THE SAN MARXIST
Paraphrasing and editorializing City Council since mid-Pandemic.
January 20th City Council Meeting
We’re covering ALL of January. It’s a lot! All the action is at P&Z and the workshops: (The actual council meeting was pretty breezy!) Note: Between the ice on the ground and ICE terrorizing communities, our attention is getting pulled in a lot of directions. If you’re here, I appreciate it. Here we go: Hours…
Hours 0:00 – 2:35, 1/20/26
Citizen Comment: Only six speakers! (Contrast that with P&Z – about 100 speakers. We’ll get to that!) Topics covered: That was about it! …. Item 17: River Bridge Ranch PID River Bridge Ranch is way out here: It came up in December, here, when it shrunk to the new, smaller size. They want to put…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 1/20/26
Public comment at the 3 pm workshops: There are three speakers: …. Workshop: San Marcos EMS Backstory: This is a mess! It first came up on the blog, back in September. Here’s my best attempt to reconstruct the timeline: 1983: San Marcos-Hays County EMS is formed as an independent non-profit. All the nearby towns and…
Bonus-bonus! P&Z meeting, 1/15/26
When all is written about the data center, my guess is that the Rubicon was crossed at P&Z last week. This was the pivotal moment. Lots has already been written about this meeting: So I’m going to keep this brief. Background: First off, it was a seven hour meeting. Total, it was almost 5 hours…
Bonus bonus bonus! Council workshops, 1/8/26
At the beginning of January, Council had some workshops. The topics were: Let’s dive in! … Workshop 1: Paid Parking at the Lion’s Club: We started charging for parking this past summer. Do we want to keep doing it? In theory, residents are free. But only if you’ve gone online ahead of time and register…
December 16th City Council Meeting
Foreboding week at Council! You get a sneak peek of Cape’s Dam and the Data Center, both which will blow up in 2026. Here we go! Hours 0:00 – 3:21: Pretty much just Cape’s Dam and the data center! Bonus! 3 pm workshops: Results from the community survey, updates on the Office of Community Support…
Hours 0:00 – 3:21, 12/16/25
Citizen Comment: Two big topics! (I’m combining comments from 3 pm and 6 pm.) Cape’s Dam nomination to be on the historic registry: The Data Center Details on what people actually said when we get to these! Other comments: … Item 8: Cape’s Dam This item was pretty infuriating! It’s also not the most important…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 12/16/25
Workshop #1: San Marcos Community Survey Every three years, we run a community survey. The first one was in 2022, and so 2025 is the second. Methods: They try to get a random sample of people by sending mailers out to households. They also open the survey up to anyone, online. The responses are overwhelmingly…
December 2nd City Council Meeting
This week at council: You’ll come for the death of Flock Cameras, but you’ll stay for the deliciously petty Price Center mural discussion! Exciting meeting this week. First, though: VOTE FOR SAUL in the council run-off. Details below. …. Onto the meeting! Hours 0:00 – 1:17: Everything but Flock Cameras! Some zoning, and some TIRZ…
Hours 0:00 – 1:17, 12/2/25
Citizen comment: There were 12 speakers, and only one topic: Flock Cameras Lots and lots of details when we get to that item. … Item 10: The Downtown TIRZ TIRZ stands for “Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone”. What this means is that we’re going to put more resources into a fixed area. TIRZ #5 is…
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