Apr 15, 2025 City Council Meeting

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

ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARCIA JR.

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

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN HIS ADVISORS, CITY MANAGER MYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSE RAMIREZ SOLIS,

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL.

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I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. HE'S OUT OF TOWN TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO START LIKE WE DO EVERY MEETING WITH A PRAYER.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE RISE. WE HAVE SENIOR PASTOR DOCTOR DAVID ALEXANDER HERE TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. GOOD AFTERNOON.

[A. Prayer.]

SO BE WITH ALL THE COMMUNICATION HAPPEN CLEARLY, AND TO BE UNDERSTANDING AND REASON AND JUST FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THE THINGS AT HAND.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR FOR SUCH A GREAT CITY THAT WE LIVE IN, FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THROUGH ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.

LORD, JUST IT'S JUST A GREAT DAY TO BE A CITIZEN OF EDINBURGH.

IT'S ALSO A GREAT WEEK TO BE CALLING OUT TO YOU AS WE RECOGNIZE JESUS CHRIST AND HIS RESURRECTION COMING UP IN EASTER.

LORD, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

AMEN. PLEASE 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. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ALEXANDER.

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

[B. Pledge of Allegiance.]

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

SIR. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS A DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

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

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

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

THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR IS MAYOR'S REPORT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

I WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR PRO TEM JASON DE LEON.

I KNOW I WAS IN HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, AND HE TOOK THE REINS, AND I DON'T THINK HE

[4. MAYOR'S REPORT]

[A. Update Regarding City Drainage Projects]

AND I JUST WANTED TO START WITH THAT REAL BRIEFLY TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK A LOT OF YOU HAVE KNOWN, I'VE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED.

AND AND I DO HAVE IT LISTED SO I CAN TALK ABOUT IT, THE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS AND UPDATE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, A REMINDER TO ALL MEN AND I'LL SAY ALL WOMEN, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY WOMEN, THEY SAY WE NEED TO GET CHECKED TOO JUST TO, TO GET YOUR CHECKS. YOU KNOW, PROSTATE CANCER IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PREVALENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, BEING DIAGNOSED WITH IT FOR MYSELF, IT WAS A REALLY COMPLETE SHOCK.

AND IT CHANGES YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR LISTENING TO MY WIFE AND EVERYBODY AROUND ME TO MAKE SURE I CONTINUE TO GET CHECKED.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS DIAGNOSIS REALLY ALLOWED ME TO THEN MAKE SURE THAT I CHECKED INTO IT AND DID LEAD AND HAVE SURGERY.

THAT'S HOW I WAS IN HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

SURGERY WENT WELL. I JUST STILL NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF IT.

AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE AT THE AGE OF 40 OR 50, IT'S CALLED A PSA. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, BUT IT'S A BLOOD WORK THAT IS DONE ON YOU.

AND JUST LIKE CHOLESTEROL OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WAS FOUND THAT WAS ELEVATED FOR ME.

AND SO I THINK IF YOU'RE AT THE AGE OF 40 AND DEFINITELY 50, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET SCREENED FOR THAT BECAUSE EARLY DETECTION IS KEY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT IT'S VERY TREATABLE IF YOU CATCH IT EARLY. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T OBVIOUSLY IT'S A IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.

SO THANK YOU TO I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO ME, I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS ALONE.

IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING.

THE THE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S PARTLY WHY I WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT, LOOK, I HAD THE SURGERY NOW I WAS CLEARED TO AT LEAST COME HERE. EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T ABLE TO DRIVE HERE, I WAS DRIVEN HERE.

IT IT'S GOOD TO TO GET OUT AND AND, YOU KNOW, NORMALCY IS GOOD. SO IT ALLOWED ME TO REALLY COME OUT TODAY, AND I'VE BEEN OUT TO SOME EVENTS AND PEOPLE ASK ME, ARE YOU OKAY? AND I SAID, I'M OKAY.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DAY BY DAY.

AND BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

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IT'S HARD FOR US TO ADMIT OR BUT YOU JUST GOT TO DO IT.

AND IF YOU PROBABLY THE VERY BEST WAY TO DO IT OR TO THINK OF IT IS YOU KNOW, DO IT FOR YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT? JUST I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SO ANYWAY.

WELL, ENOUGH WITH THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST ALSO MENTION, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T HERE, I STILL GOT THE CALLS.

AND ONE OF THE CALLS THAT I HAD BEEN GETTING IS SOME OF OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

SO I DID ASK FOR IT TO BE ON HERE, BUT I ALSO SEE IT UNDER PRESENTATION, SO I WON'T GET INTO THAT.

I DID GET CALLS ON LEE LANE AND BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME UPDATES WHICH I APPRECIATE STAFF INCLUDING IT, SO I WON'T GET INTO THAT.

THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ON AN UPDATE ON ALL OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. AND BY THE WAY, I MISS MYRA'S OUT TODAY, BUT MISS NELDA IS FILLING IN.

YES, SIR. MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

[B. Prostate Cancer Awareness and Update]

MUNICIPAL COURT BEGAN ITS AMNESTY PROGRAM ON FEBRUARY 17TH,

[5. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

[A. Edinburg Municipal Court Amnesty Program]

FAILURE TO APPEAR CHARGES WILL ALSO BE WAIVED FOR THOSE WHO COME IN VOLUNTARILY TO RESOLVE THEIR CASES. THIS EXTENSION OFFERS RESIDENTS ADDITIONAL TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUTSTANDING MATTERS WITH THE COURT.

AND ITEM B, WE HAVE OUR 2025 TRASH BASH COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT FOR THE 2025

[B. 2025 Trash Bash Community Clean-Up Event]

THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER TEAMS TO CLEAN UP CITY STREETS, PARKS, DRAINAGE DITCHES AND ALLEYWAYS.

IT'S ALSO A CELEBRATION THAT DRAWS THE CITY'S ATTENTION TO LITTER PREVENTION, RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SHOULD ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AT (956) 381-5635.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. OUR PROCLAMATIONS I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM TODAY.

ITEM A IS TO RECOGNIZE ABEL BELTRAN, AND I SEE HIM HERE IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE

[6. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS]

ONE HE FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

[A. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing City of Edinburg Retiree, Abel Beltran, Planner I, Planning and Zoning Department for 20 Years of Service. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources]]

ABEL. TOWN PLANNER ONE PLANNING AND ZONING.

WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2005, ABEL BELTRAN WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURG ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS SUBDIVISION COORDINATOR. AND WHEREAS, ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2014, MR. BELTRAN TRANSFERRED FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2016, MR. BELTRAN TRANSFERRED FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS A SUBDIVISION COORDINATOR.

AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2018, MR. BELTRAN TRANSFERRED FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2020, MR. BELTRAN'S POSITION AS SUBDIVISION COORDINATOR WAS RECLASSIFIED TO A PLANNER ONE AND WHEREAS MR. BELTRAN ATTENDED NUMEROUS TRAININGS WHERE HE RECEIVED AND HELD THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATES.

CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING NTC DRUG TESTING SUPERVISOR.

TRAINING CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE.

DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SOIL EROSION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL, CERTIFICATES OF EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, AND NUMEROUS CITY OF EDINBURGH TRAINING. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. AND WHEREAS, ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025, AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, MR. BELTRAN RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE ABEL BELTRAN, PLANNER WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, FOR HIS YEARS OF LOYALTY AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE AND WISH HIM A HAPPY RETIREMENT.

THANK THE LORD MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. EDINBURG HAS HAS REALLY BENEFITED FROM HAVING ABEL HERE THESE PAST 20 YEARS.

HE'S NOT ONLY DEVELOPED THE CITY, BUT DEVELOPED A LOT OF THE STAFF THAT WORKS HERE IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE STORY. ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE WAS AT A TRAINING IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE ABEL WAS ALSO AT A TRAINING.

WE WERE NEWLYWEDS. THIS WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.

AND ON THE WAY HOME, SHE CALLED ME AND SHE SAYS, GUESS WHAT? I SAID WHAT? I MET AN INDIVIDUAL THAT USED TO WORK WITH YOU IN MISSION.

HIS NAME IS ABEL BELTRAN, AND SHE HAD GONE TO A TRAINING IN SAN ANTONIO

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SO ABEL, BEING A GENTLEMAN THAT HE IS, FOLLOWED HER ALL THE WAY BACK TO MISSION.

THAT'S JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON ABEL WAS.

OR IS HE'S GOING TO TRULY BE MISSED.

AND THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY BIG SHOES TO FILL, ABEL.

WELL. GETTING ADJUSTED ON.

DOING NOTHING IS KIND OF HARD.

I DO HAVE A HONEY DO LIST.

SHE YOU KNOW, GOT TO WORK, TOO.

SO I'M THERE TO HELP OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR THE FAMILY.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AND VISITORS.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND PLANNING ZONING DEPARTMENT FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORK HERE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE CITY ON CITY PROJECTS, DESIGNS AND INSPECTIONS, ALSO REVIEWING THE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HELPED THE CITY OF EDINBURGH GROW GREAT GREATLY IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.

I WISH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH ALL THE BEST.

AND FOR THE CITY OF CONTINUES SUCCESS.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, MR. AZEVEDO AND ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, MR. MAROKO. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I WORKED REALLY, REALLY GOOD WITH. AND OF COURSE, ALL OTHERS DON'T HAVE TO BE.

THE DIRECTOR CAN BE THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, SO AMAZING TEAM.

I HAVE HAD HONORED TO WORK WITH.

OKAY. I WILL DEFINITELY MISS THE TEAM AND THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER.

WHILE IT WAS HARD FOR FOR TO LEAVE.

I'M ONLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING MY TIME SO REWARDING.

AND GOD BLESS. IT'S KIND OF LIKE DOING A PRESENTATION OF ONE OF MY ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS OR PROJECTS, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY GOODBYE, BUT I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WANT TO CONTINUE ON IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOSS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, DO WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE LETTER OF RETIREMENT OR. HOW DOES THAT WORK? BUT LET ME JUST SAY, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

AND I THINK MISS ACEVEDO'S RIGHT, YOU WILL BE MISSED.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T THINK AS JUST A CITY, MAYBE FELLOW STAFF OR US AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND WHO'S ABLE NOW.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO RIGHT. YOU'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY DEVELOPMENTS AND REVIEWS, INSPECTIONS AND DIFFERENT ROLES AND DEFINITELY WILL BE MISSED.

AND I THANK YOU FOR OUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

I THINK THOSE 20 YEARS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING 20 YEARS OF THE CITY EVER, AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR WORK. WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND IT'S NOT SOMETIMES SET ENOUGH IN TERMS OF HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE. BUT KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, OF COURSE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

BUT IN HELPING OUR CITY AND MAKE IT THE BEST CITY THAT THAT IT IS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST WITH YOUR FAMILY.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU THERE ARE GOING TO THERE ARE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TO DO, BELIEVE ME. SO, BUT I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BELTRAN.

WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CATCH UP ON YOUR HONEY DUES, YOU'RE WELCOME BACK.

OKAY. YOU CAN COME ON BACK TO THE CITY.

WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT BECAUSE SITTING HOME IS DRAWING CARTOONS GETTING NO MORE CARTOONS ON MY HEAD.

SO. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS.

ALL YOUR YEARS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING RETIREE ADOLFO ZAPATA, ALSO COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR OF THE EDINBURG PD.

ALSO 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

[B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing City of Edinburg Retiree, Adolfo Zapata, Communications Supervisor, Edinburg Police Department for 20 Years of Service. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources]]

ADOLFO ZAPATA, COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2019, MR. ADOLFO ZAPATA WAS RECLASSIFIED FROM DISPATCHER TO A COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 28TH, 2021, MR. ADOLFO ZAPATA WAS PROMOTED TO COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR FROM COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR, AND WHEREAS, MR. ADOLFO ZAPATA ATTENDED NUMEROUS TRAININGS WHERE HE RECEIVED HELD THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATES. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.

COMPLETIONS. POWER PHONE TEXAS TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE, AIR CONSORTIUM ANNUAL SUPERVISOR SEMINAR JJ KELLER AND ASSOCIATES REASONABLE SUSPICION TESTING WITH SUPERVISORS NEED TO KNOW CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CISD TCC POLICY AND PROCEDURES TRAINING CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL, AUTISM RISK AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT, CERTIFICATES OF EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, AND NUMEROUS CITY OF EDINBURG TRAINING.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. AND WHEREAS, MR. ADOLFO ZAPATA RECEIVED AND HELD THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION LICENSES.

MASTER TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE NIMS, ICS 100 NIMS ICS 300 FEMA IS 00100.

B FEMA IS ZERO ZERO 200.

FEMA IS 00708 AND FEMA IS 0800.

AND WHEREAS, ON MARCH 16TH, 2025, AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, MR. ADOLFO ZAPATA RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE ADOLFO ZAPATA, COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR HIS YEARS OF LOYALTY AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE AND WISH HIM A HAPPY RETIREMENT. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL ELIAS MARTINEZ, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT MISTER ZAPATA.

I WORK WITH HIM FOR 17 YEARS ALONG WITH LAURA.

HE'S BACK THERE AND WE WE GREW UP WITH HIM OVERSEEING US 17 YEARS IN DISPATCHES, A LONG, LONG TIME. SO I COULDN'T HAVE NOT DONE WHAT I'VE DONE WITHOUT HIM AND HIS SUPPORT. MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT HIM WAS ANY BAD WEATHER EVENT.

HE KNEW TWO DAYS AHEAD AND HAD EVERYTHING PREPARED.

AND MAN, DID WE MISS THEM THE OTHER THURSDAY BECAUSE IT WAS NO CALL FROM HIM.

SO WE DO MISS HIM. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO SURELY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY COME BACK SOMETIME.

BUT FOR NOW I HOPE HE ENJOYS THIS TIME OFF.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IRIS ALVARADO, MANAGEMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I HAVE WORKED WITH THAT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND ONE OF MY GREATEST THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT HIM IS HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HE SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER.

HE SERVED HE'S A VETERAN AS WELL.

HE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

AND HE HIS LOVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DOING WHAT'S RIGHT RESONATED THROUGH THROUGH DAY IN AND DAY OUT AS A COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR.

SO WE THANK HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY THESE LAST 20 YEARS.

AND HE. WE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM GREATLY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MAYOR AND STAFF. THANK YOU.

CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH.

I'M THE REASON. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I HAD TO RETIRE.

I ALSO HAD PROSTATE CANCER LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS SOMETHING VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME.

BUT THROUGH THE GUIDANCE OF MY LORD GOD AND MY MOM, SHE JUST TURNED 90. YOU KNOW, WE PRAY.

