[0:25] time is 6:00 today is Monday July 8th
2024 4 uh 6:00 I met 6:00 p.m. this is
[0:34] the Community Development Corporation
regular
[0:38] meeting um item a on the agenda is call
a meeting to order item B invocation and
[0:45] Pledge of
[0:49] Allegiance let's pray father we thank
you for today we thank you for the Reign
[0:53] that we're receiving we ask for rain up
uh in the reservoirs uh ask ask prayers
[0:59] for for those that are in the in the
path of the hurricane and and uh
[1:06] blessings on them and and uh prayers
lifted up to those that have lost lives
[1:12] and property uh thank you for L resence
thank you for the folks here that serve
[1:18] our community uh thank you for for their
efforts and we continue to ask you to
[1:23] continue to bless them and their
decisions and all the things that they
[1:26] do uh thank you so much in Jesus name
amen
[1:31] pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:37] Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
[1:43] justice for
[1:47] all moving on to item c a Citizens form
Miss Jack anybody sign up that being the
[1:54] case we'll move on to items D action
items under number one consideration and
[2:00] action to approve the minutes of June
3rd
[2:13] 2024 do I hear a
[2:17] motion yes sir the minutes seem
factually correct when I reviewed them
[2:23] and uh with that I'd like to action to
approve the minutes from June 3rd
[2:28] 2024 I'll second that motion there's a
motion and a second we approve the
[2:33] minutes of June 3rd
2024 any questions comment
[2:46] discussion the
what I know I
[2:51] noticed um and that being the case any
questions comments
[2:58] discussion all in favor say I I I have
it it's unanimous item two somewhere in
[3:05] your packet consideration and action to
acknowledge the June 2024 financial
[3:10] report under a monthly B year to date
and C sales tax report Mr mil yes sir it
[3:18] will be on page number eight in your
packet if you'll turn there you see the
[3:23] list of checks uh there's 13 of them
including the um some of them are real
[3:29] checks some of draft so uh total of
11,775 A7 uh nothing out of the ordinary
[3:36] everything was Prior approval from you
uh either payroll or sign grants and and
[3:44] payments uh the next page on packet page
nine we are nine months through the year
[3:51] and uh that means
75% uh Revenue we want to have or 75%
[3:58] expenditures
um if you'll see interest earned we're
[4:03] at 107% so that's good sales tax we're
at
[4:07] 81.6 so that is good too uh this period
we received
[4:14] $5,850 90 in sales tax so total of 484
33535 82% of our budget so we're doing
[4:25] very
well as far as the expenditure lines
[4:30] um I brought up two of them for you that
are part of the Veterans Memorial and
[4:36] the the paving project that was Prior
approved several years ago and just now
[4:42] being done uh that's special projects
and we spent 241,000
[4:49] 45460 and um 281,000 in capital outlay
so uh we do have the monies for those
[4:57] and and reserves so
uh we're at 98% of the budget but of
[5:02] course we saved from last year or so and
previous years to be able to do those
[5:07] two
projects um all the others are in good
[5:12] shape the final on packet page
10
[5:19] um you'll see that we had a 28.27433
[5:29] are nervous the last couple months so so
we did a magic and you're not nervous
[5:36] anymore no I'm just
joking um anyway uh total of
[5:53] $473,500
per above
[5:57] uh above last year so uh business
Community is doing well and lo res and
[6:04] um you know sometimes they come in at
different times for different reasons
[6:09] maybe someone pays late
uh there's there's special things for
[6:14] reasons so but overall it's good
[6:20] 11 14%
increase that's thank you Mr M does that
[6:25] conclude your report yes sir thank you
excellent do I hear a
[6:33] motion I I'll make the motion that we
consider an act on uh to acknowledge the
[6:38] June 2024 financial report a monthly B
year-to date report and the C sell tax
[6:46] report I'll go second we have a motion
and a second that we approve or
[6:51] acknowledge the June 202 2024 financial
report monthly year-to date and sales
[6:57] tax report any question s comments
[7:02] discussion that being in case all in
favor say I I eyes have it it's
[7:07] unanimous moving on to item D3
consideration and action to approve a
[7:13] signed grant for Imagination Station
Academy located at 31121 State Highway
[7:20] 100 and that's on
page 11 of your
[7:28] packets oh I'll go ahe and summarize uh
the grant committee met prior to this
[7:32] meeting and uh uh on page 12 is the
actual application in 13 you can see
[7:38] what the uh sign will look like uh the
low quote is $25,100
