Nov 05, 2025 CC Workshop & Reg Meeting 11-05-2025

[Item 1 - (City Commission Workshop) Call to Order]

[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest]

[Item 3 - Citizen Communication]

[Item 4 - Presentation and discussion on a variance to the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances to allow one instead of two required entrances for the proposed Horseshoe Pointe Subdivision, located in the 3.5-mile ETJ, on the south side of Morris Road, approximately 2,095.97 feet southwest of S. Ed Carey Drive. Attachment (Planning & Development) (This item was tabled during the Regular City Commission meeting of October 6, 2025)]

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ENGINE. HARLINGEN DON'T MATTER, AND MAKING IT HARDER TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR

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WE'VE DISCUSSED THE WHITE OAK CONCERNS PREDOMINANTLY. MY CONCERN SPECIFICALLY IS DRAINAGE AND FLOODING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE LIVED IN A HOTEL FOR FOUR MONTHS THIS YEAR, FROM MARCH TO THE BEGINNING, END OF JULY. THAT WAS DEVASTATING FOR US. SO I'M NOT LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID TODAY, I'M NOT PRO, I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WANT IT DONE RESPONSIBLY. AND I RESPECT THE SIMMONS AS A FAMILY. THEY'RE A, YOU KNOW, STRONG FAMILY HERE FROM OUR AREA AND HAS ALL TO DO WITH HOW THIS WILL AFFECT MY HOME, MY FAMILY.

WILL WE GET FLOODED AGAIN? HOW ARE THESE PLANS GOING TO AFFECT THE LONG TERM LIVABILITY OF WHITE OAK? AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME PLANS IN THE FUTURE MASTER PLANS FOR THE CITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS? IS THE DEVELOPMENT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PITCH IN ON THEIR SIDE? IS THE CITY GOING TO PITCH IN AND DO THEIR SIDE? THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. ALSO, REGARDING THE TRAFFIC WITH THIS NEW PROPOSED NEW SUBDIVISION, I THINK IT WAS KIND OF DISCUSSED ABOUT WIDENING THE ROAD, MAKING IT LARGER. AND THEN ACCORDING TO THE TXDOT STANDARDS THAT THE FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ENTRANCES ARE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY, YOU KNOW, THE CODE VARIANCE TO BE APPROVED. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT'S RIGHT NOW A 30 MILE PER HOUR ROAD. IF Y'ALL WIDEN IT TO THE FOUR LANES, IT INCREASES SPEED LIMIT. AND THEN THE STANDARDS CHANGE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS A LITTLE BIT LATER DOWN. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST AGENDAS HERE, THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU HAD NOT APPROVED THOSE PLANS. SO I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS BECERRA. MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO I HAD SIGNED UP FOR REGULAR MEETING FOR BOTH THE TWO OF THEM. WE ONLY RECEIVED MR. REYES. YEAH, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE ENTRY FOR HIM. I THINK A SNAPSHOT OF BOTH THE. WOULD YOU ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK? I'LL COME BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETING. MY FATHER IS CALLING ME. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. ALL RIGHT.

WE WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT AND PROVIDING THEIR FEEDBACK. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER. BUT TRULY, I REALLY WANT TO GET INTO THE WORKSHOP PART OF THIS. I THINK THAT IS THE REASON WE INVITED ALL OF YOU ALL TO HERE.

SO IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, MISS MYRA. YES, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW ONE INSTEAD OF TWO REQUIRED ENTRANCES FOR THE PROPOSED HORSESHOE POINTE SUBDIVISION, LOCATED IN THE 3.5 MILE ETJ ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MORRIS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2095.97FT SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH ED CAREY DRIVE. WE HAVE AND. THIS ITEM WAS TABLED DURING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2025. WE NEED A MOTION TO REMOVE MARK. I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS NEEDS TO COME OFF THE TABLE SINCE THIS IS A WORKSHOP AND IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, I THINK IT'LL BE NEXT ON THE CITY COMMISSION TO COME OFF THE TABLE OR WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN MOVE TO TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE SINCE IT WAS TABLED. IT'S FINE ON THIS WORKSHOP. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, MISS ANA. YES.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION. SO, MELVIN AND HUNT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 101 120 4C9 OF THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS OF 30 OR MORE LOTS TO PROVIDE TWO ACCESS POINTS LOCATED AT A MINIMUM DISTANCE APART, EQUAL TO ONE HALF OF THE LENGTH OF THE SUBDIVISION'S MAXIMUM OVERALL DIAGONAL. THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY TABLED AT THE OCTOBER 6TH AND THE OCTOBER 20TH CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, AND

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AND SO STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE ALLOWS FOR REASONABLE SUBDIVISION DESIGN CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. AND RIGHT NOW THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS MOSTLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND WE FOUND THAT THE. ACCORDING TO THE THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE AREA IS DESIGNATED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALIGNS WITH THAT DESIGNATION. SO JUST FOR REFERENCE, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, ACCORDING TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IS BETWEEN 1 AND 8 UNITS PER ACRE. IN THIS CASE, HORSESHOE LAKE IS ABOUT FOUR UNITS PER ACRE. OKAY. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY. WHO

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THANK YOU. YEAH. SORRY. OKAY. SO THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OR INJURIOUS TO THE OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA. AND SO AGAIN, THE VARIANCE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY OF WELFARE TO OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA. MOST SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED. FOURTH, THE GRANTING OF A VARIANCE WILL NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OF PREVENTING THE ORDERLY SUBDIVISION OF OTHER LAND IN THE AREA. SO AGAIN, THE VARIANCE WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR NEARBY PROPERTIES, AND SO MOST SURROUNDING LAND ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. LASTLY, THIS ONE I MEAN THE DEVELOPER MUST PAY ALL REQUIRED IMPACT FEES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO BY THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. AND THE DEVELOPER ALSO PLANS TO INSTALL A LIFT STATION AND COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, CONSISTENT WITH HARLINGEN WATERWORKS AND WASTEWATER PLANTS. SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL HAVE SEWER. YES. OKAY. YES. ABSOLUTELY. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS SO JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT LIFT STATION. WILL IT ONLY SERVICE THAT DEVELOPMENT? NO, IT WILL NOT. AND I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY IN ROBERT'S PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THAT EXTENSIVELY. SO AGAIN, FOR REFERENCE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE REQUEST WITHOUT CONDITIONS. AND THEY ALSO TECHNICALLY APPROVE THE VARIANCE WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED, WHEN THE DISTANCE WAS ONE 60FT BETWEEN THE TWO ENTRANCES. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A MODIFIED RECOMMENDATION. SO BASED ON CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. AND AGAIN THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE REVISITED LATER AFTER THE PRESENTATION. OR YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION I WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO ROBERT, OUR CITY ENGINEER, SO HE CAN GO OVER THE DRAINAGE UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MARK. SO THIS IS NOT IN THE CITY, CORRECT? NOT YET. SO SHOULDN'T IT BE ANNEXED FIRST? AND THEN WE GO WITH THIS.

EXPLAIN THIS TO US ALL, PLEASE. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. SO, COMMISSIONER, BASICALLY WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO, BECAUSE THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. THIS IS NOT AN INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. AND IT THE ANNEXATION. SO WITH THIS PROPOSED ACTION, THEY WILL VOLUNTARILY ANNEX INTO THE CITY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING FOR IS THIS VARIANCE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO AGREE TO BE ANNEXED, OKAY. AND SO IF THE CITY COMMISSION WAS TO APPROVE THIS, THAT APPROVAL WOULD BE CONDITIONAL ON THE ANNEXATION OF THE SUBDIVISION.

OKAY. RIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S IN THE ETJ THE VARIANCE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT, RIGHT? IF IT WAS ADOPTED, IT WOULD HAVE IT WOULD COME INTO EFFECT CONTINGENT UPON THE ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED YET. OKAY. AND AND ONE OTHER QUESTION. SO IN THEORY, MORRIS ROAD NEEDS TO BE WIDENED AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT CAN BE WIDENED ON THE NORTH NORTHEAST, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WIDENED ON THE NORTH NORTHWEST. AND WHICH INCLUDES THIS PROPERTY. AND SO THESE VARIANCES DOESN'T INCLUDE GETTING RID OF FOUR OR 6 OR 8 HOUSES AS MORRIS ROAD IS WIDENED SOONER OR LATER. THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT, THE WIDENING OF IT, BUT I THINK BY ORDINANCE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO DEDICATE TEN FEET ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY IN FRONT OF MORRIS ROAD. SO BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND JUST JUST TO CLARIFY. SO TECHNICALLY AS EACH PHASE DEVELOPS, THAT'S WHEN THE ANNEXATION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OFFICIALLY IN PLACE. OKAY. SO THE PROPERTY WILL NOT BE ANNEXED IN ALL AT ONCE PHASE.

THAT'S THAT'S THE SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY CITY COMMISSION. SO THIS PHASE IS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER SEVEN YEARS. IS THAT CORRECT? THE DEVELOPMENT IS IS SEVEN YEARS.

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OKAY. WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO IT AFTER. I JUST I THINK THAT WAS A VALID POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOLID ANSWERS. BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, LET'S MOVE INTO OUR CITY ENGINEERS. YES, YES. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT.