WE PRAY EVERY DAY. WE GO TO CHURCH, AND I'M GOOD.

I'M IN REMISSION. AND IT'S JUST A LOT THAT I LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MCALLEN, SEVEN YEARS AND 22 YEARS HERE WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURG GONE THROUGH SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY NAMES. I KNOW YOUR FACES, BUT YOUR NAMES, YOU KNOW EDINBURGH AS WE CELEBRATE THE TELECOMMUNICATION WEEK FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. CONGRATULATIONS.

THEY ARE THE HEART OF THE CITY.

THEY GO THROUGH A LOT.

WE NOT ONLY ANSWER PHONES, WE GO.

WE WORK WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT, MEDICARE, ANIMAL CONTROL, THE CITY. I MEAN, WE DO A LOT.

AND I COULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE ANOTHER TWO YEARS, MAYBE THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S.

I JUST TURNED 63, AND IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON.

I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND I'VE BEEN REAL BUSY.

HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REST, BUT I'M STILL YOUNG AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU TO ALL TO THE CITIZENS OF EDINBURG.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. AND I'LL BE VISITING.

MY DAUGHTER LIVES HERE, BUT I'LL BE COMING THROUGH THE STREETS AND AND SEE YOU GUYS AROUND AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY OF EDINBURG BECAUSE I NEVER KNEW I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO PROMOTE MY LIFE TO THIS.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PATTON.

LET ME JUST SAY AGAIN ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY.

I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR CITY. WE WANT TO THANK YOU, AND I THANK YOU REPRESENT A LOT OF WHAT OUR CITY IS ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT AND JUST BEING A COMMUNITY, A PUBLIC SERVANT, YOU KNOW, TO OUR CITY BECAUSE YOU LOVE OUR CITY.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR YEARS OF HARD WORK AND FOR PREDICTION.

ALL THE WEATHER. AND THEY PREDICT THE WEATHER.

BUT AND ALSO THANKS FOR SHARING.

YOU KNOW, YOUR OUR SIMILAR STORY AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. SO YOU'RE WELCOME BACK ANYTIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. GUYS THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION RECIPIENT OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2025.

[C. Present the Recipient for the Employee of the Month Award for the Month of February 2025. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

I'M HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENT OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025 FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS MISS ASHLEY GARCIA.

SHE'S OUR MEDIA AND GRAPHICS DESIGNER FROM THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT.

MISS ASHLEY HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE AUGUST OF 2021.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO MISS MISS LEAH.

THANK YOU. I'M RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

ESTEEMED COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.

DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS. AND IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS WE RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF ASHLEY.

ASHLEY, PLEASE. SHE'S.

SHE'S SHY. SHE'S THE ONE OF THE THE QUIET ONES.

BUT SHE'S A TREMENDOUS WORKER.

VERY CREATIVE BEHIND THE SCENES.

THE BEHIND THE SCENES.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE A LITTLE ANECDOTE. WHEN ASHLEY STARTED BACK IN 2021 AS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT, ONE ACTUALLY DIDN'T ARRIVE.

SO ASHLEY LIVES IN, IN BROWNSVILLE.

SO SHE WOULD COME ON THE BUS, GO HOME ON THE BUS.

AND THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS, NOW, FOUR YEARS LATER, SHE'S STILL WITH US. SHE'S WITH THE CULTURAL LIFE.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THE AMAZING POSTERS AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS FOR ALL OUR MARKETING THAT WE DO FOR THE FOR THE CITY.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER.

SHE HAS WON SEVERAL AWARDS THROUGHOUT THE FOUR YEARS, BUT JUST RECENTLY, THIS FEBRUARY, SHE RECEIVED 17 AWARDS AND WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO COME AND BRING THEM TO YOU. SO WE'RE EXCITED.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM.

VERY PROUD OF HIM. I KNOW MAGDALENA WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL, OR SO WE JUST WANTED TO SAY.

WE ARE VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE ASHLEY GARCIA HERE WITH US AS PART OF THE TEAM.

NOT ONLY DOES SHE MAKE THE DESIGNS FOR THEM, FOR US, BUT SHE MAKES THEM FOR THE CITY, ELEVATING THE CITY'S IMAGE, SHARING THE MESSAGES THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN AN ARTISTIC WAY.

AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO HAVE HER. THANK YOU.

AND EVEN THOUGH HER FAMILY COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY'RE IN BROWNSVILLE. WE HAVE OUR LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS FAMILY HERE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN ALSO SHARE IN THE CELEBRATION.

SO IF YOU TAKE A PICTURE.

WELL, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS EVERYONE ALWAYS SOMETIMES WE. SAY YOU RUN ALL THE AWARDS.

THE AWARDS. WOW. YEAH.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. OH, MY GOD, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD, GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES. THANK YOU, MISS ASHLEY.

AND I KNOW OUR CITY GETS RECOGNIZED QUITE A BIT FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT'S PEOPLE LIKE ASHLEY BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE THE CITY LOOK SO GOOD WITH THEIR GRAPHICS. SO. AND YOU COULD SEE THE AWARDS THAT REFLECT THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEY.

JOB WELL DONE AND WELL DESERVING OF BEING RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR.

MAYOR. AS A REMINDER TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING OPEN FORUM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN FORUM.

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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COMMENTS SHOULD NOT BE THREATENING IN NATURE AND SHOULD PERTAIN TO CITY BUSINESS.

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 AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR CLARITY REGARDING TAXPAYERS.

GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE OF EDINBURG, HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR PROPERTY VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND WE ARE NOT HAPPY.

I WANT TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR.

AND HE SAID, I'M NOT ATTACKING JASON DE LEON MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT MADE A MOTION SOME TIME BACK WHICH APPROVED ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS, AND ALONG WITH THIS COUNCIL, SUPPORTED THE EXISTING MEMBERS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE MEMBERS HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND SOME OVER 30 YEARS.

AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS CONSISTENTLY INCREASED THE PROPERTY VALUES.

SO IT IS NOT A SHOCK THAT THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE VALUES.

BUT WHAT IS SURPRISING IS THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS CONTINUED TO TAKE ACTION THAT INCREASES THE COST OF LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CITY HAS AN EXISTING DEBT OF OVER $200 MILLION.

YOU INCREASE THE COST OF WATER BY 67% AND THERE IS NO MORE WATER.

I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO SOMEDAY HAVE MORE WATER, BUT MORE CONSTRUCTION MEANS MORE TAXES AND WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS PAYING TAXES, TAXES NOW. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES NOW.

UNPAID TAXES FOR ONE YEAR CAN INCREASE UP BY 39% OF WHAT YOU COULDN'T PAY THE LAST JANUARY. SO WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? YOU PROTEST YOUR PROPERTY VALUES AND REQUEST THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION THEY USE TO ESTABLISH YOUR VALUES BEFORE MEETING WITH THE APPRAISER.

AND YOU CAN HAVE THIS MEETING BY PHONE.

IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD, YOUR VALUES MAY ONLY BE INCREASED BY 10%.

THE ONLY PROPERTIES THAT CAN USE TO ESTABLISH YOUR VALUES ARE THOSE THAT ARE SOLD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT ARE LIKE YOURS IN SIZE AND STRUCTURE.

OH, AND THAT THE ONLY THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.

SO BE SURE YOU HAVE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON YOUR PROPERTY.

IF YOU LIVE THERE AS A HOMESTEAD OWNER, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUGGEST OR RECOMMEND A PROPERTY VALUE.

IT IS ACCEPTABLE THAT THE OWNER IS THE BEST JUDGE OF THEIR HOME VALUE.

REMIND THIS COUNCIL THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE ONLY ENOUGH MONEY TO CARRY OUT BASIC PUBLIC NEEDS. HE IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO MAKE FINANCIAL PROMISES WITH PUBLIC MONEY.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE.

THAT MEANS NO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR TAX ABATEMENT PROJECTS ALLOWED.

WE HAVE ENOUGH. SO RIGHT NOW I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED YOUR APPRAISED VALUES, BUT MOST OF US HAVE. AND I JUST ASK EVERYONE TO KEEP PLEASE PRAYING FOR ISRAEL AND FOR THE HOSTAGE TO GET BACK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MA'AM. MISS MCLARTY ALSO HAS A COMMENT ON ITEM 11 B.

NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RICHARD COSTELLO INCREASE LIGHTING REQUEST AT WEST MEADOWS.

YES, SIR. I'M AT THE COUNCIL.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING WEST MEADOWS SUBDIVISION.

WHAT I DID IS I GAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT WEST MEADOWS WERE JUST SOUTH OF HACIENDA FORD BEHIND GOLD'S GYM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN GOLD'S GYM, BUT I THINK THERE ARE.

LIGHTING LEVELS ARE ABOUT 100 FOOT CANDLES.

OUR LIGHTING LEVELS ARE BELOW ONE FOOT CANDLE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I NAMED THIS RGV'S BLACK HOLE, BECAUSE ADJACENT TO GOLD'S GYM WE LOOK PRETTY BAD, BUT THIS WAS A FORMAL REQUEST TO REVIEW THE LIGHTING AT OUR SPECIFIC SUBDIVISION.

I INCLUDED SOME PICTURES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY,

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THE LAST ONE AT THE VERY END OF THE OF THE PAGE NUMBER THREE IS SHOWS THE EXISTING THE SODIUM LIGHTING. AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BUT BASICALLY ILLUMINATE THAT HOUSE THAT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT LIGHTING.

SO WE REALLY DO NEED PERHAPS LED LIGHTING, WHICH IS THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.

I THINK I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH POOR LIGHTING, BUT THE CURRENT LIGHTING IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD STANDARDS REQUIRE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF ONE FOOT CANDLE AT THE SURFACE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

THERE'S SECURITY ISSUES.

WE HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT STOLE THE CAR AND UNDER THIS, UNDER THE DARK, THEY WERE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR VEHICLES THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY THAT WERE ACTUALLY LEFT UNOPENED.

WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN KIDS.

WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING THEIR KIDS, AND WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.

WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO GET A FOUR WAY STOP AT GINGER.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT, AND IT'S STILL 30 MILES AN HOUR.

WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN I MEAN, THE OTHER DAY I THOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY EVER ACTUALLY DROVE HEADERS ANYMORE, BUT THIS GUY'S GOT HEADERS AND HE'S CRUISING DOWN AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.

AND AGAIN, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE THAT BY THE POLICE.

SO IN THE PAST, I ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO PRIOR TO COVID, I GOT A CALL FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND HE SAID, WE'LL DO THIS. IF YOU CAN TALK TO EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LAY A NEW LINE.

SOMEBODY IN THE SUBDIVISION HAS INDICATED THAT WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

SO I JUST INCLUDED PERHAPS SOME SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS.

PERHAPS WITH LED LIGHTING, WE CAN PUT UP SOME DOUBLE POLE LIGHTING THAT COULD BASICALLY INCREASE THE THE WIDTH OF THE LIGHTING.

ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS FAIRLY INNOVATIVE WAS I WAS INVOLVED IN A SUBDIVISION AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP DOING, IN ADDITION TO ASKING THE CITY TO PUT THE THANK YOU MR., WAS TO PUT EXTERIOR LIGHTING ON EACH ONE OF THE HOUSES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COSTELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MR. OBED MONTOYA REGARDING HAPPY EASTER.

COUNCILMAN. I'M NOT ITALIAN LIKE MR. COSTELLO, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY EASTER.

AND AS FAR AS LIGHTING AND THIS GUY YOU KNOW, HE'S TALKING ABOUT, I LIVED DOWN THE STREET AND TOM BRADY HAS NEGLECTED TO PUT UP MY LIGHT THERE. AND I KNOW.

2 OR 3 GUYS ARE UP FOR REELECTION AND IT HURTS ME SOMETIMES.

Y'ALL IGNORE WHAT FERN IS TALKING ABOUT.

THIS LADY AND I ARE VERY TIGHT.

WE'RE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, AND I WOULD TELL YOU, PLEASE LISTEN TO HER. AND THIS ELECTION YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE US REELECT YOU.

SITTING ON THERE. SO, PLEASE, I HAD A LONG SPEECH TONIGHT, BUT I WAS BARBECUING UP THERE AT THE ISLAND.

I JUST DROVE BACK AND RAMIRO.

I HOPE YOU GET BETTER.

EVERYTHING. I MISS MYRA, BY THE WAY.

IT'S AN EMPTY SEAT. BUT ANYHOW, I WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE A HAPPY EASTER AND COMPANION OF YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.

BUT Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE.

OKAY. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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

THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT PRESENTATIONS, ITEM A, THIS IS REFERRED TO IT UNDER MAYOR'S REPORT, BUT THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON CURRENT STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

[8. PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS]

[A. Presentation on the Status of Current Storm Drainage Improvement Projects. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa,]

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. HINOJOSA.

CITY ENGINEER. LET ME GO AHEAD AND PULL IT UP.

THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON STORM PROJECTS, PAST AND CURRENT.

THE TO SHOW THE ONES THAT ARE ONGOING IN THE IN PROGRESS ON WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE DO ANY OF IT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD,

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WE HAVE A LINK FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS WHICH TAKES YOU TO THE LANDING PAGE.

WHICH ONE? IT THE THE ARROW IN RED SHOWS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THAT THE SAME INFORMATION WE PROVIDE TO TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING OUR MEETING MONTHLY. IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE THERE, AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND IT PROVIDES THE STATUS ON THE RIGHT SIDE THAT WE UPDATE WEEKLY ON PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION THAT SHOW HOW THE PROJECTS ARE MOVING.

WE ALSO SHOW A PROJECT SCHEDULE JUST TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING ON EACH PROJECT.

COMPLETED PROJECTS. 20 2225.

APPROXIMATELY. WE JUST COMPLETED THE LOWELL AREA DETENTION POND, THE ONE ON SEMINARY NORTH OF MONTE CRISTO.

WE DID WORK ON HOPS DRAINAGE.

I'LL SHOW SOME PICTURES AFTERWARDS.

THE VETERANS POND. PHASE ONE.

PHASE TWO. BRENNAN DETENTION POND.

WE DID THREE DITCH EXPANSION PROJECTS.

STADIUM AND DAWSON IMPROVEMENTS AND PIONEER THREE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE. BEFORE YOU GO ON REAL QUICK.

DO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT ON ALL THOSE SUBDIVISIONS? NOT THE. I'M SORRY. THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

NOT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT. BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT.

THIS IS THE LOWELL DETENTION POND AREA.

THIS WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND THIS ONE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL VOLUME FOR THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE NORTH OF MONTE CRISTO AROUND THE LOWELL AREA.

