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SiMKo City of San Marcos Work Session Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:00 PM Virtual Meeting This meeting was held using conferencing software due to the COVID-19 rules. I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the work session of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Hughson at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, 2020. The meeting was held virtually. MENSTUM Present: 7 - Council Member Melissa Derrick, Mayor Jane Hughson, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Mihalkanin, Council Member Joca Marquez, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Mark Rockeymoore, Council Member Maxfield Baker and Council Member Saul Gonzales PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive a Staff update on the proposed scope of work to be included in the Cape's Dam Study Request for Proposals, and other matters related to the dam, and provide direction to the City Manager. Bert Lumbreras, City Manager, provided a brief update regarding the scope of work for the proposed Cape's Dam study. He outlined some of the steps that have been taken to this point. He introduced Jamie Lee Case, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation and she led the presentation. Mrs. Case outlined the request by Council in previous meetings which included the following: • Study on flow and level and potential flooding and if it would cause more or less flooding • Toxicity of the soil below the dam and how much the dam will drop and how that will affect the trees and stability of Thompson Island • The effect of diverting more water through the mill race during times of drought and the health of the river and what would be best for the river • Identify if there is a way to get rid of what is causing the sedimentation problem and place something that will allow the river to flow through and while still maintaining the Mill Race at some level, most of the time • Do not replicate the study previously done by Dr. Hardy City of San Marcos Page 1