[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for the voluntary annexation and establishment of initial zoning of Light Industry ("Ll") District upon annexation for approximately 7.401 acres, more or less, out of Lot 5, Block 2, Harlingen Industrial Park No.2 Subdivision, located at 109 FM 509, Cameron County, Texas, together with any adjacent county road right-of-way required to be annexed b y Texas Local Government Code Section 43.106. Applicant: JMP Holdings,LLC.]

GO AFTER SOMETHING FOR PLANNING AND THE DESIGN SPECIFICALLY, OR IS THIS SOMETHING EITHER WAY? I THINK IT'S I THINK, GUTIERREZ IT'S A LONG TIME COMING AND WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS IT. BUT IS THIS WHAT WE WANT? I WOULD MY POSITION WOULD BE WHICHEVER ONE STAFF THINKS HAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED, REGARDLESS OF WHICH DISTRICT IT IS, THAT NEEDS TO BE THE PRIORITY. SO I LEAVE THAT TO STAFF. WHICH DO YOU ALL THINK HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF WINNING THE THE GRANT? SO ALL THREE ALL THREE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY VIABLE. THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE.

WE WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONSULTATION WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. I WANT TO SAY A WEEK, A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO. AND SO THEY THEY LIKED. EACH PROJECT HAS ITS STRENGTHS. SO

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THE ONE CONSIDERATION THOUGH, IS FOR THE GUTIERREZ AND ANTONIO. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. AND ARE THERE OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT CENTENNIAL AND GUTIERREZ WOULD BE BETTER ALIGNED FOR? THIS WILL BE THE THE MAIN ONE. APPARENTLY THE THE RECREATION GRANT, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE APPLIED LAST YEAR FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX, IS GOING TO OPEN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR MAYBE NEXT MONTH. AND SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY FOR THAT ONE FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX AS WELL. TRY IT AGAIN. HOWEVER, THEY THEY MENTIONED STAFF TALK TO THEM AND SAY. AND SO ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS YOU CAN STILL APPLY FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTS THROUGH THIS APPLICATION FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX AND THEN DO A PHASE TWO, BECAUSE THAT GRANT WAS OR THE ASK WAS 5 MILLION LAST YEAR THAT WE APPLIED. SO THIS ONE IS LIMITED TO 1.5. AS 1.5 THAT WE PUT IN, AND 1.5 THAT THEY PUT IN. NO, NO NO NO, THAT'S TOTAL. 757 50 YES. OKAY. AND SO I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD INVITE MAYBE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO MAYBE OFFER THEIR RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHICH OF THE THREE PROJECTS WILL BE A PRIORITY FOR THEM. SO IT'S UP TO YOU. WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY. YOU SAID ASK WHO PARKS DEPARTMENT. OH, OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? I

[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for the voluntary annexation and establishment of initial zoning of Residential, Single Family ("R-1") District upon annexation for a 1.15 acre tract of land out of Block 47, Lon C. Hill Subdivision, located on the south side of Morris Road approximately 2,630 feet east of Rangerville Road, together with a 0.16 acre tract out of Morris Road (a 60-foot right-of-way) out of Block 47, Lon C. Hill Subdivision. Applicant: Roberto Lopez.]

KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE ALL VIABLE, BUT IF THERE'S ONE, STAND OUT OVER THE OTHERS. I MEAN, I LIKE ALL THREE, BUT THE SOCCER COMPLEX, YOU'RE NOT HELPING. I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT THE SOCCER COMPLEX, I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE TRIED LAST YEAR TO, TO KIND OF TRY TO APPLY FOR THAT. AND IT'S JUST THAT THE GROUND WAS FROZEN, SO IT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. AND SO YOU NEED A DECISION FROM THE COMMISSION. I MEAN, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON THE SOME OF THE WORK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE. AND ONE OF THEM WILL BE ENVIRONMENTAL. WE NEED TO START THAT PROCESS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING TOO, IS THAT SOME OF THE AT LEAST ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS REQUIRES A FLOOR PLAN AND A SITE PLAN. ANOTHER APPLICATION REQUIRES A SOME TYPE OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO WE NEED TO DO THAT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE FOR THE INDOOR. FACILITY. DID YOU CONSIDER POTENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN YOUR DISTRICT JUST BECAUSE IT'S OLD AND IT WOULD PROVIDE RECREATION FOR DISTRICT TWO OR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE REC CENTER IN DISTRICT ONE. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS, YOU KNOW, WHY DID YOU WHY DID YOU FOCUS ON DISTRICT ONE? AND IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE IT'S THE IT'S, IT WAS THE BEST PLACE FOR IT, GIVEN ALL OF THE SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS AND THE WALKING TRAIL. AND IT WAS JUST THE PERFECT PLACE. WE ALREADY HAD THE PROPERTY. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO GO. COULD IT BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT NEEDS UPGRADES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECREATION FOR THIS PART OF TOWN? YES, BUT WHAT KIND OF AMENITIES WILL WE BE ADDING TO THAT SPACE? I KNOW THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE RECENTLY ADDED, SO I DON'T KNOW

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to authorize the filling of an application for financial assistance with the Texas Water Development Board for funding the construction of priority wastewater capital improvement projects.]

IF THERE'S MORE SPACE TO ADD ADDITIONAL ACTIVE RECREATION. WELL, THAT'S OUTDOORS. I'M JUST THINKING OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT WALK AROUND THAT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY LOCATION WHERE IT'S IN A WALKABLE DISTANCE TO ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A PART OF THE SCORING IS IF IT'S IN A, IN A AREA OF TOWN, RIGHT, WHERE IT'S WALKABLE, HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS IS IT GOING TO SERVE? I KNOW I'M JUST GIVING YOU THAT OPTION. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, IF YOU IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO, TO CONSIDER AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND MAKING ALL OF THESE EFFORTS, WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY REVITALIZE ALL OF COMMERCE STREET. AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF EFFORTS INTO, YOU KNOW, JUST

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action t o authorize the City Manager to award a construction contract for Bid No. 2026-08 Lozano Plaza.]

ELEVATING THE EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA. I THINK IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T OPEN UP ALL THE TIME. SO I THAT'S JUST FOR, FOR DISCUSSION, BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED AN ANSWER TODAY. SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. BUT ULTIMATELY, I DEFER TO YOU, DANIEL, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR DISTRICT. I THINK, THOUGH, THAT THEY NEED SOME SORT OF DIRECTION, BECAUSE ANYTHING WE APPLY FOR HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THESE HERE. SO WE COULD START FOCUSING ON THESE PROJECTS AND THEN BRING THEM TO YOU WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT IT.

GREAT. WE STILL NEED TO CREATE A COST ESTIMATES AND DO DESIGN WORK AS WELL. AND SO FOR THAT INDOORS, JUST I HADN'T CONSIDERED THAT MAYOR. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. CAN IT BE THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IT'S THAT WHOLE CITY BLOCK, ESSENTIALLY. SO WE

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HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WE HAVE CASA DEL SOL, AND THEN BEHIND IT WE HAVE BOWIE PARK. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PICKLEBALL PRO SHOP THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL. CAN IT BE? COULD AN APPLICATION BE DONE FOR THE WHOLE BLOCK? YES. AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ASK FOR FEEDBACK FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. WE CAN EMAIL THEM THE PROJECT AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY THEY RECOMMENDED, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST HOW WE TAILOR THE APPLICATION. OR HOW DO WE MAKE THE ARGUMENT TO MAKE IT COMPETITIVE? CORRECT. THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THIS, THAT I SAY THAT HUGH RAMSAY STAY AS OUR INITIAL PRIMARY ON THIS ONE, AND THAT WE DO THE DUE DILIGENCE. JUST LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT VIABLE, THEN WE STICK WITH HUGH RAMSAY BEING THE PRIORITY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? HUGH RAMSAY BEING THE HUGH RAMSAY PARK. IT'S A WELCOME CENTER, RIGHT. SO THE HUGH RAMSAY WOULD STAY AS A WELCOME CENTER WHILE STAFF CAN DO ITS ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THEN THEY'LL SEE WHICH ONE'S THE THE BETTER RANKED ONE AND GO WITH WHICHEVER THAT IS. SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING FROM HOME, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BOWIE PARK, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BOWIE RELATED TO TO THE BOWIE ELEMENTARY, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHERE THAT IS? CORRECT. SO YOU HAVE CASA DEL SOL ON ONE CORNER, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, THEN TO THE LEFT OF IT YOU HAVE THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT BEHIND IT, OR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH USED TO BE THE SOFTBALL COURTS. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, WHICH WOULD BE DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS OLD IS

[Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to authorize staff to commence the implementation of the HARTS Initiative in 2027. ]

BOWIE PARK. SO IT'S THAT IT TAKES UP ONE WHOLE CITY BLOCK BLOCK, RIGHT, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND HARLINGEN COMMUNITY CENTER AND CASA DEL SOL, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE STICK HUMANITY'S NUMBER ONE. BUT IF THIS IS WHAT THE DUE DILIGENCE IS, THIS WHERE THE INDOOR. CORRECT. OKAY. FOR THE INDOOR ONE AND THEN I LEAVE IT TO STAFF, GIVE STAFF FULL DISCRETION TO MAKE THE APPLICATION BASED ON THEIR DETERMINATION. WHICH ONE HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING THE GRANT MONEY AND THEN GOING ON TO? IF WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, THEN WE CAN GO ON TO THE NON URBAN OUTDOOR PROJECTS, WHICH IS THE HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX, TOM WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX AND EDISON CENTENNIAL PARK. PLEASE REMIND ME. I KNOW COMMISSIONER PEREZ WAS HERE. HE WOULD IDENTIFY WHICH TOM WILSON HAS JUST RECEIVED SOME GRANTS. CORRECT I THINK YEAH. THROUGH CDBG THOUGH HE DID. YES THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE REDOING THE BASEBALL FIELDS. THEY'RE REDOING THE THE POND. I KNOW WE'RE STOCKING THE POND WITH FISH, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF, RIGHT? CORRECT. I HELD THE THE THROUGH. I HELD MINE LAST TIME BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HOLD OFF AND SEE. THAT'S WHY I KNOW HE DID. OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE ASKED WHEN HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE MONEY, AND HE SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND PASS IT? AND I SAID, SHOULD WE PASS IT? AND THEN I TALK TO YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE AND YOU SAID, WHY DON'T WE WAIT AND SEE IF OTHERS IF ALL OF US CAN GET MORE MONEY. OH, FOR THE, FOR B, FOR THE FOR B, CORRECT. SO THEY GOT FOR B MONEY THEN THEY GOT GRANT MONEY. YES. AND THEN OKAY.

DID HE. HE GOT GRANT MONEY ALSO. I DON'T THINK SO. IT WAS JUST THE CDBG AND CDBG. SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOTTEN THAT FAR THAT THAT MUCH. I KNOW THAT WE DID THE CDBG FUNDS, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ADDITIONAL GRANT FOR THAT PARK. IS THAT RIGHT? GOOD AFTERNOON, JUAN MANUEL, INTERIM DIRECTOR. HELLO, COMMISSIONER. MAYOR. YES. THERE'S ALSO THE RETROFITTING FOR THE TOM WILSON YOUTH GRANT, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED AT $220,000. SO THEY'LL BE RETROFITTING JUNE OF THIS YEAR FOR THE TOM WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. OKAY. YES. OKAY. AND HOW WAS THAT FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT. SO. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S MOVE FORWARD. IS THERE A MOTION FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU NARROWED IT DOWN TO, COMMISSIONER? I THINK WE SHOULD JUST VOTE SO SHE COULD APPLY, AND THEN WE COULD PICK THE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ONCE WE GET IT. NO, WE GOT TO PICK THE INDIVIDUAL. WE NEED TO GIVE THEM GUIDANCE. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN THEY CAN SUBMIT THE PROJECTS. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED I THINK I MEAN, AND WE NEED A FORMAL MOTION, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE CONVERSATIONS HAVE GONE TO HUGH RAMSAY. WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT PROJECT. AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY. IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A VIABLE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. AND NOW YOU NEED FOR THE SECOND PARK. AND THERE'S THREE BEFORE THIS COMMISSION. ALL OF THEM ARE GREAT INITIATIVES. I KNOW EVERY I KNOW EVERY COMMISSIONER WANTS IT IN THEIR DISTRICT, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY GUIDANCE FROM ANA. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, CAN YOU ALLOW ME TO CHIME IN HERE? SO IF I HAD A

