Apr 01, 2026 City Commission Regular Meeting - 4/1/26

NOW WE'LL MOVE OVER TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING UP THERE.

UM, I HAVE, UH, JUST TO TELL YOU, SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME, OR MAYBE NOT YOU, BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD HAVE ASKED ME WHAT THESE SCREENS ARE FOR JUST ANNOUNCEMENT.

THIS IS JUST THE SCREENS THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT THERE.

UM, EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING OUT THERE, UH, THAT YOU SEE UP THERE.

UM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE LOOK OUT HERE.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, WHAT ARE Y'ALL LOOKING OUT THERE? WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE SCREENS THAT YOU HAVE HERE? IT'S EXACTLY

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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE IS, UH, DISTRICT ONE IS HAVING THEIR TOWN HALL MEETING, UM, OR I'M HAVING THE TOWN HALL MEETING ON APRIL THE 30TH AT, UH, FIVE 30 AT THE HARLINGEN, UM, ARTS AND HERITAGE MUSEUM, WHICH IS ON BOXWOOD STREET, WHICH IS OVER BY TSTC.

UM, SO I'D LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO JOIN ME.

WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND, AND ANSWERS THERE, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MANY OF YOU THERE.

THAT'S IT FOR ME.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO DISTRICT TWO.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE DOWNTOWN THIS SATURDAY WE'RE CELEBRATING, UH, MARKET DAY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN GOING STRONG AND THEY'VE REALLY MA PUT HAREN ON THE MAP.

WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THEM HERE VOLUNTEERING TO ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALSO, THIS IS AWESOME.

WE HAVE AN ARTIST AND A A, AN AUTHOR WHO WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE STORY OF HARLINGEN.

IT'S LI IT WAS WRITTEN BY LIZA MARIE ANA ON TUESDAY.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE FROM THE, UH, HARLING ARTS AND HERITAGE MUSEUM, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE COMMISSIONER'S GONNA BE HOLDING FOR TOWN HALL.

PLEASE SWING THROUGH, CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT IT ARE THE BOOKS THAT ARE, THE, THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE LISTED IN HERE ARE ACTUALLY AT THE MUSEUM.

SO YOU CAN READ THIS BOOK AND BE LOOKING AT THE EXACT BUILDINGS THAT THE BOOK'S TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CAN BE TAKING A TOUR AT THE SAME TIME.

I THINK THAT'S AMAZING TO TALK ABOUT BEING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.

SO PLEASE CHECK OUT THE BOOK AND PLEASE SEE US ON SATURDAY DOWNTOWN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, MOVING ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDS.

UH, DISTRICT THREE, FOUR.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, BE SAFE OUT THERE.

HAPPY EASTER AND GOD BLESS.

AND DISTRICT FIVE.

NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY EXCEPT HAPPY EASTER.

ALRIGHT,

[Item 4a - Harlingen Animal Shelter - "Pet of the Week" followed by a presentation of a check from Harlingen Fire Dept.]

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH, UM, HARLAN AND ANIMAL SHELTER, THE PET OF THE WEEK.

AND I SAW HER WHERE SHE SASSY.

OH, CUTE.

ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR AN ADDITION TO THEIR HOME.

SASSY IS AVAILABLE.

SASSY IS A TERRIER MIX.

SHE IS ABOUT 10 MONTHS OLD.

SHE HAS BEEN AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE JANUARY.

SHE DID GO OUT INTO A FOSTER HOME FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

UM, WE DO BELIEVE SHE IS ALMOST COMPLETELY POTTY TRAINED, MAINLY JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK, BUT THEY DID HAVE HER MOSTLY IN THE HOUSE, .

UM, SO SHE'S 10 MONTHS OLD.

SHE'S CURRENT ON ALL OF HER VACCINES AND SHE WILL GET SPAYED JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE FOR HER TO BE SPAYED.

ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN SASSY OR ANY OF HER FRIENDS AT THE HARTON ANIMAL SHELTER, OR WELCOME TO GO BY , SHE'S TRYING TO SPEAK FOR THEM, UM, ARE WELCOME TO GO BY THE HARTON ANIMAL SHELTER AT 1106 MARKOWSKI OR GIVE THEM A CALL AT TWO ONE SIX FIFTY TWO FIFTY.

AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, THE HARTON ANIMAL SHELTER IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM ONE TO SIX, AND THIS SATURDAY THEY WILL ALSO BE OUT AT PETSMART HARLINGEN FROM 10 TO TWO HAVING, SO THEY'LL BE DOING ADOPTIONS ONSITE AND AT PETSMART.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, BRINGING HER DOWN.

I THINK WE ALSO HAVE AS PART OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW OR YOU'VE SEEN OUR AMAZING HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT THEY WANNA SHARE.

MAD MAYOR.

SOME FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

UH, DARRYL LOFTUS, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEFS.

UM, YOU'RE GONNA DO, UH, JUST A ONE MINUTE, UH, PRESENTATION.

SO IF YOU, UH, BEAR WITH ME AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS COME IN, IF YOU'LL MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE FRONT PLEASE.

UM, SO OBSERVING THE CRITICAL NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE HARING AND ANIMAL SHELTER, THE HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT ENLISTED RESOURCES TO CREATE THE FIRST EVER HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT CALENDAR.

HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF QUICKLY RALLIED BEHIND THE PROJECT, CONSIDERING THE VOLUME OF STAFFERS WITH BELOVED FOUR LEGGED FAMILY MEMBERS.

THE CALENDAR IS A PRODUCT OF NOT ONLY 12 FIREFIGHTERS, BUT OF SEVERAL OF OUR FURRY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IN PARTICULAR, AS YOU SEE, UH, JP HERNANDEZ AND HIS FAMILY ADOPTED A NEW FAMILY MEMBER .

THIS, THIS COLLABORATIVE, UH, PROJECT INCLUDED EFFORTS FROM THE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL STAFF, IN PARTICULAR, BRANDON WITH THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS IMMEDIATE DEPARTMENT, THE AMAZING STAFF OF THE HARING AND ANIMAL SHELTER FOLKS WITH ALLEGRO PRINTING, WHO WOULD TAKE, TOOK A NORMAL MONTH LONG PROJECT AND CONDENSED IT TO FIVE DAYS FOR US, THE HARING AND PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, AND FROM SID'S MARTIN FIRE APPARATUS WHO PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL BACKING FOR THE CALENDAR'S.

PRODUCTION, GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION ARE EXPRESSED TO ALL THE CITIZENS WHO PURCHASED CALENDARS IN SUPPORT OF THE HAR AND ANIMAL SHELTER WITH

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SO, TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MOMENT IS A GROUP PRESENTATION OF A CHECK FOR $9,300 TO THE HAR AND ANIMAL SHELTER .

I THINK SS E IMPROVES.

SO, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

Y'ALL ARE TRULY AMAZING.

I, I THINK I WAS TALKING TO THE MODELS ON THE WAY UP, UH, THE STAIRS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I'VE GOT YOUR CALENDAR, UM, MY CALENDAR NOW IN MY OFFICE HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE TO ALSO SUPPORT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR HARLING AND ANIMAL SHELTER.

IT'S COLLABORATIONS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE COMMUNITY SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

UM, NOT ONLY DO YOU KEEP US SAFE, BUT YOU ALSO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR FURRY FRIENDS.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL, WITH THE TECH AND WITH THE PETS AND THE COMMISSION.

WE USE THAT TERM MOTTO, LOOSE .

AND LET'S COME UP HERE.

NO COOKIES.

NO SIR.

ONE MORE I GUYS OVER HERE.

AND IF YOU CAN TRY TO FIND A, A WINDOW, UH, IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE CAMERA, THE CAMERA, CAN'T YOU? OKAY, GREAT.

ALL GOOD.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO IN.

HEY, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP.

APPRECIATE IT.

TAKE THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP THE RECOGNITION OF THE HARLINGEN LEGACY AWARD.

SO I'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR AMAZING TEAM THAT YOU CAN SEE THE STREAM DIVERSION ON THE HARLINGEN WEBSITE.

SO I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HOME, AND IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR PHONES, YOU WANNA SEND A MESSAGE, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE HARLINGEN CITY WEBSITE, AND THEN IT'LL BE ON YOUTUBE AND, UH, THOSE OTHER PLATFORMS AFTER.

I AM GONNA

[Item 4d - Recognition for the Harlingen Legacy Award - Charlie Perez]

AND WE HAVE, UM, RACHEL TO ANNOUNCE THIS IS AN INAUGURAL AWARD.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

UH, RACHEL THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, TONIGHT MARKS A HISTORIC MOMENT AS WE PRESENT THE VERY FIRST HARLINGEN LEGACY AWARD.

THIS HONOR RECOGNIZES A LIFETIME OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE CHARLIE PEREZ AS THE INAUGURAL RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD.

PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN AS WE SHARE A LOOK AT HIS STORY AND THE IMPACT HE CONTINUES TO HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.

CHARLIE PEREZ IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN AND A STEADFAST COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WHOSE IMPACT SPANS DECADES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

CHARLIE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO SERVING OTHERS THROUGH HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HARLINGEN JCS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, HARLINGEN WATERWORKS, HARLINGEN HOUSING AUTHORITY, HARLINGEN ROTARY CLUB, AND THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD.

HE HAS ALSO GIVEN HIS TIME AS A CUB SCOUT LEADER AND PEEWEE BASEBALL COACH, HELPING GUIDE AND MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

FOR 32 YEARS, CHARLIE SERVED AT TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AS THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND DORMS, WHERE HE MADE A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.

THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP CARE AND COMMITMENT, HE HELPED CREATE A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS COULD LIVE, LEARN,

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AND SUCCEED.

CHARLIE'S LEGACY IS DEFINED BY SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND CONSISTENCY.

AS A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER AND PARTICIPANT IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY BOARDS, HE HAS SET A STANDARD FOR DEDICATION THAT HAS INFLUENCED STUDENTS, COWORKERS, AND CITIZENS ALIKE.

HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO HARLINGEN HAS LEFT A MEANINGFUL AND LASTING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

HE PROUDLY CALLS HOME.

WELL, MR. BETIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY CAMERON COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR THE FAMILIES IN HARLINGEN TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SAFE, DECENT AND SANITARY HOUSING.

ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS, UH, AWARD THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.

I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS, DAD.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS A YOUNG CHILD, I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY, UM, EVERYWHERE WE WENT IN HAREN, YOU WERE ALWAYS BEING STOPPED AND TALKED TO AND WHY YOU KNEW EVERYBODY THAT STOPPED AND TALKED TO US.

UM, BUT AS AN ADULT NOW AND REALIZING THAT, UM, ALL THE DEDICATION AND TIME YOU HAVE GIVEN, UH, THE CITY OF HARLEEN, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, IS WARRANTED.

UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE FOR US.

YOU ARE A FIGHTER.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU.

YOU'RE A SURVIVOR, UM, AND TWO THINGS YOU'VE ALWAYS GIVEN US RIGHT, IS FAITH, GOOD HEALTH CHURCH, AND ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT US.

WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US AT THIS TIME.

THE CITY OF HARLINGEN IS HONORED TO PRESENT CHARLIE FETIS WITH THE INAUGURAL HARLINGEN LEGACY AWARD.

MR. BETIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

HONORABLE MAYOR, OUR COMMISSIONERS, HIS HEART TO SOMEBODY TELL YOU, YOU GOTTA SLOW DOWN, WHICH IS HAPPENING TO ME, MY HEALTH RIGHT NOW.

BUT LIKE ONE OF MY SONS MENTIONED, UH, I'M A FIGHTER.

I'M NOT COHERENT.

SO I WANNA THANK, UH, NUMBER ONE, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND ALL HONOR TO HIM.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK THIS LADY THAT'S IN FRONT OF ME, THAT'S MY WIFE, UH, 54 YEARS.

SHE, SHE PROBABLY DIDN'T AGREE MANY OF THE TIMES BECAUSE I WA I WASN'T HOME.

I WOULD GET HOME LATE, I WOULD JUST GET LEFTOVERS, .

BUT I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE.

AND THEN I, MY FOUR SONS HAVE A TREMENDOUS, UH, I GIVE ALL HONOR TO THEM TOO.

UM, MY CHARLIE IS THE ONE HERE AND, UH, OUR GRANDKIDS AND, UH, OUR CLOSE FRIENDS, OUR COMPS, UH, THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE US.

NICE.

DOESN'T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE.

I STARTED THIS INVOLVEMENT IN HARLINGEN IN 1975, ROUGHLY, UH, WHEN WE WERE IN THE JCS.

MY FATHER DAVID IS HERE.

HE ATTEST TO THIS.

UH, WE, WE DID EVERY KIND OF PROJECT FROM, UH, UH, TAKING CARE OF PETS.

IMAGINE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, WE DID THE DOWNTOWN I SERVED, I ENDED UP SERVING IN THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AS CHAIRMAN TOO.

UH, BUT EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DID WAS, UH, COMMUNITY MINDED THAT, UH, PROJECTS THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE, UH, THEY DON'T NEED US ANYMORE.

, IT'S HARD TO SAY.

BUT IN 1975, AND THEN, UH, I WAS JC PRESIDENT IN 79, UH, 79 80.

AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, THEY NOMINATED AS GRANT KNIGHT, WHICH IS PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL AND KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL.

AND, UH, WE WE'RE KNOWN FOR THE FISH.

FRIDAY IS TOMORROW, DON'T FORGET .

AND, UH, UH, SO WE GOT INVOLVED WITH PROJECTS.

I WENT ON TO SERVE ON, I THINK EVERY BOARD, UH, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL

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I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT.

UH, BUT AND LUPE GONZALEZ, WHO WAS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, WE WERE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WHOLE CITY, UH, DOING, UH, UH, TRAFFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH THE CITY LAKE IS ONE OF THEM.

AND OTHER PROJECTS, UH, WE WENT ON TO DO, UH, UH, I SERVE IN EVERY, UH, BOARD THAT THERE IS FOR THE, FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN, UH, ON TO, UH, THE, THE OFFICERS OF THE COUNCILS OF THE JCS AND THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

I WENT ON TO SERVE ON THE STATE, UH, FAMILY THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS STATE OFFICE.

UH, AND THAT'S WHERE I CONCLUDED ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO DUE TO MY WIFE'S, UH, ILLNESS.

UH, I HAD, I NOW TAKE CARE OF HER AND HER CAREGIVER.

SO SHE TOLD ME ONE OF THESE DAYS WHEN I LOSE MY TEMPER, VERY LITTLE , SHE SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S COMING BACK NOW IS I TOOK CARE OF YOU 54 YEARS NOW YOU TAKE CARE OF ME .

BUT I WANNA THANK MY SISTERS WHO ARE HERE TOO.

AND AS I'M FRIENDS, MY GRANDKIDS A PART OF NINE GRANDKIDS THAT WE HAVE.

SO, AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT GRANDKIDS.

I COULD GO ON AND ON.

I HAVE A LOT OF LOVE FOR HARLINGEN AND IT STILL BE THERE.

AND I STILL DON'T STAY AWAY FROM OTHER MEETINGS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD.

WELL, DON'T LEAVE JUST YET.

DON'T, DON'T LEAVE JUST YET.

BUT YES, I'LL STAND TO, YOU KNOW, UM, CHARLIE, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA WANNA TAKE A, A PHOTO WITH YOU AND PRESENT YOU THE AWARD OFFICIALLY, BUT I JUST WANTED JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THIS COMMUNITY IS FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR SERVICE OVER THE YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR PROBABLY HALF OF MY LIFE.

SO, UM, ALTHOUGH I'M THE MAYOR OF, OF HARLINGEN, EVERYONE IN MY CIRCLE CALLS YOU MR. HARLINGEN FOR A REASON.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN SO MUCH, UH, OF, OF YOUR TIME TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF VOLUNTEERISM OF SERVICE.

AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY THIS, THAT THE WHAT TRULY DEFINES A MAN AND KNOWING WHAT THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA CRY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA CRY.

THEIR CHARACTER IS HOW THEY TREAT THEIR WIFE.

AND I HAVE SEEN YOU CARE FOR BENNY, AND I HAVE SEEN YOU IN THAT VERY HAPPY TIMES.

AND I'VE SEEN YOU IN THE HARD TIMES AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MAN THAT CARES DEEPLY FOR YOUR WIFE AND FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY LOVE YOU.

SO IT IS MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS AWARD TO YOU AND FOR YOU TO BE THE INAUGURAL RECIPIENT.

'CAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE ELSE MORE DESERVING THAN YOU.

AND I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSION IF ANYONE HAS ANY WORDS.

UM, MR. PEREZ, UH, WHEN I FIRST, UM, I WILL CRY , WHEN I FIRST GOT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO GO LIVE AT THE DORMS AT TSDI BACK THEN.

UM, AND THAT HELPED NOT TO CRY.

THANK YOU, .

UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL, I DID GO LIVE AT THE DORMS AT TSTI BACK THEN.

AND YOU WERE A LOT OF TIMES MY ADVISOR TO STATE WALK A STRAIGHT LINE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT I RAN INTO YOU AT A LOCAL PLACE AND I SHARED MY WORDS WITH YOU THEN, AND WE SHARED A GOOD TALK.

AND, UM, IT WAS GOOD TO RELIVE THOSE MOMENTS.

AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

NEVER DID I THINK THEN THAT I WOULD BE HERE TODAY.

AND SOME OF THOSE WORDS STAYED WITH ME.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, CHARLIE.

I'LL CALL YOU CHARLIE BECAUSE I'VE, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU DEONE.

UH, I KNOW THAT I'VE WORKED WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT AT THE, UH, GOLF COURSE, AND I'VE WORKED WITH YOU ELSEWHERE HERE AND THERE.

I I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU AND WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, I DO NOT KNOW YOU THE WAY OTHERS HAVE KNOWN YOU.

OKAY? BUT I DO REALIZE THE FEW MINUTES I'VE, I'VE SPENT WITH YOU, THEY, YOU HAVE MADE AN IMPACT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

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AND NOW WE WILL GO BACK UP TO ITEM FOUR B.

IN THE WORD CHARLIE BRAVO.

ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A, A PHOTOGRAPH.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT WITH US? SO I, LET'S DO, LET SEE, TWO, FOUR, LET'S SEE.

LET'S HAVE A, EVERYONE AT THE TOP, JUST ONE STEP OVER HERE.

READY? AND, I'M SORRY, .

AND THREE, TWO AND ONE.

3, 2, 1, 1 MORE.

AND THREE, TWO AND ONE.

3, 2, 1 AND ONE MORE.

AND 3, 2, 1.

CAN WE GET ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE? ALL RIGHT.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

[Item 4b - Certificate of Recognition - Harlingen High School South "Lady Hawks" Basketball Team]

CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LADY HAWKS BASKETBALL TEAM.

ALL RIGHT, IN RECOGNITION OF AN OUTSTANDING SEASON MARKED BY DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND EXCELLENCE ON THE COURT, THERE'S SEASON RECORD OVERALL IS 28 TO 11, AND THEIR DISTRICT RECORD IS 18.

AND OH, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND AREA QUALIFIERS.

YOUR HARD WORK DETERMINATION AND COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS HAVE BROUGHT GREAT PRIDE TO YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

THIS REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT REFLECTS THE STRENGTH, UNI UNITY, AND PERSEVERANCE OF THE ENTIRE TEAM PRESENTED THIS FIRST DAY OF APRIL, 2026.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COACHES IF THEY'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS REBECCA VALDES LITTLETON, AND I AM THE HEAD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AT HARLAND AND SOUTH.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS GROUP OF GIRLS, UM, GOING UNDEFEATED, YOU KNOW, BACK TO BACK DISTRICT CHAMPS, WE WON A BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP ON A BUZZER BEATER.

UM, THIS GROUP OVERCAME A LOT.

I HAVE A GROUP OF SENIORS HERE THAT WE'RE LOSING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA MISS, AND WE'RE JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE BEING RECOGNIZED HERE TODAY.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

WELL, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE AND I AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU, LADIES, YOU MAKING HARLAN AND LOOK GREAT.

BUT I'M GONNA PUNT THIS ONE OVER TO COMMISSIONER BETAS TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

YOU COMPETE AGAINST OTHER CITIES, EUROPE IS A OUR CITY.

UM, I'VE, I KNOW I SPOKE UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT EARLIER TODAY WHEN I HAD KID IN CLASS, AND I WAS TELLING HER THAT THE REASON I, I ALWAYS WANT TO GET YOU GUYS.

I, I HAD YOU GUYS WERE HERE LAST YEAR AND I WANT YOU GUYS HERE, AND I JUST WANNA REPEAT WHAT I SAID LAST YEAR, IS THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO, UM, AS A CITY, EVERY TIME YOU GO OUTSIDE AND

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AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS GO OUT THERE, YOU EXCEL AND YOU DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, IT'S AMAZING.

AND, UH, JUST ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOUR CITY IS PROUD OF YOU.

AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT TOO, THAT I KNOW COACH LITTLETON HAD A BIG SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE THIS SEASON.

UM, SHE DID GET HER 200TH VICTORY THERE AT HARING AND SOUTH.

SO THIS IS A HUGE THING.

SO APPLAUSE COACH TOO.

SO, WE'RE PROUD OF, WE'RE PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF Y'ALL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ALRIGHT, WE READY? AND IN 3, 2, 1, GO AGAIN.

3, 2, 1, AND ONE MORE.

[Item 4c - Certificate of Recognition - Harlingen High School "Lady Cardinals" Basketball Team]

RIGHT ALONG.

WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL LADY CARDINALS BASKETBALL TEAM IN RECOGNITION OF AN EXCEPTIONAL SEASON DEFINED BY EXCELLENCE, DETERMINATION, AND TEAMWORK.

THEIR SEASON RECORD IS OVERALL 25 AND 10, AND THEIR DISTRICT RECORD IS EIGHT AND OH UNDEFEATED.

THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE BACK TO BACK DISTRICT CHAMPIONS ADVANCES TO THE SUITE 16 IN DIVISION TWO SIX A AND REGIONAL SEMI-FINALIST.

THEY'RE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE VALLEY FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS BY RGB SPORTS AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS MAGAZINE.

LADIES, YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, RESILIENCE, AND PASSION FOR THE GAME HAVE BROUGHT GREAT PRIDE AND HONOR TO YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS THE STRENGTH AND UNITY OF YOUR TEAM, PRESENTED THIS FIRST DAY OF APRIL, 2026.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOUR COACH UP TO THE FRONT IF SHE'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

HELLO.

I WANNA THANK OUR MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSIONERS FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR GIRLS THIS PAST SEASON.

WE DID A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TOLD 'EM, IF YOU BELIEVE IN IT, IT'LL HAPPEN.

AND THEY BELIEVED IN IT.

AND WE WENT TO THE SWEET 16 AND THEY WERE EXCITED FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

SO, AGAIN, I'M PROUD OF THEM.

I'M ALSO PROUD OF OUR PARENTS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING AND BEING THERE FOR THEM.

WE READY? CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S GO ROCK.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A A PICTURE AND I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE BEHIND YOU, , IF THE COMMISSION CAN JOIN.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU LADIES FOR BEING HERE.

TIME TO SHARE INCREDIBLY, AND ALSO PARENTS KNOW THEIR PARENTS AND ALSO GET THEM TO PRACTICE.

MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO BED EARLY, DO THEIR HOMEWORK, EXCEL IN SCHOOL, AND BE, YOU KNOW, JUST EXCEL IN SCHOOL AND BE FANTASTIC WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND BE CELEBRATED HERE IN OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

SO, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COACHES FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND MAKING THIS LOOK GOOD.

WE'RE EXCITED NOW, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.

OH, I DO.

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GOOD.

SEE ME AGAIN.

OKAY, WE READY? AND IN 3, 2, 1, 0, 3, 2, 1, AND ONE MORE.

I DON'T KNOW, THIS COLD.

IT IS, IT IS.

I FEEL THEY'RE GETTING THERE.

FIVE MORE.

ANYBODY WANNA BRING ME A PROTEIN SHAKE BACK? GOT SOME COFFEE HERE? YES, THIS IS TRUE.

[Item 4e - Presentation of Proclamation - Jackson Street Market Days "25th Anniversary"]

LOTS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS THE JACKSON STREET MARKET DAYS 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SO I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AS FOLLOWS, CELEBRATING JACKSON STREET MARKET DAY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

WHEREAS JACKSON STREET MARKET DAYS HELD MONTHLY IN HARLINGEN HAS BECOME A CHAIR'S TRADITION REFLECTING THE CO COMMUNITY'S CULTURE, SPIRIT, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.

AND WHEREAS WHAT BEGAN AS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT HAS GROWN INTO A PREMIER EVENT WITH OVER 150 VENDORS AND MORE THAN 5,000 ATTENDEES EACH MONTH.

WHEREAS THE EVENT IS SUPPORTED BY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, MERCHANTS, AND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ENHANCING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

WHEREAS THROUGH VENDOR FEES AND SPONSORSHIPS, THE EVENT REINVESTS IN DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE REVITALIZATION AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE HISTORIC JACKSON STREET DISTRICT.

AND WHEREAS JACKSON STREET MARKET DAYS FOSTERS COMMUNITY PRIDE, ENGAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND NOW APPROACHES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AS A SYMBOL OF COLLABORATION AND SUCCESS.

NOW THEREFORE, NORMA , MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE JACKSON STREET MARKET DAYS AS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND IS DESERVING THE RECIPIENT OF BEST PROMOTION COMMUNITY EVENT 2025 AWARD.

ALEXIS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP.

GOOD EVENING.

SO TODAY WE INVITED THE JACKSON STREET MARKET DAYS COMMITTEE THAT STARTED THIS BACK 25 YEARS AGO.

IT'S A GROUP OF, UH, DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS THAT PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN HAS, UH, PARTNERED WITH THEM TO EXPAND MARKET DAYS, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL 60 VENDORS WITH THAT EXPANSION.

SO WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE THEM AND THAT THEY STARTED, UH, THIS INITIATIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND IT'S, IT'S NOW A STATEWIDE, YOU KNOW, MARKET WHERE IT'S KNOWN.

AND WE HAVE A BILLBOARD IN ROCKS TOWN THAT IS NOW FEATURING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARKET DAYS TO GET THOSE VISITORS TO, TO COME BY AND, AND SEE MARKET DAYS.

SO SUE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS, ANY OF Y'ALL? THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT ROAD FOR US.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE'VE ENJOYED IT.

WE LOVE WHAT IT DOES FOR THE MERCHANTS.

EVERY DOWNTOWN STORE LOOKS FORWARD TO MARKET DAYS.

IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THEM.

AND WITH OUR MONEY, WHICH I DON'T THINK WAS MENTIONED, WE ARE DONATING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HAVE BATHROOMS DOWNTOWN.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

WELL, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO HERE AT DOWNTOWN TOO.

I KNOW I SEE YOU RUNNING AROUND EVERY MARKET DAYS.

EVEN I SAW YOU THE OTHER DAY, KIND OF DIDN'T LOOK LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND, BUT YOU WERE STILL DOING IT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR HEART AND YOUR PASSION IS IN DOWNTOWN.

WE, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.

WE COULDN'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU.

AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS THE BEST MARKET DAYS THAT THERE IS AN ALL OF THE VALLEY.

