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City Council Meeting Minutes February 19, 2019 Karen Ford, representative of WaterPR, she is here representing a group called SMARTER San Marcos that is against the SMART Terminal and asked that the council take no action on the Chapter 380 agreement. She stated they are not against the project but the location of the project. This location may not be in the best interest of the citizens or the environment. She has requested that Council slow down and let engaged citizens learn more about this project. They ask the City to require an Environmental Impact Study and a Traffic Impact Analysis. If these already exist we want time to review this information. She asked if there is another location for this project? Erin Magee, expressed her appreciation for Council looking over the City and she spoke against the SMART Terminal and the location. She expressed concern with drainage of this project into our river. She asked that the Council require a 60% impervious cover limit instead of the 72% that it is currently proposed. She stated that there are options and she is open to any options that the Council puts forward. She hopes the Blanco Bypass Project where Yarrington Road meets Hwy I-35 and Hwy 130 is not being considered the flood mitigation project for this property. Kelly Stone, she spoke out against Cape's Dam, and read information related to dams from Internationalrivers.org which states dams are not climate neutral and affect climate change negatively. In the United States more than 1200 dams have been removed, which is a step in the right direction. She stated that our community is not immune to these side effects and she stated the flood, the dam and climate change contributed to the flooding that impacted Blanco Gardens neighborhood. Please restore the river by removing the dam. Becky Patterson, addressed concerns about the SMART Terminal project. She stated that neighbors want to be heard and want to know what the implications are. She asked Council to slow down. She said this area is prone to flooding and spoke about being able to see standing water on the farm lands. She lived in a part of town that co-exsited in an industrial area and it was not pretty. Fuel emissions, toxicity from oil and gas, loud engine noise, and constant traffic is not an acceptable environment for people, plants or pets. She stated that there is no gurantee that the San Marcos River will be protected. She asked that the environmental impact study and traffic impact anaylsis be conducted and look for a different location. Jennifer Hayes, provided the Council with a DVD of the audio of a recent Animal Shelter conference. She expressed her concerns with the Animal Shelter's website and the lack of information. She provided that most of the City of San Marcos Page 2