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Mhm.

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» Mhm.

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» We're going to call this meeting to
order. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to

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the special meeting today, being August
the 20th of 2026, the time being

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10:03.
We're going to proceed Uh

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uh
with the invocation. Commissioner, if

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you might be
>> Yes, no, of course.

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Dear Lord, we thank you for allowing us
to gather here today. We ask you to

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bless every mind and heart that fills
the presence of this room.

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We ask for wisdom and discernment as we
make decisions that affect our city.

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Special prayer to all those that are
working outside, especially in these

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very hot days. Please watch over them
and protect all everyone in our

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community. We ask these things in thy
name. Amen.

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» Amen.
>> And now, pledge of allegiance, please.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.
>> And now, the Texas flag, please.

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» Honor the Texas flag, I pledge
allegiance to thee, Texas, one state

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under God, one and indivisible.
>> Thank you.

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At this time, I'm going to move to item
1B, which is a roll call. Commissioner

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Ben De Leon is uh absent. Commissioner
Adela Barera, present. Mayor, present.

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Commissioner Olivarez,
>> Present.

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» Commissioner Barera,
is he connected to the

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» Uh no, he's not.
>> Okay, fine.

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Having uh
two commissioners and myself, at this

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time, I'm going to find that that we do
have quorum to proceed forward with

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today's meeting.
Uh ma'am, do we have anybody signed up

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for public forum?
>> No, sir.

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» Okay.
We shall move to item 2A, discussion

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possible action to ratify the approved
contract with Real Delta Engineering for

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engineering services related to the
International Drive project, AFA ID

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number Z uh 00009113.

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Do we have a presentation on that?

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Anybody or

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» Um
Mr. Ivan Garcia will

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um give an update on the
>> There what?

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» Yes.
>> Good morning, sir.

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» Good morning, uh, commissioners, mayor.
Um,

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buddy, Ivan Garcia with Rio Delta
Engineering.

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Uh, was we are basically, uh, ready to
roll with the project, uh, right now.

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After the contract gets, uh, executed,
the next step is to set up a kick off

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meeting with TxDOT. Uh, we talked about
it at the last meeting that we had with

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them. So, they're basically just
expecting for today to happen,

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basically, so they can schedule that
meeting. At that meeting, we're going to

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go over
details on deliverables, milestones, uh,

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and different things that they're going
to be requiring throughout their

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process, so that we can be on the same
page. Uh, the other thing is that, uh,

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we will be setting up, uh,
bi-weekly coordination meetings with,

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uh, Ms. Landers and Ms. Melinda and the
staff to make sure that, uh, I guess the

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city is aware of everything that's going
on and we can distribute action items as

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as we need to and responsibilities and
everything to push the project forward

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and make sure that,
uh, we're not, uh,

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uh, basically extending any timelines or
anything, uh, unnecessarily, right? Uh,

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the other thing is that we have our
sub-consultants basically on standby, so

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that as soon as, uh, we have the kick
off meeting and they give us some

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guidelines for some deliverables for
them, they can start working on traffic

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studies, completing environmental, uh,
assessments and everything else. So, uh,

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we understand this is, uh, and we know
this is a uh, priority for the city, uh,

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so it's a it is a priority for us as
well and we'll try to meet the project

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deadlines, uh, as best as we can. Yes.
Thank you.

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» Do we have a motion on this?
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to approve
item number two, the contracts and

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agreement that is, uh,
as presented.

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» I second.
>> Motion has been seconded.

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Uh,
it's on the floor. Does anybody have any

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questions or concerns now that we have a
representative from Rio Delta?

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» I do, mayor. And uh, like I
mentioned to you, Mr. Garcia, on last

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night's meeting with the EDC, which was
also part of these

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uh great project,
we expect nothing but the execution and

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fast execution of these project. And
this is just to uh I want to inform the

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community that this is a project that
had been in the oven

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for 8 years.
So, the baby, it's 8 years old. He's

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walking, running, he's riding a bike.
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difficult
uh you can say process to make it

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happen, uh thanks to the mayor's
involvement, the commission,

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city manager, assistant city manager,
our projects department director, our

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CFO, the private investors, and uh
TexDOT,

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and many others that got involved on
these,

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like we always say,
rest assured that this city, under this

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administration, will not have any single
project in a delayed mode or on standby.

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And I said it
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being a neglected elected official was a
crime,

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some of the previous commissioners and
mayors should be in jail for a long time

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because this is unacceptable. What
happened with this project is

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unacceptable, and it's not because of
you, of course. You just uh you're a a

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vendor, right? But the way it was
handled from the city, it was just

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neglected. So, I I thank the mayor and
again, for getting

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things into uh urgency the way they're
supposed to be, and for everybody who

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participated, the EDC as well, uh you
know, putting these special meetings

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just so that we can be in compliance
with TxDOT, and that these $4 million

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that were secured for this city to help
with traffic and with the growth that we

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are experiencing, that were on standby,
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this is this was unacceptable, but I'm
glad that finally we are coming with

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solutions, and this project will be made
in a very short period of time.

