Jan 24, 2022 January 24, 2022 City Commission Meeting

ON ENGINE EIGHT AND THE ON ANOTHER PROJECT, WE HAVE THE AERIAL APPARATUS, WE'RE ACTUALLY

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SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AN RFP FOR THOSE TWO UNITS TOGETHER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME SAVINGS. SO THOSE SHOULD BE TURNED INTO PURCHASING THIS WEEK, THE RFP NUMBER 15 IS PUBLIC WORKS, ALLEYS.

PUBLIC WORKS DID AN INVENTORY ASSESSMENT, AND OF ALL THE ALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MCALLEN AND BEFORE WE PROCEED TO TO REQUEST PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION AND SO THE CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED ME TO PRESENT NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO I'LL I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU ALL NEXT WEEK NEXT MEETING.

THE LAST ONE, WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL HAVE THE FUNDING READY. THERE'S OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING THAT I THINK INCLUDE MISD AND OBVIOUSLY IMAS.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

ONCE THE PROJECT IS READY TO GO AND WE'LL BRING IN PROBABLY SOME TYPE OF MOU WITH IMAS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO APPROVE AND THEN THE REST ARE ACTUALLY PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ON TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STIMULUS MONEY; WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THE MONEY ELIGIBLE.

SO THESE ARE STILL NOT MOVING FORWARD UNTIL WE DO THAT.

WE'RE HOPING THAT EITHER BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OR THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND QUARTER, WE'LL GET SOME MORE MONEY MADE ELIGIBLE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A VERY CLEAR LINE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED ALREADY.

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF STIMULUS MONEY THAT WE WERE PROJECTED TO RECEIVE ONCE WE GOT BOTH SLUGS OF MONEY? FORTY SIX MILLION.

I THOUGHT DRAINAGES WAS AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE LIKE THE BALBOA LIFT STATION.

WELL, IT IS, BUT WE'VE ONLY MADE ELIGIBLE THE TWENTY FIVE POINT EIGHT.

SO EVEN IF DRAINAGE PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO QUALIFY.

IS THAT A DRAINAGE OR A SEWER? WHICH ONE? OKAY, THAT'S THE DRAINAGE, AND THEN WE HAVE A SEWER LIFT STATION, BALBOA.

YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PUMP FOR STORM SEWER.

OH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THE SOONER, THE BETTER.

YES, SIR. OK AND AGAIN, GO THROUGH THESE AND MAYBE IT'LL SPARK SOME INTEREST.

I APPRECIATE THIS REPORT.

I THINK YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB GIVING US A SUMMARY.

THANK YOU. GOOD. WE WORKED ON IT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.

I MEAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY APPROVED PROJECTS THAT YOU THAT YOU'VE PUT ON THE BUDGET THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER ITEM, SO I GUESS WE'LL RECESS OUR WORKSHOP. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOP OF THE MCALLEN CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS ARE HELD EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH, CONVENING AT FOUR P.M.

AT THE MCALLEN CITY COMMISSION CHAMBER ON THE THIRD FLOOR AT MCALLEN CITY HALL

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[CALL TO ORDER]

LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, WE PAUSE TO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR BLESSING OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.

WE PRAY FOR OUR FEDERAL LEADERS AND ARMED FORCES THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND PROTECTION AS THEY PROTECT US.

AS WE START OUR MEETING TODAY, PLEASE GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS TO GLORIFY YOU AND ALL THAT WE DO.

IN JESUS NAME, I PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN. AMEN. NO PROCLAMATIONS, ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING, I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT ALL THE ITEMS FOR

[AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT (Individuals wishing to speak regarding an agenda item on today's agenda, please contact City Secretary before 5:00pm)]

[1. PUBLIC HEARING]

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A1, B1, AND D.

OKAY, I GUESS THAT'S THE END OF PUBLIC HEARING.

[CHUCKLING] OKAY, CONSENT AGENDA.

[END OF PUBLIC HEARING]

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, BIDS AND CONTRACTS.

YES, SIR, MAYOR, 3A CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR DOVE AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

THE FIRST ITEM BEFORE YOU IF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE AND FINAL RECONCILE FOR ORIGINAL BID ITEMS OVER AND UNDER RUNS AND INTRODUCES AN EXPANDED SCOPE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND RECONCILES THE FINAL CONTRACT TIME.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE AND FINALLY, THE NET AMOUNT OF FORTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE CALENDAR DAYS FOR A FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS, AND THE FINAL CONTRACT TIME OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE CALENDAR DAYS.

THERE ARE VARIOUS UNFORESEEN SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS THAT NECESSITATED FIELD MODIFICATIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND WE OUTLINED THE REASON FOR THE DAYS ON THE CHANGE ORDER.

WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS I'LL ADDRESS IT MORE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

ARE THERE ANY LEGAL REMEDIES BECAUSE OF THE DELAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? NOT BASED ON PREVIOUS ACTION THE COMMISSION TOOK.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES, ITEM B.

CONSIDERATION AND SELECTION OF TOP RANKED FIRMS FOR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, RENOVATIONS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE?

[B) Consideration and Selection of Top Ranked firms for Traffic Operations Renovations and authorize to negotiate scope of services and fee schedule.]

C IS THE ITEM THAT YOU HEARD AT WORKSHOP.

[C) Consideration and Authorization to enter into a contract with McAllen Chamber of Commerce for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded Small Business Program based on program guidelines.]

ALL IN FAVOR? AGAINST? THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM D. D IS TO RESCIND THE AWARD OF BID FOR THE MCALLEN YOUTH BASEBALL COMPLEX PARKING

[D) Consideration and Authorization to rescind award of bid for the McAllen Youth Baseball Complex Parking Lot Improvements.]

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION TO RESCIND THE PREVIOUS AWARD AND RE-AWARD THE MCALLEN YOUTH BASEBALL COMPLEX PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT TO THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER.

THE MCALLEN YOUTH BASEBALL PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021.

THE LOWEST APPARENT RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FAILED TO ENTER IN A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF MCALLEN. THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS REACHED OUT TO THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER AND HAS AGREED TO HONOR THE BID WITH CONSIDERATION TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE ORIGINAL LOW BIDDER.

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STAFF RECOMMENDS RESCINDING THE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED BID TO LONGHORN SERVICES IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE DOLLARS AND RE-AWARD THE BID TO THE NEXT LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER.

FOREMOST PAVING INC OF WESLACO, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE EIGHT SIXTY FIVE, WITH A TOTAL CONTRACT TIME OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CALENDAR DAYS. WAS AN INQUIRY MADE AS TO WHY THEY DIDN'T? THEY HAD TROUBLE GETTING THEIR BONDS IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY KEPT TELLING US, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR BOND, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR BOND AND EVERY TIME THEY COULD NEVER PRODUCE THE BOND FOR US. MOTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY, TO [INAUDIBLE] THE NEXT LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, FOREMOST PAVING.

SECOND. WELL, WE HAVE ITEM D, AS CONSIDERATION AND AUTHORIZATION TO RESCIND.

OH, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. THE ANSWER IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH TO RESCIND AN AWARD TO THE--I CAN AMEND MY MOTION TO YEAH, MAYOR, I THINK IT IS.

IT'S INCLUDED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET.

ALL IN FAVOR? AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

4A IS TO PROVIDE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21-22 CAPITAL PROJECTS.

[4. ORDINANCE]

[A) Providing a Budget Amendment for Fiscal Year 21-22 Capital Projects Rollovers.]

AS YOU KNOW, ON A YEARLY BASIS, WE ESTIMATE WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO FINISH.

MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS.

SO, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ALL OF THESE ROLLOVERS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES. 5A IS A REVIEW OF THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021. THE INVESTMENT REPORT WAS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT INVESTMENT COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2021.

PAGE ONE OF THE REPORT SUMMARIZES THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

THE CITY HAD A TOTAL OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED, EARNING AN AVERAGE YIELD OF TWENTY SIX BASIS POINTS.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

[5. MANAGER’S REPORT]

[A) Review of Quarterly Investment Report for Quarter Ending September 30, 2021.]

[B) Immigration and Respite Center Report.]

THAT'S A DECREASE FROM THE THREE WEEKS BEFORE THAT, WE'RE AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

OUR COVID POSITIVITY RATE HAS INCREASED.

WE'RE, RIGHT NOW, AT ABOUT FOURTEEN POINT SEVEN PERCENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHICH IS QUITE AN INCREASE OVER THE THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT, BUT AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER BEING DROPPED OFF PER DAY, WE'RE STILL AT FAIRLY LOW NUMBERS OUT THERE [INAUDIBLE] PARK.

RIGHT NOW, WE AVERAGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO HUNDRED IMMIGRANTS AT [INAUDIBLE] PARK IN QUARANTINE AND TOTAL IN THE AREA, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HUNDRED, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE AT [INAUDIBLE] ARE IN QUARANTINE, ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES. I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE PARTIAL REOPENING OF [INAUDIBLE] PARK, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES OUT THERE.

VERY THANKFUL BOTH TO HIDALGO COUNTY, THE PRECINCT COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND AMR DID A FANTASTIC JOB DURING OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER THE LAST WEEK OF KEEPING EVERYBODY WARM AND DRY DURING THE WEATHER EVENT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. SUBDIVISION REPORT.

YOU'VE GOT ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

OH, HERE WE GO.

[C) Advisory Board Appointments. ]

THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE AND THE RE-APPOINTMENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE. WE ALSO HAVE TWO ZBOA BOARD VACANCIES FOR ALTERNATE THREE AND FOUR.

JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT TRADITIONALLY THE LONGEST SERVING ALTERNATES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THE POSITION.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THREE ALTERNATES SERVING, WHICH ARE REBECCA MILAN, HUGO AVILA AND ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, AND WE WOULD MOVE TWO OF THOSE UP AND THAT WOULD LEAVE TWO OTHER VACANCIES FOR THOSE POSITIONS AND COMMISSIONER CABEZA DE VACA HAS NOMINATED SAM SALDIVAR JR.. THE NAMES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEY NO LONGER WISH TO SERVE OR HAVE

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ON MINE, I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT THE ONES IN GREEN ON MY SECTION BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE ALL ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

YES, THEY ARE.

OKAY, AND EARLIER YOU AND I HAD A DISCUSSION ON MY APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT.

YES, COMMISSIONER AND I UPDATED THE SPREADSHEET.

YES, I HAVE UPDATED THEM AND I UPDATED THE ONES THAT WERE GOING TO EXTEND THE TERM DUE TO COVID. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S TWO OPENINGS AND NORMALLY IT GOES TO NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO. RIGHT.

TRADITIONALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO.

SO WE WOULD WE CAN MOVE UP HUGO AVILA AND ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ OR EVEN REBECCA MILAN OR MARK , BUT TRADITIONALLY IT'S YOU MOVE THEM UP IN THAT ORDER ONE AND TWO AND THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US TWO VACANCIES AND COMMISSIONER CABEZA DE VACA HAS NOMINATED SAM SALDIVAR J AS AN ALTERNATE. THE ONLY ONE THAT I, YOU KNOW, THAT LIVES IN MY AREA IS ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND HE DOES WANT TO SERVE ON THAT ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL. AND FOR THAT, I WOULD NEED THE APPROVAL OF THE ENTIRE COMMISSION WITH THE REQUIREMENT AGAIN FOR ZBOA.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC BACKGROUND? NOT FOR ZBOA, FOR BBOA, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE NEED.

THE BUILDING BOARD, THE BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS, YES, THOSE HAVE QUALIFICATIONS.

GOT IT. NOW, I DID GET ASKED THE OTHER DAY, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START APPOINTING PEOPLE FOR THE FOR THE DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THAT.

DO WE HAVE IT ON HERE? NO,. OKAY, WE NEED TO ADD IT.

OKAY.

PERLA ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT LONNIE GUERRERO, [INAUDIBLE] CONTACT AND THEN ON THE PARKS AND REC, WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT ACTUALLY RICHARD SANCHEZ INSTEAD OF REAPPOINTING JOE BROWN, AND HE'S AWARE, I THINK COMMISSIONER CABEZA DE VACA HAD HIM APPOINTED TO AIRPORT, SO HE WAS FINE, JUST MOVING.

