[0:43] Good evening everyone. It is 6 o'clock.
I am Mayor Lawrence Royale and I'm
[0:49] calling the Tuesday, July 15, 2025
meeting to order. The time is
[0:55] approximately 6.
This meeting is streamlined on the
[0:59] village website. The public can also
participate via Zoom. Instructions on
[1:04] overall public participation guidance is
listed on the website and on page four
[1:09] of the meeting packet. Um go to Miss
Danielle to give further direction or
[1:15] instructions on the meeting.
>> Thank you, mayor. Uh the village of Los
[1:19] Ranchos is providing the ability for the
public to participate in hybrid
[1:23] meetings. As with any application,
digital service or software, the
[1:28] opportunity for failure can occur.
Therefore, the village is not
[1:32] responsible for the inability to connect
to the meeting either by Zoom meeting
[1:36] link or viewing via live stream. The
meeting is being recorded and will be
[1:41] available online after the meeting on
the village website.
[1:45] » Thank you very much, Madame Clerk. Would
you please call the role?
[1:49] » Trustee Benvitas
>> here.
[1:51] » Trusty Kefir
>> here. Trusty Ranovich
[1:54] » here.
>> Trusty R now
[1:56] » here.
>> Very good. Will you all please uh stand
[1:59] and join me as we recite the pledge of
allegiance.
[2:04] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[2:09] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[2:16] justice for all.
[2:21] » Thank you very much. Now we'll move for
approval of the agenda. Is there a
[2:25] motion to approve the agenda?
>> Motion to approve the agenda.
[2:29] » Do we have a second?
>> I'll second it.
[2:31] » It's been moved and second. Any
discussion?
[2:34] » Seeing none. All those in favor of the
approval signify by saying yay.
[2:39] » Yes.
>> All oppose. Same sign.
[2:42] We'll move on. We are now at the point
of um general public comment. Madame
[2:48] clerk, do we have anyone signed up for
public comment tonight?
[2:52] » Thank you, mayor, mayor, and trustees.
Our first individual is Mr. Henry
[2:56] Shonard. If you would please approach
the podium, state your name and address
[3:00] for the record, and you have three
minutes.
[3:06] And as you're coming up, Henry, let me
just make sure we're clear on our our at
[3:10] least for you all who all speaking
tonight. Uh to be fair to others waiting
[3:14] to speak, a timekeeper will make an
announcement and uh when the allotted
[3:18] time is up. Therefore, it is important
to keep your comments short and please I
[3:23] plan on making your points as quickly as
possible. No actions can occur on these
[3:28] items. If you have questions, please
feel free to contact this the staff here
[3:32] at the village. uh during business hours
and we'll move forward. So, go ahead,
[3:37] Henry.
>> Thank you. Yeah, Henry Shonard, 663
[3:43] Lwood Drive Northwest.
And I spoke at the last board of trustee
[3:48] meeting not too long ago. Uh and didn't
realize I had met much too much to
[3:54] cover. Uh I I would just like to repeat
that I I'm a volunteer
[4:00] uh at at Los Ranches Elementary and I'm
also on the advisory council of the
[4:04] department of senior affairs and I think
of these two volunteering
[4:11] um things that I do as m complimentary
and in line with um the age friendly um
[4:20] mission of the department of senior
affairs intergenerational
[4:24] Um so I um
I basically the vision that I have is to
[4:32] make um Los Ranchos Elementary a
community school
[4:38] um as much as possible and I've
distributed what it is that a community
[4:43] school actually is able to do. Uh I
won't go through it. You can read it
[4:48] trustees and mayor. Um, but it it it
really is it's I think of interest to
[4:54] you as uh leaders in the community to to
know that about about what a community
[5:01] school is. I really uh one of the main
reasons I spoke um uh last time and I'll
[5:08] repeat it now is I want to work with
community members um and in making Los
[5:16] Ranch Elementary as much as possible a
community school and a neighborhood
[5:22] school which it used to be no longer is.
Um, parents here don't necessarily send
[5:29] their kids to the school uh for various
reasons, but it's an issue. Um, I'm
[5:36] looking ahead to a uh the election of
the APS board election, Albuquerque
[5:43] Public Schools, and we'll be able to
vote on the representative for district
[5:48] number three, which is now held by the
president of the board of Albuquerque
[5:54] public schools. I think that's going to
be uh an important election to getting
[6:01] the leadership of Albuquerque public
schools
[6:06] to uh collaborate with the community in
in doing schools that I think I think
[6:14] we're pretty clear that they've fallen
short and I'd like to see that that
[6:20] happen. And that's one of the strategies
of being a community school is is uh is
[6:26] collaborative leadership and practices.
Okay. Thank you very much.
[6:32] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Jeff Phillips.
[6:41] » Good evening. Jeff Phillips, 605 Schulty
Road Northwest. A few notes on upcoming
[6:47] events in the village. The agriculture
committee meets tomorrow at 3 pm at the
[6:52] Agra Nature Center. The next community
walk is next Monday, July 21st at 6:15
[7:00] p.m. We'll meet at the Shining River
parking area, which is at 8601 Rio Grand
[7:07] Boulevard and do an approximately two
mile loop. Um, planning ahead. Each of
[7:14] the next three months walks will also be
on the evening of the third Monday. So
[7:19] that's August 18th, September 15th, and
October 20th.
[7:24] Next up, uh there is a public
information meeting on the planning and
[7:28] engineering of the middle Rio Grand Levy
improvements. And this is at the Raymond
[7:35] Sanchez Community Center center Monday,
July 28th from 5:30 to 700 p.m. And then
[7:43] lastly, the National Night Out is
Tuesday, August 5th. And there are two
[7:49] open to the public events hosted by
neighbors. One beginning at 6:30 p.m. is
[7:55] along the PBLO Aakia between PBLO Solano
and Chamisol. Bob and Don are
[8:02] hosting in their back right adjacent to
the uh to the Asakia. And then at 7 PM
[8:08] at Edgewood Park, uh Judy and Henry and
the neighborhood have been doing that
[8:13] one for a while. Edgewood Park is at
Edgewood and Osuna. So mark your
[8:18] calendars, come on out uh to one or both
of those. And then now on to a little
[8:23] little less uplifting note um for you
guys. In September of last year with
[8:29] resolution 240905,
this body took the severe action to
[8:34] declare the property at 605 Tascosa Lane
Northwest a menace to the public
[8:40] comfort, health, peace, and safety. And
you ordered the removal of any and all
[8:45] weeds, limbs, ruins, rubbish, wreckage,
debris, refues, refues, and dangerous
[8:53] buildings from the property. You took
this severe action of last resort
[8:57] because it is a severe situation, one
that has existed for years. It's been
[9:02] years since the previous administration
took the exact same action that you
[9:07] prescribed in September. It's now been
10 months since your resolution.
[9:12] Situation uh that you rightly deemed a
public menace remains and as you heard
[9:18] from Wendy and Sam last month, it
actually continues to worsen.
[9:23] Um, I see nothing in your resolution
from September that says the village
[9:27] will only act if it can be guaranteed to
recover the cost. The fact that a lean
[9:33] cannot be placed does not negate the
situation, nor does it resend your
[9:37] resolution.
Um, please on behalf of Tuscosa,
[9:42] Schulty, Green Valley, and Guadalupe
Trail neighbors and all those who travel
[9:47] and recreate on the rice lateral, please
act on your resolution. Thank you.
[9:53] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Teresa Rael.
[10:04] Theresa Rael 105 L A Alahhamra Circle.
Mayor, trustees, residents,
[10:12] um I would like you to consider placing
a crosswalk across Rio Grand at Elport
[10:18] Hall.
A lot of pedestrians and bicyclists
[10:22] cross this area to get to the park or to
go west to the sec.
[10:28] And Saturdays people are crossing to get
to the growers market and the art
[10:33] market. Um
my 98-year-old mother lives on the west
[10:38] side and she walks the park every day
when she can cross real grand because
[10:45] people just won't stop for pedestrians
or bicyclists. and I have stood there
[10:50] trying to get across also. Um, and it's
not just for me or her. There's a lot of
[10:55] people that use that area to cross. Um,
so consider a crosswalk with signage.
[11:03] And, um, on another note, I'd like to
say thank you for the botchi ball court
[11:07] at Hartnet Park. A group of us play
every Sunday at 8 o'clock. So, if you're
[11:13] going to play, pick another time. Thank
you.
[11:17] Thank you, mayor and trustees. That
concludes public comment.
[11:22] » Okay, very good. Um, we'll now move to
item six, uh, approval of the minutes.
[11:28] We need a motion to approve the minutes
of June 24th, 2025.
[11:33] Do we have a motion?
>> I'll make a motion to approve.
[11:38] » It's been moved. Do we have a second?
>> I'll second it.
[11:42] » Moved and second. Um any corrections or
any additions to the minutes?
[11:48] See none. All those in favor signify by
saying I.
[11:51] » I.
>> I. All opposed. Same sign. Move forward.
[11:55] Thank you very much. We'll now move to
item number seven, new business.
[12:00] Resolution number 2025-07-01.
[12:05] a resolution approving the 2024 final
quarter fiscal report year ending June
[12:12] 30th, 2025.
We'll go to um our CFO, Tammy Sil.
[12:19] » Good evening. Thank you, Mayor. Uh
mayor, trustees, before you is
[12:23] resolution 2025-07-01
for the fiscal year 2025 final quarter
[12:30] financial report. This is a report that
is due to the state um through LGBMS and
[12:36] it is a requirement for the state. What
what you're seeing here is the same
[12:40] thing we present every year. It's just a
roll up in a summary of all of our funds
[12:45] and um in the column number eight, cash
plus investments. The bottom number can
[12:50] be tied to the cash report balance on
page 72.
[12:57] » Okay. Any qu uh do we need a a motion to
approve the resolution?
[13:02] » I'll make a motion to approve resolution
number 2025-07-01.
[13:08] » Do we have a second?
>> I'll second.
[13:11] » Any questions?
>> Just just one quick one.
[13:14] » Trusty.
>> So, uh Tammy, this is this is about the
[13:19] geo bonds. Uh I I know it's been
explained to me, but uh you know it just
[13:25] seems it always I always get confused
and if I get confused I'm thinking the
[13:29] residents probably are are uh confused
as well. So, so, uh, line 401 geo bonds,
[13:36] the beginning cash balance is, you know,
uh, 10,500,
[13:40] revenues, 341K.
Um, so I I I'm assuming the these are
[13:46] the bonds that we have to pay for like
the the recent purchase of the Anderson
[13:50] house with the 24 acres. Is that
correct?
[13:53] » Um, Mayor and Trusty Benvitas, that is
correct. That's one of the bonds. The
[13:57] other bond is the 2007 bond that was for
open space that was refunded in 2021. So
[14:02] that we have the two and both of them
are for open space.
[14:05] » So how how is it that we have a
beginning balance of 10,500 and the
[14:10] revenues of 341? I mean don't we make
monthly payments on this?
[14:16] » Um no mayor and trustee Benvitas we do
not make a monthly payment. We have two
[14:20] payments a year. Um, in August we pay
our principal and our interest payment.
[14:25] Okay? And then in February we pay an
interest payment. And um this the
[14:30] $10,000 balance that you see starting it
is um interest that was earned off the
[14:35] bond. Um the payments the revenue comes
in from property tax. The $341,000
[14:43] that's property tax revenue. And then um
the transfers that you see are transfers
[14:48] to cover the difference between what
property tax does not cover in the geo
[14:53] bond. Um and that's how we get to the
total for our expenditures.
[14:58] » So we're just getting ready for the
August payment.
[15:01] » Um U Mayor and Trusty Benvitas, no this
is for last year's payment, the um the
[15:07] August payment in 2024 and the February
payment in 2025. So this is what was
[15:13] actually paid during fiscal year 2025.
>> Sorry, but but we similarly for the this
[15:19] new fiscal year, we're getting ready for
the August payment and we would have
[15:22] money in that account for that. Is that
correct?
[15:25] » That is correct.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[15:27] » That's all.
>> Okay. All right. Any other questions? If
[15:31] not, I'll
>> Oh, I'm sorry.
[15:34] » Trusty
Renovich, go for
[15:36] » Why don't you go to Trusty
>> or Trusty Rena?
[15:39] » Sure.
I just had a a comment here and I and I
[15:43] know as part of the listing um there is
a section here on lodgers tax and I know
[15:49] we're not doing it right now but this is
something that I would certainly suggest
[15:53] that we take a look at more critically
you know in in order to generate income
[15:59] from we know that there's lodging going
on in in the village um I'm not quite
[16:06] sure what the consequence is going to be
>> the B&Bs Right.
[16:09] » Yeah. Right. Yeah. With the B&Bs
um so far. And so, but I'd like to make
[16:16] a suggestion though that we really
investigate this in order to in order to
[16:22] have uh some further discussion about
it.
[16:26] » Okay. Any other thoughts?
>> I had the I had the same uh question and
[16:33] I wondered why we even include it as a
line item if we have no lodgers tax.
[16:38] Um, Mayor and Trusty Radnovich, this is
a document provided from the state.
[16:42] » Got it. Okay. Environmental GRT. We
don't have anything like that, do we?
[16:47] » No.
>> Didn't think so.
[16:50] » Okay.
Uh, yeah. Board of members, go ahead,
[16:53] » Mayor. Sorry.
>> No, I was just going to say
[16:55] » that was this is this is all just a
prescriptive form. So, they try and
[16:59] capture all the opportunities for every
municipality. So, that's But those are
[17:04] good questions. Yeah, for sure.
>> Okay. Any other questions?
[17:07] If not, all those in favor of the motion
signify by saying I.
[17:10] » I oppose. I'm sorry. This is a
resolution.
[17:15] » Okay. Uh let's go to our clerk then.
>> Thank you. Trusty Benvitas.
[17:21] » Yes.
>> Trusty Kefir.
[17:22] » Yes.
>> Trusty Renovich.
[17:24] » Yes.
>> Trusty Rau.
[17:26] » Yes.
>> Motion carries 40.
[17:30] » Very good. Good. Uh, next item is
resolution number 2025-07-02.
[17:38] A resolution approving the budget
adoption for fiscal year 2025/2026.
[17:45] Do we have a motion to Well, first let's
go to Tammy for a presentation and then
[17:49] we'll go through the motion.
>> Uh, thank you, mayor, trustees. Before
[17:52] you is resolution 2025-07-02.
[17:57] um the resolution to approve the final
budget for fiscal year 2026. Um you do
[18:04] have a handout in front of you um that
is slightly different that was that from
[18:08] what was in the packet. Um in the
handout I provided you there are in
[18:13] column D which is the increase decrease
column. You will see three squares um
[18:19] that are highlighted yellow. These are
the three changes. There was a
[18:23] calculation error. However, this is only
a variance column. It did not affect any
[18:28] of the actual budget numbers. Um it is
it was just the variance between final
[18:34] budget of fiscal year 25 and the final
budget of fiscal year 26. Um but before
[18:39] you is the final budget um with
consideration of everything we discussed
[18:45] in last month's meeting. And um with
this budget in front of you on page on
[18:53] the second to last page, which is the um
ending cash balance for the general
[18:59] fund, we have in excess of $162,000
um that we anticipate for the end of the
[19:05] year. And then on the last page, which
is the cash balance summary, you can see
[19:10] every fund here. And as you can see, we
anticipate in excess of $172,000.
[19:18] um between all the funds if this budget
were to happen exactly as we are
[19:23] forecasting.
>> Okay. Very good. Is are there any other
[19:28] um questions for uh our CFO in this
budget?
[19:33] » I I called her yesterday asked my
question so I'm good. Okay.
[19:36] » And and I have one or two.
>> All right. Let's just let's get a motion
[19:39] to uh on the floor uh first and then
we'll go to uh discussion. We have a
[19:43] motion to approve this resolution.
I'll make a motion to approve resolution
[19:48] 20250702.
>> We have a second.
[19:52] » Okay. It's been moved in a second. Uh
trusty Rena.
[19:56] » I mean, pardon me. I was looking at I
was looking at Frank and uh look and
[20:01] asking George.
>> We look really similar.
[20:04] » Sorry about that.
>> Um is this also a a form that we get?
[20:11] » Uh Mayor and Trusty Radich? No, this is
a spreadsheet that I have to put
[20:14] together.
>> So, this is a uh just a it's just
[20:20] questions about do we really need some
things. Um
[20:27] for instance, the uh
the Los Ranchos merchandise which is on
[20:33] the first page 3488
0101.
[20:38] We don't really sell it. The only thing
I I'm guessing it's the merchandise
[20:43] that's in that case right here behind
the behind the
[20:47] » um mayor and trustee Radnovich. No. So,
this line item was created um back with
[20:52] the Larry Abraham administration. There
was actual merchandise available for
[20:57] purchase, license plates, um polos with
the logos, different items. Um, back
[21:04] then there was actually
items available for someone to come in
[21:08] and purchase. That has is no longer the
case. Um, we have a few license plates
[21:14] left, I believe. And we have had someone
come in on occasion to purchase those.
[21:18] Um, so that is why that line item is
there if one of those were to sell. But
[21:22] as you can see, there's nothing budgeted
there because we don't actively try to
[21:27] sell any merchandise.
>> So, can we just lose the line?
[21:33] Yeah, we could do that. It's a zero
>> unless we have a an interest in selling
[21:37] merch.
Seems like
[21:41] I don't know why why bother. I guess the
I had the same question about animal
[21:47] licenses and fees. Uh I'm I question how
many people have animals in Los Ranchos
[21:54] that they don't license because the fees
had up to 80 bucks. So, I wondered if we
[22:00] even wanted to do that and just rely on
Bernley County. Just a thought. Um,
[22:09] the other one that I thought seemed
pretty low and, you know, maybe it's
[22:14] something we want to do in the future
more, but the the film permit fees are,
[22:18] you know, $800. It seems like, why
bother? you know, uh I I get if someone
[22:25] came to us, there would be fees there,
but it's it's pretty low. So, I think we
[22:31] talked about this in a meeting earlier
this year or late last year.
[22:36] » Um I'm just remembering
>> we raised the fees.
[22:39] » We did. Yeah, we raised.
>> So,
[22:42] » mayor doesn't seem like much,
>> if I may add on that line item. Um, so
[22:47] one of the reasons that we have this in
revenue is and we only have it at $800
[22:51] is because we don't know what's going to
come through. However, the actuals for
[22:54] this past year was about $12,000. So if
something does come through, you're only
[22:59] looking at budgeted numbers.
>> So
[23:02] » thank you.
>> And I would just maybe add uh trustee or
[23:06] trustees all told. I think what what uh
Tammy is doing here with this budget is
[23:11] just including all the line items where
we've had revenues and or we have to
[23:15] budget. So if someone comes in and does
buy a license plate, they actually know
[23:19] where to put the revenue that that's
generated from that sale. So to your
[23:23] point, Trusty uh Renovich, yeah, getting
rid of it would be fine. that would end
[23:27] up probably in a miscellaneous category
which is not a lot of money but if it's
[23:32] a question of just sort of streamlining
how it presents I mean we can certainly
[23:36] go back and look at maybe even
condensing some of those aligned items
[23:40] and putting them under a broader
structure but I think it was probably
[23:44] most likely historical in the sense of
how people how the how the villages
[23:48] budgeted before and but anyway
>> it just made me think do we want to
[23:54] promote that
>> sure so that we make more money from it
[23:57] or are there things we can change about
the way we do things at the village that
[24:02] might bring in more money? So,
>> fair enough. Just a thought.
[24:05] » Um, I was also wondering on page 23
there's line 45 uh or it's account 45
[24:15] 911
101700
[24:19] for $59,000.
[24:22] Is is that like um uh Mr. Uh, is it
Brennan or is it someone like him that
[24:30] » mayor and Trusty Renovich? So, yes,
that's a professional services line item
[24:34] for any um planning and zoning contract
professional services that we might
[24:39] have.
>> I see. So, this could have included uh
[24:42] last year when we went through the the
uh um the cluster housing. Uh Yep,
[24:50] » that is correct. Yes. It would be any
work that was done on that
[24:54] » in planning and zoning specifically.
>> Right. Right. Yeah.
[24:58] » Um
[25:02] and then I saw under professional
services under a general administration
[25:08] like 39,000 for professional services
and then contract labor. Is that like
[25:14] help with the aggrae center and things
like that? Um, Mayor and Trusty
[25:19] Radovich, you said under the 1840
department.
[25:22] » I'm sorry. Yeah, it's uh under 1840 and
one line is uh 45151
[25:29] and the other line is 45 911.
>> Okay. Thank you. Um, mayor and trusty
[25:34] Rnovich. So, these are two different
type of services. The 45155
[25:39] that professional services is going to
be um several different services that
[25:43] are for um more villagewide items. So if
we need transcription services or um any
[25:51] professional services we're contracting
out that's villagewide as a whole. Um
[25:54] the 45911 that is more towards um
contractors such as um like Maria.
[26:01] » I see. I see. Got it.
>> So
[26:06] okay.
>> And that's it.
[26:08] » That's it. Any other questions from any
of the other trustees?
[26:13] » Yep. All right. Uh we have a motion and
a second. Um, we'll go to the clerk to
[26:18] call the role.
>> Thank you, mayor. Trusty Benvdas,
[26:21] » yes.
>> Trusty Kefir,
[26:23] » yes.
