NPRPO Meeting Minutes

June 7, 2006

Rio Arriba County Administrative Office

Española, NM

 

 

Member’s attendance:

Ted Martinez –Chair                                                     Victor Robles – Taos County                                             

Brent Jaramillo – Village of Questa – Vice Chair           Agnes Oakeley – Taos County

Ted B. Garcia – Los Alamos County                            Bob Perry – Town of Red River                            

Jim West – Los Alamos County                                    French Espinoza – Town of Taos                           

Cathy Martinez – Rio Arriba County                             Rob Straebel – Village of Taos Ski Valley              

Tomas Campos – Rio Arriba County                            Sean Hughes – Santa Clara Pueblo            

Debbie Reynolds – Nambe Pueblo                               Delvin Garcia – Merced del Pueblo Abiquiu LG

Anthony Consavage – Nambe Pueblo                           Mr. Archuleta – Merced del Pueblo Abiquiu LG

Paul Martinez – Sangre de Cristo LG                                                                     

 

Affiliate Member attendance:

Sandra Maes – NPRPO Planner                                   Bob Widoe – NMDOT – Planning            

Janet Spivey – NMDOT – Planning                              Chris Moquino – Rep/Senator Bingaman

Arnold Garcia – BIA – SWRO@NPA                         Levi Valdez – BIA-SWRO@NPA

Ramon Dominguez – NCRTD/Los Valles                                                  

 

Guests in attendance:

 

Citizen’s in attendance:

 

I.                    Call to order at 9:40 by Ted Martinez, Chair/Vice Chair.

Ø      Thanked Cathy Martinez and staff for the meeting location and refreshments.

Ø      Reminded members that the NPRPO rotates the meetings monthly to encourage members to look at the proposed project areas introduced by the entities.

 

II.                 Welcome and Introductions –

 

III.               Approval of Agenda –

Ø      Cathy Martinez, Rio Arriba County made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Ted Garcia, Los Alamos County.  Passed unanimously

 

IV.              Approval of Minutes for March 1, 2006

Ø      Agnes Oakeley, Taos County made a motion to approve the meeting minutes, seconded by Debbie Reynolds, Nambe Pueblo.

 

V.                 Elections for Chair

Ø      Victor Robles, Taos County nominated Ted Martinez for Chair. Cathy Martinez nominated Tomas Campos, Rio Arriba County. 

Ø      No further nominations were made, Ted Martinez closed the nominations, members voted 7 to 3 for Ted Martinez who accepted the position for Chair for the next fiscal year.

Ø      Ted stated that the positions for Chair and Vice Chair will serve until the new elections in June.

 

VI.              Presentation by Jesse Bopp, Local Government Division (LGD) within the Department of Finance Administration (DFA)

Ø      Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP)

·        The ICIP is a 5 year infrastructure planning document that is coordinated by the State of NM

·        The ICIP is available to all local governments in NM

1.      Land Grants are a new group on board recognized as a political subdivision

2.      Mutual Water and Wastewater Domestics are also coming into the mix

3.      Regional planning can come under the umbrella for the new groups including acequias with counties, municipalities, and tribes if the local government wants to do that.

·        When planning for the ICIP, it is encouraged that the entity allow for public input and go out to the communities to identify need

·        Listed in the front of the ICIP are the goals that the entity identifies for 5 years

·        The entity can go in depth with their inventory listing if they so choose, this only helps the entity in the long run to look at both depreciation value and plan for replacement, especially in equipment.

·        The upgrades to the website forms will help the person fill out the information a little more accurately.  Be brief but don’t leave out the statement of need for the proposed plan.

·        Keep in mind that when you are planning for a piece of equipment or upgrades to a building that you include the operating and maintenance for the next 5 years.

·        LGD will be hosting a number of workshops throughout the state and the information is included in the handout packet.

1.      There will be a special workshop for acequias this year

·        LGD is still working on the website and requests that the entities do not start using the system until after June 17th.

·        In order to access the website, you must have a password and code assigned by Jesse.   Please contact her directly at 827-4977.

·        Access to the website is www.lgd.state.nm.us

1.      Once your in, you go to Community Dev. Bureau

2.      then to 2008-12 ICIP Local Gov’t worksheet; it is very important that you do not go to the agency worksheet.

3.      You will be required to submit a resolution from your entity approving the ICIP; for Tribal governments, it’s usually a letter.

4.      Once you complete the ICIP, the system walks you through submittal and then you will have to send out a hard copy and the resolution via mail.

5.      A step by step handout is included in the packet.

·        The deadline is August 31, 2006 by 5 pm

·        NCNMEDD is available to help with the ICIP.

·        There will be an Infrastructure Conference in Ruidoso on October 24-26th.  Please refer to their website (listed above) for further information.

 

VII.            Long Range Plan – Section I

Ø      Brent suggested that each entity state their needs.  Ted Garcia added that each entity submit their needs in writing to the Transportation Planner

 

VIII.         NMDOT District V report

Ø      No-one present from District V

 

 

IX.              New Business

a.       Introduction/Discussion of new project proposals

1.      No submittals

b.   Los Valles Transit representative for NCRTD

·        Encourages Taos County to come into the NCRTD

·        Stated that Congress enacted the funding fro the 5316 program that used to be $3M and is now down to $1.2M; making the match $2.4M.  Which in essence is impossible for the smaller communities to come up with matching funds to continue with existing operations.

·        The transit development through RAC is moving towards the umbrella of the NCRTD and is in the planning and discussion stages.

·        Stated that NCRTD would like to become not just an affiliate member but a voting member of the NPRPO.

§         Sandra stated that the NCRTD is an affiliate member as stated in the bylaws

§         In order to become a voting member; all 10 members within the NCRTD, who are voting members of the NPRPO would be required to give their vote to the NCRTD as 1 vote. 

§         That is discussion that needs to be approved by the NCRTD board and not the NPRPO.

§         Should that occur, the NPRPO would require a letter in writing through the NCRTD Chair requesting an amendment to the bylaws for the inclusion of the NCRTD as a voting member.  The NPRPO members would then have to vote on the matter.

 

X.        Next meeting will be

Ø      July 5th at Santa Clara Pueblo – Administration Bldg at 1 Kee Street (off NM30)

Ø      August 2nd at Village of Chama – Location TBA

Ø      September – Taos County – Location TBA

 

X.        Miscellaneous/Announcements

Ø      NPRPO Website – keep the forms coming!

Ø      Entities need to submit in writing their voting member as well as their alternate, if they haven’t already done so.  Thank you to those entities who have.  Ted Garcia asked that Sandra create a list of who the voting members and alternates are for each entity to be disseminated.

Ø      Agnes Oakeley announced that the Association of Counties Annual Conference will be held in Taos this year; please refer to website for further information at www.nmcounties.org.

Ø      Sandra handed out a DRAFT RTIPR as had been requested by Ted Garcia at the last meeting.

Ø      Letters of Intent need to be in to Public Transit by June 9th to start the initiation for public transit funding needs.

Ø      UNM 2006 Pedestrian Safety Seed Grant due July 31, 2006 by 5:00 pm.  For further information http://www.walkinginfo.org

 

XI.       Ted thanked the meeting host. Asked for a motion to adjourn; Paul Mtz, Sangre de Cristo LG motioned, seconded by Cathy Martinez, RAC