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City Council Meeting Minutes November 20,2018 Chapter 2 of the San Marcos City Code pertaining to Boards, Committees And Commissions; including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date 6. Consider approval of Resolution 2018-213R, authorizing the amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District to allow first responders greater access to the School District's Video Surveillance; authorizing the City Manager to execute said amendment; and declaring an effective date. 7. Consider approval of Resolution 2018-214R, authorizing an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) Master Contract for Electric Distribution Construction (IFB 218-368) with Linetec Services, LLC for an amount estimated at $8,591,068.50 for a three year period beginning in January of 2019; authorizing the City Manager to execute said contract; and declaring an effective date. 8. Consider approval by motion of Change in Service #5 in the amount of $94,775; for Professional Engineering Services in Connection with 2D Model Enhancement and 2015 Blanco Flood Analysis (Contract #216-076), with, Halff Associates, Inc. for providing engineering services to update the 30% storm drain system within the TxDOT right-of-way. PUBLIC HEARINGS -6:00 PM 9. Receive a Staff presentation and hold the second of two Public Hearings to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2018-19; adopting a new Transportation Master Plan and Thoroughfare Plan; including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date; and consider approval of Ordinance 2018-19, on the first of two readings. Mayor Hughson opened the Public Hearing at 6:13 p.m. Those who spoke on the item: Sarah Simpson,she made the following comments: I am here tonight in general support of the revised Transportation Master Plan (TMP)and want to start out by applauding all the recent revisions. Staff has done a great job in adapting the document to incorporate important improvements.Where there was previously no mention, there is now discussion within the TMP of induced demand and the correlation between new roads and traffic; sustainable performance measures to better achieve and track multimodal outcomes; roadway death and the need for safer streets policies, amongst other things.That being said,transportation planning in its very essence, is land use planning and I am here once again to encourage a revision of the Thoroughfare Plan before adoption. Amidst all of these improvements, the Thoroughfare Plan - the document that some might argue is the go-to exhibit of the entire report- remains largely the City of San Marcos Page 3