October Task Force Meeting Agenda October 15,2008

Comprehensive Plan Task Force Meeting Agenda

Wednesday October 15, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Rural Events Center, Rio Arriba County

Topics of Discussion


from: V. Land and Water Chapter

Goal 2: Protect and restore irrigated agricultural lands for livestock and agricultural
production purposes and encourage/promote managed development on dry land.

Strategy 14: All new subdivisions should have community/shared wells and treated
liquid waste systems, demonstrate a 100 year water adequacy plan and assure water
rights to meet full demand at build out, including water for fire-fighting and facilities
for storage, distribution and delivery for fire flows.

Strategy 18: Promote and demonstrate domestic water conservation efforts, such as
the use of drip irrigation, gray-water, water harvesting, low-flow fixtures, xeriscape
landscaping through education programs and in the Subdivision Regulations and
Design and Development Regulation ordinance.


from: VIII. Community Facilities/ Infrastructure Chapter

Goal 2: Develop appropriate water and wastewater technology standards in new
developments.

Strategy 6: Encourage and offer incentives for the use of water harvesting and
graywater systems treatment in new residential development.


Goal 3: Limit the proliferation of individual septic systems and wells.

Strategy 8: Require new development to connect to nearby community water and
wastewater systems with adequate capacity, and allow higher density on lots with
existing development through the use of shared wells and septic systems, or by
connection to community water and wastewater systems.

Strategy 9: Encourage the expansion and creation of new mutual domestic water
associations and sanitation districts through land use regulation and partnerships at the
local level, and through support of funding requests and favorable community system
legislation at the state level.

Strategy 10: Amend Subdivision regulations to allow lot sizes smaller than ¾ ac min.
for advanced on-site liquid waste systems or for shared agreements as approved by
NM Environment Department.

Task Force Meeting Oct 15,2008

The next Comprehensive Plan Task Force Meeting will be held;

Wednesday, October 15^th at the Rural Events Center from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Attached is the outline for the upcoming meeting and the minutes from our last meeting.

This meeting may be slightly different from our last few meetings; instead of having several topics and presentations I wanted to discuss one subject. I have been alerted to very certain ecological condition that may be placed at a high priority for the County. See outline. I would like one topic for presentation by Dr. Gonzalez with comments and questions from Planning and the members of the Task Force.

The main focus of this meeting is to present groundwater science and how it affects the longevity of established and historic communities. I have found six references in the Comprehensive Plan that mention water quality for domestic use. I would like also to present a report that I found on the NMED website that specifically mentions several communities in our County that have nitrate pollution to domestic wells.

I look forward to your input and experience as local experts and look forward to seeing you October 15^th.

Sincerely yours,

Christopher Palmer

Comprehensive Plan Task Force Meeting

Wednesday September 17, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Rural Events Center, Rio Arriba County

Topics of Discussion

V. Land and Water
Making Global Initiatives Local? The United Nations.
New Mexico and Climate Change


Goal 5: Protect the region’s water supply and quality by creating opportunities for water recharge and storage. New Mexico Watersheds.

Specifically; Strategy 33: Encourage property owners of outdated or inadequate septic tanks and leach fields to improve their existing systems, such as through tax incentives or low rate loans, and provide for more stringent county guidelines and inspections.

Conversation about education and promotion of tertiary septic systems.
Water Demand
New Mexico water mitigation.


Goal 6: Encourage compact and sustainable growth that reflects traditional settlement patterns, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enhances our unique diversity and quality of life.


Specifically; Strategy 41: Support state legislation to provide tax credits for green building and energy saving techniques that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Coincides with; Community Facilities Infrastructure,

Goal 1

Strategy 3.

Conversation about tax incentives for green building, solar panel investment and (time related) return rates on solar investment.
Wind, Micro Hydro, BioGas


Related to Land and Water; Conversation about:

Different types of aquifer and ground water.
Recharge rates per type of aquifer.
Maintenance and recordation of usage and level of aquifer/ groundwater.
The advantages of employing a shared well for more than one residence.

Conversation to consider amending the Comprehensive Plan to include more language about common Land, Water practices, maintenance, shared wells and related aquifer/ groundwater concerns.

