Sandoval County commissioners on Wednesday approved what is normally a routine request, but not before several Placitas residents voiced their opposition to the project at its center.
The Placitas Artists Series is seeking grant money for planning and design of a plaza-style outdoor space in the unincorporated village. The description in the agenda reads in part: “the creation of a master plan, architectural, engineering and surveying services to design an outdoor plaza style space, weave in hiking and bike trails, pedestrian interface … and safe routes to school to improve walkability of the core village area of Placitas, as well as looking at the entrance or arrival to the core of Placitas in an artful way and creating the design for an artful environment.”
The organization asked the county to serve as fiscal agent, a role a local government would fill for a nonprofit that receives money from the state. The fiscal agent receives and disburses that money, ensuring compliance with requirements set forth by the granting agency…