RICHARD SANCHEZ? RICHARD SANCHEZ, I'LL GET YOU HIS CONTACT INFO AND THEN FOR MINE, THE REST CAN BE REAL POINTED THAT YOU HAVE MARKED EXCEPT FOR BY THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL SEND YOU THE ONE FOR CIVIC CENTER HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND I GUESS THE ZBOA ONE AS WELL.

I TOLD YOU I'D SPOKEN TO SOMEONE AND WAS WAITING ON HIS RESPONSE.

OK AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION WE DO HAVE ALSO QUALIFICATIONS.

THAT'S THE ONE I'M TALKING TO. YES.

OKAY, YES. OKAY, MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR NOMINATIONS.

OH, WAIT, SO CAN WE NOMINATE FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD ALREADY? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO I'LL NOMINATE MARISOL P FOR MY APPOINTMENT.[INAUDIBLE] YES.

OKAY.

UNDER MY COLUMN FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT. IT'S BEEN, I GUESS, TRADITION THAT THE NEXT LONGEST SERVING MEMBER WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] TO FILL THAT VACANCY.

I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS--TRADITIONALLY.

TRADITIONALLY, YES.

THAT WOULD BE REBECCA M.

THAT'S A SECOND ONE. WELL, I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I SHOW HUGO AVILA AS NUMBER ONE AND THEN DOES THAT SHOW THE LONGEST TERM? YES. OH, OKAY, SO YEAH. HUGO AND ROGELIO HAVE BEEN THERE THE LONGEST.

OH THEY'VE BEEN THERE THE LONGEST? YES, FOLLOWED BY REBECCA.

ON THE DISABILITY, WE'RE ALREADY CHOOSING [INAUDIBLE].

I'M APPOINTING A TRICIA SCOTT.

A WHAT? TRICIA? I'LL NOMINATE SOFIA PENA.

OKAY, SINCE I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THAT ONE, I DIDN'T KNOW WE'RE GOING BUT I DO HAVE ONE.

IS THAT WHERE IT IS? YES. YEAH AND OK ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, THERE IS NOT AN OPENING. NOT UNDER YOURS, COMMISSIONER, WE DO HAVE ONE UNDER THE MAYOR'S,

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I'LL NOMINATE MR. HUGO AVILA TO MOVE UP.

OK AND COMMISSIONER TONY'S NOMINATING ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ . THAT'S FOR THE ZBOA.

I RECOMMEND FOR PLANNING AND ZONING GABRIEL CARMEL, WHICH WILL CREATE A VACANCY ON ONE AND IT'LL CREATE MY VACANCY AND MY VACANCY WILL BE RUDY ELIZONDO, [INAUDIBLE].

[INAUDIBLE] AND THEN ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE, WE OK WITH THE NAMES ON THAT MEMO THAT I SUBMITTED. I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.

WHY DON'T WE ASK ONE FROM THE DHR, ONE FROM SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEMS AND ONE FROM RIO GRANDE REGIONAL, YOU KNOW, AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BRING FORWARD A NAME THAT WILL REPRESENT THEM? MIGHT BE. I KNOW THAT FROM THE MEDICAL, I REACHED OUT TO KRIS RIVERA FROM RIO GRANDE REGIONAL, AND SHE SAID, SHE'D LIKE TO BE PART OF IT, SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF MY NOMINATIONS.

I THINK I HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD YOU, ANDREW HEFNER, RIGHT? BUT MAYBE I DIDN'T PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION.

I'LL GET IT TO YOU.

RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT ADRIENNE ARRIAGA, JAKE PALMER, CARLOS MARGAUX, KRIS RIVERA AND JESSIE OSUNA, AND ANDREW HEFNER.

WASN'T THERE ONE FOR ME IN JESSIE OSUNA? JESSE OSUNA.

OR ON THE EDUCATION SIDE? CARLOS MARGAUX LET'S GO TO CARLOS MARGAUX.

SO, TEXAS COLLEGE.

NOMINATION FOR THAT.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE STRATEGIC VISION OF THE CITY, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, HE IS NOW INVOLVED WITH UTRDB.

TRUE. THAT'LL BE GREAT.

HE'D BE GOOD.

I AGREE. I LIKE IT.

IS THAT ALL WE HAVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL THE NOMINATIONS.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NEXT IS SUBDIVISION MONTHLY REPORT.

[D) Subdivision Monthly Report.]

WE RECEIVED 13 NEW SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER-DECEMBER.

NINE RESIDENTIAL, THREE COMMERCIAL AND ONE INDUSTRIAL AND THEN WE ALSO RECORDED FOUR SUBDIVISIONS. SO FIRST OFF, WE HAVE JACKSON STREETS APARTMENTS.

THAT'S ON JACKSON, NORTH OF YUMA.

IT'S A TWO LOT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SEVEN AND A QUARTER ACRES.

NEXT IS QQ, 10TH AND JAY.

NEXT. THERE YOU GO.

TWO LOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON JAY AND 10TH JUST UNDER AN ACRE.

NEXT IS SHOPS AT NOLANA, LOT TWO, WHICH IS A ONE LOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON NOLANA AND 29TH, A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE AND A HALF ACRES.

THEN WE HAVE DISTRICT PHASE 1 ON WISCONSIN, JUST WEST OF 10TH.

IT'S A SIX LOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 20 ACRES.

A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST IS THE DISTRICT PHASE TWO, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE A ONE LOT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES AND THEN FURTHER WEST.

WE HAVE THE DISTRICT PHASE THREE.

SAME THING, IT'S RESIDENTIAL, THIRTY NINE LOTS, FIVE AND A QUARTER ACRES.

NEXT UP IS ESTANCIA AT TRES LAGOS, PHASE III.

IT'S THIRTY THREE LOTS.

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE ON TRES LAGOS, FIFTEEN AND A QUARTER ACRES.

THE TREE APARTMENTS PHASE THREE IS ON TAYLOR, JUST NORTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY.

IT'S IN ADDITION TO THE THREE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.

LOT ONE AND TWO, THIS IS JUST SOME EXTRA LAND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET.

TUCKED AWAY SUBDIVISION IS A ONE LOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT ON WELLSPRINGS ROAD SOUTH OF LARK AND THEN WE HAVE MISSION VALLEY ESTATES 52 LOTS, 33 ACRES.

SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT.

RETIREE HAVEN IS A REPLAT, TWO LOT RESIDENTIAL, JUST OVER HALF AN ACRE, AND WILLOW RIDGE LOTS IS ALSO A REPLAT.

THEY'RE GOING FROM ONE LOT TO TWO LOTS HALF AN ACRE ON DAFFODIL AND LASTLY, SHARYLAND BUSINESS PARK ON CHERRY AND HONDURAS THREE LOTS, 40 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND

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WE HAVE BEJ ONE LOT COMMERCIAL AT [INAUDIBLE] AND VIOLET.

JUST A CLOSET NUMBER FOUR, ON YUMA AND [INAUDIBLE] ONE LOT, FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.

KRANE SUBDIVISION IN OUR ETJ NORTH OF EIGHT MILE LINE, ONE LOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND LASTLY, 2ND AND DOVE, THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT WITH TWENTY ONE LOTS LOCATED AT 2ND AND DOVE. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YES, SIR. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? WE'VE GOT--WHERE ARE WE AT? PARKS AND REC. WELL, YEAH, PARKS AND REC [CHUCKLING] YOU REALLY WANT TO FINISH EARLY, DON'T YOU? [CHUCKLING]. GOOD EVENING.

[E) Status Report on Parks & Recreation Projects. ]

WE HAD ABOUT OVER 4000 PARTICIPANTS.

17 STATES REPRESENTED THREE COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN THIS YEAR'S RACE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, YOU KNOW, LUIS ROMERO, [INAUDIBLE] NUMBER ONE HUNDRED WAS OUR MALE WINNER COMING IN AT TWO HOURS AND FORTY ONE MINUTES AND HE'S FROM HOUSTON AND THEN THE FIRST FEMALE COMING IN AT THREE HOURS AND TEN MINUTES WAS FROM SAN ANTONIO.

SO THE FOUR THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS, HOW DO THEY COMPARE WITH 2019? 2019, WE WERE DOWN, BUT THIS IS STILL A GOOD NUMBER COMING BACK.

TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED WAS THAT OF THE MISD KIDS WHO ELECTED TO GO VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.

