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to employ veterans, including skills development funding and customized <br /> training; <br /> Transportation <br /> •Support legislative action to: increase, while protecting the environment, <br /> funding for better connectivity and to better keep pace with the City's priority <br /> infrastructure repair, maintenance and construction needs for air, highway, <br /> transit, pedestrian, and rail transportation. <br /> Land Use <br /> •Support legislative action to: preserve cities' eminent domain authority used in <br /> a fair and responsible manner; and to guard and enhance the cities ability to <br /> protect historical, cultural and natural resources and property values, by <br /> implementing development standards. <br /> Neighbors and Housing <br /> •Support legislative action to: increase funding for workforce housing for <br /> workers who are the backbone of the City of San Marcos; strengthen and <br /> enhance veterans programs; and increase the availability of affordable housing. <br /> Local Control <br /> •Oppose legislative action that: preempts local authority; institutes unfunded <br /> mandates; erodes the local sales tax base; lowers the ad valorem tax caps and <br /> appraisal caps; amends a current taxing authority granted to the city without <br /> replacing the lost revenue with a like fixed revenue stream; imposes additional <br /> state fees or costs on City services; negatively impacts a municipally owned <br /> electric utility's ability to provide low cost services to their communities; expands <br /> the elements of a takings claim; or interferes with the ability of the City to <br /> determine how best to effectively operate local programs, services and activities. <br /> •Support legislative action that broadens the use of state cable franchise PEG <br /> (public, educational, government) channels for municipal programming. <br /> •Support legislative action that enables local officials to access resources to <br /> provide quality police, fire, emergency management and medical services, and <br /> community efforts. <br />