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"m^A6o City of San Marcos 630 East Hopkins <br /> x _ San Marcos,T%78666 <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> o. <br /> City Council <br /> Tuesday,April 17,2018 3:00 PM City Council Chambers <br /> 630 E. Hopkins-Work Session <br /> I. Call To Order <br /> With a quorum present, the work session meeting of the San Marcos City <br /> Council was called to order by Mayor Thomaides at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday,April <br /> 17,2018 in the City Hall Conference Room,630 E. Hopkins,San Marcos, <br /> Texas 78666. <br /> II. Roll Call <br /> Present: 7- Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Prewitt, Council Member Saul Gonzales, Deputy Mayor Pro <br /> Tern Scott Gregson, Council Member Melissa Derrick, Council Member Jane <br /> Hughson, Mayor John Thomaides and Council Member Ed Mihalkanin <br /> 1. Receive a Staff presentation and hold discussion regarding the current San Marcos <br /> Transit System to include; past and present operations, Master Plan concepts, and <br /> funding mechanisms, and provide direction to Staff. <br /> Bert Lumbreras,City Manager, provided an introduction of work session <br /> regarding the current San Marcos Transit System. Rodney Cobb,Executive <br /> Director of Community Services, provided an introduction of his Transit team: <br /> Oscar Hairell and Pete Banion and provided the layout for the presentation <br /> and turned it over to Mr. Hairell. <br /> Mr.Hairell began and asked that the Council look at all transit within the <br /> City. He began with Texas State University and how they manage their <br /> transportation and movement of people to further the mission of the campus. <br /> He reviewed the current operations and explained that they have opened up <br /> their system to allow anyone to ride, not just students. He stated that <br /> operational days are based on class schedules.Mr. Hairell provided that that <br /> student fees provide approximately$7 million annually for transportation <br /> services,which includes parking and Bobcat Shuttle service. <br /> Mr. Hairell moved into explaining the San Marcos transit system. Capital Area <br /> Rural Transportation System (CARTS)operates transit system in San Marcos <br /> utilizing federal rural transit grant funds - 1996 to February 2013.In 2010 the <br /> Census determined the population of San Marcos,Martindale,and Redwood <br /> City of San Marcos Page 1 <br />