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AND NOW FROM MCALLEN CITY HALL, A MEETING OF THE MCALLEN PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD.
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING OF THE MCALLEN UTILITY BOARD.
WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRAYER.
FATHER GOD. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FATHER, JUST HOW GOOD YOU'VE BEEN TO US FOR OUR HEALTH, GIVING US THE ABILITY TO BE HERE, GOT THE ABILITY TO WORK, PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THIS BROAD WISDOM AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE TODAY.
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT IT BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS NAME.
BEFORE WE DO THE AGENDA ITEMS, MARK, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS YOU WANT TO COVER.
MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ENGINEERS I'M SORRY, ENGINEER OF THE MONTH.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. BUT SOME EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WE'VE GOT MARTIN CHAVEZ, WHO WANT THE EMPLOYEE OF THE WAS SELECTED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOUR FOR FEBRUARY.
AND WE HAVE STEVE VARGAS HERE, HIS MANAGER, TO PRESENT HIM.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MARIA RIVERA FROM CUSTOMER RELATIONS.
PABLO, ARE YOU HERE TO PABLO IS HERE TO PRESENT MARIA, SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH FEBRUARY WITH MARTIN CHAVEZ. COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP, MARTIN AND STEVE? [INAUDIBLE]. AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WITH US ALMOST 16 YEARS NOW. 13 YEARS HE SPENT AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER ON ONE OF THE CREWS, VARYING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT CREWS, LEARNING ALL THE DIFFERENT TASKS.
AND WHEN HE WAS SELECTED FOR CREW LEADER, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SELECTIONS WE'VE EVER MADE.
HE HAS REALLY, REALLY OUTPERFORMED HIMSELF AND AND DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB LAST YEAR, EVEN THROUGH MULTIPLE DIVERSITIES THAT HE HAD TO OVERCOME.
HE WAS STILL ABLE TO OUTPERFORM ON THE VALVE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS BY REPLACING ALMOST 50 VALVES OR A LITTLE OVER 50 VALVES LAST YEAR.
AND THAT IN ITSELF IS NO, NO SMALL FEAT.
IT'S WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF OF PREPARATION FOR ONE VALVE.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, YOU KNOW, THAT MANY OF THEM IN THAT YEAR. AND FOR THAT AND AMONG THE OTHER QUALITIES THAT HE HAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HAND, ALWAYS WILLING TO TEACH SOMEONE AND ALWAYS WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE WOUND UP WITH A BETTER EMPLOYEE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? IT'S STRICTLY UP TO YOU, MARTIN.
OH, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MASK OFF MARTIN FOR THAT PICTURE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS MARTIN.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
YEARS AGO, [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO BE A CREW LEADER, BUT IN ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN DO IT AND I GAVE THANKS TO GOD THAT THE THE, UM, MY BOSS GAVE ME THAT OPPORTUNITY AND AND IT'S ALL I THINK I.
MARTIN. APPRECIATE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] WATER LINE MAINTENANCE.
THAT IS IT'S A VERY IF IF ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS OR ANY OF OUR STAFF HAVE EVER BEEN OUT TO A WATER LINE LEAK.
VERY TOUGH JOB, VERY, VERY TOUGH JOB.
SOMETIMES IT'S VERY COLD OR SOAKING WET THEY'RE UNDER WATER.
THERE'S THERE CAN BE AN ELECTRICAL BOX, THERE'S DRAINAGE, THERE'S SEWER
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LINES. IT'S JUST A TOUGH, TOUGH JOB. AND WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS ON CREWS.THANK YOU, MARTIN, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
APPRECIATE. YOU GET A LOT OF THE ACCOLADES MARTIN, BUT YOU'RE THE KIND OF SUPERHEROES THAT THEY SHOULD BE GETTING THE ACCOLADES.
THANK YOU FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, BY THE WAY, I DO HAVE MORE YEARS TO COME. IF GOD GIVES ME THE.
YOURE GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE? GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
AMEN. THANK YOU MARTIN. [APPLAUSE] FOR THE CHAIRMAN ON THE TV ON ZOOM, CHAIRMAN AMOS AND VICE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. SORRY.
HUMILITY AND OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S WILLING TO DO THE JOB AND HAS TAKEN ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT FOLKS OUT THERE AND SEE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF A CREW LEADER.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT ALL CREW LEADERS OUGHT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
NEXT IS MISS MARIA RIVERA WITH CUSTOMER RELATIONS. SHE WAS SELECTED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BY HER DEPARTMENT FOUR FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
SO MARIA, IF YOU COULD COME UP PABLO, IF YOU COULD MAKE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE YOU HAVE MARIA RIVERA, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A CUSTOMER RELATIONS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MARIA HAS WORKED WITH A CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
PRIOR, SHE SERVED WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
SHE HAS WORKED IN THE DEPARTMENT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, WAS AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, AND WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE WORKING SUPERVISOR FOR A COLLECTIONS.
