San Marcos To Discuss CDBG 2019-2020 Action Plan
Corridor Staff
The San Marcos City Council will receive a presentation and hold a public hearing to receive comments for or against amending the Community Development Block Grant 2019-2020 Action Plan tonight.
On June 16, the city council provided direction to staff to research the possibility of using the remaining CDBG-Coronavirus funds of $105,530 to provide for additional COVID-19 testing or the ability to obtain faster testing results.
According to the agenda, the city staff met with the Hays County Office of Emergency Services on June 30 to discuss details of a potential program.
On June 18, 2019, the City Council approved by Resolution 2019-121R, the Community Development Block Grant – Entitlement – Action Plan (“CDBG Action Plan”) that provides for the allocation of $680,998 awarded to the City of San Marcos by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Program Year beginning October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2020 (program Year 2019).
On March 3, 2020, the City Council approved Resolution 2020-54R, amending the CDBG Action Plan for Program Year 2019-2020 to reallocate $67,142 from the Unsafe Structures Program to the amount allocated for the Southside Community Center Rehab Program.
During their June 16 meeting, council allocated $200,000 to a COVID-19 Small Business and Organization Recovery program, $55,600 to Court Appointed Special Advocates for Advocacy Services, and $64,131 for Grant Administrative.
Council said their goal was to increase testing to meet demands after the Texas Department of Emergency Management’s first free testing site in San Marcos administered over 700 tests.
The San Marcos City Council will meet at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, July 7.
Persons wishing to speak during the citizen comment period please submit their written comments to citizencomment@sanmarcostx.gov no later than 12:00 PM on the day of the meeting.
The first 10 comments will be read aloud during the citizen comment portion of the meeting. Comments shall have a time limit of three minutes each.
Any threatening, defamatory or other similar comments prohibited by Chapter 2 of the San Marcos City Code will not be read.
On Tuesday, the San Marcos City Council will receive a presentation and hold a discussion regarding Recommendation Resolution Number 2020-2021 of the Main Street Advisory Board.
The discussion will be focused on the emergency installation of curbside pickup parking spaces for COVID-19 small business operations.
According to the agenda, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic mandated closures, Main Street assisted downtown businesses by creating temporary Curbside Parking signs.
Over 100 businesses were closed initially due to state stay home orders, and curbside pickup was one of the few mechanisms by which businesses could operate.
The agenda states that signs were laminated and taped to traffic cones as a temporary measure to encourage customers to purchase retail goods, meals, and services from downtown businesses while maintaining distancing.
A downtown business owner and Main Street Advisory Board Member requested in June that the short-term project be a long-term effort.
After discussions at the board level, the Main Street Advisory Board supported the installation of a pole and sign curbside pickup signage, and drafted a recommendation to Council requesting support.
According to the agenda, the installation of signage for curbside parking spaces is intended as a measure to encourage curbside pickup of businesses within downtown.
The San Marcos City Council will meet at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, July 7.
Persons wishing to speak during the citizen comment period please submit their written comments to citizencomment@sanmarcostx.gov no later than 12:00 PM on the day of the meeting.
The first 10 comments will be read aloud during the citizen comment portion of the meeting. Comments shall have a time limit of three minutes each.
Any threatening, defamatory or other similar comments prohibited by Chapter 2 of the San Marcos City Code will not be read.
