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110 Emergency Meeting November 2, 1987 Page 2 Counsel for the Authority~ and he stated Mrs. Sullivan and some of the other Members of the Board had asked him to express their reluct- ance to speak to the Council at this time, because they had not re- ceived the required notice under the Open Meetings Act for an open meeting concerning their statements. Mayor Younger asked how many Members did not wish to speak at this time, to which Mr. Fly respond- ed he thought it was unanimous that the Board wanted a public hearing and all wanted to present their statements at that time. Mayor Younger stated the Members of the Board that are subject to be replaced at this meeting could make their statements at this time. Mr. Hankins advised that Item 4 on the Agenda provides for the Council to consider the removal of members of the CTHEA Board and conduct other proceedings related thereto, as necessary, and a public hearing in this situation would be another proceeding since they have declined the opportunity to have a closed hearing. Kathy Morris stated she was a member of the Board of CTHEA and that they had requested a public hearing and had a right to that public hearing. She stated the Council notified them two hours prior to this meeting that it would be held, and that the majority of the CTHEA Board are working and not able to be present and wanted to know why the Council would not allow them a public hearing at a later date with a 72-hour notice. Mayor Younger stated the Council will go forward with the removal of 6 of the CTHEA Board Members and that they were welcome to make a statement at this time. Mayor Younger stated there would be another Council Meeting at 6:00 p.m. this same date and if they wanted to wait and make a statement at that time, they could, but they would already have been removed from the Board (the six Members notified this morning). Kathy Morris stated the CTHEA Members were asked to come with evidence as to why they should serve on this Board and she requested the Council provide information why they should be removed from the Board. Mayor Younger stated he had a statement he wished to read, which is a portion of the reason why the Board is being removed. "No responsible sponsoring organization would accept from one of its creations the active hostility and ill will demonstrated frequently during the past few months by some CTHEA Board Members and the Executive Director. To allow such activity to continue may result in additional harm to the City's reputation and finances. The time has come for the City Council to register its dissatisfaction with the events described above and fulfill its duties to the citizens of San Marcos by removing those Board Members who are unwilling to cooperate with the Council and City Staff. It is for these reasons the City Council with much regret has taken the action of removing Members of the CTHEA Board who have served in recent months. We hope and anticipate that a new Board will move forward in a spirit of cooperation and colla- boration to help the City resolve the issues which are before it." Mayor Younger stated the Board Members were given a letter October 30 and the letter stated the Council no longer had confidence in the Board's willing- ness to continue to serve in a manner which serves the best interest of the City of San Marcos. He stated the Council had hoped the Board would begin cooperating but that had not been forthcoming. For that reason the Council was considering their removal. He stated the letter six of the Members received today's date states the reason for the 11:00 a.m. meeting is the Council's concern about the assets far into the future of CTHEA. Kathy Morris stated she thought that was accusatory and that the CTHEA Board had conformed with what the Council has re- quested and had tried to communicate with the Council and that the CTHEA Board has the best interest in mind for a different reason than the Council. She stated they had tried to fulfill their obligations with what they think is best to do and took an oath to do so. She stated they needed to have a public hearing to express their opinions and that the action of the Council is deplorable. Patty Sullivan stated she is speaking under protest, because she felt the Council was acting