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[Item 1 - Call to Order]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION MEETING.THE TIME IS NOW 5:31 PM WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, IT HAS BEEN POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION.
AS EVERYONE IS PRESENT, I'LL ASK FOR
[Item 1a - Invocation]
EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AS COMMISSIONER MORALES LEADS US IN THE INVOCATION E ETERNAL FATHER, WE HUMBLY OFFER THEE OUR POOR PRESENCE AND THAT OF THE HOLY OF HUMANITY FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE WORLD AT ALL.THE MASSES THAT EVER HAVE FOREVER WILL BE PRAYED.
WE OFFER THE ALL THE PAINS, SUFFERINGS, PRAYERS, SACRIFICES, JOYS, AND RELAXATIONS OF OUR LIVES.
IN UNION WITH THOSE OF OUR DEAR LORD JESUS, HERE ON EARTH MAY THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, ALL HIS BLOOD AND WOUNDS AND AGONY SAVES THROUGH THE SORROWFUL AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY.
[Item 1b - Pledge of Allegiance]
NOW, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PP ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest ]
YOU PLEASE READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COUNCIL 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.
[Item 3 - Announcements]
NUMBER THREE, 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, UH, RECOGNITION.
[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements]
A MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.I JUST, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK CITY STAFF AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND TRULY, UM, ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT TOOK, UH, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TEAMWORK THAT IT TOOK TO PUT ON THE MOTHER'S DAY EVENT THAT WE HAD AT THE HARLINGEN MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.
AND WE HAD A FULL HOUSE, AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE MOTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTENDED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND EVERYONE THAT PUT IT TOGETHER, UH, HEART.
WELL, A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I DO WANT TO INVITE ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ON THE 30TH, MAY 30TH.
IT'S THURSDAY BEGINS AT 5:00 PM UH, THE, UH, STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS BEGINS AT SIX 30, BUT DOORS WILL BE OPEN AT 5:00 PM IT IS GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD, FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
THERE'LL BE A NETWORKING HOUR.
SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE THERE PROVIDING APPETIZERS AND GIVING YOU A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THEY SERVE IN THEIR RESTAURANTS.
THAT'LL BE PRIOR TO THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
AND IT'LL BE A SIT DOWN DINNER, AND YOU CAN FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, AND I BELIEVE ON THE WEBSITE TOO, WHERE YOU CAN SECURE TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, UH, LOOK FOR THAT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]
THREE B, CITY MANAGERS ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, MAYOR, UH, MYSELF AND BOTH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
AND MOST OF THE, UH, COMMISSION WILL BE OUT A HALF DAY THURSDAY AND, AND ALL DAY FRIDAY AT A TL CONFERENCE AT SOUTH ROGER ISLAND.
SO WE WILL NOT BE IN OUR OFFICES, BUT ALL, UH, MOST OF US WILL BE AVAILABLE BY CELL PHONE.
[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]
C, CITY COMMISSION MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, THE ONLY THING I'D HAVE IS REMIND EVERYBODY MAY IS NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, WRAPPING UP WITH MEMORIAL DAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO TO ALL WHO'VE SERVED, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU.
I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR DOING THE DISTRICT TWO CLEANUP WEEKEND OR CLEANUP BASH THIS PAST SATURDAY.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE, THE, THE HAR AND SOUTH LADY HAWKS FOR WINNING THE REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND I WANNA WISH THEM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW AS THEY FACE OFF, UM, FOR THE SEMIFINAL, UM,
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UM, MATCH.SO GOOD LUCK TO THE LADY HAWKS.
[Item 4a - Mayor's Business of the Month Award - Quinn Comics]
NUMBER FOUR, A MAYOR MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH AWARD PLAYING COMICS.GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGEMENT, AND OF COURSE, OUR AUDIENCE JOINING US TODAY.
UM, THIS MONTH'S MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH IS QUINN COMICS.
AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING TO HIGHLIGHT KEY LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH.
AND I KNOW TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE, ACTUALLY THREE NOW, UM, WHO ARE REGULARS AT QUINN COMICS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ONE OF THOSE REGULARS UP TO INTRODUCE THIS AWARD.
SO, QUINN COMICS IS THIS MONTH'S MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, AND WE'VE PREPARED A VIDEO FOR YOU BEFORE I INVITE MR. QUINN TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
WELL, QUINN COMICS IS YOUR, UH, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD COMIC SHOP, UH, FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, WE START, WE LOVE SERVING OUR RGB COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
WE CARRY EVERYTHING FROM COMICS, STATUES, ACTION FIGURES, CARDS, POSTERS, MANGA, ANIME, YOU NAME IT, WE GOT IT.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS STUFF.
UH, THIS STORE CAME ABOUT SIX AND A HALF YEARS AGO DUE TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS, STRESS RELATED DUE TO MY, MY PREVIOUS JOB.
SO, UM, I WAS HEADED FOR A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE.
MY WIFE SUGGESTED I OPENED UP THE STORE 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WANTING TO DO FOR A WHILE.
ENDED UP DOING IT AND WITHIN A MONTH AND A HALF, ALL MY IMMEDIATE HEALTH ISSUES WENT BACK TO ZERO.
SO I STILL HAVE THE HEALTH ISSUES, BUT NOTHING I CAN'T MAINTAIN.
BUT I'M VERY HAPPY NOW IN WHAT I DO.
UH, THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE 'CAUSE I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.
I TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CHARACTERS YOU LIKE, JUST, I WOULD JUMP IN WITH THOSE.
IT'S LIKE, I USE THE ANALOGY, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GO TO A SWIMMING? YOU JUMP IN.
IF YOU LIKE SPIDER-MAN, GRAB SPIDER-MAN.
IF YOU LIKE BATMAN, GRAB BATMAN.
YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY THESE CHARACTERS.
THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE STORE.
STANLEY IS SOMEBODY I LOVE, RESPECT, AND ADMIRE.
I ACTUALLY SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS STANLEY AND NOT THE YEAR.
MIND YOU, I'M, I'D LOOK GOOD FOR 102, BUT I, I SHARE THE MONTH AND THE DAY WITH HIM AND, AND I'M VERY HONORED TO SHARE THAT DAY.
AND I GOT TO TELL HIM THAT WHEN I MET HIM.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS GOOD, SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, SOMETHING THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU, TRY TO DO IT.
BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN ONLY DO YOUR BEST WORK IF YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND IF YOU'RE DOING IT THE WAY YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE.
EVERYBODY HERE IS WELCOME TO QUEEN COMICS.
UH, I TREAT EVERYBODY LIKE FAMILY, OR AT LEAST I HOPE THEY FEEL LIKE IT WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH MY DOOR.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OR IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING, EVERYBODY'S WELCOME HERE.
WE'RE LOCATED AT 8 0 5 DIXIELAND ROAD HERE IN HARLINGEN, RIGHT NEXT TO LAX AND, AND THE OLD MOVIES.
COME ON BY MR. QUINN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY, IF YOU WOULD, THAT STANLEY BIT GOT ME A LITTLE TEARY-EYED GUYS, I WILL ADMIT.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF ARLINGTON FOR RECOGNIZING MY MY FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS.
UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT COMES THROUGH MY DOORS, UH, INCLUDING THAT LITTLE MAN RIGHT THERE.
YOU DID, YOU DID GOOD WITH HIM.
UM, SO I DO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, NOT MUCH FOR SPEECHES, BUT UM, I DO APPRECIATE IT.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND MY FAMILY, WE ALL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, MR. QUINN, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE UP NEXT.
BUT WHEN I, UH, WALKED INTO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL, TINY BUT MIGHTY DEPARTMENT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT, UH, BUSINESS OF THE MONTH.
THEY HAD THE BIGGEST SMILES I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN, UH, ON THEIR
AND ALL OF THEM JUMPED UP WITH EXCITEMENT READY TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS VIDEO AND TO TAKE AND TO VISIT YOU.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE WALK THROUGH YOUR DOORS, THEY JUST GET TRANSFORMED INTO A, A DIFFERENT SPACE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE IN A BAD AND, AND MAYBE IN A BAD MOOD OR NOT HAVING A GREAT DAY,
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BUT ONCE YOU WALK IN THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS SO PLEASANT AND NICE AND WELCOMING.AND THAT'S THE KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO THRIVE HERE IN HARLINGEN.
SO I COMMEND YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
AND WHEN HE SAW THE CAR PARKED OUT, HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE HERE.
'CAUSE I GOT MOM DUTIES RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE'S SO HAPPY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THIS AND WANTED TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS YOU GETTING YOUR AWARD AND, AND, AND, AND SEEING YOUR VIDEO.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY.
AND NOW IF I CAN HAVE THE CITY COMMISSION, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP UP, WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU YOUR AWARD AND TAKE A PICTURE.
[Item 4b - Presentation of Award- Harlingen High School South "Hawks" Boys Chess Team]
FOUR B, PRESENTATION OF AWARD HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH HAWKS BOYS CHESS TEAM.SO TODAY WE ARE HONORED TO BE PRESENT WITH THE HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH CHESS TEAM.
AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? MICHAEL CASAS.
MARCUS CASAS, MARK SOTO, OBED JOHNSON, ISABELLE VASQUEZ, JAY, MICHAEL VASQUEZ, CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ, SEBASTIAN GONZALEZ, JULIAN GONZALEZ, AND AARON CARILLO AND THEIR SPONSOR.
JOINING US HERE TODAY IS ARTURO RICIO.
AND SO THIS SEASON THEY HAD A EXCEPTIONAL SEASON PLACING THIRD AT THE SOUTH TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AT U-T-R-G-V, WHICH WAS HELD ON MARCH 16TH THROUGH THE 17TH.
AND TODAY THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION ARE PRESENTING EACH OF YOU ALL WITH A SPECIAL AWARD AND RECOGNITION OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. ARTURO TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US OUT HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EXCEPTIONAL TEAM AT HARINGTON SOUTH.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY BRING THEM OUT HERE TO THE FRONT SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THEM.
SO GUYS, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT? OKAY.
