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[Item 1 - Call to Order]
EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION MEETING.THE TIME IS NOW 5:33 PM THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AS WE HAVE, UM, ALL COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER PEREZ IS, UH, MAKING HIS WAY INTO, UM, INTO THE ROOM HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, AND IT HAS BEEN DULY POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AS COMMISSIONER KINSLEY LEADS US IN OUR INVOCATION.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY, HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION.
HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL.
REMIND US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY.
PLEASE GUIDE US SO THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE PRODUCTIVE.
LET US BE EFFECTIVE AND DECISIVE.
WE ASK THESE THINGS AS YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL OF LIBERTY.
[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest]
MARK, IF YOU'D READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, YES, MA'AM.UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS OF 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.
ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST STATUS? NO.
[Item 3 - Announcements]
ON.NUMBER ITEM 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, RECOGNITIONS.
ITEM THREE, A MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.
JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE COMING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE LIGHTING OF THE ARROYO FOR TOMORROW.
TOMORROW EVENING, WE ALSO HAVE, I SAW JAVIT, I BELIEVE URA HERE, OR MAYBE I DREAMED THAT HE WAS HERE.
UM, WE HAVE THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ON THE 13TH.
AND ALL THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF HARLINGEN WEBSITE.
AND I KNOW I SAW JEFF HERE AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE JEFF ON, UH, ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK OVER AT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH I HEAR WAS GREAT, AND THAT GABE DID PHENOMENAL, IS WHAT I KNOW YOU HEARD THAT
WELL, WE WERE, WE CAN, WE CAN ALL PRETEND.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND OBVIOUSLY TO, TO THE, UH, TO THE BOARD AND TO THIS COMMISSION FOR SUPPORTING THAT ENDEAVOR.
UM, ITEM THREE, UM, B CITY MANAGERS ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, MAYOR ON THE AURORA LIGHTING.
UH, THE EVENT IS STILL GOING TO GO FORWARD, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PARKING, UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE RAVINE AREA BECAUSE OF THE WATER SATURATION THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE FEW PAST FEW DAYS.
UH, IT IS DRY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE EVENT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO FIND PARKING ELSEWHERE ALONG THE STREET AND, UM, ALONG THE, UH, PARK THE STREET RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OLD VALLEY MORNING STAR.
AND JUST IN CASE ANYBODY MISSED A SCORE, IT WAS 17 TO SEVEN
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY FOR DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE THAT SHOULD GET OUT THERE AND VOTE, MAKE SURE YOU PROMPT THEM TO DO SO.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, KINSLEY, THE TIMES ARE FROM NINE TO SEVEN ON EARLY VOTING.
SUNDAY, WE'LL ALL HAVE A DAY OF BREATH.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY IS FROM 10.
AND ELECTION DAY IS ON THE 14TH.
UM, AGAIN, I'M JUST ECHOING WHAT, UM, FORD AND, AND FRANK SAID ABOUT THE, UH, EARLY VOTING.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A RUNOFF.
SO RUNOFFS TEND TO HAVE LOW VOTER TURNOUT.
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RESULTS FOR TO, FOR TODAY, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF DISTRICTS, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, ONLY 270 PEOPLE HAVE VOTED.UM, I KNOW, UH, HARLINGEN, WE BROKE RECORDS THIS PAST ELECTION.
UM, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING WHAT THE, WHAT ALL THE RESIDENTS OF HAREN DID WHEN THEY WENT OUT AND VOTED.
SO I'M ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO OUT THERE AND GO VOTE AGAIN.
UM, THERE'S, I, AS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE, THERE'S BEEN SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE RUNOFF.
ONE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT I'VE HAD, UH, OR THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, UH, HAVE TOLD ME THAT IF THEY VOTED IN THE REGULAR ELECTION, THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN.
IF YOU'VE, UM, THIS, THIS RUNOFF ELECTIONS FOR DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, IT'S A BRAND NEW ELECTION.
YOUR VOTES IN THE FIRST ELECTION DO NOT CARRY OVER.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU VOTE IN THE, IN THE RUNOFF IF YOU VOTED IN NOVEMBER ELECTION, BUT YOU, YOU MUST VOTE IN THE, UM, THE RUNOFF ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S YOUR VOICE.
OUR CITY, THE, THE DIRECTION OF OUR CITY WILL BE DETERMINED BY WHAT THE PEOPLE OF HAREN DECIDE.
AND THE BEST DECISIONS THAT HARINGTON MAKES IS WHEN THE MOST PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND VOTE.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT THERE AND VOTE.
AND JUST LIKE FRANK SAID, IT'S GOING ON TILL THE 10TH OF THIS MONTH.
AND ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 14TH.
[Item 4 - Proclamation/Presentation of Awards]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MAYOR, UH, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDS, UH, FOR A HAR ANIMAL SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK.AND I DID SEE OUR PET OF THE WEEK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.
TONIGHT WE HAVE BROUGHT MR. CINNAMON.
LATELY IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN BRINGING FEMALES, BUT THIS IS MR. CINNAMON.
UM, HE'S ABOUT THREE MONTHS OLD.
HE'S NOT HAD HIS RABIES VACCINE YET, BUT HE WILL BE GETTING IT VERY SOON.
HE HAS BEEN AT THE SHELTER SINCE OCTOBER 9TH, SO HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT HE IS LOOKING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR STREAK IS STILL INTACT.
MS. BRIDGET FROM THE LAST MEETING HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND WE, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS STREAK AS LONG AS WE CAN.
I ALSO WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS SATURDAY WE WILL BE AT MARKET DAYS WITH ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION AND AT PETCO, AT PETCO, UM, IN WESLACO WITH ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION.
UM, ANYBODY INTERESTED IN CINNAMON OR ANY OF THE OTHER ANIMALS ARE WELCOME TO CALL THE ANIMAL SHELTER AT (956) 216-5250.
AND PETCO IS WHAT DAY? ANGELA? SATURDAY.
SO THEY'LL BE AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS WELL AS ON ONSITE ON SATURDAY.
AND THIS IS CINNAMON? THIS IS CINNAMON.
WHAT? SALTY CHICKEN, NOT SUGAR AND SPICE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I KNOW THAT YOU, UM, WE HAD THE MICROCHIP, UH, CLINIC THAT WENT WELL.
ADOPTIONS, EACH EVENT YOU'RE ADOPTING OUT ANIMALS, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UH, WE'D LIKE MORE, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE HAPPY WITH ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR B PROCLAMATION.
DICK OFFICE SUPPLIES OVER 45 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION WILL BE HONORING DICK OFFICE, APPLY FOR OVER 45 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AS FOLLOWS.
WHEREAS DICK OFFICE SUPPLY HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF HARLINGEN COMMUNITY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1980, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL OFFICE SUPPLIES AND SERVICE TO EDUCATORS, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.
AND WE'RE UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF MR. DALE WINTER AND MR. PETER DICK WITH THE STEADFAST LEADERSHIP OF MS. WENDY DICK, THE STORE HAS BUILT A REPUTATION FOR OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO QUALITY AND DEDICATION TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE STORE HAS PERSEVERED OVER FOUR DECADES, OUTLASTING LARGER COMPETITORS SUCH AS OFFICEMAX AND OFFICE DEPOT, WHILE MAINTAINING ITS HALLMARK OF PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER-FOCUSED CARE.
AND WHEREAS DICK OFFICE SUPPLY HAS EMPLOYED A TEAM OF SIX EXEMPLARY STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND TOP-NOTCH SERVICE TO ALL WHO ENTERED THEIR DOORS.
WHEREAS THE TIME HAS COME TO BID FAREWELL TO THIS BELOVED INSTITUTION AS THE OWNERS AND STAFF CELEBRATE THEIR WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT MARKING THE END OF AN ERA FOR HARLINGEN.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARLINGEN RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DICK OFFICE APPLY TO GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND EXPRESSES THEIR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, NORMA SEPULVEDA, MAYOR OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 AS DICK OFFICE SUPPLY APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN
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HONORING THOSE, HONORING THE OWNER'S LEADERSHIP AND STAFF FOR THEIR REMARKABLE DEDICATION AND SERVICE.AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. WENDY, WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
DO YOU EXPECT ME TO SAY SOMETHING
UM, WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE RECOGNITION AND WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF, UH, HARLINGEN.
AND FOR THE 45 YEARS OF CUSTOMER SUPPORT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, IT IS THE ONLY REASON THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN FOR 45 YEARS AND REGRET THAT THE ERA IS COMING TO AN END AND HAD TO CLOSE OUR DOORS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND THE APPRECIATION WE, WE'VE BEEN SHOWN HERE.
SO IF YOU WANNA JUST STAY RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF SOME FLOWERS FOR YOU, MS. WENDY, AND YES.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN KNOWS OF DICK OFFICE SUPPLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, I WON'T EVEN TELL YOU WHEN, BUT UM, BEFORE I WAS A LAWYER, BEFORE I WAS HERE ON THE COMMISSION, I WAS A TEACHER AT AUSTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE POSTER, EVERY PROJECT INVOLVED A TRIP TO DICK OFFICE SUPPLY.
