[0:04] And uh

[0:07] I'm going to call this uh meeting to

[0:09] order. And this meeting uh I know it's

[0:11] going to be a little confusing, but we

[0:12] have three meetings today. And the very

[0:14] first meeting will be of the Sanasinto

[0:17] Redevelopment Authority. And this is a

[0:19] regular meeting. It is August 19, 2025.

[0:22] It was supposed to start at 6 p.m. We

[0:24] now have a quorum. And I call this

[0:26] meeting to order. Uh next uh uh on the

[0:29] official starting of the quorum we'll

[0:30] start with uh Commissioner Hower if you

[0:32] can uh uh introduce yourself and then

[0:34] everybody down the line.

[0:36] » Commissioner How place one present.

[0:40] » Commissioner Armando Garcia place two

[0:42] present.

[0:44] » Ruben Salana place four.

[0:48] » Mr. Dan.

[0:49] » All right. And Oscar Mononttoya mayor.

[0:51] And then we do have a quorum. Uh we uh

[0:54] receiving a public comment on the San

[0:57] Casito redevelopment authority. Is there

[0:58] anybody signed up? No. Uh moving on to

[1:01] item four. I'm sorry to Yes. Item four,

[1:04] management items. Present, discuss,

[1:05] consider, possible, take action

[1:07] regarding uh nomination for vice chair

[1:10] and secretary of the board.

[1:13] We'll open the floor for uh the vice

[1:16] chair.

[1:19] » Go ahead, sir. Uh just here to be

[1:23] somebody from up here, right?

[1:24] » Yeah, I'm just here as a resource. Has

[1:25] to be somebody from the board. Uh these

[1:27] uh these appointments basically will

[1:29] enable the board to operate as a quorum

[1:31] if you're not available as chair.

[1:34] » Okay.

[1:36] Anybody got any ideas?

[1:38] » I'd like to nominate um Armando,

[1:41] Commissioner Armando Garcia.

[1:42] » I have a I have a uh nomination for

[1:45] Commissioner Garcia. Any other

[1:47] nominations?

[1:49] Is there any other nominations?

[1:57] » Okay. All right. All right. So, uh,

[2:00] somebody else needs to make the the

[2:02] nomination because he's an ad hoc

[2:04] committee member. So, he can't

[2:05] » I'll nominate Commissioner Garcia.

[2:07] » Okay. So, I have a nomination by, uh,

[2:09] Doc, uh, by Mr. Dill. Uh, any other

[2:12] nominations?

[2:14] Are there any other nominations?

[2:16] Okay. Okay, if there's no other

[2:17] nominations, uh then uh comm

[2:20] congratulations, Commissioner Gia. Uh

[2:22] you will be uh uh our new vice chair by

[2:26] acclamation. Uh secretary of the board

[2:29] like to entertain a motion or a

[2:32] nomination for secretary of the board.

[2:35] » I nominate uh Commissioner Ruben Salana.

[2:38] » Okay. I have uh nominations to Dr. I

[2:41] mean to Yeah. to Dr. Ruben Salana.

[2:42] Commissioner, is there any other

[2:44] nominations?

[2:46] Is there any other nominations?

[2:48] Being none, then uh congratulations Dr.

[2:51] Salana, secretary of the board by

[2:53] acclamation. Uh moving on to item B,

[2:56] consider approval of development

[2:58] reimbursement agreement with Olivarees

[3:00] Organization LLC for capital investments

[3:02] made in tourist number two, city of

[3:04] Mercedes.

[3:06] » Yes. Uh Mr. Chair, members of the board,

[3:08] uh this agreement along with the one

[3:10] that that follows are uh consistent with

[3:13] what we had presented to uh both the TUR

[3:15] board and the uh and the city council

[3:18] prior. Uh uh as you'll recall in our

[3:21] last meeting, we tabled uh one agreement

[3:23] and didn't act on the other in order to

[3:25] be able to correct uh the uh the

[3:28] documents to reflect a split of

[3:30] development costs. Uh what you're ending

[3:33] up with in the agreements is with uh Mr.

