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The applications discussed were: a request tied to a multi‑family project identified in the meeting as the Sundora Apartments (an applicant-led development described as contracting directly with the U.S. Department of Defense, which staff said may qualify it for LITA), and a second pending request from a commercial applicant (identified in the transcript as Extreme Amplitude). City staff said the Patriot Point project would only qualify for LITA if it first becomes designated a Metropolitan Redevelopment Area, which would add an administrative timeline.

City Manager Stephanie and staff explained that LITA awards are discretionary and bounded by available fund balance. Stephanie said the commission could allocate funds with conditions — for example, “you can allocate that money in a project … with the caveat that it needs to be designated MRA” — but commissioners stressed they wanted the full commission present before making a decision on the competing requests. The commission directed staff to return with the missing analyses, including job-creation figures, precise request amounts and options for alternate funding sources such as general fund-supported grant/incentive dollars (often discussed as “grip” in the meeting).

Commissioners discussed whether smaller caps on incentives would be practical and noted that some grant-like incentive programs previously paid out sums in the $20,000–$25,000 range; staff said a larger cap might be necessary for the program to be attractive to developers, but that general fund limits constrain how much the city can shift to incentives. A formal allocation was not approved; Commission members agreed to consider the requests at a future meeting when the full seven-member body is present.

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David Scott, executive coordinator for Alamogordo Main Street, said the project’s communication “has set us apart at the state level” and that the city and contractors have been responsive. Scott said Main Street and business owners appreciated the project manager’s outreach and several additions to the scope that reflect local history, including a memorial placard and a 15‑foot clock.

Business owners read statements to the commission describing both hardship and direct examples of contractor help. Brenda Barber, whose family owns Victoria at 913 New York Avenue, said crews provided ramps and escorted deliveries when sidewalks or alleys were inaccessible and that she had “nothing but good things to say about all of the construction companies that have worked on the Main Street makeover project.”

Rachel Anderson, owner of Infinity Suites Bakehouse, said the project “has been difficult for us and has definitely affected our bottom line,” but she thanked the project manager and contractors for daily updates, door-to-door outreach and accommodations such as adding flagpole holes and stopping work to escort customers to business entrances.

Claudia Loya, owner of Elite Members Boutique and president of Alamogordo Main Street, said she had seen behind-the-scenes coordination among the city, contractors and stakeholders and called the project one “of collaboration, resiliency, and optimism.”

City Manager Stephanie later echoed appreciation for project staff, thanking Nolan and Justin by name for ongoing communication with downtown businesses. No action was taken; comments were delivered during the public-comment portion of the agenda.

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Boyle told commissioners the Alameda Park Zoo wall work will have “substantial completion … on 01/10/2026,” and that earlier schedule adjustments and an additional alternative bid for the remainder of the wall mean the project file shows the work is “24 days ahead of schedule.” He said the new fencing now sits inside city property and no longer encroaches onto Union Pacific property.

The presentation covered nine projects in construction or starting soon. For Oregon WSRP 001 Phase 1 Boyle said a stop-work because of material backorders pushed work and that change order 1 added 60 days, moving the project’s completion date to about Nov. 1, 2025; he cautioned more days will be added once the sewer stub and other infrastructure are finalized. Boyle said the New York/Main Street Makeover has multiple change orders but that the contractor is “actually ahead of schedule by 186 days,” and that the contract completion date could still shift depending on new change orders and weather.

On Desert Lakes Golf Course irrigation Boyle said the back nine is complete and the contractor anticipates finishing the overall job around Oct. 17, 2025; a small change order for concrete pads for windmill aeration could add about 30 calendar days but would not close holes to golfers. The Lower and Upper Heights 16-inch waterline replacement was scheduled to begin potholing the week after the meeting and to tie into the tanks the following week. Boyle said the Otero Greentree regional landfill cell work — dirt removal and liner installation — was expected to start in the next two weeks and take about 90 days.

Boyle described common causes for schedule shifts: rain days, unexpected underground utilities and long lead times for materials. He said the city is adding GPS documentation of previously unrecorded utilities to reduce future surprises. On liquidated damages he told the commission, “So far I haven't had to deal with that … because everybody's been on time.”

Drainage and longer-term storm projects were discussed later in the presentation. Boyle said a storm-drain design for White Sands and Tenth Street is ready for construction and that solving flooding at the Florida/Scenic intersection would require raising the intersection “a minimum of a foot” and addressing cover boxes and a private property area on the northeast corner that the city does not own. He also said a previously designed box‑culvert project at Canal and a channel reconstruction concept remain on the city’s ICIP list and that funding had been set aside in prior years for phased work.

No commission votes or formal approvals were requested during Boyle’s update; the presentation was followed by commissioner questions about sidewalks, concrete work, traffic patterns on New York Street and storm drainage.

The commission did not take action; Boyle said he would return with another update in about three months.

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