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Regular Meeting February 20, 2007 Page 10 Mr. Guerrero moved to appoint Ian Skiles as the 2nd alternate. Mr. Thomaides moved to appoint Scott Hutchinson as the 2nd alternate. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Skiles: Narvaiz, Guerrero and Jones. Hutchins: Thomaides, Couch, Bose and Robertson. Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration approval of an Ordinance on first reading, 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; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. Mr. Guerrero moved for approval of the Ordinance on first reading, and Mr. Thomaides seconded the motion. Mr. O'Leary stated that the Staff met with the neighborhood residents and the consensus was 8:30 - 4:30 Monday- Friday no parking. Mr. Jones inquired to whether the University was included in the discussions. Sabas Avila, Assistant Engineering Director, stated that the University was invited, and no one attended. Mr. Sabas stated there were 13 members of the neighborhood present. He stated there were three options discussed. The first was installing for residents only signs. He stated they felt this option would be hard to enforce and would be a burden on residents to determine if a person is in violation of parking. The second option was to create a residential permit parking zone. He stated the residents felt this option would incur the cost of paying for parking permits. He stated the third option was a tow away no parking zone. Ms. Robertson inquired to whether the University has jurisdiction to help enforce the law in these neighborhoods. Howard Williams, Police Chief, stated the issue was not enforcement. The neighborhood did not want to pay for parking permits because they feel that this is their street, their neighborhood and they pay taxes. He also stated that there are problems with the tags because they have to prove that the car belongs in the neighborhood. He stated the Police Department needs the authority to move cars. He also stated that the Police Department could put up no parking signs anytime without Council approval and that no- parking signs are already up. Mr. Guerrero inquired to whether this would create a problem with parking then moving to the other part of the neighborhood. Mr. Avila stated that there were a couple of problems with the parking moving to Ridgewood Street. He stated only two vehicles can park at that end of the neighborhood. He also stated Ridgewood is a short T at the end of Alamo an that there is a park at that end. Mr. Avila stated the no- parking could be implemented on a gradual basis, continue to monitor and then come back with time restrictions on parking on Ridgewood. Mr. Dees stated he