* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ALL [Item 1 - Call to Order] RIGHT, WHY DON'T WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER? IT'S 5:30 PM UH, WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION. WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER DEEZ? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT US WISDOM IN OUR DECISIONS, CLARITY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND UNITY IN OUR PURPOSE. GUIDE US TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS, AND RESPECT, ALWAYS SEEKING THE WELLBEING OF THOSE WE REPRESENT. BLESS THIS MEETING AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE LIBERTY. JUSTICE. I WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE TODAY TO TODAY'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING. UH, MAYOR SALUDA, UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T ATTEND. SHE HAD A FAMILY, UH, EMERGENCY. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE CAN KEEP HER HUSBAND OR NOT HER HUSBAND, HER FATHER, AND THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AND HOPE THAT HE HAS A SPEEDY RECOVERY. MARK, [Item 2 - Conflict of Interest] LET'S MOVE US INTO THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS OF A COMMISSION MEMBER, OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST AND AN AN AGENDA ITEM. MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NONE. NONE. NONE, NONE. UM, ATTEND C WITH HASD, WE'RE GONNA MOVE [Item 3 - Announcements] ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA PASS ON THAT. CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY. COMMISSIONER. CITY COMMISSIONER? UH, MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? NONE. DISTRICT THREE, FOUR. NONE. FIVE. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATION SLASH PRESENTATIONS OF AWARDS. HAR AND ANIMAL SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK. OKAY. WHILE WE'RE, UH, PET OF THE WEEK'S COMING UP, COMMISSIONER PEREZ? YES, I DID WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENT. I WANT EVERYBODY HERE AND AT HOME TO KNOW THAT ON APRIL THE 25TH, WE WILL BE DOING A COMMUNITY CLEANUP THERE ALONG THE, UM, FRANK BOGUS TRAIL. THAT'S WHERE SAMES IS NOW, ALL THE WAY TO, ALMOST TO DIXIELAND ROAD. SIR, WE'RE WELCOMING ALL THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO HELP CLEAN UP THE AREA, PLEASE COME DOWN. WE WILL BE PROVIDING ALL THE SUPPLIES AND SOME REFRESHMENTS, SO COME ON AND HELP MAKE CARNAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. NICE, THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, WE HAVE, UH, WINNIE WITH US. OKAY. SORRY. [Item 4a - Harlingen Animal Shelter Pet of the Week] TODAY WE HAVE WINNIE WITH US. UM, SHE IS A CHINOOK MIX. UM, SHE IS FULLY VACCINATED. SHE'S MICROCHIP AND SHE'S SPAYED. UM, SHE'S READY TO BE ADOPTED. SHE WAS ADOPTED BACK IN NOVEMBER, BUT SHE WAS RETURNED DUE TO FINANCIAL TROUBLES FROM HER ADOPTERS. UM, YOU KNOW, NO FAULT TO HER. SHE LOVES TO GO TO PARKS, PLAYING WITH OTHER DOGS. UM, WE ARE AT 1106 MARKOWSKI AVENUE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO BY AND ADOPT HER OR ANY OF HER FURRY FRIENDS, WE ARE AVAILABLE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM ONE TO 6:00 PM. UM, AND THEN THIS WEEKEND WE ARE GONNA HAVE A 50% OFF ADOPTION EVENT. UM, AND THAT IS GONNA BE ALSO AT THE SHELTER. AND WE'RE GONNA ROLL OVER THROUGH TRACTOR SUPPLY. THEY WILL BE THERE IN SAN MANTO FROM 10 TO TWO, AND THEN DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN FROM SEVEN TO 10:00 PM. UM, ALSO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID HAVE A FREE ADOPTION EVENT, AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 30 ADOPTIONS, UM, THAT HAPPENED, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND. AND WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT FOUR OF THOSE ADOPTIONS WERE FROM CITY EMPLOYEES. OH, WOW. THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH, AND MISS MYRA WAS ONE OF THEM. . CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. UH, [Item 4b - Certificate of Recognition - Harlingen High School "Cardinals" Boys Basketball Team"] CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL CARDINALS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER. UM, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR HARLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS, CARDINALS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THE 20 25 20 26 SEASON. PRESENTED IN HONOR OF AN OUTSTANDING SEASON MARKED BY DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND EXCELLENCE IN COMPETITION. THEIR SEASON RECORD IS OVERALL 29 AND NINE. THEIR DISTRICT RECORD IS EIGHT AND OH. THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THEIR DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, UNDEFEATED BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, BIRD BOWL CHAMPIONS, BATTLE OF THE ARROYO CHAMPIONS. YOUR COMMITMENT, [00:05:01] DISCIPLINE, AND UNITY HAVE LED TO AN EXTRAORDINARY SEASON AND SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR SUCCESS. THROUGH HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP AND BROUGHT GREAT PRIDE AND RECOGNITION TO YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY WITH SINCERE ADMIRATION, WE CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND COMMEND YOU ON A TRULY MEMORABLE SEASON. PRESENTED THIS 15 DAY, 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026. IF THE COACH WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, , AND I WAS GONNA BE SPEAKING TODAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION. IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR TEAM. I KNOW THESE GUYS WORKED REALLY HARD. THERE'S NOT JUST, UH, THE COACHES AND THE PLAYERS, BUT IT'S THE COMMUNITY, IT'S THE PARENTS, IT'S EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. SO, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ERIC. WHY DON'T WE ALL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT PHOTO. WHY DON'T WE, UH, BRING THE TEAM UP SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO AND PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR AWARD. WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT ARE CARDINALS, UH, BE IN THE FRONT ROW WITH THEM, AND RIGHT HERE, THE REST OF US CAN BE IN THE BACK RIGHT HERE. COMMISSIONER. GOOD STUFF THIS TIME. GOOD STUFF. SEND OUT FOR YOU. HUH? THAT'S A ANDREA. WHY PUT THE BACK OF CHIP? THEY, THEY SHRUNK TWO CHIPS. THEY SHRUNK THEM THERE. THEY SHRUNK. THEY'RE SMALL. WE BOUGHT THE MINI. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. BE UP IN THE FRONT. BE UP IN THE FRONT. YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FRONT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FRONT. COMMISSIONER BE END UP IN THE FRONT. YEAH, LET'S GO UP IN THE FRONT. NEED TO SCOOT IN JUST A LITTLE. THERE IT IS. CAN SEE. COMMISSIONER PEREZ . OKAY. READY? 1, 2, 3. GREAT. THANKS. 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, AND THREE, TWO. APPRECIATE IT. [Item 4c - Certificate of Recognition - Harlingen High School South "Hawks" Boys Basketball Team] NOW WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON OVER TO THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. HAREN HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH HAWKS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, HARLINGEN, SOUTH BOYS HAWKS BASKETBALL TEAM 2025 TO 2026, HONORING A REMARKABLE SEASON DEFINED BY PERSEVERANCE, UNITY, AND EXCELLENCE ON THE COURT. THEIR SEASON RECORD IS OVERALL 30 AND EIGHT. THEIR DISTRICT RECORD IS 18 AND OH, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE 32 5 A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AREA CHAMPIONS, REGIONAL SEMI-FINALIST, AND SWEET 16 APPEARANCE. THROUGH RELENTLESS EFFORT, STRONG TEAMWORK, AND UNWAVERING DETERMINATION, YOU HAVE SET A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND BROUGHT IMMENSE PRIDE TO YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE A TRUE REFLECTION OF DISCIPLINE, RESILIENCE, AND THE STRENGTH OF THE HAWK'S TEAM. WITH GREAT PRIDE, WE CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS AND COMMEND YOU ON AN UNFORGETTABLE SEASON. PRESENTED THIS 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026. AND IF WE COULD GET, IF WE CAN GET OUR COACH UP HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. UH, FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR HAVING US. UM, THESE BOYS PUT IN A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR, UM, AND, UH, PUT, PUT [00:10:01] TOGETHER A PRETTY GOOD SEASON. UM, I THINK I'M MORE, I SHOW A LOT MORE PRIDE IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BECAUSE ALL FOUR TEAMS, UH, FINISHED UNDEFEATED THIS YEAR. US, THE CARDINAL BOYS, CARDINAL GIRLS, UM, AND OUR, AND OUR, OUR GIRLS. SO WE, WE COMBINED A TOTAL OF 52 AND OH IN, IN DISTRICT PLAY WITH ALL FOUR TEAMS. AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WERE KIND OF FOCUSED ON. UH, I KNOW THESE BOYS, UM, ARE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER THEY DO, UH, OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL. UH, BUT I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR RECOGNIZING US. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO BE HERE. AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU. WHY DON'T WE GET THE WHOLE TEAM TO COME ON OUT? REALLY? WHY DON'T YOU BE IN THE FRONT? MOM, RENEE, THEY'RE ALL TALL. THEY'RE TALL. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE IN THE FRONT. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE TO BE IN FRONT. OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE YOU BACK HERE. I GUESS TO SAY THIS, I WENT TO HARLEM SOUTH BACK THEN, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. WE DID NOT WIN VERY MUCH. AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WINNING CONSISTENTLY FOR YEARS, YEARS IS JUST FANTASTIC. IT SPEAKS TO YOU, COACH SPEAKS TO YOU GUYS, AND THE PROGRAM HAS WELL AS WELL. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THAT PRIDE AND THAT WINNING, UH, TRADITION TO HARVEST SOUTH. 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, RIGHT HERE. TRY TO FIND, OKAY. HERE. AND 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, AND ONE MORE. 3, 2, 1. NICE BOOTS. NOPE. HEY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE TEN EIGHT IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKETS? THERE'S JUST TWO SHEETS. THAT'S IT. BUT YOU HAVE, YOU DO HAVE 10 A NAH. WHAT? ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR. YOU GOT THREE PAGES? YES, SIR. WHAT'S HAVE FOUR OH OH, GOT OH YEAH, RIGHT HERE. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S ANIMAL SHELTER ONE, RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S ANIMAL SHELTER MASTER FEE. YEAH, IT'S THIS ONE. YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT. 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF SAYS CONSIDER RUNNING. I HAVE ALL THE ORDINANCES RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANNA READ IT. CAN WE PASS ON? WELL, I GOT IT RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR. WE'RE GONNA PASS MINUTES. OKAY. THAT WORKS. I GOT, I GOT BEAT WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS US BEING THAT POPULAR, BUT NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S CLEARING OUT YEAH, IT REALLY CLEARED OUT THE ROOM. YEAH, EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON [00:15:01] OVER TO MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, MONTH BOOKS AND THINGS BEFORE WE INVITE THE OWNER UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS. LET'S HOLD UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'S STILL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER. OH, I APOLOGIZE. WE'RE GONNA MOVE [Item 4d - Presentation of Proclamation - Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Month"] ON TO THE PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU. SO BEFORE WE INVITE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUNNY GLEN UP TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. I WILL READ IT AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH TEXAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE, NURTURING CARE FOR THE ABUSED, NEGLECTED, AND AT-RISK CHILDREN IN OUR REGION. AND WHEREAS SUNNY GLENN CHILDREN'S HOME HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR OVER 90 YEARS, SINCE 1936, OFFERING RESIDENTIAL CARE, THERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND SUPPORT DE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HEALING AND RESTORE HOPE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS. WHEREAS SUNNY GLENN CHILDREN'S HOME HAS SERVED OVER 25,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH ITS VARIOUS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE STATE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, COUNSELING CENTER, THE ALLEN HOUSE, SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM AND REFUGEE CHILDREN PROGRAM. AND WHEREAS SUNNY GLEN'S CHILDREN HOME ACTIVELY ENGAGES IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE SIGNS PREVENTION AND REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH LOCAL AGENCIES SUCH AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TO BUILD A STRONGER SAFETY NET FOR OUR CHILDREN ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. AND WHEREAS APRIL IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH, A TIME FOR COMMUNITIES TO UNITE IN PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS TO REAFFIRM THEIR COMMIT TO ENSURING SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL CHILDREN. NOW, THEREFORE, NORMA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2026 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. IF WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUNNY GLENN THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP, UH, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH EVERY YEAR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, OVER 67,000 CHILDREN ARE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE. MOST OF THOSE COMING FROM NEGLECT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, OVER 150 CHILDREN DIE IN THIS STATE EVERY YEAR AS VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE. UH, SO YOU'LL MAY NOTICE ALL OF OUR STAFF HERE, ALL OF OUR TEAM, WERE ALL WEARING BLUE. BLUE IS THE COLOR FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION. UH, SO WE'RE ASKING OF ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THURSDAYS FOR THIS MONTH TO WEAR BLUE, UH, JUST TO RAISE AWARENESS OF, UH, THIS VERY IMPORTANT CAUSE AND, UH, HELP OUT THOSE CHILDREN'S IN NEED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL AND TAKE A QUICK PICTURE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OH, NO, THIS IS GOOD. DANIEL, YOU WANT RIGHT THERE? PERFECT. READY? 