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A. Duties of a Public Officer -City Council Members. The Executive Session adjourned at 10:13 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. 4. Reconvene and Consider Action on Item Discussed During Executive Session. The San Marcos City Council reconvened into regular session at 10:13 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. The following direction to staff was required from Executive Session: Direction was given to staff regarding streamlined communication, single point of contact for events and travel, and performance issues. 5. Invocation Pastor Ken Volkert, of the New Life Christian Center, provided the invocation. 6. Pledge of Allegiance The assembly recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 7. Citizen Comments Donna Hill, 730 Belvin, spoke regarding water restrictions. She reported that it is very difficult to only have one day to water. She spent 4.5 hours on Saturday hand watering. She researched Austin and San Antonio. San Antonio is not on water restrictions, and Austin is restricted to two days a week. She believes it is more effective with two options; it does not mean using twice as much water. She noted that Kyle is at Stage 2 and has two days. She contacted a vendor to install a sprinkler and was told that it will be a nightmare to obtain the permit. They will have to prepare ablueprint -something no other city requires. She reported that she had received a letter from the city regarding a backflow prevention device. The tone of the letter was very rude, and she was told she had 60 days to resolve the issue or her water would be turned off. She requested that the city consider allowing two days for watering so that it can be spread out (water the front one day and the back yard the next). Dianne Wassenich, 11 Tanglewood, displayed a chart showing the percent of precipitation converted to storm flow and base flow. More rainfall is being converted to muddy storm flows. The other problem is that base flow decreases as impervious cover increases, especially in the recharge zone. The creeks go dry much quicker, and this is devastating to the springs in our community. The recharge is not happening any more. An impervious cover as small as 20% has turned the system around, increasing the storm flow and eliminating recharge. PDFConvert.3086.1.RM070108 Minutes.doc Page2of7