[Item 1 - Call to Order]
[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest]
[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements]
[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]
[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]
[Item 4a - Harlingen Animal Shelter - "Pet of the Week"]
[Item 4b - Presentation o f Proclamation - 35th Annual Henry Roberts Memorial - Jalapeno 100]
[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]
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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE
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COMMISSION MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE[00:15:03]
COMMISSION AS EVERYONE IS PRESENT HERE TODAY. IF YOU ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION.[00:15:14]
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT US WISDOM IN OUR DECISIONS, PATIENCE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND HUMILITY IN OUR LEADERSHIP. HELP US REMEMBER THAT THE WORK WE DO HERE AFFECTS THE LIVES OF MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. GUIDE US TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND COMPASSION. BLESS THIS MEETING AND EVERYONE PRESENT. AMEN. AMEN. NOW THE PLEDGE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PLEASE. YES, MAYOR. UNDER STATE LAW, CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COMMISSION MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM. MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION.OR CAN THEY VOTE ON ANY AGENDA ITEM? ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NONE NONE NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. GREAT. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THREE A JUST VERY QUICKLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE WOMEN THAT TOOK THE TIME THAT WORK IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO JOIN US AT THE MUSEUM FOR THE EMPOWERMENT LUNCHEON THAT WE DO ANNUALLY. I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS INTERIM DIRECTOR, RUTH, AND SPEAKING TO THE WOMEN, I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC AND VERY INSPIRING. AND HOPEFULLY THE WOMEN OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN SEE THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH HERE AND MALE DOMINATED FIELDS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS ANYMORE.
THANKS TO RUTH. AND SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND OF COURSE, THE SPONSORSHIPS FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
GABE. ITEM THREE B DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? MAYOR. THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS TO CONFIRM THAT WE DO HAVE NINE WOMEN DIRECTORS MORE THAN WE DO MEN DIRECTORS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT I CAN REMEMBER. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WOMEN. YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY AND IT'S WELL DESERVED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WONDERFUL. WE'LL PROCEED NOW TO ITEM THREE C WITH THE CITY COMMISSIONER. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANY FROM DISTRICT ONE? NONE. TWO. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT CAME AND JOINED US FOR SATURDAYS. I KNOW IT WASN'T THE MOST FUN OF MEETINGS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THREE, FOUR, NONE AND FIVE. YES, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE HARLINGEN SOUTH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. THEIR PLAYOFF PLAYOFF GAMES CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT, BUT THEY ENDED THE YEAR AS DISTRICT CHAMPS. SO SUPER PROUD OF THEM AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM HERE AT CITY HALL SO THEY CAN BE PROPERLY RECOGNIZED ALONG WITH THE OTHER ONES ALONG WITH THE THE, THE BASKETBALL GIRLS AND ALSO THE CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS AS WELL. MAY I SAY YES, THE HARLINGEN SOUTH ORCHESTRA PLAYED AT THE EVENT TODAY. THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. IT WAS THE STRING, SOMETHING I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT THEY WERE REALLY AWESOME. YEAH, THE BANDS, THE BAND AT SOUTH IS EXCEPTIONAL. I LOVE THEM, THEY'RE GOOD. THEY WERE PHENOMENAL. I KNOW THERE WERE LADIES FROM THE LIBRARY THAT INDICATED THAT THE MUSIC IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT IT WHAT DID IT FOR THEM? THEY FELT TRANSPORTED OUT OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND INTO JUST A DIFFERENT PLACE FOR JUST A MOMENT. SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON FROM ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE'LL GO TO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS OF AWARD. AND FIRST WE HAVE FOR A HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK SHANNON. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. CITY COMMISSIONERS. TONIGHT WE HAVE REX. REX IS A LAB MIX. HE'S ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OLD. HE DID GO OUT TO A FOSTER FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HIS FOSTERS HAD TO MOVE AND WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THE ADDED EXPENSE OF THE PET DEPOSIT WHERE THEY MOVED TO. SO THEY DID BRING HIM BACK. BUT WHILE HE WAS IN FOSTER, HE WAS JUST AN AMAZING LITTLE PUPPY, VERY LOVING, VERY EAGER TO LEARN. AND SO HE IS STILL LOOKING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME. HE HAS HIS FIRST ROUND OF VACCINES AND HIS RABIES VACCINE, AND HE WILL GET HIS SECOND ROUND TOMORROW. SO ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN REX OR ANY OF HIS OTHER FRIENDS THAT ARE AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER, WELCOME TO GO BY 1106 MARKOWSKI OR GIVE THEM A CALL AT 956216 5250. AND THEN THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BE OUT AT MARKET DAYS THIS WEEKEND WITH MULTIPLE PETS UP FOR ADOPTION, AND WILL BE OPEN AT THE ANIMAL
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SHELTER ON SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 6 FOR ADOPTIONS AS WELL. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]
YOU DO AND WE WILL SEE YOU, I GUESS, ON THE WEEKEND. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE THE FOUR B PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION 35TH ANNUAL HENRY ROBERTS MEMORIAL. THE JALAPENO 100. CASSANDRA. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TONIGHT WE'LL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HENRY ROBERTS MEMORIAL. JALAPENO 100 PROUDLY REMARKS ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY AS A SIGNATURE[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]
