C. Presentation and Announcements. Melissa Gonzalez, Grant Writer, announced the Musical Night on 7:30 p.m.

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1 The Board of Commissioners for the City of Alamo, Texas met for the Second Regular Meeting on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m, at the City of Alamo Municipal Building. COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor Diana Martinez Molly Gallegos, Mayor Pro-tem Pilar Garza, Commissioner Pete Morales, Commissioner Robert De La Garza, Commissioner STAFF PRESENT: Luciano Ozuna, City Manager Damian Orozco, City Attorney Margot Salas, City Secretary Bobby Salinas, CPD Director Yvette Mendoza, Finance Director COMMISSION ABSENT: Julio Villarreal, Public Works Lalo Ramirez, City Engineer Police Chief Arturo Espinosa Rafael Tapia, AEDC Director Lieutenant Albert Caballero I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER Mayor Diana Martinez called the second regular meeting held on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 to order at 7:00 p.m. at the City of Alamo Municipal Building. Mayor Diana Martinez led the Pledge of Allegiance and Melissa Gonzalez led the Invocation. C. Presentation and Announcements. Melissa Gonzalez, Grant Writer, announced the Musical Night on 7:30 p.m. Arnold Robles, Parks & Recreation Director, announced the Games of Texas to be held this weekend. Mr. Ozuna, City Manager, announce that the City received a grant in the amount of million dollars with a 30% forgiveness from the Texas Water Development Board. Commissioner Pete Morales stated that he wanted to wish good luck to the 6u and 12u softball team, they are in Laredo competing for the World Series. Priscilla Alvarez, Executive Director for VIDA, the Valley Initiative for Development and Advance, explained that VIDA is a community based nonprofit 501C3 Organization with a 22 year history of assisting the economically disadvantage adult population as they go to college to obtain a post secondary credential in a demand occupation. They re roll is to help them with the many barriers that they faced as they attend college full-tem. They are able to help their participants achieve success in their program by helping them with financial assistance, supportive services and their intensive case management model which has been recognized on a national scare. Ms. Alvarez went over other services that they assist the community of the City of Alamo.

2 Mr. Ozuna stated that they have been working with TXDOT to expand FM907 from Expressway 83 all the way to Nolana, it seems that the date is getting closer for the project to be let out. Right now Mr. Vallegos is present from TXDOT, he informed him of some changes on the 907 Speed Limit that they will probably being going through here. He stated that it s moving along, a little delay may be on the outfall or the acquisition of the parcels in order to expand the outfall ditch where all the water will be collected into. The parcels are being acquired by the agents of Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 the right-of-way agents. They are working on that. He stated that, that project looks very good. He stated that on a grim note, today Melissa Gonzalez attended a meeting at the Border Patrol Station in Edinburg where they talked about the Border Wall fence and according to Mr. Padilla the Director of Border Patrol in this area, the wall will leave out completely the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, which is just south from here, the wall will go on the levee and if that happens it s going to effect the eco-tourism here in Alamo. He stated that they have about 150,000 people that come every year to visit Santa Ana for bird watching and also to visit and see other wild life. However, this could be a detrimental to the city s eco-tourism because people will not want to come here if they see a wall that will probably be segregated from the main land and be considered Mexico. He stated that not only here in Santa Ana but in McAllen there s going be two retirement communities that will also be on the southside of the wall and as well as Rio Grande City they will have part of their city also on the southside and that was the route that was given to them today. He stated that there will be a coalition of cities that will probably going to get together to oppose this because not only will it effect the city here but it s going to effect everybody also. D. Consideration and action on a change order for the Nature Park Project to add additional sprinkler system and grass areas with Hector Balderas Construction, LLC. Mr. Ozuna handed out the actual change order proposal which he just received today from the contractor. He stated that the cost of the change order is $17, and what it is, it s to expand the landscaping with grass and a sprinkler system which will be around the splash pad area and also around the playground area which were not included in the original plans and specifications of the park. He stated that in addition to those area which will have the grass, they are going to hydro mulch but will have a sprinkler system. On the other map, which is north of the playscapes, you have picnic benches that have an area that will go all the way to the north on the perimeter fence. There are six (6) picnic tables and all that area was not included with grass and a sprinkler system. He stated that the had the architect talk to the contractor and on the second page, the scope of work, the contractor submitted a proposal base on preparing the ground area which is shown on page 2 and 3 of the proposal, installation of sprinkler system for area shaded in page 2 and 3 of this request of this proposal included all shaded area. Application of hydro mulch seeding to address shaded area, above work to be done as per original specifications, submit cost proposal on general contractor s letterhead, indicate number of days as requested for time extension for the proposed work, if contractor s proposal is accepted the above work will be done after issuance of change order, if the contractor s proposal is accepted the sprinkler system subcontractor to submit drawing showing type and location of sprinkler head. He stated that will all take place with this additional change order.

3 Mayor Diana Martinez asked what was the completion date. Mr. Ozuna stated that the completion date should have been July 26 th however this will add an additional 21 days. Mayor Diana Martinez motioned to approve the change order for the Nature Park Project to add additional sprinkler system and grass areas with Hector Balderas Construction, LLC. Mayor Pro-tem Molly Gallegos seconded the motion. Motion carried. E. Consideration and action to amend the subdivision ordinance. Mr. Ozuna stated that this has been discussed before and there were some changes that the City Commission wanted and Bobby Salinas has them. Mr. Bobby Salinas, Community Planning & Development Director, stated that from the workshop the Commission had given him some recommendations in regards to what he had proposed the first time. He stated that what he had written down in regards to the workshop he implemented it into the ordinance itself. What is before the commission is pretty much the finish product after the commissions recommendation. He stated that since the workshop he added the last portion in regards to reimbursement policy which is Section , page 15, the city currently doesn t have a reimbursement policy where developers sometimes will put in extension of utilities in an effort to try and re-coop their money and it makes it easier for them to spend the money to do is to have a reimbursement policy with the city so that s the language that he put in there. Other than that if the commission has any questions regarding any of this, he did have Lalo Ramirez, City Engineer, look at it. He stated that everything is just updating the city s subdivision ordinance and making it better and beneficial to the city. Commissioner Pete Morales motioned to amend the subdivision ordinance. Mayor Pro-tem Molly Gallegos seconded the motion. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RE-ZONE FROM AN R-1 (SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT) TO AN R-2 (DUPLEX, MULTI-FAMILY, TOWNHOUSE AND APARTMENT DISTRICT), PHYSICALLY LOCATED AT 707 E. NEBRASKA, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT G OF THE RESUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF (S. ½) OF LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK THIRTY-SIX (36) AND LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2), BLOCK THIRTY-SEVEN (37), ALAMO LAND AND SUGAR COMPANY SUBDIVISION FOR ROMEO AND LUCILA ESCOBAR. Bobby Salinas, CPD Director, stated that the subject site is located 1,500 feet west of Tower Road along the southside of Nebraska Road. The existing zones in the area are: R-2 to the southeast, and all around is R-1 Single Family Residential. The existing land uses consist of open acreage, single-family homes to the north and west, single-family homes and apartments to the east, and the side is currently open acreage. The owner have stated that the zone change was being proposed in order to make it more marketable to sell and develop the land. The subject site has frontage to Nebraska Road and is adjacent to both single-family residential subdivision and homes. However, there are a set of existing apartments located on the southeast of this site

4 which were built back in 1977 according to the Hidalgo County Appraisal District. In general the existing apartments in the middle of three single-family neighborhood should be seen more as an anomaly rather than effective zoning practice. The City should never use marketing and profit as a reason to re-zone a property. We must use the exiting land uses current zoning along with sound reasoning in order to make such recommendations/decisions. We mush ask ourselves, Does this use belong in this area? One of the things that they look at when dealing with zoning is a stair step approach with commercial uses beginning off of major roads, then stair stepping it down with multi-family, and ultimately single-family residential uses. There are other multi-family zones throughout the City that are adjacent to single-family residential zones and it would be up to the City to see if this is a zone that would be beneficial to the area. He stated that in his opinion, an R-2 zone would not be a proper zone for this particular area due to the existing single-family neighborhoods and uses and due to the distance from Alamo and Tower Road. Staff recommended denial of this re-zone request. The Planning & Zoning Commission met on June 21, 2017 where the Board also denied the re-zone request. Commissioner Pete Morales asked whether this was considered spot zoning. Bobby Salinas stated that because that there is the existing multi-family, it s not necessarily considered spot zoning and it is a residential use. He stated that he would not consider it that but he doesn t believe that this proposal is proper in this area because of how far it is from Tower and Alamo Road. F. Consideration and action regarding a re-zone from an R-1 (Single-Family District) to an R-2 (Duplex, Multi-Family, Townhouse and Apartment District), physically located at 707 E. Nebraska, legally described as Lot G of the resubdivision of the south one-half (S. ½) of Lot Four (4), Block Thirty-Six (36) and Lots One (1) and Two (2), Block Thirty-Seven (37), Alamo Land and Sugar Company Subdivision for Romeo and Lucila Escobar. Commissioner Pete Morales motioned to deny the re-zone from an R-1 (Single-Family District) to an R-2 (Duplex, Multi-Family, Townhouse and Apartment District), physically located at 707 E. Nebraska, legally described as Lot G of the resubdivision of the south one-half (S. ½) of Lot Four (4), Block Thirty-Six (36) and Lots One (1) and Two (2), Block Thirty-Seven (37), Alamo Land and Sugar Company Subdivision for Romeo and Lucila Escobar. Commissioner Robert de la Garza seconded the motion. Motion carried. G. Presentation of Departmental Reports. No questions. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Five minutes per person with no response from the City Commission. Residents must sign up prior to the city meeting. ADJOURNMENT

5 Mayor Diana Martinez adjourned the meeting. Mayor Diana Martinez ATTEST: Margot Salas, City Secretary