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City Council Meeting Minutes July 7, 2020 adopted by City Council is exhausting peoples' attention and patience for the policy is at odds with what people see and implicitly understand. Winter is "flu season" for a reason. Just like Summer is the anti -flu season. When City Council mindlessly bangs the drum through the Summer that the sky is falling when it is not, you are creating deaf ears for when COVIDI9 truly comes roaring back this Winter. Basically, don't set up San Marcos for failure 6 months from now. Have the wisdom and foresight to reverse these ridiculous Summer Restrictions for most residents and focus on ensure elderly care and retiree facilities where COVIDI9 is still a deadly threat. It's actually the responsible thing to do. Sue Cohen: Dear Mayor and Council Members, Simply put there are two streets (Belvin and W. San Antonio) that are parallel to the much needed, very expensive, and long planned Hopkins project. Belvin: Lobbied the City to modify the original detour plans and effectively closed the street shortly after the project began. Recently drivers have been ticketed for driving down the closed street. San Antonio Street: This residential street has turned into a heavily trafficked super highway leading into the city center. Traffic includes large trucks, emergency vehicles, buses, and a greater volume of traffic than the street can handle. Drivers seemingly trying to make up time lost in cutting through are speeding and running stop signs in great numbers. Others seemingly not familiar with the street are flying through the two four-way stops in large numbers. The narrow cut through Olive, Pitt, and Scott streets are experiencing the same high traffic volumes. San Antonio Street has many walkers, bikers, and families with children. There have been several accidents and many near misses. I haven't observed drivers being ticketed on W. San Antonio for breaking the laws, but on the closed/private Belvin Street tickets are issued? Solution: The City has many highly trained planners and engineers. This project was in the planning stages for several years. Please review the original plans, evaluate the current situation, and provide a better solution than we have now. There is a safer and more equitable way to divert traffic into the town. Robert Cotner: My name is Robert Cotner and I have lived at 121 Scott Street for the past forty-three years. I appreciate the road improvements that are being done and understand that traffic has to go somewhere, but let's review the roads used to detour traffic. The 100 block of Scott Street is very narrow and connects San Antonio and Hopkins. On two different times, I asked the staff to put up speed limit signs on the 100 block to slow the new traffic. The amount of traffic City of San Marcos Page 4