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THE TIME IS, IF WE CAN ALL HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE.
[Item 1 - Call to Order]
WE'RE CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IT HAS BEEN DULY POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION AS ALL ARE PRESENT.
[Item 1a - Invocation]
Y'ALL WILL PLEASE JOIN ME BY STANDING WHILE COMMISSIONER MIKE MESMER LEADS US IN OUR INVOCATION.DEAR GOD, PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON THE SICK, THE SUFFERING, THOSE IN JAILS AND PRISONS, THOSE TRAVELING BY LAND, SEA, OR AIR, THOSE HELD PRISONER OR CAPTIVE.
PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON THIS CITY AS WE DO OUR BEST TO FOLLOW YOU.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
[Item 1b - Pledge of Allegiance]
[Item 1c - Welcome Citizens]
NOW, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[Item 2 -Conflict of Interest]
UH, RATE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PLEASE.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 THIS TIME? NONE.
AND IF I MAY, BEFORE WE APPROVE IT ON ITEM 10, I'M SORRY, SEVEN C ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A, A PEN CORRECTION TO THE AMOUNT ON, UH, WITH THE CITY MATCH, YOU SHOULD SAY 14,348, BUT IT SAYS 14,014 COMMA 34.00.
SO IF WE CAN JUST 10, CHANGE THAT, AMANDA.
UH, ANY OTHER, UM, NO OTHER CONFLICTS, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
[Item 3 - Announcements]
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 RECOGNITION, A MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT.DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MA'AM? UM,
[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements]
I DO.I, UM, FIRST JUST WANNA OBVIOUSLY WELCOME ALL THE NEW FACES TO OUR MEETING.
AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE WITH US, UM, ON EVERY MEETING, WELCOME BACK.
AND I ALSO WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY, THOSE OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY OPENED OUR HARLING AND ANIMAL SHELTER, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE STAFF TO COME AND, UM, PRESENT OUR PET OF THE WEEK.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSION.
UM, WE HAVE TODAY ANGELA, WHO IS OUR ADOPTION COORDINATOR, AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. CHUCK NORRIS, WHO IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD, AND HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS ALREADY.
HE'S AN AMAZING LITTLE DOG, SUPER FRIENDLY, GOOD WITH ADULTS, GOOD WITH CHILDREN, AND HE IS LOOKING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME.
SO IF ANYBODY HERE OR ANYWHERE IS LOOKING TO ADOPT A PET, CHUCK NORRIS IS WAITING FOR THEM.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CHUCK NORRIS MADE HIS DEBUT ON TV.
HE DID ON CHANNEL FIVE LAST THURSDAY.
AND HE HAS BEEN TO THE LIBRARY, UM, FOR AN OFFSITE ADOPTION EVENT.
HE WAS A BIG HIT AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOK AT HIM AND LOVE TO PET HIM AGAIN.
THE KIDS ARE VERY ATTRACTED TO HIM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE CHUCK NORRIS AND HE IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT THE HARLING AND ANIMAL SHELTER.
YOU CAN FIND ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND ON THE CITY FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM ONE TO 6:00 PM SO COME BY, SEE HIM OR HIT ALL OF HIS OTHER FRIENDS THAT ARE AT THE SHELTER WITH HIM.
UH, I ALSO WANNA BRIEFLY ANNOUNCE THAT THE IT'S TIME TEXAS CHALLENGE HAS, UH, FINISHED.
I WANNA THANK, UH, ALL OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR
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PARTICIPATING AND, AND GETTING ALL THE FOLKS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IN YOUR DISTRICTS TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.I HEARD PICKLEBALL WENT AMAZING, AS DID THE, THE WALK AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT PARTICIPATED.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS, THE, THE, UM, OFFICIAL RESULTS, BUT HARLINGEN WAS IN THE LEAD BY OVER 1.5 MILLION POINTS.
SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR HARLINGEN CITY STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK, ESPECIALLY, UM, OSCAR, UH, GARCIA AND, UH, JAVIER MENDEZ FROM PARKS AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT STAFF ALSO THAT HELPED IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BRING HOME THAT AWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]
CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, MAYOR, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT ON IS THAT THE NEW RODS HAVE BEGUN AND EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY.
UH, SO THANKS TO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, OSCAR AND CHRIS FOR GETTING THAT DONE, UH, EFFICIENTLY.
AND, UH, OFF TO A GREAT START.
[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]
C UH, CITY COMMISSION MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR MOST PRECIOUS RIGHT, AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
UH, WE HAVE A MURAL UNVEILING TOMORROW DOWNTOWN, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM JACKSON CORK AND CRAFT.
IT'S GONNA BE THE NEWEST ADDITION TO OUR ROCK AND ROLL MURAL.
IF YOU'VE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
THERE'S LIKE REFERENCES TO JIMMY PAY OR, UH, JIMMY, JIMMY HENDRIX, EXCUSE ME, RAGE AGAINST MACHINE NIRVANA, UH, ELVIS.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GO CHECK IT OUT.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THIS NEW ONE, UH, COME TO LIFE.
IT'S AT FIVE O'CLOCK, RIGHT? FIVE 30 TOMORROW.
I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE HARLING AND COLLEGIATE HIGHS ROBOTIC TEAMS. UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE HEADED A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THIS MONTH TO THE FTC STATE COMPETITION.
UM, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE WISH 'EM ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, RECOGNIZING 'EM LATER ON THIS MONTH.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, OH, I KNOW THE, THE ITT CHALLENGE OR OF, UM, COUNTS ARE NOT OFFICIAL, BUT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT I DID MEET THE MAYOR
I KNEW THAT WAS COMING, AND FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, I LET HIM.
[Item 4 - Presentation of Awards]
NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF AWARDS.A HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH, SOUTH PARKS BOYS TENNIS TEAM.
WE CAN HAVE THEM ALL, UM, COME INSIDE.
I KNOW IT'S A SMALL ROOM, BUT THEY CAN STAND RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER.
I KNOW IT'S A SMALL ROOM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SPACE TO SQUEEZE EVERYBODY IN.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION, AS WELL AS CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF, AND IMPORTANTLY OUR GUESTS AND PARENTS WHO JOIN US HERE TODAY.
TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING AND RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE, DETERMINATION, AND SPORTSMANSHIP.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY HONORED TO HAVE WITH US THE STARS OF THE HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH, THE BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS TEAMS. LET'S GIVE THEM A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR HAWKS.
SO BOTH TEAMS HAVE SHOWN EXCEPTIONAL SKILL AND PERSEVERANCE THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON.
TENNIS IS A GAME OF ENDURANCE, FOCUS AND SKILL AND STRATEGIC THINKING AND ATHLETICISM.
OUR CHAMPS HERE WITH US TODAY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THESE QUALITIES AND MORE, AND THEY HAVE PROVEN SO BY CLINCHING THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP, SWEEPING THROUGH BY DISTRICT AND EVEN DOMINATING AREA AS THE AREA CHAMPIONS AND MADE THEIR MARK AS REGIONAL QUARTERFINALISTS.
THEIR JOURNEY IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR WORK TEAMWORK AND PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE HERE IN HARLINGEN.
AND THERE'S NO ONE BETTER TO SHARE THE STORY OF RESILIENCE STRATEGY AND TRIUMPH.
THEN OF COURSE, THEIR COACH, COACH ESCAMIA.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE HIM UP TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, TONIGHT AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE TEAM.
UM, JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEAM, WE ARE LED BY OUR CAPTAINS, ETHAN CARTER, JAYLIN SANCHEZ, AND, UH, DIEGO GARCIA.
AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE AND SOME OF THE BEST STUDENTS THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AROUND.
THESE ARE DRIVEN, UM, JUST REALLY GREAT CHARACTER INDIVIDUALS AND THEY LEAD A, A VERY, A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM.
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IS RESILIENT.WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE LIVE DAY BY DAY, UH, PRACTICES IS VERY FOCUSED AND, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE ONES THAT I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING AND, BUT JUST THEIR HEART, THEIR HEART'S.
UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
OUR PARENTS ARE A BIG SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
I, I COME INTO PARTNER WITH PARENTS, UH, TO SEE THEIR KIDS SUCCEED THROUGH TENNIS.
AND IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO, TO LEAD 'EM.
AND YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING VERY GOOD.
WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM AND WE STARTED OUR INDIVIDUAL TENNIS SEASON AND WE'RE HOPING FOR GREAT RESULTS.
WE ARE ALL INCREDIBLY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THERE'S SO MUCH COMING OUT FROM THE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL LATELY.
WE'RE JUST SUPER PROUD OF ALL OUR ATHLETES.
DO YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO, TO REED? WE HAVE THE AWARDS IF WE CAN HAVE EVERYONE COME UP.
IF THE COMMISSION CAN JOIN ME SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
WOULD YOU READ THE, THE AWARD? UM, UM, THE CITY OF BARER WOULD LIKE TO, WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND PROBABLY PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE HARGENS FOX BOYS TENNIS TEAM FOR 2023.
LAWYERS,
OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXCELLENT ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE AND SPORTSMANSHIP PRESENT ON THIS DAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION.
JUST TO, JUST TO POINT OUT HOW EXCELLENT THESE GUYS ARE.
UH, THE OTHER DAY, I THINK MR. BIGGER THIS WEEK, RIGHT? I WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL WITH ALFONSO AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM.
I WAS TELLING HIM, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE COMING TO THE, TO ON WEDNESDAY TO COME AND GET RECOGNIZED 'CAUSE YOU GUYS GOT DISTRICT AND ALL THAT.
HE JUST LOOKS AT ME LIKE, SO THAT'S EVERY YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE BECAUSE THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THEM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THESE GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF 'EM.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COACHES TEAM.
AND ONE THING I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE AS, AS COACH NO, RIGHT HERE, WHO DID GET, WAS IT THE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR, REGIONAL COACH THE YEAR.
SO THESE KIDS ARE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT THE COACHES AT THE
AND IF Y'ALL COULD STAY RIGHT THERE, THERE'S SOME OTHER TAKING PHOTOS AS WELL.
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CONGRATULATIONS.WHEN'S THIS AREA? WHAT'S AREA? THIS MONTH? OH, OKAY.
AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ORANGE J WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOUR COLLEAGUE PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE ARLINGTON SOUTH HAWKS GIRLS TENNIS TEAM.
UM, TEAMMATE TEAMS INCLUDE TEAMMATES, GABRIELA SZ, EMILY BRI, JALEN SANCHEZ, CHRISTINA ILLA, MADISON DOSSETT, ALI REMA, CAMERON EZ, NANCY MITCHELL, MINA, SZ, MIKAYLA, VELA TAYLOR, TIFFANY GILBERT, MIRANDA GILBERT, MARISA HERRA, VALERIE PENA, LEANNA GARCIA, 32 5 A DISTRICT CHAMPS VERBAL CHAMPIONS, UIL BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, UIL, AREA CHAMPIONS, AND UIL REGIONAL FOUR FINANCES.
HEAD COACH ERNESTO CAMILLA, FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL SEASON.
OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ATHLETIC, EXCELLENT ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE AND SPORTSMANSHIP.
PRESENTED ON THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY.
CAN Y'ALL COME UP HERE REAL QUICK? UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO.
I DIDN'T WANT TO END THE NIGHT, UH, WITHOUT RECOGNIZING DIEGO AND ETHAN.
DIEGO AND ETHAN WERE TWO OF OUR ELITE ATHLETES THAT WERE RECOGNIZING THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT 15 STUDENT ATHLETES THAT GOT RECOGNIZED FOR, FOR THIS AWARD, AND WE HAD TWO OF 'EM AT ARAGE AND SOUTH.
THIS IS FOR THEIR DOUBLES PERFORMANCE DURING THE TEAM TENT SEASON.
BOTH OF 'EM ARE ALSO STATE QUALIFIERS AND WERE IN ROUTE, HOPEFULLY TO REPEAT THAT THIS YEAR AGAIN, UM, DEFENSIVE SENIOR, THERE WAS A JUNIOR AND THERE ARE TWO OF OUR ARTISTS, WORKING STUDENT ATHLETES.
ALSO, I THINK A NUMBER OF NINE IN THIS CLASS.
UH, SO VERY BRIGHT STUDENTS AS WELL.
SO VERY PROUD OF HIM AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM FRONT YOU ALL AS WELL.
HE'S A SUPER SMART KID SINCE LAST YEAR, ETHAN.
[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]
FIVE, UH, CITIZENS 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 NIGHTMARE.
WE HAVE THREE THAT SIGNED UP TO FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION AND ONE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ONES FOR THE CITIZEN THAT SIGNED UP UNDER CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS, LEMME SEE.
RAYMOND REYES IS, UH, RAYMOND REYES, 7 0 6 NANTUCKET DRIVE.
UM, BASICALLY LIKE ALWAYS, I JUST, UH, I'M MORE CONCERNED ON, ON, UH, HOW WELL THE CITY'S DOING.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TURNING THINGS AROUND, BUT AS ANYTHING, UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, HICCUPS ON, ON, ON THE ROAD TO PROGRESS.
SO AS LONG AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE MEET THOSE CHALLENGES HEAD ON, NOT, NOT TRY TO HIDE THINGS, UH, NOT TRY TO DEFLECT THINGS, UM, BE BASICALLY, ADULTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THINGS WE GET OURSELVES INTO.
UM, EVERYTHING ALWAYS COMES ABOUT AND STUFF.
UH, I MYSELF HAVE BEEN AROUND WAY TOO LONG
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IN SOME INSTANCES, PROBABLYSO I JUST KEEP DOING WHAT I DO.
UM, ME PERSONALLY, I LIKE TO SEE A, A LOT MORE, UM, POSITIVE FOCUS ON BRINGING MORE EVENTS TO HARINGTON.
I FEEL THAT, UH, BEING HERE FOR SO LONG, SINCE 76, REMEMBER THE JUBILEE AND WE BROUGHT REAL FEST BACK AND ALL THESE OTHER GREAT THINGS THAT THE CITY WAS DOING AT THE TIME WHERE WE'RE VERY MUCH AHEAD.
OUR MERCEDES AND LACO, WHICH ARE THE GREAT TOWNS IN THE VALLEY AS WELL.
BUT I THINK, UM, HARD YOU CAN CATCH UP AND, AND PASS SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I PERSONALLY WITH, UH, THE THINGS THAT, UH, I'M TRYING TO DO, UH, WE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THE SONIC HEDGE THING, FREE, UH, JUST TO SEE THE KIDS' FACES DRESSED UP LIKE THE CHARACTERS AND MEETING THE ACTUAL VOICES AND TAKING THE PHOTOS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, TO ME IT MADE IT ALL WORTH IT.
IT WAS A LOT A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE, BUT, UH, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
YOU KNOW, MY GRANDKIDS LOVED IT, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT, WHAT I DID IT FOR.
UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT I HAVE, UM, IN THE WORKS, UM, THAT, UH, I THINK WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, A BIG IMPACT FOR OUR SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
BUT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I THINK IF WE CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE POSITIVE THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, THE THE THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, STRESS A LOT IS OVERSIGHT.
WE ALL LIVE BUSY LIVES, THANK GOD I'M RETIRED, SO I'M EVEN BUSIER NOW, APPARENTLY.
UH, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS JOBS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO, BUT AGAIN, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED TO CERTAIN POSITIONS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE OVERSEE EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE GOT.
UH, AND I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY AND STUFF.
UM, THAT'S BASICALLY MY, MY SUMMARY.
THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER THINGS, BUT AGAIN, I'LL USUALLY ADDRESS THOSE OUT AS, UH, EMAILS TO THOSE INVOLVED AND STUFF SO THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED AND MINUTES UP.
AND SO I DIDN'T BEAT THE BUZZER THIS TIME, BUT I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
SO Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD, UH, EVENING.
AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS I GUESS IN TWO WEEKS.
AS I GET TO THE PODIUM, I THINK THE MS. ELIZONDO WILL, CITY SECRETARY WILL BEAR ME OUT THAT I TOLD HER THAT I HAD ALSO A HEARING THAT I WANTED TO, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? YES, YOU DID, BUT I, IT'S UP TO THE MAYOR IF, IF SHE'S, UM, WELL, I'M JUST ASKING YOU IF, IF, IF YOU HEARD THAT AND I THINK I HAD A WITNESS, MAY, MAY I START NOW THEN? YES.
'CAUSE THE POCKET SALARY TICKET, TRUMP BELIEVES HIS ELECTORAL SUCCESS ENTITLES HIM TO SHOOT PERSONS ON FIFTH AVENUE WITH IMPUNITY DUE TO IMMUNITY.
DOESN'T THAT SEEM TO APPLY TO US ALL WHEN WE FIRST START A NEW GIG? WE DO SO WITH SOME DIGNIFIED TREPIDATION AFTER A WHILE.
FOR NOW, FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU KNOW, IT ALL PERHAPS.
BY LAST AUGUST, A CHARTER REVIEW BOARD COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHETHER ADJUSTMENTS HAD TO BE MADE TO HARDEN'S CONSTITUTION A LOSS.
NOW YOU, THE ENLIGHTENED ONES IMPLY FORCEFULLY THAT WE MERE CITIZENS OF HAREN.
WE HAVE NO CLUE HOW IT SHOULD BE RUN SINCE Y'ALL ARE NOT SO TRANSPARENT.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE HOW TO SET UP A CONSTITUTION.
THE RIO GRANDE HUMANE SOCIETY'S INTEGRITY HAS BEEN IMPUGNED NOW, JUST LIKE PREDICTED WITHIN A MONTH OF THE OPENING, THEY JUST TOUTED A 40,000 PLUS SALARY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WAS PREDICTED.
THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
A BUDGET DOESN'T TELL THE AMOUNT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND IF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND BOARD THERE IS SUCH A THING.
AND THEY MET LAST WEDNESDAY, BEFORE YOUR LAST MEETING LAST WEEK, SAME PLACE.
ONLY A CAPTION WILL BE READ TO AVOID FALSE COMMENTARY ON ITEM 10 B.
AND I'LL SAY YOU THE BALANCE FOR THE HEARING.
[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]
SIX.IS THAT IT FOR THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION? THAT'S IT, MAYOR.
THE NEXT ONE IS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY THE 10TH, 2024.
IF WE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO PAGE TWO, LINE 16 AND 17.
UM, IN THAT LINE IT SAYS, MOTION WAS READ BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ AND MAYOR
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PRO TEMP.THAT IS TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 6TH, 2023.
IF WE CAN JUST ADD IN THERE, SUBJECT TO THE CHANGE CITED BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, WHICH IS IN THE PARAGRAPH RIGHT ABOVE.
NOW MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE CHANGES I JUST SIGNED RIGHT NOW.
[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]
NUMBER SEVEN, CONSENT AGENDA.NO DISCUSSION IS ANTICIPATED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THIS SECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ROUTINE BUSINESS OR INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS OR HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AS A STAFF REPORT OR DISCUSSION ITEM.
THIS ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY BY A SINGLE VOTE UNLESS A COMMISSION MEMBER REQUESTS AN ITEM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE DID HAVE ITEM J REMOVED BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ, UM, AND WE HAD A CORRECTION ON ITEM C BY COMMISSIONER KINSLEY WITH THOSE, UM, EXCEPTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
OKAY, SO THEN ITEM NUMBER 10 J.
UM, LEMME SEE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.
THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL LOPEZ, UM, AND COMMISSIONER FRANK MORALE, IS THAT THE ONE THAT YOU EX EXCLUDE, EXCLUDED YOURSELF FROM? NO.
OH, WHICH ONE WAS IT? IT WAS THE H THERE WAS, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE FOR H-I-S-D-I-I WROTE DOWN J OH, I WAS GONNA PULL J ANYWAYS.
IF WE ADD NINTH STREET BETWEEN HARRISON AND JEFFERSON.
HERE'S WHAT I FOUND, COMMISSIONER.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT ONE WAS ONE SECOND.
UM, I DON'T SEE NO, KEEP GOING.
IT'S, IT'S NOT ON THE CONSENT.
SO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, SEVEN J SUBJECT TO THE ADDITION OF NINTH STREET BETWEEN HARRISON AND JEFFERSON.
[Item 8 - Staff Reports]
WE MOVE ON WITH ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEMS IN THIS SECTION ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REQUIRE ACTION BY THE 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 AFTER THE REQUEST OF TWO COMMISSIONER MEMBERS OR THE CITY MANAGER, A CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS, SIR? MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, WE DIDN'T PUT ANY REPORTS ON TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, PRESUMABLY A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH WATERWORKS AND OUR RATES.
SO WE HAVE NO REPORTS TODAY ON THIS ONE.
UH, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHEN, UH, KEY DEPARTMENTS ARE BEAUTIFUL IS GONNA MEET? I KNOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING.
NO, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET A LOCATION AT ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND SO AMANDA'S GONNA COORDINATE THAT WITH THE BOARD.
WHEN CAN WE SCHEDULE OR HOPE TO HAVE THAT MEETING? UM, I'M AMANDA, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE BOARD, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT I DID SEND THEM AN EMAIL LETTING HIM KNOW, UH, ABOUT SETTING ANOTHER MEETING, BUT HE HASN'T GIVEN ME A DATE YET.
BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP TOMORROW, SIR.
CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON A DATE THAT WE SET ANY OTHER MEETINGS ON? RIGHT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, AD STEP REPORT AND NONE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL INVITE MEMBERS TO THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITIZEN'S 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 OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL TOPICS.
[Item 9 - Public Hearings]
[Item 9a - Public hearing for voluntary annexation of an 18.788-acre tract of land out of Block 33, David and Stephenson Subdivision, located along the east side of Crossett Road approximately 3,260 feet north of Loop 499. Applicant: River Creek Management, LLC. ]
ON NINE A, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP? UH, NO MA'AM.SO WE'LL OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
AND UM, ALSO, MR. RON LOZANO SIGNED UP.
IS HE SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE? NO, ONLY FRANK.
WELL I DIDN'T SEE MR. WE'LL GET WITH YOU AFTER, AFTER MR. LOZANO, I SPOKE TO HER AND COMMISSIONER.
WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK JUST IN ONE SECOND.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA READ B AMANDA, UH, YES.
UH, IT'LL BE, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OF FIRST READING.
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NO, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
[Item 9b - Public hearing amending the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 111, Article XIII, Section 111-62, Use Chart, establishing the boundaries of the major commercial corridors, and prohibiting the car wash use in the said major corridors due to safety. Applicant: City of Harlingen.]
HEARING AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.CODE OF ORDINANCE IS CHAPTER ONE 11, ARTICLE 13, SECTION ONE 11 DASH 62 USED CHART ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR COURT AND PROHIBITING THE CAR WASH USE IN THE SET MAJOR QUARTER QUARTERS, UH, DUE TO SAFE SAFETY.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION AND MAYOR AND MY FELLOW CITIZENS.
THE PROPOSED, OR I'M SECURE TO SPEAK ON SECTION NINE B ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
RESTRICTING CAR WASHES ON MAJOR COMMERCIAL QUARTERS, OSTENSIBLY FOR SAFETY REASONS, THIS PRESENTS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH FOR A PROBLEM.
THIS BAN WILL HARM RESIDENTS BY LIVING IN CAR WASH CHOICES.
AND PRICE COMPETITION WILL HARM BUSINESSES BY LIVING IN THEIR GROWTH AND ULTIMATELY WILL HARM THE CITY ITSELF BY CREATING AN UNFRIENDLY BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE THROUGH ITS, UM, DEMONSTRATE THROUGH THE, UH, PRECEDENT.
FIRST, THE SAFETY ARGUMENT AGAINST CAR WASHES.
THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS LACKS EVIDENCE ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY CAR WASHES ARE STATISTICALLY RARE.
ATTRIBUTING CONGESTION TO CAR WASHES IGNORES THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF POORLY PLANNED TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
THE PROPER SOLUTION TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS IS THE USE OF DEDICATED TURNING LANES, CLEAR SIGNAGE, AND PROPER LANDSCAPING.
ULTIMATELY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS A RESULT OF HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC AT PEAK HOURS WITH INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE DEMAND.
FURTHERMORE, BANNER ON CAR WASHES CREATES A PARADE OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR RESIDENTS.
THE CONVENIENCE OF A QUICK CAR WASH ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM WORK COULD BECOME A CHORE REQUIRING THEM TO TRAVEL FURTHER AWAY FROM DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, POTENTIALLY ADD INTO OVERALL TRAFFIC CONGESTION, WHICH YOU SEEK TO ELIMINATE.
THIS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DE DETRIMENTAL FOR BUSY FAMILIES AND WORKING CLASS OF OUR CITY ECONOMICALLY.
THIS SPAN WILL HURT BOTH ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES AND POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS.
NEW BUSINESSES SHOULD BE WELCOME TO OUR CITY, NOT FACE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO ENTRY.
THIS BAN'S LIMIT WILL LIMIT COMPETITION AND POTENTIALLY DRIVE OUR PRICES FOR CONSUMERS.
ADDITIONALLY, NEW BUSINESSES BRING IN NEW JOBS, OTHER COMPLIMENTARY SERVICES, WHICH CREATE SYMBIOTIC ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEMS THAT BENEFIT EVERYONE.
FINALLY, A WELL-MAINTAINED CAR REFLECTS POSITIVELY IN THE CITY'S IMAGE.
