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(I PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING ORDINANCE AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JUNE 13, 1966 Present: Mayor Ell is Serur I Aldermen: Caesar A. Damon Joe C. Froh Herman Korff Will jam C. Pool Mark H. Whittenberg City Manager City Secretary Wi I I i am E. Wo I ff Dorothy O. Worrel I Visitors: The Rev. Leroy Russell~ Miss Dessie Thomas, W.D, Carson, Bi I I Wise~ Ronnie Dannel ley, Jerry L. Moore, Sam Stovall, W.S. Rader, Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Moore, Dr. Jean Smith, J.C. Allbritton, Gene Rourke, Jim Carney, Bruce Smith, Carolyn Chandler, Ray Evans The Mayor opened the Public Hearing on the Zoning Ordinance, as published, at 7:00 p.m. No one appeared for the Hearing. I At 7:30 p.m., the Mayor cal led the regular meeting to order. The Rev, Leroy Russe II, pastor of First Method i st Church, gave the Invocation. The Minutes of. the meeti ngs of May 3, May 19 & May 23, 1966 were approved as presented, on motion of Alderman Froh and second of Alderman Poo I, Miss Dessie Thomas was recognized by the Mayor. She thanked the Mayor and Counci I for attending the State Highway Com- mission meeting in Austin in regard to Bccessroads on 1-35. She reported that thirty-one citizens of San Marcos had at- tended, and that the delegation Was p~omi8ed that a represent- ative of the Highway Depa~tment would review the problem of one-way and two-way traffic on the access roads, with the objective of bringing about a solution. Miss Thomas requested the Counci I to appoint a committee to work with the Highway Department representatives on the traffic problem. The Mayor appointed Miss Dessie Thomas, J..C. Allbritton and Kenneth Weatherford to the committee, with common consent of the Counci I. I R.H. Meeks of Houston appeared before the CounciJ on behalf of his father-in-law, H.A. Nelson.. He discussed plans of the Nelson Family to develop their business property on L.B.J. Drive and Edward Gary Street. He sa i d he had had an arch i tect in San Marcos the past two days, working on plans for a shopping center at that location. He said he had wjrked ~ith the City Manager on arrangements for clearing the old buildings off the Edward Gary property, as the first phase of the Nelson pro- ject.. Work on phase One should get underway within 60-90 days. Phase Two would be the old bui Iding on the corner of LSJ Drive. Mr. Meeks sa i d i. t had not been determ i ned yet whether any part of the oldbu.i Iding could be salvaged. If it could not, the old building would also be torn down. He said the Nelson Fami Iy would cooperate in every way with the Urban Renewal Pro- ject, and would conform to the City's bui lding codes. MI". Meeks '~.'