Rio Communities Posts Planning and Zoning Agenda for March 5 Meeting

The City of Rio Communities posted a Planning & Zoning Commission agenda on its Agendas & Minutes portal Posted Mar. 2 for a meeting listed as “Planning and Zoning Meeting 03/05/2026 - 4:00pm.” The agenda file attached to the listing is labeled “Agenda (177 KB)” and the portal includes a calendar entry for March 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM.

The city’s Agendas & Minutes portal shows the Planning & Zoning Commission page with navigation items for Agendas/Minutes, City Council, Economic Development Commission, Library Board and Planning & Zoning Commission, and a link text reading “View the Planning & Zoning Commission Calendar.” The posted listing indicates the standard meeting location is City Council Chambers at 360 Rio Communities Blvd., Rio Communities, NM 87002, and instructs that “A COPY OF THE AGENDA MAY BE PICKED UP AT CITY HALL, 360 RIO COMMUNITIES BLVD, RIO COMMUNITIES, NM 87002.” City Hall staff can be reached at (505) 861-6803 and the city provided an email for written public comments: info@riocommunities.net.

The publicly posted agenda PDF is 177 KB but the extracts available online show template language and placeholders rather than specific docket items; items appear as “Consideration of XXXX” and numbered lines such as “1.Discussion, Consideration, and Decision –” and “2.Discussion, Consideration, and Decision – […]”. The Planning & Zoning page also includes procedural template language for public hearings such as the instruction to make a “Motion and roll call vote to recess Planning and Zoning Meeting session and to go into Public Hearing” and later to return to the meeting session by motion and roll call.

Public comment procedures on the posted template include a written-comment deadline and in-person rules. The agenda copy retains the template sentence: “The Commission will take public comments in written form via email through 2:45 PM on Thursday MONTH XX, 202X to info@riocommunities.net. These comments will be distributed to all Commissioners for review.” For in-person remarks the agenda notes: “The Commission will allow each member of the public three (3) minutes to address the Commission.” The template also instructs decorum: “Both the public and Planning & Zoning Commission will follow rules of decorum. Give your name and where you live. The public will direct comments to the Commission. Comment(s) will not be disruptive or derogatory. The Commission will not take action or engage in discussion regarding the comments made or received, but when appropriate the matters raised may be referred to staff or others for further” (text truncated in the posted extract).

The Planning & Zoning section on the portal links to other planning documents including a “Rio Communities Master Drainage Plan” and the city’s comprehensive-plan language about local governance. That statement reads in part: “governance of Rio Communities is committed to fostering an informed citizenry by actively engaging and being responsive to all residents, young and old, in the planning and development of a safe and aesthetic community with a diversified local economy...” The portal lists Rio Communities’ ten zoning designations and notes that “the addition of a 300 acre Industrial Park (I-3) may be forthcoming, pending Council and Annexation Commission approval.” The comprehensive plan also contains specific planning suggestions, including “Promote converting Manzano Expressway to a State Road” and a proposal that new sidewalks be a minimum of 6 feet in width to improve Title 6/ADA compliance.

Legal and access notes on the posted agenda reiterate statutory and ADA guidance: “NOTE: THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO REVISION UP TO 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MEETING DATE AND TIME (NMSA 10-15-1 F).” For auxiliary aids the agenda instructs: “IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY WHO IS IN NEED OF A READER, AMPLIFIER, QUALIFIED SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER OR ANY OTHER FORM OF AUXILIARY AND OR SERVICE TO ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK AT 505-861-6803 AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE MEETING OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.” The March 5 Planning & Zoning meeting remains scheduled for 4:00 PM in City Council Chambers, 360 Rio Communities Blvd.