1. Initial Zoning to C-3 (general business) District: A 2.460-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Lot 52, out of Lots 35-68, inclusive, Section 229, Tex-Mex Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 13931 North Ware Road (East).

[1. Initial Zoning to C-3 (general business) District: A 2.460-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Lot 52, out of Lots 35-68, inclusive, Section 229, Tex-Mex Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 13931 North Ware Road (East).]

AND 1-A-4. >> INITIAL ZONING TO C-3 ON

[B) REZONINGS]

NORTH WARE ROAD EAST. LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RARE ROAD 300 FEET SOUTH OF RUSSELL ROAD.

ADJACENT ZONING R-1 TO THE EAST.

AND SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, A PET BOARDING LOCALE AND AG AND VACANT LAND AND C-3 FOR PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TRENDS ALONG THIS AREA ARE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST 8 PLANNING AND ZONING OPPOSITION.

WANT UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR THE ITEM?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[2. Initial Zoning to R-2 (duplex-fourplex) District: A 2.227-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Lots 52 thru 54, out of Lots 35-68, inclusive, Section 229, Tex-Mex Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 13931 North Ware Road (West).]

AGAINST. >> I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM

THAT ITEM AS WELL. >> INITIAL ZONING TO R-2 NORTH RARE ROAD WEST. THIS IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE

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OF NORTH WARE HOLD 300 FEET SOUTH OF RUSSELL.

LIKE THE OTHER ONE ETJ TO THE NORTH AND WEST.

AND R-1 ACROSS WARE. R-2 FOR THIS SECTION FOR A PLANNED DUPLEX. AUGUST 8.

NO OPPOSITION AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[3. Initial Zoning to A-O (agricultural and open space) District: 1,288.63 acres gross, comprised of a 3.422 acre tract of Section 213, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, and all of Section 216 and 217, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Hidalgo County, Texas; 18900 North Abram Road.]

AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM B-3. >> INITIAL ZONING TO AO.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH ABRAM ROAD AND 1288 ACRES. SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE AG LAND AND VACANT LAND. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AO AS AN INTERIM ZONING. TRENDS ALONG THIS AREA ARE MOSTLY AGRICULTURE. ON THE JULY 26 PLANS AND ZONING.

NO OPPOSITION AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE --

>> IF I CAN MAKE CORRECTION. I MADE A SECOND MOTION ON 1-B-2 BUT RELATED TO ITEM 1-B-1. I WILL WITHDRAW AND RECUSE

MYSELF FROM THAT ITEM AS WELL. >> 1-B-2.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: OKAY. CAN WE TAKE A VOTE AGAIN ON

ITEM B-1 -- >> B-2.

>> I WILL MAKE A SECOND -- I WILL SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AGAINST?

MOTION CARRIES. >> NEXT ITEM REZONE FROM R-1

[4. Rezone from R-1 (single-family residential) District to R-2 (duplex-fourplex residential) District: Lot 12, Block 4, Cathay Courts Addition, Hidalgo County, Texas; 324 South Cynthia Street.]

TO R-2 TO 324 SOUTH CYNTHIA STREET.

THE APPLICANT ASKED FOR IT TO BE TABLED.

SOME PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION. I CAN PRESENT THE ITEM OR HEAR

THEM OUT. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: WE HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES WITH -- THIS IS -- OKAY.

AS A COURTESY WE ALLOWED TABLING OTHERS.

>> FOR A COURTESY TO ALLOW THEM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SINCE WE

ARE ALL THERE. >> CAN'T GUARANTEE TO MAKE THE

NEXT MEETING. >> ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST CYNTHIA 115 NORTH OF EAST DALLAS.

ADJACENT ZONING IS R-1 WITH PRIMARY USES SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. REQUESTING R-2 FOR A DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT. STAFF PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED TWO PHONE CALLS IN OPPOSITION CITING THEIR DESIRE TO KEEP THE AREA SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. THE ITEM WAS PRESENTED IN AUGUST 8 MEETING AND THREE NEIGHBORS SPOKE IN OPPOSITION URGING THEIR DESIRE TO KEEP THE AREA TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.

LIKEWISE, TWO PEOPLE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THEM OWNING FOUR NEARBY LOTS AND THEY WANTED TO REZONE AS WELL IF THIS ONE WOULD BE APPROVED. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ZONING ON A 4-1 VOTE.

SINCE THAT MEETING WE RECEIVED A SIGNED PETITION IN OPPOSITION AND TRIGGERED SUPERMAJORITY FOR APPROVAL.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: OKAY. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE IT ITEM?

>> ALL RIGHT, RIGHT ONE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I LIVE DOWN THE STREET THIS IN PROPERTY. I LIVED THERE FOR 20 YEARS.

GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.

VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC. MY SON GREW UP SKATE BOARDING UP AND DOWN THE STREET SAYING HELLO TO THE FIREMEN WHO IS NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPERTY. VERY LITTLE TURNOVER OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. IN THE LAST ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE START TO SEE OLDER PROPERTIES TORN DOWN.

REBUILT TO SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS.

VERY NICE. WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, BUT IN ABOUT THE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE OF THESE MULTIHOUSING BUILDINGS BEING PUT UP.

FOR INSTANCE, AN APARTMENT BUILDING TWO OR THREE BLOCKS AWAY AT THE CENTER OF SECOND STREET.

AND THEY PUT A TRIPLEX WHERE THERE THERE WAS A SINGLE-FAMILY JUST THREE OR FOUR HOUSES UP ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPERTIES FOR SALE AND THEY MAY WANT TO REZONE. FOR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T SEE ANY UP-SIDE FOR US. IT DEVALUES OUR PROPERTY AND MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD LESS DESIRE FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENTS.

MULTIPLIES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MULTIPLIES THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE STREETS WHERE THE KID ARE RIDING THEIR BIKES AND SKATEBOARD.

I SEE ONLY ONE UP-SIDE FOR THE PERSON BUILDING THIS BECAUSE

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THEY CAN CHARGE TWO RENTS INSTEAD OF ONE.

I TWO LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORS AND SAY WE WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TREND NOT TO CONTINUE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY, THE SAFETY AND THE CHARM OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTACT.

SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE DENY THIS PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYBODY EL ELSE?

>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, PATRICIA LONGORIA.

EAST ALICE AVENUE. I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK FOR A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT ON DALLAS AVENUE.

DALLAS AVENUE A MINOR ARTERIAL. THERE IS A FIRE STATION LIKE THE GENTLEMAN HAD MENTIONED. WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPEED HUMPS. WE DO EXPERIENCE A LOT OF ERRANT TRAFFIC, CUT-THRU TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR STREET BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SIGNALS AT EACH END OF DALLAS WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE FIRE STATION, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A SAFE PASS SAM, PEOPLE HAD COME THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS A VERY WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, BUT THE NEIGHBORS STILL DO WALK AROUND.

THAT IS HOW I MET MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS WALKING THEIR DOGS OR ME WALKING MY DOG. AND THEY ARE OLDER HOMES.

I AM ONLY THE SECOND OWNER OF OUR HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1974. BUILT BY JIM MOFFITT.

THEY ARE OLDER HOMES. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, WE HAVE CLOCKED, I THINK, 17 OR 18 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE EVEN HAVE A BLOCK OF IT THAT GETS HERON AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU SEE ONE RUN OVER BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS KNOW THEY ARE THERE. AND DRIVE THROUGH THERE SAFELY.

AND OTHER PEOPLE DON'T AND WE WILL END UP WITH THESE POOR DEAD BIRD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH INTO THESE -- THIS PROPERTY, THIS IS ONE PARCEL FOR -- WELL, ONE BLOCK -- IT IS ONE SECTION OF A FOUR PARCEL PROPERTY AND NOT GOING TO BE AT ONE -- ONE DUPLEX THAT YOU ARE ADDING. WHEN WE ADDED THE 90 UNITS ON THAT -- ON THAT SECT STREET APARTMENT COMPLEX, WE ADDED 640 DAILY TRIPS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

PEAK HOURS, 43 AND 51. THIS DOESN'T TRIGGER TIA.

BUT AS WE PIECEMEAL ALL OF THESE LITTLE REDEVELOPMENTS, WE WILL ADD THE TRAFFIC. WITHOUT THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR DALLAS, WHICH WOULD THEN, IN TURN, KHAT THE CITY -- YOU KNOW, SITTING AT THAT SEAT AT ONE POINT TO TRY TO FIND SOME KIND OF SOLUTION.

AND I GUESS THE ONLY SOLUTION HERE WOULD BE TO STOP THE -- THE GROWTH AND NOT I HAVE A LOW ANY MORE FORCED TRAFFIC, ANY MORE GENERATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT AT THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.

THANK YOU. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? AND THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE? DOES THE COMMISSION WANT TO TABLE --

>> MOTION TO TABLE ITEM. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR?

GUESS WE CAN. >> I RECOMMEND TAKING IT OFF THE

TABLE. >> MOTION TO REMOVE SAID ITEM.

