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THE CITY OF SALT NCMR 70S MEMO To: Mayor Billy G. Moore and City Council Members From: Charter Review Commission Subject: Report of the 1999-2000 Charter Review Commission Date: January 11, 2000 81. The 1999-2000 Charter Review Commission has concluded its work after a series of ten meetings. The Commission presents this report to the City Council with recommendations for amendments to the City Charter to be submitted to City voters for approval. Underlining indicates language proposed to be added, and overstrike indicates language proposed to be deleted. The wording of each of the proposed changes is followed by a brief statement of the Commission's rationale for the change. 1. Amend Sections 2.03 and 2.04 regarding annexations as follows: Sec. 2.03. Extension or detachment of boundaries. The city council shall have power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the City of San Marcos and to provide for the alteration and extension of the said boundary limits, the detachment of territory and the annexation of additional territory with or without the eonsent of the territory mTd ini?itants annexed or detached, in accord with applicable state annexation laws. Sec. 2.04. Limited purpose annexation. In addition to the power to annex additional territory for all purposes, the city shall have the power, by ordinance, to fix, alter and extend the corporate boundary limits of the city for the limited purposes of "planning and zoning" and "sanitation and health protection," and to annex for one or both of such limited purposes additional territory lying adjacent to the city with or without the consent of the property owners or inhabitants of suci atmexed territory; provided, however, that no such territory which lies farther than one (f) mile from the corporate boundary limits enclosing the territory which is a part of the city for all purposes, as those corporate boundary limits are now or may hereafter be established, shall be annexed for any limited purpose or purposes. Wherever the boundary limits of territory annexed for one or both of such limited purposes are not coterminous with the corporate boundary limits enclosing the territory which is a part of the city for all purposes, such boundary limits of the limited purpose territory shall be known as "limited purpose boundary limits". Every ordinance by which territory is to be annexed to the city for one or City Hall - 630 East Hopkins a San Marcos, Texas 78666 , 512/393-8150 m FAX 512/393-3983