South Valley picks name for proposed city

THE SOUTH VALLEY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING ITS OWN CITY TONIGHT IT S ALL IN THE NAME PEOPLE PUSHING FOR AN INDEPENDENT SOUTH VALLEY CITY REVEALED TODAY WHAT THEY PLAN TO CALL IT CRIS ORNELAS HAS THE DETAILS VALLE DE ATRISCO THE GROUP PUSHING FOR THE SOUTH VALLEY CITY SAYS THAT WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE AREA 6 07 this area had the name atrisco in one of its oldest structures dating back to the early 1600 s THE SELECTION COMES AFTER MONTHS OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY THE COMMITTEE SAYS THE TOP VOTE GETTERS WERE ALL SOME VARIATION OF SOUTH VALLEY OR ATRISCO 7 07-7 17 valle de atrisco is a name that promotes cultural integrity valley traditions and hope for a new beginning BUT SOUTH VALLEY RESIDENTS WE SPOKE TO TODAY SAY THEY DON T LIKE THE NAME 18 19 a little complicated to pronounce 17 26 i don t really care for it too much 18 26 i had not heard that name before i would prefer something more universal maybe THESE ARE THE POTENTIAL BOUNDARIES OF VALLE DE ATRISCO IT WOULD HAVE A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 50- THOUSAND PEOPLE BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEW GROWTH IN THE SOUTH VALLEY — RESIDENTS THINK THERE IS ENOUGH OF A TAX BASE TO BECOME A SELF SUFFICIENT CITY OF ITS OWN NOW THAT IT HAS A NAME A CENSUS CAN BE CONDUCTED AND THE TRUSTEES CAN ASK ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL FOR A RESOLUTION ALLOWING THEM TO INCORPORATE BOTH MUST HAPPEN BEFORE THE MATTER CAN GO TO THE VOTERS 12 53 let the people decide for themselves in the south valley wether they want to do this or don t want to do this THE TRUSTEES SAY IF THEY ARE ABLE TO CLEAR ALL THE LEGAL HURDLES FAST ENOUGH THEY WILL SCHEDULE AN