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We are individuals in the community, many of us residents of Alameda, native New Mexicans, coming together to protect the land we love. We believe Alameda should remain rural and are working to protect our beloved homes and surrounding areas from further urban encroachment. 

As such, we have organized and established a non-profit organization to work to benefit and protect Alameda, its people, and a rural way of life.

We are currently facing two proposed large-scale builds in the area and have decided to take action against this type of development within our community based on safety, traffic, land-use, environmental and other concerns such development would bring to the area and negatively impact our already stressed community.

This current appeal is regarding the 9600 2nd Street Appeal - County Commission case No. ZCOA2026-0013

The appeal challenges the County Planning Commission (CPC)’s July 1, 2026 Notice of Decision (NOD) that upheld the Zoning Administrator (ZA)’s approval of the conditional use permit (CUP) for the Islamic Center at 9600 2nd Street NW. However, the arguments in this appeal are not limited to the words on the Notice of Decision (NOD) alone.

The appeal draws from the full record — including the certified hearing transcript, hearing testimony, the application, the approved site plan, staff statements, traffic materials, emails between the County and the Appeal Coalition, County rules and procedures, evidence in the County record, and all exhibits filed with the Board of County Commissioners (BCC). Together, these show whether specific Notice of Decision (NOD) findings and conditions were met at the Zoning Administrator (ZA) level and the County Planning Commission (CPC) / Board of Adjustment (BOA) level, whether the Notice of Decision (NOD) itself contains errors, and whether those findings were erroneous, an abuse of discretion, or unsupported by evidence.

In plain terms: the Commission’s decision is being challenged not just on what the Notice of Decision (NOD) says, but on whether the evidence in the record actually supports what the Commission decided.

A hearing date for this appeal has been set for October 14, 2026. 

We are also exploring a more permanent fix via introducing a moratorium to halt further larger scale development within the area.