Mar 18, 2025 City Council Meeting

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COMING UP NEXT ON ESPN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL.

ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR.

MAYOR PRO TEM JASON DE LEON.

COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL DAN DIAZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE.

SITTING IN HIS ADVISORS, CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSE RAMIREZ SOLIS. AND NOW LIVE FROM CITY HALL, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS EVENING'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 18TH AT 6:00.

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

HE DID CALL ME. HE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS EVENING'S MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT, AS WE DO EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WITH A PRAYER.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE PASTOR JOE RODRIGUEZ HERE FROM VERTICAL COMMUNITY CHURCH THAT WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER. IS PASTOR RODRIGUEZ HERE?

[A. Prayer.]

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, PLEASE? SO WE SORRY.

PRAYER. THANK YOU GUYS.

IF I COULD GET EVERYBODY MOVE ALL HEADGEAR, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. LET US PRAY BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING, LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE LORD GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD THE COMMON GOAL OF ENRICHING OUR CITY AND ALL WHO WORK HERE.

LORD, WE PRAISE YOU AND ASK YOU TO GUIDE US IN THIS MEETING, THAT WE MAY BE UNITED IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND IN GOOD, HEALTHY EXCHANGE OF OUR IDEAS.

HELP US WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AS ALWAYS, IN GOD WE TRUST. AMEN.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

[B. Pledge of Allegiance.]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE.

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

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ITEM THREE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

YES, MAYOR. UNDER STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? NO. NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I ONLY HAVE THE STATE HIGHWAY 68 UPDATE. IT'S VERY BRIEF.

[4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

THEY ARE FINALIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND ANTICIPATE THE RECORD OF DECISION TO BE MADE IN IN LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER 2025.

THIS IS FOR THE MOST CURRENT PROPOSED ALIGNMENT.

AT THIS TIME, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

VERY WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION.

WE HAVE SEVERAL THIS EVENING, BUT THE FIRST ONE IS TO RECOGNIZE COACH OSCAR

[A. State Highway 68 (SH68) Update]

[5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS]

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[A. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Coach Oscar Salinas for his continued dedication to]

WHEREAS OSCAR SALINAS WAS BORN TO ANSELMO AND ADELINA SALINAS ON AUGUST 4TH, 1967, IN EDINBURG, TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS MR. SALINAS MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, ANNALISA SALINAS, IN JUNE 1994. TOGETHER THEY RAISED THEIR CHILDREN, AMANDA AND MATTHEW SALINAS, AND WHEREAS MR. SALINAS EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN KINESIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN IN 1990. UPON COMPLETING HIS DEGREE, HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS A TEACHER COACH AT EDINBURG HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHEREAS IN 2000, COACH SALINAS BECAME THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT EDINBURGH ECONOMEDES HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE COACH SALINAS LED THE JAGUARS TO A DISTRICT AND BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEREAS IN 2011, COACH SALINAS CONTINUED HIS CAREER AT LA FERIA HIGH SCHOOL AS A TEACHER, COACH, ATHLETIC COORDINATOR, FOOTBALL HEAD COACH, AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

HE LED THE LA FERIA HIGH SCHOOL LIONS TO NINE DISTRICT TITLES, FIVE BI-DISTRICT TITLES, ONE AREA TITLE AND ONE QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCE. WHEREAS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS FOOTBALL COACHING CAREER, COACH SALINAS WENT 110 68 AND AFTER 34 YEARS, COACH SALINAS CONTINUES HIS CAREER AS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURG CISD.

AND WHEREAS, COACH SALINAS HAS ALSO SERVED TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT OF THE RIO GRANDE COACHES ASSOCIATION, AS A SENIOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR, AND EIGHT YEARS ON THE EDINBURG ISD SCHOOL BOARD.

AND WHEREAS, IN JANUARY 2025, COACH OSCAR SALINAS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF HONOR AT THE 39TH ANNUAL CITY OF PALMS CLINIC.

AND WHEREAS, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COACH OSCAR SALINAS FOR HIS CONTINUED DEDICATION TO HELPING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN DEVELOP INTO OUTSTANDING ADULTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MARION COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE COACH OSCAR SALINAS FOR THE IMPACT HE CONTINUES MAKING IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND THE COACHING COMMUNITY.

OKAY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LEAVE OR NOT.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD, RIGHT? DO WE SPACE OUT? WOW.

WOW. OH, WE DID THAT OR ANYTHING.

HEY, NOBODY. HEY, REGGIE.

NOBODY INVITED YOU, REGGIE. ZO.

OKAY. THREE. TWO. ONE.

AWESOME. WOW.

COACH. CONGRATULATIONS.

I KNOW YOU'RE A MAN OF VERY FEW WORDS, BUT I DO KNOW YOU HAVE SOME WORDS TO SHARE THIS EVENING. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. MOTIVATION.

MOTIVATION. THERE YOU GO. DO I HAVE.

THERE YOU GO, GUYS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE.

MAYOR. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM.

JASON. AM I GET IT RIGHT? JASON. YES. JASON DE LEON.

COUNCILMAN DAN DIAZ CHIEF WHITE FOR THIS HONOR, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAME FROM YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT.

YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU START, IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS. THIS.

IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH KIDS, MAKING THEM BETTER, MAKING MY LIFE THERE BECAUSE THEY MADE MY LIFE BETTER.

ALL MY COACHES. I'M GLAD ELLIE'S HERE.

DAVID'S HERE SOMEWHERE. WE ALL 85 ERS AND WE ALL GREW UP, YOU KNOW, POOR AND STRUGGLING.

BUT NOW LOOK AT US. AND IT WAS THROUGH THE EDUCATION SMILING YOU KNOW BOBCAT SMILING I REMEMBER HIM YOU KNOW WHEN HE WAS ONE OF OUR COACHES AND STUFF.

SO COACH FLORES I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.

COACH FLORES, COACH VASQUEZ AND BASEBALL COACH GUERRA.

BUT ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR IT MEANS A LOT.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, ANNA.

MY KIDS ARE IN HOUSTON BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE LAST.

AMANDA IS ABOUT TO GRADUATE AS AN OPTOMETRIST, SO SHE'S ABOUT TO GET OUT.

AND MATTHEW JUST ON HIS SECOND YEAR.

BUT ALL OF THIS COULD ONLY HAPPEN THROUGH THE GREAT SUPPORT OF ANNA.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COACHING SITUATION,

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SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IT MEANS A LOT. IT MEANS A LOT THAT THAT I WAS SOMEWHERE, A PART OF YOUR LIVES AND MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIVES.

AND YOU ALL MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AS WELL.

AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN.

AND VIVA EDINBURG. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COACH.

AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO HE'S NOT DONE YET.

SO IF THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, HE'S STILL HE'S OUR AD AND HE'S KEEP ON GOING STRONG. AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO WITH OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GIVING BACK ALSO AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B.

WE HAVE ALSO A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AS REQUESTED BY DOCTORS HOSPITAL RENAISSANCE.

[B. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month]

WHEREAS COLORECTAL CANCER IS THE THIRD MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCER AND SECOND MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES. WITH OVER 145,000 ESTIMATED DIAGNOSED CASES AND OVER 56,000 ESTIMATED DEATHS FROM COLORECTAL CANCER THIS YEAR.

AND WHEREAS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 850 INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTH TEXAS WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH COLORECTAL CANCER, AND THERE WILL BE OVER 341 DEATHS FROM COLORECTAL CANCER THIS YEAR.

AND WHEREAS COLORECTAL CANCER IS BECOMING A DISEASE WHICH THROUGH A COMBINATION OF PREVENTION AND EARLY TREATMENT IS NOT THE LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS IT ONCE WAS.