>> Trusty Ranovich,
[26:24] » yes.
>> Trusty right now.
[26:26] » Yes.
>> Motion carries. Four in favor.
[26:29] » Very good. We'll now move to item C. Uh,
resolution number 202507-03.
[26:36] A resolution stating the participation
in local government road fund program
[26:40] administered by the New Mexico
Department of Transportation. Uh, do we
[26:44] have a motion to approve?
>> Yes. Uh, motion to approve resolution
[26:48] number 2025-07-03.
>> Do we have a second?
[26:52] » A second.
>> Very good. We'll go to Miss Reynold for
[26:56] presentation.
>> Mayor, board of trustees, I need a point
[26:58] of clarification from Madame Clerk,
please. I just have the um the
[27:04] resolutions I wrote and I have the
agenda. Can you tell me is C maps or is
[27:09] it co-op? Can you tell me which is it? C
is maps.
[27:14] » So C is L300393.
[27:19] » Is that correct?
[27:26] » What was the number?
>> 367859
[27:28] was the total project um cost and I
believe that's okay.
[27:32] » That is co-op and the one for 1 million
is is D. So I had that is D. Okay. Got
[27:42] it.
>> So, maps first, co-op second.
[27:46] » Opposite.
>> Opposite.
[27:47] » Okay. I don't know. She's nodding at me
differently. So,
[27:51] » great, great, great, great. So, the
first one is control number is control
[27:56] number 300 391.
Correct. And a total project cost of
[28:03] 367,859.
[28:07] » No, this is this is the opposite. This
is the control number on this is 300
[28:13] » 393
>> 393.
[28:14] » Okay. 393.
>> Danielle, you were correct.
[28:18] » 1.2 million.
>> Okay. So, the first the first resolution
[28:22] in front of you is for a new program
that administrator John Ailan Keen
[28:28] submitted an application for for
pavement rehabilitation on Rio Grande
[28:31] Boulevard. And that project is if for a
total project cost of 1,240,451
[28:40] the required share for the public entity
for the village of Los Ranchos is
[28:44] $310,113.
[28:48] This cooperative agreement terminates on
June 30th, 2027.
[28:53] And even though it was submitted for a
specific dis um asphalt rehabilitation
[29:00] repaving project, the scope of the
agreement allows for planning, design,
[29:06] construction, reconstruction, pavement
rehabilitation, construction management,
[29:10] drainage, and miscellaneous
improvements.
[29:13] So, this resolution
is asking for approval for the mayor's
[29:19] signature to enter into the cooperative
agreement in that amount for that term
[29:23] and for that scope.
>> Thank you very much. Do we have any
[29:28] questions?
>> Uh, Trustee Kever.
[29:32] » Thank you, Maria. Um, question for you.
The 2027 date, does that mean that's
[29:39] when all of the funds need to be
expensed by?
[29:43] um
>> spent twice
[29:44] » mayor madam it is that the project needs
to be closed out all exhibits full
[29:50] reimbursement request acceptance of the
project and file ready for audit so the
[29:56] funds generally have to be expended a
good 30 to 45 days prior to that date
[30:02] » okay and miscellaneous
um improvements can that also include
[30:09] speed mitigation efforts
>> mayor Madame trustee, it absolutely can.
[30:14] Miscellaneous is anything that is not
included that is specific here. It can
[30:17] be signage, it can be traffic analysis,
it can be signalization, it can be any
[30:23] number of things. Yes. Anything that um
is inherent into an accepted design that
[30:29] is not specifically stated in that
scope.
[30:32] » Perfect. That's all I have. Thank you.
>> Okay. Any other questions?
[30:36] » I have some. Uh Trusty Ranovich.
>> Thanks, Mayor. Um,
[30:42] I appreciate that, you know, Maria and
yourself are are good at getting money
[30:47] from DOT. Um I don't really see I mean
other than the the uh
[30:56] traffic that we get there what uh what
repaving
[31:03] um other than if there are interventions
about um uh slowing people down and so
[31:11] forth there there needs to be and so
could you explain more I mean it's a
[31:16] relatively new asphalt
cover that we have there. There's not
[31:21] many problems with it. So, if you could
explain a little bit about what um what
[31:28] you have in mind. Uh Rio Grands
Boulevard is a really important road for
[31:33] the village. Um I think it's iconic in
the state and maybe the region because
[31:39] of what it represents. Uh even the
buffalo curve um represents agricultural
[31:46] lines that were drawn many decades if
not centuries ago um by farmers. So, um
[31:54] I'm I'm really worried uh that having uh
DOT touch uh parts of a boulevard that
[32:03] are so iconic uh with um uh with um
interventions that may not be
[32:11] appropriate from a cultural and historic
perspective.
[32:15] uh how that should uh be handled and
what you actually have in mind.
[32:20] » Mayor Trusty Radnovich, this is for
pavement rehabilitation. This money is
[32:24] for it was submitted as a pavement
rehabilitation project. This is a
[32:29] repaving project and nothing more.
>> I thought you maybe I'm confused. I
[32:35] thought uh that uh Trusty Kefir just
asked if they could include um
[32:40] interventions like uh traffic calming.
>> Mayor Trustee Renovich, what she asked
[32:47] was if the scope when it says
miscellaneous, what does that mean? But
[32:51] what was submitted by the village per
application was for a rehabilitation
[32:56] that's been on the board for repaving
for at least 10 years. Mr. administrator
[33:13] » trusty rat board. Um it has been on I
can say 10 years. It has been on there
[33:19] for a at least the um
the five years. Um and I wasn't here
[33:26] those years but it's been something
that's uh been on the street. um program
[33:31] which is looking at all the streets and
which ones are going to come up next. It
[33:35] had previously had design work for
rehabilitation. That's one of the
[33:41] reasons we were able to um put it
through because we had that design work
[33:44] as far as getting the uh you know what's
it going to cost the estimates.
[33:49] » That was the 700,000 that the mayor
mentioned a month or two ago.
[33:54] » Is that right?
>> I I'm not sure. It may may be u part of
[33:59] that
>> but here's I mean the road is
[34:03] alligatored
usually alligated and that's when it
[34:06] starts coming up in chunks. It's
crisscrossed by um you know it being
[34:12] broken up. So it does have some of that
going on. Uh that is a place we're
[34:17] having to pothole replace on regular
basis. Um, and it's uh, you know, it's
[34:24] ready for rehabilitation and those
usually last about 20 years if you don't
[34:29] do any remediation like crack seal and
that sort of stuff. Um, so that's about
[34:35] what you get on a on a on a busy street
and it's our one of our busier streets.
[34:40] » So to ask again, do you have in mind to
do interventions like uh trafficcoming
[34:47] circles and things like that? Mayor,
Trusty Radnovich, this is just for
[34:53] pavement rehab. That's what this
agreement is for. That's what DOT
[34:56] awarded the money for.
>> So the miscellaneous that Trusty Kefir
[35:00] asked about is not part of it.
>> That is just part of the language and
[35:05] the scope that they gave us that covers
what it is we applied for money for but
[35:10] could also include. This is only enough
money to do the pavement rehabilitation.
[35:17] So then what is your intention for the
uh engineering work on the road just
[35:24] rehabilitation or not?
>> What is before you? This is just the
[35:30] profile has already been set. The
estimate has already been made. This is
[35:35] we have a guarantee of a 20-year life
cycle on this asphalt. So it will be bid
[35:40] as a repavement. There's no engineering
on this on this project. So this is just
[35:45] going construction company.
>> Yes. A company that does um it will be
[35:53] determined through potholeing whether or
not it'll be a mill and overlay if it
[35:58] will be a full depth reclamation
whatever it is we have money for that
[36:03] gives us the best outcome for a final
pavement product. So then if we come
[36:10] back later
with another proposals, one of which I
[36:16] think was in our ICIP
to do a roundabout at uh Ortega or
[36:25] traffic circle at Rio Grand and Chavez
or
[36:31] something else at the Buffalo curve. um
that would be done after a repaving
[36:38] project. So we'd basically cut into that
repaving project to do uh other
[36:45] interventions that are trafficcoming.
>> Mayor Trusty Radnovich, this is not the
[36:50] entirety of Rio Grande Boulevard. As you
know, it's a million dollars a mile to
[36:54] repave. This is sections that were
identified as having reflective
[36:59] cracking, alligatoring, buckling,
potholeing, those types of things. This
[37:04] is sections of and I'm the administrator
could better describe those sections. I
[37:10] know that there's a section north of
Montano.
[37:14] This I don't believe this touches the
Buffalo curve. John, if you would
[37:18] please.
>> Could you give us a idea of what the
[37:21] » the termini on that are Montano or the
edge of village in real grand to Chavis.
[37:28] That's what we put it. Now we come up,
you know, let's just say something's
[37:32] there that we can't u um forecast. U we
might come up short of Chavis, you know,
[37:39] it might be back or we might come up
with more money to take care of it. So
[37:43] if we have some unknown cost, which is
doubtful because it's pretty simple.
[37:48] We're just going to pull it up, lay it
back out. Um but we do need some design
[37:52] work inside.
don't uh leave that. Um, as far as just
[37:57] making sure that we are cleared on the
bugs and buns, uh, you know, all the all
[38:03] the
all the environmental stuff that you
[38:06] would have on the edge of road and so
forth, we need to make sure that those
[38:09] are taken care of. So, um, it's not just
construction. It's not just pulling it
[38:13] up and laying it back down. So mayor um
trustee John if I may. So what happens
[38:19] next is once the mayor enters into this
agreement we go back to the quotas by
[38:26] which we the quotas those who quoted the
work to be had. We ask them for a
[38:33] updated bid quote on this work and
depending on how that comes in we make a
[38:40] determination on what the final scope
will be.
[38:44] Okay. So, this is the we had a quote.
This that's what we used in the
[38:48] application format. It's awarded. Now,
NMDOT wants to make sure the quote is
[38:54] still good, sufficient, and held by the
quoter.
[38:58] » And who is the quoter that we picked?
>> Albuquerque Asphalt, I believe. Is it?
[39:03] Who was it that you submitted, John?
[39:13] Maybe we should get a quote on a new
microphone.
[39:19] » Yeah, I believe it was Albuquerque
asphalt is the quote, but it's going to
[39:23] be it's going to be reassignment to a a
contractor. Doesn't necessarily mean
[39:28] it's that contractor. So, procurement
didn't happen with that particular
[39:33] quote. What happened was here's the
estimate on what construction takes.
[39:38] So, we could get any paving contractor
that's on the NMD DOT list.
[39:46] » Doesn't have to be on NMDOT list. It's
>> anywhere.
[39:49] » It's any qualified contractor. So, yeah,
there's some that might not pass uh um
[39:56] you know, checking um you know, their
qualifications or history or whatever.
