Dec 18, 2024 City Commission Regular Meeting 12-18-2024

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GOOD

[Item 1 - Call to Order]

THE TIME IS 5:33 PM WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

IT HAS BEEN DULY POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION AS EVERYONE IS, UH, PRESENT.

WE WANNA WELCOME ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OSCAR GARCIA TO, UM, IN ON THIS MEETING.

AND HE IS GOING TO BE HERE IN PLACE OF GABE, UH, GABRIEL GONZALEZ, WHO IS, UH, NOT HERE TODAY.

AND SO IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE JOIN ME AS COMMISSIONER MIKE.

MS. MURRAY SAYS, IN THE INVOCATION, I WILL READ, UH, PSALM THREE, LORD, WHY ARE THEY MULTIPLIED? THAT AFFLICT ME.

MANY RISE UP AGAINST ME, MANY SAY OF MY SOUL.

THERE IS NO SALVATION FOR HIM AND GOD, BUT THOU LORD UP MY HELPER, MY GLORY AND LIFTER UP MY HEAD.

I CRIED UNTO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME OUT OF HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN.

I LAID ME DOWN AND SLEPT.

I AWOKE FOR THE LORD WILL HELP ME.

I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SET THEMSELVES AGAINST ROUNDABOUT ME.

ARISE A LORD SAVED ME.

OH MY GOD.

FOR YOU HAVE SMITTEN ALL WHO WITHOUT CAUSE WERE MY ENEMIES.

AND YOU HAVE BROKEN THE TEETH OF SINNERS.

SALVATION BELONGS TO THE LORD, AND YOUR BLESSING IS UPON THE PEOPLE.

GLORY TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT NOW AND NEVER, AND TO THE AGES OF AGES.

AMEN.

HALLELUJAH.

HALLELUJAH.

HALLELUJAH.

GLORY TO THE RIGHT NOW, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest]

CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COMMISSION MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM.

MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NONE.

NONE, NONE, NONE, NONE.

[Item 3 - Announcements]

ITEM THREE, A MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT.

MAYOR, WOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE? I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE CITY STAFF.

UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, IT IS CHRISTMAS TIME AND THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS GOING AROUND THE CITY, AND IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.

AND SO I WANNA COMMEND, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, DOWNTOWN DIRECTOR ALEXIS, AND EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED.

AND I KNOW THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HELPED WITH THE, SOME OF THE SETUP, UH, AND WORKED THE PARADE.

AND I WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, DID A GREAT JOB.

IT'S SO HARD WITH, UH, MOTHER NATURE AND KNOWING WHETHER WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT.

AND SO KNOWING THAT ALL OF YOU ARE PUTTING IN YOUR HARD WORK MEANS, MEANS THE WORLD TO THE COMMUNITY, I'M SURE, BECAUSE THESE ARE EVENTS THAT WE EXPECT YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THEY JUST GET BETTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW JAVIER, UH, URA AT THE CARLEEN CONVENTION CENTER.

WE ALSO PUT ON THE, UH, ANNUAL OR THE THIRD ANNUAL LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

AND THAT IN ITSELF IS ALSO, UM, A, A HUGE TASK.

AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS EXCITED WITH ALL OF THE GIFTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO LEAVE WITH, UM, BOTH GIFTS AND GIFTS FOR THEIR BELLIES.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS NICE AS, AS WELL.

UH, I ALSO WANNA CONGRATULATE OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS.

I KNOW THAT THE RESULTS ARE OFFICIAL, I THINK IN A FEW DAYS, BUT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN, THE ELECTIONS WERE CALLED.

AND SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE, UH, THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, THE INCUMBENTS FOR, FOR THEIR HARD FOUGHT RACES AND, UM, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CITY OF HARLINGEN FORWARD.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.

ITEM THREE B, CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.

MR. GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE? NONE.

NO.

OKAY.

ITEM THREE C, CITY COMMISSION MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE? UH, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMPLIMENT CITY STAFF, UH, EVERYBODY THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DINNER THAT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY EVENING.

UH, IT WAS GREAT EVENT, UH, AND RECOGNIZED A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO KEEPING THIS CITY RUNNING.

SO

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AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU.

UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'VE DONE AND WISH EVERYONE TO MERRY CHRISTMAS.

UH, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH FAMILY.

BUT, UH, PLEASE BE SAFE ON THE ROADS.

UH, PLEASE USE UBERS OR, UH, LYFTS OR DESIGNATED DRIVERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS TIME OF YEAR, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS AND OTHER PD CAN TESTIFY TO THAT.

SO, UH, PLEASE BE SAFE AND HAVE A FANTASTIC HOLIDAY SEASON KEEPING WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON FOR US PEOPLE WHO GREW UP ON THE OLD CALENDAR AND STILL LIVE ON THE OLD CALENDAR.

TOMORROW IS ST.

NICHOLAS DAY.

I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, THANK EVERY ALL THE CITY STAFF, UH, TOP TO BOTTOM.

ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS IF, FOR EVERYBODY WITHIN DISTRICT FOUR, CITY OF HARLINGEN, AND THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY AND NATION.

THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WENT OUT THERE AND IN ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT WENT OUT THERE AND, AND VOTED DURING THE RUNOFF.

I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD ELECTION FATIGUE AND THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO AND VOTE, BUT YET WE STILL HAD PEOPLE THAT GO OUT VOTE.

SO ALL OF YOU THAT WENT OUT THERE AND VOTED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND JUST TO ECHO FRANK, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

[Item 4a - Harlingen Animal Shelter- "Pet of the Week"]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.

TONIGHT WE HAVE BROUGHT WITH US AJ.

HE IS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD.

, UH, HE IS A, A TERRIER MIX.

WE THINK HE MAY HAVE SOME LASA OPSO IN HIM OR DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, HE'S A BUNDLE OF JOY.

HE'S BEEN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM JUST PLAYING, HAVING A GREAT OLD TIME.

HE'S ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD.

HE'S HOUSEBROKEN, HE'S CURRENT ON HIS VACCINES, AND HE WILL BE NEUTERED SOON.

UM, AND HE'S AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER ANIMALS AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER, LOCATED AT 1106 MARKOWSKI.

UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE AJ OR ANY OF THE OTHER ANIMALS, THEY'RE WELCOME TO GO BY OR CALL 9 5 6 2 1 6 52 50.

.

OH MY GOODNESS.

HE, HE'S HAVING A GRAND OLD TIME.

SO POTENTIAL ADOPTERS BE PREPARED FOR LOTS OF ENERGY AND FUN.

YES, YES, YES.

HE'S A BALL OF FUN.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

OKAY,

[Item 4b - Mayor's Business of the Month - "Johnny's True Value Hardware"]

JOHNNY'S TRUE HARDWARE.

JOHNNY'S TRUE VALLEY HARDWARE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH WE PREPARE A MAYOR, UH, MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, AND SO WE HAVE A VIDEO PREPARED FOR YOU BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE OWNER TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

I'M JAMES HESS, AND, UH, I'M THE OWNER, ALONG WITH MY, MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER OF JOHNNY TRAVAL IN HARLINGEN.

YOU KNOW, JOHNNY TRAVAL IS A, A, A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT WE TRY TO BE YOUR, YOUR FIRST STOP FOR HARDWARE, HOUSEWARES, SPORTING GOODS, FISHING, GUNS, AMMUNITION, TRINKETS.

UH, WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

AND, AND WE WANT TO CREATE MEMORIES FOR YOUR FAMILY AND MEMORIES OF, OF THE COOL STUFF THAT YOU FIND AT, AT JOHNNY'S.

YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING, UH, AT THE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF YOUR SHOPPING CART.

AND WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA COME IN FOR SOME INSECTICIDE, RAT TRAP, GET YOURSELF A CHEF'S HAT AND GO PICK UP SOME NINE MILLIMETER AMMUNITION.

YOU'RE, WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT? IT'S NEAT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, COMBINATIONS OF THINGS YOU CAN GET HERE.

WE'RE AT NINE 14 WEST TYLER AVENUE IN HARLINGEN.

WE'VE GOT ENTRANCES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STORE, AND WE WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.

WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE READY, MR. HESS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT THAT VIDEO.

UH, I WANTED TO THANK BRANDON.

HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

, UH, UM, THANKS FOR, FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR THIS AWARD.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR, FOR MANY DECADES.

AND, UM, HAR ENGINE'S ALWAYS BEEN HOME TO NOT ONLY THE THE BUSINESS, BUT BUT MY FAMILY.

AND, UM, WE, UH, WE PLAN ON BEING HERE FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.

AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.

AND MY DAUGHTER BEING HERE WITH ME MAKES ME EXCITED.

AND THANKS FOR HAVING US.

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YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 50 YEARS AND MY WIFE HAS MADE ME WALK THROUGH HOBBY LOBBY IN MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT AND TARGET.

JOHNNY'S TRUE VALUE IS MY PAYBACK STORE.

, WE'VE GOT STUFF FOR HER TOO.

I DON'T CARE.

I LOVE IT.

GREAT PLACE.

GREAT PLACE.

AND I, I WAS JUST THERE FRIDAY.

I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME.

THANK YOU.

YOUR STORE'S PHENOMENAL.

I BOUGHT MY FIRST GUN THERE, BOUGHT MY FIRST YETI THERE.

YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I LOVE IT.

AND, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO BE.

I APPRECIATE BIG FAN OF ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SO MUCH, AND WE WANTED TO HONOR YOU AND JUST SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU.

AND IT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

YES.

KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS YOU, THIS COMMISSION SUPPORTS YOU, AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.

AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHOP THERE.

YES.

UM, BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PARTNER IN US.

WE, WE ARE INCREDIBLY BLESSED TO HAVE FAMILIES LIKE YOURS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY AN INSTITUTION HERE IN HARLINGEN.