FROM DAY ONE SHE WAS A PERFECT FIT FOR A CUSTOMER SERVICE OPERATION DUE TO EXTENSIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.
SHE GREETS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS WITH A SMILE, IS VERY COURTEOUS AND ENSURES THAT THEY HAVE LEFT THE MPU BUSINESS BEING WELL ADDRESSED.
SHE'S ALWAYS PROJECTS A WARM, CHEERFUL, POSITIVE ATTITUDE FOR HER FELLOW COWORKERS AND TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.
SHE'S OUR HARDWORKING AND DEDICATED EMPLOYEE WHO TAKES HER WORK VERY SERIOUSLY.
I HAVE SEEN HER RESOLVE CUSTOMER BILLING DISPUTES AND HANDLE DIFFICULT CUSTOMERS WITH A REMARKABLE PATIENCE, ADMIRABLE TACT.
SHE'S VERY DEPENDABLE, EFFICIENT AND PUNCTUAL EMPLOYEE. MARIA HAS PARTICIPATED IN OUR ANNUAL MPU NIGHT OUT AND CITY HOLIDAY PARADE AS WELL, AND ALWAYS IS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
SHE PROVIDES ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ASKED TO HER WHETHER THEY ARE RELATED TO MPU OR SIMPLY DIRECT THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT.
ASIDE FROM JUGGLING ALL HER WORK RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES, SHE'S A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER.
ON HER PERSONAL TIME SHE LOVES TO SPEND TIME WITH HER FAMILY, INCLUDING WITH HER DAUGHTER AND TWO BOYS BEFORE YOU HAVE MARIA RIVERA AS THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS RECIPIENT AWARD. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
WELL, I MEAN, ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU TO OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR EVEN CONSIDERING ME AND SELECTING ME AS A RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD.
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE MPU TEAM, AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE AND BE PART OF THE TEAM FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] THAT'S THE HARDEST JOB YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOME PARTICULAR CUSTOMER THAT IS NOT PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH OUR SERVICE AND THAT THAT'S QUITE A TASK IN OF ITSELF.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ALSO HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION. THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE REASONS LIKE WE DID RECENTLY EITHER.
SO WE KNOW THE WHOLE VALLEY WENT THROUGH A REALLY, REALLY TOUGH TIME RECENTLY WITH THE FREEZE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TO MANAGE THAT WITH THE HELP OF OUR UTILITY, OUR ENERGY, OUR POWER SUPPLIERS OUR POWER COMPANIES, WAS IT WAS HARD ENOUGH FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS TO GO DAYS, SOME WENT A DAY, SOME NEVER LOST POWER, SOMEONE SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT POWER.
BUT THANK GOD THAT HERE IN MCALLEN, THEY WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST HAVE THEIR WATER SERVICE AND WATER WITHOUT POWER AND WITHOUT WATER WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH HARDER THAN JUST WITHOUT POWER.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO REALLY TAKE TIME.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS, LEE. AND IS SOMEONE HERE FROM MAGIC VALLEY ] HERE?
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AND SO WE WANTED TO I KNOW ABRAHAM COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE BOTH OF YOU ALL TO BE PUT IN A REALLY TOUGH POSITION AND BUT CONTINUE THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US AND OUR WATER AND OUR WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.AND THERE WERE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME INTERRUPTIONS. AND THEY WERE ADDRESSED VERY, VERY QUICKLY AS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OBVIOUSLY IS CATEGORIZED AS CRITICAL AND TIER ONE.
AND AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO TO APPRECIATE THAT BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. CHAIRMAN AND AND RECOGNIZED THEM FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP HERE TO THE FRONT, WE DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF OF FRUIT BASKETS FOR YOU ALL.
AND AND IF YOU ALL WANT TO SAY SOME WORDS FOR LEE AND AND [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU WANT TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
WELL, I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED STORM AND SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T SEEN IN MY 35 YEARS IN THE POWER BUSINESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE MARK, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM OF YOUR TEAM.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH AND WE GOT THROUGH IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION.
JUST TO ECHO WHAT WHAT LEE HAS SAID, WE FACE THE SAME CHALLENGES AS THEY DID.
AND WHAT A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE EMPLOYEES OF MAGIC VALLEY AND ALSO TO AEP WHO HAD TO ENDURE SO MANY HOURS OF FRIGID TEMPERATURES.
I'M SURE THAT THE FOLKS AT AEP, CERTAINLY OUR EMPLOYEES, DIDN'T HAVE POWER AT THEIR HOME AND WE'RE WORKING 16 HOURS A DAY FOR THE MINIMUM SIX DAYS.
SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE RECOGNITION. WE'RE CERTAINLY HONORED THAT YOU ALL HAVE DECIDED TO RECOGNIZE US.
