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Mayor Billy G. Moore and City Council Members Page 13 January 11, 1999 Sec. 7.03 6. The master plan. The master plan for the City of San Marcos shall be used to guide the growth and development of the city. The master plan shall be adopted by ordinance. All city ordinances governing _growth and development shall be consistent with the goals and policies contained in the master plan. The commission shall conduct an ongoing review of the plan in accordance with Section 7.02. The commission may recommend amendments to the master plan after at least one public hearing on the proposed action. The council may amend the master plan after at least one public hearin oche proposed action. The council shall not act on any amendment affecting the master plan unless and until a recommendation on the amendment is received from the commission. The master plan for the physical development of the eity of San Ntm-cos shall cont the recormnendations of fli e plamiing and zoning cornmission for growth, development an amcndmcnts to the master plan to the city cotnici r at?cast onc (1) public hearing on flic proposed action. The council may mnend the master plan after at least (1) public hearing-m the proposed action. The co=i! shall not act on any amendment aff-ecting the masterTdrm unless and until a recon=endation on the amendment is received from the conmfissi Rationale: In a memorandum from Planning and Development Services Director Ron Patterson, he proposed broad-scale changes to this article, stating "the language should be concise and cover only those things that are needed to cover the basic, overarching framework of [the City's] operation. I believe that some of the items that are currently covered in Article VII are details that are ... best handled through ordinances and not the charter. In fact, much of the language [of the current charter is] already handled by separate ordinances and the [Planning and Zoning] commission's bylaws. I also believe we need to have stronger references to the city master plan and its role in city government". The Commission agrees with Mr. Patterson's comments. The proposed changes simplify and condense this article. 12. Amend Section 3.02(aa)(4) and Article XI as follows: Sec. 3.02. Qualifications. [A city council member:] (a)(4) Shall not be an officer or director of any public service company within the city, or outside the city but serving inhabitants of the city, nor be the owner or proprietor of any public service company in the city. "Public service