[40:01] Uh but uh it is not one particular they
did not uh they did not get an RFP
[40:06] awarded. this is an estimate. Uh we can
go back to these folks that have given
[40:11] us estimate and say you know are those
prices still good say oh no you know
[40:16] labor's gone up or you know asphalt or
whatever they can tell us you're going
[40:20] to be shy on your project either by
dollars or by feet. So that's what we've
[40:25] had to deal with and you just what is it
called? Value engineer at that point,
[40:31] » right? I know all those terms. Um
so it's possible we could get
[40:39] I'll uh not name names, but there are
some asphalt contractors out there that
[40:46] » so may I
>> may not want working on our on our Rio
[40:49] Grand Boulevard.
>> That's why we we go through an RFP
[40:52] process or selection process. So the way
that it works in the Matten Municipal
[40:56] Artillery program is they will accept
the quote that we submitted if they will
[41:01] hold the price. Now that's determined by
our procurement officer and to see if
[41:07] that works with the internal form of
procurement that we use. Her
[41:12] determination may be that this is a for
bid project. If that is the case, we
[41:18] will do a formal bid on this project. I
would assume it's probably going to be
[41:22] that at this amount of money. That's not
a that's that would be an internal
[41:27] requirement. Okay. We are a low bid
state. We do not have disqualifications
[41:33] for like you. I wish sometimes we did
for contractors, but they have to be
[41:40] able to meet the bonding requirement,
the licensing requirement. They have to
[41:45] have a they have to be able to work
through the wage rate requirements. They
[41:50] have all of that. They have to meet
those requirements, whomever it may be.
[41:54] We're not at that point yet. At this
point, we're asking for the authority of
[41:58] the board of trustees to have the mayor
sign the agreement so that we can
[42:01] proceed. And then um we do internally we
do the um environmental and the cultural
[42:09] review. We do all that internally. So
that's not part of this funding. That's
[42:16] not part of it. This is literally
pavement recap.
[42:20] » So,
are you going to bring before us um the
[42:25] other parts of Rio Grand Boulevard? What
uh um I mean
[42:32] we already have the plans for a
contractor to bid this part, right?
[42:38] » I understand that we have a profile, a
paving profile. Yes. So, they'll
[42:44] » So, they'll bid on the profile. They'll
bid on the profile
[42:48] » and they will be watched over by
>> Well, there'll be inspectors.
[42:52] » There'll be inspectors for the village.
>> Yes.
[42:54] » That will be engineers.
>> Not that. Not necessarily.
[42:58] » Oh, yeah. Of course. Yeah. Terrible.
>> I'm not Well, what I'm trying to get at
[43:03] is is there any changes that are going
to be made to the street that could
[43:08] affect it in negative ways?
>> So, good question, Mayor. Um that's why
[43:14] we go through the environmental and the
cultural review to identify any
[43:18] potential negative impacts on existing
environmental content in the area so
[43:24] that we don't we don't create uh
spoilings in a wetlands for example or
[43:30] we don't shake a historic building
foundation. We go through all of we do
[43:34] that on the crack seal and repaving. We
do it on the co-op that happens
[43:38] regardless of what the project is. So
yes, that we have to make sure that
[43:43] there is no mitigation of negative
potential consequences that we're
[43:47] responsible for.
>> And if and if they come up with
[43:51] something that changes the street,
>> will that come before us?
[43:57] » So mayor,
we don't anticipate that. This is an
[44:02] existing rightway. It's not it's it is
literally within the existing profile of
[44:06] the road. Think of this as just a much
larger version of all the paving
[44:11] projects we're doing now. It is
literally that same process.
[44:17] » Uh if I might uh trust Renovich, you and
I shared a conversation about this. It
[44:23] might be more maybe more practical for
us just to what would you like to see
[44:26] happen? Because I I think what what you
and I have shared is that look and I
[44:31] don't disagree with you and I think 90%
of the residents won't disagree with
[44:35] you. It is a historical road. It is an
important uh uh amenity for our
[44:40] community.
This uh grant in particular is state
[44:45] money to help us repave that road. What
you I think and I have talked about
[44:50] informally has been looking at
opportunities to ensure that that road
[44:55] historical significance is is honored.
>> Yes. and that when we have opportunities
[45:00] to make modifications to the road,
whether they're uh road diets or whether
[45:05] they're roundabouts or or what other
mitigation measures that we can do that
[45:11] and uh and and make sure that we aren't
giving ourselves or putting ourselves in
[45:15] a situation where we can't make that
happen. In this case, this is just all
[45:21] about just basically resealing the or
repaving the existing road and existing
[45:26] rightway. I do think that that
conversation that you and I have had
[45:30] informally is the next step that we
ought to talk about at a future meeting
[45:34] because keep in mind by the time you get
all the paperwork in place. I'm assuming
[45:39] this is going to take like a lot of
other DOT projects probably five to six
[45:43] months to get going and we've got to go
through a bid process. Um, we do have,
[45:49] just for purposes of the community's
understanding, in order to apply for
[45:53] these funds, we've had to have a quote
based from a certified contractor that
[45:58] we can determine why we're asking for
the amount of money that we're asking
[46:02] for this project. So, this quote that we
have, although it's some it's dated, it
[46:08] was enough uh it was close enough to
give the DOT comfort that based on what
[46:13] they've seen so far that it's reasonable
for the for the mile that we're talking
[46:18] about. But within that mile, there are
some important items for us to look at.
[46:23] And I would again uh commit to you and
to the and to the village and to the
[46:27] trustees, look, as we get to those
areas, uh we will have that conversation
[46:31] to figure out. And now that we have some
designers and architects, etc. on our if
[46:37] you will on our list of opportunities to
hire. I think we should be looking at
[46:41] some of those which goes back to the
conversation we had what was it two
[46:45] weeks ago or so with the ICIP looking to
get some state funds potentially for
[46:49] some design work and maybe dovetailing
those into this project in in a way that
[46:55] would make sense to to ensure that we're
we're not just uh that we're not giving
[46:59] this an opportunity to be a better road
than it is today.
[47:03] » Awesome. That's really I think that's
really where you're
[47:06] » Yeah, you answered my questions well.
And uh Trusty Veneovas, it has nothing
[47:10] to do with engineers.
[47:14] » Although they all
>> Thank you, Maria. Thank you, mayor.
[47:17] » Thank you. Thank you, Trusty Randomage.
I
[47:20] » I just have one one further question.
>> And what I was um looking at though is
[47:25] the term of this is the is June of 27.
Um, given the fact that we have to go
[47:33] out for bid, given the fact that the
state's going to take their time in
[47:37] terms of approval, what's the likelihood
of us being able to meet that June 27
[47:42] deadline?
>> Mayor, um, Trusty Renovich, once we have
[47:46] our environmental and cultural, sorry,
right now,
[47:50] » I know I'm always asking questions.
>> Um, uh, it will be well within that. It
[47:57] is a repave project. the they are really
good at um local road fund
[48:03] administration. They turn things around
very quickly. Not so much on some of
[48:08] their other programs, but on maps and
co-op, they certainly do. I have full
[48:13] confidence that that this will be just
fine. The longest thing will take be the
[48:18] cultural and environmental review and
that takes about
[48:23] three and a half months and we can start
that as soon as we have an executed
[48:28] agreement back from N DOT.
>> So then the the other question and mayor
[48:36] you may know this. I mean uh right now
it's 1.2 mil. If we come back if they
[48:42] come back with a statement that said
it's 1.4 four bill that can put us back.
[48:48] » I would sus I would um defer to to
Maria's expertise, but it's been my my
[48:54] real experience. Um you only get as far
as the money carrier takes you. So it
[48:59] may be we end up uh halfway between the
Buffalo curve and and and the you know
[49:04] and and you know and some other place.
But um yeah, we'll have to see what that
[49:09] looks like. I would also say, look, the
DOT is is is usually pretty good about
[49:14] if we're that close to what the termini
was of augmenting the the the the
[49:20] contracts. And look, it is it's it this
this straddles basically two fiscal
[49:25] years for us budgetarywise. So, so
there's also an opportunity for us. So,
[49:29] it's it's going to take a little bit of
time, but I I do want to make sure that
[49:33] again um I think you know the idea of
ensuring that we're doing this in a you
[49:39] know um sensitive way to what to what
this facility is for us and actually
[49:44] even for the state is is important. So,
ju just one last thing there. Um what I
[49:49] was getting at before uh with one of my
statements was just you often see a road
[49:56] get built
and then two months later somebody comes
[50:00] in and cuts it for whatever. So just
trying to avoid that too.
[50:06] » Absolutely. And this is why these u
these uh companies that are coming in to
[50:11] want to bring in fiber etc. It's so
important that we have a, you know, a
[50:16] structure and and of course if they're
coming in now and they cut it down, we
[50:19] come back and reseal it, then we'll be
in good shape. But what really is
[50:23] important, we can't predict when when
someone's going to sell a piece of
[50:26] property and all of a sudden they're on
the opposite side of where the water and
[50:29] sewer lines are and um and they cut
across.
[50:32] » Oh, sure. But but if if we decide,
right,
[50:35] » a roundabout should be built somewhere
later, then it's looks like what are
[50:39] these guys doing?
>> Yeah, exactly. Well, um, anyway, all of
[50:43] that being said, um, are we all good on
this?
[50:46] » Yeah,
>> I'm good.
[50:47] » We have a motion.
>> We have a motion on the table. Um, we'll
[50:50] go to clerk for the role.
>> Thank you, mayor.
[50:55] Trusty Benvitas,
>> yes.
[50:57] » Trusty Kefir,
>> yes.
[50:58] » Trusty Ratovich,
>> yes.
[50:59] » Trusty Row,
>> yes.
[51:02] » Four in favor.
>> Very good. Thank you very much. Now we
[51:06] go to resolution number 2025-07-04.
[51:11] A resolution stating the participation
in the local government road fund
[51:15] program administered by the New Mexico
Department of Transportation. Do we have
[51:19] a motion to approve?
>> I'll make a motion to approve 2020704.
[51:26] » We have a second.
>> Second.
[51:30] » Second. Thank you very much. We'll now
go to Miss Reynoldi to uh present the
[51:36] resolution.
>> Mayor, trustees, this is a program
[51:38] you're very familiar with. This is our
sixth allocation of cooperative funds
[51:42] for crack seal and repavement. And um
the department has awarded us 275,894
[51:50] with a public entity share of 91,965
for a total project cost of 367,859.
