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City Council Meeting Minutes May 16, 2017 about the history of school desegregation and the cultural significance of the Lamar School. She asked that is the Council were to form a subcommittee to please include someone from the Historic Preservation Commission. Lisa Marie Coppoletta, addressed the Council and told them that she had provided them with buttons and postcards that are interactive. She spoke about the Lamar School and how historic it is and how the community may not know the historical significance of buildings. Johnny Finch, addressed the Council and thanked the Council on reversing the back -in parking and that the only issue that still concerns them is the conversion to two way traffic on Guadalupe and LB and that it is not desirable. He stated that he would like for this to go away, and that there is something better that we can spend the money on. Greg Newell, addressed the Council as the new owner of The Woods apartments with the Scion Group. He stated that they acquired The Woods in January of 2017. He stated that they run criminal background checks and credit checks on all tenants and that they enforce towing. They do not support alcohol events and they have shut down the shuttle to the square. He announced that they are going to be part of the ACT Ally program. Melissa Forrester, addressed the Council regarding Item #16 on the agenda. She feels that it would be detrimental to the businesses downtown. She stated that there is money that could be spent on sidewalk improvements along Hopkins Street instead of this project, for example. She feels that none of the City's money should be spent on conversion. Rob Roark, addressed the Council regarding Elections. He stated that the election on May 6th lost his trust in the County, and that he is protesting the Canvassing of the Election. He stated that he has requested a major audit of the Election processes. He stated that if you went to find results on this Election the evening of May 6 that you could not find results on their website. He found out the results through the media. He also referenced the 1800 votes that were lost by the County in the November Election. We contract with them for this service. He stated that we can do something and that people are concerned about the legitimacy of their vote. Sean Quinones, spoke about the dangers of one way streets, and stated that we should maintain the Downtown Master Plan as previously adopted. Just this afternoon a pedestrian was hit downtown. City of San Marcos Page 2