AND EVEN NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IN MY PRACTICE WAS TELLING GABE EARLIER TODAY THAT YOU SELL THESE LITTLE TINY TABS FOR MY EXHIBITS IN, FOR MY TRIAL EXHIBITS THAT I CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND SO I USUALLY GO AND I'LL BUY ALL THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I DO THAT.
AND, UM, SO JUST GO IN AND OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE BATMAN, I'LL GET MY STUFF AND, AND, AND LEAVE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT YOU REALLY JUST TRY TO SUPPORT AS A COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT I HAD GOTTEN A LOT OF MESSAGES AND REACHED OUT TO EDC TO SAY, HEY, WHAT IS GOING ON? WE WANNA KNOW, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU? AND THEN WE LEARNED THAT YOU WERE RETIRING, WHICH YOU DESERVE, YOU DESERVE.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MY FAMILY, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION, WE, WE REALLY, REALLY VALUE YOU APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, A, HOW CAN I SAY THIS? JUST A MISSING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR TEACHERS AND FOR FOLKS THAT REFUSE TO, TO SHOP ONLINE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF US OUT THERE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPES OF SUPPLIES.
AND SO, UH, WE WISH YOU WELL ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
I KEEP HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL RECOGNIZE THE GAP AND SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN I AM WITH MORE ENERGY THAN I HAVE IN MY LIFE WILL RECOGNIZE THE GAP AND SAY, OH, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO OPEN A BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT, AND THAT MAY, THAT MAY BE THE CASE.
AND WE HOPE THERE'S AN ENTREPRENEUR OUT THERE THAT UNDERSTANDS, JUST LIKE EV YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE IS A FEELING OF READING A BOOK, AN ACTUAL BOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE DEVICES, BUT BEING ABLE TO READ A BOOK AND HAVE IT ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ALL STILL TRULY VALUE AND APPRECIATE.
IT'S THE SAME THING AS WALKING INTO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING FOR MS. WINDY.
YEAH, I, I JUST SPENT MONEY THERE EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
LET'S, UH, IF WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO.
EVERYTHING IN MY CLASSROOM AND IN MY WIFE'S CLASSROOM IS LA HAS WAS LAMINATED AT YOUR PLACE?
WELL, MY WIFE FOUND OUT THAT YOU GUYS WERE CLOSING.
SHE'S LIKE, WHAT AM I GONNA DO NEXT YEAR? BUT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO PURCHASED THE LAMINATORS AND IS GOING TO BE DOING LAMINATING.
SO THERE IS A BUSINESS IN HARLEEN, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T RECALL THE NAME OF THEIR BUSINESS AT THE MOMENT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY ARE IN HAREN AND THEY ARE GONNA BE DOING THE LAMINATE.
WHERE DO YOU WANT IS CALLIS, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT SPACE TODAY, SO, UM, WE CAN TRY TO GET MAYBE JUST IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND HAVE YOU OKAY.
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GONNA MOVE THIS REALLY QUICK, SEE IF EVERYBODY'S FRAME ONE, TAKE ONE AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS.OKAY, LET'S TAKE A FEW MORE TO BE SURE WE'RE READY.
I, WENDY IS YOUR GENERAL MANAGER, BIG BOSS
AND WE STARTED THE CONFERENCE SUPPLY, THE OLD GRAND OPENING DATE WAS JANUARY THE 21ST OF 19, AND WE BUILT IT IN 79 AND 80 AND BUILT PETER DICK WAS THE PARTNER IN THAT TIME.
HE GAVE ME THE CHANCE THAT IT WAS 24-YEAR-OLD KID TO GET INTO BUSINESS AND FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I STARTED AT ARLINGTON, TEXAS.
CAME DOWN HERE 45 YEARS AGO AND LIKES SOUTH TEXAS.
AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT, IT'S BEEN A GREAT ENDEAVOR AND STUFF, BUT I AM NOT THE ONE RETIRING.
I BOUGHT A FRANCHISE IN 1997 AND THAT'S WHEN I MOVED BASICALLY AWAY FROM CARLEEN AND MCALLEN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FURNITURE WAS.
BUT I HAD JUST RECENTLY DONE AT THAT TIME, UH, THE HAR PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR Y'ALL WHEN YOU BUILT THAT BRANDING STUFF.
AND, AND ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS IN COLLEGE WAS A GUY BY THE NAME OF MIKE, WHO ENDED UP THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN HE ENDED UP GOING MCAL BEING THEIR CITY MANAGER.
AND STILL THIS, SO, BUT I WANT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT MEMORIES.
[Item 5 - Citizen Communication ]
ITEM 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.
WE HAVE TWO, UH, TODAY, MAYOR, MR. UM, RAYMOND REYES REGARDING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS I BELIEVE.
AND THEN WE HAVE MR. RON LOZANO REGARDING TEXAS.
RAYMOND RAY IS 7 0 6 NANTUCKET, RIGHT? I THINK BROKE MIKE.
SO, UH, BASICALLY AS USUAL, IT'S ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UH, LIKE THE MAYOR STATED, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
UM, JUST GOTTA TRY TO STAY ON TRACK.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION STUFF GOING ON, AND THAT TO ME HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING.
'CAUSE SOME OF IT IS GOING ON ON SEVENTH STREET RIGHT WHERE I LIVE OUT THERE.
THE PROJECT STARTED AND THEN THEY STOPPED FOR LIKE THREE WEEKS AND THERE'S BARRELS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM GOT KNOCKED OFF AND THEN I CALLED AND WHEN THEY GOT PULLED FROM THAT PROJECT TO GO DO ANOTHER PROJECT, AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON ON AUSTIN STREET, THERE'S A BIG INDENTION.
I MEAN, I WENT BY THERE EARLIER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IF I, I'M BOTTOM BOTTOMING NOW ON MY CARS AND SAID I JUST SWITCHED TO MY TRUCK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED ONE THING WHERE I HIT ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND IT RUINED ONE OF MY WHEELS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT AS WE'RE DOING PROJECTS OF IMPROVEMENT, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AS THEY DO IN THE MILITARY SOMETIMES, AND, UH, TRY TO
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ANTICIPATE WHAT ISSUES ARE WE GONNA HAVE.I KNOW O OSCAR, I BELIEVE IS HIS NAME, IS OUT THERE ON THE BALL TRYING TO DO WHAT HE DOES.
THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW? UM, WHENEVER WE START HAVING THESE BUDGET MEETINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SINCE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GROWING, BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UM, IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE OR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE BUDGET THAT.
MM-HMM,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A FLY BY NIGHT TYPE OF DEAL, UH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP GOING FORWARD WITHOUT CAUSING THE BURDEN TO THE CITIZENS OR MINIMIZE THE BURDEN, I SHOULD SAY WOULD BE CORRECT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE, I'LL BE SO HAPPY WITH THE ELECTION, SO START COMPLETELY OVER.
BUT I THINK, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL ALL I HAVE.
MAYBE NEXT TIME GET A BIGGER ROOM.
'CAUSE UH, SOME OF US WERE CONFUSED OF WHERE EXACTLY TO GO, BUT I SORTED IT OUT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND, UM, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO, JUST LIKE I DO.
NEXT ONE IS MR. UH, RONAL, TEXAS.
AMY, IT WAS, UH, SO REFRESHING TO HEAR THE TERM DECISIVE BECAUSE VOTING IS UNDERWAY NOW AS WE SPEAK.
SO UNLESS NEFARIOUS THINGS ARE FUEL AFOOT, RESULTS SHOULD NOT BE KNOWN AT THIS HOUR SINCE THERE STILL IS OVER AN HOUR.
WE'RE VOTING THIS VERY DAY NOW, TRYING TO AVOID A DISSERTATION.
WE CANNOT FAIL TO REALIZE THOSE WHOM I PRESENTLY ADDRESS ARE AND SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.
LOOKING AT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS, WE KNOW BRANDON CASTELLANOS DOUBLE-DIPPING IN THE PUBLIC.
TR HE'S PAID HANDSOMELY BY THE CITY FOR UNNECESSARY PROPAGANDA OR ON Y'ALL'S BEHALF, BUT THAT'S NOT MUCH TOIL.
SO HE DOES POLITICAL PROPAGANDA FOR AT LEAST ONE OF YOU NOW, OF WHICH THERE'S AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
SO EVEN IF MR. CASTELLANOS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT HIS EMPLOYMENT BY PETTI LEAVES AT A MINIMUM AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, MR. PETTI MUST KNOW BETTER.
HE'S ALREADY INDICATED HE'S A TEACHER THIS VERY MEETING YET LOOK AT SMAR.
AND THE REST OF YOU EXCEPT MR. MORALE MORALE WHO HAVE NO IDEA THAT A TAX BILL IS THE SAME AS A TAX LEVY ALLEGED.
27 YEARS OF OUR TAX RATE CAN BE RELEGATED TO PERDITION BECAUSE FOR HARLAN AND PROPERTY OWNERS, YOUR CONSTANT BRAGGING IS MEANINGLESS.
