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40 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 2, 1983 PRESENT: Mayor Emmie Craddock Council Members Karl W. Brown Gerald G. Farr Fred Guerra Betty Jane Kissler John A. Kreczmer * Jaime Moore City Manager A. C. Gonzalez City Secretary Janis K. Womack Acting City Attorney Charles W. Chapman Director of Finance Earl Williams Director of Public Works George Boeker City Planner Joe Garza Also Present: Jerri Martin, Lee Head, George Human, Bill Harrison, Rick Fisher, Augustin Lucio, Bryan Hoot, Chester Witte, Shirley Wicker- sham, Jim Byrn, Patrick Miller, Sharon Miller, Jake Krauskopf, Jim Gandy, Lupe Carbajahl, Olga Garza, Kim Dallefeld, Clarence Miller and others. Mayor Craddock called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration an Ordinance on second reading which was read in its entirety, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ÞMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, BY ADDING TO ARTICLE II. SERVICE CHARGES, OF CHAPTER 30, WATER AND SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL; A DIVISION 4, SEWERAGE SYSTEM CAPITAL RE- COVERY FEE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVID- ING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR ITS PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR ITS PASSAGE ACCORDING TO LAW AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Guerra moved for approval of the Ordinance on second reading and Mr. Kreczmer seconded the motion. The City's bond attorney, Rick Fisher, suggested amendments to the Ordinance in Sections 30-40 and 30-50. Mr. Guerra stated he would like to have another engineer- ing firm review the plans and costs of Freese and Nichols for our sewer plant. George Human, Vice President of Freese and Nichols, Austin Branch, responded to questions of Mr. Farr who asked if the design could be built cheaper to give the City the 500,000 gallon capacity expansion. Mr. Human said all designs would have to meet EPA criteria and that the design allowed for growth. Mr. Human said the largest savings we could realize in not receiving EPA funding would be in time, in not waiting for the EPA funding year. Lee Head of Freese and Nichols said in not having EPA funding, we would not be required to meet the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act (wage requirements) and that contractors who bid under EPA contracts would bid higher prices to meet the EPA requirements. He said the trickling filter system is the most cost effective design we could have, and that the design for the new plant and improvements could be doubled from 6.25 million gallons per day (MGD) to 12.50 MGD. He said there would be some savings by using some of the existing facilities. Freese and Nichols has been involved with the design and construction of 15-20 sewer treatment plants in Texas in the last few years. Mr. Head said the $919,000 improvements to the * Jaime Moore was not present at this meeting.