THAT OTHER MEETING. OKAY. ONE ONE SECOND, ROBERT, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. WE HAVE A POSTED MEETING MARK AT 545 FOR CITY COMMISSION. DO WE NEED TO PUT, YOU KNOW, RECESS THIS ONE, OPEN THE CITY COMMISSION, THEN GO INTO RECESS, FINISH THE WORKSHOP AND THEN GO BACK. CORRECT. OKAY. JUST GIVE US ONE SECOND. BEAR WITH US. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS FROM THE WORKSHOP. THE TIME IS NOW 5:48 P.M. AND WE ARE IN RECESS. NOW. THE TIME IS 5:48 P.M. AND WE OPEN THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 5:45 P.M. OF THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, AS WE HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT. AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ALSO BE GOING INTO RECESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 5:49 P.M. AND WE WILL RESUME SHORTLY. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVING BACK. THE TIME IS NOW 5:49 P.M. AND WE WILL RESUME OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

ROBERT. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, CITY ENGINEER. WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING WILL BE SOME OF THE DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ON PREVIOUS MEETINGS. SO THE FIRST EXHIBIT I'M SHARING, I, I HAVE THE ONES FOR THE SCREEN. SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEING IT ONLINE, YOU CAN SEE IT TOO. BUT ALSO I PRINTED SOME EXHIBITS SO THAT THE PEOPLE HERE, IN CASE THEY CAN'T HAVE GOOD VISION, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE IT. SO THE FIRST EXHIBIT IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. IT'S THE FIRST ONE ON ON THIS PAGE. SO WHAT IT'S SHOWING IS THE RECOMMENDED MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR THE NEW FROM THE NEW MASTER PLAN BEING GENERATED. AND ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE HORSESHOE LAKE RESACA. THIS HAS

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THE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH, IF THEY COULD DO ANYTHING, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE FIRST IDEA I HAD HERE WAS CONVERTING THIS LAKE FOR THEM TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT, CLEARING IT AND PROVIDING THE CONNECTION. SO PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS TO PROVIDE A CROSSING ON MORRIS ROAD. RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY A 28, 24 INCH PIPE. IT DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH IN THE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE THREE PIPES, 48 INCH PIPE THAT WOULD CONNECT THE DITCH FROM NORTH SIDE OF MORRIS SOUTH. WHY DIDN'T THAT DITCH THAT'S ONLY 40FT WIDE OR BE WIDER AND CONNECTING IT TO THE HORSESHOE LAKE? A GOOD COMPARISON HERE IS THE LOZANO PAN. LOZANO POND IS 15 ACRES. IT HOLDS THE VOLUME 60 ACRE FEET OF VOLUME. THIS PROPERTY, THE HORSESHOE LAKE, IS 60 ACRES AND THE VOLUME RIGHT OFF THE BAT. ONCE THE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE, IT WOULD BE 480 ACRE FEET. SO THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT TIMES THE SIZE OF LOZANO POND FOR COMPARISON. OKAY, LET ME LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HORSESHOE LAKE? YES. WHICH IS JUST A DRIED RESACA BED RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. I'M DIGGING IT DEEPER AND WIDER. CORRECT. AND AND WE WE OR THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT HAVE THE RIGHTS TO DO THAT? YES. THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT. IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OWNS IT. THEY'RE ALREADY TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. OKAY. AND THEN WILL THERE BE WILL WE NEED ANY ARCHEOLOGICAL WORK THERE? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WITH THE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WITH THEM? NO. WITH WHOM? WITH IRRIGATION DISTRICT. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A RESACA. IT WILL BE CONVERTED TO FOR DETENTION. OKAY. WHO WERE YOU DONE? DONE. YEAH. WHO WOULD BE MAINTAINING AT THE MOMENT? IT WOULD BECOME CITY PROPERTY.

SO JUST LIKE THE DITCH IS BEING CONVERTED TO US. KIND OF LIKE THE LOZANO POND, THE MAINTENANCE WOULD FALL UPON US. AND THERE'S NO OUTLET FOR THIS. NOT AT THE MOMENT. SO THE FIRST PHASE IS CONVERTING THAT HORSESHOE LAKE INTO A DETENTION FACILITY AND CONNECTING THE DITCH NORTH OF MORRIS SOUTH. SO THIS WILL HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON EVERYTHING NORTH OF MORRIS. SO WHITE OAKS, THE MODEL SHOWS ONCE ALL THE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED, IF ANOTHER 500 YEAR STORM, KIND OF LIKE THE ONE IN MARCH, HAPPENED AUTOMATICALLY, TWO FEET OF WATER FROM BEING ON THE STREETS WOULD BE MITIGATED AND BE PUT ON THE DETENTION FACILITY. AND YOU MENTIONED THREE PIPES. YES. DRAINING TO MORRIS ROAD. WHAT'S ON MORRIS ROAD TO HANDLE THREE PIPES FULL OF WATER, FLOOD WATER. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY FOUR 24 INCH PIPE THAT IT JUST ADDS TO LEVEL THE WATER. THE WHOLE INTENT OF THOSE 48 INCH PIPES IS TO BRING THE WATER FROM THE NORTH SIDE, SOUTH TO THE HORSESHOE LAKE, AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OF THE EXHIBIT. IT SHOWS A FUTURE EXPANSION THAT WILL DRAIN THE HORSESHOE LAKE TO THE ARROYO, COLORADO'S NEW CHANNEL TO CONNECT TO RESACA. YES, THAT WOULD BE AS WE CONTINUE IMPROVING THE AREA, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING DRAINS NORTH THROUGH ONE OUTLET, THROUGH THE DRAIN. IT CROSSES THE EXPRESSWAY, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHOKE POINT IS, AS DURING HEAVY STORM EVENTS, WATER WILL INCREASE AND START BACK OR BACKFLOW INTO YOUR STREETS, YOUR INLETS. SO THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY IS FOR THAT WATER THAT'S GOING TO BACKFLOW TO BACKFLOW TO THIS POINT, THAT WOULD BE THE NEW LOW. SO WHAT KIND OF PUMPS ARE YOU GOING TO USE TO BRING THE WATER? IT WOULD BE THE CORPORATE CROSSINGS, THE THE PIPES UNDERNEATH MORRIS ROAD, THE THREE 48 INCH PIPES. IT WOULDN'T BE PUMPS. IT WOULD BE GRADED JUST BY GRAVITY. YES, SIR. I'M IMPRESSED WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE LOZANO DETENTION POND HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND THIS I'M ASSUMING. YEAH, EIGHT TIMES EIGHT. SO I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE DRAINAGE. AND THEN WITH FUTURE EXPANSIONS, THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE. ONCE YOU CONNECT IT WITH PIPES, IT'S EIGHT TIMES THE SIZE. AND IT'S PROJECTED THAT WE COULD WIDEN IT DOUBLE THAT. THAT WOULD BE ONCE WE START EXCAVATING OURSELVES. BUT WHAT IT HAS RIGHT NOW, IT'S EIGHT TIMES THE VOLUME OF LOZANO POND. OKAY, LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK. YES, MA'AM. YOU SAID IMMEDIATE RELIEF, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME

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IT'S ALREADY EIGHT FEET DEEP, THOSE 60 ACRES. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE NOW UTILIZING THE THE THE RESACA FOR IT. IF WE EVER WANT TO WIDEN IT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE ADDITIONAL TIME WILL KICK IN. AND THEN I'VE STUDIED I'VE WORKED WITH HYDROLOGISTS AND CAVE SYSTEMS. YES, SIR. WATER DOESN'T LIKE RUNNING. WATER DOESN'T LIKE RIGHT ANGLES. AND THESE PIPES ARE ALL AT RIGHT ANGLES. JUST POINTING THAT OUT. OKAY. SO AGAIN, CIRCLING BACK TIME TIMELINE BECAUSE YOU SAID IMMEDIATE RELIEF. YES. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THE THE DEVELOPER OR COULD PROVIDE A BETTER TIMELINE ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED AND CONSTRUCTION. BUT AS PART OF ANY SUBDIVISION, THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY DO. THE UTILITIES, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD ANYTHING, NOT EVEN ROADS, UNTIL UTILITIES, EVERYTHING THAT GOES UNDERGROUND GETS DONE FIRST. OKAY, SO THE DRAINAGE WILL COME FIRST BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY START BUILDING THE HOMES, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. OKAY OKAY. I'M SORRY. NO. NO WORRIES. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS THAT THE THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT. SO AT LEAST THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE FOR THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM. THE NEXT EXHIBIT I WANTED TO SHOW WAS TO DIFFERENTIATE KIND OF LIKE THE WATER SEARCH WATER SEARCH DRAIN TO ANOTHER RESACA, RESACA LOS FRESNOS. AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE NOT HYDRAULICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE HORSESHOE LAKE AND THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT. PART OF THE MASTER PLAN DOES SHOW, OR IT IS RECOMMENDING FOR US TO DO IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THAT WOULD BE CONVERTING THE SAME THING THAT RESACA INTO WIDENING IT AND PROVIDING MORE DRAINAGE, PROVIDING MORE OUTFLOWS TO THE RIO COLORADO. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT DIFFERENCE, THAT RIGHT NOW THAT HORSESHOE WILL DRAIN IN ONE DIRECTION, NOT AT SOUTH. SO YOU WANT THAT HORSESHOE LAKE TO DRAIN WHERE NORTH? IT WILL BE NORTHWEST.

