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Regular Meeting March 6, 2007 Page4 are about the same. Dr. Thomaides inquired to whether Dr. Tajalli felt it would be beneficial to provide ideas for next year's report. Dr. Tajalli stated he feels there should be a communal effort to come up with questions for the citizens of San Marcos. Mr. Jones inquired to whether there is statistical analysis for discrimination and racial profiling, in regards to the student statistic on their feelings toward Police Officers. Dr. Tajalli stated in the discrimination and racial profiling report, there is no segment for Students. Mr. Jones inquired to whether there was a table which shows students are satisfied or dissatisfaction with police and environmental protection. Dr. Tajalli stated there is a table that addresses these issues, which there wasn't a statistically significant difference between the different groups. Mayor Narvaiz inquired to how many surveys were mailed and how many responses were received. Dr. Tajalli stated there was 3000 surveys mailed out in both English and Spanish and only about 350 were returned. Mayor Narvaiz inquired to the top 5 priorities and how these choices were arrived at. Dr. Tajalli stated the survey asked for citizens to describe their priorities; made 20 categories and reported the top 5, which was also broken down for priorities from different groups. Mayor Narvaiz stated she is moving Item 21 up. Mayor Narvaiz introduced adoption of Ordinance on emergency, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING THE TRAFFIC REGISTER MAINTAINED UNDER SECTION 82.067 OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY CODE BY THE ADDITION OF TIME - RESTRICTED PARKING ALONG THE 1400 BLOCK OF ALAMO AND COX STREETS, INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS; ESTABLISHING A TOWAWAY ZONE; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mayor Narvaiz stated citizens have signed up to speak on this Item. 1) Kenneth Dees encouraged the Council to adopt this Ordinance. He stated since the no parking signs have been put up, there is now an average of 5 -6 cars parked by the park with limited parking. He encouraged the Council to act with the University to solve this problem. 2) Irene Hindson stated she agreed with everything Mr. Dees stated. She thanked the Council and the Engineering Department for working with her neighborhood. She encouraged the Council to amend the Ordinance to extend until 6:30 pm instead of 4:30 pm. and to also consider including Ridgewood. 3) Denise Ralph encouraged the Council to extend the hours and to include Ridgewood. She stated without including Ridgewood, it will be difficult for park users to use the park. Mr. Thomaides moved for adoption of Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Bose seconded the motion. Mr. Thomaides stated this is a situation of were parking on a street is restricted then the parking moves to another street. He stated citizens need to be able to the park. He stated he supports extending the no parking hours. Mr. Jones stated he feels this is only solving the problem for a short time and the problem will continue to