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Residents urge loosening of Galisteo overlay rules and reopening of Rio Medio trail at Santa Fe County meeting
Summary
Two members of the public told commissioners that the Galisteo community overlay has effectively banned most local businesses and that volunteers have funds to repair but not reopen the Rio Medio trail. Speakers asked the county to review the overlay and to help find parking and remediation solutions for the trail.
During public comment at the Oct. 14 Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners meeting several residents raised land-use and public-access concerns: one Galisteo resident urged revision of a 2015 Galisteo Overlay that he said outlawed or made conditional use permits prohibitively difficult for many small businesses; another group requested county help to reopen the Rio Medio trail, closed since 2022, and offered volunteer funding for flood remediation.
Galisteo business concerns Sean Sohn, who identified himself as a Galisteo native and U.S. Army veteran, said the overlay “outlawed an estimated 90% of…
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