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Committee approves donation of Las Estrellas Tract 6A to HomeWise for affordable housing
Summary
The Quality of Life Committee voted 2-1 to approve a donation agreement that transfers Las Estrellas Tract 6 A to HomeWise for development as affordable housing; the vote included verbal confusion from the mover about how she intended to vote.
The City of Santa Fe Quality of Life Committee approved a donation agreement on Sept. 17 to transfer Las Estrellas Tract 6 A to the nonprofit HomeWise for development as affordable housing after a 2-1 roll call vote that included confusion from the member who moved the motion.
The vote matters because it transfers a city-owned parcel — identified in committee as Las Estrellas Tract 6 A — to HomeWise for development as affordable housing, although the committee did not discuss a price, timeline or implementation details at the meeting.
Committee member Councilor Castro moved to approve the donation and Councilor Faulkner seconded. During the roll call, Castro said she would vote no; Faulkner voted yes and Chair Councilor Chavez voted yes. After brief confusion about the mover's intent and the vote count, the chair declared the motion passed 2-1.
Councilor Castro told the committee, "I support HomeWise, and we need affordable housing. I'm a little hesitant on donating any city land at this time. I think that we need a more holistic plan. And with that, move to approve." Castro later explained she had moved to approve but had voted no initially because she did not expect a second.
Committee members and staff noted that Terry Lease was the staff contact on the item but that staff were not present for discussion. No additional details about the donation agreement's terms, a development timeline, or funding for infrastructure were provided during the meeting.
Discussion: The committee did not engage in further substantive debate on conditions or implementation; the transcript shows questions about the vote mechanics but no amendments or instructions to staff to negotiate terms.
Outcome/direction: The committee approved the donation agreement; the meeting record contains no further direction to staff about next steps, amending the agreement, or certification of value.
For now, no timeline, appraisal, reciprocal obligations, or staff report were presented at the Quality of Life Committee meeting; those details were not specified and were not part of the recorded discussion.