FORMER CLINTON OPERATIVE, IT'S THE LEVY.
STUPID PEOPLE PAY THE BILL NOT YOUR ILLUSIONARY RATE.
TRANSPARENCY AS USUAL IS DARK FOR ALL THAT TOUTING FOR MONTHS, FOR OVER A YEAR.
A NOVEMBER AUTUMN ELECTION TONIGHT, WE KNEW AHEAD OF TIME WE MADE WAGERS.
SHE WOULD NOT BRING IT UP OF OUR GENERAL ELECTION CURRENTLY MEANS NOTHING TO OUR MAYOR.
SO GO OUT AND VOTE IF YOU BELIEVE IN A DEMOCRACY.
THAT'S IT NOW FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]
IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 21ST, 2024.THERE WAS, UH, A MINOR CORRECTION ON THE, UH, APPOINTMENTS THAT, UH, I GOT WITH MS. ELONGO IS BEING ADDRESSED.
OKAY, SO I SECOND THE MOTION WITH THE MINOR ADJUSTMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STAND A AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES MOVING FORWARD.
[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]
UH, NUMBER SEVEN, CONSENT AGENDA.NO DISCUSSION IS ANTICIPATED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THIS SECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ROUTINE BUSINESS.
WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS OR HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AS A STAFF REPORT OR DISCUSSION ITEM.
THIS ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY BY A SINGLE VOTE UNLESS A COMMISSIONER MEMBER REQUESTS AN ITEM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ELECTION TO THANK YOU.
AMANDA, ARE THERE ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT? NO.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND?
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NO, I ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.[Item 8 - Staff Reports]
REPORTS, UH, AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS.ITEM 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 AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR AFTER THE REQUEST OF ANY TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS OR CITY MANAGER A A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMISSION CHECK THEIR CALENDARS FOR DECEMBER 12TH AT FIVE 30 FOR, UM, A JOINT MEETING WITH THE AIRPORT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN ON DECEMBER THE 11TH, THE DAY BEFORE, UM, HERE AT THE MUSEUM AGAIN FOR A MEETING, UH, PRESENTATION BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL UH, COMMISSION ON THE CLG PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
C UH, PRESENTATION BY JEFF HART, GOLF DIRECTOR REGARDING RENOVATIONS TO TONY BUTLER GOLF COURSE HOLDS ONE THROUGH 18.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE, WE'VE GOT A PICTURE.
WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THE FINISH LINE BY ANY MEANS.
THE GOOD THING IS I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU FOR MORE MONEY.
IT'S, BUT WE JUST NEED A LOT MORE LABOR GOING INTO THE COURSE.
WE DID NOT OPEN THE COURSE TOO EARLY.
I'VE HEARD, I'VE READ THAT ONLINE.
IT'S NOT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HURT ANYTHING BY, BY KEEPING IT CLOSED, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HELP TO THE GREENS.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A TIME, UM, SPRING.
WE OUGHT TO SEE A LOT DIFFERENCE IN, IN THE WAY THE COURSE IS GOING, BUT THE GREENS ARE JUST FINE.
WELL, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL PLAYED IT YET, BESIDES THE CITY MANAGER.
THEY GOT FOUR FLIGHT TO TAKE HERE, I BELIEVE SO.
DID WE, DID WE CAME FORTH ON THIS PICTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE YOU, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THIS FIRST PIC.
THE FIRST WATER RIGHT HERE IS REALLY KIND OF A MUDDY COLOR.
WE COULD NOT DYE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WATER OUT OF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER PONDS UP FARTHER UP THE TOP LEFT, THEY'RE ALL DYED BLUE.
WE'RE GONNA WATER THAT SO THEY LOOK REALLY QUICK.
PRETTY, WE CAN'T REALLY DYE THIS ONE HERE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE WATER DOWN AT ALL THE TIME AND IT'S WASTED DYE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE TOO ALSO IN THIS SMALL AREA, THE NEW FOUNTAIN WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, THIS WILL HELP NOT ONLY FOR LOOKS, BUT IT'S GONNA HELP AERATE THE, THE WATER AND WILL HELP CUT DOWN THEIR ALGAE GROWTH AND STUFF IN THERE.
WE GOT TWO, WE GOT ONE THERE AND ONE ON 15 FROM THE J JEFF.
I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT THE COURSE DID GET A LOT HARDER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED, THAT WE SAID IT WAS TOO EASY OF A COURSE BEFORE WE WANTED A CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE.
WE'VE GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE NOW IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT COURSE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE TEE TEEING AREAS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THE BLACKS, YOU'RE GONNA BE PLAYING A VERY TOP-NOTCH HARD COURSE.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE UP AND PLAY THE YELLOWS AND THE WHITES, THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE PLAYING MUCH SHORTER DISTANCE.
SO THERE'S TEEING GROUNDS FOR ALL AREAS OF SKILL LEVEL.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE.
UM, THIS IS A, A DRONE PICTURE THAT TOOK, THIS HAS, UM, THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, 10, 11, 12, 9, 18.
JUST THIS SHOWS A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GREEN IS IN THE, IN THE FAIRWAYS.
IF THERE'S ANY YELLING PART THAT'S IN OUTSIDE ON THE TREE LINES, WE DID NOT WATER THAT.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A REASON TO WATER THAT.
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD FOR THEM TO HEAD UP.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PENALTY.
THE NEXT PICTURE, THIS IS WHERE WE START OFF ON HOLE NUMBER ONE, RENOVATION.
WHAT SLOWED THE RENOVATION DOWN? THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PLANT IN APRIL.
THEY WERE WAITING ON APART AND THEN THEY KEPT SAYING IT'S TOO WINDY TO SEE BECAUSE THE SEED IS VERY, VERY SMALL.
I TOLD THEM MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THEY'RE GONNA WAIT FOR A DAY THAT'S CALM IN SPRING HERE, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
THEY FINALLY REALIZED THAT, THAT THEY CAN PLANT WHEN IT'S 10 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.
'CAUSE THEY WERE NOT DOING THAT.
SO THEY FINALLY END UP PLANNING, FINISHING PLANNING IN MID-JUNE WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MID-APRIL IS WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
THIS PUSHBACK, SOME OF THE OPENING TIME, THIS WAS THE 5 MILLION, 5.5 MILLION PROJECT THAT INCLUDED THE GOLF COURSE, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND GOING, THIS IS WHOLE 10 10 TION.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE AND WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO THE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
THIS IS FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, BUT IT'S STILL, THAT'S, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 10 GREEN AND THAT'S WHAT THE ANGLE NOTICE.
SO IT'S A MUCH PRETTIER COURSE TO LOOK AT TO, AND AESTHETICS MEAN A LOT IN THE GOLF COURSE WHEN YOU, WHEN, AS FAR AS THE VALUE AND
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WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME AND PLAY IT.THIS IS HYDRO SEATING THAT THEY DID ON THIS.
THIS IS ON 13 GREEN AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE REAL CLOSE UP, BUT HYDRO SEEDING THE LEFT, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY RECENTLY PURCHASED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SO LINCOLN HYDRO SEED, SO THEY CAN HYDRO SEED IT MIXES.
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY SEEDED OVER, THEY SEEDED IT FIRST AND THEN THEY CAME AND DID A HYDRO SEED, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, IT'S A PAPER WATER MIXTURE THAT HOLDS THE SEED DOWN BETTER AND KEEPS MOISTURE INTO IT SO THAT IT CAN GERMINATE QUICKER.
SO THE CITY OF HARLEEN NOW HAS THAT.
WE BORROWED THEIR HYDRO SEEDED BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN BACK SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER.
AND IT WAS WASHING OUT ON AREAS.
SO WHAT WE DID, WE GOT A REALLY WOODY PUL AND HYDRO CITY WITH THE CITY'S, UM, HYDRO CEDAR AND REALLY TACKED DOWN THAT SAND AND, AND THE SEED DOWN THAT WE NEEDED TO RECEDE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THE CITY HYDRO LOT.
IT WORKED OUT WELL AND IT TOOK, IT DID IT.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS WHAT WE HAD AND WASN'T WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
THERE'S THREE PUMPS, 60 HORSEPOWER PUMPS.
NOW THIS IS THE NEW PUMP STATION.
IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT 360 HORSEPOWER PUMPS AND A FIVE HORSEPOWER JOCKEY PUMP ON IT.
THE JOCKEY PUMP KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON THE LINE AT ALL TIMES SO THAT WHEN YOU TURN ON IT AUTOMATICALLY COMES UP.
SO THIS IS A STATE ART PUMP SYSTEM.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT.
CAN YOU JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CONTROL IT FROM YOUR PHONE? YES.
IT, IT HAS THE OPTION OF A TABLET OR A PHONE TO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PULL IT UP AND, AND TURN ONE SPECIFIC HEAD ON.
YOU CAN POKE EACH HEAD INDIVIDUALLY TO WATER.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WE HAVE SOME SPOTS THAT ARE A LITTLE WETTER THAN OTHERS.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND, AND REALLY PROGRAM OUR SYSTEM TO FIT OUR GOLF COURSE.