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RECOMMENDATION, OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE, WOULD BE THE SOCCER COMPLEX AS NUMBER ONE, WHICH ONCE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THIS GRANT, IF WE GET IT, ALLOWING US TO MAKE THIS LIKE THE CENTRAL HUB FOR SOCCER TOURNAMENTS, DRAWING IN THAT SOCCER CROWD FROM NOT JUST OUR AREA, BUT UPSTATE. OKAY. AND WE DO HAVE THE ACREAGE THERE TO FACILITATE A REALLY BIG TURNOUT. AND THIS IS THE ONE ON EAST HARRISON. THIS IS THE ONE SOCCER COMPLEX ON. SO THEN WE WOULD APPLY NOT ONLY ON THIS GRANT FOR SOCCER COMPLEX, BUT THEN THE NEXT GRANT LATER, WE WOULD DO IT IN PHASES BASED ON THE CONVERSATION. WE WOULD APPROACH THIS GRANT AND THEN THE OUTDOOR LEGACY GRANT. WE WOULD APPLY FOR THAT ONE AS WELL AS A PHASE TWO. IF ALL GOES WELL THROUGH, ALL FUNDING IN MY MIND WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE LIKE THE MECCA COMPLEX FOR ALL SOCCER. YOU KNOW, MY BOYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING SOCCER. I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND THOSE IT GETS PRETTY PACKED ON THE WEEKENDS.

RIGHT. AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR WHEN WE. THE CONTRACTS FOR THE DIFFERENT SPORTS LEAGUES, SOCCER SEEMED TO BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST REQUESTED SPORTS WHERE DIFFERENT TEAMS OR DIFFERENT LEAGUES ALL WANT TO PERFORM AT OR PLAY AT. SO I'M FINE MAKING THAT MOTION THAT WE DO THE SOCCER COMPLEX, IT'S BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AND THEN BASED ON USAGE AS WELL, HIGH USAGE. I SECOND THAT. OKAY, CAN WE GET A MOTION? THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE NON URBAN OUTDOOR PROJECTS. WE'RE GOING TO DO WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING FOR. EXCUSE ME HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX. I'LL JUST CHANGE THAT SIR. HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX IS GOING TO BE OUR PRIMARY ONE. IF AT ANY TIME THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION, BRING IT BACK TO US. BUT THAT'S OUR PRIMARY GOAL THERE. AND THEN FOR THE NON URBAN INDOOR HUGH RAMSAY IS GOING TO BE OUR PRIMARY PROJECT. BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO THE RESEARCH ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THAT WHOLE BLOCK. BUT IF HUGH RAMSAY'S DEFINITELY THE WINNER THERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. WE STICK WITH HUGH RAMSAY. I DO AND I DO SUPPORT THAT LOCATION STRICTLY BECAUSE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, THE VISION IS TO HAVE A NATURE EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN WHERE WE CAN TEACH OUR CHILDREN FROM A YOUTH ABOUT NATURE ITSELF, ANIMALS, PLANTS, NATIVE PLANTS, AND THE LONG TERM VISION IS THEY'LL LEARN AS THEY GROW OLDER AND IT'LL JUST KIND OF BE PASSED ON, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE. WE CAN ALSO USE IT FOR OUR PLAYGROUND SUMMER PROGRAM. IF WE DO GET AWARDED THIS, WHERE WE'LL HAVE THAT AS A FIELD TRIP, STOP FOR OUR FOR OUR YOUTH. JUST, JUST A WORD ON THE FOUNDATION FOR ANY BUILDING THAT'S, THAT'S CONSTRUCTED AT RAMSAY. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE BUILT ON A PIER AND BEAM THAT GOES DOWN 13FT. AND THE FOUNDATION CANNOT BE BUILT ON THE GROUND. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ELEVATED WITH EXHAUST FANS TO HAVE ANY POSSIBLE METHANE THAT'S STILL COMING OUT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXPENSIVE. SO THAT'S A $4 MILLION PROJECT BASED OSCAR. BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING.

