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151 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 27,1997 PRESENT: Mayor Billy G. Moore Mayor Pro-Tern Ronald K. Hart Council Members Ed Mihalkanin Jane Hughson Fred Guerra Joe B. Cox, Jr. Rick Hernandez City Manager Larry D. Gilley Assistant City Manager Laura Huffman City Secretary Janis K. Womack City Attorney Mark B. Taylor Municipal Court Judge Ross Allegro Director of Engineering Stephen Jenkins Director of Library S. Langenkamp Director of MIS Ramona Brown Fire Chief Dan O'Leary Others Present: Me1issa Millecam, Collette Duran, Mario Gutierrez, Ed Theriot, Ross Frie, Kathy Dillon, Joe Castillo, Mark and Vicki Lambdin, Robert Mooney, Berry James, Lauren Yanity, Phil Neighbors, Rodney VanOudekerke, Warren Zerr and others. Mayor Moore called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Moore introduced the ten-minute citizen comment period. Kathy Dillon, stated playscape will be celebrating their 5th birthday and the Junior Service League has chosen to honor Karen Faggard, one of the founding members, with a pavilion. She stated the friends of the playscape need to raise 520,000 for the pavilion, update and maintenance on the playscape and would like the citizens of San Marcos to help contribute to their efforts. John Chadwell, Public Relations Chairman, stated he would like to continue to see the volunteerism contributed to the playscape and would like to invite any type of volunteerism in the future. Debbie Austin, Fund Raising Chairman, stated they had many ideas for fundraisers in the future. She stated they currently have $17,000 and would like to make that balance much larger. She stated she would like to encourage the citizens to participate in the adopt-a-square or a playstation program. She also stated many children in the public and private school systems use the playscape and it needs a great deal of maintenance. Kathy Wheat, Bill West and Madeline West declined to speak. John McBride stated he would like to request the Council not approve the Sector Two Plan. He stated three issues he would like the Council to consider in making their decision: 1) the master plan designed for future development by the citizens. 2) democratic form of government and 3) government of, for and by the people. RF. Hesalroad, of the Castle Forest Neighborhood Association, stated he understood through the September meetings, there would be more traffic generated on Ranch Road 12 (RR12) and Bishop with the adoption of the Sector Two Plan. He requested the Council not adopt the Sector Plan as proposed and explore more creative ways of development. Ralph Merriweather, stated he would speak later. Dr. RF. Sowell, representing homeowner's on RR12, stated they felt the adoption of Sector Two would disrupt the peaceful and wholesome environment of the neighborhood. He stated they are opposed to the traffic, litter, noise and crime this may bring to the neighborhood. He requested the Council vote against the adoption of the Sector Two Plan. Jake Isaac, Jr., of the Oak Heights Neighborhood Association, stated they had a strong citizen concern for this change and would like to continue to work on other creative ideas. He stated a few residents would 1ike to increase the value of their property. Some of the concerns of their neighborhood were traffic, crime, noise, environmental and utility concerns. Larry Rasco stated he would speak later. Kerstan Copeland stated he moved to San Marcos from New Braunfels and opposed the Sector Two Plan. He stated the beautiful homes in the neighborhoods were what drew him to San Marcos. Tom Roach was not present to speak. Camille Phillips stated the long term view of the Sector Plan