[3:36] Olivareis uh taking one half of the

[3:39] responsibility for uh subdivision 16. Uh

[3:43] and so all of the uh development costs

[3:45] associated with that that were

[3:47] referenced in the project plan for the

[3:49] tur uh and and are as an exhibit in this

[3:53] agreement uh will be covered by him at

[3:55] 50%

[3:57] uh including 50% of the uh interest that

[4:00] was acco that was uh provided for in the

[4:02] plan. Uh since I'm at it, the the second

[4:05] agreement will basically take the other

[4:07] half of subdivision 16, this agreement

[4:10] for uh Sanhasinto Enterprises, and take

[4:13] full responsibility for subdivision 12.

[4:15] And so um when you approve these uh uh

[4:19] they basically will become an obligation

[4:21] of the TURs uh and then we'll ask you to

[4:24] uh ratify them when you come together in

[4:27] a few minutes as city council.

[4:29] » Okay. So, uh, if anybody wants to make a

[4:31] nomination, maybe we can take B and C

[4:32] together.

[4:33] » Motion to approve

[4:34] » B and C.

[4:35] » B and C.

[4:35] » Okay. I have a motion by Commissioner

[4:38] Garcia. Do I have a second?

[4:40] » Second.

[4:40] » Second by Dr. Salana. Any more

[4:42] discussion?

[4:42] » Uh, quick question. Legal my motions as

[4:45] well. Has a hawk or

[4:48] » Because you're not a voting member. Yes,

[4:50] sir.

[4:50] » Thank you.

[4:51] » All those in favor say I.

[4:53] » I.

[4:53] » I. All those opposed, same sign. Motion

[4:55] carries. And just for the public, uh

[4:58] it's nothing bad with uh with Dr. uh h

[5:01] how he is an ad hoc member of the

[5:04] commission. So which means that he's

[5:05] here to keep an eye on us and make sure

[5:07] that everything's being done right. So

[5:10] moving on to item number five,

[5:11] presentation. Receive an update on the

[5:13] status of the development.

[5:25] A is the uh for those that don't know me

[5:28] uh I guess the status is where we at on

[5:31] the development.

[5:32] » Yes sir.

[5:35] » I guess uh the question now lies now

[5:37] that you all have uh moved to

[5:41] as explained by

[5:44] here is uh

[5:47] city of Mercedes has said yes we're

[5:49] going to move forward with this. We're

[5:51] willing to you put all there you put

[5:53] this investment

[5:55] uh and then of course as we build it

[5:58] taxes let's buy let's pay for some of

[6:00] these uh infrastructure needs that we're

[6:03] going to have out there as we met a

[6:06] couple of days ago uh you all city

[6:08] council I don't know if the mayor has

[6:10] been able to brief him but u uh

[6:14] commissioner Fuentes has uh come up with

[6:17] u some grant money to reconstruct mile

[6:20] to west and uh that should go to

[6:23] construction next year and so that

[6:26] roadway uh and those costs are going to

[6:30] be uh not something that has to be

[6:33] reimbursed with these tax needs. So uh

[6:35] that's a good thing for the project. And

[6:38] now uh the next thing we we would would

[6:40] like to know as the developers, myself

[6:42] and Joe, is uh uh when are you when do

[6:46] you plan to put this item on the agenda

[6:50] uh for commissioner court to act on it?

[6:53] What are your thoughts?

[6:55] » So I know that uh

[6:58] I mean the sooner the better. I think uh

[7:00] if we lead into it with whatever com

[7:03] whatever minor conversations I had with

[7:05] some of the concerns on it was that that

[7:08] it'd be uh uh that that it was going to

[7:10] be an annexed uh property.

[7:12] » I think that's that's a moot point. Uh

[7:14] we just need to get before them. So I

[7:16] think whatever time it takes for us to

[7:18] get all this stuff taken care of and I

[7:19] would imagine that this is the final

[7:21] move right prior to going over there.

[7:24] Uh, and I would assume that the wording

[7:27] is already put together for us to

[7:30] present to them. At this point, it's

[7:32] just a matter of requesting to get put

[7:33] on the agenda.