AND WHEREAS COLORECTAL CANCER IS ONE CANCER THAT IS PREVENTABLE AND IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, STATE LAW REQUIRES INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE SCREENING COVERAGE FOR ADULTS AGE 50 AND OLDER THROUGH REGULAR TESTS AND TO MORE HEALTHFUL LIFESTYLES TO HELP PREVENT COLORECTAL CANCER. AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL GOAL ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL COLORECTAL CANCER ROUNDTABLE IS TO STRIVE TO INCREASE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RATES TO 80% IN EVERY COMMUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS ELIGIBLE FOR SCREENING.

AND WHEREAS, OBSERVING COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH WOULD PROVIDE A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND OFFER EDUCATION IN THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING OF COLORECTAL CANCER.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MARCH AS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SCHEDULE COLORECTAL SCREENING AND TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PREVENTING THIS DISEASE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE SPACE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY. COLORECTAL CANCER IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT IS VERY PREVENTABLE IF DETECTED EARLY.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET SCREENED.

AND I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS QUOTE FROM DOCTOR CARLOS CARDENAS.

LET US NOT DIE OF EMBARRASSMENT.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C.

THE LAST PROCLAMATION IS TO RECOGNIZE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG CENTENNIAL.

AS REQUESTED BY MANUEL CANTU FROM EDINBURG ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE HERE.

[C. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing the Rotary Club of Edinburg Centennial as Requested by]

THANK YOU. ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG CENTENNIAL, WHEREAS THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG WAS ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 10TH, 1925 BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS DETERMINED TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY, THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG WAS OFFICIALLY CHARTERED WITH 16 CHARTER MEMBERS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT W.R. MONTGOMERY, VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL MCKINNEY, AND SECRETARY CAM HILL COMMITTED TO THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MOTTO OF SERVICE ABOVE SELF AND WHEREAS. THROUGH THE YEARS THE CLUB HAS UNDERTAKEN A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

IN THE 1930S, THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG ASSISTED IN FORMING THE CULTURAL ARTS, INC. AND BROUGHT DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND MUSIC PRODUCTIONS TO THE CITY.

AND WHEREAS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL PROGRAM AND SUMMER ATHLETIC PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS, ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 1990, THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG INDUCTED THE FIRST WOMEN IN THE CLUB TERESA MORALES BEST, MARTHA NOEL, CAROLE RAUSCH, AND JUDY VINCENT.

IN 1995, JUDY VINSON WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT AND WHEREAS FOR PRESIDENTS FRITZ HAGEDORN, BILL COHEN, HERNDON ADERHOLD AND CALEB REYNOLDS SHARED THE SHARE THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING HAD FATHERS FRED HAGEDORN, C, E COHEN, HERNDON ADERHOLT SENIOR, AND STEPHEN REYNOLDS, WHO WERE ALSO PRESIDENTS.

W.C. STEPHEN AND CALEB REYNOLDS REPRESENT THREE GENERATIONS OF PRESIDENTS, AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURGH PLAYED A VITAL LEADERSHIP ROLE, GENERATING SIX DISTRICT GOVERNORS JOHN KIRKPATRICK, OLIN MORTON, LAWRENCE WHITE, H.R.

HODGES, F.J. BRERETON, AND ARMANDO CHAPA.

AND WHEREAS THE CENTENNIAL PRESIDENT IS MANUEL CANTU, PRESIDENT ELECT ARLENE LARSON, TREASURER REBECCA MORRISON,

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AND WHEREAS, FOR 100 YEARS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDINBURG FOR 100 YEARS OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

ON BEHALF OF THE ROTARY CLUB, WHICH IS ABOUT 63 STRONG IN OUR MEMBERSHIP ON BEHALF OF OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US TO YOU KNOW, BE THIS STRONG COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN EDINBURGH AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS A VERY HONOR. IT'S A BIG HONOR FOR US TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.

SO WE ALSO WANT TO AND I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THAT OUR BIG FUNDRAISERS COMING UP A WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY.

AND SO WE HAVE A NEW VENUE THIS YEAR, THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE PROMENADE CENTER HERE, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE EVENING WITH THE RIVER ROCK BAND.

AND TWO OF THE MEMBERS ON THAT BAND ARE ROTARIANS DOUG AND F.J.

JP AND ALSO THEN AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DOCTOR ZOG, WHICH IS ZYDECO MUSIC TO GET THAT CAJUN FEEL GOING.

WE ALSO HAVE WALK ONS THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FOOD PROVIDER AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE BEER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ALSO SOME OTHER BEER VENDORS THERE.

SO IT PROMISES TO BE A FANTASTIC EVENING.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT YOUR TICKETS, HERE'S THE PLUG.

PLEASE GO TO EDINBURG ROTARY DOT.

GET YOUR TICKETS. I PROMISE IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT EVENING FOR YOU ALL TO COME OUT.

A WEEK FROM SATURDAY. SO YOU ALL COME ON OUT.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL PERSONALLY FROM MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL AND REALLY THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL YOU ALL DO IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY VOLUNTEER WITH A CAPITAL B EVERYBODY, SO THEY MEET EVERY THURSDAY.

RIGHT. I THINK Y'ALL STILL MEET AT NOON. SO ANYBODY WANTS TO JOIN THE ROTARY? YOU WANT TO GIVE BACK TO GREAT ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR.

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

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I'LL BE TAKING TIME.

PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE EIGHT PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS APRIL VILLARREAL REGARDING ITEM SEVEN B.

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

I AM APRIL VILLARREAL.

MUNGUIA. THERE YOU GO.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. I'M APRIL VILLARREAL MUNGUIA AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF SAN JOSE, WITHIN THE LOW SUBDIVISION.

WE ARE PLANNING A SPRING FEST TO HOPEFULLY RAISE MONEY TO RECOUP THE FENCE THAT USED TO SURROUND THE PROPERTY.

THAT FENCE WAS ACTUALLY A SECURITY MEASURE FOR THE KIDS TO BE USED ON SUNDAY, IF THEY WISH TO BE OUTSIDE AND EXPERIENCE ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT WE PLAN FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS FOR THAT AND TO RAISE FUNDS, AND IT IS PLANNED FOR APRIL 26TH OF THIS YEAR.

AND AGAIN, ALL THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE ACTUAL PROPERTY.

THE FENCING AND ANY EXTRA WILL BE GOING INTO THE SUNDAY CLASSES AND THE KIDS TO GAIN ANYTHING THAT MAY BE NEEDED.

IT IS LED BY CHAIRPERSON CRISTINA DE LA GARZA.

SHE DID HAVE A RECENT MEETING WITH MISS RITA GUERRERO AND DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS THE ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN AND WHAT IS NEEDED FROM THE CITY.

THE MEETING TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO THE AGENDA THAT WAS ADDRESSED WAS JUST ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE EVENT, SUCH AS STREET CLOSURES AS WELL AS EXTRA TRASH CANS TO HOPEFULLY KEEP THE EVENT CLEAN AND MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING GOES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING IS WELL DISPOSED OF.

SO THAT'S MAINLY IT. IT IS A FREE EVENT FOR THE PARISHIONERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

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AND OF COURSE IT IS A NO ALCOHOL EVENT, SO NO ALCOHOL WILL BE ON THE PREMISES AT ALL.

PROMISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS VERN MCLARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY.

GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MAYOR.

WE'RE STILL PRAYING. THANK YOU.

GENTLEMEN, I AM HERE AGAIN TO ASK YOU TO STOP SPENDING.

I HAVE HAD SOME COMMENTS ASKING WHY AM I UPSET WITH THE COUNCIL? BUT IT'S NOT TRUE. THE FACT IS THAT THE PEOPLE ONLY GET ONE CHANCE EVERY FOUR YEARS TO GET THE ATTENTION OF OUR COUNCILMEN.

