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, ; ~ ~. spec i a I meet i ng, november 23, 1964. page two rol I call, the fol lowing vote was recorded; AYE: NAY: Pool, Ruiz, Serur, Tuttle, Whittenberg None The Mayor declared the Ordinance Passed, Approved and Adopted. Alderman Serur introduced discussion on the need fora Bicycle Ordinance. He said he had read that cost to the City for .ticensing bicycles was approximately 41~, and that a reasonable charge for the license would be $1.00. It was recalled that a Bicycle Ordinance prepared by the City Manager for consideration of the Counci I had been turned over. to the Traff i c Comm i ss i on for study and recom- mendation. By common consent, the Counci I agreed to re- quest Mr. Fuller to ask the Traffic Commission for its recommendation, to have the Ordinance ready for consid- erstionat the regular meeting on December 14. The Mayor open~d for discussion the possible uti lization of a portion of Camp Gary as a site for a Residential Job Corps TRaining Center uhder Title I A of Publ ic Law 88-452. Mr. Taylor welcomed Dr. Wi II iam H. Crook, President of San Marcos Academy and member of~he. Cit i zens Comm i ttee for Camp Gary, who was app.f'o i nted by! 'fres ident on November 20 to act as I ia i son between the San Marcos City Counc i I and Wash i ngton on the Camp Gary project. The Mayor we I corned Congressman Pickle and thanked him for his efforts in se- curing Camp Gary for a beneficial program. Mr. Taylor said we had heard the President say that Sargent Shriver would be in San Marcos November 25, and asked Congressman Pickle to explain whafthe Job Corps Training Center would be. Mr. Pickle said thatCityManager Fuller could best explain the program. Mr. Ful fer said the Job Corps Train- ing Center closely paralel Is the Residential Vocational School that San Marcos had applied for ~revibusly under PL 88-201. One difference is that the job Corps Trainc ing Centers will not be co-educational; men and women being given training in different centers. The training period has been reduced to a maximu~ of two y~ars. The students wil I be provided by the Office of the Econo~ic Opport~nity Act. Age group for Job Corps Training is 16-21. Mr. Fuller said he had conferred with Dr. Otis Singletary, Director of the Youth Corps, in Washington on Tuesday, November 17,1964. Congressman Pickle expressed his appreciation to the Counci I and to the citizens of San Marcos for their coo~eration in advancing to this point in the uti lization of Csmp Gary. He said: "The President has put us in business here, if we can get together on detai Is". He announced that Sargent Shriver, Director of the Economic Opportunity Act program, wou I d be at Camp Gary Tuesday afternoon, November 24, i n- stead of November 25, as ~nnounced earl ier. Congressman Pickle asked if the City Counci I would give someone auth- ority to act for the City of San Marcos when Sargent Shriver arrives, someone who could discuss utilities, and answer the many questirlns that will be raised in connection with implementation of Camp Gary as a Job Corps Training Center. The Mayor answered that a Resolution granting that author- ity had been prepared for consideration by the Council; that the City would be ready with its part of the Conference on Tuesday. T~T I I I