Commissioner At-Large, Mayor Pro Tem· 2024-2028
Pete Garcia Jr.
Weslaco
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- Meetings spoken in
- 3
- Total speaking time
- 5:22
- Avg per meeting
- 1:47
- Segments
- 128
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Top issues during term (7)(Development)
Airport FBO hangar project
$1,311,000 design fee funded by an $8 million state appropriation.
New water and wastewater impact fees
If adopted, impact fees would shift some infrastructure costs to new development.
Real property purchase at 18th Street and Westgate
Economic development strategic plan and downtown master plan
More than $100,000 in contracts once a firm is chosen.
TIRZ No. 2 development agreement with Rhodes Development
Tax increment from the development splits 75-25 between the city and the zone over 30 years.
Townhome development rezones
City land purchase on North Westgate Drive
Purchase price not disclosed in open session.
Decisions during term (8)
Recorded while Jr. was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Unified Development Ordinance — first reading, Ordinance 2026-39 (Item VIII.D)
Approval to authorize staff to publish notice of the public hearing for the adoption of the Unified Development Ordinance for Second reading. (Staffed by Planning & Code Enforcement Department.)
Executive session — Project Flour 2.0 economic development incentives
Ortega Development reimbursement agreement — $57,034
Project Crazy Economic Development Incentive Agreement
VIII.M — Resolution 2026-07: Rhodes Development TIRZ agreement
120-day extension of multifamily development moratorium
Approval to amend an interlocal agreement with the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (LRGVDC) for the Pedestrian Project 2022, Phase II, to provide funding for the construction of new sidewalks in an amount not to exceed…
Voting record (0)(Development)
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