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City Council Meeting Minutes October 20, 2020 Virginia Condie spoke on behalf of The San Marcos River Foundation and is in support of a resolution recognizing the first Saturday in May and October as World Bird Migration Days. Ted Breihan expressed concerns on items #8 & #9 regarding the properties on S. Guadalupe Street and asked Council to consider using the money for different projects. Naomi Narvaiz asked to be considered to the Use of Force Ad Hoc Committee and expressed her interest in serving. She stated she is an involved member of the community and would bring perspective to the committee. PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive status reports and updates on response to COVID-19 pandemic; hold council discussion, and provide direction to Staff. Chase Stapp provided the introduction regarding status reports and updates on response to COVID-19 pandemic. Known Cases — as of October 16 More than 823k total cases (82,347 active) cases in Texas with 17,014 fatalities *source: Texas Department of State Health Services • 6,155 total cases in Hays County (727 active and 5,367 recovered) with 61 fatalities • 355 cases have required hospitalization, 6 current • 3,088 total cases in San Marcos (76 active and 2,989 recovered) with 32 fatalities *source: Hays County Health Department • 742 total cases at TX State (60 active) • 698 students, 44 faculty/staff *source: Texas State University Student Health Services Mr. Stapp stated that one employee is recovering from COVID and from March there has been 40 employees test positive. Mr. Stapp stated that as of Monday, October 19, 40 new cases came in from the weekend. Testing Overview 37,666 tests administered county wide — 31,511 negative (83.6%) — 6,155 confirmed (16.3%) Mr. Stapp mentioned that there is a new category of test results with 749 probable is from Curative testing sites. City of San Marcos Page 2