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City Council Meeting Minutes June 2, 2020 <br />discussion, and provide direction to Staff. <br />Bert Lumbreras, City Manager, provided a brief introduction and turned the <br />presentation over to Chase Stapp, Director of Public Safety. Mr. Stapp <br />provided status reports and updates on response to the COVID 19 pandemic. <br />Known Cases as of today <br />• 1,787,680 U.S. cases with at least 104,396 fatalities (26,177 new cases since <br />yesterday) * source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <br />• 64,880 (19,864 active) cases in 231 Texas counties with 1,678 fatalities <br />source: Texas Department of State Health Services <br />• 371 in Hays County with 5 fatalities (161 active and 205 recovered) <br />- 3,914 tests returned negative <br />- 31 active and 61 recovered in San Marcos (2 fatalities) <br />- 34 cases have required hospitalization, 8 current <br />There are almost 100 new cases in Hays County in the last 2 weeks. <br />- Positive active cases declined by 3000 cases in Texas since last week. <br />* source: Hays County Health Department. <br />Efforts to date (updated) <br />• Internal and external recovery groups continue to meet. Staff will be doing <br />site visits to discuss opening phase with public facing counters. <br />• Dog Park re -opening this Friday (6/5) <br />• Processed Late Fee Exemptions for 135 commercial utility accounts, 91 <br />residential utility accounts since implementation on March 26 <br />- Set up payment arrangements totaling over $302,216 for 1,249 utility <br />customer accounts over that same time period <br />• Continued work on grant applications <br />- CDBG-CV considered at today's Council meeting, action on June 16 <br />- San Marcos CARES Act Transit Funding update: <br />• Application received and approved by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) <br />• $6,429,168 for operating expenses <br />• Next steps: <br />- Council Resolution on June 16, 2020 - enables staff to execute grant <br />agreement <br />- Continue to explore University eligibility <br />- Begin reimbursement of eligible transit expenses <br />Upcoming considerations <br />• Phased approach of re -opening City services and facilities - making decisions <br />in light of the increasing case count. <br />• CDBG-CV public hearing, comment period, and consideration <br />City of San Marcos Page 9 <br />