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'" (::!... REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCI L OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AUGUST 9,1965 Present: Mayor Ell is Serur I Aldermen: Caesar A. Damon Joe C. Froh Wi I I i am C. Poo I A.G. Tuttle Mark H. Whittenberg City Manager City Secretary Asst. City Manager B.R. Fuller Dorothy O. Worrell Bruce McE I roy Visitors: Norman Starling, Mrs. Carolyn Chandler, Mrs. Jerri Veidt, Tom Buckner, Mrs. W.M. Beck, Mrs. Etta Mcintyre, Mrs. A.M. Pehl, T.J. Mostyn, J.B. Roberts, Sam Beecroft, Robert Lowman, Joe Gafford, Wi II ie Mobley, D.W. Sturdivant, Laurens Fish The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. I Mr. Norman Starling, Col lege Minister at McCarty Student Center, gave the Invocation. The Minutes of the meetings of July 12 and July 26, 1965, were unanimously approved, on motion of Alderman Froh and second of Alderman Pool. I Sam Beecroft, spokesman for a group of citizens, came before the Counci I to discuss needed improvements at the Municipal Airport. He reminded the Counci I of action taken at the May 10th meeting: a motion that, if the Gary Airport had not been ac- quired by the City in 90 days, an improvement program would be started at the Municipal Airport. The Mayor said the City had been informed by General Services Administration that the transfer of property to the City would be made the week of August 9th. Mr. Beecroft said if the City did not intend to improve the airport, the 16 acres deeded to the City for an airport should be returned to Mr. Lowman. Alderman Damon said he was fami I iar with the transaction; he posed the question whether the City might not sti II have need for the old airport, even after the Gary air faci 1 ities were acquired, because of its close proximity to the city limits. Mr. Robert Lowman said he would like to see the property de- veloped as an airport, but that if something was not done im- mediately, he would probably demand that the land be deeded back to him. Alderman Whittenberg said he was also fami liar with the City's acquisition of the property, since he had assisted with the project as a private citizen, and that he had made the motion May lOth that the property be improved if the Gary faci lities were not acquired in 90 days. Mr. Whittenberg moved that work be started by the City next l= U "..;J C:l:: , ~~