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4. Reconvene and Consider Action on Item Discussed During Executive Session. The San Marcos City Council reconvened into regular session at 6:43 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The following direction to staff was required from Executive Session: Direction was given to staff regarding encroachments into the City of San Marcos' extraterritorial jurisdiction. 5. Invocation Assistant Pastor D.J. Castilleja of the Solid Rock Church provided the invocation. 6. Pledge of Alleiziance Eagle Scout Shaun Ahmed, Troop 106, led the assembly in the pledge and spoke briefly on his Eagle project. 7. Citizen Comments Peter Baen, P.O. Box 207, San Marcos, Texas, noted that we appear to be in reach of state funding with pass - through financing. This requires immediate attention for better and new roads. There has been reluctance regarding Loop 110, and he finds San Marcos' valiant efforts to protect funding noteworthy. He remarked that it would be great if the state would underwrite the total cost so that money can be used for an extension in order to avoid traffic going directly pass the high school. Mr. Baen noted that the consolidated school district does not have the money to help with the project and urged Council to be proactive and propose to the Commissioner's Court that agenda item 21 be placed on the November ballot. 8. Staff Reports Collette Jamison, Interim City Manager, reported that the Fire Department had received a perfect score. She also thanked Council for attending the open house for the Permit Center. She noted that, thanks to Laurie Anderson and her team, the Permit Center has improved customer service and developed better review times. 9. City Council Reports C.J. Morgan, Student Liaison, reported that he will be sending out a survey via email to the Council to define their expectations of liaisons. He also reported on a blog he is doing about what is going on in the city. Pam Couch thanked the citizens for the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. in order to speak with representatives about funding for special projects. She stated that Mayor prepared a great presentation. She was also very impressed with our lobbyist who appeared to be well respected. She also attended the National League of City conference PDFConvert.2631.1.RM0318078 Minutes.doc Page 2 of 8