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Accomplishments to DatePlanning Process Timeline
December 2002: The Board of Santa Fe County Commissioners approved through Resolution No. 2002-163, the initiation of the community planning process for the Traditional Communities of Pojoaque Valley: Cuyamungue, El Rancho, Jacona, Jaconita, Nambé and Pojoaque. January 2003: First Official Planning Committee meeting held March 2003: Identified Key Community Issues March 2003: Gerald Gonzales, County Manager, extended a formal letter of invitation to participate in the planning process to Tribal Governors of Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Nambe, Pojoaque and Tesuque on March 11, 2003. April 2003: The Pojoaque Valley Planning Committee Members (Chairman, Advisor, and Spokesman) attended the Annual Tribal Summit on April 9, 2003 where they approached the individual Pueblo Governors and requested their Pueblos participation in their community planning effort. April – June 2003: Vision and Mission Statement development July - Aug 2003: Vision and Mission completed and translated to Spanish September 2003: Tribal Summit with Pojoaque Valley Pueblos held to discuss the role and goals of the Pojoaque Valley Planning Committee. Oct 2003 - Jan 2004: Internal and External Analyses started May - Dec 2004: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analyses started and completed. SWOT analyses were done for the following themes: Acequias, Agriculture, Roads and Circulation, History and Culture, Open Space, Economic Development, Water, and Wastewater. January – Feb 2005: Focus groups conducted and an informal survey was created February 2005: Community-wide Forum held on February 26th to get feedback from the greater community about the issues and topics the committee felt were important March – April 2005: Consolidated SWOTS and community feedback to create the Principles and Challenges working draft; the outline for an eventual community strategic plan. May 2005: Tribal Leadership Meetings held with the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and Tesuque June – July 2005: Committee worked on Action Plans for each of the themes taken from the Principles and Challenges document. August 2005: A 2nd Community-Wide Forum was held on August 27th to present the final Action Plans to the community to see if the Committee captured most of the important issues and topics affecting the Traditional Communities. This was also an opportunity to figure out what areas will need more refining – ie) Land Use issues concerning density, family transfers, and boundary issues. September 2005: Recap of the Community-Wide Forum and Action Plans; Opportunity to start planning for the next steps to be taken on specific projects. Presentation to the PV Board took place on September 28th. Oct – Nov 2005: Hold Land Use Clarification Discussions to get a better grasp on the Land Use Code as it pertains to the Traditional Communities in the Valley. December 2005: Conduct Focus Groups in the various Traditional Community neighborhoods concerning Land Use issues, and clarification of Traditional Community Land Use regulations. Put the final draft together to be presented to BCC. January 2006: Continued working on clarifying potential commercial/mixed use districts; had discussions about including other areas of the Valley into the Traditional Boundary – like the southern portion of Cuyamungue and parts of the Jacona Land Grant Feb - April 2006: Revised the Land Use Table that determines appropriate permitted land uses in Valley July 2006: 3rd Community-wide Forum tentatively scheduled for the end of July August 2006: Final Community Strategic Plan to be presented at the first public hearing for the BCC |
November 2002: First initial meeting to see if Traditional Communities wanted to move forward with a community plan.