4. Related to Economic Development; Conversation about amending the Comprehensive Plan to include the positive economic impacts of gas and oil development within the County, history of gas and oil development in the County and related gas and oil topics and the benefits of this industry to the County.




VI. Economic Development

Goal 4: Promote the use and purchase of local goods and services that support local businesses.

Specifically, Strategy 11: Create a “Rio Arriba First” Business Directory of licensed local businesses and services within the County, and/or with individual communities such as Española and Chama.

and,

Strategy 12: Institute and promote a buy-local campaign through a County
publication and media announcements in order to reduce economic leakage and
increase the circulation of capital in the county.

From the Planning Department:
Conversation about:
New Mexico Film Production
Create Film and Movie Production Ordinance
Create Film and Movie Production Ordinance Permit
Create Film and Movie Production Ordinance protocol for services (public and private) within the County.

Land And Water

Goal 2: Protect and restore irrigated agricultural lands for livestock and agricultural production purposes and encourage/promote managed development on dry land.

"Dry Land Development" = "Conservation Development.

Conservation Sub-Divisions, Conservation Argicultural Development, "CONSERVATION"

What are the benefits/drawbacks?
More Info!

Task Force Meeting Annonuced.

Comprehensive Plan Task Force Meeting Agenda
August 20, 2008, Rural Events Center, Rio Arriba County
4-6 PM
Topics of Discussion: None Specified at this time.

How Sustainable is Your Community?

Introduction

With the aim of creating and presenting to the world outstanding examples of what it means in live in harmony with nature in a sustainable way, GEN promotes and facilitates communities--whether rural or urban--which develop and implement technologies and practices such that human activities are harmlessly integrated into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy human development and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future.

The Global Ecovillage Network is developing the concept of sustainability auditing to provide measuring rods for individuals and for existing villages and communities to compare their current status with ideal goals for ecological, social, and spiritual sustainability. In addition, these tools are learning instruments - pointing out actions aspiring individuals and communities can take to become more sustainable.

The process of community sustainability assessment is an exploration and cultivation of the qualities needed to bring mankind through the 21st century.

Community Sustainability Assessment (viewable HTML version) - aomprehensive checklist that anyone can complete to get a basic idea of how sustainable their community is. This assessment tool is applicable to any community. While it requires good knowledge of the life-styles, practices and features of the community, it does not require research, calculation and detailed quantification. This assessment takes about three hours for an individual to complete, or a series of sessions if done as a group experience by community members.

Comprehensive Plan Task Force Meeting Agenda

Task Force,
Outlined below are the topics which the Planning and Zoning Department find to be of high priority for discussion for this evenings Task Force Meeting. I wanted to send you this priority list before the meeting to somewhat outline our high priority concerns for the meeting tonight.

I look forward to introducing myself, listening to points of view of all members and interested people for the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan as well as discussing the topics listed below.

I look forward to seeing you tonight from 4 to 6 PM at the Rural Events Center on Hwy. #554.

Sincerely yours,

Christopher Palmer

Comprehensive Plan Task Force Meeting Agenda
July 23, 2008, Rural Events Center, Rio Arriba County
Topics of Discussion

V. Land and Water

Goal 1: Strengthen the connection between the land and water, and protect the water rights within the region.

Strategy.1: Map the acequias with priority dates of water rights and Mutual Domestic Water Associations and delineate the watersheds that serve them. Encourage the acequia and mutual domestic areas with serious water supply or water rights issues to work with the County and OSE in establishing Critical Management Areas and Stream Corridor Areas.

Goal 2: Protect and restore irrigated agricultural lands for livestock and agricultural production purposes and encourage/promote managed development on dry land.

Strategy 7: Identify, map and protect significant agricultural and grazing lands, prioritize lands for conservation, and work with non-profit conservation organizations to utilize conservation easements, grass banks, purchase of development rights (PDR), etc, where appropriate.

Strategy 9: Amend the Irrigated Agricultural Land Protection Ordinance to improve its effectiveness in conserving agricultural lands within subdivisions.

