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		Jason Thomas (Vice Chair)
Farmington	Councilor Sean Sharer (Chair)	Virginia King
Farmington	Councilor Jeanine Bingham-Kelly	Beth Escobar
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 Traffic Engineer, Matt Grush

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