[Item 1 - Call to Order]
[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest ]
[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements ]
[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]
[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]
[Item 4a - Harlingen Animal Shelter - "Pet of the Week"]
[Item 8c - Presentation by Texas Music Office (TMO) on the Music Friendly Designation]
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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE TIME IS
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NOW 5:30 P.M. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT HAS BEEN DULY POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE[00:12:52]
LAW, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER PETTIS IS OUT TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE EVERYONE ELSE HERE WITH US. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK FOR YOU TO PLEASE RISE. AS MAYOR PRO TEM, KINSLEY LEADS US IN OUR INVOCATION. LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF GATHERING HERE TODAY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS THAT WE MAY ACT WITH INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND COMPASSION. HELP US TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS AND LEAD WITH STEADY HANDS. BLESS OUR CITY, ITS RESIDENTS AND ALL THOSE WHO GIVE THEIR TIME AND TALENT IN SERVICE OF OTHERS. MAY PEACE AND COLLABORATION GUIDE OUR WORK TODAY. AMEN. AMEN. A PLEDGE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MARK. UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COMMISSION MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM, MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. OKAY.ITEM THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS. WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS NOT LISTED ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, INCLUDING ANNOUNCING COMMUNITY EVENTS, ANNOUNCING EMPLOYEE OR COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS. ITEM THREE A MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM THREE CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. MAYOR, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR THAT'S COMING UP? YES. I DON'T HAVE THE DATE. IT'S JULY 23RD AT 8 A.M. AT RICHARD'S. ALL RIGHT, SO AT 8 A.M. ON JULY 23RD, WE ARE GOING
[Item 4b - Mayor's Business of the Month - Tito Resendez-State Farm Insurance]
TO HAVE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. AND OUR WONDERFUL TEAM HAS ORGANIZED A GREAT EVENT FOR US.AND IT IS GOING TO BE I BELIEVE THE CHIEF WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL. SO YOU GET TO SPEAK WITH CHIEF ALVORD, OUR NEWLY APPOINTED CHIEF THAT IS IN THE BACK. HE'S SAYING, I AM, BUT HE
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IS. AND ALSO WE WILL HAVE THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER ON SITE WITH SOME ADORABLE PUPPIES AND POTENTIALLY OTHER MAYBE KITTENS FOR ADOPTION OR FOSTER. SO WE INVITE EVERYONE OUT. IT WILL BE AT RICHARD'S RESTAURANT ON COMMERCE STREET. YES, YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. ON FRIDAY, JULY THE 18TH, PARKS IS HAVING MOVIE NIGHT AT CITY HALL AT 6 P.M. I THINK THE MOVIE WILL BE LITTLE GIANT. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT SOMETHING TO DO, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE BOYS. I LOVE IT. THAT'S A FANTASTIC MOVIE. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT. OH, YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT. LITTLE GIANTS ANNEXATION OF PUERTO RICO, RIGHT? HUMPHREY BOGART IN IT. HE MAY HAVE MADE AN APPEARANCE ALSO. THERE'LL BE THE LAST SOCCER GAME FOR THE RED CROWNS ON SATURDAY, JULY THE 19TH, THAT WE PLAY IN DALLAS AT 730 AT HARLINGEN FIELD. AND WE HAVE FOR THE COMMISSION A BUDGET WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR THE 28TH. THAT'S THE LAST MONDAY OF THIS MONTH AT 530 HERE AT TOWN HALL.THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. NOW, THREE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT ONE I WILL BE HOLDING A TOWN HALL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH OF JULY AT THE HARLINGEN ARTS AND HERITAGE MUSEUM FROM 530 TO 7 P.M. WE'LL HAVE KEY FOLKS FROM THE CITY.
STAFF WILL BE THERE TO GIVE YOU ALL KINDS OF GOOD SCOOP AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE.
NONE. NONE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATION OF AWARDS ON HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH PRESENTATION BY TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE ON THE MUSIC FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING AROUND. AND THAT IS ITEM EIGHT D FOR THOSE THAT ARE I'M SORRY EIGHT C FOR THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALONG. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING. WE ARE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS GINI MASCORRO. I AM THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND OUTREACH SPECIALIST FOR THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE. WE'RE PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, AND IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN THE VALLEY TONIGHT AND CELEBRATE HARLINGEN'S INDUCTION INTO THE MUSIC FRIENDLY TEXAS PROGRAM. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CASSANDRA CASSIE FOR SETTING THIS PROCESS IN MOTION. ALSO, THANK YOU, MAYOR SEPULVEDA, AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF HARLINGEN AND THE MUSIC ADVISORY BOARD FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INITIATIVE. NOW, THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE, WE ARE THE FIRST AND ONLY TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY WERE ONE OF THREE NOW, BUT WE KIND OF STARTED UP THAT. BUT WE WERE THE FIRST AND LONGEST RUNNING STATE MUSIC OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 35 YEARS NOW. AND OUR GOAL AND OUR MISSION IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC RELATED BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES HERE WITHIN TEXAS. AND OUR MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE AND AMPLIFY THEIR SUCCESSES IN THEIR GROWTH. NOW, YOUR OWN MUSICAL HISTORY HERE IN HARLINGEN SPANS DECADES, AND A BLEND OF STYLES EVERYTHING FROM CONJUNTO, NORTENO AND TEJANO TO COUNTRY METAL AND PUNK. AND YOU'RE A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE TRUE MUSICAL DIVERSITY AND TAPESTRY HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. YOU'RE A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT. AND BECAUSE OF MUSIC FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES JUST LIKE HARLINGEN, THE TMO, TEXAS MUSIC OFFICES 2024 ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT SHOWED THAT MUSIC, BUSINESS AND EDUCATION HERE IN TEXAS DIRECTLY ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 196,000 PERMANENT JOBS. THAT ALSO TRANSLATES INTO $10.5 BILLION IN EARNINGS AND NEARLY $32 BILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. AND THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP AND THE WORK OF MUSIC FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNITIES, JUST LIKE HARLINGEN. SO IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TONIGHT TO DESIGNATE HARLINGEN AS OUR 87TH MUSIC FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNITY. AND THIS EXEMPLIFIES YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MUSICAL ECOSYSTEM AND INDUSTRY WITHIN YOUR CITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, HARLINGEN. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND THANK YOU. HEY, I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE TRIP DOWN
[Item 4c - Presentation of Certificate of Recognition - "The Greater Chamber of Harlingen"]
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HERE TO BE WITH US. WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THIS DESIGNATION. I KNOW OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND WE'RE EXCITED. WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING POOL OF TALENT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO A LOT OF MARKETS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS, COMMUNITY, TYPE OF EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE LOTS OF ROCK STARS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE AND TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER PLATFORM TO REALLY SHOWCASE ALL THAT WE'VE GOT TO OFFER HERE IN HARLINGEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'D LOVE TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION. AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE WITH THE COMMISSION. AND I'LL ALSO INVITE CASSANDRA. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE FROM HARLINGEN. ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN COME ON UP HERE AND TAKE A PHOTO. THANK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD.YES. YEAH. THAT'S A GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN FRONT. DON'T BE SHY, FRANK. ALL RIGHT. FIRST PHONE READY. AND THREE. TWO ONE. OH WAIT. THIS IS VIDEO ZERO. OKAY. THERE WE GO.
AND 321 AND ONE MORE ON THIS. 321 OKAY. AND HERE OH ONE MORE OVER HERE. YEAH. AND 3211 MORE.
321. GOT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE MENTIONED THE SEMINAR. TODAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
THAT. IS THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR LETTING US GET THE A REPLY FOR THE MUSIC FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. AND IN A ACCOMPANYING THIS DESIGNATION, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HOST A SEMINAR TOMORROW AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN. IT IS A FREE SEMINAR FOR ALL THOSE WHO OWN MUSIC VENUES OR HAVE LIVE MUSIC IN THEIR EVENT SPACES, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND APPLY FOR GRANTS AT THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE HAS. SO THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE HAS MONIES ASSOCIATED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE VENUES AND MUSIC SPACES. AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR THESE IF YOU'RE AN OWNER. AND WE WERE LOVED TO HELP CONNECT ALL THOSE IN HARLINGEN, WHO OWNS MUSIC VENUES AND EVENT SPACES TO GET THAT MONEY. SO THE MONEY IS THERE. WE JUST WANT TO CONNECT THE DOTS FOR YOU. AND IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND TOMORROW'S MEETING FROM 10 A.M.
TO NOON AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN, IT'S A FREE MEETING, BUT IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND, YOU CAN CHECK ONLINE. WE'RE GOING TO RECORD IT, AND WE'LL UPLOAD IT TO OUR FACEBOOK AND TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGES AS WELL. SO IT IS ON JULY 17TH AT FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN.
AND IF YOU CAN'T GO, YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON YOUTUBE. AND WE CAN PROVIDE ALL THE RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MUSIC SPACES AND EVENT SPACES AND HAVE LIVE MUSIC. SO PLEASE CHECK IT OUT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP THE VENUES THAT WE HAVE IN HARLINGEN GROW. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU CASSANDRA. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. YES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM FOUR A. WE HAVE THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK.
[Item 4d - Proclamation - Proclaiming the Month of July 2025 as "Parks and Recreation Month"]
GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COMMISSION. TONIGHT WE HAVE BROUGHT LIKE A BIG BOY OR WHAT.OH SHE'S CUTE. HE'S VISITING ON HIS WAY UP HERE. BUT WE HAVE BROUGHT NUGGET. NUGGET IS A BASSET HOUND WHO'S ABOUT A YEAR OLD. HE WAS TURNED INTO THE SHELTER BY HIS OWNERS. THEY HAD SOME LIFE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED TO HIM, TO THEM. AND SO THEY WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO CARE FOR NUGGET. SO THEY TURNED HIM INTO THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER. SO HE GETS ALONG GREAT WITH PEOPLE, WITH CHILDREN. HE'S FULL OF ENERGY, FULL OF LIFE, GOT A HUGE BASSET HEART, AND HE IS WAITING
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FOR HIS SECOND CHANCE AT A FOREVER HOME. SO ANYBODY INTERESTED IN NUGGET IS WELCOME TO GO BY THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER AT 1106 MAKOWSKI. OR THEY'RE WELCOME TO CALL THE ANIMAL SHELTER ABOUT NUGGET OR ANY OF THE OTHER ANIMALS THERE AT 2165250. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AS WELL, WE WILL BE HOLDING A MICROCHIP CLINIC ON SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 11. AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER, WILL HAVE ADOPTABLE ANIMALS AT TRACTOR SUPPLY AND SAN BENITO FROM 11 TO 2. THAT'S A CUTEST DOG YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT TO DATE. MAN, THAT GUY IS A GOOD LOOKING BOY. THEY ARE ALL SO ADORABLE. BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE THAT OH MY GOODNESS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE THE HE'S JUST. YEAH, I THINK SO. OR THE LITTLE STRUT RIGHT. YEAH, I THINK SO. AND HE JUST HAS THAT BASSET HEART, THAT BASSET PERSONALITY. HE'S JUST HE'S JUST A NUGGET. YEAH. AND SO HOW LONG HAS NUGGET BEEN AT THE SHELTER? HE HASN'T BEEN AT THE SHELTER TOO LONG. IT'S SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JULY OKAY. BUT HE DID COME UP FROM A HOME SETTING.AND I MEAN, WE WANT TO GET ALL THE ANIMALS BACK INTO HOMES AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BUT ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE KNOW THAT CAME FROM A HOME SETTING, CAME FROM BEING INSIDE. LIKE WE'D LOVE TO GET THEM BACK INTO HOMES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND SO I'M ASSUMING HE'S NEUTERED, MAYBE TRAINED. HE IS NOT NEUTERED YET. HIS HIS NEUTER APPOINTMENT IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. OKAY. SO HE WILL BE BACK IN THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW, BUT HE'LL BE OUT IN THE MORNING. SO BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON HE WILL BE NEUTERED. AWESOME. FANTASTIC. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING NUGGET. HE'S SUCH AN ADORABLE DOG AND I'M SURE THAT HE WILL FIND HIS FOREVER HOME VERY SOON. YES, OR DANIEL CAN TAKE HIM HOME. YEAH, HE'LL BE DOGS. THREE BABIES, I GUESS THAT'S THREE DOGS. WE'LL BE ENTERTAINMENT. EXACTLY. THERE'S FIVE. YOU CAN HAVE FIVE PER ORDINANCE. SO JUST SAYING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HE'S SO CUTE. YEAH.
OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM FOUR B. WE HAVE MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH TITO RESÉNDIZ STATE FARM INSURANCE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH IS AN INITIATIVE THAT BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. AND BEFORE WE INVITE OUR MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH TO COME UP, WE HAVE PREPARED A VIDEO FOR YOU.
HI. I'M A REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE FOR STATE FARM INSURANCE HERE IN HARLINGEN WITH TWO LOCATIONS WITH STATE FARM INSURANCE IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF AUTO AND HOMEOWNER AND LIFE INSURANCE IN AMERICA. SO WE INSURE MORE CARS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN AMERICA. WE INSURE MORE HOMES THAN ANYONE IN AMERICA, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE LEADING PROVIDERS OF LIFE INSURANCE, PROTECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES OF ANYONE, OF ANY OTHER COMPANY IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES. MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE WHILE KEEPING THE POLICYHOLDER THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS FIRST. AND THAT'S THROUGH QUESTIONS. THAT'S THROUGH CONVERSATIONS. WE HAVE THE POWER THAT WE HAVE 800 NUMBERS. WE HAVE WEBSITES, WE HAVE APPS ON PHONES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE REAL PEOPLE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IN HARLINGEN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, SERVING OUR POLICYHOLDERS WITH HIGH TOUCH. WHAT WE CALL OUR LEGACY LOCATION IS RIGHT SMACK IN THE HEART OF HARLINGEN, AT THE CORNER OF 10TH AND HARRISON, ACROSS FROM TRINITY FUNERAL, WHERE WE TAKE UP ONE OF THE THIRD CORNERS THERE, AND THEN OUR NEWEST LOCATION THAT WE OPENED IS IN THE PARKING LOT OF SAM'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE AT SPUR 54. MY THANKS TO THE MAYOR FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THE COMMISSION, ALL THE CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN. I LOVE THE DIRECTION HARLINGEN IS GOING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS APPROACH. WE DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY DO WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. IF THE LOCAL CITIZENS AND CONSTITUENTS COULD SHOP LOCAL FIRST, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A COFFEE SHOP, A SHIRT PLACE, A PET GROOMER, A INSURANCE PROVIDER, THERE'S WE WOULD ALL BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE. WE REALLY WOULD. AND I LOVE THE APPROACH, AND I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. TITO TO COME UP. I HATE COMING UP RIGHT AFTER NUGGET, I REALLY DO. I REALLY
[Item 5 - Citizen Communication ]
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JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR FOR GIVING ME THIS DISTINCTION, THE COMMISSION, AND JUST SO HAPPY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY WITH SMALL BUSINESS APPROACH AND SMALL BUSINESS FIRST. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND YOU WIN ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON AT A TIME. I THINK WITH SMALL BUSINESS BEING THE ROOT AND THE FABRIC OF EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR AND EVERYTHING, WE ARE IN A CITY LIKE HARLINGEN WITH SO MUCH HISTORY AND SO MANY LONG STANDING BUSINESSES. I JUST LOVE THE APPROACH AND I THANK YOU FOR SHEDDING LIGHT. MAYOR AND COMMISSION ON THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA AND OUR COMMUNITY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SECOND LOCATION. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I DRIVE BY YOUR MAIN LOCATION EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I SEE THAT AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU AS AN AMBASSADOR, REALLY, OF SMALL BUSINESSES. I. I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME THAT YOU SHOWED ME THAT YOU HAD, LIKE, IN YOUR POCKET, JUST SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND CARDS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO JUST SPREAD AWARENESS OF OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES. SO INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF, YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES AND INVITING THEM, WHETHER IT'S A RESTAURANT, EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PREACH, NOT JUST IN THIS VIDEO, BUT EVERY DAY. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO IN HARLINGEN. WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TRADED? I HAVE. OKAY. READY. AND THREE. TWO ONE. ONE MORE. 321 OKAY. ONE MORE. OH SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. READY. THREE, TWO. PERFECT. AND THAT'S MY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ITEM FOUR C WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION THE GREATER CHAMBER OF HARLINGEN. THIS EVENING'S CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS PRESENTED TO THE GREATER CHAMBER OF HARLINGEN. IN HONOR OF YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EARNING FIRST PLACE FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE IN YOUR DIVISION AT THE 2025 TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES CONFERENCE HELD IN DENTON, TEXAS. THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD RECOGNIZES YOUR CHAMBER'S COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION, IMPACTFUL STORYTELLING, AND THE PROMOTION OF HARLINGEN VIBRANT BUSINESS COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE. A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS EXTENDED TO ALONDRA SANCHEZ, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING, FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN CREATIVE VISION IN ELEVATING THE CHAMBER'S MEDIA PRESENCE AND PROUDLY PRESENTING HARLINGEN AT STATE LEVEL. THE CITY OF HARLINGEN COMMENDS THE GREATER CHAMBER OF HARLINGEN AND MISS SANCHEZ FOR THIS REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION AND SERVICE. ALONDRA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP. HELLO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SEPULVEDA AND THE CITY MEMBERS. I MEAN, SHE SAID IT ALL. YES. SO WE WIN AND WE GOT RECOGNIZED AT THE AT THE TEXAS STATE CHAMBERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND WE GOT FIRST PLACE FOR OUR MEDIA EXCELLENCE. AND I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF THIS AWARD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I MEAN, SH SHE SAID IT ALL, BUT I'M I'M PROUD TO BE HERE. I'M I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE CHAMBER AS THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING DIRECTOR, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE IT HERE IN THE HOME OF HARLINGEN AS WELL. AND YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. I DON'T THINK THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN HAS EVER BEEN BETTER. I JUST SAW I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE YET. I, YOU KNOW, REALLY I THINK YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU ARE PROVIDING THIS HIGHER LEVEL OF AWARENESS, I THINK, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
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AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL KEEP GETTING THEM YEAR AFTER YEAR. THAT'S THE EXPECTATION NOW, RIGHT? YES. THAT'S A PLAN. ALL RIGHT. WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO. THANK YOU. YES. THREE, THREE TWO DAYS. CONGRATULATIONS.ARE YOU READY? 32114321. OKAY. THANK YOU. Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP OKAY? YES. THAT'S OKAY. THERE YOU GO. HEY. YOU'RE HERE. THERE YOU GO. READY. AND THREE. TWO. ONE. ONE MORE. 321. AND WE GET ONE WITH THE CAMERA. THREE. TWO. ONE. ONE MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. GOT IT. THREE TIMES. TWO TIMES.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO WITH ITEM 4D PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JULY 2025 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION FOR THE EVENING AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS. WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING HARLINGEN, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL CITIZENS BY PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS, SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE TO GATHER, PLAY AND CONNECT. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS BY MAINTAINING A WIDE VARIETY OF PARKS, FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACES, AND BY OFFERING INCLUSIVE RECREATIONAL, ATHLETIC, AND AQUATIC PROGRAMS THAT SERVE CITIZENS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. AND WHEREAS, THE THEME FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, BUILD TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER HIGHLIGHTS THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT UNITES COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT PARKS AND RECREATION, WHILE ALSO CELEBRATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS NATIONAL OBSERVANCE. ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION. AND WHEREAS, THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS RECOGNIZED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH NATIONWIDE, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO MAINTAIN SAFE, INCLUSIVE AND VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR CITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, NORMA MAYOR NORMA SEPULVEDA, ON BEHALF OF THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2025 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. I NOW INVITE MR. DANNY DIAZ, DIRECTOR OF PARKS, TO COME UP.
COME ON, GUYS, DON'T BE AFRAID. IT'S OKAY. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS DANNY DIAZ, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME ARE THE ONES THAT WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES LOOKING GREAT. THEY WORK TIRELESS HOURS YEAR ROUND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THESE 100 DEGREE WEATHER'S. I MEAN, MY HAT'S OFF TO THEM. THEY'RE THE ONES BEHIND THE SCENES DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR THE DEPARTMENT. OUR ADMINISTRATION STAFF IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THE FRONT OFFICE. THEY'VE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WORKLOAD. EVEN WHEN THEY'RE SWAMPED WITH CALLS, THEY STILL MANAGE TO ACHIEVE THEIR DAILY TASKS. RECREATION. ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS DIVISIONS. THESE DIVISIONS HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS TO OFFER THROUGH THE TO. THE ATHLETIC HAS FOOTBALL, SOFTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, AND YEAR ROUND SOCCER AND BASEBALL LEAGUES. AQUATICS PROGRAMS IS A HUGE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AT THE TIME. SO STAFF IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH OUR POOLS. OVERALL, THE SUPERVISORS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMS TENNIS PROGRAM, WORKING TO SAY ABOUT OUR AWARD WINNING TENNIS PROGRAM, HE HE'S THE BEST ONE IN THE VALLEY, FOR SURE. HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB AT H-E-B TENNIS CENTER. YOU KNOW, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, I MET WITH STAFF AND I ASKED THEM JUST TO DO TWO THINGS. ONE WAS TO TRUST THE
[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]
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PROCESS AND TO TAKE PRIDE IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT. SUPER PROUD OF THEM. THANK YOU. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION THAT WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE IN THIS POSITION. YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, DANNY'S BEEN WITH THE CITY OF HARLINGEN FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SO HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. AND I KNOW THAT THEY STILL KIND OF PULL YOU INTO PUBLIC WORKS SOMETIME. AND YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB THERE.YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB HERE. EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, KNOW
[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]
THAT THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS YOU. THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. WE KNOW IT'S HARD WORK, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THERE YOU GO, YOU GUYS. HEY, GUESS WHAT? THIS.I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. FOR THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SNEAK IN THERE. DO YOU WANT TO BE. OKAY OVER HERE AND. IN THREE, TWO, ONE. ONE MORE. THREE. TWO.
