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regu tar meet i ng, february 8, 1965 page two L.N. Elder came before the Counci I with a drainage problem on West San Antonio Street at Feltner AI ley. ~r. Serur said the City was aware of the flooding problem in many areas of the City. He said he and Mr. McElroy had discuss- ed that area. Assistant City Manager McElroy said a solut- ion would be possible at that point when weather would per- mit drainage work. Mr. Elder thanked the Counci I for their time, and their attention to this matter. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ford came before the Cou nc i I to request I relief from flooding at their property on Moore and RM 12. This is a recurring problem which the City has dealt with for ~~ny years. Mr. Ford said the blame should be placed eit~/with the State Highway Department or the City. The whole problem was reviewed again. The City Manager said he had talked with the State Highway Department again about the matter. Alderman Whittenberg said the Counci I should auth- orize the City Manager or the Assistant City Manager to re- quest the State Highway Department to send an engineer im- mediately to check the problem. Alderman Whittenberg made the observation that flooding is not peculiar to San Marcos. Anyone who I istens to~he radio, watches television or reads the newspapers, he said, knows that other cities, particu- larly San Antonio, have serious drainage problems every time there is a heavy rain. The history of the problem was again reviewed. Mayor Pro Tem Serur asked the City Manager to work out a staisfactory solution to the drainage problem, soon. Alderman Pool introduced a Resolution commending Frank Taylor for his serv i ce as Mayor of San Marcos from Apr ii, 1963 unt i I his resignation on January 27, 1965, and moved its approval. The Resolution, which is made a part of the Minutes, was read I in full. Alderman Tuttle seconded the motion, and on rol I cal I, the fol lowing vote was recorded: AYE; NAY: Pool, Ruiz, Tuttle, Whittenberg None The Mayor Pro Tem declared the Resolution Passed and Approv- ed, and Counci I members signed a copy of the Resolution to be sent to Mr. Taylor. The Mayor Pro Tem introduced for Counci I action the appoint- ment of two persons to fi I I th~ vacancies on the Planning & Zoning Commission created by the resignations of S.H. Leggitt and Dav i d Conrad. Mr. Serur offered for Counc i I approva I the names ,oF Jesse Adams, teacher at SWTSC, and Don Ennis, assoc- iate of Tiner Insurance Agency. Alderman Pool moved that Jesse Adams and Don Ennis be named to the Planning & Zoning Commission to fi I I the unexpired terms of S.H. Leggitt and David Conrad. Alderman Ruiz seconded the motion, and on rol I call, the following vote was recorded: AYE: NAY: Pool, Ruiz, Tuttle, Whittenberg None I The Mayor Pro Tem declared the motion carried. Upon request of Alderman Pool, the City Manager named the other five members of the Planning & Zoning Commission as: Carl Christman, chairman; J.B. Roberts, vice-chairman; Mrs. Katherine S. Hardeman, secretary; Luciano Flores and J.M. Sims.