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74 MINUTES OF THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, MARCH 4, 1982 PRESENT: Mayor Emmie Craddock Council Members Karl W. Brown Robert L. Cavazos Berry R. James John A. Kreczmer Elida A. Mendez Tess Norris City Manager City Secretary City Attorney City Planner A. C. Gonzalez Janis K. Womack Barbara Edwards Joe Garza Also Present: Jeff Watkins, Chester Witte, Gerald Farr, Jane Wilson, Billy Moore, Joyce Glore, Harvey Ginsburg, Aart Millecam, Dr. Ken Long, Julie (KCNY) , John Stokes, David Morrison, Jaime Moore, Anna Farr, Frances Stovall and others. Mayor Craddock called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. Mayor Craddock advised the Council would receive a report from the Hill- side and Landscaping Ordinances Negotiating Committee that was formed to resolve the conflicts on the proposed environmental controls. Re- presenting the developers in the Committee were John Stokes, Bill Howle and Chester Witte. Representing P&Z and the Environmental Ordinance Development Committee were Gerald Farr, Mrs. Joyce Glore, Billy Moore and Aart Millecam, substituting in place of Mrs. Glore in some of the meetings. Gerald Farr served as Chairman of the Committee. Messrs. Farr and Stokes advised the Committee was in concurrence on the two Ordinances as revised by the Committee. Mr. Stokes felt the Ordinance was something all of San Marcos could live with. The Committee came to an agreement the intent of the Ordinance as the Council desired is to control and regulate new developments in environmentally sensitive areas in such a manner that the negative impact on the environment and as affected by runoff and erosion after the completion of any project is not greater than that prior to development, and this can be accomplished by a combination of several things set up in the Ordin- ance, such as structures (berms), retardation, attenuation controls, planting areas for filtration, swales, etc. The intent of the Ordin- ance is to solve the problem on the site. The Committee thought a more appropriate name for the Hillside Ordinance would be the Interim Drainage and Erosion Control Ordinance. Because of the cost of enforcing the Ordinance, the Committee felt the need to eliminate R-l and R-2 zoning from the Ordinance. New subdivisions would come under the Ordinance. Any slope of 15% automatically is covered by the Ordinance and areas of less than 2 acres would be excluded. Some of the changes in the Landscaping Ordinance are as follows: Page 7 - Land Use - the requirement of industrial landscaping - 20% is re- duced to 10%; Page 3 - definition of Buffer - "according to conditions on site". Parking lots were included as construction; Page 17 - Para- graph (5) - (one of the penalties by the Director of Public Works) - added "most advantageous time for planting within 12 months"; Pages 8 and 9 - Credit for Trees - if grass or other vegetation is planted under the one-half portion of diameter under tree, they are given extra cred- it. The meeting adjourned at 5:16 p.m. on motion of Mr. Brown and seconded by Mr. James.