WHAT'S WET? WE NEED TO CUT BACK ON WATER ON THAT SPRINKLER HEAD WHILE IT'S DRY.
WE NEED TO TURN UP ON THE SPRINKLER HEADS.
AND IT'S STILL A PROCESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN INVOLVED INTO.
BUT THIS, THIS NOW ENABLES US TO SET EACH INDIVIDUAL SPRINKLER HEAD AT A DIFFERENT RATE INSTEAD OF JUST TURNING THE WATER ON ALL THE SPRINKLERS COME ON.
AND EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING GOES AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS IS OUR ACTUAL COTTON GREEN RIGHT HERE ON ON, UM, RIGHT BESIDE THE CLUBHOUSE.
THIS IS THE PAST FOAM GRASS THAT WE DID.
THIS WAS A $300,000 INCREASE ON WHAT THE ARCHITECT WANTED TO DO.
HE WANTED TO DO CHAMPIONS FROM ME TO WHICH WE HAD BEFORE.
CHAMPION BERMUDA IS NOT SALT TOLERANCE.
OUR WATER IS NOT SPECIFICALLY SALT TOLERANT, BUT I MEAN SALTY.
BUT IT DOES HAVE A HIGH PH ABOUT 8.3 AND IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF BICARBONATE IN IT, WHICH MAKES IT POOR QUALITY WATER.
WHEN WE WATER UP, WHICH IS CANAL WATER, THIS GRASS IS SUPPOSED TO THRIVE IN POOR WATER CONDITIONS.
SO THIS IS GONNA HELP US WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO TREAT OUR WATER SO MUCH AND WE STILL HAVE A GOOD TURF.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAVE A COMPLETE 18 HOLE COURSE WITH THE PASS PAL.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE LOTS OF COURSES DO IT.
RACHEL HOE IS, IS CONVERTING OVER.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY HOLES THEY HAVE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN CUR CONVERTING OVER.
THE REASON WHY IT'S TAKEN THEM, THE COST OF DOING THE WHOLE 18 IS, YOU KNOW, OURS IS $300,000 UPGRADE ON THE, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT $500,000 TO, TO CONVERT A COURSE OVER.
SO WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE IN THE VALLEY.
YOU'LL SEE MORE IN THE VALLEY IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS.
THE WHITE CARTS THERE, THAT'S, THEY'RE OUR BRAND NEW CARTS.
BUT THE, THE KILL SWITCH IS NOT READY YET.
THEY HAD A BOX THAT THEY SENT THAT WAS ALL THE BOXES WERE DELIVERED TO EWING AND BROWNVILLE FOR SOME REASON HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MISS MID AMERICA.
ONE OF THE BOXES WAS LOST OR RESHIPPING THAT BOX.
THEY'RE GONNA STALL IT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE ACTUAL GEOFENCING THAT STOPS THE CART FROM GOING IN.
RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEE ON THE COURSE VIA THE COMPUTER SCREEN, WE CAN SEE WHERE EVERY CAR CARD IS ON THE COURSE.
IF IT'S AGREED, IT MEANS THAT THE CARTS ARE GOING, THEY'RE ON TIME.
IF IT'S UM, RED, IT MEANS THEY'RE BEHIND TIME BUT THEY'RE NOT HOLDING UP ANYBODY.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY CAUSING ISSUE IF THEY'RE PURPLE, IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEHIND TIME AND HOLDING PEOPLE UP.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD SEND OUR MARSH OUT TO THE PURPLE CARD TO SAY, Y'ALL GOTTA PICK UP THE PACE OR LET SOME PEEL THROUGH.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE, WE REALLY CAN'T LET PEEL THROUGH.
WE JUST GOTTA SPEED UP 'CAUSE WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE PUT ON THE COURSE, WHICH IS A GOOD, WHICH EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.
THIS IS OUR DRIVING RANGE OF PRACTICE SESSION.
IF YOU CAN SEE THE, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE FIRST OPENED.
I WAS SICK ON THAT FIRST DAY BECAUSE THEIR TOP RIGHT, IT JUST LOOKS PERFECT.
THAT WAS, NOBODY'S HIT ON IT IN OVER A YEAR.
WE REDID THE, THE, UM, THE DRIVING RANGE.
MIDAMERICA HELPED US, BUT THIS WAS NOT IN THEIR PACKAGE.
AND THEN WE DID THIS WITH PUBLIC WORKS FOR THIS CONCRETE PAD AND WE PUT THE, THE MATS ON
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THE BACK OF THE, OF THE DRIVING RANGE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT HIT OFF.AND SURPRISINGLY AND, AND HAPPILY WE HAVE MOST PEOPLE THAT PREFER TO HIT OFF THE MAPS BECAUSE IT DOES OUR GRASS.
SO IT'S LIKE I PREFER TO HIT OFF THE MAPS.
SO WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF INCREASE IN THE RANGE PICKUP SINCE WE'VE OPENED THE RANGE AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO LOCK THE MAPS.
THE PUT GREEN, IF Y'ALL SEEN IT, IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER.
INDIVIDUAL HOLES YOU CAN PLAY OUT THAT COOL.
THAT TO THE MAP TO THE RIGHT IS KIND OF THE MAP THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S THE PROGRAM WE HAVE IN THE RIGHT THERE AT THE RESTROOM.
THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER, A SCREEN THAT DAVID SET UP FOR 'EM TODAY AND IT HAS THIS MAP AND THIS IS WHAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT CARDS ON THAT.
SO THEY CAN LOOK AND SEE THE NU IT'LL HAVE A OLD BOX, IT'LL HAVE THE NUMBER, IT'LL SHOW WHAT NUMBER CARD IS OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A SHEET WHEN THEY SIGN IN, WHO'S ON WHO'S RENTED THE CART.
SO WE EXACTLY WHAT GROUP IS PLAYING BASED ON THE CART NUMBER THEY HAVE.
'CAUSE WE'RE ASSIGNING THE CART NUMBERS TOO, WHICH WE DIDN'T DO IN THE PAST.
NOW PEOPLE ARE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY HAVE DAMAGED CARTS.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY.
IF Y'ALL KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF CART DAMAGE, CAR PATH DAMAGE AND IT'S MOSTLY CAUSED BECAUSE BY THE AURORA, THE GROUND MOVES AND IT JUST BREAKS THAT CONCRETE UP.
SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE COME IN AND LOOKED AT THE VERY BAD AREAS AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKING, THEY TAKE OUT THE BAD AREAS AND DOWN THEY'RE FILLING AGAIN WITH CAR PATHS.
AND Y'ALL PROVED THAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET ON, ON DOING THE CAR PASS, NOT DOING ALL OF THEM.
WE'RE DOING ABOUT 5,000 LINEAR FEET OF CAR PASS.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A FISH, BUT THAT'S IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN IN THE BACK ON THERE.
AND THE, AND THE DE SAND TRAPS THERE LOOK REALLY NICE AND REALLY SHINE MUCH FURTHER THAN THE OLD INTRO.
THIS IS SOME OF THE, JUST THE BEAUTIFICATION, LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THE AESTHETICS OF A GOLF COURSE.
THIS IS THE POND ON 15, YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNTAIN.
WE'VE GOT BO BO'S POINT PART IN THERE.
WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT BOGANVILLE PATCHES DO THERE.
SO THAT, 'CAUSE THEY'RE VERY HARDY GROWING AND THEY'RE VERY COLORFUL LIKE THIS.
WE'VE GOT THE ONE BIG ONE, YOU'VE GOT SEVEN SMALL ONES.
THEY'LL COME UP, THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THAT SAME AND JUST SOME AREAS OF COLOR IN CONTRAST WITH THE GREEN THAT'S OUT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COLORS THERE.
SO JUST TO BE DEPOSIT COURSE, VERY INEXPENSIVE.
THIS WAS OPENING DAY TOURNAMENT.
WE ENDED UP HAVING 40 TEAMS, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
AND UM, THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF WHOLE SPONSORS ON THE SALES THAT DAY.
WE HAD $15,800 IN SALES ONCE WE'VE TAKEN ON OUR PROFIT, BASED ON WHAT WE BOUGHT FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE GAVE AWAY.
WHAT WAS OUR MARKUP ON OUR ALCOHOL? WHAT WAS OUR MARKUP ON ON, UM, THE GIFT CERTIFICATES THAT WE GAVE OUT, WE ENDED UP NET PROFIT IN $8,756 THAT DAY.
WE HAD 120 PLAYERS PLAY, PLAY THAT DAY.
AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CAME OUT AND, AND SAW IT GOING.
AND I THINK IT WENT REALLY WELL.
I HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE OPENING TOURNAMENT.
UM, WE OPENED IT UP ON NOVEMBER 6TH BY 1130, NOVEMBER 6TH IT WAS FULL.
SO THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET INTO THE TOURNAMENT AFTER THAT UNLESS YOU BOUGHT A SPONSORSHIP AND SPONSOR THE HOME.
AND THEN BY THAT WE LET 'EM IN.
