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maintain what they currently have now, before adding another park. Ms. Robertson stated she supports this committee applying for the grant funds. Mr. Thomaides stated he agrees that the City needs to maintain what they currently have, but he also supports the committee's grant funding request. He stated once this property is sold and developed then it will be too late to consider for a park. He stated this is a request for support for grant funding and the final decision with making a park will come before the Council at a later time. Mr. Jones inquired to whether the proposed park was zoned Commercial or Parkland. Carol Barrett, Planning and Development Director, stated this property is zoned Single Family. She stated if this property needs to be rezoned, it will have to go before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. Ms. Robertson stated she feels the developer could maintain the corner and a portion could be developed for a park. Ms. Couch stated the grant application is requesting a letter of support, she feels this means if the Council agrees to the support then they agree with the development of the park. She stated she does not support the entire piece of property for a park. Mayor Narvaiz inquired to how Staff determines where parks are located. Mr. Cobb stated this was done through the Parks Master Plan. He stated an inventory of the parks is reviewed and then the areas without parks are reviewed. He stated the direction on where the City is growing and the desired future development is considered. Mr. Thomaides stated he feels this discussion should be tabled until the concerns of the grant are worked out. The Council agreed by consensus not to support the committee with their letter of support for grant application. Mayor Narvaiz introduced a discussion regarding setting two Workshops for the FY 2007 -2008 Budget and direction to Staff. The Council agreed by consensus to hold FY 2007 -2008 Budget Workshops on Thursday, August 9, and Monday, August 13, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Mayor Narvaiz introduced a discussion regarding an update on the San Marcos Permit Center and direction to Staff. Mr. O'Leary stated Council approved the creation of a Permit Center and then funded a new building, which is currently on site. He stated the City will be hosting an Open House once everything is completed. He provided a powerpoint on the new Permit Center. Mr. Thomaides inquired to the reduction in permit process. Mr. O'Leary stated the reduction in time is due to the one location, set up so everyone who needs to review plans can do so at the same time and the same day. He stated Staff visited other Municipalities who have a similar process and believe this process will benefit us. Mr. Thomaides thanked Staff for bringing this idea forward to help reduce the process time. He also encouraged the Staff to advertise the new process so the users can be well educated. Mr. Jones stated he supports the Permit Center and he thanked the Staff for reducing the permit time. Mayor Narvaiz thanked the