City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay. Yes. Okay. Sydney, are we good? All righty. Um, good afternoon everyone. Am I on? There it is. Okay. Good afternoon everyone and thank you so much for being here today. Today's date is Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and it is 4:37. And I'm calling this meeting to order. Uh, Miss Anna, could you please uh establish quorum?

Uh, yes ma'am. Uh, Mayor Nori Garza, present. Mayor Prom Ruben Plata, present. And councilwoman Jessica Ortega, present. Councilwoman Marissa Gerlac, present. Councilman of Alberto Villaa, present. Mayor, we've established quorum. Okay, thank you. Uh next item is invocation and then uh followed by the pledge of allegiance and today's invocation will be led by pastor Kathy Garcia from Freedom Life Church.

Thank you, Mayor. Yes. I hope all of you will stand with me as we go before the Lord in prayer this afternoon. Heavenly Father, we come before you and in this moment we've paused to say thank you. We are so grateful because your eyes have been over this community. You've taken such good care of us and we honor you today, Lord. Father, we thank you for your faithful protection over our city. Protection from calamity. We thank you for your provision and for the prosperity that we have seen through thriving businesses, economic development, growth, growth even beyond what we have anticipated. Truly, we are so grateful today. Father, we lift up our mayor Nory Garza. We lift up Mayor Pro Tim, Ruben Plata, our council members, chiefs and directors and leaders in this community. And we thank you for each one. And we ask that we would be found faithful stewards of all that you have entrusted to us today. Guide every decision with your wisdom. Let leadership in this city be marked by godly values, integrity, and justice. Establish peace within our borders and unity among our people. Oh God, we pray. Teach us to lead as Jesus Christ led, going about doing good, caring for the broken, the hurting, the orphans and the widows, serving all with compassion and humility. We declare your continued favor over the city of mission. do even greater things in the days to come than we could ever ask, imagine, or dream. You are a big

God. Let this city be a reflection of your goodness all the days of our lives. In the name of Jesus, we have prayed and everyone said, "Amen." Amen. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. You may be seated. Thank you again, Pastor Kathy. Um, this honor Have there been any disclosures uh submitted? No, ma'am. No. Okay. Thank you. Uh, next item are presentations. And our first presentation is the T AAF Silver Award received by Parks and Recreation. That would be Brad Benson. Going to be mayor and city council.

Sorry. You know, y'all hear a lot about TAF during the summertime. All the excitement, all the rumble and all the encouragement that's going on, whether we're here locally or they here regionally or on the state level. But if uh just as a quick history, the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation, as we call it, TAF is a nonprofit organization established in 1925 to promote, organize, and conduct amateur athletics in the state of Texas. The Taff uh consists of 17 regions. The Mac Allen mission, Edinburg, Brownsville. We're uh known as region two uh which is really in all honesty we are the strongest region in the state of Texas. Uh and out of that Mac Allen mission is the strongest in the cities of the state of Texas. We may be there in numbers. We might not be there in strength in some of the bigger areas like Mac, like Harlem, I mean, excuse me, Houston or San Antonio or Dallas where they have different training programs going on out there. But we do offer them a great competition. I know that swim has broke records. Track and field has broke records, but uh anyway, we're doing good. Um I just want y'all to receive our thanks for for this. Um also made up of the in region two we have 12 valley cities there's four swimming affiliates and there's 23 track and field affiliates. Uh on the larger scale um currently TAP membership consists of over 140 organizations and also 210 individual participants. Uh the award I'd like to present to uh our recreation and parks team uh is something that the executive de uh director for TAF came up with years ago uh towards to reward cities for the registrations with TAF. Uh the member city award consists make up of bronze city uh member the silver member city,

gold member city and the platinum member city. Uh we are in the rank of a silver because of our population. Uh the awards are calculated from population train team participation individual registrations with TAF and like I said mission is one of the strongest supporters when it comes to regional support. Uh and with this we'd like to thank mission uh the city of mission. Thank you guys and also Sherland and Mission school districts. uh with your support we're able to uh on the local level and the regional level we support swimming track field and tennis uh regional me meets and local meets and the next two years when FAR hosts the games of Texas we're backing up in College Station again this year but the following this year will be two years and and FAR will be host site for the games of Texas and some of the events here in fact this year we'll be host site for archery um Anyway, uh with me here we've got uh Pete Charles, athletic uh supervisor. Rick Contus is our aquatics manager. Pete Lopez uh parks manager. And also, I'm really happy that Melissa Dur is able to make it out. Melissa, you've been doing this for how many years?

28 years. 28 years. Not the city of Michigan, probably the last nine years. Nine years. Well, you've been here every year. I've been here. So, I've been here 11 years. But um anyway, I like to present this award. Um I feel good cuz when we have the amount of staff that we do and we compete against Edinburgh is our competitor and we're able to get the award that they didn't get this year.

But like I said, none of this would be possible without your support. Well, thank you and congratulations. Thank you. Okay. Um, do we want to go down for a pick or anyone or y'all want to come up? Sure. Maybe that'll be easier. Okay. All right. for you.

Congratul Brad, do you want to

right here? I'll give it to the staff. Okay, you're almost up. Okay, thank you. taking somebody else's chair. All right. Okay. The next item is the proclamation for our Mission Lions Club celebrating a 100red years. And that is so very special. And Miss Anna's going to read the proclamation. And if we could have

if they can come and join me. I know. We've got quite a few lions here with us. Yes, we do. Go Cowboys. Mayor Council, the proclamation reads as follows. Celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Mission Lions Club. Whereas the Mission Lions Club was founded 100 years ago with a steadfast commitment to service, compassion, and community involvement. Whereas for a century, the Mission Lions Club has exemplified the Lions motto of we serve through tireless volunteerism and civic leadership that has strengthened the quality of life in the city of Mission community. Whereas the Mission Lions Club has made a lasting and meaningful impact by supporting community members in need through the construction of wheelchair ramps, helping ensure safety, accessibility, and independence for individuals and families. Whereas the Mission Lions Club has demonstrated a strong commitment to health and wellness by providing eye exams and vision screenings, helping to identify vision needs early and protect the eyesight of residents of all ages. Whereas the missions Lions Club has proudly supported youth development and leadership by sponsoring and supporting Boy Scout troops, helping still instill values of service, responsibility, and citizenship in future community leaders. Whereas the Mission Lions Club has enhanced community life through the development, improvement, and continued care of Mission Lions Park, creating a welcoming space for recreation, fellowship, and community pride. Now therefore, we the city of mission Oh, now therefore be proclaimed that we this hereby recognize and celebrate the centennial anniversary of the mission Lions Club and commend its members past and present for 100 years of dedicated service to the city of Mission community. Now therefore, we the city council of the city of mission proclaim

that this milestone anniversary serves as a monument of gratitude, reflection, and celebration and as an inspiration for continued service in the years to come. Proclaiming this the 28th day of April, 2026. Mayor, I'm going to approve the proclamation as read.

Second. Okay. There is a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for the celebration of 100 years for Lions Club. Um, all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Would anybody else like to speak?

Anybody? Anybody? Thank you, mayor. Uh well, as as a lion, you know, we serve mission just the way y'all serve mission. Our partnership is great. We really want we really want to thank the parks department. If you came out to our community today last weekend, we had a great turnout. We had many nonprofits there. uh diabetes associations. We're doing vision screening. Uh we were promoting our Lions Camp in Kurville. A lot of great things for the community and and it's and it's all possible because of the partnership we have with the city. Uh Lions Park is a great park. We're proud to be part of that and we look forward to the next hundred years.

Very good. Thank you so much and congratulations. And we're going to go down for a picture. Do you want to wait? Okay. Okay.

Oh, nice. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Continue celebrating. Yes. Thank you very much. This is great. Thank you. Let him leave us in the sun.

We don't get to get we over the hundred years. Thank you. Thank you so much. I know.

That's why they keep on turning off the mics. No, it's like it's your mic. I think that sign was sideways or something.

You need to bring that sign to the front. So, can you and step up? Well, our president can hold it. Okay. Well, that works, too. Yeah. Okay. Uh, and let me stand here. All right. Wow. Good.

Thank you. I give it to you. We're always looking for new members. New members. Oh, yeah. It is impressed, man. I hope they find that works.

Thank you. Uh the next item is a uh proclamation for our National Day of Prayer and that's going to be read by Miss LMA. Yes. I

mayor and council. Today we are excited to be able to be come before you for the National Day of Prayer Proclamation. With me are the pastors that make up our ministerial alliance, part of our planning committee along with the chamber of commerce and along with Sheridland School District um that are also part of this planning committee. Whereas for over 250 years, the history of our nation has been defined by a firm reliance on divine providence with every generation seeking God's direction, protection, and provision to ensure that America is filled with his grace and goodness. And whereas our founding documents from the Mayflower Compact to the Declaration of Independence affirm a prayerful covenant with our creator that continues to compel citizens today to pray fervently for the wisdom of our leaders and the peace of our nation. And whereas the National Day of Prayer was formally established by Congress in 1952 and later amended in 1988, designating the first Thursday of May as a day for all Americans to turn to God in prayer and meditation. And whereas on Thursday, May 7th, 2026, the City of Mission joins our nation in this observance under the theme glorify God among the nations, seeking him in Mission, Texas. inspired by 1st Chronicles 36:24, tell of his glory among the nations, his wonderful deeds among all the peoples. And whereas the very identity of our city is anchored in faith, with our namesake derived from the historical Laomita Chapel, established as a sanctuary of hope and the first house of worship in the region. And whereas we honor the legacy of the cavalry of Christ, the dedicated oblate's father who traveled to on horseback across the Rio Grand Valley to provide spiritual service and comfort to the early

settlers of this land. And whereas that same spirit of faith continues today through the collaborative efforts of local pastors recognized as a mission ministerial alliance and the greater mission chamber of commerce as they join together with city leaders, schools, law enforcement, and the business community to preserve and strengthen the spiritual and economic heritage of our city. And whereas the mayor's annual evening of prayer serves as a modern-day rededication of our city, uniting families in praise and worship to ensure God's glory is told across every generation in mission. Now therefore, we the city council of the city of mission do hereby proclaim May 7th, 2026 as a day of prayer throughout our city. And I commend this obser observance to our citizens requesting that prayers be lifted throughout our community as we rededicate our lives and our and our nation to the glory of God proclaimed on this 20th day of April 2026.

May I move to approve the proclamation as red? Second. There is a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as read for the National Day of Prayer. And this year we will be celebrating that uh Thursday, May the 7th at our mission event center. Um all in favor say I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. I'd love to have somebody come up and say a little bit to anyone. Go ahead. Say inviteable. Madame Mayor, in behalf of this group, we certainly are so grateful to God and to you and the council for every year you have recognized that in indeed God is in charge and God bless you all.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay, anyone else? Pastor Elude, we know you like to talk. That's why I don't want to take the mic. We just want to say thank you for all your support and we just want to really that day lift up our leaders in our city. And so if you all can join us that day and really believe that our city would truly honor God in 2026 and see the blessing and the prosperity that he has for us already, we just need to join in and align ourselves with his will. So thank you for all your support.

Thank you. Thank you. and we'll go down for the picture. Turn this way.

Hi, how are you? Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for your prayers.

Who's going to hold on to the Squeeze it. Thank you so much. Okay. The next item is a proclamation um for National Economic Development Week and that will be read by Mr. Garcia.

We'll wait for the everybody to come up. And you actually have two. Yes, we have two. Yes. Uh

so we'll take them together if that's okay. Yes. Yes. That would be great. Thank you. Um I want to just say a few words here before uh we get to the proclamations. Mayor, city council, u thank you for having us. It is indeed economic development week. Why they have economic development week and small business week at the same time, we don't know, but that's kind of what has taken place over the years. Um, for us, uh, economic development week is is a reminder of why we're here. And that is to attract investment, create jobs, um, uh, have business retention and expansion, enhance the workforce, and support and incubate small businesses. And o in the last few years we have worked with private sector businesses to create hundreds if not thousands uh of new uh jobs here in mission through recruitment of new companies expanding already existing local firms and by supporting small businesses which are the backbone of mission's economy. Some quick examples uh of what I'm talking about is let's say some of the bigger companies like Ubiquiti which is a call center that came to us about two years ago and they've created 300 jobs uh here in Mission. Uh they're on the track I hope I don't let the cat out of the bag here but they're on track to to uh add hundreds more jobs and we've had discussions with them and and we should have an announcement here in the next few months. uh Black & Decker um as well as you know we announced that they they um they're adding uh dozens of new jobs and investing in in manufacturing here in Mission. And also one more example is is the two hotels that are being built um right next to the event center. Each one is about $12 million. Each one will have about 30 employees and it's a huge asset uh for mission to have those those kind of uh places here in the city. for small businesses. We've got a lot of programs. Uh the downtown assistance program, Ruby Ventures, Build Mission, the Build

Mission Fund, the Ruby Adventures, the Competition, uh Mission Ready, which is our new internship program, and others through partnerships with Utrgv and SEC. Uh we're proud of all that work and uh I'll give you some examples that you might know that we've worked for here in the past and we also have some small businesses here which I'll introduce in a little bit uh that are with us. But Dip it by Pilar um you all know her. She's been up here uh many times. The drunken chicken we've worked with them downtown um as well. Uh Brand Genius, which is a social media marketing firm that's in our building. uh and many many others including Lorettto Grill and others uh that you know well. So we uh we're proud of that work. It's our honor to be to come before you and celebrate National Economic Development Week and and National Small Business Week. We believe that partnering with the city of Mission, we we play an important part in the development and growth of Mission. We are currently working on dozens of deals uh worth hundreds of millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs should they come to fruition. Uh none of this could be possible without the support and direction of the mission economic development corporation board, the mission city council, um the uh the EDC team, um the city staff that we work with uh on a regular basis, and the private sector business community and their investments. Um I'll close with that. Um but and we'll get to the readings. Uh we'll have Candace from our team read the proclamations, but allow us to uh introduce uh our small business firms that are here with us. Uh we have Kenya Morin, owner of the Mr. Corn Gourmet Corn, which uh we we'll we'll we're going to see about her funding. She didn't bring any corn with her, so that might that might not be good. um Carlos and Ashley

