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REGU LAR MEET I NGOF THE CITY COUNCI L OF TH E CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, MARCH 8, . 1965 Present: Mayor Pro Tem Ell is Seru r I Aldermen: Wi 1.1 iam C. Poo I Ruben Ruiz A.G. Tutt Ie Mark H. Whittenberg City Manager City Secretary Assistant City Manager B.R. Fuller Dorothy 0 ,Worre II Bruce McElroy Visitors: Mrs. Jerri Veidt, Mrs. Carolyn Chandler, Tom Buckner, J.T. Banister, Col. James W. Hi II, Willard Thorp, Dick Owen and the Rev. Jose Flores The Mayor Pro Tem cal led the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. JoseS. -Flores, pastor of the Mexican Baptist Church, gave the Invocation. The Minutes of the regular meetings of February 8 and March 3,1965 were unanimously approved, on motion of Alderman Pool and second of Alderman Rui z. I The Mayor p'ro Tem recogni zed Co I. D i ckOwen, Manager of the Chamber of Commerce, who comm~nded the City Counci I for its part in the effort to get th~ air str i p faci r it ies at dead i - vated Camp Gary for a Municipal Airport. Co.l. James W. Hill, recogn ized by the Mayor Pro T em, thanked th~ City Counci I for consideration of an anti-litter ordinance which he had presented at the February 8 meeting, and urged its passage. He also asked the Counci 1 to provide for 14 patrolmen in the 1965-1966 budget. I The Mayor Pro Tern introduced a Bicycle Ordinance for consideration. Alderman Whittenberg commented that the annual license fee of $1.00 would prove a hardship for many fami lies. Alderman Ruiz stated the $1.00 fee was the approximate cost to the City of administration of the ordinance. He said he believed the merit of the ordinance would be in the contact of the Police Department with youthfu I b i cyc I e -owners, and the educat ion in safety ru I es which the young people of the community would receive in a planned program. Mr. Ruiz said it would tend to produce better car drivers when the chi I dren reach that age. Mr .Wh i ttenberg estimated that;the average chUd rides a bicycle ten )lears, which would mean the family would have to put out $10.00 in fees. Mr. Ruiz co~mented th~t it would be cheap training - that running one stop sign carri~s a fine of $10.00, and traffic violations might be cut if bicycle riders had early education in obeying rules. Alderman Tuttle asked if the present ordinance. would not provide ~he necessary restrictions, if enforced. ::r:; :r:: ;;.... I ~ ;';\f