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<br />SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AUGUST 31, 1971
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<br />Present:
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<br />Mayor
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<br />Herbert A. Yarbrough, jr.
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<br />Councilmen:
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<br />Guillermo DeLa Rosa
<br />Frances D. Emery
<br />Luciano H. Flores
<br />Ross King
<br />David R. Tauch
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<br />City Manager
<br />City Secretary
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<br />Mark E. Gresham
<br />Dorothy O. Worrell
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<br />Absent:
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<br />Councilman
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<br />Eddy A. Etheredge
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<br />Visitors:
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<br />Roger C. Hartung, Corps of Engineers
<br />(Flood Plain Management Services);
<br />Ed De Loreto, Dave Owens,James Behille,
<br />Rod Gonzales, National Weather Service;
<br />Paul T. Gillett, Chief, Flood Plain Services,
<br />and John Dougherty, of Texas Water Develop-
<br />ment Board; William Weaver, National Weather
<br />Service; Alan (-Andy") Anderson, Soil Con-
<br />servation Service; Jim Cauthorn, Chm., and
<br />A.H. Dawson, Vice-chm., Upper San Marcos
<br />Watershed Flood District; Mrs. B.R. Fuller,
<br />Rodgers Storey, Frank Watson, Jerri Martin,
<br />Bruce Smith, Allen Mason, Lanny Cravy,
<br />Jim Byrn
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<br />The Mayor called the special meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
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<br />The City Manager welcomed guests, and turned the meeting over to
<br />Roger C. Hartung, of the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Mr. Hartung
<br />explained that the Corps had, at the request of the City of San
<br />Marcos, made a study over a peri09 of years of the causes of
<br />floods in the San Marcos River Watershed. Following presentation
<br />of the plan and recommendations, the Council requested the Corps
<br />to drop the plan. Subsequently, the City sought the services
<br />of the U.S. Soil Conserva~ion Service in construction of small
<br />dams in the Watershed as a flood control program.
<br />Mr. Hartung said the Corps of Engineers now has a policy of pub-
<br />lishing reports, and the one being presented at this time was on
<br />the May 15, 1970 San Marcos River Flood. The report, he explained,
<br />spelled out the problems, with references to floods of 1913, 1921,
<br />1952 and 1970, and "the hundred-year flood" theory. It contained
<br />no recommendations.
<br />Using charts and maps, Mr. Hartung explained the floodway and
<br />floodway fringe areas of San Marcos, and touched on their effect
<br />on flood insurance. He stated the City would have to pass measures
<br />to cmntrol buildings in the floodway areas, or lose eligibility for
<br />the National Flood Insurance Program.
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<br />Others who spoke on flood control were Alan ("Andy") Anderson of
<br />SCSi Ed De Loreto of National Weather Service; Paul Gillett, Chief
<br />of Flood Plain Services, Texas Water Development Board; and
<br />Jim Cauthorn, Chairman, of the Board of the proposed Upper San
<br />Marcos Watershed Flood Control District. Mr. Cauthorn explained
<br />the Board had set the election to establish the flood control
<br />district for Sept. 23, 1971.
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