ESP: Evacuation Safety Planners

ESP: Evacuation Safety Planners proposes to provide the City of San Marcos with maps and digital data identifying evacuation routes to emergency shelters which avoid low-water crossings for residents in flood risk areas.

This project will include analyzing annual income levels and minority classifications in the floodplain areas to assess the ability of at-risk residents to actually reach designated shelters.

This study will also provide locations of potential emergency shelters that currently exist or are being planned for the newly developed areas within the ETJ of the City of San Marcos. This information will be based on the Master Plan recently developed by the City of San Marcos.

Many new districts within the ETJ area are rapidly expanding and currently have new roads and buildings. These, as well as existing transportation networks will provide the framework for determining appropriate evacuation routes linked to emergency shelters.

Secondary analysis will address low water crossings correlated with potential flood areas and damage assessment information within the San Marcos Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.