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36 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ~ßRCOS, TEXAS, NOVE~ffiER 17, 1986 PRESENT: Mayor J. E. Younger Mayor Pro-Tem Council Members Betty Jane Kissler Karl W. Brown Bill Coddington Gerald G. Farr Fred Guerra William C. Nicola City Manager City Secretary City Attorney Director of Public Works Director of Personnel Director of Finance A. C. Gonzalez Janis K. Womack Lamar W. Hankins George Boeker Carolyn Liner Betty Oliver Also Present: Richard Cheatham, Angus McCloud, Don Raines, Dan Corbett, Dan Smith, Buddy Mostyn and others. Mayor Younger called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Coddington moved the Council adjourn into Executive Session pursuant to Article 6252-17, Sections 2(e) and (f) V.A.C.S. to discuss matters where the duties of the City Attoreny to the City pursuant to the Code of Professional Responsibility of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Article 6252-17; purchase of real property, respectively, and Mr. Farr seconded the motion, which passed unanimously (7:04 p.m.). Mr. Farr moved the Council reconvene at 9:55 p.m. and Mr. Coddington seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Younger introduced a discussion regarding a proposed amendment to L.U.E. Ordinances regarding half of the charge at the permit stage and the remaining half charge at the certificate of occupancy stage. It was consensus of Council to direct the Legal Department to prepare the Ordinance amendment. Mayor Younger introduced a discussion whether or not the City wants to support the concept of the proposed Austin-San Antonio Parkway on the East side of Interstate 35 as a viable second transportation corridor linking the region's metropolitan areas and direction for preparation of a Resolution in support thereof. Paul Edwards of the Corridor Council was invited to attend the meeting to provide any information he had to the Council regarding this subject. Mr. Edwards advised the Council other cities in this region will be able to provide input into the Parkway in addition to the Cities along the Parkway. Mr. Farr stated he did not feel the public had been briefed enough regarding the Parkway at this time. Cheryl Carr of the Chamber of Commerce stated the Chamber was unaware of the Parkway until Mayor Younger had brought it to their attention recently, and that they had not had time to study the information to make a decision whether or not to support the Parkway. Mr. Edwards stated he thought the Cities of Lockhart and Seguin are supporting. He stated the Highway Department is being asked to designate the Parkway and prepare an alignment, assessment and impact, which is expected to take 1-1/2 to 2 years to do. Mr. Coddington stated he cannot see any economic advantage in the City of San Marcos supporting the Parkway. Messrs. Coddington and Guerra stated they are opposed to San Marcos supporting the Parkway. Mr. Edwards stated the Corridor Council. has been reviewing transportation routes for 2 years, including loops, bypasses and IH35, which is the first goal of which the Corridor supports, and secondly the Corridor supports new roadways. He stated three different routes were discussed regarding this Parkway: one East of IH35 and two West of IH35. He stated the Corridor Council has adopted a Resolution supporting a roadway East of IH35. Mr. Nicola stated he concurs