Strategy 10: Create an irrigated agricultural land overlay zone in the Design and Development Regulation ordinance so it applies to all irrigated lands.

Strategy 14: All new subdivisions should have community/shared wells and treated liquid waste systems, demonstrate a 100 year water adequacy plan and assure water rights to meet full demand at build out, including water for fire-fighting and facilities for storage, distribution and delivery for fire flows.

Strategy 17: Place limits on new domestic well uses as a condition of approval of any development through amendments to the Subdivision Regulations and Design and Development Regulation ordinance, such as shared wells, limiting amount of water to 1 ac/yr and metering each service connection.

Strategy 18: Promote and demonstrate domestic water conservation efforts, such as the use of drip irrigation, gray-water, water harvesting, low-flow fixtures, xeriscape landscaping through education programs and in the Subdivision Regulations and Design and Development Regulation ordinance.

Goal 3: Protect and restore the open spaces and natural resources such as the rivers, riparian areas, cienegas, floodplains, wildlife habitats, forests and grasslands.

Strategy 22: Protect riparian areas, wetlands, springs and watercourses through conservation easements, and establishing a 300’ wide riparian habitat corridor residential/commercial building setback from watercourses with flows greater than 1,000 cfs in a 100 year event (agricultural buildings are exempt from this setback).

Strategy 24: Protect and enhance riparian areas, springs, wetlands and river and stream corridors by promoting and implementing riparian restoration, re-vegetation, fencing enclosure projects and by minimizing the use of toxic herbicides in critical watershed areas.

Goal 5: Protect the region’s water supply and quality by creating opportunities for water recharge and storage.

Strategy 32: Establish Critical Management Areas and Stream Corridor Areas within the County in collaboration with the Office of the State Engineer and provide for their protection in the Subdivision Regulations and Design and Development Regulation ordinance.

Strategy 35: Pursue funding for water and wastewater maintenance and development projects from state and federal sources such as the State Water Trust Board, State Legislature, and NM Finance Authority.

From Mountaintop to River Bottom Restoring New Mexico's Watersheds

From Mountaintop to River Bottom: Restoring New Mexico's Watersheds

September 30 - October 2
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Marriott Uptown, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE

The first ever New Mexico Watershed Forum provides an opportunity to:

> Learn about other watershed projects and restoration techniques

> Increase Collaboration and communication about watershed restoration

> Network with watershed groups across New Mexico

> Share successes, challenges and innovations

This statewide forum will bring together agencies, organizations, professionals, educators and citizens with an interest in watershed management, restoration and protection. Presentations and workshops will provide tools and information for people doing watershed restoration on the ground. A day of field trips will provide on-site learning about restoration projects. We are also looking for:

Task Force Member - Lucy Collier

Lucy Collier moved from Massachusetts to New Mexico to join her parents in 1972 and has been living in Alcalde and more recently Chimayó since then. She worked as an early interventionist, a diagnostician, and finally a developmental psychologist at UNM. She retired several years ago but keeps her hand in with families at Las Cumbres. She helped to establish the Chimayó History Museum, curated an extensive show of until then undocumented Chimayó and el Valle weavings, and initiated an intergenerational weaving project in the Cordova school. She served as an election monitor in Bosnia-Herzogovinia several times. She produced an oral history video documenting the memories of folks still around who had been photographed by New Deal photographers. She helped organize her community to pressure T-Mobile to move its cell tower out of the Historic District of Chimayó. Resolution with the County and the FCC is still pending. However better standards for cell towers have been adopted by Rio Arriba County as a result. She is a musician, a gardener, and continues to fight for preservation of tradition and culture in her adopted community.

Email:lcpm@valornet.com

What's Working!

During our last meeting a couple of
Task Force Members said.
" Why try to Reinvent the Wheel"?

There are many things that we know work. We know this by our history. Sustainable living was not a BUZZ WORD 60 years ago. Our communities and peoples have lived Sustainable on our lands for centuries in New Mexico.

Invention & Technology Reinventions

Communities all over the world are adapting the old and new practices and technologies in some incredible ways. We in our quest to improve on our community and in developing our Vision and Plan should also look to these communities (global) and integrate what is working now.