[7:45] uh we've got a maximum of 3750 so uh our
recommendation as well as the grant
[7:51] committee's recommendation is
3750 uh CDC
[7:57] Max uh question where is where about is
this located
[8:02] at I believe it's going to be that Plaza
right Mr M on 100
[8:07] the bakery yeah where that Baker's
at day care
[8:14] or yeah is that the one right
[8:21] 100 that big big building okay yeah
that's where it's at okay I was
[8:30] any further questions comments
discussion I'll go ahead and make the
[8:34] motion uh M oh you did
already no not yet okay I'll make the
[8:41] motion for Imagination Station academy
uh for a sign Grant Low's bid be graphic
[8:47] spot for
25,100 uh cdc's portion would be
[8:53] $3,750 which is a
[8:57] Max I'll second motion
there's a motion and a second that we
[9:03] approve the sign grant for Imagination
Station Academy at the 31121 State
[9:10] Highway 100 with the CDC portion being
3,750 which is the max any questions
[9:17] comments
discussion all those in favor say I I
[9:23] eyes have it it's unanimous
[9:32] moving on to item four consideration and
action to approve a signed grant for
[9:38] legacy insurance and wealth Services LLC
located at 32819 State Highway 100 S 107
[9:47] and that's on
page 20 of your
[9:53] packet as you can see the application
there on page 20 uh there's three uh
[9:58] quotes
uh and then page 21 right across you can
[10:03] see a nice nice sign there for for
legacy insurance and wealth
[10:08] Services uh the low bid is
$489 the CDC half portion will be
[10:16] 2445 that is staff's recommendation as
well as the committee's
[10:25] recommendation this is the one I think
by Medina Bakery right where that
[10:30] Miss Jackie yeah that's the one you're
talking
[10:34] about okay there's um do I hear a
[10:39] motion I'll I'll go ahead and make a
motion uh for the uh this is going to be
[10:45] for the sign grant for esala monuma
legacy insurance and wealth Services LLC
[10:52] lowest bid W graphic spot L sign for
$489 City's would be half of that would
[11:00] be 20 uh
[11:06] $2,445 I'll second the motion there's a
motion and the second we approve the um
[11:13] sign grant for legacy insurance and
wealth Services LLC at
[11:19] 32819 State Highway 100 any questions
comments
[11:26] discussion that being the case all in
favor say I have it it's unanimous
[11:32] moving on to
D5 consideration and action to approve
[11:37] an interior grant for divine Blossom
events located at
[11:43] 33478
fm803 site
[11:48] 8B Mr chairman members of the board uh
this is an interior Grant um and it is
[11:55] for um chairs uh furnishing
is what we would call them um if you'll
[12:03] remember it it qualified uh prior that
uh as long as it's something to helping
[12:12] their their business Furniture to go um
is a low bid of 5540 half of that is uh
[12:21] 2770 that's our recommendation and and
the committee's recommendation
[12:31] do I hear a
[12:33] motion make a motion to approve the
interior grant for divine Blossom events
[12:39] located at 33478 fm803 suet
8B I'll go and second there's a motion
[12:47] and a second we approve an interior
grant for divine Blossom events located
[12:52] at 33478 fm803 Sweet 8B any questions
comments discussion
[13:02] that being the case all in favor say I I
eyes have it it's unanimous moving on to
[13:08] item six consideration and action to
approve an interior grant for legacy
[13:15] insurance and wealth Services
LLC uh located at 32819 State Highway
[13:22] 100 S
107 and this is uh to just to be clear
[13:30] this is uh separate from the sign Grant
which was item number four this is an
[13:35] interior Grant Mr Milo that is correct
on page
[13:40] 34 if you'll write on that uh
application part
[13:45] a uh just so that we can uh I can
clarify uh we're doing part A and Part B
[13:53] so part A is Furnishings front desk a
chair and and some waiting area
[13:59] conference Table conference chairs and
so we bid them got quotes for them
[14:04] separate and if you'll see uh the low
bid is from Home Depot at
[14:13] 14417 half of that if you'll write there
under uh the staff recommendation of
[14:23] 72088 and so you can see that uh uh
those are pieces that we have we have uh
[14:31] funded in Prior time so uh that is part
A and our recommendation from staff and
[14:39] the uh committee is is for part A 72088
for the
[14:46] um cdc's portion then if you'll flip
over to page
[14:52] 54
[14:56] 54 and on that one put Part
B uh and that is also interior with this
[15:04] but it's for painting and fixing the
walls and replacing a couple of the
[15:08] doors uh there's three quotes as well
there uh monuma home builders is is the
[15:14] low quote of 30
2350 half of that if you'll write that
[15:20] down for the CDC portion is
1175 1175
[15:30] so if you add the two together with the
Furnishing and the painting it's a total
[15:35] of1 1895
88 for part A and Part B Part B and
[15:41] that's what uh staff is recommending as
well as a
[15:45] committee thank you do I hear a
[15:50] motion I make a motion
to um the interior U wait this is legacy
[15:58] insance
right yeah looking at previous meeting
[16:03] and this meeting part A for uh$
72088 for the CDC portion and part
[16:10] [Music]
b175 for the CDC portion total for both
[16:15] part A and Part B
1,895
[16:22] and88 in all me um I'll second a motion
to approve the interor grant as uh
[16:29] as explained by Mr kappen uh 720 for the
first part
[16:34] 72088 and 1175 for the second portion of
the interior for a total of 18
[16:43] 9588 we have a a motion in a second to
approve Parts A and B of item
[16:50] six uh for a grand total of
$1,895 188 being the CDC portion
[16:57] questions comments discuss
question that being the case all in
[17:02] favor say I I'm sorry you have a
[17:13] question item part A and Part B item six
is part A and Part B yeah four was first
[17:19] sign
[17:21] Grant any further questions comment
discussion that being the case all in
[17:27] favor say I I guys have it it's
unanimous moving on to item D7
[17:33] consideration and action to approve an
agreement with Placer for analytics for
[17:39] events and Business
Development Mr mil that's found on page
[17:44] 58 and 59 in your your book
um came across this is as a tremendous
[17:51] help that that we need uh if you'll
recall we we utilized um retail coach on
[17:58] several different times and paid them
pretty good sums of money to give give
[18:02] us a snapshot of of today and they do a
report and everything is good and but
[18:11] then as soon as today is over that
information starts getting old and
[18:18] so through time we still have that old
like we have it now from early 2023 I
[18:24] think is the L latest latest data we
have now we're in middle of 2024 and you
[18:33] see the sales tax receipts you see a lot
of businesses opening
[18:38] up we have to go back for that
information keep going back for that
[18:44] information Placer actually does
business with retail coach and they get
[18:49] information from them as well retail
coach gets information from lots of
[18:54] different sources but it's very similar
information uh that they can get and
[19:00] provide us and we become a user of their
of their data they up update their
[19:08] data
um every well the data is always four
[19:14] days old they update it daily and so the
the data is always 4 days out so if we
[19:22] want a
business and that's not as critical as
[19:26] the four days is like an event say we do
do U when we do the uh K hunto Festival
[19:32] we want to see how that impacted Los
Fresnos we can get that
[19:40] data after 4
days so if we had it this past weekend
[19:46] Friday and
Saturday by Wednesday we can get on
[19:49] there and we can pull data to say a
better idea how many people came who
[19:56] came and where they're from and all of
the same data that I've showed you
[20:00] before uh a lot of it comes from cell
phone um we can do it for Rodeo we can
[20:07] do it for even like our uh Independence
Day celebration that was last week we
[20:13] could you know look at that and see
who's
[20:16] coming it'll help us then decide hey who
who are we missing can we maybe look
[20:24] look at other places that's just on the
events that we've never had before for
[20:29] the businesses as we're got businesses
come in uh Desi's always saying hey I
[20:35] need something for a restaurant
and it's hard to get that information
[20:40] well we can be users on here and it'll
pull the data and we actually can do any
[20:46] any event in Texas uh he had us for we
could do any event in the United States
[20:51] but I don't really care about those we
don't
[20:55] so it was a lot more expensive than than
this but uh this brings it down to all
[21:02] we really care about is Los fres so the
there's two different options is we can
[21:09] start in August and September and then
go for for the next year and it's
[21:15] 9333 um or we can do a TW this option
two 26 month this August and September
[21:21] of this year and then the next two years
uh they reduce it by $11,000 or so uh if
[21:28] we do that and we're limited to two
named users but that's okay uh we don't
[21:34] need a bunch of users there's not a
bunch of us anyway um that wears those
[21:38] hats and um it'll be a great tool for uh
Economic Development and attracting new
[21:46] businesses to come and Los
fros so we're almost getting real time
[21:52] reports pretty close to real as real
time as you can get