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. AND THEN RIGHT HERE. AND 3, 2, 1, AND 3, 2, 1. OKAY. [Item 4e - Mayor's Business of the Month - Books-N-Things] NOW WE HAVE MAYOR'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH LOOKING THINGS. SO BEFORE WE BRING UP A BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE, WE HAVE PREPARED A VIDEO FOR YOU, BOOKS AND THINGS IS A USED BOOKSTORE WITH APPROXIMATELY 85,000 BOOKS ON THE SHELF. [00:20:01] ANOTHER 40,000 UPSTAIRS IS DUPLICATES AND YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR BOOKS AND TRADE, OR YOU CAN BUY 'EM OUTRIGHT. AND IT'S SOMETIMES TO A FIRST TIME BUYER. IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING BECAUSE THE STORE IS SO BIG, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY KEEP COMING BACK. THE FRONT ROOM WAS ONLY FROM HERE UP, AND THERE WAS MAYBE 15,000 BOOKS. ACTUALLY, MY ORIGINAL OWNERS HAD STARTED IT FROM A TWO ROOM BOOKSTORE ON SUNSHINE STRIP. AND MR. WATSON ACTUALLY KEPT TRACK OF ONE BOOK TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES IT WENT IN AND OUT OF THE STORE. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BUY THIS BUILDING AND MOVE THE BOOKSTORE HERE. I JUST WENT TO WORK FOR 'EM IN 1986. I AM AN AVID READER, SO I WAS IN MY GLORY . I DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY BOOKS ANYMORE. . AND THEN THIS ROOM IS ALL NONFICTION, AMERICAN HISTORY, TEXAS HISTORY, MILITARY, SOME POLITICAL, NOT A WHOLE LOT. WE SEE TOO MUCH OF THAT ON TV. , EVEN FROM A NOVEL THAT'S NONFICTION, YOU CAN STILL LEARN SOMETHING AND YOU CAN GO PLACES IN YOUR MIND, IN, IN OR IN YOUR IMAGINATION IN A BOOK. OH, WE'RE AT 5 23 NORTH FIRST STREET IN THE HARLINGEN, TEXAS, THE BIG BLUE BUILDING ON THE CORNER. YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. I KNOW. I LOVED IT. I'M TRULY GRATEFUL AND VERY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, PATRICIA BUCKET. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE YOU POP ON UP SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU, MA'AM? THANK AND 3, 2, 1, AND THEN ONE MORE LIKE THIS. AND THREE, TWO, AND ONE. THANK YOU. WE ARE GONNA [Item 5 - Citizen Communication] MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE ON THIS AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATE ON TOPICS ADDRESSED. I THINK THE FIRST PERSON WE HAVE UP HERE, MARTIN, UH, REAGAN, PETRI, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WE'LL START WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY, COOL. I'M READY TO GO. UH, I LOVE THIS CITY. SO THIS IS NOT COMING WITH ANY TYPE OF HATE OR MALICE. THIS IS JUST TRULY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK EVERYONE HERE AGREES WITH WHY HARLINGEN IS SO GREAT IS HOW GOOD OF A PLACE IT IS TO RAISE CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS HEARD FROM MY PARENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF ADULTS, IS THAT IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN. SO KEEPING THAT FACT, THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, A MAN WENT TO A PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO MEET WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A CHILD UNAWARE OF THAT FACT. HE MET A MAN NAMED ALEX. ALEX'S JOB IS TO CATCH PEOPLE LIKE THIS. THIS IS HIS FULL-TIME JOB. THIS IS ALL HE DOES. HE HAS ARREST IN ALL 50 STATES AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF CONVICTIONS [00:25:01] ACROSS THE NATION. THE NIGHT HE MET THIS MAN, HE HAD ALSO MET AN UNDERAGE PERSON IN DON. HE HAD ALSO WENT TO MEET A MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING IN DONNA. WHEN HE WENT TO DONNA, THE DONNA POLICE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED HIM. SO YOU HAVE A MAN WHO IS GETTING CONVICTIONS IN OUR CITY NEXT TO US, A MAN WHO'S GETTING CONVICTIONS AND ARRESTS IN OUR STATE AND OUR NATION IS A HUGE ISSUE THAT HE'S ABLE TO COME TO HARLINGEN AND THE POLICE NOT HELP, NOT EVEN INVESTIGATE, NOT EVEN TAKE HIS PHONE AT THE BARE MINIMUM WHEN A MAN ADMITS TO ON CAMERA HAVING EXPLICIT IMAGES OF CHILDREN. I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THE WORST IN THE CITY'S POLICIES BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT IT WAS. SOME SORT OF CITY POLICY ALLOWING HIM TO ROAM FREE AND NOT BE DEALT WITH. I DON'T WANNA BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE HAD NO ILL INTENTIONS AND WANTED TO DO THEIR JOB. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POLICY IS NOT ALLOWING THE LAWS TO BE USED TO CATCH CRIMINALS. AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE CIVILIANS ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RIGHT TO ACT ACCORDING WITH THE LAW, WHICH IS WHAT HE DID TO CATCH BAD GUYS. THE POLICE ARE OVERWORKED AND UNDER-RESOURCED. THEY CAN'T CATCH EVERYONE. SO WHEN A MAN WORKS COMPLETELY INSIDE OF THE LAW TO HELP OUT, HE SHOULD NOT BE MET WITH, WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK INTO THIS, WE'RE NOT GONNA HELP. THAT'S KINDA IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DON RAY LEONARD. NEXT ON THAT IS LUIS SINO, DON RAY LEONARD, DISTRICT THREE. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. THESE PEOPLE ON THE DAAS ARE NOT OUR LEADERS. THEY ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES. YOU VOTED FOR THEM TO REPRESENT YOU AND YOUR DISTRICT, REPRESENT YOU, NOT LEAD YOU INTO SECRET DEALS WITH NO TRANSPARENCY, AND THEN DO WHAT THEY DECIDE IS BEST FOR YOU. NOW, WE AS CITIZENS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THEN DEMAND THE ANSWERS. NORMA PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANSWERS, BUT CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING IF IN ITS ENERGY AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES REFUSE TO PROVIDE THE ANSWERS, THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW. NDAS, REDACTIONS AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BY THIS COMMISSION IS NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE. WHY IS IT EVERY TIME I STAND AT THIS PODIUM, MY COMPLAINT IS ALWAYS THE SAME? NO TRANSPARENCY, NO ACCOUNTABILITY. SADLY, DECEPTION HAS BEEN THE HALLMARK OF NORMA'S ADMINISTRATION AS EVIDENCED BY THE BRAND NEW ARTICLE IN THE VALLEY MORNING STAR ON THE AIRPORT. IF A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION COMES TO ME WITH A LUCRATIVE DEAL REQUIRING ME TO EXCLUDE THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED ME, THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT, THAT'S A HARD NO. YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND LOYALTIES ARE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU. DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE YOU CAN ALLOW A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE TO LOOT OUR COMMUNITY? EXPECT US TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR COSTS WHILE BLINDLY TAKING ALL THE RISK AND TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITY FOR WHERE ARE THE PROTECTIONS? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? AGAIN, NO TRANSPARENCY, NO ACCOUNTABILITY. JUST THE POLLUTION AND TOXICITY OF THE WATER AND AIR ALONE SHOULD KILL THIS DEAL. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE IMMUNE TO THE HEALTH RISKS STEMMING FROM THIS DATA CENTER? HOW ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN'S ILLNESSES? HOW ABOUT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN'S ILLNESSES? JUST THE HEALTH RISKS ALONE SHOULD GIVE YOU PAUSE, GUARANTEED YOU WILL SHARE IN THE CONSEQUENCES. WE APPLAUD COMMISSIONERS MORALES AND CASOS GAMMAS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THIS DATA CENTER FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY BENEFITS TO BE REALIZED. INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT LEAVE OUR FAMILIES TO PAY THE PRICE FOR DECADES TO COME. WE, THE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER EVERY NAME, EVERY VOTE, AND EVERY BAD DECISION MADE ON OUR BEHALF BY OUR CITY'S REPRESENTATIVES. COMMISSIONERS, WE DON'T NEED TO BE HANDLED. WE WANT AN ORDINANCE BANNING ANY AND ALL ASPECTS OF THESE DATA CENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. NO DATA CENTERS, NOT HERE, NOT NOW, NOT EVER. THANK YOU, MR. VALINO. YOU'RE UP. MS. SARAH MINA. YOU'RE NEXT. LUIS SINO, FOUR 20 EAST AUSTIN AVENUE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. [00:30:01] REGARDING HORSESHOE POINT AND THE PROTEST BY OUR NEIGHBORS AT WATER'S EDGE, TEXAS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER TWO 11.006. ONE SAYS THAT IF A PROPOSED CHANGE TO A REGULATION OR DISTRICT BOUNDARY IS PROTESTED WITH A MINIMUM 20% SIGNATURES, THE PROPOSED CHANGE MUST RECEIVE IN ORDER TO TAKE EFFECT AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OR 75% OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. ORDINANCE ONE 11.31 SAYS THAT THESE AMENDMENTS, IN THIS CASE, THE VARIANCES MAY NOT BE APPROVED EXCEPT BY A FOUR FIFTHS, 80% VOTE OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY. FYI FOUR, SIXTH OF THE VOTE IS LESS THAN 60% OF THE VOTES, WHICH OF COURSE IS LESS THAN 75% AND LESS THAN 80% IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING. PLEASE SHARE ON THAT NOTE. WHY HAVE CODES AND ORDINANCES IF Y'ALL ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THEM? SIMILARLY, WHY IS THE CITY MANAGER NOT WANTING HIS COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH COMMISSIONERS TO BE PUBLIC RECORD? IS THERE SOMETHING SHADY GOING ON AT THE APRIL ONE COMMISSIONER'S MEETING? THE CITY MANAGER SAID, QUOTE, THE FAA MET WITH THE MAYOR AND MYSELF. WE DIDN'T GET THE FINAL CLEARANCE UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN I TOLD YOU WE GOT THE LAST LETTER. AND I HONESTLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT IN AN EMAIL TO ANYBODY, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES PUBLIC INFORMATION, UNQUOTE. MY QUESTION, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS INFORMATION BEING PUBLIC? WHY NOT BE TRANSPARENT AND, AND, AND IN CASE ANY ARE UNAWARE, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN THAT THE PUBLIC HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF ITS GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INTEN INTENTIONALLY HIDING THINGS FROM PUBLIC RECORD IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF HARLINGEN POLICY. NOW I HAVE 2 CENTS ABOUT BUDGET. THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED THAT BUDGET SEASON IS COMING, IS APPROACHING HERE. THERE ARE LOTS OF PROJECTS, EXPENDITURES, AND CREATION OF NEW POSITIONS THAT COME UP FOR DISCUSSION DURING COMMISSION MEETINGS. BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THESE, PLEASE INFORM US YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS TO WHETHER THESE ITEMS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED. IF THEY ARE NOT, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY WILL BE PAID FOR. AND THAT INCLUDES HOW THEY WILL IMPACT FUTURE AND FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE COSTS OR HEALTH AND RETIREMENT COSTS FOR NEW CITY EMPLOYEES. LASTLY, WE STILL DO NOT SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A LARGE DATA CENTER IN OUR AREA. PLEASE ADD A SPECIFIC ITEM INTO THE NEXT COMMISSION AGENDA TO DISCUSSION OF CITIZEN CONCERNS OF A LARGE DATA CENTER BEING BUILT NEAR THE AIRPORT. SO Y'ALL CAN PUBLICLY DISCUSS OUR CONCERNS. BY THE WAY, FOR THE MAYOR, IF Y'ALL HAD PROPOSED A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS BACK WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THEM IN JANUARY, THE REQUIRED WAITING PERIOD WOULD HAVE ALREADY PASSED. AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BLAME THE STATE LAW FOR THE DELAY. OKAY, MS. SARINA, YOU'RE UP. MR. RAYMOND, RAISE YOU NEXT. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SARAH MENA. I LIVE ON 9 0 2 S POCO DRIVE HERE IN HARLINGEN. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY OBSERVATIONS OF AN ISSUE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS PERSISTENT AND THAT IS LITTERING. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I'VE OBSERVED A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN TRASH ALONG OUR STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS INCLUDES PLA PLASTIC BAGS, FOOD CONTAINERS, AND OTHER DEBRIS THAT NOT ONLY MAKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK NEGLECTED, BUT ALSO CREATE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE IS A LARGE PLAZA THAT RESIDES NEAR MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT STREET THAT I LIVE ON WITH STORES LIKE ACADEMY MARSHALS AND SO ON. UM, I BELIEVE THE HIGH FOOT TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS SIGNIF. THE HIGH FOOT TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE TRASH THAT IS FOUND IN NEARBY TREES, BUSHES, AND STREETS. WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PLACEMENT OF TRASH BINS OUTSIDE OF THESE STORES OR REGULAR CLEANUP EFFORTS, THE WASTE WILL CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY AFFECT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY COMMUNITY, BUT AS WELL AS OUR PLANET. OUR DRAINS ARE OFTEN CLOGGED BECAUSE OF THIS LITTERED TRASH, WHICH SPIRALS INTO OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS POTENTIAL FLOODINGS, WHICH WE CAN ALREADY AGREE AFFECTS THE RGV SIGNIFICANTLY. WE'VE SEEN IT COUNTLESS TIMES ON THE NEWS SUCH. UM, IT ALSO TRAVEL TRAVELS THROUGH STORM DRAINS AND WATERWAYS, UM, EVENTUALLY REACHING THE GULF. THIS CONTRIBUTES TO MARINE POLLUTION, HARMING WILDLIFE, AND DAMAGING ECOSYSTEMS WE ALREADY DEPEND ON. UM, I DO ENJOY TAKING WALKS DURING THE EARLY MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT, AND THROUGH THESE WALKS, I CONTINUE TO FIND TRASH LITTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. I DO PUT IN MY OWN EFFORTS INTO PICKING UP TRASH ALONG THE WAY, AS FOR IT TO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE MASSIVE TRASH OVER CONSUMPTION PROBLEM THAT ALREADY PROVES TO [00:35:01] BE VERY SERIOUS. OUR WATER IS ALREADY AT RISK OF SERIOUS POLLUTION DUE TO FACILITIES AND NEWER COMPANIES IGNORING THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT. I'M ONLY ASKING THAT SOMETHING MORE IS DONE TO STOP THE POLLUTION IN OUR STREETS AND COMMUNITIES THAT'S ACTIVELY TAKING PLACE. I DO HOPE AFTER LEAVING HERE TODAY THAT IN DUE TIME I'LL SLOWLY SEE ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST THIS PROBLEM. AND IF NOT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM COMING HERE AGAIN TO PRESENT MY VOICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MR. MS. MINA. MR. RES, YOU'RE UP, MR. LEFT, WHAT'S YOUR NEXT? RAYMOND REYES? 