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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION.
[Item 1 - Call Meeting to Order:]
IS NOW 5:33 PM AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.IT HAS BEEN POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AS ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
[Item 1a - Invocation- Commissioner Michael Mezmar]
YOU PLEASE STAND AS COMMISSIONER MESMER LEADS US IN OUR INVOCATION? DEAR GOD, PLEASE SHOW MERCY FOR THE SICK, THE SUFFERING, THOSE TRAVELING BY AIR LANDER SEA, THOSE WHO ARE IN JAILS AND IN PRISONS, THOSE HELD CAPTAIN.AND PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON ALL OF US.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
[Item 1b - Pledge of Allegiance]
ALLEGIANCE REACHES TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS, LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest: "Under State Law, a conflict of interest exists if a commission member, or certain members of that person's family, has a qualifying financial interest in an agenda item. Members with a conflict of interest cannot participate in the discussion nor vote on the agenda item. Are there any known conflicts of interest to disclose at the time?]
UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COMMISSIONER MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM.MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? I HAVE NONE.
[Item 3 - Announcements: With respect to items not listed elsewhere on this agenda, the City Commission may report on items of community interest, including announcing community events, announcing employee or community recognitions.]
OKAY.WE'LL COMMENCE WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS NOT LISTED ELSEWHERE ON THIS AGENDA, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, INCLUDING ANNOUNCING COMMUNITY EVENTS, ANNOUNCING EMPLOYEE OR COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR? YES.
[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements]
I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SOME THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED IN OUR COMMUNITY.A PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY, FORMER MAYOR CONNIE DE LA GARZA, AND ALSO MRS. GLORIA CANALES.
UH, JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT TO INVITE EVERYONE.
WE DO HAVE THE HARLINGEN MARATHON THAT'S HAPPENING ON SUNDAY, AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED, WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE.
I WISH THAT I COULD RUN THIS TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE INJURY THAT I HAD, I CAN'T.
BUT MY SON WILL BE THERE SUPPORTING HARLINGEN AND RUNNING, UM, AND HOPEFULLY ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WILL BE THERE RUNNING THE FULL MARATHON
WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, AGAIN, EXTEND A WARM INVITATION.
IT'LL BE FUN, A LOT OF FAMILY FUN AS WELL.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN RUNNING, YOU CAN ALSO WALK OR JUST HANG OUT AND ENCOURAGE ALL THE RUNNERS.
[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? UM, JUST THAT, JUST IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, THE FULL MARATHON, THERE'S ALSO A HALF MARATHON AND A 5K, SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO A LONGER DISTANCE THERE, WE HAVE SHORTER DISTANCES YOU CAN USE.WELL, YOU CAN WATCH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE
[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]
CITY COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, ANYTHING? UH, YES, MA'AM.FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS ATTENDED THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
WE WRAPPED UP COMMISSIONER MORALES'S LAST NIGHT, AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND, AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS SHOWN UP FOR THE COMMUNITY WALKS THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED TO DATE.
AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMMISSIONER MORALES'S DISTRICT HAD THEIRS ON SATURDAY MORNING.
SO A GOOD WAY TO WARM UP FOR THE MARATHON THE NEXT DAY.
AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES OUT TO THE FAMILY OF JAMES LE ARNOLD.
UH, HE WAS A LOCAL EDUCATOR AND AN AUTHOR.
HE WAS A UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VETERAN.
HE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE HARLING AND AMIGA LIONS CLUB.
SO OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS, HIS WIFE, JOY AND FAMILY, AND TO ESPECIALLY HIS, UH, LIONS COMMUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
[Item 4 - Presentation of Awards]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION OF AWARDS.AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AWARDS TO PRESENT,
[Item 5 - Citizen Communication: At this time, the public is invited to address the City Commission and speak on any matter not specifically listed for public hearing elsewhere in this agenda. Please note that the City Commission members may not respond to comments or deliberate on topics addressed.]
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM FIVE, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND
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TO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATE ON TOPICS ADDRESSED.WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS, STARTING OFF WITH MR. RAYMOND REYES, MR. REYES, UM, CITY COMMISSION, RAYMOND REYES, 7 0 6, UH, NANTUCKET DRIVE.
UH, BASICALLY IT'S KIND OF LIKE A REITERATION OF, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MENTION ALL THE TIME, JUST LIKE TO GET IT ON RECORD AND STUFF THAT WAY NOBODY'S LIKE, OH, WELL, IF THEY WOULD'VE SAID SOMETHING, THEN WE WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT.
I THINK THERE'S, UM, I LIKE ALWAYS POSITIVE, BUT OF COURSE, WITH THE POSITIVE IS ANYTHING ELSE, THERE'S NEGATIVE.
I THINK IF WE CONTINUE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, THEN WE WILL BE, WE'LL BE GOOD.
UM, I, MYSELF HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA ON A FESTIVAL THAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR SIDE OF, UH, THE WEST SIDE OF JACKSON STREET, AS I LIKE TO SAY.
WE'RE BRINGING IN THOSE ACTORS FROM SONIC THE HEDGEHOG.
IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE CITY ANYTHING.
WE GOT SPONSORS TO KIND OF FLIP THE BILL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE CORPORATE AMERICA TAKES ENOUGH AS IT IS FROM EVERYBODY.
SO WE'RE HAVING THEM HELP US OUT ALONG WITH OTHER SPONSORS.
UM, A LOT OF THE OWNERS ON THAT SIDE ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME OTHER EVENTS, AND AGAIN, HAVING CORPORATE SPONSORS AND OTHER SPONSORS FLIP THE BILL, UM, SPOKEN TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMMISSION SIDE THAT IF WE CAN UTILIZE THAT AND GO A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT WOULD SAVE SOME OF THE RESOURCES.
UM, SO WE CAN HAVE MORE MONEY TO DO MORE POSITIVE THINGS FOR THE CITY OF CARNAGEN AND THE CITIZENS IN GENERAL, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE IS SHOULD BE THE MAIN GOAL ALWAYS AND STUFF.
I BELIEVE, UM, YOU GUYS ARE ELECTED FOR A REASON AND EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK WITH WHAT THEY GOT, BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE CONSTANTLY REFINING, UM, WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND TRYING TO MINIMIZE ANY WAYS OR, OR MISUSE OF, UH, TAX DOLLARS, UH, THEN WE, WE SHOULD BE FINE AND STUFF, UH, STILL A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, EVEN THOUGH MY HOME WILL ALWAYS BE SAN ANTONIO, UH, DEAR TO MY HEART.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MORE GRANDKIDS POPPING OUT THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE IN, UH, IN THE VALLEY.
SO I PLAN TO, TO STICK AROUND.
AND, UH, I, I CAN'T ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GO TO OTHER PLACES AND VACATION FOR A WHILE, BUT I, I LOVE THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING ON AND JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS THAT, UH, WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF HARINGTON.
BUT AGAIN, NEVER TO LET OUR GUARD DOWN AND LET SILLINESS AND NONSENSE STEP UP BECAUSE, UM, LIKE MY FAMILY SAYS, I ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN CHECK, UH, AT ALL LEVELS.
I JUST THINK WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
OKAY, MAYOR, UH, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC, UH, REQUEST FROM MS. RE, BUT AT THIS TIME SHE HAS REQUESTED TO REMOVE IT, SO SHE NO TO SPEAK.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT, UH, PUBLIC CALL.
SO THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS MS. MELINDA WEAVER.
UM, THE, WE NORMALLY DO NOT READ, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THIS ONE WAS JUST SINCE SHE WAS HERE AT OUR TOWN HALL LAST NIGHT AND DID NOT GET AN, UM, A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON HER ITEM.
SHE WISHES FOR ME TO READ IT ONLINE.
SO, MS. MELINDA WEAVER, DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATION, UM, UM, SHE WISHES, EXCUSE ME, I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENT TO BE READ AT THE COMMISSIONER'S MEETING.
I, UM, HELD ON 7 18 23 CITY STAFF REQUESTED PERMISSION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT PERTAINING TO QUALIFYING PARK VICTOR PARK.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARD GRANT ON THE AWARDED GRANT.
HOWEVER, COMMISSIONER MORALES SAID, I WOULD LIKE THIS GRANT.
THE GRANT YOU ARE LOOKING AT GOES STRAIGHT TO VESTAL PARK, AND HE SAID, THIS AREA HAS NO CONCESSION STANCE, NOTHING.
I HEARD OTHER COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS VICTOR PARK, VESTAL AND THE SOCCER COMPLEX, NONE OF WHICH ARE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
WHILE I DO AGREE OUR PARKS NEED ATTENTION, I WOULD LIKE COMMISSIONER MORALES TO FOCUS ON PARKS IN HIS DISTRICT.
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ROYAL PARK DISTRICT TWO, DOES HAVE, DOES HAVE A COMMISSIONER ADVOCATING FOR HIS PARKS AND ALREADY SECURED OVER HALF A MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS.WE NEED REPRESENTATION AND DILIGENCE IN ADVOCATING FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
A ROYAL PARK HAS ONE TABLE, NO CONCESSION STANDS, NO FUNCTIONING WATER FOUNTAIN, MISSING BASKETBALL HOOPS AND NO SHADE.
THE PARK IS AJA IS ADJACENT TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
I RAISED MY CHILDREN HERE, SOFTBALL, LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL, SHARE CAMPS, BASEBALL COACHING.
MANY FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS WELL.
PLEASE PUSH FOR ROYAL PARKS IMPROVEMENTS AND SEEK OUT AVAILABLE GRANTS AHEAD OF TIME TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY'S GRANT WRITER.
AND SO, AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE WILL HEAR, I WANT THESE FUNDS TO GO TO ARROYO PARK REGARDING WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE JOINT, UH, THE JOINT HARD ENGINE WATER WORKS WORKSHOP.
WE HEARD FROM OUR DISTRICT'S REQUEST FOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON LIFT STATION NUMBER SIX AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE HARINGTON WATERWORKS TO GET IT WORKED ON.
PLEASE THINK AHEAD AND WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN THIS AREA TO ASSIST OR FUND THE REPAIR AND PLAN WITH LONG-TERM VISION AND FORESIGHT.
THE IMPACT OF ALL THE NEWER DEVELOPMENTS, SUCH AS THE APARTMENTS BEHIND NEAR HOME DEPOT, WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT OF THE LIFT STATION, HAS CAUSED EXPENSIVE DAMAGES TO OUR HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD ISSUES IN OUR AREA IN THE LAST 40 YEARS AFTER ALL THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION CAME IN.
DRAINAGE ALLOWANCES OR EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED, IF ANY, FELL SHORT OF IMPACT, CONSIDERATION TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
NOW, WHEN WE GET A BIT OF RAIN, OUR TOILETS DO NOT FLUSH, AND WE HAVE LOW WATER PRESSURE.
AND AT THE LAST, AT THE LAST HEAVY DOWNPOUR, THE SEWER BACKED UP AND CAME INTO OUR HOMES.
PLEASE ENSURE THIS AREA IS NOT FORGOTTEN.
I WANT YOU TO SPEAK UP FOR OUR AREA DURING THE PLANNING AND WATERWORKS MEETINGS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY, AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO DISTRICT FOUR, RESPECTFULLY AND WG.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS MAYOR.
[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes ]
MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, APPROVAL OF MINUTES AS WE SPECIAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 20TH, 2023, JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HARINGTON CITY COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HARINGTON CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT JANUARY 11TH, 2024.[Item 7 - Consent Agenda: No discussion is anticipated on any of the items in this section because they are routine business, were included in the budget adoption process, or have been previously discussed as a staff report or discussion item. These items will be considered collectively by a single vote, unless a commission member requests an item be removed from the consent agenda.]
