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          COMING UP NEXT ON ECN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR. MAYOR PRO TEM JASON DE LEON. COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR, JUNIOR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY LOZANO. SITTING IN HIS 
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ADVISORS, CITY MANAGER MYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSE RAMIREZ SOLIS. AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL, THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WANT TO 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]
CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER OF TONIGHT'S REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 7TH. IT IS 6 P.M. AND I DO SEE THAT VISIBLY. WE DO HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, JERRY LOZANO, THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING AT THIS TIME. BEFORE WE START THE PRAYER, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING BEFORE THE PRAYER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR GARRETT ANDREW LOZANO. SON OF JERRY LOZANO, WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, WHICH IS WHY HE'S NOT JOINING US TONIGHT. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THIS TIME. 
          [A. Prayer.]
THANK YOU. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE LOZANO FAMILY THIS EVENING AND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY. WE'RE GOING TO NOW HAVE A PRAYER READ THIS EVENING. WE HAVE WITH US PASTOR JOE RODRIGUEZ. YOU CAN JOIN US THIS EVENING HERE AT THE PODIUM FROM VERTICAL UNITY CHURCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HEARTS OVERWHELMED WITH LOVE FOR OUR CITY. REFLECTING ON YOUR WORD, VERMONT SEVEN. YOU ARE REMINDED. SEEK THE PROSPERITY OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. YOU HAVE PLACED IN US A PRAYER FOR WELL-BEING THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN, AS FAR AS PROSPERITY V TWO WILL FIND THE PEACE OUR OWN LORD, WE ASK FOR YOU. YOUR PEACE IN OUR CITY. MAY CONFLICTS BE RESOLVED, UNITY RESTORED. LIFT UP OUR CITY LEADERS. PRAY THAT THEY LEAD WITH WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING THE INTEGRITY PARADISE WITH WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND THE COMMON GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. WE SEEK RICHES NOT ONLY IN MATERIAL WEALTH, BUT ALSO HEALTH, JOY, HARMONY AMONG THE CITY OF EDINBURGH IN ALL ITS RESIDENTS. MAY OUR CITY ADVISE ADVANCE INTO A PLACE WHERE ALL OUR RESIDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. SUCCEED. WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE PRAY FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR CITY. MAY IT BE IN HEAVEN, A HAVEN OF SAFETY WHERE ALL FEEL SECURE. MAY IT BE A COMMUNITY OF HEALTH WHERE THE SICK AND THE SICK ARE HEALED, AND ALL THE HEALTH ISSUES ARE NURTURED. MAY THIS HEARTFELT PRAYER SERVE AS A BEACON OF HOPE, STRENGTH FOR ALL WHO COME TO EDINBURGH AND WHO CALL EDINBURGH HOME. LORD, WE ENTRUST EDINBURGH TO YOU, YOUR CARE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL GUIDE US AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE IT. MAY WE FIND OUR WELLBEING AND PROSPERITY, JUST AS YOU HAVE PROMISED US IN YOUR WORD. WE PRAY FOR OUR. POLICE, FOR THOSE THAT SERVE IN. NOT ONLY THE POLICE, BUT WE ALSO PRAY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS. EMTS. KEEP US SAFE, LORD. AND AS THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY, WE PRAY FOR THEIR HEALTH, THE WELL-BEING, THEIR PROTECTION. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PASTOR. PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          [B. Pledge of Allegiance.]
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. VERY WELL, 
          [2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM TWO, CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. 
          THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AT 6:40 P.M. SIR. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. UNDER 
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STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE SUBSTANTIAL 
          [3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]
INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS, AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO, SUCH AS ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S. NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS EVENING. I DO HAVE THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CITY OF EDINBURGH EVENTS. THE FIRST ONE 
          [4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
          [A. City of Edinburg Events:]
WILL BE THE THIRD ANNUAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION REGISTRATION. I BELIEVE THIS WAS MENTIONED AT ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE'VE HAD THIS EVENT IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THE HIDALGO COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AGAIN TO HOST THE 
          [ 3rd Annual Homestead Exemption Registration]
THIRD ANNUAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION REGISTRATION EVENT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS GET REGISTERED. THIS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THE 15TH AT THE EDINBURGH A CENTER FROM 3 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THE HIDALGO COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT PERSONNEL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND PROCESS APPLICATIONS. OUR STAFF WILL ALSO BE THERE TO ASSIST AS WELL FROM THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. TO QUALIFY, RESIDENTS MUST BRING THEIR TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR ID THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE PROPERTY CLAIMED IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION APPLICATION. 
          IF THEY DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY FEEL FREE TO GIVE US A CALL AT 3888204. NEXT, I DO HAVE THE FIFTH ANNUAL WORLD BIRDING CENTER SPOOKTACULAR. THE EDINBURGH WORLD BIRDING 
          [ 5th Annual World Birding Center Spooktacular]
CENTER WILL HOST ITS FIFTH ANNUAL SPOOKTACULAR EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. AT THE EDINBURGH SCENIC WETLANDS. THIS FREE EVENT IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN EVENT THAT WILL FEATURE ARTS AND CRAFTS, FREE CANDY, GAMES AND LOCAL VENDORS, MAKING IT A FUN EVENING FOR ALL AGES. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND NEXT. WE DO HAVE THE 25TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN FALL FESTIVAL. PARKS AND RECREATION INVITES 
          [ 25th Annual Halloween Fall Festival]
THE COMMUNITY TO THE 25TH ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. AT MUNICIPAL PARK. THIS IS A LONG STANDING COMMUNITY FAVORITE WITH FEATURES OF A TRUNK OR TREAT, COSTUME CONTEST, SCHOOL AND YOUTH PERFORMANCES, GAMES, PRIZES AND ON SITE VENDORS. SO AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE TWO 
          [5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS]
PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING. THE PRESENTATION, THE FIRST ONE WE ARE RECOGNIZING, AND I DO SEE 
          [A. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing Rolland Hugh Pursley, Edinburg Volunteer Firefighter, for]
HIM HERE. ROLAND HUGH PURSLEY, WE REFER TO HIM AS RH, OR AT LEAST I DO. A LOT OF FOLKS DO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS CONTINUED YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT WILL BE READ FOR THE RECORD. FIRSTLY, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM ALONG WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS, WE WILL JOIN YOU UP. YES MA'AM. I WILL NOW READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD. ROLAND HUGH PERCY ROLAND HUGH PERCY BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH THE EDINBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1975, ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY WITH SELFLESSNESS AND BRAVERY. AND WHEREAS, ON MARCH 27TH, 2006, ROLAND HUGH PERCY WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPRESSION DIVISION, TRANSITIONING FROM A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER TO A CAREER. DEPUTY CHIEF ROLAND HUGH PERCY HAS DISPLAYED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, MENTORING COUNTLESS FIREFIGHTERS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF FIRE PROTECTION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION. 
          AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2012, MR. PERCY'S POSITION WAS RECLASSIFIED FROM DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF, FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPRESSION DIVISION TO ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FACILITIES. 
          WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2013, MR. PERCY TRANSITIONED FROM ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FACILITIES TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF CIVIL SERVICE, AND WHEREAS, ON JANUARY 31ST, 2019, DEPUTY CHIEF ROLAND PERCY RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AS A CAREER FIREFIGHTER AND RETURNED TO THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ROLAND HUGH PERCY HAS DEVOTED 50 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE FIRE SERVICE, DEMONSTRATING UNWAVERING DEDICATION, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND THE EDINBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS THEIR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR ROLAND HUGH PERCY'S INVALUABLE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OVER THE PAST FIVE DECADES. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROLAND HUGH PERCY TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE FIRE SERVICE, NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR COUNCIL, THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE ROLAND HUGH PERCY FOR HIS HEROISM, DEDICATION, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, COMMITMENT, AND DEVOTED LEADERSHIP TO THE EDINBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
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THANK EVERYONE FOR THE RECOGNITION AND I BEGAN THIS VENTURE INTO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN I WAS STILL A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A JOB TO ME, SO I'M CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I CAN AS VOLUNTEER, SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. WELL, I. WELL RH YOU REFERRED TO HIM AS RH BUT YOU KNOW HE'S BEEN HERE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. HAVE Y'ALL HEARD THE THE REMARKS ON THE PROCLAMATION FOR FIVE DECADES, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUR CITY OF EDINBURG AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL AND PROBABLY ALL THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY. YOU THAT AREN'T AWARE THAT IT JUST USED TO BE 100% VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CITY, HOW IT STARTED. IT'S NOW EVOLVED. WE'RE NOW BIG CITY. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY VERY LARGE DEPARTMENT OF FIREMEN AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT STARTED WITH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS LIKE MR. PERCY AND OTHERS THAT WE JUST WANTED TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, RH AND YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. THIS IS NOT A RETIREMENT. HE CAN HE HEARD HIM. HE'S STILL SERVING. SO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF ALL HIS YEARS OF SERVICE WHAT IT IS. BUT HE'S CONTINUING TO SERVE AND THAT'S VERY ADMIRABLE OF HIM. JUST LOVES WHAT HE DOES. I ONLY HAVE ONE REQUEST. AND WE BRING THE BARBECUE BACK THAT WE USED TO HAVE FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, I REMEMBER. YEAH, ALRIGHT. EVEN FERN CLAPPED AT THAT. RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST I KNOW WHY WAS DONE. IT WAS DONE WHEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN TO RAISE MONEY. OBVIOUSLY MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS NOW PAID. THE CITY COVERS IT AS WE SHOULD. BUT I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING BACK THAT BARBECUE. IT USED TO BE ON A SATURDAY ON A, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME, ON A SUNDAY. I REMEMBER EVERY SEPTEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND SO BUT I KNOW YOU YOU WERE A BIG PART OF THAT AS MANY OF THE FIREFIGHTERS TOO, AND MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO BUT RH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. AND YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO YOU CONTINUING HELPING US HERE FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE NOW HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 13TH TO 17TH AS TEXAS CHAMBER OF 
          [B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing October 13–17, 2025 as Texas Chamber of Commerce Week.]
COMMERCE WEEK. AND WE HAVE OUR EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE AND THEIR TEAM AS WELL. IF YOU CAN JOIN US AT THE PODIUM, WE WILL GO DOWN THERE AND JOIN YOU ON THE RECOGNITION. TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH 17, 2025. WHEREAS THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOES ABOUT EACH DAY SERVING BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, MANY CITIZENS KNOW THE CHAMBER AS THE ORGANIZATION THAT CUTS THE RIBBON OF A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN, OR THE GROUP THAT HOLDS THE SHOVELS IN THE PHOTO WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW BUSINESS EXPANSION OR DEVELOPMENT. SOME MAY KNOW THE CHAMBER AS VOLUNTEERS THAT COORDINATE A LOCAL FESTIVAL OF PARADE THAT CELEBRATES THE SEASON AND GOOD TIMES FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO CREATE SCHOLARS AND EVENTUALLY HIGH SKILLED, QUALIFIED WORKERS TO SERVE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY, SOME CHAMBERS OPERATE PROGRAMS TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN THEIR OWN VENTURES AND GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY. OUR CHAMBERS ADVOCATE LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, AND FEDERALLY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR COMMUNITY RECEIVES PROJECTS, FUNDING COMPLETION AND NECESSARY ROADS ENHANCEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS AND MOBILITY. THEY FIGHT TO MAINTAIN A REGULATORY SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS BUSINESS TO THRIVE AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO GROW. WITH A WATCHFUL EYE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CONSIDERATION OF ALL PEOPLE HOURS IN TIMES OF DISASTER. CHAMBERS ARE QUITE OFTEN GROUND ZERO FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND SERVICES TO BUSINESSES. THEY WORK WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO ASSIST BUSINESSES WITH REBUILDING, REOPENING THEIR DOORS AND WORKING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME. OUR CHAMBER ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN THE ARENA LOOKING OUT FOR PEOPLE, WHETHER IT IS FOR HEALTH CARE OR A NEW TURN SIGNAL, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BUSINESS. THEY ARE THERE WORKING, CONNECTING, ADVOCATING AND SERVING. OUR EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE EDINBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AS RESIDENTS, TO TAKE A MOMENT TO STOP BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICE OR IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE YOUR CHAMBER STAFF AROUND TOWN, PLEASE THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, BY THE POWER VESTED IN THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH 17, 2025, AS TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE AREAS OF FOCUS AT YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER, AND CONSIDER WHERE YOU MIGHT FIT AS A MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL. RONNIE LAUREL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR CVB DIVISION. I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR 
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BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY AND OF COURSE, OUR STAFF. SO WE HAVE OUR NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT, NICK CANTU, WITH SOCIETY 204 AND FOX REAL ESTATE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE ALSO HAVE JESSE TREVINO WITH SUGAR BEAR ENTERTAINMENT. JESSE. WE ALSO HAVE CARLA GARCIA WITH DHR HEALTH. WE HAVE PRIYA GOVAN WITH TOWN PLACE SUITES AND MARRIOTT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR TEAM HERE. WE HAVE IMELDA RODRIGUEZ, WHICH HAS SERVED 20 YEARS FOR THE CHAMBER. SO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER. 
          WE ALSO HAVE BRITTANY SANCHEZ AND STACEY SANCHEZ ENJOY HAVING THEM AROUND. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN A YEAR THAT'S GONE BY. SO ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BOARD AND AND THE TEAM. THE CHAMBER REPRESENTS ABOUT 900 BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 13 BOARD MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT ALL THE INDUSTRIES. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, OUR MEMBERSHIP. I KNOW YOU KNOW THE CITY, THE EDC, OURSELVES, THE STAFF COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE CLOSE TIES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE MOVE TOGETHER AS ONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE ON BEHALF OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE ARE DEEPLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, SINCE WE WILL BE TURNING 100 THIS YEAR IN. WE'RE NOW OCTOBER, SO WE'LL BE CELEBRATING THAT NOVEMBER 1ST. FOR A CENTURY, THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER HAS PROUDLY SERVED AS THE VOICE OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, CHAMPIONING GROWTH, FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND DRIVING ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. THIS MILESTONE IS A REFLECTION OF THE DEDICATION OF OUR MEMBERS, OUR BUSINESS LEADERS, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE MADE OUR MISSION POSSIBLE. AS WE COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CONTINUE BUILDING STRONGER, MORE PROSPEROUS EDINBURGH FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR CONTINUED TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP. TOGETHER, WE CELEBRATE A CENTURY OF PROGRESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER, I ALWAYS SAY, IS THE FRONT DOOR TO THE CITY. WE GET SO MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW TO START A BUSINESS, WHERE TO GO VISIT, WHERE TO GO EAT. YOU KNOW, WHO DO I CONTACT AT CITY HALL? WHO DO I CONTACT AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? WE'VE EVEN HAD CALLS WHEN THIS TRICK OR TREATING START. SO WE'VE SEEN THEM ALL. WE'VE WE'VE HEARD IT ALL. AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE'RE THE FRONT LINE. AND IT'S IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2012 WE'VE SEEN REMARKABLE GROWTH, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST TEN YEARS. AND IT'S EXCITING TIMES IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. OF COURSE, WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. AND SO I WANT TO REITERATE, THE CITY STAFF, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR EDC AND OF COURSE OUR COUNCIL. TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER AS A COMMUNITY. SO I, I WANT TO STRESS THAT THAT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE TAKE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU RONNIE, AND TO THE CHAMBER. PLEASE PASS ALONG OUR GRATITUDE TO TO THE BOARD AND ALL THE TEAM FOR ALL YOU ALL DO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE MONITORS CHOICE AWARDS ONCE AGAIN. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL LAST FOR A 
          [6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I'LL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. 
          COUNCIL. THERE ARE TEN PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS MR. MCCARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS. GENTLEMEN, IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT THIS COUNCIL IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED AND WANT IS LOWER TAXES. MORE SPENDING EQUALS HIGHER TAXES AND LESS MONEY TO ADDRESS FAMILY NEEDS. OUR GOVERNOR ABBOTT, IS PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN THE EXEMPTION FOR THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, AND I AM CERTAIN IT WILL PASS. BUT THE ISSUE THAT IS ELECTED OFFICIALS KEEP SPENDING AND THAT INCREASES TAXES. 60,000 PROPERTY OWNERS SUBMITTED PROTESTS THIS YEAR, AND THE REVIEW PROCESS IS STILL UNDERWAY. THE PUBLIC STRATEGY IS TO KEEP VOTING FOR NEW MEMBERS UNTIL THEY GET THE MESSAGE. NO MORE SPENDING. THE EXISTING MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO SELLING BONDS TO COVER THE 
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INCREASING COST OF THE PARKING GARAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW LIBRARY AND PAST COMMITMENTS. 
          AMONG PAST COMMITMENTS. THE MOST PROMINENT IS $10 MILLION TO DO IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY GROWTH. THE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS WATER IN REFERENCE TO A NEW LIBRARY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS 43 CAMPUSES AND EACH HAS A LIBRARY. ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS, 64% OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE COMPUTERS. ALSO DO SPORTS CENTERS, WHAT I CALL IT, LOCATED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL BUILDING, INCLUDES A MEDIA AND COMPUTER LAB AND ARTS AND CRAFT STUDIO, A BOXING AND MMA TRAINING FACILITY, AND A WEIGHT AND GAME ROOM. MY POINT IS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY WANTS, WHICH ARE NOT NEEDS. THE PLACE WHERE THE CITY NEEDS TO BE MORE ASSISTANT IS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE CITY PROVIDES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ABOUT $15 MILLION A YEAR, AND THEN GOES OUT TO SELL MILLION DOLLARS, $9 MILLION BOND. AND AND THEN BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, SO THE PEOPLE ARE PAYING OVER $5 MILLION TO BORROW $9 MILLION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT LOOKING AT MAKING DEALS, GOOD AT MAKING DEALS THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE H-E-B SOCCER STADIUM, WHICH WAS VALUED AT THE TIME AT $16 MILLION, BUT THEY PAID $39 MILLION FOR IT. NOW, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY UT BOARD OF REGENTS. THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS WHY WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES THE EXISTING MEMBERS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHO WE RECOMMEND, CALL ME. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, AND I ALSO ASK EVERYONE TONIGHT TO PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL AND THE HOSTAGES TO COME HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. WE STILL HAVE, I THINK, 20 ALIVE. 
          PLEASE MAKE THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS TONIGHT. MISS MCCURDY ALSO HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM 88, F 12, C 13 A, 15, B 15 E 15 G. 15 J AND 15 L. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RICARDO GOMEZ REGARDING FOOD SECURITY, HOMELESSNESS AND POPULATION GROWTH. LIKE BE RECOGNIZED? YES. 
          CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY, RICARDO GOMEZ. THANK YOU. RIGHT. WELL, AS CHAIR, MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THEY MENTIONED EARLIER, PAST TEN YEARS HAS SEEN QUITE A LOT OF GROWTH HERE IN EDINBURG. AND I JUST HAVE NOTICED MYSELF PERSONALLY THAT THE AREA HAS HAD ISSUES WITH MAYBE THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE POPULATION GROWTH. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE MAYBE BEFORE IT GETS LIKE CHICAGO OR NEW YORK OR LA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I'D RATHER INSTEAD OF A CYCLE OF ADDICTION, OF WANTING THINGS LIKE ALCOHOL OR CIGARETTES OR DRUGS INSTEAD, MAYBE WE FOCUS RIGHT NOW AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THOSE CYCLES BECOME INGRAINED IN OUR SOCIETY AND IN OUR CITY. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT. AND YES, WE DO NOT LIKE PAYING MORE TAXES FOR THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE AT LEAST LEFT OR RIGHT OR REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. I FEEL LIKE IT IS AT LEAST INCUMBENT UPON US ALL TO RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS, THE ORPHAN, THE WIDOW, AND JUST REMEMBER, PUTTING ASIDE RELIGION AND GOVERNMENTAL WHEREVER YOU STAND ON HOW THEY INTERMINGLE, WE STILL SHOULD BE CONSIDERATE OF THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MARIA CANTU REGARDING PLEASE BREAKING UDC. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          GOOD EVENING. WELL, HERE I AM. FERN IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A PACKAGE OF. INFORMATION. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS MATTER FOR OVER 100 DAYS. IN, IN, IN NUMBER, IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER 
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ONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THE LADY IN 3305, AUDREY IS ADMITTING THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING AT HOME IN A BEAUTY SALON SINCE THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN WE CALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THE NINTH JULY THE 9TH. A MR. ZAVALA FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT WENT AND SHE DENIED THAT ATTACHMENT NUMBER TWO, SHE CAN SEE HER. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER TWO THAT SHE DENIED THAT SHE'S WORKING EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS GETTING 10 TO 15 CARS EVERY DAY. 
          SHE STILL DOES CUTTING HAIR. ATTACHMENT NUMBER THREE, YOU CAN I I CAME TO A MEETING WITH MR. SCIENCE AND SAAVEDRA, SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I GAVE THEM A PACKAGE OF 50 CARS, ONLY TAKING THE PICTURES IN ONE WEEK. THAT'S HOW MANY CARS SHE HAD. 
          AND SHE GOES, AT THAT RATE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN THAT ONE BLOCK SUBDIVISION 5000 CARS BECAUSE OF HER. AND THEN IN THE NEXT PAGE NUMBER FOUR, YOU CAN SEE THAT SAAVEDRA SENT ON JULY THE 21ST THAT THE RESIDENT, VENERANDA CASTRO, HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE OF THE CITY REQUIREMENTS. WHAT CITY REQUIREMENTS? THE UDC SAYS IN TABLE 2.202 THAT ANY SERVICE BUSINESS, WHICH MEANS A BEAUTY SALON WHICH IS TENDING TO PEOPLE, IS PROHIBITED IN A SUBDIVISION IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. SO WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? REQUIREMENTS OF WHOM? SEE, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT NO BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. PERIOD. ON THE NEXT PAGE NUMBER FIVE, AGAIN, OPEN RECORDS SEND A AN EMAIL TELLING US THAT THE LADY IS ALREADY THE WOMAN ALREADY HAS A PERMIT GIVEN BY ZONING. SO THERE IS A PERMIT RIGHT THERE. THEN ON PAGE NUMBER SIX, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE MAJOR. I GAVE HER TABLE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS PAGE NUMBER SIX. SERVICES PROHIBITED. THE LITTLE LINE. HORIZONTAL LINE MEANS PROHIBITED. SEE? WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT PROHIBITED NUMBER SEVEN. I CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND NOBODY REACTED. BECAUSE IT'S YOUR JOB, CITY COUNCILMAN. IT IS YOUR JOB TO BE SURE THAT THE UDC IS BEING ENFORCED AND IT'S BEING OBEYED. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS IT FOR NUMBER SEVEN, I, I GOT A LETTER FROM A. A J SIGNS THAT NO PERMIT WAS MISSING. THE WOMAN STILL WORKING. THANK YOU, MISS CANTU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS BILL CARLSON REGARDING FRIENDS OF EBONY. EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR CITY MANAGER. I'M BILL CARLSON FOR THE FRIENDS OF EBONY HILLS GOLF COURSE. I HAVE GOOD NEWS. AS OF THE END OF THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30TH. WE GENERATED $500,848, WHICH MEANT AN INCREASE OF 37.8% FOR THE YEAR. NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE IMPLEMENTED WITH OUR CURRENT MAYOR AND SEVERAL OTHER CITY COMMISSIONERS. WE WERE A GROSS OF 200,000 BEGINNING AT THAT TIME. SO FROM 200,000 TO 500 AND $500,848, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO PAYING FOR OURSELVES. WE WERE SHORT SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD. THE CART PATHS, THE ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE BRIDGES AND SUCH HAVE REALLY SHOWN ITSELF TO BE A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR US IN THE FUTURE. AND THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE PAID FOR THROUGH THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL. WE'RE NOT JUST A GOLF COURSE IN RESPECT TO A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE. WE HAVE ALL THESE SCHOOLS THAT USE THIS PROPERTY EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE EIGHT JUNIOR HIGHS THAT USE THE JUNIOR THAT USE EBONY. THAT WAS SOLELY AND WE HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THERE IS ROTATED THERE AS WELL. THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF KIDS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, A JUNIOR HIGHS IS 35 KIDS PER JUNIOR HIGH. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE ALL THESE KIDS OUT THERE AND THEIR 
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FAMILIES ARE COMING ON SUNDAY WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING, AND SO IT'S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT, AND I DO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A GOLF COURSE IN RESPECT TO THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, WHICH WAS STARTED AND MOVED OVER TOWARDS EBONY, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT THING. IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT. AND AND THE TREES KEEP YOU A LITTLE COOLER WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE HIGH STAKES. THE COOK OFF I KNOW PROVED THEIR OUTCOME AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE BEEN VERY BLESSED AND I KNOW THAT WE ALSO USE IT. AND WE BROUGHT IT UP WITH TOM REYNARD EARLIER ABOUT THE THE RUNNERS THAT USE IT EVERY YEAR FOR THE LONG DISTANCE COMPETITION. SO AND WE'RE GETTING BLESSED WITH RAIN, WHICH WE REALLY DO NEED. 
          I THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU BILL. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MARLON GARZA REGARDING ITEM EIGHT, A ABANDONMENT OF RIGHT OF WAY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MARLON GARZA WITH MELTON AND HUNT REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER FOR THE LAND. SO ON THIS ITEM FOR ITEM EIGHT A, WE ARE REQUESTING TO ABANDON A PORTION JUST OVER AN ACRE OF RIGHT OF WAY. THIS RIGHT OF WAY WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED THROUGH THE M.L. WOODS SUBDIVISION, RECORDED BACK IN 1929. THE SUBDIVISION THEN ALL IT DOES, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE ON THE PAPER, IS HANDED TO YOU ALL. IS IT BROKE IT BROKE IT UP INTO LARGE TEN ACRE TRACTS AT THE TIME. IF YOU SEE THAT I HAVE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE CLEARLY THE AREA DOESN'T REPRESENT WHAT M.L. WOODS USED TO BE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT RIGHT OF WAYS AND DIFFERENT AREAS SURROUNDING IT. THE PORTION THAT'S BEING ABANDONED RUNS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVISION AND THEN ALMOST CENTERED 40FT, AND THEN IT REDUCES TO 20FT AT THE NORTH MOST PART OF THE SUBDIVISION. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THERE'S NO OTHER CONNECTING STREETS TO THE EAST OR TO THE WEST THAT IT COULD BE CONNECTED TO OR ACCESSED FROM GOING EAST AND WEST. AND THEN SAME THING NORTH AND SOUTH. ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE'S AN EXISTING DRAIN DITCH. ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE'S ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION THAT DID NOT LEAVE A STUB OUT GOING SOUTH. EVERY EVERY OTHER SUBDIVISION OR EVERY OTHER DEVELOPMENT HAS EITHER ABANDONED THE RIGHT OF WAY OR DEDICATED IT SOMEPLACE ELSE, THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SUBDIVISION FOR OAKS, ROUGHLY 17 ACRE SUBDIVISION. WE HAVE 39 LOTS. AND THEN THE DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY THE OWNER FOR REAL DEL VALLE EVENT CENTER. HE'S A ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OWNER, LIVES IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. 
          SO HE'S JUST TRYING TO TO GET THIS SUBDIVISION ACCOMPLISHED AT THE END OF THE DAY. CORRECT. 
          SO LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S A 20 FOOT WIDE STRIP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, 40FT GOING NORTH AND SOUTH REDUCES TO 20 AT THE NORTHMOST END. WE DID DO WE GAVE THE SURVEYS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING ENGINEERING. THEY REVIEWED IT. WE HAD TO DO AN APPRAISAL. WE DID THAT AND ACCOMPLISHED THAT PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AS WELL. I KNOW Y'ALL AREN'T ALLOWED TO INTERACT AT THIS TIME, BUT WHENEVER THE ITEM COMES, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS VERONICA ZAMORA. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY FATHER, WHICH IS MY MOTHER'S, ER, VERONICA ZAMORA, FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE IN, IT'S ON 1000 WEST INGLE ROAD IN EDINBURG, TEXAS, AND WE WANT TO REZONE IT TO AGRICULTURAL USE. 
          IT SAYS RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          WE WANT TO USE THIS PROPERTY THAT'S 11 ACRES. WE WANT TO USE IT FOR BRINGING IN OUR SHOW CATTLE, BUILDING SOME CORRALS AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GROW SOME HAY. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RONNIE REGARDING PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL RON, EXECUTIVE 
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DIRECTOR OF THE EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR CVB DIVISION. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING US FOR CHAMBER WEEK, ON TOP OF A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO AT THE AT THE CHAMBER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE A CHANGING OF THE GUARD. AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ANNOUNCE THAT AS WELL. SO ON NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 1ST, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, WHERE WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING OUR PAST PRESIDENT, WHICH IS MR. RUBEN DEJESUS WITH MELDON HUNT. AND THEN WE'LL BE HONORING MR. NICK CANTU WITH THE SOCIETY 204 AND THE CITRUS LIVE. SO HE'LL TAKE THE REALM ON FOR THIS 100 YEAR CELEBRATION. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT WE WOULD BE RECOGNIZING OUR MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR. I'M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE SELECTED THE MAYOR, RAMIRO GARZA JR, AS OUR MAN OF THE YEAR TO BE HONORED THIS YEAR, AND ALSO OUR WOMAN OF THE YEAR WOULD BE VERONICA GONZALEZ FROM UTRGV. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE GET TO TALK. I MEAN, PRESENT THESE SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OF THE CHAMBER, RECOGNIZE OUR BUSINESS LEADERS. IT'S HAPPENING NOVEMBER 1ST AT REGION ONE EVENT CENTER. AND OBVIOUSLY 100 YEARS. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON A SATURDAY. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. WE'VE PUT A LOT OF MAN HOURS AT THE MUSEUM PUTTING TOGETHER THIS 100 HISTORY. I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALMOST 200 BOXES THAT WE HAVE AND TRYING TO DIGITALIZE EVERYTHING. SO WE DO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THAT BIG CELEBRATION SO THEY CAN CONTACT THE CHAMBER FOR MORE INFORMATION. I KNOW MY PUBLIC COMMENT WAS STATED ON TOP OF THE DIVISIONS THAT THE CHAMBER DOES HAVE. WE FOCUS ON MEMBERSHIP SERVICE. WE FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. WITH OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, WE FOCUS ON TOURISM WITH OUR HOTEL MOTEL ASSOCIATION AND OUR TOURISM INITIATIVES. AND WE ALSO SERVE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, MARKETING THE CITY AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION. SO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE LED THAT. 