[51:59] The terms of this agreement
um expires December 31st, 2026
[52:05] and it is again they give us a scope
that includes a whole lot of things but
[52:11] this is crack seal and repavement on
various roads. Now we will take the
[52:16] amount of our award because it is less
than we requested and we will go back to
[52:20] those crack seal companies and asphalt
companies who gave us quotes and see if
[52:26] those quotes are still good and adjust
accordingly. In addition to that, we
[52:30] have committed in this agreement to a
25% share. We budgeted in excess of 25%
[52:38] yet to be determined in the final
allocation
[52:42] um and may have a bar adding money to
this for a higher match to cover what
[52:49] was requested and not funded. You will
see that. But at this point in time, it
[52:54] is for a total project cost in this
amount that will give us crack seal and
[52:59] I believe payment of one section of a
roadway yet to be determined. We have we
[53:04] have the list of streets off the ICIP
for roadway improvements and staff will
[53:09] work through that and you will have a
road list as soon as we have that.
[53:14] » Okay. Any questions on this?
>> None.
[53:18] » All right. No questions. Uh we'll go to
the clerk for the road.
[53:21] » Thank you, Mayor. Trusty Benvdas.
>> Yes.
[53:24] » Trusty Kefir.
>> Yes.
[53:25] » Trusty Ranovich.
>> Yes.
[53:27] » Trusty Rau.
>> Yes.
[53:29] » Four in favor.
>> Very good. We'll now go to approval of a
[53:33] lease
by and between the village of Los Rontos
[53:37] de Albuquerque and the state of New
Mexico legislative council.
[53:42] Do we have uh we'll go to it to Mr. Aila
to explain this lease so that you all uh
[53:48] and then we'll move to the motion.
>> Mr. mayor and board. Um
[53:53] we have uh made room for the legislative
council offices
[53:59] um here in this building and uh the
program at the estate uh has funding now
[54:06] to uh enter into leases uh starting this
fiscal year. So that's u you know we're
[54:12] we're in that month right now. Um, the
lease here is for
[54:18] uh $1,500 per month and that's above
what the market uh is in Albuquerque at
[54:27] least, which is about $15 to $25 per
square foot and you're looking about $45
[54:33] per square foot on this. So, uh, as far
as that goes, it's, uh, beneficial, but
[54:39] we started off with it being beneficial
for the community, uh, so that they get
[54:43] to, um, visit with their legislature
legislators and, um, also, uh, that
[54:51] those legislators can, uh, have, uh,
meetings, uh, here in the building close
[54:56] by, and we also have access to them.
So with that, do we have a motion to
[55:02] approve the lease?
>> I'll motion to approve the lease.
[55:06] » It's been moved. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[55:09] » Any other questions?
>> I do have a question or two.
[55:12] » I have none.
>> Uh trusty ran up.
[55:16] » So
>> I mean, excuse me. Pardon me.
[55:19] » Should we switch seats?
>> You know, all the Rs are on this item.
[55:23] Can I say Ratage Rout? So anyway, sorry,
George. Go. That's okay. Um, it says
[55:30] it's adjacent to the fire station. Are
we talking about the fire station that
[55:34] used to be here or the fire station over
on Fourth Street?
[55:39] » Um,
board members, Mr. Mayor, uh, we have a
[55:44] fire station here. It's, um, a
substation.
[55:48] We house a vehicle. We get fire funds.
Uh, so it's uh right next to that u in
[55:56] the um souththeast corner
>> of this building
[56:00] » of this building.
>> Got it.
[56:02] » Thank you.
>> Um
[56:08] okay
[56:13] letting Oh, so so um that's a big room.
Are we leasing to just one or two
[56:20] legislators? There are two legislators
and staff and
[56:24] » and their staff. I see. Got it.
>> Got it. Once I saw the space, it looked
[56:28] pretty big. Okay. I have no other
questions. Thank you.
[56:30] » All right.
>> All right. Any other
[56:34] questions by anyone? Um all uh in favor
of the motion to approve the lease
[56:39] signify by saying I.
>> I.
[56:42] » Oppose. Same sign.
>> Motion carries.
[56:45] » Very good. Thank you very much. And now
we'll move on to item number eight.
[56:51] uh chief financial officer report and
administrator's report. So we'll go to
[56:55] Tammy. Tammy,
>> thank you. Mayor, mayor trustees before
[56:59] you is the cash report for the year end,
excuse me, for the month June 30, 2025.
[57:05] Our ending cash balance is $14,37,44983.
[57:12] This is a decrease from last month of
$97,190.88.
[57:18] Um, however, the year-to- date excess of
revenue over expenditure that we are
[57:22] ending with is 1,879,1212.
[57:28] And um, with the close out of the end of
the year, there were several unusual or
[57:33] significant items. Um, just trying to
wrap up and get as many invoices paid by
[57:38] year end as possible so they didn't
bleed into the new fiscar budget. And we
[57:43] also made the three transfers um that we
had budgeted for at the beginning of the
[57:50] year. We made them um in June and you
can see those as the first item on that
[57:55] page. And if I have I stand for any
questions.
[57:59] » Any questions of uh Miss Sila?
>> Just just a comment. I mean it's
[58:04] interesting to see our GRT climbing
upwards and which is good news for us.
[58:10] It is indeed.
Any other questions? All right. Thank
[58:15] you very much, uh, Miss Silva. Now,
we'll go up to Mr. Aila for departmental
[58:20] updates.
>> Excuse me. Um, oh,
[58:26] » I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was still
looking.
[58:30] » I just had one question. Um, I've been
worried about FEMA since January and um,
[58:37] even more so today than them. And I
noticed we have a FEMA fund and it
[58:44] worries me that FEMA might be going
away. And so I wondered about that if we
[58:50] should put that into some other kind of
vehicle or save it aside for some other
[58:57] use because we may not have a FEMA soon.
U Mayor Trusty Radnovich. So that those
[59:05] FEMA funds we cannot move to anything
else. They are specific uh federal
[59:09] funds. However, um the we are planning
to completely close that out and have
[59:16] those funds expended by September.
>> So we should be okay with that.
[59:20] » Oh, okay. Okay. Great. Thank you.
>> All right. Go back to Mr. Abila.
[59:31] Mayor, board of trustees. Um, starting
out the report, uh, we have recently
[59:38] been able to move, uh, our fourth street
project office, uh, to what's known as
[59:45] historically lango building. Um, and
that, uh, is approximately 20,000 a
[59:53] year, uh, savings over leasing. Um, and
this was done by being able to uh
[59:59] mitigate that property. Um, basically
bring into
[1:00:05] uh status where it can be used as an
office. Uh, and there's several steps in
[1:00:10] that. Um we have other buildings there
as well that we want to make sure are
[1:00:15] are not lost uh wasted um if um they
just fell apart so we can mitigate those
[1:00:22] and um bring them to some use while
we're um working on the open space out
[1:00:27] there. Some of the things we've done in
the open space is to um take care of um
[1:00:33] irrigation that um we needed to have and
water resource that we also needed to
[1:00:40] have for fire uh safety while um we're
able to put in um a sewer system. So the
[1:00:48] fire department had to review our water
um source that we had enough water for
[1:00:56] the expected bathrooms just to connect
to a sewer. So that's just the
[1:01:01] difficulties that we've had in doing
that. But by doing that, uh we'll have
[1:01:05] the ability to modernize the and get
bathrooms out there. Um, and then we've
[1:01:12] also uh drilled an experimental or a
test well, not experimental well, a test
[1:01:17] well because we had to reassign some
groundwater
[1:01:23] rights to a different property so that
we could assign the purchased water
[1:01:28] rights in its totality to the aggrae
center. So, there's a limit. Um, so
[1:01:34] that's in the works. Uh, but we did need
a well out there to place those in. Um
[1:01:39] so that's some of the work that's gone
out there. open space. There will be um
[1:01:44] you know uh again improvements to
irrigation. Um and um and then at the
[1:01:50] Agra Nature Center, we've recently um
been awarded
[1:01:55] um at the um water conservation or um
being able to get um our water um
[1:02:04] delivery either piped or in concrete or
um sealed delivery. So that's that's
[1:02:11] coming up. Um and so we just have
started that process. Uh and then
[1:02:16] there's an application to start again to
ask for more um you know ask for more
[1:02:21] grant funding for water rights at the
water trust board level. And so we'll be
[1:02:26] looking at what we can do there at the
open space. Uh so all of this will be
[1:02:30] kind of building on each other so that
we have uh some water uh resilience here
[1:02:36] for the village properties. Um and we
have been working um to update our code.
[1:02:43] We've recently had the criminal code
changed so that uh we can deal with
[1:02:48] camping um on village properties. Um and
we have worked through some other um
[1:02:56] changes here and those are those are for
your review. um community facilities.
[1:03:03] Again, we've u done some improvements at
the Old Village Hall to the scale and uh
[1:03:12] the the wishes of the community, which
is to uh save Old Village Hall as a
[1:03:18] building and give uh amenities there at
the site. So, we've been doing that and
[1:03:23] we'll continue doing that uh here with
the new fiscal year and the ability to
[1:03:27] contract and get uh some work done
there. Um
[1:03:33] and uh working through our ICIP process,
we've all experienced that recently. It
[1:03:39] takes a while, but it's a again a cycle
that we do all year long. So as um
[1:03:44] people give their um their interest and
uh priority um and as we develop our
[1:03:52] projects some of those will change and
we have just done that recently and
[1:03:57] entered into the system and by the way
taking enter into the system takes about
[1:04:02] 10 hours. So um we needed to have those
in place so that we could do that. It's
[1:04:07] just a lot of entry. Um
let's see uh at the um Agra Nature
[1:04:15] Center we have uh the wellness week next
week which is how will um
[1:04:23] we're participating in the lavender
festival and uh there's uh many
[1:04:28] attractions there including a um herbal
garden and then they're also having a um
[1:04:34] a meal um catered uh in the fields.
that people are able to participate in
[1:04:42] uh in
in planning zoning and code enforcement.
[1:04:48] You'll take a look there. We're starting
to um we want to reduce our um our court
[1:04:54] and case load so that you can see that
on a monthly basis. So that you can see
[1:04:59] that right as as far as it's a number um
of of the number of uh cases we're
[1:05:06] addressing the number of cases that we
have resolved and that usually helps
[1:05:10] with a lot of just it's conversation and
followup. So, a good majority of our our
[1:05:15] cases are getting um
solved by just working with folks and
[1:05:20] not having to go any further.
And um
[1:05:24] you know, we have before you the rest of
the reports. Um, I know one of the
[1:05:29] things that's been very helpful is the
work that uh Fred has done with the
[1:05:34] homeowners associations and uh um that
basically the neighborhood watch program
[1:05:40] that's sort of co-mingled there and
that's been really helpful for getting
[1:05:45] people to communicate uh what the needs
are in their communities and um I'll
[1:05:49] leave it at that if there's any
questions.
[1:05:52] » Any questions? Mr.
I I have
[1:05:55] » Okay, Trusty Benovitz,
>> I have two questions. Uh, one for uh
[1:05:59] John Oila and one for uh Fred Rodovich.
We So, we have a Rodosovich, we had a
[1:06:06] Veradovich, and we have a Renal there.
