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I I I MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEE~IN~ OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN tffiRCOS, TEXAS, APRIL 28, 1980 126 PRESENT: Mayor John A. Hansen Council Members Ted Breihan Robert L. Cavazos Berry R. James John J. Stokes Kenneth E. Sutton Gilbert G. Tenorio City Manager City Secretary City Attorney Director of Community Services Director of Finance A. C. Gonzalez Doriss Hambrick Barbara Edwards Albert Sierra Earl Williams Also Present: Lannie Griffith, Jerri Martin, Rey Guevara-Vazquez, Melissa Millecam, Tess Norris, John Kreczmer, Oscar Carpenter, Terry Roberts, John Durrett, Mr. & Mrs. Pryatel, Joe Garza, Kay Corpier, Ralph Gonzales, Jake Krauskopf, Marcos Hernandez, Fred Guerra, Shirley Wickersham, Ollie Giles, Dinah Elwell, Sharyl Werner, Ken Long, Karl Brown, Austin Curlee, Naomi Cuevas, Bill Nicola and others. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Mayor introduced for consideration approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting held April 14th. Mr. Cavazos moved the minutes be approved. Mr. Tenorio seconded the motion which passed unanimously. The Mayor introduced for consideration approval of the minutes of a Special Meeting held April 21st. Mr. Tenorio moved the minutes be approved. Mr. James seconded the motion which passed unanimously. The Mayor introduced for consideration a public hearing and establishment of priorities for Year III, Small Cities Community Development Project. Albert Sierra, Director of Community Services, briefed the Council on the application for the funds. He said the Council needed to set priorities for the use of the money. The original preapplication was for three years; $500,000 for each year. Mr. Sierra recommended $354,000 for public improve- ments, $86,000 for housing and $60,000 for administration costs. Mr. Sierra said that $441,000 was committed to public improvements for Year II. Mr. Stokes asked if there were any funds not allocated that could be put with the housing program. Mr. Sierra said there was approximately $33,000 not committed. The Mayor then opened the meeting for a public hearing. Ollie Giles, representing Dunbar Neighborhood Association, spoke to the Council first. She said the main request was for housing and then street improvements. She said she was unhappy about the lack of curbs in front of the churches. The next priority was for Dunbar Center to be improved. Mr. Sutton asked why the Dunbar Center was being used for storage. Mr. Stokes said he thought the people did not want curbing in front of the Church. Ollie Giles said they did, but that it would cause a problem for traffic to get by. The City Manager said that a portion of the street could be designated a no parking area on one side so that traffic could get through. Ralph Gonzales, representing Victory Gardens Neighborhood Assoc., came before the Council next. He said their first priority was housing. He asked that the Council come down to the two areas and inspect the housing for themselves. He asked if monies from the Bishop St. project could be used for housing. Mr. Stokes said that this project had already had money taken away from it and put on other projects. Mr. Sierra stated that money left over from land sales goes back into housing. The Mayor asked ~1r. Sierra for a current list of buyouts, where they are and where they will be moved to and a list of prospective candidates for assistance. The City Manager stated that the Staff would prepare a recommendation for how the monies should be spent after listening to the requests by the citizens. Mr. Stokes moved to accept Mr. Sierra's recommendations. t1r. Sutton seconded the motion. Mr. Tenorio said that he felt housing should be given a higher priority than public improvements. He felt monies for capital improvements should be taken from general fund monies. The City Manager said that it would be August before the City received HUD approval of the application.