SO. SO IT HELPS QUITE A BIT.

THAT ONE ACTUALLY WAS 250,000.

THAT COST OF THE CITY VETERANS DETENTION POND.

WE DID THREE STREETS. IF YOU RECALL, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THEY WERE MAJOR HEADACHES BECAUSE OF HOW NARROW THE STREETS WERE.

BUT NOW WE HAD THE DRAINAGE FOR THEM.

WE ACTUALLY GOT SEWER AND WE HAD NO ISSUES TO REPORT THE WITH THE LAST RAINS JUNIOR POND, THIS PECULIAR PROJECT, THE MONARCH AND SPRAGUE, THE POND WAS ACTUALLY FULL THIS LAST RAIN.

BUT ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS THE SUBDIVISIONS ADJACENT.

THERE WAS ONE THAT IT GOT ABOVE THE CURB, BUT NO FLOODING WHATSOEVER.

SHOULD THE POND NOT BEEN THERE, WE WOULD PROBABLY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON ON THESE PONDS LIKE JUNIOR, DO YOU HAVE A VOLUME THAT IT HOLDS OR WHAT? WHAT IT KEEPS OUT OF THE STREETS ON ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS FOR EACH ONE.

OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE OTHER STREETS. THOMPSON. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER? COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SANTA MARIA JUST TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC? THOSE THOSE STREETS? WHENEVER IT RAINED, IT WAS LITERALLY MUD.

WATER, FOLKS WALKING IN MUD AND WATER UP TO THEIR KNEES.

AND NOW IT WAS COMPLETE.

CAN YOU JUST TALK? BECAUSE THE PICTURES JUST SHOW STREETS.

BUT COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ACTUALLY WENT ON THERE? IT WAS IT WAS A LONG IT WAS A BIG HEADACHE FOR THEM, BUT IT WAS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THOSE AREAS.

YEAH. I MEAN, THIS PROJECT WAS A NARROW RIGHT OF WAY.

I MEAN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT ON THE, ON THE IMAGE.

BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL CITY STREET WHERE YOU HAVE A 32 FOOT BACK TO BACK PAVEMENT. THIS WAS VERY NARROW.

WE HAD TO INSTALL THE SANITARY SEWER, AND WE ALSO HAD TO INSTALL STORM SEWER.

AND BESIDES THAT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.

SO IT CONSTRAINED THE PROJECT SO MUCH THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO GET IN AND OUT. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME WE GOT AHEAD IN THE PROJECT, WE GOT RAINED AND WE GOT BACKTRACKED THE WEEKS.

SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE, BUT NOW IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THEM DRY.

AND AND I REMEMBER ALSO THAT SOME OF THE DELAYS, THAT AREA HAD NEVER BEEN TOUCHED DECADES YOU WOULD SAY.

SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS ITEMS OR LINES THAT WERE COMING ACROSS THAT WEREN'T EVEN, NOT EVEN PART OF THE THERE WERE WATER LINES THAT DID NOT BELONG TO THE CITY.

THEY, THEY WERE IN THE CCN FOR NORTH ALAMO.

THERE WERE LINES THAT BROKE DURING THE PROJECT.

AND THAT EVEN COMPLICATED THE PROJECT EVEN MORE.

THANK YOU. JUNIOR POND, PHASE THREE.

THIS WAS JUST AN ADDITION.

THIS IS JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE POND.

BEFORE THAT, THE THIS STRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE ON IT WAS JUST A SMALL PIPE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS A 30 INCH PIPE GOING AT A VERY HIGH ELEVATION.

SO WATER NEEDED TO RISE TO A CERTAIN ELEVATION BEFORE IT CROSSED OVER.

NOW WE ACTUALLY BUILT THE STRUCTURE. SO WHERE YOU SEE WATER IN THIS IMAGE, WATER IS ACTUALLY FLOWING BELOW. SO IT HAS CONSTANT FLOW NOW.

SO IT HELPS THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE JUST SOUTH OF THIS POND THAT TYPICALLY HAD THE

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UPSTREAM AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOBBES AND SECOND STREET.

THE WE WOULD TYPICALLY GET THE COMPLAINT THAT THE THERE WAS MAJOR FLOODING.

WATER WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE.

WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CITY OF MCALLEN HAVING A PROJECT.

SO WE DID AN IN-HOUSE DESIGN FOR SOME INLETS AND CONNECTED TO THEIR PROJECT.

AND THIS WAS JUST AROUND $50,000 FOR A QUICK SOLUTION.

THIS WAS ANOTHER DETENTION POND.

THIS WAS TAKEN LIKE THREE NO, TWO DAYS AFTER THE EVENT.

AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, BUT THERE WERE STILL FLOWS.

SO THE WHOLE POINT IS KEEPING WATER OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THE PONDS.

SO THAT ENDED UP WORKING OUT VERY WELL.

THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE DONE WITH IN-HOUSE DESIGN, WITH ENGINEERING AND THE LABOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

SO THIS FAIR HAVEN DRAINAGE EXPANSION WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

WE ALSO DID THE BRENDA DITCH.

THIS ONE HELPS THE EDINBURG NORTH AREA AND THE KIMBERLY DITCH.

THIS IS JUST NORTH OF 107 ON JACKSON THAT WE WIDENED BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

SO WE LOOK FOR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY ON THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS WHERE WE'LL DO THE IN-HOUSE DESIGN AND WE'LL GET PUBLIC WORKS, WE'LL DO THE CONSTRUCTION PART AND IT HELPS QUITE A BIT. THE AND FROM THIS LAST EVENT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TELL THAT I MEAN DRAINAGE DISTRICT DID WIDEN THE MAIN DRAINS.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T FLOOD THE AS WELL STADIUM AND DAWSON PROJECT. THIS ONE WAS COMPLETED IN 22 OR 23.

AND THE THE AREA I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE ONE ON THE CUL DE SAC ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

THOSE HOMES ON THE CUL DE SAC WOULD FLOOD EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT THAT A MAJOR EVENT HAPPENED. WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY NO REPORTING OF ANY FLOODING WHATSOEVER ON THIS AREA ENDED UP CONNECTING TO THE STREET. THE OLD KLAUSNER ON ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH CONNECTED TO THE MAIN SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, THE ONES WE'VE COMPLETED, SHOWN WITH STARS, BUT ALSO THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ONGOING. THERE'S A COUPLE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON AND OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS.

SO ALL THESE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE LOOK AT, EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AND, AND THE COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVE TO KIND OF HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THE CITY IS REACTING, AND THAT'S HOW THESE PROJECTS COME ABOUT. ONE THING THAT WE'LL PROBABLY ASK IN THE UPCOMING YEAR OR TWO ON THE DURING BUDGET CYCLE WOULD BE THE MASTER PLAN.

LAST ONE WAS DONE IN 2015, SO WE'RE KIND OF IN THE TIME OF THAT.

BUT WHAT'S HELPING OUT IS THE COMPLETION OF THESE PROJECTS WILL GIVE US A BETTER PERSPECTIVE. THE CURRENT DRAINAGE PROJECTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE DO A LITTLE RETENTION POND, WHICH I'LL SHOW SOME PICTURES. THIS IS THE EBONY PART.

WHEN I GET INTO THE PICTURES, I'LL GO TO THAT.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT APPROXIMATELY IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I'LL TOUCH ON THE BASIS ON THE BASIC THINGS ONCE I GO INTO THE PICTURES.

WE HAVE THE CHAPIN POND PUMP STATION.

THIS ONE'S ALREADY. DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

WE'RE BIDDING. WE'RE EXPECTING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN JULY, JUNE, JULY IN CEDAR PHASE THREE.

THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THAT PROJECT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN ACQUISITION. GETTING AN EASEMENT DESIGN IS 100% DONE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BIDDING THIS SUMMER.

IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, THAT EASEMENT QUICK ENOUGH.

VETERANS PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE MAIN PART THE PROJECTS DESIGNED ON 90%.

THE AS SOON AS ACQUISITION IS FINALIZED, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BID IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. SUGAR. WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THAT ONE, BUT ALSO IT'S JUST THE ACQUISITION THAT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT THE DESIGN IS AT 50%.

SO ONCE THE PROPERTY IS ACQUIRED, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT INTO BIDDING MODE. SPRAGUE BRIDGE AND THIS ONE.

THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS PART, THIS PROJECT. AND WE HAVE CHATEAU ESTATES.

WE HAVE DESIGNED IT IN HOUSE.

WE'RE JUST SEEKING FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE SAME AS LUNA ANY HILLS DETENTION POND.

THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE DESIGNED AT 60%.

BUT THE FUNDING MECHANISM, THAT'S WHAT'S LACKING, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO AT LEAST PHASE THIS PROJECT OUT.

AND THEN THE TWO THAT ARE IN GRANT, THE MODA, IOWA STATE, IS THE ONE THAT APPARENTLY HAS THE BETTER CHANCES OF GETTING FUNDED.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT ANSWER IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.

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CAN YOU GO BACK REAL QUICK? SO THE ONES ON THE TOP FIVE, THOSE ARE ALREADY FUNDED. THE OTHERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN NEED OF FUNDING. CORRECT. UP TO SUGAR DETENTION POND.

YES, SIR. AND IF WE COULD JUST ADD ANOTHER COLUMN WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE TOO, SO WE CAN HAVE THIS SO THAT I JUST SO THAT WE SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.

BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ADD THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

OKAY.

RIGHT THERE. TOO LITTLE RETENTION POND.

THERE'S SEVERAL PHASES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS PROJECT.

ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE CONSTRUCTION ON FREDDY GONZALEZ WHERE THE STORM LINE WAS CONSTRUCTED JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THE ROADWAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S OVERLAID JUST THE AREA WHERE THE LINE WENT.

AND I'LL TOUCH BASE A LITTLE BIT MORE FURTHER ON THAT.

ON THE STORM LINE, WAS THERE AN IMPROVEMENT, LARGER DIAMETER. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT LARGER DIAMETER PIPE? IT'S STILL GOING INTO THE DETENTION POND.

WE CONNECTED THE INLETS ON ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

SO IT'S AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT JUST TO FREDI GONZALEZ.

WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE INITIAL SIZE AND THE AND THE UPGRADE? I BELIEVE IT WAS SIZED UP A FULL SIZE A A FOOT ON EACH 1 TO 18.

NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A 48 INCH PIPE.

48. AND BEFORE IT WAS 36, I BELIEVE 36.

NOW, THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

THIS IS THE LAST STUFF THAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THE.

THIS EBONY LANE. THIS IS EBONY LANE.

THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE CALLS.

SO YES. AND AND LIKE ANY OTHER STREET.

SO KIND OF THE SAME THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN IN THE VETERANS PROJECT.

WE ACTUALLY HAD THEM HAPPEN ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS BAKER STREET.

SO SIMILAR THINGS OCCUR.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THIS ONE SHOWS WHERE THE STORM LINES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTING TO EACH OTHER, BUT IT SHOWS THE FOUR LINES.

THREE LINES ACTUALLY, IN THIS, IN THIS LOCATION THAT ARE AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STORM.

SO WHAT HAPPENS? THERE'S AN ENABLING LINE ALONE.

THERE WERE EIGHT OF THESE SECTIONS.

SO NOW THEY HAD TO BE REDESIGNED FOR CASTING PLAY BOXES.

AND THE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.

SO WE HAD TO CAST THEM OUT, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING THE PROJECT ON THE MONEY SIDE. AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT NOW.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, WE'RE EXPECTING FOR ALL THESE BOXES TO BE COMPLETED. ONE OUT OF THE EIGHT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

IT'S BEEN COVERED, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF 13.

BUT THE LIKE THE BOTTOM PICTURE, EVERY SINGLE ALLEY IS HAVING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. AND THEN THE INTERSECTIONS ARE HAVING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE TOP PICTURE WHERE YOU AT LEAST HAVE A WATER LINE THAT'S IN THE WAY THAT THE.

IF YOU ARE TO LOWER IT LIKE WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, THEN WE ACTUALLY GET INTO ANOTHER HOME AND DISRUPTING A MAILBOX AND DRIVEWAYS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

SO WE'RE WE'RE LEFT WITH SEVEN BOXES THAT WE'RE WAITING TO BUILD IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? THEN WE COME BACK AND COMPACT ALL THE LINE THAT'S ALONG EBONY.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE DONE WITH THIS STREET BY THE END OF MAY.

AND SO FOR THOSE THOSE OF US THAT ARE NOT IN CONSTRUCTION.

SO WHEN YOU PLAN TO BUILD THIS, THIS DRAINAGE AND THIS STORM LINE IN THE IN THE PAPERWORK, YOU DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S A LINE THAT'S IN THE WAY THERE.

AND SO WHEN OR WHEN YOU OPEN IT, THAT'S WHEN YOU REALIZE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WAY. THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNMARKED LINES.

SOME EVEN AROUND. BUT YOU HAVE GAS LINES, LIKE ON THE PICTURE THAT I SHOW HERE.

AND IT HAPPENS AT EVERY INTERSECTION.

YOU CAN ASSUME A DEPTH, BUT UNTIL YOU REALLY OPEN THE PIT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. RIGHT. AND SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T JUST GO UNDER OR AROUND BECAUSE MOST EVERYTHING IS ON GRAVITY, ON LEVELS RIGHT? FOR FLOW, BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO END UP CONTROLLING THE PROJECT IS THE ELEVATION OF THE DRAINAGE LINE.

AND THE DRAINAGE LINE IS GOING BY GRAVITY, AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN GO DOWN, BECAUSE THAT MEANS WHEREVER OUR DITCHES, IT'LL STOP FLOW.

RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THERE YOU WANT TO DO A BOX WHERE THE WATER CAN COLLECT AND THEN DISTRIBUTE EVENLY. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON I MEAN, WE'RE FLAT.

SO WE WANT TO DO DETENTION PONDS SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO THE MAIN DRAINS LIKE WE DO NOW.

RIGHT. YEAH. AND I THINK THE ONLY THING AND I KNOW THESE ARE CHALLENGES THAT AGAIN,

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BUT I THINK THE TWO THINGS, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS INFORMED IN THAT AREA.

I KNOW THEY WERE INFORMED AT THE BEGINNING. I THINK WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING AND WE DID FLIERS ABOUT, I MEAN, BECAUSE OVERALL THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN THIS AREA.

BUT LIKE ON THESE CHALLENGES, I PROBABLY HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING OUT THERE JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT THEY KNOW, BECAUSE ALL THEY SEE IS, WELL, NOBODY'S WORKING.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT EXPLAINING THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEEDED TO MAKE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE.

