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City Council Meeting Minutes March 19, 2019 <br />involved in the process regarding the code and the restrictions placed on this <br />development is much stricter than the previous code. We are grateful for your <br />diligence and going beyond those code regulations and doing so much more <br />for your development agreement. We are not sure people are understanding <br />there are different regulations since the Woods was built. San Marcos River <br />Foundation would be glad to host a meeting to discuss this in depth regarding <br />watershed plan or flood regulations specific to this project. People do not <br />understand what the regulations will do and how it will protect them. <br />Frank Parrot, spoke in opposition of the SMART Terminal and on behalf of <br />SMARTER San Marcos. He spoke with the Mayor recently and asked what if <br />this project fails? From her expression and lack of response he feels this was <br />never discussed. Has anyone with the City seen the developer's pro form? Has <br />anyone asked for the financing plan? Does City Council think this project is to <br />big to fail? In fairness to Council they may be privy to this information, but <br />may be bound to confidentiality agreements. If the development timeline is <br />drawn out or ends with Katerra, what provision has the City made to deal with <br />the debt caused to extend service to the project? The developer says $4 billion <br />will be added to the property tax base, but what is the timeline for 100% <br />completion? He noted that the last industrial park in San Marcos, which is <br />River Ridge Park is still 50% vacant. This was platted and filed in Hays <br />County in 1986, please do not vote for the SMART Terminal. <br />Becky Patterson, in a memo dated February 16, 2019 from Laurie to Steve and <br />Bert addressed three maps. They were based on GIS information from <br />Commercial services such as Google or ESI and there is a disclaimer that says <br />all maps are not suitable for legal, engineering or surveying purposes. Many <br />have reported flooding or standing water for a period of time after a rain <br />event. She asked when is someone going to engage an engineering firm to <br />address the assumptions made in these maps? One of the mitigation steps to <br />retain runoff is to construct detention ponds, is the developer doing some <br />drilling or mapping to find the extent of flow in this area? The developer will <br />construct 50-60 feet deep detention ponds, these ponds could cut off flow and <br />negatively affect those relying on it for water. There are federal regulations that <br />may limit onsite detention at the Airport and Gary Job Corp. She asked when <br />will the City determine if there are federal regulations that will impact how the <br />developer must construct detention facilities. <br />Katie Frank, attorney at Sergi and Associates, spoke in regards to all the talk <br />about the jobs that will be created by Katerra, but there is no discussion on <br />what those jobs entail. Will the highly skilled jobs actually match the <br />City of San Marcos Page 5 <br />