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City Council Meeting Minutes October 30, 2018 <br />Mr. Vij reviewed the new section related to Autonomous Vehicles that was <br />added under recommendations. Discussion was held regarding including mass <br />transit utilizing autonomous vehicles. Mr. Vij indicated that the plan would be <br />revised to ensure that it is included in the plan. Discussion was held regarding <br />having an Autonomous Vehicles Plan. <br />Mr. Vij reviewed the strategies that were added to address included demand. <br />He reviewed the revisions to Traffic Demand Management objectives and <br />recommendations. He also reviewed Parking Demand Management and the <br />creation of management districts for areas of paid parking and designating <br />residential parking districts. Discussion was held regarding using license plate <br />recognition in the neighborhoods to assist with parking issues. <br />Mr. Vij reviewed the revisions to the existing bike plan and explained that they <br />will be adding San Antonio Street to the proposed bike plan. Discussion was <br />held regarding bike and pedestrian connectivity from the east to west side of <br />the city and creating options for our high usage areas. Discussion was held <br />regarding creating more bike/ped trails being built in greenspaces and parks <br />and multi -purposing the stormwater channels and creeks. <br />Discussion was held regarding the labeling of the appendices of the plan. <br />Mr. Vij reviewed the transfer of roadway ownership from TxDOT that the City <br />will be pursuing. He then reviewed the next steps regarding council <br />consideration, implementation, funding and TxDOT coordination. <br />Discussion was held regarding street widths and fire trucks being able to <br />navigate them. Mr. Vij provided that fire has stated that they are not able to <br />access streets smaller than 11 ft in width. Discussion was held regarding the <br />CIP list being included as an appendix. Discussion was held regarding short <br />term street projects that have identified that may be outside of the plan. <br />Discussion was held regarding having signage at the end of public trails within <br />greenspaces to let patrons know they are at the end of the public trail and <br />about to enter private property. Discussion regarding the printer <br />unfriendliness of the report due to the large amount of color in the report. <br />Staff indicated that they will come up with a printer friendly version. <br />No further direction was provided. <br />III. Question and Answer Session with Press and Public. <br />City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />