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City Council Meeting Minutes December 17, 2019 operate their own private scooters, allow a shared scooter company to operate only with a license agreement, limit operating speeds, limit area where shared scooter fleet can operate, and limit parking area for these scooters. He believes this Ordinance would be a step backward and he asked if we want to ban vehicles for safety reasons, then we should ban cars. Caren Murch, project manager for Trace Project. She spoke on item 2 of the agenda and believe there has been some confusion on the Planned Development District (PDD). She wrote the original PDD with the planning department and in order for the PDD to stay in compliance with the setback requirements of the recently adopted multifamily design guidelines. A combination of 2, 3 stories, and possibly 4 stories in order to obtain the highest density allowed, but this wasn't a requirement. The PDD was approved 4 years ago knowing that a multi -family builder may want to maximize density. She spoke on stepback heights, original multifamily guidelines, cross sections of proposed project, roof variations, and the product the builder is proposing. The multi -family developer is proposing a two story townhome style project and it is compatible with the neighboring single family use and is in compliance with multi -family design guidelines. She is requesting approval of the PDD presented. Sara Lee Underwood -Myers, spoke on item 17 and 18 which deals with her neighborhood, Blanco Gardens. She left a message with the City Manager's assistant in hopes of having a meeting with him. She stated that she attended the meeting regarding items 17 and 18 of the agenda and was provided a construction summary of the projects. She would like to see the Blanco River Project a priority. Kelly Stone, stated that the walk from downtown to City Hall is not pedestrian friendly. We have E -cabs coming soon thanks to the parking advisory efforts. She provided a recap regarding Cape's Dam. In March 2016, Council voted to remove the dam and nothing has happened. In September 2018 the Historic Preservation Commission tried to get it marked as a landmark. In January 2019, a vote was made to have a special meeting within 6 months and that didn't happen. In October 2019, a presentation was made regarding the County trying to make a swap between 5 mile dam and Cape's dam. It is December 2019, nothing has happened. Don't let your decision from 2016 turn four years old. Free the river. Roland Saucedo, expressed his appreciation to Steve Parker and Jamie Lee Case for their years of service. He commended the council and staff on the City of San Marcos Page 2