NE Valley Times

The Scottsdale General Plan Update Citizen Review Committee and city staff officials aren't going to allow the COVID-19 crisis to hinder their planning and reviewing of the municipality’s future guiding document, according to the Scottsdale Independent.

The Scottsdale Independent reports that The City of Scottsdale hasn't updated its General Plan in almost two decades. The general planning document is designed to demonstrate how future development plans should come to fruition. 

The guidelines are paramount as Scottsdale rapidly approaches "build-out," both elected and senior planning staff confirm.

The General Plan Update Citizen Review Commission will discuss and review the 2035 General Plan. Officials contend that this is the initial step before the final report is moved through the public forum.

Adam Yaron, project coordination liaison for Scottsdale, replied to an email from the Scottsdale Independent stating that there won't be a link for citizens to attend the online meeting. However, Yaron said citizens and business owners can view upcoming meeting material.

“Although there will not be a link to attend the online meeting itself, it is intended that all members of the public – residents, business stakeholders, and City Council members alike – may stay involved in reviewing upcoming meeting materials and/or reviewing the verbatim screenshots of what occurred at a meeting so as to submit their comments online (similar online forum as the Council meeting process is using) for the CRC to view and ‘discuss’ in written format online,” Yaron stated in the email.

In the email, Yaron added a special note saying the CRC will be giving feedback on the draft 2035 Plan content itself.

“Please note, the CRC will be providing feedback on the draft 2035 Plan content in these online forums, and staff will be mocking up the suggested feedback into the draft plan,” Yaron wrote. “However, the actual CRC vote on plan content will not occur until December 2020, in hopes that we will be back to more normal, in-person public meetings by that time.”