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Regular Meeting October 3, 2006 Page 4 INSPECTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAN MARCOS HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER PROJECT; RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPOINTING PRESIDING JUDGES AND ALTERNATE JUDGES TO SERVE IN A GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION BY THE CITY TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2006; CHARGING THE JUDGES WITH THE DUTY TO HOLD THIS ELECTION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE POLLING PLACES FOR EACH PRECINCT; APPOINTING AN EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD; APPOINTING A PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION, A TABULATION SUPERVISOR OF THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION, AND A CENTRAL COUNTING STATION MANAGER; APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION OF CERTAIN CLERKS; APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE TABULATION SUPERVISOR OF CERTAIN ASSISTANTS; APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE EARLY VOTING CLERK OF CERTAIN DEPUTY EARLY VOTING CLERKS. Mayor Narvaiz introduced a discussion and received presentation on Renewable Energy Sources and direction to Staff. Kyle Dicke, Customer Relations Manager, introduced Dan Kuehn Executive Manager of Wholesale Power Services for LCRA. Mr. Dicke provided a powerpoint presentation regarding renewable Energy Generation. Mr. Bose inquired why more non -wind generation sources were being targeted for Senate Bill 20 compliance. Mr. Dicke stated the State Legislature had made a commitment to support research involving biomass electricity generation. He also stated issues related to transmission of electricity from wind farms in West Texas back to the population centers of Central and East Texas have not been resolved. There are environmental impact issues and extremely high costs associated with the construction of these lines. Transmission line costs are estimated at $1 million per mile, which makes wind power transmission very costly. Mr. Jones inquired to whether the City should be converting to propane fuel. Mr. Dicke stated to convert a half ton pickup from gas to propane fuel would be comparable to purchasing a new pickup. He stated when the City replaces their pickups they will replace with propane fuel pickups. Mr. Thomaides inquired to the Green Power pricing. Mr. Dicke stated it is difficult to provide Green Power Pricing to individual customers, because there is no fair and equitable way to offer discounted electricity pricing to all San Marcos Electric Utility customers. He also stated when Green Power was at a premium, the City had a plan in place for our customers, at their discretion, to be able to pay a little extra for the satisfaction of having additional Green Power in San Marcos. However, rising fuel prices have made existing wind - generated electricity a more economical option. Instead of offering this discounted electricity to only some of our customers, SMEU opted to take the savings and spread it out equally over the entire customer base. Mr. Jones stated he feels currently alternate energy is not a feasible investment to the City. Mr. Dicke