There's really no hope for us, you know.
[1:06:11] » Yes, indeed.
>> Um, okay.
[1:06:13] » Watch it.
>> So,
[1:06:17] yeah. So, we're we're putting a a well
at the the Delorn open space, correct?
[1:06:22] That's correct.
>> And I I think I saw in the budget 77K
[1:06:26] for that. Um
it it must be a pretty hefty well. I'm
[1:06:31] assuming like do you know do you know
what the casing is and the depth of that
[1:06:34] is?
>> I I couldn't tell you that. Right. Do we
[1:06:36] know that it was a really good well u at
a at a good depth?
[1:06:42] » Okay. Um
>> we can certainly get you that number.
[1:06:46] » Yeah. Okay. I can wait for that. But
just curious. Uh and then so my next
[1:06:50] question would be for Fred.
[1:07:00] Fred's getting his steps in.
[1:07:12] Uh, let's see, Fred. Yeah. Uh, I think I
Oh, yeah. Okay. It's on page 91. Um
[1:07:22] uh so I'll just read what what was in
here from your report. It is time again
[1:07:27] to begin the process of updating the
mitigation plan a recurring five-year
[1:07:31] cycle. This time Berno will will take
the lead on applying for funds and if as
[1:07:36] a and as a fiscal agent last cycle um
city of Alberie did and we contributed.
[1:07:43] » Um can you just tell me more about what
this mitigation plan is all about? What
[1:07:47] it encompasses? Mayor and Trustee. Uh,
that's really not mine. That's Jeff
[1:07:51] Phillips, but I can answer that for you.
>> Thank you.
[1:07:54] » Every five years or so, they put a
mitigation plan together for all of
[1:07:59] Bernalo County. And uh, the last time
Albuquerque took the lead. This time,
[1:08:05] Bernley County has taken the lead. And
usually what they ask the village for is
[1:08:09] number one, a letter of support to help
do that. And some small funding. I think
[1:08:14] there we're probably going to look at5
or $6,000 uh as our share. The state
[1:08:20] funds 90% of it and then Bernalo County
and Albuquerque
[1:08:25] fund the rest of it. And what that does
is redo our entire emergency operations
[1:08:30] plan for the entire county.
>> Okay. Yeah, I was going to ask you what
[1:08:34] what sort of events we're mitigating,
but anything that's emergency related. I
[1:08:39] » So, this plan is probably about 2 in
thick. Uh but it's a very thorough plan
[1:08:45] that they redo every five years or so.
>> Thank you, Fred.
[1:08:50] » Sure.
>> Yeah. This one, this plan, as Fred said,
[1:08:53] deals with the Boski with any uh issues
associated primarily because of the
[1:08:59] concerns everyone has in the corridor,
but it can also
[1:09:02] » too I floods. they can and deal with
levies, improvements, and other
[1:09:06] mitigation issues that or other issues
that could create a problem for the
[1:09:10] municipal or municipalities andor the
county in the in the region.
[1:09:17] Okay. Now, any other questions?
Trusty Rena, I finally get to get to ask
[1:09:22] you. Um, and I guess it's not in the in
the report here, but um, it's something
[1:09:28] that Trusty Benvdas was was referring to
in ter just in terms of water. I know
[1:09:34] that we hired an attorney to take a look
at water rights across the village.
[1:09:40] What's the status of of that report? And
where do we stand then in terms of the
[1:09:49] water rights that have already been
identified?
[1:09:56] Uh we don't have a report uh for water
rights across the village. Uh we do have
[1:10:01] um an expert um that has um worked on
with the village before um working on
[1:10:09] transferring water rights. Uh and they
can and we've talked about it um find
[1:10:15] out what you know what else is out there
um for the village as far as water
[1:10:20] rights are concerned.
[1:10:25] So, at at this point then, have you
received any kind of update in terms of
[1:10:30] of what's been going on in terms of what
they found?
[1:10:35] » Um, there are other opportunities for um
purchasing water rights, which I think
[1:10:40] the village is interested in. That's a a
general statement that's that's
[1:10:43] available. We have to to work with
those.
[1:10:46] » Are you talking about the that purchaser
agreement we did like a year and a half
[1:10:50] ago?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Is there a You're asking for
[1:10:53] a status
>> status report? Okay. Um it is before the
[1:10:56] state engineer at this point and it
takes what it takes there we there's no
[1:11:02] once it's once it's submitted it has to
go through their process and review.
[1:11:08] » So I think maybe to get more clear
clarity on this uh trustee uh Rena and
[1:11:13] members of the the board um we are in
negotiations. were negotiated for the
[1:11:18] purchase of water rights as per that
resolution. Um it is now as as Mr. Abila
[1:11:24] said it's with the state engineer to
verify that the water rights are
[1:11:28] certified if you will the state process.
Once that's done then we will move
[1:11:33] forward with the with the actual
procurement of those water rights. Um
[1:11:37] which is what goes to that conversation
about the drilling of the well at the
[1:11:41] Delorth open space. Right. we needed to
make sure that those water rights are
[1:11:45] going to be used in certain locations.
And so that's what what's that's all
[1:11:49] about. So to answer your question, we're
um hopefully months away from getting
[1:11:54] this done, if not sooner. Uh but I am as
eager as you are and I know that uh
[1:11:58] Trusty Benedictus has been uh point on
this with with folks looking for for
[1:12:03] water rights and he did find someone and
uh I think we're getting close. So I'll
[1:12:07] be happy to report to you all as soon as
that that transaction is consummated.
[1:12:14] Okay. Any other questions?
>> Mayor, I have a couple.
[1:12:19] » Go ahead, Trusty Keeper.
>> Yeah, I got changed it from the RS.
[1:12:23] » You did indeed.
>> Um,
[1:12:28] Fred,
I was looking at the um the trending of
[1:12:35] the the Excel spreadsheet that you put
together for us and and thank you for
[1:12:39] doing that. It helps kind of but it
looks like
[1:12:43] things are starting to kind of trend up
but mainly with um spe suspicious
[1:12:50] people.
Is is that just a call?
[1:12:55] Usually someone calls sheriff saying
this person's suspicious and then that's
[1:13:00] how this is captured or is it a actual
interaction with the person and they're
[1:13:06] not suspicious after all? Mayor Trusty
Kefir, you can blame Teresa Rail for
[1:13:11] that. That's part of the the
neighborhood watch or neighborhood
[1:13:16] groups that we've been meeting on is
trying to get people if they see
[1:13:19] something suspicious, call it into the
sheriff's office. And we've seen that
[1:13:24] number keep going up and up and up. So
that can just be somebody, you know, you
[1:13:29] saw in the neighborhood that just didn't
look like they belong there or you've
[1:13:33] never seen them in your culde-sac
before. And those are the types of
[1:13:37] reports that go to the sheriff's office.
So, uh, through her emails and stuff
[1:13:41] that she's sending out to these
different groups, people are starting to
[1:13:44] call it in more.
>> Okay. All right. So, we want to see
[1:13:47] those go out.
>> Yes.
[1:13:48] » Okay. I was just curious as to whether
or not they were identified truly as
[1:13:52] suspicious.
>> Um, thank you. I think that's all I have
[1:13:55] for you.
>> Um, John,
[1:13:59] real quick on planning and zoning and
permits that are issued. Um, is this
[1:14:06] just numbers that are issued? Is this
what has been applied for?
[1:14:16] » Sorry, I'm on page 88. If that helps
you.
[1:14:32] Uh this report is uh what let me see
where we are
[1:14:37] now. The business renewals those are
issued as well as applied for. Um
[1:14:44] yeah that's pretty much the case
throughout. Um
[1:14:48] what do I see? I don't see anything
that's out of that's that would have
[1:14:53] been applied for and has not been
issued. I don't don't have that.
[1:14:56] » Okay. So, essentially five year to date,
two two in June for commercial
[1:15:01] construction.
>> Okay. All right. Um,
[1:15:07] the only other question is, and this is
probably something I should have learned
[1:15:12] a long time ago and I
um never asked and that's my fault, is
[1:15:19] when
someone applies for whatever project
[1:15:25] they're going to do, how many steps does
our planning and zoning enforcement
[1:15:31] officer go on site to verify that that
project is what is actually taking place
[1:15:39] » or does that not happen?
>> Um, so here's
[1:15:45] I've seen like a setback check may have
happened. Uh, but it's not a it's not a
[1:15:51] in the field um check at this point. I
mean there's not that much of that
[1:15:56] going. I have seen like um checkbacks
sorry setbacks uh being checked um
[1:16:03] previously.
>> Okay. And mayor maybe you can help me.
[1:16:07] City of Albuquerque I know there's
certain steps right when you are going
[1:16:13] to build a garage or
whatever add on to your house. You know
[1:16:19] there's there's the different permits
you have to get and inspections at each
[1:16:23] phase. Are those city inspections or are
those
[1:16:29] » in Albuquerque? Because of the home rule
status, obviously they do all that's a
[1:16:33] that's all a one-stop shop within the
department of of of the planning
[1:16:38] departments. Um but in Bernalo County
outside the unincorporated area and it's
[1:16:45] usually the county and again because
state facilities are not in either
[1:16:51] municipality or they're in the county
but they they go through uh construction
[1:16:55] industries for example University of New
Mexico APS some of those facilities
[1:17:00] don't go to the city. So it's a little
bit of a jurisdictional if you will uh
[1:17:05] decision about how that those are done.
>> Okay. And I guess I'm just kind of
[1:17:09] curious because maybe that's something I
don't know in the future we need to look
[1:17:12] at to control our own you know kind of
going back to that
[1:17:18] to that idea of we outsource a lot of
our services. How do we protect the
[1:17:25] culture of our village? How do we
protect the um the design, the look, the
[1:17:32] everything is really by getting people
boots on the ground with each project
[1:17:36] that's being applied for? Um because
what would stop someone from
[1:17:42] saying, "Hey, I'm going to apply for an
internal remodel and it turn out to be
[1:17:48] something completely different than what
my application says." What type of
[1:17:53] checks and balances are there? So, um I
don't know just something as I'm
[1:17:58] learning through this process um that we
should probably look at or consider.
[1:18:04] » Well, I would just say to uh and trusty
Kefir and and again to the all of us
[1:18:09] intuitively know that we have those at
least when I was at the city when they
[1:18:13] would give that responsibility to the
plan department. But just so you're not
[1:18:17] too surprised um even the plan
department sometimes is surprised of
[1:18:20] what was approved and what actually got
built.
[1:18:23] » Sure. because it's just um you it's
obviously a huge city and lots and lots
[1:18:29] of things going on. However, um I get
the the point you're getting at and that
[1:18:34] is that we tend to do a in-house review.
We typically go to Google Earth or go go
[1:18:42] to one of those, if you will, most
updated uh applications that we can get
[1:18:47] mostly so we can be as efficient as
possible because we don't have staff to
[1:18:51] go out and do the the on-site
investigations. However, if there is a
[1:18:56] reason to do that, we now have a person
that we can assign to go out and and and
[1:19:02] look at those sort of things. But once
it's built and and it's been permitted,
[1:19:08] etc., Um the did the contractor build
what they actually presented and did we
[1:19:14] go back out there and verify that? Um I
will say to you we don't have the staff
[1:19:19] to do that and we probably only do that
if again and it's unfortunate if someone
[1:19:25] reports that as wait a minute these
these folks say they were going to build
[1:19:28] a garage and they ended up building a
church or what have you.
[1:19:31] » Sure. you know, and that's an
exaggeration, but my point simply is
[1:19:34] that we don't typically do the followup
and and that's sort of one of those
[1:19:39] issues that we probably should have a
conversation. Might require additional
[1:19:43] staff or it may just require a a
contractor that we hire on a case-byase
[1:19:48] basis uh on some of those issues that
that you know that we believe or that we
[1:19:53] feel are significant enough that warrant
a review. But yeah, that's that's simply
[1:19:58] what what uh what is the the case at
this point. Am I on am I uh correct on
[1:20:04] that, John?
>> That's fairly accurate there. We'll
[1:20:07] check a few things. Uh as I said, there
was a setback. That's a pretty easy
[1:20:12] measurement. You walk up and check that.
So, um
[1:20:15] » and there's no doubt that we we have a
lot of work to do, too, with the
[1:20:20] ordinances in our in our building. So, I
mean, I think, um you know, I'm not
[1:20:26] trying to dump this all on staff. So,
please don't don't take it that way.
[1:20:31] It's we've got a lot of work to do, but
it's the only thing that I think we have
[1:20:36] within our purview and our control to be
able to really affect the aesthetics of
[1:20:43] » of our own identity.
>> Right.
[1:20:46] » Okay. Any other questions? Uh
my word, George has no questions.
[1:20:54] » To the next item.
>> Let's go to the next item.
[1:20:56] I'm just kidding. But anyway, let me uh
let me uh close out um this portion of
[1:21:01] our of our of our agenda by saying um
our next meeting uh as a board is not
[1:21:07] till middle of August. Um we have a new
planning director that will be starting.
[1:21:12] » Oh uh next week. Is that right? Uh Dell.
Um and sir and this individual I um has
[1:21:22] um been involved in planning for for a
long time and um I think it was normally
[1:21:28] we like to bring this individual or at
least as close to the date of their hire
[1:21:33] for you all's approval but in this case
because of the timing and her
[1:21:37] availability to take the job it uh it
happens you know next week and so it
[1:21:42] would be that she would be on the job
for about three weeks before we all but
[1:21:47] Um, I'm assuming we can divulge.
Is that right, Danielle? We can simply
[1:21:53] say who that person is or would you wait
for or do you want or you want to wait
[1:21:57] and see?
>> Yeah, I always have that feeling of
[1:22:01] jinxing ourselves. We've done this
before and approved it before the board
[1:22:04] of trustees and then they uh rescended.
>> So, uh, you know, I have that hanging
[1:22:10] over our head, but yes, mayor, go ahead
and announce um who it will be. will be
[1:22:15] bringing it as mayor said to the August
agenda for your approval of that
[1:22:20] position.
>> The individual is uh named Shannana
[1:22:24] Schultz.
>> Shana Schultz.
[1:22:26] » Shannon Schultz.
>> Shana.
[1:22:28] » Shana Schultz.
>> Shanna Schultz.
[1:22:30] » I I would suspect that uh Trusty
Ranovich, you may have met her a time or
[1:22:35] two. She worked for the city of
Albuquerque for many years. She uh
[1:22:40] worked for the council services for a
long time.
[1:22:43] uh one of the principal if you will
architects and uh if you will for the
[1:22:48] new IDEO process that the city went
through. Um whether that is folks have
[1:22:55] you know can say good or bad about that
but the point simply is that she has a
[1:22:59] tremendous amount of of experience in
planning and zoning uh and and rewriting
[1:23:05] etc. So to your point, Trustee Kefir,
and actually to all of you all, we've
[1:23:10] all been through this. I I think she'll
be a great asset for us in rewriting a
[1:23:14] lot of our codes um and um will help us
uh tremendously on in that in that work.
[1:23:22] And so um John will give up his uh his
his hat here very shortly and only be
[1:23:30] our administrator. But uh
>> he's looking really sad. He's uh but
[1:23:34] he's he's a he's been uh a true a
trooper in wearing like multiple hats.
[1:23:39] But anyway, that she will be uh here on
Monday and so at some point I suspect
[1:23:44] between now and the approval you all
will get an opportunity to to meet and
[1:23:48] interact with her. So just wanted to
took some time to get there and we're
[1:23:52] we're I'm pretty happy that we were able
to get there.
[1:23:54] » Oh yeah. So anyway, with that being
said, now we'll go to uh our next order
[1:23:59] of business, which is trustee reports.
And so we'll start with trustee Benzas.
[1:24:05] » Yes. Um okay. Uh a resident, and I won't
name the name because he probably
[1:24:13] doesn't want me to made a a pretty
interesting suggestion and because we've
[1:24:16] been talking about how do we do surveys,
right? And uh and some of the surveys
[1:24:22] are not all that scientific. Uh but but
maybe uh a way to do it, not totally
[1:24:30] scientific, but a good way to get the
public uh to comment on specific things
[1:24:36] is is to uh use our our publication that
we have already, the village vision,
[1:24:41] uh and put questions in there for
feedback. And you could put a QR code in
[1:24:46] there. And if you wanted to make it more
scientific then you have to person would
[1:24:50] have to identify their name and
residence to prevent from multiple
[1:24:54] people I mean voting or the same person
voting multiple times right or people
[1:24:59] outside the village from voting right
but uh but I think it would we we could
[1:25:04] get useful information from the public
in that manner. Okay. Um uh let me talk
[1:25:10] about old village hall. Uh so I I recall
Old Village Hall back when uh you know
[1:25:15] my our our son was in Boy Scouts and at
that time so we're talking oh my gosh
[1:25:22] over 25 years ago. It looked pretty run
down and and it looked like a big safety
[1:25:27] hazard. Uh uh you know the I didn't
wasn't sure if the the electrical was
[1:25:32] quite right. The floorboards look like
they were rotting and it just it looked
[1:25:36] pretty bad. Uh but you made a pretty
good argument, George, that hey, this
[1:25:40] was our our original village hall and
it's worth preserving. Uh and and I I I
[1:25:46] I agree with that. Uh and as long as
it's we can do it so that it's no longer
[1:25:50] hazardous, I think I think it is worth
serving. Um
[1:25:55] uh uh so uh uh let's talk about uh uh
signs in front of vineyards now. Uh uh
[1:26:02] so there so I was called to my attention
by a a village resident that there is a
[1:26:07] a sign where that a a winery put on a
vineyard. Okay. And it's bar. Okay. Uh
[1:26:14] so on one hand we should actually should
encourage that sort of thing because uh
[1:26:20] I I think it it it it makes people that
have vineyards a little bit more excited
[1:26:25] about doing what they're doing. Okay.
But but the signs need to follow our
[1:26:29] side ordinance or they need to be
tasteful and if we need to adjust it we
[1:26:33] should think about that. So we shouldn't
discourage it but uh we should uh give
[1:26:38] some some good guidance about what that
should look like. Uh not anything we
[1:26:42] have to decide now but just you know in
the future we should think we should I'm
[1:26:48] maybe I'm hoping that you will come
before us with uh some suggestions about
[1:26:54] what to do about that. on
>> um uh okay let's see
[1:27:00] uh I'm I am planning on attending the uh
the middle rail grand uh levy
[1:27:06] improvements uh meeting on uh July 28th
at the Raymond G Sanchez uh unless
[1:27:13] something unforeseen comes up I mean I
think we should be aware of of what's
[1:27:18] happening there um and and finally one
final point uh the public Menace and I
[1:27:25] think this is the address 605 Takosa.
Uh God that is it it is really shameful
[1:27:31] and I I really feel bad for the the
residents and I hear well our hands are
[1:27:34] tied. Our hands are tied. Uh I mean
sometimes you have to take a little risk
[1:27:40] if it's if it's not too risky, you know,
uh and just do something about it. So
[1:27:45] and I know I know the attorney warned us
that there was there's an issue with
[1:27:49] being able to put a lean against it, but
uh uh but I I You know, there's always
[1:27:54] some risk, but if it's if it's is it a
risk small enough that it's worth
[1:27:59] taking, uh, let's do that. Give the the
neighbors some relief. That's all I
[1:28:04] have.
>> Very good. All right. We'll go to Trusty
[1:28:07] Kefir.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I really don't
[1:28:11] have much tonight. I think I kind of
said it all in my my planning and
[1:28:16] zoning. Um, I am super excited. So, I I
did go on a vacation
[1:28:23] [Music]
um
[1:28:26] up to a mountain community and I took
tons of pictures because it was the
[1:28:32] coolest thing to see Walmart looking
like a log cabin.
[1:28:36] Um and Starbucks looked like a log
cabin. And I thought, you know, if there
[1:28:43] has to be some planning and zoning
ordinances, I would assume in this
[1:28:47] community to force the designs of these
retailers and of these buildings to do
[1:28:53] it that it kind of gives me hope on
something maybe we can do for Fourth
[1:28:58] Street. You know, if we really truly
want to preserve our own identity, we're
[1:29:02] not a mountain community. I know that. I
mean, we're not going to have log
[1:29:06] cabins, but we can find what Los Ranchos
is with farming, ranching, agriculture,
[1:29:14] you know, um, Route 66, kind of get that
whole vibe and really structure
[1:29:21] um, a main street that really reflects
who we who we are. Um, so I took tons of
[1:29:27] pictures to kind of share with my my
fellow uh trustees and mayor. Um, and to
[1:29:34] Miss Ryel's point on crosswalks um, in
this community, I thought it was super
[1:29:39] cool. It was almost a lot like Pagosa.
They had the crosswalks that lit up, but
[1:29:44] they also had the flags that you grab
the flag and you hold it as a pedestrian
[1:29:50] to get people's attention. And I mean,
you're crossing six. this was a six lane
[1:29:56] uh road that we could do something as
simple as that for Real Grand. Um you
[1:30:02] know it it's amazing how much just a
holding a little flag really gets
[1:30:07] drivers attention. So um that's really
about all I had. Um just excited about
[1:30:14] the planning and zoning opportunities
after seeing some interesting designs.
[1:30:20] » Very good. Thank you much. Well, and we
go to Trusty Renovich. You sure you
[1:30:24] don't want Renault?
[1:30:28] » Um, a couple things.
