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Public Hearing 16.7:OOPM Receive a Staff presentation and hold a public hearing to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2013 -69 creating Transportation Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of San Marcos for the extension and expansion of FM 110; and consider approval of Ordinance 2013 -69, on the first of two readings. Steve Parker, Assistant City Manager and CFO, provided the Council with a brief presentation. Following the presentation Mayor Guerrero opened the Public Hearing at 7:17 p.m. There being no comments Mayor Guerrero closed the Public Hearing at 7:17 p.m. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Council Member Thomaides and a second by Council Member Scott, the City Council voted six (6) for, none (0) opposed, and one (1) abstention, Council Member Prather, to approve Ordinance 2013 -69 on the first of two readings, as previously captioned. The motion carried. 17. 7:OOPM Receive a Staff presentation and hold a Public Hearing to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2013 -70 updating and amending Water and Wastewater Impact Fees to be charged by the City of San Marcos by amending Chapter 86, Article 5, Division 4 - Impact Fees, of the San Marcos City Code; adopting updated Land Use Assumptions and an updated Capital Improvements Plan; amending the Impact Fee Service Area Boundaries for these facilities; adopting the 2013 Update of the Water and Wastewater Impact Fees Report; amending exemptions and exclusions from Impact Fees; and by deleting Chapter 7, Article 7 - Impact Fees and Chapter 8 Definitions, Article 3 - Impact- Fee definitions by deleting these sections in their entirety from the Land Development Code to avoid duplication; providing for severability; providing for savings and repeal; including procedural provisions; providing for penalties; and providing for an effective date; and consider approval of Ordinance 2013 -70, on the first of two readings. Kristy Stark, Assistant Director of Development Services and Tony Bagwell with HDR Engineering provided the Council with a presentation regarding the Water and Wastewater Impact Fees Report. Following the presentation Mayor Guerrero opened the Public Hearing at 7:23 p.m. Kevin Kutras, 804 Columbia Avenue, spoke on behalf of the San Marcos River Foundation and spoke in favor of raising the impact fees to the maximum rate. He addressed the benefits that will occur and that new development should be paying for itself. Please vote yes to Robert McDonald, 3735 Lost Creek Blvd, Austin, TX, spoke against the raising of the impact fees. He does not feel that we should do something that would discourage economic development. He believes that the shortfall is the formula that is used to calculate the impact fee