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Body meeting to order.

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Councilor Tyler will lead us in

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the pledge. I pledge allegiance

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to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the

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Republic for which it stands.

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One nation under GOD,

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indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. Please remain

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standing. I'd like to take a

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moment to recognize the brave

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men and women from our law

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enforcement folks that are

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always out there protecting us,

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and are always putting their

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lives on the line. I also want

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to take a minute on the eve of

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the nine over 11 catastrophe,

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to thank and to try to remember

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all of the folks who lost their

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lives, including the brave

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firefighters who went into the

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nine over 11 towers. Thank you.

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You MAY be seated. All right.

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Take. Please. Silence all

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electronic devices while

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attending the governing body

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meeting. For the record, I will

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announce the names of the

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governing body members. When I

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say your name, please

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acknowledge your presence by

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saying present Councilor Dobson,

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present Council PRESIDENT,

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Councilor Tyler, present

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councilor man. Present,

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councilor, present and

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councilor. List present

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proclamations and awards of

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merit. We do not have any this

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evening. Public forum. Each

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comment will be limited to two

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minutes and no more than two

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hours in total will be allotted

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to the public forum. Comments.

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At any meeting, each speaker

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must state their name and

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address or Rio Rancho District.

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For the record, and I know

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we've got one, two, three.

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Looks like six people signed up.

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We're going to follow strict

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decorum during this public

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forum. What that means is we

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will not tolerate clapping,

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whistling, or any sort of other

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booing, sign waving or anything.

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If we can't, if we can't abide

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by that quorum, we will ask you

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to leave the chambers. First up,

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Grace Dukes. MISS Dukes.

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Mayor,

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my name is Grace Dukes, and I'm

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an Albuquerque resident. So

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what's going on here? A small

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town of almost 115,000 people.

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Which is the second largest

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city in the state, which is

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even more captured by

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bureaucracy than the city of

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Albuquerque. What? The logic

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isn't carrying in my head. As

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soon as the slightest level of

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scrutiny comes upon this body,

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it folds under the pressure.

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Good job. What a good way to

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run the second largest city in

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the state. It's like you took

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the Tarrant County, Texas,

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commissioners and cloned them

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and put them in a city council.

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Paul. MR. Mayor, you are the

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central figure in this Tarrant

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County clone for continuing to

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violate people's rights. They

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close polling places. Hurt you

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gavel when applause is given to

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opinions you you don't like

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because of decorum. This is not

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a mature way to run a city, and

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it is deeply unserious. I truly

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feel bad for the people of Rio

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Rancho for having to be

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burdened with this incompetent.

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Of a city council, mayor in

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government. I hope that they

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realize what they got

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themselves into and that they

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recall you, Paul, and replace

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you with the real mayor. Not a

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make believe mayor with the

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gavel you like to throw down.

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When people clap. Also, just so

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you know, none of us voted to

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have our Fourth Amendment

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rights violated for these flock.

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A lpr surveillance cameras, and

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we want them gone. Thank you.

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Thank you, MISS Dukes. Next up,

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Joaquin Montoya.

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Good evening,

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mayor and council members. My

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name is Joaquin Montoya. I'm

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speaking on behalf of New

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Mexico. While I am not a

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resident of Rio Rancho, I

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conduct business here and have

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family members here, so my

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concerns remain the same. You

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have described mass

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surveillance as an emotional

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issue. We've heard from both

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sides. So let me present

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something that is not emotional

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at all. It's a math block,

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markets its cameras at more

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than 93% accurate. But in

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Roseville County, California,

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police ran their own analysis

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of 1400 cameras and 71% of them

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came out wrong. That's seven

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out of ten alerts flagged.

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Innocent people, innocent

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people's vehicles as stolen or

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connected to a felony. Any

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local precedent check. Espanol

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in New Mexico, a 12 year old

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was placed in handcuffs after a

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flock camera misread a two for

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a seven. Later. A month later,

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a 17 year old in a different

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incident was held at gunpoint

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on his way home from school.

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The same technology, same error

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in Aurora, Colorado. A mom, a

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mom and children were forced to

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face lay down, forced to face

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late, lay down, face on the hot

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pavement. Sorry because flock

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cameras matched a Colorado

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plate to a stolen Montana

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motorcycle. Aurora paid 1.9

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million to settle that case in

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Ventura County. Fox owned

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systems secretly enabled a

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nationwide data sharing setting

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that is. Sheriff's office

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turned off without the agency's

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knowledge, resulting in 34,000

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unauthorized searches of local

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plate data, including 299

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searches explicitly citing

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immigration enforcement, a

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class action lawsuit followed.

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Based off of unpublished data,

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20 billion plate reads per

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month. Nationally, there are

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93% accuracy, which is a 7%

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error that equates to 1.4

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billion misreads. Most didn't

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result in stops, but some do.

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Every. Every stop is a lawsuit

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waiting to happen. Rio Rancho

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prides itself as a responsible

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and fiscal governance. This

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technology demonstrated

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financial liability, accuracy,

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failures, data sharing failures

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all documented, not theoretical.

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MISTER Montoya, are you about

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done? Your two minutes are up.

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Thank you. Next up, Ronald, and

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I'm probably going to say this

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wrong. Birkeland, I.

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It's glad. I'm glad to be back.

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I just want to say. Anything I

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ever say to you guys is not

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meant to be a personal attack,

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as I have a great deal of

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respect for what you're doing

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because you don't have to do it

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right. With that being said, I

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will say that I think it's

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ironic that we have the Pledge

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of Allegiance in in the docket

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here. While we continue to

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violate the Fourth Amendment

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rights of everybody in the room

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and in Rio Rancho. I do know,

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sir, that you're in a unique

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position to where the flock

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cameras probably worked and

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very well before you took the

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seat here. And they probably

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are a very good tool in

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combating crime. However,

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that's not really a fair trade

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off for the violation of

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everybody's rights, and I hope

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that you guys can consider that

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deeply when you go home tonight.

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I do know that our police

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department is fantastic. I was

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given a good conversation by a

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captain here who is in in

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charge of the, I guess the

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traffic in Rio Rancho. And he

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seems to be very confident.

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They have a good like hold on

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the on the police officers and

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any discrepancies they might

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violate, I guess, within the

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city. But still, that doesn't

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mean we should violate

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everybody's rights. Plain and

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simple. You know, I hold the

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background of everything that

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you guys have done in your

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careers just a little bit.

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Maybe not architecture, sir,

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but I've done a lot of things.

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it's not right. And it's got to

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change. I appreciate your time.

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I can't stay any longer. I have

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to go. I have other obligations.

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Casey Robinson.

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MR. Mayor. And members of the

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governing body. I think it's no

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surprise we all know that

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politically, most of us don't

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agree with me and vice versa. I

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want to say this first, though,

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just so you know, put this out

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there. We know I'm a member of

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district two. I'm not involved

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with this organization. Not

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that I disagree with them, but

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I'm going to talk about some

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real world and how it affects

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us here in Rio Rancho and the

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things that we all care about.

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And maybe shock you with a

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quote we have on the far left,

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because I know most of you were

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kind of shocked when you heard

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that. I'm actually don't

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consider myself a Democrat

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because I find them too far to

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the right. There's a quote we

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use that says it's further left.

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You go, you get your guns back.

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So let me ask you, how many of

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you go to the gun range? Don't

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think flock sees that I'm a Jew

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whose family comes from from

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Eastern Europe. First thing

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they did was took our

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information and kept it on

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files. And it wasn't done by

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the Nazis. It was stuff that

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was done before the Nazis took

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power, and it was used when

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they were. Now, do I expect

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that to happen here in the us?

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No, but there's also been a lot

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of things that have happened

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here in the last 20 years that

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I've never expected to happen.

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And I think we have a great

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police force here is absolutely

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shocking for somebody of my

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political leaning to say, and I

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absolutely love our chief. That

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said, let's talk about what

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else can really happen. Go to a

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cancer treatment center. It

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gets found now, is the

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government going to use that?

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No, but this is a private

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company. We know how scrupulous

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lots of these large private

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companies truly are. And they

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tell me that they won't sell

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off their information or not

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care about putting money into

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data protection and a data

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breach. And your health

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insurance company finds out

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that finds certain information,

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or are you trying get different

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level of insurance? And next

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your rates go up. These are

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real things to pay attention to.

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There is a reason we have this,

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and we are talking about safety.

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And so I'll remind you with

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this little quote, those who

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would give up essential liberty

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to purchase a little temporary

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safety deserve neither liberty

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nor safety. And that was

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Benjamin Franklin.

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Thank you,

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MR. Robinson. Next up, Corinne

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Rios.

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Good evening. My name is

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Corinne Rios. I live here in

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Rio Rancho, and most of you

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know me already. I'm here

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tonight to ask one simple

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question. Where is our money?

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Every year, every JULY 1st

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since 2020, Rio Rancho water

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rates have increased. And every

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year the city failed to

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properly prorate bills that

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crossed that JULY 1st rate

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increase. The city has

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acknowledged the air. The city

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has acknowledged residents were

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overcharged and we were told we

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would get our money back. It

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has now been a year since I

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first alerted Steve Gallegos,

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the city manager knows the

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deputy city manager knows,

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mayor Weimer knows, and I'm

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hoping that the members of this

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governing body know. So I'm

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here asking, when will the

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residents of Rio Rancho get

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their money back?

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This is

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public forum for you to comment.

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We do not have a back and forth

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conversation.

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I know the rules,

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MR. Mayor, and I'm going to

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stand here for my full two

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minutes with the question, when

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will we get our money back?

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you,

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MISS Rios. Next up, Michael

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Farrell.

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I'm going to use my

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two minutes, guys. So, mayor,

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members of the governing body,

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thank you for this generous two

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minutes you've granted me to

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exercise my First Amendment

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right and to address my the

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government. Mayor Weimer likes

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to talk and tell us about this

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silent majority. Does anybody

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actually seen them at this

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point? I think a lot of us

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would really like to meet the

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Flockers. Here's what I find

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interesting. Just last DECEMBER,

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the city made Ipra reform a

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legislative priority. Just

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worried about privacy was a

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huge concern. We heard about

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body camera footage, people's

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homes, commercial data brokers,

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records being resold and

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personal information being

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misused. We heard all about

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that. You guys told us very

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touching. Concern for our

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privacy. But for the eight for

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probably the last 8 to 10 years,

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the city has been collecting

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license plates, recording where

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vehicles are seen, building

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searchable databases and

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expanding into Axon and Fuzes

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with hundreds of camera feeds

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and ai enabled streams. And

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suddenly privacy gets real

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quiet again, almost as quiet as

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that silent majority that you

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talk about when we ask for your

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information. Private sacred

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privacy, sacred. When you

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collect our information, it's

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public safety. How convenient.

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You can't have it both ways. I

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want to be clear. This isn't

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about anti-police. We know that

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this works in crime. We know

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that this this follows our

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travel. I was reminded today

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about how Albertsons takes all

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of your information. I don't

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care if they take my

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information. I'm not worried

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about them taking my money. I'm

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worried about knowing where I'm

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traveling, what we're doing.

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Like these other people said,

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it builds up. It's a dragnet.

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And when, when, when are we

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going to finally realize that

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that's what's being created

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here? It's an unwarranted

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dragnet. And Weimer, if that

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silent majority really supports

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all of this, bring them down

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here. We'd like to hear from

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them. We'd all love to finally

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meet the Flockers.

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Thank you.

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Do anybody else signed up for a

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public forum, MISS Davis?

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No,

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sir, we do not.

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All right. Then

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we will move on to comments by

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counselors. Do any comments by

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counselors? MR. Mayor,

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counselor Tyler.

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You had. I

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just want to commend the police

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department. We had unfortunate

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incidents over in my area where

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three businesses were

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burglarized and within 24 hours,

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40 hours, I guess maybe what

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was it, 30, 24 hours? They were

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able to catch the offender who

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broke into all three businesses.

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So I want to commend them on a

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job well done. And thank you

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for using technology to solve

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that crime. I appreciate it,

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thank you.

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Thank you, MR.

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Taylor. Anything further from

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council? MR. Counselor? List?

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MR. Mayor, I just wanted to.

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Just put out there that I know

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that when we were here before,

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right at the start of the

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school, there was a lot of

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concerns in the zenith 528 area

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about congestion and traffic. I

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do believe that now that people

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are back in routine, I think

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some things have naturally

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calmed down. I also think that

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one of the educational entities

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has made some adjustments, and

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that has also helped. I just

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want to let everybody know that

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is concerned about that, that

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this is an ongoing process and

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that we are still working

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towards a long term resolution.

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So thank you.

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Thank you.

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Counselor. Anything further?

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Hearing none, we'll move on to

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the consent calendar. MISS

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Davis, I noticed a scrivener's

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error in the work session

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minutes. Will you please update

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the minutes to reflect my name

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as Mayor Weimer instead of

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Councilor Weimer? I believe the

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rest of the.

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Yes, sir. And I

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will do my best. This meeting

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to address you properly as well.

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Yes, I understand this is

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something we're all still

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getting used to. So can I get a

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motion on the consent calendar?

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Make a motion on the consent

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calendar.

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Second, I have a

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motion and a second, MISS Davis.

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Thank you, counselor Lentine.

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Yes.

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Counselor. Culbreth. Yes,

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counselor. Dobson.

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Yes,

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counselor.

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List. Yes, counselor.

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Man. Yes. And counselor. Tyler.

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Yes. Thank you. The consent

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calendar is approved.

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Thank you,

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MISS Davis. Moving on to boards,

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commissions and committee

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reports. We have none this

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evening. So next up, public

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hearings. Anyone with a

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pecuniary interest on an item

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under public hearings and

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wishing to address the

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governing body shall register

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with the City clerk. Each

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comment is limited, will be

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limited to three minutes. This

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hearing will be handled in

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accordance with the Rules of

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Procedure. Section 3.4 and

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strict decorum will be

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maintained first. So the first

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item up De 23, which was

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postponed from JUNE 25th, 2026.

