Good evening, if you'd rise for the Pledge of Allegiance, please.

Let me see.

Counselor Dabson, if you would lead us, please.

Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God and indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

And if you would remain standing again, um unfortunately, we saw this past week a um one of our uh BCSO sheriff's officers uh lost their lives in the line of duty, Sergeant uh Schleitman.

And so uh just reminds us daily of what a dangerous job it is to uh to be a law enforcement officer and put your life on the line each and every day, uh trying to protect the the community at large.

And so with that, I'd like to take a moment of silence and remembrance, reflection, and prayer for uh the Schlappman family and BCSO as they process this loss.

Thank you.

You may be seated as I call this meeting to order.

Um for Schlatman family.

Uh the uh for Sergeant Slatman, the services are gonna be Monday at 10 a.m.

here in Rio Rancho at the Rio Rancho Event Center, and we're honored to uh provide that assistance uh and and uh in this time of need uh as the community processes that loss.

So more details are online if you want to look those up at 10 a.m.

Monday at the Rear Rancho Event Center.

Okay, and I'll ask everybody please silence your electronic devices uh while attending the governing body meeting.

And for the record, I will announce the names of governing body members.

When I say your name, please acknowledge your presence by saying present.

Is that me?

That's never happened before.

Present.

Okay, counselor Dabson.

Oh, present.

Thank you, Councillor Lennon.

Present.

Thank you.

Counselor Tyler, present.

Thank you.

Counselor Weimer, present.

Thank you, Councillor Culbreth.

Present.

Thank you, and Counselor List.

Present.

Thank you.

All right.

Moving on to public forum.

We have uh people uh three signed up to speak.

Each comment will be limited to two minutes, and no more than two hours in total will be allotted for public forum.

Um and so first up, Mr.

Van Horn.

Let's go.

Good evening, Ms.

Mayor Councillors.

Last time I was here, I gave you some information about the document I have here.

This is a city document.

I found out I was surprised that uh one of the counselors didn't know what this is.

This is a water quality report.

It's called City of Rio Rancho 2024 Consumer Confidence Report.

Each year, the city puts out a document like this.

Usually it's in January, but uh we're a little late this year.

What I'd like to draw your attention to, since you're the acting utilities commission or waters commission or whatever, on the page where it gives some precautions specifically about tap water really should not be given to infants or people with certain medical conditions, and what I draw your attention to is the picture.

The pictures that are on this page do not really tell you that there's something that you take notice of.

And so what I'd ask the governing body to consider, I I think you're probably gonna be asked to look at the new one when it when they make it, is actually put pictures that draw attention to the issue.

The issue is as you see in this picture that infants may be vulnerable to contaminants in re in the Rio Rancho Tapwater, more vulnerable than the general population.

And so I'm just asking you to really make sure that this document is uh a good information piece, and it draws attention to things that really need to be drawn.

If uh if you want to put a kid's picture on the page, I I gave you another alternative, a baby smiling, but it has again the words, the things that really need to be drawn to attention.

A lot of people can look at this and just scan it and see the smiling faces and think, oh, there's no problem here and move on.

We we shouldn't do that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Pat Soshi.

Sure, sure.

Absolutely.

Do you have a handheld mic?

Okay, you know what, Pat?

You can stay right there.

Well, you you okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, first of all.

Mayor Hull, job well done.

Oh, thank you.

I've been with you since you've been mayor.

And you've seen tremendous growth.

And you've handled it well.

And I'm glad that you were soft mayor, because I think everyone worked together a lot better than when there's just one leader leader charging.

That's not what I want to ask.

I live at seven.

Oh, my name is Pat Satchi.

I live at 1716 Lee Luke, Northeast.

It's the last road before you hit 10th and the Mesa.

All the houses up in North Hills are landlocked where they have retaining walls and fencing.

Um I have a gate in my fencing that I fought with my HOA about because I need to have access to my backyard out from my house.

My gas line runs from the garage all the way across underneath to the heater that's in the house.

If there was a gas explosion there, the whole front of my house would be gone.

I would not be able to get out.

I have the difficulty making that curb that's on the street.

I'm asking if I can do a curb cut there so that I can get my walker out and be safe.

Um I was told that the curve on tent is owned by the city, and that's between Pine and Rachel, and that I'm not allowed to do anything back there or touch it.

Um I asked if I could put maybe uh four by six at the curb so that we make a three-inch drop and then a four-inch drop that I'd be able to get my walker out and over.

As it is now, if I take my walker out, I have to take it out, I have to put it in the street, and I have to get down on my hands and knees and crawl over the curb to get into a walker.

Um I never expected to be in this position.

My position is only gonna get worse, and I bless every one of you that can walk.

I took it for granted my whole life.

So um I had spoken with the ADA.

Um, and she was gonna look into it, but I wanted to put it on record that I did ask, and that um hopefully there can be something done.

Okay, and you're my district, so I would appreciate it if you followed it up.

It would would it would be a great help to me.

And I don't want to throw stones, but you know how hard I worked for this city when I could.

And we got the boys called girls' club park up there.

We funded that.

So I thank you.

Thank you for your time.

Adam Silverman.

Al, sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, uh Mayor Hull.

Mayor Hall, I just want to express my deepest appreciation for the kindness you've shown me.

And I have trouble being humble, but it's nice to be humble once in a while.

And you've been very kind to me and very kind to the city of Rio Rancho, and I think we're all missing.

Uh I just want to make it quick.

I know I bore a lot of people here.

I bore myself too, okay.

I I just had tried to create uh try to create a dynamic and awareness in the city of Rio Rancho about uh how dissenting against the mental health system is seen as hostility and how it provokes violence, okay.

And you know, I I talked about this many, many times, and sometimes I feel that there's no mechanisms to adjudicate on the mental health system as it exists now.

And any attempt to discuss these people with these matters uh invokes not negativity.

I've discussed this with with police chief steel about my concerns about these matters and uh about my own behaviors, okay, and how I see my hostility mental health system makes me very angry.

So sometimes I'll come here and talk to you people when I get very angry and I have to uh unload and say my piece.

I hope uh I'm not I don't want to come here anymore, but I hope I've created awareness among all you people of something that must be done.

And uh I think it's common sense for you people who want to know will know, and I think you people do know.

I'll I'll let it uh I'll call it quits here.

I've said my pace on it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

That's uh that gets everything there.

Um I'll go ahead and take comments by counsel okay.

Um Mr.

City Manager, just real quickly.

How long have we been putting this out?

Uh Peter.

How long has this been being published?

Um Mr.

Mayor, governing body, that is a federal requirement that we've been doing for decades, and it comes out annually every spring summer.

Is this same similar warning been in this in this in this uh flyer for all that time because of the odd the natural occurring issues that we have in aquifer water such as arsenic?

Yes.

So and that's natural occurring arsenic, right?

Correct.

Not PFOS.

Correct.

Okay.

So that can cause health problems that with people that are immunocompromised?

Correct.

And we follow all federal regulations to reduce that arsenic content to less than 10 parts per billion.

If memory serves, correct?

Yes, off the top of my head.

Okay.

Um I'm pretty sure I'm right on that one.

And we have arsenic treatment removal and blending on our wells to make sure that we're delivering water that's in full compliance with all federal regulations.

Yes, which we are.

So but this report's been coming out, you say, for decades.

Did that overlap in the previous utilities commission?

Yes.

And they approved these same mailers.

They've seen them and been aware of them, yes.

Well, they would have over sit in the oversight of the writing of them.

Um that would be my understanding.

And I wasn't around back then quite that far, but yes.

Well, I was when this utility commission was was was uh turned into the public infrastructure advisory board.

And at that time, the utility was uh at one of its worst financial points in history, wasn't it?

Um the utility was in a very uh challenged state uh bond ratings very low.

Around 2010, 2011, 2012, that's financially very close to being uh insolvent, which would have cost every citizen in Rio Rancho their water.

Mr.

And that was under the old utility commission, correct?

Mr.

Mayor, yes, there was um for the record, um, which people in this room are aware of, um, the utilities commission, uh there were modifications to that board over 20 years when it was created.

Um, and then um there were other challenges and issues, and ultimately that was morphed into the public infrastructure advisory board uh to allow for uh greater citizen input to expand that to roads.

There was also an issue of being able to find qualified individuals to serve on the utilities commission because there was a time period where individuals who were not qualified who did not have water, wastewater treatment experience were being appointed to serve on that board.

So there are a variety of issues that ultimately cause that change.

But yes, the utility in that era, 2010, 2011, 2012, bond ratings were being decreased.

1314.

Yeah, 15.

Yeah, those errors.

And so it was through proactive approaches by this governing body, by previous staff, some great adjustments, infrastructure improvements that ultimately got the utility in the better place that it is today than it was 10 plus years ago.

Yes.

Right.

So our bond ratings at the highest level it's been.

Correct.

And over the last 10 years, we've replaced more utility infrastructure really than in the history of the utility.

Correct.

We've redrilled wells, we've added arsenic treatment facilities, we've brought the aquifer injection system online, and that's really what this is attacking because it's this is not about PFOS.

This is not about the injection well.

This is about natural occurring elements that are in our water when we pump it, correct?

Correct.

And it's also in reference to putting out the required notices that we're required to put out there is general warnings to the public that is not uncommon.

Unfortunately, sound bites can be turned into fear-mongering.

But so, in in this particular case, so we're following all federal requirements.

Yes.

But we do have a statutory obligation uh to put a warning label.

And this warning label meets all federal requirements.

That document is in line with all the requirements of the federals.

Are there any requirements to have an actual picture or just publish something?

No, that is more a stylistic uh uh choice.

Okay, all right.

So we exceed the federal standard by posting pictures that might attract somebody's attention other than just a page full of words.

Like I said, the document is created in line with all the federal requirements, and then to be user-friendly and informative.

