Jun 17, 2026 City Commission Regular Meeting 06-17-26

[Item 1 - Call to Order]

[Item 2 - Conflict of Interest]

[Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements ]

[Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements]

[Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements]

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

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TURN THAT THING OFF. NO. ALL RIGHTY. OKAY. ONE MORE TIME. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE

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THANK YOU. HEAVENLY FATHER. WE THANK YOU THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO GATHER TOGETHER HERE WITH OUR CITY LEADERS. YOUR WORD SAYS TO COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. AND SO, LORD, WE CALL UPON YOU FOR THIS TIME OF NEED FOR OUR CITY AND FOR EACH OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WILL BE DONE HERE. MAY GLORIFY YOUR NAME. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN.

[Item 4b - Presentation of Proclamation - "Celebrating Fathers and Father Figures Month"]

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SO HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DID THIS PAST WEEKEND, BOTH FOR MEETING WITH MY CONSTITUENTS OUT AND SECLUDED ACRES AND THEN IN THE PUMPS READY AND GETTING US UP AND RUNNING AND PREPARED FOR WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN A PRETTY BAD THING. I WAS JUST DRIVING IN FROM BROWNSVILLE. I APOLOGIZE FOR RUNNING A FEW MINUTES BEHIND, AND I ALREADY SAW HIDALGO COUNTY'S WATER ALREADY FLOODING MCKELVEY PARK, RIGHT? NOT TOO BAD, BUT IT'S WHAT COULD HAVE HIT US. AND SO WE WERE BLESSED BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT IT MISSED US THIS TIME. BUT WE GOT TO CONTINUE ALL THE HARD WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU. BUT IT JUST JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE MORE TO DO. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. I BELIEVE THIS IS SATURDAY THAT I'LL BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. ON GOING THROUGH FINDING OUT WHAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR DISTRICT. I DO REALIZE THAT SOME I CATCH, SOME I DON'T, OTHERS I GET CALLS OR TEXTS AND WE WORK ON IT. SO THAT'S ONE. SECONDLY, YES, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE HERE. AND THOSE THAT ARE THAT ARE OUT THERE WATCHING, ESPECIALLY MY DAD WHO'S PUSHING 100 ACTUALLY, HE'S 100 AND A HALF. SO WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. THANK YOU. AND GOD BLESS. 100 AND A HALF, SIR.

YEAH. GIVE THEM ANOTHER WEEK. SOUNDED LIKE 150, RIGHT? I WAS LIKE, MAN, I NEED THE I NEED THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER. OH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY. THIS LAST THURSDAY, I DID HAVE MY TOWN HALL FOR DISTRICT FIVE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND MAKE IT ALSO STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO GET BE THERE AS WELL. I WANTED TO ALSO THANK PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FOR DONATING THE GENERATORS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RAFFLE OFF AND. AND I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND ANOTHER CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOUR LUCKY WINNERS. I KNOW MR. ESPINO IS ONE OF THEM THAT WON THOSE GENERATORS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING INTEREST IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. AND FIRST I SEE EVELYN OVER THERE, HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER, PET OF THE WEEK. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COMMISSION TONIGHT, EVELYN HAS BROUGHT WINSTON. WINSTON IS A LITTLE TERRIER MIX. HE'S ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS OLD. HE'S BEEN AT THE SHELTER SINCE ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. SO HE HAS SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME THERE. HE IS CURRENTLY VACCINATED. HE'S UP TO DATE ON ALL OF HIS VACCINES, HEARTWORM PREVENTION, FLEA AND TICK CONTROL. AND HE'S JUST THERE PATIENTLY WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND AND ADOPT HIM. ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WINSTON OR ANY OF THE OTHER ANIMALS AT THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER CAN GO TO 1106 MARKOWSKI, OR GIVE THEM A CALL AT 95621652 20 AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ON FRIDAY, THE SHELTER WILL HAVE HALF OFF ADOPTIONS. THEY'RE AT THE SHELTER. THEY WILL ALSO BE AT SUNDOWN FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY THEY WILL HAVE A MICROCHIP CLINIC. SO ANY HARLINGEN RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME IN AND GET A MICROCHIP FOR $10. AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE AT PETSMART IN HARLINGEN DOING ADOPTIONS. SO THEY'VE GOT A VERY WEEKEND, VERY BUSY WEEKEND COMING UP. SO THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH AND EVERYBODY WHO COMES BY TO VISIT. WELL,

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WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS CELEBRATING FATHERS AND FATHER FIGURES MONTH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'LL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TAKES PRIDE IN THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF ITS FAMILIES AND RECOGNIZES THE RIO GRANDE VALLEYS RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE ROOTED IN THE VALUES OF FAMILY SACRIFICE.

INTERGENERATIONAL DEVOTION HAS LONG BEEN CARRIED FORWARD BY THE MEN WHO SHOWED UP DAY AFTER DAY FOR THE CHILDREN IN THEIR LIVES. AND WHEREAS FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, STEPFATHERS, ADOPTIVE FATHER'S FOSTER FATHERS AND ALL FATHER FIGURES, REGARDLESS OF BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION OR HOUSEHOLD ARRANGEMENT, MAKE IRREPLACEABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND ARE DESERVING OF THE CITY'S FORMAL RECOGNITION AND GRATITUDE. AND WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, HAS ESTABLISHED THAT FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FROM FATHERS IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. INCREASED INCREASED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN, AND MEASURABLY REDUCED RISK OF CHILD MALTREATMENT AND NEGLECT. AND WHEREAS, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION HAS DOCUMENTED THAT INCREASED INVOLVEMENT OF FATHERS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES IS ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD RANGE OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES AND THAT CHILDREN WHO BENEFIT FROM ENGAGED FATHER FIGURES DEMONSTRATE STRONGER BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND SOCIAL SOCIO EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING ACROSS ALL INCOME LEVELS, WITH RESEARCH INDICATING THAT THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT IS PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED FOR CHILDREN IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND WHEREAS, CHILDREN WHO GROW UP WITH AN ACTIVE FATHER OR FATHER FIGURE ARE STATISTICALLY LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE POVERTY, ACADEMIC FAILURE, OR INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. OUTCOMES OF DIRECT IMPORTANCE TO THE LONG TERM PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF HARLINGEN AND THE SURROUNDING REGION. AND WHEREAS CO-PARENTING, SHARED CAREGIVING, AND THE FULL SPECTRUM OF PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT FROM READING TO YOUNG CHILDREN TO ATTENDING SCHOOL EVENTS TO PROVIDING COUNSEL DURING ADOLESCENCE, CONSTITUTE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC GOODS THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES, BUILD COMMUNITY COHESION AND REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ACROSS EVERY SECTOR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AFFIRMS THAT

[Item 4c - Mayor's Business of the Month - "Las Vegas Cafe"]

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I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I PUNCHED IT UP. YEAH. YEAH. MY THREE BOYS RUN ME THROUGH THE. I APPRECIATE THAT. HI. HOW ARE YOU? WELCOME. YEAH, I THOUGHT SO. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO RIGHT OVER HERE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS RIGHT OVER THERE. SO IF YOU CAN TRY TO FIND A WINDOW BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE CAMERA, THE CAMERA CAN'T SEE YOU GUYS, YOU CAN FIND A WINDOW THERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA GO WITH A FEW. ALL RIGHT. READY IN THREE. 2321. AND WE'LL DO ONE MORE. READY. AND 32112323. RIGHT HERE. READY.

[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]

YOUR DADDY. DADDY. THANKS A LOT. I JUST NOTICED IT. OH RIGHT.

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SAME. THEY SAY THE SAME THING TO YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE THE MAYOR BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, A HARLINGEN STAPLE. AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET HUNGRY.

SO MY APOLOGIES. BEFORE WE INVITE THE BUSINESS OWNERS UP TO THE PODIUM, WE'D LIKE TO SHOW A SHORT VIDEO. MY NAME IS JULIE CHARLES. I CO-OWN LAS VEGAS RESTAURANT WITH MY SISTER, LORI DAVILA. LAS VEGAS CAFE IS A TEX-MEX RESTAURANT THAT HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE 1964, WHEN OUR PARENTS, JULIO AND ELENA CHARLES, STARTED AND OPENED THEIR DOORS. GROWING UP, LAS VEGAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF OUR FAMILY. MY SON, HE IS NOW THE MANAGER AND HE'S LEARNING THE OPERATIONS OF THE RESTAURANT. MY GRANDMA, ELENA CHARLES, FOUND THIS RESTAURANT BECAUSE SHE LOVED COOKING. SHE LOVED COOKING. SHE LOVED FEEDING PEOPLE. EVERY TIME YOU GO TO HER HOUSE, SHE'S ALWAYS OFFERING FOOD. AND SHE TOOK THAT SKILL TO HERE IN HARLINGEN AND FOUNDED LAS VEGAS. AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE FEEDING ALL OF THE VALLEY. WE SERVE.

WHAT WE ARE KNOWN FOR IS OUR ENCHILADA PLATES, BEEF, CHICKEN AND CHEESE. SO WE ALSO SERVE ASADA. IT'S VERY GOOD. WE ALSO SERVE FAMILY PACKS OF ENCHILADAS FOR BIG FAMILIES AND FAJITA PLATES. IT'S ALL REALLY FANTASTIC. MY VISION FOR THE RESTAURANT IS EVENTUALLY TO EXPAND. SINCE I'M THIRD GENERATION, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THIS HOSPITALITY AND FOOD QUALITY TO ALL OF TEXAS. OH, YOU CAN FIND LAS VEGAS CAFE AT RIGHT HERE IN HARRINGTON AT 1101 WEST HARRISON RIGHT OFF OF TYLER AND HARRISON. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING US. FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. WE ARE VERY BLESSED. AND THANK YOU. WE'D NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND REPRESENTATIVES UP TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR. AM I TOO SHORT? YOU'RE PERFECT. YOU'RE PERFECTLY SIZED. ANYWAY, MY SISTER JULIE COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT HER SON ANTHONY IS RIGHT HERE, AND WE'RE WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AWARD. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 62 YEARS. I TELL EVERYONE, BECAUSE I'M 62. I WAS BORN BEHIND THAT COUNTER. AND IN FACT, LOOKING BACK HERE, I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE'RE AT WITHOUT YOU, WITHOUT YOUR BUSINESS. SO THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY. OKAY. SO AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS OUR COMMISSIONER FOR 1101 WEST HARRISON, I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU. MR. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GET TO YOU LATER. OKAY. OH, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE SOMETHING TO TO GIVE YOU AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR SO MANY DECADES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT I KNOW AND I TRAVEL AND I TELL THEM I'M FROM HARLINGEN, THEY'LL SAY, OH, I'VE BEEN TO LAS VEGAS CAFE AND HAD THE ENCHILADAS, INCLUDING MY DAD. LIKE HE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T REALLY EAT THAT. BUT THAT I WILL TELL YOU, THERE HAS BEEN A TIME AND I CAN SAY THIS NOW, I DON'T FEEL AS BAD. BUT HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL AND HE WAS LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO EAT WHATEVER I WANT, GO GET ME SOME ENCHILADAS FROM LAS VEGAS. AND I TOOK IT TO HIM. YES, I KNOW A BAD DAUGHTER. GOOD DAUGHTER, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE IN, RIGHT? AND TREAT YOURSELF.

BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST NOURISHING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR AWARD. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS FOR THE GENERATOR. I WAS ABLE TO GIVE IT TO MY FATHER IN LAW, ACTUALLY. SO THANKS. SO, LUIS VALDESPINO FOR 20 EAST AUSTIN AVENUE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC SOME INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION HAS APPARENTLY BEEN UNABLE TO PUBLICLY DISCUSS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT SOME INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE ABOUT A POTENTIALLY 50 YEAR CONTRACT BETWEEN ENNIS ENERGY, AKA RGV PROPERTY GROUP, AND HWWS THAT WAS SIGNED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. WHILE THE AGREEMENT IS FOR EFFLUENT WATER AS ITS PRIMARY SOURCE, IT ALSO STATES THAT HARLINGEN WATERWORKS WILL SELL UP TO 4.6 MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER PER DAY AS A BACKUP PLAN.

LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN 4.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF POTABLE WATER. THAT SHOULD NOT

[Item 6 - Approval of Minutes]

WWS MEMORANDUM, THIS 1800 ACRE PROJECT MIGHT EMPLOY 1500 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO BUILD THE FACILITY, AND 150 PERMANENT EMPLOYEES. THAT IS POTENTIALLY NO MORE THAN ONE PERMANENT EMPLOYEE PER EVERY 12 ACRES. THIS CONTRACT LIMITS HWWS RIGHTS TO SELL EFFLUENT WATER TO OTHER BUSINESSES THAT MAY WANT TO DEVELOP IN OR AROUND HARLINGEN. AND ACCORDING TO A JULY 2025 EMAIL BETWEEN AN H. WWS DIRECTOR AND THE INTERIM GM, MULTIPLE PARTIES HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE EFFLUENT WATER. THESE OTHER BUSINESSES MAY BE SMALLER, BUT BETTER FOR HARLINGEN. ADDITIONALLY, IN THE AGREEMENT, HWWS CLAIMS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS PREVIOUSLY

[Item 7 - Consent Agenda]

WHEN IT'S CLEAR THAT THE LAND IS OUT OF HARLINGEN, HWWS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AND THE CITY COMMISSION NEEDS TO EXERCISE ITS OVERRULING RIGHT. WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT MAY ALSO BE TERMINATED. THEREFORE, UNDER CLAUSE 9.2.2 FOR FALSE REPRESENTATION. FINALLY, FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, ENNIS ENERGY HAD INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER THIS AGREEMENT COULD BE KEPT OUT OF THE PUBLIC ARENA, WHICH IT WAS, UNTIL AFTER IT

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THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT I WANT TO BRING UP REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING THAT UP DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW MIKE MESSMER TOLD US LAST TIME TO TAKE IT TO THE COUNTY, AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ME AND MY ORGANIZATION, THE FOR THE PEOPLE ALLIANCE FTP, WE DO SPEAK TO ELECTED OFFICIALS IN CITIES AND COUNTIES ALL OVER THE VALLEY AND EVEN STATE REPS ON THIS ISSUE. MY CO-FOUNDER DEANNA, ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING, AND JUDGE EDDIE TREVINO DID NOT ALLOW HER TO SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH SHE TRIED TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SHOWED PROOF THAT SHE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION. WHAT IS THAT NOISE? I'M SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I GET MORE TIME FOR THAT, BUT ANYWAYS, YEAH, SHE SIGNED UP.

SHE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM THEIR SECRETARY THAT SHE DID SUBMIT HER APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SHOWED THE JUDGE THE PROOF, AND THE JUDGE STILL REFUSED TO LET HER SPEAK.

AND THEY HOLD THESE MEETINGS IN THE MORNING. I WORK A FULL TIME JOB DURING THOSE HOURS, AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF YOU GUYS AT THESE MEETINGS. AND YOUR JOB IS LITERALLY TO REPRESENT REPRESENT US. BUT THAT'S ALSO A SUGGESTION. IF YOU GUYS COULD ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. ANYWAYS, I DO WANT TO MENTION IN RECENT NEWS, SAN MARCOS DID PASS A BAN ON AI DATA CENTERS, ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS TEXAS. EVEN GREG ABBOTT IS STARTING TO CHANGE HIS TONE ON AI DATA CENTERS. I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT JUST 3 TO 4 MONTHS AGO, MOST PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO WOULD SAY THAT THESE DATA CENTERS WERE INEVITABLE. AND I KNEW THIS WASN'T TRUE. SO I KEPT FIGHTING. I'M NOT MUFASA, BUT I KNEW EVERYONE WAS LYING. THANK YOU. THAT'S GONNA BE MY TIME. THANK YOU, MR. NEWMAN. ANGELA VALDESPINO. ANGELA VALDESPINO, DISTRICT THREE.

FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE HARLINGEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR PAVING AUSTIN STREET. I KNOW YOU WONDER WHY AM I ALWAYS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER EAST OF OUR AIRPORT? AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY COMMISSION DOESN'T TALK ABOUT IT. DURING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. COULDN'T THIS COMMISSION HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG ABOUT THIS TOPIC? UNDER THE SECTION REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS, THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS SECTION SPECIFICALLY STATES ITEMS IN THE SECTION ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REQUIRE ACTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND ARE GENERALLY. FOR INFORMATION ONLY. DO YOU NOT WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED, WHAT YOU HAVE READ, WHERE YOU HAVE VISITED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE PUBLIC, AND I STRESS WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I DECIDED TO TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE LEARNED AND WHAT I HAVE READ SO FAR REGARDING DATA CENTERS IN THESE MEETINGS, IN HOPES THAT THIS INFORMATION CAN HELP YOU ARRIVE AT A MORE EDUCATED CONCLUSION. AND THERE IS NEW INFORMATION BEING PUBLISHED EVERY DAY. I HAVE HEARD ONE COMMISSIONER SAY WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS, BUT YOUR JOB IS NOT JUST TO SHOW UP AND VOTE. SOMEONE CANNOT CAST A VOTE IN GOOD FAITH ON A TOPIC THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. DON'T EXPECT STAFF TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION EITHER. ONCE AGAIN, EACH VOTING MEMBER SHOULD BE DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH. OUR CITY DEPENDS ON YOU DOING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, THEN DISCUSSING YOUR FINDINGS TOGETHER IN PUBLIC. I REQUESTED THE WATERWORKS AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED IN SEPTEMBER 25TH WITH THEM BETWEEN THEM AND THE RGB PROPERTY GROUP. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, YOU SHOULD. I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THIS CONTRACT STATES WATERWORKS WILL PROVIDE HARLINGEN DRINKING WATER IN THE EVENT THAT EFFLUENT WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND THINKS A CONTRACT LIKE THIS IS A WIN FOR THE CITY? WHO IS LEADING THE WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT? THE WATERWORKS BOARD VOTED SIX ZERO IN FAVOR OF THIS AGREEMENT. IN MY OPINION, THE ENTIRE BOARD

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YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST BRIEFLY, JUST SPELLING. AND THEN THEY USE THE TEMPLATE.

THE TEMPLATE WAS HAD A LITTLE ERROR AND SO THEY FIXED IT RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. ALL RIGHT THEN CAN I MOTION A MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE CHANGES FOR THE WHICH MEETING. SIX C SO REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 4TH 2026. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES.

COMMISSIONER PEREZ MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS. OKAY. SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEMS SEVEN A THROUGH H. ARE THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED FROM THE COMMISSION? G D LIKE DOG. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? HAVING HEARD NOTHING ELSE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MINUS D MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR D SECOND. SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM D7D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE POLICE CHIEF, ALFREDO AVELAR, TO UTILIZE 86,750 992 FROM THE FEDERAL JUSTICE FORFEITURE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF LEXIPOL LEXIPOL POLICY SOFTWARE FOR A 12 MONTH TERM. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ CHIEF, I SEE YOU'RE IN THE BACK. YOU POP UP HERE, PLEASE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE REVIEW OF THE CONTRACT THAT WHAT THIS IS, IS IT'S JUST UPDATED POLICIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? YES. AND IT'LL BE ALLOW US TO BE A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT AND ALLOW FOR US TO BE UP TO DATE ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO POLICY. IT'S BACKED BY PROFESSIONALS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION. WHAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT THIS, CHIEF, IT'S I THIS IS MY BAILIWICK, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT I DO AT THE COUNTY. AND 86,000 JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT. THE LAW DOESN'T CHANGE THAT MUCH AT THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ISN'T BRINGING DOWN CASE LAW THAT QUICKLY TO CHANGE, RIGHT.

AND OFFICIAL IMMUNITY REALLY HASN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. HR, YOU KNOW, DISCRIMINATION FOR HIRING HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH. AND SO. MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS IT'S 86,000. WE'RE GETTING LIKE A 50% DISCOUNT FOR FOR SOME OF IT. RIGHT. AND I THINK IT'S LIKE 149 DIFFERENT POLICIES. CAN WE NOT, MARK, JUST HIRE A FIRM AND, OR YOU TO JUST CREATE THE POLICIES AND THEN EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS WE UPDATE IT BECAUSE IT'LL BE A LOT CHEAPER IF WE DO IT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT'S 86,000 IS FOR A 12 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION.

THAT MEANS NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY IT AGAIN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. RIGHT.

AND SO WHAT I WANT, CHIEF, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I'M BLOCKING YOU, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE BETTER THINGS TO SPEND $86,000 ON OR $87,000 ON FOR OTHER THINGS YOU ALL NEED, WHETHER IT'S EQUIPMENT, WHETHER WHATNOT. AND I THINK THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST USE OF THAT MONEY, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS FORFEITURE MONEY AND THAT YOU HAVE DISCRETION OVER FORFEITURE MONEY. YEAH. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS OBVIOUSLY ARE PROTECTED. THE CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED, THAT WE ABIDE BY POLICY. AND AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YES, LAWS. NOT EVERY LAW CHANGES EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE THAT DEPARTMENT THAT MISSES THAT ONE LEGAL ITEM THAT GETS US INTO TROUBLE. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S

[Item 8 - Reports and Other Discussion Items]

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[Item 9 - Public Hearings]

WHAT WOULD THE COST SAVINGS BE WHEN WE GET RID OF THOSE? PROBABLY ABOUT 40, 30 I BELIEVE 20 TO 25,000. OKAY. WELL THREE HALF THE COST. OKAY. YOU FOUND A MISTAKE. EXCUSE ME. YVONNE MISTAKEN. IT'S GOING TO DROP FROM 80 SOMETHING TO 50 SOMETHING. SO IT'LL WITHIN A YEAR OR SO BASICALLY. AND THEN IF WE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SEE THAT'S NOT WORKING FOR US.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE TOOK A BIG HIT, BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S A MATTER OF LIABILITY. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT BETTER, MORE TRANSPARENT. AND WITH THIS, WE'D BE ABLE TO THE OFFICERS WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS ON ON THEIR PHONES TO THEIR POLICIES. AND LIKE I SAID, THE PUBLIC ALSO WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO OUR POLICIES AND THEY'D BE WELL WRITTEN, ETC. BUT IF SOMETHING WE I DON'T MIND LOOKING AT IT.

AND WE JUST HAD A. WE DID HAVE SOME DEADLINES, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE, THE, THE LIFE THAT OUR LIABILITIES ARE COVERED. MAYOR.

YEAH. COMMISSIONER. AND THEN COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, IF I MAY SAY THIS PROVIDES A LEVEL OF LEGAL PROTECTION. YES, SIR. AND LAWS DO CHANGE. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE IS, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE CITY MAKE ITS OWN POLICIES, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE EVALUATED ON ONE ON ONE.

YOU'RE ADOPTING A STANDARDIZED POLICY THAT'S NATIONAL BASED ON NATIONAL STANDARDS, THAT'S CONSTANTLY BEING REVISED AS DIFFERENT CIRCUITS AND AND ALSO STATE SPECIFIC. YES, WE HAVE THREE THE MOST AUGUST ON THIS LAWYERS UP HERE, BUT THERE ARE LAWYERS WHO AREN'T. AND WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT OURSELVES. IS THAT A JAB AT LAWYERS? SOUNDS LIKE A JOB. I'VE GOT A WHOLE SLEW OF LAWYER JOKES. SO MANY ASPIRING LAWYERS IN THE AUDIENCE. YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, WE HAVE A WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. WE HAVE A MIXED MATCH POLICY FROM DIFFERENT CITIES. YOU'RE TALKING FROM PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS THAT HAVE SERVED HERE, JUST A A CAPIROTADA POLICY. AND WHAT IS IT COSTING IT COSTING US IT WHENEVER SOMEBODY DOES OR RECORDS OPEN RECORDS OR THEY THEY CHALLENGES MAYBE IN CIVIL COURT OR SOMETHING, WE A PROCESS THAT WE THAT WE DID WRONG, ETCETERA. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I MEAN, NOT, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT BECAUSE WE'VE CHANGED ADMINISTRATIONS SO MANY TIMES AND EACH ADMINISTRATION CAME. WE HAD SOMEBODY CAME THAT CAME FROM EL PASO, SOMEBODY CAME FROM AUSTIN, SOMEBODY CAME FROM GARLAND, BROWNSVILLE. WE HAVE A LITERALLY OUR POLICY IS MADE UP OF DIFFERENT CITIES FROM ALL OVER. IF I IF I COULD PLEASE, THIS WOULD HIT THE MICROPHONE. OH, I'M SORRY. THIS WOULD DEFINITELY HELP TO STANDARDIZE THAT. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT IT IS IT'S LEGALLY VETTED WITH NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. AND EACH YEAR, ANY LEGISLATIVE, STATE OR FEDERAL UPDATES, THOSE GET PUSHED OUT TO THE AGENCIES WHO HAVE LEXIPOL AND THOSE GOT UPDATED AND THEY GET OFFICER ACKNOWLEDGED AND THOSE TRAININGS GO THROUGH DOCUMENTED.

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HOWEVER, WE WILL WANT SOME UPDATES ON, ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING. AT LEAST THAT'S THAT'S FOR ME. I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY BEST POSITION TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE FUTURE FUNDS COMING FROM IN FUTURE YEARS? WE CONDUCT A LOT OF SEIZURES, FORFEITURE FUNDS, FORFEITURE FUNDS. THAT'S THE ANSWER. YEAH, THAT'S THE ANSWER.

YEAH. THEN IT'S YOUR MONEY AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT'S MY POINT IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, THIS WAS GREAT AND NOW WE NEED TO ABSORB THE COSTS, THERE PROBABLY BE MORE DISCUSSION. YEAH. WE AGREE.

OKAY. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD FOR ALL FUTURE YEARS THAT THIS WILL BE COMING OUT OF FORFEITURE FUNDS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO WE GOT A MOTION FROM LOPEZ, SECOND FROM GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO REPORTS. IS THERE ANY REPORT FROM MR. GONZALEZ? NO, MA'AM. AND NO STAFF REPORTS. CORRECT? NO. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ONE, I CALL YOUR NAME. THEN I'LL ASK YOU TO APPROACH. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM A, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME AS WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NINE NINE, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN SCP TO ALLOW AN ADULT BUSINESS MICROBLADING STUDIO IN GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT LOCATED AT 310 SOUTH HIGH STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT SIX AND SEVEN, BLOCK ONE BEING A SUBDIVISION. AND THIS IS FOR MISS DAISY NIETO. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NINE. A HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NINE B PUBLIC HEARING FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PATIO HOME DISTRICT FOR LOT C ONE BLOCK ONE DIXIELAND CROSSING SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE ROAD.

