Quality of Life Committee Wed, Mar 4, 2026 · Quality of Life Committee https://santafeminutes.space/meeting/983 == Executive Summary == The city council held a detailed discussion on the ongoing General Plan update, known as "Santa Fe Forward." The meeting focused on the plan's mission, vision, and strategies, incorporating extensive public input and departmental feedback. Key frameworks for the plan were presented, including "Connections" for transportation and development, "Places" for vibrant community nodes, and "Resilience" for environmental and economic stability. A significant portion of the discussion centered on the crucial role of an "Implementation Plan" that will translate the General Plan's policies into actionable steps, tie them to the city budget and capital improvement plan, and be updated regularly. Council members expressed strong opinions on the need for proactive zoning reform to address housing affordability and prevent sprawl, highlighting the inefficiencies of current R1 default zoning. They also emphasized the importance of integrating sustainability, green infrastructure, and historic preservation into the plan. The meeting underscored the General Plan's role as a foundational tool for all city departments, guiding grant applications, budget priorities, and economic development, with a commitment to robust and institutionalized community engagement. == Key Decisions == - Agenda approved by voice vote. - Consent agenda approved by voice vote. == Motions & Votes == - Approval of the agenda — Passed by voice vote. - Approval of the consent agenda — Passed by voice vote. == Public Comment == While there was no formal public comment period noted in the provided summaries, council members and staff discussed themes derived from extensive public input gathered during the General Plan update process. Key community priorities identified through this input include Housing and Affordability, Community Facilities and Services, Environmental Stewardship and Resilience, and Transportation and Mobility. The "community partners program" was highlighted as a successful model for robust public feedback. == Topics == - General Plan Update (Santa Fe Forward) - Departmental Collaboration & Feedback - Community Priorities & Values - Economic Development Initiatives - Water Management & Green Infrastructure - Parks & Recreation Facilities - Affordable Housing & Area 1B - Innovation Hubs & Zoning - Public Health & Crisis Services - Arts & Culture Programs - Senior Programs & Events - Business Support & Resources - Meeting Logistics & Procedures == Full Transcript == Are we live, Mike? Mayor: Madame Chair, Councilor Castro, we are live. Thank you so much. If it pleases the body, I would like to call to order the Quality of Life meeting for today, March 4th. Are we ready, staff? Beautiful. If I could have a roll call, please. Councilor Fagali: Here. Councilor Barrett: Here. Councilor Casset: Here. Madam Chair, you have a quorum. Thank you so much. And if we have no changes from staff on the agenda, I would entertain a motion to approve. Move to approve. Second. If I can have a voice vote. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. I think that motion passes. Now we do have the consent agenda. It isn't very long, but there are some big issues. Does anyone want to pull anything off consent? Not. I will entertain a motion. Move to approve. Second. All in favor? All opposed? Motion passes. We do have a very exciting presentation today. Director Lamboy, if you want to begin the presentation, you're the one that's on the agenda, but I think that you might have some help. Is that on? My goodness. Sorry about that. Heather Lamboy, we're happy to introduce to you the next stage, the scenario planning stage of the General Plan update. We're currently vetting it with the different city departments and we've actually been doing some collaborating with our county partners as well, but Janice Bletnikov has a full presentation prepared for you. It's intended to be a dialogue. I know it's a little bit formal in this scenario where we are right now. We're not sitting around a table, but truly we would like for you to ask questions and for us to, most importantly, we want your feedback. So, Wonderful. Thank you so much. And I do want to thank Ms. Melinda Cup also for meeting with the MO, which is the beginning, not only the beginning of the conversation with the county because we've been working with them, but had some great feedback and thank you so much. So go right ahead. Thank you very much. Janice Bletnikov with the Land Use Department. Thank you for your patience with our technology. So as Director Lamboy had said, today I'll be giving you an update on where we are in the planning process for the General Plan update, also known as Santa Fe Forward, as well as some tentative schedule items and seeking your input on our draft scenario frameworks. First, we'll start with the project current status, followed by the next steps we anticipate and a tentative schedule. And then we'll go into some details of the draft scenario frameworks that have been designed by our consulting team. As you may recall, step one resulted in the product from Stage Gate One, and that was our assessment report. That was our info gathering stage of the project and that has completed a Planning Commission and our technical working group in a joint workshop as well as it has been brought to our community partners as well as Governing Body. Also, just as an aside, the Spanish language version of the assessment report is now available. We'll be posting that soon on our website and I have delivered to the libraries the English language version of the official final assessment report. So those are available to the public at our libraries. Stage Gates Two and Three are related to steps two and three of this process. Step two is the mission, vision, and strategies, and step three is the scenario frameworks. So in bringing these forward, it was more efficient really for feedback loops and reporting back to group them since the mission, vision, and strategies are pretty short. This has gone to the Planning Commission and the technical working group in another joint workshop. It does still need to go back to the community partners to close that feedback loop with our partners and also go out for public input. So we will be seeking public input on the mission, vision, and strategies that have been drafted and also the scenario frameworks so that we can then take them to Governing Body and close those stage gates. When we close those stage gates and we have our official mission, vision, strategies, and scenario framework, then we will move into Stage Gate Four, which is affiliated with step four, and that is to draft the preferred plan. So the form that this will take is that the elements from the scenario frameworks that end up kind of surviving the test of all of the many loops that we go through from our internal review to department heads to Planning Commission, technical working group, the community partners, and our Governing Body, as well as the land use planners themselves working closely with our consultants, the elements of the scenario frameworks that kind of survive those tests, those items that get brought forward will be kind of consolidated into a single scenario framework. So we'll take the best of the three drafts that we have, those will form a single scenario framework, and then that will be used to develop the actual General Plan. More on this later. Following this, we will go through the General Plan adoption process and after that, that is anticipated to be in the summertime, like mid-summer to late summer, and then we will be working this whole time, of course, on the implementation plan. The implementation plan is published under separate cover and it's basically an instruction manual for how we will actually accomplish the General Plan. This assigns specific responsibilities and duties to certain departments and entities. It identifies funding sources and assigns timelines based on priority for the near-term, mid-term, and very far-term goals to be met. That we assume will be adopted. It'll go through a separate adoption process with all of the requisite feedback loops and report backs. That will be in all time. So anticipating mid-fall. As Director Lamboy had mentioned, we've recently been meeting with department leadership throughout the city trying to consolidate with like groups where possible and bringing these draft scenario frameworks to them to seek any fatal flaws and find out what their needs are, find any conflicts, and get great ideas to incorporate along the way. We first met with Public Works and Utilities together. Their big take-home points, we got a lot of great information from all the department leadership, but we tried to boil it down for the sake of expediency here. They are working on their Water 2100 Plan, as I'm sure you're all well aware of, in trying to gain public input. They have asked if we can maybe capitalize on our existing very successful Social Pinpoint website to help them gather some data