Jul 15, 2025 City Council Meeting

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

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[A. Prayer.]

[B. Pledge of Allegiance.]

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

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[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING OUR 29TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXCITED TO PRESENT THE EVENT TO BE HELD TUESDAY,

[4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

[A. 29th Annual National Night Out]

AND I HAVE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICERS HERE THAT HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE PLANNING WITH COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING TEAM, AND I'VE ASKED HER TO JUST GIVE SOME BRIEF DETAILS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT NIGHT AND INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER AYALA FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS OFFICER BENEDICT WITH THE EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM ONE OF THE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMUNITY DIVISION. SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OUR EXCITEMENT FOR AN ANTICIPATED EVENT, OUR 29TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED AT THE EDINBURG PROMENADE PARK IN AMPHITHEATER AT 201 WEST MCINTYRE IN EDINBURG ON AUGUST 5TH, AND THIS EVENT IS HELD FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. SO WITH HERE TONIGHT, OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING TEA, WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN RECENT YEARS IN CREATING MANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. WE'VE HAD MANY BLOCK PARTIES AND MANY EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT. SO WE HAVE PRE KICKOFF, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS, COFFEES WITH A COP, MOVIES WITH A COP, BLOCK PARTIES ALL OVER THE CITY OF EDINBURG. AND WE'RE STILL NOT DONE YET. AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY WE STILL HAVE MORE BLOCK PARTIES LEADING UP TO OUR EVENT IN AUGUST. A LOT OF THESE BLOCK PARTIES ARE HOSTED WITH NATIONAL SPONSORS IN MIND, SO THERE'S SEVERAL SPONSORS THAT SPONSOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE'LL COUNTRYWIDE, STARBUCKS, ADT, AT&T, 7-ELEVEN. WE'VE HAD WE JUST RECENTLY HAD OPERATION CHILL WITH 7-ELEVEN. AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT MANY OF THESE NATIONAL SPONSORS WILL BE AT OUR EVENT ON AUGUST 5TH, NINTENDO AS WELL. SO WE INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT FOR FREE CARNIVAL RIDES, DANCING HORSES, A CAR SHOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT DISPLAY, WE'LL HAVE LIVE DANCE PERFORMANCES, LIVE BAND PERFORMANCES. ONE OF THE BANDS PERFORMING WILL BE THE FABULOUS CRUISERS AND OUR VERY OWN FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURG. SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY MISTER BOBBY PULIDO. SO WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND MEET HIM AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE MARIACHIS, WE'LL HAVE A TON OF FOOD VENDORS, A TON OF MERCHANDISE VENDORS. IT IS A TOTALLY FREE EVENT, FREE ENTERTAINMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOOD PURCHASE. BUT BEST OF ALL, WE WILL HAVE FREE BACKPACKS AND FREE SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, WE WILL BE GIVING OUT MUCH MORE ITEMS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, AND WE ONLY INTEND TO GET BETTER EVERY YEAR. SO WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THIS FREE EVENT. COME MEET THE OFFICERS OF EDINBURG PD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. OH, AND LAST THING, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR OFFICIAL MASCOT, NAT THE KNIGHT.

SO THIS IS NOT THE KNIGHT. HE'S THE OFFICIAL MASCOT FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HIM. HE WILL ALSO BE THERE WITH OUR OTHER MASCOTS AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT FOR ALL OF THE KIDS TO MEET. SO, YEAH, THAT'S NOT THE NIGHT. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. SEE IF WE CAN GET A PHOTO OF EVERYONE. A QUICK SNAP. IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT HERE, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM.

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IT'LL BE NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH. NEXT. I'M SORRY. AUGUST 5TH ON A ON A TUESDAY ON AUGUST 5TH.

TO OUR RESIDENTS, THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, AUGUST 5TH, I INVITE YOU PLEASE ONCE AGAIN GO OUT AND SUPPORT THIS AMAZING EVENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS. SO WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, WE CANNOT MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM FIVE. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION.

RECOGNITION ITEM A PRESENT THE RECIPIENT FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF

[5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS]

[A. Present the Recipient for the Employee of the Month Award for the Month of May,2025.[EricaA. Balli, Director of Human Resources/Civil Service]]

VEINTICINCO ES EL JOSE MARIA CUSTODIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE MANTENIMIENTO EDIFICIOS EL SENOR MANCHA HA SIDO UN MIEMBRO VALIOSO DEL EQUIPO DE LA CIUDAD DE EDINBURG DESDE EL CATORCE A LO LARGO DE LOS ANOS SIEMPRE SUPERADO LAS EXPECTATIVAS ABORDADO SU TRABAJO CON UNA ACTITUD POSITIVA. LABORAL ESPIRITU DE SERVICIO CON CULPABILIDAD Y COMPROMISO NO HA SIDO DE. LAS RESPONSABILIDADES DE AYUDA ADICIONAL CUANDO SE NECESITA EN EL NOMBRE DEL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE EDINBURG. NOS. RECONOCER AGRADECER JOSE AL SERVICIO DE LA CIUDAD DE EDINBURG, FELICIDADES MR. MANCHA. WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE.

ARE. MR. CAMERON, IS THE TIEMPO POQUITO USTEDES SIEMPRE CUANDO.

SIEMPRE. GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS. SENOR. QUIERO DECIR ES COMO USTEDES. TOMA LA PENA EL ORGULLO EN SU TRABAJO. QUÉ HACER ESTA CIUDAD? SOMOS MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SU DEDICATION. OKAY.

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[B. Presentation Recognizing the City of Edinburg Parks & Recreation Department: Little League Baseball Champions for the 2025 Spring Season for the 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, and 13/14 Age Divisions. [Javier Garza, Director of Parks and Recreation]]

RODRIGUEZ, LANDON OWENS, RICE AND CHERRY MATEO LOPEZ, CRUZ GAITAN, CATALINA PADRON, BRADLEY DIAZ, ARTEMIO RIOS, MANUEL MALDONADO, ALEJANDRO ALONSO, JEREMIAH SALCEDO, MATTHEW GARZA, AND DENISON MARCUS. THE RED SOX TEE-BALL DIVISION NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.

