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HP.C11Y OF sT�o City of San Marcos Work Session Meeting Minutes Q City Council Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:00 PM Virtual Meeting This meeting was held using conferencing software due to COVID-19 rules. I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the work session of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Hughson at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The meeting was held online. II. Roll Call Present: 7- Mayor Pro Tem Melissa Derrick, Mayor Jane Hughson, Council Member Maxfield Baker, Council Member Saul Gonzales, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Shane Scott, Council Member Alyssa Garza and Council Member Mark Gleason PRESENTATIONS Receive a Staff presentation and hold discussion on the Scooter Pilot Program, and provide direction to Staff. Bert Lumbreras, City Manager, provided a brief introduction regarding the scooter pilot program. Mr. Lumbreras introduced Pete Binion, Transit Manager to provide the presentation. Mr. Binion provided the background on the scooter pilot program. In May 2020, Council prohibited "for profit" scooters due to concern for public safety and lack of suitable infrastructure. With the impact of Covid-19 on transit bus capacity, Texas State University began discussions about scooters with Spin, the micro -transit wholly owned subsidiary of the Form Motor Company. City staff joined them and looked at this socially distanced option.In August 2020 agreements were reached and the program began in September 2020. Mr. Binion spoke on how this program is currently being monitored. The project team uses real time GPS software to provide detailed scooter location and "dwell" time. City staff time spent 75 hours monitoring, Field audits were held twice weekly at random times, and weekly meetings were held. Mr. Binion provided the performance metrics including number of riders, trips City of San Marcos Page 1