Minutes of April 07, 2020 Pagel  The Board of Commissioners fort the City of Alamo, Texas met for the First Regular Meeting on  Tuesday, April 07, 2020 at 7:00 p.m, at the City of Alamo Municipal Building.  COMMISSION: PRESENT: Mayor Diana Martinez Pilar Garza, Commissioner Pete Morales, Commissioner STAFF PRESENT: Robert L. Salinas, City Manager Cris Palacios, City Attorney via video conference Alexandra Rangel, City Secretary Richard Ozuna, Police Chief Michael Torres, ITI Director  COMMISSION ABSENT:  Robert Del La Garza, Mayor Pro-Tem via video conference Okie Salinas, Commissioner via video conference  I.  CALL: MEETING TO ORDER and. Robert Salinas ledi the Invocation. C.P Presentation and Announcements  Mayor Diana Martinez called the regular meeting held on Tuesday, April, 2020 to order at 7:00 p.m. at the City of4 Alamo Municipal Building. Mayor. Diana Martinez ledi the Pledge ofAllegiance Mayor Diana Martinez announced we received news of four first death in the county, on behalfof City Manager Robert Salinas stated Vanguard. Academy has partnered with the CityofAlamo and will provide disinfecting services for City Hall and the Library tomorrow as well as our other  the city we. send our condolences and prayers to thej family at this time.  facilities.  Mayor Diana Martinez asked ift there isa charge to the city  City Manager Robert Salinas stated no, since it's aj partnership Vanquard stated there would be Commissioner Pete Morales thanked the city staff for their work during this hard time. D. Consideration: and action to: approve thei minutes for the second regular meeting gofMarch Commissioner Pilar Garza motioned to approve, and Commissioner Okie Salinas seconded. E.C Consideration and action to approve the minutes for the emergency meeting ofMarch 20, Commissioner Pilar Garza motioned to approve, and Commissioner Pete Morales seconded. F.C Consideration: and: action to approve the minutes for the emergency meeting ofl March 26, Mayor Pro-Tem Robert De La Garza motioned to approve, and Commissioner Pilar Garza G.U Updated Mayoral Declaration ofLocal State of] Disaster Due to Public) Health Emergency City Manager Robert Salinas updated the commission with the latest additions to the Mayoral Declarations, starting with Section vi. In an effort to help prevent the. spread of the virus, the City  no charge.  17,2020. Motion carried. 2020. Motion carried. 2020  seconded. Motion carried.    Minutes ofA April 07, 2020 Page2  ofA Alamo is limiting the number of people to enter into an essential business to no more than two individuals per household at one time. This is not about how many per vehicle, but the amount of Mayor Diana Martinez asked what about the larger stores like Walmart, does it matter thes square City Manager Robert Salinas) for example ifit is my. son, wife and myselfit will be myself andi my son entering. He stated, this wording is how the City of Weslaco has it on their declaration. c) Provide sanitation supplies accessible and available to all employees such as disinfectants, hand sanitizer comprised of at least 60% alcohol, and soap. h). All employees, especially in the foodservice industry, must wear aj facial covering whichs shall cover both the nose and mouth. The covering does not have to be ai medical grade mask, so long as it covers both the nose andi mouth. Examples are a homemade mask, scarf bandana, or handkerchief The reasoning, for this is because, I went to a restaurant and I noticed none of the employees had any covering. This will Mayor Diana Martinez stateds sher receiveda callj from Cesar from Walmart questioning the masks. Onces signed, can Isend him the declaration in order for Walmart to comply with the new rules?  people allowedi in al business, per household. footage? How will they control that?  He continued, for Section ix WorkSafe Plan:  further protect the customers and employees.  City Manager Robert Salinas responded) yes  Commissioner Pete Morales asked ift this will goi into effect, until the 24th? City Manager Robert Salinas respondedi it would go into effect tomorrow.  Mr. Salinas also stated, he wanted to add a Temporary Suspension of Section 6.03 Sick Leave Requirements ini the City's Personnel Policy: The City of Alamo will allow, for the duration ofthis declaration the use ofs sick leave for more than I1 working day, but not more than 5 working days for personal use as needed. The use of sick leave hours must be authorized. by the Department Head prior to taking any sick leave time off unless a doctor's excuse is submitted and where the physician has requested that the employee cannot. return to work until the time allowed by the physician. This will helpy with our employees tot utilize their sick leave without a doctor' 's excuse to allow them to take some time off and be home with their family. I have checked with our City  Attorney, they statedi ifit is includedi within the declaration it can be utilized. Commissioner Pilar Garza asked he will notify all employees City Manager Robert Salinas respondedj yes  The last portion. is Section O) NOSE AND MOUTH COVER All persons three years and older must wear. somej form of covering over their nose and mouth when entering into or inside of any building that is not their dwelling, in business parking lots, and when pumping gas. Examples of facial covering include items such as ai homemade mask, scarf bandana, or handkerchief This section does not apply to a person engaged inj permissible outdoor activity; riding in a personal vehicle; alone in an enclosed space; or when eating or drinking. For clarity, medical grade coverings, such as N95 and surgical masks, are NOTI REQUIRED and the public is encouragedto use other forms of coverings sSO as not to disrupt the supply of medical grade coverings for health carej facilities and professionals andj first responders. A covering may bej factory-made or sewn by hand, or can be improvised household items such as. scarfs, T-shirts, sweatshirts, towels, etc. He stated, he spoke with the Chief ofl Police and the county, just implemented a new. 24-hour curfew for anyone under the age of17. He asked Cris Palacios ifthe county has this curfew, can the city City Attorney Cris Palacios stated that is correct, we can enforce it without adding it to our Commissioner Pete Morales asked how will it affect the teens doing essential activities like  enforce ity without adding it to the declaration?  declarations. working out    Minutes of April 07,2020 Page3  City Manager Robert Salinas responded that is something we need to clarify with the county Chief of Police stated ifthe teen is an essential employee then they are allowed out, ifthey are accompanied by an adult they can conduct essential shopping. In addition, a curfew for adults Commissioner Pete Morales asked iftherei is a curfew inj place for minors correct ChiefofPolice Richard Ozuna respondedj yes according to the city ordinance it's at 10:00 pm Commissioner Pilar Garza asked whatever the county added we can enforce it, correct?  tomorrow  from 11pm-5am the exclusion are essential employees.  City. Manager Robert Salinas responded yes  Mayor Diana Martinez asked) how many people have they stopped  Chiefof! Police Richard Ozuna respondedy within the last 3-4 days roughly 30-35 written warnings Mayor Diana Martinez asked after the first warning and iftheys get stopped again will they get a  have been issued. citation  Chiefofl Police Richard Ozuna responded ifthey are stopped again, thenj yes.  Commissioner Okie Salinas asked what is the diffèrence between the curfew and. shelter at) home City Manager Robert Salinas responded stated the. shelter at home means you should only be out Chief of Police Richard Ozuna responded it's an escalation of events posing a threat, then it  during essential activities, and the curfew is for the younger generation.  escalates the restrictions.  Commissioner Pete Morales can we provide support to the PD  Mayor Pro-Tem Robert De La Garza asked ifcitations can be paid late Maye earlyJune Chief of Police Richard Ozuna responded this is something we can discuss with our municipal Mayor Pro-Tem. Robert De La Garza asked inc order to bend the curve, to not have as many people City Manager Robert Salinas responded the court does have online payment so it will help.for Mayor Diana. Martinez. statedi it's up tot the. Judge and the citizen to make arrangements to payj for Commissioner Pete Morales can we provide support to the PD andlor court to keep track on the Chief of Police Richard Ozuna responded the current ARS System is updated every morning by  judge and ask for leniency. come into the court people not to come into court  the citation. warnings  the Bailiff andi will show the warnings, tickets and arrests. City Manager Robert Salinas stated this is in effect until. April24,2020  Commissioner Pete Morales asked how are we educating the employees on how to disinfecting  their masks.    Minutes of April 07, 2020 Page4 4  City Manager Robert Salinas responded) he willg get withl Melisa Gonzales to "do a dos and don' 'ts" City Manager. Robert Salinas responded ifthe commission chooses to extend, we can. Mayor Diana Martinez stated the county) judge is looking for a way to open. some businesses. City Attorney Cris Palacios stated the county is through the 30h and the governor' 's as well. City Manager. Robert Salinas asked is the commission is okay to extend it through the 30h? Mayor Diana Martinez motioned to approve with the extension to April 30'h, and Commissioner H.Consideration and action on a variance request to move in a mobile home into an R-1 (Single Family Dwelling District), physically located at 909 Banyan St., legally described City Manager. Robert Salinas stated the subject. site is located approximately 245' South of Ridge Rd. on the West side of1 Banyan St. The loti is measures 100' XI 135!. The applicant is proposing to move in a used mobile home. Mr. Rolando. De La Rosa came into our office to get information, for his brother in law who wantedi to relocate his mobile home to the above lot. According to section 10-7-2 of the Alamo Zoning Code stated the permitted uses under the R-1 zone. A mobile home is not a permitted usei in this zone. This subdivision was annexed into the City of4 Alamo in 2012; staff has) found there have been no variances to allow the installation ofar mobile home approved within this subdivision. Which means the 39 existing mobile homes where placed within the subdivision prior to being annexed into the City. Due to the large amount of mobile homes, staff can only assume that when this subdivision was annexed: into the City Limits with an R-1 zone that a City initiatedrezoningi to R-MHnever occurred.. Due to the large disparity between. single family homes and mobile homes, saff does not object to the variance proposed. The P&Z approved this on  informational with the masks.  Mayor Diana Martinez asked can we extended. this declaration?  Allo oft the commission responded) yes Pete Morales seconded. Motion carried.  as Lot 15, Morningside South Subdivision for Christine Arista.  March 18, 2020.  Commissioner Pete Morales asked ifit will be new mobile home  City Manager. Robert Salinas responded no, but our City Inspector reviewed: the mobile home and  isi in compliance with our minimum standards  Mayor Diana Martinez asked it there is an existing building City Manager. Robert Salinas responded) yes, it'sas storage room  Mayor Pro-Tem Robert De La Garza motioned to approve, and Commissioner Pete Morales I.C Consideration and action on a variance request to allow fora 2' front setback instead of the code required 10' front setback, physically located at 459 Cameo Circle, legally City Manager Robert Salinas stated the site is located 780' north of Palm Harbor. Dr. along the south side ofCameo Circle. Staff made a neighborhood inspection of Sunshine Valley Estates and found this carport was within the minimum front setback. A violation notice was left on the door and a notice was: sent out to the resident. Upon receiving the notice, the applicant came into office to discuss the matter with staff The applicant was unaware of the need for aj permit and the 10' front setback requirement. From 2008 to now there have been approximately 45+ carport variances for front setbacks that have been approved throughout the City. Ofthose 45+ this would be the first one within this subdivision. Based on previous approvals by the Board of Commissioners, Staff does not object to the variance to the front setback, subject to the carport  seconded. Motion carried.  described as] Lot 109, Sunshine Valley Estates for Javier Alonso.  remaining perpetually open. The P&Zo approved this on. March 18, 2020.    Minutes of April 07, 2020 Page5  Commissioner Pete Morales motioned to approve, and Mayor Diana Martinez seconded. Motion J. Consideration and action on a conditional use permit renewal for the sale and onsite consumption or alcohol at' "Palazzo Event Center", physically located at 503 E. SH 495, legally described asl Lot 65, Tower) Landing Phase I for George A. Garza. City Manager Robert Salinas stated the subject site is located on the Southwest comer ofTower Rd. and SH 495, the Palazzio Event Center has been in operation since 8/29/2014. Staff asked Alamo. PDj for ai report of any calls for this business and there were no incidents within the past 1. Must obtain annual Fire Department Inspection and Liquor License with the City  carried.  year. Staff recommends approval for I-year. subject to:  Secretary.  2. Waiver of the. 300' separation requirement.  Mayor Pro-Tem Robert De La Garza motioned to approve, and Commissioner Pete Morales CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: The city will be accepting public comments from 8am-5pm on the day of the meeting to be announced during the meeting. Email comments to rangelgaamotexasorg. Five minutes per person with no response from the City Commission. Commissioner Pete Morales asked are we letting the public know, and where are we posting this.  seconded. Motion carried.  Residents: must sign upi prior to the city meeting. City Manager. Robert Salinas yes, on our website.  No citizen participation I. ADJOURNMENT  Citizens are encouraged tos sign the attendance sheet.  There being noj further business, Mayor Diana Martinez adjourned the meeting at 7:38 pm  ARs  ATREST:  3pl