THE TRUE HEROES ARE THE LINE WORKERS, LINE PERSONNEL WHO WERE OUT THERE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO RESTORE POWER.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO CONTEND WITH SOME ROLLING OUTAGES AND WE HAD TO ROLL SOME PEOPLE OUT MORE MORE SO THAN WE EVER HAD TO BEFORE IN OUR HISTORY, CERTAINLY.
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME UNSPOKEN HEROES THAT WERE WORKING IN THE BACK OFFICES, ANSWERING PHONE CALLS AND GIVING PEOPLE INFORMATION, CUSTOMERS INFORMATION, OUR MEMBERS INFORMATION.
WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T EXPECT THIS RECOGNITION, BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] OK, YES, SIR, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING ON MARCH THE 22ND 2021 [INAUDIBLE] ON MARCH THE TWENTY THIRD, 2021.
ALL APPROVED SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ITEM 2A IS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE PROJECT BETWEEN FURGUSON CONSTRUCTION AND MCALLEN PUBLIC UTILITY. CARLOS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS.
BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU RECALL, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A RETREAT WHERE WE PRESENTED SOME UPCOMING SOME CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM THAT I TOUCHED BASE WITH.
IT BASICALLY INVOLVES THE PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER TO ADD A RAW WATER LINE CONNECTION AT THE NORTH WATER PLANT.
THIS IS A FAIRLY WELL, THIS PROJECT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK. I DON'T KNOW. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 2014 OR SO MAYBE.
WE PROCURED [INAUDIBLE] AND HUNT TO PERFORM DESIGN SERVICES FOR THIS LINE.
THE DESIGN WAS SHELVED AFTER BEING ABOUT MAYBE 90 PERCENT COMPLETE.
WE SINCE DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GET THAT PROJECT MOVING AGAIN.
WE'VE GOT AN EXISTING LOAN WITH THE WATER ON BOARD AND WE DO HAVE SOME AVAILABLE
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BALANCE WITHIN THAT LOAN.SO BASICALLY, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THE CURRENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ORDER THIS ADDITIONAL SCOPE WITH CONSISTS OF WORK AT BOTH OUR SOUTH WATER PLANT AND OUR NORTH WATER PLANT. AT OUR SOUTH WATER PLANT. WE'RE BASICALLY INCREASING CAPACITY BY ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] MOSTLY THROUGH THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL FILTER CAPACITY.
WE'RE ALSO REPLACING THE ENTIRE[INAUDIBLE] SYSTEM GENERALLY AT BOTH OUR SOUTH AND OUR NORTH WATER PLANT WOULD BE SOME OTHER WORK RELATED TO TUBE [INAUDIBLE] REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION.
THIS NEW SCOPE BASICALLY WILL CONSIST OF INSTALLATION OF A NEW DIVERSION CONNECTION WITH DISTRICT ONE AT OUR NORTH WATER PLANT.
IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PUMP STATION.
THE PUMPS WILL BE OUR SUSPECTED TO HANDLE JUST UNDER 20 MGD.
WE WILL BE INSTALLING, OBVIOUSLY, THE MOTOR CONTROLS WITHIN THE EXISTING MCC BUILDING AND THERE'S SOME ASSOCIATED PIPING BOTH ON THE SUCTION SIDE AND THE DISCHARGE SIDE.
WE WILL BE CONNECTING THIS NEW CONVEYANCE LINE TO THE EXISTING BYPASS LINE THAT RUNS ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF OF THE EXISTING RESERVOIR.
SO THERE'S WATER BASICALLY WILL BE CONVEYED FROM THE PUMP TO THE ESSENTIALLY THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT RESERVOIR.
SAME AS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH UNITED DISTRICT WATER.
WE HAD A 12 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN AND THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH FERGUSON CAME IN AT EIGHT POINT EIGHT FOUR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS THIS CHANGE ORDER WOULD ADD WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR ONE MILLION FOR NINETY NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS.
AND SO THE REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT WILL BE 10 MILLION THREE HUNDRED FORTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS.
THE ENGINEERING RECORD IS MR. ALLEN [INAUDIBLE] WHO'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AS IS THE PRINCIPAL FOR FERGUSON, MR. [INAUDILE] DAVIS. HE'S ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE.
STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CHANGE ORDER AS IT PROVIDES OUR NORTH WATER PLAN WITH AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF WATER, A SITE FROM THE UNITED IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
FURTHERMORE, THIS NEW CONNECTION WILL ALIGN WITH FUTURE PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF THE NORTH WATER PLANT, WHICH IS PROBABLY A FEW YEARS AWAY.
SHOULD BOARD APPROVE THIS CHANGE ORDER STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DAYS TO THE CONTRACT, AND THIS IS LARGELY TO DO WITH SOME EXTENDED LEAD TIMES THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND PIPING FOR THAT MATTER.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVA OFL CHANGE WATER NUMBER TWO FOR THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWLEVE DOLLARS YEILDING YOUR [INAUDIBLE] CONTRACT AMOUNT OF THE TEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED FORTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWLEVE DOLLARS.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THIS BE SUBJECT TO FORMAL APPROVAL FROM THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR THIS CHANGE ORDER AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH THEM. SO THEY HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED THE REVIEW STAFF AND CONSULTING CONTRACTOR HERE. AND WE CAN FIELD ANY QUESTION.
[INAUDIBLE] STAFF RECOMMENDATION. NEED A MOTON AND A SECOND PUT ON THE FLOOR THEY CAN PUT ON THE FLOOD.
DISCUSSION. ALLEN'S HERE? YOU DON'T NEED TO COME UP.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN LINE WITH IT AND YOU'RE OK WITH THE NUMBERS.
I THINK WE STARTED IT IN 2013.
IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR WATER SECURITY TO HAVE IT THERE AND THAT'S FOR SURE.
FOR ALLEN? WELL JUST A COMMENT.
SO WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROJECT THAT GIVES US WATER SUPPLY FROM FOUR DISTRICTS, NOT THREE.
CORRECT. TWO AT THE NORTH TWO AT THE SOUTH.
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IT'S A TWENTY FIVE PERCENT INCREASE IN OUR SUPPLY. YES SIR.ARE THEY EXPERIENCING THE EQUIPMENT DELIVERY DELAYS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY YOU THINK CARLOS? ANY PARTICULAR REASON IS SOMETHING GOING ON OTHER THAN ROUTINE SUPPLY OR WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO COVID OR WHATNOT. I'M NOT CERTAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO REAL QUESTION.
I'M JUST WOULD ECHO ONE THING, AND THAT HAS BEEN THE EFFORT OF THIS BOARD OVER THE YEARS.
AND MIKE COULD EVEN TELL YOU ABOUT THIS.
WE WE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED FOR WAYS TO CREATE REDUNDANCY IN OUR OPERATION, REDUNDANCY FOR POWER, REDUNDANCY FOR WATER SOURCES, REDUNDANCY FOR EQUIPMENT.
NOT ONE PUMP, TWO PUMPS KIND OF A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A MORE RELIABLE SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE THINGS, FOR THOSE NATURAL DISASTERS AND OR WEATHER EVENTS.
BUT THIS ONE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG TIME COMING.
I APPRECIATE, ALLEN, FOR STICKING AROUND LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO GET IT DONE.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR FOR THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM THREE IS DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF WORLD OF 4 SUBDIVISION.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DALLAS AVENUE AND APPROXIMATELY 460 FEET EAST OF EIGHTH STREET IS LOCATED WITHIN THE [INAUDIBLE] LIMITS AND IS BEING PROPOSED R3A RESIDENTIAL.
THE TRACT CONSISTS OF ONE POINT SEVEN TO FOUR ACRES AND WILL BE A SINGLE LOT FOR APARTMENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO INSTALL AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE TO SERVICE THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO AN EXISTING EIGHT INCH WATER LINE ALONG DALLAS AVENUE AND EXISTING SIX INCH WATER LINE ALONG DALLAS AVENUE IN AN EXISTING SIX INCH ONE LINE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING TO INSTALL AN 8IN SEWER LINE TO INTERNALLY TO SERVICE THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO AN EXISTING SEWER LINE ALONG DALLAS AVENUE AS WELL.
STAFF RECOMMANDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION SUBJECT 2 DEDICATION OF UTILITIES EASEMENT POSSIBLY ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY AND WHERE THE MAIN UTILITY LINES ARE BEING PROPOSED.
INSTALLATION OF THE PROPOSED PUBLIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE BE CONSTRUCTED AS PROPOSED PAYMENT OF A WATER LANE REIMBURSEMENT TO MPU IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY SEVEN CENTS FOR THE CENTRAL MCALLEN WATER LINE PROJECT AND INDIVIDUAL WATER SERVICES FOR EACH BUILDING COMPLEX,.
HEARING NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM, ITEM THREE B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A SEPTIC TANK VARIANCE FOR THE PROPERTY ON CANTU ROAD THREE QUARTER MILES NORTH OF MONTE CRISTO.
YES, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CANUT ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY FEET NORTH OF MONTE CRISTO. IT IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE MCALLEN CITY LIMITS, BUT WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ AND SEWER CCN.
AND THERE'S NO INTEREST FROM THE DEVELOPER TO HAVE THE PROPERTY ANNEXED.
IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WITH THE SUBDIVISION HAVING A TOTAL ACREAGE OF TWO HUNDRED NINE POINT NINE EIGHT ACRES.
