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Laredo Youth Council Meeting 092023
A
B
C
E
D
F
Stay
here,
so
my
name
is
Melissa
segarro
and
I'm.
Actually,
the
district
district
3
council
member
for
the
City
of
Laredo
I'm
very
happy
to
attend
your
meeting,
I'm
very
impressed
with
the
youth
Council
and
with
past
Youth
councils
and
I
look
forward
to
the
projects
and
the
energy
and
the
work
that
you're
going
to
bring
to
on
behalf
of
the
city.
F
This
is
not
intended
to
compete
with
I
I,
believe
you
or
have
already
received
some
information
about
a
bigger
project
that
you're
all
taking
on
for
the
Year.
This
is
an
offer
for
each
of
you
individually.
The
volunteer
income
tax
assistant
program
is
an
effort
in
conjunction
with
the
inner
Internal,
Revenue,
Service
and
volunteers.
The
idea
is
to
reach
low-income
families
in
order
to
help
them
prepare
the
easy
form
of
tax.
F
If
you
are
low
income,
if
your
family
is
low
income,
there
is
no
requirement
to
pay
to
file
income
taxes,
our
community
and
the
community
of
low
income.
Oftentimes.
Don't
understand
that,
so
you
will
have
charlatans
who
will
charge
them
either
a
percentage
of
what
they
rightfully
earn
from
the
federal
government
right,
the
taxes
that
are
collected
and
that
don't
need
to
stay
there
that
are
returned
to
them.
They
will
charge
them
a
percentage
of
that
or
they
will
charge
them
outright
outrageous
fees
of
hundreds
of
dollars
against
a
one
thousand
dollar
tax
return.
F
F
You
don't
need
to
do
that.
Having
said
that,
many
families
do
not
feel
comfortable
filing
their
taxes.
They
fear
that
they
will
miss
out
that
they
will
misrepresent
and
that
somehow
the
federal
government
will
go
after
them
and
or
they
will
incorrectly
file
and
then
have
to
pay
a
fee
later
to
the
federal
government.
F
That
doesn't
really
happen,
but
everyone
does
have
to
file
taxes.
So
in
order
for
families
to
feel
comfortable
doing
that,
there's
this
program
that
the
IRS
is
working
in
conjunction
in
communities
that
have
a
high
or
a
large,
low-income
population
where
this
would
be
most
applicable,
and
simply
that
means
that
families
who
are
low
income,
don't
have
to
do
the
crazy
forms.
It's
not
a
10-page
product
or
a
15-page
thing
that
you
have
to
turn
in
with
a
lot
of
information
the
Easy
Tax
filing.
F
Sometimes
it's
now
a
postcard
or
it's
a
one-page
form,
it's
pretty
basic
to
fill
out.
There
is
some
information
that
needs
to
be
collected.
You
turn
it
you
file
it
no
no
filing
fee,
and
then
you
have
access
to
Federal
monies.
It's
the
federal
taxes
that
these
families
have
been
paying
or
in
some
cases,
with
families
with
young
children
who
are
also
low
income.
F
F
Sorry,
it's
a
very
simple
form
to
sign
up
on
at
veda.org
or
vidalaredo.org.
It's
it's
listed
here.
If
you
have
any
questions,
you
can
call
Vita
or
you
can
email,
Vida,
Laredo
gmail.com
and
you
can
have
your
questions
answered.
You
can
also
sign
up,
take
a
training
and
see
if
you're,
comfortable,
there's
no
there's
no
penalty.
If
you
think
you
can
help
and
then
you
find
out
that
you
don't
have
the
time
or
you're
not
comfortable
with
it.
That's
okay,
too!
Don't
it's
not
there's,
no
punitive!
Anything
in
this!
F
F
No-
and
that
is
an
excellent
question,
will
you
email
them
and
they'll?
Let
you
know
because
they're
going
to
have
so
the
idea
is
to
get
people
trained
to
have
it
in
schools,
but
also
to
go
out
into
the
community
and
I
know.
Catholic
Charities
has
had
an
office
that
works
during
the
tax
season.
I
know
on
359
there's
another
office
that
holds
tax
workshops
for
people
to
come
in.
Vida
goes
out
there
and
advertises
to
the
community
so
that
wherever
those
locations
are,
people
will
come
in
and
there's
where
you'll
be
located.
F
It's
not
you
going
off
to
different
people's
homes.
It's
inviting
the
community
to
come
and
find
you
in
a
place.
That's
set
up
with
computers
that
you'll
need
or
all
the
information
that
you
need
to
help
them
out.
So
please
send
an
email
to
Rita,
Laredo,
gmail.com
and
and
they'll
be
able
to
clarify
that
for
you.
So.
F
So
the
tax
season
will
be
they'll
start
in
January
and
I
want
to
say
they
run
through
April,
but
I'm,
not
sure
I'm,
pretty
sure
right,
April
15th
is
the
deadline,
so
you
can
volunteer
a
couple
of
times.
You
can
volunteer
for
the
whole
four
months.
I,
don't
know
if
you
go
through
the
training,
if
you
have,
if
there
there
will
be
looking
for
a
minimum
amount
of
time,
I
mean
if
they're
going
to
go
through
the
training
with
you.
F
They
would
like
you
to
contribute
X
number
of
times
that
you're
offering
the
assistant,
but
there's
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
that
so
people
who
can
be
there
all
four
months
and
and
participate
all
four
months.
I
should
say
in
all
of
the
workshops
that
are
offered.
Do
that
other
people
do
it
for
the
minimum
amount.
Also,
and
that's
okay,
that
training
then
I
mean
the
hook
is
hopefully
you
do
it.
You
enjoy
it
and
you
come
back,
but
again,
it's
not
you're,
not
signing
a
contract
for
this.
F
F
F
I
I
E
F
No
just
someone
who's
willing
to
learn
the
the
very
basic
text
form
and-
and
you
know
nowadays,
you
really
don't
need
to
know
math,
you
can
you
have
calculators
and
you
have
computer
programs
that
do
all
that
for
you,
so
anyone
who's
got
the
interest
to
be
able
to
help.
I
would
imagine
that
being
bilingual
will
be
a
needed
skill
because
reaching
out
to
these
families,
many
of
them
will
not
speak
English
and
that's
part
of
the
challenge.
Right
of
them
filling
out
these
tax
forms.
F
D
G
G
This
week,
this
Saturday
we're
hosting
a
canvassing
Workshop
in
collaboration
with
the
Laredo
climate
cohort,
where
we're
inviting
community
members
like
yourself
to
join
us
and
learn
how
to
Canvas
different
neighborhoods
in
Laredo.
Our
goal
is
to
to
get
a
hundred
surveys
completed
per
eight
districts
of
Laredo,
we'll
be
meeting
on
Saturday
at
Falcon,
Bank
Ballroom
off
of
McPherson
from
9
30
a.m,
to
2,
30
p.m.
G
Volunteer
hours
are
community
service
hours
are
provided
and
we'll
be
canvassing
the
Streets
of
Laredo
on
September,
30th
and
October
7th.
In
order
to
Canvas
these
Straits.
On
those
days,
you
will
be
required
to
attend
the
orientation
happening
this
Saturday,
and
we
ask
that,
if
you're
not
over
the
age
of
18,
if
you
can
bring
your
parents
or
Guardian
to
help
you
canvas
and
they're
also
eligible
for
community
service.
G
K
J
J
and
the
other
end
we'll
be
providing
you
all.
You
know:
snacks,
on
the
canvassing
day,
if
you
go
to
the
orientation,
we'll
have
lunch,
and
so
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
you
all
are
taken
care
of
with
you
know
water
bottles
day
of,
and
you
have
a
map.
So
you
know
exactly
where
you're
gonna
go
we're
doing
canvasing
in
teams
of
two.
So
it's
preferred
that
one
of
the
canvas
canvassers
has
a
vehicle
and
they
have
a
driver's
license
with
insurance.
So.
G
I
G
G
I
A
A
Work
like
you
know,
going
to
speak
to
the
schools
and
Advising
the
seniors
and,
like
the
the
students
like
how
important
it
is
to
vote-
and
you
know
like
how
your
voice
is
able
to
be
heard
out
there
so
she's
willing
to
meet
with
us.
I
guess
like
another
meeting
like
have
another
meeting,
that's
what
we
can
call
it
right
like
another
meeting
yeah
another
meeting
with
her
to
come,
speak
with
us,
but
I
just
need
to
know
if
y'all
are
okay
with
that.
But
sorry.
I
L
C
C
M
Not
sure
the
council,
member
yeah
yeah,
it's
a
council
member
he's
the
one
in
charge
of
labs,
the
one
that's
supposed
to
be
like
he
was
he
didn't.
He
showed
that
he
didn't
really
like
pay
too
much
mind
to
it,
and
I
really
wanted
to
show
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
a
lot
like
a
lot
of
people
that
have
been
advocating
for
the
animal
daily.
A
lot
of
people
really
want
someone
to
help
out
with
the
animals.
No,
it's
going.
M
It's
been
going
on
with
the
animals
and
I
really
hope
we
could
like
start
something
maybe
help
somehow
in
a
way
start
finding
somehow
or
something.
That's
like
the
primary
about
animals.
Who's
been
going
on
with
the
animals,
because
I
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
circulating
that
all
the
animals
that
honor
that
came
on
a
database,
all
of
a
sudden
have
been
disappearing,
haven't
been
showing
up
and
anything
and
they've
been
saying
at
the
beginning
about
90
of
the
dogs.
M
Yeah
and
I
really
want
to
shed
some
light
or
do
something
that
could
possibly
help
because
I
know.
A
lot
of
people
here
in
Laredo
have
been
really
hoping
for
some
change
and
a
lot
of
people
have
been
advocating
for
it,
and
I
was
hoping
that
maybe
we
could
do
some
kind
of
something
for
the
animals
going
on
with
the
animals.
A
F
A
A
Since
it's
like
you
know
like
Laredo,
is
all
about
Hispanics
we're
mostly
made
up
of
Hispanic
majority.
You
know
like
we're
constantly
having
festivals
like
the
jalapeno
festival
or
other
festivals,
but
it's
never
really
something
that
gets
the
youth
involved.
It's
always
mostly
like
for
adults
like
we
don't
really
have
the
youth
to
come
outside,
and
if
you
speak
to
them,
they
always
say
like.
A
Oh
there's
nothing
to
do
on
Laredo,
so
something
that
I
wanted
to
work,
as
is
like
a
project
for
the
all
of
the
U,
is
something
that
we
can
feel
like
we're.
A
part
of
is
probably
like
try
to
do
like
a
festival
downtown
specifically
like
since
it's
like
downtown.
You
know
it's
very.
How
can
I
put
it
like
unique
I
guess
have
like
a
Hispanic
type
of
festival
for
like
young
people
like
people
like
us,
you
know
college
students,
high
school
students.
M
It's
a
great
deal
right.
Please!
Let
me
keep
in
mind
that
I
think
a
few
weeks
ago
the
whole
kidnapping
thing
has
been
going
on
with
the
youth
and
a
lot
of
parents
have
been
scared
with
the
kids
and
what's
been
going
on
with
them
being
more
cautious
with
their
kids,
so
I
feel
like
it
should
be
something
for
the
use
and
for
the
parents.
M
So
it
could
be
there
too,
so
because,
with
the
whole,
like
everything
about
being
people
being
kidnapped
and
everything's
been
going
on
with
the
parents
being
more
cautious
of
their
kids,
I
feel
like
for
sure
so,
like
keep
that
in
mind.
Yeah
keep
in
mind
like
have
like,
like
you
know,
every
organ
address
project
to
have
people
like
or
security,
something
watching.
M
L
So
a
suggestion
for
you,
I
I,
think
that's
like
a
broader
conversation
that
in
like
a
planning
stage
where
you
to
to
suggest
that
I
had
mentioned
it
last
time
you
all
did
talk
about
a
festival
or
something
downtown
you
could
like
I
had
to
mention.
There
is
no
funding
source.
So
fundraising
may
be
something
you
would
need
to
do,
but
you
could
tag
on
to
other
events
that
already
happened
downtown,
maybe
not
a
bigger
Festival
but
like
with
center
for
the
art
or
something
and
kind
of
collaborate.
H
K
M
A
A
Thoughts
there
possibly
have
a
social
media,
so
if
that
were
to
get
to
pass
of
course,
the
comments
have
to
be
disabled,
so
nobody's
a
lot
of
comments
on
it.
We
are
allowed
to
Advocate
it
there,
since
social
media
is
the
number
one
primary
usage
for
us
young
people.
So
if
that
is
to
pass-
and
we
do
go
along
with
this
project,
it
will
be
much
more
easier
to
Advocate
this
out
to
the
youth.
L
A
Also
have
that
support
and
if
it
does
go
to
pass,
we
can
also
work
on
y'all.
Can
that
you're
administrators
know
so
they
can
also
mention
it
to
on
the
announcements
they
can
announce
it
and
they
can
also.
We
have
contact
with
the
tamiu
and
Elsie,
so
we
can
contact
them
as
well
to
put
up
put
them
out
there
and
we
can
make
flyers
as
well,
something.
L
L
This
had
been
brought
up
also
something
similar
with
the
first
youth
Council
and
an
idea
that
we
had
was
also
doing.
They
also
had
something
like
a
festival
or
conference
Workshop
downtown,
but
to
your
point
of
getting
students
involved,
maybe
I'm
not
in
a
school
right,
but
getting
them
to
go
on
a
weekend
is
different
versus
seeing
if
you
can
partner
with
your
districts
and
stuff
that
maybe
it
has
like
a
leadership
component
or
something
that
you
can
do
it
during
the
school
day
and
your
organizations
come
or
your
school
puts.
L
A
Yes,
yes,
I
think
that
would
work,
because
I
know
that
the
district
does
do
that.
For
events
like
today,
there
was
an
event
at
the
arena
for
people
who
want
to
become
a
police
officer
or
a
firefighter
like
they
automatically.
Just
tell
you
hey,
you
know
what
like
you're
gonna
go
you're
gonna
go
when
they
send
you
so
I.
Think
that
would
that's
a
good
suggestion.
L
Yeah,
what
had
been
discussed
I,
don't
remember
all
the
details,
but
I
know
they
were
like.
Maybe
we
can
have
like
speakers
right
like
a
leadership
speaker
or
you
know,
because
it's
with
the
city
highlight
last
year
we
talked
about
doing
the
documentary
that
in
this
situation
it
was
city
will
have
booths
or
presentations
as
well
just
so
that
would
be
the
one
chance
for
other
people
to
also
learn
what
you
guys
are
kind
of
getting
and
maybe
working
with
another
non-profit
or
other
organizations
to
kind
of
like
still
make
it
fun
like.
L
K
B
L
I
agree
so
I
like
where
you
guys
I'm
sorry
I,
keep
on
interrupting,
but
I'm
trying
to
kind
of
go
off
of
what
you
all
are
saying.
I
think
there's
different
ways:
you
can
go
off
because
Mia
has
a
point
with
a
topic,
so
you
guys
are
bringing
up.
Damien
has
a
point.
You
all
have
a
point
and
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
you
guys
support
right.
So
when
we
talk
about
your
project,
we're
talking
about
one
an
annual
project
that
is
kind
of
you're
gonna
build
up
to
it.
L
Right,
it's
not
going
to
happen
tomorrow.
You
have
to
put
work
into
it.
Okay,
you
can
work
on
what
that
agenda
is.
You
can
say
at
this
event
right
or
this
Workshop
you're
also
going
to
pull
ideas
here,
you're
pulling
ideas
from
yourselves,
they're
gonna,
pull
from
everyone
and
you're
going
to
present
that
idea
to
city
council
right,
you
can
say
we
got
Laredo
youth
together.
We
did
this,
that's
one
way.
L
You
could
also
look
at
this
another
way
you
could
continue
with
the
idea
of
a
workshop
Festival,
whatever
whatever
that
is,
but
that
does
not
stop.
You
from
doing
other
things
throughout
the
year,
you
can
say
I
want.
You
know
we
want
to
create
a
committee
or
we
want
to
do
this
other
project.
You
can
say
I
want
to
partner
with
race.
So
next
meeting
you
can
three
of
you
can
put
an
item
on
the
agenda
and
say
we
met
with
Ritz.
We
want
to
propose
a
youth
Council.
L
You
know
based
off
of
what
came
in
from
the
campusing
results.
What
is
our
take
on
it?
What
can
the
city
do
and
you
create
a
proposal
so
there's
other
ways
for
you
to
also
do
projects
outside
of
a
big
one.
The
big
one
is
more
to
kind
of
give
you
some
guidance
to
say
you
should
do
this
by
the
end
of
the
year
and
the
other
ones
are.
L
You
can
work
on
them
throughout
the
year
you
can
say
we're
working
on
small
things
throughout
the
year
and
at
the
conference,
whatever
you're
going
to
Showcase
and
get
feedback
from
the
rest
of
Laredo
youth
that
are
in
leadership
position.
So
just
think
of
that
that
it's
not
just
this
one
thing
and
that's
all
you're
going
to
do.
You
have
different
Avenues
to
talk
about
things
and
do
things.
A
Yeah
and
that's
why
I'm
telling
you
guys
like
tell
me
your
ideas
like
this
one
project,
it's
not
gonna,
it's
not
gonna,
be
the
only
thing.
We're
gonna
focus
on
like
no,
it's
just
the
project
for
the
year
and
we
can
still
have
other
projects
like
what
y'all
are
saying
like
that
can
still
happen.
That's
why
I
want
you
all
to
tell
me
what
are
your
ideas
like,
even
if
it
doesn't
make
sense
spit
it
like,
say
it
we
can
make
something
out
of
it.
L
O
We
should
have
an
advertisement
promoting
youth
that
are
recently
of
age
to
vote,
not
just
because
youth
involvement
is
vital
in
the
heart
of
Laredo,
but
just
youth
involvement
needs
to
kick
up
you're.
The
future
of
Laredo
and
I
feel
like.
If
we
made
an
advertisement
of
such,
we
would
be
able
to
increase
voter
involvement.
I'm.
E
N
L
L
A
K
A
That's
something
that
I
want
to
work
on
specifically
now,
because
for
the
high
schools
it
closes
on
October,
11th
or
October
yeah
October
11th
is
when
the
deadline
closes
for
high
schoolers
to
go
in
there
to
speak
to
them
to
vote.
So
this
would
kind
of
be
like
a
kind
of
fast
project
that
would
be
coming
up
soon.
So
she
would
like
want
to
meet
with
us
to
speak
to
you
all
and
give
you
more
information
onto
how
this
is
going
to
work.
A
Of
course,
it
wouldn't
be
by
yourself
we're
going
to
have
other
representatives
there.
We
have
Melissa
Rosa,
the
one
that
came
here,
she's
willing
to
work
with
us
as
well,
along
with
other
council
members,
we
have
other
representatives
from
Laredo
that
are
also
willing
to
go
in
there
with
you
all
and
help
you
all
you're
not
going
to
be
there
by
yourself
and,
of
course,
like
the
district
and
your
principals
administrators
like
they
would
be
aware
of
it
too.
A
E
E
L
L
N
So
what
I
would
like
to
do
and
I
don't
know
if
they're
they're
already
doing
this
in
the
Laredo
Public
Library,
but
to
set
up
these
these
little
meetings,
these
little
meats
that
children
can
go
to
and
an
adult
is
reading
to
them,
books
that
are
at
their
reading
level.
So
we
can
have
different
levels
like,
for
example,
pre
from
like
children
that
are
that
are
two
years
old
to
five
years
old
you'll
have
an
adult
reading,
Dr
Seuss
to
them,
and
then
children
that
are
in
the
first
grade
to
the
third
grade.
N
L
So
I
know
they
do
reading
for
kids
and
stuff,
but
I
like
where
you're
going
and
as
a
youth
Council.
That
would
be
a
great
opportunity
for
you
all
to
take
as
a
volunteer
session
that
you
guys
yeah
that
you
guys
can
plan
it
and
say
the
youth
Council
presents
these
reading
sessions
for
the
next
two
months
or
whatever.
That
is
once
a
day
and
I
I
really
like
that.
Actually
I
like
that
as
one
of
the
side,
products.
I
L
Really
like
that,
actually-
and
that's
something
if
you
guys
even
you
guys,
seem
to
have
a
lot
of
ideas.
I
think
you
should
have
another
meeting
this
month
and
talk
through
some
of
these,
so
you
can
have
more
time
during
the
year,
but
because
of
time,
I
want
you
all
to
focus
on
your
annual
project.
Grant
yeah.
I
H
Yeah,
so
Victoria
I
was
thinking
on
doing
something
more
focused
on
the
environment.
So
when
I
was
looking,
when
I
was
going
through,
Instagram
I
found
that
some
cities
implemented
what's
implemented.
What's
called
Green
roofs,
so
they
basically
make
like
a
little
Garden
on
top
of
roofs.
And
what
does
this?
What
this
does
is
that
it
helps
with
the
heat
with
the
global
warming
right,
at
least
within
the
city,
with
I,
think
it's
called
the
city
Iceland.
H
In
fact,
it's
an
effect
in
which
the
heat
just
keeps
it
keeps
retaining
inside
the
city.
So
it's
there
for
more
more
hard
drive.
So
this
green
roofs
help
the
city
Liberty.
That's
that
that's
accumulated
inside
of
the
city,
so
we
could
try
to
prompt
or
encourage
the
creation
of
these
green
roofs
or
even
created
or
or
even
create
them
ourselves
and
the
in
the
buildings
that
the
city
owns
like
the
I
think
it's
called
The
Hamilton,
Hotel
Hamilton.
D
L
So
any
of
your
ideas,
even
from
like
a
workshop
that
you
do
with
other
youth
or
your
own,
we
can
go
present
that
to
city
council
for
them,
especially
if
it
needs
like
Council
approval,
hey,
we
should
have
a
law
that
you
know
does
this
or
to
con.
You
know,
because
of
our
climate
issues.
The
city
should
adopt
this.
You
all
can
take
that.
E
Okay,
what
I
like
your
deal,
but
one
thing
that
we
need
to
really
think
about,
is
like
all
the
effort
out
of
going
through
it,
making
sure
like
Mia
set
for
safety
three
instance,
and
also
we
would
have
to
think
about.
You
know
like
how
little
water
we
get
in
Laredo,
especially
on
the
top
of
our
roofs
people,
don't
usually
water
their
roofs.
L
Well,
something
that
other
cities
do
regarding
like
gardening
and
stuff
and
I
think
this
would
also
work
on
a
roof
or
anywhere
is
zero
escaping
meaning
you're.
You
know
how
many
of
us
have
houses
have
really
nice
grass
and
flowers
and
trees
that
take
up
a
lot
of
water,
but
zeroscaping
is
also
putting
the
types
of
native
plants
that
don't
need
as
much
water,
so
you're
conserving.
E
We
have
to
think
about
how
like
aesthetically
pleasing
it
would
look
because
like
well.
Yes,
it's
not
the
most
important
thing
to
the
homeowners
or
to
the
people.
It
would
be
because
if
we
put
native
plants
in
there
well,
yes,
they
will
grow
and
they'll
Thrive.
If
they
don't
look,
good
people
aren't
going.
M
A
B
L
M
M
A
B
L
How
can
you
make
this
better?
How
can
we
take
some
of
what
you've
done
and
say,
city
council?
Can
you
implement
within
your
department
to
now
do
this,
or
can
you
work?
