AGENDA CAPTION:
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Hold discussion regarding Parks and Recreation Board Recommendation Resolution No. 2026-01RR-PRB recommending that the City Council formally request that Hays County amend the deed restriction prohibiting the renaming of the Five Mile Dam Soccer Complex to allow the facility to be renamed the "Officer Justin Read Putnam Memorial Soccer Fields" in honor of Officer Justin Putnam, who was killed in the line of duty.
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Meeting date: November 17, 2026
Department: Parks and Recreation
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Background Information:
The Parks and Recreation Board approved Recommendation Resolution No. 2026-01RR-PRB on October 15, 2026. The recommendation has two components. First, it requests that the City Council formally ask the Hays County Commissioners Court to amend the deed restriction associated with the transfer of Five Mile Dam Park from Hays County to the City of San Marcos to allow for the renaming of the Fiv...
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