points that they can incorporate into their plans. So we're hoping to, as I like to say, recycle some taxpayer dollars there and let them piggyback onto our very popular website with some survey items, maybe some interactive activities, and we're working with our consultant to explore those opportunities there for the Water Department. Also, they asked us that no matter what scenario framework moves forward, to emphasize additional green spaces throughout the community because these are extremely efficient ways to augment our water availability into the future. We also met with the team at Parks. Their primary concern was that in these scenario frameworks there is a lot of emphasis on trail connectivity, multimodal that ties in with our trail plan, and also new park ideas. So they've asked that we balance the new park investments with maintaining what we already have, that which we've already invested in, and keeping in mind the extensive backlog of deferred maintenance for the park properties we already own. Also, they have explored the idea of maybe that we maybe reimagine some unused areas within our very extensive park network to meet some of the in-demand community facilities rather than acquiring new parcels to look at the less used areas and see how we can make those efficiently serve the public with things like teen centers or smaller libraries, et cetera, the things that folks are asking for in the General Plan input. And finally, Parks had asked us to consider in any framework the use of green infrastructure corridors in basically decreasing the pressure on our very delicate infrastructure systems. This was explained to us that, you know, if we are requiring or enhancing LI and green infrastructure technology in new developments throughout the community, that this can really reduce the burden that's on our stormwater system, especially to reduce overflows and failures of those systems. So it's just an opportunity for synergy that we can include here in this plan. Today we actually coordinated with Santa Fe County and I don't have notes on that in here quite yet. But they had a lot of great input for us and we you will see more of us working together as a team, unsiloing the two jurisdictions so that we can recycle both county taxpayer dollars and city taxpayer dollars to combine our work and not have to duplicate work between us. One of the things they asked us to consider was the areas, is it called SD1 there? The areas identified as SD1 in the county are areas such as Rancho Viejo where we, you'll see in I think it's the places framework that I'm going to present, we have some synergistic opportunities there for transit nodes or partnering with them on some infrastructure investments because, you know, really the city doesn't end at the corporate limits. The impacts and the benefits cross our borders. So that was one thing they wanted us to consider and also they've identified some areas where they're targeting light industrial and you'll see in our resilience framework that we're in that framework focusing on innovation hubs and we can better align with them on citing those. Up next, we will be meeting with the MO Transit and Complete Streets as a group and then following them, we will be meeting with Affordable Housing. As I mentioned before, it all starts with the mission and the vision and the strategies for this plan. After receiving over 8,000 pieces of public input and working with the Planning Commission, technical working group, community partners, the Governing Body, and internally with our own experts on staff as well as our consulting teams, we have boiled down what the community is basically asking for. And this is the why and the how. So, our mission draft mission statement that we'll be bringing to the public is: "Faithful to our heritage, focused on our present, and forging our future. Santa Fe Forward shapes the city different, sets priorities, and opens opportunities for all." The draft vision statement that we've come up with that we will be publicizing for public input is: "Santa Fe supports and respects the needs and growth of all in harmony with our heritage and the environment, arriving today and tomorrow as the city different." So that's your preview of what we'll be releasing to the public. And in that public involvement process that I was describing, we found some great areas of alignment. These are values, priorities, or themes where people across different demographics seem to have concern or prioritization. The top, of course, no surprise, is housing and affordability. So this is a very multifaceted topic which I won't go into, but you should know this was far and away the top concern of Santa Feans. The second priority is community facilities that includes parks, trails, libraries, et cetera, as well as services specifically policing, fire, EMT, and the like. The third is environmental stewardship and resilience. So, not just conservation—conservation was a huge theme in the 1999 plan—but they want us to steward the environment we have, as well as actively building resilience against natural disasters. And finally, the fourth priority identified through the public involvement process is transportation and mobility. As you know, those are actually kind of different things, so they're not synonymous. But the community would like transportation better provided for, and transit and multimodal better provided for in a very active way. So, moving on to the connections frameworks. We apologize for the small text on this, but basically, this is a lens on which to look at the city. Once you decide on a framework, it's like a theme, and you have certain tactics or elements that will manifest that vision. And so, in the connections framework, we're really looking at connecting the community through enhancing our transportation corridors and what's built along those corridors, and how, keeping in mind both ease of getting through the city, how we can benefit from developing at nodes and connections, and also helping people commute in more efficient ways. And sometimes that's around the city. But seeing as folks put so much value on transit, mobility, and transportation, this came away as definitely a needed lens. So, some of the elements that might be seen in this connections framework, and again, I ask you to consider which elements really speak to you as good ideas, bad ideas, things you want us to explore further. If we're looking at the city through the connections framework and trying to pick the best elements, we have tactics that we can include in the general plan and ultimately in the land development code, such as concentrating density at key corridor connections. Some of you know of this as transit-oriented development, incentivizing transit-adjacent businesses over those further out. And of course, the other side of that coin is disincentivizing sprawl actively. And another tactic would be investing in transit infrastructure, including multimodal facilities throughout the community. The next framework or lens is places. So, we think about this as community nodes or nodes of vitality. So, we have an amazing plaza, but why not have more? So, we are looking at the economic benefits and societal benefits of increasing vitality near where people live, bringing density and activity within catchment zones that are really bringing exponential benefits economically to those areas. And we've identified three in this draft. Of course, it is a draft: the Civic Center area and its catchment zone, the Midtown campus and Siler Rufina—those are so close that really it's kind of one organism—and the Tierra Contenta neighborhood and its catchment zone. So, some of the tactics that you might see if we were to pick the best elements or components of this perspective would be supporting and incentivizing locally owned, neighborhood-scaled retail and commercial, enhancing density specifically around plazas so that we can have multiple plazas throughout our city, creating additional great spaces and great public areas, and focusing on small-scale infill in historic neighborhoods to enhance the existing vitality that is in these neighborhoods. And the final framework that you'll see here tonight is the resilience framework. Now, resilience in this sense has two components. One is the typical natural hazards resilience against those kind of events, but also it includes economic resilience. So, the ideas that you'll see presented in a resilience framework will conserve our natural resources and our precious environmental areas and vistas, but also it will use things like ecosystem services and green infrastructure to enhance resilience for natural disasters that do happen, like wildfire and flooding. Also, keeping in mind corridors for safe egress: how can we develop safely when we're planning for a less stable climate in the future, but still use that to enhance economic vitality? And in the resilience framework, what you'll see is a focus on green infrastructure requirements to protect our delicate existing infrastructure, restoring the Santa Fe River ecosystem. So, that's like the conservation