Ord 2019-012/adopting the 2019 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan

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Action T-1.4.Consider developing a bicycle and pedestrian implementation plan to fulfill the trail alignments established in the 2018 San Marcos Transportation Master Plan. As part of the recent adoption of the 2018 San Marcos Transportation Master Plan, the City identified a proposed greenway plan that included conceptual alignments of a trail network.The plan contained recommendations for short-term facility improvement projects(e.g., connecting the southern end of the riverfront parks system to the East Guadalupe neighborhood area),as well as long-ranging facility improvement projects(e.g.,creating an outer greenways loop around San Marcos). Moving forward,the City should collaborate with local and regional partners to implement the plan.This could range from developing a bicycle and pedestrian implementation plan to participating in a regional Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee. It could also involve working with nearby communities and private developers to maximize not only these joint implementation projects, but regional grant applications as well. Action 1-1.5. Prioritize a connection between the new TxDOT frontage roads and the proposed extension of the San Marcos River Bike and Pedestrian Trail underneath 1-35 at Ramon Lucio Park. As part of the Texas Department of Transportation(TxDOT)project to elevate the frontage road along Interstate 35,the City will need to ensure that a direct connection is made from the sidewalks along 1-35,to the proposed multi-use trail underneath. Action T-1.6. Evaluate and prioritize the installation of additional trail amenities ----- along the City's greenway and other trail systems. Figure 3.31,Agreement With the Following Statements Regarding the Trail System or Linear Parks Used to Connect Destinations,shows survey respondents feel additional trail amenities need to be developed along not only the City's existing trails, but any future ones as well.At a minimum, more benches, lighting,trees,trash cans, dog waste stations, and drinking fountains need to be added, particularly along the trails in the riverfront parks system. Action T-1.7. Identify priority trail extensions to connect the citywide trail system to the riverfront parks system. Set out in Figure 3.18, How Important Is It For the City to Address the Following Parks, Recreation, and Trail Issues?, is one of the community's higher priorities of connecting the overall citywide trail system to the riverfront parks trail system.As such,the City should identify and prioritize any trail extension which could connect additional outlying areas to the riverfront parks system. Action T-1.8. Identify opportunities to establish a hierarchy of trail types throughout the parks and greenways system. As the demand for additional trails continues to grow,the City should identify further ways in which to establish a more diversified and connected trail system. Some examples include 12-foot multi-use trails in the riverfront parks system, multi-use regional trail connections between parks, internal loop trails in neighborhood parks, and hiking and mountain biking trails in the City's greenspace parks. 124 City of San Marcos, Texas I San Marcos Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan