Feb 04, 2026 CC Workshop & Reg Meeting 02-04-2026

[Item 1 - Call to Order]

[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest]

[Item 3 - Citizen Communication]

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RUNNING. SUGARLAND. SUGARLAND. I COULDN'T REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS JUST I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. I HAVE NO BEEN THERE. JUST SUGARLAND. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. THE TIME IS NOW 5:04 P.M. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE HAVE POSTED TODAY'S MEETING AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ONE OTHER COMMISSIONER THAT SHOULD BE JOINING US SOON. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'LL

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THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY DEVELOPED 15 DIFFERENT REGIONS WERE IN REGION FIVE AT 15. IN 2000, 20 MAYOR. EX-MAYOR. BOSWELL ANNOUNCED 6.2 MILLION OF LOCAL AND STATE FUNDS FOR THE WATER QUALITY BOARD. THAT'S DECEMBER 2ND 20. DECEMBER 2ND 20 OR 2. JANUARY 2ND 26. ON JANUARY 2022. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS THAT IS FROM WHEN BOSWELL MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. CSU WAS HIRED AS THE ENGINEERS, THE PRESENTERS TODAY. TODAY IS JANUARY FEBRUARY 2026. HOW MANY YEARS IS THAT? LET ME TELL YOU, THE MOTHER NATURE DOESN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED THAT IT HASN'T HAPPENED, BUT IT DID HAPPEN TEN MONTHS AGO. BIG TIME. AND I MAY UNDERSTAND AN EXTENSION, BUT IN THE INTERIM, THE STATE TEXAS FLOOD PLAN IN THE INTERIM AND UNDERSTAND THAT I THIS IS MY AREA OF WORK AND MY PASSION TO SEE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD DRAINAGE, YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD ECONOMY, SUBDIVISIONS, ETC. ETC. EVEN SOME THAT NEW BIGGIES THAT ARE COMING INTO TOWN, INTERNATIONAL BIGGIES. SO POINT IS, WE MISS THE TEXAS 2024 FLOOD PLAN. WE SUBMITTED SOME PROJECTS. I SEE THEM, THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE ATTACHED. BUT IT'S NOT A PLAN. IT'S A THROWING IN A BUNCH OF PROJECTS YOU PROBABLY KNOW. AND LAST OCTOBER WAS A DEADLINE FOR THE 2028 FLOOD PLAN, AND WE'RE THROWING OTHERS. WE NEED TO STEP IT UP. WE NEED TO MOVE FASTER BECAUSE MOTHER NATURE IS NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR YOU. AND WE HAVE A VERY SERIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM AND DRAINAGE. WE CAN'T AFFORD IT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KICK IN AND USE SOME OF OUR LOCAL FUNDS TO WAIT SO WE CAN GO GET SOME GRANTS AND MATCH. BUT GRANTS TO THE AORTA, THE AORTA, IF I MAY USE THE TERM, THE MAIN ARTERIES THAT WE HAVE IN DRAINAGE TO GET THE WATER OUT. I KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE 47 PAGE I'VE GONE OVER, GOT A BUNCH OF NOTES, BUT I WILL SUBMIT IT TO YOU IN WRITING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD LUCK. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. OKAY. THAT IS IT FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION BY JAVIER ZAMORA, CSC ENGINEER ON THE DRAINAGE REPORT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS JAVIER ZAMORA. WORK FOR CIVIL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING HERE WITH ME TODAY I HAVE DARREN DE CURT, KAITLYN AND MR. GODFREY GARZA. TODAY, CSC WILL BE PRESENTING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN FLOOD PROTECTION PLANNING STUDY. THE PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF FLOOD RISK WITHIN THE WATERSHED AREA, DISCUSSES PLANNING STRATEGIES, AND REVIEW

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EVALUATE STREAM GAUGE STATIONS LOCATIONS FOR THE ARROYO COLORADO MONITORING. WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO DOCTOR DARREN LEE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CSC TO PERFORM THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT TO THE CITY AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES. AND AS JAVIER MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 297, 297MI■!S.

THAT'S OUR STUDY AREA. AND THAT INCLUDES THE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE COLORADO. HOWEVER, BASED ON THIS, YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS EXHIBIT, YOU CAN TELL THE ARROYO COLORADO COVER NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CAMERA COUNTY ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE FROM THE NORTH FLOODWAY. IT'S ABOUT A 244MI■!S COMING FROM HIDALGO COUNTY. AND AND IN ADDITION AND OUR STUDY AREA ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE IBWC FOR BWC, BWC AT EXTREME EVENT IN THE RIO GRANDE, RIO GRANDE RIVER. AND THEN WE DIVERT MAXIMUM 100,001, 105,000 CFS TWO OUR EAST SIDE AND OUR AREA. AND AT THE DIVERSION GATE AND THE 105, THAT'S THE CAPACITY. AND IT WILL SPLIT TO THE NORTH AND NORTH FLOODWAY AND TO AURORA, COLORADO. AURORA. AURORA, COLORADO IS. AURORA, COLORADO.

ORIGINAL BWC DESIGN CAPACITY IS 21,000 CFS. THE CURRENT CONDITION WE ONLY HAVE BASED ON BWC, WE ONLY HAVE 45% OF THE CAPACITY. BUT BASED ON OUR 2025 EVENT, WE FEEL IT'S AN EVEN LOWER IS A 40%. THE ORIGINAL DESIGN CAPACITY. SO YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT WATER COME FROM HIDALGO COUNTY REGARDING, YOU KNOW, DEPENDS ON DIVERSION FROM BWC AND OR HIDALGO DRAINAGE. WHEN HE WHEN BWC DIVERT WATER INTO THIS SITE, ANYTIME THEY HAVE THE OPERATING POLICY, ALL THE GATE ALONG THE LEVEE SYSTEM, NORTH FLOODWAY SYSTEM OR A REGULAR RATO MUST CLOSED. SO THAT'S SOME ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET

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BACK. FORWARD FOR THE FORWARD. DON'T WORRY. ANYWAY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN ANIMATION ABOUT HOW THE THE THE THE WATERSHED RESPONDED TO 20 2025 EVENTS. WHAT HAPPENED? THE RAINFALL, THE INUNDATION, AND THIS WINE AND THE SUPPOSE THE ANIMATION. I CANNOT DO THAT. BUT BASICALLY THIS SHOWS THE WHAT'S THE FLOW PATTERN IN ORDER TO FIND THE SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THE FLOODING ISSUES. YOU KNOW, WHERE THE WATER COME FROM, WHERE THE WATER GOES, HOW MANY, HOW MANY, WHAT'S THE AREA, DRAINAGE AREA, WHERE THE WATER COME FROM. THAT'S WHY I SHOW THE FLOW PATTERN. SO. OH, THERE'S A MOVIE OKAY I OKAY. THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WHAT'S THE FLOW PATH? OH, YEAH. HOW THE WATER MOVING. YOU CAN SEE MAJORITY FOR OUR HIDALGO COUNTY. NO, FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, HARLINGEN AREA. ALL THE WATER MAJORITY OF WATER GO TO NORTH. FROM HERE. I'M GOING TO PASS TO YOU GO TO A DETAIL ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE FROM OUR BASE MODELING, LOOKING AT THE FLOW PATTERNS AND STUFF. WE GO IN AND WE START LOOKING AT THE CONSTRAINTS FOR THE REGION AND THE DRAINAGE INADEQUACIES. AND WE ALL KNOW VERY FLAT TERRAIN. WE HAVE OVERLAND FLOW OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS CANALS AND ROADS, ROADWAYS. THE CURRENT DRAINS HAVE VERY LITTLE OR LIMITED DITCH CAPACITIES. WE HAVE RESTRICTED OUTFALLS DUE TO BACKWATER FROM NORTH MAIN DRAIN OR THE ARROYO, AS WELL AS OUTLET GATES GOING THROUGH THE LEVEES. OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEMS ARE OLD AND VERY SMALL, AND WE HAVE VERY FEW INLETS PLACED AROUND, AND WE ALSO HAVE LIMITED DETENTION BASINS AROUND THE REGION OR EVEN REGION. SO IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL THOSE, WE START LOOKING AT HOW DO WE SOLVE SPECIFIC INADEQUACIES AND SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. SO WE GO THROUGH AND WE LOOK AT OUR IMPROVEMENT MEASURES, OUR LITTLE TOOLBOX OF ELEMENTS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT. THESE INCLUDE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, THESE DETENTION BASINS, YOUR CHANNEL DIVERSIONS YOU KNOW, IMPROVING THE CROSSINGS, CREATING LARGE STORM SEWER CONVEYANCE TRUNK LINES, DOING PROVIDING STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AND MORE INLET PLACEMENTS, YOU KNOW, INCREASING DESIGN FREQUENCIES FOR THIS STORM SEWERS AND THE CHANNELS DOING DUAL PURPOSE OF EXISTING IRRIGATION CANAL RIGHT OF WAYS, SUCH AS COMBINING IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE TOGETHER IN A RIGHT OF WAY. WE LOOKED AT RECLAMATION OF EXISTING RESACAS, BRINGING THEM IN FOR DRAINAGE, DOING BACKWATER RESTRICTORS ON THE ON THE LEVEES, WITH WITH ADJACENT BASINS AND PUMPS, AND THEN ALSO LOOKED AT TRYING TO RESTORE THE ABILITY TO RESTORE SOME OF THE ROYAL COLORADO'S CAPACITY. SO WITH ALL THOSE, WE START LOOKING AT THE ELEMENTS, WE START ANALYZING THEM, AND THEN WE START WE'RE ABLE TO START SEEING WHAT SOME OF OUR MAJOR STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO BE BEFORE WE GO AND START COMBINING INTO ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS. AND SOME OF THE MAJOR STRATEGIES WE ARE LOOKING AT IS NORTH MAIN DRAINAGE. IT'S YOUR LARGE DRAINAGE AREA ON THE NORTH AND WESTERN SIDE OF THE OF THE AREA. THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION. NOT ONLY DOES IT FLOOD THE AREA, BUT IT ALSO CAUSES BACKWATER UP. OTHER RECEIVING CHANNELS SUCH AS THIRD STREET, 13TH STREET DRAIN. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT REDUCING TAILWATERS FOR THAT INCREASING CHANNEL CAPACITY. WE'RE FOR THE AREAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CHANNELS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN AND

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AND THEN FINALLY IN THE REPORT, ONE OF THE LAST THINGS IN THE REPORT, WE COME BACK IN FOR OUR 39 AREAS. AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS. THIS IS FOR TWD. AND SO THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN BE SUBMITTED ONTO THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, WHICH AND SO WE UTILIZE DEVS INPUT WORKSHEET. WE USE FEMA'S BENEFIT COST RATIOS AND THEIR TOOL KITS. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, NOT ONLY DO WE SUBMIT PREVIOUSLY THE 39 REGIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE NUMEROUS SMALLER PROJECTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE VIABLE FOR THEM. THAT WAS ALSO SUBMITTED AND DEVELOPED.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE BCA ANALYSIS IS IT LOOKS AT DAMAGES FOR THE STRUCTURES, TRANSPORTATION CRITICAL FACILITIES AND AGRICULTURAL, AND IT LOOKS AT THE NON PROJECT VERSUS PROPOSED PROJECT FLOOD DEPTHS. SO THE DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE STRUCTURES AND EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THE 10,500 500 MULTIPLE STORM EVENTS COMPARED TO POST-PROJECT CONDITIONS. AND THAT DEVELOPS YOUR THAT WITH YOUR COST ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPS YOUR BENEFIT COST RATIO. I HAD A QUESTION. YES. ON THE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE I DON'T KNOW I THINK IT'S SLIDE ONE. IT SAYS BENEFITS COST ANALYSIS. YEAH THAT ONE OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ONE THROUGH 39. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE ARE THE STARTING WITH NUMBER ONE. THAT'S THE PRIORITY. AND IT'S GOING ON DOWN. OR THESE ARE JUST THE SUB. THESE ARE THE SUB BASINS THAT I TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE SPLIT UP THE ANALYSIS INTO 39 SUB BASES OKAY. SO THE ONE THROUGH 39 IS JUST THIS. THEY'RE JUST NOT A PRIORITIZATION OKAY. COOL. INSIDE THE REPORT WE DO HAVE THE COST AND THE BCA RATIO AND THE PRIORITIZATION THAT WE DEVELOPED AND PRIORITIZATION WAS BASED UPON PUBLIC INPUT CITY INPUT HOW MUCH BENEFIT WE'RE GOING TO GET. AND THAT'S LISTED OUT IN THE REPORT. BUT HERE THIS IS JUST OKAY. WE HAD TO TAKE 300MI■!S AND CHUNK IT DN TO SOMETHING USABLE BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. ON THIS COST ANALYSIS, WHAT IS THE RATIO? WHAT'S THE MINIMAL OR WHAT'S A MAXIMUM ON THE THRESHOLD TO BE ACCEPTED BY, LET'S SAY TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD? OKAY. SO TYPICALLY THE MINIMUM IS A 1.0. HOWEVER SOME REGIONS CAN GET A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT THE HIGHER THE NUMBER THE BETTER THE BENEFIT OF COURSE YOU KNOW. SO IT'S GOING TO BE HOW MUCH COST SAVINGS ARE YOU ARE YOU OR HOW MUCH DAMAGES ARE YOU REDUCING OVER ACROSS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT IN COMPARISON WITH THE COST OF THE PROJECT. SO IN THAT RATIO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT WE GOT SOME OF THEM THAT ARE 5 TO 7 TO ONES AS WELL. SO WHERE'S THE MAJORITY.

WELL THE MAJORITY IS USUALLY GOING TO BE IN URBANIZED AREAS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL YOUR STRUCTURES ARE AND YOUR WHAT. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR THE MAJORITY OF YOUR BEST BENEFITS ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR URBANIZED AREAS. OKAY. MAINLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE STRUCTURES ARE. AGRICULTURAL DOES HAVE SOME BENEFIT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT. AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THING IS WITH OUR PROJECT, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ARE OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS. THEY'RE ALSO FOR FUTURE CONDITIONS. SO IT MAY HAVE A LOW BENEFIT RATIO NOW. BUT IF IT'S ON A PLAN THEN IT CAN BE ENFORCED AND AND IT CAN BE PUSHED THROUGH INTO THE DEVELOPER. SO THERE'S SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. BUT HOW CAN YOU INCREASE THE THE BENEFIT, THE COST OF THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS FROM I'M SORRY, BUT I ENDED UP GOING THROUGH THAT YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING. OUT OF THE 39 IC35.

LET ME COUNT. 1111. THERE ARE ABOVE THE 1.0 AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS BELOW THAT. SO HOW CAN YOU HOW CAN WE INCREASE? LET ME TAKE ONE HERE. FOR INSTANCE, THE HICKORY HILL MARIPOSA RANCH.

THAT'S AT 0.33. HOW CAN WE INCREASE THAT TO TOWARDS A 1.0. YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK JUST CLOSER TO THE PODIUM. YOU WANT ME TO JUST WRITE ON THE MIC SO WE CAN ALL HEAR YOU? WELL, CONTROL PROJECT. OKAY. WHAT'S THAT FOR? FLOOD. YOU KNOW, FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT

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BEFORE. THEY THEY HAVE THEIR COMMITTEE DECIDE THIS IS A PROJECT GOAL. NOT NOT NECESSARILY ALL BASED ON PCA RATIO. BCA FIRST OKAY, BCA RATIO IS VERY HARD TO MEET THE ONE MANY TIMES VERY DIFFICULT. HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT IN YOUR KIND OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL BENEFIT OR LIKE A ROAD TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT. IT DELAYED THE TIME. THAT'S A YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IT'S A LITTLE BIT JUDGMENT CALL. RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, YOU SAID DELAY FIVE HOURS THIS STORM EVENT OR TEN HOURS. AND THEN THE COST WILL BE HIGHER, THE BENEFIT HIGHER.

