Village of Los Lunas Planning & Zoning Agendas

MINUTES PLANNING & ZONING MEETING October 1, 2013 The Village of Los Lunas Planning & Zoning Commission met in their regular session on Tuesday, October 1,2013 at 6:00 pm in the Village Council Chambers. Members present were as follows: Commissioner Stephanie Williams, Terry Ulibarri, Frank Vigil & Walter Baca. Staff members present were Christina Ainsworth, Community Development Director & Marie Marquez, recording secretary. Members of the public present were as follows: The Meeting was called to order by: Chairman Stephanie Williams APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chairman S. Williams made a suggestion to amend the agenda not to do a minute review. Chairman S. Williams called for any changes or additions to the agenda. She then called for a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner W. Baca made a motion to approve the agenda with the amendment requested to omit the minute review. Everyone seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. SWEARING IN OF PARTICIPANTS (NONE) AGENDA ITEMS: VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN ITEM 1- VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Chairman S. Williams introduced Item I Village of Los Lunas 2035 Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of this meeting is to have a public hearing to approve or disapprove the Village of Los Lunas 2035 Comprehensive Plan. The background and rational are as follows: the Village of Los Lunas 2035 Comprehensive Plan has been updated to reflect changes in demographics, growth patterns, economic development and vision for the community. Christina Ainsworth presented the 2035 Comprehensive Plan. She told the commissioners that the plan had not changed since the last time it was presented. The major changes that she made to it are primarily typographical corrections, correcting grammar and spelling throughout the document. There are some formatting changes on (page 6), the history section some photographs reflecting Los Lunas in the past. On the Future Land Use (page 30 there was a correction made to the plan to include parts that had been missing the agriculture land from the parks and open space was also separated. On (page 31) they made sure all the parks are up to date. The Future Land Use Plan is a document that will be used primarily be used for rezoning applications. When we have zone changes an additional map will be brought for you to see and that will be the future land use plan for that area. This will be the guiding document. Staff will be looking at what the projecting land use is for that area and whether or not the change fits into specific land use designation. She went on to explain the differences in commercial areas. She said, in commercial areas you may see that there may be multi-family residential but you have to look at the compatibility in that area and make sure that it is primarily developed for what it was proposed. On (page 49) there is a map that still needs correction. There are some parts missing and a corrected map will be inserted before it goes to council for approval. On (page 56) some content changes were made to the Education Section by someone other than Christina. She said, she was asked to remove some startling negative information. She said, what we need to focus on is the link between education and economic development and how improving our education system will help revitalize our economy not just in Los Lunas but in NM. On (page 83) Plan of Action two goals were added to provide a wide variety of recreational & educational opportunities to residents of all ages. Two objections were added as suggested by Councilman Richard Lovato. 3.3.11 Investigate the potential for the development of a shooting range on the westside. 3.3.12 Objective investigate the potential for the development of an ATV Park. She did run these through the Parks Director and he thought both were good ideas. On (Page 91) Transportation section, these goals and objectives were taken directly from the transportation plan and some information was added which she carried over. 7.1.4 was added to provide level of service D desirable or level of service E, minimum preference during peak travel hours. Level of service is a category that’s assigned to roadways and depending on what letter it’s assigned it describes the number of cars can go through and how long of a wait at a traffic light. We want to make sure that we have D or E. Under 7.2 bullet #1 on (page 92) was added and that’s connection between Morris Rd. and Camelot Blvd (known as the Morris Rd connection). That was planned when the Rancho Valencia was being developed. Funding has been acquired for that and will be happening in the next few years. You will then be able to drive from Camelot to Morris Rd., this will also help to relieve the traffic on Main St. On (page 93) the goal under 7.5 Improve Access to Transit Develop walkable streetscape with buffers and 6-foot sidewalks, — lighting and amenities. Create secure facilities. She said, there are places where we don’t have the space to develop a 6-foot sidewalk, but the idea is to have better walk ability throughout the Village in an area where we cannot have a 6-foot sidewalk to go ahead and do it. These are the content changes made to the plan to provide better facilities for all modes of transportation including pedestrians, cyclists, transits, autos, etc. She said, she did not receive any remarks from anyone at any of the meetings held. Chairman S. Williams called for any questions from the commission. Commissioner F. Vigil had a question on the off ramp from Morris Rd. and #314 & Arsenic Plans for the future to facilitate the water treatment of the Village. Christina went on to explain it to the commission using the map. She said, there are some areas that are outside the Village and projected land use has not be designated yet. There are future plans to develop an annexation at a later date as well as infrastructure for treating waste. This plan has been designed to be amendable for changes in the future. Chairman S. Williams did want to make it known for the record that there was no one in the audience who showed up for this meeting to speak in favor or against this action, other than the commissioners and 2 staff members. She then called for motion to approve the Comprehensive Plan 2035 for recommendation to Council. Commissioner T. Ulibarri made a motion to approve the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner W. Baca seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion passed. ITEM 2-VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN Chairman S. Williams introduced the Village of Los Lunas Master Transportation Plan. The purpose of this meeting is to have a public hearing to approve or disapprove the Village of Los Lunas Master Transportation Plan. The background and rational is a new master transportation plan (MTP) has been developed for the Village of Los Lunas in conjunction with the development of the 2035 comprehensive plan. The MTP provides an analysis and re commendations of the Village’s multimodal transportation needs for the next twenty years. Christina Ainsworth presented the Item. She pointed out that formatting changes on the cover were made, as well as the dates to reflect the date of adoption for both documents. There is a new color logo and the formatting was designed by the consultant. On (page 4) Under Public Involvement, the workshops held were added prior to the adoption of the plan. On (page 18) Existing Traffic Conditions, a chart was inserted where they ranked the level of service providing an explanation. On (page 38) More information was added regarding the need for an additional river crossing and achieving improvement of walk ability goals. She said, one of the things that Councilman Gerard Saiz brought up was that he would like to see main St. regain it’s main St. aesthetic. Christina said, the difficulty is that it is already widened as much as it can be. She said, in order to make it a walkable main st. it would require what is called a road diet. That means reducing the capacity of the roadway. This is an unpopular idea for people who use it primarily to commute, but it is achievable, and that would be finding areas where you can have canal crossings etc. This would take a long time. We would have to look for other feasibilities. On (page 42) these are the same changes covered in comprehensive plan under the transportation section. On (page 45) a comment was added which is the last paragraph on that page. On ( page 47) project where road improvements will occur. There were some important issues that were brought up regarding the entrances and exits into the subdivisions because of emergency vehicles, since there is only one entrance and one exit. On (page 43) a comment was added which states that more local streets could be used for bike routes. On (page 60) Improvement Actions, it just clarifies that what we need to construct a new interchange for 1-25 and that’s the Morris Rd. alignment and the estimated cost. Christina said, those are the changes made to the transportation plan. Chairman S. Williams called for any further comments or suggestions. She did state that there was no one in the audience for any comments for or against the Transportation Plan. Chairman S. Williams called for a motion Commissioner F. Vigil made a motion to recommend approval of the Transportation Plan to Council. Commissioner W. Baca seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. ITEM 3-APPROVAL OF MINUTES - AMENDED ITEM 4-ADJOURNMENT Chairman S. Williams called for a motion to adjourn. Commissioner T. Ulibari made a m otion to adjourn. Commissione W. Baca seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. W1a/ Vacancy Terry Ulibarri, Commissioner