City of Pharr Board of Commissioners Meeting Agenda - July 6, 2026

Citizen Alert

Major spending includes a $44.2 million amendment for the Multi-Use Facility and a $14.6 million transportation project for East Hi Line Road. The city is also amending regulations for public amusements and funding six new firefighter positions. Sales tax collections show a positive 5.85% year-to-date growth.

Full Agenda

• 1. CALL TO ORDER:
  • A) Roll call and possible action on the excusing of any absent member of the governing board.
  • B) Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation
• 2. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: (Ordinance No. O-2019-45)
• 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (Ordinance No. O-2019-31)
  • A) Public hearing on development services cases
• 4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS: (City Manager's Administrative Reports and discussion, if any, with governing body. The City Manager may also assign a designated spokesperson for any particular listed topic)
  • A) Submission of Sales Tax Collection Report for June 2026.
  • B) City Engineer's Report
  • C) Recognition of Building Official Jose I. Alvarado on obtaining the Master Code Professional Certification
  • D) Presentation of a proclamation issued by the Office of Governor Greg Abbott recognizing the 36th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and promoting awareness, inclusion, and opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
  • E) City Events of Interest
• 5. CONSENT AGENDA: (All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Governing Body and will be enacted by one motion. Any Commissioner may remove items from the consent agenda by making such request prior to a motion and vote on the Consent Agenda)
  • A) Approval of Minutes for June 15, 2026 - Regular Called Meeting. This item supports SG - Sound Governance and Fiscal Sustainability. (CITY CLERK'S OFFICE)
  • B) Consideration and action, if any, on Ordinance amending Ordinance O-2025-46 regulating public amusements, open-air markets, mass gatherings and other applicable events or activities; updating requirements, categories, fees, and administrative approval processes. (3rd and Final Reading) This item supports QL - Quality of Life. (SPECIAL EVENTS)
  • C) Consideration and action, if any, on amendment to Resolution R-2026-05 for the Operation Lone Star Grant Program. This item supports SSC - Safe and Secure Community. (POLICE)
  • D) Consideration and action, if any, on Development Services Cases:
    • 1. Picaro's Pizza LLC., d/b/a Picaro's Pizza, has filed with the Planning and Zoning Commission a request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in a General Business District (C). The property is legally described as being 0.02 acres, more or less, out of Lot 3, Riveraine Subdivision, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The subject site is located at 6502 South Cage Boulevard, Suite 2. CUP# 260506 This item supports EV - Economic Vitality.
    • 2. Michael Wright, CFO., DBA Parry's Pizza, is requesting renewal of the Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in a General Business District (C). The property is legally described as being Lot 1B of the 2nd Replat of Vacated Car-mel Subdivision, Vacated El Centro Mall No. 3 and 4 Subdivisions, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The property's physical address is 550 North Jackson Road. CUP#231132 This item supports EV - Economic Vitality.
    • 3. Pizza Properties, Inc., d/b/a Peter Piper Pizza #63, is requesting renewal of the Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in a General Business District (C). The property is legally described as Lot 1, Pleasanton Subdivision, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The property's physical address is 1715 South Cage Boulevard. CUP#060104 This item supports EV - Economic Vitality.
    • 4. Taqueria Tepeque Express is requesting renewal of the Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in a General Business District (C). The property is legally described as being 0.041 acres, more or less, out of Lot 2, Hacienda Santa Lucia Subdivision, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The property's physical address is 701 East Nolana Loop, Suite #3A. CUP#230384 This item supports EV - Economic Vitality.
    • 5. Jose Alberto Hernandez, d/b/a Doc's Billiards & Sports Bar, is requesting renewal of the Conditional Use Permit and Late Hours Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in a General Business District (C).The property is legally described as being the S150' of Lots 17, 18 and 19, Block 1, San Patricia Acres Subdivision, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The property's physical address is 917 West Ferguson Avenue. CUP# 130630 This item supports EV - Economic Vitality.
    • 6. Mauricio Jaramillo, d/b/a Regency Fiesta, is requesting renewal of the Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in a General Business District (C). The property is legally described as being 0.102 acres out of Lot 1, Regency Subdivision, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The property's physical address is 1020 West Ferguson Avenue. CUP# 071271 This item supports EV - Economic Vitality.
  • 6. REGULAR AGENDA - OPEN SESSION
    • A) Consideration and action, if any, on Ordinance amending Ordinance O-2007-40 decreasing Library Board Members from nine (9) to five (5) members and adding an ex officio member. (1st Reading) This item supports SG - Sound Governance and Fiscal Sustainability. (LIBRARY)
    • B) Consideration and action, if any, on Ordinance relating to monument, headstone, and marker restoration, repair, maintenance, and replacement in city-owned or city-maintained cemeteries. (1st Reading). This item supports QL - Quality of Life. (LIBRARY)
    • C) Consideration and action, if any, on Resolution determining a public necessity to acquire certain real property, giving notice of an official determination to acquire real property for public purposes, establishing procedures for the acquisition of market value for the property to be acquired, and directing the City Manager or designee to communicate offers to owners for purchase of property, appropriate funds, and authorize condemnation proceeding by City Attorney, contingent on available funding. This item supports IF - Infrastructure. (ENGINEERING)
    • D) Consideration and action, if any, on Resolution authorizing the submission of project application to the Rio Grande Valley - Metropolitan Planning Organization (RGV-MPO) for transportation funding and committing to a local match for the East Hi Line Road project. Estimated cost: $14,635,364.27. This item supports IF - Infrastructure. (ENGINEERING)
    • E) Consideration and action, if any, on Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Driscoll Health Plan to expand community access to high-quality literacy resources through City facilities and programs. This item supports QL - Quality of Life. (PUBLIC HEALTH)
  • 7. CONTRACTS/AGREEMENTS:
    • A) Consideration and action, if any, authorizing City Manager to enter into a Service Contract for City Wide Street Sweeping Services. This item supports IF - Infrastructure. (PUBLIC WORKS)
    • B) Consideration and action, if any, on the Guaranteed Maximum Price Amendment No. 2 (GMP #2) to the existing Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) contract with D. Wilson Construction (DWCC) for the City of Pharr Multi-Use Facility. Estimated cost: $44,243,218.00 (Amendment #2), Total Contract: $49,158,057.00. This item supports IF - Infrastructure. (ENGINEERING)
    • C) Consideration and action, if any, authorizing City Manager to negotiate and enter into a service contract for planting and landscape installation services for the Schoolyard Forestry Project. This item supports QL - Quality of Life. (PUBLIC HEALTH)
    • D) Consideration and action, if any, ratifying service contract with GDJ Engineering, LLC. for professional services for grant application preparation. This item supports IF - Infrastructure. (ENGINEERING)
    • E) Consideration and action, if any, on Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Driscoll Health Plan to expand community access to high-quality literacy resources through City facilities and programs. This item supports QL - Quality of Life. (PUBLIC HEALTH)
  • 8. CLOSED SESSION: In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Gov't. Code, the Pharr Board of Commissioners hereby gives notice that it may meet in a closed (non-public) executive session to discuss the items listed on the public portion of the meeting agenda in accordance with the following below:
    • Pursuant to Section 551.071, the Board may convene in a closed, non-public meeting with its attorney and discuss any matters related to legal advice on pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offer, and/or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter. The City and its attorney may also discuss such issues with the appropriate staff so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so that such discussion is informative and developed.
    • Pursuant to Section 551.072, the Board may convene in a closed, non-public meeting to discuss any matters related to real property and deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property as such would be detrimental to negotiations between the City and a third party in an open meeting. The City and its attorney may also discuss such issues with the appropriate staff so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so that such discussion is informative and developed.
    • Pursuant to Section 551.074, the Board may convene in a closed, non-public meeting to discuss any matters related to appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties and discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee and to hear any complaints or charges against an officer or employee. The City and its attorney may also discuss such issues with the appropriate staff including members so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so that such discussion is informative and developed.
    • Pursuant to Section 551.076, the Board may convene in a closed, non-public meeting to discuss any matters on the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices. The City and its attorney may also discuss such issues with the appropriate staff so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so that such discussion is informative and developed.
    • Pursuant to Section 551.084, the Board may convene in a closed, non-public meeting to discuss any matters involving an investigation and may exclude a witness from hearing during the examination of another witness in the investigation. The City and its attorney may also discuss such issues with the appropriate staff so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so that such discussion is informative and developed.
    • Pursuant to Section 551.087, the Board may convene in a closed, non-public meeting to discuss any matters regarding economic development issues. The City and its attorney may also discuss such issues with the appropriate staff so as to obtain necessary and relevant information so that such discussion is informative and developed.
  • 9. RECONVENE: into Regular Session and consider action, if necessary, on any items(s) discussed in closed session.
  • 10. ADJOURNMENT:

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