[7:39] » Okay. All right.

[7:41] » Tonight,

[7:43] we will approve

[7:46] as

[7:47] agreement.

[7:48] » Correct.

[7:48] » In order to hand it to the require,

[7:52] » Right? So, so, so assuming that the vote

[7:54] goes well uh uh on the second meeting,

[7:58] um I would say we have so commissioner's

[8:00] court was today. So, that means we'll

[8:02] have till next uh Wednesday now to

[8:05] submit it.

[8:06] » So, we're thinking next month.

[8:07] » Try to get it over to the commissioners.

[8:09] » I would say within the next couple of

[8:10] weeks unless there's some kind of

[8:13] » Difference. We're going to be working

[8:14] with our engineer to um finalize the

[8:17] designs with North Alamo. They're going

[8:19] to want some sort of assurance because

[8:20] as you know, we're going to be carrying

[8:22] a I think it's a 12 inch line all the

[8:24] way from mile 11 down to mile 8 and

[8:27] that'll give pressure to uh a lot of

[8:29] those subdivisions in that area that you

[8:32] know the there is no pressure

[8:33] » And fire hydrant protection.

[8:35] » Yeah. So, we going to want to finalize

[8:37] that and uh because you know it's uh

[8:42] it's going to be a big undertaking to

[8:44] run that 12-in line for those three

[8:46] miles. Just to make sure I'm clear,

[8:49] you're talking about final finalizing

[8:52] uh what we're doing with those Halamo

[8:53] before going to commissioner's court or

[8:56] » Well, we we've already gone to North

[8:58] Alamo and the intent is there. We've

[9:00] already given them a right map and

[9:03] they've selected their route,

[9:04] » But I want to make sure that everything

[9:06] is is obviously uh in agreement

[9:11] » As so that way when we go to

[9:13] commissioner's court and we'll be there

[9:15] to support any questions. Uh

[9:18] » That's why you said next month instead

[9:19] of in two weeks.

[9:20] » Well, I'm you know, as soon as we can

[9:21] get it out there, I I'll I'll cross

[9:24] check that. And of course, you have a uh

[9:26] a lift station there in front of the

[9:28] sci-fi school. We want to make sure that

[9:31] those needs that uh if we need to add

[9:34] those capacities are well identified so

[9:37] I can get a good price from the

[9:38] contractors.

[9:39] » Okay. So, what do you think a good

[9:41] timeline for us would be to to put it

[9:43] in? I mean, as soon as you can get them

[9:44] in there, I mean, I'll put it on the

[9:45] contractor and

[9:48] » Uh as soon as you we I think that after

[9:50] the city's done their final readings, we

[9:53] should then put it on the commissioner's

[9:55] court and if if there's they've got any

[9:57] tough questions, we'll ask and if that

[10:00] way we can answer them, okay?

[10:01] » Because as you know, uh we have had had

[10:04] a lot of positive response and there's

[10:06] some some questions, so we'll be there

[10:08] to answer them.

[10:08] » Okay.

[10:09] » All right. So, we're good to put it on

[10:11] the next county commissioner's court.

[10:13] » So, can we confirm on the water side

[10:15] that's North Alamo and they're going to

[10:17] provide pressure?

[10:20] » Right now, North Alamo said they've got

[10:22] enough capacities to uh to run for

[10:26] number 16

[10:27] » Uh to provide water, etc. He said, "Now,

[10:29] when we get to to doing number 12,

[10:32] » Right,

[10:32] » He said, I think we need to go in there,

[10:35] and I told him, we will reserve for you

[10:37] all to go in there and put a water

[10:38] tower." Okay, that's how they're going

[10:40] to handle.

[10:40] » So, so yeah, the sec the he said, "I

[10:43] don't think we've got enough pressure

[10:44] for the second subdivision, but I said

[10:47] you let us know when we will give you

[10:49] the uh the land dedicated to you so they

[10:51] can go ahead and then start their

[10:52] designs." So, so those kind kind of

[10:55] things I need to

San Jacinto Redevelopment Board Meeting 8/19/20

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