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City Council Meeting Minutes April 5, 2022 <br />Council Member Baker expressed concern that city staff are being lobbied by <br />developers. Mayor Hughson asked Mrs. Reyes what rules are in place regarding <br />conflict of interest? Mrs. Reyes stated there are multiple mechanism in place for <br />example, the employee handbook, Code of Ethics ordinance that prohibits from <br />accepting gifts and Purchasing department have rules of affidavit while serving on a <br />request for proposal (RFP) committee in addition to professional ethics of multiple <br />organizations. <br />Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Garza would like a summary of the history on the lobbying <br />ordinance from the time the committee began to work on it and the proposed <br />amendments provided by the mayor. She stated this will help her get information out <br />to the community. She stated citizens are concern of not being able to speak to the <br />elected officials and how this may limit their ability. <br />Council Member Gonzales and Mayor Hughson expressed concern about "the little <br />guy" who may have inherited a small lot and wants to rezone it. Acreage size of the <br />rezoning request could be a consideration. <br />Council Member Gleason thinks this is a compromise he can support but more work <br />needs to be done. He would like to look at number of units being rezoned and scope of <br />acreage. <br />Jonathan Lollar, Ethics Commissioner said he would assist in creating the summary <br />requested by Council Member Garza. <br />Upon completion of deliberation, council consensus is to narrow down the Lobbying <br />Ordinance to include developers specifically rezoning, 380 agreements, development <br />agreements, out of city utility extension or connection in the Extra Territorial <br />Jurisdiction area, conditional use permit for housing projects and appeals of <br />recommendation from the planning and zoning commission to deny projects. <br />Mayor Hughson asked Mr. Cosentino what are the next steps and what to expect. Mr. <br />Cosentino asked if it should be a new ordinance and have it on two readings, or put <br />this on a second readings with the context? Consensus is to have a new ordinance and <br />defer the ordinance back to the Ethics Commission. This will come back to council <br />when ready and will include the new direction on the new ordinance. <br />City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />