City Council

AGENDA GALLUP CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JOINT WORK SESSION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023; 4:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS GALLLUP CITY HALL, 110 WEST AZTEC AVENUE The meeting will be accessible through the City of Gallup’s Facebook Page: City of Gallup, New Mexico Government - Home | Facebook A. Roll Call B. Work Session 1. Growth Management Master Plan Update – C.B. Strain, Planning and Development Director C. Adjourn Pursuant to the “Open Meetings Act”, NMSA 1978, Section 10-15-1 through 10-15-4 of the State of New Mexico, this Agenda was posted at a place freely accessible to the public 72 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting.  PHASE 3 OUTREACH SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING PRESENTATION AGENDA 1. Project Overview / Update 2. Public Outreach Overview 3. Vision Presentation • Vision Statement • Guiding Principles • Future Vision Map • Development Characteristics • Annexation Priorities 4. Next Steps SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING What is the Growth Management Master Plan? The Growth Management Master (GMMP) is a planning document that provides guidance for how the City should develop in the next 20 years. Plan provides: • Snapshot of the existing conditions • Overview of issues and trends • Background of Gallup’s history in background • Analysis of demographics • Sets the overall vision of Gallup • Provides a realistic action plan through specific goals and policies SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Update Process / Schedule Visioning Phase Goal is to set the vision for future growth, goals and policies Present Vision to P/Z& Council Sep 12th We are here SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING PUBLIC OUTREACH SUMMARY Public Overview 1. Focus Groups March 2023 2. Visioning Summer 2023 SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Community Visioning SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING VISION OVERVIEW Vision Statement Proposed vision statement based on public outreach: “Gallup engages the diverse community to achieve a vibrant, safe, healthy, and prosperous future which honors the community’s culture and heritage.” SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Guiding Principles The guiding principles represent the themes and values voiced by the community during outreach events and community survey conducted during the Summer of 2023. The six principles described the values and aspirations for Gallup’s future over the next 20 years. SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING What is a Growth Strategy? A growth strategy... • establishes where residential, commercial, and industrial development • shapes the types and location of new housing (apartments, townhouses, detached homes) across the city. • guides where the City makes new investments, such as transit service, to support growing neighborhoods. • shape future changes to the City’s zoning and development regulations, which specify the types and scale of buildings allowed in different areas. • serves as a blueprint for future development also informs how and where the City invests in community amenities and anti-displacement measures SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Gallup Future Land Use Map • Gallup GMMP currently doesn’t have a • Closest map is the future land vision statement or a true growth use map strategy SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Vision Map Vision map methodology: • establish development character on a transect from rural to urban • Commercial along major roadways (arterials / collectors) • Housing beyond • provide guidance for land use, appropriate zoning districts and development patters within each character area • look for opportunities to leverage city resources / infrastructure to provide employment and housing opportunities • Through allowances for mixed use centers and corridors • “placemaking” or the concept of creating targeted destinations in which people want to spend time / reside SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Vision Map SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Development Contexts SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Development Characteristics Open Space Reserve Rural Description: Description: Open Space Reserves are lands designated for the natural Rural development areas are lands designated for limited protection or conservation of natural or cultural resources, resource extraction, agricultural and commercial related wildlife and native plant habitat, and/or scenic and activities and low-density residential development aesthetic viewsheds. Open Space Reserves shall remain characterized by large lots. Rural development areas are primarily undeveloped. characterized by scattered, isolated developments that are generally self-sufficient. Representative Land Uses: Representative Land Uses: • Open space preserves or similar areas • Natural areas and general open space • Environmentally sensitive areas such as old mines or steep terrain • Resource extraction activities • Arroyos and drainage channels • Agricultural or ranch lands Representative Zoning: • Single-family detached dwellings • Rural Holding Zone Representative Zoning: • Rural Residential (RR) • Mobile Home Park (MHP) • General Commercial (GC) • Planned Unit Development (PUD) SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Development Characteristics Suburban Neighborhood Suburban Commercial Description: Description: Suburban neighborhoods provide a variety of housing Suburban commercial areas provide a variety of lower options ranging from single-family detached and attached, intensity commercial, retail, and office that serve nearby on a variety of lot sizes and dimensions along with two- residential suburban neighborhoods. family dwellings and low-density apartments. Representative Land Uses / Zoning: Representative Land Uses: • Neighborhood serving commercial services • Single-family dwellings, detached and attached • Civic and institutional uses • Low-density multi-family residential Representative Zoning: Representative Zoning: • General Commercial (GC) • Single-Family Residential, Detached (SFR) • Multi-family Residential, Low (MFRL) • Planned Unit Development (PUD) SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Development Characteristics Regional Commercial Business/Industrial Description: Description: Regional commercial areas are lands designated for large Business and Industrial are areas designated for retail and professional service uses on a scale and character concentrations of a wide range of non-residential uses. to serve as a citywide and regional draw. Representative Land Uses / Zoning: Representative Land Uses / Zoning: • Professional office • General retail sales and services, often located in multi- tenant shopping centers or malls • Research and development • Hotels and restaurants • Limited commercial services • Professional offices • Transportation related uses • Civic and institutional uses • Utility related uses Representative Zoning: • Warehousing and Manufacturing • Heavy Commercial (HC) Representative Zoning: • General Commercial (GC) • Heavy Commercial (HC) • Industrial (I) SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Development Characteristics Civic/Institutional Urban Neighborhood Description: Description: Civic and Institutional areas are designated for large public Urban neighborhoods provide a variety of housing or private facilities such as school campuses, colleges, options ranging from single-family to low-to-medium community centers, libraries, government buildings, and multi-family options within many of the City’s historic any associated park or open space. residential neighborhoods near Downtown. Representative Land Uses: Representative Land Uses: • K-12 educational facilities • Single-family dwellings, detached and attached • Higher education facilities • Low-to-medium density multi-family residential • Community facilities • Neighborhood serving office and commercial uses • Government facilities Representative Zoning: • Religious institutions • Mixed-Use Neighborhood (MXN) Representative Zoning: • Multi-Family Residential Medium (MFRM) • General Commercial (GC) • Multi-Family Residential High (MFRH) • Heavy Commercial (HC) SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Development Characteristics Downtown District Description: Downtown is designated for a mix of high-intensity residential and destination retail uses that are intended to create and energized environment to live, work, and play. Representative Land Uses: • High-density multi-family uses • Civic and institutional uses • Commercial, lodging, and retail uses Representative Zoning: • Mixed-Use Center (MXC) SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Mixed-use Overlays SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Mixed-use Overlay Characteristics Neighborhood Center Regional Employment Center Description: Description: Neighborhood centers include a mix of low to medium-density Regional Employment Center areas designated for multi-family residential and neighborhood serving commercial concentrations of a wide range of non-residential uses in services that support the surrounding residential neighborhoods. campus-like environment. Representative Land Uses: Representative Land Uses: • Low to medium multi-family residential • Professional office • Commercial services • Research and development • Civic and institutional facilities • Limited commercial services Future Development Pattern Considerations: • Transportation related uses • Preserve major street corridors through centers and • Warehousing and Manufacturing development sites to provide for future street extensions that create and maintain small block sizes Future Development Pattern Considerations: • Ensure adequate provisions for a system of convenient • Preserve major street corridors through centers and pedestrian pathways and sidewalks and bicycle facilities to development sites to provide for future street extensions that and within the center create and maintain small block sizes • Promote buildings and massing within the center that • Ensure adequate provisions for a system of convenient complement adjacent suburban neighborhoods pedestrian pathways and sidewalks and bicycle facilities to and within the center • Transition non-residential land uses and development scale from residential areas based on potential building size, trip • Transition non-residential land uses and development scale generation, and anticipated hours of operation from residential areas based on potential building size, trip generation, and anticipated hours of operation SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Mixed-use Overlay Characteristics Regional Town Centers Diagram Regional Town Center Description: Town Centers designated to include a mix of high-density multi- family residential, civic, and institutional and non-residential uses that collectively create a vibrant activity center. Representative Land Uses: • General retail sales and services, often located in multi-tenant shopping centers • Hotels and restaurants • Professional offices • Civic and institutional uses • High-density multi-family Future Development Pattern Considerations: • Preserve major street corridors through centers and development sites to provide for future street extensions that create and maintain small block sizes • Ensure adequate provisions for a system of convenient pedestrian pathways and sidewalks and bicycle facilities to and within the center • Transition non-residential land uses and development scale from residential areas based on potential building size, trip generation, and anticipated hours of operation SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Regional Town Centers Northside Regional Town Center Eastside Regional Town Center SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Regional Town Centers Westside Regional Town Center Southside Regional Town Center SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Mixed-use Overlay Characteristics Downtown Center Mixed-Use Corridor Description: Description: Downtown is the premier destination designated for a mix of high- Mixed-Use Corridors are designated to support a mix of medium to intensity residential, destination retail, and civic and institutional uses high multi-family residential and commercial land uses along that are intended to create an energized environment to live, work, designated streets like Route 66. This place type mimics the built and play. environment of a central business district or other mixed-use activity centers by combining residential and non-residential land uses within Representative Land Uses: buildings or on shared parcels, but arranges such uses in a linear manner along the street. • High-density multi-family uses Representative Land Uses: • Civic and institutional uses • Medium-to-high density multi-family uses • Commercial, lodging, and retail uses • Civic and institutional uses Future Development Pattern Considerations: • Commercial, lodging, and retail uses • Maintain and promote street grid interconnectivity within downtown Future Development Pattern Considerations : • Create and maintain small block sizes • Prioritize wide pedestrian sidewalks and the inclusion of bicycle facilities • Prioritize pedestrian facilities and amenities within the design of within designated mixed-use streets downtown streets, between, and among developments • Limit curb cuts to minimize disruptions to pedestrians and bicyclists • Ensure mixed-use developments are site directly adjacent to street frontage with shallow building setbacks • Ensure mixed-use developments are sited directly adjacent to street frontage with shallow building setbacks • Conceal parking areas behind buildings and within structures • Encourage building and site design that activates the street corridor • Encourage building and site design that activates downtown streets through building frontage, entrances, parking areas, and gathering spaces through building frontage, entrances, parking areas, and gathering spaces SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Annexation Priorities SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Annexation Priorities Annexation Priority 1 Annexation Priority 2 Annexation Priority 3 Description: Description: Description: Lands generally have basic Lands considered potentially Lands are generally regarded as infrastructure in place and, developable for City expansion undevelopable due to physical subject to available service but are not readily serviceable or conditions, ownership patterns, capacities, may be suited for accessible. The feasibility and or high infrastructure costs. They annexation. Annexation of these time frame for providing services should not be considered for areas may occur within the next and access should be examined annexation except to provide a 5 to 10 years. closely as part of an annexation transitional buffer for developed request. Annexation of these areas or lands designated in areas would not likely occur in annexation priority 1 or 2 areas, or the near future. Annexation may to encourage continuity for City occur within 10 to 20 years if growth or access to areas adequate infrastructure is necessary for proper City growth. extended. Annexation of these areas is not likely within the next 20 years, but may occur in the future. SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING NEXT STEPS NEXT STEPS • Present Vision to P/Z& Council Sep 12th • 90% GMMP draft to be released in early Nov, will include a series of open houses to present and get feedback and proposed goals / policies SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING Stay involved by checking out our website! gallupgmmp2023.mysocialpinpoint.com Provide Input on the maps SEPTEMBER 2023 VISIONING