APPROXIMATELY 7.9 5.17FT WEST OF DIXIELAND ROAD, AND THE APPLICANT IS MORE LAND SURVEYING. SAM BACK HERE AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE. AIRMAN MONTEMAYOR. COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT OR ADDRESS, WHICHEVER IS CONVENIENT. MY NAME IS HERMAN MONTEMAYOR JUNIOR. MY

[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow an adult business (microblading studio) in a General Retail ("GR") District, located at 310 S. Eye Street, bearing a legal description of Lots 6 and 7, Block 1, Benoist Subdivision. Applicant: Daisy Nieto]

THE MIDDLE PROJECT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE SUBDIVISION IN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S A HOME.

THERE BEEN A MONTH, IT'S STILL IN IN WOOD. IT'S JUST NOBODY'S WORKING ON IT. ALL THE PROPERTIES IN THE MIDDLE SUBDIVISION ARE ALL STILL UP FOR SALE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN

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[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for a rezoning request from Neighborhood Services ("NS") District to Residential, Patio Home ("RPH") District for Lot C- 1, Block 1, Dixieland Crossing Subdivision, located on the south side of Garrett Road, approximately 795.17 feet west of Dixieland Road. Applicant: Moore Land Surveying, LLC c/o CJE Construction.]

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IT WOULD BE VERY IRONIC IF A PROJECT THAT PROMISES GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY WOULD ACTUALLY BE LIMITING OUR EXPANSION TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE. THAT'S ALL MY COMMENT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. NEWMAN. THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NINE C. AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR AN SUP TO ALLOW AN ADULT BUSINESS. A MICROBLADING STUDIO IN GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT LOCATED AT 310 SOUTH HIGH STREET. BRING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT SIX AND SEVEN, BLOCK ONE. THE NEWEST SUBDIVISION. MARK AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE NUMBER 16-8 OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO ISSUE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO DAISY NIETO TO ALLOW AN ADULT BUSINESS MICROBLADING STUDIO. IS THIS RIGHT? ONE YES. IN A GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT LOCATED AT 310 S STREET, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT SIX AND SEVEN BLOCK ONE SUBDIVISION. WE DO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET AND WE HAVE ANA. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR MISS ANA? YES.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO EXPANDING THE OPERATIONS, THE HOURS OF OPERATION? I DON'T THINK SO. IF I RECALL, IT WAS LIKE 8 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AND IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE HAD THESE MICROBLADING, WE USUALLY GIVE THEM THE MORE HOURS IN CASE THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LATE CUSTOMER, AN EARLY CUSTOMER OR WHATNOT. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION ON HOW WE SHOULD EXTEND IT TO. NOT REALLY. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING OFF WHAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTED.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T THINK SO. OH, OKAY. GO AHEAD AND ASK HER.

HELLO, MA'AM. HELLO. IN THE PAST, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TRY TO, IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND YOUR HOURS. SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A CLIENT AND YOU WANT TO DO IT AT 7 P.M. AND YOUR HOURS TILL SIX, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO. AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS GIVE YOU MORE HOURS TO AVOID YOU HAVING TO COME BACK HERE TO REQUEST IT. SO WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF HOURS YOU WOULD LIKE? LIKE WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME? AND WE CAN JUST APPROVE THAT. I WOULD SAY 8 P.M. LATEST. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DO LIKE 5 A.M. TO 8 P.M. SURE. OKAY, PERFECT. DO THAT. THANK YOU. YOU SAID 5 A.M. YES, SIR. HEY. WELL, MAYBE SOME GIRLS WANT TO LOOK NICE AT FIVE IN THE MORNING. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. LIKE YOU HAVE WEDDINGS, RIGHT? AND SO YOU HAVE, LIKE, THE WEDDING PARTY. THEY ALL GO TO THE SAME SPOT.

YOU WANT TO VISIT, THOUGH? PEOPLE ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE LIKE, SHE WILL OPEN HER DOORS FOR ME EARLY. I WANT TO GO THERE. I WANT MY BROWS TO LOOK AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANNA? IF NOT, DANIEL, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY STAFF, AND THEN TO ALTER THE HOURS FROM SO THAT THEY WILL BE OPEN, OR MR. NIETO CAN BE OPEN FROM 5 A.M. TO 8 P.M. SECOND. SECOND BY MISS GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM TEN B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PATIO HOME DISTRICT FOR LOT C ONE BLOCK ONE DIXIELAND CROSSING SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 795.17FT WEST OF DIXIE LAND ROAD. MARK AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, REZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PATIO HOME RHF DISTRICT FOR A LOT. ONE BLOCK ONE DIXIELAND CROSSING SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 795.17FT WEST OF DIXIELAND ROAD. DUSTIN IF YOU CAN. ARIANA. JUST SO WE CAN BE EFFICIENT, EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR PACKET, BUT I BELIEVE

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COMMISSIONER. OKAY. SO NO, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION BECAUSE THE TERRORIST. THAT WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR ME TO KIND OF VISUALIZE THIS. YEAH. WAS THERE BY. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. NO. DIRECTLY BEHIND GOLDEN, I GUESS, GOLDEN CORRAL, THE NEW SUBDIVISION THAT'S COMING UP ON ELM STREET. YEAH. SO IT'S A IT'S A GATED ONE BEHIND GOLDEN CORRAL. I THINK THEY'VE GOT MAYBE SIX UNITS GOING UP ALREADY. AND SO THOSE ARE TOWNHOMES. BUT IF YOU BROKE OUT EACH UNIT FROM THAT TOWNHOME AND PUT IT ON ITS OWN LOT, THEY WOULD FIT ON THESE LOTS. AND SO BUT YES, I MEAN, THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY AND YOU WILL OWN YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WILL OWN THE LAND AROUND IT. IT'S NOT A CONDO. IT'S NOT A TOWNHOME. YOU'VE GOT TEN FOOT SIDE SEPARATION BETWEEN BUILDINGS. ALL OF THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED. SO IS THIS ALSO GOING TO BE GATED? NO, THIS ONE IS NOT. BUT SO THE THE THE PATIO HOMES THAT THEY HAVE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB, AND THEN THEY HAVE THEM AT THE COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OVER. I THINK THAT THE PALISADES PROJECT OVER ON AT CAREY IS LIKE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. IS THAT RIGHT OR DID YOU DO THAT ONE? WE DIDN'T. BUT SO THOSE ARE MORE LONG TOWNHOME LINES THAN PATIO HOMES. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY ATTACH SOME SOME ATTACHED, BUT YOU ALSO YOU DON'T OWN THE LAND. IT'S ALL YOU OWN YOUR FOUNDATION AND THAT'S IT. YOU DON'T OWN THE GREEN SPACE. OKAY. THIS YOU WOULD OWN YOUR POSTAGE STAMP, OKAY. YOUR PROPERTY AS WELL.

OKAY. AND THEN CAN WE GET THE DEVELOPER? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT, MR. CARRINGTON, ON GREEN SPACE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT IS BY FHA AND CONFORMING STANDARDS FOR A MORTGAGE. VA, USDA IT IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. YOU WILL OWN THAT PROPERTY FEE. SIMPLE. YOU'RE NOT SHARING NOTHING. THERE'S NO COMMON AREA. IT'S GOING TO BE A PATIO HOME. IT'S BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT THEY TERMED IT. IT DOES FOLLOW EVERY SINGLE CODE. WE'LL GO THROUGH EVERY BUILDING PROCESS. I BUILD A GREAT PRODUCT. I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS REALLY NICE THERE AFFORDABLE. I DON'T I MEAN, IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK. WHAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR CONTEXT, I, I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on second and final reading imposing a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for the High-Intensity Data Processing facilities within the City of Harlingen and its extraterritorial jurisdiction.]

YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THEY WOULD SAY THAT'S AFFORDABLE. IF YOU ASK SOMEONE ELSE, IT WOULD SAY THAT'S EXPENSIVE. RIGHT? THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN HARLINGEN TERRACE, THEY'RE 269 FOR 1200 SQUARE FOOT. THIS IS A 4500 SQUARE FOOT THAT WE'RE COMPARING. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE AROUND 240. IS THAT THAT'S ENTRY LEVEL TODAY. IF THE COMMISSION KNOWS THEIR DISTRICTS AND THEIR PRECINCTS AS THEY DO, WHAT IS ENTRY LEVEL

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RIGHT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S OLDER. THIS IS ENTRY LEVEL. LET'S UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. WE SEE THIS ON THE NEWS. LET'S NOT PLAY OURSELVES RIGHT. THIS IS REAL PROBLEMS TODAY. SO GO TO THE TO TO THE COMMISSION. JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF COMMISSIONERS QUESTION. IT WAS AND KIND OF LOOPING IN WHAT ANNA MENTIONED. THIS DOES NOT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF VARIANCE OR ANYTHING. THIS COMPLIES. IT JUST WAS YOU WERE GOING TO DO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL DRY CLEANERS AND SMALL BOUTIQUES. SO WE'RE ALREADY HAVING THAT IN THE CORNER. THIS ONE WAS GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR IT. IT WAS UNDER CONTRACT FOR A FAMILY HOME. SO YOU COULD HAVE BOTH.

