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Regular Meeting December 6, 1999 Page 33. that area and the traffic has become dangerous. Dr. Leticia Garza-Falcon stated she lives on Spring Hollow Cove in the Sendera Neighborhood and is opposed to multi-family development at this location. She does not think because Dr. Weatherford has owned the property since 1961 that this is a reason to let him develop the property any way he wants to. She stated there are environmental concerns with multi development and the Council is defining the future of San Marcos with their decision. Gaylord Bose lives at 1926 Nevada and is the Castle Forest Neighborhood Association representative. He stated many houses have been built in the area since he has lived there and the drainage problems of the area have never been addressed, and there are no plans to address them. He stated there is a 24" culvert that crosses Bishop which is all that exists to channel stormwater. Mr. Bose stated Dr. Weatherford's plans include a holding pond which would address a small rain but would cause flooding with a heavy rain and cause erosion. He wants the Council to keep this property zoned R-1 and address the drainage problems. Charles Soechting, representing Jack Weatherford, advised Mitch Wright of Land Strategies is available to answer questions. George Combs of 101 Hughson Drive stated Ranch Road 12 is overloaded and the infrastructure is not in place to take care of this multi development. He stated until such time as the infrastructure is in place, the City should not allow this development to occur. Dr. Lewis Gilcrease stated a traffic light would be in order, and stated there is no road to go across San Marcos other than Hopkins. He stated the City needs to look at crossroads and go to the State to get something done. He stated also the City needs to provide some left turn lanes. Lilly Flores of 1608 Ranch Road 12 stated she lives directly across from the Weatherford property and has witnessed many accidents. She asked the Council to only allow single-family development. No one else wished to speak, so Mayor Moore closed the public hearing. Mr. Taylor advised the Council the public hearing notice in the newspaper was correctly published and the City Council has now completed the public hearing process for this matter. He stated the agenda did not properly list the zoning request (the agenda stated the zoning was going from R-1 to Pre-Development District instead of Planned Development District) and stated the Council should table the matter until next Monday to allow the agenda to properly be worded before Council's consideration. Mr. Mihalkanin asked if the Council could return the Ordinance to the Planning and Zoning Commission even though they voted to recommend denial of the zoning change. Mr. Taylor stated in order for the Planning and Zoning Commission to reconsider the matter, it would require a substantial difference. Mr. Hernandez stated if the Council denies this zoning, Dr. Weatherford can go back to the Planning and Zoning Commission with a changed plan. Mr. Patterson advised the Council this zoning is within what the Sector 2 Plan called for with the only difference being this is called a PDD process and all of the PDD process has not yet been met. Mr. Patterson stated the applicant has been working to address the concerns of the Planning and Zoning Commission and is doing a tree survey. He does not know if the traffic issue has been resolved as he has not seen anything new presented. The Council questioned whether or not there are any plans for left turn signals, and Mr. Gilley advised there has not been any response from TXDOT regarding the left turn signals. Mr. Doiron moved to table this matter to next Monday for proper posting of the agenda and Mr. Mihalkanin seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration adoption of an Ordinance on emergency, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN EXCHANGE OF LAND PURSUANT TO PUBLIC BIDS; MAKING FACT FINDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS (CAL-TEX - LOWMAN AIRPORT/SCHULLE CANYON). (Ms. Hughson filed an affidavit of disclosure with the City Secretary and left the Chambers. Mr. Taylor filed an affidavit of disclosure with the City Secretary and left the Chambers). Mr. Hernandez stated he had a hard