[21:57] it no which one do you recommend Mr M
the two-year or the I recommend option
[22:03] two just cuz I think it's I've looked at
the data um they actually did the rodeo
[22:09] this past year for us uh and he he
pulled it back to I think you can go to
[22:16] 2017 and it was way more people than
we've ever
[22:21] dreamed uh they're looking we always
said 20 to 25,000 but their their data
[22:28] shows
35 to
[22:30] 40,000 which is considerable amount more
than what we ever thought um over that
[22:36] three-day weekend um anyway he did that
as a
[22:42] demonstration uh and it's it's really
really good
[22:48] data thank you Mr Milo any questions
comments
[22:56] discussion loud and that information
would be used in in case like our rodeo
[23:02] we call it the smallest Rodeo but you
know by the Numbers it's it's not
[23:06] getting real it's not small at all to
expand maybe more maybe expand but it it
[23:14] helps sponsorship it helps you decide
hey are we getting our value for our
[23:19] money the CDC board gives a considerable
amount of money uh are we getting money
[23:25] and value for that uh so that's what
this board can use it for um as well as
[23:32] other events hey we're not doing well in
that event why are we not can we do
[23:37] something better and so as you fund
those we can utilize that as a tool to
[23:43] help we can also share it with those
organizations so that they can utilize
[23:50] it for better
sponsorship or modify what they're
[23:55] doing that's for the events part of it
the business part of it is if we you
[24:02] know I think we need a rental place here
that that rents all kinds of uh
[24:08] stuff I need a shovel today I don't want
a shovel I don't want to own a shovel
[24:13] but I need one today I can go rent one
for today that's
[24:17] example
and but you know mostly it's bigger
[24:21] equipment to that but I would love for
us to have a rental place but I don't
[24:25] have data to go to them and say look
this is what Los France can offer in
[24:32] people numbers of people and their uh
economic uh backgrounds and uh all of
[24:38] the data that those people need to
decide whether Los fness is a good place
[24:43] or not so that's why we'll use it for
the business piece of it to attract more
[24:49] businesses way we had to do it before if
you'll recall is I mean I know one of
[24:54] them was 30 grand for retail coach to
come and do this and they gave us a it's
[25:01] like a a sorage board of
things and we can give it but then after
[25:07] about 6 8 n 10 months or a year it's out
of date and so we need to update that
[25:13] again and then it costs more money to do
that and this we can do it real
[25:19] time I have a question a deszy calls it
Highway
[25:24] 100,000 uh not Highway 100 uh is there
any way to tie in maybe through text Dot
[25:31] the the traffic volume through this road
during those
[25:36] events I don't
know just a just a thought okay but it
[25:42] seems to uh people who are also looking
the people that are wanting to sell and
[25:47] utilize this report for business
purposes will also want to see who who
[25:53] how many people are getting exposed to
my advertising let's say so
[25:59] maybe we can dig that
up Mark I had a question I think I heard
[26:05] you say a one-time
report from that retail coach was
[26:11] 30,000 that was sorry that was the
initial one that we did four or five
[26:17] years ago and then we waited like two
years two and a half years and then we
[26:21] updated and I can't remember the price
but it was around
[26:29] $3,000 is what I remember so at any time
we can say hey we want it updated and
[26:34] it's going to cost
us twice as much as one of these would
[26:39] yeah it looks a lot more economical
[26:46] correct any questions comments
discussions Mr M um will Desi have
[26:54] access will he be one of the ones to
have access to to the system
[27:00] CL all
bus be able to get information
[27:17] for thank you thank you for
that any further questions comments
[27:25] discussion do I hear a motion I'll go to
make a motion uh to approve an agreement
[27:30] with uh pler for analytics for events
and Business
[27:35] Development uh as recommended by Mr milm
we'll go with option two which is 26
[27:41] months I believe it starting August 2024
through September 2026 in the amount of
[27:47] $16,669.24
[27:59] we have a motion and a second to approve
an agreement with Placer for an uh for
[28:04] analytics for events and business
development in the amount of option two
[28:09] $1
16,1
[28:12] 166 um as recommended by Mr milm any
questions comments
[28:19] discussion that being the case all in
favor say I I eyes have it it's
[28:24] unanimous item d8 consideration and
