[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to authorize and fund the fabrication and installation of the new Gloria G. Canales Auditorium signage. ]

HE STARTED TO WORK. HE STARTED TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK OF CLINICA FAMILIA. AFTER ALL THAT FIGHTING, FIGHTING A WAR, FIGHTING FOR FARM WORKERS RIGHTS AND BUILDING A CLINIC.

YOU THINK HE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE? BUT NO. HE CONTINUED FIGHTING FOR OTHERS AND HELPING.

HELPING THE THE RESIDENTS OF CAMERON PARK GAIN ACCESS TO WATER UTILITIES. STILL CONTINUING ON HIS PATH OF HELPING OTHERS, HE HELPED BRING IN MEDICAL FACILITIES TO THE VALLEY FOR VETERANS OF THE SAME WAR HE FOUGHT IN. EVEN THOUGH MY ABUELO PASSED BEFORE I COULD REALLY GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VALLEY, I WOULD ALWAYS HEAR STORIES OF HOW HE HELPED THOSE OTHERS, HELP OTHERS, AND PRIORITIZE HIS FAMILY. HEARING THESE STORIES LED ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MY ABUELO WAS A MAN THAT WOULD ALWAYS PUT OTHERS IN FRONT OF HIMSELF AND HELP THOSE IN NEED OF HELPING HAND. AND TO ME, I THINK I THINK THAT'S HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ABUELO SOUNDS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE MAN AND I'M SURE HE'D BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE FAMILY THAT WANT TO SPEAK? IS THERE SOMEONE ONLINE? IS THERE SOMEBODY ONLINE? THAT'S FOR ANOTHER ITEM. OKAY, THAT'S FOR RENATO. WELL, I'LL SAY SOMETHING, I GUESS. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD JOB. YEAH. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BETTER.

WE PICKED THE RIGHT PERSON TO SAY SOMETHING. SECOND OF ALL, RENE, THANK YOU. THIS WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE. A CALL I NEVER EXPECTED. NONE OF US DID. AND SO WHEN IT DID HAPPEN, IT WAS IT WAS A A WELCOMED SURPRISE. LET MY SISTERS KNOW. LET MY MOM KNOW.

AND SO JUST BE A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE A PARK NAMED AFTER HIM FOR THE FAMILY. AND SO I KNOW ON

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TOP OF THAT, I WANT TO THANK THERE'S A LOT OF FRIENDS OF MINE AND OTHER FAMILIES AND MY MY DAD THAT WERE HERE OR CAME TO SUPPORT THE HIS HIS NICKNAME WAS RETRO GARZA, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER, HIS MOTHER MAIDEN NAME WAS TRETTEL AND THAT'S WHO THE GANG WAS THERE OVER THERE. THAT WAS. AND SO ALWAYS, ALWAYS AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER MY DAD WAS ASKED TO HELP GET PEOPLE ORGANIZED, THE FIRST ONES HE WENT TO WAS ALL HIS FAMILY AND ALL MY MOM'S FAMILY, WHICH WAS 14 OF THEM, AND SAID, HEY, I GOT 100 ALREADY. AND SO THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT HE DID. AND SO THANKS TO THEM FOR BEING HERE AND JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY JUST HOWEVER THE VOTE GOES AND ALL JUST TO BE MENTIONED HERE WAS AN HONOR. THANK YOU.

WE HOPE THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE GRAND OPENING, AS YOU KNOW, THE PARKS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW,

[Item 8 - Reports and Other Discussion Items]

WE ALREADY HAVE THE PLAYGROUND. I THINK IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. THEN WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE TRAIL AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE A SPLASH PAD. AND WHEN WE HAVE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GRAND OPENING, AND WE'D BE HONORED IF YOU JOIN US THERE AT THE GRAND OPENING AS WELL. YEAH.

[Item 9 - Public Hearings]

I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB. I'M SO IMPRESSED BY YOU. YOU YOU SAID HIS STORY SO BEAUTIFULLY AND I JUST GAVE MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF ALEXIS IS HERE. THERE YOU ARE.

MAYBE. I KNOW WE'VE GOT SPACE IN THE MUSEUM. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY TO SEE IF WE CAN FURTHER HIGHLIGHT THEM. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING I THINK SERVING THIS COMMUNITY IS LEARNING OF OUR HISTORY. I HAD NO IDEA. NOW I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH. SO CLINICA IS LIKE AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES UNDERSERVED POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO KNOW THAT YOUR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, HAD HAD A PART OF THAT AS WELL IS JUST AMAZING. AND WE'D LOVE TO SHARE YOUR STORY. SO IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE, I KNOW I'M SURE COMMISSIONER LOPEZ AND PEREZ HERE WILL PUT THEIR MINDS TOGETHER AND TALK WITH ALEXIS.

I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE. I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOLKS OVER AT THE MUSEUM. WE'D LOVE TO SEE MORE LATINO PRESENT REPRESENTATION. THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. I HOPE YOU SEE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY IS EVOLVING AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TREASURE THOSE STORIES AND KEEP THEM ALIVE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YES, SIR. SO CLINICA. YEAH, YOU MENTIONED CLINICA, SO THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE. SO MY MILITARY DUTY STATION WAS TO CLINICA AS A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER. AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE. I INTERVIEWED 45.5 YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME AND MY WIFE HERE IN HARLINGEN. AND I KNOW I TREATED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS. AND SO I AM ETERNALLY, ONCE AGAIN, ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOUR ABUELO FOR HELPING GET US SU CLINICA STARTED. SO THANK YOU. IT'S FUNNY, COMMISSIONER PEREZ REACHED OUT TO ME, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR FATHER. AND. AND WHEN RENEE TOLD ME ABOUT IT, I WAS IMPRESSED. AND THEN WHEN YOU JUST SAID EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, YOUNG MAN, LIKE YOU JUST TOLD THE GUY, DUDE, LIKE YOU LITERALLY DID NOT TELL ME HALF OF THAT. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE COMMISSIONER PEREZ, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, FOR US TO DO A METAL, A METAL PLAQUE LIKE WE HAVE, I'M ALREADY PLANNING THAT, DUDE. PERFECT. AND YOU JUST DRAFT THE LANGUAGE. WE'LL PUT IT ON THERE. THAT TELLS US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LOCAL HERO THAT WE HAVE, SO THAT EVERY GENERATION AND EVERY PERSON THAT GOES TO THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT COMMISSIONER PEREZ HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON CAN LEARN ABOUT THIS GREAT MAN. LOVE IT. SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND BY PEREZ? I'M SORRY, GABE, YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE WORDING FOR THE PLAQUE. OH YES, I'M ALREADY WORKING. I WAS GOING TO GET IT THROUGH THE KGB OR SOMEWHERE, BUT I WAS GOING TO GET IT DONE.

YEAH. OKAY. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. SOMEBODY PLEASE PUT SERGEANT ESSES SOMEWHERE FOR ME.

I JUST LOVE THAT. OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY LOPEZ, SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. YES.

WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU SOON. AND COMMISSIONER MESSMER SAID THAT'S WHAT MAKES HARLINGEN AN ALL-AMERICA CITY. OH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY, I LOVE

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IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH H I THINK SHE'S ON ON ZOOM. OKAY, MISS GONZALEZ FAMILY? YES, A DAUGHTER'S OKAY. THEY'RE ON. YES. OKAY. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND MOVING ON WITH SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'RE GOING TO HOP ON OVER TO ITEM TEN H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE AND FUND THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE NEW GLORIA G. CANALES AUDITORIUM SIGNAGE. WE DO HAVE FAMILY, I BELIEVE, ON ZOOM. AND GABE, I'LL PASS IT TO YOU, MAYOR. IN YOUR PACKET IS A RENDERING OF THE DESIGN THAT CHRIS WORKED ON FOR THE GLORIA CANALES AUDITORIUM. HE DID SEND IT TO THE DAUGHTERS AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY APPROVED THE THE WORDING AND THE DESIGN. AND SO WE ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD ATTEND THE MEETING. IF THEY COULDN'T, WE'D PUT THEM ON ZOOM. SO THEY'RE HERE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE, THE DESIGN OF, OF THE, THE SIGN. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? ARE WE ABLE TO HEAR YES, I'M HERE. OKAY, GREAT.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. HI. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I DO YOU WANT ME TO GO NOW? YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

GREAT. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF HARLINGEN FOR SUPPORTING THE RENAMING OF THE HARLINGEN MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM IN HONOR OF MY MOM, GLORIA.

THIS RECOGNITION IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO HONOR HER DEDICATION, SERVICE, AND HER LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE ARTS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE TO YOU, MAYOR, TO ALL OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HER LEGACY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS TO COME. WE. I GOT THE EMAIL ON THE APPROVAL OF THE SIGN. WE JUST. WE ABSOLUTELY CAN'T WAIT. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. I REMEMBER YOU SAYING IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR GLORIA G G SO IT'S THERE. SO YOU WERE ABLE TO. AND SO YOU YOU SAW THE RENDERING AND YOU APPROVE. YES, YES, I APPROVE. YES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

IS ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE EXCITED. YES. ALL RIGHT.

FANTASTIC. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND EVERYBODY'S EXCITED. MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MESMER, SECOND FROM PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. WE WILL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LOVELY DAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BYE.

OKAY. AND WE DID THIS ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING BACK ON UP TO REPORTS ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA. MR. GONZALEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT ON? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. AND NO STAFF REPORTS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WILL GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME. I WILL OPEN UP. NINE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ETJ, CONSISTING OF 8.30 ACRES OUT OF THE NORTH, 9.685 ACRES OUT OF THE SOUTH, 19.37 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK 75 MINNESOTA, TEXAS LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 800FT SOUTH OF THE O'CONNELL LAKE CROSS ROAD BETWEEN LOUISIANA ROAD AND FM 506. THE APPLICANT IS ABBY ABBY JO LOPEZ. AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. MR. MARTINEZ, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WAS THAT YOUR REQUEST ON ON CDBG? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. WE WILL CLOSE THE ITEM NINE A MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE. B PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON ITS PROPOSED 2026 2035 YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN 2026 2027 ONE YEAR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS FOR FAIR HOUSING. AND WE'VE GOT AN ATTACHMENT HERE. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS ITEM, MR. DRAKE. I'D LOVE

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TO HEAR MORE. SURE. I'M GOING TO CALL UP ANOTHER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M A I'M ITALIAN, WE TALK A LOT. I TRY TO RESPECT TIME. DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A TIMER THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I LEFT OFF BY JUST TALKING ABOUT TRANSFORMATIONS AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE HELP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS WAS A PICTURE THAT I SHOWED WHEN I GAVE MY PITCH TO THE AMAZING COUNCIL, AND THIS IS A YOUNG HARLINGEN GIRL, MALINA, WHO WAS COMING TO OUR GROUP. OF COURSE, PEOPLE STRAY, THEY LEAVE, THEY GO, THEY COME IN AND OUT. THEY BATTLE WITH THEIR ADDICTION. SHE CAME BACK PREGNANT WITH THAT LITTLE GIRL RIGHT THERE ON CRACK, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO RAISE A CRACK BABY. SHE SAID SHE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH, AND SHE FINALLY ALLOWED ME TO HELP HER GET HELP THAT SHE NEEDED AT A PLACE WHERE SHE WOULDN'T RISK LOSING HER CHILDREN, HER DAUGHTERS, AND THEN HER UNBORN. AND WE CAN THANKFULLY TESTIFY TODAY THAT THAT FAMILY IS DOING WELL. THAT BABY'S NOT ON CRACK. THAT THAT WOMAN'S EYES ARE OPENING, THAT HER CHILDREN ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF POVERTY. AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING. SO THIS IS A TESTIMONY OF ONE OF MANY ITEMS OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN HELPING IN THE AREA OF THE RGV HARLINGEN, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE'RE BASED. I'M FROM BOSTON, BUT MY WIFE AND I OWN A HOUSE HERE. I WANT TO BE ON THE TEAM. I WANT US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE I CAN'T DO THIS. I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.