>> 30 seconds.
[1:30:32] » Um,
I hope all of you are aware that we're
[1:30:37] having some APS meetings. One is coming
up on the 22nd. I was very distressed to
[1:30:44] see that APS only sent letters to the
people directly adjacent to Taft. Not
[1:30:52] that Taylor.
>> So, it went to like six people or eight
[1:30:57] people. Uh, word has spread. I don't
know if there's one over in your
[1:31:02] neighborhood. Uh,
>> yeah, Jennifer. So, uh, he didn't talk
[1:31:07] about anything with Taft, but he did
talk about um, uh, uh, Taylor. So, it's
[1:31:15] the 22nd. Um, and I'll send out the
particulars, but it's the 22nd. I
[1:31:21] believe it's at six o'clock at Taylor
Middle School. I can't believe that they
[1:31:26] wouldn't Well, I do believe it because
APS is like that, but um they didn't
[1:31:32] send any uh response to any of us. I
don't know if they did to the village at
[1:31:38] all. I don't believe they did. Um but
they're setting up this meeting and so
[1:31:43] um um it's it's that day. So hopefully
some of you can make it. I know you're
[1:31:49] interested. Frank. So, there's that. And
then I second what uh Trustee Benvdita
[1:31:56] said about Tuscosa. It just we just gota
we just got to do something about that.
[1:32:00] It's ridiculous that we're being held
hostage to someone who's doing that to
[1:32:06] the neighbors and and and their own
house for so long. We we've got to take
[1:32:11] a we've got to take a leap of faith and
do it because it just can't it just
[1:32:16] can't go on. So, I appreciate you saying
that. Those are all I had tonight. Okay,
[1:32:22] » address you right now.
[1:32:26] » I go along with it totally. Totally. I I
think it's something that we just need
[1:32:31] to address as soon as we can
that the neighbors are just being really
[1:32:39] um somewhat patient with us, but I think
we need to be able to take some action.
[1:32:45] On a more positive note, um Trusty
Benvitas and I both attended the
[1:32:51] um the event that was held over at the
library. Um yeah and
[1:32:57] and it was it was sponsored by the
historical society and the the
[1:33:02] presentation was was done by David
Mononttoya who shared with all of us um
[1:33:10] reflections on on his family's
experience here in the village and also
[1:33:14] shared a number of the artifacts that we
were able to see and touch and better
[1:33:19] understand about uh about the um that
their experience in in the village. Um,
[1:33:27] it was well attended. It was well
attended and I would certainly encourage
[1:33:32] folks to continue to uh to follow it and
to attend. Um, the other
[1:33:41] another piece is that the
the village is in fact having its own
[1:33:48] lavender festival. Um the first weekend
was last weekend, the second weekend is
[1:33:55] this weekend. Um so I hope that we come
out to support it. Um and u and I know
[1:34:04] that uh you know that the community farm
is going to be having their um their
[1:34:13] dinner at at the barn uh I believe on
Saturday evening. Um but the
[1:34:21] uh but folks from the village are excuse
me folks from the village are also going
[1:34:25] to be there in order to um in order to
be able to promote their wares as well
[1:34:31] to those who attend. Uh the other thing
is um
[1:34:37] that I was
uh still rather kind of intent on
[1:34:42] following what's going on with Easy
Fiber. Uh, and I know from the note here
[1:34:48] that there's another company that wants
to come into the village as well. Uh,
[1:34:53] and the the city of Albuquerque just
allowed the EC Fiber and I think there
[1:35:00] was one other company uh to start work
again. But I think that we need to be
[1:35:05] just very mindful about what's going on
so that we monitor what's happening. and
[1:35:10] the the city of Albuquerque has
published a set of rules um that I think
[1:35:16] we should probably get a look at and
then replicate here as well. So that
[1:35:20] again part of it is to is to connect
with residents who are going to be
[1:35:25] impacted by the um by any kind of street
closing, any kind of overhead, any kind
[1:35:33] of work that's going to be done in and
around the the community
[1:35:38] so that we are able to again ensure that
um that our residents are going to be
[1:35:44] best served. Um, you know, so I know
that Easy Fiber has suggested to the the
[1:35:50] city that they're going to be on track.
They're also going to be uniformed.
[1:35:55] Their trucks are going to be uh
identified. Uh, and so I think that
[1:36:01] again, we need to make sure that that
occurs here in the village as well.
[1:36:06] » Thanks. Thanks for thanks for saying
that. I I did remember one other thing,
[1:36:09] Mayor.
>> Um, sorry. Go ahead. Uh, I just wanted
[1:36:12] to congratulate Nancy uh, Naneroni. I
saw an article uh, online that she
[1:36:19] invented a I didn't know she was an MIT
grad, but she invented a control system
[1:36:25] for swamp coolers, which I thought was
really cool and uh, so congratulations
[1:36:31] to Nancy.
>> Yes, indeed. That was a write up on the
[1:36:34] Albuquerque Journal um, had a nice
section
[1:36:37] » um, this weekend uh, giving her some
some kudos for her work. You're right.
[1:36:41] Let me just uh sort of summarize a
couple of things really quickly and then
[1:36:44] we'll adjourn. Um on these two problem
properties we have in our village. Um we
[1:36:50] are couldn't agree with all of you more
and quite frankly as sympathetic as uh
[1:36:56] as much as possible. I met with some of
the neighbors uh on one of the
[1:37:00] properties on Schulty last week and um I
know that John and uh and our attorney
[1:37:07] are working diligently to uh get this
these two uh items in front of a court
[1:37:14] and and and and get a super aggressive
uh trusty R uh trustee, excuse me, Fred
[1:37:20] has been helpful in in identifying
opportunities for us to uh and how to
[1:37:25] structure this uh program so that we can
do some work over there th those two
[1:37:29] you're and you guys are all right. I
mean neighbors shouldn't be able to have
[1:37:32] to put up with what they've been putting
up for so many years. So um I appreciate
[1:37:37] their their patience and you all's
patience on this. It's not obviously
[1:37:41] it's been here I think I got the
document for one of the places it was
[1:37:45] since since 2015
in particular on one of them and that's
[1:37:49] just way too long for government but
nonetheless we're working on it
[1:37:53] hopefully get something done very uh
very soon um I also wanted just to say
[1:37:57] that um that as it relates to to e to
these telecoms coming in uh very well
[1:38:04] aware of that have already requested the
copies of the of the if you will of the
[1:38:09] requirements that the city of
Albuquerque has has uh implemented. Um
[1:38:15] couple of things that are interesting
about the city's uh if you will
[1:38:19] approach. Um they're basically because
they've awarded so many contracts, they
[1:38:24] all want them to have a common trench.
>> Oh yeah.
[1:38:28] » So that they can all put their their
line in the same hole.
[1:38:32] Um the challenge for us obviously is
that we're not the these companies
[1:38:38] obviously work as as much as we all uh
need all our fast uh responses on our
[1:38:45] computers etc and internet service. They
they go to where the the biggest benefit
[1:38:50] is, right? So they're they're going to
do the more affluent neighborhoods.
[1:38:54] they're going to do the business
community areas first and they'll
[1:38:58] eventually get to everyone else, but
they're further down the line. So, there
[1:39:02] are some of the requirements that the
city has put in their in their structure
[1:39:06] that probably that don't work for us
necessarily, but there are some things
[1:39:10] that do and um and we're going to be
looking at those and making sure that we
[1:39:15] hold them accountable.
Um, Gigabyte, which is the uh is the one
[1:39:20] that's that's u a subsidiary or it's
it's a subsidiary from AT&T,
[1:39:26] » came in last week. They they came in to
talk to us about wanting to do a work
[1:39:30] here in the village. Uh they've
indicated that they primarily are going
[1:39:35] to try and use uh existing utility poles
as opposed to trying
[1:39:40] » to try and get through most especially
on Fourth Street. um they're not quite
[1:39:45] sure on Rio Grand what that looks like
given what we just talked about earlier.
[1:39:50] We should probably have a conversation
about that. Uh but obviously the the
[1:39:55] real challenge for our neighborhoods and
for our community is is is getting that
[1:40:00] uh if you will that service into the
home which means all the small little
[1:40:04] neighborhood roads etc they get they
that they may have to trench in some of
[1:40:09] those they are looking at micro
trenching and some other uh aspects but
[1:40:14] nonetheless I I agree with you all in
the sense that we need to make sure we
[1:40:18] hold them accountable and that we we
stay on top of that. And then the last
[1:40:22] piece I would say, excuse me, is that
uh Trusty Kefir, um the idea of of of
[1:40:30] creating what we want as an image is
really super important, I think, for any
[1:40:35] community. Um you go to Santa Fe, Santa
Fe under their building structures, you
[1:40:40] know, height limitations, colors, etc.
Some folks might say it's the extreme,
[1:40:45] but having that as a and then looking at
some of the communities in in other
[1:40:51] parts of the country, we ought to be
thinking about what we what we want
[1:40:55] Losas to be to some extent and uh and
that hopefully as again as Miss Schulz
[1:41:01] comes online um we'll have someone
that'll have some I think some some
[1:41:05] really good understanding of that and
and you know of course that'll be a
[1:41:09] longer discussion of what we want our
world to be. I want to just conclude by
[1:41:13] saying to all of you that um we are
right at the at the cusp of firing up as
[1:41:19] I would say our main street program and
um I wanted to just inform the trustees
[1:41:25] and and the community that we'll be
holding very soon a a meeting with all
[1:41:29] our business community members uh to get
them organized if you will and to get
[1:41:35] them introduced to some of the work that
we want to do as it relates to uh
[1:41:39] revitalization of particularly Fourth
Street, but obviously there are
[1:41:44] businesses other than just Fourth
Street. And uh really creating an
[1:41:48] opportunity for us to take advantage of
what the state has with their Main
[1:41:52] Street program and to do some work in
and in and around the village and to
[1:41:58] attract more opportunities so that as uh
Gail so carefully observed so that our
[1:42:02] GRT continues to go up uh we and and
quite frankly and so that our businesses
[1:42:07] are successful on Forest Street. And so
um stay tuned. we will get with you all
[1:42:12] and and have that conversation um and
and try and get our our main street uh
[1:42:18] really to the next level. John's working
on those on that information as we
[1:42:22] speak. So uh with that um there is a
baseball game tonight and so I
[1:42:28] appreciate all of you all uh staying on
task and getting us through this budget.
[1:42:33] Um seeing that there is no other items
on our agenda, we need a motion for
[1:42:37] adjournment.
M motion to adjurnn.
[1:42:41] » Good. Motion is there a second?
>> I'll second it.
[1:42:43] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
I.
[1:42:46] » All oppose. Same sign.
>> Done. The time is 7:42.
[1:42:54] » The Allstar game.
[1:43:01] » What's that?
Oh my gosh.