THE NEAREST SEWER LINE IS APPROXIMATELY NINETEEN THOUSAND FEET AWAY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF [INAUDIBLE] ROAD AND MONTE CRISTO.
PRIOR TO FORMALLY SUBMITTING FOR THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SEPTIC TANK VARIANCE FOR THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION, HAVING HALF ACRE LOTS AND NO SEWER LINES TO BE INSTALLED.
MPU STANDARD REQUIRED AREA FOR A SEPTIC TANK VARIANCE IS EACH LOT TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE.
THE COUNTY REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF HALF AN ACRE FOR MULTI LOT SUBDIVISIONS REQUESTING A SEPTIC TANK VARIANCE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE INSTALLATION OF SEWER LINES BE CONSTRUCTED TO BE PREPARED TO CONNECT TO MPU SEWER SYSTEM WHEN AND WHEN AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE.
SHOULD THE BOARD CHOOSE TO GRANT THE VARIANCE, A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WILL BE NEEDED AS WELL AS APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL OF THE SEPTIC TANK VARIENCE REQUEST AS PROPOSED.
I DID WANT TO MENTION ALSO THAT THE PROJECT ENGINEER AND DEVELOPERS
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ARE HERE.PUT IT ON THE FLOOR TO MOTION A SECOND, PUT IT ON THE FLOOR BACK.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SOME WORK JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS MARKET ON SOMETHING THIS BIG.
WHY ARE WE WHAT DO WE EVEN WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE HELP OUT AS LONG WE HELP OTHER SUBDIVISIONS? MM HMM. THIS MIGHT BE AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A WORD TO PUT IN A SEWER LINE.
YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE THEY CAN TAP IT IN THE FUTURE.
IN THE FUTURE, IT'S GOING TO COST TEN TIMES MORE.
TWENTY TIMES MORE. THE WAY CONSTRUCTION IS TRUE.
WHY DON'T WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND TRY TO HELP THEM OUT LIKE WE HELP OTHER PEOPLE OUT AND THAT WILL WE GET ALL THESE CUSTOMERS? YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT DO WE WANT PEOPLE IN SEPTIC? I JUST I STILL CAN'T GET THAT.
YEAH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT THEM ON SEPTIC.
I BELIEVE STAFF HAD REACHED OUT AND ASKED OR REQUESTED THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLING A SEWER LINE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEAN TO PARTNER AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION WAS SOMETHING LIKE, UH, PARTICIPATION.
I MEAN, WE YOU KNOW, WE HELP OUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL IS A BIG DEVELOPMENT. I'D HATE TO TO GO ALL THE SEPTIC AND, YOU KNOW, LOSE ALL THESE CUSTOMERS.
YEAH, WE SERVICE THEM DEFINITELY.
WE WOULDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, 300 SEPTIC TANKS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE. THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A LINE THERE FOR THE FUTURE USE, BUT.
RIGHT. IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO WE COULD DEFINITELY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN WAS THE INSTALLATION OF A SEWER LINE.
I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPERS OR THE ENGINEER CAME BACK AND SAID NOT NOT INTERESTED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BRING THAT UP, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD INTEREST YOU WANT? GOOD AFTERNOON, FIRST OF ALL, COMMISSIONER. WELL, IT'S A THREE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE ACRES THAT WAS A LITTLE TYPO ON THE ONLINE DRAFT, BUT IT'S SIXTY NINE ACRES WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP AND ADD UP. THAT HALF ACRE LOT IS PROBABLY AROUND 650 LOTS THAT WOULD COME ON BOARD TO THE CITY. MCALLEN TWICE AS MANY AS WE SHOWED.
SO THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE ISSUE THERE WITH WAS A TYPO ON THE DESIGN, BUT IT'S 369 ACRES AND ABOUT 650 LOTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP.
YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY LIKES TO PARTNER UP, WE PARTNER UP AND AND RUN A SEWER OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT DISTANCE, 19000 FEET IN THAT NEAREST LIVED WOULD PROBABLY NEED A COUPLE OF LIVE STATIONS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D I DON'T WITHOUT RUNNING UP, WITHOUT CRUNCHING ANY NUMBERS.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, IF THAT'S THE WISH OF THE BOARD, THAT WOULD TAKE SOME DEFINITELY SOME LOOKING AT CRUNCHING NUMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO TABLE IT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND GET WITH THE ENGINEER, WITH THE DEVELOPER AND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH, BECAUSE IF WE IF THEY GO TO SEPTIC, WE LOST THEM, THEN RUN OVER BY CUSTOMERS AGAIN. IT'S GOING TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO TIE IN.
AND I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON.
AND IF WE LOSE THEM, THEY'RE GONE. AND THE IDEA WE'LL WE GET THEM AS CUSTOMERS AGAIN.
