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24 Special Meeting January 18, 1982 Page 3 Mr. James then moved that in Section 14 1/2 - 4A(1) amendment be made excluding the Central Business District from these provisions and Mrs. Norris seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Council then voted unanimously in favor of approval of the Ordin- ance on first reading. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of a proposed ar- rangement with National Supply Company to construct a $20 million in- dustrial site adjacent to the City (78 1/4 acres on Hunter Road) and consider direction to be taken by the Staff to implement the project. National Supply Company's request is that the City pay for the overage for the extension of utility service to its property and not annex them into the City prior to February, 1983. Mr. Gayle Ross, who will be the Plant Manager for San Marcos Valve stated they would employ ap- proximately 250 employees by 1983, who will be hired locally. Their initial investment will be at least $20 million and will increase this in time. Operation is anticipated to begin the latter part of July and actually start producing their product of oilfield valves towards the end of the year. They have made ample provisions not to pollute the air or cause noise pollution, which will be confined within the build- ing. Eleven acres will actually be used for the business. San Marcos Valve will be a division of National Supply Company, which is a divi- sion of Armco. In answer to Mayor Craddock's question concerning a booster pump, City Manager Gonzalez stated that the company would be paying for the booster pump to get the pressure they desired for their operation. Mrs. Norris moved that Staff enter into an ~reement with National Sup- ply Company according to the terms as stated in the letter of July 22, 1981 (attached to these minutes) and Mr. Kreczmer seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval to appropriate $5,000 from Contingency Funds for the dredging of the San Marcos River and the associated permits and preparation of permits. Mrs. Norris moved to approve appropriation of $5,000 from contingency funds and Mr. James seconded the motion. Mr. John Stokes advised the Council Mr. Ray Katowski dredged the river three years ago, and that the river would need to be dredged annually to remove the block- age from the river that was being caused from erosion, if the erosion problem was not taken care of. Mayor Craddock stated the erosion problem was being addressed in Ordinances going through readings with the Council at this time. The Council then voted unanimously in favor of Mrs. Norris' motion. During the question and answer session, Judge Leonard Scott and approxi- mately 30 residents of the Martindale area were present who wanted to express opposition to the proposed landfill site in Martindale. Judge Scott expressed a strong desire of the Martindale residents to consider alternative sites closer to the San Marcos area for the landfill. Mr. Hilburn Norris who lives south of the proposed landfill site stated he thought 80% of the runoff of the landfill would go across his property and pollute his stock tanks and blowing trash would go onto his property, as well as be all along the road. Kelley Kilber stated 50% runoff from the landfill would go across Mr. Norris' property, as that was a fact of nature, but it was not necessarily true that the landfill would pollute the runoff. Mr. Norris stated it would decrease the value of his pro- perty. Bill Colburn referred to an article in the paper stating the residents of Martindale and Caldwell County needed to be educated as to their needs for a dump, and stated they had a dump. Mr. Kilber said that dump would be out of business in 2 1/2 years and Lockhart's dump in 3 years. Hr. Colburn lives on River Road 2 1/2 miles from dump and was concerned that the traffic on Highway 80 would double and cause traffic problems at the intersections, and that he would be able to smell the dump at his home during the summertime. Mr. Kilber said he would not smell the dump 2 1/2 miles away, and Mayor Craddock stated we had no complaints from the neighbors smelling the dump at the present dump. Tom Kelly lives on Highway 80 and the proposed landfill would be in his backyard. He moved from Houston to this area to ~aise his family. The landfill would kill the value of his property and force him to move.