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<br />I ~~~ c.. H <br /> <br />'The City <br />Location and Population <br /> <br />Thè City of San "-¡arcos is thè count)' $èat and principal commèrcial, èducational and rècrèational cèntèr of Hays Count)' locatèd <br />in thè cèntèr of thè Statè of T èxas in thè Austin statistical mdropolitan arèa, approximatdy midway bètv.'-:-:n the mdrúpolitan <br />areas of San Antonio and Austin. Thè City is locatèd on [ntèrstatè Highway 35, U. S. 81, Statè Highways 80, 14.2,2[, [23 <br />and Ranch Road 12 and encompassès an arèa of approximately 17.4 square miks. <br /> <br />Historical Population <br />Y èar Population <br />1990 Census 28,74.3 <br />1980 Census 22.230 <br />1970 Census 13,860 <br />1960 Census 12,713 <br />1950 Cènsus 9.980 <br /> <br />Labor 1\1arkct Protilc <br /> <br />CitY of San tv1arcos <br /> <br />februarv [993 J anuarv 1993 f-:bruarv 1992 <br />Total Civilian Labor force 14..977 15,225 1-1-.6ï7 <br />Total Employmènt [3,979 13,9-1-0 13.704 <br />Total Un-:mployment 998 1.285 973 <br />Percent UnèmploYèd 6.7% 8.4% 6.6% <br /> <br />State l)f T èxas <br />(In thousands) <br /> <br />Februarv [993 Januarv [993 F-:bh,arv 1992 <br />Total Civilian Labor ft)rce 8,663.2 8.680.l 8.64.8.2 <br />Total Empll)yment 7,960.1 7,953.1 7.966.1 <br />Total UnempII)yment 703.[ 727.0 682.1 <br />Percènt Un-:mployed 8.1 % 8.-+% 7.9;;; <br /> <br />Sourcè: T èXaS Employment C"mmissil)n. <br /> <br />Climate <br /> <br />The City's dimate is humid subtropical with hl)t summers. The annual tl)tal prc:t:ipitation is 35.6 inches. Rainfall nœur$ in lat-: <br />spring and early fall. The mean len,;th of the gn)wing season (without freeze) is 254 days. San :\larc"s reL'eives abl>ut 25 % <br />of the total possible sunshine annually. ' <br /> <br />:\lunicipal Governmcnt <br /> <br />The City has a City Count:ili:\lanager flJrm of government with an ek<:t-:d L'ouneil of six members and an d-:<:ted may"!'. The <br />púlic-: department is L'omposed l)f -1-9 dty poliœmen and the fire department has 30 full time firdighting personnd and 20 <br />volunteer tiretìghters. Then~ are 3 fire stations, J engine companies, I reserve t:ompany, and a swift water rescue team. <br /> <br />[n 1983, the San Marcos City Council adl)pted the San Marcos Mastèr Plan. This document represents the goals and objectives <br />of thè L'itizens of San Marcos. These policies are used to etI-:ctively guide and coordinate the deve["pment of the San :\larcos <br />community and to guide public' ofticials in the devell)pment of annual L'apital improvement programs. This Master Plan <br />encouragès the public agències tl) coordinatè their Sèf', ices in an effit:ient and eL'anomie manner and guide private deve[upm-:nt <br />tl) thnse areas m,)st suitable in nrder t" coordinate both public and privatè development efforts. The \!aster Plan is updated <br />every three years. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.-\. - 1 <br />