Final pre-meeting update with a few last-minute notes. 

• The P&Z meeting is still scheduled for *tonight* (November 21, 2024) at 6:00pm.
  • Location: Town Hall of Edgewood Commission Chambers, 171-A State Rd. 344, Edgewood, NM 87015 (Google Maps Link). 
• Regarding public comments, Edgewood announced (via their Facebook); 
  • "Rules of evidence must be followed. All legally-affected parties will have the opportunity to present evidence as their testimony. Legally-affected parties are the applicant and adjacent property owners.
    As a courtesy to the community, 45 minutes of public comment from other parties will be heard. A limit of 1 minute per speaker will apply."
  • As a result, please do your best to focus on the harm and verifiable evidence (regulatory/process violations, incorrect data points, etc...) to make your statement as relevant and applicable as possible. This is of utmost importance.
• You may still hand-deliver a letter tonight, if you have not already. 
• You should anticipate a full-house, and plan travel accordingly.
• Please join the EMPAC mailing list via https://theempac.org/contact/. This is the best way to stay apprised moving forward.
  • If you are able, please consider donating there to EMPAC, NOT here on change.org.

Some key data points to keep in mind:

1. Currently, 1630 people have signed this petition. We are on pace to exceed 1700 by the time of the meeting. This petition has been active for 9 days at this point.
2. Please review the latest announcement from EMPAC, which includes the letter delivered to Edgewood.
3. Please review the summary and letter provided TO Edgewood P&Z BY their own attorney/counsel. This highlights some significantly risky specifics of the approach being considered tonight, from a legal standpoint.
   1. "In sum, I'm NOT optimistic that Campbell can rely on the 1999 Ordinance."
4. As outlined in the above letter and discussed elsewhere, there is no legal precedent for using previous Ordinance/code unless there is vested rights have been established via;
   
   1. Application approvaed by a regulatory body (Edgewood P&Z)
   2. AND they (CR) have taken some action in reliance on that approval (eg. projects in progress)
   3. "I did not see anything in those provisions or annotations suggesting that approval of a master plan should permit a developer to proceed under the zoning regulations existing at the time of approval."
5. NM supreme court has established, via precedent, that master plans are "flexible and advisory", ... "the master plan, being only a resolution, does not bind the City to any specific procedures as would an ordinance.".
   
   1. Thus, at time of first approval, Subdivision Ord 1999-R would be binding while the Master Plan (both then and now, revised) are not. Latest Subdvision Ordinance (2019-04) should, by law, take priority.
6. Multiple data points cited in the CRMP are arguable - at best incorrect and at worst intentionally misleading. See previous update here , specifically sections near the end with references around annual precipitation, basin status, wildlife evaluation & conservancy, and re-plat/sub-dividing requirements.
7. Bernalillo County has denied, with cause, this proposal in the past.
   1. BernCO Commission recently stated CR "poses a severe and unacceptable threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the East Mountains...", in an opposition letter from Nov 2024.
8. No sufficient plan has been communicated around necessary public infrastructure (fire, police, education, traffic, ...) or basic living requirements (utilities to include water) and there is no enforce-ability by Edgewood or other parties to ensure any of these "sub-developers" proceed with these considerations in mind.

Thank you again to everyone lending voice to this situation. If you'd like to chat in-person, volunteers from EMPAC and myself will be available. Don't hesitate to come say hi. Regardless of outcome this evening, know that this conversation is not over and will be fought as long as necessary. Please continue to spread the word, engage, and if possible contribute to EMPAC as we move forward. You should also be aware of the "Solar Farm" proposal, which you can read about here.