IF YOU HAVE THIS PROJECT TO REDUCE THE THE THE FLOODING OF THE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BLOCKAGE TO THE ROADWAY AND THEN YOU'RE SHORT THE TIME, LET'S SAY ONE HOUR THE WATER DISAPPEAR. AND IF WE HAVE THE PROJECT CAN MAKE YOUR TEN HOURS REDUCE TO ONE HOUR. YOU HAVE A HIGHER BENEFIT FOR THE ROADWAY BECAUSE LESS DELAY. SO BUT IF IT'S BELOW THAT 1.0 THRESHOLD, IT, IT USED TO BE. IT USED TO BE. YES. SO SO WHAT IS WHAT'S THE CRITERIA NOW FOR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT. WATER DOES NOT HAVE A HONESTLY DOES NOT HAVE A REAL ESTATE OR YOU HAVE TO BE ONE. NO. SO THEY DON'T HAVE A RANKING SYSTEM AND RANKING AND THEY SHOW YOU IT'S A PARAMETER. IT'S A WHAT. IT'S LIKE A PARAMETER TO SHOW CONSIDERATION. LIKE YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FACTORS TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, COMPREHEND, MAKE A DECISION.

BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE FACTORS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE FIRST FACTOR. SEE OBVIOUSLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, ESPECIALLY THESE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE AFFECTED GREATLY ONCE WE START SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS TO TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND OTHER ENTITIES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET RECOGNIZED AND WE GET SOME TYPE OF FUNDING. OTHERWISE, WE'LL BE AT THE MIDDLE OR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE, AND THEY'LL NEVER BE CONSIDERED. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. YEAH. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IT'S LIKE IF WE ONLY HAVE, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE TEN, TEN OUT OF 39 THAT ARE ABOVE THE FIVE, THE 1.0 OR 1.0. HERE, LET ME READ TO YOU WHAT I SEE HERE. THE AVALON AND SECLUDED ACRES SUBDIVISIONS 4.39. THE DAVIS STREET IS AT 5.46. THE THIRD STREET DRAINAGE IS 5.76. AND THE YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST SOME. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUT OF 39, YOU REFER TO THEM AS THE 39 BASINS, SUB BASE BASIN REGIONS. WE GOT A THIRD THAT'S ABOVE THAT, THAT 1.0 THRESHOLD AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS WAY BELOW. AND. IT'S A CONCERN GENERALLY URBANIZED AREA. YOU CAN EASILY GET A HIGHER. RATIO. AND THE OTHER WAY IS TOO IS LET'S ALSO REMEMBER WITH THE SUB BASINS, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE LARGER AREAS. IF WE TAKE IN AREA AND WE SHRINK IT DOWN TO A SPECIFIC VIABLE PROJECT, THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY INCREASE THE BENEFIT RATIO, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE AREAS THAT HAD THE FOUR AND THE FIVES. AVONDALE SECLUDED ACRES, THAT'S A VERY SMALL AREA. AND SO THE THE DRAINAGE BASIN FOR OR THE SUB BASIN FOR THE HICKORY HILL AREA INCLUDES MULTIPLE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ITEMS. IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND TAKES THEM ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FLOODWAY. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE ONE ITEMS THERE TO RELIEVE HICKORY HILL, BUT IT'S ALSO THE THE AREAS AROUND IT TOO. SO THERE'S A SO ONCE THAT AREA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, WE WANT TO SUBMIT THAT ONE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND IT'S VIABLE. THEN WE TAKE IT, WE REDUCE THE COST AND AND AND ONLY PROVIDE THE PROJECTS SPECIFIC TO THAT LOCATION. WHICH, WHICH WE DID DO FOR, I THINK WHAT, 13 PROJECTS BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE SUBMITTED. WE HAD SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE WE

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THAT'S ONE FACTOR TO WHY. HOW DO YOU DEFINE THE AREA LOGICALLY. THE SIMILARITY WATER DEPTH. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BECAUSE WE ARGUE ABOUT THIS THING WITH THE TWB REGARDING THE WORKSHOP. THAT'S HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY YOU HAVE TO USE. SO. ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE JUST SAYING IS WE CAN REFIT IT. IF YOU HAD A PROJECT, COMMISSIONER PETTIS IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT WE NEED TO DO, WE CAN REFIT IT AND FIT IT INTO THE PARAMETERS TO INCREASE THE POINTS. YEAH. NO, ON YOUR MATRIX. YEAH, I GOT THAT POINT. SO JUST REAL QUICK ON THE PROJECTS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IN YOUR PLAN, DID YOU COME UP WITH OR DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS TO COMPLETE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? OH, FOR THE ENTIRE. YEAH, 1.5. YEAH. I CAN'T THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT LET'S JUST SAY $1.5 BILLION. YEAH, YEAH. BUT AGAIN, LET ME SAY THAT JUST ONE MORE TIME AT THE MIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME. I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY IT'S IN THE GENERAL RANGE OF ABOUT 1.5 BILLION. IS THAT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE? PROBABLY. OKAY. BECAUSE THE BENEFIT LISTED IN THE REPORT, WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE? THE BCA SUMMARY TOTAL COST.

IT'LL BE A TOTAL COST. YEAH OKAY. THERE AT THE BOTTOM AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE BENEFIT.

THAT'S LET'S SAY 5.502 MILLION. AND THE THAT'S THAT'S THE BENEFITS. THE THE COST IS 1.6 MILLION BILLION. OH THAT WAS CLOSE. YEAH. SO BUT LET'S ALSO REMEMBER THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST FLOOD RELIEF OF EXISTING FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS BUT ALSO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ARROYO COLORADO BASIN. SO IT WOULD INCLUDE STUFF ALL THE WAY ON THE WESTERN SIDE UP IN THE HARDEN RANCH AREA, UP, YOU KNOW, NORTH OF COMBS. AND SO IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WON'T EVER BE CONCEIVED OF, OR AT LEAST NOT FOR THE NEXT TEN, 20 PLUS YEARS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A FLOOD REDUCTION PLAN. IT'S A IT'S REALLY A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE PLANNING FOR FUTURE DRAINAGE AS WELL AS RELIEVING EXISTING. AND I THINK WE WERE JUST IN A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK, GABE AND I WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND THEY MENTIONED OF A LOT OF

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SINCE THERE'S JUST LIMITED FUNDS. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ALSO COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGION. RIGHT. SO THERE'S SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, DD FIVE AND. THERE'S ALL ALONG NORTH MAIN DRAIN, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACTS THE CITY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO. I'LL DO THIS SLIDE RIGHT QUICK. THEN I'LL GO INTO THE ACTUAL PROJECT. SO WE ALSO DID STREAM GAUGES. THE AS PART OF OUR PROJECT WE HAD FIVE STREAM GAUGES INSTALLED ALONG THE COLORADO. THESE WERE DONE BY RESEARCH WHO'S CURRENTLY THE THE CONSULTANT FOR TWD ON INSTALLATION, A REGIONAL STREAM GAUGE SYSTEM SO THAT IT CAN BE INCORPORATED AND DONE INTO A FUTURE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. IT ALSO STREAM GAUGES. ALSO, NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, BUT IT PROVIDES ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN YOUR STUDIES AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON TOO, BECAUSE THAT DATA IS REALLY HARD TO STUDY. SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO GO THROUGH IS I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, SOME OF THESE WE DID INDIVIDUAL BCAAS ON AND WE SUBMITTED THEM ON INDIVIDUAL MEMOS. NORTH MAIN DRAIN IS THE LARGEST AND MOST PROBLEMATIC DITCH IN THE REGION IS 33MI■!S. IT'S WESTERN AND NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. IT RECEIVES A LOT OF FLOW FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. THE BASIN DOES HAVE A UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC WHERE AT THE FREEWAY AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS 77, IT KIND OF LIKE HAS TWO SEPARATE BASINS. DOWNSTREAM.

WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH TAIL WATERS THAT IMPACTS THE ADJACENT AREAS AS WELL AS THIRD STREET DRAIN, 13TH STREET DRAIN, FLOODING THOSE OUT DOING BACKWATER, AND THEN ON THE UPSTREAM END IT IT FLOODS OUT THE FREEWAY. WE KNOW HOW WILSON ROAD LOOKS EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

HE ALSO CAN IT COMES OUT OF THE BANK AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP AND IT EVEN FLOODS OUT, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS IN THE CITY AS WELL AS PALM VALLEY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR A PROPOSED PROJECT IS THAT WE FOUND WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE UPSTREAM PORTION OF NORTH MAIN DRAIN DETENTION BASIN, JUST DOWNSTREAM OF PALM VALLEY. THIS IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF CITY LIMITS, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE, IF NOT ACTUALLY IN CITY LIMITS, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE BENEFIT FOR THE SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FOR NORTH MAIN DRAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FREEWAY. WE ACTUALLY HAD TAKEN UP THE ENTIRE GREEN AREA THAT SURROUNDS THIS, THIS PURPLE HATCHED AREA. JUST PLACE IT HERE. WE ACTUALLY WERE LOOKING AT THIS AREA HERE, AND WE WERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHRINK IT AND SHRINK IT AND SHRINK IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT MORE STUDYING. SO TO REDUCE IT, HOWEVER, LIKE Y'ALL DO. LOZANO I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CHEAPENED OUT BY DOING IT, YOU KNOW, IN-HOUSE OR COORDINATION WITH DD FIVE OR OTHER AGENCIES. DOWNSTREAM OF NORTH MAIN DRAINS A LONG TERM FUTURE MESS. WE WERE PROPOSING LARGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS DOWN NORTH MAIN DRAIN 100 FOOT BOTTOM, 240 FOOT TOP WIDTH, DEEPENING IT WAY BEYOND THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT. DOING DIVERSION CHANNELS UP TO HARDENED RANCH DRAIN, WHICH IS THE MAJOR DRAIN NORTH OF IT, DEEPENING THAT ONE AND WIDENING THAT ONE OUT. A LOT OF THAT'S GOING TO BE FUTURE STUFF, POTENTIALLY, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUTFALLS FOR THE OUTER LOOP. AND AS THE CITY GROWS NORTH, ADVISE OUTFALL FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE CITY AS WELL. THEN WE STARTED LOOKING

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SO RUN THEM INTO A BASIN. SMALL LITTLE ONE OF THEM WAS IN A LITTLE PARK AREA, MAKE IT A DUAL USE, HOLD THE WATER AND THEN LET IT RUN OUT. ADDITIONALLY, LET'S SEE JEFFERSON STREET DRAIN WHERE WE KNOW OVER AT 76TH STREET AND NINTH STREET. THAT'S A TOPOGRAPHIC BOWL. AND JEFFERSON DRAIN ITSELF HAS A HIGH TAILWATER. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE GOT TO LOWER JEFFERSON. WE GOT TO LOWER THE OUTFALL TAILWATER BECAUSE IT JUST KEEPS BACKING UP INTO THE BOWL. WE CAN'T GET IT LOW ENOUGH. THE DRAIN ITSELF HAS A VERY RESTRICTIVE RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE RAILROAD TRACK. SO WE LOOKED AT A DIVERSION CULVERT DOWN WASHINGTON. SO HAVE IT DIVERT THE WATER FROM THE UPSTREAM STORM SEWER SYSTEMS INTO A LITTLE HOLDING BASIN, AND THEN RUN IT DOWN A BOX CULVERT DOWN WASHINGTON TO A LARGER BASIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 25TH STREET, AND THEN HAVE IT HOLD THERE, AND THEN PUT A NEW OUTFALL ON THE 32ND DRAIN THAT ALSO KEEPS US FROM HAVING TO CROSS THE RAILROAD WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. THERE'S SOME OTHER SMALL AREAS. PARKWOOD. THERE ARE SOME APARTMENTS THERE OVER IN THE PARKWOOD AREA THAT THE STREET ELEVATIONS ARE ABOUT FOUR FEET BELOW THE CHANNEL BANK OF THE ROYAL. SO ANYTIME THE ROYAL GETS UP, THE WATER

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SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PROPOSING FLAP GATES RAISE OR PUT A BERM UP TO PROTECT THAT LITTLE AREA THERE. AND THEN INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL THE WATER THAT'S CURRENTLY RUNNING DOWN TO IT, DIVERT THE WATER THAT'S NORTH OF THE CANAL OVER TO THE EAST AND HAVE IT RUN THROUGH AN EXISTING CHANNEL OUT TO THE ARROYO THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, A WE ALSO HAD IMPROVEMENTS ALONG LITTLE CREEK, IMPROVING THE CHANNEL DESILTING, CLEARING OUT SOME VEGETATION, A COUPLE OF MINOR CULVERT REPLACEMENTS, AND SOME INTERNAL STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. SMALL AREAS THAT PROVIDE A DECENT BENEFIT AND IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA. AND THEN THE LARGE CORRIDOR TRUNK LINES. WE KNOW ABOUT COMMERCE STREET WITH THE TEN BY TEN. WE ALSO PROPOSED WEST STREET. TO HIS POINT IS, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS WE NEED AN END TO MR. MARTINEZ'S POINT. WE NEED TO BE HITTING THE THE BIG DRAINS. RIGHT. SO WHETHER IT'S THE NORTH MAIN DRAIN OR EVERYTHING THAT GETS US TO THE ARROYO, THE THE WHAT IS IT? THE NORTH FLOODWAY, THE NORTH MAIN DRAIN INTO THE ARROYO. THOSE ARE OUR TOP PRIORITIES, RIGHT. PUSH THE WATER OUT. AND UNFORTUNATELY NORTH MAIN DRAIN IS IT'S GOT A TEN YEAR CAPACITY, FIVE YEAR CAPACITY. AND IT RECEIVES OVER HALF OF THE CITY NORTH OF THE ARROYO. IT'S AND LIKE LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID, YES, THE OBJECTS GET EVERYTHING TO THE ROYAL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

OR THE NORTH FLOODWAY. THOSE ARE BIG CHANNELS THAT CAN THAT CAN TAKE THE CITY'S DRAINAGE.

WEST ROAD OVER IN THE OLD TOWNSHIP AREA. WE KNOW THAT AREA HAS GOT FLOODING PROBLEMS. I MEAN, 2025 IS WHAT THIS DEEP UP AGAINST THE RAILROAD. SO WE NEED DEEP. SO NOT ONLY INTERNAL INTERIOR, STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, WE NEED A WAY TO OUTFALL IT BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY IT RUNS OVER AND TIES INTO THE COMMERCE STREET TRUNK LINE. EVEN IF WE WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ON COMMERCE STREET, IF WE IMPROVE THAT, IF WE ADD THE WEST ROAD, WE JUST PROVIDE THAT MUCH MORE BENEFIT. WE'RE ABLE TO ISOLATE THIS AREA, KEEP IT AWAY FROM COMMERCE AND THEN PULL MORE INTO COMMERCE TRUNK LINE AS WELL, AND JUST PROVIDE BENEFIT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILROAD. AND ANOTHER BENEFIT WITHIN THIS LOCATION WAS WE HAD LOOKED AT CONVERTING THE IRRIGATION CANAL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS AREA AND TAKING THE RIGHT AWAY, PUTTING THE IRRIGATION WATER IN PIPE AND THEN PUTTING A CARVING OUT A DRAINAGE DITCH ON TOP. SO USE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY AND CONVERT THE IRRIGATION CANAL INTO A DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION DUAL CORRIDOR. THAT WOULD PROVIDE US A SECONDARY OUTFALL ON THAT SIDE OF THE AREA, AS WELL AS AN OUTFLOW TO THE AREA NORTH OF THE MARKET. RAIL UP NEAR LOZANO PARK DITCH. THAT'S THIS. THE ONE BENEFIT OF THAT IS WE CAN CONTINUE THAT IRRIGATION CONVERSION UP NORTH TO LOZANO DETENTION BASIN, DEEPEN THE EXISTING BASIN, ADD A DIFFERENT, ADD AN ADDITIONAL CELL AND REROUTE MORE AREA INTO THIS LOCATION AND THEN PUMP IT OUT INTO THAT CHANNEL. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE AN ISSUE OF HOW TO DRAIN THAT AREA. WILSON ROAD FLIES. EVERYTHING GOES UP NORTH TO NORTH MAIN DRAIN, SO IF WE CAN ROUTE IT SOUTH, HOLD THE WATER ROUTE SOUTH AND ACTUALLY HAVE AN OUTFALL TO GET IT TO THE ARROYO. IT BENEFITS THE WHOLE AREA.

EARLIER YOU SAID THAT ON THE BEST OF DAYS, THE AURORA, COLORADO CAN HANDLE 21,000 GALLONS PER SECOND OR PER MINUTE, WHATEVER IT WAS, RIGHT? COMPARED TO THE NORTH, THE NORTH, NOT THE NORTH MAIN DRAIN ONE FURTHER NORTH. NORTH FLOODWAY NORTH FLOODWAY, WHICH CAN HANDLE FOUR TIMES THAT. RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND, COMMISSIONER MESSMORE HAS STATED IN THE PAST, YOU CAN'T MAKE WATER FLOW UPHILL, RIGHT. BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN START PUSHING WATER, MORE WATER TO THE THAT FLOODWAY? OKAY, SO ONE OF ONE OF MY PROJECTS, WHICH I DIDN'T PRESENT HERE JUST BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY BUT WAS ON OR I'LL COME OVER HERE. SO I'VE GOT COMBS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WILSON TRACK MAIN DRAIN AND IT RUNS

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BUT THEY REFUSE TO. COMMISSIONERS, LET ME ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE IBWC FLOODWAY SYSTEM, THE ARROYO. WHEN THE ARROYO AND THE FLOODWAY WERE BUILT ORIGINALLY.

THAT'S WHERE YOU COME UP WITH 105 CFS AND THE 21,000 CFS. BUT THAT WAS BASED MOSTLY ON RIVER FLOODS COMING DOWN. THAT ABILITY IN TODAY IS REDUCED GREATLY BECAUSE OF THE DAMS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE RIVER ITSELF. HOWEVER, DONEGAL COUNTY HAS TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND HAS BEEN USING THE NORTH FLOODWAY SYSTEM AND THE COLORADO FOR ALL OF THE URBANIZED AREA THAT'S DEVELOPING TO THE WEST. SO YOU ARE CORRECT WHERE YOU CAN'T FLOW WATER UPHILL. HOWEVER, THE FLOODWAY SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY HAS A RIDGE THERE. THAT WATER WILL GET OUTSIDE THE PILOT CHANNEL, BUT IT STILL HAS TO GET HIGHER BEFORE IT GOES NORTH. SO IF THAT SECTION WILL BE TAKEN OUT, THEN YOU HAVE MORE WATER FLOWING NORTH. NOW. HIDALGO COUNTY AGAIN HAS TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE AURORA, COLORADO ON THE CFS COMING INTO THE AREA, BUT THOSE CAPACITIES CAPACITIES NO LONGER EXIST. AND THE ISSUES, COMMISSIONER, IS CORRECT. YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY NEED TO LOOK AT THE FLOWS COMING FROM HIDALGO THAT'S IMPACTING THIS AREA HERE, ESPECIALLY HARLINGEN. THEY NEED TO BE CHOKED DOWN. THE WHOLE AGREEMENT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN AS TO LET HARLINGEN LET WATER OUT FIRST, LET IT STORE IN THE FLOODWAY AND THEN RELEASE IT INTO THE WORLD. BUT GIVE HARLINGEN THE ABILITY TO GET ITS WATER FIRST AND NOT HAVE THIS WHOLE URBANIZED AREA COMING ON TOP OF Y'ALL. THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS, BUT THEY'RE FEDERAL PROJECTS, AND WE SHOULD

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MAYBE WE CAN AGREE TO WIDEN THE CHANNEL, THE BASE CHANNEL ITSELF AND MITIGATE. OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE YOUR BRUSH ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT LET'S GET CAPACITY WITHIN THIS CHANNEL MOVING OUT.

AND I AGREE A LOT OF THE ISSUES ARE AREA GROUNDS SO FLAT. SO SEDIMENT BUILDS UP CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL YOU HAVE A MAJOR FLOOD. THEN YOU FLUSH IT OUT. YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST LIKE A SEWER LINE RIGHT NOW OVER ON THE AURORA, COLORADO. IT'S CLOGGED UP. ORIGINALLY, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

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[Item 1 - Call to Order]

WE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE HORSESHOE LAKE AS A DETENTION FACILITY FOR THE

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[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements]

THE RANCHO VIEJO, RESACA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER RESACAS TO THE SOUTH OF HERE IS THE LOST FRESNO. BUT TAKE THIS BACK TO A DRAINAGE FACILITY. SOME OF IT SINCE I CITY, SOME IS JUST OUTSIDE. HOWEVER, AS YOU ALL EXPAND TO THE SOUTHWEST, YOU STILL GOING TO NEED DRAINAGE OUTFALLS. THIS PROVIDES AN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY CORRIDOR THAT CAN BE EASILY EXCAVATED OUT, PROVIDE DEPTH FOR STORM SEWERS, PROVIDE STORAGE AND CAPACITY AND CONVEYANCE, AND THEN HAVE EVERYTHING DRAIN UP TO THE ARROYO. ADDITIONALLY, IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIAL IMPACT FEE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU CAN CHARGE DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP IN THE CONTRIBUTING AREA. AND THIS SINCE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS ALREADY THERE AND A LOT OF THE EXCAVATION IS JUST REMOVING MUCK AND DIGGING IT UP AND REPLACING SOME OF THE HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES, THE ACTUAL COST OF THESE, THIS IMPROVEMENTS NOT SUBSTANTIAL. CURRENTLY, THOUGH, THE BENEFIT WOULD BE PRETTY LOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO NO DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE YET. I'M SURE THAT WILL CHANGE QUICKLY. AND THEN WITH THAT, THAT'S MOST OF MY PRESENTATION. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSION POINTS. WELL THANK YOU. I KNOW WE KIND OF CHIMED IN AND ASKED QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING THAT WE HAVE. BUT I WANT TO GIVE THE

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[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]

[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]

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

[Item 4b - Proclamation - "Honoring Black History Month"]

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OKAY. SO THEN MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION OF AWARDS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COMMISSION TONIGHT WE HAVE BROUGHT RUIN. SHE IS A FOUR MONTH OLD BORDER COLLIE MIX. SHE HAS HER FIRST ROUND OF SHOTS. WE DO HAVE TO WAIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE SHE GETS HER SECOND ROUND. SO SHE. RIGHT NOW SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR FOSTER, AT LEAST UNTIL SHE GETS HER NEXT ROUND OF VACCINES. BUT SHE IS. SHE AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY COME BY TO VISIT THEM AND POSSIBLY TAKE HOME A NEW FAMILY MEMBER WITH YOU. THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 6.

ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN REN OR ANY OF HER FRIENDS THERE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS WELCOME TO ALSO GIVE THEM A CALL AT (956) 216-5250, AND THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BE AT MARKET DAYS THIS SATURDAY. SO CUTE. SHANNON, WHEN ARE HER NEXT SHOTS DO? IT'LL BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS FROM THE FIRST SET. SO SOON? YES. SO CUTE. SHE WAS. WHAT WERE YOU DOING TO HER? SHE WAS BARKING OUTSIDE. SHE WAS LIKE, HURRY UP. I GOT PLACES TO BE. GOT PEOPLE TO SEE. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, EVELYN, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME WITH A HUGE SMILE. YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THE PUPS. AND I'VE SEEN ALL THE ADOPTIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO ACCOMPLISH. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION TO THESE. TO OUR ANIMALS. WE LOVE IT. YOU'RE SO CUTE. THANK YOU. IS HE IS SO IS HE GOING TO GROW OR IS THIS A. SHE IS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. SO WE DO EXPECT HER TO BE A MEDIUM TO LARGE DOG. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S MIXED WITH. MOST OF THE ANIMALS WE GET DO COME TO US FROM WHAT WE CONSIDER RANDOM SOURCES. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY, SO. BUT WE'RE ESTIMATING HER TO BE A MEDIUM TO LARGE DOG. SHE'S SO PRETTY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A PROCLAMATION HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BEFORE WE INVITE THE RECIPIENTS UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS, I'M GOING TO BE READING THE PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE VAST CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS TO OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND IDENTITY. AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR, FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO REMEMBER AND REFLECT ON THE TRIBULATIONS FACED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY WHILE LEARNING FROM THE VIBRANT CULTURE AND HISTORY AND CELEBRATING ITS MANY INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. AND WHEREAS SHINING A LIGHT ON BLACK HISTORY TODAY IS AS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES AND GROWING STRONGER AS A NATION AS IT HAS EVER BEEN, THAT IS WHY IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS, HONOR THE LEGACIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF GENERATIONS PAST, RECKON WITH CENTURIES OF INJUSTICE, AND CONFRONT THOSE INJUSTICES THAT STILL FESTER TODAY. WHEREAS THE 2026 NATIONAL THEME FOR THE OBSERVANCE IS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LABOR, HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO THE WORKFORCE THROUGHOUT HISTORY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARLINGEN IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND AS SUCH, HONORS THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY OUR BLACK COMMUNITY AND WISHES NOT ONLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, BUT TO COMMEMORATE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY LOCAL RESIDENTS. AND NOW, THEREFORE, NORMA SEPULVEDA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL

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BROWNSVILLE IS HAVING THEIR BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT ON SATURDAY EVENING. I BELIEVE IT'S 6 TO 9. VIVA IS HOSTING AN EVENT IN MCALLEN ON THE 28TH FROM 630 TO ABOUT 930. SO IF YOU'RE FREE, YOU WANT TO HANG OUT AND GET SOME CULTURE AND HAVE SOME FUN. COME ON AND HANG OUT WITH US AGAIN. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION. TALKING TO YOU. TALKING. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WHERE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE PHONE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM ALIVE, AND THANK YOU FOR LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE HARLINGEN SAFER PLACE. BEFORE WE PRESENT WITH HIS AWARD, I'D LIKE TO SHOW AN INFORMATIONAL VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE AREA HARLINGEN AREA CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED WITH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. THE

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THE THIRD OPTION IS THE FREE P3 TIPS MOBILE APP, WHICH ALLOWS CITIZENS TO REPORT CRIME ANONYMOUSLY FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME. TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST CRIME INFORMATION, FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT HARLINGEN AREA CRIME STOPPERS. SCAN THE QR CODES PROVIDED AND HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT AN OFFICER OF THE LAW WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. IT READS IN RECOGNITION OF ACTIONS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE. IT IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE HARLINGEN AREA CRIME STOPPERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO THE HARLINGEN AREA CRIME STOPPERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND WITNESS THEREOF.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN DULY SIGNED. ISSUED BY MY OFFICE ON THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO RAY, WHO FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, HIM AND DAVID LONGORIA WERE HOLDING UP THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM BY THEMSELVES. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE WANTED AT THAT TIME UNTIL I CAME BACK AGAIN. I HAD IN 91. I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CRIME STOPPERS, AND THEN AGAIN AS OF THREE YEARS AGO, AND THERE REALLY, TRULY ARE NOT WORDS ENOUGH IN THIS WORLD TO DESCRIBE THE THE COMMITMENT THAT RAY HAS DONE FOR THE CRIME STOPPERS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THE CRIME STOPPERS ITSELF IS A PROGRAM THAT IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. THANKS TO CHIEF ALVEAR AND HIS SUPPORT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE GROWING. AS YOU JUST SAW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A VIDEO THAT WAS CREATED UNDER LESS THAN 20 MINUTES, THANKS TO OUR NEW COORDINATOR RIGHT NOW, ROBERT CURRY, RIGHT HERE. AND ALSO CO-COORDINATOR OFFICER, VICTOR, CHIEF DEPUTY VICTOR. SO ON MY BEHALF, AGAIN, MY GRATITUDE TO THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF AND ALSO TO FRED. I'M SORRY TO RAY, AND HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT ALSO TO DAVID LONGORIA, WHO HAS BEEN COMMITTED SINCE 82 ALSO. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND REMEMBER, 4 TO 5 TIPS.

I LOVE IT. I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO GET A PHOTO ALSO. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY A FEW WORDS FOR OFFICER DELUCA. YOU KNOW, I HAVE GROWN UP IN THIS CITY AND THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP. THIS IS WHERE I WAS BORN. AND I REMEMBER, OFFICER, SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT AND COMMISSIONER PEREZ ALWAYS SAYS I'M THE OLD ONE. SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW LONG OFFICER DELUCA HAS BEEN HERE. AND I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY BEING IN DILLARD AS A LITTLE GIRL, STOPPING AND SEEING OFFICER AND THINKING HE LOOKED SO SHARP WITH HIS HAT. AND HERE WE ARE ALL THESE YEARS LATER, AND I'M A APPROACHING 50, AND I GET TO SEE OFFICER DELUCA GETTING THIS RECOGNITION FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE TIPS AND FOR 25 TIPS IS AN AMAZING

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READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE. THANK YOU. IT IS SO COLD, SO GOOD. I JUST GOT IT. DO YOU REMEMBER? OKAY. READY. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATE ON TOPICS ADDRESSED. WE THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MR. RAYMOND REYES. HOW DOES MR. RAYMOND REYES ALWAYS GET TO BE NUMBER ONE, I WONDER? SO RAYMOND REYES, 706 NANTUCKET DRIVE. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN HARLINGEN. AS I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION, MAYOR, EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT WE GOT TO REMEMBER OUR PURPOSE OF WHY YOU'RE IN THE POSITIONS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HOLD, AND THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, NOT FOR PERSONAL GAIN, BUT FOR THE CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN AND STUFF. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF, RUMORS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, SOCIAL MEDIA RANT AND STUFF. BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND REAL WITH THE CITIZENS, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ELECTED YOU AND PUT YOU IN THESE POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, KNOWS YOU MAY BE THERE LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED.

THE KEY IS TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. I WAS HERE BRIEFLY WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODS AND THE SOLUTIONS AND BUT WE KNOW IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, NOT TOO LONG AGO, I WAS IN A ROOM FILLED WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS DISCUSSING CERTAIN THINGS. SOME OF THEM HAD ALREADY BEEN IN THE CYCLE, WHAT I CALL IN THE POLITICAL REALM, FOR A MINUTE. AND DISCUSSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVALENT FOR A WHILE.

SO I'M JUST WAS BEWILDERED AT THAT MOMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM EXISTS AND YOU'RE IN POSITION TO ADDRESS IT, ADDRESS IT, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET IT RESOLVED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER THINGS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TIME IS THE KEY. AND IN THIS INSTANCE, MOTHER NATURE WILL REMIND US WHO'S ACTUALLY IN CHARGE. AND THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PLANNING AND MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, AND WE JUST NEED TO GO AHEAD AND ATTACK THE PROBLEM AND COME UP WITH THE RESOLUTION TO RESOLVE IT. AND ANOTHER BRIEF THING ON ON SOME OF THE VARIANCES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED, THEY'RE IN PLACE FOR A REASON. AND UNLESS IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY, THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT SHOULD WE GRANT THOSE OR ARE THEY GOING TO LEAD TO OTHER PROBLEMS DOWN THE LINE? YOU WANT TO LOOK FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, IF YOU CAN, TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM TURNING INTO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING

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YOU SHOULD BE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. I GUESS WE'LL SEE. MAYOR SEPULVEDA, COMMISSIONERS.

MORALES. LOPEZ. GOMEZ-PEREZ AND MESMER. MR. GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND SERVICE, I APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. I THINK WE, AS A COMMUNITY AND A CITY COMMISSION HAVE THE POWER TO SAY NO. WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SAY NO, NO TO THE ONSLAUGHT OF BIG TECH ARROGANCE WHICH IS HAPPENING, THAT WANTS TO BUILD A CONSTRUCT, A DATA CENTER, WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE HARLINGEN CITY LIMITS. OF COURSE, ANY PROPOSED PROJECT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS WOULD FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN STILL HAS THE POWER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY NO TO THIS CONCEPT, TO THIS IDEA, YOU DON'T HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU. I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN BECOME ADVOCATES RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN BE ARDENT ADVOCATES OF AREA RESIDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BY DECLARING, NO, WE MUST DO IT. WE HAVE A SEVERE WATER SHORTAGE. THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH POWER, ELECTRICITY, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO YOU CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. SOON YOU CAN PUBLISH AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN BE ADVOCATES. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU CAN'T TAKE FORMAL ACTION RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU CAN PUBLISH A RESOLUTION EXPLAINING YOUR OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS. AND IN EFFECT, YOU WOULD BE DECLARING YOUR SUPPORT FOR LITTLE ME AND ALL RESIDENTS OF HARLINGEN AND HARLINGEN AND THE COUNTY AT LARGE, BECAUSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS. YOU CAN URGE HARLINGEN WATER WORKS TO RESCIND AND WITHDRAW FROM ITS PREMATURE BEHIND THE SCENES AGREEMENT WITH AENEAS AND RGV PROPERTIES TO SELL WATER. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? I KNOW THEY'RE NOT UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION. THEY'RE A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. YOU CAN AND MUST URGE MR. ORLANDO CAMPOS, MISS BEVERLY TICER LOFTUS, TO RESTRAIN FROM ENGAGING IN PREMATURE AND CHATTER WITH AENEAS AND RGV PROPERTIES. PLEASE. AND YOU CAN DEMAND THAT CITY OFFICIALS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY, HARLINGEN FIRE MARSHALL SAUCEDA, FIRE CHIEF BALDERAS HARLINGEN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF LOFTUS CEASE FROM ENGAGING IN ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH AENEAS AND RGV PROPERTIES. WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT? IT HASN'T BEEN AUTHORIZED BY YOU. THE PEOPLE OF HARLINGEN DID NOT AUTHORIZE THIS AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE WATER CAPACITY FINISHED IN JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. THIS CHATTER HAS BEEN GOING ON AT LEAST SINCE EARLY DECEMBER. WE KNOW FROM LAST YEAR, AND I FOUND OUT, THANKS TO MEDIA REPORTS, THAT THAT WAS THE CASE.

AND INDEED MAYOR SEPULVEDA DID DID ADVISE US IN EARLY JANUARY OF SOME DATA CENTER ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. I'M ALMOST DONE. BUT THAT WAS WEEKS AND WEEKS AFTER EMAILS. OKAY, WELL, I JUST WANT I HAVE JUST WELL YOU CAN JUST HE CAN FINISH HIS HIS THOUGHTS I PROMISE. OKAY. JUST ONE OTHER THING. JUDGE TREVINO HAS SAID PUBLICLY. WELL, ONCE THE PERMITS ARE IN ORDER AND ONCE ONCE WE GOT THINGS GOING, THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO AS A COUNTY TO SAY NO TO AENEAS OR RGV PROPERTIES. YES, THERE IS. I BELIEVE THERE IS. I THINK YOU CAN BE ADVOCATES. YOU CAN CALL JUDGE TREVINO, I CAN TOO, WE CAN ALL DO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. IT'S THE THE RESEARCH. THERE'S TRUCKLOADS OF RESEARCH ON DATA CENTERS AND DOESN'T IT DOESN'T.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JONES, I APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CYNTHIA CHAVARRIA. I KNOW. HI. GOOD EVENING. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMISSION. AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS IN REGARD TO THE POSSIBILITY OR PROBABILITY, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE AT THIS TIME, OF A DATA CENTER BEING BUILT HERE IN HARLINGEN. SO PLEASE ALLOW ME FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO VOICE MY STANCE, MY CONCERNS,

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IN MANY JURISDICTIONS, DATA CENTERS ARE APPROVED UNDER A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FRAMEWORK, EVEN THOUGH THEIR ENERGY AND WATER DEMANDS RESEMBLE THOSE OF A NATIONAL STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY IS EXPANDING THROUGH A PATCHWORK OF LOCAL APPROVALS, TAX INCENTIVES AND WATER SYSTEMS NEVER INTENDED TO SUPPORT THIS SCALE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS PROPOSED DATA CENTER WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, BUT IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. THE CITY WILL VOTE FIRST BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO USE OUR UTILITIES. THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THIS COMPANY CANNOT BE TOLD NO, THIS IS FALSE INFORMATION. THE CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE AND THE CITY OF HARLINGEN COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR STILL HAVE TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST IT. A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE SHOULD REALLY BE LEFT UP TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF CAMERON COUNTY. THE FACT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE ARE BEING BYPASSED IS TRULY ALARMING. HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO IMAGINE WHAT AN 1800 ACRE DATA CENTER WOULD LOOK LIKE? FOR REFERENCE, 1800 ACRES IS EQUAL TO 1364 FOOTBALL FIELDS, INCLUDING END ZONES. CAN YOU IMAGINE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, ALWAYS ON, ALWAYS CONSUMING WATER, ALWAYS CONSUMING ELECTRICITY, ALWAYS EMITTING GASES, ALWAYS POLLUTING THE WATER AND AIR 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE HEALTH OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS? HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT? THIS DATA CENTER WILL NOT CREATE ANYTHING.

IT WILL NOT BUILD ANYTHING. IT WILL NOT MANUFACTURE ANYTHING. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP HARLINGEN MOVING FORWARD. I SAY THIS SHOULD BE DONE RESPONSIBLY AND WITH HUMILITY. THIS SHOULD NEVER BE DONE BEING DONE UNDER THE TABLE. THERE SHOULD NEVER BE SHORTCUTS BEING TAKEN. YES, HARLINGEN SHOULD BE CONTINUOUSLY UPGRADING AND ADDING TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OURSELVES AND NOT FOR AN OUTSIDE COMPANY WHO WILL GET RICH OFF OF US. HARLINGEN IS NOT AGAINST TECHNOLOGY. WE WELCOME ADVANCEMENT. IT CAN HELP US LIVE A BETTER LIFE TODAY. AND BECAUSE IT CAN OFFER OUR KIDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL VOTE ON THIS PROJECT. YOU WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN. YOU WERE ELECTED TO ALSO PROTECT OUR LAND AND OUR RESOURCES. YOU WERE ELECTED TO PUT THE CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN FIRST BEFORE ANY CORPORATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ESPINO. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH CONSUELO LOVELACE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS. CONSUELO LOVELACE AND 626 BUSH STREET, HARLINGEN. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE EXPERIENCING ONGOING FLOODING IN OUR YARDS DUE TO IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, DRAINAGE ISSUES CAUSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUBDIVISION BEHIND OUR HOMES, THE SUBDIVISION. THEY HAVE NO ROOF, GUTTERS AND NO RAIN RUNOFF. THE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED COUPLE FEET HIGHER

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[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]

[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]

THANK YOU. I SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF HORSESHOE POINT. AS CURRENTLY STRUCTURED. THIS IS NOT AN ANTEBELLUM IDEA. IT IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BASED ON THE CITY'S OWN DOCUMENTS.

COMPLIANCE IS BEING DEFERRED TO A FUTURE PHASE AND RELIES ON VARIANCES, WHICH MEANS THAT LIFE SAFETY ACCESS IS NOT IN PLACE TODAY. IT'S BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE. FIRE CODE IS NOT A PLANNING PREFERENCE. IT IS A LIFE SAFETY LAW. APPROVING THIS VARIANCE NOW SHIFTS RISKS TO HOMEOWNERS. ARE YOU LISTENING? FIRE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE CITY ITSELF. AND ONCE A LIFE SAFETY STANDARD IS WAIVED, THE RISK DOES NOT DISAPPEAR. IT'S SIMPLY TRANSFERRED TO THE PUBLIC. LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN. ONCE A LIFE SAFETY STANDARD IS WAIVED, THE RISK DOES NOT DISAPPEAR. IT IS SIMPLY TRANSFERRED TO THE PUBLIC. WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AT THE FAR END OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUILD? AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS CANNOT GET THERE ON TIME, AND SOMEBODY LOSES THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THERE ON TIME. THERE IS RECORD THAT THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES ABOUT SAFETY IS I'M QUESTIONING, IS THIS REALLY BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? OKAY. WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE WHEN SOMEBODY LOSES THEIR LIFE OR CANNOT GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN TIME BECAUSE EMS CANNOT GET IN OR GET OUT ON TIME? HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? OKAY. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO PAUSE APPROVAL UNTIL FULL LIFE SAFETY COMPLIANCE ACCESS NOW. NOT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. GONZALEZ. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH

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[Item 8b - Staff Reports: Presentation by Parks Department — Update on Parks & Recreation Grant Projects 1-6]

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AND THEN WE SEE AN ARTICLE THAT SAYS HARLINGEN POLICE DEPARTMENT DESTROYED RECORDS WITHOUT AUTHORITY RELATED TO THAT MAIL OUT. THAT'S THAT'S NOT VERY TRANSPARENT THERE.

THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON. OF COURSE. LET'S GO TO WATERWORKS. I DIDN'T GET TO FINISH THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. IT SAYS, MAYOR, WHEN YOU WERE CRITICIZED ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND'S UNCLE GETTING THE $240,000 A YEAR JOB AFTER THE WATERWORKS BOARD, WHICH, FOLKS, THE WATERWORKS IS UNDER THE CITY COMMISSION. THEY APPROVED THEIR BUDGET. AND OUR MAYOR IS AN OFFICIAL. THAT MEANS THAT SHE'S PART OF THAT BOARD. THEY WENT TWICE OUT FOR THE POSITION, ACCORDING TO YOUR COMMENTS, AND SOME CANDIDATES ALONG THE WAY WITHDREW, WHILE OTHERS, THE BOARD DETERMINED WERE NOT QUALIFIED OR NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. BUT IT TURNS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMING FROM YOU. I GUESS YOU'RE THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY WEREN'T THOSE APPLICANTS WEREN'T RIGHT FIT, Y'ALL. THEY WENT OUT AND SPENT $40,000 FOR A FIRM. THE AIRPORT SAID, NO, LET'S DON'T DO IT. LET'S DON'T GO OUT FOR A FIRM. BUT NOW YOU FORCE THEM TO GO AFTER THEY WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS WITHOUT A FIRM, AND NOW THEY HAVE TO SPEND $40,000 BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE BRINGING IN. BUT YET WATERWORKS IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. YOU SAID, OH, NO, BECAUSE YOU'RE HIRING MY HUSBAND'S UNCLE. I'M GOING TO BE HANDS OFF. WERE YOU HANDS OFF? WELL, IT DOESN'T APPEAR SO. THANK YOU, MR. LEFTWICH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH CESAR PEREZ. HELLO. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS CESAR PEREZ. I LIVE AT 4502 WATER'S EDGE IN HARLINGEN. I SERVE AS PRESIDENT AT THE WATER'S EDGE HOA. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, I APOLOGIZE, I'M SICK RIGHT NOW. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, I PERSONALLY WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND SPOKE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA REGARDING THE PROPOSED HORSESHOE POINT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUEST. MANY RESIDENTS INVITED ME INTO THEIR HOMES AND SHARED THEIR CONCERNS DIRECTLY WITH ME. AT ONE POINT, I HAD THREE NEIGHBORS GATHERED AT ME, GATHERED WITH ME IN ONE HOME, LOOKING FOR ME, FOR LOOKING AT ME, FOR ANSWERS. I ASSURED THEM THAT THIS PETITION WOULD ALLOW THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD, AND THAT THE LAW WOULD PROTECT THEM AND THEIR RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT OUT OF THE 23 OF 24 AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS PROPERTY OWNERS, 95.6% HAVE SIGNED THIS OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL. THEIR CONCERNS FOCUS ON TRAFFIC SAFETY AND OVERALL IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVERAL FAMILIES SHARED THEIR CONCERNS THAT INCREASED TRAFFIC AND LIMITED ROAD CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND EVEN LOSS OF LIFE, AND THEIR CONCERNS DO NOT STOP AT THE NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY. THEY EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND ARE SHARED IN MANY SURROUNDING AREAS AND COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THE THE. THE PROPOSAL WAS PREVIOUSLY DENIED BY THIS COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025, AND THE CURRENT REQUEST IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. THE CONCERNS RAISED BY RESIDENTS REMAIN UNRESOLVED. ON BEHALF OF THE AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND DENY THIS REQUEST ONCE AGAIN. ALSO, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT'S COMING BACK. THAT WAS HERE ON DECEMBER 17TH, AND THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANYTHING. AND I JUST THINK IT SHOWS A LOT ON THEIR PART THAT THEY CAME BACK THE SAME WAY. YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED AROUND US. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT SOME REALLY SMALL LOTS RIGHT NEXT TO US. AND THE DENSITY IS WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. AND ALSO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, LOSS OF LIFE THAT COULD HAPPEN. I THINK YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT WHAT IS BEING PUT PROPOSED TO YOU GUYS. AND YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING, I'M SURE

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HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M JUST HERE TO VOICE MY OPINION ONCE AGAIN. LIKE I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN HARLINGEN. I LOVE HARLINGEN, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S ONE OF THE BEST CITIES HERE IN THE RGV. DON'T QUOTE ME. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. AGAIN, I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE TALKS ABOUT LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT, WATER USE AND THE DEMANDS FOR DATA CENTERS IN HARLINGEN AND THE RGV. AGAIN, I'VE HOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED WE'VE I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH REGARDING THESE THESE SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND I'M JUST ASKING THIS COMMISSION ONCE AGAIN TO SLOW DOWN, ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND FULLY INFORM THE PUBLIC BEFORE APPROVALS MOVE FORWARD IF THAT IS POSSIBLE, BEFORE ANY IRREVERSIBLE COMMITMENTS ARE MADE, PLEASE HEED TO THE WARNING OF THE PUBLIC. THE CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN DON'T WANT A DATA CENTER HERE, AND I DON'T THINK THE RGV SHOULD HAVE DATA CENTERS HERE. I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT I RESEARCHED AS WELL TODAY. THIS WEEK, A COUNTY IN TEXAS, TEXAS, HAYS COUNTY, MOVED OFFICIALLY.

THEY ESCALATED TO A STAGE FOUR EMERGENCY WATER RESTRICTION, THE MOST SEVERE LEVEL AVAILABLE WHEN WATER SUPPLIES APPROACH A HISTORIC EMERGENCY THRESHOLDS, WE MUST ACT BEFORE THE TAPS RUN DRY. IT WAS AN EMERGENCY ORDER ISSUED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE, ACTING AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. FOLLOWING GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S STATEWIDE DROUGHT DISASTER PROCLAMATION.

EXCUSE ME, THIS SHOULD MATTER STATEWIDE. WHAT HAPPENED IN HAYS COUNTY IS A WARNING.