SECTION D SAYS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN BUDGET FOR FISCAL 2627, MEANING THAT THERE'S A CONSIDERATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. THIS POSSIBLY MEANS THAT YOU GUYS CAN APPROVE IT EXACTLY AS IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED TO YOU. THIS MEANS THAT IT CAN POSSIBLY BE AMENDED. THIS MEANS THAT IT CAN BE SENT BACK FOR REVISIONS OR DELAYED ACTION. PERHAPS IT CAN BE VOTED AGAINST. AND PERHAPS EVEN SOME OF THE STAFF CAN CHANGE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY HERE BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T FIGHT, WHAT TYPE OF LEADER WOULD I BE? WHEN I'M IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES? I'M ONLY HERE AS A REBUTTAL NOT TO DISCREDIT ANYBODY ELSE'S WORK OR THE BOARD OR ANYTHING. I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE THERE'S WORK TO DO, AND I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE ONES THAT CAN'T DO IT. UNFORTUNATELY, I GOT NO BULLETS IN MY GUN, AND ALL YOU COPS. RELAX. I'M ALL LOADED. THAT WAS A JOKE. THAT WAS A JOKE. THE BULLETS, THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED, THE FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED IS WHAT HELPS US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND TO GET THINGS MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN BUILD. WE GOT BIG VISION. I GOT BIG VISION FOR HARLINGEN TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY, THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO BUILD A TEAM. AND I HADN'T EVEN KNOW. I HAD NO TIME LIMIT ON THAT EITHER. BUT THE THING IS THIS IS THAT IF IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO JOIN THE FUN IN SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES. DAVID. STAND UP. THIS IS DAVID'S DAUGHTER, JASMINE. WHO OVERDOSED LAST WEEK. AS I WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER VERDICT FOR ANOTHER GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE WERE DENIED FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, I CAME FROM BURYING HIS DAUGHTER, JASMINE. OH, GETTING DOORS SLAMMED AFTER DOOR SLAMMED WHEN ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET SOME CAPITAL, SOME HELP. I'M NOT ASKING YOU GUYS TO REWRITE THE BOOKS. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FROM NOBODY ELSE. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HEAR, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE SHIFT, LIKE A PROJECT THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE, THEN MAYBE WE CAN SHIFT SOME FUNDS TO CONSIDER THAT ISN'T AS TIME SENSITIVE AS SAVING A LIFE.

THAT IS MY ADDRESS TO YOU, BUT I THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I WANT TO WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU GUYS. WE CAN. WE CAN CRUSH THIS. WE CAN SAVE LIVES. WE CAN CHANGE EVEN MORE LIVES. AND I'M INSPIRED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU REQUESTED? WE DIDN'T KNOW. WE WENT MODEST. WE WENT CHATGPT. THE REQUEST WAS A MODEST 3000, WHICH WOULD

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HAVE ALLOWED US THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE NEEDED. I HAVE A HOME. IT'S SOBER LIVING. I HAVE A HOME, BUT WE HAVE A. WE HAVE THE OVERHEAD. WE NEED THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO MONITOR. WE NEED BUNK

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve the One-Year Action Plan (Budget) for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (Year 52) of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Programs as recommended by the Community Development Advisory Board. ]

BEDS. I GOT A BUDGET FOR BUNK BEDS. I'M TRYING TO FUNDRAISE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FUNDRAISE.

I'M FROM BOSTON. I'M ITALIAN, SO THANK YOU MISS. THANK YOU MR. MR. DOCTOR. EVERYTHING I'M LEARNING, I'M LEARNING AS I GO ALONG, YOU KNOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I'M. AND WHATEVER THE CITY COULD DO, IF ANYTHING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YES, SIR. THE EXTRA TIME, MR. MARK STEVENS. YES, MA'AM. MARK STEVENS, NOT DAISY MARTINEZ, MARK STEVENS. UNLESS MR. STEVENS IS NOT IN THE HOUSE. I'M SHOWING MY 75. STAY THERE THEN. MARK STEVENS. MARK STEVENS NOT HERE. BUT I'M ALSO ON THE LIST FOR THE SAME ORGANIZATION FOR CASA. YES. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OF CASA OF CAMERON. YOUR NAME, SIR? BALTASAR SALAZAR. I'M A BOARD MEMBER WITH CASA OF CAMERON COUNTY AND WILLACY COUNTIES. AND SPECIFICALLY, I'M HERE FOR 108 CHILDREN THAT ARE CITIZENS OF THIS ALL AMERICAN CITY. NOW, I PROMISE THAT THESE CHILDREN, IF I PRESENTED HIM HERE TODAY, THEY'RE NOT AS WELL SPOKEN AS THIS YOUNG GENTLEMAN. AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE DEFINITELY NOT DESERVING OF STANDING OVATIONS LIKE HIS FAMILY AS WELL. NOR ARE THEY TALENTED LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN THAT WERE HERE EARLIER. BUT THESE CHILDREN ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ALL OF THEM. AND THEY'RE ALSO ALL AMERICAN. AND SO CASA DEPENDS HIGHLY ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CITIES LIKE HARLINGEN, SAN BENITO, BROWNSVILLE. LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED A WONDERFUL SURPRISE FROM SAN BENITO, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT LESS CHILDREN THAN WE DO FOR. FOR HARLINGEN, WE RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL AMOUNT OF $31,000 THIS YEAR. WE RECEIVED A DEVASTATING SURPRISE FROM HARLINGEN, WHERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2001, WE'VE ALWAYS DEPENDED ON THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED $0. AND SO I WISH I COULD FILL THIS ROOM WITH 108 CHILDREN. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE 108 PEOPLE HERE ALTOGETHER. AND DEFINITELY WE CANNOT POST POSTERS OF THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FOR PRIVACY REASONS. AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T HAVE PICTURES OF ALL OF THEM. BUT WE DO ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD RECONSIDER ITS DECISION.

IF YOU ASK MY MR. MARTINEZ, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO ASKED FOR THE FOR FOR THE GRANT, SHE WOULD SAY 3000. I WOULD SAY THAT HARLINGEN IS A BETTER CITY THAN SAN BENITO. SO I WOULD SAY MORE THAN 3000. BUT TO BE FAIR. AND IF IN. TWO YEARS AGO WE RECEIVED 212000 FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, THE YEAR, THE YEAR AFTER THAT, WHICH WAS IN 20 2024, WE RECEIVED 16000.

LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED 11000. SO I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT THIS COMMISSION RECONSIDER AND GRANT MONEY FOR THESE 108 ALL AMERICANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SALAZAR. DAISY MARTINEZ, WHY CAN'T YOU PUT THE BUDGET UP THERE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? DO WE HAVE A BUDGET? I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET, AND I HAD I CAN'T GET IN ON MY CAN'T YOU PUT IT UP THERE? THE BUDGET. I THINK IT'LL BE PUT UP THERE DURING THE ACTION ITEM. THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING DURING THE. YES, SIR. OKAY. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, I I'M JUST FLOORED. THERE'S A. DAISY MARTINEZ 1806. HAVERFORD. THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE INFORMATION. SO WE IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO CAN ASSIST. THERE'S OTHER OTHER SOURCES, BY THE WAY, THERE'S FOUNDATIONS, GRANTS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. AND IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE. AND WE DO HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM. WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, ETC. AND I KNOW WE HAVE VERY LIMITED FUNDS AND THEY CAN ONLY SPEND 10%. I KNOW HUD, I STARTED 50 YEARS AGO IN THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION. YOU DON'T GIVE ENOUGH AND THEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS. YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE COME OUT HERE AND EXPLANATION OF POTENTIALLY OPENING UP YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL, AND US THAT KNOW THE BUSINESS. I TOO, WAS WITH CLINICA. I WAS

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A DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST IN STATISTICAL AND DEVELOPMENT AND MIGRANT HEALTH, AND THE FIRST PREPAID COMPETITION PROGRAM, CAPITATION PROGRAM, WHICH CREATED MEDICAID. AND THEN AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE REST OF THE STORY. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF NEED HERE, AND WE ARE ALL AMERICAN. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ALL WHICH I LEFT YOU THERE, WHICH IS PART OF THE FAIR HOUSING THAT'S PART OF THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN. I'M INTO THAT BUSINESS, BEEN DOING IT FOR 50 YEARS. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IN FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE ON YOUR BOARD. BOY, IT'S IT'S FAST. I THINK THAT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU HAVE A BOARD THERE. THAT'S FINANCE CORPORATION. WHICH ONE IS IT? IT'S I GAVE YOU THE ONE THAT WE USED TO HAVE THAT WE'VE DONE SOME. THEY NEED FINANCE TO GET OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE. THAT'S FAIR HOUSING. WE'RE NOT OPENING NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

HERE'S A BOARD THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S STAGNANT. THAT'S ON YOUR LIST. HAVE SIX MEMBERS NEVER BEEN APPOINTED SINCE SAM LOZANO DAYS, IF I MAY USE THE TERM, AND IT IS FOR HOUSING BONDS TO BRING LOW INTEREST RATES. AND HERE'S A CORPORATION. NONPROFITS BEEN DOING IT FOR 40 YEARS, ALONG WITH THE CDBG PROGRAM. YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES, YOU HAVE THE TOOLS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE INITIATIVE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE STRATEGY BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO. AND WE'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE REBOOTED TO MAKE US THE ALL AMERICAN AS WE SHOULD BE. AND WE ARE THE ALL PART. AND IT IS PART OF FAIR HOUSING THAT WE OPEN THESE OPPORTUNITIES. THE OTHER PART IS DISCRIMINATION, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. THIS TIME WE HAVE HAVING NO ONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT, AND WE'LL GO TO ITEM D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. YEAR 52 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. WE DO HAVE AN ATTACHMENT, SANDY, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STEP UP. JIM, IS OKAY. IT'S FINE. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MOVE THIS UP FOR FOR THE COMMISSION'S AWARENESS, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE WAITING ON, ON THIS. AND SO WE DO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO LIST THAT UP THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, BEFORE YOU KIND OF GET INTO HOW YOU CAME ABOUT, JUST KNOW THAT I VALUE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ON THE BOARD. I DON'T I DON'T ENVY YOUR POSITION. I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT HAVING LIMITED FUNDS. YOU WANT TO HELP ALL YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ON THE BOARD THAT I KNOW STRUGGLED WITH THIS AND WITH THESE DECISIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT WE CAN WITH THE MONIES THAT YOU ARE ALLOTTED. I TRUST THAT YOU TOOK EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS VOTE. KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU? SANDY, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM. VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE THE HARD WORK THAT THE BOARD PUTS INTO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN AS MUCH AS, AS AS POSSIBLE. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A LOT FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSION IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. AND IF WE CAN, WE CAN START WITH COMMISSIONER GOMEZ IN DISTRICT ONE. UNLESS YOU NEED SOME TIME.

