THE SAN MARXIST
Paraphrasing and editorializing City Council since mid-Pandemic.
May 5th City Council Meeting
Lots of stuff this week: selling water to Kyle, food trucks, community gardens, parking lots, lawsuits, the Edward’s Aquifer, the murals around town, and so much more. Much to discuss! Hours 0:00 – 5:15: Some small rezonings, selling water to Kyle, a trail to New Braunfels, and an enormous amount of Land Development Code…
Hours 0:00 – 5:51, 5/5/26
Citizen Comment: Ten speakers. The two biggest topics are whether San Marcos should sell water to Kyle or not, and the Land Development Code. Water to Kyle: We’ll get to this in Items 4 and 5. Land Development Code comments: We’ll get to all these in Item 22. Other comments: Onto the meeting! … Itsme…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 5/5/26
Citizen Comment: Two people spoke: … Workshop 1: Incidental Take Permits Here is the Edward’s Aquifer: The green part catches all the rainfall. The light blue part is all the porous caves and springs, where the aquifer is right at the surface. The dark blue part is the storage tank of the aquifer. The water…
April 21st City Council Meeting
Hidey ho, Neighborino! We’re back. Will Council regulate data centers? Will this grandmother in Dunbar get her home repair nightmare resolved? (Seriously, her story is awful.) Get your zesty details here! Let’s go: Hours 0:00 – 5:07: Forming our policy on Data Centers, annexing Five Mile Dam parks, loopholes for downtown restaurants, and a total…
Hours 0:00 – 5:07, 4/21/26
Citizen Comment: By the numbers: (I just pooled them all together here.) The biggest theme of the night: Data Centers in the Land Development Code. (5 speakers during Citizen Comment, and another 19 at the public hearing.) Roughly speaking, everyone said: “When you revise the land development code, either ban data centers altogether, or at…
Bonus! 3 pm workshop, 4/21/26
Workshop #1: The Homeless PIT count “PIT” stands for “Point in Time”. The PIT Count is a fixed day in January, where cities nationwide try to actually figure how many people are homeless in their communities. Each city assembles a team of people who go out into the community and try to actually count and…
April 7th City Council Meeting
Welcome back! It’s time for a big, important EMS conversation. Also CDBG money and some neat photos. Let’s go: Hours 0:00 – 1:56: Let me say right up front: sorry about all the digressions. CDBG money, and a bunch of cool photos. Bonus! 3 pm workshops: The EMS discussion. This is the weighty part of…
Hours 0:00 – 1:56, 4/7/26
Citizen Comment: Three people spoke. Main topics: … Item 13: $740K in CDBG money “CDBG” stands for Community Development Block Grant. This is money that San Marcos gets from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development. Local nonprofits apply to San Marcos for the money. Today is a rough draft of how to allocate…
Bonus! 3 pm workshop, 4/7/26
Citizen Comment: Five people talk. They all talk about EMS, so I’ll put their comments down below. … The backstory: There are nine different Emergency Service Districts, called ESD #1 – #9, which make up Hays County. Some are fire, some are just EMS, and some are both. The districts with EMS are 1, 2,…
March 31st City Council Meeting
Aaaand we’re back! Spring break is over and we’ve got a $4 million budget hole looming for 2027. Also we’re going to start charging out-of-towners to swim at Rio Vista this summer. Enjoy? Let’s dive in! Hours 0:00 – 3:05: the North campus area plan, some 2027 Budget planning, paid parking at the Lion’s Club…
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