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West Route 66 SDP

Contact: Carol Toffaleti: 505-924-3345

Contact: Carol Toffaleti, Senior Planner – tel 505-924-3345 – fax 505-924-3339

Overview

In September 2010 Councilors Ken Sanchez and Isaac Benton, and the City of Albuquerque Planning Department launched an update of this sector development plan, originally adopted in 1987. The existing plan area is essentially a corridor and the adjacent properties along West Central Avenue that extend from the Rio Grande River to I-40, a stretch of almost 7 miles. The new plan area extends from around 106th Street (the county line) to Rio Grande Boulevard.

The new draft plan contains goals, policies, regulations and recommendations for land use and zoning, transportation, parks, trails, city services and infrastructure. Together they aim to fulfill West Central’s potential as a full-service, multi-modal destination for residents and visitors.  The plan was developed with input from residents, business- and property-owners during the year and a half long planning process, and reflects current city policy, existing conditions and other projects affecting the corridor.

The West Route 66 planning team comprises Council and Planning Department staff and consultant Strata Design.

Bernalillo County has launched its own planning effort for the remainder of the corridor, extending to I-40. For more information, contact Enrico Gradi, Community Development, Manager, Bernalillo County, 505-314-0385.

Update - April 22, 2013

City Council staff intends to recommend that the West Route 66 Sector Development Plan (R-12-122) be placed on the agenda for the June 12, 2013 Land Use, Planning and Zoning (LUPZ) Committee hearing. The final agenda is set by the LUPZ chair.  This project site will be updated in due course with confirmation or any change to the tentative schedule. Property owners, neighborhood representatives and other interested parties on record in this matter will receive mailed notification of the first LUPZ hearing, once it is officially scheduled.

LUPZ typically hears a sector development plan twice before making a recommendation and returning it to Council for their review and final decision.

For information about the content of the WR66SDP, contact: Carol Toffaleti, Planning Department, 505-924-3345.

For information about the Council and LUPZ schedule and review process, contact: Crystal Ortega, Clerk of the Council.

Opportunities for Review and Comment

The public is encouraged to attend the LUPZ and Council hearings.  The public, city staff and agencies may also present comments verbally at hearings and/or in writing by sending them to the clerk of the Council for inclusion in the file.  Written comments may be submitted up to two weeks prior to the next public hearing for inclusion in staff reports.  Written comments may also be submitted in person the day of a hearing for consideration by LUPZ or Council. Comments received after a public hearing will be included in the case file to be considered at the next step in the review process.

  • US Mail: Crystal Ortega, Clerk of the Council, City of Albuquerque City Council, P.O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, NM 87103

EPC Documents

Attachments to the November 1, 2012 staff report:

Matrix of Comments and Responses

      Red-Line of Chapter 4 – Zoning and Development Regulations


        The two appeals regarding the project, (AC-12-14) and (AC-12-15), have been resolved.  The Council accepted the City’s Land Use Hearing Officer (LUHO) recommendations and denied the appeals.

        The public EPC  file, including all public comments on the plan, can be viewed at the Planning Department.

                Draft West Route 66 Sector Development Plan (2.23.12 EPC)

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                Entire Document:

              • WR66 draft plan 2-23-12 (181 pages) [pdf, 36.3MB]

                • Chapters:

                Elements:

                Hard copies are available from the Planning Department, third floor, Plaza del Sol, 600 Second Street NW. Contact Madeline Carruthers, EPC Board Secretary at 505-924-3889.

                In addition to the new West Route 66 SDP, the EPC application (Project #1009157) includes related requests to adjust the boundaries of the Tower Unser, Old Town and Huning Castle - Raynolds Addition Sector Development Plans (see below) and certain activity center designations in the West Side Strategic Plan (see WR66 Activity Centers above)

                Community Planning Process

                The West Route 66 project team presented a Working Draft of the new plan at a Community meeting on October 25, 2011 attended by property-owners, residents and other stakeholders in the future of West Central Ave.

                The community Liaison Committee met over summer 2011 to give feedback to the project team for modifying and developing zoning, and making recommendations on transportation and other elements in the new plan. The committee included neighborhood representatives, business- and property-owners. MRCOG Transportation Planning staff and the Director of ABQ Ride also gave presentations on traffic forecasts and a potential Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the West Central corridor. See hand-outs and notes below.

                A Community meeting to present Options for Implementation took place on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Below are the strategies that the city project team proposed for the corridor at the meeting and a summary of the discussion:

                A Community meeting to present the Outcomes of the three Visioning Workshops took place on February 15, 2011:

                Materials from December 7, 2010 East Extension Listening & Visioning Meeting:

                Notes from October 26, 2010 Listening Meeting [pdf, 101KB]

                Notes from October 5, 2010 Listening Meeting [pdf 77KB]


                Handouts from September 7, 2010 Community Kick-Off Meeting:

                 

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