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The the. The JUNE 25th meeting

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is a site plan approval for

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Maverik gas station on the

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property, legally described as

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unit 17, block 131, lots 36

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through 40. Director Rincon.

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Good evening. Good evening, MR.

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Mayor and other members of the

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governing body. Director of

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Development Services. So item

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number eight is d 23, which as

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mayor just mentioned, was is a

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continuation of the public

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hearing that was duly noticed

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and started on the JUNE 25th,

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2026 meeting. And this is a

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request for approval of a site

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plan for unit 17, block 31,

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lots 36 through 40 for a

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Maverick gas station. And so

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this site plan would encompass

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five lots and is would be

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located on the northwest corner

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of New Mexico. 528 and Obregon

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with access points off of

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Monterey. And so I'm going to

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briefly have up on the screen

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the the new site plan. So as I

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mentioned at the start of this

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presentation, this item was

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noticed and started at a public

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hearing on JUNE 25th. The

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governing body at that meeting

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requested that the applicant

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reach out to the New Mexico dot

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or Department of Transportation

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and to see about the

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feasibility of an access point

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00:20:11,438 --> 00:20:13,573
off of New Mexico Highway 528.

568
00:20:13,573 --> 00:20:17,173
The updated site plan with a

569
00:20:17,177 --> 00:20:19,379
write in from nm 528 is the

570
00:20:19,379 --> 00:20:20,848
result of that request. And so.

571
00:20:20,848 --> 00:20:22,749
And I'll get back to the site

572
00:20:22,749 --> 00:20:23,784
plan a little bit further in my

573
00:20:23,784 --> 00:20:25,485
presentation as well. But I

574
00:20:25,485 --> 00:20:27,621
just wanted to highlight that,

575
00:20:27,621 --> 00:20:31,221
that the the applicant did come

576
00:20:32,693 --> 00:20:34,862
back with some updates. So the

577
00:20:34,862 --> 00:20:37,131
following that I have is my

578
00:20:37,131 --> 00:20:38,932
presentation from the meeting

579
00:20:38,932 --> 00:20:40,300
on the 25th. I'm going to go

580
00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:42,537
through it really quickly. I

581
00:20:42,537 --> 00:20:45,500
had 26 slides, just as a kind

582
00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:46,707
of just so that, you know, I'm

583
00:20:46,707 --> 00:20:48,542
going to go through them really

584
00:20:48,542 --> 00:20:49,610
fast though, but I have

585
00:20:49,610 --> 00:20:50,711
everything. So if there's any

586
00:20:50,711 --> 00:20:52,547
follow up questions, we can

587
00:20:52,547 --> 00:20:53,681
always come back to any of

588
00:20:53,681 --> 00:20:55,349
these slides and, and go into

589
00:20:55,349 --> 00:20:57,885
further detail as we're going.

590
00:20:57,885 --> 00:20:59,753
So the zoning for this is

591
00:20:59,753 --> 00:21:02,153
covered under ordinance number

592
00:21:02,590 --> 00:21:04,258
34, enactment number 0734. And

593
00:21:04,258 --> 00:21:06,560
so it does talk about needing a

594
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,663
site plan approved and reviewed

595
00:21:08,663 --> 00:21:10,297
by the governing body. It talks

596
00:21:10,297 --> 00:21:11,933
about what uses are permitted

597
00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:14,933
on the property, which points

598
00:21:15,202 --> 00:21:16,971
back to our c one uses our c

599
00:21:16,971 --> 00:21:18,373
one uses do have as a

600
00:21:18,373 --> 00:21:20,208
permissive use a gas station.

601
00:21:20,208 --> 00:21:22,744
So this is a use that would be

602
00:21:22,744 --> 00:21:25,579
allowed on the property. And so

603
00:21:25,579 --> 00:21:28,579
when we are talking about

604
00:21:29,617 --> 00:21:31,719
retail uses see that that was

605
00:21:31,719 --> 00:21:35,319
just a couple extra slides on

606
00:21:35,623 --> 00:21:38,623
retail uses. Liquor license is

607
00:21:38,659 --> 00:21:40,362
a separate process. So if this

608
00:21:40,362 --> 00:21:42,163
gas station in the future would

609
00:21:42,163 --> 00:21:44,665
decide to go forward with that,

610
00:21:44,665 --> 00:21:46,100
there would be additional

611
00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:47,903
regulations and public hearings

612
00:21:47,903 --> 00:21:49,704
that would need to be heard.

613
00:21:49,704 --> 00:21:53,304
There was a site plan approved

614
00:21:53,708 --> 00:21:55,843
back in 2007 that did show

615
00:21:55,843 --> 00:21:57,979
access points off of one access

616
00:21:57,979 --> 00:21:59,481
point off of Obregon. Other

617
00:21:59,481 --> 00:22:01,283
access points off of Monterey,

618
00:22:01,283 --> 00:22:04,852
and then an access point also

619
00:22:04,852 --> 00:22:07,489
off of New Mexico. 528 so again,

620
00:22:07,489 --> 00:22:10,359
from that original hearing date

621
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,460
on the 25th, the applicant went

622
00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:14,363
back to dot to try to work

623
00:22:14,363 --> 00:22:17,363
forward or work towards getting

624
00:22:18,534 --> 00:22:20,350
an access point from nm 528

625
00:22:20,350 --> 00:22:23,350
here's another part of that

626
00:22:24,639 --> 00:22:27,390
site plan from 2007. So

627
00:22:27,509 --> 00:22:29,509
originally notifications went

628
00:22:34,150 --> 00:22:36,415
out at per chapter 150.03.

629
00:22:37,285 --> 00:22:39,755
When we postpone an item, we

630
00:22:39,755 --> 00:22:41,556
postpone to a date certain. So

631
00:22:41,556 --> 00:22:44,459
everybody that knew of and was

632
00:22:44,459 --> 00:22:45,660
noticed of the meeting in JUNE,

633
00:22:45,660 --> 00:22:47,429
if they were to look at the

634
00:22:47,429 --> 00:22:48,530
meeting minutes for that JUNE

635
00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:49,832
meeting would know that the

636
00:22:49,832 --> 00:22:51,300
item was postponed to tonight's

637
00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:53,401
meeting. So we don't really

638
00:22:53,401 --> 00:22:56,572
notice because we postpone to a

639
00:22:56,572 --> 00:22:58,140
date certain. And so these were

640
00:22:58,140 --> 00:22:59,774
the original notifications that

641
00:22:59,774 --> 00:23:03,145
went out. These were all part

642
00:23:03,145 --> 00:23:05,545
of the original presentation.

643
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,584
And then what I have here is a

644
00:23:08,584 --> 00:23:10,786
screen shot of all of the items

645
00:23:10,786 --> 00:23:14,323
that we look at for site plans

646
00:23:14,323 --> 00:23:17,226
for special use zones. And then

647
00:23:17,226 --> 00:23:18,794
for proposed site plans, just

648
00:23:18,794 --> 00:23:20,429
kind of going through things

649
00:23:20,429 --> 00:23:22,998
that we look at. So we look at

650
00:23:22,998 --> 00:23:25,500
is there a scale and a north

651
00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,270
arrow? Are the lot boundaries

652
00:23:27,270 --> 00:23:29,380
listed out? Where are the

653
00:23:29,380 --> 00:23:32,380
existing right of ways and

654
00:23:33,409 --> 00:23:35,913
easements? Then we go over is

655
00:23:35,913 --> 00:23:36,979
there what is the existing

656
00:23:36,979 --> 00:23:39,979
utilities? What are the plans

657
00:23:40,983 --> 00:23:43,983
for utilities in the area?

658
00:23:44,954 --> 00:23:46,954
Parking setbacks again,

659
00:23:47,423 --> 00:23:49,625
circulation. And so the

660
00:23:49,625 --> 00:23:50,793
circulation changes with the

661
00:23:50,793 --> 00:23:53,195
updated plan because there will

662
00:23:53,195 --> 00:23:55,365
now be an additional access

663
00:23:55,365 --> 00:23:56,766
point. So on this specific

664
00:23:56,766 --> 00:23:58,935
image that we're looking at,

665
00:23:58,935 --> 00:24:01,804
that access would connect to

666
00:24:01,804 --> 00:24:03,339
that bottom right hand, like

667
00:24:03,339 --> 00:24:06,109
football shape that I have

668
00:24:06,109 --> 00:24:07,577
there. A couple other things

669
00:24:07,577 --> 00:24:11,177
that we look at would include

670
00:24:12,982 --> 00:24:14,982
landscape buffers, elevations.

671
00:24:21,724 --> 00:24:24,724
Building heights. We look at

672
00:24:24,927 --> 00:24:26,396
the preliminary drainage. We

673
00:24:26,396 --> 00:24:29,396
look at the characteristics of

674
00:24:30,633 --> 00:24:32,202
the surrounding properties.

675
00:24:32,202 --> 00:24:35,802
Again just a quick one from

676
00:24:41,778 --> 00:24:43,947
site plan from 2007. Okay. And.

677
00:24:43,947 --> 00:24:45,449
So I breezed through that. But

678
00:24:45,449 --> 00:24:47,500
again, we can get we can go

679
00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:48,510
back to any of those that

680
00:24:48,510 --> 00:24:49,953
there's any questions, but I

681
00:24:49,953 --> 00:24:51,550
just don't want to spend too

682
00:24:51,550 --> 00:24:52,689
much time on something I've

683
00:24:52,689 --> 00:24:54,391
already presented before. But

684
00:24:54,391 --> 00:24:56,260
again, I'm bringing back the

685
00:24:56,260 --> 00:24:58,295
new updated site plan that is

686
00:24:58,295 --> 00:25:00,163
showing that right in off of

687
00:25:00,163 --> 00:25:03,163
New Mexico. 528 so right now,

688
00:25:03,466 --> 00:25:05,602
there wouldn't be a right out

689
00:25:05,602 --> 00:25:09,202
back onto. 528 we can only go

690
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,711
from 528 to the site itself.

691
00:25:14,711 --> 00:25:16,747
And so then I do have actually

692
00:25:16,747 --> 00:25:18,549
let me go back really quick. So

693
00:25:18,549 --> 00:25:20,417
the applicant did hold a

694
00:25:20,417 --> 00:25:22,353
community meeting last week and

695
00:25:22,353 --> 00:25:23,954
a couple of things that are in

696
00:25:23,954 --> 00:25:26,900
your agenda briefing memorandum

697
00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:27,558
that were added today in public

698
00:25:27,558 --> 00:25:29,760
comment, along with public

699
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,128
comments from residents, were

700
00:25:31,128 --> 00:25:33,297
also some meeting notes. So

701
00:25:33,297 --> 00:25:34,732
some of the questions that they

702
00:25:34,732 --> 00:25:35,799
answered. So some of the

703
00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:37,601
questions themselves. And then

704
00:25:37,601 --> 00:25:38,702
the responses from the

705
00:25:38,702 --> 00:25:40,504
applicants. So those are added

706
00:25:40,504 --> 00:25:41,906
in. But the applicant can go

707
00:25:41,906 --> 00:25:43,374
into further detail. If there's

708
00:25:43,374 --> 00:25:45,543
questions about that public

709
00:25:45,543 --> 00:25:46,977
meeting. And with that I will

710
00:25:46,977 --> 00:25:49,113
stand for any questions. So

711
00:25:49,113 --> 00:25:50,281
staff did review. We do

712
00:25:50,281 --> 00:25:52,382
recommend approval and I have

713
00:25:52,382 --> 00:25:55,382
the conditions and findings of

714
00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:58,155
fact for d 23 up on the screen.

715
00:25:58,155 --> 00:25:59,290
There's a couple of them.

716
00:25:59,290 --> 00:26:02,159
They're also included in your

717
00:26:02,159 --> 00:26:04,262
agenda briefing memorandum. And

718
00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:06,731
I will stand for any questions.

719
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:09,266
Thank you. Director Cohen can I

720
00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:10,367
get a motion.

721
00:26:10,367 --> 00:26:12,367
Motion motion to

722
00:26:12,503 --> 00:26:13,237
approve d 23.

723
00:26:13,237 --> 00:26:15,237
Second, have a

724
00:26:15,406 --> 00:26:17,174
motion. And a second is the

725
00:26:17,174 --> 00:26:20,174
applicant here. And does the

726
00:26:25,149 --> 00:26:25,817
applicant wish to speak.

727
00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:27,652
Hello.

728
00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:29,453
Thank you for volunteering your

729
00:26:29,453 --> 00:26:31,489
time to hear our little case

730
00:26:31,489 --> 00:26:33,580
for our future gas station. And

731
00:26:33,580 --> 00:26:34,459
my name is Richard Pigott with

732
00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:35,826
Maverick. We're located at 185

733
00:26:35,826 --> 00:26:37,695
South State Street, Salt Lake

734
00:26:37,695 --> 00:26:39,530
City, Utah. I also have with me

735
00:26:39,530 --> 00:26:40,665
Brian Herron with Galloway

736
00:26:40,665 --> 00:26:42,330
Engineering. They were the ones

737
00:26:42,330 --> 00:26:43,501
that did our traffic study

738
00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:44,769
based on our neighborhood

739
00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,704
meeting. The biggest concerns,

740
00:26:46,704 --> 00:26:48,873
of course, is traffic accesses

741
00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:50,141
and things of that nature. So

742
00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:51,410
Brian with me as well, so that

743
00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:52,844
he could answer questions

744
00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:54,844
directly concerning traffic

745
00:26:54,912 --> 00:26:56,140
concerns. He's a little bit

746
00:26:56,140 --> 00:26:57,916
more educated in that field

747
00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:59,117
than I am, so I'm glad I

748
00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:00,919
brought him with me. So open to

749
00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:01,986
any questions you have about

750
00:27:01,986 --> 00:27:03,540
the neighborhood meeting. I can

751
00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:04,890
address those. If it's a

752
00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:05,190
traffic concern, I'll have

753
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:07,225
Brian answer those questions

754
00:27:07,225 --> 00:27:09,225
for me.

755
00:27:09,394 --> 00:27:10,895
Okay. Hang tight. We

756
00:27:10,895 --> 00:27:13,365
MAY ask you for to come back up

757
00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:16,268
for more questions. All right.

