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City Council Meeting Minutes July 7, 2020 oncoming traffic. I have also observed a greater number of large trucks than usual. It has come to my attention that there has been an increased amount of Police presence on Belvin St, another parallel route to Hopkins, and it has been observed that officers are handing out tickets to motorists using the street as an official detour. While I applaud the city for holding motorists accountable for not using the official detour route to Craddock St, I have not noticed any increased similar enforcement on San Antonio St. If the residents of Belvin St enjoy increased enforcement of traffic laws, those of us on San Antonio St. should receive equal relief... as well as residents on MLK St. I certainly don't advocate reassigning Police resources away from Belvin St. to our street, but only that the law be enforced equally. All traffic, save that of residents and visitors, should be routed to the official Craddock St detour route. I hope to see, by way of this suggested reallocation of resources, a lessening of traffic on San Antonio St and MLK St very soon. James Reveley & Sonja Nagy: As I pull out of my driveway on West San Antonio Street in the morning, I wait to see who will stop to allow me the time I need to exit my driveway. I wait for someone who is traveling a safe speed, a driver who is looking at the road, someone who will stop, so I may safely back-up my vehicle to go to work. It didn't use to be this difficult to leave my home. Even when walking, we have to be cautiously aware of what drivers are doing. I guess you can call it walking defensively. Will the driver run the stop sign today? Will the driver be paying attention to the road? We have been in the middle of crossing the street, at an intersection with a stop sign, and almost been hit on three separate occasions, when trying to cross the street. The problem is worsening. Additionally, we've seen people wreck into neighbors' yards, run stop signs, and sideswipe cars parked on the road. Our family has had three vehicles damaged by hit and run drivers on San Antonio Street. The last one was, a truck totaled by a hit-and-run driver, the first two included an SUV parked on the road for less than 15 minutes, and a car parked on the street overnight, and prior to the implemented detour. Currently, detoured traffic is diverted to one street that runs parallel to Hopkins, which is West San Antonio Street, to allow for the needed construction in our city. In contrast, the other alternative traffic path, the other parallel street to Hopkins, Belvin, has been blocked off to through traffic. With police ticketing individuals who dare travel down that road. Where are the police officers on the thoroughfare that is San Antonio Street, giving tickets to people speeding, running stop signs, and driving recklessly? The immediate solutions needed include the creation of a second detour to split the burden of the traffic between San Antonio Street and Belvin Street (both of the parallel streets to Hopkins) and more police presence City of San Marcos Page 8