          AND WHERE WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT SERIES, WE TRY TO HAVE THESE QUARTERLY, WHERE THEY TYPICALLY HAPPEN IN AT THE BREAKFAST HOUR, AT THE LUNCH HOUR FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY CAN COME OUT AND LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW, LOCAL OFFICIALS, STATE LEGISLATORS, ANY OUR HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION TALK ABOUT TOPICS THAT CONCERN OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS PRESIDENT GLENN HAMER COME OUT TO THE TO EDINBURGH AND THE RGV TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. THIS COMING THURSDAY, WE HAVE THE MAYOR CANDIDATE FORUM AT 9 A.M. AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER AT EDINBURGH RENAISSANCE. SO WE INVITE THE PUBLIC. IT'S GOING TO BE LIVE STREAMED ON CURVE 710, AND YOU CAN ATTEND THIS EVENT AT THE AUDITORIUM. SO YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION. YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE CHAMBER (956) 383-4974 AND EDINBURGH. COM THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REGARDING MAN OF THE YEAR. THIS TIME I WON'T COMPLAIN MAYOR. 
          ANYHOW, I WAS HOPING TO SEE JERRY HERE TONIGHT, BUT MY CONDOLENCES. JERRY, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING US SOMEWHERE OUT THERE. SORRY ABOUT LOSING YOUR SON. IT SADDENS ME TO FIND OUT. WE DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT HE IS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE SHOULD. 
          JUST. CONDOLENCES FROM MY FAMILY. AND LIKE MR. WALLACE SAID, THE CONGRATULATION NOMINATING YOU FOR MAN OF THE YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO WIN. AND WE PUT A BIG PICTURE UP THERE FOR YOU SOMEWHERE. ANYHOW, I HAVE A LETTER HERE THAT I'M GOING TO DELIVER, SO I TRY TO OPEN IT, BUT I, I COULDN'T SEALED I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO JOSEPHINE. IT'S PERTAINING TO THE LIGHTS THAT I'VE BEEN REQUESTING FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. DAN, YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THIS. NOW, THIS IS COMING FROM A CHURCH THAT IS GOING TO BRING IN ZOHO. ZOHO WAS NOT BROUGHT BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT EDC. THEY CAME ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE MCALLEN REJECTED THEM. 
          OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS AND HOPEFULLY JOSEPHINE CAN OPEN IT OVER THERE IN THE SESSION. OKAY. IT'S SEALED. THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN PROSECUTED IN INDIA AND NOW HAS A CHURCH 
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DOWN THE STREET. THERE ARE PART OF EDINBURGH NOW. THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR FREEBIES OR TAX REDUCTION. NO, PLEASE HELP THEM OUT. OKAY. THEY'VE ASKED ME, SHOULD THE CITY CONTACT. YOU KNOW THIS IS EVERYTHING IN THERE. THIS IS WHAT? OKAY, NOW, ONE LAST REQUEST. EVERY TIME I COME HERE ON A MEETING, I SEE ALL THE DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES. IT REMINDS ME OF A SONG BY GARTH BROOKS, BIRDS ON A WIRE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE. THEY HAVE FAMILIES. PLEASE DO IT VOLUNTARILY. WHOEVER WANTS TO COME HERE, THEY CAN DO IT. DON'T. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAYOR ASKED THEM. YOU HAVE TO BE HERE. I KNOW ALL THESE FOLKS. ESPECIALLY ON DAYS LIKE THIS, THAT RAIN. THEY SHOULD BE AT THEIR HOME WITH THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THIS. THESE EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS OR PUBLIC WORKS SHOULD NOT BE HERE ON A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THEY SHOULD. IT SHOULDN'T BE REQUIRED. THEY HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS CARLA RODRIGUEZ REGARDING THE PROPOSAL OF RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT. HI. HI. THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT TODAY AGAIN. CAN YOU JUST SPEAK ON THE MIC? I'M SORRY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AGAIN. MY NAME IS CARLA RODRIGUEZ. I OWN LOT 11 AND TRENTON TERRACE, WHICH IS A JOINT TO OAKS ESTATE WHERE THE ENGINEER WAS HERE PRESENTING A BIG MAP LAST TIME. 
          IT WAS A LOT BIGGER THAN IT WAS TODAY. I WAS ASKED BY THE CITY PLANNER TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO HIM. I SAID I HAD NOTHING TO SAY TO HIM, LIKE I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE CITY. AND I CAME HERE, AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT MR. DIAZ SAID THAT NOBODY HAD AN OBJECTION. WHENEVER I WAS HERE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING THE SUBDIVISION PERIOD, AND SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WERE HERE, ONE OF THEM SADLY PASSED AWAY. ANOTHER ONE SHE OWNS, LIKE AN EASEMENT THAT LEADS INTO THE MAN THAT I SAID, HE HAS FIVE ACRES RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE. IT'S JUST TIMBER IN MY HOUSE. I'VE HAD SNAKES, I'VE HAD FIRES, I'VE HAD DOG BITES. AND MY NEIGHBOR IS AN ELDERLY MAN. HE IS. HE LOST HIS WIFE LAST YEAR. ASIDE FROM THAT, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE EXPRESSWAY. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO LOPEZ VILLE. WE'RE CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING. I LOVE EDINBURG, LIKE LOVING IT. SEEING THAT GIRL. WHENEVER YOU ENTER THE ARENA, THERE IS STILL JUST A TWO WAY STOP. AFTER THE ARENA WE HAVE THE OWASA. OWASA IS A FOUR WAY STOP. NOBODY LIKES TO GO TO OWASA SO WE GO ALL THE WAY TO ALBERTA. ALBERTA IS A TWO WAY STOP WHENEVER THERE IS. SORRY, I'M SPEAKING FAST. I'M LIMITED ON TIME. SO WHENEVER THERE'S A CONCERT, WHENEVER THERE IS A BIG MONSTER TRUCKS, IT GETS REALLY PACKED THERE, THE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC AND WE HAVE DITCHES. WE ALSO LIKE SPORTS IN MY COMMUNITY OR IN MY AREA. EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S EITHER YOU HAVE A BICYCLE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PARK. THE PARK CLOSES. OUR CLOSEST PARK IS A ELEMENTARY. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE, ESCANDON ELEMENTARY CLOSES WHILE THE LITTLE KIDS ARE IN THERE. SO WE CAN'T GO TO THE PARK. WE CAN'T WALK THE STREETS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY DOGS, SO MANY DOGS. LOPEZ VILLE HAS THE BIGGEST POPULATION IN LIKE THE WHOLE VALLEY AND IT'S SUCH A SMALL LITTLE AREA. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE LUCHA LIBRE AND THEN WE HAVE FAST PITCH BASEBALL AND YOU TAKE A LEFT AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN ATVS. UNFORTUNATELY, TWO YEARS AGO WE LOST SOME TEENAGERS ON THE DITCHES. WE STILL WALK THE DITCHES TODAY. IN FACT, I IN THE MORNING I SCOUTED OUT OUR AREA. I GO THROUGH THE DITCH MYSELF. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THE MORNING, THEY CARRY A LIKE IF THEY'RE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IN CASE A DOG SHOWS UP. SO THE PROPOSAL IS IT'S AN EASEMENT. IT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAS NOT JUST IT'S A DEDICATED THAT'S WHAT'S DEDICATED TO THAT. AND TO GO IN. IT'S THROUGH VETERANS ROAD. THE EASEMENT DOESN'T BELONG TO EDINBURGH. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU MA'AM. WE HAVE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA SO YOU CAN ALLOW FOR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS DOCTOR NAZANIN HEYDARIAN. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD 
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EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS TONIGHT. I'M DOCTOR NAZANIN HEYDARIAN. I'M A PARENT. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, AND I'M AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT UTRGV. SEE? CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? OKAY, GOOD. 
          SO LAST WEEK, FOLKS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OBSERVED A WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING. DURING THIS WEEK, WE REFLECTED ON HOW PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND A STRONG NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS ARE A LIFELINE FOR SAFETY, HEALTH, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S EFFORTS FOR CURRENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, TO IMPROVE THEM FOR THE NEEDS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. ALONG THESE LINES, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM EIGHT B ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO OPEN A PART OF 107 TO PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE PROPOSED PLAN IS MODELED AFTER MEXICO CITY'S PASEO DOMINICAN AND NBC EVENT HELD EVERY SUNDAY. THIS EVENT TRANSFORMS PASEO DE LA REFORMA INTO A CAR FREE ZONE FROM 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. FOR CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND SKATERS. IT GOES BY SOME OF THE CITY'S PROMINENT LANDMARKS. SIMILARLY, THIS EVENT THAT'S PROPOSED ON OCTOBER 12TH IN EDINBURG IS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE BY UTRGV, THE TRANSIT CENTER, CITY HALL, THE ACE, THE AMPHITHEATER, SOUTH TEXAS MUSEUM, AND THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. WE HAVE A RICH AREA HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR GARZA FOR PERSONALLY DELIVERING THE PROCLAMATION FOR OUR WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING EVENT. AT THE OPENING RECEPTION HELD LAST MONDAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF OF EDINBURGH, WHO WORK, WHOSE WORK INVOLVED AND PLANNING AND EXECUTING THIS WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING MADE IT, MADE IT POSSIBLE AND BOUGHT ME A LOT. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF MCALLEN VALLEY METRO, UTRGV, UNIDAS UNIDOS CONTRA LA DIABETES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PLANNING FOR WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING AND I WILL SIT TIGHT TO LISTEN FOR THE DISCUSSION ON EIGHT B. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL OPEN UP THE HEARING NOW FOR ITEM SEVEN A. AND YOU READ THE ITEM NOW OR 
          [7. PUBLIC HEARING]
          [A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment]
HOLD PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER THE ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM OUTER URBAN USES TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES AND REZONING. REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT AS DESCRIBED. LOCATED AT 1523 SOUTH 10TH AVENUE, AS REQUESTED BY ALAN MERCADO. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH. SORRY, I NEED TO OPEN THE HEARING. SO THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THERE BE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. 
          WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. 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. MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT, THE ORDINANCES. ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF A RIGHT OF WAY FOR ATTRACTIVE LAND CONTAINING 
          [8. ORDINANCES]
1.036 ACRE. SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, COUNTY OF HIDALGO, TEXAS. AS DESCRIBED. 
          [A. Consider Ordinance Providing for the Abandonment of Right-of-Way for a Tract of Land Containing]
LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH VETERANS BOULEVARD AS REQUESTED. AND HUNT AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. RIGHT, COUNSEL, I THINK THIS WAS TABLED LAST. DO WE NEED TO REMOVE FROM TABLE? YES. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND DISCUSSION? OKAY. GO AHEAD. SO I ASKED THIS ITEM TO BE TABLED SO WE COULD TALK MORE TO THE LANDOWNERS. MY MY CONFUSION WAS THAT ON PAPER THERE WAS NO NO ONE AGAINST. 
          AND THEN WE FOUND SOME. I DID DRIVE THE AREA HAD FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PROPERTY REACH OUT AND THEY ALL SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OBJECTION ON SOME NEIGHBORS, 
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BUT I WANTED TO A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO TALK ABOUT IT. THAT'S THAT'S THE REASON I TABLED IT. I WILL AT THIS TIME. MA'AM. YOU DIDN'T FINISH MAKING YOUR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? MA'AM? WE ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I WILL ALLOW AT THIS TIME IF YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT YOU DIDN'T GET TO SHARE. NO, NO, JUST COME UP. MA'AM, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, SO JUST IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? THE LETTER? HARTLEY WENT OUT TO ANYBODY. AND WE'RE ONLY CIRCLED FIVE PEOPLE. I HAVE TO I WANTED TO HAND DELIVER THE OBJECTIONS FOR FOUR OF THE PEOPLE ON THOSE FIVE. ON THOSE FIVE OBJECTIONS, I ALSO HAD THEM FAXED AND EMAILED ON THE EASEMENT. ON THE EASEMENT, THERE'S AN EASEMENT RIGHT THERE TO GO INTO THERE. THE EASEMENT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CITY. IT BELONGS TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT IS ON THE LOT. AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL RIGHT OF WAY. I HAVE PICTURES AND I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A GREAT USE FOR THE WHOLE AREA TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. 
          THAT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT'S NOT JUST FOR ONE PERSON, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY IS, IS ALREADY LIKE IT'S IT'S ALREADY PAVED ENTRANCE. THEY CAME AND THEY JUST BUILT A FENCE AND THEN IT'S LIKE IT'S ALREADY THEIRS. AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT. 
          THE THE EASEMENT DOESN'T GET THE SERVICE BY THE AREA. IT GETS SERVICED BY US NEIGHBORS. 
          THE, THE THERE'S A APARTMENTS, A BIG APARTMENT LIKE BIG APARTMENTS THAT THAT DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET OUT TO THE FIRE. I REACHED OUT TO THE FIRE MARSHAL, I MEAN, THE FIRE CHIEF. I REACHED OUT TO THE GARBAGE PEOPLE AND I ASKED, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE DUMPSTERS? THEY SAID THAT THEY USUALLY WON'T SERVE AS A PRIVATE ROAD, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT'S UNDERDEVELOPED. THE SCHOOL BUS? NO ANSWER, FIRE CHIEF, NO ANSWER. I SPOKE TO MR. RIOJAS IN PERSON. I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE CALLED ME BACK. NO ANSWER. I'VE SEEN LIKE I'VE ASKED FOR A PERMIT. AND THERE'S. THERE IS VERY MUCH A FIRE HAZARD. THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING IN THE ARENA. THE ARENA WAS IN 2018. WHENEVER THEY WERE BUILDING IT IN THE ARENA ITSELF, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. WHENEVER THEY WERE WELDING, THE INSULATION CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE'S THERE THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GO IN FOR THE SERVICES. ALL OF THE SERVICES, POLICE, FIREMEN, EVERYONE. AND JUST TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOESN'T I MEAN, HE PAYS LESS TAXES THAN US THAT HAVE BEEN THERE ESTABLISHED LIKE FOR, FOR, I MEAN FOR OUR ONE LESS THAN ONE ACRE, I'M 0.75 OF AN ACRE, I PAY 125 JUST FOR THE LAND FOR THEIR TWO AND A HALF ACRES FOR EACH OF THEIR TWO AND A HALF, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF TWO AND A HALF. AND, I MEAN, THEY HAVE EVENT CENTERS, AND THEY'RE PAYING LESS THAN $60,000 FOR THEIR TWO AND A HALF VERSUS MY UNDERDEVELOPED OR MY OTHER, LIKE ALL OF OUR ALL OF US IN LETICIA ESTATES, I MEAN, AND THEY THEY CAME IN DEVELOPING WITHOUT PERMITS AND THEY GOT THEIR TRUCKS IN THROUGH THE EASEMENT. THE EASEMENT IS NOT THE CITY'S. THEY TOLD ME THE CITY TOLD ME THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO COME AND PAVE IT BECAUSE THERE IS BIG LINES. WHENEVER I ASKED THE CITY OF OPEN RECORDS, THEY TOOK OVER LIKE 15 DAYS TO FINALLY SOMEBODY CONTACTED ME ON THE SEVENTH DAY AND IT WAS IN THE CITY. ENGINEER. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. I DIDN'T EVEN FINISH COLLEGE. AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, I CAN'T GIVE YOU. I ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON PIPES, GAS PIPES THAT ARE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THAT ARE THERE PROPOSED. AND THE GENTLEMAN, THE MELVIN AND HUNT IS THE ONE WHO HE PULLED ME OUT TO THE SIDE WHILE THE MEETING WAS STILL GOING ON AND, AND TOLD ME THAT, THAT THESE PIPES, THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE POOLS THERE, THAT WHY DO I WHY DO WE NEED IT ANYWAYS? WELL, THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY AND WE NEED THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY TO ENTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S TECHNICALLY THE WAY. AND FIVE ACRES. MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT TO DEVELOP RIGHT NOW, BUT I MEAN, I'M GOING ON 42 AND I'M BARELY GOING TO HAVE MY FIRST BABY. HE'S HE'S AN OLD MAN. AND HIS WIFE ALSO HAD HER CHILDREN OLDER. AND THEY, THEY I MEAN, HE DOESN'T WANT ANY PROBLEMS, BUT I MEAN, MY, MY FRIEND'S KID, HE, HE A DOG WAS ON A LEASH. THERE'S DOGS. THEY'RE ALL EVERYWHERE. THEY. I BROUGHT A PICTURE. NOT VERY GRAPHIC, BUT LIKE, THE DOG WAS ON A LEASH. THE SAME DOG THESE ON. NONE OF THESE DOGS. THEY'VE BEEN DETAINED FOR A WHOLE YEAR. I MEAN, THE DOGS COME IN. THEY 
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JUST MADE A FENCE. THEY MADE A FENCE ON THE EASEMENT. THAT THAT'S NOT THEIRS YET. THE RIGHT OF WAY IS STILL NOT THEIRS. THE FENCE IS ALREADY THERE. IT'S ALREADY COMING APART ON THE EASEMENT. SO THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD GREATLY, GREATLY BENEFIT. THE MAN DOESN'T HAVE SERVICE FOR GARBAGE. HE DOESN'T HAVE SERVICE FOR FOR WATER. SO IF THERE IS A FIRE, WHEREVER IT LIKE, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT BY THE ARENA, THIS IS THE ARENA RIGHT BEHIND HERE. THIS IS ONE OF THE THIS IS THE LAST LOT ON ON OUR STREET THAT'S STILL CONNECTING TO HJALPA ESTATE. THIS THIS IS THE ARENA RIGHT THERE. THIS IS THE GRASS. THIS IS THIS MORNING. 
          AND THAT'S THAT'S THE DITCH. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WALK IT AND THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO I MEAN, HOW CAN WE JUST GIVE IT UP? JUST I MEAN, THAT'S THE CITY THAT THE THE THE EASEMENT IS NOT THE CITY'S. IT'S IT'S THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. COULD YOU COME MAYBE SPEAK TO SOME OF THIS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ON THE. I KNOW YOU ALL GIVE US A BACKGROUND. I APPRECIATE THE BACKGROUNDS IN THE PACKET, BUT. SO WHO WHO'S EASEMENT IS THIS OR WHAT? I MEAN, THERE'S AN EASEMENT ALONG THE NORTH SIDE THAT BELONGS TO THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, AND THAT'S HOW THEY ACCESS JUST SOUTH OF THE STREET, RIGHT OF WHERE THE HOMES, THE RESIDENTS THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HAVE ACCESS TO ANOTHER STREET THAT SERVICES ALL THE LOTS FOR THAT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH WHAT STREET IS THAT? IT'S FURTHER NORTH. 