AND NOW I'M HEARING ALL THE STATES , AND I KNOW WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE, BUT I'M GONNA, UH, COMMISSIONER, I KNOW THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU'RE REAL PASSIONATE ABOUT DOWNTOWN.

IF YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY BRING THE HEART AND PASSION AND SOUL TO DOWNTOWN.

AND WITHOUT Y'ALL, WE WOULDN'T BE AS FAR AS LONG AS WE ARE.

UH, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY AS WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AND IMPROVE OUR DOWNTOWN.

AND NOW WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PHOTO.

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3, 2, 1, 1 MORE, AND 3, 2, 1, GUYS.

ON IS THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK, CALISTA.

I WAS LIKE, WHERE DID YOU GO? I GOT, YOU GOT WITH ALL THE, OKAY, MOVING

[Item 4g - Presentation of Proclamation - National Community Development Week]

SO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK APRIL, 2021.

OH, APRIL 21ST, 2026 THROUGH APRIL 25TH, 2026.

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN 1974 HAS PROVIDED VITAL FUNDING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE NATION, ENABLING THEM TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARLINGEN RECEIVES ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO IMPLE IMPLEMENT A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT PRIMARILY BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS, INCLUDING ELDERLY AND CHILDREN.

WHEREAS THE CDBG PROGRAM HAS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE CITY OF HARING'S ABILITY TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS RESIDENTS THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN SEWER, WATER, AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS THE OVER THE PAST 51 YEARS, THE CDBG PROGRAM HAS HELPED FOSTER STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNT COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 21ST THROUGH 25TH, 2026 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK BY THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE PROGRAM AND ITS POSITIVE IMPACT IT HAS HAD NATIONWIDE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, NORMA SEPULVEDA, MAYOR OF HARLINGEN DO BY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 21ST THROUGH 25TH AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT WEEK.

SANDY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR BOARD UP.

I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, OUR BOARD FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, THESE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN ARE VERY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY OF THESE FUNDS, CDBG AND HOME.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR CHAIRPERSON SAY A FEW WORDS.

YOU KNOW, THE PROCLAMATION SAYS IT, SANDY SAYS IT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

I'M GONNA DO WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, WHICH IS TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE, UH, WHO ACTUALLY DO ALL THE WORK.

AND THAT'S THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF.

THAT'S YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF.

AND THAT'S LED BY THE DIRECTOR, SANDY ALVAREZ, VERONICA SANCHEZ, TANYA HERNANDEZ, NILDA ADE, NICOLE RIOS IS HERE AS WELL.

WE SHOW UP AS NEEDED.

WE GET PROVIDED ALL THE THINGS.

WHEN I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, I ASK SANDY AND STAFF THEY DEAL WITH THE APPLICANTS.

THEY PUT TOGETHER THESE HUGE NOTEBOOKS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT I INSIST MY BOARD READ, BECAUSE THEY PUT IN SO MUCH TIME, DAY AFTER DAY, NONE OF THIS WORKS.

THIS WOULD ALL WORK WITHOUT US, WITHOUT THE BOARD.

WE'RE MERELY Y'ALL'S EYES AND EARS.

SO AGAIN, SANDY ALVAREZ, NELDA, AMI, VERONICA SANCHEZ, NICOLE RIOS, AND TANYA HERNANDEZ.

AND HA THAT'S WHO THIS PROCLAMATION IS REALLY ABOUT.

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SO I COULDN'T AGREE MORE INCREDIBLE STAFF.

I KNOW, SANDY, YOU DO A GREAT JOB LEADING YOUR DEPARTMENT AND IT, THE BOARD ALSO, I SEE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN AND YOU DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

I, I MEAN, ALL OF YOU BEING ABLE TO PRESENT TO US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADOPT SO YOU MAKE OUR JOB EASIER.

I KNOW IT MUST BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

YOU WANNA HELP EVERYONE, AND I KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE GINORMOUS BINDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROVIDING, UM, IT'S EQUITABLE FOR ALL.

AND YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE IMPOSED ON YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES.

AND WE WANNA HELP EVERYONE, BUT YOU DO STRETCH EVERY DOLLAR AND YOU'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.

HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? AND IN 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, AND ONE MORE.

AND THREE, TWO AND THREE.

TWO AND ONE LEARNING CURVE.

I MENTION SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE BETTER AT IT THAN THANK YOU FOR WORKING THIS OUT.

AND JUST A FEW MORE WORDS FROM SANDY.

LOOKS LIKE I SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW I DID THIS, BUT I PASSED ON THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR ANIMAL CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK.

DOES IT WORK? THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT.

NO, IT'S WORKING.

YEAH, SLOWLY.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION VERY QUICKLY THAT WE ARE, WE DID ISSUE OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY.

WE DO NOT KNOW THE ALLOCATION AMOUNTS YET, BUT WE DID ALREADY OPEN UP FOR, UH, APPLICATIONS, APPLICATIONS FOR NON-PROFIT FROM NON-PROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, AND OF COURSE DEPARTMENTS.

UH, THOSE WILL BE DUE ON APRIL THE 24TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

SO, FANTASTIC.

WE'D LIKE TO INVITE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES TO APPLY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

[Item 4f - Presentation of Proclamation - Animal Control Appreciation Week]

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE NEED TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION, OH, READ IT AS FOLLOWS.

WHEREAS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND ANIMALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WORK TIRES TIRELESSLY TO ENFORCE LOCAL AND STATE ANIMAL LAWS, RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES, INVESTIGATE CASES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT, PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, AND SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC FROM POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS SUCH AS RABIES AND OTHER ZOONOTIC DISEASES.

AND WHEREAS ANIMAL CONTROL PERSONNEL ALSO WORK TO REUNITE LOST PETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES, FACILITATE PET ADOPTIONS, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HUMANE ANIMAL CARE, AND COLLABORATE WITH VET VETERINARIANS, RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS.

AND WHEREAS THE WORK PERFORMED BY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OFTEN REQUIRES COURAGE, COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE UNDER CHALLENGING AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

AND WHEREAS RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS HELP RAISES AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANT

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SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND ANIMAL WELFARE.

NOW THEREFORE, NORMA SEPULVEDA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION DUE HERE BY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH 2026 AS ANIMAL CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK, SHANNON.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA TAKE A BRIEF MINUTE TO THANK THE THREE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OR ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF HARTON.

AND LEO, WHO IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, ASSISTANT, WHO GENERALLY WILL BE THE ONE WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE WHEN YOU CALL, UM, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET INTO WHAT THESE THREE GENTLEMEN DO, AND LEO ANSWERING THE PHONE THEY ADDRESSED IN, IN 2025, THEY ADDRESSED 1,250 CALLS OF ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.

UH, THEY ADDRESSED 120 DOG BITES, DOG AND CAT BITES, AND THEY WENT, THEY LOOKED INTO EDUCATED AND ADDRESSED 655 CALLS IN REFERENCE TO ANIMAL WELFARE.

UM, SO THEY DO WORK TIRELESSLY DAY IN, DAY OUT, TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS, UM, TO ASSIST PEOPLE AND PETS.

AND SO THEY JUST, THEY REALLY DESERVE THIS RECOGNITION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS SOMETIMES CALLING YOU AND, AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PROMPT AND, AND, AND ALWAYS ANSWERING THE CALL WHEN, WHEN NEEDED.

IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB.

I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR STAYING AND STICKING WITH US AND, AND DOING THE HARD WORK EVERY DAY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'D LOVE, UH, TO HONOR YOU WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE COMMISSION.

WE HAVE OUR CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO OUR VERY OWN ROBERTO HERNANDEZ RECIPIENT OF THE YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

CAN I LOOK THIS ONE QUICK? YEAH.

LOOK THIS REAL QUICK.

YEAH, THE LAST ONE.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ALMOST DONE.

I KNOW.

UM,

[Item 4h - Certificate of Recognition - Roberto Hernandez-Recipient of "The Young Engineer of the Year Award"]

RACHEL, THIS CERTIFICATE IS PROUDLY PRESENTED TO ROBERT HERNANDEZ IN RECOGNITION OF RECEIVING THE YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD PRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AND THE TEXAS SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.

THIS DISTINGUISHED AWARD HONORS HONORS OUTSTANDING EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

IT RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHO EXEMPLIFY STRONG TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, UPHOLD THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND SHOW A DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE RECIPIENTS ARE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DEDICATION TO MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS.

THIS RECOGNITION WAS AWARDED AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL RGB ENGINEERS WEEK GALA AND AWARD CEREMONY, AND REFLECTS A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION, AND MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP.

AND NOW, ROBERTO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND PLEASE COME UP AND ACCEPT YOUR AWARD.

HELLO COMMISSION.

UM, GREETINGS.

I AM TRULY HONORED TO RECEIVE THE YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE A A C AND TSP ORGANIZATION FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR THE ROLE

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THIS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PLAYED IN MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY.

CIVIL ENGINEERING IS MORE THAN JUST A CAREER TO ME.

IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, HELP SHAPE SAFE, RESILIENT, AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE MENTORS, COLLEAGUES, AND LEADERS WHO HAVE GUIDED ME AND SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY.

I AM ALSO, I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY COMMUNITY AND THE TEAM FOR ALLOWING ME, ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEANINGFUL PROJECTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THIS AWARD NOT, IS NOT JUST A REFLECTION OF MY EFFORTS, BUT THE PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME TO GROW AND SERVE.

WELL, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN IS BETTER BECAUSE YOU ARE IN IT.

WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

YOU'VE REALLY STEPPED UP INTO THIS ROLE.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.

I KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, , AND, UM, AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE AN AWARD WINNER, .

UM, BUT I SEE THE PRESSURE BUILDING FROM CHARCOAL TO A DIAMOND , RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A SMILE.

YOU ALWAYS SAY YES, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO, TO PUT IN THE EXTRA WORK.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU ALSO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OTHER EFFORTS AND ALSO HELP THE, YOUR, UH, NETWORK OF ENGINEERS.

I KNOW YOU BROUGHT THE, THE RUN HERE TO HARLINGEN.

IT'S NOT JUST THE WORK AT THE OFFICE, IT'S ALSO THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL.

UM, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.

SO LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEE'S THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

AND THEN, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THERE YOU GO.

AND, UH, BEST MORE THERE.

ALRIGHT, READY? AND 3, 2, 1, AND ONE MORE.

AND 3, 2, 1.

GOT IT.

LOWER THE, HUH? LOWER THE I IT WAS FREEZING.

I LOVED IT.

[Item 4i - Certificate of Recognition - 2026 World's Strongest Firefighters Competition "Michael Allen & Gage Richmond"]

2026 WORLD'S STRONGEST FIREFIGHTERS COMPETITION.

MICHAEL ALLEN AND GAGE RICHMOND PRESENTED.

PRESENTED TO MICHAEL ALLEN AND GAGE RICHMOND IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND DEDICATION.

DEMONSTRATED AT THE 2026 WORLD'S STRONGEST FIREFIGHTER COMPETITION HELD MARCH 6TH THROUGH SEVENTH IN COLUMBUS, OHIO AS PART OF THE ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER SPORTS FESTIVAL.

OH, WOW.

THIS PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER A HUNDRED FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND MULTIPLE COUNTRIES SHOWCASING ELITE LEVELS OF STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE.

FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL ALLEN COMPETED IN THE 198 POUND WEIGHT CLASS, ACHIEVING AN IMPRESSIVE FIFTH PLACE OVERALL FINISH IN HIS DIVISION.

AND FIREFIGHTER GAGE RICHMOND COMPETED IN THE 231 POUND WEIGHT CLASS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE NINTH PLACE OVERALL FINISH IN HIS DIVISION.

THE COMPETITION INCLUDED A RIGOROUS SERIES OF EVENTS DESIGNED TO TEST TOTAL BODY STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND JOB SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING DUMBBELL LOG AND DEADLIFT MEDLEY, FRAME CARRY, FIRE, HYDRANT CARRY FOR MAXIMUM DISTANCE KEG CARRY INTO SLED.

DRAG.

COMPETITORS WERE DIVIDED BY WEIGHT, WEIGHT, CLASS, AGE, AND GENDER, AND PARTICIPATED IN BOTH DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FINAL ROUNDS FOR TOP FINISHERS.

THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMITMENT, RESILIENCE, AND THE PHYSICAL EXCELLENCE REQUIRED TO MEET THE DEMANDING STANDARDS OF THE FIRE SERVICE.

PRESENTED THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, 2026.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MICHAEL ENGAGED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND ACCEPT THE AWARD.

MAYOR, THEY'RE WALKING WITH A DIFFERENT SWAGGER NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT .

I DUNNO.

BUT I'M EXHAUSTED JUST BY HEARING EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

OH MY GOODNESS.

COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER.

UH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR HAVING US UP HERE.

UH, MY NAME'S RUBEN BALDO.

I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEFS FOR THE HARDING AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT MS RACHEL DID SAY, BUT I AM GONNA SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK THAT, UH, THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR DISCIPLINE AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE DEMONSTRATES THE PRIDE AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT DEFINE THE HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT WE FORMALLY

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RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND COMMEND THEM FOR REPRESENTING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

I'M GONNA READ, UH, WE DID A FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, GOT HIM SOME PLAQUES ALSO.

SO I'M JUST GONNA READ IT REAL QUICK.

UH, PRESENTED TO FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL ALLEN AND G RICHMOND, UH, 2026 WORLD STRONGEST FIREFIGHTER COMPETITION.

MARCH 6TH AND SEVENTH IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TOP 10 FINISH.

YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

ON TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVILEGE, UH, TO HAVE THE PRESSURE TO REPRESENT OUR CITY.

UM, IT TAKES A LOT OF COMMITMENT, UH, TO PERFORM AT WORK AND THEN GO TRAIN AT AND COMPETE AT THAT HIGH LEVEL.

UH, BUT I, I'M JUST, I LOVE MY, LOVE MY CITY.

I LOVE MY DEPARTMENT AND I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD I GET TO BE GREAT FOR THEM IN OUR CITY.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND ALL THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE WITHIN IT.

UM, I'M REALLY PROUD TO REPRESENT THIS CITY, THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, STAND NEXT TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SHARE THAT PRIDE.

AND, UH, THERE'S NO PLACE THAT I'D RATHER BE LIKE, I'M, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.

UH, THANK YOU.

WELL, I THINK IT'S NO SECRET EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I LOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHEN I THINK I, YOU KNOW, I LIKE YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH, THEN YOU GO AND YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

JUST TOP IT.

AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED.

YOU JUST CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS TO REPRESENT HARLINGEN AT A LAR LIKE IN AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF.

I KNOW ALL OF US ARE, AND YOU JUST CONTINUE TO IMPRESS AND JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT YOU'RE FROM HARLINGEN.

AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE WEARING THE HFD ON THIS PICTURE, .

WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, GAGE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY STUDENTS THERE AT SOUTH, AND I HAD HIM FOR HISTORY.

AND I COULD REMEMBER THAT I, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE NOT JUST GIVEN HIM SOME, YOU KNOW, HISTORY, BUT I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE WEIGHTLIFTING ADVICE.

, AND HE PROBABLY IGNORED THEM.

SO PROUD OF YOU.

DESPITE, DESPITE THOSE CHALLENGES, YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH AND WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU.

NO, REALLY, I, I THINK CHIEF, I KNOW YOU'RE BACK THERE.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE, WHAT IS IT? THE THOUSAND POUND CLUB.

CLUB, BUT YOU'VE GOT SOME COMPETITION HERE, SO YOU BETTER THE YOUNG ONES ARE, ARE, ARE COMING UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, PUSH YOU TO YOUR LIMITS.

CHIEF, ARE THEY BOTH IN THE THOUSAND POUND CLUB? YES, SIR.

YES, THEY BOTH ARE.

WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

CLEARLY, CLEARLY .

ALRIGHT, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

JOB.

THERE YOU GO.

READY? AND IN 3, 2, 1 AND 3, 2, 1.

ONE MORE.

THREE, TWO.

AND, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING INCREDIBLY PATIENT WITH US.

WE ARE NOW MOVING

[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]

WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE.

SO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE THREE MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU APPROACH THE MIC.

JUST, UM,

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YOUR NAME AND THE DISTRICT OR ADDRESS, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND WE WILL START WITH MR. JARED OCON VILLALOBOS.

MR. JARED VILLALOBOS.

OKAY, MOVING ON.

UH, MS. DONLEY, DON RAY LEONARD, DON RAY LEONARD, DISTRICT THREE.

THE MORE RESEARCH I DO ON THE DATA CENTERS, THE MORE TERRIFYING IT BECOMES.

THE AI REVOLUTION IS 10 TIMES BIGGER AND FASTER THAN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION EVER WAS.

LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CITY AGENCIES AND DEVELOPERS ARE LEAVING US GRAPPLING FOR ANSWERS.

IF THESE DATA CENTERS ARE SO GREAT, WHY ARE THEY SHROUDED IN SECRECY? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THE WONDERS OF THE DATA CENTER BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SELL IT.

WE NEED A MORATORIUM, A PAUSE TIME FOR STUDIES TO BE CONDUCTED BY INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, VIBRATION, WATER, AIR QUALITY, AND POWER STUDIES.

WHERE IS THE PUBLIC COST ANALYSIS? HOW DO WE MITIGATE THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT UNTIL THE FACTS ARE BETTER UNDERSTOOD? WILL THE DATA CENTER PRODUCE A POSITIVE OVERALL BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY? ANY ENERGY STATES THAT THEY WILL CONDUCT A COMMUNITY, CONDUCT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THEMSELVES, BUT HAVE NOT STARTED BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS NOT FAR ALONG IN THE PROJECT AND ADVANCED ENOUGH INTO THAT PHASE.

ARE THEY WAITING UNTIL THE CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED UNTIL AFTER THE GROUNDBREAKING OR CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN? CONDUCTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS JUST A CHECK IN THE BLOCK.

WHAT WE SAY MATTERS, NOT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR WATER, ELECTRICITY BILLS DOUBLE.

WHAT ABOUT OUR HOME APPRAISALS? WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE CAN'T SELL OUR HOMES? WHAT HAPPENS AFTER OUR RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DRAINED? OUR WELLS RUN DRY, BECOME TOXIC.

OUR WATER AND AIR POLLUTED, THE NOISE HAS DRIVEN PEOPLE AND OUR WILDLIFE INSANE.

WHEN THE NIGHTTIME SKY IS AS BRIGHT AS THE DAY WHEN THE FARMLAND CAN NO LONGER BEAR CROPS, WHEN THE DATA CENTER BECOMES OBSOLETE, WHEN'S THE PROMISED ECONOMIC BENEFITS? WHEN THE PROMISED ECONOMIC BENEFITS FALL SHORT, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? WHERE DO WE TURN TO STOP THIS? OR AT THE VERY LEAST, SLOW IT DOWN.

THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY, NO OVERSIGHT.

WE DON'T GET A VOTE.

WE GET A STRICTLY ENFORCED THREE MINUTES AT THIS PODIUM.

NORMA SAYS SHE PREFERS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY OVER AN INDIFFERENT ONE.

WELL, HERE WE ARE SOUNDING THE ALARMS AND DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT.

I'M NOT AGAINST INNOVATION, I'M NOT AGAINST TECHNOLOGY.

I'M NOT AGAINST PROGRESS.

BUT IT MUST BE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECT THE VALUE OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PEOPLE, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR FUTURE.

ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THIS DEMON? WORD OF WARNING.

ONCE YOU LET THE GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE, YOU WILL NEVER PUT HIM BACK IN.

AND I DO GOTTA SAY, FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING AND SPEAKING UP HERE, I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

THIS IS THEIR FUTURE THAT YOU'RE DECIDING.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU START MAKING LAWS AND VOTING.

THANK YOU, MS. REYES.

RAYMOND REYES, UH, DISTRICT 1, 7 0 6 NANTUCKET DRIVE.

SO, UM, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START.

SO I, I'VE BEEN OUT, UM, AFTER 30 YEARS GOLFING WITH SOME FRIENDS OF MINE, AND THE FIRST THING I NOTICED IS WE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY AT TONY BUTLER AND IT'S DRY.

I MEAN, THE GRASS IS BROWN.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

UM, NO SENSE IN SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY .

AND YOU REALLY CAN'T ENJOY IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO, THE GRASS IS JUST BROWN.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

I WAS OUT AT A, A TOURNAMENT, UH, FOR MY GRANDKIDS AND I HAVE SIX AND YOU KNOW, I, EVERYTHING I DO, I DO FOR THEM.

MY KIDS ARE ON THEIR OWN.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN THING.

BUT, UH, I'M GLAD IT'S BEING ADDRESSED ON THE PARKS BECAUSE THAT GROUND IS, IS, UH, WORSE THAN THE, THAN TONY BUTLER.

UH, THE CRACKS, KIDS FALLING ALL OVER THE

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PLACE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR.

HE SAID THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING IT, BUT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, FROM LAST SEASON, YOU CAN SEE IT COMING.

AND THE THING IS, IS THAT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, IT'S NOT GONNA FIX ITSELF.

IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE TAXPAYER PAYS TAX DOLLARS.

WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY IN THE RESERVE FUND FOR THIS AND THAT.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE ONLY HAD $3 MILLION IN THAT RESERVE FUND.

NOW WE HAVE 10 TIMES THAT.

AND THERE'S ISSUES THAT I FEEL ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I HAVE TOOK, TAKEN A PERSONAL INTEREST, AND SOME INDIVIDUALS KNOW THIS IS, UH, THE VETTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY, UM, KIND OF FEEL LET DOWN THAT THAT PROCESS EITHER IS NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR ATTENTION IS NOT BEING PAID TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

I'M NOT HERE TO THROW ANYBODY UNDER THE BUS.

IT'S NOT MY JOB TO DO THAT.

BUT, UH, I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UP HERE, UH, ON THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND, UH, IT'S NOT A JOKE.

I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

JUST LIKE I TAKE AN OATH.

I KNOW SOME INDIVIDUALS UP HERE HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN FOR THE CITIZENS OF HAREN, AND THEY LET THAT STUFF SLIDE.

THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T WORK WELL FOR ME.

AND I'M DOING IT MORE SO FOR MY GRANDKIDS THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE HERE.

AND THIS IS THEIR HOME.

MOST OF 'EM ARE BORN HERE.

UH, ON THE DATA CENTERS, YOU KNOW, UH, INNOVATION'S ALWAYS PROGRESSING.

THERE'S NEW COOLING METHODS THAT I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE.

AND THE REASON SOME PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS TAKE TOURS ON THE POLITICAL SIDE, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ACCESS IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CLEARANCE.

UM, DISTRICT ONE BLUEBIRD LANE.

SO I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG CONCERN AND OPPOSITION TO THE POTENTIAL CON VERSION OF THE FORMER VALLEY MORNINGSTAR BUILDING INTO AN IMMIGRATION PROCESSING OR DETENTION CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE ISSUE DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND INTEGRITY OF HARLINGEN AND THOSE WHO LIVE HERE.

EVIDENCE FROM EXISTING DETENTION FACILITIES SHOW A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF HARM.

REPORTS DOCUMENT INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE, INCLUDING IN DENIAL OF NECESSARY MEDICATIONS AND DELAYS IN TREATMENT FOR SERIOUS CONDITIONS LIKE DIABETES AND CANCER.

MANY DEATHS IN CUSTODY HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE PREVENTABLE WITH PROPER CARE.

CONDITIONS ARE OFTEN OVERCROWDED AND UNSANITARY WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, HYGIENE SUPPLIES, AND ADEQUATE NUTRITION.

THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS.

THEY REFLECT SYSTEM FAILURES.

THE MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES ARE EQUALLY CONCERNING.

DETENTION ENVIRONMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, INCLUDING ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND PTSD.

PROLONGED ISOLATION HAS BEEN LINKED TO LONG-TERM TRAUMA AND INCREASED RISK OF SELF-HARM.

THESE OUTCOMES DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES OF A COMMUNITY THAT PRIOR PRIORITIZES DIGNITY AND WELLBEING.

THIS PROPOSAL ALSO RAISES SERIOUS ECONOMIC CONCERNS FUNDED IN PART BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS, OUR DOLLARS.

IT REPRESENTS A COSTLY INVESTMENT THAT DOES NOT STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND ECONOMIC STABILITY DETENTION DISRUPTS THAT CIRCULATION WHILE REDIRECTING PUBLIC FUNDS INTO A SYSTEM WITH LONG, WITH LITTLE LONG-TERM BENEFITS TO HARLAND AND RESIDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT RISKS RESHAPING OUR COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT DO NOT REFLECT OUR PRIORITIES.

IT DIVERTS RESOURCES AWAY FROM INVESTMENTS THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES SUCH AS EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND HOUSING, WHILE INCREASING SURVEILLANCE AND INSTABILITY.

I RESPECTFULLY URGE OUR ELECTED COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO TAKE A CLEAR PUBLIC STANCE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL.

I ASK THE CITY TO OPPOSE THIS CONVERSION, REFUSE PERMITS OR FUNDING AND ENACT IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM UNTIL A FULL PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS IS COMPLETED.

THIS DECISION SHOULD REFLECT OUR VALUES AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

ALSO, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS COMING THE RIGHT WAY WHEN THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN BECAUSE BOTH PARTIES WON'T DO MUCH TO FIX THE SYSTEM.

AND SINCE WE OPENED UP WITH PRAYER, I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE CITY OF ARLINGTON THAT JESUS WAS A BROWN REFUGEE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MS. CASTILLO.

UM, APOLOGIES.

LUIS VALINO.

LUIS VALDES, PINO FOUR 20 EAST AUSTIN AVENUE.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING DRAINAGE DISTRICT FIVE PRESENT AT THE APRIL 18 MEETING.

IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND APPRECIATED.

UM, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HEARD AS I DID WHEN MR. VELA SAID, THE MORE DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE, THE MORE CONCRETE IS POURED,

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THE MORE CONCRETE IS POURED, THE MORE IMPERVIOUS THE GROUND BECOMES.

IMAGINE THE FLOODING RISK THAT COULD BE CAUSED BY THE CREATION OF AN 1800 ACRE CONCRETE SLAB SUPPORTING A DATA CENTER ADJACENT TO OUR AIRPORT.

THIS IS NOT A RISK THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO TAKE.

I APPRECIATE THAT SOME OF Y'ALL ARE BEGINNING TO RESEARCH THE RISKS OF A DATA CENTER AND SOME HAVE VISITED ONE, BUT ARE YOU LOOKING AT SOMETHING COMPARABLE? ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THE INTERNET, THE LARGEST OPERATIONAL OPERAT, UH, THE WHOLE LARGEST OPERATIONAL DATA CENTER IN RED OAK IS NO MORE THAN 200 ACRES, WHICH IS MINUSCULE, MAYBE 11% THE SIZE OF THE ONE BEING PURSUED HERE.

AND THE COMM IS THE COMMISSION DOING RESEARCH TO LEARN WHAT THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF 4.6 MILLION GALLONS OF EFFLUENT WATER PER DAY WOULD MEAN TO THE ARROYO, COLORADO AND TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

ALSO, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING TO INFLUENCE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR PROTECTION AGAINST THE RESOURCE RISKS OF A VERY LARGE DATA CENTER REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON THE COMMISSION'S INCREASED WATER SERVICES AUTHORITY, PLEASE HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NECESSARY OTHER THAN THE APPOINTMENT OF CITIZEN LED BOARDS.

WHAT IS YOUR OVERSIGHT ROLE PRIOR TO THIS ORDINANCE? WE DEFINITELY WANT YOUR INFLUENCE TO ENSURE DATA CENTERS ARE NOT GIVEN DEALS.

THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY AND THE VALLEY, BUT WE ALSO BELIEVE YOU SHOULD TREAD CAREFULLY AND NOT TAKE UNDUE POWERS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARY REGARDING ACTION ITEM 10 A ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF BULK LIQUID ETHANOL FUEL ON NORTH COMMONS COMMERCE, I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS.

MY FIRST AND PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT THE COMMISSION AND MAYOR DID NOT ASK ENOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RISKS THAT THIS TYPE OF OPERATION COULD BRING.

THE COMMUNITY IS HARLINGEN EQUIPPED TO HANDLE A POTENTIAL SPILL FIRE OR EXPLOSION FROM AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD RESULT FROM THIS TYPE OF OPERATION.

IF WE ARE, PLEASE MAKE THAT CLEAR TO US.

IF NOT, DON'T APPROVE IT.

WHAT BENEFIT DOES THIS OPERATION PROVIDE? HARLINGEN, IF NONE, DON'T APPROVE IT, Y'ALL DISCUSS POTENTIALLY NEEDING TO CREATE A NEW DIVISION IN THE HARLINGEN PD TO SUPPORT CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THIS.

HOW MUCH WILL THIS ADD TO OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS? FINALLY, WHY ARE THEY WANTING TO DO THIS LIQUID FUEL TRANSFER HERE INSTEAD OF AT THE PORT? IS IT TO AVOID FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHED SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT THE PORT? THESE ARE IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT QUESTIONS.

CALLED ME AND HE SAID, HEY, IN THAT COMMERCIAL, MAKE SURE THEY PUT HARLAN ALL ACROSS THE .

THANK YOU, MR. JAMAL.

FAYE, I HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR Y'ALL.

IT'S NOT MY FIRST RODEO, BUT IT'S MY SECOND, SO I DIDN'T COME PREPARED.

I GO, GO AHEAD.

COOL.

UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, EVERYONE.

UH, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS.

UH, ABOUT 14 MONTHS AGO, I CAME TO Y'ALL ASKING TO USE HARLINGEN FIELD FOR THIS CRAZY IDEA OF BRINGING A SOCCER TEAM INTO HARLINGEN BECAUSE I BELIEVED THERE WAS A, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL PLAYERS, OUR LOCAL STUDENTS, AND JUST SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.

AFTER JUST OUR FIRST SEASON, WE HAD THREE LOCAL ATHLETES MAKE IT TO THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS THROUGH THE RED CROWNS.

YOU'LL MEET ONE HERE IN A, UH, IN A SECOND.

AND EVERY GAME.

WE INVITED A LOCAL RESTAURANT AND CELEBRATED THEM AT NO COST TO THEM.

THEY COULD SELL THEIR FOOD, THEIR DRINKS, THEIR SNACKS, UM, JUST TO CELEBRATE ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN HARLINGEN.

UM, I TOLD YOU GUYS THAT I BELIEVE HARLINGEN FIELD IS CRUCIAL TO OUR STORY.

THERE'S HISTORY THERE AND THERE'S A GREAT STORY TO BE TOLD.

WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT THAT STORY NEEDED TO BE TOLD WORLDWIDE.

UM, AS MAYOR MENTIONED, UH, EARLIER THAT, UM, A MAJOR COMPANY CAME DOWN TO TELL OUR STORY IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THAT LETTER, UM, $90,000 JUST IN HOTEL.

UM, AND ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT IN JUST THESE LAST TWO DAYS HERE IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

WE'RE EXCITED TO TELL THE STORY.

I BELIEVE WE LIVE IN A PART OF THE US THAT IS UNDERSERVED, UM, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF TIMES, AND SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE CAN SHINE A SPOTLIGHT AND SHOW OFF THE AMAZING PEOPLE, AMAZING BUSINESSES, AN AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT WE CALL SOUTH TEXAS OR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR BELIEVING IN US AND ALLOWING US TO USE HARLINGEN FIELD.

UM, I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH, UH, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ AND COMMISSIONER MORALES, UH, HERE.

I KNOW Y'ALL ARE SO BUSY, SO I FEEL LUCKY TO EVEN CATCH Y'ALL.

BUT HEARING Y'ALL'S COMMITMENT AND Y'ALL'S, UM, JUST PASSION ABOUT THAT FIELD AND YOUR IDEAS, UM, JUST THANK Y'ALL BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE A, A HIDDEN DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH IN THAT FIELD, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HELPED TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN DO EVEN MORE BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.

AND COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, HE

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THE THE CAPTIONS THERE.

I PUSH FOR IT.

SO HOPEFULLY, UH, WHEN THIS COMMERCIAL DOES COME OUT, UH, DURING THE WORLD CUP, UM, YOU'LL SEE HARLINGEN ON YOUR SCREEN AND YOU CAN BE PROUD OF SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HELPED, UH, BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU MR. FAYETTE.

I JUST REALLY WANTED TO RUB IT INTO THE OTHER CITY'S FACES.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UM, AS MR. FA HAD SAID, I'M A PLAYER FOR THE RGB RED CROWNS, AND I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD LAST YEAR.

SO LAST YEAR, ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE I GOT THE CALL TO JOIN THE TEAM, I HAD DOUBTS AND I WAS SCARED THAT I WASN'T GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE PLAYING SOCCER.

AND IT ENDED UP GETTING RECRUITED, UM, AND THEN CAME TO FIRST PRACTICE, AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THE RRG B.

RED CROWNS WAS THE CLUB OF MY LIFE, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

THEN CAME THE FIRST GAME, AND THAT'S WHENEVER YOU REALIZE ALL THE HELP THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO THE CLUB, THE HARLINGEN PARK.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

MY FAMILY WAS AMAZED, THE FANS WERE AMAZED, THE COMMUNITY WAS AMAZED.

I ENDED UP SCORING THE FIRST GOAL FOR THE CLUB AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS AMAZING.

AND JUST SEEING THE COMMUNITY BLOW UP AND CELEBRATE WITH FLARES, WITH, WITH JUST LOVE WAS, WAS ALL THAT I NEEDED TO SEE.

THEN COME THE END OF THE SEASON AND I ENDED UP SIGNING MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT BECAUSE OF THIS CLUB, BECAUSE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

AND I ENDED UP SIGNING IN MEXICO WITH THE SECOND CL UH, SECOND TEAM OF PACHUCA, WHICH WAS HUGE FOR MY CAREER.

AND NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BEING SCARED AND HAVING DOUBTS OF NOT CONTINUE TO PLAY SOCCER, I'M NOW A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF.

COME THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE SHOT A COMMERCIAL FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT'S GOING TO BE SHOWED UP, UM, IN THE WORLD CUP, WHICH IS HUGE.

AND NOW FOR THIS COMING SEASON, I'M TRUSTING MR. FAY, I'M TRUSTING THE BOARD.

I'M TRUSTING YOU ALL WITH THESE PLANS THAT, THAT WE'VE SHARED TOGETHER, THAT, THAT THEY WILL BE, UM, THAT THEY WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED, AND THAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY WILL BE SERVED.

I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR KEEPING THESE DREAMS ALIVE.

I'VE TALKED TO MANY FRIENDS OF MINE, YOUNG ADULTS, TEENAGERS.

I'VE TALKED TO MANY KIDS THAT HAVE TRAINED THAT THEIR DREAMS IS TO PLAY COLLEGE.

BUT NOW IT'S TO PLAY WITH RGB RED CROWNS, AND THAT'S HUGE.

THAT'S ALL WE'VE ALL WE'VE EVER WANTED.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THE HARLINGEN PARK.

IT'S GIVEN US ALL WE'VE EVER WANTED.

IS THAT RIGHT? MR. JONATHAN JONES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT WAS JONATHAN JONES.

MAYOR SEPULVEDA, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

AND URGE THEM TO RESIST DATA CENTER PROPOSALS, PLEASE AND THE CUSTOMARY OFFER OF TAX INCENTIVES AND ABATEMENTS THAT COMES UP.

UH, I'M HERE TO RESTATE MY OPPOSITION TO, UH, DATA CENTERS, THE POTENTIAL ATROCITY THAT, UH, WE COULD FACE IF WE HAVE ONE HERE.

UM, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, THE CITY OF, UH, COLLEGE STATION UNANIMOUSLY VOTED AGAINST THE SALE OF LAND PROPOSED FOR A DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION.

AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY REJECTED A DATA CENTER PROPOSAL.

AND HAYES COUNTY JUDGE RUBEN VARA HAS CALLED FOR A MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.

JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

THERE ARE MANY MORE.

AND SPEAKING OF, UH, WATER, I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION.

MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN IT TO THE MARCH 9TH, 2026 ARTICLE IN THE TEXAS TRIBUNE WRITTEN BY DYLAN BADU ENTITLED, AFTER A DECADE OF MISSTEPS, CORPUS CHRISTI CORINS TOWARD A WATER CATASTROPHE, WE MIGHT BE IN THE SAME BOAT.

CORPUS CHRISTI COULD RUN OUT OF WATER THIS SUMMER AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING.

OUR AND OUR BOAT MAY HAVE ALREADY RUN A GROUND.

UM, I REALIZE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS SEEMS TO DEPRIVE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES OF MUCH NEEDED POWER IN SOME CASES, BUT I THINK WE CAN STILL FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.

UM, I HOPE YOU ALL VOTE.

UH, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE WATER ORDINANCE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT I'M LEARNING THIS EVENING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST A CONSOLIDATION OF POWER OR IF IT CAN BE USED TO, UH, UH, FIGHT AGAINST DATA CENTERS.

UM, BUT I HOPE, I HOPE YOU LEAN ON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE

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IF THAT COMES UP IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE USE YOUR INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

UH, I'LL DO MY LITTLE THING, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT, UH, AND STATE YOUR CASE PUBLICLY PLEASE.

I WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER PETTI FOR PUBLICLY STATING, UM, YOUR OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS.

I APPRECIATE THAT PUBLIC STATEMENT, AND I URGE YOU TO, UH, CONTINUE RESEARCHING THIS AND, UH, UH, DECIDE, UH, AGAINST, IN FAVOR OF HARLINGEN CITIZENS AND AGAINST DATA CENTERS.

ANGELA VALINO, DISTRICT THREE.

THANK YOU, MR. JONES.

ANGELA VALINO.

ACCORDING, ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE VALLEY MORNING STAR, THE MAYOR VISITED A CITY CALLED RED OAK, TEXAS WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 20,000 TO LOOK AT THEIR DATA CENTERS.

I CALLED RED OAK, AND THEY ONLY HAVE ONE DATA CENTER CAMPUS OPERATIONAL.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY 171 ACRES PER THEIR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT THAT IS NOT EVEN COMPARABLE TO THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER NEXT TO OUR AIRPORT.

ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR'S SOCIAL MEDIA POST, SEVERAL CITY PERSONNEL WENT ON THIS TRIP.

HOW MUCH DID THIS COST THE CITY TAXPAYERS FOR AIRPLANE TICKETS, HOTEL, FOOD, RENTAL CARS? YOU ALSO SAID YOU DIDN'T TOUR THE INSIDE OF THE FACILITIES.

THEN WHY GO? THE MAYOR SAID THERE WAS NO NOISE.

RED OAK SAID THEIR GOOGLE AND DATA BANK DATA CENTERS ARE NOT EVEN BUILT YET.

AND THE COMPASS DATA CENTER CAPACITY IS ONLY 180 MEGAWATTS.

MAYBE THAT WAS WHY THERE WAS NO NOISE.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE US TALKING ABOUT THE NOISE COMING FROM THESE DATA CENTERS.

ARE THEY ALL LYING? THE ARTICLE ALSO SAID THE MAYOR AND CITY LEADERS HAVE VISITED OTHER TEXAS COMMUNITIES, WHICH CITIES DETAILS MATTER.

TRANSPARENCY MATTERS.

I ASKED MYSELF, WHY WOULD THEY GO TO THE CITY OF RED OAK? THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER THAN US.

I LEARNED THAT THE SNYDER ELECTRIC CORPORATION OPENED A DATA CENTER INTEGRATION FACILITY IN RED OAK IN 2024, WHICH BUILDS PREFABRICATED MODULAR IT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DATA CENTERS.

WAS THIS A COINCIDENCE? PROBABLY NOT.

THERE IS THAT TRANSPARENCY WORD.

AGAIN, THE CITY OF HAREN SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANY TAX ABATEMENTS FOR ANY DATA CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY.

THE CAMERON COUNTY JUST SAYS HE'S AGAINST TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE PROPOSED OIL REFINERY.

IS HE ALSO AGAINST ANY TAX INCENTIVES FOR ANY POTENTIAL DATA CENTER WITHIN THE COUNTY? MAYOR, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK THE JUDGE WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM AND LET US KNOW WHAT HE SAYS.

IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

WHY IS THE MAYOR WANTING TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE HARLAND AND MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM? DID THE CITY NAME THE BUILDING WRONG WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1928? THE HARTON MUNICIPAL CITY AUDITORIUM IS TWO YEARS AWAY FROM BEING 100 YEARS OLD WITH THE SAME NAME, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE NAME IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

THE CANAL SCHOOL OF DANCE WAS NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL OF DANCE TO PERFORM AT THE AUDITORIUM TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, IT IS OKAY TO VOTE NO ON A NAME CHANGE.

WE WON'T BE MAD.

THANK YOU, MS. ROBERT LEWI.

ROBERT LEFT, WHICH, UH, 9 0 9 EAST PARKWOOD.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO COME START OFF WITH THAT.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A CRED CREDIBILITY PROBLEM WITH THE CITY AND, AND THE CITY COMMISSION.

WE'VE JUST HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN IMMIGRATION CENTER IN, IN THE CENTRAL LOCATION OF OUR CITY.

THE FACT THAT THAT LOCATION IS BY A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE, UH, FEDERAL, UH, IMMIGRATION TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUTTA THERE, THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP THAT CONGESTED AREA.

THERE'S ALWAYS ACCIDENTS THERE.

BUT LET'S START OFF WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

THE FACT IS, THE OWNER OF THAT BUILDING IS YOUR WATERWORKS APPOINTEE MAYOR.

HE'S THE SAME ONE THAT MADE THE MOTION TO HIRE YOUR HUSBAND'S UNCLE AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.

IF THAT'S NOT PLAY, PAY TO PLAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

I CAN, I CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT READY FOR THE IMMIGRATION ITEM THAT'S

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ON THE AGENDA.

BUT LET'S GO TO THE DATA CENTER OR LET'S GO TO SOME OTHER HEADLINES.

SOME OF THE OTHER CREDIBILITY ISSUES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.

AS, AS THE ONE WHERE IT SAYS, MAYOR HARDING AND MAYOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT AND CAMPAIGN MAILER.

AS MORE QUESTIONS ARISE, THEN WE FIND OUT AS THIS DRAMA CONTINUES, HARLINGEN POLICE DEPARTMENT DESTROYED RECORDS WITHOUT AUTHORITY CONCERNING THE CAMPAIGN MAILER.

LET'S, THEN I'M GONNA BRING UP SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED.

THAT'S, THAT'S A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF CAMERON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MISUSE OF FUNDS.

I'VE BROUGHT UP OVER-BUDGET TRAVEL, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE UNBUDGETED.

AND GABE, YOU ARE SIGNING OFF ON STUFF THAT'S NOT BUDGETED AND YOU'VE GONE THREE OR FOUR YEARS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE MAYOR.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE, THE TEXAS RANGERS GET INVOLVED.

YOU GET CHARGES.

AND TRUST ME, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

I'VE REQUESTED BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

IF YOU DON'T DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, THAT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY FOR AUTHORIZING UNBUDGETED TRAVEL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER.

SINCE WE HAVE A CREDIBILITY ISSUE.

WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE PEOPLE MENTION THE SIZE OF THE HARLINGEN DATA CENTER ACCORDING TO OPEN INFORMATION, 1,785 ACRES, AS WAS MENTIONED, ONE OF THE RED OAK DATA CENTERS IS ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, IS 1 65, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS 292.

THAT MEANS THAT IT'S THERE.

ALL THE DATA CENTERS IN RED OAK COMBINED ARE ONE FOURTH OF WHAT THE HARLINGEN PROPOSED DATA CENTER IS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY POWER.

THE PROPOSED HARLINGEN DATA CENTER IS ESTIMATED TO DRAW BETWEEN ONE AND TWO GIGAWATTS.

ONE GIGAWATT POWERS 700,000 HOMES.

ACCORDING TO THE U US CENSUS, HARLINGEN ONLY HAS 29,000.

THANK YOU, MR. LESLIE MARIA LOPEZ.

HELLO, UM, COMMISSIONERS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF HARLINGEN BEING I TO EXPAND ATTENTION CENTERS.

AN EXAMPLE IS THE 500 BED PROCESSING CENTER IN TALKS, I ASK YOU TO PICTURE THE VALLEY OF THE FUTURE.

ASK YOURSELVES WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU SEE? LET'S PICTURE AN ICE FACILITY.

IT'S FILLED WITH INNOCENT CHILDREN AND OUR LOVED ONES, THEIR LIVES REDUCED TO A QUOTA PICTURE.

A CHILD WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER OR YOUR THIELS OR THIAS THAT YOU LOVE, THEY ARE HUNGRY AND NEGLECTED THERE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS, HUMILIATED AND DEMORALIZED WITHOUT PROPER FOOD OR WATER.

THEY'RE GETTING SICK AT A FASTER RATE DUE TO OVERCROWDING THE BORDER PATROL AND THE ICE AGENTS.

THEY HEAR THEIR CRIES, BUT THEY DON'T DO NOTHING.

THE LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE BOY WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU, IS DEVELOPING PTSD THAT WILL HARM THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

THEY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, AND THEY BEGIN THINKING OF TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE.

ARE YOU GUYS ENJOYING THIS PICTURE, THIS MENTAL PICTURE, THIS FAR AWAY REALITY WHEN IN REALITY THIS ISN'T FAR AWAY.

THIS IS HAPPENING TODAY.

THIS IS HAPPENING.

THIS WAS HAPPENING YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE.

THIS IS THE AMERICA OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING.

SO WHEN THE VALLEY IS PREYED UPON, YOU'LL KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE STAND.

THE PEOPLE SAY ICE OUT, THE PEOPLE SAY, ABOLISH ICE.

ABSOLUTELY NO DETENTION CENTERS BELONG HERE IN THE VALLEY.

NONE UNDER NO CAPACITY PER THE ADVICE OF NORMA HERSELF.

WE, THE PEOPLE WILL NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER, ABOLISH ICE AND THEIR CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

WE NEED THEM OUT OF THE VALLEY.

HELLO, VICTORIA RO WITH ERO.

THANK YOU, MS. LOPEZ.

UH, VICTORIA VADO.

VICTORIA.

[01:35:09]

UM, I AM HERE ASKING, AND ALSO RAISING CONCERNS OF WHAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN SPOKEN ABOUT.

ONE BEING THE POTENTIAL, UH, PURCHASE OF WAREHOUSES OR EMPTY BUILDINGS TO BE TURNED INTO ICE DETENTION CENTERS OR PROCESSING CENTERS, AND ALSO THE DATA CENTERS.

AND ADDITIONALLY, UH, I SAW IN THE AGENDA, UH, FLOCK SAFETY.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HARLINGEN WANTS TO BE KNOWN FOR? DETENTION, SURVEILLANCE DATA.

YOU'RE RIPPING YOUR CITIZENS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS FROM RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY INVESTING THAT INTO LOCAL BUSINESSES, INTO THINGS THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR RESIDENTS.

I, I SEE THAT THIS ITEM WAS ALREADY TABLED, AND I ASK THAT YOU TABLE IT AGAIN AND ALSO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS ARE DOING FOR THE DETENTION CENTERS WHERE IN SOCORRO THEY PASSED MORATORIUM.

JUST WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR HERE.

I ALSO ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE FLOCK SAFETY.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT DATA IS BEING STORED? WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT? BECAUSE I TELL YOU, IT'S NOT ONLY HARLINGEN AND THAT DATA IS NOT BEING HANDLED HERE.

IT'S HANDLED OVERSEAS.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US AND OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE HERE AND LISTEN TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT.

AND AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY SO MUCH ENFORCEMENT IN THE VALLEY, WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, MR. ALEXIS BAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ALEXIS BAY.

I WORK DURING THE WEEK HERE IN HARLINGEN.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY BEING APPROACHED ABOUT, UH, EXPANDED DHS DETENTION HERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

I KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS HAVE NAMED A BUILDING OR WAREHOUSES.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION WORK FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE INSIDE OF PROCESSING CENTERS, BOTH ICE AND CBP, UM, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL HERE IN THE VAN VALLEY, MAINLY IN, UM, THE MACALLAN AREA, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT IF Y'ALL ARE BEING APPROACHED BY THE AGENCY ABOUT A WAREHOUSE OR A FACILITY TO DETAIN, UM, IMMIGRANTS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING PROCESSED, UM, TO SAY NO.

UH, THE REASON BEING IS THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE, UM, ANYTHING THAT IS ESPECIALLY A SORT OF POP-UP DETENTION SITUATION SUCH AS THE URSULA FACILITY IN MACALLAN PRIOR TO ITS RENOVATION, UM, JUST REALLY BAD.

UM, I ACTUALLY IN 2018, WORKED WITH FAMILIES WHO WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN UNDER ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AND WAS ABLE TO GO INTO THAT FACILITY.

AND THIS WAS PRIOR TO ITS RECENT RENOVATION.

UM, IT'S FREEZING.

THERE WERE CHILDREN SITTING ON THE FLOOR, THEY WERE IN CAGES THAT WAS REAL.

I SAW THAT WITH MY OWN EYES.

UM, THESE WERE KIDS WHO WERE MAYBE SIX TO EIGHT YEARS OLD AND THEY WERE JUST GIVEN THESE, UM, SO THESE WEIRD BLANKETS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THEM WARM, THEY TEND TO JUST TEAR THEM UP, UM, AND PLAY WITH THEM.

THERE WAS A TV BOARDED UP ON THE CAGE.

UM, THEY WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.

AND ON A PLATFORM WAS A AGENT, UM, WITH A FIREARM JUST WATCHING DOWN INTO THE CAGES WHERE IMMIGRANTS WERE BEING HELD.

UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING THINGS THAT I HAD EVER SEEN.

UM, AND IT, I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST NEVER REALLY LEFT ME.

I GUESS YOU DON'T FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL ARE BEING APPROACHED OR WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO YOU ALL, BUT AGAIN, SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY INHUMANE.

UM, I CAN, I CAN, I'LL JUST SAY IN TERMS OF THE CONDITIONS, THE FOOD, THE TREATMENT, UM, CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS, I HAVE JUST HEARD REALLY HORRIFYING STORIES FROM FAMILIES, FROM KIDS AND FROM SINGLE ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN HELD IN THESE FACILITIES.

AND SO I JUST REALLY IMPLORE YOU ALL THAT.

IF YOU'RE BEING APPROACHED FOR SOMETHING LIKE A DETENTION OR PROCESSING FACILITY BY DHS TO, PLEASE SAY NO.

IT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

[01:40:01]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, MISS SIDNEY RIVERA.

SIDNEY, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SIDNEY RIVERA AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPROVAL FOR FURTHER CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS HERE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

AND RIGHT OUTSIDE THE HAREN CITY LIMITS.

I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS, AND I SUPPORT THAT.

AND IN THIS SPIRIT, IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST THAT FUTURE MEASURES TO BUILD WATER COOLING DEPENDENT DATA CENTERS IN THE VALLEY WOULD BE DISASTROUS.

DATA CENTERS IN TEXAS USED AN ESTIMATED 49 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER LAST YEAR.

MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FROM OUR LOCAL FARMERS AND RANCHERS IS THAT THEY HAVE NO WATER.

AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS AS A SMALL LANDOWNER AND BEGINNING FARMER MYSELF, THAT THE FUTURE IS TREACHEROUS.

OUR RESERVOIRS ARE AT AN ALL TIME LOW.

THE AQUIFERS ARE DRY, HEAT RECORDS ARE RISING.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN DROUGHT, ALL OF WHICH WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GET WORSE IF WE DON'T START MAKING WATER SMART DECISIONS.

NOW, I KNOW THE CITIES ARE VERY EAGER TO ACCEPT DATA CENTERS WITHOUT READING THE FINE PRINT OF LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS.

SO WE NEED TO ASK THESE CORPORATIONS WHO RACE TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES WITH LOW REGULATIONS, THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, WHICH, WHICH COMPANIES BEHIND THIS PROJECT? HOW MUCH WATER WILL THE PROJECT USE? HOW MUCH POLLUTION WILL IT GENERATE? AND FINALLY, I WANT OUR CITY LEADERS TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN THE LAST FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT AND THE LAST RIVER IS DRIED UP, ONLY THEN WILL WE REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT EAT CHAD GPT.

AND IT IS OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLE.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SOCIETY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER ACCESS.

THEY JUST GET WHAT'S LEFT.

AND WHAT IS LEFT IS BRACKISH SALTY WATER IN THE WATER TABLE, WHICH IS ALSO DECREASING.

AND SINCE I HAVE A BIT OF TIME LEFT, I'M ALSO EXPRESSING MY DISAPPROVAL FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION OF ICE DETENTION FACILITIES BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE A DATA CENTER IF ICE IS DEPORTING AND MURDERING ALL YOUR WORKERS.

AND YOU ALSO CANNOT HAVE CHILDREN WHO LOOK LIKE US, WHO HAVE OUR LAST NAMES AND HAVE OUR FACES BEING ABUSED IN THESE CENTERS.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, WELL, YEAH, GO FOR IT.

THANK YOU, MS. RIVERA.

MS. UH, ZALES NA ZALES.

MS. NA ZALES.

ALDA CANTU CASTLE MSDA.

HI.

HELLO, MAYOR.

UM, I'M HERE INTRODUCING MYSELF AS, UM, CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS STATE REP FOR DISTRICT 37.

UM, UH, MY NAME'S IS CANTU CASTLE, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE COURAGE THAT, THAT YOU HAVE DISPLAYED IN PUSHING BACK ON THE DATA CENTERS.

AND, AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW ANY OTHER, UM, INSTITUTION THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

CAN I, CAN I TAKE THIS UP THERE REALLY QUICKLY? THIS IS A GIFT FOR THE MAYOR FROM THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE.

YOU WANNA TELL HER YOUR, YOUR NAME? YEAH.

FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW, MY NAME IS ISAAC AMANI NEWMAN.

I AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE FOUR, THE PEOPLE ALLIANCE.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAYOR PUT OUT A STATEMENT THE OTHER DAY ON FACEBOOK'S, UH, SHOWING THEIR COMMITMENT TO DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE AND A MORATORIUM.

IT IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS ON WHETHER, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, IF WE'RE GONNA BE CONSOLIDATING MORE POWER TO THE COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR ESPECIALLY, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE WORKING IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

SO WE WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE.

