The San Marcos City Council received a staff presentation on the Blanco Gardens Neighborhood Area Plan at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The plan covers several key topics and uses community input to make recommendations for improvements and growth. There will be an upcoming public hearing and a vote to occur at a later date.
Brittany Faulkner, San Marcos senior planning technician, said the city hosted five steering committee meetings. The steering committee was made up of residents from Blanco Gardens. There was a survey monkey provided to the steering committee at the completion of the meetings. Information about the meetings was sent to all residents of the area. The city hosted two community workshops. Staff attended two meetings that were focused specifically on public safety within Blanco Gardens. Post cards were also sent out to residents to let them know about the adoption of the area plan. There was also a neighborhood characteristic study performed to ensure all changes were consistent with the current character of Blanco Gardens.
“Over 300 comments were received across the two community workshops and the draft plan comment period that had been opened,” Faulkner said. “Summary reports for each of these engagement events can be found in Appendix C of the plan. These reports summarize comments received at each event. It highlights overall trends and themes, and it includes photos from these events as well.”
