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<br /> City Building Permits
<br /> Apartments Repairs
<br /> Fiscal Industrial and Public and
<br /> Year Residences Commercial BuildinR Townhouses BuildinRs Miscellaneous Total
<br /> 1981 $6,563,000 $4,885,100 $ 325,000 $ 9,109,000 $9,043,000 $1,619,050 $31,544,150
<br /> 1982 2,205,100 4,838,668 6,843,000 8,939,000 218,450 1,546,920 24,591,138
<br /> 1983 3,783,300 5,621,477 -0- 21,273,300 137,000 1,923,954 32,739,031
<br /> 1984 4,633,537 6,032,878 -0- 9,616,688 622,750 2,368,314 23,274,167
<br /> 1985 5,151,005 7,231,132 -0- 8,323,016 7,724,670 3,416,477 31,846,300
<br /> 1986 4,823,320 5,386,735 -0- 3,486,104 807,172 3,002,859 17,506,190
<br /> 1987 3,158,858 6,518,093 7,180,967 10,415,992 2,120,599 2,120,599 31,515,108
<br /> 1988 1,931,132 3,246,337 -0- -0- 6,500 4,871,900 10,005,869
<br /> 1989 415,800 2,731,000 6,100,000 -0- 216,406 2,116,987 11,580,193
<br /> 1990 455,225 2,747,200 8,080,000 -0- 170,471 2,707,126 14,160,022
<br /> Transportation
<br /> San Marcos is tranversed by Interstate Highway 35 (North and South System) and is 20 miles from
<br /> Interstate 10 (East and West System). Also, connecting the City to the State are State Highways 21, 80,
<br /> 123, 142, and Ranch Road 12.
<br /> Missouri Pacific has 18 daily freight trains, Amtrak has 3 trains daily, and Missouri-Kansas-Texas has 6
<br /> daily freight trains with one freight terminal.
<br /> San Marcos Municipal Airport is operated by the City Council and consists of 4 runways and 6 taxiways,
<br /> all in good condition and able to accommodate most kinds of aircraft. Charter plane service is available.
<br /> Austin Municipal Airport, located 28 miles north of San Marcos, has commercial airline service with 10
<br /> different carriers. San Antonio International Airport, located 45 miles to the south, also has ten different
<br /> commercial airlines servicing the area.
<br /> The City is served by 9 motor freight companies with daily schedules.
<br /> Local bus service is available daily from Greyhound Trailways.
<br /> Two local taxi services are available with daily service.
<br /> Utilities
<br /> Wholesale electrical service is currently provided to the City by the Lower Colorado River Authority. In
<br /> October 1986, the City sold $16,355,000 in Electric Utility Revenue Bonds to purchase, improve, extend
<br /> and equip an electric light and power distribution system. The City now owns and operates this system.
<br /> Entex is the major source of gas for the City.
<br /> Water and wastewater service is provided by the City.
<br /> The City's telephone service is provided by an independent telephone company, the San Marcos Telephone
<br /> Company.
<br /> Business and Industry
<br /> Dun and Bradstreet rates 395 business establishments. Local industrial manufactured products include
<br /> molded plastic products, prefabricated steel buildings, dura-flex couplings, pre-stressed concrete beams,
<br /> pressure steel gate valves, heat transfer equipment, lighting fixtures, sheet metal products, and
<br /> warehouse distribution. Listed below are 10 major industries and employers.
<br /> Numb~r
<br /> Industry Product or Service Employed
<br /> Southwest Texas State University University 1,630
<br /> Texas Education Foundation Vocational Trade School 696
<br /> Gary Job Corps Technical Training School 625
<br /> San Marcos Consolidated Independent School
<br /> District Public School System 530
<br /> San Marcos Treatment Center Private Psychiatric Hospital 430
<br /> Aquarena Springs Amusement Park 375
<br /> Professional Food - Service Management Food Service 315
<br /> Hays Memorial Hospital Hospital 301
<br /> City of San Marcos City Government 283
<br /> Thermon Manufacturing Heating and Cooling Panels 269
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