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City of San Marcos 630 East Hopkins San Marcos,TX 78666 *® � Meeting Minutes City Council Wednesday,June 27,2018 5:20 PM San Marcos Activity Center,Room 3 501 E Hopkins -Special Meeting I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the special meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Thomaides at 5:28 p.m. Wednesday,June 27, 2018 in Room 3 of the San Marcos Activity Center,501 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666. II. Roll Call Council Member Hughson was absent. Present: 6- Mayor Pro Tern Lisa Prewitt,Council Member Saul Gonzales, Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Scott Gregson, Council Member Melissa Derrick, Mayor John Thomaides and Council Member Ed Mihalkanin Absent: 1 - Council Member Jane Hughson Consider approval of Resolution 2018-120R, supporting the reversal of the Department of Homeland Security's Family Separation Policies; and providing an effective date. Main Motion: A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tern Prewitt,seconded by Council Member Derrick, to approve Resolution 2018-120R. Motion to Amend: A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Prewitt, seconded by Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Gregson, to amend Resolution 2018-120R by Inserting the following as a new Part 3, "The City of San Marcos also urges Congress to take action immediately to require the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to reunite separated children with their families without imposing a requirement that parents abandon their claims for asylum in the United States.",and inserting a new Part 4, "This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately from and after its passage." The motion carried by the following vote: For: 6- Mayor Pro Tern Prewitt, Council Member Gonzales, Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Gregson, Council Member Derrick, Mayor Thomaides and Council Member Mihalkanin Against: 0 Absent: 1 - Council Member Hughson City of San Marcos Page 1