THE OTHER ONE IS SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT THAT ARE CORDONED OFF HERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THROUGH THEM. AND SO IT BECOMES DANGEROUS. SO WE I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CAN YOU KNOW, ENFORCE THAT OR BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BLOCK OFF THE WHOLE STREET, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THROUGH THEM.

AND SO IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS. YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW THE THE AREA IS ONE LANE AND BUT THERE IS ACCESS THROUGH PARK.

SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY GO IN THROUGH PARK AND IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

DURING CONSTRUCTION, THERE WERE AREAS THAT WERE STILL NOT DONE, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DONE NOW, RIGHT? AND JUST TO TOUCH THE MAYOR'S POINT. SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT PROJECTS AREN'T MOVING OR THERE'S NOBODY WORKING FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, AND I'VE LEARNED THIS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER STREETS, SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS, SOMETIMES THE WATER LINE, LIKE THE ONE WE SEE IN THAT PICTURE, WON'T EVEN BELONG TO THE CITY. SO YOU HAVE TO CALL ANOTHER ENTITY TO COME AND MOVE OR REPAIR. AND THEN SOMETIMES THAT THAT CAUSES THE DELAYS.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT? THAT'S PART OF IT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE ALBERTA ROAD PROJECT, WE'RE INSTALLING STORM LINE RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO BECAUSE NOW WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF ENTITIES TO MOVE A GAS LINES AND POWER POLES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING THIS, AND IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK.

YEAH. AND SO SO THESE THINGS HAPPEN ON THE CITY SIDE.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

BUT LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, IF WE EDUCATE THE NEIGHBORS SO THEY KNOW WHY THE DELAYS ARE HAPPENING.

JUST TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.

YEAH. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A OF PERSPECTIVE, WE START EVEN MONTHS IN ADVANCE THAT THE PROJECT STARTS COORDINATING WITH THESE ENTITIES TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION.

AND IT STILL HAPPENS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT I HAD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. AND ANYBODY THAT WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE.

YOU WANT TO SEE THESE THIS INFORMATION.

CAN WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS THAT I KNOW WE HAVE THE DASHBOARD, BUT JUST MAYBE AN EASIER WAY FOR THEM TO LINK INTO, OKAY, FOR THEM TO GET UPDATED.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B. THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING IMPACT OF LEAF AND GRASS CLIPPINGS WITHIN OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

VINCE ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. WITH ME.

I HAVE DAVID DE LA FUENTE.

HE'S OUR STORMWATER MANAGER.

TODAY WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE GRASS AND LEAF CLIPPINGS ON OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEM IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT RAINS.

WE DID SEE SOME STREET FLOODING.

SOME OF THAT WAS CAUSED BY SOME OF THE GRASS CLIPPINGS AND PREDOMINANTLY THE LEAVES THAT FLOATED TO SOME OF THE INLETS.

WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR STORMWATER PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY FOR WATER QUALITY, BUT WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE FLOOD MITIGATION AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING

[B. Presentation from the Department of Public Works on the Impact of Leaf and Grass Clippings within the Stormwater System. [Vincent Romero, Director of Public Works]]

THIS IS. NOT SHOWING ON THE SCREEN.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SANITARY SEWER AND THE STORMWATER SEWER. WE ALL KNOW THE CHARACTERISTICS WHAT GOES INTO WASTEWATER AND WHAT GOES INTO STORM SEWER.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IS A CLOSED SYSTEM.

IT HAS A SPECIFIC SOURCE POINT, EITHER YOUR SINK, YOUR BATHTUB OR YOUR TOILET, BUT THE STORMWATER SYSTEM.

IT'S AN OPEN SYSTEM, MEANING WE GET RUNOFF FROM STREETS, FROM ROOFS, FROM DRIVEWAYS, FROM YARDS.

SO THAT OPEN SYSTEM ALSO CHANNELS INTO THE OPEN DITCHES AND TO OUR WATERWAYS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GRASS CLIPPINGS AND THE LEAVES, ALL THAT STUFF GETS CARRIED OFF INTO OUR STORM DRAINS.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. LET'S START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF JUST A VERY BRIEF HISTORY.

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BUT I DID WANT TO LEAVE THIS SLIDE HERE FOR FOR YOU ALL AS WELL.

IN THE 70S, AS WE STARTED SEEING MORE URBANIZATION, MORE JUST CONCRETE, ASPHALT BUILDINGS, INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, KIND OF SPREAD. WE ALSO STARTED SEEING THAT THERE WAS A LOT MORE NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZERS, METALS, OILS COMING INTO THE WATER.

SO THE CLEAN WATER ACT WAS PASSED IN 1972, AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO BASICALLY MY MY JOB TO TRY TO REDUCE ALL THE POLLUTANTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, GOING THROUGH OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

THIS IS OUR PERMIT. IT'S A PERMIT THAT WE GET FROM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT UNDER REVIEW.

IN MAY OF 2025. I SHOULD GET MORE OF A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHEN WE'LL GET OUR ACTUAL FULL PROGRAM OF OUR NEW BMPS.

ANY NEW REQUIREMENTS? AND THEN THIS IS OUR PROGRAM.

NOT TO GO INTO THE THROUGH ALL OF THESE.

I KNOW THIS IS A PRESENTATION MORE FOR GRASS CLIPPINGS AND AND LEAVES AND ALL THAT, BUT THIS IS THE FULL LIST OF OUR PROGRAM.

IT'S EDUCATION. IT'S CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS.

IT'S ILLICIT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION.

POST-CONSTRUCTION EVERYTHING TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND TRY TO REDUCE, LIKE I SAID, ALL THESE POLLUTANTS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL GOING INTO OUR WATER BODIES AND THEN EVENTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE LAGUNA MADRE ADOPT THE STORMWATER ORDINANCES AT THE BOTTOM. AND WE DO WE HAVE THAT IT IS ORDINANCE 9030 AND IT OUTLINES ALL THE PROHIBITED DISCHARGES.

IT ALSO HAS ACCEPTABLE WATERS.

THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO GO INTO OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT AREN'T EXACTLY STORMWATER RUNOFF, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FIRE HYDRANTS RESIDENTIAL CAR WASHING THAT CAN ALSO GO INTO OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THAT'S ALSO FINE. WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL CAR WASHING, THAT'S A BIGGER LOAD OF SOLVENTS, SOAPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO PROHIBIT THAT THROUGH OUR ORDINANCE.

THIS IS OUR GRASS TRIMMINGS AND LEAVES ORDINANCE.

SECTION OH. IT'S REITERATED AGAIN IN THE PROHIBITED DISCHARGE LIST, LISTED WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO GO INTO OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM. IN SECTION YOU, WE HAVE ALL THE VIOLATIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE AND PENALTIES.

IT IS A MISDEMEANOR THAT CAN BE FINED.

IT CAN BE CITED FOR IT.

WE HAVE A STORMWATER SPECIALIST THAT DOES ROUTINE INSPECTIONS FOR OUR OUTFALLS, INLETS, CONSTRUCTION SITES AND ALL THAT WE DO ROUTINELY.

FOR OUTFALLS, WE HAVE 26 KEY OUTFALLS THAT WE INSPECT EVERY OTHER WEEK INLETS AS WELL.

FOR THAT THE REST OF THE WEEK IS MOSTLY CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN OUR CITY.

SO THE BULK OF OUR OF OUR WEEK IS CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS.

YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE DONE 52 INLETS.

WE'VE INSPECTED 45 OUTFALLS GRASS SCRAPING COMPLAINTS.

WE ARE AT SIX. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WITH GRASS CLIPPINGS, COMPLAINTS AND COMPLAINTS WHEN IT COMES TO CITATIONS, THERE'S A BURDEN OF PROOF THAT WE HAVE TO MEET, WHICH IS USUALLY WE NEED PHOTO EVIDENCE THAT THIS PERSON, THIS LANDSCAPING COMPANY WAS BLOWING LEAVES, STUFFING LEAVES INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

BUT USUALLY WE TRY BECAUSE THE BURDEN OF PROOF SOMETIMES CAN BE MET, BECAUSE WE'RE CALLED AT A CERTAIN POINT, AND BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, MAYBE IT'S ALREADY OVER US. SO EDUCATION IS REALLY WHAT WE TRY TO REALLY, REALLY KIND OF LEAD WITH.

OKAY. SO PART OF OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THIS IS ALSO OUR STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.

WE HAVE STREET SWEEPERS THAT GO OUT BY SCHEDULE BY ZONE.

WE ALSO ADDRESS WORK ORDERS AND CALLS THAT WE GET IF THERE'S A VISUAL ON LEAVES OR GRASS CLIPPINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT WE DID THIS FISCAL YEAR IS YEAR TO DATE ARTERIALS GUTTER MILES 424. RESIDENTIAL 295. TOTAL OF 719.

YEAR TO DATE. HOW THAT TRANSLATE INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IN TONNAGE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEBRIS WE'VE ALREADY PICKED UP 5000.

IS THAT FIVE, ONE 500, 519, 520 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY WENT DOWN TO THE INLETS.

SO WE ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL.

WE ARE PUSHING FOR A BROADER PROGRAM.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK, WE STRIVE THROUGH EVERY YEAR,

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SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS, AND DAVID WAS CORRECT, THAT OUR EMPHASIS IS MORE ON EDUCATION AND AWARENESS BECAUSE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS REALLY HARD, BUT TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO CHANGE JUST BY CITING THEM.

WE NEED TO EDUCATE. AND WE'RE GOING TO ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH'S DOING PRESENTATIONS, DOING PRESENTATIONS WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, MUNICIPALITY MOWING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING THE RESIDENTS IS IF THEY CAN COMPOST THEIR LEAVES, USE MULCH THEIR GRASS AND IF THEY CAN'T BAG IT. ESPECIALLY DURING FALL.

WHAT WE SAW WAS THIS RAIN EVENT THAT WE HAD WAS RIGHT AFTER ALL THE LEAVES FELL OFF THE TREES AND WE HAD AN UNGODLY AMOUNT OF LEAVES EVERYWHERE, AND THEY ALL ENDED UP EITHER AT THE END OF THE CUL DE SAC OR THE LOWEST DRAIN INLET IS WHERE THEY ENDED UP. SO THAT'S WHY WE ASK PEOPLE TO BAG THEM.

PUT YOUR BRUSH OUT DURING THE WEEK OF THE SCHEDULED PICKUP AND DON'T PLACE BRUSH AND DEBRIS IN THE STREET, IN THE CURB AND GUTTER.

THESE ARE ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION AND ELIMINATION.

WE DO HAVE A HOTLINE FOR FOR REPORTING THIS STUFF.

DAVID CHECKS IT EVERY MORNING.

IT HAS A VOICE RECORDING.

IF YOU CALL ANY HOUR DURING THE NIGHT, YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. BUT WE DO ASK THE PUBLIC TO HELP US TO BE OUR EYES TO REPORT GRASS CLIPPINGS, ILLICIT DISCHARGES AND ILLEGAL DUMPING AND DEBRIS.

FLOW POINTED OUT SOMETHING VERY GRACIOUS TO ME.

SHE HAS SOME PICTURES WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY BLOWING STUFF INTO THE STREETS. AND THAT'S OUR M.O. WHEN WE'RE CLEANING UP AROUND THE ACE BUILDING OR CITY HALL, WE BLOW EVERYTHING TO THE STREET AND WE PICK IT UP WITH A STREET SWEEPER.

BUT WHAT I NEVER REALLY CAUGHT ON WAS THE PERCEPTION OF THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY SEE THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT ON OUR END AS WELL.

THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, MAKE SURE THAT THE SWEEPERS ARE SWEEPING WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT OR SOMETHING. BUT WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO REPORT THAT, AND I'M GLAD SHE POINTED THAT OUT.

AND THIS IS A HOTLINE AGAIN.

388 8999. WE ASK THE PUBLIC TO HELP US TO MONITOR THIS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, A QUICK QUESTION.

LET'S SAY WE GET REAL STRICT ON THIS, AND THERE'S NO MORE LEAVES AND NO MORE GRASS CLIPPINGS, RIGHT? IN A PERFECT WORLD, IF WE DID THAT HERE, WOULD THE CITY IS UPSTREAM FROM US, LIKE MCALLEN.

IF THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR PART, DOES THEIR DEBRIS END UP IN OUR SYSTEM? THEIR DEBRIS STILL ENDS UP IN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE RECEIVE FROM MCALLEN.

AND MCALLEN RECEIVES PERMISSION, AND IT ALL GOES DOWN.

SO IF WE DON'T DO ALL THIS AS A AS A REGION, CITY BY CITY, IT'LL WE COULD BE AS CLEAN AS WE WANT, BUT IT WOULD STILL AFFECT WATER QUALITY, THE WATER QUALITY, THE WATER QUALITY, BUT NOT THE DRAINAGE BUT BUT THE DRAINAGE IN OUR CITY. THIS WOULD IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE, HELP US WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING TO KEEP OUR.

AND I'M GLAD I SAID IT SO I CAN BLAME IT ON HER.

BUT YEAH, I HAVE SEEN, I HAVE SEEN WHERE THEY, THEY BLOW AND ON THE LARGE STREETS.

RIGHT. AND I ONLY PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE OF MOTORCYCLES.

I'VE KNOWN BUDDIES THAT HAVE FALLEN AND AND IT'S A STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN ABOUT CLIPPINGS AND HOW IT CAUSES ACCIDENTS.

THEY CAUSE ACCIDENTS. BUT I HAVE SEEN THAT FOR THE THE THE GRASS CUTTING COMPANIES.

IS THERE, IS THERE A PERMIT, AN EDUCATION, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSURE.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S RESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, IF IT DOES HAPPEN, I THINK MOST OF THE TIME IT'S LAWN CARE COMPANIES WHERE THEY HAVE THE BIG. RIGHT. THE BLOWERS THAT REALLY BLOW EVERYTHING OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. IS THERE ANY EDUCATION OR PROCESS FOR THAT? THERE CURRENTLY ISN'T, BUT WE'RE WORKING.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH PLANNING, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO IT.

WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS WE DO HAVE A FLIER THAT WE DRAFTED IN PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE DO HAND THOSE OUT TO THE LANDSCAPERS WHEN WE SEE THEM.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE FORMAL WITH IT.

AND MAYBE WE COULD, IF WE COULD GET TO ALL THE HOA SO THAT THEY CAN TELL THEIR, THEIR RESIDENTS AND JUST KIND OF GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF IT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE.

I WOULD ASK IF WE CAN ADD THIS PRESENTATION TO OUR WEBSITE ALSO, AND TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN OUR NEXT 2040.

THERE IS A, I GUESS, A COMMITTEE ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE, OR ENVIRONMENTAL.

IF WE COULD MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO JUST JUST TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT.

THEN THE OTHER THING ON NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WITH, I WOULD MAYBE ADD THIS TO.

I KNOW THOSE ARE OUTSIDE, BUT JUST TAKING MAYBE A FLIER OF THIS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY. I THINK IT WILL GO A LONG WAY. SO OKAY.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C PRESENTATION REGARDING FUNDING REQUESTS. OVERVIEW FOR PERMIT 956 C.

[C. Presentation Regarding Funding Request Overview for Permit 956C. [Ramiro Gomez, Director of Solid Waste Management]]

WHERE'S THE. LET'S GO.

I THINK FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, THIS PERMIT HAS TO DO WITH OUR OUR LANDFILL WITH OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT.

GO AHEAD. YES, SIR. MAYOR.

AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THERE IS AN ITEM IN YOUR AGENDA LATER ON.

AND WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND AS TO THE REQUEST FOR THAT ITEM.

AND THIS IS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE LANDFILL.

SO PERMIT 956 CE WAS ISSUED TO THE CITY BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019, AND AND IT ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 67 YEARS OF LIFE TO OUR CURRENT PERMIT OR TO OUR CURRENT LANDFILL. SO AS PART OF THAT PERMIT, THERE WAS THERE IS A DETAILED PLAN THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO COMPLY WITH BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

AND THAT PLAN LISTS OUT A SCHEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT IN DETAIL AS TO THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE ON TO THE NEW UNIT.

THE NEW UNIT IS SEPARATED INTO THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.

EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS HAS TRIGGER POINTS THAT WILL ACTUALLY TRIGGER THE STAGES OR THE SEQUENCES OF THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.

SO EVERY TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A NEW UNIT OR THE NEW PHASE OF THE UNIT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR THE STATE TO ALLOW US.

THE STATE WILL COME OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION OF THAT PHASE IN ORDER TO GIVE US THE PERMISSION TO TO ACTUALLY OPERATE WITHIN THAT PHASE.

SO RIGHT NOW AND CURRENTLY WE'RE IN OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE ONE, PHASE ONE. THE FUNDING FOR THAT WAS A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2021.

SO WE HAD TO WHEN WE LOOK AT SEQUENCE ONE, WE HAD TO SPLIT SEQUENCE ONE INTO TWO DIFFERENT PHASES JUST BECAUSE OF FUNDING LIMITATIONS.

SO BACK IN 2022 AND 23, WE DEVELOPED THE THE ENGINEERING PLANS AND WE WENT OUT FOR BIDS. THE ENGINEERING AND BID DOCUMENTS WERE AWARDED IN 2023.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS ISSUED IN APRIL 1ST OF 2025, AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PHASE.

SO WITH WITH OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE ONE.

WHAT THAT DOES, IT ALLOWS US TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST PHASE OR THE FIRST SECTION OF UNIT SEVEN.

AND IT'S DETAILED OUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

LET ME SHOW YOU. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IS OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE ONE AND IT DETAILS OUT WHERE THE WASTE FILL IS.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING IN UNITS FIVE AND SIX.

WE ARE EXCAVATING IN UNIT SEVEN.

AND WE'RE ABOUT TO START CELL CONSTRUCTION IN UNIT UNIT SEVEN ONE THROUGH SEVEN.

SO THIS SEQUENCE ALLOWS US TO START CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THERE'S A CAVEAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEQUENCES.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SEQUENCE TWO, WHEN YOU GET TO SEQUENCE TWO, YOU CAN SEE THAT SEQUENCE TWO IS THE ONE THAT ALLOWS US TO START USING UNIT SEVEN CELLS, ONE FOR WASTE FILL. THAT'S THE UNIT THAT ALLOWS US TO START PLACING WASTE IN THAT SECTION. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR CONSIDERATION TO BEGIN OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE ONE, PHASE TWO, SO WE CAN FINISH OUT THE FIRST SEQUENCE AND TO MOVE ON TO THOSE SECTIONS OF SEQUENCE TWO.

THAT WILL ALLOW US TO START PLACING WASTE IN THE NEW UNIT.

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WE ARE AT 100% COMPLETION OF THOSE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.

SO WE ARE READY TO GO OUT FOR BIDS.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT IS THAT IS NEEDED IS THE FUNDING MECHANISM.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS TO PROPOSE FURTHER FUNDING FOR FUNDING, CONSIDERATION FOR CITY COUNCIL, THE ISSUANCE OF A COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE REVENUE. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2025.

I WILL SAY THAT IN THE SEQUENCE IN THE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCES, THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE THAT THE LANDFILL WILL HAVE TO DO.

THOSE FIVE SEQUENCES ARE GOVERNED BY WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE OF UNIT SEVEN. AND THOSE THREE OPERATIONAL PHASES THAT IT HAS.

SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY NOT TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL BONDS.

WE'RE HOPING THAT ONCE WE DO THIS AS AN INITIAL STEP, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON THE SCHEDULE, WHERE OPERATIONALLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY CONSTRUCTION FOR SALE CONSTRUCTION INTO AND INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE SEQUENCE.

SO JUST TO SHOW THIS IS THE OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE THIS ONE OR OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE TO.

AND THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN ORDER TO BEGIN WASTE PLACEMENT FOR THAT AREA. QUESTIONS UP TO NOW.

OKAY. SO MOVING ON. AND I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE PLEDGING REVENUES TO PAY FOR THE BONDS.

SO I CAME UP WITH A SLIDE JUST TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT THE LANDFILL CURRENTLY HAS. AND THESE CONTRACTS WERE PRETTY MUCH I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE AIRSPACE TO THESE CONTRACTS.

AND THE AIRSPACE IS THE DRIVER AS TO WHY WE NEED TO START MOVING INTO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE LANDFILL AS OUR. AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE DO SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE CONTRACTS WANTING TO COME TO THE CITY. WE ARE FORECASTING ADDITIONAL GROWTH FOR THE LANDFILL.

BUT THESE ARE THE CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW FOR THE LAST TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU'VE ALREADY AWARDED AND SIGNED ON CITY OF MCALLEN.

THEY'RE RE-UPPED A NEW CONTRACT.

THAT CONTRACT WAS JUST SIGNED.

WE RE-UPPED CITY OF SAN JUAN.

TONIGHT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU CITY OF PHARR, AS A NEW, BRAND NEW CONTRACT THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THESE.

SO OUR PROJECT TIMELINES ARE AS FOLLOWS.

AS I STATED, WE'VE ALREADY ISSUED THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE ONE, PHASE ONE. AND WE'RE MOVING ON.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I DID ADD CELL CONSTRUCTION TO, TO THIS TIMELINE. SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE WE'RE ANTICIPATING NEEDING THE ADDITIONAL AIRSPACE AND WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING OR WHERE WE'RE NEEDING TO HAVE FUNDING IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MOVE ON TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE PHASE TWO AND SEQUENCE TWO.

PHASE ONE. AND THOSE DO NEED TO BE LIKE AGAIN, I DO EMPHASIZE THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE INTO WASTE.

PLACEMENT OF UNIT SEVEN.

CELL ONE. AND TONIGHT ALSO WE HAVE MR. ALONSO AND OUR BOND. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE REAL QUICK.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PLANS FOR THE LANDFILL? I JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS. IF UNLESS JUST BEFORE WE MOVED ON TO THE ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE.

SURE. MAYBE JUST FOR BACKGROUND.

OKAY, SO YOU ALL RECEIVED A PERMIT FROM THE STATE IN 2019? THAT IS CORRECT. RIGHT.

AND SO BUT I GUESS BASED ON THE TIMELINE YOU PROVIDED, IT LOOKS LIKE BONDS WEREN'T ISSUED UNTIL 2021.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR. SO, AND I JUST HAVE TO ASK, JUST SO I KNOW.

SO WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE THE GAP THERE 2019 TO 2021? WHY DID IT TAKE US A COUPLE OF YEARS TO SO AS AND I KNOW IT TAKES TIME.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR. I MEAN HAVING SERVED THE CITY BEFORE CITY, I KNOW MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON HOW THIS WORKS.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE THINGS JUST RIGHT.

BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HERE, I REMEMBER HAVING AN ISSUE DEBT TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LANDFILL.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING OPEN ABOUT THIS AS TO WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT GAP.

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AND AS PART OF LONG RANGE PLANNING, WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE CERTAIN ITEMS IN PLACE.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE ONE, PHASE ONE, WE DID DO THE ABANDONMENT AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE GROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM. THE GROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM IS WHAT GIVES US ALL THE BACKGROUND OF OF WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE LANDFILL.

IT GIVES US ALL THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN THE GEOLOGY AND THE HYDROLOGY OF OF THE ACTUAL LAND THAT THE LANDFILL SITS ON.

WE HAVE TO DO EIGHT QUARTERS OF REPORTING TO THE STATE BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO ANY EXCAVATION OR DO ANY WORK LANDFILL RELATED IN THAT AREA.

SO ONCE THAT IS PRESENTED TO THE STATE, THE STATE GOES, OKAY, WE HAVE YOUR WE HAVE YOUR BACKGROUND CONTINUE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT TOOK US A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME.

GOT IT. AND SO I KNOW IN THE PAST AND I KNOW MR. ALONSO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE WAS FINANCE DIRECTOR PREVIOUSLY ALSO.

AND I KNOW HE USED TO PLAN THESE, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO SET ASIDE FUNDS.

AND DID THAT STOP AT SOME POINT? AND, YOU KNOW, AND, I MEAN, I'M FOR TRYING TO DO THIS.

I JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE, WHY WE'RE HAVING TO ISSUE DEBT, WHICH IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAXES. CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S ALL REVENUE.

CORRECT. I THINK THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

THAT IS CORRECT. IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALWAYS WE HAD A DEPRECIATION RESERVE FUND BY ORDINANCE. WE SET MONEY ASIDE FOR ANY BIG PROJECTS THAT COULDN'T BE FUNDED OUT OF OPERATIONS, WHICH WAS ANY BIG MACHINES, ANY LARGE SALES TO HOPEFULLY FUND IT, IF NOT TO TO SUPPLANT, LIKE I SAID, TO, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BORROW FUNDS.

AND IN THE PAST GENERALLY THIS FUND WAS DOING VERY WELL, CONTINUES TO DO VERY WELL, BUT WE PLANNED SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ISSUE DEBT ON, ON ON THAT THAT CHANGED PROBABLY AROUND 2018, 2019. WHERE AND WAS THERE A BALANCE ON THAT FUND BECAUSE THAT FUND WAS BEING BUILT UP FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS. WAS THERE A BALANCE? I WASN'T HERE, BUT WHEN THEY CLOSED OUT THAT ACCOUNT, THERE WAS ABOUT A 1.6 MILLION IN THAT FUND THAT WAS RESERVED.

THEY THEY REMOVED IT WAS NO LONGER RESERVED.

THEY RELEASED THAT THOSE FUNDS.

I THINK THAT THE THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS IN PLACE GOT DISSOLVED.

SO THAT WENT AWAY. THAT ORDINANCE IS NOT IN PLACE ANYMORE.

IT IS NOT IN PLACE AT CURRENTLY.

RIGHT, RIGHT. CAN WE ADOPT THAT AGAIN? I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE.

THIS IS. AND I'M NOT THIS HERE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT AS THE CITY MOVES FORWARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING ACCORDINGLY, YOU KNOW, AND SETTING ASIDE FUNDS AS WE NEED TO.

SO I ASSUME THOSE FUNDS ARE JUST PAID, PAID OPERATIONS OR.

I MEAN, AT THAT POINT IT IT WAS USED EITHER FOR OPERATIONS FOR THIS FUND.

WHETHER IT BE MACHINERY OR OPERATIONS, AND SOME OF IT WAS TRANSFERRED OUT TO DIFFERENT FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS.

SO. SO THAT THAT MONEY IS WELL, GENTLEMEN, WE WE OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT BE DOING THAT. I KNOW Y'ALL DIDN'T DO THAT. I'M SAYING WE CANNOT BE DOING THAT. I THINK COUNCIL WE NEED TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

I MEAN, THIS IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE LANDFILL.

OF COURSE. IT SUPPORTS THE THE OPERATIONS THAT HAPPEN THERE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. COULD WE FIND OUT WHEN THAT ORDINANCE WAS CHANGED? JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA AND AND OR OR COULD YOU BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE LANDFILL AND THE IMPORTANCE IT THAT IT HAS TO OUR CITY? BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A BUSINESS THAT CREATES A LOT OF MONEY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RAISE TAXES OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. COULD YOU JUST TOUCH ON THAT, PLEASE? I COULD START OFF AND I'LL.

I'LL PASS IT ON TO MR. GOMEZ HERE. BUT THAT FUND NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE SERVICES OR THE LAND FOR WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN USE AS A LANDFILL.

IT ALSO PROVIDES A LOT OF REVENUE BECAUSE SURROUNDING CITIES ARE USING THAT.

AND AND AS MR. GOMEZ MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE SOME CONTRACTS THAT ARE FIVE, TEN YEARS AND WE'VE HAD THOSE FOR A WHILE.

SO IT IS A BIG PLUS. ALSO, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE ALSO KIND OF SUBSIDIZED THE RESIDENTS WHERE THAT RATE HAS NOT CHANGED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WHERE IT IT HELPS THE RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF INCREASING THEIR RATES.

IT'S KIND OF OFFSET WITH SOME OF THE REVENUES WE MAKE FROM OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING CITIES.

SO IT'S A BIG PLUS FOR FOR THE CITY AND THE REST.

MR. MAYOR, MR. GOMEZ, HE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED ON EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN. YEAH. SO SO THE LANDFILL, LIKE MR. ALONSO IS SAYING, THE LANDFILL DOES SERVE THE PUBLIC.

[01:25:03]

IT IS A REPOSITORY FOR THE CITY.

NOW WE DON'T CHARGE OURSELVES FOR USING OUR OWN LANDFILL.

BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT LANDFILL WASN'T THERE AND WE HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COST OF OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE HAVING TO PAY ANOTHER ENTITY FOR THE DISPOSAL OF OUR OWN WASTE, WHICH FOR RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT PAYING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT DISPOSAL. AND LIKE MR. ALONSO SAYS, THERE ARE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS IN PLACE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE CONTRACTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY.

SO WITH THOSE CONTRACTS, WE DO COMMIT CONTRACTUALLY TO THOSE TO THOSE ENTITIES, AND WE TELL THEM FOR THE YEARS THAT YOU'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO US, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AIRSPACE AVAILABLE FOR YOU, AND THAT LANDFILL IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT AND DURING THE TIME THAT YOU NEED IT. SO WE HAVE TO DO WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THE LANDFILL HAS TO OPERATE 24 HOURS A DAY IF IT HAS TO.

