SOCORRO – Residents from eastern Socorro County were back in full force at the County Commission Tuesday night and their voices were heard loud and clear.
Through resident spokespersons Oliver (Sato) Lee and Sue Waid, they suggested to the commissioners that they amend their resolution regarding the proposed Sun Zia Transmission lines.
“We don’t want the line to cross the river in Socorro County at all,” Lee said.
And the commissioners agreed.
They amended their resolution to say the routing of the lines will result in less impact on the area’s economic, environmental and wildlife resources that would otherwise result from use by Sun Zia of any route across the Rio Grande River. Originally, the resolution went on to say at a point just north of US 380 and San Antonio.
Before the Sun Zia discussion, commissioner Danny Monette addressed the audience. “Sun Zia is working through BLM and we basically don’t have a say-so,” Monette said. “We have voiced our concerns but we all need to talk to BLM.”
County manager Delilah Walsh pointed out that only 17 percent of the land that Sun Zia wants to use is privately owned. “The rest is state land,” Walsh said.
Monette said the commission had three options.
They didn’t have to pass the resolution.
They could approve it as it was written.
Or they could approve it with the amendments they presented.
The commissioners voted to adopt the latter unanimously.
“Is this resolution going to make a difference?” commissioner R.J. Griego said. “Everybody who is here has to knock on BLM’s door because they are the ones who are making the decisions.”
In other business:
• The Commission appointed Zeke Armijo to the Workforce Investment Board and approved Tom Brown to serve on the DWI Council Board.
• The Commission also passed four resolutions that would pave the way for the county to apply for CDBG grant money from HUD.
•The Commission also approved a resolution regarding road signage maintenance.
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