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146 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JANUARY 27, 1975 Present: Mayor Ennnie Craddock Councilmen Ted Breihan Bill Dibrell Luciano H. Flores John Hansen Kenneth E. Sutton I City Manager James B. Baugh City Secretary Doriss Hambrick City Attorney Tom Akins Director, Finance Earl T. Williams Director, Public Works William T. Friedrich Absent: Councilman William L. Cunningham Also present: Mrs. Anne Craddock; Cliff Roberts; Weldon Haney; Mr. & Mrs. C.D. Marshall; Stanley Hughson; Thomas A. Harwood; Mr. & Mrs. D.B. Thomas; W.H. Hamilton, Jr.; Dr. Pat Norwood; Charles Suckle; John Dunn; Mrs. Inez Ramsay; Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Roberts; Kathy Morris; Eleanor Crook; Carmen Polhemus; Jerri Martin; Juan Palomo; Terry Roberts; Rowe Ray; and others. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held January 13, 1975, were approved as presented on motion of Councilman Sutton and second of Councilman Hansen. I Dr. Robert Stevenson came before the Council with a report defining the activities of the Citizen Review Connnittee for Tax Reappraisal. Dr. Stevenson reviewed the recommendation of the 1974 Board of Equalization which encouraged a general reappraisal program for the City and a citizen review committee to monitor the program. Following his description of the method employed by the staff and citizen committee to reappraise all property within the City, Dr. Stevenson emphasized the desirability of setting current, fair market values on all property and cautioned the Council against approving the reappraisals without also lowering the tax rate. The Mayor introduced an Ordinance having the following caption: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OFcSAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16 OF APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS.BY DELETING SECTION 16(3) AND SUBSTITUTING IN ITS PLACE A NEW SUBSECTION (3) TO SECTION 16 SO AS TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR ALL MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICTS AND STRUCTURES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mr. Sutton moved the Ordinance be Passed, Approved and Adopted, as an emergency. Mr. Hansen seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mr. Breihan moved the bid for construction of the L.B.J. Drive Improvement program be awarded to Dean Word Company of New Braunfe1s in the amount of $94,752.35, on the basis of that company having submitted the lowest and best bid. Mr. Hansen seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. I Mr. Breihan moved to bring from the table three ordinances contemplating changes of zoning on property in the North L.B.J. Drive area which had been tabled pending award of the bid described above. Mr. Sutton seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.