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Pete Garcia Jr.
Commissioner At-Large, Mayor Pro Tem2024-2028
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- 3
- Total speaking time
- 5:22
- Avg per meeting
- 1:47
- Segments
- 128
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Top issues during term (7)(Development)
high↑May 2026[18]
Airport FBO hangar project
Up to $4,318,463 — but covered by state grant funds, so no local tax hit.
high↑Jan 2026[15]
Economic development strategic plan and downtown master plan
$11,000 for the added design services.
high↑Mar 2026[15]
New water and wastewater impact fees
If adopted, impact fees would shift some infrastructure costs to new development.
low↓Sep 2026[5]
Real property purchase at 18th Street and Westgate
high↓Jan 2026[1]
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.
low↓Jan 2026[1]
City land purchase on North Westgate Drive
Purchase price not disclosed in open session.
medium↓Jan 2026[1]
Townhome development rezones
Decisions during term (9)
Recorded while Jr. was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
approvedNov 3, 2026
Ordinance No. 2026-39, an ordinance of the City of Weslaco, Texas, adopting the City of Weslaco Unified Development Ordinance as the comprehensive zoning, subdivision, and land development regulations of the City; adopting the Zoning…
approved6-0Oct 20, 2026
Unified Development Ordinance — first reading, Ordinance 2026-39 (Item VIII.D)
approved7-0Aug 18, 2026
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.)
approved6-0May 27, 2026
Executive session — Project Flour 2.0 economic development incentives
approved7-0Apr 1, 2026
Ortega Development reimbursement agreement — $57,034
approvedFeb 4, 2026
Project Crazy Economic Development Incentive Agreement
approved7-0Jan 20, 2026
VIII.M — Resolution 2026-07: Rhodes Development TIRZ agreement
approved6-0Jan 6, 2026
120-day extension of multifamily development moratorium
approved6-0Jan 6, 2026
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…
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