EVERYBODY KNOWS JOHNNY'S TRUE VALUE.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.

SURE.

THANK YOU.

AND YOUR FAMILY.

OF COURSE.

CAN I? OKAY.

THANK, I HAVEN'T BEEN MARRIED FOR 50 YEARS.

I PROBABLY HALF OF THAT, BUT I'M ALSO MARRIED TO A GUY THAT LIKES TO FISH AND HUNT AND ALL THAT, UM, MANLY STUFF.

AND SO, LIKE THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HERE, YOU'VE TAKEN A LOT FROM MY FAMILY TOO, , BUT WE LOVE YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]

MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP, AMANDA? UH, YES WE DO.

WE HAVE MS. DE DELAY.

I DON'T SEE HER SITTING DOWN.

OH, THIS ONE IS RON LOZANO.

OKAY.

MR. LOZANO.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

DISTRICT THREE.

I HOPE MR. HESS, THAT YOUR DAD REMAINS IN GOOD HEALTH.

UM, PROBABLY SPEAKING TO THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO INJECT SOMETHING OTHER THAN LIKE, CLEAR AND CONVINCING BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

TEXAS RECENTLY HAD SUCH A NEW MEASURE, AND I NEVER, I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME.

AND, UM, AND TOMORROW HE'S GONNA ARGUE SOMETHING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S RELIGION.

SO WHAT I CAME TO SAY, UH, PRIOR, UH, MR. HESS HAS BEEN IN ILL HEALTH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS THAT THE FAT LADY HASN'T SUNG YET.

AND THANK GOD IN THIS WORLD, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL LADIES LIKE ONE ON THAT PODIUM RIGHT NOW.

OH, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

RIGHT? THANK YOU MR. LOZANO.

UM, UM, I THINK WE HAVE ELAINE FLORES.

OKAY, MS. FLO.

OKAY, MS. FLORES.

HI.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MAYOR.

AND CONGRATULATIONS COMING, COMING BACK.

OBVIOUSLY THE CITY KNOWS THAT THIS IS A GREAT DREAM TREE AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TERM.

SO, UH, THE

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UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF, AS DONGO GET THE RESTAURANT OF WHICH FRED ORVA, ONE OF THE OWNERS, SHE'S HERE WITH ME TODAY, WAS BROKEN INTO YESTERDAY MORNING, APPROXIMATELY AT AROUND SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, WHICH IS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

AND, UM, THE CONCERN ON THAT WAS THE FACT THAT, AND THIS IS GONNA LEAD INTO SOMETHING ELSE, IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND US WERE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE BREAK IN THE REPORT DIDN'T COME IN.

'CAUSE IT WAS A DAY THAT WE, WE WERE CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS.

AND THIS HAPPENED ON A TUESDAY.

UH, THE CALL DIDN'T COME INTO MR. RIVA AND MR. CVA UNTIL APPROXIMATELY AROUND 11 O'CLOCK.

AND ONLY BECAUSE ONE OF OUR, UH, DEVOTED, UH, CLIENTS CAME IN FOR, UM, FOR BREAKFAST.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND NOT REALIZING THAT IT WAS TUESDAY AND THAT IT WAS CLOSED.

SO SHE GOES ELSEWHERE TO INFORM THEM, I DON'T WANNA SAY ANY NAMES ELSEWHERE TO INFORM 'EM, HEY, THERE'S BEEN A BREAK IN NEXT DOOR.

THEY SAY, OH YES, WE ARE, UH, AWARE OF IT, UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

AND IRONICALLY, IT WAS A HOMELESS LADY THAT BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION ALSO, BESIDES HEARING THE GLASS BREAKING ALSO, UH, SHE NOTICED IT AND REPORTED IT.

IT WAS THE CLIENT THAT CALLED THE PD AND THEY RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND ATTENDED TO THE SITUATION, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THE CALL CAME INTO, TO FRED.

UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT NOT SO MUCH THE, THE BREAK IN, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FOURTH BREAK IN.

OKAY.

AND YOU KIND OF, WE'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT AND WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

BUT THE CONCERN HERE IS THE FACT THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE, WE HAVE BECOME THE SO NONCHALANT ABOUT THINGS.

AND WE'VE COME INTO THIS MENTALITY OF I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

I SEE, I HEAR, BUT I DON'T WANNA GET INVOLVED.

IT'S NOT MY CONCERN.

IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS.

MAYOR.

THE THREE MINUTES ARE UP.

OKAY.

WELL, IT'S, THAT WAS THREE MINUTES .

OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

YOU, YOU CAN CONTINUE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MY CONCERN IS THIS, AND THIS IS WHERE I COME IN AS AGAIN, CRIME STOPPERS.

I KNOW PD IS DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AT HAND.

AND THE CRIME STOPPERS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN ASSIST THE PD IN EXTREMELY VALUABLE, UH, MANNER.

I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, PROMOTE CRIME STOPPERS ON YOUR POSTS, ON YOUR, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, THE, UH, VIA MEDIA.

UM, WE USED TO HAVE AN RPD CARS, UH, THE TIP TOPLINE.

IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN GET THOSE DECALS BACK ON THE, ON THE, UH, POLICE CARS, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT MUCH.

ALSO, THAT VERY MUCH ALSO.

AND THAT COMES ALSO NOW INTO, Y'ALL HAVE SOME HANDOUTS THAT I BROUGHT IN EARLIER.

THOSE ARE, UM, HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ACROSS, UH, THE BUSINESS FROM THE RESTAURANT AND NEXT TO JAIME RODRIGUEZ, UH, UM, BUSINESS AND THE LANDLORD OF THAT BUSINESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE, HE OR SHE IS AWARE OF IT, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE.

BUT THE MAIN CONCERN ON THAT ONE ALSO IS IF YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S SOME FRESH, UH, WHERE THEY STARTED, UH, FIRES TO KEEP WARM AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THE WEATHER'S BEEN SOME DAYS.

COOL.

SOME DAYS A LITTLE COOLER, WHAT HAVE YOU.

THE CONCERN IS THAT WHEN WE WERE TAKING THE PICTURES, RATHER THAN WHEN FRED WAS TAKING THE PICTURES, THE FIRE WAS STILL VERY FRESH.

THE SMOKE WAS STILL COMING OUT.

SO THE CONCERN IS THIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT FIRE GETS OUTTA CONTROL, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, THERE GOES A CITY BLOCK AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE SOME LIVES.

I KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING THAT YOU ALL ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A PROJECT OR SURVEY SOMETHING TO OBTAIN SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE HOMELESS SITUATION.

AND I COULD GO ON WITH SOME COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME TAKE A FEW MORE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. FLORES.

AND, UM, I DO HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION, SO I'LL GET WITH, WITH BOTH OF YOU

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WE CAN SIT DOWN AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND TELL YOU ABOUT OUR LONG-TERM PLANS.

THANK YOU BOTH.

ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING

[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]

ITEM SIX, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

ITEM SIX, A REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024.

AND ITEM SIX B, SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024.

ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? NO, MA'AM.

OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, MOVING

[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]

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 COMMISSION MEMBER REQUESTS AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED? THERE? A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[Item 8 - Staff Reports]

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 THE CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CITY MANAGER REPORTS TO DISCLOSE OR STAFF REPORTS TO BE DISCLOSED.

OKAY.

MOVING ON.

OKAY.

[Item 9 - Public Hearings ]

AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM TO ADDRESS EACH ITEM LISTED IN THIS SECTION.

PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE TOPIC OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

IN MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK DURING EACH TOPIC, PROVIDED YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM FOR THE APPROPRIATE TOPIC.

IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR TWO OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL TOPICS.

THERE WERE NO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE, UH, ADDRESSED.

MAYOR.

OKAY, SO LEMME GET, GO THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICK.

ITEM NINE, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY.

LOCATED AT THREE 18 SOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET BARING LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK THREE, SOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE SUBDIVISION.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM NINE B PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FROM NON-DESIGNATED DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUR, ONE COMMERCIAL LOT AND 15 DUPLEX LOTS OUT OF LOT.

ONE BLOCK TWO GEORGETTE SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TED JOHNSON LANE IN BASS BOULEVARD.

THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM NINE C PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AN ADULT BUSINESS SMOKE SHOP IN A GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT, LOCATED AT NINE 10 BORT MORGAN BOULEVARD, SUITE B BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS.

8, 9, 10, 11 REAL LAND SUBDIVISION.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM NINE D PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A STORAGE BUILDING GREATER THAN 144 SQUARE FEET IN A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.

LOCATED AT 1505 THACKER LANE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS 14 AND 15 BLOCK THREE, OAK RANCH ESTATE SUBDIVISION PHASE THREE.

THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NINE E PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AN UNMANNED BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY IN LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT LOCATED AT 1335 MEMPHIS STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE E 6.604 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK THREE, PAUL HILL SUBDIVISION.

THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, MOVING ON.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 10.

ACTION ITEMS CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY ON ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE.

ITEM 10,

[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 318 S. New Hampshire Street, bearing a legal description of Lot 1, Block 3, So uth New Hampshire Subdivision. Applicant: Juan Ruiz ]

MARK IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE

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UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA, I'M BE GETTING SOME MESSAGES THAT APPARENTLY THE VOLUME ON THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND WORKING, SO I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEBODY COULD CHECK ON THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY VOLUME AT HOME.

CALISTA IS GOING BACK IN, HUH? CALISTA, CAN YOU GO AND TALK TO THE GUYS IN THE BACK AND TELL 'EM THAT THE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, TO CONNECT? SO THEY'RE GONNA POST THE NOTICE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GONNA LOAD UP THE, THE MEETING AFTER.

OH, OKAY.

WE'RE NOT CONNECTED.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SUPPOSED TO, I LET A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT THE SEEMS LIKE THE MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER IT'LL BE UPLOADED TO THE CHANNEL.

OKAY.

YES.

UM, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION HERE, CORRECT? UH, WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO YOU, DOES ANYONE NEED THE PRESENTATION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM

[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance for a rezoning request from Non-Designated ("N") District to Planned Development (" PO ") District for one (1) commercial lot and fifteen (15) duplex lots out of Lot 1, Block 2, Georgette Subdivision, located at the southwest corner of Ted Johns on Lane and Bass Boulevard. Applicant: Georgina Gonzalez.]

BLOCK ONE, BLOCK TWO.

GEORGETTE SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TED JOHNSON LANE AND BASS BOULEVARD.

GEORGINA GONZALEZ PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 16 DASH EIGHT OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO REZONE FROM NON-DESIGNATED END DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT TO ALLOW 15 DUPLEX LOTS AND ONE COMMERCIAL LOT OUT OF LOT.

ONE BLOCK TWO GEORGIA SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BASS BOULEVARD AND JOHNSON LANE PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING.

OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING? I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE ANNEXED RECENTLY, UM, INTO THE CITY.

SO WE HAD NOTICED.

IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR DOES ANYONE NEED THE PRESENTATION, GENTLEMEN? YEAH.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 10

[Item 10c -Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow an adult business (smoke shop) in a General Retail ("GR") District located at 910 Morgan Boulevard, Suite B, bearing a legal description of Lots 8-9- 10-11, Rio Land Subdivision. Applicant: Anthony Aguilar]

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AN ADULT BUSINESS SMOKE SHOP IN A GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT LOCATED AT NINE 10 MORGAN MORGAN BOULEVARD, SUITE B BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS.

8, 9, 10 11 RIO LAND SUBDIVISION APPLICANT ANTHONY AGUILA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 16 DASH EIGHT OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO ISSUE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW ADULT BUSINESS IN A GENERAL RETAIL GR DISTRICT LOCATED AT NINE 10 MORGAN BOULEVARD, SUITE B BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS.

8, 9, 10, 11 RIO LAND SUBDIVISION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow a storage building greater than 144 square feet in a Residential, Single-Family (" R-1") District located at 1505 Thacker Lane, bearing a legal description of Lots 14 and 15 , Block 3, Oak Ranch Estates Subdivision Phase Ill. Applicant: John Louis Castillo]

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE BEFORE WE MOVE ON ACTION TO A ADOPT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M SORRY.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, COULD YOU GIVE ME A MAP OR GIVE THIS COMMISSION A MAP, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING? IF WE WERE TO APPLY THE SAME REGULATIONS FOR THE CAR WASHES TO SMOKE SHOPS, COULD YOU GIMME A MAP OF THAT MAP? YEAH.

UM, WITH THE CIRCLES, THE TWO MILE CIRCLES.

YES SIR.

WE CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT'S OKAY, SIR.

NO PROBLEM.

ITEM 10 D, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A STORAGE BUILDING GREATER THAN 144 SQUARE FEET IN A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.

LOCATED AT 1505 THACKER LANE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS 14 AND 15 BLOCK THREE, OAK RANCH ESTATE SUBDIVISION, PHASE THREE APPLICANT JOHN LEWIS CASTILLO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ISSUED TO JOHN LEWIS CASTILLO TO ALLOW A STORAGE BUILDING GREATER THAN 144 SQUARE FEET.

AND SO IN A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R ONE DISTRICT LOCATED AT 1505 DCA LANE, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS 14 AND 15 BLOCK THREE OAK RANCH ESTATES, PHASE TWO SUBDIVISION PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING.

OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING QUESTION.

WILL THERE BE PLUMBING? WILL THERE BE BATHROOMS? NO, IT'S JUST A GARAGE FOR THE, FOR THE VEHICLES AND THINGS.

GOT IT.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

MM-HMM .

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

MOTION APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM

[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow an unmanned battery storage facility in a Light Industry ("LI ") District located at 1335 Memphis Street, bearing a legal description of the East 6.604 acres out of Block 3, Paul Hill Subdivision. Applicant: Ravenvolt, Inc.]

PAUL HILL SUBDIVISION APPLICANT RAVEN VOLT, INC.

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY.

HARLINGEN ORDINANCE NUMBER 16 DASH EIGHT TO ISSUE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO RAVEN VAULT LLC TO ALLOW

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ALLI DISTRICT LOCATED AT 1335 MEMPHIS STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EAST 6.6040 ACRES AT A BLOCK THREE PAUL HILL SUBDIVISION, SUBJECT TO ONE THE CONDITIONS OUTLINE IN THE BODY OF THE ORDINANCE ON THIS ONE.

I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE MINUTES FOR THE P AND Z MEETING, NICK CONSIGLIO MADE A POINT THAT I GUESS THE LAST BATTERY FACILITIES ONLY BROUGHT IN $315 IN PROPERTY TAXES.