RIGHT NOW, WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND SERVING IT WITH SEWER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO FAR.
LIKE OSCAR SAYING THAT'S THAT'S THREE AND A HALF OR HOGG'S AWAY.
THAT IS LAGOS'S ON. IT'S ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM A MILE AND A HALF.
YES. WITH THE DEVELOPED PART OF TRASH LIKE THOSE.
THE DEVELOPER, ALL THE LAND THAT OWNED IT'S OWNED BY TRUST LIKE THOSE IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THIS PROPERTY. RIGHT.
SO TRESSLER WAS WEST PROPERTY LINE, THE ULTIMATE THE PHASE TWO WINDS OF BEING AT CONWAY.
HOW FAR WOULD THIS BE FROM CONWAY IN ONE OR SEVEN OR THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS CONWAY.
SO WE'RE ON UP THERE THIS MORNING.
THE ROAD IS NOT COMPLETE ALL THE WAY TO YOUR.
BECOMES A CONVOY TO THE SOUTH.
OK, THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN, WE'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND ENTERTAIN THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE BOARD.
SO WHY DON'T WE TABLE THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND ALLOW STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND AND AND MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER ENGINEER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AND RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO WITH YOU.
MY THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONCE AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH A DEVELOPER AND THOSE THAT WE'RE HAVING ARE AWARE OF IT.
WE PARTNERED WITH A DEVELOPER SOME YEARS AGO AND THAT DEVELOPER FOR
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QUITE A COST TO TAKE THE SEWER LINE OUT TO THE AREA.BUT OUTSIDE OF THOSE YEARS AND THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS OVER THE YEARS FINALLY THROUGH REIMBURSEMENTS, BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A REGULAR INCOME BACK TO THE UTILITY AS WELL AS THE REIMBURSEMENTS BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR.
I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF WE COULD GET IT PUT TOGETHER TO DO MUCH THE SAME.
THAT DISTANCE WOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT IT. LET'S SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, ALPHONSO, IS THAT WHAT THAT WOULD CUT THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION? IS THAT A CREEK OR IS THAT DRAINAGE? IT'S LIKE A CREEK. NATURAL DRAINAGE.
RIGHT. I KNOW THAT COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS ALFONSO, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, PROJECT ENGINEER CONTENDING, ACCORDING TO SOURCES, IT'S A NATURAL CREEK.
BUT THE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS, AS WE SPEAK, WORKING ON CREATING REALLY AN ORGANIZED DRAINAGE EASTERLY.
SOME OF YOU VISIT THE AREA LIKE THE TERM BY SEVEN, I WAS MENTIONING.
BUT TO THE EAST, THERE'S ALREADY LIKE A BIG DRAINAGE GOING EAST, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR THE OUTFLOW.
SO I KNOW THESE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
YOU KIND OF GO NORTH ON YOUR SIDE.
IT GOES NORTH. YES, BUT THIS IS RIGHT HERE. YES.
IS THAT JUST DRY LAKE BED OVER THERE TO THE WEST? IT'S A LOW AREA.
THERE ARE SOME AREA AROUND THERE THAT COULD PROBABLY TIE INTO THIS.
IF WE DID IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE LAND, THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A BIT MORE DEVELOPED. WOULD SPARK UP A WEEKEND MARK, IF WE CAN MEET SOON WITH DEVELOPERS YOURSELF ON MINOR WHOMEVER MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO KIND OF LOOK AT, EXPLORE THE OPTION, AS THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE CASE HISTORY OF WHAT THE BOARD HAS DONE BEFORE AND OTHER DEVELOPERS, AND THEN THAT MY CLIENTS CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IS GOING TO BE COSTLY AND THEN THE TIME. RIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S LIKE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE USED TO TELL ME ANYTHING CAN BE DONE. WE JUST NEED MONEY AND TIME.
AND SOMETIMES WE WRESTLE WITH ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH OF THEM BACK ON THE GROWTH AND THE GROWTH.
YES, BUT LET ME ASK A QUESTION MARK.
IF YOU KNOW AND I GIVE YOU THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, THIS IS IN OUR ETJ, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES.
WHICH MAKES IT SUBJECT TO THE SUBJECT OF MCALLEN SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF MCALLEN SUBDIVISION SHOULD REQUIRE A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF 30 FOOT PASTRY'S.
I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOUR SUBDIVISION DRAWING IS 30 FOOT BAY STREETS, YOUR 30 FOOT PAVED AND NO RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE THE SCALE OF THE DRAW IS A BIG DRAWING.
AND IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE LOTS ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT ARE FACING VACANT LAND.
