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Commission recommends preliminary plat for Rio Grand subdivision with condition to clarify irrigation easement
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a preliminary plat for a major subdivision at 7601 Rio Grand Boulevard, adding a condition requiring the applicant to clarify and clearly notate any changes to the irrigation easement before the Board of Trustees reviews the final plat.
The Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a preliminary plat for a major subdivision at 7601 Rio Grand Boulevard (S-25-09), subject to staff findings and an added condition that requires the applicant to clarify proposed irrigation easement No. 3 on the preliminary plat and to notate any changes prior to Board of Trustees consideration.
Director Schultz summarized the staff recommendation and explained this is part two of a three-step subdivision process. Applicant representative Steve Hernandez described the project’s infrastructure, including road widths, three fire hydrants positioned for life-safety coverage, and irrigation licensing with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD). Hernandez said construction drawings contemplate an underground pipeline and individual clover valves for irrigation turnouts.
Neighbors raised questions and concerns about the placement and extent of irrigation and pedestrian/equestrian easements; one resident asked that recorded plats not show an irrigation alignment that differs from what will be constructed. Surveyor Tom Patrick clarified that the primary irrigation easement in the construction plans would come off an existing MRGCD gate and run along the south of certain tracts, and he noted the applicant’s construction drawings would be revised to reflect the intended alignment.
To address lingering uncertainty, Commissioner Begley Petra (motion maker) proposed adding this as a condition. The commission agreed and included new condition #3: "The applicant shall provide a clarification of the irrigation easement labeled number three on page two of the preliminary plat and shall clearly notate any changes to that easement prior to the consideration by the Board of Trustees." The motion passed unanimously.
The commission’s recommendation, with the added condition, advances the project to the Board of Trustees, which will review final plat details and conditions before any recording or development authorization.