SO, BUT WE HAD MADE A FULL, FULL PROOF, UM, REVENUE SINCE WE OPENED.
THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE HAD SAID OR WHAT I HAD TOLD YOU WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
THIS IS 10 DAYS WE DID FOR $54,000.
WE LOOK AT MOSTLY THE ONE DAY THAT TAKES US DOWN IS NOVEMBER 28TH.
THANKSGIVING WE ONLY OPEN UP FOR HALF A DAY AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE GOT WINTER TEXANS AND THEY'RE DOWN HERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY.
THEY WANT TO PLAY GOLF ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
SO WE OPEN THAT MORNING, THOSE MORNINGS AND PEOPLE COME OUT AND PLAY IT.
BUT WE DO CLOSE IN THE AFTERNOONS FOR PEOPLE TO GO HOME AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WE ARE STARTING TO GET THIS NOVEMBER 23RD THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TOURNAMENT FEES.
EVEN MOST OF THE TOURNAMENT FEES WERE PAID BEFORE THE DAY OF THE 23RD.
23RD HAS JUST A FEW, BUT MOST OF THE TERM FEES CAME EVEN BEFORE THAT.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT CAN MAKE THE COURSE PROFITABLE.
I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY THE WHY WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE SAME TYPE OF NUMBERS.
UH, THE TSHEETS ARE, WE'RE BOOKED ALL THE WAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A TEE TIME IF YOU DON'T NOW.
SO THAT'S THE REVENUE WHERE WE'RE SITTING ON THE REVENUE AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT AT THE FINISH LINE.
WE'RE VERY, VERY FAR FROM THE FINISH LINE.
WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF LABOR TO DO TO CONTINUE TO GET THIS COURSE TO GO IN AND MATURE.
WE GOTTA KEEP, UM, PUSHING IT BY FERTILIZATION, TOP DRESSING GREENS AND TEE BOXES AND IT'S GOING IN, IT'S COMING RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND BY SPRING YOU'RE GONNA SEE A, EVEN A PRE
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COURSE YOU HAVE NOW.AND THEN IN TWO YEARS YOU'RE GONNA SEE EVEN A BETTER COURSE AND MORE MATURE COURSE AND YOU HAVE THAT.
I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND KIND OF SEE AROUND IT.
I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU IT'S BETTER THAN IT PLANNED.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THAT.
AND WE, IT WAS DONE BECAUSE Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, HAD THE GUTS TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS AND SAY LET'S GET A GOOD GOLF COURSE.
THIS IS GONNA, THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF THIS GOLF COURSE ARE REALLY HARD TO MEASURE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF OUR WINTER TUCKS COME BACK HERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE STAY AT THE HOTELS.
THEY'RE GONNA MORE PEOPLE EATING HERE AND MORE PEOPLE SHOPPING THERE BY HAVING A GOOD GOLF COURSE.
'CAUSE THEY BRING PEOPLE TO HARTON AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
NOT THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WHAT THE GOLF COURSE BRINGS TO HARTON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS JEFF.
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA START HAVING, UH, HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS THERE? WELL, I JUST SIGNED UP THREE TODAY,
THEIR SCHOOLS ARE, BUT LA'S ALREADY BEEN PRACTICING THERE.
THEY SIGNED UP A DISTRICT, UM, AND A PRE DISTRICT AND ANOTHER TOURNAMENT TODAY.
BUT THEY FEBRUARY 26TH, FEBRUARY 19TH, AND THEN ONE IN MARCH 26TH AND APRIL 19TH THEY'LL BE, THIS'LL BE ATIVE.
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NUMBER NINE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FILED, UM, OUT THE, UH, FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM.
TO ADDRESS EACH ITEM LISTED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE TOPIC OF THE 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 ASSIGNED UP FOR TWO MORE, TWO OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL TOPICS.
MAYOR, I HAVE NO, NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT ITEM NINE, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 2.273 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 76 ADAMS GARDEN SUBDIVISION C LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BASS BOULEVARD FM 800 AND PALACES DRIVE, INCLUDING ALL OF THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ALONG BASS BOULEVARD FM 800 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH PALACES DRIVE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HICK HILL ROAD.
THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NINE A, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR ANYONE SIGNED UP.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 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 AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCES
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10, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 2.273 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 76 ADAMS GARDEN, UH, GARDEN SUBDIVISION C LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BEST BOULEVARD FM 800 AND PAUL PELLIS DRIVE, INCLUDING ALL OF THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ALONG BEST BOULEVARD FM 800 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH PELLI DRIVE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HICK HILLS ROAD APPLICANT LS CONTRACTORS SPECIAL SPECIALIST INC.IN CARE OF A CE ENGINEERING LLC PLANNING AND ZONING.
MARK, IF YOU'LL READ THE CAPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION APPROVE.
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UH, ITEM 10 B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER ONE 11.SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS TO ESTABLISH SECTION ONE 11 DASH
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3 36 CAR WASH ESTABLISHMENTS BY ESTABLISHING A TWO MILE RADIUS AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, ENSURING NO NEW CAR WASH BUSINESS BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF AN EXISTING CAR WASH DUE TO THE DRUG CONDITIONS APPLICANT, CITY OF HARLINGEN PLANNING AND ZONING IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.CODE OF ORDINANCE IS CHAPTER ONE 11 ZONING.
ARTICLE 12, SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS TO ESTABLISH SECTION 1 11 3 36 CAR WASH ESTABLISHMENTS BY ESTABLISHING A TWO MILE RADIUS AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, ENSURING NO NEW CAR WASH BUSINESSES BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE TWO MILE RADIUS OF AN EXISTING CAR WASH, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING.
OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION APPROVE SUBJECT TO LEGAL.
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C, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE HARLING AND ANIMAL SHELTER FACILITY TO CLOSE AN ADDITIONAL DAY MONDAY TO THE PUBLIC TO ALLOW THE CONTINUED EFFORT OF DISINFECTING THE SHELTER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF, OF MORE DISEASE DISEASES AND GIVE EFFICIENT TIME TO THE RESCUES AND FOSTER HOMES TO COME AND PICK UP ANIMALS.[Item 10d - ]
D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ELECTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FAA ANTICIPATED GRANT OFFER NUMBER 3 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 7 9 2 0 2 4 4 $5 MILLION FOR THE AIR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER PROJECT AT VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.THANKS MARV AND GABE, CAN WE PUT THESE ON CONSENT? SO YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
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E, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM REMY GARZA, CAMERON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR TO USE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS AS EARLY VOTING SITES FOR THE DECEMBER 14TH, 2024 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION.THE LOCATIONS ARE, UH, CULTURAL ART CENTER.
PARDON? IS THERE A MOTION TO THE MAYOR? ASK FOR A MOTION.
WHAT ARE WE MAKING A MOTION AND SECONDING ON? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST HEARING.
IT'S TO, FOR THE ELECTION DAY, UM, LOCATIONS.
I THOUGHT WE WERE, I DON'T SEE U-T-R-G-V IN HERE.
THIS IS FOR EARLY VOTING IS WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS.
YEAH, THE, UM, U-T-R-G-V IS FOR ELECTION DAY, SIR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S BACK ON AGAIN.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS.
WE DID THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU NEEDED IT TWICE OR WHAT THE, SO I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, MAYOR, IT WAS ONLY MENTIONED, BUT IT WASN'T REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY AND THIS TIME THEY'RE REQUESTING IT.
IS THERE, IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? MOTION.
AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, DANIEL HAS, UH, ABSTAINED.
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ITEM F, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A POCKET PARK WITHIN GALA PARK SUBDIVISION, UTILIZING THE ABANDONED BONITA ROAD, UH, RIGHT AWAY AND DECLARE DEDICATING FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PARTS AND RECREATION QUESTION.WHAT'S IT GONNA COST? SO WE'VE COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF COST ESTIMATES.
UM, WE HAVE MET WITH, UM, JOHN PEARCY.
UM, HE'S, UH, OFFERED HIS ASSISTANCE AND SO OUR ESTIMATE IS 30,735.
THAT CAN GO, YOU KNOW, UP OR, OR DOWN JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT WE WANNA DO.
UM, AND FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IF WE, IF WE BUILD PARKING SPACES OR WE DON'T, THEN WE WOULD REDUCE THAT, UH, BY ABOUT $2,500.
UH, WE WANNA PUT SOME NATIVE TREES, UH, AND NATIVE TREES AND BRUSH, I'M SORRY, NATIVE TREES AND BRUSH? YES.
SO CURRENTLY THEY HAVE, UH, IT'S FULL OF EBONY TREES.
UM, AND SO WE WANT TO BUILD A TRAIL, UM, TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN MAYBE BUILD A, UH, CONCRETE
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SLAB, BUILD A PERGOLA WHERE, WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN GO OUT THERE AND JUST RELAX.AND THEN THE BACK IS WHERE WE WANTED TO BUILD THAT BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IF WE DON'T BUILD THE PARKING SPACES, WHICH JOHN PEARCY WAS MAYBE RECOMMENDING NOT TO, HE WAS SUGGESTING THAT IT BE A, A, UM, WALKABLE PARK OR A, UH, BICYCLE PARK WHERE YOU BIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU BIKE TO IT OR YOU WALK TO IT.