Does do other cities in the region have the same have to put out the same warnings?

Um those who run utility systems do.

Such as ABCWUA?

Correct.

Such as town of Bernalillo.

Memory serves, they run their own, so yes.

Yeah, same as city the village of Corralis.

Well, they don't they don't have a utility system.

Oh, that's right, that's right.

Okay, they're they're off of ABCW UA as well.

That's right.

For whatever services they get, yes.

So this is a mandatory publishing for the city.

Correct, and it has been for many, many years.

Well, I hope Mr.

Van Horn goes to all of these county commission meetings and tells all those utilities the same thing that you just said here, because they put out this same publication.

So I'm sure they would like those pictures as well.

But I find it I find it disingenuous that the former chair of the utilities commission who approved this language a decade ago, is now saying that there's something wrong.

And so I just want to bring that to the attention that when people step to that podium and they try to throw something uh up here at the governing body or on our professional utility staff that work day in and day out to try to make sure that Rio Rancho stays safe, that a former utility commissioner for political purposes would get up here and start fear-mongering.

So counselor Tyler.

Yeah, I'd like to uh thank city staff for uh working with me when uh Sheriff John Allen reached out uh for the use of the event center.

Um the city uh they were having some problems down in another location, so our staff stepped up.

Connie, thank you guys from uh your your section as well.

Everyone did a great job stepping up, and I appreciate it.

And I want to thank you guys for doing that on a separate note.

Please get out and vote.

It's coming up uh this week.

Uh and early voting and uh regular voting starts on March 3rd, Tuesday.

So let's do it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anything further from council.

Thank you.

Okay, moving on to the consent calendar.

I will take a motion to approve the consent calendar, please.

To approve the consent calendar.

I have a motion and a second.

Ms.

Davis, the consent calendar, please.

Thank you, sir.

Councilor Dabson.

Yes, Councillor Lennon time.

Yes, Councillor Tyler.

Yes.

Okay.

Counselor Weimer.

Yes.

Counselor Colbrigh.

Yes.

And Counselor List.

Yes.

Thank you.

The consent calendar is approved.

Thank you.

Moving on to public hearings, R 15.

Resolution uh yes, resolution adopting this yellow bonito master plan.

Director Rinco.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mr.

Mayor, members of the governing body.

Amy Rincone, Director of Development Services.

Um, so I'm actually going to be presenting um items number um item number five and six together.

So it is a master plan for Cielo Bonito and then the associated zone map amendment.

Um, and so that's going to be R15 for the uh master plan and then O2 for the ordinance amending the zoning.

And so the zoning is going to go uh from a combination of T Z and R3 to R4.

Um, and so this is located on the corner of uh Will Pett and uh Patrulo.

So this is an item um that has come in front of the governing body um in various iterations.

Um I just really quickly at a very high level just wanted to point out some of the differences between what you have heard previously and then what you're hearing tonight.

So um on the left hand side um is uh one of the original notices that we sent out, and so uh originally it was just for a zone map amendment.

Now um it does have a master plan attached to it.

Um one of the first iterations had R th R3 zoning.

Um now it based on feedback from this governing body, it's coming in for R4.

Um, and there is um that circle area on the left-hand side has been uh left out of this current phase until more ownership uh comes in line.

Um, and so there is a proposed layout.

Um, and so this is the new layout that that would be moving forward with uh the current ownership.

And um, so this was reviewed by the planning and zoning board at their meeting on February 10th, and they did recommend approval for both the resolution and the zone map amendment.

A few things I do want to point out as we're talking about it, and usually I have the little clicker to go.

Oh, I can go back this way.

Um, so one of the things I wanted to point out is that when we do have master plans, we do um one of the conditions that is in there for that resolution is that we do ask that there is some updates on the transportation side of things because our subdivision uh code does require that all the roads that surround a subdivision are paved.

Um, and so then we do ask that um at this stage that the applicant does make those updates in the future as they come in for preliminary plat with construction drawings.

If they decide that that there needs to be some alternatives to that, we will work with the applicant um either through a development agreement um through subdivision variances or some other form if that road is determined not to be something that needs to be paved, but we do ask here at the resolution stage that we do keep all of those roads paved uh just for consistency with our current code standards.

Um staff and the planning and zoning board recommend approval of the resolution and the zone map amendment, and I will stand for any questions.

Thank you.

I'll take a motion to approve R 15.

Move to approve R15.

Second, have a motion and a second.

Do we have anybody signed up to speak on this item?

No, Mr.

Mayor.

Oh, yes, we do.

I'm sorry.

Okay, we have the development.

We have the applicant, so yeah, and and now I'll hear the applicant.

Thank you.

Just needed to make sure there was no other speakers before we brought you up.

Thank you.

So good evening, Mr.

Mayor, members of the governing body.

My name is Nicosia Shuttlebauer, P.O.

Box 9043, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87119.

And I'm here on behalf of Cielo Bonita Development.

I'd like to thank Director Rincone for presenting our zone map amendment and master plan request for this project.

And since we've last presented our project to the governing body, we've made the revisions, which I'd like to re-review.

So this is our master plan.

First, we've reduced the size of the subdivision from 351 homes to 270 lots for single family detached homes.

And secondly, with this zone map request, we do have our master plan that accompanies it.

Here's some key points from the request, just based on what we've previously presented.

Our master plan complies and furthers the comp plan goals and policies.

The latest DPM requires 90% ownership, and we have 95.

The Paseo Gateway West specific area plan has designated this area as a medium density residential, which our requests for R4 zoning facilitates.

We are following the specific area plan access points.

And there is a requirement of 2.2 acres for parkland, and we have a 2.5 acre central park plus another 1.3 acre linear park.

And with our master plan, we are consolidating the utilities, which is also a goal of our SAP.

Another item I want to touch on are the concerns that were expressed around traffic that the site would generate.

The study was done based on our original plan of 351 homes.

Since we're now proposing 270 homes, this trip gen in the study is overly inflated.

And even with the 351 homes, our traffic study did not recommend any mitigation measures for our main access points along Will Pitt or identify any failing levels of service.

And here's a quick snapshot of what the original study area was and the access points in which they did traffic counts.

So in summary, um, we are dedicating more parkland than is required.

Our traffic study supports the project.

We've met the 90% ownership requirement for the master plan.

Our ZMA and master plan are in alignment with the Pacific or excuse me, Paseo Gateway specific area plan, and staff and planning and zoning board recommended approval of our zone map amendment and master plan at the February 10th, 2026 meeting.

So with that, I will stand for any questions.

Thank you.

I'll take comments by council.

Mr.

Mayor.

Councillor Lennon Tyne.

Would it be possible to go back two slides to where you're looking at the overview of the map there?

Okay.

So you said that the traffic study came back saying that there's no traffic easing or mitigation that needs to take place.

Is that correct?

Correct.

Okay.

Um so what I the road, uh, let's see.

Right where that arrow is, that road that goes all the way down to King Boulevard.

I think believe it's lookover.

Look over.

Look over, yeah.

Okay.

I believe you're right.

So look over right now is a unpaved road.

Is that correct?

Correct.

But I believe that it is maintained by the city at this point because it is there's a couple of roads in there that are that are maintained and are not maintained.

The reason why I'm asking is this is because right there at Shiloh, it gets really crazy around the start of school, which that school starts at 9 a.m., not eight, and so that helps a little bit because people you don't have the same work traffic and school traffic.

Um well, that's two-year-old information.

Maybe they change that schedule.

However, it does get pretty crazy at that intersection of Shiloh.

So it would help if there was some easing if even if that road's not paved, let's call it lookover, um, if it's at least maintained in a fairly drivable road for most cars that are not luxury cars or whatever.

Do you know if that's the case?

Thank you, Counselor Lynn Tine.

I'm gonna go back actually a couple more slides if that's okay.

Yep.

So um given the concerns that were expressed by the school, they did not want additional traffic routed their way on Shiloh.

So that's why we're two points.

One, the SAP wanted all traffic to go out towards Will Pitt, which is why our main thoroughfares are that way.

However, at the end of Patrulo where look over meets, um, we were proposing to create fire access only, so it wouldn't be just a dirt road, but it would be improved enough that would be um usable for you know emergency services.

So I'm not sure if that is fully paved or they were talking about doing some sort of I think it's crusher finds um, but it would be improved over what it is today.

And so that accesses you to look over, you're correct on the name of that road.

Uh so anywhere in the subdivision, you could take patrulo to get to look over, is what you're saying.

No, we're we're trying to eliminate that for the subdivision, so only emergency vehicles would access patrons um patrulo at lookover.

We want all of our subdivision roadway to go back towards Will Pitt.

Okay.

And the um you said that that uh can you point out on here the second um park?

I see phase two you have the open space and park right there.

I don't know if this has a laser, but if you were going up uh Willpit, the very first entrance, and then you were going east, there is the section right above phase two.

That is the linear park.

There's no lots right there.

So right at the entrance.

Okay, got it.

Okay, thank you very much.

Um no further questions, Mr.

Mayor.

Mr.

Mayor.

Oh Mr.

Mayor, Counselor Tyler, just real quick.

When's the first time that you came here before us?

Do you remember?

I do.

I yeah, it's it's been a while.

So the first time we were at governing body was August 12th, I think.

Of last year?

2025, correct.

Man, if we had just done this in 2025, we wouldn't had to be here today, right?

So I'm glad you uh have come along and got this to where we need it to be.

I think it looks good, and uh I can stand behind this because I think it meets everything all of our requirements.

So I like it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Counselor Tyler.

Mr.

Mayor, Counselor Weimer.

Thank you, Ms.

Shadowbauer.

I concur with Counselor Tyler's comments.

Um I think the last time you were here, the issue was we needed a master plan, and it seemed like you were like this close to being a master plan.

Now you have one, thank you.

And then the ownership was another issue with which was the 90 percent.

So I see how you fix that.

So thank you for taking care of those things.

We're there in my mind.

Appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilor.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you.

Anything further.

Hearing none, I have a motion and a second.

Uh Ms.

Davis, if you call the roll, please.

Thank you.

Counselor Weimer.

Yes.

Counselor Tyler.

Yes.

Counselor List.

Yes.

Counselor Jabson.

Yes.

Counselor Lynnantine.

Yes.

And Counselor Colbreth.

Yes.

R 15 is approved.

Thank you.

Moving on to O2, ordinance of the City of Rear Rancho mending the zoning classification and the visual zoning map.

Um for unit 21, 22, lots 24 through 26, 2830, and etc.

From tr transitional zoning to an R3 to mixed residential and uh to R4, single family residential.

Director Rincone.

Mr.

Mayor, this is a companion piece that goes along with that Cielo Benito Master Plan.

Um, and so uh staff and the Punning and Zoning Board recommended approval, and I will stand for any questions.

Okay, thank you.

I'm sorry, I didn't really use those two were tied together.

Um so I'll take a motion to approve.

Uh O two.

Motion to approve O2.

Second.

Have a motion and a second.

And we've already taken commentary and input on this, so I'll just move straight to uh roll on this one.

Uh Ms.

Davis.

Thank you.

Counselor Colbreth?

Yes.

Counselor Weimer?

Yes.

Counselor Lenantine?

Yes.

Counselor Dabson?

Yes.

Counselor Tyler.

Yes.

Counselor List.

Yes.

O2 is approved.

Thank you.

Moving on to O3, ordinance of the City of Rear Rancho, amending the official zone map for a corridor overlay zone.

Director Rincone.

Good evening, Mr.

Mayor, members of the governing body, Amy Rincone, Director of Development Services.

So the item before you tonight is O3.

So what this would do is it would create an overlay zone along Rainbow, uh, starting at uh uh the southernmost border in Sandoval County, um, all the way to um uh to the top border um here in the city limits.

And so what this overlaid zone specifically would be looking at is setting aside right-of-way uh for the future.

And so what it's going to do is actually create enhanced buffers or enhanced setbacks so that any structures being built will be located depending on where they are along the corridor, either an additional 28 feet back or an additional uh 56 depending on the side of the road.

And so when we look at these, um, and I've there's a lot of exhibits in your agenda uh packet briefing memorandums, and so I'm not going to go through all of them, but I have them up here if you want to dig in um into any of them in specifics.

Uh but when we put corridor overlays, what we're trying to do, and we've done this um since way back in the 80s with Southern Boulevard.

What we're trying to do is is plan ahead and look at our transportation network and look at the fact that Rainbow Boulevard is going to be long term one of our north-south connectors uh that goes throughout the whole city.

Currently, most of Rainbow is 100 feet for the right-of-way, um, but we expect that it needs to be 156 feet uh for a principal arterial.

And so what we're doing is we're just going to ask property owners as they build to actually set their properties or set their houses further back from the road.

Um so at this point in time, this this roadway, this expansion on this roadway is not set um to move forward with any type of actual uh purchasing of property or any type of construction.

At this point, we are just asking for these setbacks.

So in the future, in 10 to 15 years, depending on uh when it's needed for this roadway to expand, that we have that right-of-way available.

Um, and so I'm just gonna click through some of these exhibits again, they're all in your agenda briefing memorandums.

One of the things that we did also add in here was um which is our typical section uh for what that principal arterial looks like uh when public works actually builds out these roads.

Uh a couple of things I do want to note.

Um, so when we look at as a city expanding roadways, um so even expanding UNSER Boulevard from just a little bit north of Cherry up here to PDB, it has taken public works um over a decade to be able to gain that right of way.

So these processes are slow, it's it's not quick, it's not gonna happen overnight.

Um the city's not going to be purchasing property tomorrow on probably not with even within the next five years.

We just want to make sure that we have this in place if people come in to build uh between now and when we actually get to that that point where we need to grow.

Um, and so uh the planning and zoning board did uh review this item at their meeting on February 10th, and they recommended approval and a vote of four to one.

Um and with that, I will stand for any questions.

Thank you.

Take a motion motion to approve 03.

Second.

I have a motion and a second.

Do we have anybody signed up to speak on this item?

Okay, thank you.

Uh Rigo in Antonio Mesa.

Or is it it's Rigo and Antonio?

I'm sorry.

Did I say that right?

Is that Rico and Antonio?

Oh, oh.

Oh, he's probably trying to.

Oh I'm sorry, is it uh B and uh Rigo B Antonio?

Yes, I'm sorry, okay.

Thank you.

Yes, correct.

And good afternoon, Mayor.

Um, I've been uh assigned to interpret.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Uh another one of protocols.

Well, first of all, I just want to say good evening to everyone.

It's a pleasure to be before you today.

Um I actually live in Albuquerque, but I own property off of Rainbow, so I was really here this evening to find out more about uh what's being uh proposed.

So uh thank you all for everything.

Um just here to listen and I'm learning a lot, and thank you so much.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Okay, and just real quick, um, Amy, um, if there are properties along this so that they can understand really kind of what's going on here.

Um can you explain how this overlay zone is going to impact you know individual property owners somewhere potentially into the future?

Because nothing's happening right now.

We're just putting down an overlay zone that that kind of holds back development in this corridor, correct?

Uh correct um almost correct, Ms.

Thank you.

So other than a road, right?

Yes, so um, so we're actually not going to be stopping development in any way.

So uh the individual property owners are still allowed to come into the city um with their building permits.

All the overlay is doing is asking that they set their front um their front setback, the front of their building uh further back from the roadway.

Um, depending on what section of the corridor that they're located on, that's going to be either an additional uh 28 feet or an additional 56 feet.

Um, and the only reason that we have 56 feet in some areas is because um there are portions of uh rainbow that um when we go south of southern, um the other side of the road is owned by Sandoval County, so we do not have any jurisdiction to ask for uh the right-of-way on that side.

Uh when we're up along Northern Meadows, um, it's an existing uh neighborhood, um, so we're not able to take 28 feet from that side.

So um it it fluctuates depending on where on the corridor, but it doesn't change anybody's ability to actually come in and um submit for a building permit.

Um it doesn't change their um uh um non-conforming uses, it doesn't make lots non-conforming or anything like that.

We are working towards um just setting these aside for enhanced setbacks.

I hope that helped.

Yep, that that answered the question for me.

So I guess I guess if we were trying to preserve the property rights of the of the of the the property owners in Rio Rancho, would it be feasible at all to annex the 20 feet 28 feet in the Sandoval County so that we could move that that alignment?

And I'm not saying do it now, but could that be an option in the future?

Because I understand the need for this because we have roads in Rio Rancho where we didn't plan for this, and now we have problems.

Case in point brought Broadmoor.

Um, when you get between you know, country club and Loma, Colorado, bottlenecks, we just repave that, just put brand new water lines underneath that, all new water mains underneath that road.

Um, and uh just re-plumbed all of the neighborhood just around that as well.

But the neighborhood and the back walls were built so close to the to the right-of-way that now there's no room to expand that, and you have as you get further north on Broadmoor, four lanes.

So then so then it you get that bottleneck there as you come into Broadmoor into that older neighborhood.

So I I understand the need for this, but I'm just kind of trying to figure out maybe in the future if it's if we do have that ability to do that, move go ahead and move it to the west as opposed to move the alignment to the west, as opposed to taking these these property owners uh properties.

So that would be a question that I I know this this this secures it for the moment, and I think it's a good thing, but it's it's at the same point in time if we ever get to a place where we're building this road out and putting this infrastructure in, would that be an option that we could look at that at that time?

Uh so Mr.

Mayor, um we have uh as a good example um off of um yeah, and it's not the greatest example because I can't remember if it's Inca Daily off the top of my head right now.

Um, but there is a corridor overlay that um was put in years ago um and they have over the years actually tweaked that overlay um to say, you know what, we didn't need this big of a setback.

Now now we can you know uh reconfigure it and and um as we learn more as we move forward and figure out the best ways to to construct these roadways, we can change these.

So these are not something that is um unchangeable forever.

Um there is always the chance too that if there is some big development that comes in on the Sandoval County side, we can always um reach out and work with them as well.

Uh when it comes to annexation, um I'm not the greatest expert on annexation in the process for that, but that's you those are all tools that we have available for us to move forward.

Um, but yes, as um what will happen in the future is public works will actually go further into a corridor study uh to determine uh the best layouts for the lanes and and further construction.

Now, just putting uh now I see these three maps here, but there's another map that shows the whole corridor.

Um right there, back up one.

There you go.

There's actually only a small section here that actually adjoins, goes goes through uh and and lines up on Sandoval County up here on the north end and then down here on the south end of the corridor where that that's impacted like that.

So the rest of this, you're are we taking equal divisions off of either side of the properties where it where the road goes completely through Rio Rancho, it's 100% rear rancho on both sides.

Mr.

Mayor, that's correct.

Um the only area again, so Northern Meadows, because those are is already a built-out subdivision, it is uh 56 feet on the other side of that one.

Um when we come to Camino Crossings, they already gave um 28 feet for that section of roadway.

Um so they don't need to give another 28 feet, so it is just a properties on the other side.

So it it does fluctuate depending on the section of the corridor.

Great.

Okay.

I just wanted to be sure that's because the the gentleman's question was was valid on how it would impact, and I hope that helped answer the the question to some degree.

Okay, good, good.

Counselor Tyler, can you go back to the original lots that you had there?

How many lots are we talking about?

Off the top of my head, I don't actually have that number in front of me.

So it's gonna be a couple of different things.

I I would assume because this gentleman's here, everyone's been notified for all of this.

And are those lots uh uh half acres, so they're the 82 by 272s?

Uh depending on the section of the corridor, yes.

So we're gonna tell them, we're gonna tell all those landowners that the lot that they purchased, 30 feet roughly, so roughly 2300 to 2400 square feet of their land is no longer usable for their purpose.

It is something that they would be able to landscape, use as a driveway, use as as other options, um, but but we would ask them not to put structures.

Yeah, but if it's a if it's an easement, they can't even put a driveway because it has to be able to be so this isn't an easement.

Um, this is just an overlay um asking for um enhanced setbacks.

I just I have a problem with taking people's property and telling them that they've purchased this land and now we're gonna take it and you can't use it for what you want to use it for, and then if you're gonna build on it, you now have to build even further back than what you were originally gonna build, because it's just uh to me.

I mean, if that was my land, I would be pissed.

I'd be beside myself because if I want to build a house and now I can't do it, it's got to be 30 feet, and the city's telling me, well, we're just gonna do an overlay zone so I can build something in the future.

So if I want to build anything, I gotta build it to conform to your rules and not my own.

So I have a problem with that.

That's just my personal opinion.

Thank you.

Mr.

Mayor.

Counselor Weimer.

Oh, Councilor Talker, that was a good comment.

Unfortunately, that's kind of common in land use and platting processes where to build on your property if there's a need for a right-of-way, then that is that is common.

Right or wrong.

That's common.

That said, um, I see somewhat related to Councilor Tyler's comments.

There's there is a public comment from Bill and Ann Haltham.

Has anyone reached out to them because their their letter seems to suggest that they reached out and didn't get any response.

So uh Mr.

Mayor, Counselor Weimer, um, yes.

So staff has actually um they went out on site um to their property, talked with them.

Um it is a vacant piece of property, um, but staff has um interacted with them multiple times um since the planning and zoning board meeting so what is their issue resolved uh to your uh to your knowledge, or I mean I I don't see anything in the public record or or the packet that suggests that.

So so Mr.

Weimer um or counselor Weimer, they actually came to the meeting um at PCB after the PCB um staff went out on site, met with them, um had other email correspondence.

They didn't show up tonight, so um my assumption would be that they had nothing additional to add at this point in time.

Okay, fair fair comment.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you.

Mr.

Mayor, yes, Councilor Culberth.

Thank you.

Um Director Rencone, can you speak to you mentioned um Broadmoor Boulevard as a road where uh these type of setbacks had not been um adopted prior to development?

Um was that is that correct?

Mr.

Mayor, Counselor Colbert.

So there is um when the city was originally platted, most of our roadways were platted with 50 feet of right-of-way.

Um and so unless there has been some uh further conversation or um overlay zone put in place, um those uh a lot of our roadways are have a lot of space constraint.

Um and so Broadmoor would be one of those that early on um has that that constraint for right-of-way.

And so some of the challenges right now with Broadmoor is that as that area has been developed and there's more houses that are being built on that area, um, we're just we're running into traffic constraints, we're running into challenges with being able to do things on Broadmoor because at a time in the past, individuals did not have the foresight, the strategic planning and the thoughtfulness to think forward beyond what's being developed at the time.

I'm applying a judgment on people from before.

Um, but but generally speaking, um, what we're doing here is really thinking maybe not about anything that's going to be built in the next two years, three years, maybe not five years, maybe not 10 years, but laying a foundation so that as the city grows, we have the right infrastructure in place so that that growth can be thoughtful and it can be well planned.

Councilor Colbert, yes.

Yeah, um, and I think that's one of the challenges that we face here in Rio Rancho is that there we always can say that there are a lot of decisions that were made prior to us, um, and then there's also then decisions that are are here before us.

Um, and so I would not want to make some of the same maybe sort short-sighted decisions that may have been made in the past and really think about the future.

Um, and in the future, this roadway is likely to be a fairly significant road in our city, and I want to make sure that this road is set up for success um as a major corridor.

Um, and I think this really um sets us up in that way towards the future.

So thank you very much.

Uh Councilor Colbert, if I can add to that too.

So, one of the things that um we are anticipating in the next 20 to 30 years will be the build out of Mariposa West.

Um, and so that connector when it comes down or that next phase of Mariposa and in the the again future um when it hits a certain point, we'll have traffic that will need to travel down rainbow instead of coming all the way out to UNSER.

Um, so they will need that other uh north-south corridor connection.

Yeah, Mr.

Mayor, Counselor Dabson.

So I just live off of rainbow and um it happens to be the major road that I use, and I've I've watched the development on northern being built right up to northern, and I have a speaking suspicion that northern is another street that's going to need to be widened.

And so I don't want to see I think what you're doing is the right thing because I don't want to see what's happening to northern my the western part of northern happening to rainbow, especially since we're I believe we're planning to move Rainbow all the way out to Irving, and we're going from um Mariposa West to Irving, that's gonna be a highway.

So I think it's I think it's a good plan, the overlay.

I don't know when it'll happen, probably long after we're gone, but it'll it needs to happen.

So thank you.

Thanks.

And uh Counselor Dabson, if I can um add to that too, um one of the things when we look at uh Rainbow Boulevard and that that expansion of that roadway, um we are we're we're at a good point in time right now where there hasn't been as much single family development um the same way that has happened on Northern.

Um I don't know that we will be able to use this same type of tool or technique for Northern Boulevard in its current capacity.

Um but but we're trying to get ahead of that with with rainbow.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Mr.

Mayor, Councilor List.

Director and Cohn, I have a clarifying question, and it excuse my ignorance, but maybe it applies to other people too.

Um so if we're saying that we're gonna have this overlay and we're asking people to not put a structure in a certain space when the city does decide to come in and expand the road, is there a compensation for families by taking their space?

Uh Mr.

Mayor, Counselor List, that's correct.

Um so what will happen is in the future, public works will actually go into a corridor study and go further into looking at what is specifically needed for the roadway, um, getting the specific um size of of all the lanes and and um all of the infrastructure that needs to go in, and then they will determine how much right-of-way is necessary for that and what side of the road that it specifically needs to come from if they determine that it can be smaller than than 156 feet, um, and then they will go through a process of actually having uh appraisers who are um approved on a list for uh the Federal Highway Association, um, and they will determine uh what is an appropriate um uh um valuation for that property and then go through the process of of actually purchasing um that property.

Okay.

So just to clarify one more time, I own a quarter or a half acre.

You have suggested that I leave 28 feet and I don't build in that area.

The city comes through in 10 years and says, hey, we need 15 feet of that, you purchase those 15 feet for me and we move on with our lives.

Did I understand that correctly?

That's correct.

Perfect.

Thank you so much.

Clarify.

Counselor Tyler, thank you, Nicole.

Um that was gonna be my next question because I was gonna go back and ask that.

Since she did, that clarifies it.

That that's fine.

Thank you.

All right.

Well, you're just gonna actually take forward.

Okay.

Anything further from uh council?

Hearing none, I have a motion and a second.

Uh Ms.

Davis.

Thank you, sir.

Counselor List.

Yes.

Counselor Jabson.

Yes.

Counselor Cobra.

Yes.

Counselor Weimer.

Yes.

Counselor Linentine?

Yes.

And Counselor Tyler.

Yes.

Thank you.

Oh three is approved.

Thank you.

That concludes our regularly scheduled meeting, Mr.

City Manager.

Do you have a report?

Mr.

Mayor, members of the governing body, good evening.

Um just a couple quick things.

Uh thank you, Councilor Tyler.

For the reminder on the election, election day is Tuesday, March 3rd.

Early voting uh continues through Saturday, February 28th.

Um, if you have an absentee ballot, the absentee ballot shall be dropped off by Tuesday, March 3rd, 7 p.m.

at the clerk's office or one of our polling locations.

Um at this point, you may not want to rely on the U.S.

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So encourage you to drop it off in person.

Um additional information on polling locations, ours, etc.

Please visit R R N M.gov forward slash R R votes.

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Um so once again, that is R Rnm.gov forward slash RR votes, or again, if you use a search engine, be sure to click on that uh dot gov reorgan R R NM.gov uh URL.

Um also like to uh um we received uh today through a media alert uh US News has uh ranked Rio Rancho as the best place to live um in New Mexico.

Um so they did a top five listing, uh ranked number one.

Um and uh you can also see our national ranking.

We're 244th, I think, in the country.

So that came out today.

Um thank you, community.

Congratulations to the community and uh everyone who helps contribute for us to be uh to to uh earn that um that ranking as they say it takes a village, and this is truly a case of it takes a village.

Um and also uh just a quick nod to acknowledge a city staff member who's in the room.

Um Crystal Silversmith that works in the development services department.

Uh she is one of our project engineers.

She is, I think I'm not sure if she's waving or uh uh shrinking down in her seat.

Um Crystal works in David Serrano's group in development engineering, and she is here um tonight as part of just a process to learn a little bit more and working through one of our activities through our emerging uh emerging leaders professional development program.

So just like to acknowledge Crystal.

Um one of the projects she has worked on and been on the front line and done very, very hard work uh and contentious work at times is working on the fiber installations and uh she's done a yeoman's uh a fantastic job of sniffing out problems, preventing future problems, and ensuring that things get corrected when they need correction.

So a great contributor to our team here at the City of Rio Rancho and uh has uh children at uh Cleveland High School as well.

So thank you very much, Crystal, for being here.

With that, Mr.

Mayor, members of the governing body, I have nothing else.

Thank you.

And I know this is where we normally adjourn, but I do want to say thank you to city staff and everybody involved in once again having us ranked nationally as the uh number one best place to live in this in the state of New Mexico.

Um that just proves that the hard work that we've done is being recognized nationally and statewide, and uh I'm just really grateful for everybody that works and participates in in achieving those uh national recognitions because those aren't things that you just go out and get or pay for.

You have to earn those.

And uh so it really shows the community is on a great trajectory, and we just need to keep that great uh that great trajectory going forward.

All right, thank you.

With that, we are adjourned.