ON TO ITEM SEVEN, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH H.IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE ANY THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED? COMMISSION SEVEN B, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF B? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ACT ITEM EIGHT, SEVEN STAFF REPORTS.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM SEVEN B RIGHT NOW.
ITEM SEVEN B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR STREET CLOSURES FOR THE DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN EVENTS TO BE HELD EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FROM SEVEN TO 10:00 PM COMMISSIONER, UH, JOSH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT AS I UNDERSTOOD, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHANGES TO THE DATES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS CALLED AND TOLD.
I GUESS YOU GUYS HAD A MEETING ON FRIDAY, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DATE CHANGES TO THIS AND THE, THE SIZE OF IT AS WELL, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, UH, WORKING ON THAT COMMISSIONER? UH, WE'RE STILL IRON, NOT THE, THE STREETS.
SO WE'RE GONNA EXPAND TO EXPAND A AND KEEP IT FROM ONE, UH, FIRST TO, UH, COMMERCE.
SO WHAT, THIS IS JUST A PATCH TO YOU BRING US THE NEW PLAN, CORRECT? RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST TO APPROVE IT SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE OTH OTHER STREETS.
JOSH IS THE ONLY CHANGE TO REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE CLOSURE ON JACKSON, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UM, IF, IF WE DO IT NOW, WE CAN PASS IT AND APPROVE IT ON THE SECOND READING, OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO BRING BACK AN ITEM FOR FIRST READING AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
SO, IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CHANGE IS, WE CAN HAVE THE COMMISSIONER MAKE THAT.
IT'S ADDING, UH, A STREET, ADDING A STREET EIGHT, THE NUMBER EIGHT, A APPLE LIKE ALPHA, THE LETTER A'S APPLE.
SO, AS I UNDERSTOOD, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY GONNA BE A STREET FROM
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VAN BUREN.IT WAS GONNA BE VAN BUREN, BUT JACKSON WOULD STAY OPEN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S JUST A STREET BETWEEN VAN BUREN AND JACKSON.
UH, JACKSON WAS GONNA STAY OPEN, CORRECT.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A STREET, UH, FROM JACK.
AND THEN FROM JACKSON TO, UH, BLOCK THE MAP THE STREET JUST NORTH OF IT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
OKAY, THEN I'LL, I'LL AMEND THE MOTION.
BUT ISN'T THE DATES GONNA CHANGE ALSO, AREN'T WE GONNA ONLY, IS IT GONNA BE SEASONAL NOW? YES.
BUT I KNOW, I THINK IF WE JUST, AS LONG AS YOU APPROVE IT, IT GIVES THEM OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THOSE.
BUT IT WILL, I THINK IT'S CHANGED.
I THINK IT'S CHANGING FOR, IT'S GONNA BE FOR MARCH TO OCTOBER.
BUT ARE WE'RE STILL HAVING AN EVENT IN, IN, IN FEBRUARY? WE'RE STARTING IN FEBRUARY, CORRECT.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE STREETS TO B AS WE STATED EARLIER, UH, A STREET FROM VAN BUREN TO JACKSON, AND THEN JACKSON TO THE STREET, JUST NORTH OF IT.
[Item 8 - taff Reports and Other Discussion Items: Items in this section are not expected to require action by City Commission and are generally for information only. However, any item listed in this section may become an action item with the request of the Mayor, or after request of any two Commission Members, or the City Manager.]
ON TO ITEM EIGHT, STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEMS IN THIS SECTION ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REQUIRE ACTION BY CITY COMMISSION AND ARE GENERALLY FOR INFORMATION ONLY.HOWEVER, ANY ITEM LISTED IN THIS SECTION MAY BECOME AN ACTION ITEM WITH THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR AFTER REQUEST OF ANY TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS OR THE CITY MANAGER.
[Item 8a - City Manager's Reports]
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? I I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, THING TO REPORT, BUT PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GONNA PROVIDE A PRESENTATION, UH, ON THEIR DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PROJECTS.[Item 8b - Staff Report - Parks & Recreation]
EVENING, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.UM, J MENDEZ, PARKS REC DIRECTOR.
UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION JUST TO JUST, UM, GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, PARKS AND REC, UH, OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, UNDER ADMINISTRATION, UM, WE HAVE THREE, UM, STAFF MEMBERS, OF COURSE, MYSELF, DIRECTOR, MY ASSISTANT, AND, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT $4.3 MILLION IN GRANTS.
UM, THESE ARE FROM CDBG, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BOARD, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND TXDOT THROUGH THE TASA, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, UM, SHE TAKES CARE OF THE PARK AND, AND PAVILION RENTALS, UM, AND PARK PERMITS.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 439, UH, ANNUAL PAVILION RENTALS AND PARK RENTALS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, THAT GENERATES ABOUT 63,000 IN REVENUES FOR, FOR THE RENTALS.
UM, SHE RECEIVES ABOUT 50, UH, CALLS A DAY, UH, ABOUT 13,000, UH, CALL CALLS ANNUALLY.
UM, AND ONE OF THE, THE NEEDS THAT WE WOULD REQUEST, OF COURSE, UH, LATER WOULD BE IS, UM, IS A, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OR A PART-TIMER, UH, WHICH WOULD BE YEAR ROUND.
UM, SINCE WE, SINCE WE LOST, UM, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WE USED TO SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, HAVING THE OFFICE OPEN DURING LUNCH.
AND SO NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WE SHUT DOWN FOR, FOR LUNCH, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, TO ME, I'D LIKE TO BE OPEN DURING LUNCH TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO, TO THE PUBLIC, UH, UNDER PARK MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO WE HAVE 26, UH, STAFF MEMBERS.
ONE IS A PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UH, ONE GROUNDSKEEPER, I MEAN, GROUNDS SUPERVISOR, UH, TWO MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, 18 GROUNDSKEEPERS, AND FOUR PART-TIME MAINTENANCE WORKERS.
UM, WE HAVE 24 PARKS, UH, TOTALING ABOUT 612 ACRES.
UH, WE ALSO MAINTAIN, UH, 19 BUILDINGS, UH, AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING, MOWING AND TRASH, UH, PICKUP.
UM, AS YOU SEE THERE, IT'S CA AUDITORIUM, UH, HUNTINGTON, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, OIL MILL, WIC, AND SO ON.
UH, SO THERE'S 19 BUILDINGS THAT WE MAINTAIN.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO MAINTAIN THE CANAL BANKS, UH, WHERE WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MAINTAIN LOOP 4, 9 9, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MAINTAIN ALL THE ISLANDS AND RIGHT OF WAYS, UH, WELL, NOT ALL OF 'EM.
THERE'S SOME ISLANDS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MAINTAIN 39 SPORTS FIELDS, UM, 22 MILES OF, UH, MULTI-USE TRAILS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 50 EVENTS THAT WE, UH, OFFER SUPPORT.
THOSE ALSO ARE, ARE INCLUDED IN, UM, OUR RECREATION,
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WHICH IS OUR CITY HOSTED EVENTS.UM, OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET FOR THAT DEPARTMENT IS 2.4 MILLION.
AND HERE IS A MAP THAT WE WERE, UH, WE, WE WERE WORKING ON WITH, UM, HEALTHY HAREN.
AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS ITES ALL THE, THE, THE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL THE TRAILS.
UM, AND SO ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS IS, SO IT, IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE A TRI-FOLD.
UM, SO ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS, THE BACKSIDE, IT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT AMENITIES ARE EACH PARK, UM, UM, THAT THERE'S RESTROOMS, PARKING, UH, WATER STATION AND SO ON.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS WITH HEALTHY HAREN.
UM, BUT THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HELPING US, UM, JUST BACKED OUT.
AND SO THIS IS ALL WE HAVE NOW.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP US FINISH IT.
UM, SO WE CAN HAND OUT TO, UM, OF COURSE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND, UH, THE VISITORS, UH, CENTER DOWN, UH, ON THE EXPRESSWAY.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILE OF TRAIL.
UM, OF COURSE, THIS IS AT, UH, CY HILL PARK.
UM, IT'S ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE BEHIND CASAD AND, AND AUDITORIUM.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A CONCRETE TRAIL, 10 FEET WIDE.
UM, SO WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL PLANS.
AND SO, UM, SO WE MOVED THE, WE SHIFTED THE TRAIL FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THAT SERVICE ROAD LEADING TO THE BACK TO THE WAREHOUSE.
WE MOVED IT TO THE WEST, TO THE EAST SIDE.
UM, IT ALSO MAKES IT SAFER FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, KEEPS 'EM OUT OF THE TRAFFIC, UH, AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, WITH THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS IS HELPING US RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE ALREADY LAID CALICHE DOWN.
UH, THERE'S, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE, THE AREA DOWN HERE BY WICHITA.
UH, THEY'RE APPLYING LIME, UH, STABILIZE THE SUBSOIL, AND THEN THEY'LL BE APPLYING THE CALICHE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE CONCRETE, UH, WORKING ON A BID FOR THE CONCRETE.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS, UH, DONE MAYBE THE END OF MARCH.
UH, SO THIS IS THE PARK AT, UM, VICTOR, VICTOR PARK, WHERE WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, UM, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO THESE ARE THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, IMPROVE, WHICH IS THE BASKETBALL COURT.
WE'RE GONNA FIX THE, THE SWIMMING POOL.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LIGHT THE THIRD BASE, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE ABLE TO BUILD A CONCESSION.
WE'RE GONNA ADD PARKING, AND THEN SOME, UH, NEW PICNIC AREAS.
UM, SO THIS IS, UM, $1.5 MILLION THAT WE, UM, UH, THE PROJECT WE RECEIVED, 750 FROM, UM, PARKS AND WA, PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
AND SO WE'LL, UH, HAVE TO PITCH IN THE REST.
SO WE'RE GONNA USE SOME OF THE CDBG MONEY THAT WE'VE HAD THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, TO HELP US WITH THE, UM, WITH OUR SHARE, OUR COST SHARE.
IF IT'S GREEN, IT'S ON, IT'S NOT OH, MY BAD.
WELL, ARE YOU READY? NO, IT'S STILL READY.
HEY, WHILE COMMISSIONER'S WORKING ON HIS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, CAN YOU TELL COMMISSIONER SMAR ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS PARK? I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS.
THE, THAT PART WHERE THE NEW PICNIC AREA, THE NEW BUTTERFLY GARDEN, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN.
SO THERE IS A, A, UM, A LITTLE BUTTERFLY GARDEN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ADD HERE, UM, TO THE PROJECT.
UH, AND WE DID THAT, OF COURSE, TO, TO GET, UH, TO GARNISH MORE POINTS.
UM, BUT THERE WILL BE A BUTTERFLY GARDEN BUILT THERE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SPLASH PAD.
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE RIGHT WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS, OR ON NORTH, OR WHERE'S, HOW, WHERE'S IT GONNA BE? SO, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE, THE RIGHT THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ALL THE DECKING.
WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ALL THE DECKING AROUND THE POOL.
AND THEN, SO, UH, OUR PLAN IS, IS TO PUT IT, UM, WITHIN WHERE THE DECKING IS GONNA WAS, WAS BEFORE.
SO WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ALL THE DECKING, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE IT.
WE'RE GONNA MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DECKING THAT THAT'S AROUND THE POOL, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THE, THE SPLASH PAD NEXT TO IT SO THAT WE CAN USE THE SAME WATER FROM THE POOL.
IT'LL SAVE US ON HAVING TO INSTALL A, UH, EITHER A, UH, A WATER RESERVOIR, UH, OR, UM, USE WATER THAT WE'RE GONNA OF COURSE LOSE.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE JUST GONNA USE THE SAME WATER FROM THE POOL TO FILTER THROUGH THE PUMP SYSTEM.
IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT THE MORE OR LESS, THE SAME SIZE AS THE OTHER ONE, OR WHAT THAT WE HAVE, UM, SMALLER, MORE OR LESS.
AND WHEN, WHEN DO YOU SEE IT? LIKE, WHEN DO YOU ENVISION IT BEING COMPLETED? SO,
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UM, SO WE NEED THE, THE CONTRACT.UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE CONTRACT FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE BEFORE WE, UM, ADVERTISE.
SO THEN WE HAVE TO HIRE, GO OUT FOR AND SOLICIT, UH, A CONSULTANT TO DO THE DESIGN.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE, YOU KNOW, THEY START DESIGNING.
SO THAT DESIGN IS PROBABLY GONNA TAKE, UH, A MINIMUM OF 90 DAYS.
UM, AND SO MY BEST GUESS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE NEXT YEAR IS WHEN WE, UM, PROBABLY COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
UM, SO OUR RECREATION, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, Y'ALL, Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL CLASSES GOING ON, UM, BOTH THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH SALU QUINTA.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE 19 EMPLOYEES THERE.
UM, ONE OF 'EM IS A FULL-TIME, UH, RECREATION SUPERVISOR, THE ONE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, WHICH IS TO QUINTA, UM, OUTREACH WORKER.
AND THEN WE HAVE 17 SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.
UM, THOSE ONES, UH, WE HIRE FOR THE SUMMER, UH, PLAYGROUND PROGRAM.
UM, SO OUR, OUR RECREATION CLASSES THAT, THAT WE HAVE, THAT ARE THROUGH THE CITY, THERE'S, UH, SIX, SIX PAID CLASSES.
SO WE HIRE INSTRUCTORS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE CLASSES.
UH, AND THEY INCLUDE BALLET, TAP, FENCING, SALSA COUNTRY, AND, UH, TAEKWONDO.
UH, AND SO THOSE, AGAIN, WE HIRE THE CON, THE, THE INSTRUCTOR, AND THEN WE DO A COST SHARE.
UM, WE PAY THEM 80%, AND WE KEEP 20% OF THE REGISTRATION.
UM, AND TO QUINTA, UM, WE HAVE 13 FREE CLASSES.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 16,920, UH, AVERAGE, UH, YEARLY USERS.
UM, AND THESE INCLUDES ZUMBA, UH, CHAIR, EXERCISE, STRETCH, UH, STRETCH AND TONE, PICKLEBALL, TABLE TENNIS, PILATES, UH, AQUA HIT YOGA, TRX, SPIN, WALKING, RUN, WALKING AND RUNNING CLUB, AND SWING DANCE.
AND THESE ARE ALL HELD, UH, GENERALLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SOMETIMES WE, WELL, WE HAVE TO MOVE THEM OVER TO THE CULTURAL ARTS, UM, OR WE HAVE 'EM OUTDOORS.
UH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE, UM, EVENTS THAT WE HOST, UH, THAT ARE THROUGH THE CITY.
UH, IT'S HALLOWEEN ON JACKSON.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN JACKSON ANYMORE.
IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, UH, TRAILS OF TREATS.
UM, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH FAIR MOVIES IN THE PARK, VIVA STREETS, LIGHTING OF THE ARROYO, UH, EASTER EGG HUNT, AND THEN THE LOGGER JOGGER.
UH, OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS, UH, OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR RECREATION IS 510,000 5 37.
AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES ATHLETICS.
UH, SO ATHLETICS FALLS UNDER THE RECREATION BUDGET.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL BRING THEM UP IN A BIT.
UH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE, SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, OUR SUMMER PLAYGROUND, THE HALLOWEEN, ACTUALLY, NOT HALLOWEEN.
UH, UH, TRAILS OF TREATS, MOVIES IN THE PARK, AR ROYAL LIGHTING, UH, THE EASTER EGG HUNT, WHICH WE HOST AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
VIVA STREETS, UH, WHICH IS, UH, AT LON HILL NOW.
SO ANDREA ATHLETICS, WE HAVE 11 EMPLOYEES.
UM, ONE OF 'EM IS THE ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR, AND THEN 10 SEASONAL, UH, EMPLOYEES.
AND THESE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES ARE TRACK, UM, COACHES, UM, AND TRACK, WHAT ARE THE ONES? IT'S TRACK COACHES AND THEN THE HELPERS, AND THE TRACK ASSISTANTS.
SO THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE THE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, OF COURSE, DURING THE SUMMER, UH, WE HAVE 11 CONTRACTS.
TWO, OUR ADULT LEAGUE CONTRACTS, NINE YOUTH LEAGUE CONTRACTS THAT, UH, THE ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR OVERSEES.
UM, OUR SUMMER TRACK PROGRAM IS 125 PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY.
UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, 22 STATE QUALIFIERS, UM, AND THEN FORT STATE MEDALIST, UM, THAT WE HAD, UM, THEY, THEY, UH, PARTICIPATED IN GAMES OF TEXAS, UH, WHICH THIS YEAR WAS, THIS PAST YEAR WAS HELD IN BROWNSVILLE.
UM, AND IT'LL BE HELD IN BROWNSVILLE AGAIN THIS, UH, COMING YEAR.
UM, OUR ADULT, OUR CITY ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE, WE HAVE 151 TEAMS PER YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE 21 TEAMS PER YEAR FOR THE CHURCH LEAGUE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL SEVEN AND SEVEN, UH, WHICH WE, ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE ABOUT 14 TEAMS. UM, THESE ARE OUR SCHOOLS AROUND THE AREA THAT PARTICIPATE IN, UM, IN FLAG
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FOOTBALL.UH, UNDER AQUATICS, UH, WE HAVE 33 EMPLOYEES.
UH, ONE IS THE AQUATICS SUPERVISOR, UH, SEVEN PART-TIME GUARDS.
AND THEN WE HAVE 25 SEASONAL GUARDS.
UM, UNDER THE AQUATIC FACILITIES, WE HAVE THREE, WHICH ARE THREE, THE THREE POOLS, LON SEA HILL, VICTOR PARK, AND PENDLETON POOL.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE TWO SPLASH PARKS, ONE'S AT LON SEA HILL PARK.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS AT THE, UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, NEXT TO THE, THE POOL.
UM, WE HAVE ONE ADULT, UM, AQUATIC PROGRAM, WHICH IS WATER AEROBICS.
AND THEN WE HOST, UH, SOME EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, AT THE POOLS, WHICH IS A TRIATHLON, UH, A DUATHLON.
UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, WE PROVIDE, UM, PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND BORDER PATROL, UH, WATER SAFETY TRAINING.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE HARINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH DOES THEIR, UH, WATER SAFETY TRAINING AS WELL.
UH, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET FOR AQUATICS IS $527,202.
WE HAVE, UH, OF COURSE, TENNIS PRO, ONE FULL-TIME, UH, CLERK, AND ONE PART-TIME, UH, ASSISTANT.
UH, WE'VE, UM, WE HAVE SCHOOL MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING.
UM, AND, UM, THE, UM, RAM RAMIRO, UH, CUEVAS HAS BEEN DOING A REAL GOOD JOB, UH, PROMOTING THAT AND TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE, THE SCHOOLS, UM, TO, UM, TO GET A MEMBERSHIP THROUGH THE CITY.
AND SO WE'VE HAD HARLINGEN,
UM, AND SO, UH, THIS INCLUDES THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR HIGHS FOR A TOTAL, FOR A TOTAL OF 14, UH, TOTAL SCHOOLS.
UH, WE'VE INCREASED THE TOURNAMENTS THAT WE'VE HOSTED AT THE HEB TENNIS CENTER.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, NINE TOURNAMENTS FROM JULY, UH, 2023 TILL, TILL NOW, UH, TILL JANUARY, 2024.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, A TOTAL OF THREE FREE CLINICS AT THE, UH, AT THE, THE, THE CENTER.
UM, AND WE HAVE ON AVERAGE, UM, ABOUT 900 USERS PER MONTH.
UM, AND SO THAT'S INCREASED, UH, QUITE A BIT, UH, FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
UM, AND SO WHEN RAM FIRST STARTED, WE WOULD SEE ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 75, UM, PARTICIPANTS PER, PER WEEK, UM, AND ALMOST DOUBLED.
SO HE'S DOING A REAL GOOD JOB PROMOTING THE, THE CENTER.
OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR TENNIS IS 202,609.
UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, WHICH IS I THINK A REALLY BIG DEAL, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE WAC, UH, TOURNAMENT, UH, HERE IN HAREN.
AND SO, UM, I THINK HE MENTIONED IT WAS 13 SCHOOLS THAT WERE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN THIS WAC TOURNAMENT FROM, FROM, UM, ALL OVER.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE VISITING.
WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE HOTELS.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO JAVIER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, UM, THE HILTON AS, UH, MAYBE THE HOST HOTEL, AND WE CAN BLOCK SOME ROOMS. UM, BUT, UM, AND HE'S ALREADY GIVEN US THOSE RATES, AND WE, SO WE SHARED THEM WITH U-T-R-G-V.
UM, SO ANYWAY, WE'RE HAVING THESE, THESE, UH, LOGISTICAL MEETINGS WITH THEM, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY.
IT'S APRIL, UM, I BELIEVE 12, 13TH, AND 14TH.
I, JAVIER, HAVE YOU HAVE, UH, ASK CASSANDRA TO HELP YOU WITH, UH, SOME OF THE HOTELS FOR THAT PARTICULAR TOURNAMENT? YES, SIR.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, CHRISTINA GARCIA, UH, TO HELP US, UH, PROMOTE IT.
AND, UM, SO WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING WITH THEM.
WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, UH, WITH THE, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE, UH, AND WITH STICK.
WE HAD A MEETING, UH, LAST WEEK WITH THEM TO GO OVER SOME OF THE, THE SAFETY ISSUES.
HEY, HAVE YOU COULD, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WAC IS, COULD YOU GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL FOR THAT? SO IT'S THE WESTERN, WESTERN ALLIANCE, WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.
UH, SO THEY HAVE THESE ALL OVER, UM, THE DIFFERENT SPORTS.
AND SO, UM, SO OURS, OF COURSE, IS TENNIS.
THAT'S A CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, BROOKLYN VALLEY.
UH, I WANNA SAY NORTH TEXAS IS PART OF IT TOO.
THE QUESTION IS, WHEN IS THE, UH, TOURNAMENT? THE TOURNAMENT? I BELIEVE IT'S THE 12, 13TH AND 14TH, APRIL 12, 13TH AND 14TH.
I'M LIKE SUPER PUMPED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING LIKE THE BIG 12 OR THE S SEC C MM-HMM.
THEY'RE GONNA BROADCAST IT ON ESPN.
THAT'S, THAT'S SUPER EXCITING.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK U-T-R-G-V AND I YET FOR REALLY SPEARHEADING
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THIS.YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.
WE WE'RE, UM, EXCITED ABOUT THAT AT, UM, SO THIS ARE, THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE, UH, TENNIS CENTER.
UH, OF COURSE THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S AN AERIAL THAT WE HAVE OF ALL THE, THE 14 COURTS.
UM, AND, UM, SO WE, WE RECENTLY, UM, I DUNNO, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, WE RESURFACED ALL OF 'EM.
