Village of Los Lunas Planning & Zoning Agendas

MINUTES PLANNING & ZONING MEETING December 19, 2012 The Village of Los Lunas Planning & Zoning Commission met in their regular session on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 6:00 pm in the Village Council Chambers. Members present were as follows: Commissioners Phillip Jaramillo, Terry Ulibarri, & Walter Baca. Commissioners S. Williams & Frank Vigil were absent. Staff members present were Christina Ainsworth, Community Development Director, Diana Crowson Planning Technician, and Marie Marquez, Recording Secretary. Members of the public present were as follows: Jim Rickey. The Meeting was called to order by: Vice-Chair T. Ulibarri APPROVAL OF AGENDA Vice Chair T. Ulibarri called for a motion to approve the agenda. Commissioner P. Jaramillo made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner W. Baca seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. SWEARING IN OF PARTICIPANTS AGENDA ITEMS: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ITEM 1- COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Vice Chair T. Ulibarri introduced Item 1, Comprehensive Plan action is requested of this commission. Christina Ainsworth, Community Development Director provided the commissioners with an update on the part of the comprehensive plan that the staff is working on and, what is expected to take place in the future. The complete document will be given to the commissioners when it is completed sometime in January. She said, the committee has been working very hard to review sections of the plan: developing goals & objectives for the plan. It’s coming together very well it’s near completion where it can be put together in one draft. The consultant selected was Site Southwest and they have developed a transportation master plan which has been provided to you. It has been reviewed internally and staff is very pleased with it. It seems to encompass everything that we all wanted to see in the plan, basically getting an inventory of what we have, what our needs are and what our goals are for the future, where we need connectivity and suggestions of how to get there. She said, I think it’s a very important document the Village has needed for a long time and this will help us as we go forward with growth and our ability to seek funding for different transportation projects. She asked the Commissioners she would like to get feedback from them after they review the plan. Commissioner P. Jaramillo asked Ms. Ainsworth if she was going to go the recommendations received. She went over what was in the draft that was provided to the Commission. She said, what they have done is taken an assessment of what we have in the community now, what our strengths are, they looked at our roadways, how they function and they also got input from the public as well as data that they collected. It’s pretty obvious where we are with our transportation system. We have a lot of traffic which we are all familiar with the traffic. The recommendations they are making is they want us to go forward with the corridor that has already been selected which is the Morris alternative, where we are pursuing acquisition of properties for that corridor already. The other things they are recommending is the Morris extension which would link Camelot to Morris. That is showing some additional connectivity there around the Courthouse Rd. area. She also said, she had asked them to go back and look at areas where we could have other canal crossings specifically north of Main Street between Don Pasqual and #3 14. She said, I think it would help connectivity over there. There is a lot of private lanes over there, if we at some point could make those public roads and extend them across the canal. That would really help relieve the traffic on Main Street. Ms. Ainsworth said, they are pursuing funding for the Camelot to Morris extension as well. An application has been submitted and should know in April if it’s approved or not. She said, these are some of the recommendations for our roadways. Commissioner P. Jaramillo asked, so some of the connections on the objectives on to the new interchange are on Sichier Road, Morris and Los Lentes north and south and so there would be some kind of access point by the waste water treatment center. He also asked if the corridor going to come through Morris? Will it take part of the Morris right-of-way? Christina said, it will actually run parallel to Morris. Morris will still be an arterial and there will be access from Juan Perea to the Corridor. Cristina also gave a brief statement on the Land Use Plan which we don’t have right now. She went over the draft copy she provided the Commissioners at the meeting. She said, it has been recommended that one be developed on the existing Comprehensive Plan, which would tell you basically what your vision for the future is, and what general land uses you expect to have in the Village. That would serve as a policy guide. This way if someone would come in to request a zone change, we would look at that, and determine if it would fit into that zone. Then we would make recommendations accordingly. She went over the recommendations the public had due to beautification of the roadways, more pedestrian crossings, walkways such as the pathway along the tracks from the Transportation center to Main Street, better lighting,etc. She said, these are some of the things that are in the plan and if you have any comments or recommendation, please forward them to me. Christina also told the Commissioners that there is some funding the Village has to do some landscaping improvements for the transportation center and South Site west is doing a Master Plan they are developing for the Village.. She said, these are some of the things that are in the plan and if you have any comments or recommendation, please forward them to me. Commissioner W. Baca said, he noticed they are going to do some pedestrian crossing across the DF Park on to Juan Perea Rd. Christina said, that pathway, you see from the transportation to Main St along the RR tracks will also be extended all the way to Morris Rd. ITEM 2- APPROVAL OF CALENDAR Commissioner T. Ulibarri called for a motion to approve the Calendar for 2013. Diana said, you all said, you would like them to be the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 6:00 p.m. Commissioner P. Jaramillo moved to approve the Calendar as presented. Commissioner W. Baca seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. ITEM 3- APPROVAL OF MINUTES — December 5, 2012 Commissioner T. Ulibarri called for a motion to approve the minutes for December 5, 2012. Commissioner P. Jaramillo made a motion to approve the minutes for December 5, 2012 as presented. Commissioner W. Baca seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. ITEM 4- DISCUSSION Community Activity Report —Christina gave a brief update on the Stromei/Sichler Appeal. She said, staff tried to set up a mediation meeting, but both parties didn’t think that anything would be accomplished. They weren’t really willing. Adolph has been working with Fred Sichler to clean up his property. He’s done a lot of landscaping and is going to move some of the heavier equipment and is going to plant some trees along the fence line. Hopefully, this will all be done before the meeting in January. That’s where we are at this point. Commissioner T. Ulibarri said, basically they are refusing mediation? Ms. Ainsworth said, I wouldn’t say they are refusing it, they were willing to come to the meeting, but they both stated that they didn’t thing anything would come of it, because they weren’t really willing to change their positions. Commissioner T. Ulibarri said, that is why you have mediations., but Ms. Ainsworth said, although Fred at this point has decided on his own that he is going to do the best he can to clean up the property and make it more appealing. Commissioner P. Jaramillo said, that’s what he could have said at the mediation. Well, they may not like our decision if it comes back to P & Z. Commissioner T. Ulibarri said, he strongly would encourage that they come to some agreement. This may just land up in Court. Ms. Ainsworth said, we have really tried to talk to them. Commissioner P. Jaramillo suggested to Ms. Ainsworth to send a message that P & Z would like for them to try to work together and it should be stated very clearly that they may not be happy with the P & Z decision. Commissioner T. Ulibarri said, he would strongly encourage them to try to come to follow some sort of mediation to talk, but if there is no compromise it might just land up in court. He said, they need to understand that P & Z will be definite in their decision and they may not like it. We are a very serious entity. Commissioner T. Ulibarri said, the other request was if he needed a Home Occupation for his business. Christina said, he is changing his address for his businesses. Ms. Ainsworth said, the other thing I need to inform you about is, the Architect for the hospital project will be making an announcement tomorrow at the Council meeting as to who the provider will be, the location and contract they have signed. Commissioner P. Jaramillo asked about the Mill Levy monies if it was still on the waiting list? Ms. Ainsworth said, Ralph Mim, our Economic Development Manager said, that both Peralta and Bosque Farms are in favor of supporting the hospital project in Los Lunas. He also told Ms. Ainsworth that Donald Holiday had mentioned that he would also change his recommendation on the Mill Levy funding if this project actually comes to fruition. Ms. Ainsworth also told the commissioners that it looks like now there is a contract to purchase the property for the old Johnny Carino building in Sun Ranch for an Italian Restaurant. Code Enforcement Report — ITEM 5- ADJOURNMENT Commisioner T. Ulibarri called for a motion to adjourn. Commissioner P. Jaramillo made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner W. Baca seconded the motion. All voted yes, ion passed. Absent Stephanie Williams, Chairman Terry Ulirri, missioner Phillip Jaramillo, Commissioner Walter Baca, Commissioner Absent Frank Vigil, Commissioner