ONE. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO NEXT TO ITEM FIVE. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. AT THIS TIME THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO COMMENT OR DELIBERATE ON TOPICS ADDRESSED TODAY. WE ONLY HAVE ONE SIGNED UP AND IT'S JAVIER SEGURA. I DON'T SEE HIM. OH THERE HE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MADAM MAYOR, NICE TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING. I KNOW I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES. I REALLY JUST WANT TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS IS TRYING TO GET MORE BUSINESS INTO HARLINGEN. SO BRINGING IN NEW BUSINESSES TO HELP THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I KNOW IS YOUR GOAL, MADAM MAYOR, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW. SO I'M THIS IS REALLY JUST WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE. THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF STOPPING THIS BUSINESS FROM COMING IN DUE TO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN. SO I'M ASKING THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF PRESENT THE DETAILS. BUT I'M GOING TO GO OVER JUST A FEW ITEMS JUST SO YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AS FAR AS THE VEHICLE, THERE'S AN AGE LIMIT THAT WE DON'T HAVE, NO AGE LIMIT SO LONG AS THE PERMIT FROM ANOTHER CITY OR TEXAS CITY AND MUST BE INSPECTED ANNUALLY BY
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HARLINGEN AND APPROVED. THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE MINIMAL PRICING VERSUS MAXIMUM PRICING, WHICH IS IN THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW OF $40. WE WANT TO DO IT AT A MINIMUM OF 6 OR 7.50 AN HOUR.THIS PROTECTS THE TAXIS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND JUSTIFIES THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE. THE THIRD ITEM WOULD BE ONE HOUR PRE NOTICE IT PROTECTS THE TAXIS, PREVENTS VEHICLES FROM HOVERING AROUND MAJOR EVENTS. PREVENTS VENUES FROM REQUESTING FIRST, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND IT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO GET RESTED. DRIVER IN CASE OF VEHICLE NEEDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. ALLOWS COMPANY TO AMPLE AMPLE TIME TO PREP VEHICLE AS NEEDED. THE OTHER ITEM IS THE ABILITY TO ADD ANY VEHICLE AS NEEDED FOR A MAXIMUM OF TEN DAYS, AS LONG AS PERMITTED FROM ANOTHER PERMIT FROM ANOTHER CITY BY FAX OR BY EMAIL. SAN ANTONIO, FOR EXAMPLE, GIVES YOU CHARGES OF $10 A DAY, AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF TWO VEHICLES. TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, ONE MUST BE A PASSENGER RATED LIMO. THIS PREVENTS OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT LIMO RATED FROM SNEAKING IN
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FOR AN EVENT. AND THE LAST ONE IS NO PRICING ON SIGNAGE. WHEN YOU HAVE A VEHICLE OR LIMO OF THAT CALIBER, YOU NORMALLY DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF PRICING IN THE VEHICLE. THIS PROTECTS THE DRIVER ON ON THE PRICING, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN BRING ELEGANT LIMOUSINES, WHICH IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. AGAIN, IT'S REALLY JUST TO YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT FIVE, TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. I WON'T BE HERE, BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE DID IT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUE TO GROW. WE SAW SOME BUSINESSES ALREADY COMING IN. THAT'S A GREAT TIME. IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US TRYING TO BRING BUSINESSES. I'M TRYING TO DO MY PART, MY LITTLE 1%. SO HOPEFULLY THAT YOU GUYS WILL CONSIDER US TO AT LEAST SIT AT THE TABLE AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL GET WITH STAFF TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT. MAYOR, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA IN AUGUST. YES. OKAY. PERFECT. TO ACTUALLY START THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE ORDINANCE. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S ALL THAT YOU HAVE I HAVE I DID WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE. AND NOT. AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JAVIER'S COMMENTS. AND SO I DID WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING FROM THE LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AND I KIND OF PUT TOGETHER JUST SOME WORDS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IN REGARDS TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. YOU KNOW THIS THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMUNICATION IS REALLY TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND CIVIC DIALOG. BUT WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME TO THIS PODIUM AND USE IT MORE OF A SHIELD TO KNOWINGLY LIE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSION HERE CAN'T RESPOND IN THE MOMENT BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNED BY RULES IN OUR MEETINGS, IT THEN TURNS INTO MORE OF A TOOL TO BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE MANIPULATION INSTEAD OF ACCOUNTABILITY. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE THAT WERE NOT HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SAYING, AND I APOLOGIZE. BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I TAKE THE TIME TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD FOR THOSE THAT WERE AND THOSE THAT WATCH AT HOME. AT OUR LAST MEETING, A FORMER COMMISSIONER STOOD AT THIS PODIUM HERE AND ACCUSED ME PERSONALLY OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT, CLAIMING THAT I VIOLATED NEPOTISM LAWS BY HELPING MY UNCLE ALLEGED UNCLE TO GET HIRED AT THE HARLINGEN WATER WORKS. SO I WANTED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT THE MAN THAT HE REFERRED TO IS NOT MY UNCLE AND THAT FORMER COMMISSIONER KNEW THAT, BUT HE CAME HERE AND DELIBERATELY LIED. HE LIED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, HE LIED ABOUT THE LAW, AND HE LIED ABOUT MY INVOLVEMENT. HARLINGEN WATERWORKS, FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT AWARE, IS NOT TAXPAYER FUNDED. IT IS A LEGALLY SEPARATE ENTITY WITH ITS OWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND WHILE I AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I'M A NON-VOTING MEMBER, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON THE COMMISSION. AND JUST LIKE EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS, I HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. AND ROY RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS NOW IS A CONSULTANT OVER AT HARLINGEN WATERWORKS, WAS BROUGHT IN AS A CONSULTANT, NOT AS A CITY EMPLOYEE. AND BY THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD OF THE WATERWORKS BOARD, WHO IS NOT MY APPOINTEE. MR. RODRIGUEZ WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT IN BY THE HARLINGEN WATERWORKS BOARD AS AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO ASSIST IN DURING A NATIONAL SEARCH THAT WE WERE THAT WAS GOING ON FOR A GENERAL MANAGER. THEY WENT TWICE OUT FOR THIS POSITION, AND SOME CANDIDATES ALONG THE WAY WITHDREW, WHILE OTHERS, THE BOARD DETERMINED WERE NOT QUALIFIED OR WERE NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. SO WHEN NO PERMANENT PERSON COULD BE APPOINTED TO THAT POSITION, THEY EXPANDED THE CONSULTING ROLE FOR ROY RODRIGUEZ AND MADE HIM AS AN INTERIM GM, BUT CONTINUING TO WORK AS A CONSULTANT. THAT DECISION WAS MADE INDEPENDENTLY, WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT OR AUTHORIZATION BY THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS WITHIN THEIR RIGHT TO DO AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AGAIN, NOT BY ME AND NOT BY ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION. AND YES, I DO KNOW ROY RODRIGUEZ. YES, I DO, BECAUSE NOT AS AS MY UNCLE, BUT FOR MANY OF YOU WILL KNOW THAT I DO KNOW HIM, BECAUSE HE IS ACTUALLY MY HUSBAND'S UNCLE AND NOT MINE. BUT THE FORMER COMMISSIONER KNEW THAT WHEN HE CAME HERE, BECAUSE HE KNOWS ROY RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, BECAUSE ROY DOES HAVE DEEP TIES TO THIS COMMUNITY HERE IN HARLINGEN. SO LET'S BE HONEST WHY HE WAS ASKED TO SERVE AS THE HARLINGEN WATERWORKS CONSULTANT IN THE INTERIM AS THEY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THEIR GM, IS BECAUSE HE IS A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE. HE ACTUALLY SERVED HERE. I KNOW WHERE LUIS[00:50:01]
IS, BUT HE WAS A CITY ENGINEER HERE IN HARLINGEN. THEN HE MOVED ON AND HE WAS A CITY MANAGER HERE IN HARLINGEN, AND HE ACTUALLY HIRED GABE GONZALEZ, WHO IS OUR AMAZING CITY MANAGER, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. HE THEN LATER LEFT AND WENT TO MCALLEN AND SERVED AS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THEIR PUBLIC UTILITY FOR OVER A DECADE, AND THEN SERVED AS CITY MANAGER IN MCALLEN UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT FOR ANOTHER DECADE OR SO. SO HE DIDN'T NEED ANYBODY'S HELP, SURELY NOT MINE. HE WAS DOING THIS WORK LONG BEFORE I EVEN DECIDED TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE. SO TO SHUT DOWN ALL OF THIS MISINFORMATION COMPLETELY, I ASKED OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MARK SOSSI, TO FORM A LEGAL OPINION AND TO PROVIDE ME THE ASSURANCE THAT I ALREADY KNEW THAT I HAD.AND IN SHORT, HE BASICALLY SAID THAT ROY RODRIGUEZ IS A CONTRACTOR, A CONSULTANT, NOT A W-2 EMPLOYEE, WORKS FOR HARLINGEN WATER WORKS AS A CONSULTANT. NO BLOOD RELATIONSHIP TO MYSELF. AND UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND OUR CITY CHARTER, HE IS NOT WITHIN THE PROHIBITED DEGREES OF AFFINITY, WHICH IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH HE'S RELATED TO MY HUSBAND, IT IS NOT WITHIN THE REALM OF WHERE IT WOULD VIOLATE MY THE, OUR CHARTER OR THE STATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO VIOLATION OF ANY NEPOTISM LAW, WHETHER IT BE STATE OR LOCAL. AND HERE'S THE REAL ISSUE. THE FORMER COMMISSIONER HAS THE RIGHT TO STAND AT THIS PODIUM, AS DOES ANYONE ELSE, AND LIE. YES, YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WISH. HE DOES IT EVERY SINGLE TIME HE SHOWS UP, AND MOST OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THAT'S HIS RIGHT, WHICH IS EVERYONE'S RIGHT. BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLICLY AND FALSELY ACCUSE ME OR ANYONE ON THIS DAIS OF COMMITTING A CRIME THAT CROSSES A LINE. AND THAT'S NOT PROTECTED OPINION, AND THAT IS DEFAMATION. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING UP. NOW, THIS WASN'T JUST AN OFFHAND COMMENT. IT WAS CALCULATED. IT WAS THE ACT OF A MENDACIOUS PSEUDO LOG. SOMEONE SO OBSESSED WITH ME THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO FABRICATE, FABRICATE, CRIMINAL WRONGDOINGS JUST TO GET ATTENTION. AND SO WE'VE ALL TOLERATED THE FAKE BLOGS, THE SPLICE VIDEOS, THE CONSTANT MISINFORMATION. BUT WE CANNOT STAY SILENT WHEN SOMEONE WEAPONIZES THIS FORUM TO ACCUSE ME OR ANYONE ELSE ON THIS DAIS OF CRIMES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMMITTED. SO THE COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER AND I'LL ALWAYS DEFEND THE TRUTH. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME ON ALL OF THE RECORDS AND THE FACTS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS TOOK UP A LOT OF TIME, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DEFEND THE LAW AND DO SO WITHOUT FEAR. THANK YOU. MOVING ON, MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO ITEM SIX, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 7TH, 2025. NOTHING TO DO WITH JAVIER SEGURA. WE LOVE YOU.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. AMEND THAT EMOTION TO BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO CHANGES THAT I'VE ALREADY SENT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, IF THAT'S OKAY, COMMISSIONER KINSLER. YES, SIR. THEN I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 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. THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY BY A SINGLE VOTE, UNLESS A COMMISSION MEMBER REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANYTHING TO MOVE? I APOLOGIZE, ANYTHING TO REMOVE. JUST SEE. OKAY. WHICH ONE? IT'S THE CONSIDERATION. THE NONPROFIT ONE. JUST TO REMOVE IT FOR NOW, RIGHT? SEE SO IT'S SEVEN C LIKE CHARLIE. ANYTHING ELSE COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM C MOTION. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM SEVEN C READS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM THE JACKS ROYAL TO CLOSE THE FOLLOWING STREETS.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2025 FROM 6 P.M. TO 11:59 P.M. FOR THEIR SAGE TOUCH INC NONPROFIT CONCERT EVENT. ON THIS ONE, THE MAYOR, THE EXCUSE ME, THE MAYOR. THE MAPS ARE INCONSISTENT RIGHT ON THE CLOSURES, THE BARRICADE CLOSURES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE ON. SEE, I THINK IT'S NOTES WEST STREET. WE CLOSE RIGHT NORTH OF THAT ALLEY TO MAKE SURE TRAFFIC FLOWS.
CHIEF, IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE A PEEK AT IT AND I CAN SHOW YOU ONE MAP IS CORRECT, ONE MAP IS WRONG. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONSISTENT. AND THEN THE SECOND POINT ON THIS, I FEEL THAT WE HAVE SPENT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. I FEEL COMFORTABLE
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ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER, IF YOU GUYS ARE TO JUST MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON THESE ROAD CLOSURES. AND UNLESS IT'S A SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO ESPECIALLY CONSIDER, I THINK HE CAN JUST MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, COMMISSIONER. THE ONLY REASON WE PUT THEM ON WAS JUST TO GIVE THE COMMISSION AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS BEING CLOSED AND FOR WHAT. BUT WE CAN DO THAT IN-HOUSE. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. WE CAN. YEAH. IF THERE'S USUALLY WITH YOUR MEMOS, YOU GIVE US WITH THE EVENTS AND STUFF THAT ARE COMING ON, COMING ON, DOES THAT MEAN IT'LL SHORTEN THESE MEETINGS? NO. WISHFUL THINKING, COMMISSIONER. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I DO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT MORE ITEMS THAT COULD BE ADMINISTRATIVELY TAKEN CARE OF AS WE GO ALONG, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND THAT'S OKAY. RIGHT, MARK. ALL RIGHT. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES AND GOOD I, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT IT'S MY DISTRICT. SO I MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT. OKAY. ITEM EIGHT STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEMS IN THIS SECTION ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REQUIRE ACTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND ARE GENERALLY FOR INFORMATION ONLY. HOWEVER, ANY ITEM LISTED IN THIS SECTION MAY BECOME AN ACTION ITEM AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR, OR AFTER THE REQUEST OF ANY TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS OR THE CITY MANAGER. ITEM EIGHT A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.NO. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT B STAFF REPORTS PRESENTATION BY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. UNCOMPLETED AND UPCOMING PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026. MAYOR.