REGIONS LIKE THE RGV SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION. THE RGV ALREADY FACES CHRONIC LIMITED SURFACE WATER STORAGE, A HEAVY, HEAVY RELIANCE ON LONG DISTANCE WATER SUPPLIES IF COUNTIES WITH STRONGER WATER SYSTEMS ARE ENTERING EMERGENCY MODES, REGIONS WITH FRAGILE WATER INFRASTRUCTURES ARE EVEN MORE VULNERABLE, AND IT'S A IT'S A DROUGHT THAT'S HAPPENING IN TEXAS. AND THAT'S WHY I VOICED MY OPINION, BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE JUST I CARE ABOUT OUR OUR STATE. I CARE ABOUT OUR FUTURE. I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN YET, BUT I DO PLAN ON HAVING CHILDREN. AND I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR MY KIDS, OUR KIDS HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE. AND AGAIN, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING NOW, IT WILL BE A REALITY THAT WILL HURT COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WATER IS NO LONGER A BACKGROUND ISSUE, IT'S BECOMING A LIMITING FACTOR AND WE SHOULD REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ELLIS. OKAY, MAYOR, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

WE HAVE THE REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? YES. OKAY. 46B SPECIAL MEETING OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2025. I WAS NOT PRESENT. OKAY. ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? WITH THAT AMENDMENT? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN. CONSENT AGENDA. NO DISCUSSION IS ANTICIPATED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THIS SECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ROUTINE BUSINESS. WE'RE 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 REQUESTS AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT? I HAVE SEVEN I REMOVED, PLEASE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I GET A MOTION

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AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN I READ CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE TESTING. POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER FRANK MORALES AND COMMISSIONER RENE PEREZ. WE HAVE 809 HUNDRED WEST BUCHANAN, 400 WEST CLEVELAND, 300 WEST FILLMORE, 2600 MORRIS ROAD, 506 HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOUTH M STREET. OKAY. WHAT WAS THAT STREET? PEBBLE BEACH.

PEBBLE BEACH? YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ADD PEBBLE BEACH. SPECIFIC AREA OR. NO, IT'LL BE INVESTIGATED.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER, I'D LIKE TO ADD SEVENTH STREET IN FRONT OF LONG ELEMENTARY. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC ADDRESS. OKAY, YOU GUYS GOT THAT? WE CAN JUST PUT ONE THERE. COMMISSIONER.

ELEMENTARIES ARE EXEMPT OR SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT. SO WE CAN JUST. WE CAN JUST PUT ONE THERE, ONE IN FRONT OF LONG ELEMENTARY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, I GOT A CALL ABOUT LISA AN WHICH IS IN YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, IF THAT'S OKAY FOR IT TO BE SURE. LISA AN AND I'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. I TALKED TO CHIEF OLIVIA ABOUT IT. THIS IS MY FIRST GIRLFRIEND'S NAME. OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. 50 YEARS AGO. IT'S DEFINITELY. IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. OH, 50 YEARS AGO. WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION WITH THE ADDITIONS OF PEBBLE BEACH SEVENTH IN FRONT OF LONG ELEMENTARY AND LISA ANN MOTION SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO 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 TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS OR CITY MANAGER. ITEM EIGHT IS CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, JUST THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR STAFF REPORTS. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM PARKS DEPARTMENT. DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. JUAN MENDIOLA, THE THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT PARKS AND RECREATION GRANTS, FOCUSING ON SCOPE, FUNDING AND CURRENT STATUS. I'LL WALK THROUGH THESE BRIEFLY, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END. USDA VICTOR PARK TENNIS GRANT RESURFACING THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH USTA TENNIS VENUE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS RESURFACING SIX COURTS AT VICTOR PARK. FUNDING INCLUDES 28,750 FROM USTA NATIONAL, 10,746 FROM HEB, AND 5000 FROM USTA TEXAS. THIS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING LAYOUT OF VICTOR PARK. CURRENTLY WE ARE PREMIERE COURTS IS THEY'RE DOING RENOVATIONS. CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS ANTICIPATED FOR FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026, WITH REIMBURSEMENT SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 12TH OF 2026. SO AS OF NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD HAVE A BRAND NEW RESURFACE COURTS THERE. VICTOR PARK. NICE. THIS IS THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE VOTING ACCESS GRANT FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A KAYAK LAUNCH AT

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE COMPLETE AND GRANT CLOSEOUT IS IN PROCESS. THE PROJECT HAS PREFERRED STATUS SHOULD THE CITY CHOOSE TO PURSUE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IN THE FUTURE. THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE GRANT FUNDED FUNDS LED LIGHT RETROFITTING FOR FOUR YOUTH BASEBALL FIELDS AT WILSON YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX. THE GRANT AMOUNT IS $225,577. THESE SLIDE SHOWS WILL SHOW THE LOCATION AND AREAS WHICH WERE INCLUDED FOR THE RETROFITTING. MAJORITY OF THIS LOCATION HERE IS WITHIN THE WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE TOM WILSON BASEBALL FIELDS. AND THAT IS FOR THE CITY LAKE LIBERTY GARDEN. BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS REMOVED. GRANT FUNDS ARE AWARDED, STAFF ARE FINALIZING FIXTURE LOCATIONS AND COORDINATING PROCUREMENT. INSTALLATION WILL BE SCHEDULED TO MINIMIZE IMPACT AT OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMING. ALLOW ME TO GO BACK REALLY QUICK. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER CIRCLED IN PURPLE. THOSE ARE THE FOUR FIELDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RETROFITTING. SO IT'LL BE 73 LIGHTS FOR OUR YOUTH FIELDS. BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER THERE.

THIS TEXAS A&M COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT SUPPORTS PLANNING 270 TREES ACROSS TEN PARKS AND TRAIL LOCATIONS CITYWIDE. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 40,000, WITH A 20 GRANT, 20,000 IN GRANT AND 20,000 CITY MATCH. WILL THESE BE NATIVE PLANTS? YES. WE ARE WORKING WITH TWO LOCAL NURSERIES AND WE HAVE ANOTHER NURSERY A FEW HOURS NORTH OF US. ALL NATIVE PLANTS. AND YOU KNOW, LIVE OAK IS NOT NATIVE TO THE VALLEY. WE HAVE VARIOUS PLANTS AND TREES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN SOME LIVE OAK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MEXICAN WHITE OAK THAT ARE COMING IN OKAY. AND EBONY, WE HAVE SOME TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAUREL THAT WILL BE COMING IN. YEAH. SO YEAH. AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LIVE OAK IS NOT AN OAK TREE? IT'S A BEECH TREE. OH, INTERESTING. THE SLIDE SHOW. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PARKS AND TRAILS LOCATION. THAT INCLUDES WHERE WE'LL BE PLANTING THESE TREES.

SO YOU CAN SEE RANGER HILL IS ON OUR SCHEDULE LIST OF WHERE WE WANT TO PLAN TO PARK HILL PARK TRAIL. AND WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. ARROYO PARK. ARE THEY GOING TO BE PLANTED LIKE BY THE TRAILS? LIKE TO PROVIDE SHADE? YES, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM IN DIFFERENT AREAS. ALL STRATEGIC. IDEALLY, WE WANT TO HAVE THEM ALONG THE TRAIL TO ALLOW OUR RUNNERS AND OUR WALKERS TO HAVE SHADE. I KNOW IN SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WE DO PLAN TO HAVE SOME SHADE STRUCTURES, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT ONE OF THE THINGS WE BRING IN TOURNAMENTS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TOURNAMENTS. COME PLAY ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHADE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS JUST OUTSIDE THE FENCING TO PROVIDE TEAMS TO GO HANG OUT, KIND OF PICNIC IN THAT AREA UNDER THE TREES ONCE THEY FULLY MATURE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. RANGER HILL WILL GET THE MULTI-PURPOSE ATHLETIC FIELD. WE'LL PUT SOME THERE AROUND THAT AREA. VESSEL PARK WILL GET SOME THERE. I KNOW THE SCHOOLS AND THE CHILDREN AROUND THAT SUBDIVISION TEND TO HANG OUT THERE A LOT, SO. SO THIS GRANT IS AWARDED AND APPROVED. PARKS AND RECREATION IS UPDATING VENDOR QUOTES AND COORDINATING WITH SUPPLIERS TO SECURE TREE STOCKS AND FOR THE

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SO THAT'S THE WINDOW. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ALSO GETTING AWARDED GRANTS FOR TREES. SO WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TOO LONG. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SECURE THE TREES SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN PULL THEM AS NEEDED. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST BRING 270 TREES TO THE SHOP. WE'RE WE'VE TALKED TO THESE VENDORS AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH AS LONG AS WE SECURE WITH THE POA, WE CAN GET THEM AS NEEDED. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW SKID STEER THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO MOVE QUICKLY INTO PLANT THESE TREES IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST STRICTLY USING MANPOWER AND DOING IT BY HAND. AND SO WHAT ABOUT WATERING? SO WATERING. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR SUPERVISORS, THE IRRIGATION GENIUS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN ADD WATER METERS OR WHERE WE CAN EXTEND DRIP LINES IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE ALSO HAVE A TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH A HUGE 100 GALLON WATER TANK WHERE WE USE THAT TO TO PLANT. I DID SPEAK WITH AUDREY WITH SIMMONS. SHE SUGGESTS THAT IF THERE IS NO WATER SOURCE LOCATED WHERE THESE NEW SITES ARE AT, AS LONG AS WE WATER ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS, SHE SAID THAT THAT'S ALL THEY NEED SINCE THEY'RE NATIVE, SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE NATIVE PLANTS, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR SCHEDULE THAT WE WILL CREATE. WE WATER AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS AT A MINIMUM. SO THIS IS A 1.5 $1.5 MILLION TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE LOCAL PARKS GRANT SUPPORTING MAJOR RENOVATIONS AT VICTOR PARK, INCLUDING AQUATICS, BASKETBALL COURTS, AMENITIES AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. I ALSO DO HAVE HARD COPIES FOR Y'ALL WHEN I'M DONE IF NEEDED.

AN RFP WAS RELEASED ON JANUARY 31ST, 2026. SEALED BIDS ARE EXPECTED BY FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026.

THE PROJECT WILL RETURN TO THE COMMISSION AS REQUIRED FOR APPROVALS. THE HARLINGEN RECREATION CENTER THIS GRANT SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW INDOOR RECREATION CENTER AT PENDLETON PARK. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 6 MILLION WITH FUNDING FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN LEGACY FOUNDATION, AND FORBY. THIS SLIDE IS A PROPOSED SCHEMATIC OF THE RECREATION LAYOUT. IT WILL HAVE A FULL KITCHEN, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, COURTS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS. IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO TO EXPAND OUR RECREATION PROGRAMING FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT ALSO OUR SENIORS, AND ALSO LOOKING INTO ADAPTIVE ADAPTIVE PROGRAMING FOR ALL. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE SOME STAFF TO BE AT THAT LOCATION TO HELP FACILITATE THE THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THAT WILL COME UP DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR PARKS. WE ARE DANNY AND I ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION READY. BUT ONCE BUILT, WE ALSO LOOK AT MOVING OUR SUMMER PROGRAM THERE TO THE RECREATION CENTER, WHICH ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE PENDLETON POOL. ALSO THE TENNIS, THE TENNIS COURTS THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT WE CAN WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MUCH LATER IN THE FUTURE TO BENEFIT ALL OUR YOUTH, OBVIOUSLY. SO PARKS AND PARKS AND ENGINEERING ARE PREPARING A AN RFP FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES. ONCE A CONSULTANT IS SELECTED, DESIGN PLANNING WILL BEGIN, FOLLOWED BY CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT, AND THE PROJECT WILL RETURN TO COMMISSION AS NEEDED. THIS CONCLUDES THE OVERALL THE OVERALL OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, PARKS AND RECREATION GRANTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, I DO TAKE A BIGGER ROLE NOW OVERSEEING GRANTS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO OUR COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD. WE WANT TO HAVE EITHER WEEKLY OR MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY UPDATES ON ALL OUR GRANTS. AND I THINK

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THOSE ARE THE NATIVE ONES. OKAY. SO WASHINGTONIANS OR ANYTHING ELSE JUST SABLE OKAY. YES, SIR.

LET ME GO BACK REAL QUICK TO THE KAYAK LAUNCH. SURE. I MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD. SO THE KAYAK LAUNCH, IT'S NOT THE DESIGN WAS ALREADY COMPLETED. CORRECT. SO WE HIRED HANSEN TO DO IT. SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE DONE WITH THE DESIGN ASPECT OF IT. ONCE IT'S SIGNED AND SEALED AND READY TO GO, IT'LL BE PRESENTED BACK TO COMMISSION. AND THEN THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OR PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT. ARE YOU AWARE THAT TEX-DOT WANTS TO WIDEN AND CARRY, AND THEY WANT TO WIDEN THE BRIDGE FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES? ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? I AM NOT CURRENTLY AWARE OF THAT. I'LL WORK WITH ROBERT, BUT OKAY. ROBERT. AND ON THE CITY ENGINEER, WE DID BRING THOSE COMMENTS UP WITH HANSEN. SO THEY DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHERE THE NEW ROAD THE NEW RELOCATION WOULD BE. MAKE SURE THAT IT WON'T BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE EXIT AND ENTRANCE.

WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT TOTAL COST WOULD BE TO GET THAT CONSTRUCTED? BECAUSE SYSTEM IT, I THINK IT WAS $1.1 MILLION. WE HAVE A COST ESTIMATE. SO WHEN WE BRING BACK THE THE FINAL SENTENCE AND TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION, WE'LL PROVIDE IT. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. GREAT JOB. PARKS AND ENGINEERING AND GRANTS DEPARTMENT AND CITY MANAGEMENT. IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING ON ALL THESE FRONTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. MAYOR, DID YOU SEE THE THE PRESENTATION BY CASEY FOR PENDLETON PARK? THEY HAD A WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT OKAY. GOOD. SO MOVING MOVING ON I DO WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE TO THE RIBBON CUTTING THIS SATURDAY AT THE BONITO BUTTERFLY PARK. OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB THERE. AND.

YEAH. WHAT TIME IS IT? I'M SORRY. WHAT TIME IS THAT AT? IT'S GOING TO START AT 9:00.

