02.10.2017 Council Visioning Retreat

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City Council Meeting Minutes February 10, 2017 • Eastside Resource Center • In house position (Economic Development Director) for a local focus on small business, revenue and grants, provide support and nurturing to small business • Connect with Texas State and High Schools to encourage students to stay as entrepreneurs • Review new Code with CBA. • Look at Innovation zones, retail businesses and 2nd floor spaces 2) ENVIRONMENT & RIVER Steward our unique environment, and the species within it, striving towards flood resiliency and developing in harmony with mother nature. Rationale: Avoid economic loss and loss of life while preserving the environment for future generations and the health of our planet. • Conservation easements • Land Banking: consider before going to the committee. Use a broker to gather information. • Review associated costs with the code • Litter reduction / enforcement/ beautification • Parking fees around the river for visitors / free for residents • Grill rental for visitors /free for residents • Promote Eco Tourism and educational trails, leverage financial resources • Look at CVB marketing— Can we spread focus to other sites than just the river? Diversify the focus. • Balance perception that we don't want them to come with managing visitor impact • Draft a River Master plan? 3) QUALITY OF LIFE Better manage the functional areas including resources, environment, growth, leadership and development to continually raise our quality of life. Rationale: The sum of careful management of financial resources, transportation, location environment, economic development/growth, intergovernmental relationships, city council and city staff equals our great Quality of Life. • Celebrate successes • Encourage engagement between citizens and Texas State students. Help citizens not feel overwhelmed by the student population City of San Marcos Page 2