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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APRI L 22, 1966 Present: Mayor E I lis Serur I Aldermen; Caesar A. Damon Joe C. Froh Herman Korff Wi II i am C. Poo I Mark H. Whittenberg City Manager City Secretary W.E. Wolff Dorothy O. Worrel I Visitors: James J. Aussant, A.P. Pheiffer, Jim Carney, Jim Michalec, Tony Clark, Mrs. Herman Korff, Edgar E. Ash, Herbert Nix, J.B. Roberts, R. Eldec, Mrs. J.M. Braffett, Everett Johnson, Elwood Soechting, L.G. Hooper, Jerry Moore, Robert J. Jay, Carol Jay, Jean Carney, Ed Click, Bob Cooper, Jack Ohlrich, Bi I IC. Malone, A.N. Stephenson, Bradley Moody, the Rev. Richard Trevi~o, Bruce Smith, Carolyn Chandler I The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7;30 p.m. Minutes of the ApI" i I 4 and ApI" i I 6, 1966 Minutes were unanimously approved as presented, on motion of Alderman Froh, and second of Alderman Pool. I The Mayor recognized James L. Carney, Chairman of of St. John's Parish Advisory Board. He presented the reasons the church wished to acquire the 3.62 acres of park land between St. John's property and East Hopkins Street. The property was acquired before the extension of R~ 12 to connect with Hopkins Street. Mr. Carney said there had been a lot of misinformation about the church's plans for use of the land. He said the people of the par i sh were concerned pI" i mar i I y with a church to worsh i pin, and not with shopping centers or other b4siness. "We would like to keep al I of the land for church purposes", he said. "We have no plans--;t this time to sell any of the property". He said they had been approached by three or four buyers interested in pur- chase of al I or part of the property. "This involves a great deal of money, and weare not a wealthy parish", Mr. Carney said. "We would have been foolish not to consider the offers." He said they wanted title to the 3.62 acres, but could not pay $50,000, the appraised value. "If we were to acquire the property, we would put in the deed that we would never sell any of it", he said. Herbert Nix questioned Mr. Carney about the possibi lity of "the Catholic Church going into business on that property - the Catholic Church owns many businesses." Mr. Carney assured him St. JohnJs had no such plans. Mr. Nix stated that the people of San Marcos had acq~ired the park property "the hard way". Elwood Soechting opened discussion on the probab i I i ty of the church's se I ling part of the i I" I and for a shopping center. Alderman Damon raised the question of zoning. J.B. Roberts, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commi;s- ion, said the property was zoned "public use' and would have