Mayor and Council - Regular Meeting

like to call this meeting to order at six o'clock. Let's say uh stand or let's stand for the pledge of allegiance and then we will stay standing for the invocation by pastor Fernando Benton Court to the flag of the United States of and indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members. Um, happy new year. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to pray for the invocation tonight. Uh, the book of Jeremiah instructs us to pray for the prosperity of our city, our land, and that's what I'm here to do. So, to pray for the prosperity of our beautiful city, the city of Douglas. Let us pray. Father God, we just want to thank you this evening for one more year, the year 2026. Lord God, as we pray for the prosperity, for your blessing, for your peace, Lord God, over our community, Lord God, as we pray for you to instruct and guide, Lord God, our leaders as they lead our our community, Father God, and we pray for all the citizens of our community, Lord God, as we pray for a prosperity to come to our land, Father God. We pray for the businesses. We pray for jobs. We pray for peace. We pray for security. We thank you for tonight, Lord God. We put this year, the year 2026 in your hands. And we thank you, God, because the city of Douglas always has strong faith in you. In Jesus name we pray. Thank you.

Pastor Benort, can you tell us about your ministry, your church, where we can find you, your times of

My goodness. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes. Uh my name is Pastor Fernando Bettinort, citizen of um the city of Douglas. I love this community. I love this border town. Our our church is a Christian church, the Land of Blessing Ministries at the old Kmart building, if you're familiar with that area on Highway 80 out there. Our services are every Sunday morning at 10:30 in the morning. Uh bilingual services and we are just to uh be a positive uh you know to our community be shine the light of Jesus into our community and love our community and help our people help this community to prosper and be better. And I'm always thankful because our community is very God conscious. They have faith in the Lord and uh I'm just glad to be part of this city. So we're out there anytime you need us to help to serve. That's what we're here for.

Thank you Mr. Appreciate it council. Thank you. Thank you. Item number four, roll call. Mayor Jose Grihalva here. Mayor Protemper Ray Shelton present. Council member Melissa Rodriguez present. Council member Jose Montto here. Council member Gustavo Duraso Jr. Council member Maria Dilman here. Council member Rich Costa present. City manager Honor Aikho present. City attorney Dennis Fitz Given present. City Treasurer Alejandra Martinez here. Thank you. Thank you. Item number five, events update.

Hello from the aquatics and recreation departments. The aquatic center will be closed for renovations of the men's restroom. Updates will be shared when they become available. On January 31st at Paul Huber Middle School, Thunder Mountain Wrestling presents The Summit. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the show starts at 5:00 p. p.m. VIP tickets are $20 and general admission is free. Love is in the art. Join us on February 6th at Raul Castro Park for a glass painting, Art in the Park Workshop. This fun activity is free for everyone to participate. So, come fall in love with art. Youth session starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. Adult session starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 8:00 p.m. Bring your creativity and make something that's truly special for Valentine's Day. Vendors interested in spreading the love at this event. Scan the QR code to register online or call. Email us and we'll be happy to help. There is a $5 vendor registration fee. Save the date for a special performance by Lowe's Absson. The show will be on February 14th at the Coochis County Fairgrounds. Keep an eye out for more details on our social media page. Thank you from the aquatics and recreation departments. We hope to see you soon.

This is what's happening in the month of January at the Douglas Public Library. As always, we have a calendar that you can find on Facebook, Instagram, or here at the library. So, you can follow us there or visit the library to learn more. On Mondays, we have relaxing activities for all ages from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. So, you can come color, do a puzzle, play a board game, and more. Tuesdays, we have Steam Club for kids ages 6 and up at 3:30 p.m. Sometimes we make snacks, art, we do crafts, we play with STEM kids, and we learn about money using games, and that is at 3:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Wednesdays, we have movies for kids and teens with free popcorn and juice at 300 PM. So, you can come and watch a movie and enjoy some snacks. Thursdays, we have story time for the little ones at 11:00 a.m. We will read, sing, dance, and we will have some playtime afterwards. On January 22nd on a Thursday, we have a movie for teens, the Fantastic Four, First Dips, and they can come and watch a movie and have some snacks. On January 23rd, on Friday, we have our winter paint night for adults. You can call or register um at the library and all materials are included. We will also have a special event at the end of the month on January 28th. We have an event called Songs and Stories of the American West. So, you can come listen to live music here at the library and learn about the American West. We hope to see everyone here and if you have any questions, you can come visit us and find out more about everything that's going on at the Douglas Public Library. Thank you.

Thank you. Item number six, mayor and council member updates andor reports. I'll go in order. Mrs. Rodriguez.

Yes. So, last month on uh December 20th, we had um well, I don't want to call it a town hall, but uh I had an event for our youth that so I can um gather information about what they like about our city and what they would like to see in our city. Um so, I joined in with the um ice skating uh one of the ice skating days. Um, so that day I um had a really good turnout. Met a lot of kids attending the ice skating which was really fun. The kids really really enjoyed it. Um, so I had some interactive posters that day where I had different questions that asked um things about what they like about their city and what they would like to see in their city. So I'm going to just briefly summarize some of those things. Um so in one of the questions um they they had a high demand for recreational spaces and activities. They want more places to hang out and be active. And I know that's in the works with the Boys and Girls Club and and some of the other things. But some of the things they mentioned here were uh more parks and outdoor spaces, a sports complex. Um and then it said a community center which is already in the works. Um and then they also inquired about indoor spaces for teens to gather. Um, and so they have a strong interest uh for free or lowcost events, but they prefer that if they have to pay a little bit of money, they will rather than a free event. Um, so they enjoy um the movie nights at the park. of course they'd like to see more concerts and

shows and they want al also to see more youth or teen le events. So that was interesting. Um so of course there's clear requests for more food and shopping options which is also right in line with the you know all the constituents of the community as well. um their preference. So, it was like if they had $100,000 to improve fund in the city, what would they do with it? Of course, uh restaurant choices was probably their number one to name a few. Um they like a Chick-fil-A, Sonic, which they're that tells you that they weren't here when we had a Sonic, right? um a Hibachi Grill, Eegis, um American Eats. So those are just to name a few. Okay. Um so just and we I also had the parents participate as well. Um so of course their choices were more shopping options, a shopping center, of course they want Food City or Fries back in town. So I mean that we already know. uh specific attractions teens want. Um and something maybe we be worth looking into. Uh they mentioned a trampoline park, uh mini golf, and of course something they would love to bring back they said was the bowling alley. Um and of course like [clears throat] almost every kid said uh to bring back was the movie theater and and we already knew that. Um so in terms of safety and uh safety and infrastructure concerns uh they'd like to see better street lighting um safer crossings and uh better grass in our parks. So