SO, UM, NOT A WHOLE TEAM CAME, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMITMENTS AT THE MONTH OF MAY WITH GRADUATIONS AND, UH, PARTIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE THE CORE OF OUR TEAM AND, UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM FOR THE FEAT THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF BEING AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT, BUT THEN ONCE I WAS THERE, ALL THE EXCITEMENT, BUT MUCH LESS NOW TOWARDS THE FINAL ROUNDS BEING TIED IN FIRST PLACE FOR THE ACTUAL TITLE.
AND, UH, IT WASN'T, UH, DECIDED UNTIL THE VERY LAST MATCH AND, UH, TO THE LAST MINUTE.
AND WE WERE WATCHING THE TOP BOARD, UH, ON SCREEN AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT PATIENTLY WAITING, BUT YELLING AND EVERYTHING AND EXCITEMENT TO SEE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY MATCH IT, BUT WE MISSED IT BY ONE POINT.
AND SO, UH, I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE DONE ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
UH, THEY STARTED AT TIME, HOUSTON, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL DID GO TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
THEY DID COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS, UH, ELEMENTARY
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KIDS.AND SO THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING, PLAYING, PRACTICING, PLAYING THROUGHOUT THEIR WHOLE, YOU KNOW, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY LEVELS AND THEN NOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BRINGING IT TOGETHER AND, UH, CREATING A TEAM OF, UH, 10 KIDS OUT THERE THAT PARTICIPATED AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THEY DEMONSTRATED THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR TENACITY AND RESILIENCE, UH, WHILE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD START.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE TESTAMENT OF THEIR HARD WORK AND, AND, AND THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, LIFETIME AND, UH, SHOWING OFF AT THE END.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU AND, UH, EVEN I'M STILL PROUD OF THE ONES THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY,
SO I, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CHESS.
OH, ON ANOTHER NOTE, UM, OUR TEAM IS, IS BASED OFF, WE HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS.
AND, UH, EVEN, EVEN THOUGH WE FINISHED STARTING STATE, WE HAVE, UH, OUR NUMBER ONE FEMALE RANKED NUMBER ONE INSTATE, UM, ISABEL VASQUEZ.
AND, UH, SHE WAS AWARDED A $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP, UH, TO GO TO A, YOU KNOW, TO GO TO UTRG.
AND, UM, ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAD THE NUMBER TWO BOY INSTATE AND HE WAS AWARDED A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO ALSO ATTEND U-T-R-G-B AS WELL.
THOSE THE TOP AWARDS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COACH, FOR SHARING, UH, THOSE WORDS WITH US AND GREAT JOB TO THE KIDS.
UH, PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL WORK AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING HARLINGEN AND DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
IF I CAN GET THE COMMISSION TO, TO JOIN ME SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MARGIN, THE CITY OF MARGIN, UH, CONGRATULATE IT PROBABLY PRESENTS THIS AWARD TO HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH CHEST TEAM FOUR, MICHAEL CASA, MARCUS CAA, MARK SOFI JOHNSTON, ISABEL VAZQUEZ, JAY, MICHAEL VASQUEZ, CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ, SEBASTIAN GONZALEZ, JULIAN LES, AND THE COACH, UM, FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL SEASON IN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THIRD PLAY SOUTH TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, UTR JULIE EDINBURG, MARCH 16TH AT 17TH 2024, IN THE RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND WORKMANSHIP SPORTSMANSHIP PRESENTED ON THIS 15TH DAY OF MAY 24TH BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION.
OKAY, READY? ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
I FORGOT WHAT IN THEIR SHIRTS.
[Item 4c - Presentation of Award - Harlingen High School South "Lady Hawks" Girls Soccer Team]
FOUR C, PRESENTATION OF AWARD, UH, HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LADY HAWKS GIRLS SOCCER TEAM.THE CITY OF HARLINGEN WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND PROUDLY PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LADY HAWK SOCCER TEAM.
SO THEIR HEAD COACH THIS YEAR FOR THE 32 5 A IS DEBORAH GAL VAUGHN.
IF YOU ARE THE COACHING STAFF, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED? AWESOME.
SO THEY ARE, THEIR TEAM IS THE 32 5 A BY DISTRICT CHAMPS, AS WELL AS THE 32 5 A UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS WITH AN 18 ZERO RECORD AND REPEAT DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEIR COACHING
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STAFF UP FRONT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US AND ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, WE DO HAVE TWO OF OUR GIRLS HERE TO REPRESENT, UH, AGAIN, IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR, SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET EVERYONE HERE.
BUT, UM, THEY ALL DID WANT TO SHOW UP AND SAY THANK YOU, AND, UH, BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND TO KEEP THE TRADITION GROWING AND BEING AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL.
UH, THAT'S OUR, WHAT WE STRIVE FOR.
AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE.
IF YOU CAN, UH, JOIN US WITH THE GIRLS, UH, SO WE CAN, CAN TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE COMMISSION.
HEY, CITY OF HAREN, A RECOGNITION AWARD, THE CITY OF HAREN GRADUATES AND PROBABLY PRESENTS THIS AWARD TO THE ARGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LADY HAWK SOCCER TEAM 2024.
UM, UH, THE LADY HAWK SOCCER TEAM INCLUDES PRISCILLA PENIA, ABIGAIL ESPINOZA, AND CANALES, NO, ADE, DANIELA, DANIEL CANTU, A SCA, ISABELLA ILLA, SOPHIA S ALEJANDRO POSADA, CATHERINE SALINAS, ALEXIS SCA, RA AU PEREZ, CAMERON VASQUEZ, CARLOS RIA, ALI RODRIGUEZ, A ZAMORA, SOPHIA JIMENEZ, ANDREA POSADA, TAMMAR, SERENITY, ADAM, HEAD COACH.
DEVAN, UM, FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL SEASON IN OUTSTANDING COUNSELORS.
3, 2, 5, 8 BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
3, 2, 5, 8 UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
REPEAT DISTRICT CHAMPIONS 2324.
AND YOUR RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND SPORTSMANSHIP PRESENTED ON THIS 15TH DAY BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND THIS IS LIKE, WE COME IN EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR THING FOR Y'ALL, AND HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES.
AND YOU GUYS ARE, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS.
I RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THESE NAMES ARE MY STUDENTS.
A LOT OF THESE ARE MY STUDENTS, SO I RECOGNIZE THEM AND I'M, IT'S ALWAYS, IT IS ALWAYS, UM, I'M ALWAYS PROUD THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG LADIES BECAUSE THEY DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB, NOT ONLY IN THE, ON THE FIELD, BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO THIS LITTLE RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM.
SO THANK, WELL, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2.
[Item 4d - Presentation of Award - Bonham Elementary Chess - Uther Rodriguez]
FOUR D PRESENTATION OF AWARD MON ELEMENTARY CHESS UTHER RODRIGUEZ.SO TO JOINING US TODAY IS UTHER RODRIGUEZ.
HE HAS THREE BIG MEDALS AROUND HIS, UM, NECK RIGHT NOW.
AND TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING HIM FOR HIS EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN SPORTSMANSHIP AS A MEMBER OF THE BONUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM.
AND HE ACTUALLY COMPETED AT NATIONALS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND HE TIED FOR 15TH PLACE IN THE NATION.
SO HOW ABOUT A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR U RODRIGUEZ.
MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS? I'M JUST, I'M SPEECHLESS.
HOW AMAZING ARE YOU? AND THANK YOU MOM AND DAD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON ALONE.
IT TAKES A FAMILY, IT TAKES THE SUPPORT OF BOTH MOM AND DAD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKES PRACTICES, DEDICATION, AND ALSO MAKES TIME FOR SCHOOLWORK.
SO BEING A WELL-ROUNDED KID AND REPRESENTING HARLAN AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
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THE, THE PARENTS ALSO JOIN HERE AND WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.I JUST WANTED TO, ANYTHING CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S YOUTH, RIGHT? LUTHER RODRIGUEZ OR CHAMPION ONE OF THE A CHAMPION.
[Item 4e - Proclaiming the Week of May 19th thru 25th , 2024 as "Emergency Med ical Services Week" 50th Anniversary]
ITEM FOUR E PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK 50TH ANNIVERSARY.SO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION THIS WEEK ARE PROCLAIMING MAY THE 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.
AND WE HAVE MEMBERS OF, UM, OUR EMS HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND IF YOU ARE WITH THEM, PLEASE STAND, BUT I THINK ALL OF US CAN RECOGNIZE THEM WITH THEIR UNIFORMS ON.
AND I KNOW SPEAKING TO YOU ALL EARLIER, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT, UM, SOME OF THE PARAMEDICS WHO TYPICALLY WORK THIS SHIFT WOULD BE WITH US HERE TODAY.
UH, SO WE DO WANNA EXTEND A THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AS WELL AS SAVING AND PROTECTING LIVES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION BEFORE IT IS PRESENTED TO ALL OF YOU.
IT READS AS FOLLOWS, TO DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH, 2020, MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.
WHEREAS EMS IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAMS ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY.
AND WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES HAS GROWN TO FILL A GAP BY PROVIDING IMPORTANT OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARE, INCLUDING PREVENTION, MEDICINE, FOLLOW-UP CARE AND ACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE.
WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAM CONSISTS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, EMS, DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PRE-HOSPITAL NURSES, EMERGENCY NURSES, PHYSICIANS, AND TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS.
WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EVERY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER BY DESIGNATING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR NORM SIP ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION.
AND THE CITY OF HARLINGEN DO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 2020, MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, EXCUSE ME, 2024 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.
AND THIS IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMS WEEK.
AND THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS HONORING OUR PAST, FORGING OUR FUTURE.
I'M NOT GONNA STEP IN FRONT OF YOU, MA'AM.
WHEN I TALKED TO GABE ABOUT THIS BEING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMS WEEK IN THE NATION, UH, I SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME.
I SAID WE SHOULD BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT
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IN AND FIRE IN BECAUSE WHERE THEY GO, WE GO.SO I ASKED CHIEF BALDERAS AND CHIEF KESTER FOLKS, WE HAVE A, WHAT HARLINGEN HAS BUILT OVER THE YEARS IS TREMENDOUS, BUT THE RESOURCES, BOTH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS WELL AS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTERS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TRAUMA CENTERS YEARS AGO.