I NEED SOME TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? QUESTIONS? YEAH, IF I MAY. YES, SIR. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS. I'M GOING TO SAY OUR MONEY'S COMING IN. IN MY TERMS HAVE FALLEN AT LEAST 1,000,000 MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. AND WE USED TO BE ABLE TO FUND MANY MORE PROJECTS AT MUCH GREATER SUMS. AND OF COURSE, WITH INFLATION. NONE OF THESE SUMS ARE SUFFICIENT. BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE PICTURE. YES. COMMISSIONER MORALES, RIGHT

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HERE. I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH TASK AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND YOUR MEETING AND MAYBE SPEAK, BUT WE HAD OTHER COMMITMENTS WITH TML. BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. I DO REALIZE THAT WE'RE SHORT OF FUNDS, AND EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S LESS AND LESS. BUT I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE OF TRYING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE PIECE OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE IN THE PAST. SEEMS LIKE, AND I'M SORRY, SANDY, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REALLY GO THROUGH IT AND WRITE THINGS OUT AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED. BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESENTED. WE'VE HAD CASA THAT NEEDS HELP. WE HAVE THE SAVING LIVES, WHICH IS I BELIEVE IS UNDER MAGGIE'S HOUSE. I THINK THEY ALREADY LEFT AND OTHER PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT. SO IT I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO TABLE AND SEE IF WE CAN REVISIT THIS AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO GABE IN PRIVATE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO AND TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT. BUT AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO PASS THE C WHAT MR. COMMISSIONER PEREZ HAS TO SAY. AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE WE CAN. BUT I'M ALSO THINKING, IS THIS A TIME CONSTRAINT FOR TO ACCEPT THIS AND MOVE FORWARD? I DON'T KNOW JUST YET. I THINK THERE IS A TIME CONSTRAINT. AND IF I COULD GO AHEAD AND SPEAK BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER PEREZ, BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME SOME RESPONSES WITH REGARD TO HOW MY BOARD HAS WORKED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN CHAIR. AND THEN I THINK SANDY IS GOING TO ADVISE US ON SOME SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS WITH REGARD TO THE ISSUE OF TABLING. WE ARE AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND SO WE ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AS AN EXTENSION OF THE BODY IN FRONT OF ME. AND WHAT THE DECISION ULTIMATELY IS. YOURS. MARY, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T ENVY OUR POSITION, I INVITE I ENVY MINE A LOT MORE THAN I ENVY YOURS. SO. RESPECTFULLY, COMMISSIONER MORALES, I DON'T AGREE THAT IT IS. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT A CONCERN AS MUCH FOR THE BOARD, AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE CONCERN TO SPREAD IT AROUND OR TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY COMES AND SHOWS US AN AMAZING IDEA, LIKE MR. ROCCA PRESENTED TO US AND SAY, WELL, THAT MOVES MY HEART SO MUCH, AND I FEEL IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND WOULD BE SO VALUABLE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE MUST FUND IT. THAT IS NOT THE WAY MY BOARD HAS WORKED. MY BOARD IS JEALOUSLY PROTECTIVE OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE AND TO BE MORE SPECIFIC TO, TO, TO GIVE SOME CONCRETE TO THE COMMENTS MADE ALREADY, WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE $139,548. AND COMMISSIONER MESMER IS CORRECT. IT'S FALLEN BY SEVEN FIGURES.

AND FOR THE NUMBER TO BE UNDER 140 K REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT PERCENTAGE WISE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE. THE REQUESTS TOTALED $507,768. THERE ARE SOME APPLICATIONS THAT WE CHOSE NOT TO FUND, A COUPLE IN PARTICULAR THAT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT MY BOARD SAT DOWN THE STREET FOR A FEW HOURS AND REALLY LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR, STRUGGLED PERSEVERATED DEBATED ON ON THESE DECISIONS. THE THE APPLICATIONS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE FUNDING RECEIVED THEM FOR VARIOUS REASONS, RANGING FROM FINANCIALS THAT SHOWED US THAT THEY HAD AMPLE RESOURCES. AT LEAST THEY APPEARED TO US BASED ON THE FINANCIALS THAT WERE PUT IN FRONT OF US, WHICH IS WHAT WE GO BY TO HOPEFULLY TEMPORARY ISSUES WITH REGARD TO ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL. TO PROJECTS THAT ARE WONDERFUL, CLEARLY NEEDED AS AS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, I CAN SPEAK TO THE ENDLESS NEED IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COUNTY, FOR WHAT MR.

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ROCCA PROPOSES TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THEY CAN'T SHOW US SOME RECORD OF SUCCESS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. HE'S TRYING TO GET STARTED. HE'S WORKING HIS BUTT OFF TRYING TO FUNDRAISE, AND I DESPERATELY HOPE HE'S SUCCESSFUL. BUT OUR BOARD DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HIS PROJECT WAS READY FOR OUR FUNDING. WE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON A COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF EVERY DWINDLING DOLLAR WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO I, I DON'T AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BE TRYING TO MAKE IT FAIR, SPREAD THE WEALTH. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE DAMN SURE THAT IF WE GIVE A DOLLAR OUT, THAT THERE ARE NO INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THE USE OF THOSE DOLLARS OR THE PROPER ACCOUNTING OF THOSE DOLLARS. AND LET'S NOT FORGET, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A FEDERAL AGENCY LIKE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE SUCH COMPETENT AND CAPABLE DIRECTOR AND STAFF, BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTERING THESE PROGRAMS IS TREMENDOUS. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WITH FEWER AND FEWER DOLLARS COMING IN, WE CANNOT. AND UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, WE WILL NOT ADVOCATE FOR A COURSE OF ACTION THAT IMPERILS $1 OF OUR THIS YEAR, BARELY. NOT EVEN $140,000. IT HURTS MY HEART THAT WE CHOSE NOT TO FUND MAGGIE'S HOUSE AND FAMILY CRISIS CENTER. MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BAR, AND NOT ONLY MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BAR, BUT MY FRIENDS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. NURSES, DOCTORS, THOSE OF US WHO KIND OF SEE WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY DON'T SEE, THE STRUGGLES THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH. THE THE NEED IS BOTTOMLESS. BUT WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME HOPEFULLY TEMPORARY INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION. AND THOSE APPLICANTS MAY DISAGREE WITH ME. AND THAT'S OKAY. I HOPE ENZO COMES BACK HAVING FUNDRAISED A LITTLE BIT, HAVING PUT TOGETHER THEIR, THEIR PROJECT, THEIR THEIR ENTITY AND SHOW US SOMETHING. I DESPERATELY HOPE SO. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL DONATE $500 TO THEM TODAY. PERSONALLY, I'M GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH WHAT HE'S DOING MEANS TO ME. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HERE DOES IT. BUT WHAT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IS SPEND FEDERAL FUNDING ON IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT READY. THIS THIS IS NOT GENERAL FUNDRAISING STUFF. WE I MENTIONED WE DON'T GOVERN IN FEELINGS. WE ALSO DON'T MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT WE THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AND THAT WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD. WE'VE CONSIDERED AND ANY DISAGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR CONSIDERATIONS Y'ALL ARE GOING TO MAKE, THAT'S FINE. I THINK WE'VE DONE OUR JOB AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME, THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE DOES NOT IMPERIL OUR FUNDING. THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO WIPE IT ALL OUT AND GIVE IT ALL, THAT'S THAT'S COOL. OKAY. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHY WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MAKE. I THANK ENZO AND ISRAEL AGUILAR FOR BEING HERE. THEIR BEING HERE SHOWS THAT THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE LEADERS LIKE ENZO, LIKE ISRAEL, AND LIKE ALL THESE APPLICANTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALL SHOULD BE. I'LL SAY THAT THIS YEAR'S APPLICATIONS, ALMOST IN THEIR ENTIRETY, WERE MORE CONDUCIVE TO FULL FUNDING AS OPPOSED TO PARTIAL FUNDING. I THINK THOSE WERE MY NOTES. AND ALSO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO, TO, TO THE IDEA OF SORT OF SPREADING IT AROUND. AND I GET IT, Y'ALL ACTUALLY HAVE THE HARD JOB. WE'VE WE'VE DONE OUR JOB. IF YOU WANT US TO RECONSIDER STUFF, WE'LL DO IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'VE COME TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I'LL TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I WILL SAY THIS, JIM YOUNG AND I DID HAVE ONE TRIAL AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S WHY YOU WON THE TRIAL. DAMN RIGHT I. THAT'S AND THAT IS ON YOUTUBE. YOU GOT ME ON THE CLOSING. MAN. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THIS, AND I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES. I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION, JIM. I KNOW THAT YOU YOU WORK REALLY HARD. YOU

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TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THIS BOARD BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO ALLOW. NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONER PEREZ IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. FIRST OFF, JIM, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE BOARD FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU HAVE A VERY, VERY HARD DECISION BECAUSE I LOOK AT ALL THESE AND THEY'RE WORTHY EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH FROM GABE. GABE, DO ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE CITY, OTHER OTHER THAN FROM THE CDBG? YES. WHICH ONES? BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, LOAVES AND FISHES. AND HOW MUCH DO THEY GET FROM THE CITY OTHER THAN THE CDBG? LOAVES AND FISHES? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE. AND I MAY HAVE TO RELY ON ROBERT, BUT I THINK IT'S. 120,000 FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, I THINK, IS. DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE LIKE, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 130 AND ABOUT 110. IS THAT RIGHT, GERALD? $135,000 FOR TWO TOTAL CONTRACTS. OKAY. AND AND BOTH OF THOSE APPLICANTS, THEY USE EVERY DOLLAR THEY GET, BOTH FROM US AND FROM YOU AND PRETTY LEAN FINANCIALS. THEY THEY MAKE GOOD USE OF IT. THEY'RE EFFICIENT. THEY HAVE STRONG, LONG STANDING INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, SO THEY BOTH GET MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES. AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR OTHER FUNDING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME, ESPECIALLY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SELL ME ON THEM BECAUSE. MR. I ALWAYS SEE MR. GATHRIGHT AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. MY WIFE PLAYS THE VOLLEYBALL AND SHE'S ALWAYS THERE. SO YEAH, I'M AWARE OF THAT. BUT YEAH, SO MY THING IS THAT I'M LOOKING I THINK EACH OF THEM ARE ARE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, AND I KNOW THEY GET. I THINK MR. GATHRIGHT SAID 285,000 AND LOAVES OF FISHES GETS. YOU SAID 120 FOR TWO PROGRAMS. YES, 70,000 FOR HOMELESS MEALS AND 50,000 FOR WHAT IS THAT PROGRAM CALLED? OPEN ARMS? YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE LIKE I'M, I DON'T LIKE, I'M VERY, VERY PARTIAL WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS. THAT'S AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY DO AN AMAZING. I GREW UP ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. MY KIDS ENTERED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND MY WIFE PLAYS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. WE. I LOVE THEM. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MORE WORTHY ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. AT THE SAME TIME, I'M LOOKING AT CASA AND I'M LOOKING AT THE FAMILY CRISIS CENTER. I'M LOOKING AT VALLEY HAVEN AND THE STORIES THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THERE OF THESE ABUSE CHILDREN THAT GO OVER THERE, THESE KIDS THAT ARE THERE WHERE LIKE, I'VE, I'VE REACHED OUT TO EACH OF THE, TO SOME OF THE, OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE. AND I'VE HEARD STORIES OF KIDS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE LITTLE KID THAT THEY DESCRIBED TO ME HOW HE WENT TO THE, HE WAS A NEW TRANSFER. HE CAME IN AND HIS FACE WAS HALF BURNT BECAUSE HIS MOTHER DECIDED TO LEAVE. AND THE WITH THE BOYFRIEND AND THE BOYFRIEND BASICALLY USED THE LITTLE BOY AS AN ASHTRAY. AND HE HAD THE MARKS ALL OVER HIS FACE. AND JUST HEARING THAT, I MEAN, JUST ME PERSONALLY, I'M LIKE, I HOPE I SHOULDN'T BE SAYING THIS, BUT I HOPE THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

AND IT HURTS ME TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE CARE OF KIDS LIKE THAT, AND WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH ANY FUNDING. SO I JUST WANT TO LET THE I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE WILL, AND I'M JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT, AND I'M OPEN TO ALLOCATING REALLOCATING IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT. I AGREE WITH FRANK, I DON'T SAY THAT OFTEN, BUT I AGREE WITH FRANK. YES, THAT'S TRUE. THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO ALLOCATE A LITTLE BIT MORE, CONSIDERING THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MAY NOT RECEIVE AS MUCH HELP AS THEY DO FROM THE CITY AS BEFORE, IF I CAN, BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP INTO A QUESTION OF WHAT PRECISELY WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY, I'D LIKE FOR SANDY TO BRIEF US ON THE TIMING ISSUES. SO WE HAVE TO GIVE A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD ONCE CITY COMMISSION APPROVES THE BUDGET, AND THE ACTION PLAN IS DUE ON AUGUST THE 15TH. SO WE INTEND TO SUBMIT IT BY THE 13TH. WE'VE ALREADY SET A SPOT WITH THE NEWSPAPER BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PUBLISH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED THIS WEEKEND. AND THEN THE COMMENT PERIOD WOULD START SUNDAY THE FIFTH AND GO THROUGH AUGUST THE 5TH FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. I THINK IT'S AUGUST 5TH WHEN WE'RE COMING FOR THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. SO WE ARE TIGHT ON ON TIME. QUESTION. YES, SIR. SANDY, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED BY

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STATUTE TO MAINTAIN OUR 15% OF THE TOTAL FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. CORRECT. OKAY. NOW THAT'S BASED OFF THE 930,000. YES. OKAY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GENERAL ADMIN CAN'T GO ABOVE 20%. CORRECT.

AND EVERYTHING ELSE DOES NOT HAVE A. A PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT, CORRECT. NO, ONLY THE TOTAL SET ASIDE. BUT THAT'S HOME. THAT'S HOME FUNDING. OKAY. SO WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO DO, WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE 15% OF PUBLIC SERVICES TOTAL OUT OF THE 930,000. YEAH, YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S CLEAR. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE, I WOULDN'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO TO GIVE THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY, HEY, GO. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MADE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FINDINGS. AND IF THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO MOVE DOLLARS AROUND, THEN THEN THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO DO THAT SO WE CAN STAY WITHIN THE THE TIME. I WILL ASK THIS, SANDY, I WOULD LIKE NEXT YEAR FOR YOU TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION WITH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT. IF THAT MEANS THAT YOU'LL MEET SOONER. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS WITH YOUR SCHEDULE, BUT I'M SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT CRUNCHED FOR TIME. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN THAT HAPPENS HERE, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS MAY FEEL THAT THEY NEED MORE TIME AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT PRESSED FOR TIME. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR BINDERS? I HAVE AND I SAT IN IN THEIR IN THEIR MEETING LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S WHY FOR ME, I KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT YOU DO THAT, THAT THAT, AND YOU CAN ATTEST TO IT BECAUSE YOU'VE SAT IN THOSE SEATS. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT I WORRY ABOUT. I DON'T WORRY ABOUT Y'ALL. I KNOW THAT EACH TIME YOU COME BEFORE ME, I'M GOING TO ADOPT WHAT YOU ASK FOR. THAT'S MY POSITION. BECAUSE I AM CONFIDENT THAT MISS YOUNG AND EVERY YOU KNOW, AND MR. YOUNG AND EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, AND I KNOW ELAINE HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG. YOU YOU PUT IN THE WORK. AND SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT AND ADOPT IT BECAUSE YOU'VE PUT IN THE WORK AND, AND THAT'S MY MY POSITION. BUT I DO THINK IT'S A VALID CONCERN THAT THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR AGENDAS, THEY DON'T GO TO YOUR MEETINGS, THEY COME TO THESE MEETINGS, THEY SEE ONE PAGE AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A GINORMOUS BINDER. THEY DON'T KNOW THE LONG HOURS, AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITH THIS TOO. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COME EARLY TO THE COMMISSION. AND I WOULD LIKE AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT IN YOUR BOARD, TOO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN YOU COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, JUST EXAMPLE, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, POINTING ANYONE OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT LET'S SAY SUNSHINE HAVEN, WE, WE ALLOCATED $20,000. I'D LIKE JUST A BRIEF LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY DID WITH THAT MONEY.

SO THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AND THEY'RE WATCHING AT HOME, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. VICTOR OVER AT LOAVES AND FISHES, HE'S AN ANGEL, RIGHT? SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW CERTAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WORK GETS, WHAT WORK IS BEING DONE IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE SUCH A BIG PROFILE, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THEY NEED THE FUNDING, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE HAVE THAT, THEN I THINK THEN THE COMMUNITY WILL EMBRACE IT A LITTLE MORE. AND IT JUST THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. SO FOR ME, THAT IS IS MY POSITION. I DON'T I DON'T AGREE THAT WE NEED TO TABLE THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT I IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE OR HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS IS A TIME TO DO IT. THAT IS. YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO TABLE IT. I WANT TO GET IT DONE. BUT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE REALLOCATED MONEY RIGHT NOW RIGHT HERE. SO I'M WILLING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD DO. BUT LEAVE IT UP TO YOU GUYS. LIKE, WHAT DO YOU GUYS ARE, YOU ARE THIS THE MAJORITY? FINE WITH THAT. BUT OR DO YOU GUYS WANT TO REALLOCATE A LITTLE BIT CONSIDERING THE FUNDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO PROVIDE? LET ME DO THIS. LET ME GO CIRCLE BACK BEFORE LOPEZ. JUST LET ME SEE IF COMMISSIONER GOMEZ HAS ANY QUESTIONS. I PASSED HER OVER. A LOT OF WHAT I HAD QUESTIONS OF, MR. YOUNG ANSWERED. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE TIME. AND THAT WAS ANSWERED ALREADY AS WELL. WE DON'T HAVE TIME EXCEPT LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, RENEE, IS TO JUST DO IT HERE NOW. AND I TRUST THE BOARD. YOU ALL DO AN AMAZING JOB AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS AS WELL. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT MAYBE

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NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD DO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME SO THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE THIS IF WE NEED TO, OR MAYBE JUST SPEND MORE TIME INTO LOOKING INTO IT. BUT I COMPLETELY TRUST THE BOARD.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING BOARD. YOU ALL DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S IT'S A JOB THAT I DON'T ENVY, I REALLY DON'T IT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, IS GREAT AS FAR AS DOING IT NOW.

IT WOULD BE REALLY TOUGH TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M NOT AGAINST IT EITHER. IT JUST IT WOULD BE REALLY TOUGH CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET ANY. SO AND I'LL REITERATE THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS A DAY LATER, A WEEK LATER, TWO WEEKS LATER, AFTER OUR WORKSHOP, I LOOK AT IT AND I, I DON'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE ZEROS. I DON'T BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO. BUT I GO BACK TO THE MEETING AND THE BOARD AND, AND THEIR COMMENTS. ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE REMINDED ME OF, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN EXPLICITLY SAID. AND JUST IN CASE ANYONE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT IT IN THEIR MIND, THE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OF THEM SERVE FOLKS IN AND OUTSIDE HARLINGEN, OUTSIDE OF CAMERON COUNTY. THE MONEY AND THIS IS BY FEDERAL LAW, THE MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATE CAN ONLY BE USED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF HARLINGEN NO MATTER WHAT THE.

THE SCOPE AND REACH OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THAT, OF COURSE, THAT ADDS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN OF OUR STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR PRECIOUSLY DWINDLING FUNDING BY MAKING SURE THAT WE TICK EVERY BOX AND DO ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS. AND, AND I'M VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEM AND THEIR WORK AS WELL, AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, LET'S SAY SOMETHING IS ON THE EDGE OF QUALIFYING, BUT IT WOULD TAKE AN IT WOULD CAUSE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON STAFF TO QUALIFY, TO MAKE SURE AND LEAVE RISK THAT WE MIGHT MISS SOMETHING AND HAVE SOMETHING, NOT GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND IMPERIL OUR FUNDING. WE CONSIDER THAT AS WELL. AND AGAIN, AND I SAY IT EVERY YEAR, WE DO NOT GET INTO A DISCUSSION OF WHAT SERVICE IS MORE VALUABLE AND WHAT VULNERABLE POPULATION IS MORE DESERVING OR NEEDIER, OR WHO WE LOVE MORE. WE CAN'T. AND, AND I STARTED THIS LAST WORKSHOP WITH GET YOUR FEELINGS OUT OF THE ROOM. AND THEY LAUGH AT ME, BUT THEY KNOW I'M RIGHT. AND, AND, AND THAT'S DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE HAD THE TIME TO LOOK OVER IT. AND Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW WITH SANDY SAYING, YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY SITTING BEFORE ME IS THERE WITH THEIR MINDS AND THEIR HEARTS. WE WOULDN'T ELECT YOU IF WE THOUGHT OTHERWISE. AND THAT'S PART OF OF WHAT MAKES THIS A TOUGH DEAL. AGAIN, I THINK Y'ALL'S JOB IS TOUGHER THAN MINE. I KNOW IT IS. WHAT WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IS NOT THAT WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND IT'S SO HARD. NO, WE'RE THE SERVANTS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM BEHIND YOU GUYS. WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW IS WE GOT FEDERAL LAWS, WE GOT ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING, WE HAVE DWINDLING RESOURCES. AND THAT THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO, TO ZEALOUSLY PROTECTING EVERY DOLLAR. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. CAN YOU GIVE US MORE DETAILS? I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER PEREZ. LET'S JUST STAY IN ORDER.

COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, I SEE WE JUST DO A REALLOCATION REAL QUICK. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS REMOVE THE 55,000 FROM THE RANGER PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND 55,000 REMOVE THE 55,000. WHERE FROM THE RANGER PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THAT ONE MOMENT. OKAY, IF I MAY. AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE JUST ASK THE FOR BE TO FULLY FUND THE 80,000. WE'RE ALREADY MAKING REQUESTS TO THEM ANYWAYS. I AGREE WITH THAT. SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER BUCKET OF MONEY THAT HAD YOU GUYS KNOWN ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HAVE FUNDED THAT. WELL, CAN WE DO THAT? NO.

HERE'S THE ISSUE. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CAPPED AT $139,548 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU CAN'T TAKE MONEY FROM PARKS AND PUT. SO WE HAVE A BLUE SECTION. CORRECT. AND WE HAVE A GREEN SECTION. CORRECT. THE BLUE SECTION IS OUR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. THAT'S WHAT'S CAPPED AT 15% OF THE 900,000 OR WHATEVER THE GREEN SECTION ARE. CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, AND WE HAVE $1.74 MILLION TO ALLOCATE THERE. RIGHT. BUT I CAN'T TAKE A SINGLE DOLLAR OVER 1.39548 AND ADD IT TO THE BLUE SECTION. OKAY, SO JUST SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR TIME, I THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO SO THEN THIS IS THE, THE, SO I CAN JUST DRAW THE LINE ON WHAT WE HAVE. AND I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REMINDER. SO THEN WHERE IT

[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance on First Reading for the release from the City of Harlingen Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ET J) consisting of 8.30 acres out of the North 9.685 acres out of the South 19.37 acres out of Block 75, Minnesota Texas Land and Irrigation Company Subdivision, located approximately 800 feet south of Tio Cano Lake Cross Rd. between Louisiana Road and FM 506. Applicant: Abby Jo Lopez.]

