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The mood of Thursday’s special meeting of the Rio Rancho Governing Board was downright festive as it approved an ordinance making the city fiscal agent for a Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) grant awarded to Deluxe Design, a local signage company.Several factors contributed to the board’s mood, including this being the first time the city’s been involved with a LEDA grant.
In the future RR can look forward to many things including roads, community events, funding for traveling education exhibits in public libraries, refurbishing public facilities, more inspector positions, and emergency vehicles and supplies.
Monthly NAIOP attendees are used to sitting down at the meetings, which lately have been at Premiere Cinemas. Those who went to the July 14 meeting were also sitting down – most of the way, at least – but this time in an air-conditioned luxury bus, and treated to a ride taking in and hearing about City of Vision current and future assets – namely buildings and neighborhoods being erected.
Does the city really need to regulate whether or not signs are in the public right of way? And what about flagpoles?At Tuesday’s Governing Body Work Session Meeting, these questions resulted in a great deal of spirited discussion