Solis, owners of Cycles Therapy Bike Shop in downtown. And uh and Dr. Maria uh Palomo, owner of Consuelo Behavioral Health Services um and a winner of the Ruby Ventures Pitch Competition. Again, only a small sample. We have so many important uh small businesses that contribute to mission's economy. Uh you know to highlight a few is good but there's so many more that that are part of our uh economic power here in mission. Um so with that uh mayor u unless you want them to say a couple of words

they would like to. Yes. Uh that'd be fine. Then we'll get to the the hello mayor. Hello guys. My name is Carlos. owner and uh mechanic from Psychotherapy Bike Shop. Uh just want to say thank you for the for the economic grant. It really opened up doors for us as far as just being a full service shop to now being retail and sales. Uh as far as that, we are still landing some companies on board and distributors. And again, just want to say thank you for for the chance to uh work in the city of Mission. Uh our small is our shop is very very small but packs a punch. So hoping to uh get some more flow, more more distributors in more sales and grow our grow our small business.

That's great. Thank you. Hi, my name is Dr. Pommo and I want to thank you for the opportunities that have come from the Ruby Red Ventures. Thank you for the Ruby Red Ventures money. It has opened up so many doors as far as marketing and aligning ourselves to increase accessibility for mental health services here in the community and we're very grateful for that.

Thank you. My name is Kenya Marin. I'm the owner from uh Mr. Corn Gourmet Corn and More. I just want to thank you guys for allowing us to have our business here in the city of Mission since opening up and then giving us the permit to add a drive-thru which helped tremendously the business. So I just want to thank the city of mission mayor uh mission DC Ruby Red just thankful for this opportunity and I just invite every small business owners to reach out to the city of mission and find out what you guys have to to to give us. I mean to just just find out and you'll be surprised how many programs the city of mission has that I didn't know existed but once I reach out to you guys now I'm I'm I got the Ruby bread grant. So thank you guys and you're welcome to stop any day at Mr. Corn. Thank you uh so much for coming and taking time from your small business which I'm sure keeps you very busy. Uh I also want to may Mary before we get Candace up here also want to thank uh our board member Julian Alvarez for for coming here and showing support um you know at this at this meeting. So yeah, thank you.

Thank you. Said he didn't want to say anything. So he didn't want to say anything. He didn't want to say anything. But uh but we'll get to the uh to the proclamations. Okay, my turn. All righty. First proclamation recognizing economic development week. The proclamation reads as follows. Whereas the mission economic development corporation alongside its partners plays a key role in the economic health of the city of Mission by attracting capital investment and supporting the growth of small businesses. And whereas these efforts lead directly to greater prosperity for mission residents by creating quality jobs and generating tax revenue for essential city services and quality of life projects. And whereas the mission EDC fosters entrepreneurship through its programs. And whereas Mission EDC supports startups and small businesses by housing dozens of them at its headquarters, the center of education and economic development. And whereas the city of mission and mission EDC work together to help small businesses grow or relocate to mission. And whereas mission EDC builds partnerships with universities, colleges, nonprofits, and other key regional institutions to create a thriving business environment. And whereas the city continues to promote responsible growth by investing in critical critical infrastructure such as the expansion of Ansundua's international bridge. And whereas small businesses can rely on the mission EDC for guidance, support, and access to programs that help them launch, grow, and thrive. And whereas economic developers play a vital role in driving investment and shaping Mission's future. Now therefore, we the city council of the city of mission proclaim the week of May 3rd through May 9th, 2026 as economic development week in Mission, Texas and commend all economic developers whose work helped strengthens our community proclaimed on this the 28th day of April 2026. All right. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as read for

National Economic Development Week. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Next proclamation. Thank you all. Now we have our next proclamation celebrating National Small Business Week. Whereas small businesses aren't just storefronts. They're family legacies, bold ideas, and the heart of our local economy. And whereas every job created, every product made, and every customer served by a small business adds to the strength and spirit of Mission, Texas. And whereas the city of Mission is proud to stand beside its small business community from firsttime entrepreneurs to multi-generational shops who work hard, adapt fast, and give back generously. And whereas the mission economic development corporation plays a key role in this journey by offering funding, mentorship and resources through programs such as the Ruby Red Ventures build mission fund grant, Ruby Red Ventures pitch competition and the downtown assistant program. And whereas Mission EDC's headquarters, the center of education and economic development, serves as a launchpad for startups and a home base for local entrepreneurs chasing their next big idea. And whereas when we support small businesses, we're investing in our neighbors. our neighborhoods and the future of mission. Now therefore, we the city of the city council of the city of Mission proudly proclaim the week of May 3rd through May 9th, 2026 as National Small Business Week in Mission, Texas, and urges all residents to celebrate and support the businesses that make Mission unique, resilient, and strong proclaimed on this the 28th day of April, 2026.

I move to approve the proclamation as read. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as read for National Small Business Week. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5 Z down for the picture. You hold the one One, two, and three. Couple more. One, two, and three. Thank you so much. Our next proclamation is the National Travel

and Tourism week and that would be read by Miss Garo I believe. Uh that's Brenda Brenda for sure. Well, it I'm just going by the agenda. Brenda, you want to read it? Yes. Okay.

The proclamation reads as follows. Whereas the city of mission contributes significantly to the economic prosperity of the lonear t state and Texas is re renowned for being home to more than three million small businesses that employ nearly half of the state's private workforce serving as a powerhouse and backbone of the Texas economy. Whereas mission has evolved from a historic railroad stop into a thriving community of nearly 90,000 residents famously recognized as the home of the ruby red grapefruit. Whereas Mission's record-breaking 25.4 million in 2025 retail sales tax revenue is driven by hundreds of local small businesses. Whereas Discover Mission promotes the city's tourism supported by over 2,100 businesses and a portfolio of nine hotels. where his mission is a major center for ecoourism history in the Rio Grandandy Valley. Uniquely positioned on a primary migratory pathway that attracts nature lovers from around the world, the city's tourism assets are built around its worldclass birding and butterfly habitats combined with a preserved heritage that highlights the region spiritual and agricultural roots. Whereas the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce has been in existence since 1946. and has achieved the distinction of national accreditation through the US Chamber of Commerce in 2025, a status held by only 3% of chambers nationwide, confirming its operational excellence, professional standards, and effective service to its members. Whereas through the strategic collaboration of the city of mission, the mission EDC, and the greater mission chamber commerce, our community fosters a robust ecosystem that drives long-term economic growth and ensures the sustainability of both our local businesses and our vibrant tourism industry.

Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the city council of the city of Mission proudly declares the week of May 3rd to May 9th as Travel and Tourism Week in Mission, Texas as we continue to build our business history. Proclaimed on this the 28th day of April, 2026.

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as presented. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Um would anybody like to speak? Yes, please.

