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City Council Meeting Minutes July 7, 2020 region. Mayor Hughson introduced Betty Voights, Executive Director of Capital Areas Council of Governments (CAPCOG), and noted that she been with CAPCOG for 23 years. Ms. Voights provided the presentation on what CAPCOG does and the resources it provides to cities and counties. Ms. Voights mentioned the history of CAPCOG and noted there are 24 Councils of Government (COG) in Texas and 530 across the U.S. CAPCOG is funded by membership dues and state/federal grants. Capital Area Planning Council (CAPCO) created in 1970 to serve a 9 -county region; it now serves 10, since Blanco County was added. The original executive committee consisted of 15 members: 9 city officials, 4 county officials, and 2 citizen representatives. Mayor Hughson is the current chair of the committee. CAPCO was the original name of the organization and the name was changed to CAPCOG in August 2004. The Executive Committee periodically reviews the mission In 1998 an informal survey was conducted, in 2008 a facilitated workshop was held that discussed membership, dues, priorities, and regional issues, and in 2019 a workshop was held to look at the following issues: - Mission Statement, is it still describing the mission of the organization? - Resiliency, which is important because CAPCOG is not a taxing entity. The budget is made up of many funding resources for which all employee time is allocated. Over Fifty percent of the budget is funded by 911 and the Area Agency on Aging. Resiliency means diversification of funding sources. - Future Regional Issues such as broad band, coordination of emergency response assets during disasters, looking at housing supply across the region based on growth analysis, flood mitigation planning, transportation planning, regional water planning, county land use authority. COGS are Regional Planning Commission (RPCs) under state statutory directive: "...to make studies and plans to guide the unified, far reaching development of a region, eliminate duplication, and promote economic and efficiency in the coordinated development of the region." A RPC statutory directives are: • Efficiency: COGs operate a on reimbursements basis and are given deliverables from states federal agencies and if it is not accomplished, there is no reimbursement. • Effectiveness: If projects are not done right then no revenue • Delivery of service: programs on behalf of cities and counties • Local control: Members of the local governments make decisions on what City of San Marcos page 10