Editorial: Support all RR workers no matter their income
Story by Editorial | Apr 4, 2021 | Editorial, Opinion |
Income level does not determine a person’s value or level of morality.
Nor should a community be closed to new people.
Why, then, do the ideas of apartments and someone with a lower income living nearby seem to terrify many people in Rio Rancho, especially when apartment tenants must pass background checks?
Over and over in public meetings, some people with nice homes on large lots fight proposed development of apartment complexes and neighborhoods with smaller lots.
Some concerns, like traffic, are legitimate, should be addressed and can often be mitigated with infrastructure improvements.
Governing body stops developer from building apartments
Rio Rancho Governing Body members voted 5-1 to decline to allow construction of an apartment complex for families with children, senior citizens and workers meeting certain income criteria near Loma Colorado and Northern boulevards.
City Councilor Paul Wymer cast the sole vote in favor of the 219-unit Tirol Housing LLC project at the virtual meeting Thursday night. Councilor Karissa Culbreath was absent, so Mayor Gregg Hull could vote.
Jim Strozier of Consensus Planning and Casey Cameron of Tirol Housing applied for a land-use zoning change from special use for retail to multi-family housing for the 9.7 acres north of Lowe’s on Loma Colorado Boulevard.