East Gateway Sector Development Plan
Contact: Paula Donahue, Senior Planner 505-924-3932.
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If you need English language interpretation, interpretation for the deaf, or other assistance to participate in meetings, please call or email.Project Description and Progress Summary:
The goal is to carry out a planning process that will result in an East Gateway Sector Development Plan.A draft plan will be available for your review and comment mid-to-late July 2009.
Letter to Community Residents - 02-06-09 Plan Update [81.0 kb, pdf]
Location Map East GatewayPROPOSED SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONTENTS:
The East Gateway Sector Development Plan will include an analysis of area issues and assets, a community vision and goals, a market study, and a strategy to integrate land use, transportation and economic development. Planning strategies may include proposals to improve economic viability, land use regulations and site design standards for properties along selected area corridors, a transportation plan, public right-of-way design proposals that support driving, bicycling, and walking, and public project proposals.
PLANNING TIMELINE and EVENTS:
A first draft of the East Gateway Sector Development Plan will be ready for public review mid-to-late July 2009.If the plan requires only minimal changes, a final draft should be ready for review by the public and the Environmental Planning Commission in October 2009.
MAJOR PLANNING EVENTS TO-DATE:
1. August 2007 Project Scoping meetings, interviews, and focus groups at Singing Arrow Community Center and Manzano Mesa Multi-Generational Center
2. May 2008 Planning Kick-off Meeting at Manzano Mesa Multi-Generational Center
3. August 2008 three-day Planning Workshop at Four Hills Country Club
4. November 2008 Workshop Report Review held at East Gate Church
5. Winter and Spring 2009 meetings with neighborhoods and other groups.
REPORTS:
August 2008 Workshop Summary (published November 2008)
East Gateway Market Analysis (published August 2008)
East Gateway Sector Development Plan Kick-off Meeting Report (published August 2008)
Initiating the Albuquerque East Gateway Sector Development Plan - Scoping Report(published August 2007)
The Planning Team:The planning team was formed to address community issues identified during a series of meetings held with over 160 people from East Gateway on August 7-8, 2007.
The team consists of Paula Donahue (City of Albuquerque Planning Department and three consultant firms: Architectural Research Consultants Incorporated (ARC), Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, and Robert Charles Lesser and Company (RCLCO).