You
know,
with
a
department
assigned
to
create
a
partnership
with
UI
with
the
school
districts,
to
have
these
types
of
guard
I'm
making
things
up,
but
you
can
kind
of
do
that
and
you
have
an
easier
project
and
it
gives
you
time
to
do
other
things
and.
A
The
school
districts
or
other
urgencies
so
I
think
that's
a
really
good
idea
and,
like
you
said,
like
a
festival
like
that,
like
I
said
it
can
be
a
little
side,
project
or
I.
Think
the
gardening
is
better
because
again,
it
does
take
months
for
a
garden
to
grow
and
everything
and
we
can
fix
it
up
and
towards
the
end
of
the
year.
Before
our
position
ends,
we
can
have
like
a
workshop
or
something
with
the
youth,
and
we
can
have
it
there,
so
they
can
see
our
work
and
be
like
hey.
A
Guys
and
then
again
keep
in
mind,
that's
something
that
didn't
pick
Laredo
because
then
that's
just
gonna
stay
there
forever,
like
it's,
not
gonna,
leave
and
again,
like
your
Roofing,
like
I
like
it,
but
at
the
same
time
also
think
about
the
storms
like
we
do
have
a
lot
of
Storms
and
a
lot
of
times.
Roofs
get
damaged.
So
just
like
think
about
the
damage
it's
going
to
cause
like,
let's
just
say,
there's
a
very
bad
storm
and
it
just
gets
knocked
down
the
the
mess
that
it's
gonna
make.
M
Roofs
in
Laredo
Armament
and
aren't
built
as
strong.
So
if
you
don't
have
any
like
huge
dorms
like
tornadoes
hurricanes,
if
you
don't
have
any
of
that,
they
don't
make
our
roofs
like
storm
storm
fruit
they
just
like
they
make
them
right.
They
make
them
good.
But
since
we
don't
have
anything
like
that,
they're
kind
of
not
built
as
strong
as
other
house
would
be.
O
Job
Layla
I
wanted
to
add
on
to
the
Garden
idea,
say
we
take
on
the
garden
and
we
have
a
booth
at
the
farmer's
market
at
the
outlets,
because
that
would
not
only
promote
the
garden.
It
would
also
get
the
public
interested,
because
people
who
care
about
the
environment
and
like
going
to
the
farmer's
market
will
already
be
there.
People
who
like
go
into
the
outlets,
will
already
be
there
and
it'll
be
a
chance
to
also
like
call
to
the
community.
Hey.
Would
you
guys
like
to
partake
in
the
community
garden?
B
L
B
L
To
come
here
to
come
here,
you
can
and
you
can
bring
friends
and
volunteers.
This
area
is
not
as
big
as
over
there,
so
you
can
say
every
Saturday
or
every
other
Saturday.
You
know
a
sign
I'm,
and
then
you
bring
volunteers
and
maybe
have
lunch
or
something
here,
but
maybe
not
a
best.
The
space
is
not
that
big.
J
A
L
E
L
Say
we
can
put
together
like
a
list
of
guidelines
like
Hey,
we're
looking
for
sponsors
for
our
youth,
Council
garden
with
the
City
of
Laredo.
You
know,
would
you
be
willing
to
donate,
and
then
we
can
say
you
know
the
city
will
give
them
a
letter
of
donation
or
something
but
we'd
have
those
guidelines
saying
you
know
at
our
Festival,
you
you
know
or
when
we
present
this,
you
will
be
mentioned
as
a
sponsor
or
something
so
we.
B
B
N
Another
idea
I
like
good,
like
a
drive-in
movie
movie
idea
where
we
show
movies,
usually
family,
mostly
family,
friendly
movies,
and
now
that
October
is
coming
up
every
Saturday.
We
can
do
a
horror
movie
and
it's
not
exactly
like
a
drive-in
like
it.
We,
if
it's
possible,
we
can
go
to
a
park,
get
get
a
permit
to
do.
F
A
I
N
A
M
I,
like
it
too,
they
have
that
in
far
and
Far
I
believe
it's
got
to
order
from
here,
but
they
have
a
drive-in
movie,
theater
and
I've
seen
that
at
night
it
does
get
pretty
packed.
It's
a
really
good
way
to
get
funding
for
other
projects.
It's
a
really
good
way
to
bring
the
community
together
because
I
know
a
lot
of
people
with.
A
A
E
O
E
It's
a
safari
yeah.
They
have
it's
very,
it's
mostly
unknown
yet,
but
they
have
stuff
like
giraffes
zebras
all
there
and
it's
a
beautiful
place
and
I
was
wondering
if
maybe
we
could
find
a
way
to
work
with
them,
help
bring
that
attention
to
it.
You
know
to
the
public,
you
know
make
it
more
Scene
now.
B
M
A
E
M
A
A
A
N
N
Then
second
half
of
November
we'll
have
the
Christmas
and
then
the
rest
of
December,
we'll
have
Christmas
movies
and
it'll
raise
funding
for
us,
and
it
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
a
drive-in
movie
theater.
Depending
on
how
big
the
park
is
and
everything
it
could
just
be
like
a
picnic
movie
sort
of
situation
where
you
bring
your
blanket.
N
L
O
M
Laredo
I
know
you
thought
of
that
more
than
welcome
there's
nothing
else
to
do
with
your
Laredo,
so
I
feel
like
if
we
were
to
make
something
completing
you
I
know
it's
something
that
people
here
really
haven't
seen:
I,
think
they'll
catch
up
to
people's
eyes
and
they'll
want
to
go
visit.
It
maybe
once
maybe
twice
experience
with
their
family.
For
someone.
N
L
Yeah,
so
just
I
think
that
just
to
wrap
it
up,
I
think
things
like
that
are
a
good
idea.
You
all
will
need
possibly
to
do
a
fundraiser,
but
that's
something
you
can
bring
at
the
next
meeting.
You
would
have
to
get
sponsors
and
put
it
together.
Okay,
so
if
you,
you
guys,
have
a
lot
of
ideas,
I'm
going
to
reach
back
to
you
guys
to
say
next
for
the
next
agenda.
L
I
I
L
L
L
C
I
D
K
P
P
To
create
a
integrated,
Water
and
Wastewater
master
plan,
we're
going
to
cover
the
water
plan
today,
which
has
already
been
submitted.
It
is
in
the
final
form
it
is
available
at
the
City
Utilities
website.
You
can
find
it
there
with
all
the
Tendencies
and
everything
else
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
really
brief
overview.
P
The
presentation
that
I
laughed
together
for
the
council
was
very
in-depth,
but
they
had
seen
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
we
are,
that
I'm
going
to
show
you
today,
I'm
going
to
bring
you
up
to
speak,
they
they
were
walking
along
the
process.
This
is
a
two-year
process,
so
they
were
able
to
see
all
the
things
that
we're
doing,
and
then
we
brought
all
the
new
council
members
up
to
speed,
and
then
we
proceeded
to
present
the
the
final
draft.
P
What
I'm
going
to
do
today
is
just
kind
of
get
you
to
that
point
where
the
final
draft
was
submitted
and
let
you
ask
questions
because
that'll
give
us
a
really
good
foundation
for
for
some
of
the
questions
you
might
have
about
what
the
city
is
doing
for
its
water
for
the
future.
Okay,
a
couple
things
about
me:
I'm
former
city
council
member,
served
two
terms:
I
was
the
chairman
of
the
waters
issues
committee,
I'm,
really
passionate
about
secondary
water
and
about
water
and
infrastructure.
P
When
I
got
on
Council,
there
were
million
dollar
homes
in
Plantation
and
Winfield
that
could
not
get
water.
On
the
second
floor,
because
the
infrastructure
was
so
poor
that
it
did
not
have
sufficient
investment
in
it
to
be
able
to
create
the
kind
of
network
of
pipes
to
take
with
water
in
the
system,
not
that
we
didn't
have
water,
we
had
plenty
of
water,
we
just
couldn't
remove
it.
P
P
What
were
the
goals
of
the
master
plan?
The
goals
of
the
master
plan
for
both
Water
waste
water
infrastructure
of
Laredo
was
to
prepare
for
its
growth.
We're
going
to
do
coordinated
efforts
with
City
staff.
Look
at
all
the
previous
Master
plans
that
have
been
done
in
the
last
10
years.
That
had
not
been
one
done
since
2015,
but
there
were
a
couple
prior
to
that
and
then
prepare
for
walk,
Supply
vulnerabilities
and
emergency
outages
as
you're
sitting
here
in
the
water
Museum
next
to
the
river.
P
P
A
lot
of
it
is
a
lot
of
harsh
realities
that
you'll
see
at
the
tail
end,
where
we're
telling
you
okay
for
us
to
get
to
where
you
all
want
to
be
where
you
all
have
water,
because
by
2070
I
may
not
be
here
but
assume
assuming
that
I'm,
not
you
all,
for
certainly
shouldn't
be
that's
50
years
down
the
road
you
all
will
be
at
my
age
and
do
you
have
enough
water
for
your
future,
not
just
for
you
to
drink,
but
for
Commerce
for
industry?
All
of
those
things
are
taken
into
account.
P
P
We
were
asked
to
look
at
Lake
Casablanca
as
a
potential
secondary
water
source,
reusing
the
water
that
you
currently
use
from
Wastewater
being
able
to
not
only
filter
it
for
use
of
the
golf
course
could
actually
bring
it
back
into
the
system,
Retreat
it
and
drink
it
yeah,
and
so,
when
people
hear
you're
going
to
take
water
from
the
Wastewater
system
to
the
bathroom
and
you
can
run
it
through
filters
and
then
we're
going
to
drink
it
again.
You
know
what
places
they
do
that
it's
a
tertiary,
what
they
call
it.
P
P
The
water
system
dates
back
to
1882.,
look
right
behind
you,
there's
a
piece
of
wooden
pipe.
The
system
is
that
old
and
in
some
places
where
we
dig.
This
is
what
we
find
stuff
like
that:
it's
not
all
PVC.
It's
cast
iron
and
clay
pipe
all
types
of
materials
that
were
slowly
but
surely
replacing
as
we
go
along
closer
most
water
is
in
the
Rio
Grande.
The
reality
is
all
the
water
is
coming
from.
Every
organ
we
don't
have
the
secondary
source.
Here
there
are
some
people
who
have
independent
Wells.
P
P
The
last
Master
plant
prior
to
the
2115,
the
2015,
was
2011
and
then,
of
course,
state
of
Texas
has
a
big
big
board
protection,
water
development
board
and
the
water
development
thunderboard,
all
those
folks.
What
they
do
is
they
oversee
all
the
water
in
Texas.
Now
much
like
oil,
water
has
what
they
call
the
right
of
capture.
So
if
you
own
a
big
big
Ranch
and
you
have
oil,
the
oil
belongs
to
you.
If
you
own
the
mineral
rocks
over
the
course
of
time,
mineral
rights
have
been
sold
with
water.
P
It
goes
dry,
there's
not
much
water
that
comes
out
after
that.
So
there's
a
section
of
it.
That
just
runs
pretty
dry
through
here,
but
then
it's
met
up
by
the
conchos
river,
which
is
in
Mexico
's
River
feeds
into
the
Rio
Grande.
It
is
probably
the
major
distributor
of
water
into
the
Rio
Grande,
followed
by
the
battles
it's
held
up
at
I'm,
stopped
Dam,
and
then
it
comes.
P
And
here
goes
to
Zapata
to
the
Falcon
Lake
Dam
and
then
onto
the
Rio
Grande
at
the
at
the
mouth
of
the
river
over
here
in
Brownsville.
It
is
our
only
source
of
water.
There
have
been
times
when
the
river
has
gone
dry
in
the
1950s,
where
you
could
actually
walk
across
in
New
Mexico,
and
there
was
there
was
no
water
in
the
river.
That
hasn't
happened,
since
if
people
worry
about
that
right
now,
but
we've
been
fortunate
that
we've
not
had
it
go
dry.
P
That's
one
of
the
things
that
we
were
worried
about
as
a
community.
What
happens
if
we
don't
have
new
water,
long
term,
short
term?
What
happens
if
you
have
a
chemical
spill
or
something
that
happens
here
that
interrupts
your
ability
to
drink
water
for
a
week
while
the
water
cleans
up,
while
the
chemical
still
goes
by,
so
we
were
asked
to
look
at
potentially?
What
can
we
do
in
that
scenario
here.
P
Okay,
so
we
needed
to
update
the
city's
water
bottle.
We
need
to
do
the
population,
the
demand
projections,
hydraulic
models,
evaluate
the
entire
system
and
then
come
up
with
a
capital
Improvement
plan.
Cip
development
is
capital,
Improvement
plan.
That
is
how
you
decide
which
projects
go
first
and
where
the
money
is
going
to
come
from
once
we
did
all
that
we
were
able
to
then
come
back
and
make
some
recommendations
to
the
city
and
put
them
into
that.
Master
Plan.
P
Additionally,
we're
looking
for
future
demands
that
is
water
for
now,
and
the
next
50
years,
just
on
regular
demand
as
population
grows,
and
then
what
happens
if
there's
an
emergency
outage
right
when
something
bad
happens
and
we
don't
have
access
to
the
water.
Those
are
the
things
that
we
were
asked
to
evaluate
and
identify
for
the
city.
P
P
Okay,
this
may
not
mean
a
lot
to
you
in
a
second,
but
I'll
explain
why
this
is
important.
Right
now,
the
City
of
Laredo
has
acquired
enough
water
rights
on
the
Rio
Grande.
They
have
enough
water
for
everyone
to
drink,
including
the
population
growth.
Assuming
we
do
nothing
else,
we
don't
go,
buy
any
more
water.
We
don't
do
anything
else
to
2040..
P
E
P
Yeah
16
years,
that's
not
a
lot.
I
was
on
the
council
20
years
ago.
That's
how
fast
time
does
work
it.
It
is
inevitable
the
city
will
continue
to
grow
and
now
because
we're
the
largest
port
in
the
nation,
more
and
more
companies
are
deciding
to
relocate
here.
More
and
more
businesses
coming
here.
The
city
is
only
going
to
continue
to
grow,
so
we
need
to
get
an
additional
22,
000
acre
feet
and
I'll.
P
Explain
all
that
to
you,
which
is
basically
an
extra
20
million
gallons
a
day
that
we
could
process
in
the
case
of
an
emergency
right
now
the
city
has
approximately
18
million
gallons
of
storage,
that's
it.
That
is
if
we
filled
up
every
tank.
Let's
say
a
big
chemical
still
happened
to
Mexico
between
Eagle
Pass
and
Laredo.
We're
not
going
to
be
able
to
drink
water
for
10
days.
P
We
would
have
enough
storage
to
store
about
18
million
gallons.
That's
it
after
that.
What
do
you
do
and
if
your
demands
and
you'll
see
that
in
a
second
next
slide,
your
demand,
your
average
demands,
are
somewhere
in
the
30
million
a
day?
What
happens
then?
You're
short
12
million
gallons,
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
were
asked
to
study
and
evaluate
okay
according
to
the
census.
P
P
That's
where
we
were
before
I
think
we're
we're
closing
in
on
285,
but
they
missed
so
many
people
because
of
the
pandemic.
We
think
that
populations
closer
to
310.
Plus,
it
doesn't
ever
account
for
the
transient
Community.
We
have.
We
have
a
million
and
a
half
people
in
Colorado,
so
many
of
those
folks
cross
into
the
into
Laredo
every
day
and
all
the
truck
drivers
15
000
trucks
a
day
across
from
our
bridges.
All
those
people
that
come
in
people
who
can
do
work
all
put
a
strain
on
a
water
and
Bush
water
systems.
J
L
P
P
P
One
foot
a
walk,
12
inches,
so
one
acre
foot
of
water
is
326
thousand
gallons
and
that's
how
much
of
a
football
field
to
cover
with
one
foot
of
water
all
the
way
through.
We
currently
have
enough
to
meet
the
demands
for
2040.,
so
we
need
to
prepare
for
the
rest
of
now.
The
city
has
done
a
really
good
job,
because
there
are
cities
that
are
right
now,
don't
have
enough
water
and
they're
scrambling
to
get
water
imported
from
ground
sources
or
surface
water.
Laredo
doesn't
have
that
problem.
Yeah.
P
P
P
P
A
couple
of
the
big
issues
that
we
have
when
we
look
at
secondary
water
and
I'm,
going
to
bounce
around
a
little
bit,
but
I'll
tie
it
all
together.
Right
now,
the
City
of
Laredo
produces
water
for
you
to
drink
at
a
battle
rate
of
a
dollar,
ninety
per
thousand
gallons.
That
is
what
it
cost
for
Deuces.
Now
what
you
buy
it
for
what
you
pay
for
the
parents
pay
for
on
water
bill.
It
is
what
it's
costing
us
to
produce
it.
P
What
does
everybody
tell
you
water's
too
expensive
right
your
parents
always
complaining
if
the
water
bill
is
too
high
and
that
the
sewer
bill
is
too
high.
Well,
it's
because
when,
in
reality,
we're
probably
at
the
lower
end
of
the
of
the
cost
scale,
there
are
so
many
cities
that
charge
way
more
than
we
do
that
are
cities
our
size
and
cities
that
are
bigger
and
smaller
than
us.
P
They
charge
way
more
than
what
we
do
for
our
water,
but
because
we've
had
water
issues,
the
value
proposition
right
am
I,
getting
good
water
for
what
I'm
paying
for
a
lot
of
people
would
answer.
No,
when
we
did
the
surveys
to
go
with
our
master
plan,
that
was
one
of
the
biggest
things
they
were
telling
us
I,
don't
think
I'm
getting
a
good
value
for
what
I
pay,
not
that
it
didn't
wasn't
good
water.
They
said
the
value,
wasn't
there.
They
were
too
many
line.
P
Breaks
too
many
interruptions
too
many
boil
water
notices
too
many
times
when
they
had
to
cut
back
on
the
water
or
that
they
didn't
like
the
quality
of
it.
Many
of
them
installed
filters.
People
were
drinking
bottled
water
or
those
kind
of
things
were
happening
as
part
of
the
survey.
They
were
telling
us
that's
what
was
happening
so
as
part
of
the
evaluation
for
segregated
water.
The
first
thing
everybody
tells
us
why
don't
y'all
go
get
one
from
play.
Casablanca,
it's
a
big
lake.
P
It's
not
a
big
lake.
The
the
lake
itself
is,
you
know,
1680
acre
surface.
The
volume
when
it
first
was
permitted
was
at
36
feet
max
depth.
The
Miller
places
that
were
probably
a
little
deeper
but
36
max
depth
was
on
the
average
and
what's
happened
since
then
in
2007,
it
had
dropped
at
27
feet.
It's
now
under
15
feet,
so
the
average
depth
is
under
15
feet.
P
P
So
our
conclusions
were
that
it
had
limited
potential
for
as
a
reservoir,
even
the
use
for
damning,
Aid
or
emergency
need.
If
it's
going
to
be
too
expensive
to
get
it
from
the
lake
to
here
to
be
able
to
treat
it,
and
so
it
wasn't
worth
doing
that
as
well,
as
you
know,
didn't
have
any
storage
capacity,
because
water
was
stored
on
a
lake
like
this.
That's
really
shallow
loses
a
lot
of
water.
Evaporation.
Of
course,
this
summer
we
all
saw
how
hot
it
was.
P
The
lake
was
really
dropping
its
levels,
based
on
that
fact.
It
doesn't
have
it
in
depth
for
it
to
store
water.
The
water
at
20,
feet
below
is
cool,
but
at
12
or
13
it's
evaporating
and
then
the
cost
to
make
it
bigger
and
make
it
deeper
way
too
expensive
and
we're
talking
100
million
dollars
just
to
just
to
dredge
them
up,
plus
just
to
have
disposal
costs
and
all
the
things.
P
We
looked
at
what's
called
brackish
water.
Brackish
water
is
just
water
that
has
a
lot
of
solids
in
it.
A
lot
of
salt,
it's
kind
of
dirty
water.
If
you
go
get
rid
of
the
ranch,
if
any
own
branches
or
go
to
a
ranch,
then
they
take
well
water.
It
has
a
smell
to
it
and
feels
kind
of
funny.
Well,
that's
because
it's
practice
water
there
aren't
any
high
quality
reservoirs
in
the
area,
none
that
can
sustain
the
long-term
pumping.
So
we're
going
to
have
to
look
further
out.
P
P
Our
study
showed
that
there
was
no
place
to
really
store
them,
so
Aqua,
storage
and
Recovery,
which
is
known
as
Asar.
There's
just
no
place
to
do
here
in
San,
Antonio
yeah,
you
can
get
extra
water.
If
you
had
great
rainfalls
and
you
had
big
reservoirs
or
flow
water,
you
could
pump
that
into
the
aquifer
and
store
it
there
and
then
draw
it
out
when
you
need
it
later.
There's
no
place
to
do
it
here
and
what
can
there's
no
place
that
you
could
go
into
say
like
go
to
Grand
Canyon,
for
example?
P
You
could
use
that
as
a
storage
facility,
because
you
could
fill
the
Grand
Canyon
to
put
the
water
there's
no
place
that
has
those
kind
of
elevations
anywhere
in
Orlando,
even
sometimes
so
bad
Creek.
If
you
got
the
Mines
Road,
you
know
it
kind
of
looks
kind
of
deep,
but
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
store
any
water.
P
And
then
we
looked
at
the
surface,
another
surface
water.
The
one
thing
that
we
do
know
is
that
you
can
buy
more
water
rides
on
Rio
Grande.
All
the
water
in
the
Rio
Grande
is
owned
by
somebody.
Every
single
drop
of
water
that
we
go
around
is
owned
by
somebody.
There's
no
more
available
water
to
buy
unless
you
buy
it
from
someone
who
already
has
it
and
Mexico
owns
half
the
water
right?
There
was
they.
They
are
allowed
to
pump
half
the
water
in
an
agreement
that
they
have
treated.
P
There
were
two
instances
when
Mexico
refused
to
pay
its
water
debt
to
Texas,
that
is,
it
refused
to
put
water
back
into
the
Rio
Grande
to
the
point
where
there
were
some
really
harsh
letters
exchanged.
There
were
some
things
that
were
going
to
happen.
Some
economic
sanctions
and
eventually
Mexico
decided
to
open
the
dam
on
the
conscious,
River
and
allow
the
water
to
come
in
most
recently,
there
have
been
revolts.
There
have
been
takeovers
of
the
Dan
so
that
the
farmers
could
continue
to
get
water
because
they
need
water.
P
P
P
Some
of
the
wells
in
here
historically
have
never
dropped
an
inch,
no
matter
how
much
they
pump,
no
matter
how
much
how
dry
it
was,
how
little
rain
you
had.
The
aquifer
never
dropped
that
water
is
coming
from
somewhere
and
it's
prolific
not
like
San
Antonio,
San
Antonio
goes
through
a
drought
and
all
of
a
sudden
that
aquifer
just
drops
right.
That's
why
they're
that's
why
they
went
out
and
found
other
groundwater.
They
could
import
and
ground
surface
water
because
their
aquifers
were
going
dry.
P
Simple,
just
like
you
imported
important
natural
gas
by
pipeline,
it's
the
cheapest
way
to
do
it.
Now.
Some
people
have
talked
about
recently,
but
what,
if
I,
what?
If
I
took
water
from
here
and
I?
Put
it
in
the
river
and
I
took
it
out
over
here,
it's
possible
right.
It's
just
a
conveyance
of
water.
It's
just
moving
water
from
one
place
to
the
other
you're,
just
not
using
pipe,
but
how
much
is
lost
to
evaporation.
