County staff presented an updated Fairmont neighborhood plan — a sub-area update to the county’s broader planning work — and asked the committee to review the draft and circulate it to other county board members for comment before a 30-day public comment period.

Nicholas Hernandez (planning staff) said the original Fairmont plan was prepared in 2012 with implementation updates in 2014; the new update incorporates nearly two years of outreach, survey results, and community meetings. Staff summarized priorities emerging from outreach: redevelop vacant residential parcels, address housing quality and quantity, and preserve parks and environmental features. The update also adds new objectives on beautification, community engagement, improved information dissemination, and monitoring utilities.

Staff provided a timeline of outreach activities and said the next steps are continued community engagement, a 30-day public comment period, and then submission to the full county board for adoption. Committee members asked that the plan document be emailed and attached to committee agendas for review. Members and staff noted the update will support grant applications and implementation work — for example, sidewalk, safe-routes, and sewer improvements previously pursued in Fairmont and similar sub-area plans for other neighborhoods such as Preston Heights.

The committee did not vote on the plan at the meeting; staff requested the committee’s feedback and asked members to share the document with other board members ahead of the public comment period and county-board consideration.