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City Council Meeting Minutes July 6, 2021 years. Mayor Hughson would like to amend Proposition D, Section 3.09 Which reads: The amendment of Section 3.09 (Meetings of the City Council) to require all city council meeting agendas to include "Citizen Comment Period" and "Question and Answer Session with Press and Public" as agenda items. She suggests we insert the word "regular" before "city council meeting agendas". Council provided consensus to move forward with amending Proposition D. Proposition D will now read as follows: The amendment of Section 3.09 (Meetings of the City Council) to require all "regular" city council meeting agendas to include "Citizen Comment Period" and "Question and Answer Session with Press and Public." Mayor Hughson noted that the proposed amendment Proposition C, Section 3.01 was to set the term limit at two (2) terms for the Mayor, with the proposed change in term to four (4) years for a maximum of either (8) years. Since council has decided to leave the Mayor's term at 2 years, she stated we should consider changing the number of terms. Council decided to set it at four (4) terms in order to keep the eight (8) years as proposed. Council also decided to keep the rest of the proposal which includes providing that a person elected as mayor at the regular election held in November of 2024 or at any regular election held thereafter shall be ineligible to run again for mayor for a period of two years after serving four consecutive terms in that position. Council provided consensus to move forward with the changes to Proposition C. Mr. Cosentino noted that term limits begin for council members in 2022 and for Mayor in 2024. There were no suggestions to change this. Deputy Mayor Pro Scott suggested changing council member terms from three to four. Consensus was to retain the three year terms. Council Member Garza inquired about the status of single member districts. Mayor Hughson explained that the Commission had discussed it but did not put it on the list of charter changes. They suggest a full discussion of the issue, which can be complex, be held before it goes on the ballot for a vote. 2. Receive a staff presentation from the San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) and the Ad Hoc Council -Appointed Use of Force Committee regarding SMPD Policy 6.1 - Response to Resistance and Aggression. Bert Lumbreras, City Manager provided a brief introduction regarding the informational update on the work done by the Ad Hoc Council Committee City of San Marcos Page 2