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22. PM Receive a Staff presentation and hold a Public Hearing to recei 00 ff ve comments for or against Ordinance 2013 -16, adopting Vision San Marcos: a River Runs Through Us as the Comprehensive (master) Plan of the City of San Marcos to guide the growth and development of the City; adopting the preferred scenario may therein as the future land use may of the City; revealing the adoption of the Horizons Master Plan and Sector Plans under Chapter 3 of the Land Development Code and the applicability thereof to legislative development applications; repealing the future land use may designations associated with specific zoning classifications under Section 4.1.5.1 of the City's Land Development Code and providing new associated designations from the preferred scenario map; limiting the consideration of requests for amendments to the preferred scenario map to twice per _year, being once during the month of October and once during the month of April; providing that pending applications for zoning map amendments filed before the date of adoption of this ordinance may continue to be considered under standards in the prior Horizons Master Plan, Sector Plans and future land use map until the earlier of final action on the application by the City Council or October 8, 2013; including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date; and consider approval of Ordinance 2013 -16. Matthew Lewis, Director of Development Services, provided a brief presentation. Mayor Daniel Guerrero opened the public hearing at 7:22 p.m. Thomas Rhoades, ETR Development, asked the Council to show the Lazy Oaks Ranch development on the preferred scenario maps. Daniel Gomez, Texas State Student, asked that more bike lanes be planned. Lisa Pruitt, San Marcos, supported this plan and that the proof of the success of this plan will be if the community continues to be supportive. She believes that this provides predictability to the developers and citizens and that this will strengthen that community in the long run. Mason Murphy, 1975 Aquarena Springs Dr, thanked the Chairs, co- chairs and committee members for their work on this plan and also thanked the City Staff for their time. There being no further comments; the public hearing was closed at 7:26 p.m. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Council Member Thomaides and a second by Council Member Becak, MOTION TO AMEND: Upon a motion made by Council Member Thomason and a second by Council Member Becak, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to amend by outlining and labeling Lazy Oaks on the preferred scenario map. The motion carried unanimously. MAIN MOTION: the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to approve Ordinance 2013 -16, as previously captioned. The motion carried unanimously. 23.7:OOPM Receive a Staff presentation and hold a Public Hearing to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2013 -24, approving an amendment to the Future Land Use Map