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B. Deliberation on offers of possible incentives to entities considering locating or expanding in the San Marcos community. 0 4. The Executive Session adjourned at 6:34 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. No action was required from Executive Session. 5. Presentation and discussion on the Texas State University Research Park by Dr. Terry Golding, Director of Center for Research Commercialization Center, and provide direction to staff. Dr. Terry Golding, Director of Center for Research Commercialization, reported on the Science Technology and Research (STAR) Park. The economic development perspective is that the project is cost - effective and a perpetual generator of permanent high -wage jobs, especially when linked to a university. The University desires to expand its role as an applied education/research institution. Plans for the park include one of the few incubator -based wet labs in the state. The program will have a flagship PhD program, integrating a science PhD with business to groom high -tech entrepreneurs. Phase 1 has a Science and Commercialization building with a mixture of University research facilities and an incubator section with special facilities and equipment. Four to six more buildings are planned for the future and will mirror the first. 6. Invocation Pastor Bob Smith, with the Powerhouse Christian Center, provided the invocation. 7. Pledge of Allegiance 0 Girl Scout Troop 881 led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance. 8. Citizen Comments John Hohn, 110 E. San Antonio, spoke about the creation of a pilot program to clean up river this summer. It's been two weeks since the last semi - annual river clean up, and the river already looks like a trash dump. He recommended the City fund a pilot program to provide river clean up from the week before Memorial Day through the week after Labor Day. This program would have a three- person staff to clean the river on a daily basis and prepare a detailed report on: equipment needed; how best to deploy the equipment; locations where trash accumulates; nature of the trash and volume of trash removed; and the affect of rain storm runoff on trash in the river. He noted that New Braunfels and WORD have been doing this successfully for the past three years. He estimates that this can be done for less than $20,000. Jack Fairchild, 301 Martindale Road, reported that he is with the San Marcos Lions Club. The San Marcos River is our most unique feature and deserves protection and preservation. There are 130,000 — 140,000 tubers that will rent tubes and float down river. Those with their own tube will increase the numbers to 250,000. Semi - annual cleanups will not keep our river clean. He stated that the Lions Club supports paid clean up crews to help maintain the river during the heavy summer months. RM042010 Minutes Page 2