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2026-09-21 - President

Summary

Built from the Council President's Letter of Introduction (Legistar status Final). It lists new items and where each is sent; it records no votes or discussion.

  • Monday, September 21, 2026, 5:00 PM, the same day as the full Council meeting (2026-09-21 - City Council). Council President Peña and Vice-President Champine set where each new item goes: the October 5, 2026 Council meeting, the Finance and Government Operations Committee, or immediate action.
  • 26 communications (EC-26-247 to EC-26-272) and 7 introductions (O-26-60 to O-26-63, R-26-70, M-26-1, M-26-2) are listed.
  • Immediate action requested: EC-26-263 (Fifth Supplemental Agreement adding funds for outside counsel legal services between Holland & Hart, LLP and the City). The Council approved it 8-0 the same evening.
  • Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee: EC-26-252 (aviation on-call sustainability consultation services award), EC-26-253 (application for Federal Transit Administration ICAM grant funds for the Gateway Mobility Network), EC-26-262 (real estate sales agreement for Choke Cherry Farmington Exchange Lands), O-26-62, O-26-63 and R-26-70.
  • 22 mayoral appointments and re-appointments, plus O-26-60, O-26-61, M-26-1 and M-26-2, were set for October 5, when the Council took up the zoning-appeal package.

IDO appeal filing fees

  • O-26-60 (Lewis) amends section 16-16-6-4(F) of the Integrated Development Ordinance on application fees. Set for October 5; it was postponed to October 19, when it passed 5-4.

Neighborhood Association Recognition Ordinance

  • O-26-61 (Lewis) amends the Neighborhood Association Recognition Ordinance and makes corresponding amendments to the Integrated Development Ordinance and the notice requirement for blasting permits. Set for October 5.

Zoning Appeal Legislative Memorials

  • M-26-1 (Lewis) urges the State Legislature to amend standing requirements for zoning appeals; M-26-2 (Lewis) urges it to permit municipalities to direct certain zoning decisions to be appealed directly to district court. Both set for October 5.

Glue Trap Prohibition

  • O-26-62 (Fiebelkorn) amends the Humane and Ethical Animal Rules and Treatment (HEART) Ordinance to prohibit the use and sale of glue traps within the city and the use of glue traps and insect adhesive traps at City facilities. Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee.

Downtown Mobile Food Parking Permit

  • O-26-63 (Baca) amends the Traffic Code to create a Downtown Mobile Food Unit Parking Permit, the Food Service and Retail Ordinance to add mobile food unit definitions, and the Noise Control Ordinance to update the definition of the Downtown Center. Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee.

Other introductions and referrals

  • R-26-70 (Baca, by request) accepts funding from the Albuquerque Museum Foundation Inc. for the Albuquerque Museum's Education Center and appropriates it to the Department of Arts and Culture in fiscal year 2027. Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee.
  • Mayoral appointments set for October 5: Indicators Progress Commission (Emily Catherine Howard, Julia Monge); Balloon Museum Board of Trustees (Stephanie Anderson Pugash); Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Council (Ms. Cody Unser, Mr. Aaron Kelly Anderson, Dr. Conor McCafferty, re-appointment of Corina Gutierrez); Para Transit Advisory Board (re-appointment of Mr. Ernie Esquibel); Arts Board (Lisa "Rusty" K. Goetz, Alexis Lucero); Commission on American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs (Jodi L. Burshia, Mr. Joel S. Esquibel, Ms. Kinsey Ricketts); Library Advisory Board (Ebenezer Adam, James P. Hunter); Transit Advisory Board (re-appointment of Mr. Michael C. Devin); Albuquerque Development Commission (John J. Mahoney); Greater Albuquerque Recreational Trails Committee (Dr. Mary Kathryn Thelander); Senior Affairs Advisory Council (J Michael Cruz, Linda Romero); Urban Enhancement Trust Fund (Clinton Wells). One Youth Advisory Council appointment is also listed (name omitted).

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