SAYS CITY, EVERYTHING BENEATH THAT. CORRECT. THAT STAYS IN THAT THAT BRACKET. SO WE CAN'T

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MOVE ANY MONEY FROM BELOW THAT LINE. ABOVE THAT LINE, RIGHT? IF, IF THEN I SAY WE JUST APPROVE IT. IF YOU IF YOU INCREASE ANY NUMBER ON THE BLUE SECTION, WHICH ARE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT DOLLAR AWAY FROM ANOTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN THE BLUE SECTION. AND IT'S 552,000. WE HAVE FOR CITY. IT WAS 1.7 REQUESTED, BUT. GOT IT. OKAY, SO NOW LET'S GO BACK TO PEREZ. BACK TO ME. OKAY. CAN YOU BE LIKE, I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GO TO THE MEETING. USUALLY I GO TO YOUR MEETINGS AND THIS TIME I DIDN'T GO. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I JUST A LOT OF MEETINGS YOU GO TO A LOT OF THEM. YEAH, YEAH.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE GARZA IS ONE THAT THAT REALLY. AND MAGGIE'S HOUSE AND ALL THOSE. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC REASONS LIKE WHY THEY LIKE, DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS DONE THROUGH ME, BUT WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY YOU DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH GARZA? WAS IT BECAUSE THEY WERE FINDING THEY HAD MONEY IN THE BANK OR WERE LIKE, OR THEY WERE CAUSES? FINANCIALS JUMP OFF THE PAGE IN RELATION TO THE OTHER APPLICATIONS WITH TREMENDOUS RESOURCES AND RESERVE. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE MONEY. THEY'RE A LARGE ORGANIZATION WITH GREAT GEOGRAPHIC REACH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAYBE NOT ALL THAT FUNDING CAN BE USED HERE. MAYBE THERE'S SOME SILOS THAT ARE, BUT THE FINANCIALS WE LOOK AT WERE WERE VERY STRONG AND WE FELT LIKE WE COULD GO TO AN ORGANIZATION LIKE LOAVES AND FISHES OR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHO THEY THEMSELVES VERY DIFFERENT LOOKING FINANCIALS UNTIL YOU REALIZE WHEN YOU DIG THROUGH IT, THAT THEY'RE USING EVERY DOLLAR AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT. AND SO WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE PUTTING A DOLLAR IN THAT BUCKET THAN A DOLLAR IN THE BUCKET, THAT THAT CAN DRAW FROM A MUCH LARGER BUCKET ALREADY INTERNALLY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE GET THEIR TAX RETURNS, WE GET FINANCIALS. WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR OTHER HARLINGEN FUNDING, THEIR OTHER CAMDEN COUNTY FUNDING AND THEIR OUTSIDE CAMERON COUNTY AND HARLINGEN FUNDING. WE GET THE WHOLE PICTURE. AND WITH CASA AND ALSO WITH IT WAS VALLEY HAVEN, WASN'T IT, FOR THOSE TWO? IT WAS FROM WHAT WE COULD SEE FROM OUR PACKET, OUTSTANDING FINANCIALS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE NOT FUNDING THEM WOULD IMPERIL THEIR ABILITY TO REACH ONE MORE PERSON WITH LOAVES AND FISHES. WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS THAT IS THE CASE. SAME THING WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. YOU GIVE GERALD ANOTHER 250 BUCKS, HE'LL HELP ANOTHER KID, YOU KNOW, NOW, THE PEOPLE THAT FAMILY CRISIS CENTER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THEM, BUT THE OTHER TWO. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM IN A MINUTE. NO LESS DESERVING, NO LESS NEEDY, NO LESS ACUTE CARE NECESSARY. WITH MAGGIE'S HOUSE AND FAMILY CRISIS CENTER. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THAT

[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on seconded and final 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]

THAT HURT MY HEART. SOME, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MOST LIKELY TRANSITIONARY ISSUES INTERNALLY.

AND, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE SANDY AND HER TEAM HAVE TO WORK WITH THEIR STAFF AND THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF THE AGENCIES, JUST AS A LOT IS REQUIRED OF THEM. AND SO FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE EVERY DOLLAR GOES WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN A WAY THAT MY BOARD AND I ARE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED IS NOT GOING TO RISK THE CHANCE OF OF SOMETHING BEING MISSED, SOMETHING NOT BEING TURNED IN. YOU KNOW, WE AWARD SOME MONEY AND THEN THEY FALL SHORT ON SOMETHING THAT HUD REQUIRES, AND THEN THEY CAN'T USE THE MONEY AND WE GOTTA YADA, YADA, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF ISSUE. LET'S NOT FORGET, I'M NOT PULLING FROM THE LEGACY FOUNDATION. I'M PULLING FROM HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

AND THOSE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO AGAIN, I GO BACK TO PUSHING OUT THE FEELINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOTHING TO IMPERIL THE FUNDING, WHICH GETS SMALLER EVERY YEAR. AND LOOK, LET'S FACE IT, COMING FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO CUT IT ALL, AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THE CHANCE IF I CAN HELP IT. THANK THANK YOU JIM.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. IS THERE THIS JUST THE QUESTION IS, FOR PEREZ OR MORALES, I THINK. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE AROUND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT TO DO THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION? AS FAR AS MOVING THINGS AROUND, MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION, IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION AND YOU WANT TO PUT FORTH A MOTION TO TO REALLOCATE, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN I'D ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. I CANNOT ASK THAT OF YOU GUYS. I KNOW THE KIND OF WORK YOU'VE DONE. I'VE BEEN THERE AT TEN, 30, 10:45 IN THE PAST. I CAN'T ASK YOU TO MOVE

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FROM ONE LOCATION, FROM ALLOCATE, FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. I CAN'T DO THAT. BUT I DON'T NOT DO SOMETHING ON OUR ACCOUNT. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU GUYS. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.

YES. AND SO SO THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MORALES IS, IS FOR YOU. IF DO YOU HAVE A MOTION OF WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO REALLOCATE ANY ANY FUNDS SPECIFICALLY? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. PEREZ, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY. NO, BECAUSE JIM ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIALS. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN I DO YOU HAVE ANY ALLOCATE? OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO.

UNLESS YOU HAVE. YEAH. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS IS SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. A MOTION BY LOPEZ TO APPROVE THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AS PRESENTED. AND THEN I GOT A SECOND BY PEREZ. IS THAT RIGHT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. DID YOU VOTE? YES. VOTE YES.

[Item 10j - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution nominating a new candidate for the Cameron Appraisal District Board of Directors to fill a vacancy.]

AFFIRMATIVE. IS EVERYTHING OKAY? WATCHING THE SIDEBAR. ACTION. THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, SERGEANT GARZA IS ALSO THE REASON MY FAMILY AND I ARE HERE. MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW MY WIFE IS THE CHIEF OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE VA HERE, VALLEY COASTAL BEND. AND NOT EVERYBODY WILL APPRECIATE THAT. BUT WE DO BECAUSE WE'RE HERE AND WE LOVE IT HERE. AND COMMISSIONER PEREZ, YOU COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER PERSON. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU AND THE REST OF Y'ALL. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SANDY. THANK YOU. THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN. A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ETJ, CONSISTING OF 8.30 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE NORTH, 9.685 ACRES OUT OF THE SOUTH, 19.37 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK 75 MINNESOTA, TEXAS LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY SUBDIVISION LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 800FT SOUTH OF THE LLANO LAKE CROSS ROAD BETWEEN LOUISIANA ROAD AND FM 506 MARK AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN PROVIDING FOR THE WAIT TIME OUT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS. HE NEEDS TO READ THE CAPTION FROM TABLING. OKAY. IS THAT RIGHT? LET ME DO IT FIRST OR AFTER WE CAN. WE CAN READ. READ THE CAPTION. OKAY, READ THE CAPTION. OKAY. AN ORDINANCE FOR EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN PROVIDING FOR THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION CONSISTING OF 8.30 ACRES OUT OF THE NORTH, 9.6858 ACRES OUT OF THE SOUTH, 19.37 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK 75 MINNESOTA, TEXAS LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500FT NORTH OF T OKANO LAKE CROSS ROAD BETWEEN LOUISIANA ROAD AND FM 506, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RE MOVE THIS FROM THE TABLE, PUT IT BACK INTO PLAY FOR A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. IT IS NOW OFF THE TABLE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL START. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M READY TO VOTE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER MORALES, HOW MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE CITY'S ETJ? I BELIEVE IT'S APPROXIMATELY MAYBE YOU HAVE SIX PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE ETJ APPROXIMATELY SO FAR. SO FAR, HOW MANY MORE DO YOU ANTICIPATE

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the City of Harlingen's budget for Fiscal Year 2026.]

WILL BE HAVE TO BE RELEASED? I KNOW WE JUST GOT RECENTLY GOT A REQUEST FOR ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT THIS WEEK. SO AT LEAST ONE ANOTHER PROPERTIES COMING UP FOR THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF HEARING? NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. SECOND FROM PEREZ TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR THE RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ETJ, CONSISTING OF 8.3 ACRES OUT OF THE NORTH, 9.685 ACRES OF THE SOUTH, 19.37 ACRES OF BLOCK. 75 MINNESOTA LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 800FT OF THE LAKE CROSS ROAD BETWEEN LOUISIANA ROAD AND FM 506 IS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM B CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION

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TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR A REZONING REQUEST FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL PATIO HOME DISTRICT FOR LOT C ONE BLOCK ONE DIXIELAND CROSS SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 709 SEVEN 95.17FT WEST OF DIXIELAND ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS MORLAND SERVICE SURVEYING, LLC, CARE OF CJE CONSTRUCTION MARK AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. REZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PATIO, HOME OR HOME DISTRICT FOR LOT C ONE BLOCK ONE DIXIELAND CROSSING SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARRETT ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 795.17FT WEST OF DIXIELAND ROAD. SO THIS IS ON SECOND READING FROM US TO. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MAYOR? YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER MESMER. YEAH. IS THIS PROPERTY BEEN PROPOSED FOR OTHER USES? THE PROPERTY IT LOOKS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ME ACTUALLY. THE PROPERTY TO THE TO THE EAST OF IT. THAT'S WHICH IS I'M SORRY, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF IT. WHICH IS THIS PROPERTY HERE. HE'S PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. AND HE HAS A COMMERCIAL LOT ON THE CORNER. SO IT HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED ALREADY. BUT NOW HE'S REPLATTING THIS PROPERTY INTO TEN. RESIDENTIAL LOTS, BUT IT HAS THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. IT'S THE SAME DEVELOPER AND HE'S ALREADY SUBDIVIDED THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND AND SO DID ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED? THEY WERE THEY WERE NOTIFIED. ANY RESPONSES FOR THE LAST FOR THIS REZONING? WE DID HAVE A FEW, BUT THEY THEY HAD NO OBJECTION, REALLY NO OBJECTIONS TO IT. WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER MET WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, HE WAS DOING A MIXED USE, LIKE I SAID, OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USE. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAD, WE DID NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS. WE DID RECEIVE SOME INQUIRIES, BUT NO OBJECTIONS FROM THEM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. WASN'T THE THE OWNER ON THE ON THE WELL, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITE RIGHT HERE, IS THAT A MR. MONTEMAYOR. THAT'S MR. MONTEMAYOR. HE CAME AND SPOKE. HE CAME UP. COMMISSIONER MESMER WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THAT. HE DID COME DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT AS FAR AS A NOTIFICATION, AS FAR AS A NOTIFICATION, WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES. HE DID NOT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN OPPOSITION, BUT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, YES, HE DID COME AND SPEAK AT THE MEETING, CORRECT? YEAH. THIS WAS AT THE LAST MEETING. OKAY, OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND, AND THIS IS A SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL PATIO HOME DISTRICT FOR LOT C ONE, BLOCK ONE, DIXIELAND CROSSING SUBDIVISION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER MESMER, I'M OPPOSED. OKAY. SO I'M SORRY.