THERE ARE SOME MOST OF THE CARAVAN MODELS HERE, BOTH EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, ARE DEDICATED COUNTY ROADS, BUT ARE NOT OPEN TO GUERRA'S FULLY AWARE OF IT. WE ARE MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONER MR. BARBARESCHI, NUMBER THREE, TO ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, TO HAVE THOSE ROADS OPEN AND THERE WILL BE TO THE CITY STANDARD.
YES, I JUST THINK YOU'LL NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IMAGINE TO REIMAGINE WHAT YOUR DESIGN IS BECAUSE IT'S YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO WHAT CAN PROBABLY LEGITIMATELY BE DESCRIBED AS A COLONIAL WELL TO THE SOUTH.
I THINK YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT. NO, NO.
FOR SURE. FOR SURE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEND SOME TIME AND PERHAPS SOME MONEY IN RETHINKING YES OR NO.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT, COMMISSIONER.
AND WE TAKE THOSE COMMENTS TO HEART.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS REQUIREMENT ABOUT THE IS REALLY LIKE IT EITHER MAKES IT OR NOT MAKES IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU GET SOME INPUT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF WATER THERE FROM TREE LINE.
WE NEED TO WORK ON THE LAYOUT AND SO ON, SO FORTH. BUT LIKE, THE SANITIZER IS REALLY LIKE THE BIGGEST ITEM FOR US TO KNOW WHETHER THIS CAN WORK OR NOT.
HAVE WE DONE HAVE WE APPROVED HALF ACRE LOTS EVER? WE HAVE WE HAVE APPROVED HALF ACRE LOTS WHEN THEY CONSTRUCTED THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE APPROVED THEM.
OR ELSE THEY'D BE AT AN ACRE OR VERY CLOSE TO AN ACRE.
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WE HAVE ONE AT GLASSCOCK AND ONE OR SEVEN ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE WE APPROVED WITH HALF ACRE, BUT THEY INSTALLED THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. YEAH.AND JUST TO REITERATE WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR IN YOUR PRESENTATION, INITIALLY, LIKE WE PROPOSED A HALF ACRE GRANTED APPROVAL BY PLANNING AND SO ON AND ALL OF THAT.
AND WE PROPOSED THE SEWER LINES ON SITE JUST THERE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, THAT COMPLIES WITH THE PRECEDENCE THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE APPROVED BEFORE.
AND SO BECAUSE THAT KIND OF DOESN'T GO WITH, YOU KNOW, A POLICY WHERE WE INSTALL A COLLECTION SYSTEM, BUT WE HAVE DONE THAT.
AND THAT WAY, IF WE EVER GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE, BECAUSE NO WILL BE THERE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW SOON, BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T BE LONG.
AND ALL WE DO IS MAKE THE CONNECTION. AND THAT'S IT.
BECAUSE TO GO TO GO CONSTRUCT IT, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
YES. YOU KNOW, ONCE SOMETHING IS DEVELOPED AND BUILT OUT, TO GO IN THERE AND CONSTRUCT A SEWER LINE WILL BE LIKE LIKE ALBERTSEN FIVE TIMES.
IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW.
AND YET SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. SO DEFINITELY, AFONSO, WE CAN SET UP YOUR STUFF AND LET'S DO THAT.
BUT IF THEY I MEAN. YEAH, YEAH.
IS THE INCOME COME OUT OF IT, WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE. WE CAN HAVE CAN'T I MEAN WE CAN TRY TO WORK, I MEAN IN THE FUTURE WE COULD EVEN, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAIN DOING SOMETHING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OUT OF THIS.
I MEAN, WHAT WE'LL SEE IS THE TERM IS THE TERM THAT IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH LARGOS.
CAN IT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE LAND? IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN IT.
I GUESS I'M CRINGING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING. OK, I JUST I CAN'T SAY DEFINITIVELY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WELL, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE REPAYMENT SOURCE.
IF YOU COULD CONNECT TO THE CHURCH LEGAL SYSTEM AND EXTEND IT AS LARGOS DEVELOPES, THEY'RE GOING TO. YEAH, I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT GOES INTO, WELL, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF THAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S OK. IT'S ABOUT WE CAN TAKE ON THE TASK.
THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD BARGAIN.
OK, THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEVELOPMENT, I THINK. YEAH.
BOTTOM BOTTOM LINE ITEMS HAVE BEEN KICKED AROUND. I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO GET BACK TO IT WITH DEVELOPER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE A MOTION TO TAKE.
ALL FLAVOR OF THE MOTION, SECOND TABLE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMING HERE TODAY.
OK, ITEM FOR A ITEM FOR HIS REVIEW OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2011.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, PRESENTED OR PROVIDED TO YOU IN YOUR PACKET THIS AFTERNOON IS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST.
I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF THE INVESTMENT HOLDINGS AND ACTIVITY DURING THAT QUARTER DO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY, AS WELL AS WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
AND THE REPORT HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF ON BY ALL OF THE FOUR INVESTMENT OFFICERS.
