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City Council Meeting Minutes July 7, 2020 has increased 10 -fold because of detouring traffic to this street. I have also asked in the past for additional NO PARKING signs be put on the South side of the 100 Block of Scott Street, that side of street is already no parking but the signs are not in the correct places so no one sees them. I have offered to install them for the city on my personal light poles that are on the street, there are four of them. Another problem is the dump trucks and other heavy trucks are using this 100 block of Scott to get to the site on Hopkins. The street is not wide enough for two trucks to pass so they go up into the yards that have sprinkler systems so they can pass. About 5 years ago we had water line break in the street and now that "patch" is sinking due to the weight of these new heavy trucks. There is a weight limit already on San Antonio St that they are exceeding it and then turning on to Scott that is really just an enlarged alley street. We all need to work together but not putting all the traffic on just a few streets. OPEN Belvin Street. One thought might be making San Antonio St. one way into town and Belvin St one way out. The signs are detouring traffic for Travis and Mitchell to use Scott Street but you cannot get to these streets because you have Belvin closed and these two streets stop on Belvin, so why send that traffic up Scott? The detour signs also tell you to use Scott St to get to Hopkins. I thought Hopkins was closed? What I am asking for is: (1) speed limit signs to 25mph for the 100 block of Scott Street and no parking signs (2) detour signs get corrected (3) the heavy trucks find a different way to get to their site. (Trucks could use Hopkins which was built for a highway so it is a thicker street than this alley street.) They could come in both way on Hopkins (4) open up the turn lane on San Antonio and Hopkins as there is no reason for it to be closed. People are turning right to get to San Antonio after the closed turn lane as it is approved turn lane. Thank you for all that you do for our City but give a little help to this traffic issue. Suzanne Shield -Polk: I would like to confirm the following concerns voiced by my neighbors on San Antonio Street regarding the Phase 1 detour onto San Antonio Street.The traffic situation on San Antonio Street is growing worse and more hazardous. Through -traffic motorists regularly speed and run stop signs. We have had at least three accidents, reportedly due to the detours. One neighbor was forced off the road by a delivery truck headed to CVS. And the speed -dampening sign that was installed near Johnson on San Antonio Street had to be removed after it caused a two -car collision because of through traffic. While San Antonio Street has taken on major thoroughfare traffic, Belvin has essentially been closed off to the point where it is reported that city police are now ticketing City of San Marcos Page 5