IT HAS TO OPERATE ALL WEATHER.

SO WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND ADD ADDITIONAL OTHER PROTECTIONS TO IT TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS FOR OUR FOR OUR FOR OUR CONTRACTS. I KNOW ALONSO WASN'T HERE DURING THE TIME, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER OF THE RESERVE AMOUNT THAT WAS DEPLETED? I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER BACK TO MR. ALONSO TO THAT, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT WAS JUST YOU COULD JUST GET THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN HAVE THAT. WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. I KNOW THAT WHEN IT WAS CLOSED OUT, IT WAS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION.

BUT BUT BEFORE THAT I'M NOT SURE.

WE'D HAVE TO LOOK. IT WAS CLOSED OUT IN 2018 OR 2019.

I NEED TO LOOK AT THE DATE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE A FINANCE.

YES. PRESENTATION IS THERE? YES. WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE.

AND ALSO OUR BOND COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL BOBBY VILLAREAL WITH ESTRADA.

YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. ARNOLD CANTU WITH CANTU.

HARDEN, YOUR BOND ATTORNEY AGAIN LOOKING AT THE.

YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO I GUESS Y'ALL CAN SEE IT UP THERE.

AGAIN, YOUR YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT, AS YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU STAND, YOU HAVE ABOUT 107 ON THE GENERAL FUND.

IF YOU NOTICE HERE THE LAST TWO, THESE ARE CALLABLE.

THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE REFINANCED.

THE 1.25 MILLION AND THE 5.3 FOR THE SERIES 25 AND SERIES 25 A 2015 A.

HOWEVER, AS YOU'RE AWARE OF OR EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF, THERE'S BEEN SOME GLOBAL TENSIONS THAT HAVE INCREASED RATES OR THEY'VE BEEN SPORADIC UP AND DOWN IN THE LAST MONTH.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT? AND I'LL LET ARNOLD, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE AGAIN, PLEASE? YES, SIR. SO THE THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING IS 107 MILLION.

IS THIS JUST A PROPERTY TAX? THIS IS JUST A GENERAL FUND, SIR.

OH, THIS IS A GENERAL FUND. YEAH. JUST. IT'S NOT THE UTILITY OR THE ANY OTHER.

ANY OTHER FUND? YEAH. AND I JUST YOU KNOW, I'D ALSO.

I KNOW WE HAVE IT IN OUR CAFR.

RIGHT? MAYBE. IS THIS ONLINE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ONLINE, THAT AS FAR AS OUR OUTSTANDING OUR FINANCIAL STATUS.

MAYOR. YES, WE DO HAVE OUR AUDIT ONLINE AND OUR BUDGET ONLINE AND OUR BUDGET.

WE HAVE ALL THE DEBT SCHEDULES FOR ALL THE ISSUANCE WE'VE DONE.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND ALSO ON OUR AUDIT, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION, NOTES ON, ON HOW MUCH WE'VE PAID AND WHAT THE BALANCES ARE.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, I GUESS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, 2023 IS THE ONLY TIME WE ISSUED DEBT WAS 14.5. THAT WAS FOR THE CIB LOAN FOR THE 281 IMPROVEMENTS? YES. YEAH. BUT I DO WANT THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.

I MEAN, THERE WAS OVER I COUNT HERE FROM 2018 TO 21 OVER 80 MILLION.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND DEBT ISSUED.

AM I READING THIS CORRECT? YES. WHEN YOU ADD UP THE 21 THROUGH 2018.

YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT'S OUTSTANDING. SO SOME OF THOSE BALANCES WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY. WELL RIGHT. BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS ISSUED.

SO OUT OF 170 MILLION, 80 MILLION THAT WAS ISSUED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2021. YEAH. AND DOES THIS INCLUDE THE THE LEASING? NO. AND THAT'S ANOTHER 50 MILLION.

YEAH. AND THAT'S ALSO DEBT SUPPORTED.

AND WHEN WAS THAT ISSUED.

IT WAS BACK IN 2020 2021.

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I LIKE TO READ FACTS, THAT'S ALL.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I MEAN, THIS IS FACTS.

AND ANYWAY GO AHEAD. OKAY.

SO SO AGAIN LIKE I MENTIONED THOSE LAST TWO THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE REFUNDED.

BUT OF COURSE INTEREST RATES ARE ARE ARE FLUCTUATING QUITE DRAMATICALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IF YOU SEE IN THE GREEN COLUMN WE'RE RUNNING A SCENARIO OF A $9 MILLION ISSUANCE FOR 20 YEARS OVER.

AND WE HAVE A TICK OF 5%.

AND THIS WAS RUN BACK ON APRIL 9TH WITH 50 BASIS POINTS ADDED TO IT AS A CUSHION.

SO IT'S BOUNCED UP AND DOWN.

BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THAT.

BUT IF YOU IF YOU NOTICE THERE THE THE POTENTIAL DEBT SERVICE ON THIS ISSUANCE IS ABOUT 737,740 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND THEN AGAIN, IF YOU NOTICE IN COLUMN F THAT'S A SELF-SUPPORTING.

AND I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH WILL SHOW YOUR SELF-SUPPORTING, WHICH IS YOU'RE PLEDGING THE RATE TO GET IF YOU DID IT SOLELY ON REVENUE BONDS ONLY INSTEAD OF HAVING THE DOUBLE BARREL, THE SORT OF THE THE BELT AND SUSPENDERS, YOU WOULD GET A WORSE RATE. SO THIS IS GOING TO GET YOU A BETTER RATE BY DOING IT THIS MANNER. AND I'LL LET ARNOLD KIND OF ILLUMINATE TO THAT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE THE SOLID WASTE PRO FORMA.

IF YOU NOTICE HERE IN THIS TOP RIGHT CORNER, IT SAYS THE NET OPERATING REVENUE AVAILABLE FOR DEBT SERVICE IS ABOUT 9.2 MILLION.

THAT'S AFTER INCOME AND EXPENSES.

AND THEN THAT'S PRIOR TO THIS NEW DEBT RIGHT HERE OF ABOUT 737,000, IT'S ADDED TO THE EXISTING DEBT THAT YOU DO HAVE.

SO THAT WOULD BRING IT UP TO ABOUT 1.357.

SO YOU'RE COVERING IT.

SO SURPLUS AFTER WOULD BE ABOUT 7.9 MILLION.

HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT SEAN HAS TO OR YOU ALL HAVE TO TRANSFER THINGS OUT AS WELL TO SUPPORT OTHER, OTHER FUNDS.

I THINK SO. AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.

I'LL LET ARNOLD KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT THE WHAT THE LEGAL PLEDGES.

SURE. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ARNALDO CANTU WITH CANTU AND MONTOYA.

I SERVE AS BOND COUNSEL TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

THIS RESOLUTION IS A TWO STEP PROCESS.

THIS FIRST PROCESS, THIS FIRST RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND TO BE POSTED ON THE THE WEBSITE.

MR. GARZA, I'M SURE YOU'VE YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

THE NAME OF THE CERTIFICATE WILL BE A COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE REVENUE.

CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

IN SHORT, THE TEXAS LAW ALLOWS YOU TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS WITHOUT AN ELECTION.

YOU CAN ALSO DO WHAT'S IN THE INDUSTRY CALLED A DOUBLE BARREL PLEDGE, WHERE YOU PLEDGE BOTH REVENUE BONDS AND AD VALOREM TAXES.

THE REASON THAT THIS DOUBLE BARREL PLEDGE IS FAVORABLE IS BECAUSE IT'S A STRONGER CREDIT.

IF YOU DO A REVENUE BOND, A PURE REVENUE BOND, THE MARKET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COVENANTS, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP YOUR RATES AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OR HIGHER.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ISSUE MORE DEBT UNLESS YOU HAVE THIS MUCH REVENUE COMING IN.

IT CAN BE KIND OF BURDENSOME.

MOREOVER, BECAUSE THE THE SECURITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PURE REVENUE BOND IS NOT AS SECURE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIGHER INTEREST RATES.

SO THIS DOUBLE BARREL PLEDGE IS A COMBINATION OF AD VALOREM TAXES AND REVENUES.

MR. RAMIREZ CORRECTED ME THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT THESE CEOS WOULD BE PAID FROM THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SYSTEM.

PLEDGE. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS MR. VILLARREAL SHOWED WE ARE PLEDGING REVENUE AND TAXES.

HOWEVER, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A SELF-SUPPORTING COLUMN.

THAT MONEY IS COMING IN FROM THE LANDFILL AND IT'S SUFFICIENT TO PAY.

SO AT EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU APPROPRIATE IN YOUR BUDGETS, YOU'LL BE TRANSFERRING FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUND INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR THE CEOS, AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO RAISE TAXES.

SO THIS IS DESIGNED TO NOT RAISE TAXES, RIGHT.

AND SO SO THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE ADDING THE TAX VALUE IS TO GET A BETTER INTEREST RATE.

CORRECT. CORRECT. SO IF YOU NOTICE HERE ON ON THIS COLUMN, WE'RE NOT RAISING THE INS RATE ON COLUMN.

THAT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. SO HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR OVERALL ABILITY TO CONSIDER CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THE FUTURE.

DOES THIS AFFECT OUR CAPACITY, OR IS IT IS THIS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A CONTINGENT LIABILITY? WHAT HOW IS THAT LISTED IN.

IT'S A WASH. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T LIMIT YOUR FUTURE CAPACITY,

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YEAH. AS LONG AS THAT ENTERPRISE CONTINUES TO OPERATE RIGHT PROPERLY. OKAY.

COUNCIL. YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION BECAUSE THIS IS IT'S CLASSIFIED AS DEBT BUT IT'S BASED ON FUTURE EARNINGS WITH CONTRACTS. RIGHT.

AND THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE ATTACHING A A WHAT YOUR TERM IS, IS DOUBLE BARREL IS JUST TO LOWER THE INTEREST RATE.

CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU.

YES. AND IT WOULD BE PAID BY OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.

IT WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON ON OUR ON OUR.

AS LONG AS THOSE PROPERTY TAXES GO ANYWHERE ELSE. RIGHT, RIGHT.

NO, NO, I THINK GET THAT BACK IN THERE CONTRACTUALLY.

HOPEFULLY. AND HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THAT NEIGHBORING CITIES.

THANK YOU. AND THEN AGAIN, AS FAR AS TIMELINE YOU'LL SEE HERE, IF YOU ALL WERE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY, WE HAVE TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY 45 DAYS.

SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK JUNE 17TH TO TO ISSUE.

OKAY. AND THEN I THINK THERE'S A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION IF THEY NEED TO EXPEND FUNDS. AND ARNOLD'S PROVIDED THAT TO THE CITY FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION AS WELL FOR LATER IN THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL.

THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE HAVE ITEMS A, B, C, AND D.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS AT ONCE.

SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS ON A,

[9. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

[A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Suburban Uses to General Commercial Uses and the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Commercial, General (CG) District, Lot 83, Alberta Heights Landing Subdivision, Located at 421 West Alberta Road, as Requested by Manuel Perez. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. COUNCIL WILL TAKE ITEM A, WE'LL HAVE OUR CITY SECRETARY READ ITEM.

MR. MAYOR, HOLD PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER THE ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM SUBURBAN USES TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES AND THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT.

LOT 83, ALBERTA HEIGHTS LANDING SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 421 WEST ALBERTA ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY MANUEL PEREZ.

MOTION TO DENY. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I MEAN, WHY WAS THIS ONE DENIED IN YES.

COUNCILMAN THIS ONE WAS DENIED BECAUSE IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ALBERTA AND THE SURROUNDING ZONES IN THE AREA.

AND LAND USES ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

HAD IT BEEN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CLOSNER, WE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE APPROVED THIS ONE.

BUT THE LOCATION, THE SIZE OF THE LOT FOR COMMERCIAL.

IT'S JUST. BUT IT'S ON ALBERTA ROAD.

IT'S ON ALBERTA ROAD, BUT IT'S IT'S IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO ALL DIRECTIONS. BUT AS SOON AS YOU PASS IT ON ALBERTA ROAD, YOU HAVE THEY'RE MAKING A DAYCARE RIGHT BESIDE IT.

SO THERE'S ALREADY THERE'S ALREADY COMMERCIAL USE ALL IN ALBERTA.

EVEN ON KLAUSSNER, YOU'RE GETTING THE YOU HAVE A A CROSSFIT, YOU HAVE A FEW OTHER COMMERCIAL PLAZAS.

SO YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE COMMERCIAL ALREADY ON ALBERTA ROAD.

WAS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON WHY THE PLANNING AND ZONING DECIDED THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THE SIZE OF THE LOT. IT WASN'T A BIG ENOUGH LOT TO DO SOMETHING COMMERCIAL.

DO YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT APPROVING IT BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT ANY IDEA WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL IT WAS GOING TO BE OR AS FAR AS THE PLANS PLANTS WERE JUST APPLYING FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL. I THINK SOMEBODY HERE, THEY RAISED THEIR HAND. YEAH.

GO AHEAD, SIR. I'LL ALLOW THE GO AHEAD.

GO UP TO THE PODIUM. IF YOU COULD JUST STATE. CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

AND I OWN THAT LOT RIGHT NOW.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A HALF ACRE LOT.

I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY BIG FOR WHAT THE PROJECT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.

IT'S A SMALL COMMERCIAL.

IT'S LIKE A RETAIL TYPE OF DEAL.

WHAT I DO IS WE SERVICE HCBS.

SO WE WHAT WE DO, THERE'S JUST LIKE LITTLE SHOPS THAT OUR INTENTION IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE AT THE STORE LEVEL.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING ON THERE.

SOME PEOPLE STATED NOW THAT IS AN ALBERTO STREET.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOUR WAY STREET.

SO I WOULDN'T BUILD A HOUSE THERE.

SO THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO BE GOING IN AND OUT. THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I DECIDED TO BUY THIS LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I HAVE I CURRENTLY HAVE A SHOP IN MISSION TRYING TO MAKE MY BUSINESS OVER HERE TO EDINBURGH, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP THE COMMUNITY HERE.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG TRAFFIC ITEM WHERE I HEARD TWO PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE AN OPERATION.

WE HAVE OUR TECHNICIANS GO BY THERE AND HEAD OUT TO SERVICE EQUIPMENT.

AGUILAR AND WE DO ALL THE MEAT MARKET PLACES THAT WE SERVE.

