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San Marcos council reviews City Park paid-parking pilot and directs permit expansion to school-district boundary
Summary
City staff told the council the City Park paid-parking pilot (live since July 1, 2025) generated substantial usage and early revenue; council directed staff to expand resident-permit eligibility to match the San Marcos Consolidated ISD boundary (including 78666) and asked for clearer revenue/expenditure accounting and software fixes before further changes.
San Marcos City Council heard a staff update Jan. 6 on the City Park paid-parking pilot and gave direction to expand permit eligibility beyond municipal boundaries.
Jamie Lee Case, director of parks and recreation, told the council the pilot began July 1, 2025, after planning that traced to the city’s 2019 parks, recreation and open-space master plan. Case summarized how the system works — a 30-minute free grace period, enforcement by license-plate readers (kept 30 days for adjudication), pay-by-phone and Flowbird kiosks, and permit validation for residents and community-hall renters. She said the city’s rate structure is $5 up to one hour, $10 up to…
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