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Regular Meeting December 14, 2005 1 37. Page 7 agreement rather than a per attachment agreement He stated Century tel has I reduced their rates and rates are now frozen, which will not allow these increases to be offset to the customers Mr Thomaides inquired as to the pole study the City did to determine the cost for the City poles and for Century tel poles Mr Taylor stated an independent contractor counted each pole and their attachments, and then the Council decided to go with a per attachment agreement He stated the $6 00 cost does not cover the City cost for repairs and new poles He stated the $6 00 is in line with the other coops in the area Mr Bose inquired whether San Marcos will be behind what other municipalities charge Kyle Dickie, SMEU Assistant Director, stated other municipalities generally charge less, but they have been charging per pole for awhile and San Marcos is behind The Council then voted unanimously for adoption of the Resolution Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration Item 18, removed from the consent agenda, adoption of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A DONATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND LEADERSHIP SAN MARCOS FOR AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD SIGN, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE IMr Guerrero moved for adoption of the Resolution, and Mr Thomaides seconded the motion Johnanna Haley, Leadership San Marcos, stated Leadership San Marcos Class of 2006 is proposing to raise funds and construct an electronic message board sign outside the San Marcos Activity Center that will be double-sided Mr O'Leary stated the Leadership Class wants to raise funds for the sign, and once it is built, provide some advertisement on the sign for the sponsors, which the details have not been worked out yet Mr Mihalkanin inquired as to the recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Board Rodney Cobb, Parks and Recreation Department Director, stated the Parks and Recreation Board has not been able to meet to discuss this proposal, but several of the Board Members have seen the proposal and have expressed their interest in the project Mr Thomaides thanked the San Marcos Leadership for proposed sign and for all their help in the past Mr Guerrero also thanked the San Marcos Leadership for all their hard work Mr Bose inquired as to the plans to blend in with the proposed Sculpture Garden Mr Cobb stated this sign and the Sculpture Garden will not be located in the same area, but there are plans for both projects to blend together On roll call the following vote was recorded I::: Thomaides, Mihalkanin, Narvaiz, Diaz, Jones and Bose None