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sAiznizaos630 East Hopkins <br /> City of San Marcos San Marcos,TX 78666 <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> Q <br /> City Council <br /> Wednesday,March 29,2017 6:00 PM City Council Chambers <br /> 630 E. Hopkins -CDBG-DR Workshop <br /> I. Call To Order <br /> With a quorum present,the CDBG-DR Workshop of the San Marcos City <br /> Council was called to order by Mayor Thomaides at 6:03 p.m. Wednesday, <br /> March 29,2017 in the City Council Chambers, 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, <br /> Texas 78666. <br /> II. Roll Call <br /> Present: 7- Mayor John Thomaides, Mayor Pro-Tern Jane Hughson, Deputy Mayor Pro Tern <br /> Lisa Prewitt, Council Member Saul Gonzales, Council Member Ed Mihalkanin, <br /> Council Member Scott Gregson and Council Member Melissa Derrick <br /> 1. Receive a presentation and update regarding the Community Development Block Grant- <br /> Disaster Recovery(CDBG-DR) needs assessments, and using the data gathered to present <br /> options for Housing and Infrastructure Projects, and provide direction to Staff. <br /> Collette Jamison,Assistant City Manager, provided the Council an <br /> introduction and overview of what the Council would be receiving during the <br /> workshop. She also provided a review of the Action Plan budget and actions <br /> completed to date. <br /> Laurie Moyer,Director of Engineering and CIP, provided an introduction to <br /> the Council regarding the infrastructure update, and introduced Daniel Zail <br /> with AECOM to review the study. Mr. Zail provided a study overview <br /> regarding the$12.5M budget identified for infrastructure projects. He <br /> provided the current findings that showed that the project cannot handle <br /> 100-yr "regional" flooding with "local" solutions, but it can handle "local" <br /> flooding and reduce impacts of"regional" flooding. Discussion was held <br /> regarding the construction of dams, levies or canals in the Blanco River area. <br /> Mr. Zail reviewed the Recent Flood Events data for the Blanco River from <br /> 2004-2015. Staff will provide information regarding when both rivers, San <br /> Marcos and Blanco, are at flood levels. Mr. Zail reviewed infrastructure <br /> expectations and explained that the projects will provide increased protection <br /> during local rainfall events, but in larger regional events flooding will still <br /> occur. Projects will contain 25 year storm flooding, but will not remove <br /> City of San Marcos Page 1 <br />