Update on Tuesday's P&Z meeting and other important meetings coming up!!!

Written By Nancy Nangeroni

The P&Z meeting was 3 and 1/2 hours. The Palindrome site and plat items were last.  The public comment period had three of the Friends of Los Ranchos speaking against the approval. The points made are listed below.

Tom Donelan spoke to the fact that Palindrome did not do what the village wanted for the Village Center. It was supposed to be mostly commercial with a little housing

  • The construction should have been stopped based on the 1st court ruling.

  • Multifamily apartments were not a permissive use in the VC zone.

The P&Z passed the Site plan with the conditions listed below 3 to 2. Dru and John voted against. Mary and Connie recused themselves. Gwen, Bob, and Claire voted for.

  • Wall on the south border should be built.

  • The Osuna access should be limited to right turn entry and egress.

  • Alternate parking plan should be done.

  • Economic impact report should be done.

  • Install landscape on Osuna to act as a barrier for better pedestrian walkway.

The next BOT will be Tuesday 1/21/25. It will consist of two meetings. The first one starts at 5 PM and is a closed meeting to discuss the purchase of water rights for the Agricenter. The regular meeting is at 6 pm and the important agenda items are listed below.

  • Vote for the appointment of Lawrence Rael as mayor. 

  • Approval of the P&Z commissioners for this year.

    •   a.) Gwenn Baldwin 

    • b.) Connie Barrow 

    • c.) John Edward 

    • d.) Claire Heywood 

    •  e.) Mary Homan 

    •  f.) Robert Martinez 

    •  g.) Dru Tagliapietra  

There is an open meeting scheduled for next Thursday 1/23/25 at 6 PM to get public input on the VC zone issues and suggestions for changes. 

This is an important meeting that needs resident participation so the VC zone can be changed to meet what residents want in that zone.

Nancy Nangeroni