Sep 01, 2026 City Council Meeting 09-01-26

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SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR OMAR OCHOA, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVID SALAZAR, COUNCIL MEMBER DAN DIAZ. COUNCIL MEMBER. JASON DE LEON.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY LOZANO. SITTING IN AS ADVISORS. CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY BEN ALONSO. AND NOW LIVE FROM THE EDINBURGH CITY HALL. THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL. TIME NOW IS 6 P.M. SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026. CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. I DO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE ON OUR CITY COUNCIL, SO WE DO HAVE QUORUM. IF WE COULD PLEASE START WITH A PRAYER. I BELIEVE FATHER RENEE FROM SACRED HEART IS HERE TO LEAD US. PLEASE, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE FRONT. LET US PUT OURSELVES IN THE

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

[A. Prayer.]

[B. Pledge of Allegiance.]

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

[4. CITY HIGHLIGHTS]

AND SO ON THURSDAY NIGHT, WE WILL WE WILL BE UNVEILING ALL OF THE VETERANS THAT WE WILL BE HONORING WITH THEIR BANNERS. THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN INVITED. THE VETERANS HAVE BEEN INVITED. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NIGHT TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE. OUR VETERANS, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND HONOR THEM WITH THIS VERY, VERY SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR WHAT

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SATURDAY MORNING, 730 AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. AFTER THAT, ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR REMEMBRANCE WALK. THAT WILL ALSO START AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE ON MCINTYRE. THAT'LL BE AT 8:45 A.M. IN THE MORNING. WE'LL BE GATHERING FOR THAT. WE WILL START OUR WALK, I BELIEVE, EXACTLY AT 911 THAT MORNING. BUT THE CEREMONIES WILL START AT 845. SO NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, IF YOU CAN COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO. AND THEN MUNICIPAL COURT IS DOING ITS DOCKET OUTREACH. IT'S A GREAT THING THAT THEY DO. THEY GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO MAKING PEOPLE COME TO THE COURT. THEY'LL BE AT THE CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 18TH TO, TO, TO DO THAT AND BE AMONGST THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS THE MAYOR'S REPORT. I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS. I'LL SAY AT THE START OF THIS THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE TOPICS THEMSELVES ARE NOT NOTICED. THERE CAN'T BE A WIDE DISCUSSION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I STILL WANTED TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. SO TWO THINGS. ONE IS POSITIVE

[5. MAYOR'S REPORT]

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I PERSONALLY TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. OUR CITY STAFF WORKS REALLY HARD. OUR HR DEPARTMENT HAS GONE THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS TO REALLY DIVE THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF OUR SELF-FUNDED PLAN. CITY MANAGEMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT HOW PROUD WE ARE OF THE BUDGET.

THIS ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE ON THE PREMIUM RATES, IT JUST WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I, I PERSONALLY HAD REVIEWED BEFORE IT WENT OUT. SO I TAKE 100% RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE MISTAKE WAS NOT CAUGHT BEFORE IT WAS SENT OUT TO EMPLOYEES. REALLY, REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION. IT WILL NOT BE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO

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AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SORRY THAT WE PUT SO MANY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES UNDER STRESS. AND AGAIN, I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. OKAY, NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME CELEBRATORY STUFF. I SUPPOSE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE COMING UP MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, WHICH WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR. BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE UP SOME PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNIZE SOME GROUPS THAT DESERVE THE RECOGNITION. IF WE COULD. ON SIX, WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE OUR BEAST MODE SIX SELECT SOFTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2026 MCALLEN PONY INTERNATIONAL WORLD SERIES

[A. B. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing the Beast Mode 6U Select Softball Team as the 2026]

AND WHEREAS, AFTER SUFFERING THEIR ONLY LOSS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, THE BEAST MODE SIX YOUTH SOFTBALL TEAM ENTERED THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SUNDAY WITH THEIR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL, 82 WIN, THREE CONSECUTIVE ELIMINATION GAMES TO EARN THE TITLE. THROUGH GREAT RESILIENCE AND UNWAVERING DETERMINATION, THEY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE AND COMPLETED AN UNFORGETTABLE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN TO CAPTURE THE 2026 MCALLEN PONY INTERNATIONAL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEREAS THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF DEDICATION FROM THE PLAYERS, THE COMMITMENT OF THEIR COACHES, THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO INVEST IN YOUTH ATHLETICS, LEADERSHIP AND SPORTSMANSHIP. AND WHEREAS THE BEAST MODE SIX YOUTH SELECT SOFTBALL TEAM IS MADE UP OF AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF YOUNG ATHLETES. NUMBER ONE, MIRANDA RODRIGUEZ, NUMBER THREE, MIKAELA GARZA, NUMBER FOUR, MILENA SANCHEZ, NUMBER FIVE, LEGACY ALEJANDRO, NUMBER SEVEN.

