San Marcos City Podcast

The San Marcos City Podcast is back for a fourth season with this year's kickoff episode recounting the December 2022 and January 2023 City Council meetings, a brief Creek District/Discovery Road update and a closing Philadelphia sports fan message.

Here's an update on the summer actions of the City Council.

Dvelopment Services Director/City Engineer Isaac Etchamendy joins the podcast to discuss the ongoing Creek area construction actvity.

A discussion of the City Council's business items in June including the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2022 - 23 City Budget.

A brief recount of the May City Council meetings.

We has a little technical glitch at about the 2:30 point...Sorry it sounds a bit disjointed there.

A brief podcast summarizing the City Council meetings held in February.

An update on the two City Council meetings that occurred in January.

A discussion of the City Council's actions at their December meeting and some other city items.

A recap of the November City Council business items with a focus on the City Council approving the necessary documents to join the Clean Energy Alliance Community Choice Aggregation program.

A summary of the two City Council meetings in October of 2021

The podcast takes a break from normal city business to learn about the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and the Presidential Library System. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is about a 90 minute drive from San Marcos and is located at 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard, Yorba Linda, CA 92886. You can learn more about the library and plan a visit at the www.nixonlibrary.gov

A review of the City Council's actions in September as well as some general city updates

Dahvia Lynch and Beth Herzog from the City's Development Services Department discuss the City's re-started General Plan Update process.  This will be first of several podcasts over the next couple of years on this important effort.  For more information, check out the City's webpage on the General Plan Update at the following link.  https://sanmarcos.generalplan.org/

Sharyn Goodson of the Leichtag Foundation and Impact Cubed discusses their partnership with the City to administer the City's $3 million Non-Profit Grant Program. Information on the program can be found at https://impactcubed.org/san-marcos-covid19-grants/

A summary of City Council actions in July and a brief discussion of our re-starting General Plan effort.

Cathy Baur, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of San Marcos talks about the new Boys and Girls Club facility being constructed in conjunction with the City on Autumn Drive.

A summary of the City Council's actions in June.

Alan Daly is a widely known and well respected teacher and researcher focused on the social network aspect of various kinds of organizations.  Alan has worked with the city several times in the past and has some interesting insights into what the professional work environment will look like in the aftermath of the pandemic.  Professor Daly has authored hundreds of peer reviewed journals and papers and authored four books on the social aspect of organizations and leadership.

A discussion of the two regular City Council meetings as well as the Council's workshops related to goal setting and use of the Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funds.

Andrea Gonzalez, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation, discusses the City's plans for ramping back up its Parks and Recreation programming for 2021.

Dahvia Lynch, the City's Development Services Director, discusses the City's Draft 2021 - 2029 Housing Element which is currently out for public review and comment.  The link to the Draft Housing element is: https://sanmarcos.generalplan.org/public-draft-housing-element Dahvia also discusses some of the current development activity in the City and the Major Projects portion of the website which can be found at:   https://www.san-marcos.net/work/development-projects

A discussion of the City Council's regular business meetings and workshop meetings in March.

Matt Traino of IDS Real Estate Group discusses the challenges that commercial real estate owners face as well as the current state of the City's real estate portfolio.

City Engineer, Isaac Etchamendy discusses the Creek Improvement project as well as other active and upcoming capital improvements.  City Manager, Jack Griffin discusses the February 2021 City Council actions as well. To sign up for e-news alerts on the Creek project, traffic alerts or other city activities, please use the following link. https://www.san-marcos.net/what-s-new/e-alerts-sign-up

This is an updated version of the same podcast that was posted on February 2nd.  Correcting a duplication error.  We apologize for any confusion. Fire Chief Dan Barron discusses Operation Collaboration and the effort that fire agencies across the County are making to assist in the Covid 19 vaccination efforts. The link to San Diego County's website for setting up appointments for vaccinations is below. https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/vaccines/COVID-19-VaxEvents.html

A summary of City Council actions and brief discussion of COVID 19 and recent vegetation fire incidents.

Long time San Marcos resident, Matt Savant, discusses managing San Diego's professional hockey team pre, during and post pandemic and talks a little hockey too!   For more information about the Gulls, check out their website at:    https://www.sandiegogulls.com/

The City's Employee of the Year, Amber Schmaltz of the Parks and Recreation Department, discusses some of programs she helped the City pursue and the City's December business activity is discussed

A brief update on City Council actions in November and changes to city operations due to increased Covid cases in the county for at least the rest of the calendar year

Lisa Stout, Executive Director of the San Marcos Promise is joined by Fred Freeman, Promise Board Member and President/CEO of Pima Medical Institute to discuss the various programs the San Marcos Promise is offering in conjunction with the San Marcos Unified School District to the students of our area.  Information on the Promise program can be found at thesanmarcospromise.org

Three San Marcos based breweries won medals at this year's Great American Beer Festival.  Bill Sysak of Wild Barrel Brewing, Tomme Arthur of Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey and Steve Munsen of Dos Desperados Brewery discuss their recently recognized medal winning beers.

An update on City Council actions in October and a brief update on COVID-19 related issues in the City

Shaheen Sadeghi of Lab Holding discusses his company and how they view the evolving world of retail development and more specifically their proposed project called "Marcos" on property they purchased from the City in 2018 along the 78 corridor between the Las Posas and San Marcos Boulevard interchanges.

A discussion of the status of the Creek Infrastructure project, the City's largest ever capital improvement project, now under construction, with Isaac Etchamendy, Project Manager and Principal Civil Engineer for the City of San Marcos.

In this episode, we summarize the key items the City Council approved in September as well as discuss the fiscal impacts the pandemic situation has had on the City's financial situation.

On our 1st official episode we have Fire Chief Dan Barron & District Chief Dean White to have a conversation about the ongoing wildfires across the west coast

Welcome to the 1st ever episode of the official San Marcos City Podcast. We bring you a brief Introduction on our mission to bring local government news, and on going project development straight to you!