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4111111111111111111 <br /> REGIONAL PARKS <br /> Unlike other types of public parks, regional parks are intended to Figure 3.3,Regional Parks Comparison <br /> serve an entire city or municipal area. Depending on the location, 1,795.9 acres <br /> these parks are typically comprised of land which contains many <br /> diversified amenities, making them the ideal staging ground for <br /> festivals and other outdoor events.Typically larger in size, regional <br /> parks often have natural resources and preserved land and/or <br /> urban elements. <br /> There are currently 10 regional parks in San Marcos,totaling 116 116.0 acres <br /> acres and making up approximately six percent of the City's park <br /> land(see Figure 3.3, Regional Park Comparison).These parks are <br /> located near the center of the City, primarily along the San Marcos <br /> River,and are of particular significance to residents. City Park is an <br /> example of one of the City's more prominent regional parks. <br /> Some of the issues in regional parks include over-use,flooding, <br /> pollution,and habitat degeneration(see Figure 3.4,Issues with Regional Parks All Parkland <br /> Regional Parks). <br /> San Marcos Regional Parks <br /> • Bicentennial Park* <br /> • Cape's Camp <br /> ■ Children's Park* <br /> Figure 3.4,Issues with Regional Parks • City Park* <br /> JCxSm Over, • Juan Veramendi Plaza Park <br /> . .3„,...- 4s <br /> F/ . ,,� Meek's Property <br /> �t od'ng&o,. <br /> \o, • a Ramon Lucio Park* <br /> I --c iy •, • ' �co ■ Rio Vista Park* <br /> `, ■ San Marcos Plaza Park* <br /> • William & Eleanor Crook Park <br /> • `f. A <br /> *Representative examples of these regional parks <br /> are highlighted on page 39. <br /> .stash& P�.rio <br /> !o <br /> i -s-'.., �` . ice,...----7- ere <br /> tatDegeh <br /> ISSUES WITH •r "r , ,, eo <br /> REGIONAL PARKS <br /> i0 • 11 <br /> 38 City of San Marcos, Texas I San Marcos Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan <br />