AND THEN, SO THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT COST.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO, I, I'M REALLY PROUD OF STAFF ON THIS ONE.
THIS WAS A DIRECT PRODUCT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, WE DID OUR FIRST WALK.
WE IDENTIFIED THIS, UH, PIECE OF LAND IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, AND WE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO DO IT, UH, INEXPENSIVELY.
WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT, UH, LOW MAINTENANCE.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE ASK A LOT OF THEIR TIMES AND THE RESOURCES.
THE ONE THING I DID ASK FOR STAFF TO CONSIDER, INCLUDING HERE IS A TABLE OR TWO, UH, CONCRETE TABLES THAT ARE USED TO PLAY CHESS LIKE YOU SEE IN NEW YORK CITY.
THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS GO OUT THERE TO PLAY AND THEN THEY'RE IN LIKE A ZEN GARDEN THEMSELVES.
SO I'D ASK THAT WE JUST GIVE A APPROVAL FOR ONE OR TWO OF THOSE TABLES, UH, AS STAFF SEES NECESSARY.
AND I KNOW THAT THE DIVISION FOR THE COMMISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONNECTED TO A PARK, UM, AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S GREAT FOR THE DISTRICT, GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND KUDOS TO THE STAFF OR KEEPING THIS WITHIN A VERY, VERY REASONABLE BUDGET.
I THINK, UM, THE COST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE, THIS COST IS MINIMAL WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT WHAT IT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, UH, COMMUNITY.
SO GREAT WORK FOR EVERYONE ON TOP OF THIS.
WHAT I DID ASK STAFF TO DO IS THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS PARCEL OF LAND IS 'CAUSE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE POINTED IT OUT TO US.
MR. MEDINA, WHO YOU'VE MET, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UH, I'VE ASKED WHAT THIS PIECE OF LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, WAS AN EXTENSION OF BON ROAD.
SO I ASKED STAFF TO IDENTIFY LAND, ALL OF OUR LAND IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS TO, SO WE CAN LOOK AT SEEING IF THERE'S OTHER ROADS THAT WERE GONNA BE CREATED BUT ARE NO LONGER CREATED.
AND WE CAN CREATE POCKET PARKS IN EACH DISTRICT AND, AND TRY TO FIND 'EM IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND THIS, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROCESS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
AND YOUR IDEA OF, UM, MAKING A A BIKE ACCESSIBLE IS ENCOURAGES MORE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND GETTING, GETTING PEOPLE OUT AND OFF THEIR DEVICES AND OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND ESPECIALLY THE KIDDOS.
I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THOSE CHESS.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP, BUT THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING.
ANYTIME YOU, LIKE, IF YOU SEE THE MOVIE INDEPENDENCE DAY, LIKE THE DAD IS PLAYING CHESS IN THE PARK IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY DO.
AND SO I KNOW THAT SURPRISINGLY BECAUSE OF COMMISSIONER PET IS BRINGING ALL THOSE KIDS FROM THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THAT WE HAVE SO MANY LIKE CHESS TEAMS IN THE TOWN.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT A MOTION.
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UH, ITEM G CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A SEMI-PRO SOCCER CLUB AND TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF ARLINGTON FIELD FOR THEIR SUMMER SEASON GAMES.UM, JAVIER MENEZ, PARK DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THIS ITEM HERE, UM, UH, WE WERE APPROACHED BY AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS INTERESTED IN BRINGING A, UM, A SEMI-PRO SOCCER CLUB TO, TO HAREN AND MORE PARTICULARLY THE, UM, HARINGTON FIELD.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE THE, THE, THE FACILITY, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN DORMANT.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S, YOU KNOW, USED IT EXCEPT FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND SO WHEN THEY APPROACHED US, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF LIGHT IT UP, UM, OUR EYES AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.
UH, WE MET WITH, WITH COLBY, WHO'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S BRINGING THE SOCCER CLUB TO HARLINGEN.
AND SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET, UM, AUTHORIZATION OF COURT TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND NEGOTIATE A, UH, AN AGREEMENT.
THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT, UM, HE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW.
AND, AND MAYBE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, UM, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE.
UH, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, I WANNA BRING UP IS THERE HAS TO BE SOME, UH, RENOVATION TO THE FACILITY JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, UH, SITTING THERE FOR SO LONG.
UM, WE'VE COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE ABOUT 39,000.
UH, THAT'S TO FIX THE, THE, THE AC IN THE BACK IN THE FIELD ROOM, WHICH IS A CHANGING STATION FOR THE PLAYERS.
UM, AND THEN THE AC FOR THE OFFICE.
UM, THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES CEILING TILES, THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT, AND THEN SOME IRRIGATION REPAIRS.
SO TOTAL OF 39,800 IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT INTO THE
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FACILITY TO BRING IT TO, UM, TO THEIR STANDARDS.NOW, THE, THE SCOREBOARD DOES NOT WORK.
UM, NOW THEY SAID THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BRING SOMETHING IN TO USE, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, BUT THE PA THE AUDIO, EVERYTHING WORKS.
UM, WE, UH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WE CLEANED OUT ALL THE SEATS, THE STADIUM SEATING, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE ALUMINUM, UH, SEATING THAT'S, THAT'S ON THIRD BASE.
UM, THOSE ARE ALUMINUM AND SO WE'VE INSPECTED THOSE.
EVERYTHING WAS, WAS GOOD ON THOSE.
SO, UM, HEY MAN, I CAN BRING UP, UH, COLBY, UH, IN CASE Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
IS THERE, IS THIS A, UH, NON-PROFIT OR PROFIT ORGANIZATION? PROFIT.
AND SO, UM, ARE YOU ALREADY INCORPORATED? NOT YET.
AND THEN, UH, SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, COLBY COME UP TO THE MIC.
SO THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU WANT HIM TO GO THROUGH THERE AND THEN ASK NO, NO.
THERE'S OTHER BUSINESS QUESTIONS.
UH, INSURANCE, YOU HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE.
SO THE LEAGUE PROVIDES, UM, AN INSURANCE.
THE LEAGUE IS A, UH, THIRD DIVISION US SOCCER, UM, IN THE US SOCCER PYRAMID.
SO THEY PROVIDE SOME INSURANCE, UH, FOR THE PLAYERS, UM, IN A SEMI-PRO ENVIRONMENT.
UM, WE'RE NOT FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSURANCE OF THE, UH, OF THE PLAYERS AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID.
THAT ANSWERS ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, SO I MEAN, THE PRESENTATION IS A LOT OF BASIC IDEA OF WHAT THE CLUB CAN BRING TO A COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYTHING, I THINK IT'S KIND OF APPROPRIATE THAT WE CAME MY FIRST TIME DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN A MUSEUM BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA CAME ABOUT CELEBRATING THE HISTORY OF HAR AND FIELD.
I LIVE HERE, I WORKED FOR A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM, UH, FOR A FEW YEARS.
AND I JUST SEE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BRING PRIDE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO BRING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER WHERE WHETHER YOU'RE A LONGHORN OR AN AGGIE, WHETHER IN OR, OR A BETTER SCHOOL THAN THOSE PLAYING SWITZERLAND THERE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE REASON WE'RE NOT INCORPORATED YET IS BECAUSE THIS FIELD TO ME MEANS EVERYTHING.
IF I DON'T HAVE THIS FIELD, IT'S NOT WORTH GOING FOR.
I'VE, UH, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF MY, MY OLD PEERS AND THEY'VE TOLD ME THE QUICKEST WAY TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS IN LOWER LEAGUE SOCCER IS YOU START WITH 5 MILLION.
AND JUST WATCH YOUR MONEY DOWN
SO I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR MONEY, SO TO SPEAK.
I'M DOING THIS TO BRING BRA, BRING BACK MEMORIES OF WHITE WING STADIUM, SOMETHING FOR KIDS TO DO.
I WAS ONE OF THE 270 THAT VOTED YESTERDAY.
AND, UH, WHILE VOTING, I, I THOUGHT OF ESPECIALLY MAYOR NORMA'S, UM, CAMPAIGN AND HOW YOU MENTIONED MAKING A HAR ENGINE THAT YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO STAY.
MORE SO FOR ME, FOR A YOUNG 30 SOMETHING YEAR OLD PROFESSIONAL, I, I'D LIKE STUFF TO DO.
I'M A SEASON TICKET HOLDER FOR U-T-R-G-V FOOTBALL LOOKING TO GET MY SEATS.
I'M A RGB VIPER SEASON TICKET HOLDER THAT'S IN EDINBURG.
UM, SO I'M HOPING TO BRING SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN HAVE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS THAT WILL COME HERE, SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES, SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY, SUPPORT OUR HOTELS.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, FOR ME, IF I DON'T HAVE THIS STADIUM THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE, THAT WE CAN TELL THE STORY, THEN IT'S NOT REALLY WORTH IT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT INCORPORATED YET.