ALEXEI RAMIREZ, NUMBER 11. THAT DANNY LOZOYA. NUMBER 12. HERNANDEZ, NUMBER 14. AMARI CAMPOS, NUMBER 21. MARIANA RODRIGUEZ, NUMBER 30. JADE PEREZ, NUMBER 44. SOFIA LEMUS AND NUMBER 77 DAISY ESCALANTE. THE TEAM IS LED BY HEAD COACHES PEDRO RODRIGUEZ AND RANDY RAMIREZ, AND ASSISTANT COACHES AGUSTIN LOZOYA, ROSIE PEREZ AND CHRISTOPHER ALEJANDRO. AND WHEREAS THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BEAST MODE SIX YOUTH SELECT SOFTBALL TEAM, WHOSE DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE AND CHAMPIONSHIP SPIRIT HAVE BROUGHT HONOR AND DISTINCTION TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH WHILE SERVING AS AN INSPIRATION TO YOUNG ATHLETES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINBURG, TEXAS, BY PRESENTING THEM BY LAW, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE BEAST MODE SIX YOUTH SELECT SOFTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2026 MCALLEN PONY INTERNATIONAL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES, COACHES AND FAMILIES FOR THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. AWESOME JOB LADIES. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? COACHES, PLAYERS. THIS IS YOUR TIME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE LOVE OUR YOUTH BEING VERY INVOLVED IN SPORTS. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PARKS AND REC PROGRAM. SUPER PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISHED. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING EDINBURG ON THE MAP, LADIES. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. NEXT ITEM THAT WE'VE GOT IS A PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION TO THE EDINBURG ROGUE BOXING TEAM FOR THEIR STATE AND NATIONAL TITLES. SO WE CAN HAVE THE TEAM COME UP HERE TO THE FRONT. AND IF THE SECRETARY COULD READ THE CAPTION, YES, SIR. MAYOR, ROGUE BOXING TEAM. WHEREAS THE CITY OF EDINBURGH ROGUE BOXING TEAM DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL TALENT, DETERMINATION AND SPORTSMANSHIP THROUGH A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MONTH OF COMPETITION IN JULY AND AUGUST 2026 AND WORKED FROM JULY 9 TO 12, 2026, THE CITY OF EDINBURGH ROGUE BOXING TEAM TRAVELED TO HOUSTON, TEXAS TO COMPETE IN THE GULF COAST

[Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing the City of Edinburg Rogue Boxing Team for their State]

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HE TOOK A LITTLE DIP IN THE COVID ERA, BUT WE'RE BACK. THIS IS THE STRONGEST TEAM WE'VE HAD EVER WITH SOME NATIONAL CHAMPS HERE. AND I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE CREDIT TO MARTIN HERE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION. CITY OF EDINBURGH ROGUE BOXING TEAM. MARTIN. EXCELLENT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAYOR COUNCIL, MARTIN MARTINEZ AT YOUR SERVICE. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD SICK AND THE PARENTS OF THESE YOUNG KIDS AND OF COURSE, MY BOSSES AND YOU ALL BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU AND WITHOUT YOUR VISION SEEING THROUGH OUR EYES, THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. BUT MOST OF ALL, I GIVE THANKS TO THESE YOUNG MEN THAT THEY HAD THE COURAGE, NOT KNOWING IF THEY WOULD BE COMING OUT ON TOP, BUT THEY STEPPED UP, STEPPED OVER THAT LINE, AND PUT THEIR FIST UP, AND THEY LET IT RAIN, AND THEY CAME BACK WITH BELTS IN THEIR HANDS. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE'S MISTER ROLANDO GARZA. ALSO SAY SOME WORDS. GOOD EVENING GUYS. MY NAME IS COACH ROLANDO GARZA, ONE OF THE BOXING INSTRUCTORS HERE FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH BOXING PROGRAM. THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING AND TAKING THE TIME AND RECOGNIZING OUR ATHLETES, OUR BOXING ATHLETES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AS COACHES AND AS BOXERS. WE SET OURSELVES SOME GOALS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING SOME OF THOSE GOALS.

WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE GAMES OF TEXAS AND THE NATIONALS. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BE RECOGNIZED. GET THE CITY OF EDINBURGH RECOGNIZED IN USA BOXING. SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR MAIN GOAL. SO WE'RE AT IT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING HARD. AND I WANT TO THANK TONY AGUIRRE AND THE REST OF THE COACHES FOR BEING PART OF OUR OUR OUR GOAL. AND THANKS TO OUR ATHLETES THAT THEY COME IN EVERY DAY AND TRAIN HARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS. THANK YOU ATHLETES. THANK YOU ALL. ONE LAST THING. ERIC MOLINA, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THESE KIDS WATCHING THEM TRAIN, WATCHING WHAT MARTIN MARTINEZ HAD, HAS BUILT HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. IT'S JUST A MAGICAL THING. I'VE SAID THIS FOR A WHILE. THE CITY

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YOU ALL ARE WARRIORS IN THE RING. I HOPE YOU ARE WARRIORS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU WALK OUT OF IT. RIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR YOURSELVES. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING EDINBURG ON THE MAP. AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE ALREADY, RIGHT? BUT YOU ALL ARE SECOND TO NOBODY.

YOU CAN BEAT ANYBODY THAT YOU WALK INTO THAT RING WITH. EDINBURG HAS GOT A GREAT TRADITION OF BOXERS, AND YOU'RE BEING COACHED BY SOME REALLY, REALLY GREAT ONES. SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. KEEP UP THAT HARD WORK. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING US PROUD. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OUR SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM. EDINBURG FOR WINNING BEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL AWARD FROM US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW.

IF YOU ALL CAN COME UP TO THE FRONT. YES, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD READ THE PROCLAMATION,

[C. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing South Texas Health System Edinburg (STHS) for their]

ALL RIGHT, LANCE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, PLEASE.

YES. FLOOR IS YOURS. NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE SO HONORED TO BE HERE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY LEADERSHIP. WE ALSO WORKING IN THE THE HEALTH CARE FIELD. SEE YOU ALL VERY ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WE KNOW WE CAN CALL YOU WITH THE SMALLEST NEEDS WHEN IT COMES TO WASTE DISPOSAL OR THE BIGGEST NEEDS THAT WE NEED WITH OUR HOSPITAL. WE APPRECIATE SEEING YOU AT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HAVING A CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT IS ENGAGED AS YOU ALL ARE MEANS A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AS A HOSPITAL, WE'RE HERE TO HELP GROW ALONG WITH THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND THE ENTIRE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS RECOGNITION FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW NOW. IT MEANS A LOT TO US. US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT IS A SIGNIFICANT REPORT. OUR FOCUS EVERY SINGLE DAY IS QUALITY. IT'S PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND WE ARE RELENTLESSLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING NOT JUST THE BEST CARE TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, BUT BRINGING NATIONALLY

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YOU'RE YOU'RE A WONDERFUL HOSPITAL, RIGHT? AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT FOR THE FIVE YEARS OF BEING RECOGNIZED BY THIS AWARD. THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS, RIGHT? BUT TO BE CONSISTENTLY ABLE TO DO THIS SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CARE. BUT I SAY THIS A LOT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU INVITE ME TO COME OUT TO YOUR EVENTS, BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT SOUTH TEXAS GIVES. IT'S THE HEART THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, ALL THE EVENTS THAT YOU PUT ON, THE SERVICES THAT YOU DO, THE PERSONAL TOUCH THAT YOU GIVE TO EACH PATIENT WHEN THEY COME INTO THE DOOR, WE SEE THAT, I SEE THAT I REALLY RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT RIGHT HERE TO THE HOSPITAL, THE GREAT JOB THAT YOUR TEAM DOES. AND WE'RE JUST SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM HERE IN EDINBURG. I LIKE TO CALL US MEDICAL CITY RGV BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ALL DO FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. BEING IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PARAMEDIC MY WHOLE LIFE, SO I SEEN WHAT THIS HOSPITAL HAS DONE AND WHAT IT'S GROWN FROM. IT WAS INITIALLY A SMALL HOSPITAL HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ADVANCEMENTS. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE INVESTMENT ON A PERSONAL. I'VE TAKEN ALL MY FAMILY THERE. I'VE SEEN WHAT THE NURSES DO. I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH REALLY, REALLY GREAT. SO LET'S PUT THINGS IN CONTEXT. WE HAD CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS, WE HAD HEAVYWEIGHT BELTS. AND THIS IS A HEAVYWEIGHT BELT FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW IN THE HOSPITALS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM SECRETARY. YES, SIR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I'LL BE TAKING TIME.

PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

LET'S JUST SAY YOU WENT OUT OF TOWN, YOU WENT OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU'RE JUST ROAMING THE STREETS. BUT AS SOON AS YOU LEFT, YOU WERE BEING WATCHED, FILMED. EVEN NOW YOU MAY FIND THIS WEIRD, BUT YOU CONTINUE ON YOUR DAY. IT'S LIKE EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU CONTINUOUSLY BEING FILMED. WELL, THIS BRINGS ME TO THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION. FLOCK CAMERAS. FLOCK. SAFETY CAMERAS ARE AI LICENSE PLATE READERS. THEY CAPTURE PASSING VEHICLE PLATE NUMBERS, THE DESCRIPTIONS, THE DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT, RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLES, LOCATE CRIMINAL SUSPECTS, AND HELP DETERMINE ANY CRIME. NOW, SUPPOSEDLY IMMIGRATION AGENCIES AREN'T GIVEN DIRECT ACCESS TO THIS FOOTAGE. HOWEVER, MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES STILL CONTINUE TO GIVE ASSISTED ACCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M A FIRM SUPPORTER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER SECURITY. HOWEVER, ISN'T IT INSULTING TO OUR OFFICERS ON HAVING THEM RELY ON DYSTOPIAN SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY? NOW, ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 27 DOCUMENTED CASES SINCE 2018 IN WHICH OFFICERS ARE SORRY, IN WHICH AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS CONTRIBUTED TO INNOCENT CIVILIANS BEING STOPPED, DETAINED OR EVEN JAILED. AS STATED IN THE TEXAS TRIBUNE,

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NOW, I DID NOT COME HERE TO SPREAD HARM AND CHAOS, BUT I DO COME WITH LOVE AND CIVILITY.

BUT I MUST REMIND YOU, GENTLEMEN, THAT YOU WERE THE ONES WHO ENACTED WITH THIS TYRANNICAL SURVEILLANCE. AND TO QUOTE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THOSE WHO WOULD GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO PURCHASE A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER LIBERTY NOR SAFETY.

WITH THAT IN MIND, GENTLEMEN, I WOULD HOPE, MR. SILVA. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RAUL RANGEL REGARDING ITEM TEN, A SACRED HEART CHURCH. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. BUT ON BEHALF OF SACRED HEART, I WANT TO EXTEND AN EXTRA THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THERE AT SACRED HEART CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR ANNUAL.

AND I WANTED TO THANK THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO THE PREPARATION FOR THAT AND EXTEND AN INVITATION NOT ONLY TO YOU ALL, BUT TO THE GREAT COMMUNITY OF EDINBURGH WHO HAS FOR OVER 100 YEARS BEEN A GREAT SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO ON OUR BEHALF OF OUR OUR 100 YEAR COMMITTEE, I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT. WE WILL BE SENDING OUT FOR YOU ALL TO SAVE THE DATE OF OUR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS A PARISH. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS AS AN ESTABLISHED PARISH, AND ON FEBRUARY THE 6TH WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. SO WE WILL BE EXTENDING AN INVITATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO JOIN US FOR THAT EVENING OF CELEBRATION AND THAT GREAT DAY. BUT THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE INVITE THE COUNCIL AND THE GREAT COMMUNITY OF EDINBURGH TO COME AND JOIN US FOR SOME GREAT LIVE MUSIC, SOME GREAT FOOD AND SOME FUN FOR OUR CHILDREN. DURING THIS TIME, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL BE HELPING US AS SET UP AND BE PREPARED FOR THAT. MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO COME AND JOIN US IN THE MORNING TO DO BE A PART. FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS BILLY DILLARD REGARDING CARNIVAL RIDE LICENSE. IS THAT FOR ME? MY NAME IS BILLY DILLARD. I LIVE IN EDINBURG. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1979 WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED FROM UP NORTH, I. I OWN COOL BREEZE RENTAL COMPANY ON THE OWNER OPERATOR. MY BACKGROUND IS IN THE CARNIVAL INDUSTRY. I'M HERE FOR TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AND MAYBE EVEN SOME EDUCATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW PERTAINING TO AMUSEMENT RIDE REGULATIONS THAT IS SET IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND PARTICULARLY FOR EDINBURG. WHAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU IS THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR WHAT WE DO. I RENT DIFFERENT THINGS OUT, BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME CHILDREN'S RIDES. THE THE AMUSEMENT RIDE REGULATION INDUSTRY IN TEXAS IS REGULATED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE THAT HAVE THEIR OWN ENTITY FOR AMUSEMENT RIDES. THEY HAVE CLASS A, WHICH IS THE PERMANENT RIDES THAT YOU SEE AT WORLDS OF FUN OR DISNEYLAND. AND THEN YOU

