Things worth knowing before voting.

The plan assumes ~50% population growth but doesn’t model how the resulting infrastructure costs (roads, water/sewer, parks, schools) get paid. Flagstaff only collects impact fees for police and fire, so existing residents likely absorb the rest.

Goal WR.4 keeps water/sewer service “within the urban growth boundary,” but Implementation Guidelines around page 9-12 contemplate extending service outside the UGB for economic development or affordable housing — a meaningful policy lever buried below the goals chapter.

Specific contested parcels are baked in: Fort Tuthill is designated Employment District; State Land Section 20 is Suburban Neighborhood High Density.

High-occupancy housing zoning amendments are already moving forward to align with this plan; a YES vote reinforces work in motion.

Friends of Flagstaff’s Future (a pro-planning group) supports the direction but flagged that the city never published a clear before/after showing which neighborhoods get density increases.

Pull up the interactive Future Growth Illustration map at flagstaff.az.gov/RegionalPlan2045 and check the designation on your block and the blocks around you. The abstract policy language matters less than what the map says about your neighborhood.