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Farmington Metropolitan Planning Organization
About the Farmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
The Farmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the regional planning forum responsible for transportation planning for the Cities of Aztec, Bloomfield, Farmington, the Town of Kirtland and the urbanized areas of San Juan County. The MPO carries out federal laws related to coordinated, continuing, and comprehensive transportation planning. The MPO, in cooperation with its entities, NMDOT, transit operators, and the general public, develops long and short range transportation plans.
The governing board for the Farmington MPO is the Policy Committee. There are nine voting members on the Policy Committee; eight who are elected officials (preferable) or appointed by the governing bodies of the local governments and one designated by NMDOT. Assisting the Policy Committee is a nine-member Technical Committee. The Technical Committee members are selected by their governing body, NMDOT, or Red Apple Transit.
Policy and Technical Committee Members
Agency
|
Policy Committee
|
Technical Committee
|
Aztec
|
Commissioner Sherri Sipe (Vice Chair)
|
Steven Saavedra |
Bloomfield
|
Councilor Curtis Lynch |
Jason Thomas (Vice Chair)
|
Farmington
|
Councilor Sean Sharer (Chair)
|
Virginia King
|
Farmington
|
Councilor Jeanine Bingham-Kelly
|
|
Farmington | Asst.City Manager, Julie Baird | Andrew Montoya, Red Apple Transit |
Kirtland | Mayor Mark Duncan | Dan Flack |
San Juan County
|
Commissioner John Beckstead
|
Fran Fillerup
|
San Juan County | Commissioner, Glojean Todacheene | Nick Porell (Chair) |
NMDOT | District 5 Assistant Engineer, David Quintana |
Population Statistics for the MPO Entities (2010 Census)
Entity |
Population |
Farmington………………………………………. |
45,877 |
Aztec…………………………………………….. |
6,763 |
Bloomfield………………………………………. |
8,112 |
Kirtland ...........………………………………………. |
|
San Juan County area within MPO boundary (est.) |
36,173 |
|
96,925 |
Map of the MPO Boundary

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