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Part 8. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative • action to increase the City's share of highway funding in a fair manner by considering traffic volume, congestion, pollution and at-grade intersections. Part 9. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to provide a revenue stream for freight rail relocation. Part 10. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to provide funding for the creation of a centralized, inter-city commuter rail line on the IH-35 corridor in the Austin-San Antonio region. Part 11. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to prohibit the General Land Office from purchasing real property in San Marcos for the purpose of leasing for private development and to prohibit GLO from developing real property held by the GLO in San Marcos without City approval. Part 12. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to protect against tax base erosion. Part 13. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly opposes legislative action to erode the local sales tax base through permanent elimination of taxable items or changing the point of collection of the tax. Part 14. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly opposes legislative • action to impose ad valorem tax exemptions without local control. Part 15. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly opposes legislative action to impose lower ad valorem tax caps or appraisal caps. Part 16. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to preserve eminent domain authority to be used in a fair and responsible manner. Part 17. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to promote the development and growth of alternative energy resources. Part 18. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to protect municipally owned electric utilities' ("MUNIS") authority to provide low cost service to their communities. Part 19. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to promote economic development. Part 20. The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas strongly supports legislative action to provide incentives to cities to attract and retain new business.