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36. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JANUARY 28, 2002 PRESENT: Mayor David Chiu Mayor Pro-Tern Jane Hughson Deputy Mayor Pro-Tern Joe B. Cox, Jr. Council Members Ed Mihalkanin Jacob Montoya Paul Mayhew Martha Castex-Tatum City Manager Larry Gilley Deputy City Manager Laura Huffman City Clerk Janis K. Womack City Attorney Mark Taylor Director of IT Ramona Brown Director of Parks and Recreation Rodney Cobb Director of Water/Wastewater Tom Taggart Director of Planning and Dev. Servs. Ron Patterson Director of Env. and Engineering Laurie Anderson Also Present: Jack Weatherford, Shelley Goodwin, Stephanie Garcia, Harvey Miller, Diana Finlay, Melissa Millecam, Tom Wassenich, Phil Neighbors, Pat Murdock, Ellie Stewart, Joe Schneider, Gwen Smith, Richard Garza, Virginia Witte, Sherri Russell, John McBride, Tom McNair and others. Mayor Chiu called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Chiu lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Chiu introduced the Citizen comment period. (1) Rita Tinley stated KMOL in San Antonio sensationalized the Party Ordinance addressing parties and damaged efforts to show San Marcos' quality of life. Ms. Tinley believes the Ordinance will help keep party goers out of San Marcos and help good tenants to lease. She urged the City to craft a news release that would reflect accurate information. She wants the City to keep appropriate Ordinances in force. She thinks everyone is working together for a better quality of life. (2) Larry Mock stated he wants a change in the Noise Ordinance not to hold landlords responsible for tenants' actions and stated this should be changed throughout the Ordinance. He stated the Ordinance should be tabled until a compromise can be made with all parties involved. (3) Roy Graves stated he is a local business owner and landlord. He was present to address the Noise Ordinance. He stated he lived in San Marcos all his life and thinks there is a lack of law enforcement in place now. He stated if law enforcement held up their end, the problem with noise would go away. He stated everyone in attendance at parties should be punished, and it was wrong to punish the landlords. (4)