YES. RIGHT. AND SO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WITH THIS SPECIFIC. YES.

SO JUST SO FOR SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE, IF YOU HAD NOT GOTTEN THE ZONING BACK THEN, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO BE HERE. THAT IS CORRECT AT THIS POINT.

AND THE AND THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WAS NO MULTIFAMILY. AND WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING MULTIFAMILY AT ALL. THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD. OKAY, 100%. IT'S ON THE PLAT NOTE, RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M BASICALLY TO TO ON HIS POINT THAT HAD YOU NOT, I MEAN, WHATEVER, THAT'S Y'ALL'S. HOWEVER, HOWEVER THAT FELL THROUGH, HAD YOU NOT DONE THAT, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE BEFORE US ASKING FOR THAT AUTHORIZATION. CORRECT. IT COMPLIES. BUT THE CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE THAT EACH PLACE, EACH UNIT WILL HAVE? WILL THEY HAVE A YARD OR. OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR HOMES HAVE YARDS, 4000 SQUARE FOOT IS STILL BIG ENOUGH. AND YOU GOT THESE MILLENNIALS, THEY DON'T WANT OR, OR ELDERLY PEOPLE. THEY DON'T WANT TO CUT THEIR YARD. THEY WANT A SMALL YARD. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

THERE'S WE GOT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPTION. THEY CAN'T AFFORD HOUSES RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, IT'S TRUE. I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. AND I OWN A MORTGAGE COMPANY. SO AND SO WITH THAT, LIKE I SAID, THE DEPTH IS THE SAME AS IF IT WAS A 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. SO ALL YOU'RE DOING IS SHAVING WIDTH OFF THE HOUSE. SO PERCENTAGE WISE, IT'D BE THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AS IF IT WERE REGULAR HOUSE. BECAUSE THE BACK SETBACK, THE SIDE SETBACK IN THE FRONT, ALL OF THAT'S THE SAME. IT'S JUST NARROWER. AND SO YOU'D STILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF YARD ON THESE LOTS IN THE BACK AS YOU WOULD ON, YOU KNOW, JUST PROPORTIONATE, RIGHT. IT WOULD JUST BE NARROWER, BUT JUST AS DEEP. SO YOUR, YOUR HOUSE WILL STILL SIT, YOU KNOW. NO, NO CLOSER THAN TEN FEET TO THE BACK FENCE. BUT MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S GONNA BE 20FT OFF THE BACK. OKAY. SO DID, DID BOTH OF YOU FOLLOW THE LEDGE THIS LAST SESSION WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SHORTAGES OF HOMES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS? AND I KNOW THEY THINK THEY ALREADY MOVE. OUR POPULATION DOESN'T GET THERE YET, BUT THE STATE IS MOVING TOWARDS HAVING THESE SMALLER LOTS AND HAVING THESE TYPES OF SMALLER HOMES BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY AND TO YOUR POINT, THAT ENTRY POINT, ENTRY LEVEL HOME THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR HOMES 20 YEARS AGO, 80, 60, 70,000. YEAH. AND NOW, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS NEXT SESSION, WE MAY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STATE'S THE STATE'S LAW AND REEVALUATE WHAT WE HAVE HERE, WHICH I THINK IS WHERE OURS IS A LITTLE LARGER THAN OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY. IS THAT RIGHT? SO Y'ALL'S IS SIX. MOST PEOPLE'S FIVE. I THINK BROWNSVILLE IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE VALLEY THAT THAT APPLIED TO. AND IT BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE

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[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Local Parks Non-Urban Indoor Grant Program.]

MR. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO PRESENT TO US WHETHER THIS PRESENTATION AND THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF IT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I THINK SINCE WE PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT AND HAD THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IF IT ALIGNS, THEN WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO IN YOUR OPINION, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS THIS IS CONSIDERED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE THE, THE RECOMMENDED USE ACCORDING TO OUR FLUM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANNA? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MORALES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TEN. C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING. IMPOSING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING AND APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE HIGH INTENSITY DATA PROCESSING FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND ITS EXTRATERRITORIAL, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. THE ETJ. MARK AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH INTENSITY DATA PROCESSING FACILITIES, PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS REGARDING PUBLIC NECESSITY, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, WATER SUPPLY, ELECTRIC DEMAND, AND LAND USE COMPATIBILITY.

PROVIDING FOR A LIMITED DURATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO, GABE, WE HEARD A LOT OF INPUT TODAY REGARDING THE MORATORIUM. COULD YOU GET A COPY OF THE THE CONTRACT FROM HARLINGEN WATERWORKS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS DISTRIBUTED TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW? YES, I'LL DO THAT. AND THEN IF WE CAN GET AN OPINION FROM MARK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES, MA'AM. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. IF MARK IF YOU CAN ALSO GET US A SAN MARCOS ORDINANCE. OH, THAT'D BE GREAT. I SAW THAT THEY DID A BAN. YES. IT WAS JUST LIKE 2 OR 3 HOURS AGO. I LOOKED IT WAS A BAN BAN. A STRAIGHT UP BAN. YES. I WANT TO SEE HOW LONG IT HOLDS THE COUNTY. THAT'S MY NO NO, BECAUSE THE COUNTY, THERE WAS A COUNTY THAT BANNED IT. AND THEN WITHIN LIKE A WEEK, THEY GOT SUED AND BOOM, THEY GOT RID OF IT. RIGHT? SAN MARCOS JUST DID A BAN. AND SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THEY DID IT. ONE, TWO. I THINK I SENT YOU AN ARTICLE, MARK, LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AGO ABOUT THAT CITY IN CALIFORNIA WHO VOTED TO, YOU KNOW, DID LIKE A CHARTER AMENDMENT, I BELIEVE, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO GET RID OF IT, BUT TO COMPLETELY BAN DATA CENTERS. I KNOW THAT HASN'T BEEN CHALLENGED YET. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND AT LEAST THE BASIS OF THEIR LOGIC AND THEIR LEGAL REASONING, SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT MOVING FORWARD.

YES, COMMISSIONER. AND IF YOU CAN KEEP US IF YOU SEE ANY ARTICLES ABOUT CHALLENGES, WHICH I ANTICIPATE THEY'RE COMING, IF YOU CAN KEEP US, THAT'S IT'S GOING TO COME. YEAH, I THINK I AGREE. JOKES. SO STOP THAT. SO AND ANOTHER THING WERE YOU WERE YOU DONE. YES MA'AM.

SO I DID FIND IT INTERESTING THAT IN OTHER STATES THEY CAN PUT IT TO A VOTE TO THE COMMUNITY. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO IN TERMS OF IF THERE IS A PROJECT COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE IN OUR ETJ, IF WE CAN PUT THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE IF IT'S WHAT THEY WANT, IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THAT, THAT'S EXCITING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THIS MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION BY PEREZ, SECOND BY GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES

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AND ALSO AND AGAIN, SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO SERVE RESIDENTS YEAR ROUND RATHER THAN JUST DURING ORGANIZED SPORTS SESSIONS. AND THEN THE SECOND PROJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE PENDLETON POOL RENOVATION. AND SO FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WERE RECOMMENDING SOME, SOME MAJOR ONES. SO SOME ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT WE EXTEND OR EXPAND THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE FACILITY. SO THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, CHANGING YOUR ROOF, MAKING SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND MAKING SOME RENOVATIONS OR REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING ENVELOPE. AND THEN ALSO LIKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR POOL AS WELL BY MODERNIZING FILTRATION AND CHEMICAL SYSTEMS AND ALSO MODERNIZE OTHER AMENITIES WITHIN THE FACILITY, SUCH AS LOCKER ROOMS AND RESTROOMS, THE POOL ITSELF, AND ALSO ADD WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY SPACES.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES. ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES THAT WE WERE HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN INTRODUCE AT THIS FACILITY WILL BE THE THERAPY POOL, WHICH IS USES WARM WATER. AND THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, GEARED FOR SENIORS AND VETERANS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME SORT OF, I DON'T WANT TO SAY DISABILITY, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM FOR THERAPY. AND THEN AGAIN, SOME PICTURES JUST DON'T COMMIT TO WE'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THEM. JUST TO SHOW YOU, DOES THAT SAY CARDINALS GO BACK. IT DOES. AND THEN ONCE I KNOW I'M JUST MISSING COMMISSIONER. AND THEN ONE THING WE WERE THINKING ABOUT IS LIKE, HOW DO WE COME IN, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING REC CENTER THAT'S GOING TO GO AT THIS FACILITY. SO WE WERE THINKING OF MAYBE ADDING SOME SORT OF LIKE COVERED WALKWAY TO CONNECT BOTH FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I THINK WE EVEN DISCUSSED EXPANDING THE POOL ITSELF, BUT THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE. SO AGAIN, IF POSSIBLE, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER. AND SO AND AGAIN, SO WE WILL BASICALLY LIKE CONVERT THIS FACILITY IN JUST BEING A POOL FOR LAPS INTO A MORE MODERN AQUATIC AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT WILL BE SORT OF THE, THE FEATURE. AND SO AGAIN, SO THESE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND THAT WE DISCUSSED. THEY'RE EQUALLY COMPETITIVE. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR DIRECTION AS TO WHICH PROJECT. WE SHOULD PROBABLY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE MEETING AND ACCOMMODATING SCHEDULES. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO THE MEETING REALLY WANTING TO ENSURE THAT PENDLETON COULD COULD GET SOME LOVE BECAUSE OF THE REC CENTER AND WANTING TO COMPLEMENT THAT SPACE AND DO THE MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS THAT ARE THAT ARE NEEDED TO THE POOL. AND ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, HELP IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO SERVE OTHER POPULATIONS IN THAT SPACE. AND SO IT WAS EXCITING TO HEAR THAT. YES, BECAUSE I KNOW LAST TIME WE WERE CONCERNED THAT YOU WEREN'T HERE AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. I'M SORRY I MISSED THE MEETING. SO I WAS CONCERNED THAT YOU COULD NOT RENOVATE. SO NOW WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOR JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSION, WHAT WE LEARNED IS THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT IS DEDICATED TO RECREATION. AND SO KNOWING THAT THIS COMES EVERY TWO YEARS, KEEPING THAT IN MIND AND FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO IDENTIFY AREAS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO, TO, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT THE MORE THAT I HEARD ABOUT THE WILSON PARK AND I HAD TO KIND OF CUT CUT IT SHORT, BUT I WENT HOME AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS THAT THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT FIVE, THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH GREEN SPACES, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RECREATION. AND SO IT, IT WHEN I WAS ASKING YOU EARLIER ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WILSON WOULD BE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE GOALS OF OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IS IT WOULD YOU AGREE OR. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT FOR BOTH PROJECTS. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR DOESN'T HAVE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEAR CLOSE TO A REC CENTER OR ANY TYPE OF LIKE INDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THIS AREA. SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DRIVE BASICALLY ACROSS TOWN TO GO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE, THE INDOOR RECREATION CENTER IS FINISHED. SO WHICH IS A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE PENDLETON? AND IT WAS BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT WHERE WOULD WE SCORE HIGHEST? IT WAS IN IN PENDLETON. AND IT MADE SENSE THERE. AND SO THIS KIND OF GIVES THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES OF TOWN OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDOOR REC SPACE. BUT WHAT WHAT ARE THE.

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WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE. SO IT'S NOT REALLY WE'RE NOT REALLY WHAT IS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT FINISHING SOMETHING ON THAT. WHAT I WANT IS BE ABLE TO HAVE PENDLETON PARK HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THE WILSON, THE WILSON SPORTS RECREATION WILL HAVE NOT NOT HAVE PENDLETON PARK HAVE SOMETHING MISSING.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE YOUR PLACE IS GOING TO BE A LOT BIGGER. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THERE AT THE WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. YES. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. SO FOR THE RECS, THE NEW REC CENTER IS GOING TO HAVE ALSO MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS AS WELL. YES. AND BASICALLY ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE INCLUDED FOR THIS ONE, YOURS IS GOING TO HAVE IT AT A BIGGER SCALE. OKAY.

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SO I THINK THAT IF THERE'S IS THOSE ARE THE ONLY, THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME. CORRECT. AND YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS AUGUST, AUGUST, THE AUGUST 1ST. I WANT TO SAY, BUT I THINK SO. BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS EARLY ON IS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY START WORKING ON DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL CORRECT SITE PLAN, A FLOOR PLAN, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO NEEDED. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF AN ARCHITECT TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO SHOW THE SITE PLAN AND THE FLOOR PLAN TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THAT ALSO GIVES US POINTS. WE NEED TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND REQUEST THEIR INPUT. AND SO AND WE NEED TO CONSIDER THEIR INPUT AND MAKE CHANGES BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT ALSO GIVES US A HIGHER, HIGHER POINTS. OKAY. RECOGNIZE.

COMMISSIONER MORALES. THANK YOU. SO IT'S A 1.5 ON THE GRANT. IT'S A TOTAL OF 3 MILLION. SO IT'S AT 1.5 MATCHING GRANT. SO 1.5 PLUS ANOTHER 1.5 FROM THE CITY. YES. OKAY. SO TOTAL THREE.

NOW ALL THE OVERRUNS, INFLATION, EVERYTHING ELSE COMES OUT OF OUR POCKET RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I ALSO NOTICE THERE'S A MINIMUM OF WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS FOR 40 YEARS. YES.

WHEN I CAME ON BOARD AND I GOT AND I'M STILL GETTING HAMMERED BY. CERTAIN. VICTOR PARK, FOR INSTANCE, HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED ON THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, BASEBALL, BASEBALL FIELDS AND SO ON, UNDERLYING I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I ADVOCATED FOR UNIFORMS FOR THE PARKS. WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD. IT TOOK OVER TWO YEARS. THIS. THIS 40 YEAR, 40 YEAR COMMITMENT, I'LL BE LONG GONE. AND WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH MAINTAINING CERTAIN PARKS OR CERTAIN AREAS. SO BASICALLY I'M TELLING YOU, AND I'M TELLING THE PUBLIC, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. 40 YEARS IS TOO LONG OF A COMMITMENT. AND THE OVERRUNS THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO BE WAY TOO MUCH THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TOUCH. THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT LET'S FINISH WHAT WE STARTED. I KNOW VICTOR PARK IS FINALLY GOING TO GET THIS THIS SPLASH PAD. YES. BUT THAT'S BEEN ON THE THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LOT LONGER THAN WE WANT TO GIVE IT CREDIT FOR. IF I'M MISTAKEN. OKAY, SO I WANT TO SEE US FINISH WHAT WE STARTED. WHATEVER WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THIS VICTOR PARK, ARROYO PARK, WILSON AND SO ON DOWN THE LINE. WE NEED TO FINISH THAT UP BEFORE WE TAKE ANOTHER LEAP AND SAY, BRING IN MORE, PROVIDE MORE MONIES FOR, FOR FOR PARKS. BUT THAT'S OKAY, COMMISSIONER, JUST LET ME CLARIFY. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING FOR US TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION? CORRECT. SO I'LL BE ANY APPLICATION ON THIS ONE. YES. YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK. YOU DON'T WANT US TO ASK FOR MONEY. LIKE THIS IS FREE MONEY WITH THE MATCHING OF COURSE, BUT MATCHING IS 1.5 FROM FROM US. PLUS ANY OVERRUNS IS GOING TO COME FROM US. PLUS THE FACT THAT GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE A 40 YEAR COMMITMENT. WHEN I CAME ON BOARD AND SO WERE YOU. WE HAD DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO GET CERTAIN PARKS UP TO SPEED. I GOT PICTURES FOR THAT. AND I HAD, IN FACT, WHEN THE MAYOR HAD HER FIRST COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR, I ENDED UP GOING TO VICTOR PARK AND I SAW WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. BUT BY THAT TIME IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE WORKS TO WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE WORKED ON. I DO NOT KNOW IF MR. MENDIOLA HAS HAD A CHANCE TO START WORKING AND DOING THE REPAIRS AT VICTOR PARK. THAT'S JUST ONE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE THE PARKS. YES WE HAVE, BUT VICTOR PARK IS ONE THAT FOR DECADES HAS BEEN A STAPLE FOR

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YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE ANOTHER 40 YEARS, BRO. YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE. I WON'T, BUT YOU WILL, MAN. GOOD GENES. I DO WANT TO SAY I WANT SOME SOME CLARIFICATION FROM ANA, JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE CONFUSING SOME ISSUES HERE. I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN GOING AFTER THESE GRANTS, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED THEM TO, TO IDENTIFY THE GRANTS.