EDINBURGH BEGINS EACH YEAR WITH A DEBT THAT COST ABOUT $9 MILLION, AND WE GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THIS PAYMENT.

IT IS LIKE THE CAR INTEREST PAYMENT.

ALSO, IF YOU PAY ON THE INTEREST, THAT GETS IT DOWN.

BY THE WAY, THE COUNTY DEBT PAYMENT IS $33 MILLION.

WHEN YOU PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, YOU ARE PAYING THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT.

IN TOTAL, THERE ARE SIX TAXING ENTITIES.

IF YOU LIVE IN EDINBURGH, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO REDUCE OUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES BY REDUCING SPENDING.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT EACH YEAR YOUR PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE, AND SO YOUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX IS ALSO, FROM 2022 TO 2024, THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX INCREASED BY 34.25%.

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE PROOF FROM THE COUNTY. SELLING THE IDEA THAT LESS IS MORE IS A TOUGH POSITION, BUT IT IS TRUE. IF INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE WATER RATES BY 67% AND SELLING REVENUE BOND, PAYING OFF THE DEBT WOULD BE A GREATER BOOST TO THE ECONOMY.

WHY? BECAUSE THIS WOULD LOWER THE TAX RATE AND MORE SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD OPEN UP AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND PAY MORE TAXES.

THE RESULT IS THAT YOU GET A LOWER PROPERTY TAX, AND WE GET TO KEEP OUR HOMES AND OUR BUSINESSES.

DID YOU KNOW THAT EDINBURGH GETS $34 MILLION A YEAR FROM THE STATE SALES TAX? THIS IS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THE CITY GETS FROM PROPERTY TAXES.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES THE CITY DO WITH THE MONEY? NOW WE ARE BACK TO MY STATEMENT.

THAT IS NOT THAT I DO NOT LIKE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I JUST WANT WOULD LIKE THEM TO SAVE AND NOT WASTE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

THIS YEAR OUR RATE OF INFLATION WAS 20.5% AND WE GAVE CITY EMPLOYEES A 3% RAISE.

I GUESS Y'ALL DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE USING MUCH WATER, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE LESS.

WITH THE AMOUNT THAT YOU GAVE THEM, THE 2025 IS THE YEAR AND NOW IS THE TIME.

IF THEY SELL BONDS, BUILD HIGH RISE PARKING LOTS AND GARAGE WINDMILLS, WHATEVER Y'ALL CAN THINK OF, THEN WE NEED TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO VOTE FOR, I WON'T TELL YOU WHO.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

AND I ASK EVERYONE TONIGHT TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL AND THE HOSTAGES, THAT THEY WILL BE BACK HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, BECAUSE IT'S A TRYING TIME AND WE NEED OUR THEM TO BE THERE AND HEALTHY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

MISS MCCURDY ALSO HAS COMMENTS FOR ITEM EIGHT B AND NINE A.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REYNALDO SEPULVEDA.

CAN MY WIFE SPEAK FIRST? SHE'S ALSO ON THE LIST.

AND THEN I WANTED TO SPEAK. DIANA SEPULVEDA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.

MY NAME IS DIANA SEPULVEDA.

I LIVE IN 408 PERSIMMON AVENUE HERE IN EDINBURG.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS A VERY CONCERNING PROBLEM.

AND MY PROBLEM TO MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE IS WITH THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE OFF THE RAILS.

THEY'RE OFF THE RAILS.

I SPECIFICALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CHIEF AND EVERYONE BELOW HIM.

IT'S TOO MANY FAILURES.

AND I AM GOING TO JUST SAY, IN MY OPINION, I'M ACCUSING THE CHIEF AND THE PEOPLE BELOW HIM IN UNIFORM, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PATROLMAN OF LAZINESS, POOR TRAINING, INCOMPETENCE, ENTITLEMENT, UNWILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR US TAXPAYERS.

THEY'RE CONFRONTATIONAL WITH THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME, A TAXPAYER. THEY TAKE SHORTCUTS WHEN THEY MAKE THESE, THESE THESE CONNECTIONS WITH THE WITH WITH AGAIN WITH THE, WITH VOTERS, WITH CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH.

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, THEY EVEN DO IT WITH ANGER.

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I HAVE REPORTED THIS RECENT EVENTS THAT I WILL GET TO SHORTLY.

I HAVE REPORTED THEM TO THE SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS, THE LIEUTENANT. THE ASSISTANT CHIEF? THE CITY MANAGER HERSELF.

AND SHE'S RIGHT HERE, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND VERY PATIENT AND VERY, VERY KIND, AS I HAVE COMPLAINED TO YOU.

BEG YOU TO PLEASE INTERVENE.

ALSO. YOU, MR. MAYOR, I WILL TAKE YOU TO MARCH 9TH.

NINTH. I COMPLAINED ABOUT LOUD MUSIC FROM MY NEIGHBORS.

PATROLMAN EDGAR PEREZ, BADGE NUMBER 101 HE WENT AND HE DID NOT DEFUZE THE PROBLEM. HE ACTUALLY MADE IT WORSE BY TELLING MY NEIGHBORS, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG HERE, BUT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH IT. HE TOLD ME.

NOTHING WRONG HERE. THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.

AND HE LEFT. BY THE WAY, HE DIDN'T INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND HE WAS QUITE ANGRY. APPARENTLY, TO HIM.

I'M THE PROBLEM. MARCH 11TH IS WHEN I REACHED OUT TO MISS MAYRA AYALA AGAIN.

MA'AM. THANK YOU. YOU LISTENED TO ME.

AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

BRANDON. ALANIS, YOU WERE ALSO VERY HELPFUL AND DILIGENT IN YOUR NOTES.

AND I THANK YOU BOTH. MARCH 12TH AGAIN.

THE LOUD MUSIC IS BACK.

RUDY LEJA, PATROLMAN, BADGE NUMBER 67, TOOK THE SAME APPROACH.

ONLY HE SAID THERE IS NO SUCH ORDINANCE.

AND IF THERE IS, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU. WELL, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.

HE WAS HAVING A VERY FRIENDLY CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT.

AND YET I'M THE BAD GUY.

MARCH 13TH. PONCE. OFFICER PONCE.

HE TOOK MY COMPLAINTS.

HE LISTENED TO ME. HE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS, AND HE TOLD THEM THAT, IN FACT, THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY ORDINANCE ON MARCH 14TH.

AFTER ALL OF THIS. CHIEF AYALA FINALLY CALLS ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TOLD HIM TO CALL ME OR WHAT KIND OF PRESSURE HE FELT, BUT HE CALLED ME. HE LISTENED TO ME, I TOLD HIM.

AND ONE MORE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT CHIEF AYALA. HE CAME TO US OVER THREE YEARS AGO AND HE BROUGHT WITH HIM DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, DIVISIVENESS, IDEOLOGIES THAT I DON'T THINK THAT MATCHES OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, CHIEF AYALA.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TURN IN YOUR BADGE AND QUIT, WE DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SIR. MY NAME IS REYNALDO SEPULVEDA.

I'M A CITIZEN HERE AT EDINBURG.

I LIVE AT 408 PERSIMMON AVENUE.

I'M ALSO A RETIRED LIEUTENANT WITH THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE INCIDENTS THAT MY WIFE IS TALKING ABOUT.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR MAKING TIME FOR MY WIFE. THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE VERY UPSET AND WE WEREN'T GETTING ANY HELP FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR FOR LOOKING INTO OUR PROBLEM.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR CALLING AND ASKING AND BEING CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PROBLEM. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN OFFICER EDGAR PEREZ, BADGE NUMBER 101, WENT TO OUR HOUSE.

MY WIFE'S THE ONE THAT CALLED THE POLICE. I WAS THERE, I COULD HEAR THE MUSIC COMING INSIDE MY HOUSE, APPARENTLY.

YOU CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.

