On-Line Community Planning Survey

On-Line Community Planning Survey
Thank you for participating in this survey, which will help with the identification of issues to be addressed as Santa Fe County begins the General Plan update process and considers alternative land use goals, policies and implementation strategies. All information provided for this survey will be confidential and is provided for the sole use by the County for the Sustainable Growth Plan.

What is the Sustainable Growth Plan?

Santa Fe County is in the process of updating the County’s General Plan, adopted in 1999, with a Sustainable Growth Plan. The Sustainable Growth Plan is a guide to on-going growth and development for public and private decision-makers. The Plan identifies goals for the County, establishes policies to be used in making decisions, identifies what development types are appropriate for the County, and prioritizes implementation strategies. The Plan process will build on previous and on-going planning efforts in the County and will include many opportunities for public participation. This survey is an important first step in learning about the County’s vision, priorities and preferences for future growth.

Why Plan?

The purpose of planning is to protect and enhance the County’s quality of life. Through the planning process, County residents, business owners and community organizations can help shape the County’s land use pattern and establish preferred levels of service. A well-planned community provides for compatible land uses, efficient transportation networks, fiscal health and resource protection.

What topics will the Plan address?

The Plan will address land uses, economic development, housing, public facilities and services, transportation, community design, natural resources, historic and cultural resources, and intergovernmental cooperation, in addition to other key issues that are identified during the planning process.

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A note on privacy
A note on privacy
This survey is anonymous.
The record kept of your survey responses does not contain any identifying information about you unless a specific question in the survey has asked for this. If you have responded to a survey that used an identifying token to allow you to access the survey, you can rest assured that the identifying token is not kept with your responses. It is managed in a separate database, and will only be updated to indicate that you have (or haven't) completed this survey. There is no way of matching identification tokens with survey responses in this survey.

Section 1

Please fill out each box, with your top 3 answers, the first box being the the highest priority.

1 *What do you like most about living and/or working in Santa Fe County?

2 *What have been the three most important positive changes in Santa Fe County over the past few years?

3 *What three changes in Santa Fe County over the past few years concern you the most?

4 *What are three most important land use planning / growth management issues facing Santa Fe County today?

5 *What do you think makes a community? List the three most important components of a community in Santa Fe County.

Section 2

6 *How should the County plan for economic development?

Check any that apply

Encourage all economic development
Encourage community- or neighborhood-based commercial development
Encourage large scale corporate and chain (big box) commercial retail development
Encourage industrial development
Encourage environmentally-based businesses and development (such as eco-tourism or agriculture-related)
Encourage ‘new technology’ development
Encourage arts, cultural and recreational businesses
Encourage renewable energy development
Encourage development of clean and green technology
Encourage integrated and regional economic (public and private) partnerships
Other:

7 *How should the County plan for residential development?

Check any that apply

Encourage rural development
Encourage suburban development
Encourage multi-family rental development
Encourage multi-family owner-occupied development
Encourage compact residential neighborhood development
Encourage mixed-use neighborhood development
Encourage clustering and conservation subdivisions
Encourage workforce and affordable housing
Encourage ‘upper bracket’ and executive housing
Encourage senior housing
Other:

8 *How should the County plan for rural areas, environmental lands and open space?

Check any that apply

Limit development in rural areas to rural uses
Limit residential, commercial and industrial development to areas with available (existing or planned) infrastructure
Discourage small lot development in rural areas
Require clustering of residential and/or commercial structures to preserve open space and agricultural land
Require open space, parks, and/or trail dedications in all new development plans
Encourage development within or immediately adjacent to ‘communities’
Encourage development within or immediately adjacent to the cities of Santa Fe, Edgewood or Espanola
Other:

9 *The availability of adequate infrastructure (roads, water, sewer, utilities, schools, parks) should establish the timing and conditions under which development may be approved.

Choose one of the following answers

Agree
Disagree

10 *Infrastructure and services (such as water/sewer, roads, law enforcement and emergency services) to serve new development should be paid for:

Choose one of the following answers

By the new development that necessitates it (must be paid for or installed by the developer for development approval)
By new development and existing residents (developer installs or pays for partial facilities, general taxes (property, sales, etc.) supplement costs)
By existing residents (general taxes (property, sales, etc.) pay for all improvements)

11 *Briefly describe your vision for Santa Fe County as you would like to see it in 20 years.

12 Get Involved

If you would like to be notified about meetings and workshops to participate in the planning process, please provide the following:

Name
Email