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11 REGULAR MEEl'ING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APRIL 25, 1977 Present: Mayor Emmie Craddock Council Members Frank T. Arredondo Ted Breihan Robert L. Cavazos John Hansen Berry R. James Kenneth E. Sutton I City Manager James B. Baugh City At,tofnej Charles E. Evans Ci ty Secretary Doris s Hambrick Director, Community Development Albert Sierra Director of Public Works William T. Friedrich City Treasurer Richard Santellana Others present: Ruben Ruiz, Jr.; Tom Castoldi; Mr. & Mrs. Les Dulnig; James Varnell; Leon Barba; James E. Byrn; Guadalupe Carbajal; Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Dupree; Mrs. Robert D. Gratz; Robert Rice; Betty Richards; Larry Murphree; Terry Roberts; Larry Carlson; Allen King; Pat Black; Jerri Martin; and others. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Craddock issued proclamations in observance of "Cinco de Mayo - Spring Festival" and Speech and Hearing Awareness Week. I The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held April 11, 1977 were approved on motion of Mayor Craddock and second of Mr. James. The Minutes of the Special Meeting held April 18 were approved on motion of Mr. Hansen and second of Mr. Cavazos. By common consent the Council considered Item #5 of the Agenda out of order since all participants in the discussion scheduled as Item #4 were not yet present. The Mayor read an Ordinance having the following caption: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION TWO OF THAT ORDINANCE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A JOB CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS. i,' '... Mayor Craddock moved the Ordinance be approved on first reading. M<'. James seconded the motion. The City Manager explained that the revision was necessitated by the fact that a supervisor may makes less than an employee supervised by that person and the ine'luity had created a morale and discipline problem. He further stated that the 30 month step in the plan should be eventually deleted and informed the Council that the current proposed revision could be funded out of the present budget. Mr. Sutton stated that he was opposed tow~evising the budget, especially since there were still ine'luities in the police and fire salaries. Mr. Cavazos suggested the Council wait to correct the present problem until the newbbugget was prepared. On roll call, the motion to approve the Ordinance on first reading passed with the following vote: AYE: Craddock, Hansen, James, Arredondo, Breihan NAY: Sutton, Cavazos. I The Mayor introduced a discussion of improvements to the Westover area, a Community Development project. James C. Varnell, representative of Forrest and Cotten, and Leon Barba, representative of James Byrn & Associates, discussed the right-of-way re'luirements for improvements to Bishop Street. Mr. Barba stated the projected improvements included making Bishop and Prospect streets 45', back of curb to back of curb, and all other streets to be improved in the area 37' , back to back. He said that the interior streets re'luired minor right-6f-way aC'luisition, that Frospect Street would re'luire about 20' more right-of-way with no houses to be moved, and that Notth Bishop present.!y had 40 to 50' right-of-way and needed 80' if the street were widened to a 45' street. Mr. Barba reported a 80' right-of-way would re,~ire few construction easements and that the street could be widened to 45' with a 60' right-of- way but that the narrower right-of-way would necessitate aC'luiring more construction easements. He said that South Bishop would need 8060' right-of-way (curr,entl:\' having a 40' right-of-way) and construction easements. Residents of South Bishop BtreE!t who