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I I I 10 regular meeting january 14, 1980 page seven of the Committee and options for forming the group in a report attached and made a part of these Minutes. Mr. Hyatt moved to form the committee by each Council Member making one appointment. No second was made to the motion. Mr. James and Mr. Tenorio suggested that the Council make appointments but also allow the neighborhood associations to make nominations. Mr. Hyatt moved to approve the proposal made by Council Members James and Tenorio and to place the item on the February 11 Council Agenda for Council appointments to be made. Mr. Cavazos seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Mayor introduced for consideration two proposed designs for the improvement of Roosevelt Street at its intersection with Guadalupe Street. Those options are attached and made a part of these Minutes. The City Manager explained that proposal A was considered more desirable by the staff and informed the Council that the neighborhood had agreed that the City should abandon the Cheatham Street extension so as to reallocate the monies to this program. Mr. Hyatt moved to approve Option A. Mr. Breihan seconded the motion, but asked the City Attorney to check the legal ramifications of the abandonment of the Cheatham Street extension with regard to any agreements which were made with adjacent property owners at the time the Cheatham Street program was designed. The Motion was unanimously adopted. Mr. Cavazos stated that he felt a traffic light was needed at the intersection for traffic turning left off Roosevelt onto Guadalupe Street. Mr. Breihan said he felt the median was too wide and asked that sidewalks be placed on both sides of the street. Mr. Cavazos asked the City Manager to be certain that the Victory Gardens Neighborhood Association agreed to the design. The Mayor read the caption of a Resolution as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 1980 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING OFFICIALS FOR SAID CITY AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE FOR SAID ELECTION. / Mr. Breihan moved the Resolution be adopted. Mr. James seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Mayor read the caption of a REsolution as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAN MARCOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS PROVIDING FOR THE JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF THE APRIL 5, 1980 ELECTION OF SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SM1E ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. Mr. James moved the Resolution be adopted. Mr. Hyatt seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The City Manager presented a progress report on the Bishop Street program. Mr. Gonzalez said that $318,000 remained for the original allocation and that the project was estimated to cost around $900,000. Of the $733,000 originally budgeted, $414,238 had been spent on the Westover Utilities program. The Manager said that he recommended a 4-lane street from Hopkins to Ranch Road 12 and that there was insufficient right-of-way in many areas along the route. Mr. James moved to call a worksession for February 4 to discuss the project in greater detail. Mr. Tenorio seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Mayor introduced for consideration the Maxwell Water Supply application for FHA funding of its 1980 improvements program. Mr. C.C. Hughson, Chairman of the Maxwell board of directors, told the Council that the program involved no new territory and that the Capital Area Planning Council's Governmental Applications Review Committee had given tentative approval contingent on the City's approval. Mr. Hyatt moved that the Mayor be authorized to approve the application. Mr. Cavazos seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 1:05 a.m. on motion of Mr. Tenorio and