I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE SAME WAY THAT WE ARE SHOWING UP HERE, AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WILL KEEP SHOWING UP AND SPEAKING ABOUT THESE DATA CENTERS UNTIL IT'S NO LONGER A CONCERN.

THERE IS A COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL BE THERE SPEAKING BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN RESTRICT THEM FROM OUR WATER, MAYBE ELECTRICITY.

BUT AS FOR THE LAND ITSELF, THAT'S IN THE POWER OF THE CAMERON COUNTY, UM, AREA AND THEIR COMMISSION ALSO LOOK UP.

WELL, I THINK

[01:45:01]

SO YES, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT, THAT YOU WERE DOING.

SO IN 2023, THE TEXAS, UH, HOUSE DID PASS, UM, HOUSE BILL 21, 20, UH, 21, 27.

AND THAT LAW SAYS THAT CITIES CANNOT ENFORCE LOCAL ORDINANCES IN CERTAIN AREAS TO PROTECT, INCLUDING, UH, THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES.

SO IF THOSE ORDINANCE GO BEYOND THE CONFLICT OF, OF STATE LAW, IT'S ALSO, IT ALSO ALLOWS PRIVATE PARTIES, UM, TO CHALLENGE THOSE ORDINANCES.

SO IT DOES ALLOW FOR THE DATA CENTERS TO CHALLENGE YOU, AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND ANY OTHER, UM, INDIVIDUAL LOCALLY THAT THAT WOULD LONG TO CHALLENGE YOU.

AND OUR CURRENT STATE REP DID VOTE FOR THIS BILL.

AND, UM, I WOULD FIGHT WITH YOU AND FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE STATE TO PROTECT OUR RESOURCES FROM INDUSTRIES THAT USE OUR RESOURCES NEGLIGENTLY.

AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR, AND, UM, HAVE A GREAT DAY.

YES, THANK YOU.

MS. CAN DESI MARTINEZ, I THOUGHT YOU YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE.

HI.

HELLO, SIR, DON'T START THE CLOCK.

I GOTTA GET MY NOTES IN ORDER.

, MY NAME IS DESI MARTINEZ, 1806, HARVARD.

I HAVEN'T VISITED WITH Y'ALL.

UH, WE'VE HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE FAMILY AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF A CAREGIVER, UH, ON THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU HAVE.

I HAVE A FEW POINTS.

GOTTA DO IT QUICKLY.

FIRST OF ALL, ON THE NAMING OF ES, THE AUDITORIUM, I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE A BLESSING FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR ALL LATINO WOMEN AND PEOPLE IN THE DANCE, UH, COMMUNITY OF WHAT SHE DID FOR US.

SHE WAS A JEWEL, STILL IS IN THE EYES OF MY KIDS, THAT BOOK LOG WITH HIM.

I DO SUPPORT AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT IT.

UH, CONTRARY TO ONE OF THE VOICES HERE, UH, ON THE ITEM ON ORDINANCE REGARDING FA A LETTER.

LET ME JUST CLARIFY ONE THING.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE CITY MAN IS IN CHARGE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THEY RUN THAT STATION, THEREFORE, THEY SHOULD GET TOGETHER WITH THE INTERIM DIRECTOR TO CORRECT WHAT FAA WANTS CORRECTED ON WILDLIFE SAFETY HAZARDS.

REAL SIMPLE, VERY SIMPLE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE OR WORK SCOPE OF WORK AND SUBMIT IT TO FAA GET CLEARED AND LET'S GET TO WORK.

THIS IS DRAMA, NOT UNNECESSARY DRAMA.

IT REALLY IS.

SO ANYWAY, AND THE OTHER IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT'S THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIRPORT SECURITY.

I DID AIRPORT FACILITIES IN LARE.

SO I, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE TRAINING WE HAD TO IN DEVELOPING SOME FACILITIES THERE.

SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE, CITY MAJOR, GET IT DONE ON OUR BEHALF.

WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR BRAND ON THE MORATORIUM.

I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD ALL WOULD HAVE A JOINT TOWN MEETING WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE AND CABINET AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT, SO WE COULD TAKE ALL THESE GOOD FOLKS THAT HAVE CONCERNS, INCLUDING ME AS AN ECONOMIST, BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT OUR ECONOMY NEGATIVELY IN THE LONG TERM AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

THAT'S WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTALIST DISCUSSED ON THE, I DID MENTION GLORIA HOPE, SORRY, IT'S A 75-YEAR-OLD THING ON THE HARINGTON FINANCE CORPORATION, THAT IT'S COMPLETELY ZERO DOUBT.

IT'S A, UM, THIS IS AN AFFORDABILITY RECOMMENDATION.

AFFORDABILITY.

THAT IS A HOUSING FI HARTON FINANCE CORPORATION.

FINANCE IS NEEDED FOR LOW AND MODERN INCOME FAMILIES TO GET LOANS, TO BUY HOMES.

COMMON SENSE.

YOU NEED TO REBOOT THAT CORPORATION, NOT JUST WHEN THAT INVESTOR FROM OUT OF TOWN COMES IN AND WANTS TO DO A, A, A DEAL.

SEE, WE GOT SOME DEALS IN TOWN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOD BLESS.

HELLO, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

MR. MARTINEZ SANCHEZ.

[01:50:07]

MY NAME'S ELA SANCHEZ.

YOU, I'M NOT FROM YOUR DISTRICT.

I'M ACTUALLY A MOM OF TWO, A THREE AND A 5-YEAR-OLD.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BRONZEVILLE, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON DETENTION CENTERS.

YOU DO NOT KNOW ME, SO LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M AN ORGANIZER FOR MY COMMUNITY WHO FOUGHT AGAINST A GRANDFATHERED A HUNDRED YEAR OLD MINING FACILITY, MILL WHITE INCORPORATED THAT ALLOWED THE POLLUTION OF NEARLY 200 HOMES FOR 20 YEARS.

IT TOOK US ALMOST THREE YEARS IN COURTS TO SHUT IT DOWN.

YET DURING THAT TIME TO CONTINUE TO EXPOSE HARM.

WHILE WE FOUGHT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND WITH THE CITY SUPPORT, OUR COMMUNITY HAD TO FIGHT JUST TO BREATHE.

AND I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY THE FOLLOWING, TODAY, WE ARE HERE AGAIN, FIGHTING FOR BI BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR ELDERLY SINGLE UNIT FAMILIES, AND FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MEDICAL NEEDS SUCH AS DEMENTIA, AUTISM, AND MORE.

I'M A LEADER WITH VALLEY INTERFAITH.

I'M ALSO A PART OF BLUE BUNNY BRIGADE.

MOTHERS AGAINST DILI, MOTHERS FORWARD, AND FINALLY, R-G-R-G-V MOVEMENT WHERE WE ARE LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN OF TOLO SOMOS MARIACHIS.

ADVOCATING FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ACROSS OUR REGION WHILE YOU'RE ROSE ARE NOT EASY.

THESE ARE THE ONES YOU CHOSE TO PURSUE TO REPRESENT US.

SO LISTEN TO US NOW.

WE DO NOT WANT ANY MORE DETENTION CENTERS OR DATA CENTERS FOR THAT MATTER IN THE RGV OR ANYWHERE.

WE WANT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM THAT EXISTS TO BE SHUT DOWN.

TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE THAT ALLOWS THE DETENTION CENTER, THE DETENTION OF CHILDREN, CHILDREN.

AS A MOTHER, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

AND IT JUST BOILS MY BLOOD.

PEOPLE IN ICE DETENTION FACILITIES ARE BEING DENIED MEDICAL CARE, LIVING IN OVERCROWDED AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS AND EXPOSED TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

A FEDERAL REVIEW FOUND THAT 95% OF DEATHS IN ICE CUSTODY WERE PREVENTABLE WITH JUST PROPER CARE.

PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE TRAUMA, DEPRESSION, AND EVEN SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.

AND NOW THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM INTO WAREHOUSES.

WAREHOUSES ARE FOR PRODUCTS, YOU GUYS, NOT FOR PEOPLE.

THIS IS INHUMANE.

THIS IS DANGEROUS.

AND THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE DEMAND THAT THERE NO, THERE BE NO WAREHOUSE CONVERSIONS, NO NEW DETENTION CENTERS TO REJECT ANY FUNDING PERMITS.

LOCAL SUPPORT FOR ICE AND DHS EXPANSION, WE DEMAND FOR TRANSPARENCY, NO BACKDOOR DECISIONS TO PROTECT SAFE SPACES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND CHURCHES, AND TO STOP USING LOCAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING POLICE, TO COLLABORATE WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

YOUR DUTY IS TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, NOT ICE.

WE ARE SHOWING UP AT DETENTION CENTERS.

WE ARE ORGANIZING, ADVOCATING, AND DEMANDING CHANGE.

AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING ON APRIL 18TH AT 7:00 AM THERE'LL BE A CARAVAN DEPARTING FROM RGV TO DILI DETENTION CENTER, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO STAND WITH US, NOT AGAINST US.

THANK YOU MS. SANCHEZ.

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE THAT IS, UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.

AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A VERY BRIEF BREAK AND WE WILL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES.

THE TIME IS NOW 7:38 PM THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY PATIENT.

WE ARE BACK FROM OUR RECESS.

MOVING ON WITH CITY BUSINESS.

UH, AS FOR EVERYBODY TO PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, WE DO HAVE A LOT TO GET THROUGH.

MOVING

[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]

ON, WE HAVE, UH, ITEM SIX, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

ITEM SIX A, THE REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 17TH, 2025.

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

AND THEN CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS, UH, PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY PETTIS.

ITEM

[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]

SEVEN, A CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WILL BE PULLING ITEMS A, F, G, AND H.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED? UH, COMMISSION.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

MAYOR, GIMME ONE SECOND.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN, B, C, D, AND E OF THE CONSENT

[01:55:01]

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSE.

ITEM SEVEN, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A RECYCLING CENTER FERRIS IN A LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT LOCATED 1318 NORTH COMMERCE STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 3.4 40 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK ONE, HARLAN AND LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION.

UM, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ANNA? UH, NO.

JUST, UH, QUESTIONS FOR MARK, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UH, MARK, I KNOW, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER.

I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER ADDING TO A, AND ITEMS LIKE A, THAT WE ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE A MEDIA, A REMEDIATION BOND FOR THESE, FOR THESE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WHAT WE CAN HAVE IS, AND IT'S NOT PICKING ON SEVEN A, BUT WHAT WE CAN HAVE IS INDUSTRY THAT COMES IN AND THEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND THEN THEY SHUT DOWN, AND THEN IT'S HARD TO SELL THE LAND LATER.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REQUEST.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU GAVE AN OPINION THAT THAT'S VIABLE.

UH, I DON'T RECALL THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

YOU, UH, YEAH, I, I, AND I GAVE PLANNING THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

THE KEY IS AS LONG AS THE BOND IS SECURING A CONDITION OF THE SUP.

SO YOU PROVIDE CONDITIONS OF THE SUP FOR US FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, REMEDIATION, CLEANUP, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE BOND SECURES THE CONDITION OF THE SUP, THEN YOU CAN DO IT.

SO THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN A WITH THE INCLUSION OF A BOND AS DRAFTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND PLANNING SECOND, SECOND PIPE.

IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR VALUE OF THE BOND THAT YOU WILL, AS I UNDERSTAND, WHAT IT HAS TO DO IS, THAT'S WHY I LEAVE IT TO THEM TO DECIDE THAT NUMBER.

BUT IT HAD, THAT MONEY HAS TO ONLY COVER WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REMEDIATE THE CONCERN.

AND BECAUSE FERRIS METAL INCLUDES LEAD, AND LEAD HAS BAD EFFECTS, AS WE KNOW, LEAD, LEAD IS NOT INCLUDED IN FERRIS, NOT WHAT'S NON FERRIS METAL.

AND WHAT I, I RESEARCHED NON FERRIS METAL.

YOU HAD LIKE ALUMINUM, BUT THIS SAID FERRIS METAL.

I'M SORRY.

THAT QUESTION LAST TIME.

I APOLOGIZE.

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER MESSER.

BUT YES, THERE WAS NONE.

THE, THE REMAIN STAYS THE SAME.

RIGHT? IT'S, UH, I UNDERSTAND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN REMEDIATE THE LAND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES.

I I THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD STEP MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM, UM, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.

CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE REMEDIATION BONDS AS DRAFTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, EXCUSE ME.

AND I THINK WE HAD A SECOND BY BETIS.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO, UH, ITEM F CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FLOCK SAFETY MOBILE SECURITY TRAILER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND FLOCK SAFETY.

IS THIS, UH, ITEM WAS TABLED? IS THIS A, ARE WE WANTING TO TAKE THIS OFF THE TABLE? IF WE, DO WE NEED A MOTION? I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE ITEM SEVEN F OFF THE TABLE.

SECOND BY MESMER.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS OFF THE TABLE.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY YES, YES.

ASK A QUESTION FOR THE POLICE.

WHOEVER THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, YOU WANNA? YES, IT'S FINE.

AND SO, UM, THE, THE, THE RULES DO REQUIRE THAT ALL ALL QUESTIONS COME BE, YOU KNOW, TO THE CHAIR TO STAFF.

BUT I'D ASK THAT WE COULD RELAX THOSE RULES SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS MEETING AND, AND HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO STAFF, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.

HEY, AND DEPUTY CHIEF COS HEY GUYS, UH, I'M FINE WITH THE TRAILER.

THI THIS IS MY QUESTION FOR Y'ALL.

DO Y'ALL RECOGNIZE IN, IN THE SUMMARY IT TALKS ABOUT WE'RE PURCHASING THE TRAILER, BUT THEN WHEN YOU READ THE CONTRACT, IT TALKS ABOUT IT BEING A LEASE, RIGHT? THE, THE COMPANY, THE FLOCK COMPANY KEEPS THE EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

AND WHILE WE GOT A GRANT FOR THE FIRST 75,200, THE FOLLOW UP YEARS IS GONNA BE 67,000 EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT.

SO, QUESTION NUMBER ONE, ARE Y'ALL OKAY LEASING THE TRAILER? YES.

UH, YES, SIR.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WAS WITH THE, WITH THE 12 MONTH, UH, TERM, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, WITH THE LEASING, UH, ALL THE HARDWARE ON THE TRAILER IS LEASED.

SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE WOULD OWN FROM IT.

UH, IT WOULD BE THE TRAILER ITSELF.

AND, UH, SO IF WE LEASE IT, UH, IT FALLS UNDER THE WARRANTY, UH, AGREEMENT.

RE UH, RE-UP FOR IT ANOTHER YEAR, DO YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE IN MIND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, PULL THE $67,000 TO PAY FOR IT? MM-HMM .

SAME AS THE HARDWARE, UH, JUST FOR, FOR THE TERM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

PERFECT.

AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION I HAVE IS, PRESUMING YOU LOVE THIS TRAILER AND YOU WANT TO

[02:00:01]

AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH THE CHIEF OF THE REOCCURRING COSTS CORRECT.

AND THE BUDGETING FOR THAT.

UM, AND, UH, PERSONALLY ON IT, I THINK THE CHIEF WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU IN REFERENCE TO THAT AS FAR AS THE BUDGET.

SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, AND Y'ALL ARE OKAY, THAT THIS COULD BE A ONE YEAR, UH, SITUATION IF THE BUDGET IN 20 27, 20 28 DOESN'T ALLOW FOR IT.

AND, AND, AND BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LATE ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS FROM 2025, UH, AND TRANSITIONING INTO THESE ROLES.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE'VE FOUND IN OUR EXPERIENCE IS DEFINITELY TALKING TO THE OTHER CITIES.

UH, IT SOLVES CRIME MM-HMM .

UM, BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

AND, UM, I THINK WITH THE 12 MONTH TERM, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT WE SEE FROM THAT, AT THAT POINT, THE CITY CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY, UH, CHIEF DID SAY THAT HE HAD FUNDING TO COVER IT THE FIRST YEAR, SO I SUSPECT THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO COME OUT SOME MONEY, UH, THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS FOR THAT AS WELL.

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY TO COVER THIS FIRST YEAR, SO GREAT.

COMING OFF PERMISSION TO ASK A, A QUESTION COME UP WITH A GRANT.

BUT HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS EITHER, SO.

COMMISSIONER MATTHEW, WHAT IS THIS TRAILER? SO, SO, UM, WHAT DOES IT DO? SO IT'S A MOBILE SECURITY, UH, TRAILER.

IT HAS, UH, TWO, UH, INDEPENDENT CAMERAS, AND THEN IT'S GOT A LPR READER AS WELL.

UM, AND WITH THAT, IT HAS SOME DIFFERENT FEATURES SUCH AS, UH, LIKE A KIND OF A, UH, A VOICE ALERT, UH, WITH SOME, SOME LIGHTING.

UH, BUT IT'S MOBILE.

AND WHAT YOU CAN DO IS SET THIS UP AT, UH, PUBLIC EVENTS.

UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO ALL YOUR, YOUR, UH, DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWNS, YOU COULD DO YOUR, YOU KNOW, SOCCER GAME, WHATEVER IT IS.

UH, BUT IT'S MOBILE TO WHERE YOU CAN MOVE IT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.

BUT WITH, WITH THIS, UH, PACKAGE ARE THE, THE ACTUAL, UH, NINE LPRS, WHICH ARE THE, THE LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT WOULD GO, UH, THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, DESIGNATED PORTIONS IN THE CITY AS FAR AS, UH, INTERSECTIONS AND STUFF.

AND WITH THAT, IT, IT DEVELOPS THAT NET NETWORK, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF INFORMATION, UH, TO, TO TRACK, YOU KNOW, CRIME OR JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT THE SITUATION.

AND SO THIS, UM, IS TOWED OR IT HAS ITS OWN MOTOR? NO, SIR.

IT WOULD BE A TOW TRAILER.

IT'S A, MAYBE IT A EIGHT BY 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MAYBE COMMISSIONER.

UM, THIS IS NOT JUST A CRIME TO, TO LOOK AT CRIME.

THIS IS ALSO COULD BE HELPFUL TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT MAY BE ON A SILVER ALERT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

UH, SAME THING WITH THE, UH, UH, IF WE HAVE AN AMBER ALERT THAT HAS A, A VEHICLE RIGHT.

THESE LPRS WILL READ LICENSE PLATES AND GIVE US WARNINGS AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

SO THEY, IT WORKS FOR BOTH, FOR BOTH WAYS.

WONDERFUL.

ALL THE INFORMATION, WE, WE HAD A COMMENT, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD COMMENT TO MAKE AND CONCERN TO BRING UP IS THE CONTROL OF THE DATA.

ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THE TRAILER COMPLIES WITH CIS AND ALL THE STATE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION WHO CONTROLS INFORMATION? FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T WANT A THIRD PARTY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.

ONLY Y'ALL TWO.

ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT CONTROL OF THE DATA IS UNDER Y'ALL RATHER THAN ANYONE ELSE? UH, YES SIR.

AND SO IN THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT, UM, GONE THROUGH, BECAUSE, UH, IN, IN THE PAST I'VE HEARD OF THOSE ARGUMENTS OF SAYING, HEY, WELL, FLOCK SELLS YOUR DATA MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, TO THIRD PARTIES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT, UH, REVIEWING THOSE TERMS, UM, IT, IT EXPLICITLY, YOU KNOW, SAYS THEY, THEY DON'T, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR ME.

UM, BUT, UH, READING THROUGH IT AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, HAD REVIEWED IT AS WELL, UH, BUT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE IN CONTROL OF THAT DATA AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, SAY WHO WE'RE GONNA DISSEMINATE.

SO YOU COULD SAY LOCAL AGENCIES OR YOU COULD SAY STATEWIDE.

UH, AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT AT THIS POINT.

I HAVE A QUESTION IF I MAY.

COMMISSIONER MORALES.

UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS? I, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THE EX THE COMPLETE AGREEMENT.

'CAUSE SO ON THIS ONE, UM, DOWN AT THE, SO THE FIRST PART OF THE, OF THIS PARTICULAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE, WE HAVE, YOU HAVE THE PACKET OR NO, WE HAVE THE ADDENDUM ONLY.

OH, WE DON'T HAVE THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT ANYWAY.

OH.

SO, SO ON, ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT ADDENDUM, UM, IS THE, ACTUALLY, AND IT WAS, UH, NEWS TO ME, BUT THEY PUT THE LINK, AND THAT'S TO THE ACTUAL, UH, MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT.

OH.

AND, UM, THAT HAS ALL THE TERMS AND CON, UH, CONDITIONS, THE PRIVACY POLICY, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS LISTING, ALL OF THE, UH, THE LPR CAMERAS AND THE TRAILER, UM, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE, THE

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CONTRACT.

AND THEN ALL OF THE VERBIAGE THAT IS USUALLY ATTACHED TO THAT CONTRACT IS ON THAT LINK WITH THE MASTER.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO SHARE THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.

UM, THE FINANCIAL PART, OBVIOUSLY, NUMBER ONE.

AND SO YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT MOVING FORWARD AND ACCEPTING AND KNOWING THAT MAY BE A TEMPORARY SITUATION.

UM, THE OTHER IS, IF WE HAVEN'T HAD MARK REVIEW THE CONTRACT AND ITS ENTIRETY, THEN I DON'T KNOW IF MM-HMM .

UM, WE NEED TO TABLE THIS AGAIN, OR IF THERE'S GONNA BE A MOTION, I'D ASK FOR IT TO BE CONTINGENT UPON MARK REVIEWING IT.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN, AND I THINK IT'S A VALID CONCERN OF DATA BEING UTILIZED TO OTHER THIRD PARTIES.

AND IF IT IS TO SAY THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CHOOSE WHICH PARTIES, AND I THINK THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO KNOW WHICH ARE THOSE PARTIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AUTHORIZED TO SEE IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.

I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING Y'ALL.

I THINK THAT YOU NEED MORE, UM, RESOURCES AND, AND, AND Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HPD IS THAT I KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS OF TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT THE NUMBERS OF TICKETS ARE NOT.

AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF, I'VE EVEN HAD PEOPLE CALL ME AND SAY, IT WAS A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE, I GOT PULLED OVER, WHICH IS PRETTY INTERESTING.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS SO THAT WAY YOU'RE MORE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND, AND GIVING PEOPLE THAT FIRST, FIRST WARNING AND HAVE THAT ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

SO I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH GOOD INTENTION, BUT WE WANT TO SAFEGUARD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE COMMISSION, IF THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE OR A MOTION TO PASS CONDITIONED UPON.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS SUBJECT TO LEGAL APPROVING.

AND MARK, I'LL JUST ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I'VE YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE WHAT IN THE PACKET, BUT I, I DIDN'T CHECK THE LINK THAT OKAY.

GO OUT ON THE INTERNET AND WE'LL FIND THAT OTHER INFORMATION.

SECOND BY MESMER.

OPPOSED? OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

I, I I LIKE TO, I'M GONNA OPPOSE I LIKE THE TABLE INSTEAD.

SO THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, .

AND, AND MARK, IF YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO COME BACK, PLEASE LET US OH, I WILL.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FACILITY USAGE AGREEMENT FOR A SEVEN ON SEVEN FOOTBALL PRACTICE BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, HARLINGEN CARDINALS YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUE FOR USE OF VESTO PARK, COMMISSIONER, MAYOR.

ON THIS ONE, I HAVE JUST A LARGER CONCERN AND COMPARING THE CONTRACTS THAT WE REVIEWED AND APPROVED LAST WEEK, OR AT OUR LAST MEETING, WHAT I DID IS I BROKE IT DOWN BY PARK.

AND SO WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS OR TWO LEAGUES AT ORANGE AND SOCCER COMPLEX.

ONE AT A ROYAL PARK, TWO AT WILSON, TWO AT VICTOR, TWO AT VEST, ONE AT PENDLETON, ZERO AT RAINVILLE WITH A, A PASSING OF THIS ONE.

WE'LL HAVE THREE, UH, THREE DIFFERENT, UH, THREE DIFFERENT LEAGUES AT VEST PARK.

I'LL JUST ASK THAT BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO CHECK.

WE HAVEN'T SIGNED THE TWO OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, SOCCER LEAGUES.

WHICH IS RIO VALLEY ADULTS AND H HC ATHLETICS, UH, WHICH BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNED.

THEY RECONSIDER MOVING HC ATHLETICS TO A DIFFERENT PARK.

THE ONLY REASON I CHOSE THAT ONE IS 'CAUSE IT'S MY UNDER.

AND DANNY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT RIO VALLEY ADULTS, THAT'S BEEN THE ONE THAT'S HISTORIC.

THAT LEAGUE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THERE.

IT'S BEEN THERE, YES.

IT'S THE ONE THAT STARTED THERE.

UH, THE OTHER ONE IS BRAND NEW LEAGUE.

UM, AND THE REASON WE PUT THEM ON FIELD THREE, BECAUSE THEY ONLY USE ONE AND TWO, WHICH REAL, REAL VALUE ONLY USES ONE AND TWO AND THREE WAS AVAILABLE.

SO WE PUT 'EM THERE AND THEY ONLY PLAY ON SUNDAYS.

UH, AND THEN THE ONLY ONE THAT, I'M SORRY, LET ME REPHRASE MY QUESTION.

WHO ONLY PLAYS ON SUNDAYS? THE ADULT LEAGUES, SOCCER LEAGUES, THE REAL VALLEY.

AND, AND BOTH OF THEM? BOTH OF 'EM ARE ADULTS? YES.

SO WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT WE CAN CYCLE THROUGH THE FIELDS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RESTING THEM.

I'VE BEEN AT OUR OTHER FIELDS WHERE WE DON'T REST THEM AND THAT WE'VE HAD ISSUES.

SO I'LL JUST ASK THAT WE MOVE HC ATHLETICS TO A DIFFERENT FIELD.

UH, WE CAN MOVE IT TO ROYAL PARK PENDLETON OR RAINVILLE WHO, UH, ROYAL PARK ONLY HAS ONE LEAGUE.

PENDLETON ONLY HAS ONE LEAGUE, AND RAINVILLE PARK HAS ZERO LEAGUES AND HAS A LOT MORE SPACE.

BUT, BUT WE HAVE THE SPACE, BUT THERE'S NO LIGHTING THERE, SIR, IN, IN THE, THOSE AREAS.

SO ESPECIALLY LIKE RAINVILLE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO LIGHTING PENDLETON, OF COURSE THERE'S, THERE'S ONE LEAK, BUT THE LIGHTING IS NOT THERE FOR AN ACTUAL SOCCER, UH, SOCCER FIELD.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE RANGER, UH, IT'S GONNA BE UPDATED.

YES, CORRECT.

WHICH WILL INCLUDE LIGHTING.

BUT NOT AT THE TIME RIGHT NOW.

NEED LIGHTING BY WHAT FALL? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

AND SO WE'LL

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AND WE CAN DO THAT.

SO COMMISSIONER, UH, JUST, I JUST WANNA INTERJECT.

WE, THIS IS FOR THE FOOTBALL.

BUT THIS IMPACTS ALL THE OTHER CONTRACTS AS WELL.

THAT'S WHY I'M NOW, THIS CONTRACT IS ONLY FROM APRIL 1ST TO MAY 31ST.

AND THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE RENEWED.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE NO CORRECT AT ALL.

AT ALL.

THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I DID HAVE SOME, SOME CONCERNS WITH THE CONTRACT ITSELF, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST GONNA BE FOR TILL THE END OF MAY, MAY 31ST.