DIRTY CARS NOT ONLY DETRACT FROM THE VISUAL APPEAL OF OUR CITY, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO MORE POLLUTION.
REGULAR CAR WASHES PREVENT THE ACCUMULATION OF GRIME OIL AND ROAD DUST, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY WASH OFF INTO STORM DRAINS AND OUR WATERWAYS.
INSTEAD OF AN OUTRIGHT BAN, THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD WORK HARDER ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, MITIGATION.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS AND ALLOWING ALREADY ESTABLISHED CAR WASH IN THE CITY WHILE PREVENTING NEW GROWTH.
DON'T JUST CHOOSE TO PROTECT THOSE WHO HAVE DONATED OR HAVEN'T DONATED TO YOUR CAMPAIGN.
ULTIMATELY, A CITY THRIVES WHEN IT CATERS TO THE NEEDS OF ITS RESIDENTS AND FOSTERS A DIVERSE RANGE OF BUSINESSES.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO RESTRICT CAR WASH IN THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IS A FLAWED SOLUTION TO A NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM.
LET'S BUILD A BETTER HARLINGEN THAT WORKS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TAKE CAR TAKE, TRYING TO WASH THEM AWAY.
FRANK LOZANO SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, I DID USE THE TERM FALSE A MOMENT AGO.
UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER JUST AS ORDINANCE NUMBER 24, BUT HAVE YOU HAD IT? MR. CERVANTES IS HERE ABOUT HIS PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT Y'ALL APPOINT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR APPOINTEES, YOU SHOULD GET RID OF 'EM BEFORE THEY VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL.
SO THIS DOCUMENT, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT ABOUT IT BEING FALSE.
THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL, NOT A SINGLE MEMBER.
SO YOU GUYS, YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT, LIKE I SAID, A WHILE AGO.
AND, AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY AN AMERICAN CITY, CITY SHOULD BE RUN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR THIS? NO, MA'AM.
UM, I JUST, BEFORE THE MEETING, I GOT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES AND I HAD THE CHUCKLE, UH, I'M SURE I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM THAT READS ZERO HEDGE.COM, BUT ON MONDAY THEY HAD AN ARTICLE ABOUT CAR WASHES SPRINGING UP LITERALLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THAT SOME CITIES HAVE ACTIVELY BANNED NEW CAR WASHES.
UM, AND THE COMMENTS, BECAUSE IT'S A SNARKY SITE, BUT THERE'S VALID STUFF ON IT AND THE COMMENTS ARE HILARIOUS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'D JUST SAY LET FREEDOM RING AND, AND GABE, I OF COURSE, I DIDN'T COPY IT AND SEND IT TO ANYBODY.
CAN GABE, CAN YOU SEND IT TO PEOPLE? UM, COMMISSIONER, I THINK ORLANDO CAMPO, OUR EDC DIRECTOR, SENT THE SIMILAR ARTICLE FROM BLOOMBERG THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT SAME ISSUE.
AND, UM, I KNOW IT WAS SENT TO ME, BUT I'LL CHECK TO SEE IF THE REST OF THE COMMISSION RECEIVED IT.
IF THEY DID NOT, I'LL FORWARD IT TO EVERYONE.
YEAH, SO, SO I WOULD VOTE ON TABLING THIS FOR RIGHT NOW ON, THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING.
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OKAY.AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM B.
AND IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM C? NO, MA'AM.
DO I STILL READ IT? DO YOU STILL WANT ME TO READ IT? YES, PLEASE.
[Item 9c - Public hearing for a Special Use Permit ("SUP") to allow a bar/lounge in a General Retail ("GR") District located at 407 West Harrison Avenue, bearing a legal description of Lots 8-9, Block 84, Harlingen Original Townsite Subdivision. Applicant: Janie Zamora]
IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP TO ALLOW A BAR LOUNGE IN A GENERAL RETAIL G OR DISTRICT LOCATED AT 4 0 1 WEST HARRIS AVENUE, BEARING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LA EIGHT NINE BLOCK 84, UH, HARLINGEN ORIGINAL TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION APPLICANT JANIE SAMURA.AND SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVING NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN BEHALF OF THIS ITEM, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.
[Item 10 - Action Items]
ACTION ITEM CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY ON ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF A MINUTE ORDER OR A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE 10,[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for the voluntary annexation of an 18.788-acre tract of land out of Block 33, David and Stephenson Subdivision, located along the east side of Crossett Road approximately 3,260 feet north of Loop 499. Applicant: River Creek Management, LLC]
A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ELECTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 18.788 ACRES, TRACK OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 33.DAVID AND STEVENSON SUBDIVISION LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CROSSETT ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 3,260 FEET NORTH OF LUKE 4 99.
APPLICANT, RIVER CREEK MANAGEMENT, LLC, PLANNING ZONING, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A, AN ANNEXATION REQUEST.
UH, WE DON'T GET THIS VERY OFTEN, SO WE, WE EMBRACE HIM.
THIS IS FOR A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT IS PROPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROSSETT ROAD, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE NORTH OF LOOP 4, 9 9.
HAVE YET, REAL QUICK, I'M READY TO VOTE ON IT.
IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I JAVI YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
MARK, YOU WANT TO HIT THE CAPTION AND LET GO? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS PART OF THIS, UH, ANNEXATION, UH, OKAY.
YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT, AT IT ANNEXATION.
IS ANY OF THIS PART, PART OF THIS, UH, FOR, FOR THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, IS IT GONNA BE PART OF THE, UH, PART OF COMBS AS WELL? YES.
NO, IT, IT ABUTS THE CITY LIMITS OF COMBS.
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA INCLUDE ANY PART OF COMBS.
I, I, LET ME SEE IF I CAN REPHRASE THIS QUESTION.
ONCE THEY CONSTRUCT, IS HALF OF IT GONNA BE IN COMBS AND THE OTHER HALF IN HARLINGEN? SO THIS IS THE, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE SUBDIVISION HERE.
THE AREA IN BLUE IS THE AREA WITHIN OUR ETA THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR ANNEXATION.
THE NORTH HALF OF THE PRO SOUTH DIVISION WILL BE IN THE CITY OF COMBS.
SO HALF THE CITY WILL BE IN HARLINGEN AND HALF IN COMMS, THE SUBDIVISION.
BUT WE'RE ONLY, WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE HARLINGEN PART, CORRECT? YES.
COMMS, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CORRECT.
AND THEY, EXCUSE ME, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, UTILITIES.
IN OTHER WORDS, WATER, SEWER, ALL OF THAT'S GONNA BE THE COMMS, THE UTILITIES IS HARLEEN WATERWORKS.
THIS OUR SERVICE AREA FOR WATER AND SEW.
THIS IS PART OF, THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT, CORRECT? NO, NO.
DO PLANES FLY OVER IT PRETTY? NO, NO.
THIS IS THE LOCATION RIGHT HERE.
AND THE AIRPORT IS KIND OF OVER HERE.
IS THERE, UH, CAN YOU READ THE CAPTION PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
IN ORDINANCE, EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BY ANNEXING FOR FULL PURPOSE, AN 18.788 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AT, OF BLOCK 33, DAVID AND, UH, STEVENSON SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROSSETT ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 3,260 FEET NORTH OF LOOP 4 99 BINDING, BINDING THE LAND TO ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTION AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, APPROVING AN AN ANNEXATION SERVICES AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
QUICK QUESTION, ARE THEY GONNA BE IN MY DISTRICT OR ARE THEY GONNA BE IN HIS THAT WAS JUST MY ONE QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S, WELL, THEY HA WE WILL HAVE GREAT COMMISSIONERS EITHER WAY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I WAS JUST SAYING, I WAS JUST WONDERING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT COMMISSIONER BOARD.
[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading amending the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 111 , Article XIII , Section 111-62, Use Chart, establishing the boundaries of the major commercial corridors, and prohibiting the car wash use in the said major corridors due to safety. Applicant: City of Harlingen]
10 B.UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OF FIRST READING, AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER ONE 11, ARTICLE 13, SECTION ONE 11 DASH 62.
ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS QUARTER.
UM, AND PROHIBITING THE CAR WASH USE IN, IN THE SET MAJOR CORRIDORS DUE TO SAFE SAFETY.
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YEAH.I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION THAT G WILL SEND US TO TABLE THIS.
BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET JAVIER, UM, I, I JUST SENT YOU THE ARTICLE FROM BLOOMBERG PUT ON, YOU SEND IT TO US ALL.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO READ IT? WE, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE.
WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET JAVIER, UM, PRESENT SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WE CAN DO THE MOVE, MOVE TO TABLE.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO PROHIBIT, UH, NEW CAR WASHES ON CERTAIN MAJOR CORRIDORS.
UH, BASED ON SAFETY, THE MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE IS INTERSTATE TWO, WHICH IS EXPRESSWAY THREE, INTERSTATE 69 E, WHICH IS EXPRESSWAY 77, ED, CARRIE, UH, LUKE 4 89, TYLER AND HARRISON.
SO THEY WILL BE ALLOWED IN OTHER MINOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS LIKE BUSINESS 77 OR BUSINESS 83.
UH, SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE WHERE, YOU KNOW, A NEW CAR WASH WILL NOT, WILL BE PROHIBITED.
UH, EXISTING CAR WASHES OR CAR WASHES UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE GRANDFATHERED ALONG THESE CORRIDORS.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE IS AN EXCEPTION THAT IF IT'S A CAR WASH, THERE IS A COMPONENT OF A, A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT WILL BE THE EXCEPTION THAT IT WILL BE ALLOWED AND THE PLANNING AND SONY COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND DENIAL UNANIMOUSLY TO THIS ORDINANCE.
AND THIS ARTICLE YOU SENT US, IT'S THE IDENTICAL ARTICLE FROM ZERO HEDGE.
I, I HAD A QUICK, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW MANY CAR WASHES DO WE HAVE IN HAREN? UH, BECAUSE I, I'M THINKING, I'M TRYING TO THINK FOR MYSELF.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE, THE ONE THAT'S BY SAM'S.
THEN WE HAVE THE BLUE WAVE AND THEN THE BUILDING.
THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA BE RIGHT ACROSS FROM CHILI'S.
AND THEN WE HAVE, THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA BE, THEN THEY'RE BUILDING ANOTHER ONE FROM THE SIGN THAT I SAW THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM HEB.
AND THEN, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, BLUE WAVE IS GOING TO OPEN WHERE THE GREAT CHINA RESTAURANT USED TO BE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER ONE THAT'S ON, UM, ON ED CAREY, WHICH IS SIX.
AND THEN IF I'M CORRECT, THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO THE ARBY'S AS WELL.
SO MY THING ON THIS IS THERE'S, WE ALREADY HAVE SEVEN CAR WASHES.
WE HAVE OH YEAH, WE HAVE HAVE A SUNSHINE STRIP WE HAVE ON THE CORNER DOWN BY HARRISON AND THE LOOP.
I MEAN, WE EASILY HAVE A DOZEN.
AND, AND MY THING IS THAT THEY'RE TAKING UP SPACE THAT I THINK THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DIVER, UH, I GUESS DIVERSIFY, LIKE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MAIN, IN THE MAIN QUARTERS.
'CAUSE AS RIGHT NOW, I MEAN IF YOU READ WHAT'S GOING ON ONLINE AND EVERYTHING, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO CALL US THE CAR WASH CAPITAL OF THE VALLEY.
AND THAT'S ONE THING I DO NOT WANT TO BE KNOWN AS, UH, HORN.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BE KNOWN FOR CAR WASHES WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE IN, YOU WANT THEM TO SEE ALL THESE, UH, NICE BUSINESSES AND WHY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO COME IN HERE AND WANNA INVEST OR JUST COME AND LIVE HERE.
AND ALL THEY'RE GONNA BE SEEING IS CAR WASH, CAR WASH, CAR WASH, CAR WASH.
AND THEN WHAT IF THIS BOOM THAT'S HAPPENING? 'CAUSE I DID READ A LITTLE BIT OF THE ARTICLE FROM BLOOMBERG AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THIS BOOM MIGHT, YOU KNOW, CEASE TO EXIST, YOU KNOW, MIGHT STOP.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE, UM, CAR WASHES THAT ARE GONNA BE ABANDONED RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE A, A, A EYESORE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND ESPECIALLY ON THE MAIN QUARTERS ON HARRISON, ON TYLER, ON ED CAREY.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT BANNING THEM.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU WANT TO COME IN, JUST GO TO SOME, UH, GO TO ONE OF THE ROADS.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE MAIN THING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE WHEN THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR TOWN, OUR CITY.
