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187 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AUGUST 31, 1981 PRESENT: Mayor Emmie Craddock Council M~mber s Karl W. Brown Robert L. Cavazos Berry R. James John A. Kreczmer Elida A. Mendez Tess Norris City Manager City Secretary City Attorney A. C. Gonzalez Janis K. Womack Barbara Edwards Also Present: Dick Burdick, Paul Heiser (Crazy Horse Eqmt. Co.), John Stokes, Frank Gordon, B. F. Davidson, Chris Bishop, Jerri Martin, Jeff Watkins, Gregg Echols, Bill Spiller (Univ. Star), Toni Klein, Ken Long, Chuck Nash, Melissa Millecam, Bob Hyatt and others. Mayor Craddock called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Craddock stated Agenda Items 3 and 4 would not be considered directly by the Council at this meeting, because after the agenda was prepared considerable discussion concerning Lowman Airport and the contractual arrangements with Crazy Horse Equipment Company had taken place. It was the legal opinion of City Attorney Barbara Edwards that Council could discuss these items as long as it per- tained to amending the lease of March 9, 1981 between the City of San Marcos and Crazy Horse Equipment Company. City Manager stated the request originated with Dana Corporation requesting a variance to construct their building near Lowman Air- port. When requested the City didn't have height restrictions, but this problem was remedied at the last meeting adopting height re- strictions. Additional difficulties not anticipated were posed in that it not only affected Dana Corporation but additionally the development of the hospital which will need to request a variance. To address the concern of' giving precedence of a variance in any request for variance, the Council is considering renegotiating its lease with Crazy Horse Eqmt. Co. Mr. Gonzalez has received a letter from the owners of the lease, Mr. Heiser and Ms. Del Bianco, indicat- ing they have entered an agreement with John Stokes for the transfer of their lease with the City to Mr. Stokes, and that the agreement calls for compensation of $15,000. It's been established Crazy Horse Eqmt. Co. is willing to have lease terminated within one year, at which time the airport would close. The question that comes before the Council is where to obtain the $15,000. From numerous conversa- tions with numerous persons involved in the transaction and in the community, it is believed' the money can be generated from several sources. Mr. Gonzalez indicated it was important for the public to understand that the Council was considering this move to give encour- agement to development and address the problems of development in the Lowman area, which would include Dana Corp. and the hospital. The Council needs to decide if there will be City participation in reme- dying this problem. Mayor Craddock then stated the Ordinance adopted by the Council in 1954 set height restrictions for Lowman and imposed ~safety restric- tions in the development around Lowman, but the plat referred to describing the.height restrictions was not attached as indicated. To remedy the situation for the best interest of the City, the Coun- cil then requested its airport advisor to develop restrictions for safety precautions based on F.A.A. regulations for this airport. Charles Willis and Associates of Dallas prepared the plat. The pro- blem before the Council was that Dana Corporation was somewhat in violation of the restrictions and was requesting a variance, and a