Flagstaff Regional Plan 2012
The Regional Plan is your plan for our town.
The Flagstaff Regional Plan is a development and preservation guide for the City and its surrounding region. The plan contains 22 elements that are divided into the three sections noted below. The Citizens Advisory Committee and the Core Planning Team carefully analyze each element and develop goals based upon public input and research. These goals and policies for all of the elements will be formally adopted by the Coconino County Board of Supervisors and Flagstaff City Council before being ratified by the voters in 2012. The Regional Plan team, citizens, planners and county/city staff, are approximately 18 months into a 36 month process.
Vision
The Greater Flagstaff community embraces the region’s extraordinary cultural and ecological setting on the Colorado Plateau through active stewardship of the natural and built environments. Residents and visitors encourage and advance intellectual, environmental, social and economic vitality for today’s citizens and future generations.
Vision and Guiding Principles ppt. (March 2010)
Guiding Principles
- Embrace Sustainability: environmental, economic, cultural and social sustainability is fundamental to ensuring that present actions continue the basis for future health and prosperity.
- Nurture healthy ecosystems: natural environmental health is inherent to individual and community health.
- Pursue smart growth through quality development: smart land use and design based upon cohesive communities are respectful of our environment and create efficiencies that benefit community health, social interaction, commerce, and infrastructure.
- Promote a resilient, year-round economy: capitalization on the innovative spirit that exists in the community supports the human, financial and capital infrastructure needed for a sustainable and diverse economy.
- Preserve unique sense of place and community: regional growth occurs in harmony with the community's historical character, unique cultural resources and its natural environment.
- Social equity & opportunity: all residents should be assured equal opportunities for a range of choices in housing, employment, education, health, safety and devotion.
- Expect an accountable and responsible community: regional community leaders, commerce and residents expect nothing but best efforts by all, transparency and respect of each other in pursuit of our community vision.
- Partnerships: regional partnerships are necessary to create a strong community while protecting the environment and achieving our common goals.
The Plan Focuses on 3 Broad Sections
- Community Character: (Neighborhood Preservation & Revitalization, Redevelopment, Recreation, Public Services & Facilities, Public Buildings, Safety, & Urban Design)
Upcoming Events
- The CAC Meetings are on HIATUS until June, 2012. From January - May, 2012, various WORKING GROUPS will be drafting the remaining elements of:
- Economic Development & Cost of Development- 2/7/12 - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. - Council Conference Room (first floor), City Hall
- Circulation and Bicycles- 2/9/12 - 3:30 to 5 p.m. - Finance Conference Room (second floor), City Hall
- Public Facilities, Services and Safety - 2/16/12 - NOON to 1:30 - Staff Conference Room (second floor) City Hall
- Development Scenarios - Land Use & Growth Areas - 2/15/12 - 4 to 5 p.m. Finance Conference Room (second floor) City Hall
- See the SCHEDULE for when the WORKING GROUPS are meeting.
- The DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS will inform and help develop Land Use, Growth Areas, Circulation and Economic Development.
Current Regional Plan (2001) and Maps
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