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Th~ Ct_ti~~n .A.gv~~9-IT-Commi tj~-~-~-~~n (Revised, January 21, 1986) This document summarizes the actions of the Citizen Advisory Committee from its first meeting, July 9, 1984 to November 6, 1985. The Citizen Advisory Committee was created on June 15, 1984 "to advise the Council on solutions to problems" that lead to the declaration of moratoria in two areas of the City. Those problems included (1) development occurring that was not in accord with the Master Plan, (2) the degradation of valuable environmental resources by insensitive development, (3) inadequate sewerage capacity to serve new development, (4) low water pressure and lack of adequate water facilities to serve new development, (5) poor drainage, (6) traffic problems, and (7) increased cost to the public and private sector caused by new development. The Citizen Advisory Committee focused on three geographic areas as shown on the attached map; the Priority I area, an area north and west of San Marcos, north of the University in the Hill Country, the Priority 2 area, also known as the Barbara Drive area in near southeast San Marcos, and the San Marcos River. While the Committee's actions were focused on these areas, their planning area included all of San Marcos and its extraterritorial jurisdiction within two miles of of the City. Its recommendations affect this entire area. To solve growth related problems the Committee applied the following general strategies and techniques: (I) Environmental protection based on detailed studies, (2) Public-private partnership to fund infrastructure improvements, ( 3) Long range planning of major capital improvements, (4) Regulatory revision that (a) constrains insensitive development,(b) provides incentives for sensitive development, and (c) is more sensitive to design related solutions, flexibility, and the mitigation of short term or isolated ne~ative economic impacts of more stringent regulations, (5) Long range land use master planning structured around the intrinsic environmental attributes of the land, preservation of neighborhood and community-wide character, and promotion of flexible development responses to the real estate market, and to the need for maximization of the land's potential. The committee's actions and recommendations were made based on and within the guidelines of the San Marcos Master Plan. Their work represents a more detailed examination of problems and geographic areas, resulting in more definitive solutions than the Master Plan had (or should have) proposed or directed.