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Officials put pin in comprehensive plan The city of San Marcos’ comprehensive plan, Vision SMTX++, has been put on hold until 2024 so that a newly formed council committee can gather more input from the community. What you need to know Vision SMTX++ is an update of the city’s 2013 plan titled Vision San Marcos: A River Runs Through Us. The city has grown by about 25,000 residents since then and the plan looks to update and expand its zoning districts and serve “as the vision for equita- ble and compatible growth.” However, the council put off adoption on Nov. 6 until mid-January so that Mayor Jane Hughson and Council Members Alyssa Garza and Shane Scott can meet with more resi- dents and community members for input.
New police training required due to lawsuit Former state Sen. Wendy Davis, Timothy Hol- loway, David Gins and Eric Cervini filed a lawsuit against Chase Stapp, Brandon Winkenwerder, Matthew Daenzer and the city of San Marcos over the “Trump Train” incident from Oct. 30, 2020, on I-35; The city and plaintiffs came to a settle- ment at the end of October. How we got here On the day in question, the four plaintiffs were on a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus, just over a week before the presidential election, traveling along I-35 to an event at Texas State University in San Marcos. During the drive, several Donald Trump supporters surrounded, swerved into and tried to slow down the bus, according to the lawsuit, preventing it from making its campaign stop at the university.
In the works The San Marcos Police Department will be required to take a mandatory training course by July 2024. The course will cover topics such as:
psychology of procedural law
dealing with voter intimidation
building public trust
responding to political violence
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The bottom line The lawsuit alleges the San Marcos Police Department and Director of Public Safety Chase Stapp failed to respond to the escalating incident of intimidation and harassment, which the four plaintiffs said resulted in ongoing psychological and emotional injuries. As for the settlement, the city and the city’s risk pool carrier, Texas Municipal League Inter- governmental Risk Pool, will be splitting the cost for the $175,000.
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