Ord 2007-052 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

I I I Introduction Plans serve many purposes m mUnlClpal government-some set long-term pollcy direction while others turn toward the short-term wJth speCIfic project scheduling. Still others function more as commUnlCatlOn and outreach devlCes. ThIS plan IS a hybnd, touchmg on mtergovernmental relatIOnshIp buj]dmg, coordmatlOn of capital projects, and assessmg Impacts of actlOns outside of the CIty organlzatlon. The Campus Edge StrategIc Plan was born out of efforts by the City of San Marcos and Texas State UniverSIty-San Marcos reachmg out to each other dunng development of the Texas State Umverslty Campus Master Plan, adopted In 2005 'W'hile other universities throughout the nation choose to develop campus master plans m a vacuum, unrelated to the presence of a community outsIde their boundanes, Texas State UniversIty-San Marcos chose to adopt a cooperatIVe approach allowing the community Input and garnenng support from outside the university as well as wJthm. The result of that cooperatIOn was a Campus Master Plan deSIgned to grow WIth the CIty, rather than Ignore Jt. The Campus Edge StrateglC Plan contmues the cooperation between the universIty and city as It responds to the various actions proposed m the Campus Master Plan. The Campus Edge Strategic Plan IS speCIfically directed at activIty occurnng at the edge of the campus, m hopes that It will allow each party to better understand how they may work together to achieve not only a great campus, but a great commuruty to surround It. Each project proposed m the Campus Master Plan affecting the campus edge is evaluated indIvIdually to Improve the opportunities for cooperation and mlmmize potential for negative Impacts. The evaluatIon mvestlgates Impacts on the CIty, opportunities for mtergovernmental cooperation, and proposes a hst of recommendatIOns. These recommendations cover a vanety of actions-from recommendmg add.1t1onal studIes, to pohcy modIfications, new programs, fundmg mechanisms and capJtal mvestment. These may alter over tIme as each project enters mto new stages of the project development process m whIch the project scope may change. While some actIOns are deSIgned to mItigate Impacts of projects proposed In the Campus Master Plan, many others are motIVated to take Campus Master Plan projects a step further based on project's mtent and the deSIres of the communlty. Planning IS an on-going process that mcludes settmg goals and obJectIves, Identlfymg Issues, collecting and analyzing data, consldenng alternatIves, preparing the plan, adopting the plan, Implementmg the plan and evaluating the plan. The City's adoption of the Campus Edge StrategIc Plan IS not the end of the planrung process, but the begmning of achlevmg the VISIOn of the CItizens of San Marcos and Texas State UnIVerSIty-San Marcos. As the Campus Edge Strategic Plan IS Implemented, Jt must be continually reVIewed and updated to address the changmg needs, CIrcumstances and condJt1ons of the City and Texas State Umverslty-San Marcos. The plan can only be effectIve If Jt remams relevant and up-to-date. Some recommendations of the plan may be determmed to be mfeasible, and new options or solutions may emerge over time. The planning process must be flexible enough to recognize and respond to these possibihtles so that the relatIOnshIp between Texas State Umverslty-San Marcos and the CIty of San Marcos will blossom and flourish mto other areas. Relationship E>etween the Universit~ and Cit~ History The City and UniversIty were founded only 50 years apart. They share a pIcturesque setting, San Marcos RIver, sense of community, commItment to education and sense of history. In December 1892, San Marcos petitioned the legislature "to estabhsh at least one more state normal In this state, 8