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City of San Marcos Meeting Minutes 670 East Hopkins San Marcos,TX 78666 City Council Thursday,February 22,2018 3:00 PM Large City Hall conference Room Budget Policy Workshop I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the budget policy workshop meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Prewitt at 3:04 p.m. Thursday,February 22, 2018 in the City Hall Conference Room, 630 E. Hopkins,San Marcos,Texas 78666. II. Roll Call Mayor Thomaides was absent due to illness. Present: 6- Mayor Pro Tern Lisa Prewitt,Council Member Saul Gonzales, Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Scott Gregson, Council Member Melissa Derrick, Council Member Jane Hughson and Council Member Ed Mihalkanin Absent: 1 - Mayor John Thomaides 1. Receive a Staff presentation and hold discussion regarding the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget Policy and Strategic Initiatives for the City of San Marcos, and provide direction to the City Manager. Bert Lumbreras,City Manager, provided the Council with an introduction and provided the goals of the budget policy workshop. He also explained how staff would be taking a holistic approach in reviewing department budget requests. He also provided the Council with an update that they would be holding a more in-depth conversation about debt at a future work session. Steve Parker,Assistant City Manager, provided an introduction of Mr. Jon Hockenyous,President of TXP,Inc. Mr. Hockenyous provided the City Council with a 2018 Economic and Sales Tax Forecast for the City of San Marcos. His presentation is attached for the record. Mr. Lumbreras provided the Council with a presentation of the Council's completed Strategic Initiatives. He reviewed the key priorities of Workforce Housing,Public Transit,Stormwater, Community Partners and City Facilities. Following discussion related to the priority of Workforce Housing staff was directed to schedule a Council Work Session on workforce housing in the City of Sen Memos Page 1