ES-CA BOARD MEETING OF JULY 7, 2014

On July 7, 2104, the Board of Director of ES-CA had its monthly meeting. In attendance were ES-CA Board members: Bob Gorrell (BG); Chris Daul (CD); Ed Majka (EM); Lynn Koch (LK); Jerry Saxton (JS); and, Tony Hull (TH). Also in attendance were Joan Fenicle, Susan Fullas, Dick Ulmer, Judy Labowitz, Scott Stevens, Sandy Johnson, Mike Neas and Ricardo Ortiz.

Committee Reports were given as follows:
Treasure’s Report: The current balance sheet was presented and it was noted that 62 members had recently paid their dues.
Membership: A spreadsheet showing current and past members had been sent to Board members. Jerry Saxton stated that he had sent an e-mail to numerous contacts about joining or re-joining ES-CA. Orin Safier proposed that ES-CA send out an acknowledgement to people when they send in their dues. A membership appreciation day was set for September 25, 2014.
Political/Legal: Ed Majka asked that members check meeting agendas for the meetings noted by Scott Stevens in his e-mail alerts. Ed noted that the June ESCAFCA meeting had been cancelled. Ed also reported that there had been activity at the Fisher site and that he was scheduling a meeting with Fisher representatives to discuss what their future plans are. Concerning the I 25 interchange, Ed noted that we are still waiting for the engineer’s report. Ed confirmed that we have scheduled a Candidate’s Forum for September 20, 2014 at the Community Center. Invitations are to go out soon.
Communications: Chris Daul noted that ES-CA had an article in the July issue of the Signpost, as well as an advertisement for upcoming events. Chris will prepare an article for the August Signpost and an advertisement will be prepared for the September Signpost to include the Candidates’ forum.

A presentation was given by Ricardo Ortiz, of the San Felipe Pueblo, Natural Resources Department. Mr. Ortiz presented the proposal of the San Felipe Pueblo (Pueblo) concerning the Buffalo tract of the BLM land that is situated to the north of Placitas. The Pueblo would like to obtain the land and use it as a horse sanctuary, in conjunction with their current equine center. Mr. Ortiz stated that the Pueblo would place restrictive covenants in the agreement with the Federal government to insure that the land could never be mined or developed. Mr. Ortiz also stated that the Pueblo is looking to close all current mining operations on their land and to buy and close the Baca mining operation as well. The Pueblo would also construct a road for alternate evacuation access for Placitas. Mr. Ortiz stated that he had had conversations with Wayne Sandoval, of the San Antonio de Las Huertos Land Grant, about giving the Land Grant approximately 200 acres for housing development, but that no agreement had been reached. CD noted that the Land Grant had advised ES-CA that they were interested in obtaining approximately 400 acres of the BLM land for housing development and that there should be further discussions between the Pueblo and the Land Grant. It was requested that the Pueblo provide ES-CA with a written document detailing their plan.

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Dick Ulmer reported on the Land Use Planning Trust and noted the current funding of the Trust and actions taken by their attorney in monitoring the lawsuit by Sandoval County against LaFarge. Mr. Ulmer also noted that the State is now monitoring dust generated by LaFarge.

The General Meeting of ES-CA will take place on August 2, 2014 at the Anasazi Winery from 2-4pm. The next ES-CA Board meeting is scheduled for August 4, 2014 at 6:30 pm at La Puerta Realty on Rt. 165 and all persons are welcome to attend.