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-'7,/ REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, MAY 22, 1967 Present: Mayor Ellis Serur I Councilmen: Emmie Craddock, Ph.D. Caesar A. Damon Luciano H. Flores Herman Korff William C. Pool, Ph.D. M~rk H~ Whittenberg Clty Manager City Secretary W.E.Wolff Dorothy O. Worrell The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Minutes of the May 8, 1967 meeting were approv~d as presented, on motion of Mr. Damon and second of Mr. Flores. I The Mayor, with consent of the Council, made a change in the Agenda, in order to accomodate a large delegation present. He asked Mr. Korff for a report from the Land Committee. Mr. Korff said a letter had been received from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sharp's attorney, Mr. Alvis Yandygriff, in reference to the Clty's offe~ to purchase the Sharp property for a sewage disposal plant. A copy of the letter is attached. Mr. SerGr asked if ~e~bers of ' the delegation would care to speak. He asked them to be brief, since the delegation had not asked to be placed on the Agenda, ahd the Council had a great number of items scheduled for discussion and action. I June Davis, spokesman for the petitIon with 248 signatures. as follows; "To Whom it May Concern: We, the following citizens and taxpayers in the City of San Marcos and County of Hays p~otest the building of the sewage disposal plant on the Frank Sharp property just south of city limits. This is a level tract and borders the beautiful San Marcbs River and will make an ideal housing devel~pment project. We beg the City to reconsider and not take this property, as it will forever ruin its val~e as development property. It would also ruin the value of all other prope~ty in this area." Mr. Davis opened his remarks by saying he owned property in the ~rea, and that he had purely selfish motives for protesting the ~se of the Sharp property for a disposal plant. He requested ihe City Manager to give the background on selection of the site. Mr,'Wolff explained thC\t engineers with Lockwood, Andrews f1 Newnam had picked the site for the proposed new plant; that A.N. Moon had been employed to negotiate for the property; that he had made the \ first contact wlth Mr. Sharp, himself, with no siJccess; that the ,,' Land Committee had then attempted to negotiate the purchase, and had made an offer to Mr. and Mrs. Sharp. Mr. Davis thin questioned the City Manager on a number of points. The Mayor called on B.W. Klotz of Lockwood, Andrews f1 Newham to give a resume of ,the matter, and to answer technical questions. A number of other memqers of the delegation spoke in opposition to placing the plant on the selecited site. Councilman Whittenberg said he had been doing a lot of soul-searching 'since the location of the plant had been under discussion, and he delegation, handed the Mayor a The Mayor read aloud the petition,