NOW WE HAVE FULL-FLEDGED TRAUMA CENTERS.
WE HAVE AIR AMBULANCES WHERE WE CAN FLY PATIENTS.
I THINK WE FLEW ONE OUT LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT GOING TO HOUSTON.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE.
AND THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND YOU, SERGEANT MAJOR HAS, UH, IS HE, HE'S ON OUR BOARD AND UH, HE HAS A LOT OF TREMENDOUS INPUT.
SO THANK YOU SERGEANT MAJOR AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
I DON'T HAVE MIC, SO HOPEFULLY YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME WELL.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
REALLY, TRULY, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION IS FOCUSED, LASER FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT THE FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE STEP HERE, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE HARLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE HARLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST TO PROVIDE THE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THAT YOU DO THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO OUR JOBS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE CALLED, I'VE CALLED BILL WITH QUESTIONS AND EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT I HAVE INTERACTED WITH IN YOUR, UNDER YOUR, IN YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONAL.
UM, WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THE MAYOR AND WHEN THEY KNOW I'M THE MAYOR.
AND THAT SAYS, THAT SAYS A LOT.
WE HONOR YOU NOT JUST THIS WEEK, BUT ALL YEAR ROUND BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES THAT KEEP US SAFE.
IF A LOVED ONE IS IN NEED, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE CARING FOR THEM.
AND THAT GIVES ME SOME PEACE KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR LOVED ONES ARE IN YOUR HANDS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EVERY MEMBER OF SEC AND OF COURSE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE DONE AMAZING AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL YOU DO.
SO IF WE CAN GET EVERYONE TO TAKE AION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ALRIGHT, READY? ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND THEN LEMME MOVE FURTHER THAT, SORRY, I'M SHORT.
THAT WAS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIVE MORE ITEM 10
[Item 4f - Proclaiming May 10-16, 2024 as "National Pol ice Week"]
F PROCLAIMING MAY 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.SO THIS WEEK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WE ARE OBSERVING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
AND THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION ARE ALSO OBSERVING IT BY, UM, ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
AND I'D LIKE TO READ IT, UM, IT READS AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE HARLINGEN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786, OVER 24,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE ULTIMATELY MADE THE SACRIFICE AND HAVE ULTIMATELY BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
WHEREAS THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS
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ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC 282 NEW NAMES OF FALLEN OFFICERS ARE BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL THIS SPRING, INCLUDING 818 OFFICERS KILLED IN 2023 AND 164 OFFICERS KILLED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW.
ENFOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S MEMORIAL FUNDS 336 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THE EVENING OF MAY 13TH, WHEREAS THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IS PART OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WHICH IS OBSERVED THIS YEAR IN MAY FROM MAY 10TH THROUGH MAY 16TH, WHEREAS MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS POLICE PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND US FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR NORMA RA ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION, CALLS ON ALL CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN TO OBSERVE MAY 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN HONOR OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO THROUGH THE COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY OR HAVE BECOME DISABLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
AND LET US RECOGNIZE AND PAY RESPECT TO THE SURVIVORS OF OUR FALLEN HEROES.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF KESTER UP TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
UH, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT WE HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
AND, UH, THANKFULLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD, UH, THERE ARE NO NAMES FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN ON THAT WALL, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME IN THIS PROFESSION.
UM, THERE ARE MANY FROM THE VALLEY WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THERE, AND THE MOST RECENT ONE, UH, LIEUTENANT MELTON RESENDEZ FROM SAN BENITO, WHOSE NAME WILL BE ADDED THIS YEAR.
SO WE HONOR THEIR SERVICE AND WE HONOR THEIR LEGACY.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE VALUE AND THE RISK THAT EVERYONE GET.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, WE DO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE OFFICERS.
AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR HARLINGEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[Item 4g - Proclaiming the Week of May 19 - 24 , 2024 as "National Public Works Week"]
ARE PROCLAIMING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.SO, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TEAM.
THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE GETTING THINGS DONE, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE JOINING US HERE TODAY.
UM, THEY AREN'T IN THE FRONT ROW.
SO IF YOU ARE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED? AND OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T DO ALL WE DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.
AND SO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION ARE PROCLAIMING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
I'D LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL AND SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND BENEFIT PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF HARLINGEN.
WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC'S WORK WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS.
WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND THE CHILDREN IN HARLINGEN TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
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PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.WHEREAS THE YEAR 2024 MARKS THE 64TH ANNUAL OF NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND THE CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCI ASSOCIATION.
SO BE IT RESOLVED THAT MAYOR NORMA OLIVA, ON BEHALF OF THE MARIN CITY COMMISSION DO DEDICATE THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
AND WE URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND CEREMONIES DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF US.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. CHRISTOPHER TORRES UP TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THIS IS BIG, RIGHT? PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS AND EVERY TIME I SAY I, I HAVE GREAT STAFF.
OR I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE STAFF THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE IT, IT'S THE BEST STAFF I COULD EVER ASK FOR.
AND YOU SEE MANY FACES HERE BEHIND ME.
UH, WE LITERALLY HAVE REPRESENTATION, REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY DIVISION THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEY, I CAN CONSIDER THESE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME, MY TRUE HEROES BECAUSE ANYTIME THAT, UH, THAT WE ASK FOR SOMETHING, THEY GET IT DONE WITHOUT HESITATION NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE DAY IS, NO MATTER WHAT DAY IT IS.
IT COULD BE A SATURDAY NIGHT, IT COULD BE A SUNDAY NIGHT.
I MEAN, THEY JUST PUT, PUT OUT THEIR HEARTS OUT.
SO, UM, I DO WANT TO THANK THEM.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU KNOW YOU, THE COMMISSION AND CITY MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE.
THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR YOUR WORK, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IT IS AMAZING THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON AND IMPROVE.
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I THINK THAT WE WOULD GET TO THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH OSCAR AND THROUGH YOU, UM, AND ALL OF THE, THE, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK FROM THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS TRULY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
THEY MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMISSION ASK YOU TO DO MORE WITH LESS, RIGHT? MORE WITH LESS MONEY.
AND YOU HAVE REALLY TAKEN THAT AS KIND OF YOUR MANTRA AND BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MUCH IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE.
SHOULD WE GET THAT HEAVY RAIN THAT WE ARE ALL CONSERVED OF, YOU KNOW, COMING UP IN, IN, IN JUNE AND JULY.
AND SO I FEEL CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND I AM SURE THAT THE COMMISSION FEELS THE SAME WAY THAT WE THINK YOU'RE ROCK STARS.
AND SO WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS PROBABLY AN EXCEPTIONAL TEAM, 18 YEARS, BUT THIS ONE'S THE BEST, RIGHT? YES, IT IS.
IF Y'ALL COULD JOIN US HERE, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.
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MORE[Item 4h - Proclaiming the Month of May as "National Cities, Towns and Villages" Month]
SO, UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION AND I HOPE, UH, PUBLIC WORK STICKS AROUND 'CAUSE IT'S ALSO FOR THEM, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO ANYWHERE.UM, SO WE ARE PROCLAIMING NATIONAL CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES MONTH.
AND THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE CITY STAFF.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, READ THE PROCLAMATION.
IT IS AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WAS FOUNDED IN 1924 IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS AS THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION BY STATE MUNICIPAL LEAGUES SEEKING MORE COORDINATION IN NATIONAL REPRESENTATION AS CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES EXPANDED RAPIDLY.
WHEREAS THE NON-PARTISAN NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES REPRESENT, REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF MORE THAN 19,000 CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 49 STATE MUNICIPAL LEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL LEADERSHIP, DRIVE INNOVATION AND INFLUENCE THE FEDERAL POLICIES THAT IMPACT LOCAL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS.
WHEREAS THE VOICE OF CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES IN WASHINGTON, DC, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, HAS SUCCESSFULLY CHAMPIONED FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT MUNICIPALITIES AND HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH CONGRESS AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS ON THE REALITIES OF LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION.
WHEREAS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE THE BEDROCK OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, PROVIDING 336 MILLION RESIDENTS WITH THE MOST ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIVE, INCLUSIVE, ETHICAL, AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD.
WHEREAS FROM THE NATION'S SMALLEST TOWNS TO ITS LARGEST CITIES, AMERICANS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN TRANSFORMING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE GREATEST MOST INFLUENTIAL NATION IN THE WORLD.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARLINGEN WAS INCORPORATED IN 1904 AND IS PROUDLY SERVED TODAY BY THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION AND A MUNICIPAL WORKFORCE OF ABOUT 650 DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS.
SO IF YOU ARE, UM, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED? YOU, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH SOMETIMES, NOT EVERYONE'S USED TO BEING RECOGNIZED, BUT WE DO WANT TO, UM, CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO, UM, LIKE THE PROCLAMATION SAYS, TO ENSURE THAT HARLAN GIN AND THE UNITED STATES IS AT THE FOREFRONT.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION, WE DO, BRO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY, 2024 AS NATIONAL CITY'S TOWNS AND VILLAGES, MONTH AND CELEBRATION OF AMERICANS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES HISTORIC CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
SO, UM, IF YOU ARE WITH THE CITY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.
GO MISS, LET'S GO MISS ON GABRIEL.
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THANK YOU EVERYONE.IT WAS NICE TO TAKE A PHOTO AS A ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY UP FRONT.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
[Item 4j - Presentation by Ch ief Mike Kester to Luis Guer rero- HPD Officer of the Year Award]
NOW, UH, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, UM, FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, CHIEF KESTER.OKAY, SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 2023 OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD.
UM, AND IT GOES TO OFFICER LUIS G**O.
AND HE WAS ONE OF SIX OFFICERS THAT WERE NOMINATED BY THE SUPERVISORS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE THE AWARD.