that's a quick little um summary of the information I gathered from our youth here in our city. So, it was a really great event, well attended, and they did have some wonderful, great ideas. So, I just wanted to share that with everyone. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Rodriguez. Mr. Montano,

uh, couple things. I I met with a few of our constituents. Um, most of their concerns or questions were Boys and Girls Club and then and the community kitchen. Uh, so I answered some of those those questions that they had. I still have to get some something back to them because I wasn't I didn't have answers to a couple things. So, I need to get back to them. Then another thing that happened earlier in December, we we invited a group of golfers from down here uh just so we could hang out, have them come down. So, about 22 of them came down and and there was a match Douglas and [clears throat] uh they they came here, they spent a little bit of money on breakfast. Then we went out there uh we played and then uh we also gave them a a a briefing on the progress of the golf course. So they were they were impressed. They're looking forward to it and then uh we talked about what how we get him down here more and basically they said golf because Sher Vista is the same distance away. So they said as long as we keep inviting them they'll come. That's all I have. It was a close holiday season. So that's all I have.

Thank you. I'm expecting a lengthy update from Mr. Duraso.

So I've been on the job for one week. So um but ever since uh everyone has c congratulated me and they told me about their issues. Um the main concern have been the streets especially after the heavy rainfalls that we just have a lot of potholes throughout the city and uh and uh events on G Avenue. just uh the organization. I went to a couple businesses and that's the first thing that came up. Uh just better organization and better um to be more public about the events. So, uh people show up and that's up to where I am right now.

That's very great because that's a lot for one week. That that that's a good update. U Mr. Shelton.

Yes. Um I can talk tonight. Last meeting I couldn't and I wasn't even sick. That's the crazy thing about it. Allergies. Anyway, I've had a number of people coming up and saying the golf course now is looking great and they're excited about it. And these [clears throat] are constituents that are here in Douglas that been here for years and they can hardly wait now until the back nine they can start playing on it. Um, and I've had compliments now on the airport park, especially the walking area. Um, how many of you go to the park and walk? Okay, we've got one, two, three, four, five, six. Okay. And um, you know, it's been greatly improved and um, I've had a number of comp compliments. I go by the Ross parking lot and they say not only Ross is doing good, but this has helped um JC Penney have more customers, which is which I think is great. Uh ice skating. My um three grandkids were spent several years up in uh Calgary, Canada, and they know how to ice skate. So, not only them but other people have been complimenting us on the ice skating and then also the sidewalks on 10th Street. U that's this is in my area and I've had uh one person that has been asking me to do it for a number of years. So, hopefully he's not listening tonight. I'm gonna send him maybe a

Christmas card and say this is a early Christmas present. So, uh the sidewalks are are are going on and so that's uh that's a great thing. So, Douglas is looking up and people hopefully have um good attitudes about Douglas. We're a community, you know, that doesn't have quite as much funds as say your Scottsdale or some other communities, but uh we up here have been working to um get a lot of completed things done that need to be done. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Shelton. Mrs. Dilman,

I [clears throat] just have a few uh recognitions tonight. I wanted to thank the city for all their hard work in putting on all the holiday season events. Uh the activities were well attended and I also wanted to thank the community for supporting coming out and enjoying all the fun. Also, congratulations to our mayor for a successful state of the city address. Um mayor, you've accomplished so much in your first year and you've brought Douglas forward. uh you inspire me to be better at my role as a city council member. So I thank you for that. And also congratulations to Mr. Martinez, our finance director, treasurer and his team on the certificate of achievement for excellence in the financial reporting. Great job there. Um thank you for keeping us in compliance. Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Gilman. in case you want to keep saying more things about what you're still have the mic. Appreciate it, Mr. A Costa.

Yes. Uh just very briefly, I mean being the holiday season, I did try to get around few constituents and it's mostly a high school students have a concern. I know right now they're at second semester where they have a lot of projects, especially like the HOSA students competition and so forth. Uh there's been quite a group of kids that have been trying to get together, not you know around school or their homes. So I did get a couple of calls uh this past weekend and as a matter of fact last night about you know they want to go to certain places in town. The only place that they could really hang out and study is McDonald's which you know it's kind of crazy there. They can't focus. So I know we have a few businesses in the town that close early. So if you know any of them, you know, just recommend that we have a lot of kids and those kids have money. Let me tell you, being a parent, I know they they make sure you deposit on the debit card, right? But you know, I mean, like the Gatson has that cafe was closed. You know, the Blueberry Cafe closes early. So, and then same thing with Dunkin Donuts, the traffic there does not allow them to focus on what they're there. Plus, we also have a bunch of college students that like to drive into town and hang out instead of going and staying out there in the lobby at Coochis College. So, you know, we do need places and I think it's great for our community. So, let's uh you know, let's get the word out, especially the business owners that there are kids wanting to hang out and study and, you know, and do projects, work on projects. I mean, this is our youth. Our youth is is vital for our community. And when you have uh phone calls from parents knowing that, you know, we're an educators and I'm involved with the city council, you know, they're they really want a place for their kids, the safe place where they could hang out and study. So if you know these businesses, you know, just uh reach out to Douglas High School and let

them, you know, put out flyers out there. You know what? We're open, you know, Wi-Fi, we got coffee, drinks, soft drinks, you know, they'll show up. Trust me. So that's the word around. That's it, mayor. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Aosta. Um, I'd like to thank everybody who went to the state of the city. That was a great showing. Um, especially being the first time in at the park in public. Um, I do I want to thank uh my count or my counterparts in Naweta who went, their council went. Um, also the mayor of Sawarita came all the way down with his council uh for uh for the state of the city. So it was pretty much uh it was very much appreciated. Also the wrestlers from Thunder Mountain Wrestling who have taken Douglas as their second home and also um push for Synergy Home Care to not only come in and create jobs but set a a office front here uh in the city of Douglas. So all their support is very much appreciated. Um, I want to thank the Herald. Um, not because of me, even though, you know, but I got person of the year, but I'm just glad we're getting good notoriety, good publicity. Uh, you know, not from me, but the mayor seat that that that got uh the the the notice because again, people are paying attention to what we're doing here in Douglas. So, it's very much appreciated. Um, I'm want to say congratulations publicly again to Mr. Duraso. I didn't want to say this. If you notice during the interviews, I stayed very quiet. I have known him for around more than 20 years. We're actually from the same graduating class for 2005. I didn't want that to play for him nor against him, so I stayed quiet. Um, but I'm very proud of him uh or sending my condolences as they said, depending on how uh uh you know, how he feels about it. But uh he's very active in the community. He talks to people um and he's uh he has a lot of good ideas especially like how we mentioned with the golf course and the airport. Um did want to give an an update on the asphalt plant. The I know Mrs. Kiko might say something about it but we are sending our employees for training so they could use the new asphalt plant. It's not the old one. We didn't redo the old one. It's a new one state-ofthe-art

