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City of San Special Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday, June 29, 2021 3:00 PM Virtual Meeting - Special Meeting This meeting was held using conferencing software due to COVID-19 rules. I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the special meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Hughson at 3:06 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2021. This meeting was held online. II. Roll Call Council Member Garza arrived after roll call at 3:30 p.m. Present: 7 - Mayor Pro Tem Melissa Derrick, Mayor Jane Hughson, Council Member Maxfield Baker, Council Member Saul Gonzales, Council Member Alyssa Garza, Council Member Mark Gleason and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Shane Scott PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive a presentation on the American Rescue Plan, and provide direction to the City Manager. Bert Lumbreras, City Manager provided an introduction. The Special meeting was called to provide a briefing on the American Rescue Plan funds the City is receiving. The City of San Marcos is due to receive approximately $18 million dollars of Federal funding. Marie Kalka, Finance Director will discuss the parameters of the programs that could potentially be funded as well as a proposed list created by staff, additional projects that have been discussed previously by Council, and those that align with Council's strategic priorities. He stated it is difficult to separate discussion regarding the American Rescue Plan funds and the City budget. As will be presented later this evening, the General Fund is under tight constraints so the use of ARP funds were reviewed to offset some expenses, but the restrictions on the federal funding make it difficult to address the shortfall this way. It is tentatively scheduled for next week's Council meeting to continue discussion, or place a resolution indicating Council's support. Ms. Kalka provided the presentation on the American Rescue Plan (ARP) City of San Marcos Page 1