YOU PASSED THE CITY ORDINANCE, AND YOU REVISED IT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM AT HARD KNOCKS GYM WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND GYM.

THEY WERE COMPLAINING. WELL, SINCE THIS ORDINANCE EXISTS NOW, I WOULD EXPECT THE OFFICERS TO KNOW AND SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE ORDINANCE.

THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED TWO YEARS AGO. OFFICER PEREZ ARRIVES, DOES NOTHING. MY WIFE BRINGS IT UP TO HIS ATTENTION.

THE MUSIC'S GOING ON. THE MUSIC'S COMING INTO OUR HOUSE.

AND HE SAYS, NO, THERE'S NOTHING I'M GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.

MY NEIGHBORS, WHO LIVE AT 402 PERSIMMON AVENUE, SERGIO RODRIGUEZ AND LUCY RODRIGUEZ, ARE HANGING OUT IN THE FRONT YARD BLASTING THEIR MUSIC. HE SAYS THAT'S FINE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. SO THEN THE OFFICER GOES UP TO THEM AND THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE RECORDING BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO MY ATTENTION. AND THIS IS VERY DISTURBING.

HIM TELLING MY NEIGHBOR, LOOK, THEY'RE THE ONES COMPLAINING.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE BRINGING THIS UP.

IF I WAS YOU, I WOULD WATCH YOUR BACK. BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE CAUSING ALL THIS COMMOTION AND ALL THIS STUFF.

THAT'S. THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY AN OFFICER SHOULD REACT AND PERFORM.

THEN I WANT TO GET TO OFFICER RUDOLFO ANAYA.

HE ALSO DOES THE SAME THING, BUT HE COMES OVER, DOES NOTHING, TAKES OFF.

I HE THEN CALLS ME ON THE PHONE, LETTING ME KNOW THAT THE CITY ORDINANCE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST. I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE.

THE ORDINANCE HAD BEEN REVISED BY YOU, CITY COUNCIL, AND HE SAYS, NO, THERE IS NO SUCH ORDINANCE.

HAS BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR TEN YEARS.

RUDY LEIJA SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT THAN YOUR REGULAR NEW RECRUIT.

BUT THIS SEEMS NOT TO BE THE THE DSO.

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I DON'T KNOW WHO'S NOT TEACHING THESE OFFICERS THE RIGHT WAY, BUT THIS AS A CITIZEN, WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE AND THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND SEE WHY THIS PROBLEM IS GOING ON AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS OMAR GARZA REGARDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRE BLANKET.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL OMAR GARZA, EDINBURG FIRE CHIEF. FOR THE RECORD, JUST BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE REPORT ON THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE FIRE BLANKETS THAT WE PURCHASED. I KNOW CHIEF WHITE BROUGHT UP IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY WERE. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT SINCE THEN WE HAVE PURCHASED TWO ELECTRICAL VEHICLE FIRE BLANKETS.

THEY ARE IN SERVICE. WE HAVE ONE LOCATED IN OUR COMMAND UNIT AT CENTRAL AND ANOTHER ONE LOCATED ON OUR RESCUE TRUCK.

ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TRAINED ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BLANKETS, SO THEY'RE READY IF WE NEED THEM AND JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR PURCHASING THESE BLANKETS.

THEY ARE A NECESSITY. TYPICALLY THE WAY THOSE VEHICLES BURN, I MEAN, THEY'LL TAKE ABOUT 30, 40,000 GALLONS TO EXTINGUISH THOSE VEHICLES.

THEY CATCH ON FIRE AND THEN THE TOXIC GASES THAT THEY PRODUCE, AND THEN IT CREATES AN EXPOSURE FOR OTHER HOMES OR VEHICLES THAT ARE NEXT TO THESE FIRES. SO IT'S A GREAT TOOL AND A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR PURCHASING THOSE BLANKETS. AND THEY'RE A GREAT USE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF.

NO, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT THAT WAS A GREAT PSA YOU GUYS DID ON THE ON THE FACEBOOK SHOWING HOW THEY USE THEM.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ISMAEL SMILEY MARTINEZ REGARDING ITEM EIGHT A.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF, YOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, THE DIRECTORS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE DIRECTOR OF LOS LAGOS GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'RE FINALLY MAKING HEADWAY AND HAVING SOME MONEY ALLOCATED TO FIX OUR BUNKERS, WHICH ARE VERY SORELY NEEDED.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST GOLF COURSES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.

OKAY, WE'RE SECOND TO NO ONE HERE.

I MEAN, WE KEEP GETTING HONOR AFTER HONOR.

WE HOST TOURNAMENT AFTER TOURNAMENT AFTER TOURNAMENT WHEN WE NEVER HOSTED TOURNAMENTS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY PREVIOUS MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH I SERVED, THANKS TO SOME OF YOU HERE, GAVE ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WE WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE GOLFING COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, AND THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THAT ADVISORY BOARD ARE CONTINUING THAT WORK.

AND AS JUST AS A MEMBER OF THE GOLFING COMMUNITY, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE HERE AND ALL OF THE GOLFING COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING LOS LAGOS GOLF COURSE.

AND AGAIN, ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR EBONY GOLF COURSE. THESE ARE GREAT AVENUES, GREEN SPACES, AND THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL.

LOS LAGOS IS MAKING MONEY WHEN WE WEREN'T.

AND I'M JUST PROUD TO BE A MEMBER THERE AND A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF ALL THE GOLFING COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS BRIANNA NAVARRO REGARDING CASA HIDALGO'S 26TH ANNUAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION VIGIL.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF CASA HIDALGO.

CASA HIDALGO REMAINS DEDICATED TO SERVING CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE AND NEGLECT BY CONNECTING THEM TO HIGHLY TRAINED ADVOCATE VOLUNTEERS.

THROUGH OUR ONGOING ADVOCACY, WE ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD'S VOICE IS HEARD IN COURT PROCEEDINGS. AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR MISSION INVOLVES RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES, WHICH INCLUDE CHILD ABUSE.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, APRIL MARKS THE BEGINNING OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, AND CASA HIDALGO IS PROUD TO BE HOSTING ITS 26TH ANNUAL HIDALGO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, WHICH WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH, FROM 630 TO 730.

THIS MEANINGFUL EVENT HONORS SURVIVORS AND RENEWS OUR COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

THE EVENT WILL BE A WALK AWARENESS WALK THAT WILL BEGIN AT THE CASA HIDALGO OFFICE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1001 SOUTH 10TH STREET AND WILL END HERE AT THE CITY HALL.

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THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS CHRISTINE CLIFFORD REGARDING T MARIO AUTISM AWARENESS FIVE K.

GOOD EVENING. ON BEHALF OF T MARIO, CHRISTINE AND MYSELF, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO OUR 10TH ANNUAL SUPERHEROES AUTISM RUN AND FUN WALK.

WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EDINBURG CISD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING AN AUTISM RESOURCE FAIR. SO IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER FOR AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.

WE ARE BEYOND THANKFUL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS.

GRACIAS! THIS IS OUR 10TH YEAR DOING THIS WALK AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER. TO PROMOTE AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.

SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUIT UP.

JOIN US, ALL OF THE SUPERHEROES, AND JOIN US ON APRIL 5TH AT EDINBURG MUNICIPAL PARK AT 5 P.M..

HELLO. MY NAME IS TIMOTHY VALLEJO.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND IF IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN Y'ALL STAY UP HERE? I'M GOING TO TAKE THE ITEM OUT OF ORDER AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE ITEM AT THIS TIME SO WE CAN MAKE COMMENTS.

COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN ORDINANCES. CAN WE CONSIDER ITEM C? CITY SECRETARY READ IT FOR THE RECORD. CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL TEA MARIO SUPERHEROES FIVE K FOR AUTISM AWARENESS AND BUDDY FUN WALK TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, 2025 AT EDINBURG MUNICIPAL PARK.