Thank you, Anna. And then I do have um our team here. I have Vanessa Ernnandez and Lyanna Vina. And also um from our board of directors, we have Jan Rose and Tim Brown. And on behalf of the board, um we do invite Mr. Brown to say a few words.

Thank you, mayor, council. Normally when we come and and we do a ribbon cutting, our our line that we say to everybody is your success is our success. But in this situation, y'all are the ones that are funding us and our success is your success. We couldn't do what we do without your funding and we're very grateful for it. As we go and we do these ribbon cutings and we talk to these different businesses, so many of them rely on tourism. So many of them rely on the dollars that y'all put right back into this community. And so as a chamber of commerce, we want to thank you for investing in the Chamber of Commerce, investing in the community, and investing in the small businesses here. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, so we'll go down for the picture.

I think I know how to work. Thank you.

I'll be in the middle. It's a long time to suck in. The next item is actually the report from our chamber.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. All right. Well, um, good evening, mayor and council, uh, city managers and city attorney. Um, um, I will be presenting the monthly report on behalf of the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce where we advocate for tourism and supports uh, support local businesses through promotion, education, and networking opportunities. A couple of um, highlights, we celebrated a few ribbon cutings. Um, the growth continues in our community. Um, United Way did celebrate 45 years of business success. So, that was a huge milestone. And thank you, um, Commissioner Gerlike for joining us for that ribbon cutting. And, um, we wrapped up a successful um, first annual women on a mission with over a 100 attendees. Thank you very much to our top sponsors, which was Beauty Lace, Med Spa, Bird Ogden, and Mission CISD. happening Friday is our annual Mission Citrus Golf Classic, our annual golf tournament. It is sold out. We do have 38 teams. So, every single golf cart is being used um at the Sherry Municipal Golf Course. So, we're really excited. Um we're encouraging everyone to hydrate. It's going to be a great day. Thank you to our sponsors. Our title sponsor this year is Alano and Suns Trucking. Uh this has been their uh I want to say seventh year of sponsoring. Proceeds from this golf tournament will benefit uh Mission and Sherland ISD school districts. A couple of invitations for the communities. We do invite you to come celebrate um Buida. Um their ribbon cutting is scheduled for May 6. Staying relevant. Our lunch and learn program series is on AI. So we do uh encourage our our members and those that are not members as well are welcomed. and um we'll be learning from one of our members on their AI best practices.

And thank you very much to our local churches. The entire community is invited for the mayor evening of prayer. We are two weeks away from our governor's small business summit. Um registration is open and we want to thank our our sponsors which is MEDC uh Bird Octton and the Kllum Development. welcoming uh we did welcome a few members to our team. Thank you so much for joining the business family. As always, we do have open admission. Any any business is invited to join our chamber family. Memberships do start at 299 annually. And if you're not already following us on social media, um our schedule and calendar is available on missionchamber.com. We do have plenty of upcoming um events, a couple of networking um activities. Uh we do have a morning mixer and an evening mixer for um to to best serve uh the schedules of our of our community. So please um come by and join us and visit us. And that is all I have for this evening. Mayor,

thank you so much. Thank you. Of course. Okay. The next item is a report from Mission Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Garcia, thank you for this. Um, mayor, thank you, uh, city council. Thank you for having me again. As part of our our monthly report, uh, on activity, uh, at the at the EDC, I apologize. Um, we'll just kind of go through some of the things that we've been working on um, at the at the EDC. We just want to share with you and the public. We uh announced recently that uh Stanley Black & Decker, which has been here for about a decade, uh is adding 88 new jobs. Uh they're retaining the 150. They contemplated moving from the market, but we're able to retain them here. Uh then add the 88 new. Uh and they're the $4 million expansion is really they're adding a a new manufacturing line. They're moving from Mexico here to the US. uh at the s at the se we have about right now about 20 tenants and uh we just got a new one um accelerate uh they're believe it or not a small business advisory service uh so they provide again like it says here strategic um business development guidance for startups founders and growth stage enterprises a lot of times uh small businesses get to a stage where they have to make really critical decisions about their sustainability and their growth. It could be anything. Maybe it's a family uh decision whether they're going to go with this full-time. Maybe it's a professional decision. Do they quit their job and and work on the small business full-time? It could be a an accounting decision. It could be any sort of decision that they come to this juncture to figure out whether they're going to grow and be able to scale up. And this firm helps them decide on on what they need to do going forward.

Um we have an RI ribbon cutting um there at the at the seed building for ProCron readymix. Um they're a u a cement contractor uh for mission um and best known for their work uh at SpaceX. So a lot of the launch pads and and cement work there at SpaceX is done by them. Uh they have their office and they have been in the seed for for several years now. Um but if you recall a couple of uh launches ago um it was a very powerful rocket really destroyed uh the uh the launching pad and several big chunks went out into the ocean and had to be recovered. This caused them a lot of work, but also that's a good thing, right? So, they handled the cement work uh for SpaceX, and we're glad we're proud to have them um uh at u at the seat. Mission ready. Uh mayor, you were here for this. Uh we launched a six-week uh paid internship program um with uh 15 local uh small business partners and right now we have uh more than uh 130 student applications. So, this has been really exciting for the school districts in the area, Mission CISD, Sherryand, and others. Um, and we're not they're not being uh they're not working at the seed at the EDC. They're working with the 15 different small businesses who stepped up and said, "Hey, we'll take an intern or we'll take two interns." And uh we started out small with 15 um because we wanted to kind of pilot the program to see what see how it would work before made it large. But as you can see with 130 student applications uh we'll we'll have to expand it uh for next year for sure. Now the we're bringing in the students um as they meet the standards of the application. Are you a mission student? Do you go to

Mission High School or do you live in Mission? Um you know are you a a s a junior senior high school? All those kind of rules we'll take care of that. we'll get the folks that qualified for the program and then we'll let the businesses decide who they're going to hire, right? And so they'll go and they'll pick out who who's best for them, right? And so that puts it in their hands and then the the 15 we'll bring in for orientation and then we'll send it out send them out to the businesses. But we're really happy about it. We're really excited. It's first time we're doing it and first time that we know of any other EDC in the region that's doing it. Um the Ruby Ventures competition. Um this is the Shark Tank like uh competition that we do every year. Uh we've had 54 applications. Um and I think there's 10, right? 10 um uh folks that will make the cut and then they will have to um um be in this program um for 14 weeks um before they get to pitch. And so basically they're being taught how to uh run a business or how to make their business better. And then at the end of it, they can decide if they want to do a pitch uh just like on Shark Tank. And then there's three there's only three uh uh financial prizes at the end of the competition. One for 25, one for 15 or 25, 10, and five, I think. And so those are the only three. So if you if you compete and you don't win, well, you walk away with with at least 14 weeks of training, right? So we're really proud of that and we're happy to to execute that program. We were recently at the North American Manufacturing Expo and Summit in San Antonio. Uh there was, as you can see, several hundred uh people there. I think there was 1,200 people there. Uh manufacturers from Texas and Mexico mostly. Uh and we were able to uh get several leads out of that. Um and talking to manufacturers, uh there's a

couple of things that are driving manufacturing uh movement right now. And one is obvious is the tariffs. So if you're making things in Mexico, you might want to make them here to avoid terrorists. And number two, a lot of businesses in Mexico are very unsatisfied with the way Mexico is being run right now, and some of the business elite are looking for places to to plant their investments or or their or their factories. So, we were able to talk to a lot of folks there, including folks from Europe and and Texas. And so we think we're going to we're going to we might get some uh some really good followup uh with the with the leads that we have. uh recently uh just because we're dedicated uh and and the board's mandate for us to keep training um we we sent two um two of our staffers uh Briana Caseres and Stephanie Mandola to the OU um economic development institute that's University of Oklahoma and they have those um usually somewhere in the southwest uh they used to have them in Norman Oklahoma but people kind of like didn't get excited about going to Norman Oklahoma for training so they now they have them in New Orleans and Austin and places like that and and the attendance is really good. This is the the best um economic development training uh school in the country and uh once you finish uh three full weeks of training um you get a diploma from there and you're able to test to get your um certification. Um the business resource showcase um this is uh the Utrgv's effort uh and our and also in partnership with us. They're basically going to put all their resources on the table, every economic development, small business related program that they have and they're going to have this at the seed as you can see from 2 to 4 um on May 12th and they're inviting the community and everybody in the in this region to go to to them and

and talk to what whatever department or agency that they have from the SPDC to the business school uh etc to see how they might be able to help small businesses. And so we'll we'll keep uh pushing that and um and have that on our all our social media platforms and and our website. And that should wrap up our our thing. Yep.

There you go. So that's it, mayor, for our report. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, councel. Righty. Uh the next item is our quarterly report by um our ambulance board. That would be Mr. Brown. Joey, you want to come on up?

It's me again, guys. Um, I serve on the ambulance board. My name is Tim Brown. I serve on the ambulance board at y'all's request. I'm very grateful to be able to serve my community, and I thank you for trusting us. Um, the last time I stood up here, we talked about how great the ambulance is doing, how great it did last year, and we have even better reports now. So, we'll get started with the reports. That's a cover page. So, what we're going to do though is we're going to cover two quarters. Okay? This actually covers October one through March the 30th. This uh page here, it's a little upside down just because the system wouldn't allow them to change it. But you see October, November, and December 2025 is on the bottom. Uh January starts at the top. Um these are our call volumes. You can see that we we've been fairly steady. Um these ambulances do stay busy. Uh we're averaging right around 600 calls a month. We the national average uh what did we say Joey? It was eight minutes for arrival time.

That's the national standard. So the national standard is eight minutes. So you can see that we're well below the national standard and arriving when there's an emergency. One thing that I like to point out always is that we are a fire department also. So oftent times the engine the fire engine gets there long before the the the ambulance does. So these numbers actually show when the ambulance arrives. However, there's many times that there is a paramedic, an EMS on that engine that that arrives before this number takes place. But even even with this number, we're a minute below um a minute some below the national standard. You can see the next quarter, same thing. Um we went up about 3 seconds, but we're still good. Um maintaining well below the national average there. Okay, so this is our transport by destination. One of the things that's most important to us is to keep people in mission. Number one, it supports the economy here in Mission. Number two, it keeps our ambulances back on the road. If you look and you look at the three mission ERS, nearly 60% of everything that we transport goes to one of those ERs. Obviously, Mission Regional is the largest with 46% in that in that quarter of October 1 through December 31st. But you also see as you go a little further down, we have Randr Regional um ER, which is here in Mission, and also the South Texas Health Systems ER. So you put those two together, that's that's a significant amount of our patients staying here in Mission. This is the next quarter, the one that represents January 1st through March the 30th. And you can see that uh very similar numbers. Um a very large portion stays right here in Mission. Okay. So these are our our call volumes by Medic. I do want to say that um we have Medic 5 during this quarter going. That was something new that y'all y'all um purchased for us. It really helped. If you look at um if you look at like December 25, you look at Medic 2. Medic 2 was in the shop for nearly a month and a half and you see in January, same

thing. But Medic 5 stepped in, was able to to provide service to our to our citizens. So there was no gap there. So that's a huge help. Um one of the things that we do very frequently is we look at each one of these medics, where they're stationed, how much their call volume is, if there's one that's not getting calls, why is that? Should we move a ambulance in that area to make sure that every area of the city is covered? Um there's not one area of the city that's more important than the other. We want every area covered. Um go back to that slide if you don't mind, chief. And then you can see also on, you know, the January 26 now, Medic is in that rotation as well. Um one of the things that's been most important to us is these are expensive ambulances. You all know that. You see it in the budget, I'm sure. But we want to make sure they're maintained. And that's been an issue is we haven't had time to maintain anything because they're always running. With the addition of medic 5 and medic 6, we are able to make sure that these um these engines or these ambulances have been maintained and that's helped a lot. That's why you see in medic 6 that they have 16% because we're maintaining the other vehicles during that time. Thank you, Chief. Okay, so these are interesting slides. These next two here, um if you look where it says percents of calls overlapping, it say 81%. That means that 81% of the time when we get a call, there's already an ambulance out on another call. So 81% of the time we have several ambulances out. And if you go one level down, you look at overlapping three calls. 20 26% of the time for this quarter, three ambulances were out at the exact same time, leaving us with only one or two available. And so that's an important number as we look to the future. Here's the next quarter. Very similar. 82% and 32% um overlapping calls. Uh I I think that right now that's a good number. I think very manageable for us. I don't think we need to expand, but I think that as the community grows and our services grow, those are numbers that we need to continue to look at. Okay. Mutual aid, mutual aid received is

on the top and mutual aid provided. This is where we have had mutual aid. Um you you can see when we go to the next quarter, you're going to be able to see that number has dropped as we have these uh medic five and six out there. We're not having to use mutual aid as much. Um and also we're not having to provide a whole lot of mutual aid. Our ambulances are busy. You can see we're asking for mutual aid. So we don't have the time to do a much mutual aid. But you can also see that uh during this quarter we we helped 22 times, helped another um mutual aid provider out, and we received helped 82 times. This is the same exact one except for it's the fir it's January 1st through March the 30th. You can see that we went down from needing um mutual aid 82 times to 70 times. So that's a significant drop and we anticipate that continuing as these medics five and six are there. All right. So here's here's some good numbers here. These are exciting numbers. Um our cash collections for this these two quarters was 1,612751. Um, that's actually very good. Um, the next slide is going to show us that that is that is $300,000 more than we were collecting last year at this time. Um, the part of that is that we're able to do more calls. We have that medic 5, Medic 6, make sure we don't have downtime. Also, that last line where it says cash um per trip, uh, that has gone up significantly. Um, 583, that's how much we make cash per trip. Um, that's not there. there's really no magic to make that work. We just have to have the right clients, you know, pick up the right people. And so we we really did luck out to have the right calls for this for this quarter here. Um, but we're looking very good. Last year, as you remember when I talked to you last year, we the ambulance basically broke even. This year, we're $300,000 ahead than where we were last year. So, we're moving in the right direction. And this is where you can see um numbers

from last year to this year. Uh last year, we've collected 1.3 million. This year we're 1.6 million. Also, you can look at that bottom line where it says cash per trip from $494 of last year, nearly $100 more per trip at 583. And that is your beautiful ambulances right there. And we thank the city council for investing in the quality of life right here for the citizens of Mission. We understand that this is an expensive venture. Um, but you know, when it's your mom, when it's your husband, when it's your wife, it's important to know that they're there and we don't want to put a price on that. But we're very grateful for all your investment and the numbers looking great. We're also very grateful for the firefighters, for the paramedics, um, everything we we get from Mericon, which is a company that builds for us, said if we didn't have such good documentation from City of Mission, we wouldn't be able to collect this much. And every time we talk to Emeron, they indicate that they use us as an example for every other agency that's out there. But once again, thank you. Any questions?

