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IF ANY ESCA MEMBER WANTS TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING, THE PRESIDENT OF ESCA WILL NEED TO SEND YOU AN INVITATION VIA EMAIL. SEND YOUR REQUEST TO: president@es-ca.org EASTERN SANDOVAL CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Virtual BOARD MEETING AGENDA April 13th, 2020 4:00 … Continue reading →

A proposed development that would create 16 townhomes in the vacant area immediately west of The Merc shopping center is the type of multi-family development that has not been seen in Placitas for decades. The Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association requests … Continue reading →

Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association officers and Sandoval County officials met with numerous representatives of the gravel mines near Placitas in January, and received essential updates to reclamation processes and future goals. Those in attendance included George Franzen, ESCA president and … Continue reading →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2020 Contact: Felicia Salazar, 202.981.1594  Haaland Bill to Protect Public Health, Water, Cultural Resources from Mining in Sandoval County Clears Natural Resources Committee Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s (NM-01) bill to protect public health, water, and cultural resources from mining … Continue reading →

EASTERN SANDOVAL CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Jan 2020 Press Release Click on: signpost jan 2020

Following is my ES-CA “Watchdog” summary of the 7/12/18 joint P&Z Commission and County Commission meeting based on the video of that meeting posted on the County website (and linked to below) and of the meeting agenda and related documents … Continue reading →

Following is an ES-CA “Watchdog” summary from my attendance of the 6/26/18 P&Z meeting.  This is the report on the second of two items that were on the agenda of interest to ES-CA and the LPT: Update by the Citizens … Continue reading →

EASTERN SANDOVAL CITIZENS ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING AGENDA 11 JUN 2018 6:00 PM Placitas Community Library, HWY 165   CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS  Oil and Gas Ordinance update, 5 Minutes Pipeline update, 5 Minutes … Continue reading →

Peter Adang, who is a member of the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commission, and a member of the Citizens’ Working Group(CWG) that is drafting an oil & gas drilling ordinance, addressed ES-CA at its board meeting of May 7.  … Continue reading →

The Sandoval County Commission voted to create a Citizens Group to draft an “Aquifer Source Water Protection and Oil & Gas Ordinance” for the County. ES-CA presented its position at the meeting supporting the creation of the group and specifically … Continue reading →