NORTHWEST? YES, TO THE ARROYO COLORADO. OKAY. SO NOW I WOULD HAVE TWO DIVERSIONS. AND SO THIS RESACA CONVERSION, IT WILL NOT TIE INTO THE HORSESHOE LAKE, NOT ANY TIME IT MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE JUST IN CASE ONE FLOWS TO THE OTHER. NUMBER 26 IRRIGATION DISTRICT. WHICH ONE? NUMBER ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AT LEAST THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD PARTNERS. THEY'RE OPEN FOR US TO DO ALL THIS IMPROVEMENTS, THIS COLLABORATIONS. THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO SIGN THE MOU BETWEEN US AND THEM. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE CITY COMING IN TO MAKE. CORRECT. NOT AT THE MOMENT. THIS WOULD I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT IN CASE WE GO OUT FOR A GRANT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE PLANS FOR OVERALL COMMUNITY. THE NEXT EXHIBIT, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED OR HAVE BEEN APPROVED. SO THE FIRST ONE IS ON THE LOUISIANA AND LIPSCOMB. THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT WIDENING THE DITCH. THAT'S THE IMAGE ON BLACK. ON PAPER. IT'S THE EXHIBIT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, SO ON BLACK ON THE NORTHEAST. THEY'RE WIDENING THE DITCH.

THEY'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 40 ACRE FEET OF VOLUME. THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP IT. BUT IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST WANTED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FLOODPLAIN. AND RIGHT NOW THE RIGHT OF WAY IS 60FT AND THEY'RE MAKING IT 240. SO THEY'RE WIDENING IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THE BENEFITS BY WE I MEAN IN CASE RAIN EVENT OCCURS. NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE VOLUME WITHIN THE DITCH SYSTEM. ANOTHER ONE IS THE SUNRISE MEADOWS A BIT GOING EAST. IT'S THE AREA IN BLUE. THEY'RE WINDING THE DITCH 45, 65FT AND ALL THAT VOLUME.

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IT'S WHERE EVERYTHING DRAINS. IT DRAINS TO THE ARROYO COLORADO. WE CLEAN THE THE THE SITE. THERE WAS A LOT OF OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND THIS WAS THROUGH CITY CREWS AGAIN.

IRRIGATION DISTRICT GAVE US PERMISSION TO GO IN AND WE CLEANED THE THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS. AND ON THE TOP RIGHT IMAGE YOU SEE HOW IT LOOKS AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE TRAFFIC. SO THE STATEMENT EARLIER, IT IS CORRECT. HALF OF MORRIS ROAD IS OWNED BY THE CITY. THE OTHER HALF IS THE COUNTY. ON THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING, YOU GUYS RECOMMENDED FOR ME TO ALREADY START REACHING OUT TO THE CAMERON COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE OPEN FOR US DOING THE FULL ANNEXATION. I'VE ALREADY SENT THAT EMAIL TO MR. BENJAMIN WORSHAM. I SHOULD BE HEARING FROM HIM HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT TO HIS COMMISSION FOR FOR HEARING. IF APPROVED, THEN I'LL SEND THE OFFICIAL REQUEST WITH METES AND BOUNDS RIGHT NOW, THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY IS 60FT. IT'S A LOCAL STREET. THAT'S HOW IT'S SHOWN AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE NOT REQUESTING MORE FEET. IT'S ONLY. WHAT'S THE 16 TOTAL? SO WE WOULDN'T BE. ANOTHER COMMENT EARLIER WAS ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. IF WE DECIDE TO WIDEN IT, THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO. THERE'S 60FT WITHIN A 60FT RIGHT OF WAY. YOU COULD FIT 37 BACK TO BACK. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, BUT YOU COULD EVEN GO WIDER 40 FOR TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND STILL HAVE ENOUGH SPACE WHERE YOU'RE NOT DOING RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WANTED TO TOUCH. YES, SIR. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN THE COUNTY SAYS, WELL, THIS IS YOUR LAND, NOT COUNTY LAND ANYMORE. CORRECT. AND THEY HAVE NO FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO WIDEN MORRIS ROAD ON THE SOUTHERN END. WOULD THAT BE A CORRECT OBSERVATION? SO, NO, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROAD, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD IS THE CITY POTHOLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND SOUTH IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY.

RIGHT. SO IN CASE WE EVER WANT TO CROSS, THIS LAND GETS ANNEXED AND THE COUNTY HAS NO MORE RESPONSIBILITY, IT WOULD BE US. OKAY. AND THEN THAT BECOMES AN OSCAR QUESTION. AND THE FINANCIAL QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO BE MAJOR SURGERY. YES, I'M STILL GOING TO BRING THAT ITEM ONCE I GET NO OPPOSITION FROM CAMERON COUNTY, BECAUSE WHAT YOU APPROVED WAS AT LEAST THE FOR ME TO BEGIN THE ORIGINAL, THE THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU GUYS STILL HAVE TO DO THE AMENDMENT OR ANNEX THE RIGHT OF WAY OF MORRIS ROAD. SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE. ROBERT, YOU DID A TRAFFIC STUDY ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. YES. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YES. THAT'S THE NEXT PART. SO AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHENEVER IT'S A LARGE SCALE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. I MET WITH THEIR TEAM. MELVIN HUNT IS DOING THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY HIRED A SUBCONSULTANT KCI. HIS NAME IS OSCAR. HE DID THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. AND ON THAT IMAGE IT'S THE FIRST IMAGE HERE. SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WE LOOK AT INTERSECTIONS, THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ADDED RIGHT NOW.

RANGER BILL AND MORRIS AND RANGER BILL AND ED CAREY THERE. THERE'S NO SIGNALS. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING CALLED A WIRING STUDY. ESSENTIALLY, THE DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW AND PROJECTED ON THE FUTURE AFTER A DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THAT STUDY WILL SHOW IF TEXAS WOULD APPROVE THE SIGNAL INSTALLATION. SO I LOOKED AT BOTH OF THEM, AND THE RESULTS WERE THAT EVEN WITH THE FULL BUILDOUT IN THE FUTURE, ASSUMING ALL 390 HOMES ARE BUILT WITH EXISTING TRAFFIC, IT'S NOT WARRANTED. SO EVEN IF WE WANTED TO BUILD IT, TEXAS WOULD DENY IT. IT WOULD BE UNTIL MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS THAT THAT SIGNAL WARRANT INTERSECTION WOULD WOULD TRIGGER. SO WHAT COMES FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? AGAIN FOR THE SIGNALS. YEAH. SO THE SIGNALS IT'S THEY'RE NOT INSTALLED UNTIL TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWS THAT WE COULD ADD IT OKAY. SO WHAT. SO CAN YOU SUMMARIZE. YES. IN

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SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR NO TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE INSTALLED AT EITHER INTERSECTION. BECAUSE EVEN WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS HORSESHOE POINTY AND THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, IT'S NOT BEING WARRANTED BY THE STUDY. SO WARRANTED JUST MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY JUSTIFY THE INSTALLATION OF A SIGNAL. EVEN IF WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE SAME WARRANT STUDY AND DENY US FOR THAT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE TRAFFIC'S NOT GOING TO BE BAD ENOUGH. CORRECT TECH SIDE WILL NOT LET YOU INSTALL THE SIGNAL UNTIL IT GETS TO THAT POINT. AND YOU COULD JUSTIFY THE PROJECTION. RIGHT. AND PART OF THE STUDY DID. RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT AND WHEN IT'S ONCE IT'S FULLY BUILT OUT. AND EVEN THEN THE NUMBERS DIDN'T JUSTIFY THE INSTALLATION OF A SIGNAL, DID THE DID THE FUTURE PROJECTION STUDY INCORPORATE THE SUBDIVISION AT MORRIS AND LOUISIANA? YES, SIR. AND DID IT ALSO INCORPORATE THE FACILITY, THE STATE FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF MORRIS AND RANGEVILLE MORRISON? RANGEVILLE NOT NOT THAT ONE, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT WHENEVER LET'S SAY ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT COMES IN THAT IN A YEAR FROM NOW THEY DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING OF THIS LARGE SCALE, THEY WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND MAYBE THEN WILL BE UPDATED. BUT THAT STATE HOSPITALS MOVING FORWARD, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THE EXPANSION. YEAH. CORRECT. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE CURRENT FACILITIES ARE. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY THEY DO PUT COUNTERS AND THEY MEASURE ALL THE RIGHT TURNS, LEFT TURNS.

