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76 Regular Meeting February 11, 1991 Page 4 Mr. Plummer moved for approval of the Ordinance on second reading and Mr. Moore seconded the motion. Mayor Morris moved to amend the Ordinance in Sec. 25-8. (c) (1) to read" . . . substantial alignment, shall be avoided," and in Sec. 25-9. (d) (1) to read ". . . substantial alignment, shall be avoided," and Mr. Moore seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Council voted unanimously for approval of the Ordinance on second reading. Mayor Morris introduced for consideration approval to begin the Records Management Assistant position in the City Secretary's Office March 1, 1991 (instead of April 1, 1991). Mayor Morris moved for approval to begin the position March 1, 1991 and Mr. Hernandez seconded the motion. The Council requested a time frame for implementation of the Records Management Program. The Council voted unanimously for approval to begin the position March 1, 1991. Mayor Morris introduced a discussion regarding City enforcement of the two-hour parking restriction around the perimeter of the Courthouse Square and direction to Staff. Mayor Morris recommends Section VI be deleted from the County's proposed Agreement. Mr. Moore wants to limit the permit stickers to a specific number. Mr. Plummer stated it is his understanding the County wants the City to police the spaces and if citizens park longer than two hours, they be ticketed, and if it is a County employee with a sticker, they be allowed to remain in the parking space. Mayor Morris stated if the spaces are to be shared with the County, she wants a recommendation on how to handle the number of permit stickers to add to Section VII. Mayor Morris wants Staff's recommendations to come back to the Council in two weeks or as soon thereafter as possible. Mayor Morris introduced a discussion regarding a proposed policy for direct expenditures from the Council Tourist Account and direction to Staff. The Council delayed this item to discuss following Executive Session. Mayor Morris introduced the City Manager's Report. (1) Mr. Gilley stated the Employee of the Month is Officer John Luna of the Police Department. (2) Mr. Gilley stated the customer training program was cut from the budget. He stated it will be accomplished in coordination with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce and will be offered not only to employees, but to citizens as well, on March 5 and 6. Mayor Morris introduced the City Attorney's Report. (1) Mr. Taylor advised the Council Staff is working on amendments to the Zoning Ordinance regarding fraternity and sorority housing. Incentives will be encouraged to house fraternities and sororities in a district rather than in residential neighborhoods through the S.U.P. process. It is hoped the amendments can be in place before the Fall semester. (2) Mr. Taylor provided the Council with a handout of a comparison of municipal management districts and public improvement districts. These are fairly new mechanisms that are in the process of being developed and presently have no established track record. The Council requested the information be provided to the Downtown Association for their review and recommendations to the Council if they are interested in pursuing either of these methods. Mr. Moore requested the Staff also contact Ft. Worth regarding their public improvement district. Mayor Morris introduced the City Council's Report. (1) Mr. Hernandez, as a Member of the International Task Force of NLC, has been invited to join a delegation of four elected officials, Staff Members from the National League of Cities and Sister cities International, to visit Panama City at the invitation of the Federation of Municipalities of Central America March 6-9. (2) Mr. Moore attended a meeting in Dallas February 1-3, the subject which was entitled Texas Cities, Where the Buck stops. He stated it was an outstanding session, and he will write a report on the useful perspectives on the funding mechanisms and the funding crunch Texas cities are experiencing. (3) Mr. Moore stated Mr. Guerra and he attended the outcome Base Education Conference, which was co-hosted by SWT and the local School District. He stated Mr. Guerra