AGENDA
CITY OF WATSONVILLE
SPECIAL JOINT COUNCIL, SUCCESSOR HOUSING AGENCY,
& SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEETING
Working with our community to create positive impact through service with heart.
Values: Teamwork, Integrity, Honesty, Service and Respect Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, Mayor, District 2
Maria Orozco, Mayor Pro Tempore, District 3
Eduardo Montesino, Council Member, District 1
Kristal Salcido, Council Member, District 4
Casey K. Clark, Council Member, District 5
Jimmy Dutra, Council Member, District 6
Ari Parker, Council Member, District 7
Rene Mendez, City Manager
Samantha W. Zutler, City Attorney
Irwin I. Ortiz, City Clerk
Location:
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Watsonville, CA 95076
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AGENDA
CITY OF WATSONVILLE
SPECIAL JOINT COUNCIL, SUCCESSOR HOUSING AGENCY, &
SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEETING
City of Watsonville
Community Rooms
275 Main Street, Top Floor
Watsonville, CA 95076
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 9:00 a.m.
Pages
1. ROLL CALL
2. NEW BUSINESS
2.a GENERAL PLAN WORKSHOP 2
Workshop Regarding 2050 General Plan Background, Approval Process, Guiding Principles, and Growth Options
3. EMERGENCY ITEMS ADDED TO AGENDA
4. ADJOURNMENT
This agenda was posted in accordance with the California Ralph M. Brown Act. The agenda packet can be accessed on the City of Watsonville website at https://www.cityofwatsonville.org/2123/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes and is available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office (275 Main Street, 4th Floor) during normal business hours). Any materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after the distribution of the agenda packet will be made available to the public in accordance with Government Section 54957.5.
Planning Framework
and Growth Alternatives
Council Retreat | Civic Plaza Community Room | February 10, 2024
AGENDA
9:00 AM Welcome and Orientation
9:15 AM General Plan Overview
9:30 AM Planning Areas & Considerations
9:50 AM Interactive Activity: Planning Area Exploration 10:40 AM Break
10:50 AM Future Growth Scenarios Presentation
11:00 AM Interactive Activity: Growth Scenarios
11:50 AM Council Discussion
12:20 PM Summary and Next Steps
2
GENERAL PLAN
UPDATE OVERVIEW
WHAT IS A GENERAL PLAN?
• Comprehensive, long-term, community-based
plan
• Guides city’s future growth and change
• Required by State of California law
• Establishes vision, goals, policies, and
implementation actions to guide the community
through future change
• Must be updated periodically, although no set
update timetable (every 10-20 years typically)
4
GENERAL PLAN 2050 WILL INCLUDE:
ELEMENTS or “CHAPTERS”:
• Land Use & Community Design
• Transportation, Connectivity & Access
• Public Services & Infrastructure
• Airport Land Use
• Safety/Public Hazards
• Environmental Resource Management
• Housing
• Economic Development KEY TOPICS/THEMES:
• Environmental Justice
• Climate Action & Adaptation
• Recreation, Parks & Open Space
• Historic Resources
5
6 DISCOVERY
Spring 2023
Analysis, Engagement
Discovery Workshop
Pop-Ups & Meetings
CAC Meetings
ALTERNATIVES
Summer/Fall 2023
Vision & Plan Alternatives
More Engagement!
PUBLIC REVIEW
Winter 2024-25
Public Review
Revisions
Adoption
Spring 2025
Public Hearings
& Adoption
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
Winter 2023-24
Preferred Alternative
More Engagement!
Preferred Alternative
Workshop
WE ARE
HERE
PLAN PREPARATION
Spring - Fall 2024
Prepare GP and GPEIR
More Collaboration,
Engagement, and
Consultation
PROJECT SCHEDULE
7 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Project Website Online Surveys Social media
Pop-Up Events Community Workshops Community Advisory Committee
8 • February 2023-August 2023
DISCOVERY PHASE OUTREACH
WHAT WE HEARD /
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
10 “Watsonville can do and needs to do better with
affordable housing especially for workforce, supportive housing, seniors, and people with disabilities.”
“Watsonville is such a nice town but so much of what
we need/seek is outside of this town. I would rather
shop here, but can’t because we don’t have it!”
“My vision is one of a clean well-maintained
Watsonville with vibrant cultural murals, clean
parks, new green spaces, outdoor exercise areas…
“Let's plan a Watsonville future that is inclusive and updated, yet respects Watsonville's small-town character and rural setting, especially protecting open lands and the slough areas.”
“I'd like to see more visible, intentional centering of racial and social identity equity in the next General Plan.”
11 “My vision of Watsonville is that of a safe place to live with well maintained roads and cleanliness. A place of
history, art, music and culture. Lots of outdoor activities and evening entertainment. Maintain our agriculture/
farms and access to fresh local produce.”
“Easier access to places the kids can go and be
kids. Programs for the youth to be better and not
have the need to associate with gangs.”
“We need to utilize existing vacant and
underutilized areas for housing. We can build up
instead of out. Sprawl creates many problems.”
“I would love to see more transit and better
connectivity between Watsonville and Santa
Cruz and Salinas and even the Bay Area.”
12 “Roads should be driveable and safe for
drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.”
“As a young professional…I want more jobs for
people my age within the city.”
“More economic development for
our small business community.”
“All parts of
Watsonville being
healthy and lively.”
“I love this town and the people in it, and
when the city invests back into the
community in the form of more access
to housing, incentivizing new businesses
to establish permanence, and upgrading
our infrastructure, the community will
continue to thrive for generations to
come.”
“I would like to see
Watsonville tap
more into its natural
environment.”
“People should have more
options for buying a home
- not just renting.”
VALUES & RESULTS
PLANNING & DESIGN
13 COMMUNITY
HEALTH
VIBRANT
DOWNTOWN HOUSING
FOR ALL
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
RESILIENT &
GREEN
DIVERSITY &
EQUITY
SMALL TOWN
CHARACTER
LOCAL
AMENITIES &
SERVICES
MOBILITY
FOR ALL
FOCUSED
INFILL
STREETSCAPE
& PUBLIC
REALM
OPEN SPACE &
CONSERVATION
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
WATSONVILLE
PLANNING AREAS
15 WATSONVILLE PLANNING AREAS
A PLANNING FRAMEWORK
• Downtown
• Station Area
• Corridors
• Neighborhoods
• Employment Districts
• Airport
• Buena Vista
• Area C
• Route 1 Gateway
Buena Vista
Atkinson Lane/
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
16 INFILL GROWTH
BENEFITS/OPPORTUNITIES
• Increases potential for multifamily and
attached housing, along with smaller-scale
commercial uses
• Enhances downtown vibrancy, retail/restaurant
potential, and other economic activity by
growing resident and worker populations nearby
• Leverages existing municipal infrastructure and
services
• No annexation process required
CHALLENGES/CONCERNS
• Limited opportunities for new detached singlefamily housing • May not produce significant growth due to
market feasibility challenges
• Minimal vacant land means achieving
significant growth will require redevelopment of
existing land uses
17 NEW GROWTH
BENEFITS/OPPORTUNITIES
• Increases potential for single-family detached
housing and larger-scale, revenue generating
commercial uses along Highway 1
• Promotes an increased growth rate by offering
alternatives to infill development
• New single family detached housing improves potential to attract and retain labor force
• Provides opportunities for new park and recreational
space
• Enables City to govern type and character of
new development (instead of County)
CHALLENGES/CONCERNS
• Impacts farmland and open space. Buena Vista
impacted by airport operations
• Requires annexation process. Area C and Highway 1
Gateway located outside Urban Limit Line, requiring
voter approval
• Portions of Area C and all of Highway 1 Gateway located in the floodplain, negatively effecting developability
• Demands new infrastructure and increases public
services which could deter new development or create
fiscal impacts on the City. Buena Vista has
known infrastructure limitations
Buena Vista
Atkinson Lane/
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
18 DOWNTOWN
OPPORTUNITIES • Restore the Heart of the City • Build on strong community support for revitalization and
growth
• Approved Downtown
Watsonville Specific Plan sets
the stage for streamlined
projects
• Economic development
that builds on infill housing
• 100% infill development without
annexation process
• Passenger rail station could
accelerate revitalization
CHALLENGES • Real estate market challenges
associated with higher
densities and complex projects
• Limited vacant parcels,
requires redevelopment of
previously built sites
• Smaller sites generally limit
new housing to multifamily
and attached housing types
• Distance from Route 1 highway
corridor
constrains visitation by non-
locals
19 FREEDOM BLVD CORRIDOR
OPPORTUNITIES
• Medium-high intensity
residential infill near goods,
services and transit
• Neighborhood activity centers
bring commercial amenities
within easy reach of existing
neighborhoods
• 100% infill development,
preserving surrounding
farmland
CHALLENGES
• Limited vacant parcels
• Housing options generally
limited to multifamily and
attached housing types
• Airport safety zones limit
development along north
Freedom Blvd.
