STAGECOACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (SNA) NEWSLETTER
Spring/Summer 2010
The SNA is
a Domestic Non-Profit Corporation registered with the State of New Mexico
– NMPRC 2184083. The SNA covers Zones 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 as defined
in the SNA Land Use Ordinance which can be viewed in detail by going to
the SNA website, www.stagecoachhills.com. Board members work for the SNA
on a voluntary basis and are not compensated. SNA funds collected are
used to support the vision for the community.
Board
The current board of directors and officers are:
Julie LeBlanc – President
Bonnie Golden – Vice President
Ursula Jones – Secretary
Aaron Isabel- Treasurer
Peter Kolshorn - Director
Mary Lane Leslie – Director
Tony Palma – Director
Jerry Hansen – Director
Anyone interested in running for the board in October 2010, please contact
any of the above board members. It is important to support our community
and vision for SNA, and, one way is to serve on the board. Please consider
becoming an active member of our board.
The vision for SNA, as stated
in the “Vision Statement and Goals” is that of a “rural
community which continues to encourage residential and agricultural use
of the land with appropriate compatible commercial development. Central
to the vision is the conservation of our scenic beauty, rural nature and
existing natural resources of the area. We envision constant efforts towards
improvement of the safety, security, heath, welfare, peaceful enjoyment,
and economic well being of our residents.”
Because of the commitment to our vision for SNA, the board is always presented
with interesting issues to address.
Website
The SNA supports a website “ www.stagecoachhills.com” which
contains the following:
Calendar, Announcements, Newsletter, Tune Drive RMA, Land Use Ordinance,
Board and Minutes, and a new area for trading or giving away items within
the neighborhood.
Please take some time to look at it in the future. It contains valuable
information for all who have interest in what’s going on.
Committees
Long Range Infrastructure Committee is developing ideas for the future
on the SNA area. This committee is chaired by Mary Lane Leslie. If you
are interested in how the SNA is developed in the future, you can join
this committee by contacting Mary
Lane Leslie.
The Development Standards
Advisory Board continues to review architectural plans for new homes and
business plans for new businesses before construction begins. This is
done to ensure compliance with the SNA Land Use Ordinance. This committee
is chaired by Johannes Kolshorn. This board is composed of representatives
from each of the SNA zones. Johannes represents the Tune zone. For more
information, or to join, contact Johannes
Kolshorn.
The Welcoming Committee, composed of Kim Hansen, Dean Pulver, Abby Salsbury
and Linda Thompson, is working on a welcoming approach for newcomers.
This might be an information package and telephone call to newcomers.
The responsibilities of this committee are to meet and greet new residents,
inform them of the SNA, and convey information to help them in the community.
If you wish to help on this committee please contact Kim, Dean, Abby or
Linda.
SNA Dues
SNA dues are voluntary and currently $20.00/yr. This money will be used
wisely to support efforts to maintain the vision for the community!
All community property owners are members, whether they pay dues or not,
so please join in, come to our meetings, and participate in helping to
keep our community beautiful.
Linda Thompson, Dean Pulver and Aaron Isabel will be working on a dues
raising letter for 2010 over the next month. If you wish to participate
please contact one of them.
Your past contributions have been deposited in the SNA Checking Account
at People’s Bank in Taos, NM. Some of these funds have been used
to pay for the annual corporation filing, Escrow for the land settlement
of the Tune Pit, postage, and copying.
We expect we will be using some for lawyers to help remove abandoned cars
in the near future.Some of the latest issues that the SNA board has been
addressing:
- Huevel Gravel Pit Reclamation – After several correspondences
with the county and Jeff Huevel’s lawyer, Mr. Kelan Emery, the SNA
agreed that the rules and regulations stated by the County of Taos would
govern what constituted the reclamation of the gravel pit. The reclamation
is underway. The seeding of the land will occur before September 2010.
At that time, the county will make an inspection as to whether the land
is in compliance with rules and regulations.
-Development Standards Board – A change in workflow for new building
permits was requested March 4, 2010. This request was sent by letter to
the Taos County Planning Department. It requested that all requests to
build be sent to the SNA and the SNA would route the request to the SNA
Development Standards Advisory Board. The Advisory Board would then review
it, and, the SNA Board of Directors would approve or deny the request.
This has occurred and we are currently using this approach. This avoids
potential liability issues for the Advisory Board.
-Land Use Ordinance – The County is currently changing their land
use ordinances. They will be having pubic meetings on this subject this
summer. There are seven neighborhood associations trying to get their
land use ordinances approved by the county.
They are working very closely with the county to have them attached to
the county ordinance changes. The county has requested the two neighborhood
associations who have had their ordinances approved
and attached to the county ordinance to restructure their ordinances into
a common template. Since only Upper Las Colonias and Stagecoach have had
their ordinances approved, the county would like us to put our current
ordinance into the county’s template. We have agreed to this, and
Linda Thompson, Terry Thompson, Julie LeBlanc and Johannes Kolshorn will
work on this.
Future News Letters
If you would like something published in future newsletters, please send
an e-mail to Julie. Comments
are also invited----
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