SO WE HAD ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED TOTAL RUNNERS, PARTICIPANTS.

FOR BOTH DAYS? FOR BOTH DAYS, YES, SIR. OKAY, LET ME JUST PUT THIS ON.

I MISSED IT, WHAT DID YOU SAY WAS THE PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR? OVER 4000. OVER 4000? YES, SIR. THAT'S INCLUDING PARTICIPANTS AND MISD KIDS.

BUT THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE KIDS? YES, SIR, IT DID. OH, IT DID.

SO FIFTEEN HUNDRED FOR BOTH DAYS, JUST FOR THE RACE THIS YEAR.

OKAY, THE FIRST PROJECT WE'LL GO TO IS RETAMA PARK PLAYGROUND.

RETAMA PARK PLAYGROUND ARRIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

THE CDBG PROJECT HAS COMPLETED THE UPGRADE TO THE PARK WITH A NEW PLAY SYSTEM FOR FIVE TO 12 YEAR-OLDS. THE WOOD FIBAR SURFACING WILL BE INSTALLED AS SOON AS THE WEATHER ALLOWS.

THE COMPLETE PROJECT FOR RETAMA INCLUDED AN EXERCISE STATION, BASKETBALL COURT AND PLAYGROUND. THE NEXT SLIDE WE GO TO IS THE SPRINGFEST PARK RESTROOM, WHICH IS LOCATED IN PARKLAND ZONE ONE.

THE NEW RESTROOM IS IN THE SAME STYLE AS THOSE FOUND AT LA VISTA, CASCADE, AND AIRPORT.

THE VENDOR IS WORKING ON THE CMU WALLS.

ONCE THE WALLS ARE COMPLETED, OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE TEAM WILL GO BACK AND DO THE FRAMING OF THE ROOF.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PARK WILL INCLUDE ADDING MUSCO LIGHTING SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE FIELDS UP DURING THE EVENING TIME AS WELL.

THE MCALLEN YOUTH BASEBALL RESTROOMS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IS ABOUT 60 PERCENT COMPLETE.

THE CMU WALLS DID GO UP.

NOW THIS WEEK, WEATHER PERMITTING BUILDING MAINTENANCE TEAM WILL GO OUT THERE TO START THE FRAMING IN THE ROOFING ON THIS FACILITY.

NEXT PROJECT HERE IS THE H2O HUT.

THIS ONE WILL BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, STAFF IS LAYING SOD.

THE H2O HUT IS COMPLETE.

WE'RE JUST MISSING THE INTERIOR, WHICH WILL BE DONE THIS WEEK AS WELL FENCING AND CANOPY FOR THE BOATS TO GO IN AND JUST ANOTHER PHOTO, ANOTHER SIDE SHOT OF THE LANDSCAPE AND THE SOD PLACED IN BY THE TEAM.

MORRIS TRAIL LIGHTS, THIS IS THE TRAIL THAT CONNECTS BICENTENNIAL TO AUBURN.

WE ARE NOW PUTTING IN SOLAR LIGHTS.

THEY'RE BOLLARD LIGHTS AROUND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TRAIL AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM DURING THE EVENING.

QUESTION.

YES, SIR? I KNOW IT'S VERY LATE IN THE GAME.

WHY DIDN'T WE GO WITH A POLE? THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT FOR THIS ONE WAS THE BOLLARD TRAIL LIGHTING THAT DID COME UP, BUT SINCE WE ALREADY HAD THIS IN DESIGN PHASE AND PURCHASED, THIS WAS THE STYLE THEY WENT.

NOW, IN THE SECOND PHASE OF MORRIS PARK, WE WILL BE INSTALLING LED TRAIL LIGHTS INSTEAD OF THE BOLLARD LIGHTING HERE.

I'M JUST LOOKING FROM A SAFETY SECURITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS DOES EMIT PRETTY GOOD LIGHT.

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AND THE TRAIL THAT'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO TENTH STREET? THAT TRAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE WILL STAY WITH INSIDE MISD CITY GREENSPACE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN PEREZ AND MORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL? NO, I'M TALKING TO 10TH STREET.