UM, WE JUST, THE, THE PRESENTATION
UM, AND I WON'T BORE YOU ALL THROUGH IT.
I'M NOT A HANDSOME AS, UH, MR. CINNAMON, SO I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA SEE ME UP HERE.
UH, BUT BASICALLY CREATING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT, SUPPORT AND, UH, BE PRIDEFUL OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, FOR ME, UH, AGAIN, I STARTED WORKING IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER BECAUSE OF THE TODOS CAME INTO TOWN.
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM, BEING IN EDINBURGH, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD DREAM OF WORKING IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE THAT FOR KIDS HERE THAT WANT TO WORK, WHETHER IT'S THE FRONT OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S MARKETING, WHETHER IT'S SALES, UM, WHETHER IT'S TRAINING ON THE FIELD, UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SO THAT IT CAN EITHER REALIZE THAT THIS ISN'T FOR ME, OR HEY, THERE IS SOMETHING HERE AND WE CAN HELP THEM, UM, IN THEIR PATH INTO WORKING IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, TALKS ABOUT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES, SALES GAME, THE OPERATIONS, MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, UM, BASICALLY WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU GUYS, THE MEMORIES OF HARLEEN FIELD.
UM, NOW THE REASON SOCCER, UM, ONE, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.
TWO, UM, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AS A WHOLE GOT BOUGHT OUT BY THE MAJORS.
SO UNLESS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WANTS TO BE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, I
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DON'T SEE THEM WANTING TO COME TO THE VALLEY.THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD THING GOING IN CORPUS.
UM, SOCCER IS THE EASIEST TO GET INTO.
SOCCER'S THE MOST POPULAR WITH GEN Z AND THE AGE GROUPS YOUNGER.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS, THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSLATION BECAUSE I WAS NOT GONNA UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? APPARENTLY IT MEANS NO LIES.
AND SO LONG STORY SHORT, UM, THIS WOULD BE THE EASIEST AVENUE TO GET US INTO A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR LEAGUE IS THAT IT ALSO WORKS WITH THE WPSL, WHICH IS A WOMAN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE.
UM, ME PERSONALLY, FIVE YEAR PLAN WOULD BE TO ALSO BRING IN A WOMAN'S TEAM THAT WE COULD, UM, HELP FOR OUR, OUR FEMALE PLAYERS.
UM, AND YEAH, JUST TALKS ABOUT THE VERSATILITY OF THE GROUNDS.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS LEAGUE IS THAT IT RUNS THROUGH THE SUMMER.
I KNOW THE ONLY SUMMER EVENT WE REALLY HAVE IS THE, THE FREEDOM FEST OR THE, THE FIREWORKS.
SO WE CAN BE VERY, UH, LENIENT IN WORKING AROUND YOU GUYS OR WORKING WITH US AS WELL.
UH, BUT THE OTHER IDEA IS THAT SOCCER, IT'S A FLAT, BIG PIECE OF GRASS, SO THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE EVENTS, NICER SEATING AREAS.
BEER FEST, I GOT ATTACKED BY SOME ANTS THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE,
UM, SO THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, HELP US AS WELL FOR OUR OTHER EVENTS IN THE CITY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING TO HELP WITH THE LOCAL YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAMS. ONE THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THIS HURT US WITH THE TOROS, WE'RE NOT IN THE YOUTH SOCCER BUSINESS.
I DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH YOUR KIDS.
WE JUST, WE'RE IN THE PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE WANNA PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO COME CELEBRATE THIS TEAM.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOUTH PROGRAMS TO CELEBRATE THEM AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, US OUR BRAND.
WE ARE NOT IN YOUTH SPORTS, SO GOTTA GOTTA EMPHASIZE THAT.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN BRING THOSE, THOSE TEAMS TO BE BALL BOYS, TO WALK ALONG THE PLAYERS, UM, AND TO HAVE THAT PROFESSIONAL GAME DAY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE UP NORTH IN HOUSTON OR DALLAS.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? WHAT DOES THE FIELD LOOK LIKE? UM, CURRENTLY IT'S, IS IT GONNA NEED A LOT OF WORK? A LITTLE WORK? NO WORK.
IT'S A MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN I THOUGHT.
THE ONLY WORK THAT I WOULD SEE WAS WHERE THE DIAMOND WAS.
THERE'S A LITTLE DIVOT JUST FLATTENING THAT OUT.
BUT, UM, IT'S IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE SURPRISINGLY THAN, THAN I WAS ANTICIPATING.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOORS? SO, UM, LONG STORY SHORT, UH, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WITH UTRG GETTING A FOOTBALL TEAM WHERE IT WOULD'VE BEEN MORE LUCRATIVE TO SELL THAT STADIUM FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND SO WHEN THEY TOOK IT, THEY'RE GONNA PUT ARTIFICIAL TURF THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE CHANGE IN THE STADIUM THEY'RE DOING, IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT FOR THEM TO HAVE A SOCCER TEAM AND A FOOTBALL TEAM.
SO, UM, STADIUM WENT TO U-T-R-G-V AND IT'S GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY SOLELY COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
AND THE TOROS JUST, UH, DISSOLVE, DEMANDED, DISSOLVED DIS.
AND I KNOW BROWNSVILLE ALSO TRIED TO BRING IN A TEAM, REMEMBER READING ABOUT IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND THAT TEAM, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT TEAM? THEY'RE, THEY'RE AROUND.
SO, UM, THAT'S BROWNSVILLE FC.
SO, UM, WHILE THEY DO HAVE A SEMI-PRO TEAM, THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON THE YOUTH SPORTS AVENUE OF IT.
WE'RE MORE SO FOCUSED ON THE GAME DAY.
WHAT I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, I GUESS THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT IT IS, AND DON'T TELL THIS TO THE SOCCER FAN, BUT THE SOCCER ACTUALLY COMES SECOND.
WHAT COMES PRIMARY IS EVENT NIGHT, SOMETHING TO DO ON THE JUNE, JULY NIGHT HERE IN HARLINGEN.
THE, THE SOCCER, THE DEVELOPING PLAYERS, THAT'S SECONDARY.
WE'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL TEAM WHERE WE MAKE OUR MONEY SELLING PLAYERS.
WE MAKE OUR MONEY BY SELLING CONCESSIONS, SELLING JERSEYS, SELLING TICKETS.
SO, UM, FC BROWNSVILLE IS AROUND, UM, BUT THEY, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE SUMMER, RIGHT? SO HOW MANY GAMES DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO? SO THERE'S FIVE HOME GAMES, FIVE AWAY GAMES.
UM, OUR CONFERENCE SO FAR LOOKS LIKE AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON, UM, HOPEFULLY US.
AND, UM, SEASON STARTS IN LATE MAY AND ENDS BY LATE JULY, IF WE MAKE THE PLAYOFFS EARLY AUGUST.
BUT TYPICALLY WITH THE PLAYOFFS TO MAKE THE TRAVEL EASIER ON THE TEAMS, THEY UM, THEY DO IT REGIONALLY.
SO EITHER TEAMS CAN COME DOWN HERE AND PLAY OR WE WOULD GO UP TO HOUSTON OR IN AUSTIN.
UM, ANOTHER PART OF OUR CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE LEAGUE, WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A VISITING TEAM, US AS A HOME TEAM HAVE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST EIGHT HOTELS FOR THAT TEAM AS WELL AS A TEAM DINNER.
SO, UM, ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF BOOST THE ECONOMY AND HOTELS.
I'M SORRY, WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK TRADITIONALLY DO Y'ALL BLAME? SATURDAY.
SATURDAY NIGHTS, TYPICALLY WE HAVE, BEING THAT IT'S THE VALLEY AND SATURDAY AT SEVEN IS NOT THE MOST PLEASANT TIME, WE HAVE THE ABILITY
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TO GO EVEN LATER IF IT MAKES SENSE, WE CAN PLACE 7 38 O'CLOCK.SO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DOING THAT.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE EIGHT HOTELS, HOTEL ROOMS, HOTEL ROOMS, YEAH.
AND SO HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOTELIERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS PROJECT? ALL OF THEM, AND THEY JAWS DROPPED, EXCITED.
UM, SO I'VE, UH, ACTUALLY FAIRFIELD IN
UM, I HELPED, UM, BRING UP THAT RELATIONSHIP AND ONCE HE CAME INTO TOWN, IT WAS LIKE JUST PERFECT, PERFECT TIMING FOR BOTH OF US.
SO HE'S FAMILIAR WHAT A RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE, WHAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE, AND WHAT OUR EXPECT EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE.
