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City Council Meeting Minutes February 4, 2020 Bob Holder, spoke on item #5 regarding the proposed contact with TruGreen for the amount of $142,000 for four years. His concern is that we understand the company and know its products and appreciate the effect that the products will have on the ground. The company and products need to be carefully and seriously vetted, he understands that TruGreen offers an organic option, if requested, but not sure if it's out of date. If the organic option is offered does the City plan to request the organic option? Is the organic option alternative really organic? Or is it improvement on the standard option? Again, the company be vetted and the contract be postponed until then. He researched TruGreen recently and was disturbed by what he found on the products. This information is available on Conserve San Marcos Facebook page. The last two postings indicating how the chemicals are banned in other countries and the effects they have on children, animals and microorganisms. Albert Sierra, representative from the San Marcos Housing Authority, spoke on item #12. Res. 2020-28R will allow a letter of no objection for the purposed development of Lantana at Bastrop. The City of San Marcos Housing Authority and other public entities are partners in this development. We want to express our appreciation for your efforts to create affordable housing to the broader population of our City. The established criteria endorsed by the City Council for accepting low income tax housing credit properties in San Marcos complies with current housing policies. Your position allowing a governmental entity like the San Marcos Housing Authority and public corporations to develop a partnership with a private developer assures that a max benefit is created for the City in its efforts for the construction of affordable housing. Specifically, it allows the Housing Authority to maintain and rehab and construct affordable housing for lower income residents of the City. For the people that are at 30% medium income or less it allows for the construction of assisted housing. We the Housing Authority and Board of Commissioners encourage your vote in favor of a letter of no objection for the Lantana on Bastrop. The unit mixed with the property is forty, fifty, sixty and some seventy units the overall blended rate is 56% in area medium income. No other development in our community can currently make this claim. Once again, thank you and it will benefit our community. Mary Beth Harper, stated at the last city council meeting and asked the council to finalize the agreement with the City of Martindale regarding the disputed ETJ area, that San Marcos claims. Martindale incorporated originally in 1982 in the area that is called the Ohnheiser property was added to Martindale ETJ in 1983. In December 2018, San Marcos wanted to annex the land in the Martindale ETJ, but this disagreement has been going on for fourteen months. City of San Marcos Page 2