[7. ORDINANCES]

[C. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “10th Annual Team Mario]

SO MOVED. SECOND. WELL, MOTION TO SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I ASK ALL THE COMMUNITY TO PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT THIS EVENT THAT IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING. THANK YOU MARIO.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM A UNDER SEVEN A ORDINANCES CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SAINT JOSEPH'S FEAST DAY TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2025 AT SAN JOSE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

[A. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “Saint Joseph’s Feast]

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM BE CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE 2025 SPRING FEST TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2025 AT SAN JOSE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

BEING LOTS ONE THROUGH 12 BLOCK EIGHT LOT TOWN SITE LOCATED AT 4101 NORTH FLORES STREET AS REQUEST BY KRIS DE LA GARZA ON BEHALF OF SAN JOSE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

[B. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “2025 Spring Fest” to be]

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM D CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE 26TH ANNUAL WALK AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2025. THE WALK WILL BEGIN AT 1001 SOUTH 10TH AVENUE, EDINBURG, AND WILL END AT THE EDINBURGH CITY HALL COURTYARD. BEING ALL OF BLOCK 213, THE NORTH ONE 25FT OF BLOCK 228 AND MCINTYRE STREET LINE BETWEEN BLOCK 213 AND 228.

EDINBURGH SIDE LOCATED AT 415 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

[D. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “26th Annual Walk and]

CASA HIDALGO COUNTY MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

AWARDING OF BIDS. ITEM A CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 2020 5-9 LOS LAGOS GOLF COURSE BUNKER RENOVATION MAINTENANCE TO FLEETWOOD SERVICES LLC FOR THE LINE ITEMS. PRICES LISTED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO

[8. AWARDING OF BIDS]

[A. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2025-9, Los Lagos Golf Course Bunker Renovation Maintenance to]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION PASSES. ITEM B CONSIDER AWARDING RFP NUMBER 2025 002 DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE TO THE HIGHEST RANKED PROPOSAL, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED 6,200,000.

[B. Consider Awarding RFP No. 2025-002, Downtown Parking Garage to the Highest Ranked Proposal]

COUNCIL. GET A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

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MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY ENGINEER.

SO THIS ITEM IS FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE.

WE DID GO THROUGH A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS.

THIS IS THE SECOND STEP.

ON FEBRUARY THE 4TH, WE CAME IN PRESENTING FIVE RFQS.

ALL OF THEM WERE SELECTED TO MAKE IT TO ROUND TWO, WHICH IS THE RFP PROCESS, WHICH WE'RE DOING TODAY.

DURING THAT PROCESS, WE ALSO WENT THROUGH A ROUND OF INTERVIEWS AND WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH THE 6TH. THE EVALUATING COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF MYSELF, A UTILITIES DIRECTOR, TWO OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, AND OUR CONSULTANT WITH BROWNSTONE HAVE PROVIDED AN EVALUATION, WHICH IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PACKET.

AND IT'S FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

YOU SAID YOU HAD A QUESTION. THANK YOU. YES.

SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE DESIGN.

WAS THERE WAS THERE A DESIGN ALREADY PRODUCED? AND HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT THEY STAY UNDER BUDGET? AND HOW WAS THAT THAT POINT SYSTEM IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT. SO WHAT WE INCLUDE ON ON THE PACKAGE IS A DESIGN CRITERIA.

SO OUR CONSULTANTS WITH BROWNSTONE THERE, THEY HELPED US IN DOING SOME CRITERIA SO THAT AT LEAST THE WELL THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT.

AND THAT'S THE BASIS FOR, FOR SUBMITTING THIS RFP FROM THE DIFFERENT FIRMS. COULD YOU COULD YOU TOUCH ON THAT? CARLOS, PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO, SEVERAL FIRMS SUBMITTED A DESIGN INTENT, BUT NOT A FULL DESIGN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THEN THERE WAS NINE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT WERE ISSUED IN THE RFP. ONE OF THEM BEING COSTING METHODOLOGY AND COST CONTROL AND HOW THEY PLAN TO ACHIEVE THAT. SO THEY DID TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THEIR RFP.

AND THEN THAT WAS FOLLOWED UP BY THE INTERVIEWS WHERE THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED HOW THEY WERE GOING TO CONTROL BUDGET, HOW THEY WERE GOING TO COME IN. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS ONE PART OF THE NINE CRITERIA.

AND HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER BUDGET? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CHANGE ORDERS WITHOUT WITHOUT A SPECIFIC DESIGN? WELL, THIS DELIVERY METHOD LENDS ITSELF TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO AGAIN, THEY DID A DESIGN INTENT, BUT ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE DESIGN IT BEHOOVES THEM TO BRING IT IN UNDER BUDGET OR ELSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO FIND AS MANY EFFICIENCIES AS THEY CAN IN THE DESIGN AND MEET THE RIGHT CRITERIA OF THE CITY, WHICH IS 256 SPACES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY THE REAL JUST BIG PARAMETERS THAT THAT WE GAVE THE FIRMS. AND SOME OF THEM HAS ASSURED THAT THEY CAN MEET THE THE BUDGET THAT WAS SET FORTH BY THE CITY. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE.

SO ON THAT NOTE, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER'S QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE SURE. SO WAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT USED AS A BASIS TO SCORE EACH OF THE FIRMS? WELL, WITHIN THE STATUTE YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM WHAT'S CALLED THE DESIGN BUILD BUDGET LIMITATION. SO THAT WAS SET FORTH IN THE RFQ OF 6.2 MILLION.

SO THAT WAS A NUMBER THAT THAT EVERYBODY HAD.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE RFP OR THE PROPOSAL PROCESS, AGAIN ONE CRITERIA WAS WHAT'S THEIR THEIR PRICING AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE, WHICH WAS JUST FEES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT FIRMS. AND THAT'S MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST TO HAVE A BENCHMARK THAT WE CAN COMPARE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEN ALSO USE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

RIGHT. SO THE ANSWER IS YES.

YES IT WAS. PRICE WAS USED AS A BASIS TO EVALUATE BY THE EVALUATORS.

A BUDGET WAS GIVEN TO ALL EVALUATORS.

SO IT WAS AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD.

RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WAS PRICE USED AS A BASIS TO EVALUATE EACH OF THE PROPOSALS? YES, IT WAS ONE OF THE EVALUATIONS. YES. SO IT WAS USED.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A BUDGET.

WE I PERSONALLY I'D LIKE FOR THIS TO BE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY WE ALL DO A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE COMPANIES ARE SAYING, YES, WE CAN DO IT.

RIGHT. SO WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT, RIGHT ON WHO WE MOVE FORWARD OR NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE START NEGOTIATIONS WITH COMPANY A? RIGHT. AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHIN 6.2.

YOU KNOW, WE MAY DO IT FOR HIGHER THAN THAT.

SO I GUESS HOW CAN WE BE I THINK TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ POINT.

HOW DO WE GET ASSURED OF THAT? AND DOES THAT ALLOW US TO THEN GO BACK TO PERHAPS A COMPANY B, RIGHT. NOT COMPANY A, COMPANY B TO PERHAPS THEN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS SO THAT FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE STAY WITHIN BUDGET. SO IF WE CAN'T REACH NEGOTIATIONS, THE STATUTE DOES ALLOW TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO AND THEN NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR. SO SO LONG AS THAT'S WE HAVE THEM IN A RANKED

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YES. ALLOWED OR NOT. YES.

THE STATUTE DOES ALLOW YOU. IF YOU CANNOT REACH A NEGOTIATION WITH THE NUMBER ONE RANK, YOU CAN MOVE TO TWO AND THREE. MY QUESTION THEN IS SO THEN DO WE NEED TO SELECT SEVERAL FIRMS TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT, THAT FLEXIBILITY.