UM, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE, UM, HOTEL OWNERS, BUT I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH A BUNCH OF THEM AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, I GUESS THAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, WE, SOMETHING PARTS AGREED THAT THEY WANT TO WORK WITH, WITH SPORTS THAT IT JUST BRINGS IN A LOT OF FOLKS.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, ON A SEPARATE NOTE FOR THE COMMISSION, GABE AND I WERE AT A-T-M-L-E-D-C CONFERENCE ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND SOMETHING THAT THEY PITCHED THAT I, I THOUGHT WAS FANTASTIC, I'M WORKING WITH STAFF ON, IS THAT WHEN WE DO FACILITY RENTALS TO OFFER A DISCOUNT IF THEY ARE GONNA USE HOTEL ROOMS AND GET HOTEL BLOCKS, SO THIS GOES RIGHT IN, IT DOVETAILS WITH THAT.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE SOME PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT, THE FACILITY USE CONTRACT, UH, THAT GOES TO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY HE ALREADY HAS TO DO IT ANYWAYS, SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND I KNOW FROM OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST TIME, UM, WITH THE BOARD, WITH THE CBV BOARD AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES I THINK LEFT UP ON THE TABLE, UH, OVER THE YEARS OF NOT REALLY DEVELOPING, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTS LIKE THESE THAT CAN LEAD TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE CAN BE BACKING THEM AND PROMOTING THEM WITH THOSE FUNDS.
BUT THERE HAD TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GAMES AND YOU HAD TO HAVE A HISTORY AND SO YOU HAD START SOMEWHERE.
AND SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A GOOD STARTING A STARTING POINT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING IT OUT FOR THE, FOR THE SUMMER AND, AND COMMITTING FIVE DAYS, I THINK TO THIS ORGANIZATION IS, IS SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER IN, IN MY VIEW.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND STAFF SEEMS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO.
SO THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, LOWER DIVISION, WEIRD.
THERE'S POCKETS IN THE US WHERE IT THRIVES.
UM, ANNAPOLIS FOR FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE GETTING 18,000 A GAIN AND IT'S THE SAME DIVISION AS WE'RE IN.
UM, MY THEORY IS PEOPLE ONLY TAKE IT AS PROFESSIONAL AS YOU TAKE YOURSELF.
UM, I TAKE MYSELF VERY PROFESSIONAL WITH THIS PROJECT, SO I'M ANTICIPATING DOING GREAT THINGS.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS, TRADES, DOING COOL EVENTS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
UM, SOMETHING WE LAUNCHED TODAY, RRGB PRO SOCCER.COM.
UM, THE BEST RUNNING TEAM STARTED OUT IN A GRASSROOTS MENTALITY.
UM, SO, UM, I ADVISE OR I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU ALL TO DO, CHECK OUT RRG V PRO SOCCER.COM.
THERE'S A TAD TO CLICK WHERE YOU CAN LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD ON WHAT YOU THINK COLOR SHOULD BE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MASCOT SHOULD BE? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT TO GET OUT OF A GAME DAY EXPERIENCE? BASICALLY, I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL A PART OF THE PROCESS BEFORE WE DROP A LOGO, BEFORE WE DROP A NAME.
UM, I REALLY WANT THIS TO BE THE COMMUNITY'S CLUB.
AND SO WE LAUNCHED THAT, UM, IN HOPES TO, TO GET EVERYONE'S VOICE ORANGE AND GREEN.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THAT STADIUM, ORANGE AND GREEN.
LAST TIME I WAS IN THAT STADIUM THERE WAS AN ORANGE AND GREEN TEAM THAT WENT ON THE WAY TO STATE, OH.
SO MAN MANIFESTING SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANNA SAY I THINK IT'S GREAT 'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT FACILITY THAT WAS IN DANGER BECOMING AN EYESORE.
WELL, ON ITS WAY TO IT AND AMEN.
IT'S CRAZY WHAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE WITH THAT TRAIL AROUND.
EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GREAT AND WHEN I SHOW THE OTHER OWNERS OF, OF CLUBS IN THAT LEAGUE, THEY'RE JUST LIKE, YOU HAVE THIS JUST SITTING THERE LIKE, JUMP AT THIS.
I MEAN, OVERNIGHT, I THINK WE'D HAVE ONE OF THE BETTER HOME DAY EXPERIENCES JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE, THE PARK, UM, AND A PLACE THAT WE CAN CALL HOME OR NOT RENTING OUT A HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO COMMEND YOU GUYS TOO FOR FIXING ALL THAT PLACE UP THAT I LOVE THAT PART OF TOWN.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT, UM, A MOTION.
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H, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY TO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT[01:10:01]
COUNCIL.UM, THIS ONE JUST GAVE, THERE'S A CHURCH RIGHT BEHIND THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
MM-HMM,
IS THAT THE RIGHT? NO, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND IT ON O STREET.
UM, I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU LATER, BUT, OKAY.
ANYWAYS, ALL I ASK IS THAT WHENEVER THIS IS BUILT, THAT IT MAKES SURE THAT WE GET NO FLOODING IN THAT AREA, THAT AREA, LIKE THE WATER'S ALREADY PUSHING BACK TOWARDS THAT CHURCH.
SO WHENEVER WE BUILT THIS, UH, BUS DEPOT WE HAD, WE PUT SOMETHING IN THIS, THIS, UH, TRANSFER THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE COGNIZANT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN THEY COME IN FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, AND I SAY WHEN THEY, BECAUSE ONCE WE TRANSFER TO VALLEY METRO, IT'LL BE THEM APPLYING FOR, FOR THE, THE BUILDING PERMIT WHEN THEY COME IN WITHOUT THE APPROVE.
AND THAT'LL BE DONE THROUGH LUIS, UH, THE DRAINAGE, UH, PLAN FOR THAT SITE UNTIL WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
UM, IF YOU COULD JUST SHOW ME LATER WHERE, WHERE THAT IS.
I'VE SHOWN IT TO LOUIS, LIKE OKAY.
BUT YEAH, YOU SAID IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE SIDE.
BUT MAY I BRING SOMETHING UP AFTER THIS? SURE.
YES, I GOT A REQUEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
I FORWARDED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OSCAR AND THE OTHER CITY MANAGERS ABOUT A SPEED BUMP IN TREASURE HILLS.
AND WHEN I WALKED IN, OSCAR TOLD ME I SHOULD BRING THIS UP, SO, OH.
SO WILL YOU WRITE THAT? WRITE THAT DOWN.
HE'S GOT ALL THE DATA AND ALL THAT, BUT FORMALLY HE ASKED ME TO REQUEST, YES.
HE'LL MAKE SURE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
OR DID WE HAVE ITEM 12? NO, NO, THERE'S NO ITEM.
ALL ITEMS, 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 DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR, HOWEVER, CITY COMMISSION WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
ITEM A, UH, DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVING THE HIGHEST BID RECEIVED ON THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY STRUCK OFF TO CAMERON COUNTY FOR ITSELF AND OTHER TAXING JURIS JURISDICTIONS FROM A TAX RESALE CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
UM, ITEM ONE A, A ONE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
THE WEST ONE HALF OF SOUTH 91, 91 POINT 50 FEET OF LOT ONE BLOCK 43.
CITY OF HARLINGEN, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS DESCRIBED IN COST NUMBER 42 1 23 A UH, DISTRICT COURT RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AT ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.
ITEM A TWO LEGAL DESCRIPTION, THE EAST ONE HALF OF SOUTH 91 POINT 50 FEET OF LOT ONE BLOCK 43.
CITY OF HARLINGEN, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS DESCRIBED.
INCO NUMBER 42 1 23 DASH A DISTRICT COURT RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.
ADDITION IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 6 1 5, PAGE 1 6 2 DATE RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AT ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 0 0 0.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION, LOT FOUR BLOCK ONE BONNEVILLE TERRACE SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO, TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 18, PAGE 1 37, MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
SAVE AND ACCEPT HOWEVER THAT CERTAIN 0.010 TRACK ACRE TRACK DESCRIBED
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IN VOLUME 28.PAGE 3 29, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS LIVING HERE, A RESIDUE OF 0 1 6 0 7 ACRE, MORE OR LESS.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 9 7 1 2 2 0 5 0 0 4 0 0.
ITEM B, CONSULT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.0712 TO RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL OPINION FROM CITY ATTORNEY.
PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT WORK PRODUCT PRIVILEGE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE? SO MOVED.
THE TIME IS NOW 6:49 PM AND WE WILL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND BE OUT SHORTLY.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 7:24 PM AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[Item 13 - Action on Executive Session Items]
13 ACTION ON THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AND MAY TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEM LISTED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THIS AGENDA.ITEM 13, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 12, A 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AMENDING HARINGTON CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.
ARTICLE TWO VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DIVISION ONE, GENERALLY SECTION EIGHT DASH 25 AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANUAL AND ADOPTING ARTICLE TWO VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DIVISION ONE SECTION EIGHT DASH 25 AIRPORT CERTIFICATION MANUAL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION? UH, DO OKAY.
SO DO YOU NEED TO READ AN ORDINANCE, SIR? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARTON, TEXAS, THE HAR CODE OF ORDINANCES ARTICLE, BLUE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DIVISION ONE, GENERALLY SECTION EIGHT DASH 25 AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANUAL AND ADOPTING ARTICLE TWO VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DIVISION ONE, SECTION 8.25, AIRPORT CERTIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I THINK THE COMMISSIONER MOTION? YES.
AND HOW ABOUT A SECOND? SECOND.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ADJOURNED.