Vision San Marcos Comprehensive Plan

33,000 and a retail increase of

A land use intensity matrix was also

be user friendly and incorporate the

1,000,000 square feet. The incremental

developed during the design rodeo to

ideas discussed during the many

population increases came from the Texas

differentiate uses and intensities for the

Committee meetings.

State Data Center’s projections and the

development and redevelopment areas, as

retail increment was based on existing

well as for the neighborhood preservation/

retail square foot per capita figures for

conservation areas. MODELING

San Marcos. Employment for the purposes

of transportation modeling came from

Following the completion of the Data

the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning

Collection and Design Rodeo phases, the

Organization with adjustments based on

consulting engineers and scientists began

the location of the retail increases.

working on the Travel Demand Model,

Each scenario was tested to determine its

Water Quality Model and Fiscal Impact

environmental, transportation and financial

Model.

impacts and how well each fit with the

PLAN PRODUCTION Staff, in coordination with consultants,

Citizen Advisory Committee and Steering

Committee visions and goals. Public input

drafted this document. A Drafting Task

was gathered each night and used for the

Force composed of members from the

next day’s design work. By the end of the

Citizen’s Advisory Committee and Steering

week, testing, refining and public input

Committee reviewed the document to

resulted in a final preferred scenario map.

ensure the plan would

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