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIED. >> SORRY -- REQUESTED TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER.

BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND THAT AREA THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THAT WE WANTED TO DEVELOP.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS TRUE ABOUT THE STREETS BEING NICE TO WALK AROUND AND KIDS ON BICYCLES, I GUESS, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, MOST OF THIS IS TAKING PLACE EAST OF THIS AREA. NOT ON THE AREA.

IF ANY OF YOU DRIVE BY AROUND THAT AREA, YOU WILL SEE THAT HOUSES ARE REALLY, REALLY OLD. THEY ARE FALL APART.

A LOT OF HOUSES THAT ARE FALLING APART, THEY ARE VACANT.

NOBODY IS REALLY TAKING CARE OF THEM.

LOOKING AT THEM. OR HAVING ANY DESIRE TO FIX THEM I LIVE ON 312 STREET. AND OUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE DOUBLED. AND AMAZING THAT THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP LIKE THAT. WE WANTED TO KEEP UP.

WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WANTED TO DEVELOP FURTHER BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. RED MARKS ON THE PICTURE.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT RENT THE PROPERTIES THERE.

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THEY ARE NOT OWNERS. BLUE ARE MULTIFAMILIES.

THREE OTHER FAMILIES LIVING ON THOSE PROPERTIES.

THE ONES IN YELLOW ARE VACANT. THERE WAS A SUGGESTION ABOUT A CHICAGO ALLEY GOING ACROSS. YOU SEE THE YELLOW, THAT IS A BLOCK HOUSE. I REQUESTED TO PUT ACTUALLY SOME PICTURES BEFORE OVER THE PHONE, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

THAT I CAN JUST BRING SOMETHING ON PAPER.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR FURTHER MEETINGS TO BRING SOMETHING THAT I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW.

A MEDIA OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE HOUSES THE WAY THEY ARE. IF YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSES EAST OF THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES.

OVER THERE THEY ARE EXCELLENT, $300,000, $400,000.

OUR HOUSES ARE LESS THAN $200,000.

A LOT OF THE HOUSES ARE LESS THAN $100,000, $70,000.

THEY NEED TO FIX IT. IN ORDER -- IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE HOUSES ON EACH LOT, IT IS GOING TO BRING MORE REVENUE TO THE CITY AS WELL. I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE TRAFFIC. BUT I ME, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE FOR OR AGAINST? THANK YOU. A MOTION TO TABLE.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM.

[5. Rezone from R-1 (single-family residential) District to R-3A (multi-family apartment residential) District: An 8.11 acre tract out of Lot 9, E.M. Card Survey No.1, Hidalgo County, Texas; 9228 North Bicentennial Boulevard. (TABLED)]

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. >> WE NEED A MOTION TO TAKE

ITEM B-5 OFF THE TABLE. >> MOTION TO MOVE IT OFF THE

TABLE. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> EAST SIDE OF BICENTENNIAL 340 FEET OF NORTH OF NORTH GATE AVENUE.

8.IS ACRES. R-1 TO THE WEST, SOUTH AND EAST WITH SURROUNDING USES INCLUDING SINGLE-FAMILY HOME, TOWN HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES. THE DEVELOPMENT -- THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING R- -A FOR A 20-LOT DUPLEX.

SINCE THEN IT HAS GONE UP TO 22 LOTS.

DETACHED THAT WILL BE 84 LUUNIT STAFF HAVE RECOMMENDED.

AND BECAUSE OF OVERDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA IN A SINGLE-FAMILY AREA. THIS PETITION HAS TRIGGERED SUPERMAJORITY. THE ITEM WAS PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 20 PLANNING AND ZONING WHERE SEVERAL RESIDENTS SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. AFTER HEARING THE APPLICANT AND THE RESIDENTS, P &Z RECOMMENDED DIGS APPROVAL OF THE REZONING.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE BOTH THE APPLICANT AND SOME OPPOSITION

HERE TODAY. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYBODY TO

SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE WE HAVE BEEN COMING BACK. WE JUST WANTED TO --

>> CAN WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOYER THE RECORD.

>> LAURA GARCIA. OWE ZACK AVENUE.

AND I LIVE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.

ACTUALLY MY BACK YARD WOULD BE RIGHT ON THE LINE OF THIS PROPERTY. AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS.

AND THE REASON BEING WE LOVE THE CITY OF MCALLEN.

WE LOVE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. AND WE ARE FOR THIS, RIGHT, FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOWEVER, WE ASK TO KEEP THIS AREA RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. MOST OF THE AREA HERE IN NORTH MCALLEN IS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. WE HAVE SEVERAL LARGE HOMES OF ACREAGE. DATED SUBDIVISION WHICH I LIVE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS AREA AS SUCH.

BICENTENNIAL WAS BUILT TO CREATE ACCESS TO SOUTH MCALLEN AND QUICK ACCESS FROM NORTH MCALLEN. AND NONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS ACTUALLY TAP INTO BICENTENNIAL FOR THAT REASON.

ANYTHING NORTH OF NOLANA DOES NOT GO OUT TO BICENTENNIAL FOR THAT REASON. I THINK THIS WILL CREATE A LOT OF CHAOS. ESPECIALLY I HAD A WATER GOING TO MACK HIGH AND TAKE NORTH GATE AND BICENTENNIAL AND AS THAT IS, A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND NOT THAT MANY DEVELOPMENTS THERE.

HAVING THIS MANY TOWN -- WELL, APARTMENTS THERE, THE FOURPLEXES WOULD CREATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE AREA AS SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL.

THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING UP JUST RECENTLY A $210 MILLION DEVELOPMENT ON WISCONSIN AND 10TH STREET AND ALL HIGH-END TOWN HOMES AND APARTMENTS. SO WE LIKE TO KEEP THE SAME FLOW

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OF SITUATION HERE. WE WELCOME DEVELOPMENT THERE TOWNHOMES, SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, CONTINUED GATED SUBDIVISION.

THE REASON WE PURCHASE THERE WAS PRESIRELY FOR THAT.

BECAUSE OF THE AREA. THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

FOR THE CHILDREN. I HAVE GROWN UP IN MCALLEN, NORTH MCALLEN MOST OF MY LIFE AND ESPECIALLY THAT AREA.

AND THAT IS ALL WE ARE REQUESTING FOR TO YOU PLEASE JUST LISTEN. LIKE THEY MENTIONED, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ARE OPPOSED TO IT.

WE DO WELCOME ANY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND TOWN HOMES.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE NEIGHBORS, BUT KEEPING IT AS SUCH. SO WE REALLY -- WE ASK YOU TO -- YOU KNOW, JUST LISTEN TO OUR ASK.

AND HOPEFULLY WE KEEP MCALLEN BEAUTIFUL AND OUR GROWTH, YOU KNOW, HOW IT HAS BEEN PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR VILLALOBOS. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE OBJECTIONS THAT CAME FROM THE VILAGIO SUBDIVISION.

THEY ARE IN THE FILE. SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE HERE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE FROM THE VILAGIO. MORE OF US WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT AND DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE IT TO THE MEETINGS.

MISS GARCIA WHO JUST SPOKE BASICALLY SPOKE WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY. SO WE ALL ECHO HER STATEMENTS.

AND WE ASK YOU TO GIVE THIS SERIOUS ATTENTION.

WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY CONCERNED THIS.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL DENY THIS PROPOSAL.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. >> FOR THE RECORD, RAY MERLINO.

I LIVE IN THE VILLAGIO. AND OWN ANOTHER AT 1208 PROVIDENCE. I MOVED FROM A GOOD SUBDIVISION, BUT I WANTED TO GET SOMEWHERE MORE PRIVATE WHERE I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SOME QUIETNESS AROUND AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM?

>> COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY ADDRESS IS IN NORTH GATE. I SUBMITTED A LETTER AND THEY SHOULD HAVE IT IN WRITING. YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER DECISIONS MADE TO IF HE CAN 1998 THE VISION FOR MCALLEN.

BY NOW, THIS MATTER HAS BEEN TABLED FOUR TIMES.

TWO COMMISSIONERS SOUGHT THE NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES.

BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THIS DECISION IS SIMPLE.

IT IS AN EASY DECISION FOR MANY REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, THE CITY STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL.

NUMBER TWO, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL.

NUMBER THREE, THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL.

NUMBER FOUR, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DIGS APPROVAL. FINALLY, THE COMMUNITY HAS OVERWHELMINGLY STATED THEIR DISAPPROVAL FOR THIS FOREURPLEX REZONING SUBDIVISION TO OCCUR. I SAY A SIMPLE DECISION AND YOU CAN SEE WHY. JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY DOUBTS STILL LINGERING, LET ME ALLOW TO YOU GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER 10, 00. MCALLEN LEADERSHIP DID SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPED THE MCALLEN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHEN ADOPTING IT, THE CITY LEADERS SAID SPECIFICALLY THE FOLLOWING.

THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN MAKES A STATEMENT OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO GOOD PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS.

THE PLAN'S VISION THROUGH FOLLOWING THE PLAN, MCALLEN WILL BE THE LEADER ECONOMICALLY, CULTURALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY.

THE PLAN REPRESENTS A CONSENSUS AMONG THE COMMUNITY'S LEADERSHIP AND ITS CITIZENS REGARDING THE QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT.

SO, WITH REGARDS TO THIS REZONING REQUEST, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PRIMARY TREND OF THIS AREA WITH PRIMARY, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND IT IS, THEREFORE, DESIGNATED AS SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA.

NUMBER TWO, BICENTENNIAL AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE DESIGNATED A HIGH-SPEED ARTERIAL ROAD. WHAT DOES 9 PLAN SAY WITH THAT, THE PLAN SAYS THAT THE HIGH-SPEED ARTERIALS SHOULD BE FULLY RESTRICTED. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A BIT.

IN THIS PLANNING THAT WENT ON, THE AREA IS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND PROPERTY ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED ARTERIALS SHOULD BE FULLY RESTRICTED .THIS ALONE IS OVERWHELMING REASON WHY TO

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DISAPPROVE OF THIS REZONING REQUEST.

FINALLY CONSIDER THIS. WE HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUE IN THE AREA. FLOODING WHEN BIG STORMS IN THE BACK. THAT WHOLE AREA IS FLOODED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

IF THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD RESULT, IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD HAPPEN AND NOT ONLY THAT, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOLIDAYS, PARTIES AND A FIRE THAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IN THE AREA AND TRAFFIC GETTING OUT OF THERE WILL BE HELLISH.

FINALLY, IF THE -- 15 SECONDS TO CONCLUDE.

DISAPPROVAL OF THE REZONING IS THE ONLY DECISION TO MAKE BY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND EVERYONE HERE KNOWS IT.

THEREFORE I ENCOURAGE OF YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF PROGRESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN AND AGAINST ARE THE HE ZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM? YES, SIR.

>> MY NAME IS GENE REED, OZARK AVENUE, ADJACENT TO WHERE THE PROPERTY IS IN QUESTION. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW RECAPS. KUDOS TO MY COMMUNITY WHO HAS COME TOGETHER TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.

I REACHED OUT TO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND EVERYONE I HAVE SPOKEN TO HAS VERY GREAT CONCERNS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. MAINLY BECAUSE OF -- OF THE WAY IT WOULD IMPACT THE REST OF THE AND ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.

A COUPLE OF SMALL ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY NOT SMALL ITEMS ARE THE ACCESS TO BICENTENNIAL. THE CITY SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CREATING A HIGH CAPACITY THOROUGH FARE WITH NONE OF THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS HAVING SUCCESS.

YOU LOOK AT THE PLOT PLAN HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE LAID OUT, THE ENTRY POINT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT IS VERY SMALL.

GOD FORBID IF THERE IS EVER A CATASTROPHIC SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE QUICKLY. IT WOULD BE CHAOTIC.

THE OTHER THIS I THINK IS FLORIDA KIRINA SPOKEN ABOUT THE FLOODING. I ACTUALLY HAVE A PICTURE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHOW THIS TO YOU. FROM THE REALTOR'S WEB SITE.

IT SHOW IS THE TYPE OF FLOODING THAT IS CONSTANTLY -- THE TYPE OF FLOODING THAT OCCURS IN THIS AREA, AND THE PLAT THAT THEY DREW, THE RETENTION POND THAT WE HAVE, IS NO BIGGER THAN A SMALL SWIMMING POOL. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING THEY ARE TAKING PERMEABLE LAND, EXCUSE ME THAT WATER DRAINS THROUGH, AND BASICALLY CLEARING IT AND CEMENT AND BLACKTOP AND NO PERMEABLE LAND REMAINING. IF THERE IS ANY TYPE OF WATER WHATSOEVER, THE -- THE WATER SITUATION IS GOING TO IMPACT MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS ON NORTH GATE.

MANY OF US ON THE VILLAGIO SIDE BECAUSE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO OTHER THAN THAT POINT. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED PROPERLY. NO GREEN SPACE.

NO AMENITIES. THERE IS NOTHING THERE, BUT -- BUT HOUSE AFTER HOUSE AFTER HOUSE.

SO THAT IS THE MAIN THING. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF IS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE HAVE GOT A NOTIFICATION IN THE MAIL IN MAY.

WE ATTENDED TWO P&Z MEETINGS. ONE WAS TABLED.

AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE MET, IN MY OPINION IT WAS RATHER CONTENTIOUS BECAUSE THE -- THE CONCERNS THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH WERE MET WITH -- WITH ATTACKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

TO THE P&Z. THREATS THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THIS APPROVED, THAT IT WOULD BE TURNED INTO 300 TINY HOMES FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, AND I QUOTE. SO WE TRIED TO HAVE OUR COMMUNICATION. BUT THAT TYPE -- THAT COMMUNICATION NEVER HAPPENED, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN CLAIMED.

SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM -- OR INPUT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO COMPROMISE. WHERE HE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP

WITH A VALID SOLUTION -- >> SIR, THAT IS YOUR TIME.

I NEED TO ASK YOU TO WRAP IT UP. >> SUGGESTED LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF A PUD. THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND WE HAVE GOTTEN NO OTHER COOPERATION TO THE OTHER SIDE.

AS SUCH, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT -- >> MAYOR, THAT IS TIME.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU, SIR.

>> MY APOLOGIES FOR RUNNING OVER.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM?

IF NOT, ANYBODY FOR THE ITEM? >> HELLO, MY NAME IS DARTH VADER

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OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TIM WILKINS, THE DEVELOPER.

JUST TO START OFF TO GO AGAINST THE OPPOSITION, EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT SO FAR IS ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF THEIR OWN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY LIVE IN HIGH-DENSITY TOWN HOUSES, ZERO LOT LINES.

THEY HAVE NO YARDS. WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED IS ACTUALLY LESS DENSITY THAN WHAT THEY LIVE ON.

TRAFFIC. CAN WE TELL THEM TO PLEASE JUST KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM. THEY SAY I HAVE BEEN CONTENTIOUS. I FULLY ADMIT I HAVE MY PERSONALITY BUT I TRIED TO BE RESPECTFUL FOR THEM AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RECIPROCAL AND I AM KIND OF AT MY LIMIT.

BUT WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC, THEY EXIT ON TO 10TH STREET, OKAY.

THERE IS NO CHANCE -- OR VERY MINIMAL CHANCE THAT ANY TRAFFIC FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE ANY GREATER WITH FOURPLEXES VERSUS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IT IS A PIECE OF LAND VACANT FOR ITS ENTIRE EXIST THAN.

BY BICENTENNIAL COMING THROUGH TO BISECT IT MADE IT NOW USABLE.

I AM GOING TO GO IN AND READ MY STATEMENT.

THEY HAVE OPPOSED LITERALLY ANY AND ALL USES OTHER THAN R-1.

THEY STATE THE R-1 DESIGNATION IN PLACE FOR YEARS AND WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL. THE STATEMENT IS TRUE AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN AG EXEMPT FIELD FOR ITS ENTIRE HISTORY. CHANGING THE ZONING WILL HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS.

NO WAY TO SHOW THE VAGUENESS OF THE HYPOTHETICAL.

THEY GET A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC AND SAY HYPOTHETICALLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOT WILL CREATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

MY FOUR-PLEX OF 86 UNITS IN FOUR FLEXES WILL CREATE NO MORE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAN A R-1 SUBDIVISION WOULD.

ADDITIONALLY, NOT ONE COMPLAIN ANT THAT EXITS THE PROPERTY ON BICENTENNIAL. VILLAGIO FOR A PRIVATE DRIVE ON 10TH STREET. THEY HAVE TO EXIT 10TH, DO A U-TURN ON NORTH GATE. IT IS HIGHLY IMPROBABLE THAT MANY IF ANY WILL TAKE THAT ROUTE.

REGARDING THE NORTH WARE RESIDENTS.

THEY DON'T EXIT OR ENTER INTO BICENTENNIAL.

THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO NORTH GATE.

THEY MENTIONED PROPERTY VALUES. A $8 MILLION TO $10 MILLION DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE ABOVE-AVERAGE RENTAL HOUSING IN THE WEALTHIEST AREA OF TOWN. OUR CITY HAS THRIVED WHEN A LOGICAL WHO AMONG NATED MIX OF ZONING USES.

ENTIRE OF 10TH STREET IS LAND THAT BACKS TO RESIDENTIAL.

YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN, A LOGICAL MIX OF VARIOUS PROPERTY TYPES, ZONES, ALL WITHIN EACH OTHER REGARDING VILLAGIO, EACH DID SO KNOWING THEY WERE RIGHT NEXT TO A HIGH-DENSITY TRAILER PARK.

