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AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDA TE SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT SCOPE OF WORK SAN MARCOS, TEXAS PHASE I - AIRPORT REQUIREMENTS TASK 1.0 -INVENTORY. DA T A COLLECßON. SURVEYS. DEMOGRAPHICS - REVIEW OF PERTINENT DOCUMENTS The consultants will review existing pertinent documents, including previous planning studies, and will collect additional data eSS8ntial to achieving the obj8Clives of the Study. Data coNdon will be comprehensive in scope, but every effort win be made to avoid the collfJction of superfluous or unnfJC8ssary information. Information sources will include the Federal Aviation Adninistration, the Texas Department of Aviation, the appropriate state, county, and local offices, commercial and business organizations, and other sources as required, including the airport OWlJfJr and users. A physical inventory of airport features, structures, etc. will be acœrrplished along with a detailed analysis of maps, aerial photography, studies and engineering reports. An inventory report will be prepared and presented for review by the City. Tallie 1.1 OperatloÐIII DIlts Current information concerning !Dght operations (numbers, types), air traffic control, procedures, operational characteristics, user profiles, etc. will be obtained. Special emphasis will be placed on the identification of physical, functional, operational and environmental problems. Surveys of users are anticipated to be used in this task. Task 1.2 Review Previous Studies Previously accomplished studies and analyses including area and regional aviation studies and planning initiatives will also be reviewed. A review and analysis of the previous master plan for San Marcos Municipal Airport will be accomplished. Interviews with the 5th Army Reserve unit and reviews of their proposed expansions will be considered in developing alternatives in Task 6.0. Tallie 1.3 Review and AÐIIlysls Land Ownership Issues An analysis of land ownership issues and survey inconsistencies will be conducted to attempt to reconcile questions relative to land transfer and ownership of the areas formerly used as city landfill and for the area recently used for the MAtS for runway 12-30. This information will be coordinated with the City and appropriate Federal agencies. TASK 2.0 - SERVICE AREA DELINE A TION The service area, or area of geographic consideration for the proposed study can be defined in terms of the tendency of people to use air transportation facilities and aviation services. The methodology used to identify such market areas are conplex and depend upon many forces, both internal and external to the metropolitan area, and are a function of growth in population, employment and services, industrial development, disposable income, and other corTfJOnents. For the proposed study, the study methodology proposed to be used will be presented to the City, the airport advisory board, and other appropriate agencies prior to the actual delineation of primary market area.