September ’23 Member Resource & Events Newsletter

Your Association Working for YOU!

Members and Friends of the Association,

In the afterglow of another successful Parade of Homes, our team took a quick breath and dived back into the issues impacting our home building and construction industry.

Irons in the Fire! We’re meeting with leadership at the City of Santa Fe leadership to push for greater efficiency in the land use and planning systems, high-level meetings take place each week at the State level to craft legislation and negotiate code adoption wording that addresses soaring construction and development costs while increasing home performance and quality at the same time, and we continue to forge relationships with schools and organizations to grow the next generation of skilled labor!

In this Newsletter

• SAVE $150 by registering this month for The 2024 NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) – returning to Las Vegas, February 27 – February 29, 2024!
• How Will We Build Santa Fe in the Future? Chapter 14 Rewrite [Assessment Report] Drops HERE  with Public Meetings Coming Up Sept 20 & 21. See notes on our Association’s recommendations HERE [PDF].
  
• Your Membership Pays You! Check out NAHB Member Savings Programs
  
• RSVP for 9/21 Luncheon on Significant Changes to Residential Building Codes – City of Santa Fe Code Officials present
• Sink the Shot & WIN A Capitol Ford TRUCK! Join us for our 30th Annual Golf Tournament on October 6th
• Low and No Cost Trades Education and Safety Classes for you and your employees – Check out OSHA Classes, Trades Skills Classes and more with our  partners. LINKS here: Santa Fe Community College and Builders Trust!

Open House Sept. 20 & Planning Commission Meeting Sept. 21
Planning and Land Use Host Public Meetings for the Land Development Code Assessment Report

Members of the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association are participating on the Technical Advisory Working Group for rewriting Santa Fe’s long-range development code. Earlier this year, members compiled and submitted THESE NOTES for RECOMMENDED edits to Chapter 14. The initial REPORT releases tomorrow and we wait with bated breath to see if the builder community recommendations will make the cut.

WE NEED MEMBERS TO ATTEND as the City of Santa Fe’s Planning and Land Use Department hosts an open house and Planning Commission meeting for the release of the Santa Fe Land Use Development Code Update project’s Assessment Report. There will be an open house Wednesday, September 20 at the Southside Library from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and a Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, September 21 at City Hall in the Council Chambers from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Assessment Report catalogs recommendations from staff and the public for changes to Chapter 14 of the code and presents the recommendations in narrative form along with a proposed outline for a new code structure. A public draft of the report will be released on Friday, September 15th, and will be hosted on the project website.

The meetings will provide an opportunity for community members hear a presentation from the project team summarizing the Assessment Report and provide feedback on the Assessment Report’s recommendations. City of Santa Fe Planning and Land Use Department and Clarion Associates staff will be in attendance, and refreshments and Spanish Interpretation services will be provided. The Planning Commission meeting on September 21st will be streamed live on the City’s YouTube Channel.

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