Village of Los Lunas Council Agendas\Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2022 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Los Lunas, County of Valencia, and State of New Mexico met Thursday, November 3, 2022, in regular session at 6:00 PM. Roll call was taken and the following were present: Mayor Charles Griego, Councilman Christopher Ortiz, Councilman James Runyon, Councilman Cruz Munoz, and Councilman Gino Romero. Meeting was conducted in person and recorded through Webex.com. Mayor: Charles Griego Mayor Pro Tem: Cruz Munoz Council: Gino Romero Christopher Ortiz James Runyon Also present were Debra Sanchez, Gregory D. Martin, Luis Brown, and Craig Donahoe. In accordance with Ordinance 114A, the following agenda was prepared and circulated as required: 1. PRESENTATION – SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NEW MEXICO. 2. ORDINANCE 466 – AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR ELECTION OF VILLAGE COUNCILORS AND ADOPTED RULS AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT ELECTIONS BY DISTRICT AS AUTHROIZED IN 1.3.13 NMSA 1978. 3. RESOLUTION 22-27 – DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY. 4. SPIRE DEVELOPMENT – MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 5. ORDINANCE 465 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 461 WHICH ESTABLISHED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION a) Hire FT DWI Compliance Officer – DWI Division / Parks and Recreation Department. b) Hire FT Streets Laborer – Street Division / Public Works Department. c) Hire FT Technical Support Specialist – IT Division / Administration Department. d) Hire FT Solid Waste Laborer – Solid Waste Division / Public Works Department. 7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a) Minutes from November 3, 2022, Council Meeting. 8. ADJOURMENT. • CALL MEETING TO ORDER. At 6:00 PM, Mayor Griego brought the meeting to order and welcomed the audience. • PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Griego asked Kevin to lead the Council and TEAMS participants in the Pledge of Allegiance. • APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Mayor Griego announced that Item 1 was removed – with that amendment, the Mayor asked council for a motion. APPROVAL: Motion to approve amended agenda. MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. • PUBLIC INPUT FORUM. Mayor Griego asked the audience if there was anyone present who wanted to speak to the Council that did not have an item on the agenda. Mr. Dennis Nicolas from Don Frederic Ct SW approached the podium – he was conducting a follow-up to request for speed humps from two months ago. Mayor Griego asked Mr. Nicolas to follow-up with Michael Jaramillo. 1. PRESENTATION – SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NEW MEXICO. Item was removed from agenda. 2. ORDINANCE 466 – AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR ELECTION OF VILLAGE COUNCILORS AND ADOPTED RULS AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT ELECTIONS BY DISTRICT AS AUTHROIZED IN 1.3.13 NMSA 1978. Mayor Griego asked for a motion to recess as a Council and move into a public hearing. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Runyon SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:03PM. Minutes are on last page. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve ordinance 466. MOVED: Councilman Runyon SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 3. RESOLUTION 22-27 – DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY. Mr. Michael Jaramillo presented item three. This resolution will give authority to the Village Administration to acquired real property for the I-25 East/West Corridor. Michael introduced Monica Rodriguez from Tierra Right-Away – she is our right-away consultant. There are 56 parcels impacted by this project and 26 property owners. Currently reaching out to property owners – we have nine offer presentations in the next two weeks. We’re hoping to have three more by December 6th and the fifteen remaining, will likely to be scheduled by March. Mayor Griego asked if there were any questions from Council – Councilman Romero asked, delegating this authority, is it just for this project or will it be ongoing. Michael replied, for this project. Councilman Runyon asked about the funding for the purchases – will $4 million be enough to cover. Michael replied, yes. Mayor Griego asked if they would be in contact with Robbie Lock at DOT – he’s your contact. Monica replied, yes. Titles, appraisals, and updates are being completed and are valid. Relocations are minimal. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve resolution 22-27 MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4(Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 4. SPIRE DEVELOPMENT – MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Mr. Alex Ochoa presented item four. Spire Development is interested in affordable housing within the Village – the site is just south of SODA just off Juan Perea. Some information was shared with Spire with Council direction on the type of affordable housing and some of our planning standards. Alex introduced some of the Spire Development’s representatives – Ryan Labor, Carson Shire, Dave Hickman, and Edgar Marra. They have been working with Village staff for about eight months. Spire was formed in 2014, and they build new construction multi-family apartment buildings using the 9% housing tax credit program. They have been operating in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia. They have won 26 competitive housing tax credit awards in those four states. They have been very impressed with the many planning efforts in Los Lunas over the past few years. They have proposed a MOA which would have the Village donate the land for a 9% credit housing project. They’re submitting paperwork to the State in December and a full application in January. The proposed project will be approximately 70-unit apartment – 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units. Dave Hickman and Edgar Marra (Architects) proceeded with their presentation. They went over the presentation of the buildings – what they will look like. There will be activity areas within the central area. There will be an after-school area with computers, community area, teaching area for after school. Mayor Griego asked Council if they had any questions – Councilman Ortiz asked if they found it harder with three -story compared to two-story. They chose the two-story for a couple of reasons – 1) the water soil preparation, and 2) the energy efficiency codes – will be very tight. The sight that Greg visited was very well maintained and attractive. Mayor and Council thanked everyone. 5. ORDINANCE 465 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 461 WHICH ESTABLISHED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS. Mayor Griego asked for a motion to recess as a Council and move into a public hearing. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:43PM. Minutes are on last page. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve ordinance 465. MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6.EXECUTIVE SESSION. Mayor Griego announced that the Council would be going into executive session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1(H), the following matter may be discussed in closed session: hiring of a FT DWI Compliance Officer, hire FT Streets Laborer, hire FT Technical Support Specialist, and hire FT Solid Waste Laborer. APPROVAL: Motion to adjourn in to executive session MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Runyon CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz -yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 7:00PM At 7:45PM, Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council indicating that they discussed the hiring of a FT DWI Compliance Officer, hire FT Streets Laborer, hire FT Technical Support Specialist, and hire FT Solid Waste Laborer. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Regarding the hiring of a FT DWI Compliance Officer, Mayor Griego put up the name of Michelle Gonzales. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Runyon SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Regarding the hiring of a FT Street Laborer, Mayor Griego put up the name of Elias Rodriguez. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Regarding the hiring of a FT Technical Support Technician, Mayor Griego put up the name of Rodney Bennett. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Runyon SECONDED: Councilman Munoz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Regarding the hiring of a FT Solid Waste Laborer, Mayor Griego put up the name of Charles Tenorio. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Munoz SECONDED: Councilman Runyon CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 7. MINUTES. Mayor Griego asked if there were corrections to the council minutes of November 3, 2022, Council Meeting – there were none. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Runyon CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero - yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon –yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 8. ADJOURNMENT. Council meeting adjourned at 7:47PM. _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Gregory D. Martin, Village Administrator Mayor Griego  MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2022 2. ORDINANCE 466 – AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR ELECTION OF VILLAGE COUNCILORS AND ADOPTED RULS AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT ELECTIONS BY DISTRICT AS AUTHROIZED IN 1.3.13 NMSA 1978. Mr. Gregory D. Martin presented item two. Ordinance 466 establishes the newly drawn districts after the recent 2020 census. A redistricting workshop was recently held, and it was decided to go with Plan B. Ordinance 466 was advertised as required in the Albuquerque Journal and the Valencia County News Bulletin (15 days). Maps were displayed in the lobby area of the Administration Building; copies were also available with the receptionist and displayed on the Village website. These maps will be available for the next upcoming election (Fall 2023). Changes will also be made with the Municipal Code Book early spring. Mayor Griego asked Council if they had any questions – there were none. Mayor Griego asked the public if there were any questions – there were no questions. Mayor Griego asked for a motion to close the public hearing process and return to regular council meeting. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:07PM 5. ORDINANCE 465 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 461 WHICH ESTABLISHED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS. Mr. Alex Ochoa presented item five. This is an amendment to the cannabis ordinance approved October of last year. We will be amending our permissible use table which allows any of the uses within in particular zones throughout the Village. We are also looking at amending portions of the density regulations which puts caps on the establishment types. Also, revising some the text for some clarity, a few things that we have learned of the past year. Alex went over the edits with the Mayor/Council. All that they are doing is changing these license types to require more permitting and review by Village Council for final approval. We made it a little clearer that we’re measuring from the property line of the proposed cannabis establishment to the school or daycare and measuring that 300 ft. to any controlled access point. Density standards – we have a cap of licenses within the Village. We are capped at our nine licenses right now. The only ones that are not listed a micro producers and producers. We do have a few Village residents that have gone through the state process and have been granted a license – those licenses can range anywhere from $2,000 - $10,000. Unfortunately, those small grow operations can not operate within the Village because of the density standards. Alex asked if there were any questions. Councilman Runyon commented that would be placing more responsibility on the Council with permitting. Alex responded, yes. Mayor Griego asked if there was anyone in the audience who wanted to speak for or against – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a motion to close the public hearing process and return to regular council meeting. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Runyon CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Runyon – yes; Councilman Munoz - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:58PM