UM, I'M, UM, I I THINK WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH CAR WASHES AND FOR THE COMPETITION ASPECT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE 12 CAR WASHES.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH CAR WASH, UH, COMPETITION RIGHT THERE.
WE, UH, WE APPROVE EVERY BAR I'D, YOU KNOW, WE APPROVE EVERY BAR.
BUT NOW WE'RE ARGUING AGAINST CAR WASHES, IMPROPER PRIORITIES.
SO I'M A LITTLE COM UH, AND I THINK I'VE SHARED MY OPINION ON THIS BEFORE.
I'M A LITTLE, UM, CONFLICTED IN TERMS OF WHETHER AS A GOVERNING BODY, WE SHOULD BE RESTRICTING BUSINESSES.
SO I DO TEND TO AGREE WITH, WITH, UH, MIKE, BUT AT THE O ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, OF THE COIN, I ALSO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BETOS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE I GET SO MANY PHONE CALLS AND MESSAGES AND EMAILS FROM CONCERNED CITIZENS NOT WANTING TO HAVE ANY MORE CAR WASHES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE, I THINK, VERY ACTIVE ONLINE.
UM, AND THAT'S COMMUNICATED TO ME.
I THINK I, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT I PUT OUT, I TALKED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC AND IT GOT LOTS OF TRACTION, LOTS OF COMMENTARY.
AND SO THERE'S THAT FINE LINE, RIGHT? WHERE DO YOU, WHERE, WHERE DO YOU FIND THAT BALANCE? WHERE WE WANNA PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND HAVE DIVERSE,
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UH, TYPE OF BUSINESSES.AND AT THE SAME TIME, I AM A BIG FAN OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND, RIGHT? AND SO IF, IF, IF THEY WANNA OPEN UP CAR WASHES, THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.
THEY DO PROVIDE, UH, THEY DO PROVIDE JOBS, THEY DO PROVIDE A SERVICE.
AND AS A COMMUNITY, IF WE WERE NOT UTILIZING THESE BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS WE DO, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE CONTINUING TO OPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S THOSE CONCERNS TOO.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHICH WAY THE COMMISSION IS GONNA GO IF WE'RE GONNA GO IN FAVOR OF IT.
I THINK LOOKING AT ALSO COMMERCE, UM, IN, IN DISTRICT TWO, IF YOU'RE GONNA, IF YOU'RE GONNA PROTECT ALL THESE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, THAT MIGHT BE ONE TO ADD.
IF, IF THIS IS A, AN ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE GONNA PASS AS A COMMISSION JUST TO PROTECT ALL THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THAT SIDE OF TOWN, UM, I'D, I'D WANT THAT TO BE INCLUDED IF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S, IT IS DIFFICULT.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF COMMUNITIES THAT I HAVE SEEN, UM, TAKE THIS POSITION.
I KNOW RECENTLY, I WANNA SAY IT WAS ALAMO MAYBE THAT, UM, THEY DID THE SAME THING.
THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T, WE, WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE, UM, CAR WASHES COMING IN, IN, IN A SPECIFIC CORRIDOR.
I THINK IT WAS OFF THE EXPRESSWAY.
'CAUSE THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, GROW IN A WAY THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC AND INTENTIONAL.
AND SO, UM, BY ORDINANCE, THEY DID ADOPT IT AND IT, IT GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY HOW YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
AND ALSO IF THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE, I PUT A LOT OF, UH, STOCK IN WHAT CHIEF KESTER AND OUR HARLINGEN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO SAY.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER AND, AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANNA GOVERN AND ALSO BALANCE THE, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF, IF I, I WOULD SUGGEST, IF YOU GUYS DO WANT TO TABLE THIS, I WOULD, I KNOW MOST OF YOU, I KNOW FORD, I KNOW DANIEL AND I KNOW MYSELF.
AND WELL, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY YOU MIKE, UM, IS TO GO ONLINE, LISTEN TO PEOPLE, ASK, ASK THE CONSTITUENTS WHAT YOU, WHAT THEY WANT.
BECAUSE YOU WILL BE, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT NEW CAR WASHES.
ANYTIME THE, THERE'S A, UH, UH, THE EDC POST SOMETHING ABOUT A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S POSSIBLY COMING IN, OR WE POST SOMETHING THAT'S ABOUT TO COME IN, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE COMMENTS.
UH, DON'T TELL ME IT'S ANOTHER CAR WASH.
WELL, WE NEED ANOTHER CAR WASH.
YOU'LL SEE THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT.
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY WANT.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO GO OUT THERE, TALK TO THE PEOPLE, LOOK ONLINE, BECAUSE FOR, IN MY OPINION, LOOKING ONLINE, THAT'S A GOOD, UM, PULSE ON WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
UM, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
IF YOU WANNA TABLE IT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT SEE, GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.
WELL, WE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE OR BEEN PRESENTED.
RIGHT? AND, AND I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT 'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO READ WHATEVER THIS DOCUMENT IS THAT'S BEEN SENT OUT TO US.
IT JUST SAYS THAT THEY'RE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SOME, SOME CITIES ARE BLOCKING 'EM, SOME CITY GOT SUED IN TENNESSEE THAT IT'S A CASH COW.
IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF STARBUCKS.
THAT'S THE, IN A NUTSHELL, IN A NUTSHELL.
RIGHT? AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM THAT SAY THE SAME.
BUT THE SAME COMPLAINTS I GET ABOUT CAR WASHES I'VE SEEN IS THE SAME COMPLAINTS WE GET ABOUT, UH, COFFEE SHOPS, RIGHT? WE'RE GETTING TOO MANY COFFEE SHOPS.
THERE'S THE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OVER THERE BY LUBY.
THERE'S, WE GOT, WE'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF THEM AS WELL.
RIGHT? AND SO THE WAY I SEE IT IS MUCH LIKE THE ARTICLE SAYS IS LIKE IF PEOPLE ARE PAYING TO USE IT, THAT'S 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT, RIGHT? UH, THEY, YOU WOULDN'T GO AND PUT A BUSINESS IN A PLACE THAT YOU KNOW IS GONNA LOSE MONEY.
'CAUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO START TAKING, PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH INDUSTRIES WE WANT TO LIKE START, UH, LIKE NARROWING IN.
'CAUSE WHEN I CAME IN, I, I DO NOT LIKE PERSONALLY DOLLAR STORES, DOLLAR TREES, DOLLAR GENERALS, AND IF WE'RE THERE ALWAYS CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, RIGHT? AND I REMEMBER I HAD A CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE WHEN THE MOST RECENT ONE CAME UP ON RAINVILLE THAT'S COMING UP.
THAT WAS MAYBE LIKE NINE MONTHS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT DO I WANNA BE, AND DOES THIS COMMISSION WANNA BE THE ONE THAT STARTS DICTATING THINGS LIKE THAT? AND THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER VOTED AGAINST A BUSINESS WAS LITERALLY BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE TOO CLOSE TO A PARK.
AND I FELT THAT THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT THEY WERE OPENING WAS MAYBE I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROXIMITY TO A PARK, BUT OTHERWISE, WHETHER I AGREE WITH THE BUSINESS COMING TO TOWN OR NOT, I THINK WE, IT SHOULD NOT BE OUR MO TO START REJECTING THEM.
SO THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE TABLE AND IF IT'S OVERTURNED, THEN WE'LL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I WANNA SAY I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK WE'RE NECESSARILY REJECTING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE ALLOWED TO COME INTO HAREN.
IT'S JUST NOT THE MAIN CORRIDORS.
UM, AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CAR
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WASHES.THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL.
AND YOU, I KNOW YOU SAY THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AND I KNOW IN THAT ARTICLE, I BELIEVE IT SAYS A LOT OF THESE EQUITY FIRMS ARE JUST COMING IN AND THEY'RE OPEN.
THEY'RE, THAT'S THEIR WAY OF JUST BASICALLY SITTING ON LAND.
THEY GO IN, THEY INVEST IT, THEY, THEY GET THIS CAR WASH, IT'S MINIMAL INVESTMENT FOR THEM.
THEY HIRE IN SOME PLACES THEY'LL HIRE LIKE ABOUT FIVE EMPLOYEES.
SO I DON'T SEE THAT MUCH OF AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS WITH THESE CAR WASHES WHEN PERHAPS IN THAT UM, PLACE YOU COULD HAVE MAYBE A RESTAURANT.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING, IF YOU ASK ANY HARLINGEN RESIDENT, WOULD YOU WANT A CAR WASH OR WOULD YOU WANT A RESTAURANT? UM, NINE OUT 10 ARE GONNA SAY, UH, RESTAURANT.
WE CAN'T DICTATE WHAT BUSINESS COME IN AND I DON'T THINK WE REALLY ARE.
'CAUSE ALL WE'RE JUST SAYING IS LIKE, YOU WANT TO COME IN, BY ALL MEANS COME IN IF THAT'S WHAT YOU INTO A CAR WASH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, GOD BLESS YOU.
BUT JUST NOT DO IT IN ONE OF THE MAIN CORRIDORS BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRESENT TO THE, OUR VISITORS, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN TO SIT TO HARING AND WE WANNA PRESENT SOMETHING ELSE THAN JUST CAR WASHES.
TO WHICH I REPLY, LET ECONOMIC FREEDOM REIGN, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO OPEN ONE IN CORPORATIONS WHO OPEN ONE, PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND THEY'RE MAKING AN ECONOMIC DECISION AND IT'S NOT OUR DUTY TO QUASH THEIR ECONOMIC DECISION FOR A CLEAN BUSINESS.
SO, UM, I, THE, THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS, AND, AND AGAIN, I MEAN I THINK I'VE, I I EX I I AGREE IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, NOT CONTROLLING AND MAKING, LETTING, UM, ECONOMICS REIGN AS MIKE SAYS, BUT THERE WAS A SAFETY COMPONENT.
AND I KNOW CHIEF KESTERS NOT HERE TODAY FOR VALID UM, REASONS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD TABLE AND SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT.
I, I THINK IT WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED IN MY MIND.
IT WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THE, IN THE MINUTES WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'RE BRINGING IT UP ON CAR WASHES, BUT WE'VE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP ON TARGET OR WE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP ON STARBUCKS.
WE'VE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP ON THAT NEW COFFEE SHOP, THE DUTCH BROTHERS.
RIGHT? LIKE EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY THE, THE STARBUCKS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON THE ONE ON ED CARE, THERE'S ALWAYS A LINE, RIGHT? AND IT'S LIKE, YOU ALWAYS GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
SO, BUT IT ALSO IN THE MINUTES DIDN'T MENTION ALSO HOW THE RUNOFF FROM THE WATER CAN ALSO DAMAGE THE ASPHALT ON THE STREETS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTUAL STREET.
I KNOW IT'S A STATE ROAD, BUT DO WE WANT TO REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE, UM, UM, POTHOLES ON THE STREET? THAT'S A TEXTILE ISSUE FOR THEM TO RESOLVE, BUT IT'S ALSO A RESIDENT OF CITY OF ORIGIN.
THEN WE CAN MOVE ON AND YEAH, EITHER APPROVE IT, IT'S PROOF.
I VOTE TO, OH WELL WE'VE ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION, BUT I THINK MOTION AND SECOND THE TABLE.
YEAH, I THINK THE MOTION WAS MADE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE COULD READ THIS ARTICLE AND I SECONDED IT.
I'D RATHER JUST VOTE NO NOW AND MOVE ON.
WELL YOU GUYS LOST, SO MOTION, MOTION CARRIES.
I JUST WANT, I JUST
[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit ("SUP") to allow a bar/lounge in a General Retail ("GR") District located at 407 West Harrison Avenue, bearing a legal description of Lots 8-9, Block 84, Harlingen Original Townsite Subdivision. Applicant: Janie Zamora]
ITEM IS 10 C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OF FIRST READING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP TO ALLOW A BAR LOUNGE IN A GENERAL RETAIL GR DISTRICT LOCATED AT 4 0 1 WEST HARRISON AVENUE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT EIGHT DASH NINE BLOCK 84 HARLINGEN ORIGINAL TOWNSIDE SUBDIVISION APPLICANT JAMIE OMO PLANNING AND ZONING.YEAH, JAVIER, AS I RECALL, THIS IS JUST A, A PAPERWORK.
NAME CHANGE ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT? IT'S A DIFFERENT OPERATOR.
SO THAT'S, BUT IT'S THE SAME BAR, SAME RESTRICTIONS, CORRECT.
UH, THE NAME WILL CHANGE TO MAGS BAR NO MORE
IT'LL BE WHAT? MAGS BAR MAG BAR.
OH, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, CAN YOU READ THE CAPTION? SURE.
IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP ISSUED THE JANIE ZAMORA TO ALLOW A BAR LOUNGE IN A GENERAL RETAIL GR DISTRICT LOCATED AT 4 0 7 WEST HARRISON AVENUE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS EIGHT AND NINE BLOCK 84 HARLINGEN ORIGINAL TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OR IN ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE FOREGOING MOTION TO APPROVE.