7 0 6 NANTUCKET DRIVE. UM, SO AS ALWAYS, UM, JUST TO TOUCH REAL QUICK ON, UH, WHAT I'VE STATED BEFORE, THE INDIVIDUALS, A MAJORITY OF THEM THAT ARE UP, UH, ARE ELECTED. THEY ALL HAVE A CYCLE. YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S PERMANENT. YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP DOING WHAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED FOR YOU, UH, THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, UH, VERSUS SOMEONE AS MYSELF, UH, A BUSINESS PERSON. ALL HAS TO DO IS GET BUSINESS AND WILL LAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I'VE TOOK OVER MY FATHER WHERE, WHERE HE LEFT OFF, AND HE DID VERY WELL, AND I'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD MYSELF. SO ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON IS ON, UM, I SAW THE ARTICLE WHILE I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE STORE THAT THE VALLEY MORNING STAR HAD DONE ON THE AIRPORT. AND IT GOES BACK TO THINGS HAVE PREACHED BASICALLY FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT OVERSIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, POLITICIANS COME AND GO, BUT THE KEY THING TO REMEMBER IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS YOU GUYS ARE OVERSEEING AND NOT TRY TO, WHAT I CALL VERY CLASSIC IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, PASSING THE BUCK SYNDROME. YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T REALLY, UH, OUR FAULT, UH, IT WAS ON SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT IF THERE WOULD'VE BEEN OVERSIGHT, THEN THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WASN'T DOING THEIR JOB. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. AND FOR ME ANYWAY, THAT STUFF DOESN'T WORK AND STUFF. IT WOULD BE LIKE ME HAVING THIS MASSIVE EVENT I HAD YESTERDAY OR A GOOD EVENT AND NOT HAVING ANY EYES AND TRYING TO BLAME IT ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BAR BACKS AND STUFF. WELL, HOW COME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EYES WHEN IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CLICKING THE WAY IT SHOULD? SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE CITIZENS OF HARINGTON ACTUALLY WANT. BECAUSE TRUST ME, I HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR ELECTION, BUT DO THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH? I MEAN, LET'S BE REAL. WE'RE NOT CHILDREN, WE'RE ADULTS. UH, SO WE JUST NEED TO STAY ON THE PATH AND, AND COME THROUGH WITH WHAT WE PROMISED THE CONSTITUENTS, THE CITIZENS OF HAREN, UH, CAN BE, UH, WE'RE DOING GOOD, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO THAT, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE BROADER PICTURE AND REMEMBER WHY ARE YOU IN THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN? AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, THEN DON'T ASK FOR THAT POSITION. DON'T RUN. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT REAL. IT'S CALLED CAUSE AND EFFECT. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. SO, UH, ON THAT NOTE, UH, I'M GOING TO HANG AROUND A LITTLE BIT BEFORE MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S, UH, VOLLEYBALL GAME AT THE HOLLING AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. RE, MR. LEITZ, YOU'RE UP. UH, ISAAC NEWMAN, YOU'RE UP NEXT. ROBERT LEWI 9 0 9 EAST PARKWOOD. ALL I CAN SAY IS, YOU KNOW, UH, BASED ON THE ARTICLE THAT JUST CAME OUT, THE CLARIFICATION, I GUESS IS WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, JIMY CRICKET, PINOCCHIO, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT, IT SURE IS A MESS. IT'S A CIRCUS. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SAY IT POLITELY, IT'S A POOP SHOW. YOU KNOW, WE GET, YOU LOOK AT HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GO BACK TO THAT FIASCO OVER THERE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THEY WENT OUT TWICE AND PAID AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM TO HIRE A PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND THEY SAID, OH, WELL, NOBODY FIT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR WHATEVER IT WAS LATER. SO THEY WENT TO AN INTERIM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN HOUSE. RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT A POSTING. THEY DON'T WANT TO SHOW WHAT THE PAY SCALE IS. WELL, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PAY BASED ON EXPERIENCE. WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR IN THAT FORMULA, AND THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE UTILITY. WE, [00:40:01] WE SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR EXPERIENCE FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING, UH, SAN ANTONIO OPERATION WITH FIVE TIMES AS MANY ACCOUNTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT VARIABLE IN THERE AND BE FIDUCIARY RES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW AND ADVERTISE, WELL, HERE'S THE HIGH AND THE LOW, AND IF YOU, IF YOU QUALIFY, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET CLOSER TO THE HIGH. NOW, LET'S FAST FORWARD OVER TO THE AIRPORT WHERE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING OVER THERE ON, OVER THERE, I GUESS. SO NOW THEY GO IN, THEY START OFF AND THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN-HOUSE, AND THEY GET A CANDIDATE, THEY GET A FINALIST, BUT, AND IT COMES TO THE CITY COMMISSION. AND THE CITY COMMISSION SAYS, NO, THAT'S NOT, HE'S NOT A GOOD FIT. SO NOW YOU'VE ALIENATED ALL OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE APPLYING AND CONSIDERING COMING TO HARLINGEN, AND NOW Y'ALL TELL 'EM, NO, Y'ALL NEED TO GO OUT AND USE A OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM AND SPEND ANOTHER 45 OR $50,000 IN TAXPAYER MONEY. I MEAN, THIS IS A CIRCUS. YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU GUYS ARE DOING, TALKING THINGS OUT BOTH SIDES OF, OF YOUR CHEEKS, RIGHT? TO BE POLITE. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE, THE FAA, I MEAN FOUR CITATIONS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, FALSIFYING CERTIFICATIONS. I MEAN, THESE ARE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. THIS LAST ISSUE IS PRETTY SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, BIRDS AND ANIMALS ON THE, ON THE RUNWAYS. THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY SERIOUS. THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD CAUSE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DID, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS INVOLVED IN IT. I HEARD UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR WAS, AND I ASSUME GABE WAS AS WELL, MAYBE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. Y'ALL DID AN INVESTIGATION WHEN THESE TWO OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR JUST LEFT VIA AND Y'ALL WENT IN THERE AND RUMMAGED THROUGH THEIR, THEIR BELONGINGS OR THEIR, THEIR WORKSPACES. DID Y'ALL NOT FIND THE MOU THAT SAID THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WAS, HAD TO HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT IN TRAINING FOR THAT PARTICULAR FAA VIOLATION? I MEAN, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT CALENDARS. MAYBE WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT MOUS. . THANK YOU, MR. LEWI. ISAAC NEWMAN, YOU'RE UP. ANGELA VALINO, YOU'RE NEXT. MY NAME IS ISAAC IMANI NEWMAN, CO-FOUNDER OF THE FOUR, THE PEOPLE ALLIANCE DISTRICT THREE. IT TOOK ABOUT THREE MONTHS OF SPEAKING OUT BEFORE AI DATA CENTERS WERE BARELY ADDED TO THE CITY AGENDA, AND THEN GOT TAKEN OFF OF THIS ONE. BUT THE LAST CITY HALL MEETING, THE MAYOR ADDED TO THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR EXTRAORDINARY WATER COMMITMENTS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. DURING THAT MEETING, THE MAYOR DECIDED TO TABLE THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FUTURE. SO HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD SEE THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS. BETWEEN THAT TIME, YOUR CITY COMMISSION HAS BEEN TOURING DATA CENTERS AND NOT COMING TO A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THESE DATA CENTERS WOULD DESTROY OUR CITY. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST DURING THAT TIME. WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION IS A NEWFOUND DISCOVERY OF EMAILS THAT SHOW CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN ENIS ENERGY, THE COMPANY TRYING TO BUILD THE DATA CENTER, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HARLINGEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE HARLINGEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT THE MAYOR HAS MET WITH ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. I WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT YOUR CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE MADE IT SEEM LIKE THIS AA DENTIST CENTER CONCERN IS SOMETHING NEW AND THAT THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF OR BARELY FIGURING OUT AND DOING RESEARCH ON. BUT THESE EMAIL DISCUSSIONS GO AS FAR AS BACK AS FEBRUARY, 2025 OVER A YEAR AGO, WHERE THEY BEGAN AN INITIAL PROPERTY SEARCH FOR A DATA CENTER. AND IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, THE DATA CENTER INITIALLY PROPOSED TO BE THREE TO 500 ACRES, HAS NOW BECOME AN 1800 ACRE PROPOSAL ALL QUIETLY BENEATH OUR NOSES. THEY EVEN DISCUSSED THE SERIOUS POWER DEMAND OF THESE FACILITIES, AND ENIS ENERGY URGED THAT THEY ADVANCED THIS QUICKLY. WHY THE URGENCY? IT WASN'T UNTIL THE PEOPLE OF HARLINGEN STEPPED UP THAT THEY WANT NOW WANNA LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND DRAFT UP LEGISLATION. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE MAYOR OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS NOW GETTING VOTED OUT OF OFFICE FOR HOW SHE MISHANDLED THEIR TOWN'S WATER SITUATION. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY, AI DATA CENTERS REQUIRE A LOT OF WATER, WHICH IS NOT AN UNLIMITED RESOURCE. I DO WANT TO QUICKLY INTERJECT TO SHADOW A LOCAL NON-PROFIT THAT I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH GOES BY THE NAME OF SAGE TOUCH INCORPORATED. THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ALSO PROVIDING MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED AROUND THE CITY. BUT THE, THE MAIN FOCUS, THE MAIN CONCERN WAS THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. AND NOW WE'RE DIGGING INTO EMAILS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT OF, OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CON, UH, EFFECTS. AND I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS, OH, WE NEED TO DO RESEARCH. OH, WE NEED TO FIGURE THINGS, THINGS OUT, SEE WHAT THE DATA CENTERS ARE LIKE. BUT THEY KNEW HOW MUCH THE DEMAND WAS WAY BACK EVEN LAST YEAR. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS, UH, THE MAYOR HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HOLLINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. YOU GUYS ARE ON THE BOARD [00:45:01] WITH THE MAYOR HAVING THESE, UH, EXECUTIVE, UH, COMMISSION MEETINGS OFF OF PUBLIC RECORD. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, IT'S THAT, THAT'S ALSO QUITE A CONCERN AS WELL. AND I WOULD HIGHLY QUESTION YOUR POSITIONS ON THIS BOARD, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO BRING TO THE TABLE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MR. NEWMAN. MS. VALINO, YOU'RE UP. ANGELA VALINO, DISTRICT THREE. I WANTED TO ADD A FEW MORE COMMENTS REGARDING THE AUDITORIUM'S NAME CHANGE. LAST TIME ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WAS ASKING IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAD USED THE AUDITORIUM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. NO ONE RESPONDED. THE ANSWER IS YES. THE FRANCIS MCMILLAN SCHOOL OF DANCE HAD ALSO USED THE AUDITORIUM. THIS SCHOOL TAUGHT STUDENTS FOR OVER 35 YEARS. I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE ALSO USED THE AUDITORIUM FOR MANY YEARS. I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER GREAT TEACHERS, GREAT ROLE MODELS, AND GREAT MENTORS IN HARLINGEN, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SO EASY FOR THE CITY COMMISSION AND MAYOR TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A CITY BUILDING A, BUILDING, A BUILDING PAID FOR BY ALL TAXPAYERS. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROTOCOL IN CHANGING THE NAME OF A BUILDING. THE PROBABLE REASON IS THAT ALL OF THE PREVIOUS MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS NEVER IMAGINED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE WANTING TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A CITY BUILDING, ESPECIALLY A NEUTRAL NAME. I URGE THE COMMISSION TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT PREVENTS ANY FUTURE NAME CHANGE TO ANY OF OUR REMAINING CITY BUILDINGS. FINALLY, HOW MUCH WILL THIS COST TAXPAYERS? THE EDC HAS A PROJECT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON CALLED PROJECT ORGANIC. IT IS LOCATED IN HARKEN'S MEDICAL DISTRICT. IT'S THE VACANT LAND BETWEEN ED CAREY AND CAMELOT DRIVE AND THE VACANT LAND BEHIND PALMS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER. THE CITY WANTS TO DEVELOP THIS AREA BY BUILDING MORE SHOPPING, DINING, AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. WHY IS THIS LAND NOT BEING HELD FOR ANOTHER HOSPITAL? THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION, AND HARLINGEN NEEDS ANOTHER ONE. HARLINGEN NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE GROWTH. THESE ARE THE JOBS THE CITY SHOULD WANT TO CREATE. THESE ARE THE JOBS THAT WILL BO THAT WILL BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY. TO BUILD A MEDIUM SIZED HOSPITAL, IT WILL REQUIRE MANY ACRES OF LAND. THE EDC SHOULD BE ACQUIRING THIS LAND AND START NEGOTIATING WITH HEALTH SYSTEMS. BUT FIRST, THE CITY NEEDS TO EXPAND CAMELOT DRIVE TO FIVE LANES FROM THE EXPRESSWAY TO BUSINESS 77. REGARDING DATA CENTERS, DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECENT STUDY DONE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, WHICH FOUND THAT AI DATA CENTERS CREATE SIGNIFICANT HEAT ISLANDS RAISING LOCAL LAND TEMPERATURES BY 3.6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, UP TO 16.4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. IN EXTREME CASES, THIS LOCALIZED HEAT EFFECT EXTENDS UP TO 6.2 MILES FROM THE FACILITIES. HOW WILL THIS CREATED HEAT AFFECT OUR LOCAL FARMERS? HOW WILL THIS CREATED HEAT AFFECT, AFFECT OUR RUN AIRPORT RUNWAY OR AIRPORT LANDING GEAR? HAVE YOU CONSULTED WITH ANY LAW GROUP WHO SPECIALIZES IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ON HOW TO PREVENT THESE COMPANIES FROM BUILDING IN AND AROUND OUR CITY? THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU MR. . WE'RE [Item 6 - Approval of Minutes] GONNA MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, REGULAR MINUTES OF DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. THAT'S GONNA BE TABLED. YEAH. JUST TO PASS IT, WE'RE GONNA JUST PASS IT, UH, TILL OUR NEXT MEETING. YES. NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON [Item 7 - Consent Agenda] TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. NO DISCUSSION IS ANTICIPATED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THIS SEC SECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ROUTINE BUSINESS. WE'RE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AS A STAFF REPORT DISCUSSION ITEM. THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY BY A SINGLE VOTE, UNLESS THEY COMMISSION MEMBER REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE ANY, UH, ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED? YES. UH, A AND C, PLEASE. SEVEN A SEVEN C. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, B AS IN BOY. MOTION. SECOND. UH, MOTION BY PEREZ. SECONDED BY SMAR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL IN FAVOR OR ALL OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. LET'S MOVE ON TO SEVEN. A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2025. BUILDING RESILIENT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM. MR. UH, EXCUSE ME, MR. MORALE, UM, BRIEFLY, I, I'M, I'M CURIOUS WHAT'S, UH, SCOPE, SCOPE OF WORK FOR THESE? SO, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, SO UPSIZING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, DETENTION [00:50:01] PONDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR THIS GRANT, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 20 MILLION AND THERE'S A 25% MATCH REQUIREMENT. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE. OKAY. YES. UM, YOU SAID 25 MILLION? WELL, IT'S 20 MILLION. AND THEN, UH, UH, $5 MILLION MATCH. 25%. UM, YOU HAVE LOCATIONS ALREADY SET UP? YES, WE HAVE A COUPLE LOCATIONS AND, UM, ACTUALLY ROBERT CAN EXPLAIN THE, THE LIST THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. SO WE HAD A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE POSSIBLE SITES THAT WOULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES. AND WHAT I MEAN BY GOOD IS, UM, DO WE HAVE THE COMPONENTS THAT WOULD GIVE US THE MOST POINTS? FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS, UH, REVIEWERS OR THE, UM, UM, THE AGENCY LOOKS AT IS, ARE THE PROJECTS SHOVEL READY? ARE YOU GONNA BE DEALING WITH ROADBLOCKS IN TERMS OF ACQUISITION? ARE YOU BARELY AT THE BEGINNING? SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE HAD, OR WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IS THE COMMERCE, BUT SOLELY FOCUSING ON THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE TRUNK LINE, SINCE IT'S GONNA BE ALLEVIATING A LOT OF THE, UM, UH, A LOT OF THE FLOODING WITHIN THE VICINITY. THE OTHER ONE WAS, UM, EXCUSE ME, WE, WE WE'RE ALONG COMER COMMERCE. COMMERCE. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THE FUNDED PROJECT ALREADY SHOVEL READY FOR COMMERCE FROM, UH, SOUTH 77 TO THE NORTH 77. UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE LIMITS, BUT IT WOULD ENTAIL FROM THE AR COLORADO NORTH UP TO WHERE WE COULD GET, UH, $25 MILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY. UM, THE OTHER PROJECT WOULD BE THE JEFFERSON STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THAT ONE, WE HAVE THE PLANTS SHOVELED READY. UH, SAME, SAME, UH, APPROACH. EARLIER WE HAD A FUND, UH, ONE OF THE FEMA PROJECTS, UH, FUNDED, BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR TWO TO $3 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER IT WAS ASSIGNED. UH, WE HAD THE UPDATED ESTIMATE OF $25 MILLION. SO WE COULDN'T GO THROUGH THOSE. UH, THROUGH THAT FUNDING AGENCY WE MET WITH ATTEM. THEY RECOMMENDED THIS ONE AS A GOOD, UH, BRICK, UM, APPLICATION. JEFFERSON, OR WHAT? JEFFERSON IT WOULD BE, UH, FOLLOWING THE JEFFERSON DITCH. SO EAST OF, UM, 13TH STREET. UH, 13TH STREET IS THE MAIN ONE. AND IT'LL GO ALL THE WAY WEST TO WHERE THE HARD ENGINE WATERWORKS PLANT IS BY, UH, 77, UH, DRIVE 13 AND SECOND. YES. AND AGAIN, THE MAIN COMPONENT IS WE HAVE THE PLANTS. WE ARE, WE'RE READY TO GO. SO WE WE'RE ALREADY ONE STEP AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE THAT IS, DOESN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. UM, AND WE'RE AIMING FOR THREE. THE OTHER ONE IS 21ST STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THAT ONE WAS FUNDED, I BELIEVE, WITH ARPA FUNDS AND IT'S, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH OF, OF JEFFERSON. SO THIS ONE WAS, UM, APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOMES THAT WERE BENEFITING. UM, MY APOLOGIES, I DIDN'T HAVE EXHIBITS TO SHARE. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT EASIER. WE STILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS, UH, SET UP WITH, UM, DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING UP TO DO A DUAL, UM, APPLICATION AND SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S A MATCH. UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MEETING YET. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THIS PROJECT IS, UH, WITH THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, IT'S NOT DUE UNTIL JULY, RIGHT? YES. UH, FOR PLANNING, WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING THE WEST 10, 10 BY 10, UH, STORM DRAINAGE, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THAT ONE. ALTHOUGH I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, LOCAL FIRMS TO SEE IF THEY COULD DESIGN IT IN-HOUSE, THE PRICE WOULD BE, UM, QUITE SIGNIFICANT FOR US TO DO IT. NOW, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY EASIER TO GET A FUNDING AGENCY TO FUND THAT. WHEN YOU SAY WEST, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SO SIMILAR PARAMETERS WITH, UH, THE COMMERCE FROM THE ARROYO, COLORADO GOING NORTH, UH, GOING, UM, ON THIS, ON THE WEST STREET WOULD BE FROM THE ARROYO, COLORADO, UH, ALL THE WAY NORTH TO, IS IT JACKSON? JACKSON, YES. SO COMMERCE AND WEST STREET ESSENTIALLY ARE DIVIDED BY THE RAILROAD. UH, THAT RAILROAD IS THE HIGH POINT. IT SEPARATES A LOT OF THAT SYSTEM. SO IT'S THE OTHER TRUNK LINE INSTEAD OF THE EASTERN LIMIT. THAT'D BE IN JEFFERSON. IT WOULD BE, SORRY, COMMERCE. IT WOULD BE THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY. SO THE WEST, UH, FROM COLORADO TO, UH, TO JACKSON. THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR FOURTH ONE, CORRECT? YES. OR AT LEAST THE ONES WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING. UH, WE STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH, UH, DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD POTENTIAL PROJECT AND SEE IF IT WOULD BE VIABLE. AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING, UM, WHAT WOULD BE GIVEN US THE MOST POINTS BECAUSE ONE THING IS TRYING TO SUBMIT A PROJECT, BUT IF WE ARE NOT GONNA GET POINTS FROM THE BEGINNING, WE'RE GONNA BE FIGHTING AGAINST. I UNDERSTAND. YES SIR. ONE LAST QUESTION. WHERE'S THIS EXTRA 5 MILLION GONNA COME FROM THE MATCHING? SO THAT WOULD BE, IF WE GET IT AWARD, IT'S [00:55:01] VERY COMPETITIVE IF WE GET IT APPROVED. COMMISSIONER, I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE THAT OF THE FUND BALANCE. THE WHAT? THE FUND BALANCE. YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO SUPPLEMENT THAT FROM, UH, EDC, UH, A BOARD B BOARD. UM, THEY, I DON'T THINK THE EDC WOULD, THEY, THEY HAVE TO TIE IT DIRECTLY TO JOBS AND BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY NEW JOBS COMING IN THAT VICINITY PROBABLY WOULDN'T QUALIFY. UH, THE OTHER ONE MIGHT BE THE FOUR B, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE DISCUSSION YET. SO, SO YOU SAID IT'S A FUND BALANCE. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS TO ISSUE DEBT COS TO COVER OUR, OUR MATCH. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. BUT ANY TIME YOU CAN MAKE FOUR TO ONE ON YOUR MONEY, THOSE ARE GREAT ODDS. YES. AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE APPLYING THE ONES WE SEE THAT HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE. I MEAN, WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, SO IT'S REPETITIVE BID. COMMISSIONER EZZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. COMMISSIONER MEIR, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER LES? NOPE. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. NICE SUIT. ROBERT, JUST ONE THING. SO IF WE COULD, I MEAN, MAKE A MOTION TO SUBMIT UP TO FOUR APPLICATIONS JUST BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING, UH, PROJECT THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY, UM, CONTEMPLATED WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE ITEM, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. OH FIVE. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT UP TO FIVE GRANT APPLICATIONS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 IN 2025, BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. WAIT, WAIT, IT SAYS 2024 AND 2025. YOU MEAN 2026. 2027. NO, THAT'S THE CORRECT DATE. OKAY. LET, THAT'S THE PROJECT CALL. ALL RIGHT. WELL LET ME RESTART THIS. SO MOVED. . SECOND. SECOND. ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? A AYES HAVE IT. MOVE ON TO SEVEN C. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE GARY ZI SUN SUNIS, UH, FOUNDATION. FIRST RESPONDER GRANT PROGRAM. IS THAT, UH, LIEUTENANT DAN? YEAH. LIEUTENANT, YEAH. THAT'S WHO I THOUGHT IT WAS. I'M JUST GONNA LOOK IT UP. YEAH. QUESTION I HAVE FOR THAT IS VERY EASY. ANY MATCHING COST TO THAT GRANT? THERE'S NO, I'M SORRY. THERE'S NO MATCHING GRANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. AND IT'S FOR EQUIPMENT COMMISSIONER EZ. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. COMMISSIONER SMARM MORALES JUST DID. THANK YOU. THAT IS NOPE. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE GARY ZI SISE SISE FOUNDATION FIRST RESPONDER GRANT PROGRAM. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GUMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE [Item 8 - Reports and Other Discussion Items] ON TO ITEM EIGHT REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEMS IN THE SECTION ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REQUIRE ACTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND ARE GENERALLY FOR INFORMATION ONLY. HOWEVER, ANY ITEM LISTED IN THE SECTION MAY BECOME AN ACTION ITEM AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR AT THE REQUEST OF ANY TWO CITY COMMISSIONERS OR THE CITY MANAGER. UH, MOVING ON TO A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, I THINK TO REPORT AND THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS. TODAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON [Item 9 - Public Hearings] TO ITEM NINE, PUBLIC HEARINGS. AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR, WE'LL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER, UNDER NINE. SO I'M GONNA PASS THAT. MOVING ON TO 10 CITY COMMISSION. UH, WE'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY ON ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE. UH, [Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the Harlingen Code of Ordinances Chapter 18, Master Fee Schedule to include free or reduced free adoption events in conjunction with national organizations as opportunities become available.] 10. A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING, AMENDING THE HARMS AND CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER 18, MASTER FEE SCHEDULED TO INCLUDE FREE OR REDUCED OR REDUCED FEE ADOPTION EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS OPPORTUNITIES BECOME AVAILABLE. HEALTH IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, MASTER FEE SCHEDULE OF THE HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR THE ADOPTION OF DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS, OWNER CLAIMS AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AS THEY RELATE TO CHAPTER SIX, ANIMALS PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE FOREGO. SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. MOVING [Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve funding for roof restoration and air conditioning (A/C) unit replacement at Fire Station #1] ON TO 10 B, CONSIDERATION, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR ROOF RESTORATION AND AIR CONDITIONING AC UNIT REPLACEMENTS AT FIRE STATION ONE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO. OKAY. UM, WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON IT? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND AND WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MORALES, WHY DO WE HAVE ONLY ONE, ONE BID? UH, SO WE DID GO OUT FOR, UH, QUOTES. SO THE ONE THAT WE SUBMITTED, IT'S THE LOWEST ONE. UM, BUT IF YOU WANNA SEE THE OTHER ONES, WE CAN PRESENT 'EM TO YOU. UM, BUT THEY WERE HIGHER. UH, WE DID GO OUT [01:00:01] FOR THREE QUOTES ON BOTH OF THE ITEMS. UM, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE TO SEE THOSE OTHERS SO WE COULD COMPARE. OKAY. SECONDLY, UM, NOBODY IN HARINGTON QUOTED ANYTHING LESS? NO. THAT THOSE WERE THE LOWEST, UH, QUOTES THAT WE GOT FOR BOTH ITEMS. DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM HARINGTON QUOTING? UM, I WANNA SAY YES. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, UM, BUT I CAN SHARE THOSE QUOTES WITH YOU. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE 'EM. PLEASE DO. I AGREE. UM, I AGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE THREE OF THEM AS WELL, EVEN IF THEY ARE HIRING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME HERE. THIS FIREHOUSE HAS BEEN IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR FOR YEARS. WHY IS IT WAITING THIS LONG? NO, I AGREE. SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE ALREADY FOR A FEW MONTHS. UM, I KNOW BACK IN FEBRUARY WE STARTED GETTING CALLS ABOUT, UH, THE PLUMBING. SO THE PLUMBING ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED ALSO WITH THE KITCHEN. WE'VE ALSO PUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIXING THE KITCHEN AND RIGHT NOW, UH, WHEN THAT'S BEEN DONE THROUGH OUR REGULAR, UH, BUDGET, SO THESE ARE LARGER ITEMS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR FUNDING, UH, FOR THE ROOF AND THE AC REPLACEMENT COMMISSIONER, ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THIS FIREHOUSE IS, UH, POTENTIALLY RELOCATED BECAUSE IT'S IN A REALLY BAD FLOOD AREA. SO I'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE FIRE CHIEF TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME AVAILABLE PROPERTY, UM, WITHIN THAT SAME DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT A NEW ONE, UH, POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR, UH, AT THE EARLIEST. AND SO THIS IS JUST A SHORT TERM FIX. SO UNTIL WE CAN POSSIBLY GET TO THAT, BUT ALL THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE COMMISSION APPROVAL. BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER MEMA. OH, GABE, IS THAT KEEPING IT WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT? OH, YES. NO. IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE, YES. THAT'S KEPT WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT. UH, EVERY, EVERY FIREHOUSE IS DESIGNED FOR A ONE AND A HALF MILE SERVICE RADIUS, SO WE LIKE TO KEEP THAT DISTANCE PRETTY CLOSE. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, I ASK THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE IN LISTENING OR WATCHING, WATCHING, UH, WOULD WANNA DEFINITELY KNOW THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT FIREHOUSE HAS BEEN THERE, I MEAN, FOREVER. MM-HMM . AND, UM, AND, UH, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES, AND THEY'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT IT STAYS WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT, RIGHT? IT, IT WOULD STAY WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT. THANK YOU. AND PROVIDE, UH, EXCEPT IT WOULD JUST BE NEWER AND, AND, UH, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT OUT OF THE FLOOD AREA. RIGHT. PERHAPS DESIGN IT SO IT'S EVEN HIGHER. SO HIGHER, RIGHT? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SMAR. YEAH. MONEY TALKS. EVERYTHING ELSE WALKS. IF, UH, IF YOU ONLY WANT HARLINGEN COMPANIES, THEN THEY HAVE OPEN FREE REIGN TO CHARGE 10 TO 40% MORE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE GUARANTEED FOR A HARLINGEN COMPANY. SO I REPEAT MYSELF, MONEY TALKS, EVERYTHING ELSE WALKS. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MOROZ, PLEASE SEND THOSE BIDS. OKAY. YES. UM, I DON'T, I JUST WANNA SEE THE BIDS. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO PAY MORE OR I JUST, I WANT, I JUST WANNA SEE THE BIDS. ABSOLUTELY. NOW GO AHEAD AND SEND HIM OVER. THANK YOU MR. PETTI. I'M GOOD. UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS. OH, ONE MOMENT IF I MAY. OH, YES. UH, GABE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, CAN WE JUST, WHENEVER WE GO OUT FOR BIDS ON ANYTHING, IF WE CAN JUST START INCLUDING ALL THE BIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE WHOLE COMMISSION SEES THE WHOLE PACKET. I KNOW WE DID IT BEFORE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON. WE'LL DEAL WITH, UH, WHEN YOU GUYS WOULD DO THE GRADING MATRIX. RIGHT. IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. JUST, I THINK THIS COMMISSION, UM, WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL INFORMED WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. SO IT, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WE'RE IN WHERE MORE INFORMATION IS GONNA BE BETTER INFORMATION. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. AND IF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS CAN CONSIDER DOING THAT MOVING FORWARD, APPRECIATE IT. WELL, WE, WE, WE DID, EVERY TIME THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR BIDS, ALL THE BIDS WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. I'M NOT SURE WHY WE DIDN'T DO THAT FOR THIS ONE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE, ANY REQUEST FOR BIDS OR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, YOU GET ALL OF THEM. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. SO, JUST TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK, BOTH ITEMS ARE LESS THAN THE 50,000. SO WE DIDN'T GO OUT FOR BIDS. IT WAS QUOTES WE WENT OUT FOR, FOR QUOTES INITIALLY. IT'S, THAT'S STANDARD. IT'S ANYTHING ABOVE 3000 AND RANGING UNDER THE 50,000, WE CAN GO GET THREE QUOTES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO OUT FOR BIDS, BUT WE WENT TO GET THE THREE QUOTES. I APPRECIATE YOU CORRECT MY LANGUAGE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YES, THANK YOU. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, SECOND. ALRIGHT, SO I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SMAR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER, BE EZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO [Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an inter local agreement between the City of Harlingen and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD) for the use of the district's athletic facilities for the Elevate Volleyball and 7 on 7 Football League.] C 10 C CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HAREN AND HAREN, UH, CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HCSD FOR THE USE OF THE PARKS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES FOR THE ELEVATE VOLLEYBALL, AND SEVEN ON SEVEN FOOTBALL LEAGUE. UH, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER PEREZ WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ITEM DUE TO, UH, CONFLICT. [01:05:02] DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? SO THIS IS, UM, THE LEAGUE, THIS IS A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. GIMME JUST A SECOND. UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, OUR, OR MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, PRO TEM IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS IS, UM, THE CITY. THE CITY IS, IS, UM, JOINING WITH H-C-I-S-D FOR THIS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THEY ARE USING, I HADN'T SEEN YOU THERE, DANNY, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER. I THINK WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTS TO START THIS, BUT THEY ASKED THE CITY TO RUN IT FOR HIM. THAT IS CORRECT, YES. THAT'S, WE'RE THE ORGANIZERS. WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SCHEDULING, DOING ALL THE GOOD STUFF AND WE'RE GONNA USE THEIR FACILITIES. OKAY THEN. NO, I, I, I BELIEVE I READ IT ALL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VAR. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, MORALES? NOPE. OH, EXCUSE ME. I APOLOGIZE. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS INTERLOCAL BETWEEN HARLINGEN HISD FOR THE ELEVATE VOLLEYBALL ON SEVEN ON SEVEN FOOTBALL LEAGUE MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ SECOND, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. UH, MOVING ON TO 10 D CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE RECLASSIFICATION OF PROJECT ENGINEER POSITION TO PROJECT ENGINEER THREE. GABE, DO YOU WANNA TAKE ON THIS ONE? UM, WE HAVE A PART-TIME, UH, ENGINEER, UH, NOT A PART-TIME ENGINEER. I'M SORRY. UM, IT WAS AN ENGINEER IN TRAINING POSITION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. YES. AND SO WE WANNA CONVERT THAT TO A FULL, UH, PE POSITION. AND SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE, THOSE FUNDS THAT WERE DEDICATED FOR THE EIT. UH, AND I THINK, UH, OUR SHORTFALL IS GONNA BE ABOUT IT. UM, IT'S, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT, WAS IT 40,008, 18,806 WITH 64 CENTS. SO I THINK, SORRY, HAVING TO PUT IN 18,000 TO GET AN ENGINEER VERSUS AN EIT IS A FABULOUS, UH, RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I THINK, UH, WE'RE GETTING MORE WORK DONE FOR DRAINAGE FOR STREETS THAT UHTO IS REALLY THIS, UH, NEEDING, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. NEEDING, UH, SOME HELP. AND SO THIS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO GET HIM SOME ASSISTANCE IN THAT DEPARTMENT. WHERE'S THIS COMING FROM? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. UM, SALARY SAVINGS AND, AND, AND FROM THE EIT POSITION. AND THE REST WILL JUST COME FROM, UH, ADDED, ADDED REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EXCUSE ME. DO ANY, EXCUSE ME. COMMISSIONER MOROZ. UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NONE. COMMISSIONER MEMA. COMMISSIONER MOROZ, I, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, THIS IS NOT IN THE BUDGET. YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL, UH, WE HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO, TO ADD THIS OR, WELL, THE, THE EI T'S ALREADY IN THERE. THE WHAT? THE, THE ENGINEERING TRAINING POSITION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNDED. THE COMMISSION FUNDED IT, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET HERE, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CONVERTING THAT FROM AN EIT TO A FULL PE POSITION. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE 18,000. AND SO WE JUST NEED IT. IT IT'S THAT 18,000. YES. AND I THINK WE, WE CAN COVER THAT NOW WITHOUT A BUDGET, UM, AMENDMENT. WELL THAT, THAT'LL COME NEXT. UM, WE JUST NEED TO GET THIS APPROVED FIRST. ONCE WE GET IT APPROVED, THEN WE WILL, UH, FINANCIAL WORK ON A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THIS AND ANY OTHER, UH, CHANGES THAT WE NEED. AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR FINAL APPROVAL. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER LES? NOPE. UH, COMMISSIONER BEEZ, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOPE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, ALL SO I HAVE A, YEAH, I'M SORRY. AYES HAVE IT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. EXCUSE ME. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON [Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to accept drainage right-of-way dedications for Lon C. Hill Block 50 and Block 63, subject to City Attorney review and approval of the dedication documents] TO 10 E CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT DRAINAGE RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION TO THE LON HILL BLOCK 50 AND BLOCK 63, SUBJECT TO CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW AND APPROVE OF THE DEDICATION DOCUMENTS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, UH, MOTION BY SMAR. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAIR TO SAY? AYE. AYE. HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. I'M FALLING BEHIND HERE. THAT'S FINE. CAN I, YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. PLEASE. UM, THIS IS A, UH, FEMALE FLOOD PLAN AREA, RIGHT? PRONE TO FLOODING. SOME AREAS ARE, SO THE ITEM INCLUDES TWO BLOCKS. BLOCK 50 IS THE ONE LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER. IF YOU COULD SHOW THE SECOND SLIDE, PLEASE. [01:10:01] UM, NEXT ONE, PLEASE. HERE. SO BLOCK 50 IS THE ONE LOCATED BETWEEN LOUISIANA AND LIMP SCOPE. SO ON THAT BLOCK, THE DEVELOPER ALREADY DID THE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY WIDENED APPROXIMATELY FROM THE EXISTING 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY TO 214. THEY DID ABOUT 50 ACRE FEET OF, OF EXCAVATION IN VOLUME. SO THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UM, SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GIVING US THAT DEDICATION. SO NOW IF THERE'S A STORM, ALL THAT, WHO, WHO'S GIVING US THE DEDICATION THAT THE DEVELOPER THAT OWNS BLOCK 50? UM, OKAY. UM, SO EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR ONLY BLOCK 50. FOR BLOCK 63. SO BLOCK 50, HE DID IT WITH HIS OWN FUNDS, HIS OWN CONTRACTOR, BLOCK 63. HE STILL HAD IT IN THE PLANS, BUT HE DECIDED NOT TO GO FORWARD. SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD STILL DO THE VOLUNTARY DEDICATION, WHICH HE AGREED. AND WHAT HE'S ASKING IS, UH, FOR THE BLOCK, 63 IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHITE OAKS. IT'S ABOUT 1,320 FEET, AND THE DEDICATION WOULD BE A HUNDRED FEET. THE CROSS SECTION AT THE BOTTOM IS WHAT WOULD BE PROPOSED. THE LITTLE DASH LINE IS THE EXISTING NARROW DITCH, ABOUT 30 FEET IN WIDTH. SO IT WOULD BE, UH, ONE OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR OUR IN, IN CREW TO DO. AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 40 ACRE OF DETENTION VOLUME WITHIN THE, UM, THE AREA. AND IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON ALL THE CITY PROJECTS, WHICH IS, UH, BENCHING, LOWERING THE MAINTENANCE ROAD AND WIDENING THE DITCH WITHIN THE AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY. IN THIS EXAMPLE, THEY'RE GIVING US THE A HUNDRED FEET OF RIGHT AWAY. AND THEN FOR US TO SAVE ON COSTS, UH, WE WOULD JUST BE HAULING IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE SITE. SO WE BENEFIT. SO, AND THIS IS, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING FROM AN IRRIGATION DITCH TO A, A DRAINAGE DITCH AND WIDENING IT UP. CORRECT. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S USED, IT'S BEING USED FOR DRAINAGE, UH, A LOT OF, ALMOST ALL THE AREAS DEVELOPED, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE WHITE OAKS THAT DRAINS THERE, THE SUBDIVISION ON THE NORTH SIDE. OTHER COMMUNITIES BETWEEN ED CAREY AND RAINVILLE, THEY JOIN IN THIS, UH, THE YELLOW LINES IS THE COMB DRAIN SYSTEM. WE'RE NOT INFRINGING ON ANYBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY OTHER THAN THIS, UH, I'M GONNA CALL IT, UH, BLOCK 15, BLOCK, UH, 63, CORRECT? MM-HMM . CORRECT. THE MEETS AND BOUNDS ARE THERE. UH, WE'RE SHOWING WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT WOULD BE DONE, BUT THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE TWO SITES. THERE'S STILL MORE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM ITSELF, BUT, UH, IT'S IN THE WORKS. RIGHT? CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH, WITH THE REPORT? THIS, THE, THE ATTACHMENTS WERE INCLUDED, SIR. IT WAS PART OF THE MEETS AND BOUNDS FOR BLOCK 50 AND THE BLOCK, UH, 63, AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS THAT WE WOULD BE USING. SO THAT CROSS-SECTION WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE, UH, PLANTS. ALRIGHT, FINE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NONE AT ALL. THANK YOU. SMAR, THAT? NOPE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. [Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to approve a request from Union Pacific Railroad to permanently close "B" Street, "A" Street, and 2nd Street between Adams Avenue and Jefferson Avenue as part of the railroad track realignment project.] SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. AND MOVE ON TO 10 F. CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO PERMANENT CLOSE B STREET, A STREET, AND SECOND STREET BETWEEN ADAMS AVENUE AND JEFFERSON AVENUE AS PART OF THE RAILROAD TRACK REALIGNMENT PROJECT ENGINEERING. CAN YOU, UH, PUT THE LAST SLIDE, PLEASE? SO, THIS ITEM CAME LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS FOR THE CLOSURE OF C STREET. BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. WE JUST KNEW IT WAS LOW. THIS WAS COMPLETED. THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, UH, C-C-R-M-A, THE CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UM, THEIR END HERE, MR. ERIC DAVILA. UM, SO WHAT THE REPORT SHOWS THAT B STREET, A STREET, AND C STREET ARE USED VERY MINIMAL. UM, WE WILL STILL KEEP THE MAJOR ROADS OPEN. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN, WHICH IS COMMERCE FIRST STREET AND THIRD STREET, UH, THIRD STREET, MOSTLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE HARING AND WATER WORKS, AND YOU HAVE THE CROSSING GOING EAST. UH, BUT THE MAIN COLLETTA ROADS, IT'S FIRST STREET, WHICH IS IN THE CENTER BETWEEN A AND SECOND AND COMMERCE ON THE WEST STREET. SO BY CLOSING THE STREETS, THERE'S SOME BENEFITS THERE. THE WHOLE POINT OF THE RAILROAD REALIGNMENT, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY REMOVING CONCRETE CROSSINGS. SO YOU WON'T HAVE VEHICLES CROSSING AS THIS PROJECT GETS BUILT OR GETS INTO BUILDING. YOU WON'T HAVE THOSE WOODEN PLANKS [01:15:01] OR CONCRETE PLANKS AND THE MAINTENANCE COMPONENT. IF THE FULL CONSTRUCTION, LET'S SAY IT HAPPENS IN A YEAR FROM NOW, AND THEY'RE NOT CLOSED, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD BE INSTALLING THE, UH, THE SIGNAL LIGHTS COMPONENT WHERE, UH, YOU'LL SEE IT SOMETIMES IF THERE'S AN, UH, ONCOMING TRAIL, UM, TRAIN, IT CLOSES, IT SHUTS DOWN. AND THAT'S MORE MAINTENANCE ON, ON OUR END. SO WHEN I READ THE REPORT, EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT, AND I WAS, I CONTINUED WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF CLOSING THOSE STREETS BA AND SECOND. THEY WOULDN'T BE DONE RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE UNTIL THAT PROJECT IS FULLY BUILT AND THEY WOULD, UH, REMOVE THE CURB GUTTER AND BASICALLY, UH, PREVENT VEHICLES FROM OVERTOPPING IT OR GOING STRAIGHT. COMMISSIONER SMAR AS A FORMER RAILROAD WORKER, AB AND, UH, THE C STREET ARE LOWER TRAFFIC, LESS TRAFFIC. AND WHAT THE RAILROAD IS ASKING IS TO REMOVE AUTO TRAIN WRECK POSSIBILITIES AND PROBABILITIES. AND I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF REDUCING TRAIN AUTO ACCIDENTS. IS THAT ALL? UH, COMMISSIONER EDWARD? UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. SO WE'RE TRYING TO REMOVE THE TRAIN TRACKS THERE. NO, WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE THE STREETS THERE. CORRECT. SO THERE'S A PROJECT. HAVE WE TOLD, I'M SORRY. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU THERE, UH, ROBERT, BUT HAVE WE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA? SO, SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? THERE IS A PROJECT ALREADY, CCRA IS THE PROJECT DATE, RIGHT? AND WHAT'S HAPPENING? WE'RE GONNA REAL, THE PROJECT REALIGNS, THE, THE RAIL, UH, WHERE IT GOES, PASSING B STREET, THAT'S GONNA BE ELIMINATED AND GONNA BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY. WE HAVE PLANS TO MAKE IT INTO A HIKING BIKE TRAIL, BUT AS PART OF THE REALIGNMENT, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE GOING STRAIGHT AND CONNECT TO COMMERCE. SO IT'S ALREADY GONNA ELIMINATE ALL THE CROSSINGS GOING NORTH. SO THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS, REDUCING THOSE, UH, RAIL CROSSINGS. THE OTHER SECTION, OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS ALSO ELIMINATE THE ON-GRADE CROSSINGS AT B STREET, A STREET AND SECOND. UM, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT. PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS JEFFERSON AND IN CASE THEY NEED TO GO, LET'S SAY TO ADAMS CROSSING, THEY COULD TAKE FIRST STREET OR COMMERCE OR THIRD. SO IT'S NOT A HUGE, UM, OF, HOW DO I SAY, RUN? MY MAIN CONCERN AT THE BEGINNING WAS GONNA BE FIRE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE FIREPLACE, THE FIREHOUSE. YES. SO I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THEM FIRST, AND I, MOST OF THE TIMES THEY ALREADY USE FIRST STREET OR COMMERCE TO MOVE AROUND. SO THIS, UH, CLOSURE ON A OR B IS NOT GONNA ELIMINATE OR REDUCE OR PROVIDE RISK. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE RECOMMENDATION, HAVE WE TALKED TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE, THAT DO HAVE A BUSINESS WHERE THEY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THAT? THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES ON, ON, UM, THOSE STREETS WHERE THEY WILL NOT HAVE IMMEDIATE, A IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THEIR BUSINESS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL OF THEM ARE GETTING FRONT, UH, ACCESS FROM ADAM'S CROSSING OR, UH, JEFFERSON, THERE IS A PROPERTY THAT'S BEING RENTED NEAR, UM, JEFFERSON AND A STREET, AND THAT'S OWNED BY THE UNION PACIFIC RENTED. AND I BELIEVE IT'S GETTING ELIMINATED, RIGHT? OR, UH, YEAH. AND IT'S, MOST OF THIS IS ALL, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT THAT'S, THAT'S BEING SHOWN HERE IS ALL, HI, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. ERIC DLA CAMERON COUNTY, RMA, UH, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER AND, UH, PROJECT STAKEHOLDER. UH, WE'VE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING, UH, WITH, NOT JUST WITH UNION PACIFIC, UH, AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AS Y'ALL HAVE A, A, UH, KIND OF CORRESPONDING PROJECT IN THE VICINITY WITH COMMERCE STREET. SO WE'VE APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK AND, UH, Y'ALL BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. NOW, THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN, IN HERE IS PRIMARILY UP RIGHT AWAY. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRST OF ALL, THAT ALL ACCESS WAS MAINTAINED. YOU KNOW, IF THEY REMOVE ANY ACCESS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE OTHER MEANS. SO FAR, THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN ANY OTHER EASEMENTS OR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY. SO EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS FROM EXISTING MEANS. SO THAT MEANS THE ADJACENT STREETS ARE, ARE STILL PROVIDING THE ACCESS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THEY'LL HAVE IT AFTER. IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA BE THE THROUGH STREETS. AND THE LOW VOLUMES THAT ARE ON THE STREETS DESCRIBED IN THE ITEM, UM, ARE ESSENTIALLY ABLE TO GET ROUTED PRIMARILY OVER THE FIRST STREET. THERE'S A SLIGHT UPTICK ON THIRD STREET, AND THEN COMMERCE STREET IS ALREADY GONNA BE WIDENED WITH THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DOT PROJECT GRANT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HAVE FOR A SHOVEL ALREADY PROJECT. SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING HERE IS A LEVEL SERVER OF A, UH, THERE'S ONE LEVEL LEVEL OF SERVICE C IN THIS AREA, BUT THAT'S STILL ACCEPTABLE. AND IN GRIEF FOR OPERATIONS, THAT'S STILL SMOOTH TRAVELING TRAFFIC. AND AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THOSE THREE CROSSINGS, COMMERCE FIRST STREET AND THIRD STREET, ARE GOING TO HAVE, [01:20:01] UH, FULL WARNING DEVICES. SO, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, COMMISSIONER MESSER'S POINT ABOUT SAFETY, THEY'RE INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL SAFETY PURS THAT ARE GONNA PREVENT, UM, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES FROM CROSSING. UH, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE USUALLY LIKE AT A STOP CONDITION, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE GATES. SO THIS KIND OF HELPS US OPTIMIZE THE COST BY HAVING THREE MAJOR CROSSINGS ALL UPGRADED WITH, YOU KNOW, FULL WARNING DEVICES, UH, AND, UH, AND GATES, AND ALLOWS US TO KIND OF MINIMIZE THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY FALLS TO THE CITY. AND WE WANT TO MINIMIZE ANY MAINTENANCE COSTS TO THE CITY AND TO PARTNERS IN THIS AREA. AND, UH, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. SO, GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER ANA'S POINT, NONE OF THE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY THAT WILL BE ON ADAMS AND OR JEFFSON HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED? CORRECT. OTHER THAN HARDING AND WATERWORKS, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE KEY STAKEHOLDERS, THE UTILITIES REALIGNMENT. SO USUALLY THERE ARE THE PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON, ON A MONTHLY BASIS. MM-HMM . SO PUBLIC, PUBLIC ENTITIES. ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER C**S? DID YOU JUST ASK? NOBODY HAS BEEN, YOU JUST ASKED NOBODY BESIDES HARLINGEN WATERWORKS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, CORRECT? MY CORRECT. OKAY. NO, COMMISSIONER. AND SO WHAT I WANTED JUST REITERATE IS, IS ALL BUSINESSES RESIDENTIALS, WHATEVER'S ALONG THESE STREETS HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. IT'S JUST DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS THAT WILL BE ELIMINATED. THAT IS CORRECT. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER MEMA? NO. COMMISSIONER MORALE? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT, ROBERTO? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE, UH, MAPS OR FOUND, WHAT'S THE UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE LIKE? BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SOME OF THESE, THERE'S A PLENTY OF OF FLOODING GOING ON. YES. SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING ABOVE STREET LEVEL. MM-HMM . OKAY. WHAT'S UNDERNEATH? SO UNDERNEATH, THAT'S PART OF THE COORDINATION WE HAVE WITH UNION PACIFIC, THEIR CONSULTANT, UH, C-C-R-M-A. SO IF THERE'S A WATER SOURCE STORM STAYING IN PLACE, IT'S NOT GETTING ELIMINATED BY CLOSING THE ROAD. UH, SO PART OF THE PLANS WOULD BE AS THE RAILROAD GETS REALIGNED, WE'RE GONNA BE REINTRODUCING THOSE CROSSINGS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE PROTECTED. AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT HAVE NOW UPGRADE PROTECTION WITH STEEL CASINGS. I KNOW ONE OF THE COMPONENTS WE HAVE HERE, THIS IS TOWARDS THE TILL OF THE JEFFERSON STONE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. I'M ALSO, I PROVIDED THOSE PLANS. I'M COLLABORATING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY COULD INSTALL OUR PIPING THAT MIGHT BE CROSSING THAT AREA SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AFTER THE FAT AND EITHER BORE OR DO EXTRA STEPS. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THAT IS PART OF THE SURVEY. THAT IS PART OF THE COMMUNICATION, THE CITY AS A STAKEHOLDER IS HAVING WITH CCRA. COMMISSIONER PETIT, OH, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER EZ, ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GONNA DOUBLE CHECK ON THOSE CULVERTS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE, THEY'RE FUNCTIONING CORRECT. AND TRY TO INCREASE IT. SO SOME OF THEM ARE BEING INCREASED, SOME OF THEM ARE BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED, BUT YES. CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH US, PLEASE? CAN WE SHARE THE PLANTS? YES. 30% PLANTS? MM-HMM . OKAY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, AVA HERE. I, I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE BUSINESSES NOT KNOWING THAT THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN. DID YOU GET ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ANYBODY? NO, SIR. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. YEAH. UH, BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS, UH, PRIMARILY WITHIN, UP RIGHT AWAY, IT DIDN'T LIKE TRIGGER THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT NOTICE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK TO THAT TEAM AND ASK THEM TO CONSIDERED TO PROVIDE A LETTER AND JUST PROVIDE, UH, WHAT'S USUALLY CALLED A NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. WE COULD INTRODUCE THAT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, NOTIFIED. BUT BECAUSE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NORMALLY NOTIFIED IN THE PROCESS ARE THE LANDOWNERS, WERE, ARE PROPOSED RIGHT AWAY. TAKING IS GONNA TAKE PLACE. THIS IS ALL WITHIN UNION PACIFIC RIGHT AWAY. SO IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, APPROVED BY FRA, IT DIDN'T REALLY REQUIRE THEM TO DO A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH. THEY ESSENTIALLY RELEGATED IT TO STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION, ASSURING, YOU KNOW, ALL ACCESS WAS MAINTAINED, AND IT DIDN'T ELEVATE THAT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ANY FURTHER. BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ELECTED TO DO, TO BE DONE AT SOME POINT'S. TURNAROUND FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR BY NEXT MONTH. SO, UH, WE'LL GET ON IT RIGHT AWAY AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO FOR LETTERS, FOR NOTIFICATIONS. IT'S GONNA BE JUST A FEW, A FEW SPOT LOCATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY ASSIST WITH THAT. I HAVE A REAL OH, YEAH. OH YEAH. AS, AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION. SO ONE THING TO NOTE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE IS THE 30% DESIGN. SO WE'RE AT A, ESSENTIALLY [01:25:01] A SCHEMATIC LEVEL, UH, OF DESIGN. THERE'S STILL A FINAL DESIGN COMPONENT THAT'S GOING TO INITIATE THE SUMMER, HOPEFULLY WHEN WE SIGN THE, LIKE A PHASE TWO AGREEMENT TO GET INTO FINAL DESIGN. THAT'LL TAKE THE 30% PLANS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND TAKE THEM FULLY TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND ESSENTIALLY READY TO LET STATE. SO THAT'LL TAKE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO GET THAT DESIGN GOING. UH, THE FINAL DESIGN COMPLETED. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE MEANTIME TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT PUBLIC, UM, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION OR NOTICE, YOU KNOW, TAKES PLACE. SO THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE INTERIM, UH, PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY POINT. AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE AS WE GO AND TAKE THIS 30% DESIGN, WHICH IS, UH, AS ROBERT EXPLAINED, A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL WITH REGARD TO UTILITY AND DRAINAGE, UM, AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE RAIL RELOCATED AND, UH, AND TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE OPERATION IN THIS AREA. COMMISSIONER MORALES, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HONESTLY, I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE NOT LETTING THESE BUSINESSES KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. MM-HMM . JUST OUTTA SHEER COURTESY, I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY, THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED, BUT COMMON COURTESY GOES A LONG WAY. WOULD YOU JUMP ON TELLING THESE PEOPLE, ROBERT, UP AND, UH, C-C-R-M-A AND INFORMING THESE, THESE BUSINESSES, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? WE COULD NOTIFY THEM. WAS THAT THE QUESTION? YES. YES, PLEASE DO. MM-HMM . YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S MOSTLY THE ACCURATE CROSSING COMPONENT. THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE FULL ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTIES. AT NO POINT ARE THEY GETTING CUT OFF THE, FROM THEIR SITE. COMMISSIONER PEREZ? NO, I'M GOOD. COMMISSIONER SMORE. I KNOW YOU HAD. YEAH. UM, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY GAVE RAILROADS MASSIVE POWER, MASSIVE POWER. AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS ELIMINATE AUTOMOBILE TRAIN WRECKS. AUTOMOBILES LOSE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME. IT'S A SAFETY FEATURE, AND YOU ALL WANT TO PUT IN SPEED BUMPS EVERYWHERE TO MAKE THE STREET SAFER. THIS WILL MAKE A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN TRAFFIC SAFETY. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER MEMA? COMMISSIONER KAVE? YES. UM, I AGREE. WE NEED TO LET THE, AS COMMISSIONER MARJO SAID, THE, THEY GAVE THE RAILROAD AMAZING POWER, BUT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR CONSTITUENTS GAVE US AN ELECTION TO REPRESENT THEM, AND WE SHOULD LET THE PEOPLE THERE THAT HAVE BUSINESSES AROUND THEM, NO NOTIFY THEM THAT THEY, THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN. I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE, AND AS A WHOLE, WE ALL REPRESENT HARLINGEN. I GREW UP A BLOCK FROM THERE, AND THESE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. SO I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THIS, THESE STREETS ARE HARDLY USED. WHATEVER USAGE THAT IS, I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT USES IT. QUITE SOME, I'M PROBABLY THAT ONE PERSON THAT USES IT A LOT. SO YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO GO AROUND THAT. AND THAT'S OKAY. LIKE COMMISSIONER REMAR SAID IT'S SAFETY, AND THAT'S OKAY. HOWEVER, COMMON COURTESY IS TO LET THE BUSINESSES KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE, THEY, THEY, WE ARE BIG, UH, ADVOCATES FOR SMALL BUSINESS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE SHOULD NOTIFY THEM. WE ARE, WE ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT ELECT US AND SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW. SO PLEASE DO. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. UH, I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE FANTASTIC POINTS. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT I READ WAS THAT WE'RE AT THE 30% MARK ON THE DESIGN PHASE. AND THEN A COMMENT YOU SAID EARLIER, SIR, IS THAT, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL DONE IN A MONTH. YES. WOULD THE MAKING OF A DECISION HERE ON 10 F IN, IN ANY WAY, IF WE WERE TO DELAY A VOTE, WOULD IT IN ANY WAY HINDER OR DELAY, UH, YOUR PROCESS? THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TIME THAT WOULD TAKE, UH, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD TAKE THE TIME FOR US TO FINALIZE THE 30% PLANS. [01:30:01] AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST A 30% SET OF PLANS, BUT IT'S PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE DOCUMENT. WHEN YOU CLEAR, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, UH, THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 30% DESIGN OR A SCHEMATIC. THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE OFFICIALLY CALLING IT A 30% DESIGN. BUT THERE'S STILL FINAL DESIGN IN OTHER PHASES WHERE, UM, THAT ARE STILL GONNA TAKE PLACE AT THE OTHER END OF THIS. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UH, SO WE COULD MOVE INTO THAT SECOND PHASE AND DO ANY FINAL COORDINATION. THERE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, SOME ODDS AND ENDS AND NEED TO GET FULLY DESIGNED. 30% DOESN'T CAPTURE EVERYTHING, BUT YOU BASICALLY CONTEMPLATE THE MAJOR ITEMS. MM-HMM . YOU ASSIGN SOME RISK FOR DESIGN OR FOR OTHER RISK-BASED CONTINGENCIES. AND FINAL DESIGN LETS YOU VET THOSE OUT FULLY SO THAT YOUR FINAL PLANS, WHEN YOU GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GO THE DISTANCE, GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND AVOID CHANGE ORDERS, WHICH IN A PERFECT WORLD, YOU WOULD HAVE DONE , BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT. AND, UH, SO THERE'S STILL TIME IN THAT OTHER PROCESS, BUT FOR THE CLEARANCE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO GET THIS CLEARED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER, ROBERT. IT HAS BEEN MY IMPRESSION OVER THE YEARS THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TRUNK LINES OR BIG LINES MOVE EAST TO WEST. AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW THAT MOVE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, NORTH TO SOUTH COMMERCE BEING ONE OF 'EM, JEFFERSON BEING ANOTHER WEST STREET, THE ONE WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, BEING ANOTHER NORTH TO SOUTH. AND THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WATER FLOWS FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ON USED, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE WOULD BE JEFFERSON WOULD MOVE WEST OF COMMERCE AND THEN COMMERCE MOVE SOUTH TO THE RURAL COLORADO. NOW, WITH THE, AND GOING BACK TO A COMMENT YOU MADE EARLIER, RIGHT? THE, THE RAILROAD TRACKS, THAT'S WHAT SEPARATES OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM, STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND THE WEST SIDE. THAT'S WHY COMMERCE IS IMPORTANT AND WEST STREET IS IMPORTANT. CORRECT. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, LOOKING AT THE CROSSING AT WEST ADAMS STREET, RIGHT ABOVE C STREET, YOU SEE IT? MM-HMM . YOU SEE C STREET. YES, SIR. IT MOVES NORTH OF THAT. BY REMOVING THAT LINE, WILL THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON WATER FLOWING FROM WEST ADAMS WEST TO COMMERCE STREET? BY DO YOU MEAN THE LINE OR THE CROSSING? THE DRAINAGE QUICK. THE CROSSING. THANK YOU, SIR. YES. SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING NORTH OF ADAMS DRAINAGE PATTERNS AT THE MOMENT, STAYING THE SAME. ONCE, LET'S SAY COMMERCE GETS FUNDED, COMMERCE HAS SOMETHING CALLED THE LATERALS, BASICALLY THE INCOMING PIPES GOING ON THE EAST SIDE OF BUSINESS, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD DO THE IMPROVEMENT. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES IN. IN TERMS OF THE RAILROAD, THAT IS, UH, JUST GONNA GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY IF IT GETS ABANDONED FOR US TO REMOVE IT, DO WORK IF THERE'S A STORM PIPE CROSSING FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE INTO COMMERCE. SO IT'S A BENEFIT. YES. AT LEAST FOR THE AREA GOING NORTH, RIGHT? FOR THE RAILROAD GOING NORTH. OKAY. BUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE SYSTEM HERE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SPIDER NET. MM-HMM . THEY'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED. SOME OF THE AREAS HERE JOINS NORTH AND SOUTH INTO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. SO THE WHOLE POINT, UH, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BEGINNING REVIEW WAS TO MAKE SURE IF, IF THERE'S A PIPE, TO KEEP IT THERE TO ENSURE THAT WATER STILL BALANCES THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING OFF CIRCULATION. BUT I THINK THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION A BIT BETTER. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ONE LAST THING, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ IN THE PAPER, IT, IT APPEARS THAT HJSD IS GONNA BE, UH, CONSOLIDATING A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS. SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IF YOU LOOK AT B STREET NORTH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF B STREET, YOU HAVE VAL ELEMENTARY, RIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS ON COMMERCE OFF THE FAIR PARK. AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU HAVE CROCKETT. CROCKETT, AS I UNDERSTAND, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT CROCKETT'S GOING TO ALL THE STUDENTS GO THAT LIVE IN CROCKETT OR GO TO SCHOOL, CROCKETT ARE NOT GONNA GO TO VEST PARK, NOT VEST SCHOOL, VAL ELEMENTARY, CORRECT? RIGHT. I HAVE AN HSD NODDING IN THE BACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL RAN ON YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SHOW MINIMAL CROSSINGS NOW, BUT HAVE WE ANTICIPATED, OR HAVE WE LOOKED AT FUTURE PROJECTIONS, POSSIBLE PROJECTIONS OF WHAT IMPACT THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TWO SCHOOLS INTO ONE WILL HAVE ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE ON THIS ITEM WAS B STREET SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE? SO THERE WAS PART OF, UM, ON THE REPORT, THEY DID DO A FUTURE VOLUME FOR A 20 YEAR PERIOD. AND WITHIN, UH, ON THE RAILROAD, THERE WAS TWO DOCUMENTS MM-HMM . ONE THE OVERALL 18 PAGES, AND THEN ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY WAS IN REGARDS TO THE STREET CLOSURES AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS ON THIS SECTIONS. AND IN BOTH SCENARIOS, EVEN WITH THE FUTURE GROWTH, UH, IT DID SHOW THAT THE, THE EXTRA VOLUME BEING REDIRECTED TO COMMERCE FIRST STREET AND THIRD WE'RE HANDLING THE TRAFFIC ADEQUATE WITHOUT, UM, ANY [01:35:01] MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT, ROBERT. YES, SIR. MY QUESTION THOUGH IS THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT IS IN EXISTENCE NOW, NOT WHAT'S COMING IN. RIGHT. SO WE LOOKED AT HYPOTHETICALLY HERE, YOU KNOW, 300 CROSSINGS. I SAW ONE THAT YOU GOT A BEAUTIFUL BREAKDOWN OF THIS. LET'S SAY IT'S 300 CROSSINGS RIGHT NOW BASED ON AND 20 PROJECTIONS FROM WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. BUT WITH THAT CONSOLIDATION OF CRO INTO LAMAR, OR CROCKED INTO VALLA, NOW THAT COMPLETELY CHANGES. IT, IT'S LIKE A NEW DATA POINT THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONSIDERED. MY STATISTICS PROFESSOR WOULD BE EXCITED THAT I REMEMBERED ANYTHING . UH, THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO ACTUALLY HAVE KNOWN THAT WITHOUT, UM, KNOWING WHERE THESE PEOPLE LIVE THAT COME FROM CROCKETT. AND CROCKETT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE ALL THE DEMOGRAPHIC PEOPLE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC ADDRESSES FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WOULD PROBABLY COME FROM THE AREA, FROM JACKSON AND MADISON, AND COULD PROBABLY WOULD COME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF, FROM THIS AREA THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE B STREET. AND YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT NOW UNTIL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. CORRECT. WHENEVER THE CONSOLIDATION DOES OCCUR. SO HYPOTHETICALLY, LET ME JUST, THIS IS WHERE I'M DRIVING AT, NO PUN INTENDED, , IF WE WERE TO DOUBLE THE CURRENT AMOUNT, LET'S JUST HYPOTHETICALLY DOUBLE THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES AND UTILIZES B STREET. I RECALL WHEN I READ THE PACKET, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S LIKE FOUR OR FIVE GRADES THAT YOU GIVE MM-HMM . RIGHT? WHAT, EVEN IF WE WERE TO DOUBLE IT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WHAT GRADE LEVEL WOULD WE BE AT? SO B IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE, WOULD BE CLOSED, BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD GET DIVERTED, UM, IN THIS, ACCORDING TO THE TABLE RIGHT, IS ABOUT 401, UH, VEHICLES PER DAY. UH, AND SO PROJECTED OUT, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE, AND THIS, THIS, WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE ARE 20 YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR WHAT IS GONNA REMAIN OPEN. SO THAT'S THE A DT AFTER DIVERSIONS THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE FUTURE STATE. THE CURRENT STATE IS SHOWN IN THE SECOND COLUMN, WHICH IS A DT 2025. SO KIND OF PROJECTING THAT IT'S ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE AMOUNT. SO YOU'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT 600 VEHICLES, UH, EVEN IF THAT GETS SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN COMMERCE AND FIRST, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALREADY, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF, OF SERVICE. SO IT'S STILL WITHIN PARAMETERS TO BASICALLY KEEP THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS SHOWN IN THE, THE FUTURE PROJECTION. MM-HMM . SO IN, IN EFFECT, I MEAN, SO THE, THE THING ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS AND UH, IS THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU'VE GOT MACRO LEVEL. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS KIND OF LOOKED AT THE MACRO LEVEL OF TRAFFIC. THERE'S ALSO MICRO SIMULATIONS AND OTHER THINGS YOU COULD RUN FOR SPECIFIC SCENARIOS LIKE YOU EXPLAINED. WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP A NEW BIG BOX HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE KIND OF LIKE THE TRAFFIC OPERATION THAT REALLY LOOKS AT THE GRANULAR, YOU KNOW, TURNING MOVEMENTS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS AT YOUR, WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES LOOK OUT THERE. UH, THIS, THIS KIND OF TAKES A, AN AMALGAMATION OF ALL OF THAT. IT DOES TAKE INTO CONTROL, UH, INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF, THE AMOUNT OF PARKING ON THE STREET IT TAKES TO ACCOUNT THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION, UH, AND THE, THE TRAFFIC TO KIND OF MAKE THAT, IT'S A MORE OF A ROUGH CUT. SO IT'S A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. SO, YOU KNOW, USING THIS CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, IT'S STILL WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF SERVICE. PERFECT. IF THE COMMISSION AGREED TO JUST CLOSE C STREET AND LEAVE A AND B OPEN, WOULD YOU STILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR NEPA PROCESS? UH, ABSOLUTELY. UH, THE, THE BENEFIT HERE IS MORE OF A BENEFIT TO THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE. AND WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS AN ASPIRATION FOR A QUIET ZONE. AND SO BY, BY MINIMIZING YOUR NUMBER OF CROSSINGS, IT ALSO HELPS YOU ACHIEVE, GET CLOSER TO ACHIEVING THAT GOAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LAST STATEMENTS IN THE, THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. SO IDEALLY WE WOULD TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE ITEM AS PRESENTED AND TRY TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, COMMERCE FIRST AND THIRD STREET OPEN. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S NO BUSINESSES ON C STREET, BUT YOU'VE GOT MORE ON A AND B. SO THAT MIGHT BE A COMPROMISE FOR NOW. C STREET WAS ALREADY CLOSER, IT'S NO, I KNOW, BUT, BUT IF THEY WERE JUST TO DO THAT AND NOT CLOSE A AND B, HE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH HIS NEPA PROCESS. CORRECT? WE WOULD, UH, THAT THIS IS INDEPENDENT OF NEPA. IT'S MORE, MORE TO THE MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION COST OF ALL THE WARNING DEVICES. 'CAUSE NOW THE, IF IF, IF B AND A ARE STILL PRESENT IN THE FINAL CONFIGURATION, THEN YOU KNOW, EACH GATE IS ABOUT $375,000 PLUS THE, THE LIFE LONG MAINTENANCE ON, ON THAT WARNING DEVICE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PERPETUITY OF THE PROJECT. SO ONCE YOU KIND OF TOUCH AND IMPROVE A, A, A CROSSING, IT COMES WITH THAT, THAT MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE WITH THESE CLOSINGS. WHO AND WHO PAYS FOR THAT? WE DO. SORRY. AND WHO PAYS FOR THAT? SO IT IS USUALLY THE, WHOEVER OWNS THE FACILITY. SO IN THIS CASE, THE CITY AND QUESTION TO THAT POINT I SAW IT WAS 300,000 FOR THE CROSSING EQUIPMENT. IS [01:40:01] IT PER SIDE ON THE NORTHBOUND 300,000 ON THE SOUTH SIDE? 300,000. SO TOTAL PER CROSSING 600 OR IS IT 300 TOTAL? 300. TOTAL. TOTAL. SO EVEN IF WE LEFT AS, UH, MR. GONZALEZ POINTED OUT, IF WE LEFT A AND B OPEN THAT $600,000 RIGHT OUT THE GATE, THAT WOULD BE PAYING EXTRA PLUS ON TOP OF THAT, THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEXT 34 YEARS. YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS. ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? RAISE THE HANDS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMAR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. [Item 10g - Discussion and possible action to amend the Teen and Youth Advisory Board ordinance.] SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE TEEN AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ORDINANCE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I DID NOT SEE THIS IN MY PACKET WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT. NO, IT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER PEREZ. NO. UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I PUT IN 'CAUSE OR THAT I JUST, UH, GAVE MYRA TODAY. 'CAUSE HONESTLY, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME. WE'RE IN TESTING RIGHT NOW. IT'S AT SCHOOL, SO I DIDN'T HAVE TIME. UM, BUT YES, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I HAD A MEETING WITH SOME OF THE, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD IS SOMETHING THAT, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL FOR A WHILE. AND, UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH SOME STUDENTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN JOINING AND SOME OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOME OF THE, UM, APPLICANT APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING. AND THEN WHILE WE WERE THERE, WE WERE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE, UM, THE BOARD. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE AGAIN. UM, I DID PROVIDE YOU WITH THE, UM, THIS WAS TODAY. THIS IS, UH, MY FAULT. NOT MYERS. THIS IS MY FAULT. 'CAUSE THIS IS, WHEN I CAME UP WITH THIS, UM, I DID PROVIDE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SURE. TO HAVE A COPY OF THE CHANGES TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. UM, THE MAJOR, THERE WAS SOME CHANGES, BUT THE MAJOR CHANGE IS BEFORE WE HAD THE MEMBERS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF C UH, THE CITY OF HAREN. UM, THE WAY WE CHANGED IT, OR I HOPE TO CHANGE IT, IS MEMBERS MUST RESIDE WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE, OF H-C-I-S-D TO ENSURE BROAD INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION OF YOUTH SURVIVE, UH, SERVED BY THE COMMUNITY. IN OTHER WORDS, I HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT WERE INTERESTED, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN HAREN. UM, SOME LIVE IN SAN METOS, SAME, SOME MAY LIVE IN COMBS. AND THE ONLY RESTRICTION I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE IS THAT THEY, THEY ARE PART OF H-C-I-S-D 'CAUSE THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. UM, SO THAT'S THE MAJOR CHANGE. UM, I WAS HAVING MARK LOOK AT THIS AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I KNOW THAT WE HAD CHANGED THIS BEFORE A LONG WHILE BACK, WHERE WE CHANGED THE AGES FROM 16 TO 23. AND THEN MARK BROUGHT UP THAT THAT'S KIND OF MAYBE A LITTLE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE 20 SOME YEAR OLDS WITH 16 YEAR OLDS. SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT MAYBE MOVING IT DOWN TO 16 TO MAYBE 18. 'CAUSE SOME OF THE SENIORS ARE LIKE 18 YEARS OLD AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO GRADUATE. AND I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE THE LIMIT. UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OPEN, UM, FOR YOU GUYS, UM, TO ADD, LOOK AT IT. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD, IF WE CAN'T SETTLE ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS, I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF YOU COULD AT LEAST APPOINT, UM, SOME OF THESE, UM, STUDENTS. I DID TO DELIA'S POINT, 'CAUSE I KNOW DELIA IS HARDCORE CARDINALS. WE DID GET, UM, SOME, UM, STUDENTS FROM THE CARDINALS AND FROM THE HAWKS. SO THIS IS A, UH, A JOINT THING. SO, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, ADD SOME STUDENTS, ALL THESE STUDENTS THAT APPLIED, THESE ARE ALL GRADE STUDENTS. UM, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND THEY JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR PART. SO YEAH. SO I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS WANT A COUPLE MINUTES, LOOK AT IT. YES. LIKE A FEW MINUTES. WELL, MR. SMAR, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH. TWO ITEMS. ONE BRINGS UP, UH, MARK TWAIN. UH, HE SAID, UH, MY OLD MAN WAS THE STUPIDEST MAN WHEN I WAS 16. WHEN I TURNED 21. I COULDN'T, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH HE HAD LEARNED. UM, JUST A SENSE OF HUMOR THERE, BUT COMMON SENSE. BRAVO. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INITIAL COMMENTS? I'LL GIVE YOU EVERYONE ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO KIND OF READ THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. COMMISSIONER OZ, ANY INITIAL COMMENTS? YEAH. ALRIGHT. AND COMMISSIONER PEREZ, JUST SO I HAVE IT ON PAGE ONE. YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE IT, OR EXCUSE ME. YOU AND, UH, MR. SAA ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FROM THE AGE TO BE 16 TO 18. YES. THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP, UM, KIDS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL. AGREED. ALL RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF MARK, I DUNNO ON YOU, UM, ON THE 18TH, UM, WOULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE HAVE TO BE STUDENT THERE AT HCSD OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HONOR. OKAY. SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT THEIR, UM, STUDENTS AT H-C-I-S-D. [01:45:05] SO ANY CHILD THAT GOES TO, UH, HARLAND, UH, HARMONY. YOU WHAT? HARMONY OR SOMETHING LIKE THE, I DON'T THINK HARMONY. DOES HARMONY HAVE WHATEVER IDEA. INSERT WHATEVER PRIVATE SCHOOL OR HOW ABOUT JUST ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL? ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WE GO. ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S GOOD. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ON PAGE TWO, I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT MY IDEAS AS I GO THROUGH THEM. PAGE TWO DUTIES. UH, YOU HAVE THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ANNUAL REPORT. WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED? I THINK, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE IF YOU KEEP READING. OKAY. UM, IT'S A LITTLE, THERE'S THEIR ONE WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND IT HAS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE A REPORT TO US. OKAY. BUT IT SAYS REPORT TO THE BOARD ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. NO, THERE'S A, THE BOARD SHALL PRESENT ON THE LAST PAGE OR ON THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE. THE BOARD SHALL PRESENT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COMMISSION SUMMARIZING ITS ACTIVITIES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IMPACT ON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH SHALL BE PLACED ON A REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. I GOT IT. THANK YOU. IT SAYS ON PAGE THREE, FIRST BULLET POINT, MEMBERS SHALL PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE CITY SPONSORED EVENT, PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE ANNUALLY AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR REPORT ON THEIR EXPERIENCE TO THE BOARD. WHAT DO YOU, WHEN YOU USE THE TERM PARTICIPATE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, PARTICIPATE. I MEAN, LIKE VOLUNTEERS. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WORKS FOR ME. YEAH. I DON'T WANT 'EM JUST TO SHOW UP AND SAY, HEY, I'M HERE. YOU KNOW, I WANT THEM TO VOLUNTEER . SO YOU THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE LANGUAGE EXCEPT FROM PARTICIPATE TO VOLUNTEER? I'LL LEAVE THAT TO MARK. RIGHT. BUT I, I'M GONNA JUST PUT PARTICIPATE SLASH VOLUNTEER. I WOULD DO THAT. IT SAYS THAT MEMBERS WHO MISSED THREE MEETINGS OR FOUR MEETINGS WITH THE 12 MONTH PERIOD WITHOUT A VALID EXCUSE. WHO, WHO DETERMINES IF THE EXCUSE IS VALID? UH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO THEN SHOULD WE JUST LEAVE OUT THE VALID EXCUSE? I I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. I'M JUST SAYING AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD. WHO SHOULD, I DON'T THINK THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE MAKING THE APPOINT COMMISSION. IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE THE, THE DIRECTOR OR THE A CM THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? I THINK SO. I THINK JUST LIKE GABE SAID. OKAY. BY STAFF. APPROPRIATE STAFF? YEAH. BY STAFF. APPROPRIATE STAFF. OKAY. AGAIN, I'M JUST MARK, I'M JUST, UH, JOTTING OUT MY IDEAS. YOU MAY WANT TO REVIEW THIS SURE. IN YOUR OFFICE. THIS, UH, PART OF THE MEETING. THE EVENT OF A VACANCY. THE MENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED AS WE'RE READING IT, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO. ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SMAR. COMMISSIONER RAZ. GOOD. ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER PEREZ, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR NO, IF NOBODY ELSE, THEN I MAKE A MOTION CHANGES TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ORDINANCE. SO YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THIS AMENDMENT PENDING LEGAL. PENDING LEGAL SUBJECT TO LEGAL AND THE, THE POINTS WE DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. UH, FIRST BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON [Item 11 - Board Appointments] TO BOARD APPOINTMENTS SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY APPOINTMENT OR DISCUSSION? I POSSIBLE ACTION TO INCLUDE APPOINTMENT AND OR REMOVAL OF ANY POSITION SUBJECT TO APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL BY STATUTE ORDINANCE OR BY, WE GOTTA CHANGE THAT LINE UP, MAN. AGAIN. YES, LORD. ALL RIGHT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD APPOINTMENTS ESSENTIALLY? COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? NONE. I DIDN'T. DID ANY OF YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE [01:50:01] KIDS? I DID. I DID. I, I, I LOOKED AT IT. I JUST HAD TO TALK TO THEM. OKAY, COOL. AT, AT THEIR APPLICATION. UHHUH. . THAT'S ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER SMAR. COMMISSIONER MORALE. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. I WANNA APPOINT, UM, DA UH, DANA BTA, UM, TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. ALL RIGHT. UH, GOING TO COMMISSIONER PEREZ'S, UH, POINT, IF EVERYONE CAN HAVE A CHANCE, BY THE TIME WE COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, EITHER HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, UH, SO THAT, OR TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT READY FOR THIS BOARD TO GET THEM UP AND RUNNING. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. SO WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, DONNA BTA BEING APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. HAVE A MOTION. MOTION. I GOT A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MORALE SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SMAR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, COMMISSIONER, NONE OF THE, UH, STUDENTS THAT YOU PRESENT ARE GONNA BE GRADUATING IN MAY? NO, THEY'RE AS, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET SENIORS, SO THEY'RE ALL SENIORS AND, AND THE MID IN THE SUMMERS WE'RE HOPING TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, START HITTING THIS UP. ALRIGHT. OKAY, THAT WORKS. UH, [Item 12 - Executive Session] WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'RE [Item 14 - Adjournment] GONNA JOIN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. I APOLOGIZE IF I STUMBLED THROUGH THIS. THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOD BLESS. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.