The next meeting of the Abeytas-Sabinal Zoning District will be Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM at the Sabinal Community Center. All meetings are open to the public.
Abeytas-Sabinal Zoning District Committee Minutes
November 12, 2025
Meeting called to order at 6:17pm
Commissioners Sandoval, Salas and Black in attendance. Approximately 20 public in attendance.
The Agenda and Minutes were motioned and approved.
Candidates for Commission Openings – J.D Bowers, James Husbands and Leo Carbajal have volunteered to be considered for the 2 commission vacancies.
The Resolution to move the meetings to once a month was signed and will become effective with the December 10th meetings.
The Resolution to have the Steering committee move forward was signed and they can now begin their ordinance activity.
Reach out Committee – There is now signage identifying when and where the meetings will be held outside the fire department. Notices are also placed in the local paper. Additional follow up will be done to investigate why the Valencia paper is not publishing the notices. Thanks to those from the district that helped with Food Pantry Distribution. Beth Crowder, Stephanie Lopez and Dolores ?? are part of the Reach out Committee
Veteran’s Day Celebration – Commissioner Salas highlighted the events that took place at La Promesa elementary school to honor the Veterans. Acknowledgement to those in the audience that have served. We appreciate your service.
Public comment – Mr Tinnins asked if the emails and phone numbers of the attendees could be shared with all in attendance. The Reach out committee will work on preparing this. The board was presented a copy of a petition to Dissolve the Zoning commission in its entirety. The official copy has been mailed and should be received in the next few days.
Open Discussion – Commissioner Black will reach out to the MRGCD to see if they will update us on the status of ditches and activity to prepare for the upcoming season. All were informed that the commission would be holding a Holiday lighting contest. More information will be provided at the December meeting.
The next meeting will be on December 10th 2025 at 6:00pm. The meeting was adjourned at
November 12, 2025
Meeting called to order at 6:17pm
Commissioners Sandoval, Salas and Black in attendance. Approximately 20 public in attendance.
The Agenda and Minutes were motioned and approved.
Candidates for Commission Openings – J.D Bowers, James Husbands and Leo Carbajal have volunteered to be considered for the 2 commission vacancies.
The Resolution to move the meetings to once a month was signed and will become effective with the December 10th meetings.
The Resolution to have the Steering committee move forward was signed and they can now begin their ordinance activity.
Reach out Committee – There is now signage identifying when and where the meetings will be held outside the fire department. Notices are also placed in the local paper. Additional follow up will be done to investigate why the Valencia paper is not publishing the notices. Thanks to those from the district that helped with Food Pantry Distribution. Beth Crowder, Stephanie Lopez and Dolores ?? are part of the Reach out Committee
Veteran’s Day Celebration – Commissioner Salas highlighted the events that took place at La Promesa elementary school to honor the Veterans. Acknowledgement to those in the audience that have served. We appreciate your service.
Public comment – Mr Tinnins asked if the emails and phone numbers of the attendees could be shared with all in attendance. The Reach out committee will work on preparing this. The board was presented a copy of a petition to Dissolve the Zoning commission in its entirety. The official copy has been mailed and should be received in the next few days.
Open Discussion – Commissioner Black will reach out to the MRGCD to see if they will update us on the status of ditches and activity to prepare for the upcoming season. All were informed that the commission would be holding a Holiday lighting contest. More information will be provided at the December meeting.
The next meeting will be on December 10th 2025 at 6:00pm. The meeting was adjourned at
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