Clerk Clark advises against mailing ballots “Balancing preserving our past with creating our future, this refresh of our General Plan…is an opportunity for all of Santa Fe to participate in a public process of planning our community for generations to come. “We continue to make progress with the work of planning Santa Fe together,” Mayor Alan Webber said in a statement. It represents the vision of the Santa Fe community and should be recognized as the City’s foremost commitment to Santa Fe’s future growth and redevelopment objectives.” The general plan will guide the city’s Land Development Code, which also is in the process of being updated, and include other in-process and completed plans, such as the city’s 100-year water plan, Midtown plans and bicycle and multimodal master plans updates. It provides a policy framework for development proposals, capital improvements, annexation, and extension of public services. As described in the RFP, the general plan “is a critical tool for priority identification and decision making. The process to update the plan-which governs land-use and development, among other issues-is expected to take years, and starts with a request for proposals for a land use consultant to guide the process, which the city has just released. Needless to say, things have changed in the past 24 years. The City of Santa Fe’s general plan hasn’t been completely updated since 1999.