How
much
is
taken
out
by
people
who
stick
pipes
into
the
into
the
river?
P
P
The
problem
with
Webb
county
is
the
water
is
brackish.
It
does
not
have
a
lot
of
sustainability,
they
will
be
able
to
sell
us
some,
but
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
sell
us
all
the
water
we
need.
Dimmitt
county
has
a
lot
of
water.
It
requires
some
treatment,
but
in
the
agreements
we
would
tell
them.
Okay,
you
can
sell
me
water,
but
you
have
to
sell
it
to
me
at
this
quality
of
this
quantity,
the
guys
in
Val
Verde
in
Kinney
County.
You
don't
even
have
to
treat
the
water
you
can
put
chlorine
in.
P
If
you
want
fluoride,
but
it's
you
can
drink
it
straight
out
of
the
well.
It's
that
good,
but
it's
150
miles
away,
and
so
you
have
to
build
a
pipeline
to
get
here.
Pipelines
are
notoriously
expensive,
plus
if
you
own
the
land,
do
you
really
want
me
tearing
up
your
land
and
put
in
a
pipeline?
So
people
get
very
territorial
about
what
pipelines,
water
or
gas
or
oil
doesn't
really
matter.
P
They
just
don't
like
people
trenching
through
their
through
their
property,
and
then
they
have
to
give
up
the
easement,
which
means
I,
have
the
right
to
go
in
there
and
drive
on
your
property
and
look
at
the
pipeline
whenever
I
want
that's
what
those
easements
do
so
ranchers
are
aversive.
They
don't
really
want
to
have
that
happen.
P
P
Now,
at
that
point
we
would
negotiate
that
price,
but
could
we
could
we
get
it
so
again,
just
a
couple
things
that
we
looked
at
yeah,
there's
there's
enough
water
out
there
for
us
to
use,
but
I
don't
think
there
is
enough
for
us
enough
of
a
a
cost
differential
for
us
to
consider
a
a
viable
Source.
It's
going
to
be
too
expensive,
but
you're
going
to
need
it.
P
Okay,
so
right
now
in
our
master
plan,
once
we've
looked
at
all
those
things,
we
made
those
presentations
to
the
council.
We
came
back
and
said:
okay,
guys,
here's
what
y'all
need
to
work
on.
You
need
to
have
a
big
transmission
line,
because
the
south
is
always
running
out
of
water
for
some
reason,
they're
always
having
problems
with
boil
water
notices
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
you
need
to
do
a
big
loop
to
help
supplement
the
water
that
this
plant
puts
out.
P
You
need
to
make
water
plant
improvements
here
and
at
Epico
and
they're
already
on
the
way
they're
already
starting
to
do
projects
here,
they're
projected
in
Pico,
and
then
you
need
to
make
Pump
Station
improvements
to
increase
the
pressure
and
the
storage
of
the
flow
rates.
Why
does
the
city
have
little
water
notices?
Did
anybody
answer
that?
P
K
P
P
Every
time
a
water
line
breaks
depending
how
long
that
line
is
open
depending
how
much
water
flows
out
of
it,
depending
what
flows
into
it.
You
have
to
issue
a
bull
water
hose,
so
that
means
every
pipe
that
breaks
potentially
could
create
a
more
water.
Does
that
doesn't
mean
the
water
is
bad,
doesn't
mean
the
water,
wasn't
a
good
quality
when
it
came
out
of
the
plant.
It
just
means
that
there's
a
reason
why,
at
that
point
for
precautionary
reasons,
we're
not
going
to
let
you
drink
it.
P
Would
tell
you
that
there
are
two
there.
There
are
two
parts
of
the
city:
one
is
known
as
a
western
division,
the
other
one's
called
the
Eastern
Division.
And
if
you
look
at
I-35,
it's
kind
of
your
midline
from
say
the
Congo
Street
kind
of
that
area.
You
know
where
Dr
ice
is
that
area
South
and
west
of
35.
That's
the
Western
Division.
P
It
actually
extends
over
to
zakata
Creekside,
but
because
that's
what
they
use
second
degree
as
a
divider
as
well,
and
then
the
eastern
division
is
everything
that's
in
the
Heights,
all
the
way
down
to
Market
kind
of
that
area
before
you
get
to
Vietnam.
So
before
you
get
out
to
these
new
subdivisions,
all
those
were
the
areas
where
the
Loretta
ones
originally
settled,
and
they
you
know,
obviously
the
infrastructure.
P
There
is
very,
very
old
because
for
the
longest
time
for
lots
of
reasons,
everything
from
lack
of
you
know
we're
a
poor
community
at
one
time
really.
Poor
Community
didn't
have
this
kind
of
economy
that
we
have
now
corruption
and
all
the
other
things
that
go
with
that.
No
investment
was
made
into
the
system.
P
So
here
we
are
50
years
later,
the
city's
now
become
a
gone
on
the
map.
It's
become
an
economic
engine.
Well
guess
what
all
those
areas
don't
have
any
infrastructure,
and
so
the
city
over
the
last
25
years
has
been
laying
new
water
lines
downtown
along
all
the
all
these
areas
here
in
the
western
eastern
division,
but
you
notice
that
there's
never
any
old
water
noses
in
the
area
that
are
actually
originating
in
that
area,
even
though
it's
old
water
pipes.
P
P
What
happens
to
that
water?
Is?
It
comes
out
of
here?
It's
very
well
chlorinated.
It
is
clean
and
it's
fresh
and
then
it
goes
from
there
and
it
goes
to
an
elevated
storage
tank
right
and
it
sits
there
until
somebody
consumes
that
so
from
there.
It
goes
from
a
transmission
line
to
another
storage
tank
to
a
distribution
line
that
would
swear
to
go.
That
goes
from
like
a
60
inch
pipe
or
36
inch
pipe
down
to
24s,
20s
18s
12s
two
inch
water
lines.
Then
it
comes
to
your
house.
P
It
becomes
undrinkable
in
a
lot
of
cases
again
just
for
precautionary
reasons.
They
will
issue
the
bowl
of
water
notes
because
it
falls
below
a
standard,
not
because
it's
terrible
to
poison
or
anything
else.
It
just
Falls
below
the
standard
and
the
city
says:
I
have
to
notify
tcq
and
TCEQ
at
some
point
we'll
say
yes
or
no.
This
will
move
on,
but
it
happens
because
the
furthest
end
of
the
system
nobody's
drinking
water
Catch-22.
The
City
of
Laredo
was
put
into
a
program
where
I
had
to
provide
water
for
the
Colonials
colonists.
P
Do
not
belong
to
the
city,
the
city
does
not
tax
them.
They're
right
out
of
the
county.
The
city
has
to
provide
them
water
under
this
colonious
bill
that
was
passed
back
in
the
late
90s
early
2000s
we
put
in
water
lines,
but
the
waters
put
in
large
water
lines.
Four
inch
pipe
eight
inch
pipe
fire
hydrants,
but
nobody
lives
here.
Nobody
consumes
their
water.
P
So
at
the
very
tail
end
of
the
system,
the
water
just
gets
old
and
all
of
a
sudden
you
get
what's
called
electrification
and
the
microbes
are
in
there
start
feeding
on
the
ammonia
and
all
of
a
sudden.
You've
got
bad
water
and
that's
what
triggers
a
Boulevard
in
a
lot
of
cases
yeah.
So
in
some
cases
water
lines
will
water
line
breaks
will
do
that.
P
In
cases
where
there's
so
much
demand,
there's
not
enough
water
in
the
system,
not
enough
pressure,
that'll
turnable
water-
that
is,
but
typically
it's
because
the
water
is
aged
in
the
lines.
So
cities
working
right
now
to
Loop
the
water
to
do
a
lot
of
flushing
I,
don't
know
if
you
drive
somewhere,
you
see
the
fire.
Hydrants
are
open,
there's
just
flushing
the
water
out.
That's
what
they're
trying
to
do
they're
trying
to
use
the
water,
but
there's
no
there's
no
good
way
to
use
it.