YEAH, THIS STREET TECHNICALLY GOES FROM BICENTENNIAL TO AUBURN AND NOTHING CONNECTING TO TENTH STREET YET. BICENTENNIAL.

CORRECT. SO THIS PHASE IS JUST THERE AT THE RDF ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE, SOUTH OF AUBURN AND THE SOUTH EAST SIDE BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS.

SO OFF OF MAIN STREET.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS.

I THINK I BELIEVE THERE IS PLANS FOR A PROJECT TO CONTINUE FROM BICENTENNIAL EAST GOING OUT EAST ON THAT PROJECT.

YEAH, THAT ONE WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING PROJECT, NOT A PARKS.

THAT WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING PROJECT, CORRECT.

THE MORRIS HIKE AND BIKE IS AN ENGINEER PROJECT? OKAY, SO IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME ON WHEN AND HOW FROM I WOULD SAY IT'S, WELL, IF 10TH STREET IS THE MOST EAST THAT GOES ALONG THE RETENTION CANAL, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO, I GUESS, PEREZ ELEMENTARY AREA YEAH, MAIN STREET, RIGHT? AND THE LAST PROJECT HERE IS LA FLORESTA, INSTALLATION OF PICNIC TABLES AND QUICK BUILDS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE ADDED FIVE OF THOSE AROUND THAT TRAIL AND PARK THERE.

HOW ARE THE TREES DOING? TREES ARE DOING WELL. YES, SIR, THEY'RE DOING WELL.

IT WAS A GOOD PROJECT THAT WE DID THERE, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO FURTHER THAT PROJECT.

IT LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ITEM F, I DIDN'T FORGET.

ITEM F. I'LL BE QUICK MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS IS OUR PROJECT STATUS REPORT.

[F) Project Status Report through December 31, 2021.]

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, PHASE ONE IS THE ONE THAT HAS PROGRESSED THE MOST.

PLANS ARE UNDER REVIEW AND SHOULD BE ADVERTISING THROUGH TXDOT IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED TOMORROW TO MEET WITH A CONSULTANT SO THEY CAN GIVE US A RUNDOWN OF BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, AND THEN WE CAN PASS THAT MESSAGE ALONG TO THE COMMISSION TO JUST GET YOU AN UPDATE.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS DAFFODIL AVENUE WIDENING.

THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY 9 PERCENT DESIGNED.

WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THIS OUT FOR ADVERTISING IN MID-FEBRUARY AND THEN GO OUT TO CONSTRUCTION AFTER ADVERTISING COMES BACK, THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO LAST THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ON THE REPORT IS DOUG AVENUE EXTENSION FROM FORTY FIRST TO BENSON. WE CURRENTLY ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO COMPLETING DESIGN.

WE'RE 90 PERCENT THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING THE INNER LOCAL PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THAT WE NEED TO MAKE WITH THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, AND WE'LL BRING THAT BEFORE YOU.

THE NEXT PROJECT ON OUR LIST IS THE MCALLEN PARKS AND REC ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE METRO STATION. CURRENTLY, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN POURED FOR THE PARKS AND REC FACILITY.

EARTH WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE TRANSIT BUILDING PAD AND FOUNDATION FOR THE TRANSFER STATION RESTROOMS HAS BEEN POURED AND WORK CONTINUES IN THE AREA.

THE NEXT PROJECTS ARE THE 2018 BOND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

THE ONE WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT IS THE NORTHWEST BLUE LINE REGRADE FROM TRENTON TO THE OUTFALL THAT COMPLETED THIS YEAR OR BY THE 31ST, AND THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

THE OTHER 2018 BOND PROJECT IS THE BICENTENNIAL BLUE LINE, THE LA VISTA AVENUE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ABOUT NINETY FIVE PERCENT COMPLETE.

WE DO HAVE THE PAVING THAT IS LACKING.

WE HAD AN UNFORESEEN WATERLINE THAT MPU IS HELPING US ADJUST.

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KIND OF TAKING THIS OUT OF ORDER, AFTER THAT ONE'S COMPLETE, WE WOULD LOOK AT MOBILIZING TO TAMARACK BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT PROJECT IS DONE, WE WOULD MOVE ON TO THE HARVEY AVENUE.

