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Wednesday, January 6, 2021 San Marcos City Councilmembers voted unanimously Tuesday to award a roughly $6.5 million construction contract for the Uhland Road improvement project to a Taylor-based company. Patin Construction, LLC was awarded the construction contract during Tuesday s city council meeting. The project is meant to alleviate flooding along County Road and Uhland Road to improve mobility and the drainage infrastructure during storms, according to city documents. The project includes a stormwater system with a new outfall to the Blanco River, and it will replace water and wastewater systems within the new roadway sections. Related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Director of Public Safety Chase Stapp reported high case counts as well as multiple days that the Trauma Service Area O, which includes Hays and Travis counties, has exceeded the 15% COVID-19 hospitalization-to-capacity ratio. ....
Thursday, December 17, 2020 Amazon is working to advance a project to build a 1-million-square-foot warehouse distribution center in San Marcos by September, 2021, according to documents and exchanges in Tuesday’s City Council Meeting. The 1,005,000 square foot SAT6 distribution warehouse would occupy roughly 71 acres in north San Marcos in the Whisper Subdivision near Yarrington Road and Fortuna Road, across from the Hays County Transportation Center. While the project was not discussed outright in the meeting, its intended use in the parking variance request being considered in item 19 was listed as “Amazon Distribution/Warehouse,” and was brought to other councilmembers attention in an exchange about the environmental consciousness of the end user, Amazon. ....