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City Council Meeting Minutes April 17, 2018 <br />other cities do not require long term rental registries. He has requested that <br />this be pulled from the Code. <br />Pat Fernandez, spoke on behalf of Four Rivers Realtor Association, which <br />represents buyers, renters, and sellers. She stated her objection of rental <br />registration proposed in the Code. CodeSMTX has taken a lot of time and they <br />are in support of most of the amendments, but not in support of the rental <br />registration amendment. <br />Sherwood Bishop, concerned citizen speaking about protecting neighborhoods <br />and is in support of the adoption of the Code that is being considered this <br />evening. If there are still problems within the Code then we change those, but <br />getting the new Code enacted now is very important. <br />Virgilio Altamirano, property owner in San Marcos and active community <br />member. He has called the Council to utilize all City Resources with a <br />progressive forward looking approach for all members of the community. He <br />sated that housing is very restricted in San Marcos and there is a tendency to <br />infringe on property rights. <br />Brad Barnard, in opposition to the rental registration amendment of the Code <br />stating that it violates his property rights. He stated that the society we live in <br />today wants to put the blame on someone else. He made the example that he <br />has never rented a property to an under age tenant, however if his tenants <br />choose to throw a party, then the police should cite this action. He should not <br />be penalized for the action of someone else. <br />Katy Roden, expressed her concern of the required rental registration <br />amendment. She urged Council to remove this requirement. <br />Matt Lewis, expressed his support of CodeSMTX. He noted a lot of hard work <br />was put into this process and he is happy to see that data was used to guide <br />this plan. The Land Use Suitability Map was useful and cultural norms were <br />recognized. He noted that walking the neighborhoods is important and he is <br />proud that the City is moving forward with the adoption of CodeSMTX. <br />Roland Saucedo, 211 Ebony, expressed his appreciation for Councils time and <br />service. He mentioned the seminar he attended called Cultivating Strong <br />Towns that was hosted by Matthew Lewis and Kevin Sheppard and how he <br />gained a lot of valuable information. He read the definition of Neighborhood <br />Character Study aloud which states it should define the DNA and character of <br />City olSan Marcos page Y <br />