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Village of Corrales Transportation
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2004 REPORT
In July 2003, the Village of Corrales, New Mexico initiated a comprehensive transportation study to address a number of specific issues related to the Village’s street system. The study came about as a result of concerns raised by the public at Village meetings, primarily relating to congestion and excessive traffic on Village streets. Many of the concerns have been identified but not resolved in previous studies; consequently, part of the analysis was to assemble and reevaluate past work and present this information in a format for decision-making. The study primarily focuses on six transportation issues and addresses specific suggestions and concerns regarding these issues that have been identified through previous public involvement.
Land-Use Planning Projects
City of Rio Rancho: 50-Foot-Lot Study, City of Rio Rancho, NM, 1998-99
In 1998 TEC was awarded a contract to address a complicated land-use problem within the City of Rio Rancho, specifically regarding what should be done with over 1700 50-foot-wide platted lots that violated the city zoning requirements for lot width. The City of Rio Rancho was caught between established neighborhoods demanding that housing (mobile homes) be kept off the lots in accordance with the zoning ordinance and owners of the lots who were suing the city for the right to use their properties.
TEC organized an interdisciplinary team of attorneys, planners, and transportation professionals to address the problem by
developing a detailed GIS database on lot ownership, existing development, potential land use, and relationship of streets, utilities, and neighborhoods;
investigating the legal opportunities and constraints, including New Mexico's laws and precedents from other states; and
implementing a thorough public involvement program to communicate with the community and property owners, who were dispersed across the country.
The solution in TEC's final implementation plan hinged on the discovery that
85 percent of the 50-foot lots were owned by single individuals in groups of two or more lots and that
legal precedents existed for a "lot merger" ordinance requiring owners of adjacent lots to consolidate them.
For the remaining 15 percent of single-ownership lots, a variety of strategies and incentives were developed ranging from outright purchase of the lots by the city to variances allowing use of the lots with stipulated design guidelines.
Following the submittal of TEC's final plan, the City of Rio Rancho adopted the state's first lot merger ordinance. The city is now in the process of implementing other recommended strategies.
TEC's Rio Rancho: 50-Foot-Lot Study was awarded the New Mexico Chapter of the American Planning Association's 1999 Award for Excellence for Innovation in Land Use Planning and was also the subject of the 2000 Feature Article of the Year in the professional journal Western Planner.
Cultural Resource Projects (2003)
NMCRIS No. 84028
Client: Technology Wireless
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-130, Author: Teresa Hurt
Survey of approximately 1 acre with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 84681
Client: Village of Corrales
Name and Description of Project: Cultural Resource Survey for Paving of Bensics and Chimaja Road in Corrales, Sandoval County, , New Mexico
EC Report No. 600-145, Author: Teresa Hurt
Survey of approximately 2.9 acres with no cultural resources identified.
NMCRIS No. 85836
Client: Wireless Technology
Name and Description of Project: A Cultural Resource Survey for a Proposed Telecommunications Tower Facility in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico
TEC Report No. 600-158, Author: Gerry Raymond
Survey of approximately 0.2 acres with no cultural resources identified.
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