOR, WE SHOULD BE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE WITH THESE RESTROOMS BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO HOPEFULLY WEATHER PERMITTING, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE CLOSED IN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THE OTHER TWO MEMORIAL PARK THERE WERE ALREADY PAINTING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT A 4 TO 6 WEEK PERIOD TO COMPLETE, WELL, BICENTENNIAL THAT WAS LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE THAT'S THE LAST ONE THAT GOT STARTED THE WEEKS OF SOFTBALL. SO THAT ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. ANIMAL CARE FACILITY. SO THE FOUNDATION WORK THE COMMENCED THE ALREADY UPGRADE WORK ALREADY FOR ALL THE PATHS IS COMPLETE. [01:05:03] SO WE'RE STARTING ON FOUNDATION ALREADY ON THIS PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMPLETING IN FEBRUARY. FREDI GONZALEZ HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. THIS PROJECT IS A PROJECT WITH THE MPO, AND ON THIS PROJECT WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR 60% SET TO TEXDOT. WE HAVE REVIEWED, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS. SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED TO OUR NEXT SUBMITTAL IS IN THE TIME WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THEM. JACKSON HIKE AND BIKE. THIS PROJECT IS OUR TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO JACKSON. THIS IS ON WISCONSIN. I DID NOT INCLUDE PICTURES OF THAT ONE, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION ALREADY STARTED ON THIS. IN THE IN THE MCALLEN MCALLEN CITY LIMITS THE EDGES TO COMING INTO EDINBURG. AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THEY WERE FORMING TO BE READY TO SUPPORT THE TRAIL. THE NEXT TWO SUGAR DETENTION AND THE VETERAN DETENTION POND, THOUGH WE'RE WAITING ON THE ACQUISITION COMPONENT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING IN PLANTS FOR VETERANS ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE ON SUGAR. THEY'RE ABOUT 60% COMPLETE. THE AS SOON AS ACQUISITION IS COMPLETE THROUGH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, WILL BE ABLE TO TO GET THOSE TWO INTO CONSTRUCTION. THE NEXT TWO OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECTS, JACKSON ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. WE'RE PENDING TO RECEIVE THE THE APPRAISAL REPORTS. AND THE SAME THING WOULD BE FOR THE SUGAR. I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T MOVING FORWARD ON THAT JACKSON ROAD. RIGHT. BUT WE WERE STILL THE REPORTS ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE. SO THAT'S ONCE WE RECEIVE THE REPORT, WILL ADVISE AS TO WHAT THE AMOUNTS WERE. AND SO, ARE WE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OR. NO. WE HAVE WE HAVE THE PROJECT ON HOLD. I BELIEVE IN A DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SOME OF THE, RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR AN OPTION OF A OF A FIVE LANES TURNING LANE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. OR I THINK THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE SCHEMATIC AS TO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DO THE THREE LANES. I'M SORRY, THE THREE LANES, I KNOW, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE HAD TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO WHY IS THIS STILL ON HERE? WELL, BECAUSE THE APPRAISALS WERE GETTING COMPLETED ALREADY. THEY WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF WE IF WE ARE TO COMPLETE THIS PART. AND THEN THE SUGAR RIGHT OF WAY. THE APPRAISALS ARE ALSO GETTING FINALIZED ON THIS PART. THE ONLY THING THAT THE WE WILL HAVE A MEETING IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS WITH THE RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE WHAT TO EXPECT. CHAPIN PUMP STATION THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE KICKED OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH FOR DESIGN. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE GOT FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION FROM THE GLOW. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, WHICH GETS COMPLETED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. AND VETERANS TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS WERE OF WORK. THE AFA'S WITH TEXTILES THAT ARE GETTING FINALIZED FOR THIS PROJECT. SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE NEXT STEP AND CONTINUE WITH DESIGN. AND THEN THE TRENTON ROAD IS THE LAST. THE SECOND TO LAST. I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE THE ONLY THING ABOUT THIS. THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WILL OCCUR ON THE 17TH AT THE SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY AT 530. SO THAT'S THE RELEVANT THING ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS ROAD EXPANSION EAST OF TO 81. FREDDY GONZALEZ AND CLOSER INTERSECTION, WE HAVE BEGUN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. AND AFE HAS BEEN EXECUTED. SO WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THE DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL. AND THEN THE REST. I WILL LEAVE MR. CARMONA TO CONTINUE. I GOT A QUESTION FIRST. YES. WHERE'S SPRAGUE? SPRAGUE. SPRAGUE. SPRAGUE. WHEN WE REDID SPRAGUE BETWEEN 10TH AND MONMOUTH. AND SOMEBODY LOST THEIR JOB OVER IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD. THE WORK, THE WHOLE THING SHOVED LIKE THIS. ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THIS YEAR? FIXED. I WILL LET THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DISCUSS THAT. THANKS. SO FOR THE SERVICE CENTER, I KNOW DIAZ AND MR. DELEON, THEY WENT OVER THERE A COUPLE WEEKS. SO BASICALLY, THE CONTRACTORS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THE INTERIOR. THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED A MAJOR PORTION OF THE OF THE SHEETROCK INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND THEY ALREADY APPLIED SOME OF THE TEXTURE INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO THE MILL, THE BUILDINGS ARE MOVING HERE PRETTY QUICK ON THE MONTE CRISTO AND ELEVATED [01:10:02] WATER TOWER. THEY DID FINALIZE THE INTERIOR PAINTING OF THE TOWER, BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAVE A SPECIAL COATING TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T CORRODE. AND THEY'RE WORKING ON OBTAINING ELECTRICAL PERMIT FROM THE CITY. ON THE WEST. OWOSSO. THE PORTION THAT WE ARE WORKING IS TO GET IT UP TO PRETTY MUCH DO THE RELEASE OF THE LIEN FOR THE CHURCH PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY AGENT IS TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A CONTACT INFORMATION FOR, FOR THE PERSON THAT HAS THE OR THE LIEN HOLDER ON THAT. AND AS WELL, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUC TO INCORPORATE THIS AREA INTO OUR INTO OUR CCN, CCN. ON THE AIRPORT LIFT STATION. THE PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED. WE WILL BE DOING THIS PROJECT AS DIFFERENT PHASES. SO WE'LL BE INSTALLING WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE'LL BE INSTALLING PART OF THE FORCEMENT. AND LATER ON, WE'LL COME BACK AND, AND TRY TO APPLY FOR SOME GRANT OR SOMETHING TO, TO FINISH OFF THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PROJECT. ON THE THIS IS A GENERATOR FOR THE DOWNTOWN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS, BASICALLY, THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS ARE THE PUMPS THAT PUSH OUT WATER INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. SO PRETTY MUCH TO EVERYBODY, TO ALL THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, COMMERCIALS. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT THE WHAT THE WHAT THE CONTRACTOR IS DOING IS THEY'RE WORKING ON OBTAINING THE, THE THE BUILDING PERMIT FROM THE CITY, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE GENERATOR, SO THAT WAY THE CONTRACTOR CAN START. ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS TO TO PRETTY MUCH REHAB AND AND EXPAND THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT GOT TAKEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND SO BASICALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY THEY WERE POURING THE THE BOTTOM OF THE OF THE, OF THE CAROUSEL WE CALL, WHICH IS THE AERATOR THAT THAT PROVIDES OXYGEN TO THE SEWER. CONTRACTOR KEEPS MOVING ALONG. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE ALREADY POURED THAT. THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THE CLARIFIERS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICK. THE US 21 PROJECT THE THERE IS AN ITEM TODAY FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS TO TO APPROVE THE STANDARD UTILITY AGREEMENT FOR THE NEW BOOSTER STATION. SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THIS PROJECT WAS THAT IN ORDER FOR TEXDOT TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS, WE DID HAVE AN EXISTING BOOSTER STATION OUT THERE. SO THEY ARE TAKING THAT TO, TO PUT TO, TO PUT THE, THE NEW ROAD IN THERE. SO SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REIMBURSING US AS OF RIGHT NOW, 100% FOR THE, FOR THE RELOCATION OF THAT BOOSTER STATION. ON THE EAST OWASA SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. WE WE DO HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY AGENT THAT'S BEEN TALKING TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY DID TELL US THAT THE THE OWNER WAS NOT OPPOSED TO DEDICATING THAT EASEMENT. THEY WERE OPPOSED TO DEDICATING THAT EASEMENT TO THE CITY. WE WENT BACK TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, AGENT. AND SO THAT WAY THEY CAN GO BACK TO THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND SEE IF THE OWNER MIGHT RECONSIDER IN DONATING THAT EASEMENT TO THE CITY. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR TO PROVIDE A SEWER TO ALL THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE ON, ON A ON A WASA. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. VINCENT ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE SCHEDULING FOR THE REPAYMENT OF BRIDGE BETWEEN MONARCH AND 10TH STREET. SO BECAUSE THE END OF THE YEAR, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD FOR HOT MIX, IT ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO WE HAD TO SOLICIT BIDS. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF WE JUST EXECUTED THE CONTRACTS FOR HOT MIX. SO NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING. WE'RE SUBMITTING A REQUISITION TO OPEN POS FOR THE MATERIAL. SO WITHIN THE NEXT I WOULD SAY VERY TO SAY WITHIN 3 TO 4 WEEKS WE SHOULD BE BACK ON SPRAGUE. REPAVING THAT THERE IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO RENT A MILLING [01:15:02] MACHINE. WE DID HAVE THE PO OPEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, AND WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BUT BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM ANDERSON EQUIPMENT, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN TIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO IT IS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST. WE WILL BE DOING IT WITHIN THE NEXT 3 TO 4 WEEKS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN BECAUSE I DON'T EVER SEE IT COME UP ANYWHERE. SO NO, SIR, IT IS AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR AS PART OF THIS THE PRESENTATION AND THE REST WOULD BE ON THE OTHER AGENDA ITEM. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON ALBERTA ROAD IN PARTICULAR. BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD SIR. ON ALBERTA. THANK YOU. PRESENTATION ON ALBERTA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. YES. SO ON THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ALBERTA ROAD FROM OUR WEST CITY LIMITS ALL THE WAY TO 281. THE. THIS WAS BROKEN IN FOUR MILESTONES. THE MILESTONE ONE BEING OUR WEST CITY LIMITS TO MCCAUL ROAD. THEN THE OTHER, THE NEXT SECTION, MCCAUL ROAD TO JACKSON, WAS COMPLETED AS PART OF PHASE ONE. AND WE'RE WORKING ON MILESTONE TWO, WHICH IS THE SECTION BETWEEN JACKSON ROAD AND SUGAR ROAD. SO AT THIS POINT, THE OUR EAST HALF OF THE STREET HAS BEEN PAVED FOR THE FOUR LANES. AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE WEST HALF. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON THE SOUTH HALF WAS PAVED THE LAST WEEK AND WE HAVE SHIFTED TRAFFIC TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND LET ME JUST SHOW THE PICTURE ON THAT. SO THE. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS ACTUALLY THE SOUTH SIDE FOR WHICH TRAFFIC HAS SHIFTED. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON. SO WHAT IS THE PENDING TO COMPLETE THE. AND THAT'S THE PORTION IN BETWEEN. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? WE HAVE A CONFLICT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH AN IRRIGATION LINE AND A STORM INLET. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS SECTION IS STILL NOT PAVED. WHOSE IRRIGATION LINE IS THAT? IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE. AND DID WE COORDINATE THE UTILITIES PRIOR TO STARTING CONSTRUCTION? YES. THERE WAS ONE LINE THAT WAS NOT SPOTTED THAT THE SOW HAD NOT BEEN SPOTTED. RIGHT? DID WE WERE WE IN CHARGE OF THAT OR WAS THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT IN CHARGE OF THAT? SO WE REQUEST FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO PROVIDE THEIR LINE WORK. AND IT'S AND IS IT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE IT OR IS THAT OURS. WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING IT BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN CONFLICT WITH OUR STORM LINE AND ONE OF THE INLETS. SO HOW LONG BEFORE THAT IS ADDRESSED? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE THREE WEEKS. IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE IN THE MEANTIME FOR THIS SECTION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE INSTALLATION OF THE INLET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUR STORM LINE. IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY IN PLACE, AND WE'RE RELOCATING THE THE CONFLICT IRRIGATION LINE TO, TO PRETTY MUCH BE OUT OF THE WAY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS SECTION THAT YOU SEE UP TO SUBGRADE RIGHT NOW UP TO CALICHE, WHICH IS THE NEXT LAYER. SO THAT WILL MAKE IT DRIVABLE. IT'LL BE COMPACTED BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GO BACK IN AND DO THE CURB AND GUTTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AND, WELL, ACTUALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING, THOUGH, WE'RE STARTING TO. WE'LL BEGIN TEARING UP THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET IT TO AN EQUAL SIZE OF WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE NOW THAT IT'S PAVED. SO THE GOOD THING ON THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE. SO THE STORM LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. SO WE'RE JUST PAINTING FINAL CONNECTIONS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE TO HAVE IT DONE. MAYBE BY THE BY THANKSGIVING WEEK WHERE WE WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING PAVED IN THIS SECTION. AND THEN THE NEXT PART IS THE THE EAST SIDE OF SUGAR. SO ON THE EAST SIDE OF SUGAR WORK HAS ALSO RESUMED. WHICH IS THE SECTION ON THIS SIDE. SO ON THIS SECTION ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS THE FIRST. 1000FT, GIVE OR TAKE THIS SECTION. WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETE IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. PAVED. AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS PART OF THE NEXT DISCUSSION, WHICH IS SO THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO THIS SECTION HAS STARTED OR HASN'T STARTED? YES, IT HAS STARTED. SO ALL THE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE. [01:20:01] SO NOW THE ACTUAL STREET IS GETTING REWORKED EXPANDED THE. AND WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS SECTION? WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE DONE IN FOUR WEEKS. THIS SECTION HERE, THIS SECTION FROM WHERE YOU SEE IT ON SUGAR ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRST TO THE DITCH THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS ABOUT 1000FT AWAY. AND THEN YOU GET STARTED ON THAT. THEN WE GET STARTED ON THE FOLLOWING SECTION. HOW LONG IS THAT? THE FOLLOWING SECTION. WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING ABOUT 120 TO 150 DAYS. SO ON THE OTHER SECTION, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO INSTALL UTILITIES OR WE'LL HAVE STORM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO BE IN PLACE. SO AND THERE WAS THERE IS A I BELIEVE A SUBDIVISION BEING BUILT IN THAT AREA. I THINK I FORWARDED CITY MANAGER THERE WAS A. YES. I THINK THEY'RE I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING IT OUT. RIGHT. THE THE SUBDIVISION IS BUILT OUT THE THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON HOMES. SO WE'RE ALREADY AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACCESS THERE. SO IN FOUR WEEKS THERE WILL BE ACCESS COMING WEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH THE FOUR LANES AS PLANNED. NOW IT WILL BE LIMITED ACCESS. ONCE WE START CONSTRUCTION ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, MEANING IT WILL BE NARROWER LANES BECAUSE WE'LL BE INSTALLING STORM INFRASTRUCTURE. SO. NOW, THE SECOND PART OF THE WORK WE HAD A A PUBLIC MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THE INTERSECTION OF KLAUSNER AND IN ALBERTA. AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS TODAY, WHICH IS A FREE FLOW FOR TRAFFIC GOING NORTH AND SOUTH ON KLAUSNER AND EAST AND WEST HAS A STOP SIGN AND WE HAVE A LIGHTED STOP A LIGHTED INTERSECTION, JUST TO SHOW THAT THE, THE THAT THERE'S A STOP SIGN, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. THIS IS A, AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME ACCIDENTS. AND JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON ALBERTA ROAD EAST OF THIS INTERSECTION THAT WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT PART OF OUR PROJECT CORRECT. SO AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOUR LANES OR NO IT WILL BE NARROWER. IT WILL BE THREE LANES I BELIEVE. OH OKAY. WELL AND DEPENDING ON HOW WE FINALIZE THE THE INTERSECTION I GUESS IT WILL DEPEND ON THAT TOO. SO WE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS. WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK. WHAT? WE WE HAD MET WITH TXDOT, AND WE WERE PROPOSING SOMETHING TO LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS, WHERE IT'S A FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE FROM 281 GOING NORTHBOUND AND YOU HAVE A PROTECTED THE LEFT TO TURN FROM ALBERTA GOING NORTH, AND THE ONLY TRAFFIC THAT WOULD STOP IS THE TRAFFIC FROM ALBERTA AND THE TRAFFIC COMING SOUTHBOUND. WE MET WITH TXDOT AND RAN OVER THE OPTIONS, MEANING THIS BEING ONE OF THEM, THE NOT DOING ANYTHING APPROACH, THE MAYBE PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT HERE. THE ROUNDABOUT WAS NOT CONSIDERED THE THEY MENTIONED THAT IT'S TOO FAST OF AN INTERSECTION TO PUT A ROUNDABOUT. THE WE THREW ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT OPTION WHICH IS OFFSET THE AND IT'S STILL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ANSWER. SO WHAT I HAVE HERE IS BASICALLY THE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TXDOT. TEXT THE THE BASED ON THE ANSWERS THE ON THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED THE THAT THE ONLY OPTIONS THAT THEY'LL CONSIDER IS LEAVING THE INTERSECTION AS IS OR IMPLEMENTING THE BYPASS LANE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS THIS CONCEPT. I HAD A QUESTION SO AND COUNCIL I WAS AT THAT MEETING, PUBLIC MEETING WE HAD WITH THE THE STAKEHOLDERS HERE AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. THERE'S NOW ON THIS INTERSECTION WE CAN POINT. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN THAT THAT AREA THERE FISH SHOWING ON THE SCREEN, THE SOUTH WEST CORNER THERE. THERE'S ACTUALLY A MAJOR TRUCK RECONSTRUCTION LIKE A MECHANIC SHOP. AUTO SHOP. RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAILERS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, I MEAN, MAJOR TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THERE. SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO AFFECT WHAT ARE WE DOING, THE INTERSECTION ESPECIALLY LIMITING ACCESS IN ALBERTA. BUT MY QUESTION IS DID WHEN WE DID THE ALBERTA PLANS? DID DID WE SHOW A TRAFFIC SIGNAL HERE ON THIS INTERSECTION? WE SHOWED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND AND WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL DID WE SHOW? A REGULAR TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH A FOR THE FOUR INTERSECTIONS WITH ACCESS TO FULL ALBERTA AND EVERYTHING NOT LIMITING LIKE THIS. EXACTLY. AND WE SHOWED IT BECAUSE IT WARRANTED. LIKE, DID WE DO A WARRANT STUDY OR WE DID A WARRANT STUDY FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND AND DID IT WARRANT THAT THE ON THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND AND ALSO ON THE ACCIDENTS. IT WARRANTS IT. SO IT DOES WARRANT IT. IT DOES WARRANT. SO WHY IS IT THAT TXDOT IS AGAINST THIS. WHAT THEY'RE AGAINST IS ON THE HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT IMPLEMENTING THAT TYPE OF [01:25:04] TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THEY'RE CONSIDERING THAT THE THE SPEEDS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE 55 MILE AN HOUR ZONE, THAT IT'S TOO FAST TO TRY AND STOP ON THE ROAD, BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE, TO THE OVERPASS. BUT BUT I IMAGINE THE WARRANT STUDY TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, DID IT NOT? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WARRANTED IF OBVIOUSLY IT CONSIDERS THE WARRANTS, THAT IT CONSIDERS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING IN AND THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS. AND BASED ON THOSE TWO APPROACHES, THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WARRANTS IT. SO COULD IT NOT BE AN OPTION TO HAVE THAT FULL INTERCHANGE, BUT WITH MODIFICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, SIGNAGE ON THE OVERPASS, YOU KNOW, COMING IN, LIGHTING THINGS OF THAT NATURE LIKE YOU DO IN OTHER AREAS? I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET OFF ON THREE RIVERS, YOU KNOW, THE FLASH IS BLINKING, THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ARE BLINKING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO TOWN. SAME THING COULD BE DONE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST RACING THROUGH US AND JUST WANTING TO GET TO TRENTON ROAD AS FAST AS THEY CAN, RIGHT. LET ME INTERJECT ON THAT. MARDOQUEO. COUNCILMAN DELEON AND I SIT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD THIS, THERE WAS A FULL AND SOME BACKGROUND. THE REASON THAT THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACCIDENTS WITH DEATHS ON THAT INTERSECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO AVOID THE CONGESTION IN TRENTON. THEY HAD EASTBOUND ON ALBERTA TO CROSS THAT ACCESS ROAD TO GET ON THE EXPRESSWAY. AND SO INITIALLY THERE WAS A THERE WAS JUST A LIGHT PROPOSED. BUT THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE OFF RAMP, THAT LIGHT WOULD ACTUALLY TURN RED AND THE TRAFFIC WOULD BACK UP ONTO THE OFF RAMP, CAUSING ACCIDENTS ON THE RAMP. AND WHEN WE COUNCILMAN DYLAN, I WERE ASKING IF TEXDOT WOULD CONSIDER LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT OR ADDING SIGNS. THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION AT THE TIME. SO I REMEMBER WE BROUGHT IT BACK. NOT AN OPTION OF TEXDOT OR IT JUST I KEPT SAYING THAT COMING OFF THE OVERPASS AT THAT SPEED WOULD BE A BIG ISSUE. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T SEE THE LINE AS YOU'RE COMING OVER THE OVERPASS, IT WOULD BE A HUGE ISSUE. SO I FELT LIKE WE WERE TAKING WE'RE CONTROLLING ONE AREA, BUT THEN CREATING A PROBLEM ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND I REMEMBER COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. THIS WAS ACTUALLY MIMICKED AFTER ANOTHER AREA, I THINK, IN MCALLEN. AND AND OVER. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT MCALLEN IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER THERE ON WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT STREET? LARKIN. YEAH. SO THAT DOESN'T GO STRAIGHT THROUGH. THERE'S A DEAD END, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WORKS THERE. HERE. THERE'S NO DEAD END. THIS IS THE ACCESS TO THE INTERSTATE. RIGHT. AND SO THE BIGGEST ISSUE AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED WERE THE THE VEHICLES TRYING TO CROSS KLAUSNER TO ACCESS THAT. SO THIS THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT UNDER THE OVERPASS TO COME BACK. AND THE REASON THE ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FULL INTERCHANGE. YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SIGNAL RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST A BLINKING RED LIGHT. CORRECT. RIGHT. WITH THE. WHICH IS WHY IT'S WARRANTED. THE REASON IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FULL TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE SIGNALS WILL BE THERE. IT WILL BE. OF COURSE, THERE MAY STILL BE ACCIDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP. I THINK GREATLY WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND I DIDN'T COME TO THE I WASN'T HERE FOR THE MEETING, SO I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR THE CONCERNS. I WOULD SAY 98% OF THE FOLKS HERE WERE AGAINST THIS YEAR, AND THEY WANT A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHERE ALBERTA IS ABLE TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE HERE WE'RE STOPPING ALBERTA RIGHT HERE, HAVING THEM GO TO THE INTERSTATE, EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT. IT'S JUST IT IS AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE COMING NORTHBOUND, OBVIOUSLY OFF THE OVERPASS WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED IN COMMENTS BEFORE REGARDING OUR STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT SOMEWHERE. I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE A FULL INTERCHANGE WITH SOME SAFETY MEASURES WITH THE SPEED LIMIT. I THINK THAT'S ONE LIGHTING. AND JUST ALERTS, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF THE OVERPASS, JUST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO LAGUNA VISTA COMING OUT, REMEMBER, YOU GOT ALL THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS, LET YOU KNOW THERE'S A STOPLIGHT UP AHEAD. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG YOU'RE RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE THERE WAS I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THERE, CHIEF. AND I REMEMBER WHEN THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS PUT IN, EVERYBODY WAS ACTUALLY HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION HERE, LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, EVERYBODY'S RACING TO GO TO THE ISLAND. AND BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT'S WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL. I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IT WHEN IT'S ABOUT TO TURN RED. THE LIGHT TURNS ON. YEAH. BUT I THINK THE BIG ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS COMING ON A ON A DOWN SLOPE ON AN OVERPASS. AND I REMEMBER ASKING, COULD WE SLOW DOWN THE, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THERE AND IT JUST IT JUST NEVER WE ASKED ABOUT THAT TOO. AND THAT WAS I CAN LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT. YES. THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY. [01:30:03] YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S. THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TEXTILE. AND I'VE BATTLED THAT WHEN I WAS A COP BECAUSE WE CLOSED ROADS AT TEXTILE. DIDN'T WANT TO CLOSE BECAUSE TEXTILE HAD HAD IT UNSAFE. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS, THIS ROAD. EXACTLY RIGHT HERE. WHEN THEY'RE FIRST BUILDING THE OVERPASS AND STUFF, YOU HAD TO MAKE THIS TURN ACROSS HERE, RIGHT? AND IT WAS WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE YOU WOULD HIT AND WE'D GET UP, CLEAN UP THE ACCIDENT, COME BACK. AND THESE ARE ALL ALL HOSPITAL DRIVEN. SO THAT NIGHT, I CLOSED THE FREAKING EXPRESSWAY AT THE OBJECTION OF TXDOT. AND THE NEXT DAY, TXDOT DECIDED TO REDESIGN THIS PLACE. SO TXDOT HAS SOME GIVE, AND WE JUST GOT TO PUT THEM BACK TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I OBVIOUSLY I LIVE IN THIS AREA, SO I GO BY THIS EVERY DAY. THE PLANS WE HAD ORIGINALLY, I THINK THIS IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY, THE ORIGINAL PLANS. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ACCIDENTS ON THERE. SO I DO THINK THIS IS THE SAFEST WAY IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY MORE ACCIDENTS, BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT THE SPEED LIMITS ON THAT. BUT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO FOLLOW. THEY'RE ALREADY GOING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND PEOPLE AREN'T SPEEDING FOLLOWING THE SPEED LIMIT. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SPEEDERS. I MIGHT BE ONE. BUT I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY I DO. I THIS SEEMS LIKE THE BEST OPTION JUST BY GOING THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY. I'M NOT. I'M NOT A FAN. I WISH IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. LIKE I AGREE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS TO CROSS, BUT I STILL THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS WOULD STILL SAVE LIVES AND I COMPLETELY. AND THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE MEETING WE HAD WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TRYING TO EXPAND THOROUGHFARES RIGHT EAST AND WEST AND ALL THAT HERE. WE'RE CUTTING IT OFF, YOU KNOW. SO I MEAN, I GET IT, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH THIS, BUT THINK ABOUT IT. WE'RE SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERYBODY. TRENTON'S ALREADY PILED UP RIGHT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADD TO IT. AND IT TO ME IT JUST IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD SITUATION TO LIMIT ACCESS. AND WHAT WAS I MEAN, I HEAR YOU, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT? BECAUSE THIS ALL THIS DOES IS KEEP THE CAR FROM TRYING TO GO FROM ZERO TO SPRINT ACROSS AND NOT GET NAILED BY CARS COMING FULL SPEED. THIS LITERALLY WOULD TAKE YOU YOU CAN STILL ACCESS THAT ROAD, BUT YOU'D GO UNDER THE OVERPASS. IT MAKES YOU GO IF YOU'RE GOING EAST. MAKES YOU GO RIGHT. GO UNDER THE OVERPASS, COME BACK AND YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS THERE, BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS SAFELY. WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN? WELL, IF YOU HAVE THE FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT. I MEAN, CAN YOU GO OVER HOW THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS GOING TO BE IN PLACE IF THERE WAS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED? I MEAN, IT WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH THE TRAFFIC MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH. RIGHT. BUT IN A SAFE WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL THAT'S GOING TO HELP DIRECT. BUT IT'S THE ON RAMP THAT I THINK TRAFFIC'S GOING TO BACK UP ALL THE WAY ON THE ON RAMP. ON RAMP. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS LIMITING THE ACCESS CROSSING ALBERTA. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. RIGHT NOW THIS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, YOU'RE BASICALLY CUTTING OFF ALBERTA HERE. AND EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO GO SOUTH OR NORTH. THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN I THINK. IS THAT CORRECT? THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT I WOULD SAY MAYBE ABOUT 3 OR 4 OF THE RESIDENTS [D. Presentation on Alberta Road Reconstruction Project. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, P.E., CFM, City Engineer]] ACTUALLY PRESENTED. IT'S NOT AS SAFE. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE 3 OR 4 OF THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME IN THAT DID LIKE THE IDEA, CONSIDERING THE SAFETY FACTOR, BUT THE REST THE SO THEY WANTED TO CROSS. THEY FELT IT WAS AN INCONVENIENCE TO JUST HEAD RIGHT FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS TO COME AROUND. I FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE CASE. I COULD PROBABLY SAY THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THEY CAN'T CROSS TO JUMP ON THE ON RAMP THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF. YEAH, I JUST TO ME, TO ME PERSONALLY, A LITTLE INCONVENIENCE VERSUS SAFETY AND LIVES. I THINK THIS WAS THIS WAS FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED. THIS WAS A BETTER OPTION. BUT I DIDN'T COME TO THE I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK TO TO THE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WE DID A WARRANT STUDY SO IT WARRANTS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. ALL FACTORS WERE LOOKED AT. ALL IT WARRANTS. IF IT DIDN'T WARN IT THEN OKAY, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT. BUT IT DID WARRANT. THE ONLY REASON IT CAME UP WITH IS IS I DIDN'T LIKE IT. THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE, WELL, UNSAFE. YEAH. SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE HEARD OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, I ASKED, ARE THEY CHANGING ANY SPEED ON THE OFF RAMP? AND THEY SAID NO. RIGHT. AND I SAID, WELL THAT'S GOING TO BACK UP ALL THE WAY UP. I KNOW THERE WAS NO CHANGE. YEAH. BUT MY POINT IS I THINK WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL. HOWEVER, MAKING THOSE CHANGES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IN OTHER WORDS, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THERE, IT'S THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GET BACKED UP AND IT'S GOING TO GET EXTREMELY BACKED UP FROM THE EXPRESSWAY. WELL, WE NEED TO GET BACK. WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SO STAFF NEEDS DIRECTION ON YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU JUST WENT OVER THE SCHEDULE CORRECT. BY WHEN DO YOU ESTIMATE GETTING TO THIS LOCATION HERE? SO I MEAN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO BE DONE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT. [01:35:02] AFTER THAT, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE STORM LINE. SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF ANOTHER, MAYBE MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF OF MORE TIME. SO MAYBE THREE MONTHS WITH ALL THOSE POINTS. I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO AN AVERAGE TRAFFIC COUNT COMING NORTHBOUND ON THERE AND ESTIMATE A LIGHT, WHATEVER IT BE, HOW MANY SECONDS IS AN AVERAGE LIGHT? HOW MANY SECONDS IS AN AVERAGE LIGHT? WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY ARE CROSSING DAILY. CORRECT. SO SO ESTIMATE A RED LIGHT FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WOULD BE THERE AND THE TRAFFIC COUNT. WHERE WOULD THAT BACK UP END UP? JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA. OKAY. YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. WE NEED TO INVITE THEM SO WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN. WE HAD THAT MEETING. IT WASN'T, I GUESS, A MEETING WITH ALL THE COUNCIL. IT WAS JUST A MEETING. YEAH. STAKEHOLDER MEETING. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION, I THINK. SO FOR THAT MEETING, PLEASE POST A POSSIBLE QUORUM. SO NO, NO, NO, IT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR MEETING. LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING AND INVITE THEM TO COME TO THE MEETING. YEAH. SO WE CAN ALL DISCUSS. YEAH, WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT AND WE MAKE A DECISION. YEAH. THOSE MEETINGS WERE NOT ALL. WE CAN ALL BE THERE. AND WE CAN ALL HEAR THEM OUT. WE'LL JUST HAVE IT AT A COUNCIL MEETING. JUST INVITE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR SOMETHING. WELL, DO. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I WOULD DO. I WOULD JUST ADD IT AND THEN THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN HEAR FROM DIRECTLY TOO. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE SIR? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT PUBLIC HEARINGS. [8. PUBLIC HEARINGS] [A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider Approval of Substantial Amendment No. 1 to the Community Development Block Grant Program – Fiscal Year 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan & Strategy. [Claudia L. Farias, Director of Grants Administration]] WE HAVE A, B, C, D, E, AND F. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP ONE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL THOSE ITEMS. SO WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. OKAY ON THE EIGHT A ALL I NEED ON ALL OF THESE IS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE. BECAUSE I TRIED LOOKING UP THE BACKUP AND SOME OF IT DIDN'T TELL TOO MUCH. SO COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN? THE ONE I HAVE A QUESTION ON? IS EIGHT A, EIGHT F AND 13 J. WELL WE'RE WELL WE'RE JUST ON EIGHT, SO LET'S JUST. OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT SO THE EIGHT A AND THE EIGHT F, I'D LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT CONSISTS OF BECAUSE I HAVE CITY MANAGER. YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO OVER IT. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE DIRECTOR OF GRANTS ADMINISTRATION, MISS CLAUDIA, THAT CAN HELP ANSWER SOME OF THIS QUESTIONS. WELL, I THINK SHE JUST WANTS THE BACKGROUND. I GUESS THIS IS THE ANNUAL PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR 2023 TO 2027. CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND STRATEGY. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GUIDE OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. SO THE ANNUAL OR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER LAST YEAR IN SUMMER, AUGUST 2023. AND WHAT THAT DID WAS IT OUTLINED OUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, SOME OF OUR GOALS WHILE THEY WERE THERE, NO MONEY WAS ASSIGNED TO IT AND NO GOALS WERE ACTUALLY QUANTIFIED. SO WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES IS A HUGE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS REHABILITATING OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. SO THIS IS KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVELY GIVING US THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT WAY, OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ALIGNS WITH OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. SO THIS IS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS BEING NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS ON THE TABLE. THESE ARE OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS UP UNTIL 20 FISCAL YEAR 2627. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET ANNUALLY, YOU GO BASED ON THIS I GUESS PLAN. RIGHT? RIGHT. FUND THE CATEGORIES. YES, EXACTLY. AND THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR CHANGE. I MEAN, THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL. AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THERE COULD BE OTHERS, BUT IT'S HARD TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS IF THERE'S NO FUNDING ASSIGNED TO A PARTICULAR GOAL, LIKE IMPROVING PUBLIC FACILITIES, WHICH ARE OUR PARKS OR FIRE STATIONS. ALSO, YOU KNOW, OUR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE KNOW THAT'S VERY POPULAR WITH THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A HUGE NEED TO REHABILITATE HOUSING, AND THERE'S NO FUNDING TIED TO IT. SO THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVELY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MORE CONSISTENT. THE OTHER CHANGE, THOSE WERE TWO CHANGES. THE OTHER CHANGE IS THAT WE GROUPED THE PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH PROVIDING SERVICES TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. SO WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS HUD IS IS HUD ALLOWS US TO GROUP THOSE TWO GOALS TOGETHER. THAT'LL JUST GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY COMING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SO WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. SO WE'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH WITH ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST GROUPING THOSE FUNDING GOALS TOGETHER OR FUNDING AMOUNTS AND [01:40:01] GOALS TOGETHER. OKAY. IS IT THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL? IS THAT PART OF IT HAS TO BE. IT HAS TO BE. THAT'S I THINK, WHAT IT IS. I THINK WHAT IT IS WHEN YOU SEE THAT WORD, I'M EXPECTING A BIG CHANGE. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT EVERYBODY'S READING. I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WORD THAT'S PROBABLY CAUSING THIS ATTENTION. IT'S REALLY AN AMENDMENT, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY AN ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT. AND AND YEAH, THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. THIS KIND OF JUST GIVES US ADMINISTRATIVELY A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT OUR PROJECTS EACH YEAR SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO YOU TO KIND OF READING. I FIGURED IT'S THE WORD THAT'S THROWING EVERYBODY OFF, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A BIG CHANGE IN WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. I UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS ITEM F. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ITEM EIGHT F IS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2005, SINCE THE CITY HASN'T UPDATED ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BACK IN THE FALL OF 2023, THE CITY ENGAGED KENTUCKY'S COLLABORATIVE TO WORK ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS AND MANY, MANY MEETINGS LATER, THE PLAN IS READY FOR APPROVAL HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MISS FERN? CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS PLAN IS? SO THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE CALLED I THINK GARY WANTED TO DO, MAYOR. HE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE WEBSITE TO KIND OF SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT THE WHAT THE PLAN OR HOW IT'S AVAILABLE. GARY, YOU WANT TO COME UP? HE'LL HE'LL COME UP HERE WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC. WELL I THINK, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO IT? BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER A PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. SO I THINK AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS PRESENTED, IF THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM AT THE TIME THERE'S DISCUSSION. OKAY. SO WE'LL DO IT RIGHT AFTER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS BY ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? ITEMS A THROUGH F AT THIS TIME HEARING IS STILL OPEN. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM. JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THIS. I CAN ADDRESS MY CONCERNS WITH EIGHT B. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS LAURA SANCHEZ. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS OF PALM CIRCLE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT PALM CIRCLE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT SAFE ACCESS TO THE HOUSING COMPLEX THROUGH ROLANDO DRIVE. ROLANDO DRIVE IS A NARROW DEAD END IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE ONLY LOGICAL WAY TO SUPPORT THIS HOUSING COMPLEX IS THROUGH ACCESS TO VETERANS ROAD, WHICH IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR THIS HOUSING COMPLEX IS PLANNED TO GO THROUGH ROLANDO DRIVE, WHICH I MENTIONED IS THAT DEAD END ROAD. THE ENTRANCE GATE WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF PARKING AND ACCESS TO HOMES THAT HAVE DISABLED RESIDENTS. A 50% OF THE HOMES IMPACTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT ROUTE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN ONE DISABLED RESIDENT. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WILL CREATE A RISK OF COLLISIONS DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF PALM CIRCLE AND ROLANDO DRIVE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL REQUIRE LARGE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION. THIS WILL PUT CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS AND CAR OWNERS AT RISK DUE TO THE NARROW RESIDENTIAL ROADS. SCHOOL CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY TO IDEA AND LOCAL THROUGH TRAFFIC WILL BE PUT IN DANGER AS THESE ABNORMAL LOADS MOVE THROUGH THESE NARROW ROADS DURING THE DAY. THESE LOADS WILL COMPLETELY BLOCK THESE NARROW TWO LANE ROADS AS THEY TRAVERSE UP THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE SUGGESTED CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED TO HAVE 27 HOMES IN THE EDINBURGH AREA. THE AVERAGE FOR CHILDREN PER HOUSEHOLD IS 3.7. SO IF WE SAY FOUR, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 100 CHILDREN TO THIS AREA. THIS WILL IMPACT ADDITIONAL BUS ROUTES TO THE AREA. IN EDINBURGH, THE AVERAGE FOR VEHICLES PER HOME IS TWO, SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 54 CARS PER THIS NARROW LANE ROAD. THIS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE SATURATION OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH TO THIS AREA, AN ADDITIONAL BUS ROUTE AND STATION WOULD BE NEEDED, AS WELL AS ROAD WIDENING WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF PALM CIRCLE AND ROLANDO DRIVE. THIS CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF PARKING, HOME ACCESS, AND ESTABLISHED TREES. IN CONCLUSION, IF THERE IS A DECISION TO ALLOW THIS CONSTRUCTION TO PROCEED, I WOULD ASK FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE MAIN GATE ACCESS TO VETERANS ROAD, WHICH IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. SORRY. I KNEW I ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES. NO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THIS IS JUST AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. AND JUST JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU'RE AGAINST THIS REZONING OR I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON YOUR. YES. AND I WOULD ASK IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED, THAT THERE BE SOME SORT OF COMMENT THAT THIS [01:45:05] COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS THROUGH VETERANS ROAD VERSUS ROLANDO DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY ACCESS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE BACK END OF THAT COMPLEX HAS NO CURRENT ROADS CREATED. SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THEY COULD START THEIR HOUSING COMMUNITY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE. ROLANDO DRIVE. YEAH. PALM CIRCLE ON THE NORTH. RIGHT. CAN YOU PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN? YEAH. SO WHERE'S ROLANDO? DRIVE. OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY, I HADN'T SEEN IT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE THE MAIN ACCESS. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN ACCESS PROPOSED. IS THAT ALLOWED BY CODE. IT'S KIND OF LANDLOCKED. UNTIL THE THE FRONT PART IS NOT THEY'RE NOT OWNERS OF THAT. THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTED LOT 64 INCLUDED THAT FRONT HOME. MAYBE THERE ARE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THAT BACK LOT. SO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WAS APARTMENTS, RIGHT. AND THAT INCLUDED THAT FRONT LOT. SO JUST THE IDEAL CONSTRUCTION OF IT WOULD BE TO MAKE A ROUNDABOUT JUST THE WAY WE HAVE THAT ROUND PALM CIRCLE, AND TO HAVE ORLANDO AS LIKE AN ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITIES VERSUS AN ACCESS TO VETERANS ROAD BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME TRAFFIC IS GOING TO VETERANS ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU CATCH OWASA SLASH DOVE AND GET ON THE HIGHWAY. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST TOO SMALL TO SUPPLY WHAT THAT HOUSING COMPLEX WILL NEED, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTIES THAT IT WILL BE FOR BUS ROUTES AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND FOR JUST INFORMATION PURPOSES FOR YOU. I KNOW TONIGHT THIS IS JUST A REZONING. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT HOW IT'S VOTED ON. RIGHT. IF THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD, THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS. EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF IT MEETS. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, TALKING OUT LOUD HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT HOW IT ACTUALLY WILL BE LAID OUT. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BEING ASKED TO TO REZONE IT, RIGHT. FOR SINGLE FAMILY. CORRECT. SO AFTER THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAT THAT STILL NEEDS TO COME TO US SO THAT WE THEN APPROVE THE LAYOUT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT OUT. IF IT DOES MOVE FORWARD. BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYTHING ELSE MA'AM? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COULD YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. AND JUST SO I'M LOOKING AT IT TOO. AND SO THINKING OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WOULD IT HAVE TO BE A ROUNDABOUT THERE. AND DO YOU IN YOUR ESTIMATION, WOULD THAT BE LARGE ENOUGH TO EVEN PASS. YEAH. I DON'T THINK A ROUNDABOUT WOULD WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH OF A STRIP. NOW, WHAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT SHOWING 27 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST VERY PRELIMINARY. WE STILL HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT WITH THE ENGINEERING STAFF. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO STUB IT OUT TO THE WEST. WE COULD ALSO PROPOSE THAT THEY STUB IT OUT TO THE EAST SO THAT WHEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT DOES COME IN, THEY'LL THEY'LL HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ACCESS WOULD BE OFF OF ROLANDO, BECAUSE THE SUBDIVISION ON THE SOUTH SIDE DIDN'T LEAVE A STREET CONNECTOR. IT IS SIX ACRES. IT WAS ANNEXED TO ABOUT 2013. [B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, a 6.00 Acre Tract of Land Out of Lot 64, Kelly-Pharr Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas, as Per Map Recorded in Volume 3, Pages 133-134, Deed Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 5313 Rolando Drive, as Requested by Jesus Vazquez on Behalf of Jose Dolores Vazquez Solache and Angel Torices. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] INITIALLY THEY HAD COME IN WITH A PROPOSAL FOR MULTIFAMILY. BUT WE TOLD THEM IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK. SO WE WENT TO PNC. GOT DENIED. AND THEN THEY CAME BACK WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY REQUEST, WHICH IS WHAT'S AROUND. HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT THE THE REQUEST SUBMITTED AND DENIED, PROBABLY IN AUGUST ALSO. IT WAS JUST RECENTLY HE WITHDREW HIS REQUEST BEFORE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL. GOT IT. SO WE TOOK IT BACK. AND NOW HE SUBMITTED FOR SINGLE FAMILY. CORRECT. SO THE FRONT LOT THERE, 64 IS IS NOT OWNED BY THEM. THAT'S OWNED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT HIS, BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE. IF AND IN THE IN THE APPLICATION, I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY FOR OR AGAINST WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL. AND I BELIEVE IT'S A LADY THAT THAT CAME IN. SHE CAME INTO MY OFFICE ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND WE DISCUSSED THE PROJECT. NO, NO. OH. CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME? I'M SORRY. FOR THE RECORD. EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. NO. IT'S OKAY. I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCESS, BUT ORLANDO DRIVE. SO YOUR PLANS ARE JUST TO ORLANDO DRIVE. THE ONLY RULE WE HAVE. RIGHT? YEAH, RIGHT. YEAH. WE WE PLAN TO DO, LIKE, LIKE APARTMENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE FOURPLEX. BUT BUT THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO WE, WE DECIDED TO DO LIKE SINGLE FAMILY AND I JUST IT'S BETTER. IT'S GOING TO BE JUST 27 LOTS. YEAH. AND SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU HAD THIS I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW JUST [01:50:04] BECAUSE TO BE FAIR, TODAY WE'RE JUST CONSIDERING THE REZONING, THE CHANGE OF USE. RIGHT. SO IF THIS PASSES THEN THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP. YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THE PLAT. AND OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS AT THAT TIME. BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO LISTEN TO ME? YES, SIR, FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. AND EDINBURGH IS A BIG CITY TO TO TO LIVE. THIS IS THE THE ONE OF THE THE BEST CITIES ON THE UNITED STATES, AND WE GOT EVERYTHING HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY PROJECT HERE, AND I'M WORKING HARD TO DO MY PROJECT. MR. SACHSE ALWAYS BOTHER MR. SIMES IN ALL THE CITY OF EDINBURGH GUYS. HE OWED ME A LOT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT GUYS. EVERYTHING. AND I HOPE AND I HOPE EVERYTHING GOING LIKE LIKE A PLANT. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS FAR AS THE ACCESS TO THE ROAD AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT, JUST SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ADHERE TO THEIR CONCERNS. SEE THE THEY. THEY LISTEN LISTEN TO ME. RIGHT. I CAN DO THAT. OKAY? OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. NO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I'M ON ON ALL THE STREETS. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACCESS ROAD TO VETERANS. CORRECT? RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE CONNECTING IT TO, LIKE, THE OTHER SUBDIVISION. THAT'S WEIRD. YEAH. JUST IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT PART IS NOT OWNED. BUT ANYWAY. OKAY. AND AND JUST AND I KNOW I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ASKED JAIME, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CITY REQUIREMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VETERANS, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ACCESS, THERE IS A LIMIT TO HOW MANY LOTS YOU CAN PUT IF IT ONLY HAS 1X1 ACCESS. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET WITH ENGINEERING TO LOOK AT. 27TH MAY BE TOO MUCH I DON'T KNOW. ALSO WE DON'T AT THIS POINT ARE AWARE AND TO BE FAIR COUNCIL I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE ZONING RIGHT NOW, BUT YEAH, IT MAY BE LESS LOTS GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRANCE. NO. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF OUR ZONING CONSIDERATION, WE SHOULD HAVE A CHECKLIST AND THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. LIKE, DOES IT EVEN MEET, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY? I HAVE A QUESTION. LIKE IN MR. ANAYA'S CASE, THE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT SEPARATED THE TWO PROPERTIES. IN THIS CASE, WHY ISN'T THERE AN EASEMENT THAT GOES TO THE MAJOR ROAD TO VETERANS? YEAH, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE 110 ACRE TRACT BY THAT. YEAH, IT WAS CUT UP. I MEAN, THIS THIS THIS USED TO BE COUNTY PROPERTY. I MEAN, WE INHERITED THE WAY THAT IT IS. AND SO DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY SORT OF EASEMENT ACCESS. WELL, THEY DO HAVE ACCESS OFF OF ORLANDO THAT WAS LEFT, BUT NOTHING TO THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, BUT NOTHING TO JUST ACCESS THROUGH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. BECAUSE CURRENTLY THAT'S A DEAD END THERE. CORRECT? CORRECT. WE ARE BEHIND THE CIRCLE. I'M JUST I'M I'M WONDERING. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING WE INHERITED FROM THE COUNTY, SO I'M WONDERING WHY IN THE PLANNING THERE'S THERE IS NOT AN EASEMENT FROM THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO VETERANS. CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, MA'AM? I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE. BEING A PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAVE TO RECORD THE MINUTES. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING YOUR COMMENTS. SO RIGHT BEHIND THAT, THE HOUSES THAT TOUCH THE PROPERTY, THERE USED TO BE AN EASEMENT OF TEN FEET. AND THE CITY REALLOCATED THAT AND GAVE IT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. AND THEY SENT LETTERS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO, GIVING THEM BACK THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS MOVE THEIR FENCES TEN FEET BACK, BUT THAT'S THERE USED TO BE AN EASEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THAT PROPERTY TO HAVE ACCESS. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT JACKSON SUGAR TRYING TO ACQUIRE EASEMENT TO SATISFY AN ACCESS TO VETERANS THAT THAT'S NEVER AN OPTION TO INCLUDE THE LANDOWNER AND ALL THESE HOMEOWNERS TO KEEP FROM PUNCHING THROUGH. I KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW. HOW. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A COUNTY PROPERTY. YEAH. BUT IT'S YEAH. LIKE THIS. IT'S IT'S THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. SHOULD. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIREMENT TO ACCESS VETERANS. THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE RIGHT PURCHASING AND MOVING FENCES AND HAVING THE CURRENT OWNER TO AGREE TO SELL. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ROOM EITHER. I SEE TWO STRUCTURES THERE. IT'S KIND OF TIGHT. YEAH. THERE'S A HOME THERE. CORRECT. YEAH. [01:55:02] OKAY. IT'S NOT I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A STREET ON SARA, BUT IT'S LIMITED TO THE SAME THING. IT'S BUILT OVER THERE BY SUGAR, BY ASH AND UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ANOTHER RIGHT. AND SARA IN THAT SAME. THEY GAVE IT THE ACCESS. AND THEN AND SO ALONG THOSE SAME THOUGHTS, I MEAN, THE BACK, THE BACK PART OF THAT PROPERTY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. I SEE. I SEE THE, THE, THE DELINEATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE BACK. AND THERE'S A GAP THERE. WHAT IS THAT? I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. I DON'T SHOW ANYTHING ON THE PLAT THAT SAYS THAT. THAT'S LIKE A DRAIN DITCH. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE SOMETHING THERE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LADY WAS BRINGING UP. THE EASEMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED BACK TO RESIDENTS. THAT THAT. OH, THAT'S THE ONE I WAS THINKING IT WAS IN BETWEEN. YEAH. NO, I THINK IT WAS THAT. YES, SIR. NORTH AND SOUTH EASEMENT. YES. OH I SEE. THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO. WELL, THEN THAT WOULD BE A MUCH EASIER IT WOULD HAVE, BUT THAT. WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING, IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER. BECAUSE NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELOCATE FENCES, YOU REALLY JUST HAVE TO BUY A PIECE FROM WHOEVER OWNS 63 TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO OWASA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? IF NOT, NOT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE, STARTING WITH ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2023 2027. CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND STRATEGY. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. A SIX ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOT 64, KELLY-PHARR SUBDIVISION, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS. AS PER RECORDED IN VOLUME THREE, PAGES 133 THROUGH 134. DEED RECORDS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 5313 ROLANDO DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY JESUS VASQUEZ ON BEHALF OF JOSE DOLORES VASQUEZ AND ANGELO MRS. COUNSEL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES TO TABLE. WILL THIS COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? YES. WE'LL BRING IT BACK. OKAY. JUST FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THIS WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR NEXT MEETING. CORRECT. AND SO TABLING DOESN'T KILL IT AND DOESN'T APPROVE IT. IT GIVES US A LITTLE TIME TO TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. IF THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MOTION, THEN IT WOULD HAVE. IT WOULD HAVE DIED, JUST [C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Commercial, General (CG) District and Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Residential, Urban & Townhome (RU) District, 7.348 Acres Out of Lot 20 Kelly-Pharr Subdivision Volume 3, Pages 133-134, H.C.D.R., City of Edinburg Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 3216 South Business Highway 281, as Requested by Melden and Hunt Inc. on Behalf of Bliss Family Descendants, LLC. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] SO YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. ITEM C, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT. 7.348 ACRES OF LOT 20 KELLY-PHARR SUBDIVISION VOLUME THREE, PAGES 130 TO 134. CEDAR CITY OF EDINBURG, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 3216 SOUTH BUSINESS HIGHWAY 281 AS REQUESTED BY MAULDIN AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF BLISS FAMILY DESCENDANTS. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [D. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Urban and Townhome (RU) District, A Tract of Land Being a 69.06 Acre Tract of Land, Out of Lots 9 and 16, Section 250, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas, as Per Map or Plat Thereof Recorded in Volume 1, Page 16, Map Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 1101 North Alamo Road, as Requested by Juan Garcia on Behalf of WW Escondido, LP. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM D, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT. A TRACT OF LAND BEING A 69.6 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOTS NINE AND 16. SECTION 250 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SUBDIVISION, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, AS A MAP OR PLAT THEREOF. RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE, PAGE 16. MAP RECORDS HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 1101 NORTH ALAMO ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY JUAN GARCIA ON BEHALF OF WW ESCONDIDO, LP. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. [E. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) District, the North 100 Feet of the South 235 Feet of the West 330 Feet of Lot 10, Kelly Pharr] MOTION CARRIES ITEM E. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT. THE NORTH 100FT OF SOUTH TWO 35FT OF THE WEST THREE 30FT OF LOT TEN KELLY-PHARR SUBDIVISION LOCATED 3120 SOUTH SUGAR ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY LINDA EVANGELISTA AND RAMON CUSTODIO. COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A QUESTION. I KNOW IT'S IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE AREA RIGHT NOW. IT'S A HOME, SO I IMAGINE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET ALL THE PARKING. AND DO THEY HAVE THE SPACE? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. [02:00:01] YES, MAYOR, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT ORIGINALLY HAD GONE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AND WITH GENERAL COMMERCIAL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING. SO WE RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THEY THEY LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND THEY REAPPLIED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. THEY WANT TO BUILD A THERAPY SERVICE OR A THERAPY OFFICE SIMILAR TO THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO RESEMBLE A HOME, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THEY DID GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AS FAR AND ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THEIR PATIENTS IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SUBDIVIDED. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY PLATTED 0.76 ACRES. IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE PLATTED. SO THEY'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT ENGINEERS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM F COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ONLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO [F. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the City of Edinburg Comprehensive Plan Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 213.003 (a)(1). [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] HAVE A PRESENTATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES? SO MOVED. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE'RE GOING TO. NOW JUST DO A QUICK OVERVIEW, I THINK, ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YES, MAYOR. THIS IS A PLAN THAT WE STARTED LATE 2023. IT'S BEEN TEN MONTHS AND MANY MEETINGS LATER AND WE'RE HERE AT THE END. RESULT. GARY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL JUST RECAP FOR THE PUBLIC QUESTION. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CITIES ACROSS THE VALLEY, ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE THESE. IT'S TO TAKE A LOOK SEVERAL DECADES DOWN THE ROAD TYPICALLY BIG PICTURE WHERE YOU'RE HEADED AS A COMMUNITY. THERE ARE POPULATION PROJECTIONS TO THAT EFFECT, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S THINGS LIKE HOUSING, PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU HAVE MORE SPECIALIZED PLANS THAT DIG DEEPER INTO THOSE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT LOOKS AT IT FROM A CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE, TRIES TO CONNECT THE DOTS AMONG THOSE THINGS. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE. IT ALSO CONTAINS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IS KIND OF THE PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR YOUR ZONING MAP AND REGULATIONS. THE DOCUMENT IS ADVISORY. IF COUNCIL ADOPTS THIS DOCUMENT, NOTHING HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY. ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THE DOCUMENT COME BACK IN THE FORM OF CONTRACTS, BUDGET DECISIONS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, PARTNERSHIPS. SO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TYPICALLY DO GRANT PURSUITS. SO IT IS AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO SYNC WITH THE 2040 PROCESS. SO, MAYOR, SINCE WE SAW YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE'VE BEEN TO PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION. WE WENT THROUGH THE FULL MAP WITH THE COMMISSION. THEY FAVORABLY ACCEPTED THE PLAN. SO THAT IS WHY IT IS HERE TONIGHT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS. MAYOR, WE COULD PAUSE. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON CONTENT. WE WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY, NOW THAT IT IS READY TO GO LIVE ONLINE, TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THE PLAN ONLINE. SO WE COULD DO THAT AS A SECOND PIECE AND TAKE QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME. SURE. AND AS YOU DO THAT, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE EDINBURGH 2050 MIDCENTURY PLAN. IS THERE ANY WAY TO JUST LEAVE IT AS EDINBURGH 2040? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 20, AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONFUSE THE COMMUNITY BY NOW SAYING EDINBURGH. I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IT'S A MID-CENTURY PLAN, BUT I THINK IT KIND OF GOES AGAINST ALL WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE EDINBURGH 2040 PROCESS, BUT IT WORKS JUST FINE. THAT WAY, THE CITY AT THAT TIME, WHOEVER'S HERE COULD, YOU KNOW BY THEN, PLAN AHEAD AFTER THAT. SO. BUT ANYWAY. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PLAN. AND I'LL JUST MENTION BEFORE WE START THAT IF YOU GO TO MCALLEN'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, THEIR PLAN IS ONLINE. IT'S A GOOD PLAN. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN PRINT IT. THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT YOUR PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH AND SHOW YOU A COUPLE FEATURES. SO, SO EXCUSE ME REAL QUICK. SO WHERE'S THIS GOING TO BE AT? I KNOW THIS TAKES US TO THE SITE, BUT HOW DO WE GET HERE? SO IT'LL BE ON YOUR WEBSITE, AND THERE'S ALREADY A LINK TO THE UDC. SO WITHIN THE THE UDC, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE UDC AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WHERE IN OUR CITY OF EDINBURGH WEBSITE CAN WE I GUESS I WANT TO START FROM. YEAH. COULD YOU BACK IT UP? YEAH. LIKE, WE NEED TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE HERE, IT'S GREAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY. HOW DO WE GET HERE UNDER THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS AREA. THERE'S GOING TO BE A. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THAT. WE GOT TO PUT IT IN OUR HOME SCREEN BECAUSE I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. OKAY. TO GO TO. YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT. YOU GOT TO GO TO THE PLANNING SITE AND THEN IT'S IT'S HERE ON ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. YEAH. I WOULD JUST PUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A GO TO LINK MAYBE IN ON OUR SITE A BANNER OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING OUR CITY. THEY'RE GOING TO GO THERE. RIGHT. SO. OKAY. [02:05:02] AND LEAVE IT THERE TOO. RIGHT. IN CASE THOSE THAT WANT TO NAVIGATE. BUT YES GO AHEAD MA'AM. SORRY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHOW HOW TO GET THERE. SO YOU CAN TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YOUR CODE AND AND THE COMP PLAN. THERE'S ALSO OTHER FEATURES HERE, SUCH AS THE ZOOM THAT YOU CAN TOGGLE THROUGH THE SECTIONS, EITHER CLICKING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR THESE LITTLE ARROWS ON THERE. YOU CAN ALSO PRINT PRINT IT OR EXPORT IT. SO IT IS MEANT TO BE AN ONLINE PLAN, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPORT EACH SECTION IF YOU'D LIKE OR YOU CAN EXPORT IT AS A WHOLE. THERE'S A READER'S GUIDE WITH SOME QUICK LINKS IF YOU WANT TO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC GOALS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A SECTION OR THE ACTIONS. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WELL, IN THE INTRODUCTION SECTION JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN CLICK TO THE IT HAS REFERENCES TO YOUR UDC. SO IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT'LL, IT'LL GO BACK TO YOUR UDC IN ANOTHER WINDOW. NO. THERE'S ALSO ON THE INDIVIDUAL GOALS SECTIONS THERE ARE EMBEDDED LITTLE POP UPS THAT COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT PLANNING THEMES SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO TO THE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION TO LOOK AT THOSE PLANNING THEMES. IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE. SIMILARLY, IF YOU CLICK ON THE ACTIONS UNDER THE GOALS SUPPORTED, IF YOU'RE WONDERING YOU KNOW, WHAT GOALS ARE SUPPORTED WITH THAT ACTION, YOU CAN QUICKLY HOVER OVER IT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT RELATES TO. SOME OF THE OTHER QUICK LINK FEATURES ARE THERE'S A RESOURCES TAB UNDER THE ONGOING AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS. SO IF YOU CLICK ON THAT RESOURCES TAB, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO A PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CLICK ON ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS THAT WE CALLED OUT. THERE'S ALSO IN THE GROWTH CAPACITY SECTION SORRY, LAND USE AND COMMUNITY SECTION ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. NEWSMAP. THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP THAT GARY HAD MENTIONED. YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND ENLARGE IT. IT BRINGS UP A PDF. IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE HIGH RESOLUTION FILE, SO IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO LOAD. BUT THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AS A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE UNDER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, THERE'S AN ACTION AGENDA WHERE WE CALLED OUT 16 KEY ACTION ITEMS WITHIN THE PLAN. THAT'S OUT OF THE 123 THAT ARE LISTED. AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE IN THE PLAN YOU CAN CLICK ON ON THAT. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THAT ACTION NUMBER AND THE SECTION THAT IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO. I THINK BOTTOM LINE IS YOU CAN USE THIS IN REAL TIME IN MEETINGS. YOU CAN BRING UP YOUR CODE. YOU CAN LOOK AT PARTNER WEBSITES, WHAT THEY CAN DO AS A PARTNER TO THE CITY. SO A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY BUILT INTO THE DOCUMENT. AND I AM SO SORRY, BUT I DID THINK OF ONE MORE THING THAT I MEANT TO MENTION. AND THE LEGACY OF PAST PLANNING. WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN AND AROUND THE AREA FOR EDINBURGH AND IN THE VALLEY. AND SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT AND IT WILL DIRECTLY TAKE YOU TO THOSE PLANS. AND AGAIN, THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO AND SEARCH FOR IT YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, IT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR PLAN. SO WITH THAT WE WILL LEAVE IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR POTENTIAL ACTION. COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. I SEE THAT AND YOU START THINKING IT'S ANOTHER PLAN BECAUSE IT SAYS 2050. RIGHT. BUT IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO ALONG WITH YOUR PLAN, YOU ALSO PUT TOGETHER THIS THIS INTERACTIVE WEBSITE OR ACCESS. THIS IS THE PLAN. WOW. VERY NICE. THIS IS WHERE WHERE WE'RE GOING. NO MORE PAPER DOCUMENTS. AND I THINK THE KEY TO ALL THIS, I MEAN, EVERY CITY DOES. THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S INTEGRATED INTO WHAT WE DO AS A CITY. AND I THINK AS PART OF OUR BUDGET, I TALKED TO OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, WHETHER IT'S BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT IT HAS IN THERE LABELED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO REALLY CHIP AWAY ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR CITY. MAYOR, THIS REFLECTS SOME DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ALONG THE WAY IN THE FINAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION. THERE'S A BOX HERE. SIGNS OF AN EFFECTIVE PLAN. THE FIRST ITEM IS THAT IT'S ENDORSED BY A LOT OF YOUR PARTNERS. BUT THAT LIST REALLY SUMS UP HOW THESE PLANS CAN BE USED. AND THIS DIAGRAM, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO MAKE LARGER ON THE FINAL VERSION, HOW IT KIND OF FOLDS INTO CITY GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. GOOD. YEAH. AND GOING BACK TO THE ENDORSEMENT THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY. SO I THINK LAST TIME I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID OUR LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 2005, AND WE ALSO DID A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, I THINK BACK IN 2010, I BELIEVE. AND WE ACTUALLY WENT AND GOT IT ENDORSED BY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR THE COUNTY [02:10:02] COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THE TIME, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, THAT PLAN CALLED FOR A NEW COURTHOUSE, AND IT ALSO CALLED FOR THE USE OF OLD SAM HOUSTON SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOW THE ACE FACILITY, JUST SO WE CAN BUILD THAT SUPPORT. BUT IN THIS YEAR, I WOULD ASK CITY MANAGEMENT FOR US TO DO THE SAME. LET'S GO TO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND HAVE THEM ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING THIS PLAN. AND I'M SURE THERE'S A TEMPLATE OUT THERE. RIGHT. WE CAN USE. SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY THAT'S ON OUR TEAM, RIGHT, WITH OUR CITY TO, TO REALLY MOVE ALONG IN THE SAME DIRECTION. SO EXCELLENT FOUR YEAR GRANTS APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IF WE COULD JUST CHANGE THAT. EDINBURGH 2050. THAT'D BE GREAT. WE'LL GET IT DONE. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS THIS CALLS FOR. WELL, I KNOW FERN. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY. SO. OKAY. WE CAN FIND THAT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. VERY WELL. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO APPROVE? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? WHAT I, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT OUR. I KNOW ROXANNE AND EVERYBODY. WE'D LIKE TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO WE LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THIS PLAN. SO LET'S GO TO OUR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR COUNTY AND GET THE ENDORSEMENT. ENDORSEMENT OF THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT. SO. YEAH. AND AND ONCE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. BUT IF WE COULD GET ALL THE 2020 COMMITTEES AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT THIS AS, AS A ONE BIG GROUP ONCE WE GET THE RESOLUTIONS, BUT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE. [9. ORDINANCE] A ORDINANCES CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SAINT [A. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “St. Joseph’s Catholic School TurkeyFest” to be Held Saturday, November 9, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. Through 10:00 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Located at 119 W. Fay St., Being Portions of Edinburg Townsite Subdivision, Lot 1-2-3 & 6S1/2&7 Through 12 Blk 319. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning and Zoning]] JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL. TURKEY FEST TO BE HELD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2024 FROM 11 A.M. THROUGH 10 P.M. AT SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, LOCATED 119 WEST BAY STREET, BEING PORTIONS OF EDINBURGH TOWNSITE SUBDIVISION, LOT ONE, TWO, THREE AND SIX ONE HALF AND SEVEN THROUGH 12. BLOCK 319. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN BUDGET. [10. BUDGET] WE HAVE ONE ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE [A. Consider Approving Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Transfers for the Following: [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]] FOLLOWING FIRE PREVENTION GENERAL FUND FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION. INSURANCE, TRAVEL TRAINING, MEETINGS, MEMBERSHIP DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, WEARING APPAREL, TOOLS, RECREATION, EDUCATION AND MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TO OVERTIME TAXES, ASSIGNMENT, PAY AND RETIREMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 76,190. AND THERE IS A CORRECTION ON THIS ITEM. IT SHOULD SAY OMAR GARCIA, FIRE CHIEF. THE SECOND ONE IS RECREATION GENERAL FUND FROM PART TIME WAGES TO CHEMICALS, MEDICAL AND LAB IN THE AMOUNT OF 28,000. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. 11 A RESOLUTION. [11. RESOLUTION] [A. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Airport Project Participation Agreement for Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division Project 2421EDNBG for Infrastructure Improvements totaling $11,111,111 for South Texas International Airport at Edinburg. [Eddie Velarde, Director of Aviation]] CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AIRPORT. PROJECT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AVIATION DIVISION, PROJECT 2421, EDINBURG, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TOTALING 11,111,111 FOR SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT EDINBURGH. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL, IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [12. APPOINTMENT] [A. Consider Appointment to the Following City Advisory Board, Council, Commission and Committee: Edinburg Public Library Board, One Member. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] ITEM 12. APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT. COUNSEL. I BELIEVE THE EDINBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, ONE MEMBER VICE MAYOR. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE THE CURRENT ONE HAS RESIGNED SO THAT THAT'S WHY THERE'S A VACANCY. THE NEXT ELECTION, THIS MIGHT CHANGE RIGHT WHERE THEY NOW WILL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL AND NOT TERMS. NO, ACTUALLY THE TERMS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS. OKAY? IT'S JUST THE APPOINTED POSITIONS WITH CITY STAFF. OH, I SEE OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY IF IT DOESN'T, IT WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT THAT WE HAVE TERM LIMITS ON THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS. YEAH. NO, THE ADVISORY BOARDS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. YOU. KNOW, MY POINT WAS THAT IF THAT WAS INCLUDED, THEN WE IF WE WAITED ONE MORE MEETING OR FOR THE ELECTION, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO APPOINT ANYONE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY EXPIRES. NO, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF IT TERMS. THAT'S IF IT PASSES. CORRECT. [02:15:01] ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL, ANYBODY YOU'D LIKE TO APPOINT. THERE'S FOUR APPLICATIONS OF RESIDENTS. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. ITEM 13 CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH K. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO TAKE OUT OF CONSENT TO DISCUSS [13. CONSENT AGENDA] MOVE TO APPROVE A THROUGH K? [A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement with the Following Public Service Agencies: Amigos Del Valle, Inc., C.A.M.P. University, Children’s Advocacy Center of Hidalgo and Starr Counties, Comfort House, Court Appointed Special Advocate of Hidalgo County, Inc. (CASA), and Women Together, Inc. [Claudia L. Farias, Director of Grants Administration]] [B. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the FEMA Public Assistance Grant Program, DR- 4798, and Execute All Grant Documents Related Thereto. [Claudia L. Farias, Director of Grants Administration]] MISS MCCLEARY DID HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM J. [C. Consider Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Renew and Execute a Cooperative Agreement Between the City of Edinburg and the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for Participation in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF). [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] [D. Consider Resolution Ratifying the City Manager’s Submission of a Grant Application to the Texas Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) – Impaired Driving Mobilization (IDM) Grant Program and Execute Grant Documents Relating Thereto. [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] [E. Consider Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Renew a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Edinburg, Texas Police Department (EPD). [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] [F. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Grant Application to the U.S. Department of Justice, Under the Fiscal Year 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, and Execute All Grant Documents Relating Thereto. [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? [G. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2024-18, New Tires, Retread, and Flat Repair Services to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Southern Tire Mart, LLC for New Tires; Retreads to Oyervides Tire Service, LLC; and Flat Repair Services to Oyervides Tire Service, LLC and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Based on Unit Prices. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director of Solid Waste Management]] [H. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Universal Nestable Containers from Toter, LLC. of Statesville, North Carolina Through Sourcewell Per Unit Price Listed. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Jr., Director of Solid Waste Management]] SECOND? OKAY, THERE'S A SECOND. GO AHEAD MA'AM. ON THE J. [I. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Kamstrup AMI (Automated Metering Infrastructure) Meters as a Sole Source Item from Aguaworks Pipe & Supply LLC., Per Unit Prices as Listed. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]] [J. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Standard Utility Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Construction of a New Booster Station. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Utilities Director]] JUST IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN AND I DID HEAR DURING SOMETHING EARLIER YOU KIND OF MENTIONED I THINK THE BOOSTER STATION. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE BOOSTER STATION IS? CAN YOU TELL WHO'S GOING TO PAY TO DEMOLISH IT AND WHO'S GOING TO REBUILD IT? THAT WAS THANK YOU. THE QUESTION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR. SO THE SO TEXTILE WILL BE PAYING. SO BASICALLY THE CITY WILL BE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BOOSTER STATION. AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BOOSTER STATION. THIS AGREEMENT WILL PRETTY MUCH ESTABLISH THAT WE THERE ARE CERTAIN TERMS THAT WE GOT TO COMPLY, LIKE THE BUY AMERICA IN ORDER FOR US TO GET, IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO GET REIMBURSED. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOSTER STATION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE IN THE WITHIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. VERY WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE STATE IS PAYING 100%, JUST TO BE CLEAR. YES, SIR. SO THE CITY WILL UPFRONT THE COST, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED AS LONG AS WE COMPLY WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THE AGREEMENT. IT'S AT 100%. YES, SIR. AT THIS MOMENT. YES. VERY WELL. THANKS. RIGHT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12 UNDER. [14. OTHER BUSINESS] [A. Future Items Requested by City Council. [Myra L. Ayala, City Manager]] EXCUSE ME. ITEM 14. OTHER BUSINESS. COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY FUTURE ITEMS REQUESTED? NO. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS WEEK IS THE FIRST TIME EVER CITY DEPARTMENT SOFTBALL GAME. LEAGUE NIGHT. SO GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE. I DON'T KNOW IF CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO SAY THE SCORES NEXT. NEXT. I'M JUST JOKING. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE. AND I JUST WANT TO REQUEST THE OWASSO ROAD UPDATE AGAIN LIKE I DID LAST TIME FOR OUR NEXT MEETING PLEASE. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, ITEM 15 EXECUTIVE SESSION. [15. EXECUTIVE SESSION] IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND, WHERE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 8:18 P.M.. WE ARE NOW GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS A DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. ITEM B CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM C CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING IN OUR E PUC DOCKET NUMBER 57057 ITEM D DISCUSSION REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR, JR AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISOR, CITY MANAGER MYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS, AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURGH CITY HALL, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:00 BY MY WATCH. I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO START AS WE START EVERY MEETING WITH A PRAYER. I'LL JUST GET. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. WE HAVE IF YOU CAN PLEASE RISE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PASTOR GABRIELLA CONKLIN FROM THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LEAD US IN PRAYER TODAY. LET US PRAY. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE MADE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ALL TO GATHER SAFELY HERE IN THIS PLACE. I PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WOULD SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS, CITY STAFF, CITIZENS, AND EACH OF US PRESENT HERE TODAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING OUR COMMUNITY. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR OFFICIALS AND LEADERS TO ALWAYS WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE. MAY YOU INSPIRE IN THEM WISDOM, A SPIRIT OF JUSTICE, A HEART OF COMPASSION AND EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF UNITY AS THEY STRIVE FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. [02:20:02] MAY YOU BLESS AND KEEP US ALL AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. ITEM TWO CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS CLOSED IN ACCORDANCE TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2024 AT 5:45 P.M.. SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. UNDER STATE LAW, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? NO, MA'AM. NO. THANK YOU MA'AM. ITEM FOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ITEMS. THEY'RE BASICALLY EVENTS THAT THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND. IF, IF THEY MAY THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE SECOND ANNUAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WORKSHOP. AND I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH WILL BE HOSTING THE SECOND ANNUAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WORKSHOP. I BELIEVE THIS WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THIS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH FROM 3 P.M. TO 7 P.M. AT THE EDINBURG ACTIVITY CENTER, LOCATED AT 123 EAST MARK MARK S PENA DRIVE. YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL FROM HIDALGO COUNTY, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND ASSIST WITH THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, THOUGH, THAT RESIDENTS APPLYING FOR THE EXEMPTION MUST PROVIDE A VALID TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR ID, AND THE ID ADDRESS MUST MATCH THE PROPERTY FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION IS BEING CLAIMED. TO QUALIFY FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE PROPERTY OWNER MUST OCCUPY THE PROPERTY AS THEIR PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. AND NEITHER THEY NOR A SPOUSE CAN CLAIM THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON ANY OTHER PROPERTY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE NOTES. FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. THE NEXT ARE TWO PARKS AND RECREATION ITEMS. WE DO HAVE OUR 25TH ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL. THE CITY OF EDINBURG WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. AT MUNICIPAL PARK. THE FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING A COSTUME CONTEST FOR ALL AGE GROUPS, HAY RIDES, GAMES, FOOD VENDORS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, AND A VIDEO GAME TRAILER. CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE TRUNK OR TREAT COMPETITION WITH THEMED DISPLAYS, SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND AND HAVE FUN. THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE FALL BRAWL BOXING EVENT. AS PART OF THE FALL FESTIVAL WEEKEND. EDINBURG PARKS AND RECREATION WILL HOST THE FALL BRAWL ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH AT 315 EAST MARK S PENA DRIVE. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 1:30 P.M., WITH THE FIRST BOUT AT 2 P.M. THE. THIS EVENT WILL FEATURE 24 AMATEUR BOXING BOUTS SANCTIONED BY US BOXING, WHICH WITH EACH BOUT INCLUDING AN EDINBURGH BOXER. A GENERAL ADMISSION IS $5 AND THERE WILL BE A VIP SEATING AVAILABLE FOR $10, AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE EDINBURGH CARES FOOD DRIVE. NEXT, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS LOS MUERTOS BAILAN FESTIVAL. THIS IS EDINBURGH'S LARGEST CULTURAL CELEBRATION. LOS MUERTOS BAILAN WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 5 P.M. TO 11 P.M.. THIS IS A VIBRANT FESTIVAL THAT HONORS THE LIVES AND MEMORIES OF THE DEARLY DEPARTED, AND THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY ALTAR WILL BE DEDICATED TO CHAD DEMPSEY. THE EVENT WILL FEATURE THREE STAGES, TWO ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, A FUN ZONE WITH DANCING HORSES AND FREE CONCERT HEADLINED BY LA SONORA DINAMITA, AND OTHER PERFORMANCES WILL INCLUDE EDINBURGH'S OWN HUERO HERNANDEZ AND THE BAND MYTHOLOGY. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND. THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD EVENT, NICE EVENT. AND ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW, TO I GUESS CELEBRATE. AND THEN ALSO REMEMBER MR. DEMPSEY CULTURAL ARTS VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CONCERT OF EDINBURG WILL CONTINUE ITS TRADITION AS THE HOMETOWN OF HEROES BY HOSTING THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CONCERT. ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. [02:25:01] THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M., AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING NORTH ON CLOSNER. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THE PARADE ON QUEEN STREET. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A MENTION OF THAT. AND THAT FLOATS WILL ENTER THROUGH CANTON OLD CLOSNER AND THEN DAWSON LATER IN THE EVENING AT 5 P.M., THE CITY WILL HOST A VETERANS DAY CONCERT FEATURING LAST LAS CUERDAS TEJANO LEGENDS SAMMY ARRIAGA AND LOS PALOMINOS VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL. CHILDREN UNDER 12 AND THOSE BRINGING A $20 VALUE TOY FOR THE BLUE SANTA CAMPAIGN WILL ENJOY A FREE ENTRY. GENERAL ADMISSION WILL BE $20. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO CALL THE CITY AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM MORE INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. THE FIRST ONE HERE IS FOR PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2024 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF. AND WE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD. YES, MAYOR. COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH OCTOBER 2024. WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWNS, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS AND OTHER PLACES. OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND IMPLANTS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE. AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND, SUPPORT, AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES, AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ENDORSES NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT HOW PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOVERY AND HOW PLANNERS CAN LEAD COMMUNITIES TO EQUITABLE, RESILIENT AND LONG LASTING RECOVERY. AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSIONS AND OTHER CITIZEN PLANNERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNERS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND EXTEND THEIR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS. ANOTHER FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2022 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO COMMUNITY PLANNERS FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD. WELL, AS YOU KNOW, 2022 AND 2023 WERE RECORD YEARS AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT HERE IN EDINBURGH. AND ALTHOUGH 2024 STARTED A LITTLE SLOW, I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH STRONG. WE'VE SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF SUBDIVISIONS COME IN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE HAVE RECORDED YEAR TO DATE ABOUT 40 PLOTS, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT A THOUSAND LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT. CURRENTLY, THERE'S 35 SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW, AND THERE'S 109 THAT ARE ACTUALLY 35 THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION AND 109 THAT ARE IN REVIEW, ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT STAFF ALSO REVIEWS ABOUT 300 BUILDING PERMITS EVERY MONTH. AND WE'RE ALSO STARTING IN AUGUST, WE STARTED HAVING TWO MEETINGS A MONTH TO SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. AZEVEDO. YOU AND YOUR STAFF. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT BECAUSE THERE IS QUITE A BIT HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, MR. ELIAS LONGORIA. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THE BOARD AS WELL. I KNOW I APPRECIATE Y'ALL MOVING UP THE MEETING OR HAVING TWO MEETINGS EVERY MONTH. BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE'S SO MANY, SO MUCH ACTIVITY. SO THANK YOU AND ALL YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU DO HERE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR, IF I MAY IF YOU COULD STAND, PLEASE. HE'S A FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER WHO IS STILL SERVING OUR CITY. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ELIAS LONGORIA. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION IS FOR TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH THE 18TH. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE RONNIE HERE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I SEE OTHER CHAMBER LEADERSHIP HERE. IF YOU WANT TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. FOR THE [02:30:01] RECORD, TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH 18, 2024. WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOES ABOUT EACH DAY SERVING BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. MANY CITIZENS KNOW THE CHAMBER AS THE ORGANIZATION THAT CUTS THE RIBBON OF A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN, OR THE GROUP THAT HOLDS THE SHOVELS IN THE PHOTO WITH THE MAYOR FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW BUSINESS EXPANSION OR DEVELOPMENT. SOME MAY KNOW THE CHAMBER AS THE VOLUNTEERS AT COORDINATE A LOCAL FESTIVAL OR PARADE THAT CELEBRATES THE SEASON AND GOOD TIMES FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE UNSEEN WORK OF EACH LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN TEXAS REACH VIRTUALLY EVERY CORNER OF EVERY COMMUNITY, THESE PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS WORK IN THE SERVICE OF BUSINESS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF PROSPERITY AND A PLACE THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO CALL HOME. THEY WORK TO ENSURE ALL PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM. CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO CREATE SCHOLARS AND EVENTUALLY HIGHLY SKILLED, QUALIFIED WORKERS TO SERVE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH ADVANCED DEGREES, CHAMBERS ARE WORKING FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. SOME CHAMBERS OPERATE PROGRAMS TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN THEIR OWN VENTURES AND GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS CHAMBERS ARE ADVOCATES LOCALLY, STATEWIDE AND FEDERALLY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR COMMUNITY RECEIVE PROJECT FUNDING AND COMPLETION OF NECESSARY ROAD ENHANCEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS AND MOBILITY. THEY ARE WORKING WITH LAWMAKERS TO CREATE STRUCTURE WHERE CITIZENS CAN THRIVE. THEY ARE ALSO FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN A REGULATORY SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO GROW, WITH A WATCHFUL EYE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CONSIDERATION OF ALL PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS IN TIMES OF DISASTER, CHAMBERS ARE QUITE OFTEN GROUND ZERO FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND SERVICES TO BUSINESS TO ASSIST THEM WITH REBUILDING, REOPENING THEIR DOORS AND WORKING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME. AND THESE TIMES, THE CHAMBER IS ALSO WORKING WITH SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES COORDINATING THE EFFORTS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO GUARANTEE THAT CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION THEY NEED TO RETURN TO EVERYDAY LIFE. AND WHEREAS THESE ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN THE ARENA LOOKING OUT FOR ALL PEOPLE, WHETHER IT IS HEALTHCARE OR NEW TURN SIGNAL, OR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BUSINESS CONNECTING PEOPLE TO GROW OPPORTUNITY, OR ATTRACTING AND ASSISTING VISITORS TO THE COMMUNITY AND NAVIGATING AND ENGAGING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTIONS. THE CHAMBER IS THERE WORKING, CONNECTING, ADVOCATING AND SERVING. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASK RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT TO STOP BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICE, OR IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE YOUR CHAMBER STAFF AROUND TOWN, PLEASE THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, THE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH 18, 2024, AS TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE AREAS OF FOCUS OF YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER AND CONSIDER WHERE YOU MIGHT FIT AS A MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL RONNIE LAUREN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND EXPLORE EDINBURGH, WHICH IS OUR CVB DIVISION. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING NOT ONLY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT I MEAN, THIS RECOGNITION EXTENDS BEYOND TO THE BOARD, AMBASSADORS AND ALL OUR OVER 600 MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, IMELDA RODRIGUEZ. WE ALSO HAVE NAYELI CENTENO, OUR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND TOURISM. WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR BOARD LEADERSHIP HERE AND NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP THAT'S WITH US. SO WE HAVE NICK CANTU, WHICH IS WITH SOCIETY 204 AND FOX REAL ESTATE. HE'S OUR VP OF MEMBERSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE JESSE TREVINO WITH SUGAR BEAR ENTERTAINMENT. HE'S ALSO A NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBER STANDING IN THE BACK. WE HAVE ANGELA ACEVES WITH PLAINSCAPITAL BANK THAT IS ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY. OUR NEWLY ELECTED BOARD. AND PRIYA GOVIN, REPRESENTING KUMON AND CUBE GROUP, WHICH IS TOWNEPLACE MARRIOTT AND BEST WESTERN THAT IS HERE WITH US TODAY AS WELL. I THINK I GOT THEM ALL, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO THANK YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, TEXAS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS AMAZING EVENT THAT DREW A LOT OF FAMILY AND A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GOOD TIMES. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS 4TH OF JULY EVENT IN AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND. SO CONTINUED THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGEMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALL OUR PARKS CREW. YOU KNOW, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY. ON BEHALF OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK. YOUR SUPPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE VITAL ROLE OF OUR CHAMBER AND WHAT IT PLAYS IN FOSTERING A THRIVING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT. [02:35:01] EDINBURG I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR DEDICATED BOARD MEMBERS, OUR VOLUNTEERS, AND MANY OF OUR AMBASSADORS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT MAKE OUR INITIATIVES POSSIBLE. AND IT'S YOUR PASSION THAT DRIVES OUR MISSION FORWARD. TOGETHER, WE CAN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RONNIE. RONNIE, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YOUR STAFF. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR THEIR STAFF OF FOUR. IS THAT CORRECT? THREE CURRENTLY. THREE CURRENTLY. BUT THEY HAVE BUDGETED FOR. SO THAT MEANS THAT ALL THAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ALL THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IS LED BY THEM. BUT THEN ALSO THEY HAVE ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS. SO ALL THE BOARD PEOPLE THAT JUST HELP OUT IN EVENTS. AND I SAW IT FIRSTHAND THIS LAST WEEKEND. SO MANY VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE. SO AND OF COURSE, THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL A BIG TEAM EFFORT, BUT YES, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS RECOGNITION. WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. I AT ONE POINT WHEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STARTED. IT ACTUALLY STARTED AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND OF COURSE, NOW IT'S ITS OWN ENTITY. SO THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF A LOT OF THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY. STARTING BACK IN THE 20S. IS THAT CORRECT? ALMOST 100 YEARS? ALMOST 125. OKAY. SO THIS IS 100TH YEAR, RIGHT? NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR. 100. NEXT YEAR, 100TH YEAR. SO THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF IT FROM THE CITY, FROM WHEN IT GOT STARTED TO WHAT IT IS NOW. AND I JUST ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL Y'ALL DO. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD. I KNOW YOU ALL GET PAID THE BIG BUCKS, RIGHT? AS VOLUNTEERS. BUT YOUR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND YOU'RE JUST HELPING THE COMMUNITY. AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO HERE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEM SIX. 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. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS SYLVIA VEGA REGARDING ITEM NINE PRESENT FOR CONSIDERATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SYLVIA VEGA AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION. THE PTO IS SPEARHEADING THE 2024 TURKEY FEST ON TO TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 9TH. SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED 70 YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE EDINBURGH COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING THE GROWTH AND FLOURISHING OF THE CITY. THIS YEAR MARKS A SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR TURKEY FEST AS IT IS OUR 25TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION. THIS IS OUR LARGEST COMMUNITY BUILDER AND FUNDRAISER. THIS YEAR'S TURKEY FEST IS SET TO BE EXCITING WITH THE THEME OF WINTER WONDERLAND CREATING A MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE FOR THE ALL THE ATTENDEES. THIS YEAR, THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A STUDENT SCRATCH BAKE OFF AND THAT SHOWCASES THE CULINARY SKILLS OF OUR TALENTED STUDENTS WHO COMPETE IN BAKING FROM SCRATCH. AND IT'S JUDGED BY LOCAL CHEFS AND FOOD ENTHUSIASTS. A LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION THAT FEATURES THE WIDE VARIETY OF UNIQUE ITEMS, HANDCRAFTED GOODS, SERVICES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES DONATED BY GENEROUS DONORS. WE HAVE RAFFLES, AND WE HAVE OUR ALL TIME FAVORITE BINGO WITH EXCITING PRIZES IN EVERY ROUND. WE HAVE GAMES AND CARNIVAL RIDES AND FESTIVAL FOOD IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EVENT, AND WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT. ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR TURKEY FEST WAS PRELIMINARILY APPROVED, WHICH INCLUDES STREET BARRICADES, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR ATTENDEES WILL HAVE DESIGNATED STREET CLOSURES TO MANAGE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. WE HAVE FIRE TRUCK SUPPORT DISPLAYING THE AMERICAN FLAG, WHICH IS, WEATHER PERMITTING, A DEDICATED AREA ASSIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE EVENT ADHERES TO SAFETY PROTOCOLS WITH FULL FIRE TRUCK ACCESS IF NEEDED. WASTE MANAGEMENT WE'VE SECURED TRASH BINS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT GROUNDS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURG REQUIREMENTS, ENSURING THAT OUR EVENT REMAINS CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE. TURKEY FEST BRINGS TOGETHER NOT ONLY OUR PARISH FAMILIES AND ALUMNI, BUT ALSO THE WIDER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SISTER PARISHES AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHO WILL BE VOLUNTEERING AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE. IT'S A TRUE CELEBRATION OF UNITY AND SERVICE AND SPIRIT OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE LOGISTICS TO ENSURE A SEAMLESS EVENT, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL JOIN US IN MAKING THIS A MEMORABLE DAY. WE WARMLY INVITE YOU TO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE FUN, FESTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE 2024 TURKEY FEST. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH. [02:40:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MR. MCLARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. I SIMILARLY CHANGED MY SUBJECT. THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE EARLY VOTING STARTS OCTOBER THE 22ND AND GOES THROUGH NOVEMBER THE 1ST, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THIS COMING MONDAY AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER THE 5TH. AND YOU CAN EITHER LOOK UP W-W-W DOT DOT COM, OR YOU CAN GO TO HIDALGO COUNTY, DOT US AND GO TO THE DEPARTMENT'S GO TO ELECTIONS AND FIND A SAMPLE BALLOT. AND YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE BALLOT AND HAVE IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE MADE ON YELLOW PAPER. THAT'S THE LAW. YOU NEED YOUR PRECINCT. THOSE PAPERS THAT YOU GET FROM THE ELECTIONS, YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD. DON'T THROW THEM AWAY BECAUSE THOSE HAVE YOUR PRECINCT NUMBER, WHO YOUR CONSTABLE IS, WHO. EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'LL NEED YOUR PRECINCT NUMBER. AND THEN EVERYONE NEEDS TO LOOK THIS UP EITHER AT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THERE ARE 11 CITY PROPOSITIONS ALONE. AND WHEN PEOPLE GET UP THERE AND START READING AND LOOKING, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER AND YOU WON'T KNOW EXACTLY. SO AT LEAST IF YOU READ THEM, YOU CAN KIND OF GET SOME QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO DON'T FORGET EARLY VOTING. AND I ALSO EACH MEETING I ALWAYS ASK THAT EVERYONE PRAY FOR ISRAEL TO WIN THE WAR, THAT THEY DIDN'T START FOR THEIR FREEDOMS AND FOR THE FREEDOMS OF THE HOSTAGES, WHETHER ALIVE OR DEAD, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO OUR FREEDOM. SO PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. MISS BYRNE ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN B, EIGHT, EIGHT, EIGHT F AND 13 J. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ERIBERTO ANAYA REGARDING LIFT STATION. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ERIBERTO AND OVER THE PAST I GUESS NINE YEARS THAT THE CITY ANNEXED US OVER THERE ON OWASSO ROAD. MAYOR I'VE BEEN COMING HERE ASKING FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS THE CITY PROMISED US. I COME HERE THIS EVENING A LITTLE BIT UPSET. I MET WITH MR. ACEVEDO BEFORE I CAME HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. MAYOR. I KIND OF ASKING. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T DONATE THE PROPERTY THAT I'VE BEEN OFFERING THE CITY FOR THAT LIFT STATION. I WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY. AS AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE. AND I'M STILL AM WILLING TO DONATE THAT PROPERTY FOR THAT LIFT STATION ON MY. I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED. I I BELIEVE I'M THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER ON OWASA ROAD, AND I AGAIN, I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME HELP THE AREA DEVELOP. BUT LAST WEEK, A PROPERTY OWNER THAT GOT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO BUILD HIS FOURPLEXES ENCROACHED ON MY PROPERTY ON, ON THE JACKSON ROAD SIDE. AND I CALLED THE POLICE, AND THE POLICE SAID IT'S A CIVIL MATTER, THAT IT HAD TO BE BETWEEN ME AND HIM AT THE SAME TIME. I FELT THAT THAT I WASN'T BEING HELPED. AND MATTER OF FACT, HE HE SUED ME FOR TRESPASSING ON MY OWN PROPERTY. I MENTIONED THAT I MENTIONED THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S PUBLIC BECAUSE I HAVE HAD TO HIRE A ATTORNEY. AND GOING BACK TO DEED, AND I HAVE. I SHOWED THAT DOCUMENT TO MR. ACEVEDO AND MR. REINA, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP. AND THAT'S THE DOCUMENT I SHOWED OR SHOWED ON THAT LAST PREVIOUS MEETING. I HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER WHERE IT IS. I'M HOPING IT'S GOING TO CEASE AND DESIST, AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS GOING TO STOP AND WHERE WE CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT, BUT NOT WHERE PEOPLE JUST COME IN AND JUST DEMAND THAT THEY CAN OWN AND COME AND TAKE. I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, JUST TO RESPECT WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS OURS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOMEBODY REACHING OUT TO ME FOR THE THE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT LIFT STATION. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. AND THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. LEON. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REGARDING LIFT STATION. TWO WON'T BE COMING. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN PRESENTATIONS. [02:45:01] ITEM A. PRESENTATION OF CHECK TO EDINBURG CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR EDINBURGH CARES FOOD DRIVE EVENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT PRESENTING THIS PLEDGE OF 1000 TURKEYS 1000 FOOD BASKETS TO OUR PARTNERS. CCISD. THIS IS FOR EDINBURGH CARES. THIS BEGAN 13 YEARS AGO AS WE PARTNERED UP WITH OUR WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS WE STARTED OFF ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS A SMALL VENTURE. BUT ONCE WE PARTNERED UP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT BECAME EDINBURGH CARES. AND NOW WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF KIDS BEING HELPED AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES BEING HELPED. ACTUALLY THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES BEING HELPED WITH OUR WITH WITH WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP HERE TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP IS DOCTOR MARIO SALINAS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GARCIA. BOARD MEMBER LETTY FLORES. AND SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EDINBURGH CARES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO, YES, IN 2011, THEY STARTED WITH TEN TURKEYS FOR TEN OF OUR FAMILIES. LAST YEAR WE GAVE OVER. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE 11 1200 TURKEYS AND FOOD TO OUR FAMILIES. IT'S SO REWARDING TO GO OUT THERE, AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU OUT THERE AND WE GO OUT ON TEAMS AND MAKE THESE VISITS. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE NEVER COOKED A TURKEY. SO WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE YEARS AGO DELIVERING THE TURKEYS TO THESE FAMILIES, THEY WOULD ASK, WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? AND SO TO SEE THEM SHARE PICTURES OF THE FAMILY MEAL THAT THEY HAD TOGETHER ON THANKSGIVING WITH THEIR KIDS SAYS A LOT FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IN EDINBURGH CARES FOR THE FOOD DRIVE? WE HOPE IT CONTINUES TO GET BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR BECAUSE AGAIN, ALL THE DONATIONS GO BACK TO OUR STUDENTS HERE AT ISD. AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG PARKS AND RECREATION FOR EDINBURGH CARES AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 23RD. ON SATURDAY AT NINE IN THE MORNING AT A PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER. WELL, MISTER RODRIGUEZ AND DOCTOR SALINAS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON THIS EFFORT. AND THERE'S LIKE NO BETTER NAME. EDINBURGH CARES BECAUSE WE WE TRULY DO. AND THIS COULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT. OUR CITY PARKS AND REC STAFF. AND THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT COME TOGETHER. AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S SUCH A GREAT INITIATIVE, GREAT EFFORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING IT. AND WE'RE AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF IT. YEAH. AND I'D LIKE TO MENTION, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT JUST A TURKEY. IT'S AN ACTUAL BAG OF ENTIRE MEAL. IT'S GOT CANNED GOODS, IT'S GOT THE STUFFING, THE ACTUAL TURKEY. AND NONE OF THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE PARTNERS. AND HEB IS A BIG PARTNER. THEY GIVE THE TURKEYS AT A GREAT PRICE, WHO KNOWS THE FAMILIES MUCH BETTER. THEY VET THE ONES THAT NEED THAT COULD USE THE HELP, WHO PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE A TURKEY MEAL. AND SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM IF ANYBODY COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. LET ME SHARE A LITTLE MORE. I WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. BUT YES, WE ACCEPT DONATIONS. WE HAVE BOXES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PARKS AND REC AT HEB AND ALL THE SCHOOLS IN EDINBURG. AND SO, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S ALSO A BASKET OF FOOD. AND SOMETIMES THE TEAMS CHALLENGE EACH OTHER. I KNOW WE HAVE. SO WE'LL EVEN ADD A PIE AND WE'LL ADD BREAD AND WE'LL ADD THE PAPER GOODS. IT'S SO REWARDING TO SEE THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES RECEIVE THIS BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE A MEAL ON THANKSGIVING AND MAYBE, MAYBE EVERY DAY THAT WEEK THAT WE'RE OFF. RIGHT? BUT OUR STUDENTS COUNT ON THE MEALS AT SCHOOL. AND SO WHEN THEY'RE HOME, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, TO GET A MEAL. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY DONATIONS, WE WELCOME THEM. AND OF COURSE, THEY ALL GO BACK TO OUR STUDENTS. SO WE START COLLECTING NOW UNTIL MAYBE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT. BECAUSE THEY NEED TO CLEAN EVERYTHING. THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SORTED AND BOXED IT. SO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS DOING THAT AS WELL AT PARKS AND RECREATION. AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT SATURDAY WE GO OUT, DIFFERENT TEAMS GO OUT TO DELIVER TO THE STUDENTS AT THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE CAN ALWAYS USE VOLUNTEERS. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HELP, PLEASE GET A HOLD OF JAVIER PARKS OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. JAVIER, WE'RE TAKING CASH DONATIONS, MONETARY, OR YOU JUST WANT FOOD? YES, SIR. WE TAKE MONETARY DONATIONS. CURRENTLY, WE'RE TAKING FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ALSO OF CITIZENS AS WELL. SO. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR FALL BRAWL. [02:50:03] AND EVERY MONEY WE COLLECT WILL GO TOWARDS EDINBURGH CARES AS WELL. MONETARY OR FOODS AND CANS AS WELL. YES. MONETARY. WHO DO THEY GO TO? CITY OF EDINBURGH. WE CAN CONTACT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AT 301 5631 AND AND DONATE THERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. YEAH. DID YOU GET THE. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. MARIO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR CITY OF EDINBURG SPECIAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT INFORMATION ON THE SPECIAL CHARTER ELECTION THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. ON AUGUST 15TH, 2023, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS CREATED. IT. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE HELD BIWEEKLY MEETINGS FROM DECEMBER 1ST TO MAY 23RD, 2024. THESE MEETINGS WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT WERE POSTED ON JUNE 18TH, 2024. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL, AND ON JULY 16TH, 2024, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2639, ORDERING THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 20TH 1ST TO NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024, FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. THAT IS STARTING NEXT MONDAY. WEEKEND EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2024, FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2024, FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.. THE EARLY VOTING POLLING LOCATIONS IN EDINBURGH ARE THE COUNTY ELECTIONS ANNEX BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY STACKED LOUNGE AND THE EDINBURGH CONFERENCE CENTER AT RENAISSANCE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. THERE WILL BE 23 POLLING LOCATIONS IN THE CITY LIMITS AND 129 POLLING LOCATIONS COUNTYWIDE ON ELECTION DAY. I DID PUT A FEW OF THEM. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT SCHOOLS. MOST OF THE OTHER ONES ARE SCHOOLS. SO IT'S THE HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS ANNEX BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY STACK LOUNGE, EDINBURG CONFERENCE CENTER, RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE ROOM AND PARKS AND RECREATION WELLNESS CENTER, AND THE SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEMS TEXAS ROOM. THE LAST DATE TO APPLY FOR BALLOT BY MAIL IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2024, AND THE LAST DAY FOR THE HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. TO RECEIVE THE BALLOT BY MAIL IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. THIS IS THE SAMPLE BALLOT. IT IS A LITTLE LENGTHY. THESE ARE THE ICONS TO LOOK FOR ON THE WEBSITE. LET ME GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THIS. THIS IS WHAT OUR ELECTIONS WEBPAGE LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON HOW WERE THE CHARTER CHARTER COMMITTEE MET. [02:55:05] THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE AMENDMENTS WITH THE RED LINES. WE ALSO HAVE THE CHARTER RED LINES. THE RESOLUTION WE HAVE THE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD. THIS IS THE EXTERNAL LINK TO THE TO HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN HERE WE POST ALL OF THE INFORMATION WHICH IS THE NOTICE OF ELECTION, THE SAMPLE BALLOT, THE ORDER. CLARICE, LET ME STOP YOU REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. JUST SO I DON'T FORGET. SO ON THIS SITE, WE NEED TO PUT A LINK WHERE IT HAS ALL THE 11 PROPOSITIONS? YES. WHICH I WAS GOING TO DO THAT. YEAH. SO WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE NEED TO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CLICK ON THERE AND KNOW WHAT ALL 11 PROPOSITIONS ARE. THAT IS THIS ICON ON TOP. SO THIS ICON ON TOP TAKES YOU TO ALL THE PROPOSITIONS. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE PROPOSITION IS AND WHY OR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY IT'S BEING AMENDED. FOR EXAMPLE, A THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER ON THE PROCESS FOR FILING VACANCIES ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. SO OUR CHARTER WAS NOT DID NOT STATE THAT. YES. WHAT DID IT STATE BEFORE US? I BELIEVE FOR THE VACANCIES. OKAY. OR IT WASN'T CLEAR I GUESS. IS THAT. YES IT WAS. SO THIS CLARIFIES. THAT WAS NOT CLEAR. OKAY. AND THIS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. I BELIEVE R SAID 12 MONTHS BUT THIS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. GOT IT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT. LET'S GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM. YES, MA'AM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. OKAY. OKAY. PROPOSITION B THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE APPOINTED POSITIONS TO SERVE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY, THE TERMS OF THE APPOINTED POSITIONS ARE TO FOUR YEAR TERMS. PROPOSITION. PROPOSITION C, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW PUBLICATIONS OF ALL ORDINANCES, NOTICES, AND OTHER MATTERS AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER OR BY THE ORDINANCES TO BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A NEWSPAPER AS THE OFFICIAL PAPER, CONTINUING AS SUCH UNTIL ANOTHER SELECTED PROPOSITION D. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER SO THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF NEW MEMBERS, OR AS SOON AFTER SUCH ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION AS PRACTICABLE PRACTICABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL MEET AT THE USUAL PLACE FOR HOLDING ITS MEETINGS, AND THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER SHALL ASSUME THE DUTIES OF OFFICE. IT WILL ALSO UPDATE THE CHARTER SO THAT AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF NEW MEMBERS AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PRACTICABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CHOOSE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS MAYOR PRO TEM THE SECTION CURRENTLY STATES THAT NEW ELECTED MEMBERS SHALL ASSUME OFFICE ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MAY, FOLLOWING A REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SO THIS WILL JUST CLARIFY BECAUSE OUR ELECTIONS ARE IN NOVEMBER. YES, WE STILL HAVE THEM IN MAY. SO. YEAH. YES. PROPOSITION E, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH CHARTER WITH THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL, FOR EACH CITY ELECTION POST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF ALL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED THEIR OWN PETITIONS, OR WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY PETITIONS FOR THE OFFICES TO BE VOTED ON AT SUCH ELECTION. CAN WE COVER THAT REAL QUICK? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BY POSTING THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES, DON'T WE ALL WE DON'T. WE ALREADY POST THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES. WE ALREADY DO. BUT THIS WAS NOT ON THE CHARTER, SO IT WASN'T CLEAR. YES IT WAS. SO THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT OFFICIAL? YES. BUT STATE STATE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO DO THAT ANYWAY, SO. OKAY. THE PROPOSITION F THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH CHARTER WITH THE CURRENT LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT AN ELECTIVE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTES. CURRENTLY, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO OF THE CHARTER STATES THAT CANDIDATES RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF VOTES IN EACH CASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED ELECTED FOR SUCH TERM AND POSITION, AND ARTICLE FOUR. SECTION FIVE STATES THAT THE CANDIDATE RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF THE VOTES FOR SAID RESPECTIVE OFFICE SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED, AND STATE LAW SAYS IT'S BY MAJORITY. MAJORITY. OKAY. PROPOSITION G THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BE A FULL TIME CITY EMPLOYEE, SUBJECT TO THE SAME EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS AS OTHER CITY ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES. THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE A FULL TIME CITY EMPLOYEE. WELL, LET ME JUST CORRECT THAT. CURRENTLY WE WE APPROVED AN ORDINANCE THAT. OKAY. GOT IT. THIS IS JUST PUTS IT IN THE CITY CHARTER. THIS PUTS IT IN THE CITY CHARTER. PROPOSITION H. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER, STATING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WOULD HEAD THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IS THE CITY MANAGER. PROPOSITION I THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE CHARTER STATING [03:00:04] THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IS TO BE AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS PRACTICED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, AND OTHERWISE CLARIFIES THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS THE JURISDICTION PROVIDED BY AND SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES THAT MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE SHALL POSSESS THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE AS PROVIDED IN THE CHARTER FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. PROPOSITION J IS HAS SEVERAL. THE FIRST ONE IS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE RECALL PETITION TO BE SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY, EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 25% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS CAST IN THE PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION ONE OF THE CHARTER CURRENTLY STATES THAT THE RECALL PETITION TO BE EFFECTIVE MUST BE RETURNED AND FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE FILING OF THE AFFIDAVIT, AND MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURE OF THE VOTERS OF THE CITY TO THE NUMBER OF AT LEAST 25% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO CAST THEIR VOTE AT THE LAST PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PETITION SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS IT BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF AT LEAST 300 VOTERS OF THE CITY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY CHANGED TO THE VOTER SHALL HAVE POWER TO PROPOSE ANY ORDINANCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ORDINANCES LEVYING TAXES, ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE CITY'S FINANCES AND BUDGETING, AND ORDINANCES CAUSING THE CITY DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY TO APPROPRIATE OR SPEND MONEY, AND TO ADOPT OR REJECT THE SAME AT ALL POLES, SUCH POWER BEING KNOWN AS THE INITIATIVE. ANY INITIATIVE INITIATED ORDINANCE MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY PETITION, SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 25% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THE PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PETITION MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 300 VOTERS OF THE CITY. ARTICLE 14, SECTION ONE OF THE CHARTER STATES ANY ORDINANCE EXCEPT AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OR AN ORDINANCE MAKING A TAX MAY BE SIGNED BY VOTERS OF THE CITY EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 10% OF THOSE VOTERS WHO VOTE AT THE LAST REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 100 VOTERS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ADD THE EXCEPTION OF ORDINANCES LEVYING TAXES, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE CITY'S FINANCES AND BUDGETING, AND ORDINANCES CAUSING THE CITY TO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO APPROPRIATE OR SPEND MONEY. ARC 15 SECTION ONE CURRENTLY STATES THE VOTER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO APPROVE OR REJECT AT THE POLLS ANY ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR SUBMITTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO A VOTE OF THE VOTERS, EXCEPT AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OR AN ORDINANCE MAKING THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CHANGES THE QUALIFIED VOTERS FROM 20 TO 25% AND FROM 200 TO 300 VOTERS. ARTICLE 15. SECTION TWO CURRENTLY STATES THAT WITHIN NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL PASSAGE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF AN ORDINANCE, SUCH IS SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM, A PETITION SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY, EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST 20% OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN THE LAST PRECEDING REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION, AND IN NO CASE, LESS THAN 200 VOTERS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 16, SECTION ONE. AS THERE ARE NO SIGNATURES TO PETITION, SHALL REMAIN EFFECTIVE OR BE COUNTED, WHICH WERE PLACED THEREON MORE THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING OF SUCH PETITION OR PETITIONS WITH THE CITY PURSUANT TO THIS CHARTER. REMOVES THAT THERE SHALL APPEAR ON EACH PETITION THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF FIVE VOTERS OF THE CITY, AND ON EACH PAPER THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE SAME FIVE VOTERS, WHO, AS A COMMITTEE OF THE PETITIONERS, SHALL BE REGARDED AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIRCULATING AND FILING OF THE PETITION, BUT SUCH VOTER SHALL ONLY BE COUNTED ONE TIME IN THE TOTAL VOTER SIGNING THE PETITION. SO IN SUMMARY, THIS SECTION REALLY HAS TO DO THAT. OUR CHARTER WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? THIS YEAR, ALL THESE SECTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING VOTERS TO VOTE ON WILL MAKE US OUR CHARTER, AT LEAST CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND IN PROPOSITION K, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD AMEND THE CHARTER BY ADDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS EACH YEAR, ENDING IN ZERO FIVE EXCEPT FOR THE YEAR 2025. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW THE CITY CHARTER AND RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS, IF ANY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO SECTION TWO CHARTER FOR CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY WELL. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL. EVERYTHING. LIKE THE MAYOR STATED, MOST OF THESE ARE JUST TO ADHERE AND BE CONGRUENT WITH CURRENT TEXAS LAW, THAT OUR CHARTER HAD NOT BEEN AMENDED TO MIMIC THAT. YES. SO THAT WAY THE CITY WILL NOW BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT STATE LAW IS. OKAY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT IS PROPOSITION B, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TERM LIMITS OF APPOINTED POSITIONS. [03:05:03] THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S COVERED AT STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THE CHARTER COMMITTEE? RIGHT. THE CHARTER COMMITTEE AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY POSITION AS WELL. THAT'S AN OPTION. AND SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH ALL THE VERBIAGE? EVERYTHING HERE. GOOD TO GO. YES. THANK YOU MA'AM. WELL, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE BALLOT, SO I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT. THAT'S ALREADY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WORDING THAT'S ON HERE IS IT'S ON THERE ON THE BALLOT. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT. YEAH. AND I WANT TO COMMENT THAT I'M GLAD IT'S CLEAR LANGUAGE. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE TO VOTE. THE LANGUAGE IS VERY IFFY. IF YOU VOTE YES, IT'S A NO. AND IF YOU VOTE NO, IT'S A YES. SO I'M GLAD THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT IS. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PRESENTED TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN SOME CALLS FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, JUST INQUIRING ABOUT THE PROPOSITIONS. AND I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS. BUT AT THE END. IN SUMMARY, IT'S REALLY JUST CLEANING UP OUR CHARTER. CORRECT. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING THE STATE LAW AND, AND FOR THE RECORD, CITY MANAGER, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO CLEAN UP AND AND REALLY BRING US UP TO SPEED WAS HOW LONG AGO IT HAS TO BE, AT LEAST ABOUT MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO. MORE OR LESS, I WOULD THINK. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE THAT WAS. YEAH, PROBABLY A LITTLE SOONER THAN THAT. THERE WERE 1 OR 2 PROPOSITIONS, BUT THERE WAS JUST A FEW THAT WERE PRESENTED. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY THAT USE IT JUST TO CLEAN IT UP LIKE WE'VE DONE HERE. I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME TO CHANGE WHAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE. BUT THIS IS THIS IS REALLY A HOUSE CLEANING TO GET IT TO SO WE CAN MIRROR THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH WE'RE GOVERNED BY ANYWAYS. SO WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO LOOK AT IT, THEY COULD LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, YOU CAN DO IT THIS WAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, NO, WE REALLY CAN'T BECAUSE THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY. CORRECT. WE WERE WE WERE FOCUSED ON NOT TO TRY TO GET BENEFITS FOR FEW, BUT TO CLEAN UP A CHARTER THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. I THINK THE OTHER ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WERE TO MAKE CHANGES. TO MAKE CHANGES? YEAH, CORRECT. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSITIONS YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS MY DIRECT NUMBER 956388 1854. AND THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S WW.COM. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ACTUAL ELECTION, THEY CAN BE REFERRED TO THE HIDALGO COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. 956318 2570. AND THEIR WEBSITE IS HIDALGO COUNTY, US. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. THANK YOU, MISS CLARICE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, THIS IS ON THE BALLOT ON THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BALLOT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE I DON'T KNOW, EVEN KNOW THE ORDER. I THINK IT STARTS WITH THE PRESIDENT. RIGHT. AND ALL THE FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND IT GOES TO STATE AND THEN LOCAL CANDIDATES. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE TOWARDS THE END. SO DON'T SKIP ON THIS SECTION. PLEASE VOTE. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHO OR WHAT TO VOTE FOR, BUT JUST PLEASE, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THE ENTIRE BALLOT BECAUSE THESE PROPOSITIONS WILL BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE BALLOT. RIGHT. AND I'LL ASK EVERYONE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO VOTE. BUT AS YOU READ IN SOME OF THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, THE NUMBER OF VOTES DICTATES HOW SOMEONE CAN CHANGE THINGS IN OUR CITY. THEY COULD COME FROM ANOTHER AREA, AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE CHARTER BASED ON A LOW VOTER TURNOUT, THEY CAN ACHIEVE THE NUMBER OF VOTES TO CHANGE THINGS. SO VOTING IS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON STATUS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL HINOJOSA CITY ENGINEER. I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PRESENTATION. THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON OUR WEBSITE, ON OUR DASHBOARD. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF IT. I WILL SKIP THE FIRST PROJECT BECAUSE IT GOES ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, SO I WILL JUST DO THE HIGHLIGHTS ON MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT TRY AND GO AS QUICK AS I CAN. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STOP ME ON THE WAY THROUGH REAL QUICK. BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, CAN WE GET A SUMMARY PAGE WHERE IT HAS ALL THE PROJECTS LISTED WITH JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF EACH OF THEM, LIKE PERCENTAGE COMPLETION AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL GREAT DETAILED INFORMATION, BUT I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD ON OUR WEB PAGE TO HAVE JUST A SUMMARY SHEET OF ALL THE PROJECTS. I THINK IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM. RIGHT. BUT AS A STANDING PAGE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS AND WITH COLUMNS OF LOOKING MORE AT THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YES, SIR. ON THE CONSTRUCTION, I KNOW SOME ARE DESIGNED, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW PERCENTAGE COMPLETION. ALSO YOU KNOW, ARE WE ON SCHEDULE? ARE WE NOT? WHERE ARE THE PROJECTS AT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. [03:10:01] I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE BAR GRAPHS THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE ALSO, IT KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE CAN DO A LANDING PAGE AND MAYOR. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. YES. SO I'LL START WITH THE DOOLITTLE DETENTION POND PROJECT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A WORK THAT'S GETTING DONE ON FREDDY GONZALEZ. ON THIS PROJECT 80% OF THE MAIN TRUNK LINE IS ALREADY INSTALLED. WE'RE WORKING ON BACKFILL. THERE'S A FEW STRUCTURES THAT ARE PENDING. CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY STATE WHAT DOES THIS INVOLVE? SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE CONNECTING RIGHT TO THAT MAIN. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT IS WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE DETENTION POND THAT'S EXISTING, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IT DEEPER. WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE IT DRAINS THE BEFORE THAT, THAT WE WERE HOLDING WATER. NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IT TO THE RIGHT ELEVATION. WE'RE PUTTING IN A STRUCTURE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF FREDDY GONZALEZ AND VETERANS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE FLOW OF WATER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE CONNECTING FREDDY GONZALEZ. WE'RE CONNECTING BAKER STREET, THE CONNECTING 16TH AND CONNECTING EBONY. SO SO FAR EVERYTHING ON BAKER HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE ALL THE LINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED ALONG FREDDY GONZALEZ. WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES TO COMPLETE THE WORK, SO 80% OF THAT WORK IS PRETTY MUCH DONE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE ABOUT THREE WEEKS WORTH OF WORK TO GET THAT REPAVED. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN FOR THE RESIDENTS MAYBE WATCHING THIS, BUT THE AREA THAT THIS COVERS THAT I'M SEEING IT ON THE MAP, THIS ACTUALLY AFFECTS EVERYTHING NORTH TO UNIVERSITY AND WEST, I BELIEVE ALL THE WAY TO IS THAT SIXTH AVENUE AND THEN EAST EVEN EAST OF RAUL LONGORIA. IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FREDDY. THERE IT IS. YEAH. THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BASICALLY SOUTH OF SPRAGUE AND THE IMPACT IN FREDDY GONZALEZ GOING NORTH. OKAY. GOT IT. AND ALSO THE SIZE I SEE, THEY'RE REPLACING ALL THE WHAT'S THE RIGHT TERM? THE STORM LINE. THE STORM LINE. RIGHT. IT WAS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WHAT SIZE IT WAS AND HOW BIG WE'RE MAKING EVERYTHING OLD TOWN SITE. THE TYPICALLY THEY WERE VERY SMALL LINES AND IT'S NOT THE AN EDINBURG ISSUE. IT'S AN EVERYWHERE ISSUE WHERE SMALL LINES MEANING 12IN AND SMALLER. SO IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME FOR WATER TO DRAIN OUT THE WHAT IS 12IN LOOKED LIKE A RULER RIGHT HERE. YEAH, JUST A RULER ALL THE WAY AROUND, RIGHT? EXACTLY. AND WHAT ARE WE PUTTING? SO MOST OF THESE ARE THE THE SMALLEST ONE YOU'LL GET THEN IS AT THE FURTHEST END. SO YOU'LL GET THE 24IN. BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE IT VARIES BETWEEN 30 THROUGH 42. WOW. SO SO WE WILL BE MINIMUM DOUBLE UP TO QUADRUPLE THE THE FLOW AND THE I MEAN WE CAN TELL BECAUSE I MEAN THE LINES ARE IN PLACE. WE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF MAJOR RAINS WHERE IT EXCEEDED A TEN YEAR STORM AND AND IT WORKED VERY WELL. SO NOW IT'S A MATTER OF FINALIZING STRUCTURES. AND WE'RE CONNECTING ONE MORE STREET, WHICH WOULD BE EBONY, BUT WE WON'T GET THERE UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE OUT OF FREDDIE AND OUT OF 16TH AVENUE. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. AND THOSE ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT. WHEN DID YOU SAY FREDDIE GONZALEZ WILL OPEN UP AGAIN? THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I GET. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN? WE DO AS WELL. IT'S A WE ALL WANT TO GET THE PAVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE HAD THE LACE ON GETTING THE STRUCTURES IN. SO MY GUESS IS IT'S GOING TO BE 2 TO 3 WEEKS. MAX. SO THE THE STRUCTURE THAT THE IT'S WHERE I HAVE THE CURSOR AT THIS POINT. THAT'S THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE BOTTOM GOT POURED THIS MORNING, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REST OF THE PIECES TO COME IN SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP. THE GOOD THING AGAIN, 80% OF THE STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPACTED, SO IT GOES A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. OKAY, GOOD. THE NEXT PROJECT. EXCUSE ME REAL QUICK. AND WHAT ABOUT THE. THE OTHER QUESTION I GET IS THE FREDDY GONZALEZ PARK. WHEN WILL THAT BE OPENED UP? THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A BALLPARK ESTIMATE. WE'RE WORKING ON PIECES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T STEP INTO THE NEXT AREA RIGHT BEFORE WE COMPLETE. SO WE'LL DO THIS SECTION FIRST. WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST ANOTHER 120 DAYS ON EBONY ONCE WE GET TO THAT PORTION. IN THE MEANTIME, IN DECEMBER, WE WILL BE WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF FREDDY GONZALEZ AND VETERANS, WHICH IS THE THE MAJOR CROSSING. AND WE WANT TO DO IT OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS TO, TO TRY AND DISRUPT TRAFFIC AS LEAST AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE WILL BE LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DATE. SO THE LAST STEP WILL ACTUALLY BE THE POND. [03:15:01] SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT FEBRUARY OR MARCH, GIVE OR TAKE. NEXT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE JUNIOR DETENTION POND PHASE THREE. THIS WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED A STRUCTURE. I JUST HAVE IT FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. SO WE ADDED A STRUCTURE IN BETWEEN MONMOUTH AND JACKSON. WE HAD DONE THE PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS THE MAIN PROJECT WHERE WE ADDED THE MAIN DETENTION POND. THE IT'S ALREADY BEEN IT'S WORKING IN PLACE. THIS IS JUST AN EXTRA IMPROVEMENT. THE WATER WAS BEING HELD AND THE SUBDIVISIONS NORTH AND SOUTH. YOU COULD SEE WATER IN THE INLETS BECAUSE IT WATER LEVEL NEEDED TO RISE. SO THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY AT PUNCHLIST. GATE PARK RESTROOM IS BASICALLY AT THE SAME THING. IT'S A WE DID THE CONNECTION FOR WE DID THE RESTROOMS THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATIONAL, BUT WE ADDED A PUMP STATION. THE PUMP STATION IS ALREADY OPERATIONAL. IT'S ACTUALLY CONNECTING TO THE NEW LINES ON FRIDAY AT THE. AND WE'RE WORKING ON PUNCH LIST ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. SO BEFORE WATER WOULD STAY IN IN THE PARK AREA ON STADIUM. SO SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP TREMENDOUSLY. EDINBURGH. SO THIS IS ALSO AT THE PUNCH LIST. THE LAST PORTION OF THE PUNCH LIST WAS THE RAILINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECT CLOSEOUT ALREADY. IN THEATER THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT THE PEOPLE WILL SEE IS COMPLETE, WHICH THE STORM LINES ON ON THE MAJOR STREETS THAT THIS IS NORTH OF FREDDIE CEDAR AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER STREET IS. CEDAR AND CYNTHIA STREET. THE LINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. ACTUALLY, THEY HELPED OUT ON A COUPLE OF MAJOR EVENTS, BUT THE MAIN CONNECTION HADN'T BEEN DONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAD ALREADY BUILT A DETENTION POND WHERE WE WERE NOT CONNECTED TO IT YET, AND IT STILL WORKED AND IT STILL HELPED. SO THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WERE ACTUALLY BORING AND WERE BORING UNDER THE RAILROAD. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT OF MORE TIME WITH PERMITTING. NEXT PROJECT THE MUNICIPAL PARK TURF FIELDS. THIS PROJECT IS MOVING QUICK. ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF FEBRUARY THE 15TH, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WAY BEFORE THAT. THE PICTURES THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW WILL TELL YOU PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE'RE AT IS THAT WHEN WE'LL OPEN UP THAT AREA, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE THAT GO OUT THERE AND JOG AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT AREA IS CLOSED OFF RIGHT UNTIL THEN, OR IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOONER. IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. IT'S GOING AND THAT'S WHERE I'M LEADING. SO IF YOU SEE THE PICTURES ON SCREEN, THIS WAS TAKEN ACTUALLY THIS MORNING. AND THE TURF HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON THE REMAINING THREE FIELDS ON THE BIG FOUR PLEX. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CLEANUP ITEMS ON THIS PART. THEN THE NEXT IMAGE ACTUALLY SHOWS THE SMALL FIELDS, THE YOUTH FIELDS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK. THESE ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY THERE, ALL READY FOR TURF. WE'LL BEGIN THE INSTALLATION OF TURF THIS WEEK IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WEATHER PERMITTING. WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS READY FOR PUBLIC. FREDDIE AND MONARCH TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THIS IS ACTUALLY A TXDOT PROJECT THAT WE APPLIED FOR. WE HAVE SPOKEN THIS MORNING WITH THE WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF MAGIC VALLEY LINES GETTING MOVED. WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE THE PROCESS. THEY HAD ORIGINALLY AIMED FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER. WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THAT STILL HOLDS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN MOVEMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME THING APPLIES FOR THE FOLLOWING ONE, WHICH IS THE 17.5 AND EMERALD TRAFFIC BEACON. WE'RE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT. WE'RE WAITING FOR LINES TO BE ADJUSTED BY THIRD PARTIES. MONTE CRISTO EMERALD WHEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THIS ACTUALLY WENT OPERATIONAL ALREADY AS OF LAST WEEK. IT'S GOING THROUGH ITS FULL CYCLE. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY TEXDOT DOWNTOWN 107. THIS PROJECT IS STILL LOOKING AT THE LETTING OR BIDDING. IN SPRING 2025 IS STILL A TARGET DATE. THE THE UTILITY COORDINATION INCLUDING OUR OWN STILL CONTINUES. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS. THERE WAS A I HAD TOLD CITY MANAGER ABOUT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TEX-DOT WHERE WE HAD ON THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT INTERLOCAL. WE'LL CATCH YOU UP ON THAT AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE, I THINK, [03:20:03] OUR LANDSCAPE PLANS AND THOSE THINGS AS PART OF WHAT TXDOT'S OVERALL CONSTRUCTION. I THINK WE HAD A MEETING WITH PRECINCT TWO, COMMISSIONER CANTU'S OFFICE, AND WE HAD ALL AGREED THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SEPARATE CONTRACTS, THE CITY DOES OUR OWN CONTRACT AND TXDOT, WE WOULD HAVE A OUR UTILITY PLANS. YES, SIR. IS GETTING INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE UTILITY. THEY WON'T DO IT WITHOUT AN INTERLOCAL. I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT. SO WE NEED TO HAVE INTERLOCAL. SO MY QUESTION WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE, AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT INTERLOCAL. I KNOW THAT WE THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO TXDOT, AND I BELIEVE THE CONSULTANT HAS REACHED OUT TO TXDOT, TEXDOT, AND I THINK THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED. SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. ARE OUR PLANS DONE FOR THE UTILITY PLANTS? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. YES, SIR. WE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE. WE ARE PENDING SOME FEEDBACK FROM TEXDOT AND THEIR CONSULTANT AS FAR AS, LIKE, BID ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT PRETTY MUCH THE PLANS ARE ARE ALMOST COMPLETE. OKAY. ALMOST 90%. 95% OR ABOUT ABOUT 97%. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH TEXDOT AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, AND LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT, AND I JUST DO NOT WANT TO BE THE ONES HOLDING IT UP AND HOLDING UP THE PROJECT. WE NEED TO GET THIS APPROVED AND HAVE THEM BID IT OUT. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM. I KNOW THAT, LIKE MR. CARMONA MENTIONED THE CONSULTANT DID REACH OUT TO TEXDOT, AND WE WERE PENDING TEX DOT'S INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN. CAN YOU REPORT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT PROJECT PARKING GARAGE. WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, PRESENTING AN OPTION IN THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING WHERE WE DO A DESIGN BID PROCESS. SO WE'LL SHARE THAT LATER ON WITH YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT FIT BUDGET. SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING ON THIS ONE. PARK RESTROOMS. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER. THIS IS A THREE PART PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT FRONTIER BICENTENNIAL. WE'RE LOOKING AT MEMORIAL. THE PICTURE THAT I SHOW FOR THIS PURPOSES, IS THE PARK AT THE FRONT HERE. THIS ONE WE'RE 85% ON THE CMU. ACCORDING TO OUR CONTRACTOR, WE SHOULD BE ABOUT 90% TO COMPLETE THE WITH THESE RESTROOM BY THE END OF THE MONTH, SO HOPEFULLY WEATHER PERMITTING AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE CLOSED IN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THE OTHER TWO MEMORIAL PARK THERE WERE ALREADY PAINTING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT A 4 TO 6 WEEK PERIOD TO COMPLETE, WELL, BICENTENNIAL. THAT WAS LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE. THAT'S THE LAST ONE THAT GOT STARTED BECAUSE OF SOFTBALL. SO THAT ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. ANIMAL CARE FACILITY. SO THE FOUNDATION WORK THE COMMENCE THE ALREADY UPGRADE WORK ALREADY FOR ALL THE PADS IS COMPLETE. SO WE'RE STARTING ON FOUNDATION ALREADY ON THIS PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETING IN FEBRUARY. FREDI GONZALEZ HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. THIS PROJECT IS A PROJECT WITH THE MPO ON THE. ON THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR 60% SET TO TEXT THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS. SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED TO OUR NEXT MEDALIST. AND THE TIME WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THEM. JACKSON HIKE AND BIKE. THIS PROJECT IS OUR TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO JACKSON. THIS IS ON WISCONSIN. I DID NOT INCLUDE PICTURES OF THAT ONE, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION ALREADY STARTED ON THIS IN THE IN THE MCALLEN MCALLEN CITY LIMITS. THE EDGES TO COMING INTO EDINBURG. AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THEY WERE FORMING TO BE READY TO SUPPORT THAT. THE TRAIL. THE NEXT TWO SUGAR DETENTION AND THE VETERAN DETENTION POND, THOUGH WE'RE WAITING ON THE ACQUISITION COMPONENT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING IN PLANTS FOR VETERANS ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE ON SUGAR. THEY'RE ABOUT 60% COMPLETE. THE. AS SOON AS ACQUISITION IS COMPLETE THROUGH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO GET THOSE TWO INTO CONSTRUCTION. IN. THE NEXT TWO OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECTS, JACKSON ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, WERE PENDING TO RECEIVE THE THE APPRAISAL REPORTS. AND THE SAME THING WOULD BE FOR THE SUGAR. I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T MOVING FORWARD ON THAT JACKSON ROAD. RIGHT. [03:25:01] BUT WE WERE STILL THE REPORTS ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE. SO THAT'S ONCE WE RECEIVE THE REPORT, WILL ADVISE AS TO WHAT THE AMOUNTS WERE. AND SO, ARE WE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OR. NO. WE HAVE WE HAVE THE PROJECT ON HOLD. I BELIEVE IN A DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SOME OF THE THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR AN OPTION OF A OF A FIVE LANES TURNING LANE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OR I THINK THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE SCHEMATIC AS TO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DO THE THREE LANES. I'M SORRY, THE THREE LANES, I KNOW, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE HAD TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS. SO WHY IS THIS STILL ON HERE? WELL, BECAUSE THE APPRAISALS WERE GETTING COMPLETED ALREADY. THEY WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS. BUT AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF WE IF WE ARE TO COMPLETE THIS PART. AND THEN THE SUGAR RIGHT OF WAY. THE APPRAISALS ARE ALSO GETTING FINALIZED ON THIS PART. THE ONLY THING THAT WE WILL HAVE A MEETING IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS WITH THE RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE WHAT TO EXPECT. CHAPIN PUMP STATION. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE KICKED OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH FOR DESIGN. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE GOT FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION FROM THE GLO. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, WHICH GETS COMPLETED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. AND VETERANS TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS WERE OF WORK. THE EFFORTS WITH TEXTILES ARE GETTING FINALIZED FOR THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE NEXT STEP AND CONTINUE WITH DESIGN. AND THEN THE TRENTON ROAD IS THE LAST, THE SECOND TO LAST. I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE THE ONLY THING ABOUT THIS. THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WILL OCCUR ON THE 17TH AT THIS ELEMENTARY AT 530. SO THAT'S THE RELEVANT THING ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS ROAD EXPANSION EAST OF TO 81. FREDDY GONZALEZ AND CLOSER INTERSECTION. WE HAVE BEGUN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND AFAR HAS BEEN EXECUTED. SO WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THE DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL. AND THEN THE REST I WILL LEAVE MR. CARMONA TO CONTINUE. I GOT A QUESTION FIRST. YES. WHERE'S SPRAGUE? SPRAGUE. SPRAGUE. SPRAGUE. WHEN WE REDID SPRAGUE BETWEEN 10TH AND. AND SOMEBODY LOST THEIR JOB OVER IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD. THE WORK. THE WHOLE THING SHOVED LIKE THIS. ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THIS YEAR? FIXED. I WILL LET THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DISCUSS THAT THE THANKS. SO FOR THE SERVICE CENTER, I KNOW MR. DIAZ AND MR. DE LEON, THEY WENT OVER THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO BASICALLY, THE THE CONTRACTORS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THE INTERIOR. THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED A MAJOR PORTION OF THE OF THE SHEETROCK INSIDE THE BUILDING. AND THEY ALREADY APPLIED SOME OF THE TEXTURE INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO THE, THE BUILDING'S MOVING HERE PRETTY QUICK ON THE MONTE CRISTO AND ELEVATED WATER TOWER. THEY DID FINALIZE THE INTERIOR PAINTING OF THE TOWER BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAVE A SPECIAL COATING TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T CORRODE. AND THEY'RE WORKING ON OBTAINING ELECTRICAL PERMIT FROM THE CITY. ON THE WEST, OWOSSO. THE PORTION THAT WE ARE WORKING IS TO GET IT UP TO PRETTY MUCH DO THE RELEASE OF THE LIEN FOR THE CHURCH PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY AGENT IS TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A CONTACT INFORMATION FOR, FOR THE PERSON THAT HAS THE OR THE LIEN HOLDER ON THAT. AND AS WELL, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUC TO INCORPORATE THIS AREA INTO OUR INTO OUR CCN, OUR CCN. ON THE AIRPORT LIFT STATION. THE PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED. WE WILL BE DOING THIS PROJECT AS DIFFERENT PHASES. SO WE'LL BE INSTALLING WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE'LL BE INSTALLING PART OF THE FORCEMENT. AND LATER ON, WE'LL COME BACK AND AND TRY TO APPLY FOR SOME KIND OF GRANT OR SOMETHING TO, TO FINISH OFF THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PROJECT. ON THE THIS IS A GENERATOR FOR THE DOWNTOWN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS, BASICALLY, THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS ARE THE PUMPS THAT PUSH OUT WATER INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. SO PRETTY MUCH TO EVERYBODY, TO ALL THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, COMMERCIALS. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT THE WHAT THE WHAT THE CONTRACTOR IS [03:30:03] DOING IS THEY'RE WORKING ON OBTAINING THE, THE THE BUILDING PERMIT FROM THE CITY. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE GENERATOR SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN START. ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS TO TO PRETTY MUCH REHAB AND AND EXPAND THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT GOT TAKEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND SO BASICALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY THEY WERE POURING THE THE BOTTOM OF THE OF THE, OF THE CAROUSEL WE CALL, WHICH IS THE AERATOR THAT, THAT PROVIDES OXYGEN TO THE SEWER. CONTRACTOR KEEPS MOVING ALONG. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE ALREADY POURED THAT. THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THE CLARIFIERS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICK. THE US 21 PROJECT THE THERE IS AN ITEM TODAY FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS TO, TO APPROVE THE STANDARD UTILITY AGREEMENT FOR THE NEW BOOSTER STATION. SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THIS PROJECT WAS THAT IN ORDER FOR TEXDOT TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS, WE DID HAVE AN EXISTING BOOSTER STATION OUT THERE. SO THEY ARE TAKING THAT TO, TO PUT TO, TO PUT THE, THE NEW ROAD IN THERE. SO SO TEX-DOT IS GOING TO BE REIMBURSING US AS OF RIGHT NOW, 100% FOR THE FOR THE RELOCATION OF THAT BOOSTER STATION. ON THE EAST OWASA SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. WE WE DO HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY AGENT THAT'S BEEN TALKING TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY DID TELL US THAT THE THE OWNER WAS NOT OPPOSED TO DEDICATING THAT EASEMENT. OR THEY WERE OPPOSED TO DEDICATING THAT EASEMENT TO THE CITY. WE WENT BACK TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, AGENT. AND SO THAT WAY THEY CAN GO BACK TO THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND SEE IF THE OWNER MIGHT RECONSIDER IN DONATING THAT EASEMENT TO THE CITY. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR TO PROVIDE A SEWER TO ALL THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE ON, ON A ON A WASA. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL. VINCENT ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE SCHEDULING FOR THE REPAYMENT OF BRIDGE BETWEEN MACK AND 10TH STREET. SO BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD FOR HOT MIX, IT ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO WE HAD TO SOLICIT BIDS. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF WE JUST EXECUTED THE CONTRACTS FOR HOT MIX. SO NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING. WE'RE SUBMITTING A REQUISITION TO OPEN POS FOR THE MATERIAL. SO WITHIN THE NEXT I WOULD SAY VERY TO SAY WITHIN 3 TO 4 WEEKS WE SHOULD BE BACK ON SPRAGUE. REPAVING THAT THERE IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO RENT A MILLING MACHINE. WE DID HAVE THE PO OPEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, AND WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BUT BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM ANDERSON EQUIPMENT, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN TIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO IT IS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST. WE WILL BE DOING IT WITHIN THE NEXT 3 TO 4 WEEKS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN BECAUSE I DON'T EVER SEE IT COME UP ANYWHERE. SO NO, SIR. IT IS AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. AND THE REST WOULD BE ON THE OTHER AGENDA ITEM. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON ALBERTA ROAD IN PARTICULAR. BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD, SIR ON ALBERTA. THANK YOU. PRESENTATION ON ALBERTA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. YES. SO ON THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ALBERTA ROAD FROM OUR WEST CITY LIMITS ALL THE WAY TO 281. THE THIS WAS BROKEN IN FOUR MILESTONES, THE MILESTONE ONE BEING OUR WEST CITY LIMITS TO MCCAUL ROAD. THEN THE OTHER SIDE, THE NEXT SECTION, MCCAUL ROAD TO JACKSON, WAS COMPLETED AS PART OF PHASE ONE. AND WE'RE WORKING ON MILESTONE TWO, WHICH IS THE SECTION BETWEEN JACKSON ROAD AND SUGAR ROAD. SO AT THIS POINT, THE OUR EAST HALF OF THE STREET HAS BEEN PAVED FOR THE FOUR LANES. AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE WEST HALF. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON THE SOUTH HALF WAS PAVED THE LAST WEEK, [03:35:04] AND WE HAVE SHIFTED TRAFFIC TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND LET ME JUST SHOW THE PICTURE ON THAT. SO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS ACTUALLY THE SOUTH SIDE FOR WHICH THE TRAFFIC HAS SHIFTED. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON. SO WHAT IS THE PENDING TO COMPLETE THE. AND THAT'S THE PORTION IN BETWEEN. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? WE HAVE A CONFLICT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH AN IRRIGATION LINE AND A STORM INLET. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS SECTION IS STILL NOT PAVED. WHOSE IRRIGATION LINE IS THAT? IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE. AND DID WE COORDINATE THE UTILITIES PRIOR TO STARTING CONSTRUCTION? YES. THERE WAS ONE LINE THAT WAS NOT SPOTTED AT THE. SO IT HAD NOT BEEN SPOTTED. RIGHT. DID WE WERE WE IN CHARGE OF THAT OR WAS THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT IN CHARGE OF THAT? SO WE REQUEST FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO PROVIDE THEIR LINE WORK. AND IT'S AND IS IT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE IT OR IS THAT OURS? WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING IT BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN CONFLICT WITH OUR STORYLINE AND ONE OF THE INLETS. SO HOW LONG BEFORE THAT IS ADDRESSED? WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THREE WEEKS. A LITTLE BIT LESS. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE IN THE MEANTIME FOR THIS SECTION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE INSTALLATION OF THE INLET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUR STORM LINE. IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY IN PLACE, AND WE'RE RELOCATING THE THE CONFLICT IRRIGATION LINE, THE TO PRETTY MUCH BE OUT OF THE WAY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS SECTION THAT YOU SEE UP TO SUBGRADE RIGHT NOW UP TO CALICHE, WHICH IS THE NEXT LAYER. SO THAT WILL MAKE IT DRIVABLE. IT WILL BE COMPACTED BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GO BACK AND, AND DO THE CURB AND GUTTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND WELL, ACTUALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING, THOUGH, WE'RE STARTING TO WE'LL BEGIN TEARING UP THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET IT THE TO AN EQUAL SIZE OF WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE NOW THAT IT'S PAVED. SO THE GOOD THING ON THIS IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE. SO THE STORM LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. SO WE'RE JUST PAYING THE FINAL CONNECTION. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE TO HAVE IT DONE. MAYBE BY THE BY THANKSGIVING WEEK WHERE WE WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING PAVED IN THIS SECTION. AND THEN THE NEXT PART IS THE THE EAST SIDE OF SUGAR. SO ON THE EAST SIDE OF SUGAR WORK HAS ALSO BEEN RESUMED. WHICH IS THE SECTION ON THIS SIDE. SO ON THIS SECTION ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS THE FIRST. 1000FT, GIVE OR TAKE THIS SECTION. WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETE IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. PAVED. AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS PART OF THE NEXT DISCUSSION, WHICH IS SO THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO THIS SECTION HAS STARTED OR HASN'T STARTED? YES, IT HAS STARTED. SO ALL THE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE. SO NOW THE ACTUAL STREET IS GETTING REWORKED. THE EXPANDED THE. AND WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS SECTION? WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE DONE IN FOUR WEEKS. THIS SECTION HERE, THIS SECTION FROM WHERE YOU SEE IT ON SUGAR ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRST TO THE DITCH THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS ABOUT 1000FT AWAY. AND THEN YOU GET STARTED ON THAT. THEN WE GET STARTED ON THE FOLLOWING SECTION. HOW LONG IS THAT? THE FOLLOWING SECTION. WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING ABOUT 120 TO 150 DAYS. OKAY. SO ON THE OTHER SECTION, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO INSTALL UTILITIES OR WE'LL HAVE STORM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO BE IN PLACE. SO AND THERE WAS THERE IS A I BELIEVE A SUBDIVISION BEING BUILT IN THAT AREA. I THINK I FORWARDED CITY MANAGER THERE WAS A. YES. I THINK THEY'RE I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING IT OUT. RIGHT. THE THE SUBDIVISION IS BUILT OUT. THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON HOMES. SO WE'RE ALREADY WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACCESS THERE? SO IN FOUR WEEKS, THERE WILL BE ACCESS COMING WEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH THE FOUR LANES AS PLANNED. NOW IT WILL BE LIMITED ACCESS ONCE WE START CONSTRUCTION ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, MEANING IT WILL BE NARROWER LANES BECAUSE WE'LL BE INSTALLING STORM INFRASTRUCTURE. SO. NOW, THE SECOND PART OF THE WORK WE HAD A, A PUBLIC MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THE INTERSECTION OF KLAUSNER AND IN ALBERTA. AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS TODAY, WHICH IS FREE FLOW FOR TRAFFIC GOING NORTH [03:40:06] AND SOUTH ON KLAUSNER AND EAST AND WEST HAS A STOP SIGN, AND WE HAVE A LIGHTED STOP. UP. I LIGHTED THE INTERSECTION JUST TO SHOW THAT THE THE THAT THERE'S A STOP SIGN, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. THIS IS A AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME ACCIDENTS. AND JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION. ON ALBERTA ROAD EAST OF THIS INTERSECTION, IT'LL ALSO BE IMPROVED. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT PART OF OUR PROJECT CORRECT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE FOUR LANES OR NO, IT WILL BE NARROWER. IT WILL BE THREE LANES I BELIEVE. OH OKAY. WELL DEPENDING ON HOW WE FINALIZE THE THE INTERSECTION I GUESS IT WILL DEPEND ON THAT TOO. SO WE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS. WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK. WHAT WE WE HAD MET WITH TEXDOT, AND WE WERE PROPOSING SOMETHING TO LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS WHERE IT'S A FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE FROM 281 GOING NORTHBOUND AND YOU HAVE A PROTECTED LEFT TO TURN FROM ALBERTA GOING NORTH, AND THE ONLY TRAFFIC THAT WOULD STOP IS THE TRAFFIC FROM ALBERTA AND THE TRAFFIC COMING SOUTHBOUND. WE MET WITH TXDOT AND RAN OVER THE OPTIONS. MEANING THIS BEING ONE OF THEM, THE NOT DOING ANYTHING APPROACH, THE MAYBE PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT HERE. THE ROUNDABOUT WAS NOT CONSIDERED. THE THEY MENTIONED THAT IT'S TOO FAST OF AN INTERSECTION TO PUT A ROUNDABOUT. THE WE THREW ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT OPTION WHICH IS OFFSET THE AND IT'S STILL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ANSWER. SO WHAT I HAVE HERE IS BASICALLY THE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TXDOT THAT BASED ON THE ANSWERS TO ON THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED, THE THAT THE ONLY OPTIONS THAT THEY'LL CONSIDER IS LEAVING THE INTERSECTION AS IS OR IMPLEMENTING THE BYPASS LANE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS THIS CONCEPT. I HAD A QUESTION SO AND COUNSEL I WAS AT THAT MEETING PUBLIC MEETING WE HAD WITH THE THE STAKEHOLDERS HERE AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. THERE'S NOW ON THIS INTERSECTION WE CAN POINT. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN THAT THAT AREA THERE FISH SHOWING ON THE SCREEN, THE SOUTH WEST CORNER THERE. THERE'S ACTUALLY A MAJOR TRUCK RECONSTRUCTION LIKE A MECHANIC SHOP. AUTO SHOP. RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAILERS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, I MEAN, MAJOR TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THERE. SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO AFFECT WHAT ARE WE DOING. THE INTERSECTION ESPECIALLY LIMITING ACCESS IN ALBERTA. BUT MY QUESTION IS DID WHEN WE DID THE ALBERTA PLANS, DID DID WE SHOW A TRAFFIC SIGNAL HERE ON THIS INTERSECTION? WE SHOWED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND AND WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL DID WE SHOW? A REGULAR TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH A FOR THE FOUR INTERSECTIONS WITH ACCESS TO FULL ALBERTA AND EVERYTHING NOT LIMITING LIKE THIS. EXACTLY. AND WE SHOWED IT BECAUSE IT WARRANTED, LIKE WE DO A WARRANT STUDY, OR WE DID A WARRANT STUDY FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND AND DID IT WARRANT THAT THE ON THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND AND ALSO ON THE ACCIDENTS. IT WARRANTS IT. SO IT DOES WARRANT IT. IT DOES WARRANT. SO WHY IS IT THAT TXDOT IS AGAINST THIS. WHAT. THEY'RE AGAINST IT. IT'S ON THE HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT IMPLEMENTING THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THEY'RE CONSIDERING THAT THE THE SPEEDS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE 55 MILE AN HOUR ZONE, THAT IT'S TOO FAST TO TRY AND STOP ON THE ROAD BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE, TO THE OVERPASS. BUT BUT I IMAGINE THE WARRANT STUDY TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, DID IT NOT? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WARRANTED IF OBVIOUSLY IT CONSIDERS THE WARRANT STUDY, CONSIDERS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING IN AND THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS. AND BASED ON THOSE TWO APPROACHES, THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WARRANTS IT. SO COULD IT NOT BE AN OPTION TO HAVE THAT FULL INTERCHANGE, BUT WITH MODIFICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, SIGNAGE ON THE OVERPASS COMING IN, LIGHTING THINGS OF THAT NATURE LIKE YOU DO IN OTHER AREAS. I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET OFF ON THREE RIVERS, YOU KNOW, THE FLASH IS BLINKING, THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ARE BLINKING, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO TOWN. SAME THING COULD BE DONE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST RACING THROUGH US AND JUST WANTING TO GET TO TRENTON ROAD AS FAST AS THEY CAN, RIGHT. LET ME INTERJECT ON THAT. MARDOQUEO. COUNCILMAN DE LEON AND I SIT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD THIS, IT WAS A FULL AND SOME BACKGROUND. THE REASON THAT THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACCIDENTS WITH DEATHS IN THAT INTERSECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO AVOID THE CONGESTION IN TRENTON. THEY HEAD EASTBOUND ON ALBERTA TO CROSS THAT ACCESS ROAD TO GET ON THE EXPRESSWAY. AND SO THE INITIALLY THERE WAS A THERE WAS JUST A LIGHT PROPOSED, BUT THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE OFF RAMP THAT LIGHT WOULD ACTUALLY TURN RED AND THE TRAFFIC [03:45:05] WOULD BACK UP ONTO THE OFF RAMP, CAUSING ACCIDENTS ON THE RAMP. AND WHEN WE COUNCILMAN, I WERE ASKING IF TEXDOT WOULD CONSIDER LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT OR ADDING SIGNS, THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION AT THE TIME. SO I REMEMBER WE BROUGHT IT BACK. NOT AN OPTION OF TEXDOT OR IT JUST I KEPT SAYING THAT COMING OFF THE OVERPASS AT THAT SPEED WOULD BE A BIG ISSUE. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T SEE THE LINE AS YOU'RE COMING OVER THE OVERPASS, IT WOULD BE A HUGE ISSUE. SO I FELT LIKE WE WERE TAKING WE'RE CONTROLLING ONE AREA, BUT THEN CREATING A PROBLEM ON THE OTHER SIDE. I REMEMBER KIM KEPT COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. THIS WAS ACTUALLY MIMICKED AFTER ANOTHER AREA, I THINK, IN MCALLEN. AND AND OVER. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THE MCALLEN IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER THERE ON WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT STREET? LARKIN. YEAH. SO THAT DOESN'T GO STRAIGHT THROUGH. THERE'S A DEAD END, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WORKS. THEY'RE HERE. THERE'S NO DEAD END. THIS IS THE ACCESS TO THE INTERSTATE, RIGHT? AND SO THE BIGGEST ISSUE AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED WERE THE VEHICLES TRYING TO CROSS KLAUSNER TO ACCESS THAT. SO THIS THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT UNDER THE OVERPASS. AND THE REASON THE ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FULL INTERCHANGE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SIGNAL RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST A BLINKING RED LIGHT. CORRECT. RIGHT. WITH THE WHICH IS WHY IT'S WARRANTED. THE REASON IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FULL TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE SIGNALS WILL BE THERE. IT WILL BE OF COURSE, THERE MAY STILL BE ACCIDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP I THINK GREATLY WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND I DIDN'T COME TO THE I WASN'T HERE FOR THE MEETING, SO I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR THE CONCERNS. WELL, I WOULD SAY 98% OF THE FOLKS HERE WERE AGAINST THIS HERE, AND THEY WANT A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHERE ALBERTA IS ABLE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE HERE WE'RE STOPPING ALBERTA RIGHT HERE, HAVING THEM GO TO THE INTERSTATE, EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT. IT'S JUST IT IS AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE COMING NORTHBOUND, OBVIOUSLY OFF THE OVERPASS WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED IN COMMENTS BEFORE REGARDING OUR STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT SOMEWHERE. I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE A FULL INTERCHANGE WITH SOME SAFETY MEASURES WITH A SPEED LIMIT. I THINK THAT'S ONE LIGHTING UP AND JUST ALERTS, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF THE OVERPASS, JUST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO LAGUNA VISTA. SAME COMING OUT. REMEMBER YOU GOT ALL THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS, LET YOU KNOW THERE'S A STOPLIGHT UP AHEAD. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S A BIG YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT. THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE THERE WAS I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THERE CHIEF. AND I REMEMBER WHEN THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS PUT IN, EVERYBODY WAS ACTUALLY HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION HERE LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW. EVERYBODY'S RACING TO GO TO THE ISLAND AND BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT'S WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL. I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IT WHEN IT'S ABOUT TO TURN RED, LIGHT TURNS ON. YEAH. BUT I THINK THE BIG ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS COMING ON A ON A DOWNSLOPE ON AN OVERPASS. AND I REMEMBER ASKING, COULD WE SLOW DOWN THE, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THERE AND IT JUST IT JUST NEVER WE ASKED ABOUT THAT TOO. AND THAT WAS TEXDOT CAN LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT. YES. THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON, ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S. NOT LIKE A TEXTILE. AND I BATTLED OUT WHEN I WAS A COP BECAUSE WE CLOSED ROADS AT TEXTILE. DIDN'T WANT TO CLOSE BECAUSE TEXTILE HAD HAD IT UNSAFE. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS THIS ROAD. EXACTLY RIGHT HERE. WHEN THEY'RE FIRST BUILDING THE OVERPASS AND STUFF. YOU HAD TO MAKE THIS TURN ACROSS HERE. AND IT WAS WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE YOU WOULD HIT AND WE'D GET UP, CLEAN UP THE ACCIDENT. COMEBACK. AND THESE ARE ALL, ALL HOSPITAL DRIVEN. SO THAT NIGHT I CLOSED THE FREAKING EXPRESSWAY AT THE OBJECTION OF TEX DOT. AND THE NEXT DAY TEX DOT DECIDED TO REDESIGN THIS PLACE. TEX DOT HAS SOME GIFT AND WE JUST GOT TO PUT THEM BACK TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I OBVIOUSLY I LIVE IN THIS AREA, SO I GO BY THIS EVERY DAY. THE PLANS WE HAD ORIGINALLY, I THINK THIS IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY. THE ORIGINAL PLANS. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ACCIDENTS ON THERE. SO I DO THINK THIS IS THE SAFEST WAY IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY MORE ACCIDENTS, BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT THE SPEED LIMITS ON THAT. BUT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO FOLLOW. THEY'RE ALREADY GOING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND PEOPLE AREN'T SPEEDING FOLLOWING THE SPEED LIMIT. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SPEEDERS. I MIGHT BE ONE. BUT I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DO I THIS SEEMS LIKE THE BEST OPTION JUST BY GOING THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY. I'M NOT I'M NOT A FAN. I WISH IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. LIKE I AGREE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS TO CROSS, BUT I STILL THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS WOULD STILL SAVE LIVES AND I COMPLETELY. AND THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE MEETING WE HAD WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TRYING TO EXPAND THOROUGHFARES, RIGHT? EAST AND WEST AND ALL THAT. HERE WE'RE CUTTING IT OFF. [03:50:02] YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, I GET IT. WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH THIS. BUT THINK ABOUT IT. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY? TRENTON'S ALREADY PILED UP, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADD TO IT. AND IT TO ME, IT JUST. IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD SITUATION TO LIMIT ACCESS. AND WHAT WAS. I MEAN, I HEAR YOU, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT? BECAUSE THIS ALL THIS DOES IS KEEP THE CAR FROM TRYING TO GO FROM ZERO TO SPRINT ACROSS AND NOT GET NAILED BY CARS COMING FULL SPEED. THIS LITERALLY WOULD TAKE YOU YOU CAN STILL ACCESS THAT ROAD, BUT YOU'D GO UNDER THE OVERPASS. IT MAKES YOU GO IF YOU'RE GOING EAST, MAKES YOU GO RIGHT, GO UNDER THE OVERPASS, COME BACK AND YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS THERE, BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS SAFELY. WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN? WELL, IF YOU HAVE THE FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT. I MEAN, CAN YOU GO OVER HOW THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS GOING TO BE IN PLACE IF THERE WAS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH THE TRAFFIC MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH. RIGHT. BUT IN A SAFE WAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL THAT'S GOING TO HELP DIRECT, BUT IT'S THE ON RAMP. THAT TRAFFIC'S GOING TO BACK UP ALL THE WAY ON THE ON RAMP. ON RAMP. YEAH. BIGGEST CONCERN IS LIMITING THE ACCESS CROSSING ALBERTA. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. RIGHT NOW THIS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. YOU'RE BASICALLY CUTTING OFF ALBERTA HERE. AND EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO GO SOUTH OR NORTH. THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN I THINK. IS THAT CORRECT? THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT I WOULD SAY MAYBE ABOUT 3 OR 4 OF THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY PRESENTED. IT'S NOT AS SAFE. I MEAN, 3 OR 4 OF THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME IN DID LIKE THE IDEA, CONSIDERING THE SAFETY FACTOR, BUT THE REST THE SO THEY WANTED TO CROSS. THEY FELT IT WAS AN INCONVENIENCE TO JUST HEAD RIGHT FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS TO COME AROUND FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE CASE. I COULD PROBABLY SAY THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THEY CAN'T CROSS TO JUMP ON THE ON RAMP THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF. YEAH, I JUST TO ME, TO ME PERSONALLY, A LITTLE INCONVENIENCE VERSUS SAFETY AND LIVES. I THINK THIS WAS THIS WAS FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED. THIS WAS A BETTER OPTION. BUT I DIDN'T COME TO THE I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK TO TO THE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WE DID A WARRANT STUDY SO IT WARRANTS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. ALL FACTORS WE LOOKED AT ALL IT WARRANTS IT. IF IT DIDN'T WARRANT IT, THEN OKAY, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT. BUT IT DID WARRANT. THE ONLY REASON IT CAME UP WITH IS, IS I DIDN'T LIKE IT. THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE UNSAFE. SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE HEARD OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, I ASKED, ARE THEY CHANGING ANY SPEED ON THE OFF RAMP? AND THEY SAID, NO, RIGHT. AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BACK UP ALL THE WAY UP. I KNOW THERE WAS NO CHANGE. YEAH, BUT MY POINT IS, I THINK WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL. HOWEVER, MAKING THOSE CHANGES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IN OTHER WORDS, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THERE, IT'S THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GET BACKED UP AND IT'S GOING TO GET EXTREMELY BACKED UP FROM THE EXPRESSWAY. WELL, WE NEED TO GET BACK. WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SO STAFF NEEDS DIRECTION ON YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE SCHEDULE. CORRECT. BY WHEN DO YOU ESTIMATE GETTING TO THIS LOCATION HERE. SO I MEAN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO BE DONE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT. AFTER THAT WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE STORM LINE. SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF ANOTHER, MAYBE A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF OF MORE TIME. SO THREE MONTHS WITH ALL THOSE POINTS. I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO AN AVERAGE TRAFFIC COUNT COMING NORTHBOUND ON THERE AND ESTIMATE A LIGHT, WHATEVER IT BE, HOW MANY SECONDS IS AN AVERAGE LIGHT? HOW MANY SECONDS IS AN AVERAGE LIGHT? WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY ARE CROSSING DAILY. CORRECT. SO. SO ESTIMATE A RED LIGHT FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WOULD BE THERE AND THE TRAFFIC COUNT. WHERE WOULD THAT BACKUP END UP. JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OKAY. YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. WE NEED TO INVITE THEM SO WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN. WE HAD THAT MEETING. IT WASN'T, I GUESS A MEETING WITH ALL THE COUNCIL. IT WAS JUST A MEETING. YEAH. STAKEHOLDER MEETING. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION I THINK. SO FOR THAT MEETING, PLEASE POST A POSSIBLE QUORUM. SO NO NO, NO, NO, IT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR MEETING. LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING AND INVITE THEM TO COME TO THE MEETING. YEAH. SO WE CAN ALL DISCUSS. YEAH, WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT. AND WE HAVE A DECISION. YEAH. THOSE MEETINGS WERE NOT ALL. WE CAN ALL BE THERE. AND WE CAN ALL HEAR THEM OUT. WE'LL JUST HAVE IT AT A COUNCIL MEETING. JUST INVITE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR SOMETHING. WELL, DO. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I WOULD DO IT. I WOULD JUST ADD IT AND THEN THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY TOO. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE SIR? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT. PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE A, B, C, D, E, AND F. [03:55:02] SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP ONE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL THOSE ITEMS. SO WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. OKAY. ON THE EIGHT A ALL I NEED ON ALL OF THESE IS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE. BECAUSE I TRIED LOOKING UP THE BACKUP, AND SOME OF IT DIDN'T TELL TOO MUCH. SO COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN? THE ONE I HAVE A QUESTION ON? IS EIGHT F AND 13 J. WELL, WE'RE WELL, WE'RE JUST ON EIGHT, SO LET'S JUST. OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT. SO THE EIGHT A AND THE EIGHT F, I'D LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT CONSISTS OF BECAUSE I HAVE CITY MANAGER. YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO OVER IT. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE DIRECTOR OF GRANTS ADMINISTRATION, MISS CLAUDIA, THAT CAN HELP ANSWER SOME OF MISS FERN'S QUESTIONS. WELL, I THINK SHE JUST WANTS THE BACKGROUND. I GUESS THIS IS THE ANNUAL PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR 2023 TO 2027 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND STRATEGY. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GUIDE OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. SO THE ANNUAL OR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER LAST YEAR IN SUMMER, AUGUST 2023. AND WHAT THAT DID WAS IT OUTLINED OUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, SOME OF OUR GOALS WHILE THEY WERE THERE, NO MONEY WAS ASSIGNED TO IT AND NO GOALS WERE ACTUALLY QUANTIFIED. SO WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES IS A HUGE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS REHABILITATING OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. SO THIS IS KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVELY GIVING US THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT WAY, OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ALIGNS WITH OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. SO THIS IS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS BEING NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS ON THE TABLE. THESE ARE OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS UP UNTIL 20 FISCAL YEAR 2627. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET ANNUALLY, YOU GO BASED ON THIS I GUESS, PLAN. RIGHT? RIGHT. FUND THE CATEGORIES. YES, EXACTLY. AND THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR CHANGE. I MEAN, THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THERE COULD BE OTHERS, BUT IT'S HARD TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS IF THERE'S NO FUNDING ASSIGNED TO A PARTICULAR GOAL, LIKE IMPROVING PUBLIC FACILITIES, WHICH ARE OUR PARKS OR FIRE STATIONS. ALSO, YOU KNOW, OUR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE KNOW THAT'S VERY POPULAR WITH THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A HUGE NEED TO REHABILITATE HOUSING AND THERE'S NO FUNDING TIED TO IT. SO THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVELY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MORE CONSISTENT. THE OTHER CHANGE, THOSE WERE TWO CHANGES. THE OTHER CHANGE IS THAT WE GROUPED THE PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH PROVIDING SERVICES TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. SO WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS HUD IS IS HUD ALLOWS US TO GROUP THOSE TWO GOALS TOGETHER. THAT WILL JUST GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY COMING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SO WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. SO WE'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH WITH ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST GROUPING THOSE FUNDING GOALS TOGETHER OR FUNDING AMOUNTS AND GOALS TOGETHER. OKAY. IS IT THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL? IS THAT PART OF IT HAS TO BE. IT HAS TO BE. THAT'S HUD. I THINK WHAT IT IS, I THINK WHAT IT IS WHEN YOU SEE THAT WORD, I'M EXPECTING A BIG CHANGE. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT EVERYBODY'S READING. I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WORD THAT'S PROBABLY CAUSING THIS ATTENTION. IT'S REALLY AN AMENDMENT, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY AN ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT. AND AND YEAH, THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. THIS KIND OF JUST GIVES US ADMINISTRATIVELY A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT OUR PROJECTS EACH YEAR SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO YOU TO KIND OF READING. I FIGURED IT'S THE WORD THAT'S THROWING EVERYBODY OFF, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A BIG CHANGE IN WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. I UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS ITEM F. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ITEM EIGHT F IS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2005, SINCE THE CITY HASN'T UPDATED ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND BACK IN THE FALL OF 2023, THE CITY ENGAGED CANDID COLLABORATIVE TO WORK ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS AND MANY, MANY MEETINGS LATER, THE PLAN IS READY FOR APPROVAL HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MISS FERN? CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS PLAN IS? SO THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE CALLED I THINK GARY WANTED TO DO. MAYOR. HE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE WEBSITE TO KIND OF SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT THE WHAT THE PLAN OR HOW IT'S AVAILABLE. GARY, YOU WANT TO COME UP? HE'LL HE'LL COME UP HERE [04:00:09] WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC. WELL I THINK HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO IT? BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER A PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. SO I THINK AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS PRESENTED, IF THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM AT THE TIME THERE'S DISCUSSION. OKAY. SO WE'LL DO IT RIGHT AFTER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS BY ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? ITEMS A THROUGH F AT THIS TIME HEARING IS STILL OPEN. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM. JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THIS I CAN ADDRESS MY CONCERNS WITH EIGHT B. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS LAURA SANCHEZ. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS OF PALM CIRCLE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PALM CIRCLE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT SAFE ACCESS TO THE HOUSING COMPLEX THROUGH ROLANDO DRIVE. ROLANDO DRIVE IS A NARROW DEAD END IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE ONLY LOGICAL WAY TO SUPPORT THIS HOUSING COMPLEX IS THROUGH ACCESS TO VETERANS ROAD, WHICH IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR THIS HOUSING COMPLEX IS PLANNED TO GO THROUGH ROLANDO DRIVE, WHICH I MENTIONED IS THAT DEAD END ROAD. THE ENTRANCE GATE WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF PARKING AND ACCESS TO HOMES THAT HAVE DISABLED RESIDENTS. A 50% OF THE HOMES IMPACTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT ROUTE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN ONE DISABLED RESIDENT. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WILL CREATE A RISK OF COLLISIONS DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF PALM CIRCLE AND ROLANDO DRIVE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL REQUIRE LARGE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION. THIS WILL PUT CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS AND CAR OWNERS AT RISK DUE TO THE NARROW RESIDENTIAL ROADS. SCHOOL CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY TO IDEA AND LOCAL THROUGH TRAFFIC WILL BE PUT IN DANGER AS THESE ABNORMAL LOADS MOVE THROUGH THESE NARROW ROADS DURING THE DAY. THESE LOADS WILL COMPLETELY BLOCK THESE NARROW TWO LANE ROADS AS THEY TRAVERSE UP THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE SUGGESTED CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED TO HAVE 27 HOMES IN THE EDINBURGH AREA. THE AVERAGE FOR CHILDREN PER HOUSEHOLD IS 3.7. SO IF WE SAY FOUR, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 100 CHILDREN TO THIS AREA. THIS WILL IMPACT ADDITIONAL BUS ROUTES TO THE AREA. IN EDINBURGH, THE AVERAGE FOR VEHICLES PER HOME IS TWO. SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 54 CARS PER THIS NARROW LANE ROAD. THIS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE SATURATION OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH TO THIS AREA, AN ADDITIONAL BUS ROUTE AND STATION WOULD BE NEEDED, AS WELL AS ROAD WIDENING WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF PALM CIRCLE AND ROLANDO DRIVE. THIS CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF PARKING, HOME ACCESS AND ESTABLISHED TREES. IN CONCLUSION, IF THERE IS A DECISION TO ALLOW THIS CONSTRUCTION TO PROCEED, I WOULD ASK FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE MAIN GATE ACCESS TO VETERANS ROAD, WHICH IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. SORRY, I KNEW I ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES. NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE NOT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THIS IS JUST AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. AND JUST JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU'RE AGAINST THIS REZONING OR I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON YOUR. YES. AND I WOULD ASK IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED, THAT THERE BE SOME SORT OF COMMENT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS THROUGH VETERANS ROAD VERSUS ROLANDO DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY ACCESS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE BACK END OF THAT COMPLEX HAS NO CURRENT ROADS CREATED. SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THEY COULD START THEIR HOUSING COMMUNITY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE. ROLANDO DRIVE. YEAH. PALM CIRCLE ON THE NORTH. RIGHT. CAN YOU PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN? YEAH. SO WHERE'S ROLANDO? DRIVE. OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY, I HADN'T SEEN IT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE THE MAIN ACCESS. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN ACCESS PROPOSED. IS THAT ALLOWED BY CODE? IT'S KIND OF LANDLOCKED. SO THE THE FRONT PART IS NOT THEY'RE NOT OWNERS OF THAT. THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTED LOT 64 INCLUDED THAT FRONT HOME MAYBE THEIR RELATIVES OR FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THAT BACK LOT. SO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WAS APARTMENTS, RIGHT. AND THAT INCLUDED THAT FRONT LOT. SO JUST THE IDEAL CONSTRUCTION OF IT WOULD BE TO MAKE A ROUNDABOUT, JUST THE WAY WE HAVE THAT ROUND PALM CIRCLE, AND TO HAVE ORLANDO AS LIKE AN ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITIES VERSUS AN ACCESS TO VETERANS ROAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME TRAFFIC IS GOING TO VETERANS ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU CATCH OWASA DOVE AND GET ON THE HIGHWAY. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST TOO SMALL TO SUPPLY WHAT THAT HOUSING COMPLEX WILL NEED, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTIES THAT IT WILL BE FOR BUS ROUTES AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND FOR JUST INFORMATION PURPOSES FOR YOU. [04:05:01] I KNOW TONIGHT THIS IS JUST A REZONING. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT HOW IT'S VOTED ON, RIGHT. IF THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF IT MEETS. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, TALKING OUT LOUD HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT HOW IT ACTUALLY WILL BE LAID OUT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST BEING ASKED TO TO REZONE IT, RIGHT. FOR SINGLE FAMILY. CORRECT. SO AFTER THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAT THAT STILL NEEDS TO COME TO US SO THAT WE THEN APPROVE THE LAYOUT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT OUT. IF IT DOES MOVE FORWARD. BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYTHING ELSE MA'AM? THANK YOU. I MEAN, COULD YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS? AND JUST SO I'M LOOKING AT IT TOO. AND SO THINKING OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WOULD IT HAVE TO BE A ROUNDABOUT THERE. AND DO YOU IN YOUR ESTIMATION, WOULD THAT BE LARGE ENOUGH TO EVEN PASS. YEAH, I DON'T THINK A ROUNDABOUT WOULD WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH. OF A STRIP. NOW, WHAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT SHOWING 27 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST VERY PRELIMINARY. WE STILL HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT WITH THE ENGINEERING STAFF. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO STUB IT OUT TO THE WEST. WE COULD ALSO PROPOSE THAT THEY STUB IT OUT TO THE EAST SO THAT WHEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT DOES COME IN, THEY'LL HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ACCESS WOULD BE FOR ROLANDO, BECAUSE THE SUBDIVISION ON THE SOUTH SIDE DIDN'T LEAVE A STREET CONNECTOR. IT IS SIX ACRES. IT WAS ANNEXED TO ABOUT 2013. INITIALLY THEY HAD COME IN WITH A PROPOSAL FOR MULTIFAMILY, BUT WE TOLD THEM THEY WASN'T GOING TO WORK. SO WE WENT TO PNC. GOT DENIED. AND THEN HE CAME BACK WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY REQUEST, WHICH IS WHAT'S AROUND. HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? THE REQUEST SUBMITTED AND DENIED, PROBABLY IN AUGUST. ALSO, IT WAS JUST RECENTLY HE WITHDREW HIS REQUEST BEFORE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL. GOT IT. SO WE TOOK IT BACK. AND NOW HE SUBMITTED FOR SINGLE FAMILY. CORRECT. SO THE FRONT LOT THERE, 64 IS IS NOT OWNED BY THEM. THAT'S OWNED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT HIS, BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF. AND IN THE IN THE APPLICATION. I DON'T SEE ANY ANY FOR OR AGAINST. I MET WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL AND I BELIEVE IT'S A LADY THAT THAT CAME IN. SHE CAME INTO MY OFFICE ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND DISCUSSED THE PROJECT. NO, NO. OH. CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME? I'M SORRY. FOR THE RECORD. EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. NO. IT'S OKAY. I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCESS, BUT ABOUT USING ROLANDO DRIVE. SO YOUR PLANS ARE JUST TO ROLANDO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD? WE HAVE. RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. WE WE PLAN TO DO, LIKE, LIKE APARTMENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE FOURPLEX. BUT BUT THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO WE, WE DECIDED TO DO LIKE SINGLE FAMILY. AND I JUST SAID IT'S GOING TO BE JUST 27 LOTS. YEAH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW JUST BECAUSE TO BE FAIR, TODAY WE'RE JUST CONSIDERING THE REZONING, THE CHANGE OF USE. RIGHT. SO IF THIS PASSES, THEN THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP. YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THE PLAT, AND OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS AT THAT TIME. BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO LISTEN TO ME? YES, SIR. FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. AND EDINBURGH IS A BIG CITY TO TO TO LIVE. THIS IS THE ONE OF THE THE BEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WE GOT EVERYTHING HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY PROJECT HERE AND I'M WORKING HARD TO DO MY PROJECT. MR. SACHSE ALWAYS BOTHERED ME SOMETIMES IN ALL THE THE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH GUYS HELPED ME A LOT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT GUYS, EVERYTHING AND I HOPE. AND I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES LIKE LIKE A PLANT. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS FAR AS THE ACCESS TO THE ROAD AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT, JUST SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ADHERE TO THEIR CONCERNS. CONCERNS. SEE, THE THEY. THEY LISTEN LISTEN TO ME. RIGHT. I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. SIR. APPRECIATE IT. NO. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I'M ON ON ALL THE STREETS. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACCESS ROAD TO VETERANS. CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE CONNECTING IT TO, LIKE, ANOTHER. THE OTHER SUBDIVISION. THAT'S WEIRD. [04:10:01] YEAH, JUST IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT PART IS NOT OWNED, BUT ANYWAY. OKAY. AND AND JUST AND I KNOW I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ASKED JAIME, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CITY REQUIREMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VETERANS. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ACCESS, THERE IS A LIMIT TO HOW MANY LOTS YOU CAN PUT. IF IT ONLY HAS 1X1 ACCESS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET WITH ENGINEERING TO LOOK AT. 27TH MAY BE TOO MUCH. I DON'T KNOW. ALSO, WE DON'T AT THIS POINT ARE AWARE AND TO BE FAIR COUNCIL. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE ZONING RIGHT NOW, BUT YEAH, IT MAY BE LESS LOTS. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRANCE. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF OUR ZONING CONSIDERATION, WE SHOULD HAVE A CHECKLIST AND THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. LIKE, DOES IT EVEN MEET IN OUR CITY? I HAVE A QUESTION. LIKE IN MR. ANAYA'S CASE, THE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT SEPARATED THE TWO PROPERTIES. IN THIS CASE, WHY ISN'T THERE AN EASEMENT THAT GOES TO THE MAJOR ROAD TO VETERANS? YEAH, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE 110 ACRE TRACT BY THAT. YEAH, IT WAS CUT UP. I MEAN, THIS THIS THIS USED TO BE COUNTY PROPERTY. I MEAN, WE INHERITED THE WAY THAT IT IS. AND SO DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY SORT OF EASEMENT ACCESS. WELL, THEY DO HAVE ACCESS OFF OF ORLANDO THAT WAS LEFT, BUT NOTHING TO THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, BUT NOTHING TO ACCESS THROUGH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. BECAUSE CURRENTLY THAT'S A DEAD END THERE. CORRECT? CORRECT. WE. HAVE SEVERAL HOMES. I'M JUST I'M I'M WONDERING. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING WE INHERITED FROM THE COUNTY, SO I'M WONDERING WHY IN THE PLANNING THERE'S THERE IS NOT AN EASEMENT FROM THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO VETERANS. CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, MA'AM? I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE. BEING A PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAD TO RECORD THE MINUTES. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING YOUR COMMENTS. SO RIGHT BEHIND THAT, THE HOUSES THAT TOUCH THE PROPERTY, THERE USED TO BE AN EASEMENT OF TEN FEET, AND THE CITY REALLOCATED THAT AND GAVE IT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. AND THEY SENT LETTERS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO, GIVING THEM BACK THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS MOVE THEIR FENCES TEN FEET BACK. BUT THERE USED TO BE AN EASEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THAT PROPERTY TO HAVE ACCESS. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT JACKSON SUGAR TRYING TO ACQUIRE EASEMENT TO SATISFY AN ACCESS TO VETERANS THAT THAT'S NEVER AN OPTION TO INCLUDE THE LANDOWNER AND ALL THESE HOMEOWNERS TO KEEP FROM PUNCHING THROUGH. I KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW HOW YEAH, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A COUNTY PROPERTY. YEAH. BUT IT'S YEAH. LIKE THIS. IT'S IT'S THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. SHOULD THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIREMENT TO ACCESS VETERANS. THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE RIGHT PURCHASING AND MOVING FENCES. AND RIGHT. HAVING THE CURRENT OWNER TO AGREE TO SELL. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S. ANY ROOM EITHER. I SEE TWO STRUCTURES THERE. IT'S KIND OF TIGHT. YEAH. THERE'S A HOME THERE. CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. IT'S NOT I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A STREET ON SARA THAT IT'S LIMITED TO THE SAME THING. IT'S BUILT OVER THERE BY FOR SUGAR, BY ASH AND UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ANOTHER RIGHT. AND SARA IN THAT SAME. THEY GAVE IT THE ACCESS. AND THEN AND SO ALONG THOSE SAME THOUGHTS, I MEAN, THE BACK, THE BACK PART OF THAT PROPERTY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. I SEE, I SEE THE, THE THE DELINEATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE BACK. AND THERE'S A GAP THERE. WHAT IS THAT? I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. I DON'T SHOW ANYTHING ON THE PLAT THAT SAYS THAT. THAT'S LIKE A DRAIN DITCH. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE SOMETHING THERE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LADY WAS BRINGING UP. THE EASEMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED BACK TO RESIDENTS THAT THAT. OH, THAT'S THE ONE I WAS THINKING IT WAS IN BETWEEN. YEAH. NO, I THINK IT WAS THAT. YES, SIR. NORTH AND SOUTH EASEMENT. YES. OH I SEE, THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO. WELL THEN THAT WOULD BE A MUCH EASIER IT WOULD HAVE, BUT THAT. WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER BECAUSE NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELOCATE FENCES, YOU REALLY JUST HAVE TO BUY A PIECE FROM WHOEVER OWNS 63 TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO OWASA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE, STARTING WITH ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. FISCAL YEAR 2023 2027. CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND STRATEGY. [04:15:05] COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. A SIX ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOT 64, KELLY-PHARR SUBDIVISION, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, AS RECORDED IN VOLUME THREE, PAGES 133 THROUGH 134. DEED RECORDS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 5313 ORLANDO DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY JESUS VASQUEZ ON BEHALF OF JOSE DOLORES VASQUEZ AND ANGELO MRS. COUNSEL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES TO TABLE. WILL THIS COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? YES. WE'LL BRING IT BACK. OKAY. JUST FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THIS WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR NEXT MEETING. CORRECT. AND SO TABLING DOESN'T KILL IT AND DOESN'T APPROVE IT. IT GIVES US A LITTLE TIME TO TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. IF THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MOTION THEN IT WOULD HAVE IT WOULD HAVE DIED, JUST SO YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. ITEM C, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT. 7.348 ACRES OUT OF LOT 20 KELLY-PHARR SUBDIVISION VOLUME THREE, PAGES 130 TO 134. CEDAR CITY OF EDINBURG, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 3216 SOUTH BUSINESS HIGHWAY 281 AS REQUESTED BY MELTON AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF BLISS FAMILY DESCENDANTS. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. DILLON. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM D. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN, AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT. A TRACT OF LAND BEING A 69.6 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOTS NINE AND 16. SECTION 250 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SUBDIVISION, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, AS MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE, PAGE 16. MAP RECORDS, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 1101 NORTH ALAMO ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY JUAN GARCIA ON BEHALF OF WW ESCONDIDO, LP. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM E. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT TO THE NORTH 100FT OF SOUTH TWO 35FT OF THE WEST THREE 30FT OF LOT TEN KELLY-PHARR SUBDIVISION LOCATED 3120 SOUTH SUGAR ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY FAY EVANGELISTA AND RAMON CUSTODIO. COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A QUESTION. I KNOW IT'S IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE AREA. RIGHT NOW IT'S A HOME. SO I IMAGINE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET ALL THE PARKING. AND DO THEY HAVE THE SPACE? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT ORIGINALLY HAD GONE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AND WITH GENERAL COMMERCIAL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING. SO WE RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THEY THEY LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND THEY REAPPLIED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. THEY WANT TO BUILD A THERAPY SERVICE A THERAPY OFFICE SIMILAR TO THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET. RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO RESEMBLE A HOME, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THEY DID GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AS FAR AND ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THEIR PATIENTS IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SUBDIVIDED. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY PLOTTED WITH 0.76 ACRES. IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE PLATTED. SO THEY'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT ENGINEERS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM F COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ONLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES? SO MOVED. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE'RE GOING TO. NOW JUST DO A QUICK OVERVIEW, I THINK ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YES, MAYOR. THIS IS A PLAN THAT WE STARTED LATE 2023. IT'S BEEN TEN MONTHS AND MANY MEETINGS LATER AND WE'RE HERE AT THE END. RESULT. GARY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL JUST RECAP FOR THE PUBLIC QUESTION. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CITIES ACROSS THE VALLEY, ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE THESE? IT'S TO TAKE A LOOK SEVERAL DECADES DOWN THE ROAD. TYPICALLY BIG PICTURE WHERE YOU'RE HEADED AS A COMMUNITY. THERE ARE POPULATION PROJECTIONS [04:20:04] TO THAT EFFECT, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S THINGS LIKE HOUSING, PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU HAVE MORE SPECIALIZED PLANS THAT DIG DEEPER INTO THOSE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT LOOKS AT IT FROM A CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE, TRIES TO CONNECT THE DOTS AMONG THOSE THINGS. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE. IT ALSO CONTAINS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IS KIND OF THE PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR YOUR ZONING MAP AND REGULATIONS. THE DOCUMENT IS ADVISORY. IF COUNCIL ADOPTS THIS DOCUMENT, NOTHING HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY. ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THE DOCUMENT COME BACK IN THE FORM OF CONTRACTS, BUDGET DECISIONS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, PARTNERSHIPS. SO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TYPICALLY DO GRANT PURSUITS. SO IT IS AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO SYNC WITH THE 2040 PROCESS. SO MAYOR, SINCE WE SAW YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE'VE BEEN TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. WE WENT THROUGH THE FULL MAP WITH THE COMMISSION. THEY FAVORABLY ACCEPTED THE PLAN. SO THAT IS WHY IT IS HERE TONIGHT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS. MAYOR, WE COULD PAUSE. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON CONTENT. WE WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY, NOW THAT IT IS READY TO GO LIVE ONLINE, TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THE PLAN ONLINE. SO WE COULD DO THAT AS A SECOND PIECE AND TAKE QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME. SURE. AND AS YOU DO THAT, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE EDINBURGH 2050 MIDCENTURY PLAN. IS THERE ANY WAY TO JUST LEAVE IT AS EDINBURGH 2040? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 20, AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONFUSE THE COMMUNITY BY NOW SAYING EDINBURGH, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IT'S A MID-CENTURY PLAN, BUT I THINK IT KIND OF GOES AGAINST ALL WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE EDINBURGH 2040 PROCESS, BUT IT WORKS JUST FINE THAT WAY. THE CITY AT THAT TIME, WHOEVER'S HERE COULD, YOU KNOW BY THEN, PLAN AHEAD AFTER THAT. SO. BUT ANYWAY. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PLAN. AND I'LL JUST MENTION BEFORE WE START THAT IF YOU GO TO MCALLEN'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, THEIR PLAN IS ONLINE. IT'S A GOOD PLAN. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN PRINT IT. THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT YOUR PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH AND SHOW YOU A COUPLE FEATURES. SO, SO FOR EXCUSE ME REAL QUICK. SO WHERE'S THIS GOING TO BE AT? I KNOW THIS TAKES US TO THE SITE, BUT HOW DO WE GET HERE? SO IT'LL BE ON YOUR WEBSITE, AND THERE'S ALREADY A LINK TO THE UDC. SO WITHIN THE THE UDC, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE UDC AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO WHERE IN OUR CITY OF EDINBURGH WEBSITE CAN WE I GUESS I WANT TO START FROM. YEAH. COULD YOU BACK IT UP? YEAH. LIKE, WE NEED TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE HERE, IT'S GREAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY. HOW DO WE GET HERE? UNDER THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS AREA, THERE'S GOING TO BE A WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THAT. WE GOT TO PUT IT ON OUR HOME SCREEN BECAUSE I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT OKAY. TO GO TO PERMIT. YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT. YOU GOT TO GO TO THE PLANNING SITE AND THEN IT'S IT'S HERE ON ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. YEAH. I WOULD JUST PUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A GO TO LINK MAYBE IN ON OUR SITE A BANNER OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP IN OUR CITY. THEY'RE GOING TO GO THERE. RIGHT. SO OKAY. AND LEAVE IT THERE TOO. RIGHT. IN CASE THOSE THAT WANT TO NAVIGATE. BUT YES. GO AHEAD MA'AM. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHOW HOW TO GET THERE. SO YOU CAN TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YOUR CODE AND AND THE COMP PLAN. THERE'S ALSO OTHER FEATURES HERE, SUCH AS THE ZOOM. YOU CAN TOGGLE THROUGH THE SECTIONS, EITHER CLICKING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR THESE LITTLE ARROWS ON THERE. YOU CAN ALSO PRINT, PRINT IT OR EXPORT IT. SO IT IS MEANT TO BE AN ONLINE PLAN, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPORT EACH SECTION IF YOU'D LIKE, OR YOU CAN EXPORT IT AS A WHOLE. THERE'S A READER'S GUIDE WITH SOME QUICK LINKS IF YOU WANT TO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC GOALS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A SECTION OR THE ACTIONS AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WELL, IN THE INTRODUCTION SECTION JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN CLICK TO THE IT HAS REFERENCES TO YOUR UDC. SO IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT'LL, IT'LL GO BACK TO YOUR UDC IN ANOTHER WINDOW. THERE'S ALSO ON THE INDIVIDUAL GOALS SECTIONS THERE ARE EMBEDDED LITTLE POP UPS THAT COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT PLANNING THEMES SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO TO THE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION TO LOOK AT THOSE PLANNING THEMES. IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE. SIMILARLY, IF YOU CLICK ON THE ACTIONS UNDER THE GOAL SUPPORTED, IF YOU'RE WONDERING YOU KNOW WHAT GOALS ARE SUPPORTED WITH THAT ACTION, YOU CAN QUICKLY HOVER OVER IT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT RELATES TO. [04:25:03] SOME OF THE OTHER QUICK LINK FEATURES ARE THERE'S A RESOURCES TAB UNDER THE ONGOING AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS. SO IF YOU CLICK ON THAT RESOURCES TAB, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO A PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CLICK ON ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS THAT WE CALLED OUT. THERE'S ALSO IN THE GROWTH CAPACITY SECTION SORRY, LAND USE AND COMMUNITY SECTION ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP THAT GARY HAD MENTIONED. YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND ENLARGE IT. IT BRINGS UP A PDF. IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE HIGH RESOLUTION FILE, SO IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO LOAD. BUT THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AS A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE UNDER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. THERE'S AN ACTION AGENDA WHERE WE CALLED OUT 16 KEY ACTION ITEMS WITHIN THE PLAN. THAT'S OUT OF THE 123 THAT ARE LISTED. AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE IN THE PLAN YOU CAN CLICK ON ON THAT. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THAT ACTION NUMBER AND THE SECTION THAT IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO. I THINK BOTTOM LINE IS YOU CAN USE THIS IN REAL TIME IN MEETINGS. YOU CAN BRING UP YOUR CODE. YOU CAN LOOK AT PARTNER WEBSITES, WHAT THEY CAN DO AS A PARTNER TO THE CITY. SO A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY BUILT INTO THE DOCUMENT. AND I AM SO SORRY, BUT I DID THINK OF ONE MORE THING THAT I MEANT TO MENTION. AND THE LEGACY OF PAST PLANNING. WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN AND AROUND THE AREA FOR EDINBURGH AND IN THE VALLEY. AND SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT AND IT WILL DIRECTLY TAKE YOU TO THOSE PLANS. AND AGAIN, THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO AND SEARCH FOR IT YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, IT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR PLAN. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL LEAVE IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR POTENTIAL ACTION. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. I SEE THAT AND YOU START THINKING IT'S ANOTHER PLAN BECAUSE IT SAYS 2050. BUT IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO ALONG WITH YOUR PLAN, YOU ALSO PUT TOGETHER THIS THIS INTERACTIVE WEBSITE OR ACCESS. THIS IS THE PLAN. WOW. VERY NICE. THIS IS WHERE WHERE WE'RE GOING. NO MORE PAPER DOCUMENTS. AND I THINK THE KEY TO ALL THIS, I MEAN, EVERY CITY DOES. THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S INTEGRATED INTO WHAT WE DO AS A CITY. AND I THINK AS PART OF OUR BUDGET, I TALKED TO OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, WHETHER IT'S BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT IT HAS IN THERE LABELED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO REALLY CHIP AWAY ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR CITY. MAYOR, THIS REFLECTS SOME DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ALONG THE WAY IN THE FINAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION. THERE'S A BOX HERE. SIGNS OF AN EFFECTIVE PLAN. THE FIRST ITEM IS THAT IT'S ENDORSED BY A LOT OF YOUR PARTNERS. BUT THAT LIST REALLY SUMS UP HOW THESE PLANS CAN BE USED. AND THIS DIAGRAM, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO MAKE LARGER ON THE FINAL VERSION, HOW IT KIND OF FOLDS INTO CITY GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. GOOD. YEAH. AND GOING BACK TO THE ENDORSEMENT THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY. SO I THINK LAST TIME I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID OUR LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 2005, AND WE ALSO DID A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, I THINK BACK IN 2010, I BELIEVE. AND WE ACTUALLY WENT AND GOT IT ENDORSED BY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THE TIME, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, THAT PLAN CALLED FOR A NEW COURTHOUSE, AND IT ALSO CALLED FOR THE USE OF OLD SAM HOUSTON SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOW THE ACE FACILITY, JUST SO WE CAN BUILD THAT SUPPORT. BUT IN THIS YEAR, I WOULD ASK CITY MANAGEMENT FOR US TO DO THE SAME. LET'S GO TO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND HAVE THEM ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING THIS PLAN. AND I'M SURE THERE'S A TEMPLATE OUT THERE. RIGHT. WE CAN USE. SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY THAT'S ON OUR TEAM, RIGHT, WITH OUR CITY TO, TO REALLY MOVE ALONG IN THE SAME DIRECTION. SO EXCELLENT FOUR YEAR GRANTS APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IF WE COULD JUST CHANGE THAT. EDINBURGH 2050. THAT'D BE GREAT. WE'LL GET IT DONE. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS THIS CALLS FOR. WELL, I KNOW FERN. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO APPROVE? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? WHAT I, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT OUR. I KNOW ROXANNE AND EVERYBODY. WE'D LIKE TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO WE LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THIS PLAN. SO LET'S GO TO THE OUR, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR COUNTY AND GET THE ENDORSED ENDORSEMENT OF THIS. I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT WE GET THE WORD OUT. SO YEAH. AND AND ONCE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. BUT IF WE COULD GET ALL THE 2020 COMMITTEES AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND, YOU KNOW, [04:30:01] ACCEPT THIS AS, AS A ONE BIG GROUP ONCE WE GET THE RESOLUTIONS. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE. A ORDINANCES CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL TURKEY FEST TO BE HELD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2024, FROM 11 A.M. THROUGH 10 P.M. AT SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, LOCATED 119 WEST BAY STREET, BEING PORTIONS OF EDINBURGH TOWNSITE SUBDIVISION, LOT ONE, TWO, THREE AND SIX ONE HALF AND SEVEN THROUGH 12, BLOCK THREE. 19. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN. BUDGET. WE HAVE ONE ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE PREVENTION GENERAL FUND FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION. INSURANCE, TRAVEL TRAINING, MEETINGS, MEMBERSHIP DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, WEARING APPAREL, TOOLS, RECREATION, EDUCATION AND MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TO OVERTIME TAXES, ASSIGNMENT PAY AND RETIREMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 76,190. AND THERE IS A CORRECTION ON THIS ITEM. IT SHOULD SAY OMAR GARCIA, FIRE CHIEF. THE SECOND ONE IS RECREATION GENERAL FUND FROM PART TIME WAGES TO CHEMICALS MEDICAL AND LAB IN THE AMOUNT OF 28,000. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. 11 A RESOLUTION. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AIRPORT. PROJECT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AVIATION DIVISION PROJECT 2421, EDINBURG FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TOTALING 11,111,111 FOR SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT EDINBURGH. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL, IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12 APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT. COUNSEL BELIEVE IT'S THE EDINBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD. ONE MEMBER, MR. MAYOR. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT ONE HAS RESIGNED SO THAT THAT'S WHY THERE'S A VACANCY. SEE THE NEXT ELECTION. THIS MIGHT CHANGE RIGHT WHERE THEY NOW WILL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL AND NOT TERMS. NO, ACTUALLY THE TERMS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS. OKAY. IT'S JUST THE APPOINTED POSITIONS WITH CITY STAFF. OH I SEE. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY IF IT DOESN'T, IT WAS MISSED BY ORDINANCE THAT THAT WE HAVE TERM LIMITS ON THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS. YEAH. NO, THE ADVISORY BOARDS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. YOU. KNOW, MY POINT WAS THAT IF THAT WAS INCLUDED, THEN WE IF WE WAITED ONE MORE MEETING OR FOR THE ELECTION, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO APPOINT ANYONE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY EXPIRES. NO, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF IT TERMS. THAT'S IF IT PASSES. I GOT YOU. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. ANYBODY YOU'D LIKE TO APPOINT? THERE'S FOUR APPLICATIONS OF RESIDENTS. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. ITEM 13 CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH K. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO TAKE OUT OF CONSENT TO DISCUSS. MOVE TO APPROVE A THROUGH K? MISS MCCURDY DID HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM J. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND OKAY. THERE. SECOND. GO AHEAD MA'AM. ON THE J JUST IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN AND I DID HEAR DURING SOMETHING EARLIER YOU KIND OF MENTIONED I THINK THE BOOSTER STATION. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE BOOSTER STATION IS? CAN YOU TELL WHO'S GOING TO PAY TO DEMOLISH IT AND WHO'S GOING TO REBUILD IT? THAT WAS THANK YOU. THE QUESTION. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR TILLERY. SO THE SO TEXAS WILL BE PAYING. SO BASICALLY, THE CITY WILL BE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BOOSTER STATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BOOSTER STATION. THIS AGREEMENT WILL PRETTY MUCH ESTABLISH THAT WE THERE ARE CERTAIN TERMS THAT WE GOT TO COMPLY, LIKE TO BUY AMERICA. IN ORDER FOR US TO GET IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO GET REIMBURSED. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOSTER STATION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE IN THE WITHIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. VERY WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. [04:35:02] AND THE STATE IS PAYING 100%, JUST TO BE CLEAR. YES, SIR. SO THE CITY WILL UPFRONT THE COST, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED AS LONG AS WE COMPLY WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THE AGREEMENT. IT'S AT 100%. YES, SIR. AT THIS MOMENT. YES. VERY WELL. RIGHT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12. UNDER. EXCUSE ME. ITEM 14. OTHER BUSINESS. COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY FUTURE ITEMS REQUESTED? NO. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS WEEK IS THE FIRST TIME EVER CITY DEPARTMENT SOFTBALL GAME LEAGUE NIGHT. SO GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE. I DON'T KNOW IF CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO SAY THE SCORES NEXT. NEXT. I'M JUST JOKING. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE. AND I JUST WANT TO REQUEST THE OWOSSO ROAD UPDATE AGAIN LIKE I DID LAST TIME FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, PLEASE. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, ITEM 13 EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 8:18 P.M.. WE ARE NOW GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS A DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. ITEM B CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM SEE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING NR. E PUC DOCKET NUMBER 57057. ITEM D DISCUSSION REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. [OPEN SESSION] I'LL JUST SAY WE'RE ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES. I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT. THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. COUNSELOR, I THINK WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE NEED. ACTION. IS THAT CORRECT? VERY WELL. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED ACTION? [04:40:02] NO, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE NOW ADJOURNED. [16. ADJOURNMENT] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 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 EDINBURG CITY HALL. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:00 BY MY WATCH. I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO START AS WE START EVERY MEETING WITH A PRAYER. LET ME JUST GET. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. WE HAVE IF YOU CAN PLEASE RISE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PASTOR GABRIELLA CONKLIN FROM THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LEAD US IN PRAYER TODAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.