Flagstaff planning commission schedules May 2 regional-plan retreat; ballot set for May 2026

Sarah Dector, comprehensive and neighborhood planning manager for the City of Flagstaff, told the Planning and Zoning Commission on April 23 that staff will hold a joint regional-plan retreat on May 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at City Hall to review elements of a draft plan that will later go to public hearings and a mail-in ballot in May 2026.

The retreat is a joint meeting of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County and the county planning commission; staff emphasized the session will be highly interactive, using breakout groups, facilitators and exercises to seek policy-level feedback rather than a line-by-line edit. "We originally scheduled it to be at the AquaPlex... we are going to move that meeting to this location," Dector said, explaining the location change because the AquaPlex meeting room remains under construction.

The retreat matters because the regional plan serves two purposes: an amendment to the Coconino County comprehensive plan and a standalone general plan for the City of Flagstaff. Dector said staff have incorporated public comments into a working draft and are focusing internal review on implementability. "We've incorporated all the public comments into a draft that we are still reviewing internally," she…