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.:. VEHICULAR ENTRY SEQUENCE The goal of the entry sequence into the park is to introduce the user to the park and to provide a sense of separation from the urbanity of San Marcos. The entry sequence should provide a clear direction for users entering the park and provide views of the park highlighting any significant features along the way. .:. APPROACH DRIVE The first segment of the entry sequence is the park approach drive, which will be located off the Craddock Avenue extension south of Wonderworld Drive. This portion of property will either be given as an easement to the city or may be donated out right as determined best by the City of San Marcos. The approach drive is the first step in providing a sense of separation for park users from the urban fabric of street matrices, highways and buildings. · A park entry sign leading park users should mark the transition from Craddock Avenue to parkland. This sign should blend with the character of the surrounding uses but also suggest the natural character of Purgatory Creek Park. (See Figure R) · The layout of the entry road will be dictated by the location of the proposed Purgatory Creek Park Pipeline water line. The road will be aligned so the water line is located under the roadway surface, 5 V2 feet from the face of the curb. The drive will be relatively straight as dictated by the water line right of way. However gentle curves should be included where possible to create a pleasant driving experience. · The drive surface should be an asphalt pavement of a typical width for single-family residential neighborhoods in San Marcos. For example, 22-foot wide asphalt with 18" concrete lay down curbs would be appropriate. · Storm drainage should be directed as sheet drainage to the south side of the drive. · An 85-foot right-of-way should be developed to provide space to buffer future commercial development to the north of the drive and residential development to the south. No access from the approach drive to the commercial development to the north from the approach will be available. The buffer on the north side of the drive should be 45 feet wide within which provisions for a 10-foot wide hike and bike trail and a stone wall adjacent to the commercial should be made. Although it is intended that the trail meander and curve within the 40' buffer, at no time should be the trail be less than 15 feet from the edge of the Approach Drive or 10 feet from the northern edge of the Right-of-Way. The buffer to the south of the approach road should be the remaining 15' feet. · Vegetation within the buffer should be a mix of trees, shrubs and grasses indigenous to Central Texas. The density of the plantings should be high enough to provide a filtered view through the buffer zones. Density should not be so high as to provide a dark unsafe feeling. Tree and shrub plantings should be within 5 feet of the approach drive to provide an enclosed park like feel. Page 11 of 77 Carter = Burgess Hatch Partnership, LLP Jankedesign