action to develop a project for
[28:29] financing Street repairs benefiting the
business areas Mr mil Mr chairman
[28:36] members of the board um I'm working on a
I say a a large project uh to the tune
[28:42] of about six and a half million dollar
uh to
[28:46] do um quite a few upgrades
um some of them affect the business
[28:55] community and uh
[29:00] um will'll Finance it over about 15
years 10 years um and the cdc's portion
[29:09] would be a total of about
[29:14] $525,000
and we
[29:18] would we would do 150,000 a year in the
payment and what it
[29:26] would if if you got in your mind uh
Alamo
[29:30] Street uh well first let's start off the
one by the
[29:34] bank um that's the only one way street
in town um it's need repair and then if
[29:43] you'll start at 100 and go uh behind the
city hall on Alamo to third to second to
[29:50] first which connects back to the bank
back to those that those two business um
[29:59] complexes
that I think it's
[30:03] a I don't know all the different
businesses across the street from
[30:06] Hector's shop but it's got It's got got
several businesses there so it'll
[30:12] connect those with Paving uh on those
it'll also handle uh there by um Wing
[30:19] Stop you ever seen that the the curb on
the opposite side is just I think it's
[30:26] rolled over back Wards um and that's
ebano Street Ocean um but it's a total
[30:32] of seven blocks is what we would the CDC
portion would be
[30:39] um and it would be financed in the next
four years 150,000 a year so what we
[30:45] would do just set that up as part of a
payment that goes for four years and
[30:51] then it goes away uh the other
agreements that you you uh are part of I
[30:57] think the utility ones
um I think they're this is the last year
[31:04] or maybe one more year um and then the
the initial one that you did with the
[31:10] help of uh alleys is two more years of
20,000 and that's gone paid off uh the
[31:18] other just so you'll have a idea on the
other that we're looking at is uh our
[31:23] tax in increment reinvestment Zone
number one uh which we developed uh
[31:30] prior to Walmart coming in and it it has
about depending on when when we meet the
[31:40] the cap uh about 3 million over the next
six years to spend maybe close to 4
[31:48] million so we want to set aside 2.2
right now to help pave Canal
[31:55] Street uh from oroyal all the way to
Lopez rins and then mosquite from Lopez
[32:01] rins back to 100 uh if you've ever been
especially on Canal it's a uh it has to
[32:10] be we have to do that in conjunction
with some sewer work to to fix some
[32:14] sewer lines uh upgrade them but we can
do that uh so that would be for the turs
[32:21] to to to do uh the other one is uh redo
to Henderson Road um the community there
[32:32] doesn't want it expanded really to a a
big road because then it'll
[32:37] attract more more people but it's
getting bad and so we would like to
[32:44] upgrade it and then maybe add you know
if we could add a foot or two uh without
[32:48] having to change the bar ditches and all
that we would like to do that uh in tune
[32:53] of about 2.2 million those those two
projects and then the city um the rest
[33:00] would be about
3,725 th000 uh two of them that would be
[33:05] uh
really it it can't be funded by the CDC
[33:09] but yet would be beneficial because it's
residential uh improvements Fifth Street
[33:16] if you've ever paid attention fifth
Street's never been done this by this
[33:22] last block uh
behind um
[33:28] what's there now where the animal clinic
used to be wet paws is that next street
[33:33] over has never been developed there's
people that own those lots and we say
[33:38] well
we you get all the people together and
[33:42] upgrade the sewer the water and in the
streets and we'll put it you that's very
[33:49] hard to make happen so uh we've actually
on another Grant done the sewer part but
[33:56] we need the street and we need water uh
and then on Fifth uh Fifth Street I'm
[34:02] sorry that's Fifth Street First
Street behind if you go past
[34:08] uh um Wing Stop and that whole area
there uh there's two blocks at First
[34:16] Street hasn't been developed past where
the apartments are and then past where
[34:22] um
um Sierra RV Park is and so we would
[34:29] extend that street two blocks with water
and sewer the city would do that part
[34:34] but what that helps CDC is it you know
it opens up about you know 40 homes that
[34:41] can be built maybe 35
[34:46] uh plus or minus
um to be homes that are now shopping at
[34:53] all these businesses and then there's a
bunch of other streets that we would UPG
[34:57] gr and and U um repay so that's the plan
and my a question to you is would you be
[35:09] willing to the CDC to participate in