YOU LIVE IN EDINBURG? I LIVE IN YOU LIVE CLOSE.

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I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO PROBABLY EVENTUALLY TRY TO SELL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU WANTED THAT STREET. SO AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.

I LIVE IN SOMERSET, SO I SEE SO I SEE IT EVERY DAY AND ALL THAT.

THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY YOU WOULD GET DENIED IF IT'S ALREADY A PROJECT OF HUGE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, REAL CLOSE TO US, YOU HAVE A STORAGE BUSINESS ALSO LIKE ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM WHERE I'M AT.

SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT WAS DENIED.

I'M SORRY. I MEAN, IT IS IN AN AREA THAT'S TRANSITIONING.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. BUT JUST RIGHT NOW IT ALSO GOES AGAINST THE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY WE WE DENIED IT.

THANK YOU. IT WAS A PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

THAT FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DENY IT.

AND THEN THEY WENT AHEAD AND I GUESS FOLLOWED THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

RIGHT. AND AT THE PNC MEETING, WE DID GET SOME OPPOSITION FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL. JUST BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE SAY NO.

I MEAN, I DON'T SEE IT FAIR, YOU KNOW THAT. I MEAN, I SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO BE WE WEREN'T HERE BECAUSE OF THE STORM.

THAT WAS REAL BAD THAT DAY.

WE HAD THAT MEETING. I COULDN'T SHOW UP.

ANOTHER THING I WAS DENIED ALSO A PROJECT THAT I HAD MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BUILD A FOURPLEX THERE. AND I WAS TOLD, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BUILDING A COMMERCIAL LOT OR A COMMERCIAL SHOP THAT I WANTED.

BECAUSE IF YOU CAN SEE IT'S RED, YOU'RE LIKE, REAL CLOSE TO THAT RED COMMERCIAL ZONE.

OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD.

YOU ALREADY HAVE THE WAREHOUSE. YOU ALREADY HAVE A WAREHOUSE FOR CROSSFIT RIGHT THERE ON KLAUSNER. THEN YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE THE STORAGES, THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE THEN THEIR LITTLE ENGINE, THEIR LITTLE AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIP.

AND THEN I KNOW AS SOON AS YOU PASS GOING TOWARDS JACKSON, THEN YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL, WHICH NOW THEY'RE BUILDING ANOTHER PLAZA RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE YOU LIVE. AND THEN AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING ANOTHER DAYCARE CENTER.

SO IT'S ALREADY THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF COMMERCIAL IN ALBERTA THAT'S BASIC.

THERE IS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

SO PNC DENIED IT. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL.

AND, SIR, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO BRING A BUSINESS TO EDINBURGH. I ALWAYS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. AND SO FROM WHAT I'M READING HERE, THE TWO JAIME, THE TWO LOTS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THIS BUSINESS WOULD BE.

THEY'RE BOTH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT THIS TIME, CORRECT? AND I SEE WHERE COUNCILMAN DE LEON IS SAYING SO.

CATTY CORNER NORTHEAST.

THAT'S LOOKS LIKE A COMMERCIAL THAT.

BUT THAT TIES INTO BUSINESS 83.

CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY GOT FRONTAGE OFF OF.

THEY COME IN OFF OF A BUSINESS.

281. WELL, WE ALWAYS SAY, SIR, IS IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND EVERYONE KIND OF IN AGREEMENT IT MAKES IT EASIER ON COUNCIL.

IT'S JUST HARD WHEN WHEN PNC GOES AGAINST IT, STAFF RECOMMENDS AGAINST IT. YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBORS TO BOTH SIDES THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IT JUST.

I KNOW ALBERTA IS LIKE A DIFFERENT STREET. LIKE LIKE COUNCILMAN DELEON IS POINTING OUT.

I JUST THINK IT'S HARD TO GO AGAINST RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT I HAD RECOMMENDED THAT. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO DENY.

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

SAME SIGN. WE HAVE TWO.

TWO. IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? DO WE MOVE ON, MISS JOSIE? SO? SO. TWO. TWO. IT WOULD.

IT WOULDN'T. IT WOULDN'T KILL THE PROJECT. JUST.

IT WOULD. IT WOULD STILL BE A DENIAL BECAUSE THAT'S THE ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE VOTE WAS OUT OF PLANNING AND ZONING. IT WOULD STILL BE A DENIAL. OKAY. OH. BECAUSE WE NEED 4/5 TO TO OVERTURN IT. A MOTION TO TABLE IT.

AND THEN UNTIL WE HAVE A COULD THERE BE ANOTHER MOTION.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT I SECOND THAT.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO TABLE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

IT DOESN'T KILL YOUR PROJECT BUT IT AT LEAST GIVES YOU TIME.

YOU'LL GIVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, I WOULD SAY.

ALSO, I SUGGEST TO REACH OUT TO THOSE NEIGHBORS AND SEE ME GET MORE CLARITY TO THEM ABOUT WHAT YOUR PROJECT IS.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST. OKAY.

IT'S ALSO BENEFIT THEM IN THE LONG RUN THAT PROJECT YOU HAVE THERE IS GOING TO TURN INTO.

I DON'T WANT TO BUILD A HAZARD. I WANT PEOPLE TO GO IN AND OUT.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUR.

IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR. YEAH.

I WOULD SUGGEST JUST TO EDUCATE THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW EXACTLY LIKE I SAID, I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU. SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS CLOSE BY, SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, TOO.

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

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ITEM B HOLD PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL

[B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment from General Commercial Uses to Multi-Family Residential Uses and the Rezoning Request from Commercial, General (CG) District to Residential Multi-Family (RM) District, 8.674- Acres Out of Lots 10-17, Cornerstone Heart Hospital, According to the Map or Plat thereof Recorded in Document No. 1506791, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 4505 South Jackson Road, as Requested by Borrego Construction, LLC. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

8.674 ACRES OUT OF LOTS TEN THROUGH 17 CORNERSTONE HEART HOSPITAL ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN DOCUMENT 1506791 HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 4505 505 SOUTH JACKSON ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY BORREGO CONSTRUCTION LLC.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH DISCUSSION.

AND THAT RECOMMENDATION IS THAT JUST FOR THE RECORD, STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON THIS ONE.

BASED ON IT WOULD BE SPOT ZONING, BUT THE PNC DID PASS IT WITH A31 VOTE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THIS? SO WE'RE GOING FROM.

COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO MULTIFAMILY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS EXPRESSED AT THE PNC MEETING IS THAT THEY WANTED SINCE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE IN THE HEART OF THE MEDICAL DISTRICT THEY WANTED MULTIFAMILY FOR THOSE THAT WORK IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.

SO AFTER THAT PRESENTATION WAS MADE, PENS VOTED 3 TO 1.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A ZONING REQUEST, BUT IS THERE WHAT KIND OF THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF MULTIFAMILY YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LOTS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT I JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

IT'S AN EIGHT ACRE LOT, RIGHT.

OR EIGHT ACRES. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA? IS IT LIKE A MARKET RATE APARTMENTS? IS IT. THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY IT WAS GOING TO BE DUPLEX. SO WE DON'T KNOW THE DENSITY OR ANYTHING. THE. OKAY. SIR.

OH OKAY. WE'LL COME TO THE.

YEAH. AND IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING YOU, THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS. BUT I'LL ALLOW HIM RIGHT NOW, SIR. JUST. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS VICTOR BORREGO. I'M WITH BORREGO CONSTRUCTION.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A SO THE MULTIFAMILY SECTION, THEY'RE LOOKING TO TO DEVELOP 240 UNITS OF UNIT APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE THREE STORY APARTMENTS.

SO IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ONE ALREADY ON NOLAN AND MCCALL.

SO THIS WOULD BE KIND OF PHASE TWO.

AND THEN THERE'S TWO ACRES IN THE IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY THAT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP INTO. COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL? YEAH, I SAW THAT.

OKAY. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT TOO. SO YOU'LL COME BACK FOR THAT, I GUESS, RIGHT? HIS PLAN WAS A HOTEL ON ONE SIDE AND RETAIL SPACE ON THE OTHER.

GOT IT. SO THAT'S THE PLAN.

SO ARE THEY SIMILAR TO.

THERE'S SOME APARTMENTS.

I THINK IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE SIMILAR SIZE ON SUGAR ROAD, LIKE BEHIND THE HOSPITAL.

THOSE AREN'T THREE. THOSE ARE LIKE TWO STORY, I THINK. OR THESE ARE GOING TO BE THREE STORY. THREE STORY. IT'S A TOTAL OF 14 BUILDINGS.

OKAY. THREE THREE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM.

ONE BEDROOM. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR GARAGES AS WELL.

GOT IT. OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF AMENITIES.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPSCALE, LIKE I SAID TO OR LIKE HE SAID TO TO BE ABLE TO CATER TO THE. YEAH TO THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL.

OKAY, GREAT. WILL IT BE GOING? I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT NEAR. WHAT? BENTLEY ESTATES. NORTH.

NORTH OF THE DITCH. NORTH OF IT.

THERE'S A THERE'S A DITCH.

OKAY. SO THERE'S THERE'S SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN.

THERE'S A DITCH SEPARATION.

YEAH, I SEE THAT. THERE'S SO, SO, I MEAN JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR ON SOUTH OF THAT IS THAT COMMERCIAL SOUTH OF THAT, THE DITCHES, COMMERCIAL AND NORTH AND NORTH.

THERE'S ALSO A DITCH OR A LOT.

AND THEN RESIDENTIAL. NO, THERE'S COMMERCIAL TO ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS TO THE NORTH, WEST AND EAST, BECAUSE THE FRONT OF IT IS ALL COMMERCIAL.

RIGHT. ALL THE. SO SO YOU DO PLAN TO PUT THOSE LITTLE PAD SITES, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL? YES, SIR. COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT. IS THERE A PLAN TO OUR CODE? WILL OUR CODE REQUIRE BUFFER BETWEEN THE.

IT WILL. WHAT ABOUT THE SPEAKING ABOUT ON THE WEST SIDE? THIS ONE WAS PURCHASED BY WELL, THE THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY SOLD IT TO CORNERSTONE. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE BUILDING THEY'LL PROBABLY EXPAND ON THE MEDICAL USE.

RIGHT? YEAH. WHICH ONE IS THAT? ONE ON THE BACK AREA JUST WEST OF IT.

YEAH. THERE'S A VACANT TRACK THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN VACANT, BUT HE'S TELLING ME THAT THEY SOLD IT TO CORNERSTONE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND OR EXPAND. YES, SIR. OKAY.

Y'ALL WANT TO BE OPEN MINDED, LIKE TOWNHOMES OR SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS MULTIFAMILY? WELL, HE'S A HE'S ONE SINCE HE ALREADY HAS THAT OTHER MULTI-FAMILY, LIKE ANOTHER PHASE. YEAH. SO IT'S KIND OF PHASE TWO.

IT'S SOUTH OF ORLANDO.

RIGHT ON MCCALL. YES. YEAH.

IT'S MIRABELLA APARTMENTS.

MIRABELLA? YEAH. SO IT'S KIND OF.

HE WANTS THIS PHASE TO THE PHASE TWO THERE A LITTLE BIT.

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IT'S LIKE A WHOLE. I THINK IT'S A CONCEPT IN CONCEPT.

IT'S A NICE CONCEPT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY PHASE TWO.

YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE WRITTEN RESIDENT THAT WAS AGAINST THE.

THEY DID THEY SAY WHAT THEIR ISSUE WAS? I DON'T RECALL. COUNCILMAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE WRITE UP INCLUDED THE OPPOSITION, OR IF IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING, BUT. I DON'T REMEMBER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THEY JUST PUT AGAINST.

THEY JUST PUT AGAINST. YEAH.

THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY. I'D LIKE THAT. IT'S IT'S ON JACKSON.

WITH THE LIGHT OF THAT'S GOING TO BE CORNERSTONE.

IT'S GOING TO BE HOSPITAL BEHIND IT AS WELL.

HOSPITAL PROPERTY? YEAH.

BUT I'D LIKE TO CHANGE MY MOTION TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION.

YOU CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT, SO MOTION'S BEEN WITHDRAWN.

AND IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REZONING.

WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C, CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT.

8.20 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOT ONE.

SECTION 280. TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS AS PER MAP RECORDED IN VOLUME 24, PAGE ONE 6171.

[C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Multi-Family (RM) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, a 0.20 Acre Tract of Land Out of Lot 1, Section 280, Texas-Mexican Railway Company Survey, Hidalgo County, Texas, as Per Map Recorded in Volume 24, Page 168-171, Deed Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 715 North Hoehn Road, as Requested by Jose Frank Garcia. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION SECOND. APPROVED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT.

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

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM D CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR LATE HOURS.

BEING LOT 16 TO 17, BLOCK 233 EDINBURG.

[D. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Special Use Permit for On- Premise Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages for Late Hours, Being Lots 16-17, Blk 233, Edinburg Original Townsite, Located at 108 North 12th Avenue, as Requested by Crazy Hat Entertainment LLC. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION.

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

ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TEN VARIANCES.

WE HAVE ITEM A CONSIDER VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE FIVE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS. STANDARD SECTION 5.301 DEDICATION OF IMPROVEMENTS

[10. VARIANCE]

[A. Consider Variance Request to the City of Edinburg Unified Development Code, Article 5, Subdivision Standards, Section 5.301, Dedication of Improvements, Being 0.92 of an Acre Tract of Land, Being a portion of Lot 12, Block 62, Amended map of Santa Cruz Gardens Subdivision, Unit]

UNIT NUMBER TWO IS RECORDED IN VOLUME EIGHT, PAGE 28.

MAP RECORDS HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED FOUR 4725 NORTH CESAR CHAVEZ ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY R.A.

GARCIA AND ASSOCIATES.

ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? NO MOTIONS. IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

THERE'S NO MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WITH DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD. I MEAN, COULD YOU EXPLAIN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS OUTSIDE OUR CITY. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS ABOUT A MILE OUTSIDE OF OUR ETJ OR OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS IN OUR ETJ.

AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DO LIKE A FAMILY PARTITION, WHERE HE'S TAKING A HOMESTEAD LOT AND DIVIDING IT INTO TWO.

HE'S GIVING UP THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY TO WIDEN THE STREET, BUT HE'S ASKING FOR A VARIANCE TO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE STREET WIDENING FEE AT THIS TIME.

AND WHAT THE PNC ASKED HIM WAS IF SINCE IT'S FOR FAMILY, NOT FOR DEVELOPMENT, THEY THEY GRANTED HIM THE VARIANCE.

AND SO IT'S NOT MADE AT ALL.

