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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes September 16, 2021 <br />Prosser, Vice President of EPS to provide the presentation.. <br />Mr. Renkens and Mr. Prosser discussed the following: <br />• Scenario Inputs and Methodology, including growth assumptions, <br />preliminary scenarios and summary of feedback, and development types and <br />overlays. Mr. Prosser noted the amount of past and potential future growth. <br />San Marcos has grown from 34,998 in 2000 to 69,731 in 2019. The average <br />household size in Hays County is 2.26 people per household. Given the <br />predicted growth in Hays County and San Marcos for 2050, between 42,000 <br />and 54, 000 new units will be needed in San Marcos by 2050. <br />There were Preliminary Sketch Scenarios, including the Trends scenario which <br />is Business as Usual, Scenario A with Growth Constrained to City Limits, and <br />Scenario B which is Strategic Eastward Growth and a Second City Center, and <br />a Corridor Focused Development. For each there is a the comparison of goals <br />and allocation of housing and jobs, and comparison of evaluation metrics. <br />• Summary of Steering Committee and community feedback to date <br />There was no support to continue exploring scenario constrained to City <br />Limits. There is interest in the Second City Center Scenario. There were <br />questions about best location and relationship to downtown and other <br />employment centers. <br />There was also interest and concern about the Corridor -Focused Scenario and <br />how it focuses growth along existing and new transportation investments. <br />Members of the committee had lots of discussion about the type and quality of <br />development. <br />There was a feeling that historic assets need to be a higher priority, but there is <br />support for scenarios that put less pressure on downtown and historic areas. <br />In addition, there was general concern that the preliminary scenarios did not <br />consider environmental assets and constraints enough. <br />There are also three Overlays to consider: Historic Resources, Cultural <br />Resources and Environmental. <br />Historic Resources Utilized the My Historic SMTX Resources Survey from <br />2019 and designated Historic Districts. The Designated Historic Districts were <br />included in their entirety. For other areas in the Historic Resources Survey, a <br />contiguous area was created that included all properties ranked Medium and <br />High priority. For the scenario mapping and modeling exercise, jobs and <br />housing were only allocated to vacant parcels within the Historic Resources <br />Overlay. <br />City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />