Email, write or call your Commissioners. Attend the October 19 Commissioners Meeting

Alto Coalition for Enviromental Preservation is on the agenda for October 19 Commissioner Meeting. The more people who come to the meeting, the better. It is also offered to attend by Zoom. Meeting starts at 8:30, but public comments and agenda items start at 9:30.

Attend to show your concern about a Cement Batch Plant on Hwy 220 in Alto. In the meantime, email, write or call the commisisoners and express your opposition to all of them, including the County Manager. Alto (District 4) Commissioner, Tom Stewart, tried to express & get on record disapproval of a cement plant in this primarily residential, tourist area, but none of the other commissiones would agree to vote, much less even second his motion. So this October 19 is our chance to make the commissioners take a stand.

COUNTY MANAGER: Ira Pearson

575-648-2385 ext. 101, ipearson@lincolncountynm.gov, 300 Central Avenue, P.O. Box 711 Carrizozo, NM 88301

District 1: COMMISSIONER TODD PROCTOR

505-401-2922, PO Box 745 Capitan, NM 88316, tproctor@lincolncountynm.gov

District 2: COMMISSIONER LYNN WILLARD

575-404-1794, 109 Nogal Place Ruidoso, NM 88345, lynnwillardlincolncounty@gmail.com

District 3: COMMISSIONER JON CRUNK

575-937-0461, 127 Sleepy Hollow Road Ruidoso, NM 88345, jcrunk@lincolncountynm.gov

District 4: COMMISSIONER TOM STEWART

575-973-7363, PO Box 515 Alto, NM 88312, tstewart@lincolncountynm.gov

District 5: COMMISSIONER ELAINE ALLEN

575-653-4251 PO Box 74 Lincoln, NM 88338 eeaela@yahoo.com

Below is a letter Tom Stewart sent to a constituent in July 2021 expressing his concern and efforts to get the County to somehow stop, or a least voice oppostion, to the building of a cement plant.

From: Tom Stewart To: Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 11:38:48 AM MDT Subject: RE: Is it true about a proposed cement plant in your district?

Unfortunately, the Board of County Commissioners does not have the authority to prevent this project.

I happen to agree with you and wish I could do more than write a letter myself to the NMED who has the authority to not grant the permit for the facility. I brought this issue to the Board of County Commissioners at their meeting of June 15. We had a good discussion on the issue and I made a motion to oppose the plant to NMED….but I could not get a second. Regret to say my fellow commissioners did not want the county to express an opinion to NMED. Needless to say , I am dismayed.

I told everyone on the Zoom call to write NMED to ask that the permit not be approved and provide as much detail as possible. The property owners of Legacy Lane are apparently represented by Attorney Freda McSwane and former Judge Counts of her law firm. Sonterra Property owners also appear to be mounting a protest. This proposed use of the property will be a disaster.

Regret I can’t do more, Tom Stewart