• May not produce significant
growth due to market
feasibility challenges
20 E. LAKE AVE. CORRIDOR
OPPORTUNITIES
• No issues with
Airport safety zones
• Medium-high intensity
residential infill near goods,
services and excellent transit
• Neighborhood activity centers
bring commercial amenities
within easy reach of existing
neighborhoods
• 100% infill development,
preserving surrounding
farmland
CHALLENGES
• Fewer large parcels than along
Freedom
• Limited vacant parcels
• Housing options generally
limited to multi-family/ rental
• May not produce
significant growth due
to market feasibility
challenges
21 W. MAIN ST. CORRIDOR
OPPORTUNITIES • Large sites have potential to
accommodate significant new
housing of various types
• Upzoning would create new
development options for
property owners
• Adjacent sloughs and trails
are existing neighborhood
amenities
• Redevelopment may include
retail and other commercial
uses along with new housing
• 100% infill on previously
developed land already
designated for housing
CHALLENGES • Long-term opportunity, as
existing large commercial
centers remain viable
• High value of current uses is a
market feasibility challenge
• Would require strong policies
and standards to deliver
complete, walkable
neighborhoods.
22 NEIGHBORHOODS
Single-Family House Quadplex Cottage Court ADU Courtyard Housing
OPPORTUNITIES
• Infill housing including small lot
single-family, ADUs, townhouses,
small-scale apartments
• Potential for new high-quality
market rate housing
• 100% infill development,
preserving surrounding farmland
• Street improvements to calm
traffic and provide safe, highquality walking and biking environment, supporting transit
CHALLENGES
• Fewer and smaller vacant
parcels
• Very limited opportunities for
net new single-family housing
• Must be done with great care
to conserve neighborhood
character
23 EMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS
OPPORTUNITIES
• Potential to relax or change
zoning to unlock economic
development opportunities
• Focus on needs of existing
economic sectors,
including food processing,
health care, and
manufacturing
• Identify subareas that can
support diversification in the
economy and expand local job
opportunities
CHALLENGES
• Limited vacant land
necessitates redevelopment of
existing sites
• Infill opportunities are generally
smaller-scale projects
• Current strain on housing
supply hinders economic
expansion
• Successful redevelopment can
create market pressure on
lower value, but
critical industrial uses
24 ROUTE 1 GATEWAY
OPPORTUNITIES • Opportunity to create a “front
door” for City that could
attract visitors to Downtown
and to the beach
• Leverages a high visibility
location with good access
• Use potential could include
retail, restaurants, hotels, and
visitor-serving entertainment/
attraction uses (sports venue)
• Visitor-serving uses likely to
have a positive impact on City
General Fund due to TOT and
sales tax revenues
• Major economic development
site could create new jobs and
multiplier effects throughout
the City
CHALLENGES • Prime agricultural land • Outside Urban Limit Line .
• Requires Citywide referendum
and annexation process
• Portion located within
floodplain
Highway 1
Gateway
25 ROUTE 1 GATEWAY
OPPORTUNITIES • Opportunity to create a “front
door” for City that could
attract visitors to Downtown
and to the beach
• Leverages a high visibility
location with good access
• Use potential could include
retail, restaurants, hotels, and
visitor-serving entertainment/
attraction uses (sports venue)
• Visitor-serving uses likely to
have a positive impact on City
General Fund due to TOT and
sales tax revenues
• Major economic development
site could create new jobs and
multiplier effects throughout
the City
• Largely located outside fire
hazard zones
CHALLENGES • Prime agricultural land • Outside Urban Limit Line .
• Requires Citywide referendum
and annexation process
Highway 1
Gateway
26 ROUTE 1 GATEWAY
OPPORTUNITIES • Opportunity to create a “front
door” for City that could
attract visitors to Downtown
and to the beach
• Leverages a high visibility
location with good access
• Use potential could include
retail, restaurants, hotels, and
visitor-serving entertainment/
attraction uses (sports venue)
• Visitor-serving uses likely to
have a positive impact on City
General Fund due to TOT and
sales tax revenues
• Major economic development
site could create new jobs and
multiplier effects throughout
the City
• Largely located outside fire
hazard zones
CHALLENGES • Prime agricultural land • Outside Urban Limit Line .
• Requires Citywide referendum
and annexation process
• Portion located within
floodplain
Highway 1
Gateway
27 AREA C
OPPORTUNITIES
• Allows for a broad range of
housing types, including new
for-sale, single-family housing
• Flat, undeveloped land
• Outside airport safety zones
• Adjacent to Corralitos Creek
and trail network offers
neighborhood amenity
Atkinson Lane/
Area C
Atkinson Area C
Lane
CHALLENGES
• Prime agricultural land
• Located outside Urban Limit
Line and would require
Citywide referendum and
annexation process
28 AREA C
OPPORTUNITIES
• Allows for a broad range of
housing types, including new
for-sale, single-family housing
• Flat, undeveloped land
• Outside airport safety zones
• Adjacent to Corralitos Creek
and trail network offers
neighborhood amenity
• Proximate to existing infrastructure and City service boundaries
• Fire department already serves
areas outside of the city to the
east
Atkinson Area C
Lane
CHALLENGES
• Prime agricultural land
• Located outside Urban Limit
Line and would require
Citywide referendum and
annexation process
29 AREA C
OPPORTUNITIES
• Allows for a broad range of
housing types, including new
for-sale, single-family housing
• Flat, undeveloped land
• Outside airport safety zones
• Adjacent to Corralitos Creek
and trail network offers
neighborhood amenity
• Proximate to existing infrastructure and City service boundaries
• Fire department already serves
areas outside of the city to the
east
Atkinson Area C
Lane
CHALLENGES
• Prime agricultural land
• Located outside Urban Limit
Line and would require
Citywide referendum and
annexation process
30 AREA C
OPPORTUNITIES
• Allows for a broad range of
housing types, including new
for-sale, single-family housing
• Flat, undeveloped land
• Outside airport safety zones
• Adjacent to Corralitos Creek
and trail network offers
neighborhood amenity
• Proximate to existing infrastructure and City service boundaries
• Fire department already serves
areas outside of the city to the
east
• Largely located outside fire
hazard zones
Atkinson Area C
Lane
CHALLENGES
• Prime agricultural land
• Located outside Urban Limit
Line and would require
Citywide referendum and
annexation process
31 AREA C
OPPORTUNITIES
• Allows for a broad range of
housing types, including new
for-sale, single-family housing
• Flat, undeveloped land
• Outside airport safety zones
• Adjacent to Corralitos Creek
and trail network offers
neighborhood amenity
• Proximate to existing infrastructure and City service boundaries
• Fire department already serves
areas outside of the city to the
east
• Largely located outside fire
hazard zones
CHALLENGES
• Prime agricultural land
• Located outside Urban Limit
Line and would require
Citywide referendum and
annexation process
• Approximately half of site is
within floodplain
Atkinson Area C
Lane
Buena Vista
Buena Vista
32 BUENA VISTA
OPPORTUNITIES
• Undeveloped, not prime
agricultural land.
• Located within Urban Limit
Line.
• Broad range of housing types,
including single-family (small
lot and estate homes) and forsale housing.
• New Single Family
Detached housing improves
potential to attract and retain
labor force.
CHALLENGES
• Airport safety zones prevent
development of flatter, easier
to develop portions.
• Efficient development of much
of Buena Vista is dependent
on closure of crosswind
runway.
• Proximity to active airport likely
impacts market potential due
to noise impacts.
Buena Vista
33 BUENA VISTA
OPPORTUNITIES
• Undeveloped, not prime
agricultural land.
• Located within Urban Limit
Line.
• Broad range of housing types,
including single-family (small
lot and estate homes) and forsale housing.
• New Single Family
Detached housing improves
potential to attract and retain
labor force.
CHALLENGES
• Airport safety zones prevent
development of flatter, easier
to develop portions.
• Efficient development of much
of Buena Vista is dependent
on closure of crosswind
runway.
• Proximity to active airport likely
impacts market potential due
to noise impacts.
• Steep slopes on some portions
and infrastructure limitations
could deter new development.
Buena Vista
34 BUENA VISTA
OPPORTUNITIES
• Undeveloped, not prime
agricultural land.
• Located within Urban Limit
Line.
• Broad range of housing types,
including single-family (small
lot and estate homes) and forsale housing.
• New Single Family
Detached housing improves
potential to attract and retain
labor force.
CHALLENGES
• Airport safety zones prevent
development of flatter, easier
to develop portions.
• Efficient development of much
of Buena Vista is dependent
on closure of crosswind
runway.
• Proximity to active airport likely
impacts market potential due
to noise impacts.
• Steep slopes on some portions
and infrastructure limitations
could deter new development.
Buena Vista
35 BUENA VISTA
OPPORTUNITIES
• Undeveloped, not prime
agricultural land.
• Located within Urban Limit
Line.
• Broad range of housing types,
including single-family (small
lot and estate homes) and forsale housing.
• New Single Family
Detached housing improves
potential to attract and retain
labor force.
CHALLENGES
• Airport safety zones prevent
development of flatter, easier
to develop portions.
• Efficient development of much
of Buena Vista is dependent
on closure of crosswind
runway.
• Proximity to active airport likely
impacts market potential due
to noise impacts.
• Steep slopes on some portions
and infrastructure limitations
could deter new development.
• Portions located within fire
hazard zones.
Buena Vista
Buena Vista
36 AIRPORT
OPPORTUNITIES • Development of master
-planned
community with potential
national design exposure and
broad range of uses
• Flat previously developed land • Located within City limits, preserving surrounding
farmland
• Removes airport safety zones
impacting nearby areas
• Large site with single-entity
ownership benefits planning,
entitlement, and development
• City ownership gives public
greater control over
development outcomes
CHALLENGES • Watsonville would no longer
have an airport.
• Airport closure has possible
negative economic and fiscal
impacts that offset benefits
from redevelopment
• Closure process takes several
decades
• Environmental issues include
hazardous materials clean-up
and endangered species
remediation (Tar Plant)
Airport
TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Which of these areas or ideas were you most excited
about?
Do you have any reservations about anything
you have seen, or you have questions about?
What other areas or ideas come to mind?
FACILITATED DISCUSSION
GROWTH
SCENARIOS
40 PURPOSE OF GROWTH SCENARIOS
Create a framework for discussion about how and where Watsonville plans for the future over the next 25 to 30 years . . .
• Where could new growth be located, and why?
• What forms of development will best reinforce Watsonville’s unique character and quality of life?
• What mixes of uses will be of greatest benefit to the community? • How much reinvestment should we plan for?
• How do we meet the needs of future generations?
• What factors need to be considered when discussing how we change? • How do we evaluate and decide on tradeoffs between competing objectives?
41 All Scenarios must meet:
1) Projected Future Needs
2) State Mandates
HOUSING JOBS FISCAL HEALTH
NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY
CHARACTER
PURPOSE OF GROWTH SCENARIOS
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena Vista
42 SCENARIO 1 SCENARIO 3
• All three scenarios aim to meet the City’s core values • All three scenarios use the same assumptions for development targets that meet State mandates and projected market demands.