where you have to be trained uh to uh to use it. So we're we're very excited about that. I think we're sending like around five or around there. Um I do also want to mention uh staff um asked me if we're going to keep doing G Avenue events. We're going to get together on that if any council member wants to be active in that and energize Douglas even take those you know into block parties other parts of town. You can be part of the process. It's just starting with me right now to you know to to just start it off. But if you have any ideas, want to be a part of it, want to help organize it, uh feel free to let staff know or let let myself know. Uh as I mentioned before, I want to thank Mr. Garcia from Los Aapsson. Uh and also and also Rosie Mendoza. So Rosie Mendoza reached out to me and said, "How can we get Los Aapsson here?" And I said, "Well, let's just the the city do it. We need more events." So she got me the contact information for Mr. Garcia who plays in it. Uh, and I the the um the date that's set is for uh Valentine's Day uh in next month of February 14th. And as Mrs. Kiko is going to mention, we're going to sell tickets and we're looking just to have another thing to do not only for our youth but also for Mrs. Pedro, go over there because I know she's probably excited about it. Uh so, uh it's going to be fun just having more activities around. Um I did get a a concern about a sidewalk on 15th Street in front of Huber Middle School. Um because there's kids that walk home and there's no sidewalk there. So uh they'd like to know if we can put one in. I went uh driving around with um Mr. Rockwell. I think he's here. Carl Rockwell when we went for the uh for a KGA 9 interview and then I'll mention that right now too. There's a house I think two houses that have the sidewalk, others don't. So the kids are actually going into the street to walk. So that's very dangerous. Uh if we can get an update on on possible sidewalks there. I also want to thank KGA 9 for their not only article but their interview uh for

the lights in Quail Run. I told Alexis Ramen I just didn't think you know putting lights up in Douglas was a big deal but apparently it's again positive publicity that that we're looking to uh make our our community safer just by having something like that. Uh and I want to also thank staff for that. Had a you know my chat with the mayor is usually an hour. I had a three-hour chat with the mayor uh at Blueberry Cafe. Around seven or eight people went and then the next day I had an evening chat with the mayor that only one person went, but like I told that one person, even if nobody shows up, I'm looking to make myself accessible. Just having it out there because you never know when somebody might have a a need uh in the community. Also, I want to plug uh January 31st Thunder Mountain Wrestling. If you've ever seen the movie Nacho Libé with Jack Black, the inspiration to that movie is Coming to Douglas. A Freight Tormenta who's a priest who wrestled under the mask to help out orphans in Mexico. He's coming down. The original's coming down is and his adopted son, the adopted son, Afrey Tormenta Jr. is going to wrestle too for the Thundermount Wrestling Championship. We also have former WWE stars Heath Slater and Rhino coming. So, uh, we're getting a lot of attention even from wrestlers. They want to come and wrestle in Douglas. So, that's good to know. Um, I met today with the business looking to open uh at an old bar in Ward 6 uh down avenue. Don't want to mention exactly the bar, but uh that that was there, but uh they're looking to start up a business. They met with me and we're looking to help them along the way tomorrow. And I just got a call today or a text message today that a hotel investor wants to come tomorrow. So, I'll be meeting with them. Staff is also going to make time short notice. So, I appreciate that. Uh we're also looking to have the uh the World Boxing Council WBC presser uh soon with our consultants Verdus where I think they want me to go up to Phoenix just so we can make a big deal announce it. The plan right now is USA against

Mexico. We're hosting uh Arizona, New Mexico and uh Texas against Edmos tenatively Nogales Sonora and Awapeta Sonora. And Mrs. Oro will mention too that we're going to have our futures meeting January 28th. So, I mean, that's when we all get together and it's what do we want to see in our community? How do we know what we want to see in our community? We work for you all. So, you guys all have to tell us what you want to see so we could take all those ideas and present them to our staff and to council and and come up with a plan uh to get all those things done. But that's my um that those are my announcements and we'll move to item number seven, proclamations. First proclamation is Black History Month. Whereas Black History Month was officially established in 197 uh 1976 by President Gerald R. Ford, who called on the public to seize the opportunity to honor the two often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every in every area of endeavor throughout our history and has been since recognized by every US president. And whereas the national com commemoration of black history in the United States dates back to 1926 and was initially observed the second week in February to coincide with birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas. And whereas the city of Douglas founded in 1901 and incorporated in 1905, founded by a diversity of people coming from all parts of the world looking for opportunities and feeling oppression arrived in Douglas to become the foundation we were built on. And whereas it is in this early foundation of Douglas, people of African-American descent began to arrive. They came as ranchers, entrepreneurs, business owners, laborers, and buffalo soldiers. They came as all who came looking for opportunity. And whereas the city of Douglas honors the contribution and advancements made by African-Americans in our community, our state, our nation, and throughout the world in such areas as education, medicine, art, culture,

religion, public service, economic development, politics, and human rights. And whereas Black History Month is an annual opportunity to recognize the central role of African-Americans in the history of our nation. And whereas Black History Month is an opportunity to understand black histories going beyond stories of racism and slavery to highlight black achievement, it is a time for Douglas to celebrate our own black history and honor our roots that helped build our community. Now therefore, let it be resolved that I, Jose Grihadva, mayor, and on behalf of the council, do hereby pro proclaim February 2026 as Black History Month and and urge all humanity to join in celebrating the contributions of African-Americans. And we have a rich culture of black history here in Douglas uh that we will get to uh to honoring. Also the second proclamation is MexicanAmerican Heritage Day. Whereas on February 2nd, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Edalgo was signed, marketing a pivotal moment in the history of the United States and Mexico, reshaping the cultural and geographical landscapes of North America. And whereas while the treaty seated treaty seeded lands that make up most of today's u US southwest it it is also granted US citizenship to the Mexican citizens living in that territory thus creating a new ethnic identity the Mexicanameans and whereas Mexican-Americans compromise the largest indigenous ethnic group in the United States representing nearly 40 million people. We also acknowledge our historical roots with the people of Mexico and that we are separated only by an artificial border. And whereas February 2nd, 1848 symbolizes the birth of a new identity for Mexican-Americans with activists expressing this identity through through literature and culture. And whereas this legacy endures through the preservation of culture, language, traditional values and honor, demonstrating survival and resilience in the face of marginalization and