OH, I'M TALKING TO MYSELF. I SAID THREE ONE. OKAY. SO YOU YOU WERE IN FAVOR? YES. OKAY.

SO JUST FOR THE. IT IS NOT UNANIMOUS. COMMISSIONER GOMEZ VOTED NAY. AND COMMISSIONER MESMER HAS STEPPED OUT UNLESS THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO JUST MOVE AROUND. I MEANT TO DO THIS EARLIER. OVER TO JAY. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION NOMINATING A NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE CAMERON APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FILL A VACANCY. MAYOR, WE RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CAMERON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT THAT THERE WAS A VACANCY. SO THEY'RE ASKING US TO SUBMIT A CANDIDATE.

THE CANDIDATE WILL BE ADDED TO A LIST OF NOMINEES, AND THE BOARD WILL DECIDE WHO ACTUALLY FILLS THE VACANCY. WE HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 10TH TO SUBMIT A NAME. OKAY. WELL, NOMINATION.

YES, I NOMINATE MINERVA SIMPSON AND I BELIEVE MINERVA SIMPSON IS IN THE IN THE ROOM. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. SURE YOU WANT IT? ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I. OKAY. AND SO THE POSSIBLE THIS IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION NOMINATING A NEW CANDIDATE, WHICH WOULD BE MINERVA SIMPSON FOR THE CAMERON APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FILL THE VACANCY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE SERVICE. HOPEFULLY IT. I SAY HOPEFULLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE OUR JOB HERE, BUT WE THINK THAT YOU WOULD YOU WOULD BE A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF

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HARLINGEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING HERE. NOW, JUST BEFORE MRS. SIMPSON LEAVES, AS I RECALL, THERE'S AN ALLOCATION OF POINTS AND VOTES AND ALL THAT. IS THAT THE DIFFERENT.

THIS IS SOMEONE CAME OFF THE BOARD AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IT MAY BE. THEY DIDN'T TELL US.

HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT OUR CITY ELECTION IS OR IF THIS IS JUST AN. OR THEY'RE DOING THINGS. THE LETTER I RECEIVED DIDN'T INDICATE EXACTLY HOW THEY WOULD GO ABOUT IT. OKAY, UNLESS GABE KNOWS. WELL, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A POINT ALLOCATION BECAUSE IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL DECIDE WHO THE. THE REPLACEMENT IS FROM THE LIST OF NOMINEES. OKAY. YEAH. LIKE THEY'RE APPOINTING BECAUSE SOMEONE CAME UP. AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD OPEN UP NEXT, NEXT TURN. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET MISS SIMPSON PUT IN THE BEST POSITION TO SUCCEED. ALL RIGHT.

GO, MISS SIMPSON. GO! YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOLLOWING ALONG WITH ME HERE, TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY OUT. ITEM C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. WE DO HAVE OUR SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE YEAR 2026. FISCAL YEAR 2026. I DID LIST OUT EVERYTHING ON THE SUMMARY.

I DO WANT TO ADD THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST TO ADD A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PARK EQUIPMENT AT THE ROOSEVELT DETENTION POND FOR 97,000 377. THAT ONE WAS NOT IN THIS. SO IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO ADD IT, WE WILL HAVE TO ADD IT TO THIS TO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND ALSO THERE WAS A CORRECTION BECAUSE THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SO TOWARDS THE VERY BOTTOM, THE REQUIRED A F A AMOUNT INSTEAD OF 930. AND THAT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE 90,300. SO EXCUSE ME, WHICH ON THE EXPENDITURES ON THE SECOND PAGE.

OKAY, TO THE VERY BOTTOM IT'S THE SECOND ITEM FROM THE BOTTOM. IT SAYS CITY'S PAYMENT TO TEXDOT FOR THE NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR LINK A F A CONTRACT. THERE WAS AN EXTRA ZERO IN THERE, SO IT SHOULD BE ACTUALLY 90,300 THAT WE WERE PAYING THE STATE PORTION MATCH ON THAT ONE.

SO IF WE WERE TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION, INSTEAD OF HAVING 3 MILLION 656 IN EXPENSES, WE NEED TO MAKE THE CORRECTION. WE DO NEED TO MAKE THE CORRECTION. WE WILL MAKE THE CORRECTION.

YEAH. SO INSTEAD OF 3,000,006 56055 IT'LL BE 2 MILLION. 843355 AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE PARK EQUIPMENT. IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO ADD THAT, HOW MUCH WAS THE PARK EQUIPMENT? IT'S 97,000, 97,000. YEAH. WE'RE RECOMMENDING BOTH OF THOSE BE ADDED AT THE AT THE ROOSEVELT DETENTION POND. SO THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE US TO ALSO CONSIDER ADDING RIGHT NOW IS THE LARGE STREET PAVER. NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING TO OUR BIGGER ROADS, IT'S TAKING US LONGER, LONGER TO KNOCK THEM OUT. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED TO CHRIS AND RUTH AND OSCAR ABOUT THIS. WHEN YOU GET TO THE BIG ROADS LIKE PALM COURT, WHEN WE GET TO A 13TH STREET, WHEN WE GET TO F STREET, IT'S GOING TO HELP US MOVE IT ALONG FASTER. SO I ASK THAT WE INCLUDE THE ROOSEVELT PARK, MAKE THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT AMENDMENT, THE CORRECTION, AND THEN WE ADD THE PAVER. NOW JUST TO BUY IT SO WE CAN PUSH THROUGH ON OUR STREET LIST. I WOULD SAY YES TO WE ALL OBSERVE THE RULES, PLEASE. AND COMMISSIONER MESMER. YES. FOUR MONTHS LEFT IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, ANXIETIES OR WORRIES? YES. I'LL ADDRESS IT TO YOU. GABE. I ALWAYS HAVE CONCERNS, WORRIES AND. BUT ALWAYS. YEAH, OKAY. BUT WE'RE OKAY. MORE OR LESS.

YEAH. AS FAR AS THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE SO FAR. YEAH. WE'RE FINE. OKAY. AND GABE, YOU HAVE WORRIES, CONCERNS, ANXIETIES. OH, EVERY TIME WE TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED. OKAY. IS COMMISSIONER PEREZ IS THE 97,000 SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET FROM THE FOUR B OR WHAT CAN WE DO INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT HAS A FOUR B FUNDED ANYTHING IN ROOSEVELT? NO. RIGHT. NO, NO. SO WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH. WE CAN, BUT WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE WAITING PERIOD. WAITING. YEAH. I WOULD SAY DO IT THROUGH THE FOUR B INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE $97,000 GETS A LOT. I SAY YES TO THE PAVER THOUGH. OKAY. I WAS NOT FOLLOWING MY APOLOGIES THAT YOU. SO THEN NOT FOR ROOSEVELT, BUT YOU'RE FOR THE PAVER. YES. OKAY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE PAVER IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 600,000. YEAH,

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I KNOW, BUT I, I AGREE, WE NEED THAT. YEAH. THAT WAS THAT A BY BOARD QUOTE THAT YOU GAVE ME? IT WAS OKAY. I'M SORRY. WHAT SOURCE? SOURCE. WELL, OKAY. WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF DELAYS IS THAT GOING TO BE FOR ROOSEVELT? IT'S LIKE 60 DAYS, ISN'T IT? WELL, THAT'S JUST A COMMENT PERIOD. AND THEN AND THEN WE NEED TO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING SOON, BECAUSE THE 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE LAST ALLOCATION IS COMING UP THIS MONTH. SO WE'LL HAVE TO CALL A MEETING TO HAVE THE ACTION BY THE FOUR B BOARD AND THE PUBLIC HEARING BY THE FOUR B BOARD. SO WE CAN ALWAYS ADD IT TO THAT ONE. BUT IT'LL START A NEW CLOCK FOR 60 DAYS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARK. SO WE COULD WE COULD CONCEIVABLY HAVE IT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S FINE. EITHER WAY. IT JUST LET'S MOVE THROUGH IT. OKAY. IT'S IT'S ALL GETTING DONE. SO YEAH, YEAH. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. GIVE ME A SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION IF I MAY, MAY I. YES, SIR. MORALES, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION HERE. I'M GOING TO GO TO EXHIBIT A. ALL RIGHT. ON THIS THIS CURRENT ONE, WE HAVE AN AWARD PROGRAMS RESTRICT RESTRICTED. WHAT IS THAT FOR. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS. SO ANYTHING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM A FEDERAL GRANT, STATE GRANT, LOCAL GRANT OR ANYTHING THAT IS RESTRICTED FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WE PUT IN THIS FUND SO THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SPENT OR USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. SO TYPICALLY THOSE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES ZERO OUT. BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU SEE THERE'S A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE. 629 BECAUSE OUR ACCOUNTING STANDARDS SAY THAT WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE REVENUE, THAT DON'T WE DON'T RECEIVE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF YEAR END. SO THAT 629 REPRESENTS EXPENDITURES THAT WE'VE MADE, BUT WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE AS REVENUES UNTIL WE RECEIVE IT WITHIN THE 60 DAYS OF YEAR END. SO TYPICALLY THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WILL ZERO OUT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY AND THEN GETTING REIMBURSED BY EITHER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GRANT, YOU SAID. 629 YEAH. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE ON THAT GRANT, THE AWARD PROGRAM'S RESTRICTED. THERE'S A DEFICIT OF 629403. OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY REPRESENT IT'S A DEFICIT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF WHEN WE CAN RECOGNIZE REVENUES BASED ON EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MADE. SO IF WE MADE IT, IF WE MADE THE EXPENDITURES CLOSE TO YEAR END AND WE DON'T GET REIMBURSED FROM THE FEDERAL STATE GOVERNMENT UNTIL DECEMBER OR AFTER, THEN WE CANNOT RECOGNIZE THAT AS REVENUE. SO THEN WE'LL HAVE A DEFICIT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, A RECEIVABLE FROM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO IT ALWAYS LOOKS AWKWARD BECAUSE IT'S A NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A DEFICIT. IT'S JUST THE TIMING OF HOW WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE REVENUES. SEE SEE, MY THING IS THIS WHEN I COMPARE THAT TO TO THE ONE FROM AUGUST OF 2025, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. YES, THE SAME THING WAS $162,887. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, RIGHT NOW I SEE IT TO WHERE IT'S 2.8 ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE. SO THAT'S A CONCERN. SO THIS THE BEGINNING THE 2 MILLION 822 WAS AT THE BEGINNING. SO WE HAD LARGE AMOUNTS OF GRANTS THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED REVENUE FOR AT YEAR END. BUT DURING THE YEAR WE DID, WE DID. WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT. AND I THINK PART OF THAT WAS THE, THE ARPA FUNDING THAT ENDED UP LIKE CLOSING OUT. WE COULD RECOGNIZE THOSE REVENUES AND OTHER GRANTS, THAT THERE WERE SOME LARGE ENGINEERING GRANTS THAT WE

[Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to approve a budget of $14,000 for the Dixieland Park Parking Lot lmprovments Project.]