CYCLING EVENT ROOTED IN SERVICE, GENEROSITY AND COMMUNITY PRIDE IN HARLINGEN, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS THE EVENT IS PRODUCED BY BICYCLE WORLD RGV, A BUSINESS FOUNDED IN HARLINGEN THAT HAS REMAINED STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY IT CALLS HOME. AND WHEREAS, THE RIDE BEGAN IN 1991 AND EVOLVED INTO THE JALAPENO 100, GROWING IN BOTH PARTICIPATION AND PURPOSE AS EVENT PROCEEDS WERE DIRECTED TOWARD CHARITABLE CAUSES BENEFITING HARLINGEN RESIDENTS, AND WHEREAS OWNERS HENRY AND KELLY ROBERTS DEMONSTRATED DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY CIVIC LEADERSHIP BY DONATING ALL EVENT PROCEEDS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARLINGEN, GENERATING ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF UP TO $30,000 TO SUPPORT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY. AND WHEREAS, FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF HENRY ROBERTS, THE EVENT WAS RENAMED IN 2022, IN HIS HONOR, ENSURING HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE, GENEROSITY AND DEDICATION TO THE CONTINUE TO THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES THROUGH ONGOING SUCCESS OF THE EVENT. AND WHEREAS, THE HENRY ROBERTS MEMORIAL HALL 100 NOW WELCOMES OVER 700 CYCLISTS EACH YEAR, STRENGTHENING HARLINGEN ECONOMY WHILE REINFORCING THE CITY'S VALUES OF VOLUNTEERISM, COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. NOW, THEREFORE, I. NORA SEPULVEDA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE 35TH ANNUAL HENRY ROBERTS MEMORIAL HALL 100 EVENT AND EXPRESSES SINCERE APPRECIATION TO BICYCLE WORLD, RGV AND THE ROBERTS FAMILY. EVENT ORGANIZERS, ORGANIZERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND PARTICIPANTS FOR THEIR DECADES OF CHARITABLE GIVING AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARLINGEN AND THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BICYCLE WORLD RGV TO THE PODIUM, TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE COMMISSION.[Item 8 - Staff Reports and Other Discussion Items]
[Item 9 - Public Hearings]
WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS EVENT. IT MEANS A LOT TO US. WE HOPE IT[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance on First Reading to abandon and vacate an existing 20-foot utility easement located within Midway Subdivision, being a 0.30 acre out of Lots 1-9, Block 4 , Midway Subdivision, located at 3744 N. Expressway 77 Applicant: Emiliano Rosel of Moore Land Surveying, LLC, c/o Harlingen Oak LLO]
MEANS A LOT TO THE CITY. WE HAVE AND COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE CITY SUPPORT. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT WHAT THE CITY DOES FOR OUR PARKS AND RECS. JUST THINGS SEEM TO BE BLOWING UP IN A GREAT WAY. AND AGAIN, WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU AND WE ONLY WANT TO MAKE IT BIGGER. OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THE HOTTER THAN HELL THAT'S IN WICHITA FALLS. 12,000 RIDERS. WELL, WE CAN HOPE, BUT WE THINK WE SHOULD CALL OURS HARDER THAN HELL BECAUSE OF THE WIND. SO WE THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE THIS HONOR. AND TRACY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO TO HELP US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, HELP CYCLING GROW, HELP RUN AND GROW TO, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WERE SEMI INVOLVED WITH, AS YOU ALL KNOW. YEAH, 35 YEARS OF DOING THIS, 100% OF EVERYTHING WE DO, WE DO GOES TO CHARITY AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO, TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY HERE IN HARLINGEN. AND ANNA ALSO DOES AN EXTREMELY GREAT JOB. SHE STARTS DOING THIS ABOUT 4 TO 6 MONTHS OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE YEAR. PUTTING THIS ON, GETTING EVERYTHING[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading to create an advisory committee to advise the City Commission regarding the needs o f the Blind and Visually Impaired]
GOING. IT'S EXTREMELY HARD WORK, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO TO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS FOR THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WELL, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE JUST A SECOND TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND I KNOW YOU PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE HERE AGAIN ALREADY SO QUICKLY. BUT WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH.[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve a Participation Agreement with the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company to authorize the City o f Harlingen's participation in TexPool Prime.]
THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING. A SMALL SHIFT TO THE RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE. RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. PERFECT.OKAY. AND AND THREE, TWO, ONE AND ONE MORE. READY. AND IN THREE, TWO AND ONE. GOT IT.
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MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'LL GO INTO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. THIS TIME WE WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND SPEAK. JUST A REMINDER YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND EITHER YOUR ADDRESS OR WHAT DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN. AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH JOSEPH HAHN, MR. HAHN. JOSEPH HAHN. WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO HIM WHEN WE'RE DONE MOVING ON. ROBERT LEFTWICH. ROBERT LEFKOWITZ, DISTRICT TWO.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW POINTS HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO SAY THAT MOVING THE SIGN IN TO 12 NOON IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF DISCOURAGING OR CATCHING PEOPLE OFF GUARD IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK. YOU KNOW, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ADDED SECURITY MEASURES DOWNSTAIRS, WHICH WEREN'T HERE BEFORE. NOW WE'VE GOT NOT ONE BUT TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS HAVE APPROACHED POOR PEOPLE, TRAUMATIZING PEOPLE THAT GO OVER JUST SECONDS. AND IT USED TO YOU COULD COME IN HERE AND SIGN UP AT 530 AND THEN AND THEN THEY WOULD, THEY'D HEAR YOU. BUT NOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER STUFF. FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THE COMMERCE STREET. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. LET'S TALK HARLINGEN, FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S A $5 MILLION RAISE GRANT FOR THE STREET REDESIGN. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, YOU SAID THIS IS NOT MERELY A PROJECT.
THIS IS NOT MERELY A REPAVING PROJECT, AIMS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL DRAINAGE ISSUES, ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. OBVIOUSLY, THE THE THE STREETS JUST BEEN REPAVED AND THAT'S IT. THERE'S NO CRITICAL DRAINAGE ISSUES, PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANYTHING ELSE. LET'S TALK ABOUT WATERWORKS. AND UNCLE ROY BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. HE'S APPROACHING $480,000 IN SALARY. HE WAS THERE. HE'S HIRED AS TEMPORARY. HE DOES NOT LIVE IN HARLINGEN, AS DOES THE CITY MANAGER. THE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DIRECTOR OR THE EDC DIRECTOR. AND THE CITY CHARTER WOULD PREFER, BASED ON THE CITIZENS DESIRE, THAT ALL OF OUR HIGH PAID DIRECTORS LIVE. HE WAS NOT HERE TO EXPERIENCE THE SEWER BACKUP FROM 2025 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIVE IN HARLINGEN. HE WASN'T HERE FOR THE BOILED WATER, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ACTION TO HIRE A PERMANENT DIRECTOR BECAUSE YOU SPENT THEY'VE SPENT $200,000 TO REMODEL THE WATERWORKS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE WORKING ON THE $80 MILLION DRAINAGE FOR WHICH WE TOOK THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT. NOW THE HEADLINE IS HARLINGEN WATERWORKS SYSTEM PROJECTS RACE AGAINST GRANT DEADLINE. THAT GRANT WAS AWARDED IN 2023. AND A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE WERE TOLD, OH, WE'VE GOT SIX WEEKS, WE'VE GOT A 30 DAY APPROVAL. THAT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN QUALIFY FOR THAT GRANT. WE NEED A PERMANENT DIRECTOR OVER THERE. NOT ONE THAT'S MAKING $100,000 A YEAR, DOESN'T LIVE IN THE CITY AND IS FOCUSED ON REMODELING THE THE WATERWORKS FACILITY. INSTEAD OF WORKING ON OUR SEWER AND WATER ISSUES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER. STARBASE PUSHES TO GROW NEARLY NINE TIMES ITS SIZE THROUGH ANNEXATION. 800 ACRES TO 7000 ACRES. NO, MAYOR, YOU SAID WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T. INVOLUNTARY ANNEX. THIS IS AN INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. YOU DON'T GO FROM 700 TO 7000 WITHOUT. THANK YOU. MR. MOVING ON, MR. ISAAC NEWMAN. OKAY. MY NAME IS ISAAC AMANI NEWMAN. I AM FROM DISTRICT THREE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FOR THE PEOPLE ALLIANCE. I'M THE CO-FOUNDER OF THAT POLITICAL ORGANIZATION. FORTUNATELY, WITH PRIMARIES OUT OF THE OUT OF THE WAY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET INVOLVED IN LOCAL CITY POLITICS. SO THE PRIMARY TOPIC I SPOKE ON THIS LAST TIME IS LIKE HE THIS GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT WAS THESE AI DATA CENTERS JUST TO CATCH EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED. IT SEEMS THAT WHAT IS ON THE TABLE IS A CORPORATION IS OFFERING TO
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BUILD A AI DATA CENTER OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL CITY AIRPORT. THE ISSUE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IS WHETHER WE CAN HANDLE THAT TO OUR ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, IF WE CAN SUPPORT OR HAVE THE WATER SUPPLY TO HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WE CANNOT. I WILL KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF, JUST BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT WE TOUCHED ON IS IT SEEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, THE MAYOR, IS STILL DOING RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT ON HOW IT INFLUENCE OUR CITY. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WITH AI DATA CENTERS, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONCRETE INFORMATION ON HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT THE MAIN IMPORTANT THING WAS ON FEBRUARY 12TH, NORMA, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, IN CASE ANYONE'S LISTENING FROM FROM THE LIVE STREAM, YOU DID SAY QUOTE THAT AS YOU SEE IT TODAY FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, YOU DO NOT SEE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO OUR CITY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO. IS THAT STILL TRUE TODAY? DO YOU SEE A BENEFIT TO OUR CITY WITH THESE DATA CENTERS? SO, MR. NEWMAN, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND. BUT HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OFFLINE. OKAY. THAT'S FINE.I DO WANT TO SAY TO COMMEMORATE THOSE AWESOME WORDS, I DID MAKE A T SHIRT AND IT DOES SAY RIGHT HERE. OH, THIS ONE SAYS NO DATA CENTER NEAR MY CITY. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ALSO QUOTE THOSE WORDS AS WELL. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS ONE OF THE CORE VALUES THAT OUR POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IS FOUNDED ON, IS HOLDING PEOPLE IN POLITICAL OFFICE ACCOUNTABLE. AND THAT'S SO WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU STAY BY THOSE WORDS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER TO THE FUTURE. YOU'RE SUCH A ROLE MODEL TO PEOPLE WHO HOPEFULLY WANT TO RUN FOR GOVERNMENT, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT SEE AN AI DATA CENTER IN OUR CITY. IF ANYONE WANTS A T SHIRT, COME AND GET WITH ME. THEY'RE FREE AND WE HAVE ALL SIZES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. NEWMAN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY. MOVING ON TO MR. RON
[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution adopting the Harlingen Community Improvement Board's Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget.]
LOZANO. THAT'S MY CORRECT NAME. AND DISTRICT THREE, ABOUT 40 DAYS AGO, THE SHARE OUR MAYOR MUSED IN RELATION TO DATA CENTERS, HOW SHE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HER JUNKETS TO GET SOME FACTS. NOW, NOT PERCEPTION, BY THE WAY. NOW IN HARLINGEN, ONE NEED TO BE IN THE RESOURCEFUL CLASS ARE ANOTHER COINAGES THE MONEYED CLASS. AGAIN, TO BE CLEAR, THE GOING COIN OF THE REALM IS PERHAPS NOT BILLIONAIRES. THAT NICHE. BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, BRING MONEY. A FACT IS, UNCLE ROY IS ACTUALLY MAKING 240,000 A YEAR, A MINIMUM. ON SEPTEMBER 22ND LAST, HE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH MIDDLEMEN OF THE DATA CENTER PROPOSED ADJACENT TO HARLINGEN.SO AS HER COTERIES HOTEL EXPENSES GET EXORBITANT, WE CAN RELY ON HER CONTRACT. THAT'S A FACT. AND ROYCE ABOUT THAT. THERE IS SOME WIGGLE ROOM THAT HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THE SECOND. THAT MIDDLEMAN THAT HE SIGNED THE CONTRACT IS A FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER. SO I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE INFLUENCE WITH YOU ALL. THAT'S WHO YOU LISTEN TO. BUT BE ENCOURAGED BY YESTERDAY'S ELECTORAL RESULTS.
I THINK IT BODES WELL THAT EVEN TEXAS, OF ALL PLACES, IS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LOZANO AND MRS. DIANA. LAURA MORALES. DIANA. LAURA MORALES. NO. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MR. JOSEPH HAHN. NO. OKAY. HAVING NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
[Item 10e - Discussion and possible action to participate in the Blue Zones with the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation]
JUST ADDRESS BRIEFLY, COMMISSIONERS, YOU DO HAVE A MEMORANDUM BEFORE YOU REGARDING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. DURING OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WERE PERIODS OF TIME WHERE THERE WAS A LITTLE CHAOTIC WITHIN OUR MEETING. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY COMMISSIONER CAVAZOS GOMEZ THAT WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND SO MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES. SO I ASK YOU TO GIVE YOURSELVES A REFRESHER. LOOK AT THE MEMORANDUM. ENSURE THAT ALL ALL QUESTIONS ARE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR AND TO SPEAK WHEN RECOGNIZED. SO MOVING FORWARD ON ITEMS SIX A APPROVAL OF[00:35:04]
MINUTES, WE HAVE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES HAVING NO AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MESSMER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I, I OPPOSED SAY NO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM SEVEN WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH H. I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO BE PULLING ITEM H.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH G, OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE REMOVED? MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MORALES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE TESTING AND POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. THERE IS IN THE PACKET, NOT ON THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, BUT IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL SEE 1416 SOUTH FIRST STREET, LAZY AND 200 WEST. WASHINGTON MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE IT OR SOMETHING TO DISCUSS ITEM SPEAKS FOR ITSELF OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD? YES. COMMISSIONER PEREZ, I WANTED TO ADD GREEN J. IT'S I WANT THAT TO BE TESTED. GREEN J BETWEEN HACKBERRY AND MULBERRY. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? YES. COMMISSIONER. GOMEZ. DAVIS STREET. DAVIS STREET BETWEEN THIRD AND SEVENTH STREET, PLEASE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN H WITH THE AMENDMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS, AS DISCUSSED, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDMENTS AS DISCUSSED SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO STAFF REPORTS EIGHT A CITY MANAGER REPORT. GABE. YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, MA'AM. RIGHT. AND WE HAVE NO REPORTS BY STAFF. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME. SO WE'LL PASS ON TO ITEM TEN A ACTION ITEMS TEN, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING TO ABANDON AND VACATE AN EXISTING 20 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN MIDWAY SUBDIVISION. BEING A30 .30 ACRE LOT OF OUT OF LOTS ONE THROUGH NINE. BLOCK FOUR MIDWAY
[Item 10f - Discussion and possible action regarding the City's and/or City Manager's practice, police, procedures governing city elected officials' attendance to local City events and/or out of town trips and/or conferences paid by either the city and/or the EDC]
SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 3744 NORTH EXPRESSWAY 77. THE APPLICANT IS EMILIANO ROSELLE OF MORE SURVEYING AND THIS ITEM IS A ORDINANCE. MARK, CAN YOU JUST READ THE CAPTION FOR US? YES. AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING THE EXISTING 20 FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN MIDWAY SUBDIVISION, BEING A 0.30 ACRE OUT OF LOTS 1 TO 9 BLOCK FOR MIDWAY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 3744 NORTH EXPRESSWAY 77. IS THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR ANA HEARING? NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY PEREZ. SECOND BY MORALES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN B THANK YOU ANNA. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. TO CREATE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADVISE THE CITY COMMISSION REGARDING THE NEEDS OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I PUT ON HERE JUST BRIEFLY. I'M GOING TO PULL IT, BUT IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF AN ORDINANCE. STAFF AND I MET WITH THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED GROUP, AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS REGARDING MOBILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO SEEK INPUT AND STAFF TO GET THEIR INPUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MOBILITY PLAN. SO THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT MEETING, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS FOR NOW. TEN C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF HARLINGEN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE TEX POOL. PRIME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT? YEAH. DEFINE TEX POOL, PRIME COMMISSIONER MESSMER. JUST PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED. OKAY. I'LL WAIT TO BE COMMISSIONER. WE'RE GOING TO GET USED TO COMMISSIONER MESSMER. PLEASE CONTINUE. SO TEXAS PRIME IS JUST A SEPARATE INVESTMENT OPTION WITHIN THE TEX POOL INVESTMENT STRUCTURE. IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIVERSIFICATION OF CITY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO WHILE CONTINUING TO COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO TEX POOL, EXCEPT IT ALSO HAS COMMERCIAL PAPER, HIGH GRADE COMMERCIAL
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PAPER WHICH THEY CONSIDER, WHICH WILL BUY YOU A LITTLE MORE JUICE. A LITTLE BIT, YES, ABSOLUTELY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION FOR ROBERT MAYOR? CAN I JUST CLARIFY? YES, SIR. THAT IS A FUND WITHIN TEX POOL, CORRECT? YES. THERE'S TEXTBOOKS AND TEXTBOOKS PRIME AND THEY ARE EQUALLY LIQUID. YOU CAN MOVE MONEY IN AND OUT, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T BIND IT. AND THE ONLY REASON THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO USE THIS PARTICULAR FUND, BUT IT DOES PAY A HIGHER YIELD TO HAVE YOUR FUNDS IN THERE. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO USE THIS ONE. OKAY. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER MORALES WHAT ARE THE FEES. HAVE YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF WHAT THE FEES ARE? I DO HAVE. ARE THEY MORE OR LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO TEX POOL. YEAH. SO IS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE RISKIER? SLIGHTLY. THAT'S WHY THE RATE IS HIGHER. IT'S NOT RISKY ANY MORE RISKY. YEAH.COMMISSIONER MESSMER, IF YOU CAN WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND MORALES, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE ONLY REASON THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE RISKIER IS BECAUSE IT HAS THE COMMERCIAL PAPER. BUT THEY DO INVEST IN HIGH GRADE COMMERCIAL PAPER. YEAH. ARE YOU DONE? I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. THEN YOU CAN HAVE IT. YES, SIR. WHO MAKES THE ULTIMATE DECISION? AND HOW OFTEN CAN THEY MOVE FUNDS IN AND OUT? WE DO. SO WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE KEEP IN THE BANK. AND SO AT PLAINS CAPITAL. SO IN PLAINS CAPITAL, WE HAVE OUR REGULAR DEPOSIT ACCOUNT AND AN ICS ACCOUNT WHICH EARNS INTEREST. SO WE DO HAVE TO KEEP A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN THE BANK BECAUSE OF COURSE WE PROCESS PAYROLL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DIFFERENT PAYMENTS. SO WE KEEP AMOUNTS IN THE ICS. AND OUR BANK ACCOUNT IS ALWAYS ZERO. SO WHENEVER WE PROCESS PAYMENTS AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, THAT MONEY AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO PAY THOSE OBLIGATIONS. AND AT MIDNIGHT THEY SWEEP BACK INTO THE ICS AND EARN THE INTEREST.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE. SO EVERY MONDAY WE DO A CASH REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS TO TO SEE HOW MUCH IS REQUIRED TO BE IN THOSE ACCOUNTS SO THAT WE DON'T KEEP EXCESS IN THERE AND, AND LOSE OUT ON SOME EARNINGS THAT TEXTBOOK BECAUSE THAT THE HIGHEST INTEREST IS THAT TEXTBOOK PRIME AND THEN TEXTBOOK AND THEN OUR ICS AND THEN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS OF COURSE EARN MINIMAL. SO WE MOVE MONEY IN AND OUT OF TEX POOL EVERY MONDAY BASICALLY. OR IF THERE IS LARGE PAYMENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT, LIKE IF WE PAY OUT DEBT PAYMENTS OR ANYTHING, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. SO WE MOVE OUT MONEY REGULARLY IN AND OUT FROM TEX POOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE EARNINGS THAT THAT WE HAVE. WHO OVERSEES THE THE THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING EARNED. IS SOMEBODY EVALUATING THE. LET'S EXPLAIN THIS LIKE WHAT IS THAT LIKE WHAT IS THE PARTICULAR QUESTION. JUST PUT FUNDS INTO THIS NEW ACCOUNT AND THEN FORGET ABOUT IT. WHO REVIEWS THAT ON A DAILY BASIS. WEEKLY BASIS MONTHLY WE HAVE HILLTOP SECURITIES IS OUR INVESTMENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND SO ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY'LL SUGGEST EITHER TREASURIES OR. INVESTMENTS. OR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE ASKED THEM THEIR OPINION ON TAXABLE PRIME. AND THEY SAID THAT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY RECOMMEND. IF WE DON'T PUT IN TREASURIES OR YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM YOUR.
