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41 Regular Meeting August 12¡ 1996 Page 7 - Mr. Guerra moved for adoption of the Resolution and Mr. Hart seconded the motion. Ms. Hughson referred to no. 6 in the memorandum dated August 5¡ 1996 from Renate Rojo to Mark Taylor and asked why we were deleting these sections from the contract. Mr. Gilley stated Section 1.2.16 regarding the pipeline had already been taken out of the contract based on several discussions at the Staff level before this was presented to the Council, and as Mr. Taylor advised, the Council received the next to the last draft'instead of the last draft when it was presented at the last meeting. The intent is GBRA will be totally responsible for the construction of the pipeline from the withdrawal point to the treatment plant, so Staff had determined that language is not necessary to include. Mr. Taylor advised the engineers had determined we would scale back on some of the studies that were previously included¡ which deleted Section 1.2.23 regarding San Marcos River water. Laurie Anderson advised the raw water pipeline related to the GBRA agreement was deleted from the contract but water quality and analysis are still included. Ori'roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Hughson¡ Hart, Moore, Guerra, Cox, Hernandez. NAY: Mihalkanin. ABSTAIN: None. . Mayor Moore introduced for consideration Item 9.C. (7) removed from the consenses agenda, adoption of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS¡ AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY POLICING (ICOP) GRANT PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY Mfu~AGER TO ACT ON THE CITY'S BEHALF WITH REGARD TO THE SUBMISSION OF THIS APPLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Cox moved for adoption of the Resolution and Mr. Mihalkanin seconded the motion. The grant application is for $123,496.00, and our in-kind contribution would be two police vehicles at a cost of $50,000. Mr. Mihalkanin stated this is in response to the Council's request to beef up police presence in the downtown area. Mayor Moore stated the partners in this effort include the Chamber of Commerce, the CVB, the Hospitality Association, the Main Street program¡ the Downtown Association, Juvenile Probation Depàrtment, Southwest Texas State University¡ and Chief Kendrick added the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Moore stated TABC and parents of youth will also be involved. Chief Kendrick advised the Council if the grant is approved, he will come back to the Council for the purchase of two police cars. Mr. Gilley stated Staff's direction is to have police presence downtown, so if the grant is not approved, Staff will still come back to the Council to request funding for three days a week, four hours each of those days, at a cost of $47¡000.00 in overtime pay. Mr. Cox asked if this is a one-year grant for salaries, and Mr. Gilley advised it is. Mr. Cox asked if the City would fund subsequent years, and Mr. Gilley advised that ongoing costs would be involved. Mr. Gilley stated the budget will include the full amount of this grant and if not approved, the money could be transferred to the overtime budget. The overtime amount is estimated to be $47,000.00, and the funding could come from fund balance. Mr. Hart stated this has grown into more than what he had intended. He had discussed the possibility of two police officers on bicycles periodically to have a presence in the area. Mr. Mihalkanin stated with the grant the City has the opportunity to get more, because the equipment will have a life longer than a year. Mr. Gilley advised the cost next year would be $85,000.00 for two officers salaries and benefits. Ms. Hughson stated she liked the idea of two officers being assigned to work together and asked what happened to the Police Reserves. The Council had directed the Police Reserve program be scratched. Chief Kendrick stated he was not aware the Reserve Program was scratched and was still evaluating the Park Rangers program. Mr. Gilley will report back regarding the Reserve program. The Council voted unanimously for adoption of the Resolution.