ENDED UP GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THOSE. SO THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE 2.8 ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THERE WERE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD MADE THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR. SO AFTER THE YEAR WE GOT THOSE FUNDS AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT REVENUE. SO IT'S REALLY JUST A TIMING ISSUE. LIKE WE SPEND THE MONEY, BUT IF WE DON'T RECEIVE IT WITHIN 60 DAYS OF YEAR END, IT PREVENTS US FROM RECOGNIZING THAT. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S NORMAL DURING THE COURSE OF BUSINESS. YES. AND THE AND THAT GRANT PROGRAM IS ALWAYS ZEROS OUT. IT BECOMES EXPENDITURES THAT WE SPEND. AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED FROM, FROM A GRANTING AGENCY. OKAY. BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE THAT I HAVE ONCE AGAIN ON THIS TIMES EXHIBIT A, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 142,000, I TAKE IT BACK 142 MILLION IN REQUESTED EXPENDITURES. AND NINE MONTHS AGO IT WAS 117 0.5 MILLION. YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO CONSTANTLY CHANGE BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY SPENDING, SPENDING MONEY AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENTS. BUT IF WE'RE IF WE DON'T RECEIVE IT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS REVENUE. SO IT WILL CONSTANTLY CHANGE EVERY MONTH AS WE AS WE REQUEST MONEY AND WE RECEIVE

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MONEY. SO, SO IT'S ALWAYS JUST AN OFFSET. AND SO THAT REVENUE, IF IT'S NOT RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE, IT'S RECOGNIZED, IT'S RECORDED IN A DEFERRED REVENUE, WHICH IS NOT A NOT AN INCOME STATEMENT ACCOUNT. IT'S A BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNT. AND SO AS THAT MONEY COMES OUT, WE WILL REVERSE IT OUT OF THE DEFERRED REVENUE AND RECOGNIZE IT IN REVENUE. SO IT WILL CONSTANTLY CHANGE AS WE GET REIMBURSED. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT ALSO BRINGS ME UP TO THE I CAN YEAH, I'LL LET THE EXPERTS TAKE CARE OF THAT. YEAH. WE DROPPED FROM 174 DAYS OF OPERATION TO 155 DAYS. THAT IS JUST A GENERAL FUND. YES, SIR. YEAH. AND GABE, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, RIGHT? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP. I THINK IT'S 90 DAYS AND 120 IS OUR 120 BOTTOM. YEAH. BUT ONCE WE ONCE WE GO OVER 80, WE TYPICALLY WANT TO USE IT ON, ON, ON SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. I MEAN, BETWEEN THE ONE 2180 IS KIND OF WHERE WE LIKE TO SAY IF YOU START, YOU KNOW, KEEPING MONEY IN THE, IN, IN THE, IN THE FUND, THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT SPENDING IT ON, ON THE SERVICE. AND WE KNEW THAT A LOT OF THESE GRANTS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MATCHES. AND SO THAT'S YEAH, THAT WAS A LARGE CHUNK OF THESE IS, IS THOSE MATCHES. THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO TO GRANTS. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES. QUESTION COMMISSIONER. HOW HOW MUCH LEFT IS UNENCUMBERED IN THE FOUR B. THE FOUR B IS NOT IN HERE. BUT I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT IT WAS LIKE 5 MILLION. OKAY. SO IT'S STILL HEALTHY. OH YEAH. OH YEAH. AND AGAIN, UNENCUMBERED BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE THE $1.5 MILLION GRANT FOR THE HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX. I'M GOING TO CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT IN 101.5 AND THE STATE PUTS IN 1.5. I CONSIDER THAT 1.5 ALREADY ENCUMBERED. YEAH. AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE DOING ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S PROJECT. THERE'S I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF STILL FIVE, 4 TO 5 STILL POINT.

YES, I COULD GET YOU THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT I THINK IT WAS LIKE RIGHT AROUND 5 MILLION THE LAST TIME WE DID THE, THE APPROVED THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE JUST APPROVED THE BUDGET PROBABLY LIKE A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT WE ALSO HAD AN ALLOCATION ABOUT 60 DAYS AGO. YEAH, MORE OR LESS.

AND SO I DON'T LIKE THAT GUY IN THE MEME, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE BEHIND THE TREE. I KNOW WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD HIM, I KNOW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN REGARDING ROOSEVELT PARK, THEN WHEN CAN WE PUSH IT THROUGH FOR IT TO ALREADY BE BEFORE THE FOR B I WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THIS ITEM. THAT'S WHY. YEAH, I JUST TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN I WAS GOING TO PUT LATER THIS MONTH WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE FOUR B THAT HAS TO HAVE THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECTS WE DID. LIKE FOR HUNTER, THERE WAS, I THINK I THINK STEWART PLAYS STEWART PLACE WAS ON THERE TOO. YEAH. AND THEN THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE. NO, THE ANIMAL SHELTER DOESN'T HAVE TO GET. THAT'S ALREADY DONE. BUT IT WAS THE ALL AMERICA. OH, THE ALL AMERICAN. SO LATE JULY IS WHEN IT CAN BE PUT ON AND THAT'S WAIT 60 DAYS. SO JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE'RE CAN THEN VOTE ON IT AND THEN START PULLING THE MONEY. YEAH, BUT I STILL, WE STILL HAVE TO POLL THE MEMBERS TO SEE WHEN THEY CAN MEET. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT A QUORUM DOWN HERE THAT CAN COME TOGETHER AT THE END OF JULY. YEAH I THINK. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN THE 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD IS GOING TO, IT'S THE 23RD OF JULY, 23RD OF JULY. SO THIS THING GETS PUSHED OFF 90 DAYS. NOW IT'S 22ND OF JULY. YEAH. IS THAT ACCURATE? ABOUT 90 DAYS.

YEAH. NO, I COUNTED IT OUT AND PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR. YEAH. SO AFTER THE 22ND, THE 2020 SECOND IS THE END OF THE 60 DAY NOTICE. SO WE CAN ANYTIME AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE CAN HAVE A MEETING.

OKAY. YEAH, PREFERABLY ON A NONCOMMISSIONED WEEK ON CITY COMMISSION WEEK. IT MAKES IT EASIER. OKAY. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, MARK IS GOING TO BE JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO NOT DO THE 97377 BECAUSE THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE FOUR B, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE CORRECTION AND ADD THE 600 000. SO THAT WILL BRING THE EXPENDITURES IN THAT GENERAL FUND TO 3 MILLION. 443355 YES. AND I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER LOPEZ TO MAKE THAT MAKE THAT MOTION SO THAT IT'S CLEAR FOR THE RECORD. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, MARK, CAN YOU READ THE CAPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING. CAN I GET YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION?

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COMMISSIONER LOPEZ OR PEREZ? I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET, INCLUDING THE $600,000 FOR THE PAVER. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY. NO, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE. NO. SO LET ME JUST REDO IT. IT'S MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENT AND THE INCLUSION OF THE PAVER. AMEN. SO DID YOU WITHDRAW YOUR. YES, I DO ALL RIGHT. AND CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ROBERT. APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. ITEM E CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A BUDGET OF 14,000 FOR THE DIXIELAND PARK LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. CAN WE PULL THIS FROM THE FLOOR B TWO. I WISH WE COULD, BUT WE CAN'T. YOU CANNOT.

NO. THIS IS SO CAN WE WAIVE 14,000 COMPARED TO 97,000. BUT IT SHOULD STILL COME OUT BEFORE BEING APPROVED BECAUSE THAT IS THAT'S THE PARKING LOT. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY TO THE PARK. IT'S A PARKING LOT. BUT BUT IT IS ATTACHED TO THE PARK BECAUSE THE PARK IS FOR THE PARKING LOT.

DANIEL, DON'T BE UPSET JUST BECAUSE I DID NOT DO IT, OKAY? I'M NOT SAYING IT. OKAY, GENTLEMEN. LET'S. YES. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. LET'S RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER LOPEZ WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT HE MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER TO PEREZ AND THEN TO WHOEVER ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IF WE'RE PULLING. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST PULL THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE. FOR NOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ESPECIALLY IN THIS ONE. THERE'S NO DELAY, UNLIKE ROOSEVELT, WHICH IS FINE. I DON'T MIND THE DELAY BECAUSE IT'S STILL BEING DONE THIS YEAR IN 2026. I THINK THAT ONE, WE ALREADY HAVE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE FLOOR FOR DIXIELAND. RIGHT. HOW DID WE PAY FOR THE HOW DID WE PAY FOR THE FRISBEE GOLF? THAT WAS CDBG, CDBG AND THE BASKETBALL COURT. LET'S, LET'S JUST HAVE STAFF ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT. IT WAS FUNDED PARTIALLY BY CDBG MONIES. AND THE OTHER PART FOR THE DISC GOLF. I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY WITH OUR PARKS DIRECTOR. SO ALL THE BASKETBALL COURT WITH THE COVER AND EVERYTHING WAS THROUGH CDBG. YES. AND THEN WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE MONEY FOR STEWARD PLACE PARK? THAT'S FOR ME. I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING SOURCE.

I COULD ASK MR. IF WE CAN GET. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO REFRAIN FROM THE SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS AND LET'S JUST HAVE. I HEAR YOU SOURCE FOR STEWARD PLACE PARK IS THE FOUR BE OKAY, ALL OF IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'RE PULLING THE MONEY FOR HUNTER FROM THE FOUR B, CORRECT. WE HAVE CDBG FOR PARTIAL AND THEN THE REST IS FOR FOUR B, AND THEN WE GOT MONEY FOR THE THE PENALTY SPLASH PAD IS WORKING. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE PENDLETON REC CENTER. WE PULLED SOME OF IT FROM FOR PARTIAL. YEAH, IT'S VARIOUS SOURCES, RIGHT. VARIOUS SOURCES. AND THEN THE HARLINGEN SOCCER COMPLEX, THE 1.5 MILLION THAT'S ALSO GOING TO COME FROM THE FOUR B, THE 1.5 GRANT IS TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. BUT THE MATCH MATCH ONE MATCHES FROM THE FOUR B. GRANT APPLICATION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO SUBMIT. IT HASN'T BEEN AWARDED YET. YEAH, PRESUMING WE GET IT, WHERE DO WE GET THE 1.5 MILLION FROM THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION, PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE GENERAL FUND OR THE MATCHES THROUGH GENERAL FUND. BUT IF IT'S AWARDED AND FUNDED AND COMMISSION DECIDES TO GO WITH FOUR B, THEN WORK THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES AND THEN 5.5 MILLION FOR TONY BUTLER. OKAY, THIS IS FOR DIXIELAND. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING WAY OFF TOPIC.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS STUFF ALL COMES OUT OF FOUR B, RIGHT. AND FOUR B IS BUILT FOR QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. FOUR B. YES. QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT. QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT. YES. EVEN IF WE APPROVE THIS ON THE 14,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IS THE POSITION OF THIS COMMISSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO START PULLING MONEY FROM THE FOUR B FOR MORE PARK STUFF, OR IS IT GOING TO STILL COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND? I THINK THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY ALSO, I MEAN, I'LL JUST PUT THIS OUT HERE FOR. I KNOW EVERYBODY, EVERY COMMISSIONER WANTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR THEIR DISTRICTS, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES THAT YOU WANT FROM THE FOUR B AND THEN THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU CAN'T IN TERMS OF MATCHES BASED ON THE AMOUNT AND THEN HOW MUCH MONEY. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HEALTHY FUND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN THE FUTURE IF IT'LL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY. BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST I THINK WE'VE

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ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FOUR B, SO MAYBE THAT'S A WAY TO KIND OF MOVE THINGS AROUND, MOVE THINGS ALONG AND THAT BE ACCURATE. GABE. WHAT WOULD WE LIKE DOING? MAYOR IS ACTUALLY GETTING THE FUNDING FROM THE FOUR B. AND ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THEN WE CAN START IMMEDIATELY AND JUST WAIT FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT TO HAPPEN. RIGHT? SO THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO MOVE ON THE PROJECT, KNOWING THAT THAT MOST LIKELY IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, SO SINCE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING DELAYS, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO DO THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS. WHEN Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE HOW YOU WANT TO, WHERE IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO PULL THE MONEY FROM FOR THESE, FOR THESE PROJECTS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO, TO CONTINUE WITH THESE QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS. AND I, AND I GET COMMENTS REGARDING WHY WE SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE FOUR B BOARD, JUST NOT SURE IF THAT WILL BE A PERMANENT SITUATION. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A HEALTHY FUND, SO I'D AGREE WITH THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I JUST KNOW THAT THE FOUR B FUND IS LIMITED ON WHAT IT CAN BE USED. RIGHT. SO I KNOW COMMISSIONER MORALES IN THE PAST HAS WANTED TO USE FOUR B FOR DRAINAGE, WHICH WE CAN'T USE FOR DRAINAGE UNLESS THERE'S A BIG AMENDMENT FOR IT. BUT WE CAN START HAVING THE FOUR B PAY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AND THEN THE 18,000 OR 14,000, WHATEVER, AND OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS CAN NOW THEN BE USED FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S FAIR. ANYTHING ELSE GOOD? YES. THIS THIS IS FOR DIXIELAND PARK. THAT PARKING LOTS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE. IT FLOODS. THERE'S AREAS THAT GET FULL OF WATER. AND CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO HURRICANE SEASON AND CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRAND NEW PARK, WHICH HOPEFULLY SHOULD BE OPEN BY JULY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, I THINK IT'S BEST TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT NOW AND AGAIN. DANIEL, I'M SORRY THAT I SAID NO TO YOUR 97,000, BUT THIS IS $14,000 FOR JUST THE PAVING, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN-HOUSE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT THAT THE BUDGET HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE MATERIALS THAT THE ASPHALT. OKAY. SO THAT'S THE WHY. THE REASON WHY THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE 14,000 BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE CONDITION OF THE 14,000. BUT DANIEL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FOUR B, I WILL VOTE FOR YOUR $97,000. OKAY. OKAY. SO LET'S BE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. AND OUR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY OTHER. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER? SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO MAKE A JOKE, BUT I WITHHOLD. JEOPARDY IS CALLING, SIR. I'M WITHHOLDING. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 14,000, BUT SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE BOARD. IF WE GET IT, WE GET IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T. WE STILL GET WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT? YOU PUSH IT RIGHT THROUGH. WE STILL CAN RECOLLECT THE 14,000. BUT I THINK LOOKING MOVING FORWARD, IF WE WANT TO BE SMART WITH HOW WE USE OUR MONEY, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO USE EACH BUCKET. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PREACH HERE. SO I MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. GET A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER

[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to approve the City's revised event venue rental agreement with the updated guidelines.]

GOMEZ. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, GABE, THAT YOU GIVE THE OKAY IN IN DOING THIS. BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW I SAID IT, BUT. RIGHT. THE FOUR B IS PROBABLY GOING TO ASK IF WE HAVE THE MONEY IN. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. SO THE ANSWER IS YES. AND SO THEY MAY NOT WANT TO FUND A REIMBURSEMENT ONCE THE COUNCIL IS APPROVED. BUT WE CAN WE CAN ASK WE CAN ASK. YEAH. BECAUSE THE ARGUMENT IS WE JUST WANT TO REUSE AGAIN, TRY TO START USING THEM A LITTLE MORE. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE FOUR MONEY IS USED FOR QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS. SO WE CAN ALWAYS ASK THE ANSWER MAY BE NO, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ASK BECAUSE I THINK WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT IN THE PAST, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THAT TAKE IT TO THE BOARD FIRST. YES, APPROVE IT. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE COMMENT PERIOD AND EVERYTHING. BUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS ALREADY MADE A HAS ALREADY APPROVED IT. SO IT DOESN'T FURTHER DELAY THE PROJECTS. BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING TO APPROVE PRIOR BECAUSE THEN IT SEEMS AS IF, IN MY OPINION, THAT WE ARE TELLING THE BOARD, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME UNDUE INFLUENCE. SO I DON'T MY APOLOGIES IF I WASN'T CLEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, IS THAT IF IT GOES TO THE BOARD, THERE IS. WE TALKED ABOUT ROOSEVELT 9090 DAYS DELAY, BUT IF THEY MEET IN JULY, THEY'RE LIKE, YES, GO FORWARD, SEEK REIMBURSEMENT. SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT VERY LONG. BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT TELLING THEM WE'RE DOING THIS, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK THAT THIS IS I. AND IT MAY BE I WASN'T CLEAR IN HOW I WAS EXPRESSING

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MYSELF, BUT WE'VE DONE THAT WITH OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. SO THERE IS A MOTION. THERE'S A SECOND. FOR THOSE REASONS, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT. BUT UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION TO WITHDRAW. BUT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MAYOR. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. WE NEVER WANT TO TELL A BOARD TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY DONE. SO IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD WANT TO GO TO THE BOARD BEFORE ANYTHING IS EVER DONE. AND THIS AND TO GO TO THE FOR BE FIRST TO ASK THEM, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, WOULD BE WISE AND THEN AND THEN COME BACK TO DO WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS WISE TO DO. YOU NEVER WANT TO GO TO A BOARD AND TELL THEM WE WANT TO GO AND ASK THEM FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO THAT. SO WITH THAT, WITH THAT MOTION, WITH THAT THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

WAS YOUR MOTION. IT WAS YOUR MOTION. I WAS MY SECOND. SECOND. DO YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION OR IS THERE A SECOND. SO I'M WITHDRAWING MY SECOND. SO. CORRECT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, YES, I MY RECOLLECTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. MY RECOLLECTION HAS BEEN THAT WE HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S COME BEFORE US, AND THEN IT'S GONE TO THE FOR B AND I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS, IN WHICH WE MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THINGS WE WANTED THEM TO FUND. AND THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. WE GET AUTHORIZATIONS ON PARK PROJECTS. WE PICK, AND THEN WE GET AUTHORIZED TO GO BEFORE THE FOR B AND ASK FOR THE FUNDING. SO THERE'S THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN IN. OKAY. SO AND IF YOU WANT TO REWORD YOUR MOTION, BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN SAYING, I AUTHORIZED YOU TO TAKE THIS BEFORE THE BOARD TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO FUND IT INSTEAD OF TAKE IT TO THE FOR B AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT. SO IT'S JUST THE, THE WORDING OF IT THAT I HAVE ISSUE WITH. BECAUSE IF THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED BASED ON THAT IS. I AM APPROVED, YOU KNOW, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS THROUGH THE FOR B BOARD AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT VERSUS MAKING A MOTION TO TAKE THIS TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION, SHOULD THEY CONSIDER AND APPROVE TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT.

THERE'S THERE'S, WE'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES, I THINK. BUT IF YOU WANT TO RE REWARD IT, AND IT MAY BE JUST ME THAT I. BUT I THINK COMMISSIONER GOMEZ ALSO AGREES WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. JUST. I THINK IT LEAVES A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE ON THE BOARD, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT, IN ESSENCE, KIND OF SAYING WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY MADE OUR DECISION. I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S A PROJECT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS QUALITY OF LIFE BOARD. BUT I STILL WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN HOW WE PRESENT THINGS TO, TO THE BOARD. THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH WITH THE COMMISSION. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PROJECTS IN EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT HAS HAS BENEFITED FROM IT. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, MAKE

[Item 10k - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution of the City Commission of the City of Harlingen, Texas declaring the City's intent to pursue designation as a Darksky Community and pursuant to Texas Government Code 3000.002(c)(3)(B).]

SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING OR, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE COMMISSION. AND THAT'S A VALID POINT, MAYOR, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY VESTED IN THE PARK BECAUSE THEY INVESTED MONEY IN IT ALREADY. THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT REC CENTER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND PROJECTS AND I THINK VESTIL DID THEY DO VEST OR THAT WAS CDBG. I DON'T REMEMBER CDBG. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I IF IF IT'S WORDED A DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, BUT JUST THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. ALL RIGHT, I'LL REPHRASE MY REQUEST. MY MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 14,000 FOR THE PARK AND HUMBLY REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. OKAY. LET ME JUST GET TO. I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE. CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A BUDGET OF 14,000 FOR DIXIELAND PARK LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WOULDN'T YOU BE SAYING I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS AND ASK THAT STAFF GO AND ASK THE FOR B BOARD FOR IT? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOUR MOTION WAS TO SAY THAT AGAIN TO APPROVE THE 14,000 FOR THE DIXIELAND PARK PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND ASK THE FOR B BOARD OR THE TYPE B BOARD TO CONSIDER REIMBURSING THE 14,000. HE'S APPROVING IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND. NO I GET THAT. AND THEN ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE YOU'RE ASKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM FOR B YES. OKAY. WHICH THEY STILL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO APPROVE OR REJECT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE AYE.

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OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE.

I'M SORRY, I CONSIDERATION IFF SORRY I PUT LINES EVERYWHERE HERE AND I THINK F SHOULD BE PULLED ANYWAYS. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HARLINGEN EDC. OH THAT'S WHY I HAVE A LINE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON THIS ONE. G IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY'S REVISED EVENT VENUE RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPDATED GUIDELINES.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR DOCTOR RAMIREZ YES, I WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE

[Item 10l - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to begin the process of updating the employee compensation study. ]

LANGUAGE. DOCTOR RAMIREZ, YOU AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH CASANDRA ABOUT INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT IF PEOPLE WHO RENT OUR FACILITIES STAY IN HARLINGEN HOTELS, THAT THEY GET A DISCOUNT. OKAY, SO THEN CAN I GET A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED EVENT VENUE RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPDATED GUIDELINES, PLUS THE HOTEL DISCOUNT? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. MR. MORALES, THANK YOU. IS THE CONCERT SOLD? FULLY REPAIRED SO YOU CAN LEASE IT OUT? NO, NOT YET, SIR, BUT WE'RE JUST GETTING READY. ANTICIPATE. THE DOCUMENTS WILL WILL BE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES, BUT WE JUST WANT TO HAVE IT READY. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO LEASE IT FOR, OR HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO LEASE EVERY, EVERY SINGLE VENUE? THERE IS A LIST ON THE UNTIL WE COME BACK AND CHANGE THE RATES, THEY HAVE TO STAY AT THE RATES THAT THEY ARE NOW CURRENTLY. YES, WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMEND THEM. WE JUST DID AN AMENDMENT, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WE UPDATED THOSE NUMBERS LIKE A YEAR AGO, CORRECT? YEAH. WE WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN. CORRECT. COMMISSIONER MORALES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO. WE HAD A MOTION.

SECOND. AND WHICH ITEM ARE WE ON? WE'RE ON G. I'M HARD TO HEAR Y'ALL. MOTION FROM

[Item 11 - Board Appointments]

COMMISSIONER LOPEZ AND A SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ON I WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON THIS ONE. I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EVERYTHING. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE TO MARK, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON. CORRECT. I THINK I ALREADY NOTIFIED YOU, MARK, IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, AS IS IT TALKS ABOUT DESIGNATING A SPOT FOR RECORDING, WHICH IS ALLOWABLE UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I JUST WOULD LIKE THIS COMMISSION SINCE WE PASSED IT TO CONSIDER WHERE DO YOU WANT THE RECORDING TO BE DONE? YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. MY MOTHER, WHEN SHE WAS A JUDGE IN HER BIG COURTROOM. THERE WAS A ROOM JUST LIKE THAT, LIKE IN THE BACK WITH THE WINDOW. AND SO SHE WOULD HAVE THE MEDIA IN THAT ROOM. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE. RIGHT.