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105 Regular Meeting September-9, 1996 Page 2 families are choosing to break the law to obtain marijuana when conventional medicines for treatments have not been effective to them or are toxic and places them at risk for criminal charges and at risk for obtaining contaminated medicine because of the lack of quality control and deprives patients of its therapeutic potential. Ms. Ogletree urged the Council to support a resolution for Congress to legalize marijuana as a medicine shown to be safe and effective. Mrs. Nina Pryatel, retired registered nurse, graduated from nursing school in 1935 and she worked in a hospital for the treatment of cancer. At that time some surgery and mostly radium treatments were used and the side effects were deep burns. Mrs. Pryatel is proud nurses are coming forward regarding their responsibility to do the best they can for patients and quoted from a nurses' report, "Advocating legal access to marijuana for patients whose quality of life can be improved through the use of this drug is a moral and ethical obligation we owe the general public if we are truly serving as patients' advocates." The State Nurses Organizations of Colorado, Virginia and Mississippi have already passed resolutions in support of this. She stated she knows there are limitations what the Council can do, but she stated the Council can give support of this. Dr. Ginsburg proposed a public hearing be held October 24 to hear from experts on the subject. Mayor Moore introduced a public hearing to consider an Annexation ordinance, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ANNEXING TO THE CITY A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 430 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, INCLUDING WILLOW CREEK ESTATES, SECTION 8, THE RIDGE AT WILLOW CREEK, SECTION 2, AND CERTAIN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS ALONG PURGATORY CREEK GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE WESTOVER ADDITION AND WILLOW CREEK ESTATES; APPROVING A SERVICE PLAN FOR THIS TRACT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Moore opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to speak. Handler Smith, developer of Willow Creek Estates, asked if they would be provided sewage in a reasonable length of time in this area and states Police and Fire would go out of the City limits and then back in to get to this area. Mr. Smith stated he is not opposed to annexation but wants to know if the City will meet the responsibility of providing City services. Mr. Gilley stated City services will be provided with the exception of wastewater service and calls for septic service permits be issued by the City and street maintenance will be provided. Mr. Smith referred to Sections 6 and 9 meeting City standards and are not being annexed. Mr. Smith felt this is selective annexation, and was advised the City's Master Plan may call for annexation of these Sections but not in conjunction with this particular annexation. No one else wished to speak, so Mayor Moore closed the public hearing. The City Council expressed interest in the City providing written notification to the property owners of the area to be considered for annexation prior to the second public hearing and to further discuss this process when appropriate. Mr. Guerra agreed the Council needed to further discuss the process and the issue for him regarding the purpose of Justice Department submissions, why we are annexing and the demographics of our population. Mr. Gilley stated we would notify based on deed information and Mayor Moore agreed that would be appropriate. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration Item 4, approval of one appointment to complete a vacancy on the Senior Citizens Facilities Advisory Board. Ms. Hughson stated she would contact Ralph Harrel to see if he is interested in serving and this will be rescheduled for the next meeting. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration approval of one appointment to the San Marcos Electric Utility Board. Mr. Guerra moved to reappoint Russell Thornton, which passed unanimously.