[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.

July 15, 2025 Regular Board of Trustees Meeting

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