SAN MARCOS PARKS & RECREATION
The city of San Marcos Parks & Recreation department is seeking community engagement for the final phase of their vision plans for Riverfront Parks and the Eastside Regional Park. The department has hosted sev- en public meetings during phase one and four meetings during phase two where citizens gave feedback and asked questions about the proposed developments.
The city of San Marcos has contracted with Halff, a full-service infrastructure consulting firm, to provide professional planning and design services for the vision plans. The Riverfront Parks include Plaza Park, Veramendi Park, Bicentennial Park, Children’s Park, William & Elanor Crook Park, Ramon Luicio Park and Rio Vista Park. The Eastside Regional Park will be a new development located on what was previously the Quail Creek Country Club. The vision plans will act as a visionary framework to guide the future development of the parks, which includes programming, facilities, features, general layout, funding requirements and a potential implementation strategy. The goals stated on the city website include assessing community preferences and identifying characteristics and factors that will shape the park, evaluate opportunities and constraints based on analysis of the project sites, complement goals associated with the 2019 San Marcos Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master plan, create a defined action plan for moving forward with park development, and to build consensus and commitment amongst elected and appointed officials, city staff and the community.
