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City Council Meeting Minutes April 16, 2020 <br />• Five $10,000 awards to Accredited Main Street America Programs nationwide <br />to help fund innovative revitalization efforts to address the impacts of <br />COVID-19 <br />• $6.4 million grant awarded to offset transit costs <br />• $157,000 grant awarded to the San Marcos Regional Airport for operating <br />expenses <br />• $425,000 allocated CDBG money under the CARES Act <br />• Apply for $100 million emergency management performance grant <br />supplemental program from FEMA to offset expenses due to COVID-19 <br />response <br />Upcoming considerations: <br />April 21 City Council Meeting <br />- Financial update during work session <br />• Economic outlook <br />• Financial policy review <br />• Cost reduction measures <br />• Capital improvement projects and debt issuance <br />- Budget amendment to allocate $50,000 from the Special Services budgets in <br />each of the three major funds: General, Electric, Water/Wastewater to be used <br />for COVID-19 Response <br />Disaster Recovery Process <br />Identify recovery manager from a COSM staff, Emergency Management office <br />to begin forming the outline and form a recovery task force within various city <br />departments and members from the community to identify the needs. Items we <br />look at during recovery, pandemic is hard to visualize, working on economic <br />recovery for families and businesses, help our government operations resume <br />normal operations. To assist restaurants and schools to get pre -staging <br />inspections, when they have green light to operate they will be ready. <br />Ms. Derrick asked about the appointment of an Emergency Director and if this <br />person is on Staff already and if there are any budget implications. Mr. Stapp <br />mentioned that this is for the recovery process and we have a temporary <br />employee to assist with beginning the process. This temporary employee will be <br />assisting through October 1st and there is no budget implication at this time. <br />Do we have hazard pay available to PD, hospital staff, etc ... those outside our <br />organization? <br />Bert: reiterated what Chase stated about hazard pay and staff is currently <br />working on this. <br />City of San Marcos Page 3 <br />