Harlingen City Commission Regular Meeting 12-17-2025

Agenda: City Commission Workshop 00:00:08 Call to Order 00:00:21 Conflict of Interest 00:00:47 Citizen Communication 00:01:18 Item 1 - Presentation and discussion regarding the Historic Preservation Ordinance and any related matters. 00:27:47 Item 2 - Adjourn City Commission Regular Meeting 00:28:03 Item 1 - Call to order 00:29:41 Item 2 - Conflict of Interest 00:30:17 Item 3a - Mayor's Announcements 00:31:12 Item 3b - City Manager's Announcements 00:31:19 Item 3c - City Commission Member Announcements 00:40:38 Item 4a - Harlingen Animal Shelter "Pet of the Week" 00:42:56 Item 4b - Presentation of Recognition - Harlingen High School South "Hawks" Boys Water Polo Team 00:47:37 Item 4c - Presentation of Recognition - Harlingen High School South "Hawks" Girls Water Polo Team 00:33:54 Item 4d - Proclamation - Lolly Burns Real Estate LLC - "25th Anniversary" 00:51:45 Item 4e - Mayor's Business of the Month "Greater Coffee Co" 00:56:45 Item 5 - Citizen Communication 01:11:34 Item 6 - Approval of Minutes 01:11:55 Item 7 - Consent Agenda 01:18:11 Item 8c - Presentation by City Staff on the process it uses for Public Information Requests 01:26:09 Item 9 - Public Hearings 01:29:28 Item 10a - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on fist reading amending the previously-approved Planned Development ("PD")District to allow for 28-foot wide streets with 30-feet of Right-of-Way and smaller lot sizes, reduce common area, and a 5-foot rear yard setback for Lots 59-73 for a 90-lot single-family and 1-lot commercial development on a property bearing a legal description of 12.537 acres land out of a Portion of Lots 1,2,7, and all of Lot 8, all of Block 146, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, located on the northwest corner of Maine Road and FM 509. Applicant: Melden & Hunt c/o HDP Paso Real, LLC (Nick Rhodes) 01:35:18 Item 10b - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow an adult business (smoke shop)in a General Retail ("GR") District located at 803 Dixieland Road, Suite A, bearing a legal description of Lot 2, Dixieland Center Subdivision. Applicant: Ahmed Alsabahi 01:50:53 Item 10c - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading to rezone from Residential, Single Family ("R-1") District to Residential, Duplex ("R-2") District for a property located at 1301 S. 1st Street, bearing a legal description of Lot 1, Block 4, Finwood Heights Subdivision. Applicant: Rene Ramirez c/o Brownstar Holdings, LLC. 01:52:24 Item 10d - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading for the voluntary annexation and to establish the initial zoning of Planned Development ("PD") District to allow internal streets to have 50 feet R-O-W with 32-feet wide paved streets, and for 135 out of 358 residential lots to be less than the required 6,000 square feet, for a property bearing a legal description of 35.754 acres out of a Part or Portion of Blocks 65, 66, and 72, and out of Reserved Horseshoe Lake, Lon C. Hill Subdivision, located of south of Morris Road, approximately 2,095.97 feet southwest of South Ed Carey Drive. Applicant: Meldent & Hunt, Inc. c/o Leonard P. Simmons III & Mary Beth Simmons 02:13:25 Item 10e - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance on first reading amending Chapter 111 - Zoning by adding the new Article XXII - Historic Preservation and dealing with related matters. Applicant City of Harlingen 02:18:05 - Item 10f - Consideration and possible action to approve the preliminary construction plans and final plat with conditions of the proposed Oostenwind Subdivision, bearing a legal description of 11.00 acres of land out of Block 5, Lee Miner Subdivision, located south of FM 508, and west of FM 507. Applicant: Vigstol Engineering c/0 Mr. Hung Q. Tran. 02:22:40 Item 10g - Consideration and possible action to enter into an agreement with Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. (AHSTI) for the Construction Management Services for Community Development housing rehabilitation projects funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Texas Veterans Commission. 02:23:10 Item 10h - Discuss and consider approval of $42,000 in funding for the AIM Harlingen Matching Grant Program for local manufacturers through the Harlingen Economic Development Corporation. 02:23:39 Item 11 - Board Appointments 02:24:56 Item 12 - Executive Session 02:29:13 Item 13 - Action on executive Session Items 02:30:21 Item 14 - Adjournment