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r 630 East Hopkins SAN'M�R�os City of San Marcos San Marcos, TX 78666 Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday, January 7, 2020 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 630 E. Hopkins I. Call To Order 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, Janaury 7, 2020 in the City Council Chambers, 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666. II. Roll Call 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 III. Invocation Deacon Terence Parker, with First Baptist Church NBC, provided this evening's invocation. IV. Pledges Of Allegiance - United States And Texas Council Member Baker led the assembly in the Pledges of Allegiance. V. 30 Minute Citizen Comment Period Virginia Condie, a member San Marcos River Foundation, spoke on Cape's Dam. Our concern is the keeping and restoration of the Cape's Dam and the diversion of water through the Mill Race. She stated the difference between Cape's Dam, Rio Vista and Aquarena Springs Dams is that those two dams above Capes Dam don't divert water like the Cape's Dam does. She asked when considering what to do with the Mill Race look at the same way the City is looking at the Purgatory Creek project that will be replanted with native species and deep roots that will stabilize the banks. Amanda Alexander, spoke on the Cape's dam stating that it's important to note that the only way this has had a past vote for removal and then remained in the council meeting for the past three years because are financial interest at stake from developers and a recreational business. Multiple campaigns have waged to prevent from the vote for dam removal from being finalized and the community and the river deserves better. A study examining repair versus City of San Marcos Page 1