THE REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE CITY'S INVESTMENT ADVISOR VALUE CONSULTING, BUT THE AUDIT AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE DID NOT MOVE OR APPROVE.
UH, RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE UTILITY BOARD ACCEPT THE REPORTS AS PRESENTED.
WE NEED TO PROVE THAT WE JUST ACCEPT MOST TO ACCEPT OR TO ACCEPT IT? OH, I'LL PUT IT.
I'M RECOMMENDING IT, BUT I CAN'T MAKE THE THEM.
I APPRECIATE YOU ELEVATING MY STEPS.
HE'S GOING TO WANT TO RAISE THANKGOD ON FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING HI MY NAMES.
ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD. ONE OF THE ROLES AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'LL FOLLOW LIKE, OKAY, ITEM BY ITEM FIVE EIGHT DOLLARS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR PARTICIPATION TO STONEBREAKER AT TRINITY OAKS SUBDIVISION.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS A PREVIOUSLY TABLED ITEM. CORRECT, THAT WE'RE BETTER. OK, YOU'LL NEED TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE.
TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE, PLEASE.
THEY WERE SECOND PUBLISHING TABLE.
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THANK YOU.THIS SUBDIVISION RECEIVED THE BOARD APPROVAL ON JUNE TWENTY THIRD.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF [INAUDIBLE] ROAD AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SPRAGUE ROAD IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND IS AND THE TRACK CONSISTS OF 40 ACRES STOUFFER'S RECOMMENDING, UM, MPB CONSIDERATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMADEU BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER OF STONE STONE BAR AT TRINITY OAKS SUBDIVISION AND, UH, MPU THAT ADDRESS GENERAL TERMS FOR COST PARTICIPATION FOR THE WHAT ARE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS BEING DONE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY? THE DEVELOPER, UH, PROJECT ENGINEERING STAFF HAVE MET TO DISCUSS THE TERMS AND AGREEMENT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO COME TO A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH PARTIES.
STOUFFER'S RECOMMENDING BOARD CONSIDERATION FOR THE FOLLOWING IN TERMS OF BEING INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THE DEVELOPER.
DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDE THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO UPGRADE FROM THE PROPOSED TWENTY ONE LINE TO A 16 INCH WATER LINE THAT WOULD GO ON THE SOUTH SIDE ROAD RIGHT AWAY.
THE UPGRADE IS IS REQUESTED IN RELATION TO THE WATER MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATION.
THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO INSTALL AN EIGHT INCH WATERLINE ALONG ALONG WITH THE ROAD WITHIN THE RIGHT AWAY.
THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO INSTALL FIRE PROTECTION ALONG ALONG WITH THE ROAD AS REQUESTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO INSTALL WATER SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THE DEVELOPER MUST RECORD THE SUBDIVISION OR RECORD SUBDIVISION FLAT AND OR RECORD NECESSARY EASEMENTS AND THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE MUYU EXECUTION.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS DEADLINE MAY RESULT IN VOIDING OF AGREEMENT AMPOULES. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE.
MPU AGREES TO PARTICIPATE ON THE DIFFERENCE OF COST FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE 16 INCH WATER LINE COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED 12 INCH LINE MP AGREES TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE THREE FIRE HYDRANTS ALONG LIMIT THE ROAD, AND MPU AGREES TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE WATER SERVICES FOR THE PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SHOULD THE BOARD APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCLUSION? AND THEN WILL YOU? STAFF WILL FORWARD THE CITY OF MCALLEN LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE ADMINISTERED ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED BY OUR GENERAL MANAGER.
YOUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION IS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, MOTION DISCUSSION, THIS IS IN LINE WITH OUR OTHER PARTICIPATION.
ALL BEG FOR SECOND PUBLIC SAYING, AY, AY, AY.
NEXT ITEM, NEXT ITEM IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, YOU AND YOU, ALL OF ANY TIME THAT YOU ALL FEEL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THERE IN THE FUTURE. JUST PLEASE LET STAFF KNOW AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDED ITEM SEVEN, A CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY REGARDING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, IT'S MY OPINION THAT ITEM SEVEN PAY AND BE QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER FIVE FIFTY ONE ZERO SEVEN ONE FOR DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS, TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO CONSIDER A MOVE ON PAPER SAYING THING.
I WILL I WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE FOUR TO FIVE ITEM SEVEN A SECOND BILL.
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5:15.[01:14:00]
MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, I RECOMMEND I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION.I RECOMMEND THAT YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND TAKE NO ACTION ON EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. SO MOVED.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:15.
AND WITH THAT ACTION, THIS MEETING OF THE MCALLEN PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD IS NOW ADJOURNED, REGULAR PUB MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
LOOK FOR REPEATS OF THIS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY ON THE MCALLEN CABLE NETWORK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.