FIVE THREE, TWO ONE. THAT. WAS OUR BIGGEST DIVISION IN THE IN THE LEAGUE. THEY HAD OVER 20 TEAMS. CONGRATULATIONS, RED SOX AND ORIOLES. GOOD NIGHT GUYS. YES, SIR. AND NEXT UP IS OUR COACH PITCH DIVISION IN THE SEVEN AND EIGHT. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR WERE THE CUBS, COACHED BY MANUEL MAT, SEBASTIAN MATA, TROY HUNTER TREVINO, JULIAN JAWORSKI, ROBBIE GARCIA, NATHANIEL BARAJAS, ALEXI GIL JUNIOR, JOSE LARA, SEBASTIAN RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO BOCANEGRA, ALEJANDRO GOMEZ, LIAM HERNANDEZ AND CARLOS RODRIGUEZ. CONGRATULATIONS THE CUBS.

THANK YOU. SMILES. CONGRATULATIONS, CUBS. IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE COACH PITCH DIVISION, THE YANKEES WHO WERE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YANKEES AND THE AMERICAN LEAGUE COACH PITCH DIVISION. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MINOR DIVISION, WHICH IS THE

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COACHED BY JAVIER CACERES I'M SORRY MIGUEL VASQUEZ, JUNIOR MARK ANTHONY GARCIA. ISAIAH ESTRADA, JESUS ALEMAN, JIMMY ALEMAN, ROGAN GONZALEZ, ROY PENA. PENA, OSIEL RIOS, DYLAN CACERES, JAVIER VALDEZ, AND MADDOX GONZALEZ. CONGRATULATIONS, YANKEES.

YEAH, AWESOME. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR BOYS DIVISION LEAGUE CHAMPIONS.

THANK YOU. FOR THE BOYS. YES. THE BOXERS. YEAH. AND THE. COUNTY. WE HAVE THREE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE ITEM. ITEM C PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING THE CITY OF EDINBURGH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 2025 TEXAS STATE JUNIOR GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONS. YES, YES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL ERIC MOLINA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FIVE INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR ROGUE BOXING TEAM, PARKS AND RECREATION BOXING PROGRAM. I HAVE DEMARCUS JONES. COME ON, DEMARCUS JONES. ANTHONY FLORES. JORGE GARCIA ESPINOZA. JOAQUIN CASTANEDA. AND ORLANDO GARCIA. I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE THEIR COACH, MISS CARLA ESPINOSA, AND ALSO NOT IN ATTENDANCE, COACH MASTER MARTIN MARTINEZ, COACH ROLANDO GARCIA, JOSE DE LANGHELD AND ANTHONY AGUIRRE. THESE FIVE INDIVIDUALS TRAVELED TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR THE TEXAS STATE JUNIOR GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEY ALL COMPETED IN AND I'M SORRY, THEY GOT GOLD MEDALS AND BROUGHT GOLD MEDALS BACK TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND FROM EXPERIENCE. COACH ROLO. COACH CARLA CALLED ME ON SATURDAY MORNING AND SAID, WE GOT FIVE KIDS BOXING IN THE FINALS FOR THE STATE GOLD, JUNIOR GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONSHIPS. I WAS LIKE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. HE CALLED ME SATURDAY NIGHT. WE HAD TWO THAT COMPETED IN THEIR FINAL MATCHES AND WON THEIR GOLD MEDALS. THEN HE CALLS ME SUNDAY WITH AND INFORMS ME WE HAVE THREE MORE GOLD MEDALISTS. WE TOOK FIVE FROM OUR ROGUE BOXING TEAM AND FIVE CAME BACK WITH GOLD MEDALS. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS? YES. I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING. THE CITY OF EDINBURGH HAS NEVER HAD A WORLD CHAMPION PROFESSIONAL BOXER, AND

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[C. Presentation Recognizing the City of Edinburg Parks & Recreation Department: 2025 Texas State Junior Golden Glove Champions. [Javier Garza Director of Parks and Recreation]]

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

[The Mayor and City Council allow for a specific portion of the City Council Meeting to be dedicated to public comments. Public Comments are limited to three (3) minutes. Please note that this public comment period is not interactive. The City Council may not respond to public comments.]

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RONNIE REGARDING TEXAS EDINBURG.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL RONNIE LARRALDE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE EDINBURG CVB. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY STAFF AND ALONG WITH OUR EDC, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TEXAS COOKHAM HIGH STAKES ON JULY 4TH. IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT. WE HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY QUALITY OF LIFE EVENT THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE CITY SUPPORT, THE EDC SUPPORT AND OF COURSE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EVENT FREE FOR NOT ONLY CITIZENS OF EDINBURG. WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ENJOYING THIS THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. WE HAD 60 TEAMS COMPETE, YOU KNOW, SOME FROM CENTRAL TEXAS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM FROM ACROSS THE VALLEY, SOME FROM LAREDO AS WELL. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HOST THEM AND COMPETE ON THIS TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH GETS EDINBURG ON THE MAP. AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE WINNERS TO A NATIONAL LEVEL AND A WORLD LEVEL AT COMPETING FOR BARBECUE. WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC, FROM THE SKYDIVING, FROM A CAR SHOW, FROM FAMILY FUN ZON.

AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, FIREWORKS, A GREAT, GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND THANK YOU GUYS ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, BOARD AND STAFF AND ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO FOR, FOR, FOR THE CHAMBER AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 20TH ANNUAL NEXT YEAR, HAPPENING JULY 4TH ON SATURDAY.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UTRGV VETERANS AS WELL. SO A LOT OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD. SO THANKS AGAIN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS DIANE TEETER REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS, VOTING, GREEN SPACES AND GOLF COURSES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DIANE TEETER. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS AS IT ALLOWS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND FOR REBUTTALS TO THOSE VIEWPOINTS, WHICH MIGHT BE A PERSON'S SOLE OPINION AND NOT FACT. AND THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS ASSERTED THAT UTRGV IS NOT NEEDED AS A VOTING LOCATION.

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I WONDER IF THIS IS AN INTENT TO GERRYMANDER VOTING PLACES IN ADDITION TO VOTING DISTRICTS BY THOSE WHO WEAR THE RED HATS AND SHIRTS. ANOTHER COMMENT THAT WAS MADE WAS NOT NEEDING GREEN SPACES AND GOLF COURSES. BUT LET'S CONSIDER GREEN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, GREEN SPACES AND GOLF COURSES ACT AS NATURAL SPONGES TO ABSORB RAINWATER, REDUCE RUNOFF, AND OFTEN ARE USED BY URBAN PLANNERS. LET'S LOOK AT THE LOS LAGOS GOLF COURSE. IT'S CERTIFIED AS AN AUDUBON COOPERATIVE SANCTUARY AND IS LOCATED ALONG COYOTE CREEK. SO THE GOLF COURSE IS VITAL FOR FLOOD ABSORPTION AS WELL AS WILDLIFE. EBONY HILLS GOLF COURSE, ALONG WITH ITS IMPROVED DRAINAGE SYSTEM, CAPTURED AND DRAINED WATER AWAY FOR FRIDAY'S JULY 4TH FESTIVITIES. AFTER THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THIS PROVES THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBINATION OF GREEN DRAINAGE ALONG WITH CONVENTIONAL. SO I MUST ASK, WHEN WILL THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE BE REINSTATED? SO LAND DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS ONCE AGAIN PAY FOR THE GREENING AND DRAINAGE OF OUR CITY. THE COUNCIL HAS THAT ABILITY TO DO NOW. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JAVIER SALAZAR REGARDING ITEM SEVEN G. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT HERE AND TALK TO YOU ALL, COMING OUT HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ITEM SEVEN G. FIRST OFF, WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. YOU ALL, ALONG WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, ARE VERY FORWARD THINKING AND BUILDING PARKS. WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVELY BUILDING PARKS ALONG THE YEARS AND DOING A VERY GOOD JOB IN DOING THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS IN, IN, IN DOING THAT IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN CURRENT PARKS AS WELL AS UPGRADE THOSE PARTICULAR PARKS FOR THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. ITEM SEVEN G IS REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. NOW, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO FACILITATE AN INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS PARTICULAR THERE'S TWO ITEMS ON THAT. ONE OF THEM IS BASKETBALL COURT, THE BASKETBALL COURTS. NOW THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL BASKETBALL COURT. THIS IS OR STANDARD BASKETBALL COURT. THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE IT'S A GAME OF SKILL A GAME OF CHALLENGE WHERE YOU HAVE TO THINK AND STRATEGIZE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR SHOT. YOU SHOOT THE BALL BASICALLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO BOUNCE, REBOUND OFF OF THE BOARD AND GO IN THE BASKET SHOOTING A BANK SHOT. IF YOU WILL TYPE SHOT. IN DOING THAT, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO. PROVIDE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH A NEW FRESH TWIST TO THE TO THE GAME THAT WE'VE ALL COME TO KNOW. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST HERE IN THE VALLEY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS. IF IT'S PASSED. AND I THINK IT'D BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL TO COME AND ENJOY THAT. MOST IMPORTANTLY IN THIS, IT IS ALL INCLUSIVE. IT'S A DESIGN THAT ENCOURAGES

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TAXPAYERS CANNOT JUST PAY ONE BILL. REMEMBER, THE EDINBURGH COUNCIL INCREASED WATER RATES BY 67% AND SOLD $9 MILLION IN BONDS, ALL WITHIN A PERIOD WHEN THE COUNTY WAS HAVING A 20.5% RATE INFLATION. MY POINT IS THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS PLACED THREE BILLS ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, ALL INTENDING TO REDUCE YOUR TAX BILL. YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR THESE BILLS. IT'S TEXAS HOUSE BILL NINE IS TO INCREASE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FROM $2,500 TO 125,000. SENATE BILL FOUR WILL RAISE THE OVERALL OVERALL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 100,000 TO 140,000. SENATE BILL 23 WILL RISE THE EXEMPTION TO 200,000 FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE DISABLED, OR 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. THE. THE DOWNSIDE OF THESE BILLS IS THAT YOUR HOME, NO MATTER WHAT SIZE, WHAT SHAPE, WILL INCREASE IN VALUE BECAUSE THE EDINBURGH COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL VOTE FOR THE EXISTING MEMBERS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THEIR JOB IS TO TAKE MORE MONEY FROM YOU. SO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU VOTE, AND VOTE FOR THE ONES WHO SPEND LESS BECAUSE IT IS YOUR MONEY. THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT IN THE FUTURE, HE HOPES TO FURTHER RESTRICT CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM INCREASING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. AND TONIGHT YOU HAVE 12 A APPOINTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS UP HERE. DO YOU ASK THE PEOPLE THAT YOU PUT THE NAMES OUT? ARE THEY WILLING TO TAKE THEIR TIME AND BE ON THESE BOARDS? I UNDERSTAND ONE AND I WILL CHECK WITH OTHERS THAT NEVER SHOWED TO ONE MEETING. SO WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THE NAMES OUT OR THE FRIENDS, RELATIVES OR LOVED ONES, ARE THEY SOMEONE THAT REALLY IS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ON THE COMMITTEE? THANK YOU. MISS MCLARTY ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM 7B7, C SEVEN, F9A, 13 C AND 13 J. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

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I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION JUST TO WELCOME MAYOR PRO TEM. I THINK OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL ITEMS AT ONCE. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE HEARINGS FOR A THROUGH G FOR ITEM SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS. ANYONE LIKE TO COME FORWARD? ANYONE ELSE BESIDES ME? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE THE NUMBER. INCORRECT. THE NUMBER ONE OF THEM THAT I WAS LOOKING AT WAS SEVEN E, AND THIS IS THE 2.941 ACRE TRACK LAND OUT THERE. I WAS CHECKING. I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE? AND I KNOW I BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY IS THERE ARE THREE HOMES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. THEY LINE UP. THERE ARE SOME FOURPLEXES, MAYBE TWO PLEXES. I'M NOT SURE. HOMES THAT ARE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE AND THEN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME HOMES, SO THERE'S STILL FAMILY MATTERS. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION ON THAT ONE ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, I BELIEVE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME IS SEVEN F. THIS IS CONSIDERED THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY. THIS ONE IS WHAT IS IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IT'S A SIGN THEY WANT A BIGGER SIGN ON THE PROPERTY COMPARED TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND. AND SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION WHY IT WAS A VARIANCE HERE. BUT THEY KIND OF EXPLAINED IT. BUT IF YOU'LL EXPLAIN WHY IT'S HERE INSTEAD OF ON THE VERY VARIANCES AND WHAT THESE TWO ARE. THANK YOU. GOOD. I JUST WANT TO CHECK WITH. SEVEN B. IS THIS CORRECT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT I HAVE CONCERNS WITH. SHE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON SEVEN B. AND WHAT I WAS TELLING HER IS THAT SEVEN B STAFF RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT IN PNC, RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT, BUT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY DECIDES IF THE ITEM PASSES OR FAILS. SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY ON THE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT EIGHTH AVENUE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, THERE'S SIGNS NO PARKING THROUGH THROUGH FIVE, RIGHT? THE WEST SIDE YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARKING. SO THIS PROPERTY YOU HAVE WHAT, 50FT IN FRONT. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THREE UNITS IN THERE. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PARK IN MY PROPERTY. AND THERE GOES MY TENANTS. THERE GOES THE ISSUES. THERE GOES THE CONFRONTATIONS. PLEASE, COUNSEL, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE TO CALL THE COPS BECAUSE A TENANT HAS GOTTEN INTO A CONFLICT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WHEN WE CAN AVOID IT. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO YOUR PROPERTY IS MULTIFAMILY? YES.

AND YOU'RE AGAINST THE MULTIFAMILY BEING NEXT TO YOU. WE HAVE TWO LOTS. THIS IS ONE SMALL LOT. TWO LOTS OKAY. YES. AND WE HAVE 18 SPACES WITH PARKING FOR OUR 12 FOR OUR 12 UNITS AS WELL AS THEIR VISITORS. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ADDING ADDITIONAL THREE INTO HALF OF THAT SIZE WHERE THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PARKING, EVEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE ONE AND A HALF VEHICLES, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS 8 TO 5? NO PARKING. ALL YOU HAVE LEFT IS THE FRONT. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THE PARKING AT IF YOU'RE A SMALL PROPERTY TRYING TO FIT THREE UNITS IN THERE, IT'S JUST LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEE THE CONFRONTATIONS I'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH MY TENANTS AND PEOPLE. I HAD ONE TENANT THAT BLOCKED A PERSON, AND THE PERSON CAME OUT OF THE EVENT AND THEY GOT INTO IT AGAIN. PLEASE HELP ME BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE TO THIS ISSUE. ANYONE ON ITEM SEVEN B THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MARLON GARZA WITH MELTON AND ENGINEERS REPRESENTING THE OWNERS FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE REASON FOR THE REZONING REQUEST.

HE IS TRYING TO BUILD A TRIPLEX ON THIS LOT. WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BEING ABLE TO DESIGN A SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CITY IN THE SAME VICINITY OF THIS, JUST A COUPLE STREETS DOWN THE ROAD ON ON PETER AND NINTH STREET. WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY VARIANCE. IN THAT CASE, WE SEE THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE UDC. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST, I GUESS, REASONS OF WHY WE GO FOR THIS MULTIFAMILY. DESIGNATION ON THIS LOT IS WITHIN YOUR FUTURE LAND USE. THAT'S IN YOUR

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CORRECT. JUST WHAT'S MANDATED FOR THE TRIPLEX. SO IF THERE'S MORE THAN THE THERE'S MORE PARKING THAT'S NEEDED, WHERE WOULD THEY PARK? YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION OF STREET PARKING. THE MAN THE MANDATE IS ONLY FOR OFF STREET PARKING, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE ONE PER BEDROOM. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL PROJECT ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT. AS MARLON IS ATTESTING TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED ON SITE. SO THEY WANT TO DO TWO TWO UNITS WITH THREE BEDROOMS EACH. WE NEED TO FIND THOSE SIX IF THEY WANT TO DO 2 OR 3 UNITS WITH THREE BEDROOMS EACH WE NEED TO FIND THE NINE. SO WE RESTRICTED DOWN TO WHAT WE'RE LIMITED TO. SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BUILD TO WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE REQUIRED OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BEDROOMS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE ON THAT SITE. SO THAT'S HOW WE WORK WITH STAFF AND MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A COMMENT ON PARKING JUST ADJACENT TO US, BUT AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY IS ADOPTING AND HAS IN PLACE IS SO THAT ALL THE URBAN USES, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE MOST OF THIS AREA BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY TO DOWNTOWN. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A PARKING GARAGE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO TAKE STREET PARKING OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE LOTS. MAYBE WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE, THEY IF WE LOOK AT IT TODAY, THEY MIGHT NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENT. BUT THE FUTURE LAND USE IS CALLED SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT GETS DEVELOPED GOING FORWARD IS LOOKING AT THAT TO TAKE PARKING OFF THE STREETS ONTO ITS OWN PROPERTY SO THAT YOU MOBILIZE MORE THE AREA, HENCE THE TERM AUTO URBAN. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THAT DESIGNATION. SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL STUFF AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST FOR REZONING RIGHT NOW, BUT DO WE HAVE A PLAN OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING THERE? BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PARKING WOULD BE AT. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A CONCERN NOT JUST BY NEIGHBORS NEARBY, BUT ALSO IN MY CASE, TOO, BECAUSE I, I KIND OF KNOW THAT SIZE OF LOT. AND I'VE DEALT WITH IT PERSONALLY WITH MY BUSINESS. SO I KIND OF WANT TO SEE LIKE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS PROVIDED, I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE PACKET AT ALL. NO. SO TYPICALLY IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COOKIE CUTTER LAYOUT YOU'LL HAVE FOR PARKING ALONG LOBE, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE TWO. OR IF WE CAN FIT ANOTHER FOUR ON THE ALLEY SIDE. SO WE COULD I THINK WE ACCOMMODATED EIGHT ON THIS OTHER SIDE PLAN. SO YEAH, I DON'T SEE THAT AT ALL. SO FOR ME TO SEE THAT, IT'S KIND OF I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THIS IS JUST THE REZONING. CORRECT.

THERE'S NO THIS IS JUST THE REZONING. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO THERE WON'T BE ANY OF THAT.

BUT THEY STILL GOT TO FOLLOW THE PLANNING, ZONING, EVERY REQUIREMENT FROM OUR CODE AND ALL THAT AFTER. IF THIS WERE TO GET PASSED CORRECT, WE WOULD MEET ALL THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, ALL THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE YOU GOING TO BE ADDING TO OUR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDING? IT'S A SMALL SITE. SO EVERY WE HAVE

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SPECIFICALLY ON THE LOT SIZE. RIGHT. OKAY. SO WHAT IF THIS UNIT WERE TO BECOME A LIKE A DUPLEX? THEY COULD DO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT IN THE BACK.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. WOULD THAT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY CAN KEEP IT UNDER SINGLE FAMILY. AND STILL HAVE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REZONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK AT THIS POINT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE ITEMS, THERE WAS A CONCERN OR QUESTION FROM FERN ON WHY SEVEN F IS BEING HEARD AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SIGN VARIANCE, AND WHY NINE IS NOT BEING HEARD AS A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN IT'S ALSO A VARIANCE SIGN. VARIANCE IS BY CODE DO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES DO NOT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT IT IN. SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM A. RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS. IS IT FOR SEVEN A ONLY OR IS IT ALSO FOR SEVEN ONLINE ANYTHING. ALL ITEMS UNDER SEVEN. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RAUL PALMA AND OURS IS SEVEN. F FOR THE SIGN VARIANCE. WHAT I WILL TELL

[A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Residential, Urban (RU) & Townhome District, Tract I: A 0.5 Acres of Land, Being the North 220 Feet of the West 99.0 Feet of the North 440 Feet of Lot 59, Tract II: A 2.50 Acre Tract of Land, More or Less, Out of the West 99.0 Feet of Lot 59, Tract III: a 3.0 Acre Tract of Land Out of Lot 59, Kelly-Pharr Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas, as Per Map or Plat Thereof Recorded in Volume 3, Page 133, Deed Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 1000 West Alberta Road, as Requested by Spoor Engineering Consultants, Inc. (A 4/5 vote is required by the City Council to overturn the Planning & Zoning Commission action.) [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

THERE WERE ALSO IN FAVOR OF IT. I KNOW THE CITY HAD SOME COMMENTS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS, HEY, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE LOT, YOU KNOW, AND THE MAIN ISSUE IS NOT THE SIZE OF SIGN. IT'S LIKE THE SIGN IS LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILAR ONES DOWN CLOSER.

AND SO THE THING WITH IT IS THAT IT'S NOT LIKE A RECORD SIGN OR LIKE A BILLBOARD SIGN. IT'S JUST A SIGN, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE ISSUE IS THAT THE LOT IS SMALL AND SO THE CODE ONLY REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT. BUT WHAT I DID RECENTLY AND THIS IS LIKE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 27FT OFF OF CLOSNER. AND

