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96 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JULY 8, 1985 PRESENT: Mayor Emmie Craddock Council Members Karl W. Brown Bill Coddington Gerald G. Farr Fred Guerra Betty Jane Kissler William C. Nicola City Manager A. C. Gonzalez City Secretary Janis K. Womack City Attorney Lamar W. Hankins Director of Finance Nora Chavez Director of Planning Frank Robbins Director of Public Works George Boeker Director of Env. and Engineering Steve Jenkins Also Present: Tom McNair, Melissa Millecam, Ken Claybourn, Frances Emery, Jay Moore, Carol Grimm, Don Laine, John Meeks, Jim Byrn, Gregg Echols, Augustin Lucio, Ray Longoria, Lee Swift and others. Mayor Craddock called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of the minutes of the June 24, 1985 Regular Meeting. Mr. Guerra moved for approval and Mr. Farr seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was re- corded: AYE: Coddington, Farr, Craddock, Guerra, Nicola. NAY: None. ABSTAIN: Brown, Kissler. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of an appointment to the Commission for Minorities. Mr. Farr moved to appoint Mary DeLaRosa and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced a public hearing and consideration of an Ordin- ance on emergency adding Chapter 36 entitled San Marcos River Corridor to the Code of Ordinances. Mayor Craddock announced the consideration of t:he Ordinance on emergency was in error, that the Council would in fact have three readings. Frank Robbins reviewed with Council a memo- randum of comments from the Council Workshop held June 23, 1985, a copy being attached to these minutes. The caption of the Ordinance was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ADDING CHAPTER 36 ENTITLED SAN MARCOS RIVER CORRIDOR TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; DECLARING THE PURPOSE OF THIS LEGISLATION TO BE REME- DIAL; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ~ayor Craddock then opened the public hearing. John Meeks said two ~hings needed to be controlled for continuation of the river's habitat: sedimentation and degradation of the biotic environment, which is the heart of the issue. Jim Byrn said the scale referred to in the required plans should be changed to be a range of 1"=20' or 1"=50' instead of 1 "=100', which he thought vIas too small. He felt in Section B - Object- ives the word "prevent" should be changed to "minimize", as prevent was too stringent. He said the Willow Creek Dam would not affect the flood- way. Lee Swift asked for clarification if the City intended to buy land along the river in the floodway, and the Mayor responded it was not at this time feasible. He said he wanted a copy of the study referred to