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111 MINUTES OF THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JULY 9, 1981 PRESENT: Mayor Pro-Tem Berry R. James Council Members Karl W. Brown Robert L. Cavazos John A. Kreczmer Elida A. Mendez Tess Norris City Manager City Secretary City Attorney A. C. Gonzalez Janis K. Womack Barbara Edwards Also Present: Jeff Watkins, Greg Echols and Dr. Ken Long. The Mayor Pro-Tem called the meeting to order at 4:00 o'clock p.m. Joel Barnard, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, was aSked to give a brief summary in regard to the Holland Hills Town- house project with developer Chester Witte. Mr. Barnard said when the Planning and Zoning Commission requested the City Council to rezone the property in question (in Holland Hills Subdivision) to a Townhouse District, they felt San Marcos was in need of a good townhouse project. Mr. Barnard indicated he felt the current subdi- vision ordinance that deals with townhouses is inadequate. Planning and Zoning had thought about a townhouse project on three or four lots in an established area with eight townhouses in a row, then a green area in between another eight townhouses in a row. Planning and Zoning had not thought about a maximum townhouse construction on a ten acre tract of land of approximately 80 units, as Mr. Witte brought to them. At that point P and Z began to have concerns of the slope of the property and runoff that is there now, the natural drainage that occurs there and at other homes in the area around the property in question and about the appropriateness of an 80 unit townhouse project. When P and Z first requested City Council to rezone the property for townhouse construction, it was their under- standing that the Lutheran Church near the property did not oppose the townhouse project but later they found out that indeed the Church opposed the project and still opposes it. P and Z then received a report from some of the neighborhood of bad water pressure in the area. P and Z requested George Boeker to check the water pressure before they made a decision to rezone the property to townhouse. Mr. Boeker's report stated the pressure was adequate and would continue to be adequate. Some of the members of P and Z felt the rezoning needed to be approved regardless because the minimum standards had been met, and other members of P and Z did not want to approve a re- zoning of the property because certain concerns were not being met, such as density and runoff. Their vote was to disapprove the plat. Mr. Barnard came before the City Council at that point realizing the P and Z commission needed to submit something specific to the Council. At a recent P and Z' meeting they decided to place the matter on their agenda to Propose rezoning of the property to "R-i". During the first of the process, Mr. Barnard talked with the developer indicating he felt a townhouse project would be good for thfs property, but that 80 units were not appropriate but possibly 40 units would be. P and Z did get an environmental statement from the Environmental Advisory Board whereiln they expressed some concerns but their recommendations were not enough to disapprove the plat. Mrs..Norris moved that Council go into an executive session pursuant to Section 2(e), Art. 6252-17, V.A.C.S., to discuss pending litigation and Mrs. Mendez seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.