• All three scenarios focus on infill first, anticipate a new passenger rail station, and recommend pursuing a new Route 1 Gateway.
SCENARIO 2
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena Vista
Airport
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena Vista
Shorten C/W Runway + Area C Close C/W Runway + BV Close Airport + BV
• Focuses growth in areas not constrained
by airport safety zones.
• Airport continues operating with
crosswind runway shortened by 1,590 ft.
• Introduces visitor/community-serving
uses along Highway 1.
• Enables housing diversity:
• Multi-Family in Downtown and along
corridors.
• Missing middle and ADUs in
neighborhoods.
• Single-family, missing middle, and
multi-family in Area C
• Portions within Area C floodplain could
accommodate new park space, or
continue to be used as agriculture (with
appropriate buffering).
1. KEEP AIRPORT, SHORTEN CROSSWIND RUNWAY + DEVELOP AREA C Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena Vista
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena Vista
2. CLOSE CROSSWIND RUNWAY + DEVELOP BUENA VISTA
• Airport continues operating. City no
longer required to fund maintenance of
crosswind runway.
• Assumes closure of crosswind runway.
• Introduces visitor/community-serving
uses along Highway 1.
• Enables housing diversity:
• Multi-Family in Downtown and
along corridors.
• Missing middle and ADUs in
neighborhoods.
• Single-family, missing middle, and
multi-family in Buena Vista
• Enables more development than Area C
while preserving Area C as farmland.
• Buena Vista can accommodate new
park space.
Airport
3. CLOSE AIRPORT
• Assumes closure of airport.
• Introduces visitor/community-serving
uses along Highway 1.
• Enables master planned employment
and housing opportunities on Airport site
in the long term.
• Enables housing diversity:
• Multi-Family in Downtown and along
corridors.
• Missing middle and ADUs in
neighborhoods.
• Single-family, missing middle, and
multi-family in Buena Vista and later
Airport Site
• Potentially preserves Area C as farmland.
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena Vista
Airport
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS
1 AMBAG projections in the process of being updated
2 Approximately 3x AMBAG/DoF growth rate
3 High AMBAG/DoF projection + Downtown Watsonville Specific Plan EIR projection AMBAG/Department of Finance (DoF)
1 Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
Downtown Watsonville Specific Plan EIR
2050 General Plan Recommendations
1,742
2,053
3,886
5,9802
1.9 – 2.4 M
-
722,550
3.2 M3
Residential
(units)
Non-Residential
(sf)
Planning
Horizon
2045
2031
2048
2050
47 SCENARIO 1
INFILL
Downtown
Corridors
Neighborhoods
SCENARIO 2 SCENARIO 3
RESIDENTIAL
4,320
3,890
390
40 NON-RESIDENTIAL
216,000
127,500
88,500
0 DRAFT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL: 2025 - 2050
RESIDENTIAL
4,660
3,890
730
40 NON-RESIDENTIAL
257,000
127,500
129,500
0 RESIDENTIAL
4,660
3,890
730
40 NON-RESIDENTIAL
257,000
127,500
129,500
0 • Downtown fully develops in
all scenarios
• 100% of Area C develops by
2050
• 30% of Buena Vista develops
by 2050
• 100% of Highway 1 Gateway
develops by 2050
• Airport does not develop
until after 2050
NEW GROWTH
Area C
Buena Vista
Highway 1 Gateway
Airport
TOTAL
1,660
1,660
0 0
0 5,980
2,945,000
48,000
0 2,897,000
0 3,161,000
1,320
0 1,320
0 0
5,980
2,957,300
0 60,300
2,897,000
0 3,214,300
1,320
0 1,320
0 0
5,980
2,957,300
0 60,300
2,897,000
0 3,214,300
Airport
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena
Vista
Area C
Highway 1
Gateway
Highway 1
Gateway
Buena
Vista
TABLE DISCUSSIONS
How do we accommodate Watsonville’s future growth?
FACILITATED DISCUSSION
NEXT STEPS
FUTURE MEETINGS & OUTREACH
• March 12: Council meeting to decide
Watsonville Airport crosswind runway
next steps.
THANK YOU!