AND IT'S STRICTLY FOR PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND NOT FOR TOURNAMENTS.

UM, I DO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS WITH THE SOCCER.

I DID REACH OUT TO, TO, TO, TO OSCAR AND TO DANNY.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT ON THIS ITEM.

UM, CAN WE, IF IT'S NOT LISTED ON THIS ITEM, IF IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE ITEM, WE CAN'T REALLY, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF THEY, IF THE CONTRACTS HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNED TO, TO BRING THEM BACK, THEN THAT'S WHAT I WOULD, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO ALLOW THIS CURRENT LEAGUE TO STAY THERE AND BRING BACK THE OTHER TWO CONTRACTS.

UM, BEFORE THE, THE MOTION, I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THIS ONE THOUGH.

UM, I, I SENT OVER A MESSAGE EARLIER TODAY ASKING FOR ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.

I DIDN'T GET ANY OF IT.

IS IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT? I HAVE IT HERE, MA'AM.

YOU DO? OKAY.

WELL, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT ASK, I ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, YES.

JUST GIMME ONE SECOND.

UM, ONE OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT I HAD WITH THIS CONTRACT, AND I THINK I SHARE KIND OF THE CONCERN WITH, UH, DANIEL, IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE AND IT DOES NOT FIT THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT.

SO ONE WOULD READ THIS AND IT WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS GONNA HAVE TOURNAMENTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, A LONGER TERM.

AND SO, YES, WHILE WE'VE INCLUDED THE LANGUAGE THAT IT IS SHORT TERM, THE LANGUAGE OF THE ENTIRE CONTRACT MORE IS TOWARDS, UM, A LEAGUE THAT IS GONNA CONTINUOUSLY PRACTICE THERE.

AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN.

UM, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONERS DONE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED IN, IN THAT, IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAVE SOME, UH, COMMENTS THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, WRITTEN BUT NOT, DIDN'T COME.

AND, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME VALID, SOME VALID CONCERNS THERE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANNA KEEP NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT, AND IF WE CAN, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS CONTRACT LENDS ITSELF FOR THE USE THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE US.

SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PROPER CONTRACT.

IT JUST ASKS FOR A LOT.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, IT, IT, IT, WHEN I BROUGHT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION LAST TIME, AND I KNOW MARK GAVE Y'ALL SOME GUIDANCE, UM, THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME OUT, BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED FROM THE CONTRACT.

AND THIS HAS THAT SAME LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN ONLY TERMINATE AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COMMIT A CRIME OR THERE'S VIOLENCE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND THAT'S NOT, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, IF THE CITY IS ABLE WANT IT, IT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE CONTRACT BECAUSE POTENTIALLY WE, UH, EVALUATE THE FIELDS AND, AND THEY, THEY LOOK AWFUL.

AND IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, THEN WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, MAINTAINING OUR INVESTMENT AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THESE PARKS.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE CITY IS ALWAYS HAS AN OUT ON THESE CONTRACTS AND I DON'T SEE IT ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

SO, UM, AT, AT THE SAME TIME, I AM, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS NOT HAVING A PLACE TO PRACTICE.

SO MY QUESTION IS TO MARK, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THAT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO SET SOME, YOU KNOW, DRAFT A DIFFERENT CONTRACT THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA ALLOW YOU TO USE THESE FIELDS FOR TWO MONTHS.

BASIC, BASICALLY.

I THINK, I THINK THE INTENT OF THAT OTHER CONTRACT WAS FOR LEAGUE PLAY.

AND I THINK IT'S BEING USED IN THIS CASE FOR JUST A COUPLE PRACTICES FOR A MONTH.

I, WE CAN DRAFT SOMETHING A LOT SIMPLER FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I'D LOVE TO, I DON'T NEED IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH ME OR JUST LEAVE IT WITH, WITH MELINDA AND I'LL GRAB IT AFTER.

UM, I WOULD LIKE MOVING FORWARD TO HAVE ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION TO REVIEW ON ALL OF THE LEAGUES, JUST SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S IN COMPLIANCE.

UM, I, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND, UM, NOT JUST ON THIS ONE, BUT IN GENERAL AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WELL, I GUESS I WON'T GO INTO THE OTHERS BECAUSE I JUST TOLD YOU NOT TO.

SO, UM, YEAH, WE CAN, IF WE CAN BRING THOSE OTHER TWO CONTRACTS BACK AND IF THEY'RE NOT SIGNED, LET'S TAKE A PAUSE ON THOSE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, I THINK, DID YOU HAVE YEAH, YEAH.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

AND SO I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER MEER, UH, MY USUAL QUESTION.

THEY HAVE A TAX ID NUMBER.

YES, THEY DO.

UH, THEY'RE INSURED.

AND THEY HAVE A NINE 90.

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YES SIR.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO REVIEW THOSE WHEN THEY'RE COMING BEFORE US.

'CAUSE YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.

ON THIS PARTICULAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN ON SEVEN HARING AND, UH, CARDINALS YOUTH.

UH, YOU, IS THAT GONNA BE FOR TWO MONTHS? ONLY ONE MONTH? ONE MONTH.

APRIL TO MAY, RIGHT? APRIL 1ST TO MAY 31ST.

AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL WANTED.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHEN THE SEASON ENDS ON, UH, ON THE LAST WEEK OF MAY.

AND IT SARS ON APRIL THE FIRST.

APRIL 1ST.

HE ACTUALLY, HE'S ALREADY HALFWAY INTO HIS SEASON.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE IS BEEN PRACTICING AND HOLDING GAMES THERE WITHOUT A CONTRACT.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO THAT'S AN ISSUE.

I I HAVE A COMMENT.

UM, ARE YOU DONE? I'M DONE, COMMISSIONER.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL LEAGUES HAVE BEEN PRACTICING WITHOUT A CONTRACT.

WELL, THEN THAT'S AN ISSUE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GET THOSE CONTRACTS SIGNED THAT IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T SOLELY THAT, THAT WELL, INDIVIDUAL, IT'S ALL LEAGUES.

WELL, I WILL SAY THAT ON THIS SPECIFIC ONE, UM, THE CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT HE HAD A CONTRACT FOR ONE THING.

HOWEVER, HE WAS HOLDING TOURNAMENTS FOR, UH, AND, AND, UH, SPORTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED.

BASKETBALL, CHEERLEADING, AND THINGS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE PRIOR CONTRACT.

SO EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN RENEWED, IT WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER, I, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE AFTER MAYBE TOMORROW.

IS THERE, I HAD A QUESTION.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT, BECAUSE THE HC ATHLETICS, THAT'S THE ADULT ONE THAT'S PLAYING ON SUNDAYS, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WHAT IS IT, DANIEL, THAT YOU WANNA DO WITH HC? SO THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, TO MOVE TO APPROVE THEM TO PRACTICE SO THAT THE KIDS CONTINUE TO PRACTICE FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

CONDITIONED UPON THAT, MARK DRAWS UP A SIMPLE CONTRACT THAT IT'S JUST FOR PRACTICE ONLY AND, AND THE START DATE AND END DATE.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A MORE UNIFORM CONTRACT MOVING FORWARD FOR ALL SPORTS THAT REFLECT WHAT, WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE LEAGUE PLAY.

WANT ME TO DO THAT? I'D LIKE TO AMEND.

YOU MADE THAT MOTION CORRECT? SURE.

YOU WANNA AMEND THE MOTION? THE MOTION? YES.

THAT LEGAL WORK WITH THE MAYOR.

I KNOW YOU SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY HAD CITED CONCERNS AND SO I'D RATHER JUST YOU AND THE CITY ATTORNEY RESOLVE IT SO THAT WE KNOW YOU GETTING, WE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

AS IS.

IS THERE UM, A SECOND? SECOND.

OH, I MADE THE MOTION.

YOU MADE THE MOTION.

I AMENDED IT.

YOU AMENDED IT.

SO I'LL, YOU I MADE THE MOTION.

YOU AMENDED IT.

YOU CAN THERE A SECOND.

IF THE LAWYERS WILL ALLOW ME.

? YES.

SECOND .

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEER, AMORE.

OPPOSED? I, I, UM, I THINK WE'RE STILL BAFFLED.

I LOOKED AT RENEE AND NOT YEAH, I'M LIKE, WHAT IS THE MOTION? WHAT, WHAT WAS THE MOTION? IS THE MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING ON THE MOTION AND WHAT WAS, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? YEAH, BECAUSE I GOT CONFUSED WITH ALL THE HC STUFF AND THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE NO ONE'S LISTENING, SO.

NO, WE'RE LISTENING.

YOU JUST, YOU MADE A MOTION AND, AND THE COMMISSIONER LOPEZ SAID SOMETHING THAT YOU AND, AND MARK WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALONE.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? AMEN.

THIS CONTRACT, SO THE WAY WE WOULD DO IT IS IT'S A MOTION TO A MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO LEGAL.

AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE HIM WORK.

WE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO WORK WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS COVERING THE CONCERN SHE HAS FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT.

FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT.

'EM THE CONTRACT'S READY.

BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL LAST TIME, I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THE MAYOR WANTED.

AND I JUST SAY AT THIS POINT, JUST KNOCK IT OUT AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO I HAD A QUESTION, I GUESS FOR, IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER BENNETT, I HAD A QUESTION.

SO SINCE THE OTHER STUFF IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, CAN WE ASK, CAN WE, DO WE HAVE THE, OR DOES THE MAYOR OR ANY OF US HAVE THE POWER TO SAY NO, THEY CAN'T SIGN IT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED IT BY THE BOARD? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, LAST, LAST CITY COMMISSION, WE APPROVED THE HC FILE.

WELL, I THINK YOU'RE JUST GIVING A DIRECTION TO STAFF.

YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY, WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK.

BUT CAN WE PROHIBIT THEM FROM SIGNING IT IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

NO, YOU CAN, NO, CAN ALWAYS GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER.

YEAH, BUT I, I'LL, I'LL JUST HOLD.

NO, IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE, MY QUESTION IS LIKE, IF I, IF THAT PERSON, THE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LEAGUE CAME SAY TOMORROW AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I SAW THE MEETING, I SAW WHAT YOU WANNA DO.

I WANNA COME AND SIGN IT.

SO THEY SIGN IT.

CAN THEY, CAN WE PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THAT? WELL, 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION.

THEY CAN'T JUST SHOW UP.

WE HAVE TO CALL 'EM AND TELL

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AND THEN, BUT SO, BUT ISN'T THE, WASN'T THE CONTRACTS, WEREN'T THE OTHER ONES ALREADY READY AFTER WE APPROVED THEM LAST TIME? UH, WELL, SO I THINK NO, BECAUSE I THINK WE MADE SOME CHANGES.

THE, THE THING IS THAT WE'VE ASKED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE CONTRACTS AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT BEFORE WE PRESENT THEM TO THE, YEAH.

SO THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AMENDED YET.

I, I HAVE A COMMENT.

MAY I, MAY I COMMISSIONER? UM, I THOUGHT THEY WERE READY LAST FRIDAY BY FIVE O'CLOCK THE LAST TIME WE WERE, THE CONTRACTS WERE GONNA BE READY BY FIVE O'CLOCK FROM THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE I, I REMEMBER I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THAT.

YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR FIVE O'CLOCK ON THAT FRIDAY.

'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO START THEIR LEAGUE AND THEN I WAS ASSURE THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE READY, THAT THEY COULD BE GOOD TO GO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY WERE GONNA BE READY BY FIVE O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY.

I THINK HE DID THE CONTRACTS.

I THINK THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL CONCERNS THAT YOU WANT TO GO OVER.

SO, SO IF, AND I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO REVIEW THE MINUTE, MINUTES, BUT I DO RECALL THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS SIMILAR TO LIKE, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN AT THE END, UM, DANIEL PROPOSED EXACTLY WHAT I HAD SAID, WHICH WAS WE WILL AUTHORIZE THE CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO LEGAL, MAKING THE CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF THE CONTRACT WITHOUT THESE, UM, DELINEATED REASONS AND WITHOUT CAUSE THAT THE CITY CAN BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CONTRACT.

SO THAT WAS THE DIRECTION, RIGHT, THAT WITH INSURANCES THEY WERE GOING TO BE READY BY, BY THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT FRIDAY, THAT'S HOW WE APPROVED.

AND, AND I PROVIDED A CONTRACT TO REMEMBER YOU GUYS AND I DID.

AND THAT IS SOME ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE, WHATEVER PROVISIONS ARE IN THERE, ARE ADEQUATE TO GET THE CITY OUT.

SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.

JUST CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY, IT MEETS ALL THE REQ, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, WHAT, WHAT IS BEING ASKED FOR.

I, I THOUGHT IT DID, BUT LET'S, LET'S GO OVER IT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

AND IF IT DOES, IT DOES.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UM, DID YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? YEAH.

'CAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT ON THIS ITEM, MY CONCERN IS WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW, WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA REVIEW THIS ITEM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GIVING DIRECTION TO STAFF TO LOOK AT THE, BASICALLY ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

SO YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO STICK TO THIS ITEM, BUT YET YOU'RE STILL GIVING DIRECTION TO STAFF TO LOOK AT AT OTHER STUFF? NO, ALL I SAID WAS, WE ARE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND DANIEL BROUGHT THEM UP AND I SAID BRING THEM BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN DISCUSS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO THERE'S NO DIRECTION TO PROHIBIT ANYBODY FROM SIGNING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THERE'S NO PROHIBITION ON ANYTHING.

AND THE CONTRACTS ARE STILL NOT READY.

CORRECT? I AM NOT.

GIVE YOU SO THEY ARE READY, RIGHT? YEAH, I GIVE SO THEY CAN'T GO IN AND SIGN.

WELL, , LOOK, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANNA OFFER THEM.

I PROVIDED YOU CONTRACTS.

I THINK THEY'RE READY, BUT IF THERE'S CONCERNS, THEN IT MAKES SENSE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

RIGHT, BECAUSE LIKE, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA SAY, I DON'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE, NOT THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY TO THIS ONE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

AND I'M, I'M GOOD FOR IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING THE OTHER CONTRACTS.

THAT'S MY THING.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF HOW WE DO THAT.

YOU HAVE WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? OR? NO? I ARE GOOD WITH THE SAME.

I THINK WE'RE OFF.

UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE GOING WAY OFF OF THE SCOPE OF THE AGENDA ITEM.

I SHARE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN HAVE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION WITH, UM, MARK AND WHATEVER WAS UH, STATED IS HOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, UM, WE HAVE A, UM, A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THERE WAS A VOTE AND NOT EVERYONE VOTED.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.

OPPOSED? OPPOSED, OPPOSED.

DID YOU VOTE? NO.

DID YOU I MEANT THE MOTION.

SO YES, I DID.

SO JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, UM, THE CARDINAL TEAM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PRACTICE.

UM, OKAY, SO MOVING, MOVING ON.

WHY CAN'T WE JUST BRING THE MOTION TO SAYING BRING IT BACK? I MEAN, NOT WAIT FOR, WE CAN BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THE ITEM IS, IS THE MOTION FAILED.

THE MOTION FAILED.

MOTION FAILED.

UM, ITEM H, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE TESTING AND POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.

THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER MORALES.

UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER LOPEZ PULLED IT.

I THINK THE COMMISSIONER GOMEZ WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING.

OH, OKAY.

I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE, WE, WE JUST, WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW JUST DIED, MAYOR, BUT WE WERE, WE WERE STOPPING AT THE, UM, THE, WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER LOPEZ JUST SAID ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, ABOUT WHAT?

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THE MOTION HAS FAILED.

AND WE'RE MOVING ON.

SO WE ARE AT THE NEXT ITEM.

SO WE ARE AT ITEM H AND THIS IS YOUR ITEM IF YOU WANNA PRESENT IT.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING COMMISSIONER? NOPE.

ON THIS.

FRANK, I'LL LET FRANK TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER MORALES? YES.

I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, UH, A REVIEW OF THE BLOCK.

UM, 700 800 OF SOUTH J STREET.

25TH STREET.

ARE THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE ADDED? YES, I HAVE THREE.

I HAVE ONE FROM ON SOUTH BELLAGIO CIRCLE OR FROM TAM LANE TO I GUESS TAM LANE.

'CAUSE IT'S A CIRCLE ON SOUTH BELLAGIO CIRCLE.

I HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON HEIGHTS SOUTH FROM BASS BOULEVARD TO RED OAK.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS ON RIO PANCO AVENUE BETWEEN 1410 AND 1405.

ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? RIGHT? IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENTS? MOTION.

MOTION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ.

SECOND BY BETIS.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

UM, ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO STAFF REPORTS.

IS THERE ANY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? QUESTION? SO WE DID B, C, AND D AND E? YES, SIR.

WE TOOK THOSE UP TOGETHER.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

I NEED TO TAKE MY BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE.

ITEM

[Item 8 - Staff Reports and Other Discussion Items]

EIGHT STAFF REPORTS.

GABE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? NO, MA'AM.

UM, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO STAFF REPORTS, EITHER A PRESENTATION BY SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC.

HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, RUTH DINO FOR THE RECORD.

UM, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE PRESENTING A FOLLOW UP TO A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IN OCTOBER, UH, REGARDING THE CITY'S DEPORT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE FACILITIES AND TO DEVELOP A MORE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT WILL BE A 30%, UM, INVESTMENT GRADE AUDIT.

THIS REPRESENTS A MORE REDEFINED ANALYSIS OF THE PRELIMINARY, UH, FINDINGS THAT WERE SHARED, UM, BEFORE YOU ALL BEFORE.

AND THEN, UM, IT'S GONNA INCLUDE UPDATED COST ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE CITY BUILDINGS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE AARON GARCIA AND RYAN WONDER, WE SCHNEIDER ELECTRICITY TEAM TO, UM, SHOW THEIR FINDINGS.

A PROJECT THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT IS YOUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR, UH, SHORT TERM, AND THEN WHAT MAYBE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN A LONG, UH, AS A SECOND PHASE LATER IF NEEDED.

THANK YOU, RUTH.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

AND, UH, AS RUTH MENTIONED, AND JUST A REAL QUICK, UH, RECAP FOR COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, AND SHE WASN'T HERE WHEN IT, IT, UH, WHEN WE GOT APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, THE, UH, PURPOSE AND, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO, UH, LOOK AT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, UPGRADED AS FAR AS DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCOPE FROM LIGHTING, AIR CONDITIONING, ROOFING, ANYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

AND THAT ALSO HAS UTILITY TYPES SAVINGS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS, UH, IN THIS AUDIT, THIS DETAILED AUDIT, IS TO FIND ENOUGH UTILITY SAVINGS TO HOPEFULLY CREATE A PROJECT THAT CAN BE SELF-FUNDED THROUGH, THROUGH THE SAVINGS.

UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE TONIGHT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT'S BEYOND WHAT THE SAVINGS BRINGS, BUT TOGETHER A COLLABORATION WITH, UH, THE CITY'S TEAM, THE STAFF, AND, AND WITH Y'ALL, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST PROJECT THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S A SELF-FUNDED PROJECT OR WE ARE ABLE TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE PROJECT THROUGH UTILITY SAVINGS.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO SHORT, UH, RIGHT NOW IS RYAN'S GONNA GO OVER ALL THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FACILITIES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, WE'VE AT 30%, THESE ARE JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, UH, HISTORICAL PRICING THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER ON WHAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD COST TO IMPLEMENT.

BUT IN THE NEXT PHASE, IT WILL BE COMING BACK AT A 60 AND A 90% AFTER THIS MEETING TO PRESENT.

AND THAT WILL BE MORE DEFINED TOGETHER WITH, WITH THE CITY STAFF AND, AND, AND, AND Y'ALL'S, UH, DIRECTION AS WELL TO PUT TOGETHER

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SO AT THIS, I'M GONNA LET, UH, RYAN GO AHEAD AND APPROACH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AARON.

GOOD EVENING.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS AARON AND MYSELF.

SO THE MAIN SCOPE, MAIN THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS.

THIS IS THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.

AND OF COURSE, THE CITY HAS, UH, A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS AT OR AT THE END OF, UH, EXPECTED LIFE.

SO, YOU KNOW, REPAIRS ARE EXPENSIVE.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OLD REFRIGERANT, THE R 22 REFRIGERANT.

UM, WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE THAT SHOW SOME OF THAT OLD EQUIPMENT, OLD ROOFTOP UNITS.

NOW THERE'S ONE HERE ON THE TOP OF THIS CITY HALL BUILDING THAT'S FROM 2004.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WELL PAST ITS SERVICE LIFE.

BELOW THAT, IT'S ONE OF THE ROOFTOP UNITS ON TOP OF THE POLICE BUILDING.

THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN UNITS THERE.

THEY'RE FROM 2007 WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY AT THE END OF LIFE.

AND SO A LOT OF HVAC EQUIPMENT.

UM, ONE OF THE MAIN BUILDINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, IS THE AUDITORIUM.

CA AMISTAD.

THAT'S A VERY, UH, SIGNIFICANT HVAC SYSTEM.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF A HUNDRED TON CHILLERS THERE.

VERY COMPLEX, UH, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.

AND THAT EQUIPMENT IS, UH, QUITE OUTDATED.

SO, UM, A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT BUILDING.

UM, A LOT OF VERY EXPENSIVE R 22 REFRIGERANT, APPROXIMATELY 500 POUNDS OF R 22 IN THAT ONE BUILDING FROM THOSE TWO CHILLERS.

UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, THE PIPING INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY OLD, RUSTED AND, UH, PROBLEMATIC.

SO A LOT HAPPENING IN THAT BUILDING.

AND WE'LL SEE THAT HERE IN THESE NEXT SLIDES.

BUT, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MECHANICAL SCOPE OF WORK, WE'RE TALKING APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION TOTAL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON THERE, THEY PRETTY MUCH GO, UM, I WOULD SAY PRETTY CLOSE AS FAR AS A ORDER OF PRIORITY WITH THE CASA DE AMISTAD AUDITORIUM.

VERY HIGH NEED.

WOW.

IT'S ALSO VERY HIGH.

UH, AS FAR AS A PRICE TAG, THE NEXT MOST SIGNIFICANT BUILDING IS THAT POLICE STATION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DOZEN LARGE COMMERCIAL STYLE ROOFTOP UNITS ON THAT BUILDING.

AND THAT BUILDING IS COMPLEX BECAUSE THEY COME DOWN AND THEY SERVE VAB BOXES.

SO THAT BUILDING HAS A LOT OF ISSUES.

AND, UH, THE GOAL HERE WOULD BE TO ADDRESS ALL, ALL THAT.

CAN ME JUST A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC? SURE THING.

IS THAT A LITTLE BETTER? YES, SIR.

ON SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE, UH, 20 YEARS PLUS.

AND THEN THE, THE SECOND BUILDING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ON HERE, IS THAT EOC BUILDING, IT'S LIKE THE POLICE STATION.

THE EQUIPMENT IS ORIGINAL 2007, AND SO IT'S AT THE END OF LIFE AND IT'S TIME FOR THAT EQUIPMENT TO BE REPLACED.

THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON HERE, JUST A COUPLE UNITS HERE AND THERE.

SOME BUILDINGS MAY HAVE FOUR UNITS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK HAPPENS IN THE AUDITORIUM.

THE POLICE BUILDING AND THEN THE EOC, THOSE ARE THE, THE HIGHEST NEEDS THE CITY HAS.

UH, MOVING ON FROM THERE, TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHTING.

SO, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING IS A, A VERY POSITIVE STORY HERE.

YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE LIGHTING IN THIS ROOM THAT WE'RE IN HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO LED.

WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT WOULD BE TO EXPAND THAT TO THE ALL OF THE CITY BUILDINGS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE LED LIGHTING HAS THE OBVIOUS BENEFITS OF ENERGY SAVINGS, UH, IMPROVED LIGHTING, AND THEN IT GETS RID OF ALL THE OLD HOUSE AND LAMPS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORESCENT LIGHTING.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES THAT SHOW SOME OF THE LARGE AREAS IN THE, IN THE CITY BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLUORESCENT LIGHTING.

AND THEN THE GOAL HERE IS REALLY TO INCLUDE BASICALLY ALL OF THE CITY BUILDINGS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIRE STATION TWO, WHICH IS NEW ENOUGH THAT IT'S ALREADY LED.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THE BUILDINGS LIKE CITY HALL HERE WHERE WE HAVE SOME LED SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT 50% OF THIS BUILDING HAS ALREADY BEEN CONVERTED.

WE'LL COME IN AND MATCH UP WITH THAT PERFECTLY AND THEN FINISH OUT THAT WORK.

AND THIS PART OF THE PROJECT WILL ALSO QUALIFY FOR A NICE REBATE WITH THE, UH, UTILITY HERE.

SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT $30,000 THAT'LL BE BACK FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER PART OF THE LED LIGHTING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S KIND OF SPECIALIZED IS THE FIELD LIGHTING.

SO THE CITY OWNS SEVERAL PARKS THAT HAVE, UH, UM, HID THAT'S THAT HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LIGHTING FOR THE FIELDS WE'RE RECOMMENDING UPGRADING THAT TO LED.

IT HAS THOSE SAME BENEFITS, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED LIGHT QUALITY, EXTREMELY LONG LIFESPAN.

AND THEN, UH, VERY SIGNIFICANT ENERGY SAVINGS.

AND THAT TOTAL PROJECT IS, UH, APPROACHING $3 MILLION, $2.8 MILLION.

CITY HAS A LOT OF, UH, ILLUMINATED FIELDS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY VISIBLE AND VERY OBVIOUS, THE CHANGE GOING TO LED THERE.

UH, THE THIRD THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE, THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ROOF

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AND SO, UM, EVEN THE ROOF ON THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S UNDER, UH, CONSIDERATION AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

UM, AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT THIS NEXT LIST HERE.

UM, ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS, THE ROOF IS AT THE END OF LIFE.

AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ISSUES WITH THE ROOF, UM, LEAKING, JUST PROBLEMATIC AS FAR AS THE BUILDING CONCERNED WITH THE FIRST LINE ITEM THERE BEING DIFFERENT LIBRARY.

UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONVERSION FROM SINGLE PANE GLASS TO DOUBLE PANE GLASS, SO THAT'S A LARGE BUILDING AND A LOT OF WINDOWS AND ALL THAT IS SINGLE PANE GLASS.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO, UH, THE FOURTH ITEM HERE, THE BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM.

THIS IS THE SYSTEM THE CITY USES TO MANAGE THE HVAC EQUIPMENT.

AND SO REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPGRADED ALL THE FACILITIES.

UM, THIS IS BASICALLY INTENDED SO THE CITY CAN MONITOR ALL OF THAT AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, MANAGE IT, SCHEDULE IT, AND UH, KEEP IT RUNNING IN IN TIP TOP CONDITION.

ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS ON THAT.

UM, WE'VE GOT THIS PAGE TO SHOW THE TOTAL ROLL UP.

IT'S BROUGHT, IT'S A LITTLE OVER $12 MILLION.

UH, LIKE AARON SAID, WE'RE AT A 30% LEVEL NOW.

SO, UM, UH, AROUND $5 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS, WHAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL SAVE THE CITY.

