Wednesday, April 30, 2008

"County brings in outside firm for drilling ordinance"

"Santa Fe County has hired a planning firm to help develop an oil-and-gas-extraction ordinance (amendments to the Land Development Code pertaing to public facilities and gas/oil/geo-thermal extraction), write an area plan for the Galisteo Basin and finish writing growth-management amendments to the county general plan.

The County Commission voted Tuesday to enter into a contract with Planning Works, a Kansas City-based firm that will charge the county $125 per hour. County spokesman Stephen Ulibarri said the county has set aside about $160,000 to pay for planning services from the firm.

Ulibarri said Robert Freilich, the Los Angeles-based attorney the county hired in February to consult on the projects, recommended Planning Works."

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