Vision San Marcos: A River Runs Through Us, the City's Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2013 states, "Neighborhood character studies will be conducted to ensure that each neighborhood maintains its existing character, and follows development and redevelopment patterns desired by the residents. These studies will result in specific guidelines for each neighborhood, which are created by the public with technical and professional input from city staff." Neighborhood Workshops were conducted as a first step in this process. The results of these workshops and next steps are documented in this Final Report (PDF). To learn more about how the results from the Neighborhood Workshops contributed to planning for the future in San Marcos and the next steps view the Neighborhood Charter page