OR WHAT IF WE JUST GO WITH ONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW COUNSEL.

RIGHT. IF WE JUST GO WITH ONE DOES THEN DOES IT COME BACK TO US.

IT WOULD NEED IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOR AUTHORITY TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO AND NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. BUT BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY.

OKAY. OKAY. JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN WE STARTED THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHEN I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS ASSURED OF, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GO TO THIS DESIGN BUILD.

SO IT WILL STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONING BECAUSE APPARENTLY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM EVERYBODY AT THEN, IF WE VOTE ON THIS TODAY, IT WILL BE AT NO MORE THAN 6.2.

WELL, YEAH. THAT'S WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY ASKING.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. AND THE OTHER COUNCIL IS ASKING BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY. I UNDERSTOOD THE DEBATE THAT WE WERE HAVING THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, AND WE WERE GOING TO BE SHOWING A DESIGN BY THIS TIME, BUT NOW WE'RE HERE JUST VOTING ON COST.

SO THE BUDGET WAS INITIALLY PROVIDED TO THE, THE VENDORS AND OR THE DEVELOPERS OR, AND SO EVERYBODY HAD THE SAME AMOUNT.

WE CANNOT GO OVER THE 6.2 MILLION, RIGHT.

YEAH. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING, CHIEF, I'M ONLY GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

COUNCIL MEMBER COULD SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF, BUT FROM MY STANDPOINT, THERE'S NOT A DESIGN. SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER EACH OF THESE COMPANIES THAT SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL, IT INCLUDES A WHOLE TEAM, NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION.

IT INCLUDES ARCHITECTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? ENGINEERS? CORRECT. AND SO THEY'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE, CHIEF, TO PUT TOGETHER A DESIGN AND THEN PRICE THAT DESIGN.

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE OUR BUDGET IS 6.2.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GO ABOVE THAT.

BUT THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY I MEAN A CONTRACT COULD COME BACK AND SAY, LOOK, BASED ON THIS DESIGN, YOU WANT 200 AND WHAT IS IT, 56 SPACES? GUESS WHAT, 100 OF THEM.

WE CAN ONLY DO THEM COMPACT.

I MEAN, I'M JUST MAKING THAT UP TO MAKE A DISCUSSION, RIGHT? THE REST WILL BE REGULAR SIZED PARKING SPOTS. AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I ASKED WHAT FLEXIBILITY TO RAISE AT THAT POINT. SO THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET BUDGET, THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE, I GUESS.

YEAH. YES. AND YOU AND YOU TOTALLY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

BUT I WAS REALLY KIND OF WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, IT WAS LIKE, REMEMBER, BECAUSE I'M IN FAVOR OF KILLING THE WHOLE THING JUST TO GO AWAY.

BUT THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

IT DOESN'T COME UP FOR 6.2.

NOBODY CAN DO IT FOR THAT PRICE.

ARE WE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH THE PROJECT, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO KEEP FINDING DIFFERENT PEOPLE UNTIL SOMEBODY CAN EITHER DO IT OR WE WE INCREASE THE INCREASE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE? YEAH. AND I'M NOT SURE, CHIEF.

I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD WE SELECTED FIVE FIRMS. SO WE HAVE, I THINK, SOME OPTIONS HERE.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE ALLOWING US THAT OPPORTUNITY.

MY OPINION, WE ONLY HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

THERE'S THERE'S A QUESTION HERE THAT AT INTERVIEW, EACH TEAM WAS ASKED IF THE REMAINING FUNDS, THE PROJECT WAS FEASIBLE, AND TWO OF THEM SAID THEY COULD DO IT. SO TO ME, I SUGGEST THAT MEANS IT'S UNDER BUDGET, THAT THAT'S AT BUDGET OR UNDER.

AND THREE OF THEM, WELL, TWO OF THEM SAID THEY COULDN'T.

AND ONE SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW CARLOS.

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE 5 OR 6 TO GO.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO. TWO? WELL, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OF THE FIRMS ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. RIGHT. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW TOO, BUT I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT OUR WHAT WE GET IN OUR PAMPHLETS. SO I'M HOPING STAFF'S PUTTING CORRECT INFORMATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER REAL QUICK. CARLOS, WHICH ARE THE WHICH ARE THE FIRMS, THE BUSINESS, THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT COULD STAY IN BUDGET. WHICH ONES WERE THEY? IT WAS BROADEST CONSTRUCTION AND GERLACH BUILDERS.

OKAY. AND THEN WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT SAID THEY COULD NOT.

CATAMOUNT AND ECON. OKAY.

AND HOW ABOUT WHAT'S ANOTHER BUILDER? VERMONT. YEAH. WHAT DID THEY SAY? THEY SAID THEY WERE UNSURE.

AND ORIGINALLY WE HAD.

EERO. IS THE ENGINEERING ENGINEERS RIGHT? OR THE ARCHITECTS? OKAY.

SO DIDN'T WE INSTRUCT THEM TO MAKE A DESIGN TO FIT IN THAT BUDGET, OR THE 6.2 MILLION THAT WE HAVE.

CAN WE GIVE THEM THE AUTHORIZATION TO DO THAT, TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER DESIGN? THAT'S NOT THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING TODAY.

THEY ARE PART OF ONE OF THE TEAMS. BUT THE SCOPE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD HAVE TO BE TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. BUT BUT IN THE IN THE DOCUMENTS TO AND I DIDN'T BRING THEM ALL WITH ME AND I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY COMPUTER. BUT THERE WAS A I THINK IT WAS IN THE RFP PORTION. THERE WAS A SCHEMATIC.

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SO THERE WAS A SCHEMATIC THAT WAS PREPARED BY BROWNSTONE, AND THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR EVERYBODY TO SUBMIT THE BASED ON THAT SCHEMATIC, THERE IS 250, KIND OF LIKE WHAT IT BASICALLY SHOULD BE OR LOOK LIKE.

RIGHT. THAT'S I MEAN, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I'M GOING THROUGH DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO US AND EVEN DURING THE THE INTERVIEWS SOME OF THE FIRMS TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFICIENCIES THAT THE OF WHAT THEY COULD DO.

JUST LOOKING AT THAT AND HOW THEY CAN SAVE SOME FUNDS TO MAKE IT WORK.

OKAY, CARLOS. AFTER INTERVIEWING ALL THE COMPANIES ON ALL THAT WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT YOU RECOMMEND? SO AS AN AGGREGATE, THE COMMITTEE AND THE SCORING DID HAVE BROUGHT US NUMBER ONE.

AND GERLACH IS NUMBER TWO.

THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE TOGETHER.

AND I DO FEEL THAT BOTH THOSE FIRMS ARE QUALIFIED TO TO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THOSE TWO FIRMS? I THINK ONE OF THE THE COMMENTS THAT MR. WHITE BROUGHT UP EARLIER, RIGHT, IS THAT THEY THEY COMMITTED TO MEETING THE CITY'S BUDGET BUT ALSO THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WITH PARKING GARAGES AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITHIN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SO, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, ANY OF THOSE TWO FIRMS THAT WE DECIDE TO GO WITH WOULD BE THE CORRECT ONES TO KEEP US IN BUDGET WITH THAT $6.2 MILLION. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. AND THE FIRMS THAT ANSWERED NO.

IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO DESIGN, OR DO WE HAVE AN IDEA? YOU ALL DID THE INTERVIEWS OR WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? ONE OF THEM, ACTUALLY, CATAMOUNT PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN OF 7.3 MILLION AND THEY BROKE IT DOWN.

THEY BROKE IT DOWN AS TO WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE RFP THAT THEY INCLUDED.