          IT'S STREET. STREET. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS ACCESS EASEMENT. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE OR NOT PRIVATE, BUT A PUBLIC STREET, THAT STREET WHICH THEY ACCESS TO GO IN AND OUT OF THAT SUBDIVISION. AND SO THE AREA IN YELLOW HERE, THAT'S THE EASEMENT RIGHT NOW ON THE PACKET THAT IS REQUESTED TO BE ABANDONED. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THAT IS THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS RECORDED IN AN OLD COUNTY PLOT. OKAY. SO WHICH ONE IS IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE THEN? YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT. IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED. WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING MARKED IN YELLOW IN OUR PACKET. THAT'S WHAT I WAS. THAT'S THAT'S THE COUNTY OLD RIGHT OF WAY. THAT WAS I GUESS TRANSFERRED OVER WHICH IS THE ABANDONED, WHICH IS THE 1.036 ACRES. IT'S WHAT'S IN YELLOW. OKAY. SO THAT IS WHAT'S IN YELLOW. OKAY. WELL, SHE'S REFERRING TO IS A SEPARATE EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY AND KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE. RIGHT. OKAY. COULD YOU COULD YOU POINT THE MOUSE THERE? WELL, THERE IT IS. YEAH. BUT DO YOU HAVE THE PACKET. CAN WE PUT THE PACKET UP THERE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND JUST THE YELLOW I DON'T HAVE AN EXHIBIT THAT I CAN PUT ON THE COMPUTER, BUT I CAN POINT TO IT ON THE MOUSE. IT'S IT'S THIS DIRT OR ROAD THAT STARTS HERE OFF OF VETERANS AND GOES DOWN THIS PROPERTY. LINE IT. BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT ONCE THIS DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD? THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK DEVELOPER IN A CERTAIN SECTION, IT INCREASED THE SIZE OF THAT EASEMENT TO 30FT. THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACCESS THAT PROPERTY IN THE BACK THERE SO THAT IT'S NOT LANDLOCKED. SO THAT EASEMENT IS NOT IN QUESTION IN THIS ITEM. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I GUESS MAYBE CLARIFY SOME OF THAT. SO BESIDES THE IRRIGATION EASEMENT THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IRRIGATION HAS A 20 FOOT IRRIGATION EASEMENT THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST ON THE NORTH BETWEEN ALPINE AND TRENTON TERRACE. THAT'S TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS WHERE THE RESIDENT WAS, WAS COMING FROM, OVERLAPPING WITH THE IRRIGATION. THERE IS AN EXISTING PORTION THAT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR, BUT THERE IS AN EXISTING 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT IN THERE. LIKE I MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR, BUT THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS OR KALPA, WE ARE DEDICATING SOUTH OF THAT AN ADDITIONAL 20FT ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR, SO THAT ULTIMATELY, WHENEVER THEY DECIDE TO DEVELOP IN THAT THOSE REAR FIVE ACRES, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE NOT JUST THE 30 OR 20, BUT A 50 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT OR DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE OF THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS AND THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY, WE DIDN'T DEDICATE THOSE 20FT AS RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE IT'S JUST PARTIAL RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD NOT BE TURNED INTO A ROADWAY OR ANYTHING OF THE, OF THE SORT. BUT THERE IS WE ARE GIVING AN ADDITIONAL 20 ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR UP, SEPARATE FROM THE EXISTING 30. THAT ENDS UP, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE. I DON'T WANT TO LIKE. IT ENDS RIGHT AROUND LOT 7 OR 8 ON TRENTON TERRACE ON THE ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO THERE'S A PROPERTY THERE TO THE WEST. ARE THEY GOING TO ACCESS THAT PROPERTY. SO CURRENTLY THEY'VE BEEN USING IT WHERE EVEN THOUGH THE 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT DOESN'T REACH ALL THE 
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WAY TO THE REAR, THEY'VE BEEN USING IT. IT'S BEEN AS YOU SEE IT IN THE AERIALS. THERE IS ALREADY A ROADWAY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY. IT'S A IRRIGATION DISTRICT. OH. DISTRICT TWO. YES. 
          OKAY. AND SO THEY REVIEW. THEY'VE ALREADY REVIEWED OUR PLAN. WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM EVERYTHING FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND APPROVE. THEY'RE SIGNING THE MYLAR AT THEIR NEXT AGENDA MEETING. THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED OF OF ALL OF THIS AS WELL. SO I MEAN, HOW DID HOW DID HOW DO WE HAVE THIS RIGHT OF WAY HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF PROPERTY? I MEAN, NORMALLY WE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE ROADWAYS AND ALL THAT. HOW DOES WE HAVE THIS RIGHT WITH IT? THAT'S IN YELLOW. 
          RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THE ELMO WOODS SUBDIVISION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, RECORDED IN 1929. OKAY. IT BREAKING UP TEN ACRE TRACKS. SO THAT'S HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH THAT 40 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY IN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS NEVER USED. IT'S NOT ON ANY THOROUGHFARE MAP, NEITHER ONE, NEITHER PORTION OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S BEING ABANDONED IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY MPO OR THE CITY OF EDINBURG AS THOROUGHFARE FOR ANY ROAD EXPANSION, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONNECT ANYWHERE EAST OR WEST OR NORTH OR SOUTH ANYMORE. SO LET ME ASK THE EXIT, BECAUSE I DROVE THAT TO KIND OF A MORE VISUAL. THE ACCESS OFF OF VETERANS IS JUST A SMALL ALLEY. 
          IT WAS VERY MUDDY. I ALMOST GOT STUCK THERE. SO THAT ACCESS OFF OF OF OF VETERANS IS NOT IN QUESTION HERE. WHAT'S IN QUESTION IS THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE OLD 1929 DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY, THAT ACCESS, THAT ALLEY THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, STILL GOING TO REMAIN, WHAT THE LADY WAS MENTIONING ABOUT A FENCE BEING PUT UP BY THE OWNER PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBDIVISION. HE DID PUT UP A FENCE. WE HAVE NOTIFIED HIM THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE IT. 
          ONCE THAT FENCE IS GOING TO BE REMOVED, IT'LL IT'LL BE MOVED, ADJUSTED AND ADJUSTED OUTSIDE OF THOSE 30 AND 20 THAT ARE DEDICATED. SO IN DRIVING THAT I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF THERE'S EMAILS, THERE'S INFORMATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE FAMILY AT THE END OF THAT, THAT EASEMENT THAT GOES OFF OF VETERANS. WHAT'S THE LAST NAME I KNOW THE BECAUSE THAT THAT DEAD END STRAIGHT INTO A PROPERTY. AND MY QUESTION WAS HOW ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ACCESS. AND THE FAMILY SUBMITTED SOME RESPONSES. AND YOU CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? YES. IT WAS I KNOW THE THE LADY, THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS REPRESENTING THE FAMILY THAT NIGHT. HER FIRST NAME WAS ESMERALDA, I BELIEVE THE LAST NAME WAS HERNANDEZ, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO THAT'S LIKE THE YOUR PRESENCE AND I PREFER TO. I DID SPEAK TO HER AND THEN I SPOKE TO THE OWNERS OF REPRESENTING THE FAMILY OF THAT LAND. AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME EMAILS THAT WERE CHANGED WHERE THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT AFTER WE DESCRIBED EVERYTHING. SO PART OF THE REASONING FOR THE 20 THAT'S BEING ABANDONED ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS THERE'S A 40 FOOT GAS PIPELINE JUST NORTH OF THAT. SO EVEN IF YOU TRIED TO DEDICATE THE REMAINING 30 TO MAKE THE ROADWAY, YOU REALLY CAN'T PIPELINE EASIER OR YOU CAN'T BUILD A ROADWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO THE ABANDONMENT, THE 1.36 ACRES THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, DOES THAT INCLUDE ALL THAT SOUTH SIDE ALSO, OR IS IT JUST THE NORTH SOUTH STRIP? IT'S THE WEST AND THE NORTH SOUTH ALSO. IT IS BOTH IT'S BOTH BOTH BOTH EVERYTHING. YEAH. SO TYPICALLY WE DO OR CONSIDER AN ABANDONMENT. THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT. ARE WE FOLLOWING THAT OR OR QUESTION FOR LEGAL COUNSEL. SURE. SO WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE IN PLACE OR IT'S NOT IN OUR UDC SPECIFIC ON HOW TO FOLLOW THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS. YOU CAN DO IT A NUMBER OF WAYS, BUT IT IS UP TO THE DISCRETION OF COUNCIL DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO. I JUST THOUGHT WE HAD DONE ANOTHER. IT WAS REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE BEING PRESENTED TO TO COUNCIL. RIGHT. 
          BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS YOU HAVE CONSIDERED OTHER ABANDONMENTS IN THE PAST AND THERE'S A PROCESS. THERE WAS AN APPRAISAL AND THERE WAS LIKE A YEAH, RIGHT. I MEAN, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING IF WE WERE DOING THAT HERE AS WELL. IT'S IT'S DIFFERENT THAN HOW YOU'VE CONSIDERED IT IN THE PAST, BECAUSE SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME PREVIOUSLY WERE FROM UTILITIES, SPECIFICALLY FROM UTILITIES. RIGHT. OTHER ENTITIES. AND COUNCILMAN, THE LETTER WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ESMERALDA MENDEZ. SHE IS THE THE FAMILY PROPERTY OWNER. 
          SHE'S IN SUPPORT OF THE ABANDONMENT REQUEST. AND SHE ALSO NOTED, PLEASE NOTE SHE IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE, HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER LOT 31 AND MY FAMILY DOES NOT ENDORSE HER COMMENT OR INVOLVEMENT. SHE'S REFERRING TO CARLA. SO AND THAT'S THE OWNER OF THE THE PROPERTY THAT DEAD ENDS ON THE EASEMENT. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS SO THIS WAS PLOTTED EVEN THOUGH THAT RIGHT OF WAY WAS THERE. AND SO ALL THE BECAUSE I SEE IT'S GOING THROUGH LOTS AND PART OF THE DESCRIPTION SAYS IT'S GOING THROUGH A COUPLE OF OF PLANNED LOTS. THIS WAS PLOTTED THAT WAY EVEN THOUGH THAT RIGHT OF WAY 
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HAD NOT BEEN CORRECT, HAD NOT BEEN ABANDONED AS OF YET. OKAY. YOU'RE STILL PENDING. AND JUST AS A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION, THIS ITEM CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT WAS SUBMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ITEM PENDING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING THAT WILL GO TO THE PNC BOARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? I'M SORRY. I THINK THAT THE OTHER OWNER OF THE THE EASEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM SHOULD SHOULD IT BE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE ACRES. AND IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT ONE FAMILY, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY AROUND IT. AND THE, THE THE LOTS. I MEAN, EVEN WHENEVER IT WAS BUILT. THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE THE SUBDIVISION THAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE ALREADY REZONED AND ALL OF THAT, IT SAYS RIGHT AWAY RIGHT HERE AND IT SAYS DEDICATED EASEMENT. THE EASEMENT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CITY. WE ARE GIVING. WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN'S FAMILY COULD GO IN. THERE'S ALREADY LIGHTPOSTS THERE. YOU CAN'T TURN AROUND A SCHOOL BUS. YOU CAN'T TURN LIKE YOU. YOU CAN'T. 
          THERE'S NO THERE. I'M MENTIONING THERE IS NO UTILITIES THERE CORNERING HIM OUT. HE IS HE I MEAN, I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIS FAMILY. I COULD SPEAK FOR ME LIKE, I MEAN, THEY MOVED THE FENCE. THEY MOVED THE FENCE, THEY WOULD MOVE THE FENCE ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR WELDER THERE. THEY DIDN'T ASK THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. I ASKED FOR PUBLIC REQUEST. THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ASK THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. AND THEY TOOK 17 DAYS. I MEAN, LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY, THEY RESPONDED TO ME. I WENT TO THE THE LADY THAT WHEN THAT SHE COMES, YOU COME IN THROUGH THE EASEMENT LIKE I MEAN NOBODY FIXES THAT WHENEVER IT'S MUDDY AND IT RAINS. I'VE GOTTEN STUCK MULTIPLE TIMES. I'VE OWNED IT SINCE 2020. I MEAN, 2010, SINCE 2010. AND I MEAN, IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IN AND THEY DON'T EVEN THE CITY DOESN'T OWN IT. HOW CAN WE JUST GIVE AWAY WHAT IS THE THE RIGHT OF WAY? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A KNIFE. THIS IS MY THIS IS MY HOUSE OVER HERE. THEY ALREADY MADE THAT ROAD. 
