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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes January 10, 2020 <br />Goal 1: Abundant opportunities created by the ingenuity and intellectual <br />capital of University, Business, Civic and Cultural Leaders. <br />Goal 2: Workforce and Education excellence. <br />Goal 3: Emerging markets and industry relationships that generate quality <br />entrepreneurial and employment opportunities. <br />Goal 4: An enhanced and diverse local economic environment that is <br />prosperous, efficient and provides improved opportunities to residents. <br />Goal 5: Fiscally responsible incentives for economic development. <br />Goal 6: Promote and support the maximum potential of the San Marcos <br />Municipal Airport. <br />Goal 7: Sports tourism, eco -tourism, retail tourism and the community's <br />13,000 -year heritage as an economic generator. <br />Notable Projects: GSMP Vision 2020 Plan, Economic Development Policy, <br />BIG Grant, Airport Plans and Infrastructure Improvements, Evaluation of <br />City Owned Property, Impediments to Fair Housing Plan, Code SMTX, <br />Transportation Master Plan, Youth Master Plan, and Negotiated Chapter 380 <br />Incentive Agreements <br />Environment and Resource Protection <br />Goal 1: Public and private sectors working together to protect water quality <br />and facilitating appropriate development in the San Marcos and Blanco rivers <br />watersheds, and over the Edwards Aquifer using measurable and scientific <br />methods. <br />Goal 2: Natural resources necessary to our community's health, well-being, <br />and prosperity secured for future development. <br />Goal 3: Proactive policies that enforce recycling and resource and energy <br />efficiency. <br />Goal 4: A population prepared for and resilient to man-made and natural <br />disasters. <br />Notable Projects: Stormwater Technical Manual, SECO Loans, Warn Central <br />Texas, Code SMTX, Conservation tiers in Utility Rate structure, Floodplain <br />Ordinance Updates, Inspection program for existing detention ponds, Disaster <br />Recovery Grant Implementation, Watershed Protection Planning Efforts and <br />MS4 Program, Additional Environmental Staff (Arborist, Environmental <br />Inspections Manager) <br />Land Use <br />Goal 1: Direct growth, compatible with surrounding uses. <br />Goal 2: High-density mixed-use development and infrastructure in the activity <br />City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />