Onion Creek Flood Control and Ecosystem Restoration
Lower Colorado River Authority
PO Box 220
Austin, TX 78767
Amount Requested: $10 million
This area continues to experience frequent flooding, and this project will help prevent future costly repairs and clean-ups. This request echoes President Obama's request in his budget this year for $10 million to provide the long-overdue support necessary to conclude the relocation of families out of this dangerous area.

Buda Police Department Technology and Equipment
City of Buda
PO Box 1218
Buda, TX 78610
Amount Requested: $50,000
This funding will allow the new Buda Police Department to purchase necessary communication, traffic, and law enforcement technology and equipment. These investments will enable the Department to more efficiently and effectively serve Buda's growing population.

Austin Travis County Integral Care (ATCIC) Health Information Technology
Austin Travis County Integral Care
1430 Collier St
Austin, Texas 78704
Amount Requested: $250,000
These funds will allow ATCIC to upgrade its electronic health record technology and bring the system in line with emerging federal standards. These technology upgrades will improve the quality of services, and thereby improve the treatment and health of the thousands in Central Texas, who receive services from ATCIC.

ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training)
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $2 million
ALERRT offers a well-respected, proven program to train our National Guard troops by improving their response in active shooter situations. Officers that responded to the November 2009 Fort Hood shooting had been trained by ALERRT.

SafePlace Outreach and Service Provider Program
SafePlace
P. O. Box 19454
Austin, Texas, 78760
Amount Requested: $400,000
These funds will support Austin-based SafePlace's outreach efforts to educate persons with disabilities about their health and personal safety. SafePlace will also train service providers to supplement and reinforce these important efforts.

Austin Urban Rail Alternatives Analysis
City of Austin
PO Box 1088
Austin, TX 78767
Amount Requested: $500,000
The analysis provided by this funding will help determine the best way to improve transit mobility in the City's core and between its employment and activity centers.

St. Edwards University Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Equipment
St. Edward's University
3001 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
Amount Requested: $1.1 million
St. Edwards University will use these funds to purchase laboratory equipment to enhance research and student learning in chemistry, biology, bioinformatics, mathematics, physics, and computer science.

Center for Hetero-Functional Materials
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $2 million
As conventional semiconductor manufacturing technology matures, new materials to create single-chip-devices are needed for a wide range of applications, including national security. The Center will combine federal funds with state funds to acquire additional research scientists, equipment, infrastructure improvements, technicians, and technical staff in the physics, chemistry, engineering and biology departments. In addition to defense uses, the Center's research offers potential health, energy, and environmental benefits.

City of Smithville Police Department Technology and Equipment
Smithville Police Department
105 NW Fourth Street
Smithville, TX 78957
Amount Requested: $50,000
This funding will enable the Smithville Police Department to better ensure community security by upgrading department patrol, communication, and information-sharing technology. The improvements will better protect Smithville officers and residents while enhancing law enforcement efficiency.

San Marcos Storm Water Abatement Project
City of San Marcos
630 East Hopkins
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $1.25 million
The spring-fed San Marcos River offers one of rarest aquatic ecosystems found in the United States, but it is in danger of contamination by storm water drains that dump water from city streets directly into the river. This project will provide water quality enhancement for storm water runoff, improving the water drainage system by replacing the aging infrastructure that allows untreated runoff to make its way to the river.

Hays Health, Wellness, and Domestic Violence Center
Hays County
110 E. MLK Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $500,000
The funds will support the planning, design, and construction of a one-stop center at the Village Main in San Marcos of a center to provide medical, counseling and other services to domestic violence victims.

Regional Tactical Operations Command Center
City of San Marcos
630 East Hopkins
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $500,000
These funds will be used to establish a Regional Tactical Operations Command Center, a mobile operations center capable of responding to critical, in-progress tactical situation in Hays, Caldwell, Bastrop and Blanco Counties. During such tactical operations, the center will serve as a place for tactical and strategic planning, intelligence gathering, monitoring of crisis negotiations, mapping, and tactical communications.

Texas State University Grosvenor Center
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $500,000
This funding, in coordination with the National Geographic Society, will support an innovative, technology-based, professional development series for teachers. The program has research and educational components, giving participants understanding of watershed issues and tools to help solve watershed problems.

University Math and Science Center
Huston-Tillotson University
900 Chicon Street
Austin, TX 78747
Amount Requested: $500,000
These funds will help develop the Math and Science Center at Huston-Tillotson University, a historically black institution. The program helps reverse the decline in scientists and mathematicians by focusing on matriculating undergraduates in these disciplines and supporting after school education programs for middle and high school students to help them pursue college training in these fields.

San Marcos Alternative Transit Project
City of San Marcos
630 East Hopkins
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $500,000
Funds will allow the City of San Marcos to conduct an alternatives analysis as part of City's efforts to serve downtown and Texas State University with the development of a Transportation Oriented District for mass transit, commuter rail and associated residential and commercial facilities.

Hays-Travis Trail Conservation
Hill Country Conservancy
PO Box 163125
Austin, TX 78716
Amount Requested: $750,000
Existing trails in the Austin area are often filled to capacity by neighbors seeking exercise and an opportunity to share the beauty of the Texas Hill Country. This project will create five miles of cycling and pedestrian trails in public lands in Hays and Travis Counties, providing new transportation options, attracting tourism, and encouraging opportunities for area small businesses.

Center for Entrepreneurial Action
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $300,000
This funding advances economic development by helping start-up companies and small businesses with assistance and training directed to regional entrepreneurs and inventors.

Luling Police Department Technology and Equipment
City of Luling Police Department
1800 E. Pierce St.
Luling, TX 78648
Amount Requested: $50,000
This funding will enable the Luling Police Department to enhance community security with improved patrol and dispatch equipment. With these tools, the Department will be better able to coordinate with nearby law enforcement agencies to serve the Luling community.

San Marcos Aquatic Education Center
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Amount Requested: $500,000
Funding will support the design, planning, and construction of an Aquatic Education Center in San Marcos. The Center will preserve and educate the community members about a unique natural and cultural resources in the United States, Spring Lake, located on the campus of Texas State University.