THE REC CENTER YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS UNANIMOUS HERE THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THAT DONE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL SERVE ALL OF DISTRICT ONE AND THE GREATER CITY OF HARLINGEN. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND WE MADE THE COMMITMENT THERE. SO AND THEN VICTOR PARK, I KNOW THAT I SAT HERE AND SUPPORTED AND I WORKED WITH THE TEAM TO ENSURE WHAT WE COULD DO IN VICTOR PARK, AND WE CAME OUT WITH 750, 000. AND THAT MONEY IS NOW BEING PUT TO WORK AND WE ARE COMMITTING TO KEEP TO MAINTAINING. AND SO WE HAVE DONE THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WE'VE DONE IT IN YOUR DISTRICT. WE'VE DONE IT WITH DISTRICT ONE, AND WE'VE DONE IT IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH THE ROYAL PARK. IT COMES WITH A COMMITMENT BECAUSE THE STATE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU. SO I THINK, COMMISSIONER MORALES, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL TO SUPPORT THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SUPPORTED FOR YOU. AND I THINK THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION, IN TERMS OF ARROYO PARK AND VICTOR PARK AND NOW SAY, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT WILSON PARK, WHICH HAS WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND WE'VE AGREED AND WE ADOPTED THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOGETHER, SAYING WE NEED MORE GREEN SPACES AND WE NEED MORE RECREATION IN THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IN. AM I RIGHT WITH THESE COMMITMENTS ON ALL OF THESE GRANTS? YES. OKAY, IF I MAY.

YES, SIR. IT'S NOT HYPOCRITICAL WHEN WE'VE HAD IT ON THE AGENDA OR WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH CERTAIN. IMPROVEMENTS AT ALL THE PARKS PRIOR TO THIS. SECONDLY, I HAVE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PARKS. THE THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE OR WE NEED TO REALIZE IS THAT PARKS ARE NOT A REVENUE STREAM, AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO SLOW IT DOWN AND USE SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THESE GRANTS THAT YOU'RE EXCELLENT IN THAT FOR DRAINAGE, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ONCE WE START BRINGING IN THAT AND ONCE WE START BRINGING IN THESE MORE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY OR OUTSIDE TO COME IN, WE CAN GO BACK TO PARKS. I'M JUST TRYING TO TAP ON THE BRAKES. I'M NOT SAYING NO FOREVER, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A 40 YEAR COMMITMENT, 40 YEAR, AND IT TOOK ME OVER TWO YEARS TO GET THE PEOPLE THAT PARKS TO GET NEW UNIFORMS. EVERYBODY ELSE HAD NEW UNIFORMS EXCEPT THEM. I GOT A PROBLEM.

WHEN I TURN AROUND AND I'M SHOWING PICTURES OF VICTOR PARK BEING THE DETERIORATION THERE, THE EROSION, AND THEN I GO THERE TWO YEARS LATER AND I SEE IT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT? NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. WELL, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. YEAH. WE NEED A. AND WHY DID I AGREE WITH CERTAIN? BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE. BUT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO TAP ON THE BRAKES. AND

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AND THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO. BUT THEN I HEARD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COST. THE COST WOULD BE IT WOULD NOT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD FROM ANA? I DON'T OR IS THAT SOMEBODY SAID THAT THE FUNDING IN TERMS OF THE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ IS SAYING ABOUT THE THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ON THE POOL, IT ISN'T ONLY THE. ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE POOL LATELY IN TERMS OF THE THE LAP SWIMMING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD ONE YEAR WAS LIKE, HEY, WELL, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE POOL, WE WANT TO USE THE POOL. AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SPACE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WAS A POTENTIAL EXPANSION. IS THAT NOT FEASIBLE? EITHER OF YOU? YEAH. WELL, I, I KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE I ASKED AND ROBERT SAID YES, BUT IS IT FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE WITH THIS GRANT IS MY QUESTION.

ROBERT HERNANDEZ CITY ENGINEER FOR THE RECORD. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE WE'RE ALLOCATING TOWARDS RECREATION SLASH RENOVATIONS, RIGHT? SO ESSENTIALLY, WE WOULD BE GETTING THAT PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE TO EITHER EXPAND IT OR DO A SEPARATE POOL COMPONENT FOR THE THERAPY POOL SESSION, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WITH $3 MILLION, YES, YOU COULD DO A LOT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY TACTICAL IN TERMS OF WHAT COMPONENTS WILL CHECK THAT BOX FOR RECREATION AND WHICH AREA IT'S MORE RENOVATION. SO YES, YES AND YES. OKAY. SO QUESTION IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER MESMER.

YES. SO PENDLETON POOL. THE STATE WHOEVER YOU MET WITH. THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

OKAY. AS WITH THE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE, RIGHT? YES. I'M GOING TO QUOTE MY DAD. THIS IS STILL TOWN TALK. HE SAID, MICHAEL, DON'T EVER DO ANYTHING HALF. AND MY MOTTO IN LIFE HAS BEEN, I EITHER DO SOMETHING WELL OR I DON'T DO IT. AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PENDLETON POOL, PENDLETON PARK, WE'RE PUTTING MONEY HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE, AND WE END UP WITH PARKS AND NEED EVERYTHING SO THAT WE SHOULD APPLY IT TO PENDLETON POOL RENOVATION, PENDLETON PARK AND JUST DO IT AND DO IT WELL. WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING MONEY INTO PENDLETON PARK. WE'RE PUTTING WE'RE GOING TO BE FIXING THE ROOF. AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING A REC CENTER AT PENDLETON PARK THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE THE WEST SIDE AN ENTIRE SIDE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN WITH NOTHING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE LANGUAGE ON THIS COMMISSION. SO I APOLOGIZE.

IT'S STILL TOWN TALK, BUT THE PG 13. YES, ON THE YOUTUBE. YOU KNOW, I'M DOING MY BEST OUT OF ORDER. COMMISSIONER MESSMER YOU KNOW, NONE OF THESE PARKS ARE IN MY DISTRICT. BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND I WANT TO DO IT WELL. SO THEN NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE APPLY FOR MORE GRANTS, WE COULD DO IT WELL AT ANOTHER PARK THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO AND EXCUSE ME. AND I'M NOT FIGHTING. RIGHT. I HAVE NO SKIN IN THIS GAME. THIS ISN'T MY DISTRICT. I'M LOOKING OUT FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS CITY. AND YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR DISTRICT FIVE. I REPEAT MYSELF OVER THE YEARS. I FIGHT FOR THE CITY. ACTUALLY, I'M FIGHTING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SPECIFICALLY THAT WE ADOPTED AS A COMMISSION THAT SAYS THAT WE NEED MORE STUFF ON THE WEST SIDE. AND I'M FIGHTING FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WEST SIDE.

YES. IT'S NOT JUST MY DISTRICT AS WELL. ALSO, IT'S SUMMIT WOULD ALSO BE FRANKS, AND SOME OF IT WOULD ALSO BE DANIEL'S PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE TOO. A PORTION OF MY AREA THAT USED TO BE MINE IS ALSO PART OF DANIEL'S. SO IT'S ALL THOSE PEOPLE. ACTUALLY, THE PEOPLE AROUND ROOSEVELT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS, FROM THIS WELLNESS CENTER. SO IT'S NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. KEEP GOING. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE OR APPROVE FOR STAFF TO TO GO FOR THE WILSON WELLNESS CENTER FOR THE GRANT. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. LET'S GO TO LOPEZ. FIRST. I AGREE WITH I

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ESPECIALLY IF WE DO AN EXPANSION. IT HAS TO BE ENCLOSED. IT'S PART OF THE INDOOR GRANT APPLICATION. WE DID ASK CAN WE ALLOCATE SOME MONIES MAYBE FOR AN OUTDOOR EXPANSION? THEY TOLD US NO, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN YOUR FOUR WALLS. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION FOR THIS ONE, RIGHT, IF IT'S LISTED, IT WOULD BE BASICALLY A FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF EVERYTHING THAT'S VERTICAL ABOVE GROUND FOR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. WE DID COLLECT SOME PICTURES. WE TOOK SOME DRONE AERIALS. WE'VE SEEN VARIOUS SPOTS THAT YOU COULD SEE THE LIGHT GOING THROUGH. SO IT'S FOR SURE THE ROOF BY ITSELF NEEDS REPAIRED.

BUT THE APPROACH, IF THIS IS THE APPLICATION THAT GOES, IT WOULD BE FOR POTENTIALLY A FULL STRUCTURE AS A WHOLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW WHAT ABOUT THIS. WE STILL NEED TO DO A BIG

[Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to award Bid No. 2026-05 for the Harlingen Smart Corridors Project.]

[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to award Item No. 1 - Hot Mix Asphalt Type D under Bid No. 2026-03, Supply Contract - Materials for the Street Improvement Project 2026, to the second-lowest responsive bidder and approve the associated budget adjustment.]

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[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute the Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) for the PHR SL499 FY24 Traffic Signal Project with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and approve payment of the required Direct State Costs to TxDOT.]

RIGHT. AND FOR THE COMMISSION. YES I KNOW. WELL, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING AND GABE HAS BEEN WORKING. BUT WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE OUR FIRST WORKSHOP AT TOWARDS THE END OF JULY.

CORRECT. END OF JULY OR EARLY PART OF AUGUST. YEAH. SO THEN THE GOAL WOULD BE LET'S FIND THE FUNDS TO MAKE THE CHANGES NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL LATER SO WE CAN START BEDLINGTON SOONER. YES. THE POOL. THE POOL? YES. SO THE REC CENTER. IT WON'T. THE REC CENTER IS FULL SPEED AHEAD. WE'RE BREAKING GROUND IN JANUARY. JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW.

