Town Hall Meeting on South Valley Incorporation

I am a member of the South Valley Incorporation Group, which has as its motto "Preserving the South Valley's Agrarian and Historical Character Through Self-Governance" and which seeks to form a new city out of the unincorporated areas of the South Valley.

My particular interest in this issue is as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Atrisco.  Although the common lands of the Atrisco Land Grant have been sold to SunCal Companies, there is a group of us diehards who want to maintain some kind of profile for the Land Grant. As such, the future of the South Valley is of vital interest to us, and, in particular, we want to keep an eye on SunCal, which got our land grant for a fire sale price and now SunCal wants the public to help finance their development via Tax Increment Development District (TIDD) arrangements.

Below is a flyer announcing a town hall meeting on the issue of incorporation.  If a new city is formed, it would comprise 50,000 inhabitants.
Posted by Richard Griego

South Valley Town Hall Meeting
Basics of Incorporation - What Does It Take to Form Our Own City?

                                        April 23, 7:00 PM
                 Rio Grande High School Performing Arts Building
                           
Presenters:

*Randy Van Vleck - Chief Counsel for the New Mexico Municipal League: The Basics of Incorporation

*Mike Ciesielski - Pajarito Resident: Summary of Meetings With Albuquerque City Councilors

*Representative Miguel P. García- South Valley Legislator: Funding for Census and Incorporation Election

*Lee Reynis - UNM Bureau of Business Research: Feasibility Study on Incorporation

                       Sponsored by South Valley Incorporation Group
For more information call 877-8131 or 873-5317

The following is a map of the proposed area (in yellow) for incorporation (click on the map to get a larger image):

Comments

[Celeste M. Wheeler]

I am a resident of the South Valley, more specifically Anderson Hills, a new subdivision off Dennis Chavez and south of 98th St. Our address is Albuquerque. It is my understanding that all new homes built in subdivisions in the South Valley are incorporated into Albuquerque. Am I correct? If so, I presume they would not be included in a South Valley City, should the people who live here choose that option in the future. I, for one, choose to remain a resident of Albuquerque with all the benefits that association provides.