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City of San Marcos 630 East Hopkins 71, San Marcos,T%18666 ' Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday,January 30,2018 3:30 PM City Council Chambers 630 E. Hopkins -Work Session I. Call To Order With a quorum present,the special meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Thomaides at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday,January 30, 2018 in the City Hall Conference Room,630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666. II. Roll Call Present: 6- Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Prewitt, Council Member Saul Gonzales. Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Scott Gregson,Council Member Melissa Derrick, Mayor John Thomaides and Council Member Ed Mihalkanin Absent: 1 - Council Member Jane Hughson r PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive a work session presentation and hold discussion regarding Parking Mobility, a program designed to engage citizens in the process of enforcing disabled parking space violations within the City of San Marcos City Manager Bert Lumbreras provided a brief overview of the Parking Mobility program and turned it over to Police Chief Chase Stapp to present the presentation. Police Chief Chase Stapp provided the Council with a presentation related to Parking Mobility,a program designed to engage citizens in the process of enforcing disabled parking space violations within the City of San Marcos. This program is overseen by a non-profit company that uses a smartphone app that is utilitized by trained citizen volunteers to record and submit violations. Violations are reviewed by law enforcement before a citation is issued. This program is currently in use by Hays County. The annual fee structure is$35,000 to S40,000 annually. 100%of all fine collections would be given to the City. Mr.Mack Marsh,Project Director for Parking Mobility,expanded on the Chiefs presentation and informed the Council that they are the only company providing this service,and therefore this is a sole source product, and that they began their program here in Hays County. City of San Marcos Page 1