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REGULAR MEET ING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MAOCOS, TEXAS, 0C10BER 14,1963 Present: Mayor Frank Taylor I Aldermen VIm. L. Moore, M.D. VIm. C. Pool Ruben Ruiz H. Garland Stokes Ci ty Manager City Secretary B.R. Fuller Dorothy O. Worrell Visitors: The Rev. Sam Junkin, Mrs. Jerri Veidt, Tom Buckner, Wray Weddell, jr., Mrs. A. McMullin, Jack Williams, Steve Gregg, Mrs. Marvin B. Combs, Mrs. Malcolm Sherrill, Bob Scott, Ellis Serur, Mrs. Lucious Parish, Sam Valdez, Ethel Davis, Edna Johnson, Mary B. Scheib, Edra P. Allbright, George J. Garza, Mrs. Dora C. White, Mrs. Dora Gonzalez, Mrs. Pauline Espinosa, Bud Buckner, James L. Warden and others The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Sam Junkin, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, gave the Invocation. Minutes of the previous meetings were approved as presented. I The Mayor recognized Jack Williams, President of the San Marcos Cemetery Association, who brought a communication from the organization. Mr. Williams thanked the City Council for the improvements effected at the Cemetery, and for the successful initiation of Perpetual Care. He stated that this represented more than 15 years' cooperative effort on the part of the City and the Association. He referred to the letter and Perpetual Care Trust Fund financial report received from City Manager Fuller, in which various items of agreement had been restated. He reminded the Council of one further item, the agreement to keep the Lindsey-Harvey lot under Perpetual Care. Councilmen agreed that this provision had been accepted as a responsibility. Mr. Williams said the lots were being cared for; he simply wanted to be sure that it was of record. Mr. Williams mentioned that water pressure near the "chapel" was very lOW, and expressed the hope that this could be corrected. He said the drawings of the ornamental iron gates to be erected at t.he entrance to the Cemetery had been shawn to members of the organization, and drawing #2 had been selected as their preference. Mr. Williams referred to a copy of the Cemetery Association Minutes in which a gift of $1,000 was offered the City to help defray cost of a fence and gates for the Cemetery. He said the Association was now v ready to turn over the money, which amounts to $1024.62. Mr. Williams said the Association would like to recommend that the regulation on plantings be strictly enforced, and that more publicity be give the Perpetual Care Plan, and the improvements being made at the Cemetery. I Alderman Pool moved that Mr. Williams' report be accepted in full, including the recommendations and the choice of gate design, and that the Association be commended for a job well done. Alderman Ruiz seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. ell ::r:: ;>- ~ I r,;'\f Mr. James C. Warden appeared before the Council to enquire when Thorp Lane would be paved. He stated he had been given to understand that Thorp Lane was scheduled to be paved before he started construction on Hillside Manor Convalescent Nursing Home, and that he had faced his building that way because of it. Bob Scott of Memorial Hospital appeared with Mr. Warden to verify the Hospital's need for a rear entrance. The Mayor explained to Mr. Warden that it was lack of funds that had held up the opening of Thorp Lane; that the Council recognizes the need far a rear entrance to the Hospital and had discussed it several times. Alderman Stokes told Mr. Warden that the City does not have a policy of buying 09(;