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Regular Meeting March 20, 2007 Page 6 Mr. Guerrero moved for adoption of the Resolution, and Mr. Jones seconded the motion. Mr. O'Leary stated the current owners want to sell, and Staff recommends the approval of this purchase. He stated this purchase will affect 92 residents. Mr. Jones inquired to whether the City would require the licensing with this purchase. Mr. O'Leary stated the City is required to receive approval from the State. Mr. Taggart, Director of Water /Wastewater, stated this area is required to merge their CCN area into the City. He stated the City will have a minimum of 90 days to merge the two systems. Mr. Jones inquired to the amount of investment the City will need to make. Mr. Taggart stated everything looks great, but Staff will be replacing a main and make a dual source of supply. Mr. Thomaides inquired to whether the residents of this water system will experience an increase. Mr. Taggart stated these residents will experience an increase. He stated the residents will be informed of the situation after the Council approves the purchase. Ms. Robertson inquired to whether there would be a problem with water mixing the two systems. Mr. Taggart stated that area is all from the same well. The Council then voted unanimously for adoption of the Resolution. Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration Item 11, removed from the Consent agenda, adoption of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND WIGINTON HOOKER JEFFRY, PC- ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRE STATION /FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Guerrero moved for adoption of the Resolution, and Mr. Jones seconded the motion. Mr. O'Leary stated this Resolution is for the Architectural services for the design and oversight of construction of a new fire Station /Fire Administration Building Project to be located at 201 River Ridge Parkway. He stated this project was approved by voters in the November 2005 Bond Election. Ms. Robertson inquired to why this contract is on an hourly cost instead of the normal percentage of cost. Mike Baker, Fire Chief, stated this contract is hourly with a cap. Ms. Robertson inquired to whether the cost of the project has increased. Mr. Quittner stated this was written as an hourly cost because the cost of this project has not been identified. Mr. Robertson stated the cost of this project shows to be $250.00 a square foot. Chief Baker stated this was based on the animal shelter cost of $235.00 a square foot. He stated in his research this cost is right in line along with the architecture fees. Mr. Bose inquired to whether this is a reimbursable expense. Chief Baker stated this is a standard contract and the Architect office is in South Austin, so a cap was placed on these expenses. Mr. Thomaides inquired to