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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITIES OF SAN MARCOS, KYLE, BUDA, WIMBEBLEY <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />COtlN'l'Y OJ!' HAYS <br /> <br />EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLlIlSI <br /> <br />I. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />Texas Disaster Act of 1973 <br />Sections 7" 8, and 10 of Article 5590e, Vernon' s Civil Statutes, as amended. <br />State Operational Plan <br />Federal Law PL 81-920 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />II. PURPOSE <br /> <br />The purpose of this plan is to provide for emerqenc:y operations in Bays county <br />and the cities of San Miu;cos, Buda, and Kyle as well as the unincorporllted <br />towns and COIIlIIIW1ities within the county proper. In pursuit of this purpose, <br />existing forms of local. govermaent will be utilized in cooperation with the SUe. <br />and Federal Governments. The governments of the Cities of San .Marcos, Duda, and <br />Kyle and Bays County are responsible to their respective citizens for savin<; <br />lives, miniulizillq damage, alleviatinq sufferillq, and helping to rest:Ore and <br />rehabilitate property and society in the event of a natm:al. disaster or J1lltional <br />emergency, inclu4ing nuc1.ear attack or threat thereof. <br /> <br />III. SITlJl'<TIOH AND ASStIMP'fIOIlS <br /> <br />A. SITUATION <br /> <br />Hays County is located in central Texas 12 miles south of Austin, contains 650 <br />square miles and has an esti.D1ated 1974 population of 30,700 people, Tourist <br />and recreational facilities provided by Aquarena Springs, the resort COIlllllU- <br />nity of Wimberley and the many rivers and streams throughout the county attract <br />many nonresidents d~ing good weather conditions and during hunting season. <br /> <br />The county contains three incorporated and seven Unincorporated cities and .. <br />The inco:z:porated cities are located along the eastern edge of the county al. <br />m 35 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The incorporated cities are San ", <br />Marcos, population 18,860, Buda, population 498, and Kyle, POPUlation 1,629. <br />Unincorporated cOllllll1.Ulities are Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Henly, Mount Gainor, <br />Niederwald, Uhland, and Wimberley. Wimberley community has a population of <br />approximately 3,000 people. The other unincorporated cOllllllunities contain <br />fewer than 100 peep1e each. <br /> <br />Hays County is serviced by Interstate Highway 35, U"S. 81, U,8. <br />Highways 21, 80, and 123; llanch Reads 12, 621, 2001, 967, 1626, <br />967, 1826, 2325, 32, 2439, 2770 and park Road P4. <br /> <br /> <br />In addition to being the county seat, the City of San Marcos is the home of <br />Southwest Texas State University which has a student and faculty population <br />of approximately 12,000; San Marcos Academy (1,000 people) and the Gary <br />Job Corp Center ( people) , <br /> <br />Several military installations are located in the general vicinty of Bays <br />County. The San Antonio military complex is 38 miles south of the C01.Ulty <br />line, and Bergstrom .!\FB is 12 miles northeast. Other military installations <br />are Fort Hood, 68 miles north; Goodfellow AFB at San Angelo, 150 mUes west, <br />and Coxpus Christi Naval Air Station, 145 miles south-southeast. <br />