ONLY WITHIN THE LAST YEARS HAVE THAT PROPERTY BEEN REHABBED.

THREE MASSIVE TRAILER PARKS IN VICINITY TO THEM.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IS MUCH HIGHER QUALITY THAN WHAT THEY FOUND WHEN THEY PURCHASED. THAT IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL STATEMENT REGARDING THIS MATTER. OPPOSING RESIDENTS, THE ENTIRE BACK 50% OF EACH ONE OF THEIR LOTS IS ZONED -- ZONED AG EXEMPT WITH ANIMALS. 1420 NORTH GATE HIRED MY TAX CONSULTING FIRMS SAYING HIS TAXES WERE TOO HIGH AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING HIS PROPERTY TAX VALUE LOWERING HIS WILL. TOTALLY DISINGENUOUS WHEN THEY ARE HIRING PROFESSIONALS. ON THE CORNER HAVE HORSES, CATTLE AND GOATS. LESS OF A NUISANCE THAN DEFECATING FARM ANIMALS THAT ON THE PROPERTY.

THAT. I WILL HAVE SIMILAR TIME FOR THE

REZONING. >> I THINK THERE WERE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE. I THINK IT WOULD BE ONLY FAIR.

>> REGARDING THE CASE FOR REZONING -- THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN FOR SALE FOR 11 YEARS.

I HAD NO LESS THAN FOUR MEET WITH CITY STAFF WHEN THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED. ONLY DEVELOPMENT WE EVER SPOKE OF WAS FOURPLEXES. THE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY ALL CAME ABOUT AFTER A NEARBY RESIDENT WERE MAILED NOTICES OF POTENTIAL ZONING CHANGE. AFTER NOTICES WENT OUT AND PEOPLE WERE CALLING TO INQUIRE, CITY STAFF WERE ONLY TOLD WHAT MAXIMUM DENSITY WAS HYPOTHETICALLY ALLOWED.

IT WAS 475 APARTMENTS. THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT INTENT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED WITH DOLLARS OR DISSEMINATED AND CAUSED A UNNECESSARY PANIC FROM THE CITY TO THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY.

ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE MY INITIAL PLAN AND ZONING MEET I

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WAS INFORMED THAT THE ZONING IS A POSSIBILITY.

THE REQUEST IS MULTIPRONGED. DURING MEET WITH CITY STAFF, FOURPLEX WAS ANTIQUATED AND NEEDED UPDATED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. ACCORDING TO EDGAR, ORDINANCES REVAMP AND RETOOLED AND WHEN THAT OCCURS, MOSTLY WOULD BE STAFF RECOMMENDED. IS THAT INACCURATE REGURGE

STATION? >> I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> THE R-3 ALLOW AS STORAGE UNIT TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR EACH UNIT AND THE DESIRE TO UTILIZE THE EXTRA SPACE TO PROVIDE MORE AMENITIES FOR THE TENANT. ALSO OUR PRIVATE DRIVE COMES IN AT AN ANGLE AND ENDS WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.

ONE WOULD FIT THREE UNITS AND THE OTHER WOULD FIT FIVE.

FOR ALL THESE REASONS, R-3 MADE SENSE COVERED ALL WHAT WE WERE NEEDED INSTEAD OF A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE WITH A DOZEN VARIANCES .IN THE PACKET I HAVE AGAIN YOU, PROPOSED DESIGN LAYOUT. THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN BUILT OFF OVER TOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MCCALL AND YUMA WHERE THEY BUILT 150 OF THEM. THEY ARE COPY THAT WITH THAT DEVELOPER'S POSITION. COPY OF THE ENGINEERING FEE PROPOSAL. THE ENGINEERING PROPOSAL OF THE PLAT ALL VERIFY THE INTENT OF FOURPLEXES AS I DESCRIBED.

LAST IN YOUR PACKET IS A COPY OF A CHECK FOR $35,000 AND A RESERVATION CONTRACT WHEREBY I HAVE SOLD LOTS 13-19 TO AN INDEPENDENT BUILDER. I HAVE NO ASSOCIATION WITH.

THE PROCEEDS OF THAT SALE, $800,000 ARE INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, THE LOTS BEING SOLD WILL BE HEAVILY RESTRICTED TO CONFORMITY TO MATERIAL USES AND EXTERIOR DESIGN FOR AN UNIQUE SAME-STYLE PRIVATE COMMUNITY. THE FACT I SOLD THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROJECT OUT IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO AN ABOUT-FACE AND PUT AN MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN HERE. WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE, THERE IS SIMPLY NO WAY THE ZONING REQUEST IS NO, MA'AM NEFARIOUS EMPLOY TO UNDO ALL OF WHAT WAS DONE IN AN TEMPT OF 400 APARTMENTS IN REALITY WILL NOT FIT. MY INTENT 84 TO 86 APARTMENTS.

AND FOR THE REALITIES AND NOT DENY IT BASED ON HYPOTHETICAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE ZERO PERCENT OCCURRING.

I ASSURE YOU THAT ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THE OPPOSITION WILL HAVE ZERO COMPLAINTS IF THEY EVEN NOTICE ANY ACTIVITY THERE AT ALL. LASTLY, I GOT THREE SENTENCES LEFT. SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO DOR-3-T FOR TOWN HOMES.

WILL HAVE HIGHER DENSITY. TWO OR THREE-STORY TOWN HOMES WHICH IS FAR WORSE FOR THE NEIGHBORS BY WAY OF INTRUSION.

MUCH MORE COSTLY TO BUILD. AND IMPOSSIBLE TO SELL WITH ECONOMIC RATES SKYROCKETING. YOU HAVE TO LOOK NO FURTHER TO THESE NEIGHBORS FOR PROOF WITH A OF WHAT I SAY.

I WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP WHERE VILLAGIO IS. TRIED TO PUT IN GARDEN HOMES, GOT FORECLOSED ON. CANTU TOOK IT OVER AND MADE IT WORK. I AM WELL-VERSED IN REAL ESTATE AND I KNOW THE SAME SERIES OF EVENTS IF I AM FORCED IN A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL NOT WORK IN TODAY'S CLIMATE.

NOTHING PROPOSED THAT IS NOT REASONABLE AND LOGICAL.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE MY REQUEST.

IF YOU CANNOT OR WILL NOT, PLEASE CITE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY. I AM DONE.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. ANY -- ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANT TO SPEAK

AGAINST THE ITEM? >> HE ALREADY SPOKE.

>> HE MIGHT HAVE A REBUTTAL. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: WE GOT TO

MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SPEAKS. >> HI.

GOD EVENING, PATRICIA MELINO, MCALLEN, TEXAS.

I OPPOSE IT. WE HAVE -- WE ALL HAVE BACKYARDS, YOU KNOW. THAT IS INCORRECT.

YOU NEED TO DRIVE BY A LITTLE BIT.

IN OUR BACKYARDS, IT WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO ALL THE TREES THAT WE HAVE THERE. SO I SAW THE PLAN HE HAD WHERE HE WAS GOING TO BUILD IT. AND LITERALLY THERE WILL BE, LIKE, RIGHT IN MY BACK YARD. THEY WILL BE SEEING EVERYTHING.

WHATEVER HE DECIDES TO DO IS RIGHT TO ALL THE BACKYARDS.

WE ARE GOING TO LOSE ALL THE TREES.

ALL THE GREENERY IS GONE. THAT IS JUST PERSONAL.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY LAWS OR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

THAT IS PERSONAL. WE WANT TO KEEP IT PRETTY.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL. WE ALL AGREE WE BUY IN THAT AREA BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT AREA.

WE DON'T WANT TO BRING THAT INTO THAT AREA TAMPA IT IS JUST

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COMMERCIAL. WE JUST WANT TO KEEP IT THIS WAY, THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED IN THE PLAN THAT HE MENTIONED IN 2007 OR 2010. SO, I AM VERY NERVOUS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM PATRICK WILCOX.

I AM RETIRED PEDIATRIC DENTIST. AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING A AT VILLAGIO FOR THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.

AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO OVER WHAT EVERYBODY JUST SAID, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT IT, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM OF KEEPING IT AS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME? THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SAYING.

WE WANT THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE TAXES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING. BUT I DON'T THINK THE AREA IS A GOOD AREA FOR ALL THE UNITS THAT THE GENTLEMAN WANTS TO DO IN THAT AREA. WE ARE ALREADY TALKING OF THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DOESN'T WANT TO CONSIDER OR -- OR DOING A -- A HIGH-END TYPE OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY WILL BENEFIT FROM IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR OR AGAINST. >> MARTA WILCOX, 1117 PROVIDENCE AVENUE. IT IS NOT -- I LIVE IN ONE OF THE GARDEN HOMES. NOT THE TOWN HOMES.

SO IT IS ALL OF US WHO ARE OPPOSED BECAUSE OF THE SAME REASONS. THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF UNITS OR THEY ARE PROPOSED.

IT IS BEING APPROVED. SO IT IS -- AGAIN, SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT MANY MORE UNITS.

MORE TRAFFIC IN THE SAME NEAR AREA.

KEEP GOING AS R-1, IT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE IF IT IS CONSIDERED. THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: YES, SIR. >> TO CLARIFY THEIR POINT WHY R-1 ON THIS SPECIFIC PIECE WON'T WORK.

THE NATURE OF THE WAY IT IS LAID OUT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE SPACE OR THE WIDTH TO SELL $200,000 AND $300,000 LOTS THAT WILL HAVE MILLION DOLLARS HOMES TO JUSTIFY THE LAND COST.

IT DOESN'T WORK FINANCIALLY. IT IS A NUMBERS GAME.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE TALKING OF WANTING TO DO UPSCALE FOURPLEX RENTAL PROPERTIES. THAT'S IT.

AND I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH. THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO DEVELOP ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING PRODUCES NO MORE TRAFFIC THAN WHAT A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WOULD DO. IT IS JUST A FACT.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU. THIS ITEM WAS TABLED SEVERAL TIMES. THAT IS WHY I AM TRYING TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY WHO WANTS TO TALK TO GO AHEAD AND TALK. AND WE RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME, BUT WE RESPECT YOUR TIME. AND EVERYBODY MADE AN EFFORT TO COME SEVERAL TIMES. SO IF THERE IS ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, THIS IS IT. I WANTED TO ADD, LIKE -- MR. WILKINS SAID EARLIER, YES, WE DO HAVE TRAILER PARKS BEHIND.

AND I AM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.

I SAW MORE THAN 90% IN VILLAGIO WORKED FOR MR. CANTU.

THE BIGGEST THING WAS THE TRAILER HOUSES.

WHEN IT CAME TO FINANCE AND GET APPRAISALS, WHEN IT CAME TO, YOU KNOW, FINANCING THE HOUSES FOR THE BUYERS, THAT ALWAYS CAME UP.

AND IT WAS A HUGE HURDLE. AND BUILDING FOURPLEXES WILL HARM US FOR RESALE PURPOSES. BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU SELL A HOUSE, THEY DO A RADIUS OF 25 MILES.

WE USED TO GET -- I HAD TO GET OUT OF NORTH MCALLEN AND GO INTO SECOND STREET COMES FROM MISSION AND STUFF LIKE THAT YES, WILL KEEP THE GOOD SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND ARM WHEN IT COMES TO RESALE PURPOSES. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE AND PURCHASE LOTS AND HOMES IN AREAS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP THE VALUE OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR PROPERTY.

IT DOES HARM THE PROPERTY. WE DO WELCOME -- WE ARE NOT

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SAYING NOT TO DEVELOP EVER. WE WANT TO HAVE NEIGHBORS.

BUT WE WANT IT IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY OF WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. OPENING IT WHAT HE IS REQUESTING, MAYBE HE IS NOT GOING TO DO IT BUT OTHER LOTS THAT ARE EMPTY, THEY SAY HE DID FOURPLEXES AND WANT TO DO THE APARTMENTS, THE THREE, FOUR, FIVE-STORY FARMS. OP -- APARTMENTS.

WE WANT TO KEEP MCALLEN BEAUTIFUL AND KEEP THE AREA NICE. AND WELCOME ANY NEIGHBORS WHO

ARE IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I A AM HADALA KALIFA, 1101 NORTH GATE LANE. I'M HERE AGAINST IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN THERE OVER 25 YEARS. ALL THIGH DAUGHTERS WERE RAISE THERE AND WE PURCHASED A PROPERTY ON 10 ST STREET.

SO WE -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO GO BUILD ANYTHING THERE. WE WANT TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK APARTMENTS WOULD REALLY -- AND, AGAIN, THE STREET IS REAL NARROW, YOU KNOW.

AND I -- I THINK IT WILL A BAD IDEA.

SO THANK YOU. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU, SI SIR.

>>S} >> HE NOT IN THE NOTIFICATION AREA IMPACT AREA. AND I HAD SOME VERY SERIOUS LEGAL BATTLES WITH HIS STEPDAUGHTER.

THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTION WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE TARGETED TO ME PERSONALLY. NOT NECESSARILY THE PROJECT SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HERE WHO SPOKE TODAY LIVE IN THE IMPACT AREA. I KNOW HE DOESN'T.

FOR WHATEVER THAT IS WORTH, IT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THE COMMISSION WILL TAKE INTO EFFECT

THE FACTOR. >> I AM EDWARD PIQENO, NORTH GATE LANE AROUND THE CORNER OF NORTH GATE, BICENTENNIAL AND MAIN. PLEASE DON'T PUT IT IN THE STREET BEHIND ME. I WILL BE ON AN ISLAND.

I AM IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. TO THIS PROJECT THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE -- THAT ARE DENYING THIS.

AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM ALSO AGAINST THIS.

THANK YOU. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.

I GUESS ONE FINAL ONE. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE THE TIME. THIS WILL BE REAL BRIEF.

WE HEARD WILKINS STATE SEVERAL TIMES HE DOESN'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE FROM THE AFFECTED AREA. I'M HERE FROM THE AFFECTED AREA AND I AM SURE HE KNOWS THAT. HE SAYS -- THAT LESS TRAFFIC IS BOUND TO HAPPEN FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY.

SORRY, THAT THERE IS NO LESS TRAFFIC BOUND TO HAPPEN FROM SINGLE-FAMILY AND THAT THE FOURPLEXES WOULD ACTUALLY HELP.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF SINGLE-FAMILY HE IS PLANNING ON BUILDING. IF YOU BUILD A NORMAL SINGLE-FAMILY, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT 88 VEHICLES.

88 UNITS WILL MATCH THE SAME AS SINGLE-FAMILY IS DESIGNATED FOR.

HE SPOKE OF VILLAGIO AND 10TH STREET.

THEY HAVE ACCESS SES TO 10TH STREET AND WILL NOT AFFECT THEM.

THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE. THERE SHOULD BE NO ACCESS TO BICENTENNIAL. REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED O ON VILLAGIO, MAKES NO EXCEPTION. TRAILER PARKS NORTH OF THE AN AREA. THOSE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN.

THEY WERE THERE YEARS BEFORE MCALLEN ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY.

THIS HAD NO BEARING IN THE DECISION GOING TO BE MADE TODAY.

FINALLY, HE SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK FINANCIALLY.

WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT MAYBE IT DOESN'T WORK FINANCIALLY FOR HIM. MAYBE HE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK OR MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR WHATEVER KIND OF PROJECT HE HAS IN HIS MIND TO DEVELOP.

LET'S WAIT FOR THE RIGHT PERSON TO COME ALONG AND MAKE SURE THEY CHOOSE BEAUTY AND FORM THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE MCALLEN PLAN THAT HAVE -- THAT WE ALL ARE HERE TO ABIDE BY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU.

>> THIS GUY FILED A LAWSUIT TRYING TO BLOW UP MY SALE.

WE BEAT HIM IN QUART. HE LOST IN COURT.

HE IS A BITTER BETTY IS ALL IT IS.

HE IS TRYING TO BUY IT. IN SMOOTH SILVER TONGUED LAWYER

NONSENSE IS ALL THAT IS. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH.

I THINK THE COMMISSION KNOWS THERE ARE ISSUES REGARDING THE

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ITEM IS IT HAS BEEN TABLED AND SOME THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER.

>> I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE.

WHEN STAFF GETS CALLS, WE NEED TO GIVE THE IMPACT.

THE PUBLIC CALLS AND WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO BUILD.

BY RIGHT WITH OUR CODE,R-3-A, 200, 300 UNITS POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T MAKE A STATEMENT HOW FEASIBLE, WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING. WE HAVE TO TELL THEM WHAT THE CODE A SAYS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE ADDRESSING IN THE NEW CODE IS THE FACT THAT CURRENTLY YOU NEED APARTMENT ZONED TO BUILD DETACHED DUPLEXES.

SOMETHING WE ARE NOT 100% GOING TO FIX OR LOOKING TO FIX.

OBVIOUSLY THE CODE SHOULD COME BEFORE NEW A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I AM NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT IF THE NEW CODE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, WE WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

I WON'T SAY THAT. I WANT TO CAVEAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW OR FINALIZED WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL AND PROHIBITED USES FOR EACH ZONE.

MAY BE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT NAY MAKE ME THINK TWICE, BUT THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A ZONE, A DUPLEX ZONE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR YOUR DETACHED DUPLEXES WHICH IS WHAT HE IS PROPOSING.

AGAIN, WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE APARTMENTS AND LEGALLY WITH OUR CURRENT CODE. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD 300 UNITS. AND SO THAT IS WHY STAFF CAME FROM TO RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL. AND WHERE P&Z LOOKED AT IT AS

WELL. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: I GUESS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REALIZE THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THIS IS NOT EASY. I NKNOW IT IS NOT AN EASY DECISION. I WISH IT WERE.

WE NEED TO BALANCE THE PEOPLE AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE INTEREST OF THE LANDOWNER. BECAUSE AT THE VERY END NOT A DETENTION POND. THEY NEED TO DEVELOP -- SOMEBODY WILL DEVELOP ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AT THIS PERSON POINT IN TIME BECAUSE IT MAY CHANGE IN A FEW MONTHS. CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: SO WE MAY BE REVISITING THIS IN A FEW MONTHS AGAIN.

ANY QUESTIONS? ISSUE.

I HAVE A QUESTION. THEY MENTIONED BICENTENNIAL.

>> YES, SIR. >> A PROBLEM OF BICENTENNIAL.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT. >> BICENTENNIAL IS CONTROLLED ACCESS. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MANY CURB CUTS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T PROHIBIT A PROPERTY FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS A ROAD.

THE IDEA RIGHT NOW AND TRAFFIC -- AND CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT TO HAVE LA FLORISTA FACE AND TO THE WEST OF VILLAGIO TO SHARE ONE ACCESS POINT OFF OF BICENTENNIAL.

WE LIMIT THE CURB CUTS OFF OF BICENTENNIAL.

THAT IS THE PROPOSAL FROM STAFF RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW EACH SUBDIVISION IS CURRENTLY KIND OF WANTING THEIR OWN ACCESS, BUT I -- THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN IF THAT WILL HAPPEN.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYTHING EL

ELSE? >> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MORE

DISCUSSION? >> WE HAVE ROY, ISSUES WITH THE CURB CUTS, ALL THAT KIND YOU HAVE STUFF.

I KNOW BICENTENNIAL -- HOW MANY DO WE HAVE OR WHAT ARE WE

LOOKING AT? >> I MEAN, WE TRY TO BE OBJECTIVE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT CURB CUTS ON BICENTENNIAL, MAYOR. THIS PROPERTY HAS LIMITED AREAS WHERE IT CAN ACCESS PUBLIC ROADS.

SO AS EDGAR SAYS, THIS WILL PROBABLY FALL IN SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS TO ALLOW IT. THE STAFF AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE CURB CUTS ON BICENTENNIAL FOR THE VERY REASON WE BUILT IT FOR MOBILITY; HOWEVER, YOU GOT TO GIVE A PROPERTY AN ABILITY TO ACCESS IT.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: WHICH IS THE REASON YOU ARE LOOKING AT

LA FLORESTA. >> ALL HANDLED AT THE

SUBDIVISION. >> YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

>> WE HAVE AN EXISTING CURB CUT. NO NEED FOR US TO DO ANYTHING BUT USE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE, OKAY.

THE PROBLEMS THAT COME IN IS THAT THE CITY HAS GONE AHEAD AND APPROVED DEVELOPMENT NORTH AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.

BECAUSE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT GOT APPROVED, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET US TO MODIFY AND SHARE A DRIVE.

NOW I WILL TELL ALL OF YOU THIS. IMPLORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT CITY DESIRE TO HAVE ONE ENTRANCE WHERE WE TEE OFF AND GO TO OUR PROSPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DONATE SOME OF THE LAND TO FACILITATE THAT FOR THE CITY'S PURPOSE TO KEEP THAT

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A HIGH-SPEED ROADWAY. AS IT STANDS, I DON'T NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER CURB CUT.

LA FORESTA. THEY CAN'T UNLESS -- THAT IS THE CATCH-22. I AM THERE TO ARGUE FOR THEM.

I'M HERE TO ARGUE FOR OUR DEAL. I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS AN OLIVE BRANCH IF WE CAN DO WHAT WE ARE ASKING TO DO.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT, ROEL.

>> I WOULD RATHER EDGAR. >> WHEN SUBDIVISIONS COULD AM IN WE TAKE IT AT THAT POINT. WHEN LA FORESTA, THIS SUBDIVISION WASN'T EXISTING OR PROPOSED.

ONCE WE HAVE TWO COMPETING -- COMPETE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WE LOOK AT ALL OF THAT WHEN WE ANALYZE AND TRAFFIC ANALYZE THIS. THE IMPACT ON BICENTENNIAL AND THE CURB CUTS THAT WILL BE REC

RECEIVED. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: COMMISSION?

>> WHAT IS THE REZONING IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE SUBJECT

PROPERTY, IS THAT R-3-T. >> R-3-T, TOWN HOMES.

>> MAYOR, ON THIS ISSUE, THIS PARTICULAR LOT, I GUESS BEFORE BICENTENNIAL BOULEVARD HAS BEEN ZONED RESIDENTIAL 1 SINCE 1985.

SO BEFORE BICENTENNIAL, QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE GOT ACCESS TO THAT LOT. MAYBE IT WAS OFF 10TH STREET.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE OFF NORTH GATE.

I THINK THIS LOT HAS BEEN OF BECOME MORE FISCALLY VIABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT NOW THAT BICENTENNIAL BOULEVARD MADE ITS WAY TO THAT PART OF TOWN. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE OVERALL SCHEME OF OUR CITY STREETS.

MAINTAIN BICENTENNIAL BOULEVARD AND AS A HIGH-SPEED ARTERIAL, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, BUT ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, I AM NOT TRYING TO USE A LEGAL TERM, BUT WE DON'T WANT A REVERSE CONDEMNATION OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY A PROPERTY OWNER AND HE HAS THAT BUNDLE OF STICKS TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY AS HE SEES FIT, AS LONG AS IT FITS THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: IF THAT IS THE CASE, COUNSEL, DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUE IN EXECUTIVE REGARDING THAT ISSUE?

>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY LEGAL ISSUES THAT COMMISSIONER HAS IN EXECUTIVE ISSUE.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: I THINK THAT MAY RAISE AN ISSUE REGARDING THAT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD RECESS

INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION REIS HE.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: WE DON'T NEED A MOTION.

LET'S JUST RECESS.

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. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: OKAY, WE

ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> OKAY, SO I SEE NOW THAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BICENTENNIAL, OBVIOUSLY THIS LOT HAS BECOME A LITTLE MORE VIABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND CERTAINLY WHO ARE WE TO INTERFERE WITH ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO DEVELOP THEIR LOT AS THEY SEE FIT WITHIN THE RULES OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND LOCAL JURISDICTION. I KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST FOR REZONING IS NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER REZONING THAT HAPPENED 10, 15 YEARS AGO.

THE SUBDIVISION IS CALLED COLGATE CROSSING OFF OF NORTH DEPOT ROAD NORTH OF AUBURN. YOU HAVE THE ROCK SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH. ROCK SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH.

AND IT WAS R-1 AND REP ZONED AT R- -T, WHICH IS THE TOWNHOUSE CATEGORY. 4-3-A IS THE SAME CATEGORY AT 4-3-2. A LOT OF CONVERSATION BACK THEN.

AND THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING GOING AND SQUEEZED IN. ULTIMATELY A PRIOR BOARD OF THE CITY APPROVED IT FOR R-3-T. WHERE IF THERE WAS NO VIABLE PERSON FOR PERSON OR ENTITY OF INTEREST TO DEVELOPMENT AT R-1, THEN THE ONLY THING IT WILL DEFAULT TO IS MULTIFAMILY.

I BELIEVE THIS CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCE FROM THE APPLICANT IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW FROM, IN FACT, IT WAS VIABLE SINCE 1985 TO BUILD AN R-1, I WOULD THINK AFTER 40 YEARS SOMEONE WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT TRANSPIRED SHOW OR INDICATE

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THAT IT HAS NOT EVEN BEEN VIABLE.

BICENTENNIAL HAS BEEN OPEN FOR THREE YEARS AND STILL NOT VIABLE UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEONE WANTING TO DEVELOP.

AND WE SHARE THE SAME INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY IS BEING DEVELOPED WITH THE SAME VISION AND FORETHOUGHT, BECOMING THE LEADING CITY IN SOUTH TEXAS IN THE VALLEY WHERE WE HAVE PRIME COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE COMMUNITIES WITH RETAIL AND SHOPPING AND PARKS AND PUBLIC VENUES TO PARTAKE IN.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS UNRIVALED.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A ARE R-3-A ZONING WILL BE SUCH A DETRIMENT TO THAT PART OF TO UN. THAT MOBILE HOME PARK WAS THERE WAY BEFORE THE CITY GOT IT. IN A SENSE IT IS GRANDFATHERED IN. THAT WE SEE IN VILLAGIO, PART IS R-1 AND PART IT WAS ZO ZONED R-3-T.

WHY? APPARENTLY IT WASN'T VIABLE ENOUGH BASED ON ECONOMICS TO CONTINUE WITH R-1.

THIS WILL BE THE EXCEPTION BUT NOT THE RULE OF MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF CURB CUTS TO BICENTENNIAL.

