City adopts ordinance enabling Patriot Point redevelopment designation with conditions
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Summary
The commission approved Ordinance 17‑20 on second reading, designating up to 5.947 acres at 305 Moonglow Street (Patriot Point) as the proposed Metropolitan Redevelopment Area, with conditions including board appointment authority and a construction commencement deadline of Dec. 31, 2026; if conditions are unmet the declaration will have no further force.
On Dec. 16 the Alamogordo City Commission approved Ordinance 17‑20 on second reading, declaring the necessity of designation for a proposed Metropolitan Redevelopment Area centered on the Patriot Point development at 305 Moonglow Street (approx. 5.947 acres of nonresidential land).
City Attorney Daryl read the revisions requested by the commission: the ordinance now conditions the city’s declaration on the redevelopment plan providing for a board of directors (with the city commission entitled to appoint two members if the board has five or fewer members, or three members if it has more than five); requires that construction (breaking ground) on the Patriot Point development commence no later than Dec. 31, 2026; and states that if the conditions in section 2 are not met the city commission’s declaration in section 1 will be of no further force or effect.
The ordinance identifies the Patriot Point parcel by partial tax ID and lists an assessed value (as of Aug. 29, 2025) contained in the reading. The public hearing schedule for county consideration was adjusted to accommodate commission timing; staff noted the county hearings will begin on Dec. 30.
After hearing the attorney’s read-back of the changes, Commissioner Josh Reardon moved to approve the ordinance with the read changes; Commissioner Crystal Guthrie seconded, and the commission adopted Ordinance 17‑20 by recorded vote, 7–0 on second reading.
The ordinance makes the designation conditional on the items laid out in sections 2 and 3; failure to meet those conditions voids the city’s declaration.
