[Item 4c - Special recognition to Harlingen Firefighter Michael Allen for being the 2026 80kg National Champion and the newest strongman corporation pro.]

[Item 4d - Special recognition to Jalyssa Deleon for placing 1st in the primary division (Grades 1 and 2) at the State Firefighters and Fire Marshal's Association poster contest this past summer.]

[Item 5 - Citizen Communication]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION

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MEETING. PLEASE FIND YOUR SEATS IF THERE'S A SEAT FOR YOU. THE TIME IS NOW 5:32 P.M. WE'LL

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CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT HAS BEEN POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM

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OF THE CITY COMMISSION. WILL SHE BE JOINING US? I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE WE'RE JUST MISSING

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COMMISSIONER GOMEZ AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE HERE SOON. BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO

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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. AT THIS TIME. I'LL ASK FOR EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE. AS MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL LOPEZ LEADS US IN OUR INVOCATION. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN, AMEN. ALMIGHTY AND EVER LIVING GOD, GIVER OF EVERY GOOD GIFT. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY AND THE PEOPLE OF HARLINGEN. TODAY, THE CHURCH HONORS OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY AND WE ASK FOR HER PRAYERS FOR OUR WORK THIS EVENING. GRANT US, LIKE SOLOMON, AN UNDERSTANDING HEART. GIVE US WISDOM IN THE DECISIONS BEFORE US TONIGHT FOR GROWTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SOUNDNESS OF OUR ROADS, DRAINAGE AND WATER, AND THE FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS. BLESS THE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO GUARD US, ESPECIALLY DURING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. BLESS THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ATHLETES WHO FILL OUR PARKS AND ATHLETIC CLUBS. BLESS THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY OR WITHOUT A HOME AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE THEM. KEEP OUR DELIBERATIONS MARKED BY HONESTY, RESPECT AND CHARITY.

WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. AMEN. NOW THE PLEDGE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UNDER STATE LAW, CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COMMISSION MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM, MEMBERS WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NINE D AND TEN D NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT CONGRESSMAN VICENTE GONZALEZ IS HERE WITH US. CAN WE GIVE HIM A WARM HARLINGEN WELCOME? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY. CONGRATULATIONS ON HARLINGEN'S RECENT RECOGNITION OF AN ALL AMERICAN CITY BY THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUST OVER THREE DECADES, HARLINGEN IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE TOP OF THE LIST OF ONLY TEN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THIS YEAR IS JUST ONE OF THE FEW. HARLINGEN IS ONE OF THE FEW SELECT COMMUNITIES IN THE HISTORY SINCE 1949 THAT HAVE HAD THIS OUTSTANDING CIVIC CERTIFICATION OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATION AND DEDICATION TO SOLVING LOCAL CHALLENGES. THE CITY OF HARLINGEN SELECTION UNDER THIS YEAR'S THEME, AMERICA AT 250.

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STRENGTHENING CIVIC HEALTH AND BUILDING TRUST IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF HARLINGEN RESIDENTS. THEIR RESIDENT CENTERED MODEL OF GROWTH. RATHER THAN DRIVING GROWTH FROM THE TOP DOWN, THE CITY IS GUIDED BY THREE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLANS DEVELOPED THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS, SURVEYS, AND STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS. THE EDUCATION TO WORKFORCE CIVIC PIPELINE, WHICH ADDRESSES THE HISTORICAL FRAGMENT BETWEEN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND LONG TERM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. THE TEN YEAR COORDINATED PLANNING SYSTEM, WHICH ENGAGED RESIDENTS IN RESHAPING HOW DECISIONS ABOUT GROWTH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACES ARE MADE, AND THE COORDINATED REVITALIZATION SYSTEM TO ENSURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REFLECTS THE REAL VALUES OF COMMUNITIES AND THE NEEDS THROUGH INCLUSIVE INVESTMENTS. I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT A COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF ALL ITS RESIDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE ENTIRE CITY, TO THE COMMISSION, TO THE COMMUNITY, STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS ON THIS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT. MADE THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CONTINUE TO BE A MODEL FOR INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT Y'ALL WITH A CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION, IF I MAY. AWESOME.

THANK YOU SIR. READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I WAS LIKE, DID I JUST SIT IN YOUR SEAT? ALL RIGHT. WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE THE CONGRESSMAN WITH US TODAY. WE APPRECIATE HIM MAKING TIME FOR US IN HIS BUSY SCHEDULE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE'LL GO TO MR. GONZALEZ. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, MA'AM. AND THEN WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE. FIRST. I HAVE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? THAT WE HAVE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST? AND ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I FIRST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS OF OLIVE HARLINGEN FOR MAKING THE CALLS THAT THEY DID DURING THE RAIN THIS PAST FEW DAYS, AND BEING SO PATIENT WITH THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE RECEIVED AND THE AMOUNT OF ANSWERS WE HAD TO GIVE THEM. I WANTED TO THANK HARLINGEN WATERWORKS, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, FOR BEING SO BEING SUCH AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY AND ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WALK PELICAN PARK THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO ASK OTHERS TO PLEASE BE SO KIND AND TO KIND OF PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE THERE ALL THE TIME. AND SO I SAID, WE'RE ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW WHAT COMMISSIONER PEREZ DOES AND DO A CLEANUP OVER THERE, IF I CAN FOLLOW HIS LEAD THERE. AND SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NONE. GREAT. NONE. THANK YOU, YES I DO. I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYBODY. TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT DIXIELAND PARK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE CITY'S FIRST COVERED BASKETBALL COURT AT DIXIELAND PARK. SO INVITING EVERYBODY OVER TO COME ON AND CELEBRATE THIS NEW ADDITION TO OUR PARKS. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT, AT 530, I FORGOT. NEXT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS OF AWARDS. AND FIRST WE'LL START WITH OUR PET OF THE WEEK. OH. OH MY GOODNESS.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. TODAY WE HAVE KENNY. HE'S A TWO YEAR OLD

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SHITZU MIX. HE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, FLUFFY AND READY TO GO TO A LOVING HOME. HE IS UP TO DATE WITH ALL HIS VACCINES AND HE WAS NEUTERED YESTERDAY. SO HE'S READY TO GO TO A LOVING HOME.

WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO VISIT HIM AND HIS FURRY FRIENDS AT OUR HARLINGEN ANIMAL SHELTER AT 1106 MARKOWSKI. WE ARE THERE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 6 P.M. AND THEN OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 95621652 50. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. LADIES.

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SO MUCH. AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT SPARKY IS HERE WITH US AND JOINING US. WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH EVERYONE I KNOW. I SAW AMERICAN RED CROSS IN THE BACK IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US AS WELL. AND WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, WE'RE EXCITED FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, DEFINITELY KEEPING US SAFER. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. AND IF I CAN GET THE COMMISSION TO TO JOIN IN. AND KAYLA, DO YOU WANT TO COME? BY THE WAY, SPARKY'S NOT UP FOR ADOPTION.

YOU KNOW. YES. IS THERE ANY KIDS AT HOME TO JOIN? ARE THERE ANY KIDS? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF HAVE TO ANGLE THIS WAY. OKAY. READY? I'M GONNA HANG OUT WITH SPARKY.

PERFECT. READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. GO! Y'ALL DON'T GO ANYWHERE. BECAUSE NEXT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE HARLINGEN FIREFIGHTER, MICHAEL ALLEN FOR BEING THE 20 2680 NATIONAL CHAMPION AND THE NEWEST STRONGMAN CORPORATION PRO. HOW MANY STRONG MEN DO WE HAVE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? WE HAVE TWO. WE HAVE TWO. NOW WE HAVE THREE. NO, NO, NO, WE STILL HAVE TWO. OKAY. YOU JUST KEEP KILLING IT, RIGHT? EVERY COMPETITION YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF THE OF THE LIST. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR HARLINGEN MAYOR. THIS COMPETITION WAS NOT JUST OPEN TO FIREFIGHTERS. IT WAS OPEN TO EVERYONE. YES, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY IN THE NATION. EVERYBODY IN THE NATION.

SO HE BEAT OUT EVERYBODY ELSE FROM HARLINGEN TO BE THE STRONGMAN. BUT DID YOU SHOW HIM YOUR CALENDAR? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS, OUR FIREFIGHTER, MIKE ALLEN. WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF ALREADY HAVING BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER AND MEDIC FOR THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR RESCUING PEOPLE, DECIDED TO COMPETE AT THE 2026 SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, PLACING FIRST PLACE WITH 34 POINTS IN THE OPEN MALE 80KG CLASS. THIS COMPETITION CLASS HAD SEVEN INDIVIDUALS AND ENCOMPASSED FIVE EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED SLATER LOG AXLE, DEADLIFT, LADDER YOKE, ZERCHER AND SANDBAG STEEPLECHASE FARMERS AND CDB MEDLEY AND SANDSTONE SANDSTONE LOAD. HAVING PLACED FIRST IN HIS DIVISION, MIKE SECURED HIS HIS INVITATION TO THE 2027 ARNOLD LIGHTWEIGHT PRO AM AS A STRONGMAN CORPORATION PRO ATHLETE, WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND HIS HARD WORK AND HIS PERSEVERANCE IN HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHILE SERVING AS AN AMBASSADOR OF HARLINGEN IN THIS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SPORT. SO WITH THAT. WE CAN INVITE YOU ALL TO COME UP TO HELP WITH THE RECOGNITION FOR MISTER MICHAEL. HE'S MAKING Y'ALL LOOK BAD. OH. I'LL READ THE PLAQUE RIGHT QUICK.

HARLINGEN FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL ALLEN 20 2680KG NATIONAL CHAMPION STRONGMAN CORPORATION

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PRO.

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OKAY. OKAY. READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. AND SORRY, WE FELL OFF.

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ARE WE OFF? NOW THAT YOU MOVE. YES. OKAY. YEAH. EVERYBODY DOWN HERE. TAKE TWO STEPS, EVERYONE.

I FIGURED IF YOU WERE HERE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. READY? PERFECT. ONE, TWO AND THREE.

ONE MORE. ONE, TWO AND ONE. YOU KNOW, IT JUST FELT LIKE I DIDN'T WANT TO SIT NEXT TO HIM.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL WE HAVE NOW. A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO JULISSA DE LEON FOR PLACING FIRST IN THE PRIMARY DIVISION, GRADES ONE AND TWO AT THE STATE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE MARSHALS ASSOCIATION POSTER CONTEST THIS PAST SUMMER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER. AS PART OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, WE ASK THAT KISD STUDENTS CREATE A POSTER PERTAINING TO THE DESIGNATED THEME. THERE ARE SIX DIVISIONS AND APPROXIMATELY 150 ENTRIES ARE SUBMITTED TO OUR DEPARTMENT EACH YEAR. TODAY, THE HARLINGEN FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG LADY. MISS JULISSA. NO. SO THIS IS MISS JULISSA DELEON. SHE'S A SECOND GRADE STUDENT FROM LONG ELEMENTARY. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE 2025 HARLINGEN SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRE PREVENTION POSTER CONTEST. HER CREATIVITY AND HER FIRE SAFETY MESSAGE EARNED HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE TO THE RIO GRANDE LEVEL. BUT HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS DIDN'T STOP THERE. HER POSTER CONTINUED TO THE STATE LEVEL, AND THIS JUNE, DURING THE STATE FIREFIGHTER AND FIRE MARSHALS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS HELD IN WACO AND SHE COMPETED IN THE PRIMARY DIVISION AGAINST 15 OTHER ENTRIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING JULISSA DELEON, OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE'D LOVE FOR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH HER. SO WE'LL DO IT IN THE FRONT. COME BACK! THERE HE IS.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE EVEN BROUGHT HER POSTER THAT WANTED THE STATE LEVEL. SO WE'LL HAVE HER HOLD THAT TOO. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL GIVE THAT TO MOM RIGHT NOW. YES.

JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUR POSITION BEFORE WE. COUNTY RIGHT TO TURN AROUND THIS WAY.

AND UNLESS YOU WANT TO HOLD IT RIGHT. OKAY. PERFECT. READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE.

ONE, TWO AND ONE. OH, NO. IT'S AS BIG AS HER. ADORABLE. CAN WE GIVE ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JULISSA? ALL RIGHT. MOVING. IT'S SO CUTE. RIDING RIGHT ALONG. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS OR DISTRICT AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH MR. RAYMOND REYES. RAYMOND REYES, 706 NANTUCKET DRIVE. SO I TRY TO BE A REGULAR AT THESE

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THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN HARLINGEN, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS AND A LOT OF QUESTIONABLE THINGS, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST, OF COURSE, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. I'VE ONLY BEEN ATTENDING THESE THINGS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO STEP UP INTO THE REALM OF POLITICS AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE PROMISES TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO TO TRY AND FOLLOW THROUGH, DON'T CHANGE GEARS BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE ASSOCIATED WITH SO AND SO. AND NOW YOU MET. MR. I THINK WE CAN DO BUSINESS DOWN THE LINE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE RATHER QUICKLY IN POLITICS. HAS SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS UP HERE HAVE FOUND OUT. I MEAN, THERE WERE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE THERE BEFORE YOU GUYS, AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THEY JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT. THEY WERE VOTED OUT.

AND NOW IT'S Y'ALL'S CHANCE TO COME THROUGH WITH THE PROMISES THAT YOU'VE MADE, THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, STAY TRUE TO YOUR WORD AS FAR AS WITH POLITICS AND AND REPUTATION, YOU KNOW, STAY TRUE TO YOUR CHARACTER, DON'T BECOME A CHARACTER. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME INDIVIDUALS GET TALKED ABOUT MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH THAT PARTICULAR REALM AND STUFF. I KNOW I HAVE BULIMIA, I HAVE MY FAIR SHARE OF HATERS AND YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED AND I LIKE TO GIVE THEM MORE THINGS TO HATE ABOUT. BUT AS LONG AS THEY'RE POSITIVE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SIX ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT COMING UP ON WEST SIDE JACKSON AND EXCUSE ME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE EVERYTHING, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING I DO, I ALWAYS DO IT FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S LACKING AND STUFF. WE NEED TO BE MORE ENGAGED, MORE INVOLVED. I KNOW SOMETIME BACK THERE WAS A STUDY DONE FOR HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF I SEE YOU STILL SEE A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, THEY COME BY MY VENUE. WHEN WE CLOSE, THEY ASK FOR HANDOUTS, WE PUT THEM TO WORK AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF BUCKS. SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET SOMETHING TO EAT IN THEIR BELLY. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST BASICALLY KEEP YOUR PROMISES AND DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THINGS DON'T GO YOUR WAY. IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, LIVE BY YOUR WORD. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. REYES. NEXT WE HAVE ISAAC AMANI NEWMAN. ISAAC AMANI NEWMAN, CO-FOUNDER FOR THE FOR THE PEOPLE ALLIANCE FROM HARLINGEN, TEXAS, DISTRICT THREE. YOU STARTED THE TIMER DURING MY MY THING. ALL RIGHT. WITH NEW PUBLIC COMMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, I WILL PUBLICLY AND SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT I'M ADDRESSING NORMA, THE MAYOR, IN THIS BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH. YOU MADE A POST ON FACEBOOK URGING YOUR FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTERS TO REPORT A PAGE THAT YOU'VE ACCUSED OF DEDICATING TO DEGRADING YOU, POSTING HUMILIATING IMAGES AND ENCOURAGING HATEFUL AND THREATENING COMMENTS. QUITE FRANKLY, THE ONLY HUMILIATING PICTURE THAT I'VE SEEN POSTED WAS THE ONE WITH YOUR SIGNATURE AT THE BOTTOM OF A STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AI DATA CENTER CAMPUS IN HARLINGEN. YOU THEN PROCEED TO SAY, QUOTE, IF YOU SEE ABUSIVE CONTENT, HATEFUL COMMENTS, OR THREATS, PLEASE USE THE PLATFORMS BUILT IN REPORTING TOOLS TO REPORT THE SPECIFIC POST, IMAGE, COMMENT, OR ACCOUNT. DO NOT ENGAGE WITH OR AMPLIFY THE CONTENT. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT OUR MAYOR OF THIS TOWN HAS LITERALLY TOLD THEIR FOLLOWERS TO REPORT HATE COMMENTS. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF WILD TO ME. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. TO ME, THIS FACEBOOK POST SEEMS MORE LIKE AN ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN ANY NEGATIVE CRITICISM DIRECTED TOWARDS YOU. YOU'VE BEEN CAREFUL TO USE THE WORDS LIKE THREATS TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE A CRIMINAL ISSUE, BUT REALLY, THIS WHOLE THING JUST ADDS ON TO THE PRECONCEIVED NOTION THAT YOU'RE NOT TOLERABLE OF YOUR CITIZENS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. THAT ALSO EXPLAINS WHY YOU'VE LIMITED THIS PUBLIC COMMENT TO HAVE ONLY FIVE SPEAKERS. ANYONE THAT SUPPORTED THAT DECISION SHOULD NOT BE SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THE PEOPLE OF HARLINGEN ARE ALLOWED TO SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT ABOUT YOU. IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CRITICISMS, MAYBE WHAT WOULD HAVE SOFTENED THEIR ATTITUDES IS IF YOU GUYS KEPT US UPDATED

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ON WHAT YOU'VE DISCOVERED DURING THIS DATA CENTER MORATORIUM PERIOD, BECAUSE BETWEEN THAT TIME, IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED MORE ON HATE COMMENTS THAN THE FUTURE OF OUR DRINKING WATER. IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS ALMOST, AND WE'VE RECEIVED ZERO INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS UNCOVERED DURING THE TIME THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO FIGURING OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THESE INDUSTRIAL BEHEMOTHS. YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE MORATORIUM PERIOD IS OVER TO PROVIDE US WITH FINDINGS. IT'S ALREADY BAD ENOUGH THAT NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON THIS COMMISSION HAS VOICED OUR CONCERNS TO CAMERON COUNTY.

MIND YOU, IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. OKAY? IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. WHAT WE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND EARLIER THIS YEAR IS THAT WE WERE TOLD TO TAKE OUR DATA CENTER CONCERNS TO THE COUNTY, TO THE COUNTY. YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT US. TAKING IT TO THE COUNTY SHOULD BE YOUR JOB, NOT OURS, NOT MINE SPECIFICALLY.

LASTLY, I BELIEVE THAT ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT CANNOT EFFECTIVELY VOICE THE CONCERNS OF THEIR PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DESERVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, I DO WANT TO. WHOA. WITH THAT IN MIND, I DO WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO JOIN US AT THE MOON ROCK. ON OCTOBER 20TH, WE'LL BE HAVING A PUBLIC FORUM WHERE WE CAN SPEAK OUR MINDS FREELY AND HAVE POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT REALLY, I DON'T KNOW, ANY THREATS OR WORRIES OF GETTING CUT OFF SHORT, ONLY HAVING THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. CENSORSHIP, FREE SPEECH. THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO FOCUS ABOUT ALSO.

ACTUALLY, I WILL LASTLY MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THERE'S BEEN SOME FLOCK CAMERAS POPPING UP AROUND HARLINGEN. I KNOW IT'S SPECIFICALLY NOT FLOCK. I KNOW WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH MOTOROLA.

OTHER CITIES HAVE USED AXON AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. PLEASE GO BACK. AND WE NEED TO CANCEL THESE CONTRACTS AND BAN THE USE OF AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NEWMAN. NEXT WE HAVE FRED URIBE. DO WE HAVE FRED URIBE? SEE YOU OUTSIDE. OKAY, WE'LL PASS ON HIM FOR NOW. NEXT WE HAVE DIANA MORALES. HELLO.

SO. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. SORRY, MY NAME IS DIANA MORALES. I AM A COMMUNITY, I GUESS, NEIGHBOR FROM HARLINGEN FROM HIDALGO COUNTY. I'M HERE BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST ASK IF YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING, PUT ON YOUR AGENDAS TO DISCUSS MORATORIUMS, RESULTS AND.

BEFORE I END, I DO WANT TO ALSO. REQUEST IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION, AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING MEETING, AGAIN, TO JUST KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF LIKE CITIZEN INPUT AND KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MORATORIUM RESULTS. AND YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS MORALES. AND NEXT WE HAVE SANDRA GONZALEZ GOMEZ. SANDRA GONZALEZ GOMEZ, DISTRICT TWO HARLINGEN RESIDENTS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY, YET ATTORNEY MARK SAUCY CONTINUES TO WITHHOLD RECORDS, PRODUCED INCOMPLETE DISCLOSURES AND MISLEAD THE PUBLIC AT THE LAST MEETING. 92426 HE CLAIMED THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF MY COMPLAINTS. THAT WAS FALSE. I HAVE EMAILS, AND WHAT I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY IS ONLY A FRACTION OF EMAILS. WE HAVE PROOF OF MR. CHIEF ALFREDO, INCLUDING HIM DIRECTLY AND ALSO ON THE NDA EMAIL. THE THREADS WERE INCOMPLETE, THE ORIGINAL EMAIL WAS MISSING AND ATTACHMENT. THAT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT THAT IS WITHHOLDING WHEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WITHHOLDS RECORDS, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES PARTIAL DISCLOSURES, AND WHEN OFFICIALS MAKE STATEMENTS THAT CONTRADICT EVIDENCE, THE PUBLIC CANNOT TRUST THE PROCESS. SOME RESIDENTS OF HARLINGEN AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WITH THE HARLINGEN WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT THROUGH OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. AND LET ME REMIND YOU THAT THE COMMISSION, THE CITY CHARTER, GRANTS YOU THE POWER TO INVESTIGATE BY COMMISSION. THIS AUTHORITY APPLIES TO EVERY MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC UTILITY, INCLUDING THE HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. PLEASE ACT ON AARON DOLLS. TOMA. COMPLAINT CONCERNING HARLINGEN WATERWORKS. SEPTEMBER 2022, 2025. APPROVAL OF THE NEW S WATER AGREEMENT WITH RGV PROPERTY GROUP. THE POSTED AGENDA LISTED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ATTORNEY CONSULTATION FOLLOWED BY ADJOURNMENT. YET, THE MINUTES SHOW THAT THE BOARD RETURNED WITH A CLOSED SESSION,

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APPROVED THE WATER AGREEMENT AND ADJOURNED APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER. THE COMPLAINT ASKED WHETHER THE APPROVAL WAS ADEQUATELY NOTICED AND WHETHER SUBSTANTIATIVE DELIBERATIONS EXCEEDED THE ATTORNEY CONSULTATION EXCEPTION. WATERWORKS OWN EMAILS CONNECT THE MEETING TO THE SIGNED CONTRACT, AN AGREEMENT REACHING 4.6 MILLION GALLONS DAILY, INCLUDING DRINKING WATER BACKUP AND POTENTIAL 50 YEAR TERM. ARENDT FILED HER COMPLAINT ON JANUARY. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS IT IS WAITING FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS TO SUBMIT A CRIMINAL CASE. CHIEF ALVEAR IDENTIFIED RANGER PATRICK O'CONNOR AND ASSIGNED INVESTIGATOR DETECTIVE JACOB PEREZ AS A LOCAL CONTACT. SEPARATELY PLACED THIS MATTER ON A PROPERLY POSTED AGENDA AND DIRECT AN INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL TO IDENTIFY AND PURSUE LAWFUL STEPS TO SET ASIDE THE APPROVAL AND RESULTING AGREEMENT. A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DOES NOT ITSELF UNDO THIS CONTRACT. RESIDENTS DESERVE ACTION ON BOTH. IF YOU REFUSE TO ACT, THEN YOU ARE INVOLVED. IF YOU IGNORE THIS, YOU ARE BECOME PART OF THE COVER UP. HARLINGEN RESIDENTS EXPECT ACCOUNTABILITY, FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, AND HONEST COMMUNICATION FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT. WE DEMAND ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GONZALEZ GOMEZ. NEXT, WE HAVE LUIS VALDESPINO. LUIS VALDESPINO, DISTRICT THREE.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AT MY SCHOOL TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BE THERE TO DO PRESENTATIONS FOR OUR KIDS THIS WEEK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM BEING THERE. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO US. THEY'VE ASSISTED US IN A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ALSO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ASSISTED US WHEN WE'VE NEEDED THEM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT WORKERS HERE IN HARLINGEN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MEETING'S AGENDA PACKET. HOWEVER, I'M SWITCHING TOPICS NOW. THIS MEETING'S AGENDA PACKET IS ABOUT 1000 PAGES WITH AT LEAST I WITH AT LEAST ITEMS AND SEVEN A THROUGH SEVEN V BEING BUDGET ITEMS. THE COMMISSION HAS ABOUT FIVE DAYS TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS, AND THE PUBLIC GETS ABOUT TWO DAYS IF WE'RE LUCKY. MONDAY EVENING MEMBERS OF THE TERS ARE. TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE. BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE MEETING ABOUT WHICH THEY HAD. THEY WOULD MAKE A $15 MILLION DECISION. IN SEPTEMBER 2025, THE WATER BOARD MADE A 50 YEAR DECISION, PURPORTEDLY HAVING NO OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DATA CENTER CONTRACT BEFOREHAND. AND ALL THESE INSTANCES, THE CITY IS MEETING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS REQUIRED BY LAW. AS A MARINE, AN EDUCATOR AND THE SON OF HARDWORKING IMMIGRANTS, THIS SEEMS IRRESPONSIBLE AT BEST. WE KNOW THAT TOMA ONLY REQUIRES PUBLISHING OF THE AGENDAS. HOWEVER, IF THE CITY COMMISSION TRULY WANTS TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, IT WILL DO BETTER. OUR CITY LEADERS WILL FIND WAYS TO PUBLISH MEETING AGENDA PACKETS FOR OUR BOARDS AND OUR CITIZENS FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE FOR STUDYING, QUESTIONING AND PROVIDING TRUE OVERSIGHT, PUBLISHING AND SHARING THESE PACKETS WITH LITTLE TIME TO REVIEW, HOWEVER, PAINTS A PICTURE OF A CITY THAT WANTS TO RUBBER STAMP ONCE RUBBER STAMPING FROM BOARDS AND WANTS TO PREVENT THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY QUESTIONING. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR AN ALL AMERICAN CITY. THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH A 50 YEAR WATER CONTRACT THAT ALMOST NOBODY IN HARLINGEN WANTS, AND RISKS THE LOSS OF 5 MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER PER DAY. IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT HARLINGEN AND ITS CITIZENS, IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO CORRECT THESE ACTIONS AND TO BE TRANSPARENT IN ACTIONS, SAYING YOU'RE TRANSPARENT, BUT KEEPING THINGS OUT OF THE PUBLIC IS NOT CONSISTENT. TO BE A GREAT CITY, WE MUST HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF OURSELVES, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE SATISFIED WITH MEETING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS REQUIRED BY LAW. I ASK THAT YOU THINK SYSTEMATIC CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. WE DON'T EXPECT PROFESSION FOR PERFECTION, BUT EVERYONE IN THE CITY SHOULD REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN BE BETTER FOR HARLINGEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VALDESPINO. NEXT WE HAVE DESI MARTINEZ. MR. MARTINEZ. DESI MARTINEZ, 1806 HAVERFORD, HARLINGEN, TEXAS. I'M HERE TO BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN ITEM LATER AND PUBLIC HEARING TO REMIND YOU OF INFORMATION THAT WASN'T GIVEN TO THE TOURIST BOARD, THAT WASN'T GIVEN TO THE EDC FOR B, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF TOURS AS IT REFLECTS TO OUR

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REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND TWO HOSPITALS, ONE AREA WHICH IS PRETTY SATURATED STILL CAN HAVE GROWTH. AND I'LL SHOW YOU EXHIBIT ONE THAT I GAVE YOU. AND HERE IN TOURS, THE TOURS, TWO FUNDS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY TAXES. NOW REMEMBER, IT'S NOT SALES TAXES, IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY PUT INTO MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THAT WHOLE AREA TO GROW WITH. COLLECTOR ROADS THAT CAN HAVE MAJOR CIRCULATION IN THAT WHOLE AREA AND GROWTH. THE PROJECT INCLUDE HALE AVENUE HALE, WHICH WE'VE DONE PART WITH TOURS TWO BETWEEN ED CAREY AND AND TREASURE HILLS, THE OTHER PORTION GOING TOWARDS THE HOSPITAL. I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THAT, BUT I THINK IT WAS CHURCH TO MONEY AS WELL. IT'S NOT COMPLETE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN IN THE EXHIBIT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTACH TO WHALEN. CONTINUE THAT ROAD, GO DOWN TO THE EXPRESSWAY, DOWN HILL, DOWN TO WHALEN, AND THEN FUTURE PLANS. IF I RECALL, 19 YEARS AGO AND OUR DISCUSSIONS WAS TO EXPAND WHALEN NORTH TO 772 HAYNES DRIVE TO RELIEVE THAT GROWTH. WE HAVE ON 509. THAT'S WHY THIS WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED TO BEGIN WITH COMPLETE CIRCULATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE, AND THE CONGESTION THAT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AFTER YOU'RE GONE ARE GOING TO SAY, WHAT THE HECK DID WE DO? WE DROPPED THE BALL AND WE'RE DROPPING THE BALL WITH COMING WITH ANOTHER REQUEST FOR THAT MONEY THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING WHAT WE SHOULD BE INSTEAD OF THIS EXHIBIT FROM THOSE PREPARED FROM CAMERON COUNTY, FROM THE OFFICE THAT YOU WORK FOR, COMMISSIONER, THAT YOU WORK FOR, SIGNED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE, SENT DOWN TO US. WE DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NOT THEM. WE DO. I DON'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE THINK THAT AT A EDC AND OUR STAFF THAT DIDN'T BRING THIS TO YOU FIRST, IT'S NOT PROPER THAT CAMERON COUNTY DICTATE WHERE THE CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TOURIST BOARD. I. I WILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT IN MY PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. IS MR. URIBE HERE? NO. RON LOZANO. GOOD EVENING. I'M IN DISTRICT THREE. ON THE LAST OCCASION, IT WAS INCUMBENT ON ME TO REPRIMAND YOUR MOST RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS HELPFUL, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, I GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER BUREAUCRAT THAT WANTED ME TO EXPOUND TO HER ON THIS CURRENT COMMUNICATION I'M HAVING WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. HOW CAN I BETTER EXPLAIN BEING SADDENED? WELL, AS MENTIONED, FOUR MONTHS OF BELABORING THE MERITS OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, IT WAS MADE CLEAR THIS PAST SATURDAY THAT SO MANY OF US HAVE NO IDEA OF THE INTENT OF HAVING FREEDOM EMBODIED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS FIRST AMENDMENT. IN OUR FREE FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. AS MR. LOPEZ CAN ATTEST, ON MARKET DAYS ON SATURDAYS, SOMEONE PROHIBITED THE DISTRIBUTION OF POLITICAL LITERATURE. WHY SHOULD FREE SPEECH MATTER IF THE MAYOR FROWNS ON IT? THAT'S WHAT WAS TOLD TO A PATRON DISSEMINATING VITAL INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL HAVE IMBUED US WITH, THIS ATMOSPHERE OF SUPPRESSION. THIS IS NOT. IT'S LAUGHABLE. IT'S LAUGHABLE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS IS AN ALL AMERICAN CITY. THIS IS A BARELY AN AMERICAN CITY RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL THE REPRESSION WE'RE HAVING HERE. NOW, I'M NOT ACCUSING I SAY I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE MAYOR HAS ANY DIRECT ROLE ON THIS PERSON, SAYING, WELL, THE MAYOR FROWNS ON ANY KIND OF POLITICAL BECAUSE IT CREATES CONTROVERSY. THAT'S LIKE HEARING THAT WORD OFTEN

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RIGHT NOW OF NATIONAL SECURITY. AS I'VE SAID SEVERAL TIMES, CONTROVERSY. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA. JUST BE ASTUTE AND DISCERNIBLE ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HER DUPES. I'VE HAD RUBES IN HERE, AND IT FINALLY OCCURRED TO ME, BECAUSE SHE'S FOSTERING THIS ATTITUDE OF NOT HAVING FREE THOUGHT. AND THAT'S A SHAME. THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE REINVIGORATED. ON NOT GIVING UP AT THESE FORUMS. THEY'RE RATTLING ON SOCIALLY WELL, RATTLING ON SOCIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN'T CUT IT. AGAIN, I'VE REITERATED Y'ALL ARE ONLY IMPRESSED BY HAVING BODIES HERE. SO I WANT HARLINGEN TO COME ON OUT BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO GET RUN ROUGHSHOD AND RAMPANT. THERE'S SOMETHING AT THE GOLF COURSE THAT GABE HAD AN IDEA, AND WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON THAT ARE NOT GIVEN THOUGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU, MR. LOZANO. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. WE HAVE ITEM SIX A AND SIX B. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? THEY ARE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT. IS THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND A SIX B OKAY. MOTION BY LOPEZ, SECOND BY BETTIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH W. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT W W W I'LL TAKE THAT. THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME SEE. W YES HE HAD W LET ME POSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION MAYOR.

OKAY, SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACT OR TWO DIFFERENT BIG CONTRACTS. ONE IS A, C AND E, WHICH ARE THE USE OF HOT FAN HOT FUNDS FOR THE THEATER FOR MAY OR FOR THE IWO JIMA, EXCUSE ME. AND THE OTHER IS FOR THE BIRDING FESTIVAL. AND THERE'S JUST A COMMON LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT I HAVE ON THOSE, WHICH IS TO PULL THEM OUT. YOU WANT ME TO JUST PULL ONE OUT? YOU WANT TO PULL ALL THREE? IT'S THE SAME LINE OF QUESTIONING. I WOULD SAY JUST PULL THEM ALL OUT. BUT WE CAN TAKE THEM TOGETHER. THAT'S PERFECT. AND THE SAME CONCEPT FOR K AND L, SAME QUESTION. YEAH. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE A CEKL, BUT WE'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THEM. OKAY. AND AND THEN I GOT W COMMENTS. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING. YES I HAVE EXCUSE ME, I HAVE GGK THROUGH TGK THROUGH T T AND W. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE GO AHEAD AND PULL THE YOU I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT IF POSSIBLE. WELL WE'RE ALREADY OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? PEREZ JUST DEBUT. MIKE. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7BDFHIJ AND V MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY LOPEZ, SECOND BY GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEMS A, C AND E. WE'LL TAKE THOSE COLLECTIVELY. LOPEZ. CORRECT. ON ALL THREE OF THOSE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTING TO US ANNUALLY. THE SHEET. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CORRECT. SO THE FINANCIAL SUMMARIES DID WE GET. I HAVEN'T SEEN A COPY. THEY'RE IN THERE.

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YEAR BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS LAST YEAR. YEAH. DID YOU DID YOU CHECK WITH ROBERT TO SEE IF WE GOT THEM? IS ROBERT HERE? YES. HE'S HE'S DEALING WITH A PAYROLL ISSUE.