          THERE'S LIGHT POST RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE EASEMENT. THESE ARE FIVE ACRES. WHENEVER HE DEVELOPS IT OR SELLS IT, IT HAS. NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY VALUE. THEY'RE THEY'RE CORNERING HIM. AND I MEAN THAT IS THE ONLY WAY OUT. SO NOW THEY'VE THEY'VE BUILT THE FENCE. 
          THEY MOVED HIM. HE PUTS ALL HIS CARS ON THE EASEMENT RIGHT BY MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN HIS. THAT'S THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. SO I MEAN, IN THE IN THE LONG RUN, I MEAN, YES, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR CITY ENGINEERS LOOK INTO IT. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE IRRIGATION, HAVE A CONSENSUAL, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH, YOU KNOW, IT BEING USED BECAUSE IF THERE'S PIPES DOWN THERE AND THEN THIS RIGHT OF WAY HAS GAS PIPES AS WELL. I COULDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO COME OVER HERE AND I WAS LIKE, OH, YEAH, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR THE GENTLEMAN. I WAS SHUT DOWN AND IT TOOK SO LONG TO RETURN MY PUBLIC REQUEST. AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, THE CITY ENGINEER, HIS NAME WAS MR. SERGIO CASTRO. 
          HE TOLD ME, I'M GOING TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE NONE OF YOU NEIGHBORS ON THOSE LOTS, SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USING THAT. SO I WENT TO ONE OF THE LADIES THAT THAT THAT SHE HAS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HER ENTRANCE. HER HOUSE IS LIKE SHE HAD A BUSINESS HERE, AND THEN HER HOUSE WAS IN THE BACK. THAT'S HER ENTRANCE TO GO IN THE NEIGHBOR AFTER THAT I HAVE THERE, THERE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET A LETTER. SO IT RAINED ON ME. AND THAT'S HOW I PRINTED THEM OUT. THEY LOOK SO UGLY. BUT I I'M HERE TO HAND-DELIVER THEM. I HAD THEM FAXED, HAD THEM EMAILED AS WELL. AND I MEAN, ONLY FIVE PEOPLE GOT THE THING AND THE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LIKE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT INTO VETERANS. IT'S NOT NEW. IT'S NOT IT WAS FENCED BECAUSE THERE WAS A GAS LINE. THERE WAS I MEAN, THERE WAS A GAS LIKE A COMPANY. AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS WITHOUT PERMITS. I MEAN, WITH NO PERMITS, THEY'RE LIKE MOVING THE FENCE, PUTTING LIKE POSTS. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING LIKE MANHOLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ONTO THE EASEMENT. AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING, OH, WE'RE DEDICATING SOMETHING TO YOU. NO YOU'RE NOT. YOU DON'T PUT ON YOUR SHOES FOR, I MEAN, WALK OUT THE DOOR WITH HIS SHOES AND THEN SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUY THEM LATER. LIKE, FIRST YOU DO CERTAIN THINGS IN STRATEGIC WAY. THIS IS THE EASEMENT FOR THE GENTLEMAN TO COME IN. I MEAN, AND NOT ONLY IS IT ALL BUMPY, THIS IS VETERANS ROAD. IT NOT ONLY IS IT ALL BUMPY, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE LEFT WITH. THIS IS RESIDUE FROM THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND NOW THERE'S A 
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FENCE AS WELL HERE. I MEAN, NOT ONLY CAN THAT CATCH ON FIRE AND THE FIREMEN ARE NOT GOING TO GO THERE. ENGINE. I MEAN, IT TAKES TWO YEARS. THEY SAID IN THE LAST MEETING TO TO ORDER A TRUCK THAT I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR, FOR PAVED ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T JUST GIVE IT UP BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR A REASON. YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING THIS TO THE EASEMENT AND TELLING THE MAN TO GO AHEAD. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WE'RE WE'RE GIVING YOU SOME SPACE TO GO IN 20FT. 30FT, LIKE, YOU CAN'T TURN A CAR AROUND, MUCH LESS A SCHOOL BUS, MUCH LESS A FIRE HYDRANT AND TRUCK. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PROVIDING US THIS INFORMATION REAL FAST. MR. JUST TO FOR THE RECORD, THE EASEMENT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS NOT IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO CAN WE JUST CALL A VOTE? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM B. CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE FOR A WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING. PEDESTRIAN AND 
          [B. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit and Resolution Approving the]
CYCLING EVENT TO BE HELD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2025, WITH A ROUTE COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FOURTH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO CONCLUDE THE INTERSECTION OF 16TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE FROM 8 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. AS REQUESTED BY DOCTOR NAZANIN HEYDARIAN. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS YOU ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL 
          [C. Consider Ordinance Providing for the Temporary Special Use Permit for the “5th Annual Brides' March”]
PRIDE MARCH TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2025 FROM 8 A.M. TO 12 P.M. AT THE HIDALGO COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VICTIMS UNIT, AS DESCRIBED LOCATED AT 107 NORTH 10TH AVENUE, AS REQUESTED BY JOANNE GARZA ON BEHALF OF HIDALGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM D CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL TURKEY FEST TO BE HELD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025 THROUGH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 
          [D. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “St. Joseph’s Catholic School]
2025 FROM 11 A.M. TO 10 P.M. AT SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL AS DESCRIBED. LOCATED AT 119 WEST FE STREET, SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM E, CONSIDER AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, TEXAS AT TITLE THREE. ADMINISTRATION BY ADDING 
          [E. Consider Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title III. Administration, by]
CHAPTER 38 ELECTIONS. ARTICLE ONE ELECTIONEERING. COUNSEL. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. YES, MA'AM. I KNOW YOU HAD A QUESTION ON THAT. I JUST WANTED BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS, WHERE IT IS, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT ELECTIONEERING MEANS. SO COULD SOMEONE JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS AND HOW THIS RELATES TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PROPERTY AND STUFF? SURE. THIS IS. BASICALLY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT REASONABLE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER REGULATIONS FOR ELECTIONEERING ON POLL LOCATIONS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY. SO BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND FUTURE ELECTIONS, TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY OF THE CITY OWNED LOCATIONS WILL BE POLL SITES, THIS WILL PLACE REGULATIONS ON ELECTIONEERING ALLOWED ON THOSE POLL LOCATIONS AT THE TIME OF EARLY VOTING AND VOTING. THE ELECTION DAY. WHAT ARE THE. THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE. YEAH. 
          SO IT'S THE SAME THAT THE COUNTY HAS I BELIEVE. SO WHAT I THINK WHAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH I THINK OUR PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING IS NOW ADDED AS AN EARLY VOTING SITE BY THE COUNTY. AND SO BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY FACILITY, THE COUNTY REGULATIONS DON'T APPLY TO A CITY FACILITY. SO I THINK WHAT THIS IS, IS WE'RE WE'RE NOW PUTTING IN PLACE THE SAME REGULATIONS THAT COUNTY HAS FOR THE COUNTY. FOR CITY. YEAH. FOR CITY. YES. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM F COUNCIL. 
          I UNDERSTAND THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE ACTION, BUT IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. DO YOU WANT TO. WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU WANTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR. CAN I GET A 
          [F. Consider Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Edinburg, Texas at Title XI. Business]
MOTION TO SUSPEND? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, MA'AM. OKAY, SO WE'RE CONSIDERING AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 118. AND IN VISITING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME INPUT FROM SOME OF THE SEWING AND RECORD COMPANIES IN THE AREA. AND SO WE ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM TO GO OVER SOME 
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OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ACTION ON THIS ITEM. SO THIS THIS WILL COME BACK. 
          Y'ALL PROVIDE US THE INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. ALSO, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THE CITIZENS THERE THAT THAT HAVE SOME ISSUES, MAKE SURE WE'RE HEARING FROM THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS COME TO COUNCIL AND MAKE COMPLAINTS ON THE RECORD. AND SO WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO. VERY WELL. SO THIS WILL BE BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING THEN. OKAY. THAT IS THE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE. ITEM A CONSIDER VARIANCE REQUEST THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE FIVE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS DIVISION 5.100 PROPOSED AN APPLICATION. 
          [9. VARIANCE]
          [A. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code, Article 5, Subdivision Standards,]
SECTION 5.102. APPLICABILITY. AS DESCRIBED, LOCATED AT 1714 EAST CHAPIN ROAD AS REQUESTED BY RK FIVE PROPERTIES, LLC. FOR COUNCIL. SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES AND MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN A AWARDING OF BIDS. CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 2025. DASH 25 FUEL, MOTOR, OIL AND LUBRICANTS TO GOLD PETROLEUM 
          [10. AWARDING OF BIDS]
FOR THE UNIT PRICE FOR UNLEADED FUEL, DIESEL AND DIESEL AND TO ARGAN OIL COMPANY TO LTT FOR 
          [A. Consider Awarding Bid No. 2025-25, Fuel, Motor Oil, and Lubricants to Gold Star Petroleum, Inc. for the]
THE UNITED UNIT. PRICES AS LISTED FOR MOTOR OIL LUBRICANTS AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT RELATED THERETO. OR COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2026 CHEVY TAHOE, INCLUDING ACCESSORIES AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION THROUGH THE 
          [B. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of One 2026 Chevy Tahoe, Including Accessories and Equipment]
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TIPS CONTRACT NUMBER 240901 AND THE PURCHASE OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE PACKAGE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 698 DASH 23 AND THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE RADIO SYSTEM THROUGH THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. CONTRACT NUMBER RA ZERO FIVE DASH 21 USING FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATIONS GRANT NUMBER 3172510 FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 111,611 AND $0.27. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF UNIVERSAL CONTAINERS FROM TOTER, LLC OF STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THROUGH SOURCE PER UNIT PRICE LISTED SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          [C. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Universal Nestable Containers from Toter, LLC. of Statesville,]
ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM D IS THE APPROVAL OF CHANGE. ORDER NUMBER ONE BY JMJ, DDS CORP, DBA JMJ 
          [D. Consider the Approval of Change Order Number One (1) by JMJ Diaz Corp. DBA JMJ Constructors for]
CONSTRUCTORS FOR BID NUMBER 2020 402. PHASE ONE UPGRADES TO EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY 3,387,168 AND $0.86 AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I KNOW THERE'S A QUESTION ON THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO SEE IF WE IS JERRY HERE. 