BEFORE THEY START, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LOUISE, FOR ONE THING, WILL BE LEAVING US AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR IN YOUR LIFE.
SECOND, HE WAS ROCKING THE HIPPIE LOOK, BUT HE HAS A PRESENTATION TODAY. SO HE CAME IN AND REALLY TRIMMED IT OFF. AND I WAS SO JEALOUS OF ALL THAT, ALL THAT HAIR. YOU LOOK FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. AND YEAH, I DECIDED TO CUT MY HAIR, SO. BUT NO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING. AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND TASKS THAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME DRAINAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS.
WE'LL START WITH THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE ORDINANCE. WE ADDED SOME KEY TERMS IN THE FLOOD PREVENTION ORDINANCE. CHAPTER 105. WE HAD THE REPETITIVE LOSS, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE INCREASED COST OF COMPLIANCE DEFINITIONS. AND THE KEY ONE THERE IS THE ICC ONE, BECAUSE IT IT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS THE CITIZENS TO APPLY TO A PROGRAM IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR HELP TO OFFSET THE COST FOR BRINGING A BUILDING TO NEW REGULATIONS, AND TO POSSIBLY ELEVATE A STRUCTURE. SO I PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE IN THE SCREEN, AND I'LL JUST GO BRIEFLY TO IT SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW IT WORKS. SO SAY THAT THE SMITH'S HOME IS VALUED AT 240,000. AND THEY HAD TWO FLOOD EVENTS IN TEN YEARS. IN THE SCREEN WE SHOW THAT ONE 2015 AND ONE 2020, AND THE VALUES ARE SHOWN 35,000, 90,000. AND SO IF WE HAVE THESE THIS AMENDMENT IN THE ORDINANCE IN THE LIST AS CHECKED, AND THEN TWO CLAIMS BEING FILED IN A IN A SPAN OF TEN YEARS, AND ALSO IF THE CLAIMS AVERAGE IS HIGHER THAN 25%, THEN THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR THIS ASSISTANCE FROM THE NFIP. SO THIS EXAMPLE IS TAKEN FROM A FEMA WEBSITE. IT'S IN THEIR GUIDELINES. AND SO WE COMPLETED THIS AMENDMENT AND WE ISSUED A LETTER TO A CITIZEN THAT QUALIFIED. SO SHE'S WORKING ON ON GETTING THIS ASSISTANCE FROM FROM THE PROGRAM. SO JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS THE CITY TO HELP MITIGATE THE OR INCENTIVIZE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITIZENS TO PROTECT THEM FROM FLOODING. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, HOW DO PEOPLE GET INFORMATION? SO THE ICC IS INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON FEMA'S WEBSITE. THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET FROM FROM THE GUIDELINE WHICH I CAN SHARE WITH WITH STAFF. BUT ALL THE RULES ARE THERE. THE ORDINANCE ALSO IS WELL WRITTEN AND WELL EXPLAINED. AND SO FEMA'S WEBSITE IS HAS ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE CITIZENS
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TO FOLLOW AND SEE IF THEY CAN QUALIFY. OF COURSE, AS WE RECOMMEND THAT IF THERE'S A CITIZEN LIVES IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, FLOOD INSURANCE IS RECOMMENDED. AND THIS IS A JUST A GREAT TOOL FOR TO GET TO HELP OFFSET THE COST FOR REPAIRS AND ELEVATING A BUILDING. LOUIS, DOES THIS REQUIRE A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR THAT TO TAKE EFFECT? NO, NO IT DOESN'T. IT JUST HAS TO QUALIFY OR COMPLY WITH WITH THAT CHECKLIST. SO IF THE SCENARIO IS FOLLOWS THAT, THAT THOSE RULES, THEN THEY, THEY QUALIFY AS, AS THIS IS JUST A, I GUESS PART OF THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATION TASKS FROM THE DEPARTMENT. AND WE ISSUED THAT LETTER AND, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED THE CLAIMS FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT THE ASSESSMENT AND MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE CITIZEN QUALIFIED FOR THIS. SO WHAT IF IS THERE ANY KIND OF TIME PERIOD OR LIKE A LIMITATION WITHIN A SPECIFIC PERIOD? FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE FLOODED IN 2008 AND THEN THEY FLOOD IT AGAIN IN 2018 AND THEN COULD THEY TECHNICALLY GO AND MAKE A CLAIM? TECHNICALLY, YES, BECAUSE IT'S STILL WITHIN THAT MATTER A SPAN OF TEN YEARS. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST BE LOOKING AT WHAT, MONTHS. RIGHT. AND JUST IN THIS CASE, IT WAS 2018 AND 2025. SO THAT'S THAT QUALIFIES. BUT FROM OH 8 TO 2018, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO CHECK ON THE MONTHS. I THINK I'D HAVE TO CHECK JUST SAYING, BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN CLAIMS IN THE PAST AND DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, AND MAYBE THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DIDN'T FLOOD THIS TIME, BUT THEY HAD FLOODED IN THE PAST, OR VICE VERSA. YOU KNOW, IT JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE TEN YEAR WHETHER IT HAS TO BE TEN YEARS FROM NOW, 2025 OR IN THE PAST BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOOD EVENTS IN LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FROM PEOPLE SAYING FROM 2008 AND TEN, MAYBE. YEP. SO THOSE TWO CLAIMS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THE TEN YEARS OF WHEN IT OCCURRED.YES, YES. SO THEN THEY COULD NOT TECHNICALLY THAT. NO, NO. ONCE IT'S AFTER THE TEN YEARS, THEY WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR IT. TEN YEARS FROM NOW, TEN YEARS FROM THE LAST EVENT. CORRECT? NO. SO I GUESS THOSE TWO CLAIMS HAVE TO BE DONE WITHIN THE SPAN OF TEN YEARS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EXPLAINING IT CORRECTLY TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS OF THIS. I JUST WAS TRYING TO MAYBE YOU CAN JUST SEND US A MEMO. SO THAT WAY WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE ON HOW TO GET THIS INFORMATION. I'M JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE WE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT ISSUES AND WANTED TO BE ABLE IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT, BUT GO ON. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. NO, I UNDERSTOOD YOU NOW. I DIDN'T KNOW, IT JUST GOT CONFUSED. YEAH, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOU NOW, BUT I CAN SHARE MORE OF THE INFORMATION FROM FOR THIS PROGRAM. YEAH, WE'LL DO THAT LATER. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE COMPLETED PROJECTS IN DISTRICT ONE. THIS PROJECT WAS JUST COMPLETED. WE UPSIZED 3600 LINEAR FEET OF STORMWATER PIPE IN THE SUBDIVISION, SURROUNDED BY MATT'S AVENUE, NEW COMBES HIGHWAY AND MCFETTRIDGE STREET AND BUSINESS 77. CONSTRUCTION COST WAS 2 MILLION AND WE HAVE IN THE PLANNING PHASE A DETENTION POND EAST OF THAT SIX ACRE, SIX ACRE DETENTION POND, WHICH IT'S BETTER SHOWN IN THAT SLIDE. AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WHICH IS COMPLETED. ONGOING PROJECTS IN DISTRICT ONE. THIS ONE, WE HAD A BRICK GRANT CANCELED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND WE IMMEDIATELY APPLY TO ANOTHER PROGRAM WITH TDEM. AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEKING GRANT FUNDS TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. IT'S TO IMPROVE THE STORM WATER SYSTEM IN THE SUBDIVISION. AND ALSO IN THE SCREEN IS SHOWN HOW THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE IS PLANNING TO BUILD A DETENTION POND NORTH OF IT. THAT WILL HELP IN THE DRAINAGE CAPACITY FOR THIS AREA. MOVING ON TO DISTRICT TWO, LOZANO DETENTION POND. THE EXCAVATION AND HAULING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. WE ARE JUST PENDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE CHANNEL TO FACILITATE
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THE MAINTENANCE OF THE POND. THE POND IS FULLY OPERABLE AND CAPABLE TO DETAIN 20,000,020 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, WHICH IS ALMOST THE VOLUME OF 30 OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS, AND IT COST STAFF APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION TO BUILD IN-HOUSE. ANOTHER PROJECT ON DISTRICT TWO IS THE LAZY PALM SUBDIVISION STORMWATER PROJECT. WE ARE 95% COMPLETED THERE, AND THERE'S A[Item 8d - Presentation by the Public Works Department on Proposed Monumental Signs for City Hall and Lon C. Hill Building Entrances.]
SUBDIVISION INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION NEXT DOOR THAT ALSO BUILT A DETENTION POND THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION AND ALSO THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THIS PROJECT IN DISTRICT TWO IS THE FIFTH AND SEVENTH. IT WAS FUNDED WITH THE PREDECESSOR MITIGATION GRANT EARMARKED BY US REPRESENTATIVE VICENTE GONZALEZ, AND WE ARE GOING TO UPSIZE THE STORMWATER SYSTEM MAINLY IN THE STREETS OF FIFTH AND SEVENTH. WE PLAN TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED. NO, WELL NOT ESTIMATED. WE HAD A WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION BID FOR 2.6 MILLION. DISTRICT THREE. WE JUST COMPLETED. NO. SOME MONTHS AGO WE COMPLETED THE JACARANDA STORMWATER SYSTEMS. WE UPSIZED THE STORMWATER INLETS THERE. AND THIS SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE ALSO TIED TO THESE TREASURE HILLS DRAINAGE PROJECT. TREASURE HILLS IN 2020 FIFTH STREET, STORMWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM ON MONDAY. THE PROJECT HAS A 9010 COST SHARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON RFQ. THIS FOR THE DESIGN PHASE IN DISTRICT FOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DITCHES. THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER FOR THE ALLISON SUBDIVISION INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE CROSSING THERE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. WE HAD A 30 INCH PIPE AND WE REPLACED IT WITH A EIGHT BY SIX STORM BOX, AND THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. STAFF PLANS TO WIDEN A SECTION OF THE LIPSCOMB DRAIN 750FT APPROXIMATELY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO OWN THE HORSESHOE LAKE, WHICH IS A DRY LAKE THAT IS TO BE REPURPOSED FOR DETENTION. AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN DEVELOP RESPONSIBLY. AND HORSESHOE LAKE BEING A REGIONAL DETENTION. FUTURE PROJECT. IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE THE OUTFALL ON THIS LIPSCOMB DRAIN DITCH THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO IMPROVE. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING A DESIGN PACKAGE FOR THE EROSION ISSUE AT THE DITCH EMBANKMENT. WE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PERMANENT SOLUTION. IN THE MEANTIME, THE MEDIA SOLUTION STAFF IS WORKING WITH TXDOT AND THE PRIVATE OWNERS TO PLACE SOIL AND RUBBLE TO STABILIZE THE DITCH EMBANKMENT. ANOTHER PROJECT IN DISTRICT FOUR. 85% COMPLETED THERE. IT'S A INTERSECTION WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. COLORADO AND LIBERTY ALMOST DONE WITH THAT PROJECT. DISTRICT FIVE. WE COMPLETED THE STORMWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IN SUNCHASE AND SABAL PALM ADDED 500 LINEAR FEET OF STORMWATER PIPE, COST US 322,000, ANOTHER ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE 2023. UPSIZE THE CULVERT AND HILL. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND D.D. SIX ON UPSIZING. THE OTHER CULVERTS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. SOME OF THE PROJECTS COMING SOON. STAFF IS WORKING ON THE DESIGN COMPONENT FOR THE WICHITA AVENUE STORMWATER SYSTEM. AND ALSO IN THE FUTURE, WE PLAN TO KEEP GOING SOUTH AND TACKLE THE HPD SITE AND ALSO I STREET FAIR PARK AND WEST JEFFERSON. AS I SAID, THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE DETENTION POND IN THE HPD BUILDING. YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE FLOOD STUDY. WE RECEIVED THE DRAFT REPORT LAST MONTH. IT'S BEEN REVIEWED, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO FINALIZE THE STUDY AND TO GET ALL THE DELIVERABLES. FUTURE[01:10:01]
PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO ONGOING COMMERCE. THE DESIGN IS AT 60%. WE YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT AS WELL. IT'S A 3.2 MILE CORRIDOR WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT'S A FULL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION FOR DRAINAGE. WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A WEBSITE, AND IT'S SHOWN IN THE SCREEN, AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED ON AUGUST. WE'RE WORKING TO SCHEDULE FOR NEXT MONTH, AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEKING CONSTRUCTION FUNDS. AND THIS IS THE PROJECT WEBSITE THAT I WAS MENTIONING. OKAY. OKAY. MAYBE I PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON. LET'S SEE. THERE WE GO. AND ON THE PUBLIC BUILDING SIDE WE HAVE THE ANIMALS SHELTER, OUTDOOR KENNELS. WE'RE GOING TO ADD 29 OUTDOOR KENNELS TO HELP REDUCE THE AIRBORNE ILLNESSES AND INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE SHELTER. THE BID PHASE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED. NEXT WEEK.ALL THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED AND IT'S FUTURE PROJECTS. ON TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON SPUR 54. THIS IS TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT NEED TRAFFIC SIGNALS. ALL OF IT IS TXDOT RIGHT AWAY. THE FIRST INTERSECTION IS WITH BASS PRO DRIVE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS SOUTH PALM COURT. THE CITY FUNDED THE DESIGN SIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO LET IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. THANK YOU. SO THIS ONE. HELLO. A FUTURE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IS THE HARLINGEN NORTH SOUTH LINK. THIS IS A PLANNING GRANT THAT THE CITY GOT AWARDED WITH THE RGV, MPO. THE GRANT AMOUNT WAS FOR 344,000. THIS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE NORTH, SOUTH, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY WITH WITH THE SOUTH SIDE. STARTING FROM THE DIXIELAND RESERVOIR PARK OR GO NORTH ALONG DIXIELAND. TAKE A RIGHT TURN ON LINCOLN AND THEN IT'S GOING TO SPLIT. IT'S GOING TO GO TOWARDS VICTOR PARK AND CONNECT TO THE ARROYO COLORADO.