THAT'S GOING ON ON MORRIS ROAD AND THE INTERSECTION. SO IF THE FACILITY IS THERE ALREADY, THOSE WERE INCORPORATED. BUT IF IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT AND THE TRAFFIC IS NOT BEING GENERATED, THEN THEY COULDN'T DO IT AT THE MOMENT. FURTHERMORE, HAVE WE DONE A. PERIPHERALLY RELATED ARE WE DOING A STUDY ALSO IN LOUISIANA BECAUSE THE SAME TRAFFIC'S GOING TO GO FROM ONE TO THE OTHER? YES, BUT AT THE MOMENT IT'S NOT BEING WARRANTED. THE BIG ONES I WANTED TO LOOK AT WERE RANGER VILLE AND ED CAREY, BECAUSE LOUISIANA, IF YOU GO NORTH, THERE'S A EXPRESSWAY AND THERE'S ALREADY SIGNALS THERE. SO THERE MAY BE IN THE FUTURE IT COULD BE WIDENED, BUT HERE ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS. ARE THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS? AND GOING BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER, HAVE WE DONE JUST ON A MAP? A DIAGRAM OF WHAT THAT RIGHT OF WAY WILL LOOK LIKE ON MORRIS ROAD? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME HOUSES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HACIENDA AND MORRIS THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE STREET, AS WELL AS THERE'S SOME HOUSES ON THE CORNER OF ED AND MORRIS THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE STREET WITH THEIR BACKYARDS. THEY JUST PUT UP FENCES THERE. AND SO I WORRY SOMETIMES PEOPLE BUILD OVER THE BOUNDARY LINES. RIGHT. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN YOU JUST IN THE FUTURE GET ME A MAP WITH THOSE LINES? DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. THE LAST POINT I THINK I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ABOUT THE THE ROAD, THERE'S 60 FOOT OF RIGHT OF WAY. YES, WE COULD WIDEN IT. MY PLAN IS IF IF CAMERON COUNTY SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION, I'LL BRING IT UP TO YOU. YOU GUYS WILL VOTE IF WE WANT TO ANNEX IT OR NOT. AND IF YOU SAY YES, THEN WE CAN START ADDING IT AS PART OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. DOING IT IN PHASES, MAYBE QUARTER OF A MILE OR HALF A MILE. IT'S A ONE MILE, 1.5 MILE STRETCH. BUT THAT WOULD BE ONCE IT BECOMES FULLY CITY OF HARLINGEN PROPERTY. BUT THOSE WOULD BE DECISIONS. YOU GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE DOWN THE LINE. GOING TO COMMISSIONER MESMER'S POINT EARLIER, LET'S PRESUME CAMERON COUNTY DOES GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO ANNEX MORSE ROAD. AND THEN WE DO DECIDE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE SUBDIVISION OR NOT, WE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN IT, GO TO THE FOUR, FOUR LANES, WHATNOT. HOW ARE WE GOING TO AFFORD IT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? YEAH. SO THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE WHERE WE DO IT IN PHASES.

AND USING THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS, I DID LOOK AT THE CURRENT HOW DO I SAY CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD AND ON THE REPORT ON THE I WORK THE STREET ASSESSMENT. IT DID SHOW IT AS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS DISTRICT, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE PRESENTED AND YOU GUYS WOULD VOTE AT IT, DENY IT OR SHRINK IT, INCREASE IT, THE LIMITS. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT WOULD BE TAPPING INTO THAT WATER BILL MONEY. THAT'S WHAT. CORRECT. OR THE WATER BILL MONEY JUST TO DO AN EXPANSION FOR ANY ANY ROAD. BUT YES, WE WOULD FOCUS ON JUST ONE STREET.

IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE HALF OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, RIGHT, FOR THE WHOLE LENGTH, AND IT WOULD

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YES. RIGHT. YEAH. ONE GOING TO THAT PROPERTY THAT'S FOR SALE ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEN ONE TO THE EAST, WHICH I BELIEVE IS LIKE YAHWEH FARMS OR SOMETHING. NO, NO IT'S NOT. THERE'S ONE TO THE RIGHT THOUGH, RIGHT. YES. THERE'S TWO EITHER SIDE. OKAY. JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A STUB OUT IN THE PLAN, THIS CURRENT PLAN THAT'S BEFORE US, DOES THAT GIVE THE CITY THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE, LET'S SAY THAT THE THE LANDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THOSE STUB OUTS, IF THEY DEVELOP, CAN WE ENFORCE THEM TO. YES. WHEN THEY COME BACK AND APPLY, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE PROPERTY PLATTED. YES. WE WILL REQUIRE TO CONNECT. OKAY. AND THOSE WERE REQUESTED THROUGH ENGINEERING BECAUSE THE MINIMUM IS TWO ACCESS POINTS. BUT THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS WHERE CAN FUTURE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCUR SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE INTERCONNECTIVITY GOING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. AND THEY DO HAVE ONE MORE CONNECTION ON THE SOUTHEAST THAT WAS BEING REQUESTED. SO THERE ARE NEW REVISION AND THEY'LL SHOW IT ON THEIR EXHIBIT. IT DOES HAVE ONE STUB OUT INTO A PROPERTY. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT. I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS A REVISION. SO THAT WASN'T ORIGINALLY PRESENTED. SO THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS THAT. BUT REGARDLESS, IT'S NOT AN ENGINEERING OR PLANNING. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES FOR THAT STREET CONNECTIVITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF THEM OKAY. SO THIS IS THE POINTER. AND THAT'S. HERE. PLEASE JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YEAH. BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. THERE IT GOES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MARIO REYNA WITH MELBOURNE HUNT. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRM. HUNT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1947.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS OVER THE YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING RHODES DEVELOPMENT. CLOSER TO THE MIC. I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING RHODES DEVELOPMENT, WHO'S THE DEVELOPMENT ARM FOR ESPERANZA HOMES. ESPERANZA HOMES IS THE LARGEST LAND DEVELOPER HOME BUILDER IN THE REGION. I THINK THIS YEAR THEY'RE ON PACE TO BUILD 900 HOMES. THEY TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY BUILD. THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW DEVELOPERS THAT I WORK WITH THAT BASICALLY ADDS A PARK TO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT THEY DO, WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SUBDIVISION, AND THEY MAINTAIN IT THEMSELVES. RIGHT.

SO YOU ESSENTIALLY GET A PUBLIC PARK THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR MAINTENANCE AND YOU'RE GETTING TAX ON. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. IS OUR VISION FOR HORSESHOE POINT MASTER PLAN A FEW KEY POINTS. THIS THIS IS NOT FINAL. THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY. I THINK WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A PUD THAT WILL BE TAKING ACTION ON ABOUT 350 LOTS.

THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE AS PRESENTED IS 7180FT■!S, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE CODE OF 6001.

WHAT'S THAT? IN ACREAGE? WE'RE AT 4.3 PER ACRE. AND IF YOU DO A 50 BY 100 LOT, SO SO IT'S 0.27 ACRES PER LOT ON AVERAGE. SURE. YEAH I THINK SO. IT'S FOUR. IT'S 4.3 LOTS TO THE ACRE

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SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH THE ALLOTTED FRONTAGE THAT WE HAVE. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. AND WE'RE PROVIDING TWO STUB OUTS. AND SO THAT'S ALL WE CAN REALLY DO AT THIS TIME. AND WE'VE WORKED WITH ENGINEERING AND PLANNING TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUEST FOR FUTURE ROADS AND CONNECTIVITY WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. AND YOU MAY SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING. RIGHT? THAT'S THE EASY THING TO SAY. IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING TODAY. THERE'S A REASON IT'S NOT CONNECTED. THERE IS NO SEWER. SO THIS AREA HAS FOUR PARCELS THAT ARE PRIMED FOR DEVELOPMENT. I'VE WORKED PERSONALLY ON THE BLUE AND ON THE GREEN. THE BLUES FELL IN OUT OF CONTRACT BECAUSE HE FOUND OUT HE HAD TO DO A $1 MILLION LIFT STATION. THE GREEN BODIED IN FORECLOSURE TRIED TO TIE INTO THE WHITE OAK LIFT STATION AND WAS DENIED. SO IT'S BEEN SITTING AS AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SEWER AVAILABILITY. SERVICE AREA MAP. WE HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH HARLINGEN WATERWORKS TODAY TO BUILD THE LIFT STATION. THIS LIFT STATION WILL CROSS APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. THE PRELIMINARY BIDS WE'RE GETTING ARE IN THE NINE HUNDREDS, AND IT WILL HAVE A 300 ACRE SERVICE AREA. SO AS PEOPLE, THERE IS AN EXISTING LIFT STATION THERE. FOR WHITE OAK. IT WASN'T DESIGNED CORRECTLY. IT'S UNDERSIZED AND HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S TIED IN TODAY. THE PLANS ARE FOR THEM TO ABANDON THAT LIFT STATION AND TIE INTO THE NEW LIFT STATION, BUT THIS WILL BE OPEN FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THIS 316 ACRE SERVICE. AND THIS STATION WILL DRAIN TO WHERE FROM WHERE A LIFT STATION IS FOR SEWER. RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUMPING IT TO THE NORTH TO AN ALLOCATED MANHOLE THAT THEN HAS A LINE THAT CROSSES THE HIGHWAY. I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE AN APPROVED LOCATION TO TIE IN THAT'S BEEN STUDIED BY HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. AND MARIO, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THIS LIFT STATION? THE LIFT STATION HAS TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO RECORDING PHASE ONE, MA'AM. OKAY, BUT IN YOUR WHAT? I'M SURE YOU HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE. YOU'VE GOT A GOAL. WHAT? WHAT DO YOU. FIRST QUARTER OF 27. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM WATERWORKS HERE? IN THE ONE. ONE THING I DIDN'T TOUCH ON. WE HAVE A SERVICE AGREEMENT. I THINK THE ANNEXATION WAS DISCUSSED.

THERE'S A THERE'S A PROPOSED SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU. AND AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THE NEXT MEETING, THE NEXT HEARING WE'LL HAVE IS TO APPROVE A PD, A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND PART OF THAT PD, IT'LL BE CREATE AN ORDINANCE AND WE'LL HAVE TO ANNEX AS WE BUY THE PROPERTY. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. I THINK THEY'RE ON REVISION THREE, BUT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS. SO. AND BUY THE PROPERTY FROM MR. SIMS. SO WE'RE BUYING IT IN THREE CHUNKS.

RIGHT. SO CHUNK ONE WILL GET ANNEXED IMMEDIATELY NOW THAT WE'RE OWNER. AND AS WE ANNEX WE WOULD HAVE TO AS WE BUY, WE WOULD HAVE TO ANNEX IS THE WAY THAT IT'S PRESENTED. BUT WE'LL HAVE A PD THAT THAT GETS RECORDED THAT LOCKS US INTO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO WHEN YOU VOTE ON THIS PD, THIS WILL BE A RECORDED DOCUMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU WE HAVE TO BUILD IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. OKAY. YOU KNOW THE CHOKE POINT. IT'S COME UP A FEW TIMES RIGHT. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ESSENTIALLY A FOUR LANE ROAD, 57FT OF PAVEMENT SECTION. THIS

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AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONNECT TO MORRIS ROAD WITH A FOUR LANE ROAD. NO NOT REALLY I'LL TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE. SO IF YOU LOOK HERE, HOW DOES THIS WORK ROBERT. IN THIS AREA HERE.

I'M SORRY, IN THIS AREA HERE THAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING. OKAY. GOT IT. EXCUSE ME. WHEN I WAS TELLING HIM IT'S ON THE SCREEN. OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S IN THIS AREA HERE. THERE WAS A CHOKE POINT, SO WE HAVE A LARGER AREA THERE, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING YOUR MASTER DRAINAGE REPORT. SO WE'RE PUTTING A 100 FOOT CROSS SECTION DITCH. THERE'S A TRAFFIC STUDY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY? I HAVE THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT HERE. ARE YOU ROBERT DOING OKAY? JOB PRESENTING THAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE I MEAN WE HAVE IT IN OUR IN OUR POCKETS. AND THE PREVIOUS MEETING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD ALREADY READ IT. I'M GOOD. NO OKAY. THANK YOU. OSCAR, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU THINK WE SHOULD ADD? YEAH, PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COMMISSION AND OSCAR GARCIA AT KCI, SUBCONTRACTOR FOR MILTON AND HUNT. I'D LIKE TO. MAYOR. I WAS TRYING TO TAKE NOTES WHEN THE PUBLIC WAS UP HERE BRINGING UP CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE ALL FOR GROWING RESPONSIBLY. THAT'S THAT'S OUR ETHICAL COMMITMENT TO TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY BRING UP TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS SITE, THE NUMBER 600 800 VEHICLES WAS, WAS BROUGHT UP. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS SITE CALCULATED AT 390 LOTS, WHICH I GUESS HAS NOW COME DOWN TO 350. THE MAX IN THE MORNING WOULD BE 257 TOTAL VEHICLES SPLIT WEST AND EAST, AND THE PM PEAK HOUR, THAT WOULD BE 357 VEHICLES SPLIT WEST AND EAST AGAIN. THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO BASED ON 390. SO REDUCE THAT BY ANOTHER PROBABLY 50 VEHICLES BECAUSE NOW IT'S AT 340. THE CONSERVATIVE END A TWO LANE ROADWAY JUST TO KIND OF SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. THE THE VOLUME THRESHOLD THAT WE LOOK AT FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, WE ASSOCIATE TWO LANE ROADWAYS AND THEIR CAPACITY TO ABOUT 10,000 VEHICLES PER DAY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, WORST CASE SCENARIO BASED ON LOTS 390 LOTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT LESS THAN 4500 VEHICLES PER DAY. SO JUST FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, CAPACITIES THERE FOR THE TWO LANE, TWO LANE ROADWAY. AND AS ROBERT DID, A GOOD JOB OF POINTING OUT AT BOTH CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS, WE'RE MAINTAINING WHAT'S CONSIDERED LEVEL OF SERVICE. A AND THAT'S BASED OFF OF OF TOTAL DELAY EXPECTED AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.

SO AGAIN, AS HE POINTED OUT, EVEN IF WE DID TRY TO GO FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TXDOT WOULD DENY THAT. THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO POINT OUT. I DO I HAVE A QUESTION. THESE HOMES WOULD VARY BETWEEN 260,000 TO 500,000. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE TYPE OF HOMES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHEN YOU SAY THIS PRICE POINT DO YOU HAVE AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WHAT DOES THAT BREAKDOWN LOOK LIKE? IS THERE ONE HOUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AT 500,000 AND THE BULK IS ANOTHER? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGE? I GUESS, IN THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE TYPE OF, OF HOMES.

THAT'S THE PET OF THE WEEK THOMAS. TO HURRY IT UP I KNOW. AND I'M JUST YOU KNOW. SO THAT WAY WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE. IS THERE SOMEONE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? DO YOU WANT ME TO I CAN YEAH. BRAD FRISBEE FROM ROADS. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP IN THE PRIVILEGE. WE'RE STILL PLANNING RIGHT NOW, BUT MY GUESS WOULD BE SOME OF THE LARGER ONES WOULD BE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, 15%. NUMBER RANGE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY LOTS. WE'RE STILL LAND PLANNING AND SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THESE HOUSES FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST BALLPARK TO 4000 1700 MINIMUM. CORRECT. OKAY. AND 4000 ON THE LARGER. YES, MA'AM.

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BUT WE'RE WE'RE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND PARTNER WITH YOUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND HOPEFULLY BRINGS IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO TO WHITE OAK. THERE MAY BE SOME CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE HAPPEN NORTH OF THERE, BUT THE HEAVY LIFTING IS INSTALLING THESE PIPES, CROSSING THE ROAD. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WITH OUR PROJECT PHASE ONE, WHEN HORSESHOE LAKE IS BEING DUG OUT. ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE THAT DIRT TO ELEVATE YOUR PROPERTIES? NO, SIR. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE PROPOSING TO CLEAR IT FOR THE CITY. SO THE CITY IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT DEEDED OVER TO THEM FROM THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT. WE AT OUR COST, ARE SPENDING ABOUT $110,000 TO CLEAR IT. OKAY, SO. SO WHERE'S THE DIRT GOING TO GO? IT'S ALREADY EIGHT FEET DEEP THERE. IT'S SUPER. NO, BUT YOU GOT TO DIG IT DEEPER THAN EIGHT FEET, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY SIR, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO IS WHAT ROBERTO ALLUDED TO. BUT AT THIS TIME IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPACITY. CAN YOU GO BACK A SLIDE TO THE THE. HOMES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED? I THINK IT'S ONE MORE HOMES BY 2027. OKAY. YEAH. RIGHT HERE.

OKAY. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING AT HOME 28 HOMES BY THE END OF 2027, PRIOR TO 28 HOMES BUILT, THERE IS A LIFT STATION ON HORSESHOE LAKE IS FULLY BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS DONE THIS AND IN DISTRICT IN DISTRICT TWO, AND THAT TOOK QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENCES AND AS YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO TO DO THE WORK AND THE DIGGING AND WHERE THIS IS ALREADY KIND OF PRIMED FOR THIS TYPE OF. DEVELOPMENT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THOSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY HOMES? I'M SAYING THAT IF WE STAY ON SCHEDULE AND START CONSTRUCTION ON THE SECOND QUARTER OF 26, THESE WILL BE THE FIRST TWO THINGS THAT WE DO. SO THE DRAINAGE WILL BE IMMEDIATE. FIRST THING THAT WE DO IN ALL PROJECTS, WE DO DRAINAGE FIRST.

SO IF YOU GET A RAIN, THE WATER HAS SOMEWHERE TO GO AND YOU'RE NOT FLOODED OUT. ONE THING IS TO START A DRAINAGE PROJECT. THE WHAT? THE SECOND IS TO COMPLETE IT. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER DONE A PROJECT FOR ROADS THAT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED AND DRAINAGE AND THE LIPSTICK. THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON Y'ALL'S PART. IT'S ABOUT 6 TO 700,000 IN DRAINAGE ALONE, AND ABOUT 900,000 TO 1 MILLION IN SEWER. RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT HARLINGEN WATERWORKS I KNOW THIS HAS COME BEFORE THEM. AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AND APPROVALS FOR THE LIFT STATION OVER THERE. SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKED LIKE. AND I JUST WANT FOR TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE THINGS AND AND THAT'S I THINK THAT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO HAVE, WE'RE AT THE VERY PREMATURE PHASE

