Vision San Marcos Comprehensive Plan

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

developed and in March was presented to the

City Council. The presentation recommended

(FEBRUARY – MARCH 2012)

At the beginning of the process development

the appointment of a Steering Committee and

phase, it was decided that the best way to

Citizen Advisory Committee and the use of a

complete the plan within the one-year deadline

weeklong land use and transportation Design

was by using a land use and transportation

Rodeo to test alternative development scenarios.

Steering Committee: Front row, L-R: Dan Stauffer, Jerry Borcherding, Chair Bill Taylor, Mayor Daniel Guerrero, Joe Cox, and Council Member John Thomaides; Back row: Chris Wood, Nancy Nusbaum, Vice Chair Donna Hill, Council Member Ryan Thomason and Rosina Valle

design charrette (the Design Rodeo). The design

The Steering Committee was to provide oversight

rodeo brought together key stakeholders to

to the process and, along with the Citizen

create a preferred scenario from a variety of

Advisory Committee, put key stakeholders

alternatives using an iterative process within

directly into plan development and the design

a short time. An early discussion of Council’s

rodeo. Council accepted the recommendations

expectations for the plan led to the realization

on March 6, 2012 and appointed committee

that they did not want a consultant-driven plan

members on April 3, 2012. While the plan was to

with an generic future land use map. They

have a strong land use and transportation focus,

Citizen Advisory Commettee: Front row, L-R: Rodney VanOudekerke, Kate McCarty, Jim Garber, Dianne Wassenich, Fraye Stokes, and Anna Carbajal; Middle Row: Bob Sappington, Tom Roach, Co-Vice Chair Lisa Prewitt, Chair Jane Hughson, Debbie Harvey, Angie Ramirez, Nancy Moore and David Case; Back Row: Kevin Carswell, Co-Vice Chair Betsy Robertson, Shawn Ash, Mason Murphy, Jim Pendergast and Billy Lee Windham

preferred a dynamic plan based on a consensus

the process included development of other

public vision and a set of tools to guide land

plan elements.

use and transportation decision making towards

achieving that vision.

By the end of February 2012, a generalized

outline of the process and of the plan was

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