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169 Regular Meeting August 24, 1981 Page 7 of A & A Lawn Maintenance to discuss with Council what his intention was to remedy the problem of the gate not being opened during the hours required by the contract. Mr. Ramirez stated they now had a "beeper system" which would be used to open and close the gate and that Mr. Goldapp and he would rotate weekends to insure the opening of the gate during the specified hours. Mr. Kreczmer suggested someone should have some supervision over the contract to see that the maintenance was performed. Mr. Frank Taylor, Chairman of the Cemetery Board, in- dicated he had no major complaints with the maintenance, other than the fact he put in a sprinkler system to keep his daughter's plot green. Mrs. Ada Burke indicated perpetual care had been paid for but that she had needed to add soil and do the watering to keep her mother's plot green. She stated she was opposed to the contract being awarded to A & A Lawn Maintenance and wanted a committee formed to oversee the cemetery. City Manager Gonzalez then interjected to state that many problems had been addressed in the past two years with new policies coming before the Council to alleviate problems in the cemetery. Dr. Long stated he thought there should be a Ceme- tery Advisory Board to assist the City Manager. Mrs. Jean Scrutchin stated she thought the cemetery as a whole looked very good but had placed her own sprinkler system in a family plot. On roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Brown, Cavazos, James, Craddock, Mendez and Norris. NAY: Kreczmer. ABSTAIN: None. Mayor Craddock reintroduced for consideration approval of the final Articles of Incorporation for the Capital Area Housing Finance Cor- poration by Resolution, the caption which was read as follows: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CREATION OF CAPITAL AREA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION; APPROVING THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION THEREOF AND APPOINTING THE INITIAL DIRECTORS THEREOF; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. PriOr to the adoption of the Resolution, it was necessary to have three citizens of San Marcos execute the Application for Approval of the Creation of the Capital Area Finance Housing Corporation, which was executed by Kenneth L. Long, Jane S. Wilson and Ollie W. Giles. Mr. James moved to adopt, the Resolution and Mr. Brown seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was recorded: AYE: Brown, James, Craddock, Kreczmer, Mendez and Norris. NAY: Cavazos. ABSTAIN: None. Mayor Craddock reintroduced for discussion of John Herbst with Council the possibility of the adult book store in San Marcos being closed. Mr. Herbst came before the Council and stated he wanted a district established for massage parlors and adult book stores. As this was not the subject requested on the Agenda, the Mayor informed Mr. Herbst that he was out of order, and his discussion would not be heard by the Council at this meeting. Mr. B. F. Davidson then requested the Council to allow the first read- ing on his Zoning request, and that he would work with Staff to have a right-of-way easement on Fredericksburg prepared to address the Council's traffic concerns. Mr. Cavazos moved to untable the matter and Mr. James seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The cap- tion was then read as follows: