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City Council Meeting Minutes January 29, 2019 matter if you designate or not there are other issues that need to be addressed. Roland Saucedo, stated that it is important to look at the agenda item and that it is declaring a historical designation and many other speakers have stated it meets the criteria, but designating this does nothing to save this dam or remove this dam. It is part of his history because he learned how to canoe as a boy scout. He has taken nieces and nephews out to this part of the river. Regardless of what happens to the dam, a marker would atleast identify that area was of historical significance. The Civil Air Patrol facility was declared a historical landmark however years later it was demolished because it was deemed unsafe. He stated there is correspondence between the Army Corp of Engineers and Texas Historical Preservation Commission and these need to be reviewed by Council. He stated the Army Corp of Engineers is the only agency that can remove this structure. Rodney Van Ouderkerke, gave a brief background stating that he has served as the chair of the Historic Preservation Commission and Hays County Historic Preservation Commission and Heritage Association Member. When he brought the idea of having Dunbar designated as a Historic neighborhood it was highly scrutinized. What we realized as a commission is we need to determine what is considered historical structures. Just because something is designated as historical that does not mean it won't get repaired. Raven Stokes, spoke on the history and feels there is negativity on how the dam was built, however she believes a historical designation should be made. She believes the dam should be removed because of health and safety issues that were mentioned by previous speakers. She believes the City should be able to move on past the history and make new memories. David Montolongo, stated that many people have come here to speak tonight and he wants Council to really listen to what the citizens are asking. There is alot of history in San Marcos and developments have destroyed much of this history. Please do not let Cape's Dam be another issue that the City makes without listening to the citizens. Griffin Spell, stated he is not an attorney, so when he has questions about law he contacts an attorney. He is not a kayaker, so if he has questions on kayaking the river and the mill race, he contacts people that kayak that part of the river. He seeks out experts and does not rely on his own instincts. He is not an expert on historic preservation, but he has learned alot and is getting better. Every expert we have trusted and spoken to say Cape's Dam has something City of San Marcos Page 11