[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