SO, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT COMING FROM THE LED LIGHTING.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A FURTHER BREAKDOWN TO SHOW THE SCOPE OF WORK, YES OR NO, INCLUDED FOR EACH BUILDING.

AND THEN A ROLL UP FOR THE PRICE FOR THAT BUILDING IN PARTICULAR.

SO A LOT OF DATA ON THIS PAGE HERE.

UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND LIKE AARON SAID, THIS IS, UH, BASED ON HISTORICAL PRICING, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DATA.

WE'VE SORTED AND SURVEYED ALL OF THE BUILDINGS AND, UH, JUST THERE'S A LOT OF DATA HERE.

SO THIS IS OUR SUMMARY HERE.

WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

HOW WOULD THE, UM, THE CITY GO ABOUT PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO THE CITY.

SO TRADITIONALLY IT'S FINANCED, BUT IT CAN BE PAID FOR HOWEVER THE CITY FEE SEES FIT.

THE, THE LAST TIME WE DID A RETROFIT LIKE THIS, YOUR COMPANY ACTUALLY DID IT.

AND WE HAD CITY HALL L HILL, PARTS OF THE LIBRARY, AND WE HAD ALL THAT WORK PAID FOR BY THE SAVINGS.

SO YOUR COMPANY TOOK CARE OF THAT.

SO WE NEVER SUBMITTED A BILL OR A PAYMENT TO ANYBODY, AND WE PAID FOR THAT BY THE SAVINGS IN THE ELECTRICAL USAGE THAT WAS REDUCED.

SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE'S A $5 MILLION SAVINGS, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S A GAP OF ABOUT 7 MILLION, AND THAT'S JUST THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.

THERE'S NOT ANY, ANY INTEREST THAT MAY BE INCURRED ON TOP OF THAT FOR THE FINANCING OF IT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT AND FIGURE OUT OURSELVES WHY WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO 5 MILLION ON 12 MILLION IS ABOUT 40%.

SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WOULD PAY FOR ABOUT 40% OF THE WORK.

MAY I COMMISSIONER? I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

SO YOU'VE HAD, YOU'RE THE BOSS.

THE SUM, SUM, THE SUM.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL PUNCHLINE? WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND? WELL, WE'RE ROOFS, AIR CONDITIONING, LIGHTING, THE ROLL UP HERE TO DO EVERYTHING, WHICH, UH, IT IS RECOMMENDED.

IT'S, IT'S $12 MILLION.

LIKE I SAID, NONE OF THIS IS STUFF THAT'S BEING REPLACED BEFORE.

IT'S AT THE END OF SERVICE LIFE.

NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

SO I THINK WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT LAST TIME WHEN YOU WERE HERE AND YOU WERE PRESENTING THAT THE BULK OF IT THAT WOULD BE PAID BASED ON THE SAVINGS.

THAT WAS WHAT THE PRESENTATION WAS.

SO I KNOW THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN MY PACKET.

IF WE CAN, CAN WE HAVE THAT SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION? UNLESS YOU ALL WE CAN, WE CAN, MAYOR, WE SHOULD HAVE IT, UH, SOMEWHERE IN MIS IT HAS IT, SO WE CAN HAVE IT SENT OUT TO THE MERIT COMMISSION TOMORROW MORNING.

OR MAYBE EVEN TONIGHT.

CITY MANAGER ON THE NEXT PHASE, ON THE 60 AND 90%, WE WANNA WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WITH YOUR STAFF TOGETHER.

I MEAN, I DON'T NEED IT TODAY, BUT I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT IS, UH, THE, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE, WOULD NOT BE COVERED.

AND THEN PRIORITIZE AND SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA GO ABOUT, UM, WITH THE FUNDING PART OF IT.

COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

SO I GOT, SORRY, GO FOR IT.

AND THEN I'LL ASK MY QUESTION AFTER.

I WAS GONNA KIND OF, UH, HELP ANSWER A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR, FOR

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WE, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

IT'S COMING UP WITH A PLAN THAT BEST, UH, ON WHERE TO FIND THE, THE BEST LOAN FOR THE CITY.

OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO DO A, UH, A FA PHASE IT OUT, WE WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE CITY TRY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THIS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

SO IT COULD BE, UH, FA FIRST PHASE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE, IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT PROBABLY ARE AT ITS FAILURE POINT.

AND THEN DURING YOUR BUDGET WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT PROJECT.

BUT IT'S IT'S COLLABORATIVE APPROACH.

IT'S GONNA BE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH.

THANK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR COMMISSION.

HEY GUYS.

UH, I RECALL THAT WHEN WE ASKED Y'ALL TO DO THIS ASSESSMENT, WE PAID Y'ALL LIKE ABOUT $50,000, 30,000 SO MUCH.

HOW MUCH WAS IT? IT WAS A COMMITMENT.

YOU, YOU, THE CITY HASN'T PAID ANYTHING YET.

IT'S, UH, THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE, UH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN IOU.

SO WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THIS AT, WHEN WE GET TO THE 90% AND WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A, A FINAL PROJECT FOR YOU, AND IF Y'ALL DECIDE YOU JUST DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING, YOU JUST WANNA CONTINUE WITH YOUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THE WAY IT IS MM-HMM .

WELL THEN YOU, YOU'D WOULD PAY US THE 58,000 FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT.

BUT LET'S SAY YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH A 5 MILLION OR THE $12 MILLION PROJECT THAT 58,000 GETS ROLLED INTO THE, UH, THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST.

SO WE REALLY DON'T GET PAID FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, 'CAUSE BY THE TIME YOU GET THE FINANCING DONE, UM, AND WE GET THE PROJECT GOING, THIS COULD BE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.

UM, NOW ONCE, ONCE WE GET THE FINANCING, UH, SQUARED OFF AND Y'ALL DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA, UH, WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET THE MONIES FROM, THEN IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT THAT YOU'VE DONE ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GONNA START INVOICING YOU FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.

SO WE MIGHT START WITH LIGHTING, THE AIR CONDITIONING, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE GONNA BE SUBMITTING THE PAY APPLICATIONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THIS PROJECT, MOST LIKELY GONNA TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE ALL THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.

SO ON A, FOR OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, YOU, IF YOU HAD BORROWED THE 12 MILLION, IT GOES INTO YOUR ESCROW ACCOUNT AND THEN YOU'RE MAKING PAYMENTS AS WORK COMPLETION IS GOING ON.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, YOU'VE ALREADY, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION SAVINGS AT THAT POINT.

AND DEPENDING ON WHAT TERMS YOU DO WITH YOUR, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE BANK THAT YOU FINANCE THIS THROUGH, WE'RE GONNA GUARANTEE A EITHER THE OFFSET, THE, THE 5 MILLION PORTION OF IF YOU WERE DOING THE WHOLE PROJECT.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GUARANTEE THE, UH, THE, THAT PART OF THE PAYMENT.

NOW OF COURSE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL, IF YOU WENT FOR THE FULL PROJECT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.

BUT THE, THE PAYMENT TERMS WITH YOUR BANK WILL BEGIN PRETTY MUCH ONCE THE PROJECT HAS COMPLETED.

SO IT'S PROBABLY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEVERAL MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THAT ALL THAT HAPPENS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME.

I, WE DO

[Item 9 - Public Hearings]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS, BUT I AM GONNA TAKE THINGS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FAMILY HERE FROM, UM, THE CANALES FAMILY.

SO I WANT TO MOVE TO 10 K

[Item 10k - Consideration and possible action to change the Harlingen Auditorium name to Gloria Canales Auditorium]

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CHANGE THE HARLINGEN AUDITORIUM NAME TO GLORIA CANALES AUDITORIUM.

PROGRAM EXTENDED WELL BEYOND HARLINGEN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER.

THIS ITEM PROVIDES BACKGROUND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF NAMING THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM AFTER GLORIA G CANALES.

GLORIA CANALES WAS A LONGTIME HARLEEN RESIDENT AND THE FOUNDER OF THE GLORIA GALEZ MEXICAN FOLKLORE SCHOOL OF DANCE.

FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, HER WORK HAS CENTERED ON PRESERVING CULTURE, EDUCATING YOUTH, AND BRINGING PERFORMANCE ARTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

HER WORK BEGAN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, VOLUNTEERING IN HARLINGEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SO STUDENTS COULD PERFORM AT PTA MEETINGS.

WHEN FUNDING ENDED, SHE CONTINUED THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION AND ULTIMATELY ESTABLISHED HER OWN PROGRAM HERE AT HARLINGEN.

THAT CONSISTENCY OVER TIME IS REALLY WHAT BUILT THE FOUNDATION OF HER IMPACT.

HER PROGRAM FOCUSED ON TEACHING TRADITIONAL MEXICAN DANCES IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM, PRESERVING CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY.

AT THE SAME TIME, IT CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL YOUTH, NOT JUST TO LEARN, BUT TO PERFORM, COMPETE, AND GROW THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THE

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HER STUDENTS PERFORMED AT MAJOR STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, EVEN REPRESENTING THE CITY IN PLACES LIKE THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL AND FESTIVALS IN EUROPE.

THIS BROUGHT VISIBILITY TO BOTH THE CULTURAL TRA TRADITION AND TO HARLINGEN.

IN ADDITION TO HER WORK IN THE ARTS, SHE HELD LEADERSHIP ROLES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PTA, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH THE OTLEY AWARD FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.

THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM SERVES AS A SPACE FOR PERFORMANCES, CULTURAL EVENTS, AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS.

MRS. CANALES WORK THROUGHOUT HER CAREER HAS DIRECTLY REFLECTED THOSE SAME FUNCTIONS, CENTERED ON PERFORMANCE, CULTURE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

RENAMING THE AUDITORIUM WOULD RECOGNIZE MS. CANALES, MRS. CANALES LONGSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL PERFORMANCE AND CULTURAL ARTS.

IT WOULD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE HER IMPACT ON YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HER ROLE, ROLE IN PER IN PRESERVING AND REPRESENTING CULTURAL IDENTITY IN HARLINGEN.

AND I'LL END WITH THIS.

OVER MORE THAN 40 YEARS, GLORIA GI CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARTS AND REPRESENT THEIR COMMUNITY.

HER IMPACT IS STILL VISIBLE THROUGH THE STUDENTS SHE TRAINED, THE PERFORMANCES SHE LED, AND THE CULTURAL PRESENCE SHE HELPED ESTABLISH IN HARLINGEN.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE HER DAUGHTER, CONNIE EZ, UH, TO READ A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS OF HARLINGEN.

MY NAME IS CONNIE LES PEREZ, AND I AM THE DAUGHTER OF GLORIA GALEZ.

AND ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, UM, WE FEEL THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

SHE NAMED THE AUDITORIUM AFTER MY MOTHER, GLORIA GALEZ, BECAUSE SHE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A DANCE TEACHER.

SHE WAS A PILLAR TO THIS COMMUNITY WHO TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THIS NAMING CARRIES DEEP SIGNIFICANCE FOR OUR FAMILY AS IT HONORS HER LEGACY OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HAREN.

IT IS THE LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, HER CULTURAL PRIDE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

GLORIA'S NAME ACROSS THE AUDITORIUM WOULD BE A HEARTFELT WAY OF EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR THE LIGHT SHE BROUGHT TO HER STUDENTS AND TO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

HER WORK INSPIRED GENERATIONS TO EMBRACE, APPRECIATE, AND CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS, RICHNESS OF MEXICAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE.

FUTURE PERFORMANCES ACROSS THIS STAGE CAN FOREVER CARRY HER LEGACY ONWARD.

AND ON THAT, I WANTED TO JUST READ SOMETHING FROM, IT WAS ACTUALLY A MESSAGE FROM GLORIA , MY MOM.

AND ON HER 30TH ANNIVERSARY, UM, SHE WROTE FOR THREE DECADES, I HAVE DEVOTED MUCH TIME TO BRING THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AWARENESS OF THE MEXICAN CULTURE BY MUSIC AND DANCE THROUGH THE ARTS.

ONE CAN VISIBLY EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHT AND SOUND FROM THIS MARVELOUS COUNTRY TO ALL MY FORMER STUDENTS, THE INSTRUCTORS WHO HAVE SHARED WITH ME SO MUCH OF THIS TALENT, AND ALL THE PERSONS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED MY BELIEFS IN THE CULTURAL AWARENESS.

I GIVE YOU A HEARTFELT THANKS.

MADE THE TRADITION OF OUR CULTURE CONTINUE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR TIME.

UM, WHETHER YOU WANNA NAME THE WHOLE BUILDING A, A SECTION OF IT, WHATEVER, IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE TO DECIDE THAT.

SO I, I HAD A CHAT WITH, WITH GABE AND ASKED HIM THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO PRESENT THIS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

UM, I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FAMILY FOR PROBABLY OVER A YEAR NOW, AND GOING OVER ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MS. CANALES MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO NAME THE AUDITORIUM AFTER HER.

I HAVE, UH, MANY PHONE CALLS FROM FORMER STUDENTS THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO THE COMMISSION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

NO, NOBODY ELSE.

DID YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION, I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER ON WHAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE WAS TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS.

AND THIS IS THE PROPER PROTOCOL.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO, UM, PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED FOR HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS.

IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE WHAT TO CALL THEIR BILLINGS AND WHAT TO ACTUALLY,

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AND HOW YOU GO ABOUT DOING THAT IS, IS UP TO YOU GUYS.

BUT GENERALLY IT JUST COMES TO THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN, UH, THE COMMISSION VOTES UP OR DOWN.

SEE, BECAUSE, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, YOU WERE APPROACHED ABOUT NAMING THIS BUILDING AFTER, UH, 2023, THE OCTOBER.

THIS IS AFTER THE PASSING OF, UH, CON ZALES.

AND, AND, AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

WE DON'T DO THAT.

SO ARE YOU TALKING TO ME OR ARE YOU TALKING TO THE, TO THE CITY MANAGER? I, I, I DON'T RECALL SOMEBODY ASKING ME TO.

THANK YOU GABE.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

UM, I KNOW, LET ME JUMP IN.

WAIT, IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST TO RENAME THE STREET M STREET WHERE SHE WAS FOR CON SALA AND I SAID, WELL, WE CAN, BUT IT'S GONNA IMPACT EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT 'CAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO CHANGE ALL THEIR LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

I WAS ACTUALLY HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH GABE, JUST, WHAT WAS IT LIKE ABOUT A WEEK AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO? I'M NOT GONNA DOREEN PET DRIVE, SIR.

? NO.

ABOUT MRS. SALAS.

UM, BECAUSE THEY HAD MENTIONED IT TO ME AND THEN I KNOW SHE LIVED RIGHT THERE ALONG M STREET.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, L AND A HALF I THINK, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, WHAT'S IT CALLED? HANSON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD'VE BEEN FITTING TO NAME IT CONNIE AND, UM, UM, JUAN.

JUAN ZALES.

SO THAT WAY THEY'RE ALWAYS CONNECTED, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S SUPER SWEET.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS ASKING GABE ABOUT.

AND, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

WAS IT GABE? ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND THE COMMISSION CAN DO THAT ALSO.

UM, BUT COMMISSIONER, I HONESTLY DO NOT REMEMBER THE CON SALAS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AUDITORIUM.

YEAH, I CAN SAY THAT NO ONE HAS APPROACHED ME OTHER THAN THE CANALES FAMILY.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN PATIENT, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE HOURS WAITING FOR THIS ITEM, AND SHE GAVE 40 YEARS OF HER LIFE, IF NOT MORE, TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN PATIENT, THEY HAVE PROVIDED ME AMPLE, UM, EVID, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RETURN ALL OF THAT DOCUMENTATION TO THE FAMILY.

UM, AND SO THAT, THAT IS THE REASON I TOOK CAREFUL CONSIDERATION IN MAKING THIS, UM, BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION.

IF I DID NOT FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT IT, UM, I WOULD NOT HAVE PRESENTED IT.

UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, TO, TO BOTH YOUR REPORTS.

I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC.

NAMING THE AUDITORIUM AFTER GLORIA CANALES AND I FULLY SUPPORT IT.

IN FACT, I TALKED TO THEM.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MY IDEA.

'CAUSE I TALKED TO HER.

I TALKED TO YOU MAYOR AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.

I WAS LIKE, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE CLERK CANALES MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM? RIGHT? .

UH, AND SHE WAS LIKE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A YEAR.

SO , SHE, SHE BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.

BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, MORALES, TO YOUR POINT, I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT.

IF YOU FIGURE OUT A LOCATION, WHETHER IT'S THE STREETS THAT YOU ALL WANNA DO OR IF YOU WANNA DO A BUILDING, UH, FOR MRS. UH, CONNIE AND JUAN ZALES, THEY WERE AN AMAZING COUPLE.

THEY WERE FANTASTIC.

AND IN EVERY ROLE AND CAPACITY THEY HAD, PLEASE PRESENT SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

MAY I? YES SIR.

RENAMING STREETS, BEFORE I CAME ABOARD THE AUGUST COMMISSION, I SAY THAT WITH SARCASM, UM, THE VA WAS BUILDING, THEY HAD ALL THEIR CARDS, THEY HAD ALL THEIR LETTERHEAD, THEY HAD EVERYTHING FOR TENNESSEE AVENUE.

UM, THAT HAS USED THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, UM, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, LIKE MS. EZ DID THAT, YOU KNOW OF GABE OR, UM, WELL, THE SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES THAT USE IT THE MOST.

AND THE COMMISSION VOTED TO CHANGE THE NAME TO VETERANS.

IT COST THE VA OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO CHANGE ALL THE ELECTRONIC STUFF, TO CHANGE ALL THE PAPERS, THE DEEDS AND EVERYTHING.

DO NOT CHANGE ANYBODY STREET TO ANYBODY ELSE'S NAME.

YOU WILL CREATE A NIGHTMARE IN THEIR BILLS GETTING DELIVERED AND BEING UNPAID.

WELL, I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF WAYS TO HONOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY.

I DO RECALL, AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, IT WAS ON OUR CITY COMMISSION AGENDA.

AND WHEN WE HAD A SIMILAR, UH, ITEM TO RENAME A STREET, I THINK IT WAS UNIVERSITY, UH, FOR U-T-R-G-V, WE HAD A SLEW OF PEOPLE COME IN AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION OPPOSING THE NAME OF THE STREET CHANGE BECAUSE OF EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.

I REMEMBER, UH, SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT MEDICATIONS, IT COULD POTENTIALLY NOT BE DELIVERED TO THE HOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER MORALES, AND IF YOU WANNA WORK ON SOMETHING AND PRESENT SOMETHING TO THIS COMMISSION, THEN WE CAN TAKE IT UP AT THAT TIME.

BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL MOTION HERE? YES.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE,

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UM, BESIDES THE SCHOOL, UM, COMMISSIONER, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK.

I, I NOT THAT, THAT IT, NOT THAT IT, I KNOW MS. EZ WAS A DEAR PERSON TO USE THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.

I DIDN'T KNOW SHE'D BEEN IN THERE FOR 40 YEARS.

THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID DURING THE PRESENTATION.

UM, SHE, SHE USED THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.

MY, MY DAUGHTER WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT OF, OF HERS.

AND, AND, UM, UP UNTIL, UNTIL SHE COULD NO LONGER TEACH AND TO THE POINT THAT SHE WAS A, A STUDENT AT, AT HER HOME, AT HER HOME, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS A STUDENT OF HER TO HER HOME.

AND SO SHE TAUGHT UNTIL SHE NO LONGER COULD TEACH.

AND WE WENT TO HER HOUSE.

SHE REALLY DID TEACH UNTIL SHE COULD NO LONGER TEACH.

AND EVEN THEN WE WOULD HELP HER.

AND, UM, SO SHE STEERED TO, TO OUR HEART.

AND SO, BUT I KNOW SHE WAS THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, UM, AND IT WASN'T MY DAUGHTER, IT WAS OUR FRIENDS.

AND SO, BUT I KNOW SHE WAS THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WAS, THAT USED THE AUDITORIUM AS MUCH AS MS. UM, CANALES DID.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER, I DUNNO, WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY? I, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO FIND OUT.

UM, OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T, I I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S, UM, I KNOW LIKE PALM VALLEY, JIM AND DAN USES IT A LOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE AS LONG AS MS. CANALES.

SHE'S USED IT QUITE SOME, UM, GABE, DO WE HAVE ANY BUILDING OR ANYTHING NAMED AFTER A LATINA? I, WE WOULD LIKE FOR ONE NOT, NOT A OH, I KNOW THAT.

OBVIOUSLY NOT A, NOT A CITY BUILDING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LON HILL IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I WONDER IF THE COMMISSION NOW WHAT, I'M SORRY.

TOGETHER DECIDED I WASN'T DOING THAT.

I WASN'T LOOKING STRAIGHT INTO LATINA OR OH, I AM, I AM, I AM.

I WASN'T DONE TALKING.

OH NO.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSES OF ROBERT RULES AWARD AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TALK, BUT IT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

I'M DONE THAT COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

CONTINUE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, NO, I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING.

I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS THE STRONG LATINAS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD, AND I PROBABLY, AGAIN, I PUSH AGAIN, I, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO NAME IT THE GLORIA CANALI MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO INCREDIBLY PATIENT.

DID YOU HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. CANAL.

MS. CANALES PEREZ, WHAT IS HER CANALES G FOR? WHAT'S THE G FOR THE G IS ACTUALLY HER FROM HER MAIDEN NAME.

GALVAN GALVAN.

I NEVER ASKED HER.

ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THAT.

WE HAD SOME HISTORY, UH, FROM SHE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM ES.

WE HAD SOME HISTORY.

YES, WE TALKED A LOT.

I TALKED ABOUT HER WITH ABOUT ADE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

WE HAVE TO TALK SOMETIME.

I I COULD TELL YOU STORIES.

WE WILL INVITE YOU BACK FOR A FORMAL, UM, CEREMONY.

THIS JUST NEEDED TO HAPPEN AT THE COMMISSION.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR, FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND I'M SURE, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, YOU'VE TOUCHED SO MANY, UH, FAMILIES.

YOUR, YOUR MOM DID.

UM, AND I THINK, UH, SHOUT OUT FOR YOU.

NO, SAVALA SAVALA IS IN YOUR, IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK YOU GOT SOME SAVALA PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE HOUSE HERE.

THEY COULD .

I WENT THERE, BUT I WILL SAY, I DON'T, TO YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE, BUT I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS AND SHE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I REMEMBER.

UM, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL, A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

AND IT GAVE MY PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ALL DRESSED UP AND GO TO THE MU AND THEN GO TO THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.

THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER AS A KID GOING INTO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT.

10, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR A SUP TO ALLOW THE LOADING UNLOADING OF BULK LIQUID ETHANOL IN A LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT LOCATED AT 2201 NORTH COMMERCE STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 23.41 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK G SURVEY 26.

ALRIGHT, MOVING, UM, BACK UP TO ITEM

[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on second and final reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the loading/unloading of bulk liquid (ethanol) in a Light Industry ("LI") District located at 2201 N. Commerce Street, bearing a legal description of 23.4100 acres out of Block G, Survey 26, Boyce Tract. Applicant: Frank Cunningham c/o Saint Claire Group, Inc]

UH, VOICE TRACK ON A, UM, I, THIS KIND OF GAVE ME SOME CONCERN AT THE LAST MEETING AND I FELT LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

AND THEN THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT HERE.

ARE THEY HERE TODAY? UM, I DON'T THINK SO.

SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, I, I ASKED STAFF TO, UM, TO CONTACT HIM, TO ADVISE HIM TO BE HERE.

AND I THINK HE HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT.

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UM, WELL THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

'CAUSE I, I DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS AND I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VOTE WAS LAST TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CLOSED.

BUT I, OR TO I'M INCLINED TO THIS, THIS IS THE REASON WHY IT'S ON, ON, AGAIN, BACK ON CORRECT.

PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, I, IT'S RARE THAT I DO THIS, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, AT THE LAST MEET AT THE LAST MEETING, I WANTED TO GIVE THE, UH, THE, THE APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION SO WE COULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, I'VE DONE SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF, OF RESEARCH ON MY OWN AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ISN'T THE END, UM, USER PERSON.

AND SO THAT IS CONCERNING FOR ME.

UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE PROXIMITY OF, OF, OF NEIGHBORHOODS, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT WITHIN THE SECTION OF, OF NOTIFICATION, BUT IT'S STILL CONCERNING.

AND THEN MY BIGGEST CONCERN, AND I THINK THAT MAYBE YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, ETHANOL SEEMS TO BE, I GUESS, OKAY, UM, HOWEVER, WHAT IF IT'S OTHER, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA MONITOR WHAT'S BEING, UM, UNLOADED? AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE LIKE IDENTIFIERS.

I WAS LOOKING IN THE, BASED ON THE TRUCKS.

YOU CAN TELL BY THE, I GUESS THE LITTLE, UM, THE CODE, CODE NUMBER CODE.

THAT'S CODE.

BUT WHO, WHO, WHO'S GONNA BE MONITORING THAT? I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING MORE DESIGNATED FOR THE, FOR THE PORT OF HARLINGEN AND NOT FOR, UM, NOT JUST, I, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

HAD HE BEEN HERE AND ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.

IF YOU WANNA RELAY THAT, THEN I WOULD NOT HAVE, UM, CHANGED MY VOTE.

MY VOTE.

BUT THAT'S GONNA BE MY INTENTION HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

RON, I KNOW THIS IS SECOND READING.

NOPE.

UM, THEN I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE SUP.

WE, WE HAVE TO READ THE CAPTION.

GABE, UH, MARK, UH, IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ISSUED TO FRANK CUNNINGHAM, CARE OF ST.

CLAIR GROUP, INC.

TO ALLOW THE LOADING AND LOADING OF BULK LIQUID, A LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT LOCATED AT 2201 NORTH COMMERCE STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 23.4100 ACRES AT A BLOCK G SURVEY 26 BOISE TRACT, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING.

OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING.

SO I MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY THE SUP SECOND.

OPPOSED? OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES TO DENY THE SUP

[Item 10b - Discussion and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading of the City of Harlingen Ordinance establishing a policy requiring City Commission approval for certain extraordinary water supply commitments outside the City limits in order to protect municipal water resources, infrastructure capacity, and long-term growth planning; including legislative findings; applicability provisions; preservation of the operational authority of the Harlingen Waterworks and Sewer System; prospective application; and severability.]

ITEM.

UM, 10 B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING A POLICY REGARDING CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY WATER SUPPLY COMMITMENTS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IN ORDER TO PROTECT MUNICIPAL WATER RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY AND GROWTH PLANNING, INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS, PRESERVATION OF THE OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY OF THE HARLAN AND WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE, APPLICATION AND SEVERABILITY.

SO I DID, UM, ASK MARK TO TO, TO RESEARCH THIS AND TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR ME.

UM, THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND A LOT OF EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING WATER THAT IS, UM, COMMITTED FOR, FOR DECADES ON OUT.

AND, UM, WHILE THE HARLINGEN WATERWORKS DOES HAVE AN AUTONOMOUS BOARD, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE COLLABORATING.

HOWEVER, UM, IT WAS MY ERROR, I THINK, UM, WITHOUT HAVING, I DIDN'T REACH OUT TO HARLINGEN WATERWORKS, UM, TO SEE IF WE CAN COLLABORATE ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, THE CHAIR REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AND MAYBE WE CAN COLLABORATE AND MAKE THIS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO AT THE, FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M GONNA MOVE TO TABLE THE ITEM SECOND.

