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• • • Regular Meeting 8/2/78 4 8. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS - (CONTINUED) The Engineer encouraged everyone present to write letters and make calls to members of the Texas Department of Water Resources and the Texas Water Development Board. A public hearing will be held on September 1, 1978, in Austin, but by that time all information will have been considered. All letters and calls should be made prior to September 1, 1978. A copy of the list of members of these boards is attached and made a part of these minutes. + + + 9. COUNCIL ACTION- COMMISSIONER CLINE stated that she would like to make the Commission aware of the need for street lights in the new subdivisions; stating that Mr. Wyatt of the Light Company had informed her that in the next year or so the lights would be changing from Mercury Vapor to Sodium Vapor and would be much more expensive. There is a need for 42 lights in Creekmont, Section I, and 59 lights in Fairmont • Park, West, Section III. B. Mayor Meza read a letter from Commissioner Tom Bass requesting submission of names of citizens interested and willing to serve on a health council of the Area Health Commission. Names suggested were Tom Simons, Evelyn Kennedy, Jim Smith, Mineola Walker, and Lillie Montgomery. A notice of a public hearing before the Texas Department of Water Resources to be held on September 1, 1978, Stephen F. Austin Office Bldg, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas regarding the Municipal Facilities Construction Grant Project Priority List for Fiscal Year 1979, was read. The Administrator stated that he and the Attorney had met with representatives of Entex and they had accepted the proposed franchise ordinance as presented. C. Commissioner Tomerlin asked the status of the census. Commissioner Cline stated that it was not complete, but it was approximately 10,330. + + +