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IT'S A PROFESSIONAL BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S NO PLAN TO DO NONE OF THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. GOOD. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO WITH THE SAME ITEM. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO IT. I'M THE I'M THE OWNER OF THE SIGN COMPANY THAT WAS HIRED BY THE SIGN GUY. YEAH, BY MR. PALMA. SO I CAN GO INTO SPECS OR OR OR WHATEVER, BASICALLY. SO WHAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE OF THE WE'RE BEING LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE LOT. WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED 35FT■!S FOR A SIGN, WHIH WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IT 30FT UP IN THE AIR. THAT'S LIKE A FOUR BY EIGHT, 30FT UP IN THE AIR. IT'S GOING TO LOOK SILLY. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A TEN BY 12, WHICH, LIKE YOU SAID, IS NOT A BILLBOARD. IT'S NOTHING MAJOR. IT'S SOMETHING PROPORTIONAL OF WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE OUT THERE. JUST JUST HIS NEIGHBOR A MAX, HE HAS A SIGN VERY SIMILAR TO HIM, SAME SIZE LOT. AND I BELIEVE THERE USED TO BE A SIGN THERE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IT THAT WAS CUT OFF. SO THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A SIGN THERE WHERE, WHERE HE'S AT. AND WHAT I JUST WANT TO COMMENT IS. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF KEEPING EDINBURGH BEAUTIFUL, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ALSO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS. AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT FOR HIM IS HAVE HIM BE MORE VISIBLE SO HIS CLIENTS CAN FIND HIM, AND YOU DO THAT WITH ALLOWING HIM TO HAVE A GOOD SIZED SIGN, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ON KLAUSSNER DOES. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE WITH ANYBODY ELSE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING I DO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR COMING BECAUSE I THINK YOU COULD ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS I HAVE. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE WIDTH AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH, THE NARROW WIDTH OF THE LOT, IT LIMITS THE SIZE OF THE SIGN. IF, HOW MUCH HOW WHAT'S HOW FAR ARE WE THAT WE COULD THAT SIGN COULD, WOULD NOT NEED A VARIANCE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE 28FT OF FRONTAGE HE HAS, HE'S ONLY BEING ALLOWED 35FT■!S. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS A TEN BY 12, WHICH IS 120FT■!S. NOW, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE WAY OFF, BUT REALLY, SO HOW BIG OF A LOT WOULD HOW MUCH BIGGER WOULD THAT LOT HAVE TO BE FOR THAT SIGN? DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW FAR OFF WE ARE? SO IT'S. I BELIEVE IT'S ONE SQUARE FEET OF LINEAR FRONTAGE FEET. SO IT WOULD BE IT WOULD NEED TO BE 120, 820. OH THAT'S PRETTY BIG RIGHT. BUT AND SO BUT THE MAXIMUM SIZE WOULD BE UP TO 250 FOR, FOR THAT FOR THAT. LOT. AND I GUESS THE OTHER ONES THAT WOULD GO NEXT DOOR TO ANOTHER BUSINESS. NO. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND, AND REALLY THERE'S NOT LIKE BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE WHY DO YOU GUYS WRITE THESE ORDINANCES? BECAUSE YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO, I GUESS HAVE SIGN POLLUTION OR TOO MANY, YOU KNOW, REALLY THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE'S THE A MAX, WHICH IS HIS NEIGHBOR. AND IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE THAT CLOSE TO HIM. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF SIGNS THERE THAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK, LOOK BAD. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT QUESTION, WHAT THE CITY WOULD ALLOW IS SOMETHING LIKE A FIVE BY SEVEN. AND WE'RE BASICALLY IT'S HALF OF WHAT YOU'RE WANTING FIVE BY SEVEN.

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CLAUDIA PERALEZ, DIRECTOR OF THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY A FIVE YEAR TERM.

SO WE HAVE THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED IN 21. AND SO IT'S GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, EVERY YEAR WE JUST GET RECERTIFIED IF THERE'S NO ACTION ON OUR PART AFTER THAT IN 2026, IF WE CHOOSE TO APPLY AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE UDC REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE. DOES SOMEONE COME AND INSPECT EVERYTHING OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO. JUST DO A VISUAL.

YEAH, WE PROVIDE THAT. SO AS LONG AS WE DON'T CHANGE OUR UDC, IT SHOULDN'T CHANGE OUR DESIGNATION. RIGHT NOW WE'RE A GOLD CERTIFIED CITY. SO THE NEXT STEP IS PLATINUM. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL CERTIFICATION OF GOLD. IF WE CHOOSE TO APPLY THAT. THAT DESIGNATION INCLUDES DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. CITYWIDE. CITYWIDE. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THEN IN YOUR OPINION, AS LONG AS WE DON'T CHANGE THE UDC, WE SHOULD STILL MAINTAIN AND A VARIANCE HERE AND THERE WOULD NOT AFFECT DESIGNATION. I THINK WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.

WE HAVEN'T APPLIED SINCE 2021, SO I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS SUBMITTED. THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN, SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU LIKE A SOLID ANSWER AT THIS TIME. IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF THE HOW CROWDED IT WOULD BE WITH BILLBOARDS AND SIGNS AND ALL THAT. I THINK THE PURPOSE OF BEING A SCENIC CITY IS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VISIBILITY, IT'S BEAUTIFICATION. SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION, OF COURSE, THEY LOOK AT ALL THE POLICIES, CODES AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION AS WELL. BUT LIKE MISS CLAUDIA MENTIONED, TO SEE WHAT THE NEW REQUIREMENTS MIGHT BE, OR IF WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE SAME INFORMATION AS WE DID BEFORE, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2026 TO KNOW THAT ANSWER. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH ITEM A. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL

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[B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Auto-Urban Uses to Multi-Family Residential Uses and the Rezoning Request from Residential, Primary (RP) District to Residential, Multi-Family (RM) District, 0.171 of One Acre Consisting of: 0.163 of One Acre Being All of Lot 12, and 0.008 of One Acre Out of Lot 11, All Out of Block 168, Amended Plat of Edinburg Original Townsite, City of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 321 West Loeb Street, as Requested by Melden and Hunt, Inc. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

AND DISCUSSION. OKAY, SO THIS IS I JUST REALIZED THAT I CONFUSED MY A AND B ON MY NOTES. I WAS PUTTING THEM UP HERE. WE HAD NO REAL DISCUSSION ON ITEM A. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