discrimination. And whereas this day honors the vital roles Mexican-Americans have played in building and strengthening the fabric of this nation, reshaping the US economy and society, creating a new genre of art forms, serving in its defense in time of war, and advocating for civil rights and labor reforms. And whereas this day does deserves recognition with events and activities that are appropriate to the nature of cultural values we seek to preserve and to the respect of our city's history that we must pass to our youth and children. Now, let it be resolved. I, Jose Grihaga, and on behalf of the council, do hereby proclaim February 2nd, 2026 as me MexicanAmerican Heritage Day in the city of Douglas to continue fostering greater understanding and unity in a diverse America and thereby enhance recognition of the history and cultures that the American people hold in common. And also to that, uh, the wall of faces is a huge part of our history where Jeannie Jordan can go on for hours. She's not here. So, I'll pick on her about uh those across the border that help defend our nation in times of war. So, we thank uh them. We thank our those uh with black his uh that help us celebrate back black history. That helps us see how diverse Douglas is and we're very proud of that. Item number eight, presentation of awards. Item A, award of certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting for financial audit 2020 for fin for reporting of financial audit 2020 2024. Mr. Martinez.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. Uh the city of Douglas uh finance department has been awarded the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting for fiscal year 2024. Uh of note is that the city has been the recipient of this award uh every year since 2008. This award is the highest honor in government accounting and financial reporting. Receiving it shows our strong commitment to doing things excellently, honestly, and openly for our community. It is a respected national award that recognizes the hard work of our our finance department. It also boosts the city's reputation, which can help improve our credit ratings and make investors more confident in our solid financial management.

Thank you, Mr. Martis. Martinez. And I asked him, do you want a photo up? And he said, no, thank you. So, but we're all very proud of you and the work that you and your department do. Item nine, persons wishing to address the council in writing or verbally on any item not on the agenda. Mr. Steve Halford after she I was going to have her go last. I'll have you go first if you don't mind. Mhm. This one time we're not this call to the public. We're giving everybody an opportunity to talk. Doesn't us it goes by usually how I have these presented to me. So this time I will have Mrs. Pedro go. But in the other times, we will respect the order that these are presented, whether it's first to last, whatever they're here for. So, Mr. Pedro, 3 minutes, cuz I gave you I gave you more last time. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm here because I passed a petition. a petition where 247 citizens and may I tell I got I could have gotten a lot more but 247 which is like 16% of the so-called 15,000 members citizens of the uh Douglas they're not happy with what is going on with the widening of the sidewalks they're

widening up with three feet on each side narrowing the street creating chaos because they're removing the turning lane. The citizens of Douglas do not want that. Mr. Montano and Mr. Aosta, you had barely been um what it I don't know what you call it when

appointed when you voted for this. There's no way that you had the opportunity, sir, to speak with the constituents. Most of you weren't even here, Mr. Shelton, when I spoke with you, you don't even remember having uh voted for this. You said we haven't voted yet. I do believe I'm not saying let's start all over because I Mikho said it's going to cost a lot of money. No, one thing nothing is done in concrete. We can still change modify. Why do we want to go to narrower streets? Douglas, if you know the history of Douglas, Mr. Douglas built the city with wide streets. Why do we want to narrow them? Why do we want to take out the uh turning lane? People currently that signed this petition were upset because they said it's already hard when they're driving and we are angle driving. Originally, they wanted to make it parallel. We protested. What I have for you, mayor, is the signatures of the 247 and I also have the original one because if you know and Mr. Oro can explain it to you, there was different different um plans and the last one that was voted on by Mr. Huish was not even one that we had seen prior to that day. And and I know she's going to say yes, we did surveys. If you want to speak to your constituents, speak to Mr. Bond. He was there at one of these town meetings. And he signed the petition. Mr. Bond told them it was wrong because the very first SE survey did not allow for comments. So what they did, they revised the survey, but if you had answered the first survey, you weren't allowed to answer the second one. How do I know? Because I was one of those. There was no comments. So the survey itself, I don't know how

many responded to the survey, but of these 247, they didn't. And you can check because we did our phone numbers and stuff, so you can double check. They didn't know. Thank you. And I'm going to give you this. I hope that you, the council, take this. Go by data. Don't go by what one person tells you. Use data to support, please. Thank you.

Thank you, M. Thank you, Mrs. Pedrigo. Um, and per our charter, the petitions are dropped in or dropped to council in a regular meeting, and we are supposed to talk about it at the next regular meeting. Um, she did mention council members by name. So, during the call to the public, you can answer, but there's no dialogue back and forth. So, anybody want Just giving you all the opportunity.

Okay. Um yeah, we we'll take your turns to uh into consideration or the the constituents concern. Uh but you mentioned that there's no way I could have actually seen or reviewed those things. I was here three weeks that I had plenty of time to see it and I did see it and we voted on the combination of those two. So Mr. No, Mr. Pedro, no there there can't be just So I want to make sure that that you understand that I did look at them. I did review them and uh

no no dialogue. No dialogue but we'll have this discussion. Yeah.

Yes. Um and I did say we would look into didn't I? And you know, we passed it like two years ago. Okay. Okay. And I'm like him. We got to ch Well, I've always thought we'd change it. That would Yeah. So, we'll we'll talk about it per for the charter. Um, Steve Hick,

members of the council, mayor, [clears throat] my name is Steve Hellfrick, 1303F Avenue. My company is Studio Architecture. I've been I wanted to re since we have essentially a new council, I wanted to reintroduce myself. I'm [clears throat] I've been an architect for 30 years. I have my own small firm. We do great work. We've done great work and we've given good service. Um I um I have bought the old Douglas Hotel on Effan 13th and came down from Phoenix the downtown and started renovating. And I um now have a point where I have an office and I have a place to live and I would like to offer my uh services to the city. Um I am a architect on call for the city and that I would like to help with the streetscape safe streetscape plans. I would like to help you get through this issue with the um the uh the downtown streetscape. I would like to help you with the community um kitchen or commissary kitchen. Um I've done a lot of work with micro businesses, arts and culture and I would just like to say that I'm uh that you can come to me at the hotel, see what we've done to it. Um we've given it new life and then we can talk about some of the issues that are facing the city. Thank you.

Thank you. Next I have I have it as number nine but it's number 10. Dana Lamar was this the next one or is it called to the public? Is this for consent or the c of the public? Uh good evening mayor and council members. First, I want to say I really appreciated the commentary and the announcements uh at the meeting today. My name is Diane Lamar and I am a resident of this community. I'm here to address recent statements by the current administration labeling protest groups like ours Douglas Indivisible as terrorist or criminal organizations. Indivisible is not a terrorist organization. That description is false, dangerous, and contrary to the values and laws of this country. Indivisible is a nationwide network of Americans who engage in peaceful, lawful civic organizing to protect and strengthen our democracy. Peaceful protest is not terrorism. Disscent is not extremism. Our members are constituents, voters, neighbors, community volunteers. We organize nonviolently in accordance with the Constitution to advocate for democratic values, equal representation, and accountable government. Peaceful protest and civic participation are fundamental American rights. When a government labels its critics as terrorists, it puts real people at risk by encouraging harassment, surveillance, and denial of due process. History shows us that this kind of rhetoric is often a prelude to abuse of power. Likewise, our law enforcement officers should not be put

in harm's way for a manufactured threat designed to weaken us as a whole. There are law enforcement officers out there who want no part of ICE, but cannot voice their views for fear of retribution. Local governments have a responsibility to act as a safeguard and not a rubber stamp. We ask this council to affirm its commitment to democratic participation, to reject misinformation or stigmatization of peaceful civil groups, and to support the safety and rights of residents who engage in lawful protest and public expression. Tonight, we were asking for three specific commitments. First, a clear and public affirmation of our community's commitment to free speech and peaceful assembly and protest without intimidation or retaliation. Second, the commitment to due process and equal protection under the law for all residents, regardless of political views, immigration status, or whether they choose to protest. Third, we ask the council to reaffirm non-ooperation with ICE beyond what is legally required, and to ensure that local resources are not used to facilitate federal actions that violate civil rights or create fear in our community. We further request that these commitments be put in the form of reformal resolution. A resolution matters. It provides clarity to city staff, guidance to law enforcement, reassurance to residents, and a public record that this city stands on the side of constitutional rights and human dignity. This is not a partisan question or request. It is a civic one. Small towns like ours set the moral tone of Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Lamar. Uh, Madame Supervisor Kathleen Gomez.

Thank you very much. My name is Kathleen Gomez, 2350 East 12th Street. Um, I wanted to talk to you all about um, I'm really glad that you guys are dealing with the county islands in the city of Douglas. As you know, I came to you about 6 months ago realizing that it was illegal and there's a statute, Arizona statute saying that there cannot be county islands and municipalities. So, putting the lights is is is a good step. And I just want to make sure you guys look into the area around the Jewish cemetery as that is also a county island. On that aspect, I am meeting with Sunnyside Fire District tomorrow because as you guys all know, you annexed part of their area that they get money from. they had done their budget. Now they have to go back and redo their budget because they had passed it in July and didn't know what you guys were doing. So one of my issues here is I think we have to have a lot more collaboration. In my speaking with uh SECCcom, they wanted me to let you know that the next step for the city is to notify SECCOM of you taking over that area that you annex for the fire district because they will have to change the districts on the maps and they will have to also have to change I think some of the phone calls and some of the areas that they need to know what you all cover. So I'm not sure exactly. They just wanted me to give you a shout out to please contact them. That's Tammy Joe at CCOM and SAR Vista to tell them exactly the outline of the district and what you annex. So this is I think really important that we have to have a lot of collaboration because Douglas is going forward and we need to bring you into the county which means we have to have open communication. So in that matter I wanted to let you know what my plans are for the next three months. Um, we put out an RFP for an economic study, basically looking at the city of Douglas and the port as being the number one area to look at and then corridor 191

and then the rest of the county. So, that RFP went out this month. We're hoping to have some we have like 47 downloads. So, hopefully by the end of the month, we'll know who's going to be starting the economic study. I'd like to make sure that the city of Douglas, we talk to you all about that because what I don't want to see and what I'm hearing is now everybody wants to do an economic study. All kinds of different organizations and instead of us all spending money separately to do the same thing, it would make sense if we all collaborated and pulled our money together to even do maybe a better larger one. I know we're looking at spending 50,000 to do just a basic strategy for the port of authority and how it'll affect 191. Uh what I really want to do is start getting a lot more concentration into east of the Mule Mountains. So with that also I am in talks with um different hospitals to look at managing a hospital here in Douglas. I'm don't want to say too much because I don't want speculators but I'm looking into land possibly to have the hospital and also different private investors that will help us build it. So that is one of the things I'm looking at. Um, just one more thing. Um, we will be doing the port of authority, new port of authority board. I will have that for the council. I'd like to be able to make a presentation maybe end of March to tell you what I think well what we feel as a county, the city, and the state could do to have a brand new port of authority that had stakeholders for anybody who wanted to do business in this new port. Thank you.

Thank you. Uh, and we'll get updates on uh she mentioned the land by the Jewish cemetery. So, We'll we'll get an update on that when we have dinner. Right. Um it item item 10, discussion decision on approval of consent agenda items. Item A, expenditures for the month of December 2025 totaling 5,50,89.31. Meeting minutes for December 10th, 2025. Financial committee appointment of Danita Moreno and Kathleen Gomez. D. Fire Public Safety Retirement Board appointment of Anna Or Municipal Property Corporation Golf Course appointment of Jose Halba. F. Planning and Zoning Commission appointment of Rainoa. G bid award to Smith. I heard Smith or Smith, one of those.