758
00:27:16,268 --> 00:27:19,137
I have three people signed up

759
00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:20,638
to speak. So as I said prior to

760
00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:22,674
this, we will you'll have three

761
00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:25,674
minutes to speak. First up,

762
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:36,721
Kristine Eisenberg.

763
00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,556
Good

764
00:27:38,556 --> 00:27:39,625
afternoon. My name is Christine

765
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:41,460
Eisenberg. I'm part of the

766
00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:43,329
neighborhood association that

767
00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:45,764
is located in district six.

768
00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:47,599
That's a Chamisa Estates

769
00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:49,568
Neighborhood association. I

770
00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:51,870
don't know if you can see me

771
00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:54,390
over this. This podium. I'm

772
00:27:54,390 --> 00:27:55,740
kind of small, but I have a big

773
00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:57,275
voice. And one of the things

774
00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:58,743
that I noticed is that the

775
00:27:58,743 --> 00:28:00,450
zoning and development code

776
00:28:00,450 --> 00:28:03,450
requires that all persons that

777
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:04,817
are affected by the build be

778
00:28:04,817 --> 00:28:06,618
notified. And while the six

779
00:28:06,618 --> 00:28:08,887
homes directly in front of the

780
00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:10,556
build have been notified, all

781
00:28:10,556 --> 00:28:12,758
of the remaining homes on

782
00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:13,859
Monterey were not. And the

783
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,262
reason that they will be

784
00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:18,897
affected is. If you noticed on

785
00:28:18,897 --> 00:28:20,333
the site plan, the developer

786
00:28:20,333 --> 00:28:23,169
kept telling us there is no way

787
00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:25,400
for people to turn right out of

788
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,840
Monterey, but in fact, they can

789
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,642
turn right. So 850 cars are

790
00:28:29,642 --> 00:28:31,477
projected to go through that

791
00:28:31,477 --> 00:28:32,578
gas station and out through

792
00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:34,713
Monterey, and they have a

793
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,882
choice of turning left or right.

794
00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:39,520
The reason it is dangerous to

795
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,921
turn right is this neighborhood

796
00:28:41,921 --> 00:28:44,900
is very rural. We use it to

797
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:45,625
walk on any evening, any

798
00:28:45,625 --> 00:28:47,660
morning. If you take the time

799
00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:49,462
to go out there, you'll see

800
00:28:49,462 --> 00:28:50,897
neighbors walking their dogs,

801
00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:52,331
children walking to school,

802
00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:54,731
children walking back from

803
00:28:56,669 --> 00:28:58,971
school. You will see people

804
00:28:58,971 --> 00:29:00,640
riding bikes, little dirt bikes,

805
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,610
all kinds of different activity

806
00:29:03,610 --> 00:29:06,746
on the road and adding 850 cars

807
00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:09,282
to that will be a detriment to

808
00:29:09,282 --> 00:29:10,383
everybody's safety.

809
00:29:10,383 --> 00:29:12,383
Additionally, the developer

810
00:29:12,552 --> 00:29:13,920
told us that during the traffic

811
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,455
study, there were four cars

812
00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:18,258
that they noted during a so

813
00:29:18,258 --> 00:29:20,930
many hour period, so that

814
00:29:20,930 --> 00:29:21,828
didn't sound true to us because

815
00:29:21,828 --> 00:29:24,630
we live there and we see the

816
00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:25,965
cars that come in and out. I've

817
00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:27,634
given you a traffic study that

818
00:29:27,634 --> 00:29:29,769
we did ourselves. I sat out

819
00:29:29,769 --> 00:29:31,271
there and tallied cars two

820
00:29:31,271 --> 00:29:33,390
different days. One day with

821
00:29:33,390 --> 00:29:34,474
school in session, one day

822
00:29:34,474 --> 00:29:36,275
without school in session. On

823
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:39,875
the day that school was in

824
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,449
session, we had 586 cars go

825
00:29:42,449 --> 00:29:44,217
down. Obregon. And then on the

826
00:29:44,217 --> 00:29:46,419
day that school wasn't in

827
00:29:46,419 --> 00:29:49,419
session, we had 219 cars go

828
00:29:49,956 --> 00:29:52,192
down. Obregon from 7:00 to 930

829
00:29:52,192 --> 00:29:54,294
each day. In order to prove

830
00:29:54,294 --> 00:29:56,300
that I really was out there, I

831
00:29:56,300 --> 00:29:58,932
have the time stamped pictures

832
00:29:58,932 --> 00:30:00,868
about every 15 or 20 minutes so

833
00:30:00,868 --> 00:30:02,360
that you can see I really was

834
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:03,837
out there really with my little

835
00:30:03,837 --> 00:30:04,938
tally marks, and there's even a

836
00:30:04,938 --> 00:30:06,730
cute little picture of me

837
00:30:06,730 --> 00:30:07,841
sitting out there on the road.

838
00:30:07,841 --> 00:30:09,410
By the way, it's really

839
00:30:09,410 --> 00:30:11,211
dangerous out there, I noticed

840
00:30:11,211 --> 00:30:12,880
six different cars come and do

841
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,848
u-turns on Obregon because they

842
00:30:14,848 --> 00:30:18,180
were going the wrong way. On

843
00:30:18,180 --> 00:30:20,554
528, I saw people trying to

844
00:30:20,554 --> 00:30:22,622
pass the line, going out of

845
00:30:22,622 --> 00:30:24,524
Obregon. Let's say there's 20

846
00:30:24,524 --> 00:30:25,793
cars lined up. The 20th car

847
00:30:25,793 --> 00:30:28,950
decides, I'm not going to wait

848
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:29,563
in line. They cut going,

849
00:30:29,563 --> 00:30:31,365
heading to the traffic lane

850
00:30:31,365 --> 00:30:32,466
that's coming in the opposite

851
00:30:32,466 --> 00:30:33,600
direction. You guys need to do

852
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,000
something about that because

853
00:30:37,471 --> 00:30:41,710
that's not safe anyway. Also, I

854
00:30:42,843 --> 00:30:44,211
wanted to note that. I

855
00:30:44,211 --> 00:30:46,848
requested an Ipra to look at

856
00:30:46,848 --> 00:30:49,848
the amount of accidents between

857
00:30:50,818 --> 00:30:52,586
Kim and 528, and Obregon and

858
00:30:52,586 --> 00:30:54,421
528, and there were 20

859
00:30:54,421 --> 00:30:56,591
accidents from JANUARY 1st to

860
00:30:56,591 --> 00:30:57,758
date. Some of them included

861
00:30:57,758 --> 00:30:59,460
several cars. Most of them were

862
00:30:59,460 --> 00:31:01,929
two car accidents. Thank you

863
00:31:01,929 --> 00:31:04,464
for listening. We want a safe

864
00:31:04,464 --> 00:31:06,267
neighborhood. We value our

865
00:31:06,267 --> 00:31:07,702
neighbors and our time that we

866
00:31:07,702 --> 00:31:09,370
spend outside recreating. And

867
00:31:09,370 --> 00:31:10,538
that's why we bought homes in

868
00:31:10,538 --> 00:31:12,406
that area. And we hope you

869
00:31:12,406 --> 00:31:14,208
consider that. Also, please

870
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:16,611
consider that the developer was

871
00:31:16,611 --> 00:31:19,130
less than honest with us when

872
00:31:19,130 --> 00:31:20,882
we met with him. In our ability

873
00:31:20,882 --> 00:31:21,415
to try and fix all of this.

874
00:31:21,415 --> 00:31:22,816
Thank you.

875
00:31:22,816 --> 00:31:24,816
Next up, Thomas

876
00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:40,902
Krapyak. Good evening mayor.

877
00:31:40,902 --> 00:31:41,569
City Council members.

878
00:31:41,569 --> 00:31:41,936
City

879
00:31:41,936 --> 00:31:43,371
manager.

880
00:31:43,371 --> 00:31:44,472
My name is Thomas and

881
00:31:44,472 --> 00:31:45,941
I'm a retired lieutenant with

882
00:31:45,941 --> 00:31:47,342
the Albuquerque Fire Department.

883
00:31:47,342 --> 00:31:49,477
And I am very concerned about

884
00:31:49,477 --> 00:31:51,279
safety in this area. My main

885
00:31:51,279 --> 00:31:52,981
concern is resident safety and

886
00:31:52,981 --> 00:31:54,181
traffic safety. I'm asking you

887
00:31:54,181 --> 00:31:55,750
to deny this maverick maverick

888
00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:58,119
site plan, not simply place

889
00:31:58,119 --> 00:31:59,554
more conditions on it. Before

890
00:31:59,554 --> 00:32:00,655
Maverick was proposed, Rio

891
00:32:00,655 --> 00:32:01,756
Rancho police had already

892
00:32:01,756 --> 00:32:04,156
identified safety concerns on

893
00:32:04,626 --> 00:32:06,610
New Mexico. 528 and Obregon in

894
00:32:06,610 --> 00:32:08,610
2024. The Police traffic

895
00:32:08,196 --> 00:32:09,297
division asked Nmdot to

896
00:32:09,297 --> 00:32:10,198
consider northbound and

897
00:32:10,198 --> 00:32:12,670
southbound turning lanes at

898
00:32:12,670 --> 00:32:14,670
this intersection, specifically

899
00:32:14,703 --> 00:32:16,104
to avoid crashes. Now, Maverick

900
00:32:16,104 --> 00:32:17,306
proposes a high traffic fuel

901
00:32:17,306 --> 00:32:20,306
station and a convenience store

902
00:32:20,442 --> 00:32:21,543
at that same intersection. New

903
00:32:21,543 --> 00:32:22,277
Mexico Department of

904
00:32:22,277 --> 00:32:24,780
Transportation has stated that

905
00:32:24,780 --> 00:32:26,882
it will not grant access to New

906
00:32:26,882 --> 00:32:29,282
Mexico. 528 at this location,

907
00:32:30,185 --> 00:32:31,252
so what does that traffic go?

908
00:32:31,252 --> 00:32:32,687
Maverick's own site drawings

909
00:32:32,687 --> 00:32:34,490
make that answer easy. The

910
00:32:34,490 --> 00:32:35,757
project's internal circulation

911
00:32:35,757 --> 00:32:38,157
connects directly to Monterey

912
00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:39,861
Road, a residential street,

913
00:32:39,861 --> 00:32:41,363
while also relying on Obregon

914
00:32:41,363 --> 00:32:42,764
for access. Monterey and

915
00:32:42,764 --> 00:32:43,531
Obregon already carry

916
00:32:43,531 --> 00:32:44,867
concentrated morning and

917
00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:46,402
afternoon traffic associated

918
00:32:46,402 --> 00:32:47,903
with Enchanted Hills Elementary

919
00:32:47,903 --> 00:32:49,604
School. Children also walk

920
00:32:49,604 --> 00:32:51,773
these streets to and from

921
00:32:51,773 --> 00:32:54,773
school, some with parents, some

922
00:32:55,344 --> 00:32:57,146
independently. This proposal

923
00:32:57,146 --> 00:32:58,647
will add customer vehicles,

924
00:32:58,647 --> 00:32:59,681
turning movements, delivery,

925
00:32:59,681 --> 00:33:00,782
traffic and commercial

926
00:33:00,782 --> 00:33:02,951
circulation through these same

927
00:33:02,951 --> 00:33:04,200
streets. Developers also

928
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,488
acknowledged weaving concerns.

929
00:33:05,488 --> 00:33:07,623
Because Obregon Access is so

930
00:33:07,623 --> 00:33:09,240
close to New Mexico. 528 while

931
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,424
proposing no dedicated right

932
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:12,628
turn lane to this site, there

933
00:33:12,628 --> 00:33:13,929
is also an environmental

934
00:33:13,929 --> 00:33:15,498
concern already for record with

935
00:33:15,498 --> 00:33:16,599
the city clerk, an

936
00:33:16,599 --> 00:33:17,700
environmental engineer has

937
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:18,734
submitted and written concerns

938
00:33:18,734 --> 00:33:20,936
about drainage toward the

939
00:33:20,936 --> 00:33:22,739
adjacent Arroyo de las Lomitas

940
00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:25,139
Negras and nearby residential

941
00:33:25,608 --> 00:33:26,609
ground walls that recommends

942
00:33:26,609 --> 00:33:27,810
evaluating the local water

943
00:33:27,810 --> 00:33:29,211
table before assuming those

944
00:33:29,211 --> 00:33:31,130
drinking water sources are

945
00:33:31,130 --> 00:33:32,815
protected. There is also

946
00:33:32,815 --> 00:33:33,916
environmental concern. Why

947
00:33:33,916 --> 00:33:35,117
should these questions be

948
00:33:35,117 --> 00:33:36,752
answered after approval instead

949
00:33:36,752 --> 00:33:37,820
of before it? When a project

950
00:33:37,820 --> 00:33:39,621
depends on an already

951
00:33:39,621 --> 00:33:41,621
concerning intersection cannot

952
00:33:41,824 --> 00:33:43,593
access New Mexico 528 directly

953
00:33:43,593 --> 00:33:45,428
shifts commercial traffic onto

954
00:33:45,428 --> 00:33:46,896
streets used by school children

955
00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:48,698
and creates acknowledged

956
00:33:48,698 --> 00:33:49,765
weaving concerns and leaves

957
00:33:49,765 --> 00:33:50,833
important drainage and

958
00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:52,668
groundwater questions

959
00:33:52,668 --> 00:33:54,700
unanswered. Approval is not the

960
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:55,838
cause. The cautious decision

961
00:33:55,838 --> 00:33:56,939
here. Denial is, and we'd

962
00:33:56,939 --> 00:33:58,541
really appreciate if the

963
00:33:58,541 --> 00:33:59,809
council members would listen to

964
00:33:59,809 --> 00:34:01,310
their residents of this

965
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:01,611
community. Thank you.

966
00:34:01,611 --> 00:34:03,611
Thank you,

967
00:34:04,814 --> 00:34:07,814
MR. Kubiak. Next up, Kim

968
00:34:18,528 --> 00:34:19,262
Gonzalez.