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NO, SIR. WHICH IS THAT CORRECT? NO, NOT AT ALL. SO THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE GONE. WE'RE ON REVISION THREE WITH YOUR ATTORNEY. IT'LL BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT SOME POINT. SHOWS THAT WE'RE ANNEXING AS WE BUY IT IN CHUNKS. SO. RIGHT AS YOU WE BUY IT IN CHUNKS. SO IT'S 90, 90 ACRES WE'RE BUYING. NOT WHEN THE HOUSE IS COMPLETED, BUT WHEN YOU BUY THAT CHUNK OF LAND AND YOU'RE GETTING READY TO DEVELOP IT PRIOR TO BREAKING GROUND, WE WILL BE WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CITY LIMITS. OKAY. SO AS IT IS, IT'S RAW FARMLAND. IT PAYS VERY LITTLE TO NO TAXES TO SPEAK OF. THIS WILL TAKE TEN YEARS FOR US TO ANNEX LAND AND GET TAXES, I THINK. I THINK WE'RE CONNECTING CORRECTLY. IT'LL BE ANNEXED IN 2026, 30 PLUS ACRES AND THEN IN SUBSEQUENT YEAR THE OTHER 30. AND IN A SUBSEQUENT YEAR, THE FOLLOWING 30. YOU'LL HAVE THIS ALL ANNEXED WITHIN THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS. OKAY. IS THERE I KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND, AND I DID A GOOD JOB ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVING FORWARD. WHAT IS THE REASON TO NOT ANNEX? I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T OWN IT AT THIS POINT, BUT WHAT IS THE THE RESERVATION OF NOT ANNEXING THE TOTAL AND THEN MOVING FORWARD IN, IN THE PHASES? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PRESENTING A PDE AND THAT WILL LOCK US IN TO DEVELOPING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO VISIT WITH THE LANDOWNER ON THAT AND THAT'D BE OFFLINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EXCUSE ME? YOU SAID YOU WOULD BUILD 350 HOMES INSTEAD OF 390. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT PRESENTING A LAND PLAN TO YOU, BUT WHEN I COME BACK, IT'LL LIKELY BE IN THE 350 RANGE. I'M NOT SAYING EXACTLY 350, BUT BETWEEN 350 AND 390. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY MIKE'S POINT OR JUST TO UNDERSTAND IT FROM WHAT MIKE WAS SAYING. SO WE WOULD START COLLECTING TAXES ACCORDING TO YOUR CHARTS, REVENUE FROM THE LAND OR YOUR DEVELOPMENT FROM STARTING ON 2027. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO NOT TEN YEARS, 2027. NO, SIR. SO IT'LL TAKE US TEN YEARS TO BUILD IT OUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ANNEXED PRIOR TO GETTING NOTICE TO PROCEEDS AND PLAT APPROVALS. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE NEXT IS THE PDE. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT YOU'LL SEE A PLAT. BY THAT TIME YOU SHOULD ENTER INTO AN ANNEXATION SERVICE AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS. CORRECT? CORRECT. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO, DO WE HAVE FIRE? FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HERE. THEY WERE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE NO OFFICIAL, YOU KNOW, NO FORMAL PRESENTATION. OKAY. I JUST I THINK THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS MADE CHIEF OF THAT PRIOR THAT THERE WAS SOME DENIAL AND AND CAN YOU JUST KIND OF CLARIFY WHAT THE POSITION IS. SURE. GOOD EVENING. THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, THEY REPRESENT THE HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE. THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENFORCE THE 2024 FIRE CODE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THIS BOARD. SO THEY LET US KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE FOR A VARIANCE. IT DOES NOT MEET THE CODE. WHAT THOSE THAT ENTRANCE DOES NOT MEET THE CODE. SO AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED THE WIDENING OF THAT STREET THAT YOU GUYS SAW THERE FOR THE TWO LANES. THEY ALSO REQUESTED THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF HYDRANTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE SAFETY AND THE FUTURE STUB OUTS, THAT'S THE INTENT OF MEETING THE CODE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THE INTENT OF MEETING IT. NOW, WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CLEARING OF

[Item 5 - Adjournment]

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[Item 2- (Regular Commission Meeting) Conflict of Interest]

[Item 3c -City Commission Member Announcements]

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

WHEN WATERS EDGE WAS DEVELOPED, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A STREET PROJECTION FOR FUTURE GROWTH. SO THE VERBIAGE THAT WE'RE NOW APPLYING TO DEVELOPMENT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT IT BE CAPTURED. AND ON THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IT CAN BE CAPTURED. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BITS OF INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED TO THE PNC BOARD. WHEN THEY ASKED FOR MY INTERPRETATION OF WHY I SAID NO TO THE VARIANCE, I SAID NO TO THE VARIANCE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, WHICH CREATES THE VARIANCE. AND THEN IT GOES, MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT PART OF THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE. AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING HOW

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[Item 4b - Proclamation - "National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week"]

YOU HAVE A LIFT STATION JUST DOESN'T WORK. SO I HAVE A GOOD FEELING THAT THAT WILL DEVELOP HERE PROMPTLY. THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER PROPERTY TO THE EAST I HEAR SOMETHING. IT'S IN DIVORCE COURT. I DON'T KNOW, IT COULD BE ALL HEARSAY, BUT WITH SEWER AVAILABILITY, I DO BELIEVE YOU'LL SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, I THINK THAT THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ON THIS WORKSHOP. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S INPUT.

WE APPRECIATE STAFF'S HARD WORK AND EVERYONE COMING OUT TO TO REALLY HEAR WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS POTENTIAL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WE AT THIS TIME, HAVING NOTHING

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[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]

[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]

[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]

[Item 8 - Staff Reports]

[Item 9 - Public Hearings]

[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on second and final reading for the voluntary annexation , and to establish the initial zoning to Light Industry ("LI ") District upon annexation for 4. 50 acres of land out of Lot 5, Block 1, Harlingen Industrial Park Subdivision No . 4, located north of Millenium Drive, approximately 688.85 feet east of FM 509 . Applicant: Emiliano Rosel c/o Whiting Investments Ltd. Attachment.]

[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading establishing a uniform procedure for placing items on the agenda of City Boards, Commissions, and Departments; Providing for equal access by Board Members.]

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WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS NOT LISTED ELSEWHERE ON THIS AGENDA, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, INCLUDING ANNOUNCING COMMUNITY EVENTS, ANNOUNCING EMPLOYEE OR COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS. ITEM THREE A MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. MAYOR, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FOREGO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO

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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FOR A IS HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK. OH, I'M SO SORRY. WE HEARD HIM UPSET EARLIER BEING DELAYED.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COMMISSION I KNOW HALLOWEEN HAS JUST PASSED, BUT TONIGHT JUST.

WE HAVE BROUGHT CASPER. AND CASPER IS HERE FROM HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER. HE HASN'T BEEN WITH US THAT LONG, BUT HE IS PATIENTLY WAITING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME. HE IS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS. THEY HAVE HIM LISTED AS A COLLIE MIX. HE'S VERY ACTIVE, VERY PERSONABLE, VERY FRIENDLY, AND HE'S JUST PATIENTLY WAITING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO VISIT CASPER OR ANY OF THE ANIMALS AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER IS WELCOME TO CALL 956216 5250 OR GO BY HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER AT 1106 MAKOWSKI AND VISIT CASPER OR ANY ONE OF HIS CAT OR DOG FRIENDS THAT'S THERE IN THE SHELTER. AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER WILL HAVE ANIMALS OUT AT TRACTOR SUPPLY THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 2. AWESOME. WELL, WE HOPE CASPER FINDS HIS FOREVER HOME. AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TO FOLLOW THEIR PAGE. LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A TON OF DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT. AND SO WE WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE SHELTER. AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL THE ADOPTIONS AND STUFF AT THE EVENT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. AND CASPER CAN GO HOME NOW. WELL, I THINK HE'S GOING TO WAIT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT. OH THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE RIGHT. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR B. IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK. AND I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AS FOLLOWS. WHEREAS ANIMAL SHELTERS AND THE DEDICATED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO OPERATE PROVIDE THEM WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT PROTECT ANIMALS, REUNITE LOST PETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES, AND HELP FIND NEW LOVING HOMES FOR COUNTLESS ANIMALS EACH YEAR. AND WHEREAS ANIMAL SHELTERS SERVE AS VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, PROMOTING SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORTING ANIMAL WELFARE INITIATIVES. AND WHEREAS, THE COMPASSIONATE AND TIRELESS WORK OF ANIMAL SHELTER EMPLOYEES, VETERINARIANS, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEERS OFTEN GOES UNRECOGNIZED DESPITE THEIR CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING OF ANIMALS IN NEED. AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THESE

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THANK YOU. HE'S HERE. HE'S YOURS. FRANK. YOU YOU TAKE IT HOME. DID YOU? MAKE THAT RIGHT? EXACTLY. EXACTLY. THAT WORKS FOR US. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT. THERE WE GO.

READY? FOR THE LAST ONE OF YOU? OUT OF THE WAY. OKAY. WE HAVE TO MEET YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE KILLING FRANK OVER HERE. AND THREE. ONE AND THREE. TWO. ONE. YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

CARDBOARD. YES. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO 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 COMMIT TO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATE ON TOPICS ADDRESSED. WE HAVE MISTER RON LOZANO. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO GO. YOU HEARD THE CITY ENGINEER REFER TO YOU AS A BOARD, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A QUIBBLE WITH THAT.

HOWEVER, AS YOU'LL NOTICE IN TENBY. IT SAYS A UNIFORM PROCEDURE, AND AFTER A SEMICOLON SAYS PROVIDING FOR EQUAL ACCESS BY BOARD MEMBERS. BUT IN BETWEEN IT SAYS

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BUT WHETHER YOU ARE CITY COMMISSION OR NOT, I THINK THE VAGUENESS AND THE LACK OF A LAWYER NOT FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW UNDER THE CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL GRANTED PAXTON EQUAL ACCESS. WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I INQUIRED OF A COMMISSIONER TO DURING THE BREAK. DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET ENTITLED TO TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, OR WHATEVER THE CHAIR DECIDES ON AGENDAS FOR CITY BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS. SO BECAUSE THE LAW IS THAT YOU GUYS COULD DISCUSS THIS ITEM AND THEN THE PUBLIC MIGHT BE MORE INTELLIGIBLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAY BE MAKING A LOT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I MEAN ABOUT NOT FOLLOWING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. EVEN YOU GUYS ARE REQUIRED TO EVERY NOW AND THEN BRUSH UP ON IT. AND 551 .007 BE WRITTEN BY A LOCAL LEGISLATURE IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED HERE. SO WE HEARD IN ANOTHER ITEM HERE IN TEN THAT. THE WHITE OAKS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BECAUSE IT GOES IN TWO DIRECTIONS. YOU HEARD THE CITY ENGINEER JUST TELL YOU THAT GRAVITY WILL BE THE BASIS FOR SETTING THE GRADIENT TO HORSESHOE POINT LAKE, AND WHO'S GOING TO ABSORB THAT COST? THE CITY IS. SO THE TOPOGRAPHY HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED WHATSOEVER BY ALL THESE EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST. AS COMMISSIONER MESSMER ALLUDED TO, WHAT IS UP REGARDING THE GRADIENT THAT THE ENGINEER PROPOSES. SO AGAIN. YOU, I THINK, SHOULD WAIT BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION ON THIS VARIANCE. YOU HEARD THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST OF OUR VARIANCES. THEY'RE GOING TO COME WHENEVER THEY WANT AND GET ANOTHER VARIANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LOZANO. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE RAYMOND REYES. MR. REYES.

