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City of San Marcos,Texas—2024-2025 Action Plan <br /> on May 19,2024.Notice of a second public hearing was published July 14,2024.The second public hearing was held at the City Council meeting August 5, <br /> 2024,just prior to City Council's final decision on funding allocation. <br /> S. Summary of public comments <br /> In April Lisa Arceneaux provided some ideas prior to the public comment period for spending CDBG funds.Some of the ideas revolved around restoration <br /> of three buildings in the Dunbar neighborhood. The other ideas were for beautification of recreation areas that would also enhance safety. <br /> Comments were received at the June 4,2024,public hearing,from three members of the public and the City Council members. <br /> Comments received from the public are as follows: <br /> Carrie Jones stated that San Marcos does not have a facility or proper resources for adults with special needs.She has an adult son that she must take to <br /> other cities for services. There needs to be a place to go or proper transportation to take people to other cities with services. <br /> Adam Holt stated his support of CDBG funding and that his agency had applied as a CDBG public facilities subrecipient. He stated that there are little to <br /> no services for people with substance dependency issues because San Marcos is a small town.He noted that the 2024 Point In Time Count showed an <br /> increase in homelessness. <br /> Zachariyah AI-Natoor stated that the City needs more mental health services. <br /> Comments received from Council are as follows: <br /> Council Member Mark Gleason asked if the current construction on Thorpe is tied to the application. <br /> Response: Texas Department of Transportation(TxDot)is working on the road improvements,and CDBG funding will cover expenses and the scope that <br /> is not under the TxDot project <br /> Council Member Alyssa Garza asked if the Housing Rehabilitation program was the same one she addressed concerns about and asked what happened <br /> with the previous funding. <br /> Response:The program has 30 houses in various stages of bidding and construction. The funds come from CDBG and ARPA and are all allocated. <br /> Council Member Garza asked if the funds will be used to help people with title issues. <br /> Response: Legal issues can be addressed with CDBG funding,but this would use public service funding. <br /> Council Member Gleason was open to having funds for title issues and asked how many applicants to the rehabilitation program had title issues. <br /> Response:Five applicants had title issues: three were cleared through volunteer work. <br /> Council Member Saul Gonzales and Mayor Jane Hughson asked staff to look at title issues as a priority and earmark the issue for possible future general <br /> funding. <br /> Response: Title issues would be added to the City priority list. <br /> 2024-2025 CDBG ACTION PLAN Page 4 of 59 <br />