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94 Regular Meeting November 26, 1990 Page 7 certificated area, so if someone wants the City to provide water, it is necessary to make the request to the Texas Water Commission. The City Council directed staff to look into the possibility of becoming certificated in the Corridor area for future development. On roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Moore, Hernandez, Morris, Guerra, Kissler, Plummer. NAY: Hart. ABSTAIN: None. Mayor Morris introduced for consideration Item 10.D.(5) removed from the consensus agenda, adoption of a Resolution authorizing the submission of a Grant Application to the Texas Department of Health regarding an Interregional Solid Waste Reduction Planning Program. Mayor Morris moved to table consideration of this matter, as no Resolution or backup was provided and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Morris introduced for consideration approval to authorize the sale of all or a portion of a city-owned lot in the 500 Block of Georgia Street (South 60' of Lot 17, A. F. Weatherford Subdivision No.2) to cure an inadvertent encroachment of a house constructed by Southside Community Center on an adjacent lot. Mayor Morris moved to approve the sell of a 9' x 239' portion of the City-owned lot to Manuela Reyes and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion. Ruben Garza of Souths ide stated two-thirds of the City's lot is in the floodplain. The Council voted unanimously for approval of the sale. Mayor Morris stated the Council would discuss Items 12.B, C, D, E and F prior to 12.A. Mayor Morris introduced a discussion regarding cable televising of meetings in the Council Chambers and direction to Staff. Mr. Taylor advised the Council the purchase of equipment would need to be done by the bidding process, and the Council indicated the need to move forward on this matter. Mr. Gilley stated the Staff would need to thoroughly evaluate and review our equipment needs and technical requirements and get the Request for Proposal back to the Council as soon as possible. Mr. Moore stated the City of Round Rock has been televising their meetings for approximately a year and we could probably benefit from their experience. Mr. Moore also suggested Karnack could probably do a market study to determine when the best time to air the meetings would be. Mr. Gilley stated he would try to bring an RFP to the Council for authorization within ninety days. Mayor Morris introduced a discussion with Davìd Braun, the State Director of Texas Nature Conservancy, regarding the purchase/value of the Nature Conservancy property. Mayor Morris stated there were delays due to the transition in the city's Legal Department. She stated the City agreed to close in April, 1990 and then were distressed to learn that there were gas tank& on the property. Mayor Morris stated the City has been a partner in good faith throughout the negotiations. Mr. Braun stated the removal of the gas tanks is an expense to be borne by the City. Mr. Guerra stated he is not in favor of the purchase of this property and clarified that Mr. Braun was before the Council to ask for an additional $50,000. Mr. Braun stated he wants to work with San Marcos, because there is a need to protect this property and the Aquifer. Mr. Braun stated the Nature Conservancy is an international non-profit organization involved in land conservation. They have been in Texas for 25 years and have been involved in the purchase of 250,000 acres. They primarily work with Federal and State Governments involving national and state parks. Mr. Braun stated this was an excellent project to protect open-space along the River and that the San Marcos River ranks highly in the State as an amenity for the whole state. Mr. Braun also stated they were getting more actively involved in protecting the Aquifer as well. He stated the Nature Conservancy makes land available at less than market value to governmental entities. He stated the Nature Conservancy first offered the property to the City of San Marcos for $665,000 and that we were not required to pay all up front. The Conservancy asks in