Minutes of Board of Trustees Meeting
Thursday, December 22, 2011
South Valley Economic Development Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Meeting Began at 5:03 PM
Trustees Present: Jesse Anzures, Jaime Chávez, Joseph García, Richard Griego, Jerome Padilla
Guest: James Maestas, South Valley Regional Association of Acequias
Agenda: It was moved by Anzures to replace the Auditor item under 5. New Business, with a Budget Report for the DFA. Approved 5 - 0. Padilla moved to move 5. New Business, b, (ix), MOU with Acequia Associations in the Atrisco Area, to item (i), under 5.b Discussion and Request for Approval of Action Items Listed to expedite matters. Approved 5 - 0. Other items of Agenda approved also.
Approval of Minutes of Trustees August 23, 2011 Meeting: Moved to approve by Griego. Approved 5 - 0.
New Business:
a. Resolutions:
i. Budget Adjustment #2-12-11: handed out by Anzures: Page 1, Adjustment – BA; Page 2,
Budget report – BR. Discussed and approved 5 - 0. These two documents are to be filed in
the Archives of the Trustees.
ii. Auditor – to be put on agenda for the next Trustees meeting.
b. Discussion and Request for Approval of Action Items Listed
i. MOU with Acequia Associations in the Atrisco Area: presented by James Maestas. Added to MOU: item (f) To share documents and artifacts to reinforce each other’s mission. MOU as amended was approved 5 – 0. The MOU is to be filed in the Archives of the Trustees. The MOU is to be formatted in two pages and sent by e-mail to James. A memorial requesting the NM Acequia Association to study Conservancy District power over acequias and complaints for interfering with acequias and make recommendations for appropriate legislation. This Memorial is to be voted upon by the Trustees at their next meeting.
ii. Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Atrisco: this is being written by Anzures and he asks for input from the Trustees. According to Anzures the procedure is to submit the Comprehensive Plan to the Council of Governments for comments. Then the Trustees send it for public comment (60 days allowed). Then the Trustees re-send the Plan to the COG. It was moved by Chávez to continue the writing of the plan. Approved 5 – 0.
iii. MOU with County: Padilla has communicated with County Commissioners to discuss
this MOU. Motion to continue with the MOU with the County was approved 5 – 0.
iv. Treaty Day: Griego handed out a draft of brochure on land grants that is to be distributed
on Treaty Day in Santa Fe. A motion to continue the efforts of Griego and the Cultural
Committee for Treaty Day was approved 5 – 0.
v. Contract to Hire a CAO: A motion to amend the contract for hiring a CAO was approved
5 – 0.
vi. MRCOG Membership: We will continue our efforts to join at $1200 per year. We will
ask for non-voting status meanwhile. Discussions with Thaddeus Lucero will continue.
vii. NM Legislature: A motion by Padilla was made to prioritize the items we will be
presenting to the Legislature for approval. Passed 5 – 0.
c. Committee Reports: Anzures moved to move Committee Reports to the next Trustees
meeting. However, Chávez did report on activities of the Land Recovery Committee. His
mentioned included four items: 1) the Committee proposes to acquire one section of land
and he outlined various methods to do this; 2) the Committee will research commercial
property at 401 Coors as potential office space/rental income; 3) developing a report of a
recent trip to Washington D.C. regarding USDA contacts; 4) consideration of a measure
regarding land grant signs located on the Town of Atrisco Grant to promote its boundaries.
It was approved 5 – 0 to accept this report and to have the Committee to move forward with this four items.
Proposal to have a monthly meeting: Padilla discussed this and moved to make this proposal part of the agenda for the next Trustees meeting. Passed 5 – 0.
Motion to have a Special Meeting on January 25, 2012: moved and approved 5 – 0. The meeting needs to be published.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 6:40 PM.
Submitted by Richard Griego, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Town of Atrisco Grant-Merced