TO TABLE.

DO I NEED TO READ THE CAPTION? IF WE'RE GONNA TABLE, I SAY NOT TABLE.

SO I'LL MOVE TO TABLE THE ITEM.

AND WE GOT A SECOND BY LO LOPEZ, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

COULD I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.

COULD WE GET THAT CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED BECAUSE I NEVER SAW IT.

I, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT.

SO THEN THE REQUEST IS IF STAFF CAN SEND THE CONTRACT TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? RICK? I WOULD.

YES, MA'AM.

ABSOLUTELY.

IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE, GABE.

AND THEN, SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN DID, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASLEEP.

22 MINUTES, MINUTES.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE, YOU ALWAYS TABLE.

EVERY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF THAT.

SO, YEAH.

SO I'LL VOTE YES.

10 C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PURCHASE SEVEN PICKUP TRUCKS WITH SAVINGS FROM THE PURCHASE OF ENGINES.

ALRIGHT, BECAUSE I WANNA GO TO BED, UNANIMOUS TO TABLE.

I'M MOVING AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

UM, ITEM

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to purchase seven (7) pickup trucks with savings from the purchase of Engines 1 and 2.]

ONE AND TWO.

UH, EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR CORRECT, THEIR INFORMATION IS THERE.

MOTION.

I'LL MAKE SECOND TO APPROVE MOTION FROM LOPEZ.

SECOND FROM MESMER.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY ITEM.

OPPOSE.

D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND HARLINGEN, UM, CISD FOR THE USE OF AQUATIC FACILITIES AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT FOR THE RECORD.

GREAT JOB CHIEF.

THANK YOU CHIEF 10

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve an lnterlocal Agreement between the City of Harlingen and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD) for the use of aquatic facilities and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.]

COMMISSIONER, UH, EZ HAS, UM, ABSTAINED FROM THIS ITEM AND WE DO HAVE THIS IN OUR PACKET.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, DANNY, IF I MAY, DANNY, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE INTERFERING WITH, UH, WATER AEROBICS, RIGHT? NO.

MOTION APPROVE THEN.

WE WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.

THOSE LEADERS ARE SWEET UNTIL YOU MESS WITH THEIR WATER AEROBICS.

AND IT'S, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 10 E CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE HARLINGEN FIELD RENOVATIONS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.

THANK YOU DENNY.

[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to approve funding for the Harlingen field renovations and authorize the City Manager to proceed with project implementation.]

UM, WE DO HAVE A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING DETAILED IN THE POCKET.

ARE THERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

ITEM F, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FAA CITING THE CITY'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS IN HANDLING WILDLIFE SAFETY HAZARDS ON VI'S RUNWAY.

[Item 10f - Discuss and possible action regarding the FAA citing the City's failure to properly train Airport Firefighters in handling wildlife safety hazards on VIA's runway.]

THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER FRANK MORALES AND COMMISSIONER EZ.

UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOUR ITEM? YES.

UM, MY NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM VALLEY MORNINGSTAR AND NOT FROM YOUR OFFICE? IS THAT A QUESTION FOR GABE? YES.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY NU THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE BEEF.

THIS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART SAYS CITIZENS, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THEN IT LISTS EVERYBODY ELSE.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WAR OF TRUSTEES OF THE, UH, HARTON WATERWORKS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDITOR, ORANGE AIRPORT.

WHY DO WE GET THIS? I CAN READ THIS TO YOU AND WE'RE CITED.

I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU, NOT FROM THE PAPER.

UM, COMMISSIONER, WE, WE GOT A LETTER OF, OF INVESTIGATION FROM THE, FROM THE FAA, WE DIDN'T GET THE FINAL CLEARANCE UNTIL LAST FRIDAY.

AND WHEN YOU ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE INFORMATION, UH, I SENT YOU EVERYTHING I HAD.

UM, AND IT, UH, DIDN'T INCLUDE THE, THE LETTER FROM THE FAA CLEARING US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT AT THAT TIME.

WE GOT IT LATE FRIDAY.

SO I, I, I LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT ON MONDAY THAT WE'D BEEN CLEARED AND YET YOU DIDN'T SEND IT TO US.

WELL, I SENT IT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE A FINAL COMPLETION OF CONCLUSION OF THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATION UNTIL LATE FRIDAY.

AND THEN, SO YOU PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

SO I JUST WAITED TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANTED TO, TO KNOW SO I COULD TELL EVERYBODY HERE AT THE SAME TIME, AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PULLED HAD YOU SEND US THAT LETTER.

I'M DID YOU RECEIVED ON FRIDAY? I'M SORRY, WHAT? THIS ITEM COULD HAVE BEEN PULLED HAD YOU SEND US THAT LETTER ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY? WELL, I GOT, I GOT IT LATE FRIDAY, COMMISSIONER, I DIDN'T GET IT IN TIME TO SEND IT TO YOU.

SO WE GOT IT.

UM, MICHAEL ACTUALLY SENT IT TO ME AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET IT PULLED ANYWAY FROM THE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE AGENDA ANYWAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE COULD ALWAYS TABLE THIS AND SAY, FORGET THIS, I DON'T WANNA DISCUSS THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, BUT I TOLD YOU THAT IT HAD BEEN CLEARED ALREADY.

YOU YOU SAID THAT, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN, THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY, ANY DOCUMENTS.

PUTS OUT INFORMATION AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU GOT IT ON FRIDAY.

SOMETIME FRIDAY, LATE FRIDAY.

SO I, I DO HAVE A REAL ISSUE.

UNDERSTAND THAT VALLEY MORNINGSTAR, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, UH, THE RIO GRANDE, RIO GRANDE GARDEN

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SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE YOU, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WE ARE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET OUR INFORMATION FROM, NOT THE PAPER.

AND, AND, AND I, I, I DON'T WANT TO FALL BACK ON THIS, BUT WE DID DISCUSS THIS AT THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING.

SO EVERY COMMISSIONER, UM, AND THE BOARD OF MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

AND SO THEY KNEW ABOUT US WORKING, TRYING TO GET IT RESOLVED, TRYING TO GET IT RESOLVED, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN RESOLVED UNTIL IT COMES OUT.

AND THIS CAME OUT PRIOR TO FRIDAY.

NOW THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE JUST EARLIER, A COUPLE, MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO, I'M FINDING OUT THAT THE VALLEY MORNINGSTAR BUILDING IS GONNA BE SOLD TO THE FEDS.

ALRIGHT, SO COMMISSIONER, IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DEVIATING AND THERE'S NO FACTS TO SUPPORT THOSE STATEMENTS RIGHT NOW, OKAY? BECAUSE IT'S ALL WHAT? IT'S ALL SOCIAL MEDIA.

OKAY? SO ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD KEEP THIS EVERYBODY INFORMED AT THE SAME TIME YOU GET A DOCUMENT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, LIKE THIS ONE SEND OFF TO US.

WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE SITUATION OF SAFETY.

OKAY? THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

THAT'S ALL I REALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WANTING FOR THE LONGEST TIME, SIR.

AND YOU COMMISSIONER, I I WILL DO THAT.

WHENEVER I GET A, A LETTER FROM ANY AGENCY THAT, THAT, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.

BUT I'M NOT GONNA REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DON'T ANYTHING HAPPENING.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS SOMETIMES SOCIAL MEDIA GETS THE FACTS BEFORE WE DO, OR AT LEAST BEFORE I DO.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S MY REFERENCE TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

I WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH, I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU.

AND I WANT DOCUMENTATION FROM THAT, NOT JUST ME.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IF EVERYBODY ON THIS DIOCESE WOULD GET IT, NOT JUST A SELECTED ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, EVERYBODY KNOWS BECAUSE I TOO GET CALLS.

IT'S NOT JUST FROM MY DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SAYING IT TO YOU WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST GOT IT, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SEND YOU THOSE DOCUMENTS IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO COMMISSIONER MORALES, YOU PUT ON HERE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE, I, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE PUT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

AND THAT'S ON ME.

SO WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR ACTION? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING YOU? YOU PUT THE DISCUSSION, DISCUSS AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

ACTION FOR WHAT EXACTLY? WELL, THE ACTION WOULD BE THAT IF, UH, IF WE KEEP ON HAVING THESE BREACH OF CONTRACT, PERHAPS WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOMETHING ELSE REGARDING THE FAA SIDING, WHICH IS, IS NOT ACCURATE, BUT THE, SAY SIDING, THE CITY'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS IN HANDLING WILDLIFE SAFETY HAZARDS ON THE VIA RUNWAY.

ARE YOU, COULD, ARE YOU, THERE'S ACTION TO THIS.

AND, AND WHAT IS YOUR ACTION? WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSED ACTION TO, TO THIS ITEM? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

VERY SIMPLE.

TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ON A TIMELY BASIS.

NOT ON THE NEWSPAPER.

SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, UM, COMMISSIONER, DID YOU GO TO EVERY SINGLE, UH, AIRPORT BOARD MEETING? IS THAT CORRECT? I TRY, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S A CONFLICT BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND IT'S EITHER THIS MEETING OR THE AIRPORT.

WELL, I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT I'VE BEEN TO, UM, AND, AND IN THE LAST, AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE, BUT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN AT EVERY MEETING AND YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, MR. BROWNING.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, I HAVE ACCESS TO ONE.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAD QUESTIONS, DID YOU GO TALK TO MR. BROWNING? WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? I'M ASKING YOU WHETHER YOU ARE WANTED THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CITY'S FAILURE.

'CAUSE YOU INDICATED HERE THAT THERE WAS A CITY FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS.

SO DID YOU TRY TO GATHER THE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON HER AGENDA? DID YOU TRY TO GATHER THE INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN BY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH GABE OR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MR. BROWNIE AT A MAYOR? IT'S JUST VERY SIMPLE.

WHY? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO MR. BROWNIE? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO ROY? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO, UH, UH, ORLANDO CAMPOS? THE INFORMATION SHOULD COME FROM GABE.

THIS I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER, BUT THE QUESTION WHEN THIS HERE I ASKED, ASKED, LET ME, LET ME ANSWER YOUR, LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THAT THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA WAS FOR TRANSPARENCY, NOT FOR YOUR, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THIS SO THAT WAY WE CAN EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OR SO WE CAN EDUCATE YOU? NO MA'AM.

YES, I DID GO TO MR. BROWNING.

THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S, OKAY.

SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM MR. BROWNING? BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD

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I'M TRYING TO GET TRANSPARENCY FROM HIS OFFICE.

AND I'M TRYING TO GET ACCOUNTABILITY FROM HIS OFFICE.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

THERE'S NOTHING, IT'S NOT DIFFICULT.

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT.

MY, MY, I I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING ON THESE ITEMS HERE AND IF THEREFORE THE, THE, THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I DON'T THINK THAT THE PUBLIC STILL UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAPPENED.

SO IF YOU HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH GABE AND YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. BROWNING, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED HERE? SO THAT WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS YOU PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND I DON'T WANT THE COM THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL THAT THIS COMMISSION IS HERE ONLY, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN GATHER THE INFORMATION.

NO, I'M NOT, AND I'M STILL SPEAKING.

AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, YOU WANT TO DISREGARD THE INFORMATION AND NOT SHARE IT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IF, SINCE YOU PLACED THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION WHAT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED REGARDING THE FAA CITING THE CITY'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS IN HANDLING WILDLIFE SAFETY HAZARDS ON THE VIA RUNWAY.

'CAUSE THAT WAS THE ITEM.

SO COULD YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU DISCOVERED WITH YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. BROWNING OR MR. GONZALEZ? THAT IS A PRIVATE CONVERSATION AND I WILL NOT SHARE THAT.

NOW IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN PUT THAT LETTER OUT THERE SO YOU AND EVERYBODY COULD SEE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THEN THE, THEN UH, THEN MY ASSUMPTION HERE IS CORRECT THAT THIS IS NOT FOR TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS FOR YOU TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

WHY, WHY? AND I HAVE THE PROBLEM, THE ISSUE THAT I'M NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION I NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE THE INFORMATION.

AS A COMMISSIONER, IT IS YOUR JOB, SIR, TO ASK FOR INFORMATION TO GATHER INFORMATION.

WE ALL HAVE THE SAME DUTY.

AND SO I WILL SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, SINCE YOU WILL NOT SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU PUT THIS ITEM ON HERE WHEN YOU COULD HAVE GATHERED THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE COME TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

AND THIS INFORMATION IS INACCURATE SAYING THAT THE FAA CITES BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN THE AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS IN HANDLING WILDLIFE SAFETY HAZARDS ON THE VIA RUNWAY.

THE REALITY IS HERE THAT THE FAA SPECIFICALLY STA STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ON THE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DEPUTY MANAGER, AND IT WAS BECAUSE HE FAILED TO PROPERLY TRAIN AND NOT THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

DID YOU DISCOVER THAT INFORMATION? I'M NOT GOING DISCUSS THIS ANYMORE.

DID YES.

I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER DID OR NO COMMISSION YOUR QUESTIONS ANYMORE.

OF INVESTIGATION, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE RE HAD RECEIVED THAT.

SO THAT IS, THAT IS IT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS, BUT I WILL ASK, I THINK COMMISSIONER ERS, YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING YOU WANT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IF IT'S FOR TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEN I ASK THAT WE, WE PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN KNOW AND NOT FEEL THAT WE ARE HOLDING BACK INFORMATION.

MAYOR, I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER.

I DID NOT DISCOVER THAT, NOR WAS I EVER TOLD ABOUT THIS UNTIL I READ IT ON THE PAPER.

AND I DID THINK THAT WHAT TRANS THAT WHAT FRANK WROTE ON HERE, WHAT THE WAY I READ IT WAS THAT HE WANTED TO BE TOLD AND, UM, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WHAT I THOUGHT FRANK WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS THAT HE WANTED, UH, TRANSPARENCY AS TO WHY HE WASN'T TOLD ABOUT IT.

THAT IS MY, AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF HIM, WHAT HE WANTED TO BE TOLD IS WHY HE WASN'T TOLD.

THAT IS WHAT I TOLD.

I DID NOT GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHY HE DIDN'T, UM, GET TOLD WHAT HAPPENED.

HERE YOU ARE TELLING ME RIGHT NOW WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER IS WHAT I READ.

WHY WE DIDN'T GET TOLD.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T GO LOOKING FOR IT.

I COULD GO LOOKING FOR IT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE YOU, GABE, TO TELL US, I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ YESTERDAY EVENING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS AND WE WORKED ON THESE THINGS ON HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO, SHOULD BE WORKED ON, ON HOW WE SHOULD BE TELLING EACH OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT HAPPEN IN THE COM, IN, IN OUR COMMISSION, AND HOW THINGS SHOULD BE TOLD, NOT JUST TO ONE OR TWO SELECTIVE COMMISSIONERS.

AND IF THINGS GET PUT ON THE AGENDA, IT IS SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS TRUE IT IS SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS SO THAT THEY CAN BE ON HERE.

BECAUSE I AM NOT GONNA GO AND HAVE A TOWN HALL FOR EVERY SUBJECT MATTER AND OR I'M NOT GONNA TAKE EVERY CALL JUST BECAUSE THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND WE DO SERVE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE DO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

SO YES, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THESE ITEMS BEYOND THE AGENDA FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

WE SERVE THEM, I SERVE THEM.

SO WHEN I, WHEN I SEE THIS, THAT, THAT GOT ON THERE, MY MISTAKE WAS TO SEE THAT I READ IT TO THAT FRANK WANTED TO SEE WHY DID NOT, WHY DID WE NOT GET TOLD ABOUT THIS? THAT WAS MY ERROR.

I'M HUMAN.

HOWEVER, I DID NOT GET TOLD ABOUT THIS UNTIL I

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READ IT IN THE PAPER.

NOW, WHEN YOU JUST SAID YOUR ANSWER, YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT THE PUBLIC HASN'T BEEN TOLD OTHERWISE.

ARE WE GONNA WAIT TO HEAR IT IN THE PAPER TOO? AND WHEN WE GET TO HEAR IN THE PAPER, WE GET TO HEAR YOUR, UM, YOUR QUOTE OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S QUOTE AND WE DON'T GET TOLD.

AND WE HAVE OUR CONSTITUENTS BEING, BEING ASKING US WHEN WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OURSELVES.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WORKING TOGETHER.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD.

AND I TALKED TO COMMISSIONER LOPEZ LAST NIGHT AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER AND BEING TOLD ABOUT THINGS TOGETHER IS WHETHER, AND WITHOUT HAVING ANY, ANY ILLEGAL THINGS HAPPEN AS FAR AS, UM, QUORUM OR TOMA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OUR CITY COMMISSION, OUR CITY MANAGER COULD BE TELLING US OR, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY COULD BE TELLING US ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND HE WOULD KNOW BEST HOW TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT CAME TO, CAME TO BE.

THIS IS WHY I CO-SIGNED THIS AGENDA ITEM TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.

AND YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THAT.

IF IT'S FROM ME, IT'S, YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF IT TO LET THE CONSTITUENTS KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY WANNA KNOW.

AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE OVER A HUNDRED CALLS WITHIN A TWO DAY PERIOD, WHETHER THEY COME TO MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE OR MY WORK CELL PHONE OR MY CITY PHONE, WHICH I CARRY THREE, ABOUT THREE OF 'EM ABOUT SO THAT I CAN ANSWER PHONE CALLS BECAUSE INSTEAD IT'S COMING OUT IN THE PAPER, I'M NOT GONNA DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT CAN TELL US, OR TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN TELL US OUT OF THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW THAT THIS HAPPENED.

AND I CAN BE, THEN I CAN GO LOOKING FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

LET ME EXPLAIN AND LET ME DO MY RESEARCH SO I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.

I HOPE THAT THAT CLEARS IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO I THINK WE AGREE ON ONE PART THAT IF WE'RE GONNA PUT ITEMS ON IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IF IT'S TRANSPARENCY, THEN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

AND SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF TALKING ABOUT IT.

MY CONCERN WAS NOW THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS HAD THE INFORMATION, DOES NOT WANT TO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH GIVES A CHILLING EFFECT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE NOT SHARING INFORMATION AND WE JUST HAVE IT.

SO I DO AGREE WITH YOU IN THE PART IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT GABE AND MARK DO PLENTY OF EMAILS TO US THAT SAY, DO NOT REPLY ALL IN TERMS OF LITIGATION AND, AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE CAN IMPROVE.

AND, AND THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

BUT DO NOT PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA AND NOT SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE NOW I HAVE THE INFORMATION, I'M GONNA KEEP IT TO MYSELF AND THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING TO BE PRIVY TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE FOUND PRIOR TO OR POST, UH, PLACE PLACING THIS ON THE AGENDA.

THAT WAS MY CONCERN AS FAR AS THE NEWSPAPER.

I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT PUT, WHAT IS PUT OUT IN THE PAPER.

NOT ALL OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE PAPER IS TRUE.

A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE PAPER IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL WHAT JOURNALISTS WRITE.

THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I WISH THAT WE COULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT'S GONNA COME OUT IN THE PAPER, BUT WE DON'T.

SO ARE YOU GOING TO FIND THINGS? I THINK, UH, MAYOR BOSWELL SAID IT BEST WHEN I THINK I WAS SITTING OUT HERE IN THE, IN THE, UM, UH, IN, IN THE AUDIENCE AND HE SAID, I'M, WE'RE NOT GONNA GOVERN AND YOU GUYS WERE HERE OR YOU ALL WERE HERE.

AND HE SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA GOVERN ON MA.

WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DEAL THAT.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? NO, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

I'M GONNA USE THAT ONE MAN.

I LIKE IT.

AND I'LL SAY, HERE YOU WERE HERE, I WAS HERE IN THE PUBLIC.

BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PAPER, I I I'M, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PAPER.

WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT'S IN THE PAPER AND IT COMES OUT TO BE TRUE, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE CARE.

VERY PRIVY OF IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA IS THE MEDIA AND WE, AND, AND AT LEAST THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

I LIKE IT.

IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

I'LL TELL HIM I'M AND HAVE TO CALL HIM AND TELL HIM.

I WAS SITTING THERE AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT IS TRUE.

THERE'S NOT YOU, YOU CANNOT CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE WRITE.

I MEAN, THERE WAS AN OPINION PIECE ON THE PAPER THAT I REALLY LIKED, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION, AND I AGREED WITH IT.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WHAT YOU READ IS ACCURATE, BUT COMMISSIONERS, IT IS, IT, IT IS, IT IS OUR JOB AS A GOVERNING BODY TO GATHER THE INFORMATION.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE, IF, IF, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND ASK GABE AND ASK MARK.

YOU DON'T NEED TO CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, UH, PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR YOURSELF TO DISCOVER INFORMATION WHEN YOU CAN PICK UP A, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE AT CITY HALL QUITE A BIT.

YOU CAN TALK TO, UH, GABE, YOU CAN TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN TRANSPARENCY, I A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT YOU.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS MORE, UM, SELF-SERVING THAN IT WAS FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, FINDINGS.

WE FINALLY GOT FINDINGS, AND I THINK THE FINDINGS THAT WE GOT WERE POST THIS AGENDA ITEM.

UM, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T PRODUCED THAT TO THE COMMISSION, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN DO THAT, UM, MAYOR, WE CAN DO THAT.

UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IS WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE, UH, THE LETTER

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SO I REACHED OUT TO THE CHIEF, UH, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WE HAD LOST A BIOLOGIST.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE AIRPORT HAD A BIOLOGIST ON STAFF.

AND SO THAT CREATED A LOT MORE QUESTIONS FOR US.

AND SO, UM, WE DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER RIGHT AWAY.

WE HAD TO DIG INTO IT.

WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

UM, AND THEN WHEN, WHEN THE FBI CAME FOR, I MEAN THE FBI, I'M SORRY, THE FAA CAME FOR, UH, A VISIT.

THEY MET WITH THE MAYOR AND MYSELF.

UH, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT POINTED OUT THAT, LOOK, THE AIRPORT WAS GOT TRAINED AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TRAIN THE A F THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.

AND THEN SO THAT, THAT RAISED EVEN MORE QUESTIONS.

AND SO WE DIDN'T GET THE FINAL CLEARANCE TILL TILL FRIDAY WHEN I TOLD YOU WE GOT THE LAST LETTER.

UM, AND I HONESTLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT IN AN EMAIL TO ANYBODY BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES PUBLIC INFORMATION.

SO ANYBODY THAT CAME INTO MY OFFICE AND ASKED ABOUT IT, I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING I KNEW, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY PUT THAT IN, IN AN EMAIL OR, OR A LETTER TO YOU IN MY FRIDAY MEMO.

JUST KNOW THAT IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION AT THAT POINT.

I, I DO AGREE WITH, WITH COMMISSIONER THAT IT'S VALUABLE THAT EVERYBODY G IS, GETS THE INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THAT WAY WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN THE COMMUNITY, UM, REACHES OUT.

BUT THAT INFORMATION CAME VERY LATE.

THE REASON WHY I AND, UM, GABE WILL MEET WITH THE FAA IS BECAUSE THAT'S IN MY ROLE AS MAYOR.

AND SO THOSE, THOSE, UM, MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTACT US, UH, FOR, FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE MEETINGS.

BUT I WILL SAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WAS A, UM, YOU KNOW, A LETTER OF INVESTIGATION AND THAT WASN'T DONE BECAUSE THE FAA CAME DOWN HERE AND SO SAW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT AND THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.

IT WAS ALL SELF-DISCLOSED BY THE PRIOR AVIATION DIRECTOR.

AND THE FAA EXPLAINED TO US THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE LIST, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS WILDLIFE, WERE ALL THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, UM, SELF-DISCLOSED BECAUSE THEY WERE MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

THE WILDLIFE, THE REASON WHY THIS CONTINUED COMMISSIONER, UM, WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT ON THE CITY.

THIS FAILURE WAS NOT ON OUR HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS NOT ON OUR A RF, IT WAS ON BRIAN REN FOR NOT DOING HIS JOB AND NOT PROVIDING THE TRAINING.

THOSE ARE NOT MY WORDS.

THOSE ARE THE FAA WORDS.

AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE THEM NOW.

AND I'M GLAD THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO KNOW, AND AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY MORE ON, ON THOSE, ON THOSE ISSUES.

I THINK IT'S TIME, BUT IT'S FINALLY COME TO A CONCLUSION AND WE CAN'T COMMENT ON IT UNTIL IT IS COMPLETE.

AND THAT WAS ON FRIDAY AND HERE WE ARE.

IT WAS ALL, THE ITEM WAS ALREADY ON HERE, UM, PRIOR TO US GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE AND YOUR A ATTENTIVENESS TO, TO THIS MATTER.

I AND I I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE IT AS WELL.

AND, UM, WHEN I GET PHONE CALLS, THE BEST THING TO DO IS LOOK UP THE MEETING.

THAT'S THE BEST WORD, THE BEST PLACE TO GET THE WORDING CORRECT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM G, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST FUNDING FROM THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BOARD FOR THE STEWART PLACE, POCKET PARK AND HUNTER PARK.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AND THERE IS NO, SO AGAIN, THERE IS NO ACTION.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY,

[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to request funding from the Harlingen Community Improvement Board for the Stuart Place Pocket Park and Hunter Park.]

UM, THIS WAS PUT ON BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND COMMISSIONER DEEZ.

UH, WE'LL START WITH YOU COMMISSIONER FEDS, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOUR ITEM? YES.

UM, THIS IS MY ONGOING ATTEMPT, UM, TO BUILD THAT POCKET PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARING IN MY DISTRICT BETWEEN, UM, THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND, UM, OLD BUSINESS, A THREE RIGHT THERE BY THE FIRE STATION.

UM, I'VE BEEN GOING OUT TRYING TO GET SOME FUNDING IN ORDER TO, UM, BUILD THAT POCKET PARK AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME, BUT THE LAST THINGS THAT I NEED ARE, OR I'M HOPING TO GET AND ASK THE FOUR B BOARD FOR IS I'M TRYING TO, I ALREADY HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT.

UM, BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THE, ON THE PARK IS THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

UM, BECAUSE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THE HEAT HERE IN THE, IN THE VALLEY AND IT'S ALSO PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE THEY MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE SHADE STRUCTURES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA DO.

I WANNA PUT SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THE BASKETBALL COURT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO GET, UM, A SPLASH PAD ALSO FOR MY POCKET PARK THERE.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE WEST SIDE.

ANYTHING FOR, FOR UM, UM, WATER RECREATION WHATSOEVER.

THE CLOSEST THING WOULD BE EITHER FAIR PARK THAT'S IN DANIELS DISTRICT OR THE SOON TO BE HOPEFULLY THE ONE AT VICTOR PARK.

SO I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS A SPLASH PAD.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK THE, UM, FOUR

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B BOARD FOR.

OH, AND THEY ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL PARKING AND A CONTINGENCY FEE AS WELL.

BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT I'M HOPING TO ASK THE FOUR B BOARD FOR.

SO IT'S A SPLASH PAD, A ADDITIONAL PARKING AND THE BASKETBALL SHADE STRUCTURE.