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT WITH THE OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW. I ALSO SEE THAT AT LEAST IN THIS CURRENT STATE, THE RESIDENTS OF VILLAGIO ONLY EXIT AND ENTER THROUGH 10TH STREET. NORTH GATE ONLY ENTER AND EXIT THROUGH NORTH GATE AND POTENTIALLY SILVER OAK, L LA FLORESTA AND THIS PROPOSED LOT THAT WILL FEED INTO THAT INTERSECTION. I CAN SEE THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM; HOWEVER, THAT NODE IS CLOSER TO NORTH GATE.

WE ARE SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT PROBLEMS IN TRYING TO EXIT BUT LOOKS LIKE 800 FEET. MAYBE 1,000 FEET NORTH OF THAT INTERSECTION OF BICENTENNIAL THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC FLOW. UNFORTUNATELY THIS LOT DOES NOT EXIT 10TH STREET. IF WE DID, WE MAY BE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T.

WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE FACTS AS IT IS TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS READY, BUT I AM READY TO MAKE A MOTION. AND THAT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR APPLICANT FOR REZONING TO R-3-A.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THERE BAG FIRST, IS THERE A SECOND? I DO HEAR A SECOND? IF NOT, THE MOTION DIES FOR LACK

OF A SECOND. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: DO I HEAR ANY OTHER MOTIONS? THERE ARE NO MOTIONS. NO ACTION, DIES.

>> MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HERE FOR THE BETTER PART OF THREE MONTHS. WE HAVE MORE THAN ADEQUATE TIME TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS, READ THEIR E-MAILS, RECEIVE THEIR TEXTS. EVERYBODY HERE, BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THOSE AGAINST THE REZONING HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO BE HERE AGAIN THIS TIME. I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE, SOMEONE, URGE YOU TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT THERE, COMMISSIONER.

YOU MADE A MOTION. I WILL MAKE A FOLLOW-UP MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE REZONING.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: DO I HAVE HEAR A SECOND.

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: IN ALL

FAVOR. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: AGAINST,

MOTION CARRIES. >> TO BE CLEAR, A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST.

[1. Request of Norberto Hernandez for a Conditional Use Permit, for life of the use, and adoption of an ordinance for a portable food concession stand, at Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 2, Young’s Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 2401 W Highway 83.]

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT.

>> NEXT CAN A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR LIFE OF THE USE FOR A APORTABLE FOOD CONCESSION AT 2401 WEST HIGHWAY 83.

ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUSINESS 83.

ZONED I-1. ADJACENT ZONING IS I-1 TO THE NORTH, WEST AND EAST AND R-2 TO THE SOUTH VOUCHEDS USES, BUSINESSES, HOMES AND VACANT LAND.

IT WAS APPROVED IT IN 2012 AND ISSUED TO DIFFERENT APPLICANTS.

SUBSEQUENTLY THE LAST ONE BEING APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.

A 100 SQUARE-FOOT PORTABLE FOOD CONCESSION STAND AS STORAGE FOR THEIR ON-SITE FOOD TRUCK. THE ITEM WAS HEARD AT THE AUGUST 8 PLANNING AND ZONING. NO OPPOSITION AND UNANIMOUSLY GRANT APPROVAL FOR ONE YEAR OPPOSED TO THEIR REQUEST WHICH

IS LIFE OF THE USE. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYBODY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM? IF NOT DO I HEAR A MOTION TO

[D) Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of McAllen.]

APPROVE. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> FOR LIFE OF THE USE FOR ONE YY

YEAR. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: FOR ONE

YEAR. >> BEFORE WE DO THAT OF AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER AGUIRRE AND HADDAD

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HAD TO ABSTAIN ON 1-B-5. >> MOTION.

[E) Public hearing and adoption of ordinance providing for the annexation of 1,288.63 acres gross, comprised of a 3.422 acre tract out of Section 213, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, and all of Section 216 and 217, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, and a 5.45 acre Right-of-Way for North Abraham Road, Texas-Mexican Railway Company’s Survey, Hidalgo County, Texas; 18900 North Abram Road.]

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: MOTION

CARRIES. >> PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF AN ANNEXATION OF 1288.63 ACRES GROSS FOR NORTH ABRAM.

ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN THE CCTJ. IT WAS ZONED AO EARLIER TODAY AND RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE ANNEXED.

NO CALLS IN OPPOSITION. >> ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM. IF NOT, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO

APPROVE? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN

[F) Public hearing and adoption of an ordinance providing for the annexation of the 4.687 acre tract of land, more or less, out of lots 52 thru 54, out of lots 35-68, inclusive, Section 229, Tex-Mex Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 13931 North Ware Road.]

FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR ANNEXATION OF 4.867 ACRES OF LAND ON 13931 NORTH WARE ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SOUTH OF RUSSELL. DOES TOTAL 4.68 ACRES.

ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE WEST AND SOUTH ETJ.

AND NORTH AND EAST R-3-1. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CALLS IN OPPOSITION AND RECOMMENDING ANNEXATION.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM? IF NOT, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SO MOVED IS. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AGAI AGAINST.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> I WILL ABSTAIN. THE ANNEXATION OF ONE OF THE PREVIOUS ITEMS. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMSA-K.

DO WE NEED TO FULL ANYTHING OUT? >> MOTION TO APPROVE A-K.

[3. BIDS/CONTRACTS]

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 3.

[A) Award of Contract for Library Chiller Compressor.]

>> ITEM 3-A ANDB ARE EMERGENCY PURCHASES.

AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AT THE LIBRARY AND IMAS.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

[C) Consideration and Approval for the emergency repair of the Bicentennial Boulevard Noise Attenuation Barrier.]

>> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES.

>> 3-C, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL IN THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF THE BICENTENNIAL NOISE ATTENUATION BARRIER.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSION, WALL SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON TWO AUTOMOBILE IMPACT WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

THE INCIDENT HAS COMPROMISED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE BARRIER SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT

COMPONENT OF BICENTENNIALER. >> SECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND AIDING IN MISSION TO REDUCTION AND ENSURING THE WELL BEING OF RESIDENTS. THE TOTAL COST OF PLAN $1 $191,007.01 TO RESTORE THE BARRIER'S STRUCTURAL INDIANA THIRD DEGREE RIGHT. STAFF IS WORKING TO RECOVER COSTS THROUGH THE INSURANCE, ENGINEERING AND CITY STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 191079.

01 FOR THE REPAIR AND DAMAGE FOR THE ATTENUATION BARRIER AND WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY COMMENTS. WE HAVE ADD ADDED SOME PICTURES AT THE END TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALL AS

WELL. >> THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS

LOOKING INTO GETTING -- >> WE HAVE CLAIMS AGAINST THE --

>> CLAIMS AGAINST WHAT? >> THE PEOPLE WHO CAUSED THE

DAMAGE. >> OKAY.

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LONG STRETCH OF THIS BARRIER.

SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, OKAY. BUT HOW -- HOW CAN WE REACT TO MOVE FASTER. AND NOW KNOWING HOW TO DO THIS.

AND IS THIS -- THIS IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT.

I KNOW WE PROBABLY WILL GET SOME -- BACK FROM OF THE INSURANCE FROM THE ONES THAT CAUSED IT. BUT IS IT UNIQUE -- SO UNIQUE THAT KICK NOT FIX IT FAST. AND THIS COST, IS IT CORRECT?

IS THAT MUCH? >> SOME OF PART OF IT BEING UNIQUE IS IT IS -- IT IS STRUCTURALLY DESIGNED, THE WALL.

SO THIS IS NOT TYPICAL ON A CITY PROJECT.

THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL MONEY WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS FOR NOISE ATTENUATION WALL.

ONE, IT IS UNIQUE TO THE CITY AS BEING ON A LOCAL ROAD.

WE HAVE THE PLANS INHOUSE AND THE COMPANY THAT BUILT THAT

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WALL. PART OF THE PROCESS TO GET THE QUOTES AND GET THIS PURCHASE GOING.

WE WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR. WE SHOW YOU THE PRICING IN THE BACK. THIS IS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE WALL. WE WALKED -- WE SAT DOWN WITH

THEM TO SHOW THEIR MOBILIZATION. >> IT COST MONIES DO.

>> THE COST WAS HIGH. WE NEED TO DO ENGINEERING FOR THE STRUCTURAL AND A PREMANUFACTURED WALL.

WE NEED THE PREMANUFACTURER TO BUILD THAT WALL AND SEND IT IN.

ABOUT A FOUR-WEEK LEAD TIME ON THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN EXECUTE

THIS CONTRACT. >> AND IT IS CERTAIN AREAS, WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF A GUARDRAIL OR SOMETHING. WOULD THAT BE BETTER IN TERN AREAS OF THE -- OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIBICENTENNIAL?

>> I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY ACM.

IN THIS AREA THE RIGHT-OF-WAY STARTS TAPERING DOWN.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO SEE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT-OF-WAY TO INSTALL THAT. IF WE -- IF WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE THINK WE CAN GET THE -- A -- GUARDRAIL INSTALLED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL.

>>COMMISSIONER AGUIRRE: THEN THE LIGHTING.