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Smite Industries, Inc. for the installation of the equipment for the new water production while 18 H. A bid award of request for qualifications for economic development consulting services to Ramire's Adviserss International LLC. I resolution number 26-1712 a resolution of the mayor and council of the city of Douglas Coochis County, Arizona authorizing the execution of the intergovernmental agreement between the city of Douglas and Coochis County to provide certain election supplies and services for the city of Douglas special ele special elections scheduled for May 19th, 2026. Resolution number 26-1713 a resolution of the mayor and council of the city of Douglas Coochis County Arizona adopting the city of Douglas 2026 public safety personnel retirement system pension funding policy item K resolution number two number 26-1714 a resolution of the mayor and council of the city of Douglas Coochis County Arizona ratifying the city manager signature accepting the safe streets for all SS4A grant award in the amount of $440,000 approving the required local match of $110,000. And item L, resolution number 26-1715, a resolution of the mayor and council of the city of Douglas Coochis County, Arizona, accepting grant funding from the Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona for project lifeline advancing CPR with innovation in the amount of $50,000. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items? Mayor,

Miss We're going to have a discussion on that. Um I I have that. I'll call you I'll call you up right now. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items as listed? Mayor, Mrs. Rodriguez.

Yes, I know you will see how we're doing this. I'm going to get a motion. I'm going to get a second. I'm going to ask for discussion and then I will call you up so you can discuss it. And if anything moves around with consent agenda, it can. Mrs. Rodriguez. Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda items as presented. Do I have a second? Second. Motion by Mrs. Rodriguez, second by Mr. Shelton. Any discussion? We have someone that would like to speak on it. Mrs. Lamar.

Yes. Thank you. The purpose of requesting to speak on item number 10 was to be able to speak prior to a motion and a decision by the council. So that's why I was speaking up and I'm confused. I thought if I wanted to raise an issue about a consent agenda item, I would need to do that before a vote takes place. Am I I hope this is not counting towards my three minutes. It is counting towards your three minutes because council can pull something off the consent agenda during discussion. Even though you've just approved the consent agenda, they have the right voted yet.

Yeah, they just approved. They just approved to discuss the consent agenda. That's what they've approved.

Got it. Thank you. I am not trying to be antagonistic. I'm just trying to understand the process. So just to be clear, um my uh purpose in asking to speak on this was regarding the appointments. Not that uh for one item, not that I see anything wrong with them. Uh it's just in the history sometimes there's been confusion in the public about conflict of interest and who can and who cannot serve on committees. And so I just hoped that uh council uh could address that so that everybody understands the reason for appointments uh by city staff uh on certain commissions and committees. That was the only reason I wanted to raise that. The one regarding um um Mr. Ramirez Consulting. Um I I thought it would be helpful for the moment to remove that item from consideration simply because it seems like there are a lot of conversations going on between the city and the IDA uh recently about the DREDC and the entire relationship. I personally spoke to the IDA probably at least a year ago and raised some questions, brought some information to their attention, some of which I think they don't rem recall. Um, I also have put in public record requests for information and the city clerk's office has been very helpful, although I I don't didn't get all the information I felt like I I needed to have to make a good assessment. But generally speaking, um there have been many, many years have gone by where city staff members have been board members on the DREDC, an organization that I think it's fair to say has been a bit ambiguous and not understood even by IDA members. Um for many years, Patrick

Sheran was the president of the IDA, simultaneously serving as president of the DREDC, which stands for Douglas Regional Economic Development Corporation. They have had an address at on Douglas Avenue and more recently had an address uh listed as the city hall address. We um documentation shows that prior city managers are and that our current city manager has been on the board. So I believe that there are um I'm not saying there's anything um nefarious. I think that there are a lot of questions surrounding the relationship with the city and the DREDC and the IDA and my understanding of the recent meetings at the IDA, they hadn't yet made a determination as to whether or not they were going to continue funding uh Ramirez. Anyway, I didn't have um time to put this together uh more cohesively, but I just think that there are a lot of questions that would be helpful for the public and and for the council members and for the IDA to have great clarity on this before moving forward. I appreciate your time.

Thank you. uh with the conflict of interests when it comes to serving on committees per the charter that's up to the mayor and I kind of article 4 section three. So that's you know basically my seat that I can pick if I want to be on it or if I can have a council member on there for this instance because it was just brought up and this is we can have discussion on it. Uh I was already working with Bosco Sao on the golf course so it's kind of you know uh already me doing it then I mean it's kind of a lot of responsibility. So then I was going to um allow a council member if they'd like afterwards to serve on it. Um DRDC, would you like to say something, Mrs. or do we let Dennis kind of talk about that situation really quick because I don't know what's the legality on um that

Dennis? I'll I'll seek your guidance and I'm happy to report that as an update or through a city council report or through this item if it's part of this discussion in general, but not as a um item that's been removed. Right. It's it's not it's not an item that's being voted on tonight. So, um, if you have something in your council report, right, right? Indirect indirect on part of the So, I didn't hear that last part. I'm sorry because it's

that that agency isn't I mean, it's not on the consent agenda tonight. That that that's being voted on. If you have something to update during your council reports, I think you can update it during the council reports. Okay. Comfortable. Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Council member Rodriguez, yes. Council member Montano, yes. Council member Duraso, yes. Council member Dilman, yes. Council member Aosta, yes. Mayor Bmper Shelton, yes. Mr. Mayor,

yes. Motion passes. Item we at uh next [clears throat] item because I think the numbers here are kind of messed up. Next item item a second reading of ordinance number 25-1217 an ordinance of the mayor and council of the city of Douglas Kochis County Arizona amending chapter 828 of the Douglas municipal code relating to noise establishing serability of components of ordinance and establishing an effective date thereof. Miss Andrades.

Thank you Mr. Mayor members of the council. Um this is the second reading of this ordinance. I know that the first reading was back a couple of months and um after discussions with the legal department um the police chief and and management um this is up for second reading relating to Douglas Municipal Code 8.28 to eight relating to noise and allowing for special occasion gatherings and general parties within the community to extend until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Uh section 828020A is being amended to clarify when the activities listed in section 8.28020 are in violation of the noise ordinance. Additionally, an exception to the noise ordinance is being added to 8.280 28040 for special occasions and social gatherings between the times of 1000 p.m. and 12 a.m. midnight on Fridays and Saturdays that do not create unreasonable noise. So, it's just and you have a copy of the ordinance with the striketh through uh language that was removed and just making sure that I know that during your one-on- ones with the city manager, everything was clarified as far as the the section that's being amended and it's just um for second reading for approval. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you. May I have a motion to approve the second reading of ordinance 25-1217? Mr. Montano.