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MY POINT IS, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO OPERATE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T, DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN ORDER FOR YOU TO, TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND. IT'S SO EASY AND SIMPLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF MA AND PA OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT ARE IN NONCOMPLIANCE. AND IT IF YOU HAVE A CAR, YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO DRIVE IT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD AN APARTMENT. THANK YOU, MISTER DILLARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS FERN MCLARTY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN. I HAVE HAD A HOT DAY, AND IT'S NOT WEATHER WISE EITHER. THIS MORNING, ME AND HALF OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS WERE AT COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING. THE COMMISSIONERS WERE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY NEEDED TO INCREASE THEIR SALARIES. AND I MADE THIS. I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT. IT DID NOT WORK. THE COMMISSIONERS ARE GIVING THEMSELVES 16.6% RAISE. THE COUNTY JUDGE ONLY WANTS A MERE 15%. THE REST OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS RECEIVE A 12% INCREASE, BUT THE GENERAL POPULATION WILL RECEIVE 5% INCREASE. A 5% INCREASE MAY SOUND GOOD, BUT THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE IS 9.78%. SO THEY CAN'T WORK. THEY CAN WORK FOR THE COUNTY, BUT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO OWN PROPERTY. SO WHY AM I TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY AT A CITY MEETING? BECAUSE WE WHEN WE PAY OUR TAXES, THEY JUST SAY, HERE'S THE BILL, NOT DUE TO YOU. WHATEVER THIS IS, WE'LL DO IT THE EASY WAY. WE'LL DO IT THE HARD WAY. WHEN I COME TO THESE MEETINGS, I DO NOT MIND THAT THEY SAY, HERE COMES FERN. SHE WANTS THE CITY TO LOWER THE PROPERTY TAXES. YES I DO, SHE WANTS THE CITY TO PAY THE EMPLOYEES MORE, YES I DO. WE FUND PROJECTS THAT MAKE US FEEL GOOD UNTIL WE HAVE TO PAY THE BILL. $7 MILLION FOR EMPLOYMENT CENTER AT THE GOLF COURSE. THE STATE HAS HAD A FULLY STAFFED EMPLOYMENT CENTER IN EDINBURG FOR TEN YEARS. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS DON'T WORRY, IT WAS BUILT WITH COVID OR E MONEY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM, BUT IT'S THE TAXPAYERS. ALL MONEY AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COME FROM THE PEOPLE. SO IF INFRASTRUCTURE IS A PRIORITY, WHY NOT SPEND IT ON PROJECTS THAT MAKE LIFE EASIER? WE WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER. SELLING BONDS AND INCREASING TAXES MAKES LIFE MORE DIFFICULT. AND TONIGHT, I'M GLAD THAT YOU FIXED YOUR MISTAKE THAT YOU DID, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY GOING TO HURT THE WAY IT WAS STATED. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND Y'ALL WERE PUT UP THERE BY EACH ONE OF THE VOTERS. SO WE NEED Y'ALL TO TAKE CARE. LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, WHETHER IT BE AND THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM A GOOD SALARY AND ESPECIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT. AS I SAID TODAY, I HAD A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES MAKE 50, A LITTLE OVER 55,000. THEY GO TO THE COUNTY, GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY, AND THEN THEY COME TO EDINBURG SO THEY CAN GET 70,067 AT MCALLEN.

AND THEN IF THEY GO TO DPS, THEY GET A LOT MORE. SO WE AT THE COUNTY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. AND I'M HOPING YOU'RE WATCHING OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE TODAY. I ALSO SIGNED UP FOR 11 A OKAY, AND I'M HOPING I WAS TOLD POSSIBLY IT WAS PULLED. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'M HOPING

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THEN THEY CHANGED IT AGAIN. AND THE PRIMARY PLOT IN MARCH 14TH, 2023. SO IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, SOMEBODY'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. SO I'M GLAD YOU PULLED IT.

I HOPE YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND CHECK IT BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ROBERTA REGARDING DETAILS OF TROON GOLF MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. GENTLEMEN.

HONORABLE MAYOR, HONORABLE COUNCILMAN. I GUESS YOU KNOW BY NOW. ROBERTO CUELLAR, CITIZEN OF THE POOR SIDE OF OF EDINBURGH NORTH SIDE WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS OVER THERE.

ANYWAY, ON THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CONTRACT GIVEN OUT TO A TROON CORPORATION TO MANAGE SOME SOME. THE TWO GOLF COURSES OWNED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. OKAY. WHICH TO ME THAT'S A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. OKAY. AND NOBODY'S AN EXPERT ON RUNNING GOLF COURSES. BUT THE GENTLEMAN AND I'LL CALL HIM MR. TROON FOR THE LACK OF NOT KNOWING HIS NAME, HE STOOD UP HERE AND SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A IMPROVEMENT ON THE GOLF COURSE OF OF AND GOING TO SPEND $7.2 MILLION. OKAY, $7.2 MILLION, ALL WITHOUT THE HELP OR THE COST TO THE TAXPAYER. THAT GOT MY EARS UP AS MY DAD, MY DAD HAD ONLY A FIRST GRADE EDUCATION, BUT HE TAUGHT ME ONE THING SON, NOTHING IS FREE IF YOU DON'T PAY UP FRONT SOMEBODY OR SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. OKAY? NOTHING IS FREE. I'M FINDING OUT THAT THE IMPROVEMENT TO EBONY, WHICH I'LL GET INTO SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE I DID AN UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF MY PEOPLE DON'T PLAY THERE. AND I MET SOME GOLFERS, AND WE'RE SPENDING $7.2 MILLION TO RENOVATE A USELESS GOLF COURSE UNDER THE GUISE OF THE WORKFORCE RESERVE CENTER. I LOOKED UP UP ON GOOGLE AND LOOKED UP AT ALL THE FANFARE THAT BAND OCTOBER, HOW THEY WAS GOING TO BE GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A WORKFORCE RESOURCE CENTER. NO ONE THE WORLD. DOES A WORKFORCE CENTER HAVE TO DO WITH GOLFING? OKAY, WELL, SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO IMPROVE THE GOLF WITHOUT UNDER THE GUISE OF THE RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH THE CLUBHOUSE IS GOING TO BUILD A CLUBHOUSE TWO STORY. THE FIRST STORY IS FOR THE GOLF, THE SECOND TOUR FOR THE RESOURCE CENTER, $7.2 MILLION. NOW, IF EVERYBODY WAS INTERESTED IN THE WORKFORCE RESOURCE CENTER, $7.2 MILLION CAN GO A LONG WAY TO GET THE YOUTH OF THE CITY WORKING AND TEACHING THEM AND TRAINING THEM GOOD JOBS, NOT FOR SOMEBODY'S GOLF COURSE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CLAIRE. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS DIANE TEETER REGARDING TAXES, BUDGET, AND HEALTH CARE. GOOD EVENING, DIANE TEETER. I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY VIEW OF THE CITY'S PROPOSED TAX RATE. FROM A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE STANDPOINT, ONE ROOTED IN MEMORY AND BY CURRENT EVENTS. IT WASN'T LONG AGO THAT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC UPENDED EVERY ASSUMPTION CITIES HAD ABOUT STABILITY. FEDERAL RELIEF KEPT ESSENTIAL SERVICES AFLOAT.

