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March 27, 1967 I Mr Mayor, Gentlemen of the City Council, Mrs. Worrell, and other members of the government of the community of San Marcos, AS late in time as this presentation comes, the season is fitting. Easter is just past, and we all have celebrated the Resurrection of OUr Lord. We have had a little rain, and the trees and flowers and crops have started their growth. The children will be back in school tomorrow, growing, as children do, in intellect, physique, and ferocity. We are all cultivating some sort of garden, relieving by work those three great evils-- boredom, vice, and need. Bere at this green, this verdant time, the Local Public Agency of Urban Renewal is ready to present its Juan Veramendi projection; we offer a way to cultivate the garden of our community: plowing where plowing is necessary; pruning Where pruning is in order; propping up growths that need to be propped; spraying, mending fences, fertilizing: all so that this lovely community may grow in an orderly, productive fashion. I The commissioners of this agency have been appointed by this City Council and charged with the responsibility and the privilege of seeking ways to adapt the united States Urban Renewal program so as to solve the unique problems of this unique community. I am the chairman; Mrs. Laura Ramsay is the Vice Chairman: Mr. Jerry Moore, commissioner; Dr. Sidney Edwards, commissioner; Mr. Eliazer Salinas, commissioner. Also involved importantly in the planning have been Mr. Augustine Lucio and Mr. Tommy Colgin. Leading the professional staff of the Local Public Agency is Mr. Jim Brown. The prOfessional planning firm contracted to this Agency is the firm of Morman, Mok, and Green. The commissioners that I have named have been working with energy--and in good faith--since the inception of the Juan Veramendi project in 1965. Highlights in this work have been these: in January, 1965, the aldermen of the city initiated the program. After interviewing many professional planning firms, this agency contracted with Morman, Mok, and Green on February 16, 1966 to provide all professional advice: engineering in all phases, city planning, and sociological counseling among others. During the contract periOd, the planning firm and the commissioners have met together wi th the various ci tizens of this community. They have met with the City Council five times; They have met with the Planning and Zoning Board three times; They have had three general meetings attended by all government agencies; I