THE HIGHLAND AVENUE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT IS GOING CONCURRENT WITH LA VISTA.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WAITING ON SOME BEARING PADS TO COME IN, AND THEN THAT PROJECT WILL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.

THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST IS THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE PROJECT.

THAT'S 8TH AND CAMELLIA AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT.

WE'RE ABOUT 90 PERCENT COMPLETE.

PENDING THE PAVING WITH THE RAIN THAT'S COME, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DELAYED ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK, BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF THE MONTH, IF NOT THE FIRST WEEK, SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY, THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AS WELL AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE THE TXDOT UPDATE FROM I-2 TO I-69.

AS YOU KNOW, TXDOT PUTS OUT ADVISORIES EVERY WEEK.

WE PUBLISH THOSE THROUGH MCN AND THEY KEEP WORKING ON THE CONNECTORS.

IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC THING ON THAT WE CAN ASK TXDOT TO LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU.

IF NOT, I OPEN IT FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? I SAW SOME PILLARS ON JACKSON AND I-2.

IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE A BRAIDED RAMP IN THAT AREA? I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT, OK.

WHAT IS IT? THERE'S TWO PILLARS.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A, CALL IT A FLYOVER, BUT IT'S RIGHT WHERE I-2 CROSSES JACKSON AVENUE, JUST SOUTH OF THE BOGGUS DEALERSHIP AND I MEAN, IT'S BEEN GOING UP FOR AT LEAST A MONTH.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALMOST TAPPED OUT.

SO IT JUST SEEMED KIND OF ODD BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONNECTING TO ANYTHING.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THAT ABOUT.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE PLANS AND GET BACK WITH YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. BEFORE YOU ALL CONSIDER OTHER ITEMS, LET ME JUST CORRECT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

[G) Future Agenda Items.]

WE'VE NOT DONE THAT, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT ON THERE AND THEN ON THE BACK IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AT ROOSEVELT, WE DID DO THAT.

I THINK IT WAS IN THE DECEMBER MEETING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO STRIKE THAT.

WE DID UPDATE THE STIMULUS PROJECTS TODAY AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THAT PAGE UPDATE ON ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WENT ON THE FRIDAY PACKET.

SO PLEASE REVIEW IT AND IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, WE CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK.

OKAY, IT'S A REPORT FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] IN THE PACKET.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? IF NOT, WE'LL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE TIME IS 5:37.

[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION, CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 (CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY), SECTION 551.072 (DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY), SECTION 551.074 (PERSONNEL MATTERS) AND SECTION 551.087 (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT).]

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[A) Consideration of Economic Development Matters. (Section 551.087, T.G.C.) ]

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WITH RESPECT TO 6A.2, I RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION TAKE NO ACTION.

WITH RESPECT TO 6A.3, I RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FURTHER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

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SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO 6B, I RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION ENTERTAIN A

[B) Consultation with City Attorney regarding pending litigation - Civil Action No. 7:20-cv-00264; Ricardo Villalon v. City of McAllen. (Section 551.071, T.G.C.) ]

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 6C.1, I RECOMMEND THAT CONDITIONED UPON APPROVAL FROM MPU THAT THE CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZE THE

[C) Discussion and possible lease, sale or purchase of real property; Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3 & Tract 4. (Section 551.072, T.G.C.) ]

SO MOVED. SECOND WHICH ITEM IS THIS AGAIN? 6C.1. 23RD AND [INAUDIBLE] NEXT TO THE WASTEWATER PLANT.

OH, OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES. WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 6C.2, I RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION ENTERTAIN A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO REJECT THE OFFER AND TAKE THE PROPERTY OFF THE MARKET FOR SALE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES. WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 6C.3, I RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION ENTERTAIN A MOTION INSTRUCTING CITY MANAGEMENT TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS, BRINGING THE ITEM BACK FOR FURTHER APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ITEM 6C.4, I RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION ENTERTAIN A MOTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO OBTAIN AN APPRAISAL FOR THE PROPERTY AND LIST IT FOR SALE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

THAT'S IT, COUNCILOR? THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA, MAYOR.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

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MEETINGS ARE REBROADCAST ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS ON THE MCALLEN CABLE NETWORK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.