BUT THAT WAS A ONE TIME LIFELINE. SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN EXTREME WEATHER, WATER SECURITY CONCERNS, AND NOW HEALTH CARE CONCERNS. EFFECTIVE TODAY, THE FEDERAL FREEZING OF $9.8 BILLION IN MEDICAID FUNDING, INCLUDING THE COMPREHENSIVE HOSPITAL INCREASE

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THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WE WILL MOVE ON.

COUNCIL. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE UP THE ORDINANCES FIRST UNDER SECTION TEN, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE VISITORS HERE WITH THEIR EVENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. FIRST ITEM TEN A OF SECRETARY. READ THE CAPTION. YES, SIR. MAYOR, CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH ANNUAL KERMESSE TO BE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2026 AS DESCRIBED. LOCATED AT 216 NORTH 16TH STREET AT SACRED

[8. PUBLIC HEARING]

CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDED FOR THE TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL HCDA BRIDES MARCH TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2026 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 DANIEL GONZALEZ ON BEHALF OF HIDALGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS EVENT THAT WOULD LIKE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? NO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GREAT EVENT. EVERYBODY MAKE IT OUT. OCTOBER 24TH, 8 A.M. TO NOON. IT'LL BE HERE AT THE HIDALGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. RIGHT? JUST NOT FAR DOWN THE STREET. SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL MAKE IT OUT FOR THIS. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ONE WITH THE HEELS. TELL EVERYBODY BRING THEIR HEELS. IS THIS THE RIGHT ONE? NO, NO, THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE. THIS IS A BRIDES MARCH, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WHITE. WE'RE WHITE. YEAH. AND WHY DON'T WHY DON'T YOU WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? DON'T BE SHY. SO OCTOBER IS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. AND THIS WILL BE OUR SIXTH ANNUAL THERE AT THE DA'S OFFICE. WE MARCH FROM FROM THE ANNEX BUILDING ALL THE WAY TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE ON 107 NORTH 10TH STREET HERE IN EDINBURG. AND THIS REFERENCE TO A VICTIM BACK IN 1999, SHE WAS TRAGICALLY MURDERED BY HER EX-PARTNER, WHILE HER FIANCE OR HUSBAND TO BE WAS IN THE ALTAR. HE PRETTY MUCH THE EX PRETTY MUCH RANSACKED INTO HER HOME AND AND KILLED HER. SO WE'VE DONE THIS.

IT'S OUT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. HER NAME IS GLADYS RICART, AND Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN

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[A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Special Use Permit for On-]

REALLY, REALLY GREAT PROJECT FOR DOWNTOWN EDINBURG. SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I'M GLAD THEY'RE INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN EDINBURG. THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT RESTAURANTS. YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY SUPER EXCITED ABOUT OPENING. WE SHOULD BE OPENING UP WITHIN THE MONTH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT WE'RE WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND Y'ALL SUPPORT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY. SO THANK YOU ALL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS THERE. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM ARE THE ITEMS UNDER NINE. SECTION NINE PUBLIC HEARING ROUTINE ITEMS. AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE ITEMS WHERE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S VOTE ARE ALIGNED, AND THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO IN ESSENCE, THESE ITEMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE THE

[A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Comprehensive Plan]

SEEING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION ON ITEMS NINE, A AND B? SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM UNDER THE VARIANCE 11 A. NOW I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PULL THIS ITEM TO TABLE IT TO SO THAT IT COULD BE RECONSIDERED, BUT IF WE COULD, CAN I GET A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME

[B. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from]

[A. Consider the Variance Requests to the City’s Unified Development Code, Article 3, Table 3.102-3,]

BUT THEY ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. OKAY. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL. I THINK IT WAS A VOTE OF 5 TO 1. I KNOW STAFF'S WERE ALSO RECOMMENDING DENIAL. SO IT'S POSSIBLE THIS THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. LET ME ASK THIS. I KNOW MISS MCCLARTY ALREADY SPOKE ON THIS ITEM. WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS HERE TONIGHT THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT NECESSARILY THE APPLICANT, BUT ANYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE IF WE DO DECIDE TO TABLE THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE YOU COME BACK RIGHT. FOR THE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WE CAN HEAR YOU OUT. NOW, IF YOU HAD WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? I DID HAVE A QUESTION. I MAY I SAW THAT I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A HISTORY TO IT, BUT THE CURRENT. I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TODAY. THEY WANTED TO TO A VARIANCE TO MAKE A SOME LOT SMALLER IN ORDER TO MAKE OTHER LOTS LARGER. BUT IT DIDN'T SPECIFY NUMBERS. DO YOU HAVE THAT? NO. BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE

[00:55:04]

AND ONE OF THEM WAS TO ELIMINATE FIVE LOTS. THAT WAY THE REMAINING LOTS WOULD MEET CODE. THEY WERE IN NEED OF VARIANCE. THE OTHER, I GUESS, PROPOSAL THAT THEY WERE KIND OF CONSIDERING WAS GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAT, BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A RECORDED PLAT FOR THE SUBDIVISION. BUT SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE CHANGE OF, OF, OF THEIR OPINION AND THEY MIGHT PROCEED AS PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT. SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE A VOTE AND DENY THIS, IT MIGHT BEHOOVE THEM TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN. OR LIKE COUNCILMAN LOZANO SAID, THAT MAYBE GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE VARIANCE AT THAT POINT, THEN IT WOULDN'T NEED TO COME IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES, BUT WE HAVE NO MOTION ON ACTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, EITHER TO APPROVE OR DENY OR TO TABLE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY FOLLOWING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. MOTION TO DENY. IS THERE A SECOND? SO INSTEAD OF TABLING, YOU'RE GOING TO THERE'S A MOTION TO DENY. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. HEARING NONE. THERE'S NO SECOND. OKAY. MOTION CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON THAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTION? MAKE THE MOTION TO THE TABLE. MOTION TO TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY.

MOTION TO TABLE. AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR. YES, PLEASE.

THE APPLICANT IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK. ISIDRO FERNANDEZ REPRESENTING HLG PLAN REVIEW SERVICES AND BASICALLY THE. YES. LIKE MR. ACEVEDO MENTIONED, THE REQUEST FOR THE ITEM TO BE TABLED IS BASICALLY TO VISIT WITH STAFF AND GO OVER THE OPTIONS. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT UTILITIES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THAT WITH MR. CARMONA, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAD AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING. AND ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT WITH STAFF AND GO OVER SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE USEFUL FOR THE NEXT, NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING. THAT WAY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO WE'LL BE VERY PLEASED FOR THE ITEM TO BE TABLED TONIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? I GUESS MY QUESTION I HAVE IS IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A SOLUTION THAT NOT TO, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW OUR CODES, IS THERE IS THERE A POSSIBILITY, A SOLUTION FOR THAT? THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY, COUNCILMAN, IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE RULES, THE ELIMINATION OF THE FIVE LOTS WOULD BASICALLY BRING THE OTHERS INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION, THOUGH. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING IN THAT DIRECTION? THAT'S YOUR CONVERSATION. SURE. I'M NOT SURE. THIS ONE'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH. AS YOU SAW, WE INCLUDED A TIMELINE IN THE PACKET, AND IT'S GONE BACK AND FORTH QUITE A BIT OF TIMES IN THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. SO THEY ELIMINATE THOSE FIVE LOTS. THEY DON'T NEED A VARIANCE. THEY DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM US. IT APPEARED THAT THEY WOULDN'T NEED A VARIANCE AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE THEY WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A TOWNHOME LOT. OKAY, RIGHT. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION TO DENY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DO HAVE OPTIONS TO STICK TO CODE. SO I HOPE THAT THE MOTION WOULD KIND OF HELP FAST TRACK IT FOR THEM. HOPEFULLY WE COULD COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND NOT BRING THIS ITEM BACK. WE CAN JUST PULL IT PERFECTLY. AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED FOR TABLE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION TO TABLE AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES. ITEMS TABLED. NEXT ITEM IS 12 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IF THE CITY SECRETARY READ THE CAPTION CONSIDER RESOLUTION NOMINATING AZTECA MILLING L.P. LOCATED AT 501 WEST CHAPMAN STREET, FOR HALF ENTERPRISE PROJECT STATUS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR,

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SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE.

[A. Consider Resolution Nominating Azteca Milling, L.P., Located at 501 West Chapin Street, for Half]

MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A, B, AND C. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS OTHER BUSINESS. ANY OTHER BUSINESS PROPOSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL?

[13. CONSENT AGENDA]

[A. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Ten (10) Focus X2 Body Worn Cameras and Subscription]

[14. OTHER BUSINESS]

[15. EXECUTIVE SESSION]