With the flick of a pen, San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson and Martindale Mayor Rob Deviney signed an extra-territorial jurisdiction agreement on Monday.
The agreement, which allows specific areas to be released by each city from its previously claimed ETJ and establishes payments to be made by San Marcos, was approved by the Martindale City Council on Jan. 21, while the San Marcos City Council approved it on Feb. 4.
The agreement clears up ETJ matters regarding disagreements between the two cities in a 1983 and 2007 dispute.
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