Category Archives: Zoning and Land Use

The ES-CA Board passed a Resolution forming the Land-Use Protection Trust (LPT) which will establish and manage an account fund separate from the ES-CA general membership fund. The LPT Board will accept funds from interested individuals and organizations, whether ES-CA … Continue reading →

Here’s a brief report on the March 27 P&Z Commission meeting, that included discussion of proposed changes to the zoning ordinance to accommodate energy and utility facilities, exploration and production. Many people from Placitas, and some from Algodones, showed up … Continue reading →

At the March 27, 2014, Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, Sandoval County Staff will propose zoning ordinance revisions that would allow certain types of exploratory drilling and production of “energy related products” in all Rural Residential Agricultural (RRA) areas of … Continue reading →

Gravel mines do not pay severance tax like oil and natural gas that contribute to about one third or our state’s income. Gravel mines pay little to no tax to the counties and municipalities where they reside. Fisher Sand and … Continue reading →

BERNALILLO TOWN COUNCIL MEETING DISCUSSION OF ORDINANCE TO ANNEX FISHER SAND AND GRAVEL PROPERTY On Monday, February 25, 2014, the Mayor and Council of Bernalillo met to discuss an ordinance that would annex the Fisher site into Bernalillo. Under the … Continue reading →

Fisher_Annex_OrdinanceOn Monday February 24th at 6:30PM the Town of Bernalillo will hear Item 7A on the agenda which is the annexation of the currently illegal gravel mine into the Town. Of concern to Placitans is that Fisher asks in the … Continue reading →

ES-CA Forum Article – February, 2014 Fisher Sand & Gravel Update Ed Majka, Political/Legal Chair, ES-CA On Thursday, February 13, 2014 representatives of ES-CA, Chris Daul, Ed Majka and Orin Safier met with Steve Gudelj, Placitas developer and business owner, … Continue reading →

by Stephen Vaughan Lafarge has recently been telling all who would listen that they no longer intend to honor the various written statements of intent by their predecessor operators to end mining operations in 2015. Indeed, they have explicitly said … Continue reading →