AND AFTER, UH, LOOKING AT THINGS, WE, WE DECIDED HE WAS THE MOST, UH, RECOGNIZABLE AT THIS FOR THIS AWARD THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, DURING THE YEAR 2023, OFFICER GOODO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION ON THE NIGHT SHIFT, AND HE WORKED THAT ALL YEAR LONG.
SO ALSO IN FEBRUARY HE RECEIVED A LIFESAVING AWARD AND HAD NUMEROUS MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY ARRESTS DURING THE YEAR.
UH, HE WAS ALWAYS READY FOR WORK ON, AT, ON TIME AND RARELY WAS OUT.
UH, OFFICER G**O WAS ALSO ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE BUSIEST DISTRICTS IN THE CITY WHO LIKE TO KEEP MOST OF THE OFFICERS IN THE SAME DISTRICT.
SO THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND VERY FAMILIAR, KEPT THAT DISTRICT SAFE AS PROACTIVE EFFORTS LED TO HIM IDENTIFYING MANY SUSPECTS PUT OUT BY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
AND FREQUENTLY THOSE ARRESTS, THOSE WERE ARRESTED WITH WARRANTS.
OFFICER G**O SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR HOW OTHER OFFICERS SHOULD BE PROFESSIONAL AND PERFORM THEIR DUTIES ALSO.
AND NOT SURPRISINGLY RECENTLY, UH, OFFICER G**O WAS SELECTED TO JOIN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AND HE'S NOW DETECTIVE GUDO.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE A PLAQUE HERE FOR HIM.
AND A READ FROM THE OFFICER OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE HARING AND POLICE DEPARTMENT RULES, REGULATIONS, AND POLICY MANUAL SPECIAL DIRECTIVES.
AND UPON RECOMMENDATION OF PEER EMPLOYEES AND ADMINISTRATION FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEDICATED WORK PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR 2023, LUIS M GUERRERO HAS HEREBY PRESENTED HAREN POLICE OFFICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT 2023 SWORN OFFICER OF THE YEAR, OFFICER G**O.
WE GOT A NICE NICE PLAQUE HERE FOR HIM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE, ANOTHER PLAQUE FOR HIS WALL BEING OFFICER OF THE YEAR.
HE GETS TO CARRY THAT DESIGNATION ALL YEAR LONG.
RIGHT? SO, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM, AND HE ALSO HAS HIS FAMILY HERE.
'CAUSE IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS, WE ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE WITH US.
[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]
NUMBER FIVE, 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.
MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE YOU NEED DO THAT ONE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, 10 H.
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10 H.WE HAVE, UM, I'M SORRY, I GOT 10 H HE'S GONNA SPEAK ON 10 H.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MR. RAYMOND REYES.
UH, RAYMOND REYES 7 0 6, THEN TOOK DRIVE.
IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG DAY FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN UP SINCE LIKE FIVE DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING THINGS.
SO, UH, BASICALLY AS USUAL, UH, WHAT I THINK OF COURSE IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME, UH, SO I MIGHT KNOW A THING OR TWO.
UM, I THINK THE DEPARTMENTS THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS AND THE PEOPLE THAT OVERSEE EVERYTHING ARE DOING A REAL GOOD JOB.
THE EMPLOYEES, OF COURSE, UH, WHENEVER I CALL AND NEED SOMETHING, THEY GET ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
ONE THING THAT THEY LACK, WHICH I'VE BEEN TOLD AND DISCUSSED, UH, EXTENSIVELY WITH SOME DEPARTMENTS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THE TOOLS TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
UM, MORE SO FOR THE CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PROPER LIGHTING.
UH, THE GRASS IN CERTAIN AREAS IS CUT.
UH, CERTAIN THINGS OF, UM, I'VE BEEN TO SOME PLACES BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I'M RETIRED NOW AND I GET TO GO ALL OVER THE PLACE AND STUFF AND CHECK OUT THINGS FIRSTHAND.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS NOT WHAT I'VE SAID SOMETIMES OR MANY TIMES ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT HOUSTON, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I THINK, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GROWING, BUT UH, MORE CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS CERTAIN ISSUES THAT ARE OBVIOUS.
YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVING AROUND AND STUFF.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A SERIOUS DELUGE.
I KNOW I GOT CAUGHT UP IN IT IN MY BRAND NEW CAR.
AND, UM, YEAH, I STARTED FLOODING RIGHT AWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OFF BY THE LOOP, WHICH IS, UH, NOT GOOD.
UH, I REACHED OUT TO TECH STOCK, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, BUT WHO KNOW WHO I AM VERY WELL AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE DO THE PROPER OVERSIGHT ARE ALWAYS ON IT, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THE RIGHT THINGS ARE HAPPENING, UM, FOR THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR AND EVERYTHING.
AND AS LONG AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THE RIGHT INTENTIONS, WE'LL BE OKAY IN SOME INSTANCES.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT AND THEN THEY'RE SURPRISED WHEN THINGS DON'T PAN OUT.
UM, AS WE SEE BY SOME CERTAIN NEWS COVERAGE THAT'S BEEN VERY PREVALENT, UM, SOMETIMES I GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT NONSENSE, BUT I JUST LOVE DOING THAT STUFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA WORK THAT HARD TO GET YOURSELF IN THOSE PREDICAMENTS, THEN AS I SAY, WHO AM I TO DENY YOU, UH, TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU EARNED? SO I JUST THINK IF WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RIGHT THINGS AND THE RIGHT STEPS IN MIND FOR THE BETTER GOOD OF EVERYBODY, WE'RE GONNA BE FINE.
YOU KNOW? UM, I THINK HARGENS A GOOD PLACE, EVEN THOUGH BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO.
I HAVE FIVE GRANDKIDS HERE AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE IF WE DO THE RIGHT THINGS.
AND AS ALWAYS, UM, I GOT PEOPLE WAITING FOR ME, SO I HAVE TO GO.
YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE JUST A ONE MINUTE BREAK.
HE'S, HE'S GONNA WAIT UNTIL THE, THE ITEM.
[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]
ITEM WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 20TH, 2024.[Item 7 - Consent Agenda ]
IS 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 BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED? YES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? SEVEN A THROUGH C.
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UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND LOPEZ AND COMMISSIONER FRANK MORALES ON THIS, UH, OSCAR.
IT'S M STREET, M AS IN MARY OR MADISON.
YEAH, JUST REPLACE WITH THE M STREET.
AND FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, ON PALOMA LANE, BETWEEN PALOMA CIRCLE NORTH AND PALOMA, PALOMA CIRCLE SOUTH OSCAR ARE THE, THOSE STREETS THAT, UM, I THINK I FORWARDED YOU OVER AN EMAIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ON HERE.
THE LADY SENT A VIDEO AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED? MOTION? SECOND.
[Item 8 - Staff Reports and Other Discussion Items:]
ITEM EIGHT, UH, STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS.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 OR AFTER THE REQUEST OF ANY TWO COMMISSIONER MEMBERS OR THE CITY MANAGER.
MR. GONZALEZ? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, STAFF REPORT? ANY STAFF REPORT? NO, NO STAFF REPORTS? NO, I'M SORRY.
[Item 8c - Quarterly report from South Texas Emergency Care for the period of January thru March 2024 ]
REPORT FROM SOUTH TEXAS EMERGENCY CARE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 20, 24.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT, AT STACK AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL AND TO, AND THE CITY IN GENERAL IS OUR INCREASE IN OPIOID OVERDOSES.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE.
UM, WHAT REALLY IS CONCERNING TO ME IS THAT IT'S KIND OF RIGHT AROUND THE TIMEFRAME OF THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO YOU HAVE GRADUATION PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? AND SO YOU DEFINITELY, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
WE, WE DEFINITELY DID REACH OUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS OUR, OUR CITY, UH, UH, CITY STATE AND, AND OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF IT.
WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF FATALITIES, UH, AT, UH, YOUNGER AGES DUE TO THE OVERDOSES.
SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT KIND OF SPARKED MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE JUST SEEING A YOUNGER POPULATION THAT ARE OVERDOSING OR DYING FROM OPIOID OVERDOSES THAT CONTINUES.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONE AWAY FROM THE CITY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD A, UH, REALLY GOOD RESPONSES WITH, UH, WITH THE HARMS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADMINISTERED NARCAN.
UM, WE DID MAKE, UH, UH, AND I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY CARRY IT AND THEY USE IT WHEN THEY NEED IT.
SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE, WE, WE NEED TO BE GRATEFUL ABOUT HAVING THE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM AND THAT, THAT WHEN THEY GET ON SCENE, THEY CAN ADMINISTER SOME OF THESE TREATMENTS AS WELL.
UM, THE OVERDOSES THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING AGAIN, UH, IT MAY BE A SLIGHT INCREASE, BUT STILL AN INCREASE.
AND IT'S CONCERNING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE LOSING SOME REALLY YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND SO, UH, WE REALLY, WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO MONITOR ON A DAILY BASIS AND LOOK AND SEE WHERE, UH, IT'S COMING FROM.
AND OF COURSE, UH, LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN, IN ALL THAT.
SO JUST, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REPORT THAT WE HAVE SEEN ABOUT A 23% INCREASE IN SOME OF THE OVERDOSES.
UM, UH, AND, AND WE'RE MONITORING THAT AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WE STILL HAVE A, AN ISSUE WITH THAT GOING ON.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER WAS, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE $10,000 GRANT FOR, UH, THE CHILD SAFETY CAR SEAT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING.
SO WE NOW OFFER, UH, CAR SEATS TO THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD, OR THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A CAR SEAT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOOKED AT THAT WAS, UM, WE HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, PEDIATRIC, UH, INJURIES FROM CAR ACCIDENTS ARE, ARE PARTICULARLY THE SIZE OF THE KID, UH, THE, THE CHILDREN OR THE, OR THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE VEHICLES.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE CAR SEATS ARE NOT APPLIED PROPERLY.
AND SO, UH, IN ON IMPACT, THE SEATS GO AND AGAIN, CAUSE THE INJURY TO THE CHILD AS WELL.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UH, HEALTH PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM WAS, WAS ONCE SECURE THAT GRANT AND THEN ALSO GET THE TRAINING.
