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City Council Meeting Minutes May 5, 2020 • Other adjustments to the ordinance that would make the parklet application process and regulation thereof accommodating and more flexible to allow both staff and participants to adapt their parklets and outdoor business presence as the Covid-19 situation evolves. Lastly, as many other cities small and large are doing at this time, we also encourage you to consider the implementation of a slow street program with the potential closure of select streets to through traffic to further increase safe public space available to downtown visitors as we all practice social distancing measures in the coming months. Thank you for your review of these matters. PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive status reports and updates on response to COVID-19 pandemic; hold council discussion, and provide direction to Staff. Chase Stapp, Director of Public Safety, provided presentation on status reports and updates on COVID-19. Updates to Governor Abbott's Actions - April 30: Texas Workforce Commission guidance to unemployment claimants Can continue receiving unemployment benefits throughout the COVID-19 response if they choose not to return to work for certain reasons: they or a family member is high risk (over 65) they or a family member has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and not yet recovered they are quarantined due to close contact exposure to COVID-19 child's school or daycare is closed and no alternatives are available - May 1: GA 18 in Effect — Local impacts Complaints about restaurants not in compliance Confusion about parks being closed Large social gatherings at apartments Questions about enforceability - May 5: Announced new developments to reopen businesses Friday, May 8 - Barber shops and hair, nail and other types of salons will be able to reopen Services will be by one-on-one appointment only Customers will be able to wait inside a space if six feet of distance is able to be maintained City of San Marcos Page 6