Thank you'all again. Thank you. Chief, do you want to say anything? Just want to echo what uh Mr. Brown was saying. We're doing an excellent job. Thank you to the mayor and the council and of course our city manager for the support that we continue to do to provide the service to our community. We couldn't have done it without you. Thank you. Thank you so much.

All right. Uh, next item are departmental reports. Those were in our packet. Um, are there any questions for staff or comments or a motion? To approve the reports as presented. Second. There's a motion and a second to accept the departmental reports as presented. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Next item is citizens participation. Miss Anna, has anyone signed up? Okay. Um, next item is our announcements. Um, city managers. JP,

no comments. Mayor, you don't have any comments? No announcements. Okay. Andy, not anything on RN just did you want to And if not, I am

have a copy. Yeah, you can go ahead. I don't have it. Okay, you can do it. Yeah, I can do it. So, it's uh we we have a couple of events coming up. So, we have DIA del Nino DIA de Liro. That's going to be on Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 6 p.m. at the Spear Memorial Library. We also have the Mayor's Evening of Prayer, National Day of Prayer event. That's going to be Thursday, May 7th, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. at Mission Event Center. And we'll also have our police memorial ceremony at our Mission Police Department on Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you. Um, Miss Jess, do you have any comments? Um, yes. I just like to make a comment. Um, I just want to thank our wonderful staff who has taken up the challenge of doing our wonderful events as far. Um the autism walk and event was just so beautiful even though some of us got a little bit too blue, but it did wash out wash off. Miss Ida, um I just think that um they're going far and beyond um their call of duty and and I really uh admire them for that and thank them so much.

No, I I do want to speak. We had last week we had a a bunch of meaningful important events and I specifically want to speak about the trash bash. It was so wonderful to see our youth out there, our future taking so much pride in cleaning up our city. So, thank you that every to everyone that participated and we look forward to honey to next year's trash bash. Thank you to Keep Mission Beautiful. It was a great event. Thank you.

No comments. Okay. Um I I'm just going to echo the comments that Miss Jessica uh made. Our staff has really stepped up and and uh made our events very very successful. Um we had uh the hundred year celebration at Lions at our all-inclusive park um two Saturdays ago and then we had our autism event awareness event that was very very successful and then our trash bash that was uh Miss Anaise you did a tremendous job and and like Marissa mentioned we actually had so many kids out there little ones tiny ones out there picking up trash. So, it was a great event and I think that uh we can always look forward to to big better events that are that will be coming. So, I want to thank the host all everybody that participated. I from the bottom of my heart I thank our staff for for stepping up and doing a great job. And I do want to invite everyone to our evening of prayer uh which is going to be next Thursday at the Mission Event Center at 6:30. Um, Miss Ida always does a great uh job in putting this together with our partners. Um, and she always um always exceeds expectations. So, uh, I'm looking forward to next Thursday. And that's all I've got. Uh, so the next item is our public hearing. And the first item is um a conditional use permit. Mr. Santis,

mayor, city council, good evening. Is a conditional use permit to allow a mobile food unit named Rinontapatio in an approved food truck park. This is on Colorado just west of Taylor and there's been there's been other mobile food units here before and that's what it looks like. No opposition from the surrounding property owners. Uh we're recommending two years to your permit.

Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions for staff? May I move to approve the condition of this form?

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the ordinance as uh as presented and this would be ordinance number 580 5804. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Next item

is a conditional use permit to allow an event center with proposed on-site consumption of alcoholic beverages named Rodeo Bull Event Center in a property on the C3. This is on Canway just north of Solar Drive and it's a proposed BYOB establishment in this in the middle of this commercial plaza here. That's what the the exterior looks like and the photos of the interior. Uh no opposition from the surrounding property owners because it's a BYU establishment. It's an extensive list of conditions. Um the uh two licensed security officers required uh from 8:00 PM to 1:00 am and the applicant is is happy to do that and all the other requirements the applicant has no objections and is happy to start her business here in Bish.

Very good. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions for staff? I just want to make sure that this this is what was approved not too long ago, right? So we had to have to

Yes. If you notice the maximum occupancy is 115. So that falls in the in the two minimum of two. So and the applicant is very uh willing to do it. Yes. Mayor, I move to approve. Okay.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit as requested. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and that's ordinance number 5805. Next item is an amendment to the zoning ordinance to extend the minimum distance requirements for car washes from existing car washes from one mile to two miles. And this is based on the u severe drought that continues to to happen in the in the region.

Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the um ordinance? There any questions for staff? A motion.

Move to approve. There's a motion. Second and a second to approve ordinance number 5806. Um all in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5. Next item,

it's a variance request to our billboard section of the ordinance. This is on on Griffin Parkway in the commercial plaza where barbecues is located. The applicant is proposing a a billboard to replace the existing pole sign. So this is the existing sign at the at the commercial plaza. The applicant is proposing to take that down and replace it with this sign. It doesn't look like your typical billboard, but the applicant desires to advertise the businesses from the plaza in design and other businesses. Therefore, it's is a is a billboard. So, there's a two variances that are are needed. One is to allow a billboard along Griffin Parkway. There's a previous ordinance that prohibited new billboards on that corridor. And also we have another ordinance that says no bill no billboards within 1,000 ft of another billboard. There is another billboard in that in that commercial uh plaza which is this one right here. The planning and sonic commission liked the concept of this sign, but because of the existing billboard in the in the same commercial plaza, they recommended the Nile, but they like the concept that the applicant presented.

Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Please come forward. Please state your your name and address for the record. Yes. Antonio Variel and our address is right now is 1602 Uranian Street. Can you just take

Hello guys, good afternoon. My name is Antonio and this is my fiance. Nice to meet you. And we're the owners of&m Epic Agency and our mission is to have our community be seen and be heard. As we all know, the eyes are the windows to the soul. And after hearing all of these beautiful people here talking about their businesses, the EDC wanting to promote their businesses, the businesses of, you know, what the prayer, the monthly night of prayer that we're going to be doing, I think that will benefit the city of Mission because we're not just a static billboard. We're able to put videos. We're able to put uh static images and we're able to help you guys and advertise your events. We want the community to be involved. We want the community to know that there's things going on here in Mission that they don't have to go to Edinburg. They don't have to go to Macallen. They don't have to go to Bronzeville. That there's amazing things that they can get involved with here in this city, in this community. After all, mission is the gem of the RGB. So, let's create that gem. Let's magnify it. Let's rub it down. Let's shine it. And it starts with creating new new and new things that are going to help us get out there and be seen. get out there and and compete with the people of Macallen, compete with the people of Edinburgh, and let them know that Mission is growing and that it's going to be growing and that there's nothing that can stop Mission's growth and and with our community and our businesses. I truly believe in this city. I was born and raised in Mission, Texas, and I want to bring my business here with you guys. And I want to serve you guys and serve this city so that we can be a top city in Mallen. So we can beat so but people from out of the valley won't be like, "Oh, where are you guys from?" Everybody says Macallen. No, we're going to be saying Mission Texas. We're from Mission Texas where this city is growing and it's going to be growing uh exponentially. So with your blessing, this will be one of many that we want to put here in this city. And we also want to work with you guys and putting one for you in the mission event center. I think you guys will benefit with

something there as well to be you know to ex bring the people to bring events to bring singers to bring musicians to bring theater to bring the art and not just to bring the art but to show what you guys have to give back to the community. So with your blessing I appreciate you and thank you for your time.

I love your passion. Thank you. Appreciate you. Okay. Is there any you have a degree in marketing? I'm sorry. Do you have a degree in marketing? Uh, I actually don't have a degree in marketing, but I'm an entertainer. I'm I've been an actor and I've done modeling and I've been in over 70 commercials,

12 films. I've worked with Robert Rodriguez, GMO Del Toro, and that's my passion. My passion is for people to be seen, for their stories to be told. And Mission has a story since the beginning of time with that chapel. And now that you guys have allowed the monthly prayer, I think that's going to benefit many people, many people in our community to come out and support to come out and buy the products of our business people of our people that are wanting to come and grow here with you guys and we want to be a part of that too.

Okay. I have a question for Mr. San. Yes. Do the business owners that are aware of this change? We have a a permission from the property owner of the PL of the plaza. I'm guessing that the owner has notified the tenants that that the sign will come if approved the poll sign will be coming down to be replaced with the sign and the sign the businesses will be advertised. So I'm I'm guessing that the owner has relayed the information to the tenants. Well, you should have asked that question because there has a lot of there's a lot of business owners there. There's a big plaza and they pay a lot of money to get those signs

and yes, I mean it benefits the owner for the businesses to be advertised. But do they had to pay a fee? No, we're going to work with them. We're going to work with them. We've already reached that. I think you should have right you should have verified that in contracts before I will feel more comfortable before making a decision cuz they pay a lot of money. I used to be on that plaza.

Oh, okay. Awesome. Pleasure. Well, we're here to serve you guys and to work with you guys at the We've already spoken to the owner and he's already spoken to some of his tenants. He's not here. I know the owner very well, too. So, his father was inv I think you should have verified that.

Okay. Cuz this is something that is like a billboard, but you're going to be charging now. And right now those people that had that sign that is permanent. Yes. That was going to be my question too.

Uhhuh. Um when you when you said that that other Well, Mr. Svantes, you said other businesses were going to be able to to advertise their their businesses there and that's what made the sign be a billboard. So that basically made it a billboard because other businesses are going to be advertising.

Correct. Um that was my question. Well, what about the the current tenants? Um, are you know, because they have about 12 tenants that run. Yes. And they have their sign up uh in the current sign and it's going to be taken down.

But we can disable the item so we can confirm this to make sure that we're going to take care of them, guys. Don't worry. They're in good hands. But I I think y'all have something in writing. Yes, we have contracts and everything ready. So,

we'll work on that. We can send it over to Mur. I would not want to do that. Table it to get the signatures. Okay. Yeah, I think we would probably be more comfortable with uh um

tableabling it and having something in writing from the owners and men, possibly the tenants. um because they do pay uh uh rent and and part of their their uh what they get for their rent is the is the advertising on the on that

I think they also got some funding from the EDC for that for that sign. I don't recall that. Well, can you verify that? I've never seen this application. No, the current sign. The plaza. Oh, are you talking about the the current sign? Not the not the new one.

The current one. The one that's there about six years ago. Seven years ago. It was before your time. Yeah, it was before your time. Just real quick, we can't hear you. Oh, sorry. Okay. Yeah, I'll check. Yeah. Okay.

All right. So, uh, I I need to ask if there's anyone else that would like to speak in favor or, um, in opposition and then we'll we'll close the public hearing on this item. That one right there needs to be painted. No, the one showing,

right? Yes. Okay. We're trying to beautify mission. I mean, and I think when you present those things, I mean, it's a great opportunity to approach the owners. and let them know. Yeah. Let him then know. Okay. So, what is the pleasure of the council?

May I would like to make a motion to table the item? Second. Okay. There's a motion and a second to table the item for the um um variance request. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and we'll see it at the next item at the next meeting. Sorry.

Thank you guys. Appreciate your time. meeting is next week in it's it'll be in two weeks. Oh, two weeks. May 12th. May 12th. Perfect. Thank you guys. Thanks for your time. Appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. She has a question, but they're not going to take this one down, right? They're going to add another one or they're going to remove this one.

No, the proposal is to take the existing pole sign, take it down, and replace it with this new digital sign. Oh, the digital. Okay. So, there won't be two. It's just replacing this one. It's replacing the But this is a billboard. This is This is people b uh rent the spaces there. I know it says signs but it's not that's a billboard, right? Correct. Correct. Because so I want to know will that billboard be removed or it's going to be above another one?

No. The the billboard remains is the pole sign that goes up. That's why there's an exception. So where's the other one going to go? So where is he going to put his So they are going to add another one. Yes. where the tall one is.

Yes, they're going to be replacing where the one that has all the names of the of the business businesses that are currently there. That's the one they're going to have an ordinance for signs being so close to each other. Yes. Yes. Yeah. That's why there's a variance that they're requesting. That's why it was denied. Oh,

okay. Okay. I'll talk to you about it. Thank you. Okay. Okay. So, is that it for the questions and that will be the end of the public hearing. The next items are are our consent agenda. Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda for items number 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24.

Yes. Not not 22. We can go back. Not 22. Correct. So, so we're pulling um items number 22 and 23 as recommended by So, so 22. Yes. I wasn't sure about 23. Is 23 being pulled also?

Yes. Okay. So yes, and we're recommending we pull out 22 and 23 from consent and take those individually. Okay. Well, I move to make a motion to approve the consent agenda item with the exception of items 22 and 23.

Second. Okay. There's a motion to approve consent agenda um with the exception of items 22 and 23. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And then on item 22, mayor, the EDC was not able to have their meeting to uh approve this yet, so we're not ready for that. So, we'll request a motion to table this item.

Okay. Which one? Number 22. Okay. So, you need a motion to table, mayor? Yes. Mayor, I move to approve item number to table item number 22. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve item number 22. All in favor to table the item, say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And on the next item, um I believe we're going to be taking that to executive. Is that correct, Andy?

Yeah. If you if you if you have some legal questions about it, we can take it to executive. Yes. I I think we do have a few questions. Okay. Um All right. So, I think that's it for consent. Next item is our approvals and authorizations.

