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TV 4 630 East Hopkins <br />saiv�MARCO City of San Marcos <br />San Marcos, TX 78666 <br />Meeting Minutes <br />City Council <br />Friday, May 1, 2015 8:00 AM Embassy Suites -San Marcos Conference Center <br />1001 E McCarty Ln, San Marcos, TX 78666 <br />Visioning Workshop <br />I. Call To Order <br />With a quorum present, the visioning workshop meeting of the San Marcos City Council was <br />called to order by Mayor Daniel Guerrero at 8:05 a.m. Friday, May 1, 2015 at Embassy Suites - <br />San Marcos Conference Center, 1001 E McCarty Ln, San Marcos, TX 78666. <br />II. Roll Call <br />Present: 5 - Mayor Daniel Guerrero, Council Member John Thomaides, Mayor Pro -Tem Jude <br />Prather, Council Member Lisa Prewitt and Council Member Jane Hughson <br />Absent: 2 - Council Member Ryan Thomason and Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Shane Scott <br />1. Hold discussion and participate in Fiscal Year 2015 -2016 Visioning Workshop, and <br />provide direction to Staff. <br />Mr. Randy Pennington led the Council through a visioning and goal setting process. <br />Following discussions the following lists were drafted by the Council: <br />Things to stop doing in the next year <br />• Changing plans & goals <br />• Low quality development <br />• Acting /thinking like we are desperate <br />• Things that benefit a few and not many <br />• Focusing on the small details to the detriment of the big picture <br />• Ignoring reality related to staffing, cost of growth <br />Things to see over the next 2 to 3 years <br />• Define quality of place <br />• Continue focus on downtown to get us to the next level <br />• Enhance parks & river assets <br />• Continue efforts on complete streets /corridors <br />• Prioritize implementation of downtown master plan <br />• Update Master plans that have been invested in <br />• Functional analysis for staff positions (code enforcement) <br />• Program analysis ( ie. Music in the park) <br />• Water — maintain aware of needs <br />• Increase tourism <br />• Attract business that a Texas State graduate would want (a good knowledge based job) <br />• Continue Neighborhood redevelopment <br />• Preserve the River <br />• Focus on cleanliness of public & private property appearance <br />City of San Marcos Page 1 <br />