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City Council Meeting Minutes August 18, 2020 <br />Kelly Stone expressed her concerns on items #20, 21, 22 and the impact on <br />housing. She request that the city council remove the dam. <br />Amy Meeks asked city council to continue the steadfast, reasoned response to <br />the suggestions put forth by the SMTX 4 All Taskforce and Not implement the <br />following into the Land Development Code. She asked that in -fill housing <br />assistance in the form of fee waivers, clear path permitting, and/or reduced <br />parking for additional units not be allowed. Please do not allow re -zoning <br />initiated by the city of both undeveloped and in -fill properties. Allowing new <br />zoning in established areas would change the very fabric of that particular area <br />which is causing it to thrive. Please allow the Comprehensive Master Plan for <br />San Marcos to be the guide and continue to accommodate residents in all <br />stages of life. She asked council to support the 38 recommendations made by <br />Planning and Zoning in their meeting of June 9. As Council members who <br />represent all of the citizens of San Marcos, she implores council to continue <br />listening to everyone's input and then sculpting the responses and votes to <br />reflect what is truly in the best interest of all of San Marcos. <br />PRESENTATIONS <br />Receive status reports and updates on response to COVID-19 pandemic; hold council <br />discussion, and provide direction to Staff. <br />Chase Stapp, Director of Public Safety provided a presentation regarding the <br />COVID-19 pandemic. <br />Known Cases — as of August 14 <br />• >5.4 million U.S. cases with more than 169,000 fatalities. (Nearly 42,000 new <br />cases since the previous day) <br />*source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention <br />• >535,000 (125,500 active) cases in 251 Texas counties with 9,983 fatalities <br />*source: Texas Department of State Health Services <br />• 5,111 in Hays County with 41 fatalities (2,641 active and 2,421 recovered) <br />This is 212 fewer active cases but 13 more fatalities than on August 4 <br />—1,209 active and 1,289 recovered in San Marcos (20 fatalities) <br />—127 cases have required hospitalization, 16 currently in hospital <br />*source: Hays County Health Department <br />Updates to Governor Abbott's Actions <br />• August 4: Update on PPE Distribution to Texas Schools <br />— State will continue to purchase and distribute PPE to schools at no cost to <br />the school districts <br />— The state has already distributed 59,410,640 masks, 567,948 gallons of hand <br />City of San Marcos Page 5 <br />