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I I I regular meeting, may 10, 1971 Dage three The Mayor read a letter from Ralph Gonzales, submitting his resignation as Commissioner of the Urban Renewal. Agency. Mr. Flores moved that the resignation be accepted. Mr. Smith seconded the motion, with a request that al.etter of apprec- iation for hisservi~es on the Urban Renewal Board be sent Mr. Gonzales. 'The motion passed unanimously. The Mayor introduced some recommendations forwarded from the Plannin8 & Zoning Commission, see atta,ched letter. First item considered was a request that all the areas in the Fo~est Hills and Bluebonnet Hills outside the City Limits be annexed arbitrarily by the Council. David Pool, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commission, spoke to the' question. A number of citizens whose property would be affcted by the annexation were present to ask'questioh~ .b66t utility service. All aspects of the annexation were discussed,. Mr . Kin!:)" moved that proceedings be started on publication of notice of a public hearing on the proposed annexation. Mr. Flores seconded the motion which passed unanimously. The Mayor announced that protests regarding two rezoning recommendations from the Planning & Zoning Commission had been received from Mr. J. N. Holmes, and ;3" group of "property-owners in Hughson Heights. Mr. Yarbrough said the City Attorney had been consulted about the proper procedure in such situations, and asked Jack Major to relay Mr. Walker's legal opinion. Citing Arts. 1011d & tOlle, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, ,the City Attorney ruled that the Council is required to hold a public hearing when protests ;3re presented 'in writing to the City Secretary, The matter was discussed at length with concerned citizens at the meeting. Mr. King moved thci,t a public hearing be called at the Public Library as SOOl) as legally possible, preferably on Wednesday, June 2, 1971, at 7:10 p.m., to consider the protests of Mr. Holmes, and the grOup from Hughson Heights, represented by Mr. Marcus Jackson. Mr. Etheredge seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Council considered a recommendation fromthe Planning & Zoning Commission that a request from Mrs. Laura L. Ramsay and Mr. Charles R. Ramsay for change of zoning from R-l to "M" be gcanted on the following property: Lts. 45,58,72,73,74,75-57,71,70,61-69,62,55,49,54,63, 46-53,64-81,82,83,84 and 85 out of the A.M. Ramsay Subdivision. Mr. Smith moved approval of the request for rezoning. Mr. Flores seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Final item on Planning & Zoning matters was a recommendation from the Commission that properties owned by Mrs. Katherine S. Hardeman and Mrs. Sophie S. Smith, located on Old Wimberley Road (now Lyndon B. Johnson Drive) be arbitrarily annexed by the City. Mr. Flores moved that proceedings be started on publication of notice of a public hearing on the proposed annexation. Mr. Etheredge seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Mayor introduced a Code Enforcement Grant Application Resolution. Harry Jewett of Clifford Cason Associates explained the program. A map of the area to be affected by the Code Enforce- ment Program was studied. A number of minor errors on the map were pointed out. Mr. Jewett said the Council could extend or extract any properties in the 172-acre area before the program begins. Mr. Smith moved approval of the Resolution. Mr. Flores