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Regular Meeting March 1, 2005 132. Page 5 a daily report is taken off the meter by a City crew leader in charge of I the street constructlon job The Council voted unanimously for adoption of the Resolution Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration Item 16 removed from the consent agenda, adoptlon of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A POLICY FOR PLACEMENT OF ART, MONUMENTS AND STRUCTURES ON CITY PROPERTY, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Mr Mihalkanin moved for adoption of the Resolution and Mr Diaz seconded the motion Mr Thomaides expressed interest in introducing an amendment to the Ordinance Mr Thomaides worked with City Attorney Mark Taylor to draft language to present dated March 1 in an email from Mr Mark Taylor to Mr Thomaides and provided to the Council at this meeting The amended language more closely follows the recommendations of the Arts Commission, which Council to have flnal approval for the placement of permanent art Mr Thomaides moved to amend the Ordinance in Part 4 as set out in the email and Mr Guerrero seconded the motion Mr Mihalkanin stated when the Arts Commlssion denies an application, lt would not be processed further, but always goes to the Councll if the Commlssion approves the application IMr Thomaides stated this amendment would provide the Council wlth latitude to make modifications Mr Taylor expressed concern that temporary art could be displayed from 60 days to one year Mr Thomaides stated he was more concerned about having a say with permanent art and not as concerned with temporary art Mr Mlhalkanin asked about amended wordlng in Section D, preliminary, and why it was added Mr Mark Taylor stated to distinguish between preliminary and final approval by City Council Mr Mihalkanin stated he supports Sections C, D and E and has a problem with Section B, the alternate location issue He requested that Sectlon B be removed from the amendment and dealt with separately Mr Mihalkanin stated he wants language added to Mr Thomaides' amendment so that if the Commission recommends denial of an application, it would require a 2/3 vote by the City Councll to approve The Council expressed no concerns with the amended language in Sections D and E as amended Mr Taylor stated he wanted to delete the last sentence in Part 5 C Mr Mark Taylor suggested changing the word "will" to "may" in the sentence The Council then voted unanimously for the approval as the amendment Mr Taylor moved to amend Part 5 C to strike the last sentence and Mr Thomaides seconded the motion (no vote was taken on this motion) Mr Mihalkanin questioned if it would make sense to delete all of C Mr Mark Taylor responded to a questlon from Mr Bose that temporary art declsions are made by the Arts Commisslon and permanent art by the City Council Mr Mark Taylor also stated the I Resolution should probably include who has the final authorlty Mr Taylor asked Arts Commlssloner Betty Banks in 5 C regardlng temporary art, if the Council received complalnts on temporary art that would be displayed 60 days to one year, what was the logic on the temporary art Ms Banks stated there lS a walking gallery displayed up to 60 days, and other temporary art that could be displayed from 60 days to a year Ms Banks