I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS TO STAFF SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR, AND THEN I WILL IN TURN INSTRUCT THE STAFF. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, COMMISSIONER? WELL, I START TO ASK, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM HIS OFFICE THAT OVERSEES THE THE INTEREST RATES? IS THERE UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSIONERS QUESTION? YES. SO I'M AN INVESTMENT OFFICER, MY DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR IS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER AND GABE IS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER. SO WE CAN ALL THREE DIRECT WHERE THAT.
AND WE DO MONITOR THE INTEREST RATES. JUST IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS, MAYOR, COULD I ADDRESS. YES. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS IS HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS BECAUSE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR CAME TO MY OFFICE AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE OPTIONS. WE HAD A MATURITY OF A $20 MILLION CD. WAS IT? IT WAS TREASURIES, A TREASURY. AND SO IT MATURED. WE LOOKED AT OUR OPTIONS, WE LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS FOR IT TEXT POOL. AND WE CHOSE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WAS A HIGHER YIELD. AND SO THEN WE REACHED OUT TO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND HAD THEM RUN THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR INVESTMENT TOOL. AND THEN SO THEY AGREED THAT WE SHOULD INVEST IN THIS PARTICULAR ASSET, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY INVEST IN IT. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, TO GET THE AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE THIS ONE
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OF OUR ACCOUNTS TO INVEST IN. UNDERSTOOD. CHAIR. RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER MESSMER. SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL RISK BECAUSE THIS IS SHORT TERM PAPER, AND THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY ASSETS. THE RISK IS IN OWNING US GOVERNMENT BONDS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE, THE TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE $40 TRILLION IN DEBT, GOVERNMENT DEBT. AND SO THE REASON THINGS APPEAR TO GO UP, NOTHING'S GONE UP IN PRICE. THE PURCHASING VALUE OF YOUR DOLLAR HAS PLUMMETED BECAUSE OF US GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN BED WITH THE PRIVATE BANK, THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THE COMPANY THAT RUNS TEX POOL, RUNS THESE ALL OVER ALL 50 STATES. THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO BLOW UP A PORTFOLIO BECAUSE THEIR REPUTATION AND THEIR STOCK PRICE WOULD SUFFER.AND I'VE BEEN TO TRADING DESKS. AND HOW OFTEN DO THEY LOOK AT THESE? BY THE MINUTE. AND SO THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL RISK JUST JUST TO ADD, THEY ARE VALUED AT NET ASSET VALUE OF A DOLLAR. AND THEY ARE BACKED BY THE GOVERNMENT. SO YES SIR. THANK YOU. THEIR QUASI GOVERNMENTAL THANK YOU FOR THAT ROBERT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER WISH TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION, HAVING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY PEREZ, SECOND BY MESSMER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO THANK YOU, ROBERT. ITEM TEN D CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BOARD'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 BUDGET. THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER MORALES, I THINK I DO HAVE A QUESTION HERE. IF I CAN GET TO IT. HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT ON THE CASA DEL SOL? OKAY. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE BUDGET BEFORE US. SO IF IT'S NOT THERE, THEN I'D ASK FOR THE QUESTIONS TO BE CLARIFYING. QUESTION FOR THE ITEM BEFORE YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM BEFORE YOU. COMMISSIONER, I JUST ASK A QUESTION. SO THAT'S A NEGATIVE. IF THE ITEM IS NOT, ARE YOU ARE YOU ASKING A QUESTION THAT IS ON THE BUDGET? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT ON LA CASA DEL SOL RIGHT HERE IT SAYS BUDGET. OKAY. CAN YOU YOU UNDERSTOOD I, I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT ON THIS BUDGET? SO WE'VE ALLOCATED 500,000 TO THE CASA DEL SOL. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE IS THE REMEDIATION FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH REMEDIATION, 120,000. AND I THINK THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE FORBY BOARD.
AND WE JUST HAD A MEETING AND THERE WAS SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND THAT WAS APPROVED.
MY APOLOGIES. COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION HEARING? NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM D? MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MESSMER. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM E DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLUE ZONES WITH THE VALLEY BAPTIST LEGACY FOUNDATION. THIS ITEM WAS PUT ON BY CITY MANAGER GABE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION VALLEY BAPTIST LEGACY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCING BLUE ZONES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. I BELIEVE ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO, THERE WAS UNVEILING OF FOUR CITIES IN HIDALGO COUNTY THAT ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE BLUE ZONES. IT'S MCALLEN, MISSION, EDINBURG AND FAR. SO SHE'S ASKING FOR CAMERON COUNTY CITIES TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT.
AND CITY OF BROWNSVILLE HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO NOW THEY'RE ASKING CITY OF HARLINGEN, THE THE BLUE ZONES WILL START BY CONDUCTING A READINESS ASSESSMENT. AND THAT IS VALUED AT $150,000. SO VALLEY BAPTIST LEGACY FOUNDATION IS ASKING US TO
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PROVIDE 15% OF THAT OR $22,500, AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE REST, AND THAT WOULD BE TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY WOULD TAKE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE. AND THAT DEALS WITH IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVES TO LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER, BETTER. THEY DO ASSESSMENTS ON DIETS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY, IMPROVED SOCIAL CONNECTIONS TO HAVE PEOPLE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. AND THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF OF OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY LOOK INTO AND THEN COME BACK AND PREPARE AND GIVE A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.SO WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE 22,500 TO PROVIDE 15% OF THAT, $150,000 TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR GABE FROM THE COMMISSION? I DO THINK THIS ALIGNS WELL WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, AND LEGACY FOUNDATION HAS DONE WONDERS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATING IN PARKS AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, IF I MAY, SURE. IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, THERE IS AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY ON BLUE ZONES ON NETFLIX. MY WIFE AND I WATCHED IT ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO. THE THERE'S SOME CITY IN ITALY. IT'S ONE OF THE BLUE ZONES, PEOPLE LIVING TO 100 YEARS OLD AND OLDER. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A LOT OF WALKING AND YOU DRINK WINE EVERY DAY. SO WE START BLUE ZONE. I'M SORRY. AND SOURDOUGH BREAD. SOURDOUGH BREAD. I THINK, AS MENTIONED THIS BLUE ZONES. GABE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR SOME TIME AND THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, JUST SUPPORT WITHIN THE COUNTY, CAMERON COUNTY. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO BE WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME, TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL.
AND IT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IN THE REQUEST. SO HAVING SAID THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE TEN E TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLUE ZONES WITH THE VALLEY BAPTIST LEGACY FOUNDATION MOTION TO MOTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLUE ZONES, SECOND VALLEY BAPTIST LEGACY FOUNDATION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN F DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY AND OR CITY MANAGER'S PRACTICE. POLICE PROCEDURES GOVERNING CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS, ATTENDANCE TO LOCAL CITY EVENTS AND OR OUT OF TOWN TRIPS AND OR CONFERENCES PAID EITHER BY THE CITY OR THE EDC. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER CAVAZOS GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER FRANK MORALES. COMMISSIONER CAVAZOS GOMEZ, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR ITEM? YES. TO START WITH, IT SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN SHOULD HAVE READ POLICY AND PROCEDURES. THAT WAS MY MY POLICY AND PROCEDURES, NOT POLICE PROCEDURES. YES. GABE, WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US IF YOU JUST DIRECT THE QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BE EXPLAINED WHO.
WHO? LET ME THINK HERE FOR JUST A SECOND. WHO GETS INVITED TO WHEN WE WANT TO GO IN OUT OF TOWN, WHEN WE GET INVITED TO OUT OF TOWN CONFERENCES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT? HOW DO WE KNOW WHO IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW? I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BE TOLD THAT SO THAT WE AND WHEN WE AND IF WE ARE TO BE INVITED. I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO GABE ABOUT THIS RECENTLY, AND SO THAT WE DON'T MEET QUORUM. AND IF WE ARE TO MEET QUORUM, AT WHAT POINT DO WE PUT OUT AN AGENDA THAT WE ARE POSSIBLY TO MEET A QUORUM? OKAY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT BY THE CHAIR? SO I THINK THAT COMMISSIONERS WANTING JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE POLICY OF HOW COMMISSIONERS ATTEND. EVENTS, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO, WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS, I'LL BE GLAD TO EXPLAIN THAT, MAYOR, I NORMALLY GET CERTAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS OF TRAININGS, USUALLY. TML SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO I GIVE THAT TO THE CITY SECRETARY AND I ASK HER TO SEND IT OUT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION. EVERYBODY GETS AN INVITATION, AND THEN WE JUST WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM WHOMEVER RESPONDS. AND THEN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE MAKES THE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. HOTEL FLIGHTS PER DIEM. SO THAT'S THE
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WAY THOSE ARE HANDLED. AND IF THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT SOMETIMES GOES DIRECTLY TO THE EVERY COMMISSIONER, THEN THEY'LL SEND ME A NOTICE SAYING, I'D LIKE TO ATTEND THIS TRAVEL.AND SO WHEN I GET IT, I GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND TELL THEM, MAKE THE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER TO GO TO THIS CONFERENCE. I DO NOT SEND THAT OUT TO ANYBODY ELSE. AND THEN. WHENEVER THERE IS AND THOSE ARE CONFERENCES THAT ARE COVERED BY STATE STATUTES THAT EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL CAN ATTEND. WHEN WE GO TO, SAY, A TOWN TO LOOK AT A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY OR ANY TYPE OF ISSUE THAT THE COMMISSION HAS DISCUSSED HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, THEN THAT'S DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION, AND WE CAN'T SEND EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME A TOME OF VIOLATION. SO WHAT WE DO IS GENERALLY THE COMMISSIONERS WILL DECIDE, OKAY, WHO'S GOING TO ATTEND THIS PARTICULAR CONFERENCE. AND WE'D LIKE TO THAT'S EASIER FOR STAFF TO HAVE THAT DONE, BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW THAT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN A QUORUM GOING, AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS. NOW, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. MATTER OF FACT, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER HAPPENED AT THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW. SO IF MAY I SO IF COMMISSIONERS WERE TO COME TO THE TO ACTUALLY GET INVITED AND THEY GET PLANNED AND THEN ANOTHER COMMISSIONER FINDS OUT ABOUT IT AND THEY WANT TO ATTEND, BUT THEIR PRESENCE WOULD ACTUALLY VIOLATE TOMA, THEN THEY JUST DON'T GET TO GO. THAT'S TRUE. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT WE SEND THEM SO THAT NO, NO CHANCE, AT NO TIME DOES EVERYBODY GET TOLD AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT IT WOULD BE DECIDED AMONGST ALL AT THE SAME TIME. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO DOES COMMISSIONERS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALL GET TOLD AT THE SAME TIME? JUST DIRECT QUESTIONS. SO DO COMMISSIONERS GET TOLD ALL AT THE SAME TIME? I THINK AND I THINK I CAN JUST RESPOND FOR FOR YOU ON THIS ONE. IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHEN COMMISSIONERS GO TO INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL SITES OR INTO A CONFERENCE, I THINK GABE HAS MENTIONED THAT EVERYBODY GETS A INVITATION IF IT'S A TML EVENT OR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS, IF THERE IS A EVENT THAT IS PUT ON OR THERE IS TRAVEL REGARDING AN ITEM THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU, THEN THEN NO, THE THE ENTIRE COMMISSION CANNOT GO BECAUSE IT WILL BE A TOMA VIOLATION. IF GABE IS AWARE OF AN EVENT OR IF A CITY IS PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER, THEN THE COMMISSION IS MADE AWARE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? NO, IT DOES NOT MAKE
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IT CLEAR. SO AT WHAT TIME DO YOU WHAT I'M TRYING TO KNOW, I IT'S NOT CLEAR. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IF EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME INVITATION, WHO DECIDES WHO GETS TO GO? IF YOU EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA HERE. CAN[Item 12 - Executive Session]
YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? SO THAT WAY WE CAN STAY ON THE MOTION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN I CAN DO THAT. IT TALKS ABOUT DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CITIES AND OR CITIES. CITY MANAGERS PRACTICE POLICY AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS, ATTENDANCE TO LOCAL CITY EVENTS AND OR OUT OF TOWN TRIPS AND OR CONFERENCES PAID BY EITHER THE CITY AND OR THE EDC. FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ALL GET INVITED TO GOING OUT OF TOWN TO LOOK AT A DATA CENTER, FOR INSTANCE, AND WE ALL WANT TO GO, WHO GETS WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHO GETS TO GO IF WE ALL WANT TO GO? SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS THE THE FACT THAT THE CITY AND A GROUP WENT TO GO VISIT A DATA CENTER, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, BUT THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY WHAT I'M REFERENCING TO. SO EACH, EACH, EACH THING WILL BE DIFFERENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS GERMANE TO THIS ITEM HERE, BUT EACH TIME THAT THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO ATTEND AN EVENT OR TO TRAVEL, THEN IF IT IS KNOWN BY THE CITY AND THE CITY IS PUTTING IT ON, THEN THE CITY MANAGER ALLOW PROVIDES NOTICE TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. IF ON HERE YOU LISTED AND OR THE EDC. THE CITY OF HARLINGEN HAS NO JURISDICTION, NO CONTROL OVER THE EDC, AND IF THEY HAVE PUT IN PUT TOGETHER ANY TRAVEL OR CONFERENCE OR EVENT, THEN IT IS AT THEIR DISCRETION ON HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED. THAT HAS[Item 13 - Action on Executive Session Items:]
