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Regular Meeting November 21, 2006 Page 3 University is also in the process of raising parking fees. She encouraged I the Council to not allow the neighborhoods to become parking lots. 9) Corina Jaimes stated she wished to speak on Item 33, discussion regarding the Hughson Heights Diverters. She encouraged the Council to remove the traffic diverters. She stated she is unable to get to her house from the light on RR12. She stated she feels there are problems with safety in this area and the Council needs to look at different perspectives. 10) Jane Hughson stated she wished to speak on Item 33, discussion regarding the Hughson Heights Diverters. She stated she is a member of the Transportation Advisory Board. She stated the Transportation Advisory Board supports the removal of the diverters. She stated there is another option, which the Transportation Advisory Board did not discuss, which is leaving the diverters on narrow streets and remove the diverter on Hughson. She stated if the Council would like the Transportation Advisory Board could discuss this and then bring it back to the Council for consideration. 11) Keith Ralph stated he wished to speak on Item 33, discussion regarding traffic problems. He stated he feels there is a parking problem on Alamo growing each semester. He stated students park their cars in the neighborhood and then get on to bikes and ride to campus. He encouraged the Council to help with this problem. Mayor Narvaiz introduced the Staff Report. Mr. O'Leary stated he did not I have a Staff Report. Mayor Narvaiz introduced the City Council Reports. 1) Mr. Jones thanked Boy Scout Troop 112 for attending the City Council Meeting tonight. 2) Mr. Jones encouraged all the citizens of San Marcos to attend the San Marcos Rattler Football game on Friday, November 25, 2006. 3) Mayor Narvaiz stated she is honored to be the Mayor of the City of San Marcos and she thanked the citizens for allowing her to serve another term. 4) Mayor Narvaiz provided the Council with a copy of her Council Report from November 6 to November 21, 2006. She stated she read to 3rd and 4th graders at Bowie Elementary. 5) Mayor Narvaiz stated she attended the 100th Birthday Party of Guadalupe Diaz Samineigo. She stated she felt special to be a part of this celebration. 6) Mayor Narvaiz stated she attended the farewell reception for Dr. Perez. 7) Mayor Narvaiz stated she spoke at the Southside Community Center Thanksgiving Dinner. 8) Mayor Narvaiz thanked the citizens and the Staff for attending the State of the City Address. 9) Mayor Narvaiz stated she spent the afternoon with the University Provost Moore and Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe discussing the situations on students parking in streets and also the proposed creation of a Resident's Only Ordinance. 10) Mayor Narvaiz stated Dos Flores is hosting their annual Thanksgiving Dinner memory of parents on Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. She stated last year they fed 200 people at no cost. 11) I Donovan Knight stated the ASG would like to congratulate the new Council Members and the re-elected Mayor and Council Member, 12) Donovan Knight stated he and ASG President Kyle Morris attended a Conference in San Antonio where the tax-free textbooks were discussed.