IT HAPPENED AT PLANNING AND ZONING, I BELIEVE. THEY WERE TAKEN UP INDIVIDUALLY. [00:00:04] YES, THEY WERE INDIVIDUALLY. YES. DOES ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? AS FAR AS THE THREE ITEMS? YES. MR. DIAZ, THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE ASKING IS THIS FIRST ITEM, ITEM A IS WHAT WE HAVE AS OUR CONTINGENCY. SO THAT WOULD BE THE THE MIDDLE ZONING THAT WE'RE ASKING WOULD BE A MULTI-FAMILY AND KIND OF WHAT MR. SUAREZ WAS KIND OF ALLUDING TO. THE SECOND READING WOULD BE THE RESIDENTIAL ONE THAT WE'RE THE CURRENT MULTIFAMILY, THAT WE'RE CHANGING TO SINGLE FAMILY. SO IF WE CANNOT GET THIS FIRST ZONING, THEN WE WOULD WITHDRAW THE. COMING UP NEXT ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR. MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER JASON DE LEON, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISERS. CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. [1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THIS EVENING'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. IT IS NOVEMBER 19TH AND IT'S AND AT 6:00 I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I DO SEE VISIBLY WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT. WE'RE GOING TO START THIS EVENING AS WE DO EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRAYER. [00:05:02] WE HAVE DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER HERE WITH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. [A. Prayer.] WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE AS WE ARE LED IN PRAYER, PLEASE? FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WE WE DO. THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON OF HOLIDAYS THAT WE ARE GETTING INTO THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR JUST THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. A CITY THAT YOU'VE ENTRUSTED US TO IN THE BUSINESS THAT WE CAN DO TONIGHT. LORD, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. ALTHOUGH WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE FOUND PEACE IN ISRAEL AREA, AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT. AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT AS A NATION THAT AS WE GET INTO THESE HOLIDAY SEASONS, YOU'D HELP US TO REALIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY DISAGREE ON SOME THINGS, THINKS THIS IS A NATION OF THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE, AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS FOR THE PEOPLE. AND LORD, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH CORDIAL NESS AND CIVILITY. LORD, MAY THAT HAPPEN TONIGHT TO YOUR HONOR AND GLORY. GRANT US YOUR WISDOM IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. [B. Pledge of Allegiance.] JOIN US FOR OUR 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 [2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE] ALL. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING IS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024 AT 7:30 P.M.. [3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST] SIR. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS A DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UNDER STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE REGARDING ANY OF THE ITEMS ON [4. MAYOR'S REPORT] TODAY'S AGENDA? NONE. NO. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO MAYOR'S REPORT. I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM. I JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE IS EARLIER THIS YEAR RECOGNIZED THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AS AN ALL-AMERICA CITY FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY. AND AS SUCH, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, I WAS ASKED TO SERVE ON THEIR BOARD OF THIS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. IT'S A TRUE HONOR. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL ALL OUR STAFF AND REALLY OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE ONE ASKED TO SERVE, IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A REFLECTION ON THE WORK BEING DONE HERE IN OUR CITY NOT JUST BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, REALLY, ALL OUR RESIDENTS. BECAUSE THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING AND CONTINUING TO REPRESENT OUR CITY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY, AND WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT SOME PROGRAMS THAT PERHAPS WE CAN INITIATE THAT WILL HELP OUR CITY IN THIS ENDEAVOR. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, AND I'LL KEEP EVERYBODY POSTED ON ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS BOARD. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE, THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE FOUR ITEMS UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A RECOGNITION OF THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. THIS EVENING, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT. EXCUSE ME, DEPARTMENT. THIS EVENING, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT EDINBURGH'S VERY OWN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA DEPARTMENT HAS PLACED OUR CITY IN THE STATE SPOTLIGHT, BRINGING HOME AN IMPRESSIVE TOTAL OF SIX AWARDS AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND ADVISORS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN AUSTIN. THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS THE TEAM'S CREATIVITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO SHARING EDINBURG STORIES WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB OF REPRESENTING EDINBURG AND SHOWCASING THE HEART OF OUR CITY THROUGH MEDIA AND STORYTELLING. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ON THIS VERY, VERY WELL-DESERVED HONOR. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MISS ROXANNE LERMA, THE DIRECTOR TO THE PODIUM TO JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE TEAM WOULD JOIN ME. YES. THEY'RE NOT SHY, MAYOR. SO IF YOU FOLLOW OUR CHANNEL OR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE PRODUCE SOME PRETTY STELLAR WORK. WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRODUCTION TEAM. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NICE TO KNOW THAT THE STATE RECOGNITION KIND OF REINFORCES THAT. SO VERY BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AWARDS THAT WE GOT. WE GOT AWARDS OF MERIT IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES FOR ETHNIC EXPERIENCE FOR A VIDEO THAT WE DID ON CULTURE FEST FOR ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, [00:10:02] FOR CONJUNTO COMPETITION. I KNOW THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND YOUR HEART. VIDEOGRAPHY A TOUR OF SAL DEL REY, WHICH HAS GOTTEN OTHER AWARDS AS WELL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ARBOR DAY VIDEO. AND THEN IN THIRD PLACE, WE GOT FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON DWI AWARENESS. AND I DO WANT TO THANK CHIEF AYALA AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE HE REALLY PUSHED FOR US TO DO THAT. PSA ON THEIR MAKEUP PLAN CAMPAIGN. SO KUDOS TO THEM AS WELL. AND THEN THE BIG ONE, WE GOT FIRST PLACE FOR PROFILE OF AN ORGANIZATION. AND THAT WAS OUR ON THE JOB SERIES WHERE WE PROFILED AN EMPLOYEE AT LOS LAGOS GOLF COURSE. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT. JUAN. JUAN. JUAN PRODUCED ABOUT HALF OF THE VIDEOS THAT THAT WENT. SO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. FOR ONE. I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE WERE THE ONLY VALLEY CITY THAT PICKED UP FIRST PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED. AND THANK YOU, MISS MYRA AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE US. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS? YES. THANK YOU. AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT. THANK YOU. WE ALL KNOW THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S SO NEAT. YOU'RE RIGHT THAT NOW YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE VERY WELL DESERVING. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR RESIDENTS. I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH JOB WITH SO MANY MEDIUMS OUT THERE HOW TO PROMOTE AND, BUT I THINK YOU ALL DO A FINE JOB. WELL DONE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES THE PICTURE OF YOU GUYS, NOT ONE OF YOUR REALLY QUICK, REALLY QUICK MAYOR. MAYBE WE NEED TO TURN THEM AROUND, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN NOTICING THERE'S NOBODY IN THE CONTROL ROOM TO TAKE A PICTURE THIS WAY. LIKE WE KNOW. THERE WE GO. SO NOBODY CAN SEE THEM. OH THAT'S RIGHT, Y'ALL NEED TO TURN THEM ALL AROUND. TURN AROUND. THERE YOU GO. THERE. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S NOBODY THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. OH, WAIT, WAIT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING US LOOK GOOD. OH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. SO. WHY IS IT ONLY A ONE SHOT? COUNTDOWN. ALL RIGHT. READY? THREE. TWO. ONE. CHEERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO HAVE THREE MORE REPORTS TO GO. THIS NEXT. THIS NEXT ITEM IS ALSO A RECOGNITION YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH'S VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE, WELL, HAVE INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES LIKE LARRY AYALA, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. LARRY HAS PROUDLY SERVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 23 YEARS AT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. I SEE HIM IN THE BACK. LARRY, YOU WANT TO STEP UP? I KNOW HE'S A LITTLE SHY. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. THIS EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT IN LATE SEPTEMBER, LARRY'S QUICK THINKING AND CPR TRAINING THAT HE RECEIVED HERE AT THE CITY AS A CITY EMPLOYEE SAVED THE LIFE OF A SEVEN YEAR OLD BABY WHEN A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER RAN TO HIS DOORSTEP FOR HELP BECAUSE HER BABY WASN'T BREATHING. LARRY DIDN'T HESITATE. HE CALMLY PERFORMED LIFE SAVING MEASURES TO REVIVE THE BABY UNTIL EMS ARRIVED. THE MOMENT WAS CAPTURED ON HIS RING CAMERA, WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. THOUGH LARRY IS VERY HUMBLE AND HE AVOIDS THE SPOTLIGHT, HIS ACTIONS REMIND US OF WHAT A TRUE HERO LOOKS LIKE. [A. NationalCivicLeague] [5. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] [A. Media and Communications Department] [B. Larry Ayala, Assistant Director of Public Works] LARRY. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS EFFORTS AND THE COMPASSION THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP ANOTHER FELLOW PERSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LARRY. I KNOW YOUR FAMILY'S HERE TO HAVE THEM JOIN YOU. PLEASE. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH MR. LARRY AND HIS MOM. HE WANTS TO MAKE WE'RE GOING TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. HE'S VERY SHY, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY ANYTHING YOU LIKE. [00:15:03] BUT LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS, LARRY, THAT WE. I KNOW YOU GOT NERVOUS WHEN THE MAYOR SAID THAT, BUT FOR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE IN THE ROOM LIKE CHIEF THERE, I CAN TELL YOU COMING FROM EMS AND MY EMERGENCY BACKGROUND, NO MATTER HOW MUCH TRAINING YOU HAVE, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PERFORM. SOME PEOPLE DON'T DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. YOU DO YOUR BEST. ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL I SAW IT IN THE NEWS AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. WHAT YOU DID. LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING. TRAINING KICKS IN, LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR VIDEO, BUT TO DO IT CORRECTLY AND TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE FIREFIGHTERS, RIGHT, THAT ARE HERE IN THE ROOM. THEY KNOW NOT EVERYBODY DOES IT. RIGHT. SO I'M I'M VERY IMPRESSED THAT THAT CHILD WAS LUCKY THAT YOU WERE IN THE AREA. IT TAKES A LOT TO DO WHAT YOU DID, SIR. AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT YOU REPRESENT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LORD BY MY SIDE AND OUR SIDE, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE MANAGED TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, PULL THROUGH, AND THINGS WORKED OUT FINE. AND THANKFUL FOR THE TRAINING THAT I RECEIVED. I JUST ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF AND COWORKERS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TRAIN. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. AND THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRAINING THAT WAS PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST. THANK YOU. LARRY. AND MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK, PUT IT VERY WELL. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU WORK FOR OUR CITY OF EDINBURG. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID. WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY. YOU HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF WORK, EVERYBODY. I DON'T THINK WE ADDED THAT. HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF WORK. HE WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, TIRED FROM HIS LONG DAY AT WORK. AND HE JUST RAN RIGHT IN AND HELPED THIS CHILD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING EDINBURG IN THE WAY THAT YOU DO. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR YOUR FAMILY HERE? YES. TO MY RIGHT IS MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, 31 YEARS, 31 YEARS. MY MY YOUNGEST, BELINDA, MY MIDDLE CHILD VANESSA AND WELL, MY OLDEST LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN TODAY'S HER BIRTHDAY AS WELL. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WELL, YOU COULD SEE IT ON TV, BUT WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND, EVERYBODY, AGAIN. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [C. State Highway 68 (SH68) Update] YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO ON ITEM THREE OR C, ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE JUST A SHORT UPDATE ON STATE HIGHWAY 68. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT SENATOR HINOJOSA IS CURRENTLY COORDINATING A MEETING WITH TXDOT REPRESENTATIVES AND STAKEHOLDERS EDINBURG BEING INCLUDED REGARDING THE STATE HIGHWAY 68 AND ALL THOSE OPTIONS. AND AND JUST TO GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON THIS MASSIVE PROJECT THAT THE STATE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH I WOULD ALSO ADVISE THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME OF THE, EXCUSE ME, OF THE DATE AND TIME ONCE IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED NEXT, I DO HAVE JUST REAL BRIEFLY FOR THE FINAL ITEM ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. [D. Code of Ordinances Regarding Speed Humps] I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THERE'S BEEN A RECENT INCREASE IN REQUESTS MADE TO OUR OFFICE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF SPEED HUMPS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS REGARDING THIS. IN RESPONSE TO THAT, MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE STAFF WILL BE COORDINATING COORDINATING A REVIEW PROCESS OF THE CRITERIA THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THIS REVIEW WILL INCLUDE AN ASSESSMENT OF ANY POTENTIAL REVISIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS OR THE ORDINANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THIS INCREASE IN REQUESTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENSURE A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE [00:20:07] APPROACH MOVING FORWARD. SO I JUST LIKE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THAT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL, I DID TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS ITEM. I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN TO CALLS TO. WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC IN OUR ROADWAYS AS A RESULT. PEOPLE ARE USING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS TO GET FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER. SO WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE REQUEST FOR SPEED HUMPS. BUT OUR CRITERIA IS SUCH THAT I DON'T BELIEVE A LOT OF THEM ARE QUALIFYING. AND SO IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CHANGES WE CAN MAKE. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP OUR OUR STREETS SAFE. SO. YES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. [6. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS] ITEM SIX WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS UNDER PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION. [A. Presentation Recognizing the 2024-2025 Mayor's Youth Advisory Council Members. [Clarice Y.] WE HAVE ITEM A. PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING THE 2024 2025 MAYOR'S YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MISS SABRINA. GOOD EVENING. HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? GOOD. SO YOU GIVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS. LIKE WHEN I WALK UP, EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO WALK UP WITH ME. THEY'RE NOT FALLING. OKAY? ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL SAY IT OUT LOUD. WE HAVE THE FIRST POP QUIZ. RIGHT? FIRST POP QUIZ. RIGHT. JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. BUT NO, WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL SET OF STUDENTS HERE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SPOKES SPOKESPERSONS THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR THIRD CLASS. RIGHT. EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO HOW HOW THE STUDENTS ARE SELECTED IS NOTIFICATION IS SENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. SO WE SENT THE NOTIFICATION TO THE TO ECISD SOUTH TEXAS ISD, VANGUARD AND IDEA APPLICATIONS WERE DUE ON OCTOBER THE 15TH. AND NOT ONLY WAS IT AN APPLICATION, BUT THEY ALSO HAD TO SUBMIT AN ESSAY OF WHAT THEY WANTED EDINBURG TO CONSIDER AND LOOK LIKE IN 2040. THEY SET UP A ZOOM INTERVIEW ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH. MAYOR WELCOMED THEM, ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THEY GOT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. AND THEN TONIGHT THERE HAVE BEEN INDUCTED. AND ON DECEMBER THE 30TH, FROM 10 TO 4, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A RETREAT AND A TEAM BUILDING IN ESSENCE, A BOARD RETREAT THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE THEIR COURSE OF WORK FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JILLIAN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JILLIAN, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. I ALSO HAVE DAGOBERTO, WHO'S ALSO GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH ME TODAY. WE ARE PROUD STUDENTS OF VANGUARD BEETHOVEN, AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE EDINBURG MAYOR'S YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING US FROM VANGUARD. BEETHOVEN. WE HAVE LEON. WE HAVE ISABELLA CASAS. WE HAVE YANELLI GARCIA. WE HAVE DAGOBERTO PALACIOS. AND THEN I'M JILLIAN RODRIGUEZ FROM VANGUARD. BEETHOVEN FROM WORLD SCHOLARS. WE HAVE CALEB MERCADO, WE HAVE ALANA ALBERT AND COREY TOMEI FROM UTRGV COLLEGIATE. WE HAVE DANIELA DELGADO, WE HAVE DANIELLE GAITAN AND KARINA SALINAS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE FROM EDINBURGH NORTH, JARED GORDON. HI, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THERE HE IS. NOW I'M GOING TO BE HANDING IT OVER TO DOUGAN. THANK YOU. HI. I WILL START OFF BY SAYING HOW GREAT OF AN OPPORTUNITY IT IS FOR ALL OF US TO BE HERE TODAY, MEMBERS OF NYAC. WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO TAKE ON A ROLE THAT WILL INSPIRE AND EXPRESS OUR IDEALS. AND TO EDINBURGH 2040 PROCESS. I'M OVERJOYED AT HOW ENCOURAGING THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN. AS CLASS THREE AND FUTURE CLASSES WILL BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR DESIRE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CITY, THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NOT ONLY GIVE US AN INSIDE LOOK OF HOW THE CITY WORKS, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE EDINBURG 2040 PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE YOUTH OF EDINBURG. WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK TOGETHER AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A HAND, PLEASE. WELL, I KNOW I ALREADY WELCOMED YOU ALL AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I WANT TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL FOR BEING [00:25:01] PART OF THE THIRD CLASS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST. THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS TO TO GET OUR YOUTH INVOLVED. AND SO YOU ALL ARE DOING SO BY PARTICIPATING. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. I THINK YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE PART OF A CLASS THAT IS REALLY NOW GOING TO SEE THE WORK FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS FINALLY COME TO FRUITION. AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG OR ANYTHING, SABRINA. BUT YOU KNOW WHY? LET'S JUST PROMOTE IT, RIGHT? A LOT OF THESE YOUTH THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, THE FIRST TWO CLASSES THEY'VE TALKED TO US ABOUT HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, GOING TO COLLEGE OR DOING WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO DO? AND I NOW THERE'S SOME I THINK AN EVENT BEING PLANNED TO DO JUST THAT. SO IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT. SO COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL IS UP TO DATE ON THAT. WE CAN MAKE THEM AWARE. SO MARK ON BEHIND THAT. YEAH. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JANUARY THE 10TH. WE'LL BE HAVING A SENIOR FAFSA NIGHT AT THE DUSTIN SEKULA MEMORIAL LIBRARY FROM 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M.. WE WILL BE ASSISTING SENIORS THAT ARE RESIDENTS IN EDINBURGH AND THEIR PARENTS BY COMPLETING THE FAFSA APPLICATION. CLASS TWO AND CLASS ONE ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY ON HAND TO ASSIST WITH THAT. AND AS WELL AS PEDRO FROM THE ECONOMIC 2040 COMMITTEE AND I'M MISSING SOMEONE. AALIYAH, BILAL ALFIYA BILAL AS WELL, WHICH IS THIS IS HER ACTUAL BRAINCHILD. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE DID THIS LAST YEAR WITH PEDRO, AND NOW WE'RE EXPANDING IT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO AGAIN, JANUARY THE 10TH, DUSTIN SEKULA MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M.. FLIERS WILL BE OUT. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT PARENTS HAVE TO BRING, BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THIS IS FOR ALL SENIOR PARENTS. YOU HAVE SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR CHILD'S GOING TO DO, RIGHT, WHERE THEY GO TO COLLEGE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO APPLY WELL BEFORE THEY DO ANY OF THAT, THEY GOT TO FILL OUT THEIR FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION, RIGHT? I CERTAINLY DID NOT KNOW THAT. AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, KIDS DO NOT KNOW THAT. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU APPLY FOR COLLEGE, IT'S ALREADY A LITTLE BIT LATE IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT YOUR FINANCIAL AID. SO THANK YOU, SABRINA, TO ALTHEA FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO US. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. BY THE WAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AROUND THE COUNTRY. CITIES HAVE THESE FAFSA DAYS, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME THING AND HELP OUR YOUTH AND, YOU KNOW, HELP THEIR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS. AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING PART OF THE FIRST EXCUSE ME, THIRD CLASS, BUT FIRST GROUP WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY ENACT A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL. SO LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND AGAIN EVERYBODY. PORTOFINO. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHOULD WE GO? YES. YES. CAN YOU. GET CLOSER? YEAH. WE SHOULD BE CLOSER. DID YOU GET THAT TALK? LET ME SEE. OH, YEAH. WE'RE COMING OUT. I THINK. SABRINA, YOU SHOULD BE IN THE PICTURE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY? ONE, TWO. THREE. COME ON IN. THEY'RE LIKE WHAT? YES. YES, YES. [00:30:02] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO TO THE PARENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING YOUR CHILDREN TO BE PART OF THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Salvador A. Robles, Emergency Medical Technician- Licensed Paramedic for his Dedication to Serving the South Texas Region. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary Department]] THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SALVADOR ROBLES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN LICENSED PARAMEDIC, FOR HIS DEDICATION TO SERVING THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION. IF YOU'RE HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. I SEE MISTER ROBLES HERE WITH HIS FAMILY. IF YOU COULD STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, WE'RE GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. FOR THE RECORD. WHEREAS ON JULY 1985, MISTER SALVADOR AVALOS ROBLES TRANSFERRED FROM IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, AND WAS THEN HIRED AS A BASIC EMT INSTRUCTOR AT THE CONTINUING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE IN SAN BENITO, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS, IN JANUARY 1986, THROUGH THE TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE, MR. ROBLES LAUNCHED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN PARAMEDIC PROGRAM OPEN TO ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND WHEREAS, IN JUNE 1988, MR. ROBLES IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST PARAMEDIC PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS, IN SEPTEMBER 1989, MR. ROBLES WAS DESIGNATED AS THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE EMS DIRECTOR, WHERE HE PIONEERED AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE CITIZENS OF BROWNSVILLE. AND WHEREAS, IN AUGUST 1991, MR. ROBLES ASSISTED THE EMT DIRECTOR OF SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE WITH EMT TRAINING IN MCALLEN, TEXAS, AND IN OCTOBER, MR. ROBLES LAUNCHED THE EMT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WILLACY COUNTY EMS IN RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS, IN APRIL 1990, MR. ROBLES IMPLEMENTED AN EMT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR STARKE COUNTY, AND IN SEPTEMBER 1993, MR. ROBLES CREATED A BINATIONAL EMS AND FIRE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND WHEREAS, IN JULY 1995, MR. ROBLES BECAME A CONSULTANT FOR VARIOUS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND WHEREAS IN AUGUST 1999, MR. ROBLES WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR VITELLINE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN EDINBURG, TEXAS. IN JUNE 2001, MR. ROBLES WAS APPOINTED THE EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CHAIR AND WHEREAS, IN SEPTEMBER 2003, MR. ROBLES FOUNDED VITELLINE DE MÉXICO, A SAFE INTERNATIONAL AMBULANCE TRANSPORT FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS AND AN EDINBURGH AIRPORT BASED AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF CRITICAL MEDICAL PATIENTS FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO MEDICAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. AND WHEREAS, IN JANUARY 2007, MR. ROBLES WAS HIRED AS THE CEO FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BASED EASTERN DRIVERS, A PRIVATE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACTING OF EMS, FIRE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR VARIOUS OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE OIL COMPANIES TO INCLUDE BP, REPSOL, ATLANTIC LNG AND OTHERS. AND WHEREAS, IN AUGUST 2010, MR. ROBLES WAS RECRUITED BY A LARGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE ROLE OF A SAFETY MEDIC FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF IRAQ. IN DECEMBER OF 2011, HE TOOK ON A SAFETY SUPERVISOR POSITION IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCES OF AFGHANISTAN TO INCLUDE BAGRAM AND JALALABAD FOR THE FLUOR DANIEL CONSTRUCTION FIRM. AND WHEREAS, IN JUNE 2017, MR. ROBLES RETURNED TO HIS EDINBURG RESIDENCE TO CONTINUE WITH HIS LIFELONG GOAL OF TRAINING PERSONNEL IN THE FIELD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL, PRE-HOSPITAL CARE AND TREATMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO SALVADOR ROBLES FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MR. SALVADOR ROBLES. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. LICENSED PARAMEDIC. CERTIFIED EMT. STATE OF TEXAS. INSTRUCTOR. CERTIFIED STATE OF TEXAS EMT. ADVANCED COORDINATOR AND NATIONAL REGISTRY PARAMEDIC. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY FOR HONORING ME WITH THIS HONOR. IT'S JUST A BIG HONOR FOR ME AND A LACK OF WORDS RIGHT NOW. I HAVE LARYNGITIS. BUT I I'M STILL TEACHING. I'M STILL CERTIFIED, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP TEACHING UNTIL I CAN'T TEACH ANYMORE. AND THAT'S MY LIFELONG GOAL. AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. AND IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY WITH ME. I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO JOIN ME IN THIS HONOR. I'M VERY HUMBLED. I WISH I COULD SAY MORE, BUT I'M RUNNING OUT OF VOICE. BUT THANK YOU. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, CHIEF. I DON'T WANT YOU TO WALK AWAY. I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS FOR YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE A MAN OF FEW WORDS. BUT I WANT TO THANK HIS WIFE FOR FOR BRINGING THIS UP TO THE CITY. ROBLES REPRESENTS, LIKE MOST OF US IN THIS BOARD, SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS LINE OF WORK AND CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. HE'S A TRANSPLANT. LIKE MOST OF US. HE COULD HAVE LIVED ANYWHERE IN THE VALLEY, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. HE'S FROM CALIFORNIA, HE WAS IN THE MILITARY, AND HE'S HERE. [00:35:04] AND I'M PROUD THAT YOU'RE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS. I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW BIG OF A DEAL THIS MAN IS. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY AS A COMBAT MEDIC, I WORKED FOR A COMPANY THAT WAS THE FIRST NICU IN THE VALLEY. THAT'S MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. IT'S LITERALLY THE KIND OF TREATMENT YOU GET IN THE ER THAT YOU GET IN AN AMBULANCE. THE VERY FIRST ONE IN THE VALLEY WAS IN MISSION. IT WAS A SMALL COMPANY CALLED MISSION CRITICAL CARE. THE PARAMEDICS THERE WERE WHAT WE CALL BACK IN THE DAY PARAGONS. THEY DID STUFF THAT NOBODY UNDERSTOOD. AND THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL OF THEM. AND THEY WERE TRAINED BY SAUL ROBLES. HE IS A HIS BASE WAS OUT OF TSC IN BROWNSVILLE, YET HE HELD CLASSES ALL OVER THE VALLEY TO TEACH ALL THESE PARAMEDICS, THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM. I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM 92. I WAS WORKING IN MISSION AT THAT COMPANY, JUST ASTOUNDED BY THE MEDICS THAT WERE THERE. AND I TRAVELED THREE TIMES A WEEK TO BROWNSVILLE, TO HIS CLASS TO GET MY INTERMEDIATE. I WAS LIVING IN SLEEPING IN EDINBURG THREE TIMES A WEEK, GOING TO SCHOOL IN BROWNSVILLE AND WORKING IN MISSIONS, SO I WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THAT'S A SECOND STEP BEFORE YOU BECOME A PARAMEDIC. LUCKILY, THE THIRD STEP, THE FINAL STEP OF BECOMING BECOMING A PARAMEDIC, HAPPENED HERE IN EDINBURG, RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD HOSPITAL THAT WAS HERE, OFF OF OFF OF FREDDY. THERE WAS A BUILDING IN THE SIDE AND I THINK IT WAS SPONSORED BY VALLEY MS. THE VALLEY MS. YEAH. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I WAS SO RELIEVED THAT INSTEAD OF DRIVING THREE TIMES A WEEK TO BROWNSVILLE, IT WAS HERE IN EDINBURG. AND SOME OF THE BEST PARAMEDICS IN THE VALLEY WERE PART OF THAT CLASS. I CAN NAME KENNETH KENNY, JJ TREVINO. MOST OF THE DIRECTORS AND CEOS OF COMPANIES NOW WERE IN THAT PARAMEDIC CLASS, BUT SAL SANDOVAL HAS BROUGHT THAT KIND OF TRAINING TO THE VALLEY. KIND OF A PIONEER IN THAT. OF COURSE, OTHER SERVICES OPENED, OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT HE WAS THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT I, THAT I KNEW THAT DID THIS FOR OUR AREA. AND LIKE I SAID, HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND HE CHOSE EDINBURG, TEXAS TO LIVE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. HE'S ALSO A VETERAN. I THINK YOU SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT HE SAYS HE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IN SOME OF HIS DEPLOYMENTS. JUST A TRUE AMERICAN, A TRUE A TRUE PATRIOT, AND DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR HOMETOWN HEROES. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY FOR REQUESTING THIS RECOGNITION. THAT'S WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DIAZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A. VERY WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. [C. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing November 2024 as Children's Grief Awareness Month as Requested by Noelyn G. Llasos, Children's Bereavement Center Rio Grande Valley. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary Department]] ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION FOR NOVEMBER 2024 AS CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS MONTH TO BE HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION. PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. WHEREAS GRIEF IMPACTS NUMEROUS CHILDREN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, AND IT AFFECTS THEIR EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN WAYS THAT CAN HAVE LASTING EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. AND WHEREAS MANY GRIEVING CHILDREN SUFFER IN SILENCE, AS THERE IS OFTEN A LACK OF AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE COPING WITH PROFOUND LOSS, RESULTING IN FEELINGS OF ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. AND WHEREAS, THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER, RIO GRANDE VALLEY, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO HELP GRIEVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE HEALING PROCESS. AND WHEREAS, BY RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS MONTH AND NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 AS CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS DAY, WE CAN EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY, RAISE AWARENESS, AND FOSTER COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF EDINBURGH IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE THE EMOTIONAL CARE AND UNDERSTANDING THEY NEED DURING DIFFICULT TIMES, THEREBY BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE CHILDREN FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND VALIDATED. NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY LAW, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2024 AS CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS MONTH AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR BLUE ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024, TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND JOIN THE EFFORTS TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND SUPPORT GRIEVING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, FOR US TO APPROVE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN THIS ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS NOEL IGNATIUS, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER, RIO GRANDE VALLEY. WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS MONTH AND NOVEMBER 21ST AS CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS DAY AT THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER, RIO GRANDE VALLEY. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A COMPASSIONATE AND SAFE SPACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN PROCESS THEIR GRIEF, CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR JOURNEY, AND REDISCOVER HOPE. FROM OUR TWO LOCATIONS IN MCALLEN AND HARLINGEN, [00:40:04] WE OFFER COUNSELING, SUPPORT GROUPS, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS THEY NAVIGATE ONE OF LIFE'S MOST PROFOUND CHALLENGES. THIS PROCLAMATION IS MORE THAN WORDS ON PAPER. IT IS A BEACON OF SUPPORT FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS, RAISE AWARENESS, AND REMINDS US ALL OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING. YOUR SUPPORT SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO EVERY CHILD EXPERIENCING LOSS. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOUR COMMUNITY SEES YOU, HEARS YOU, AND CARES DEEPLY ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY. WE INVITE YOU AND THE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN THIS SPIRIT OF REMEMBRANCE AND SOLIDARITY AT OUR CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AT 6:30 P.M.. THIS SPECIAL GATHERING WILL TAKE PLACE AT BOTH OUR MCALLEN AND HARLINGEN LOCATIONS, OFFERING A MOMENT TO HONOR AND REMEMBER LOVED ONES WHILE UNITING AS A COMMUNITY OF CARE AND COMPASSION TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR BLUE, THE OFFICIAL COLOR OF CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS. THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING OUR MISSION AND FOR HELPING US BRING HEALING AND HOPE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. WE ARE CREATING A BRIGHTER PATH TOWARD HEALING AND HOPE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. THANK YOU. AND INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST. THANK YOU. [D. Present the Recipient for the Employee of the Month Award for the Month of October 2024. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]] THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM D, PRESENT THE RECIPIENT FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024. GOOD EVENING. BELINDA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, ERIC MARTINEZ. HE'S A EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I'LL PASS THE MIC TO YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. VINCENT OLMEDO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE A MAN WHO EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUE OF DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE AND HARD WORK. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE GET TO PUBLICLY CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO QUIETLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOMEONE LIKE ERIC MARTINEZ, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTICE AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. EQUIPMENT OPERATORS ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF PUBLIC WORKS. ERIC ERIC HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW. HE'S THE KIND OF PERSON YOU CAN BUILD A GREAT TEAM AROUND, WHETHER IT'S TAKING ON CHALLENGES WITH UNWAVERING DETERMINATION, MENTORING OTHERS, OR SIMPLY SHOWING UP EVERY DAY WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS ENCOURAGE THOSE AROUND HIM TO RISE TO THEIR BEST POTENTIAL. IF YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH EXCEPTIONAL THINGS, IT TAKES EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE. WHEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH WANTED TO START REPROFILING CITY DITCHES TO INCREASE CAPACITY, ERIC WAS UP TO THE TASK. WHEN PUBLIC WORKS WAS ASKED TO ASSIST IN THE DEMOLITION OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS, AGAIN ERIC WAS UP TO THE TASK. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. EXCEPTIONAL THINGS TAKE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE. ERIC REPRESENTS EVERYTHING GOOD ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS, HARD WORK, DEDICATION, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. HE DEDICATES HIS FREE TIME COACHING LITTLE LEAGUE SPORTS IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, AND ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. ERIC REPRESENTS ALL HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES WHO WORK TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY TO GET THE JOB DONE. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR A WELL, REPRESENTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. YOU'VE EARNED THIS RECOGNITION AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR TEAM. ERIC, CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS IT'S AN HONOR TO GET THIS RECOGNITION. IF I CAN SHARE A QUICK STORY WITH YOU ALL REAL QUICK. I GET EMOTIONAL. PLEASE. EXCUSE ME. I GREW UP HERE IN EDINBURG. MY GRANDPA RAISED ME, AND I HAD THIS STORY ABOUT 12, 13 YEARS OLD. WE WERE HEADING TO THE RANCH NORTH OF EDINBURG ON FORTNITE, AND WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO FAYETTEVILLE. HE PULLED OVER AND HE SAW THIS TRUCK THAT NEEDED HELP, AND WE STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING, SO WE STOPPED AND HE ALWAYS CARRIED WATER BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE KNEW THAT IT CAN COME IN HANDY. SO WE HELPED OUT THE PEOPLE AND AS WE TOOK OFF HE TOLD ME IN SPANISH, OTROS PORQUE TU QUIERES HELP OTHERS? BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP THEM, NOT BECAUSE YOU FEEL OBLIGATED OR YOU NEED TO. AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU. [00:45:06] HE HAS BLESSED ME WITH A WONDERFUL WIFE, TWO CHILDREN, A FAMILY AND A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. I'M BLESSED TO HAVE MY BOSSES, MY UPPER MANAGEMENT, WHO ADVOCATE FOR US EVERY DAY, GET US THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO TO DO OUR JOB. AND I THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE JUST WANT TO SAY YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY WITH US. I THINK YOU, SIR, REPRESENT A LOT OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK FOR OUR CITY. WHAT OUR CITY IS ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, AND I'M SURE TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON DOING THE GOOD WORK. I THINK YOU ALL DO A HECK OF A JOB OUT THERE, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IT GOES UNNOTICED. BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. APPRECIATE IT AND YOUR FAMILY REAL QUICK. WHEN YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER GENTLEMAN ON FREDDY GONZALEZ, THAT HOSPITAL. I'M A NATIVE HERE. THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN BEFORE THEY KNOCKED IT DOWN. SO I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. I LIVE IN MCALLEN, AND MY WIFE'S ALWAYS LIKE, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU WORK IN MCALLEN? AND IT'S CLOSED? I WAS LIKE, NO, I LIKE EDINBURG. WE CAN FIND YOU A HOUSE. WE CAN FIND YOU A HOUSE HERE IF YOU WANT. YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY? SINCE YOU'RE MY WIFE, ADRIAN. GOING ON 15 YEARS. MY SON MATTHEW. HE'S TEN. AND MY DAUGHTER, MARLISA. WOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR TO WORK AND REPRESENT OUR CITY. AND IT TAKES A LOT OF SUPPORT AND SACRIFICE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS, FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU. OVER HERE. SIR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HI. Y'ALL WANT TO TURN AROUND? WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU. LOOK THAT WAY NEXT TO YOUR DAD? THERE YOU GO. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. I DON'T KNOW. GIVE ME A COUPLE OVER HERE, GUYS. YEAH, A COUPLE OVER HERE. SO YOU GET TWO. ALL RIGHT. YOU LOOK GREAT. YOU WON. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN. [7. PUBLIC COMMENTS] PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I WILL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS RONNIE LARRALDE. OKAY. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS RONNIE LARRALDE REGARDING EDINBURG CHAMBER ANNOUNCEMENT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL RONNIE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE EDINBURG CVB. I DID WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR 92ND ANNUAL BANQUET WHERE WE RECOGNIZED SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS FOR A MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR, AND WE GAVE SOME BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SOME RECOGNITION THAT'S WELL DESERVED FOR OUR CHAMBER ANNUAL BANQUET. OF COURSE. WE HAVE THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD WHERE WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND WE BROUGHT IN OUR NEW PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, MR. RUBEN DEJESUS, FROM MELDON AND HUNT. AND THEN WE ALSO THANK MISS KELLY SALAZAR FROM LINEBARGER, GOGGAN, BLAIR AND SAMPSON FOR HER RECOGNITION AND HER SERVICE TO THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER. I DID WANT TO ALSO STATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AS THE CHAMBER TURNS 100 YEARS OLD, SO WE'RE PLANNING A HUGE CELEBRATION. I DID WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE AND SUPPORTING YOU KNOW, AS LONG AND ALONG WITH THE CITY STAFF OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS, IS IS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ORGANIZATIONS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OF COURSE, [00:50:03] OUR PD AND OUR FIRE AND ALL THE GREAT CITY STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND EVERYTHING WE DO IS, IS WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF YOU GUYS. I DID ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WITH US TODAY. OUR NEW STAFF. THAT'S WITH THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. TO MY LEFT, I HAVE MISS STACY SANCHEZ. SHE'S GOING TO BE OUR EVENTS COORDINATOR. AND TO MY RIGHT, I HAVE BRITTANY SANCHEZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP. NO RELATION, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD. SO I DID WANT TO PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE THEM TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AND AS WELL TO THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM JOINING OUR MISSION AND OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU ALL. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. MISS MCLARTY DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. ITEM FIVE C STATE HIGHWAY 68. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, I GUESS. MY QUESTION WAS LAST WEEK, THE OWLS WERE OVER AT THE CITY OF MISSION, AND I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HIGHWAY 68, THAT'S THE TOLL ROAD OR THE LOOP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S COMING AROUND FROM DONNA COMING INTO 490 AND TO 281. SO I THOUGHT THAT HERE AT THE CITY THAT Y'ALL HAD STATED THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A TOLL ROAD. SO THAT'S WHY MY QUESTION WAS TONIGHT IS IT A TOLL ROAD? AND IF NOT, THEN WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY. THE OTHER HALF IS SAYING THAT THEIR SIDE IS A TOLL ROAD. AND YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW. WELL, I CAN'T DO IT UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THIS IS NOT PUBLIC COMMENTS I SIGNED UP FOR, AND THEY SKIPPED ME. OH WELL, YES, WE'RE UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW, BUT I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO. I'M SURE WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT. I JUST CAN'T DISCLOSE IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. YOU CAN COMMUNICATE BACK ON FIVE IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO FIVE AND OH, OKAY. SEE THERE YOU GO. I DID SIGN UP FOR IT AND Y'ALL SKIP ME. WELL, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HAVE THAT. SO I WAS LOOKING BUT SHE WASN'T SO BUT SO. ALL RIGHT IF THAT'S THE CASE FIVE. SEE SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS A TOLL ROAD. STATE HIGHWAY 68 I THINK ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE CORRECT. THAT WAS BACK WHEN THE ALL THE TOLL ROADS DISCUSSION AROUND THE STATE WERE HAPPENING. AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TOLL ROAD, BUT SINCE THEN THE STATE PULLED BACK AND IT'S NO LONGER. WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO LET THE CITY OF MISSION KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A TOLL ROAD ANY LONGER, BECAUSE THEY WERE PUSHING IT AT THEIR LAST CITY MEETING LAST WEEK. IT WAS THE TORO. SO THAT FOLLOW UP QUESTION. YEAH. NO THANK YOU THOUGH. I BELIEVE THE ROAD COMING OUT OF THE CITY OF MISSION IS A DIFFERENT ROAD. I'M SORRY. THE 1ST MAY BE A DIFFERENT MISSION IS A DIFFERENT ROAD. YEAH. OH, YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT, MIGHT BE WRONG. BUT OURS IS COMING FROM THE ONE FROM DONNA. YES. AND I KNOW THAT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER THERE SOMEWHERE. THERE IS AA3 HUNDRED 65 TOLL ROAD, STATE HIGHWAY DOWN THE SOUTH BY THE BRIDGES THAT I KNOW OF. SO IT COULD BE THE ONE. BUT WE CAN CONFIRM. WOULD YOU PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. MR. MCCURDY WILL ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM 12 B. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, HIDALGO COUNTY, A DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD IN SOUTH TEXAS, HAS SHIFTED TO TRUMP IN A DECISIVE WAY. TRUMP FLIPPED EVERY SINGLE COUNTY ALONG THE BORDER. HERE WE HAVE HIDALGO, CAMERON COUNTY AND STARR COUNTY. BIG TIME. BUT ALTHOUGH IT IS IMPORTANT THAT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS WON, IT IS WHY THEY WON. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS FORGOT ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW AND EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE. SOME 2025 HOME APPRAISED VALUES RIGHT NOW HAVE INCREASED 160%, AND IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OF THIS CITY. COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ENCOURAGING FURTHER GROWTH RATHER THAN SERVING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT. WE DO NOT NEED A NEW WATER TOWER. IF THERE'S NO MORE WATER, WE DO NOT NEED A 67% INCREASE IN WATER RATES WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. THIS INCREASE WILL NOT PRODUCE MORE WATER, BUT IT WILL TAKE $4.2 MILLION MORE FROM THE PEOPLE, AND IT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO SELL BONDS TO INCREASE THE EXISTING $200 MILLION DEBT. BY THE END OF THIS COUNCIL'S NEXT TERM, THE CITY DEBT COULD BE $500 MILLION AND THERE STILL WILL NOT BE ANY MORE WATER. [00:55:05] WE DO NOT NEED A HIGH RISE PARKING FACILITY TO SERVE THE COUNTY. WHEN THEY HAVE SIX PARKING LOTS, FIVE OF THEM WHICH ARE LOCKED AND UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. WE DO NOT NEED AN AIRPORT ANY LARGER. MAKE THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTH. WHATEVER IT TAKES, THEY ARE WELL ESTABLISHED IN MCALLEN, WESLACO, HARLINGEN AND BROWNSVILLE. WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED IS LOWER TAXES SO THEY CAN INVEST IN IMPROVING THEIR DAILY LIVES. THEY CANNOT DO THIS IF THIS COUNCIL KEEPS INCREASING THE COST OF LIVING EVERY YEAR. THE PEOPLE DO NOT GET AN ANNUAL SALARY INCREASE. THEY DO NOT HAVE A 401 K TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU ARE INVESTING PUBLIC MONEY IN A NEW, GREAT AND WONDERFUL PROJECT. THE DEMOCRATS FORGOT THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHILE THE REPUBLICANS REMEMBERED. AND I ASK AGAIN TODAY THAT YOU PRAY FOR ISRAEL AND THE GETTING THE HOSTAGES BACK. THE DEAD. AND WE PRAY THAT THE THERE ARE SOME ALIVE. SO PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. HERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE, I'M GOING TO [8. ELECTION] MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT ELECTION. AND WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION NOVEMBER 5TH. AND AS PART OF THE ELECTION, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THERE WAS SOME ITEMS RELATED TO THE CITY'S CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL NOW READ THE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024. WE HAD PROPOSITION A FOR WAS 21,592 AGAINST 4003 31 FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST 25,623 UNDER VOTES 4006. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION A HAS BEEN APPROVED. PROPOSITION B FOR WAS 13,434 AGAINST 11,818 TOTAL VOTES CAST 25,252 TOTAL UNDERVOTES IS 4377. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION B HAS BEEN APPROVED. PROPOSITION C FOR WAS 23,573 AGAINST WAS 1990, FOR A TOTAL VOTES CAST 25,563. THE UNDERVOTES ARE 4066. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION C HAS BEEN APPROVED. PROPOSITION D. THE FOUR VOTES WERE 20,410 AGAINST WAS 4131, FOR A TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 24,541. THE UNDERVOTES UNDER PROPOSITION D WERE 5088. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION D HAS BEEN APPROVED. PROPOSITION E. THE FOUR VOTES WAS 23,173 AGAINST 1693, FOR A TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 24,866 UNDERVOTES WERE 4763. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION E HAS BEEN APPROVED. PROPOSITION F, THE FOUR VOTES WAS 22,142 AGAINST WERE 2377, FOR A TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 24,519. THE UNDERVOTES WAS 5110. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION F HAS BEEN APPROVED PROPOSITION G. THE FOUR VOTES WAS 21,085 AGAINST WAS 3912. TOTAL VOTES CAST UNDER PROPOSITION G WAS 24,997. THE UNDERVOTES WERE 4632. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION G HAS BEEN APPROVED PROPOSITION H. THE FOUR VOTES WERE 21,568. THE AGAINST WERE 2587 FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 24,155. THE UNDERVOTES WAS TWO. EXCUSE ME 5474. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION H HAS BEEN APPROVED PROPOSITION I. THE FOUR VOTES WAS 22,493 AGAINST 1881 TOTAL VOTES CAST. 24,370 FOR THE UNDERVOTES WAS 5255. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION I HAS BEEN APPROVED PROPOSITION J. THE FOUR VOTES WAS 19,805 AGAINST WAS 3047. TOTAL VOTES CAST WAS 22,852. [01:00:01] THE UNDERVOTES UNDER PROPOSITION J WERE 6777. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION J HAS ALSO BEEN APPROVED. PROPOSITION K. THE FOUR VOTES WAS 20,535 AGAINST 2691, FOR A TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 23,226. THE UNDERVOTES HERE WAS 6403. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, PROPOSITION K HAS BEEN APPROVED. THOSE ARE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPOSITIONS THAT WERE CAST. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OR IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, THERE WAS 29,629 VOTERS THAT CAST THEIR VOTES AND VARIOUS PROPOSITIONS WHICH REPRESENTED 54.5% OF OUR REGISTERED VOTERS. SO COUNCIL, THIS IS NOT FOR A VOTE. THIS ITEM, IT'S THE NEXT ITEM. BUT THAT WAS REQUIRED TO READ THE RESULTS AT THIS TIME, AFTER THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED WE'LL THEN OFFICIALLY CANVAS IT? YES. IS THERE ANY OTHER. [A. Canvass the Returns and Declare the Results of the Special Municipal Election Held on November] ACTION ON THIS SIDE? OKAY. [B. Consider Ordinance Canvassing the Returns and Declaring the Results of the Special Municipal Election held on November 05, 2024. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] NO. SO I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B COUNCIL. THIS IS TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE TO CANVAS THE RETURNS THAT I JUST READ AND DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE VOTE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES THE OFFICIAL CANVASING FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE, [9. PRESENTATION AND REPORT] PRESENTATION REPORTS, ITEM A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED WEST AND EAST OF WEST ROAD SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. [A. Presentation and Discussion on the Proposed West and East Owassa Road Sanitary Sewer] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. SO TONIGHT I'LL BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE WEST AND EAST OF WARSAW ROAD. SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. SO JUST FOR FOR THE BACKGROUND, FOR THE PUBLIC THE AREAS THAT GETS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. BUT. SO THE AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH HIGHLIGHTED HERE WERE WERE ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE WERE ANNEXED BACK IN 2013, 2015 AND THEN THE EAST SIDE WAS DONE BACK IN 2013. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE CALLING WEST IS ANYTHING WEST OF TO 81 AND THE EAST EAST OF TO 81. SO THE BOTH AREAS, THEY, THEY TORE UP 202 PROPERTIES WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH A 325 ACRES. AND THEN WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN FROM WEST AND EAST, WHICH IS 73 PROPERTIES AND WHICH IS 122 ACRES AND 29 PROPERTIES ON THE EAST SIDE FOR 203 ACRES. SO THE INTENT ON THE WEST OWASA IS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSTRUCT A LIFT STATION TO PROVIDE FIRST TIME SEWER TO THE AREA. SO THIS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT IN PHASES. AND SO REALLY JUST AS AN UPDATE IS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THERE IN THE AREA TO ACQUIRE THE, THE PROPERTY FOR THE LIFT STATION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE PUC TO, TO INCORPORATE THIS AREA INTO THE CITY'S SEWER, CCN. SO THE TENTATIVE TIMELINE IS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN FINISH THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. AND THEN SOON AFTER THAT, WE WILL START ON DESIGN WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL, WILL START CONSTRUCTION. MAYBE IF WE FOLLOW THAT TIMELINE WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION IN AUGUST OF 2025 AND COMPLETED BY MARCH OF 2026. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE CCN APPROVAL FROM PUC. FEBRUARY OF 2025. [01:05:04] SO ON THE EAST SIDE, THE THE ALSO THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE FIRST TIME SEWER TO THE AREA. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS AREA IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONSTRUCT A LIFT STATION. BUT ONE OF THE OBSTACLES HAS BEEN TO TO GET THE, THE THE EASEMENTS FOR FOR THE PROPOSED SEWER LINES. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING. WE DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET A A A AN APPRAISAL. THEY WISH NOT TO DONATE THE EASEMENTS TO THE CITY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON APPRAISAL ON THAT. SO THE TENTATIVE TIMELINE HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, BUT WE'RE HOPING MAYBE BY FERRY, IF THEY AGREE. START DESIGN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. AND THEN STARTED THE PROCUREMENT IN AUGUST 2025 AND THEN COMPLETED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH, START CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER 2025 AND THEN FINISH BY JULY 2026. THESE TIMELINES THEY'RE WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THEY THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WHEN WE CAN ACQUIRE THE EASEMENTS AND THE PROPERTY. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON, ON AS FAST AS WE CAN TO, TO PROVIDE SEWER TO THIS AREA, TO THESE AREAS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, JERRY. AND JUST ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. I KNOW FERN'S GIVEN ME THE THE THE BROW. SO THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS JUST FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE ROOM. THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY THAT WERE PROMISED SERVICES THAT HAVE NOT HAD COMPLETE SERVICES. IT'S BEEN AN OBJECTIVE OF THIS COUNCIL TO TRY AND MITIGATE THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR BUSINESSES. I SEE IN THE ROOM EVEN EDC BUSINESSES WHO WERE ANNEXED WHO ARE STILL ON SEPTIC. THESE ARE ALL COSTS. JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THE COMMENTS YOU HAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED. AND THEN THERE'S BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE IGNORED. AND LIKE I'VE SAID, THE CAN GETS KICKED DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE'RE TAKING ON SOME OF THIS DEBT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WERE PROMISED SERVICES LIKE IN THIS CASE ARE NOW GOING TO GET SERVICES. WHEN WAS THIS AREA AND PROPERTY ANNEXED? HOW LONG AGO WAS IT? JERRY? IT WAS LET ME GO BACK TO THIS 2013 AND 2015, 2013. SO SINCE THEN THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN PROMISED SEWER. AND ALSO JERRY'S COMPILING A LIST OF AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN ANNEXED, ESPECIALLY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER THAT AND MAKE IT PART OF OUR GROWTH TO COVER. BUT THAT TAKES MONEY. IT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS WAS ACTUALLY SOMEBODY SENT US AN EMAIL OF THE PAPERWORK WHEN THEY WERE ANNEXED. THE THING IS THAT WHEN YOU PROVIDE MOST OF THE SERVICES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FINISH THE REST OF THEM. YOU PROVIDE FIRE, EMS POLICE TRASH PICKUP. WELL, THEN YOU KIND OF SKIP OUT ON THE ON THE SEWAGE UNTIL IT'S TIME, BUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT. IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, JERRY, BEFORE HE DOES THAT, JUST REAL QUICKLY TO EXPAND ON MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS. AND I THINK MAYBE I'LL ASK CITY MANAGER ON THIS FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AS WE CONSIDER OUR BUDGET PROCESS, THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS. I THINK SOME OF THESE ITEMS, YOU'LL FIND THE DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE THEM IN THEIR REQUEST. RIGHT. BUT I THINK MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE ANNOTATED WITH SAYING THIS AREA WAS ANNEXED THIS YEAR, TEN YEARS AGO. RIGHT. AND HAVE THE YEAR LIKE AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND ALSO HAVE IN THERE AS PART OF A RECOMMENDATION, PART OF A COMP PLAN. WE JUST APPROVED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE NEED TO USE IT. WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THAT. AND I THINK IN THE REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT SUBMIT, WE SHOULD HAVE IT REFLECTED OF THAT BECAUSE WE GET THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE BUDGET BOOKS THAT ARE THIS BIG, RIGHT. AND WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I JUST THINK IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE PRIORITIZED BASED ON THE PAST ANNEXATION. GO AHEAD. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? BUT WE HAVE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT THAT NEED IT, LIKE OFF JACKSON ROAD, RIGHT? THERE'S A BUNCH OF RESIDENTS. SO SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO REMEMBER, IT'S JUST ACREAGE, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW. LAST MEETING, WE DECIDED TO SPEND $187,000 TO PUT UP A LIFT STATION AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH WILL SERVE ONE SEPTIC TANK, IS WHAT I THINK I WAS ASKING THE QUESTIONS ON. SO WHERE ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING? WE GOT ALL THE RESIDENTS ON JACKSON ROAD, I BELIEVE NORTH OF JUNIOR THAT ARE ON SEPTIC, BUT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AT THE AIRPORT TO SERVE ONE SEPTIC TANK. SO WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR [01:10:03] BUDGETS, MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION ON THE ROOFTOPS, NOT NECESSARILY THE ACREAGE FEET. YES, SIR. AND WE DO. AS PART OF THE FIVE YEAR CIP THAT WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OF THE AREAS UP THERE THAT EITHER WE'VE GOTTEN CALLS OR WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE SEWER. SO WE HAVE THOSE WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP. WELL, I WOULD ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CONSIDERED IN THE PACK COMMITTEE OR THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL MEET THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. THE SOONER WE CAN DO THIS, THE BETTER. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY BUT IF Y'ALL CAN KEEP UP TO DATE ON THIS NEAR MONTHLY MEETINGS, I THINK THEY'LL GO A LONG WAY. YEAH. AND AND THAT. I DON'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN, BUT IF YOU COULD PUT THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE IF IF THEY CAN PUT THAT THIS ACTUAL SLIDE THAT WE HAVE, IT SAYS OWASSO ROADS AREAS WERE ANNEXED 2013 2015 PAGE TWO OF THE PRESENTATION. SO 73 PROPERTIES AND 29 PROPERTIES IS THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. YEAH SINCE SINCE 2013. SO WHAT IS THAT. THAT'S 1112 YEARS ON SOME. SO THAT'S ALMOST 100 PROPERTIES RIGHT. 102 THREE 340 ACRES. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF. YEAH. BUT AND THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT WERE ANNEXED. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS NOT THE TOTAL INVENTORY THAT I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM. NO, THIS IS JUST THIS PROJECT. RIGHT. BUT SO THIS IS THIS PROJECT. NO, I KNOW THAT, BUT THESE ARE ANNEX AREAS, BUT THOSE ARE THERE'S AREAS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE MCCALL. AND IS THAT INCLUDED IN HERE? NOT NOT FOR THIS NOT FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. YEAH. AS REQUESTED, THE TOTAL. AND THEN HAVE THEM MAPPED OUT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK TO SEE THE AREAS. AND AS A MATTER OF PRIORITIES, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DO. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. CAN WE JUST DO ONE IN MCALLEN? THERE'S A BIG ISSUE ABOUT THE THE OVERFLOW. YES, SIR. SO MCALLEN JUNIOR SHOULD HAVE SEWER. THOSE ARE ALL THE APARTMENTS ARE. NO, THEY DON'T NOT ON THE NOT ON THE EAST SIDE. THOSE APARTMENTS. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S ON THE WEST. THE AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING. THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE BUILDER. NOW, WHOEVER DECIDES TO IMPROVE THAT PROPERTY TO EXTEND SEWER OVER THE SEWER IS THERE. IT CAN BE TAPPED INTO. IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YES. AND WE DO HAVE SOME. I BELIEVE IT'S SOUTH OF SCHOONOVER THAT DON'T HAVE SEWER. BUT LIKE, AS THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING SOME BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T TAPPED IN. THERE'S NO SEWER LINE THERE. THERE'S NO SEWER LINE THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT. COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT. THOSE ARE OLDER THOSE ARE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. CORRECT. BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AQUA CIRCLE IN THAT AREA. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK WE HAVE AN AQUA CIRCLE INSIDE CITY. CORRECT? WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN 90S, THOSE WERE ALL INSIDE CITY. SO THAT'S ALL STUFF THAT WAS INSIDE CITY JUST GOT LEFT BEHIND, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO LIST ON THERE BECAUSE I MEAN I'M NOT SURE COUNCIL YOU ALL GET THE CALL. I GET THE CALL SAYING WELL ACROSS THE STREET THEY'RE GETTING INFRASTRUCTURE. OF COURSE, I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S REQUIRED. RIGHT. BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE ASKING, WELL, WHAT ABOUT US? YOU KNOW, WE LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND SO I THINK WE JUST WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE AREAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. AND THE SOONER WE CAN DO THIS, THE BETTER. SO THANK YOU, SIR. [10. PUBLIC HEARINGS] ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM TEN. WE HAVE A, B AND C AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY OF THESE ITEMS. SO IF YOU ARE HERE TO AND WISH TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS, THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. YOU MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE. THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IF THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. WE'LL TAKE IT ONE BY ONE. ITEM A MOVE TO APPROVE. [A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Residential, Urban & Townhome (RU) District, a 0.51 Acre Tract of Land, Being the West 36 Feet of Lot 1, All of Lot 2, and the East 39 Feet of Lot 3, Block 8, Enfield Estates Subdivision, an Addition to the City of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, as Per Map Recorded in Volume 4, Page 27, Map Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 102 Hollywood Street, as Requested by Judith Michelle Benavides & Eliseo Garza Jr. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD MA'AM. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT. A 51.51 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING THE WEST 36FT OF LOT ONE, ALL OF LOT TWO, AND THE EAST 39FT OF LOT THREE. BLOCK EIGHT ANFIELD ESTATE SUBDIVISION. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN VOLUME FOUR, PAGE 27. MAP RECORDS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 102 HOLLYWOOD STREET, AS REQUESTED BY JUDITH JUDITH, MICHELLE BENAVIDES AND ELISEO GARZA JUNIOR. ALL RIGHT. WE RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. RELATED TO ITEM A. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) District, a 0.18 Acre Tract of Land out of Lot 1, Block 8, Enfield Estates Subdivision, an Addition to the City of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, as Per Map Recorded in Volume 4, Page 27, Map Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 2201 Tourist Drive, as Requested by Judith Michelle Benavides & Eliseo Garza Jr. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM B. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE READING FIRST. GO AHEAD. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING. REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, A 0.8 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOT ONE, BLOCK EIGHT, [01:15:02] ENFIELD ESTATES SUBDIVISION IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS. AS PER MAP RECORDED IN VOLUME FOUR, PAGE 27. MAP RECORDS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 2201 TOURIST DRIVE, AS REQUESTED BY JUDITH MICHELLE BENAVIDES AND ELISA GARZA JUNIOR. MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, I KNOW THAT THIS ITEM BE. I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP. SO IT'S THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER AND IT'S TIED IN WITH WITH ITEM A, THEY JUST WANT TO CARVE OUT THE CORNER THAT ACTUALLY FACES TOURIST DRIVE FOR COMMERCIAL. AND I KNOW PNC HAD THEY HAD A SPLIT VOTE. WHAT WAS WHAT WERE THE CONCERNS. THAT'S CORRECT. PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD. SOME OF THE CONCERNS AT THE MEETING WERE, WERE THAT THIS KIND OF GOES AGAINST THE NEWLY ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH CALLS FOR URBAN USES, WHICH IS MORE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. HE'S PROPOSING A REAL ESTATE OFFICE, WHICH IS HE'S A DEVELOPER HERE IN TOWN, AND HE WANTS TO DO. IT'S AN IRREGULAR LOT. IT'S A IT'S A TRIANGLE LOT FACING TOURIST. AND THOSE WERE THE CONCERNS THAT IT SHOULD THAT IT WOULD BE MORE SUITED FOR RESIDENTIAL. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ON PREMISE [C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Special Use Permit for On- Premise Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages, Edinburg Townsite Subdivision, Lots 7 Through 12, Block 214, Located at 201 North 7th Avenue, as Requested by Raul Correa on Behalf of Edinburg Economic Development Corporation (EEDC). [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]] CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. EDINBURG TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION LOTS SEVEN THROUGH 12, BLOCK 214 LOCATED AT 201 NORTH SEVENTH AVENUE, AS REQUESTED BY RAUL ON BEHALF OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE. SO IS THE ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION FOR THE EDC OR FOR THE APPLICANT? IT WOULD BE FOR THE APPLICANT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE EDC OWNS THE LAND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT THROUGH EDC CONSENT. I JUST WASN'T AWARE THAT TENANTS NEED TO GET CONSENT. LANDLORD. IS THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE? I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IT'S BECAUSE I'VE SEEN OTHER TENANTS COME UP AND THEY DON'T SAY ON BEHALF OF THE LANDLORD. RIGHT. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY THIS ONE HAS TO BE LISTED LIKE THAT. BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE OWNER. HE'S HE'S RENTING IT OR LEASING IT FROM THE EDC. SO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT COMES BEFORE US, IF THEY'RE NOT THE OWNER, IT HAS TO HAS. HAS. I'VE NEVER SEEN A WORD IT THAT WAY. MAYBE. BUT TYPICALLY THEY GET AN AUTHORIZATION LETTER FROM THE LANDLORD OR THE PROPERTY OWNER. NO, I GET THAT, BUT I NEVER SEEN IT TO WHERE IT SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE LANDLORD. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. RIGHT. SO IS THAT CORRECT? I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. HAVE WE? COUNCIL? I DON'T AGREE WITH AMERICA. IT'S STARTING TO SOUND LIKE. WHAT LIABILITY DO WE LAST IF WE'RE GETTING THE. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE AGREEING THAT THEY SHOULD OPEN THERE. SO SO THE THE THE TABC APPLICANT IS THE TENANT NOT EDC. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO YEAH, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S ON BEHALF ANYWAY. WELL LET'S CHECK INTO THAT. I JUST HADN'T SEEN THAT AND I EDC IS A PUBLIC ENTITY AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ANYWAY, YEAH, I HAVE TO AGREE. I MEAN, I, I HELPED OPEN A BAR YEARS AGO, AND IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BUSINESS NAME THAT DOESN'T GO TO THE OWNER LANDLORD. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WHAT NO COUNSEL HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I NEED TO I NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. IT MIGHT BE ON OUR APPLICATION, BUT I'M NOT SURE. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. YEAH, BUT IT SAYS ON THE BEHALF OF. RIGHT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING IT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. IS THIS GUY TO EVEN PUT IS NOT THE EDC? IT'S ACTUALLY MR. CORDIER. CORRECT? CORRECT. THE BUSINESS WHAT IT SAYS HERE. SO WE'RE OKAY FOR HOW IT'S STATED ON THE RECORD, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THE IT'S JUST THE CAPTION. IT SAYS ON BEHALF AND AND THE I MEAN, I GET THAT THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF, RIGHT. THAT I MEAN BUT ANYWAY YEAH LET'S CHECK INTO THAT. DO WE HAVE TO AMEND THE MOTION? MAYOR IF THAT HAS TO BE THEM, SIGN OFF. WHY IS IT HERE? DID THEY ALREADY APPROVE IT? SHOULDN'T THIS BE AN EDC ITEM? WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVEN'T EDC ITEM. IF IT HAS TO BE THE EDC, THEN EDC SHOULD BE OVER HERE WHEN WE DO THE. YEAH, IN THE BACK. THE EDC ITEMS. CORRECT. THIS JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S IN THE RIGHT. YEAH. CAN WE CHECK IN? CAN WE TAKE ACTION ON IT? THEN Y'ALL COME BACK TO US IF WE CHANGE OR. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE APPLICANT, RIGHT? I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, BUT ARE Y'ALL I MEAN, YEAH, YOU CAN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON THE ITEM RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO CHANGE. CAN Y'ALL BRING IT BACK IN CASE THERE IS. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. [11. PETITION] MOTION CARRIES. 11. WE HAVE A PETITION ITEM A, [A. Consider the Petition Providing for the Voluntary Annexation of 19.354 Acres Out of and Forming a Part of Lots 3 and 4, Section 247, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Recorded in Volume 2, Page 29, Hidalgo County Map Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 3601 North Cesar Chavez Road, as Requested by Melden & Hunt Inc., on Behalf of Frank G. Herrera and Elizabeth Y.] [01:20:02] CONSIDER THE PETITION PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 19.354 ACRES OUT OF AND FORMING A PART OF LOTS THREE AND FOUR, SECTION 247 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY RECORDING, VOLUME TWO, PAGE 29 HIDALGO COUNTY MAP RECORDS, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED 3601 NORTH CESAR CHAVEZ ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MILTON HUNT ON BEHALF OF FRANK G. HERRERA AND ELIZABETH Y. HERRERA. ALL RIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT APPROVING AN ORDINANCE. WE'RE NOT APPROVING AN ORDINANCE. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PETITION? YES. OKAY. SO MOVED. WELL, MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MY ONLY QUESTION IS ON THE SERVICES. ARE WE PROVIDING ALL THE SERVICES, THE WATER AND OR THE WATERS THROUGH NORTH ALAMO SEWER IS THROUGH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A LIFT STATION FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THEY'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING FROM THE CITY. SO THEY'RE ABOUT 1000FT AWAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME [12. ORDINANCES] [A. Consider Ordinance Amending the Authorized Strength and Classifications of the City of Edinburg] SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12. ORDINANCES. WE HAVE ITEM A, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. POLICE OFFICERS COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. YES. YES, SIR. ON THESE. WHEN WE GET BACK ON THESE CAN YOU GUYS. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAD TO GIVE OUT BECAUSE IT'S A GRANT APPLICATION. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE DID SOME TIME BACK, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT ON OUR PAPERWORK TO KNOW WHEN WE APPROVED IT. I DON'T KNOW, WE MUST HAVE. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN. SO IT'D BE NICE TO SEE ON THE ON OUR ON OUR PAPERWORK TO SEE THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THIS ON A32 VOTE OR WHATEVER IT IS ON THE FOURTH ON THIS DATE, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE DID IT. SO WE'RE STAYING WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE. PLEASE. THANK COUNCIL. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE GOT THE GRANT CORRECT OKAY. BEFORE THEY CAN GO OUT AND ASK FOR BEFORE STAFF CAN GO AND APPLY FOR A GRANT, THEY'VE GOT TO COME TO COUNCIL AND ASK PERMISSION FOR IT. CORRECT. WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE PROBABLY DID HERE, BUT SINCE I CAN'T READ IT IN THE PAPERWORK I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. WAS IT THREE MONTHS AGO, SIX MONTHS AGO. AND SO JUST SOMEWHERE IN THE PAPERWORK, IF WE COULD HAVE THAT PART, I LOOK FOR IT TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE APPROVED IT. SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME [B. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg Title XI: Business Regulations, Chapter 110 Alcoholic Beverages, by Amending Section 110.11 Bring Your Own Beverage Establishments, by Adding Subsection (H) Penalty for Violations to Section 110.11. [Josephine Ramirez Solis, City Attorney]] SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AT TITLE 11, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 110 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY AMENDING SECTION ONE 10.11 BRING YOUR OWN BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS BY ADDING SUBSECTION H PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS TO SECTION ONE 10.11. MISS MCLARTY HAS A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM. WELL, WE'LL NEED A CALL FOR MOTION AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. GO AHEAD MA'AM. OR JUST. CAN YOU EXPLAIN? I HAD SOMEONE CALL. IT SAYS A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING IN. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? SURE. CITY MANAGER, EXPLAIN. AND OUR CHIEF IS HERE TO. I THINK THIS IS A GIVEN THEM THE ABILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT. BUT I'LL LET. I'LL LET THEM COVER THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THE COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A BYOB ORDINANCE, AND THE ADDITION OF THIS PROVISION JUST ALLOWS FOR THE CITY TO ENFORCE THAT. IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THAT ORDINANCE. AND THE PENALTY THAT'S ALLOWED BY OR ESTABLISHED BY OUR CODE IS $500, WHICH IS A FINE, AS WELL AS IT'S A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR FOR AN OFFENSE. SO THAT WASN'T IN THE ORDINANCE. THAT WASN'T IN THE ORDINANCE ORIGINALLY. AND WE'VE ADDED THIS IN TO ADDRESS THAT. YES. OKAY. WELL THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE AMENDING IT I GUESS. THERE BEING YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL. CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY, SINCE WE'RE ON THIS. THIS IS FOR AFTER HOURS. CHIEF, CAN YOU COME? I HAVE THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AS FAR AS THERE'S A COUPLE OF ESTABLISHMENTS, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH AFTER HOURS, CORRECT? YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JAIME AYALA, POLICE CHIEF. IT HAS TO DO WITH BYOB ESTABLISHMENTS THAT OPERATE AFTER HOURS. IT REGULATES THEM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT STATE LAW IS FOR. PERMITTED LOCATIONS TO WHERE THEY HAVE TO QUIT SERVING OR QUIT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CONSUME A 215 CLEARED OUT. I BELIEVE AT 230 AND THEY CAN'T OPEN UP UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING. I THINK ABOUT TEN. SO HOW DO WE MONITOR THIS? OR HOW DO WE AS A CITY, AS A PD OR. WELL, THE WHOLE PROCESS GOES THROUGH PLANNING TO GET THE PERMITS. AND AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, WE WILL NOW BE ABLE TO IF WE SEE THE BUSINESS OPEN, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. WE'RE CURRENTLY MONITORING THE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT ARE BYOB. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE AND SITE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT OPEN AFTER HOURS. [01:25:03] GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [13. CONTRACTUALS] SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into Job Task Order No. 1 for Professional Services for Freddy Gonzalez Street Improvements, with GDJ Engineering for an Amount Not to Exceed $385,847.56 and Execute Any Documents Related Thereto Pursuant to City's Ordinances and Procurement Policies. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, P.E., CFM, City Engineer]] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 13. A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO JOB TASK ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR FREDDIE GONZALEZ. STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH GTJ ENGINEERING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 385,847 AND $0.56, AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AND PROCUREMENT POLICIES. COUNCIL. MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, THIS IS FREDDY GONZALEZ FROM KLAUSNER EAST ALL THE WAY TO THE EXPRESSWAY. THE EXPRESSWAY? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THAT IS THE PROJECT THAT'S THE FURTHEST UP ON THE RGV MPO PROCESS OF GETTING CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. SO THIS IS TO TRYING TO GET IT THERE, WHICH IS THE 2028. OKAY. AND IT'S GOING TO BE WIDENED OR IT WOULD BE WIDENED ADDING AN ADDITIONAL LANE. SO THIS IS TO GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND THE SCHEMATIC PROCESS OUT OF THE WAY. OKAY. SO AT A LATER DATE WE MIGHT COME IN FOR FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, INCLUDING THE AREA EAST OF THE EXPRESSWAY TO RAUL LONGORIA. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO HERE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO INCLUDE THAT? WE WOULD NEED TO MODIFY IT WITH THE RGV, MPO AND SEE IF THEY'RE ALLOWED THE FUNDING FOR THAT PORTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [14. RESOLUTIONS] SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [A. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Grant Application for Faysville Drainage Improvements to the Texas General Land Office Under the Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) Grant and Execute Grant Documents Relating Thereto. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, P.E., CFM, CPM, City Engineer]] MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS ITEM 14, A CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR FAYETTEVILLE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE UNDER THE DISASTER RECOVERY RELOCATION PROGRAM GRANT AND EXECUTE GRANT DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? AND THIS IS THE EXAMPLE I'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN WHEN WE GET AWARDED THIS GRANT THAT WE COULD SEE THIS DATE COME BACK, THAT WE PASSED IT ON THIS DATE. VERY WELL. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [B. Consider Resolution Casting the Votes for Candidate(s) to the Hidalgo County Appraisal District's Board of Directors for 2025-2027. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER RESOLUTION CASTING THE VOTES FOR CANDIDATES TO THE HIDALGO COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2025 2027. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE RICHARD GARZA 180 VOTES AND THEN ALBERT CARDENAS, 22ND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [15. AWARDING OF BIDS] SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [A. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Two (2) Flygt Pumps from Southern Trenchless Solutions, Through the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) Contract No. 730-24, in the Amount Not to Exceed $181,610.00. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]] MOVING ON TO AWARDING OF BIDS 15 A. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO FLIGHT PUMPS FROM SOUTHERN TRENCHLESS SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 730 DASH 24, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 181,610. COUNCIL. SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S NOT A SECOND. I'LL CALL FOR ANOTHER MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO DENY SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY. AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. [B. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of One (1) 2000 Gallon Distributor Truck from Doggett Freightliner of Austin, Texas Through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TIPS) Contract No. 230-802 in the Amount of $257,108.75. [Vincent A. Romero, CPM, Public Works Director]] MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2000 GALLON DISTRIBUTED TRUCK FROM FREIGHTLINER OF AUSTIN, TEXAS TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE TIPS CONTRACT NUMBER 230 802 AND THE AMOUNT OF 257, 108 AND $0.75. COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A 2024 480 XI2 68 RECLAIMER [C. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of a 2024 480xi-260H Reclaimer/Stabilizer “HOT ROD” from Asphalt Zipper in Through Houston Galveston Area Council (HGAC) Contract No. SM 10-20 in the Amount of $287,450.00. [Vincent Romero, Director of Public Works]] STABILIZER. HOT ROD FROM ASPHALT ZIPPER THROUGH HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL CONTRACT NUMBER SM 1020, IN THE AMOUNT OF 287,450. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. WELL, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF OUR POTHOLES. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT MORE THAN POTHOLES. I SEEN THE WHAT THIS EQUIPMENT CAN DO AND THE ZIPPER. YEAH. ISN'T THAT A CARNIVAL RIDE? ZIPPER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL OF PUBLIC WORKS. YES. AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT'LL DO A LOT MORE THAN POTHOLES. IT'LL DO ANYWHERE FROM 1IN TO 12IN FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE. WILL THIS HELP VINCE AND SOME OF THE AREAS WE NEED TO STOP FILLING THE POTHOLES? BUT WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO DO A FULL RESURFACE. BUT WE PROBABLY NEED LIKE 25FT PLUS THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD. [01:30:03] IS THIS GOING TO HELP DO SOME OF THOSE ESTHETICALLY? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS DOES. YEAH. BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE AREAS WE JUST NEED TO STOP FILLING THE POTHOLES AND JUST DIG UP. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 25, 50FT. YES, SIR. AND HOW LONG BEFORE THIS ARRIVES, SIR? 90 DAYS. 90 DAYS? YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH AS SOON AS STARTING TOMORROW TO GET A PO IF THIS IS APPROVED, AND WE'LL GET IT 90 DAYS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AROUND MARCH. SPRING. SO. YEAH. CHIEF. SO, SO THIS IS I HAVE TO COMMEND VINCE. THE LAST CONFERENCE I WENT TO, THEY HAD A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT ROAD RESTORATION AND POTHOLES. AND SO I RESEARCHED THIS THIS ITEM. APPARENTLY IT'S BEEN A REQUEST OF THE OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST. WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT SAVES MONEY AND HOW IT REALLY FIXES THE STREETS. IT LITERALLY TAKES 2 OR 3 PEOPLE INSTEAD OF A BIG TEAM. IT'S A DIFFERENT IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. AND BUYING THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE STREETS THAT'LL LAST LONGER. IT SAVES MONEY. THEY HAD ALL THE RESEARCH ON IT AND THE COMPANY HAS ACTUALLY DONE AN EXAMPLE. HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT, VINCE? THE THE THE DEMO WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO. A YEAR AGO, THEY ACTUALLY CAME AND DID. AND SO I'M JUST GLAD WE ALL GOT GOT ON THE SAME PAGE ON IT. AND SO GREAT SOME OF THAT. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE PLACE TO BRING IT UP, BUT I'M NOT SURE OF IT. I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE 80S. MY STREETS ARE PRETTY DARN DECENT. STILL NEVER BEEN REDONE, BUT SOME OF THESE STREETS IT SEEMS LIKE BEING BUILT IN 2015 2013. WE'RE ALREADY HAVING TO REFIX THEM. THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO. SO THAT'S CHANGE FROM OUR REQUIREMENT. BUT SOMETHING IN OUR REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THEY BUILD IT. AND IF THEY ONLY IF THEIR EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, BUT IF THEY'RE HALF ASSING IT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST GET A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT IN TEN YEARS FROM NOW. WELL, HOW LONG SHOULD A STREET AN OLD SAYING COUNCILMAN THE RIGHT PROCESS AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RIGHT STREET? EVERY PAVEMENT IS DIFFERENT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS A LOT OF HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? OR MAYBE, MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME WITH STAFF AND AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OR WHOMEVER EXPECTS WHEN THEY BUILD A STREET. HERE COMES THE ENGINEER. TYPICAL STREET. CROSS SECTION 32FT. THE BACK TO BACK OF CURB. TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT, EIGHT INCHES OF SUBGRADE. YEAH, BUT HOW COME THE STREETS FROM THE 80S. AND THERE'S A LOT OF 80S SUBDIVISIONS HERE IN EDINBURGH, AND THE ONES BEING BUILT IN THE 2000, 2010 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE'RE ALREADY REPAIRING THE STREETS. WE'RE ALREADY PICKING UP WHAT'S CHANGED? IS IT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO BE OUT THERE AND INSPECTING THEM WHEN THEY'RE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S LIKE ANY GOOD HOUSE. IT'S THE FOUNDATION. SO THE FOUNDATION. YEAH. THEY MIGHT PUT TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT, BUT WHAT'S THE FOUNDATION? IS IT SOMETHING WE NEED TO CHANGE IN OUR ORDINANCES AND OUR RULES OR OUR INSPECTION PROCESS, OR THE CORE SAMPLES THAT ARE HAPPENING OR SOMETHING? EVERYTHING HAS TO DO WITH THE MATERIAL TESTING. I DON'T I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT AT LEAST NOW ON OUR STANDARDS, IT REQUIRES TO DO TESTING WITH A CERTAIN FREQUENCY. AND THAT'S HOW WE ENSURE THAT THE STREETS WILL LAST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. OKAY. YEAH, WAIT ANOTHER TEN YEARS TO FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. YOU FIGURE IT OUT. THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO. ALL RIGHT. THE ONLY THING I ASK IS OUR FRIENDS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE GET A NEW FIRE TRUCK. IT'S ALWAYS OUT IN THE FRONT. SO WHEN YOU GET THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, MAKE SURE YOU BRING IT OUT TO THE FRONT SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. I KNOW IT'LL BE IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT TO USE. SO ANYWAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [D. Consider Awarding RFP No. 2024-022, Pest Control Services to Last Defense Pest Control, LLC the Highest-Ranking Proposal and Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into a Professional Services Agreement Pursuant to the City’s Ordinances and Procurement Policies. [Tomas D. Reyna, Assistant City Manager]] ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM D, CONSIDER AWARDING RFP NUMBER 2024. DASH ZERO 22 PEST CONTROL SERVICES TO PEST CONTROL, LLC, THE HIGHEST RANKING PROPOSAL, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AND PROCUREMENT POLICIES. COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? [E. Consider Authorizing the Expenditure for the Replacement of the Undercarriage Assembly and Track System of the 1050K Dozer, Unit 1152, by Doggett Heavy Machinery of San Juan, Tx. in the Amount of $54,142.14. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director Solid Waste Management]] SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM E. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE, ASSEMBLY AND TRACK SYSTEM OF THE 1050 K DOZER. UNIT 1152 BY DOGGETTE HEAVY MACHINERY OF SAN JUAN, TEXAS, AND THE AMOUNT OF 54,142 AND $0.14. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND WELL. MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED. THERE'S, THERE'S THERE ISN'T ANY LOCAL EDINBURG VENDORS THAT WERE PART OF THIS BID PROCESS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL RAMIRO GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE FOR THIS ONE. IT WENT BACK TO THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WARRANTY ON THE MACHINE. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S A REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU. ACQUISITION. AND IT'S UNDER WARRANTY. YES, SIR. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME [F. Consider Authorizing the Expenditure for the Repair of Commercial Unit 483, by Rush Truck Centers in Pharr, Texas, in the Amount of $82,131.89. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director Solid Waste] SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM F. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE REPAIR OF COMMERCIAL UNIT NUMBER 483 BY RUSH TRUCK CENTERS IN PHARR, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF 82,131 $0.89. [01:35:02] MOTION 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. MOVING ON TO ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO [G. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Two Traffic Message Boards from Triple-S Steel Supply, LLC dba Alamo Iron Works Through the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) in the Amount Not to Exceed $39,038.24. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director of Solid Waste Management]] TRAFFIC MESSAGE BOARDS FROM TRIPLE S STEEL SUPPLY, LLC, DBA ALTAMONT IRONWORKS, THROUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE BY BOARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 39,038 AND $0.24. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. [H. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2025-2, Purchase of Four (4) Half-Ton Truck(s) to Sames McAllen Ford of McAllen, Texas in the Amount of $219,984. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director of Solid Waste Management]] MOTION CARRIES ITEM H. CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 2025. DASH TWO PURCHASE OF FOUR HALF TON TRUCKS TO JAMES MCALLEN FORD OF MCALLEN, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF 219 984. MOTION TO APPROVE. QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WITH DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A SECOND. GO AHEAD. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. GOMEZ. AGAIN. DIRECTOR. SOLID WASTE. YES. THIS ITEM WENT OUT FOR BID. WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL RESPONSES FROM EVEN FROM LOCAL VENDORS. THE BAD PART ABOUT THOSE IS THAT THEY WERE NOT MEETING THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE PUT OUT, SO WE WERE NOT DOING AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. THANK YOU. THE QUESTION I HAVE DID WE LOOK AT BARTLEBAUGH TWO? WELL, I GUESS THE EXPERIENCE IS AND THE KIND OF THE DEBATE WE'VE BEEN HAVING AROUND HERE IS BY BOARD AGAINST AGAINST THE BID. MY EXPERIENCE IS OBVIOUSLY WITH THE POLICE CARS. THE POLICE CARS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE A SPECIALIZED UNIT. THEY'VE GOT TO COME. IT'S NOT LIKE BUYING AN F ONE, I'M ASSUMING, SAY, AN F-150 OFF OF THIS OR THAT'S A FORD. SO YOU'RE BUYING F-150S, WHICH ARE PRETTY STOCK AND GENERIC, WHICH THEY'RE DONE. SO WE WE ALWAYS FOUND THAT TRYING TO DO BIDS ON POLICE UNITS, IT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED. OKAY. IT JUST IT DIDN'T WORK BECAUSE THE THE LOCAL LOCAL ONES COULDN'T COMPETE WITH THE VENDORS. THAT'S ALL THEY SOLD WERE FLEET VEHICLES. SO THE QUESTION WAS ON ON WHEN WE GET BACK INTO THESE REGULAR, REGULAR MOM AND POP VEHICLES, I GUESS YOU COULD BE USING THAT ANYBODY ELSE COULD BUY THE IS THE BY BOARD BETTER OR IS IT BY THE BIDS BETTER? OBVIOUSLY I'D RATHER BE. I'D RATHER DO BIDS BECAUSE I'D RATHER I'D RATHER OUR MONEY STAY IN. I THINK MOST OF US WOULD THINK EVEN THOUGH SAVINGS IS NOT IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, IT'S IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, WHICH PROBABLY EMPLOYS SOME EDINBURGH PEOPLE. SO IT MAKES MAKES ME HAPPY AGAINST CALDWELL FORD WHICH AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO THAT THERE'S NOBODY FROM EDINBURGH WORKING THERE. NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BEFORE WE WENT OUT FOR BID, WE DID ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT WAS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BAE BOARD AND THE AVAILABILITY OF V8'S THROUGH THE BAE BOARD WAS NOT THERE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS. SO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO AVAILABILITY FOR FOR THOSE BIG V8'S, WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT OUT FOR BID. SAMES IS ONE COMPANY THAT OR DEALERSHIP THAT WE'VE DONE BUSINESS IN THE PAST, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RETAINING THEM TO TO BRING IN BRING IN SOME SOME OF THE TRUCKS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. SO WE WERE HOPING THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD RESPOND IN WHICH THEY DID, ALONG WITH PAYNE AUTO GROUP OUT OF EDINBURGH AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS WHO WERE SURPRISED THAT WE DID GET WE DID RECEIVE SOME, SOME LOCAL VENDORS RESPONDING. SO THE ONLY BAD THING, AGAIN, WAS THAT THEY WERE NOT THEY DID NOT SUBMIT ON THE SPECS. BUT SO THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT HALF TON TRUCKS. THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT THEY WERE SUBMITTING HALF TON TRUCKS, BUT THEY WERE SUBMITTING THEM WITH A HYBRID DIESELS. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED ON OUR, ON OUR F ONE OR OUR HALF TON PICKUPS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM. I CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE, [I. Consider Authorizing the Expenditure for the Replacement of the Undercarriage Assembly and Track System of the 336FL Excavator, Unit 1147, by Holt Caterpillar of Edinburg, Texas in the Amount of $44,649.76. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director Solid Waste Management]] ASSEMBLY AND TRACK SYSTEM. OF THE 336 EXCAVATOR UNIT 1147 BY HOLT CATERPILLAR OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF 444,649 AND $0.76. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. [J. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Commercial Metal Containers from Roll-Offs USA through BuyBoard, and Wastequip, LLC Through Sourcewell, Per Unit Price Listed. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Jr., Director of Solid Waste Management]] MOTION CARRIES ITEM J. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF COMMERCIAL METAL CONTAINERS FROM ROLOFFS USA THROUGH BY BOARD AND WASTE GROUP, LLC THROUGH SOURCEWELL PER UNIT PRICE LISTED. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THESE ARE NEW CONTAINERS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LOCALS THAT SELL USED COUNCILMAN RAMIRO GOMEZ, DIRECTOR, SOLID WASTE. AND YES, THERE ARE NEW CONTAINERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [K. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of a Law Enforcement Policy Manual and Daily Training Subscription from Lexipol, LLC, Through Sourcewell Contract No. 01822-LXP in the Amount of $80,773.20. [Jaime Ayala, Chief of Police]] ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM K. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICY MANUAL AND DAILY TRAINING [01:40:02] SUBSCRIPTION FROM LEXIPOL, LLC THROUGH SOURCEWELL, CONTRACT NUMBER 01822 DASH LXP IN THE AMOUNT OF 80,773 AND $0.20. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [16. APPOINTMENTS] ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. [A. Consider Appointments to the Following City Advisory Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees: Airport Advisory Board of South Texas International Airport of Edinburg, One Member; Community Development Council, One Member; Edinburg Little League, Two Members; Edinburg Public Library Board, One Member; Zoning Board of Adjustments, One Member. [Clarice Y. Balderas, City Secretary]] MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 16. COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE SEVERAL. WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE. THE FIRST ONE IS AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. I BELIEVE THE TERM IS UP FOR MR. TERRY CONNELLY'S ASKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? SO MOTION TO REAPPOINT TERRY. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE MOVE ON TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT MEMBER ELIZABETH MARTINEZ SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE HAVE EDINBURG LITTLE LEAGUE. WE HAVE PRESENT MEMBERS FRANKIE JOE SALINAS AND RUBEN VASQUEZ ASKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE THE EDINBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD. ONE MEMBER THAT HAS RESIGNED, AND WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS. COUNCIL. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT LILIA BROWN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT LILIA BROWN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNDER ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAVE ONE MEMBER GREGORY VASQUEZ ASKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION PASSES. [17. CONSENT AGENDA] MOVING ON TO ITEM 17. CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL. WE HAVE ITEMS A, B, C, D, E, AND F. ANYONE WANT TO TAKE ANY ITEM OUT OF CONSIDERATION? PULL F, PLEASE. WE HAVE F ANYTHING ELSE. IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION FOR A, B, C, D AND E. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM F. IS THERE A MOTION BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT? THE ITEM IS CONSIDERED CANCELING THE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. [All Matters Listed Under Consent Agenda Are Considered To Be Routine By The Governing Body And Will Be Enacted By One Motion. There Will Be No Separate Discussion Of These Items. If Discussion Is Desired, That Item Will Be Removed From The Consent Agenda And Will Be Considered Separately. With Regard To Any Item, The City Council May Take Various Actions; Including But Not Limited To Rescheduling An Item In Its Entirety For A Future Date Or Time. The City Council May Elect To Go Into Executive Session On Any Item Whether Or Not Such Item Is Posted As An Executive Session Item At Any Time During The Meeting When Authorized By The Provisions Of The Open Meetings Act.] ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION PASSES. GO AHEAD. I THINK THIS IS A WEEK AWAY. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, SIR. I JUST DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MOVE IT TO THE 17TH. THAT'S A WEEK AWAY FROM COUNCIL OF THE MEETING. IT'S NOT THE THANKSGIVING WEEK. WE USUALLY CANCEL THE ONE THAT'S THE SAME WEEKEND AS THANKSGIVING. THAT'S UP TO YOU. I JUST WANT DECEMBER. YEAH, I MEAN CHRISTMAS. WAS IT? NO. CHRISTMAS? YEAH. SORRY, I HAVEN'T GOT PAST ONE HOLIDAY. WHAT? WHAT'S THE. YEAH. WHAT'S THE REASON FOR CANCELING THAT ONE? WE KIND OF ASKED THEM TO PUT THEM ALL ON FROM NOW ON SO WE CAN HAVE THAT. WELL, THEY NORMALLY ARE PUT ON, I THINK. I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, THAT LAST ELECTION THEY WAS NOT PUT ON. AND SO EVERY ITEM ANY MEETING COUNCIL THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE, IT HAS TO BE PUT ON BEFORE THE MEETING. BUT I DON'T KNOW. THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED, BUT HISTORICALLY THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER HAD BEEN CANCELED. YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR PURPOSES OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NOT BEING AVAILABLE DURING THE HOLIDAYS TIME HOWEVER, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE MENTIONED THIS IS STILL AT LEAST A WEEK AWAY FROM THE, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. SO WE WERE PRESENTING IT TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR COUNCILS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. BUT I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE DID NOT CANCEL THAT MEETING. BUT HISTORICALLY WE WOULD CANCEL THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER COUNCIL. AND THEN JUST TO HELP STAFF A LITTLE BIT TOO, BECAUSE WE GET NAILED RIGHT WHEN WE GET BACK WITH THE COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH. TO COME BACK. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DOUBLE UP ON THE WORK. SO IF WE SKIP ONE WE MIGHT BE REALLY AFFECTING STAFF'S ABILITIES. I'M GOOD WITH THE 17TH TOO. YEAH. ME TOO. I'M GOOD HAVING ONE ON THE 17TH. YEAH. ME TOO. OKAY. CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY OR TAKE NO ACTION OR NO ACTION? YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MEETING. IT'S PART OF OUR. YEAH. I MEAN, OKAY, OKAY. [18. OTHER BUSINESS] ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS UNDER ITEM 18 COUNCIL. [A. Future Items Requested by City Council. [Myra L. Ayala, City Manager]] IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE IN THE FUTURE? FUTURE MEETINGS ANYTHING. I'D LIKE AN UPDATE ON OUR PARKING GARAGE. AND SO I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THERE WAS A MEETING THAT WAS HELD. I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE LATEST IS ON THAT, IF WE COULD. YES, SIR. WE'LL BE BRINGING SOME INFORMATION AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEETING ON FRIDAY WITH OUR CONSULTANTS. [01:45:03] ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 19. [19. EXECUTIVE SESSION] COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 742. YOU WANT TO READ THE ITEM ITEM EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM BE DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY. ITEM C PERSONNEL MATTERS. ITEM D DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT K ITEM E DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT MAGNETIC. COMING UP NEXT ON ESPN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR. MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER JASON DE LEON, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISER, CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL, THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THIS EVENING'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. IT IS NOVEMBER 19TH AND IT'S 6:00. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I DO SEE VISIBLY WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEING PRESENT. WE'RE GOING TO START THIS EVENING AS WE DO EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRAYER. WE HAVE DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER HERE WITH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. [01:50:02] WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE AS WE ARE LED IN PRAYER, PLEASE? FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WE WE DO. THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON OF HOLIDAYS THAT WE ARE GETTING INTO THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR JUST THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. A CITY THAT YOU'VE ENTRUSTED US TO IN THE BUSINESS THAT WE CAN DO TONIGHT. LORD, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. ALTHOUGH WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE FOUND PEACE IN ISRAEL AREA, AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT. AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT AS A NATION THAT AS WE GET INTO THESE HOLIDAY SEASONS, YOU'D HELP US TO REALIZE, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY DISAGREE ON SOME THINGS, THIS IS A NATION OF OF THE PEOPLE, AND BY THE PEOPLE IN OUR GOVERNMENT IS FOR THE PEOPLE. AND LORD, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH CORDIAL NESS AND CIVILITY. LORD, MAY THAT HAPPEN TONIGHT TO YOUR HONOR AND GLORY. GRANT US YOUR WISDOM IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. JOIN US FOR OUR 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. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024 7:30 P.M.. SIR. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS A DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UNDER STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE REGARDING ANY OF THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? NO NO NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO MAYOR'S REPORT. I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM. I JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE IS EARLIER THIS YEAR RECOGNIZED THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AS AN ALL AMERICAN CITY FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY. AND AS SUCH, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, I WAS ASKED TO SERVE ON THEIR BOARD OF THIS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. IT'S A TRUE HONOR. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL ALL OUR STAFF AND REALLY OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE ONE ASKED TO SERVE, IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A REFLECTION ON THE WORK BEING DONE HERE IN OUR CITY, NOT JUST BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, REALLY ALL OUR RESIDENTS. BECAUSE THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING AND CONTINUING TO REPRESENT OUR CITY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY. AND WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT SOME PROGRAMS THAT PERHAPS WE CAN INITIATE THAT WILL HELP OUR CITY IN THIS ENDEAVOR. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND I'LL KEEP EVERYBODY POSTED ON ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS BOARD. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE IS CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE FOUR ITEMS UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A RECOGNITION OF THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. THIS EVENING, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT. EXCUSE ME, DEPARTMENT. THIS EVENING, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT EDINBURGH'S VERY OWN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA DEPARTMENT HAS PLACED OUR CITY IN THE STATE SPOTLIGHT. BRINGING HOME AN IMPRESSIVE TOTAL OF SIX AWARDS AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND ADVISORS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN AUSTIN. THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS THE TEAM'S CREATIVITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND DEDICATION TO SHARING EDINBURG STORIES WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB OF REPRESENTING EDINBURG AND SHOWCASING THE HEART OF OUR CITY THROUGH MEDIA AND STORYTELLING. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ON THIS VERY, VERY WELL-DESERVED HONOR. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MISS ROXANNE LERMA, THE DIRECTOR TO THE PODIUM TO JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE TEAM WOULD JOIN ME, RIGHT? YES. THEY'RE NOT SHY, MAYOR. SO IF YOU FOLLOW OUR CHANNEL OR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE PRODUCE SOME PRETTY STELLAR WORK. WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRODUCTION TEAM. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NICE TO KNOW THAT THE STATE RECOGNITION KIND OF REINFORCES THAT. SO VERY BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AWARDS THAT WE GOT. WE GOT AWARDS OF MERIT IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES FOR ETHNIC EXPERIENCE FOR A VIDEO THAT WE DID ON CULTURE FEST FOR ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, FOR CONJUNTO COMPETITION. [01:55:01] I KNOW THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND YOUR HEART. VIDEOGRAPHY A TOUR OF SAL DEL REY, WHICH HAS GOTTEN OTHER AWARDS AS WELL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ARBOR DAY VIDEO. AND THEN IN THIRD PLACE, WE GOT FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON DWI AWARENESS. AND I DO WANT TO THANK CHIEF AYALA AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE HE REALLY PUSHED FOR US TO DO THAT PSA ON THEIR MAKEUP PLAN CAMPAIGN. SO KUDOS TO THEM AS WELL. AND THEN THE BIG ONE, WE GOT FIRST PLACE FOR PROFILE OF AN ORGANIZATION. AND THAT WAS OUR ON THE JOB SERIES WHERE WE PROFILED AN EMPLOYEE AT LOS LAGOS GOLF COURSE. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT JUAN. JUAN, JUAN PRODUCED ABOUT HALF OF THE VIDEOS THAT THAT ONE. SO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ONE. I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE WERE THE ONLY VALLEY CITY THAT PICKED UP FIRST PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED. AND THANK YOU, MISS MYRA AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE US. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS? YES. THANK YOU. AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT. THANK YOU. WE ALL KNOW THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S SO NEAT. YOU'RE RIGHT THAT NOW YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE VERY WELL DESERVING. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR RESIDENTS. I RESIDENTS. I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH JOB WITH SO MANY MEDIUMS OUT THERE HOW TO PROMOTE, BUT I THINK YOU ALL DO A FINE JOB. WELL DONE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES THE PICTURE OF YOU GUYS, NOT ONE OF YOU. REAL QUICK. THERE WE GO. REALLY QUICK. MAYOR. MAYBE WE NEED TO TURN THEM AROUND, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN NOTICING THERE'S NOBODY IN THE CONTROL ROOM TO TAKE A PICTURE THIS WAY. LIKE WE KNOW. THERE WE GO. SO NOBODY CAN SEE THEM. OH. THAT'S RIGHT. Y'ALL NEED TO TURN THEM ALL AROUND. TURN AROUND. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S NOBODY THERE. HOW YOU DOING? THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR MAKING US LOOK GOOD. OH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. SO. WHY IS IT ONLY ONE MORE SHOT? WE HAVE A COUNTDOWN BRANCH. ALL RIGHT. READY? THREE. TWO. ONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO HAVE THREE MORE REPORTS TO GO. THIS NEXT. THIS NEXT ITEM IS ALSO A RECOGNITION YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH'S VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE, WELL, HAVE INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES LIKE LARRY AYALA, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. LARRY HAS PROUDLY SERVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 23 YEARS AT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. I SEE HIM IN THE BACK. LARRY, YOU WANT TO STEP UP? I KNOW YOU'RE A LITTLE. HE'S A LITTLE SHY. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. THIS EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT IN LATE SEPTEMBER, LARRY'S QUICK THINKING AND CPR TRAINING THAT HE RECEIVED HERE AT THE CITY AS A CITY EMPLOYEE SAVED THE LIFE OF A SEVEN YEAR OLD BABY WHEN A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER RAN TO HIS DOORSTEP FOR HELP BECAUSE HER BABY WASN'T BREATHING. LARRY DIDN'T HESITATE. HE CALMLY PERFORMED LIFE SAVING MEASURES TO REVIVE THE BABY UNTIL EMS ARRIVED. THE MOMENT WAS CAPTURED ON HIS RING CAMERA, WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. THOUGH LARRY IS VERY HUMBLE AND HE AVOIDS THE SPOTLIGHT, HIS ACTIONS REMIND US OF WHAT A TRUE HERO LOOKS LIKE. LARRY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS EFFORTS AND THE COMPASSION THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP ANOTHER FELLOW PERSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LARRY. I KNOW YOUR FAMILY'S HERE TO HAVE THEM JOIN YOU. PLEASE. [02:00:02] CHAIRMAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL. YOU'RE REAL GOOD, MAN, I SEE YOU. YEAH, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, MAN. I KNOW YOU'RE CLOSE TO YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE ISOLATED HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO TURN YOUR MIND OFF. YEAH. I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME. I THINK. IT'S A GOOD ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. MEETING TO ORDER. TODAY IS OCTOBER 23RD, 2024. IT IS 5:30 P.M.. STAFF, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, COMMISSIONER. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TEXAS MEETINGS ACT. FRIDAY AT 4:55 P.M.. OKAY. THANK YOU. SIR. CAN EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR PRAYER? LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT AS WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING. HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY. FILL US WITH YOUR GRACE, LORD GOD, AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR CITY AND CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT ALL THAT WE DO HERE TODAY, ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISH, IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. MR. GONZALEZ, CAN YOU LEAD US IN 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. FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. MR. ACEVEDO ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT WE DID GIVE PROPER NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. NEXT, OUR DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. UNDER STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON ANY MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IF A RESIDENT DESIRES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CHAIRPERSON PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS IS REQUIRED. WE ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATION IN FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES. IS ANYONE HERE? WANTING TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. MOVING ON. ITEM FIVE. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MEETING PROCEDURES USED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALL ITEMS ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AS EACH ITEM IS INTRODUCED. STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION ON THE ITEM BEING CONSIDERED. THE PARTY MAKING THE REQUEST MAY MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY ISSUES ARISING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEM BEING CONSIDERED. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE DESIRING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION MAY DO SO. A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON THE ITEM. THE USE OF A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WILL BE REQUIRED. ONCE THE CHAIR CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE BOARD MAY QUESTION ANYONE AND MAINTAIN ANY DISCUSSION WHICH CLARIFIES THE PROPOSAL AND WILL THEN TAKE WHAT ACTION IT BELIEVES TO BE APPROPRIATE. A MINIMUM OF FOUR VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR AN ITEM TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX ABSENCES. CONSIDER EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF BOARD MEMBER MARK GONZALEZ FROM THE SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? MOTION TO EXCUSE. I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE FROM MR. ALMAGUER. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. VAZQUEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO OUR MINUTES. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 28TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. ALMAGUER. IS THERE A SECOND? [02:05:02] I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION AND HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. VAZQUEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM EIGHT A REQUEST BY WILDCAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, LLC FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AS FOLLOWS. TO HAVE A 6.9FT SIDE YARD SETBACK, WHERE A 15 FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK IS REQUIRED AT LOT SIX BIGHORN BUSINESS PARK SUBDIVISION. HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 926 BIGHORN DRIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM RICARDO FARLEY, ONE OF THE PLANNERS HERE IN EDINBURG. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS GOING TO DEAL WITH SETBACKS IN PARTICULAR THIS BUILDING HERE, THIS PROPOSED BUILDING. YOU CAN HERE'S THE PROPERTY LINE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BE EXAMINING THE REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR THIS BUILDING AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THE BOARD FOR. SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ARTICLE THREE, AS IT APPLIES TO SETBACKS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE LOT STANDARDS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED BUILDING TO ENCROACH 8.1FT INTO THE 15 FOOT REQUIRED SIDE YARD SETBACK, THEREBY LEAVING A 6.9FT SIDE YARD SETBACK AS IT IS DELINEATED HERE ON THE SITE PLAN. SO BASICALLY THEY WANT A 6.9FT SIDE YARD SETBACK INSTEAD OF THE 15 THAT'S REQUIRED. NOW, ONE THING I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, IF YOU NOTICE THIS 6.9FT IS NOT DIRECTLY TO THE BUILDING. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. SO IF YOU EXAMINE THE SITE PLAN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A SIDEWALK HERE. WELL, THAT'S A COVERED SIDEWALK THAT THAT'S A COVERED SIDEWALK. AND SO YOU WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE FLOOR PLAN. LET ME GO BACK TO THE FLOOR PLAN HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT COVERED SIDEWALK RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY HAS SUPPORTING POSTS AND THOSE. SO THE SUPPORTING POST FOR THAT SIDEWALK IS WHAT WOULD BE ENCROACHING MORE INTO THE SETBACK THAN THE BUILDING. SO THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE THERE AS WE WERE EXAMINING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE CUL DE SAC OF BIGHORN DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 640FT EAST OF THE EXPRESSWAY. THE PROPERTY IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. FIND THAT ONE. SO THE PROPERTY IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE. IT'S THIS LOT RIGHT HERE. LOT NUMBER SIX IS AS PART OF THE CUL DE SAC. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL GENERAL DISTRICT. ADJACENT ZONING. ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST, AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO THE EAST. THE LAND USES ARE VACANT INDUSTRIAL LOTS AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO LET'S SEE WHAT BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT TONIGHT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF BITCOIN BUSINESS PARK SUBDIVISION. IT IS A RECORDED SUBDIVISION AS WE SEE BEFORE US. IT WAS RECORDED DECEMBER THE 8TH, 2015. SO WHAT HAPPENED? THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT FOR A NEW OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING ON MAY THE 8TH, 2024. AND SO PLANNING STAFF, WE REVIEW THESE PERMITS. AND AT THAT TIME IT THE ENCROACHMENT WAS NOTICED ON THE SITE PLAN. THE APPLICANT REQUESTED FOR A VARIANCE WAS RECEIVED ON AUGUST THE 15TH, 2024 BY STATE LAW, WE. BY BY LAW, WE DID MAIL THIS REQUEST TO TEN NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST AT THE TIME OF THIS MEETING. SO ON MAY THE 8TH, PLANS RECEIVED BY THE CITY DID SHOW THAT THE PROPOSED COVERED PORCH FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS ENCROACHING 8.1FT INTO THE REQUIRED 15 FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK, AND THIS ENCROACHMENT IS GREATER THAN WHAT THE BUILDING ITSELF WOULD BE. SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THIS WOULD BE ALSO BE APPROVING THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO SETBACKS CALLED FOR BY THIS ZONING DISTRICT ARE AS FOLLOWS FRONT 25, REAR 30 AND SIDE 15. THE APPLICANT STATES THAT BECAUSE THIS LOT IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND A SIMILAR VARIANCE WAS APPROVED FOR LOT NUMBER NINE ON FEBRUARY 24TH 24TH, [02:10:02] 2021. HE FEELS THAT, OF COURSE THE VARIANCE SHOULD BE APPROVED. AND ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LOT CLOSELY, IT'S ENCUMBERED BY A LOT OF EASEMENTS. SO THE LOT CANNOT BE MOVED NORTHWARDLY BECAUSE THERE'S A 15 FOOT EASEMENT THERE AND IT CANNOT BE MOVED EASTWARDLY AS WELL BECAUSE OF 30FT OF EASEMENTS. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST. HOWEVER, IF APPROVED, BASED ON THE IRREGULAR SHAPED LOT BASED ON THE INCUMBENTS OF THE LOT ITSELF BEING ENCUMBERED BY A LOT OF EASEMENTS AND BASED ON LOT NUMBER NINE BEING APPROVED FOR SIMILAR VARIANCE, THEN THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO PAY A RECORDING FEE TO THE COUNTY OF HIDALGO AND MEET OTHER APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS. THANK YOU, MR. FARLEY. IS THE APPLICANT IN ATTENDANCE? ABUNDANCE. THANK YOU SIR. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. I'M LALO RAMIREZ WITH QUINTANILLA ASSOCIATES, AND THIS IS FABIAN OCHOA WITH GARLOCK BUILDERS. OKAY. WE'RE ALSO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO LOT SEVEN. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SETBACK BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS, WE ARE GOING TO BE OVER THE 12 FOOT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR FIRE PROTECTION AS FAR AS BUILDING SEPARATIONS. SO WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING THE VARIANCE. AND WE'RE MEETING THE BUILDING SEPARATION BETWEEN LOT SIX AND LOT SEVEN. HOW MUCH OF THE ACTUAL I GUESS I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S CONDITIONED SPACE, BUT LIKE THE ACTUAL BUILDING AND NOT THE PORCH AREA ENCROACHES ON THE SETBACK. YEAH. SO WE GO. WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE PORCH BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORTING POST, AND IT IS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. SO WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THE SITE PLAN. SO HERE'S THE SITE PLAN HERE THAT SHOWS THE 6.9FT SETBACK TO THE PORCH AND TO THE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET. SO THE TEN FEET SETS BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE PORCH THE BUILDING DOES. SO IT'LL BE A TOTAL OF 6.9FT. SIDE YARD SETBACK. REALLY? THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR. THE BUILDING ITSELF IS ABOUT TEN FEET BACK. BUT WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT PORCH BECAUSE IT HAS SUPPORTING POSTS AND IT'S ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. SO HERE AGAIN, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A 6.9FT SETBACK INSTEAD OF THE 15 THAT'S REQUIRED. I SAW A COMMENT ABOUT THE PARKING SPACE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SEVEN. NO, THAT'S SEVEN FEET. ABOUT AN AXIS AGREEMENT. BUT THEY THE SAME APPLICANT IS A. YEAH. SO THEY REALLY WILL NEED AN ACCESS EASEMENT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME OWNER. SO THE ONLY TIME THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY EVEN COME UP IF THEY GO TO SELL ONE OF THESE LOTS, RIGHT. SO THE OWNER OF SIX AND SEVEN ARE THE SAME OWNERS. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE BY THEM BEING THE SAME OWNERS THAT'S ON THEIR PARKING IS GOING TO BE APPROVED AND SO FORTH. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I'M SORRY. SO YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE SAME OWNERS THAT THE PARKING WOULD BE APPROVED? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THE MINIMUM, I THINK THIS WAS ALREADY SAID, BUT THE MINIMUM SEPARATION IS 12FT, RIGHT? YEAH. THEY HAVE 12 FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO MORE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? YEAH. MR. CHAIR, I WAS JUST GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL OPEN AND CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC FORUM. OKAY. SHOULD I OPEN IT? YES. GO AHEAD. SO NOW I'LL FORMALLY OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ASK THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. [02:15:03] A MOTION TO APPROVE REQUEST. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. VAZQUEZ. SECOND. AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. ALMAGUER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM EIGHT B. REQUEST BY LA ESMERALDA SERVICES, LLC FOR A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AS FOLLOWS. TO HAVE A 50 FOOT LOT WIDTH INSTEAD OF THE 100 FOOT MINIMUM. REQUIRED BY CODE TO HAVE 7100FT² LOT AREA INSTEAD OF THE 12,000FT² MINIMUM TO HAVE A SIX FOOT YARD, SIX FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK INSTEAD OF A 15 FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK AS REQUIRED, AND TO HAVE A SIX TO HAVE SIX UNITS INSTEAD OF FOUR UNITS MAXIMUM AT LOT 14, BLOCK 263 WEST ADDITION TO EDINBURG, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS. LOCATED AT 105 WEST CANAL STREET. OKAY, SO HERE THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ARTICLE THREE AS IT APPLIES TO LOT DIMENSIONS AND SETBACKS. SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS TO AN EXISTING FOURPLEX. SO HERE WE SEE THE GREEN REPRESENTS THE FAR WALL. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO SHE'S PLANNING TO GO IN AND CARVE THIS SECOND FLOOR UP AND CREATE TWO ADDITIONAL ONE BEDROOM UNITS. THE ADDITIONAL UNITS, HOWEVER, WOULD TRIGGER THE BUILDING TO BE CONSIDERED BY DEFINITION AS AN APARTMENT, SO THE UDC STATES THAT FIVE DWELLING UNITS PER BUILDING IS CONSIDERED AN APARTMENT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE VARIANCE. THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO HAVE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR FOUR VARIANCES. THE FIRST ONE IS TO HAVE A 50 FOOT LOT WIDTH INSTEAD OF THE 100 FOOT MINIMUM REQUIRED BY CODE FOR AN APARTMENT. AND THE SECOND ONE IS TO HAVE A 7100 SQUARE FOOT LOT AREA INSTEAD OF THE 12,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM REQUIRED. THE THIRD IS TO HAVE A SIX FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK, OR A 15 FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK IS REQUIRED AND TO HAVE SIX UNITS INSTEAD OF THE FOUR UNITS MAXIMUM. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST CANAL STREET, APPROXIMATELY 50FT WEST OF SOUTH SECOND AVENUE. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED. SHE HAS THE ZONING RESIDENTIAL. MULTIFAMILY. DISTRICT. ADJACENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO THE EAST AND SOUTH, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO THE WEST. SO THE LAND USES SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY ARE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES. SO LET'S SEE HOW THIS CAME BEFORE US THIS EVENING. SO THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF WEST ADDITION TO EDINBURG, WHICH RECORD WHICH WAS RECORDED BACK IN 1946. SO ON JULY THE 18TH, 2024, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT. AND HERE AGAIN, STAFF WILL REVIEW THE BUILDING PERMITS. AND THIS PERMIT WAS FOR THE ADDITIONAL UNITS. SO BY REVIEWING THE PERMITS, STAFF NOTICED THAT THE APARTMENTS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRED SETBACKS, LOT DIMENSIONS AND DENSITY. SO THE APPLICANT APPLIED FOR VARIANCE ON OCTOBER THE 3RD, 2024. WE DID MAIL A NOTICE OF THE VARIANCE TO 32 NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. SO THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN PROPOSING TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX UNITS. SHE DOES HAVE TWO THREE BEDROOM UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AND SO SHE'S PROPOSING THE ADDITIONAL UNITS ON THE TOP FLOOR. THE SETBACKS FROM APARTMENT BUILDING ARE, AGAIN 20FT IN THE FRONT, SIDE 15 AND REAR 20. THE PROPOSED BUILDING DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LOT SQUARE FOOTAGE OR LOT WIDTH. THE LOT WOULD ONLY ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR UNITS. NOW, THE APPLICANT STATES THAT THE REASON THIS VARIANCE REQUEST SHOULD BE APPROVED IS THAT THE ADDITIONAL UNITS ARE NEEDED TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF APARTMENTS IN THE AREA. NOW, ONE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THIS WOULD NOT INCREASE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING AND SHE WOULD MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. IN FACT, THERE WAS A VARIANCE THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2021 FOR THE PARKING. BUT YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, BACK THEN THE PARKING CALCULATIONS WERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE TODAY. BUT SHE WOULD MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. [02:20:02] SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL, THE VARIANCE REQUEST, AND IF APPROVED, SHE WOULD NEED TO PAY THE $40 RECORDING FEE AND MEET ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS. AND AT THIS TIME, NO OTHER NO DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED THIS PARTICULAR PERMIT. IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. FOLEY. I'LL OPEN THE ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THE APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ITEM? IS ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ITEM? DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FOR STAFF? SO, MR. FARLEY, YOU INDICATED THAT THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT IS NOT GOING TO BE INCREASED. YES, SIR. THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO STAY THE WAY IT IS RIGHT HERE. SO INSIDE THERE'S GOING TO BE MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT FROM 4 TO 6. YES, SIR. SO INSIDE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THERE WILL BE MODIFICATIONS TO TAKE ONE OF THE TWO BEDROOM, TWO OF THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND TURN THEM IN TO A ONE BEDROOM UNITS. OH I SEE. YES, SIR. BUT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING WILL NOT CHANGE. AND ALSO SHE DOES MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. SHE JUST DOESN'T MEET THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT TRIGGERS FOR APARTMENTS SUCH AS LOT WIDTH, LOT AREA SETBACKS AND SO FORTH. AND WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS THE CITY HAS WITH REGARD TO THIS REQUEST BEING APPROVED? WELL, LET'S STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT. SO IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH A REQUEST SIMILAR REQUEST AND THEY DON'T EVEN THEY DON'T MEET THE LOT AREA AND LOT WIDTH AND YOU KNOW, SO THEREFORE YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN MEET THE PARKING. SO THEREFORE WE'LL OPEN. WE'RE OPENING UP A SITUATION WHEREBY APARTMENTS CAN BASICALLY BE APPROVED ON LOTS THAT ARE NOT TO BE APPROVED ON APARTMENTS WOULD NEED A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT AND 100 FOOT LOT WIDTH. SO THIS WOULD SET A PRECEDENT. YES, IT WOULD, SIR. I DO BELIEVE, MR. FARLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION THEN. A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, I BELIEVE A SIMILAR SITUATION CAME. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 6 OR 9 APARTMENTS THAT A GENTLEMAN OR EIGHT WANTED TO BUILD IN THE SAME. IT WAS REQUESTED THE SAME VARIANCES BECAUSE A LOT WAS SUPER SMALL. YES, SIR. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT IN FAVOR THAT CAME TO SPEAK NOW. JUST I BELIEVE THIS TO THE WEST ARE THOSE OTHER APARTMENTS TO THE WEST IN THIS PICTURE OR WHAT IS THAT, A HOUSE? THAT'S A HOUSE, SIR. IT'S A HOUSE. YES, SIR. AND MY THING IS, NOW THE APARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE FOUR BASICALLY SINGLE APARTMENTS. AT THE TOP. IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECT? OVERLOOKING ANOTHER KIND OF THE SAME. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED. EXACTLY. WE HAD THAT. A PARTICULAR ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE US. WHAT A COUPLE WHAT A MONTH AGO. RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T APPROVED. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE DIFFERENT CITIZENS WERE HERE. THEY WERE NOT APPROVAL OF IT. SO, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS, THEY I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THE REASON THE UDC STATES OUT THAT YOU GOT TO HAVE THE LOTTERY AND THE LOT WITH TO GO WITH THE APARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, THE PARKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ONE QUESTION. YOU SAID ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAD REVIEWED AND DENIED. YES, SIR. ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THIS PERMIT AND DENIED. OKAY. YES, SIR. INCLUDING FIRE BUILDING. ENGINEERING. PLANNING. OKAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. NEXT, I'LL ASK THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST. I HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL FOR MR. ALMAGUER. SECOND THE MOTION. CAN I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GONZALEZ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. SO WITH THAT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE. ATTENDANCE. ROSTER. [02:25:02] I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A ROSTER INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. OH. YES. YES. THERE'S A ROSTER HERE. WE DO. WE DO HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS THAT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE. WE HAVE MR. OMAR GOUVEIA AND MISS NANCY RAMIREZ. THERE ARE TWO ALTERNATES AT THIS TIME. WELCOME, WELCOME. GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS ON BOARD. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE NO NO FURTHER BUSINESS. SO ADJOURNMENT WOULD BE IN ORDER. OKAY. EXCELLENT. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION FOR MR. GONZALEZ. I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SECOND FROM MR. VAZQUEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. MEETING ADJOURNED. COMING UP NEXT ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR. MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER JASON DELEON, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISORS. CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL, THE 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. AND 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. 