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I } I I SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, MAY 15, 1967 Present: Mayor Ell is Serur Counci Imen" Dr. Emmie Craddock Caesar A. Damon Luciano H. Flores Herman Korff Dr. Wi Iliam C. Pool Mark H. Whittenberg City Manager City Secretary Wi II i am E. Wo Iff Dorothy 0 Worrel I Visitors J.R. Cole, Ed Munson, Denis Sanders of Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam , Gene Rourke, Fiscal Agent, Sandra Graham, Bob Olson, June Davis The Mayor opened the meeting at 730 p.m. Engineers of Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam presented a progress report on the City's development program. Ed Mun'son, design engineer for the City's proposed sewage disposal plant, explained the choice of a site down-river for the plant. He stated the difference in cost of pumping waste to that location, as opposed to' pump i ng to the present d i s'posa I p I ant, wou I d save $20,000 in ten years. He said 30% of the plant cost would be met with Federal ~ssistance through the "660" program, application for which had already been made. J.R. Cole showed charts on the cost. He recommended that $300,000 in bmnds. voted for this purpose shou I d be offered for sa Ie, now, si nce funds for construct i on would be needed by September. Acquisition of the site in time to qualify for"the "660" grant before the end of the fiscal yea~, June 30. should get top p~iority, Mr. Cole stated. Counci Iman Korff, Chairman of the Land Committee, reported on a meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sharp regarding the City's purchase of ten acres for the disposal plant. An offer of $800 an acre was made., Mr. Sharp's price was $2,000 an acre. It was agreed Mr. Sharp would give the City Manager ~n answer on the City's proposal by friday, May 19, and the matter would be further discussed at the regular ,!,eeting of the Counci I, May 22. Gene Rourke. F i sca I Agent, sa i d he fel t the sewage d i sposa I plant was the first step in the five,year program. He stated that sa Ie of $300.(J00 of the bonds wou I d present no prob I em at this time. Mr. Rourke said it was the respo~sibi lity of the Counci I to choose projects for top priority. and instruct him accordingly, in the sale of bonds. The City Manager reported he had talked with the State Fire Commissioner on the probabi lity of using the City's property on Hutchison Street, adjacent to the City Hal I and Fire Station. for construction of the new fire station. He said the Commission- er gave tentative approval of the site. Mr. Wolff said he had asked the architect to come to San Marcos to discuss the site.