Mr. Cvantes number 25. We have a subdivision uh for commercial lots at the corner of mile 4 and Morfield Road and they're they're connecting to the city sewer system. The work has been completed, but the county requires this agreement for them to allow for the subdivision to be recorded. Like the previous subdivision, we're going to have an agreement with the county for them not to issue the permit until they sign the form uh for the for the sewer billing. So, that will be in place. That's the the bold the language involved and that's the form that the owners when they when they go for permits they will need to fill this this form before we clear for the county to issue the permit.

Okay. Are there any questions for staff? You recommend approval? Yes. May I move to approve? Okay. Is there second? Second discussion. Okay. Um all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0.

Item number 26. On number 26, mayor legal council is going to recommend that the board uh the council approve the repealing of ordinance number 5794. I move to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the ordinance repealing ordinance number 5794. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously.

That's 5807. 5807. Okay. Thank you. Next item. Good afternoon. Uh number 27, approval of ordinance number amending ordinance number 2683 designating reinvestment zone number one, city of Mission, Texas by extending the term of the mission redevelopment authority tax increment reinvestment zone number one and amending the city's tax increment contribution of the zone. The ordinance amends ordinance number 2683 which originally created the TUR zone um pursuant to chapter 311 of the tax 311 of the Texas tax code. The amendment extends the term of the MRA or TUR by 15 years. The ordinance also confirms the continued operation of the zones board of directors and includes standard severability and emergency clauses. Okay,

there any questions comments? May I move to approve. Okay, there's a motion and second and a second to approve ordinance number 5808. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Thank you. Next item.

Oh, you ready? Yes. Okay. Uh uh number 28's approval of of a uh tax increment reinvestment zone. Number one, updated final uh project and and finance plans. Anytime you do a a TUR uh the sort of guiding documents for the TURs or the finance and project plans and uh we've updated those plans. They hadn't been updated in about a decade. And so we've gotten all the new work and new projections uh for revenue and and projects on that plan. and it's been updated by our consultant Travis James and and approved by the the the TUR's board and so now it comes before you.

Okay. Any questions or comments? May I move to approve? Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the tax increment reinvestment zone number one updated final project and finance plan as presented. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Next item.

Yes ma'am. This is uh authorize the mayor to execute resolution uh number 2058. 2058 approving the issuance of bonds by the mission redevelopment authority on behalf of the reinvestment zone number one city of of city of mission uh in amount not to exceed 18,ou or $18 million uh making findings uh related here to or there too. So on um this is the actual bond issuance. Uh the bond issuance is $17 million. Um however um the way things work with our consultants and and bond council and and uh etc. their fees are tacked on top of the actual borrowing amount. Um I have the the list here of the projects. Thank you. Thank you. So, you can see on the list um there's um $17 million to be borrowed. Um we put the the cap at $18 million. So there'll probably be a few hundred,000 um paid to uh the uh the financial advisors or or pardon me the bond attorney and etc. And so that's why it's it's 18 and not 17, but we're borrowing 17 for $17 million of projects that was was approved and okay through our financial advisors. Um just to give you a little bit of background um going forward uh we have a reigning call on these bonds um uh uh for the the u mission red re redevelopment authority of which I'm the executive director of um on Wednesday um so um tomorrow um and then we a week later uh we will likely receive our

rating uh for the MRA uh we anticipate that it's going to stay at at an A minus That's what it is now. Um then we have bond pricing on May 19th. Uh bond closing uh estimated to take place on June 11th. And once we receive the funds um the very next day, we can then fund the city um those funds and then especially the funds that have already been expended with the uh with the agreements that we have in reimbursement agreements that we have in place for like for Brian Road and Taylor Road.

Brian and Taylor Road. So, uh that that's the best u lineup that we have. I mean, there could be something to change day or two, but uh we just uh had a our second um call with our uh financial adviser today, Joe, um who's done a lot of work on this uh and and myself. And this is what we have um for you.

If I can add some context just for this mayor and council. So, this is the bonds have not been issued. That's the that's scheduled to happen later in May. So, what you're actually doing is delegating authority to the mayor to sign off on those bonds once they're sold since the bonds have to be signed off on on the day they're sold and we can't call a meeting because of the open meetings act 3-day restriction. So, what you're doing today is delegating the authority to mayor to be able to execute the bonds once they're actually sold since they have to be approved by both by both bodies.

Thank you. Okay, mayor to approve. Um I just would like to know what is the final number once the bonds are sold. Yes, absolutely. Once once we get that, we'll get that to you. All right. There's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 2058 um not uh for not to exceed $18 million. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Thank you, mayor. Thank you councel. Thank you, Mr. For that clarification. Yes, sir. All right. Next item.

Good evening. Um staff is seeking authorization to approve change order number one for the rehab of Lacuchia drainage project grant number 23-152-003-E070. Uh change order number one includes additions for drainage, erosion control, and fencing improvements and deducts unused uh storm sewers structures and fencing items due to revised design and field conditions. Uh these adjustments eliminate conflicts and avoid street closure. This uh modification results in an increase in the contract amount of uh $64,495 uh from the original contract price. Um the approve this change order will allow the project to proceed without street closures, avoid uh utility conflicts, and maintain compliance with the GLO CDBG uh drainage project requirements. Um, this increase will be covered by the uh grant so it'll be at no cost to the city.

Okay, any questions? I move to approve. Mayor second. There's a motion and a second to authorize uh the approval of change order number one for the amount of $64,495 for Luchia drainage project. All in favor say I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Thank you. Thank you. Next item. Good afternoon, mayor and councel and co-managers. Uh item number 31 uh is a presentation of un audited financial statements for the quarter ending December 2025. Uh staff and co-inter city manager recommend approval.

I move to approve. Second. There is a motion and a second to approve the unodudited financial statements for quarter ending December 2025. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 5 by zero. Next item. Next item pertains to the presentation of the 2026 budget to actual report for the quarter ending March 2026. Uh basically at this point in time I I noted that there was five departments that were over the 50% threshold. Uh so again staff uh and co-inter city manager recommend approval. If you all have any questions on this, you can basically let me know and I'll make certain that you get responses by the on the Friday memo.

Okay. Is there any questions for staff? I move to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to um approve the 20 six budget to actual report as presented. All in favor say I.

All post say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. And next item, next item pertains to the acceptance of the quarterly report of investments for the quarter ending March 31st, 2026, including interest earned. The acceptance of the quarterly report required by the public funds investment act section 2256.023 of the Texas government code on the total investments for the quarter ended March 31st, 2026. The total activity in this period it was increased by $4,ion52,2539 and there was a decrease of1,6852185 including a market value loss of $139 $13944 excuse me for the net amount of 2,585451.9 of which 21856 and30 his interest. This report uh this investment portfolio is in compliance with the state law and the investment strategy and policy approved by the city council staff and coer interim city managers recommend approval.

I move to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to accept the quarterly report of investments for quarter ending March 31st, 2026. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. I don't believe we have any unfinished business. So, next item is executive session. May I have a motion to go into executive session?

So, move. Second. There's a motion and a second to go into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously.