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:=i ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AUGUsr 20, 1963 Present: Mayor Frank Taylor I Aldermen: WID. l.Moore, M.D. WIn. C. Pool Ruben Ruiz H. Garland Stokes City Manager City Secretary B.R. Fuller Dorothy O. Worrell Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. James C. Metcalf, Jean J. Sooter, Jo Ann Pappas, Mrs. A. McMullin, Mrs. S.V. Bingham, Mrs. Maude Whisenant, Margo C. Riley, Vance Winn, Caesar Damon, Bob Van Gundy, Helen Van Gundy, Mrs. Geallie Teague, Mrs. Gladys Walters, Mrs. Jerri Veidt, Tom Buckner, Mrs. J.R. Thornton, Mrs. Joe Holleran, Mr. and Mrs. E.E. McAdams and others The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. I Mr. Taylor introduced Mr. and Mrs. E.E. McAdams of Austin to members of the Council. Mr. McAdams, who had submitted a bid to codify the ordinances of the City of San Marcos, explained what codification would involve as to preparation and use of City personnel. He displayed an ordinance book compiled for a city of the approximate size of San Marcos. After a thorough discussion of the matter, Alderman Stokes moved that the Council authorize the Mayor to enter into a cpntract with Mr. McAdams for the codification of the City's ordinances. Alderman Pool seconded the motion and on roll call, the following vote was recorded: v AYE: Moore, Pool, Ruiz, Stokes NAY: None Whereupon, the Mayor declared the motion carried. Mrs. S.V. Bingham appeared before the Council to report that methods used to control the odor from the Lift Station near her home were not effective. The Council instructed the City Manager to inve?tigate the feasibility of using a flume on the Lift station, and to run a cost estimate. Alderman Stokes introduced an ordinance and moved its adoption. Caption of the ordinance, which was read in full, is as follows: I AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC UPON PORrImS OF U.S. AND Sf ATE HIGHWAYS LYING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS THROUGH THE ESTABlISHMENT OF CERfAIN MAXIMUM SPEEDS FOR PARrICULAR SECT IONS OF SAID HIGHWAYS; ENUMERATING THE HIGHWAYS AND SECTTOOS THEREOF WITH MAXIMUM SPEEDS; FIXING PENAlTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISlOOS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; REPEAlING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARI'S OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERElIITH; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Alderman Ruiz seconded the motion for adoption, and on roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Moore, Pool, Ruiz, Stokes NAY: None Whereupon, the Mayor declared the Ordinance Passed, Approved and Adopted. Ul :::: ;.... ~ (;.\f tHf,