HE'S RIGHT HERE. OH, THERE YOU ARE. DID YOU GET IT FIXED? YES. OKAY. GOOD. THANK GOODNESS EVERYBODY'S GETTING PAID. PEOPLE WANTED TO GET PAID. YEAH. CORRECT. YES. SO IT'S A QUESTION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. SO WE DID GET THE WE USUALLY GET THE MMA AND WE DID GET H PAT. I THINK WE'RE JUST NEEDING THE BIRDING FESTIVAL.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST SENDING THOSE TO US? ABSOLUTELY. ARE WE PUTTING A HOLD OR ARE WE JUST

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CONTINGENT UPON AS LONG AS WE'VE RECEIVED THEM? AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THIS ON THE OTHER, IF YOU LOOK AT PARAGRAPH FOUR ON PAGE ONE, IT TALKS ABOUT H. PAT. I'M JUST GOING TO USE H PAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONTRACT I'M LOOKING AT, BUT IT APPLIES. THE CONCEPT APPLIES TO ALL THREE. IT SAYS H. PAT SHALL PROVIDE A NUMBER OF HOTEL STAYS THEY ANTICIPATE TO GENERATE AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING THE HOT FUNDS, A LIST OF MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER OR OTHER PRINT, VIDEO OR OR AUDIO PROMOTIONS PAID FOR WITH THE HOT TAX MONEY BY THE 10TH DAY OF EACH CALENDAR QUARTER. HAVE WE BEEN GETTING THOSE? I CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

IF WE HAVE IT, WE CAN CHECK WITH CVB, SEE IF THEY GET THOSE REPORTS. PERFECT. I WOULD LIKE IN THIS VEIN BECAUSE I BELIEVE ALL THREE OF THEM ARE ARE FANTASTIC AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF. DRAW THAT CAN REALLY HELP OUR HOT FUNDS IF THEY'RE PROMOTED CORRECTLY. IF WE CAN SEE IF CVB THROUGH CASSANDRA AND MEDIA THROUGH RACHEL, CAN WORK WITH THESE THREE ENTITIES TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROMOTE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. YES, THEY WORK WITH BIRDING FESTIVAL ALREADY, CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW IF CASSANDRA HAS ANYTHING TO ADD OR IF NOT, WE CAN BRING IT AT ANOTHER MEETING. I SEE THEM, I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU. WOW. VERY TALL. I DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE REPORTS I CAN REQUEST FROM THE BIRDING FESTIVAL, AND I CAN REQUEST TO MEET WITH THEM MORE OFTEN SO WE CAN GET A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING THE HOT TAGS FOR. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE'RE SPENDING, IT'S THE BEST USE OF THAT DOLLAR. I KNOW CASSANDRA THROUGH VISIT HARLINGEN. I KNOW YOU HAVE A BIG FOLLOWING AND ALL THAT. IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GIVE IT A LOOK OVER AND SEE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING EVERY DOLLAR. SO THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE FROM THE HOT FUNDS TRANSFERRED INTO THOSE. SO I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT TO THE AMOUNT OR TO THE BUSINESS THAT'S GETTING IT. THE ENTITY. EXCUSE ME. WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE TO ME THAT GOES A LONG WAY. IF OUR DEPARTMENTS FEEL THAT THE MONEY IS BEING USED WELL, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES THAT DEAL WITH THAT TYPE OF STUFF, THE PROMOTION ASPECT. AND I THINK WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING AND THAT WE'RE GETTING AN ROI ON THAT. AND SO MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE STAFF REPORTS NOW. LET'S GIVE VISIT HARLINGEN SOME TIME TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE PRESENT WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE BETTER TO IMPROVE AND TO. I DO THINK YOUR DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED. IF WE'RE PROVIDING FUNDING. I AGREE WITH WITH LOPEZ THAT WE SHOULD HAVE YOUR INPUT ON, ON HOW YOU FEEL THAT IT'S BEING UTILIZED. YES. IF THE CITY MANAGER ALLOWS ME TO DO THAT, I WOULD. IT'S GOT TO BE IN THE CONTRACT, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT. SO WE CAN'T WE CAN'T JUST DO THAT. WELL, WE CAN DO IS APPROVE SUBJECT TO LEGAL AND LEGAL CAN GET WITH YOU AND CASSANDRA TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE PROVISIONS IN THERE. I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT THE CVB HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE RECORDS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY'RE BEING SPENT, HOW THEY SHOULD BE, RATHER THAN HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THAT PARTICULAR FUND, BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE HER THE ABILITY TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO US SAYING, EITHER THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT OR THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE MAKING THEY'RE MAKING SOME SORT OF EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NOT RELATED. AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THEM. SO I THINK JUST HAVING THAT OPEN CONVERSATION, I KNOW CASSANDRA CAN REACH OUT AND JUST SAY, THIS IS CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSED THIS. HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER? AND IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY DELINEATED IN THE CONTRACT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM. BUT IF YOU GET ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES, THEN JUST REPORT BACK. I'LL REPORT THEM. YEAH. JUST AS AN FYI, THE BIRDING FESTIVAL IS GOING TO BE NEXT MONTH, AND THAT ONE BRINGS IN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF VISITORS INTO HARLINGEN. WE'VE GOTTEN REPORTS FROM ALL THE HOTEL, THE MAJORITY OF HOTEL OWNERS THAT THEIR HOTELS ARE PACKED. WHEN WE HAVE THE BIRDING FESTIVAL, GOOD, GOOD. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE THREE ITEMS SUBJECT TO LEGAL AND CASSANDRA'S OKAY. DID ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. CAN I GET A SECOND MOTION? SECOND. SECOND BY GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO TAKING CARE OF AC. AND THAT WAS A C AND E. OKAY, MOVING ON OVER TO G.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE AMERICA AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NEW WORLD SCREWWORM DIRECT SUPPORT GRANT, IS THAT YOU? YES, I HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT. COULD WE JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION FROM AS TO WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING, OR HOW OFTEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT AND WHAT THE GRANT IS? SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD

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SUBMITTED, I'M SORRY, ORIGINALLY WE HAD SUBMITTED OUR REQUEST FOR A SMALLER AMOUNT, WHICH WAS THE MAXIMUM THAT WAS ALLOWED. AT THAT POINT. WE DID GET GOT A NOTIFICATION THAT IT WAS THE GRANT AWARD WAS INCREASED FROM 3000 TO 10,000. AND SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD REQUESTED VACCINES. SO IT'S THERE. THE NEXT GUARD CHEWABLES FOR DOGS AS WELL AS CATS. AND SO WE GOT, LET'S SEE. I'M SORRY, THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS ABOUT 5000. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST PREVENTION, PREVENTATIVE MEDICATIONS AND VACCINES. OFTEN WE WILL BE GIVING THIS OUT. SO THAT WILL BE UP TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOW THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE GRANT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE 10,000 FOR THE YEAR. OKAY. WELL, THIS WAS JUST CLARIFICATION FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND LISTENING. SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MORALES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. DON'T GO TOO FAR ON A H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

AND THIS WAS PULLED BY GOMEZ, NOT ME, JOHN H. YES. IT WASN'T PULLED BY ME. NO. DID WE APPROVE THIS ONE? H WAS ALREADY APPROVED. OKAY. SORRY, I MEANT K THEN I I'M DOING MY CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION K CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND THE RIO VALLEY AMATEUR SOCCER LEAGUE. THESE ARE THE ONES YOU WANTED TO TAKE TOGETHER. LOPEZ. CORRECT. SAME THING. JUST IF WE LOOK AT PARAGRAPH THREE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE TERM I KNOW ON ALL THE OTHER CONTRACTS THAT I REVIEWED, YOU HAVE THAT WE HAVE THE TWO TERMS, RIGHT, LIKE THE SPRING AND THE FALL OR WHATEVER THE SEASONS ARE, RIGHT. BUT ON THESE TWO CONTRACTS, YOUR TERM IS USING THE OLD LANGUAGE.

THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS JUST BROAD, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE HOT TAX AND I HAVE GOTTEN AND IT'S NOT THIS ORGANIZATION, IT'S NOT THIS ORGANIZATION AT ALL, BUT JUST BIG PICTURE. ALL THE ATHLETIC LEAGUES, CONCERNS ABOUT THE FINANCES. AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOK AT PARAGRAPH 135, IT SAYS THAT WE WOULD GET A COPY OF ITS OF ITS ANNUAL AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT AT THE END OF THE PLAY SEASON. IF WE CAN GET ACCESS TO THE 2025 YEARS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT LEAGUES AND TO BE SENT TO EVERYONE, CAN YOU DO THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AS WELL? 2024 THAT'S FINE. OKAY.

AND, AND I JUST IN OH, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU DONE? NO. THAT'S IT. IT'S JUST AGAIN, I'VE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS AND NOTHING WITH THIS SPECIFICALLY, BUT IF I'M GOING TO DO IT TO ONE LEAGUE, I FIGURE JUST MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO EVERY LEAGUE. OKAY. YEAH. JUST ONE SECOND. AND EVERY YEAR THESE COME UP AND NOT I KNOW YOU'RE YOU WEREN'T THIS ISN'T YOU EVERY YEAR. SO JUST KIND OF PUTTING THIS ON YOUR RADAR. I WE GET FLOODED WITH CALLS AND EMAILS AND CONCERNS. AND SO IF YOU CAN CONDUCT SOME LIKE AN AUDIT OF ALL WHILE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN SOME THAT WELL, THEY'RE BORED, DON'T THEY DON'T MEET. THERE'S NO LONGER A NONPROFIT OR THEY'RE NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES.

AND THERE'S LIKE ALL THESE CONCERNS, I'D FEEL BETTER IF, IF YOU WERE MAKING SURE THAT THE CHECKLIST, EVERYTHING I KNOW THAT YOU PROVIDE US A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, BUT IT IS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE AND KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTIVE. THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. OKAY, OKAY. COMMISSIONER MESMER.

YEAH, I ASKED THIS QUESTION EVERY YEAR. JUST TO CONFIRM, THEY HAVE TAX ID NUMBERS AND TO INVESTIGATE THEIR FORM. NINE 90S. YES. CORRECT. YES. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY. NECESSARY. OKAY. ONE QUESTION SIR. WHEN SHOULD WE EXPECT YOUR A REPLY WITH THIS INFORMATION I'LL GET WITH OUR CONTRACT MANAGER AND I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. SO HOPEFULLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. CAN YOU MAKE SURE IT GOES OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION? YES. THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, I HAD I PULLED THE K THROUGH T. SO WHEN YOU JUST SAID THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK I'LL GET WITH OUR CONTRACT MANAGER, LUPE GONZALEZ, AND I'LL HAVE HIM WORK ON GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. OKAY. MR. LONGORIA ON. IN THE PAST, YOU WERE I KNOW THAT YOU WERE NOT THE DIRECTOR, BUT WE HAD A MEETING WITH YOU AT ONE TIME. WHERE ARE ANY OF THESE?

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ARE ARE ANY OF THESE NEW LEAGUES, NEW FOOTBALL TACKLE ON HERE? NO, THESE ARE ALL REPETITIVE FROM LAST YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN ON THEY'VE BEEN ON CONTRACT WITH US BEFORE. SO WE HAVE NO NEW TACKLES. NO. THE ONLY ONES THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER ARE. P AND Q. OKAY. BUT THE ONES THAT I PULLED RIGHT NOW, NONE OF THEM ARE NEW. THOSE ARE ALL REPETITIVE. SO EVERYTHING IN CONSENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S A LEAGUE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN EXISTING AND CONTINUATION THE NEW ONES THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER, THOSE ARE THE TWO NEW ONES. AND AS FAR AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NONE OF US HAVE. WELL, I GUESS WE WOULD KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON ANY OF THESE ON ANY OF THESE LEAGUES THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT I KNOW OF. NO, WE DID PRESENT ALL THESE CONTRACTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. THEY DID PASS IT ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. AS FAR AS I KNOW. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH ANYONE. OKAY. SO WE'LL DISCUSS ANY NEW LEAGUES ON THE NEXT ON THE NEXT PAGES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. ON. £0.10 AND Q. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. DID WE GO THROUGH A QUEUE? NO, JUST WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE THE THE SPORTS CONTRACT RENEWALS. OKAY. K THROUGH T IS THERE ANY K 30. YEAH. SO EVERYTHING IN CONSENT IS IN ASSOCIATIONS ALREADY WITH CONTRACTS. OKAY. BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ON Q AND T. I WANT TO TAKE THOSE TOGETHER. ARE THESE FOOTBALL LEAGUES THAT YOU HAVE. I THOUGHT WHERE IS HE? OSCAR. I THOUGHT THE CITY WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

THERE WAS A MEETING. SO WE'VE WE'VE DEVELOPED AND WE HAVE SOME QUOTES FOR. IF WE DO DECIDE TO TAKE OVER AT ONE POINT. IF WE GET TO THAT, WE. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN QUOTES FOR THE TACKLE FOOTBALL, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AS FAR AS A DEFINITE PLAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. NOT AT THE MOMENT. SO WE'RE ON THAT MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH OSCAR. CHRIS, AN INDIVIDUAL AND MYSELF, I WAS PRESENT. YOU OKAY? I WAS PRESENT. WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO GOING WITH A WITH THE CITY WAS I DON'T RECALL MEETING YOU WERE PRESENT. WAS THAT MR. GONZALEZ WITH THE CITY DOES PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE LEAGUES? WE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD TAKEN A TRIP TO EDINBURGH BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DO THAT.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT THEIR SYSTEM. OUR INTENT WAS TO MIMIC THEIRS HERE. BUT THAT TAKES THAT TAKES MONEY, IT TAKES MORE STAFF. AND SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXCESS REVENUE AND NOT ENOUGH TO HIRE THE PEOPLE THAT WE THINK WILL BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THOSE. SO WE'RE WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED IT YET, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT FOR US TO TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE LEAGUES. OKAY. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO, WE DON'T JUST A RENEWAL OF THE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LOOKS LIKE, MR. COMMISSIONER, THAT THAT'S THE INTENT. BUT SURELY THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY, BEFORE THERE'S ANY ACTION TAKEN. I'M SORRY. FOR THE COMMISSION. YES. FOR REVIEW. OKAY. ONE LAST QUESTION. IN THE PAST, THERE WAS A CARDINAL FOOTBALL AT VESTAL PARK. I DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE. SO VESTAL PARK IS NOW A CDBG FUNDED PROJECT. SO WORKING WITH THE CDBG DIRECTOR, BECAUSE IT'S CDBG FUNDED, WE CAN'T HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE IT OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. SO WE CAN'T PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY LOCK IT UP, YOU KNOW, UNDER CONTRACT. I FIND THAT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE CDBG HAS PROVIDED FUNDS FOR VICTOR PARK, VESTAL AND OTHER PARKS. OKAY. SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. I'LL REVISIT WITH WITH SANDY, OUR CDBG DIRECTOR. WE'LL GO OVER IT AGAIN, BUT I'M GOING BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BECAUSE WE HAVE THROUGH CDBG PROVIDED FUNDING FOR FOR LIGHTS, WHICH IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND BENCHES. AND WE GOT TO REVIEW THAT ONE.

IF YOU NEED ME, I'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SANDY, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED. THAT THAT DOESN'T SOUND CORRECT AT ALL. OKAY, COMMISSIONER, I'LL SIT DOWN WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THAT'S NEWS TO ME TOO. I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE WERE

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USING CDBG FUNDS, AND FOR THAT REASON, IT WOULD DISALLOW THE USE OF ORGANIZED SPORTS THROUGH A CONTRACT. BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON IT WITH STAFF AND WE'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU. YES, PLEASE, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THAT IMPRESSION AS WELL, JUST LIKE YOU. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. I'LL FIND OUT NOW. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE USING PARK FOR SOME OF THESE LEAGUES. IS THAT CORRECT? FOR NOW, WE DON'T. WE HAVE PLANS TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES. I BELIEVE WE WENT OUT THERE ONE TIME IN THE MORNING, AND THAT AREA IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DEVELOP. SO BECAUSE OF THESE LEAGUES, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS START INSTALLING BACKSTOPS AT OPEN SPACES TO PROVIDE TEAMS, PEOPLE, ANYONE TO GO PLAY IN THE OPEN SPACE AND PRACTICE. SO PENDLETON PARK WAS ONE OF THE SPOTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT AND PROPOSE. BUT FOR NOW, THERE'S NO CONTRACTS FOR THAT AREA DUE TO LIGHTING, TO LIGHTING. WHEN WE WHEN WE MET, REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE POTENTIAL DOWN THE FUTURE PROJECTS OF A SIMILAR TO RANGER VILLE, THE SPORTS LIGHTING PROJECT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING DOWN THE FUTURE. PENDLETON PARK DOES HAVE THE LITTLE LEAGUE, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE FOOTBALL FIELD, MULTI-PURPOSE SOCCER FIELD, WE JUST DON'T. SO TELL ME, WHY DO WE ARE ABLE TO USE IT FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND NOT FOR THE OTHER LEAGUES? IF THAT'S NOT A LIGHTING ISSUE FOR THEM, THE WAY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT SITUATION IS. SO IT'S A CHARTERED SEASON. SO PENDLETON BASEBALL FIELD WON'T BE YEAR ROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE A CHARTERED SEASON. AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS USE PENDLETON PARK AS A MEANS OF RENTALS. SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO RENT PENDLETON BASEBALL PARK, INSTEAD OF JUST USING THE KMART FIELD RIGHT OFF OF GRIMES, WE NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKS TO LEASE OUT. SO OUR PLAN IS TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE AND ROTATE THE RENTAL SITUATION SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE FIELDS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE FIELDS. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE PLAYABILITY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'LL HAVE MORE RENTALS THERE AT PENDLETON PARK. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE K AND L SUBJECT TO LEGAL. AND THAT PARAGRAPH THREE ON TERM BEING AMENDED TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH M THROUGH T. OKAY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S CONDITIONAL AND YOU ARE GOING K THROUGH T, NO K, K AND L, THEY JUST NEED TO CHANGE THAT ONE PARAGRAPH. SWAP IT OUT. THAT'S YOUR. BUT THEN YOU'RE ALSO MAKING A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER. NO, JUST SAYING K NOW K NOW AND THEN M THROUGH T. YOU'RE DOING WHAT DANIEL TO ALIGN THE PARAGRAPH THREE OF THE TERM TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WAY THE PARAGRAPHS ARE, AND M AND OPQRST. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GOT IT. SO THERE'S A MOTION FOR K AND L CONDITIONED UPON MARRYING THE IMAGE, THE LANGUAGE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS. OKAY. THAT'S YOUR MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. YES. CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM MORALEZ FOR K AND L? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE M THROUGH T AS IS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. I BELIEVE YOU WAS PULLED OUT TO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARLINGEN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, IN THE AMOUNT OF 140,104 FOR YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAMS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH THIS? YES. I JUST WANT TO ESCAPE THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THE EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS THE STATEMENT OF WORK B, THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE, AND D THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS THAT I BELIEVE YOU'LL PROBABLY START

[Item 9 - Public Hearings]

GETTING SOMETIME IN JANUARY. AFTER A QUARTER. OKAY. YOU WANT TO SEE THE ONES FROM THIS YEAR AFTER A QUARTER HAS EXPIRED, AM I READING? THAT'LL BE FINE TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. TWO YOU WANT SO YOU WANT THE ONES FROM FOR THIS? THAT'S COMING UP. OKAY. AND THE PREVIOUS ONE SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I'LL TAKE THAT TOO, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE YOU SECOND. MOTION BY LOPEZ, SECOND BY MORALES. NO, ACTUALLY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND W. OKAY, BEFORE WE GO INTO W I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TODAY THAT DO RECREATION IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT IF YOU ARE HERE, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR

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HARLINGEN. WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GIVING YOUR TIME AND VOLUNTEERING, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. SO THAT WAY WE ARE MADE AWARE OF THEM. WE HEAR THINGS FROM ONE SIDE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM ALL SIDES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ONE SIDE OF THE STORY, THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU KNOW THE TRUTH IN BETWEEN. SO KNOW THAT WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH. I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE REACHED OUT IN THE PAST, AND IT'S BEEN PRODUCTIVE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING THAT AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH, OF COURSE, OUR PARKS TEAM. AND I THINK GERALD'S BACK THERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. WE LOVE YOU AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE AND GIVING THEM THINGS TO DO. THAT INCLUDES ALL OF Y'ALL, MORE WAYS THAT WE OCCUPY OUR KIDS THE BETTER. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE. NEXT, WE HAVE THE W. WE DID V ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE PULLED ONE OUT AND NOT THE OTHER, BUT W CONSIDERATION YOU DIDN'T PULL V CORRECT? NO, NO W CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE TESTING AND POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. PEREZ. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TUCKER ROAD BETWEEN BETWEEN BOTHWELL AND MARKEY. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YES.