element of this. Also, you'll remember that I mentioned that the county would like us to see where we can identify points of synergy with the county plans for light industrials. So, another theme here would be incentivizing environmentally sound, sustainability-focused innovation hubs. And finally, overall supporting hyperlocal, unique economic drivers that can withstand recessions and global economic downturns, rather than—and of course, we have Joanna Nelson here, and she could speak to this as well—a goal of seeking enhancement to our hyperlocal economic development, rather than aiming for the giant international firms, which are more sensitive to recessions and global economic downturns. Sorry, I should have gone to this slide earlier. I was already talking about some of the elements for it. So, once we take the best of those frameworks through our public process and our input with you and other elected officials, our consultant will overlay that final map with different place types. So, we've got the concepts that we want to encourage or disincentivize, things that will bring to light the values our community has explained that they want to see promoted into the future. And when we group these types of polygons, as you can see here, place types over those, it gives us a different story. So, what if we want green infrastructure emphasized over here, or what if we want transit-oriented development over here? We lay these polygons over them: neighborhoods, corridors, districts, engines, and natural landscapes to get a finer view. And then on top of that, we will lay another map to find different hotspots, which will identify our levels of priority. These will include established areas, enhancement areas, and investment areas. Once we have a clearer lens by overlaying all these maps to identify our hotspots, that's when we can really move forward with goals, objectives, policy initiatives, and the like that will form that preferred plan. So, I know it's a lot to digest, but if you have any questions, I'm available for questions at this time. Or if you have input that you would just like us to capture at this time, we're here for you. Mayor: Thank you so much for being here, and always excited to see updates on this project. I've made a few notes. I'll try to remember what I was thinking as I go through them. First up, the implementation plan. A couple questions there. One of our challenges right now is that we are operating off of the 1999 general plan. In theory, we should have been updating this thing. So, will that implementation plan include whose responsibility it will be to implement or to continually do updates? I think it's every, what, five to ten years is the recommendation. State asks for ten. Thank you. Yes, it will be more frequent than that, and Director Lamboy is here to give detail to that. Thank you. Thank you for the question, Chair Castro, Councilor Cassett. What really helps us to manage updates and require updates is investments and defining priorities. The money speaks, basically. And so, as part of the implementation plan, we're going to create a map series, and it will include short-term priorities or budgeted priorities and longer-term priorities. And that way, the entire governing body can adopt this on a regular basis and identify where we might need to shift our priorities or we might need to augment them and really be stewards of responsible investment throughout the community. You know, I hear oftentimes that folks on Airport Boulevard are like, "Why is it taking so long to get the road repaved? It's awful." And I don't disagree. And so, having that sort of higher-level view really will help for better community input on what our priorities should be. And so, it'll be tied to the CIP, but it also will be something that will have to be updated every, you know, a couple of years, actually, as we move through the budget process, and it can also create key indicators for each of the different departments that are providing services or infrastructure improvements. Mayor: Yeah, thank you. That actually leads very nicely into my next question. But that also then just spurred a thought, which is, you know, as we're really talking about our budgeting process, we're talking about how we monitor our budget, how we actually need to see budget to actuals one of these days, which would be really wonderful. But we often have a number of kind of presentations or things that level set before we go through the budgeting process. And given how this is being laid out, I think that including the general plan as one of those kind of founding presentations, documents, as we start to jump into the budget, would make a lot of sense because, you know, to your point, money talks. How we spend is really going to impact things. But also, you know, as I always say, the general plan is a lot more exciting than people think it is because it really does drive, you know, to your point, everything. You know, we're talking about utilities here. We're talking about economic development. We're talking parks. So, I don't know who this is a comment for. Maybe Deputy City Manager Phillips might be the one to make note of this thought. But I think in the future, kind of at least making sure that the governing body is reminded of the general plan that has been adopted as we begin the budget process would be helpful in making sure that we actually stay on top of this and both understanding whether or not we have to amend it because things have shifted, we have more or less money in some area. Or, you know, it's a really good check for ourselves if we're not, you know, we don't have fidelity to the plan, can really give us a lot of information, and that annual, you know, making us check in, I think would be really helpful. Yeah. And Chair Castro and Councilor Cassid, it could be sort of almost a worksheet where you can tick the boxes. "Well, we accomplished this in this year, but this needs to be addressed, or this was an emergency, and we had to allocate resources from that emergency or from another project to that emergency." So, you know, that's not a bad idea. How that takes shape, really, it's going to be part of the implementation plan where we get into the nitty-gritty of how we function as a city and where we make our investments. But, you know, I think that's an excellent idea. Mayor: Yeah, thank you. I like it too. And speaking of the implementation plan and funding, obviously there'll be short-term goals. I think another thing I would really like to see is what are the cost impacts of these decisions? So, parks is a great example. Part of our challenge with parks is that somewhere along the line there was an ordinance introduced that required a park after X percent of development, and we did not have a staffing need that went along with it. That's been a problem as we have found that we now have all these parks, and we really didn't staff up in order to take care of them. So, I think when we're looking at this implementation plan, as we're looking at adoption, really understanding what it means when we adopt this, if we are going to adopt this implementation plan, here's the fiscal impact that we're going to have to figure out. And as we know, and as we'll see this budget season, that'll actually be a much more difficult conversation, but I think a really, really important one. Counselor Cassett, those difficult conversations are already taking place. We were sitting there in the Parks conference room and talking about there's way too many parks, so how can we repurpose them? Do we have some parks that can actually become affordable housing developments? Can we, as Ms. Bulletnikov mentioned it, can we use some of the parks for storm water, rain catchment, even pilot projects, for instance, where we can really get the schools involved, get all different sorts of organizations involved in making it maybe not a park that is traditional, but it still offers an opportunity for gathering and learning as well. So yeah, those difficult conversations are taking place, and I think that's where our responsibility is in making sure that the fiscal picture is not lost. Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that. And as we have that conversation with the public, helping them to understand the varied uses of open spaces, especially if we are using a space for multiple purposes. So, for example, no longer my district, now District 3, we had a park that was actually a part of the storm water drainage system. Some of the neighbors felt very passionately that they wanted this to be an ADA accessible park, and unfortunately, that meant that that would have to have an impermeable surface. Could not do that because of what its primary purpose was. They're still very mad at me about this, very not nice to me. But I think that that'll be important as well as we go through these things and as we start to move forward, how those are communicated and that interconnection between the different departments as they're moving forward with implementation. So things to note that make it easier and more accessible for all of us to figure out how to go about these things and why sometimes you can't have exactly what you want in the place that you want it, but where can we find another option? Sorry, a lot of thoughts here, you know me. I know I was about to say if you guys want to time me, feel free. Complete Streets Ordinance, that has been something I know Councilor Galli and I have talked about this. Councilor Castro and I have talked about this. I think we're listed as sponsors on it from like a year ago. And this goes back to some of the code update and how we prioritize which aspects of the code. We have development going on, we have things being built. How do we get some of these things that are prepared and actually get them moving along a little bit faster? And I will fully admit that this has come to my brain because Councilor Faggali brought it to my brain the other day, so credit to her. Chair: Thank you for the question, Chair Castro, Councilor Cassett. The Complete Streets Guide, the Street Design Guide, we currently have vetted through the MO and Public Works. And what we're trying to do is institute it as a manual so that it's something that can be amended much easier and pull things out, the street designs, like the street sections out of Chapter 14, and put it into that manual so that we have more flexibility when it comes to implementing an innovative design, for instance. So, and that is part of one of our first priorities, including the massage parlors, wildland urban interface. This street design guide is something that the NO has been working on for a little while now, a year and a half, I guess. And so it's... First conversation with them happened in about 2021, I think. Oh, wow. Oh, yeah. So yes, I mean, that's our first priority, and we know that it can be a challenge in reviewing proposed development projects and providing for different ways of looking at things. It's pretty rigid right now. Yeah, it is. And I really appreciate that because a lot of times, I've stated it in a couple different places, don't know if I have here, that I feel like our code has been written to prevent bad things from happening instead of figuring out how to let good things happen. And the street design is a prime example of this, that we're really trying to prevent all these terrible things, but we've also made it really hard for some of these innovative street designs to come forward for more bike lanes, for more walkability, for, you know, so I like the idea of having more flexibility. I think that that's important as long as we are very clear about what our values are that we're trying to meet with that. You know, what are the goals of being more flexible with this? It's not being more flexible to, you know, build more of these. I don't want to see Zia built anywhere in the middle of the city ever again. I mean, that's a highway. But, you know, how do we make sure that we are really building in order to get the type of mobility that we would like to see across the city? So, I think flexibility with understanding what that narrative needs to be. I have a lot more. Does anybody else have, or should I just keep going? I will stop now, and then, yeah, that's why I want to... We'll come right back to you, Councilor Cassett, I promise. Councilor Faggali, go right ahead. Thank you. Sort of in the same vein, can you talk a bit about, so there we will, we will get the general plan update, and then we will get an implementation plan. Did we have an implementation plan last time? Is this a new thing? Can you just explain a little bit about... Chair: Councilor Faggali, no, we did not have an implementation plan. There were 492 stated goals in the general plan update in 1999. That was not a thing. We were just looking at putting the goals all together in this one big package. I say we because I was part of that. And really, the thought wasn't given. Now, we did accomplish a lot from those goals in that general plan, but it wasn't clear and it wasn't updated. It was just sort of buried in the text. And so, the purpose of the implementation plan, well, first of all, we're going to shorten the general plan. The current general plan, I think, is like 500-ish pages. And so we're going to make the general plan the policy guide, sort of the North Star of the governing body and all city staff and the programs that we implement. And then the implementation plan is going to be the active document that's actionable and that really gives the opportunity for constructive dialogue about what we're going to do. And will that also get updated, or is it just the general plan that will get updated? Chair: Councilor Faggali, the general plan will be updated less, so it would be the implementation plan. But of course, if there's a change that needs to be made to the general plan, and we have to remember there's going to be a future land use map just like we have now, so there might be changes. But we're also talking about limiting those to twice a year. And of course, that all depends upon how well we write those future land use categories because right now we just have way too many amendments. So yeah, there will be some amendments to the general plan, but they really are intended to be big policy, big picture stuff, and the implementation plan is where the rubber hits the road. Okay. And that will be sort of continually, that will be the every couple year updates. Yes, that's correct. Okay. And that will hold the goals part of it also. Yes. Thank you. And then back to the street design guide. When are we thinking we might see that? Chair: Councilor Faggali, I hesitate because there's a lot of priorities. So we have already done a legislative request, and it is in Legislative Services Office. And we've gone back and forth on sort of the language of the guide, and correct me if I'm wrong, Janice, but we've gone back and forth on the language of the guide. The ordinance itself, it's pretty straightforward. And so I think that we'll be able to accomplish that as part of Phase 2A, but... Can we do it before then? Chair: Councilor Faggali, yes, if we have the ability. We've had a green building code in the City Attorney's Office for, well, legislative, well, anyway, in the different review agencies for a year. And so I, that's where the source of my hesitation is. I don't want to overpromise and not be able to deliver. But so to my understanding, it's not really part of the of Phase 2 so much as it's a standalone document that would just come as part of Phase 2. So it doesn't necessarily need to be in the same at the same time. Is that correct? Chair: Councilor Faggali, there are some changes that need to happen to Chapter 14. For instance, we have street sections in there, and we have street types in there. And so that's going to be modified and changed. But we want to put it into a manual so that we can say in Chapter 14, take a look at the manual. And then the manual is something that can be administered with, you know, joint with the Land Use and Public Works and the NO so that we can make sure that it's responsive because it's not one size fits all, right? There's always something else that comes up. Oh, we didn't think about this. And so the manual could be amended with governing body consent from time to time. So that's, that's really where we're trying to, those one size fits all scenarios are sometimes a no-win scenario. Got it. Great. I think that's it for me. Thanks. Barrett, any questions? I was just going to bring up a couple of the same things, like the connection with MO in Complete Streets. And is there, like, just about the amount of funding for, because I know it's one of the focuses to transportation and mobility, about funding for like multimodal transportation? Is there, is there momentum behind that? Like, I know it's part of the general plan, but, because, you know, I know a lot of people that we know too, they're like, right about protected bike lanes and, you know, meeting with MO. Like, do you think there's momentum behind when this all rolls out, behind multimodal transportation? Like, this is something that people are, I mean, I know like the general public brought it to our attention because it's in one of the four categories, but what are your thoughts on that? Chair: Councilor Barrett, it's one of the challenges of that is finding the financial resources. There's tools, so offsite improvements. So one of the things that I like to ask for is a bus stop on a larger project so that it could be, the infrastructure is there, so maybe the bus isn't stopping there right at that right time or at that time, but it's prepared and it's there. And that would mean collaboration with Santa Fe Trails to make sure that's their long-range plan for them, or what are the other things we can do? So, there's developer offsite improvements, and you know, maybe for having a less long deceleration lane based on the street guide, then we can ask for other multimodal investments. And we regularly do ask for trail extensions and other types of infrastructure investments to help support multimodal development. But then the other piece is those transportation