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Los Ranchos approves levee scoping IGA with Bernalillo County and adds $500,000 water-rights budget line
Summary
Trustees approved an intergovernmental agreement to obtain county matching funds for a FEMA levee scoping study and adopted a budget revision that includes a $500,000 placeholder for potential water-rights purchases to support the AgriNature Center and village open space.
The Village of Los Ranchos Board of Trustees unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Bernalillo County to secure $50,000 toward the local match for a FEMA-funded levee scoping study, enabling the village to invoice the county and proceed with the full study covering the levee from the North Diversion Channel to the South Diversion Channel.
Engineering consultant Chuck Thomas told trustees the FEMA grant totals about $456,000, with $348,000 federal and $108,000 required local match. "That match is divided up three ways: $50,000 for Bernalillo County, $29,000 from the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, and $29,000 from…
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