Do I have a second? Second. Motion by Mr. Montana, second by Mrs. Dilman. Any discussion? And one of the reasons why it was delayed is one pesky little word, right? That kind of changed the thing. So like Mrs. Andrade explained um that that that's the whole purpose of it for uh that noise ordinance. Uh hearing no other discussion. Roll call, please. Council member Rodriguez, yes. Council member Montano, yes. Council member Duraso, yes. Council member Dilman, yes. Council member A Costa, yes. Mayor Temper Shelton, yes. Mr. Mayor,

yes. Motion passes. I item uh next item, second reading of ordinance 25-1223, an ordinance of the mayor and council of the city of Douglas, Coochis County, Arizona, author authorizing the execution of a property exchange agreement with the Douglas Unified School District number 27 for sections of real property identified as a Douglas Aquatic Center, the old segregated historic school, and other vacant land parcels in exchange for sections of real property identified as the Armando de Lucas Football and Copper King baseball stadiums, establishing severability of components of ordinance, and establishing an effective date thereof. Mr. Pedrosa, good evening, mayor, members of council. Um, uh, this item also uh was delayed a couple of months due to some more due diligence that we we were tasked to do on one of the parcels. Uh just to to give uh the uh the background on this item, uh DUSD uh approached us about seeking ownership of the football and baseball fields in order to provide the ability for future improvements on both facilities. As they know, as you know, they've improved the football field at their cost already. Uh the city of Douglas uh and owns the aquatic center on the USD land. So kind of a similar relationship and and seeking the same abilities as well. Uh both agencies agreed to continue to pursue future IGAs to allow the continued share of the facilities and other properties are included as part of the exchange to provide equal land value um to the properties. Uh so you have before you the proposed property exchange agreement with the DUSD uh that agrees the following. The DSD would get the football and baseball fields but excludes the parking lot and Munchi Gonzalez Little League field. The

city would get the aquatic center that includes the aquatic center parking lot, raetball courts, basketball court, and vacant land east of the basketball courts. The city also gets the old uh unutilized segregated historic school on Fourth Street and F Avenue and six other vacant parcels. The six vac vacant parcels provide the city the opportunity for flood control and possibly future groundwater well sites um or other potential development. Uh the question came uh about the the old uh segregated school. The parcel contained an embedded circular parcel within that and we we checked into it. It's it's an agreement with the school district that they allowed them to mobilize their their mobile unit in there operate uh uh the head start lasita and and they they have an agreement with them. Basically, that circular parcel is is uh something that's called the improvement of possessory rights established through the the county's GIS system that basically outlines that uh they own that modular building. Uh but the entire parcel is owned by the district. So that's basically the the gist there. Uh the complete parcel list as you know is listed there in the agreement. the baseball and football stadiums in the aquatic center will require survey to cut out the the existing parcel. So the agreement calls for each party to pay for cost of survey for their currently owned properties. Um came up with the value of the properties based on Coochis County assess land valuations and estimated ba based on acreage of the football and baseball stadiums and the aquatic center. So the values of DSDO owned properties to be transferred to the city is $435,282

and the city property to be transferred to DSD is $438,58. Again, that's just the land value, not the assets on the the property. The properties are very close in value, like I said, and and uh it's it it it works as a um pretty much an even exchange for and and against splitting those survey costs. Uh the parties agree the exchange will give greater control over these recreational facilities for their respective uses. Um the property exchange agreement also calls for existing IGAs which we have with the school district that allows us mutual use of those facilities. Um to be terminated once they own the properties uh in and new IGA's form. Uh, an example, the baseball field. Uh, the school district mostly use it. Even though we own it, they use it most of the time, but we use it a couple of times a year for the Mexican baseball fiesta as an example. So, that's what we're looking at. Mayor, um, city recommends the approval of the, uh, exchange agreement uh, fostering continued partnership and vision towards the betterment of the city's recreational facilities.

Thank you, Mr. Veros. I have a motion to approve the second reading of ordinance 25-1223. Mr. Mayor, Mr. Shelton, I move the mayor and council approve the second reading of ordinance number 25-1223 by number and title only. And I often wondered for many years why this hasn't happened. Have a second.

Second motion by Mr. Shelton, second by Mr. Aosta. Any discussion? want to quickly say for those that weren't here and I think it's been delayed three months or so. Um it's not a conflict of interest even with school employees because anybody everybody up here does not get anything out of this hill personally. It's between the schools the school district and the uh city of Douglas. Any discussion mayor Mr. What's this? Make sure that all

Yeah, for the record. Thank you, Mr. Montana. It's on Fifth Street, the old Escalita Head Start that I went to and the F uh first segregated school. Speaking of Black History Month, that's part of our history. Any other discussion? Just a comment, Mayor. Mr. I just want to take this opportunity. Yes, like Mr. Shelton said, it's been a long time and I think that uh it's a win-win situation for both the school district and the city of Douglas. So, uh I mean you guys maintain the baseball field and the football field. So, that's you know that's good deal. So, I think it's it's a win-win situation.

Thank you, Mr. Aosta. And just to be sure, Mr. Sto did not want to put more money into it until it was his baby, right? So, um, uh, like everybody said, it was sort of, uh, it just didn't make sense for us to be operating on, you know, uh, school property with the aquatic center and then them doing the same thing. So, no further discussion. Roll call, please. Council member Rodriguez, yes. Council member Montano, yes. Council member Duraso, yes. Council member Dilman, yes. Council member A Costa, yes. Mayor Patmper Shelton, yes. Mr. Mayor, yes. Motion passes. Next item, city manager reports. Mrs. Kiko.