THE REC CENTER JANUARY JUST SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. AND WE'LL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP OF ALL OF THAT. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD

[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to establish discounted green fees at Tony Butler Golf Course for City of Harlingen Employees, Veterans, Active-Duty Military Personnel, First Responders, and Harlingen Resident Teachers.]

YES. SO, OKAY. IT'S UP TO THREE YEARS. OKAY. BEFORE THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PEREZ. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY THE REST ISN'T SO LONG. ALL RIGHT. ITEM E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION ON THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND DOCTOR ROBERT KELLOGG. DVM TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER AS NEEDED. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION FROM PEREZ. SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING QUESTION. OKAY. YES. WE'LL RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER MESMER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. SAME HOURS, SAME MONEY OR ANY CHANGES. JUST CHANGES TO THE DATES. SAME THAT TIME, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER, IS THIS REPLACING DOCTOR MITCHELL OR WAS THIS HE ALREADY THERE? HE'S ALREADY BEEN THERE. HE COMES INTO THE SHELTER AND DOES ON PREMISE ASSESSMENTS OF SICK ANIMALS, ANIMALS THAT MAY HAVE MANGE. HE'S ON CALL TO US 24 OVER SEVEN. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED ASSISTANCE THAT HE'S NOT AT THE SHELTER. OKAY. HE IS PART TIME. SO HE'S NOT THERE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

BUT WHEN HE'S NOT THERE, HE IS ON CALL TO US. DOCTOR MITCHELL IS STILL DOING ALL OF OUR SURGERIES. IN THE EVENT DOCTOR KELLOGG IS NOT AVAILABLE. SHE HAS BEEN WILLING TO STEP IN IN THE PAST, BUT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IT'S BEEN DOCTOR KELLOGG DOING OUR ON PREMISE EVALUATIONS. AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ILLNESS OR UPPER RESPIRATORY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HE IS OUR GO TO. OKAY. SO WHAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING THE DATES OF SERVICE? OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. DOCTOR KELLOGG HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. IT WAS WHEN THE MAYOR AND I MET WITH HIM, WE'D GONE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT RESPIRATORY OUTBREAKS. HE'S THE ONE THAT WE SPOKE TO WITH ROBERT TO DESIGN THE OUTDOOR CANDLES. THAT WOULD HELP US MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS. AND I HAVEN'T BEEN HEARING ABOUT ANY MAJOR OUTBREAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'VE STILL HAD SOME MINOR ONES, BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH IS, ARE PRETTY MUCH COMING IN WITH THEM BECAUSE AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE'S USUALLY A 7 TO 14 DAY INCUBATION PERIOD. AND SO THE ONES THAT THAT ARE SHOWING SIGNS ARE SHOWING WITHIN THAT, THAT 7 TO 14 DAY WINDOW. AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE OUTSIDE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY HELPING OUR INSIDE ANIMALS NOT GET SICK. SO I CAN'T SAY WE'RE AT NONE, BUT IT IS HELPING.

GOOD. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAD A FIRST, A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM F CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD BID 2026-05 FOR THE HARLINGEN SMART

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SO THEY HAVE THE OTHER TRAFFIC COMPONENTS. THIS IS AN UPGRADE TO THEM. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STANDALONE SIGNALS. SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU MIGHT BE GOING NORTHBOUND NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A GREEN CYCLE OF 30S. AND THEN IT'LL SWITCH TO RED 20S. IT MIGHT FLIP NOW TO THE EAST AND WESTBOUND PREPROGRAMED TIMINGS. WHAT THIS IS DOING, IT'S GOING TO MATCH VERY SIMILAR TO HARRISON AND TYLER, THE SYNCHRONIZATION. IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELECT OPTIMIZE TIMING. IF THERE'S NO VEHICLES BEING DETECTED IT'S GOING TO SKIP THAT RED GAP.

RIGHT. SO THIS WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TEXAS PROJECT OR TEXAS FUNDING.

HALLELUJAH. YES, SIR. SO I APOLOGIZE. THE MAYOR STEPPED OUT. SO WE HAVE A FIRST BY COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, EXCUSE ME, MYSELF, NOT THIRD PERSON BY MYSELF. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. DO WE HAVE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM G. THAT CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD ITEM NUMBER ONE HOT MIX. HOT MIX ASPHALT. TYPE D UNDER BID NUMBER 2020 603. SUPPLY CONTRACT MATERIALS FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 2026 TO THE SECOND LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND APPROVED THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET ADJUSTMENT ATTACHMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. ANY OPPOSED? ALL

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COMEDY HOUR HERE. ITEM ITEM G. CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO I. YES, MA'AM. OH, WOW. YOU GUYS, YOU WEREN'T JOKING? NO. SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUNT IT. WHY DON'T YOU FINISH IT UP? I WILL IF YOU WANT ME TO. HOW ABOUT IT?

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COULD WE PLEASE GO THROUGH THAT ONE MORE TIME? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? FIRST RESPONDERS.

FIRST RESPONDERS. MY DEFINITION OF THE FIRST RESPONDER WOULD BE LIKE EMS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS. YOU COULD GO WITH, I WOULD SAY WHAT NURSES DO OR I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER? I'M ASKING GENERALLY, I THINK FIRST RESPONDERS ARE PRETTY MUCH EMS, POLICE, FIRE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS OR PUBLIC WORKS.

YEAH. YEAH. BUT THAT WOULD BE EMPLOYEES. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, COMMISSIONER, WAS THAT TEACHERS, AS LONG AS THEY HAD AN SD CARD, WOULD PLAY. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE HARLINGEN RESIDENTS BECAUSE. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE DANNY AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ABOUT IDEA? WHAT ABOUT JUBILEE AND ALL THOSE. OKAY, SEE, IF YOU GO TO NURSES, IF THEY RESPOND OFF THE ROAD, THEN THAT BECOME FIRST RESPONDERS. MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN LEAD BY EXAMPLE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE THAT WORKS FOR STEC, WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE OR NOT, LIVE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INCLUDED. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ANYONE THAT WORKS AT ANY OTHER VOLUNTEER PEACE OFFICER DEPARTMENT WITHIN OUR. I THINK THERE'S LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY LIKE, DEPUTY CONSTABLE'S THE VOLUNTEER ONES. OH, RESERVE DEPUTIES, RESERVE DEPUTIES, IF THEY ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. SO I KNOW IT WAS FOR SPECIFIC FOR HARLINGEN, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S THAT'S SPECIFIC TO HARLINGEN IS THE TEACHERS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL, FIRST RESPONDERS. OKAY, SO HE WAS OUT OF ORDER, SIR. SO, ALL RIGHT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THIS WHOLE COMMISSION IS ON THE SAME PAGE, CITY OF HARLINGEN EMPLOYEES, ALL VETERANS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE. ALL ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE. FIRST RESPONDERS BEING DEFINED AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND EMS, AND HARLINGEN RESIDENT TEACHERS. IS THAT ACCURATE FOR EVERYONE? YES. LET ME MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS DEFINED. 2,020% 20% ADD ITEM AS DEFINED AT 20%. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. MOVING ON TO BOARD APPOINTMENTS SPECIFICALLY APPOINTMENT OR DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO INCLUDE APPOINTMENT AND OR REMOVAL OF ANY POSITION SUBJECT TO APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL BY STATUTE, ORDINANCE OR BYLAWS. YOU GUYS HAVE THE LIST OF BOARDS IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.

COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, ARE YOU READY? YES, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT KRISTIN LUCKEY TO THE MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. I HAVE NONE. NONE. LET'S GO WITH HAYDEN PAINTER FOR CHRISTOPHER PEREZ FOR THE HARLINGEN TEEN ADVISORY BOARD. LOUISA VALDESPINO FOR STEVEN RITTER AT VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD AND REAPPOINT SARANG RAMOS AT THE EDC BOARD.

COMMISSIONER PEREZ. MYRA, DID YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT THAT WOULD THAT PUT IN FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD? I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR SOMEONE. JOSUE. JOSUE. BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE SUBMITTED IT IN TIME. I HAVE TAMMY JACKSON AND I, GARY PETITO, BUT BOTH ARE BEING REVIEWED BY ME. OKAY. I DID GET A COUPLE OF THEM THAT I JUST SAW MY EMAIL, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR ME. NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW AND LET YOU KNOW. OKAY. ARE YOU WANTING TO APPOINT HIM? I'LL WAIT TILL HE DOES THE APPLICATION. EVERYTHING'S GOOD. COMMISSIONER MESMER, DO YOU HAVE ANY BOARD APPOINTMENTS? NO, BUT THANK YOU FOR ASKING. YES, SIR. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS? MOTION STATED. SECOND, I HAVE A FIRST BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.

SECOND, BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. AYES HAVE IT. MOVING ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'M BEING NOTIFIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PASSING ON 12 A. SO I'M NOT

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WE'RE GOING TO DO A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. LET'S MOVE IN. AT 741. GOOD JOB.

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