YOU THINK SOMETHING CAN BE MADE THERE FOR 4 MILLION BASED ON THE FOUNDATION ISSUES? NO, NOT NOT WITH WHAT GABE JUST MENTIONED. THAT WOULD I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING THAT ABOUT THE PRICE DOUBLING UP RIGHT THERE. I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER. DOES IT SOUND VIABLE IN MY OPINION THEN. BUT LOOK, I MEAN, I WOULD GET WITH ENGINEERING DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. I THINK THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT THAT MIGHT BE FOR US. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO AND WE'RE LOBBYING FOR FOR DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO TO HELP FOR THAT WITH SOME DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS OR SOME, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY. BUT IF WE CAN'T DO IT, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY OF IT BEING FUNDED BECAUSE YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO FRUITION WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT. AND ON THAT NOTE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CLEARLY, YOU NEEDED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE PUT IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? CORRECT. SO THEN I'LL REASSERT MY MOTION FOR THE NON URBAN OUTDOOR PROJECTS THAT MUST BE MAINTAINED FOR 25 YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX WITH THE NON URBAN INDOOR PROJECTS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HARLINGEN COMMUNITY CENTER. IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT SECOND ONE PLEASE BRING IT BACK TO US.

THAT'S MY MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM A REPORTS. DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS? OH NO MA'AM. I'M SORRY. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM. MOVING FORWARD WITH ITEM NINE PUBLIC HEARINGS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, MISS MYRA? OKAY, THEN WE WILL PASS ON PUBLIC HEARINGS AS WE HAVE NONE FOR TODAY. OR. I'M SORRY. IT'S BEEN A DAY. LET ME GO THROUGH THESE NINE. A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL ZONING OF LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT UPON ANNEXATION FOR APPROXIMATELY

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7.401 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OUT OF LOT FIVE, BLOCK BLOCK TWO, HARLINGEN INDUSTRIAL PARK NUMBER TWO SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 109 FM 509 CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS. TOGETHER WITH ANY ADJACENT COUNTY ROAD RIGHT OF WAY REQUIRED TO BE ANNEXED BY TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 43.106. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NINE A HAVING NO ONE HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NINE B PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL ZONING.

RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT UPON ANNEXATION FOR A 1.5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 47 HILLS SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MORRIS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2630FT EAST OF RANGEVILLE ROAD, TOGETHER WITH 0.6 ACRE TRACT OUT OF MORRIS ROAD. OUT OF BLOCK 47, THE HILLS SUBDIVISION. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NINE B,

[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to award RFQ No. 2026-01 for Professional Engineering Services for the Design and Environmental Permitting of the Arroyo Colorado Hike and Bike Trail Extension Project - Dixieland Reservoir.]

HAVING NO ONE HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. ITEM TEN A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL ZONE OF LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT UPON ANNEXATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 7.401 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OUT OF LOT FIVE, BLOCK TWO HARLINGEN INDUSTRIAL PARK NUMBER TWO SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 109 FM 509 CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH AN ADJACENT COUNTY ROAD RIGHT OF WAY REQUIRED TO BE ANNEXED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SECTION 43.106. MARK. IF YOU COULD READ THE CAPTION, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BY ANNEXING FOR FULL PURPOSE 7.401 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OUT OF LOT FIVE, BLOCK TWO HARLINGEN INDUSTRIAL PARK NUMBER TWO SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 109 FM 509, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS. TOGETHER WITH ANY ADJACENT COUNTY ROAD RIGHT OF WAY REQUIRED TO BE ANNEXED BY TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 43.106. IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INITIAL ZONING OF LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT UPON ANNEXATION, BINDING THE LAND TO ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY, BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANA HERE, BUT WE ALSO ALL HAVE OUR PACKET. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IS OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER MESSMER FOR HIS QUESTION. YEAH. COULD YOU SOMEBODY PUT THAT MAP BACK UP? IT WAS THERE MOMENTARILY AT BINGO. THANK YOU. AND WHAT IS THAT BUILDING ON THERE NOW? IT'S A WAREHOUSE. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANA? ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS

[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to waive the Building Permit Fee for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post (VFW) located a t 2006 N. Whalen Rd.]

VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ TO APPROVE THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESMER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NINE B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL ZONING OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT UPON ANNEXATION OF A 1.15 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 471 C HILLS SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MORRIS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2630FT EAST OF RANGER VILLE ROAD, TOGETHER WITH 0.16 ACRE TRACT OF MORRIS ROAD, A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OUT OF BLOCK 47 LANCE HILL SUBDIVISION MARK. IN ORDER TO. EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN BY ANNEXING FOR FULL PURPOSE A 1.15 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 47 LANCE HILL SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MORRIS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2630FT EAST OF RANGEVILLE ROAD, TOGETHER WITH THE 0.16 ACRE TRACT OUT OF MORRIS ROAD, A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OUT OF BLOCK 47 LANCE HILL SUBDIVISION, BINDING THE LAND TO ALL OF THE ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO THE SAME WITH THIS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU IN YOUR PACKET. I'LL OPEN IT UP

[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to approve the initiation of Collective Bargaining Negotiations between the City of Harlingen and the Harlingen Police Officers Law Enforcement Association (HPLOEA) and approve the Collective Bargaining Team representing the City.]

FOR QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS A QUESTION FOR ANA OR STAFF? I GUESS JUST THANK YOU.

SO ALL WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ANNEX IS 1.15 ACRES, AND THEY'LL BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE RIGHT OF WAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESMER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

MAYOR, I THINK COMMISSIONER LOPEZ WAS GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM. I NOTED MY ABSTENTION BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. SO PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE NOTED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SORRY.

FOR THE RECORD, IT IS NOT UNANIMOUS. AND COMMISSIONER LOPEZ ABSTAINED FROM THE RECORD WHEN HE GRACIOUSLY DECIDED TO ACCEPT MY REQUEST TO START THE MEETING WITHOUT ME. ITEM TEN C

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CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIORITY WASTEWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THIS IS AN ITEM PUT ON BY HARLINGEN WATER WORKS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE RON HERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR RON FROM THE COMMISSION. IF THERE

[Item 11 - Board Appointments]

ARE NO QUESTIONS, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE TO AND TO AUTHORIZE THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIORITY WASTEWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

THAT'S. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON ITEM TEN. CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR BID NUMBER 2026-08 LOZANO PLAZA. WE DO HAVE ROBERT HERE FROM ENGINEERING, AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PACKET. I IMAGINE THERE'S A QUESTION OR TWO FROM THE COMMISSION. WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. ROBERT? YES, SIR. DID YOU ALL THE THE COMPANY THAT YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING, DID YOU CONFIRM THEIR REFERENCES? DID YOU MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE DONE GOOD WORK IN THE PAST? YES, SIR. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY RGV ASPHALT IS THE ONE IS THE CONTRACTOR DOING THE LOS VECINOS RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO THEY'VE DONE REALLY GOOD JOB. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE HIRED THEM ALREADY FOR A FEW COMPONENTS. SO BEFORE WE WERE SEARCHING OR REQUESTING SOME PROPOSALS, GETTING THREE QUOTES. MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T GO OVER THE 5000 COMPONENT, BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME COMPONENTS THAT WERE ADDING UP THAT WERE GOING TO BE OVER THE 5000, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND MARK TO ADVERTISE IT AND GET THE QUOTES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. BUT WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THE CONTRACTOR. AND YOU'RE CONFIDENT THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB HERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER MORALES? PARDON ME. JUST IF WE CAN JUST WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCEDURE. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT. PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU. THIS IS A