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70 Regular Meeting October 22, 1984 Page 2 to seven members, the Council will amend the Ordinance to require all members to live within the City of San Marcos. Mayor Craddock introduced a presentation to be made by Souths ide Community Center for a proposed San Marcos Emergency Shelter and Southside's request for funding. Mary Comptom and Gregg Echols made the presentation on behalf of Southside. In answer to some of the Council's questions, Gregg Echols stated the building would be used only as an emergency shelter for the homeless (usually not more than 3 days at a time). The proposed home will have three rooms, two will be used for families and one room will be used for individuals, totally housing fifteen to twenty persons at a time. The winter before last Southside housed as many as fifteen to eighteen people in one night. He said the shelter would not be used for meetings or any type of religious activities. He said the Church was paying for a portion of the building and that they were trying to raise $40,000 to pay for the building. The Shelter would be governed by the Board of Directors which is composed of citizens from San Mar- cos, and is not governed by the Methodist Church. He said the County did not feel they could contribute towards the construction of a build- ing they would not own but that they had donated $3,000 to be used for the maintenance of the building. No action was taken by the Council at this meeting. Mayor Craddock opened a public hearing regarding the appeal of Billy Kolander as President of B.R.Y.M., Inc. from the Zoning Commission's decision of October 2, 1984 regarding the issuance of a specific use permit for the operation of a nightclub to be known as Footloose on property known as part of Lots 4 and 5, Block 12 of the Original Town of San ~1arcos, a/k/a 101 W. San Antonio in the City of San Marcos. Mayor Craddock asked if anyone wished to speak for the granting of the specific use permit. Lee Swift, a local attorney, said he was present representing B.R.Y.M., Inc. and introduced Ross King, who was representing his mother, as owner of the property. Mr. King stated his mother had owned the property since 1941 and that the pro- perty had been used as a nightclub since 1975. John Jackson, a local attorney, was present representing State Bank and Trust Company, who have an investment in the equipment located on the property. Lee Swift stated the Zoning Commission needs standards set for giving specific use permits, and that the Council should also look at the person who will be operating such an establishment to learn how it will be managed. Billy Kolander stated he has worked as the Assistant Manager of the Animal House and that he wants to operate at this location in a pro- fessional manner. Lee Swift pointed out an error in the Master Plan regarding bars in the downtown area, which the Council had deleted at the May 9, 1983 meeting. Mayor Craddock then asked if anyone wished to speak in opposition to the granting of the specific use permit. Lewis Gilcrease asked the Council to refer to his letter in the Coun- cil's packet and then cited examples of incidents that had taken place at this location through the years and the parking and trash problems it created. Bill Plummer said even though Johnny Finch was a respon- sible operator at Nephew's there were still trash and parking pro- blems created by having a nightclub in the area, and that he had spent $1,000 in the last year replacing broken plate glass windows. Mr. Guerra asked Lt. Dan Nelson of the Police Department if there had ever been incidents where the Police Department had been called for disturbances at the Animal House. Mr. Nelson said they had been called on a frequent basis. Rusty Trumm who was Manager of the Animal House said they had called the Police Department if they saw potential trouble from customers. In reply to questions asked by Mr. Hankins, Mr. Swift said his client would put up a $1,000 bond any way the City wanted it handled and would agree to let anyone administer the bond, such as the