Remarks by Rudy Cruz Jr
237 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
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“So like the elderly woman that needs to pick up her meds or go to the doctor's appointment within the jurisdictional boundaries of our city, she still calls the 860?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. And the reason I ask is I think that we, so it needs to be a holistic approach. Yes, social media is a great tool, and it lets people know about the change. But I think we need to also actually notify the elderly face-to-face. And I'm sure that our staff has already identified that and already working on that.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Good. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Good stuff. As there are no more questions or any further discussion from any members of council? No. No? Okay. There was a motion and a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. That motion carries. The next item is 14, with the discussion in action to approve the resolution 859 authorizing the city of Socorro to enter into an advanced funding agreement with the state of Texas acting through the Texas Department of Transportation to approve funding for the Paso del Norte Trail Socorro Spine Alignment, project number CSJ0924-06789.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Any questions? No, sir. This item here The Paso del Norte trail spine alignment project, I know that this is only for the engineering and design?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“When we say or identify the areas for phase one from Alameda Avenue, Beaufort to Bovee, are we talking on the canal side? of sidewalks?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yeah, because one side we have irrigation and then the other side you have businesses and residential. And I know that there's sidewalks being built on that side of Alameda right now as you exit Bovee. So I'm assuming that now we want to come to the other side, right, and create that.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay, is there any further discussion or questions from as well as this? No, there was a motion and second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. And that motion carries. we move into agenda item number 15 with the discussion in action to approve the work authorization number two with cea engineering group inc for the professional engineering services for the park improvement projects the maximum amount payable under this work authorization is 745 952 dollars with 15 cents funded by the 2026 certificates of obligation motion to approve second”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Do any members of council have any questions on this presentation?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“So any other comments or discussion? I believe both council members bring up good points with park improvements. If it's gonna be any seating, I know that right now, if you were to drive by any of our parks and there's any seating, it's probably a bench that was made by our public works department using wood, and somebody was handy with the welder at the time, and that's what you drive past right now. And you have to be careful when you slide on that bench. because you go home with splinters on your backside. We're trying to get away from that, and we're trying to create the park with…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay, just the documents will be ready. That's as fast as CEA can work on?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“When construction documents become available to the city, how much time do we have to post and go through the procurement process for procuring contracting agreements?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I know that the work authorization for funding the engineering services is one. Once the designs are out, is this also gonna be taken up as one large project, or are you going to receive multiple contractors to work on the different parks at the same time?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Like is it gonna be taken as one packet because I'm seeing that we can get started on all three parks at the same time under different contractual agreements depending on the bids that are coming in?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“The other two? The other two are gonna be under the grant funding.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Are there any other questions or comments from council? No, sir. There was a motion and second on this item. All those in favor, say aye.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“And that motion carries, thank you. Agenda item number 16, this is the discussion and action to ratify letters of support for Project Amistad and the El Paso Transportation Authority's ETA proposals for Federal Transit Administration section 5310 funding.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“That was a motion and second. All those in favor, say aye.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“They're just trying to replat and they haven't decided what structure is going to be put on there. It's kind of like a temporary waiver. It still has to be submitted upon...”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Any other questions or comments on this item?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“There's a motion and second. All those in favor, say aye.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026