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NOTHING TO DO. AND WE DON'T. WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO TELL THE EDC BECAUSE THEY'RE THEIR OWN CORPORATION. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO THERE IS NO POLICY THAT THE CITY HAS TO ENSURE THAT EDC TRIPS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. THERE ARE THERE IS NO POLICY AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT POLICY. IS THAT THE QUESTION, OR IS IT MORE FOR THE CITY? SO THE EDC IS BECAUSE YOU[Item 14 - Adjourn]
SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT THE EDC. SO THE EDC WOULD NEVER IS EDC HERE. CAN THEY TALK? YES, HERE THEY ARE HERE, BUT THEY ARE NOT. WE DON'T HAVE THE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL THEM. I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION. WOULD THEY EVER INVITE ALL FIVE COMMISSIONERS? WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DISCUSS WITH THEM. BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE. IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. SO THEN OUR CITY MANAGER, WHO DOES HE REPORT TO YOU OR ALL OF US TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION? OKAY.WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT ALL OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO A PLACE AT ONE TIME? I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO ANOTHER COMMISSIONER ONE TIME AND WE DISCUSSED ABOUT POSSIBLE GOING TO A TO A PLACE THAT WE ALL POSSIBLY WANTED TO SEE, AND WITH THAT EVER BE A CASE WHERE YOU WOULD THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT ON AN AGENDA, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM WOULD ALL OF US BEING TOGETHER WOULD BE MEETING QUORUM. I WOULD MAYBE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT. SURE, COMMISSIONER, THAT THAT HAPPENS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHERE ALL COMMISSIONERS GO SOMEWHERE TOGETHER AND THERE'S A MAJORITY OF A QUORUM, PML, I THINK, TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SESSION THAT I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A QUORUM THERE. BUT THOSE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE STATUTE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR CONFERENCES FOR EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS, SUCH AS THOSE IF THERE WAS EVER GOING TO BE, FOR INSTANCE, THE LAST TIME THAT I CAN RECALL THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY SENT OUT SOMEBODY WAS TO TRY TO GO LOOK AT. A RECYCLING OF GARBAGE TO CREATE ENERGY. AND SO THE COMMISSION WAS TALKING ABOUT SENDING COMMISSIONERS OUT THERE THAT CAME TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE. SO IF I EVER SEE THAT COMING UP, I'M GOING TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO GO, OKAY. AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL TELL ME, OKAY, HOW WE HAVE IF THERE'S A MAJORITY OF A QUORUM GOING, HOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT TO AVOID A VIOLATION. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THE ANSWER. I'M LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF ANSWER.
BUT BUT THAT'S ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, YES, COMMISSIONER, NOT FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. MORALES WAS DISTURBING TO ME, MAYOR, IS THAT SOMETIMES WE LEARN OF THESE TRIPS, THESE LOCAL MEETINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE HAPPENING, THAT HAPPEN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. VALLEY MORNING STAR, OR PHONE CALLS RECEIVED AT THE LAST MINUTE. I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE TEXAS EDC WAS HERE. HE SPOKE AT THE CAMERON COUNTY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OFFICE ON WEST JEFFERSON. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A RESIDENT, AND HE ASKED IF I WAS GOING TO GO. I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT, SO I TOLD HIM I WOULD AND I DID. I HAD A TOUGH TIME WALKING IN THERE, BUT ONCE I FINALLY GOT IN, I WAS SURPRISED THAT A FELLOW COMMISSIONER WAS THERE. SO IF I HAD KNOWN THE QUESTION NOW IS THIS IF THIS IS OUT ALREADY IN A CERTAIN COMMISSIONER KNOWS AND IT'S THE EDC, WOULDN'T IT BEHOOVE THE EDC TO TELL, TO TELL US OR TELL YOU OR TELL GABE? HEY, THERE'S THIS MEETING GOING ON. MAYBE SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND. I DON'T THINK THESE MEETINGS LIKE THIS ONE, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD HAVE JUST HAPPENED IN 72 HOURS PRIOR.
THESE MEETINGS ARE PLANNED. THIS WAS THE AREA IN HARLINGEN. SO THAT GIVES THE COMMISSION THE OPPORTUNITY OR CITY HALL TO PUT UP A DISCLAIMER SAYING THERE'S A POSSIBLE QUORUM TO THIS MEETING THAT'S GOING TO ATTEND. THAT'S GOING TO BE A ADDRESSED THE THE PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE TEXAS EDC IS GOING TO SPEAK. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS OR MORE THAN ONE
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COMMISSIONERS THAT WANT TO ATTEND. HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? THAT'S ONE. LET'S GO. ONE QUESTION AT A TIME, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. OKAY. AND GABE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO I WILL JUST SAY THIS, THAT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND EVENTS THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING ON. SO IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON THE COMMISSION, EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, TO DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS TO BE EXTENDED INVITATIONS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I WASN'T THERE, BUT I OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T GET THE INVITE PERSONALLY. AND IF SOMEONE GOT THE INVITE PERSONALLY, I DO NOT THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE INCUMBENT UPON THE COMMISSIONER TO TELL EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION IF THEY WANT TO GO. WE ALL HAVE BUSY PROFESSIONAL LIVES. HOWEVER, THERE COULD BE A COURTESY INVITATION, BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN HAS ANY CONTROL OVER. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES, MAYOR, BECAUSE I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT CONFERENCE THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING. SO LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THE CHAMBER HAD AN EVENT AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND YOU HAD OFFICIALS FROM THE STAFF FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. AND THOSE PEOPLE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR WATER ISSUES. AND LORD KNOWS THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER ISSUES HERE. OKAY. WE WILL. WHAT IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH? IT WILL BE A ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE WITH THE STORMS. AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, YOU SEE IT ON ON FACEBOOK OR YOU SEE IT ON, ON WHATEVER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU HAVE ONE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THERE, AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND SO DID SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU DID ATTEND AND YOU HAD TO LEAVE EARLY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVES OR STATE OFFICIALS HERE COMING IN, I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU GUYS, THIS CITY HALL TO SAY, COMMISSIONERS, THIS EVENT IS GOING ON AND WE HAVE CERTAIN OFFICIALS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES THAT WILL BE THERE WHICH YOU WANT TO ATTEND. AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, GEEZ, IF IT'S JUST A CITY, WE JUST TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES. I COME ACROSS THAT, CAN I ATTEND, CAN HE ATTEND, CAN SHE ATTEND? CAN HE ATTEND? WHAT HAPPENS THEN? SO, COMMISSIONER, AGAIN, I JUST I HATE TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT IF THE CITY IS NOT PUTTING ON THE EVENT AND THE CITY IS NOT SPONSORING THE EVENT, THEN THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO EXTEND THAT INVITATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CITY EVENT TO EXTEND THE INVITATION. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A PRIVATE EVENT. AND AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, WE GET I GET DIRECT INVITATIONS AS THE MAYOR, NOT AS THE CITY COMMISSIONER. AND SO I TEND TO BE ABLE TO TO REPRESENT THE CITY. AND THOSE ARE CLOSED MEETINGS THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER. AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE ROOM WERE INVITED SPECIFICALLY TO BE THERE. THAT'S NOT AN EVENT THAT WE PUT ON. BUT IF THERE WE DID HAVE THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD COME INTO OUR CHAMBERS HERE AND HOST THEIR MEETING IN. THE ENTIRE COMMISSION WAS INVITED. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY HELD THEIR MEETING HERE IN TOWN HALL. SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE ITEM THAT WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GOING OVER SAME EXAMPLES. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE? IS THERE A MOTION THAT YOU HAVE? IS THIS JUST DISCUSSION? WELL, I COULD THROW IN A MOTION TO SEE IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE. OKAY. MAKING THE MOTION THAT THE CITY CITY MANAGER AS A NEW POLICY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY MAKE IT A POLICY AND PRACTICE TO SEND AN EMAIL ABOUT MEETINGS, TRIPS, ETC. TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AT THE SAME TIME. AND IF FOR SHEER LUCK, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE COMMISSIONER OR MORE THAN 2 OR 3 COMMISSIONERS ATTEND THAT THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS EVENT. PUTTING IT INTO A POSSIBILITY OF A QUORUM, POST AN AGENDA OR A DISCLAIMER OF A POSSIBLE QUORUM.CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WOULD HOW WOULD THIS WOULD WORK? IS YES, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IF HE COMES ACROSS INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT WANT TO BE INTERESTED IN. ALL RIGHT. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE WHEN WE HAD WHEN YOU GUYS ATTENDED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING, YOU HAD THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PEOPLE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I MYSELF, AND I'M SURE EVERY COMMISSIONER HERE SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THAT IS NOT JUST PRIVY TO YOU BECAUSE YOU GOT THE INVOICE INVITING. WE DIDN'T. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE OPEN FOR EVERYBODY. I'M REFERRING TO THE COMMISSIONERS. IF THAT'S THE
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CASE, THEN PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH A SIMPLE COMMON COURTESY. NOW, IF THAT'S TOO DIFFICULT, THEN WE HAVE TO CULTIVATE THE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUTSIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THEY COME IN, IN HERE, WE CAN ADDRESS AND BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION. THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR WATER PROJECTS, AND LORD KNOWS WE HAVE PLENTY OF ISSUES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO BITE US. AND IF WE'RE NOT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, IF WE'RE NOT APPLYING THE ROOM AND SAY, LISTEN, WE CAN DO THAT, WE CAN DO WHATEVER AND TRY TO WORK WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. COMMISSIONER, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE DEVIATING FROM YOUR MOTION. YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BEFORE WE ASK FOR A SECOND. IS THIS PROPER MARK? NO, THERE'S NO POLICY. THAT'S BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. SO, NO, I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT PROPER. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION OR THE MOTION FAILS BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROPER, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I HAVE? I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST IF. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. I WANT TO KNOW WHY IT'S NOT PROPER. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU, COMMISSIONER? NO. DO YOU HAVE A POLICY IN FRONT OF YOU? THE ANSWER IS NO. WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY IN FRONT OF US. THERE IS NO POLICY. SO? SO A MOTION TO APPROVE A POLICY, THE POLICY HAS TO BE WRITTEN, I SEE. OKAY, OKAY. IT'S NOT PROPER BECAUSE THERE'S NO POLICY. THERE'S THE POLICY WOULD HAVE TO JUST OKAY. JUST THE WAY WE APPROVE ORDINANCES, WE APPROVE RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE ORDINANCE IN THE PACKET. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET. WE CAN LOOK AT IT. WE CAN EXAMINE IT. WE CAN GO THROUGH IT OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING OTHER THAN A CONCEPT OKAY. SO HOW CAN YOU APPROVE A POLICY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN IF YOU COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IS A MOTION TO DIRECT LEGAL COUNSEL, TO DRAFT A POLICY AND BRING THE POLICY BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A VOTE. BUT I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING A POLICY.WHAT IS IT? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE US. THANK YOU. OKAY. HAVING HEARD THE ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL ON PROPER PROCEDURE, IS THERE A PROPER MOTION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT A MOTION I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW? I WILL WITHDRAW THAT, BUT I WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITHIN A WEEK, OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS POSSIBLE. ACTION AND HAVING IS THERE NO MOTION AND THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS. NO DISCUSSION OKAY. AND NO MOTION BEFORE US OKAY.
THEN WE WILL PASS. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 BOARD APPOINTMENTS. WE'LL START WITH YOU.
COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT BRIANA GARCIA TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
OKAY. LOPEZ. NONE. I DON'T HAVE ANY. MIKE. YEAH, FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD. JULIA ZELL'S TERM EXPIRED IN NOVEMBER. I WOULD LIKE TO NAME A GREG MAR. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. REAPPOINT REAPPOINT ALEJANDRO GALLAGA FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD. COMMISSIONER. NONE. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY PEREZ, SECOND BY CAVAZOS GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 12, EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE 12 A PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION AND CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. SECTION 551.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL ESTATE AND SECTION 551.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS. PROJECT ROOSEVELT AND PROJECT ORGANIC. ITEM 12 B CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071 TO RECEIVE A CONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE REGARDING CITY LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED SECOND MOVED BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THE TIME IS NOW 6:29 P.M. AND WE WILL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND BE OUT SHORTLY.
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A MOTION? I'LL MAKE HIM EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED. AS DISCUSSED ON ITEM 12, A ONE AND TWO SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.