improvement project funding opportunities and other funding opportunities, and it's just all those things have to come together. Do you have anything to add? Yes, thank you, Director Lamboy. Chair, counselors, I would just like to add that in the implementation plan, we will identify things like the TIP and other sources of where we can either ask for funds or where we can work in our tax structure for funds. Those will all be identified in the implementation plan. But the purpose of the policy document of the general plan is this is where we establish that there's a demonstrated need, that there is a shared value that is defensible where our decision-makers can point to that and say, "Look, we all agreed. The public said they wanted this. We all adopted this as a value. The opportunity for funding is there. Let's go ahead and prioritize this." So we're really setting our values foundation in the general plan, and our job is to make that really clear as to what the community wants so that that gets memorialized. : Thanks. And I just had one more question about green infrastructure requirements. Can you talk a little bit more about that? Chair Castro, counselors, this is something that's really taken on a lot of speed in the planning world and the engineering world in the last two decades, where if there is this as a value and the code, in the development of the code, we wanted to actually manifest that value through requirements. We could do something like require certain types of stormwater management features to be mandatory for certain types of development. And there's all kinds of different thresholds that you can use for intensity or size or whatever. But that's one of the ideas where we can say, you know, the community had this value and this is how we're making sure it gets met in our day-to-day decisions for, you know, one project at a time development. We want to make sure that we are always pointing towards that North Star of our values that we've all, quote unquote, agreed on in our regulations. So it is just one example. Currently, Director Lamboy can speak with more detail to our current stormwater and green infrastructure low-impact design requirements. But those are definitely on the table for the land development code update, which of course is the tool that makes the general plan happen. : Thank you, Chair. Counselor Barrett. So the green infrastructure is an important piece that we can model right now. So we have green infrastructure planned for Midtown, and we worked with Zoe Isacson and Melissa McDonald on the development of the design and of the sort of innovative techniques that are going to be used. And so hopefully through this demonstration project, we'll be able to test it and see how it works within our maintenance sort of framework and functionally how it would work. But also then we can adopt that into the code and say you have to look at X, Y, and Z before you do a six-foot detention pond, which is one of my pet peeves. I hate detention ponds, but anyway. Well, thank you. Yeah, it's exciting to see how these shared values, we're going to turn it into policy because I think a lot of us are like-minded on a lot of these ideas. So, yeah, it's exciting. Thank you. : Thank you, Counselor Baron. Back to you, Counselor Kiss. : Thank you so much. Let's keep going with green infrastructure, kind of sustainability division. Were they part of the conversation with public utilities, or do we need to make sure that we set up, or you set up, actually, I'm not there, but make sure that they are, you know, part of these discussions. Chair Castro, counselors, we are meeting with Ms. Renard and Ms. Chavez in the sustainability group. We have just started as they are really kind of picking up speed with Ms. Renard's hiring, and we are also participating in their various committees. There's quite a few different sustainability committees where we're representing general plan interests in those meetings, and also we're taking in input from all the various attendees across the city government as to what different groups are doing, everything from, you know, solar panels to stormwater management to electrical vehicle charging stations and the like. So we are trying to make sure that we remain in alignment with the sustainability group. : Wonderful. Very glad to hear that. Obviously, that's a division coming up. We're very happy to be moving that forward. We have our sustainability plan, another one of our plans that I don't know if it had an implementation attached to it, but sits on the shelf that we want to make sure that we keep moving forward. And I know that Christine Chavez has done some incredible work. So, I'm really glad that we're giving her a lot more support there and that you guys are collaborating. One area that I would want to make sure is included in the sustainability conversations. Obviously, we have the green building codes coming forward sometime at some juncture soon. But also, you know, we've had conversations around multi-family housing and what that actually means for water. And we've had conversations about the historic district and how some of our requirements per the historic code actually don't support us being a more sustainable city. So I think how that gets incorporated in with, you know, all these components around housing and affordability and sustainability and what that means for some of these different models of housing or, you know, architectural design standards, and how we can really be focusing on sustainability, knowing that's going to be a crucial piece of our future, already is actually, given that it's March, and I was wearing, I think, like a short-sleeve shirt earlier today. Yes. : Chair, Counselor Cassette. So, one of the good things that we have here, and when I spoke with Daniel Perilick when he was sort of doing some investigation, he's the one that wrote the book on Missing Middle. One of the really wonderful things we have here is the way the East Side developed as family, well, most of the town, actually, as, you know, family enterprises, family compounds, and there's a lot of clustered development, you know, that other municipalities have a hard time conveying to the communities that are just used to sprawl, like Phoenix, for instance. So, you know, it's, we have a blueprint that we can use already that's organic, and but we can improve on that blueprint, and I hear your comment regarding historic districts loud and clear. : Yeah, thank you. Fun. That'll be a fun one to talk about. We're looking forward for it. Jumping to transit-oriented development and the connections framework. I'm not sure if this was just kind of a sample map, but I didn't see on this map Zia Station being incorporated into some of, and the whole idea around Zia Station is that this is our first, you know, real transit-oriented development. We're really focusing on potentially this being an opportunity for people to not need to utilize their vehicles as much, if at all. I didn't see it on there. So, I mean, I think again, as we're looking at, I know that there's a train there, there's the bike path, but as we're thinking about all of these different aspects of mobility, of transit, I want to make sure that Zia Station is included because in some sense that is almost our, you know, proof of concept. And if we fail to really focus on how you do a transit-oriented development, well, in the future, when we have these arguments about transit-oriented developments, we may get this like, "Well, what about Zia Station? It's supposed to be a transit-oriented development." And if you, you know, and if the bike isn't going to work for you, or if the train schedule, which is not fabulous for commuting, isn't going to work for you, then, you know, we've kind of missed that opportunity. So, I want to make sure we don't miss that one. Economic development, really exciting. We actually had this conversation earlier today, and this kind of speaks to the larger conversations that I'm interested in, how, like, what are the tools and techniques that we'll be able to use to incentivize versus disincentivize things that we want and don't want. We had this conversation around economic development and the SIP, now the Strategic Implementation Plan that is being incorporated in, and how that actually does give us a lot of power to then provide incentives because it has been, you know, clearly stated, if we want these types of industries, we're going to be able to provide further incentives for those types of businesses as opposed to others without it, you know, violating state laws and some of those pieces. But when we're talking about, you know, disincentivizing sprawl or incentivizing, you know, the local businesses, how, what are the tools and techniques that we're already looking at, or are these still things that we'll have to be developing, saying, "Hey, we want this now, let's go research the policy." Chair Castro and counselors, it's a bit premature to say because we are still genuinely scoping for the values that will be the final values and the strategies that will be our final strategies