NO.

THAT, THAT IS NOT CORRECT.

UM, NOT CORRECT THAT I READ THAT OR NOT CORRECT.

THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

NO, THE, SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.

UH, THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED IS OPERATIONAL ON, ON TUCKER ROAD.

AND, UH, THE FUELING PERMIT VALUATION WAS, UH, 3.5 MILLION.

THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT PUT OUT 2.5 MILLION, UH, VALUATION ON THE PROJECT.

THE, THEIR TAX BILL THAT IS DUE JANUARY OF NEXT MONTH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY 13,589 IN PROPERTY TAXES TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

MM-HMM .

AND THAT'S THE ONE OFF OF TUCKER? CORRECT? YEAH.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED THAT IS, WAS CONSTRUCTED AND IS OPERATIONAL.

WE HAVE TWO MORE, UM, ONE ON LINCOLN, RIGHT? THIS IS NUMBER FOUR, RIGHT? THIS IS PROJECT NUMBER FIVE.

OH, PROJECT NUMBER FIVE.

YOU'RE UP TO, UH, YEAH, WE HAVE, SO THE ONES ON THE EAST SIDE, THE TWO BLUE, WHICH IS ONE OF 'EM IS ON HARRISON, THE OTHER ONE ON LUKE 4 99.

THOSE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WILL WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION VERY SOON.

OKAY, GOOD.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS APPROVED ON LINCOLN, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM.

SO THAT PROJECT MAY FALL THROUGH AND THEN THE ONE ON GREEN IS THE, IS THE BRAND NEW ONE.

ON THIS ONE WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS CALLING YES.

WITH CONCERNS.

YEAH.

WE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ONES.

YES.

WE HAD, UH, TWO PHONE CALLS, UH, IN A POSITION.

THEY DID NOT SHOW UP TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, BUT, UH, ONE OF 'EM HAD CONCERNS ABOUT A LEAK, WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A LEAK.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THEIR TAXES.

UH, WITH THIS PROJECT, AND THIS IS TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.

'CAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY MM-HMM .

YES.

IN THE BACKYARD.

THE, THE FIRST ONE HAD RESIDENCES AS NEARBY, BUT THIS ONE HAS A DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

YES.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PROJECTS.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH IT IS THROUGH, UH, MEMPHIS.

MEMPHIS.

AND THAT ROAD IS THAT ROAD BUILT TO HANDLE ALL THE HEAVY TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA USE, UH, CEMENT TRUCKS.

WE'RE GONNA BE USING SEMIS, WE'RE GONNA BE USING ALL THAT TO BUILD THIS UP.

IS THAT THAT ROAD BUILT TO HANDLE THAT ROAD? THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

UH, SO THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE DAMAGED FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR PROJECT POTENTIALLY, OR LIKELY? UH, IT'S HARD TO TELL.

YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW.

BEFORE, BEFORE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD, I LIKE DANIEL, I LOOKED AT THE MINUTES AND IT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING, UM, MORE THAN ANYTHING CLOSE THE PROXIMITY TO THE AIR, TO THE NEIGHBORS, UM, AND VALID CONCERNS.

AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, THE, THE TAX, UH, THAT WAS COLLECTED WAS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, WHICH WAS MUCH MORE THAN EVEN 13,000.

IT WAS SOMETHING, I DON'T REMEMBER, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES FROM THAT MEETING.

BUT, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE TO SEE WHAT IS THE REAL VALUE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S NO JOBS CREATED SINCE IT'S NO ONE'S MANNING IT.

UM, AND IF THE INVESTMENT IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRESENTING TO US.

AND THEN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION LESS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.

UM, YES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT FIGURE, NOW THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE LARGER THAN THE ONE ON TUCKER MM-HMM .

SO THERE'S, WHAT THE APPLICANTS ARE SAYING IS GONNA BE AN 8.7 MILLION, UH, INVESTMENT.

MM-HMM .

UM, IN, IN THE PROJECT AND LOOKING AT THE MAP, THIS IS JUST ADJACENT TO THE A EP ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION, WHICH WOULD BE IDEAL TO PUT THIS IN THERE.

YEAH.

THAT, YES.

THAT'S WHY THEY WANNA LOCATE THIS, THIS PROJECT THERE.

DO WE KNOW OF ANY PLANS THAT THEY WANT TO DO, EITHER THEM OR THE BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNER FOR THAT ICE HOUSE? NO.

THEY ALREADY OWN THE PROPERTY.

NO, I, I I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S, UH, A LONG-TERM THEY'RE PROPOSING A LONG-TERM LEASE OR PURCHASING A, A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, BUT THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE IN CASE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE, UH, SPECIFICS.

YEAH.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, WILL THERE BE A FENCE? UH, SIX FOOT, EIGHT FOOT, 10 FOOT HIGH FENCE FROM THE, UH, HOMES TO THE, UH, PROJECT IS IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE, IN YOUR LIST OF CONDITIONS? THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS.

AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID WALL.

OKAY.

OSCAR, THIS STREET, IF IT IS DAMAGED, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REPAIR THE STREET? BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE, WE NEED TO GO MEASURE IT AND, AND, AND THEN I CAN COME BACK WITH AN ACCURATE NUMBER FOR YOU BECAUSE IF THE TAXES AREN'T

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AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU RECALL HOW MUCH WE PROJECTED THE FIRST ONE WAS GONNA MAKE COMPARED TO HOW MUCH IT'S MAKING? THE, THE VERY FIRST ONE WE DID NOT GET PROPERTY TAX, UH, PROJECTIONS THAT CAME IN, IN THE SECOND ONE, I THINK.

YEAH.

HOW LONG, EXCUSE ME, HOW LONG HAVE THOSE STREETS BEEN BEEN, UH, ON MEMPHIS? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THOSE STREETS THAT LIVED THROUGH THIS PROPERTY? EXCUSE ME, BEEN IN PLACE? THIS IS A, THIS IS A, A VERY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY A NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE FIFTIES OR SIXTIES.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S HOW LONG THE STREETS HAVE BEEN THERE.

YES.

AND THE ICE, HOW THE ICE HOUSE ITSELF, THAT WAS PROBABLY THERE BEFORE, BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

VERY OLD.

WAS THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE WHEN THE ICE HOUSE WAS IN OPERATION? YES.

MOST LIKELY.

YES.

SO EVERYTHING WENT VIA RAIL WAY BACK WHEN? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE HAD SUMMER AND WINTER FARMING, THERE WAS NO REEFER TRUCKS, REFRIGERATED TRUCKS, UH, OR, UH, RAIL CARS.

SO WE HAD ICE HOUSES AND YOU PACKED THE, UH, RAIL CAR WITH ICE AND YOU PACKED IT WITH YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLE AND UP NORTH IT WENT.

AND ICE HOUSES THEN BECAME ARCHAIC ONCE, UH, REFRIGERATE REFRIGERATED OR FREEZING TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS CAME INTO BEING.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MENTION TO TABLE THIS, TO GIVE OSCAR ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK AT, UH, THE COST THAT THIS IS GOING TO COST THE CITY AS SPECIFICALLY ON THE ROAD.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO, I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AND THEY PROBABLY TOOK TIME OUTTA THEIR DAY TO BE HERE.

SO I WANNA GIVE 'EM AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY HAVE, WANT ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, IF YOU, NO OBLIGATION, BUT WE WANNA GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, UH, MY NAME IS WESLEY.

UM, I'M ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERY MANUFACTURER AS WELL AS, UH, REPRESENTING IN PART THE, UH, OWNER.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BECOMING A PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING AN INVESTMENT HERE IN HARLINGEN.

UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT, READY TO LEAKS.

UH, CERTAINLY, UM, WE WOULD NOT MAKE THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A LEAK THAT WOULD EVER GO UNDETECTED OR THAT THE, UH, EQUIPMENT WOULD NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT.

AS FAR AS SAFETY AND CONCERNS, THE, UM, AS FAR AS THE CONCERN RAISED TODAY, CERTAINLY A VALID ONE.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS HEAVY.

UM, SO I, I KNOW THAT CERTAINLY THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE THAT IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, NOT IN PLACE OR THAT IS PUT OUT OF PLACE BY THE WORK BEING DONE, UM, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OF OUR INTEREST TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT OR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDIATE THAT IN SOME WAY.

SO THAT'S CERTAINLY THE, THE INTENT.

AND WITH ME IS THE EPC CONTRACTOR, UH, RAVEN BOLT WHO FILED THE APPLICATION.

YEAH, MATT ALVAREZ FROM VILLE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES BUILDING ENGINEERING IT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE OF THESE BATTERY STORAGE IN TEXAS.

SO IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OR ANYTHING, I KNOW THE ROAD, I THINK WESLEY KIND OF COVERED THAT.

WE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU TO A SITE, UH, SHOW YOU THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK AND YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT.

WE'D ALSO BRING OUR ENGINEERS IN, WE HAVE 'EM ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS, WE COULD, UM, GIVE 'EM A CALL SITTING IN A ROOM JUST KIND OF WAITING.

SORRY.

UM, OKAY.

THANK, UH, THANK YOU.

I, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK SINCE YOU, YOU WERE HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.

UH, I DUNNO IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

YEAH, I HAVE QUESTIONS.

LEAK.

WHAT WOULD LEAK OR WHAT COULD LEAK? UM, WELL, I MEAN THE CONCERN WAS THE CONCERN.

SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE POTENTIAL FOR LEAKING.

THERE IS A, A LIQUID COOLANT, UH, ETHYLENE.

THE COOLANT IS ETHYLENE GLYCOL.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S THE COOLANT ITSELF.

YEAH.

SO THERE'S REALLY, UH, YEAH.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

IT'S LIKE YOUR RADIATOR FLUID.

