Town of Snowflake General Plan 2022
Upfront Planning worked with the Town Staff and General Plan Advisory Committee to update the General Plan and create new maps for the community to further document the land uses, growth areas, circulation system and open space areas. Jessica worked on the entire Plan update and the plan was successfully adopted by Council in February of 2022
Yavapai County Comprehensive Plan 2032
2023 AZAPA Honorable Mention for Best Public Outreach
Upfront Planning was called in to assist staff with the ongoing Comprehensive Plan Update and keep the timeline on track for Board Approval. Upfront worked with Yavapai community members and staff on ensuring all public comments were addressed and documented as well as survey results evaluated to determine the best approach for the new Land Use Map and Growth Areas Map. Additionally Upfront attended all CPAC meetings and presented the findings of the public outreach to the Planning Commission and Supervisors and worked on the element drafts and revisions for the update. The Plan was successfully adoped by the Yavapai BOS in March of 2023.
Town of Clifton General Plan Update, Clifton, AZ
Project Description: Jessica was the first Project Manager for the first Clifton General Plan. Jessica worked closely with Town staff, Town Council and the business community to put together the Town’s first ever General Plan while also incorporating the nearby and partially incorporated Morenci Mine and Freeport McMoran operations. She coordinated the Public participation plan and collected comments and responses with her Project Team. The Clifton General Plan Update was a very hand on and personal project for the Town staff and its residents and the project team ensured that it reflected the desires of the Town and provided tools to help the Town grow into the future.
City of Maricopa Subdivision Code Update, AZ
Project Description: Jessica was the project manager for this code update for the City and worked with the City Project Manager throughout the process. This project was an all-encompassing update of the Subdivision Code as well as an update to the City Zoning Code and a coordination with an update to the Engineering Design Guidelines. The City of Maricopa upon incorporation in 2003, adopted several codes from Pinal County that were adopted without modification to better fir the growing city or updates to current development standards. Since then Pinal County has updated their own codes and standards while the City of Maricopa was often still using the old codes.
The Project Team worked with city staff, a steering committee, stakeholders and the public to provide an update to the Subdivision Code to come in line with today’s standards and future design opportunities. With this came the need to also provide Zoning Code updates and definition updates and additions to ensure that the codes and policies of the City worked together and not against each other.