UH, WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM HEB, UH, TO RESURFACE ALL OF THE COURTS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO REPLACED NETS, UM, ON ALL THE QUARTS.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE, SOME SHADE.
UH, WE'RE ADDING SOME SHADE OUT THERE.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, BUT THEY'RE LIKE BASKETS AT THE END OF THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, NET, UH, I THINK WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR BALLS AND YOUR, YOUR RACKETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, RAM'S DOING A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB, UM, OF MAKING, MAKING ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THERE, AVI.
UH, I ASKED YOU THIS A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
IS, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET SOME SIGNAGE OUT ALONG MORGAN SHOWING THAT IT'S THERE? BECAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT.
WE HAVE A MATTER OF FACT, WE, UM, WE MET WITH, UH, FAST SIGNS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A, A, A SIGN PUT UP.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.
OF COURSE, WE WANNA GET IT UP BEFORE, UM, THE WAC TOURNAMENT.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS INSIDE, UH, PLAYING FOOSBALL, OR NOT FOOSBALL, BUT, UH, TABLE TENNIS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A GROUP DOWN IN THE BOTTOM, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE, ONE OF THE FREE CLINICS THAT THEY HAD.
UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INSTRUCTORS PROVIDING THE CLASSES TO THE YOUNG KIDS THERE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE SUMMER, UH, CLASS THAT WE HAD.
UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT, UH, I WANTED TO, UH, GO OVER AND COVER, UH, ON, ON PERSONNEL.
UM, WE, AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO, UH, REQUEST A YEAR ROUND, UH, PART-TIME OFFICE CLERK.
UM, SO WE'RE ESTIMATING IT'S GONNA BE 16,000 PLUS RETIREMENT.
UM, THE, UH, SIX FULL-TIME GROUNDSKEEPERS.
UH, AS YOU, AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS, UH, AND PARKS THAT WE MAINTAIN.
UM, AND SO THAT'LL BE, UH, ON AVERAGE ABOUT 31,588 TIMES SIX EMPLOYEES.
AND SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THAT IN RED, BUT, UM, WE WANNA CREATE A, UH, THREE MAN ATHLETIC, UH, FIELD MAINTENANCE CREW.
SO ALL THEY WOULD DO IS JUST MAINTAIN THE FIELDS, ALL THE SPORTS FIELDS.
SO THAT'S ALL THEY WOULD BE DOING.
WE'D BUY 'EM SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO, UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE GROUND KEEPERS HAVING TO MOW AND MAINTAIN AND MANICURE THE, THE SPORTS FIELDS.
I THINK WE CAN, I THINK IF WE CAN MAKE 'EM LOOK REALLY NICE IF WE DID THAT.
UM, AND SO THREE OF THOSE, UM, OUT OF THE SIX EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE REQUESTING WOULD BE THAT CREW.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO, TO, UH, PUT IN THERE HOR HORTICULTURIST.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE SORT OF LIKE A JUNIOR, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SALARY.
BUT WE THINK THAT WE COULD SHARE, UM, THE, UM, HIS EXPERIENCE OR HIS, HIS, UM, ABILITIES WITH THE GOLF COURSE, RIGHT? SO HE'LL BE HELPING US WITH, UM, SCHEDULING, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, UM, THE HERBICIDE, THE, THE, UH, WHAT'S THE AERATING, AERATING, AND THEN THE FERTILIZING.
AND SO, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WOULD EITHER BE A HE OR A SHE.
DID I, DID I SAY HE? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
UM, AND SO WITH, WITH THAT CREW THAT WE WANNA, WE WANNA HIRE, UM, THE, THE NEW CREW FOR THE FIELD MAINTENANCE, WE WOULD NEED A, UH, TRAILER.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD, UH, INCLUDE THE, UM, A MOWER AND THEN OF COURSE VEHICLES.
UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, REALLY, REALLY OLD AND HAVE A LOT OF MILES.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 2006 WITH THE 137,000 MILES.
UH, WE HAVE DEPRECIATION ON THAT.
SO THAT'S 16,000 THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN DEPRECIATION THAT CAN GO TOWARDS THE, UM, THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO, 2006 WITH 109,000.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 2003 WITH 171,000.
UM, SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WE'VE TAKEN TO THE SHOP, UH, FOR, FOR PM.
AND SO, UM, THEY'VE TOLD US THE, THE HEAD MECHANIC OR FLEET MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULDN'T, UH, WANT US TO PUT ANY MORE MONEY INTO 'EM, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE, UM,
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THEY JUST HAVE TOO MANY MILES.THERE'S TOO MUCH, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
UM, SO, UM, WE WANNA PUT IN FOR, FOR SOME VEHICLES, UH, SOON.
AND THEN, UH, EQUIPMENT FOR, FOR GROUNDS, WE, WE, UM, LIKE TO REQUEST SIX, UM, GAS ZERO TURN MOWERS.
THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY OLD.
UM, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE, UM, PROBABLY 10 YEARS OLD THAT ARE DIESEL.
UM, THE MOTORS ARE GOING STRONG, BUT THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE, UM, EQUIPMENT, UH, OR THE, UM, I SHOULD SAY THE, THE DECK AND EVERYTHING ELSE ARE, ARE REALLY BAD SHAPE.
SO, UM, LITTLE BY LITTLE ARE, ARE NEW.
UM, UH, PARK SUPERINTENDENT IS REPLACING SOME OF THE PARTS AND TRYING TO GET US A FEW MORE, UM, MONTHS OR YEARS OUT OF 'EM.
AND SO, UH, HE'S WORKING ON, ON THOSE.
THE, UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO REPLACE THE, THE WING MOWER, UM, ATTACHMENT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW IS OUR CREWS, UH, AND IT'S NOT VERY EFFICIENT, BUT OUR CREWS ARE MOWING LARGE OPEN SPACES WITH THE ZERO TURNS.
THEY'RE 72 INCH ZERO TURNS, RATHER THAN MOWING IT WITH THE 18 FOOT, UH, BAT WING.
UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS DOWN, IT, IT, UM, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL REPAIRS TO IT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA BUY A OFFSET MOWER, UM, WHICH, UH, WE WOULD USE FOR THE TRAILS.
UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, ANOTHER 1.6 MILES OF TRAIL ON THE ARROYO, UH, WE WANNA BUY A, UM, AN OFFSET JUST A DECK.
WE, WE ALREADY HAVE THE TRACTOR, UH, BUT WE JUST WANNA BUY THE, THE DECK FOR IT.
UM, AND SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT COMES OUT, UH, ABOUT SIX FEET OUT FROM THE EDGE OF THE TRACTOR, AND IT WILL MOW THE EDGES OF THE TRAIL.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO WANNA BUY A HYDRO CEDAR, UM, SO WE COULD USE IT, UH, GOLF COURSE COULD USE IT, PUBLIC WORKS CAN USE IT.
UM, AND SO WHAT IT IS, IS, UM, IF WE, IF WE GO IN THERE AND WE DO ANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO ANY OF THE PARKS, UH, OR IF WE WANNA OVER SEED DURING THE OFF SEASONS, WE CAN USE THIS HYDRO CER TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO INSTEAD OF HIRING SOMEBODY, WE CAN DO IT IN HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN THE, WE WANTED TO BUY A EIGHT FOOT REEL MOWER, WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE NEW ATHLETIC FIELD CREW.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO, IS THAT I CHECKED WITH JEFF FROM THE GOLF COURSE, AND I ASKED HIM IF, IF HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BUY A REAL MOWER FOR THE SPORTS FIELDS.
AND HE SAYS, YES, THAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO.
UM, SO WE PRICED ONE, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT HE HAS FOR THE FAIRWAYS, UH, AND IT'S 66,000.
WHAT'S A REAL MO MO MOWER? SO THE REAL MOWER IS, IS, UH, THE BLADES SPIN.
I'M NOT SURE YOU REMEMBER THE OLD MOWERS THAT YOU WOULD PUSH, RIGHT? IT'S LAWN MOWER.
AND SO THEY JUST SPIN THEIR, AND THEY'RE BLADES, AND SO THEY, THEY'RE BLADES THAT GO AGAINST EACH OTHER.
UM, AND IT, IT MAKES A, A CLEANER CUT.
UH, AND YOU CAN GET THE, THE CUT A LITTLE LOWER, REAL LOWER PHONES.
CAN, CAN'T YOU BORROW THE ONE THAT THE GOLF COURSE HAS NOW TO USE IN YOUR PARKS? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD, IF THEY WOULD LEND IT TO US, BUT, WELL, THAT'S NOT HIS CHOICE.
I MEAN,
WELL, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, 18, ONE THROUGH 18 IS DOWN 'CAUSE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR NOW IN THE INTERIM.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.
SO 66 SOUNDS BETTER THAN PERHAPS 80 TOMORROW.
SO TOTAL, UM, UH, NEEDS, UH, WE CAME UP WITH 588,561.
UM, THESE ARE UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LIGHT THE THIRD SOCCER FIELD AT VESTAL, UH, WITH THE GRANT.
WE WANNA CONSTRUCT A WALKING TRAIL AT VESTAL.
UM, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, OF COURSE, TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
WE'RE GONNA USE, UM, OF COURSE, CDBG MONEY AS OUR MATCH, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE WANT TO, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED AND WE'VE ALREADY HAVE, UH, IN, IN OUR INVENTORY, THE, UM, UH, SHADES FOR THE OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
UH, YOU, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME AT, UH, SEVERAL OF THE PARKS, VILLE MCKELVY, UH, AND SO WE WANTED TO PUT SHADES OVER THOSE.
UM, AND SO WE PURCHASED THOSE.
WE JUST, UM, HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO INSTALL THOSE.
UH, WE WANNA COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, THE TRAIL AT CY HILL DESTINATION PARK.
UM, WE WANNA REPAIR THE FIELDS AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
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UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GONNA INSTALL FENCING AROUND THE FIELDS AT VICTOR PARK, WHICH IS PART OF THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PARKS AND WILDLIFE LIGHT.THE THIRD FIELD AT VICTOR PARK, UH, UH, CONSTRUCT A CONCESSION STAND, REPLACE THE PLAYGROUND AT VICTOR.
UH, ALL THESE ARE PART OF THE GRANT, RENOVATE THE, THE POOL AND ADD THE SPLASH PAD, AND THEN CONSTRUCT A BASKETBALL COURT WITH LIGHTING, UH, AT VICTOR AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA INSTALL, UH, AERIAL LIGHTING ON THE, UH, TRAIL ON THE AR, HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, WHICH WE DID.
WE DID, WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT FROM, UH, TDOT, UH, TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S TO LIGHT THE ENTIRE TRAIL FROM MCKELVY ALL THE WAY TO DIXIELAND.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA INSTALL, UH, EMERGENCY CALL STATIONS ALONG THE WAY, UM, AS WELL.
ALL THAT'S GONNA BE SOLAR, UH, POWERED.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ARE GONNA CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR PHASE THREE AND PHASE FOUR OF THE, UH, HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL EXTENSION.
THAT'S ALSO A GRANT THROUGH TXDOT, UM, AND, UH, COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS AND APPLY FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE KAYAK LAUNCH.
UM, RIGHT NOW, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, WE'RE DESIGNING THE, THE KAYAK LAUNCH PROJECT.
UM, AND SO AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE, WE WANT TO TURN AROUND AND APPLY FOR CONSTRUCTION MONEY, UH, TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT.
WILL THOSE LIGHTS THERE ON THE ROYAL COLORADO TRAIL BE OKAY? WHEN WE HAVE THE FLOODS AND THAT WATER GETS PRETTY HIGH? UM, YES.
UM, SO, UH, THE, THE, THE POLE OR THE FOUNDATION'S NOT GONNA BE ELEVATED TOO HIGH, RIGHT? SO IT'S GONNA COME OUT ABOUT SIX INCHES OUTTA THE GROUND, AND THEN THE POLE WILL COME UP.
SO, UM, BUT, UM, WE WILL, UM, OF COURSE HAVE TO WATCH, WATCH OUT FOR THOSE, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAPPENS TO 'EM.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY CHECKED WITH IBWC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH, WITH DOING THAT, PUTTING THOSE, THOSE, UM, STRUCTURES THERE.
AND THEY SAID, YES, AS LONG AS IT'S FOR SAFETY, UM, THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
HAVE YOU, UH, CONSULTED WITH TEXAN PARKS AND WILDLIFE, OR ANY BIOLOGISTS OR ANTHOLOGIST? HOW WILL LIGHTING AFFECT THE BIRD LIFE AND THE RIPARIAN LIFE ALONG THE ARROYO? SO THESE LIGHTS, UH, WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT CHECKED WITH TXDOT OR, I MEAN, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, OR US FISH AND WILDLIFE.
UH, BUT WHAT THESE LIGHTS DO IS OF COURSE, THEY WILL, UM, DIM, UM, UNTIL YOU WALK BY AND IT'LL TURN ON.
UM, AND SO, UM, OF COURSE THERE IS A, A, UH, CURFEW FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, THE TRAIL.
UM, AND SO IF THERE'S NOBODY THERE, THEN OF COURSE THE LIGHTS WILL BE ABOUT 30%, UH, LIT.
SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST CONSULTING.
BECAUSE A BIRD WATCHING HERE IS BIG.
WE EVEN HAVE A FESTIVAL FOR IT.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA BE DISTURBING THE RIPARIAN LIFE WILL DO.
JAVIER, I ALL, THIS IS GREAT FESTIVAL, VICTOR LON SEA HILL, BUT AS THE LADY IDENTIFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THERE'S SMALL PARKS LIKE ARROYO, LIKE HUNTER PARK IN DISTRICT ONE.
WE NEED 'EM THROW A BONE TO THEM ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO, UM, ON HUNTER, UM, I KNOW LORRAINE, UM, SHE'S, UH, APPROACHED ME.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO WHEN WE GOT THE GRANT FROM CDBG WAS TO PUT FENCING IN THE FRONT.
AND SO, UH, OF COURSE, WHEN WE GOT THE, WHEN WE BID OUT THE PROJECT, IT WAS, IT WAS OVER BUDGET.
UH, SO WHAT WE DID WAS OUR, OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UM, HAD GONE OUT AND GOT PRICING FOR THE MATERIAL.
AND SO HE'S ALREADY PURCHASED IT, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WORK IN HOUSE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE INSTALLED THE PLAYGROUND.
WE DID PUT A WATER FOUNTAIN, AND THEN WE DID IMPROVE THE, UM, UM, PICNIC AREA.
UM, I KNOW THAT ANOTHER THING SHE WAS ASKING FOR IS LIGHTING.
AND SO WE'VE MADE CONTACT WITH A EP TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD ANOTHER SECURITY LIGHT THERE.
AND COMMISSIONER, ONE OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER ALSO IS THAT WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE COMMISSION THAT FUTURE GRANTS THAT WE APPLY FOR, WE NEED TO COME TO THE COMMISSION TO GET AUTHORIZATION TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT 'EM, TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A PARK THAT YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON.
SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AND CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
BUT, UH, SO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THE, THE LADY MENTIONED, UM, IN THE LETTER WAS THERE WAS NO CONCESSION.
SO THERE'S THE CONCESSION AT, UH, ROYAL PARK.
UM, THE, THE, PROBABLY WHAT WE WANNA DO IS THERE'S ONLY TWO OUT OF THE THREE FIELDS THAT ARE LIT WITH SPORTS LIGHTING.
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WE PROBABLY WANT TO ADD THAT THIRD FIELD AND LIGHT THAT ONE WITH SPORTS LIGHTING.UM, BUT THERE IS RESTROOMS, THERE IS A CONCESSION.
I WASN'T HERE WHEN IT WAS BUILT, BUT, UH, PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO.
UH, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THAT PARK.
I KNOW WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE FOR THAT EVENT, UM, I, I KEPT ASKING, I ASKED YOU WHERE THE RESTROOMS OR MOBILE RESTROOMS WERE, BECAUSE THE RESTROOMS AT THAT PARK ARE NOT, IN MY OPINION, WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW FOLKS THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO I WONDER AS A, AS A, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION, MAYBE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE RESTROOMS REALLY IN ALL OF THE PARKS.
'CAUSE THEY ALL COULD USE SOME HELP.
AND I KNOW MONTHS AGO I SENT YOU SOME, SOME, SOME PICTURES WE SH UH, WITH MURALS AND MADE, REALLY MADE THEM LOOK NICE.
I WONDER IF WE COULD PROBABLY UTILIZE FOLKS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY OR STUDENTS, UH, FOR, TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE.
I THINK YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LIKE A HAWKS AND CARDINAL THEME IN, IN ONE OF THE PARKS, UH, BUT ALSO THE, OBVIOUSLY THE EXTERIOR, BUT REALLY THE INTERIOR, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN, UH, ESPECIALLY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THESE TOURNAMENTS AND, AND THESE TYPES OF EVENTS WE WANT FOR FOLKS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, THAT THEY'RE RESTROOMS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHY WE ALL GO TO BUCKY'S.
AND THAT OTHER PLACE WITH THE BEEF JERKY ON THE, OH, PRE SIX.
AND, AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WALK IN AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, FULLY OPERATIONAL AND HAVE THINGS LIKE SOAP
WELL, AND, AND I, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE HAVE THESE CONTRACTS, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE ITEMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
SO HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT LOOK PRESENTABLE SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO MAINTAIN.
RIGHT? AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS, UH, PERCENTAGE WISE, BUT I ASKED OUR, OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT TO, UM, TO BUY PAINT AND TO PAINT ALL THE BUILDINGS, ALL THE RESTROOMS, AND THEN TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FIXTURES, RIGHT? SO WHATEVER FIXTURES WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT, WE REPLACE THEM.
UM, I KNOW THAT HE CALLED ME, UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, UH, WANTED TO MEET AT Q RAMSEY BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE VERY DIRTY THERE AND THEY'RE STAINED.
AND SO WHAT HE'S GONNA DO IS HE'S GONNA BUY NEW URINALS, UH, NEW COMMODES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GO WITH, UM, THE CERAMIC ONES JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEANER.
UM, THEY'RE, UM, UH, THEY LOOK, YOU KNOW, BETTER, UH, THAN THE STAINLESS STEEL.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STAINLESS STEEL, THEY STILL GET STAINED.
UM, AND SO, SO HE'S ALSO WENT OUT AND, AND, UM, WE PURCHASED, UM, HAND SOAP DISPENSERS FOR ALL THE, ALL THE RESTROOMS. AND SO THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED THOSE.
UM, AND SO HE IS CHECKING THE LIGHTING AND ALL OF 'EM.
AND SO HE'S, HE'S SPRUCING UP ALL THE RESTROOMS. UM, AND SO AGAIN, I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH PAINTING ALL OF 'EM BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW HE KEPT ON BUYING BUCKETS AND BUCKETS OF PAINT.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAPPY.
'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF, IT'S A, A REPEATED, UH, CONCERN FOR ESPECIALLY PARENTS WHEN THEY GOT THEIR KIDS PLAYING OUT IN THOSE FIELDS.
BUT, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ARTISTS TO HELP SPRUCE IT UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE EXTERIOR ONCE YOU HAVE THEM GOOD TO GO.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN.
I WAS TALKING TO JETTE ON THE WAY WALKING IN AND, AND HE BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT POINT IS THAT WE'RE, WE JUST GOT THAT GRANT, UH, TO DO OUR 10 YEAR PLAN FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF HARLEM, THE TO PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON EACH COMMISSIONER TO THINK OF WHAT THEY WANT, AT LEAST SPECIFICALLY ON PARKS, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC NOW, WHAT DO THEY WANT AT EACH OF THEIR PARKS? RIGHT? LIKE DISTRICT FIVE NEEDS PARKS, JUST IN GENERAL, I WAS GONNA SAY, NEEDS TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME, RIGHT.
BUT, UH, LIKE VICTOR PARK'S HUGE, RIGHT? AND SO I'M LOVING A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT JAVITA HAS BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH HARLAN AND VICTOR PARK IS WHAT YOU SEE, RIGHT? SO IF IT'S IN BAD SHAPE, IT MAKES THE WHOLE CITY LOOK LIKE IT'S IN BAD SHAPE, RIGHT? SO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GREEN GRASS, IT JUST GOES LIKE SUCH A LONG WAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT EVERYONE START, YOU KNOW, SHARPENING YOUR PENCILS.
AND, UH, SO THAT WHEN WE DO THIS, WHEN DO WE PLAN ON DOING THAT? THAT WHOLE PLAN? PROBABLY IN THE SUMMERTIME.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS HAD IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WE JUST GOT THAT GRANT AWARDED.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD BE STARTING, WE GOTTA GO OUT FOR RQS FIRST FOR CONSULTANTS.
ONCE, UH, THE FUNDING AGENCY GIVES US
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A GREEN LIGHT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH.AND THEN IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
BUT YOU, THEY'LL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE AMENDMENTS TO IT OR CHANGES.
BUT YEAH, IF YOU JUST KEEP US LOOPED IN, 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD WANNA PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THAT.
THIS WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.
THE ONLY COMMENTS I CAN MAKE IS NEXT TIME A LITTLE SHORTER.
GAVE YOU 15 AND YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION
BUT YOU SET THE STAGE FOR THE REST OF THE DEPART, THE DEPARTMENTS.
OH GOD, NO, THAT, THAT ONE TAKES A CAKE.
[Item 9 - Public Hearings: At this time, the Mayor will invite members of the public who have filled out the Public Hearing and the Citizen Communication Form to address each item listed in this section. Please limit your comments to the topic of that public hearing. If more than one public hearing is being held, you will be allowed to speak during each topic, provided you have filled out the Public Hearing and Citizen Communication Form for the appropriate topic. If you are signed up for two (2) or more Public Hearings, you will be limited to 5 minutes for all topics.]
ON TO ITEM NINE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM.
TO ADDRESS EACH ITEM LISTED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE TOPIC OF THAT, OF, TO THE TOPIC OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
IF MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK DURING EACH TOPIC, PROVIDED YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM FOR THE APPROPRIATE TOPIC.
IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR TWO OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL TOPICS.
SO MELINDA, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, MA'AM, WE DO NOT.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL CLOSE, OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEMS NINE A AND B.
[Item 10 - Action Items: City Commission will discuss, consider, and take any action deemed necessary on items listed in this section, including the adoption of a minute order, a resolution or an ordinance.]
ITEM 10, ACTION ITEMS CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY ON ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF A MINUTE, ORDER, A RESOLUTION, OR AN ORDINANCE.ITEM 10, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
TO ALLOW A PARKING LOT IN A RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY.
M TWO DISTRICT LOCATED AT 2101 SOUTH 23RD STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT SIX BLOCK
[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to Cardiac Building Inc. to allow a parking lot in a Residential, Multi-Family ("M- 2") District located at 2101 S. 23rd Street, bearing a legal description of Lot 6, Block 21, Treasure Hills Subdivision Unit 2. (Planning &Development)]
21 TREASURE HILL SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION, UNIT TWO MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.SO WE HAVE A, A PROPOSED A PARKING LOT FOR THE HEART CLINIC ON HANE AND, AND NET CARRY.