CORRECT.

YEAH.

WHICH I THINK IS PROP EPA PROPPY CONCERN.

YEAH.

PROPYLENE GLYCOL.

YEAH.

YES.

YES.

AND THIS WOULD BE ETHYLENE GLYCOL? YES.

OKAY.

I'M A GEEK.

I UNDERSTAND.

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GO.

WE'RE GOOD COMPANY.

HAVE YOU GUYS IN AT YOUR OTHER SITES DONE, UH, ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.

AT YOUR OTHER SITES, HAVE YOU DONE ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS? ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS? I, I'D HAVE TO CHECK.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS YOU'RE BRINGING IN CRANES, YOU'RE BRINGING IN HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THESE BATTERIES ARE HEAVY, IT'LL TEAR UP A RESIDENTIAL ROAD.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO REPAVE IT? UM, I, I, I THINK THE ANSWER IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK UPSTAIRS AND ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT SURE.

IF YOU WOULD BE REAL WILLING TO REPAID THAT ROAD, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I ASK THE SAME QUESTION EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE COMES UP, WHAT, WHAT IS, ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED, HOW OFTEN DOES A HUMAN BEING COME IN MM-HMM .

WALK AROUND, KICK THE TIRES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? I MEAN, IS THERE THE ALARM SYSTEMS AND SO ON? I MEAN, DOES IT, IS THERE AN ACTUAL HUMAN THAT CHECKS AND OCCASIONALLY, YEAH, SOMEONE, SOMEONE WILL COME ON AND DO MAINTENANCE PROBABLY MONTHLY OR, BUT NOT, NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DOWN THERE OFTEN.

MOST OF THIS IS DONE REMOTELY.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH.

AND TO THE EARLIER CONCERN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WITH AN INVESTMENT OF THIS KIND OF TYPE, WE'LL HAVE, UH, SECURITY, YOU KNOW, CLOSED CIRCUIT TV TO MONITOR THE SITE.

AND, UM, AND CERTAINLY EVERYTHING ELSE IS, UH, HAS MANY SENSORS AND ALARMS TO ALERT US OF ANYTHING THAT'S OF A CONCERN.

WE AS A BATTERY, UH, OEM OR MANUFACTURER HAVE ABOUT GLOBALLY IN INSTALLED A LOT OF THIS PRODUCT AND WE'VE HAD ZERO, WHAT'S KNOWN AS THERMAL RUNAWAY OR INCIDENTS OF FIRE.

THAT'S ZERO.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S A SAFE PRODUCT TO INSTALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND I'M SOLD ON THE PROJECT.

IF YOU REPAVED THE ROAD, UH, I'M GONNA, UH, REASSERT MY MOTION TO TABLE MARK AT THE COUNTY WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THE AT WIND TURBINES COME IN, WE DO ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, WE CAN DRAFT ONE UP.

WE, WE'VE DONE ONE BEFORE, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN.

PERFECT.

AND THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE, UH, SOME OF OUR CONCERNS HERE.

AND THEN, UH, SORRY, OSCAR, I WAS GONNA SAY GABE, I APOLOGIZE.

, IF YOU COULD WORK WITH MARK ON THAT AND THEN WE CAN, UH, SEND IT OVER TO THEM FOR THEIR LEGAL AND, UH, MANAGEMENT TO LOOK AT AND ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE IN THERE, RIGHT? THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING AND FENCING AND ALL THAT.

YEAH.

SO YOU COULD ADD, YOU CAN ADD CONDITIONS RIGHT? TO THE ORDINANCE.

WE JUST WANT 'EM TO BE SIMILAR TO THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE IMPOSED IN TERMS, WELL, YEAH.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT STREET TO GET TO THE PROJECT, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO YOU COULD APPROVE IT AND ADD A CONDITION NUMBER FOUR, THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT ON A, ON A ROAD MAINTENANCE, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

SUBJECT TO A ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TABLE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

YES.

I SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

CONTINUING

[Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading to abandon and vacate the South 18 feet of an existing 65-foot shared parking and access easement, being 0. 12 acres out of Lot 3, Coastal Subdivision , located at 6102 W . Expressway 83. Applicant: Trimani Investments Harlingen LLC .]

APPLICANT TM INVESTMENTS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH, SO THIS IS THE, THE PROJECT COME IN THAT WORKS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DILWORTH AND EXPRESSWAY.

83, UH, JUST EAST OF THE, UM, STARBUCKS THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL PLAZA, UH, PROPOSED IN THE, IN THE NORTH END AND IN A, A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THE SOUTH, UH, EAST CORNER.

AND THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR THE ACCESS EASEMENT TO BE REDUCED SO THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR BUILDINGS.

AND THE SUBDIVISION ENGINEER HAS NO OBJECTIONS.

STARBUCKS HAS NO OBJECTIONS.

ENGINEERING IS HAS APPROVED IT.

IT'S JUST, UH, THIS WILL HELP THIS PROJECT.