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City Council Meeting Minutes July 5, 2017 in the not to exceed amount of $91,750 contingent upon the consultant's provision of sufficient insurance in accordance with the attached agreement; authorizing the Interim City Manager or his designee to execute this agreement on behalf of the City; and declaring an effective date. 12. Consider approval, by motion, of Change in Services No. 2 to Norstan Communications, Inc. d/b/a Black Box Network Services, in a not to exceed amount of $82,701.13, for Telephone Hardware and Software Master Purchase and Maintenance Agreement. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 7:00 PM 13. 7:OOPM Receive a Staff presentation and hold a public hearing to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2017-34, expanding the boundaries of the Hopkins Street Historic District to include additional properties along the east side of West Hutchison Street between Moore Street and Scott Street, and along the north side of Scott Street between West Hutchison Street and West Hopkins Street, and expanding the boundaries of the Lindsey -Rogers Historic District to include properties in an area generally bounded by Burleson Street, West Hutchison Street, Moore Street and Scott Street; including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date; and consider Ordinance 2017-34, on the first of two readings. Council Member Mihalkanin abstained from the item to avoid the appearance of impropriety and left the Council Chambers. Kristy Stark provided the Council with a presentation regarding the expansion of the boundaries of the Lindsey-Rogers/Hopkins Street Historic Districts. Mayor Thomaides opened the Public Hearing at 7:57 p.m. Diana Baker, 727 Belvin Street, Chair of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), pointed out that P&Z denied this but they recommended that a historic resources survey be conducted and that no zoning changes in the proposed expansion boundary are considered until the historic resources survey is completed. She stated the Belvin Street area was once overrun with old homes on the verge of demolition, but that people came in and began investing in them. She stated that if we need a survey then so be it, she asked that the HPC be involved in the process. Wayne Kraemer, 733 Belvin Street, spoke about the group that spoke in opposition of the expansion of the historic districts on three points: 1) that expansion of the districts will limit development. He stated that this is a falsehood and that the Lindsey Hill development could still go forward. 2) The Lamar school is not pretty. Historic properties do not have to be pretty to be included in a historic district. 3) There are homes within the proposed expansion that are just not historic. He stated that the he lives in the Belvin Street District and that his home does not qualify as contributing, but he named a number of other properties in the City of San Marcos Page 6