Res 2024-045 approving the 2024 City of San Marcos Hazards Mitigation Action Plan (“HMAP”)

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SECTION 3: CITY PROFILE Construction 2,582 6.7% Manufacturing 2,004 5.2% Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 1,850 4.8% Other services, (except public administration) 1,580 4.1% Public administration 1,117 2.9% Information 732 1.9% Wholesale trade 462 1.2% Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 270 0.7% EXISTING LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS Development trends in the City of San Marcos have been largely shaped by the increase in things like population, land area, and the number of students at Texas State University over the past 10 years. Additionally, advances in technology and social consciousness surrounding sustainability, resiliency, and equity have provided a new context for planning. The Vision SMTX Comprehensive plan for the City of San Marcos recognizes the city as a community of diverse and inclusive neighborhoods that protects and celebrates the river and other rich natural, historical, and cultural assets; embraces its small-town feel, charm and quality of life; and leverages strategic development to continue building a sustainable community with enhanced access and opportunities for people and businesses.15 This plan takes into consideration guiding principles from the community, and uses them to establish goals through 2050. These include things like incentivizing conservation land use policies or providing better access to goods and services for those living and working east of IH -35. According to the 2021 American Community Survey five-year estimates, there are a total of 28,249 housing units in the City of San Marcos, of which 25,707 are occupied units (91 percent of total units) and 2,542 are vacant units. Of the occupied housing units, 26 percent are owner - occupied and 74 percent are renter -occupied, nearly double the estimated rate of renter -occupied units for the state of Texas. 16 Homeownership can reflect an individual's connection to a community, place attachment, and ownership of their community. Homeownership can also be used as a measure of a community's economic strength. Low levels of homeownership can be an indication of a fluctuating local economy and may indicate a population with less than long- term commitment to the local community, "which could hamper [implementation of] both individual and community mitigation actions" before a disaster as well as during recovery periods. 17 15 Source: www.visionsmtx.com ; at time of drafting, this plan was still in process of adoption 11 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Five -Year Estimates, 2017-2021 17 FEMA Community Resilience Indicator Analysis, September 2021, https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_community-resilience-indicator-analysis_2022.pdf City of San Marcos I Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2024 1 Page 9