PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION

MEETING MINUTES

 

EDELWEISS LODGE AND SPA

TAOS SKI VALLEY, NEW MEXICO

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 1:00 P.M.

 

 

I.          CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

Commissioner Tom Wittman called the meeting to order.  A quorum was established with Commission members Elisabeth Brownell, Mary Mortimer, Susan Nichols, Steve Ruppert, Chris Stagg, and Tom Wittman present.  Richard Duffy was absent.  Staff members Bruce Kelly and Ann Marie Wooldridge were in attendance.

II.         APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

MOTION:  To approve the agenda as presented.

Motion:    Mary Mortimer      Second: Susan Nichols              Passed: 6-0.

 

III.        APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 30, 2009 MEETING

MOTION:  To approve the minutes as presented. 

Motion:    Mary Mortimer     Second: Elisabeth Brownell         Passed: 6-0.

 

IV.        NEW BUSINESS

A.    PUBLIC HEARING: Pattison Trust, Application for Preliminary and Final Subdivision Plat approval, a tract of land adjacent to Kachina Tract A within the Village of Taos Ski Valley, Taos County, NM.

Bruce Kelly explained that the Pattison Trust has agreed to sell a forty-one acre parcel to Taos Holdings.  Taos Holdings owns a fifteen-acre parcel (Tract A) adjacent to the forty-one acre parcel.  Taos Holdings has not indicated what they will do with the parcel, but this land sale will consolidate ingress and egress issues between the two landowners. The Pattison Trust will retain the remaining 1,320 acre part of the tract to be subdivided, which is zoned for recreation and agriculture.   

PUBLIC HEARING: Roger Pattison spoke in favor of the subdivision.  No one spoke against. The Public Hearing was closed. 

MOTION: Motion to approve the application for Preliminary and Final Subdivision Plat approval, a tract of land adjacent to Kachina Tract A within the Village of Taos Ski Valley, Taos County, NM. 

Motion: Mary Mortimer            Second: Chris Stagg               Passed: 5-0 (Susan Nichols recused herself from the discussion and the vote.)

B.         Consideration to Approve Resolution #10-186, A resolution Concerning Governing Body Meetings and Public Notice Required

MOTION: To Approve Resolution  #10-186,  A Resolution Concerning Governing Body Meetings and Public Notice Required 

Motion: Chris Stagg                 Second:   Mary Mortimer          Passed: 6-0    

 

C.         Discussion Regarding Source Water Protection

Andrew Sweetman with the New Mexico Rural Water Association spoke about their program to  promote the implementation of protective measures to reduce the threat of contamination to community drinking water sources.  The NMRWA=s Source Water Protection Program initiates a collaborative process to identify water and wastewater issues and to address those issues through action planning to ultimately protect the water system.  This program is federally funded through the Environmental Protection Agency.  When the New Mexico Environment Department Drinking Water Bureau completed a Source Water Assessment for the Village in 2004, the risk of contamination was rated as moderately high.  With  this type of rating, the United States Environmental Protection Agency strongly recommends implementing control measures that reduce the risk of potential contamination from sources closest to the Village=s drinking water supply.   Sweetman said that public education is the most effective and least costly process when implementing a source water protection program.  The staff of the NMRWA will assist and guide the Village with this program.  Bruce Kelly suggested letting the public know that a committee will be formed to address these issues to see who might want to be a part of it.   

V.         OLD BUSINESS

VI.        MISCELLANEOUS

A.         Chris Stagg said that TSV Inc. has submitted plans to the Forest Service detailing the improvements that TSV Inc. might want to make within the next ten years on the land that they lease from the Forest Service.  The plan outlines new or upgraded lifts, and new ski trails.  There will be no increase in the size of the boundary of the leased land.

B.         Bruce Kelly said that the SE Group has submitted plans for the acquisition of land through the Townsite Act.      

VII.       ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATE, TIME & PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING:  Monday, March 8, 2010 at 1:00 p.m at the Edelweiss Lodge & Spa Conference Room. (Note: This meeting was later postponed to April 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m..)

VIII.      ADJOURNMENT           

MOTION:  To adjourn.

Motion: Chris Stagg          Second:  Mary Mortimer              Passed: 6-0

 

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Tom Wittman, Chairperson