TAOS — The Taos Town Council on Monday approved a resolution changing the name of Kit Carson Park to Red Willow Park and agreed to several conditions from Taos Pueblo.

Councilors Genevieve Oswald, Darien Fernandez and Corilia Ortega voted to approve the resolution during a special meeting, while Councilor Marietta Fambro voted no, asking for more financial and logistic details about how the measure would be implemented.

Mayor Pascual Maestas was absent from the meeting.

Oswald and Taos Pueblo Second Tribal Sheriff Jesse Winters presented the recommended name as the culmination of the work of the Kit Carson Park Renaming Committee, but the name was ultimately chosen at the request of the Taos Pueblo Tribal Council.

At an Oct. 23 meeting of the Park Renaming Committee, Tribal Secretary J

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