THAT'S THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED A PARKING LOT IN A, IN A LOT THAT THEY PURCHASED ALONG 23RD STREET.
WE HAD THE SAME REQUEST BACK IN 2022.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE HEART CLINIC RIGHT HERE.
AND THE, THE, THE PARKING LOT THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2022 WAS THIS ONE.
AND NOW THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE NEXT LOT TO DO ANOTHER PARKING LOT BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE A PARKING NEED, PARKING NEEDS FOR THE CLINIC.
SO THAT'S THE PRO THE PROPERTY THAT THEY PURCHASED, THE HOUSE THAT WAS THERE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED TO MAKE ROOM FOR A SECOND PARKING LOT FOR THE CLINIC.
ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE ALLEY, THIS IS THE PROJECT FROM 2022 COMPLETED, BUT THEY STILL NEED MORE PARKING.
UH, DURING THE PLANNING AND SUNNY COMMISSION MEETING, UH, THAT WE HAVE ON 20 JANUARY 24TH, HE CAME TO LIGHT THAT SOME OF THE CONDITIONS FROM 2022 WERE NOT, UH, COMPLIED WITH, WHICH IS THE LANDSCAPING AND THE BOUNDARY FENCE.
UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY I WENT TO THE SITE AND I TOOK PHOTOS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE DAY AFTER THE PLANNING AND AN NEW COMMISSION MEETING.
AND SO THEY, SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE DONE SOME LANDSCAPING.
THEY PUT NEW GRASS, NEW TREES.
SO YOU HAVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER.
SO THIS PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS FROM, FROM THIS MORNING.
AND THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE, THE DAY AFTER THE PNC MEETING.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF, UH, LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED WITH THE LANDSCAPING.
AND THEN IN, IN TWO WEEKS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THE BOUNDARY FENCE, UH, BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPING AND THE PARKING.
SO PLANNING AS SONY COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS, BUT THEY ADDED THAT THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PENDING FROM THE FIRST PROJECT THAT THEY NEED TO, UH, COMPLY WITH BEFORE WE ISSUE THE PERMIT FOR THE NEW PARKING LOT.
OKAY, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a rezoning request from Residential, Single-Family ("R-1") District to Residential, Duplex ("R-2") District for a property located at 1402 E. Bowie Avenue, bearing a legal description of Lot 5, Block 3, Clift Addition. Applicant: Ofelia Painter (Planning &Development)]
ON TO ITEM 10 B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX, R TWO DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1402 EAST BOWIE AVENUE, BEARING A LEGAL
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DESCRIPTION OF BLOCK FIVE, BLOCK THREE, CLIFF EDITION.YES, I MISS, UH, PAINTER, THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SHE LIVES IN THAT IN THAT PROPERTY.
UH, BUT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPLIT THE HOUSE AND TURN IT INTO A DUPLEX FOR HER TO LIVE IN ONE UNIT AND FOR HER SON TO LIVE IN THE OTHER UNIT.
SO THEY'RE TOGETHER, BUT SEPARATE.
FOR, SO SHE'S THINKING LONG TERM AS SHE'S, UH, GET, AS SHE GETS OLDER.
SO FOR, FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, UH, PROJECT AS SHE WOULD NEED TO GET THE, THE REZONING APPROVED.
NEXT IS NEXT TO THE ST BANS AT CHURCH.
YOU'RE, SO THIS IS NOT AN EXTENSION BEING ADDED ON, BUT A SOLID WALL PUT IN CORRECT.
SEPARATING ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE FROM THE OTHER.
IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, SHE WILL, UM, APPLY FOR A PERMIT TO CONVERT THE ONE HOUSE INTO A, A DUPLEX.
SO IT'LL BE SEPARATED WITHIN THE EXISTING HOUSE.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? LIKE? SO IT'LL HAVE TWO DOORS AND YEAH.
THERE, THERE WILL BE LIKE A DUPLEX.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A HOUSE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A DUPLEX.
AND SO SHE WILL LIVE, SHE WILL LIVE IN ONE UNIT, I THINK TOWARDS THE BACK, AND THEN HER SON WILL BE IN THE FRONT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DUPLEXES IN THE AREA? NO, BUT, UH, NO ONE, NO ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST DURING THE MEETING ON, ON THE 24TH.
SO THE, THE BOARD APPROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, AND, AND IT CAME UP AT THE MEETING, IS A FUTURE OWNER COULD TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE AND, AND BUILD A BRAND NEW DUPLEX.
I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY.
BUT THE NEIGHBORS, NOBODY SHOWED UP IN, IN THAT POSITION TO, TO THE REZONING REQUEST.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE CAPTION READ.
AND I, AND I DON'T THINK WE DID IT FOR THE LAST ONE.
YEAH, WE'RE GETTING USED TO THIS NEW FORMAT.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM 10 A AND IF THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN READ THE CAPTION, WE'LL HAVE TO REDO THE VOTE.
GOT MY, THIS WOULD BE 10 A IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ISSUED TO CARDIAC BUILDING INC.
TO ALLOW A PARKING LOT AND A RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY M TWO DISTRICT LOCATED AT 2102 SOUTH 23RD STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT SIX BLOCK 21 TREASURE HEALTH SUBDIVISION UNIT TWO, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING.
OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING.
ITEM 10 B, UH, IN ORDINANCE, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX R TWO FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1402 EAST BOBBE AVENUE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT FIVE BLOCK THREE, CLIFF EDITION.
[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve a contract between the City of Harlingen and Dr. Robert Kellogg, DVM to provide services to the Harlingen Animal Shelter as needed. Attachment (Health Dept.) ]
10 C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND DR.ROBERT KELLOGG, DNB, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER AS NEEDED.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.
UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED CONTRACT, UM, TO BE ENTERED WITH DR.
ROBERT, UH, KELLOGG, A VETERINARIAN, A LOCAL VETERINARIAN TO ASSIST THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER, UH, STAFF AND ANIMALS WHO FIND THEMSELVES AT OUR SHELTER.
KELLOGG WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH VACCINATIONS, HEARTWORM TESTS, SOME BASIC ANIMAL EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS.
KELLOGG'S EXPERTISE WILL ALSO, UH, BE USEFUL IN THE UNFORTUNATE TIMES THAT EUTHANASIA MAY BE NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE SUFFERING OF AN ANIMAL OR TO PREVENT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
KELLOGG IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF HARLINGEN AND HAS BEEN PRACTICING VETERINARY MEDICINE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND HE'S BEEN PRACTICING IN CAMERON ALGO COUNTY.
AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, HE, UH, WELL, HE IS A RESIDENT OF HARLINGEN AND HE IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
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HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK? IS IT FIXED OR VARIABLE? IT WOULD BE VARIABLE.AND WHAT IS THE COST? UM, IT'S IN THE CONTRACT, SO IT'D BE 1248 MONTHLY, 1248 A MONTH.
AND IS THAT CONTINGENT ON X HOURS A MONTH? NO, WE, THE CONTRACT STIPULATES, I THINK BETWEEN EIGHT AND 25 HOURS.
BUT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
SO THE HOMELESS ANIMAL POPULATION DOES HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART.
AND JUST KNOWING HIM AS LONG AS I HAVE, I, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE'LL, HE'LL DO WHAT'S NEEDED.
SO IF IT OVER 25 HOURS IS NEEDED, HE WILL DEFINITELY BE WILLING TO HELP US WITH THAT.
COULD WE ASK HIM TO STEP UP? ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHO YOU WERE, SIR.
KELLA, GO AHEAD AND STAY, STAY RIGHT UP HERE.
UM, I JUST WANTED, I WANNA THANK YOU.
UM, YOU HAVE A EXCELLENT REPUTATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS RESIDED HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CAUSE.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE OFFERED TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS TRANSITION FOR THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER, TO HAVE A VET ON SITE TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE AND TO IMPART YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON THESE YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE SUPER EAGER.
I'VE MET THE, THE, THE CREW AT THE SHELTER, AND I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA LEARN A LOT ALONGSIDE YOU.
I'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE A VETERINARY, UH, TECH PROGRAM.
AND, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ALSO, UM, IT'LL BE A PRIVILEGE TO, TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN RETIREMENT, IS THAT RIGHT? OR A RELIEF VET? A RELIEF VET.
AND TO THE COMMISSIONER'S CONCERN, UM, WE DEFINITELY WANNA HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE FOR THE ANIMALS THAT ARE COMING IN.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY NEED TO BE EVALUATED, UM, AND SCREENED SO THAT WAY WE KNOW, UH, THE, THE SAFETY OF OBVIOUSLY OF, OF THE, OF OUR COMMUNITY IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
AND SO I THINK THAT GOES HAND IN HAND TO HAVE YOU THERE, SO THANK YOU.
THAT IS, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
IT WAS JUST MORE OF A COMMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, PITCHING IN.
WELL, THE, THE SITUATION HAD GOTTEN SO SOUR, UH, RECENTLY THAT I THINK ANY OF US THAT CAN HELP DO SOME COURSE CORRECTION TO HAVE THE SHELTER GO BACK TO BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, BESIDES THE MEDICINE, UH, IT WOULD, WOULD HELP OUT A LOT.
[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending Chapter 18, Master Fee Schedule of the Harlingen Code of Ordinances, establishing fees for adoption of domestic dogs and cats, owner claims and other services provided by the City of Harlingen relating to Chapter 6 Animals. Attachment (Health Dept.)]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 10 D, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AMENDING CHAPTER 18, MASTERPIECE SCHEDULE OF THE HARLINGEN CODE ORDINANCES, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR ADOPTION OF DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS, OWNER CLAIMS AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF HARLINGEN RELATING TO CHAPTER SIX ANIMALS.WE PUT A QUICK LITTLE PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
UM, SO WHAT, AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CHARGE FOR ADOPTIONS WOULD BE $58 FOR DOGS, $46 FOR CATS.
THE ITEMS LISTED OR ARE WHAT EACH ANIMAL WOULD RECEIVE UPON, IDEALLY UPON ENTRY TO THE SHELTER, BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE THEY LEFT THE SHELTER.
UM, SO THO THOSE WOULD BE OUR COSTS.
UM, IN COMPARISON, THE BROWNSVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER CHARGES $99 FOR REALLY THE SAME ITEMS. UM, BUT THEY CHARGE $99 FOR DOGS, $99 FOR CATS.
PALM VALLEY ANIMAL SOCIETY, THEY'RE A HUNDRED WITH AND $50, BUT THEY DO DO A $50 REFUNDABLE SPAY NEUTER IF THEY GET THE PROOF BACK IN.
UM, PALM VALLEY ALSO HAS ANY DOG THAT IS OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD AND HAS BEEN AT THE SHELTER FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS, HAS NO ADOPTION FEE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS KIND OF NEAT.
IT'S A EXTRA WAY TO TRY TO GET THEM ADOPTED
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IF THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A BIT ALREADY.SOME OF OUR VET CLINICS ARE GONNA BE MUCH HIGHER, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THROUGH A VET CLINIC, YOU'RE GETTING A LOT MORE EXPERTISE AND YOU'RE GETTING A LOT MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, UM, WITH YOUR VET CLINICS.
UM, THOSE ARE YOUR, THE COST FOR THE DIFFERENT VET CLINICS, RGV HUMANE SOCIETY ON THEIR, UH, LOW COST CLINICS.