GREAT, GREAT. BUT ITEM A WOULD REQUIRE A 4/5 VOTE. AND WE DON'T HAVE FOUR MEMBERS. OH SO REGARDLESS. SO REGARDLESS WE NEED A SUPERMAJORITY ON THAT OKAY. THE TABLE IS FINE. WELL THEN SO WE HAVE A WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE. RIGHT. I JUST THINK THAT I MEAN IT'S JUST AS REZONING. AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE SOMETHING FIT IN THAT AREA THAT WITH WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES AND MAKES SENSE, I THINK THAT'S JUST THE NEXT STEP FIRST. AND THEN IT FALLS WITHIN OUR CODES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I THINK YOU NEED TO REALLY TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT THEY FOLLOW ALL REQUIREMENTS. EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED TO THE STANDARDS OF OUR OF OUR CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S A GOOD NEIGHBOR. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE PARKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE CITY AND ALL THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT THAT TRIPLEX MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT WILL DO. SO I MEAN, IF IT WAS A DUPLEX, THEY STILL HAVE TO REZONE. IT'S A DUPLEX WITH WITH INDIVIDUAL SERVICES. YES. IF IT'S A DUPLEX WITH SHARED SERVICES THEN NO. SO REALISTICALLY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES. YOU'RE GOING TO LEASE IT OUT. SO I THINK FROM WHAT I UNDERSTANDING FROM THE ENGINEERS, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FIT OUR CODE, THERE MAY BE WILLING TO GO DOWN A DUPLEX. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE. BUT AS LONG AS IT FIT WITHIN OUR CODES AND THEY CAN MAKE IT AT A GOOD SPACES, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST LET THEM MOVE FORWARD FOR THE MEANTIME. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM C. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT AS DESCRIBED LOCATED AT 716 EAST WISCONSIN

[C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Suburban (RS) District to Commercial, General (CG) District, a 1.0 Acre Tract of Land Out of Lot 31, Kelly-Pharr Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas as Per Map Recorded in Volume 3, Pages 133-134, Deed Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 716 East Wisconsin Road, as Requested by Perez Consulting Engineers. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

[D. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Agriculture and Open Space (AO) District to Residential, Primary (RP) District, Lot 49, Owassa Gardens Mobile Home Subdivision, Located at 5616 Sepal Street, as Requested by Dinorah Amaya Nino. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

[E. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from Residential, Multi-Family (RM) District to Commercial, General (CG) District, a 2.941 Acre Tract of Land Out of Lots 49 and 50, Lehigh Plaza Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas, According to the Plat or Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 5, Page 43, Map Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, and According to Special Warranty Deed Recorded Under County Clerk’s Document Number 3555596, Official Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 2700 West Wisconsin Road, as Requested by Quintanilla, Headley and Associates, Inc. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

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SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM F, CONSIDER THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY OF EDINBURG UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE FOUR, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS DIVISION 4.300 SIGN SECTION 4.303

[F. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Variance Request to the City of Edinburg Unified Development Code Article 4,Development Standards, Division 4.300, Signs, Section 4.303, Permanent Signs, the South 27.5 Feet of the North 47.5 Feet of Lot 6, Block 342, Original Townsite of Edinburg, Hidalgo County Texas, According to the Plat or Map Thereof Recorded in Volume 1, Page 23, Map Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, Located at 509 South Closner Boulevard, as Requested by Arnoldo Cantu. [Jaime Acevedo, Director of Planning & Zoning]]

MOTION CARRIES ITEM G. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2026. LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAMS. NON-URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT FOR THE MEMORIAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND EXECUTE GRANT DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT WITH ORDINANCES. ITEM A CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE MARKET AND COMMUNITY MARKET CELEBRATION EVENT TO BE HELD SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2025 FROM 6 A.M. TO 12 NOON AT THE

[8. ORDINANCE]

CONSIDER VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.203-1

[9. VARIANCE]

COME FORWARD AGAIN. MARLENE GARZA WITH MELTON AND HUNT REPRESENTING THE OWNERS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, LIKE MR. MISS WAS MENTIONING, IS A 40 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL HAVE THE PLAT OR THE SITE PLAN OF THE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THE REASON FOR THE 40 FOOT AND THE SIDEWALKS ONLY ON THE NORTH SIDE IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPOSED LOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE ROADWAY IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THERE IS NO OTHER LOTS ON THE SOUTH, SO WE DIDN'T SEE THE NEED FOR A SIDEWALK. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY REAL PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO IT. WE ARE STILL PROPOSING THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH END, AND THE REASON FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. ONE, IT'S THE SIDEWALK THAT TAKES UP A PORTION OF IT, BUT WE'RE STILL PROPOSING THE REQUIRED 32 FOOT BACK TO BACK PAVEMENT WIDTH. THAT'S THE SAME WHETHER YOU DO 50 FOOT IN THIS CASE WE'RE PROPOSING IS STILL IN THE 40 FOOT. THE REASON FOR IT, THOUGH, MAINLY IS WE WERE TRYING.

TYPICALLY YOU DO LIKE YOUR WATER LINE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, YOUR SEWER LINE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. AND THIS INSTANCE, TRYING TO FIT THE WATER LINE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY WITHIN AN EASEMENT. IT JUST PROVED VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE THE 10 OR 15FT THAT UTILITIES ARE ENGINEERING REQUIRES. AND STILL HAVING SPACE ON THE NORTH, ON THE NORTH END AND THE SETBACKS AND SO FORTH. WHEN WE CAME UP WITH WAS MOVING THE ROAD ALL THE WAY SOUTH, AS FAR AS, AS FAR SOUTH AS WE CAN WITH THE WITH THE CURB AND PROVIDING JUST THE NINE FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE WATER LINE AND SEWER LINE THAT'S MANDATED BY TCE, WE FIND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FIT IT WITHIN A 15

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AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD AGREED ON WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF. OKAY, SO I SEE IT NOW. THIS IS THE IN BETWEEN IT. CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL ME WHO THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY IS? I THINK THIS IS SHALOM. THIS IS DAVID MEDIA. IT'S OWNED BY A NO NO. THIS WOULD BE JJ HOMES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND SO WHAT IS THAT RIGHT. JUST TO THE NORTH.

THOSE ARE. THAT'S THE BACK OF HOMES, CORRECT? YEAH. TO THE NORTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DAVID YOU HAVE OFF OF KLAUSNER. IT'S A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BEHIND IT. IT'S LIKE A GAS COMPANY. AND THEN FURTHER EAST ARE EXISTING HOMES. NORTH OF DAVID. WE HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT ON CLEVELAND KLAUSNER, WHERE WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME LAYOUT COMMERCIAL OFF OF KLAUSNER AND RESIDENTIAL LOTS TOWARDS THE REAR. AND JAIME, OVER HERE AT THE VERY EAST OF THE PROPERTY, THE RECTANGULAR PROPERTY, CELESTE DRIVE. THOSE ARE THOSE HOMES. AND IS THAT THE BACKYARD OF HOMES? THAT WOULD BE THE BACKYARD, CORRECT. BECAUSE THEY HAVE FRONTAGE OFF OF WISCONSIN AT THIS TIME. AND SO OUR CURRENT CODE MAKES THEM HAVE TO PUT A SIDEWALK BOTH ON THE SOUTH AND NORTH EDGE OF THAT PROPERTY. THE CURRENT STANDARDS DO REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. NOW, I CAN I CAN AGREE THAT MAYBE SIDEWALKS NOT NEEDED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT I STILL WANT TO KEEP THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH. AND SO THE VARIANCE WOULD GIVE WOULD CUT THE 50 FOOT AND ONE SIDEWALK. RIGHT? CORRECT. SO THAT THAT FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK FALLS WITHIN THAT 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE REDUCE THAT AND WE GIVE IT IN THE UTILITY EASEMENT, WHICH IS WHERE WE WOULD RUN THE SEWER INTO 100. IS THERE ANY ANY WAY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE THERE, JAIME. IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST IF WE WANTED TO TRY AND MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND MAYBE DO 45FT AND ELIMINATE THE SIDEWALK? THAT'S THAT'S A COMPROMISE. ELIMINATE THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE ONE THAT THE ONE THEY'RE THEY'RE AGREEING IS NOT NEEDED.

RIGHT. WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR YOU GUYS? THE LOTS ON THE NORTH SIDE A COUPLE FEET. I COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M OPPOSED TO. IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK. I JUST HAVE TO MANEUVER THE LOTS ON THE NORTH SIDE. WAS THERE ANY COMPLAINTS DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING? NO, THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO COMPLAINTS. THIS WAS IN A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? NO. YEAH. AND SO IF, IF, IF THIS IS DENIED THEY HAVE TO START. THEY CAN'T DO THE PROJECT OR WHAT. WHAT IS THE DENIAL DO VERSUS LETTING YOU GUYS TRY TO WORK WORK HAPPY MEDIUM THERE.

THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED FOR MULTI-FAMILY. THEY WOULD HAVE TO JUST RECONFIGURE THE LOTS INSTEAD OF MAYBE DOING THEM DEEPER. THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEM WIDER, BUT THEY'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. AND SO IF WE IF WE GIVE YOU TIME TO WORK WITH THAT, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO BACK. THEY STILL HAVE TO COME BACK. RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS COUNCIL. OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION TO DENY WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND WISHING TO DENY. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION WILL CARRY. ITEM TEN. AWARD AWARDING OF BIDS.

CONSIDER SELECTION OF AFFIRM AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR RFQ 2025 003. US HIGHWAY NORTH 281 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

[10. AWARDING OF BIDS]

[A. Consider Selection of a Firm and Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate a Professional Services Contract for RFQ 2025-003, U.S. Highway North 281 Water Distribution System Improvements Phase 2 - Professional Engineering Services for Upgrading, Relocating and Expanding the Water Distribution System. [Gerardo Carmona Jr., P.E., Director of Utilities]]

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ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM B, CONSIDER. CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 2025. DASH 23. TYPE FOUR MODULE M-5 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT

[B. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2025-23, Type IV, Module M-5 Construction/TCEQ Permit MSW-2302 to Longhorn Excavators, Inc. in the Amount of $1,969,500.00 and Authorize City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement Related Thereto. [Ramiro L. Gomez, Director of Solid Waste Management]]

[C. ConsiderAwardingBidNo.2025-12,EdinburgFireDepartmentStation3-HeatingVentilationand Air Conditioning to Include New Ducts and Vents (Re-Bid) Project, Funded Through the FY 2024- 2025 Community Development Grant Program, Grant No. B-24-MC-48-0503 to A&A Villa Construction, LLC, in the Amount of $69,500 and Authorize City Manager to Execute Grant Documents Related Thereto. [Omar Garza, Fire Chief]]

[D. ConsiderRejectingBidNo.2025-15,CSJ0921-02-497FreddyGonzalezHikeandBikeTrail. [Mardoqueo Hinojosa, PE, CFM, City Engineer]]

CONSIDER APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT

[11. BUDGET]

COUNCIL. COMMISSION COMMITTEE. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ONE MEMBER AND THE DESIGNATION OF

[12. APPOINTMENT]

MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE UP OMAR GOVEA ALTERNATE TO THE VACANCY. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT ANTONIO L GARZA AS AN ALTERNATE SECOND. OKAY, WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WHICH ALTERNATE WOULD HE BE? THE LAST REPLACING? YEAH. JUST CONFIRM. YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND. ITEM 13 CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO GO ITEM. CAN I GET A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH K AND CONSENT SECOND OKAY. WE GOT A

[13. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE DID HAVE QUESTIONS ON ITEM C AND ITEM J. I'D LIKE TO GO IN AND COME FORWARD. ON THE FIRST ONE. ON THE FIRST ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMBULANCE, THE DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. AND I JUST WANTED THEM. I TALKED WITH THEM TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT. AND HOW WE DO BOTH OF THEM. OR YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL YOU DO THAT SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED FOR IT. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL EDINBURG

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[J. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Access Easement Agreement with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the City of Edinburg for the Use of City of Edinburg Easement to Allow Access to the UTRGV Robert and Janet Vacker Stadium. [Tomas D. Reyna, Assistant City Manager]]

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[B. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Purchase, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property. (§551.071 Consultation with Attorney; §551.072 Deliberation Regarding Real Property; Closed Meeting; §551.087 Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations; Closed Meeting.) 1. Landfill]

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