SO MCKENZIE, UH, CURL AND CARLOS CTOS BECAME, UH, THE TECHNICIAN.
SO THEY'RE CERTIFIED IN, IN THAT.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HARLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DOING THE CAR SEAT, UM, THE CLINICS AND WHAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE DOING ONE NEXT WEEK DURING EMS WEEK TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE, THE,
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THE, THE SAFETY AND THE USE OF THE CAR SEAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE.AND SO IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUR OFFICE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GUIDE 'EM IN THAT SENSE.
AND WE, WE, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'VE SEEN, UH, A LOT OF CHILDREN DIE IN CAR ACCIDENTS, UM, NOT BEING RESTRAINED PROPERLY.
THEY GET EJECTED FROM THE BACKSEAT ALL THE WAY TO HITTING THE WINDSHIELD.
IT'S VERY TRAUMATIC, IT'S VERY, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT JUST DESTROYS A FAMILY.
SO THINGS LIKE THIS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE CAN PRESERVE LIFE AND, AND FAMILIES.
UM, WE'RE HAVING A HURRICANE MEETING WITH OUR MEDICAL FACILITIES NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THE HARSON CONVENTION CENTER.
SO GETTING ALL OUR, OUR FACILITIES READY FOR HURRICANE SEASON AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THE GUYS AND GALS THAT ARE, ARE IN PUBLIC WORKS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT FROM OUR STANDPOINT.
AND I'VE, I'VE COME TO ADMIRE AND AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO PARTICULARLY, UH, DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE START THE HURRICANE SEASON.
'CAUSE THEY'RE INTEGRAL PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OUR HOSPITALS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR PLANS ARE READY.
AND IN THE EVENT WE HAVE TO EVACUATE, WE CAN DO SO IN A ORGANIZED AND AGAIN, IN A, IN A SWIFT WAY.
SO WE HAVE THIS MEETING, WE'VE HAVING THIS MEETING FOR, UM, A GOOD LONG AMOUNT OF TIME ALREADY AND, AND REALLY GET TOGETHER WITH ALL THE HOSPITALS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE, UH, STATE, UH, COUNTY, UH, AND STATE, UH, AND CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL THERE THAT CAN HELP GUIDE 'EM IN THEIR PLANNING IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND KIND OF GETTING THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS.
I WANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN WHAT A HURRICANE DOES TO COMMUNITIES AND, AND IN WORKING WITH HURRICANE HARVEY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE MANY FACILITIES IN A LOT OF CITIES THAT WERE NOT PREPARED FOR IT, AND THEY DIDN'T HEED THE WARNINGS.
UM, SO WE HAD TO GO IN AND EVACUATE PEOPLE, UH, FROM AREAS THAT WERE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING, THE WIND DAMAGE OR THE TORNADO DAMAGE.
UH, AND WHEN WE SEE THAT KIND OF STUFF, A LOT OF THE STUFF CAN, COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF WE WOULD'VE JUST ACTED, YOU KNOW, AS A MORE RESPONSIBLY AND, AND, AND THOSE SITUATIONS.
WE DID SEE, YOU KNOW, FATALITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM JUST NOT BEING PREPARED FOR THAT.
UM, WHEN ONE REPORT, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW AMBULANCE THAT WE ROLLED OUT, UH, LAST MONTH, UH, SEVEN UNIT 4, 7 14, AND WE'D HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT, SEVEN 16 COMING OUT NEXT MONTH.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, TWO, TWO NEW AMBULANCES.
WE HAVE THE THIRD ONE STILL WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO JUST KIND OF WORKING IN OUR FLEET, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THAT READY TO GO.
UH, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST GOING TO BUY ONE AND, UH, IT TAKES, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR RADIO, UH, TECHNICIAN HAS TO INSTALL ALL THE GADGETS THAT WE CARRY AND WE CARRY A LOT OF GADGETS, SO IT TAKES 'EM QUITE A WHILE TO GET EVERYTHING READY AND, AND CHECK MARKED AND EVERYTHING.
EMS WEEK IS, THIS IS OUR 50TH, UH, EMS WEEK FOR, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, STACK HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 45 YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AS A NONPROFIT FOR THE CITY OF HARTON, WE'VE DONE A, A JOB AS STAN.
I WANNA QUOTE WHAT STAN LEE SAID IS BASICALLY, YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT YOU DO IT THE WAY YOU THINK HAS TO BE DONE.
AND I THINK WE DOING, WE'RE DOING EMS THE WAY IT HAS TO BE DONE.
AND, AND IT'S PROVEN ITSELF VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS.
UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
OF COURSE, HOSPITALS LIKE TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR SOME, SOME REASON THEY THINK WE'RE STARVING TO DEATH OR SOMETHING
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE GAIN A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT, PARTICULARLY DURING EMS WEEK.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME OF THOSE FESTIVITIES.
AND AGAIN, REALLY TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE WOMEN AND MEN IN EMS, I THINK THAT DEFINITELY NOT, UH, A PROFESSION THAT'S REALLY, UH, RECOGNIZED, UH, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, I'LL, I'LL TAKE FOR NOTE, UH, THE, OUR, OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND THEY HAVE THIS BEST OF THE BEST DEAL.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE THING, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR PERSONNEL ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK AND THE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING SOME REALLY CRITICAL PATIENTS TO FACILITIES THAT HAVE TO GET THERE AND, AND GETTING THEM THERE ALIVE.
I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, AND A COUPLE MORE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS.
THE SB EIGHT FUNDING, SB EIGHT SENATE BILL EIGHT, UH, FUNDING WAS FOR EMS EDUCATION DURING COVID, AS YOU KNEW, WE HAD A SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL AND, AND REALLY WE, WE HAD JUST FOLKS JUST SAYING, HEY, I DON'T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH INVOLVED, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DANGER IN THIS AND, AND REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THIS JOB ANYMORE, PARTICULARLY DURING COVID.
AND THE STATE GOT TOGETHER AND THEY PUT TOGETHER $21 MILLION, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS TO EDUCATE, UH, FOLKS INTO THE EMS PROFESSION AND, AND HAS DONE SO SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT FUNDING.
AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE, UH, MAKE 'EM OR, OR GET 'EM RECERTIFIED AS EMTS FROM EMTS TO PARAMEDICS.
SO REALLY, UH, BRINGING UP OUR PARAMEDIC STAFFING, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT.
OUR TRAINING CPR, STOP THE BLEED HAS DEFINITELY BEEN OFF THE WALL.
PERSONALLY, MYSELF AND MR. MORENO, PETE MORENO HAVE AND I HAVE BEEN, UH, DOING A LOT OF CLASSES.
I THINK, UH, TOGETHER WE'VE PROBABLY TRAINED 160 FOLKS IN CPR AND STOP
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THE BLEED OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO.SO WE'RE STAYING REALLY ACTIVE WITH THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE PETE.
HE IS, UH, ONE OF OUR FIRST ADVANCED STROKE LIFE SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS.
UM, THAT'S A NEW COURSE THAT'S BEING PUT OUT BY OUR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, REALLY ABOUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND OUR EMS PROVIDERS AND, AND OUR PERSONNEL, HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE STROKES AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR 'EM AND, AND FOR HIM TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR.
HAVING THAT CATEGORY OF, OF, OF INDIVIDUAL WORKING WITH US IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH PARTICULARLY, UH, WITH THE CER CERTIFICATION, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
ONE MORE THING, UH, EMTF STANDBYS, OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TASK FORCE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE, PARTICULARLY DURING, UH, WILDFIRES.
WE PARTICIPATE WITH EMTF AS PART OF THE TEAM.
WE RESPOND BY SENDING AMBULANCES OR PERSONNEL, UM, THAT SERVE IN ROLES TO SUPPORT, UH, THESE, UH, NATURAL EVENTS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON STANDBY MYSELF AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, AN AMBULANCE THAT'S ON STANDBY RIGHT NOW FOR STORMS UP NORTH OF AUSTIN AREA.
SO WE ARE ON STANDBY FOR THAT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE, UH, WE ARE ACTIVATED AND WE RESPOND TO THOSE AREAS AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE.
EMTF HAS BEEN REAL CRITICAL IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN WE HAD, UH, NEEDS HERE, WHEN WE HAVE HURRICANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY COME HELP US.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A SCRATCH MY BACK AND A SCRATCH EARS KIND OF THING MENTALITY.
AND IT WORKS REALLY GOOD THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND WE CAN MOVE LARGE RESOURCES OF MEDICAL, UH, PERSONNEL STAFFING AND, UH, MOBILE HOSPITALS TO, UH, AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED.
AND SO WE BRING CARE TO ALL, ALL THOSE FOLKS.
THAT'S BASICALLY A BRIEF, QUICK REPORT OF, UH, OUR, OUR DOINGS FOR THE STACK.
AND I JUST, UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANYTHING.
GIVE ALL THE GREAT WORK, PLEASE.
[Item 8d - Presentation by UT Health Houston School of Public Health - mid-year report of Tu Salud Si Cuenta program ]
ITEM NUMBER D PRESENTATION BY UT HEALTH, HOUSTON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.NICK REPORT OF TO ENTA PROGRAM.
REINER IS, IS, UH, HERE WITH US AND SHE'S GONNA DO A PRESENTATION, BUT BEFORE I BRING HER UP, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THANK THEM, UH, FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND COLLABORATING WITH US TO, UM, TO BRING THIS HEALTH PROGRAM TO THE CITY OF HAREN AND TO OUR RESIDENTS.
INGER IS GONNA JUST TALK ABOUT AND, AND BRIEF Y'ALL AS FAR AS OUR ANNUAL REPORT, UH, FOR QUINTA.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED TO ALSO, UH, INTRODUCE, UM, OUR STAFF THAT HANDLES, UH, THAT RUNS THE TWO.
SO, QUINTA IN THE CITY OF HO, I MEAN, YEAH.
CITY OF HO AND, UH, CHRISTINA MENDOLA.
AND, UH, KALANI, UH, KALANI IS OUR, OUR NEW MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT WHO'S RUNNING THE TWO SOTA.
