The Santa Fe Planning Commission on Oct. 2 approved its agenda and voted to postpone several contested land‑use cases, scheduling three substantial matters for Oct. 16 and moving a larger group to Nov. 6. The commission also approved findings and conclusions for two previously heard cases.

Why it matters: Rescheduling affects when applicants and members of the public can present testimony and when the commission can make recommendations to the governing body. The Oct. 16 date was chosen in part to allow training and staff presentations, and Nov. 6 was selected to accommodate the number and complexity of cases.

Postponements: A motion (text read into the record) moved three cases — two Bolin Lane cases (case numbers read on the record) and the 7205 Plaza Central development plan — onto the Oct. 16 agenda and moved multiple other preliminary subdivision and development cases to the Nov. 6 hearing calendar. The commission then completed a roll‑call vote and the motion passed. The transcript records commissioners responding in the roll call with “Yes” across the board, and the chair announcing the motion as passed.

Approvals of findings and conclusions: The commission approved findings and conclusions of law for case 202510781195 (Brownell Howland Road variance request) and for case 20248195 (1625 Paseo De Peralta, Albert Inn development plan). For the Brownell/Howland Road variance, the roll call recorded multiple votes of “Yes” and at least two abstentions recorded in the transcript (Commissioner Barber and Commissioner Embree were recorded as abstaining/not present for that vote); the motion passed. For the 1625 Paseo De Peralta item, the commission likewise approved the findings; the transcript shows some members abstaining because they were not present at the underlying hearing, and the motion ultimately passed after clarification from a commissioner who said they had reviewed the materials and voted yes.

Agenda approval: At the start of the meeting the commission approved the agenda by voice/roll‑call, with commissioners recorded as voting yes; the chair announced the agenda approved.

What the record shows: All formal actions and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript were: agenda approved; postponement motion approved (Oct. 16 and Nov. 6 scheduling); findings and conclusions approved for the Brownell Howland Road variance and the 1625 Paseo De Peralta development plan. The transcript includes the explicit case numbers read into the record during the postponement motion and the findings approvals; staff and commissioners noted that minutes and findings would be posted in subsequent packets.

No final land‑use recommendations to the governing body were made on new cases during this meeting; the postponement action schedules those hearings for future dates.