RAYMOND REYES, 706 NANTUCKET DRIVE HERE IN HARLINGEN. SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON THE LAST MEETING, I WAS KIND OF LIKE, CUT OFF. I HAD SOME PEOPLE WATCHING THAT.

THAT WORKED FOR ME. $1,500 AN HOUR. GUYS SAID THAT THAT WAS WRONG, THAT THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE. AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY SPECIALTY. I HAVE OTHER SPECIALTIES, BUT I DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT THAT LOOK OUT FOR ME, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GET PAID FOR TO DO. I THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT I KIND OF STUMBLED UPON AS THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS DOING, BEING THAT I USED TO BE A PARTNER, THAT WHEN WE OWNED COTTONWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTRANCES. WE WERE TRYING TO DO AN EXPANSION. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AT

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve a variance to the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances to allow one instead of two required entrances for the proposed Horseshoe Pointe Subdivision , located in the 3.5-mile ET J, on the south side of Morris Road, approximately 2,095.97 feet southwest of S. Ed . Carey Drive.]

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WITH THAT, I'M OUT TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S CHEERING. THAT'S WHY MY HARLINGEN TODAY.

SORRY ABOUT SOUTH. AND CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. WE HAVE THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 16TH, 2025. IS THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? MOTION APPROVED. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM SEVEN IS 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. ANYTHING NEED TO BE REMOVED, PLEASE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN, A, B AND C MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN A, B, C OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND BY KENZIE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 7D7D. COMMISSIONER. YES. OKAY.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM NOT DESIGNATED DISTRICT TO GENERAL DISTRICT FOR 6.08 ACRES, MORE OR LESS AT A SOUTH PART OF BLOCK FIVE HIGHLAND SUBDIVISION LOCATED SOUTH OF OF SOUTH EXPRESSWAY 77. APPROXIMATELY 845.39FT EAST OF MAGGIE LANE. COMMISSIONER. YES, I OPPOSE THIS. AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I'M OPPOSING THIS AGAIN. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION? A SECOND, SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND LET'S JUST MAKE SURE MOVING FORWARD, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT UNANIMOUS ISN'T REMAIN ON THE CONSENT, OKAY? OKAY OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT. STAFF REPORT 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 CITY MANAGER. ITEM A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. MR. GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. AND THEN ITEM B IS STAFF REPORTS. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS FOR THEM AS WELL. OKAY. WELL THEN MOVING ON 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 PROVIDED YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORM FOR THE APPROPRIATE TOPIC. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR TWO OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL TOPICS. AND AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNED UP. OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ITEM NINE,

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to allow a license to encroach 20 feet by 45 feet, more or less , into the existing 20-foot alley right-of-way , adjacent to the property located at 1230 Greenway Street, bearing a legal description of 0.02 acre tract of land , more or less, being a Portion of a 20 ft. alley right-of-way adjacent to Lot 8, Block 9, A Re-subdivision of Blocks 1, 2 and 9, Green Acres Subdivision . Applicant: Araceli Cervantes, c/o Zarse Enterprises LLC .]

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PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN B CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM PROCEDURE FOR PLACING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS. PROVIDING FOR EQUAL ACCESS BY BOARD MEMBERS TO AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM PROCEDURE FOR PLACING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OF CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS. PROVIDING FOR EQUAL ACCESS BY BOARD MEMBERS, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED GENERAL MILLS. GENERAL MILLS DOESN'T LIKE WHAT KELLOGG IS DOING. ANOTHER COMPANY, AND GENERAL MILLS SAYS, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU

[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a John Deer 325G Compact Track Loader with attachments for $96 ,046. 34 .]

[Item 11 - Board Appointments]

THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT INDEPENDENTLY RUN THEM OF THE CITY. AND THEY ALL HAVE BUCKETS OF MONEY AND IN SOME CASES DEBT. SO LEAVE THEM ALL ALONE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. SO IT'S RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OVER ALL OF THE BOARDS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, IT WAS AN ASSUMPTION, I THINK, OF MINE.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE OF THE REST OF THIS COMMISSION THAT ALL BOARDS FUNCTION SIMILAR TO THE

[Item 12 - Executive Session]

WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MULTIPLE BOARDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND EVERY BOARD HAS MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THOSE BOARDS BY THIS COMMISSION. AND SO THE GOAL HERE IS THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE ON EACH OF THE BOARDS, JUST LIKE THE CITY COMMISSION HERE HAS A PROCESS, AND THE PROCESS WORKS WELL BECAUSE ANY COMMISSIONER ON THIS COMMISSION WITH THE, I GUESS, ASSISTANCE OF A SECOND COMMISSIONER, ANY TWO COMMISSIONERS CAN PLACE AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. AND THAT'S THE PROCESS. AND THERE OF COURSE, IT'S GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, CITY COMMISSION JURISDICTION ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. BUT AT NO TIME DOES THE MAYOR SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT ITEM TO

[Item 14 - Adjournment]

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IT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT MOST BOARDS WOULD HAVE A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY TO JUST HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION AND BE ABLE TO GO AND APPROACH THE CHAIR OR THE DIRECTOR TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S A PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO. AND SO I WOULD CAUTION IF YOU WANT TO OPPOSE IT, THEN I WOULD SAY, LET'S ENTERTAIN THAT. COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE FAIR THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT MAY I REBUT SO THAT COMMISSIONERS HERE CAN PLACE ITEMS ON OUR CORPORATION SESSIONS? CORRECT.

AND WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT BOARDS AND TO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS. AND MAYBE I'M NAIVE, BUT I WHEN I APPOINT SOMEBODY, I THINK, WELL, THEY MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF MORAL COMPASS, THEY MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF LIFE EXPERIENCE. THEY MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, AND THEY MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF LIFE KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL BRING THEM TO SKILL SET, TO SPEAK PROPERLY AND ACT PROPERLY ON A COMMISSION OR ON A BOARD.

BEYOND THAT, I DON'T NEED WE DON'T NEED TO MICROMANAGE ANY COMMISSION OR BOARD BEYOND THE PEOPLE WE APPOINT. I THINK YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE POINT OF THIS. NO ONE'S SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MICROMANAGED. IN FACT, THEY'RE BEING EMPOWERED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DIALOG WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEN THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND SO THE ITEMS AND THE AGENDA WILL ONLY BE THAT OF THE CHAIR OF EACH BOARD. MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WOULD YOU WOULD LIKE TO RELINQUISH YOUR BOARD MEMBER FROM THE EDC AND A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE AIRPORT BOARD, SINCE YOU HAVE TWO TO MAKE IT AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD. OKAY, SO SO SO I GUESS THE ANSWER IS NO. YOU DON'T. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. OKAY. NUMBER ONE, THE CHARTER SAYS THAT THE AND I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

SO THE CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, THERE'S BYLAWS FOR THE EDC. SHOULD THE EDC WANT TO CHANGE THAT BY BY ALL MEANS. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S PROCESSES IN PLACE AND THOSE PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE FOR THOSE BOARDS AND TWO PEOPLE TO PLACE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA ON ANY BOARD. I DON'T HAVE TO BOARD MEMBERS ON EACH BOARD. THIS IS SO YOU YOU HAVE ON THE EDC, A BOARD AND ON THE AIRPORT BOARD. AND THEN AS BECAUSE I WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK AT THE AIRPORT BOARD, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT APPALLING. YOU HAD OUR ATTORNEY THAT WAS THERE PRESENT

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OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. FAILS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS TO MIRROR WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS CURRENTLY. FIRST OFF, FRANK, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS, BECAUSE IMAGINE WHEN WE FIRST GOT ELECTED, WHEN YOU AND I FIRST GOT ELECTED, WE, YOU AND I WERE PUTTING THINGS ON THE AGENDA THAT AT THE TIME THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED. SO IMAGINE IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE POWER. LET ME JUST FINISH. IMAGINE IF WE DID. YOU AND I DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA THAT HE COULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T WANT THIS ON THE AGENDA. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN AGENDA. SO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST GOT ELECTED WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THEY HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU AND I HAD THE POWER TO JOIN UP, TO PUT SOMETHING ON, ON THE AGENDA AND GET THINGS DONE.

THAT IS THE THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE THAT THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS TRYING TO GET DONE OR TRYING TO BE DONE. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. YES. AFTER THAT MEETING. OKAY.

AIRPORT MEETING YOU TORE OFF AFTER THE JEAN, THE AIRPORT BOARD. NO, NO. LET'S STAY. BUT, MA'AM, YOU ENDED UP TALKING FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM FOR AN HOUR.