bringing forward. So I don't want to be too pre-decisional about this, but suffice it to say that if that does continue on as a value in the general plan, our responsibility will be to carry that forward into the land development code update. That's when we would really investigate the most modern tools for incentivizing and disincentivizing there. There is a vast, vast range of tools. Some are gentle, like more of a carrot, and some are really quite punishing, floor area limitations and really bizarre minimum lot sizes and things like that. But there are many, many tools that we'll be reviewing with our consultants and the attorneys and experts in our sub-consultants as well to see, you know, what's really been effective, not punitive, but what, you know, versus a carrot versus a stick, which way do we want to go in this community and to what end. So we don't want to be overly restrictive and stymie economic development because we are trying to protect green fields. But at the same time, you know, we want to be really precise and effective with the regulations to only employ or rather propose to you the ones that are that don't have a lot of waste, that don't have a lot of unintended consequences, that have not been upheld in court when challenged. So these are all things that we consider very deeply with every tool that we would be bringing forward for consideration to protect green fields more and promote infield development. So also I would like to mention that the general plan is a tool for all departments, as the assessment report is a tool for all departments. So the assessment report can be used in applying for grants and making cases for budget priorities by other departments, and the general plan also can be used in proposals by the economic development department. If they are proposing different tax structures or things like that, this can be a foundational tool to provide additional justification where needed. : Wonderful. Again, general plan is much more exciting than people think it is. And, Chair, Counselor, I have to tell you, staff really loves it when we can point to something and say, "This is why we're prioritizing this." I mean, it just is awesome when, you know, we have to say, "Not now," and, you know, but we can look at it in the future. And so that's where the implementation plan is going to be highly effective in making sure that we do the things that the community wants us to do and not get distracted. So, another tool that we're looking at is we've studied the study area for the general plan, it goes way beyond the city's corporate boundaries, and that's why we've been sharing data with the county, because eventually these areas might become part of the city, and we need to plan for that. We need to figure out, does Rancho have all the services that it needs and what are the fiscal impacts? So, if the community college were to become part of the city, how are we going to support the community college, for instance? So, one tool that's used is an urban growth boundary. Now, it's not popular with some people, but it really does account for looking at infill development and actually having a legislative framework for governing bodies and county commission to say, "No, you can't do this here." But also having a flexibility, for instance, with zoning districts, and land use categories. In Florida, when I was working there, we were able to flex land use categories by 500 feet to be able to pick up areas that maybe we didn't, that edge we didn't get quite right. So, yes, you don't have to go through a general plan amendment, but we can consider this project. And also, zone districts will have to look at that way, sort of in a different perspective that provides the land use control, but also allows for redevelopment and development opportunity, as well as economic. Yeah, that's, I mean, I feel like we had something similar to that once upon a time, and it was one of those things my dad mentioned from his work as a land use attorney in the 90s, and I was like, "I don't think that exists anymore, Dad, but thank you." But that does make me think about another, I already have it written down, but the future land use map and where we have targeted infill and projects that do not meet that desire. So the best one I can think about is Old Post Trail, where we had this as an infill zone, which I believe in the previous general plan meant we're targeting R7 to R10, and it got rezoned to an R3 and was actually an R2.6 when you did the math. So that's been something, when we're thinking about these things, the reason that we're looking at these as infill zones is we know that this is an opportunity to decrease sprawl, and we know that's going to be controversial. But is there a way that we can really, when we're talking about these things, like, can we go in and zone? I know right now we have a default and everything comes in R1 if it's not something else already. Are we able to preemptively zone and say, "Hey, this is an infill. We're zoning this thing R5 at minimum. If you want to go lower, you're going to have to rezone." I mean, this is, we're really talking about and trying to be very thoughtful again, while also balancing this idea of like, we don't just want to prevent bad things, we want to be able to create good things. So, but you know, that's why you have those opportunities for a reason. But I feel like we've lost a lot of opportunities for infill because even though the future land use map was like, "Wow, look at all this infill that we've identified," it then got, you know, built and developed at R3 and not R7, which is what we were aiming for or potentially higher. So I know we may not have an answer for that one now, but I really want us to be thoughtful in how we write the code that we're really focusing, like there's a reason that we thought that this needs to be denser, or more dense. Yes, more dense. And how do we, how do we get there? We know that upzoning is actually one of the more effective tools when it comes to dealing with the fact that we have a really, really unhealthy housing market. So we're going to have to contend with that, and that's going to have to be a really big issue with the public. But I don't want us to get to this place where we, you know, identify all these opportunities for infill, go through all this public participation, and then in five years, when this has been forgotten, somebody goes and develops it at an R2 anyway. So just a note, I don't expect answers right now, but things I, things I feel strongly about and that keep me up at 3:00 AM. Chair Castro: I'd like to add a response to that. Just go right ahead. Thank you. That is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night as well. I, in my personal experience, I've never before seen a code that default zones to R1, and it can be very detrimental, as we have seen. And it also leads to a lot of rezone requests, which if your general plan was done correctly through the right kind of public process and the vetting with elected and appointed officials, it's supposed to be permanent. It's supposed to be a fairly permanent thing that in special unique cases gets rezoned. That's what I've seen across the country. That's what the traditional practice is, is that instead of kicking the can down the road, per se, you look at the adjacent properties or you look at what was considered and contemplated in the public venue during the general plan process, and you assign strategic zones to those areas. And that is, that public process is the correct and proper place for folks to disagree with those proposals or to suggest changes to those proposals. But doing it ad hoc on a parcel by parcel basis without looking at the comprehensive impacts of piecemeal reasoning, it does not move us any closer to achieving our values and goals. It does not. I love what you're saying here, and it has been painful, and I would love to calculate the number of staff hours we paid for on some of these projects that could have been avoided had we been more proactive with our zoning. So, thank you. Glad to, glad to hear that that is moving forward. I could go on for hours, but I won't. We will have more conversations because I'm always showing up at your guys' doors. So, thank you again so much. Obviously, really excited to continue to move this process forward. Thank you, Councilor Cassid. And you know, any questions that anyone has, please feel free. We potentially will have another presentation once this is a little further down the line. And I think that both Ms. Belinda and the entire land use department has made themselves extremely available to us. So thank you so much for that. I do have a couple kudos in terms of the amount of participation and things that we can model in the future in terms of community input. I think the way that you've gone through this process has been really amazing and that we've been able to look at what the priorities of our communities actually are. One of my concerns is we've been doing a lot of work around priorities, around budgeting, priorities around this governing body, and they don't perfectly align with some of the things that we're hearing from the community. So is there any way that we can start working more collectively and because this is a general plan for all departments, how can we support you in the work that we're doing to develop our governance structure, the like? Thank you, Chair Castro. I think the simple response is making sure that everybody has a seat at the table, and the community partners program has really proved to us, it's shown us that we do get robust feedback. So I think that is a good case for me and a request that I'm going to make is institutionalizing that community partners program and provide, you know, an annual update where there can be a competitive process where different nonprofits will be able to apply for funding. So actually going to the people where they are. I want to make sure that that becomes a regular thing that happens every year, hopefully with a more robust long-range planning division and neighborhood planner. Sorry. And just before I forget, I'm going to send you a note about some legislation we're working on. We've all talked about things like civic assemblies or other types of things. And so I think there's a big appetite for us to re-envision what our community input looks like, and you're leading the way. So thank you so much. We will follow up on that. I did want to talk a little bit about some of the flooding concerns, some of the fire concerns. I know that we're trying to beef up our emergency services. How is that baked into this general plan? Chair Castro and councilors, we are including that in some elements that are included in the resilience framework. So looking toward, well, first of all, folks have told us that that's important to them. So that gives us our marching orders, figure out ways to make it happen. So of course, we can promote objectives, strategies, policies that both protect our natural areas, utilize them as ecosystem services where we can find some natural, naturally occurring benefits in those natural systems by protecting those habitat corridors or wetlands or storm, natural stormwater depression areas. But also, that's more passive, but more active is, for example, centering density in areas with better fire egress and with larger required buffers for the wildland urban interface. So we're working closely with the fire department and their experts that they also have pulled in to try to look at the best policies and regulations that have been used in the United States in these last couple decades of wildland urban interface science to find out, you know, once you establish it as a value, then is there political support and will for requiring hardening of structures against wildfire? That would be part of the land development code. Is there support politically for identifying areas where growth is, is safer essentially? You know, in Washington, we tried to identify area, targeted areas for increased density that were away from landslide zones. So here we look at, we know how fires move. We know how they grow, and there are ways to develop that put people and our tax dollars and facilities in harm's way, and there are ways to be smart about it and anticipate these, these things are going to happen. And there are ways to build to enhance safety both of the citizens, the wildlife that we share this home with, and also our emergency response personnel. Thank you so much. Rachel Lamboy, did you have anything to add? No, no worries. I just, I tend to ask questions that I sort of already have answers that I want to hear, and that was a perfect answer. I also think it's important that we look at the growth of the city over time and why there are certain places, to Councilor Cassid's point, that we have these infill lots because there is access to transit, there is access to services, and we clearly saw that services and amenities are things that people are interested in. I encourage you to continue to talk to transit. We are finding more federal dollars are not being held up as much in some of the public works and transit spaces. So as you know, we are looking at losing funding around affordable housing and other initiatives, we are gaining some in other spaces. So I would love to facilitate that, but yes, let's continue to talk to transit. My goodness, light industrial innovation hub. I would like to hear a little bit more about this because one of the concerns that we've heard from some folks who'd like to advocate for the R1 is our tradition of being agriculturalists in certain parts of the city and keeping some of that, as we have noted in our draft statements, we do want to continue these practices and traditional practices, but maybe in an updated way. How can we promote urban farming? Chair Castro, councilors, we are looking to urban farming as a balancing act because essentially, in recent times, we've been hearing more and more questions coming from our governing body about zoning certain uses out of existence and the concern about that to provide for all uses that are essential components of a healthy economy here and a healthy community. but to protect what's sacred, but allow for the important things to survive and grow. So along those lines, we think about if we are to have a grassroots, strong, and recession-proof local economy, we need to provide areas that are already contemplated as appropriate for office space, fabrication, storage, and transportation of goods. Those things need to be provided for. That is not to the detriment of urban farming. There are a lot of regulations. I've seen many in other jurisdictions for incentivizing vertical farming, incentivizing permaculture demonstration farms within city limits. There are so many different tools that are not coming to mind right now, but there are so many different tools that we can use to create regulations that don't make farming difficult on urban parcels, whether we're talking about perceived, what is the word for, I'm blanking on the word for, like noises and nuisance. Thank you. Whether we're talking about nuisance ordinances or we're talking about water usage limitations, there are so many different things that affect urban farming, but our job is to make it simpler for those who do actually want to make productive use of their properties and enhance our city's food stability. That doesn't come to the detriment of light industrial or industrial either. And Councilor, I have a couple of stories. So the first one, when it comes to farming, there's a small business in Aurora, Colorado called Gotham Greens. And there's a redevelopment area that's out by the old Stapleton airport. And there are economic incentives that one can utilize, but also land use incentives. And so we put a greenhouse that, or they constructed a greenhouse that was in a district that maybe wasn't exactly suited for a greenhouse, but we interpreted things so that it could be there. And of course, urban farming is changing in many ways. It can be more efficient with the walls, the all the different technologies that are available to capture green areas that maybe are in areas not expected. So we need to leverage those small opportunities as well. The other story that I have for you is when it comes to innovation hub. Midtown, I recently was having a conversation with Aspect Studios, Philip GZway, and she was telling me about at Bill Nildas Hall, there's a potential tenant. They're bankers from Los Alamos. They are developing their own business and they want to do a lot of research and development. Problem is that in the Midtown master plan, there's no industrial. And why would we need industrial in Midtown is to accommodate because there's hazardous materials associated with their research. And so we need to think in innovation hubs that the way we write our districts is really important. And we can provide guardrails and protections, but we really need to think about from an innovation perspective, how we can accommodate for those things and not have the unintended consequence of having to change the district or not allowing it. And sorry, just going on the same point, thinking of sound ordinances, for example, event centers in neighborhoods has been a big concern. How do we put the appropriate use in the right part of town? I don't know if Councilor Kazet, you have any Councilor: Yes, we've had certain businesses that are wonderful and are bringing economic development to certain corridors, and yet the neighborhood is having the trouble of the sound. So I'm glad to hear that you're thinking of that in the general plan update and sounds like in also the code update. So we appreciate that. I think I also have a lot of questions and I will ask them as we move forward in this process. I'm glad that conservation is at the top of mind, and if there's anything we can do to incentivize developers to give us things that we can actually maintain, that would be wonderful. Is there any other questions from the committee? All right. Thank you so much. Thank you all. With that, Marcela, or staff, I apologize. I think we are going on to public comment. I don't see anyone in the