The Las Cruces City Council voted this evening to put off consideration of a 6,000-acre development on the
The council will now consider The Vistas at Presidio at 5 p.m. on that day.
The move comes after the attorney general said Friday that voting today, as scheduled, on the annexation of the 4,200 acres that aren’t in the city would be illegal. State statutes require a vote on that annexation between May 16 and June 15, the attorney general said.
The council still could have voted on the portion of the project that’s in the city limits at today’s meeting, but opted to consider the entire project at once.
A representative of the developer and a citizens’ group that has been pushing for a delay to allow more time for public input both agreed to the delay.
Dave Campbell, representing the developer, said he believes there has already been extensive opportunity for public input and he hopes “the next time that we all join forces on this would be the 21st of May.”
But District 6 Councilor Ken Miyagishima said he plans to hold a meeting in his district on the proposal before that meeting. City Manager Terrence Moore said he has made his office available for small meetings involving citizen groups and the developer, and will sum up the contents of any such meetings at the May 21 meeting.