IT WAS NOT REQUESTED. AND THE ECON MADE COMMENTS OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT COULD BE, AND THEY WERE IN THE 8.5 MILLION RANGE, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

WOW. AND CARLOS, IN YOUR OPINION, SIR, SO DO CITIES NORMALLY WHEN THEY GO DESIGN, BUILD PROCESS, DO WE NORMALLY USE PRICE AS A SCORING CRITERIA AS THEY GET EVALUATED? SO THE PRICING AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE TYPICALLY YES, IS IS PART OF THE PACKAGE.

EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO DESIGN, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO DESIGN.

AND REALLY MAYOR, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS HIS FEES AGAIN.

WE WE ESTABLISHED THE THE BUDGET.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE ASKED FOR FEES FROM ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS, AGAIN, JUST AS A BENCHMARK TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE WITH EACH OTHER AND COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ON COUNSEL? JUST REAL QUICK FOR STAFF.

YOU GUYS KNOW I USUALLY DO THIS, BUT I DO PREFER WHEN WE DO THESE TYPE OF LIKE FIVE INDIVIDUALS OR FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE RATING THAT WE DROP THE LOW AND DROP THE LOW IN THE HIGH SCORE. THAT USUALLY KEEPS THE PERSON WHO'S EITHER SANDBAGGING OR HELPING.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY ON THIS ONE RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD HAVE MADE NO CHANGE.

JUST ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE WENT UP ABOUT SEVEN POINTS, BUT IT WOULD HAVE NEVER CHANGED THEIR PLACE IN THE MARKET. SO YOU GUYS ACTUALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING IT VERY UNIFORMED IN THE IN THE IN YOUR WHATEVER THE HECK THIS IS CALLED IN YOUR CRITERIA RATING.

SO IT TURNED OUT REALLY I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED THAT THE NUMBERS GOT THAT CLOSE AFTER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE FERN HAD A COMMENT. MISS FERN, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT, MA'AM, ON THIS ONE? NOTHING CHANGED.

JUST SEVERAL POINTS. IF YOU DROPPED OFF, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT THE COURTHOUSE HAS BEEN BEING BUILT FOR MANY YEARS, AND THE ROOF LEAKED. YOU KNOW, THE WALLS SEEPED AND GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT ELSE. AND I WONDERED IF WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT THIS, DID THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE COMPANIES THAT WERE DOING BECAUSE OF THE ROOFS AND THE FLOODING AND AND EVERYTHING? I KNOW IN THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING, THOSE WOOD THINGS WAY UP THERE WERE FALLING DOWN AND I KNOW THE ROOF LEAKED.

AND THEN I KNOW THAT THE COURTHOUSE HAS LEAKED.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT.

AND ANYBODY WANT TO PUT MONEY ON THAT IS GOING TO COME IN MORE THAN SIX.

6 MILLION, 200,000. AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE DON'T GET TO REALLY USE IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE AT THE COURTHOUSE, MAYBE SOME OTHER, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE MUSEUM AND THINGS.

BUT WE REALLY WON'T BE USING THIS, AND BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE BILL UP, SO PLEASE CHECK IN TO THE COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

I HOPE WE DON'T DO FRIENDS, RELATIVES OR LOVED ONES THAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHO WOULD DO IT? KEEP IT IN THE BUDGET AND DO THE BEST JOB.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION REAL QUICK.

SO BASED ON Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, BEING THAT PRICING WAS USED AS A CRITERIA, RIGHT.

AND THERE'S AT LEAST WAS IT TWO.

RIGHT. TWO THAT SAID, YES, THEY CAN DO IT.

SO IF WE SELECT ANY ONE OF THOSE TWO, THE COUNCIL SELECTS ANY ONE OF THOSE TWO, AND THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WE CAN'T DO IT FOR 6.2,

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WE? WELL, WE THE EVALUATORS SCORED IT THAT WAY.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT POINT SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY SAID YES IN THE INTERVIEW.

RIGHT. BUT YET THEY DESIGNED IT AND I SAID NO.

SO DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK OR HOW DOES THIS WORK? MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I AND I CAN'T BLAME ANY COMPANY, RIGHT.

THERE'S NOT A DESIGN TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN.

BUT THOSE THAT SAID, YES AND THEY COME BACK SAID WE CAN'T DO IT FOR 6.2 FOR X REASONS.

I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE THEIR REASONS. YET THEY WERE EVALUATED AND GIVEN POINTS BASED ON THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR PROCESS, OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

SO THE THE PRICING AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE WAS JUST FEES.

AND THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS CAN YOU MEET THIS BUDGET LIMITATION? BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE SCORING.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE, THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT WERE USED TO RANK THEM, THAT IT WOULD SHIFT THAT.

RIGHT. YEAH, BUT IT WAS STILL A CRITERIA USE.

AND I JUST I'M ALL COMING FROM FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FAIR TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEY GET THE POINTS.

BUT YEAH, THEY CAN'T COME BACK AND MEET THAT. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR TO EVERYBODY.

I THINK IF YOU ACCEPT ALL FIVE FIRMS, WELL THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO IF YOU GO TO ONE AND YOU CAN'T REACH A NEGOTIATION, YOU CAN GO TO TWO.

IF YOU CAN'T REACH A NEGOTIATION, YOU CAN GO TO THREE. YOU CAN GO TO FOUR. IS THAT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME? IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL CHOOSES.

WE JUST WE JUST SCORED AND RECOMMENDED.

RIGHT. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

SO. BUT THAT GIVES YOU ALL THE FLEXIBILITY. IT DOES GIVE THE FLEXIBILITY.

YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER.

SO, CARLOS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE PROCESS OR IN THE CONTRACT THAT STATES IF YOU GO OVER BUDGET, THERE'S REPERCUSSIONS OR THE WORK STOPS OR NO CHANGE ORDER MANDATES ON THERE.

IN THE DRAFT CONTRACT.

GILBERT, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THROUGH A TWO STEP PROCESS.

WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING IS THE BEST VALUE RESPONDENT AS PART OF THE STATUTE.

THAT'S THAT'S A GIVEN.

AND AS CARLOS MENTIONED, YOU COULD GO DOWN THE ORDER IF YOU WISH JUST IN CASE, MAYOR, IF WE HAVE TROUBLES MEETING THE BUDGET.

BUT THERE IS A TWO STEP PROCESS.

THERE'S PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

SO THERE'S PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, AND THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF COST CONFIRMATION, SCHEDULE NEGOTIATIONS AND MAKING SURE WE GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, THEN WE'LL HAVE WHAT'S CALLED CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES, WHICH WILL BE THE APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAX PRICE.

AND THAT'S AT THAT TIME WHEN CONSTRUCTION LITERALLY STARTS ARTS, AND YOU CAN AUTHORIZE TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH REGARD TO CONSTRUCTION.

SO IT'S KIND OF A TWO PART PROCESS.

SO WE'RE COMMENCING NOW WITH WITH YOUR APPROVAL WITH PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

I THINK, COUNCILMAN DIAZ, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, WE CAN PUT CONTRACT LANGUAGE IN THERE TO AVOID THOSE, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

WE HAVEN'T EXECUTED A CONTRACT. BUT. BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN PUT THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE TO HAVE PENALTIES. LET'S CALL THEM.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I'M GLAD WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER HERE.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF SET US ON THE RIGHT PATH.

LIKE CHIEF SAID, I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO THE NUMBER.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO COME BACK WITH A CHANGE ORDER. WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT IN THE CONTRACT, WHERE WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT COMPANY.

