Vision SMTX Appendix Adopted 2024

APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

SPRING 2021: KICK-OFF COMMUNITY WORKSHOP & OPEN HOUSE The kick-off events focused on orienting the community to the Vision SMTX project and collecting input on vision, goals, and guiding principles as well as spatial data on opportunities and constraints. · February 25, 2021 Virtual Community Workshop – The City hosted a virtual community workshop to introduce the community to the Vision SMTX project objectives and present existing conditions in San Marcos. The workshop gathered citizen comments through a written and verbal Q&A process. The meeting included a total of 52 participants and 128 comments were collected. · March 2021 Virtual Open House – the City invited the community to participate in a “Virtual Open House” in which participants could engage with various workshop boards, mapping exercises, and surveys. The Virtual Open House was offered in both English and Spanish. The Virtual Open House included 419 participants, 862 total views to the site, and 878 total comments. A physical take-home toolkit of the Virtual Open House was also offered. The above image is a Word Cloud from the March 2021 Virtual Open House in response to the question “In one word, what is your vision for San Marcos?”. The larger the word appears, the more often it was submitted by the open house participants.

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SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024