that and I'll be honest
[35:15] what what what it helps uh the city has
about three loans that'll be coming due
[35:22] over the next three years and so we
don't want to take any
[35:28] capacity
current until those start being paid
[35:34] down so we'll take the money from the
CDC and the turs and use those payments
[35:39] in the first four years and then the
city will be the heavy the the turs will
[35:46] be paid off the CDC will be paid off in
four years and then the balance the CD
[35:51] the city pays and it won't increase our
debt um over year to year does that make
[35:59] sense we'll be able to even out our debt
uh where we don't have to raise taxes
[36:04] and we can get lots
[36:12] done a lot of
details uh but all I see
[36:18] is this one liner here you're going to
prepare more details for that or is this
[36:23] just a general
proposal General proposal uh it'll come
[36:28] back to you for final approval but I
don't want to go for it if if we don't
[36:31] have Buy in then then then we have to
wait four or five years to to do any of
[36:38] this uh but if we have General buying
from this board that says yes we're
[36:43] interested we'll we'll go forward and
and see what that looks like well it
[36:48] won't look any different than that
150,000 for for four
[36:52] years okay I I see it as a a dual
purpose because we're not only helping
[36:58] the business Community we're helping our
community as far as homes and and
[37:03] streets and and um they they're getting
much better uh and I think we're we're
[37:09] going down the right Road and I I I
would like to see you put something more
[37:13] uh more um detail together and I I for
one am all for
[37:20] it I I believe and I'm I'm second with
Mr ju is that if we want to improve the
[37:26] living conditions of our our citizens
and you know our motto is to uh Los F of
[37:32] city with opportunity uh we we need to
do that in order to uh provide people
[37:37] and have people move in and and and see
what we've done to attract these people
[37:43] and the businesses also because I know
that we're getting a lot of business
[37:46] come in and we just have to continue
doing what we plan to do and approve
[37:54] what we plan to
do when you put something together Mr
[37:58] milm can you also mention on there um
the um the sewer improvements not
[38:04] necessarily because we're going to pay
for them but just to to show that we're
[38:08] not only you know redoing the street
we're actually redoing the whole service
[38:14] this the street and the
sewer and water if that's the
[38:20] case that'll be the portions that the
city's funding um but I wanted you to
[38:26] see the whole big picture it's uh if if
we were just doing the CDC streets I
[38:33] could go out and borrow you know we
could do the the borrow it over four
[38:38] years and be done but I wanted you to
see the big picture of the what the six
[38:43] and half million dollar would do uh
[38:48] Citywide good there's no action on this
item is there yes there is
[38:55] action that you and my action is you
agree with the concept and then we bring
[39:02] it back for for final approval as we get
it put
[39:07] together okay um do I hear a
motion I recommend approval for the
[39:17] action uh Mr mam I also approve the
project I think it's important to
[39:21] continue to move forward in beautifier
city as we've been doing and like U Mr H
[39:25] said we have done made great strides in
in in recent years and I think we should
[39:31] continue and I think it's good planning
and um I I agree that we should continue
[39:37] to develop this
project Mr M on for this action item do
[39:43] we have to put a number on this or just
just that we are approving the project
[39:47] to move forward I'm good with you
agreeing with the
[39:51] concept and even stating that you're
agreeing with the concept of 150,000 a
[39:56] year for four years
and that way it limits us to to that if
[40:02] and then we bring it back to you when we
get the financing and the whole thing
[40:06] together for your
[40:18] approval do I hear a
[40:23] motion yes sir I um I motion Dev veloped
the project as described by Mr milm for
[40:30] the financing Street repairs and
benefiting our business areas with um U
[40:38] tentative 6.5 million in total
approximately and about
[40:43] 150,000 for the next four years for the
CDC and then uh the city will take over
[40:48] eventually paying those payments
correct I'll go ahead and second that
[40:55] there's a motion and a second we um take
action to develop a project for
[40:59] financing Street repairs benefiting the
business areas uh to the tune of um
[41:06] $150,000 per year for for a 4year period
any questions comments
