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Rio Communities schedules Feb. 21 community clean-up, posts Feb. 23 council agenda

Rio Communities held a community clean-up at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 to remove neighborhood and roadside litter. The city also posted its Feb. 23 council agenda but provided no item details.

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Rio Communities schedules Feb. 21 community clean-up, posts Feb. 23 council agenda
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Rio Communities mobilized residents for a city clean-up that began at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, a city posting labeled "# City Clean Up Saturday, February 21, 2026 @7:00am" said the event was intended to remove neighborhood and roadside litter and improve public spaces. The event page included a "Supporting Documents" area with a "PDF icon" and a "Printer-friendly version" link, indicating materials were posted for volunteers though no route maps or staging points appeared on the page.

The city’s Public Works Department is listed as the contact for the clean-up. The page names Public Works Director Andy Quintana with email aquintana@riocommunities.net and Public Works Worker Daisha Daffin with email ddaffin@riocommunities.net. The municipal contact block repeats the physical address and phone line: "360 Rio Communities Blvd Rio Communities, NM 87002 P: 505-861-6803 F: 505-861-6803," and the page footer shows "360 Rio Communities Blvd. | Rio Communities, NM 87002 | (505)861-6803."

Alongside the clean-up notice, the city posted its regular business/council meeting agenda for Feb. 23. The posted item identifies the date but the captured page did not include meeting times, venue, or specific agenda items; the short report title noted the posting but was truncated and supplied no further agenda details. Because no agenda content was visible on the event page, residents seeking specifics on Feb. 23 business items will need to consult the city’s posted documents or the city clerk.

The city web page layout captured the navigation and social links that accompanied the notices; the header area included the single word "facebook" and top navigation entries "Home" with repeated layout placeholders "Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3" visible on the scraped content. Those page elements suggest the notices were published on the city’s official web presence and may be mirrored on the city Facebook page.

Practical questions remain from the posted clean-up materials: the event page did not list volunteer assembly locations, whether gloves or trash bags would be provided, or how collected litter would be hauled. The Public Works contact information on the page is the direct channel for clarifying logistics: Andy Quintana (aquintana@riocommunities.net) or Daisha Daffin (ddaffin@riocommunities.net), or by phone at (505) 861-6803. The duplicated phone and fax listing (505-861-6803) appears twice on the page and is the primary number shown for follow-up.

Rio Communities’ back-to-back postings - a community clean-up on Feb. 21 and aFeb. 23 council agenda - reflect parallel efforts to engage the public and maintain municipal transparency; however, the posted materials available on the city page provide contact names and documents but stop short of operational details that volunteers and observers typically need.

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