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~oq SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 23,1964 Present: Mayor Frank Taylor I Aldermen: \~ i II i am C. Poo I Ruben Ruiz E II is Serur A.G. Tuttle Mark H. Whittenberg City Manager City Secretary Assistant City Manager B.R.. Fu Iler Dorothy O. Worrell Bruce McElroy Visitors: Mrs. Jerri Veidt, Walter L. Buckner, Tom Buckner, E.W. Slaughter, Dr. M.M. Martin, Roscoe Chambliss, Bob Cooper, Augustin Lucio, Jr., Celestino Mendez, Jr., M.L. Uzzell, Dan Uzzell, Don Uzze II, Bruce' Sm it'h>;: and others The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. He welcomed five members of the Board of Trustees of the San Marcos Inde- pendent School District, who had requested a Joint session with the Counc i I . I Dr. M.M. Martin, President of the Board, stated that some Trustees, and many people living in rural areas, had expressed dissatisfaction with the terms of the City's offer to furnish sewer facilities to the site of the proposed new school. He referred to the City M!f:'ager's letter of September 9, 1964, with the City's firm offer; not to exceed $11,382.76, which repre- sents approximately 50% of the cost of. extending the sewer line to the site. Dr. Martin handed the Mayor an excerpt from the School Board Minutes of Sept. 9, 1964, and asked him to read it aloud. It follows: "The motion as amended and passed reads as follows: I H' It was moved by Celestino Mendez, Jr. and seconded by Ann Primer to accept the Stokes site to build on and further accept the firm figure of the City, through its City Manager, on the cost of utilities as proposed in his letter of September 9, 1964, providing the San Marcos Independent School District be reimbursed for their costs of said utilities at said time as revenues are received and not to exceed a certain date, or the City furnish the utility lines to San Marcos Independent School District Stokes site property line. ", Dr. Martin said the School Board had spent some $7,000 on maps, and, in a spirit of cooperation, they would share them with the City. .- ..... I ::~ ~c_, Board Members Bob Cooper, Roscoe Chambliss and Celestino Mendez apoke to the question and urged the City to stand the enti~e cost of the line, or agree to reimburse the School on a long- range plan based on probable income f~om customers. The Mayor pointed out that the line would be extended outside the City Limits and that additional income from that sou~ce could not be expected in the near future. He added that 25% of the pupils served by the Independent Scrool District do not I~ve ::!\ ~'\f ~U(,