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regular meeting, april 10, 1972 page two Mr. Yarbrough declared Luciano Flores the duly elected Mayor of San Marcos, but said that before rei inquishing the gavel, would I ike to express his appreciation to the people of San Marcos for electing him to the Council, and to his fel low Councilmen for electing him Mayor' in 1971. ' Mr. Flores responded with the hope that he could do half, as good a job in the office as Herbert Yarbrough had done. Counci Iman Etheredge said he had tried to write a "speech" thanking Mr. Yarbrough'for a diffIcult job well done, but had concluded that an editorial in "La Otra Voz" had expressed it better than he could. He read an excerpt from the current' i sS,ue of the paper: "Herb Yarbrou~h - committed to San Marcos, wil I ing to subject himself to personal abuse by angry and unknown people if he can effect a compromise in a rough situation, a man of inte,grity...." I Next order of busine~s was the election of a Mayor Pro Tem. Mr. Etheredge moved that Ross King be elected Mayor Pro Tem. Mr. DeLa Rosa sec'ond';d the motion and on roll call, the following vote wa; recorded: AYE: Cunningham, DeLa Rosa.. Etheredge, Flores, Tauch, Yarbrough NAY: None ABSTAIN: . King Mayo'r Flores declared Ross King the duly elected Mayor Pro Tem 'of San Marcos. The Mayor op~ned a Publ ic Hearing on a request for a change of zoning from "R-l" to "0" on an 11.2 acre tract on Prospect 'Street. ' ,He asked' if anyone wi she,d tp spe ak for or aga i nst the ~roposedchange. Mrs. Jim Taylor said she lived "around the , corner" from the traC,:t, ancf was' opposed to any further multi- family zoning in the area.' She stated that she did not live within 200 feet of the property. Councilmen discussed a provision of the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval: that Jon Mostyn, owner of the property, would extend util ities td the tract at his own expense. The effect of the change on the neighborhood was also cfiscussed. Bob Bartoo.. repres~ntative of the Planning and Zoning Commission, explained that. it was approved by the Commission since it appeared to create a buffer zone between a commercial area (Wonder Cave) and residential propert~. Mr. Barton said no one had appeared at the Planning and Zoning Publ ic'Hearing to' speak either for or ag~inst the requested change. There being no further comment, the Mayor declar~d the Publ ic Hearing clo~ed. I The Mayor introduced an ordinance with the fol lowing caption: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 OF THAT ORDINANCE WHICH REGULATES A~D,RESTRICTSTHE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTlJRES AND LAND, DATED MAY 23, ,1966 (VOl. 32) BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF AN l1-ACRE TRACT OUT OF THE T.J. CHAMBERS SURVEY. ORIGINALLY KNOWN~.s THE "GILLETT PLACE".FROM "R-l" (SINGLE FAMilY RESIDENT!AL) TO "D" (MULTI-FAMILY) I Councilman King moved approval of the ordinance on first reading with the stipulation that the owner would extend the utilities at'his own expense.' Mr. DeLa Rosa seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.