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regular meeting, january 11, 1971 page two AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING PORTIONS OF VERAMENDI AND PARK STREETS, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF H.A. NELSON'S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS~ HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, OF RECORD IN VOL. 89, PAGE 224, HAYS COUNTY DEED RECORDS; RELIN- QUISHING TO EXA PHILLIPS NE~SON, MARIAN NELSON MEEKS, HUGH A. NELSON, JR., AND REUBEN MEEKS, TRUSTEE, ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTtREST OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, IN AND TO SAID STREET PORTIONS; AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER To SAID PERSONS A QUIT-CLAIM DEED TO SAID STREET PORTIONS I Mr. Yarbrough moved adoption of the ordinance on third and final reading. Mr. Zavesky seconded the motion. Councilman King said it should be made public that this ordinance involved an exbhagge of property between the Nelson Estate and the City. The Mayor said that fact has already been made public. On roll calL the following vote was recorded: AYE: Flores, King, Smith, Yarbrough, Zavesky NAY: None The Mayor declared the Ordinance Passed, Approved and Adopted. In introducing discussion on Planning & Zoning matters, the Mayor read aloud a letter from Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Thomas, see attached. Approval of a request for rezoning,of the Thomas property by the Planning & Zoning ,Commission was ~iden with the provision that Mr. &Mrs. Thomas would dedicate 20 feet of right-of-way needed to widen Lyndon B. Johnson Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas agreed in the letter to give the right-of-way, but with the stipulation that when LBJ Drive is paved, with curb and gutter, no assessment would be levied against their property. When asked for an opinion, the City Manager said the right-of- way requested from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas was a little more than the City would ordinarily expect to take without compensation. Mr. Flores brought out that in a recent. case , a property-owner had agreed to "give whatever footage necessary for widening LBJ" , without cost to the City. He said thi s seemed to have established a precedent. Mr. Flores said perhaps the City could do the paving, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas could be responsible for putting in the curb abd gutter. Mrs. Thomas rejected this tentative proposal. Mr. King suggested Mrs. Thomas go back to the Planning & Zoning Commission and discuss the question in the light 'of her proposal. Mrs. Thomas said the Council would have to make a decision ate! this meetin!:), since her husband refused to go to another meeting. Mr. Flores then asked .Mrs. Thomas if she would be interested in the City's having the 20-ft. right-of- way appraised, and then try to work out a satisfactory solution to the problem. Mrs,. Thomas. rejected this idea,. also. Mr. Yarbrough said if Mrs. Thomas wouldn't consider the City's proposals, he felt the Council could not make a decision contrary to the Planning & Zoning Commission's reco,mmendation. He suggested Mrs. Thomas discuss the City's proposals with her husband. The Mayor asked Mrs. Thomas to write the City about the matter, if she and her husband did not intend to appear at a Council meeting again. Mr. Flores moved that the request for rezoning be tabled. Mr. Yarbrough seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. I I