Thank you, mayor, members [clears throat] of the council. I have a few items, but I'll go ahead and start with some of these added items to to clarify. Um, on the annexation question, uh, we uh before the the smallcale annexation, which is the title of the most recent one near in the Sunnyside area, um, we did meet with CCOM. So, I'm going to look back to get you who was in the meeting on their side. I just know I was there. So, I know that that took place um because we had to readjust our response area. So, I'll get to the information. I don't I I don't remember the context. Um and on the DRC, I can I can provide a quick update on that. I can also prepare a report for later. But uh we worked on um with I I think some of the things that had come up through a public records request had the realization that um there were no active um meetings of the DREC and its sole purpose had dwindled down over the years to primarily be a pass through for uh payment to one of our contractors um which was Rain uh Mr. RmIrez, uh it seems that uh two members u deputy city manager and city manager by default had been included in some of the uh filings every year as members but there was no activity. So, we worked with legal on our side to draft uh on their behalf a resolution of dissolution for that entity and that took place at the end of the calendar year because their sole purpose had really just been a pass through. Um the sole member um

agreed and is working with us to transfer everything over. So now the um agreement between the work that Mr. Ramdas is handling for the city of Douglas uh and the port of entry project will be directly with the city of Douglas. We will come back uh to meet with the IDA to continue hopefully a partnership there with some of their needs um to be included and that will be through a separate item which we will return to um to follow through with. So that's a quick update for that that I think I can um speak to. Also, the mayor mentioned uh Los Aapson, very excited about February 14th. Uh it'll will be 7 to 11 at the fairgrounds. And this Friday, we'll we will release the ticket sales with some promotions for early purchases um being less than um the regular price. So, uh stay tuned for that and keep an eye out for our discount and promotion schedule this Friday. The mayor also mentioned a futures meeting. So, this is would be my second annual futures meeting with mayor and council in a retreat setting uh to prepare before uh staff and I walk into a new budget cycle. This will be my fifth budget cycle as city manager and uh for the second time now we gather kind of an update for from all departments to mayor and counsel. Uh then we uh provide those before. We're doing it a little different this year. We'll provide that information before our retreat and they'll come in and help uh weigh in and prioritize things like our street schedule and paving schedule and street lights and see all of our gaps that we have, see all of the blight that we have and where um areas are, you

know, are getting overwhelming, our CDBG schedules. and we create from that a prioritization and based on our budget capacity try and figure in the 12 month schedule for those items. So it worked really well for us last year and I look forward to a productive futures meeting for our next budget cycle. Uh our infrastructure just in terms of policy priority updates uh we have a SCADA system that continues to move forward. That's the system that helps monitor all of our water wells and it becomes a new platform for many other smart city initiatives as well. We worked with our consultant who was in town today to uh get through final phases of equipment of various sites and final installs that are expected this upcoming spring. also our well 18 which is uh the well that we've been working on at Kazzy Park or 15th Street Park. Now that the equip equipping bid has been awarded at tonight's meeting, we will initiate grant release for this and also uh for this project to equip the well, but also help with the Geronimo Trail transmission water line which is underway. Uh the waterline plans are 60% complete at this point. Uh we met with GSA recently on the port of entry. They were here in town from San Francisco. Uh we were able to meet with contractors and with their and subcontractors. Uh the project continues to move forward and the project contra construction schedule the project construction remains on schedule. Uh Brownfield coalition with SIGO is underway. This is a very exciting opportunity that we're going to jump into. The Brownfield Grant Program has assisted us in the past when it was

administered by Coochis County. They um have uh not they either uh expired in their funding. I don't I'm not sure if they're applying again, but this is more of a multi-county um collaboration and coalition that's now underway. We had planned to apply as an entity on our own but some of the um qualifying rules have changed for small cities and the point distribution system uh would not be in our favor. So when we saw the coalition and understood that uh we would uh it would strengthen our chances basically by uh growing with numbers kind of a collaborative effort as was mentioned before on other efforts. Uh I think it's promising and what we use those funds for if we're awarded uh a multi-county area whatever comes to Coochis County hopefully for our area is to help equip some of our historic buildings with the opportunity to assess environmental needs in different phases. we already had two or three um buildings in the community that were nonprofit uh going through a first phase assessment and when the funding ended. So, we're hopeful we can pick that up again. I think that uh funding cycle or grant application is due at the end of this month. Also, our annexation efforts. So we do have a staggered annexation plan that was approved in 23 and that was where the smallcale was uh included in Bayacres after we had attempted a broader uh annexation attempt in uh the Sunnyside area and was unsuccessful. So we we had that sliver of um community members that wanted to

be annexed and we focused only on that. But as part of that staggered annexation plan that is what we follow um we have our first phase underway for the west annexation which will eventually get us past uh the new port of entry into Kojis College but the initial steps you know we're taking baby steps to get there. So, as we negotiate uh with pre-anexation agreements on that very first phase, uh we are almost uh ready to survey um some of those parcels before filing of that paperwork. As an update to our asphalt plant, here's a brief timeline. In January, as the mayor mentioned, we have five staff members scheduled for training in Tennessee. Actually, that training begins next week. In February, staff will continue to pour the footings. In March, the main components will be erected using a crane. March and April time frame, we will bring in the gas and electric services. We may have to use a generator to run the plant initially due to the long lead times for the electric service work, but we are hopeful. In April, we plan on initial commissioning and testing of the plant and the May and June time fra per period to begin production. So, long time in coming, but everything continues to move forward and we're excited about that. Just as a a fun fact on that, in 2019 or so, there was a street assessment of the need of the street work in our community, and it was in excess of $67 million. And that's been that long ago. Uh just with inflation and costs rising. Um you know, I can't even imagine what what that would be now. But we do have a great need. Uh this isn't going to fill all of that, but that's part of why we will create an aggressive schedule uh

and work on other opportunities with our new resource. And finally, Boys and Girls Club. uh they have been active and have 20 participants registered uh since the semester started on January 5th. Uh stopped in. We've helped them set up their temporary internet until they get their internet set up. Uh we're doing some painting. uh their innovation lab which which was donated by Cox Cox communication is underway and it's very exciting to stop and visit um how they're being set up there in their temporary space. Uh a reminder they are seeking more participation. Uh the club is located on the northeast side of the former call center building at 1701 10th Street. It is open after schools and on week day well during the weekday. Um, and they begin at 300 PM and I think they stay open until 6:30 uh or 7. The innovation uh lab is still expecting to get 100 PCs or laptops as part of that donation. But they do have a 3D printer. They have an arts and craft section. They have a recording podcast area. and it's it's taking um form and it's very exciting to see uh this new branch evolve in our community. That completes my updates. Thank you.

Thank you. Future item agenda uh future item future agenda item request from mayor and council. Council, do we have any hearing? None. Next item. Ajournment. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? Mayor, Mrs. Rodriguez, I move to adjurnn. Do I have a second? Second. I was going to say I was worried you all wanted to stay here a little bit longer. A motion by Mrs. Rodriguez, second by Mr. Montano. All in favor say I. I. Any nays? Eyes have it. We adjourn at 7:16 p.m. Thank you. Have a good evening, Dennis. All right, everybody. Have a nice evening. Take care. Thank you. Bye-bye, Dennis. Byebye.