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I I I :::: -- ,- , ;;... ~ N "------'- q~ REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF tHE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, JULY 13,1964 Present 1 Milyor Frank Taylor Aldermen: William C. Pool Ruben Rui::: Ellis serur Mark H. Whittenberg City Man<;lger Ci ty Secretary Asst. City Manager B.R. Full.er Dorothy (). Worre.ll Bruce McElroy . Absent: A.G. Tuttle Alderman Visitors; The Rev. Eugene Jennings, Mrs. Jerri Veidt, Bobby Valenta, H.Y. Price, Charles Davis, Mrs. David Gon;ra~, Charles W. Jeffries, Charles W. Robinson, Don R.U::::::ell, John Stokes, M.M. Martin, Celestino Mendez, jr. . The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7130 p.m. The Reverend.c.Eugene Jennings gave the Invocation. Minutes of the JuneS, June 13, June 25, June 29 and July 6, 1964 meetings were approved as presented, on motion of Alderman Serur and second of Alderman Pool. The Mayor recognized Jim Cauthorn of Scrutchin-Cauthorn Motor Company from the floor. Mr. Cauthorn requested that the Council grant his firm permission to erect a sign in front of the showcase window. Item 1 of City Manager Items stated that the Chief Inspector had refused a permit as constituting a violation of the City Building Code" A diagram of the proposed location of the sign was shown the Council. It was stated the sign would be three inches on City property. Alderman Pool moved that the permit be issued; Alderman Whittenberg seconded the motion. In the discuss- ion which followed, Alderman .RIliz asked if issuance of the permit would not constitute a violation of the Building Code, adding: "We can't go against our own ordinances!" The Mayor agreed that it would, but stated "exceptions have been made all over town". :It was brought out that amendments to the ordinance had been made in such ,cases. After considerable discussion, the question was called for, with the following resultl AYEI Pool, Serur, Whittenberg NAY: RIliz The Mayor declared the motion carried, and directed the City Manager to authorize Inspector Jack Major to issue the permit. Alderman Ruiz said he would like to go on record as. stating that he did not want to be.a party to a suit brought against the City by a perSon who had be.en refused a permit under similar circumstances. Dr. M.M. Martin, President of the Board of Trustees of the San Marcos Independent School District, appeared before the Council to discuss exten- sion of water and sewer lines to .one of the proposed sites under consider- ation for a new elementary school. He. was accompanied by Celestino Mende:::, j r., School Board Member. Dr. Martin asked how far the City would go in standing part of the expense of extending the lines. The Mayor answered that what was good for the schools was good for the City, and vice versa; that.when the site was selected, the City Council would cooperate to the fullest extent possible. OLZ