I'D LIKE TO ADD DAVIS LANE BETWEEN FIRST. I'M SORRY. NO. CARROLL STREET BETWEEN 10TH AND 13TH. OKAY. AND IS ROBERTO HERE? YES, YES. MAY I SPEAK TO HIM? I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING. YES, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING, BECAUSE THEY ARE. WOULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDIES AND OUR DELAYS? A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF WHAT, WHY AND WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE ONE STREET ON DAVIS AND FIRST DAVIS STREET BETWEEN FIRST AND NEWCOMB'S HIGHWAY THAT WAS ACTUALLY ASKED FOR BACK IN AUGUST FOR A STUDY, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF WHY? YES, WE DID RECEIVE INFORMATION. SO USUALLY FOR THE ONES THAT DON'T KNOW THE SPEED SPEED HUMP PROGRAM, THEY'LL BE REQUESTED FROM COMMISSION. AND THEN IT GIVES THE AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE INSTALLATION OF THE VERIFY, BASICALLY THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD. AND THEN IT'S SUBMITTED TO ENGINEERING. WE REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS. WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC DATA THAT WAS A BIT BACKLOGGED LAST WEEK. I WILL BE SHARING THAT LIST WITH EVERYONE THIS WEEK WITH AS FAR AS WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND WHICH ONES ARE IN IN THE IN THE LIST TO BE IMPORTED OR TO INSTALL THOSE SPEED HUMPS. WE ARE NOW UP TO DATE WITH THE. WELL, AS PER THE LAST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE ONES THAT ARE PENDING TO BE INSTALLED. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 7 TO 8 OF THE SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE REQUESTED BEFORE THAT NEED TO BE ANALYZED.

AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE SHARING THAT LIST WITH YOU GUYS. WE DID HAVE OUR PERSON THAT DID THE PRIMARY REVIEWS AND ASSISTED ME AS THE CITY ENGINEER FOR THE, FOR THE REVIEW AND THE IMPLEMENTATION. YOU GUYS REMEMBER HER. MISS CLAUDIA WOULD SHARE A LOT OF THOSE UPDATES WITH YOU GUYS. SHE DID LEAVE US. LEFT THE CITY AUGUST 3RD. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL THAT VACANT POSITION. AT THE MOMENT. IT'S STILL VACANT. SO I MET WITH THE TEAM AND JUST REDISTRIBUTED THE WORKLOAD. BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I, I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT YOU DO PHENOMENAL WORK WITH YOUR TEAM AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE ASK FOR, ESPECIALLY WITH RAIN AND, AND DITCHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH RAIN, THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THESE THINGS. AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE BEST TO ASK YOU SO THAT THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT YOU SAID RIGHT NOW. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO INVESTIGATE SOUTH PARK WOULD FROM WHAT LIMITS THE WAY. IT'S PART OF THE MINUTES. IT'S A SHORT NORTH SOUTH STREET. OKAY. AND THIS IS MY TURN. SURE. THE 13 1400 BLOCK OF SOUTH E. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR? MAYOR FROM A. YES. THERE'S CITIZENS THAT HAVE REQUESTED COMMISSIONER MORALES FOR THE KING AVENUE AND CALIFORNIA STREET. WE SPOKE ABOUT IT, REMEMBER? I THINK YOU JUST WANT TO ADD THOSE THOSE FOR REVIEW. I GUESS HE MIGHT

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HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT KING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK I'VE REQUESTED. YOU CAN JUST GET WITH MR. RAMIREZ IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED IN TERMS OF STREETS, ARE YOU ADDING MORE STREETS? NO. THAT'S THE. CALIFORNIA WAS SOMETHING THAT GOT DELAYED. AND I BELIEVE KING ALSO GOT DELAYED. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN THERE'S NO ADDITION. NO.

BUT IF THERE IS AND I'LL VERIFY, WE'LL ADD THEM UP. OKAY. NEXT TIME AROUND, LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADD THOSE TWO STREETS AND THEN AUTHORIZE TO REMOVE THEM. IF IF. YEAH, THEY RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. GOOD POINT. CAN WE DO THAT? CAN I GET A MOTION MOTION. CONDITIONED ON O CONDITION ON IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN STUDIED THEN WE CAN REMOVE THEM. OKAY. AND CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND SECOND, SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO STAFF REPORTS, MR. GONZALEZ. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY EXCEPT FOR THE DRAINAGE REPORT BY ROBERT. THANK YOU. ROBERTO, WHAT WE CAN DO TOMORROW IS. HELLO, EVERYONE. ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, CITY ENGINEER. SO TODAY I'LL BE DOING A BRIEF PRESENTATION OVER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE ONES WE'RE DOING IN-HOUSE AND CONTRACTING OUT, ALSO EVALUATING OR SHOWING THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE DURING THE MOST RECENT STORM EVENT. SO AGAIN, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE IN-HOUSE ROTATION WE HAVE, WE HAVE COMPLETED A FEW, WHICH INCLUDES THE LIPSCOMB DITCH, OUTFALL, WESTWAY, OUTFALL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE SPANISH HAS INCLUDED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WHICH FOR THE MOST PART HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS PER SEPTEMBER. WE ARE WORKING DIGITALLY ON THE NORTHWEST HILL IMPROVEMENTS, WORKING ON THE DESIGN TOWARDS THE 13TH STREET AND ALSO THE HARLINGEN POLICE DETENTION POND AND THE TREASURE HILLS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO THE FIRST ONE IN TERMS OF THE WESTWAY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, IF YOU RECALL, BEFORE THIS AREA HAD ISSUES DRAINING OUT TO THE TO THE ADJACENT DRAINAGE IT USED TO CONVEY WITH TWO SMALL 12 INCH EIGHT INCH PIPES, WE REMOVED AND REPLACED AND INSTALLED IT WITH A 36 INCH HD PIPES. HERE. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM OCTOBER 4TH DURING THE STORM EVENTS. IT DID POUR VERY, VERY HARD, RIGHT? AND HISTORICALLY THIS AREA WOULD BACKFLOW. YOU WOULD SEE THIS INLET SPECIFICALLY THAT DRAINS DIRECTLY TO THE DETENTION POND IN THE BACK USUALLY WOULD BE SUBMERGED. AND THIS WAS IN THE MORNING DURING THE RAIN EVENTS.

SO WE HAD POSITIVE CONVEYANCE BACK TO THE DITCH AND NOT HAVING THAT ISSUES OCCURRING AGAIN. THE BIG ONE, RIGHT. SPANISH IS SECLUDED ACRES. THIS ONE WAS A 1.5 MILE DITCH.

WIDENING IMPROVEMENTS THAT INCLUDED BACKFLOW, INSTALLATION OF UPSIZING OUTFALLS. WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING BACKFLOW PREVENTERS. AND THEN ALSO OVERALL THE MAIN POINT HERE WAS TO REDUCE DRAINAGE CONCERNS. FOR THE MOST PART, WE WIDENED IT APPROXIMATELY 95FT. AND HERE YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE AREAS AT THE BOTTOM. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE NEW MAINTENANCE ROAD. THE OTHER COMPONENT, THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS LOOKING FROM THE LOOP 499 TOWARDS THE BUSINESS 77. THAT'S THE OTHER SEGMENT WE WIDENED BETWEEN THE IRRIGATION

[Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance on First Reading for a request to release from the City of Harlingen Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ET J), consisting of the South 5.00 acres comprised of two tracts, Tract 1 being 3.51 acre tract of land out of the South 5.00 acres out of Block 8, SA Thompson Subdivision; and Tract 2 being 1.49 acre tract of land out of the South 5.00 acres out of Block 8, SA Thompson Subdivision, located on the west side of Thompson Road approximately 2,408 feet north of Ryan Road. Applicants: Todd Waller and Amanda Lopez.]

DITCH AND THE THE LOOP. 499 AND THE LAST PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS FROM PIT ROAD LOOKING TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL PARK. AGAIN, FOR THE MOST PART, WE EVALUATED THE RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABLE AND WE EXPANDED THE MAINTENANCE ROAD. SO THIS IS THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. DURING THE RAIN EVENT. I WAS OUT THERE AT FIVE IN THE MORNING. WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME VIDEO, SO I'LL BE SHOWING THAT. BUT THIS AREA IS THE SUBDIVISION ON THE WEST SIDE. THAT WOULD BE SPANISH ACRES. HISTORICALLY, BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE WATER RETAINING WITHIN THIS SMALL DITCH RIGHT NEXT TO THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT DITCH. AND WHAT WE DID HERE, WE UPGRADED THE OUTFALL. SO NOW THIS DITCH IS STRAINING STRAIGHT TO THE NORTH NORTH MAIN DRAIN. AND WE ALSO UPGRADED THE THE PIPES THAT DRAIN THE SUBDIVISION OUT. SO DURING THE STORM EVENTS, YOU COULD SEE THAT INLETS WERE POSITIVE, POSITIVELY DRAINING OUT THE WATER. AFTER THE STORM EVENT. AGAIN, THE STORM HERE OR THE RAIN STOPPED ABOUT 3 P.M. AND WE HAD NO WATER PONDING ON THE ROADS. WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS HERE. HERE YOU COULD STILL SEE IT'S AFTER THE RAIN EVENT. THERE WAS MORE CAPACITY WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO MEANING THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO HAVE THE WATER WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS PROVEN TO MITIGATE FLOODING.

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AND AT ANY POINT, IF YOU WANT TO INTERRUPT FOR ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE. THE NEXT AREA IS THE NORTHWEST HICK HILL PROJECT. THIS IS THE ONE WHERE PUTTING ALL RESOURCES. NOW WE'RE ABOUT 80% COMPLETE IN THE EXCAVATION EFFORTS. THE AREA IN GREEN AND THIS EXHIBIT IS THE EXISTING 11 ACRE TRACK. THE AREA IN BLUE IS THE NINE ACRE TRACK THAT THE CITY PURCHASED. AND ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE TURNING INTO A LARGE 20 ACRE REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE NEXT PHASE WILL ENTAIL UPGRADING THE CROSSINGS AT KELLY SPARROW AND PALACE DRIVE.

AT THE MOMENT WE'RE NOT THERE. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT COMPONENT COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS. SO AS SOON AS WE START THAT COORDINATION, I'LL NOTIFY YOU. SO HERE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WAS THE BEFORE IMPROVEMENTS STARTING IN MARCH 2026. AND THIS IS THE IMAGE SHOWING US SEPTEMBER FOR THE MOST PART WITHIN THE WITHIN THE EXISTING 11 ACRES, WE EXCAVATED IT AN ADDITIONAL THREE FEET AND THEN THE NINE ACRE TRACK ABOUT SEVEN. HERE YOU COULD SEE THE FRIDAY PICTURE BEFORE A VERY, VERY EMPTY. IT'S ABOUT SEVEN EIGHT FEET AT THE DEEPEST AREA FROM THE TOP ELEVATION TO THE BOTTOM. AND THE PICTURE WAS RIGHT AFTER MONDAY. WE STILL HAD A LOT OF CAPACITY WITHIN THE DITCH. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS AS FAR AS WATER BACKFLOWING AND THIS IS A PICTURE, A VIDEO TAKEN DURING THE STORM EVENT COURTESY OF OSCAR. SO JUST SHOWING THIS IS THE AREA IN THE CENTER WHERE WATER FLOWS TOWARDS ONE OF THESE DETENTION AREAS OR SWELL. AND WE INSTALLED THOSE PIPES AGAIN, THE AREA WHERE OSCAR'S

[Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance on First Reading for a rezoning request from General Retail ("GR") District to Planned Development ("PD") District to allow for a Residential, Single-Family development with smaller lot sizes, for a 37.803-acres out of Lots 1, 2, 7, and 8, Block 145, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision in Concepci6n de Carricitos Grant, located on the north side of East Treasure Hills Boulevard, approximately 872.41 feet west of FM 509. Applicant: Melden & Hunt, Inc. c/o Noblemen Investments, LLC.]

GOING TO BE WALKING RIGHT NOW, IT'S WHERE THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE ROAD OR THE MAINTENANCE ROAD WILL BE. WE HAVE FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT, WHETHER IT'S A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL OR JUST A WALKING AREA. BUT AS OF NOW, IT'S SERVING ITS PURPOSE OF HOLDING BACK WATER.

YES, SIR. MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU, OSCAR, AND THE REST OF THE DRAINAGE CREW, BECAUSE NORMALLY BY WITH THE RAIN EVENT THAT WE JUST RECENTLY GOT, NORMALLY THAT STREET WOULD HAVE BEEN FLOODED ALREADY. YES, SIR. AND IT WASN'T. AND I DID GET SOME CALLS AND THEY WERE THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE. SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. YOU'RE REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EVEN DONE RIGHT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL PENDING TO INSTALL THE OUTFALL. SO THIS DITCH RIGHT NOW, IT'S RETAINING ALL THAT WATER. WE'RE WORKING ON INSTALLING THAT PIPE THAT'S GOING TO DRAIN IT INTO THE DITCH. BUT AGAIN, WE, YOU COULD SEE FROM THE VIDEO ALL THE CAPACITY THAT WAS STILL LEFT WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO IT'S PROVING IT'S THE INTENT TO MITIGATE FLOODING. QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. IF WE CAN GO BACK TO IT. I'VE NEVER I'VE BEEN THERE.

I WHY WAS IT DESIGNED THAT THE WAY I'VE SEEN IT, IT'S LIKE THE STREET AND IT ALMOST JUST LOOKS.

SHOW THE FRONT OF IT. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO ON THE VIDEO? YEAH. IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE END. OKAY. YEAH. WHY IS IT DESIGNED LIKE THAT? WHY IS IT THAT THE STREET KIND OF JUST ENDS AND IT JUST DROPS INTO THAT? AND I KNOW YOU JUST DID THE, THE, THE CONCRETE RETAINING WALL, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. BUT BACK IN THE 80S, OR WHENEVER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT, I'VE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS.

YEAH. 2000. YEAH. SO A LOT OF THE, THIS IS ONLY A SMALL SECTION THAT I THINK AT ONE POINT IT WAS INTENDED TO EITHER STUB OUT INTO A STREET, AN ALLEY, BUT I GUESS THAT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. RIGHT. SO IT IS A LOW POINT. IT WOULD YOU WOULD HAVE A SMALL BEFORE IT WAS MAYBE LIKE THREE FEET WIDE, A SHALLOW DITCH JUST DRAINING THE WATER. NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE ROAD, WE HAVE TO BACKFILL ABOUT 6 OR 7FT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AREA STILL DRAINS. SO WE ADDED A PIPE MATCHING THE FLOOR LINE OF THE EXISTING SIDE WITH THE DITCH. AND SHOULD WE PUT LIKE A CONCRETE BOTTOM ON THERE SO THE WATER FLOWS FASTER OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THIS RAIN, WHILE IT WAS A BIG RAIN, WASN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE A MARCH 2025.

AND SO THE GOAL IS TO DRAIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. CORRECT. AND THAT CONCRETE FOR THE MOST PART, IT DOES THE INLETS THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION DO CONNECT THROUGH PIPE SYSTEMS. THIS IS ONLY A SMALL SECTION OR THE MIDDLE AREA WHERE THERE'S TWO, I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT ALLEY INTERSECTIONS LIKE THAT. AND THEY BOTH DID THE SAME THING WHERE WE ADDED THE PIPE CULVERT, ADDED THE HEADWALL SO THAT IT DOESN'T ERODE DURING A HEAVY STORM EVENT, BUT IT WILL BE CONVEYING THE WATER PROPERLY. AND WILL THERE BE FLAP GATES INSTALLED? SO THE WATER THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE IMPROVEMENT. WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETED THAT FOR THE MOST PART. WE HAVE THE EXCAVATION EFFORTS, THE OUTFALL AND THE UPGRADES TO THE CROSSINGS. BUT IF I MAY. BUT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THE OUTFALL. IT DOES HAVE CONCRETE.

THE FIRST THREE HAVE IT. THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE YET. OKAY. BUT THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE CONCRETE. YES. AND I WILL SAY ON SUNDAY I DROVE MY WIFE WAS THE PASSENGER

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AND SHE WOULD AS WE WOULD DRIVE BY THE DRAINS, STREET DRAINS, SHE WOULD SAY, THAT ONE'S FLOWING, THAT ONE'S FLOWING. I WAS FOCUSING ON NOT WRECKING OR HITTING ANYBODY BECAUSE ON SUNDAY I GOT SEVEN INCHES IN MY GAUGE AND WE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO DISTRICT FIVE. AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN 83, SIX INCHES OF RAIN, THE WATER CAME ALL THE WAY UP MY DRIVEWAY. AND THIS WEEKEND, NOTHING. IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL. YES. AND LIKE I SAID, WE DID SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS WORKING ON SPANISH SECLUDED ACRES AND WE STILL HAVE MORE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM DOWN THE LINE. SO WE WANT SEEINS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN THOSE THREE DAYS RAIN GAUGE, I GOT 12.8IN. WOW. SO YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. I, I THINK THAT WE NEEDED THE RAIN. AND OBVIOUSLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, I KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO, TO YOU AND TO THE TEAM. AND I WAS KIND OF BLOWING UP OSCAR'S PHONE AND, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE GUYS ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S BECOME ALMOST LIKE THE PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS FAMILY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. AND WE APPRECIATE IT. AND OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WORKING DILIGENTLY IN THEIR IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ADDRESS AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, I HAD GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAYING, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT AT EVERY MEETING. AND SO I KNOW YOU DO A GREAT JOB. WHAT I'D LIKE IS EACH MEETING THAT, YOU KNOW, COME, COME BACK, COME BACK AND GIVE US, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS ON EACH OF THESE. WE DON'T NEED TO SAY IT ALL OVER AGAIN, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT AS WE MOVE ALONG. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT KNOW THIS, THAT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING COLLECTIVELY WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP AND OSCAR'S LEADERSHIP AND EVERYONE THAT THAT WORKS ON THESE PROJECTS, IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. THERE IS A LOT, AND I SAY THIS WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH MY WORDS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PTSD IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF MARCH OF 2025. SO I GET A LOT OF MESSAGES WITH PEOPLE JUST AFRAID THERE'S RAIN IN THE FORECAST. AND INSTEAD OF FEELING RELIEVED, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, GET TENSED UP BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S THIS EVENT OR, YOU KNOW, 2018, 2019.

AND, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN. WHAT I DON'T SEE HERE, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE OKAY IN WHITE OAK BECAUSE I HAD, YOU KNOW, OSCAR, YOU KNOW, SAID THE TEAM WAS OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT DITCH OVER BY SPECTRUM WAS CLEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF BACK THERE. BUT LET'S SEE WHAT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER EFFORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE TOO? LET'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE TEAM WAS THE AREAS ALL ACROSS THE CITY THAT THAT EVERYBODY HERE ON THE COMMISSION ALREADY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, YOUR DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT GOT HIT. AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NOT JUST WHEN IT RAINS, BUT BEING, BEING PROACTIVE ALONG ALONG THE WAY. AND THE LAST THING IS, I KNOW I WAS TALKING TO OSCAR ABOUT THE FRONTAGE ROADS. YES. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR, YOU KNOW, I AM FRUSTRATED ALSO THAT THERE'S SOME FLOODING IN CERTAIN AREAS, THAT IT'S ALWAYS THE CASE YEAR AFTER YEAR WE NEED. I'D LIKE AN UPDATE ON COMMUNICATIONS WITH TXDOT ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN. AND THEN JUST LIKE OUR RESIDENTS CALL US, WE NEED TO BE CALLING TXDOT ABOUT THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES IT HELPS THAT THE RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO TXDOT DIRECTLY. OH, YEAH. SHARE THAT NUMBER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT THAT'S FINE. AND MAYBE THE CITY CAN DO A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW RACHEL'S HERE. IF THE CITY CAN PUT OUT THAT INFORMATION. BUT TRUTHFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR JOB, RIGHT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY KNOW. SO LET'S, LET'S DO OUR PART AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THE, WITH THE CITY, WITH THE

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CITIZENS OF HARLINGEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. AT THIS POINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CONTINUE THEN. THERE'S ONLY A FEW ITEMS. YES, YES. WELL, YOU CAN YOU CAN CONTINUE BRIEFLY THROUGH IT AND THEN MAKE SURE IT MAKES IT ON THE WEBSITE. YES. OKAY. SO THE, THE ONE WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN, WE'RE PROJECTING TO START JANUARY. WE HAD A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER. THIS WILL BE EXPANDING THE DITCH ONE AND A HALF MILES. RIGHT NOW THE DITCH ITSELF, IT'S ABOUT 60FT WIDE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED BETWEEN 150 AND 180 RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABLE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, IRRIGATION DISTRICT, TO ENSURE WE MAXIMIZE IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS COMPLETED DURING OUR LAST OR THE FISCAL YEAR WAS THE PICKENS AND DAVIS PROJECT. AGAIN, THIS WAS A $2 MILLION PROJECT. IT UPSIZED ABOUT 3600 LINEAR FEET OF PIPING ALL THROUGHOUT THIS SUBDIVISION.

AND WE WERE ADDING AGAIN, REPLACING SMALL 24 INCH PIPES WITH FOUR BY THREES. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE AFTER THE EVENT BEFORE, DURING A HEAVY STORM EVENT, WE WOULD HAVE WATER PONDING IN THE STORM, WATER WITHIN THE CURB AND GUTTER. AND HERE IT JUST SHOWS BASICALLY DRY. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER RAIN HAD RECEDED. YOU MIGHT

[Item 10j - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading authorizing theissuance and delivery of the City of Harlingen, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System RevenueBonds, Series 2026C (CWSRF); authorizing the execution of a paying agent/registraragreement and an escrow agreement relating to such bonds; and pledging the revenues of thecity's waterworks and sewer system to the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds;and ordaining other matters relating thereto]

HAVE SOME PONDING HERE AND THERE. BUT AGAIN, FOR THE MOST PART, WATER IS BEING CONVEYED OUT. THE OTHER PROJECT I KNOW WE HAD A QUESTION REGARDING LIBERTY IN COLORADO. SO HISTORICALLY THAT INTERSECTION, COLORADO AND LIBERTY DIDN'T HAVE AN ART FORM. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOW POINT WAS OBTAINING THE WATER AND WILL DISCHARGE EVENTUALLY. WE ARE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A PHASE TWO. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A PERMIT WITH IBWC TO CONNECT THE PIPE DIRECTLY TO THE ARROYO COLORADO. THAT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS. IT TAKES 6 TO 12 MONTHS, BUT AT LEAST THE FIRST PHASE WAS TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD CONVEY. SO IT CONNECTED THE SYSTEM FROM THIS INTERSECTION TO THE NORTH SIDE. AND I'LL SHOW A QUICK VIDEO ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE. THIS WAS AFTER THE STORM EVENT. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WAS DURING THE THE HEAVY RAIN. I MEAN, YES, YOU DO SEE WATER COLLECTING, BUT ON THE VIDEO YOU SEE THAT WATER WAS STILL GOING INTO THE INLET AND BEING DISCHARGED. THIS IS ONE OF THE STREETS THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTING. AND AS PART OF THAT IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH BETTER THE ROADSIDE DITCH. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. ON ONE SIDE, YOU HAVE CURB AND GUTTER. ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU JUST HAVE ASPHALT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SWELL IS BETTER AND THAT IT WILL CONNECT TO THE INLET TO CONVEY WATER OUT. AND LASTLY, IT'S OUR FIFTH AND SEVENTH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. LUCKILY, RIGHT BEFORE FRIDAY, THEY HAD JUST FINALIZED THE LAST SEGMENT UP TO THE SCHOOL. SO THE BEFORE AND AFTERS WERE VERY OH, I DIDN'T PUT THEM HERE. ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS VERY, VERY DRY.

HISTORICALLY, WE WOULD HAVE WATER UP TO THE CURB AND GUTTER BECAUSE YOU HAD THE BIGGEST PIPE, I BELIEVE THERE WAS 24 INCH AND IT WAS FROM 10 OR 8 TO TO 24, AND WE WERE PUTTING 48 TO 50, 48 TO 54 INCH PIPING. SO THIS AREA, WE HAD NO ISSUES. EVERYTHING'S CONVEYING PROPERLY.

AND I'LL SAY OVER FAIR PARK AREA, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY. NO, NO ISSUES OR ANYTHING. SO YOUR OTHER PROJECT THAT DID LIKE A TON OF HELP FOR THAT AREA, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID ANYBODY. YEAH, I DROVE IT. I DROVE THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING, SATURDAY NIGHT. AND, AND I DROVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS AND YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB. AND, BUT IT SHOWS THAT WE STILL WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE CAN'T LET UP ON THE GAS. RIGHT. WE GOT TO KEEP MAKING IT KEEPING IT A TOP PRIORITY. SO. AND BY SUNDAY AT 5 P.M. IT HAD GONE OUT THERE AND COLLECTED THE AREAS AND IT HAD ALREADY RECEDED ALL THE WATER. IT HAD ALREADY GONE TO THE DITCH AND WE WERE BACK AT FULL CAPACITY REAL QUICK. HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE WE CAN GET BACK INTO THE DETENTION POND AT OAK HILL, THE HICKORY HILL AGAIN? RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WATER. THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DRAIN OUT IS IF IT EVAPORATES OR IT GOES INTO THE EARTH. THIS WEEK, OUR CREWS WEREN'T ABLE TO DO WORK BECAUSE IT'S STILL VERY, VERY WET. SO WEATHER PERMITTING, IT MIGHT TAKE A WEEK, A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE'LL TRY TO SEE IF WE COULD PUMP WATER. I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE. SO WHENEVER WE START PUMPING THE WATER OUT. YEAH, I, I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE WE COULD GET BACK IN JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC. THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

YEAH. BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE INSTALLATION OF THAT PIPE CONNECTION THAT CONNECTS THE DETENTION POND TO THE DITCH. ONCE IT'S ONCE YOU'RE ABLE TO DRIVE OR GO WITH A HEAVY MACHINERY, AND THAT'S ABOUT 90% COMPLETE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THE

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EXCAVATION EFFORTS WERE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE. WE WERE JUST MISSING THE LAST 200FT OR SO.

OKAY. JUST GIVE PEREZ A HARD HAT. HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. NO, NO, WE WON'T BE GIVING HIM A HARD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE PERSON C AND D, RIGHT. OKAY. SO ITEM NINE, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REQUEST TO RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ETJ, CONSISTING OF THE SOUTH FIVE ACRES COMP COMPRISED OF TWO TRACKS, TRACK ONE BEING 3.51 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTH, FIVE ACRES OUT OF BLOCK EIGHT S, A THOMPSON SUBDIVISION, AND TRACK TWO BEING 1.49 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTH. 5.0 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK EIGHT S A THOMPSON SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THOMPSON ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2408FT NORTH OF RYAN ROAD. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE. WELL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM WAS TABLED, MARK, BUT WE CAN DO THE PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT TAKING IT OFF THE TABLE FOR THE SECTION COMPANION TO TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE THIS OFF THE TABLE. SECOND. SECOND BY LOPEZ.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL CLOSE ITEM NINE A AND MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE B PUBLIC HEARING FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH SMALLER LOT SIZES FOR 37.83 ACRES OF LOTS ONE, TWO, SEVEN AND EIGHT BLOCK 145 SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION IN CONCEPCION DE CASITAS GRANT.

LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST TREASURE HILLS BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 872.41FT WEST OF FM 509. THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NINE B, HAVING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NINE C PUBLIC HEARING AMENDING THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY FOR PROPERTIES BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 30.52 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 182, SOME BENEATH THE LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION CONCEPCION. THE GRANT, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF CAMELOT DRIVE AND VICTORIA LANE.

THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. AND WE DO HAVE MR. MARTINEZ.

AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON TO C AND D, SO BROKEN UP YOUR TIME TO THIS ONE. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE THE AGENDA. WHAT'S THIS ONE ABOUT? THIS IS NINE. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW MIXED USE COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES. OKAY.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU STARTED. IT'S ONE YOU WANT. ONE MINUTE. YEAH. BASICALLY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT I UNDERSTAND PUBLIC DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING, BUT I WENT TO A MEETING AND IT'S NECESSARY THAT THAT WE HAVE MORE INPUT TO THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE FROM, FROM YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND ALL THIS, THE CODES OF SUBDIVISIONS. AND AND I KNOW WHY YOU'RE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, REDUCING LOT SIZES AND TRYING TO FIND A STRATEGY TO GET OVER THE HUMP OF WHAT JUST PASSED IN. AND THE ARGUMENTS YOU HAD ON WILSON ROAD AND NOT WILSON, BUT MORRIS ROAD AND STUFF. BUT AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, DO THAT FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS TOO, INSTEAD OF 6000FT■!S, WE'RE PAYING A HEAVY PRICE ON APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND PROPERTY TAXES, REDUCE IT TO 5000. IT'S 50 BY 100. THAT'S ENOUGH TO PUT A NICE AFFORDABLE HOME. SO PLEASE, THAT'S BASICALLY I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER SECTION WAS WHAT MAN WELL DO I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP. OH, YOU CAN STAY RIGHT THERE THOUGH. JUST JUST STAY RIGHT THERE. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NINE C, HAVING NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO.

CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS UNDER SECTION 311.011 E 311.003 C AND 311003 D OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ONE INCORPORATE THE ADDENDUM TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND CAMERON. EXCUSE ME. CAMERON COUNTY, WHICH EXTENDS CAMERON

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COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2035 AND BEGINNING WITH TAX YEAR 2028, REDUCES CAMERON COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO 50% OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PORTION OF ITS TAX RATE. NUMBER TWO UPDATE THE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE ZONE AND THREE ADD ELIGIBLE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING STORM DRAINAGE, WATER AND SEWER, ROADWAY, LANDSCAPE TRAIL AND PARK, PUBLIC PARKING, AND PUBLIC LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, INCREASING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF THE ZONE BY APPROXIMATELY 15,836,882. THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I DO

[Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance on First Reading for a request to amend the previously approved Planned Development ("PD") District to allow a mixed-use development (commercial and multi-family) for properties bearing a legal description of 30.52- acre tract of land, more or less, out of Block 182, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Concepci6n De Carricitos Grant, located north-east of Camelot Drive and Victoria Lane.]

HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP, AND WE HAVE MR. MARTINEZ FOR THE RECORD. YES. DAISY MARTINEZ, 1806. HAVERFORD. I'M A MASTER PLANNER AND DONE AND BEEN A LITTLE CEO IN HARLINGEN, THE BUILDING, BORDER PATROL AND I AND S AND AIR CARGO AND LAREDO ALL THE WAY TO MEDICAL FACILITIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY, ETC. AND IN MY. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AND I THOUGHT AND ALWAYS INVOLVED COMING BACK AND INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHEREVER WE COMMUNE, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. WE'RE THE NEW MIGRANTS. SO THIS IS BASICALLY DRAWN UP BY OUR COUNTY AND OUR.

AND THE EDC STAFF WENT TO THEM. ACCORDING TO THIS. SIGNED BY THE JUDGE FIRST BEFORE THEY CAME HERE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HARLINGEN EDC WORKS FOR, BUT I KNOW IT'S OUR SALES TAX AND, AND THE I WENT TO THAT MEETING OF THE BOARD. THE TOURIST BOARD. THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT 15 MINUTES BEFORE ABOUT THIS BEING CHANNELED AROUND, AND I SAW

[Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading to make an amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Harlingen, Texas, following a public hearing; approving and/or ratifying the Addendum to the lnterlocal Agreement between the City of Harlingen and Cameron County; making findings, including a finding of feasibility; finding compliance with the Open Meetings Act; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.]

THAT THE CHAIRMAN WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONER. LOPEZ, YOU WORK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. YOU YOU WORK RIGHT BY THERE. YOU ALL CREATE THESE TYPE OF THINGS.

MY MISSION AS A VOLUNTEER AND ADVOCATE FOR GROWTH, PROPER GROWTH, IS THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT WE NEEDED. WE NEEDED TO DO. FINISH WAILING ROAD AND HILL ROAD AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED WITH THE TOURIST MONIES AND GO NORTH. I KNOW GABRIEL VERY CLEARLY TOLD THEM THIS IS NOT FUNDING, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF FUNDING OF GOING AROUND THIS THING. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW MR. REYES HERE. HE WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. I SAID I WAS GOING TO TELL HIM THAT HE LEFT YOU.

YOU MADE A DECISION AND NO INFORMATION AND NO HISTORY OF WHAT? REAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT, LONG TERM PLANNING IS. ANNA SAYS AND SAYS, AND PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THAT HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO DO THE OTHER AND TO EXPAND THIS SHOULD. I THOUGHT THIS WAS COMING IN AS A DEVELOPMENT OF WELDON ROAD NORTH ALL THE WAY TO HEINZ FOR 50 MILLION. BUT THE CHURCH DOESN'T HAVE THAT MONEY, BUT IT NEEDS IT TO HAVE THE CIRCULATION ALL THE WAY TO 509. I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR HALF A CENTURY. I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND WE DID DO SOME GOOD THINGS 19 YEARS AGO. AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM. NOT THIS. THIS IS BASICALLY COMING AND ROBBING THE BANK. AND THE FIRST STEP, WHICH IS CHURCH TWO.

I'M SORRY. MR. I AGREE WITH YOU ON SOME THINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS MATERIALIZED, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY TAKING. AND WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON WAYLAND ROAD NORTH TO 77, ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WHICH YOU SEE HERE, YOU SEE MRA. I KNOW HOW IT WORKS, APPARENTLY. AND HE TRAVELED ON. THE TRUTH ISN'T AIN'T NO TAKING THE MONEY, BUT IT'S REALLY GETTING THE MASK ON IT TO ROB THE BANK. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL GET YOUR PLANNING STUFF TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU DON'T. YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE JUST COMING TO TOWN BEING ENGINEERS. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB IN DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW? AND I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB, BUT THIS ONE, OUR HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS A IS A REGIONAL MONEY MAKER FOR A LOT OF WAGES BEING PAID NOT TO THE LITTLE PARTICULAR AREA. AND IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SALES TAX OF THE FOUR B TO FUND THAT PROJECT, NOT THE TOURS.

THE TOURS IS TO DO COLLECTOR ROADS AND DEVELOP THE DISTRICT PROPER ALL THE WAY TO 509 AND HAVE CIRCULATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. THIS TIME

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WE'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. HAVING NO ONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM.

MOVING ON, WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON E. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PASSING ON E. MOVING ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS ITEM TEN, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A REQUEST TO RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, ETJ. CONSISTING OF THE SOUTH FIVE ACRES COMPRISED OF TWO TRACKS, TRACK ONE BEING 3.51 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTH, FIVE ACRES OUT OF BLOCK EIGHT S, A THOMPSON SUBDIVISION AND TRACK TWO BEING 1.49 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTH. FIVE ACRES OUT OF BLOCK 8SA THOMPSON SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THOMPSON ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2408FT NORTH OF RYAN ROAD. MARK.

IF YOU COULD READ THE CAPTION, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN PROVIDING FOR THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION CONSISTING OF TWO TRACKS TRACT ONE BEING 3.51 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTH, FIVE ACRES OUT OF LOT BLOCK EIGHT S, A THOMPSON SUBDIVISION AND TRACK TWO BEING A 1.49 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTH. FIVE ACRE TRACT, FIVE ACRES OUT OF BLOCK EIGHT S, A THOMPSON SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THOMPSON ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2.408FT NORTH OF RYAN ROAD, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING AND THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026, AND WE TOOK IT OFF THE TABLE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN? MARK, WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT. DO I NEED TO TAKE UP THIS TABLE ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION BY GOMEZ. SECOND. SECOND BY MORALES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ANNA'S HERE. I THINK WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE REQUESTS. IS THERE A MOTION? MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, SIR.

MR. WHY WOULD SOMEBODY DO THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST, IN MY EXPERIENCE. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ETJ RELEASE? SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH ONE I BELIEVE THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR. IT'S A NEW IT'S BASICALLY AN ALLOWANCE THAT THE STATE IS NOW GRANTING DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO RELEASE ANY OF THE AREA THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ. THE ETJ IS ESTABLISHED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PLAN HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T SUPPORT THIS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S NOT THERE'S LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT IT. OKAY. AND SO THE REASON TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'M SORRY, IS THEY'RE TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND OUR REGULATIONS. SO THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO GO ONLY THROUGH THE CAMERON COUNTY SUBDIVISION PROCESS. OKAY. AND THE CAMERON COUNTY LAWS ARE.

LESS STRINGENT IN HARLINGEN. YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S HOW COLONIAS ARE BORN. YES. AND LEGALLY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THIS. THIS THE STATE HAS NO. THAT'S CORRECT. THE STATE HAS RULED ON THIS THAT THIS IS REQUIRED. RIGHT. OKAY. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANNA, CAN I GET A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION. MOTION BY PEREZ. SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR REZONING REQUEST FROM GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH SMALLER LOT SIZES. FOR A 37.803 ACRES OF OUT OF LOTS ONE, TWO, SEVEN AND EIGHT BLOCK 145 SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION IN CONCEPCION DE CASITAS GRANT.

LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST TREASURE HILLS BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 872.41FT WEST OF FM 509 MARK. IF YOU COULD READ THE CAPTION, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN. REZONING FROM GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH A SMALLER LOT SIZES FOR 37.83 ACRES OUT OF LOTS ONE, TWO, SEVEN AND EIGHT BLOCK 145 SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION AND CONCEPCION DE CASITAS GRANT. LOCATED IN THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST TREASURE HILLS BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 872.41FT WEST OF FM 509, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING MOTION TO APPROVE. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER MESMER. OKAY. QUESTIONS? WHAT IS OUR MINIMUM SIZE LOT IN HARLINGEN? 6000FT■!S. OKAY. AND THEIR PROPOSED MINIMUM SIZE LOTS. SO IT'S A IT'S AN AVERAGE. SO ESSENTIALLY 41 OUT OF 46 OUT OF THE 151 LOTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WILL BE A LITTLE UNDER THE 6000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM. HOW MUCH IS A LITTLE UNDER HOW

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MUCH IS THE LITTLE? I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT COUNT FOR EACH OF THE 46 LOTS. ALL I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS BELOW THE 6000. OKAY. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE FIRM? YES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MARIO ARENA WITH MELON. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. YES. SO WHAT IS YOUR MINIMUM SIZE? LOTS. SO OUR SIZES RANGE FROM ABOUT 13,000 TO ABOUT 4990. THE AVERAGE SIZE FOR THIS COVID DESIGN IS 7400 AND AVERAGES ARE MADE FROM EXTREMES. I THROW AVERAGES OUT.

WHAT IS YOUR MINIMUM SIZE? LOTS. 49. 90. 49. 9949, 4999FT AND OUR MINIMUM IS 6000. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. HOLD UP. MAY I, COMMISSIONER MORALES? GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MARIO? I GUESS MARIO. I YOU AND I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE THE WE SPOKE IN REFERENCE TO THE. EXCUSE ME. THE GOD MAN. I, I WENT BLANK HERE. THE SETBACKS. YES, SIR. AND I DID FIND THE LETTER. I UNDERSTOOD IT AND I DID TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD THE QUESTION. AND MY QUESTION NOW IS, WILL THERE BE FIREWALLS ON THESE SMALLER LOTS. SO THE MINIMUM SETBACK WILL BE FIVE AND FIVE. SO WE'LL MEET. FIRE CODE WILL BE TEN FEET SEPARATION BETWEEN BUILDINGS.

AND AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE DOING A LINEAR STREET, YOU'RE TEN FEET ON YOUR WHOLE WALL. WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE CURVED STREETS, YOU'RE TEN FEET JUST AT THE CORNERS. BUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO, WE WILL MEET FIRE CODE AT THE 10% TEN FEET SEPARATION. YOU WILL NOT BE DOING FIREWALLS ON SOME OF THESE. NO, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR NO, ANNA. GOING JUST. MR. MARTINEZ HAS STEPPED OUT. BUT IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THE. THE LOT SIZE. I THINK ALL THE NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE LIKE AT 5000 HARLINGEN'S AT 6000. AND I'D LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. JUST JUST MY OPINION. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYONE ELSE, BUT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE WITH THE NEED OF HOUSING IN HARLINGEN, THE COST OF HOUSING TAXES THAT FOLKS HAVE TO PAY, AND IF THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO TO REVISIT THAT, THEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOU AS A PLANNER, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND ALSO OUR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AND WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON IN THAT REGARD. YEAH. SO I'M DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I WORKED IN BROWNSVILLE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO PREVIOUSLY. AND SO THE STANDARD IS 5000. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR A, AN ADEQUATE HOME.

YEAH. AND SO I THINK THE FACT THAT HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN 6000 HERE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S THAT 5000 WILL BE A LOT SMALLER THAN THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO AS FAR AS LIKE THE FINAL PRODUCT, AND SO I KNOW, I THINK IT'S MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE THAT HAVE 5000 AS THE MINIMUM. SO I THINK IT WILL MAKE SENSE FOR US TO MAYBE GIVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE CONTINUE HAVING THESE TYPE OF REQUESTS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID WANTED TO ADD, AND NOT JUST IN SUPPORT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WE DO HAVE TO WE HAVE QUITE OF A LOFTY GOAL SET BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO WE DO NEED TO ADD BASICALLY BY 2035, WE NEED TO ADD ABOUT 3900 NEW HOMES OR HOUSING. AND SO EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT COMING IN LIKE THIS ONE, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF REACH THAT GOAL. SO BASICALLY, ON AVERAGE, WE NEED TO BE ADDING BETWEEN 300 300 TO 400 HOMES OR, YOU KNOW, HOUSING OF SOME TYPE MULTIFAMILY TOWN TOWNHOUSES. AND SO IF WE GET VERY PICKY TO THAT EXTREME EXTREME THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE 5000, LET'S SAY IN THIS CASE, SQUARE FOOTAGE, I MEAN, I THINK WE ARE BEING A HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO SCALE BACK ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN AS A COMMISSION IN TERMS OF GREEN SPACE AND PARKING AND ALL THE STUFF THAT THAT ARE NEEDED FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. BUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE

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FUTURE AND OUR PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THAT HIGH EXPECTATION FOR THE CITY, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT. AND I THINK PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THE STATE WILL COME IN AND STEP IN AND MAKE THAT DECISION FOR US IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. BUT UNTIL THEN, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIMITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY IF WE CAN. MR. YEAH. YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AS IF THEY PREVENT SOMEONE FROM OWNING A HOME. THEY DON'T. INTEREST RATES ARE AT 24 YEAR HIGHS. MORTGAGES ARE AT 7%. THAT'S WHAT HINDERS BUYING HOMES, BECAUSE THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WILL BE MASSIVE.

I'M SORRY, I KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER SAID IT TO YOU ON IT, BUT LIKE A YEAR AGO, I READ AN ARTICLE IN TEXAS MONTHLY THAT I THINK CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE HAVING THIS EXACT CONVERSATION. AT ONE POINT, MY PARENTS ARE GETTING OLDER, LIKE TO HAVE A MOTHER IN LAW'S QUARTERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I REMEMBER SHARING IT WITH THE THEN I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL THE PNC CHAIRMAN, BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, I'LL TRY TO FIND THAT ARTICLE, SEND IT TO EVERYONE SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT. DIFFERENT CITIES AND HOW THEY'RE APPROACHING THIS AND GET SOME PERSPECTIVE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND WE CAN DECIDE THEN HOW WE PROCEED FORWARD. BUT I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. WE SHOULD ALREADY START LOOKING AT THIS IF THOSE ARE OUR GOALS. BUT REMEMBER, THEY ALL HAVE TO PLANT TREES WHEN WE HAVE NEW HOUSES, PLANT TREES, DRAINAGE, PARKING. WE'VE GOT A

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SLEW OF THINGS, RIGHT? BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THOSE OTHER

[Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the City of Harlingen Code of Ordinances Master Fee Schedule Chapter 18, by adding Fire Prevention Bureau Fees for Fire Prevention services for the buildings department permit and inspection.]

VARIABLES. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMON SENSE TELLS US SMALLER IS GOING TO COST LESS MONEY. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MARKET FOR IT HERE. SO. OH, THERE, THERE DEFINITELY IS. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESIDENTS, NOT HARLINGEN RESIDENTS, BUT RESIDENTS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD THAT ARE LOOKING FOR CONVENIENCE AND INVESTMENT PROPERTIES TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE TEMPORARILY AND THEN FLIP THAT AND OR, YOU KNOW, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO STAY POTENTIALLY ANYHOW, THAT IT JUST IF YOU CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT AND THEN BRIEF US. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANNA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY LOPEZ, A SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO JUST HOP ON OVER TO J. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE

[Item 10h - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on second and final reading amending the Harlingen Code of ordinances Chapter 18 Master fee schedule to provide a 20% discount on green fees and golf cart fees at the Tony Butler Golf Course for City employees, veterans, and Harlingen teachers]

ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS. WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026, SEE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PAIN AGENT, REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT RELATING TO SUCH BONDS AND PLEDGING THE REVENUES OF THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. MARK ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS. WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026CCDWRF AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PAYMENT AGENT, REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT RELATING TO SUCH BONDS AND PLEDGING THE REVENUE OF THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. OKAY. IS THERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL START WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER MESMER. AND THESE ARE 30 YEARS. OH, NO.

EXCUSE ME. FIRST, I MUST DISCLOSE TO YOU THAT I AM SECURITIES LICENSE. AND I TRADE NOT ONLY IN THE STOCK MARKET, BUT THE BOND MARKET. ARE THESE 30 YEAR BONDS. HONORABLE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS. MISTER GONZALEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU.

MY NAME IS ANNE BERGER ENTREKIN WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, AND WE SERVE AS YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, COMMISSIONER MESMER. YES. THESE ARE ACTUALLY 31 YEAR BONDS. PRIOR TO THE MEETING, I PUT A PRESENTATION AT EACH OF YOUR PLACES AT THE DAIS. WE ALSO YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE, SENT A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT IF IF IT'S LOADED, WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT IT. BUT IF NOT, YOU HAVE A HARD COPY IN FRONT OF YOU. OKAY. AND CALLABLE FEATURES. YES, SIR.

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THESE BONDS ARE CALLABLE A TEN YEAR PAR CALL, MEANING YOU CAN YOU CAN PAY THEM OFF AT TEN YEARS WITH NO PENALTY WHATSOEVER. IT'S THE SOLE DISCRETION AND THE INTEREST RATE. YES, SIR. SO JUST VERY QUICKLY. THESE ARE THIS IS A PARTICULAR BOND ISSUE WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. IF YOU CAN TURN TO PAGE THREE. YES, SIR. THESE ARE WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, PART OF THEIR CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM RELATED TO

[Item 10i - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending the Harlingen Code of Ordinances city policies governing the rental and reservation of the Tony Butler Golf Course Conference Room, to limit reservations to no more than forty-five (45) days in advance of an event, in order to prioritize conference room availability for tournaments and related events.]

THE CLEAN WATER ACT. THESE ARE FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS. THEY ARE. THEY RECEIVE A FUNDING SUBSIDY FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. ESSENTIALLY, THEY PROJECT WHAT YOUR INTEREST RATE WOULD BE, AND YOUR INTEREST COST IS ONLY 60% OF THAT. YOU ARE SUBSIDIZED A RATE OF 40%. SO ON PAGE THREE, WE SHOW THE TRUE INTEREST COST IS A 3.1859. AND IT'S ACTUALLY A 31 YEAR MATURITY. OKAY. AND THAT IS LOWER THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION. YES, SIR.

SIGNIFICANTLY. THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. YES, SIR. AND AND ONE OF THE THINGS, IF I MAY, IF YOU CAN, WE'LL GO QUICKLY. IF YOU TURN TO PAGE FIVE. WE COMPARED WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING TO WHAT WE PROJECT YOU COULD DO IN THE OPEN MARKET BASED ON THE

[Item 10k - Consideration and possible action to approve the preliminary construction plans and final plat with conditions of the proposed Victoria Commons Subdivision Phase II, bearing a legal description of a 30.52 acres tract of land, more or less, out of Block 182, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, located north-east of Camelot Drive and Victoria Lane. Applicant: Halff Associates c/o Development Corporation of Harlingen, inc]

RATES WE RECEIVE FROM THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. YOUR COST OF FUNDS IN THE OPEN MARKET WOULD BE ABOUT A 5.22%. SO IT'S A 203% SUBSIDY, 2.03% LESS. AND WE PROJECT THAT THAT INTEREST SUBSIDY IS SAVING THE CITY. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE RATEPAYERS HERE IN HARLINGEN, OVER $4 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THIS BOND. AND THESE ARE MUNICIPAL BONDS. AND SO FOR EVERYBODY, MUNICIPAL BONDS ARE FREE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL TAXES. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO MUNICIPAL BONDS HAVE LOWER INTEREST RATES THAN CORPORATE OR GOVERNMENT BONDS.

AND ALSO, YOU HAVE SEEN ME HERE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. IF YOU MAY IF I MAY ASK YOU TO

[Item 10l - Consideration and possible action to approve HEDC's request to apply its prior V-Line Drainage Canal contribution toward the Project Organic V-Line assessment and recognize the remaining balance for future qualifying HEDC-supported projects]

PLEASE TURN TO PAGE SIX BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM AND THE CITY EMBARKED ON A SERIES OF PROJECTS, FIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THIS IS PROJECT FIVE PAGE. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. PAGE SIX. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER, IF I CAN JUST.

I'M SO SORRY. CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THE POWERPOINT IS ON FOR THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALONG?

[Item 10m - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Office of the Governor for the Fiscal Year 2027 Operation Lone Star Grant Program.]

THEY DON'T HAVE A COPY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF THAT. THANK YOU. RON, DO YOU HAVE A COPY WITH YOU ON THE PHONE THAT YOU COULD SEND TO? DO YOU HAVE A COPY ON YOUR PHONE? YOU DO. CAN YOU GET WITH HIM TO GIVE HIM THE ADDRESS SO WE CAN GET IT UP? THANK YOU. PROCEED. AND AND WE THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THIS IS PROJECT FIVE OF THE TOTAL FIVE. AND WE WANTED TO STEP BACK AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THESE FIVE PROJECTS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE FIRST ONE WAS IN 2024. SO THE THE FULL FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS FOR ALL FIVE PROJECTS WAS 64,480,000 OF THAT AMOUNT. THE CITY AND THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM RECEIVED GRANTS OR PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS FOR 25 MILLION OF THAT. SO 25 MILLION. THERE IS NO PAYBACK AND THERE IS NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER. SO 38.8% OF ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THESE FIVE PROJECTS ARE WITH GRANT OR PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS. THE OTHER LOANS ARE ALL LOW INTEREST LOANS. AND SO WHEN WE GO BACK AND WE LOOK AT THE 39,000,004 60 THAT WERE LOW INTEREST LOANS, WE PROJECT, AND IT INCLUDES THE BOND ISSUE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, THAT YOU WILL HAVE SAVED OVER 8.1 MILLION IN INTEREST OVER THE LIFE OF ALL THOSE BOND ISSUES. IT IS THE THESE. LIKE I SAID, THERE THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM IN THE CITY TO ACCESS THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. LIKE I SAID, 25 MILLION IN GRANTS OR PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND OVER $8 MILLION IN PROJECTED INTEREST RATE SAVINGS. THESE PROGRAMS, JUST TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF IN ORDER TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED A LOT OF TIMES FOR GRANTS AND OR LOW INTEREST LOANS. THE

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APPLICATION PROCESS IS VERY EXTENSIVE. THESE FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS ARE ABOUT THIS THICK, AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF WORK ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DESCRIPTION AND PLANS AND DESIGNS FOR THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO CONSIDER THEM. THERE'S TREMENDOUS PARTS OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT ARE REQUIRED AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LEGAL GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH THE WITH WITH GETTING THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPROVAL. AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS AND THE RATEPAYERS IN HARLINGEN AND TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE WORK OF

[Item 10n - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution adopting the Harlingen Community Improvement Board's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget.]

THE STAFF AND HELPING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR THESE FIVE PROJECTS OVER THREE YEARS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY.

MOTION BY PEREZ, SECOND BY MESMER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS IN A FORMAT WHERE WE COULD ALL FULLY UNDERSTAND. AND THE HIGHLIGHTS ON HERE WERE PRETTY EXCITING. AND AND I AND I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC THAT ARE THAT ARE WATCHING, I KNOW THAT HARLINGEN WATERWORKS HAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE. AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. HARLINGEN WATERWORKS WAS A RECIPIENT OF TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. THE VERY FIRST TIME IS IN 2022, AND THEY HAVE BEEN JUST THEY

[Item 10o - Consideration and possible action to authorize the Tony Butler Golf Course Director to approve a lease agreement with Yamaha Golf Carts to lease 15 golf carts to be used at the Tony Butler Golf Course FY 2026-2027.]

WON'T LET THEIR FOOT OFF THE OFF THE OFF THE PEDAL, LIKE DANIEL LIKES TO SAY HERE IN TERMS OF OBTAINING THAT FUNDING. SO HAVING THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS EITHER FORGIVEN OR, OR GRANT FUNDED IS, IS EXCEPTIONAL. AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WAS PART OF I GET TO SIGN, WHICH IS REALLY COOL, BUT I DON'T GET TO DO ALL OF THE HARD WORK. SO THANK YOU. KUDOS TO ALL OF Y'ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO ITEM C TEN C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING FOR A REQUEST TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY FOR PROPERTIES BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 30.52 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 18278. THE LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION CONCEPCION DE GRANT, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF

[Item 10p - Consideration and possible action to approve a Facility Usage Agreement between the City of Harlingen and So-Tex Women's Athletics. ]

CAMELOT DRIVE AND VICTORIA LANE. AT THIS TIME, MARK, CAN YOU READ THE CAPTION? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SITE PLAN TO ALLOW A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY FOR PROPERTIES BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 30.52 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, MORE OR LESS AT A BLOCK. 182 SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION CONCEPTUAL GRANT, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF CAMELOT DRIVE AND VICTORIA LANE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION BY LOPEZ, SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO. CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS.

FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING APPROVING AND OR RATIFYING THE ADDENDUM TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND CAMERON COUNTY, MAKING FINDINGS, INCLUDING A FINDING OF FEASIBILITY FINDING, COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MARK, CAN YOU READ THE CAPTION, PLEASE? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO.

CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING, MAKING FINDINGS INCLUDING A FINDING OF FEASIBILITY FINDING FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER LOPEZ IS ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ORLANDO? YES, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THERE'S A THERE'S A ROADWAY ON ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. CORRECT. THERE IS A ROADWAY THAT'S SHOWING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL BECOME PUBLIC ONCE IT'S BUILT. SO IT'S A PAPER ROAD. YES. I WANT TO SAY THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE PREVIOUS ONE,

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BUT I OPPOSE THE PREVIOUS ONE. JUST TO BE, FOR THE RECORD, ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT ITEM WE'RE ON? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE INDEED. AND THE ONE THAT I OPPOSED WAS ON C.

OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ORLANDO? YES. COMMISSIONER. GOMEZ. ORLANDO.

FOR SOMEBODY. I WAS AT THE FIRST MEETING THE OTHER DAY AND I UNDERSTOOD IT. THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED BY SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND IT WAS WELL, VERY WELL EXPLAINED.

BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE HERE TODAY AND NOT TO UNDERMINE ANYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING, BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING, THERE'S QUITE A FEW WORDS HERE THAT TALK ABOUT INCREASE AND DECREASING. COULD YOU EXPLAIN IT IN VERY LAYMAN'S TERMS AND WITHOUT MUCH

[Item 10q - Consideration and possible action to approve a Facility Usage Agreement between the City of Harlingen and Harlingen Ravens Youth Sports.]

REGARD TO TO THE LENGTH OF IT, WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE? SURE. I THINK THE EASIEST THING TO SAY IS THAT I THINK THAT IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WERE TO GOOGLE PROJECT ORGANIC HARLINGEN, THEY WOULD FIND MANY LINKS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS DISCUSSED OVER TWO YEARS AGO. DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, AND THE PUBLIC WAS INFORMED THAT THIS PROJECT WAS COMING FORWARD. THIS PROJECT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR WELL BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. BASICALLY, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THAT THERE ARE A LITTLE OVER 70 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY ALONG HALE, AND IT CARRIED DRIVE THAT ARE SLATED TO BE DEVELOPED AS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETAIL OFFICE. AS WELL AS HOTELS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT ARE BEING TARGETED FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT DONE IN A SILO. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS A TRUE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.

THE TDC OWNS QUITE A BIT OF PROPERTY WITHIN THAT LOCATION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. WE DID ENGAGE ALAMO ARCHITECTS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND SO WE SOUGHT INPUT FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND FINALLY ARRIVED AT A PLAN TO DEVELOP THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS WITHIN TERJE. NUMBER TWO, TERJE. NUMBER TWO IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. BASICALLY SAYING THAT ANY PUBLIC REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED WITHIN THAT ZONE ABOVE AN ESTABLISHED RATE IS TO BE REINVESTED WITHIN THAT ZONE ITSELF. TO HELP INITIATE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND OR ENHANCE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HELP SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT AREA AS WELL. WE HAVE THE FIRST CATALYST PROJECT, WHICH IN FACT WILL BE HOSTING THEIR OPEN HOUSE LATER NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS GARVER ENGINEERING. WE ARE WORKING WITH ANOTHER COMPANY THAT WILL BE BUILDING A NEW, SIMILAR TYPE OF OFFICE BUILDING THAT WILL HELP ATTRACT WELL OVER 100 JOBS. WE ARE WORKING AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH A ENTERTAINMENT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, FITNESS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ACTIVELY MARKETING THEIR SITES.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL LETTERS OF INTENT FROM RETAILERS AS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. SO WE ARE BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF UPDATING THE TERJE FINANCE AND PROJECT PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS PROJECT SO THAT THEY CAN BE FINANCED BY THE TAX FREE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE TO HELP CATALYZE THE FULL DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO LET ME ASK YOU. SO IN SOME OF THESE, THE THE PARAGRAPHS THAT WE SEE, WE SEE SOME INCREASE. AT ONE POINT IT WAS SO MUCH FROM THE COUNTY AND NOW IT HAS DECREASED.

YES. SO I HAD THAT QUESTION FROM A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS AND ASKED ME, COULD YOU HELP ME EXPLAIN THAT? COULD YOU HELP THEM? BASICALLY, THE IT WAS INITIATED IN 2006. THE. IT INCLUDES PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AS WELL AS CAMERON COUNTY. NOW, THE CITY OF HARLINGEN WAS THE FIRST CITY TO INITIATE THE. THE. TERJE. THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE INVESTING INTO THE CHURCH ITSELF. AND THEN THE COUNTY WAS APPROACHED AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CONTRIBUTING THEIR REVENUE TOWARDS THIS. TERJE. I BELIEVE

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THAT THAT OCCURRED IN 2012. HOWEVER, THEY ONLY AGREED TO PARTICIPATE UP TO 2027. SO THEY.

THEIR LAST PARTICIPATION YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS COMING YEAR, AND THEN THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK, TO HELP PAY FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS NEEDED. WE APPROACHED THE COUNTY AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER EXTENDING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE TERJE ITSELF. THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO SO AND HAVE AGREED TO EXTEND THEIR PARTICIPATION UP TO 2035, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER, THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR POLICIES SINCE THEY WERE FIRST ASKED ON HOW THEY PARTICIPATE IN CHURCHES. SO AS A RESULT OF THEM EXTENDING THEIR PARTICIPATION TO 2035, THEY'VE DECREASED THEIR PARTICIPATION TO 50%, WHICH BEFORE WAS THAT 100%? THAT IS CORRECT. YES. OKAY. DO YOU IN THAT BOARD, BECAUSE WE WERE THERE AND SOMEBODY HAS MENTIONED IT TODAY. DO WE SEE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE CHAIR BEING FROM THE COUNTY OR COUNTY COMMISSIONER? NOT AT ALL. I MEAN, HE HAS NO FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. OKAY. THAT I KNOW OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS, AND I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO DO IS BE

[Item 10r - Consideration and possible action to award RFQ No. 2026-11 , Professional Engineering Services for the Treasure Hills Boulevard Storm Sewer Improvements (SYS #008 & SYS #018) and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Professional Services Agreement with the highest-ranked qualified firm.]

TRANSPARENT AND ASK YOU WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU CLEARING THAT UP. OKAY. ORLANDO COMMISSIONER SAID BRIEF AND YOU WEREN'T SORRY TO HIM.

VERY, VERY, BUT VERY IMPORTANT. SO JUST ONE OTHER KIND OF A FUNDAMENTAL TYPE OF QUESTION FOR THOSE THAT ARE STILL KIND OF TUNING IN BECAUSE IT IS A BIG TICKET ITEM. WHEN WE SAY PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY, THEY WERE AT 100% IN 2012. AND WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED AND THAT PARTICIPATION DIDN'T REALLY THAT MONEY THAT WAS BEING CONTRIBUTED DIDN'T REALLY GO TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT. AND SO NOW HERE WE ARE. WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A TOURS. WHAT WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM? WHEN WE SAY PARTICIPATION AND WE SAY THAT THEY'RE REDUCING FROM 100% TO 50%. WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM? FROM THE COUNTY. AND HOW DOES THAT GET REINVESTED BACK INTO THAT SPECIFIC AREA? BASICALLY, WHEN A CHURCH IS ESTABLISHED, YOU ESTABLISH A BASE. YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT'S BEING CREATED. RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A CHURCH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE INVESTMENT THAT IS DONE WITHIN THAT ZONE ITSELF. AND SO ANY INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX THAT IS GENERATED BY THE CITY AS WELL AS THE COUNTY IS REINVESTED WITHIN THAT ZONE ITSELF. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT PARTICIPATION, I TALK ABOUT THE CITY AS WELL AS THE COUNTY REINVESTING THAT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INTO THE ZONE TO HELP PAY FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS. SO AS PROPERTY OWNERS AND PAYING PROPERTY TAX FOR THESE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE ZONE, YOU PAY CITY TAX, YOU PAY COUNTY TAX, AND THAT PORTION GETS PUT BACK INTO THIS SPECIFIC CHURCH.

SO THAT WAY IT COULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPED AND HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PAY IS FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. CORRECT. ITEMS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE PUBLIC IN THE EDC IS A PARTNER IN IN THIS ENDEAVOR AS WELL AS PROPERTY OWNERS. WHEN YOU SAID PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MEANS THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS, PRIVATE OWNERS THAT WORKING TOGETHER FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS ENTIRE AREA. THAT IS CORRECT. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE AT HOME AND THAT MAYBE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT PROJECT ORGANIC, CAN YOU GIVE A SPECIFIC LOCATION OF WHERE THAT'S AT? SURE. THIS IS THE AREA THAT'S LOCATED AT HALE AND ED CAREY DRIVE. AS YOU'RE DRIVING FROM THE EXPRESSWAY TO THE AIRPORT, YOU SEE WELL OVER 70 ACRES THAT ARE LOCATED AT THAT CORNER BEHIND, AS WELL AS BEHIND THE IHOP, GOING ALL THE WAY TO CAMELOT AND THEN PAST CAMELOT ITSELF. THAT PROPERTY HAS NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. IT'S A PRIME PROPERTY WITHIN THE HEALTH DISTRICT, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT IT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET THAT WILL HELP ENHANCE THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT WILL HELP THEM WITH THE ATTRACTION OF NURSES AND DOCTORS TO THAT AREA, PROVIDE VISITORS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES WITH MORE EATERY OPTIONS AND RETAIL OPTIONS AS

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WELL. AND WE WOULD HAVE LOVED 100% FROM THE COUNTY, AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR POLICY LIKE A BLANKET, 50% PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS SUCH AS THESE. YES. WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THEIR TERMS TO ALIGN WITH THE CITIES TO 2035. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT SUMS SUMS IT UP. IF THERE ARE NO. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE FOR THIS? THERE IS A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DONE. AND SO I, I DON'T RECALL IF IT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY OR NOT, BUT WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO THE CITY. CAN YOU TELL HAVE YOU SEEN IT? I'VE SKIMMED THROUGH IT. YES. AND SO IT WOULD HELP ADDRESS. IT HELPS ADDRESS THE INCREASED TRAFFIC FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT CAMELOT. HALE AND ED CAREY DRIVE AS WELL. WE'LL GET THERE. SEE, BECAUSE FROM FROM WHERE I SIT AND THAT WHOLE AREA SINCE I TRAVELED IT. OKAY. THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO TACKLE YOU THERE. OKAY, OKAY. I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT THE CITY ENGINEER DOES HAVE THAT TRAFFIC STUDY. AND SO HE DOES AS WELL. YES. YEAH. AND WHAT AND WE DO TOO, LIKE WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED THAT IN, IN THE PAST. I THINK THAT WAS LIKE A YEAR AGO. YES, POTENTIALLY. ALL I KNOW IS BECAUSE I KNOW GABE HAD SOME WE IT'S A IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN IDEA, A CONCEPTUAL, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY UNTIL IT STARTS TO DEVELOP. AND I KNOW YOU HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE'RE JUST WE'RE NOT THERE THERE YET IN TERMS OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT MAY BE BUILT. I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE THE WIDTH OF THE STREET. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, WE CAN ADDRESS AS A AS A COMMISSION. BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WE WANT WE WANT PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY. SO THAT WAY THE BURDEN ISN'T JUST ON THE CITY AND THAT THEY PARTICIPATE AND BEING ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE FOR DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE. MOST WE OWN QUITE A BIT OF PROPERTIES. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON WAS GETTING THE PROPERTIES OFF THE FLOOD PLAIN AREA. AND SO MOST OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN IS BEING DEDICATED TO A FAIRLY LARGE DETENTION POND TO HELP ADDRESS THE, THE DRAINAGE WITHIN THAT LOCATION. AND TO ORLANDO'S CREDIT, I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WAY BEFORE EVEN ORLANDO GOT HERE. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN FINALLY GET PAST THIS FINISH LINE. AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THERE. YES. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MORALES, OTHER THAN PLEASE SEND ME THE OR ROBERT ROBERTO WILL SEND ME THE COPY OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION BY MESMER. SECOND. SECOND BY GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER LOPEZ ABSTAINED FROM THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. MOVING. WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON E. OKAY. WE'RE PASSING ON E AND PASSING ON F. MOVING ON TO G. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. AMENDING THE CITY OF HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES MASTER FEE SCHEDULE CHAPTER 18 BY ADDING FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU FEES FOR FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES FOR THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT, PERMIT AND INSPECTION MARK IN ORDER OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS. AMENDING CHAPTER 18 FEES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING SECTION 18.21 FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU FEES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE DEALING WITH RELATED MATTERS. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION. SECOND BY MORALES. MISS. I'M GETTING THERE, COMMISSIONER MORALES. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CERTIFIED INSPECTORS FOR THIS DEMAND? FOR THIS DEMAND? IS IN REGARDS TO CERTIFIED INSPECTORS. AS FAR AS OUR DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN GETTING TRAINED AND CERTIFIED AS INSPECTORS. SO YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM H CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING. AMENDING THE HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER 18 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO PROVIDE A 20% DISCOUNT ON GREEN FEES AND GOLF CART FEES AT THE TONY BUTLER GOLF COURSE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, VETERANS, AND HARLINGEN TEACHERS. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON THIS. WE'RE STILL LEARNING. WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO PUT THE AGENDA ITEMS INTO THE

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AGENDA. NOW YOU ARE NOT FORGIVEN. AND THE TEACHERS, THE TEACHERS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THERE. IT'S JUST SO SUPPOSED TO BE THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND VETERANS. THAT'S WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY THERE WAS SOME CONTENTION. I THINK IT WAS IT WAS COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND I, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. YEAH. THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T WANT TEACHERS OR WE'RE ALL FOR TEACHERS. BUT THERE WAS A REASON WHY WE WENT. SO WE JUST SCRATCHING. THIS IS SECOND READING. SO FOR IT TO BE THE SAME, IT'S JUST REMOVING THE TEACHERS. YES. CORRECT.

CORRECT. BUT WE'RE ALL FOR EDUCATION. I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO'S IN EDUCATION, AND WE JUST KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT WHEN I GET HOME. WELL, WE COULD PUT THEM BACK ON. I'M.

I'M ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. YES, SIR. SO HOW DOES ONE PROVE THEY'RE A VETERAN? I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS NOT PUT ON BY ME, BUT IT WAS. I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DO HOW THEY IMPROVE. I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF FOR AN ID, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER HAVE THEIR VETERAN VETERAN BENEFITS CARD OR ON SOME LICENSES THAT YOU GET, YOU CAN ALSO. IT ALSO HAS THE DESIGNATION OF VETERAN AS WELL. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW SOME FORM OF ID. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PRIOR MEETING.

YOU SAID THEIR ID WOULD SAY THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME SHOW OF ID THAT STATED THEY WERE VETERAN. I'M SURE MOST VETERANS GO TO VETERANS HOSPITALS, SO THEY WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF A CARD TESTIFYING THAT WAY, WOULDN'T THEY? YEAH. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE IDS. AND YEAH, JUST TO TELL YOU, IF IT'S NOT FOR VETERAN, YOU CANNOT GET HEALTH CARE IF YOU MAKE OVER $50,000 A YEAR AND YOU DID NOT HAVE A BATTLE RELATED INCIDENT INJURY. OKAY. SO DO I WANT TO LEAVE VETERANS ON THERE? NO. WE'RE LEAVING. VETERANS. VETERANS NEED TO STAY. YES. WE'RE LEAVING. VETERANS. MOTION TO APPROVE. SUBJECT TO THE ORAL AMENDMENT OF REMOVING THE TEACHERS AS YOU ALL WANTED. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM I CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. AMENDING THE HARLINGEN CODE OF ORDINANCES. CITY POLICIES GOVERNING THE RENTAL AND RESERVATION OF THE TONY BUTLER GOLF COURSE CONFERENCE ROOM TO LIMIT RESERVATIONS TO MORE THAN 45 TO NO MORE THAN 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF AN EVENT. IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE CONFERENCE ROOMS, AVAILABILITY FOR TOURNAMENTS AND RELATED EVENTS. MARK AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY'S POLICIES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE RENTAL AND RESERVATION OF TONY BUTLER GOLF COURSE CONFERENCE ROOM FACILITIES, ESTABLISHING A LIMITATION THAT CONFERENCE ROOM RESERVATIONS MAY NOT BE MADE MORE THAN 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED EVENT, PROVIDING FOR PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR TOURNAMENTS AND RELATED EVENTS. PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ITEM K CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED VICTORIA COMMON SUBDIVISION. PHASE TWO, BARRING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A 30.52 ACRE TRACT OF LAND MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 182 SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION, CONCEPCION DE CASITAS GRANT, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF CAMELOT DRIVE AND VICTORIA LANE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE BY LOPEZ. SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I. I. OKAY. IT. WAS THERE A QUESTION? YES.

ALL RIGHT. IS THIS IN. THIS LAND IS INCLUDED IN PROJECT ORGANIC. YES. THIS IS EXACTLY PRODUCT ORGANIC. THIS IS JUST A PLAN. VOTE I. OKAY, SO WE VOTED ALL I CORRECT? YES. UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM L CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE H E DCS REQUEST TO APPLY ITS PRIOR V LINE DRAINAGE CANAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE PROJECT ORGANIC V LINE ASSESSMENT AND RECOGNIZE THE REMAIN REMAINING BALANCE FOR FUTURE QUALIFYING.

H E DC SUPPORTED PROJECTS. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE BY MESSMER.

SECOND BY LOPEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM M CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATION LONE STAR GRANT PROGRAM. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE TABLE? OKAY. MOTION BY MESSMER, SECOND BY GOMEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. IT IS NOW OFF THE TABLE. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH ME. BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION. YEAH. SO LAST TIME I HAD TWO ITEMS IN MY HEAD AND ONE WAS THE OPERATION STONE GARDEN. THIS IS THE OPERATION

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LONE STAR. SO THEY'RE THIS ONE'S FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. WE'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR $92,000 IN OVERTIME, 60,000 FOR A CELL BRIGHT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PHONE. IT'S A IT IT EXTRACTS INFORMATION FROM PHONES. AND WITH THAT COMES A TERMINAL, WHICH IS A ONE TERMINAL USE OF ONE TERMINAL, WHICH IS A STATIONARY COMPUTER. AND FOR AND TRAINING FOR, FOR USERS. AND THEN ALSO WE GET UPGRADED SOFTWARE FOR EVIDENCE. AND ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAD, WE GET $6,800 FOR THREE THERMAL MONOCULARS, WHICH IS NIGHT VISION TYPE OF BINOCULARS. AND JUST FOR INFORMATION, LAST YEAR WITH THIS GRANT, WE SEIZED 168 POUNDS OF NARCOTICS, $66,000 AND THREE VEHICLES. OKAY, SO LAST TIME, JUST SO THAT WAY I CAN JUST SPEAK IN LAYMAN'S TERMS AND PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, GIVEN THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WORKING WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS FUNDS DOES NOT MEAN THAT HPD HAS TO WORK ON ICE OPERATIONS.

NO. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, A GREAT DEAL OF THIS MONEY WAS USED FOR IN-HOUSE, WELL, NOT IN-HOUSE, BUT IN CITY SEARCH WARRANTS. AND, AND WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE INSIDE THE CITY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? IS THERE ANY MATCHING ON THIS OR JUST A REAL. NO. YEAH. THEY JUST IT'S STRAIGHT OUT GIVEN OUT TO US LIKE THOSE.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. BY COMMENTS. SECOND.

SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, CHIEF ITEM AND CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BOARD'S FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET. IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MAY I SEE? MAY YOU SEE WHAT? THE PRESENTATION. SURE. IT'S IN THE PACKET. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THERE'S NO PRESENTATION. BUT WE DID MEET. THE BOARD MET ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH AT HERE AT TOWN HALL. AND THEY APPROVED THE THE BUDGET WITH A TOTAL REVENUES OF 2 MILLION 545 AND TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 6,000,365 023 AND EXHIBIT A LIST OUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. YEAH, I KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO FOR HIM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY LOPEZ. SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. OH! CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE TONY BUTLER GOLF COURSE DIRECTOR TO APPROVE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH YAMAHA GOLF COURSE CARTS TO LEASE 15 GOLF CARTS TO BE USED AT THE TONY BUTLER GOLF COURSE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MESMER. SO WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THIS. WELL, I HAVE NOT SEEN OUR FINAL NUMBERS FROM FROM THIS YEAR. BUT LAST YEAR WE WENT OVER A MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME. OKAY. THIS YEAR WE WENT OVER $1.6 MILLION. SO THERE'S $600,000 MORE THAN WE DID LAST. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY GO TO THE GOLF COURSE. WE SHOULD BE. AND THESE ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY. I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO BE RENTED THREE AND A HALF TIMES A DAY. SO JEFF WAS SMART. HE PUT THAT LINE IN THERE AND THAT'S WHAT GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FROM ME. SO THANK YOU JEFF. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE GOT A MOTION BY LOPEZ.