IS THERE -- I KNOW THERE ARE LIGHTS -- LIGHTING IN SOME OF THE AREAS AND SOME OF THE AREAS DO NOT HAVE ANY LIGHTING.

>> AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY NARROWS DOWN.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO USE AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IS TO -- SINCE THERE IS LIMITED RIGHT-OF-WAY. TYPICALLY WE GET AEP OR MAGIC VALLEY. TO INSTALL IT.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOLAR LIGHTING FOR THAT GAVIN.

WORKING TO PURCHASE THOSE AND GET THOSE INSTALLED.

THIS AREA WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL WITH THAT SOLAR LIGHTING.

>> WANTED TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT STAFF HAS TRIED TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT. AND IT IS THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT IS A NEW ROAD AND NEW BARRIERS AND IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, BUT, I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORK OUT LITTLE BETTER FOR -- FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA AND ALSO TO HAVE IT A LITTLE BETTER LIGHTED AND BETTER FOR SECURITY. BUT IT IS BEING USED.

AND THERE WILL BE ACCIDENTS. JUST LIKE THERE ARE ACCIDENTS EVERYWHERE. BUT -- SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT. HOW CAN WE GUARD THAT AREA.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

[A) Providing for a Budget Amendment for International Museum of Arts & Sciences HVAC and Bicentennial Boulevard Noise Wall Repairs.]

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AGAINST. MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM. >> 4-A IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 3-B AND 3-C THAT YOU JUST APPROVED.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

[A) Consideration of variance requests 1) to not dedicate any street ROW for an East-West quarter mile collector along the south side of the subdivision, and 2) to not provide alley for solid waste collection and allow residential bins for a multifamily development proposed as McAllen Oaks North Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 2701 State Highway 107.]

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AGAINST? MOTION CARRIES.

[5. VARIANCE]

>> 5A IS CONSIDERATION OF A VARIANCE REQUEST TO, ONE, TO NOT DEDICATE ANY STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR AN EAST-WEST QUARTER-MILE COLLECTOR AND TWO, TO NOT PROVIDE ALLEY FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND ALLOW RESIDENTIAL BINS FOR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT MCALLEN OAKS NORTH SUBDIVISION.

>> PROSED 62-LOT DEVELOPMENT ON THE STATE HIGHWAY 107.

IT -- THERE WERE TWO REZONING REQUESTS EARLIER TODAY AND NOW THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ZONED TO R-3-A.

THE DEVELOPER WANT TWO VARIANCES.

ONE TO NOT DEDICATE FOR AN EAST-WEST COLLECTOR ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION AND INITIALLY TO NOT PROVIDE ALLEYS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. THE FIRST VARIANCE NOT HAVING CONNECTIVITY TO THE WEST AND TO THE EAST.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT VARIANCE.

JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT FOR VARIANCE NUMBER TWO.

AT THIS POINT WE DON'T NEED ANY ACTION ON VARIANCE NUMBER TWO.

WE WILL HAVE CENTRALIZED PICKUP LOCATION.

AT THIS POINT WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE

RIGHT-OF-WAY VARIANCE. >> BECAUSE OF THE WORKSHOP WE

HAD EARLIER. >> MOST TO APPROVE VARIANCE ONE.

[6. MANAGER’S REPORT]

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. MANAGER'S REPORT.

[A) Discussion of 2023 Proposed Tax Rate, Take a Record Vote and Schedule Public Hearing and meeting to Adopt the Tax Rate. ]

>> 6-A IS DISCUSSION OF 2023 PROPOSED TAX RATE.

TAKE A RECORD VOTE AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING TO

ADOPT THE TAX RATE. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION. FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024.

PROPOSED RATE 0.2585. IN ORDER TO FILE PROCEDURE, YOU MUST TAKE RECORD VOTE. AFTER THAT, WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A TAX INCREASE.

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AND THE ONLY REASON IT IS GOING TO STATE TAX INCREASE IS BECAUSE THE PROPOSED RATE IS 0.457285 PER 100.

BUT THE NO NEW.0.35499. THEREFORE, WE MUST PUBLISH THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON A TAX INCREASE.

AFTER THAT WE WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND YOU WILL VOTE ON THE TAX RATE.

WE HAVE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 AT 5:30 P.M. 5:00 IN THIS SAME MEETING.

-- CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS. AND EVEN THOUGH LIKE I STATED THE PROPOSED RATE IS NOT HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE, BECAUSE IT IS HIGHER THAN THE NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WE MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURE. SO AT THIS TIME, EVERYONE MUST VOTE FOR OR AGAINST OF THIS PROPOSED RATE.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THE PROPOSAL IS TO PUT IT AS AN INCREASE. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL NOT HAVE AN INCREASE IN TAX RATE, BUT HOPEFULLY GOING TO LOWER OUR TAX

RATE, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: BUT YET WE WILL RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO BE ANGRY AT US.

>> CORRECT. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: CORRECT.

HOPEFULLY THEY UNDERSTAND WE WILL HOPEFULLY DECREASE THE TAX

RATE. >> IS THIS QUESTION BY TWO

POINTS? >> A DIFFERENCE OF 0.0226615 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

>> REDUCTION? >> REDUCTION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> 2.2 CENT REDUCTION.

>> YES, SIR. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: AT ABOUT A

4% REDUCTION. >> YES.

A 4.71%. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: SO CAN WE

PUT THAT NEXT TO THE NOTICE? >> THE NOTICE WILL STATE ALL THAT. IT IS GOING TO STATE THE TOTAL TAX RATE FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALSO REMEMBER AT THE TOP OF IT SAY NOTICE OF A TAX INCREASE WHICH IT IS NOT.

>> I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE REASON IT IS A NOTICE OF --

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: THE WORDING.

>> THE WORD SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

>> TO APPROVE IT, YOU NEED A RECORD.

>> WE NEED A RECORD. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: IS THERE A

SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> TO REPHRASE THAT. >> EIGHT YESES.

>> MAYBE NINE YESES. >> TONY REALLY LIKES IT.

>> SO WE WILL HOLD -- LIKE I STATED, WE WILL HOLD A NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING SEPTEMBER 23. >> SEPTEMBER 23 --

>> SEPTEMBER 25TH. AT THE SAME MEETING YOU WILL BE VOTING FOR THE TAX RATE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC

HEARING. >> AND ANOTHER RECORD VOTE,

CORRECT? >> ANOTHER RECORD VOTE.

>> WE WILL GET IT RIGHT THE NEXT TIME.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >>MAYOR: DO SOME MANAGE AND

[B) Immigration and Respite Center Report.]

INFORM THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS GOING ON.

ALL RIGHT, IMMIGRATION, RESPITE CENTER REPORT.

>> IF GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

THE REPORT GIVEN ON AUGUST 14 MEETING, THE NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST WAS 3425 AND 3156 RESPECTIVELY WITH A 6.6 POSITIVITY RATE. DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST, WE SAW ABOUT 3725 IMMIGRANTS AND ABOUT 3513 IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF AUGUST. IT DOES CONSTITUTE A SLIGHT UPTIP TICK; HOWEVER, THE POSITIVE RATE UNDER 4%.

AND AMOUNT AROUND THE 2,000. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ANY

[C) Future Agenda Items.]

QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.

IF NOT, ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[7. 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).]

COUN COUNSELOR.

[A) Discussion and possible lease, sale or purchase of Real Property, Tract 1, Tract 2, and Tract 3. (Section 551.072, T.G.C.)]

>> MAYOR, WITH 7-A, CONSIDERING A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE THOSE STEPS REASONABLE AND NECESSARY TO SELL OR -- REASONABLE AND NECESSARY TO PREVIOUS TO SELL THE REAL PROPERTIES ON THE TERMS

DESCRIBED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM.

>> RESPECT TO ITEM 7-A- THE CITY COMMISSION CONSIDERING A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY ON THE TERMS DESCRIBED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> SO MOVED. >> DO I HEAR A SECOND?

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

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>> SECOND. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEMB 1, I RECOMMEND THAT THE

[C) Consultation with City Attorney regarding pending litigation: Rosa Lilia Picon v. City of McAllen; Cause No. CL-23-3135-A pending in Hidalgo County, Texas. (Section 551.071, T.G.C.)]

CITY TAKE NO ACTION. WITH 7-C, CONSIDER A MOTION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND THE CITY IN A PENDING LITIGATION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. >> DO YOU WANT AUTHORITY TO TAKE

-- TO DO SOME WORK ON 7-B-1? >> YES, I THINK I WOULD PREFER THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER AS DESCRIBED IN

EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THAT IS A REASONABLE MOTION.

>> SO MOVED. >>MAYOR VILLALOBOS: DO HEAR A

SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

ADJOURNMENT. >> BEFORE WE ADJOURN, A BIRTHDAY THIS LAST FRIDAY. COMMISSIONER, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[APPLAUSE] I FORGOT TO MENTION IT AT THE THE BEGINNING.

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