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3.. Regular Meeting March 21, 2005 Page 3 the East Coast, but the West Coast is running a deficit. He stated he also attended a meeting on Regulation and Action on water, effective runoff system programs. He stated HUD is currently streamlining the Flooding Assistance Program to help cities to get this type of grant funding. Mr. Bose also stated he attended a meeting with Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Thomaides on how university cities are addressing their problems. 2) Mr. Thomaides stated he also attended the National League of Cities Conference. He stated the University Communities Caucus Meeting provided good ideas on how other university communities deal with parking around the university and in their downtowns, and single-family residential zoning requirements that other university communities are using. He stated he also attended a program on effectively communicating with members of Congress and their staff. He stated the next day they met with staff members of Senators Hutchison and Cornyn and Congressman Cuellar on important road projects and the Wonder World Drive extension. He stated he picked up a lot of ideas from Washington, D.C. which is pedestrian-friendly, and the Council wants to make San Marcos more pedestrian friendly. 3) Mr. Guerrero stated he wanted to thank the San Marcos River Foundation for the clean-up they hosted on March 5, 2005. 4) Mr. Guerrero thanked the Society of Mexican- American Engineers and Scientists for hosting their eleventh annual Science Extravaganza on March 5, 2005. 5) Mr. Guerrero stated he attended an EMS Board Meeting on Tuesday, March 15, 2005. He stated the board is trying to identify communities with similar EMS programs and prepare a Master Plan for EMS. 6) Mr. Guerrero stated he attended a meeting on Friday, March 25, 2005, with the Austin Apartment Association. He stated this group identifies apartment property owners from Round Rock, Austin and San Marcos. He stated he had an opportunity to meet with some of the San Marcos Area private property manager~ to discuss some ideas of developing a forum to meet with student residents and discuss good neighbor best practices. He stated they also discussed securing agenda space on the Texas State Orientation for all the new students coming onto campus in the next couple of months. He stated he also wanted to thank Rolo Alvarez with the City of Austin and Wells Fargo for the invitation to attend a banquet for Huston-Tillison University, which has recently changed their name from Huston-Tillison College. 7) Mayor Narvaiz stated she wrote a report for the Council on the National League of Cities Conference, which is available to the public. She stated last year when she attended the same conference, the idea of the Student Liaison came from the University Caucus group. She stated the Fire Department receiving some funding from the University was also an idea from the conference last year, and the City adopted the Resolution that Texas Municipal League moved forward. She stated she asked her colleagues to consider going to give them the opportunity to learn what other cities are doing. She stated Mayor Pro-Tern Thomaides did an excellent job in introducing the map on the Wonder World Extension, and the staff members asked us to quickly provide additional information so they could put it through to Committee to be entered in the Reauthorization Bill for Transportation. She stated we also asked for continued support on the for the Municipal Airport, which wo~ld include the addition of a fire station and other items to bring the Municipal Airport to a level to be