ITEM NUMBER, UM, LET SEE, WHERE AM I? OKAY, UM, ATTENDEE,
[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve the preliminary construction plans and final plat with conditions of the proposed Central Perk Subdivision, located along the west side of Perk Lane, approximately 1,842 feet south of Garrett Road, bearing a legal description of 2.89 acres of land (3.00 acres deed) out of Block 6 Dougherty - Paillet Subdivision out of Survey 293. Applicant: Moore Land Surveying, LLC c/o Ramiro & Sylvia Resendez.]
ATTENDEE D, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED CENTRAL PARK PER SUBDIVISION LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF PER LANE, APPROXIMATELY 1,842 FEET SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 2.89, 2.89 ACRES OF LAND[00:55:01]
3.00 ACRES D OUT OF BLOCK SIX DRE, UH, PALET SUBDIVISION OUT OF SURVEY 2 93, APPLICANT MOORE AND MOORE LAND SURVEYING LOC IN CARE OF RAMIRO AND SYLVIA RESENDEZ? YES.THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION IS COMING BEFORE YOU FOR TWO REASONS.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO WIND THE DITCH TO COMPLY WITH THE DRAINAGE AND IS THE FIRST ONE TO PAY THE PARK FEES FROM OUR NEW ORDINANCE.
THIS IS A SUBDIVISION IN THE ETJ.
THERE'S A LOCATION AND IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA BE PAYING 1800 AND IT'S GOING TO PULL, DID YOU BACK, BACK UP ONE SLIDE PLEASE? YES.
SO THEY WILL BE PAYING 1800, UH, AND IT'S GOING TO PARK ZONE ONE, WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST ZONE.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE.
[Item 10e -Consideration and possible action to approve the preliminary construction plans and final plat and a variance request with regards to the minimum lot depth for Lots 12, 38, 48, 49 and 74 and the minimum lot width for Lots 48, 49, and 74 for the proposed Trinity Heights Phase II Subdivision, located at the northeast corner of Stuart Place and Brennaman Roads, bearing a legal description of 15.99 acres of land compromised of 4.95 acres out of Block 5, 4.82 acres out of Block 7, and 6.22 acres out of Block 9 Stuart Place Resubdivision. Applicant: Moore Land Surveying, LLC c/o Zarate Home Designs, LLC]
E, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND FINAL PLAN AND A VARIANCE REQUEST WITH REGARDS TO THE MINIMUM LOCKDOWN FOR LOTS.AND THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR LOT 48, 49 AND 74 FOR THE PURPOSE.
UH, TRINITY HEIGHTS, UH, PHASE TWO SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
SO THIS SUBDIVISION IS COMING FOR YOU FOR THREE REASONS.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO WIND THE DITCH IN RED FOR, UH, DRAINAGE, THE VARIANCES THAT WERE MENTIONED AND THE PARK FEES.
THIS IS A SUBDIVISION FOR DUPLEXES, SO IT'S BY DWELLING UNIT.
SO THESE ARE THE LOTS THAT MEET THE VARIANCES.
THEY, THEY ALL THE LATS MEET THE AREA REQUIREMENTS.
THEY JUST, SOME OF 'EM DON'T HAVE THE FRONTAGE OR THE DEBT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S DUPLEXES, THEY WILL, THE DEVELOPER WILL BE PAYING 66,600, UH, ALSO GOING TO PARK ZONE ONE, THE SOUTHWEST ZONE.
AND THAT'S, UH, STEWART PLACE ROAD, CORRECT? IN NORTH, SOUTH ROAD? CORRECT.
AND ALL OF THESE OF THE WHINING OF THE DITCH, JUST FOR THOSE THAT I KNOW PEOPLE WATCH FROM HOME, THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY LUIS, OUR ENGINEER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND.
[Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to approve the preliminary construction plans and final plat with conditions of the proposed Dawn Subdivision, located at the southeast corner of Primera Road and US 77 Frontage Road, bearing a legal description of 10.13 acres of land out of Block 19, Cunninghams Subdivision. Applicant: Moore Land Surveying, LLC c/o CJE Construction]
10 F CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED DAWN SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EDTA ROAD AND US 77 FRONTAGE ROAD BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 10 POINT 13 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 19 CUING.HE SUBDIVISION APPLICANT MOORE LAND SURVEYING LLC IN KARA, CJE CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND ROLANDO'S CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY.
ALL OF HIS STRANGE DISHES ARE BEING WIDENED FOR HIM.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS CHRISTINA, YOU'RE HERE IN THE ROOM.
ITEM 10 B IS, WAS TABLED AND IS GONNA COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION IF YOU CAN DO SOME KIND OF, UM, AWARENESS FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WAY THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA SINCE YOU ARE THE ONE THAT KIND OF FRONTS THE, THE COMMENTS AND IN TERMS OF THESE TYPES OF, UH, ISSUES.
AND SO IF YOU COULD, YOU COULD HELP, I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action on the Water and Wastewater Study submitted by Willdan and authorize the commencement of the public engagement process]
ITEM 10 G, CONSIDER, NO, GO AHEAD.UM, ITEM 10 G, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ELECTION ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER STUDY SUBMITTED BY WDA AND AUTHORIZE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UH, I, YOU DO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT HAD SOME UPDATES THAT WERE REQUESTED, UH, FROM THE FE FEBRUARY 26TH MEETING THAT WE HAD.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROGRAMMED PRESENTATION HERE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE SLIDES, UH, AVAILABLE SO WE CAN COVER
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ANY OF THOSE OR HANDLE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE GOT.UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE NEED THIS, THIS IS ESSENTIAL, BUT I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BACK IN 20, $20 IS 170 MILLION IN TODAY'S HOUR.
IT'S PROBABLY IN OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200 MILLION.
UM, THIS IS MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT INCREASING THE RATES, BUT I WANT US TO GO AFTER AND SEE WHERE WE STAND WITH, WITH OUR LOBBYISTS.
UM, THE THING BEHIND IT IS, A WEEK AGO, THIS PAST MONDAY, HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR PROJECT WITH MACALLAN THAT WOULD'VE BROUGHT MACALLAN A $2 BILLION MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
UH, THAT DID NOT GO AS THE WAY THEY WANTED, UH, BUT MACALLAN WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE NATION THAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED.
AND IN THAT ARTICLE, WHICH WAS PUT OUT BY THE GUARDIAN, TWO THINGS STAND OUT TO ME.
ONE, THEY HAD THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE SQUARED, THEY HAD IT DONE, AND TWO, WE JUST HIRED THE SAME CONSULTANT.
SO I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN FOR US TO, TO REALLY EXPLORE THAT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF FUNDING HE CAN PROVIDE US.
ALONG WITH THAT, I THOUGHT IT'S ORLANDO BACK OVER THERE.
UH, WE ALSO NEED TO EXPLORE WHAT AND HOW WE CAN USE FUNDS FROM FUTURE, UH, FUNDS FROM THE EDCA AND B BOARD TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
UH, THEN THIRD, WHICH I DISCUSSED WITH GABE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M AT, UM, IS TRYING TO USE THE SAME CONCEPT AS, AS A TAX, UH, INCREMENT, UH, REINVESTMENT ZONE.
ALRIGHT? USE THAT FORMAT AND USE AND, AND, AND THAT COMFORT THAT ENCOMPASSES THE WHOLE CITY OF HARLINGEN, RIGHT? AND GET THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE US WITH, WITH MATCHING FUNDS AND, AND TRYING TO FIND AS MANY BUCKETS OF MONEY TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS MAJOR ENDEAVOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
ALRIGHT, SO I I, I, YOU KNOW, THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, 200 MILLION, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 370, UH, 340 MILLION.
AND IT'S LIKE, THANK GOD, IT, I DO, I, ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANNA SAY GEEZ, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IT'S ONLY OUR, OUR, THE, THE CITIZENS OF HARTON THAT ARE GONNA FORK THIS OUT.
I WANT US TO REALLY EXPLORE THE OTHER OPTIONS, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING.
UM, YOU HAVE THE USDA AND WHO PUSHES THE USDA ONE WAY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IS GONNA BE OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR US REP AND OUR US SENATORS.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A LOBBYIST THAT WORKS OUTTA WASHINGTON THAT WORKS WITH THE AIRPORT.
SO WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY AND GET THEM TO WORK WITH US.
SO WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE IF WE HAVE THIS BIG OPTION OF JUST WITH US CITIZENS THAT THEY'RE GONNA FORK OUT THIS MUCH MONEY, LET'S, LET'S DECREASE THAT.
ALSO, SOMEWHERE'S ON THE LINE.
I SAW THIS, UH, I, AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, I COULD, I GOTTA BACKTRACK ON SOME OF THE, UH, WORKSHOPS THAT WE'VE HAD BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SOME PAPERWORK THERE SOMEWHERE THAT I COULD SWEAR THAT I SAW TO WHERE WE WOULD BE, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED WOULD BE THE, UH, A WASTEWATER PLANT ON THE WEST SIDE.
THAT WOULD REALLY ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE STRESS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EASIER, HOPEFULLY, TO WHERE, AS MICAH SAID, EVERYTHING ROLLS DOWNHILL.
IT'LL BE HOPEFULLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT OTHER OPTION.
ALRIGHT? WE ARE GROWING AND IF WE HAVE IT THE WAY I'M HOPING WE DO, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE ROOF, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT, THAT SECOND WATER, UH, WASTEWATER PLANT SOONER THAN LATER.
UH, SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING OF EVERYBODY HERE IS, LET'S TABLE THIS.
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LET'S SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE 304, 300 AND 340 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY.THAT'S WELL OVER A QUARTER OF A BILLION, AND WE NEED TO DO RIGHT BY OUR CITIZENS AND THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.
I DO REALIZE THERE'S SOME CONTRACTS THAT ARE FOR RENEWAL WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE.
UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, NOT THAT THEY'RE ON BOARD SO MUCH, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE 'EM ON THE DOTTED LINE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE START LOOKING AT HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA GET FINANCED BY THEM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND SEE MORE NUMBERS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY FAST.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT BEGS TO BE BROUGHT UP.
WHEN YOU BROUGHT US THIS, THE, THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THAT WORKSHOP THAT WAS DONE IN, IN THE FALL, I DO NOT RECALL IF IT WAS IN THE SPRING, UH, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
IT WAS DONE IN THE, IN THE FALL, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR.
I I'M REFERRING TO, UH, WE HAD JUST FINISHED THE ELECTIONS IN, IN, IN, UH, MAY OF 2022.
I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN FROM FRIES AND NICHOLS, RIGHT? THE MASTER PLAN, THE MASTER WAS AUGUST OF 2022.
SO WE GOT THAT IN AUGUST, BUT THAT PLAN WAS IN ESSENCE, BUT DID WE HAVE THE, THE WORKSHOP IN AUGUST OR WAS IT LATER? IT WAS IN AUGUST.
SEE, BECAUSE I'M THINKING IT, IT CAME IN WAY LATER AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DIGEST IT REGARDLESS.
I'M ASKING MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO, LET'S THINK THIS THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO TABLE THIS, SO I MAKE A MO.
SO COMMISSIONER, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE NOT ADOPTING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE GIVING SOME GUIDANCE AND WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BEFORE WE CAN, WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON, WELL, I GUESS I GUESS TO, TO THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A FULL COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION.
WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT A 50 YEAR NET PRESENT VALUE ANALYSIS, COMPARING SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UH, WHETHER TO SEND ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER TO THE EXISTING PLANT, EVEN THE FUTURE FLOWS.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD ADD THE SECOND PLAN OVER ON THE WEST SOMEWHERE.
UM, AND BASED ON THE CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEY'VE DONE, THEY DO ABOUT 60% OF THE STATE'S, UH, MASTER PLANS, THEY INDICATED IT WOULD BE BETTER OVER THE NEAR TERM.
AND I'M TALKING OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND WHAT WE DO HAVE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS A LIFT STATION IN THAT SAME AREA, ON THE SAME SITE THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO BUILD THAT TREATMENT PLAN.
BUT FOR THE PROJECTED FLOWS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THAT LIFT STATION AND THE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EAST WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE FLOWS THAT ARE ADDED.
YOU'RE TALKING, HMM, I, YOU KNOW, IN TODAY'S PRICES, YOU'RE PROBABLY APPROACHING 50, $60 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS THAT ARE HERE.
THE ONLY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MASTER PLAN THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSING OR BE HELPING ANYTHING IN THE WEST IS A LIFT STATION.
IT'S A 1.5 MILLION GALLON PER DAY LIFT STATION AND A FOREST MAIN.
IT HAS SOME CONSIDERABLE LENGTH, BUT THAT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL FRACTION OF THE COSTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN OUR MASTER PLAN THAT ADDRESS NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
YOU MAY RECALL SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE GIVEN SHOWING A MAP, RED DOTS SHOWING SEWER OVERFLOWS, YELLOW DOTS SHOWING SURCHARGE.
AND THAT EXISTS THROUGH NOT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, BUT IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY.
THOSE ARE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD OCCUR TODAY UNDER A DESIGN STORM CONDITION.
AND FROM 2018 THROUGH 2021, EACH OF THOSE YEARS, WE'VE HAD A STORM THAT EXCEEDED THAT AMOUNT.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME COMMISSIONERS TALKING AND, AND ASKING FOR RELIEF FROM THOSE PROBLEMS, AND WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT MASTER PLAN, UM, SO WHATEVER THE COMMISSION WE LIKE TO DO IN TERMS OF THE, THE TIMING OF THE, THE, THE MASTER PLAN, UH, OR THE, THE RATE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UH, THAT'S NOT, NOT MY RECOMMENDATION.
BUT, UH, CERTAINLY OUR MASTER PLAN HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT PUT INTO IT.
WE STARTED THAT PROCESS EARLY IN 2019, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY WRAP THAT UP UNTIL 2022.
AND SO THAT AFFORDED US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
AND THE CONSULTANT AND STAFF BOTH AGREE, UH, WE FEEL THAT THAT TREATMENT PLANT WOULD BE, WILL SERVE US, BUT WE'RE ALREADY DEVELOPING THAT SITE AS PART OF A PROJECT THAT IS IN THE MASTER PLAN IN THAT DIXIELAND AREA.
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THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY COMMENT TO THE PLANT.I KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER, QUITE A FEW OTHER COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA LEAVE MY ANSWER.
SO, TIM, IF YOU CAN JUST TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED SOME APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING AND, UM, WITH THE PROPOSED RATE, UM, THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT POTENTIAL OF THE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS, SHOULD WE NOT MOVE FORWARD? AND WE PUT A HOLD ON THIS FOR A VERY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS, WHAT THAT MAKES, WHAT, HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE PROJECTS FUNDED.
THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, THEY'RE THE SRF AGENCY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO FEDERAL FUNDS COME THROUGH WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND ANNUALLY THEY, UH, SOLICIT PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
UH, AND THAT DEADLINE WAS JUST LAST FRIDAY, WE SUBMITTED ON MAYBE $150 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS IN THAT APPLICATION.
HARLINGEN IN THE PAST, IN OUR APPLICATIONS IN 2022 HAD BEEN CONSIDERED DISADVANTAGED, BUT WE'VE SEEN A MAJOR SHIFT, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IS REAL, BUT OUR CENSUS DATA IN HARLINGEN HAS CHANGED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, LOOKING AT A DATA SET, A CENSUS DATA SET, WHICH JUST DISPLACED TWO YEARS, THE ANNUAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR HARLINGEN WENT UP 22%, WHERE THE STATE MAY HAVE ONLY GONE UP, MAYBE EIGHT.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, SOME DEMOGRAPHERS AT UTSA AND U-T-R-G-V AND THEY SAID THAT THERE'S LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE, THE QUALITY OF THAT DATA, AT LEAST FOR HARLINGEN.
UM, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT HARLINGEN IS NOT IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW WITH ITS CURRENT RATES TO BE QUALIFIED AS DISADVANTAGED.
YES, THE MHI IS BELOW 75% THAT GETS YOU THROUGH WITH E DAP, BUT NOT IN THE SRF PROGRAMS. AND SO THEY LOOK AT A HOUSEHOLD COST FACTOR, AND THAT INCLUDES THE WATER AND SEWER RATES THAT CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY PAY.
IT LOOKS AT THE AMORTIZED COST AND THE BURDEN THAT A PROJECT WILL PLACE ON THOSE CUSTOMERS.
IT ALSO CONSIDERS A MHI, IT CONSIDERS UNEMPLOYMENT AND IT CONSIDERS POPULATION TRENDS AT OUR CURRENT RATE.
THERE IS NO PROJECT SIZE THAT WOULD END UP HELPING US TO QUALIFY FOR DISADVANTAGED.
IF YOU'RE NOT DISADVANTAGED, YOU DON'T GET 20 EXTRA SCORING POINTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PLACEMENT ON THE LIST.
IT'S ALSO DISQUALIFYING, IF YOU'RE NOT DISADVANTAGED, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY GRANT COMPONENT UNDER THE TYPICAL, UH, SRF PROGRAM, WE, WE DID AN INPUT, AND I'M GOING TO WRAP THIS UP REAL QUICK.
WE INPUT INTO OUR APPLICATION SOME ASSUMED, UM, RATES THAT ARE BASED ON THE RATE PLAN THAT THE COMMISSION AND THE BOARD, WE USE THE TERM SELECTED AND WE NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WHAT WE WERE DOING.
I, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT THOSE RATES OR THAT THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS GOING TO ACCEPT WHAT WE HAD SUGGESTED, BUT IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THAT IS OUR ONLY SHOT AT DISADVANTAGED STATUS.
AND EVEN WITH THE ON-TIME RATE PLAN, WHICH, UM, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, IF WE DO THE MODERATE DELAY, IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE THAT NONE OF OUR PROJECTS, UH, WOULD, WOULD QUALIFY AS DISADVANTAGED.
SO WE VIEW THIS IF, IF WE REALLY DO WANT TO PURSUE, UH, THE DISADVANTAGED STATUS, UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GUARANTEE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT OR WHAT WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, WILL ACCEPT.
BUT THERE IS NO OTHER PATH TO DISADVANTAGED STATUS GRANT FUNDING AND HIGHER SCORING THAN THAT APPROACH.
OKAY, TIM, SO I WAS JUST, I'M GONNA KIND OF SUM IT UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER HAD MANY QUESTIONS IN, IN TERMS OF GRANTS, AND THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ARE WITH THOSE PROPOSED RATES FOR 2028 IS WHAT YOU USED IN ORDER TO TRY TO QUALIFY AND TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHAT COMMISSIONER AL IS.
AND THE, THE ENTIRE COMMISSION WANTS FOR YOU TO LEVERAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THESE, THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, UM, AND CONTINGENT UPON US MOVING FORWARD, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, MY ONLY OTHER, AND I HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO, TO LOOK AT IT, I THINK YOU IDENTIFIED A THOUSAND PEOPLE WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE LIFELINE.
UM, I WAS CALLING IT INCOME SENSITIVE, BUT I THINK IT'S LIFELINE RATE.
UM, SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, I DID REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT 1400.
UM, AND IT, THAT'S NOT GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE, THE COST THAT YOU'VE PROJECTED.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE, THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE 1000 THRESHOLD, UH, ARE MASTER METERED.
AND SO THOSE CAN BE IN SECTION EIGHT HOUSING OR HOUSING THAT CAN EITHER BE SECTION EIGHT OR NOT.
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THE SINGLE FAMILY RATE BECAUSE THEIR BASE RATE DIVIDED AMONG THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS RESULTS IN A PER UNIT COST.SO THE, THE THOUSAND IS WHAT WE HAD TALKED AND DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE USED.
THE NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY 1002 TO BE PRECISE, BUT, UH, THAT WAS BASED ON AN ESTIMATE THEY HAD.
WHERE, WHERE THIS IS JUST ALLOWING YOU TO COMMENCE PUBLIC EDUCATION.
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, YES, IT'LL
[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to authorize the Harlingen Health Department to add one new position for the Animal Shelter to assist with daily functions and re-home animals]
BE, UM, 10 H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HARLINGEN HEALTH DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT TO ADD ONE NEW POSITION FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO ASSIST WITH DAILY FUNCTION AND RE HOME ANIMALS.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.
UM, THIS ITEM, WE ARE REQUESTING TO HIRE A SECOND ADOPTION COORDINATOR.
REASON BEING, WE, WE RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY SINCE WE OPENED THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
UM, WE ARE POSTING ANIMALS EVERY DAY ON FACEBOOK.
UM, TAKING PICTURES OF THOSE ANIMALS CAN BE QUITE TIME CONSUMING, JUST LIKE CHILDREN, THEY DON'T ALWAYS SIT STILL AND SMILE FOR YOU.
UM, SO THAT IS QUITE TIME CONSUMING, UM, THE ADOPTION PROCESS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO QUITE A FEW OFFSITE ADOPTION EVENTS AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE AND BE PART OF THOSE AND DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO GET THESE ANIMALS INTO LOVING HOMES.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, WE'VE SUBMITTED A FOSTER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GETTING CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW.
'CAUSE WE WANNA START THE FOSTER PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALREADY CONTACTED RESCUE GROUPS.
AND SO FOR ONE PERSON TO DO ALL OF THAT IS, IS VERY OVERWHELMING AND IS VERY DIFFICULT.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING A SECOND ADOPTION COORDINATOR POSITION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BETTER, UM, PROVIDE THESE SERVICES MOTION PER THE PRICE.
THE, THE SALARY IS 49,000, I BELIEVE.
THAT INCLUDES BENEFITS AND YES.
NO, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE BENEFITS.
WE'RE IT IT STATES, UH, $40,771 70 CENTS.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG CHART.
THEN YOU HAD ANOTHER 36,000 IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? NO, THAT WAS FOR, THEY HAD INITIALLY ASKED FOR TWO POSITIONS.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE BUDGET COULD UNDERTAKE RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING WHAT'S COMING UP, COMING UP LATER IN THE, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE WENT WITH THE ONE, SO WE'RE JUST CONSIDERING THE ONE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES INCLUDE BENEFITS.
AND I, UM, I HAD, I DIDN'T, I'VE BEEN, MOST OF, YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT SICK AND SO I, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO IT, UH, THIS AGENDA.
BUT I DID WANT TO PROPOSE, UM, THE ANIMAL, THE SURRENDER COST, I THINK ARE, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE COST.
WHAT ARE THEY TO OWNER, LIKE 40 DO? IF AN OWNER SURRENDERS AN ANIMAL, IT'S $20.
IF IT'S A LITTER OF MULTIPLE PUPPIES, THEN IT'S 40 MM-HMM.
SO THOSE FEES THAT THE, UM, THAT THE SHELTER TAKE IN, I WOULD LIKE, THROUGH ORDINANCE MARK, IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN HELP, UM, BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MONEY GO BACK INTO THE SHELTER SO THAT WAY THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR THE OPERATIONS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITATIONS FROM ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, FOR ANIMALS AT LARGE, UM, ANIMALS THAT, UH, ARE NOT SHIPPED ALL THOSE TYPES OF, OF VIOLATIONS FOR THOSE FEES.
AND THOSE, UH, THE REVENUE COMING FROM THOSE CITATIONS TO ALSO GO BACK INTO THE SHELTER SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE SHELTER.
SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL OFFSET SOME OF THE COST.
BUT I, I THINK I WOULD JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU, AND I KNOW I'VE GONE OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND ANGELA IS ONE PERSON.
AND SO WHEN SHE'S OFF, YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES FROM, IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND THE SHELTER IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
ON HER DAYS OFF, OTHER PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FILL IN, BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR ASSIGNED DUTIES, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
SECOND MAYOR, JUST A QUICK POINT ON THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE, THAT'S, UH, EASIER TO TRANSFER BACK TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY THAN THE CITATIONS BECAUSE THE BULK OF THAT GOES TO THE STATE AND WE COLLECT A SMALLER PERCENT.
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MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO GIVE YOU A DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO TRACK THAT AND FIGURE THAT OUT.AND SO HOWEVER, MARK, SO THE STATE GETS A CUT.
YOU GET A CUT OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW THAT
AND I'VE TALKED TO THE JUDGE AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO, TO SHANNON, UM, AND TO MARK, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF THESE COLLECTIONS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES COMING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROMOTE, UH, RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP.
AND THOSE FINES ALONG THE WAY SHOULD GO BACK TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
IS THERE, YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF AN, THE SECOND ANIMAL ADOPTION COORDINATOR, RIGHT? THE ONE, YES.
[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending Chapter 38 (Solid Waste), Master Fee Schedule of the Harlingen Code of Ordinances, establishing fees for commercial trash containers, provided by the City of Harlingen as related to Chapter 38-69]
UM, ITEM 10, AYE, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OF FIRST READING, AMENDING CHAPTER 38, SOLID WASTE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE OF THE HARLAN ENC CODE OF ORDINANCES, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR COMMERCIAL TRASH CONTAINERS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF LINCOLN AS RELATED TO CHAPTER 38 DASH 69 PUBLIC WORKS.IS THERE ANY, UM, DISCUSSION OR CAN MARK READ THE CAPTION? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO SOME OF THE, I SEE HOTELS AND OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE RED FIN.
IS THAT ITS OWN GAR? THAT'S ANOTHER GARBAGE COMPANY.
IS IT BOXES? YOU SEE IT LIKE DOWN BY THE THEATER AND A FEW PLACES LIKE THAT? YEAH.
THEY WERE IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH US WHEN WE HAD A RECYCLE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS OF WHAT IT WAS.
WELL, I HATE 'EM TOO THEN IF YOU DO FOR IT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE NEED TO READ THE CAPTION.
HE NEEDS A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
IS IT NOT? NO, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S, CAN YOU READ THAT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK TO MAYOR 'CAUSE THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS NOT IN THE, UH, IN YOUR PACKET.
I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL CAPTION.
NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS INCLUDED.
UH, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED WHEN THE PACKET WAS, WAS SENT TO MIS.
HOWEVER, IT, IT WAS BROUGHT IN ON MONDAY.
SO, BUT WE DIDN'T SEND IT TO THE MAYOR COMMISSION DID WE? Y YES, WE DID.
MELINDA, YOU SENT IT TO THE MAYOR.
BUT FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER, COULD YOU JUST GIVE A, JUST I CAN CHECK.
WHILE WE DO THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
YOU WANNA DO THAT WHILE YOU LOCATE, LOCATE IT? UH, YES.
UM, AMANDA, OH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
[Item 10j - Consideration and possible action to approve an Inter-local Agreement between the City of Harlingen and the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District for the use of their athletic facilities to administer the 2024 Elevate Program and authorize City Manager to sign the Agreement.]
GOING TO CONTINUE WITH JAY.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARTON AND THE HARTON CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE USE OF THEIR ATHLETIC FACILITIES TO ADMINISTER THE 2024 ELEVATE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER PETTIS, UM, ABSTAINED, ABSTAINED AND NOTIFIED AS OF THE WRONG ITEM AT THE ONSET OF THE MEETING.
[Item 10k - Consideration and possible action to accept and award Bid submission from 57 Concrete for the proposal of Bid No. 2024-07 Ready Mix Concrete for the Lon C. Hill Destination Park Trail Construction]
LETTER K AND K, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT AN AWARD BID SUBMISSION FOR 57 CON CONCRETE FOR THE PROPOSAL OF BID NUMBER 2024 DASH ZERO SEVEN RED MIXED CONCRETE FOR THE LON SEA HILL DESTINATION PARK TRIAL CONSTRUCTION PARKS.L HAVE YOU HAD, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE 'EM A, A TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US ON THE PRICE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A LIT ITEM, MAYOR.
LET'S GO BACK UP TO, UM, ITEM AYE.
AND IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE? MOTION? SECOND.
THIS ITEM IS TABLED AND WILL APPEAR ON THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
[Item 10l - Consideration and possible action to create and fund a Special Events and Media Coordinator Position for the City of Harlingen]
UM, ALL CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CREATE AND FUND A SPECIAL EVENTS AND MEDIA COORDINATOR POSITION FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.UM, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THIS ITEM WOULD BE TO CREATE A, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS AND MEDIA COORDINATOR TO FOCUS ONLY ON EVENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY NEEDING SOMEONE TO HELP COORDINATE,
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UH, NOT JUST THE EVENT ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE ADVERTISING, THE MEDIA OUTREACH.AND SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
UH, THEY WOULD BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, AND WITH, UH, THE MEDIA DEPARTMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE TO GET THIS DONE.
THE, UH, THE PO THE POSITION, UM, WOULD PAY ABOUT $52,000.
UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE BENEFITS.
AND SO, UM, AND I THINK THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THIS PERSON ON BOARD.
DON'T WE HAVE A CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU THAT PART OF THE CITY THAT DOES THIS? UH, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FUNDED OUT OF HOT FUNDS, SO THEY CAN ONLY DO CERTAIN THINGS AND THEY'VE GOT A SPEND, THEY CAN ONLY SPEND THEIR TIME ON EVENTS THAT'LL ATTRACT GUESTS INTO HOTELS.
SO ANYTHING THAT, THAT DOESN'T QUITE DO THAT, FOR INSTANCE, THE CIN DE MAY EVENTS WHEN WE HAD 'EM, THE, THE S SC A THE SEPTEMBER DAY, THEY CAN'T HELP US WITH THAT.
AND SO THEN THIS PERSON WOULD REPORT TO WHOM IT WOULD REPORT TO? EITHER MYSELF OR TO JOSH, ONE OF THE TWO.
WE HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT YET.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CITY STAFF TO DO THIS.
NO, IT'S NOT WORKING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW.
SO I'LL JUST SAY I HAVE BEEN KINDA LOOKING AT THIS FOR SOME, FOR SOME TIME NOW.
AND, UM, I DO MEET OFTEN WITH THE OTHER MAYORS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COM, THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND HARLINGEN IS THE ONLY ONE OF SIMILAR SIZE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF POSITION.
SO EDINBURG HAS ADMISSION HAS ONE, BROWNSVILLE HAS ONE.
UM, MCALLEN HAS MORE THAN ONE, I THINK.
UM, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK GABE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT POTENTIALLY COULD THIS BE FUNDED OUT OF HALF OF IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE OTHER HALF FROM, UM, THE HOT TAX AND THAT PERSON CAN OVERSEE EVENTS ON BOTH FOR THE ENTIRE CITY? WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A PERCENT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GONNA BE 50% OUT OF THE HOT.
I NEED TO LOOK AT THE ACTIVITIES OR JUST APRIL, THE, THE EVENTS.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN COME UP WITH A PERCENT RIGHT.
JUST, UM, THE WAY I KNOW IN MISSION, I TALKED TO MAYOR NORI ABOUT THIS AND, AND ALSO AND THEIR EVENTS, UM, PERSON, THEY ACTUALLY HELP WITH ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO ANY DEPARTMENT THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE CITY, AND IT'S THE POINT PERSON FOR ALL EVENTS, WHICH WOULD FREE UP.
UM, LIKE JAVIER'S DEPARTMENT DOES A TON OF EVENTS AND THEY WOULD SUPPORT THEM, BUT THEY WOULD STILL ADMINISTER, THEY WOULD STILL BE THE ONES PUTTING ON THE EVENT, BUT THEY'D HAVE THAT SUPPORT FROM THE EVENTS COORDINATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'D HAVE A, UM, A CALENDAR TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE OVERLAPPING EVENTS.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT.
PD DOES, FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES A LOT OF EVENTS AND SO DO, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THAT WOULD HELP DOWNTOWN I THINK ALSO AS WELL, IN TERMS OF HAVING THE SUPPORT FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THIS.
SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, REAL FEST, WHO HANDLES WHO WILL, IF WE APPROVE THIS, WHO WILL HANDLE REAL FEST? WELL, IT WOULD BE CBB THAT'S, THAT'S DOING.
SO EDGAR WOULD HANDLE REAL? YES, HE WOULD, BUT THEN THIS PERSON WOULD HELP HIM WITH THE COORDINATION OF THE MEDIA, UH, AND SOME OF THE, THE EVENTS AS WELL, FOR INSTANCE, BANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'D BE HIM PLUS HIS POSITION.
BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A MEDIA DEPARTMENT.
THEY, BUT THEY RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSING ON GETTING THE EVENT PART OF IT ORGANIZED.
UH, THEY JUST COVER MEDIA AND, UH, THIS PERSON WOULD BE DEDICATED SOLELY TO EVENTS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 30 EVENTS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YEAH, MY CONCERN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE LINES ARE VERY CLEAR.
MM-HMM,
NO, THIS WOULD ONLY BE FOCUSED ON EVENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY, UH, ANYTHING DEALING WITH, SAY FOR INSTANCE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO PUT OUT A NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY PARTICULAR, UH, ISSUE.
THIS PERSON WOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.
SO IS THIS PERSON RUNNING THE EVENT? NO, JUST COORDINATING.
THEY, THEY'D BE COORDINATING RIGHT.
WITH THE, WITH THE DIRECTOR AND ALSO GET FOCUSED ON, UH, MEDIA OUTREACH TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO THE EVENT AND THEN ALSO TO HELP WITH ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT COME UP WITH ORGANIZING THE EVENT.
SO LIKE, LET'S USE LOGGER JOGGER THEN.
WOULD THIS PERSON THEN REPORT TO JAVIER AND DO WHAT JAVIER SAYS? NO.
NO, THIS, THIS PERSON WOULD BE WORKING WITH JAVIER.
UH, BUT THEY WOULD REPORT TO EITHER JOSH OR MYSELF AND, AND THEY WOULD REPORT ANY ISSUES BACK TO US.
THEN WE'D INTERVENE AND, AND, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
BUT THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH JAVIER, FOR INSTANCE, LAST TIME.
AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ADVERTISED THE EVENT AS A 5K, AND SO WE DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTUAL EVENT ITSELF.
AND SO THIS PERSON WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT AND SAY, LOOK, THIS NEEDS TO BE, UH,
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A FESTIVAL THAT HAS A COMPONENT THAT'S ALSO A 5K, NOT A 5K THAT HAS A FESTIVAL.SO, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AND, AND, AND, AND ADDRESSED IN ANY TYPE OF MEDIA EVENT THAT GOES OUT.
SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND I SAY, I SAY THIS BECAUSE I KIND OF PUT A BUG IN, IN, IN, UH, GABE GABE'S EAR ABOUT THIS, LOOKING AT EVERY OTHER CITY.
AND, AND EACH TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE DIRECTORS ARE A LITTLE OVERWHELMED WITH HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEN MANAGE THESE EVENTS.
AND SO THE OTHER DAY, UM, I WENT TO THE JALAPENO, UH, RACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS THERE WITH, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN, ONE OF THE MAIN SPONSORS.
AND THIS IS AN EVENT THAT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN HAS PARTICIPATED AS A SPONSOR FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND THEY'VE GOT A TON OF, OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THAT COME.
AND SO I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE SPON, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SPONSORS THERE, AND HE SAID, I REALLY WANT TO, TO GROW THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO WHEN EVERYBODY TAKES OFF ALL THE BIKES LEAVE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A HEALTH FESTIVAL.
AND HE'S SAYING, I, I'LL HELP WITH THAT, RIGHT? I'LL A WHAT FESTIVAL? LIKE A HEALTH, FESTI LIKE HEALTH, RIGHT? TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND, AND AWARENESS.
AND, AND IT'S AROUND THIS TIME OF THE, IT'S TIME TEXAS CHALLENGE TOO, RIGHT? AND SO HE SAYS, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, ONCE THEY, THESE PEOPLE LEAVE, WE CAN HAVE, UH, A SEC, A PLACE WHERE WE'RE TEACHING KIDS HOW TO RIDE BIKES, UM, AND TEACHING ADULTS HOW TO RIDE BIKES.
AND WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, WATER AND, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY, HEALTHY CHOICES AND WE CAN HAVE SOME VENDORS AND ALL.
NOW WHERE DO I TAKE THIS INFORMATION? WHO DO I GIVE IT TO? WELL, YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO THAT EVENTS PERSON, AND THAT EVENTS PERSON WOULD BE THE ONE TO COORDINATE AND, AND, AND, AND MOVE FORWARD AND THEN PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE COMMISSION TO SAY, HEY, I LOOKED AT ALL THE EVENTS.
THIS IS WHAT I THINK WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATING EVENTS.
MAYBE WE HAVE TOO MANY, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THE QUALITY THAT WE WANT.
AND THIS PERSON WOULD BE TASKED WITH THE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN, AND THEN GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE AND BEST PRACTICES ON, ON HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HANDLE EVENTS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN ISSUES IN THE PAST IN REGARDS TO CONTRACTS ON EVENTS.
AND SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE THE POINT PERSON FOR PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH.
AND OF COURSE, IN CONNECTION WITH, WITH MARK, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO CONTRACTS AND VENDORS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE TO GET BEST PRICES AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER, BUT LIKE THE LOGGER JOGGER, IT WOULD STILL BE HAVE YET, AND CHRISTINA THAT RUN THE EVENT AND SHE'D COLLABORATE OR HE WOULD COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THAT HISTORICAL DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'D REPORT TO ONE OF THESE GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S KOSHER.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION OR NOT.
UM, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL EVENTS, BUT THE IDEA IS TO HAVE ONE SOLE PERSON THAT CAN BE THAT POINT PERSON.
SO WHEN THERE'S ISSUES, LIKE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH, WITH RIO FEST, THEN IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, GABE'S GOT A LOT ON HIS PLATE.
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT PERSON WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO HAVE THAT CONTACT WITH THE, THE VENDORS AND INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE EDGAR THEN IT WOULDN'T BE, BUT EDGAR WOULD BE THE FACE OF REAL FEST.