AND THE CONTINGENCY THAT, THAT'S JUST FOR STEWART, THE STEWART POCKET PARK, YES.

WE DON'T HAVE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS COVERED EXCEPT FOR THAT.

SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ASKING, WHEN, WHEN YOU COMMISSIONER ARE ASKING FOR THE FOUR B FOR THE CONSIDERATION, ARE YOU GOING TO ASK THEM TO ALSO, UM, PAY FOR IT TO BE CONTRACTED OUT OR IS IT GONNA BE STAFF? UM, THAT I WOULD LEAVE UP TO DANNY, UH, MAY I CALL DANNY TO THE, YEAH, DANNY.

AND JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MM-HMM .

THEY NEED ALL OVER.

UM, AND IF WE CAN GET CONTRACTED FOR MM-HMM .

FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE SHADY STRUCTURE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, WE HAVE TO CONTRACT IT OUT, SPLASH PAD, CONTRACT IT OUT.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SAME, SAME ITEM.

UM, UH, SAME ITEM WITH, UM, THE FOUR B, UH, COLLEGE OF COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BOARD.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT HUNTER PARK.

I'VE SPENT SOME TIME THERE IN THE LAST TWO, MAYBE ONE, PROBABLY IN THE LAST MONTH I'VE BEEN GOING OUT THERE.

I SEE SOME FAMILIES THERE.

IT'S A PARK THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T, UM, GO TO IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF LACK TO IT.

SO I'VE ACTUALLY VISITED SOME FAMILIES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'VE LOVED WHAT IT USED TO BE.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT IT, WHAT IT COULD BE.

JUST TODAY, I ACTUALLY WENT BY THERE AGAIN, I MET WITH SOME, A YOUNG FAMILY AND THEY HAD TWO SMALL LADIES, I MEAN SMALL CHILDREN WITH THEM AND THEY LOVED TO, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD THEIR CHILDREN PLAYING BASKETBALL AND UM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT.

AND WHAT I'VE FOUND IS WHEN I'VE TALKED TO, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, THE CHILDREN THAT ARE THERE, THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR.

THEY, WHERE THEY DO IS THEY WALK, BUT IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A REALLY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD OR A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT COULD BE WALKING TO.

BUT PELETON PARK IS JUST TOO FAR FOR THEM.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS BASKETBALL COURT WITH A DA RESTROOMS AND, UM, AND SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, THIS IS NOT A COVERED BASKETBALL COURT.

UM, NOT, NOT ANY TIME, ANY SOON.

AND UM, BUT THE BASKETBALL COURT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY THEY, THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE IS A BASKETBALL COURT.

THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE GO TO PELLINGTON PARK, BUT IT'S STILL TOO FAR.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO CROSS SEVENTH STREET AND 13TH STREET TO GET THERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

UM, AND ALSO THE, UM, AT, AT ONE TIME WE'D HAVE THE, THE WALKING TRAIL AS, AS WELL.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT TOO THERE.

UM, DO I MIND IF I GET DANNY UP HERE AGAIN? DANNY? UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS, UM, THE BASKETBALL COURT AT 80 A-D-A-A-D-A RESTROOMS. AND THEN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN, YOU ADDED THAT FOR, WE ADDED THAT FOR THE 20%, RIGHT? CORRECT.

FOR 30,000 TO, EXCUSE ME, FOR A TOTAL OF 180.

WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN HERE IS, UH, THE, THE, UM, THE WALKING TRAIL.

THERE'S ALREADY FUNDING THROUGH THE CDBG.

FOR THE WALKING TRAIL AND, UH, SOLAR LIGHT.

OH, OKAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR, FOR THE A HUNDRED TRAIL.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHEN WE WERE HERE.

SO YOU'VE GOT THAT, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS A BASKETBALL COURT.

ARE THERE RESTROOMS THERE ALREADY? NO, THERE IS NOT THERE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'VE ASKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

I SAID, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM? THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE GO HOME.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T LET US COME BACK.

NEXT CHILDREN SAY THEY DON'T LET US COME BACK, BUT THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN.

SO THE, THE BASKETBALL COURT AT 80,080 DA RESTROOMS AT 70,000 AND THE CONTINGENCY PLAN, EXCUSE ME, CONTINGENCY 20% IS 30,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 180,000.

CAN YOU GIVE ME COPIES OF WHAT YOU GAVE THEM? ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE, LET'S PUT THOSE IN THE POCKET.

'CAUSE I WAS CORRECT.

WE DON'T HAVE HAVE ANY OF THOSE VERSION.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OF IT.

OR YOU WANNA JUST PASS IT DOWN? YOU CAN KIND OF GLANCE AT IT.

I I CAN GET MORE.

I MEAN YOU DON'T WANNA, OH, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE ONE.

SO WHY DON'T YOU HANG OUT TO IT THOUGH.

ANYBODY NEED TO SEE IT NOW? JUST SO THAT WAY WE HAVE IT.

UM, AND MOVING FORWARD, SAME QUESTIONS TO DANNY.

THIS WOULD BE SOME THINGS YOU WOULD CONTRACT OUT.

DANNY'S THINKING I'M GETTING MY STEPS IN .

UM, SO THEN WHAT I AM SEEING IS, UM, A REQUEST TO GO TO THE FOUR B BOARD FOR THE FUNDING AND THE FUNDING REQUEST WILL ALSO BE FOR CONTRACTING FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE ON BOTH PARKS, RIGHT? YES, CORRECT.

SO, UH, IF I MAY, YES, I WAS GONNA SEE IF WE COULD TABLE THIS ONE.

START SETTING UP THE DATE FOR THE B, WHAT IS IT? FOUR B? THE FOUR B TO ALREADY START MEETING.

AND THE NEXT ONE, SOLELY, UH, AS COMMISSIONER GOMEZ TALKED, UH, STATED EARLIER, SHE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AND I DON'T, I I FULLY SUPPORT THESE, I'M NOT STOPPING THIS STUFF, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE FAIR TO ALLOW THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO ALSO ADD THEIR ITEMS TO THIS SO THAT WE SUBMIT ONE FULL PACKET AT ONE TIME WHILE IN THE MEANWHILE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE SHOULD

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BUT I THINK IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT ONE HAS THEIR INPUT, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT 3, 4, 5.

UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A MAD SCRAMBLE AND THE MAYOR, UH, DID ME A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY OF PUTTING ON H FOR ME.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE, HOW DO WE SAY IF, IF THE WHOLE GOAL IS THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND WE WANT EACH MEMBER, EACH COMMISSIONER TO HAVE THEIR INPUT, I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO ALLOW THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO INCLUDE ANY PROJECTS THAT THEY NEED AS WELL.

I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE THE LAST TWO MEETINGS AND YOU PROBABLY ALL RECEIVED THE SAME EMAIL I RECEIVED MM-HMM .

ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE WANTING PARENTS OF BASEBALL PLAYERS AT VICTOR PARK, AT THE VICTOR PARK BASEBALL FIELDS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DECISION TO INCLUDE IN THERE.

AND I'VE, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS YET, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ.

UH, BUT THERE'S BEEN THOUGHTS ABOUT THE HARMS AND SOCCER, UH, SOCCER FIELDS.

AND SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD WANT US TO DO IS JUST TABLE THIS FOR ONE MEETING.

I'VE COMBINE G AND H INTO ONE AND THEN ALLOW EACH COMMISSIONER AND THE MAYOR TO THEN INCLUDE WHAT THEY WANT TO ADD TO THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN WE ALL PROVE IT AT ONE TIME AND MOVE FORWARD.

I'M, AGAIN, I'M NOT OPPOSED.

AND IT ALSO GIVES TIME, STAFF TIME TO DO THE, GIVE US THE QUOTES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, ARE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ALREADY IN, THIS IS ALREADY LIKE A FULL ESTIMATE, RIGHT? DANNY OR ? I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT DIDN'T COME TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.

AND WE CAN'T SEE IT.

SO I, I AM AWARE THAT THEY, THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN, THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

MY CONCERNS ARE THE, UM, JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF THE EXISTING PARKS THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, GIVING LOVE TO ALL OF THE PARKS.

I PLAN ON, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU, I HOPE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, IS WORKING TOWARDS VICTOR PARK.

UM, AND WE CAN ADD THAT ON THERE.

BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THESE REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, BASED ON THE WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND THEN THE AMOUNTS.

AND THAT IS GONNA BE A REQUEST FROM THE FOUR B TO BE ABLE TO CONTRACT IT OUT.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE GUYS AWAY FROM PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THE AMOUNTS HERE, UH, THAT I, THAT I, THAT I PUT ON THE SPREADSHEET, BUT YOU DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.

CAN YOU JUST LIST, CAN YOU, CAN YOU, FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE AND THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME, UM, STATE THE, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, AND IT THAT IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA GO TOWARDS THE FOUR B AND IS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT CONSIDERING CONTRACTING OUT THE SERVICES? OKAY.

BEFORE ANYTHING'S PRESENTED.

JUST REALLY QUICKLY FOR BOTH OF THE, I I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A WASTE OF TIME.

WOULD YOU JUST APPROVE 'EM, APPROVE YOURS, AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN HAVE IT AS ONE PACKAGE? MM-HMM .

AND, AND THAT'S FINE EITHER WAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER, THE FULL COMMISSION SURE.

HAS THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO EVEN THEN WE WOULD STILL WAIT CORRECT.

OH, WE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

WE'RE ALREADY HERE.

I MEAN UNLESS YOU REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT TABLING, YOU GUYS WANTED TABLE, I DON'T WANT A TABLE, I WANNA MOVE FORWARD, BUT THERE'S NO MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT I AT LEAST WANNA GET THESE APPROVED EITHER WAY IT'S GONNA GO IN AT THE SAME TIME.

SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.

BUT I'D RATHER JUST GET IT APPROVED.

SO IT'S THE SAME THING JUST SO IT COULD BE APPROVED ALREADY 'CAUSE WE ALREADY GOT OUR STUFF AND THEN BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE FOUR B THEY'LL HAVE THEIR STUFF, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR STUFF.

BUT OUR STUFF WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BUT IT WON'T BE GOING TO THE FOUR B.

IT'LL BE ON HOLD.

BUT I WOULD STILL RATHER GET IT APPROVED.

'CAUSE ONCE IT GETS APPROVED, DOES IT HAVE TO GET APPROVED AGAIN, GABE? WELL, OKAY.

ONCE WE GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON WHAT PROJECTS THEY WANT FUNDED, THEN WE GO TO THE FOUR B.

UM, AND UNLESS IT'S A BRAND NEW PROJECT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE UH, 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE TO PUBLISH UH, THE PROJECT.

SO SOME OF THESE, UH, LIKE THE STORE PLACE, UH, PROJECT MAY NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE ALREADY FOR PREVIOUS FUNDING.

SO THOSE CAN PROBABLY GET DONE RIGHT AWAY.

HUNTER PARK IS GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR HUNTER PARK.

SO IT WOULD BE DELAYING THAT IS CORRECT SIR.

SO IT WOULD BE DELAYING MINE, RIGHT? NO, YOURS WILL STILL GO FORWARD.

HERS WILL TAKE, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE I WANNA JUST MOVE IT FORWARD.

'CAUSE MY GOAL FOR THIS IS TO GET THE GROUNDBREAKING IN THE SUMMER.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

THAT'S JUST THE STATUTE REQUIREMENT COMMISSIONER.

IT'S NOT NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND IT.

I'M JUST, I'M OKAY WITH WITHHOLDING AND THAT WAY WE GET ONE BIG PACKAGE AND, AND THEN, UM, SO ANY, SO WE'LL DO ALL THAT TOGETHER.

SO WE'LL TAKE THEM TO THE, TO THE FOUR B.

BUT ARE YOU, BUT ARE YOU AGAINST JUST MOVING IT FORWARD? I'D RATHER JUST HOLD IT AND DO IT ALL TOGETHER.

WELL SHE'S, WE HAVE TO PUBLISH HER PROJECTS AND SO THE, THE FOUR B CAN ACTUALLY FUND YOURS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

YEAH, BECAUSE MY MINE, MINE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND THEY'RE BASICALLY EVERYBODY.

I GET IT.

AND, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY START WORK ON YOURS.

HERS WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COMMENT PERIOD AND THEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK HERE

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AND GET IT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

LIKE I DON'T WANNA HOLD IT UP BECAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT THE THING IS, SINCE MINE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, 'CAUSE I'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE FOUR B BOARD, I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.

SO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START MOVING AND THEN LIKE I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO, BUT I WOULD JUST PREFER JUST TO GET IT DONE.

'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING AT IT LIKE CRAZY.

CHRIS HAS BEEN HELPING ME OUT.

DANNY'S BEEN HELPING ME OUT.

JUAN'S BEEN HELPING ME OUT, FREAKING EVERYBODY.

I'VE BEEN GETTING EVERYBODY'S HELP AND WE JUST WANT TO GET THIS DONE.

'CAUSE THIS, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR ALREADY, SO I KNOW IT'S, IT SEEMS TO LIKE TWO WEEKS, BUT TWO WEEKS.

TWO WEEKS.

I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND .

SO COMMISSIONER, WHY DON'T YOU DO A MOTION TO APPROVE YOURS AND THEN, UM, AND AND TABLE OR, OR JUST STEWART.

STEWART PLACE, POCKET PARK.

AND THEN, UM, WE CAN BRING BACK THE HUNTER PARK AND LON HILL PARK AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S PARK.

I MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO FOUR B BOARD FOR STEWART PLACE, POCKET PARK, AND THEN TO TABLE THE OTHER IMPROVEMENT FOR HUNTER PARK UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE.

UM, AND NOT THAT MOTION.

JUST A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STEWART PLACE, POCKET PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND HAVE THEM GO TO THE FOUR B BOARD.

ESCAPE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THERE A MOTION TO TABLE, UH, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YEAH, WE'LL TABLE, UH, H AS WELL.

OPPOSED? DID YOU VOTE YES.

AND SO THEN, UM, SO STAFF, LET'S BRING BACK HUNTER PARK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN IS

[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to request funding from the Harlingen Community Improvement Board for the Lon C. Hill Destination Park]

UH, BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF'S STILL, UNLESS Y'ALL SENT ME THE NUMBERS.

HAVE Y'ALL SENT ME THE NUMBERS? CORRECT.

SO WE'LL YET WAIT THAT, ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ASK AS PART OF THE TABLE AND FOR STAFF TO PUT ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR GET WITH, EXCUSE ME, TO GET WITH COMMISSIONER MORALES MM-HMM .

TO GET WITH COMMISSIONER SMAR AND TO GET WITH YOU, MAYOR ABOUT ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO APPROACH THE BOARD B BOARD ABOUT.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY? OH SIR, MINE'S ALREADY , YOU THINK? I DON'T, YEAH, AND I JUST, AND, AND I THINK I'VE ALREADY FORWARDED EVERY, UM, AND I'M SURE COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS DONE THE SAME.

LET'S GET SOME OF, LET'S SEE WHAT THAT ASSESSMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR VICTOR, FOR VICTOR PARK.

SHARE THAT WITH COMMISSIONER MORALES SINCE IT'S HIS, HIS DISTRICT.

YEAH, HE WAS JUST COMING WITH MINE.

UM, AND WE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN, WE CAN BRING THAT TOGETHER, UM, ON THE NEXT MEETING DOWN, LIKE WITH FIGURES AND EVERYTHING.

AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOR EVERYBODY, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD THAT IT, THAT IT IS IN THE PACKET.

MAYOR, IF I COULD REAL QUICK, ROBERT, WHAT IS THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE FOUR B RIGHT NOW? SIX.

OH, WE JUST FUNDED WELL OVER THE, WHAT IT WAS, UM, 5.5.

IT WAS ALMOST SIX, I THINK.

WELL, NO, NOT ANYMORE.

WE, WE JUST FUNDED, UM, OLIVE PARK, RIGHT? ABOUT 2.8 MILLION.

WHAT DID WE, WHICH ONE? REMEMBER THAT BIG, UM, PROJECT THAT WE FUNDED FOR? UM, IT WAS, IT HAD ESOL IN THERE.

IT HAD, UH, OKAY.

THERE WAS, IT HAD HALF A MILLION FOR CAA, THE, THE SOLE, UH, OH, YES, YES, YES, YES.

I THINK A MILLION FOR THE REC CENTER.

UM, AND THEN THERE WERE, THERE WAS A LONG LIST.

WELL, BUT I THINK THAT SHE, HERS IS LIKE A HUNDRED AND OKAY, WELL JUST, LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE IT, ROBERT.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT MAYOR FOR THIS.

WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE ON 'CAUSE IT'S GETTING LATE.

YEAH, LET'S GO .

SO, UM, WE HAVE VOTED ON THAT CORRECT ALREADY TO TABLE, IS THAT RIGHT? H NO.

NO.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SO WE DID TWO MOTIONS ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? THERE'S A MOTION ON YOURS.

AND THEN WE DID A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM.

ITEM.

ITEM.

THE OTHERS YOU JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE, UM, HUNTER PARK, BUT STAFF'S GONNA BRING IT BACK.

UM, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA TABLE YOUR ITEM, YOU NO, NO, NO, I KNOW.

YEAH, YEAH.

NO, YEAH.

UH,

[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution to establish a City of Harlingen Advisory Committee on accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired.]

I ITEM I CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A CITY OF HARLAN AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED IMPAIRED.

THIS IS MINE.

LAST TIME IT WAS CAME BEFORE YOU AS AN ORDINANCE.

NOW IT'S A RESOLUTION.

UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IS I, I DID REACH, I DID ASK OSCAR TO REACH OUT TO, UM, WE HAVE A RESIDENT THAT HAS, THAT KIND OF LEADS THE GROUP.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION IS WELCOME TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS, BUT I, I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT WE ALLOW MR. PHILIP, UM, TO TO PROVIDE, UH, POTENTIAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW TO BE ABLE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS.

UNLESS YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE,

[03:45:01]

THEN DO SO.

BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES OR BOARDS THAT, UM, FAIL TO MEET BECAUSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE APPOINTMENTS.

SO I WOULD ASK, UM, WITH A LITTLE SENSE OF URGENCY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR BUDGET SEASON COMING UP MM-HMM .

AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THAT COMMUNITY AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY DOES, UM, TO HEAR WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.

IT WAS REALLY EYE-OPENING.

I THOUGHT THAT THE CITY WAS DOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF GREAT THINGS, UH, TOOK STAFF AND THEY WERE LIKE, YES, YOU DID THESE, UH, UH, YOU INSTALLED, ANA WAS THERE.

AND WE WERE LIKE, WE DID ALL THIS.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL FOR US.

SO I THINK IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND, IDENTIFY THEM, APPOINT THEM.

AND IF YOU DON'T THEN IF YOU CAN GET WITH HIM, UM, AND, AND SOME SUGGESTIONS.

SO THAT WAY THE COMMISSION HAS SOME CHOICES ON, ON WHO'S ALREADY REACHED OUT TO HIM.

SHE'S BEEN COMMUNICATING ON.

NO, THOSE, THAT'S ALL.

I MEAN, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THAT? NO, MA'AM.

MAKE A MOTION APPROVE.

J, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON A PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON HIGH INTENSITY DATA PROCESSING FACILITIES, DATA CENTERS, AND DIRECTING PUBLICATION OR NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 12 1 31 DASH 2 12 1 37 ON MOTION.

OPPOSE.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM

[Item 10j - Discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution calling for public hearings on a proposed moratorium on high-intensity data processing facilities (data centers), and directing publication of notice in accordance with Texas Government Code Sections 212.131-212.137.]

SECOND, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO ARE WE GONNA, CAN I PROCEED? WELL, IT WAS MY ITEM.

I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE IT, BUT SURE, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? AND WE'RE WE'RE STILL ON, UH, ON JAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

WHO ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY STUDIES ON THIS? THAT'S WHAT IT CALLS FOR THE EPA CORRECT IMPACT.

THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER STUDIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE.

'CAUSE REMEMBER WE HAVE TO GET THE, WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO HEARINGS, RIGHT? TWO HEARINGS TO EVEN IMPLEMENT THE MORATORIUM.

AND SO IF THERE'S, IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW IT AND THERE'S ANYTHING EXTRA, UH, THAT YOU THINK WOULD, SHOULD, UH, COME INTO PLAY.

THERE WAS A BUNCH, I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE, THE, THE PUBLIC MADE SUGGESTIONS.

I THINK WE'D ALREADY HIT MOST OF THOSE.

BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE CHECK AND I'LL SUPPORT THE STUDIES THAT YOU WANT TO, TO KNOCK OUT BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY MAJOR ISSUE.

SO, RIGHT.

AND, AND AND YEAH.

SO WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME THAT STUCK AROUND FOR THIS ITEM, IS THAT REST ASSURED THAT YOUR CITY COMMISSION IS WORKING HARD.

UM, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE MOVING FORWARD ARE THE RESPONSIBLE STEPS.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS CANNOT DO.

AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS CITY GOVERNMENTS CANNOT JUST SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS WITHOUT HAVING THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THAT IS WHY IT IS ON HERE.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THEM AND TAKE THOSE STEPS.

SO IF WE COULD GET TO THAT, UM, GOAL SOONER THAN WE WOULD, BUT WE HAVE TO, UH, ABIDE BY THE LAW.

AND, AND SO PER MARK'S INSTRUCTIONS, THIS WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO TO GO ABOUT IT.

BUT THERE'LL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE ADVISED AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

AND, AND MAYOR, IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE, THE RESOLUTION, THERE'S A SPACE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION, WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO SET THE DATES.

UH, FOR THOSE.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 30 DAYS OUT.

CAN WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR COMMISSION MEETING? YES, WE CAN.

UH, AS LONG AS WE HAVE 30 DAYS.

UH, NOTICE 30.

SO OUR SECOND MEETING IN, SO JUNE, I IMAGINE IF WE'RE APRIL 1ST, BUT THEN DON'T ADD MY DON'T UH, RELY ON MY CALENDAR MATH, WHICH WAS TERRIBLE EARLIER.

BUT APRIL 1ST.

MAY 1ST, THAT WOULD GET US 30 DAYS.

RIGHT? MORE OR LESS.

WHICH IS WHY I WAS SAYING CAN WE JUST PUT IT ON OUR FIRST, ON OUR FIRST.

AS LONG AS IT'S 30 DAYS.

CAN CAN SOMEBODY DO THE MATH ON THE DATE OF POSTING? DO WE HAVE TO PUT A NOTICE IN THE PAPER? YES.

YES WE DO.

OKAY, THEN THAT TAKES AT LEAST SO, SO 30 PLUS, I MEAN, IF I WAS JUST SAYING, SO THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE IT ON OUR COMMISSION MEETING, WE CAN DO IT.

UH, BUT IF WE NEED TO, THEN WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE DATE.

IF IT'S NOT 30 DAYS OUT, WE CAN DO IT ON THE, ON THE MAY 6TH, WHICH IS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION.

THE FIRST, WHICH IS MORE THAN 30 DAYS OUT FROM TODAY.

AS LONG AS WE GET THE INFORMATION TO THE NEWSPAPER.

JUST 30 DAYS FROM THE NEWSPAPER POSTING.

WE CAN DO THE NO, THAT WE CAN'T DO IT MAY 6TH.

EVEN WE CAN GO BECAUSE NO, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.

SO HOLIDAY OR WHAT? WELL, NO, WE NEED 30 DAYS PLUS WE NEED TO PUT IT IN THE PAPER.

FOR 30 DAYS.

HOW SOON CAN WE HAVE IT MARKED TO PUT IT ON THE PAPER? BECAUSE IT CAN GO OUT NEXT WEEK ON THE PAPER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ON THE 20TH.

THAT'S THAT'S THE 11TH, RIGHT? WE CAN THAT'S BUT THEY NEED TIME.

THEY NEED TIME TO MAKE COFFEE.

AND THEN, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE MAY 20TH

[03:50:01]

AT THE EARLIEST MAY.

YES, THAT WOULD BE THE EARLIEST.

MAY 20TH.

WE MIGHT NEED TO JUST HAVE A HEARING, A, A MEETING THEN FOR IT.

WHAT IF WE DO WE HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY.

CAN WE, DO WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE DATES RIGHT NOW OR CAN WE UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO SET DATES AND THEN TO PULL THE COMMISSION, UH, ON AVAILABILITY AND SEE IF, IF IT CAN BE, IF, IF IF IT'S GONNA DRAG ON, UM, TOO FAR OUT IN THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE IT SOONER.

BUT MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK TO SEE, GIVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPORTING AND THEN, UM, LET US KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU THINK THAT THE EARLIEST AVAILABLE DATE IS TO HAVE THE FIRST HEARING.

IS THAT, YEAH.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE SUBJECT TO THE DATES SET BY RESOLUTION.

RESOLUTION, EXCUSE ME.

SECOND AS, UH, THE DATE SET AS SET BY UH, THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS YOUR WHEELHOUSE, NOT MINE.

SO WHY DID WE HAVE TO DO THIS MORATORIUM AND LIKE SET IT UP THIS WAY, THE WAY WITH ALL THE DATES AT THIS, BUT NOT FOR THE VAPE.

I KNEW YOU'D ASK THAT QUESTION .

AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM AND THAT ONE IS JUST USED FOR ZONING.

SO I ASKED WELL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WE'RE DOING A MORATORIUM AND THAT'S IT.

AND NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THESE THINGS.

SO, UM, YES, THE BENEFIT OF, SO FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO DO THINGS FASTER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO WRITE THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL THEM TO GIVE CITIES MORE CONTROL INSTEAD OF LESS CONTROL OF THEIR AGENDA.

UH, NO, OF JUST MORE AUTHORITY TO DO THINGS WITHOUT, YOU KNOW.

UH, BUT YEAH, CITIES ARE, ARE CITIES ARE LIMITED.

COMMISSIONER AGAMA? NONE.

UH, MOVING

[Item 11 - Board Appointments]

ON TO ITEM 11.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

UH, LOPEZ? NONE.

I HAVE NONE.

YES, FOR THE, UH, GOLF BOARD.

UH, JULIE, UH, CRIPPLE.

COMMISSIONER? NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD APPOINTMENT? MOTION TO APPROVE

[Item 12 - Executive Session]

A MOTION BY LOPEZ.

SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ.

ITEM 12, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 12 A.

THE CITY COMMISSION WILL CONVENE IN CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.087 TO DISCUSS COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT SEEKING TO LOCATE OR EXPAND WITHIN THE CITY AND TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES RELATING TO PROPOSED PRIVATE PRIVATELY FINANCE, ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURISM EVENT PROJECT, INCLUDING POTENTIAL CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TEMPORARY USE OF CITY FACILITIES.

THE COMMISSION MAY ALSO CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 0.071 REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED EVENT PRODUCTION AGREEMENT, INCLUDING RISK ALLOCATION, INDEMNIFICATION, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND PROTECTION OF THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION? MOTION BY PETTIS? SECOND BY SECOND? I MORALES.

THE TIME IS NOW 9:37 PM AND WE WILL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

13, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEM 12 A AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

COME ON GUYS.

PICK UP SLACK.

S**T, THE TIME IS NOW 10:21 PM AND WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE DO HAVE, UM, ONE ITEM HERE.

ITEM

[Item 13 - Action on Executive Session Items]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED? SECOND.

[Item 14 - Adjournment]

AND WE ADJOURNED.