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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes August 18, 2020 <br />Thea Dake stated there has been a great deal of input from residents at <br />workshops and Planning and Zoning meetings. Asked Council to make the <br />best decisions in protecting all of the neighborhoods in the final revisions of <br />the Land Development Code. <br />June Hankins would like for City Council to assure that any changes made to <br />the Land Development Code are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan for <br />the City of San Marcos. She hopes City Council will continue to protect <br />neighborhoods as revisions are made on the Land Development Code. <br />Kendra Wesson stated there has been much input from residents at workshops <br />and Planning and Zoning meetings. She trusts the Council will continue to <br />make the best decisions on protecting neighborhoods in the final revisions of <br />the Land Development Code. <br />Gabrielle Moore would like Council to delay the changes to the Land <br />Development Code and reconvene the Housing Task Force to study the <br />implications of the proposed changes. Council should avoid pushing changes <br />that negatively impact housing access for the community. She asked Council to <br />postpone voting on the changes and send it back to the Housing Task Force. <br />Joanna & Otto Tegtmeyer stated the Land Development Code should meet the <br />needs of the community as a whole, not the desires of entrepreneurs, investors, <br />developers, land speculators, and those who profit off of them. They trust that <br />in amending the Land Development Code, the City Council will satisfy the <br />needs of the community as a whole, and not the needs of parties whose <br />primary interest is in making profits, often at the expense of the citizens, rather <br />than in the interest of the citizens. <br />Virginia Condie, San Marcos River Foundation would like for Council to <br />postpone item #22 regarding Capes Dam. She asked council not to work with <br />the county to rebuild or repair the dam and stated the fastest and cheapest <br />answer is to remove the dam. She is concerned about the financial costs in the <br />future for San Marcos residents. <br />Camille Phillips, expressed her concerns on item #24 The Barracks Townhomes <br />being near a floodplain and the impact it could have on nearby building during <br />future floods. <br />Mary Cauble stated there has been much input from residents at workshops <br />and Planning and Zoning meetings. She trusts the Council will continue to <br />City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />