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J. Not withstanding that additional land is needed in the apron area, there is considerable fringe land, which has been transferred to the City, to protect the approaches to the runways and maintain clearance from such runways, and some of this land could be put to use as allied to aviation, or even industrial, and produce revenue for maintaining the vast amount of pavement and drainage on this airport. Also the City, by the terms of a warranty deed from the Federal Government, agreed to ma.intain all of the properties in good condition. The funds for this purpose must come from revenue on the Airport. There are no funds within the City that can be diverted for maintaining the Airport facilities. I We appreciated the time given to us by Mr. Yeargan, which brings up a factor of how much valuable time is being contributed by Commis- sion members such as he throughout the country. We have been suggest- ing such set ups for 25 years. One needs only to get involved to realize the value derived from such civic efforts. I CONFERENCE WITH FAA On May JO, 1978, a trip was made to the Airport District Office, Houston, Texas, to discuss the need of planning on this Airport. The persons we contacted included Mr. John Dufficy, Chief of Airport Division, Ft. Worth, Texas, Bill Dale, District Airport Engineer, Eouston Branch, and his staff. The gist of the discussion was that there is a need to reduce to writing future plans of how this Airport will accomodate aviation for not only the San Marcos area, but also provide relief for the Austin metropolitan area. The FAA, having the responsibility of administering the compliance of terms under which this Airport was transferred to the City, naturally wants the properties to be available for any aeronautical activity that might find its way, not only from the San Marcos area, but the Austin area as well. The hope is that the City will layout some plans that will not only comply with making this Airport available for aeronautical purposes, but exert as much effort as possible towards seeking and bringing in such activity. , They admitted that the Master Planning prepared to date is too general and could be amplified for which they would be willing to consider the granting of funds. Not to be underestimated is their opinion that this Airport could be involved to help solve Austin's problems by possibly replacing Mueller's Field as an aircarrier stop. This doesn't_require any plannin~ by San Marcos to make this come about, but it will be an item in carrying, out the Master Planning. We were given the opportunity of reviewing the previous record of happenings on this Airport from the time that it was transferred by warranty deed to the City of San Marcos on February 14, 1966. CONCLUS IONS In vlew of the limited aviation activities on the field because it has been put into operation only a few years ago, and that there are restrictive factors, such as lack of space in the right areas, the Master Planning can also be carried out by stages not to exceed that 2