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104 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JULY 12,1999 PRESENT: Mayor Billy G. Moore Mayor Pro- Tem Ed Mihalkanin Council Members Jane Hughson Louis Doiron, Jf. Earl Moseley, Jf. Joe B. Cox, Jr. Rick Hernandez City Manager Larry D. Gilley City Secretary *Janis K. Womack City Attorney Mark B. Taylor Director of Planning and Development Services Ron Patterson Director of Engineering Stephen Jenkins Director of Parks & Recreation Rodney Cobb Fire Chief Dan O'Leary Others Present: Collette Duran, Melissa Millecam, Stacye Wilson, Amelia Rios, John Cooper, Marsha Cooper, George Von Der Lippe, Dr. Gwen Smith, Nick Icossipentarhos, Susan Narvaiz and others. Mayor Moore called the meeting to order at 7 :00 p.m. Mayor Moore introduced the ten-minute citizen comment period. 1. Margie Moore stated the Mitchell Center has a great program for children after school and during the summer months. She believes the Mitchell Center is in need of funds in order to accommodate other children that are on a waiting list for the program. 2. Herb Sanchez stated his concern regarding the mitigation program for the houses that are in the floodplain and the need for those homes to be elevated. Most of the homes are very old and need electrical and other types of work in order for the homes to be up to code. All of these individuals are elderly and low income families who cannot afford for the work to be done or cannot afford to purchase flood insurance. 3. Martha Tatum stated the need for funds to be made available to the Mitchell Center. The Mitchell Center has limited space and the Center would like to build another one behind the currént one to have the space to be able to accept more children. 4. John Cooper stated the First Methodist Church is requesting removal of overhead lines from the Hopkins Street end of the Post Office AlJey. This will improve the appearance of downtown, will increase fire safety to the community and lte supports this request. 5. Linda Rodriquez stated her daughter has been attending the Mítchell Center for three years and she currently has two other children attending the Center. The Center has improved their education tremendously during the school year. 6. Paul Reed, General Partner and Operator of Prime Retail, stated his concern regarding the proposed Drainage Utility Ordinance. There are numerous watersheds and drainage areas in need of improvements, but there has been other areas that have developed stormwater drainage improvements into their design because it is now required by the City. He currently understands the City will propose an arbitrary uniform drainage charge on all property owners regardless of the cost to the City for drainage to benefited properties. He requested that the City Council recognize the number of properties within the City that have adequately addressed their stormwater drainage and to levy the drainage fees accordingly. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration seven appointments to the San Marcos Industrial Development Corporation. Mayor Moore moved to reappoint Robert Habingreither and to appoint Mike Dishman, Mr. Moseley moved to reappoint Derrick Benn, Mr. Hernandez moved to reappoint Danny Ortega, which passed unanimously. The Council agreed to appoint the remaining three appointments at the next regular City Council Meeting. *Ms. Womack not present at this meeting.