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regular meeting, june 14, 1965 page two for consideration of the Counci I. Alderman Pool seconded the motion, and on roll call, the fol low- ing vote was recorded: AYE: NAY: Damon, Froh, Pool, Tuttle, Whittenberg None The Mayor declared the motion carried. E.O. Bethke came before the Cou nc i I as "a hurt I ' citizen" with a grievance against the Local Pub- lic Agency (Urban Renewal Agency). He referred to his mother's business property, scheduled to be acqu i red by LPA in the Chautauqua Hill Project, stating that an unfair evaluation had been made, since consideration was not given to the income his mother derived from the property. Alderman Froh stated he had been told by J.T. Banister, Executive Director of the LPA, that the B~ethke property val- uation was being reconsidered. He asked Mr. Bethke to "rescind his complaint" unti I a re-evaluation of the property had been made. Garland Stokes was recognized by the Mayor. He stated that he, too, was concerned about Urban Renewal, but from a different viewpoint: "I sat here on this Coun- c i I when th i s program was in it i ated. I went before groups... I told them about the River Project... I lied to a Jot of people as it turned out... people have been grossly misinformed by the City Counci I..." Mr. Stokes talked for fifteen minutes; he recommended that Mr. Fuller be retained by the Council either as I City Manager or City Planner, since, in his opinion, his attempt to fi II both jobs was responsible for the delay in getting the River Project and the GNRP into operation. The Mayor said he wished to make it clear that the peop I e had not been dec i eved by the Cou nc i I . He an- nounced an open meeting of the Counci I with the Plan- ning and Zoning Commission and the Local Public Agency for the next evening at 7:30. "I don't know al I the answers, but tomorrow night we're going to bring this thing out in the open", Mr. Serur said. Alderman Whitt- enberg rem i nded Mr. Stokes that the Counc i I had d i rect- ed Mr. Ful IeI' to spend his time on the acquisition of Camp Gary, and that he felt the Counci I should take ful I responsibi lity for the delay in the Urban Renewal projects. If Mr. Ful IeI' had not spent time on the Camp Gary brochure, he said, the City would not have been ready to avai I itself of President Johnson's offer to designate Camp Gary as the site for the first Job Corps Center. "We were ready, thanks to Mr. Ful leI''', Mr. Whittenberg stated. Alderman Froh thanked Mr. Stokes for his speech and commented: I "You left us old tools to work with". Alderman Whitten- berg said: "Mr. Mayor, I think all the people must be interested in the welfare of San Marcos. Someti~es.i ~ou have opponents, but enemies , ~."