February 5, 2007
Dear Sir/Madam,
Catron County is currently engaged in revising
its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (“Comprehensive
Plan”), a process which occurs approximately
every fifteen years. As Comprehensive Plans
are used to guide County decision making to
reflect the desires of the Citizens of Catron
County, public involvement is an extremely
important component of the revision process.
This letter begins scoping for the Plan,
which is an early and open process for identifying
actions, impacts, issues and recommended alternatives
for solutions to be addressed in the Plan.
Scoping requires involvement of the Comprehensive
Plan revision staff, members of the public,
and public agencies in focusing the scope of
the document by identifying issues of concern
for detailed evaluation and consideration,
while eliminating issues of minor relevance,
and ideally identifies the most important items
for detailed assessment.
Below are known issues to be addressed.
Impacts on:
- Use, availability and quality of water
- Supply and markets for timber and wood
products
- Range and livestock forage availability
and quality, permits
- Wildlife, outfitting and hunting
- Economy, including tourism and recreation
- Other natural resource uses such as mining
and off-road vehicles
- County infrastructure such as EMS, law
enforcement, fire departments, roads, solid
waste.
Scoping comments will be accepted during
the 55 day period from February 5, 2007 through
March 31, 2007. Additionally, public meetings
will be held during the week of February 5
through 9, 2007 at six locations around Catron
County. Comments must be submitted in writing,
and may be mailed to Lif Strand, Catron County
Comprehensive Plan Revision Staff, HC 32 Box
312, Quemado NM 87829, or emailed to cccp_scoping@catroncounty.net
or faxed to (505) 212-0108. All comments will
become part of the public document and will
be available for public view. Comments must
be received on or before March 31, 2007.
Copies of the 1992 Catron County Comprehensive
Land Use Plan may be obtained at the Catron
County Commission office for a fee of $20 ($25
if mailed), may be viewed at no charge at the
Catron County Commission office, or you may
access the 1992 version at no charge at www.catroncounty.net/cccp.
The revision of the Comprehensive Plan will
be completed and made available to those who
have submitted comments and to those who have
requested to be included on the revision project
mailing list for a fee of $20 ($25 if mailed).
The Plan will also available to view at no
charge at the Catron County Commission office,
or may be accessed at no charge at www.catroncounty.net/cccp.
Completion of the revision of the Comprehensive
Plan is estimated to be in July, 2007.
For additional information, please comment
Lif Strand or the Catron County Commission
office.
Sincerely,
/s/ Ed Wehrheim, Chairman
Catron County Commission |