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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 |
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When a new draft for a municipal sewer ordinance comes to the Village Council April 9, it will not require property owners along Corrales’ business district to hook up to the system. At least that’s the way Mayor Phil Gasteyer thinks he can get the system finally up and running, probably starting with installation of liquids-only pumps at septic tanks where owners want to start using the sewer line as quickly as possible. |
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 |
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Is chaining a dog to a stake or post in the backyard cruel? How about attaching the dog’s leash to a clothesline or other line that allows Fido to run along a specific track, but not freely around the yard? Both those circumstances are addressed in a proposed Village ordinance under discussion at the April 9 Village Council meeting. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, across from Wells Fargo Bank. |
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 |
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Late this summer, over a two-month period, traffic lanes along Corrales Road and East Ella Drive will be closed briefly for a construction project that should solve the chronic problem of storm water ponding on the roadway. |
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 |
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 |
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As you drive around Corrales, do you wonder what’s behind some of those adobe walls and coyote fences? Would you believe there might be vegetables growing in a xeric garden? Or fabulous sculptures intermingled with the majestic trees and gardens? This is just the beginning of what you will experience during this year’s Corrales Garden Tour. |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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An engineering evaluation of options for using the sewer line buried along the east side of Corrales Road will be presented at a Village Council work-study session Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. Can the sewer pipe be used with grinder pumps (eliminating both septic tank and leachfield) at each home or business in the community’s business district, or will the system installed only work properly with pumps for liquids-only waste as originally designed?
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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Permission to erect a cell phone tower at the west end of Academy Drive, near the Corrales Main Canal (Loma Larga) has been requested by former Academy Furniture owner Ron Turner. The request for a variance from the Village’s height regulations to allow installation of a 65-foot communications tower on the property Turner owns near the old Sandia View Academy will be heard at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Wednesday, April 17. |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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Strong community support turned out for an animal welfare crisis last month when Village officials evacuated dozens of animals from an abandoned home off Sagebrush Drive. The home at 85 Ida Court may be demolished if an evaluation paid for by the Village reveals it cannot be remediated from a condition considered a public health hazard. |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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No findings had been reported as of March 4 regarding allegations that Mayor Phil Gasteyer illegally convened a closed session of the Village Council to avoid public comment on the controversial sewer project. |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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Now that all municipal facilities other than the Old Church and its annex are powered by solar electric panels, Corrales has a photovoltaic generating capacity of more than 829 kilowatts. Most of the 152 solar electric installations in Corrales are on private property at home sites throughout the village, said Public Service Company of New Mexico’s Jody Karp. |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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The long-running controversy over Corrales coyote control is about to get even more contentious. Village government’s policy for the past dozen years focusing on non-lethal, humane measures to deter coyote predations may be challenged at the February 26 meeting of the Village Council. |
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