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Key actions (summary):

- R‑47 and O‑14: The council voted to postpone both items to Sept. 11, 2025. Votes were recorded in favor by all councilors present; no public testimony was offered on these postponement motions.

- D‑45: The council approved a club liquor license with on‑premise consumption and patio service for The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho at 900 Loma Colorado Boulevard. The regulation and licensing department had granted preliminary approval; the governing body’s action forwards the applications for final state review. D‑45 was approved by roll call with all councilors voting yes.

- D‑46: The council approved a transfer of ownership of a dispenser liquor license for 10 Pins LLC at 1416 Deborah Road SE. The transfer preserves the existing operation at that location; the governing body approved the transfer by roll call with unanimous support.

- R‑80, O‑19 and D‑40 (Quail Ranch/solar overlay and associated site plan): The council approved a resolution amending the Quail Ranch master plan addendum (R‑80), an ordinance to expand an overlay to allow solar in Quail Ranch (O‑19), and the associated site plan (D‑40). Planning staff noted the western portion already contains solar and the request expands the overlay into the eastern portion; planning and zoning recommended approval and councilors voted in favor.

Other items: The full consent calendar was approved at the meeting without separate public comment.

Votes and formal outcomes are recorded in the governing body minutes and in the transcript for Aug. 14; items postponed were rescheduled for Sept. 11. Liquor license actions will proceed to the state Regulation and Licensing Department for final action as required by state procedure.

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Amy Rincon, director of development services, presented the three linked items (resolution R‑89 to amend the specific area plans, resolution R‑90 to adopt the Tampico Master Plan, and ordinance O‑22 to rezone the property). The parcels are located near the corner of Idalia and NM‑528 and total about 26.17 acres. The applicant’s representative said the proposal would create roughly 118 homes and associated streets, parks and storm‑drain work.

Applicant representative Nikosha Shuttlebauer told the council the property had been rezoned to SU for C‑1 in earlier decades and had not developed as commercial. Shuttlebauer said the developer would construct a portion of the Willow Creek storm drain, pave parts of Aurora and Vatapa roads, install sidewalks and contribute to local infrastructure. She also said the change to residential would generate different traffic patterns and that “residential development typically generates far less traffic than commercial uses.” She cited a comparison from the trip generation manual in which a 41,000‑square‑foot retail use could generate roughly 4,600 vehicle trips per day while 118 homes at 10 trips per day would generate about 1,180 trips.

Residents who spoke during public comment raised concerns about increased traffic on dirt roads (Nogales, Vatapa and Aurora), long‑term maintenance responsibilities, access to NM‑528 and impacts to property values. Megan Betts, a nearby resident, told the council she was worried about long‑term road maintenance and said the meeting notice information was difficult to find; others asked whether sewer would be municipal or septic and worried about drainage and school‑traffic impacts.

Council discussion centered on reconciling the city’s long‑range plan for preferred commercial land at the 528/Idalia corner with the site’s persistent lack of development, the amount of remaining commercial acreage nearby and whether the developer’s master plan addressed infrastructure. Councilor List voted against the resolutions and ordinance; other councilors supported the measures. Councilor Tyler proposed an amendment to the R‑90 master plan design guidelines requiring that “building height of dwellings abutting Aurora Road Northeast and Vatapa Road Northeast shall be single story only.” That amendment was drafted on the record and adopted by the council as part of R‑90.

Votes recorded: R‑89 (amending specific area plans) — approved (Councilor List opposed; all others in favor). R‑90 (adopting Tampico master plan) — approved as amended by the single‑story requirement (List opposed). O‑22 (rezoning to R‑4) — approved (List opposed).

Developer‑provided details in the hearing record include a proposed 118 homes, expected home prices in the $450,000–$620,000 range, and an estimated $1.5 million in development impact fees under the 2025 fee schedule. The applicant also said they would create park space and that, because the park area is under 3 acres, the city would not accept it for municipal maintenance and an HOA would be required to manage it.

Next steps: With the rezoning and master plan adopted, the developer will proceed with required engineering, traffic and drainage reviews, preliminary platting and any required improvement construction before building lots can be sold or homes permitted.

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The proposal, submitted by the Cielo Bonito development team, would have allowed R‑3 uses on property north of Cielo Azul Elementary School. Amy Rincon, Rio Rancho director of development services, told the governing body the application covers 53.942 acres and that R‑3 permits single‑family detached, single‑family attached and multi‑family development “which would allow up to 26 units per acre with the approval of a conditional use permit.”

Council members raised repeated concerns about the applicant’s lack of a master plan, the number and location of “holdout” lots not controlled by the applicant, and how access and drainage would work if the conceptual layout were built as presented. Councilor Tyler said, “The one thing that always makes me nervous is conceptual plans,” and pressed the applicant and staff about how traffic would be routed and whether the conceptual plan could be implemented without acquiring additional lots.

The applicant representative, Nikosha Shuttlebauer, said the request aligns with the Paseo Gateway West specific area plan and that the project team had consolidated additional lots since earlier hearings, but acknowledged there remained multiple owners in the corridor. Shuttlebauer said the developer’s conceptual layout anticipated about 334 homes and that the project was proposed to proceed in phases as additional lots were acquired.

Staff described the conceptual plan as illustrative only and noted the master plan had been withdrawn earlier in the review process because the applicant lacked full ownership of the parcels needed to meet staff’s then‑preferred threshold for master plan approval. Rincon said the planning staff uses zone map amendment criteria and the specific area plan to evaluate the “larger fit” of a zoning request, and that the conceptual plan is not adopted and would not be enforceable without a master plan or subsequent approvals.

Several councilors said they were uncomfortable approving an R‑3 rezoning that could allow higher‑density uses in the future without a binding master plan. Councilor List said the presence of roads drawn through parcels not owned by the applicant was particularly problematic and made the conceptual plan unreliable as a basis for a zone change. Councilor Weimer, Councilor Culbreth, Councilor Dabson and Mayor Hall voted against the ordinance; the vote was recorded as 0 in favor, 6 opposed and O‑21 failed.

The council did not adopt the conceptual layout as presented and did not direct staff to return with changes at this meeting. The transcript records council discussion focused on ownership consolidation, master plan status and the need for traffic and drainage studies at later development stages.

Outcome and next steps: the ordinance failed and the property remains under its existing zoning; any future rezoning proposal would need to address council concerns about ownership, master planning and traffic engineering.

","The Rio Rancho Governing Body voted unanimously to deny an application to rezone about 53.94 acres in the Paseo Gateway West area from transitional zoning to R-3 mixed residential amid council concern about holdout lots, lack of a master plan and potential traffic impacts near Cielo Azul Elementary School.","actionData","errors"]

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