          JUST WANTED I SEE THE WORD CHANGE ORDER. SO I GOTTA ASK FOR EXPLANATION ON THAT. SO CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US JUST PLEASE, JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GERARDO CARMONA, DIRECTOR, UTILITY. SO WITH THIS CHANGE ORDER, WE ARE WORKING ON FIXING SOME OF THE DETERIORATED EQUIPMENT THAT HAS GONE DOWN AND TO ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE HAVING ON THE ELECTRICAL AND TO REPLACE SOME OF THE PIPING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DETERIORATED BEFORE WE HAVE AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY, WHICH EVENTUALLY IS GOING TO COST MORE FOR THE CITY. RIGHT. AND I SAW THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THIS WASN'T A PART OF THE PACKAGE FOR THE PROJECT ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AND FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. YES, SIR. SO DURING THE THE ORIGINAL BID, WE DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES. SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT THAT WENT DOWN HAPPENED AFTER THE FACT. HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? IT WAS THIS YEAR. KNOW THAT WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR BIDS AND THEN THAT WAS LAST YEAR. SO LAST YEAR. SO WITHIN 12 MONTHS THESE ISSUES SURFACED. YES, SIR. YEAH. BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND THE ELECTRICAL AND, AND SOME OF THE ISSUES, I KNOW THESE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT. AND SO WE ISSUED BONDS FOR THIS. SO DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS. YES SIR. WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS OKAY. TO CARRY THIS? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THE BID COME OUT LOWER OR WHAT. HOW DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS. SO WE WE STILL HAD A CONTINGENCY ON THE 
          [01:25:02]
TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. OKAY. WE STILL HAD ABOUT 1.11 MILLION. AND THEN THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE COMING FROM THE UTILITY FUND, WHICH IS RESOLVED FROM THE WATER AND SEWER. IT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE THE BOND ISSUE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SOME OF THESE ISSUES, IT KIND OF CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASE IN SMELL. YES, SIR. SO ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THE ODOR CONTROL WILL HELP MITIGATE THE, THE THE SMELL THAT WE HAVE. AND THESE UPGRADES WILL HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE THAT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MA'AM? YES. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. 
          WELL IT IT'S IN THE PACKET. THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. IT'S AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. BUT I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL EXPANSION. HOW'S THE EXPANSION GOING? PART TIMELINE. GOOD, SIR. WITH THIS, WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE TIMELINE TO 180 DAYS WITH THE CHANGE ORDER. RIGHT. SO THAT WILL PUSH US A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE ARE CLOSE TO FINISHING THE ONE OF THE THE NEW SECTIONS, WHICH IS THE 5 MILLION GALLON SECTION. SO YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 11. CONTRACTUAL ITEM A. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WSP USA BASED ON RFQ NUMBER 
          [11. CONTRACTUAL]
          [A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement with WSP USA, Inc. Based on RFQ]
2021. DASH 001. IN THE AMOUNT OF 400,000. FORBID DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION. QUALITY CONTROL ASSURANCE, LINER QUANTITY CERTIFICATION, SURVEYING. TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION, CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING, AND GENERAL PROJECT OVERSIGHT FOR UNIT SEVEN. SO ONE A UNDER TK PERMITS MSW 956C TO THE EDINBURGH REGIONAL SANITARY LANDFILL FACILITY. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 12. RESOLUTIONS. 
          RIGHT. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO 
          [12. RESOLUTIONS]
          [A. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Grant Application to the Office of the]
THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR UNDER FISCAL YEAR 2025, STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM AND URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE SUPPORTING BORDER CRISIS RESPONSE AND ENFORCEMENT PROJECTS. GRANT, PROGRAM AND EXECUTE GRANT DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO. SO MOVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 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 B CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER THE AIRPORT. PROJECT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AVIATION DIVISION PROJECT 25121 EDINB 
          [B. Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Airport Project Participation]
FOR PERIMETER SECURITY FENCE AND GATES REPLACEMENT AT SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EDINBURGH. 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 C DISCUSSING. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NOMINATING A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD OF 
          [C. Discuss and Consider Resolution Nominating a Candidate or Candidates for the Board of Directors of the]
DIRECTORS OF THE HIDALGO COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR 2026, 2020 TO 2029. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL. THE TWO THAT ARE UP FOR APPOINTMENT ARE JOE OLIVARES AND RICHARD GARCIA MAKE A MOTION TO FOR LIMBO. TO NOMINATE BOTH OF THEM. OKAY, THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12. ELECTION A CONSIDER AUTHORIZED 13. EXCUSE ME. 13. YEAH. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES BETWEEN THE 
          [13. ELECTION]
CITY OF EDINBURGH AND HIDALGO COUNTY. ELECTIONS. ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CITY OF 
          [A. Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Contract for Election Services Between the City of]
EDINBURGH. MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025. SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          MOTION AND A SECOND. HAD WE APPROVED THIS ALREADY OR IS THIS A. OH FOR. OKAY. SO IT'LL AND THAT WILL COVER THE THE THE NEW EARLY VOTING LOCATION AS WELL. YES. IT'S IT'S BASICALLY THE FEES FOR THEM RUNNING THE ELECTION EARLY VOTING AND THEN ELECTION DAY. YES. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST A CONTRACT FOR THE FEES. ARE THEY SIMILAR TO LAST TIME OR IT'S GOING TO BE JUST OUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE DEPENDING ON EVERYBODY. THAT'S THAT'S FOR THE CITY SITES RIGHT. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 14. I THINK THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED RIGHT? YES, SIR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, REQUESTING TO WITHDRAW 
          [14. APPOINTMENTS]
THE ITEM. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 15. CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THEM ON HERE. AND I THINK MISS BERNIE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THESE. 
          HAVE YOU GOTTEN THEM ANSWERED OR DO WE. IF NOT. IF NOT I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO. YOU HAD 
          [15. CONSENT AGENDA]
          [01:30:08]
E.G. J AND L IF. SO, WE CAN ASK FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A THROUGH A. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. GO AHEAD MA'AM. OKAY. 
          WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. JUST EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE AND THE PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE CALLING ME TO ASK ME WHAT IT IS, I KNOW. 
          15 IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO SAVE MONEY ABOUT THIS WATER THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE BUYING OR YOU'RE PURCHASING 3300 CUBIC FEET OF WATER AND AT 264,000, IS THAT THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO? DO WE NOT HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAD BROUGHT TO THE CITY? AND THEN. YEAH, WELL, REAL QUICK ON THAT ONE, THAT THAT'S AN EXISTING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S IT'S NOT ANOTHER ONE. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS. NO. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE. BELIEVE ME. THIS IS OKAY. THIS IS A THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE IRRIGATION DISTRICT ONE RIGHT FOR THE EXISTING. YEAH OKAY. 
          WELL THAT'S WHAT I WANT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS 15 G. JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT 15 SIX WAS THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S. OH FOR THE GENERATOR. YEAH. YEAH. YOU WANT TO GO ON THAT REAL QUICK. THAT'S REDUCING THE AMOUNT MADE. YEAH IT IS BUT IT'S FOR IT'S FOR GENERATOR RIGHT. YES. THAT WAS REDUCING OKAY. YES. GOOD EVENING. GERARDO CARMONA DIRECTOR TILLEY. 
          SO THIS THIS PROJECT WAS FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, A GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM TEDOM. 
          SO WE DIDN'T USE 30 000 OF THE CONTINGENCY. SO WE'RE TAKING THIS REDUCTION TO CLOSE OUT THE THE PROJECT. THAT'S A REDUCTION. YEAH. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE LAST 15 K IN THERE ALSO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE TESTING AND THINGS. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THIS IS ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE I BELIEVE OVER THERE. YEAH. THIS IS A SCOPE OF SERVICE FOR THEIR GETTING STARTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TESTING DONE. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, WHEN THE COUNTY PURCHASED IT YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE 2 OR 3 GAS TANKS BECAUSE IT WAS A FILLING STATION. AND I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH 11. YEAH. AND I JUST WONDERED, YOU KNOW, THAT PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION IS THAT THIS TESTING, THIS CASE, THIS ENGINEERING COMPANY IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE DOING THE MATERIALS TESTING. OKAY. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ITEM. PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, BUT CAN WE JUST CLARIFY THE ITEMS? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT MIGHT. THE MOTION MIGHT HAVE BEEN EIGHT THROUGH I. OH, AND WE STILL NEED J, K AND L, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. RESTATE THE MOTION. I'M SORRY, L A THROUGH L. OKAY. I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE MOTION. YEAH, I'M IN MY MOTION FOR ITEMS A THROUGH L. SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. 
          NO PROBLEM OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION. THE L ONE. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE? I WAS TOLD IT MIGHT BE PULLED TONIGHT. I THOUGHT THAT'S ABOUT THE FUNERAL ESCORT. WE'RE JUST RESCINDING THE. YEAH, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE JUST FOR THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE I JUST WONDERED WHO WAS DOING IT. NOW, IF Y'ALL WERE, YOU KNOW, CHANGING SOMETHING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNDER 16. OTHER BUSINESS COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WANT TO REQUEST FOR NEXT MEETING? IF NOT, I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 17 EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION CONVENING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SAME 
          [16. OTHER BUSINESS]
          [17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SIGN. IT IS 7:29 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. ITEM C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. 
          [02:34:18]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOW BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE. 
          [02:34:23]
SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. SAME 
          [02:34:28]
SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN 
          [OPEN SESSION]
          [02:34:33]
EXECUTIVE SESSION. I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ITEM THAT DOES NEED ACTION. YES, MAYOR. UNDER ITEM 
          [02:34:39]
17, B, A RECOMMENDED MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED AS 
          [02:34:44]
DIRECTED ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. 
          [02:34:49]
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 
          [02:34:53]
SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. GREAT. 
          [02:34:59]
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE 
          [18. ADJOURNMENT]
          [02:35:05]
YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.