Left, John Lopez weighs a bag of trash collected during a cleanup at Rio Vista Park in San Marcos. Top right, Kaitlin Mynar, left, and Brandi West, right, use trash pickers to dispose of trash ...

Under the proposed plan, anyone living within the San Marcos city limits would get free entry with proof of address, like an ID, Resident River Pass, lease agreement, etc. Out-of-town visitors ...

Out-of-town visitors to San Marcos' City Park, one of the San Marcos River's popular river access points, will have to pay a parking fee starting on July 1.

The proposal, discussed during San Marcos' City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 20, means out-of-town visitors would be charged between $5 and $25 in order to access the San Marcos River.