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Chapter 5 - San Marcos Action Plan Thoroughfare Plan I Implementation and Action Plan The City will undertake the following actions to implement the policies and recommendations of the Thoroughfare Plan. A. Plan adoption and revision 1. The City will adopt this Thoroughfare Plan as an element of the Horizons Master Plan - the City's comprehensive plan. 2. The City will implement a Thoroughfare Plan amendment process for any development project that requests a revision to the Thoroughfare Plan. 3. The City will review the Thoroughfare Plan every three years beginning in 2007. 4. The City will prepare a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan and will review and update the plan every three years beginning in 2007. I 5. The City will prepare a Transportation System Management Plan which includes improvements such as removing on-street parking where feasible, restrictions on driveway access, improvements in intersection signalization, adding right-turn lanes, adding continuous left-turn lanes, and elimination of blind corners. 6. The City will encourage public involvement in the development of transportation-related plans and implementation strategies. B. Recommended changes to the Horizons Master Plan, Sector Plans, and the Future Land Use Map: 1. Include a development phasing component of the Future Land Use Plan to avoid premature development and an inefficient pattern of development. 2. Adopt an "official map" reserving locations for future improvements (transportation, utilities, trails, etc.) I 3. Revise the policies and recommendations in the plans to ensure the development of "neighborhoods" rather than single-use segregated subdivisions through: a. an interconnected street system not only within the proposed development, but also in relation to adjacent development b. a mixture of housing types and uses, including small-scale neighborhood- serving commercial San Marcos Horizons (Draft: September 17,2004) 5-2