Rio Rancho has crossed 19 items off its five-year to-do list. Six more are still “on deck,” including a rewrite of the map that guides where new homes and businesses can grow. City staff want councilors to decide whether those goals stay in the lineup or head for the dugout.
Ryan Armijo, deputy director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, delivered the year-three update on the city’s 2023-2028 strategic plan during a Sept. 24 governing body work session. Of the plan’s 70 objectives, 19 are complete, 45 are in progress and six haven’t started, according to the city’s report.
Armijo pointed to several wins. The state’s Site Readiness advisory committee unanimously approved about $1.5 million for work at City Center. Fire Station 8 is under construction, and the real-time crime center is 95% complete. The city will receive more than $2 million in congressionally directed spending for a second aquifer injection well, championed by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján…