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38 January 22, 1988 Mr. Nicola: Here is a transcription of what you said at the January 8, 1988 8:00 a.m. Emergency Meeting. I only wrote down what you said. Susan Tape #1 1184: "I can make it clear that I do not support it-then support back for the first time-I don't support it now. I will vote no. I don't think,there is any question as to what the clarity question is regarding my position with Senator Barrientos is. Now putting him aside, I after making the vote last when we wound up with a six to one passage of the Resolution, I received a number of calle~ and met/saw a number of people who not formally-just people who bumped into me who said they thought that vote was correct - the vote I took. I received one letter indicating that I - they thought I should have voted the other way. It was-if I had thought before taking that vote that I was taking the right decision I simply-my position was confirmed-I felt more assured that I had taken the right stand in representing in what I saw at the time to be the interest of people in the Community who had communicated with me on this issue. The other thing I wanted to bring up very briefly since I don't feel I had mentioned earlier, I hesitate to get in to a dissertation which might lead to some construnation on the part of Mr. Guerra, but nonetheless, the idea seems to be prevailing that the City is so desperate that it wishes as in the - I guess way of Round Rock which we had a report on recently to receive any kind of industry regardless and this Council had taken the position since I've been on it that we wish to entertain growth including industry that would offer local jobs and training that would conserve, be water conservative, and that would be non-polluting. Well, that means we have been fairly selective because of the quality of life, the environment, and the social concerns of people in this Community and I think we should continue to do so. I don't think that pin-pointing this approval down to a specific site is anything that the Community would support anymore than they're willing to support from the last one. Whereas, on the otherhand, there seems to be some support for it at the site-more-I'm not sure where it would be-closer to Kyle, so I'll leave it at that. I'm not sure what has been discussed up to this point." Tape #1 1549: "Prior to the vote the last time, I had an opportunity to meet with Senator Barrientos, same time the Mayor met with him at his office in Austin and then I saw him when he came to San Marcos, but, I think I expressed some curt concerns I had at the time and raised some questions and at that point we were still seeking intital clarity and try to measure the tempo-the issue in the Community. Once it came down to voting on the last issue and I still felt I couldn't support it, I didn't really feel that at that point thereafter I should take it upon myself to lobby for an issue that I was descending by six to one vote. So, once it was voted upon, I let it lie. Yet it seemed like the issue certainly wasn't a dead one and it became resurrected by a variety of other sources and then at literally the last minute, I'm on my way out the door, I have people catch me at the door asking if I can attend the meeting that's been called. So with a six year old in tow, I head off to school and try to get here on time. The desperateness of this particular meeting, this particular Resolution as Mr. Brown said sort of eludes me and I think the Council has taken a position I didn't agree with it back then, but try to reaffirm a position and corne up with a stronger vote in a more stro~lyor a more sepcifically worded Resolution is-just doesn't make sense." cc: All Council Members City Secretary