Vision San Marcos Comprehensive Plan

for Student Affairs, conservationists,

GOAL SETTING (MAY-AUGUST 2012)

environmental engineers, an expert in urban

In May of 2012, the Citizen Advisory

stormwater management, transportation

Committee and Steering Committee began

specialists, and certified planners.

the process of setting goals for the plan

elements based on the vision statements.

Early in the goal setting process, the

Committees decided to hold a series of

workshops to bring in experts on each of

the plan elements. These public workshops

provided the Committees and the public

with specific data on local conditions

and trends as well as more generalized

perspectives on planning and development

issues.

The diverse group of presenters included

the Lone Star Rail District, an economics

professional from the Capital Area Council

of Governments, real estate developers,

Texas State University’s Vice President

Vision San Marcos: A River Runs Through Us pg 27