'Santa Fe Forward' assessment report closes first phase; planners say public input already strong

Heather Lamboy, director of Planning and Land Use, and Janice Biletnikoff, the project manager for the Santa Fe Forward general plan update, presented an assessment report that closes phase 1 of the planning process and outlined next steps in the 6‑phase project.

The project: Lamboy said the general plan update, branded SantaFeForward, will guide city policy for the next 25 years. The assessment report captures existing conditions, a crosswalk to the 1999 plan, and early public input that will inform scenario development and eventual policy recommendations. ‘‘Santa Fe Forward is the city's general plan update process,’’ Janice Biletnikoff told the council. "We are working with the community to do a lot of scoping and visioning work to determine what people's priorities are," she said.

Why it matters: The general plan sets long‑range land use, housing, transportation and environmental policy that will later be implemented through land development code changes. Lamboy said aligning the land development code and the general plan is important so adopted policies can be enacted via regulations.

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