CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

Citizen Alert: This meeting includes multiple public hearings on significant rezoning requests across McAllen, potentially impacting property use and values. Also on the agenda are budget amendments for the Airport Improvement Project and Sanitation Fund, updates to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, and discussions on economic development.

• CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Javier Villalobos
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor Javier Villalobos
• INVOCATION - Commissioner Joaquin Zamora
• PRESENTATION - Municipal Clerk's Office Achievement of Excellence Award
• PROCLAMATION - 250^th Anniversary of American Independence - Denny Meline
• AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT (Individuals wishing to speak regarding an agenda item on today's agenda, please contact City Secretary before 3:30pm)
• 1. PUBLIC HEARING:
  • A) ROUTINE ITEMS: (All Rezoning and Conditional Use Permits listed under this section come with a favorable recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. However, if there is opposition at the meeting or a discussion is desired, that item(s) will be removed from the Routine Items section of the agenda and will be considered separately.)
    • 1. Rezoning from M-2 (Regional Mixed Use-UDC) District to R-2 (Medium Density Residential-UDC) District: 0.96 acre tract of land out of a measured 10.50 acre tract of land out of the south 20.08 acres out of Lot 12, Section 277, Texas-Mexican Railway Company's Survey, Hidalgo County, Texas, 11401 North 10^th Street (Rear). REZ2026-0065
    • 2. Rezoning from C-3L (Light Commercial-OC) District and R-3A (Multifamily Residential Apartment-OC) to R-3 (High-Density Residential-UDC) District: A 8.98-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Lot 6, Block 10, Steele & Pershing Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 2315 South McColl Road. REZ2026-0072
    • 3. Request of Jaime Castillo, on behalf of Betania McAllen, for a Conditional Use Permit, for life of use, and adoption of an ordinance for an Institutional Use at Lots 1-16, Block 6, Bonnie-View Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 2100 Fir Avenue. CUP2026-0034
    • 4. Request of Edgar A. Espinoza, for a Conditional Use Permit, for life of use, and adoption of an ordinance for an Institutional Use (welding institute) at Lot 45, less east 30 feet of Lot 45 and all of Lot 46, Betsy-Rose Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 601 East Beaumont Avenue. CUP2026-0036
  • B) Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of McAllen.
• 2. CONSENT AGENDA: (All matters listed under Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the governing Body and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items; however, if discussion is desired, that item(s) will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.)
  • A) Approval of Minutes of Workshop and Regular Meeting held June 8, 2026.
  • B) Subdivision Monthly Report.
  • C) Project Status Monthly Report through May 31, 2026.
  • D) Parks Monthly Project Status Report.
  • E) Award of Contract for Traffic Signal and Illumination Design Engineering Services for Bales Road Widening from 10^th Street to 2^nd Street.
  • F) Consideration and Authorization to Negotiate Scope of Services and Fee Schedules with Top-Ranked Firms: Professional Surveying Services 2026 (Project No. 04-26-S68-F00).
  • G) Consideration and Approval of Amendment of Champion Lakes Golf Course Greenspace to Parks Master Plan.
  • H) Ordinance providing for a Budget Amendment in the Sanitation Depreciation Fund for the purchase of one (1) Wheel Loader for the Recycling Center.
  • I) CONSENT COOP PURCHASE:
    • 1. Award of Contract for the Purchase of One (1) Current Model 444-P Tier Front Wheel Loader (Project No. 06-26-P36-01).
  • J) CONSENT RESOLUTIONS:
    • 1. Resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for funding under the Fiscal Year 2025 Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program, to request funds in an amount up to $25,500.00.
    • 2. Resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, under the Fiscal Year 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, to request funding in an amount up to $98,000.00.
    • 3. Resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, under the Fiscal Year 2025 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program, to request funding in an amount up to $709,000.00.
    • 4. Resolution of the Commissioners of the City of McAllen, Texas designating Kareem Abdullah as an investment officer along with Isaac J. Tawil, Marco A. Vega, P.E., Sonia Resendez, and Maria Chavero, for the City of McAllen.
    • 5. Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the City of McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas, Amending TexPool Authorized Representatives and providing an effective date.
  • K) Approval of Tax Refunds over $500.00
    • 1. Cabefruit Produce LLC
    • 2. Corelogic Refunds Dept #40189
    • 3. Corelogic Refunds Dept #84457
    • 4. Gloria Maria M & Ernest Guerra
    • 5. Halff Associates Inc.
    • 6. Meymar Property Holdings LLC
    • 7. Suerte Group
• 3. BIDS/CONTRACTS:
  • A) Consideration and Award of Contract to Halff Associates, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services- City of McAllen New Golf Course Hydrologic & Hydraulic Analysis (Project No. 06-26-S92-01).
  • B) Consideration and Action to Award a term contract for a Pouring Rights Agreement (Project No. 04-26-S72-125).
• 4. ORDINANCES:
  • A) Providing an abandonment for a 40 feet County Right-of-Way being 0.973 Acres out of Lots 13 and 14, Section 5, and Lots 3 and 4, Section 4, Hidalgo Canal Company's Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 1300 Military Highway. ABD2026-0009
  • B) Providing for a Budget Amendment of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the Airport Improvement Project.
• 5. RESOLUTION:
  • A) Resolution for an Update to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
• 6. VARIANCES:
  • A) Consideration of variance requests to 1) exceed the maximum block length; 2) no southward extension of North 27^th Lane for proposed Imperio Estates Phase II Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 8600 N. 29^th Street. VAR2026-0022
  • B) Consideration of variance requests to 1) exceed the maximum block length, and 2) not require a north/south ¼ mile collector roadway for proposed The Woodlands Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas; 601 S. Taylor Road. VAR2026-0020
• 7. MANAGER'S REPORT:
  • A) Year-To-Date Tax Collection Report
  • B) Delinquent Tax Collection Report
  • C) Advisory Board Appointments.
  • D) Future Agenda Items.
• 8. TABLED ITEM:
  • A) Consideration of a variance request to not provide for the east-west ¼ mile collector street for the proposed Hernandez Acres Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas, 14601 N. Trosper Road. VAR2026-0004
• 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION, CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 (CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY), SECTION 551.072 (DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY), SECTION 551.074 (PERSONNEL MATTERS) AND SECTION 551.087 (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT).
  • A) Consideration of Economic Development matters. Tex. Gov't. Code §551.087.
• ADJOURNMENT

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