UM, YOU REMEMBER BRENDA, UH, SHE WAS RUNNING IT FOR, FOR A FEW YEARS, AND SHE DID A VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD JOB.
AND SO, UH, KALANI HAS SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, UH, BUT SHE'S BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING YEARS, UH, PROGRAM.
RAINER? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR COMMISSION.
UH, MR. GONZALEZ, GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, THE PROGRAM.
UM, I, I TOO WANNA JUST SAY HOW EXCITED WE ARE TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AS, UM, A, A INSTITUTION, THE UT HEALTH SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH KEHLANI ALREADY.
GREAT, GREAT, UM, CHOICE OF, OF A NEW EMPLOYEE THERE, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER.
AS YOU, UM, SAW IN THE REPORT, UH, WE WORK, THE QUINTA PROGRAM COVERS 10 CITIES OR 10 AREAS IN THE TWO COUNTY AREA.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH HARLINGEN AGAIN AND CONTINUE THIS WORK.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, DATA AND, AND INFORMATION FROM 2023.
UM, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WELL INTO 2024, AND SO WE GIVE YOU ANNUAL REPORTS.
AS A REMINDER, THE SALUD QUINTA PROGRAM HAS A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES THAT WE, WE PUT TOGETHER IN THIS EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH.
AND SO IT INCLUDES WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND, AND COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER, UH, TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES.
SO WHEN WE SEE TRAILS CONNECTING TO OTHER TRAILS IN OTHER CITIES, THAT'S THESE BROADER CHANGES.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE, BOTH, UM, IN A, IN A TV PROGRAM, SPANISH LANGUAGE TV PROGRAM, BUT ALSO IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO THERE'S A ADDITIONAL COVERAGE THERE.
THERE'S SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE THESE BEHAVIOR CHANGES SO THAT THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE BECOMING MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, IT'S, THEY'RE, UM, ADDRESSING FOOD CHOICE CHANGES THAT THEY HAVE SUPPORT FOR THAT.
LOTS OF SCREENINGS ARE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS
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THEY HAVE, SUCH AS, UM, MAYBE HAVING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR HYPERTENSION.UH, THERE'S EDUCATIONAL MODULES THAT ARE DELIVERED BY, UM, KEHLANI AND, AND OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN THE OTHER 10 AREAS.
AND THEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE POLICY CHANGES SO THAT HEALTH BECOMES VERY, UM, UBIQUITOUS.
IT'S, IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, BETTER CHOICES EVERYWHERE.
SO THAT WE'RE PROMOTING THAT FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION.
WE'RE PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND, AND WE'RE HAVING A FOCUS IN ON CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, PARTICULARLY FOR THE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE, THE FOLKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE EASY ACCESS, UH, TO HEALTH SUPPORTS.
SO ONE OF THE BIG, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CENTERPIECES OF THIS IS THAT WE HAVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CLASSES THAT ARE IN EACH ONE OF THOSE 10 COMMUNITIES.
SO HARLINGEN HAS 12 SERIES OF CLASSES, 12 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSES THAT THEY HAVE EVERY WEEK, UM, THAT ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND HARLAN, AND GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DOES MORE THAN THAT.
AND SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT IN COLLECTIVELY, THERE'S NEARLY 200 FREE EXERCISE CLASSES AROUND THESE TWO COUNTY AREAS THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO, UM, EVERY WEEK SO THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE.
SO THE RESULTS CONTINUE TO BE REALLY POSITIVE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
PEOPLE WHO ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR HEALTH STATUS.
SO NOT ONLY DO THEY, UH, REPORT EATING MORE PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND INCREASING THEIR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BUT IMPORTANTLY THEY ALSO REDUCED THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.
SO 72%, ALMOST 73% SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND 25% OF THOSE WENT FROM HYPERTENSION TO NORMAL.
SO THERE'S, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A NICE, A NICE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE SEE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
SO KEILANI IS THE ONE WHO'S MEETING WITH PARTICIPANTS OVER TIME AND GUIDING THEM THROUGH THESE CHANGES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE AN A PLUS PERSON IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT SPACE.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IN 2023 THAT WE HAD STARTED WAS THIS NATURE-BASED PROGRAMMING.
SO IN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS, UM, WE WERE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT, GET PEOPLE OUT, RIGHT? GET PEOPLE INTO NATURE.
WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS SOME OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF COVID I AND SOME OF THE, THE ADDITIONAL STRESSORS THAT WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE OUT IN NATURE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH, FOR YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO WE STARTED CREATING SOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROGRAMMING TO DRAW PEOPLE TO SOME OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES WE HAVE, LIKE, UM, STARGAZING AND BIRD AND NATURE WALKS AND YOGA IN THE GARDEN AND KAYAKING.
NOW WE'VE ALREADY, UM, BEEN TALKING WITH, UM, MR. UM, MENDOZA ABOUT HOW CAN WE, UM, HOW CAN WE BUILD THESE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN SOME OF THE NEW TRAIL SYSTEMS THAT HARLINGEN IS PUTTING IN.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO, TO, SO IN 2024 REPORT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE SEEING THAT.
AND, UM, AND SO ANYWAY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS REPORT.
UM, MR. MENDEZ IS, UM, TERRIFIC TO WORK WITH.
WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR HIS SUPPORT AND HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE, IN THE PARKS AREA.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, AND I GOT TO MEET OUR A WHAT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? A PLUS.
SHE IS FULL OF ENERGY AND TALKING WITH THE FOLKS IN ON VEVA AT VEVA STREETS AND REALLY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR, FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO CIRCLE BACK, UM, BRIEFLY TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
WE DID HAVE SOMEONE, UM, WANTING TO SPEAK, BUT, UM, I, I SAID WE'D CIRCLE BACK.
SO JUDGE SANCHEZ, IF YOU COULD, AND SO YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME SOME TIME TODAY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT DON'T GET A PAYCHECK FOR BEING UP HERE,
UM, THANKS FOR SERVING THE CITIZENS OF NOT ONLY HARLINGEN, BUT CAMERON COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE VALLEY.
UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A YOUNG LADY WHO ONE OF HER MAJOR CONCERNS IS JOE BIDEN'S HEALTH, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HIM, THEN KAMALA HARRIS BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT.
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THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENTAND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS Y'ALL HAVE SOME ITEMS YOU'RE CONSIDERING WITH REGARD TO THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
AND, UM, HER PUSH IS TO BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE USING THE SOCCER FIELDS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY A PREMIUM TO USE THOSE FIELDS.
BECAUSE IF OTHER, UM, SPORTS LIKE BASEBALL AND DIFFERENT, UH, SPORTS THAT USE THE PARKS AROUND THE CITY ARE ABLE TO PRACTICE ON THOSE FIELDS, WELL THEN WHY SHOULD THE SOCCER KIDS HAVE TO PAY A PREMIUM? UH, IN ADDITION, THE SUMMER'S COMING WHEN IT GETS REALLY HOT, AND SO IT'S EASIER ON THE KIDS TO PRACTICE IN THE EVENING.
SO WE KIND OF NEED THE LIGHTS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE.
SO ANY CONSIDERATION Y'ALL COULD DO, UH, FOR THESE YOUNG LADIES WHO JUST HAVE A PASSION FOR RUNNING AROUND THAT FIELD AND KICKING THE BALL, UH, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE INJURIES, UH, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE.
SO ON HER BEHALF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT ISSUE.
WHEN IS SHE? WELL, THE OTHER PROBLEM IS SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE HAS TO WAIT UNTIL SHE'S FIVE.
[Item 9 - Public Hearings]
PUBLIC HEARINGS.AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM.
TO ADDRESS EACH ITEM LISTED ON 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 THE 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, UH, FOR ALL TOPICS.
MAYOR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
NO, NO, NO ONE SIGNED FOR SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO PUBLIC HEARING A NINE A, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE, DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 2 0 2 EAST FILLMORE AVENUE BAR AT LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK, 1 26 HARLINGEN ORIGINAL TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION, AND THE APPLICANT IS JESUS GARZA.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING, BUT HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THIS, UM, ORDINANCE IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, NINE, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZO.
[Item 10 - Action Items]
10 ACTION ITEMS CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY ON ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OR IN ORDINANCE, UM,[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a rezoning request from Residential, Single Family (" R-1") District to Residential, Duplex (" R-2 ") District for a property located at 202 E. Filmore Avenue, bearing a legal description of Lot 1, Block 126, Harlingen Original Townsite Subdivision. Applicant: Jesus P. Garza. ]
A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX, R TWO DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 2 EAST FILLMORE AVENUE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK 1 26 ARLINGTON ORIGINAL TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION APPLICANT JESUS P GARZA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO READ THE CAPTION IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX, R TWO DISTRICT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 2 EAST FILLMORE AVENUE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK 1 26 HARLINGEN ORIGINAL TOWN SITE.EXCELLENT JOB, MR. CERVANTES
[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the Harlingen Code of Ordinances , Chapter 18 , Master Fee schedule, Chapter 6, add fees for vaccines, tests and medication for domestic dogs and cats provided by the City of Harlingen Animal Shelter.]
ITEM B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING, AMENDING THE HARLAND AND CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 18, MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, CHAPTER SIX, ADD FEEDS FOR VACCINES, UH, TESTS AND MEDICATION FOR DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER.BEFORE WE HEAR FROM SHANNON, IF WE CAN, UM, HAVE THE CAPTION THANK YOU IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 18, MASTER P, SCHEDULE OF THE HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES, ADDING THE FEES FOR VACCINES, TESTS AND MEDICATION FOR DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF HARLEEN AS THEY RELATE TO CHAPTER SIX, ANIMALS PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE FOREGOING.
DO WE HAVE THIS IN OUR PACKET? ARE THERE ANY, UM, DO WE NEED THE PRESENTATION OR IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION.
[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an extension to the contract between the City of Harlingen and Dr. Robert Kellogg , DVM to continue providing services to the Harlingen Animal Shelter as needed.]
C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ELECTION TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND DR.ROBERT KELLOGG, DVM, TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER AS NEEDED.
