Commission reviews CDBG final work plan, accepts several grant awards and considers police MOU and annexation petition
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Summary
City staff recommended approval of a Hidalgo County CDBG final work plan funding street improvements and several small nonprofit awards, presented multiple governor and DOJ grants (including a COPS award), introduced an MOU for SWAT/LERT training, and presented a voluntary annexation petition for six properties.
City staff presented a package of administrative items including a final work plan for the Hidalgo County Urban County CDBG program, a memorandum of understanding for police training, multiple grant awards, and a voluntary annexation petition.
On the CDBG work plan, staff said the city was allocated funds through the Hidalgo County urban county program and recommended approval of the fiscal year 2026 final work plan. Staff listed line items that were called out in the packet: a $3,000 administration fee and $247,196 for street improvements covering Guadalupe Drive and San Ramon Street; line items of $10,000 for Amigos del Valle, $5,000 and $10,000 referenced for the Lower Ugranda Valley Development Council, and $5,000 for an organization described as "abuse and neglected children." Staff said approving the resolution would allow staff to proceed with the final work plan and related ordinance steps.
Staff also presented an MOU between the City of San Juan Police Department and "First Line's response" to enable joint training with the law enforcement regional response team (LERT/SWAT), including tactical medic instructors and planning consultants.
In separate resolutions, staff asked the commission to accept several grant awards: a Department of Justice COPS grant described in the presentation as totaling about $875,000 to cover officer costs for three years with no local match; an operational grant from the Office of the Governor of roughly $216,000 for equipment and overtime (no match); a crime victims liaison grant with a 30 percent local match of $10,800 on a $36,000 project; and a grant for rifle-resistant body armor described in the packet at approximately $17,000 (the transcript lists the figure with irregular formatting). Staff noted the body armor award has no required local match.
Staff also presented a voluntary annexation petition for six properties on South Estua Road in an area named in the packet as "Juan Baye," listing parcel acreages and asking the commission to accept the petition so public hearings and an annexation ordinance can proceed.
Commissioners asked procedural questions about packet page numbers and program scope; staff provided page references and confirmed the projects are part of the Hidalgo County Urban County program. The items were presented for approval; the transcript records the presentations and questions but does not show roll-call votes on these resolutions in the public portion of the transcript.