AND CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS ROUTE, HEAD BACK AND GO NORTH ALONG THE IRRIGATION DITCH. WE'RE GOING TO DO DUAL PURPOSE AND CONNECT IT TO THE LONG HILL. THIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE CITY POPULATION. THE EXPECTED CROSS SECTION WILL BE TEN FEET WIDE. SO OVERALL, ABOUT A FIVE AND A HALF MILES OF A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. ANOTHER FUTURE PROJECT IS THE ARROYO COLORADO HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL EAST EXTENSION. THE CITY SECURED $2.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE MPO. THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION, SO THE DESIGN IS GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE. OUR STAFF WILL BE DOING THE PLANS WE ALREADY STARTED. WE'RE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THE DESIGN PHASE OR FINALIZE IT TOWARDS THE EARLY OF 2026. ONCE TEXDOT APPROVES THOSE PLANS AND SCHEMATICS, WE SHOULD BE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THE SUMMER. THIS SHOWS BASICALLY THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN OF THE ARROYO HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EXISTING PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. WE ARE WORKING WITH AN ANOTHER TXDOT PROJECT FOR THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SO THAT ENTAILS ADDING SOLAR LIGHTS ALONG THE EXISTING TRAIL.
APPROXIMATELY 130 SOLAR LIGHTS. AND WE'RE PROGRAMING THEM TO BE LIGHTED DURING OPERATION HOURS, SO IT COULD BE TURNED ON FROM 7 TO 1011. AND THEN DURING NIGHT WHEN THE TRAILS ARE CLOSED, IT'S GOING TO POWER DOWN TO ALLOW NATIVE BIRDS AND WHATNOT TO SLEEP PROPERLY AND THEN TURN BACK ON BACK AT FIVE. THE OTHER PHASE WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IS THE PHASE THREE. WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH A CONSULTANT THAT WOULD BE PLANNING PLANNING ONLY, SO BE ABLE TO CREATE WITH THE PLANS, THE SCHEMATIC AND ROUTE FOR THIS PROJECT BETWEEN THE PARK AND HUGH RAMSEY. AND THEN LASTLY, THE PHASE FIVE IS ESSENTIALLY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DIXIELAND PARK AND THE ARROYO COLORADO. AND I WILL REPEAT MYSELF. I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO STOP THE PHASE
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THREE EXPANSION BECAUSE YOU NEED TO STEAL LAND FROM 22 CITIZENS, AND EMINENT DOMAIN IS LEGAL IN THE CONSTITUTION. BUT IT'S ABSOLUTE CRAP AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO DEFEAT THAT. LET THEM ALL OTHER HAVE LET THEM ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THEIR PARKS. ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IN THE FUTURE IN-HOUSE ENGINEERING COMPONENT.SO AS MR. VARGAS MENTIONED, WE ARE EXPECTED TO FINALIZE THAT. HUCK TEN FLOOD PROTECTION PLANNING. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR ROADMAP. WE'RE PLANNING TO DETERMINE WHAT PROJECTS WE COULD DO IN-HOUSE WITH THE ADDED SUPPORT, THE NEW ENGINEERS AND NEW STAFF COMING ON BOARD AND WHATEVER WE CANNOT DO IN-HOUSE. CONSULT OUR STAFF AND SECURE IT THROUGH RFQ. ALSO, WE CONTINUE TO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PURSUING REPRESENTATION ON THE RGV, MPO AND THE REGION 15 FLOOD PROTECTION PLANNING GROUP. SO THE RGV MPO, ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCES, IS TO DO STREET IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN FOR THE REGION 15, IF YOU ADD PROJECTS TO THAT LIST, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING FOR THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST, YOU CANNOT APPLY. ALSO, IT HELPS YOU A LOT WITH FEDERAL GRANTS FOR FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE. SO WE'RE PURSUING THOSE THOSE AGENCIES TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THEM. AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ENGINEERING? FANTASTIC JOB. WE RELY HEAVILY ON YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER DISAPPOINTED US.
THANK YOU. EVEN THOUGH WE ALMOST THROW THE WHOLE CITY ON YOUR SHOULDERS, YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS WITHSTOOD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH LUIS. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. I WAS LITERALLY GROWING OUT MY HAIR JUST TO BE LIKE YOU. AND NOW YOU'RE LEAVING. SO I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT OTHERWISE. I GOT A HAIRCUT TODAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. WE. THAT YOU'LL STICK AROUND AND WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY. BEFORE. COMMISSIONER, I DIDN'T GET A COPY OF IT IN MY POCKET. COULD COULD Y'ALL KNOW? OKAY. CAN WE ALL JUST GET IT SENT TO THE COMMISSION? YES, PLEASE. WONDERFUL. AND IF WE COULD ALSO GET AN EMAIL OF THE PRESENTATION ALONG WITH ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS. SO IF WE WANT TO SHARE FOR INDIVIDUAL FACEBOOK'S FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE'S GOING TO WANT THE PHOTOS THAT ARE FOR HIS APPLICABLE TO.
YEAH DISTRICT ONE. DISTRICT TWO AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. YEAH. WE CAN UPLOAD THE PRESENTATION ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. AND WE CAN WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AND THE PHOTOS SEPARATELY AS WELL. SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YEP. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. NO.
YOU GOT IT. OH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT D PRESENTATION BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON PROPOSED MONUMENTAL SIGNS FOR CITY HALL AND BUILDING ENTRANCES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS CHRISTOPHER TORRES PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS IS JUST A REALLY BRIEF SUMMARY ON TWO MARQUEE SIGNS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING. THE FIRST ONE HERE IS FOR CITY HALL. THE THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A MONITOR THAT'S 9.5FT. AND WE CAN PLACE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS. IF YOU WANT TO DISPLAY ANY INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT. BUT IT ALSO HAS A FULL VIDEO. SO WHAT I WAS TOLD FROM THE CONTRACTOR IS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST PLAY AN NFL GAME THERE AND YOU CAN WATCH IT THERE, RIGHT? SO YEAH. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT YOU SEE THAT BRICK THAT'S IN THE BACKGROUND, HE IS GOING TO TRY TO MATCH THAT BRICK AS AS CLOSE AS HE CAN GET TO CITY HALL. RIGHT. YES. YEAH. AND SO THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE IMAGE. AND THEN BASICALLY IS THAT LUIS RIGHT THERE STANDING NEXT TO HIM
[Item 9 - Public Hearings]
THAT WE JUST TOOK THAT PICTURE TODAY BECAUSE HE GOT THE HAIRCUT. SO. AND SO THESE ARE THE DIMENSIONS ON ON THE, ON THE ON SITE. YES, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THAT WE NORMALLY PUT A BIG CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE FRONT OF CITY HALL, SO WE COULD COORDINATE TO MAKE SURE THAT EITHER ONE OF THOSE DON'T CONFLICT WITH THE OTHER. RIGHT.AND SO I HAVE A THIRD IMAGE IN THERE WHERE I'M GOING TO IT. EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE, THE DIMENSIONS ON THE ON THE SIGN. IT'S NOT A HUGE SIGN, BUT IT'S A SIGN THAT THAT'S THAT'LL GIVE GOOD CONTRAST WITH CITY HALL. RIGHT.
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SOMETIMES YOU GET THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE YOU HAD YOU HAVE THAT BIG, BIG, BIG SIGN AND IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S HUGE. RIGHT. AND THEN YOU GET THOSE THAT ARE REALLY SMALL. I THIS IS A PERFECT SIZE FOR THE BUILDING. AND, AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS MENTIONING.RIGHT. SO RIGHT THERE IN THAT CORNER THERE IS A HISTORICAL MARKER. RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO RELOCATE THAT HISTORICAL MARKER JUST SLIGHTLY ON THE COMMERCE SIDE, RIGHT. SO THAT WE COULD PLACE THIS SIGN BEFORE WE DO THE INSTALLATION, WE ARE GOING TO MEET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGN IS PLACED IN THE RIGHT POSITION TO BE ABLE TO LET THOSE CITIZENS THAT ARE DRIVING FROM COMMERCE AND FROM TYLER HAVE THAT THAT VISIBILITY RIGHT TO WHERE YOU DON'T MISS ANYTHING. WE TOLD THEM THAT WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, A CITIZEN TO BE DRIVING AND MISSING LIKE ONE PART OF THE MESSAGE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, WHERE DID IT SAY SO? HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT SIGN IS GOING TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS AS MR. GONZALEZ WAS MENTIONING, EVERY YEAR. PARKS, PLACE, PLACES A CHRISTMAS TREE ON, ON THAT SPOT. RIGHT. AND SO IF WE DECIDE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT BIG TREE, IT IS GOING TO BLOCK THAT SIGN. AND SO ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH DANNY WAS THAT MAYBE WE CAN SCALE DOWN THE SIZE OF THE OF THE TREE. HE SAYS.