NOT NOT JUST NOT AT THIS TIME.

JUST THE VARIANCE IS TO NOT PAY THE NOT STREET WIDENING, THE STREET WIDENING FEE. CORRECT. BUT HE IS GOING TO GIVE UP THE ADDITIONAL LAND FOR THE FUTURE WIDENING OF THAT ROAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THEY WON'T PUT ANY MONEY IN ESCROW OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR IT.

IF THE VARIANCE IS APPROVED, THEY WILL FOREGO THE ESCROW AMOUNT.

HOW FAR OUT FROM OUR CITY LIMITS IS IT? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILE.

OVER A MILE? OVER A MILE? YEAH. OKAY. BUT THIS WAY THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO WIDEN THE STREET AND.

OH, MAN, WE REALLY NEED THAT TOO.

WHERE ARE WE AT ON THE ETJ OR THE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. WHAT WERE WE GOING TO MANAGE? WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS OF THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS BY THE END OF MAY.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I'D LIKE TO RETRACT MY MOTION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETRACT YOUR MOTION? OKAY. THAT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTION? TAKE A MOTION TO DENY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

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OKAY. SO THAT MEANS IT GOES THROUGH THOUGH, RIGHT? SINCE THE. NO, IT IT'S LIKE A DENIAL.

EVEN THOUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED.

RIGHT. IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO APPROVE.

IT'S NOT THE THE TYPE OF A REQUEST WHERE YOU WOULD NEED A SUPERMAJORITY.

RIGHT. IT'S ON A DENIAL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO.

AND SO SO JUST FOR MY REASON, COULD WE EDUCATE THE LANDOWNER ON THE POSSIBLE CHANGE IN MAY WITH THE WITH THE RULES? YES. WE DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE NULL AND VOID BY MAY.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 11? ORDINANCES, ITEM A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE NINE, GENERAL REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 97 PARKS AND RECREATION FEES AND RENTAL PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SECTION 97.5 FOR RENTAL RATES AS PRESCRIBED FOR ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES.

[11. ORDINANCES]

[A. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title IX General Regulations, Chapter 97 Parks and Recreation, Fees and Rental of Public Facilities, Section 97.54 Rental Rates as Prescribed for All Public Facilities. [Leticia Leija, Director of Library & Cultural Arts]]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST I HAD A QUESTION MAYBE FOR MISS LETTY.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE OVERSEEING THE RENTAL FACILITIES OR.

MY QUESTION, MISS LETTY, WAS GOING TO BE IF ORGANIZATIONS I KNOW OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE FOR LIKE THE ACTIVITY CENTER FOR USE AND ALL THAT.

LIKE, IF THERE'S A, AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD OR REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF FEES, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, DOES THAT COME BEFORE US AGAIN OR.

BECAUSE I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ORDINANCE, I THINK FOR US, THE FEES FOR THE PARKS, I THINK I THINK CITY MANAGER HAS THE AUTHORITY. RIGHT. IS THAT HOW THIS IS DRAFTED? I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THAT.

OR HOW'S THIS ONE DRAFTED? YES, THE PROCESS IS TO SUBMIT IT THROUGH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE I'M ASSUMING THE AMOUNT, IT'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL OR IT'LL BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER.

GOT IT. OKAY. AND SO WE'LL HAVE THIS ONLINE TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO RENT THE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'LL HAVE THIS ONLINE FOR PEOPLE.

YES. CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE AUDITORIUM ONLINE FOR RENT.

BUT ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, WE'LL PUT ON THE THE OTHER TWO A'S AND THE AMPHITHEATER ON IT. OKAY.

GREAT. AND THE FEES ARE, I GUESS IN LINE WITH OTHER RENTAL FEES OF NEIGHBORING CITIES IS THAT WE HAVE A RESIDENT RATE AND THEN A NONRESIDENT RATE.

YES. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

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

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS AT TITLE SEVEN, CODE CHAPTER 73 PARKING SCHEDULES BY ADDING SCHEDULE THREE TO OUR PARKING ZONES WITH

[B. Consider Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title VII Code, Chapter 73 Parking Schedule by Adding Schedule III, 2 Hour Parking Zones with Hours, Locations, and Penalties. [Tomas D. Reyna, Assistant City Manager]]

SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A SECOND. I THINK MISS BRITNEY HAD A COMMENT ON THIS.

YES. I JUST LOVE IT THAT THE CITIZENS ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE LAWYERS HAVE PARKING PLACES. JUDGES HAVE PARKING PLACES.

I'M ASSUMING YOU ALL HAVE PARKING PLACES.

AND I LOOKED AT YOURS OPEN.

THOMAS WOULD PUT THIS UP SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARK UNLESS WE HAVE TWO HOURS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN COURT, EITHER CHILD CUSTODY OR DIVORCE OR PROBATE COURT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

AND I ASSURE YOU, YOU'RE NEVER THERE AN HOUR THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONSED OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE GIVING THEM TWO HOURS AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE TWO HOURS, FOUR HOURS AFTER LUNCH, COME BACK.

SO I AM AGAINST THIS TWO HOUR PARKING VIOLATORS WILL BE TOWED AWAY.

AND THEN IT SHOWS THE 7 A.M.

AND ALL THIS STUFF PROPOSED TWO HOURS.

I THINK IT WILL HURT THE REGULAR CITIZENS.

I'M HOPING THAT Y'ALL WILL THINK ABOUT THIS.

I PERSONALLY LIKE I'M HOPING THAT LATER ON WE WILL GET THE METERS SO I CAN PUT MY MONEY IN AND HAVE SOMEONE GO AND PUT MORE MONEY IN.

BUT TO PENALIZE THE PUBLIC SHAME ON YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

THIS IS WRONG. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS VERNON. LET ME JUST BECAUSE WE CAN RESPOND ON THIS.

IT'S NOT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT.

SO THIS CAME AS A RESULT, ACTUALLY, TO HELP THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE.

ONCE THE COURTHOUSE OPENED A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ARE PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESSES, AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR PARKING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.

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THOSE ARE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.

AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS EMPLOYEES.

AND WHEN YOU TALK TO THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY HAS, I THINK, ISSUED A MEMO TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES TO LET THEM KNOW THERE'S DESIGNATED PARKING FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNATED PARKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE ANY COURT BUSINESS THERE ALL AROUND. IN FACT, WHEN THE THIS IS ONE OF THE TIMES LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. THEY CALLED ME BECAUSE THE LADY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE'S PEOPLE PARKING THERE AND THERE'S SHE'S LOSING.

AND I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HER, BUT IT'S ALL THE BUSINESSES.

THEIR CUSTOMERS CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK BECAUSE EMPLOYEES ARE PARKING THERE, AND THEY'RE THERE 8 TO 5.

WHICH IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD GENERATE THEIR BUSINESS.

AND SO I HAD BECAUSE I'M NOT DRIVING, THE PERSON HAD ME DRIVE.

I HAD HIM DRIVE ME ALL THROUGH THE DESIGNATED COUNTY PARKING AREAS, AND THEY WERE HALF FULL. THEY WERE AVAILABLE. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHY WE THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, AND ALSO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BUSINESSES AT THE COURT TO PARK. AND THERE'S A LITTLE BUS THAT TAKES THEM TO TO THE COURTHOUSE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WALK THAT MUCH.

BUT SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY TO HELP THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.

THAT'S THIS IS A FIRST PHASE OF THINGS.

I THINK STAFF IS LOOKING AT PUTTING SOME THE, THE PARKING METERS AS WELL, BUT THIS AT LEAST WILL PROVIDE SOME RELIEF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THOSE BUSINESSES ARE HURTING.

WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND ON THE ON UNIVERSITY 107.

BUT YOU'RE SHOWING ALL HERE.

I BELIEVE IT'S ON 12TH STREET.

10TH STREET. YES. CANO AND ALL THESE PLACES.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE DO TRY TO FIND A PARKING PLACE SO WE CAN WALK TO THE COURTHOUSE.

SO FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT RIGHT NOW, THOSE AREAS, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED IN THIS ORDINANCE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DESIGNATED AS NO PARKING AREAS.

AND SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COURTHOUSE.

SO THE PERIMETER AROUND THE SQUARE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A NO PARKING AREA.

AND SO THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY ADD PARKING IN THE IN THE SQUARE FOR TRANSIENT VISITORS AND WHOEVER NEEDS TO COME TO DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AREA.

BUT BUT WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT THOUGH.

RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF.

RIGHT TO IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE.

REMEMBER WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE TOWING COMPANIES IN THE CITY.

YEAH. AND THEY WILL BE GOING AROUND LIKE A COYOTE LOOKING OR.

YEAH, OUR PD WILL WILL SEE THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THIS. SO YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE BACK, WE'LL PUT THIS BACK ON BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT.

AND COUNCIL, WE WILL BE BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO ADDRESS THE NO PARKING ZONES THAT NEED TO BE MODIFIED, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO, I DID HAVE A COUPLE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ASKED ME WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HAVE PARKING FOR THEIR FOR THEIR CLIENTS.

CAN THEY PUT CONES, CAN THEY RESERVE.

AND SO IN SPEAKING, WE REALIZED THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE ALL AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO RIGHT AFTER THIS TOM HERE, I DON'T SEE HIM.

OH, OKAY. HOW SOON DO WE WANT TO OR ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE PARKING METERS AFTER THIS? SO THIS IS JUST TO TO ALLEVIATE THE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES.

THAT'S THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL HAVE TO GET FUNDED.

THEY HAVE TO BE PLANNED OUT I THINK AND BID OUT IF NOT THROUGH CO-OP.

RIGHT. AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THIS IS TEMPORARY, BUT IT'S THE REASON WE'RE MOVING FAST IS BECAUSE THERE EVER SINCE IT OPENED, THERE IS NO PARKING FOR THE BUSINESSES.

AND THEY ARE FEELING IT ALREADY.

ON THE EAST SIDE IS THE MAIN PROBLEM YOU'VE GOT OF THEM.

I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THOSE.

OKAY. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.

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

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 12.

UNDER BUDGET. I'LL TAKE THESE ITEMS ALL TOGETHER.

COUNCIL A, B, AND C, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS HAVING TO DO WITH OUR BUDGETS?

[12. BUDGET]

SAME SIGN A, B AND C APPROVE ITEM 13 RESOLUTIONS.

[A. Consider Ordinance Amending the Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year Carry-Overs Appropriations to the General Fund, Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund, Utility Fund, and Solid Waste Management Fund. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

[B. Consider Ordinance Amending the Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year by Providing Additional Appropriations to the General Fund. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

[C. Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget Transfer for the General Fund. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

[13. RESOLUTIONS]

[A. Consideration and Appropriate Action on a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Edinburg, Texas Authorizing and Approving the Publication of a Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation; Complying with the Requirements Contained in the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12; and Providing an Effective Date. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

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MOTION TO SECOND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION.

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

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM B CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION AND A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS TO REIMBURSE ITSELF FOR THE PRIOR LAWFUL EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS RELATING TO ACQUIRING,

[B. Consideration and Appropriate Action on a Resolution Establishing the Intention of the City of Edinburg, Texas to Reimburse Itself for the Prior Lawful Expenditure of Funds Relating to Acquiring, Constructing, and Equipping Various City Improvements from the Proceeds of One or More Series of Tax-Exempt Obligations to be Issued by the City for Authorized Purposes; Authorizing Other Matters Incident and Related Thereto; and Providing an Effective Date. [Ascencion Alonzo, Director of Finance]]

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 14.

AWARDING OF BIDS. ITEM A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE TIME AND ATTENDANCE SYSTEM FROM TIMECLOCK PLUS THROUGH COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 14 THROUGH TEN,

[14. AWARDING OF BID]

[A. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of the Time and Attendance System from Time Clock Plus, Through OMNIA Partners Cooperative Contract No. 14-10 in the Amount of $188,386.33, a One- Time Fee and a Recurring Annual Fee of $69,817.00 Thereafter and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Any Documents Related Thereto. [Belinda Torres, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

THEREAFTER, AN AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO.

ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY MOTION? SO MOVED. 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 CARRIES. ITEM 15.

CONTRACTUAL. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO FINAL LEGAL REVIEW BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND THE CITY OF PHARR, TEXAS, FOR THE DISPOSAL OF NON-HAZARDOUS

[15. CONTRACTUAL]

[A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into an Interlocal Agreement Subject to Final Legal Review Between the City of Edinburg and the City of Pharr, Texas for the Disposal of Non-Hazardous Solid Waste at the Edinburg Regional Sanitary Landfill Facility. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director of Solid Waste Management]]

MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION.

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

ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 16.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AMENDING THE EDC BYLAWS.

THIS WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND

[16. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

[A. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Amending the EEDC Bylaws. [Josephine Ramirez Solis,]

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MY ONLY QUESTION IS SO WHEN THEY APPROVED THEIR BUDGET, DON'T THEY HAVE THEIR STAFF POSITIONS IN THERE? SO THAT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH FILLING OF POSITIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE ACTUAL HIRING. THE ACTUAL HIRING.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

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

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 17.

CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL. WE HAVE ITEMS A, B, C, AND D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A THROUGH D.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND.

[17. CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM 18. OTHER BUSINESS.

ANY ITEMS? COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

[18. OTHER BUSINESS]

STREET IMPROVEMENTS. WE DID DRAINAGE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

JUST UPDATE ALSO. BUT INSTEAD OF WE HAVEN'T DONE THE WORKSHOPS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM THE FIRST, I THINK MEETING OF THE MONTH. COUNCIL.

I THINK WE SHOULD DO WORKSHOP BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'LL BE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP WHERE WE JUST DO THE PRESENTATIONS.

LIKE TODAY WE HAD THREE.

I THINK IF CITY MANAGEMENT CAN LOOK INTO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AS PART OF AN UPDATE BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE STREETS.

OKAY. WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT FOR NEXT MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM 19, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE ANY MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 8:04 P.M..

[19. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ITEM EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY.

ITEM BEING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. ITEM C DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.

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[OPEN SESSION]

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[20. ADJOURNMENT]

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AS YOU'RE SITTING DOWN, TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT HELPED MAKE THIS COMMUNITY, THIS CITY, THIS COUNTY, THIS REGION, WHAT IT IS TODAY.

AND JUST GET TO KNOW SOME PEOPLE AROUND YOU BECAUSE THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE AND WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK FOR YOU. SO ENJOY YOUR MEALS AND WE'LL RESUME THE PROGRAM IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ENJOY THE MEAL. WE'LL SEE YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU.

JESSE.

BRADFORD. ANYONE MOFFATT AND NICHOL MASTER CLASS.

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