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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Campbell Services Deal Moves Forward

By Lee Ross
Mountain View Telegraph
    An agreement for Bernalillo County to provide fire protection and other services to the Campbell Ranch development appears to be moving forward.
    Edgewood town attorney David Henderson presented an update on the formation of a Public Improvement District (PID) for Campbell Ranch at the July 18 Edgewood Town Council meeting.
    Campbell Ranch is an 8,000-acre master-planned community, east of N.M. 14 and north of Frost Road, that was annexed by the town of Edgewood in 2001. Representatives from Edgewood, Bernalillo County and the property's owner, Campbell Corp., have been working on the PID for several years.
    The PID is Campbell Ranch's proposed method of providing services such as fire protection, emergency medical and animal control services and infrastructure such as water and electricity to the area.
    The intention is for Campbell Ranch to take charge of funding those services
    "The PID will be funded, ultimately, by taxes that are imposed upon property owners," Henderson said. "(It) doesn't leave the current citizens of the town of Edgewood holding the bag."
    The majority of the planned community is in Bernalillo County, as opposed to Santa Fe County, where the rest of Edgewood is located.
    According to Jim Lindeman, vice president of construction for Campbell Corp., the PID will initially operate using services from Bernalillo County.
    Lindeman characterized recent activity by Bernalillo, Edgewood and Campbell Corp. as steady progress, adding that he is trying to move the process along now.
    "(The) PID is one of the principal requirements for us to start the physical development process ... (we are) pushing it pretty steady now," he said.
    To that end, the involved parties are looking at a preliminary draft agreement between Bernalillo County and Edgewood for those services.
    "It's basically a fill-in for the services that Edgewood is not able to provide yet," Lindeman said in a phone interview Monday.
    Edgewood Councilor Chuck Ring said in a phone interview Monday that the council "had a document from Campbell that came from Bernalillo County they were presenting to us for consideration."
    He said the council was advised not to sign anything just yet.
    "Everybody has certain things they have to do, and until everybody does what they have to do ..." Ring said.
    Ring didn't say anything more specific about the status of the agreement, but he did indicate that it is possible Henderson will not be the town attorney in the near future.
    He said a request for proposals for a town attorney was sent out, but Henderson did not respond by the deadline.
    With regard to the PID and other things Henderson has been involved with as legal counsel while on the Edgewood staff, Ring said he would appreciate Henderson's continued help on a contractual basis in the future.
    "He's got the experience, he knows what happened in the very beginning," Ring said.