FROM 9 TO 10. YES. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO PRESENTATION OF THE HARLINGEN CRIME STOPPERS WAS ALREADY DONE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER PRESENTATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO 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 ON THIS SECTION, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE TOPIC OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING. IF MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK DURING EACH TOPIC PROVIDED YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND 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 TODAY, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ITEM NINE A, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AND TO ESTABLISH THE INITIAL ZONING OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, TO ALLOW INTERNAL STREETS TO HAVE 50FT OF RIGHT OF WAY, WITH 32FT OF FEET WIDE PAVED ROADS, AND FOR 135 OUT OF 358 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO BE LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 6000FT■!S FOR PROPERTY BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 35.754 ACRES OUT OF A PART OF A PORTION OF BLOCKS 65, 66, AND 72, AND OUT OF THE RESERVED HORSESHOE LAKE LANCY HILL SUBDIVISION, LOCATED SOUTH OF MORSE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2095.97FT SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH ED CAREY DRIVE. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE MISS KATHERINE HOLTZ HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS KATE HOLT, AND I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF WATER'S EDGE. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS ANNEXATION AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCURACY, AND THE LONG TERM IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S A WELL-KNOWN QUOTE OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO MARK TWAIN THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF LIES LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS PROPOSAL. THE DEVELOPER STATES THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS OVER 7000FT■!S, BUT AVERAGES CAN BE USED TO HIDE THE TRUTH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS 135 OF THE 358, LOTS, MORE THAN

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AND THE INCONSISTENCIES DON'T STOP THERE. TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM IS PRESENTED AS A REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION AND ZONING FOR 35.7 ACRES, BUT THE DEVELOPER'S OWN MATERIALS SHOW THE ENTIRE FUTURE SUBDIVISION IS 90 ACRES. THE 358 LOTS THEY ARE ASKING VARIANCES FOR REPRESENT THE FULL BUILD OUT, NOT JUST THE REDUCED FOOTPRINT SHOWN IN THE ANNEXATION REQUEST. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE VARIANCES FOR A PROJECT FAR LARGER THAN THE LAND ACTUALLY BEING REQUESTED FOR ANNEXATION TONIGHT. THAT IS NOT CLEAR. PLANNING THAT IS NOT FULL DISCLOSURE, AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON THIS COUNCIL TO UPHOLD THE RULES. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO TROUBLE THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. THE SINGLE APPROVED ENTRANCE TO THIS SUBDIVISION. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CITY GRANTED A VARIANCE ALLOWING ONLY ONE ACCESS POINT INSTEAD OF THE TWO NORMALLY REQUIRED, WHILE THE DEVELOPER POINTS TO TWO POSSIBLE FUTURE ENTRANCES, THOSE DEPEND ENTIRELY ON OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY NOT BE WILLING TO SELL, WHO MAY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS, AND WHO CANNOT BE COMPELLED TO COOPERATE. BUILDING A SUBDIVISION OF THIS DENSITY IN THE HOPE THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND MIGHT SOMEDAY BECOME AVAILABLE IS SPECULATIVE AND RISKY. EVEN IF THEY DID MATERIALIZE, ALL TRAFFIC WOULD STILL FUNNEL ONTO MORSE ROAD, WHICH IS A 30 MILE AN HOUR RESIDENTIAL STREET WHICH ALREADY BEARS A SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC LOAD. WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. WE WELCOME GROWTH THAT STRENGTHENS HARLINGEN, RESPECTS NEIGHBORING EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENHANCES PROPERTY VALUES. BUT THIS PROPOSAL, AS WRITTEN, DOES NOT DO THAT. IT ASKS FOR TOO MANY VARIANCES AND FAR MORE FAITH THAN THE DETAILS JUSTIFY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DENY THIS REQUEST, AND REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO BRING BACK A PLAN THAT BETTER REFLECTS THE VISION OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ONE THAT ENHANCES OUR PROPERTY VALUES. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CRAM A DENSELY PACKED DEVELOPMENT INTO THE REGION, HARLAN DESERVES THOUGHTFUL, RESPONSIBLE GROWTH THAT UPLIFTS OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU MISS. THIS TIME WE'LL CLOSE THE HAVING NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP OR HERE TO SPEAK, WE WILL CLOSE ITEM NINE A OKAY, MOVING ON TO 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. TEN A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, AND TO ESTABLISH THE INITIAL ZONING OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. TO ALLOW INTERNAL STREETS TO HAVE 50FT RIGHT OF WAY WITH 32FT WIDE PAVED ROADS AND 435 OUT OF 358 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO BE LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 6000FT■!S FOR PROPERTY BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 35.754 ACRES OUT OF A PART OR PORTION OF BLOCKS 65, 66, AND 72, AND OUT OF RESERVED HORSESHOE LAKE JOHNSON HILL SUBDIVISION, LOCATED SOUTH OF MORSE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2095.97FT SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH ED CAREY DRIVE. AN ORDINANCE. I'M JUST GOING TO READ AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BY ANNEXING, FOR FULL PURPOSE, A 35.754 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF A PART OR PORTION OF BLOCK 65, 66, AND 72, AND OUT OF RESERVE. HORSESHOE LAKE LANCE HILL SUBDIVISION, LOCATED SOUTH OF MORSE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2095.97FT SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH CAREY DRIVE AND TO ESTABLISH THE INITIAL ZONING OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR INTERNAL STREETS TO HAVE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH 32 FOOT WIDE PAVED STREETS, AND FOR 135 OUT OF 358 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO BE LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 6000FT■!S BINDING THE LAND TO ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION. I'M WAITING ON THE SLIDES. OKAY, MAY I SPEAK? YES.

BEING THE STRAIGHT UP GUY, MARIO MET WITH ME LAST, LAST LAST WEEK. YEAH. AND AT STARBUCKS. AND HE BOUGHT ME A TEA AND AND DANIEL WALKED IN AND SHOOK HIS HAND. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE HE HAS MET WITH. GENTLEMAN. OKAY. IS THAT ALL FOR RIGHT THIS MOMENT? YEAH.

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YES. OKAY. AND CHIEF BALDERAS CAN JUST REAL QUICK BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE, MAKE MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AND I THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL. CHIEF.

THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THOSE THAT WERE NOT HERE AT THE PRIOR MEETING. CAN YOU JUST SUMMARIZE YOUR YOUR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS? I STAND BY WHAT I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG. WITH THAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DONE IN PHASES. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE CITY I CAME FROM WITH SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. IT WORKS WELL THERE AND CAN WORK WELL HERE IF ALLOWED. FIRE GIVES AN APPROVAL. YES MA'AM. OKAY. AND THE YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH STACK. I KNOW MOST OF THE GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, EMT CERTIFIED. AND SO RESPONSE TO THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AS WELL. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THOSE THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHIEF. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW JUST SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE EFFICIENT WITH TIME. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE THIS TIME AROUND VERSUS THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS BEFORE THE COMMISSION? YES. SO THE MAIN ITEM I WANT TO SHOW YOU, EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION. LET ME SEE. AND SO I THINK THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS NOW THIS WAS THE THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED. IT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT THE 90 ACRES. AND SO THIS IS THE NEW SITE PLAN. AND SO NOW FOR PHASE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT 129 LOTS. AND THE THE MINIMUM SIZE FOR THE LOTS THAT THEY'RE BEING PRESENTED IS MORE IN THE RANGE OF THE 5000. AND SO BASICALLY 88 OF THE 129 LOTS, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WILL BE BELOW THE 6000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM. AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE SIX 6000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM. THAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE IS IN THE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH. WHAT IS IT? DO YOU KNOW THE LOT SIZE FOR BROWNSVILLE? 5000, MCALLEN IS 5000. MOST OF THE CITY'S IS 5000. THAT WILL BE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. OKAY. IS THERE IS THERE ANY PLACE HERE IN HARLINGEN THAT HAS SMALLER, LIKE MIKE SAYS, TEENY TINY LOTS AS WELL? WELL, I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T CHARACTERIZE THE 5000 SQUARE LOT AS TINY. I'M JUST USING HIS WORD. AND SO YES. SO I JUST WANT TO BE TECHNICAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING THAT AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF LOTS. IT ALSO DOESN'T QUALIFY AS HIGH DENSITY BY ANY MEANS BY ANY STANDARD. THE TECHNICALLY THE THE RANGE IS LIKE 5 TO 8 UNITS PER ACRE. AND SO WE'RE NOT CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER HERE. SO WE COULDN'T CLASSIFY OR CHARACTERIZE THIS DEVELOPMENT AS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S NOT HIGH DENSITY. AND THEY'RE NOT SMALL AND THEY'RE NOT SMALL LOTS. NO OKAY. AND SO AND JUST FOR REFERENCE HERE, LIKE ALSO THE STREET, THE PAVEMENT WIDTH AS WELL AS WELL AS THE LOT SIZE, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, SORT OF A KIND OF DEVIATION FROM, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD THAT IS SET BY THE

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AND IT WAS THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT BETWEEN THE TWO ENTRANCES. A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL THINK THAT YOU APPROVE ONLY ONE ENTRANCE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S TWO ENTRANCES.

IT'S JUST A DEVIATION FROM THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. OKAY. AND SO THE WHATEVER WIDTH OR WHATEVER DISTANCE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS STILL MEETS TEXAS ACCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MATURANA, RESIDENT OF MELVIN AND HUNT, BASED IN EDINBURG, TEXAS. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF RHODES DEVELOPMENT. I UNDERSTAND, FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOU AFFORDED ME TO COME BACK AND DO A PRESENTATION. I KNOW I WASN'T ABLE TO DO A PRESENTATION AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, IT'S IT LOOKS THE SAME AS WHAT WE PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCES.

THIS IS A 355 LOT SUBDIVISION. THIS IS OUR VISION FOR HORSESHOE HORSESHOE COVE. AND KIND OF WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE WHAT WE CALL OUR ENTRY WHICH IS BLUE WHAT WE CALL OUR MOVE UP WHICH IS YELLOW. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING A LARGE ESTATE LOT WHICH IS IN PINK. SO WE HAVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGES ON THE BOTTOM, THE THE AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR OUR SMALLER, WHAT WE CALL OUR ENTRY IS ABOUT 6143.

OUR AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR MOVE UP'S OVER 8000, AND OUR AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR ESTATE IS IN EXCESS OF 11,000. SO THIS WILL BE A BLEND. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, 209 LOTS IN HARLINGEN CALLED POSSIBLE COVES. SO TO ANSWER, COMMISSIONER MESMER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU HAVE AN EXACT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN. WE'VE BUILT THREE PHASES. EXACT THIS PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING A NEW PRODUCT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE BUILDING 90 TOWNHOMES, WHICH IS SEPARATE. AND ASIDE FROM FROM WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. AND WHERE IS THAT LOCATED THAT IT'S ON HAYNE AND POSSIBLY 509. SO DISTRICT THREE IN HIS DISTRICT? YES, SIR. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE. FARMLAND. ARE ARE THOSE LOTS 5000 IN? YES, MA'AM. SO WE WE DID THE SAME THING THERE. WE DID A PUD. SO ANYTIME WE'RE DOING THESE CURVY DESIGNS WE COME IN WITH A PUD. AND THAT DID ALLOW FOR, FOR LOTS BETWEEN 5 AND 6000. WE'VE BUILT THOSE OUT. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY STAFF HAS ANY ISSUES OPERATIONALLY. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES GETTING IN THERE FOR TRASH, FIRE, UTILITIES. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALREADY BUILT A COUPLE HUNDRED. WE'RE ON OUR LAST PHASE RIGHT NOW. AND HAVE THEY BEEN ARE THEY OCCUPIED? YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE THERE, BUT BASICALLY PHASE ONE AND TWO HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT. WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING IN PHASE THREE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LOTS IS OVER 200. OKAY. AND TO ADDRESS SOMETHING, I THINK ANA DID A GOOD JOB THERE. YOU KNOW WE KEEP HEARING DENSE DENSE. I'VE HEARD THAT FROM COMMISSIONER MESMER. I HEARD IT FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE. SIMPLE MATH. IF YOU DO 90 DIVIDED BY 355 YOU GET 3.9. THAT DOESN'T CONSTITUTE A HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN ANY CITY, TO BE HONEST. SO WE GOT 3.9 TO THE ACRE. AND ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO MORE DETAILS LATER ON. BUT WE DO HAVE A WATER WATER AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. WE HAVE A SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN SIGNED WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION. WE DID BRING IT TO YOU GUYS AS PART OF THIS ANNEXATION, AND WE ONLY ASKED FOR ONE VARIANCE, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING ONE AXIS. BUT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TWO ACCESS POINTS. I WAS ASKED BY SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, DO A ROUTINE TO SEE IF YOU GET TO 6000, WHICH WHICH WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO. SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS LAND PLAN. SO IF WE GO TO 6000 SQUARE FOOT, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A HIGHER DENSITY. WHAT HAPPENS IS WE LOSE THE ESTATE LOTS, BUT IF WE CAME BACK AT 6000FT■!S, WE ACTUALLY END UP WH 383 LOTS. SO IT IS A MUCH MORE

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WHERE IS THE ENTRANCE TO THAT? ON MORRISON ROAD, MA'AM? OKAY. SO ON MORRISON ROAD. MORRISON.

I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL. SO YOU HAVE MORRIS ROAD AS ONE ENTRANCE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

AND THEN TO THE LEFT YOU HAVE A FEW. THE TOP LEFT CORNER. YES. IT SAYS FUTURE ENTRANCE. THAT LAND, THAT PARCEL OF LAND FOR SALE RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU ALL BUYING IT OR AND. ALL RIGHT, I GOT THAT. ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. SO SO THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS PUT UNDER CONTRACT IN ARLINGTON WATERWORKS IS HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LIFT STATION AND A LOT OF THE SEWER. I WASN'T DONE OKAY. WHEN WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THAT AREA AND THE AREA RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET OUT TO THE ENTRANCE WHERE IT LOOPS? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN STAY WITH ME HERE. IF IT LOOPS, IF THERE IS, IF PEOPLE FROM THE TOP PART HAVE TO GET OUT, BUT THERE IS A FIRE RIGHT AS IT LOOPS DOWN, HOW DO THEY GET OUT? WHERE'S THE SAFETY IN THAT? I HAVE A SLIDE HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE, I'D GO TO IT. OKAY. IT'S IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL, BUT I'LL SCOOT AHEAD. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON WITH YOUR ENGINEERING STAFF PRIOR TO YOUR TIME HERE AND YOUR, YOUR FIRE STAFF. SO WE'RE BUILDING A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. WHAT I CONSIDER IS IN LINE WITH ED CAREY, NOT A RESIDENTIAL STREET. SO THIS IS A LARGE ROAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING THERE TO GET THROUGH THAT CHOKE POINT. AND THIS CAN BE DONE FROM THE BEGINNING. WE'RE BUILDING THIS WITH PHASE ONE. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. LOPEZ? YOU WERE EXPLAINING. YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH IT. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, HARLINGEN WATERWORKS IS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SEWER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MUCH NEEDED FOR THIS AREA. BUT I MYSELF BROUGHT THE PROPERTY TO 12 ACRES NEXT DOOR TO THE CITY. I BROUGHT IT TO PLANNING, I BROUGHT IT TO WATERWORKS AND WE WERE TOLD THERE'S NO SEWER AVAILABLE. IT'S FOR SALE. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DROPPED THE PRICE.

I HAVE A HUNCH THAT IT'LL BE PURCHASED AT SOME POINT HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT YES, IT IS FOR SALE AND I DO THINK SOMEONE WILL BUY IT AND DEVELOP IT. AND ONCE THIS IS ESTABLISHED, THIS MASTER PLAN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CAN REQUIRE THEM TO CONNECT TO MY ACCESS POINTS.

YOU'RE NOT BUYING IT. THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION. I'M TRYING TO REDUCE LOCK COUNT, NOT RAISE IT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT FUTURE ENTRANCE THAT'S TIED IN RIGHT THERE, Y'ALL AREN'T GOING TO BE DOING IT. IF SOMEONE BOUGHT THE 12 ACRES NEXT DOOR, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO TIE INTO US. OKAY. AND THAT THAT GOES FOR BOTH FUTURE ENTRANCES. NOW THAT THEY'RE ESTABLISHED, ENGINEERING STAFF THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CAN REQUIRE THEM TO TIE INTO US. IS THAT ACCURATE, ANNA? SO THEN WHY AREN'T WE TYING INTO WHAT WATER'S EDGE THERE. THERE IS NO RIGHT OF WAY. THERE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF IT. BUT THERE IS NO RIGHT OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF IT. CORRECT. THE YOUR STAFF CAN REQUIRE THEM TO DO AN EMERGENCY EXIT THERE. IF THEY GET IT, THEY GET IT, BUT THEY CAN. BUT DO THEY HAVE TO? THAT'S THE QUESTION BEFORE THEM.

SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO POP UP AND ANSWER THAT PLEASE. SO NOW WE HAVE YOU HAVE A NEW SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS. SO THEY WILL THAT PROPERTY WILL BE REQUIRED TO TIE IN. WE WOULDN'T APPROVE IT OKAY. SO YES. THAT'S THE ANSWER. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW ALONG THE ROAD WE WE MET WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK. WHAT I'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS THAT THESE ARE LOW QUALITY HOMES, WHICH I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S THREE HOME PRODUCTS. THIS IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR BEGINNER HOME

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YOU KNOW, THEY START 20 300FT■!, WHICH IS NOT A SMALL HOUSE. UP TO 4000 PLUS. YOU GOT THE HOMESTEAD WHICH GOES UP TO 5000. YOU SEE THE THREE CAR GARAGE IN THERE. THE ONLY THE ONLY MARKET WE HAVE THIS PRODUCT IN IS IN MCALLEN, AND IT SELLS WELL. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE PICTURE OF THE HOUSE ON A 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOT? IT WOULD BE THIS. OKAY. WOULD YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL TWO STORY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. BUT THE EXAMPLES I PICKED THERE'S I THINK THERE'S EIGHT PRODUCTS YOU COULD PUT THERE. AND I GRABBED TWO FROM THE WEBSITE.