[41:14] discussion that being the case all in
favor say I eyes have it Mr mm you got a
[41:20] green
light uh item e report by the CDC cons
[41:25] consultant Mr Martinez
[41:30] Mr chairman uh members of the committee
thank you for coming out on such a rainy
[41:36] day it was good to have some rain for a
change uh as you can see on the report
[41:43] there the numbers that provided that we
get from um our permits it is in small
[41:49] businesses and I've always I've always
continuously to push or promote that we
[41:56] need more sides and I think what Mr MIM
has uh had proposed and you thank you
[42:01] for your support that more sites will be
develop within our small community that
[42:08] needs more sze because a lot of demand
as you can see there in business uh
[42:14] permits that were issued this this month
and uh as well as new new uh new
[42:22] residential brick
homes and the following data you can we
[42:27] been doing a lot of research and I and
apologize I had was going to send you
[42:32] the information that we have been
submitting this month to the US
[42:36] Department of
Commerce uh and the our Senators and our
[42:42] state representatives I gave I provided
you a copy of of the letter transmitt
[42:46] from the mayor to the US uh to our
Senators to help us to to establish that
[42:53] BL Regals is role in status or because
many of the
[42:59] usca programs for businesses are not
eligible in the majority of the city so
[43:06] we did a comprehensive uh PowerPoint and
I'll send that to you and thank you to
[43:12] Cameron County drish District number one
engineer provided some information to
[43:17] make this status of GE geographically we
are uh uh as well as other economic and
[43:25] and infrastructure Highway
canals Etc are a rural community as well
[43:31] as this community providing sewer all
the way up to lais Etc to our rural
[43:37] communities
so uh I just wanted you to keep informed
[43:42] that how important R&D not only in Mr
Milam's office we just presented which
[43:47] is is very very fruitful and uh but also
and the CDC and working on day-to-day
[43:56] items that need to create more
opportunities for our
[44:01] community as we grow and we are growing
but we are have those challenges of
[44:08] sites so this the combination of what
you just approved and the combination of
[44:14] us moving forward and having others help
us to get open more doors to our
[44:19] business Community uh longan
guarantees uh solar panel projects Etc
[44:26] grants to the rodal grounds if they need
bathrooms etc etc right now they're
[44:32] ineligible under
USDA there's another uh we another area
[44:39] that we submitted to a business and
Cooperative program exemption for one
[44:44] site there's and it's a little
complicated and you'll see it when we
[44:48] submit it to you by email that right now
the only way that this area for example
[44:54] this area you're stand you're meeting in
is not eligible for USDA programs but
[45:00] across the street it is that census
track or that block this block Isn't So
[45:06] this program under Section
USDA section
[45:12] 343a uh 13 will allow for potential new
business site in this area to qualify
[45:21] because of a string exemption in other
words please ask ask permission from
[45:27] USDA if this side on this side of the
road can qualify for a a long guarantee
[45:33] or bathrooms grants at the road grounds
because we're not on that side of the
[45:38] road and that is eligible so there's a
lot of detail you'll see it when you get
[45:43] in the email but we want you to know
that it's it's it's a
[45:48] moving activities that we have both in
uh the CDC office and working jointly
[45:55] with the with the city man and of course
our our our chamber because their
[46:02] position also helps to work you know
contact the Senators and legislator says
[46:09] Hey help us out that's what you that's
what you're supposed to do for us anyway
[46:15] U the other thing we have a started an
elderly program and you can read there
[46:21] that the
interns uh have done a mail out with one
[46:25] of our local employers that helps that
has a a customer base of Elders in
[46:34] Medicare and we've gotten three
applications there are challenges and
[46:38] I'm finding out and having been a
builder and uh and know you know both
[46:43] residential commercial and Industrial uh
understand the the detail one of the
[46:50] challenges I'll let you know is
that when
[46:55] you mobile home hes are
eligible if the prop the property owner
[47:01] owns a property and the mobile home the
Elder 60 and older uh single family
[47:07] homes if you own the lot and the
property and you're 62 and Low Mother
[47:11] income one of the challenges is they
don't know how to describe their their
[47:17] their needs so in other words describe
their repairs so I've been helping out
[47:22] because I know how to do descriptive
work of a bathroom or or a ramp and
[47:29] detailing it out as they detail here for
the applications for the grants they
[47:34] have to give you detail and quotes the
other challenge is getting quotes for
[47:40] them out there in the community from
contractors usda's position is we don't
[47:46] give contracts just to the electrician
to do this work or the ramp to do that
[47:51] or the bathroom to do that we want one
general contractor to manage everything
[47:57] out of Edinburgh that's their position I
says fine we'll try so I'm trying to
[48:02] look for contracts in the area that can
do and make quotes for those people to
[48:09] submit their application otherwise the
application will be on hold until all
[48:15] the quotes are in so it's the same
process basically that you're we do with
[48:20] the with our business Community been
doing it for 20 some years that's what
[48:25] they need out there in the elders and
most of these elderly are Spanish
[48:28] speaking so they need the help and they
don't know how to do other forms so
[48:33] we're doing it uh we're starting it
we're laying the foundation and we'll
[48:40] start drawing straight lines and if
they're outside of the city limits we're
[48:44] going to get with the county and say
please help our neighbors to help
[48:49] themselves to get these grants for
$110,000 they they should well deserve
[48:55] and Report recording also my discussion
with USDA I asked them how many of these
[49:03] grants have you done in Cameron County
rural
[49:06] areas they
said about 10 how many have you done in
[49:13] in the and in the RGV 80 I said uh I
they didn't have any how many here in
[49:22] Los virgines area but obviously I know
they haven't done any in in Los Virgos
[49:27] uh except one that we helped with some
time ago and I said why don't you have
[49:34] more participation of the elderly from
Regals or it's etj or rural area or
[49:40] trade area says well they can apply
through the
[49:45] internet most people my age don't have a
degree master's degree and and fly not
[49:52] applications or doing CA estimating or
getting contracts or doing quotes so I
[49:57] told them look we're going to start this
this thing and and close the gap and
[50:01] start getting more people from those F
Fred's market area and the county the
[50:06] the joint venture to expand that so we
can have our share of our area Le 6 over
[50:13] get those $10,000 grants and so that's
what I'm doing uh finally um and I want
[50:19] to think that CH chamber they also
putting the word out on this uh the
[50:24] sponsored promotions activities and
[50:31] others uh we just continue working with
a chamber and and uh they refer a lot of
[50:37] folks to us there's a couple of business
I'm working with with their business
[50:40] plans and sites and uh and and working
with with Jackie's office and all that
[50:45] on their on their site so they can start
up one is very very fulfilling to me
[50:51] because uh it it they sell regionally
they they're they're expand anding the
[50:57] business starting at the old 10x10
office they're now going and bought the
[51:01] property they're probably don't qualify
we a USDA loan but uh I'm working on it
[51:07] uh for a loan guarantee but
uh they do sell throughout the region
[51:16] and I I can't expose it right now
they're just kicking off but I I'll keep
[51:20] you in FL the the the real good things
that are happening in your town by
[51:26] people getting empowered by having a
One-Stop Center as we have here because
[51:32] of Y all and I thank you very much if
you have any questions any referrals oh
[51:36] and I also want to do a big shout out to
U Chad Benson is and this uh Fellowship
[51:43] group we had a whole bunch of kids here
at the 4th of July also that came in
[51:50] from College Station and they were
helping out cleaning out elderly or Lo
[51:56] income families or disabled families
Lots in the area I just want to give
[52:01] them uh the acknowledgement that they
are due for doing and they do this every
[52:06] summer so I if there's any other
questions give me a call thank you Mr
[52:16] Martinez moving on to item F report by
general manager under one I'm sorry a
[52:23] Veterans Memorial Mr
Milo yes sir they have uh done some work
[52:28] on the memorial the two um pillars have
been removed from the middle and on the
[52:35] outside so uh making progress hopefully
by the end of summer we'll have
[52:41] a have it done that's all I have thank
you Mr milm moving on to item G time is
[52:50] 653 meeting to jour