Res 2026-017 Approving the City of San Marcos Historic Preservation Plan

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SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING GOALS LOCAL HISTORICAL MARKERS FINDINGS 4 1. The City and partners like the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance have installed many interpretive panels throughout the city and at trailheads. 2. The City has installed interpretive signs at some City -owned landmarks and in parks. 3. While the City has designed a local historical marker for local historic landmarks, these markers have not been installed. POTENTIAL PARTNERS See 'Community Partners' in Chapter 3 SOLUTION SOURCES San Antonio's Historic Plaque program and History Here Markers program. City of Alexandria, Virginia, Redevelopment Requirements in local historic districts. Incorporate local history into wayfinding in neighborhoods like the Prairie Line Trail in Tacoma, Washington. SOLUTIONS Using crowd -sourced information from the "Mapping the Future: Preserving Our Past" activity, consider creating a local historical signage program and committee comprised of HPC members and Arts Commission members to provide markers for locally designated resources and resources associated with underrepresented stories. 2. Install the approved local landmark marker at each existing local historic landmark and offer a city -paid marker for future landmarks as an incentive to designate private property. 3. Consider working with the Arts Commission and Parks Department to help fund the initiative to install interpretive materials that tell the story of San Marcos, especially of Black residents, the Indigenous community, Mexican American residents, and other historically underrepresented groups. 4. Continue to foster partnerships with groups like the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance, Council for the Indigenous and Tejano Community, and the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association to install more local interpretive panels on trails and in parks. 5. Incorporate local history at prominent street corners and crossings within signage, sidewalk pavers, and crosswalks to emphasize the City's rich cultural heritage. 6. Consider requiring developers seeking rezoning, special permits, platting, and demolition fund on -site interpretive panels and incorporate site - specific history in naming roads or other features within the development. 142 SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN (2026)