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 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. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YES. UNDER STATE LAW, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON 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. [02:30:02] TO 7 P.M. AT THE EDINBURG ACTIVITY CENTER LOCATED AT 123 EAST MARK, MARK S PENNA 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 ESPANA 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. GENERAL ADMISSION IS $5 AND THERE WILL BE A VIP SEATING AVAILABLE FOR $10, AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE EDINBURG CARES FOOD DRIVE. NEXT, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE 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. 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 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, YOU KNOW, 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 NOT 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 CHANGES CONTINENT 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. [02:35:05] 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 OF VISITING AND 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. THE 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 OR 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, PLEASE. LONGORIA. THANK YOU, SIR. 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 AND 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 PROJECTS, 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, [02:40:01] 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 EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASKED 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 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 LARRALDE, 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 2004 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. 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? YES, ALMOST 125. OKAY. SO THIS IS 100TH YEAR, RIGHT? NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR, 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. [02:45:01] 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. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEM SIX. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL LAST 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 THAT 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 SCHOOLS, THE 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 FOODS 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 TRUCKS 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. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MR. MCNERNEY 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 WWE CITY OF EDINBURGH. COM OR YOU CAN GO TO HIDALGO COUNTY AND GO TO THE DEPARTMENTS, 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 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. [02:50:03] SO PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. MISS BYRNE ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN B, EIGHT A, EIGHT F AND 13 J. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ERIBERTO ANAYA REGARDING LIFT STATION. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EDDIE BRTONIGLA 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. SABADO 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 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 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 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 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 IT'S 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 THAT LIFT STATION. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. AND THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. ROONEY. 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. 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 THOUSAND TURKEYS, A THOUSAND 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 OUR PARTNERSHIP HERE TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP IS DOCTOR MARIO SALINAS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. 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 OR 1200 TURKEYS AND FOOD TO OUR FAMILIES. [02:55:01] 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. IT 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 EDINBURGH 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? 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 H-E-B 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 BOX 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. MOJAVE. 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 31, 5631. AND AND DONATE THERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TAKE A PICTURE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I'LL SEE YOU THERE. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, I'LL HOLD IT. YES. YEAH. DID YOU GET IN THERE? OKAY. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU MARIO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU SIR. THANK YOU. [03:00:01] 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. 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 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 GLASGOW 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 AND AT RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE ROOM. 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 ONE. THIS IS WHAT OUR ELECTIONS WEBPAGE LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON AND 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 OF 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. SO THIS ONE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS NOT CLEAR. OKAY. AND THIS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. I BELIEVE OUR 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 [03:05:05] THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY, THE TERMS OF THE APPOINTED POSITIONS ARE TWO, 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 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 NOW OUR ELECTIONS ARE IN NOVEMBER. YES. WE USED TO 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 OFFICE TO BE VOTED ON AT SUCH ELECTION. CAN WE COVER THAT REAL QUICK? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BY POSTING THE NAMES OF 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 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. 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 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. I 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 CHANGE TO THE VOTER SHALL HAVE POWER TO PROPOSE ANY ORDINANCE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ORDINANCES LEVYING TAXES, ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS, ORDINANCE 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 POLLS, [03:10:02] 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 CURRENTLY 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. RCW 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 ORDINANCE MAKING THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CHANGES THE QUALIFIED VOTERS FROM 20 TO 25% AND FROM 200 TO 300 VOTERS. ARC 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, ADDS THAT 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 ORDERS 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 BY CERTIFIED 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 VOTERS TO VOTE ON WILL MAKE US OUR CHARTER, AT LEAST CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAWS. 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. COUNSEL, 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. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE CHARTER COMMITTEE. RIGHT. THE CHARTER COMMITTEE AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY POSITION AS WELL. THAT'S AN OPTION. RIGHT. 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 IS WHAT'S ON THERE NOW 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 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 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. [03:15:02] THEY COULD LOOK AT IT IN OUR CHART 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 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 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, THEN 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, 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, 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, SIR. 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? TO 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, 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 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, [03:20:02] I BELIEVE ALL THE WAY TO IS THAT SIXTH AVENUE AND THEN EAST EVEN EAST OF RALEIGH. 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 A SPRIG. 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 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. HOW OLD IS 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 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 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 HAVE 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. THOSE ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT. WHEN DID YOU SAY FREDDY GONZALEZ WILL OPEN UP AGAIN? THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I GET. WHAT'S GOING TO OPEN? WE DO AS WELL. IT'S WE ALL WANT TO GET PAID 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. THE 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 FREDI 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. 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. THE. AND THE SUBDIVISIONS. NORTH AND SOUTH. THE. 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 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 PUNCHLIST 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. SO THIS IS ALSO AT THE PUNCHLIST. THE LAST PORTION OF THE PUNCH LIST WAS THE RAILINGS. SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. PROJECT CLOSEOUT ALREADY? IN CEDAR. 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. [03:25:02] CEDAR. AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER STREET IS. CEDAR AND CYNTHIA STREET. 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, THE 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 THEN, 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 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. SO WHICH IS THE SAME THING APPLIES FOR THE FOLLOWING ONE, WHICH IS THE THE 17.5 AND EMERALD TRAFFIC BEACON. WE'RE IN THE, IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT. WE'RE WAITING FOR LINES TO BE ADJUSTED BY THIRD PARTIES. MONTE CRISTO ROAD 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 TXDOT 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 TXDOT. WHERE 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, THOUGH. 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 OUR OWN CONTRACT AND TEXDOT WE WOULD HAVE A OUR UTILITY PLAN. YES, SIR. IS GETTING INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE UTILITY. BUT THEY WON'T DO IT WITHOUT AN INTERLOCAL. I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT. SO WE NEED TO HAVE AN 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'VE REACHED OUT TO TEXDOT, AND I BELIEVE THE CONSULTANT HAS REACHED OUT TO 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 CARMONA. DIRECTOR. 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 [03:30:05] WERE PENDING TEX DOT'S INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. CAN Y'ALL REPORT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING, PLEASE? THANK YOU. OKAY. 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 PARK 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% COMPLETE. THE WITH THESE RESTROOMS 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 ONE'S 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. THE FOUNDATION WORK TO COMMENCE THE 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, AND ON THIS PROJECT WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR 60% SET TO TEX-DOT. WE HAVE REVIEWED, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS. SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED TO OUR NEXT MEETING 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 ON THE LAST OF LAST FRIDAY, THEY WERE FORMING TO BE READY TO POUR OUT 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 BEGIN. PLANTS FOR VETERANS ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE ON SUGAR. THEY'RE ABOUT 60% COMPLETE. THE AS SOON AS ACQUISITION IS COMPLETE, THE 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 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. 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? 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, 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. SHAPE AND 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. ON 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. [03:35:06] 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. FREDI GONZALEZ AND CLOSER INTERSECTION. WE HAVE BEGUN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND RFA 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 SPRIG SPRIG? SPRIG SPRIG. WHEN WE REDID SPRIG BETWEEN 10TH AND OAK. 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 MR. DIAZ AND MR. DELEON. THEY WENT OVER THERE A COUPLE OF 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, 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. OWASA. 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 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 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 TEXAS 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 TEXAS IS GOING TO BE REIMBURSING US AS OF RIGHT NOW, 100% FOR THE FOR THE RELOCATION OF THAT BOOSTER STATION. [03:40:08] 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 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, ON OWASA. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. VINCENT AMATO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE SCHEDULING FOR THE REPAVING OF BRIDGE BETWEEN MONARCH MONTMARTRE 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 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 GO AHEAD, SIR. 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 ARIA IS. THE 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 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 THE 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 THREE WEEKS A LITTLE BIT LESS. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE IN THE MEANTIME FOR THIS SECTION IS THAT THE 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 [03:45:02] 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 SUBGROUP 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 AND, AND DO THE CURB AND GUTTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND WE'LL 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 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 THE 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 THOUSAND FEET, 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. SO 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, THE TO THE DITCH THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS ABOUT 1000FT AWAY. AND THEN YOU GET STARTED ON THAT AND 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. SO 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 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. 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 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 ARE WE? WE HAD MET WITH TEX-DOT, 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, [03:50:08] THE 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 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 IS 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 IF 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, 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. AND JUST WANTING TO GET THE 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, THERE 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 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 AND 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 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 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. [03:55:04] 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 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. SAME THING COMING OUT. REMEMBER, YOU GOT ALL THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS TO 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. 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 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 AND THE 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 I CAN LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT. YES. THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE. IT'S A FEEDER, ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S. LIKE A TEXTILE. AND I BATTLED OUT WHEN I WAS A COP BECAUSE WE CLOSED ROADS. THE 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'D 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 TALKING 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'S. 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. 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 WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN, I THINK. IS THAT CORRECT STAKEHOLDERS THAT I WOULD SAY MAYBE ABOUT, THEY ACTUALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS 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. [04:00:02] 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, IT'S 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 THAT 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 THIS TEXT. I DIDN'T LIKE IT. THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE, WELL, 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 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. 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 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 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, THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION, I THINK. SO FOR THAT MEETING, PLEASE POST A POSSIBLE QUORUM SO WE CAN ALL KNOW 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 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 THE 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. 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 MISS FERN'S BURNS 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, [04:05:03] 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. GOOD. 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 FIGURE JUST THE WORD THAT'S THROWING EVERYBODY OFF BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A BIG CHANGE. 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 CANDIDA YEAST 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 THE PLAN IS? BECAUSE 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? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. IT'S 1006. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. [OPEN SESSION] JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. [04:10:03] COUNCIL, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS THAT NEED ACTION. YES, MAYOR. ON ITEM 19, B, I RECOMMEND A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED AS DIRECTED. [B. Deliberation Regarding Real Property. (§551.072. Deliberation Regarding Real Property; Closed] AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [E. Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Matters- Project Magnetic. (§551.087. Economic Development Negotiations; Closed Meeting)] AND ON. ITEM 19 E RECOMMENDED MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED. NO OTHER ITEMS NEEDING ACTION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. [20. ADJOURNMENT] SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. DON'T FORGET THE ACE FACILITY TOMORROW. THE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.