Locally in New Mexico we have many such solutions at hand and we should also share our knowledge. Make connections and make us all a better global community.

Here are some more links and information for us.

The Best Link Page on Ecological Links I've found. Comprehensive.
Todd Ecological Inc. Solutions for Water Planning and Management.
Case Studies and Links.
Transportation planning should encompass more than cars. Rethinking Transportation!
Rethinking Housing: CalEarth
Rethinking. Economic Development, Oil; and Gas, Hazard Mitigation, Community Facilities and Infrastructure.... Someone has already thought of these things and has done something about it. Lets learn from each other. Lets get the wheels rolling!

Link to the NRCS: New Mexico Field Office Technical Guides.
Must see. These resources cover many of the topics we will be discussing

The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
Anyboby up for a challange?

So I said, "call me Trimtab."
click on the above Buckminster Fuller Challange link for an explination of "TrimTab"

What is a blog? (A Collaborative Space)

Take A Tour!
In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

Click on Label ADMIN to see more about Blogging and some of the Features, and tools we can use to communicate.

July - 2008 Task Force Meeting Announced!

Task Force Member - Lynn Cravens

Lynn Cravens has been a licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of New Mexico for over twenty years. She has acquired expertise in all facets of the real estate industry, with particular attention given to the complications of transferring rural properties. After several years actively selling real estate in the Espanola Valley, Lynn is proud to join the new firm of Prudential North Valley Real Estate. She enjoys working alongside like minded associates, focused on providing professional service with attention to each client's individual needs.

Northern New Mexico has been Lynn's home for more than thirty years. She has raised her daughter, Allison, in the Espanola Valley and has provided many volunteer hours for the benefit of children in the valley. Most recently, Lynn helped open the doors of the Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps, an organization dedicated to promoting our youth as a valuable resource. She is the current Secretary/Treasurer of the Espanola Valley Board of Realtors, and serves on the Rio Arriba Comprehensive Plan Task Force. She also enjoys many of the outdoor recreational activities that beautiful Northern New Mexico has to offer, hiking, horses, gardening and winter sports. Call Lynn for assistance with any type of real estate transaction.

Contact Info:

Office: 505-753-4878

Cell: 505-927-5936

Eeb Site: www.lynncravens.com

Prudential North Valley Real Estate

VIII. Community Facilities/Infrastructure

Goal 1: Incrementally improve electrical

distribution and availability by promoting the use
of renewable energy and reduction of greenhouse gases.

Goal 2: Develop appropriate water and wastewater
technology standards in new developments.

Goal 3: Limit the proliferation of individual
septic systems and wells.

Goal 4: Promote reuse and multiple uses of existing
community facilities, and develop new
parks and recreational facilities to meet community needs.

Goal 5: Promote local usage of natural resources
for energy production, road and
construction materials when compatible
with neighborhoods and the environment.
Goal 6: Expand the animal control capabilities to
ensure adequate protection of people and animals.
Goal 7: Improve solid waste services and facilities
and promote recycling to beautify the County.
Goal 8: Provide adequate and accessible total

health care facilities and promote the County’s
Health Commons and primary care facilities.

Goal 9: Work in collaboration with the Acequia
commissions to improve and maintain acequia access easements.

IX. Transportation

Goal 1: Improve and maintain the County roads’

level of service and condition.

Goal 2: Encourage multi-modal transportation uses,
such as bike lanes and transit services.

Goal 3: Expand access and availability of the
public transit system for all ages.

Goal 4: Improve safety of the roadway system.
Goal 5: Improve and maintain public access

to traditional and communal lands.

X. Hazard Mitigation

Goal 1: Reduce potential loss of life and damage to existing community assets, including structures, critical facilities and infrastructure from all natural and human-caused hazards such as wildfires, flooding, drought, severe weather, earthquakes and contaminants.

Goal 2: Promote disaster-resistant future development by limiting development in high hazard areas.

Goal 3: Promote education of hazard mitigation as a public value in recognition of its importance to the health, safety and welfare of the population.

Goal 4: Enforce and improve fire protection infrastructure for the urban wildland interface.

Goal 5: Upgrade and enhance the County’s emergency response system to ensure that all areas have adequate police, fire and emergency services.

Rio Arriba County Office of Emergency Management

VII. Housing ( Existing Conditions )

Housing Characteristics

Rio Arriba County is unique in that a very large percentage (81.6%) of homes are owned and occupied in comparison to the average for the State of New Mexico (70%). Overall, only 18.4% of Rio Arriba County’s housing units are rented as opposed to 30% of New Mexico housing units overall. These figures reinforce the County’s family-orientation and the historic
ties that residents maintain to the area.
Goal 1: Promote site-built, higher residential density and infill developments in areas where adequate infrastructure exists or will be provided.

Goal 2: Provide incentives and education for affordable home ownership.
Rio Arriba is also notable for its high percentage of mobile homes. At 37% of all homes, the County has almost twice as many mobile homes, per capita, as the state. As neither the City of Española nor Rio Arriba County have adopted affordable housing ordinances, manufactured and mobile housing units currently serve as affordable housing alternatives for the region.
Goal 3: Provide incentives for the rehabilitation
of existing site-built residential structures.

Like many rural areas of the state, Rio Arriba County’s housing stock is old. Eleven percent of housing units were built before 1939, compared to 5.9% of housing units built during that period in New Mexico. In addition to having structural rehabilitation needs, older housing is also at higher risk for lead-based paint.

Goal 4: Encourage the use of sustainable development practices.
The County has more housing units that lack complete plumbing and kitchen facilities and telephone service than the state, and more residents use wood or bottled, tank or propane gas for their household heating needs.
Goal 5: Encourage a diversity of housing opportunities.
With a slightly larger household size than the state of 2.71 persons, Rio Arriba County actually experiences less overcrowding than New Mexico as a whole. Median home values for Rio Arriba are only slightly less than those for New Mexico, at $107,500 vs. $108,100.

Strategies

Making Conncetions

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Rio Arriba County Comprehensive Plan 2008

Task Force Group Meetings.
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VI. Economic Development

What can we Show Each other?
Connectivity Tools can really help us CONNECT.
Example: Oil and Gas
It's in the News!

Goal 8: Improve and expand the telecommunications
system to provide local jobs and education opportunities and to support business growth.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, ESPANOLA COUNTY COMPLEX
ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO
AGENDA
JUNE 4, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-03

TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE PROCESSING AND GRANTING OF APPLICATIONS FOR CHANGE OF USE WITH REGARD TO GAS AND OIL DEVELOPMENT, DRILLING AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES.


Here is an Example of One Community Informing and Educating Us on YouTube.
This area and presentation was brought up in our recent Task Force Meeting.
Part 1 Introduction to the Moratorium

Part 2
Second Segment on Texas Based Approach's
Staking of Location on Undeveloped Land - by Don Schreiber


Think you can find a way to use YouTube?
Need a new Camera? $139.00
Waterproof, 54 min Video, Time Lapse and more. I have Two!
How much GAS and OIL could
we save by using these tools
in our community?

How fast can we share ideas,
information, solutions and....?
FAST!

Our Community and Google Maps

Google Maps has many new features.
One lets us upload Pictures to Google Maps

Show us your Community!
Make sure to "Select the "MORE" Option. and Select "Pictures"
also Wikipedia!

Do you know more LINKS to Maps, Images, or other data we could use?
Comment below or send us a Link.

V. Land and Water - Goals and Implementation Strategies

Rio Ojo Calients River Flows. What's The Danger !

Goal 3: Protect and restore the open spaces and natural resources s
uch as the rivers, riparian areas, cienegas, floodplains, wildlife habitats, forests and grasslands.

Lets look at the Rio Ojo Caliente River and the effects river flows and the effects in our community. The Rio Ojo Caliente River ( REAL TIME RIVER LEVEL INFORMATION )

(14 Landowners in 2005 ) experienced flooding at levels beginning at 400cfs and at higher levels. More flooding. Levels below 400 did not seem to pose much of a hazard to most landowners. All of the damage I saw on these properties was limited to the land. No Structures were involved. I also discovered we ( myself and neighbors ) had little knowledge of the laws, and ordinances which govern our living in the County. We all needed more information.

