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100 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 25, 1999 PRESENT: Mayor Billy G. Moore Mayor Pro-Tern Ed Mihalkanin Council Members Jane Hughson Louis Doiron, Jr. Earl Moseley, Jr. Joe B. Cox, Jr. Rick Hernandez City Manager Larry Gilley Deputy City Manager Laura Huffman City Secretary Janis K. Womack City Attorney Mark Taylor Director of Planning Ron Patterson Director of Parks and Recreation Rodney Cobb Also Present: Bryan Anderson, Murlin Evans, Amelia Rios, Vicki Barker, Robert Cotner, Frances Stovall, Chimy Lester, Gwen Smith, Joe Costilla, Todd Derkacz, Phil Neighbors, Dianne Wassenich, Collette Duran, Frances Oliphant, Aart Millecam, David Newman and others. Mayor Moore called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Moore introduced the citizen comment period. (1) Desmond Jones was not present when called upon to speak. (2) Walt Plummer voiced his disapproval of a curfew being established at the Spring Lake Dam and thinks SWT has its own agenda to support what they want. He does not want the City to bend to the will of SWT and stated the Mayor should put the public's trust first or step down. (3) Dave Newman stated he is a citizen, business owner, home owner and voter of San Marcos. He appreciates the City's concern regarding Spring Lake Dam but does not want the City to legislate his safety. He stated he questions the legality of the City's authority to establish a curfew and thinks more is at issue than safety. The area has been closed to citizens for over 120 days. The flood was over a year ago and the dam has not fallen. The Board of Regents have instructed SWT not to spend any money on the dam, and the residents feel there is a conflict of interest. (4) Dan Praver wants the Council to rescind the dam curfew as no data has been provided to prove it is unsafe. Mr. Praver stated a curfew was not established until eight months after the flood, the Legislature did not treat the repairs to the dam as an emergency, SWT has emergency funds they have not used to repair the dam, and SWT has no timetable to repair the dam. (5) Scott Polikov of TND stated he is involved in an application of a POD development of 11 acres to design an outstanding neighborhood. He encouraged the City to work with them to provide incentives. (6) Carol Coughlin stated she is opposed to the City providing $200,000 of economic incentives to TND and wants the City to resist SWT's control of the City's water. (7) Sue Turney stated she represents the Highland Neighborhood Association. She is opposed to a zoning change of TND's plan. She advised the City to wait until the POD is filed before providing incentives. She does not think they need to be subsidized by the infill policy and stated this is not in the preferred growth area. (8) Frank Pakuscewski deferred his time to Scott Polikov who stated the POD development proposes seven units per acre and will add $8-9 million in tax base. There cannot be a guarantee students will not move into the development. This POD will provide affordable housing to San Marcos. Mayor Moore introduced Agenda Item 10.B., a discussion regarding the Youth Summit/Youth Advisory Commission. Rosie Morris and Craig Corkin advised the Council 3,000 youth attended the Youth Summit. There were 48 booths, prizes were given and entertainment provided. Three hundred youth