P
P
So
right
now
the
city
Laredo
is
working
on
all
these
projects.
This
amounts
to
about
87
million
dollars
worth
of
work.
That's
going
on
right
now,
just
on
the
water
side,
we
haven't
even
talked
about
Wastewater.
It's
solar
water
slide,
they're,
already
spending
about
87
million
if
they
just
bonds
that
they
just
sold
in
2022
to
be
able
to
fix
all
these
lines.
P
P
With
the
water
last
year
remember
last
year
and
it's
still
like
July
well,
you
gotta
remember
that
line
comes
from
here
and
it
goes
all
the
way
to
Lion
Street
by
Nixon
all
the
way
up
there.
So
you
gotta.
First,
you
got
to
design
it
so
the
engineers
come
in
and
they
you
know,
make
plans.
They
kind
of
look
at
the
existing
lines
and
look
at
everything.
They've
got
and
how
they're
going
to
be
able
to
put
the
slime
in
and
then
once
they
design
it.
P
Then
you
go
out
and
you
get
bids
for
people
to
build.
It
contractors
come
and
build
it,
and
then
they
start
to
work.
That
process
is
very
long,
especially
because
in
a
lot
of
cases
you
have
other
entities
like
the
the
Union
Pacific
Rail
line.
You
have
to
get
permission
to
get
underneath
the
rail
line
I-35.
You
have
to
go
to
TxDOT
and
get
permission
to
get
underneath
35.
P
the
creek.
You
have
to
get
permission
for
the
U.S
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
to
get
underneath
the
creek.
So
all
those
processes,
all
the
bureaucracies
take
time.
So,
while
they're
designing
they're
already
asking
for
permission.
Typically,
the
engineers
to
get
ahead,
they
will
design
that
piece
that
that
fits
right
over
the
rail
line
and
that
piece
that
fits
over
35
and
a
piece
that
fits
over
a
creek
and
they'll
submit
those
things
to
the
core
and
to
all
the
respective
agencies.
First,
while
they
designed
the
rest
of
them.
P
So
the
city
has
multiple
pressure,
planes,
lots
and
lots
of
valves,
and
so
they
shut
one
valve
and
redirect
water
down
one
pipe
and
down
to
another
pipe
and
they
just
kind
of
move
around
as
much
as
they
can.
Now
it's
not
the
same
volume.
It's
not
the
same
pressures
that
they
that
they're
used
to
having
and
oftentimes,
because
you
can't
get
it
to
a
certain
pressure
or
you
can't
fill
the
tank.
P
You
have
to
answer
the
water
notice,
even
though
you
have
water
and
it's
probably
drinkable
just
because
you
don't
meet
the
standard
as
a
precaution,
you're
you're
not
allowed
to
drink
it
now
bolt
water
notice
is
the
lowest
notice
you
can
get.
You
can
also
get
a
do
not
do
not
drink
those
at
that
point,
you
can't
drink
it.
You
can't
give
it
to
you
can't
use
it
for
anything
on
your
body
and
then
there's
one
other
one
that
says
that
you
do
not
use
you
can't
water.
You
can't
feed
your
pets.
P
P
That
yeah,
we
haven't
had
one
of
those
in
20
years,
volleyball
water
notices.
So
that
says
a
lot
I
mean
everybody
picks
on
the
utilities
department
of
the
cigaretto,
oh
they're,
terrible
Corpus
has
two
do
not
use.
That's
three
I
mean
that's,
that's
the
worst
notice
you
can
pass
out.
That
means
they
cannot
bathe
with
it.
They
can't
feed
the
pets.
Okay,
I
mean
the
water
is
absolutely
contaminated,
so
in
their
case
they
had
a
hurricane
and
then
they
had
some
so
once
they
got
everything
working.
P
P
I
mean
they've,
they
could
be
weeks
could
be
months.
Yeah
I
mean
it
just
depends.
Typically
they're,
not
that
long,
because
people
work
really
really
fast
to
get
water
right.
I
mean
that's.
Water
is
life,
so
they
bring
everybody
in
Flint
Michigan
to
this
day.
So
it
was
not
correct
that
all
of
those
issues
there
are
major
lawsuits
and
stuff
because
that
water
actually
poisoned
people.
P
P
Your
teeth
like
shower
brush
shower
with
it
you're,
okay,
the
other
one,
the
last
one
that
water
gets
on
you,
you
kill
your
grass,
kill
your
pets
issues
like
that.
That's
the
worst
one!
We've
never
happened
with
those,
so
in
spite
of
all
the
all
the
things
that
have
happened,
we've
had
a
major
flood
in
2010
that
pretty
much
came
all
the
way
up
to
here
and
could
have
impacted.
The
entire
water
system
had
that
it
had
that
over
top
and
come
into
the
plant.
We
may
not
have
had
a
lot
so
yeah.
P
There's
a
the
cost
of
some
of
these
things
right
now,
you're,
looking
at
87
million
for
what
we
just
did
in
2022
between
now
and
2027,
we're
going
to
have
to
issue
another
67
million
dollars
in
debt,
basically,
the
way
the
City,
Works
and
most
middle
sponsors.
They
have
a
big
credit
card
based
on
the
amount
of
taxes
it
gets.
They
are
able
to
charge
for
these
things
they
go
in
there
and
they
say
we're
going
to
buy
this
we're
going
to
pay
for
it
over
time.
P
P
The
city
yeah,
the
the
cities,
let
me
kind
of
kind
of
break
it
up.
The
city
has
multiple
funds,
they
have
what
they
call
the
general
fund,
and
that
is
all
your
departments
that
are
like
parks
and
the
health
department
and
police
and
fire
all
of
those
are
dependent
on
property
taxes
for
its
Revenue.
But
then
you
have
what
they
call
Enterprise
funds,
the
bridge
that
Enterprise
fund.
It's
basically
a
business
that
the
city
owns
the
water
department,
which
water
that
is
a
business
that
the
city
owns
it
sells
water,
the
other
ones,
are.
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Environmental
environmental
department
is
also
an
Enterprise
line,
solid
waste,
your
garbage
collection,
that's
a
that's
a
business!
If
the
city
didn't
do
it,
somebody
would
start
a
business
and
sell
you
trash
cans
and
they
would
pick
them
up
and
charge
their
fee
for
doing
it.
There
are
companies
that
do
that
commercially
like
sun,
sanitation,
Trashco
and
others
that
are
out
there,
Waste
Management
in
other
cities.
To
do
that.
P
P
The
last
thing
that
we're
working
on
right
now
is:
we
believe
that
the
landowners
should
pay
their
fair
share,
so
we're
working
on
an
impact
fee
for
them,
so
the
consumer
doesn't
have
to
pay
for
it,
and
this
is
basically
what
an
ordinance
created.
The
impact
is
that
the
city's
currently
doing
it's
helping
to
pass
some
of
that
cost
to
the
Developers
yeah.
Is
that
a
good
thing,
maybe
because
a
developer,
if
he's
smart,
he's
going
to
pass
it
to
you?
So
when
you
buy
a
house,
his
cost
will.
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They
got
to
submit
a
budget
based
on
on
its
needs.
They
they
develop
a
plan
which
is
called
a
capital
Improvement
plan
for
those
projects,
and
they
submit
that
every
year
they
got
to
have
it
in
by
March
they've
reviewed
that
and
then
you
know
during
the
summer
months.
The
Departments
are
fine-tuning
that
and
they
present
that
to
the
city,
council
and
the
city
council
approves
the
budget.
L
P
Together
yeah
and
the
non-revenue
Departments
they
they're
from
certain
fees
that
the
Enterprise
funds
have
to
pay.
For
example,
the
solid
waste
apartment
Bridge.
All
those
guys
contribute
a
certain
amount
of
money
to
pay
for
the
attorneys
to
pay
for
the
secretaries
to
pay
for
the
tax
collector
to
pay
for
all
the
stuff.
That's
the
general
and
administrative
costs,
and
that's
it
any
other
questions.