• Strategy 21: Support and encourage state legislation to protect the
watershed from the infestation of salt cedar and other invasive species and protect riparian areas.

Now lets look at the Rio Ojo Caliente and Flows.

River Level: 2005 to 2008
*click on image for larger view

Beginning in 2005 the Rio Ojo Caliente river experienced levels above 900CFS. This was the year the flows breached a levee (berm) flooding nearly two acres within our communityin 3 hours. This breach in the Levee (bern) has increased from 1’ in 2005 to over 15’ in 2008 and the flooding damages have also increased and more properties are now threatened with the real possibility of more flooding and at lower levels the previously experienced. Now flooding occurs at levels exceeding 350cfs in some areas.

April 2005 the Rio Ojo Caliente River reached levels above 1000cfs.

• Strategy 22: Protect riparian areas, wetlands, springs and watercourses through conservation easements, and establishing a 300’ wide riparian habitat corridor residential/commercial building setback from watercourses with flows greater than 1,000 cfs in a 100 year event (agricultural buildings are exempt from this setback).
*click on image for larger view

During this flow the river flooded several (7 neighbors ) properties along the river course from .5 miles above the confluence of the Rio Chama to 3.5 miles above the confluence of the Rio Chama River

2006 Flooding: County Declares State Of Disaster.
Rio Grande Sun: Flooding: Rio Arriba County Declares State Of Disaster.
This was a difficult time for some residents in our County. Residents on the Rio Chama, Rio Grande and Rio Ojo Caliente Rivers all experienced flooding and NOT Just because of Rivers!

• Strategy 23: Pursue State and Federal funding for forest thinning for urban interface buffers for fire safety, water yield and extended water retention, and to create mosaics of canopy openings to provide better bio-diversity and improve livestock and elk herd management through partnerships with the US Forest Service.
*click on image for larger view

Our Community: Flooding again occurred this spring, but this time the flooding came as a result of the flows from the previous season damages. (* Break in the Levee/Berm ) This was the first time the Rio Ojo Flooded nearly two acres + of neighboring properties and at “Low or Moderate Levels” 300- 400 cfs. Flooding occurred on these properties for a period of 9 days and took another month to subside from the pit area leaving a small pond.

Goal 4: Educate citizens of all ages about the values, history, principles, opportunities and economic benefits of the relationship between land and water so that future generations can continue to work the land.

April 2007 the Rio Ojo Caliente River again flooded these same landowners and 2 other neighbors in our Sub Division. ( Monte De Luz ) and three upstream @ 5. Miles above the confluence of the Rio Chama on the Rio Ojo Caliente:

Strategy 26: Inventory/survey historic and traditional buildings and features and adopt a Historic Landmark Ordinance describing preservation and restoration guidelines and identify programs and incentives for private owners for preservation of historic and cultural properties.
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Rio Ojo Caliente River 2008

Strategy 29: Support and expand community-based sustainable agricultural programs such as 4H programs, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Community Stewardship Organizations (CSO).
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More of the same. Some landowners along the Rio Ojo are experiencing flooding on their lands.

Now Lets Look at PEAK FLOW DATA

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Hydrologic Unit Code 13020102

Latitude 36°20'59.07", Longitude 106°02'39.07" NAD83

Drainage area 419 square miles

Contributing drainage area 419 square miles

Gage datum 6,358.84 feet above sea level NGVD29

1930's to Current. Rio Ojo Caliente River
PEAK STREAM FLOWS
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Do you see something We should note?
How many flows above 1000cfs ?
4000 cfs: Glad I got a boat.
A lot of People are getting WET at 4000cfs.

