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Basic demographic data will be collected for the San Marcos area, including population, land use, economic and socio-economic information. Special emphasis will be placed upon determination of the airports historical relationship to the community and the surrounding area, and its role in the system of airports in the vicinity. This emphasis will be placed due to the dynamic nature of the area and the relationship that the airport will have with the rapidly urbanizing environs in the years to come. The development of new land uses in the immediate vicinity of the airport, in combination with expanding airport needs, and the special relationship between the City and the Gary Job Corps Center have great relevance in the long term airport development program, and deserves special attention in the inventory phase of the study. Special attention will also be given to the future role that the airport will play in the system of airports serving the Austin-San Marcos-San Antonio Corridor. The review and data collection effort will be a continuing function throughout the course of the Study. Task 2 - Review and Update Aviation Activity Forecasts As a result of the very substantial changes in aviation activity at San Marcos since 1981, when the original Airport Master Plan was developed, it will be necesBary' to update forecasts of future activity. Future facility requirements will be determined, in large measure, by aviation demand generated within the air trade area serviced by the airport. The forecasts will be developed in specific categories, in five year increments over a 20 year ti1re period. The forecasting methodology will employ both multiple re- gression techniques and a share of the market analysis. '!he method- ology utilizes population, disposable income and employment data as correlaries. Forecasts will be developed in the following specific categories. a. Total Aircraft Operations (annual, daily) including instrurrent operations..