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Transportation <br />• Support potential federal legislative action on infrastructure to provide necessary <br />transportation funding, while protecting the environment and advancing the <br />economic development goals of our community, for better connectivity and to <br />better keep pace with the City's priority infrastructure needs for air, highway, <br />transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and rail transportation. <br />• Support the continued development of the municipal airport including: seeking <br />federal funding through Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport <br />Improvement Program (AIP) Supplemental funding competition to help address <br />the steadily deteriorating condition of concrete that comprises the taxiway and <br />ramp at the airport; utilizing our Congressional delegation to advocate for higher <br />prioritization of airport infrastructure needs amongst U.S. Department of <br />Transportation (USDOT) and FAA leadership; promoting new private flight training <br />activity at facility; maintaining adequate staffing of the control tower through <br />federal legislation seeking to address such shortages; and protecting funding for <br />the FAA's Federal Contract Tower (FCT) program through the Fiscal Year 2020 <br />budget cycle. <br />• Support efforts for San Marcos as the new Direct Recipient for federal and state <br />transit funding allocated to the San Marcos urbanized area. This also includes <br />engaging directly with the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) National and <br />Regional Offices to explore other potential federal funding opportunities. Work in <br />conjunction with third party transit trade groups such as the Community <br />Transportation Association of America (CTAA) to promote greater transit funding <br />in the upcoming Surface Transportation reauthorization bill. Identify additional <br />non-federal streams of funding for City's transit priorities which include, but are <br />not limited to, an Intermodal Transit Facility. <br />• Support transportation infrastructure through identifying and advocating for <br />policies in the reauthorization of federal surface transportation legislation, also <br />known as the Federal Highway bill, which must be reauthorized by September 30, <br />2020. <br />• Support efforts related to the further development of efficient and economical <br />mass transit options in the Austin — San Antonio Corridor. This includes closely <br />monitoring federal efforts to impact transit through broader infrastructure <br />legislation. <br />• Support efforts related to regional commuter rail, such as: highlighting its <br />importance to the region and the commitment of the City to commuter rail with <br />the Administration, the Congressional delegation, and appropriate agencies; <br />supporting rail development policies in the surface transportation bill; and <br />advocating for project specific federal funding. <br />2 Jan. 21, 2020 <br />