CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-23-113 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
RESOLUTION
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Updating The 2014 Rail Yards Master Plan Which Provides The Policy Framework And Regulations To Guide The Redevelopment Of The Rail Yards Site (Benton)
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UPDATING THE 2014 RAIL YARDS MASTER PLAN WHICH PROVIDES THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND REGULATIONS TO GUIDE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RAIL YARDS SITE.
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards site is located on Tract A, Plat of Tract A, AT&SF Railway Company Machine Shop, located on Second Street SW between Cromwell Avenue SW and Hazeldine Avenue SW, and containing approximately 27.3 acres; and
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards site is zoned Planned Development (PD) and the Rail Yards Master Plan serves as the Site Plan - EPC, as required by the PD zone in the Integrated Development Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards site was purchased by the City in November 2007; and
WHEREAS, the City purchased the site in order to preserve the historic structures and to facilitate redevelopment of the site; and
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards Master Plan was adopted in 2014; and
WHEREAS, in the nine years since the Master Plan was adopted there have been numerous changes related to the site: the City has taken the role of master developer, significant physical improvements have been made to the north end of the site, and the Integrated Development Ordinance has been adopted; and
WHEREAS, the Master Plan has been updated to reflect these changed conditions, though no changes were made to the policy framework or the regulatory entitlements; and
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards Advisory Board met and reviewed the updates four times in April 2022, June 2022, November 2022, and January 2023, and all meetings were open and advertised to the public; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 13-272 requires that the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) review and City Council approve the Rail Yards Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the EPC reviewed the update to the Rail Yards Master Plan at the April 20, 2023 hearing and recommended approval; and
WHEREAS, the updates to the Rail Yards Master Plan continue to further a preponderance of Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies, and continue to reflect the community’s vision for the preservation and redevelopment of the Rail Yards site as articulated through the public engagement that informed the creation of the 2014 Rail Yards Master Plan, and the updates to the document ensure that the Rail Yards Master Plan continues to be the guiding document for the redevelopment of the site.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The 2014 Rail Yards Master Plan is hereby updated. The updated 2023 Rail Yards Master Plan and its accompanying Site Plan and Landscaping Plan are attached as Exhibit A to this bill.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this resolution. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provisions being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect five days after publication by title and general summary.
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