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So, again, thank you for for everybody
to everybody who participated.

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» Yes, sir.
All I want to say is I want to thank uh

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staff, uh our leadership, um
Mr. Belant, thank you so much for

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working on this project. Miss Sarah
Hernandez, thank you uh for putting up

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with me. I know
we've been dealing with with this

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project, and obviously this is uh
we got an urgent matter

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in our hands, and and we've been
addressing uh and last but not least, I

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want to thank personnel from Rio Delta
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taking our phone calls, for addressing
our needs, and for being there when we

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needed you guys.
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we sincerely appreciate that. Obviously,
you know that this is an important

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project. We don't want to lose the
grant. Uh we're trying to do our very

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best
to be successful in this project, and uh

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I just want to say thank you to
everybody that's participating in making

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this thing a reality.
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also thank our assistant city manager
and our finance director for their, you

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know, efforts, you know, that they put
in this bring this project back into

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operation, and definitely,
uh without them it'd be impossible to

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move some of these things forward.
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Anybody else? Any other questions?
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Having no further questions, this item
is up for approval and vote. Before I

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move on, Ms. Garcia,
I'm assuming that you reviewed the

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contract. Everything good with the
contract?

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» Yes, sir.
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Having no further discussion on this
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the item is right for a vote.
All of those in favor in favor for

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approval of the ratification of the
contract, say aye.

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» Aye.
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» Aye.
>> Motion carries.

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» Mayor, before you continue
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» Can you explain what these process what
these project is about because maybe the

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community doesn't know. This is going to
be the International Drive and what

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what's going to I mean, can you explain
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This is a project that had been in the

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works and what's going to happen is we
have a small loop that's coming in from

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the port of entry.
And what's significant about this is

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that it's going to be targeting the
commercial traffic. So, commercial

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traffic
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Obviously,
our 755 now is here in the corner of

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Walmart and the idea is that with this
with this loop, we're going to be able

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to reroute the heavy traffic which is
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commercial vehicles that they are going
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they're going to have a straight shot at
755. Obviously, the idea is that the

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heavy traffic is not roaming around
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within the community, right? Those are
heavy truck Those are heavy trucks.

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They're
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So, we want to try to keep them away
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they also affect tremendously our
traffic the traffic that we have. So,

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being able to reroute
the commercial traffic up to 755, that's

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going to obviously complement 755, but
that's going to ease the traffic problem

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that we have.
Uh further north as the majority of the

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community knows, there's there's that
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constructed right now by TxDOT.
This Loop is also going to complement

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that in that from there, rerouting
traffic, right? The heavy traffic is

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going to be able to decide whether
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from there without having to interfere
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traffic here.
Uh this project had been pending for

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some time. There's a lot of of of delays
that we had on the project. Um

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Yeah, obviously it's a complicated
project,

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but it got to the point where we needed
to really take action. Otherwise, we

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were going to lose the grant, and that's
what we're doing here today. We're

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making sure that
that the project

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is a successful project and that we
finalize the project so that we can

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continue to improve
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our traffic and our road system that we
have here in our community. Thank you.

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» The grant is for how much?
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» Yeah. $4 million, and then the city and
EDC will participate.

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» Yeah, the city and EDC is going to
participate with a share of the funds.

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Uh
Obviously, right now we have some

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projections.
We believe that it's going to be

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anywhere from half a million to a
million dollars, but the EDC and the

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city should be able to cover this, but
it's it's a

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it's an 80/20 grant, I think. Something
like that.

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» Okay.
>> But it's $4 million that we have on the

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table, $4 million that we need to put to
good use.

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» Okay.
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have to do there, but the city and the
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are able to to come up with those funds
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» lose this close
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to lose
>> those $4 million just so the community

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can understand
why it was so important. It's an urgent

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matter.
The baby was going to be a doctor. Yeah,

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I mean it would have been in middle
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with no money. So, yeah, somebody else
was already asking for that money. Some

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other cities, some other communities,
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Rightfully so because if we don't use
it, I mean, it's just sitting there

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where it could be of some use for
somebody else that's ready and willing.

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But we are ready and willing to take
those funds and put them to good use.

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So,
thank you for everybody for

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participating.

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We had a vote on that.
The the motion was approved, so the

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contract is approved.
Do we have anything for executive

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session?
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» No.
>> Okay, I believe that concludes the

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business that we have
today.

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And the time is 10:16, so at this time
we stand adjourned.

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» Mhm.