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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 I. Call To Order City of San Marcos Meeting Minutes City Council 6:00 PM 630 E. Hopkins 630 East Hopkins San Marcos, TX 78666 City Council Chambers With a quorum present, the regular meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Hughson at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 17, 2019 in the City Council Chambers, 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666. II. Roll Call Present: 6 - Council Member Saul Gonzales, Council Member Melissa Derrick, Mayor Jane Hughson, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Mihalkanin, Council Member Joca Marquez and Council Member Maxfield Baker Absent: 1 - Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Mark Rockeymoore III. Invocation Krista Weber Huang, with San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship provided this evening's invocation. IV. Pledges Of Allegiance - United States And Texas William Hughes-Ruddell, 1st grade student at San Marcos Preparatory School led the assembly in the pledges of allegiance. V. 30 Minute Citizen Comment Period John David Carson, provided information regarding the number of people that were involved in traffic accidents, here in San Marcos, this year. He noted that these accidents are not perpetrated by bikes or scooters, but automobiles. The EPA states that the average car emits 411 grams of CO2 per mile. Shared scooters are not great either, but they emit far less CO2 at 200 grams per mile, however that number is dropping as operations become more efficient. The bus and bike are much more environmentally friendly. Mr. Carson spoke on Item 19 and stated this is not an item adopting a vision zero policy, this is not an agressive plan to reduce vehicle miles travelled per resident. It is a blanket ban on scooters, and he is not here advocating for scooters, because they are challenging and there are safety issues. He offered ways Council could regulate, and not ban a viable source of transportation which include allowing people to City of San Marcos Page 1