IT'S LIKE 35.5 YEARS OLD, THE TREE. SO MAYBE IT'S TIME TO REPLACE IT, RIGHT? I'M JUST JOKING. IT'S NOT THAT OLD. NO, NO, NO, I'M JUST JOKING. THAT'S QUITE YOUNG, SIR. 35. SO, I MEAN, WE CAN MAYBE SCALE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND SO, SO THAT WE COULD PLACE IT BETWEEN THAT SIGN AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF, OF CITY HALL. AND THAT WAY IT IF WE CONTINUE PLACING THIS BIG TREE ON THAT SPOT, WE CAN, BUT WE WILL BE BLOCKING THAT SIGN FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THAT TREE IS THERE. ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS STREET PARKING. SO IF I PARK MY TRUCK, WILL I BLOCK THE SIGN? NO. OKAY, GOOD. YES. AND I GUESS CLEARLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BLOCK TRAFFIC OR OR LIKE ANYTHING THAT COMMERCE ONTO. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
THAT'S ONE WAY. OH YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S OKAY. WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IN THE MINORITY, BUT I THINK THAT THE SIGN IS REALLY NEEDED. AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE CHRISTMAS TREE, I THINK THAT THIS IS INFORMATIVE AND IS NEEDED THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD FIND ANOTHER SPOT. THE CHRISTMAS TREE INSIDE CITY HALL IS REALLY NICE TOO. DO YOU PUT ONE ON TOP OF CITY HALL? NO, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING IF WE COULD PUT THE BIG ONE UP ON THE ROOF, I'M JUST LOOKING AT. YEAH. SO THERE. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE PULLING THE TRIGGER ON THAT TOPPLED OVER ONE TIME WHEN IT WAS ON THE CORNER. SO I DON'T WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IF IT'S ON THE ROOF OR MAYBE A DIFFERENT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. SO JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, YOU ALL DID APPROVE A PURCHASE OF A MANLIFT. WE CAN PLACE THAT TREE UP ON TOP. THAT'S A BIG TREE. IT IS. AS LONG AS IT'S SECURE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO FLY OFF AND HIT ANYBODY. IT'S NOT WINDY HERE EVER. YEAH. AND THE CHIEF GIVES IT BOTH. THE CHIEFS GIVE IT THEIR BLESSING I JUST I REALLY THINK THAT IT'LL IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE SIGN TO BE THERE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WE ARE STILL BACK THERE. YES. SORRY, CHIEF. WHICH ONE? OH I DIDN'T, HE WAS IN MUFTI. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. Y'ALL DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT MUFTI MEANS. NO, SIR. NO, I DON'T, DO YOU. IT'S CIVILIAN CLOTHES. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE WILL, INSTEAD OF DRIVING, STOP AND. WATCH WHAT'S BEING. I MEAN, IT'S A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE IDEA IS GOOD.
I MEAN, WE HAVE SIGNS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I THINK THE WORST THING WE HAVE IS PEOPLE ON PHONES. YEAH, WORSE THAN THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK SO. AS LONG AS THEY'RE SIMPLE MESSAGES THAT
[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for a request to rezone from Not Designated ("N") District to Light Industry (LI) District for a 479.25-acre tract of land out of Survey 279, located along the north side of Rio Hondo Road , approximately 8,540 feet east of Loop 499. Applicant: City of Harlingen.]
JUST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AN EXPRESSWAY, THERE'S A SIGN UP ON THE EXPRESSWAY THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, DRIVE SAFE. YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY NOT SMALL LETTERS WITH A WHOLE PARAGRAPH OF STUFF, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, SIR, A COUPLE WORDS, RIGHT. AND MUFTI, THIS MUFTI AND WE CAN PLACE STATIONARY MESSAGES OR SOME THAT ARE MOVABLE. RIGHT. AND SO IT'LL BE UP TO YOU. ALL THIS THIS SIGN RIGHT HERE WILL HAVE, WILL COME WITH THE SOFTWARE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN JUST BASICALLY FROM ITS PHONE PLACE ANYTHING ON THE SITE. A CITY EMPLOYEE, I WAS GOING TO[01:25:04]
SAY WHAT? RIGHT. YEAH. GOT IT RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIGN? I THINK IT'S GREAT. NO.OKAY. AND SO NOW WE HAVE THE ONE FOR LANCE HILL. RIGHT. THIS IS NOT LEWIS. THIS IS ROBERT. SO
[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on second and final reading for the voluntary annexation of 10.00 acres of land out of Block 3, F.H. Handley Subdivision , located on the east side of Paloma Lane approximately 2,010.46 ft. south of Garrett Road , including all the right-of-way on the south side of Garrett Road approx. 320 .77 ft east of Paloma Lane and all the right-of-way along Paloma Lane south of Garrett Road to and through the property. Applicant: Casa Engineering c/o JV. & Jessica Garcia]
THIS ONE WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT AS WELL. THIS IS THIS IS NOT A MONITOR. THIS IS JUST IT'LL BE STAINLESS STEEL SIGNS THAT WE CAN REPLACE AS AS WE NEED TO. RIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN THERE. BUT I MEAN IF AT ONE POINT VITAL STATISTICS IS MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE CAN REPLACE THAT ONE SIGN. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ON BREAK. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A CONCRETE FOUNDATION. AND IT'S NOT AS BIG AS THE ONE FOR CITY HALL. THIS IS JUST SLIGHTLY SMALLER. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S A SLIGHTLY SMALLER. THIS IS LET ME SEE, TEN FEET IN HEIGHT AND SIX FEET IN. NO I'M SORRY, TEN, TEN FEET IN WIDTH AND SIX FEET IN HEIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE? SURE. WHAT YOU JUST HAD RIGHT NOW, THIS ONE? YEAH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. WE'RE CHANGING THE NAME FROM ANIMAL CONTROL TO ANIMAL CARE. YOU'RE RIGHT. SO BUT BEFORE WE DO ANY, ANY INSTALLATION OF THOSE APARTMENTS, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for a request for the voluntary annexation of 126.50 acres of land out of the Cameron County School Lands Survey 279 located along the west side of Bob Youker Road and all the adjacent right-of-way along Rio Hondo Road , Woodall Avenue, and Bodenhamer Road , and the east 1,413.96 feet of Rio Hondo Road . Applicant: City of Harlingen]
EVERYTHING IS CORRECT. YES. IT SAYS HILL MEMORIAL ON THE SIGN RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE SO, YES IT DOES. THANKS. SO DOES IT HAVE TO BE WHITE OR IS THAT JUST A MOCK UP OF. WELL, THAT WAS A DESIGN DAY THEY SUBMITTED, RIGHT? THAT COLOR SCHEME CAN CHANGE IF Y'ALL DECIDE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, BROWN OR, YOU KNOW, GREEN, WHATEVER COLOR YOU ALL DECIDE TO COME UP WITH, WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES FOR SURE. SO TWO THINGS I NOTICED ON THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT YOU HAD MATCHED THAT BRICK. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS ONE. SURE. TO MATCH THIS BRICK TO LANCE HILL'S MEMORIAL BUILDING. SOUNDS LIKE A HOSPITAL OUT OF IT. DOES. RIGHT? LIKE, OKAY.YEAH. SO I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW. WHAT'S THAT SHOW? THE ONE LIKE GRAY'S ANATOMY OR SOMETHING? SURE. HILL MEMORIAL. BUT ANYWAYS, AND IF WE CAN GET IT TO KIND OF TRACK MORE WITH THAT BUILDING TO LOOK MORE, YOU KNOW, THE COLOR CODE TO, TO MATCH THAT BUILDING. ONE, TWO.
IF WE CAN GET THAT WHICH IS PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT STUFF, IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE
[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances Chapter 109, Subdivisions, Section 109-91 , Plat Requirements, Form, and Content; by adding a section pertaining to the expiration of the plat and moving the current content of Section (f) to Section (g) . Applicant: City of Harlingen ]
BIGGER, THE WORDING. YES. JUST BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY SMALL. YEAH. NO. SO THOSE ARE GOING THE LETTER THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO BE FOUR INCH. SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.WE CAN GO BIGGER. WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL ASK THE VENDOR TO GIVE US A MOCK JUST TO SEE HOW IT'LL LOOK. AND THEN I CAN SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH THAT MOCK SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE IT. AS I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE ALREADY AT CAPACITY ESSENTIALLY AT THAT BUILDING. CORRECT? I WOULD SAY SO, PRETTY MUCH. SO THERE'S THAT GAP BETWEEN THE TOP, WHICH IS PLANNING DEPARTMENT. YOU SEE THAT GAP BETWEEN THAT BLACK BAR AND THEN WHERE IT SAYS PLANNING. AND THEN WE HAVE A GAP ON THE BOTTOM IF WE CAN KIND OF JUST HAVE MIMIC THAT GAP. SO THE TOP GAP IS FOUR INCHES. LET'S HAVE THE BOTTOM GAP BE FOUR INCHES TO THEREBY GIVE US LET THE WORDS BE BIGGER OKAY. SURE WE CAN DO THAT. AND IF WE COULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE CAN PARK IN FRONT OF IT AND BLOCK THE VIEW FROM THE STREET. OR AGAIN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TURNING. SO AGAIN THESE ARE THE DIMENSIONS RIGHT. AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S PLACED. IF YOU CAN SEE THE CURB IS PAINTED SO THAT NOBODY PARKS ON THAT THAT ONE SPOT. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT CURB IS PAINTED AT ALL TIMES.
THAT WAY. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. THANK YOU. YEAH. WHAT'S THE COST OF THE OF THIS SIGN. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. I BELIEVE IT WAS 13,000. AND THE ONE FOR THE CITY HALL IS 25. AND WE DID SEARCH FOR THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES. YES, I THINK IT'S NEEDED. I JUST I REALLY LIKE THE ONE FOR CITY HALL. NOT SO MUCH. MAYBE IT'S THE COLOR. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE IT LOOK NICE. THE COLOR TO MATCH THE BUILDING. SURE. JUST IT FEELS LIKE IT'D BE REALLY MODERN. AND THEN THE BUILDING, NOT SO MUCH. AND YEAH, GOING BACK TO THAT, THAT SCREEN FOR CITY HALL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING ISSUES WITH. I'VE BEEN SEEING WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE OUT TILES AND FIX THEM OR ONE TILE BREAKS. YOU GUYS CAN SWAP IT OUT. AGAIN, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE THINGS, BUT THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT PEOPLE CAN TEND TO FORGET ABOUT. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN IF LIKE A CERTAIN
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PORTION OF IT BREAKS, YOU GUYS CAN REPLACE THAT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. ABSOLUTELY. YES.THERE'S SOME KIND OF WARRANTY ON IT. IT IS. IT'S GOT A TEN YEAR WARRANTY ON THE SCREEN, AND IT'S GOT A SEVEN YEAR WARRANTY ON THE STRUCTURE. BUT AS COMMISSIONER LOPEZ MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN, RIGHT? WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL MAINTAIN IT BECAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND SPRAY, SPRAY, WASH IT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT LOOKS CLEAN. IS THERE ANY KIND OF CAMERA BUILT INTO THE SCREEN TO KIND OF MONITOR IN CASE SOMEBODY CAME UP WITH A SPRAY CAN? AND THERE YOU GO. WE DON'T. BUT I CAN PLACE A CAMERA.
I MEAN, WE CAN PLACE A CAMERA SO THAT IT'S LOOKING OVER THAT SIGN FROM IT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE ONE WAS EMBEDDED IN THE SCREEN OR COULD BE. NO, NOT NOT WITHIN THE SIGN ITSELF. THERE'S CAMERAS THOUGH. OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE COMING IN THE FRONT
[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance on first reading amending the previously adopted Ordinance No. 2025-26 to extend the waiver of certain permit fees within the City of Harlingen caused by the recent State of Emergency , and amending the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 103, "Buildings and Building Regulations ," Section 103-6, "Waiver of Permit Fees for Rehabilitation during Declared State of Emergency ." Applicant: City of Harlingen.]
DOOR. I KNOW THERE'S ONE FOR SURE BY THE ENTRANCE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE ON THAT SIDE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO PLACING ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS SPENDING, YOU KNOW, AM I CAN PUT ONE IN. RIGHT. THEY DID INSTALL ONE. I MEAN, I'M GOING TO EXPECT LOUIS TO JUST STAND NEXT TO IT ALL THE TIME ANYWAYS. I CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. SO I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THEN I'LL SEND I'LL SEND YOU OUT AN EMAIL SO THAT Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING. IF THERE'S ANY DEMOS, EMAIL DEMOS OR WEBSITE DEMOS OF THESE SCREENS, IF YOU CAN SEND IT TO US, WE DO HAVE SOME. I'LL SEND THEM ALL. AND I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BEFORE YOU PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT. AND MAYBE JUST SEND IT TO GABE AND HE CAN SEND IT TO US OR SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY, YEAH I AGREE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. EXCITING. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NINE PUBLIC HEARINGS. AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM TO ADDRESS EACH ITEM LISTED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE TOPIC OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING. IF MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK DURING EACH TOPIC. PROVIDE. PROVIDED YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM FOR THE APPROPRIATE TOPIC. IF YOU ARE. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR TWO OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL TOPICS. AT THIS MOMENT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. MAYOR.