Surf - The Rio Caliente River Watershed
Citizen-based Groups at work in this watershed (Provided by Adopt your Watershed)
No New Mexico Based CITIZEN GROUPS?
Adopt your Watershed

USGS Real-Time Water Data for New Mexico
*click on image for larger viewOther Rivers That Flow Through Rio Arriba
Our Life Lines... Water!
USGS 08279500 RIO GRANDE AT EMBUDO, NM
USGS 08290000 RIO CHAMA NEAR CHAMITA, NM
USGS 08313000 RIO GRANDE AT OTOWI BRIDGE, NM
Goals and Implementation Strategies
Cost of Natural Diasters In New Mexico

1. Flood – There were sixty three (63) declared disasters for flooding, three of which were federally declared. The total cost for flood events for the time period is $57,709,211

Link List: Sustainable Living. County, State, Federal and Others

NM Regulation & Licensing-CID NM

NM Sustainable Building Tax Credit

Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association

The GBI Central New Mexico

USGBC Resources

USGBCNM

Built Green™ Society of Canada -

Welcome to New Mexico Home Builders Association

Department of Energy - Homepage

U.S. Green Building Council, New Mexico Chapter - USGBCNM

http--www.usg.com-USG_Marketing_Content-usg.com-web_files-Documents-Installation_and_Appl_Guides-DrckCement_Board-Installation

http--www.natresnet.org-standards-taxcredits-05-001.pdf

NM Sustainable Building Tax Credit

Commercial Construction Concrete Buildings Deisgn for Tilt-Up and ICF ( Insulated Concrete Forms )

Future Stone is the Future of Building - proud suppliers of NUDURA ICF building technology

Green Home Building Index

Preview - Rubble-Trench Foundations - Fine Homebuilding Article

Deltec Homes - America's premier round home builder, hurricane resistant and energy efficient

[Cob] Straw Bale Workshop and Natural Building House Tour, El Morro, NM 4-6 June 2004 --That's 35-miles S-W of Grants NM, Charm

Environmentally conscious housing Who decides what's green

Funding Green Buildings

Green Building Sustainable Building Sourcebook

Oikos Green Building Source Energy Efficient Construction Environmentally Responsible Building Green Building Materials

Insitebuilders - all things small, simple and sustainable

Fastfoot Video

Green Building Initiative

http--www.buildgreennm.com-downloads-NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines.pdf

Building America Best Practices Series Volume 1 - Hot-Humid Climate

About the Green Home Building Guidelines

http--www.nahbrc.org-greenguidelines-resources-lifecycle.pdf

New Homes ENERGY STAR

The American Institute of Architects - Good Design, Architect, Knowledge

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

PCA - The Portland Cement Association

http--www.usgbc.org-DisplayPage.aspxCategoryID=19

Prescriptive Method for Insulating Concrete Forms in Residential Construction, Second Edition

http--www.edcmag.com-

ICF Builder Awards - Best Custom Home & Best Overall 2006

Alternative Energy, Baths & Plumbing, Building Systems, Decks & Landscape, Financial & Home Business, Finish Materials, Garages

U.S. Green Building Council

Welcome to BuildGreenNM.com!

Link List: Government Listings Local, State and Federal

Links: ( Please Link to this page to add your "Link" * See Link Tab at end of post.
Better Business Bureau of New Mexico
New Mexico State Judiciary
New Mexico State Government
New Mexico Attorney General
NM Regulation & Licensing-CID NM
New Mexico Department of Labor
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission - NMPRC Home
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission - Financial Management Bureau
New Mexico Public Court Records Search - NM Court Records Lookup
Welcome to the New Mexico Legislature Web Site
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department

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Mahalo-Lynn

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Label: Task Force Meeting Agenda (June 11

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Like I wand all on ADMIN, MEMBERS, GOAL #5 Section 2. Does that make sense?

I’m sure we can Label our Blog so it’s easy for all to use. Again … A living Document. Questions Call Lynn 505-412-2770 or email or comment on the Blog. again Mahalo- Lynn

Task Force Meeting Agenda (June 11,2008 )

1.Introductions
2. County Update
3. Priority List of Implementations and Creation of Sub-Comities
4. Discussions
5. Set Next Meeting Date
6. Adjournment

Note: If any members took notes I can post here.
PLEASE send additions to Lynn Noel OR POST A COMMENT ON THE BLOG using the COMMENT BUTTON.
Next Meeting?
Mahalo-Lynn

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