HE JUST WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON, HE WOULD BE THE PRIMARY PERSON PUTTING IT ON S SO THEN SHE WOULD, OR HE, THIS DIRECTOR WOULD THEN REPORT TO EDGAR, BECAUSE IF, IF EDGAR IS IN CHARGE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IN MY MIND, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE IN CHARGE OF IT.
SO IT WILL ALWAYS BE EDGAR'S GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF REQUEST.
OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA BE THE PERSON, THIS PERSON, YES.
AND THEN, UH, THERE ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP WITH SAY, REAL FAST, THEN, UH, SHE WOULD SAY, NO, IT, OR, OR HE WOULD SAY, NO, IT'S GOTTA BE THIS WAY.
AND THEN, UH, THEY REPORT BACK TO US AND THEN WE WE'D, UH, GET WITH THAT ADRIAN AND SAY, NO, AFTER LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS WHAT HE OR SHE RECOMMENDS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO.
AND THEN MEDIA, THIS PERSON WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES THE, THE MEDIA.
SO THEY'RE STRICTLY EVENTS, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE THE PERSON TO WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS ON HOW TO SET UP, LIKE COMMUNICATION, SETS UP OUR PRESS CONFERENCES FOR EVERYTHING.
SO THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SHE WOULD JUST SAY, HEY, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU TO HAVE IT ON WEDNESDAY, AND IT SHOULD BE HERE AT THIS LOCATION.
SO SHOULD THIS PERSON WOULD BE WORKING IN, IN CONNECTION WITH EVERYBODY WITHIN THE CITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT AN EVENT OR QUESTIONS ABOUT AN EVENT, EVENT, YOU WOULD CONTACT THAT PERSON.
KINDA LIKE WHEN WE HAVE AN EVENT NOW, UH, IT TAKES SEVERAL DIRECTORS TO ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER, UH, FROM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TO PARKS TO, UH, MEDIA, AND SOMETIMES, UH, CBB BECAUSE IF IT'S, UH, UH, A
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CBB EVENT, UM, THERE'S NOBODY IN CHARGE OF TRYING TO ORGANIZE ALL THOSE DIRECTORS.IT'S USUALLY A CITY MANAGER OR ONE OF THE ASSISTANTS.
UM, THIS PERSON WOULD ACTUALLY KIND OF HELP US WITH THAT, ORGANIZE THE EVENT, COORDINATE WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WHERE'S YOUR PLAN FOR SAY, PARKING FOR STREET CLOSURES AND GET ALL THAT TOGETHER SO THAT IT WOULD FREE UP SOME OF OUR TIME OF HAVING TO DO THAT.
WHERE'S THIS PERSON GONNA HANG OUT AT
UH, WELL, WE, WE HAVE SOME SPACE HERE AT CITY HALL THAT WE CAN PROBABLY PUT HER IN AND, AND THEN IF, IF I COULD BE SARCASTICALLY TRUTHFUL.
UM, THE, UM, THE BONE CHUCKLE ON THE BACK.
SO THIS ID, THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD HELP CITY STAFF.
UM, EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN HAS A HAND IN EVENTS.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD HELP THEM AND SUPPORT THEM THAT FROM DOWNTOWN TO CBB TO COMMUNICATIONS TO PARKS, EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, AND, AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, OF COURSE THEY PUT ON THE, A LOT OF EVENTS, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE JUST WAY, WAY BEHIND.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE PUTTING ON AN EVENT WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON, IN CONJUNCTION RIGHT NOW WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO A MOTHER'S DAY EVENT.
THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY NICE, UH, AT OUR AUDITORIUM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TREAT ALL OF OUR MOMS AND WE'RE GETTING MARIACHIS FROM THE SCHOOL.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.
AND RIGHT NOW ALL OF THAT WORK IS FALLING ON THE SHOULDERS OF, UH, OSCAR AND, AND JAVIER.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DOING THAT.
IT WOULD BE THIS PERSON THAT WOULD BE COORDINATING.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE CITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN TRY IT FOR A YEAR.
IF WE DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA WORK OUT, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND TELL YOU, YOU DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT JUST, AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE KNOCKING INTO EACH OTHER, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THIS PERSON, LIKE THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION JUST GONNA START GETTING, UH, TWISTED UP.
SO WELL, WELL THIS IS ONLY BE, UH, DEALING WITH AN EVENT THAT'S COMING IN.
SO THAT KIND OF, KIND OF SEGREGATES OUT SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE DOING.
'CAUSE THE DAY TO DAY WOULD STILL BE UP TO THE DIRECTOR AND THIS PERSON WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THOSE ISSUES WITH DAY-TO-DAY ONLY IF THEY'RE PUTTING ON AN EVENT.
AND THEN IT WOULD DEAL WITH, OKAY, TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT, YOU HAVE TO START DOING THIS.
AND SO WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS? AND GET IT, GETTING IT READY, AND THEN WORKING ON ALL THOSE ISSUES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOPE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, GOTTA MAKE THAT DECISION BUDDY.
YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, MAN, I WISH IT WAS AS EASY AS A CAR WASH ONE.
UM, I WILL JUST SAY JUST ONE OTHER THING.
I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE NOT AS, UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S ENGAGED ON THE COMMISSION, BUT IT'S USUALLY ME THAT HAS TO TALK WITH STAFF IN REGARDS TO THE, THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
AND SO THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE STAFF.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WANTING TO SUPPORT THE STAFF.
THIS IS WHAT SUPPORTING THE STAFF LOOKS LIKE.
AND YES, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, UH, POSITION, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GROWING AND THRIVING AND DOING ALL THESE EVENTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT.
WHEN WE PUT ON STAFF TO PUT ON ADDITIONAL EVENTS, BUT THEN YOU DON'T GIVE THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, THEN THAT'S JUST A MORE OF A BURDEN FOR THEM.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY THAT I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, UM, SUPPORTING THEM AND GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED.
AND IF LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, GABE SAYS, IF YOU FEEL THAT IT'S NOT WORKING OUT, WE REEVALUATE IT DURING THE BUDGET TIME AND, AND THERE'S A ABILITY TO TO CUT THAT.
YAY TO, UH, APPROVE THIS ONE WITH THE CONDITION THAT I WOULD WANT FOR ONE YEAR.
AND WE REALLY, WE REEVALUATE IN ONE YEAR.
[Item11 - Board Appointments]
MOVING ON TO BOARD APPOINTMENTS.UM, I'M GONNA PUT FRED
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I'M GONNA PUT RAY SILVA ON THE TS.WHICH ONE WAS THE SECOND ONE, SIR? UH, RAY SILVA.
I DON'T HAVE A, AN APPOINTMENT FOR A BOARD, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE, THE LAST MEETING, UM, AND ON HOW THAT MEETING WENT.
UM, I ALSO HAVE BEEN REFLECTING ON THE NEED OF HAVING, HAVING THE COMMUNITY REALLY BE INVOLVED IN CHANGES THAT WE WANNA MAKE AS A COMMISSION AND BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AND GETTING AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO, UM, LOOKING AT THIS ELECTION, AND I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER KINSLEY TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT OUT AND VOTED DURING THE PRIMARY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE BALLOTS IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE, ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, THE BACK OF THE BALLOT WAS JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
UM, GETTING A PULSE, UM, ON THE COMMUNITY AND JUST ASKING THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON X? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON, ON Y WOULD YOU SUPPORT THIS? WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT? UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT TOOL TO REALLY GAUGE WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE WANT.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCH TREMENDOUS VOTER TURNOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF HAVING A CITY ELECTION, WHICH IS I THINK WAS THE VISION OF THIS COMMISSION BEFORE I GOT HERE, WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TO VOTE BECAUSE NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY WANNA COME OUT AND VOTE FOR THE CITY ELECTION, BUT BY DEFAULT THEY'RE THERE TO, UM, VOTE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
AND SO THEN WE GET MORE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BUY NOT, NOT BUY-IN, BUT MORE ENGAGEMENT AND MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DEMI IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
AND SO, HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UTILIZE THIS ELECTION COMING UP IN NOVEMBER TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR HARLINGIN.
SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING THINGS ON THE BALLOT AND HAVING THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS APPOINTMENTS FROM EACH OF US, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S SEVEN PEOPLE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR 70,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST FOR US TO UTILIZE THIS TIME TO ASK THOSE HARD QUESTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, GET THEIR FEEDBACK, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA, MAYBE IN 2025, WE CAN HAND THAT OVER TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT HARLINGEN WANTS.
AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE MORE GUIDANCE ON WHERE TO LOOK, UH, IN ORDER TO HAVE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION ON, ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROPOSITIONS THAT WE WANT AS A COMMISSION THAT MAKE SENSE AFTER REVIEW OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO GABE.
WE COULD, WE COULD PUT THOSE, I PUT IN A CALL TO REMY TODAY.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT IF THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED JUST BECAUSE, UM, WITH TIME, IT, IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN, I THINK YOU MENTIONED SOME AT THE, AT THE MEETING THAT I WAS, I WASN'T THERE, BUT I, I WATCHED THE MEETING IN TERMS OF LIKE GABE'S CONTRACT AND WHEN HE SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T BE HERE.
THOSE ARE KIND OF COMMON SENSE, UH, MOVES.
I THINK ANY STAFF THAT MEMBER THAT IS ON VACATION SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO COME AND, AND BE PRESENT IF THEY'RE ON VACATION.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE COMMON, COMMON SENSE THAT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU NEED A LOT OF INPUT, MAYBE THOSE CAN POTENTIALLY BE ON THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WOULD DO INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD IN THE PATH THAT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD IN.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UH, WAYNE LOWERY REAPPOINT DOWNTOWN.
GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THIS, WHO WOULD DETERMINE WHAT IS PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER? HE WOULD, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT AS A COMMISSION AND SEND THOSE TO, TO GABE AND WE COULD PROBABLY DO A PUBLIC, UH, LIKE A, UH, THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEED COMMISSION ACTION TO DO TO DO THAT.
WE WOULD NEED COMMISSION ACTION, BUT I THINK MAYBE WE COULD DO A, A TOWN HALL SPECIFICALLY ON THINGS JUST TO GET, UH, INPUT IF, IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT.
I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS WE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY THAT'S DOING THIS.
I KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS DONE IT IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST A, A THE RIGHT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD, IN MY OPINION.
IF WE REALLY WANT TO GET WHAT WE WANNA KNOW
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WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.THIS IS THE ONLY, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE WAY TO GET THAT DONE.
UH, SO HAVEN'T DONE YOUR TOWN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL WE'RE GONNA DO ONE, UH, TOGETHER WITH EVERYBODY.
WHEN'S THAT? UM, I THINK IT WAS MARCH.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A DATE.
WE'VE GOT TOO MANY OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO PUT THAT ONE TOGETHER, BUT YEAH.
UM, WE'LL TRY TO GET, WHAT ARE WE MARCH? MAYBE WE CAN DO THE END OF THE END OF MARCH.
I KNOW WE WERE TA I I I REVISITED ABOUT DOING THE DEVELOPER MEETING.
I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THURSDAY.
SO FOR THE ONE FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
THEN UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, I DUNNO IF WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ITEM TO MOVE THE FIRST MEETING IN.
WHEN IS THE, UH, THE MMA UH, APRIL 6TH.
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IN APRIL 1ST.SO THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN MOVE, WE CAN, AND THE MAYOR SUGGESTED HAVING IT THE FOLLOWING WEEK 'CAUSE THERE'S ON THAT THURSDAY THERE'S SOMETHING FOR GEORGE HAN ADMISSION.
AND SO IT'S GOTTA BE THE TUESDAY OR THE TUESDAY.
UM, WELL IT JUST CAN'T BE THURSDAY 'CAUSE THAT'S, GEORGE IS HAVING HIS DEAL AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE.
SO I THINK WE'RE GO MAYBE APRIL 2ND.
GETTING OFF TOPIC JUST SLIGHTLY.
CAN WE VOTE ON THE, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AGAIN, THAT'S, THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PUTTING OUT THERE, I WASN'T HERE THE LAST TIME TO, TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION, BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT AND, AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE I'M LEANING.
AND MAYBE WE CAN BRING IT BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING AND TALK ABOUT IT.
THE NEXT ONE IS EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER 12.
ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION WILL BE DELIBERATED IN 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.
UH, ITEM A, UH, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.07 A TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, ITEM B PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071 TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH FIRE UNION.
OPPOSED? CARRIE, THE TIME IS NOW 7:20 PM AND WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION EIGHT 18.
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OKAY.THE, THE TIME IS NOW 8:18 PM AND WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WE HAVE NO ACTION.