OKAY, I'LL DO THESE QUICKLY, BUT BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANT TO ASK MARK. I WAS NOTICING WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE AGENDA, AND I TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT, AND I MAYBE JUST WRONG, BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING FOR THESE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS? IT COULDN'T BE JUST ON CONSENT FOR A SECOND READING BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD. HAVE WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT THEN? I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT BEING ON. I MEAN, I THINK NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE
[Item 10f - Discussion and possible direction regarding the regulation of on-street parking on Barton Avenue, including consideration of potential parking restrictions, signage, or other traffic control measures.]
WE POSTED IT. AS I HAD LUNCH WITH MARK YESTERDAY OR AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE ORIGINAL ONES, AND SO THEY WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO US. SO I HAD MARV LOOK AT THEM TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GAVE THE THUMBS UP. MARV. MARV, THE PALOMA LANE, OH, THE PALOMA LANE. I'M SORRY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT ONE AND THE NO. YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A REASON, BUT TEN A AND TEN B WE DID. THIS WAS TEN ACRES OF LAND OVER IN DISTRICT FIVE, PALOMA LANE AND GARRETT ROAD. I REMEMBER THAT ONE. REMEMBER? SO WE OPENED IT, WE CLOSED IT. WE HAD THE FIRST READING, SO I ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD COME ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE IT WAS UNANIMOUS AND THEN WE MOVED FORWARD. BUT IS THAT NOT THE PROCESS? THAT IS THE PROCESS. BUT SO MOVING FORWARD, IF WE CAN JUST DO THAT, UNLESS OF COURSE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES AND LET'S BRING IT BACK. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT DONE QUICKLY. ONE COMMENT ON ANNEXATIONS. YOU DO NEED TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE OKAY. SO BUT DOES THE PNC COUNT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. NO, NO. SO FOR ANNEXATIONS WE NEED THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, ONE AT PNC AND TWO HERE. YES. OKAY. SO THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. ITEM B, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF TEN ACRES OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK THREE. F.H. HANLEY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PALOMA LANE, APPROXIMATELY 2010.46FT SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD. INCLUDING ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 320.77FT EAST OF PALOMA LANE, AND ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG PALOMA LANE, SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD TO AND THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THIS TIME WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON DID I SKIP ONE? I THINK YOU SKIPPED A MAYOR. OKAY. AND I'M ON B OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM B AND HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, GO TO ITEM A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FROM NOT DESIGNATED DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT FOR 79.25 ACRE LAND OF LAND OUT OF SURVEY 279. LOCATED[01:35:08]
ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF RIO HONDA ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 8540FT EAST OF LOOP 499 WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NINE SEE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 126.5 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE CAMERON COUNTY SCHOOLS LAND SURVEY, 279. LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF BOB UECKER ROAD AND ALL THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY ALONG RIO HONDO ROAD, WOULD WOODALL AVENUE AND BOTTOM LATIMER ROAD, BOWDEN HAMMER ROAD, SORRY, AND THE EAST 1413.96FT OF RIO HONDO ROAD AT THIS TIME WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NINE D PUBLIC HEARING AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 109 SUBDIVISION. SECTION 109 DASH 91 PLOT REQUIREMENTS, FORM AND CONTENT. BY ADDING A SECTION PERTAINING TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE PLOT AND MOVING THE CURRENT CONTENT OF SECTION F TO SECTION G. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND FINALLY, NINE E PUBLIC HEARING AMENDING THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2526 TO EXTEND THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN PERMIT FEES WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CAUSED BY THE RECENT STATE OF EMERGENCY AND AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 103, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. SECTION 100 3-6 WAIVER OF PERMIT FEES FOR REHABILITATION DURING DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AND HAVING NO ONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. OKAY. ACTION ITEM TEN 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 TEN A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM NOT DESIGNATED DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT FOR A 479.25 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF SURVEY 279. LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF RIO HONDO ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 8540FT EAST OF LOOP 499, WE HAVE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. REZONING FROM NOT DESIGNATED AN DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR A 479.25 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, THAT OF SURVEY 279, LOCATED AT ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF RIO HONDO ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 8540FT EAST OF LOOP 499. A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF TEN ACRES OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK THREE. F.H. HANLEY SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PALOMA LANE, APPROXIMATELY 20 10.46FT SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD, INCLUDING ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 320.77FT EAST OF PALOMA LANE, AND ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG PALOMA LANE, SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD TO AND THROUGH THE PROPERTY APPLICANT CASA ENGINEERING AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BY ANNEXING, FOR FULL PURPOSE, A TEN ACRE TRACT OF LAND AT A BLOCK THREE F.H. HANLEY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PALOMA LANE, APPROXIMATELY 2010.46FT SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD, INCLUDING ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the Harlingen Code of Ordinances, Article VI , Section 111-142 to add Sections 11-142(e.)(f.) to regulate certain on-street parking within the City of Harlingen , to prohibit on-street parking at Barton Avenue to create exception to allow for service of utilizes and providing for severability. Attachment (This item was requested by Commissioner Lopez and Commissioner Perez)(This item was tabled during the Meeting of July 2, 2025)]
SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 320.77 EAST OF PALOMA LANE, AND ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG PALOMA LANE SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD TO AND THROUGH THE PROPERTY, BINDING THE LAND TO ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY.[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Municipal Maintenance Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)]
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A REQUEST FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 126.5 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE CAMERON COUNTY SCHOOL LANDS SURVEY 279. LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF BOB UECKER ROAD AND ALL THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY ALONG RIO HONDO ROAD, WOODWARD AVENUE AND HAMER ROAD IN THE EAST. 1413.96FT OF RIO HONDO ROAD. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE GOT TO READ IT IN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BY ANNEXING FOR A FULL PURPOSE, A 126.5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE CAMERON COUNTY SCHOOL LANDS, LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BOB BODENHEIMER ROAD AND WEST OF BOB UECKER ROAD, BINDING THE LAND TO ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL[01:40:05]
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. CODE OF[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to authorize the Environmental Health Director to purchase a vehicle via TIPS-USA to replace unit 612, which was assigned to an Animal Control officer.]
ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 109. SUBDIVISIONS. SECTION 109 DASH 91 PLAT REQUIREMENTS. FORM AND CONTENT BY ADDING SECTION PERTAINING TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE PLAT AND MOVING THE CURRENT CONTENT OF SECTION F TO SECTION G IN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 20 2526. WAIVING[Item 10j - Consideration and possible action to approve a request from Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) to permanently close "C" Street from Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue as part of the Union Pacific Railroad Rail Track Realignment Project.]
CERTAIN PERMIT FEES WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CAUSED BY THE RECENT STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 103, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS AMENDING SECTION 103 SIX. WAIVER OF PERMIT FEES FOR REHABILITATION DURING THE DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. I THINK THAT WAS THE WRONG CAPTION. YEAH, WE'RE ON D OH, DID I JUMP ONE MORE TIME? ALL PAGES STUCK TOGETHER IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF[Item 10k - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution approving the One-Year Action Plan (Budget) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (Year 51) of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (Year 31) of the Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) ]
HARLINGEN. AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 109 SUBDIVISION, SECTION 109 91 PLAT REQUIREMENTS FROM AND CONTENT BY ADDING A SECTION PERTAINING TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE PLAT AND MOVING THE CURRENT CONTENT OF SECTION F TO SECTION G, PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. ON THIS ONE IN THE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INCLUDING THEM.THE MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED WAS TO HAVE THE EXPIRATION BE AFTER ONE YEAR, AND THEN GIVE THE DIRECTOR, THE PLANNING ZONING DIRECTOR, ANOTHER YEAR OF DISCRETION. BUT THE WAY I READ THE ORDINANCE, IT SAYS TWO YEARS. SO ADDITIONAL IN AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT SAID THAT PART OR IT DIDN'T TRACK WHAT WAS APPROVED AT PLANNING AND ZONING. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS COMMISSION FEELS ON THAT. WHETHER WE WANT TO DO A ONE YEAR EXPIRATION AND THEN GIVE THE DIRECTOR THE AUTHORITY TO EXTEND AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THE DIRECTOR FEELS THAT SUBSEQUENT SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, I'D RATHER DO THAT. I
[Item 10l - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution of the City of Harlingen suspending the August 19 , 2025, effective date of Texas Gas Service Company's requesting increase to permit the City time to study the request and to establish reasonable rates approving cooperation with other Cities served by AEP Texas and authorizing intervention in AEP Texas lnc.'s requested rate change proceedings before the commission (PUC) ; hiring Lloyd Gosslink Attorneys and Consulting Services to negotiate with the Company and direct any necessary litigation and appeals; requiring reimbursement of Cities' rate case expenses; finding that the meeting at which this resolution is passed is open to the public as required by law; requiring notice of this Resolution to the Company and Legal Counsel.]
AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. I THINK THAT KIND OF IS ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU MENTIONED. WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, ADMINISTRATIVE, CORRECT OVERSIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S POINT ONE. POINT TWO IS, I BELIEVE THE I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. OLIVO OR SOMEONE AT THIS MEETING MENTIONED THAT HARLINGEN HAD THE LOWEST RATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT WAS LIKE A LIKE, I THINK $150, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.THAT'S CORRECT. THE SUBDIVISION APPLICATION. THAT THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE. CORRECT.
JUST JUST FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTING TO MARKET RATE, WHATEVER YOU ALL RECOMMEND. IS MARKET RATE. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE CAN DO THAT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE FEE THAT WE HAVE IN PLANNING, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY'VE HAD LATELY AND THE DEGREE OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY.
AND SO I THINK AND PLANNING WANTS TO KEEP ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY MAKE. WE CAN EARMARK THAT.
IT STAYS IN THE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT. I'M JUST SAVINGS IT. BUT SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IF EVERYONE IS GOOD WITH QUESTIONS, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE D CONTINGENT ON THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS APPROVED ON PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH IS THE ONE ON ONE. OKAY, OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY OKAY. ITEM TEN E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AMENDING THE PREVIOUS ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2526, TO EXTEND A WAIVER OF CERTAIN PERMIT FEES WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CAUSED BY THE RECENT STATE OF EMERGENCY AND AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 103, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, SECTION 100 3-6 WAIVER OF PERMIT FEES FOR REHABILITATION DURING DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DANIEL. YES, SIR. THEY'RE ASKING FOR 45, 45 DAYS PLUS ANOTHER 30 DAYS. CORRECT. I'M E YOU'RE CORRECT. COULDN'T WE START OFF WITH 75 AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AMPLE TIME AFTER THAT REQUEST? 30 DAYS IF THEY NEED IT. WHAT, 35 DAYS IS ALREADY EXPIRED. AND SO FEMA IS STILL HERE HANDING OUT CHECKS TO RESIDENTS. AND SO WHAT WE
[Item 10m - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution of the City Commission of Harlingen, Texas accepting for public use and maintenance a portion of an ingress and access easement located on Lots 1 and 2, previously dedicated for public use on the final plat of Camelot Professional Plaza.]
WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THAT THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAD FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD FLOOD DAMAGE WOULD BE BECAUSE IF THEY GET A CHECK AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO NEED AN EXTRA 30 DAYS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY PROBABLY GET A BUILDING PERMIT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXTENDING IT. THAT. BUT DO YOU SHOULDN'T WE EXTEND IT EVEN FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? OH, THAT'S MY QUESTION. OH, I'M OPPOSED TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MORALEZ IS SAYING. SO LONG AS STAFF FEELS THAT IT CAN ALL BE DONE RIGHT, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM UNDER. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDER UNNECESSARY PRESSURE. IF YOU KNOW THINGS ARE SLOW DOWN, WE[01:45:04]
KNOW FEMA HAS THEIR HANDS FULL RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY FOR FLOOD VICTIMS. THAT CAN SHOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY SUFFERED FLOOD DAMAGE. SO I THINK WE CAN DO THAT, EXTENDED AN EXTRA. YEAH. EXTEND AN EXTRA 30 DAYS. YEAH. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION.YEAH. MARK. MARK, ARE YOU READY? IS THAT FINE? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. SUBJECT TO COMMISSIONER MORALES'S ADDITION OF 30 DAYS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEM TEN. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING THE REGULATION ON OF ON STREET PARKING ON BARN AVENUE, INCLUDING CONSIDERATION AND POTENTIAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS, SIGNAGE AND OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES. PLANNING. NUNEZ OR PLANNER ONE. AND SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO AFTER OUR LAST DISCUSSION ON THE BARN ISSUE, I
[Item 11 - Board Appointments]
ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE. SOME OF THE HOUSES DON'T EVEN HAVE DRIVEWAYS, SO THEY'RE PARKING ON THE STREET. SO IF WE WERE TO IMPOSE ANY KIND OF RESTRICTIONS ON THEM, IT COULD BECOME[Item 14 - Adjournment]
PROBLEMATIC. SO HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF BARTON. RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT A MIXTURE OF WAREHOUSES ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF IT, A COUPLE OF HOUSES. AND THEN ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BARTON YOU HAVE HOMES, A LOT OF THEIR SIDE, THEIR DRIVEWAYS ARE ACTUALLY NOT AT WHAT WE HAVE STANDARD NOW. SO THIS SUBDIVISION IS FROM 1945. SO A LOT OF THE DRIVEWAYS ARE ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN 24FT, 18FT. A LOT OF THEM ARE 12FT. SOME OF THEM ARE DIRT. THEY'RE NOT EVEN PAVED. SO IMPOSING ANY KIND OF RESTRICTIONS COULD BECOME PROBLEMATIC. ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING, MOST OF THE STREET IS COMMERCIAL WITH YOUR LIGHT INDUSTRY ON THIS PORTION OVER HERE, I DID PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS FOR REVIEW, AND REALLY IT'S JUST DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AS TO HOW YOU WOULD WANT US TO NAVIGATE THIS. I DID ALSO ADD IN THERE THE SECTION ON ELDERLY PARKING AND DISABLED PARKING. NOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ANYBODY APPLYING FOR THESE TYPES OF PARKING WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY.CHIEF. YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS OR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS AT YOU SOUL AND I, WHAT DO YOU ALL RECOMMEND? THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION THAT WILL RESOLVE IT? RESOLVE THE CONCERNS THAT WE KEEP HEARING. SO I DID SPEAK TO CODY, THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAS THE MECHANIC SHOP. HE'S ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A FACILITY. THAT FACILITY DOES FACILITY DOESN'T SERVE HIS NEEDS. HE'S ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS. HE'S DONE SOME MECHANIC WORK FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS. HE'S TOWED SOME OF THE NEIGHBOR'S JUNK VEHICLES. HE'S DONE SOME YARD WORK IN THEIR PROPERTIES. FROM THE LAST COMPLAINT WE RECEIVED, I DON'T THINK WE RECEIVED ANY MORE, HAVE WE? SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO, DO YOU WANT TO RESTRICT THE PARK? WE DID. WE DID BECAUSE WE JUST THE CHIEFS JUST SENT IT TO ME. OKAY. YEAH. ANOTHER COMPLAINT. AND SO IT'S, IT'S THE SAME GENTLEMAN. AND I THINK INITIALLY IT WAS THE EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN THEY WERE TESTING THE VEHICLES OUT THERE.
AND THEN SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING THROUGH WERE RAISED. WELL, IT WAS THEY WERE TESTING THE RACE CARS AND THE CARS THAT THEY WERE FIXING. SO I KNOW I WENT OUT THERE, I PASSED BY THERE TODAY AND THERE WAS I KNOW THERE'S SOME SPEED HUMPS ON THERE ON THE STREETS NOW. I JUST SENT COMMISSIONER LOPEZ A PICTURE THAT THE GENTLEMAN HAD SENT ME WHERE THE VEHICLES, THE VEHICLES ARE BEING WORKED ON. THE TAIL END OF THE VEHICLES IS IN THE STREET. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BLOCKING PART OF THE STREET. AND I THINK THAT TO ME, THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION THERE IS OBVIOUSLY TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AND FIND OUT WHAT'S THE WHAT DO THEY WANT. RIGHT.
AND SEE IF ARE THEY WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR OWN PARKING BECAUSE LIKE I THINK MAYOR MENTIONED SOMETIME BACK ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A PARTY, THEY INVITE THEIR FRIENDS FAMILIES OVER. AND IF YOU HAVE RESTRICTIONS, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GOING TO BE MOVING THEIR VEHICLES OUT OF THE WAY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE INTOXICATED OR THEY'RE THEY'RE PLANNING TO SPEND THE NIGHT? AND AS IT IS, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE SEVERAL TIMES. AND THERE'S IT'S THE AREA IS LIMITED WITH PARKING AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S BUSINESSES ON THIS SITE AND. I MEAN, THE BUSINESSES ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE'S PARKING IF YOU. YEAH. CAN YOU ZOOM IN OR NOT? OKAY. IF YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE ROOM TO PARK IN THE BACK, I'VE DRIVEN
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THROUGH THERE EVEN RECENTLY. A WEEK OR TWO AGO, I DROVE THROUGH THERE AND I LOOKED IN BETWEEN THE BUSINESSES. SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE AMPLE PARKING IN THE BACK TO THE REAR OF THE BUSINESSES. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO PARK THERE. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT LIKE YOU ALL MENTIONED. YEAH. SO SEE, THERE'S PARKING ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU KNOW. THE RESIDENTS PARK OVER THERE AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE SOME PARKING FOR THEMSELVES OUT HERE ON THE STREET. BUT THE LOTS ARE SMALL. AND I THINK EACH PERSON THERE, EACH RESIDENT PROBABLY HAS ROOM FOR 2 OR 3 CARS AT THE MOST. I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THEY WANT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE STILL A PROBLEM OUT THERE. OKAY. TO CHIEF ALVAREZ POINT, WE COULD MEET WITH THEM AND JUST DISCUSS THE OPTIONS AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT DIRECTION THEY WOULD WANT US TO TAKE AND THEN WHATEVER DIRECTION THEY TELL US, THEN WE CAN MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. THAT WORKS. NOW I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WELL, THIS IS JUST DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION. SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'LL TAKE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN ON G WE'LL LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE. WE LEAVE IT. YEAH. SO WE PASS ON G. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. PUBLIC WORKS.GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SO THIS IS THE MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH TEXAS THE LAST TWO MEETINGS AGO. WE I CAME UP AND INTRODUCED A NEW RESOLUTION TO YOU ALL, WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED. AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST A MOTION TO FINALIZE THAT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, WHICH IT'S REALLY NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE OLD MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. AND SO ONCE CITY MANAGER ASSIGNS THIS, THIS AGREEMENT, THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PHASE OF IDENTIFYING THOSE SECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED BY US. AND, AND THE NEGOTIATION OF, OF ANY FUNDING. I THINK THE FUNDING HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND IT'S FOR THE INTERCHANGE ON TYLER AND HARRISON OVER BY THE EXPRESSWAY. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN START WORKING ON THOSE AREAS. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM TEN I CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE VIA TIPS USA TO REPLACE UNIT 612, WHICH WAS ASSIGNED TO AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.
SHANNON. ITEM TEN J. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE C STREET FROM ADAMS AVENUE TO JEFFERSON AVENUE AS PART OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RAILROAD TRACK REALIGNMENT PROJECT. ENGINEERING MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. RIGHT. I DIDN'T HEAR Y'ALL. YEAH YEAH YEAH. OKAY. ITEM TEN K CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING APPROVE PROVIDING THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026. YEAR 51 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026. YEAR 31 OF THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. HOME. THIS ITEM WAS TABLED THE MEETING OF JULY 2ND, 2025. WE GOT EVERYTHING. ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW, RIGHT? RIGHT. IT WAS TABLED BECAUSE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WASN'T ABLE TO MEET BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, SO THEY HAD TO MEET. I THINK THEY'VE DONE IT ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT A PRESENTATION FROM. NO WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. NO, WE DO NEED A MOTION TO TABLE. YES. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. IT IS NOW OFF THE TABLE. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ITEM TEN CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN SUSPENDING THE AUGUST 19TH, 2025, EFFECTIVE DATE OF TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANIES REQUESTING INCREASE TO PERMIT THE CITY TIME TO STUDY THE REQUEST AND TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE RATES.
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APPROVING COOPERATION WITH OTHER CITIES SERVED BY AEP TEXAS AND AUTHORIZING INTERVENTION IN AEP TEXAS INC'S REQUESTED RATE CHANGE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION. HIRING LLOYD GOSSELINK ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTING SERVICES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY AND DIRECT ANY NECESSARY LITIGATION AND APPEALS REQUIRING REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY'S RATE CASE EXPENSES.FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, REQUIRING NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND LEGAL COUNSEL. SO, GABE, WE DANCED THIS DANCE. YES, SIR. EVERY FEW YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, THOUGH, THAT THIS IS FOR TEXAS GAS SERVICE. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT SAYS AEP. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. YEAH. THEY JUST I ASKED STAFF TO ACTUALLY COPY THE SAME TEXAS GAS RESOLUTION AND PUT IT ON HERE. BUT I THINK WE MAY HAVE TAKEN THE AEP. EVERYTHING ELSE IS CORRECT EXCEPT WHERE IT SAYS AEP. IT SHOULD REFER TO TEXAS GAS SERVICE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, COMMISSIONER, WE DO THIS EVERY SO OFTEN. IF WE DO, IF WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND THAT'S THE CORRECT RESOLUTION IS IN YOUR PACKET, IT WILL SUSPEND THE RATES FOR 90 DAYS. AND GIVING THOMAS AND HIS LAW FIRM AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THE RATE CASE AND SEE IF IT'S IF IT'S REASONABLE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE LAW FIRM? OH, YES. YEAH. ISN'T IT USUALLY LIKE A REGIONAL THING WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE COUNTY? IS THIS IS THIS SOME THIS ONE? THE REIMBURSEMENTS WILL BE PAID FOR BY TEXAS GAS SERVICE. AND SO THERE'S NO COST TO US. RIGHT.
BUT YOU'RE OKAY WITH WITH THIS. YES. YES. OKAY. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RESOLUTION. YES. ALL RIGHT. OPPOSED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEM TEN M CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY COMMISSION OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, ACCEPTING FOR PUBLIC USE AND MAINTENANCE A PORTION OF AN INGRESS AND ACCESS EASEMENT LOCATED ON LOTS ONE AND TWO, PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC USE ON THE FINAL PLAT OF CAMELOT PROFESSIONAL PLAZA. I THINK LEGAL WAS RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS. THAT'S CORRECT. I DO OKAY AT THIS TIME. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? MOTION? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THE TIME IS NOW. 7:17 P.M. WE'LL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE GOT ANOTHER ONE TODAY. RIGHT.
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LET'S GO ONE MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW. 7:38 P.M. WE'RE BACK IN[02:18:23]
OPEN SESSION. AND WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM, MISS MYRA. YES WE DO. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO[02:18:31]
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HARLINGEN, TEXAS, ACCEPTING FOR PUBLIC USE AND MAINTENANCE A PORTION OF AN INGRESS AND ACCESS EASEMENT LOCATED ON LOT ONE AND TWO, PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC USE ON THE FINAL PLAT OF CAMELOT PROFESSIONAL PLAZA. MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE LANGUAGE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KINSLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM 11 IS BOARD APPOINTMENTS SPECIFICALLY APPOINTED OR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO INCLUDE APPOINTMENT AND OR REMOVAL OF ANY POSITION SUBJECT TO APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL BY STATUTE, ORDINANCE OR BYLAWS.ANY BOARD APPOINTMENTS I HAVE NOT. NONE NONE. NONE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WALK AROUND. YOU'RE GOING TO.
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