969
00:34:19,262 --> 00:34:19,629
Good evening.

970
00:34:19,629 --> 00:34:21,629
Mayor

971
00:34:21,731 --> 00:34:23,934
and council members. My name is

972
00:34:23,934 --> 00:34:26,436
Kim Gonzalez. I reside at 1201

973
00:34:26,436 --> 00:34:27,503
Monterey Road, a home that is

974
00:34:27,503 --> 00:34:29,305
directly across from the

975
00:34:29,305 --> 00:34:31,108
proposed Maverick Gas Station.

976
00:34:31,108 --> 00:34:32,542
I am here tonight to

977
00:34:32,542 --> 00:34:34,440
respectfully ask you to deny

978
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:35,845
this site approval, because I

979
00:34:35,845 --> 00:34:37,580
believe its location creates

980
00:34:37,580 --> 00:34:39,480
serious traffic and safety

981
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:40,516
concerns for our neighborhood.

982
00:34:40,516 --> 00:34:41,585
The gas station is being

983
00:34:41,585 --> 00:34:43,720
proposed at the major

984
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,889
intersection of 528 and Obregon,

985
00:34:45,889 --> 00:34:46,956
which is already a busy road

986
00:34:46,956 --> 00:34:49,356
because of the elementary

987
00:34:49,492 --> 00:34:50,994
school that is half mile away.

988
00:34:50,994 --> 00:34:52,763
However, our concern is that

989
00:34:52,763 --> 00:34:55,232
the traffic will actually be

990
00:34:55,232 --> 00:34:57,670
going onto Monterey, a

991
00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:58,868
residential road. That

992
00:34:58,868 --> 00:35:00,270
distinction is extremely

993
00:35:00,270 --> 00:35:02,105
important because the developer

994
00:35:02,105 --> 00:35:03,874
is proposing to put a high

995
00:35:03,874 --> 00:35:05,675
volume commercial traffic

996
00:35:05,675 --> 00:35:07,510
generator next to that

997
00:35:07,510 --> 00:35:08,945
residential road, and he has

998
00:35:08,945 --> 00:35:11,945
indicated that it will likely

999
00:35:12,516 --> 00:35:14,752
send over 850 vehicles onto it

1000
00:35:14,752 --> 00:35:16,486
every day. I don't believe we

1001
00:35:16,486 --> 00:35:17,954
should dismiss that simply

1002
00:35:17,954 --> 00:35:20,123
because the gas station is

1003
00:35:20,123 --> 00:35:21,559
located at a major intersection.

1004
00:35:21,559 --> 00:35:22,859
A tremendous amount of traffic

1005
00:35:22,859 --> 00:35:25,462
will come into our neighborhood

1006
00:35:25,462 --> 00:35:27,297
on Monterey, where people

1007
00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:28,865
regularly walk, exercise, and

1008
00:35:28,865 --> 00:35:30,868
enjoy our neighborhood because

1009
00:35:30,868 --> 00:35:32,670
it is not a high traffic

1010
00:35:32,670 --> 00:35:34,639
roadway. That is why the

1011
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:36,730
entrance exit location matters

1012
00:35:36,730 --> 00:35:38,776
just as much as the location of

1013
00:35:38,776 --> 00:35:39,877
the gas station itself. I

1014
00:35:39,877 --> 00:35:41,679
respectfully ask the council to

1015
00:35:41,679 --> 00:35:42,946
look at this from the

1016
00:35:42,946 --> 00:35:44,548
perspective of the residents

1017
00:35:44,548 --> 00:35:47,417
who actually live on Monterey

1018
00:35:47,417 --> 00:35:49,987
Road. Personally, as I said,

1019
00:35:49,987 --> 00:35:53,190
our house is at the corner of

1020
00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:54,792
Monterey and Obregon with 850

1021
00:35:54,792 --> 00:35:57,192
vehicles entering and exiting

1022
00:35:57,227 --> 00:35:59,330
the gas station each day, we

1023
00:35:59,330 --> 00:36:01,165
will need to find gaps in

1024
00:36:01,165 --> 00:36:04,100
traffic to safely enter or

1025
00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:05,603
leave our driveway. The the

1026
00:36:05,603 --> 00:36:07,939
traffic stop sign at the corner

1027
00:36:07,939 --> 00:36:09,407
will likely create a backup of

1028
00:36:09,407 --> 00:36:11,542
vehicles waiting to get onto

1029
00:36:11,542 --> 00:36:13,100
Obregon. Further blocking our

1030
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:15,913
driveway and making access to

1031
00:36:15,913 --> 00:36:17,715
our home difficult and possibly

1032
00:36:17,715 --> 00:36:19,851
dangerous. This is not just

1033
00:36:19,851 --> 00:36:22,251
about traffic, it directly

1034
00:36:22,420 --> 00:36:25,420
affects our ability to safely

1035
00:36:25,589 --> 00:36:28,860
get in and out of our own home.

1036
00:36:28,860 --> 00:36:30,295
So I ask you, if this was your

1037
00:36:30,295 --> 00:36:32,695
family's home, would you

1038
00:36:33,131 --> 00:36:35,366
consider this traffic increase

1039
00:36:35,366 --> 00:36:37,302
acceptable? I believe the

1040
00:36:37,302 --> 00:36:38,570
answer would be no. Thank you

1041
00:36:38,570 --> 00:36:39,671
for your time.

1042
00:36:39,671 --> 00:36:41,671
Thank you, MISS

1043
00:36:43,641 --> 00:36:45,760
Gonzalez. MISS Davis, anyone

1044
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:45,476
else signed up to speak?

1045
00:36:45,476 --> 00:36:46,878
No,

1046
00:36:46,878 --> 00:36:47,612
sir. There is not.

1047
00:36:47,612 --> 00:36:49,140
All right.

1048
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,549
Then we will close the public

1049
00:36:51,549 --> 00:36:55,149
comment period of this item and

1050
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,288
move on to council comment,

1051
00:36:57,288 --> 00:36:59,288
questions, comments. Concerns.

1052
00:37:00,592 --> 00:37:00,926
MR. Mayor. Councilor. List.

1053
00:37:00,926 --> 00:37:02,560
MR.

1054
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:03,929
Mayor. Okay, let me begin by

1055
00:37:03,929 --> 00:37:06,331
first saying thank you so much

1056
00:37:06,331 --> 00:37:08,132
to Maverick for following up

1057
00:37:08,132 --> 00:37:09,634
and hearing our request and

1058
00:37:09,634 --> 00:37:11,200
meeting with the community. I

1059
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,538
think that was an important

1060
00:37:13,538 --> 00:37:16,400
step. I also want to say a

1061
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,810
thank you to Director Rincon

1062
00:37:17,810 --> 00:37:19,611
and her team for continuing to

1063
00:37:19,611 --> 00:37:23,211
follow through with this and to

1064
00:37:23,615 --> 00:37:25,160
to bring it back to today. I'm

1065
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:26,418
not entirely sure where to

1066
00:37:26,418 --> 00:37:28,253
start, other than I want

1067
00:37:28,253 --> 00:37:29,321
everyone who sent in emails and

1068
00:37:29,321 --> 00:37:31,123
comments. We hear you. We

1069
00:37:31,123 --> 00:37:34,426
appreciate you, I hear you, I

1070
00:37:34,426 --> 00:37:36,227
appreciate you, I think that we

1071
00:37:36,227 --> 00:37:39,431
need to look at a couple of

1072
00:37:39,431 --> 00:37:40,866
things, and I'm not sure if MR.

1073
00:37:40,866 --> 00:37:43,866
Pickard can answer my question

1074
00:37:48,107 --> 00:37:49,175
or not.

1075
00:37:49,175 --> 00:37:50,943
I'll do my best.

1076
00:37:50,943 --> 00:37:52,943
Okay.

1077
00:37:53,111 --> 00:37:54,279
And please note, I get that you

1078
00:37:54,279 --> 00:37:56,348
represent an entity, but I. But

1079
00:37:56,348 --> 00:37:57,583
I do have some questions. Again,

1080
00:37:57,583 --> 00:37:58,984
thank you for for meeting with

1081
00:37:58,984 --> 00:38:00,719
the community that wasn't asked.

1082
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,121
And I do believe that some of

1083
00:38:02,121 --> 00:38:03,555
the things that were initially

1084
00:38:03,555 --> 00:38:05,323
brought were accommodations

1085
00:38:05,323 --> 00:38:07,192
that Maverick was able to make,

1086
00:38:07,192 --> 00:38:08,693
whether it was lighting or

1087
00:38:08,693 --> 00:38:10,295
walls or the foliage or some of

1088
00:38:10,295 --> 00:38:12,598
the things. So thank you for

1089
00:38:12,598 --> 00:38:14,466
that. I do have a question,

1090
00:38:14,466 --> 00:38:16,102
though. We met on JUNE 25th. Do

1091
00:38:16,102 --> 00:38:17,200
you know when you guys then

1092
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,380
turned around and reached back

1093
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:20,139
out to the dot?

1094
00:38:20,139 --> 00:38:22,108
I think it was.

1095
00:38:22,108 --> 00:38:25,440
The next day is when we got the

1096
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,846
first rejection from Margaret.

1097
00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:28,213
I could talk to have Brian

1098
00:38:28,213 --> 00:38:29,381
address that a little bit more

1099
00:38:29,381 --> 00:38:31,250
clear. But yeah, we reached out

1100
00:38:31,250 --> 00:38:33,119
like the second. By the time i

1101
00:38:33,119 --> 00:38:34,153
got home, I had an email

1102
00:38:34,153 --> 00:38:36,889
rejection from them. By the

1103
00:38:36,889 --> 00:38:38,570
time I landed. So and then we

1104
00:38:38,570 --> 00:38:39,792
continued to push over the

1105
00:38:39,792 --> 00:38:41,928
course of the last two months,

1106
00:38:41,928 --> 00:38:44,464
I didn't get a blessing for

1107
00:38:44,464 --> 00:38:45,665
that right turn pocket until

1108
00:38:45,665 --> 00:38:47,366
probably about two weeks ago,

1109
00:38:47,366 --> 00:38:48,701
three weeks ago. But again, I

1110
00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:49,835
think Brian could answer that

1111
00:38:49,835 --> 00:38:51,704
question a little bit more

1112
00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:52,939
clearly. And I think it's in a

1113
00:38:52,939 --> 00:38:54,707
memo that was also presented to

1114
00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:54,907
you as a commissioner as well.

1115
00:38:54,907 --> 00:38:55,975
Right.

1116
00:38:55,975 --> 00:38:57,810
I just have some notes

1117
00:38:57,810 --> 00:38:58,811
here that reflect that the real

1118
00:38:58,811 --> 00:38:59,912
conversations MAY not have

1119
00:38:59,912 --> 00:39:01,881
started until mid AUGUST. So

1120
00:39:01,881 --> 00:39:03,716
there was a gap, and I was just

1121
00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:06,119
curious as to why, but you're,

1122
00:39:06,119 --> 00:39:07,420
you're you're good. So I, I

1123
00:39:07,420 --> 00:39:08,421
have to be honest, I'm really

1124
00:39:08,421 --> 00:39:09,489
frustrated with the Department

1125
00:39:09,489 --> 00:39:11,570
of Transportation in this

1126
00:39:11,570 --> 00:39:12,192
entire situation, because I do

1127
00:39:12,192 --> 00:39:14,728
know that some of their

1128
00:39:14,728 --> 00:39:16,229
feedback were no additional

1129
00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:17,897
turn ins. Then it was you could

1130
00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:19,799
have both a right in or right

1131
00:39:19,799 --> 00:39:21,200
out. Then it was no, you can

1132
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,770
only have the right in. And

1133
00:39:23,770 --> 00:39:25,105
part of their argument is that.

1134
00:39:25,105 --> 00:39:28,105
528 in this stretch right now

1135
00:39:28,408 --> 00:39:30,176
is problematic, as in the

1136
00:39:30,176 --> 00:39:32,176
overgrown intersection, the

1137
00:39:32,346 --> 00:39:33,814
zenith intersection and the

1138
00:39:33,814 --> 00:39:35,215
intersection. And so I'm super

1139
00:39:35,215 --> 00:39:36,649
frustrated with the dot for not

1140
00:39:36,649 --> 00:39:37,750
saying, hey, let's take 90 days,

1141
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:39,586
six months, and let's put a

1142
00:39:39,586 --> 00:39:40,787
time out. And we're going to

1143
00:39:40,787 --> 00:39:42,689
put a focused energy on this

1144
00:39:42,689 --> 00:39:44,591
strip of 528 and we're going to

1145
00:39:44,591 --> 00:39:45,759
do our job for the residents of

1146
00:39:45,759 --> 00:39:46,793
Rio Rancho. So I'm extremely

1147
00:39:46,793 --> 00:39:47,760
disappointed in the Department

1148
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,530
of Transportation because right

1149
00:39:49,530 --> 00:39:50,698
now I think they are the

1150
00:39:50,698 --> 00:39:51,631
stronghold for a lot of these

1151
00:39:51,631 --> 00:39:53,233
complications. However, with

1152
00:39:53,233 --> 00:39:54,901
that said, ultimately the only

1153
00:39:54,901 --> 00:39:56,637
thing that was granted was a

1154
00:39:56,637 --> 00:39:58,605
right in which forces 100% of

1155
00:39:58,605 --> 00:40:00,173
those vehicles out onto

1156
00:40:00,173 --> 00:40:02,609
Monterey, which is in no way,

1157
00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:04,745
shape or form acceptable. This

1158
00:40:04,745 --> 00:40:06,546
is a private road. This does

1159
00:40:06,546 --> 00:40:10,146
feed into a small space. This

1160
00:40:10,183 --> 00:40:12,419
is front doors that this is not

1161
00:40:12,419 --> 00:40:15,419
made for an additional 850 cars

1162
00:40:15,522 --> 00:40:19,122
a day. I am extremely concerned

1163
00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:21,629
about safety. The safety issues

1164
00:40:21,629 --> 00:40:25,999
in this area. If we can look at

1165
00:40:25,999 --> 00:40:28,869
our special use permit section

1166
00:40:28,869 --> 00:40:30,103
154.4 3a3f. It does talk about

1167
00:40:30,103 --> 00:40:31,872
something that is very specific

1168
00:40:31,872 --> 00:40:33,574
for us sitting up here to look

1169
00:40:33,574 --> 00:40:35,142
at, and it's the proposed

1170
00:40:35,142 --> 00:40:36,443
ingress, the egress, parking

1171
00:40:36,443 --> 00:40:37,511
and circulation. And

1172
00:40:37,511 --> 00:40:39,213
unfortunately, I do not feel

1173
00:40:39,213 --> 00:40:40,782
that in any way, shape or form

1174
00:40:40,782 --> 00:40:43,684
this meets the safety needs of

1175
00:40:43,684 --> 00:40:45,419
the neighborhood. I very much

1176
00:40:45,419 --> 00:40:47,121
appreciate the residents that

1177
00:40:47,121 --> 00:40:48,389
took the time to sit out and

1178
00:40:48,389 --> 00:40:50,524
dodge cars and play Frogger to

1179
00:40:50,524 --> 00:40:52,326
to get these data points for us.

1180
00:40:52,326 --> 00:40:54,795
I do want to say, just from

1181
00:40:54,795 --> 00:40:56,563
personal experience, that that

1182
00:40:56,563 --> 00:40:58,432
586 after a long weekend is

1183
00:40:58,432 --> 00:41:00,168
probably a low number. A lot of

1184
00:41:00,168 --> 00:41:01,569
people took extended vacations,

1185
00:41:01,569 --> 00:41:03,804
so that number is probably

1186
00:41:03,804 --> 00:41:04,738
higher than what, what, what

1187
00:41:04,738 --> 00:41:06,574
would have really happened if

1188
00:41:06,574 --> 00:41:07,675
you would have had it on a

1189
00:41:07,675 --> 00:41:09,177
traditional five day week, on

1190
00:41:09,177 --> 00:41:12,177
maybe a Tuesday or Thursday,

1191
00:41:14,548 --> 00:41:15,750
just my $0.02. So I. I don't

1192
00:41:15,750 --> 00:41:17,551
really have a lot more to say

1193
00:41:17,551 --> 00:41:18,753
other than I'm just really

1194
00:41:18,753 --> 00:41:19,754
sorry, but I, I don't think

1195
00:41:19,754 --> 00:41:21,550
this makes the safety

1196
00:41:21,550 --> 00:41:22,723
requirements for our, our

1197
00:41:22,723 --> 00:41:23,991
community. And I, I apologize,

1198
00:41:23,991 --> 00:41:25,126
it has nothing to do with

1199
00:41:25,126 --> 00:41:27,950
Maverick. It has nothing to do

1200
00:41:27,950 --> 00:41:28,963
with it being a gas station. I

1201
00:41:28,963 --> 00:41:32,600
think that the dot did you a

1202
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,600
disservice. And with that, I

1203
00:41:37,271 --> 00:41:39,671
will take a pause.

1204
00:41:40,208 --> 00:41:41,943
No, we are.

1205
00:41:41,943 --> 00:41:43,711
There's strict decorum being

1206
00:41:43,711 --> 00:41:45,413
held here. We are not going to

1207
00:41:45,413 --> 00:41:46,580
clap. We're not going to be.

1208
00:41:46,580 --> 00:41:48,516
There's a reason for that. If

1209
00:41:48,516 --> 00:41:49,650
we get people in this room that

1210
00:41:49,650 --> 00:41:51,420
are opposed and in favor, and

1211
00:41:51,420 --> 00:41:52,687
they start booing and clapping,

1212
00:41:52,687 --> 00:41:54,522
we can have a fight in here.

1213
00:41:54,522 --> 00:41:55,690
We're not going to have this.

1214
00:41:55,690 --> 00:41:57,425
We're going to act like adults

1215
00:41:57,425 --> 00:41:58,126
in this room. Thank you,

1216
00:41:58,126 --> 00:41:58,727
Councilor Tyler.

1217
00:41:58,727 --> 00:42:00,727
I would have

1218
00:42:02,197 --> 00:42:05,700
to agree with Councilor List. I,

1219
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:07,870
I think that New Mexico. 528

1220
00:42:07,870 --> 00:42:11,470
and that that section of New

1221
00:42:11,473 --> 00:42:13,873
Mexico. 528 is some concerns

1222
00:42:14,709 --> 00:42:16,144
for public safety as far as

1223
00:42:16,144 --> 00:42:17,779
traffic in right turns, left

1224
00:42:17,779 --> 00:42:18,880
turns, I don't care which way

1225
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:19,981
you're turning, it's a pain

1226
00:42:19,981 --> 00:42:22,651
down there going to Corrales

1227
00:42:22,651 --> 00:42:26,251
you're going to get hit. I

1228
00:42:26,254 --> 00:42:29,124
think I share the same issues

1229
00:42:29,124 --> 00:42:31,627
as she does with Nmdot. They're

1230
00:42:31,627 --> 00:42:33,950
horrible. And I'll say that

1231
00:42:33,950 --> 00:42:34,496
because it depends on which

1232
00:42:34,496 --> 00:42:36,632
entity you are or where you're

1233
00:42:36,632 --> 00:42:38,467
at, because I can go and put

1234
00:42:38,467 --> 00:42:40,350
five stoplights in a row or six

1235
00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:42,700
stoplights in a row, which are

1236
00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:43,872
against nmdot regulations,

1237
00:42:43,872 --> 00:42:45,307
depending on who I am. But I

1238
00:42:45,307 --> 00:42:47,576
can't have one stoplight that

1239
00:42:47,576 --> 00:42:49,377
saves people's lives off of 528

1240
00:42:49,377 --> 00:42:51,447
up by the armory, or 550 up by

1241
00:42:51,447 --> 00:42:53,315
the armory. We can't get a

1242
00:42:53,315 --> 00:42:55,117
stoplight on 528 over where

1243
00:42:55,117 --> 00:42:56,852
it's needed. We can't get write

1244
00:42:56,852 --> 00:42:58,353
ins and write outs to get

1245
00:42:58,353 --> 00:43:00,289
businesses to come in. It's not

1246
00:43:00,289 --> 00:43:01,356
the fact that the city of Rio

1247
00:43:01,356 --> 00:43:02,391
Rancho doesn't want to do

1248
00:43:02,391 --> 00:43:03,426
business, and doesn't want to

1249
00:43:03,426 --> 00:43:05,261
encourage business. It's the

1250
00:43:05,261 --> 00:43:06,261
fact that we don't want to

1251
00:43:06,261 --> 00:43:07,630
endanger the residents, and

1252
00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:08,698
Nmdot doesn't get off their

1253
00:43:08,698 --> 00:43:10,499
butts and come down here and

1254
00:43:10,499 --> 00:43:12,668
help us solve problems. And

1255
00:43:12,668 --> 00:43:13,869
maybe in six months that'll

1256
00:43:13,869 --> 00:43:15,805
change. But at the end of the

1257
00:43:15,805 --> 00:43:17,673
day, I think that we really

1258
00:43:17,673 --> 00:43:18,741
need to take a step back and

1259
00:43:18,741 --> 00:43:20,676
get nmdot to Councilor Liz

1260
00:43:20,676 --> 00:43:21,910
Point to do their job and come

1261
00:43:21,910 --> 00:43:23,779
down here and help us get these

1262
00:43:23,779 --> 00:43:24,947
businesses in place. So I have

1263
00:43:24,947 --> 00:43:27,830
some concerns as well as she

1264
00:43:27,830 --> 00:43:29,218
does, as well as she does with

1265
00:43:29,218 --> 00:43:30,720
the safety 800 cars on a

1266
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,870
residential road is that's a

1267
00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:33,556
lot. I wouldn't want that

1268
00:43:33,556 --> 00:43:34,957
trapped in front of my house.

1269
00:43:34,957 --> 00:43:37,493
That's just me personally, but

1270
00:43:37,493 --> 00:43:38,928
whatever I yield for MR. Mayor.

1271
00:43:38,928 --> 00:43:39,295
Thank you, Councilor Tyler.

1272
00:43:39,295 --> 00:43:41,295
MR.

1273
00:43:41,831 --> 00:43:43,831
Mayor.

1274
00:43:44,366 --> 00:43:45,769
Councilor.

1275
00:43:45,769 --> 00:43:47,537
So I think

1276
00:43:47,537 --> 00:43:48,804
five of the seven of us were

1277
00:43:48,804 --> 00:43:51,804
here before. This is Champion

1278
00:43:51,941 --> 00:43:53,676
car wash discussion just on on

1279
00:43:53,676 --> 00:43:55,511
repeat. And it's going to be

1280
00:43:55,511 --> 00:43:56,913
any time for this three mile

1281
00:43:56,913 --> 00:43:58,514
stretch here starting at

1282
00:43:58,514 --> 00:44:00,149
northern up to where it gets

1283
00:44:00,149 --> 00:44:02,549
busy again around Enchanted

1284
00:44:03,385 --> 00:44:04,487
Hills area that, you know, the

1285
00:44:04,487 --> 00:44:05,621
East Side's developed. The West

1286
00:44:05,621 --> 00:44:07,590
side's not. You have certain

1287
00:44:07,590 --> 00:44:10,590
people that anytime it wouldn't

1288
00:44:10,593 --> 00:44:12,462
matter what's going in on that

1289
00:44:12,462 --> 00:44:13,596
west side. If it was a dental

1290
00:44:13,596 --> 00:44:14,964
office that moved two cars

1291
00:44:14,964 --> 00:44:17,434
through an hour, they'd be at

1292
00:44:17,434 --> 00:44:18,602
this meeting. Or if it was a

1293
00:44:18,602 --> 00:44:21,437
gas station, they'd be at this

1294
00:44:21,437 --> 00:44:22,138
meeting. I think that it's

1295
00:44:22,138 --> 00:44:23,940
unfair. We're all going to

1296
00:44:23,940 --> 00:44:26,109
probably have the same general

1297
00:44:26,109 --> 00:44:28,311
remarks and discussions about

1298
00:44:28,311 --> 00:44:29,712
Nmdot. I think that you were

1299
00:44:29,712 --> 00:44:31,348
able to champion wasn't able to

1300
00:44:31,348 --> 00:44:33,216
get what you guys were able to

1301
00:44:33,216 --> 00:44:35,819
get with that right turn in,

1302
00:44:35,819 --> 00:44:36,987
which I think is a great that

1303
00:44:36,987 --> 00:44:39,550
that, you know, you're able to

1304
00:44:39,550 --> 00:44:42,655
get that carved out. I don't

1305
00:44:44,127 --> 00:44:46,630
think it's fair to you guys to

1306
00:44:46,630 --> 00:44:49,499
suffer because in Nmdot is

1307
00:44:49,499 --> 00:44:51,499
being ridiculous, intransigent

1308
00:44:52,350 --> 00:44:53,670
on this issue. Therefore, I do

1309
00:44:53,670 --> 00:44:54,905
support the project. I think

1310
00:44:54,905 --> 00:44:57,400
the stipulation that we had or

1311
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:58,508
what we said in the last

1312
00:44:58,508 --> 00:44:59,676
meeting, and we were pretty

1313
00:44:59,676 --> 00:45:01,745
much in agreement on it, was,

1314
00:45:01,745 --> 00:45:03,546
we need you to go back to Nmdot,

1315
00:45:03,546 --> 00:45:05,716
try to push back as much as you

1316
00:45:05,716 --> 00:45:06,817
can. It's my understanding from

1317
00:45:06,817 --> 00:45:08,510
conversations that that was

1318
00:45:08,510 --> 00:45:10,200
done with the help of the city.

1319
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:11,870
And so I appreciate Amy and

1320
00:45:11,870 --> 00:45:12,989
whoever else made some phone

1321
00:45:12,989 --> 00:45:14,191
calls and kind of pushed to be

1322
00:45:14,191 --> 00:45:16,193
able to get that right in.

1323
00:45:16,193 --> 00:45:18,193
That's really important.

1324
00:45:19,129 --> 00:45:20,130
However, we do. 528 is, is

1325
00:45:20,130 --> 00:45:21,332
going to be strategically

1326
00:45:21,332 --> 00:45:23,733
important for our whole city.

1327
00:45:23,733 --> 00:45:25,870
We need both the east side of

1328
00:45:25,870 --> 00:45:27,705
528 and the west side of 528 to

1329
00:45:27,705 --> 00:45:29,240
develop out. And I realize that

1330
00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:30,607
every time anything, any type

1331
00:45:30,607 --> 00:45:33,143
of development comes on the

1332
00:45:33,143 --> 00:45:34,879
west side of. 528. This will be

1333
00:45:34,879 --> 00:45:36,414
the discussion that's had.

1334
00:45:36,414 --> 00:45:38,149
However, we definitely need to

1335
00:45:38,149 --> 00:45:39,583
start pushing. And by the way,

1336
00:45:39,583 --> 00:45:40,651
putting in businesses will get

1337
00:45:40,651 --> 00:45:42,119
infrastructure done. These

1338
00:45:42,119 --> 00:45:43,387
roads will need to get paved,

1339
00:45:43,387 --> 00:45:44,622
it'll need to get safer, and

1340
00:45:44,622 --> 00:45:46,491
it'll push some of that. Now,

1341
00:45:46,491 --> 00:45:48,326
the truth is, is that there's a

1342
00:45:48,326 --> 00:45:49,427
lot of people that live out

1343
00:45:49,427 --> 00:45:51,329
there. They don't want it to

1344
00:45:51,329 --> 00:45:52,363
get paved. They don't want, you

1345
00:45:52,363 --> 00:45:53,430
know, and that that's a

1346
00:45:53,430 --> 00:45:55,333
personal choice. That's fine.

1347
00:45:55,333 --> 00:45:56,534
But I think that if if we're

1348
00:45:56,534 --> 00:45:58,336
going to live this close to a

1349
00:45:58,336 --> 00:45:59,403
major thoroughfare, we need to

1350
00:45:59,403 --> 00:46:02,306
understand the overall gr for

1351
00:46:02,306 --> 00:46:04,420
the city. So to, to be the

1352
00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:06,277
antithesis of Councilor Tyler's

1353
00:46:06,277 --> 00:46:08,790
point a little bit for, for the

1354
00:46:08,790 --> 00:46:09,480
whole of the city, I understand

1355
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,382
for the unfortunate situation

1356
00:46:11,382 --> 00:46:12,516
for, you know, 5 to 10 houses

1357
00:46:12,516 --> 00:46:14,251
that are going to be affected

1358
00:46:14,251 --> 00:46:15,553
right there. I don't think

1359
00:46:15,553 --> 00:46:17,388
there's very many people. I'd

1360
00:46:17,388 --> 00:46:18,556
be shocked if it's more than 5%

1361
00:46:18,556 --> 00:46:19,590
that are going to come onto

1362
00:46:19,590 --> 00:46:21,392
Monterey and turn right.

1363
00:46:21,392 --> 00:46:22,593
There'd be no reason to. You're

1364
00:46:22,593 --> 00:46:24,395
going to go left and you're

1365
00:46:24,395 --> 00:46:26,397
going to take the quickest way

1366
00:46:26,397 --> 00:46:27,498
to get back onto 528 to get to

1367
00:46:27,498 --> 00:46:29,367
where you're going. So I don't

1368
00:46:29,367 --> 00:46:30,568
think that, you know, you guys

1369
00:46:30,568 --> 00:46:32,370
going back to Nmdot, you guys

1370
00:46:32,370 --> 00:46:33,505
doing the outreach to the, to

1371
00:46:33,505 --> 00:46:35,373
the, to the community, to the

1372
00:46:35,373 --> 00:46:36,641
residents is what we asked for.

1373
00:46:36,641 --> 00:46:38,475
And so if we're going to deny,

1374
00:46:38,475 --> 00:46:39,644
again, I don't think we have

1375
00:46:39,644 --> 00:46:40,845
much grounds to stand on based

1376
00:46:40,845 --> 00:46:42,380
on our previous conversations

1377
00:46:42,380 --> 00:46:43,448
in the last meeting. So

1378
00:46:43,448 --> 00:46:44,649
therefore, I do support the

1379
00:46:44,649 --> 00:46:46,384
project. And I do appreciate,

1380
00:46:46,384 --> 00:46:47,518
Amy, you guys, you know, going

1381
00:46:47,518 --> 00:46:48,686
back again and helping out and

1382
00:46:48,686 --> 00:46:50,154
working with Maverick and

1383
00:46:50,154 --> 00:46:51,389
working with the state, even

1384
00:46:51,389 --> 00:46:52,524
though, you know, there's not

1385
00:46:52,524 --> 00:46:53,825
much to work there with. I

1386
00:46:53,825 --> 00:46:55,393
appreciate that. And, you know,

1387
00:46:55,393 --> 00:46:56,395
thank you guys for bringing

1388
00:46:56,395 --> 00:46:58,960
this back forward tonight.

1389
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:00,198
That's all I have. MR. Mayor.

1390
00:47:00,198 --> 00:47:00,965
Thank you councilor. MR. Mayor,

1391
00:47:00,965 --> 00:47:02,330
councilor Culbreth.

1392
00:47:02,330 --> 00:47:03,435
Thank you.

1393
00:47:03,435 --> 00:47:05,971
I think it's important to be

1394
00:47:05,971 --> 00:47:08,139
clear that the ask was not

1395
00:47:08,139 --> 00:47:10,274
merely to have a conversation

1396
00:47:10,274 --> 00:47:12,143
with Nmdot, but the ask was to

1397
00:47:12,143 --> 00:47:14,450
get a specific outcome, which

1398
00:47:14,450 --> 00:47:17,148
was the right in and right out.

1399
00:47:17,148 --> 00:47:19,651
And so while I appreciate the

1400
00:47:19,651 --> 00:47:21,720
effort, it's unfortunate that

1401
00:47:21,720 --> 00:47:22,888
an mdoti actually think it's

1402
00:47:22,888 --> 00:47:25,570
more unfortunate that they

1403
00:47:25,570 --> 00:47:27,892
granted a right in without a

1404
00:47:27,892 --> 00:47:30,795
right out because my concern as

1405
00:47:30,795 --> 00:47:33,699
a driver is that a right in is

1406
00:47:33,699 --> 00:47:34,700
going to potentially drive more

1407
00:47:34,700 --> 00:47:36,568
vehicles, because you're right

1408
00:47:36,568 --> 00:47:38,437
there on 528 you see the right

1409
00:47:38,437 --> 00:47:40,171
in I'll go right in there and

1410
00:47:40,171 --> 00:47:42,730
then realize that I can't get

1411
00:47:42,730 --> 00:47:43,442
out and I'll have to go out

1412
00:47:43,442 --> 00:47:45,410
onto that residential road. So

1413
00:47:45,410 --> 00:47:46,378
I think they actually did you a

1414
00:47:46,378 --> 00:47:47,646
disservice by granting the

1415
00:47:47,646 --> 00:47:50,216
right in, in the absence of the

1416
00:47:50,216 --> 00:47:53,819
right out. And so we have to

1417
00:47:53,819 --> 00:47:56,819
weigh everything in a 360 view.

1418
00:47:57,422 --> 00:47:59,991
I think we are held not by the

1419
00:47:59,991 --> 00:48:01,761
emotion of how we feel about

1420
00:48:01,761 --> 00:48:04,761
the project. I actually have

1421
00:48:05,364 --> 00:48:07,866
zero concern around the the

1422
00:48:07,866 --> 00:48:10,680
health component. I'm not

1423
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:12,304
worried necessarily about the

1424
00:48:12,304 --> 00:48:14,340
tanks. If there were a couple

1425
00:48:14,340 --> 00:48:16,108
of different pieces to this

1426
00:48:16,108 --> 00:48:18,110
project. I'm not concerned

1427
00:48:18,110 --> 00:48:19,379
about the gas station. Right.

1428
00:48:19,379 --> 00:48:21,914
And that's actually not a

1429
00:48:21,914 --> 00:48:23,382
concern that we are allowed to

1430
00:48:23,382 --> 00:48:25,782
consider when we are

1431
00:48:26,252 --> 00:48:28,530
considering this by our charter,

1432
00:48:28,530 --> 00:48:29,488
what we are required to

1433
00:48:29,488 --> 00:48:31,290
consider is what's brought

1434
00:48:31,290 --> 00:48:33,826
before us when we're looking at

1435
00:48:33,826 --> 00:48:34,994
the Soo district. And as

1436
00:48:34,994 --> 00:48:36,695
Councilor Lewis pointed out,

1437
00:48:36,695 --> 00:48:39,198
one of the things that we are

1438
00:48:39,198 --> 00:48:41,401
to evaluate is the proposed

1439
00:48:41,401 --> 00:48:42,468
ingress, egress, parking and

1440
00:48:42,468 --> 00:48:44,270
circulation. And so

1441
00:48:44,270 --> 00:48:45,705
unfortunately, I think for this

1442
00:48:45,705 --> 00:48:47,506
project, it is not the use

1443
00:48:47,506 --> 00:48:49,642
that's the issue. It's the

1444
00:48:49,642 --> 00:48:50,710
ingress egress and the

1445
00:48:50,710 --> 00:48:53,110
circulation that becomes an

1446
00:48:53,980 --> 00:48:57,216
issue. And while it is not your

1447
00:48:57,216 --> 00:48:58,651
fault that an ndot continues to

1448
00:48:58,651 --> 00:48:59,785
fail, the citizens of Rio

1449
00:48:59,785 --> 00:49:02,288
Rancho when it comes to New

1450
00:49:02,288 --> 00:49:04,357
Mexico Highway 528, it is still

1451
00:49:04,357 --> 00:49:05,858
our responsibility to take that

1452
00:49:05,858 --> 00:49:08,600
into consideration. And so

1453
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,660
because of that, I find that

1454
00:49:11,931 --> 00:49:14,167
this site plan still fails to

1455
00:49:14,167 --> 00:49:15,568
meet the requirements. That

1456
00:49:15,568 --> 00:49:17,968
would be necessary and

1457
00:49:18,137 --> 00:49:20,607
satisfied for me to approve it.

1458
00:49:20,607 --> 00:49:22,342
I would really actually like to

1459
00:49:22,342 --> 00:49:23,910
approve this, but I think we

1460
00:49:23,910 --> 00:49:25,645
find ourselves in a difficult

1461
00:49:25,645 --> 00:49:27,790
situation, and I encourage the

1462
00:49:27,790 --> 00:49:28,882
citizens of Rio Rancho to

1463
00:49:28,882 --> 00:49:31,785
continue to voice your concerns

1464
00:49:31,785 --> 00:49:35,385
about this and the issues that

1465
00:49:36,890 --> 00:49:37,824
are in on 528. It is in our

1466
00:49:37,824 --> 00:49:40,460
public record, so you can take

1467
00:49:40,460 --> 00:49:42,229
a look at it on the the the

1468
00:49:42,229 --> 00:49:45,229
components of the docket for

1469
00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:49,502
today that in the memo, Nmdot

1470
00:49:49,502 --> 00:49:51,538
identifies on 81426 that there

1471
00:49:51,538 --> 00:49:53,407
is a concern and a need to

1472
00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:55,542
review the 528 corridor, and

1473
00:49:55,542 --> 00:49:56,976
that is fully necessary so that

1474
00:49:56,976 --> 00:49:59,146
we can get the development that

1475
00:49:59,146 --> 00:50:00,247
we need. And I think until we

1476
00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:02,490
have that, we're going to be

1477
00:50:02,490 --> 00:50:03,183
stuck in a very difficult

1478
00:50:03,183 --> 00:50:04,184
situation. So thank you very

1479
00:50:04,184 --> 00:50:04,517
much, MR. Mayor.

1480
00:50:04,517 --> 00:50:06,517
Thank you,

1481
00:50:07,755 --> 00:50:09,755
councilor Culbreath COUNCILMAN.

1482
00:50:11,725 --> 00:50:13,527
MR. Mayor. I want to thank the

1483
00:50:13,527 --> 00:50:16,960
three folks that that gave

1484
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:17,497
comment. They their comments

1485
00:50:17,497 --> 00:50:18,933
were civil. They were well

1486
00:50:18,933 --> 00:50:21,101
researched. They clearly put in

1487
00:50:21,101 --> 00:50:23,971
a lot of time and effort to

1488
00:50:23,971 --> 00:50:25,739
figure things out. And that's

1489
00:50:25,739 --> 00:50:27,700
really useful. And so thank you

1490
00:50:27,700 --> 00:50:28,742
for coming up and giving us

1491
00:50:28,742 --> 00:50:31,245
that information so that we can

1492
00:50:31,245 --> 00:50:32,713
make a decision here today. I

1493
00:50:32,713 --> 00:50:34,448
do think, and I'll echo what

1494
00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:35,750
has been shared today, that the

1495
00:50:35,750 --> 00:50:37,750
Department of Transportation

1496
00:50:38,753 --> 00:50:40,187
for the state has created a

1497
00:50:40,187 --> 00:50:41,255
roadblock to economic

1498
00:50:41,255 --> 00:50:44,158
development in our city. And

1499
00:50:44,158 --> 00:50:45,926
that's not okay. And I hope

1500
00:50:45,926 --> 00:50:48,429
that they hear that message

1501
00:50:48,429 --> 00:50:51,429
tonight and that they can

1502
00:50:51,699 --> 00:50:53,500
change things around. What

1503
00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:55,235
we're supposed to do tonight is

1504
00:50:55,235 --> 00:50:56,370
review and approve a site plan,

1505
00:50:56,370 --> 00:50:57,571
right? We're not talking as has

1506
00:50:57,571 --> 00:50:59,640
been shared already. We're not

1507
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,241
talking about whether a, a gas

1508
00:51:01,241 --> 00:51:02,877
station is a good idea or not.

1509
00:51:02,877 --> 00:51:04,278
I happen to think that it's a

1510
00:51:04,278 --> 00:51:05,746
fantastic product. I think

1511
00:51:05,746 --> 00:51:07,248
Maverick is a great product.

1512
00:51:07,248 --> 00:51:10,451
I'd love to see a Maverick in

1513
00:51:10,451 --> 00:51:11,286
Rio Rancho, but part of that

1514
00:51:11,286 --> 00:51:14,550
review that we're supposed to

1515
00:51:14,550 --> 00:51:15,890
do is determine ingress, egress,

1516
00:51:15,890 --> 00:51:17,324
parking and circulation. And

1517
00:51:17,324 --> 00:51:18,693
that's quite a broad review. I

1518
00:51:18,693 --> 00:51:20,161
think that encompasses whether

1519
00:51:20,161 --> 00:51:23,300
it whether the ingress and

1520
00:51:23,300 --> 00:51:24,465
egress is reasonable. And in my

1521
00:51:24,465 --> 00:51:26,267
mind, and I'm echoing again

1522
00:51:26,267 --> 00:51:27,802
what's already been shared when

1523
00:51:27,802 --> 00:51:31,402
you root, when you have when

1524
00:51:31,673 --> 00:51:34,875
you root 100% of exit from a

1525
00:51:34,875 --> 00:51:37,450
commercial development onto a

1526
00:51:37,450 --> 00:51:38,813
residential road with front

1527
00:51:38,813 --> 00:51:40,648
yard, front yards facing that

1528
00:51:40,648 --> 00:51:42,817
road is just not reasonable.

1529
00:51:42,817 --> 00:51:44,352
And I couldn't in good

1530
00:51:44,352 --> 00:51:46,287
conscience vote in favor of it.