IF IF RIGHT AWAY, YOU SEE THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER BUDGET. ABSOLUTELY. CARLOS, HOW HOW CONFIDENT WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ANY OF THESE FIRMS? HOW HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN BUDGET WHEN YOU WENT WITH THEM? DID YOU MAKE IT VERY CLEAR OR DID YOU WHAT PROCESSES DID YOU TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME THROUGH? I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WITH THE TOP TWO RANKED FIRMS. THEY GAVE GREAT TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THEY CAME IN WITH CITING EFFICIENCIES THAT THEY, THEY WERE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IN THE DESIGN GETTING VERY TECHNICAL, RIGHT, WITH, WITH GRIDS AND BEING ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO MULTIPLE SUBCONTRACTORS TO, TO INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SOME OF THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS.

SO I WOULD SAY I HAVE A VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO BEAT IT.

IT WAS A VERY THOROUGH VETTING PROCESS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

SO YOU'RE CONFIDENT IF WE WERE TO GO JUST ONE FIRM TODAY THAT THEY WILL COME IN UNDER IN BUDGET. AGAIN, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TO PROBABLY RANK ALL OF THEM JUST TO GIVE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T REACH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO TO THE NEXT.

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I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR FOR ONE AND TWO, AS RANKED BY STAFF, WHICH WOULD BE THE ONE IS BROADEST.

AND THE OTHER ONES? GERLACH. I'LL SECOND THAT ONE.

ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? WOULD Y'ALL BE OPEN JUST INCLUDING ALL FIVE, SO THAT WE GIVE THEM ALL THE FLEXIBILITY AT THIS TIME? IN CASE ONE AND TWO DON'T WE'RE NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IN THE SPIRIT OF KEEPING THE BUDGET. AS LONG AS WE.

I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. AS LONG AS WE'RE INFORMED AS THEY'RE IN THE RANKING, AS THEY EITHER FALL, FALL TO THE WAYSIDE.

WELL, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US.

I MEAN, EITHER WAY, I MEAN.

WELL, ONLY IF ONLY IF WE DO.

ONLY IF WE HAVE THEM COME BACK FOR EACH TIME WE DO FIVE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH FIVE. THEN YOU COME BACK WITH US FOR THE ONE. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW, AS THEY GET, AS THEY MOVE ON, AS THEY GET AXED, IF THEY'RE XED OUT. CAN WE SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH. THAT'S I GUESS THE WAY THE ITEMS WORDED, IF WE KEEP IT UNDER 6.2 OR AT 6.2, THEN WE DON'T BRING IT BACK.

WELL, IT HAS TO COME BACK.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.

SO IT DOES COME BACK. BUT I GUESS WHAT CHIEF IS ASKING IS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE IF WE TAKE HIM AS AS RANKED RIGHT NOW, ONE THROUGH FIVE AS OUR STAFF HAS HIM RANKED, IF NUMBER ONE FALLS TO THE WAYSIDE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, AS WE GO ON TO NUMBER TWO, NOT WAIT TILL THE VERY.

GOT IT. A MONTH AND A HALF FROM NOW WE FIND OUT NUMBER FIVE.

CORRECT. WHAT'S THE ONE? SO YOU'RE YOU'RE AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATION WITH WOULD BE WITH A NUMBER ONE RANKED FIRM AND YOU'RE RANKING THE FIVE.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT NEGOTIATIONS FAIL WITH THE NUMBER ONE RANKED FIRM, YOU WOULD MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE IF SO THEN WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION.

NOT NOT THE WAY YOU'VE YOU'VE STATED IT ON THE YOU'VE ASKED ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

WELL, THE MOTION RIGHT NOW IS ONE AND TWO, ONE AND TWO TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO COME BACK.

AT EACH STAGE. NO, WE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK AT IT.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU AREN'T ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE NUMBER ONE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, BUT I'D LIKE AN EMAIL FROM STAFF OR CITY MANAGER.

WE'D ALL LIKE TO EMAIL FROM STAFF THAT. SO NUMBER ONE DIDN'T GO BY.

WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE RANKING JUST SO THAT WE AS AS WE INCLUDE ALL FIVE AS RANKED BY STAFF? RIGHT. OKAY. SO THE MOTION, HE'S AMENDED HIS MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? THAT'D BE JASON'S SECOND, BUT SO GO AHEAD.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST ONE AND THEN WORK YOUR WAY DOWN. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE JUST IN ORDER. RIGHT. CORRECT.

RIGHT. SO THEN THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT REALLY NEGOTIATING WITH ANY 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 UNTIL IF YOU IF WE DO NOT COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH NUMBER ONE.

RIGHT. THE HOPE IS ONE.

IF BROADDUS DOESN'T STAY WITHIN 6.2, THEY COME IN AT 6.5, THEN I'M GOOD WITH NUMBER TWO. THEN THEY GO TO NUMBER TWO WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT A MONTH TO COME BACK FOR COUNCIL.

AND I THINK AS LONG AS YOU ALL KEEP US POSTED, YOU KNOW? AND I GUESS IT'LL BE PART OF OUR WEEKLY REPORT THEN I GUESS AS DIRECTIVE TO STAFF. IF NUMBER ONE FALLS OFF, THEN YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW AS THEY START NEGOTIATION WITH NUMBER TWO. NUMBER TWO FALLS OFF.

YOU LET US KNOW AS WELL I THINK WOULD WORK.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

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

MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE.

CONTRACTUAL ITEM A. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR JOB TASK ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH BROWNSTONE CONSULTANTS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE PROJECT FOR PHASES TWO AND THREE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 221,770, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO

[A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into Amendment No. 1 for Job Task Order No. 1]

SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I BELIEVE YES.

GO AHEAD. MR. GARIN. I THINK YOU HAD A COMMENT OR UNLESS NOT ANYMORE ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE YOU SIGNED UP. I JUST WANTED TO ASK.

WELL, I LOOKED AT HIM, TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT IS THE THE $221,770.

WHAT IS THAT FOR? RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. YEAH. GO AHEAD.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT SOMEONE ASKED, AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW. SO THIS IS A SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.

YES. OKAY. SO FROM THE DESIGN PHASE TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE THAT WE'LL BE HANDLING FROM NOW ON. AND I DO HOPE THAT WITH THIS, I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE BUS THING OVER HERE, THE CONTRACT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME LIMIT.

AND IT KEPT GOING ON AND ON AND ON.

I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE PENALTIES IN THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY.

I WAS IN REAL ESTATE MANY YEARS AGO, SO I KNOW THE CONTRACTS CAN STATE THAT BECAUSE THAT BUS THING OVER THERE WAS A JOKE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS.

IT SHOWS ON THE EXHIBIT THAT PHASE ONE.

IT. IS THIS JUST DOING AWAY WITH PHASE ONE AND JUST ADDING? SO PHASE ONE IS CURRENTLY WHAT WHEN WE GOT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL IT HAD THE THREE PHASES IN THERE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ENDING PHASE ONE WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SCRATCHING OUT.

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PHASE TWO AND THREE WHICH IS THE DESIGN PHASE AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

GOT IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

JUST A GENERAL TIMELINE FROM START TO.

SO THE WAY WE HAVE IT, I DO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, HAVING A KICKOFF BY THE END OF THE MONTH WITH THE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE'LL COME INTO AGREEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND WITH THAT GETTING DESIGN STARTED BEING IN CONSTRUCTION, HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

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

MOVING ON TO ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A JOB TASK ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH THE FATHER.

ENGINEERING FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING.

SERVICES FOR WASTEWATER.

PLANT NUMBER FOUR. EAST AND WEST.

[B. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into Job Task Order No. 1 with LeFevre]

SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TEN.

COUNCIL. WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH G.

ANY ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE OUT.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A THROUGH G. ALL RIGHT.

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

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 11 A FUTURE ITEMS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

[11. OTHER BUSINESS]

I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 12 EXECUTIVE SESSION.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND TO CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEMS A,

[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:06 P.M..

ITEM EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY.

ITEM B CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ITEM C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.

ITEM D CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS.

ITEM E DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.

ITEM F CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.

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