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<br />1;'/11 <br /> <br />regular meeting, july 24, 1972 <br /> <br />page two <br /> <br />AYE: Cunningham, DeLa Rosa, Etheredge, Flores, King, <br />Tauch, Yarbrough <br /> <br />NAY: None <br /> <br />The Mayor declared the motion passed and the Ordinance nd approved. <br /> <br />The M~yor introduced an Ordinance with the following captfon: <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE DEDICATING CERTAIN ~EAL PROPERTY, TITLE <br />TO WHICH IS PRESENTLY VESTED IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS, FOR PARK A NO RECREAT JONAL PURPOSES; PROV,I DING <br />CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO SUCH DEDICATION; AND REPEALING <br />ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The City Sec'retary read the Ord i nance in' its ent I rety. Mr. De La Rosa <br />moved ,to table the Ordinance until the certification of a petition <br />accompanying a similar ordinance could be further studied. Hearing <br />no sec~nd, the Mayor declared the motion fai led. Mr. Cunningham <br />moved the approval of the Ordinance on first reading. Mr. King <br />seconded the mot ion. The Mayor ca 1,1 ed f,or discuss i on. Mr. Rodger <br />Zimmerman, attorney for signers of the peti~iOri, protested that <br />he had not been notified of ,the results of the certification. The <br />Mayor explai'ned that the petition had been. fou~.dto'be not sufficient, <br />and ~sked the City Attorney to further explain. Mr~ Walker stated <br />that the Charter required the City Secretary to present the <br />certificati'on t'o the Counci I, and then to notify the petitioner of <br />th'e results. T~e,City Secretar'y read the ceri;,if'ication in full. <br />After furth~r discussion, Mr. Etheredge called for question. On <br />1'01 I ~all~ ~he follo~ing vote was recorded: <br /> <br />AYE: <br />NAY: <br /> <br />Cunningham, Etheredge"Flores, King, lauch, Yarbrough <br />DeLa Ros,a <br /> <br />The Mayor declared the Ordinance approved on first reading. <br /> <br />Councilman Etheredge cdmmented on the events which had resulted <br />in the formal dedication of the City's park lands. He said <br />that, in his opinion, ,the Parks and Recreation Board had "abused <br />all rules of ethics" by hiring an attprney to prepare a petition <br />protesting the Council's choice of a site for the proposed Police <br />and Courts Building. "They have a legitimate cause as individuals, <br />but not as a board created and appo i nted, by th i s ~ounc i I", he stated. <br />Mr. Etheredge expressed his de.sire to see greater copperationbetween <br />the Counc i I and its subord i nate boards and comm; ttees; and a g'reater <br />~ffort to "make news as ~ community concerned enough to wor'k and <br />, learn to grow together, to ad~pt to the times...capable and wort~ <br />of creating a future that we and our chi Idren can be proud. of". <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Mayor introduced a Resolution authorizing approval of the <br />second year of the Concentrated Code Fnforcement Program. <br />Mr. Yarbrough moved the Reso I ut i on be, approved. Dr. Tauch seconded <br />the mo;t i on. Mr. Yarprough requested a report 0'/1 the progress and <br />status of,the first year of the. program., TheCit)l Manager listed <br />the expenditures and financial status of the first ten months of <br />the program, and explained, in answer to a question from Mr. King, <br />that the problem in connection with qual ified contractors to I <br />carry out the work had been alleviated. After further diacussion, <br />the Resolution was unanimously approved. <br /> <br />The Mayor introduc~d an Ordinance with the following ~aption: <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 OF THAT ORDiNANCE WHICH <br />REGULATES AND RESTRICTS THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, <br />STRUCTURES AND LAND, DATED MAY 23, 1966 (VOL. 32) BY <br />CHANGING THE ZONING OF 4 ACRES, TRACTS A AND,S OF THE <br />CRESTWOOD SUBDIVISION, FROM "C" (COMMERCIAL) TO "12-2" <br /> <br />(COMMERCIAL) <br />