YES. IS THAT RIGHT. AND A SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM P CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FACILITY USAGE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND SOUTH TEXAS WOMEN'S ATHLETICS. THIS IS, I THINK, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT NEW. I WAS, YES. SO DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSION. SO SO TEXAS WOMEN'S ATHLETICS HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO US. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS CONTRACT IS THEY DON'T NEED A PRACTICE FACILITY. THEY HAVE A PRACTICE FACILITY AT FAITH PLEASES GOD CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEKDAY. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED WAS A FACILITY FOR THEIR GAMES. STRICTLY THE GAME. SO WHAT THEY DO IS IT'S ALL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TACKLE, ALL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL FLAG. THEY ALSO HAVE A ALL WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND

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THERE'S OTHER SPORTS. THAT'S ALL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. SO. SO IN THIS CONTRACT IT'S FOR USAGE OF VICTOR PARK FIELD WON ON SUNDAY. MOTION TO APPROVE A QUESTION. MY MY USUAL AND OFT REPEATED QUESTION. THEY HAVE TAX ID NUMBERS. AND YOU CHECKED OUT THE NINE 90S. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, COMMISSIONER THIS IS DID YOU SAY TACKLE AS WELL? YES. SO ALL THE ALL THE TEAMS ARE FROM HARLINGEN. IT'S TACKLE AND FLAG. SO THEY WOULD BE HAVING A TACKLE FOOTBALL GAME FOLLOWED BY A FLAG FOOTBALL GAME. SO I CAN TALK ABOUT P AND Q TOGETHER. THAT'S OKAY IF THAT'S OKAY MAYOR. YOU WANT TO IT LINE BY LINE. IT'S THE SAME QUESTION. OKAY, SO HAVE ANY OF THESE LEAGUES BEEN ELSEWHERE IN ANOTHER CITY BY ANY REASON WHERE THEY LIKE LEFT FOR? SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN WE MET WITH DIANA, THIS IS HARLINGEN. SO SHE'S SHE'S BEEN IN HARLINGEN TRYING TO FIND PLACES TO PRACTICE. OKAY. WHEN WE GO TO THE HARLINGEN RAVENS YOUTH SPORTS, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND AND TALKING TO OUR ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR WITH LUPE WAS THEY WERE ONCE PART OF A PRIOR EXISTING LEAGUE KNOWN AS HARLINGEN CARDINALS, BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER AN ORGANIZATION. FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, THEY BRANCHED OFF AND STARTED THEIR OWN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAME LIKE THEIR OWN TEAM, WITH THE SAME ASSOCIATION. SO IT'S RAN BY A DIFFERENT CLUB, DIFFERENT OWNER, DIFFERENT. WELL, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SINCE WE'RE GOING TO. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ISSUE IS WITH THE SECOND ONE WITH THE Q I THINK SO, I THINK SO, YEAH, LET'S GO WITH THEM FIRST, BECAUSE I KNOW WE MET WITH P AND THESE LADIES, THEY TAKE IT LINE BY LINE THEN. YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. YEAH. AND THEY'RE PRACTICING OVER AT FAITH. OKAY. AND SO I MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. SO MOTION TO APPROVE ON P. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND, SECOND BY PEREZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. NOW. Q CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARLINGEN AND HARLINGEN RAVENS YOUTH GROUP. OKAY, COMMISSIONER. SO HARLINGEN RAVENS, YOU MENTIONED THEY WERE A PART OF HARLINGEN CARDINALS. FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, THEY USED TO BE PART OF HARLINGEN CARDINALS. HAVE THEY EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM AN AREA THAT YOU KNOW OF NEGATIVE FOR NEGATIVE REASONS? MR. CHRIS PEREZ HIMSELF, NO. AND THEIR ASSOCIATION? NO. WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS JUST LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PRACTICE AND PLAY THEIR GAMES. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ROOM THAT WE HAVE, WE BASICALLY STACK THEM TOGETHER WITH WHAT USED TO BE LAST YEAR WITH TYFA, WHO WAS AT WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. SO IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON FIELD TWO. TYFA WILL BE ON FIELD ONE, AND THEY'LL PRETTY MUCH CO-EXIST. WHAT? I REMEMBER HAVING A MEETING WITH YOU, MR. MANDELA, AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT AND YOU WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL NEW ATHLETIC TACKLE FOOTBALL AND NOT NECESSARILY THE WOMEN'S. AND NOT THAT THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT I REMEMBER YOU STATING WHEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND PARKS DIRECTOR, EXCUSE ME, AND YOU STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY MORE TACKLE FOOTBALL, DID THAT CHANGE? AND IF SO, WHY, I DON'T RECALL. EXCUSE ME THERE, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T RECALL MAKING THAT THAT STATEMENT ONLY BECAUSE TYFA IS TACKLE FOOTBALL.

THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN TACKLE FOOTBALL, BUT THEY WERE ALREADY ENROLLED. YEAH THEY WERE ALREADY ENROLLED. AND THIS IS NEW. AND SO WHAT WE WHAT WE'VE COME ACROSS IS THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. MEET HERE, MEET THERE. THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER NEW FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION THAT IS NOW HERE. WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO FACILITATE THAT LEAGUE.

SO THEN YOU TAKE THEM ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. AND BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY JUST CAME OUT AND STARTED LOOKING FOR IT. SO, YOU KNOW IT REALLY JUST CAME OUT LAST WEEK, LAST MINUTE. WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT APPROVED BY THE BOARD. WE ALREADY HAD THESE CONTRACTS MADE. SO. SO TO ANSWER MY QUESTION, DO YOU TAKE THEM ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. NO, WE WE LOOK AT ONE THE EXISTING CONTRACT. THEIR STATUS IS IF THERE'S BEEN NO ISSUES, THE CITY GET PROPOSED FOR RENEWAL. AND THEN THESE ARE BASICALLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COME

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TO US LOOKING FOR SPACE CONSTANTLY. I MEAN, THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR IT.

THEY'RE ADVOCATING IT BASED ON OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. GONZALEZ LOOP. IF IT'S ANYBODY ELSE, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THE HARLINGEN RAVENS THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT I'M AWARE OF? NO. OKAY. THAT'S WHY I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M I'M SORRY. I'M WITH TYPEKIT. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS SAYING. OKAY. SO ONE ONE SECOND.

THIS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL. I JUST DID YOU NEED THEM TO BE OR I'M I'M CONFUSED IS IF THESE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENT THIS TEAM. NO. HE BELIEVES HE REPRESENTS TYFA, WHO IS ON FIELD ONE AT THE WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX. BUT DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS TEAM? NO. OKAY. AND THIS GENTLEMAN, ANYTHING WITH THIS TEAM. I WENT TO THE RAVENS. I'M CHRISTOPHER PEREZ. OKAY.

YOU'RE OKAY. SO DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NO, NO, I GOT MY ANSWER, SIR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, BUT NO, I GOT MY ANSWERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. JUST. WE CAN'T. IT'S. WE WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER IF WE ASKED YOU TO TO COME UP. UNLESS IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM, AND IT DOESN'T. IS THAT CORRECT? IT DOES BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE SAME FIELD. SO OKAY, WE'RE TRYING TO BE ON TOP OF THE SAME LOCATION WE'RE AT. WE HAVE OKAY, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AFTER OR IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH MR. GARCIA, IF YOU WANT TO CHAT WITH HIM AND SEE, AND WE CAN PROBABLY PUT ON ANOTHER ANOTHER MEETING IF NEEDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO, I GOT MY ANSWERS. ALL RIGHT. MORALES. YES. YOU MENTIONED THAT BASICALLY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HARLINGEN CARDINALS FOOTBALL TEAM FROM PRIOR. OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. WE ALREADY WE'RE GOING TO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYTHING ON MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, GIVE ME A SECOND, PLEASE. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. DEFINITELY. HE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THE HARLINGEN HARLINGEN CARDINALS TEAM MOVED AWAY OR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RAVENS YOUTH FOOTBALL CAME IN. OKAY, WELL THEN YOU CAN BRING THAT ON ANOTHER IF YOU WANT TO SIGN FOR THAT AND PUT IT ON AN AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE HERE FOR THE RAVENS. THEY'RE HERE. WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION. WE HAD MULTIPLE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. AND WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND WE GOT A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MR. MR. GARCIA, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, NUMBER R CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD RFQ NUMBER 2026-11. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE TREASURE HILLS BOULEVARD STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST RANKED QUALIFIED FIRM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AND TO APPOINT CSC BECAUSE THEY ARE THE HIGHEST RANKED FIRM. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND I'LL GET TO YOU, BUT CAN I GET A SECOND? AND THEN WE'LL GET THE SECOND. SECOND BY MESMER. OKAY, COMMISSIONER PETTIS, AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE RANKINGS. YES, SIR. I NOTICED THERE'S LIKE A BIG TIME DISPARITY BETWEEN YOU, YOU, NADIA AND ANNA. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LITTLE BIT. I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE ALMOST 20 POINTS IN SOME OF THEM. SO I WAS WONDERING WHY. AND I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEE THE SAME FIRMS ALL THE TIME, CSC, COB, THEY'RE ALWAYS THE SAME ONES.

AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY. AND ALSO, ARE ALL OF THESE DO DO THEY ALL HAVE DRAINAGE PROJECTS HERE? LIKE, ARE THEY ACTIVELY DOING DRAINAGE PROJECTS ALREADY HERE IN THE VALLEY, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE OR WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY, WE DID RECEIVE 11 PROPOSALS FROM DIFFERENT FIRMS, EVEN SOME THAT ARE NOT LOCAL, FOR EXAMPLE, COLLIERS ENGINEERING, THAT ONE WAS NOT FROM HERE. THE OTHER TEN HAVE A LOCAL PRESENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, GARVER HAVE THEIR OFFICE LITERALLY IN HARLINGEN. IF TED WAS ALSO HERE LOCAL THE WAY HE WAS RANKED IT HEAVILY, ALL OF THIS. 11 FIRMS ARE ABLE TO DO THE PLANT PRODUCTION. SOMETHING THAT WE WEIGHTED

[03:10:01]

HEAVILY IS ON THE HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODEL. SO IF THE TEAM HAD, LET'S SAY, VERY EXPERIENCED PEOPLE THAT HAD PROOF DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THEY'VE WORKED WITH FEDERAL PROJECTS AND ENSURED THAT THEY MET APPROPRIATE TIMELINES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BENEFIT COST BENEFIT, COST ANALYSIS, PROOF THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE EFFICIENT AND MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT. I DID HAVE A REGROUP MEETING. WE DISCUSSED DIFFERENT FIRMS BECAUSE AGAIN, I SCORED THEM A CERTAIN WAY, BUT ALSO I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS DOING. SO I'LL ALSO ASK IF SHE COULD ALSO COME ON BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO SPEAK REGARDING ANY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE KEY COMPONENTS. AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT EIGHT TASKS, WHICH IS COLLECTING THE INFORMATION UTILITY COORDINATION PLAN, PRODUCTION H AND H, THE BCA ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT, AND THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. THIS DOES HAVE A TIGHT TURNAROUND TIME. SO SOME COMPANIES WERE PENALIZED BECAUSE OF HOW HISTORICALLY THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN GIVEN US LATE SUBMITTALS, OR THEY MIGHT BE DRAGGING OR FALLING BEHIND ON SOME PROJECTS. WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SIX MONTH TURNAROUND TIME. FROM THE MOMENT WE GET A PERMISSION TO SIGN THE CONTRACT TO GETTING THE FINAL DELIVERABLES. THIS IS A TWO PHASE FEMA PROJECT. SO THE FIRST PHASE IS GETTING THE PROJECT SHOVEL READY AND ENSURING THAT IT IS PROVEN TO BE ADEQUATE TO MOVE FORWARD. IF THE PLANTS AND THE BCA AND THE H AND H SHOWS THOSE RESULTS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE FEMA FOR REVIEW. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION. SO THIS IS NOT ONLY PLANT PRODUCTION BUT ALSO CONSTRUCTION. FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TWO TWO THINGS. ONE IS GOING TO BE THE PIPE NETWORK SYSTEM WITHIN THE TREASURE HILLS AREA. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE RESACA. SO THE DETENTION PONDS, THEY DO HAVE SOME SILT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALSO ANALYZING HOW IT OUTFALLS. ALL THIS DRAINS NORTH TOWARDS THE ARROYO COLORADO. SO IT MIGHT ENTAIL LOWERING THAT OUTFALL. AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE ANALYZED AND ARE RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY THE FUNDING AGENCY, WHICH WOULD BE FEMA AND THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I THINK THOSE WERE TWO OF YOUR QUESTIONS WAS WHICH ONE WAS THE. SO. WELL, THE WHAT WAS THE MAIN ONE WAS ANNA. AND THEN SO ALL THESE ARE ALL THESE GUYS ARE ACTIVELY DOING PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. YES. FOR EXAMPLE, CSC, THEY DID THE COMMERCE. THEY DID THE, THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN. THEY DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT MODELING COMPONENT, ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WE HAD LIKE TEXAS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE FIFTH AND SEVENTH. SOME OF THEM DID HAVE A LOCAL PROJECTS. I KNOW A LOT OF THEM GOT PROJECTS FUNDED BACK WHEN WE DID THE ARPA ROTATION, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT 11 PROJECTS. THOSE HAD OLD STANDARDS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION OR WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT, BUT A LOT OF THEM DID HAVE THAT PRESENCE COMPONENT. AND SO CAN I JUST. YES, MA'AM. AND WE CAN GO BACK FOR ANNA IF RENEE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. BUT. IS THERE A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE, THE, THE RANKING SHEET AND THEN I'M HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GO ABOUT MAKING THESE DECISIONS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE UNLESS I MISSED, I SKIPPED OVER THEM. THE ACTUAL RANKING, THE INDIVIDUAL ONES. YEAH. THEY WERE NOT ATTACHED THAT I THINK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE SO THAT WE, WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THERE'S THIS DISPARITY. SO THAT WAY WE SEE I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND THAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A DIVERSE GROUP TO, TO REVIEW THE RANKING. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR ALL. AND IT IS SO MUCH WORK FOR THESE GUYS TO PUT THE PACKETS TOGETHER TO PRESENT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THAT, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO SUBMIT FOR HARLINGEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY IF I DON'T HAVE X OR IF I HAVEN'T DONE THIS OR IF I HAVEN'T DONE THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY, I WAS LISTENING TO WHAT YOU SAID, BUT

[Item 10s - Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Municipal Maintenance Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for mowing, litter removal, and maintenance of the Haven Ford Drain Ditch within TxDOT right-of-way.]

I DIDN'T REALLY PINPOINT ONE ITEM THAT I COULD SAY, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE THIS IS THE REASON WHY THESE SCORED A DIFFERENT WAY. SO IF WE HAD THAT, THEN MAYBE I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

AND IF THE REST OF THE COMMISSION WANTS COPIES OF THAT, I WOULD SAY GIVE IT TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION JUST SO THAT I CAN FOLLOW ALONG. AND THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WELL, THIS IS THE REASON WHY THIS SCORED THIS WAY OR THAT WAY. AND I THINK IT'S HELPFUL ALSO TO THOSE THAT ARE BIDDING TO MAKE SURE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE DEFICIENT OR HOW

[Item 10t - Consideration and possible action to approve the Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Work Plan Final Report of the Harlingen Economic Development Corporation.]

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THEY CAN IMPROVE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND YES, I SEE YOU, MIKE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PEREZ AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? I WANT TO HEAR A YES. SO, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THESE, I GUESS RESPONDENTS

[Item 10u - Consideration and possible action to approve the Harlignen Economic Development Corporation's Fiscal Year 2027 Annual Work Plan]

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS, WE HAVE, THERE'S A SECTION IN THE RFQ THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USING TO EVALUATE EACH PROPOSAL. AND SO I THINK BY FAR, AND I STAND BY IT BECAUSE I DID GO THROUGH ALL

[Item 10v - skipped]

OF THEM, CSC HAD THE STRONGEST, MOST DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK OUT OF ALL OF THE FIRMS. AND THAT'S

[Item 11 - Board Appointments]

SOMETHING THAT GAVE THEM AN EDGE. I DID DEDUCT POINTS. I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. I DEDUCTED POINTS FROM FROM CSC BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WE HAVE HAD DELAYS WITH THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. YOU KNOW, IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY ADOPTED. AND BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS. AND SIMILAR TO COMMON FAMILY, COMMON FAMILY HAD A VERY STRONG PROPOSAL AS WELL. IT WAS VERY DETAILED. WE NEED FIRMS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING ON FEMA FUNDED PROJECTS, NOT JUST DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CRITICAL. IF THE H AND H AND H IS NOT DONE PROPERLY, WHATEVER DESIGN COMES OUT OF IT IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED BY FEMA, EVEN IF IT'S APPROVED BY US. AND SO FEMA HAS A WHOLE TEAM OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS. EVERY SINGLE PROJECT GOES THROUGH THAT TECHNICAL REVIEW, AND THEY'RE VERY THOROUGH. SO WHATEVER WE ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD, IT HAS TO MEET THEIR STANDARDS, NOT JUST OUR CITY STANDARDS. AND SO TO ME, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHOMEVER WE SELECT HAS THAT EXPERIENCE PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE H AND H STUDIES. AND BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THE THE PLANS AND EVERYTHING. AND AGAIN, I THINK TO ROBERT'S POINT, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT ALL OF THEM HAVE THE EXPERIENCE PUTTING PLANS TOGETHER. IT'S JUST THE GRANT FUNDED REQUIREMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM GIVE A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT ON THAT. AND SO BASED ON THE TASK ORDER, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE GRANT IS REQUESTING. AND THE BCA, THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT IS VERY CRITICAL. IF THE H AND H IS NOT DONE PROPERLY, THAT DESIGN IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY EITHER OR WHATEVER PLANS. AND THE BCA IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US A 1.0 RATIO, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO SHOW FEMA OR DEMONSTRATE FEMA. THAT IS A COST EFFECTIVE PROJECT. AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER FIRMS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, I RANK. SO TO ME MY HIGHEST WERE CSC, COB, FINDLAY, AND THEN IT WAS HANSON, SCHEIB, ALL OF THOSE FIRMS. GARBER. EVEN I THINK IT WAS FOURTH, ALL OF THEM, THEY'RE LIKE THE MID TIER AND THEY WERE JUST AS QUALIFIED. BUT IF WE'RE JUST BASING AT E BASED ON OURSELVES IN EVALUATING EVERYBODY FAIRLY, WE'RE USING THAT RUBRIC. WE'RE NOT USING ANYTHING ELSE. WE'RE NOT USING OTHER LOCAL, WE'RE NOT USING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE NEW TO THE CITY VERSUS A PAST RECIPIENT BASED ON THE RUBRIC. WHY IS THERE SUCH A DISPARITY IF YOU'RE ALL USING THE SAME RUBRIC, WHY IS THERE SUCH A DISPARITY BETWEEN ROBERT AND NADIA'S AND YOURS? AND I'M NOT