room for public comment. Anyone online? No, we're just doing it in person for now. All right. Do we, we don't have an executive session. Do we have any matters from staff today? Great. Madam Chair, members of the committee, good evening. Good to see you. I've got a few updates from Office of Economic Development I'd like to share with you, and as well, we got some updates from the Office of Arts and Culture too that I'll share. I also am in the process of sending you all an email that includes a brief regarding activity from our office, as well as monthly economic data snapshots for you all. We're in the process of refining these mainly for our EDAC and film councils, but I feel like they could be useful to you all. Also, I'd invite you to provide some feedback on what types of information could be helpful for you all, as well as the economic data brief too. So, open to your thoughts regarding some events that I think would be important for you all to be aware of. On March 12th, we're going to host our quarterly outdoor recreation meetup. This is a reminder that this is a joint effort between us and the county. This will be at Lasco Andrinas. This is our attempt to really bring the outdoor recreation industry together, provide a space for networking, and inform them on city news and updates. So, would love to have you in attendance. Let me know if I can send the invite. We also have a workforce development meetup, and this is a great opportunity, especially for our new counselors, if you'd like to hear from our workforce ecosystem regarding news and meet some of the key ecosystem players there. This will be at Santa Fe Community College. And this is a really exciting opportunity to meet our workforce coordinator that we helped Santa Fe Community College hire. And so that's Wendy Stein, and she's been helping us organize that as well. On March 19th, Director Lamboy just stepped out, but we will be hosting the first year, the fiscal year's first Santa Fe Open for Business. So, this is the space that invites newly licensed, registered businesses to come and get an overview of what it entails to do business in the city of Santa Fe. Many times there's questions about business licensing and permitting. And really, this is kind of a first intro to our team and the resources available. This will be in Spanish and English. We also have another film and digital media meetup. Again, these are our industry subgroups that actually came up in discussion earlier. And two more events. Hang in there. March is a really busy month. So March 24th, this is a big one that I really want to make sure that you guys are aware of. This is our kickoff of the business burrows. Is this what you're snapping at? I was thinking, wow, I didn't know we had some fans of this one, but Business Burrows is a really exciting project. Councilor Cass had already heard this pitch at EDAC, but this is our partnership that we've been working on a long time with our libraries. And so understanding that many residents go to libraries but aren't necessarily reading our emails or online, we have created little spaces that we're calling business burrows because our mascot is a little prairie dog called Busy. And at these library nooks, folks can check out Wi-Fi hotspots, they can check out laptops, they can have a curated "how to start your business" many, many titles, as well as getting a, basically, a library of resources that are available in the community. Already, we have received requests, one connection made at Quality of Life meeting, to have these centers even beyond the library. So teen center, Chavez Center, and throughout the community. We're absolutely thrilled because again, these are just opening up opportunities and doors and awareness for how to start a business and how to grow your business and all the resources that are out there. That's March 24th at Southside. Now, I'm really curious what the other event on March 24th is. Okay. Also, just an update on our grants. We're getting closer. We just saw that NMSU signed one of the pending documents that needs to be signed in order to get our safe grant out. So, we're so close. Thanks again for your patience, as well as your constituents' patience. Go Local is continuing to go strong. We're really building up our capacity so we can actually run the program, and we're just thrilled. I will mention through our grant program, the last time that I brought this up, we had $800,000 in requests and 123 applications. And this was our first round. It really goes to the presentation we just heard around our business districts and organizations seeking our support through events and activations that are supporting local businesses. And Navigator is going strong. This brief that I'm going to send you has the monthly stats on how many businesses are being seen through Navigator and through our office. So, this is really important for you to keep updated if relevant to you. And then I'm going to switch to arts and culture. Director Johnson mentioned that their community gallery show, "Truth, Memory, Joy, Resistance, Black Expressions in New Mexico," closed Saturday, and it received 2,271 visitors while it was open, which is remarkable. A lot of really great press coverage. And then also the artwork show of artwork by SFPS school kids inspired by artists in their classrooms opens next Wednesday, March 11th. And the last thing I'm going to follow up with after hearing the great presentation by the land use team, I want to mention and hone in on our strategic and implementation plan for economic development launched this Monday. And amidst everything that's going on, it's so interesting that that becomes kind of a minor note. But this is huge for us. And I really want to show my gratitude for the land use team to have kind of taken us under their wing and leveraging the great work they've done. But this is open Spanish, English, businesses, residents. This plan has not been updated for 20 years, and we're ready to go. So we really need your help to get this survey out to your constituents so they can guide where we're making investments and where we're putting our priorities. So I'll make sure you guys have the link to that, too. And there's my monthly dissertation for you guys. So I appreciate your listening. Thank you, Director Nelson. Director Sanchez, I You can call me whatever you want. It's fine. So the biggest update I've got, last week we had a successful Senior Olympics Northern Mexico Games. 524 participants from throughout New Mexico, and 42 of them were from out of state. So it was a great success for Senior Olympics New Mexico. There is the new Senior Scene out, so please take a look at it. We have a lot of events going on this month at the Senior Center and recreation. We've just got all sorts of stuff going on, all of our activities right now. I apologize. No, thank you, and thank you for holding down the fort in all of those positions, Marcela. Communication from the committee. I do, and now I feel like we need to talk about this event on the 24th. But I did just go to an event for a lot of the providers in our unhoused community, and I wanted to shout out the Santa Fe Crisis Center. So, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., they're providing immediate support and intervention for adults experiencing behavioral health crisis. So, I'm going to just put out the number 505-819-3419 in La Sala Center at 2052 Galisteo Street. You can also call in and see if there's availability, but I know there's a lot of concern of where do we go when there's a mental health crisis. So, we're trying to get that information out as much as possible. And on the 24th, hopefully after you go check out some of those resources for businesses, we will be talking about affordable housing, and it's going to be our first community input session at the Genoveva Chavez Center starting at 6:30. And just before that, I guess I should announce that if you're interested in what's happening with Area 1B, we will be having a listening session on the 24th in chambers at the County Commission, and that will be at 4:00 p.m. So, I, yeah, it's at 5:00 p.m. I will have to leave a little bit early because I have to be at this event at 6:30, but Councilor Pagli will hold down the fort, and Commissioner Kakari Stone and Commissioner Johnson are the other folks on that committee. So, if you cannot make it, please reach out to us and let us know what you think about Area 1B, particularly if you live there. Any other comments? Mayor: I mentioned it the other day at Public Works, but this Saturday is a fundraiser for that Comunidad de Colores clinic at Backroads Pizza from 4:00 to 8:00. And that's this Saturday, a new free clinic that's going to be opening sometime down the road. And on that note, just to continue, there is a big need for space for local organizations and community members. We as an entity, the city moves quite slowly. So, if there are folks out there that have available spaces, there are plenty of organizations looking for space. So, with that, we are adjourned, and we will see you all again on April 1st. Bye-bye.