Bernalillo County commissioners approve subdivision amendment adding 50‑foot buffer and revegetation requirements

Bernalillo County commissioners on June 24 approved amended findings and conditions for a proposed subdivision that add a continuous 50‑foot buffer around Track 2 and new revegetation and drainage requirements.

The action, moved by Commissioner Barbara Baca and approved on a 5‑0 vote, updates the plan for SPR2025‑001 (as recorded in county materials) to limit development in the new buffer to stormwater and related protective infrastructure and to require a post‑construction revegetation plan and grading and drainage that meet Bernalillo County Public Works standards with input from the City of Albuquerque.

Karen Iverson, planning staff, read the revised buffer language into the record and described the changes as focused only on Track 2. "No development,…