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62 Regular Meeting October 28, 1985 Page 16 Mayor Craddock moved the Council adjourn into Executive Session pur- suant to Article 6252-17, §§2(e), (f) and (g), V.A.C.S., to discuss matters where the duties of the City Attorney to the City pursuant to the Code of Professional Responsibility of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Article 6252-17; exchange of real property; evaluation and duties of a public officer or employee, respectively, and Mr. Farr seconded the motion, which passed unanimously (12:55 p.m.). Mr. Farr moved the Council reconvene at 1:23 a.m. and Mr. Brown seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced a discussion regarding violations occurring during the Moratorium on the construction of and building permits for off-premise outdoor advertising signs within the jurisdiction of the City. Dan Gibson advised the Council Ivar Gunnarson had two violations and Sign Arts had one violation, which had begun construction after the Moratorium was passed without City permits. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration authorization to file injunc- tion action against Tereso Tobias and Ivar Gunnarson. Mr. Farr dis- cussed with Staff if the billboards in process could be held until the Sign Ordinance 1S in place. Staff advised the Council some billboards were in close proximity and the Ordinance will probably prohibit bill- boards from being closer than 1,500 feet apart. Mr. Coddington stated he would be in favor of a compromise being worked out. Mr. Brown moved to table this matter with no further construction to take place, and Mayor Craddock seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration adoption of an Ordinance on emergency, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, DECLARING A MORATORIUM UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1985, ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF AND BUILDING PERMITS FOR OFF-PREMISE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNS ANYWHERE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS; PROVIDING FOR VARIANCES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mayor Craddock moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion. Mayor Craddock moved to amend the Ordinance in Section 3.a. to add the words "if applicable" at the end of that subsection and Mr. Farr seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. On roll call for the adoption of the Ordinance, the Council voted unanimously for adoption. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration a request from Ivar Gunnar- son to amend the above Moratorium Ordinance which establishes criteria for the granting of variances. Mr. Gunnarson presented eight proposed billboards for the Council to consider allowing him to continue working on. Mr. Brown moved to stay with the variances now in place in the Moratorium Ordinance adopted by the Council previous to this item and Mayor Craddock seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Brown, Craddock, Nicola. NAY: Coddington, Farr, Kissler. ABSTAIN: Guerra. The motion failed, and no futher action was taken.