1531
00:51:46,287 --> 00:51:49,290
If that was my home, it would

1532
00:51:49,290 --> 00:51:52,527
be devastating to me. And so I

1533
00:51:52,527 --> 00:51:53,661
think it's also it would be

1534
00:51:53,661 --> 00:51:55,429
inconsistent with what we've

1535
00:51:55,429 --> 00:51:56,765
done throughout the city. So

1536
00:51:56,765 --> 00:51:58,633
anytime you have a road like

1537
00:51:58,633 --> 00:52:00,502
this, that's that's essentially

1538
00:52:00,502 --> 00:52:02,604
residential road, that's that

1539
00:52:02,604 --> 00:52:04,806
commercial traffic is feeding

1540
00:52:04,806 --> 00:52:06,208
onto the home. You're usually

1541
00:52:06,208 --> 00:52:07,943
if there are residences on the

1542
00:52:07,943 --> 00:52:09,845
other side of that road, it's

1543
00:52:09,845 --> 00:52:11,246
usually a backyard or at least

1544
00:52:11,246 --> 00:52:13,114
a side yard. And if and if

1545
00:52:13,114 --> 00:52:14,282
those of you who are listening

1546
00:52:14,282 --> 00:52:16,117
to, to my comment here can

1547
00:52:16,117 --> 00:52:17,352
reflect on that, if you look

1548
00:52:17,352 --> 00:52:18,487
around the city, that's you can

1549
00:52:18,487 --> 00:52:20,288
say, that's that's right. You

1550
00:52:20,288 --> 00:52:22,123
know, I can't I can't think of

1551
00:52:22,123 --> 00:52:23,258
an example where we have front

1552
00:52:23,258 --> 00:52:24,359
yards facing a road that's

1553
00:52:24,359 --> 00:52:26,280
going to have this level of

1554
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:28,196
traffic, high volume traffic.

1555
00:52:28,196 --> 00:52:29,631
And so that's where I stand. I

1556
00:52:29,631 --> 00:52:31,567
hope that the Dot hears this

1557
00:52:31,567 --> 00:52:33,268
message tonight and that there

1558
00:52:33,268 --> 00:52:35,771
can be future discussions so

1559
00:52:35,771 --> 00:52:37,606
that there can be a way to move

1560
00:52:37,606 --> 00:52:40,776
forward on this project. But I

1561
00:52:40,776 --> 00:52:42,978
yield. Thank you, COUNCILMAN.

1562
00:52:42,978 --> 00:52:43,145
MR. Mayor, Councilor Dobson.

1563
00:52:43,145 --> 00:52:44,779
So

1564
00:52:44,779 --> 00:52:45,947
I have to echo everybody's

1565
00:52:45,947 --> 00:52:48,784
concerns. So I'm not going to

1566
00:52:48,784 --> 00:52:51,586
repeat them. But I just want to

1567
00:52:51,586 --> 00:52:53,722
say that I really hope that we

1568
00:52:53,722 --> 00:52:57,260
can find a way to work with you

1569
00:52:57,260 --> 00:52:59,610
because I think we need a

1570
00:52:59,610 --> 00:53:00,730
maverick here. And I want us to

1571
00:53:00,730 --> 00:53:02,298
have a maverick here. I don't

1572
00:53:02,298 --> 00:53:03,265
know that we can have a

1573
00:53:03,265 --> 00:53:05,665
maverick at this location,

1574
00:53:05,700 --> 00:53:07,837
because I'm also very concerned

1575
00:53:07,837 --> 00:53:09,204
about I, I work in that area. I

1576
00:53:09,204 --> 00:53:10,406
don't live there, but I take

1577
00:53:10,406 --> 00:53:12,274
care of people that live there.

1578
00:53:12,274 --> 00:53:14,210
And I know what it's like. And

1579
00:53:14,210 --> 00:53:16,479
we don't want to put 500 cars

1580
00:53:16,479 --> 00:53:20,116
on that road. I just can't do

1581
00:53:20,116 --> 00:53:20,289
it. Thank you very much.

1582
00:53:20,289 --> 00:53:21,116
Thank

1583
00:53:21,116 --> 00:53:22,217
you, Councilor.

1584
00:53:22,217 --> 00:53:23,385
Dobson,

1585
00:53:23,385 --> 00:53:25,822
director, and I have a couple

1586
00:53:25,822 --> 00:53:28,222
of clarification questions for.

1587
00:53:28,324 --> 00:53:29,792
You.

1588
00:53:29,792 --> 00:53:31,227
First, there was a

1589
00:53:31,227 --> 00:53:33,627
discussion by MISS Eisenberg

1590
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:35,898
about notification. Can you

1591
00:53:35,898 --> 00:53:37,333
describe the process and how

1592
00:53:37,333 --> 00:53:39,733
it's determined who gets

1593
00:53:43,105 --> 00:53:44,908
notified?

1594
00:53:44,908 --> 00:53:46,576
MR. Mayor? Yes. So

1595
00:53:46,576 --> 00:53:49,576
when we look at notifications,

1596
00:53:50,279 --> 00:53:53,148
we use chapter 150.03. And so

1597
00:53:53,148 --> 00:53:54,817
for site plans, the for

1598
00:53:54,817 --> 00:53:57,217
notifications, we are required

1599
00:53:57,820 --> 00:53:59,288
to notify adjacent properties.

1600
00:53:59,288 --> 00:54:02,158
And when we are talking about

1601
00:54:02,158 --> 00:54:03,593
adjacent properties, those are

1602
00:54:03,593 --> 00:54:05,762
properties that are lying next

1603
00:54:05,762 --> 00:54:06,329
to or bordering the subject

1604
00:54:06,329 --> 00:54:08,329
property

1605
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,735
Site and so on. It's

1606
00:54:12,735 --> 00:54:15,671
kind of hard to see on this map,

1607
00:54:15,671 --> 00:54:17,808
but on the right hand side, the

1608
00:54:17,808 --> 00:54:19,609
lots that are in the dark

1609
00:54:19,609 --> 00:54:21,111
border are the lots that are

1610
00:54:21,111 --> 00:54:22,912
the subject property. So the

1611
00:54:22,912 --> 00:54:26,149
five lots that for the site

1612
00:54:26,149 --> 00:54:27,950
plan and then the lots that are

1613
00:54:27,950 --> 00:54:30,487
hatched around them are the

1614
00:54:30,487 --> 00:54:33,487
lots that were notified. And

1615
00:54:33,723 --> 00:54:35,525
again, those are by our code.

1616
00:54:35,525 --> 00:54:38,461
The lots that are adjacent to

1617
00:54:38,461 --> 00:54:39,960
the subject site.

1618
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:40,564
Thank you.

1619
00:54:40,564 --> 00:54:44,201
And then can you bring up the

1620
00:54:44,201 --> 00:54:46,770
site plan? MR. And I, this MAY

1621
00:54:46,770 --> 00:54:49,173
be a subject that doesn't need

1622
00:54:49,173 --> 00:54:50,240
to be discussed, but. MR.

1623
00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:51,408
Mentioned something about

1624
00:54:51,408 --> 00:54:53,143
there's not a dedicated right

1625
00:54:53,143 --> 00:54:55,712
turn off of. 528 and I believe

1626
00:54:55,712 --> 00:54:57,113
I saw one when I think it's

1627
00:54:57,113 --> 00:54:59,983
shown there on the bottom of

1628
00:54:59,983 --> 00:55:02,983
the screen. Is that accurate?

1629
00:55:03,186 --> 00:55:05,210
So, MR. Mayor, yes. So from

1630
00:55:05,210 --> 00:55:06,823
what the developer is going to

1631
00:55:06,823 --> 00:55:08,291
build out, what they'll be

1632
00:55:08,291 --> 00:55:10,794
required to build out would be

1633
00:55:10,794 --> 00:55:12,963
a dedicated right turn lane

1634
00:55:12,963 --> 00:55:14,310
from New Mexico. 528 onto

1635
00:55:14,310 --> 00:55:16,566
Obregon. And then there would

1636
00:55:16,566 --> 00:55:18,368
be additional turn lanes that

1637
00:55:18,368 --> 00:55:21,605
they would need to build from

1638
00:55:21,605 --> 00:55:23,140
Obregon back onto 528. And then

1639
00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:24,508
with the updated site plan,

1640
00:55:24,508 --> 00:55:26,977
there would be that additional

1641
00:55:26,977 --> 00:55:28,779
right in off of 528. And I can,

1642
00:55:28,779 --> 00:55:32,979
if you bear with me for a

1643
00:55:33,117 --> 00:55:35,652
second. That would be this

1644
00:55:35,652 --> 00:55:36,353
location here.

1645
00:55:36,353 --> 00:55:38,353
So while we've

1646
00:55:40,691 --> 00:55:44,891
got this up and looking at the

1647
00:55:44,962 --> 00:55:46,564
right in only off of Obregon is,

1648
00:55:46,564 --> 00:55:49,367
is the reason that that can't

1649
00:55:49,367 --> 00:55:50,401
be a right in, right out due to

1650
00:55:50,401 --> 00:55:52,203
the proximity of the

1651
00:55:52,203 --> 00:55:53,704
intersection is. I just was

1652
00:55:53,704 --> 00:55:56,874
curious if that ever got that

1653
00:55:56,874 --> 00:55:57,575
question ever got asked.

1654
00:55:57,575 --> 00:55:59,575
Yes,

1655
00:55:59,744 --> 00:56:01,312
MR. Mayor. Yes. So it's the

1656
00:56:01,312 --> 00:56:04,810
proximity to Monterey and then

1657
00:56:04,810 --> 00:56:04,415
the proximity to 528.

1658
00:56:04,415 --> 00:56:06,415
Okay.

1659
00:56:06,583 --> 00:56:08,452
Thank you. That's all I have.

1660
00:56:08,452 --> 00:56:10,154
Anything further from council?

1661
00:56:10,154 --> 00:56:12,824
MR. Mayor, if I MAY, real fast.

1662
00:56:12,824 --> 00:56:14,124
MR. City Manager.

1663
00:56:14,124 --> 00:56:16,124
Elaborate on

1664
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:18,830
the. Currently on 528

1665
00:56:18,830 --> 00:56:21,320
southbound. There is no right

1666
00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:23,167
turn or deceleration lane to

1667
00:56:23,167 --> 00:56:24,602
overgrown. Same thing on 528

1668
00:56:24,602 --> 00:56:26,738
northbound. There's not a

1669
00:56:26,738 --> 00:56:29,138
deceleration lane onto Corrales

1670
00:56:29,974 --> 00:56:31,809
Road. The reference from Rio

1671
00:56:31,809 --> 00:56:32,543
Rancho pd in their

1672
00:56:32,543 --> 00:56:33,611
conversations because they

1673
00:56:33,611 --> 00:56:35,746
participate in different safety

1674
00:56:35,746 --> 00:56:37,648
reviews of the. The dot part of

1675
00:56:37,648 --> 00:56:39,170
the different meetings. They

1676
00:56:39,170 --> 00:56:40,284
have highlighted that from a

1677
00:56:40,284 --> 00:56:42,530
law enforcement perspective.

1678
00:56:42,530 --> 00:56:43,121
And I think our our engineering

1679
00:56:43,121 --> 00:56:44,422
folks and development services

1680
00:56:44,422 --> 00:56:45,890
and public works have also

1681
00:56:45,890 --> 00:56:47,259
highlighted that that that is

1682
00:56:47,259 --> 00:56:49,600
the an issue at that

1683
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:50,528
intersection is the lack of

1684
00:56:50,528 --> 00:56:52,928
deceleration lanes to make

1685
00:56:54,980 --> 00:56:54,282
right turns east or west.

1686
00:56:54,282 --> 00:56:56,282
Thank

1687
00:56:56,300 --> 00:56:59,171
you, MR. City Manager. Anything

1688
00:56:59,171 --> 00:56:59,538
further from council.

1689
00:56:59,538 --> 00:57:01,538
MR. Mayor?

1690
00:57:02,174 --> 00:57:03,675
I just wanted to ask, I don't

1691
00:57:03,675 --> 00:57:05,978
know if that makes a difference

1692
00:57:05,978 --> 00:57:08,146
or not, but in any of my

1693
00:57:08,146 --> 00:57:09,348
counterparts. But in the

1694
00:57:09,348 --> 00:57:10,682
conversation back with the dot,

1695
00:57:10,682 --> 00:57:12,150
they said that the current

1696
00:57:12,150 --> 00:57:13,952
proposed development would not

1697
00:57:13,952 --> 00:57:16,952
meet the required spacing of

1698
00:57:17,890 --> 00:57:19,257
the 450 to 625 part parcel

1699
00:57:19,257 --> 00:57:20,792
access, meaning it's not wide

1700
00:57:20,792 --> 00:57:21,459
enough for them. That's their

1701
00:57:21,459 --> 00:57:23,295
validation for not giving the

1702
00:57:23,295 --> 00:57:25,630
right in right out. However, if

1703
00:57:25,630 --> 00:57:27,966
you measure the space, we're

1704
00:57:27,966 --> 00:57:29,435
actually in the 590 foot range.

1705
00:57:29,435 --> 00:57:31,603
So so it's just someone making

1706
00:57:31,603 --> 00:57:32,671
a decision. There's also the

1707
00:57:32,671 --> 00:57:33,772
opportunity that I don't know

1708
00:57:33,772 --> 00:57:35,607
if they're willing or not, but

1709
00:57:35,607 --> 00:57:38,607
the the property owner could

1710
00:57:39,111 --> 00:57:40,279
throw in another half acre and,

1711
00:57:40,279 --> 00:57:42,114
and make those measurements. So

1712
00:57:42,114 --> 00:57:44,182
it's very doable. It's clearly

1713
00:57:44,182 --> 00:57:45,951
a decision on the part of the

1714
00:57:45,951 --> 00:57:48,530
dot to not be workable. So I

1715
00:57:48,530 --> 00:57:52,253
just I wanted to put that out

1716
00:57:52,424 --> 00:57:54,426
there. My apologies to Maverick.

1717
00:57:54,426 --> 00:57:55,760
You know, I tend to agree with

1718
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:57,530
a lot of the comments that have

1719
00:57:57,530 --> 00:57:58,931
been said. And I think it's

1720
00:57:58,931 --> 00:58:00,366
somewhat, if not very short

1721
00:58:00,366 --> 00:58:02,167
sighted. We have a solution

1722
00:58:02,167 --> 00:58:04,200
here that not only solves the

1723
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,371
problem with the Maverick, but

1724
00:58:05,371 --> 00:58:08,274
several other lots that are

1725
00:58:08,274 --> 00:58:09,708
along the frontage of 528, and

1726
00:58:09,708 --> 00:58:12,644
we are going to lose that

1727
00:58:12,644 --> 00:58:14,747
opportunity because again, you

1728
00:58:14,747 --> 00:58:16,148
got the rest of the council has

1729
00:58:16,148 --> 00:58:18,170
thrown the dot under the bus

1730
00:58:18,170 --> 00:58:20,152
very, very effectively, so I

1731
00:58:20,152 --> 00:58:23,210
won't be beating a dead horse.

1732
00:58:23,210 --> 00:58:25,191
But it's very unfortunate that

1733
00:58:25,191 --> 00:58:26,993
that simple change could have

1734
00:58:26,993 --> 00:58:28,194
resulted in a different outcome

1735
00:58:28,194 --> 00:58:30,863
here. Although we haven't taken

1736
00:58:30,863 --> 00:58:33,866
a vote yet. That said, is there

1737
00:58:33,866 --> 00:58:36,266
anything further from council?

1738
00:58:38,905 --> 00:58:41,740
MISS Davis, call the roll.

1739
00:58:41,740 --> 00:58:43,575
Councilor.

1740
00:58:43,575 --> 00:58:43,910
Yes.

1741
00:58:43,910 --> 00:58:45,910
Councilor

1742
00:58:48,614 --> 00:58:49,649
Dobson, councilor Tyler. No.

1743
00:58:49,649 --> 00:58:50,783
Councilor. Man.

1744
00:58:50,783 --> 00:58:51,450
No.

1745
00:58:51,450 --> 00:58:53,450
Councilor

1746
00:58:53,987 --> 00:58:56,387
Culbreth. No. Councilor list.

1747
00:59:00,826 --> 00:59:02,662
No. The d 23 fails.

1748
00:59:02,662 --> 00:59:04,197
All right,

1749
00:59:04,197 --> 00:59:06,266
moving on to the second reading

1750
00:59:06,266 --> 00:59:08,340
of ordinances. We have none.

1751
00:59:08,340 --> 00:59:10,870
First reading of ordinances. We

1752
00:59:10,870 --> 00:59:12,338
also have none. Discussion and

1753
00:59:12,338 --> 00:59:15,208
deliberation. We have no items

1754
00:59:15,208 --> 00:59:16,343
there. So it's Europe. MR. City

1755
00:59:16,343 --> 00:59:17,377
manager.

1756
00:59:17,377 --> 00:59:18,478
MR. Mayor, members of

1757
00:59:18,478 --> 00:59:20,647
the governing body. Good

1758
00:59:20,647 --> 00:59:23,517
evening. I'd like to kind of go

1759
00:59:23,517 --> 00:59:26,517
through a couple items this

1760
00:59:27,870 --> 00:59:29,220
evening, if I MAY. First of all,

1761
00:59:29,220 --> 00:59:30,757
tomorrow, SEPTEMBER 11th, nine

1762
00:59:30,757 --> 00:59:33,757
over 11. It's hard to believe

1763
00:59:34,328 --> 00:59:35,762
it's been 25 years. It's very

1764
00:59:35,762 --> 00:59:36,830
you know, think about I

1765
00:59:36,830 --> 00:59:39,320
appreciate the moment of

1766
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:40,800
reflection, mayor, for that

1767
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,200
tough day in America. Our

1768
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:44,805
history. For me, I was living

1769
00:59:44,805 --> 00:59:46,473
halfway across the country. I'd

1770
00:59:46,473 --> 00:59:47,607
been in my new, new location

1771
00:59:47,607 --> 00:59:49,742
for about two weeks when it

1772
00:59:49,742 --> 00:59:51,440
happened so far from family and

1773
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,146
friends. But visiting the nine

1774
00:59:53,146 --> 00:59:54,815
over 11 memorial in New York

1775
00:59:54,815 --> 00:59:56,283
City was a tremendous moment

1776
00:59:56,283 --> 00:59:57,751
for me as well. Actually

1777
00:59:57,751 --> 00:59:58,419
visited with one of our Rio

1778
00:59:58,419 --> 00:59:59,387
Rancho, was retired

1779
00:59:59,387 --> 01:00:01,255
firefighters, so it was a

1780
01:00:01,255 --> 01:00:02,556
special moment for him as well.

1781
01:00:02,556 --> 01:00:04,357
For us to go through that and

1782
01:00:04,357 --> 01:00:06,360
just reflect on what it means

1783
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:07,828
for our country and, you know,

1784
01:00:07,828 --> 01:00:09,596
personally, been very busy of

1785
01:00:09,596 --> 01:00:11,498
late. And so hopefully I find

1786
01:00:11,498 --> 01:00:14,902
some time to take a moment to

1787
01:00:14,902 --> 01:00:17,137
reflect on. On nine over 11

1788
01:00:17,137 --> 01:00:18,839
tomorrow and, and thoughts and

1789
01:00:18,839 --> 01:00:20,307
thoughts for everyone who lost

1790
01:00:20,307 --> 01:00:23,307
close family and friends in

1791
01:00:23,544 --> 01:00:26,413
that process. A couple other

1792
01:00:26,413 --> 01:00:28,813
things. This Saturday, pooch

1793
01:00:30,170 --> 01:00:31,452
plunge at Heinz from it's from

1794
01:00:31,452 --> 01:00:34,321
10 to 2 and nestled in Pooch

1795
01:00:34,321 --> 01:00:36,123
Plunge, we have our counselor

1796
01:00:36,123 --> 01:00:38,392
governing body meet and greet

1797
01:00:38,392 --> 01:00:39,760
from 11 to 1, so we look

1798
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:42,760
forward, look forward to seeing

1799
01:00:43,364 --> 01:00:44,498
folks out at Heinz Park this

1800
01:00:44,498 --> 01:00:46,367
weekend. I would like to kind

1801
01:00:46,367 --> 01:00:47,468
of cover over, cover some other

1802
01:00:47,468 --> 01:00:50,504
kind of business items, if I

1803
01:00:50,504 --> 01:00:52,673
MAY. As we know, there is a

1804
01:00:52,673 --> 01:00:55,673
election in the first Tuesday

1805
01:00:56,110 --> 01:00:59,180
of NOVEMBER. It is a federal

1806
01:00:59,180 --> 01:01:00,248
and state election. Hearing

1807
01:01:00,248 --> 01:01:02,490
some feedback from the

1808
01:01:02,490 --> 01:01:04,449
governing body, in particular,

1809
01:01:05,653 --> 01:01:07,121
Councilor Tyler, we sent a

1810
01:01:07,121 --> 01:01:09,521
proactive letter to the

1811
01:01:10,324 --> 01:01:12,160
declared candidates about the

1812
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:13,827
city's sign ordinance for

1813
01:01:13,827 --> 01:01:15,362
temporary signs in the right of

1814
01:01:15,362 --> 01:01:17,980
way that was sent to the

1815
01:01:17,980 --> 01:01:18,967
information listed on the New

1816
01:01:18,967 --> 01:01:20,368
Mexico Secretary of State's

1817
01:01:20,368 --> 01:01:21,869
website. So if there's any

1818
01:01:21,869 --> 01:01:24,500
candidates out there listening

1819
01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:26,405
or people supporting candidates,

1820
01:01:26,674 --> 01:01:28,310
helping candidates, please look

1821
01:01:28,310 --> 01:01:29,477
at the letter. We had one

1822
01:01:29,477 --> 01:01:31,613
candidate say, yeah, I got your

1823
01:01:31,613 --> 01:01:32,980
letter, and I threw it away.

1824
01:01:32,980 --> 01:01:34,582
That was after we picked up

1825
01:01:34,582 --> 01:01:36,284
several of their signs for not

1826
01:01:36,284 --> 01:01:38,684
having the appropriate permit.

1827
01:01:40,555 --> 01:01:41,322
So, or simply email

1828
01:01:41,322 --> 01:01:42,724
planning@rr.Gov. In the

1829
01:01:42,724 --> 01:01:44,724
planning department, the

1830
01:01:44,926 --> 01:01:47,326
Planning Division will assist

1831
01:01:47,796 --> 01:01:49,931
the campaign in the signage

1832
01:01:49,931 --> 01:01:52,800
process. A lot of conversations

1833
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:54,936
around license plate readers.

1834
01:01:54,936 --> 01:01:58,907
As we know at our recent work

1835
01:01:58,907 --> 01:02:00,375
session in AUGUST, captain and

1836
01:02:00,375 --> 01:02:01,843
members of the Rio Rancho

1837
01:02:01,843 --> 01:02:04,243
Police Department provided a.

1838
01:02:04,312 --> 01:02:07,216
An overview and an information

1839
01:02:07,216 --> 01:02:09,510
session on on on license plate

1840
01:02:09,510 --> 01:02:10,284
readers. Information from that

1841
01:02:10,284 --> 01:02:11,886
presentation has been posted on

1842
01:02:11,886 --> 01:02:14,456
a dedicated page on the city's

1843
01:02:14,456 --> 01:02:16,591
website. You know, you can find

1844
01:02:16,591 --> 01:02:18,893
it on our m.Gov or simply

1845
01:02:18,893 --> 01:02:19,961
Google Rio Rancho license

1846
01:02:19,961 --> 01:02:21,829
plates reader. You can find a

1847
01:02:21,829 --> 01:02:23,640
lot of information. We put it

1848
01:02:23,640 --> 01:02:25,567
out there on purpose to share

1849
01:02:25,567 --> 01:02:27,336
it with the public so they can

1850
01:02:27,336 --> 01:02:28,437
learn more about how the city

1851
01:02:28,437 --> 01:02:29,704
of Rio Rancho is using the

1852
01:02:29,704 --> 01:02:32,104
license plate reader programs.

1853
01:02:32,340 --> 01:02:34,976
So again, encourage folks to to

1854
01:02:34,976 --> 01:02:36,379
look at that as a resource. And,

1855
01:02:36,379 --> 01:02:39,979
and it's there on the city's

1856
01:02:41,450 --> 01:02:42,517
website also, I have here,

1857
01:02:42,517 --> 01:02:44,319
Peter went upstairs and got

1858
01:02:44,319 --> 01:02:45,454
some water bills for me. I

1859
01:02:45,454 --> 01:02:47,189
thought it would be important

1860
01:02:47,189 --> 01:02:48,590
in a timely to address

1861
01:02:48,590 --> 01:02:51,590
something that was, that was

1862
01:02:52,961 --> 01:02:54,396
said this evening, the city,

1863
01:02:54,396 --> 01:02:56,631
you know, the the the water.

1864
01:02:56,631 --> 01:02:58,334
Rate adjustments that came up,

1865
01:02:58,334 --> 01:03:00,869
you know, a year ago, we've

1866
01:03:00,869 --> 01:03:02,671
acknowledged it. And talked

1867
01:03:02,671 --> 01:03:04,806
about the process to get it

1868
01:03:04,806 --> 01:03:06,806
corrected. Unfortunately, given

1869
01:03:08,711 --> 01:03:11,280
a rather old erp system wasn't

1870
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:12,681
an easy process in calculating

1871
01:03:12,681 --> 01:03:14,182
those credits in our enterprise

1872
01:03:14,182 --> 01:03:16,582
resource planning system, our

1873
01:03:17,530 --> 01:03:19,588
erp, starting on AUGUST 11th,

1874
01:03:19,588 --> 01:03:22,424
the city started to issue the

1875
01:03:22,424 --> 01:03:24,560
credits for fy 26 and the

1876
01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:27,560
billing cycle of SEPTEMBER. We

1877
01:03:27,864 --> 01:03:31,660
will see fy 25 and fy 24, and

1878
01:03:31,660 --> 01:03:34,666
then OCTOBER will be fy 23 and

1879
01:03:36,105 --> 01:03:39,800
fy 22, NOVEMBER fy 21 and fy 20.

1880
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:40,409
There are messages in the bill

1881
01:03:40,409 --> 01:03:42,978
explaining that. And the big

1882
01:03:42,978 --> 01:03:44,847
bold blue. So folks are

1883
01:03:44,847 --> 01:03:47,617
starting to see those. It's

1884
01:03:47,617 --> 01:03:49,886
also worth noting that we did

1885
01:03:49,886 --> 01:03:51,587
offer to individuals. When this

1886
01:03:51,587 --> 01:03:52,655
was acknowledged in this. This

1887
01:03:52,655 --> 01:03:55,191
error was detected and that

1888
01:03:55,191 --> 01:03:56,292
came from citizen input that

1889
01:03:56,292 --> 01:03:57,427
anyone wanted to request a

1890
01:03:57,427 --> 01:03:59,428
credit at that time and not

1891
01:03:59,428 --> 01:04:00,496
wait for us to go through that

1892
01:04:00,496 --> 01:04:02,640
process. We calculate credits

1893
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:03,866
and issue those manually. We

1894
01:04:03,866 --> 01:04:05,535
had a handful of residents, 5

1895
01:04:05,535 --> 01:04:07,504
to 10 residents or so took us

1896
01:04:07,504 --> 01:04:09,305
up on that. But the process is

1897
01:04:09,305 --> 01:04:11,774
rolling out right now, and

1898
01:04:11,774 --> 01:04:13,543
there is a message in the water

1899
01:04:13,543 --> 01:04:15,745
bill up in the upper left hand

1900
01:04:15,745 --> 01:04:17,948
corner. So with that, MR. Mayor,

1901
01:04:17,948 --> 01:04:18,948
members of the governing body,

1902
01:04:18,948 --> 01:04:19,682
have a good evening.

1903
01:04:19,682 --> 01:04:21,117
Thank you.

1904
01:04:21,117 --> 01:04:24,717
Thank you, MR. City Manager. We

1905
01:04:39,588 --> 01:04:41,588
are adjourned.