SO OKAY. AND THESE ARE TWO THAT ARE VERY COMMON IN PASO REAL. PUT SOME SOME PICTURES OF SOME INTERIORS. THIS IS A MODEL HOME THAT THEY HAVE. THIS IS THE QUALITY THAT THEY BUILD. IT'S A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT ENERGY STAR AND ENERGY EFFICIENT. IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE BUILDING A CLUBHOUSE WITH THE POOL AND WE'RE BUILDING A PARK THAT I'LL GET INTO LATER. WE HAVE ALLOCATED ABOUT $1.9 MILLION WORTH OF PRIVATE AMENITIES, WHICH IS NOT THE NORM WHEN YOU'RE DOING LAND DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE'RE BUILDING AT LA SERNA IN EDINBURG, TEXAS. SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES WILL BE BUILT HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN JUST YET, BUT THIS IS A PRODUCT OF SOMETHING WE'RE PUTTING ON THE GROUND TODAY. THE LINEAR PARK, AS I MENTIONED, YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE IN YOUR CITY ALREADY. WE HAVE A LINEAR PARK THAT'S OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA. IT'S STILL BEING THEY'RE STILL BEING TAXED ON THIS. THIS ISN'T A GATED COMMUNITY. SO PEOPLE COME TO THE PARK. I MEAN, THEY'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO ANYBODY CAN COME TO THE PARK THOUGH, RIGHT? ANYBODY FROM OUTSIDE. CORRECT.

I CAN IF I DON'T LIVE THERE, I CAN COME AND USE IT AS PARKING AREAS. YOU CAN PARK AND WALK THE DOG. I ACTUALLY LIVE ABOUT TEN MILES FROM TRES LAGOAS AND I GO WALK MY DOGS THERE.

CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THERE TO COME USE IT, CORRECT? CORRECT. GOING BACK TO THE LIFT STATION, THERE'S MULTIPLE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE LAND THE GREENS DECLINE OF MINE FROM LAREDO. HE BOUGHT THIS FROM FALCON'S BANK. HE CAME IN TO DEVELOP THIS IN 2021.

AND WE WERE TOLD WE DON'T HAVE SEWER. DOCTOR SHARIF OWNS WHAT'S IN PURPLE. I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CLIENTS LOOK AT WHAT'S IN BLUE. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RED. IT'S IN A DIVORCE OR SOME TYPE OF LITIGATION, BUT AT SOME POINT SOMEONE WILL BUY THAT. THIS IS A SERVICE AREA THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED. WE HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP A LIFT STATION WITH HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS THAN THAN YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM? YES.

I REMEMBER TELLING EVERYONE WAS LIKE, OH, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I'M NOT I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT. BUT YEAH, NO. AS MARIO WAS SAYING, THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE HERE, ACTUALLY MORE ZOOMED OUT FROM THIS AREA. IF YOU ALL CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GABRIEL? OH, I'M SORRY. SO I'M GABE TREVINO. I'M THE UTILITY ENGINEER WITH HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. AND AS I WAS SAYING. SO IF WE CAN ZOOM OUT TO THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE FROM OUR SEWER STANDPOINT AND HOW OUR SERVICE AREA WORKS, EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY, WE ONLY HAVE A SINGLE LIFT STATION THAT CROSSES IT'S LIFT STATION NINE.

I BELIEVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION KNOW ABOUT THIS. MISS DAHLIA. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING NEW FOR YOU, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TO UPGRADE LIFT STATION NINE. BUT THE REASON WHY I BRING THAT UP IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ADDRESSING SEWER ISSUES, YOU START DOWNSTREAM, BUT THEN YOU START WORKING UP THIS LIFT STATION IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER IN THE REGION, ALL FLOW INTO WHAT IS BASICALLY A SURCHARGE LINE. WE'VE WE HAD A CONSULTANT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO DO A REPORT ON THE 12 INCH LINE THAT PRIMARILY GOES TO

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SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, TALKED BEFORE, BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, BEFORE SOME TALKED BEFORE STAFF. BUT THERE WAS A HUGE REGION. I DO REMEMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETIME LAST YEAR, MAY HAVE BEEN YEAR AND A HALF AGO. TIME KIND OF SEEMS TO BE FLYING, BUT THERE WAS EVEN A MAJOR MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ASPECT AS WELL, WITH THE CITY ENGINEER AT THE TIME, AND I HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE SANITARY SEWER ISSUES. SO, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK HOME. LIFT STATION 78, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, IS VERY CRITICAL FOR US BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD THAT STATION, NOT JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH HERE, BUT TO ACTUALLY REDIRECT FLOW AWAY FROM THAT 12 INCH LINE THAT CURRENTLY HAS CAPACITY ISSUES. IT REINFORCES THE INTEGRITY OF OUR SYSTEM IN THIS REGION. AND IT'S SOMETHING AND THIS IS THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT THAT MARIO WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING 100% ON THE DEVELOPER. WE'RE ASKING THEM TO ASSIST US IN BUILDING THIS LIFT STATION TO A CAPACITY THAT IS NOT ONLY GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THIS ENTIRE AREA THAT HE'S SHOWING HERE IN RED, BUT ALSO IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO REDIRECT LIFT STATION 78. AND I BELIEVE IT'S WHAT IT'S THREE OTHER STATIONS AS WELL, THREE OTHER STATIONS AS WELL THAT ARE FURTHER SOUTH AWAY FROM THE ED CARRIE AREA AND BASICALLY RELIEVING THAT PART OF OUR NETWORK. SO IT'S SOMETHING SO ESSENTIALLY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR US. IT'S WHY WE PRESENTED IT TO OUR BOARD. IT'S WHY WE PUT TOGETHER A COST SHARING AGREEMENT, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF SERVING THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OR EVEN THESE POTENTIAL FUTURE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT'S ALSO A SYSTEMIC, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY RESTRAINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AS WELL.

WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT ON ON PARTS OF ON YOUR PART? SO THE WAY, THE THE WAY, THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED, WE'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 700,000 OF WHAT'S PROBABLY $1.1 MILLION IMPROVEMENT. AND THE SERVICE AREA IS IT'S SHOWN BEFORE YOU, IT'S 316 ACRES FOR DIRECT SERVICE TO THAT LIFT STATION. BUT IT ALLEVIATES A BIGGER AREA THAT'S NOT SHOWN ON THIS MAP, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED HIM TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GABRIEL? THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. WE WENT THROUGH THAT. WE DID A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AS PART OF OUR FEASIBILITY FOR THIS. WE TURNED THIS INTO STAFF. THEY'VE ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

MORRIS ROAD CAN HANDLE THE TRAFFIC THAT CURRENTLY HAS. PLUS THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO DO THE ROAD WIDENING, BUT WE'RE STILL PROPOSING TO DO DECELERATION LANES AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. HERE'S A FEMA MAP VIEWER. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT.

SO THIS SHOWS FEMA UPDATED THEIR MAPS IN CAMERON COUNTY SOME TIME AGO. THIS SHOWS WHERE FLOODING IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. THE SUBDIVISION IS CALLED LIVE OAK.

WHITE OAK. IT HAS SOME FLOODING ISSUES. I'VE WORKED WITH YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND I'VE WORKED WITH MANAGEMENT AS PART OF OUR SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN EXECUTED BY THIS BODY.

WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS. THAT IS KIND OF GOOD TIMING OF THAT PRESENTATION EARLIER THAT THAT MATCH THIS MASTER PLAN. THIS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE, THE FLOODING IN THIS AREA. WE'RE DOING MORE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED OF A NORMAL DEVELOPMENT JUST TO TO HELP SERVICE THIS AREA. OUR COST FOR SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND $600,000. SO THANK YOU ROBERT. CAN YOU I'VE BEEN IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS COMING ON THE AGENDA. I'VE BEEN ASKING ROBERT SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK INTO HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT WHETHER IT WOULD HURT OR WHETHER IT WOULD HELP WHITE OAK, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND THE FLOODING THAT THEY ENDURED DURING MARCH. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU PROVIDED TO ME. BUT CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION? YES, ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, CITY ENGINEER. SO THE EXHIBIT THAT'S BEING SHOWN IS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN. SO WHEN MR. MARIO REYNA REACHED OUT, WANTED TO SET UP A MEETING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE COULD DO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE EMPHASIZED A LOT. WHEN WE COULD PARTNER UP WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. LET'S SHOOT FOR THAT.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? THE HORSESHOE LAKE, IT'S ABOUT 60 ACRES, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLEARING IT, EXCAVATING IT RIGHT NOW. IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE CONNECTIONS. I KNOW A

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THERE'S ONLY A 18 INCH PIPE THAT ACTS AS A BACKFLOW. PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INSTALLING THREE 48 INCH PIPES. WHAT WOULD THAT DO? ESSENTIALLY, DURING THOSE HEAVY STORM EVENTS WHEN WATER STARTS BACKFLOWING BECAUSE EVERYTHING DRAINS NORTH TOWARDS THE EXPRESSWAY, RIGHT? THERE'S ONLY ONE OUTFALL. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE WATER STARTS BACK FLOWING? INSTEAD OF GOING TO YOUR STREETS, YOUR HOMES, IT'S GOING TO BE GOING TO THE HORSESHOE RESACA WHERE YOU HAVE THAT CAPACITY TO MITIGATE FLOODING. THERE'S BEEN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS HERE WHERE WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING UP TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE'S CAPACITY WITHIN THE DITCH TO WIDEN IT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF THIS EXISTING SYSTEM IS ALREADY AT CAPACITY. SO WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO EXPAND IT AS DEVELOPMENTS COME IN WHERE THEY GIVE US RIGHT OF WAY. AND THIS COST FOR YOU, MARIO, THE THE IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN 5 AND 600,000 AS PART OF JUST CLEARING THE LAKE. WE HAVE $140,000 BID JUST TO TO CLEAR OF DEBRIS SO THAT WHEN YOU GUYS TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT, YOU'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT. AND WE SAW SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WITH LOZANO. I MEAN NOT AS MUCH. I MEAN, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE OSCAR AND I AND I'M SURE YOU DID WENT AFTER THE STORM TO SEE AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY TO SEE. AND IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AND IMPROVEMENT. SO THIS IS HOW MANY MORE TIMES THAN THE LOZANO 6 TO 8. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ROOM FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT AUTOMATICALLY AGAIN IT'S ALREADY A LOW POINT. THIS IS WHERE WATER WOULD NATURALLY GO OKAY. AND THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE FIRST PLACE OF DESTRUCTION. THE STORM WATER IS THE FIRST THING THEY'LL DO RIGHT BEFORE ANY HOME IS BUILT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE FULL DRAINAGE BENEFITS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HERE, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE, WHICH IS WHAT I TOLD Y'ALL THE LAST TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE, THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE BEFORE YOU GET TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACTUAL SUBDIVISION ITSELF. AND SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT IS THE CASE, ANNA. WELL, THE ZONING APPROVAL NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN RECORD THE PLAT. AND SO AS PART OF THE ZONING, YOU CAN PUT CONDITIONS. AND SO THAT THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IT MEMORIALIZED WHATEVER THE WISHES OF THE COMMISSION ARE. AND ALSO WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PLAT REVIEW PROCESS, WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY FOLLOW THROUGH. SO AND THAT WILL BE IN TANDEM WITH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ROBERTO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO COMPLEMENT THEIR WORK ON THIS DRAINAGE PROJECT IN TERMS OF HAVING WATER GOING NORTH TO THE ARROYO? SO RIGHT NOW WE DID DO THE THE OUTFALL CLEARANCE NORTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY RIGHT NEXT TO THIS BEDROOM FACILITIES. WE CLEARED ALL THE DEBRIS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS THAT WE DID WITH IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS. WE CLEARED A LOT OF DEBRIS THAT HAD ACCUMULATED. WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE'S AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY, AND WE'RE EXPANDING IT, AT LEAST HERE NEAR THE WHITE OAK SUBDIVISION. THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S THERE IS HOW MUCH WE COULD. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE LOOKED AT. THERE'S NO MORE SPACE FOR US TO WIDEN WITHIN THE WHITE OAKS, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN AND WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME, AND THEY'RE GIVING US 100FT, 200FT OF RIGHT OF WAY ALONG 1000FT, 1300 FEET. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PURSUING AS THEY COME IN. WE'LL ASK THEM, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE WE'RE HAVE PLANS TO WIDEN IT TO PROVIDE CAPACITY, CAPACITY AND CONVEYANCE. BUT IT'S ON A AS THEY COME BASIS. HAVE YOU FINISHED THE SPECTRUM PROJECT OUT THERE? YES, SIR. 100%, YES. SO WE DID THE SITE CLEARANCE AND SPECTRUM ACTUALLY HIRED A TEAM. THEY DID ONE OF OUR PROJECTS, SCIENCE, SCIENCE UTILITY CONTRACTORS TO CONCRETE LINE THEIR, THEIR THEIR PROPERTY. THAT WAY AS WATER COMES IN, THEY'LL PREVENT EROSION. SO JUST I'M SORRY. SO JUST TO SO I CAN UNDERSTAND. SO THE PEOPLE IN WHITE OAK THAT WERE DEVASTATED BY THE FLOODING IN MARCH, ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM A LOT. OH, THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST MAIN BENEFICIARIES FOR THE AREA RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, THEY'RE BASICALLY AT THE AT THE HIGH END OR OF THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION. AS SOON AS WATER STARTS BACK FLOWING, IT'S GOING TO BACKFLOW STRAIGHT TO THE RESACA. INSTEAD OF GOING TO THEIR PROPERTY, WHITE OAKS IS

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AND THAT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY, CORRECT? NO IRRIGATION DISTRICT HAVE BEEN WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING FOR THEM TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP TO US. SO WE ALREADY DID A LOT OF THE DITCHES. I'LL BE. I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH MR. TOM MCLEMORE, THE GENERAL MANAGER, ABOUT THAT.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY OPEN FROM THE BEGINNING FOR US TO USE THIS AS A REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY. AS A DETENTION FACILITY? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YOU WON'T TAKE YOU WON'T ASK HIM TO DO THAT UNTIL AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, IF THERE ARE ANY. RIGHT. CORRECT. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. WHAT DID YOU SAY? WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TILL THEY. IF THIS IS APPROVED, UNTIL THEY MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THAT DRAINAGE AREA BEFORE WE TAKE OWNERSHIP, THAT. WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT? WHAT IF IT'S NOT APPROVED? THEN WE WILL HAVE TO DO IT SLOWLY. OKAY? WE'LL HAVE TO BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY BUDGETED FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL HAVE TO BUDGET. OKAY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T IF THEY DON'T DO IT SO WE'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. SO THAT MEANS OTHER OTHER DRAINAGE PROJECTS LIKE IN MY DISTRICT OR DANIEL'S DISTRICT OR EVEN DALLAS DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO BE PUT ASIDE WHILE WE DO THAT OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, OR WE'LL HAVE TO FIND MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE DON'T HAVE IT. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND IT. I MEAN, DRAINAGE IS A BIG PART OF OUR OUR OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. YEAH. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO IT FOR US. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND IT. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE. SO. WELL. IN THIS ISN'T JUST ONE ITEM, THIS IS ALSO WHAT WE HEARD FROM HARLINGEN WATERWORKS IN TERMS OF THE LIFT STATION. SO IN ALL THE INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY WOULD BE IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE LIFT STATION, TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE THE WIDENING AND THE COST, I THINK YOU SAID WAS 6 OR 700,000. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ESTIMATING AT THIS TIME. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE THE ROAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TO BUILD AND WHAT IS AND I KNOW WHAT WAS THE TOTAL INVESTMENT ON THIS PROJECT AT BUILD OUT, IT'LL CONSTITUTE ABOUT $140 MILLION IN TAX VALUE. RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE $140 MILLION OF ON OUR ON OUR PROPERTY RULES ADDITIONAL TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT IMPROVEMENT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME WAS THE I KNOW WE HAD SEEN BEFORE A MAP, THAT MAP, AND HOW THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY APPETITE, I GUESS, TO REALLY DEVELOP BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS DON'T WANT TO PUT IN ALL OF THIS MONEY TO, TO TO WORK WITH HARLINGEN WATERWORKS TO BUILD THE LIFT STATION. THEY WANT TO COME IN, BE READY AND NOT HAVE TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL COST. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE APPROACHED AND THEN SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE NOT NOW. MAYBE ONCE YOU BUILD, THEN THEY WILL WANT TO BUILD. BUT THERE HAS BEEN THAT LACK OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT. AND IF I GO BACK TO THIS PICTURE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY IN THE GREEN IS READY TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT IMMEDIATELY. HE HAS 136 LOTS PROPOSED. SHOULD THIS PROJECT GO FORWARD AND SHOULD THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BE DONE. AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT FOR SEWER, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SINCE THE TIME THAT HE BOUGHT THIS PROJECT, HE'S AN INVESTOR FROM LAREDO. HE'S ACTUALLY MOVED ON AND COMPLETED THREE OTHER PROJECTS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. SO I'M GOING TO JUST ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. THIS IS TO TO ME, I HEAR THE CONCERNS AND WE ALL, YOU KNOW, ON THIS GOVERNING BODY, I WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST NOT THE

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AND IF THIS COMMISSION SAYS NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GO AWAY. THAT MEANS YOU GO TO THE COUNTY.