SHOULD I ANSWER HIS QUESTION? I DIDN'T ASK A QUESTION. THAT WAS NOT A QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK. I ASKED, IMAGINE IF IT HAD BEEN THAT WAY WHEN WE WERE FIRST SELECTED. WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH THAT? WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH THEM SAYING, NO, YOU GUYS CANNOT PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA? LET'S USE YOUR WORDING. OKAY? IMAGINE IMAGINE A STUDENT GOING AFTER YOU AFTER CLASS BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? FIRST OFF, THE IT'S NOT EVEN THE SAME. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A STUDENT AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO. I GUESS YOU FORGOT ALREADY. I WENT AFTER I HAD A TEACHER I DIDN'T KNOW, I THOUGHT I WAS ALREADY EDUCATED. I GOT MY DEGREE ON ON ON TASK. GENTLEMEN, IF I, IF I CAN JUST JUMP IN. IF YOU DON'T MIND, COMMISSIONER MORALES, I ALSO HAD THAT CONCERN WHEN I FIRST READ THIS, BECAUSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU COULD HAVE TWO MEMBERS THAT BELONG TO ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION START PUTTING THINGS ON THE ON THOSE TWO BOARDS. RIGHT. I HAVE THAT CONCERN. BUT MY PRACTICE HAS BEEN ON ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT I HAVE SERVED ON.

IS THAT THIS TWO MEMBERS, WHETHER IT'S THE CHAIRMAN, WHETHER IT'S LIKE A DIRECTOR OR WHETHER IT'S TWO MEMBERS OF THE WHATEVER BOARD IT IS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A COMMISSIONERS COURT OR WHETHER IT'S A CITY COMMISSIONER, ALL THAT HAVE THIS AUTHORITY. SO IT'S IN IN MY MIND, THE WAY I'M VIEWING IT IS IT'S JUST COMING IN LINE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY A COMMON PRACTICE. LET ME MAKE ONE POINT, OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR ME, OKAY? THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING UNDER THIS ROOF, OKAY? IN THREE YEARS TIME, WE'RE WORKING ON OUR THIRD HR DIRECTOR. WE'RE WORKING ON OUR SIX RISK RISK MANAGER. AND NUMBER FIVE, I STILL I WANT WE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME. PLEASE STAY ON THE AGENDA ITEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW PERSONNEL HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ITEM BEFORE YOU.

IT'S IT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE AIRPORT I DON'T

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WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU. AND IT'S OKAY THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TWO BOARD MEMBERS OF ANY BOARD WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO BE ABLE TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THAT IS YOUR OPINION.

THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE. I RESPECT IT IS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S FINE. BUT YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF READING INTO THIS AND MAKING THESE CONNECTIONS THAT DON'T EXIST.

BUT THEY THEY WILL BE IN DUE TIME. THANK YOU. SO IF I MAY CONTINUE. THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND CHAIRS HAVE CHAIRS AND THE CHAIRS WRITE DOWN THE AGENDA. THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR MEMBERS AND SAY, YEAH, THIS MAKES SENSE. YES. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND PUT IT ON THEIR SPECIFIC AGENDAS. IT'S NOT FOR US TO CONTROL ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL CORPORATIONS THAT HAPPEN TO EXIST IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. WELL, OUR JOB IS TO CONTROL OURSELVES. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, I MOVE TO DO YOU HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR. OH, YEAH, SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE ALSO ON THIS THIS ITEM IS THAT I WOULD LIKE THAT THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ■ARE BROUGHT FORTH HAVE TO BE RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE TO THE BOARD THAT THEY'RE ON. I AGREE.

SO I MARK, I CAN GET WITH YOU ON THE LANGUAGE. BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S I DON'T KNOW THE KEY HARLINGEN BEAUTIFUL BOARD. IT CAN ONLY BE IT'D BE PERTINENT TO THE BOARD PERTINENT TO THE BOARD, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING. RIGHT. SO THEY CAN'T DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE DECEMBER 5TH TO BE WHATEVER DAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO TO DO, JUST TO PUT IT IN A IN SIMPLE TERMS, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE AMENDMENT OR THE CONDITION PLACED BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN. C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW ONE INSTEAD OF TWO REQUIRED ENTRANCES FOR THE PROPOSED HORSESHOE POINT SUBDIVISION, LOCATED IN THE 3.5 MILE ETJ ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MORRIS ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 2095.97FT SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH ED CAREY DRIVE. THIS ITEM WAS TABLED DURING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2025. DO WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION? YEAH, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS VERY UNCERTAIN COMING INTO THIS MEETING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS. WE NEED TO TAKE OFF THE TABLE AGAIN. OH, OKAY. MAKE A MOTION. TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? SO I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE. WHAT SOLD ME ON THIS WAS THE AMOUNT OF HOUSES ARE GOING DOWN FROM 390 TO 350. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SECTION OF FOUR LANE HIGHWAY.

AND THAT HORSESHOE. IS GOING TO BE EIGHT TIMES THE PAISANO POND DRAINAGE HOLDING. AND THAT'S WHAT SELLS ME ON THIS. THEY ARE INTENSE ABOUT DRAINAGE AS I AM MAYOR. MAYOR, I WOULD ASK THAT THE MOTION BE PHRASED TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL VARIANCE TO TAKE PLACE UPON ANNEXATION. SO MOVED.

OKAY. SO MY CONCERNS WERE EVERYTHING THAT WAS RAISED HERE TODAY. AND SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS THE VARIANCE. THIS IS THE STAGE OF A PRELIMINARY STAGE. EXCELLENT POINTS COMMISSIONER, AND GREAT PRESENTATION. BY ALL I KNOW THIS TOOK US A WHILE TO GET HERE AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE AND INDULGENCE. AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT AND GIVING AND TALKING WITH US. BUT FOR THOSE THAT KNOW THAT IT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS THE VARIANCE. I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND I THINK WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT IN TERMS OF ANNEXATION. AND SO THE CONDITIONED UPON MEANS AT EACH PHASE, IS THAT WHAT WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING? YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS WHEN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY COMES INTO THE CITY, IT'LL BE IT'S IT'LL BE EFFECTIVE UPON ANNEXATION OF

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I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE REPORT FROM CSC TO REVIEW THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED, BUT THAT'S NOT ON YOU. OKAY. SO THIS VARIANCE THAT ALONE IS A CONCERN FOR ME ALONE. I'M NOT READY FOR THAT. I'M NOT READY TO ACCEPT WHAT I'M BEING TOLD RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

SO WE HAD A MOTION AND DID WE GET IT. WE HAD A SECOND. AND DID YOU CONDITION DID YOU MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. NO, I'M JUST GIVING ROBERT AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM TEN D READS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ALLOW A LICENSE TO ENCROACH 20FT BY 45FT, MORE OR LESS INTO THE EXISTING 20FT ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1230 GREENWAY STREET. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 0.02 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, MORE OR LESS BEING A PORTION OF A 20FT ALLEY RIGHT AWAY ADJACENT TO LOT A, BLOCK NINE A RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS ONE, TWO AND NINE GREEN ACRE SUBDIVISION. AND WE HAVE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO GRANT A LICENSE TO ENCROACH, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 20FT BY 45FT INTO AN EXISTING 20 FOOT ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1230 GREENWAY STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE ENCROACHMENT IS TO ALLOW A PROPOSED PARKING LOT THAT WILL SERVE A PROPOSED FOUR PLEX APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS IS A PAPER ALLEYWAY. YES. AND THEY WILL BE. THEY WILL BE MAKING THE IMPROVEMENTS.

OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY. SO HERE'S THE PROPERTY SURVEY WHICH SHOWS THE PROPERTY LINES AND AS WELL AS THE EASEMENT IN THE BACK. THIS IS A SUBDIVISION PLOT SHOWING THE 20 FOOT ALLEY AND A 20 FOOT ALLEY EASEMENT RIGHT BEHIND IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE, THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE THING, WHICH LOOKS REALLY ODD. I'M HERE TO SITE PLAN SHOWING THE PROPOSED FOURPLEX OR TWO DUPLEXES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. OKAY. QUESTION. YES, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN IT. NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO BUILD IT OR PAVE IT AND MAINTAIN IT. YES. WHAT IF THEY DON'T MAINTAIN IT? WELL, WE CAN REVOKE THE LICENSE BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. IT'S ALREADY THE, THE, THE PARKING SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT. SO THEY BUILD IT. YOU REVOKE THE LICENSE, BUT IT MEANS NOTHING.

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SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ANNA. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM TEN E IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A JOHN DEERE. 325 IS THIS A BY BOARD OR ONE OF THOSE SIMILAR THINGS? YES, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 11. 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. DO YOU HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS? NONE. NONE. NONE I HAVE THREE REAPPOINT ADELE CLINTON SOLIS TO PARKS ADVISORY. REAPPOINT CARLOS SANCHEZ TO PLANNING AND ZONING.

REAPPOINTED DAVID HERNANDEZ TO HEALTHY HARLINGEN ADVISORY BOARD. IF THAT BOARD STILL EXISTS. OKAY. NONE. NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE APPOINTMENTS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MESMER? SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEM 12 IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION WILL BE DELIBERATED IN A CLOSED SESSION. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT GENERALLY PERMITTED TO ATTEND A CLOSED SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AS AN ACTION ITEM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR. HOWEVER, CITY COMMISSION WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION. 12 A READS CONSENT COMES IN CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 .07 11A REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 .0712 TO RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THE TIME IS NOW. 7:47 P.M. WE'LL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. BE OUT SHORTLY. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT CAME OUT AND PRESENTED.

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