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QUESTION.OH, UH, IS THIS A VOLUNTEER STATUS OR DOES IT COST US MONEY? NO, WE ARE PAYING HIM FOR A SERVICE.
AND WHAT ARE WE PAYING YET? UH, 1,248 MONTHLY.
AND SO FOR THE 12 MONTHS, IT'D BE 14,000 976 14 976? YES, SIR.
ON THIS ONE, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, UH, I SAW IT, I WENT OVER WITH MARK MADE TWO OR, UH, THREE LITTLE CHANGES.
ONE WAS JUST, UM, LINING UP THE PARAGRAPH NUMBERS, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS I ADD ASKED MARK TO INSERT A PARAGRAPH IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT PRIOR TO, UH, HIM SIGNING AND THE CITY SIGNING IT, HE NEEDS TO JUST SHOW US PROOF THAT HIS LICENSURE IS A VET LICENSE IS STILL ACTIVE, AND THAT HE'LL MAINTAIN HIS LICENSURE DURING THE, THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT.
YEAH, JUST HOUSEKEEPING THINGS.
I HAVE PRINTED IT FROM THE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S WEBSITE.
IT SHOWS ACTIVE CURRENT UNTIL FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.
THEN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, WHAT'S THE RUNNING TOTAL SO FAR? UM, SO HE STARTED IN FEBRUARY, NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M SORRY.
THE GRAND TOTAL FROM THE 400,000 UPWARDS.
SO FOR THE REPAIRS AND EVERYTHING YES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE, SO THAT'S NOT ON THIS.
UM, LET'S STAY ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO THIS IS FOR THE CONTRACT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR, UH, DR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT REGARD, COMMISSIONER? NO.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENTS, UH, LEGAL HAS MADE.
[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a 50/50 grant application to the Department of Justice to equip peace officers with bulletproof vests (City's match - $17, 019 and Dept of Justice's - match $17 ,019) totaling $34,039.00 ]
E CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ELECTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A 50 50 GRAND APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO EQUIP PEACE OFFICERS WITH BULLETPROOF VEST.CITIES MATCH $17,019 AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MATCH 17,000, UH, $19 TOTALING 34,000 0 39 ATTACHMENT POLICE.
ITEM A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ELECTION AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HARLINGEN BYLAWS THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER.
[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to approve a matching funding request from Workforce Solution Cameron for a U.S. Department of Labor Train ing Grant ]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A MATCHING FUND REQUEST FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTION CAMERON, FOR A US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TRAINING GRANT, ATTACHMENT.HOW MUCH MONEY? LET'S DO THIS QUICKLY.
50,000 OVER A FIVE YEAR, UH, PERIOD.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
LET'S JUST, JUST, HOW'S THE TRAINING? WHAT DO YOU MOVE IT OVER AND ALL THAT? SURE.
THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE, ON DEVELOPING THE, UH, ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON HIGH PAYING JOBS IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SECTOR.
SO THIS IS, UH, A MATCHING, UH, FUND, UH, FOR A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR GRANT THAT, UH, WORKFORCE CAMERON, AS WELL AS, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LOWER RIO GRANDE, UH, RECEIVED.
SO THEY WILL BOTH BE SHARING, UH, ON THIS GRANT.
AND SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY TO PROVIDE, UH, MATCHING FUNDS, UH, TO, UH, HELP, UH, ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE, UH, ONE, ALMOST $2 MILLION THAT WAS AWARDED BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS HERE IN THE VALLEY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SAY ON WHAT IF, UH, TRAINING IS ADEQUATE OR SUFFICIENT? UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE, UH, GRANT APPLICATION AND, UH, THAT, UH, WAS APPROVED BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
SO, UH, THE, UH, GRANT APPLICATION WAS, UH, SUBMITTED, UM, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WELL BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD.
HOWEVER, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS CAMERON AND THEIR EXECUTIVE, UH, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, WHO JUST CAME ON BOARD A FEW MONTHS AGO, RAFAEL, WHO HAS BEEN VERY, UM, UH, RESPOND RESPONSIVE TO OUR REQUEST.
AND SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH PROCEEDING FORWARD? YES.
AND THIS WOULD BE FOR TRAINING AND IT WOULD BE FOR HARLINGEN RESIDENTS.
UH, IT WOULD BE INCLUDE HARLINGEN RESIDENTS, UH, BUT BASICALLY, UH, INDIVIDUALS FROM THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY AS WELL.
BUT THE CITIES, EACH OF THE CITIES PITCH IN YES.
WHATEVER X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IS THEIR CUT, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION ALREADY.
[Item 10f - Consideration and possible action amending the Development Corporation of Harlingen Bylaws through Resolution No . 2021-01 , changing the date of the election of Board officers from May to January.]
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CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HARLINGEN BYLAWS THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 DASH ZERO ONE, CHANGING THE DATE OF THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS FROM MAY TO JANUARY.[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Harlingen and the Rotary Club of Harlingen to collaborate on improvements to the Harlingen Soccer Complex.]
G CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ELECTION TO APPROVE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND ROTARY CLUB OF HARLINGEN TO COLLABORATE ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX ATTACHMENT PARTS.THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT,
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS ITEM
[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to approve an amendment to the existing contract between the City of Harlingen and Harlingen United Futbol Club to allow for the use of fields 1 and 2 at the Harlingen Soccer Complex]
H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND HARLINGEN UNITED UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF FIELDS ONE AND TWO, AND AT THE HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX PARTS RECREATION.MAYOR, UH, CITY COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR.
UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, AMENDING THE, UM, THE USE OF THE, THE FIELD.
SO WE'RE ADDING FIELDS ONE AND TWO SINCE WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE THREE AND FOUR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO WE'RE UNDER THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
WE WERE RESTRICTING, UH, THE LEAGUE FROM USING ONE AND TWO SINCE WE, WE CONSIDER THOSE THE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELDS, UH, FOR PRACTICE.
UH, SO WE WANNA INCLUDE, UM, ALL THE FIELDS ONE THROUGH 10, AND WE, WE WILL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, UM, RESTRICT THE USE OF FIELDS WHEN THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS IN THERE.
WE WOULD GIVE HIM 30 DAY NOTICE, UH, WHEN WE'RE IMPOSING THAT RESTRICTION.
UH, JAVIER, DID YOU HEAR THE, THE JUDGE SANCHEZ'S COMMENTS? YES.
CAN YOU FILL ME IN ON THAT ONE AS IT RELATES TO THESE FIELDS? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE IS REFERRING TO.
WHAT IF HE'S REFERRING TO THE CELTICS OR IF HE IS REFERRING TO THIS GROUP? UM, BUT, UM, I THINK BASICALLY HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY CHARGED FOR USING THE SOCCER FIELDS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T CHARGE, I MEAN THE, THE AGREEMENT IS A DOLLAR.
WHAT WE DO DO IS IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT, THEN WE DO CHARGE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, UH, WHICH IN THIS CASE IT MAY BE THE CELTICS, UH, WE HAVE BEEN CHARGING THEM, UH, FOR THE RENTAL OF A FIELD, AND THAT'S AN ORDINANCE.
SO KIDS THAT, THAT ARE, UM, JUST, UH, MAYBE NOT PART OF A TEAM AND, UH, THEY ARE HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND THEY WANT TO USE THE FIELDS, THEY CAN DO THAT.
SO IF THERE IS A TEAM THAT WISHES TO USE THE FIELD, UH, AND THEY COMPETE AND THEY COLLECT DUES FROM THE PLAYERS, THEN THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY? CORRECT.
AND THOSE CAN GO THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO IF IT'S ORGANIZ ORGANIZED, THEN YES, WE WOULD CHARGE THEM.
UM, BUT IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND PRACTICE, UM, IF YOU RECALL, UH, WE DID HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING POSSIBLY RESTRICTING THEM.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR NOW, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN USE THE OPEN SPACE OR THE GREEN, GREEN SPACE IN THE PARKS.
AND SO IS THE JUDGES, UM, DAUGHTER PLAY ON YOUR TEAM? UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT PROBABLY THE ANSWER IS NO.
UM, AND SO WELL JUST ONE SECOND.
UH, COACH, DO YOU HAVE, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JAVIER? UH, COACH, CAN YOU POP UP TO THE, THE, YEAH.
UM, I JUST, I WAS JUST ADVISED BY, UH, OUR VICE PRESIDENT THAT SHE IS, UH, ON ONE OF OUR TEAMS. SHE'S ON ONE OF YOUR TEAMS? YES.
SHE'S ON ONE OF OUR SELECT TEAMS. SO WHAT I, I GUESS I DIDN'T TRULY UNDERSTAND, UM, THE, THE COMMENTS THEN.
SO YOUR, YOUR YOUR THE UNITED FOOTBALL? YES.
AND SO THE KIDS, UH, OR DO THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY TO COME AND USE THE FIELDS? LIKE WHERE IS THAT COMMENT COMING FROM? UM, MY, WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, HARINGTON UNITED OPENS UP REGISTRATION FOR ALL OUR KIDS AT THE CITY OF HARINGTON.
AND OUTSIDE OF HARINGTON, ANYONE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY WITH RN J UNITED HAS ACCESS TO ALL THE FIELDS OUT
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THERE.SO THEY, WE LINE UP THE FIELDS DEPENDING ON THEIR, THEIR, THEIR AGE, AND SO THEY CAN TRAIN THERE TO KIND OF PREPARE FOR THEIR GAMES.
UH, THEY, WE HAVEN'T DONE A SCHEDULE YET, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE PROBABLY PLANNING TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 84 TEAMS AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, UH, BOTH, UH, AT THE RECREATIONAL LEVEL AND AT THE SELECT LEVEL.
UM, WE DON'T CHARGE THE TEAM FOR PRACTICE OR FOR COMPETITION, UH, WITH OUR FEE OF REGISTRATION.
UH, WE PROVIDE INSURANCE WITH THE, WITH THE STATE, UH, LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT.
AND, UH, WE COVER, UH, A UNIFORM, UH, JERSEY SHORTS AND SOCKS FOR EVERY SINGLE, UH, RECREATIONAL PLAYER THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE ALSO COVER THE REFEREE FEES.
SO WE BASICALLY COVER EVERYTHING, UH, AT THE SELECT LEVEL.
UH, WE ALSO COVER THEIR REF FEES AND THE INTENT TO PLAY IN NOW THAT COMES UP TO THEM IF THEY, UH, AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION.
SO THE HIGHER, UH, THE COMPETITIVE LEVEL, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT GETS.
UH, SO AS, SO DOES INSURANCE, UH, THE COMPETITIVE LEVEL AT WHEN THEY, IF THEY DO COMPETE AND THEY QUALIFY, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FALL, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPETING FOR LIKE A STATE, UH, TOURNAMENT.
AND, UH, AND, AND IN THE SPRING THERE ARE STATE CUPS, THERE'S FIVE OF THEM, OR FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM, AND THEY'RE IN THE, UH, AROUND THE PRICE OF $500 PLUS DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE YOU'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE TRY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT POINT YET 'CAUSE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
SO WE FORESEE GROWTH IN OUR, UM, IN OUR OLDER KIDS, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE, UH, REQUESTING THE, THE USE OF FIELD ONE AND TWO BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TEAMS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING UP TO 11 AND 11.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE, THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE FROM FOUR V FOUR TO SEVEN SEVEN AND NINE V NINE.
AND SO OUR 90 V NINES, IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY BIG GROUP OF KIDS AND THEY'RE MOVING UP, UH, IN THE FALL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, PROJECTING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE 11 ON 11 TEAMS. AND SO WE NEED TO PUSH 'EM OVER TO THE 11 ON 11 FIELDS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THAT SO THAT WAY THEY CAN PRACTICE AND DEVELOP AND BE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE WHEN THEY GO PLAY, UH, TEAMS FROM AROUND THE VALLEY AND THEN MAYBE GO OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY TO PLAY A TOURNAMENT.
WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE IN HARLINGEN.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND, AND PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS.
UM, GIVEN THE, THE UNCERTAINTY OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WERE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH SOCCER.
SO I, I COMMEND YOU COACH FOR THAT.
UM, IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR, I JUST, UM, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR PARENTS AND IF THEY HAVE THESE CONCERNS, UM, EXPLAINING TO 'EM THAT THE FEES THAT YOU CHARGE, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE YOUR FEES.
UM, AND, AND BASED ON, AND THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR, YOUR MODEL ON, ON.
AND I, I'M SURE I'M ASSUMING THAT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS BASED ON, UM, CAP, YOU KNOW, TALENT AND, AND WHERE THEY'RE AT IN, IN, IN THEIR CAREERS, UH, AS, AS ATHLETES.
BUT SO THAT WAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN IMPOSING ADDITIONAL FEES FOR THEM TO PRACTICE, BECAUSE THAT WAS, UH, NEWS FOR ME.
AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT CHILDREN TO FEEL THAT, THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR OWN FIELDS.
SOMETIMES IT'S, UM, I THINK THEY HAVE A PERCEPTION OF, YOU KNOW, SELECT LEVEL.
THEY HAVE TO HIRE TRAINERS AND, AND, AND PAY FEES LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COMPARE THE CITY OF DALLAS OR THE CITY, CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND, MAYBE THREE TO $4,000 PER TEAM.
AND SO WHEN IT WAS ASKED ON US, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GONNA BE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION? AND WE SAY NO, BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE GOING HOMEGROWN, MEANING WE'RE GONNA COACH AS EDUCATORS, WE'RE GONNA TEACH OUR COACHES TO TEACH OUR KIDS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UH, PUSH THEM INTO THE CATE UH, THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS, UH, THAT TISA OFFERS THEM.
AND UH, IT'S, IT'S A TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING THAT THE STATE ASSOCIATION OFFERS TO ALL THE COACHES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SO THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I HAVE A NATIONAL D LICENSE AND I, YES, I WENT TO GO, I PAID FOR THAT MYSELF AND THEN I TURNED AROUND AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO MY KIDS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITHOUT A SINGLE CHARGE TO, TO THEM.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF OF COACHES THAT ARE LIKE THAT, BUT THEN WE HAVE OTHER COACHES THAT, OH, I'VE GOT A NATIONAL D LICENSE.
WELL I'M GONNA CHARGE MY KIDS FOR TRAINING.
AND SO WE'RE PURSUING THE ONES THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AS A VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.
AND UH, THAT'S WHY I SAY HOMEGROWN.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GROW FROM, FROM WITHIN AND WE'RE GONNA BE GREAT.
SO, UH, I THINK THE, THE PATHWAY THAT WE'RE TAKING, IT'S, IT'S A SLOW PROCESS, BUT WE
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ARE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS.UH, AND I, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION AND THE SUPPORT OF HAREN, UH, PARKS AND REC.
'CAUSE THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF, OF WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS FROM THEM.
SO THE PERCEPTION THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE PREVIOUS CLUB HAS BEEN CHANGING.
THEY SAY, OH, YOU GUYS, UH, HAVE BEEN DOING A REAL GOOD JOB OF BEING OUT THERE VISIBLE.
THE FACILITIES ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
THERE'S SOAP IN THE DISPENSERS, THERE ARE TOILET PAPER EVERYWHERE THAT THE TOILETS ARE CLEAN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IF WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'LL BE COMING BACK.
AND SO YEAH, WE, WE LOST SOME TEAMS TO OTHER CLUBS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK BECAUSE THEY SEE AND THEY HEAR GREAT THINGS OF OUR CLUB.
AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION THANKS TO YOU ALL.
UH, JED, I FORGET IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THE WHOLE THING.
UH, DO WE CHARGE THE TEAMS IN THE CONTRACTS OTHER THAN THE DOLLAR? DO WE CHARGE THEM FOR USING THE LIGHTS? NO, NO, NO.
EVEN IF THEY'RE LIKE THE COACHES, OR SORRY, THE TEAMS ARE PRACTICING THAT THE LIGHT FEE STILL COVERED IN THE $1 IF THEY'RE PART OF THE LEAGUE AND WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH THEM.
SO I'M, I'M BEING TOLD THAT WHAT THE JUDGE WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE PROPOSED CONTRACT THAT WE PRESENTED TO Y'ALL, WHICH WAS WE WERE ADDING A, UH, A FEE.
PER $10 PER CHILD THAT WAS REGISTERED THROUGH THE LEAGUE.
BUT THAT CONTRACT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
THAT'S WHAT I'M BEING TOLD IS WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO.
THE FEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE APPLYING TO ALL CONTRACTS.
I FORGET THE OTHER SPORTS THEM AS WELL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT.
[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to sign an Inter-local Agreement between the City of Harlingen and the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District for the use of two school buses during the 2024 Summer Parks and Recreation Program.]
AYE.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND THE HARLINGEN CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE USE OF TWO SCHOOL BUSES DURING THE 2024 SUMMER PARK RECREATION PROGRAM, ATTACHMENT, PARKS, AND REC.
AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER PEREZ HAS ABSTAINED FOR THIS ITEM.
[Item 11 - Board Appointments]
UH, BOARD APPOINTMENTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY APPOINTMENTS OR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO INCLUDE APPOINTMENT AND OR REMOVAL OF ANY POSITION SUBJECT TO APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL BY STATUTE, ORDINANCE OR BYLAWS? NONE.WHILE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, HAVE WE KEEP RUNNING THE BEAUTIFUL HAD A MEETING YET? NO, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON TRY AND GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
IT'S PROVEN A LOT MORE DIFFICULT BEEN IT SEEMS BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES ON THE BOARD SO WE CAN'T, UH, WE REALLY HAVE TO GET EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE NOW TO SHOW UP AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY HARD.
WE'RE STILL TRYING, BUT, SO I'LL ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN.
UM, DO WE CONTACT EVERYBODY, AMANDA? AND DOES EVERYBODY THAT IS ON THE BOARD WANT TO SERVE? YES.
THEY JUST ARE NOT SHOWING, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BUT THEY WANT TO SERVE.
AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU APPOINTED MAYOR LEFT TO SAN ANTONIO AND HE SAID AS SOON AS HE WOULD RETURN, HE WOULD CALL ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT HE WAS IN TOWN.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, LEMME JUST DO THIS THEN.
UM, I'M GONNA ADD RODOLFO ZA, I'M JUST GONNA REAPPOINT HIM TO THE ARE BEAUTIFUL TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL.
UH, AND THEN ROBERT SAMON REAPPOINT HIM TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN MICHAEL BOLAND TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
JUST READ MICHAEL STER LAST NAME.
MICHAEL BOLAND TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MY APPOINTMENTS.
[Item 12 - Executive Session]
NUMBER 12, EXECUTIVE SESSION.ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION WILL BE DELIBERATED IN A CLOSED SESSION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT GENERALLY PERMITTED TO ATTEND A CLOSED SESSION.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AS AN ACTION ITEM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR, HOWEVER, CITY COMMISSION WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
ITEM 12 A PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 0.071 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION AND CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL ESTATE AND SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS,
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ONE.PAN-AMERICAN HYDROGEN, UH, TWO PROJECT ALPHA VAN THREE, PROJECT, UH, DK B PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.0711 AND TWO ATTORNEY CONSULTATION SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REGARDING 83 SLASH 77 PROPERTY CITY MANAGER, UH, C PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY CITY MANAGER.
THE TIME IS NOW 7:17 PM WE'LL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND BE BACK SHORTLY.
ALL THE TIME IS NOW 8:30 PM AND WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION 30.
[Item 13 - Action on Executive Sessions]
NUMBER 13, ACTION.ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AND MAY TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEM LISTED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION OF THIS AGENDA, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS 12, A ONE, TWO, AND THREE S DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION, THERE'S ELECTION ON ITEM A, SO MOVING ON.
SO THEN, UH, B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEM 12 B AND 12 C AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO PROCEED AS EX, UH, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEMS, UH, B AND C? MOTION? SECOND.
[Item 14 - Adjournment]
WE ARE ADJOURNED.