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budget hearing & meeting 9/1(66 page two The Mayor introduced an item pf business discussed at a previous meeting: the opportunity to purchase from the A.M. Ramsay Estate 3.22 acres of land adjacent to the Cemetery, at a cost of $10,000. Need for ~dditional space in the Cemetery was established. The City Manager stated the cost was justified by returns from sales of cemetery lots over a period of time. He explained that it had not been included in the 1967 Budget, but that time warrants cou I d be issued, if author i zed by the I Counci I. The real estate agent acting for the Ramsay Estate asked for a commitment from the City that the land would be purchased, with a $500 payment at this time. The matter was further discussed. Alderman Damon moved the purchase be made and the City Manager author- ized to issue warrants to cover it. Alderman Pool second- ed the moticn and on rol I cal I, the fol lowing vote was recorded: AYE: NAY: Damon, Froh, Korff, Pool, Whittenberg None The Mayor declared the motion carried. The Mayor announced that he had had a telephpne cal I from Mr. H. E . Butt, telli ngh i m that the offer from the H.E. Butt of a $10,000 gift toward bui Iding a public swimming pool for San Marcos sti I I stands. The original offer was made sev6ral years ago, at a time when the City could not afford purchase of a proper site for a pool., Counci Imen expressed appreciation for Mr. Butt's generous offer, and hope that, with I the gift of $10,000, a pool could be included in the plans for improvement in San Marcos. Alderman Damon reported briefly on a joint meeting of State Highway Engineers with the City's Committee on I 35 Access Roads Traffic and the Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee. Mr. Damon eXplained he was a mem- ber of the Chamber of Co~merce Committee. He asked Miss Dessie Thomas, member of the City's committee, to give the results of the meeting. Miss Thomas reviewed the events leading up to the joint meeting. She stated the State Highway Department, had been under the impress i on that the City \Vas not interested in further discussion on returning I 35 Access Roads to two-way tr.affic. She said she had corrected the fatse impression. The Engineers agreed to init~ate a new traffic count to determine the effect on traffic load ofthe~ompl~tion of the extension of RM 12 through San Marcos. After disbussion, AI~erman Damon moved that the City Counei I accept the Highway Dept:s suggestion to chbnge servi~e roads on I 35 south to Redwood Road at onc6, and to thank them for the suggestion th~t Mr. Tom Woods make an immediate traffic count on the north I end of service road 1 35 to Loop 82 to determine if that section likewise might be converted back to two-way traffic. Alderman Korff seconded the motion and on rol I cal I the following vote \Vas recorded: AYE: NAY: Damon, Froh, Korff, Pool, Whittenberg None The Mayor declared the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 9: 16 p.m.