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<br />-'- <br /> <br />c-j ,'3 ~1 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Sf- :J.ohn'1- CalholfA Chu'1-ch <br /> <br />AC 512 <br />EXport 2~2363 <br /> <br />CLARET IAN FATHERS <br /> <br />104 Roanoke Street <br /> <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS <br />April 9, 1966 <br /> <br />To the Honorable Mayor and <br />Members of the City Council <br />San Marcos, Texas <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />St. John's Catholic Church, in this City has com- <br />pleted plans to build a new church edifice on the tract <br />of land owned by the church, bounded on the North and <br />East by park land, on the West by Riverside Drive and <br />on the South by the Railroad tracks. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The proportions and architectural design of the <br />new church have great esthetic value. We feel that it <br />will be a credit to the Community and a source of pride <br />not only to Catholics but to all the citizens of our <br />fair City. In view of this it would seem appropriate <br />to position the church building facing the new spacious <br />Ranch Road 12. <br /> <br />However, our attorney advises that it would be <br />unwise for us to take that step unless we owned title <br />to the strip of land between our property and Ranch Road <br />12. Following his recommendation we respectfully submit <br />the following proposal: <br /> <br />The Catholic Church offers to purchase the 3.62 <br />acres between our property and Ranch Road 12 for the <br />consideration of tBn thousand (10,000) dollars, and <br />accepts the following restrictions: <br /> <br />1. This land will never be sold by the Church. <br />2. This land will be used only for church <br />purposes. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />In addition, the Church will subject the land we <br />presently own to the following restriction: <br /> <br />/}) <br /> <br />E3 <br /> <br />, :)1 <br />