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35 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JULY 7, 1986 PRESENT: Mayor J. E. Younger Mayor Pro-Tem Betty Jane Kissler Council Members Karl W. Brown ** Bill Coddington * Gerald G. Farr Fred Guerra William C. Nicola City Manager A. C. Gonzalez City Secretary Janis K. Womack City Attorney Lamar W. Hankins Assistant City Manager Robert T. Herrera Director of Planning Frank Robbins Director of Public Works George Boeker Also Present: Melissa Millecam, Mark Hendricks, Dan Smith, Sarah Bailey, Frank Leach, Jim Gandy, Nancy Coddington, John McMullen and others. Mayor Younger called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Mayor Younger introduced for consideration approval of additional appoint- ments to the LCRA Purchase Advisory Board. Each Council Member was to appoint two additional members, and the Mayor three additional members. Mr. Guerra was to appoint three members, as he wanted to replace one of his earlier appointments, Eugene Rios,with a new member. Mr. Codding- ton moved to appoint B. J. Hageman, Jr., Mike Moore, Chuck Nash (Mayor Younger's appointments), Alex Kutch, Mark Fontaine (Mr. Coddington's appointments), Emmie Craddock, Rose Brooks (Ms. Kissler's appointments), Virginia Steadman, John Wade (Mr. Guerra's appointments), James Smith, Richard Cruz (Mr. Brown's appointments), Sylvia Newsom (Mr. Farr's ap- pointment), and Ms. Kissler seconded the motion, which passed unanimous- ly. Mr. Farr was not present at this time, but when he arrived later in the meeting he made one additional appointment of Jack Stovall. The City Secretary is to verify all appointments meet the criteria set by the Council of being residents of the City and LCRA rate payers. Mayor Younger introduced a public hearing to receive public input on an application to the Texas Department of Community Affairs for an Econom- ic Development Fund Project Grant in the amount of $147,000.00, which grant will be used to provide financing for Ember Industries of San Marcos, an electronic assembly/manufacturing operation which will pro- vide employment for forty persons in the low/moderate targeted income group. The funds will be used to provide necessary equipment and work- ing capital. Mayor Younger opened the public hearing. Frank Leach ad- vised the Council that he was present to answer questions of the Council and that John McMullen, the principal of the corporation, was also pre- sent. Mr. Leach stated that San Marcos needs this kind of business lo- cated here. It is to be an electronic assembly business, and that Hays County National Bank is making an SBA loan to the business. (Mr. Farr present at this time - 6:13 p.m.). Sarah Bailey advised the Council the loans the TDCA made regarding Economic Development grants are a risky b~siness. She said the only time the City would be responsible for.paYlng back.TD~A would be if the City submitted a fraudulent appli- catlon. She sald lf the Company involved failed to pay the City back, then the City is not under an obligation to pay back TDCA. Mr. Guerra expressed his concern for other businesses in San Marcos of what was available for them. Ms. Bailey advised the money that comes back to the City and that is invested could then be loaned to other businesses. She stated the next date an application could be filed would be November 14 if,other businesses are interested in applying for a grant, but that the Clty could not exceed $500,000.00 in anyone year. Mr. Farr also wanted to know what efforts could be made to advise the public of such funding. Ms. Bailey advised quarterly reports had to be made by the