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I .. Sf"TE HI(;HWAY fNGINEER o C. GREER TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Austin, Texas 78764 April 13, 1964 Subject: Speed Zoning IN REPLY REFER TO FILE HO. Control 366-1 State Highway 123 Hays County: From I.H. 35 to San Marcos South City LUfiit Mr. B. R. Fuller City Manager San Marcos, Texas Dear Mr. Fuller: I You will recall that at our meeting with the school officials and Some of the parents of the schools adjacent to S.H. 123, we agreed to make certain revisions in our Signing, check the speed zoning and investigate other possibilities of reducing the hazard to the school children on S.H. 123 in San Marcos. You are probably aware that we have placed an overhead school zone sign with a flashing signal at the brink of the hill approximately 0.6 mile south of the entrance to the high school and placed the school zone sign with a flashing signal on a mast arm north of the school for south bound traffic. We also conducted another speed zone survey in the school area both with the speed zone signs down and with the speed zone signs up. There was very little, if any, difference in the 85 percentile speed with either of these two conditions. Actually, this survey indicated that the 85 percentile speed of our survey of last August when school was not in session and our survey of last September after school had started was merely confirmed by the survey conducted last week. However, we have revised and are attaching a speed zone strip map showing a speed zone of 40 miles per hour from I.H. 35 to just south of the entrance to the high school for both north bound and south bound traffic. This zoning falls within our tolerances for speed zoning in school areas. We are attaching a recommended City Ordinance to establish the new speed zoneS and zone speeds. il It will be appreciated if your City Council and return approved copies to uS as soon as on this ordinance JMO:jw