IF YOU GET THE SAME ITEMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH OUR ADOPTION FEES, THESE ARE THEIR COSTS.
SO WE WOULD STILL BE THE LOWEST.
SO CAN A, UH, HARLINGEN CITIZEN BRING IN AN ANIMAL TO GET IT VACCINATED AND, AND CHIPPED AND THEN GO HOME? NOT AT THIS TIME.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING, WE WANT TO DO RABIES CLINICS AND VACCINATION CLINICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE JUST A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF WORKING ON THAT.
WILL THESE, WILL THESE BE THE COST, UM, FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING TO BRING IN THEIR PETS THAT ARE NOT, OBVIOUSLY NOT PETS THAT ARE ADOPTED OUT OF THE SHELTER, BUT THEIR OWN PETS? THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET PERMISSION FOR.
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR COSTS.
UM, WE, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE, UM, ALL OUR PETS VACCINATED, BUT, UH, WE START DOING THAT.
WE DON'T WANNA BE IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH THE VETS IN TOWN.
SO, UH, IF WE DO OFFER SOMETHING, IT WON'T BE ON A REGULAR BASIS, MAYBE JUST DURING A QUARTERLY, A CLINIC, WELL, THEY, IN A CLINIC THAT WE OFFER SO THAT THE VETS CAN STILL HAVE THEIR OWN POPULATIONS TO TAKE CARE OF, AND WE WON'T BE COMPETING WITH THEM.
WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN HAVE THESE CLINICS UP AND RUNNING? BALLPARK.
I'M NOT GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT, BRAD, BUT AT LEAST GIMME A, HONESTLY, AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TRYING TO BE GETTING THE ANIMAL SHELTER OPEN.
SO THESE THINGS ARE ALL ON OUR, ON OUR TO-DO LIST.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THESE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THAT YET, COMMISSIONER, UM, GETTING THE CLINICS UP, BUT I WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE, LIKE SHANNON SAID, GETTING THE SHELTER OPEN AND OPERATIONAL.
SO, BUT, BUT IT IS ON OUR RADAR.
IT IS SOMETHING WE WANNA LOOK, WE WANT TO DO.
AND, AND SO IT'S IN THAT THOUGHT PROCESS, IT'S IN THE PLANNING AND LOOKING AT THESE PRICES, YOU KNOW, THOSE WOULD KIND OF ROLL OVER TO THAT.
SO SOME THINGS ARE MINGLED TOGETHER, BUT OUR PRIMARY FOCUS RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN ON GETTING THE ANIMAL SHELTER OPEN.
AND I DO WANNA JUST POINT OUT THAT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE OUR HEALTH MANAGER HERE AND OUR ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER HERE.
UM, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER IS A NEW HIRE, AND SHE WILL BE THE ONE THAT'LL ACTUALLY BE MANAGING OUR SHELTER.
JESSIE, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HER.
SHE WAS, THAT'S HER
SO, SO MYRA HAS, HAS DEFINITELY SAVED ME.
UM, BUT JASMINE HAS COME ON, SHE'S HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND SHE'S ALREADY WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS, SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BOTH.
AND I'LL JUST SAY, I, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO THE SHELTER AND MEET THE CREW AND MET AND MET JASMINE, AND SHE'S A, A WONDERFUL PERSON.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALREADY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SO THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND OBVIOUSLY OTHER PARTNERS, UM, WITH WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA BE PARTNERS WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND, AND YOU'VE BEEN WELL RECEIVED.
AND SO WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE BEFORE THE DOORS ARE, ARE REALLY TECHNICALLY OPEN.
UM, I WANNA GET BACK TO THE, THE COST THOUGH HERE.
UM, SHANNON, THE $58, UM, AND BROWNSVILLE WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS, IS THAT RIGHT? 99.
WELL, IT'S EITHER A HUNDRED OR 50, BUT THEY DO A $50 REFUNDABLE.
UH, PART OF THE FEE IS REFUNDABLE IF THE ANIMAL'S ADOPTED.
AND SO, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING THE SPAY AND NEUTER FOR EACH OF THE ANIMALS THAT GET ADOPTED.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON? WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A VETERINARIAN WHO'S WILLING TO HELP US.
UM, A LOT OF IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON HOW MANY ADOPTIONS WE'RE DOING AT ONE TIME.
SHE ALREADY HAS SURGERY SCHEDULED, SO SHE IS SETTING TIME ASIDE FOR US.
BUT SHE WAS ALREADY BOOKED OUT THROUGH LIKE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.
UM, SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL HAVE AN ADOPTION CONTRACT THAT
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ADOPTERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN, AS IS ALLOWED BY LAW.UM, AND WE HAVE PUT A NOTATION ON THERE THAT, SO A VIOLATION IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, UM, BASED ON STATE LAW.
AND WE WILL HAVE THEM INITIALING NEXT TO WHERE IT SAYS THAT AND NOTIFYING THEM THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND WE WILL ISSUE CITATIONS IF THE SPAY NEUTER IS NOT DONE.
SO IDEALLY WE WILL WANT TO GET THEM DONE PRIOR TO RELEASE, BUT IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE AND WE HAVE TO RELEASE THEM WITHOUT IT, THEY WILL BE SIGNING THAT CONTRACT AND THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP.
AND YOU'LL DESIGNATE SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THERE IS THAT FOLLOW UP.
WE'VE, OUR ADOPTION, UH, COORDINATOR HAS ALREADY LIKE STARTING THE PROCESS OF HOW SHE'S GONNA DO THAT, HOW SHE'S GONNA GO ABOUT THAT AND GETTING THOSE, THOSE THINGS SET IN PLACE.
MAYOR, WE NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE.
UM, IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, MASTER FEE SCHEDULE OF THE HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR ADOPTION OF DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS, OWNER CLAIMS AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AS THEY RELATE TO CHAPTER SIX, ANIMALS PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE FOREGOING.
[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to purchase three pick-up trucks from the general fund. Attachment (Public Works) ]
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 10 E.THANK CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE THREE PICKUP TR PICKUP TRUCKS FROM THE GENERAL FUND COURT.
HA IS, HAS EVERYBODY READ THEIR PACKET? IS THERE A MOTION? DO YOU NEED THE PRESENTATION? UM, I TALKED TO ROBERT AND, UH, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR THIS.
UH, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
[Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to purchase a new striping machine using general funds. Attachment (Public Works) ]
ITEM 10 F, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A NEW STRIPING MACHINE USING GENERAL FUNDS.[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to approve a request from Public Works Department, to authorize the City Manager to sell fill dirt removed from Lozano Detention Pond. (Public Works)]
TO ITEM 10 G, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SELL FIELD DIRT REMOVED FROM LOZANO DETENTION.[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to purchase a new tractor and boom mower attachment using from general funds. Attachment (Public Works)]
10 H, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A CD MANAGER TO PURCHASE A NEW TRACTOR AND BOOM, MOWER ATTACHMENT FROM GENERAL FUNDS.[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to approve the option of a one (1) year contract with Rubicon. Attachment (Public Works)]
TEN NINE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE OPTION OF A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH RUBICON.WHAT IS RUBICON? HE ASKED AND NOW YOU'RE UP, CHRIS.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
UH, CHRISTOPHER TORRES, A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
SO, RUBICON IS A ROUTING SOFTWARE.
UH, WE DID HAVE A ROUTING SOFTWARE IN THE LAST, UH, FOUR YEARS, WHICH WE REALLY NEVER GOT IT UP ON THE GROUND.
UM, THE MOMENT THAT I ARRIVED, I, I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME, UH, THE ASSET DATABASE FOR IT.
UH, WE SUBMITTED THAT, WE MADE IT WORK, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ACTUAL HARDWARE JUST WAS NEVER WORKING, NO WORKING PHASE.
AND SO WE, WE WALKED AWAY FROM, UH, THE PREVIOUS ROUTING SOFTWARE AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT RUBICON.
RUBICON IS THE SOFTWARE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT WILL, UM, BENEFIT OUR, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ROUTES.
SO THIS IS A SOFTWARE THAT EACH DRIVER WILL HAVE IN, IN THEIR TRUCK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GEOFENCE EVERY ROUTE THAT WE HAVE AND IT'LL SEND, UH, THOSE ROUTES TO THOSE DRIVERS IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE ONE DRIVER OUT FOR THE DAY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA DRIVERS, RIGHT? WE HAVE, UH, 10, 10 ROUTES.
WE HAVE 10 TRUCKS WITH, WITH TWO, UH, EXTRA TRUCKS, UH, AS A, AS A SPARE.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE ONE DRIVER OUT, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY SENT AN ADDITIONAL PART OF THAT ROUTE TO THE OTHER DRIVERS SO THAT WE COULD FINISH THOSE ROUTES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH CAMERAS.
IT ALSO COMES, UM, WITH A, UH, GPS, UM, UH, DEVICE IN THERE.
AND IT ALSO HAS A CAPABILITY OF TAKING PICTURES.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, I GUESS SITUATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY
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HAVE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A A CONSTITUENT WOULD NOT PLACE A CONTAINER OUT FOR SERVICE, AND WE'LL GET A PHONE CALL SAYING, WELL, YOU FORGOT TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, YOU FORGOT TO SERVICE ME.UM, RIGHT NOW, WHAT OUR DRIVERS ARE DOING, THEY'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEIR PERSONAL PHONE AND SEND IT TO THE, TO THE SUPERVISOR TO SHOW THAT THEY DID GET TO THE LOCATION, BUT THE CONTAINER WAS NOT OFF FOR SERVICE.
AND SO THIS SOFTWARE WHERE IT DOES, IT RECORDS THAT, IT TAGS IT TO THE ACTUAL ACCOUNT, AND IT KEEPS A RECORD OF IT.
IN THE EVENT THAT WE GET A PHONE CALL SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DIDN'T SERVICE MY CONTAINER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT RECORD.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO, EVEN THOUGH OUR, OUR DRIVERS TAKE A PICTURE WITH A PERSONAL, UH, PHONE, UH, PHONE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL HAVING TO GO BACK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DRIVERS HAVE THEIR ROUTE DESIGNATED FOR THE DAY, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THE ROUTE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO ALL THESE HOMES TO SERVE AS A CONTAINER.
AND SO IT JUST DELAYS THE ROUTE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS SOFTWARE, UH, DOES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[Item 10j - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution, accepting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant Offer No. 3-48-0101-074-2024, for $3,828,739.00 for the Runway Extension Project at Valley International Airport. Attachment (Airport)]
ON TO ITEM 10 J, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FAA GRANT OFFER NUMBER NUMBER 3 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 3,828,739 FOR THE RUNWAY EXTENSION PROJECT AT VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.KEEP, KEEP GETTING THOSE GRANTS.
[Item 10k - Consideration and possible action to approve the Equip Harlingen Grant Program. Attachment (Orlando Campos) ]
K, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE E EQUIP HARING GRANT PROGRAM.[Item 10l - Consideration and possible action to approve funding for TSTC Goal Line Assistance Program and TSTC CTE Signing Day Scholarship Program for $100,000. Attachment (Beverly Loftus)]
ITEM 10 L, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR TSTC, GOAL LINE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND T-S-T-C-C-T-E SIGNING DAY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND.[Item 10m - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution designating Plains Capital Bank as the depository for the City of Harlingen for safekeeping of securities and to designate authorized persons to deposit securities and withdraw pursuant to the Safekeeping/Custody Services Agreement Provisions. Attachment (Finance Dept.)]
10 M, CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING PLAINS CAPITAL BANK AS A DEPOSITORY FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, FOR SAFEKEEPING OF SECURITIES, AND TO DESIGNATE AUTHORIZED PERSONS TO DEPOSIT SECURITIES AND WITHDRAW PURSUANT TO THE SAFEKEEPING CUSTODY SERVICES AGREEMENT PROVISIONS.SORRY, BEFORE WE START, WE ALREADY THIS, WE ALREADY DID THIS.
SO WE DID THIS FOR FROST BANK.
AND SO NOW SINCE WE MOVED OVER TO, UH, PLAINS CAPITAL, THEY'RE REQUIRING, UM, THE SAME RESOLUTION.
UH, DON'T WE READ THE CAPTION? NO, IT'S A RESOLUTION.
IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION ONLY ORDINANCE.
[Item 10n - Consideration and possible action to approve the Facility Use Agreement between the City of Harlingen and Harlingen United Futbol Club for the use of the Harlingen Soccer Complex and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement. Attachment (Parks &Recreation)]
N CONSIDERATION, IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.TO APPROVE THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND HARLINGEN UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB FOR THE USE OF THE HARLINGEN SOCCER, SOCCER COMPLEX AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
AS THERE NINE 90 UP TO DATE? YES.
WE HAVE THEIR, UM, 5 0 1 C3, THEIR, UM, BOARD, UM, MEMBERS.
EVERYTHING'S IN, IN, UH, IN PLACE.
I THINK WHERE EVERYBODY'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED A PRESENTATION, BUT MAYBE BRIEFLY JUST SO THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THESE ARE COACHES, RIGHT? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA POP UP HERE REAL QUICK.
ONE, ONE THING I I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MM-HMM.
BUT I WANNA MAKE, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT CHARGING THE $10 PER REGISTRANT.
IT'LL JUST BE THE $1 PER, PER YEAR FOR NOW.
COACH, CAN YOU GIVE HIM THE FIVE MINUTE OR, UH, TWO MINUTES, REAL MINUTES.
WE'RE VERY EFFICIENT HERE AT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.
I, I'VE NOTICED THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT,
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGERS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR.
UH, MY NAME IS ARTURO RICCIO, A RESIDENT OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS ALL MY LIFE.
AND, UH, GREW UP, UH, PLAYING SOCCER WITH MY FATHER.
HE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED ARROYO AND, UH,
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I GUESS IT'S UP TO ME TO RESTART IT AGAIN AS HARDING JUNIOR UNITED FC.AND, UH, I GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER, WENT TO SCHOOL, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY COACHED WHILE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY JUST GREW UP WITH THE SPORT ITSELF.
AND, UH, I'M BACK AGAIN AT, I WENT TO UT, UH, AT ONE OF OUR STATE TOURNAMENTS WITH, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR DOCTORS, UH, AT ONE OF OUR TEAMS, DECIDED TO SPONSOR US AND TOOK US TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS DURING THAT TIME WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT GAVE ME MY EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, OPENED THE, THE DOORS TO GOING TO SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF HARLINGEN, DECIDED TO COME BACK AS A TEACHER.
NOW I TEACH CHEMISTRY AND A COACH.
AND SO MY FIELD OF EXPERTISE IS IN EDUCATION.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT IS THE ONE COMPONENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO OUR CLUB, IS THE EDUCATION ASPECT OF THE SPORT, NOT ONLY TO OUR KIDS, BUT TO OUR, UH, COACHES AND EDUCATE NOT ONLY THE, THE KIDS, BUT HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT TO PRESENT TO OUR CHILDREN.
AS AN EDUCATOR, I THINK THAT THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY, AND HOPING THAT THE LOVE OF THE GAME WILL CONTINUE NOT ONLY AS A PLAYER, BUT MAYBE ON THE STATUS OF THE REFEREES AND THE COACHING STAFF.
SO MAYBE ONE OF OUR KIDS AT ONE TIME WILL BE AN MLS COACH OR A NATIONAL TEAM COACH AT ONE POINT IN TIME IN OUR FUTURE WILL COME FROM HARINGTON.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT IS OUR, OUR VISION AND OUR GOAL IS TO SEE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE
DID I PASS MY FIVE MINUTE MARK? YEAH.
NO, AND, AND YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
I MEAN, I THINK THE ENTIRE COMMISSION PROBABLY GOT PHONE CALLS FROM PARENTS THAT ARE JUST THRILLED.
SO WHEN YOU DID OUR, YOU DID YOUR JOB, UM, BEFORE YOU EVEN GOT HERE.
SO WE WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO YOU SOONER.
WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENDORSEMENT, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN TO PROMOTE NOT ONLY THIS YEAR HARINGTON, BUT THE SPORT ITSELF AND REPRESENT HARINGTON AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
I I KNOW WE'VE TALKED AT WORK, YOU AND I.
AND, AND I, AND I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN IN FRONT, EVERYBODY, SO SORRY FOR YOU,
AND I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
Y'ALL SEEM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
[Item 10o - Consideration and possible action to renew the Service Agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to implement the "Tu Salud Si Cuenta" Program, aimed to promote healthy lifestyle changes for City residents and authorize the City Manager to sign the Contract Attachment (Parks &Recreation)]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 10 OH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.TO RENEW THE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON TO IMPLE, IMPLEMENT THE UD QUINTA PROGRAM AIMED TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES FOR CITY RESIDENTS.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE CONTRACT.
[Item 10p - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to negotiate a Consulting Agreement with the highest ranked Consulting Firm. Attachment (City Manager)]
APPROVE.10 P CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST RANKED CONSULTING FIRM.
I TRUST THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RANKED THEM.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE FIRM THAT WAS, WHICHEVER FIRM WAS RANKED THE HIGHEST.
GABE, YOU THERE? AND AUSTIN WITH US WITH THE MAYOR AND, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER KINSLEY.
AND WE JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE REPRESENTATIVE LUCILLE THAT IS IN THE ROOM.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG AND FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA KILL IT IN THIS NEXT SESSION.
I WAS GONNA EXPECT CLAPPING, BRO.
[Item 10q - Presentation by Michael Kester, Chief of Police, regarding the purchase of a mapping software to minimize time of road closures within the City and authorize the City Manager to purchase software. Attachment (Police).]
Q PRESENTATION BY MICHAEL KESTER, CHIEF OF POLICE REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A MAPPING SOFTWARE TO MINIMIZE TIME OF ROAD CLOSURES WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZE A CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE SOFTWARE.I'M NO, NO, NO, GO AHEAD CHIEF.
[Item 11 - Board Appointments - Specifically, appointment or discussion and possible action to include appointment and/or removal of any position subject to appointment or removal by statute, ordinance, or bylaws. ]
OKAY.UM, DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD APPOINTMENTS? YEAH.
I'M GONNA PUT DEBBIE REYES ON THE KEY PARS AND BEAUTIFUL, UH, BOARD.
I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
I NEED TO START MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME.
SO, UM, I'D SEE SOME DIRECTION OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT PARTICULAR BOARD.
I THINK THAT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THE, MAYBE THIS JUST HASN'T BEEN PRIORITIZED, BUT WE WERE AS A COMMISSION GOING TO REVIEW THE CHARTER AND SEE WHERE WE WANTED, UM, SOME ASSISTANCE,
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I GUESS A, A, A REVIEW.AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE MET TO DO THAT, SO.
I'LL, I'LL SCHEDULE THOSE AND THEY'LL BE AFTER FIVE 30, UM, HERE.
AND SO I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST GET TIMES FROM EVERYBODY TO SEE WHEN YOU CAN MEET.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE, WE NEED ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS, NUMBER ONE, SO THEY CAN'T MEET.
AND NUMBER TWO, BEFORE THE COM, BEFORE THE, I THINK THE COMMISSION GUIDANCE WAS BEFORE WE HAD THEM CONVENE THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT WE WANTED THE COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON.
AND SO EACH COMMISSIONER WAS GOING TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I DON'T THINK RIGHT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT CALL A MEETING TO ACTUALLY DO THAT WITH THE COMMISSION.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE, UH, THE, UH, THE AREA OF, OF CONCERN FOR THE CHARTERS AND THEN WHENEVER THE COMMITTEE IS FINALLY, UH, FORMULATE, GIVE THAT TO THEM.
AND SO YOU'LL PULL THE COMMISSION TO SEE YES.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO START DOING THAT SOMETIME THIS MONTH, SO, OKAY.
SO EVERYBODY HAS HOMEWORK? YEAH.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING IF, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE APPOINTMENTS YOU GUYS WANNA MAKE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, OR DID YOU HAVE QUESTION? YEAH, JUST ONE LAST THING.
I, I KNOW A FEW OF US HAVE GOTTEN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT KEY PROBLEMS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER, UH, KINSLEY HAS BEEN, UH, BEEN POUNDING ON ALL OF OUR DOORS.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AND UH, GABE, WE NEED TO ALREADY START HAVING THEM MEET, RIGHT? YEAH, I AGREE.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE, I KNOW I TALKED TO WHERE'S JOSH'S NOT HERE? HE STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE.
'CAUSE I KNOW I TALKED TO JOSH AND HE SAID THE ONLY THING WE WERE, WE WERE WAITING FOR WAS TO SEE IF, UM, NICK WAS STILL GOING TO BE THE CHAIR OR NOT.
HE SAID SCHEDULE THE MEETING, HE'LL BE THERE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN THE NEXT LIKE TWO WEEKS.
SO BY THE TIME WE COME BACK AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN DEAD SINCE COVID.
AND I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, LAST MEETING WAS THE LAST ONE I HELD WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT AND THAT WAS IN 2019.
SO LET'S, LET'S GET IT UP AND RUNNING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
GABE, YOU WANT TO TAKE, DO THAT AND, AND VOTE ON THE APPOINTMENTS.
HEY, UH, RENEE, I THINK YOU'RE UP, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE, UH,
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD.
I SECOND RINA, YOU'RE APPROVED TO, SO OH, ALL THOSE IN, I'M SORRY.
I'M LIKE, I'M LIKE TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[Item 12 - Executive Session: All items listed in this section will be deliberated in a closed session. Members of the public are not generally permitted to attend a closed session. Executive session items may be considered as an action item at the discretion of the Mayor. However, City Commission will not take any action in closed session.]
ON TO ITEM 12, EXECUTIVE SESSION.ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION WILL BE DELIBERATED IN A CLOSED SESSION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT GENERALLY PERMITTED TO ATTEND A CLOSED SESSION.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AS AN ACTION ITEM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR, HOWEVER, CITY COMMISSION WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
12 A PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION AND CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL ESTATE AND SECTION 5 51 0.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO THE PRO FOLLOWING PROJECTS, UM, PROJECT ONE PROJECT, I MEAN PROJECT ORGANIC PROJECT BRIEF PROJECT RAMBO AND PROJECT SCALE 11 B PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1, 1, AND TWO ATTORNEY CONSULTATION SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REGARDING BASS PRO LAND ISSUE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7 0 7.
MIKE TIME IS NOW 7:42 PM AND WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
I, I HAVE NO OPENING FOR ANYTHING.
[Item 13 - Action on Executive Session Items: City Commission will reconvene in open session and may take action on any item listed in the Executive Session Section of this agenda.]
MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR PROJECT ORGANIC.[Item 14 - Consideration and possible action regarding Item #12 (b) as discussed in executive session. (City Attorney)]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT, UH, FOR PROJECT BREEZE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMERCIAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM UNDER PROJECT RAMBO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STARTUP PITCH COMPETITION UNDER PROJECT SCALE.
[Item 15 - Adjourn]
WE ARE ADJOURNED.