ALL OF THOSE PROPERTY TAXES GO TO THE COUNTY, AND ALL OF THOSE REQUIRE NOW, PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTY DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESTRICTIONS THAT THE CITY DOES. AND SO THE IMPACT TO THE ROAD, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I HEAR IT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS CITY OF HARLINGEN OR IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS CAMERON COUNTY AND THE IN THE CHAIN. AND THAT IMPACT IS, IS IS IS REAL. IT'S JUST CAN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO, OR THIS COMMISSION SAYS NO. AND THEN IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE I THINK DEVELOPERS I MEAN, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DEVELOPERS WANT TO MAKE MONEY. SO IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY, YOU'RE GOING TO SCRAP ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DID FOR CITY OF HARLINGEN AND MAXIMIZE PROFITS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER, NOT NOT HARDER, BUT IT IS GOING TO FURTHER AGGRAVATE WHATEVER THAT SITUATION IS OUT THERE, BECAUSE YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO ABIDE BY THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. AM I RIGHT OR AM I WRONG? YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENT IS 5000. SO WE WE WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR WITH THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT. ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE TO DO IT, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW YOUR MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN UNDER THAT THAT IT THAT IS MY POINT. MY POINT IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS PROJECT IS COMING AND AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE TABLE AND TO TRY TO DO AND TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE AND TO HAVE THOSE COST SHARING AND TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES. OR WE SAY NO AS A COMMISSION, AND IT'S STILL GOING TO BE THERE, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE NO REAL RESTRICTIONS. ARE YOU TRYING TO EXTORT US OR EXTORT HIM? NO.

OKAY. SO, SO AND SO AND I WILL I WILL REPEAT MYSELF. I WANT YOU GUYS, GUYS TO BUILD HOUSES.

I WANT YOU TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL AND MAKE TONS OF MONEY AND BRING PROPERTY TAXES TO HARLINGEN, BUT NOT ON 5000FT■!S YARDS. NO VARIANTS MAKE. IF YOU MADE THEM ALL 6000, I WOULD SAY HALLELUJAH. SO IN OTHER WORDS, COMMISSIONER, YOU YOU VOTED IN FAVOR OF PASO REAL, WHICH IS 5000 AND WHICH IS THE EXACT SAME. IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS IN HARLINGEN BUT OUT IN THE COUNTRY. AND I GET IT. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS NEXT TO IT AND THAT DOES, YOU KNOW, AND I AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE, THE CONCERNS AND THE REASONS WHY. AND YOU KNOW, YOU YOU PURCHASE YOUR PROPERTY, YOU WANT TO ENJOY THAT THAT QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU'VE COME ACCUSTOMED TO A CERTAIN WAY OF LIVING IN THAT, IN THAT AREA. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I UNDERSTAND I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU BOUGHT THERE IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED AND IF IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED, THAT IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE SAME FASHION, AND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A

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YOU HAVE VOTED FOR IT. YOU APPROVED IT. YOU WERE HERE. YOU SAID YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. LIKE HE'S GIVING YOU THE ANSWERS THAT YOU'RE WANTING, BUT YOU JUST ARE NOT ACCEPTING IT. AND HE'S SHOWING YOU THE PROOF RIGHT HERE. YOU LITERALLY HAVE A SUBDIVISION WITH PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EXACT HOUSES ALREADY IN YOUR DISTRICT. IN DISTRICT THREE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO DRIVE AROUND AND LOOK AT IT, BUT IT'S THERE. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ALL WERE HERE IN MARCH OF 2025, AND WE SAW THE I, DID I AND I KNOW YOU DID, COMMISSIONER MORALES, BECAUSE WE BOTH WENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR DISTRICT AND WALKED. I'M I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. I'M NOT I'M NOT CRITICIZING YOU. I'M TALKING ABOUT MYSELF. AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER MORALES WAS THERE BECAUSE IT'S HIS DISTRICT. AND I KNOW WE BOTH HAVE HAD BROKEN BONES AND FEET AND LEGS. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT. I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB. WHAT I'M SAYING WAS THAT I WAS IN THOSE HOUSES AND

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[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve two (2) full-time and two (2) part-time Animal Care Technician positions for the Harlingen Animal Shelter. ]

SO ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HER SHE'S EXTORTING THE COMMISSION? BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG TRADE OFF. I'M BEING SILLY.

THANK. THANK YOU ANNA. I MEAN, I JUST WE HAVE A YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU COMMISSIONER MESMER, YOU CONSTANTLY SAY LET'S LISTEN TO STAFF. STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. FIRE HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. YOU KNOW HARLINGEN WATER WORKS IS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL ARE HERE TODAY TO ANSWER THOSE THOSE QUESTIONS. AND SO THOSE YOU

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve a request from Remi Garza, Cameron County Elections Department to use the Harlingen Culture Arts Center located a t 575 "76" Dr. Tuesday, Feb. 17" thru Friday, Feb. 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday Feb. 21st, and Sunday, Feb.22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday, Feb.23rd, thru Friday, Feb. 27', from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 3, 2026 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. ]

I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE. ONE MORE THING AGAIN. MY MY PRIMARY FOCUS IS THE WATER AND THE SEWER. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMON KNOWLEDGE IS THERE'S A REASON YOU CANNOT FLUSH YOUR TOILET DURING A

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to approve the demolition of the old Police Department building located at 1102 S. Commerce Street. ]

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[Item 11 - Board Appointments]

YES. YES. OKAY. AND AND THESE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PRONE TO ISSUES ALREADY WILL HAVE EVEN MORE ISSUES. YES. BECAUSE THESE WILL NOT THESE ARE OUR LIFT STATION. AND IT'S NOT BEING DESIGNED TO HANDLE FLOOD WATER. WE DO HAVE PEAKING FACTORS AND CONSIDERATIONS, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER. AND SO TRYING TO OVERSIZE OUR SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE FAILURES JUST BECOMES INFEASIBLE. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ADD, JUST AS JUST BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S JUST A VIEWPOINT THAT MAYBE NOT EVERYONE SEES IS THAT STORM, SEWER AND DRAINAGE FAILURES ARE PRIMARY DRIVER OF SANITARY SEWER FAILURES, WHICH AGAIN, IT'S ONE THING IF YOU'RE IF YOUR HOUSE BECOMES AN ISLAND DURING A FLOOD, BUT WHEN YOU CAN'T FLUSH THE TOILET EITHER, THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC.

BUT THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ADD. JUST SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE LAST QUESTION FOR ME IS THE I DIDN'T SEE THE THE SLIDE, BUT LAST TIME THERE WAS A COST OF PROPERTY TAX ONCE ALL PHASES ARE. YES, MA'AM. SO WE WENT THROUGH THE STEPPING OF WHEN THESE HOMES WILL BE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY READY. IF WE START IN MAY WHICH WE WE WOULD LIKE TO WHICHEVER ROUTE WE TAKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO START IN MAY WHEN I'M COMMITTING TO YOU HERE

[Item 12 - Executive Session]

BUT WE WOULD ONLY HAVE NINE HOMES IN 2027. THE BUILDOUT WOULD LAST UNTIL 2035, UNTIL WE BUILD 355 HOMES. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PULLING OUT OF THIN AIR. THIS IS BASED ON STATISTIC DATA OF THE HOME STARTS AND HOME SALES THAT WE'RE DOING AT PASO REAL HERE IN YOUR CITY TODAY. THIS THIS SUBDIVISION IS TAKING THE PLACE OF THAT BEING BUILT OUT. SO THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SUBDIVISION AT ITS BUILD OUT WITH NO COST INCREASE, NO INFLATION. IT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT $1 MILLION A YEAR IN TAX VALUE TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IN THE HOMES THAT YOU'RE BUILDING IN PASO? REAL? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. PEOPLE PER HOME. YES. MY GUESS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND FOUR. OKAY.

AND YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 200. AND HOW MANY? WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 209 ENTITLED LOTS. AND WE'RE

[Item 13 - Action on Executive Session Items:]

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM. AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, AND THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW IS TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING AT ALL DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS, IN ORDER TO BE IN LINE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE'VE ADOPTED

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SO WE CAN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. MAYOR, THIS THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PROCEDURE UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 43 SECTION CHAPTER 43. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS A VARIANCE CHANGE. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT. AND THE PROVISIONS FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION SIMPLY REQUIRE MAJORITY VOTE. THERE'S NO PROVISION. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE CHANGING ZONING ON AN EXISTING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH SUPERMAJORITY VOTES. NO, IT'S NOT A SUPERMAJORITY. NO. BUT I'M SAYING I'VE DONE A LITTLE ON MY OWN. SO OKAY. VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST, MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE TWO FULL TIME AND TWO PART TIME ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS FOR THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WE HAVE HEALTH. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION I HAVE ANGELICA RAMOS, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER, HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. WE ARE OUTSIDE, KENNELS ARE COMPLETE. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO STAFF OR HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE OUTSIDE KENNELS AND THE MANNER THEY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED. THE SHELTER CURRENTLY HAS 34 KENNELS IN THE BACK PORTION OF THE SHELTER THAT ARE CLEANED BY STAFF. RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO FULL TIME STAFF AND ONE PART TIME STAFF THAT IT TAKES TO CLEAN THOSE 34 KENNELS. THE OUTSIDE KENNELS ARE 29, SO WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THAT. THE DISINFECTANT THE SHELTER CURRENTLY USES DIRECTS FOR A TEN MINUTE SET TIME, A CONTACT TIME. SO THAT TAKES A LARGE PORTION OF TIME AND CLEANING THOSE KENNELS. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO FULL TIME AND TWO PART TIME STAFF TO TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THESE OUTSIDE PANELS FOR THE SHELTER. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. QUESTION HOW MUCH WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE

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HOW MUCH IS A PAYROLL FOR THE FOR THE TWO FULL TIME AND TWO PART TIME? I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET. IT'S ABOUT HALF A MILLION RIGHT NOW FOR THE FOR THE TOTAL BUDGET.

TOTAL BUDGET? YES. HALF A MILLION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT JUST FOR STAFF OR THAT'S FOR STAFF. THAT'S IN STAFF INCLUDED. THAT'S TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET. THAT'S EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING OKAY. MEDICAL SUPPLIES, VACCINES MEANS STAFFING. BUT THAT'S NOT DETERGENTS. NO, I'M SORRY. I GET YOU THAT TOMORROW, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER. ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? WOULD YOU BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME? YES. I'LL GIVE YOU THE BUDGET. IT HAS BROKEN OUT BY SALARY AND BY BY OTHER EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SHANNON. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY. YOU ALREADY HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE. NOT YET. NO, I WAS GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THERE REAL QUICK. PLEASE. PLEASE DO. BUT WE WILL BE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE OUTSIDE KENNELS ON FEBRUARY 19TH AT 11 A.M. AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO THAT RIBBON CUTTING. I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THE DOGS FROM THE POUND, AND THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED YOU DO IT AFTER FOUR, AFTER FIVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL THEY WERE SAYING. I THINK I HEARD 330. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE THERE. I'LL BE I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN AT A CONFERENCE. BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A FANTASTIC EVENT. THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE'D HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH DISEASE, AND THIS IS GOING TO ALLEVIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THE QUARANTINE AREA. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE LEAD. IF ROBERT'S STILL HERE, THANK HIM VERY MUCH FOR HIS EFFORT. LUIS DID A GREAT JOB AS WELL. AND PUBLIC WORKS I KNOW YOU GUYS DID THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ON THIS, SO IT'S A BIG TEAM WIN. GREAT JOB. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. THANK YOU OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM REMY GARZA CAMERON COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO USE THE HARLINGEN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER LOCATED AT FIVE 7576 DRIVE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 7 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST AND SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2026 FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. ON ELECTION DAY.

AND THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS ABSTAINED FROM THIS VOTE. WE GOT A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN. CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED AT 1102 SOUTH COMMERCE STREET. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THE ROOF HAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED ON THAT BUILDING. THE COUNTY USED TO USE IT AS PART OF VOTING, BUT THE THE CONTAMINATION OF MOLD INSIDE THE BUILDING IS SO SEVERE THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO STEP AWAY AND NOT USE THAT BUILDING ANYMORE. THE COST TO REHAB IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL. SO I THINK STAFF AND I MET, AND WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO JUST DEMOLISH IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK IN-HOUSE. WE JUST HAVE THE TIPPING FEES TO PAY FOR IT. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 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. APPOINTING A KRISTIN LUCKY TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. THAT'S IT. JOHN PIERCE, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COUNCIL. NONE.

NONE. I WANT TO REAPPOINT JUAN LONGORIA TO THE AIRPORT BOARD. AND I ALSO WANT TO APPOINT OMAR VILLARREAL. YES, VILLARREAL TO THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD. SO MOTION. OH, QUESTION.

IF ANYONE HAS AN OPENING ON THEIR HEALTHY HARLINGEN. SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO ME THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED. I CAN SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH YOU. YOU WANT ME TO REACH OUT TO YOU? PERFECT. YOU REALLY LIKE THE PERSON. HE'S A GREAT GUY. HAS THE BEST BREAKFAST TACOS. DID WE ALREADY DO A MOTION? MADE A MOTION. SECOND. AND I HAVE ONE QUICK THING ON THE. I KNOW I MENTIONED IT TO DANIEL LAST TIME, BUT I'M TRYING TO START AGAIN. WELL, IT NEVER REALLY

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COMMISSIONER, WILL YOU BE INCLUDING THE CARDINALS AS WELL AND THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL? YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYBODY FROM HARLINGEN NORTH, FEEL FREE TO. THERE IS NO HARLINGEN NORTH. BUT IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANY KIDS FROM THE CARDINALS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO INCLUDE THEM. THE ONLY THING IS, LIKE, SINCE I WORK AT SOUTH, I KNOW SOUTH KIDS AND SO.

BUT YEAH, WE'LL GIVE THE CARDINALS A SPOT. YOU REPRESENT ALL OF HARLINGEN. YES I DO OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 12. EXECUTIVE SESSION 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 IS IN CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 550 1.0 711A REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION CALL CALLS NUMBER 2025, DCL 06643 CITY OF HARLINGEN VERSUS SAD PADILLA. MOTION MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. TIME IS NOW 8:47 P.M.

AND WE WILL RETIRE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. BE OUT SHORTLY. MY WIFE. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY OFFICE.

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I WASN'T MAKING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.